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Sell on, 0 Ship of State, sail on,
With keel laid by our Washington,
With sides placed Arm by Freedom's hand
And decks built by Columbia's band,
Sall on, though breakers dash ahead,
Q happy land, the tyrant's dread!
Though dangers rise on every side,
•
'Upheld by God in safety ride ;
Though lightnings gleam and thunders crash,
Oni onl o'er every foeman dash.
Man powerless la to stop thy way ;
Great God alone thy course can stay.
No despot's minions can thee harm,
While cradled in Jehovah's arm.
Thy broad lands roach flora sea to sea
And nations, homage pay to thee ;
Thy arms are outstretched to the poor
And blooding ones frona . every shore.
A home thou givest to Ih' opprest,
And liberty, worth all the rest;
That boon, the sweetest God has giv'n,
From all tto Joys there aro In Ileav'n ;
A boon—the dearest man can have
Which makes a freeman of a slave,
Which 'strikes away the galling chain
Mad makes him what he was, again,
fieloro - that curse fell on the earth;
'Twat oligarchy gave it birth.
All'men aro free and equal made
By Oroat Jehovah; he who bade
That other beings all should be
The slaves of man, but man bo free.
Thy lands are red with traitor's gore ,
(Would God this cruel war was o'er!)
In thy defence thy bravest sons
Leave borne and all and take their guns
And forth to battle dire go
To fight agalust a trait'rous foe,
. .
Than whom more base enikuot be even
If sought throughout the world, I weep
In this enlightened, peacoful age
There some excuse in for the rage
And barb'rous actions of the savage '
Who from his youth was taught to ravage
lint they, who under Treason's flag,
That hell•begotten, flaunting rag,
Are striving hard , as well we know,
Our own free land to overthrow,
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Are - civilised ; but yet at times,
Their deeds belong to other climes.
The Indian brave luta ne'or been 'aught
To walk the path a Christian ought;
Ills fiery spirit, uusubdued.
Delights to rage in deeds of blood.
Ills savage nature loves to roam
O'er hill and dale, the Red•mau's home.
Lie beards the panther In don,
Pursues the stag through marsh and fen
The bear In sudden terror starts
Before the winged, poisoned darts
/Burled at him from the loosened bow
8a swiftly by his deadly foe.
Ile fears no man, he knows no law,
And keeps both friend and foe In awe.
O noble land, thou art beset
By daring traitors, who will vet —
Their lust deserts from God receive,
As all good loyal man believe.
They' ye trodden under foot the lows
Of God and man withoutjust cause.
They starve thy sone In dungeon, drear,
Away from home and all that's dear,
-And greet their groans with scoll and sneer
How long, my country, wilt thou bear
The insults which these traitors dare
To heap upon thy sons so brave,
Who give their lives, thy laws to save.
Rise up in thy majestit power
And make the rebel rue the hour
..11e_ever dared to raise lcht_hand,_
All red with blood, the traitor'a brand,
To overthrow thy laws so grand!
From out the lonely unknown grave
Thy noble, slaughtered heroes, brave.
Whose souls are . watching thee from Heav'n,
Ask vengeance swift and sure be gl•'n.
Arise, and gathering up thy strength,
Sent tbrtrnith;initil•ictliitgtb i ,
The dastard foe lu terror By,
And' pardon, life," and "mercy," cry I
And when thy wrath has been appeased
'Gait:lst southern traitors, then be pleased
To turn th'avonging sword around .
And smite the snake on northern ground;
Which ever since the war began
Jlas furnished 'Craig", sword and man,
And when dt'opes iiirmouth to bias,
'Tie naught it says but, "peace, oh; peace!"
"0 give .us peace on any terms,
"Wen though we grovel like tne worms,
"Beneath our southern brothers heel;
"Bien though before them we must kneel,
"Oh! atop this fratricidal fight, .
"For well we know the :Muth is right;
"Oh I let them, if they wish, secede;
"Tie such a cruel act indeed
"To make them stay against their will
"(For 'tie unconstitutional,)
"And thousands upon thousands kill."
It ever hisses in this strain,
And mourns o'er "southern brothers" slain;
But when the Itebs a battle win,
It laughs and shouts for joy within.
Rise up, my country, and strike dead,
This creeping, hissing, Copperhead!'
And when thy righteous work is done,
The battle fought, the vict'ry won,
Then Tesce, her quiet rest will give
To freeman, matter, a Id the slave;
But slave no longer ; tic decreed
That slim from master shall be freed.
Thrice happy country, when the sun
Shall shed Its shining rays upon
Thyself, a laud of fieedom ; then
Will God look down and say, "Amen."
gaioctlinutouo.
roribe tiersld.
THE. ENGAGEMENT.
