THE BAREFOOT BOY. EV ITTIER Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy . with checks of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry whistled tunes, With thy red lip, redder still, Kissed by strawberries on the hill ; With the sunshine on thy face, Through the torn brim's jaunty gract— From:my heart I wish thee joy— I was once a barefoot boy ! Prince thou art—the grown-up man Only is republican. Let the million-"dollared ride : Barefoot trudging , at his side, Thou hast more than he can buy, In the the reach„of ear and eye ; .thitward sunshine, inward joy— Blessings on thee, barefoot boy ! Oh ! for boyhood's painless play, sleep that wakes in laughidg day; 'Health that mocks the doctor's rules; Knowledge never s learned at schools; Of the wild bee's morning chase ; Of the wild flower's time and, place ; Flight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the,wood ; l-low the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell; Bow the robin feeds her young ; 1 - lo'y the oriole's nest is hung. Where the whitest lillies blow; Where the freshest berries gro v ; Where the groundnut trails its vine ; Where the wood grapes' clusters shine ; Of the black wasp's cunning.way, Mason of Isis walls of And the architectural plans `Ofgray hornet artisans ! For; eschewing books and tasks, . Nature answers all he asks Hand in hand with her he walks, Face to face with her-he talks, Part and parcel of her joy— Blessings on thee, barefoot boy! Oh! for boyhoods time of June, Crowding years in one brief moon, When all things I heard or saw, Me, their master waited for ; 1 was rich in flowers and trees, Bumming birds and honey bees; For my snot t the squirrel played, :lied the snouted mole his spade ; For my taste the blackberry cone Purpled over hedge and stone . Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispered at the garden wall, Talkld with the from fall to fall; ' Minrthe send-rimmed pickerel pond, Mine the walnut slopes beyond, Mine the Lending orchard tries, .Apples of Hesperides Still, as my horizon grew, Larger grew my riches too; All the world I saw'or knew ' des wed but a complex Chinese Joy, Fti,..-hieued for a barefoot boy.. Oh ! for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of ithlk are], brea!, Pewter :putin lino bowl of wuuu, (.n the dour-btone , giay and rude ; O'er me like a regal tent, Ckrady ribbed. the sunset butt. l'uipie curtained, fringed with gold, Louped with many a wind sieung told; NSlbile fur IffilbiC was'ilie play Of the lield-frogs wehestra ; And, to light the noisy choir, Lit the fly his letup of fire. was tauilarch—pump and joy Waited -on the barefoot buy. Cheerily, then, my little man, Live 1211,11:lug(' as boyhoml can; 'i hough the thuty elopes be hard, Mabble-spearen the new-Mown sward, ivvery more shall lead thee tin oupi i•resh baptisms of the dew ; Every evening from thy feet Shall the cool wind kiss the heat; All too soon those feet must hide In the prison cell of pride ; Lost the freedom of the sod, Like the colts fur work be shod; Nude to tread the mills of toil, Up and down with ceaseless moil, Happy if their truck be found Never on forbidden ground i— ilappy if they sink not hi quick and treacherous sands of sin; Uh ! that thou cuuld'st know the joy, line it pasties., barefoot boy! THE HEART THAT'S TRUE. Tell me not of sparkling gents, et in legal diadems— Von may boast your diamonds rare, itubiei bright, and peails so fair; liut there's a peerless gent on earth, Of richer ray and puier worth ; 'Tis pricelfts, but 'tis worn by few-- 11 is, JA is the heart that's true: Bring the tulip and the rose, While their brilliant beauty glows; Let the storm-cloud fling a shade, Bose and tulip both will fade ; but there's a flower that still is found, When mlst and darkness close around, Changeless, fadeless in its hue—' It is, it is the heart that's true. Ardent in its earliest tie, Faithful in its latest sigh— Love and Friendship, godlike pair, Find their throne of glory there. Proudly scorning bribe and threat, Naught can break the seal once sat; All the evil gold can do, Cannot warp the heart that's true. First in Freedom's cause to bleed, First in joy when slaves are freed; Their hearts were true—and what could quell The might of Washington or Tell? Oh ! there is one mortal shrine Lighted up with rays divine ; Seek it, yield the homage due, Defy the heart that's true., FACETIff, I eaw him bare his throat and seize The blue, cold, glimmering steal, And grimly try the tempered edge He was so soon to feel. He raised on high the glittering blade; Then first I found a tongue 4, Hold, madman ! stay the frantic deed !" I cried, and forth I sprung. He hoard me, but he heeded not; One glance around he gave, But;ere 1 could arrest his hand, He hod begun to shave. T L_ Barer, Proprietor_ IMMI - VOL. 8. CLEARING A DEBTOR'S PRISON.