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An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. HOYT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON, S. 0., THURSDAY, JUNE Ii 1869. VOLUME 4.---NO. 52. LEONORA BROWN. THRILLING ADVENTURE CF A MINNE? SOTA GIRL WITS INDIANS. . On the border of Green Lake, in Min? nesota, there lived a sturdy, white-haired frontiersman named Walter Brown. He was one of those adventurous spirits over to bo found in the van of advancing civil? ization?always courting the free, wild air of the prairio, ,and rejoicing in the profound depths of uninhabited forests. But the country grew more and more thickly settled, and Walter Brown be? came uneasy. His wife had borne him a daughter, the third or fourth year of their residence at the bead waters of the St. Croix, whom he called Leonora. She was a good girl, and the idol of her fath? er. He purchased a rifle for her when she was but twelve years of age, and took the utmost pains in teaching hortho use of it. She was brave, and steady of nerve, and very soon acquired wonderful skill as a shot; and the number of prairie chickens, partridges, and wild water-fowls and other small game, she managed to shoot each day, was really largo. Occa? sionally she would shoot a deer, and one ^aventf ul morning, by a lucky shot through the eye into the brain, she killed a bear. When she came home with the news her father could scarcely credit her; but knowing her perfectly truthful nature, be danced about the house for joy, and seiz? ing the sturdy little maid, he mounted her upon bis shoulders and insisted upon carrying her all the way to the spot fvhero the dead bruin lay. Thicker and thicker flowed tho tide of emigration iuto Minnesota and Wiscon? sin?following the navigable rivers as a matter of course?and more uneasy and "crowded" felt Walter Brown. At length Iiis wife died. Leonora was then sixteen, and engaged to be married to a handsome young trapper by the name of Watson, who had joined her father in business. Tho death of tho mother made it ne? cessary to postpono the wedding; in the interim old Walter decided to move in? to Northwestern Minnesota. Neighbors were settling too near, and hunting and trapping were bad. As the young man had proved up, pre-ompted and improved a quarter section of land near Taylor's -Falld, then beginning to grow rapidly, he did not wish either to abandon or sell it just then, and, persuading Leonora to agree to write to him when she got set? tled, he bade her an affectionate goodbye. Brown lived at his new home for three <or four years in peace and quiet, finding good trapping and hunting grounds, when ?II at onco young Watson arrived and renewed the proposal of marriage with Lt'onora. The old man had about deter? mined to move no more, and had accord? ingly located and pre emptcd soveral thousand acres of land about him; and learning from Watson that he had money enough to do likewise, proposed that he should go down to St. Paul and buy land warrants with his money, and take up all the land around be could "swing," and lie might then marry Loonora, and they iwo would go to work, and after building plenty of stabling, etc., would get on a good stock of cattle and sheep, and try and lead a quiet pastoral life for tho rest of their days. To this proposition the young man heartily assented, and, after returning from St. Paul, he and old Walter took their axes and went bravely at work in the woods, felling trees for building pur-1 poses. It was agreed at first that they should build a new hbwed loghouse for the united family, as Walter bad only put up a small single-roomed cabin ; and then the wedding was to take place, and the two men were to resume their work. While thus busily engaged, the Sioux war broke out; It was the habit of Leo hdr? t? take her rifle every morning and shoot prairie chickons for tho table, while her lover and father were hard at work on the new house. Watson had brought i her, as a present from St. Paul, a light and handsome revolving rifle, of which she was immensely fond, and with which she became so export that she could shoot a duck or a prairie chicken on the wing With almost absolute certainty. Ono morning as sho was strolling about the lake, rifle in hand, she noticed three canoe loads of Indians paddling along the opposite sido of the water; steadily and stealthily approaching the spot where her father and lovor were at work. She did hot immediately apprehend any tragedy, bat some unaccountable way, she felt im? pelled to remain and watch their motions. She therefore concealed herself behi?d the top of a fallen tree, and observed their movements, which grew more and more suspicious. Thoro were two Indi? ans in each canoe, and after they had paddled steadily to a point whore a thick, over-hanging birch tree affordc J ?oncoal ment for their canoen, they disembarked, and crept carefully and noiselessly for? ward until tbey were within a few feotof where tho two unsuspecting men were chopping. Suddenly, with a yell which made the forest ring, and which echoed and ro-echod across the broad.