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A THRILLING EPISODE ;
or TIIK
MEXICAN WAR. '
UV JACK MUM I'll RlfcS. r
I
Few incidents of tlio campaign in Mox !
ieo sooni so up and indefinite as !'
tliat relative to tliu taking of iliuiinuntla,
and the death of that noble and ehivalric v
ollicer, Capl. Wafter. In glancing over
the papers of Major llaiuuioud, of Ueor- 11
gia, w tiioli lie d .nign?t?*s tlio "Sccoudurv '*
Combats of tlio Mexican War," wo observe
that ho has given an account of the
engagement at Ilaainantln, and the fall I1
of \\ alkcr. We ln-lieve tlio Major's nccount,
compiled as it i?* from "the documentis"
'ho main correct, but ^
lacking incidental pith, and slightly erroneons
in the grand denoumnit., in which ?
our gallant friend?whose manly countenance
even now stares us in the face, as if 11
iu life he "yet liven"?yielded up the balance
of power on earth. 11
We have taken some pains, and a great C:
deal of interest f.utcly, in coming at the I'
fa.*t*; and no time seems v? projier as tlie '
present?several ofthe chivalrie ifwitlim
of that day and occasion, being now around
js~-to gire the story its veritable exhibi- S(
tion of true interest.
Capt. 8. II. Walker was a Marylnnder, ^
a young man of tlio truest possible horo- y
iun and gallantry, lie entered upon the tt
ca iipaign with nil the ardor nnd cuter- (j
prise ol a soldier devoted to the best in- i.
lerests ut his country. lie commanded a q
company of mounted men, whoe binvery j
w.-w only equalled l?y his ow n, and whose (
discipline and hardiness has been unsur- t|
passed, i'oqiialled, l?y any troops of ti e
world. We shall skip over the thousand |(
and one incidents of the line of action in w
which Walker, lx?wis, and their brave |t
companions in arms did gallant service, to |
come at the sanguinary and truly thrilling
denouement. (Gen.
Lane, aft r the landing and organization
of his troops at V? r.? Cruz, w ith ft
some 2500 men,started for Puebln, where si
it was understood that C I. Child* re<piir- f
ed reinforcement. I.ane loft Jala pa on b
the 1st of October, and hurried forward n
with lolly's command. At Peroto, I.ane (.
learned that Santa Anna would throw a
himself npon his mtue'e, and give the h
advancing columns jesay ut the pass of H
Pinal, and there was every prospe-1 of a
very tight time. Col. Wynkoop was in f,
command at IVrotc; the men were anx- &
ious to Iks Min" nt the fight in prrrspeetive, ?
and Wynkoop obtained jtonuission to join b
the General with four companies of the t!
Pennsylvania Regiment; small battery of ti
tho 3d Artillery, under command of Capt.
Taykr, witli Capt*. Walker, of the Texan |<
Rangers, and Lewia, of the Louisiana Car- t.
airy. The column warn now swelled to
aoma 2300. They moved rapidly for- t|
A J I r*% ' ?
w?ru, inu upon rescuing uinarv, L.*ne n
heard that the old fox was off?Santa a
Anna had gone to lluamantla. Lane do- a
t*.-iair~sd is hunt Lim up with haste.? v
The main foree win left at Tatnaris.? t
Troop# were foi warded?advanced l>y t
Walker's Rangers aud Levis'* Cavalry j
?who approached to within sight, or i
nearly so, of Huamantla. The orders to ,
Walker were to advance to the town, snd t
if the Mi xicans were in force, to wait for (
the Infantry to come up. Walker's com
in and rated about 200 men. Upon reaching
the outskirts of lluamantla, lhe Muxi- j
can cavalry were seen darhing forward
into the town, aud the bravo Walker or
dered a pursuit.
Santa Anna was evidently in the town. ,
Captain Walker, aays hie gallant comrade ,
Lewi*, made up hi* mind to be the enp- ,
tor of the wily old chief. The fair prospect
of accomplishing the deed ao excited ,
Walker, that danger aud death were alike ,
secondary consideration*, and ao the com* ,
macd charged iuto the town. Some 500
lanccra met the charge, but with terrific ,
impetuoaity the Hanger* and Cavalry ,
dashed in among them, cutting them (
down right and left, and aoon sent them ,
flying in all direetiona! It wna at tbia {,
moment, aaya Capfc. Lewis, that one of
f jawed, umwrpaaacd, porbap*, by any act
of panmal dtaring during the whole war!