—The work of clearing the Queen's Bench Prison, London, of its inhabitants' is now verging toward a close. Strange to-say it has been a very difficult task. Many of the prisoners sternly refused to be made bankrupts, though, by giving:their consent, they could have immediately obtained their release. The most curi ous case was that of Wm. Miller, who had been in prison since July, 1814-- forty-eight years! He had lost, all de.: sire to go out, and would sign nothing which would have the effect of snaking him a free man. When at last be was absolutely forced to acquiesce, he begged 'to be allowed to remain in prison a few days longer ; an,d when his time was up he still lingered fondly within the gates to bid the officials farewell, and to shake hands over and over again. Until_ he passed the outer gates of the Queen's Bench Prison, a, few weeks since, Win. Dl iller, who was born nearly eighty years ago, never saw a street gas lamp, nor an omnibus, much less a steamship or a railway.—London Exchange. THE ILLti,uts FISII-POND.—Iri the report of the committee on FaMS of the .11 nois State Agricultural Society, we find the followidg account of an artificial fishpond on the primises of Messrs. Overman & Mann, of Bloomington : Fifty by one hundred feet scopen out of a low place in the prairie, and which is supplied with water from the mole drains running through the depreS e sions of the prairie swells. The pond is six feet deep, and stocked with catfish, some of which are now fifteen inches lung, bass, silversides, perch and hoase-tish.— Thousands of our prairie farms can have just as good ponds with a trifling outlay, and which will at the same time furnish al) abundant supply of neuter. Until We saw this pond we had no idea such lux ury could be had upon our farm, but now we are positive that it is of easy attain ment and the thing mast be done. The earth must 'be either wheeled or hauled out ; and this must be done in winter Or other leisure. time ; a small hand-pump will be needed to keep the water out while excavating the pond. S ALMOND P. GILASH:.—The present Sec retary of the Treasury was born Jan.,l3 1808, not in Portland, but in Cornish. N. IL, and was named for . his Uncle Salmond ; and to make it more sure from whom the named was derived' Port land was taken for the middle name ; so that Salmond Portland Chase stands as the representative of the honored and beloved lawyer of Portland wh.)se death at the early age of forty-five (nearly a year and a half before S. P. Chase was born). suddenly, in the midst of a very large business and of universal respect, was deeply lamented. The Secretary was educated 'by his other uncle, Port land Chase, the respectied Bishop of Ohio, to whom he was sent at the age of twelve years, and has risen to his present eleVated position by a uniform course of industry and honorable con duct, aided by sound intelligence; bril liant talents, a very handsome person, and most pleasing address. No MORE DROWNING CASES.-. 1 scien tific person, by the name of Monturiol, living near Madrid, has, it appears over come the great natural obstacle of human respiration below the surface of the wa ter, without communication of the atmos, phere, by the appliance of art which con stitutes the secret of his invention in the submarine boat or shipothich - he-de.. nominates the " Tctmeo." The naviga tor of the machine and the crew can sub sist for any length of time desirable be low the surface, and the generation of atmospheric air goes on as fast as re quired for use ; they can elevate or de press at pleasure, and move in any di rection they choose, and the machine may be large or small, to float upon the surface or drive to the bottom of the ocean MRS. PARTINOTON ON GOUT..