Avlrcted pfivtrg. When this Cruel War is Over Doarest love, do you remember, When we last c Id meet, 110 n , you told me that you loved me, Kneeling at my feet ? Oh' how proud you stood before rne, In your suit of blue, IVlion you vowed to me and COUII y, Ever• to lie true. Wwi l drig sad and lonely, [lope: and fears hone rain—yet [praying Wheu this cruel war Is sneer, Praying that ninny toed again, IVlton the snunuer breime Is )101nrnftiliv alone! Or a hen Autumnl,3v, a, twain;, Sadly L r rSlllos lhr st Oft In &elms I seo the.. lying n thu battle plain Lonely, wounded, Cyril Calling. but in lain, Weepiivg SU I Av. If solid the did of battle, Nobly you should flu Far away front these who lore you, None to hoar you call; Who would whisper words of comfort, Who would soothe your pain Alt ! the many cruel fmaries Ever In my brain, IV eepin sad. But your country called you darling Angels cheer p , ur way NWhile our tlation's , sons are fighting We ran only pray: Nobly strike for tlod and frgedorn, Let all Ilatitltl S Seth HOW We lI.Vv Our st . irry I..mhor E=ll ll'eepill4 ! am, li.tiely ),1 - 1 'llnll,r 11,5. RECAPTURED A Story Of St. Valeiitinc's Day A st:mmErt. twilight under the green awn ire of low-branched linden-tree; blossoming in the , iarden liord.irs, like chal ices-of-spier—and star, jna the warm violet sky—it Ciii,ton A mill v had lived to hel ; a .11i11 , .1 . 1 ., .1 , 1, 11 , 11 , V , 1" would have lor fl otten the dim, indi-dinet beauty of tin , ih , l,v lan lseare. ; lor ;LTI that happened on that ,Liminer branded upon his heart in lines that Death itself had no l ow or to ell re ! "Not vet. Clara; do not speak so firmly; Remember that it is lily life's doom you are pronouncing. ()11, Clara! think again." lie had led his men up to the very cat.- non's mouth without a thought of fear, vet now'he was a coward in the presence of that tender, blue-eyed girl ! "It is tiseluss, - said Clara Mervvn, with a c h ec k whose odor never varied, :Ind firm. pitying - eyes; "my I.l!::\ver would he the same did 1 tak , a whole year for delihera tion. lam +% rte sorry, ('lint ni, hilt "Nay," interposed Andley, with a cold, constrained voicu that st•aree hid the angry emotions in his heart, "do not waste your pity on me. The matter is unfortunate as 1 am concerned ; lint I cannot see why ,/,,up should grieve. I have iteen a (mid hod, that is all. Good evening, Clara!" He lifted his light' military cap and was gone ; and Clara Mervyn sat down on the rustic garden scat and had a good Cry Surely it was not her fault that Ciinton And. ley was so foolish—he might have known she didn't care for him ! While the young ullieer, restlessly pacing to and fro, thought of the dark:oved soldier whose head ho had sappored ut Jlanus,,t, while the life hul,lded how hi; hr,a,t in red - surginglirops-- , t bought of - his last words - , - "It isn't for lu tse I; but Mart 's heart will break when she hears ul it ! '--oh. why could he not have died in that boy's stead The e was no heart to break for 4im "The i.lledreato ondedr he sill , aloud: "and uov. , for the realities of /Ile. We shall Dever meet again." Could he but have loi0;ed roman] to the time when they two .sloodi me,t again "Only my right hand. doctor? Pooh! neyer mind; there's many n poo,-, fellow wofse off than I am." A. very philosophical view to take of matters," said the surgeon, hal rn mr, "hut at the same time an unusual one. fluid still half a Minute, can't. you ?" " Well, what does it matt, r after all ? I've neither wife nor sweet-heart to fret ah,Jut m %- disfigurements." " But 1 suppose you exert tl n come into possession Of one or hoth of those at tieles some day ?" "Cant say th it I do. There, I ;On com fortable enough now. I say, though, doctor " Well ?" " Could you persuade that fat old nurse to get a pair Gf shoes that squeak in a minor •hey ? Every sick man Has his trials, and mine are those calf-skill shoes. Possibly Pm ner.ous, but I can't help it!" The surgeon laughed good-humoredly. " Don't annoy yourself on that score; there will ,be a change of nurses to-night, and 1. do not think t he shoe question will trouble you further.' Try to sleep awhile now." Clinton A udley tried to close his eyes, and otrove to forget the sharp spasms of pain that racked his poor wounded frame, while the Eire shone ruddil on tho walls, tainilv illu mining the long rows cf . narrow white beds on either side, and the gray dusk blackeuad into night, and— "I must have been asleep!" he thought, with a sudden start, as the little clock chim ed eleven. " Yes, I must ; but who on earth is that? Oh, the new nurse, I suppoSe.