A tnmiiMin negro, a fine, manly fellow
named Dave, belonging to Capt. Walker
w*h whom he area brought up?boya tcfjher?holag
mounted, and armed with
we, dashed forward down a I
wnw Mjw, (op which a detached body
-: s '" I
(% ? ""U
throwing himself between three poised
lances and the person of Dr. Lamar, one
of the surgeons, who would have been
most inciitably torn to atoms, Dave raised
himself in his saddle, and with a yell, ami
one fell swoop, tho heroic fellow "chopped
iown" a lancer, clean and clear to his saddle!
Two lancers pierced Dave's body
mid lie fell frotr. his horse, dead !
Charging up to the ' l'laxa?the Mexi:ans
Hying?Capt. Walker dismounted
>vith some thirty of his men, and ndvancxl
up a Hight ot steps, to force an entrance
nlo a church or convent, where he supK>sed
Santa Anna was hid awav. The
lying lancers pursued by the Hangers,
vho, very injudiciously, of course, scatter>d
themselves over the town.
Capt.Lcwis,in the meantime, had found
i large yard attached to a temporary garis<
n, in which were some sixty horses,
ouipped ready for immediate use, and
viiich the Mexicans had, in their hurry to
scape, led behind them 1 The irregular
i-ing of the Rangers, in pursuit of the,
iexicaus, being deemed useless ami urleceasary,
Capt. Lewis left several of his
lien, among whom was, "Country Me'luskcy,"
the noted pugilist, a volunteer
11 Capt. Ia?wis's company, to guard the
mrses, while he rode forward to the con- j
ent.
W-.ll e ? * - -
ixiiMir, sum i^owis, "I <leoni
, sir, not only useless, but bad policy, to
How Unit firing l,v the men, around the
jw||."
Capt. Walker immediately ordered the
ring to cease, and l?eing apprized of Cnpt
cwin's discovery of the hones, Ac., oreosi
iiiin to bring up |,is command.?
'apt. Lewis wheeled his horse; some one
red close by, and Capt. Walker cried
lit,?
"\\ lio was that! I'll shoot down the
ext man who tires against my orders!"
At that moment three guns were fired
oiii the convent?and siinul alieouslv a
union was fired down the street, from a
arty of Mexicans in the distance. Capt.
cwis faced about just in
j*l>t. Walker ri? "C J ?- ?'?? tlie Mcjw
f the convent, as he emphatically exprcsis
it,?
"Like a lump of lead, sir 1"
The piece up the street was fired again,
'apt. L:\vis ordered the fallen, gallant
Vulkor, to Im? placed upon the steps, elo?e
> tlio wall. A shot from the piece alluo<l
to striking ofi' the stone and mortar,
e ordered the doors to be forced, and
lapt. Walker to be taken in, which was
one. The bugle sounded, and in an inlunt
a horde of lancers poured into the
io town, rushing down m?on the Anicri111is
from every avenue! Capt. Lewi*
ad wheeled about to collect his men.
lien ho found McCluskey and others
aiding out "the pick" of the captured
orses.
"Drop? drop the horses, you
ail, and mount! Mount, air, mount!
They mounted, fast enough; lanvis
irnicil, and met the enemy in gallant
tyle ; and though there were ten, aye,
tventy to one, possibly, lie drove them
ack ! To quote our friend Mai.* 11am
toad's words, "Lewis, of the Louisiana
lavalry, assumed command, struggle
blv to preserve the guns, (captured,) and
eld his position fairly, until assistance
rrived."
One hundred and fifty of the enemy
dl, while of the Hangers and Cavalry
rune '25 were killed i?n?J wounded. They
rere engaged nearly an hour, and the
ravery displayed by \\ alker, Lewis, nnd
iteir men, was woiilty of general uduiiraion,
and all liouor.
Poor Walker! a ball struek liitn in the
?ft shoulder, passed over hi* heart, and
amc out in hi* right vest pocket!
