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'Twas at days early dawning in The autumn of the year, When chilling winds betokened "The winters advent near. When gath'ring flocks of forest birds -Are wont from many a mouth, `To chatter forth their parting lays And seek the " sunny South." When crickets hie them to the hearth Prom corning cold to shield, And erst, the golden plovers have Retired from the field., A morning sunbeam reached my couch And beckoned roe to' rise, But e're' I heed its silent voice I close again mine eyes. The' visions of imperfect views Around me are displayed, And as they mortal' forms assume A Being Is.portrayed, Upona rampant goat he sat And dangling from his side The empty goblet reeking hangs That ruby wine supplied, Upon his head a crown he wore Of crimson autumn leaves, The jocunedloughtnr tind the jest liis stalwe:ri bosom heaves, Anon he'd scatter golden grains, Anon look grave and sober, And draw his mantle close around The form of " stout October." Then followed one who bore a staff, And from the forest trees, . Tie struck the browri nuts In their hull With ev'ry passink breeze. Behind him m'a hamper, borne By two daft rugged swains, He brought the choicest winter fruit Just gathered from the plains. • Where'ere he trod; the moistened earth fu,cryetaled hoar-frost rose, And lulled the vegetating realm In Winters grim 'repose. . Clad in a leopards;apotted gard, He bid the earth surrender, . The empire of the seasons to The despot;of November. The last fell object of this scene Tbat passed belcire my view, Was an aged scowling man, Dressed in a russet hue, Around his humped shoulders hung A shaggy coat of white, Made nom the polar bear's rough skin, The emblem of stern might. His uprais'd right hand clutch'd an as, Dia left a faggoi gnarley, And from his belt a canteen hung, Fill'd with " the juice of barley." . Out from his glaring eye-balls shot Agleam I'll e're remember ; And from his lips a shiv'ring blast, That whispered " old December." Then gently as dissolving shades Again return'd, In roundelay The yearly train Thai passed away. Dut 'all from mem'ry fades, Except May's calm And rosy face, Which warms my heart Tho' far apace Upon times everglades. It BAD is reported in a Riehmo'nd paper that Mr. Paul Morphy, the famous chess player, "has kindly consented to be present" at the meeting of a rebel cAese-club in the Confederate capital. This. is , the worst movement that Mr. Morphy has made, and he need not be surprised to...find himself check mated at tie , end of the game. It is not a safe "opening." DEATEL OF Sonnosssa.—On the 2.1111 September there died, at Heidelberg, Schlosser, the historian, at the age of eighty 7 five, of no disease, it is stated, but of the weakness of old age. .tle was a man of great industry, indefatigable in researches. Nothing has been done in the pase.of Idr. Aankin, charged with an in fractiOn of the 'neutrality laws in lutist. ing soldiers in Canada for the United States army.. John Brown Jr.'s sharpshooters, num bering eildy-six men, passed through Chicago latigy, on their way to Kansas. p - i_ _L I _ - FRalK.er, Proprietor_ VOL. 8. A NEW SUCIETY.—OId men and you! men, women and children are admitted as members if they possess the following qualifications : 1. They must devote their whole at. tention to other people's business and entirely neglect their own. 2. When they hear a scandalous re port about a neighbor or friend, they must not eat, drink or sleep until the chief officers of the society are informed of the same. 3. No person shall become a mem ber unless he or she is a person of leisure; and can loaf about the town, or make seventeen calls a week and watch the actions of the people generally, and be ready to report at head quarters the slightest intimation of a report. The following are some of the by-laws and regulations of the society : A rt. 1. This society shall be known as the Tattle and Gossiping Society The principal and ruling officers shall be as follows : One great liar and two lesser ones, three tattlers and four gos sipers, any one of which will constitute a quorum, and shall have power to trans act business at any time. Art. 2. If any person of this society shall be found guilty of knowing more about his own business than that of his neighbor, he shall be expelled forthwith, Art. 3. Any person belonging to this society Who makes a practice of tel ling the truth two or three times, shall be expelled without a hearing. Art. 4. Any member who does not,re port regularly what his neighbors, re siding within three doors of him, has for dinner every Sunday, and for tea every time they have company, shall be cut off from the rights and privileges of this society. Art. 5. Harty member of this society shall see, hear tell of, or even suspect that a young man has waited on a lady twice, he, must report them as already married, or to•be married, soon, or he shall be looked at as no tattler, and shall be fined to the full extent of .the law, for any such misdemeanor. Art. 6. Any man . or woman who shall neglect their own business to take the trouble to circulate about town scandalous reports which they know to be false, shall be deemed by all respect able citizens Commander-in-chief of said society, and shall be looked upon as such by all its members. PLUCK OF THE HOOKER Giai.s.