BY S. B
CHAPTER /
Mrs Brewster was one of those high
minded women, who, while she belonged
to the very highest classes of society, did
not scruple to number among her assi,ci
sites many whose only recommendation
was a good character and a cultivated in.
telleet. There were few persons in the
town of H—, who gave so many and
such magnificent parties as IVlrs. Brews
ter. She WEISIL favorite of all, and par
ticularly of the young ladies and gentle
nien. klothing- , of importance could. be
done in Li without she was at the
head of it. Mrs. Brewster presided at
the meetings of the ladies' literary socie
ty; she , was the chief manager at the
Sunday school Pio Nios; she selected the
nieces for the exhibitions; in fact, as s we
inive saici,_Mis. Brewster was at thebead
;A almost eyerything. While she was
thus admired, atid justly so, by all, there
were a few — ht .- ighty aristocrats - who
disapproved of her custom of inviting
"common people'? to her
. parties. Yet
this disapprobatitim wag not liiffricient to
keep any away Who were so fortunate" as
to get an invitation. Many could say
with the proud and pretty Miss Simpson,
"Mrs Brewster has invited that low Wm.
Ashland again ;",; but , :-none dared to say
Oat because she has' invited such per
sons we will not attend.
There had not Van a
_party in 11—
kg 0.0 , 01* menthe, when the youngpeo
pie were agreeably surprised by receiving
an invitation t'o porno to Mrs. Brewster's
on the next Thursday evening, The la,
dies, •as usual .on 'such oceasions,
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played the intervening days in arranging
the articles of dress they should wear at
the party; and the gentlemen, doubtless,
were not engaged in an entirely different
occupation. The appointed evening soon
came around, and with it the wealth, beau
ty and talent, of 11—assembled in the
gorgeous parlots of Mrs. Brewster. This
lady never alowed the company to dance,
but loft them free to enjoy themselves in
any other manner they should chose.—
Some would promenade through the halls
and in the laWn ; some would play at
chess ; others at chequers; some played
on the piano and sang; and others still
spent the - evening in conversation. Va
ried, indeed, were the enjoyments on the
evening to which we have referred. The
weathe>i was exceedingly pleasant out of
doors, and the litir couples divided their
time between the lawn and the parlors
William ,Ashland was there. Mrs.
BroWster omisidered him to be a young
man of worth, and despite the objections
of many of her friends, she had invited
him. His father who had been a com
mon tradesman, was long since dead; and
William the eldest son was left the almost
sole support of his Mother and seven cull
dren. Before his fathers death he had
been placed in a large drygoods "estab•
lishment; and having proved himself so
valuable to his employer, his wages had
been yearly raised, and now, in his twen
tieth year, he received the pay of a first
class clerk. Though pundtual in all his
duties in the counting room William
Ashland had but little taste for mcrchan•
dising. He bad looked forward to the
time when he should be engaged in differ
ent business thqi that of posting up leg- .
ers. And not like the youth who trusts
to some freak of fortune to orange his
destiny, did young, Ashland expect to be
changed from a counting house clerk to
a wise and influential statesmen. Ile
knew, as all should know, that if he ex
pected to become great, he must study to
make himself so. And study he did.—
To his humble home, When the work of
the day was over, he retired, and there,
while his comrades were parading the
streets, he spent the long evenings over
uis books. So industrious had he beet
that at the period referred Co he was suf
tic ently far advanced to enter the so
phoniore class in cullege.
William Ashland, dressed respectably
though by no meansfinely, was sitting a
lone in one corner of the room. Mrs
Brewster had received him very cordially,
and after talking with bun a few WO
ments, she withdrew to welcome others
who wore coming in. Young Ashland
had been inqeducfo to most of the young
le.dictkona,. Omer occasion ; and by rea
son of Ms position as clerk he was known
to all the gentlemen of the town. 1.3 u
no one seemed to notice him.
"Look at that stupid fellow over in the
corner," said James Landon ; "I wonder
why he comes here." "I am ashamed to
hear you call him stupid, i\lr. Landon"
replied Emily %Warren, "Ile is said tube
a young man of brilliant genius."
"I call him stupid because he does not
seem to know his position. If Mrs.
Brewster knows no better than to invite
him, he should know better than to come."
"I would like to' know why he has not
as much right here as you or I."
"I am surprised that you should ask
such a question. Is ho not aconatnon clerk,
and was his father not a mechanic ?"
"And that is why he has no right here?"
With this, 'Miss. Warren turned away,
and walked directly toward Ashland.
"You seem reserved this evening Mr
Ashland. Why do you not joit! the . com
pany and enjoy yourself?
