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. HI !!,', ' i ; mifiU fllY ii DEVOTK1) TO POLITICS, LCXKItAXLTICi:, Till VUICETH A IS 1 QENKJUL INTKLLIGENCE. V()I,X. MOUNT VERXOX, OHIO, TUESDAY, JUNK 28, ISCl. NO a Vim MOUNT VtU.M N lltiPtULICtM. . I E It M Ijl: ! ;'- tor one year (invuridbty lb advance)$2,00 For six iittaf 1,00 i TKItMS OP ADVERTI8INO. One squ ire, 8 wtseks, One squire ? miuths, One sqiitfit; Vj 'months,, ')n'e sq'di're, 1 year, ill squire (changeable monthly) changeable weekly, Fw squares, il weeks, Two square, 0 weeks, Two squ-ire. il ramths, , Two squares, ') mmtliSp . - " 'Two squarish 1 jour,'' ' . Three squares, 3 weeks, . Three squires, fi weeks, . , , . Three squares, 3 mon'hs, - Three squ ires, 6 months, rhnA onii'ifpu 1 vAftr 1,00 3,00 4,5 J 6.00 10,00 15,i0 1.75 3,25 5,i5 0,57 , 8,00 .2,50 4,50 6,00 8,00 10,00 )ne-fourth Column, clian. auarterlv.15.00 One-thirl ' " ' " ' 22,00 Oae-half " ' - " ; " 28.00 One column, changeable quarterly, 50,00 A WISH. Drenry nf t'le night j in winter, When the north winds blow, Shontimr, shaki :g at the casement, ' With mighty woe Panting sobbing through the darkness, Like a cbilil that grieves; 1 M i miii at the dooorwuy creeping . Low, about the eaves. But to-night thn now is lyinjf In a still moonlight ' Q'.i', my Love, whom Death has hidilen, I v'l i-Visit tot to-night t . . i C.m yoa 'car nv? tlirn'uh tlie raptures Or tlie s'.iininr When the w i-te ( rise auj lily . Ureath of Kden yielils; .:,:..';;;.':;;.';, . . ' Whore you walk with troops or spirits I'urcd from earthly tM ' Cau you hear? For one short vision, . , 1 would linger years. Con, my Love! the snow is hhininij; Y-iu miy walk Ir. whitK, As np'iii the I or of hnaven, If you come to-night ' ' ' ' ' ' , ' . i Not a print of mortal treading It is cliftstly meet-Yon mv walk nor tear the toiling Of jvor genlle f et. ' i C I'm I the il iwn will shi'in upou it, Thf er.-at face of day L:k a Jr.'nm in tears aud sih nee, It will ni-ilt away. Soraalbliia l.' fi I nJime. "by h w (, tsarm, w. Labor with what ji ul w wiil, Hointiiiaj; still hmii linn ni I. iae, Someth "J, u.icoinpli'tcd Waits the rising sun. By the bedside, on the stair, At the threshold, near th gfUt, With its menace or it prayer, Like u nv-udicant it waiU: Waits, and will not jro away - Waits, aud will 'int he i;uinsaid. B the nares of ysteiday . , Each to day is heavier made. Till at length it i'( or seems, reitr than our strength can bear-, Jlstlie burden of our dreams, Pressing ou us everywhere; And we stand fiom diy to day , Lik the dwarfs of times gone hy, Wno, as Northern legends say. . .;' Oii their shou d rs held the sky. . .. i'hk mirreA.w .:i, .,. Seveuteen ) ears ,jro there was a fair ' ' girl so puro, so luvely. so rcfiucd that she sth . rr-od to my mind as almost akiu tu angels. Slw was wooed aud ultimately , won by a handsome young man of consid 'craole Vvalth. lie porteda' fine team, '. delijilftod in hunting, and kept fiue pack ' of hou ids. .' lie . ueit her ' ' play ed eanls, drauk wine, nor used tobacco Ilo 'had D4 occupation, no caliin, uo trade, lie lived on bis mouey, the interest of which alone would have supported a family handsomely. I never saw the fair bride ''again until few days ago. '( Seventeen .years had passed away, and wiih -' them her beauty and beryouth; ber bus land's ' fortune' and his life during the tatter, patt of which they1 lived q it cabin on the taaks of the Ohio tiver,1 near Blenner-bssset's Island; a whole family ia one single room, subsisting on water, fat ba- -eon, and corabreai. , The husband had . i ' ' I u ' ' i , do business eapaeity. - lie was a 'gentli- mm of 4Juoation, of rcfinemen?, of nob'e , Impulses; but when his m iuey waa iue j'bscouU.'gttl p,'em ilyiu'int, simply be- ;aU.e he ti n )';' to Joanyth ng ;Fj.r i vhile, he Hun Ure t about, fi.'st try in one thiiijr, then another, but 1'failure' was written on them all. He h iwtH'er; fimlly ubtainel a.sitnfinnj the labor, was great, tiie compercs'tou Miiall: it was that or aurvatiou; iti hi hermo uS-ir to dis h triiafii,y,-'-ri,h.''K?j hi irprVk-111 himtelt ai died, iuvinj; his widow and b!x girls in utter laitilutilm In sovm cnteen years the sweut hdJ j vims uti 1 l enutil'ul girl had bee irao a broke I hearted, curu-witru. povertysitrU-ken widow, wiih a houseful of hrlp'c-s children 1 Young woman ! if a tich young man nslfs you to marry him, and has no occu patinn, or trade, or calliu; by which he c mid niuke a living if he were thrown mi his own resourc s, you may irive him your respect, but Y'ive bii-u the mitten.' Whatever may be a young man's qualities, if he is fond, very fond of going to the theater re''usv him. ' If u young man shows by his conversation that he is an admirer o'' last hor-es and id pretty well ucqTiin'e 1 wrih the qualities aud titu of the best racing nagr ol the country, wheu bo asks your baud, give him the mitien only. If you ever hear a young man speak of his father or his mother disrespectfully contemptuously, do n it encourage h's attentions; be will do tie same of you, un i in many ways will make your heart ache before you die. It you know a young man likes to stand around tavern do us, at the street-comers, and about groccr'es. cut your hand -iff rather than place it in his; he is worth only the mitten. If your suitor can tell you a great deal about car ls; s"ein fam'iiar with a nnlti tule of track whioh on be perform 1 1 with te same, and is liim-elf in adebt in such things, let him win all thn money he may from others, but let hira rot win your heart, for he will lose it in a yeur, and li.ive you a broken one in its place. If you know of a nice young man who will certainly heir a laru'e estate, vrh'i is of a highly respectable latuily. wh seems to b'j at home us to the usages, custom, and proprieties of good society, and jet who is iedifcreut hbout attending church on the Sabbath day, who speaks disparagingly of clergymen, who talks about relit-ion in a piiroii;z'ng way as a very good thing in its place, pauicuhrly fir old women, weak young girls and children never marry him should he ask you Such a man ran never warm n woman's heart; will never twine nrouu I it the ten drils of a true affection, fur he is inately cold, nnvmpaihi:ng and selfish, : am' shnul'l sickness and trmM ootni to ym he will leave yon to bear them all alnii Idleness, the having no ntvunitien vrll always n.id inevitably engender mor il and physical disease; an 1 theso traits will bo more or less perpetuate! in tin cVl lren mm to u''h; the 'runt of these en Ian:', ties has to be born b) the nm'hnr, and in the ben -ini'iip a-ra'nst them. h 'wm-iRv a niiblphear'ed woman has s-irrowed, and crievod, and toi'ed herself into a nremi tore grave, may never be kn iwn, but thn numvier can not be expressed in a few figures. Therefore, my , unny-faecd daughter, if you do not want to irrow old before your t'nuo. to live a life of toil and sorrow aud then prema'ure'y die, give not your han 1, but only the mitten to a young man, however well born or rich, who has not a le.'it:ma'e calling by wh ch he c-mlil 'make a livini;' if he were bv smuo fortuity left penni ess Uall'tJuur. nal. KX IT1NO AND l: MIAO IDiNAU V tCIM.. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Pre with Oeuoral Hank's army u'ivethe lollowiug graphic descrijitiori oftho pan c iinoug our Irjops ami teamsters during the Grst dar's fi'ght. near Pleasant Hill ; It was one of those unaccountable event that no genius nor courago can control. I find it impossible to describe a scene so sudden and bewildering . although I was pieseut, partly ( an actor' partly a spectator, and saw plainly evry thing that tuck place. . The battle was progressing vigorously. ' 1 lie niuke'ry firing was loud and continuous, and having recovered Iroin the danger exper.