--The young ladies of Logansport, Ind., at a meeting held on the 30th of September, passed the following resolution : Resuieed, That we deem it to be the duty of every young unmarried man to enlist and fight for the honor of his country, his flag, and his own reputation. 2d. That the young men, in this time of our country's peril, have bt4one - ex cuse for not being a soldier, and that is cowardice. 3. That the young man who now fails to respond to the call of his country, is not worthy the kind regards or the smiles of the young ladies of our native Hoosier State, and that none but ladies of a doubtful age will smile on such men. 4th. That wo will have nothing to do with young men who refuse to go to the war, and that "Home Guards" must keep their distance. sth. That the -young man who has not pluck enough to fight for his country has not the manliness to make a good husband. 6th. That wo will marry no man who has not been a soldier. 7th. That we will not marry until af ter the war is over; and then "Homo Guards!" no, never! ! W Under the present administration of the War Department, there is a chance for men of merit to rise , from the ranks. The ability that created the Marshals of France under Napoleon. ill have full opportunity under Lincoln.— On Friday last he searched the regular army for sergeants who had brains, ex perience, and virtue, and conferred upon twenty-five of them commissions as second lieutenants. Their future is in their own hands. CrA volunteer applied to be enrolled in a Southern village, when he asked to see what kind of looking men had al ready enlisted. The lieutenant paraded his "army," and a tough-looking set they were. "Why," said the countryman; I thought you only enlisted "picked men." "So they are, said the lieutenant, "pick ed out of the gutter, every man 1" Miss Florence Nightingale is so se riously ill as to preclude 'all hope of her recovery. illt ( ) Ittkpcnbat tins ii *anal far fijt (firtit. MARIETTA, NOVEMBER 16. 1861. Winfield Scott. GEN. Scott : In a letter to the Sec retary of War, the old chieftain says : `For more than throe years I have been unable, from a hurt, to mount a horse or walk more than a few paces at a time, and that with much pain. Other and new infirmities, dropsy and vertigo, ad monish me that a repose of mind and body, with the appliainces of surgery and medicine, are necessary to add a little more to a life already protracted much beyond the usual span of man.— I am compelled to request that my. name be placed on the list of army officers retired from active service."— The flowing record of the old general will be found interesting : General Winfield Scott, was born in Petersburg, Virginia, 13th of June, 1776, was appointed Captain of Light Artil ery on the 3d of May, 1808, Lieutenant Colonel Second Artillery 6th July, 1812; distinguished' in assult on Queenstown Heights, Upper Canada, 13th October, 1812 ; Adjutant General (rank of Colo nel) Second Artillery, 12th March, 1813; led the van, and was distinguished in capture of Fort GeOrge, Upper Canada, 27th May, 1813 ; Brigadier General 9th March, 1813 ; in the division of Major General Brown on the Niagara, and com manded one brigade which fought the battle of Chippewa, sth July, 1814 ; bre vet Major General "for his distinguish ed service in the successive conflicts of Chippewa and Niagara, and for his uni form gallantry and good .conduct as an officer 'in said army," 25th July, Isr4 '(September 1814) in the latter severly wounded; received a gold medal "with suitable emblems and devices," present ed "in testimony of the high sense enter tained by Congress of his distinguished services in the successive conflicts of of Chippewa and Niagara. and of his uniform gallantry and good conduct in sustaining the reputation of the arms of the United States," 3d November, 1814; retained Bth April 1815 ; Major General and General-in-Chief of the Army, 25th June, 1841 ; took command in person of the army in Mexico December. 