- ?till lake, they sprang upon their victims and bore them to tho earth. Leonora, trembling with excitement and apprehension, expecting nothing le68 than to witness the horriblo butchery of ))er father and lover at once. But this did not seem to be the purpose of tho Indians; for, tying the arms of the captives behind them, they took them to the canoes, where, taking the old man into one andihe young man into another, they shoved boldly out in the Jake and paddled rapidly down toward! where the house stood. Leonora divined their intent instantly J "Ha!" she said to herself, "thoy de? sign capturing me, too. They deem that an easy job-, perhaps !" and her eyes danced and her face flushed with anger. "See ! there is a third canoe, which they no doubt suppose will contain me. This villainous work has been carefully calcu? lated ; but yon bad savages, you have mistaken your girl this time! Nora Brown has been taught more things than to cook a venison steak! Oh, dear, dear father, your Nora will soon show you how bravely she can succor you, and how your instructing her in the use of the rifle has saved you this day. And you, too, darling Harry Watson, have won a longer lease of your precious life by presenting me this splendid revolving rifle. Six bullets for six ruffians! Miss one of them ? Ah, if I should, there1 is my knife! No, Nora, you must, will not miss one of them." The girl now stealthily crept through the underbrush up the bank to the prairie above. She knew that, to reach the house, the Indians would have to pass across a broad, flat field where there was no shelter for their persons. She did not think they would hesitate to do this, be? cause, having the two men, they would hardly expect any resistance from a sin? gle girl. About thirty rods to the right of the path, a cattle-yard had been erect? ed by her father, and in one corner of the fence stocd an immense elm tree. Inside of this yard climbed Leonora, and behind"the big elm she concealed herself. A few minutes more proved Bhe was right in her conjectures. The Indians after having tied stout rawhide thongs around the feet of their prisoners, laid thorn down in the bottom of the canoes, and taking their guns with them, strode gaily and laughingly along toward the house, without attempt at concealment. Leonora's heart grew as hard as a stone, and her nerves, which had flutter? ed a little before, now grew as firm as steel. She had put fresh water-proof caps upon each nipple of her rifle, and, resting the barrel upon a rail of the fence, she drew a sharp bead upon the foremost one; but, as her finger curved to press the trigger, she heard what actually seemed to be a voice whisper: "Not yet, Nora." She paused, and then, as"by inspiration, flashed this thought into her mind: "Wait till the}* get nearer the house, then shoot the hindmost one first." She obeyed the impression, and let them como on a few yards nearer. Suddenly, the thought came again : "Now's you limef' Clapping her face to the rifle breech, she trained the death telling tubo steadily upon the chest of the rearmost Indian for an instant, and fired. The bullet sped true to its mark, and the burly Indian merely threw up his arms and fell dead?the rifle ball having gone directly through his heart. A clap ot thunder from a clear sky could not have so utterly astounded the remaining Indians. Wildly they looked in every direction, to seo from whence came the fatal shot, and the next instant bang went Leonora's rifle again, and an? other of their number dropped dead. ., But they saw the smoke of tho last shot and caught a glimpse of the shooter. At once they comprehended their peril. They could not hide, and their only show for life was in rushing to the tree and tomahawking their presumptuous foe on the spot. Instantly sounding the war whoop, they bounded forward ; but with notes half uttered, anothor of their num? ber bounded into the air, and fell back to riso no more. Leonora had fired again. Tho remaining three rushed on, but again tho brave girl's rifle rang like the knell of doom, and a fourth savago fell headlong to the ground. The terror of the remaining two was painful to behold. They stoppod short in their onward course, and, uttering the most fearful screams, discharged their rifles at the tree in the wildest and most unavailing manner. Again thnt relentless rifle