— AYlte don't wear calf-skin shoes, at all events —moves like a shadow" For like a. shadow she had glided to his bed-side. "I think your draught was to have beep taken at eleven, sir !" and she glanced at her written directions. And as Clinton Audley silently extended his, left hand for the slender vial, he knew that the new nurse' was Clara Mervyn. She recognized him at the same instant—there was a slight start, but neither spoke. Fate had brought them together ..once again I The January snows melted-away-!'rota the purpla - Maryland hills, nod Fifbinary'S blue heaven smiled overhead.' ,Spring was nigh at hand, yet the lost roses had not blossomed again op Clara Mervvn's cheek. , " Don't overwork yourself, Miss Mervyn," said the kindly surgeon; tftere's no earthly occasion for it. They areal] doing well, ex cept that young Andley I" The color rushed if) a se: , rlet torrent to Clara's cheek, then receded, leaving it cold as marble. " Will he die, sir ?" Die Y -oh no not the least danger of his dying. What I meant io say was, that his recovery is slow. Never knew such a lag giag convalescence. A fine young fellow VOL. 63. A. K. RFIEEM, Editor & Proprietor that—very. We surgeons are commonly supposed to have no foelin:4B, Miss Clara; but I can 01 von it %vent to inc heart to take that boy's hand (AK llowever—but bless me, it's nearly noon. lie sure to take care of yourself. Miss Mervvn•!" and lINVfI.I . hur ried Dr. Wilde, who never knew what it was to have a moment's leisure. Clara was left alone, her head drooping on her breast. The next instant she rose up and looked at her own slender right hand with a shuddering. sobbing sigh. " Oh, if 1 could have given my useless hand to save his she moaned. "It 1 had but the right to cheer and comf o rt him I Ah ;no ! wh ,t can a woman do but endure ?" Clara was learning a hall lesson 'in Life saddest school—to suffer and be silent. " Hiss !\lervrn She Slai Led at the words. lir li;u1 never called her "Clara" since their !Luling undvr the litalen.trees. " Are you vcry busy todii:lt '' Not particularly ; why do ou ask'? " conic and it I r.i In my a huh) while. I feel conver;ational now.- Are r,,11 hett,r I:wilien udl,v .• I thirds so . Th e ri!rl, , jl,)rimls sunset lut done in e good. 11iti Isitow that thls wa St. \ Eve Y- Tho I:411 (,1 Fol , rultry — ' ,., it 1)0 \UII 1,eln•v(• in the 11111Pl'S (I 7 1 fiS,“llO (aid' is litnitl Si ill patron saint 0 lo‘crs!" Cial all Ile• till, worn kah•iittlies al c kn•pt (111.1,..r lue arid kt , s . limue. .' 1 C , 1110,4S Inn [Mir Stillt'rFlit 141 1)II :dill !Oil that CHilh):l.6 het' I 1 •• Vvry Hell, Ile von won't runsi.ler inawk,stilv Ifl 11. , 1 VI , II to ht' Si) tii 118111 v right hand Inr 1 M gl . But lokw " run write a Si, Valentine's lure letter fur we?" Ccrtqli I\ "Stop, though ! Answer no' no question Ilea, frankly and fully. Do \OU thick it would he a piece of prestimptious billy in me to ask a woouut•s love to bless a maim useless wretch like me? Nay, do tint spare my leelings. 1 wish In hear.the Clara 2r.lervvn %%as Nikon' for a tit• mein : and x% heti she spol,o it tats in a distinct, though very low tone: It Ow woman you love. be worthy of the mono, you will be Car dearer to her now than eSer you were in the prime of health and strength." " You have taken a gni:a weight from my heart. .Miss 111urvyn : an l how wiil you some the n,l , uC uuianuoii'SY " WI. (lug a 1 ,,,‘,.-',uthq• for Chnt,,,, Atullev h. anuthur WaS a Sirilligt• writ Ihrt,lol titilh it ‘%ltil a sort of inerhan:al cab!! u f• sore heart that av!!( bitterly iu her_brea,!, ant every NVOrti SVCIIIt ., I tile I,llolrld n death warratit. It was , tlie inticremt cap she lia(i drunk yet—lt cup that nut./ be s \lallovved to the dregs ! " Thank you. Jli.,s Ni.rvt It. 1 won't (Diu ble you to direct it. Ali, if I wore but curtain that St. Vale:lithe speed my suit !" Ile smiled ; bat it wool t hat a been (1111'1- i-tilt to tidi wh ic h %t its paler--the chi- •k that lay against the l illows of tha hospital pal -1,1, or that slob dad by Clara Mervya's bra Sh • gate him the folded leiter, with its earnest words of pleading, and then away to her own nioni ; for, toriiiiiiitt ly, the " nig , ,t-watch," US It i• callei, 11311 1).,n tided to thothcr. Anil only the quiid saw die convuLke liursts tf lel 'hat her i Fame, ete ILt last sol)1).,1 11,•riv1( t(, steel , Ilt2rlh):sliod chock II ii un her thelich ed hall', 1111,1 1.11_: quivering et en ill her tire:llllS ! how gliirinusly the crimson banners of St. Valentine's dawn were