THE PILOT It TUBLISHED EVEY TUESDAY MORNIUG BY JAMES W. TUCRORY, ( Irorth West Corner of the Public Square,) the following rates, from which there will he no deviation: Mee subscription, in advance $1.60 iihin six months 1.76 ithin twelve months 2.00 No paper will be discontinued unless at the option f the Publishers, until all arrearages are paid. No subscriptions will be taken for a less period hen six months. Scicct Po ctn. MOUND IS IN THE GRAVE-YARD. A mound is in the grave-yard— A short and narrow bed— No grass is growing on it, No marble at its head. You may go and weep beside it, You may kneel and kiss the sod, But you'll find no balm for sorrow In the cold and silent clod. There's anguish in the household, 'Tis desolate and lone, For a fondly cherished brother From the parent nest has flown. One lovely form ie missing, One heart has ceased to beat. And the chain of love lies shattered At the desolator's feet. Remove the vacant chair, ills clothing put away, And all his little treasures, With your precious treasures lay. Strive not to cherish the tear drops, Which fall like summer's rain, For the sun of hope shines o'er them,— Ye shall see his face again. Oh ! think where rests your brother; Not in his downy bed, Not on the tainted battle-field, In the cold and silent. grave. Rut in the heavenly mansion, Upon the Saviour's breast, With loved one's arms about him lie takes his sainted rest.. 1 , (goo ."torn. A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE. BY SYLVANUS COBB, JR My friend was captain of one of the mail '7. steamers plying between New Orleans and Mo• He spent some days with me not lung tAsince, and among other adventures which had ..Wbelallen him, he related to me the following: -a, ~1 .4 .. I bad been engaged on board the steamer I : something over a year, and was then serving in the capacity of mate. During the first few months I had been rather shy of New Orleans t ,''l '!: by gaslight. I had heard so many stories of „ ~ 'yrobberies and murderers, and of strangers be ling attacked from mere wantonness, that I pre bierred to keep myself as safe as possible.- -'•;,. ometimes I spent the night at a hotel, where P IS he officers of various steamers bad assembled I for a social time; and sometimes It went to the : , 'theatre. At length, however, as I became ac ;?. 'quainted with the city, the old timidity wore .'..,' . ff, and I finally accompanied some of my ..: rother officers to places where the more start ng. episodes of real life in the great city oe ti ‘,.,. urred. Front the hotel we went to the theatre; .-Tand from the theatre we went to some of the .19 '-Most famous gambling-houses. 4' Suffer me, my frieud, to iuform you here at lam a gamester. I have played a little, I shall be obliged to confess; but the charm broken, as you shall hear. On the third or fourth visit to the :gaming. ise, one of my companions laughingly pro ted that we should make a small venture at Faro-table. With a smile upon my face I ew down a quarter-eagle. The banker asked if I bet upon the queen. I told him yes. is then admonished to put my money fairly the card. I pushed the piece further on, the confusion I exhibited must have in ned the bystanders that I was slightly ver. touching the rules, regulations, and mys tes of the Faro-bank. The banker began to le off the cards, and presently he drew in piece of gold which I had ventured, and iw down in its place an ivory cheque repre ting five dollars. I had won. I smiled at luck, and when the cards were next she I placed my cheque back upon the queen. 'on again; and again I smiled; for the ight that I Was gambling did not enter my id. It was sport—sport of a new and exeit kind. I bet upon the queen again, and in I won. Before the next play I calculated ttle. It was not likely that the same card ,Id win again ; so I made my venture upon ace. The queen lost, and the ace won.— the end of an hourl bad won seventy-five eighty dollars, and then I went with my upanions to the hotel, where we spent &her hour before repairing to our boats. After this I frequently accompanied my ids to the gaming houses; and I also made her ventures at the Faro bank. A love of excitement grew upon me before I was e of it—grew upon me so strongly that .e than once I ventured alone into a gaming ise not far from our hotel. One evening of us officers were at the St. Charles, and " • , . 