-euced from Ibitisi m'i division, we felt secure of the position.' I was (lowly rid ing ulung the edge of the wood, conversing with a friend who had just ridden up about the events and prospects ol the day. We drawn into the side bf wood to allow u ammunition wagan to pass, aud aU though many wire oSservoi troing to the fear some on foot and some on horseback we regarded it as an occurrence familiar to every battle, and it occasioned nothing buii a passing remark. ' I notices . that most of th-we thus wildly: riding .to i the rear were negroes, han era on aud serving men, fir now that we have gone to doep-ly into1 the glaveholding country, every non commissioned, officer has a servant. and every servanda mule. These people wettf the first, to sh iw 'any pine, but seairiptir along the road gave on!yainuse ment to the solliers, wi peiroi th-ni with stones, an I H'hippe l their flying niy imale with stnt-s tu uwr.-a-o iliir sp eua Suddenly there Was a ru ha'shnut, 1 ti e crashiug 9!' trees, the' biewk!n dnw 1 Lol naila, the tush and scuiii rr of men. It wis'as sud'.'en' ss ibi.Ulfa tbun lerbolt had lalleo um nii u,' ahi.iettlie piuea on lire.., t hat caused it, or iv,ieti it Common ecd, no one knet . I turned to my cjui pairoii tu inqi ru the romoii of this extraordinary proecediiiu', bu'. befure bo hid the chance to reply, we found ourselves swallowed up, as it we e, in a hissing, seething, lubbl ng whir'pool of uitatcd meu. We caul I not uvoid the currcni; we could not stem it, and if we hoped to live in that mid onip.ny, no muse ri Jo wtlh the rest ot them. Our hue of bat ie had given way. Gencnl Hanks took off bis hat an 1 implored his mm to remain; bis staff offii-er did the same, but it wa of n 1 avail Theu the (jcn-rai drew his sabre and endeavored totally his men, but, they wu'd not li.stru. Ho hind hi in the robe's were shoutiiig and advancing Tho'r mu-ki-ts tided ibe air wiih that strange file rasp-ing soun I that war h is nndo familiar t i our fighting men. The Uams were abandoned by the drivers, the traces cut, and the animals ridden off Vy the frghtened men Hreheaded riders rode with a'ony iti their faces, and for at ieastteu.m'nu'cs it seeiuuJ us if we were coins to destru'-tio'i o .edier. It was h w v r.n y for:u' 0 to see the first bittbi ol liuil ilou. un I to be among those who made that celebrated retr.-at tnwarl Wn.-h;ngto . The retreat of tlii! lib division was as much a rout us th it of the first Fedcra army, with the exception that fewer men were euganel an 1 our men f light here with a valor that was not .vhown on that fcrious, sad, moek, heroic day in Ju y. We rodo nearly two m.ies in this madcap way, until 00 'ho edge of a ravine, which might fcruurly have been a bayou, we fount Emory' division drawn up in line. O ir rctr-ar'tug men fed tieyimd 'Irs line, and Kniory prepared to tin et t!.? rebels Tuey came with a ru-h, a. das ho shades of night crept over the treet-jp-, they encountered our men. Emory fired three rounds, aud the rebels retreated. This ended the fi.ht, leaving the Federals masters Mght and the purulizing el forts of (he stuUipedu u,on our urmv. made pursuit imposnible. Ihe enemy fell back, currying with 1 hi 111 me of t lie w.-tiius thai wuro b'i't. an I a number. Ml (he guus that wero abandoned. TUB AllAblAX IIOKSP-. . In early youth immense pains are lavished u;iou him. and be is rarely mounted before be is two years an i i bill' old hut h's education has I ecu such that hi is by that time ulniot qualified to take care boll, of himself an! his master.- When the rider dismounts, and wished his s'eol to icmuin stationary, he has merely to pi?s thn bridle over his head, ue has never any reason to ask a man to uold his horse lor h in At market, ot elsewhere, be leaves him for h -on with o it di.-quie tide, and returns t find hnu .iti ii .iuj; olusk still. This has beeu t..ugia bv a very e n pie jrocess. T'Iia tinuiu once over n.s head, and Uragiriog on the gr,unu, u slave ia blationed beside It iu to tru ii! upon it whenever ibe tlie a...uial is ubou, to go oil, a ,d so as 'o give u disagreeable i-liouk tu the bars 01 iliO m.'Uih. I Ins is the tn.ug upptoac-. tu tiar-liuess iu the training of the Aran, 111-uUg.u inueeu, it the tMiniug should lull, llici'e ure spursemplojied such as uo European would Ureain ut Using.- fhe sucieiy tor ihe (reveiuiou of cruel y to au.muis would have -little sc pu lor employment in Algeria. Shduld any chil -reu, too young to re.ic-.i, tease or ill u-o the horses tethered in Iroiitof the tent, the Arab wife w. 11 cry "t'hi dreu beai not the horse. 1 Wretches it is they who nourish you. Do you wi-h that Allah should curse ur . tents?' She does hot spare her own husband, if he misuses bis hor.-e, but complains ot b.iii to th chief' ot the tribe. Oh. my Lr6:, although he is all we have, yet my husbanu takes liiui on idle j lumeys, overrates him tases hint beyond hm Birength. Sool i him, I beseech you, in the name of bah.j Led him back into the ways of pur forefather. Above all, however, don't teb him it was I who suggested tbis to you.' The Arab horse is watered only once in the twenty tour hours. lie is ofien obliged to coutent himself with dates instead of barley; these are given him before they are perfectly ripe when tbeir stones are soft, aud are eaten stone; and all. Ia the spring, he is turned ou' on the nature.; but in tho summer, if bis muster cau ufford it, he gets a Utile bar ley. Ou this scanty fare, a good horse in the desert ie expected, if necessary to accomplish, for five or six suocessiveuays, a distance of a hundred aud twenty-five to a hundred and fif'y miles, and, after a couple of day'g rest and feeding, be will be quite well to repeat the lest, il he stiakes biniMilfat any ' resting place, or paws the ground wi h his foot," it is held ilia there s n i occasion to pull up in (he j urne.v; an I if you would , kn iw at the nd Of a day, of excessive fatigue, how fir jo'tt lain ye. depeud u;iob your.bore,-get ofl Ii s buck, and pull him strongly y the tail; if lie remains unmoved you m iy still rely'upon Km: -It is bf no .-ry r.ta occurrence to liir of a h rse doing one hutidred and eighty tuile in twenty-four i 1 h-mrs! The reii i sues w oich the ini of the dosert lo k tor in him ara 'he shou' J cany a full grown mau, his arms and a I oh inge ol 'cl'itbiu, foud for both rider ' and himself, n flag on a wind) day; n I j if it be uecetssry, tirug a dead body be hinihiiu A. horse of tie Sahara is calculated to live fr-mi twen'y to twenty five years, slid a mire (mm twenty five to thirty. The uu iii'ile prime is indicated by the following Arubkn proverb: riuven, years for mv brother, Scveu years for my-elf, Seveu years fjr my enemy. I The ;rais jr- fer miros tu horses; bu? only Jor the follow tig reasons: 1 The pecuma-y profit; lor the stories that represent tho sous of the desert turn ing their backs upon preferred treasure, and remoun ing the lelowd steed that 1 bey cannot Irin them-elves to pirt with, are a little imagina'v, and as mu-.'h as four thousand pounds has been known to have been received for the pr "jjeuey of a single mare. 2 liecauso the mare doe? not iie'gh iu time ol war like the hor-e a most important matter. . 3. Uceau-e she issenutive to hunger, th rst and bea, and will leed ou the same herbage as I he sheep and camels. Cham-bert Journal. A lady asked a pupil at a uitio.nl school , "What was tlie sia of tha I'll ri eees? " "11 iting camels, m irm." q tiekly repli.l the child. .She hii reii tint (lie Pharisees "sr.raiuel at guts ill eWalluViud at cumii Is." Frugality is good, if liberality bo j iin ed with it. The first is leaviug off super flums expenses; tho last is bestowing them on others that need. The first without tho last begets covetousnus.s; the iast without the first, begets prodigality Ihe two, uni'ed. make an excellent tern lor. Happy the place where they are fiun'i! i i Where does a similarity exist 'between rualfam beer? In the taxin; of the one and the fining oi the other. ( Many persons ore now anxiously 'X-nm n ng the mips to fi 1 1 the "soat if war." Fu'ibs1 says he fou-t it list. sum. nier without u m ifi. lie discovered it by sitting down u;im a wi'p's nest in a hay fluid.' ' 1 Yi n bnve a 1-tr'I.ini countenance,'" is il e i!i i key to the eleii'diit when he 1 it 1 m our the back with his trunk- Ti e nnrringo of Mr. J Siraiisro with i ish l.lzule'h Strange is recorded. 