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Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and - tau Wares was never better than at pres- ‘ 31.1% “<1 comprises all or the latest styles that ”enunufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO. .- Carts andYWheelbarro'wa, r'FOR 'Jhildren, sold by C. 86 E. K. LOCKWOOD.& CO. 88 SSSSSSGS-RS Bedding and Bedding Ridge, ’I‘ues- ‘ Man’s Work Shall Follow mm. at .1. a. meTIEB. We shape ourselves the joy or fear Of which the coming life is made, And fill our future's atmosphere ’ With sunshine or with shade. The tissue of the life to be' We weave with colors all our own, And in the field of Destiny We reap as we have sown. Still shall the soul around it call The shadows which it gathered here, , And, painted on the eternal wall, The past shall re-appear. For there we live our life again— Or warmly touched, or coldly dim, The pictures of the past remain : Man’s work shall follow him. «..>’ Waiting. When he comes back, all glorious, With the love-light in his eye, From the battle-held victorious, Who’ll be happier thenthan I 1 See, the big arm-chair is waiting, ~ Vacant still, in its old place— Time! press quickly on the hours Till I see his pleasant face! - » He was too young, they told me, To march against the foe; Yet when his country needed aid His mother bade him go ! ’Twere meet slaves should tremble Whom tyrants hold in thrall; But my boy was a freeman born, He went at Freedom’s call. My small weak band would waver The shortest sword to bear; But he stands steady in the ranks, And holds his musket there. My faint heart would falter . The battle-ground to see; But his is strong in Freedom’s might, Iie fights for her and me. I am watching and waiting, As mothers watch and wait Whose sons are in the army now, And it is growing late; My life‘s past its morning, It’s near sunset in the sky— Oh! I long once more to clasp him i ; In my armsbefore I die. Yet farther oi! the army goes— . / He will return no more, Till our glorious flag is free again 3" To float o’er sea and shore. . Where‘er it waved in' days gone by, Its folds again shall rest, , . From the depths of the lowest valleys , To the highest mountain crest. ' Where’er his place may be, I'know / He will fulfill his part. ’ Not until the war is over ‘ And he, my boy, mg darling, --~ - The pride of my old heart! Shall we meet in fond embrace— Time! press swiftly on the hours Till I see his pleasant face! Harper‘s ~l geuy. ,i ; Where’s my Money , Ay, where‘s my money? That’s a pun} g query. It vanishes. Yet neither in my purst Nor pockets are there any holes. 'Tia ? Inoomprehensible. I don’t disburse: . For superfiuities. I wear plain clothes ' I seldom buy 1am tarts, preserves or honey; And no one overlooks what debts he owes ~ - More steadily than I. Where is my money? I l I never tipple. Folks don’t see me staggering, , ' Sans cane and castor, in the public street. I sport no, ornaments—not even a bague (ring) ’ I have a notion that my own two feet . . , Are much superior to a horse’s four, So, never call a jarvey. , It is funny. The longer I investigate, the more Astounoedly I ask, Where is my money? My money, mind you. Other people’s dollars Cohere together nobly. Only mine Cut one another. There’s that pink of scholars ‘ ,V’on Doppeldronk, he' spends as much on wine _ Aston-everything. Yet he seems rich, He laughs, and waxes plumperthan a funny, ‘ While I grow-slim as a divining-switch, . ‘ And search for gold as vainly. . Where’s my money I can’t complain that editors don’t pay me; I get for every sheet One Pound Sixteen; And well I may! My articles are fiamy Enough to blow up any magazine. What's queerest in the affair though is, that at The same time I miss nothing but the one. He ' That watches me will find I don’t lose hat, Gloves, fogle, stick, or cloak. ’Tis always money. Where I a rake I’d say so. Where one roysters Beyond the rules, of course his cash must go. ’Tis true I regularly sup on oysters. Cheese. brandy, and all that. But even so? What signifies a ducat of a night i “The barmaids,” you may fancy. No. The sunny Loadstar that draws my tin is not the light From their eyes anyhow. Where then’s my money? However, apropos of eyes and maidens, I own I do make presents to the sex— Books, watches, trinkets, music too (not Hayden’s.) Combs, shawls, veils, banners—things that might perplex A man to count. But still I gain by what I lose in this way. ’Tis experience won—eh t I think so. My acquaintances think not. No matter. I grow tedious. Where's my money 2 From the German. «Q» If Every one has admired Parthenia’s definition of Love to Ingomar :— ' "What love is: if thou wouldst be taught, Thy heart must teach alone- , _ Two souls with but a single thought, ‘ Two hearts that beat as one !" Some profane cynic, having no fear of Cupid before his eyes, perpetrates the fol- lowing villainous parody :— “Love is a nighmsre with one foot, Two children with one by], Two turnips with a single root, Two cabbage-heads as one i" .