1846, and made the conquest of . Mexico, from the capture of Vera Cruze, 29th March , 1847, to the capture of the City of Mex ico 15th September, 1847, received the "thanks of Congress" of March 9th, 1848, for "uniform gallantry and good conduct conspicuously displayed at the siege and capture of the City of Vera Cruze and Castle of San Juan de Ullo, March 29th, 1847 ; and in successive battles of Cerro Gordo, April 18th, Contreras, San An tonio, and Churbusco, August 19th and 20th. and for the victories achieved in front of the City of Mexico, September Bth, 11th, 12th, and 13th, and the cap ture of the Metropolis, September 14th, 1847, in .which the Mexican troops, greatly superior in numbers, and with every advantage of position, which in every conflict signally defeated by the American arms ;" with tho presentation of a gold medal "with devices emblemat ical of the series of brilliant victories achieved by the army"—"as a testimony of the high sense entertained by Con gress of his valor, skill, and judicious conduct in the memorable campaign of of 1847 ; and subsequently appointed Lieutenant General of the United States Army, the highest military rank that, under our institutions, can be conferred oa any citizen. INTERESTIi6 RELICS.—The occupation of the Fairfax Court House, alternately by the Federal and Confederate forces in Virginia,-has caused the almost en tire dismantlement of the Episcopal church at that place, so renowned for its antiquity, and the soldiers of both armies, when encamped there spent much of their time in converting pieces of the woodwork of the sacred edifice into souvenirs for themselves and friends. Many of these took the shape of smok ing-pipes, and we have seen some of very neat shape and finish. The church at Fairfax Court House was built by Lord Fairfax, and the pulpit and altar were onstructed in England. In this church and at •this -"altar, George Washington was married. The - altar has been nearly all cutaway, and it is mostly from the material composing it that the pipes are made by the souvenir seekers. Tee Lusa BRIGADE.—CoIoneI Robert Emmett. Patterson has been commission ed by the Governor of the State and the War Department, to raise the Philadel phia regiment of the Irish Brigade.-- Col. Patterson is a son of Gen. Robert Patterson, and 'was formerly an officer of the Regular army: rill -- Jaa- . ---C>aas Dollar a "Year_ ANECDOTES OF STEPHEN Gilt aRD.—A paper read by Dr. W. M. Cornell at the last meeting of the New England Iris torical Genealogical Society, in Boston, gave the folloWiogioteresting Anecdotes of Stephen Girard Stephen Girard was the sole judgo c of his benevolence. If rightly approached he would give largely ; but if dictated to or treated rudely he would not give at, all. Samuel Coates, one of his old friends, knew how to manage Girard, while many who sought aid from him were unsuccessful. Mr. Coates was one of the managers of the " Pennsylvania Hospital," which was therumuch in want of funds. Ho undertook to get a dona tion from Mr. Girard, and, meeting him in the street, stated his object. Mr. Girard asked him to come the next morning. Mr. Coated called and found 'Mr. Gi rard at breakfast. He asked him to take some, which Mr: Coates did.. After breakfast, Mr. Coates said: " Well Stephen we will proceed to business, " Well, what have you .come for, Sam uel?" said Mr. Girard. " Just what thee pleases, Stephen," replied 'Mr. Coates. Girard drew a check for $2,000, which Mr. Coates put - in his pocket without looking at it. " What! not look at the check I gave you !" said Mr. Girard.— " No, beggars must not he choosers, Stephen," said Mr. Coates. "Hand back the check I.gs:ve you," demanded Girard. "No, no, Stephen; a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," said Mr. Coates, "you have caught me on the right footing." He then drew a check for $5,000, and presented it to Mr. Coates, observing, " Will you look at it ?" " Well, to please thee, Stephen, I will," said Mr. Coates: "Now, give we the first cheek," demand ed Mr. Girard, which was accordingly done. The Rev. Dr. Stoughton, an eminent Baptist minister in Philadelphia, did not understand Mr. Girard so well,as Mr. Coates did. -When they were about building their Meeting, house in Sansom street, Dr. Stoughton called on Mr. Girard for aid. Girard received him as he usually did beggars, coolly but cour teously, and gave-him a cheek for . ssoo. Dr. Stoughton received it. with a low bow; bat, upon examining it, expressed his astonishment, adding,. "only $500! . Surely you will. not. give us less than 81,000." • "Let me see the • check, -Mr. Stoughton," said Girard ; " perhaps I have made one mistake." Tho Dr. re turned him the check. With the utmost sang froid Girard tore it into fragments, observing, Well, Mr: Stoughton, if you will not have what I give, I will giVe nothing." The' Dr. left him, ex ceedingly mortified. A NIGGTINGALE'S SONG.