'J I r hflutr is regarded as a I til strange I ut it is i-aid the ucxt event will be a lit-1 i Ie .? auger. It is tube re-r.-ttol thai, after in ir tii-ge the society ofunseems to lose hill' i'c ( 1 tni , tit,d that the busbnnl is tic lit pr iff sss't'in in and devoted attcn I'aiit oft tie 1-d. whose slightest wish it was fernifr'y his p'easure to grati'y Hire is K.metbing radically wr ns in ibis.. He hln uld stilt dcliib' in her s-r;i'y. und engage her simpathios in ul.at is atin cable to his. so that it may become a pleasure to both. Sin (times, however tb- w fo has herself ti blamj. She is no Ion ;er s ch.jprfiil in h )r ap pear i,nce tin ! m inner in sho wis.. n longer enleavoisso earnostly to phase Home is the empire of woman; if yii virtually banish the good man of the home: . '() there's a power to nuke each hour Vs gw..et as heaven designed it; , N"r nee we roam to bring home. Though ten there be that find it! We seek too high for thins close' by, Ami loss what nature fjuud us; , F r lie liat.li hep uo charms so dear As homo and trieu around us ' ,. tt I iy says that snoring is the sp'intaueou escape oi tnose malignant I'eel.ngs which the sleeper bus not time to veut whoa awake. Which way does a man look when he apprehends danger? !. e generally looks out. ! " 1 i Whv doss a person who absents himself resemble one who ubsusa puiii-' tuorought'are? IJoeaUie he stops a way. The most s'riking illustration of the saying that the pith of a lady's letter is the postscript which we nave heard of, was that of a young lady, who having ' .one out to Ind:a,' and writing home to her friends, concluded with the .following words: "P. S. You wit' see by my signature that I am married." ' Sensibility is like the stnrs, that can lead t.ue only when the sky is clear. Reason is tha niii itie tin lie thit. guides th ship when th y are wrapt in darkness. , ., ; . A lecturer die othcrdiy eonten In I with ' tiresome trobxity (list art could not im-prvve uatuie. until one, nf Ins hearers losing all i sticuie, f t tLe room in a roar by ,eclaim ng. "You are wr mg, sir, very wroog, for I am sure you would not look so jouig without y jur wig." O'i Y t IHIl UU.lVi'4 Ooly a baby's trr ivv! S.-iiiB loot or to, t tlie in ist. Of star J isi'd yet I lh-ik that God Kiiuws what tiiat jitlle gruru cost. Oi ly a baby's irawl I ii children even so sin ill, I'hnt llr sit tli-re an I ii g,s i smill a thiug Mucins searoi ly a grave at ad! Only a b ibys grive! lhd w m -asure grief 'iy this, Few tears whm slmd i i imi" ') thy den l! I kuo hww they fed o,i t lis. (bi'y a baby's g'livi ! . Wil. ii.e little iii'e be in i h, Too sin II a cm fir II s d.ilcin, Wuosc kingdom is mill of such? Only baby's gravn! Yet often we eo.n ' an I sit Hy ihe liltle stoa", a 1 1 t'uik "I to ow.i We ar i no imr lb iwn Tor it ! London Gioi tt'orlt far .SI fj. !V, hat is IT I uskei' a ch.U; In its vjunvcr it i-milcd. " l.-t is (job!?" I asked a boy; "1 ut'y litlle je'li.w to,!' W bat is (Job.?" .. asked oi mm; "I w I' hei.ru ii all I eat.! ' '. V. I;t fu.ii'f 1 uskeo tillage; "Au iliu.-iiu on bile's page!'' "Wlut bCilr'?" larked of Heave; "Ah a nn lo ti n u 'wit giteii!" ' bat is. Cold, Uui'ed Male-?" 'jSiUsty-toiifc ut lutiit liuttt!" GOIISARDUENT OF dlVSLSSTOX. A Thrilling Inc'uhnt .1 Bi'idil Camber tlm C't'i lib rtf D-a'.h. From tU. Cllsrle'fto Mercury. April 24. . T ie Yariivrtas fron time to time. thivnv a slu'H into tli city. Mi l no-vuy Mm to min 1 it. . But misfor tune wilh'il that yesterdry a shell fih'iiil 1 throw tho entire coinniunit.v into inournin". ; Miss Anna Pickens, tho daulitei' of iiur former Guvitikii', never con-sentwl to leave this cifv. D 'spito the reircB"iitutiiin of ( -n. Beunivparil. kIio rftiiaiiH'il. bravinir bIihIIs ann frreck ti.-'-. tending the wounded nn l clieei ing U with her irwnico. A'tionc; the 7onn IeiI offieers under liet ininisti'riiifrciire.wiis Mr. Andrew do R'iciiellr', a tlcscciidiint of mia o' the nolilost nngue1ot ftmilies of tf i Ip city. Tuiisyounjf tntin wits full of the liveliest. gMtitn lo fir liia fnif niii'Sp; gratitiv-e ar vo birth to u mtire femler sen ti men ; his suit wn listened to; Governor Pickens g ive his con sent, and the liiiiniHq;!1 wn fixed for vepterdtiy, ibe 23 1 'if April. Lieut. D.' R'Hthelhi waft on tlntv ut Fort Similiter in fl e morning, nnd it. wan determined thitt tho ceremony alioul l take place nf. tho resilience of Gen. BmihiMn, in the evening, nt seven o'clock. At the moment when the Eiincoiml clergyman was asking ill ' lu-'do if slie was re; dy, a shell fell uj.Hin tli.-) fiofot the buil'ling.jien-etnited to the rofim where the coin-jniny were assembled, hnnst, and wounded nine persons, among the res'; Miss Anna Pickens. We can-ntit dfst rihe tlie scene that followe ( irder was at last, re-established, and the wi nnded were removed, i.ll except the bride who lay motionless ti- on the carpi't. ILjr botrothe bkneel-1 , , 1 ,. , I ing v nd bending over her, was weep-1 . n .. . . ' j mK....,ery, .. uy.og m Blull..cll the bliaal that wilh-d from a terrible woun J under her left breast. A snr-! geon, came and declared that Miss1 Pickens had Dot longer than two ' hourb tf live. , We will not pttint the ' gei.erul dtfpair. When they w unded girl recovered her coiibcionsness elie asked to know her fate, and when the hesitated tvj till her 'Andrew,1' she said,-4'! beg ' Mm fo kll iue the truth.- If I trust ; ll ie, J can die worthy of you." .Tho young soldier's tears were his answer, and Miss Anna snmnioning all her strength, attemptod to. smile. Ncthiug could he nvnre heart-rending than to bop the agony of this bruve girl, stiiigbng in tho cinhrnco of ilenth, hihI, iigiiiiist a terrible nion. pang. Governor , Piikeiis, whose cimnigo is known, -yd al 'iet v'ith-out coiiscioiiHiHts.' ami 'Mm. P.fkeiiB lox.ked upon her chil I 'with the dry and hiiggard eye of one whoso reason totters. -' ' - -: ' ;' . J.iotronanUJd U'K:lielI, was lie ni to speak. "Anna, he cried, "I will ' dio soon, too, but 1 would havo jca Tiierd ii yet tirna f unite iw. t Tneyoing jlrl did not reply; she was too voaf. A slight flush rose for for an instant to ber pilu cliek; it cotil I lie seen tnat joy and jnin were struggling in Ii.t Sjiirit foe tlit? mas-Very. Lving on a sofa, her bablM ib'ess all ataiue I with blood, her hair dishevel I, sh j had never been nioro bdatiriful. II il !.' as she was. Lieutenant Dj It ichellJ to ik . her hm I and and rei:jeated theKiv. Mr. Dickinson to proceed witl tliec-re-mony. Wii 'ii it was time for the dy ing girl to s:iy Y a, her lips parted several times bur. she conl 1 not urtic ul.tte. At lt the word was 8jn ken, and a slight loam resting tijion her lips. T.ij dying agony was near. T.ie ministei sobbed as ho paoc.te le I with the cjra truiy. . A t hour after ward all was over, and tlie bridal cliam'ier was th t c'i i n') t of ! Jit'i. Lieutenant I)t Richelle bus sworn to perish hittle aoainst tiie Yiiikeeg. nil I we are sin' th it he will,kvp his oath, lie has now adoiiblj nintive to hate th. 