>0.—-— [1' The following extract says the Wor- cester Spy, is taken from a letter dated near Hagerstown, Maryland, October 2. It is from an officer on Gen. Slocum’s staff : “I have been quite busy parolingzp'rison- ers. Among the wounded I met with 'some noble men. They have given me tender tion. Poor fellows! Said one to me in a whisper, as he lay agonizing with a shatter- thigh, ‘I was in the battle, but I didn’t fire a shot at the old fla . I am a conscriptl'— Ah! how many ave told me that same story, disarming my heart of its fierce bit- terness against the seeming foes of our im- periled country.” K... anu HEDGES—HONEY Locusrs—We have, among other varieties, suggested the honey locust as a plant worthy of pretty general trial for a farm hedge. It is a strong-growing plant, forming, in its nat- ural condition, a tree of good size, and therefore, will require severe pruning to form a hedge. Some have tried it and failed, perhaps from to close planting. It requires considerable room, and if grown as close as the hawthorn or osage orange will become choked. Dr. Warder recom- mends it as the most promising hedge- plaut we have; and Wm. Reid, Elizabeth- town, New Jersey, who has many fine trial, that it is more easily kept and bet- ter adapted for a farm fence than any that has been used. Those, however, who expect to make a good hedge in a few years of this or any other plant that we are acquainted with wlll be sorely disa- pointed.—-Ruml New Yorker. experiences; I try to direct them to consola- . hedges, is satisfied, after twenty-five years ' mummy MARVIN. When the British and tories attacked New London, Connecticut, in 17—, and set a price on the head of Gov. Griswold, the latter fled to the town of L , where his cousin, Mrs. Marvin, hid him, for some days, in a secluded farm house. ' But at length the subtle foe discovered his retreat, and one sunny afternoon in May, he was routed from his hiding place by the tidings that a band of horSemeu were approaching to capture him. ' His only chance of escape was to reach the mouthof a little creek which emptied .itself into the Connecticut River, 'just abOve the entrance of the lattcr'into - Long Island Sound. There he had a ‘ boat stationed, with two faithful attend- ants hidden beneath the high banks of the creek. '_The distanbe from the farm house to the boat was two miles by the path acrosszthe farmer’s orchards would bring him-to the road only a mile from the _boat,.an,d save a quarter’s "lengthof his fearful ruujfor life; ’ ~ , Just where the narrow path. fr0m_ the orchard opened into the road, Hetty Marvin sat with her doy Towser. Thus sat Hetty Marvin, the young daughter of Gov. Griswold’s cousin, when her hunted friend sprang past her into the road, to escgpe bis pursuers. ‘Hetty was a timid child of about twelve years ; yet thoughtful and wise beyond many of her elders. She was frightened by the headlong haste with which the Governor rushed across the meadow. But she quickly comprehended the scene,"_.aud in- ‘U-I .stautly quieted her faithful Towser, who, though a friend of the family? guest, thought it becoming to bark loudly-at his hurried steps. Her’wise forethought arrested the Gov- ernor’s notice and suggested a scheme to deludc his pursuers. “Hetty,” he said, earnestly, “I am flying for my life, and unless I can reach my boat; before‘I am overtaken, I am a lost ma'n.‘ Yoirsee the road forks here. Now I want to run down this Way to the river. "But you must tell. the rascals who are chasing me that I have gone up the road to catch. the mall wagon, which will soon be along you'kuow. Then they will turn off the other way.” ‘ —. “Oh, cousin” said the little girl. in an, agony of distress, “I cannot tell a;lie; in- deed I cannot. Why did you ftell m which way you werc'golngl" " “Hetty, my'child, surely youiwould. .uot‘betray me ‘to my death. Harkl, they are coming; I hear the click of their, ' . .horses’ feet. Oh! Hetty, tell them-:17. have gone: up the road instead of down; and heaven will bless you.” , . . "Heaven never blessed those. who. speak falsely, cousin. But I will not tell them which way you go, even if they kill me; so run quickly as possible.” “It’s no use; unless’I can deceive them, I am a dead- mau.” . ' “Cousin, cousin, hide under my web 'of cloth; they’d never think of looking here for you. Come, get down as swift as you can, and I’ll cover you, and-stand Sprinkliug' my linen." , ' , "‘It’s my only chance, child; I’ll get down as you say.” Andsuitiug the ac- tion‘ to the word, the'Governor, was