Thus felt tlie gallant leader of one of
ho moat formiiWhlo war parties, of its
umbers, known to history. Walker was
, humane, impulsive u?an ; a warm friend
i brave, gallant,soldier. Mis dying words
ve?? directed to CapL Lewis?to keep
he town, and drive back tlie enemy, and
lint the chivalrous Captain did so, was
>r??ven. Captain. Walker and his hene
"Itoy" D ive, who fell unknown to his
mister, were buried together, in the enrth
hey so lately stood upon, in >11 the glory
ind hero am of men that were men 1
All OottTTTIKE-Wa copied a
tatcinent from the Cincinnati Gazette, a
etl days ago, that seven young men of
hat city, 21 years old, agreod to h ive an
tnnual meeting and supper so long as
iny of their number should survive, and
ilso stated that only two of them were
then livinir. II?nru I.
w- -.J ? W?|., "??
?f the tro, dira on Thursday last, leaving
Dr. J. I* Vftttier as the Inst man of the
whole party. Hie next annual mi|>per
Lake* place in October, and the Oaxette
remarks:
How awful that last auppcr when the
lole survivor etiters the room, and see*
there the seven plates and the seven
chairs, each of which tells him "what
hadows we are; what shadows we purine."
M3T UArriaaaaw^eryeaaily acquired.
All that's neeeasarv Is - A.?L
lion, hih! a olMn ?hirt A thmm *l?irt, rememtwr?for
aoited HnOii And low apirit*
aie u cl<?e!jr connected aa bologna miiumm
+ m? (ireat
ia the "rengtb of anlndividuaJ
on I, true to it* high trrfc?Mighty la it,
crsn to tbe redemption of a word.
ftiisrdliuteous. i
Good Motiikiis.?"What is wanting,"
said Naj>oleon, one day,to Madame Catupan,
"in order that the youth of France
Ikj educated!" "Good mothers," was
the reply. The Emperor was most forcibly
struck with tki? answer. "Here,"
said, "is a system in one word."
The above reply was worthy the high
praise bestowed upon it by the Emperor.
Napoleon could not but have retnarled
his own mother, aud so acute an observer
of mankind could not have failed t<> note
the fact that almost all the great im n of
the world have had mothers of more than
ordinary excellence of mind. Such was
eminently the case with George Washington.
Mary, the mother of Washington,
is as immortal as her son. She ought
to he, lor the character of Washington was
of no chanco growth. lie was the vigorous
offspring of a healthy tree, and every
step of his infant nature had been watched
and trained hv the strong minded ami
great-souled woman who formed him,
with the aid of heaven, as the potter fash
ionoth the clay.
Of all the schools lliero is none like that
of home, and all the teachers, either for
good or evil, there is none like the mother.
II,ir min.tnrtl !" - I ? ' '*
unci uviuru inc cilihl
as tlio example; her words are the seed
fallen upon the virgin soil, and producing
:? luxuriar t harvest, cither of virtue or
vice. It is not in tho power of her construction
to make hiin a great man, for
tlmt is generally determined hy a law of
the God of Nature; hut if he inherit talents
she may add to them that virtue
without which mere talent is a splendid
deformity.
Woman of America, bear in mind tho
answer of Madame Campan. 'I he destiny
of your conntrv depends upon "Good
Mothers."
Civility it a Fortune. (
Givility is a fortune in itself, for a
courteous inan always succeeds in life, and
that even when persons of ability sometimes
fail. The famous Duke of Marl
borough is a case in point. It was said
of bim, by one cotemporary, that his
agreeable manners often converted an
enemy into a friend; and by another, that
it was more pleasing to be denied a favor
by bis Gi-hc?*, than to receive one from
other men.
The gracious manners of Gharh-s James
Fox preserved him from personal dislike,
even at u time when he was politically
the most unpopular mail in the kingdom.
Tho history of our own country is full of
examples of success obtained by civility.
The exjicrieiice of every man furnishes, if
he will but recall the past, frc<pient instances
whore conciliatory manners have
inade tin; fortunes of physicians, lawyers,
divines, politicians, merchants, and, indeed
individuals of all pursuits. In being in
I,traduced to a stranger, bis affability, or
The reverse, creates instantincously a
pre]M>ssession in bis behalf, or awakens
unconsciously a prejudice against him.
To mna, civility is, in fact, what beauty
| is to woman; it is a general passjiort to
! favor; a letter of recommendation written
in a language that every stranger understands.