'in ami liiso.vn existence. Our entire conmniry s'nr.s tha grief that, alli;cts the family of Gov. lV-k'iis. Tau obsi'ijiiies of Mss Anna v. ill occmir to-morrovv morning at. 11 o'clock. G iv. '.clens and Lieut. !).. Roehtllo will be chief iuon tiers. Our Ex-Governor desire that there shall be no military parade. Tun funer.il cortege will be composed of all our ladies, all of our magistrates, all oui-gsajrals, ani whim lei b1-diers, many o'" wliom owe their lives to the devotion of tlie deceased. Never has woman been followed to tlie grave, by so many regrets never has one loft sadder remembrances in the hearts of Charlestonians. The Tiaj-dlaa tooth uui 111 3 Lords' Prajcr. ; We havo been toll of an aneodo'e ol B 10th, the great tragedian, which we do n it remember to havo seer iu print. It 'ccurred in the pilmv days of his fame, lefore the sparkle of lit great mind had )?en dimmed by thut groat bane of genius, strong drink. !5 10th and Beveril frienls had been inv'- ed to dine wiih au old grntleaian in .faltimore. of distinguished kindness, ur irbauityanl piety. The host, though lisappmving of tbea'ers and theater gi 'i.', had beard so much of lloolh's re-urkable powers, that furiosity to ttv he mm had, n this instance, overcome Il his sciuj les aid jrcjudices. , After I e cniertaiiimeut was ever, lamps light-I. and reseated in the drawiug room, me oiip requested Uooih as a particu'ar ivor, and one which ail present would i iubuoss appreciate, to real aloud thr jorl's Prayer. booth expressod his viilingne-s to afFir 1 tham this gratifi ta-ion, aud ail eyes were turned expect-ititly upon him --Uo. th rose slowly and revcrautly ftvm nis cha:r. It was w m lerful to witcl he play of motion that' Mnvulsed h's oountetianee Ho becama deathlv nale. in I his eyes turned treiuliugly upwafds, or j wet with texrs. As y.it he h i I n it pokeu. The silence touid be felt. It absolutely patulu!, until at lust tho sptil was broken as ii'by an electric shjck, as h.s r.ch touec voiee sUlabled forih "Our t.uhtraho art in Heaven" &o. with a pathos aud solemnity (but ihrilleU all hearts. ' ' Ilo finished. The siletico cottinued. Not a voice was beard or a muscle niovid iu hiswrapt uu lience, until from a re wot corner of the rouu a suouuo l sb ifiuliu,il I . I. . .11 ...... 1 .1 . . ... , n tt steppe I torir w.tu streamnu ' - , eyes, aud , tuttir.Dg frame, and teied fc ..git .. HaiJ he )U brikeB ac.ceD(8 bavu Mii m(J , yUat0 itf wbolo Iu ure liie will be gratified. I aill an old man, and from my boyhood to the presen time. I thought I repeated the Lord's prayer but 1 hava never heard it lefore ocver." You are right," replied Booth, " to read that piajer as it should be read, has c.wt me ihe severest stuly aol labor lor lhir,y I w far from be iug satisfied with my reading of that wonderful produetiou. llardly one, per sou iu tea thjusi oompretiends how much beauty, teudemess, aad .gran Jure can be couaeosed iati) a space so small, and in words so Biiuplo. Tha prsvr of itself suffijionily illustrates the truth of the iiible, aui Uiup uiyi u the seal ol Uiviuity. ., 8 great woe the nfl'oct r r.iiliu'ed (says uiy liiforulont, who Was present',) eonver-sab n was sustained lui a short tat 1 -iiger in m. due l uii.UM-j'llubie, and a must en irely ceased; am scou atter ut au early hour, 'ibebi'iuipmy broke up auf ret rod Ui their auveral hoibus, th sad faced and full heirte. fyuofd RKotdur. die my wifa a n.,ini-y in or. m- nw fa c Church ut the New nispnnsahum, ) , , . ..March 17, 1801 f Last Suirdy we hcJ an improvin seexn Riiber1, Toi ins Punt who hes bin a studj-in for the ministry with mo ter the past ? weeks, wu licenst and ordau f. 1 'fie i a youth uv much promise. He TotiJ twist for Bookaonan, aud only1 18 yar old.swaring bis votes in with a coolnia atleesetlm egijscitid the aduirashaa uv the patrurks at the bisnis. 1 kin sately say ' that he bet ' whald nioar Ah- lishnisf, busted, moar Methislisl Hre b-rin aul utber helrodux ,' cburciica than any Dun icrat uv his age iu the atait." He bet a brilyunt fucker. " M After the usual fj vestions wu put t u m aud satislacturly auserd. the eioirp gasheu wuz dismistaiid in. the prnsent uv the ol len and dekuns aloue, tde l.Tcr-ed the folleriu. s '.'(::,-! ' COABGK. Brother Ilevm bin riyprty or'aned it only reu.aues f r me to give yoo a wurd uv couacil. Yo i air a gin iuj die aMie-eel b znis at a rayiher unfavrable time. Man wicb is burn uv woman hex truidile fir his inl eriunce I've hed so niudiuv it that ef I hed it to do over uin ' I woodent be born ut a!. The p ditikle herins is nrecast with p ireteusbu. elow Is - The liteninof wrath is leapiu from wnti to snu'her wilst the tbuader wich wus waust at a distance now rorea angrily in our eer. (Gtafio ritin ) The ole shi,. DimocriHy ia tossing madly onto the wild waivs, with nary a sale se:, hr seems open, the wa er (a fur-rm element to ber inidos) a ruslnn ia. The sriddiest part u her crew: ceesed the bote-, an I abandoned her, and the rest uv em er a fining fur the helum. In the inenetime the ole ship is dashia past the baven nv Success, and is btdin strata for the rox uv Destruction. ' To yoo is entrustid a part ov the wo.k of savin her. Let me entreet yoo. - 1 '' 1. Avoid the s'ljnrs. With them yoo he? oethin in common. " They will ties- piteta It use yoo. Tuust. a party uv eta maid me drink a pint of water and Uik , the oa h uv nlli jnse, wich oulragi aaa fullered by conjestiou uv the towils and nflitushen uv the brane. ( f i " 2. Alluz preach agiu the nigger. ' It soothiu to a ginooine constoosbuel, su h ernrites dimxrat tube constantly told that thar is a race of meu mener than bt is. llesicics it's safe the nigger hca m vote. Ef he hed we mignt vary. . . 3. Allux hey a marter. The ftait ritea dim icrisy allux sympithyie with a ran thut's in ba-teels fer syiuptthyzn . w.tst the sowth fer nun uv em knuw how suok heir turn nay kum. . '-, 4. Preech agiu amalgamashen at leeat 1 Sundays per munth, A man.uy straw that Too set up yerself is theeesiest uook d.iwn, pertikelerly if yoo set him ttp witki a view uv nockio uv him down. ; t 5 Allui diloot .poor whisky kr near oonverts. It taiks much to eopTert Abl sbnist, and efyoj mo the pure artik-kle it woo I kill a 'orJuary cons oosha afore he'd hev time to vote, wich Voiild . e aggcrvutin. ' " n n . ;,. m i 0. Sarc'i the sJ r'pter f&t'iefully ter' sech pnssigis ex euzzid fys Kai.au, Be.' vuncv obey yoor masters and sich. ' ' '' " 7. Lern to rede, or ntleest git theshai nv the letters so fixt in your wind that when yoo qw its liuin book er iiewspj. ' per. yoo w b hold it rte side up. 'EdJU" Casheri lux bin a grate help 2 me. "'' "' '8. Lern to sjiell and pr nowAce Mis- ' senegetienishun. 'Its a good word ' ' ' ' The crate led a ijces uv otr's k wich ' it is -i air duty to intulkait is the-e: Tha ntggtr's ape.'L'nkin a gtiriller, Jeff. " I:avis a clm-chim gemleman 'the re' tU"'t i)ut. a struggle fer rues, thesojir a li ud-iy o it Ban Hu-ler a bses, ct sef:ry' Yoo a;r neter i bleev'e in Fe lenf i r s ha mn.-t al.uz -redtt conl'edrit su e. ses. ' 1 I woolcnt advize voo to let your fai h i i " , the Confedrisy go so fur as to taik t e r skrip on yer salary, ueethet wood 1 bura grcenbax. "' ' : ' ' . ' ''. ' : I heT duo. Go, roybmtler. Wyef poler star be Dimneriscy, yer rallyin cryl ' "Ihe Yocnyun ti itwuu the Codsu. ' o':n ex It ii," which is istitooi i n s, fito ' ! the good fit, and the day will coin, when '" yoo kin lay crrf yer anner, and wi h UV. 31." atttr yer naim. engoy the repos that allux follows well directid sad w,i '' gents effort. " ' ' 1 " ' Bro. Puntsttrtid to-day for Eu'bern Lliooy, wbers he has a couuregaeheD. . ' '1 PKTROLECM V. iASBT, ' ' " Paster ut Church, in charge. ij.T i .' v A gentleman rd.ng throug'i Virgir'a , waa overtaken by a violent tbanders'orut; . He took shelter in a negro's cubio, and , , foun'l the witer e reaming tbmngh uiai y . ; s evices in the root " by umi t j-i n , , mend y ur roof. Cuff?" ha asked Oh , um rs;n s, nnu-ss, 'em't nid tie ne.rr "i'ut why don't yn inero it when it doseu't rain?" s-ke I tli e man "Yah. OJ.l'i-".-ia," s ,' I t!: with a grin, "Jon uo don't wa'if r. JJJStt!ci;b kt il-i H. i 'A!'..
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| Title | Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1864-06-28 |
| Place | Mount Vernon (Ohio) |
| Date of Original | 1864-06-28 |