He rose while she was addressing I im,
and took the proffered hand. She was
the first person except the klidy of the
house who had condeseendetr to speak to
him during the evening. And it is no
wonder that tic, who had seen so little
company, should have been slightly agitat
ed when the beautiful and accomplished
daughter of the wealthy banker thus
pleasantly addressed him. Ashland was
not what the world calls handsome, but
he bore upon hia eimntenance an expres
sion which indicated intelligence and
purity. He was of the middle size, and
wore a heavy suit of light brown hair.
Had he been one of the wealthy and the
noble in blood, he might have been spoken
of as - a young man of wrikiny appearance,
as it was his person was the subject of
but little eotnmeLt
"Look at Emily Warren," said Betty
Simpson. "I dont see how she can con
descend even to speak to such a person
as William Ashland."
Miss. 'Warren and Ashland who had
for some time been conversing together
where she had first found him, were now
promenading in the hall. "Soyou think
• the ladies of wealth and position are
usually haughty ?"
"I do but am happy to know there are
some honorable exceptions."
"Mr Ashland, is it true that you are
going to college in a short time ?"
• "It' I complete .certain arrangements
which I am now making, 1 shall go to
college within a month."
"What do you expect to engage in af
ter-you kayo-graduated ?"
"I have not determined. I. will study,
and time will decide what I am best a
dapted tot,"
James Landon now appeared, and with-.
out much ceremony reminded Miss. War.
ran that be would accompany her to the
refreshment room. She ,took his arm as
though she were ,undersorne obligation to
him, and together they followed the crowd.
Ashland was left alone, but having'
correct sense of.propriety, be did not re
main thus for , any length of time, -but
shortly walked tntothe refreshment room.
•
All, had spent a pleasant - evening, 'and
now the company was preparing to do-.
Jittuds Landon accompanied MIMI,
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Warren, and Ashland remained to see if
his company would be needed: Seeing
that Miss. Simpson was alone, he stopped
up and proffered his services, but she
kindly told him that she knew the way
home.
r Emily Warren was a keen observer of
human nature. Though raised in afflu
ence, and associated daily with the most
aristocratic of the town, she, unlike most
others, judged people. by their real worth,
and not by their wealth or-position in so
ciety. She had had a pleasant conversation
with Ashland, and could now confirm the
reports she had he:.rd of his abilities
He was evidently no ordinary young man
Emily was at that time favored with the
attentions of several admirers, but she
had found in none of them that con
geniality of taste which she deemed es
sential in one thatsho could foie. After
reaching the privacy of her room, she be
gan to,revolve in her mind the incidents
of the evening She remembered how
Landon, the most xvealthrand fashiona•
ble young than of the town, had just made
a declaration of his love, and how she had
refused any further advances. She re•
membered how ho had said that unless
she married him, she would never have
any happiness in 'this world. She re
membered the expression of Ashland
when he had said that all the wealthy
were not haughty. She remembered the
slight blush on his cheek when Miss.
Simpson had refused his company. "I
aui rich," she continued, "but am far
from being happy. My every wish is '
gratified, but still there is an aching
void at my heart which renders life a
burden. My .days are spent in idleness.
While even the poorservant. gill can sing'
and be merry, 1, bowing to the cold and
-innatural customs of fashionable society,
must smother tl e nobler feelings of my
nature. lied I been born poor I might
now be happy and content; but alas I'
fear that toy days shall be - few and full of
trouble.. I have met but one man whom
I can love and there is Such a difference
in our social position, that I fear I could
give him no encouragement should he be
neased with me, without incurring the I
ill will of my friends."
Having concluded her meditations, she
offered up a
,fer...ent,prayer to him that
govern - eth all things', and - Oren with 'a
heart full of conflicting emotions, repair
ed to bed.
While these thoughts were passing
through Emily's mind, Ashland wan
translating a page of Cicero. Now that
he had determined to go to college in a short
time, and to enter one of the tligher class
es, it became necepary that he should
devote himself to his giudies More assidu
ously than he had done before. lie could,"
nut allow, therefore, his attendance at a
party to deprive him of more than the
part of an evening's study.
Ashland was now graduated, and had
returned to his native town to bid adieu
to his mother and brothers and sisters,
before going to a distant part of the coun
try to take charge of a school. Such a
length of time had elsed since he start
ed to college, that theew,triends he once
had in 11—, were away or had
so changed their mode of\lite that they
could not now associate witlNiin. Hav
ing nothing else to amuse him; `he took a
stroll out in the country. It was ono of
those pleasant afternoons in mid-summe'r,
when the warm rays of the sun are fanned
by a gentle, though refreshing breeze
He had walked about a mile from town,
and thus he communed to himself as ho
sat On the moss covered roots of a spread
ing oak :
" I am now tw:nty three years of ago.
Unless I expect to marry for convenience,
it is time that I should be looking about
we fur a wife. But having no money,
nu friends, no honored ancestry, to reo
otnuiend we, what success can I expect
to meet with! I havo wet many ladies,
but is there one that I could ud•nire ?