blazed, and another of the remaining two sank to the ground as the bullet went crashing through his brain. Immediately the one left threw down his gun and cried out: "No shoot met' No shoot me! Me give UP!" & Leonora had drawn a bead on him, but now that ho seemed so perfectly in her power she lowered her rifle, and, step, ping from behind the tree, climbed the fenco briskly, and commenced approach? ing the 6avago. The surprise and indignation of the Indian at the sight of the girl was in? tense; and, forgetting his supplicating cry, he put his hand behind him and drew forth his tomahawk to throw at her. Leonora's eyes were sharp as an ea? gle's. Sho saw tho treacherous move, and just as the bright blado of tho hatch? et gleamed for the throw, she raised her rifle and shot the faithless scoundrel dead in his tracks. With the speed of the doer sho now bounded forward to tho lake. Harry Watson shouted? "Glory hallolujah ! I know it was No? ra," and the father cried for joy, as her lithe form appoarod on the bluff rifle in hand. Quickly she descended to the ca I noes and unbound tho two men, who em j braced her and cried over her, in the most extravagant manner. But they felt that they had no time to lose; and hastily gearing up their teams, and loading up their valuables, thoy set set out for Minneapolis, where they ar? rived safely, and where Nora Brown and Harry Watson were immediately mado one flesh, Old Walter Brown and Harry Watson both did good service in the Indian bat? tles which followed ; and, when tho sava? ges were finally exterminated, they all went back to their old homes on Green Lake, -where they now live. They have I one of the largest stock farms in the State; and Nora, thofcigh a happy wife and mother, clings to her revolving rifle, and yet occasionally uses it io keep her? self in practice. IpKcttximnMi ^tiuUa, ?? Gen, Robert E. Lee. The great crises of the world's progress are sure to develop or bring forward great central characters, men of exceptional power and genius, round whom not only men but events naturally group them? selves. Such an one, beyond all doubt, is the man whose name we have placed at the head of this article. Whatever differ? ences of opinion may exist as to the na? ture of the moral rosponsibilty which he assumed in accepting the command of the armies of the Confederacy, it is hardly to be presumed that many men, even at the North, are still so blinded by the bitter feelings engendered in the great conflict that they fail to discern and acknowledge the remarkable ability of the chieftain whose single name and individual force so long sustained a sinking cause. Hardly in the gathering clouds of the closing scenes of his military career is the strength and dignity of General Lee's char? ter obscured. Even those who fought against him, and we are among them, can? not withhold from him a certain amount of respectful admiration. Our object at this time, however, is by no raeins to prepare a eulogy upon the great Southern leader and champion. In previous articles we have tried to point out the fact that more than a few of the representative men of the North were silently but assuredly awakening to the truth of the position which the Imperial? ist so boldly assumes, and it is our belief that the stronger and clearer minds among our Southern fellow citizens are not wan? ting in a similar perception. We have therefore selected General Lee as a name sufficiently prominent to point our moral. From tho day when he surrendered to General Grant, accepted the failure of the political enterprise for which he had sac? rificed so much, his position has been one of silent and dignified acquiescence in the result of the war; but it is not tobe gathered from this that he fails to com? prehend those results in all their length and breadth. It may rather be believed he clearly perceived the drift of public affairs, and is contented, like thousands of others of our best and wisest, to wait in peaceful patience for the inevitable devel? opments of tho future. Conscious that the old republic has ceased to exist, the sagacious leader 6ees no reason for trying to persuade hinriBelf that the country can continue forever in its present transition elate, but calmly waits for the future in the atlitudo of a man who willassumo no responsibility for that which ho Cannot prevent. And in all this Gon. Lee and those who imitate him, are acting well and wisely. Their course can give no offence to any, while it tends to allay those partisan prejudices, which, if fostered by the jealous watcful ne6S which their too speed}7 return to pub? lic life would cause, might hereafter in? terfere with there patriotic usefulness in the better days to come. Still in pondering