draped along the shy, when at length she opened her etes— hoW radiantly the morning lighted up those blue, lar-oil l•neunsmously her lips formed themselves into a smile, and then— ah, Olen the old pangs of heart-ache Caine burl: to her ! She was nearly dressed before her eyes fell upon a tiny bunch of violets, dew-be sprinkled and fragrant, that lay on her toi let-table—she caught it up with an excla mation of delight, anti a note tell trote i.s blue heart—a note directed in a strange, straggling hand. " Some hospital direetior s," she murmur ed, and smiling at Dr. \Vilde's eccentricities, she unfolded the paper. " Great (leaven I can it be possible?" she faltered, as she recognizek her own hand writing. " Did he menu to ask etc to be come his wile '1 Oh, it is too much, too much happiness I" She cla , ped her hands over her eyes for a moinent, then sank to her knees beside the little white bed, half uncertain whether it were not all a dream. Five minutes later, Clinton Andley held out his left hand to the blushing little nurse Who lied stolen softly to 111 . 5 bedside. " Wel'?" he asked, scanning her face "Ch, Clinton, 1 am :40 happy I" And Chen she burst into tears : it was that there were not many patients in the eonveleseent ward I " Are you really captured, my little, shy, tremulous bird ?" he whispered. " Nay," said Clara, !Making back her curls with a spice ot the old mischief, " it is you who- are re-captured, ht:ave soldier though you deem-yourself." "And had you no suspicion of the desli• on of that valentine ?" nati I. If I had known it, would have spared me a great many tears. But oh, Clinton, I think I shall never,,shed any but happy tears here after!" \Vith the radiant dawn of St.,Valentine's Day had risen the morning -star of Clara Meryyn's life and love 1-4 - larper's Weekly. ,11i5.7•741n old maid, who has her eves a lit. tle sideways on ntrimony,,says; "The curse of this war is, that it Will make many wid ows, who will ho fierce to get married, and who will know how to do it. Modest girls will stand no chance at all," I _ CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, RARCII 6, 1863. HOW TO ENLIST A COMPANY Among the 'many methods which were tried to induce men to enlist during the He volutionary War, the following furnishes a vt ry successful one, and gave partial de monstration of the fighting qualities of the captain : During the Revolut ion, Captain E--, a member (done of the fir,t families of Chat les ton, haring lost, in a, -skirmish, most of his men, went into the interior or south C.indina for the purpose of enlisiing reernits Hav ing appointed n rend:,:vous, he spout a day or two in looking aboi.t the country. At the Cute and place appointed, he fou n d a large fo as;embled, not one Of whom would enlist. Alter some hours spent to no pur p ,se, he appointed a rendecsonB. for the next dav, and left the grinned Next •Mty camo, yid with it the ,t•tme crowd, but he met with nn tor - we succe-s than the day b e fore. Whitt einih' the matter lie? It was the first time duillig the war that it recreitim , officer had •I uusticees-Oul. S•iitietding must lu rmi ',lnd Ill' , I , i1•1II 1,' , 1 It. 1;11,W N1'11:1t. it NV•IS. C.1 ' 11111:4 U:112 of the tlll . ll : \ it, I L,t,t (10..1 . ( thit.h,' ("aid I'm , countryman, that %%' an. ;_(«itng. t() sia•ll a \ (a l (in Yu() aro 111.,...,(cd :«, an,. 1,, I.e 11111(1/ of a ti 111.01-: In thr , e (Lice In•cculi"i'-i 111111 Bllk mid tho {Nu; in that :.•!\ Inc hi.; un Initn•d t th.! c , “Intr:,111:1.11, I , 1., 1'01? 1,1 and I =La i l L icr r MEI N,•xt day the ,nnie \ 1,11 ,, \V What 11103. th , (1 , 11 , 1 y Car LIU! a;:-1 . T11 1, 1,1 rar-LI stopp,-1 , ut .111t1 s ki.i, inn r ni .1 ' )IV triul,(k, 1 itmlc: , t.ul.l that vri,i oHort tr) tar hera..l,.: 1 11 , 11 Jr .so.l Hiatt VIJIII*St' Vt.q. VI,II 111 I am ti:othh. fi2.rht tat that urt • uuut. I will tt kill a. many ul 3,)11 (WIC, Wlt the understandolg that uvery ntan ii to en list atter h wittitited. your men and send thew out: Ath(i. B,lll6kcmH,C,t,ition. a .11iire ; hrnad caw, (wt. The capt,till otT hi; coat rely ‘sit, large ahti well mail , . ;Ind it titiperiiir boxer. Tlit• (• , it:1111'% 111;(11 to 1)11(,11 (:(ti(I.(1111 lie tills however, :Ito' Noon Inca:m.o(i his rill upon the grass. greater Loan ,telitte , l,..out to take his place, aml soon took his i.ilti't‘e on the ground. The etnintr) men ; 11.e.y idea that such a man could ; hr ha.l, however. two noin, :tin! nia,t, 110 t he t. , 211 Itirthor. Thc or 'rout How •Stc3 , l , ch in to ial,c the rit!cm:ln iii hand. Ilt. \vaa a ,1,111 It•H L}run la, nti,l 1 , 1 . 