Miss Warren, , but why should 'I
th.nk of her 'I".
At that moment a lady of commanding
appearance was approaching, and casting
his eyes at hor features he discovered the
very person wno had just presented her
self to his mind. flc hesitated, but when
he saw that she recognized him, ho
walked forward and took her hand.
"1 bad not known you were at boa)°,
Mr. Ashley."
" I catno yeSterday, bdt shall remain
only a short time, yo are going
home, and hare no objections, I shall be
pleased to accompany you " She made
no objections, and they walked on togeth
er.
When they reached her father's costly
mansion, ho was somewhat surprised that
she should invite him in. He declined,
however, but promised that he would cull
in the evening.
Ile called accordinuly, and found sev
eral young ladies and gentlemen in the
parlor with Miss Warren... , Ashland had
seen much of the world now, and even
though the company had been disposed
to slight him, his mellow, voice and re
fined diiition would ham - won - him respect -
As it was, he was received very cordially
by-all — thep_arty. - Mon of his conferi4-
don was addressed to Miss Warren, but
he by no means did ; or wished to, mono
polize her company. Emily was in his
dreams that night, and his first waking
thoughts were about her. Since he had
first met her at Mrs. 13rowster's, even
throUgh the long and tedious years of
college life, he had not ceased to think
of her occasionally- What Emily's feel
ings were we Intim seen before. After a
three years separation, they- had met a
gain, and-the admiration which they then
entertained for each other; had now-ri
pened into-love. - -Yes, they- - were in love.
!‘l.t requires -not time nor proof to make
virtuous hearts coalesce : thereis a lan-
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CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1864.
gunge without
. words, a recognition inde ,
pendent of the vikial. organ, ,'which 'no
k novledges the kind'ied ofttingenial souls
almost in the riojni3nt they ?iidet. - .'!
Ashland was to leave on the morrow to
go to his school. He had visited Mr.
Warren's severallirues ; and 'now before
leaving, ho and Emily were ping to take
an afternoon's ramble in the'tountry.—
The Weather was still fine, and Owing to
the little travel or, the road which they
were to take, it bore more the appearance
of a piece of land which had just been
cut off from a grass field, than a public
thorough-fare. After they had passed
the suburbs of the town, she took his
arm, and very leisurely they walked a
long.
':Miss Warren, I think. it strange that
you should not have been married be
tore this."
" I see nothing strange about it. I
might say with -squal prOprinty that I
think it strange that you an not married.
You are older than I." • ' ." •
"i3ut your citeutustanods aro so dler•
ent frati Mine. You' are wealthy, and
what the world oal.s in every way uttrao•
tire. I am poor and aanuot afford to.
worry."
"Then none should mart'y but the rich?
What a pity that such atheoty has nut
been adup.ed, fur then these would soon
be no pour people."
"I am nut so sure of•that. But Ido
think it fuuli'h fur a young wan to marry
before ho i 5 able to support a wothan in
as good style at least as before she was
1.11 a r ri ed ."
"Were I a man I would spurn the lady
Who would exact that as e cuuditioa of
her marriage."
"AA you area woman do you exact
that which you would despise as a man ?"
They had now reached the spreading
oak where Emily had found him sitting two
weeks before, Lied as she• did not attempt
an answer to his question, he proposed
that they should take a seat and rest a
while. "Miss Warren," he
`'when I last sat hero, my mind was oc•
cupied with a subject nut unlike the one
we have been discussing - I concluded it
was time thud should think aboutgetting
married, and the first name that present
ed itself in this connection was your own
Then I thought of your wealih and fami
ly, and my own poverty and humble or
-igin, and was abou, to banish the thought
of you forever, when my meditations were.
disturbed by- your presence." •
Expecting to be interrupted ho ceased
for a few moments, but finding Emily si
lent he continued. 'go-morrow I leave
11=, to • be Quo,
yedre. — If you would wisV:to reocier them
a happy period of my existence, you eau
do so by a single word. yuu haz
ard the censure of friends, and the
ill
will of parents by promising to uniteyour
destinies with mine'["
A slight blush diffused her cheek, as
she gave hint her hand, and uttered the
one little monosyllable "Yes." Ile kissed
the hand, he drew her to his bosom, and
pressed his lips to her cheek. Ah little
dil he then think that thatkisswasthelast
he should ever give her.
Amid the excitement of the occasion,
they had lost all thought of time; and
when they arose to.return the sun was
sending his last rays from the Western
horizon. At her lather's gate they bade
good bye, and with hearts more joyful
than ever before, they each retired to
their respective homes.
CHAPTER HI
"Emily, I am surprised that you
should correspond with that common
school teacher, William Ashland. And
to du this without niy knowledge."
" Father, is, ho nut a worthy young,
man ?"