—One of Our returned Soldiers who was in Virginia, relates the following. Shortly after the arrival of the regiment; the squad mess ing in, a certain tent, near.a were listeners to most beautiful music. The unknown vocalists sang in tones so soft, so tremulous and so melodious, that the volunteers strained ,their oars to drink in every note of the air. In the day time they went by squads past the dwelling, and up to the very gate ; but alas they saw not that day what they sought for. And so they lived on, each night hearing the music repeated, 'and when it ceased, ambition and worldly interest went out with visions of the un seen face. One night, as they were gathered together, the voice struCk up again. "By Jove !" said one, "this is agonizing. I Cara stand' I Slie•inust be discovered !" A dozen eager voices took up the remark, and a certain amorous youth was delegated to recon noitre around, the place. He crept on tiptoo toward the dwelling, leaped the garden pales, and finally undisturbed, but very pallid and remorseful, he gained the casement and softly raising his head, he peeped within. The room was full of the music—ho seemed to grow blind for the moment. Lo ! prone upon the kitchen hearth sat' the mysterious songs-• tress—an "ebony huge negress, scouring a tin kettle I" The soldier's limbs sank beneath hini, and•the discovered looking up, said--L."Go way dar, you Boger man, .or I'll fly de fryin' pan at yer head:! Don't stand dar, peekin'•at this chile !" The soldier - left, his romantic visions dispelled.. go - A fellow in Albany, is going to have - his life insured, "so that when he dies he can have something to live on and'not be dependent oqa the cold chari ties of the world as he ace was." NO. 16. THAT SWORD : The presentation of the sword' made by order of the Phila delphia City Councils, took , place on last Saturday evening. General 140- Clellan, in receiving the sword- said. ask you sir, to give 'my warmest and deepest thanks to the honorable body you represeht, for this . entirely unmerit ed cornplimenlt. I could thank you bet ter if I thought that I deserve ft, hut I feel that Ido not. Nothing that Ihave yet accomplished would warrant this high' compliment. It is Tor the future to decide Whether I shall realize the expectations and hopes that have ~been centered in me. ' trust and feel that the day is not far distant when I shall return to the place dearest of all others to 'me, there to spend the balance of my life among the people from whom I have received this beautiful' gift. THE WAR CANNOT RE LONO. It may be desperate. I ash in the future forbearance, patience and con fidence. With these we can accomplish all : and while I know that in - the, great drama which may have our 'hearts' blood, that Pennsylvania will not play the least part, I trust that, on the other hand, she will play the highest and noblest part. "I again thank yon, and ask you to convey to the Councils my most sincere thanks for the sword. Say to them that it will be my ambiton to deserve it heareafter ; I know I do not now." GEN. SCOTT'S UNSETTLED CLAIM This searworn veteran has voluntarily retired from his rank and duties, on account of his physical infirmities. The act of Con gress provided that there should be no reduction in his pay, .subsistence or al lowances, in the event of his withdrawal from his command. It is well known that General Scott has had an'unsettled account with the WaiDepartmeni singe the MeXican War. , Secretary Cameron has recently given a careful examination to his claims against the Government, now thirteen years old. Jeff. Davis's malignity brought him in debt, on ac count of his expenditures and receipts in Mexico, and, so far as a Secretary's report could do it discredited the vetet an as a financial agent of the Government, and a commander of supreme authority. Mr. Cameron has reported that General Scott was not only entitled to the mon eys he claimed from the Government, but that he saved to'it millions of dol lars which, by the laws'of war, ho could have pocketed, tinder the settled princi ples regulating the distribution of prize and contribution money. This oppor tunity of personal advantage Winfield Scott generously diverted to the lound'- ing of a, home foi invalid Soldiers. One of his monuments, long after he is dead, will be the Soidier's Home, near Wash ington. ' ' THAT VILE TRAITOR : John C. Breck inridge, r Senator and late Vice. Presi dent of the United States fiaS published a letter to the people of Kentucky, dated Bowling Green, stating, that lie exchan ges, "with proud sadsfaction, a term of six years in the iJ.niie'd States s i enate for the musket of a soldier." ' ' ' This, then, is the way in which this double traitor fulfils the pledge solemn ly made by him last spring that r lie would abide by the decission of the people , df Kentucky. The man, who, a year ago', was the honored representative. :of.tin drods of thousands o,f porthermfreemeq, as their choice for the Presidency, is now a mark for the ,bullets of his"constituents who fill the armies of the Union. Of all the changes wrogght,by this.unholy war, this is the most marked and surprising. John , C. Breckinridge has achieved an eternity of infamy. His treason _is : the blackest, because it is the most cause