--" As to being inflicted' with gout," said Mrs. Partiugton, looking very wisely as she stirred her tea ; "high living doesn't always bring it on, depend upon it' generally does sometimes, It is incohe= rent in some families, and is handed down from father to son. Mr. Hammer, poor soul, who has been so long ill with it, inherits it from his wife's grandfather. gwu " I do not say," remarked Mr. Brown, " that Jonea.is a thief, but I do say that if his farm joined mine I would not try to keep sheep." c ,; i n alurptubtnt Vatnstlintltili afountat for itc MARIETTA, JULY 1.9, 1802. GIVING CHLORIFORM.-At a recent meeting of the Obstetrical Society, la' London, Dr. Simpson described a plan of adreinistering chloriform which he has now adopted in • preference to that at present in use. The present mode is to fold up a handkerchief and pour into the hollow a quantity of chloriform, and then hold it at a distance from - the face, so as to admit of atmospheric air being in haled along with the vapor. The new plan is to lay .a single layer of handker chief over the face, and let the chlori form fall op it , drop by drop. The .ad-. vantages are these : -1. That there is less danger to the patient from the small quantity applied at a time. 2. That anmathesia is more speedily produced.- 3. That the quantity of ehloriform re= quired is less. Various gentlemen who had made a trial of the plan confirmed the value of this process, and Dr. Young, in particular stated that he kept a pa tient narcotized for ten hours with two ounces and a half of chlori form. Tat; SPANISH FLNET.—A letter from Rome of the 20th May, says : "Mgr. de Merode presented himself at an early hour yesterday morning to the Pope.--• fie is not only Minister of Arms, but the most witty visiier at the Vatican and the author of innumerable bon mots,- "1 - have the honor," he said, on entering, "of announcing to you holiness that the Spanish fleet has arrived at Rome by the railway." It was in that manner that he ushered into the Popes presence twenty, five Spanish bishops wearing enormous hats, larger and longer than the classical; one of basile on the stage, lined with green, and having exactly the form of a boat. The expressiop of Mgr. de Me rode was too exact to suit Ile taste of Spanish bishops, who sulked, and did not.attempt to conceal their ill-humor. DROWNING. HIS gL,4I::)IATE. T -A. lad I.?, years of age, named Franklin Smith, is under arrest at Bangor for being acces sory to the drowning of "Little Eddie" Reed, at Merrill's Mills, last week. It is said that young Smith enticed the deceased from shoo' on pretence. of go ing strawberrying ; that he finally induc ed him to "go in swimming," and got him beyond . his depth, and allowed him to drown.—lt is fathermore alleged that these suspicions are r confirmed by the fact that young Smith rolled up Eddie's cloths in a bundle, tied a stone to them and. sunk them in 'the stream, and he threatened a younger lad who was of the company with death, if he told what had become of the missing boy. IRON SLEEPERS FOR IthLROADS.- The relative advantages of iron and wood cross-tioq for railroads are discussed in railroad circles. The cost of timber is or little consequence, but the expense of rule) ing thousands of miles 'of track every year is heavy. The Madras (In dia) Railroad uses iron sleepers. It is four hundred and six mileS in length,L-- The Philadelphia and Reading company, for several past, have prepared their sleepers at Pottstown, by immersing them in a solution which resists the au tion'of the 'weather. Wl3 AT A LITTLE GIRL Doss.—The Cleveland Herald says : Every Saturday morning finds Emma Andrews, ten years of age, at the rooms of the Soldiers' Aid Society in this city with an application for work. Her little basket is soon filled with pieces of half worn linen, which du ring the week, she cuts into towels or handkerchiefs, and returns, neatly wash ed-and ironed, at her next visit. • Her busy fingers have already made two hun dred and twenty-nine towels, and the pa triotic little girl is earnestly engaged in her good work. far - An old gentleman traveling some years ago, inside the Bath mail, had two ladies, sisters, for companions, The younger, an invalid, soon fell asleep, and the old gentleman expressed his regret to see so charming a young lady in ill health. " Ali, yes indeed," sighed the elder, " a disease'of the heart." " Dear me !" was the sympathetic response, " at her age ? Ossification perhaps ?" 