Tlio best of men have often injured
themselves by irritability and consequent
rudeness, as the greatest scoundrels
have frequently succeeded by their plausible
manners. Of two men, equal in nil
other respects, the courteous one has
twice the chances of fortune.?Philadelphia
Ledyer.
A Daring Leap.
A voi'so man leaped fr< in the suspension
btidge, which spans the Cumberland
river at this city, on Saturday the 23d ult.
Such instances of hardihood should be discountenanced.
The following account of
tliis daring deed is froin the Nashville
thinner of ilie 25th nlLt
A large nunitter of persons collected together
Saturday evening, to witness the
leap of Mr. Watkins from the suspension
bridge. At the hour appointed, he mouti
ted the ruiling, near the centre of the
bridge, on the lower side, waved his hut
to the crowd, and boldly made the leap.
As he descended, and when about teu or
fifteen feet from the water, be threw himself
buck tor the purpose of striking the
} wHter feet formoet, but a little slanting.?
I mi i he miscalculated the distance, owing
to ihc illusion caused by the en now in the
stream, which seem to rise as be shot
swiftly down, and caused him to think
himself nearer them than lie really was,
and, therefore, on reaching the water, his
body leaned more than he intended, and
he struck partially upon his hack. The
concussion was very severe, and sent the
water (lying in every direction. On coming
to the surface, ho attempt--d to swim,
hut was too much injured to do so. He
was lift-d into a canoe, carried to the upper
landing, and thence borne U> his board*
mg house, lie ts not seriously hurl, and
will he tblo, it is thought, to be out in a
few days.
The height of the bridge at tho centre
above the water, according to the buihider,
is 110 feet.
I jy The man who likes to hear wo,
men scold, has josl hired a saw-flier to
play him to sleep.
J>ttnhq Hlfnhiiifl
Servants of God in joyful lays,
Siny ye the Lord Jehovah's praise. n,?
j Montgomery. " P?*
Faith In the Future.
Wide-spread is the belief that men
are progressing towards more exalted u,
states of material and spiritual existence
than they have hitherto attained. That e.
they aie emerging from dense darkness
into glorious light?that they are casting .
from tliem the long array of artificial and
Derver.se systems with which tlm sleep of
centuries lias encompassed them, and arc j |
coming into fuller freedom, happiness, 1 c,
and order?is the cherished hope of thousands;
a hope that finds eloquent expositors
both by the tongue and pen A faith
so general must surely have some sub- ^
stratum of truth for its foundation, and j j
must bo something more than the mere ,
vision of an excited imagination.
The golden dream of a happy Milieu- . if.
iiium?of a futurity rich with all the glo .
ries of Eden?has be?-u at once the desire ..
ami prophecy of sage and poet front earlicst-*
to latest day. Hut at no period of 01
the world's history has this hope assumed '
such a significance ; never bus it attained "Ur
so hnundh-M an exception, as in the pros- '
cut <lay. There is good cause for it.?
Hie Spirit of the Lord has la-en hrenthed '!r
tipon the people. Kvei since the middle ' 1 '
of the last century?when the first grand
influx of Heaven-born truth, and that free- n>:"
dotn of thought and will which truth im- ^Utl
parts, manifested itself externally in the 8tal
American Revolution?the cause of hit- [*ar
man liberty, tlie supremacy of intellectual nm
power over brute for e, of Christianity, in '.n,!T
abort, over all to which it stand* nntago- ' '
nislie, has been one continued triumph.? .
It ha* Ih-cii h season of turnu.il and agitalion,of
defiant wort^itttd truibloiis deeds XV'r
anything hut pleasant to the lovers of the !. "
l'eV,jJlu|A*a?t.""Vfbf,4h0tV"dtfharb wfts v\ c'r or~
anything else ? And how much more is
nmpiict to l.c looked for when wc rctnem- .
l?er the abject and confirmed shivery in .j
which the whole earth has been kept to ^
false and evil influences f<-r ?ges past !?
Un.il truth annihilates error, tlicro must J
be, as a consequence of their coming into j.
collision, disturbance, war, and confusion.