tho great events in which they have been partukers, such men must at times bo struck with the vast difference between that which they attempted, and that which they accom? plished : they attempted simply to divide tho Union, and they determined tho fact that a Republic was no longer possible in America; refusing longer to be governed by the Constitution, they enabled the country and the world to see that too Constitution no longer governed any? thing; in defending '-State rights" they secured the abolition of even State lines, and they may now, as they consult to? gether over tho past and the future, say to one another, "we indeed failed, but a great work has been done, novortheless. Let us wait." That General Lee hns no very high opinion of our existing institutions must be evident to all, who have watched his course; nor can even tho most rabid ido? later of the caucus form of government blame him, if ho refuses to fchut his oyes to the hope of better things which is held out to him b}* tho greater national strength and industrial freedom which tho Empire will guranteo. We have simply presented General Leo as a representative man, a promi? nent type, but there are others not 60, of whom we shall speak hcreaftor.?Imperi? alist. Success.?The successful man is not necessarily the man to be envied?not al? ways the happiest man. Human nature cannot have its own will long without be? coming deteriorated by it. We aro ap? pointed to struggle, a nd in struggling our highest life is developed. The time will come when the laws of our present con? dition will cease, and when wo shall be able to bask in tho sunshine of success without danger to our virility, or enorva tion of our virtues. Till then it is our wisdom to accept our lot and make the bost of it?to seek for our enjoyment in our work rather than what tho work pro? duces?to till tho soil, and dismiss all needless anxiety about the harvest?to bo more concerned that wo should be right than that we should succeed; in a word, to bear ourselves like well-disciplined sol? diers, with whom strict obedience is the most sacred of obligations, and who aro thereby absolved from responsibility as to results. Then, so far as success is vouch? safed us, it will not disconcert us. Thus living, our life will be itu own success. -?-? ? Six million barrels of beer were brew? ed in this country*last year. A Historie Warning: In 1848 a republic was organized" in France. At the head Of it the people were so infatuated as to place as Presi? dent, Louis Napoleon, a man with no pre? vious reputation, nor identified in senti : ment with any of the political organiza? tions of the country. He was chosen sim? ply because he was the representative of a great military name, which captivated the public. His first move at the head of the government was suspicious. He con? sulted no one. He held little or no inter ' course with any of the leading political ! chiefs. He made a Cabinet Of warm and attached friends, who had always been devoted to him in the darkest moments of his checkered career. In the army, navy, and treasury he placed men who were I not known as republicans, but were no? torious Napoleonists ! He was a silent and taciturn man, who acted before he spoke. He came into office with many profes? sions of devotion to the Constitution. He promised to enforce all the laws of the .Republic ; good, bad and indifferent. He cultivated the good will of his favorite officers in those commands where they could render him, in an emergency, the greatest service. Those officers who wero too good republicans to be reliable for his personal schemes be sent off on distant service, or retained them without com? mand. He early discovered in the law a stumbling block in the way. It had been provided that a President of the .Repub? lic could not be re-elected. His friends, in bfs'denalf, made an effort to repeal this law. The French Congress was against I it, and the law had to stand. Inashort time there came the denovemejd. The President made his coup d' etat. His creatures swarmed in tho War, Navy, Treasury and Police Departments. He controlled the army. The Congress was arrested and dispersed at the point of the bayonet, and Louis Napoleon, by tho work not of a single night but of years of patient and artful plotting, placed on his bead an Imperial Crown. His firmest adherents were the men of money?the great capitalists of Paris?who were ex? ceedingly fearful that it they did not have a Strong military government there would be the terrible thing of repudiation. The alliance between the sword and the"mon' ey-bags" subsists to the present day. Tho sword collects the interest on tho national securities, and tho national securities maintain the sword in its place. We have drawn this as a historic warning at the present time.?Erie Pa. Observer. A Woman's Dreams.?Sho sat alone in tho moonlight, her beautiful check resting upon her hand so white and dimpled, You could tell as you looked at hor, that her thoughts wore far away, and that she was thinking of something beautiful. Her eyes wore wistful; her lips were soft? ly pressed together; the dimples in her cheeks had died out, und only the dimple in her chin remained?that little rosy cleft, the impress of lovel}- finger. She was Ie68 glowing than at times, but none tho less lovely. 