"Ask Jellies Landon, and he will tell
you what occupation his father followed.
"But is there anything in Mr. Ash
land's•-ohara:ter that is objeetronablo ?
Doubtless if we were totrz.ce our anoes
try back fur several generations, we should
find !hat seine of our fathers were quite
as pour and humble as Mr. AelLand's."
"But then to correspond with, him
without my knowledgo ! It is shameful.
I seuruely know how t.oau forgive you
for it."
" Farher, I am engaged. to William
_l.hland "
Eug4:od to him 1 Whata fool I was
ever to let hint outne in my house. En
gaged to him 1 flurrib.e.'
Phis was thu first tune nr. Warren
had ever spik en so roughly to Emily, and
her gentle nature gave way under his
violent language She might have told
him that she had wished to keep her en
gagement a secret until Ashland should
have gained such renown as would render
him hut, unacceptable to ber parents.—
But now she was overcome with feeling,
and only answered her father's bitter de
nunoiations with subs. Emily had been
corresponding with Ashland fur twoyeurs,
when by some little accident she belt one
of his Jotters where her mother found it.
-No sooner was it perused and the tact of
the secret .correspondence made kno*n
_to .4) . lr—Warten,_than.The_seught 'Emily,
and commenced to reprove her for.her
conduct.,- --Sho-had been: raised with t#ll
the tenderness that an only daughter
usually receives, and was indulged by:
her father in almost every thing ebb de=
sired. No wonder then . .thatfiihit''Oould
not brook the storm of. his passion.' On
one point, Emily was invincible, and that
was in proving faithful to her engage.
thent. She said that she had protnised
to marry Ashland, and unless. he desired
the engagement annulled, her wordshould
not be broken.
, .
Incensed by his daughter's refusal Jo
renounce Ashland, Mr. Warren deter
mined-that he would send her where they
could have no d'ommunieatien.
trunkti'wore packed, and in irfew days at'
=BEI
ME
: terwards she and her father stepped into a
Carriage, and were driven off to the near
est port, where they embarked in a ship
that was ready to sail for Europe. Mr.
Warren thought that as soon as Emily
should be introduced into European so
ciety, now that she had no means of coat- .
munieation with the poor school teachei,
.would euld forget him If she had had a
heart like most young ladies; which is
only impressed by the external ebarlicter
isties of man i .his expectations may' have
been realized ; butbetWeem her and Ash
land it was spirit coramuning4with spirit.
In their engagement there walk no selfish
motive, no idea of convenience ; it was
the involuntary action of two kindred
souls. As well might Mr. Warren have
attempted to calm the mad waves of ocean,
as to pluck from Emily's heart the mem
ory of William Ashland.
Twoears:were spent on tbe continent,
and lilibeituty and E mitsaccomplishmen
had made her an universal object of at
traction. Not few were the offers she
had of marriage, but true to her engage
went, 'she refused them all. James Lan-
don was travelling in Europe at the time
of her arrival there, and nu sooner had
he been apprised of the fact, than he hur
ried to meet her. Ho felt assured that
dho was yet - free, and he had an idea that
time may have changed the sentiments
she once entertained for him, Jame
Landon was a young man of good char.
eater, and would. be considered by most
persons very handsome ; but like the sons
of many wealthy parents be had been
brought up to believe that money and a
Chesterfieldiun education were more than
equivelants for a thougherly cultivated
intellect. The drawing room was his
element, and none could conduct a con
versation with more skill than James Lan
don. Alany were the mothers in H—
who would have been delighted to see him
pay attentions to their daughters; but the
only lady he had ever seemed pleased with
etas Emily Warren. Her father was ex
ceedingly anxious for the match,. and he
was scarcely able to restrain his anger
when he heard that she had refused him.
When they wet again on the other side
of the Atlantic, after a separation of four
years, Mr. Warren thought that now was
.the opportunity to accomplish the desire
of his heart: lie invited Landon , to. AO
comp-my them, and for several months
the two young parsons were thrown al
most daily in each other'ssociety. Emily
had great respect for her. lath.er's feelings
and hence while Landon's company was
a source of great annoyance to her, she
wade no exhibition of it in her -actions.
„tondon,s9on found howeveytivt Eniqy's
feelings were unchanged and unchanga
hle, and grcratly to her relief and her
father's disappointment, ho took leave of
them.