Truth and falsehood, good ami evil, can- w|
not co-exist; for the lifo and permanence |n
of ti e ono requires the utter cxtermina- ^
tioii of the other. When it is further j
considered that there is hardly a social ar- ^
riingement, from tlie fold of a garment to ^ ^
the articles of a creed, which is not open ? j
to criticism, deep jvttd long must l?e the' ^
comh?t which await* humanity, and dark ^ ^
and weary must he the wilderness to be
traversal, ere it w ill reach the Canaan of ^
r pose, and the order and beauty of Ilea- j.
ven lie around it. Not in vain has Infin- .jj
ito Wisdom assured us that the king- .
doru of Heaven is taken by violence.? |(>u(
The New Jerusalem, in its overlasting glo- j.
ry nnd magnificence, can descend upon
earth only in the degree in wrhich each individual
lights the hard battle with self,
and his leg-on of evil passions nnd desires,
and thereby attains the meek dignity of
a true manhood, nnd lives an honest, loving.
pious, and useful life. When we re ?
fleet that whatever of beauty, or ot use, ^ ^
pertains to the grass by the wayside, to
the bl< oming clover to the yellow waving j.^
corn, to the queenly lily, and tlie regal J
rose, is but tlie effect of their constant ^
obedience to the natural laws of the universe?what,
may we not ask, will be the ^
condition of bn.tV '?
dividually, men submit themselves to tbe
benign operation of thoso divine law* .
which have been graciously revealed for '
tbe go eminent of our spiritual system ? j,,M
How certainly would our olmervance of n
them transform the howling wilderness of
our present social existence into the city
and paradise of Ood !
Extracts From Mm Child. nm
is c
Sing on, thou true hearted, and be not alb
discouraged. If a harp be in perfect l.;ne, mi
and a Ante or oilier instrument of inuvie Th
be near it,and in |>erfect tune also, tlioti Mi
caust not play on one without awakening wn
an answer from the other. Heboid thou the
shall hear its sweet echo in the air as if jm,
played on hy the invisible. Even so shall in
other spirits vibrate to the harmony ot th<
thine. Utter what (?oJ giveih itioe to say ?r<
and thou will wake a slumbering echo to m?
las carried on for ever through the uui- te.i
verse. bo.
In .vord and act, sing thou of united litt
lovo and truth; another voice shall take Th
up the strain over the waters; soon it will ib,
become a world concert; and then, thou kn
alone there, in that realm of and be
love, well pleased wilt hear thy early ret
song, in earth's sweet vibration to the u*
Imrjm of Heaven. tin
I thank my Heavenly Father for every m<
ni tnilWuiions of human k??e, I thank *\
Him lor all experience*, be they sweet or all
bitter, tvbich help me to forgive all things to
ami to enfo'd the whole world with a ag
blessing af
The cure for all the ills and wrongs wi
the cares, the sorrows and the crimes of or
i humanity, all lie in thai ono word, Love.
It n the divine vitality that everywhere Tl
produces uud restores life. To each and in
every one of uaK girefWfeposer of work- th
injf miracles if we will lb
forgive us our liebts as we
our Debtors."
When I hear the Auctioneer
r, g?'ng ! gone ! and learn t
tperty was sold for half its rea
I that the orphan and widow ar
t of doors to Ratify a "juxt clo
or of a man in easy circuit
nks I to myself, does that man e
rgive us our debts as we forg
>tors."
When I see a man who for the
nnall offence, can pass an oh
h stately step and unturned h
"stion arises in my mind, does I
rgive us our debts as we forg
tors."
When I see a chrintian walking
)rd cane, in order to defend
bust the intrusions of those wlr
mple on his just rights, I worn
understands the prayer, "forgiv<
>ts as we forgive our debtors."
When I see a man who can *i
till ten, and comment on tin?
i received of his neighbors, and t
neist he thinks due them, ai
his family around the altar,
pter, sing a hymn, and kneelins
y, "forgive us our debts as w e
debtors," mistaken man, says
asU-m'r (Wu\ o. * --
? f.Y? "F ",,u" ""
rvo. 1 ou misconstrue tlic
give us our debts as we form
tors."
tgain, when I see a man wlio
ly to return good for evil ; wh
i an evil construction when
ices will admit a good one, ant
ly to forgive those who l.ai'o
, merely by their asking li
i, says 1, cftcn prays, "forgive
is as we forgive our debtors."