0::z:ti(111mt In. 11011 nov,-r I.cen I. If t. knew ;IL ,!(! It1111)‘‘c 117 l lllni, n. e ver N‘'itS a ( r.r\cti con futintlek; throe ct their lit ,t ntcn 111iinti • , 1 it man (row the city ! '1 is could renliz,, it. and stood ' Inv friends, a , e pel satisfied ? have whippel thief! of sour I n t non. I anhlr .c )ioi have no ohjeotion lIUNV to 1:1 low IhVir \ Not a lot oh ro:iiiiondell one of the y ut cid d o t o tic t o , 0:,1 ! Como, lt,tv,t, itt !' TheN' liil Ntl. nll , l 111 a ,liort time the cap lain Iliul his L:, , itituiny :tll,l Ile )611.1. /1 . 11'1, 111 wore 11,a,ri he cuttll find r“utn THE 01.11 Ce:;likt; l t 1.,N. —The IllennwrS et the old congr. gallon have gone up to loftier courts, and we shall sot. , them no more. lite grandmothers 11l sober hi ick, that came tottering in with their white handkerchiefs smoothly folded and laid on arms; the fair ['rowed girls that sang the alto and the air; the children with the sprigs of caraway and dill ; the deacon, whose beard blossomed like an almond-tree, hard by the pulpit-door; the women that in winter brought the tin toot-cloves for a solace ; the, little paper fans that waved, when days were summer, like so many little wings about the church, as it the old minister had a family of cherubim tor the audience ; the old doxology they used to sing last in the afternoon ; the treMbling lmedietion, like the blessing of a patriarch. they icccived —these we shall never see and hear again as they were. No longer, in Sabbath litmus, do they sit upun the grass beneath the oil poplars, and talk in tones sulalaod, while taking their frugal meal : ue longer do they linger atom', the 01,l gravestones of the burying-ground, that is since cemetery,' and contemplate the stone willows that never put forth a leaf; fir the times have changed, and there is but one sermon a day, and Those who brought their dinners of old, have sat down, the most of them, to the feast of the Lamb, where the trod 01 life, the true tree of. heaven, and nu poplar, is blooming forever. The deaf who sat on the pulpit stairs in those old times, can hear the waving of a seraph's wings to-day : for the 'daughters of music' have been lifted from the dust whersin they were lying. The old blind loan whose doubtful feet young - eyes did guide, lives now in morning light.. Atkd old black Jonah, that stole softly in, and sat down in a pew beside the dour, has been made white at last, and bidden to come up higher. We think it ought to 'be set down upon a map somewhere, the old church was very near the house not made with hands'— only .the graveyard's breadth_removcd— We thick it ou',cht soine.aliat to be written, 'The house that they builded of old, Idt it remain for., ever.' (Jive to Time the silvering of the wall they halo hallowed let the wind end the songs the' dead singers began, a n d the rains gently fall on its echoless Benjamin F. Taylor. • • tO'''Throw a piece of meat among bears and a piece of void among men, and 'which will belnive most outrageously-:—the amen or the bears ? • 1111 luestiouably Lan its privi lcOs ; but it is nu sanction boy ill maul.° or initcytinctice. • tlissle fixed his eye upou him, and purposely thought, . 1 a, it Were liy necideul, lait,ed him. 110 had no moustache, nor could he observe sights of the mule mentioned; but in other respects he answered exactly the description given. In passing him again he purposely stumbled against him. " Beg pardon, sir," said he. g-granted sir I think the fault was was the reply, as Mr. Gerald moved away, '• It's them ..n." Ld said to his companion, when they were mit of heariug. -•• keep your eye upon him till we near the gate, and then leave me, awl fake a detective to my chambers at the hank mud keep him in the inner room, unless I Hag the bell. Ido nut like this in Donval, and he ought to be prosecuted. Per sonal feelings should be subservient to the public duties where the justice aud well being of the world is concerned." We can't afford to lose Dorives busi ness,''. said the junior, vah a keen eye to profits. '• I know." was the rejoinder, "and shall net as desired; but Ido nut like it. Ilere he is again Nuw, use speed, and I will devise sonic means of bringing him." Then he ad ded, aloud, "Good morning." •' I trust I did not hurt Muns—you, sir," said the stranger, opening a conversation Mr. Gerald was puzzling himself to find a pretest for, affil sauntering up will' a simper. "Not in the least," said Mr. Gerald, nod• ding, and changing his side from right to left, ostensibly 'tor the purpose of speaking to some