soon, hidden under the ample folds of the cloth. Angry that their expected prey had escaped from the house where they hoped to secure him, the six mounted tories, headed by a British ofllc‘sr, dashed along theroad in swift pursuit. At sight of the little girl in the meadow, the leader of the party paused. ' “Child,” he said sternly, “have you seen a man running away hereabouts?” “Yes, sir,” replied Betty, trembling and blushing. “Which way did he go?” “I promised not to tell, sir.” “But you must or take the conse- quences.” “I said I wouldn’t tell' if you killed me,” sobbed the frightened girl. “I’ll have it out of her," exclaimed the furious officer, with an oath. “Let me speak to her,” said history guide; "I know the child, I believe.— ‘Isn’t your name Hetty Marvin?” he asked, pleasantly. ' '. “Yes, sir.” . . “And this man who ran by you a few minutes ago was your mother’s cocain, wasn’t be?” “Yes, sir, he was.” “Well, we are friends of his. What didhe say to you when he came along?” “He—he told inc—that he was flying for his life.” - “Just so, Hetty; thatwas very. true. I hope he won’t have to fly far. Where was he going to try to hide? You see I could help him if I knew his plans.” Now Hetty was not a whit deceived by this smooth speech, so she‘answered her questioner candidly : “My cousin said that he was going down this way to the river, where he had ‘a boat; and he wanted me to tell the men that were chasinghim, that he had gone the other way to catch th ' ' ail Wagon.” “Why didn’t you. do as be bid you, then, when I asked where he had gone?” thundered’th‘e oficer, fiercely. ' 1' ' “learn not tell a lie, air,” was the tearfulanswerh ' . . .“Hdtty,” 1 again began the smooth- tongued _tor'y~,,.“vou are p nice child—=— Everybodykuov‘vs you-are a girlr‘of-‘truth; What did your 0008"] say when you told him you couldn’t tell a falsehood?” usual traveled road. But a little sheep- ' - to the river. quiet where his little cousin had hidden .in the hurry of departure, he had left; :Goveruor quickly made his way to the? . .ihalfemil'e. stretch—’-Saudy to hold the family iu'a secure home, he named his; infant daughter, which had been born in, charm can now be spelled backwards. If . finally ceased its virulence only because: . . but partially concealed disuuionists makes I ' life, and are heard of no more. Why? " world; and none were blest by them, “He said .he shouldn’t think I’d betray him to his death." - “And then you promised him that you wouldn’t tell which way he went, if . you was killed foritf”, ‘ 7 “Yes, sir.” ' - “That was a brave speech; and So, I suppose, be thanked you for it, and-ran down the road asqnicklv as possiblt?” “I promised not to tell where he went, sir.” , j ‘ “Oh! yes, I forgot. Well, tell us his last w0rds, and We won’t trouble you any more.” “His last words were: ‘It’s my only chance, child, and I’ll get down as you. say.’ ” And overcome by the fright, and. the sense of her kinsman’s danger should they rightfully interpret-the- language which she had reported, shesobbed aloud, and hid her facefrom sight. , Her tor-mentors did not stay any longer to soothe or question her. They had got,- as they supposed, the information they wanted, and pushed rapidly 0n down. Now the Governor had ar-i ranged a signal with his boatmen, that a white cloth by day, or a light in the night displayed from the attic window of his hiding-place, which was just visible at the mouth of the creek, should inform them- if he were in trouble, and put them uponthe alert to help him." As soon, therefore, as he started for his cousin’s} the signal floated from the window to warn them; And when they saw the. pursuiugparty dash madly down towards the river, and recognized the British uni;- form of the leader, they pulled swiftly out to sea. The horsemen‘reached the shore only in Season to see the boat, with two men in it, nearly out of sight, and supposing their destined prey had es; caped, relinquished the pursuit. .Meah-tf while, the hunted victim lay safe and hini, untll'the time came for her to re- turn to the house for supper. Then he bade her go as usual to her home, telling; her to ask her mother to place the signal lamp,as soon as it grew dark, , in'thd window for the boatmcn, and to send him: there some supper, with his valise, Which; behind.’ , The signal recalled the boat, which after twilight had ventured insightpf the shore and the farmhouse; and the: riverin safety. When he rejoined his: bls'absence, "Hetty Marvin,” that he: might be 'doin reminded of the little. cousin who had saved his life. Student Mid Schoolmale. 9......