1 thought to myself, as 1 looked at her, that she was nearer Heav? en than we coarser mortals, and I longed to know whither her pure heart turned it? self. I approached her, she did not hear me. I spoke, she did not answer. I touched her softly on the arm ; sho look? ed up and smiled, a faraway smile, such as an angel might havo given. "You are thinking very intently,"' I said. She an? swered "yes," in a subdued tonoof voice, as though that which was on her mind was too holy for discussion. But I per? sisted. '"Will you, tell me what your thoughts were ?" I asked. She shook her head. "You could not understand," she said. "I could try." 1 am coarso and rude I know, but I could strive to comprehend." She smiled sweet? ly, but stil! with that faraway look in her dark eyes. "No, not coarse," she said, "but you are a man. It is so different with men ; were you a woman you would un? derstand at once. Now perhaps you may smile, may lau^h at me." "Believe me, no," I whiBpened : "I adore the beautiful, tho true, the puro. Let me know your swoot thoughts." She gave me her hand. "I will tell you," she said: "I thought of nothing else all day. Last night I lay awake thinking of it. I am sure I must be right; but if I am wrong, oh ! if I am [ wrong, Edgar, 1 tremble to think of it." "You cannot bo wrong,'' I said. She gave me her other hand. "You think not ? she suid; "ah ! but you cannot be so good a judge as a woman, I think?1 bolieve?." "Yes, 3'cs," I whispered, bending nearer; "yes, Angeline." "I am almost sure," she said, in accents softer than the ripplo of falling water, "almost sure, Edgar, that tho blue fringe will look better on my new walking suit than purple velvet. Don't you think bo?" After Dinner Naps.?Many persons aro in the habit of sleeping for half an hour or an hour immediately after dinner. This is a bad practice. Ten minutes sleep before dinner is worth more than an hour after. It rests and rofrcshosand preparos the system for vigorous digestion. If sleep is taken after dinner it shonld bo in a sitting posture, as tho horizontal posi? tion is unfavorable to healthful digestion. Let those who need rest and sleep during the day take it before dinner instead of after, and they will soon find that they will feel better, and that their digestion will be improved thereby.?Herald of Health. ? "Do you think, Doctor," asked an anxious mother, "that it would improvo little Johnny's health to take him to the springs and let him try the water)"' "I haven't a doubt of it, madam." "What springs would you recommend, Doctor?" "Any springs, madam, where you find plenty of soap.'' To Young Men. It is easier to be a good business man than a poor one. Half the energy dis? played in keeping ahead that is required to catch up when behind will save credit, give more time to business, and add to the profit and reputation of your word. Hon? or your engagements. If you promise to meet a man, or do a certain thing at a certain moment, be ready at the appoin? ted time. If you have work to do, do it at once, cheerfully, and therefore more speedily and correctly. If you go out on business, attend promptly to the matter on band, and then as promptly go ab?ut yo?r own business. Do hot stop to tell stories in business hours. If you have a place of business, be found there when wanted. No man can get rich by sitting round stores and 6aloons. Never "fool" on business matters. If you employ others, be on hand to see that they attend to their duties, and to direct with regularity, promptness, liberality. Bo not meddle with any basiness you know nothing of. Never buy any article simply because the man that sells it will take it out in trade. Trade is money. Time is money. A good business habit and reputation is always money. Make your place of business pleasant and attrac? tive; then stay there to .wait on custom? ers. Never use quick words, or allow ycor self to make hasty or nngentlomajily; re? marks, to those in your employ; tor to do so lessenb their respect for you and your, influence over them. Help yourself ?.nd others will help you. Be faithful -o ver the-interest8 confided to your keeping,, and all