| Source | LCCN: sn84028554, Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1864-06-28, Vol. 10, No. 34 |
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| Submitting Institution | Knox County Public Library |
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| Full Text | . HI !!,', ' i ; mifiU fllY ii DEVOTK1) TO POLITICS, LCXKItAXLTICi:, Till VUICETH A IS 1 QENKJUL INTKLLIGENCE. V()I,X. MOUNT VERXOX, OHIO, TUESDAY, JUNK 28, ISCl. NO a Vim MOUNT VtU.M N lltiPtULICtM. . I E It M Ijl: ! ;'- tor one year (invuridbty lb advance)$2,00 For six iittaf 1,00 i TKItMS OP ADVERTI8INO. One squ ire, 8 wtseks, One squire ? miuths, One sqiitfit; Vj 'months,, ')n'e sq'di're, 1 year, ill squire (changeable monthly) changeable weekly, Fw squares, il weeks, Two square, 0 weeks, Two squ-ire. il ramths, , Two squares, ') mmtliSp . - " 'Two squarish 1 jour,'' ' . Three squares, 3 weeks, . Three squires, fi weeks, . , , . Three squares, 3 mon'hs, - Three squ ires, 6 months, rhnA onii'ifpu 1 vAftr 1,00 3,00 4,5 J 6.00 10,00 15,i0 1.75 3,25 5,i5 0,57 , 8,00 .2,50 4,50 6,00 8,00 10,00 )ne-fourth Column, clian. auarterlv.15.00 One-thirl ' " ' " ' 22,00 Oae-half " ' - " ; " 28.00 One column, changeable quarterly, 50,00 A WISH. Drenry nf t'le night j in winter, When the north winds blow, Shontimr, shaki :g at the casement, ' With mighty woe Panting sobbing through the darkness, Like a cbilil that grieves; 1 M i miii at the dooorwuy creeping . Low, about the eaves. But to-night thn now is lyinjf In a still moonlight ' Q'.i', my Love, whom Death has hidilen, I v'l i-Visit tot to-night t . . i C.m yoa 'car nv? tlirn'uh tlie raptures Or tlie s'.iininr When the w i-te ( rise auj lily . Ureath of Kden yielils; .:,:..';;;.':;;.';, . . ' Whore you walk with troops or spirits I'urcd from earthly tM ' Cau you hear? For one short vision, . , 1 would linger years. Con, my Love! the snow is hhininij; Y-iu miy walk Ir. whitK, As np'iii the I or of hnaven, If you come to-night ' ' ' ' ' ' , ' . i Not a print of mortal treading It is cliftstly meet-Yon mv walk nor tear the toiling Of jvor genlle f et. ' i C I'm I the il iwn will shi'in upou it, Thf er.-at face of day L:k a Jr.'nm in tears aud sih nee, It will ni-ilt away. Soraalbliia l.' fi I nJime. "by h w (, tsarm, w. Labor with what ji ul w wiil, Hointiiiaj; still hmii linn ni I. iae, Someth "J, u.icoinpli'tcd Waits the rising sun. By the bedside, on the stair, At the threshold, near th gfUt, With its menace or it prayer, Like u nv-udicant it waiU: Waits, and will not jro away - Waits, aud will 'int he i;uinsaid. B the nares of ysteiday . , Each to day is heavier made. Till at length it i'( or seems, reitr than our strength can bear-, Jlstlie burden of our dreams, Pressing ou us everywhere; And we stand fiom diy to day , Lik the dwarfs of times gone hy, Wno, as Northern legends say. . .;' Oii their shou d rs held the sky. . .. i'hk mirreA.w .:i, .,. Seveuteen ) ears ,jro there was a fair ' ' girl so puro, so luvely. so rcfiucd that she sth . rr-od to my mind as almost akiu tu angels. Slw was wooed aud ultimately , won by a handsome young man of consid 'craole Vvalth. lie porteda' fine team, '. delijilftod in hunting, and kept fiue pack ' of hou ids. .' lie . ueit her ' ' play ed eanls, drauk wine, nor used tobacco Ilo 'had D4 occupation, no caliin, uo trade, lie lived on bis mouey, the interest of which alone would have supported a family handsomely. I never saw the fair bride ''again until few days ago. '( Seventeen .years had passed away, and wiih -' them her beauty and beryouth; ber bus land's ' fortune' and his life during the tatter, patt of which they1 lived q it cabin on the taaks of the Ohio tiver,1 near Blenner-bssset's Island; a whole family ia one single room, subsisting on water, fat ba- -eon, and corabreai. , The husband had . i ' ' I u ' ' i , do business eapaeity. - lie was a 'gentli- mm of 4Juoation, of rcfinemen?, of nob'e , Impulses; but when his m iuey waa iue j'bscouU.'gttl p,'em ilyiu'int, simply be- ;aU.e he ti n )';' to Joanyth ng ;Fj.r i vhile, he Hun Ure t about, fi.'st try in one thiiijr, then another, but 1'failure' was written on them all. He h iwtH'er; fimlly ubtainel a.sitnfinnj the labor, was great, tiie compercs'tou Miiall: it was that or aurvatiou; iti hi hermo uS-ir to dis h triiafii,y,-'-ri,h.''K?j hi irprVk-111 himtelt ai died, iuvinj; his widow and b!x girls in utter laitilutilm In sovm cnteen years the sweut hdJ j vims uti 1 l enutil'ul girl had bee irao a broke I hearted, curu-witru. povertysitrU-ken widow, wiih a houseful of hrlp'c-s children 1 Young woman ! if a tich young man nslfs you to marry him, and has no occu patinn, or trade, or calliu; by which he c mid niuke a living if he were thrown mi his own resourc s, you may irive him your respect, but Y'ive bii-u the mitten.' Whatever may be a young man's qualities, if he is fond, very fond of going to the theater re''usv him. ' If u young man shows by his conversation that he is an admirer o'' last hor-es and id pretty well ucqTiin'e 1 wrih the qualities aud titu of the best racing nagr ol the country, wheu bo asks your baud, give him the mitien only. If you ever hear a young man speak of his father or his mother disrespectfully contemptuously, do n it encourage h's attentions; be will do tie same of you, un i in many ways will make your heart ache before you die. It you know a young man likes to stand around tavern do us, at the street-comers, and about groccr'es. cut your hand -iff rather than place it in his; he is worth only the mitten. If your suitor can tell you a great deal about car ls; s"ein fam'iiar with a nnlti tule of track whioh on be perform 1 1 with te same, and is liim-elf in adebt in such things, let him win all thn money he may from others, but let hira rot win your heart, for he will lose it in a yeur, and li.ive you a broken one in its place. If you know of a nice young man who will certainly heir a laru'e estate, vrh'i is of a highly respectable latuily. wh seems to b'j at home us to the usages, custom, and proprieties of good society, and jet who is iedifcreut hbout attending church on the Sabbath day, who speaks disparagingly of clergymen, who talks about relit-ion in a piiroii;z'ng way as a very good thing in its place, pauicuhrly fir old women, weak young girls and children never marry him should he ask you Such a man ran never warm n woman's heart; will never twine nrouu I it the ten drils of a true affection, fur he is inately cold, nnvmpaihi:ng and selfish, : am' shnul'l sickness and trmM ootni to ym he will leave yon to bear them all alnii Idleness, the having no ntvunitien vrll always n.id inevitably engender mor il and physical disease; an 1 theso traits will bo more or less perpetuate! in tin cVl lren mm to u''h; the 'runt of these en Ian:', ties has to be born b) the nm'hnr, and in the ben -ini'iip a-ra'nst them. h 'wm-iRv a niiblphear'ed woman has s-irrowed, and crievod, and toi'ed herself into a nremi tore grave, may never be kn iwn, but thn numvier can not be expressed in a few figures. Therefore, my , unny-faecd daughter, if you do not want to irrow old before your t'nuo. to live a life of toil and sorrow aud then prema'ure'y die, give not your han 1, but only the mitten to a young man, however well born or rich, who has not a le.'it:ma'e calling by wh ch he c-mlil 'make a livini;' if he were bv smuo fortuity left penni ess Uall'tJuur. nal. KX IT1NO AND l: MIAO IDiNAU V tCIM.. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Pre with Oeuoral Hank's army u'ivethe lollowiug graphic descrijitiori oftho pan c iinoug our Irjops ami teamsters during the Grst dar's fi'ght. near Pleasant Hill ; It was one of those unaccountable event that no genius nor courago can control. I find it impossible to describe a scene so sudden and bewildering . although I was pieseut, partly ( an actor' partly a spectator, and saw plainly evry thing that tuck place. . The battle was progressing vigorously. ' 1 lie niuke'ry firing was loud and continuous, and having recovered Iroin the danger exper.