— . n-The Times accuses us of being Abe-- litiouists.” This term was formerly used with effect to denote all that was extreme‘ in opinion and visionary in politics. ' But“ the cannon at FortSumter, the continued persistence of the South in rebellion, the hundreds of thousands of our bravecouui trymen lying in their graves, the millions’ . of treasure spent, the grief of widows and; ‘thedesolatidh of homes, have changed all. that. That wand has lost its power; that. Abraham Lincoln, GenMcClellan, Gen. Hooker, Gen. John Cochrane Gen Mc- Clernand, Gen. Burnside, Gov. Tod, Gov. Sprague,,Gov. Pisrpout, Gen. Busteed, Andrew Johnson, a large majority of the Union army, are abolitionists because they believe that every means should be employed to preserve the nation, then we are abolitionists. a paper that denounced the first procla- mation calling for men to resist the trai» tors that were seeking our lives, that has been an open advocate. of the right of the South to secede, that came very near being mobbed for such‘sentiments, that its‘editors feared the dungeons ,oijort LaFayette, if being anything, in short, as guilty of abolitionism, then we accept the name with all the stigma that such a. paper as, the Hartford Times can afiix upoudecent mcn. ' ' . . Hartford (Dem) Post. 0‘.» LIVE roa Sonar-ulna —Thousands of men ' breathe, move, and; pass off the stage of ; They do not a particle of good to the none could point to them as the inst ru- ment of their redemption ; not a line they wrote, not a word they spoke could i be recalled and so they perished—their light went out in darkness, and they were not remembered more than the insects of yes- terday. Will you thus live and die, 0 man immortal! Live for something-— Do good, and leave behind you a monu- ment of virtue that the storms of time can never destroy. Write your name by kindness, love, and mercy, on the hearts of thousands you come in contact. with year by year, and you will never be for- gotten. 'No" your name, your deeds will be as legible on the hearts you leave be- hin d, as the stas on the brow of evening. Good deeds will shine as bright on the earthns the stars in-heavsn. ' Q» Snusan Apnea—Professor Silliman, of New Haven, recently closed a Smithsonian lecture by, giving the following sensible advice to ouug men :—“If, therefore, you wish for a c our mind and strong muscles, and quiet nerves, andloug life, and power vprolon in old age, permit me to say, although I am not giving a temperance lecture, avoid all drinks above ‘Water and mild infusions of that fluid, tobaCco,‘ opium; and everything else that disturbs the moral state of' the sys- tem; rely upon nutritious food,.aud mild, di- luted drinks, of which waiter is the base, and you will need nothing beyond these thin except rest, and due moral; regulations of iIl your powers, ‘to give. you [longhappy and useful llvos‘ and a serene evening at the close. ,.,'., 1-. "I .. 13-! Can an spell ‘the word'Saloonf'waa 1asked of a ockney, by a 'Philudelphian.‘ “Certainly,” said the Londoner, with a look of triumph; “there’s a hose, and a hay, and a ' ofi‘ord it. If being anything but ‘ ‘ A South Carolina- Hog Race. We had passed through'a ‘deuse’ forest of pines, but were emer ing-into a “bottom country,” _;where‘,some; of'th'e'fiuest decidi- . ,ous trees, then brown and leafless, but bearing promiseof the opening beauty of spring, reared, along with ' the 'unfading evergreen, their tall stems in the air.'The 'llve o'ak, the sycamore, the Spanish mul- gaily festooned with wreaths of the white and yellow-jessamine, the woodbine and the cypre'ss'moss, and beefing here and there a’ bequet‘ of the mistletoe, with its deep green and glossy leaves upturned to the sun—flung their broad .arms over the road, forming an archway grander and more beautiful than any the hand of man ever wove for the greatest hero the world ever worshiped. ' The woods were free from underbrush and a coarse wiry grass, unfit for fodder and scattered through them in detached patches, was the only vegetation vlslble. The ground was mainly covered with the: leaves and burrs of the pine. We passed great numbers of swine, feeding on these burrs, and now and then a horned animal browsing on the cypress-mosswhere it hung low on trees. » I observed thatuearly all the sWine were ' marked, though they seemed too wild to have ever seen] an owner or a. human habitationd They were long, lean, slab- deer, and-bearingzno sort of resemblance to .thevordiuary hog, except in the snout, and that feature was so much longer and Sharper than the ' northern swine, that I doubt if Agassiz would class the two as one species. However, they have their uses—They make excellent bacon, and are “death on snakes.” Ireland itself is not more free from the serpentine race than are the districts frequented by these long-nosed quadrupeds. “We call them Carolina race-horses,” said the colonel, as he finished an account of their peculiarities. 