Emily had never expressed a desire to
return home but once, and then she was
reminded by h 'r father that she could go
whenever she promised to renounce Ash
land. Two years had now - nearly gone
by, since they lauded on European soil,
and her spirits and health were greatly
impaired. Her father saw the once rosy
cheek grow paler and paler every day,
and oven his hard heart was moved at
the dejected appearance of his beautiful
daughter. Emily now longed to be home
again. She felt that the cold hand of
death was laid upon her, and before clos
ing her eyes on this world forever, she
desired to take one last lingering glance
on the home of her childhood and the
scenes of her happiest days. But she
could not, she would not, renounce Ash
land. And she was too well acquainted
w ith her father's obdurite nature to dream
that he would allow her to return unless
she agreed to his demand. Mr. Warren
was anxious to be home again, and this
b)gether with his
. opprehensions for his
daughter's health,. made him seek an
early opportUnity to introduce the sub
ject of their return.
" Lntily, I suppose if I take you home
now, you will renounce William Ashland,
if ho has not already renounced you ?"
" Father, if you take me home, I . will
not marry him "
She could have spoken no words that
would have been more welcome to Mr.
Warren Arrangements for leavingwere
soon entered into, and in a few days they
set sail for home.
Ashland had been informed of Emily's
departure for Europe, and Its shd had
never since written to him, ho concluded
that she had forsaken him Though ho
loved her with all the ardor of his pure
Ikon, he did not how down, like many
a simple youth, under• -the pressure -of
the disappointment he supposed he had
received ; there was another he loved
more than any, earthly object, and in
him he put his trust. Now that the only
lady whom he had ever loved had for
saken hlin, , he determined that he would
live alone and for humanity. The last
letter that Emily bad everreceivgd from
him conveyed the intelligence that he
was about to be admitted to the practice
of law, in - one of the Western cities.—
' During - the short - period of her absence,-
...he_had_gained_great_emi_nenee,__and at
the time of her arrival borne, ho was one
'bribe ohieflawyeis io his ailopTed - Stale.
Re had not heard from II for a
long time, for shortly after Emily left the
town, the members of his family moved
'out to him in the West; and now every
tie with the home of his ohildhood was
.broken,
Mr. Warren and Emily rotated home,
and he soon saw why she Would not
marry William Ashland. The eheek that
had been pale, was now flushed. The
The eye bad lost itsbrightness, and death
was stamped upon her lovely countenance.
It was an evening in the fall of the year,
and a fresh breeze swept through the
apartment where' she . lay. Mrs. Brews-
Jett was-sittittiby , hor bedside, and they
irx \ w :
TERMS :--$l,BO in Advance, or $2 within the year.
Lieutenant do Rochelle was on duty at
Fort Sumpter iu the morning, and it was de
(ermined that the ceremony should take place
at the residence of Oen. Bonham in the eve
ning at seven o'clock. At the moment when
the Episcopal clergyman was asking the bride
if she was ready, a shell fell upon the roof of
the building, penetrating to the room where
the ootnpatty were assembled, bursted and
wounded nine persona, and among the rest,
'iliss Anna Pickens. We cannot describe the
scene that followed. Order was at once re
established, and the wounded were removed,
all except the bride, who lay motionless upon
the carpet,. Her bethrothed, kneeling and
bending over her, was weeping Utterly and
trying to staunch the blood that welled from
a terrible wound in her lett breast A sur•
geon came and declared that Miss Pickens
had not longer than two hours to live. Who
will paint the general despair.
Wueu the wounded girl recovered her eon
sotuusoes, she asked to know her late, and
when they hesitated to tell her, "Andrew,"
she said -I beg you to tell me the truth, if
I must die, I can die worthy of you." The
young soldier's tears were in his answer, and
Miss Anna, summoning all her strength, at
tempted to smile. Nothing could be more
heurt.rending than to see the agony of this
brave girl, struggling iu the embrace of death
and against a terrible moral pang.
Geveruor Pickens, whose courage is known,
was almost without oonsuiou 'tees, and Mrs
Picket's Wilted upon her child with the dry
and haggard eye of one whose reason totters.
Lieut. de Rochelle was the first to spa
"Ann," he cried, "I will die soon, too, but I
would have you die my wife. There is yet
time to unite us "
The young girl did hot reply, site was too
week. A slight flush rose ler an instant to
her pale cheek : it could be seen that joy and
pain were struggling in her spirit for the
mastery Lying upon a sofa, her uritlat dread
ad stained •with blood, her hair disheveled,
she had never been morebeatitiful. Helpless
as she wa , , Lieutenant de Bootie le took her
baud and requested the Rev. Mr. Diukinson
to gummed() with the ceremony.
When ii was time for the dying girl to say•
"Yes,' her tips parted several times, but she
could not immolate. At last the word was
spoken, anti a slight foam rested upon her
lips. The dying agony was near. The min
ister sobbed us he proceeded with the Care•
mony. An hour afterwards all was over, and
the bridal chamber *as the chamber of death.
Lieutenant de Rochelle has sworn to perish
in battle against the Yankees, and we are
sure that he will keep his oath. He bait now
a double motive to hate them and his own ex
istence.