in good time your responsibilities will be increased. Do not be in too great haste to get rich. Do not build until yrj? have arranged and laid a good foniHla tion. Do not?as you hope to work for success?spend time in idleness. If your time is your own, business will Buffer if you do. If it is given to another for |>ay, it belongs to him, ar.d you have no W\yre right to steal th.nt than to steal raohey. Be obliging. Strive to avoid h?rsh w<yrtU and personalities. Do not kick ev,;ry stone in the path; more miles can bemude in a day by going steadily on than ?y stopping to kick. Pay as you go. 1 A man of honor respects his word a$ he does his bond. Ask, but never beg. Ifejp others when you can, but never ?Lve when you can not afford to simply, be? cause it is fashionable. Learn to say) no. No necessity of snapping U out dog-J^sh ion, but say it firmly and respectfully. Have but few confidents, and the fetyer the better. Use your own brains rather than those of others. Learn to think \rid act for yourself. Be. vigilant. Keepabe.ad, rather than behind the time. Young men, cut this out; and if th$ro is folly in the argument, lot us know. The first Prayer in CoNGBESSi-i-ln Thatcher's Military Journal, under dato of December, 1777, is found a note con? taining the identical "first prayer ih Con? gress," made by the Eev. Jacob D.uch,o,a gentleman of great eloquence. Her& it is?an historical curiosity: . ? Lord, our Heavenly Father, high and mighty King of kings, and the Ldrfa of lords, who dost from Thy throne behold all the dwellers of the earth, and reignest with power supremo and uncontrolled over all the kingdoms, ompires and gov? ernments! look down in mercy we be? seech Thee, on these American States, who have fled to Tbee from the oppres? sor, and thrown themselves on Thy gra? cious protection, desiring to be henceforth dependent Only on Thee. To Thee tfcey have appealed for the righteousness of thoir cause; to Thee they look up for that countenance and support which Thou alono canst give. Take them,, therefore, Heavenly Father, under Thy nurturing care. Give thorn wisdom in council and va,k>r in tho field. Defeat tho raalicioue designs of our adversaries; convince them of the unrighteousness of their cause, and if they still persist in sanguinary purpose, Oh, let tho voice of Tbino own unerring justice, sounding in their hearts, constrain thorn to drop tho weapons of war from their unnorvod hands in the day of battle. Be Thou present, ? God of wisdom, and direct the councils of this honorable as? sembly. Enable them to settle things on tho best and surest foundation, that the scenes of blood may bo speedly closed, and order, harmony and peace may be effectually restored, and truth and justice, religion and piety prevail and .flourish among Thy people. Preserve the health of their bodies and the vigor of their minds; shower down upon them 'and the millions they here represent, such tempo? ral blessings as Thou secst expedient for them in this world, and crown thorn with everlasting glory in the world to come. All this wo ask in tho name and through the merit, of Jesus^Chmt, Thy Son cur Saviour.? Amon. Successful Men.?Amos Lawrence said, when asked for advice : "Young men, base all your actions upon a princi? ple of right, preserve your integrity of character, and in doing this never reckon the cost." A. T. Stewart, the merchant prince of New York, says: "No abilities, however splendid, can command success without intense labor and persevering ap? plication." Rothchilds ascribed success to the following rules: "Be an off-handed man; make a bargain at once. Never have anything to do with an unlucky roan or plan. Be cautious and bold." Edward Everett said : "The world estimates men by their success in life, and success is, by general eonsent, evidence of superiority." The Bible says : "Seest thou a man dili? gent in business ? He stands bet?re kings ; yea, be shall not stand before mean men." Franklin quoted and verified thi9. Tattlers. Every community ia cursed by the pres cnce of a class Of people who - make it their business to attend to everybody's business but their1 Own. Such people are the meanest specimens of^depraved hu? manity which an all-wise Providence per? mits to exist on this cursed earth. It is well known that almost every pcrs?n is sometimes disposed to' speak evil Of oth? ers ; and tattling is ii gin from which very few can claim to be entirely exempt. But the object of our present article is to speak of that distinct class of tattlers who make tale-bearing the constant bus? iness of their lives. They pry into the private affairs of every family in the neighborhood. They know the exact state of one neighbor's feelings towards another; they understand