1 . "Racehorses! Why, are they fleet of ' foot? “Fleet as deer. I’d match one against an ordinary horse, at any time.” “Come, my friend, you’re practising on my ignorance of natural history.” “Not abit of it. See! there’s a good specimepjonder. .If we can get him into the road, and fairly started, I’ll bet you a dollar he’ll beat .Sandy’s mare on a stakes and havetthe winnings.” “Well, agreed,” I said, laughing, “and I’ll give the pig ten rods the start.” _ “No,” replied the colonel, .“you can’t He’ll have, to start ahead, but you’ll need that in the count. Come, Sandy, will you go in for the pile?" ' I’m not sure that the native would not have ruu'a race with old Nicholas him- self, for the sake of so much money. To him it was avast sum; and as he thought of. it, his. eyes struck small sparks, and his: enormous beard and mousthches vi- brated With somethiug‘that faintly resem- bledla laugh. Replying to the question, he said-'— “Kiuder rekon I wull, cuuuel;how- somdever, I keeps the stakes, ouy how.” “Of cburse,” said the planter; but be honest—win if you can.” I, ' Sandy halted his horse in the road, while the planter and I took to the woods on either side of the way. The colonel soon bianceuvred to separate the selected animal from the rest of the herd, and withOut much difficulty got him‘into the road, where, by closing down on each flank, we kept him till he and Sandy were fairly under way. - - V “He’ll keep to the road when once started,” said the colonel, laughing; and he’ll show you 'some of the talleso running you ever saw in your life.” Away they went. At first the pig, seeming not exactly tocomprehend the programme, centered of at a leisurely A pace, though he held his own. Soon, however, be cast an eye behind him— _halted a moment to collect his thoughts and. reconnoitxe—and then, lowering his head, and elevating his tail, put forth all his speed. . And such speed! Talk 'of a deer, ths'wind, or a steam engine—they are not to'he compared with it. Nothing in natural ever saw run—except it may be a Southern tornado or a Sixth Ward politician—could hope to distance that pig. He gained on the horse at every step, and Soon it was‘evident that my dollarwas gone! V . . “In forte shilling in for a pound,” is an old adage-40, turning to 'the colonel, I said as intelligibly as my horse's” rapid pace and my excited risi'bilities would allow-F" ' , “I See I’ve lost, but I’ll go another dollar that you can’t beat-the pig!” ' “No, sir!” the colonel-got out in the breaks of hislaugldug‘pxplosions; "you can’thedgejme in that'manner. .I’ll, go a dollar that you .can’t do it, and your mareisthe fastest on the road. She won me a thousand not a monthru'go.” . . - “Well, I’ll do it'—'Sau'dy to-have the stakes.”‘ ' ' .y ‘ “Agreed,” said the colonel, and away we weut. , » . A _ The swinish racer was about- a hundred yards ahead when I gave the mere the reins and told her to go on. And she did ,go, ,_She flew againstthe wind with a motion so rapid' that my face, as it clove. the air, felt as if cutting its way through hell, and two hoes and a hen. Lu solid body, and the trees, as we passed, berry, the holly, and the ' persimmon—1 4 ‘ seemed ,stmér ;w1thpemc, and, running for dear life 'iuthe opposite direction. For-.a few moments 'I thought the more Was gaining,'a’nd I turned to the colonel witha'n excl-taut look. ,f ' “Don’t shout till _you}win, my- boy. ” he called out from thedistancewhere l was fast leaving him and Sandy. . I :didnot sh0ut,for'?spitetof all my efi'orts,?'ithe"space' between me and the pig seemed to widen. Yet I kept on, de- termined to win till, at the end of a short half mile, we reached the Wacammaw— the swine still a hundred yards ahead! There hispigshipihalte'd, turned coolly around, eyed me for smomenmhen with a quiet, deliberate trot, turned on’ into the’ nods—Among the Pines. Autumnal Tints. * * *- But of much more importance than a knowledge of the names and dis- tinctibns of color is the joyaud exhilara- tion which these colored leaves excite. Already these brilliant trees throughout the street, without any more variety, are at least equal to an annual festival and holiday, or a week 0f each. These are cheap and innocent gala-days, celebrated by one and all without the aid of com} mittees or marshals, such a show as may safely be licensed, not ‘ttractiug gami- blers or rumsellers, nor requiring any s'peo cialpolice to keep the peace. And poor indeed must be that New England vi],- lage’s October which has not the‘ Maple in its streets. This October festival costs no powder, uor ringing of-bells, but every tree is, a living liberty-pole on which a thousand bright flags are waving. V i No wonder that we must have our uni nual Cattle-showand Fall training, and perhaps Cornwallis, our September Courts and