one, but in reality the better to observe his companion and look for the 'mole. The hair was so arranged as to hide the' left ear and part of the cheek " There were many speculations as to Ger-. aid's intercourse with a stranger whom half the members present had, been ridiculing and whose appearance there at all was an enig ma ; but still (hat gentleman walked up and down by his side, endeavoring to discover the sign which would prove his identity. The wind freshened, and " It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good ;". so, "after turn ing:over-a hats,--mrileadliiii_owas ers some pretty vines at " Follow my lead er," or, rather, " my hat," the friendly wind lifted the tuft from Jules Derives cheek, and displayed the egg - Ailed mole, to the entire sati;faction of Mr. Gerald. Again the stran ger relieved him of introducing a difficult 'natter. " I have some Frankfort! bills I want dis counted," sail Jules, blushing up to his brow. " If you will callat our oliioo we will look at thew," said Mr. Gerald. " What address ?" "Number twenty•four—. Oh I am going down, and you . can walk with me," Gerald re plied, hurriedly; for he hod nearly betrayed himself, and of course he would know and avoid the house Dorival dealt with. A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE " A 141 r. on the ocean wilco Trif. 'flan who wrote It wns gre(4l IL had 1101 or been to Fen, And a storm he had never soon Ile never hds been aroused From his runrelmev trentle doze By the sound of splashing . water, As It falls from the horrid hose! Ile has never hoard o men Scrulffiing right over his head, With a noise sufficient to rouse From the grave, the slumbering dead Ile Las never seen it fat tvtdnan ruts lug thinner day by, day, And leaning over the vessel's side, Throwing h onirl I away; porican look rurrlu«iV on T 11,1 0 ,211 this mono, niny 1)0, And utifof•lintzly it ull, Only Ow toll tloi , • Phst 111111 tinny sliled in a hoat , Pr un a ~.1111d ; !hit if /111 t. • .% at,/ %VIM° : 4 11.1 3 %.'s to L•• ItrillVllV,/ The Stolen Dills The hiluk of Ilessrs Gerald, Gerald S.: Co., city, had extensive dealttio.:l with the hank of :11, Doi I••r.tnklurtl, (hie morning direct. tin Fronloord, cattle among tither cot rev respiiiiil.•nee, the following just in the ordi• - nary clew to ers, nu Ibe irtii all the minks of the ()Hier letters hv_ the _:.tine ugly thIA 1 l' appeared to have hccu N‘ I I t'll uu the rheomer. A clork of our extablish ment ii iriog tolls anti notes to the valuelii 1i...1,111 1 110(111d:4. We have ttoi•ed unit eiiiii•nred routes. t tie eititetrKe•l for Eoglitnil. 111 111 11(1 ils C ; (Cr 1111111h'tt prol.th:o ho w.l: tot t;o'y styli. to change laic lo C,ll, SO Lir a. Le eau, (though wally are 4.lllloless atlywh re hint here) use no del 4y uI Anag tor hit o. lie is sure to COMIC 011 , 1 this, you will know host the Ine-t, likely place to laud hint, and I am instructed to say yutt lily pay biro tour liii 1 led pounds if lie Vi tver the bills Into your It ands aoL 1 a to Austialia 11. Dcrivat will not hem. of a prosecution, if it in foss hlc to obtain the papers by (Alter 111.,1 it you 1111,1 thin , Mild ho will out eo , ile, aceor.litig to the list sent Ltroe':lh, hr 1s 1. , 1 he gir-rt into custody. wont is Jules Dorival, and he is five feet seNert ittehes hlgh, of talc complexion, light curly hair, tt;td u 11vt,ii mac niousittche of the 511.40 color. lie will probably have shaved this oil, and otherwise have disguised hitnsell, but there is It 'largo brown egg shaped mole ituuledt•ttely below the :eft ear, 10111011 cannot be hidden, and by this you may ho sure to tiro ulte hint. HO also stutters slightly %Olen excitial, but otherwlse 011011105 g.“, 1 dl 'peed, and pet lie fortu nate eunuch to ele•1111 letper•A, furwanl thew wite.eit Ilr,ay, as they are of Your:, pr:, .k " grL;alt:l_-L An 1 here fo:losve.l co;ici3e ii,t of missing, bi:hi of ever) denomination. Acting upon the advice contained herein, the Jlears. instituted inquiries everywhere; but they Here (wetly truitless. Notning could be heard of a 1111111 :111 , Werilig the de-cription. t week htd Mapsed, and nothing learned of 111111. The elder Gerald was Olt 'Change and talking to a ,juntur rimier of (he bank, when hip :ifiention was attracted by the.rith er singular conduct of a stranger, who, after addressing a untidier Of members in a most un lingish way, NV,Ln S-111111C1 iug up and down, (Ipparemly very well pleased with his own personal appearance there. Mr. tierald MEM TERMS :--$1,60 in Advance, or $2 within the year one NN 110 18 111 MEM THE PRESS AND TIIE DEAD - HEADS.