1 0 ' •• .; N N k 41 fr : /1 110 ' m, • / • \ 0: • • _ - • •••• / •, ° k „,• VOL-1111. GREENCASTLE, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1863. after supper the question was started as to how we should dispose of the next few hours. Two were for the theatre, and two for the gaming house. How should we decide ? As neither party seemed willing to give up, it was finally arranged that we should go just as our incli nations led us. Two went to the theatre, and two started for the gaming-house. I was one of the latter. -My cornpanion,was captain of an up-river boat,'and before we set out he informed me that he must be on board by mid night, as he was to start early in the morning This was all pleasant to me, as I had already made up my mind that I would be in my own state-room before the hour he had mentioned. So off we went, over towards the Third Muni cipality, nearly a mile anda half from our hotel, where we found the gaming-house we had planned to visit. We sat in the bar-room awhile, and smoked a cigar, and then went up into the hall. The company was large, and the playing seemed to be spirited. We lounged about, and observed the progress of the different games, and finally stopped at a Faro-table, where I made a venture, and lost. Another— and won. Then I-bought twenty dollars worth of cheques. ' ' When I bought my cheques : there were seven players beside myself at the table. Two of them were either steamboat captains, and four of them were either merchants; or gentle men of that stamp. They may have been gamblers by profession--regular blacklegs— but that doesn't matter. They appeared to be gentlemen, and certainly they behaved as such. The seventh wan at the table was a study; and had there been an over-balance of apparent gentility in the company, 1 should not have stopped where he -was. lie was evidently a boatmen, and when I had heard liiMsPeak, made up my mind that he was a Hoosier. He had come down from the Ohio with his flat-boat, had sold his cargo and his useless lumber, and was now on a bit of a ".time." He was truly a tough looking customer. He must have stood six feet and two or three inches' high, with a frame like an ox. His shoulders were broad and heavy, his arms long, and muscular, and his hands so large and hard that it was difficult for him to put doWn his cheques. Of his face but little was to be seen, the lower part of it being covered by a thick, long beard of a grizzly color, while the upper part was shaded by the slouching of the broad rim of an old felt hat. I could see his eyes, and they were keen and bright 'enough: 'They looked black when in the deepest shade, but when his head was turned so that the light struck upon,- the face, they seemed to have a metallic lustre, changing from steel to brass. Presently those eyes were turned upon me with a threatening look, the owner seeming to intimate that I had started at him about long enough. At any rate I took it as a hint, and went on, with my play. My luck was changeful. I won, and then lost. Then I won once more, and then I lost again. Finally I touched the knave with a dozen cheques, worth five dollars each, and won. The Hoosier had staked twelve cheques on the queen. He lost, and the banker pushed the pile on the queen over to me. I let the twenty-four cheques remain where they were, and the Hoosier put twenty four upon the queen. At this point my companion came and told me that he must be going. I was too much excited with the play to leave the table then, and I told him not to wait for me. The queen lost—the knave won—and again the banker passed to rne,the„,cheques which the Hoosier had lost. Once more my companion asked me if I would go with him. I told him I could not. He went away without me. Forty-eightCheques were upon the knave, in four stacks. "Stranger, do you go them yer—all ?" The Hoosier asked me this question, at the same time pointing to my cheques. I told hiM, yes. He bought more cheques, and placed a number equal to wine upon the • queen. • "This yer keard must win some time," he muttered, as he straightened up his stacks of ivory, and then he added, glancing over at my pile, "an' that yer knave's got to lose afore he's much older." The dealer began to throw off the cards again. The knave came first. It had won. The queen came next. The banker turned it upon his left baud—the bank won—the Hoosier ltist. As before, the cheques which came from the queen were passed over to me. I hesitated—but the spell was upon me, and I could not break—and ventured them ill on the knave again. The Hoosier eyed me sharp- ly, and then ventured a like amount upon the queen, at the same time muttering to himself that such kind of luck couldn't last always.