-euced from Ibitisi m'i division, we felt secure of the position.' I was (lowly rid ing ulung the edge of the wood, conversing with a friend who had just ridden up about the events and prospects ol the day. We drawn into the side bf wood to allow u ammunition wagan to pass, aud aU though many wire oSservoi troing to the fear some on foot and some on horseback we regarded it as an occurrence familiar to every battle, and it occasioned nothing buii a passing remark. ' I notices . that most of th-we thus wildly: riding .to i the rear were negroes, han era on aud serving men, fir now that we have gone to doep-ly into1 the glaveholding country, every non commissioned, officer has a servant. and every servanda mule. These people wettf the first, to sh iw 'any pine, but seairiptir along the road gave on!yainuse ment to the solliers, wi peiroi th-ni with stones, an I H'hippe l their flying niy imale with stnt-s tu uwr.-a-o iliir sp eua Suddenly there Was a ru ha'shnut, 1 ti e crashiug 9!' trees, the' biewk!n dnw 1 Lol naila, the tush and scuiii rr of men. It wis'as sud'.'en' ss ibi.Ulfa tbun lerbolt had lalleo um nii u,' ahi.iettlie piuea on lire.., t hat caused it, or iv,ieti it Common ecd, no one knet . I turned to my cjui pairoii tu inqi ru the romoii of this extraordinary proecediiiu', bu'. befure bo hid the chance to reply, we found ourselves swallowed up, as it we e, in a hissing, seething, lubbl ng whir'pool of uitatcd meu. We caul I not uvoid the currcni; we could not stem it, and if we hoped to live in that mid onip.ny, no muse ri Jo wtlh the rest ot them. Our hue of bat ie had given way. Gencnl Hanks took off bis hat an 1 implored his mm to remain; bis staff offii-er did the same, but it wa of n 1 avail Theu the (jcn-rai drew his sabre and endeavored totally his men, but, they wu'd not li.stru. Ho hind hi in the robe's were shoutiiig and advancing Tho'r mu-ki-ts tided ibe air wiih that strange file rasp-ing soun I that war h is nndo familiar t i our fighting men. The Uams were abandoned by the drivers, the traces cut, and the animals ridden off Vy the frghtened men Hreheaded riders rode with a'ony iti their faces, and for at ieastteu.m'nu'cs it seeiuuJ us if we were coins to destru'-tio'i o .edier. It was h w v r.n y for:u' 0 to see the first bittbi ol liuil ilou. un I to be among those who made that celebrated retr.-at tnwarl Wn.-h;ngto . The retreat of tlii! lib division was as much a rout us th it of the first Fedcra army, with the exception that fewer men were euganel an 1 our men f light here with a valor that was not .vhown on that fcrious, sad, moek, heroic day in Ju y. We rodo nearly two m.ies in this madcap way, until 00 'ho edge of a ravine, which might fcruurly have been a bayou, we fount Emory' division drawn up in line. O ir rctr-ar'tug men fed tieyimd 'Irs line, and Kniory prepared to tin et t!.? rebels Tuey came with a ru-h, a. das ho shades of night crept over the treet-jp-, they encountered our men. Emory fired three rounds, aud the rebels retreated. This ended the fi.ht, leaving the Federals masters Mght and the purulizing el forts of (he stuUipedu u,on our urmv. made pursuit imposnible. Ihe enemy fell back, currying with 1 hi 111 me of t lie w.-tiius thai wuro b'i't. an I a number. Ml (he guus that wero abandoned. TUB AllAblAX IIOKSP-. . In early youth immense pains are lavished u;iou him. and be is rarely mounted before be is two years an i i bill' old hut h's education has I ecu such that hi is by that time ulniot qualified to take care boll, of himself an! his master.- When the rider dismounts, and wished his s'eol to icmuin stationary, he has merely to pi?s thn bridle over his head, ue has never any reason to ask a man to uold his horse lor h in At market, ot elsewhere, be leaves him for h -on with o it di.-quie tide, and returns t find hnu .iti ii .iuj; olusk still. This has beeu t..ugia bv a very e n pie jrocess. T'Iia tinuiu once over n.s head, and Uragiriog on the gr,unu, u slave ia blationed beside It iu to tru ii! upon it whenever ibe tlie a...uial is ubou, to go oil, a ,d so as 'o give u disagreeable i-liouk tu the bars 01 iliO m.'Uih. I Ins is the tn.ug upptoac-. tu tiar-liuess iu the training of the Aran, 111-uUg.u inueeu, it the tMiniug should lull, llici'e ure spursemplojied such as uo European would Ureain ut Using.- fhe sucieiy tor ihe (reveiuiou of cruel y to au.muis would have -little sc pu lor employment in Algeria. Shduld any chil -reu, too young to re.ic-.i, tease or ill u-o the horses tethered in Iroiitof the tent, the Arab wife w. 11 cry "t'hi dreu beai not the horse. 1 Wretches it is they who nourish you. Do you wi-h that Allah should curse ur . tents?' She does hot spare her own husband, if he misuses bis hor.-e, but complains ot b.iii to th chief' ot the tribe. Oh. my Lr6:, although he is all we have, yet my husbanu takes liiui on idle j lumeys, overrates him tases hint beyond hm Birength. Sool i him, I beseech you, in the name of bah.j Led him back into the ways of pur forefather. Above all, however, don't teb him it was I who suggested tbis to you.' The Arab horse is watered only once in the twenty tour hours. lie is ofien obliged to coutent himself with dates instead of barley; these are given him before they are perfectly ripe when tbeir stones are soft, aud are eaten stone; and all. Ia the spring, he is turned ou' on the nature.; but in tho summer, if bis muster cau ufford it, he gets a Utile bar ley. Ou this scanty fare, a good horse in the desert ie expected, if necessary to accomplish, for five or six suocessiveuays, a distance of a hundred aud twenty-five to a hundred and fif'y miles, and, after a couple of day'g rest and feeding, be will be quite well to repeat the lest, il he stiakes biniMilfat any ' resting place, or paws the ground wi h his foot" it is held ilia there s n i occasion to pull up in (he j urne.v; an I if you would , kn iw at the nd Of a day, of excessive fatigue, how fir jo'tt lain ye. depeud u;iob your.bore,-get ofl Ii s buck, and pull him strongly y the tail; if lie remains unmoved you m iy still rely'upon Km: -It is bf no .-ry r.ta occurrence to liir of a h rse doing one hutidred and eighty tuile in twenty-four i 1 h-mrs! The reii i sues w oich the ini of the dosert lo k tor in him ara 'he shou' J cany a full grown mau, his arms and a I oh inge ol 'cl'itbiu, foud for both rider ' and himself, n flag on a wind) day; n I j if it be uecetssry, tirug a dead body be hinihiiu A. horse of tie Sahara is calculated to live fr-mi twen'y to twenty five years, slid a mire (mm twenty five to thirty. The uu iii'ile prime is indicated by the following Arubkn proverb: riuven, years for mv brother, Scveu years for my-elf, Seveu years fjr my enemy. I The ;rais jr- fer miros tu horses; bu? only Jor the follow tig reasons: 1 The pecuma-y profit; lor the stories that represent tho sous of the desert turn ing their backs upon preferred treasure, and remoun ing the lelowd steed that 1 bey cannot Irin them-elves to pirt with, are a little imagina'v, and as mu-.'h as four thousand pounds has been known to have been received for the pr "jjeuey of a single mare. 2 liecauso the mare doe? not iie'gh iu time ol war like the hor-e a most important matter. . 