—RaiI. roads, steamboats and stage-coaches, com plain of dead-heading—that is to say; of preachers, editors, and brethren of the craft, riding sO much without pay. The newspa per press endures more of this dead heading than all three of these modes of couvevance combined. Tho pulpit, the bar and the theatre, corporations, legislative assemblies. societies—religious, benevolent, agricultural —mercantile establishments. railroad com panies, stage lines, and every variety of in dividuals. including political parties, draw largely upon the liberality of the press. The press is expected to yield to all these inter ests, is repuested to give strength to all weak ihstitutiy is and enterprises ; it is asked to pastime preachers into overshadowing pal pit orators ; to pull' small politicians and unprincipled demagogues into great men and patriots ; to magnify incompetent rail road officers into railroad kings ; it is ex pected to herald, abroad the film() of quacks of all classes, bolster up dull authors, im mortalise weak Congressional speeches ; it is required to give sight to the blind, bread to the hungry, talents to the fools, and honor to thieves and robbers ; it is asked to cover up the infirmities of the weak, to hide the faults of guilty men, and wink at the fraud ulent,schemes of scoundrels ; it is expected to flatter the vain, to extol the merits of those who deserve nothing but the scorn and contempt of all good citizens ; it is re quired, in a word, of the newspaper press, that it becomes all things to all Ten ; and if it look for pay, ,or bends out it; hjpii for subscription or adVertisjng, it isdoOtinced as mean and sordid, and its conductors are wanting in liberality. There is no interest on the face of this - gee - en earth that is ex pected to give, as much to society !- without pay_or-lEhaidisos- tbe-n ewspa per -press-of-th country. The little-smiled wan, Who inserts iu you columns a two dollar advertisement, expects you to write out at least five dollars' worth of editorial notices: And the obscure and niggardly man you have written into a poSition of importance far beyond his merits, considers that his name adorns your col umns, and gives circulation to your journal. Alt-a-If the devil ever laughs,, it must, be at hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes he has; they servo, him better than nny others, and ycit receive no pay; what is still more extraordinary, they submit to greater mortifications to go to.hell than the sincerest Christian to go to heaven. ~~~~~ Phi :itranger very:nadily fell into his views, and the two walked away together. But when thay reached the door—over which was written .' Gerald, Gerald & Co."--be changed from red to white and back again, looking round for a street by which he might escape ; but there.not being one, he pleaded a pre viously forgotten appointment. Mr. Gerald turned round and said, plant ing himself before the path he was starting on, "Jules Dorival, I must speak with you. Come in. Don't make a disturbance here." The person he addressed was evidently as tonished to find himself known, and entered reluctantly into th-e banker's chamber; where he was still more afraid on observing the gen tleman in whose company he bad just seen Gerald, and who now whispered to his prin cipal and then left them alone. •• You've made a imistake, sir," stammered the duped clerk : •, my name's not. Dorival •• Your name is Jules Di)rival, Into of the Frankford Bank. Hero is a description of your appearance. Have you not au eg & t_ shaped mole below the left ear ? There it is," said Gerald, raising the hair at the wonder ing ex clerk: '•arid here is a list of the bills you Ceske rue to discount Is it riot so ?" The stern untlinehteff manner of his aecu ser, lenness of th ' e charge, and the guil ty conscience were too much ; and after a fee ble attempt. to stammer ont a denial,:he was in terrupted by Mr. Gerald's taking up a bell and adding : " I have but to ring' this, and an officer of justice will appear." Jules Durival admitted all, and produced tlic thictitnuttts,-pleadinglor mercy. When he had drtivered thew all (arl , l there were wore than the advertised nunil(Cr) the banker wide," • It is well for you that I have not the ab solute power of , howin g or withholding MCI . - cy front you: anti it is little credit to the house of Dorival that you are to go at large Are you wiling to go to Australia ?" " I will go anywhere to bide my disgrace " "Then Ire ready by to iimrow, and by your too lenient, unjust uncle's e.mitunnd, which