—We should manage a fortune like our
constitution-,.enjoy it when good, have pa.
tience when bad, and never apply violent.re.
naedies but in cases of necessity.
---,What-do-you-propose --to-take for-your
cold?" said a lady to 'a sneezing gentleman.
"Oh, I'll sell very cheap; I wont higgla
about the price at all." '
—As they who,'for 'every slight sickness
take physic , to repair their health, do rather
impair it, so they who for every trifle' are
eager to vindicate their character do rather,'
weaken it:
—Misfortunes are moral bitters, which
frequently "restore the r healthy tone of the,
mind after it has been cloyed and sickened
by the sweets of prosperity. -
—Keep doing, always doing. :Wishing,
dreaming, intending, murmuring, .talkirig,
sighing, and repining, are all idle and profit
less employmenta. '
talked very pleasantly of the weather and
the changes that had been made in the
town. The 'conversation had ceased for
a few moments, when Emily nervously
.asked of Mrs. Brewster if she had heard
of Mr. Ashland lately.
She replied that she bad seen an ex
tract from a western paper, a few days
before, which spoke of Mr. Ashland as
one of the most talented and successful
lawyers in his State:;.
6 Mrs. Brewsteit i will you please bring
my portfolio and * writing materials."
Mrs. Brewtiter did as she was bid, and
then by means of pillows gave Emily a
half sitting position in the bed. She se
lected a delicate sheet of paper. and' with
a trembling hand, wrwe the following:
" William Ashland : My love for you
has never changed. Meet me in Heaven.
Emily Warren."
Emily handed the note to Mrs.Trew
ster, who promised that Ashland should
receive it. In a few days afterwards a
funeral procession went out from Mr.
Warren's, and in the. little cemetery at
the edge of the town they placed the re
mains of Emily Ashland received the
note in due time,.together with the intel
ligence of its writer's death. lie had
the.words engraven on the inner case of
his watch, and placed the note with her
other letters. tie has filled the highest
offices of his State, and has been one of
the chi. f counsellors of the nation. His
locks are now white with age, and he has
come to his native town to spend the re
mainder of his da s.
Now each evening he takes his Mine
and walks down to the cemetery. And
as he had once dampened Emily's cheeks
with his lips, as the sun was Sinking in
the west, so now, at the same time, on
bended knees, he moistens her grave with
his tears. II is health is fast failing him,
and soon he too will be laid in the dust.
Then
_Abe engagement that was made on
earth frill be fulfilled in heaven.
A Thrilling Incident of the War.
We find In the Courier Des Etat Unis the
following touching narrative of an Incident in
the siege of Charleston, taken frr the /Vv.
cury of that city.
The Yankee from time to time throw a shell
into the city, and nobody seems to mind it.
But misfortune willed that yesterday a shell
should. throw the entire -community into
mourning,
Miss Anna Pickens, the daughter of our
former Governor, never consented - to leave the
city. Despite the represeutaion of General
Beaureguard, she remained, braving shells and
Greek tire, tending the wounded and cheering
all with her presence. Amotiethe wounded
officers under her care was Mr. Andrew de
Rochelle, a descendant of one of the noblest
Huguenot faculties of the city. __'Chia young
man was full of the liveliest gratitude for his
fair nurse; gratitude gave birth to more ten
tier Ben , iment ; his suit was listened to, Gov
eruor Pickens g ave his consent., and the mar
riage was fised for yesterday, the 23d of
April.
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Those who hiVe been.-following Clerfertil
'l l
'quint with their disparaging cri ictim a cniit -
be reminded 'that their favorite declaraton
used to be, that it was .41Osiettitiffre) 1 to i t . 44
'l4 'the neighborhood of Richmond
direct route from ifie,Rapidan: anti. - Ornnf
has disproved that certainly. And nowWei'
the comparison of the direct with thePeekt:
sula routeMotnes up, it is eufildent zte.point
to facts. The army of the.:„Potininse - bounii
to embark for the Peninsula on the•l7tfi of-
March, and it arrived before Yorktown in the
first week of April ' . It retrained thertv
nearly a month, and made its way up to Me
chanicsville, where our centre now is, on tire
24th of May. Thus in 1862, it took very
nearly ten weeks to transfer the army from
Northern Virginia to_ the vicinity of
mond, while this year it hat taken not quite
five weeks. Or, if we throw out of account
the time spent in taking the army to the
Peninsula, then it took'-McClellan dimi
weeks longer to march hie front the Rapidan
to the same point, the marching distance.be
ing about the same in both eases. It can
hardly be said that greater rebel resistant*
was made'to the former, which-would seer&
to show that either the Peninstila route - 11s
less feasible, or else that leas energy was
laid out in overcoming its obstacles.
NO. T 5.
, People are wondering why gold coed*.
ties to advance when everything looki eo
favorable for ultimate success in the field.