3. Uceau-e she issenutive to hunger, th rst and bea, and will leed ou the same herbage as I he sheep and camels. Cham-bert Journal. A lady asked a pupil at a uitio.nl school , "What was tlie sia of tha I'll ri eees? " "11 iting camels, m irm." q tiekly repli.l the child. .She hii reii tint (lie Pharisees "sr.raiuel at guts ill eWalluViud at cumii Is." Frugality is good, if liberality bo j iin ed with it. The first is leaviug off super flums expenses; tho last is bestowing them on others that need. The first without tho last begets covetousnus.s; the iast without the first, begets prodigality Ihe two, uni'ed. make an excellent tern lor. Happy the place where they are fiun'i! i i Where does a similarity exist 'between rualfam beer? In the taxin; of the one and the fining oi the other. ( Many persons ore now anxiously 'X-nm n ng the mips to fi 1 1 the "soat if war." Fu'ibs1 says he fou-t it list. sum. nier without u m ifi. lie discovered it by sitting down u;im a wi'p's nest in a hay fluid.' ' 1 Yi n bnve a 1-tr'I.ini countenance,'" is il e i!i i key to the eleii'diit when he 1 it 1 m our the back with his trunk- Ti e nnrringo of Mr. J Siraiisro with i ish l.lzule'h Strange is recorded. 'J I r hflutr is regarded as a I til strange I ut it is i-aid the ucxt event will be a lit-1 i Ie .? auger. It is tube re-r.-ttol thai, after in ir tii-ge the society ofunseems to lose hill' i'c ( 1 tni , tit,d that the busbnnl is tic lit pr iff sss't'in in and devoted attcn I'aiit oft tie 1-d. whose slightest wish it was fernifr'y his p'easure to grati'y Hire is K.metbing radically wr ns in ibis.. He hln uld stilt dcliib' in her s-r;i'y. und engage her simpathios in ul.at is atin cable to his. so that it may become a pleasure to both. Sin (times, however tb- w fo has herself ti blamj. She is no Ion ;er s ch.jprfiil in h )r ap pear i,nce tin ! m inner in sho wis.. n longer enleavoisso earnostly to phase Home is the empire of woman; if yii virtually banish the good man of the home: . '() there's a power to nuke each hour Vs gw..et as heaven designed it; , N"r nee we roam to bring home. Though ten there be that find it! We seek too high for thins close' by, Ami loss what nature fjuud us; , F r lie liat.li hep uo charms so dear As homo and trieu around us ' ,. tt I iy says that snoring is the sp'intaueou escape oi tnose malignant I'eel.ngs which the sleeper bus not time to veut whoa awake. Which way does a man look when he apprehends danger? !. e generally looks out. ! " 1 i Whv doss a person who absents himself resemble one who ubsusa puiii-' tuorought'are? IJoeaUie he stops a way. The most s'riking illustration of the saying that the pith of a lady's letter is the postscript which we nave heard of, was that of a young lady, who having ' .one out to Ind:a,' and writing home to her friends, concluded with the .following words: "P. S. You wit' see by my signature that I am married." ' Sensibility is like the stnrs, that can lead t.ue only when the sky is clear. Reason is tha niii itie tin lie thit. guides th ship when th y are wrapt in darkness. , ., ; . A lecturer die othcrdiy eonten In I with ' tiresome trobxity (list art could not im-prvve uatuie. until one, nf Ins hearers losing all i sticuie, f t tLe room in a roar by ,eclaim ng. "You are wr mg, sir, very wroog, for I am sure you would not look so jouig without y jur wig." O'i Y t IHIl UU.lVi'4 Ooly a baby's trr ivv! S.-iiiB loot or to, t tlie in ist. Of star J isi'd yet I lh-ik that God Kiiuws what tiiat jitlle gruru cost. Oi ly a baby's irawl I ii children even so sin ill, I'hnt llr sit tli-re an I ii g,s i smill a thiug Mucins searoi ly a grave at ad! Only a b ibys grive! lhd w m -asure grief 'iy this, Few tears whm slmd i i imi" ') thy den l! I kuo hww they fed o,i t lis. (bi'y a baby's g'livi ! . Wil. ii.e little iii'e be in i h, Too sin II a cm fir II s d.ilcin, Wuosc kingdom is mill of such? Only baby's gravn! Yet often we eo.n ' an I sit Hy ihe liltle stoa", a 1 1 t'uik "I to ow.i We ar i no imr lb iwn Tor it ! London Gioi tt'orlt far .SI fj. !V, hat is IT I uskei' a ch.U; In its vjunvcr it i-milcd. " l.-t is (job!?" I asked a boy; "1 ut'y litlle je'li.w to,!' W bat is (Job.?" .. asked oi mm; "I w I' hei.ru ii all I eat.! ' '. V. I;t fu.ii'f 1 uskeo tillage; "Au iliu.-iiu on bile's page!'' "Wlut bCilr'?" larked of Heave; "Ah a nn lo ti n u 'wit giteii!" ' bat is. Cold, Uui'ed Male-?" 'jSiUsty-toiifc ut lutiit liuttt!" GOIISARDUENT OF dlVSLSSTOX. A Thrilling Inc'uhnt .1 Bi'idil Camber tlm C't'i lib rtf D-a'.h. From tU. Cllsrle'fto Mercury. April 24. . T ie Yariivrtas fron time to time. thivnv a slu'H into tli city. Mi l no-vuy Mm to min 1 it. . But misfor tune wilh'il that yesterdry a shell fih'iiil 1 throw tho entire coinniunit.v into inournin". ; Miss Anna Pickens, tho daulitei' of iiur former Guvitikii', never con-sentwl to leave this cifv. D 'spito the reircB"iitutiiin of ( -n. Beunivparil. kIio rftiiaiiH'il. bravinir bIihIIs ann frreck ti.-'-. tending the wounded nn l clieei ing U with her irwnico. A'tionc; the 7onn IeiI offieers under liet ininisti'riiifrciire.wiis Mr. Andrew do R'iciiellr', a tlcscciidiint of mia o' the nolilost nngue1ot ftmilies of tf i Ip city. Tuiisyounjf tntin wits full of the liveliest. gMtitn lo fir liia fnif niii'Sp; gratitiv-e ar vo birth to u mtire femler sen ti men ; his suit wn listened to; Governor Pickens g ive his con sent, and the liiiiniHq;!1 wn fixed for vepterdtiy, ibe 23 1 'if April. Lieut. D.' R'Hthelhi waft on tlntv ut Fort Similiter in fl e morning, nnd it. wan determined thitt tho ceremony alioul l take place nf. tho resilience of Gen. BmihiMn, in the evening, nt seven o'clock. At the moment when the Eiincoiml clergyman was asking ill ' lu-'do if slie was re; dy, a shell fell uj.Hin tli.-) fiofot the buil'ling.jien-etnited to the rofim where the coin-jniny were assembled, hnnst, and wounded nine persons, among the res'; Miss Anna Pickens. We can-ntit dfst rihe tlie scene that followe ( irder was at last, re-established, and the wi nnded were removed, i.ll except the bride who lay motionless ti- on the carpi't. ILjr botrothe bkneel-1 , , 1 ,. , I ing v nd bending over her, was weep-1 . n .. . . ' j mK....,ery, .. uy.og m Blull..cll the bliaal that wilh-d from a terrible woun J under her left breast. A snr-! geon, came and declared that Miss1 Pickens had Dot longer than two ' hourb tf live. , We will not pttint the ' gei.erul dtfpair. When they w unded girl recovered her coiibcionsness elie asked to know her fate, and when the hesitated tvj till her 'Andrew,1' she said,-4'! beg ' Mm fo kll iue the truth.- If I trust ; ll ie, J can die worthy of you." .Tho young soldier's tears were his answer, and Miss Anna snmnioning all her strength, attemptod to. smile. Ncthiug could he nvnre heart-rending than to bop the agony of this bruve girl, stiiigbng in tho cinhrnco of ilenth, hihI, iigiiiiist a terrible nion. pang. Governor , Piikeiis, whose cimnigo is known, -yd al 'iet v'ith-out coiiscioiiHiHts.' ami 'Mm. P.fkeiiB lox.ked upon her chil I 'with the dry and hiiggard eye of one whoso reason totters. -' ' - -: ' ;' . J.iotronanUJd U'K:lielI, was lie ni to speak. "Anna, he cried, "I will ' dio soon, too, but 1 would havo jca Tiierd ii yet tirna f unite iw. t Tneyoing jlrl did not reply; she was too voaf. A slight flush rose for for an instant to ber pilu cliek; it cotil I lie seen tnat joy and jnin were struggling in Ii.t Sjiirit foe tlit? mas-Very. Lving on a sofa, her bablM ib'ess all ataiue I with blood, her hair dishevel I, sh j had never been nioro bdatiriful. II il !.' as she was. Lieutenant Dj It ichellJ to ik . her hm I and and rei:jeated theKiv. Mr. Dickinson to proceed witl tliec-re-mony. Wii 'ii it was time for the dy ing girl to s:iy Y a, her lips parted several times bur. she conl 1 not urtic ul.tte. At lt the word was 8jn ken, and a slight loam resting tijion her lips. T.ij dying agony was near. T.ie ministei sobbed as ho paoc.te le I with the cjra truiy. . A t hour after ward all was over, and tlie bridal cliam'ier was th t c'i i n') t of ! Jit'i. Lieutenant I)t Richelle bus sworn to perish hittle aoainst tiie Yiiikeeg. nil I we are sin' th it he will,kvp his oath, lie has now adoiiblj nintive to hate th. 