0, no, sir, a lieutenant !" Cr Toy drums are getting more and moriindispensible to the juveniles, du ring the progress of ,the war,, and one of the papers mentions a mill at Colebrook, Ct., completing an order for 40,000 feet of quarter-inch board, to be used in the manufacture of those interesting article's. Does anybody realize the amount ; of noise and botheration lying in forty thousand feet of boards all made up in to toy drums? , e , A TIMELY REPROOF.— Humor and sharp wit are never put to better use than in anssvering a fool accordiog to his folly,_ and we could wish that reproofs like the following were more frequent. Some five or six years ,ago, in one of, the trains . of cars running between Newark and Jersey City,' N. J., their was a young naval officer, who was con stantly intermingling his conversation with the most profane oaths. A young lady was so situated that she could not but hear every time he swore. At first she bore it with equanimity ; then as . it' continued, - and rather increased in the shocking. character of' his imprecation, she began' to - grow fidgety and he soon flashed. We knew a bolt would strike "Sir can you converse in the Hebrew tongue ?" "Yes,", was the reply, in a half uncon scious, but slightly sneering tone, - "Then," was the reply, "if you wish to swear any more, you will greatly oblige me and probably the restof the passengers also, if you do it in Hebrew. I watched him. It had hit. His col or came and went--now red, now white, / he looked at the young lady,.then at his boots, then at the ceiling of the cars bat did not swear any more, either in Ilebrew or English, and he probably remembered that young lady: FEMALE TEMPER.—No trait of the character is more valuable in a female than the possession of a sweet temper. Oh I we can _never be made happy with out it. It is like the flowers'that spring up in our pathway, reviving and cheering us. Let a man go home at night, wear ied and worn by the toils of the day,.and how soothing is a word dictated by good disposition. It, is sunshine falling on his heart. He is happy, and cares of life are forgotten., A sweet temper has a soothing influence over the 'minds of a whole family. Where it is found in the wife and mother, you observe kindness and love predominating over the natural feeling of a bad 'heart. Smiles, kind words rand looks 'characterize the chil dren, and peace and love have their dwelling there. Study, then, to acquire and retain a sweet temper. •It is more valuable. than -gold; it captivates, more than beauty; and, to the close of .life retains all its freshness and power. Ex - ecur:l).—On Thursday last, at New York, ;William Henry Hawkins, :a negro, native of South Kingston, Rhode Island, was hung for ,killing Captain William Henry Adams, of the ship Lam mergier, while in the English Channel on the 29th of last September.. _ On .the 28th the captain lia.d occasion to cen-. sure Hawkins, who was steward of the ship, - in 'regard to getting meals, and said that he would run the blockade of. New Orleans and sell the negro. This aroused the negro so much that on the following day he murdered the captain in his cabin. ROBBERY, IN. BOSTON.-o,u the 20th ult., a : young man named Horace 11. , Le,t land,who had been employed as clerk in the store of Daniel Deshon Boston, absconded with about $2OOO in gold coin which was intrusted to his charge. He was traced to Lowell, and thence to Nashua, N. FL, where he was arrested on the morning of the- 21st. Upwards - of $l7OO 'of the stolen coin was found in the reticule belonging to a feniale who had accompanied him: The accused stated that he was 'en route fol. eft Gen. Prim, the distinguished Spanish officer who lately visited Gen. McQlellan's army, ,is quoted assaying, that, the man who was shown himself ca pable of leading ao large an army ,from the trenches before Yorktown, through so many difficulties, through such a cill derness of country, after so many battles, routing the enemy on all points, aft . er driving them out of so strong a place as Yorktown—and then wh . o displays such afront of well-prepared heroes, in such good condition, all eager and burning to snatch more victories from a malignant and vaunting foe—deserves to be ac counted ,as a second Napplaon in all that relates to the art of war. Cr A circular from• the patent office says the results of the cultivation of sor-: ghum the past year settles the question of its practical success. The value of its product is now eounted by