u short, I think much, very n
good or evil actions of men,
Id, depends on the way they o
passage, "forgive us our debts
ive our debtor^." - - *'
A Mother's Trials.
always read with interest ai
L is calculated to encourage u
o impart instruction t.r advice '
d to tlie duties devolving npo
il it is my wish to be personal!
d by aiicli instruction. But, i
iding this, I almost invariably
.mi anything of tlic kind comes
notice, of the old adage : "If i
reach than it is to practice."
kt the present time we hear mild
trials of mothers, with caroles?
t, bad servants, together will
oh of course a mother must exp
lie has the care of her children
re i9 a class of mothers who are
ibled with bad servants, who It
r the care of the family, but t!i
llio household to perfonu; w
ing, day after day, and ostec
iloge, if in the enjoyment of lie
t they, too, are subject to pa
>ase like others, and need our
, and at times they have it,
y not loo much overlooked <
a r - ? -
i. r>., tor instance, tno nmtin r
Idren. Iler husband is a m<
I reflected by his neighbors,
rune is not sufficient, with strid
, to admit ot' keeping a sorvan
I just glnnec at one day in her
e, (and not a washing-day eil
e husband has arisen early in tin
, and says, "Come, Mary, 1 w;
nkfast; I must be at the shop
time, you know." Mrs. S. leu
I, weary, having scarcely slept
a time through the night, on
the children. Shu steps qiiiell
i room for fear of disturbing tl
1 she sets herself about prepa
nkfast. Directly, she hears tl
?, for Kate has been huggi
le brother till slie lias made li
I he is not to be coaxed to lie ai
but up he must get, and the
ist have him in Iter arms. Tli
>11 the table at last, and Mr. S ci
er a few words to the children,
* lime are up, he is away to tl
e others are to be dressed, altc
*. S. calls tbein round tbu tali
its u)x>n them as well as she cj
l?:*V?y in lu*r arms, ami some o
agine liow little she would tat
such circuoastnnew. Time |>as
> older ones must go to school,
! washed, and brushed, but jus
uncut Willie happens to think
icher said that he must have
ok, and Sarah has h o';? u her si
Ic Untie wants n pencil to inark
e mother, with n promise to et
Mn start for school. She now
ows what to do Hist; the hou
put in order, and the dinne
idy. The husband coiues hon
mil hour, and, when seated at t
?. I- 4. it- -1 !I1
a pii/niifH? iimuu id iiiu cm Mire
' rniu^, is mentioned. Mr.
Veil, really, llioro is something
the while." The mother tliinl
get the article*, but he is <*o
Hii?, end they are forgotten. I
t?*r dinner that she needs rest,
ill am to the little one*, and so
i till night.
Willie and hie sisters return fror
ley hare their supper, and, aft
g them say their prayers, am
em in bed, the mother, with a
e head, and weary, n?U mm-w<
Forgive herself by (ho cradle lo repair a coat fur
her husband, who, by-the-by, is in a neighl>oring
store, talking and smoking liis <
cry? P?* cigar, with his associates. The cloclc has i
hat the struck ten, and Mrs. S. goes to see if all is ]
I value, right with the children, as is her practice i
e turned before she retires. She finds one breathtim,
in }ng hard, and with a horse cough ; she i
istances, fears the croup. There is 110 time to he 1
verprav lost, and she immediately goes to doseing t
i'Ve our :md hathing the child, with hut liitlc pros- s
peet of rest for her weary liinhs, or her
sake of aching head. Who will not fay that this
1 friend mother needs sympathy 1 Yes, and she.
ead, the |1!ls jt there is a "friend that sticketh
le pray, closer than a brother," ar.d she can go to j
ivo our niin, ami pour out her heart belt re llim. x
and ask for wisdom lo direct, and strength ;|
' witli a perform whatever is before her. ^
himself Then, there is the w ife of the intemper- p
" W('u d ale man, who has her peculiar trials, and p
ler how (|u, w;,.h>w, who lias to support herselt and | p
us our children bv her own industry. There are jj
hundreds of mothers, in these ditlercnt
Ht from ^lasses, who think no one cares for them, ..
evil?? he ami who feci at times discouraged by rest- p
lie pun- R?a of the roughness of the way. lint, ^
id then font not, dear mother*; bear with pa- p
rea?l a tience these trial*, for if wc ate the oliil- v
{down, ilrenof (iod, "loirs ot (tod, ami joint heirs (r
forgive | with Jesus Christ,*' i:
; 1. von I
. 'Our troubles mid our trials hero, ' r
. _ ^ ill only make us richer there,
pnrasc, When"wo arrive at home."
i\c our ?Mother h Jour, owi Visitant.