it doe; not s me to disobey, you will go tree, and wit h four hundred pounds But tf you are found here longer tlinn try fur all out tn, you will yet be prosecuted To morrow, when I have gone through these bills, present that order at the counter yonder, and you will have the money. Now begone." lle was about to reply. but the unwavering, frowning face of Mr. Gerald made him glad to pass through the open door without a word That night the recovered bills were sent off to Mr. Dordval, with an exact account of the entire affair from Mr. Gerald's own pen, and a strong reproof against. this —mistaken gear erosity," is he chose to term it. That eight, to.), rifler bank hours, Mr Gerald received a note, the contents of witiett were ns follows " Sm—There is a vessel starting for Aus troll to-morrow, and by traveling to night may go with her: therefore, if you can pay me I will call to:night. Oh believe me it wits my first crime, and I long to hide its remem- briince forever by mingling hi.norably in the work of ft new world. If you menliun me to toy uncle, say that I shall always pray Goil lu bless him for his kindliness and lorgiveness of it. lours remorsefully. Mr. Gerald dispatched en answer to say he might have it, and an hour after paid the sum into his hands. lie seemed so thoroughly re pentant Gist Mr. Gerald was induced to think less hardly of Dorival's overlooking it, and giving littn a start in the world. Hy return of mail came back the bills and a letter of inquiry from Dorival. We shall best explain iis import by an extract : " We know nothing of these bills—they are forgeries—and cannot under , tand your lett or. No clerk of ours has absconded. We never had one who bore the name of Dorival. Yen seem to answer a letter we did not write, and also, we tear, to have paid on advice of the forged letter the sum of four hundred. We can only hope it is not so. YourA, M. DORI VA 1.." But it was so. The firm of Gerald, Gerald $z Cu. had been swindled: NO, 9. - " Jrl.rs DO - 11TrAT, •• GIRLS AND MATRIMONY: Good Advice to our Marys, Janes, and Emm as Girls, listen .to me. You all came into the world for a purpose: that purpose is ruatri mony—and the sooner all of you that are eli gible set about getting a husband, the better for yourselves and those who otherwise will continue to be cigar -suckers, toddy-drinking, miserable east aways. Winter is congenialto wedlock, and it is here with its long cozy fire side evenings, and bustling parties and frolic some balls : , •and any girl, with her proper wits about her, need not see the spring flowerB above ground without an engagement, on her hands, if she but half embrace the chances certain to be offered her. s. Look before you leap" is a good old grandmother's saying: but, girls, don't throw the half of a good chance away: it may never offer again.— When your fish is fairly hooked, don't, play with him too long or he may break your line: but wind away on the reel, steadily, with a will. When you have him _near to land, let num:ma give him a slight jerk : then slip your hand-net underneath and flop it over him, when he finds himself in it! Cook him al most directly. Men are very much like fish they don't keep fresh long after being caught. Have nothing to do with erratic bipeds with no tired intentions. Such fellows there are who will 101 l on your sofas, (urn the leaves of your music books and your heads with silly nothingness, at the same time monopolize you for all the fancy dances, play waiter behind you at supper, be your humble servant at thea tres and concert room-, and e -el, a'o ou through a trio or three years' campaign— have nothing ic do with then% h4l le such danget's elf. Cut them dead; after taking them ou trial for n winter and a summer, and begin afresh on a novelty. Ifa man does not, come to the "popping point" after a winter's dancing and a simmer's rid ing and ice creaming, lie won't do it at all 110 n.it a marrying man, and you hand bet ter for your own sakes, had such over to your young tristers, just out of short dresses and pantaletts, smelling nice and fresh of bread and tttler, who have tune to waste on trifles. 