— Again the cards were slid off, and to the aston ishment of all who were watching the game. the knave and the queen came out very near ti gether—the knave to the right, the queen to the left. I had won—the Hoosier had lost. The banker now took in my smaller cheques, and gave me in exchange some worth, twenty dollars. each. My last stake had been fbur hundred and eighty dollars, and my present pile was consequently 'nine hundred and sixty. "Make it a thousand!" whispered the H9O MU "Done," I replied. And I. added two elle-, ques to my accumulated venture. Again the banke; began to throw off his cards, right and left.. The knave came up first. to the right. I had won.- .The queen came up —to the left—lost! The Hoosier drove his hand into his bosom,, and brought forth,a pock et-book, from which he took a roll, of bank notes. "Go yer two thousand 1" he said, in.a hoarse whisper. "I've got that much.". My My first impulse, before he had spoken, had been to do that very thing, but now .I hesitated. What had I to.do with him.?. iwas not playing with him—l was nut betting against hiw.- My play was simply against the banker, and his was the same. told : him as much. "No, not," he said, eagerly. "It's agin luck we're phyla': Them yer two keards is in for it. -: The knave's yourni an' the' queen's mine: Go your two thousand.' All that I had upon the table beforeme, save one solitary cheque , twenty dollars, .I had woo ; so I had little real risk to run. • "It's done," I said; and down went two thousand dollars upon the knave. The . finosier placed his venture Upon the queen—there 'were 'some cheques, and some bank notes—in all two thousand dollars. His hand quivered a little' as be Pushed the 'pile forward ; and 'then he turned •to watch the move.ments of the banker. ' The card began to move off once more, and this time the table was surrounded by an eager crowd. Them was soniething novel -in the spectacle of two men playing against each other . at Faro; and it struck me as being excessively nov:1, too. But it was no doing of mine. The Hoosier seemed to' have a sort of superstitious faith that our chances' were running' together'. HoWever, I meant to make this one venture further, and then break the spell, let it be win or lose. - Right and left—right and left. The queen came up firit—to the hp ! ! The knave came up—io the . right! i Wen again ! I gathered up my gains, and then looked for the Hoosier; but he fiafgone. "Perhaps you'll try the knave again?" said the banker. I told him no. I .had played enough. I pushed over my cheques, and he gave me the . cash for them—some gold, and some bank-notes —to the amount of nearly six thousand dollars. I went to the bar, and took a glass of wine, and then I started for my boat. The night, was dark, and.l had a long distance to walk.. I looked at my watch as I came through the,hall, and found it to be an hour past midnight. I began to think I had been a fool. But there I was, and I must make the best of my way to my boat., So I started forth, at a brisk walk. intending to strike the Levee near the Mint. and then follow the course of the river. I had gone half a mile or so, when I heard heavy footsteps behind me. I increased my rate of speed; but the following steps still came near er. I hurried on, but to no effect. The echo behind me was not to be outwalked. , 1 felt for my pistol, but I had none. I had not brought it with me. I had a dirk-knife, and that was all. By and by the steps sounded so near to me that I turned to see who it was that thus pursued me. At the distance of only, a few yards came a tall, gaunt figure, which I at once recognized by the light of tlie street-lamp As the dull glare fell upon the oz-like form knew it was the Hoosier! I would have started to run, but it was too late. He was upon me, and his hand was upon my arm. I would have shouted for help, t but he might have killed me to stop my noise. I would have drawn my dirk•knife. but the show of opposition might only have called the giant's strength down upon me to crush me. My in stinet told me to be passive and wait for the worst. We were in a lonesome spot, with not a light visible save the few .street•hamps ,that sent their sickly rays struggling through the dingy glass ; and if the fellow meant to rob me, or to kill me,l knew not bow to help myself. "Stranger," he said, his voice sounding frightfully low and hollow, "you played agiu me to-night." "No," I replied, trying to speak plainly—to speak calmly was out of the question—"l had nothitry, to do with you. I was playing against the bank." "It's all the same," he continued. "Our luck run , together, an' twas you agin me, an' me gin you. It don't make no odds now. I'm deal brake. I haint got a single pie. Hold on. D'ye see this?" , He i reacbed„his right hand up over his shoul der, and, from beneath his coat, he drew forth the largest, longest, brightest, and most savage looking bowie knife Iflad ever seen. My 'knees smote together, and