We find in the New York papers two Tea.
sons, and there is doubtless truth in both.
Says the Express!
There is a clique in Wall and William
streetitand elsewhere, striving to gun up
gold to 200, expec ing to sell out at a large
profit. Some. of the speculators have 6110
made large bets that gold will reach thii
price, and are ready to sacrifice a good dell
to win their f eta, even though they loss
money upon the speculation tor a time.—
The soul of the speculators must be-a good
deal harder than the metal in which they
deal, and they seem to care but little of
what becomes of the country or its people
so that they profit by.ihe war."
Says the New York Herald:
" Wall street is in a measure,
in the hands
of rebel sympathizers and direct rebel
agents, who create a fictitious price for the
purpose of showing the embarassed condi
tion of affairs at the North, to dispirit out'
people and give comfort to the enemy sad
his agents.
There is nothing substantial in the way
these gentry carry on their proceedings az
cept the success which attends them, A
rebel agent nominally buys or sells with an-
other, with whom he is in collusion, at a
high rate, neither of them having a dollar
with which to operate ; and this quotation
is immediately blazoned abroad as the price
of gold, whert as there is really no gold at
all represented in the transaction."'
That Jeff Davis has agents operating to
break down our finances has been proved by
intercepted correspondence. And in one
sense every speculator in gold who operates
for a rise is an agent of Jeff- Davis. The
moral obliquity of these gold speculators is
only equalled by their lack of patriotism.
FACTS AND FIGURES:
The greatest cataract in the world is the
Falls of Niagra, where the water accumulate!!
from the great upper lakes, forming a river
of three - quarters of a mile in width, and
then, being suddeuly contracted, plunges over
the rocks
.in two columns, to the depth of
tw hui.dred and sixty feet.
The greatest cave in the world is the mam•
moth cave, in Kentucky, where one can
make a voyage cn the waters of a subter
ranean rive, and catch fish without eyes.
The greatest river in the world is the His
sissippi 4100 miles in length. its name is
derived from an I dian word signifying the
"Father of waters."
The largest valley in the world is the
Valley of the Mississippi. It contains .500,-
000 square miles, and is one of the most
fertile and profitable regions of the globe.
The largest lake in the world is lake-Su
perior, which is truly as " inland sea," be
ing 430 miles long.
The greatest natural bridge in the world
is the Natural Bridge over Cedar Creek, ie
Virginia. It extends across a chasm eighty
feet in depth, at the bottom of which the
creek flows.
The greatest mass of solid iron in the
world is the Iron Mountain of Missouri. It
is 350 leet high, and two miles in circuit.
Tho longest railroad in the world is the
central Railroad, of Illinois, which is up.
wards of seven hundred and thirty-miles In
length, and cost fifteen millions of dollars.
The greatest number of miles of railroad,
in proportion to the shr , ace of any section
of .the country in the world, is inAlassachu.
setts, which has' over one mile td every ten
wiles of area.
The greatest number of clocks in the
world may ..be found manufactured in the
little State of Connecticut.
The - hugest now her of wbele ships in the
miuld are sent out by Drautuolset and
iiedtord.
The greatest grain pod in the .trOriti ij
Chicagp.
•
The largest aqueduct in the world is the
Croton Aqueduct, in New York. It is forty•
and a hall miles long, and coat twelve.oo4
halt millions of &Hera.
Thelargest dtrpositeS of antharcite coal
in the world are in Petansylvania—..the-minea'
of ishieh supply the .market with tuilleona of .
tons annually, and appear to be inexhausti T
ble.
All these. it way be,observed, aro Ameri
can "ins itution...' • •‘.1.0 contemplation of
them, who will not acknowledge that oars
is a •great country?".
Row LITERARY MEN VOTE. - Tlll3 leattow
ber of the Yale Literary Ala:ryctsins
st•Ltetnent of the wanner in whioh theifilneri
and students of Yale College owed at the
cent ConneOlibut State *lotions. it le ell
follows:
Faculty
Theological students
Law Students
Medical students - •
Scientific students -
'Seniors
Juniors
Sophomores
Fres!wren
Total
—The poorist education that teaches self.'
control is better than the best that neoleets
—*hen you hear the phrase, "I" may say
without vanity," you limy be sure seine char.
acteristio -vanity. _will .the' eathii •
breath. ' r - -
—,&,great step is'gainefl when eobildhna .
learned tbat there is no necessFy , conneCtiOst
between liking a;thing tibil doing' it.
Msnyyquug ladies who. hbpe for it, brit
little :expect it, will, be married; many . Who
confidently , anticipate that glorious contu•
motion will .IWdisuppointed.•
The Gold Speoulators.
union. Dein.
88 2
14 . 0
7 1
0 1'
_l3 0
47 . 8
10 • 1
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