" 11
is ever t '1
0 never Ucfcs Ciioatks eulogy upon |
cireunt- ^an'?l Webster, nt Dartmouth College, i k
lis ever w.as delivered on Wednesday last. A n
injured highly di.stinguishe<! and appreciative li
im this a"dienco was in attendance. Among Cl
us our l'lc lnai,.v eloquent tributes to the great e<
orator and statesman, this undoubtedly ol
nuch of W'H take high rank. The following is the ?
in this Por.?:ation :
ohstrue "Mut 1 arrest this aignmeut of eulogy.
as we heart ?"' * * hack into the coliin there
with him : and 1 would pause. I went l>
again llie liome -which no. so passu.uaicy
loved; the chamber where lie died ; the j
lVlhiii" I ^,iXV<: 'n which they laid liitn, all hub'ted
lotliers I as when bis look drew audience, still as J .
with re' 1 uihrl,t or sum,n<jrs noontide air, till the J '.t
n them heavens be no more. In all that spaci- .j
y bene- ' oUS' var't',l and calm scene, all things to
lotwith- ' ''K* oye looked, at first, unchanged?the
think hooks in the library?the portraits?the
under '"ble at which he wrote?the scientific
s eas'er c,,'ture of the land?the course of agricultural
occupation?the coming in of liarli
about ves!'? fruit of the. seed li is hand had sent- t|
1 ncdi- tered?the animals and implements of ,
j li!use husbntulry?the trees planted by him in
erience hues, in copses, in orchards, bv thousands ^
j>u^ ?the seat under tlio noble old elm, on
seldom wliidt lie mod to sit to feel tlie southwest jj"
ave not w"id at evening, or hear the breathing*
, i- of the sea, or tin: not less audible tnusi ,
it* work 1 , .. , .. u
lio are l'4? st:ury lu avens?all seemed at nrst
in it a unchanged. The sun of a bright day,
ujjjj i from which, however, something of the
in and fervors of midsummer was wanting, fell i
svmpa temperately on them all; gleamed on the w
but are '?ng line of ocean ; filled tlie air on all ,j
Hi ere is shles witli the utterance of life. Some of
of five those, whom on earth, lie loved best,
...I,wore there?the great mind Mill seemed ,
en.mic, . , . * | li
hut his to Pres,,ue?the great presence to l>e with
: econo- y?u?.vou m,ght expect to hear again the
I We " 1 an playful tones, the ohl hospitality. J(
expert- 11 momeIlt more, and all the scene .1
}ier \ took on tl e aspect of one great nionu- J(
, tnent, inscribed with his name and sacred ^
int inv *? '*'s mc,norV' And such it shall be in |
hv sncii ' H ' l'"* ^ulury America ! The sense < !
lVl.s i,or desolation and loneliness and darkness, :
an hour I w,lli which you see it now, will pass away (
account ' ?the sharp recent grief of love and friend- s
V out of "hip will become soothed?men will re- j
to babv l,l,,r fhither, as they commemorate the
rjm? itip great days of history; the same glance
10 little "hall take in, and the emotions shall greet
1 and Mess the Harbor of the 1 'ilgrims and
ini erv the Tomb of Webster!"
mother A Rapping Incident.
? tneal ??
it*, and, A Husion exchange .-ays quite a Soriowho
by Comico ad.iir o-cured in Camhridgeport,
to shop, in one of the pretty cottages of that place,
r which About nine r'clock, sis two young ladies
ile, and were seated in a room engaged in read- r
im, w ith ing, one of them had l.er atten'ion altrac- 1
f us can ted to an item in a newspaper, which t
iicrsell dwelt on the "spiritual lappings" now so i
ses, and prevalent; and, whilst having her mind
. They absorbed in this article, she thought she t
t at this heard a noise proceeding from tlie cup- <
that the l?oard in the apartment, and being of a 1
in new verv susceptible disposition, it much alarm- 1
ate, and ed her.