less, of all 'engaged in this andhis ingratitude to the' nation only equalled by his , perfidy to his native State, vihose soithe is now defiling-with the blood of her , children. It is said that a thunderstorm ta,ssing, over a house will sometimes turn all the milk sour. We think it likely, for this financial storm certainly eaems to sour"all the milk of human kindness among us: ;': 110'" Ain't it wicked to rob dis chick en-roost, Dick.?" " Do.t's a great moral , question, Gum bo, and we ain't .no time to arguefy it now ; hand down'aniider pullet" - .Cr If you , do, good, foygot , if : evil, , remember 9,tukrepont . of it. gr The memoii , should be' a* stotO hoi, n'ot a lumber-room. • . ' 111.1ATII 01' SAM 1101 - STON ;111 11 0114 ton's aneesters emigrated to America from Ireland, and he was horn in Rock bridge county, Virginia, on the 2d of March, 11113, At an early age he emi grated to the then frontier regions in Tennessee. In 1813 he enlisted as a private in the United States' army, and by gallant seivice attained the rank of lieutenant. After the close of:the war, he resigned his lieutenancy and com-. menced the study of law, establishing himself, when admitted to the bar, at Lebanon, Tenn. In 1821, he was elect ed major general of the Tennessee mili tia; in 1823, he was sent to Congress, and in 1827 be was elected!' GOvernor of Tennessee. In 1827, 'he- resigned that office, and on account of - domestic afflic tions And other danses, he deserted the haunts of civilization, and sought a resi dence among the Cherokee Indians, - with' whom he renialhed_fer several ye ars. Then wending his way to Texas, he becathe attiVely , identified with the rebelliod Of that Btate, against the Re public'or geixio, - and in 1836 he was elected its first PreSident. After its annexation to thelJnited'St'ates. Gen- eral Houston was chosen one of its first United States' Senators, and hii career • in the Sent is familiar to every politi cian in the country. A few years ago a younger political" aspirant gained the good will of Ilie`Teses Legislatnre, and prevented his i'relec i tio'n,, but by an ap peal to that people ! ia `a - Gribornatorial cadvasi. prOved arielet pop ularity had not bedn undormined, and he 'vas electedWa large majkrit:Y. At the commencement of ttie present 'rebellion ho was bitterly OPpOsed 'to B'ecessi,on, but thedatest authoritative exposition of his views'thaVhAs''reaeltetthe gOrth intimated that - he had - been unable to , . resist the pressure 'or the conspirators, and that recently he had become an ad vocate of:their infamous„cause.. PUNISHMENT OF A SOLDIER FOR STEAL ING : One of thb dragoons encamped babk of tho Capitol, the other day bbught a watch for $3O, from another soldier in the kiartm bonipa:ny. ' 1 He after , wards stole the money babk, and was caught: He hai'iiaW to march around the encampment every alternate hour day; and' night 'obliVitig a heavy ball and chain, and 'has' a large: Placard on his back, with 'thi) word'"thier printed on 'it, He is 'compel d•td titko bin lonly round forthirtY days, when he is to have his head ahaved*,, and be drummed out of camp to that une•of the "Rogue's March," There' is .g .a reat bbje l dtiOn 'nu' the part of many of the' ople of, Washingtbn to this Mode cff Paishment. They de nounce it as barbarouk Tn' riOatly every encampment soldiers oration, yip to fen . god' and wagon wheels with their offences labeled ,on theio;oreasts or backs. It is certainly a very humiliating sight. . • The Piince of Schwarzburg Ita doistadt is about to abdicate and to marry a young lady of the . . Middle' class of society, named Scultz, oflConigsburg. The abdication is, to: take lace about the middle - of Noveder, and tfie' Prince intends Ao.l.retirt, with his, bride to ran estat4a possesses- near; DreSden. The Prince is 68 years of ageond, the lady is 25. His Highness is•greatly esteem ed by his subjects., ,contented him- Beg with a civil list 200,090, florins, and with [38,647 florins,from: the Crown do mains for his family ;-and the rest of the revenue of the domaini, which is cbn siderahld, he, , of his own free will made over to the State. Hewill be succeeded by his brother Prince Albert born in 1798. COULDN'T DEAD-HEAD-'—The , principal avenue leading to' Detroit, has a toll gate near the' Elmwood Cemetery road. As the emneta'ri was out sometime previous to the construction of the plank road, it was iodide one of the' donditions of th'B eonaPany's chaithr tha'all !liberal processilinS bat lane fi-irth free.„ One day, at 3 DoAtor,,Erice,gmle f)rate4 sOPPeO toll,.he,rerp.arke,d ,to,the, gq.teAgeper • " Considering,tlp,be,netplent: phare,e ter,,pf.onriproression, „Ilthinkiyou ought to let us pass free of eharge..", "No, no, doctor,U kthe keeper readily replied, Plve'enuldn'tQhfro'rdithai, 'You send' too many dtad. heads Ihrbtigh here as it is."' .4 . .4... 'Thei< doetor ;paid