millions. One of the difficulties is the want of pure . - seed. To meet this want the patent of. five has ordered seed from Prance for distribution 'the present spring. ' ' Tartu s--One 3D11.a,r a Year DEPTH OF QUIET PEOPLE.SOI:IIO men dawn upon you, like the Alps. They impress you vaguely - at first, just like do the hundred faces you meet in your daily walks. They come across your horizon like, floating clouds and you have to "watch awhile before_ you , see they are mouptain.s. Some men remind ,you of, quiet lakes, places such as you have, of happened ,upou,_where the green turf and the field flower hangover and are reflected out of the water all day long. There is nothing remarkable about the flowers, only that they seem so much like love and kindness and gen-. I.lleness, and those other every day ordi nary little virtues. Perhaps you be-' come attached to ,the lake because it is a genial spot; and whether you ever lived near a lake or not, it seems t o re mind you of home. But you never dream of its being .in any way a wonder. Some day, or other, you carelessly drop a line into the clear depths,.close by the side of the daisies and the daffodils, and it goes down, down, down. You lean over and sound deeper, but your line dosen't bring up. What a deep , spot that is ! you think, and you try 'another. The reflected daisies seem to smile at you out of the water, the turf looks as green as ever, but there is no shalloW spot beneath. You never thought it, but your quiet lake is all around unfath omable. You are none the loss im pressed from the fact , that it is a quiet lake.—Williams Quarterly. 111 . rs„ Harrison Gray Otis recently • visited the Swedish frigate Norrkoplug in Boston harbor, at the invitation of Captain Adlerspar. The captain war. shaled his marines to give a regular sa lute to Urs: Otis; and after drinking her health made .a brief speech, of which the Boston Transcript says : "He spoke with pride of the value of his country-to ours, as shown in the pro gress of this war; two of the most vain ble inventions which have given honor to our navy being the children of the brain of his countrymen—the Monitor, by Captain Ericsson, a Swede, and the DLhlgren gun, by Captain Dahlgren, the son of a Swede. In times of peace - the daughters of his country have added to our"joys;' the naroling of Jenny Lind, land the Social gratification afforded by the visit and literature of rredrika Bre mer will always be treasured here." eir It is announced that'll. R. the Prince of. Walesis about to be married to the Princess Alexandra . J Caroline Mai . rie Charlotte' Louise Julie, the eldest daughter of Christen, Dii . ke of bluci;s burg, Who is heir apparent to, the crown of Denmark.- This lady was born in 1844, and is no*-,therefore, about three years`the junior of the Prince.' varia is an Artesian well one thousand eight,hundrod and ,sevepty.eiglkt, deep the last hundred. and thirty-eight and half feet passes ,throar,glt . salt From this well, one , hundred..cubic feet of water gushes'fbrth every migutp. [he water contains three and -a ~ R uar,ter.,per cant of salt. 411 ambitious : ,yonog lady, was talking „very loud and fasl, ahokber favorite authors, when a literary chap asked her, if sheiliked , I , a I P . P.T„. W.ith look of ineffable disgust, she answered her intorloctor that she cared very little about what she ate, compared with knowl edge. ' • kr A few evenings since a ycung la dy in the city of . Georgetown, belonging to a rank .Secession family, was married to an officer in the regular army: Her relatives were opposed to the match, and among the presents sent by , a very rebellious family was a loaded bombshell intended for the happy couple I A hand some wedding gift. A. book upon the United States from the pen of Mr. Anthony Trollops an Englishman, and a somof "Mrs. Trol lops," who so scandalously lampooned • our country, in a similar hook,"some thirty years ago, has just made its ap pearance. Anthony , a true son of his mother, and has followed closely in her footsteps. . Some idea of the trade in straw beriies may 'be formed froth the fac't that one house alone, in Cincinnati, has forwarded five hundred bushels per day for three weeks past; to/cities east and west, B.esides 'these, cast- quantities were carried and sent to the army. • ANsoN P.PI,ORILILL member 4,c 913, .. cress from Maine, declines are,election NO. 51. Cr