the like. Nature herself holds her. annual fair in October, not only in the streets, but in every hollow and on everyé hill-side. When lately we looked into: that Red-Maple swamp all a blaze, where: the trees where clothed in their vesturea: of most dazzling tints, did it not suggest? a thousand gypsies beneath--a race caps-'3 bio of wild delight—or even the fabled; fawns, satyrs, and wood-nymphs come? back to earth? Or was it only a con-? gregatiou of wearied wood-choppers, or", of proprietors come to inspect their lots,‘ that we thought of? ,Or, earlier. still,‘ when we paddledon the river through? that fine-grained September air, did there: not appear to be something new going on under the sparkling surface (“he stream, a shaking of props, at least, so that we; made haste in order to be up in time? 'Did not the rows of yellowing willows: and button-bushes on each side seem like? rows of booths, under which, perhaps,_ some fluviatile egg-pop, equallw ‘yellowf,§ was efl'ervesciugf' Did not all these 'sug-f gest that man’s Spirits should rise as high as Nature’séshou'ld hang out their flag, ‘2 and'the routine of his life be interrupted:t byan' analogous expression of joy and hi-: larity? - A i [No annual training or master of 801-, diery, no celebration with its scarfs and: banners, could import into the town a ; hundredth part of the annual splendor of our October. We have only to set the trees, or let thl m stand, and Nature ' will find the colored drapery—flags of all her nations, some of whose private sig- nals hardly the botanist can read—v-while ' we walk under the triumphs! arches of the Elms. Leave it to Nature to appoint , the days, whether the same as in neighbor- ing States or not, and let the clergy read her proclamations, if they can understand them. Behold what a drapery is her Woodbine flag! What public-spirited merchant, think you, has contributed this part of the show? There is no haudsomer shingling and paint than this vine, at pre- sent covering a whole side of some houses. I do not believe that the Ivy never sear is comparable to it. No wonder it has been extensively introduced into London. Let us have agood many Maples and Hicko- ries and Scarlet Oaks, then, I say. Blaze away! Shall that dirty roll of hunting lathe-gun house be all the colors a vil- lags can» display? A village is not com- plete, unless it have these trees to mark the ‘sensou in it. They are important, like the t0wn-clock. A village that has them not will not be found to work Well. It has a screw loose, an essential part is wanting. Let us have Willows for spring, Elms for summer, Maples and Walnuts and Tupeloes for autumn, Evergreens for winter, and Oaks for all seasons. What is ,agallery in a house to a gallery in the streets, which every market-mun rides through, ,whether he will or not? Of course, there is ”not a picture-gallery in the country which would be worth so much to uses is the western view at sun- ,set under the Elms of our main street. They are the frame to a picture which is daily painted behind them: An avenue of Elms as large as our largest, and three miles long, would seem to lead 'to some, admirable place, though. only, C . . - were at the end of it. - . A. village needs these» innocent stimu. lants of ‘ bright and'cheéring prospectsto 'keep of melancholy and superstition. Show me two villages. one embowered in trees and blazing with all: the. glories of October; the others. merely trivial and treeless waste, or with only a ‘single tree starved and bigoted religiouists and the most desperate drinkers. Every wash- or't'wo for suicides; and I shall be sure; ithat the latter will be' found the most tub and milk-can and gravestone will be exposed. The inhabitants will disappear abruptly behind their barns and houses, like desert Arabs amidvtheir rocks,‘and§ I shall look to see spears intheir hands. They will ‘be ready to accept the most barren and forlorn doctrine—as that the world is speedily coming to tin-end.- 01' has already got to it, or that they them- selves are turned wrong side outward. They will perchance crack their dry joints at one another, and call it aspirit- no] communication. Atlantic Monthly. . 