'in ami liiso.vn existence. Our entire conmniry s'nr.s tha grief that, alli;cts the family of Gov. lV-k'iis. Tau obsi'ijiiies of Mss Anna v. ill occmir to-morrovv morning at. 11 o'clock. G iv. '.clens and Lieut. !).. Roehtllo will be chief iuon tiers. Our Ex-Governor desire that there shall be no military parade. Tun funer.il cortege will be composed of all our ladies, all of our magistrates, all oui-gsajrals, ani whim lei b1-diers, many o'" wliom owe their lives to the devotion of tlie deceased. Never has woman been followed to tlie grave, by so many regrets never has one loft sadder remembrances in the hearts of Charlestonians. The Tiaj-dlaa tooth uui 111 3 Lords' Prajcr. ; We havo been toll of an aneodo'e ol B 10th, the great tragedian, which we do n it remember to havo seer iu print. It 'ccurred in the pilmv days of his fame, lefore the sparkle of lit great mind had )?en dimmed by thut groat bane of genius, strong drink. !5 10th and Beveril frienls had been inv'- ed to dine wiih au old grntleaian in .faltimore. of distinguished kindness, ur irbauityanl piety. The host, though lisappmving of tbea'ers and theater gi 'i.', had beard so much of lloolh's re-urkable powers, that furiosity to ttv he mm had, n this instance, overcome Il his sciuj les aid jrcjudices. , After I e cniertaiiimeut was ever, lamps light-I. and reseated in the drawiug room, me oiip requested Uooih as a particu'ar ivor, and one which ail present would i iubuoss appreciate, to real aloud thr jorl's Prayer. booth expressod his viilingne-s to afFir 1 tham this gratifi ta-ion, aud ail eyes were turned expect-ititly upon him --Uo. th rose slowly and revcrautly ftvm nis cha:r. It was w m lerful to witcl he play of motion that' Mnvulsed h's oountetianee Ho becama deathlv nale. in I his eyes turned treiuliugly upwafds, or j wet with texrs. As y.it he h i I n it pokeu. The silence touid be felt. It absolutely patulu!, until at lust tho sptil was broken as ii'by an electric shjck, as h.s r.ch touec voiee sUlabled forih "Our t.uhtraho art in Heaven" &o. with a pathos aud solemnity (but ihrilleU all hearts. ' ' Ilo finished. The siletico cottinued. Not a voice was beard or a muscle niovid iu hiswrapt uu lience, until from a re wot corner of the rouu a suouuo l sb ifiuliu,il I . I. . .11 ...... 1 .1 . . ... , n tt steppe I torir w.tu streamnu ' - , eyes, aud , tuttir.Dg frame, and teied fc ..git .. HaiJ he )U brikeB ac.ceD(8 bavu Mii m(J , yUat0 itf wbolo Iu ure liie will be gratified. I aill an old man, and from my boyhood to the presen time. I thought I repeated the Lord's prayer but 1 hava never heard it lefore ocver." You are right" replied Booth, " to read that piajer as it should be read, has c.wt me ihe severest stuly aol labor lor lhir,y I w far from be iug satisfied with my reading of that wonderful produetiou. llardly one, per sou iu tea thjusi oompretiends how much beauty, teudemess, aad .gran Jure can be couaeosed iati) a space so small, and in words so Biiuplo. Tha prsvr of itself suffijionily illustrates the truth of the iiible, aui Uiup uiyi u the seal ol Uiviuity. ., 8 great woe the nfl'oct r r.iiliu'ed (says uiy liiforulont, who Was present',) eonver-sab n was sustained lui a short tat 1 -iiger in m. due l uii.UM-j'llubie, and a must en irely ceased; am scou atter ut au early hour, 'ibebi'iuipmy broke up auf ret rod Ui their auveral hoibus, th sad faced and full heirte. fyuofd RKotdur. die my wifa a n.,ini-y in or. m- nw fa c Church ut the New nispnnsahum, ) , , . ..March 17, 1801 f Last Suirdy we hcJ an improvin seexn Riiber1, Toi ins Punt who hes bin a studj-in for the ministry with mo ter the past ? weeks, wu licenst and ordau f. 1 'fie i a youth uv much promise. He TotiJ twist for Bookaonan, aud only1 18 yar old.swaring bis votes in with a coolnia atleesetlm egijscitid the aduirashaa uv the patrurks at the bisnis. 1 kin sately say ' that he bet ' whald nioar Ah- lishnisf, busted, moar Methislisl Hre b-rin aul utber helrodux ,' cburciica than any Dun icrat uv his age iu the atait." He bet a brilyunt fucker. " M After the usual fj vestions wu put t u m aud satislacturly auserd. the eioirp gasheu wuz dismistaiid in. the prnsent uv the ol len and dekuns aloue, tde l.Tcr-ed the folleriu. s '.'(::,-! ' COABGK. Brother Ilevm bin riyprty or'aned it only reu.aues f r me to give yoo a wurd uv couacil. Yo i air a gin iuj die aMie-eel b znis at a rayiher unfavrable time. Man wicb is burn uv woman hex truidile fir his inl eriunce I've hed so niudiuv it that ef I hed it to do over uin ' I woodent be born ut a!. The p ditikle herins is nrecast with p ireteusbu. elow Is - The liteninof wrath is leapiu from wnti to snu'her wilst the tbuader wich wus waust at a distance now rorea angrily in our eer. (Gtafio ritin ) The ole shi,. DimocriHy ia tossing madly onto the wild waivs, with nary a sale se:, hr seems open, the wa er (a fur-rm element to ber inidos) a ruslnn ia. The sriddiest part u her crew: ceesed the bote-, an I abandoned her, and the rest uv em er a fining fur the helum. In the inenetime the ole ship is dashia past the baven nv Success, and is btdin strata for the rox uv Destruction. ' To yoo is entrustid a part ov the wo.k of savin her. Let me entreet yoo. - 1 '' 1. Avoid the s'ljnrs. With them yoo he? oethin in common. " They will ties- piteta It use yoo. Tuust. a party uv eta maid me drink a pint of water and Uik , the oa h uv nlli jnse, wich oulragi aaa fullered by conjestiou uv the towils and nflitushen uv the brane. ( f i " 2. Alluz preach agiu the nigger. ' It soothiu to a ginooine constoosbuel, su h ernrites dimxrat tube constantly told that thar is a race of meu mener than bt is. llesicics it's safe the nigger hca m vote. Ef he hed we mignt vary. . . 3. Allux hey a marter. The ftait ritea dim icrisy allux sympithyie with a ran thut's in ba-teels fer syiuptthyzn . w.tst the sowth fer nun uv em knuw how suok heir turn nay kum. . '-, 4. Preech agiu amalgamashen at leeat 1 Sundays per munth, A man.uy straw that Too set up yerself is theeesiest uook d.iwn, pertikelerly if yoo set him ttp witki a view uv nockio uv him down. ; t 5 Allui diloot .poor whisky kr near oonverts. It taiks much to eopTert Abl sbnist, and efyoj mo the pure artik-kle it woo I kill a 'orJuary cons oosha afore he'd hev time to vote, wich Voiild . e aggcrvutin. ' " n n . ;,. m i 0. Sarc'i the sJ r'pter f&t'iefully ter' sech pnssigis ex euzzid fys Kai.au, Be.' vuncv obey yoor masters and sich. ' ' '' " 7. Lern to rede, or ntleest git theshai nv the letters so fixt in your wind that when yoo qw its liuin book er iiewspj. ' per. yoo w b hold it rte side up. 'EdJU" Casheri lux bin a grate help 2 me. "'' "' '8. Lern to sjiell and pr nowAce Mis- ' senegetienishun. 'Its a good word ' ' ' ' The crate led a ijces uv otr's k wich ' it is -i air duty to intulkait is the-e: Tha ntggtr's ape.'L'nkin a gtiriller, Jeff. " I:avis a clm-chim gemleman 'the re' tU"'t i)ut. a struggle fer rues, thesojir a li ud-iy o it Ban Hu-ler a bses, ct sef:ry' Yoo a;r neter i bleev'e in Fe lenf i r s ha mn.-t al.uz -redtt conl'edrit su e. ses. ' 1 I woolcnt advize voo to let your fai h i i " , the Confedrisy go so fur as to taik t e r skrip on yer salary, ueethet wood 1 bura grcenbax. "' ' : ' ' . ' ''. ' : I heT duo. Go, roybmtler. Wyef poler star be Dimneriscy, yer rallyin cryl ' "Ihe Yocnyun ti itwuu the Codsu. ' o':n ex It ii" which is istitooi i n s, fito ' ! the good fit, and the day will coin, when '" yoo kin lay crrf yer anner, and wi h UV. 31." atttr yer naim. engoy the repos that allux follows well directid sad w,i '' gents effort. " ' ' 1 " ' Bro. Puntsttrtid to-day for Eu'bern Lliooy, wbers he has a couuregaeheD. . ' '1 PKTROLECM V. iASBT, ' ' " Paster ut Church, in charge. ij.T i .' v A gentleman rd.ng throug'i Virgir'a , waa overtaken by a violent tbanders'orut; . He took shelter in a negro's cubio, and , , foun'l the witer e reaming tbmngh uiai y . ; s evices in the root " by umi t j-i n , , mend y ur roof. Cuff?" ha asked Oh , um rs;n s, nnu-ss, 'em't nid tie ne.rr "i'ut why don't yn inero it when it doseu't rain?" s-ke I tli e man "Yah. OJ.l'i-".-ia" s ,' I t!: with a grin, "Jon uo don't wa'if r. JJJStt!ci;b kt il-i H. i 'A!'.. |