my heart leaped to my throat. "You've got money," le , went on, as he held he gleaming weapon in his hand. "You won woa.all. I lost—lost all. I'm dead broke —not a pie. I want enough to get home. I paid, twenty dollars, in clar, yaller gold, for this yer tooth-pick. Give me fifteen on it, an' I'll go. Ef ye're a man ye won't refuse that." Mercyl what a letting down was that! In stead. of seeking my, life, the poor fellow had followed me for the purpose of pawing his bowie-knife!: ; . He was acquainted with none of those whom he had seen in the gaming -house, and he had no,friends in the city. I feared him no. more., As I spoke with him now, I felt that he was a true-hearted man. "If you get fifteen dollars you will go back to the gaming•table again," 1 said. ,Ills answer,was,slow and sure:. "I've tried it twice, stranger, an' when I try it agin I'll let you know." • s I told the man to come with me. "Come to my .boat," I said, ,"and you shall have the money.", He said, perhaps l'd let him stay on board all night. Of, course ;I would., As we walked, along, I made up my mind just what Iwould do ; and when we reached the boat,.l took , him to my .state-room, and handed him a chair.. Said I: • . "My friend, I. have made a resolution since we have been walking together. :I have re solved that , I will gamble,no more. While you and I played at the same ,table, you lost just thirtynine hundred dollars." •,; 'Xaetly " he replied. "Well,". I continued, "I, am _going to make up to you what you lost. . I shall feel better to do so." . . • , , - =MEE .The Hoosier started in amazement,./ "I do it as much for my sake as Jor your own," Lwent on, before he could make any,an swer; "and if I can feel assured that the event has cured both of .us shall consider it as one of the most valuable experiences of ;:tnylife." The plain heartedfellow seized my. t hand, and my offei was accepted; and when lie told me that he would never play again, I believed him. He took the money, and all he could do in return was to make me accept his bowie knife, and to promise me that he should always remember me with warmest emotions. That was several years ago. I have not ven tured a dollar at anygame of , hazard since, nor do I believe my Hoosier friend has done it either. I keep the long, heavy bowielnife, and I never look upon it but I think how weak my knees were when my gaze rested, for the first time upon its gleatning blade.—N. Y. Ledger. • • THE GENTLEMAN. It is 110 very uncommon thing in the World to meet with men of Probity; there are like. wise a great many men of Honor to be found, men of courage, reen > of sense, and men, of letters are frequent, but a true gentleman is what one , seldom sees. He is properly a corn found of the various good qualities that em bellish mankind. As the great poet animates all the different parts of learning by, the force of his genius, and irradiates all the compass of his Knowledge by the • lustre and bright ness of his imagination , so all the great and so'id perfections of life appear in the finished gentleman with a beautiful glos and varnish; every thing he says or does is accompanied with a manner or rather a charm, that draws the admiration and good will of every beholder. A Goo]) MAN'S WISH.—.I. freely confess to you that I would wish, when I am laid down in my grave, to have someone in his manhood hand over me and say, "There lies one who was a real friend to me, and privately warned me of the dangers of the young; no one knew it, hut he aided me in the time of need ; I owe what I am to him." Or else to have qnule w:giow, with choking utterance, telling her children, "There is your friend and mine." ADVERTISING RATES. 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Praise is the hand maid of virtue, but the maid is much oftener wooed than the mistress. • Prosperity, like a comet, threatens while it shines The snake's poison is in his teeth ; the slan derer's in his tongue. Honest mirth lengthens life ; death is often aug,hed out of his fell intentions. It is almost 'as easy to be contemptuous as contemptible. He who is the first is both. Infidels are generally credulous. They be ieve everything but the mmrd of God. The'mind, like the eye, sees all things rather ban itself Relations, always take the greatest liberties, and frequently give the least assistance. A man may go over the world and round the world with Out: ever being in the world. Most Married men must think the devil is slow of foot, they so often catch him. The child of a very wealthy man may be considered a million-heir. A: Field officer usually puts young men upon Lis` staff•. 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