everybody's faults, and no little blunder or misde? meanor ever escapes their vigilant watch? fulness They are particularly well posted upon everything connected with courtship and matrimony, know who are going to marry whom, and can guess too exact time when it will take place. They watch every movement of parties suspected of matrimonial intentions, and if there is the slightest chance to create a disturbance, excite jealousy, or "break up" a match; they tako immediate advan? tage of it,, and do all in their power 1.0 keep people in a constant state of vexa? tion. They glide quietly fro ?l ge?tleman to lady, from mother to daughter, from father to son, and in the ears of all they poor their dark, bitter whispers of slan? der and abuse, and at the same time pre? tend to be the most sincere friend of those they talk to. Their black and nau? seous pills of malicious slander are sugar coated with smiles and honeyed wdrdS'of friendship. Tattlers are confined td nd particular olass of society. They belong to all classes, and operate in all. We find them ?in the rich and poor?"upper ten" and the "lower million," in the church and out of it. They are people who have no higher ambition than to be well informed jn regard to other people's private busi? ness, to retail scandal to their neighbors, and exult in fiendish triumph over the wounded feelings and bruised hearts of their iinocent victims. They seem to take to tattling from the promptings of a natural instinct, and they prosecute it with ah energy that would do infernal honor to their great leader?the prince of darkness himself. Our contempt for stich graceless creatures knows no bounds, and we can find no words in which to express their infamy. What punishment they deserve we baft hot know; but God knows, and as sure as his ete.nai justice reigns, they will receivo a retribution pro? portioned to the magnitude of their offen? ces against the law of God and the inter? ests of humanity:?Exchange. -??-1 The Last Revolutionary Soldier.? The death of the last soldier of the Amer? ican revolution in this country having been some time ago announced, (whether correctly or not we are unable to say,) our consul at Birmingham wrote to the London Times to Inquire if any survivor of those who fought for the crown still re? mained alive, and he now states the result, in a note to the Springfield (Mass.)Repub? lican, us follows: The third day after this was published, a response appeared in the Times from a gentleman in Bath, Who stated that a drummer who seuved in the Sixty-second British regiment in the war of the revo? lution was still living in that town, at the age of one hundred and five years; that he was very feeble, and unable to feed himself; that his pension was only six* ponce a day, but that no argument could induce him to go to the union or poor house, though ho would there probably have more and better food than thVpoor people who took him in could afford to supply him with. His name is Johnathan Iteevos^aftfl whether be is the last survr ving British soldier that served in the revolutionary war is uot yot certain, for others still living may yet be announced in ihe Times, as some interest seems to be excited in tho subject. A Valuable Secret.?A laundress gives us the following recipe fordoing up shirt bosoms. And ladies who desire to make home happy; will do well to try the experiment. It will be found a sovereign antidote to that perilous stuff which weighs upon the heart?an ill-ironed and ill fitting shiri bosom. "Take two ounces of white gum arabic powder?put into a pitcher, and pour on a pint or more of wa? ter?and having covered it, let it stand all night. In the morning pour it bare fully from the dregs into a clean bottle-, cork and keep it for use. A table spoon? ful of gum water stirred in a pint of starch made in the usual manner will give to lawns, either white or printed, a look of newness when nothing else can restore them after they have beon washed. --4? ? A Cure for .?r?Sikennesb.?Thou? sands are using it. Sulphate of'iron five grains; magnesia, ten grains; pepper* mint water, eleven drachms; spirit of nut? meg, one drachm; to be taken twice a day. It acts as a tonic and stimulant, and thus, in a measure, supplies the loss of the accustomed liquor, preventing, at tho same time, the mental and physical prostration which follpws tho sudden breaking off from stimulating drinks. ? A young girl being bantered one day by some of her female friends in regard to her lover, who had the misfortune to have but one leg, replied: "Pooh, I would't have a man with two legs?they're too common?" ? Three things only are essential to happiness, namely,?something to do'; something to love; something to hope for.