10,1 11.010 Wine. Mini, I don't Fay, don't wait for a man if you are sure of him. Never care if he is poor poor and worthy ; Your lather was a poor man ten to one, when he married your mother. If you Love the fellow, and - he - merits it; love on : watt until he iy in a po , ition to make the put moil, keep it hailing: and then sonic after noon, when your father is happy in himself and :it peace with the world, throw yourself upon hi- heart :wait until his dinner is digest ed, anal then put dear Harry's love for you a:rarrht at Piograstinalion is the thief of time. Don't let the men procrastinate. Make them clear ly define their rusitions. "To be, or not to te, that is the question:, I aihnire a warm hearted, Lining girl—one who, when her love is weil.bestiieed, is nut ashamed to let the world see her ha-, piness : but I hate match miking mammas, and despise girls who spend four ur ties of the best years of their livesin knitting purses, working slippers for a set of fellows whose hearts are in their tailor's pat. tern hooks These are the men that are kill ing the purpose of t, ur lives—they are steal ing away that fresh goodne s of heart, and p ur e impuls e of timught and action, which every gill should brim; her husband as a dowry. They will hang around you until you are thirty if you make tip well, can bear the test of gas light, 3T1 , 1 have friends ina set they cams it altar I to cut . they will keep away from you plain, honest and semohle men, (quail ,es the daughters cannot otain,) who would make old age happy Look for one of these latter class, then you will preset ye your pure womanly nature: your love tar him will spring up again to you tee-fold, in your child ren, and be perpetuated in your husband's grateful heart. If you donut find such men, and live alone with yourself until you aro world hacked, why then victimize one of the dtu r .ilers. When he i. sited, and has proved .I.lau v.ttrtty of ail, tie - ivtlf come to you: marry him, and think yourself well off. But maury, girls, marry—your mission is matrimony. Think of forty-live spectacles, with a cat, knitting needles, chess-board, and chronic rheumatism—and shudder. Dream of this,.-and then of a home, fireside, dear Harry romping with Harry, Jr., you teaching a small copy of yourself her letters, mother rocking a miniature masculine in the cradle, and Mary, sweet little Mary, your eldest, playing .•17.1weet Home" on the piano. Look on that picture, old, lone, forgotten, forty, five maidenhood Dream on it by night, and by day, too, nod when Harry says "Will you?" sayyou—" Yes!" SACRIFICE OF A BA RBA tots IliNti TO A VERT Ax EA I.: A July last there was a severe earthquake in Africa. The King of Dahomey, imagining that it was the pertui bed spirit of his father, speaking in his wrath, appeased it by ordering public sacrifices of human beings. The first day three chiefs were beheaded, the next day twenty-four persons of less degree, the next day twenty our others. The fourth day was devoted to feasting, but on the succeeding day sixteen women of Sierra Leone, attired in European dress, uiter being paraded a bout arid exposed to studied indignities, were beheaded with blunt knives, with as many horses and an alligator, sacrificed with them, and with whose blood theirs Was mingled. ()lie was crucified against a tree, to which he was fastened by nails driven through his forehead, his heart, his hands and his feet, and, with a horrible touch of the grotesque, a large cotton umbrella was stuck in the corpse's grasp. -In thn — mocker, -- the King was seated on a dais, making war speeches to his assembled subjects. Around were rows of gory heads—the heads of prisoners slain during the night after being frightfully tortured. All this is testified to by a Dutch merchant, Mr. Euchart, who had been invit ed to visit the King, as he had a great curi osity to see a Dutchman. WILD GAME.—A few days ago a steam boat stopped at a landing, somewhere in Ar kansas, to wood. A customer on board the boat took his gun and stepped on shore, hoping that during the hour they were likely to stop he might bag a few birds. After travelling a few rods, he came across a rough looking fellow, and the following dia logue ensued : " How aro you ?" ",How aro ye, stranger ?" replied the Ar ka trs as man. " Have you any game in these parts ?! " Oh, yes, plenty on 'etc." tAii_hat-sort of-gainer -- " - IV - 01, most anysort;bupriaWaltYbrai and poker t" A CLEAR CONSOIENCF..—How .bravely a man eau walk the earth, bear the' heaviest burdens, perform the severest duties, and look all men square in the face, if 'he only bears in his breast a clear conscience, void of offence towards God and man. There is no spring, no spur, no inspirarion like this. To feel that we have omitted no task;and left no obligation unfulfilled, this fills the heart with satisfaction, and the soul. with strength. 3‘4rA tnan winds itp his clock to make it run, and his business to make it stop: •
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