0 Romantic Success of a Yankee Sailor. . Two or three years since, Frederick Ward, mate of u coasting vessel, arrived at Shunghae, China,'and by indomitable pluck, has succeeded in becoming a, Chi- nese Mandarin, and bringing things to rights in China—by contract. A cor- respondent of the New York Herald chronicles his exploits as follows:— The rebels were pinching Shanghae sadly, and the Imperialists couldn’t help themselves. Thirty miles or So up the Norsuug river was a city called Soonkong, a very strong city, like all Chinese cities of III]? portauce, surrounded with high stone walls, outside of which was a deep ditch always filled with water. sore place, and the rebels might be com- ing out some fine day and make a descent upon Shanghae. The Imperialists could not take the city; it was beyond their abilities, and they would pay a handsome price to get it. So Ward entered into a contract with them, and promised to take the city for forty thousand taels. He was taken up, and a little while after he, in company with eighty Mauilamen, surprised the city of seven thousand rebels, took it by storm, and then very quietly pocketed his forty thousand taels, receiving hardly a scratch in the eu- counter. This was all very well; but the fellow’s blood was up, and he wanted to take another city some thirty miles beyond Soonkong, where the rebels had retired and entrenched themselves more strongly than before. The Toutichiu chiuued him exceedingly, and told him to- go in. He did go in, or, at least as far as the walls, and fell, shot in three places. He did not die, however—his ~constitution was too strong for that—but ' fell back upon Shanghae, to recover from;_his wounds. and pl a another campaign. He was out again In a few weeks, but with a hole in the roof of his mouth of the size of a cherry stone, which gave a sort of nasal twang to his speech. Meanwhile the. gazettes came down from Pekin,_ an-: uouncing his promotion to .the rank of, Colonel. He became a Chinese subject, married a Chinese woman of the small footed kind—the wOrst thing he ever did -—und was created a mandarin of the: blue button. - , The solitary paper of Shanghae, em- bodying the English sentiment of they place, couldn‘t say hard things enough about the Colonel. He was a “filibuster, condemned by the President of the Uni- ted States.” He was a low American rowdy, and didn’t deserve the counte- nance of any respectable person. In spite of it all, however, desertions from the English navy and army, as well as the police force of the settlement, were of daily occurrence, and the military autho- rities interfered. One day Colonel Ward received a polite invitation to dinner on board of her Majesty’s steamer Urgent, Captain Hire. Putting perfect faith in the invitation, and uususpicions of under- handed measures, the Col. went aboard at the time appointed, was seized by order of the Captain, and put in irons. News of the occurrenCe spread rapidly through the settlement. Americans, whether they sympathized with Ward in his acts or not, were indignant at the mean and dastardly manner of his arrest. They protested against it, and even threatened to use force in his liberation. Matters became so hot that Capt. Hire was compelled to forego the further grat- ification of‘ his spite against Americans in the person of Ward, and upon the lat- ter swearing to the fact of his being a Chinese subject, he was discharged. By and by down came the rebels again, making furious demonstrations against Shanghae. The paper announced in its weekly issue, in the largest type, that “a typhoon of blood was at hand.” Even English c0ckucys enrolled themselves into a volunteer force and underwent the pe- nance of nightly patrolling the settle- ment with guns upon their shoulders. The rebels were all the time coming, and all the time they didn’t come. Big Eng- glish hougs wrote down to Hong Kong for naval assistance, and up came the Admiral to see what the row was ' He went up to Soonkong in the Coromnndcl, and was much astonished. He found an army of Chinamcn there, dressed in for- eign costume, carrying fol-eign arms, and ' well drilled ,in the evolutions of foreign tactics. He found foreign officers to each each company, and he found the great mover of it all, Colonel Ward. Now Ad- miral Hope is as much different from most Englishmen as it is possible for an EngliSIlman to be different from an Eng- glishman. Heliked Word as soon as he became acquainted with him; he liked him for his pluck, he liked him for his consistency, and so he encouraged him. So the French Admiral and the English This was a . Admiral and the Colonel put their heads together and planned out a campmgu , against the rebels. Ward’s Chinsmeu were placed alongside the English and French forces, and they didn’t disgrace themselves.