The famoirs Kissincrett tell it Ba- LGUiSVaE .10',Opi SHARP CUTS ' The Louisville Journal thinks that if any rebel cotton is successfully concealed on the approach of the Union armies, it will have to be bidden in the bosoms of the woolen. We guess that our inquisitive troops will be very apt to find even that precious treasure there if they mice oct their hand in. The women of Poland have a very watchful eye over their daughters. They make them wear little bells on their per sons to denote where they are. General Beauregard would demand the surrender of all those little bells to make cannon. .A whole cargo of bells intended to be sent to Beauregard to make more cannon, was captured at New Orleans. Let them be kept till the end of the war and then be all set to ringing together in honor of the triumph of t..* ULio Cr Gen. Butler has evidently more regard for Pierre Soule's health than for his own. He remains himself in New Orleans during the sickly season, but sends Piefre to enjoy the salubrious breezes of Boston harbor. 11W:sixty-nine pounder shell burst— near ,anlrishman in one of, the trenches. Pat coolly surveyed. the ruins the frag ment had made, and exclaimed, Bejaber but tidal's the fellers to soften the nay in a man's earl" W's . It is suggested that ladies who know how to preserve everything except their tempers, might save even that on the self-sealing principle. "Keep the mouth of the vessel tightly closed," is the recipe. Cr .- Five rebel Governors are now absent from their posts, wondering up and down the country in search of em ployMent. ,They ought all to be at their posts, and these should be whip ping-posts. Cr A rebel despatch says : "A suf ficient force Las been left in Mississiini, under the invincible Bragv., to check the progress of lialleck." if Bragg "invincible," • why didn't he defend— Corinth? tO:' It is said that fear has been known to turn a nian's hair from black to white in' a .siugle night. Buckner's flag at Fort Donelsola underwent that change within a similar period of time. GT.The New Orleans rebels try in vain to scare our soldiers by stories of the yellow fever. The N. 0. Picayune exclaims in its despair that "the 'Yan kees th r.'t scare worth a d--n." CT There should be no complaint at Washington, that the churches of that city .have been taken fur hospitals.— They were never wore devoted to the service of God. strong party in the Sarah are threatening to depose Jeri Davis. Let them wait a very little while and the U. S. Government will ease them the— trouble. tar A wag has invented a new telo graphl. :He proposes placing a line of women thirty steps apart, and commu nicating the news to the first of them, as a seeret. • tter One day last summer a farmer in Illinois cradled three, acres of wheat, and . in the night his wife, not to be out done by cradled three babies. Cr "Will you Open the services ?"-- asked the deacon Of an Oysterindn, who was dozing near 'the altar. "No," be, half waking, "I havd no knife," dirAt tbe recent CornmCncemetit of Princeton College the name of J efiDavis a'unanimous Vote •strickeu from the:rtills'of the Cliosnpliinn Society. Vg..lthousand, incidents in this re• bellion bare proved that even the soft bosom of beautiful woman maybe a cage of unclean devils, We are very sorry to say: that there are a great many rebel shifts in LaiiisviAo:But, there isn't teach in them cay• Beware, eh ye rebel43siomen, lest the tierce tire in , your., boscins set in a. blaze the cotton.in the same charming region WQtount,upt_ilespitir of New Or leans. Though, far down on the Missis sippi, she isn't quite down in the mouth. Ce' Glen. Butleigets the better of the rebels in alibis pnblicatior.s: lie pens them down as well as pens them np. 10 , When the rebels. can no longer get a mouthful to eat, they must do as sots dO throw up their eating. a:Jr The manufacturers of Confederate note's may just as well leave them'uncut. Every body cuts them cow. There is said to very little bread in ihe rebel Confederacy; few . loaves, but a great many loafers. W" Gen. 'AloeJulian wins military suc cess as a farniei does a crop of corn or potatoes-4e 'digs it. • The rebels have given us fewer fights than foot-races, fewer skifeuishes than skedaddles. Cr Most rabels take an oatii•Ets they would talie a hidiory-nut•just to break it. er.The rebels dreW Patter on to New Orleans', but they didn't driw-him