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: •