~ They fought as well as any troops can fight, showing that good 'soldiers can be made even of Chinamen. When Admiral Hope commenced to support 001. Ward, the English resi. dents generally went with him. Import. ant nobodies, who had seen hard “1-. vice at Lucknow and Delhi, and knew it all and couldn’t be told anything, sufi'ered their noses to drop, and were even highly honored when Col Ward was so gracious as to shake hands with them. ' Well, the allied forces cleaned the rebels out pretty effectually, new; of which reached 'Pekin, and shortly came the gazettes announcing that ,Ward was promoted to the rank of General, and had his button raised another grade. Ward landed in Shanghae with a suit of clothes and six Mexican dollars. He is now, at a moderate computation, worth as many hundred thousand. Still he exposes himself in action as much as ever, and seems to have the most utter contempt of life. He does not ask even a Chinamau to go' into any danger he wOuld not willingly face himself. He has the most sanguine ideas about crush- ing the rebellion in China, albeit his progress thus far has not been much to boast off. He has ofi'sred Prince Kong to do it for ten millions of dollars, and the Prince asserts that such a reward would be insignificant in comparison with the extent of the labor. He is now quietly drilling his new recruits and swell- ing his army daily, preparing for the next coming down of the rebels, which will ensue upon the approach of winter. Dozens are applying every day to join him—members of the police force, ma- rines and sailors from the men-of-war and the shipping; but he is very judicious in taking them into his employ. He has, now some thirty or forty European 0&- cers under him, and has his headquarters at Soonkong, where the strictest diseio pline is enforced. So far as personal appearan’ce goes, Ward is the very idea! of a hero. His face now, from much exposure, is pretty well broozed, but is naturally very pale, and full and round. His hair is of the, deepest black, and he wears it falling in curls to his shoulders; and a slight impe- rial aifd mustache serve to make the pole of his face more noticeable. His person is slight. but all muscle. Although not above five feet in height, and with a build exceedingly diminutive. he has bSen knOwn‘ to whip: half a dozen six footers . with an eaée and rapidity truly astonishé ing._ He wears a blue cont, similar to that in the United States service, is but- toned close to his chin; high riding boots, white pants and a whip in' his hand, which he is always striking his boots with, finish the picture of one of the most suCcessful men of the day. Hanna's PLEASEN'I‘ VALLEY, } Monday evening, Oct. 13th. The newa of the success of Stuart’s cavalry raid into Pennsylvania, and in the rear-o! this army has occasioned no unnecessary excitement among the troops. When it takes into consideration that the river is made fordable by a low stage of water at so many points and that the army of the Potomac has a line of pick- ets extending from Cumberland to Wash- ington, 150 miles, it makes it an easy matter for a large rebel force of cavalry to penetrate it. The moment the fact that the rebels has crossed the river at McCoy’s Ferry became known, every exertion was made to prevent their escape which was deem- ed uecessary. - Orders were sent to different command- ers to move and occupy the positions as- signed them. Unfortunately at this par- ticular time a majority of the cavalry force was absent on important duty, at too great a distance to be of any use in following Stuart. ' . On occasions of this kind infantry, not being able to make a lengthy march, are of no particul use except in guarding fords near at hand. When Stuart crossed at McCoy’s Fer. ry he had fresh horses, they having been sent to that point in advance. His movements after crossing the Potomac were rather hid. He marched his force 92 miles in 25 hours. To'accomplish this he had the fresh horses taken fr0m citizens of Pennsylva- nia. From the time Gen. Pleasanton, commandinga brigade of cavalry and one battery, left this camp until he came up with the rebels at the mouth of the Monocacy, at 9 o’clock yesterday morn- ing, he had marched 78 miles within 24 hours without-a change of horses or rest. At that point thle attempting to cross the river into Virginia, the rebels were reached and nine of their men were taken prisoners. The total loss on our side Was one man wounded. Stuart find- ing himself unable to cross here. mOVed three milesiurther ,(lowu the l'lVel‘ to VVhite’leurd, where he made good his escape. _ Ge‘n. PIcasuaton, while pursuing .h m IOSK the use m Ins gobs, 'he norm-s gm 1); _____..<.»*——— Not So Astonishing. out fl‘ull] CXilallSllUll. I» is w!“ v. .. “at the marches bull! of t x r. w! rum rv and our own are um Ill Manama. ry Oil record, ulld bllc) snow mlm‘i i-mulu- sively'the pelcct folly of uuemptzng to pursue cavalry w-Ith' infantry. ————.o<..s fi‘A correspondent 0! the Detroit Ad vex-User, says that a uecoctmn of Outs Is infallible for the cure of measles. Take a pint of oatsand put them into a_ tight vessel; pour on boiliug Water, and let It stand a short time; then gm: it to- the sick person to drink. It must be pretty warm. In fifteen minutes you Will see a change for the better.
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