with.? She apprised her companion of the fact ]
teh, sees when they both heard three distinct raps,
scarcely which caused them to be very much fright- 1
se must enod, sadly deranging the economy of
r made the.i tippets and ruffles. After recovering
>e at the somewhat from their confusion, they mislie
table, tercd sufficient courage to question the
n, in the *'rapper," enjoining it, "if you are the spirS.
says, it of my mother, to signify it!" Three
wanting loud raps, moat solemn in their iinjiort to
ks it best them, wero the response. In a moment
r,. riKKJ IfllWNUI (MIVWH3 WCIO Jf Ulllt.1l l?y IKMIl
fclhe feel* ladies, and?fliey fainted,
but who Another young lady fortunately pawed
he toila the npartmout ?oon after, and noticing tho
condition of the fair occupant*, succeeded
n school, in arouaing thciu from their lethargy, and
cr hear- inquired to what it waa owing. 80 terri\
acting fled were they, tliat all aho could elucidate
1 pain in from thein was, "Cupboard, cupboard!"
wn, seat* Wishing to divine the meaning of these
words of such mysterious import, she went
to the cupboard nod opened it, when lo !
out jumped an enormous rat! This mischievous
animal had crawled into a tin
pan, which was hanging against tlw wall,
tnd his efforts to get out had caused the
'manifestations." The conclusion of this
dfair, relative to the conduct of the young
adies after they were made aware of ^ie
nuso of their inhere w ton rl.-K /1/?
cribed.
Marriages of Love and Convenience.
"Evkuywiikuk, but in novels," sayB a
ccent writer, "the marriage of convenience
ius proved an excellent institution, while
vhat are called love matches have been,
re, and ever will be, prolific of misery."
\ e should like to see the impudent old
Jgv who said that!?if it were only to
II him to his teeth that ho lies!?lies
ke the telegraph?lies like a lawyer?
es like a steamboat runner?lies " like
lie prospectus of a new magazine ?" So
marriages of convenience" are better than
>ve matches, are they ? Do you know
I nit lo\ c is all that can make marriages
one.-t. or even decent J That marriage
ithont love is a stench in the nostrils of
?xls and man ? That love is heavenly in
s oiigiti, divine in its influence, aud gloous
in ils enjoyment? while "eonvenince"?which
is but a smooth glos9 for
i-t or avarice?is the prolific parent of
< - < i.vcnicuce, heart burnings, wranglings,
iscord and divorce ? Of course you don t!
iut every man of sense and observation
nows that the mistake of youth and romance
in their matrimonial alliances are
glit and unfrcqnent compared with the
old planned blundered and cautiously
mcocted disasters of sagacious bachelors
f fifty, and weary spinsters of thirty-five!
-Jinston Post.
""Smiles,
There's matchless beauty in a sunny smile,
right from the depths of a loving heart?
then h t thy lip be wreathed with a smile?
t homo-mid strangers?wherever thou art!"
Smiles?bless smiles! What an invalul?le
gift from lleaven to the countenance
> the bright halo of sweet loving smiles!
"lie fairest features are still fairer when
adiant smiles, like golden sunshine play
;e .t!y round the rosy lip. When waniering
among strangers with none to greet
is with affection's tender voice, or cheer
ur lonely hours with the sweet cominuings
of friendship?then we miss sadly
lie warm sunshine that encircles distant
omc in an atmosphere of love?the suny
smiles that beam on the ruby lip,
ud sparkle in the depths of the lustrous
ye?how precious in their absence?how
ghtly valued when present! Ye gentle
augliters of our noble tillers of the soil!
o you ever think of the worth, the benu> ,
of heart-warming smiles to the afleconate
father,brother, or perchance lover,
lien returning from the labor-field of
idustry, wearied with toil,you meetthem
itii beaming glancing glances of syrapaiy
and affection?
The joyous country with its blooming
owers?, its laughing rivulets, its songtping
birds, and the blue, smiling sky
hove, are yours; with tho thousands of
ure holy influences that cluster amid
ature's temple, teaching silent lessons to
lie beauty of Life, and bidding you ever
i) wear a smile of cheerfulness in return
r the varied and dcligntful scenes so
nvishly spread around you. Wherever
ou go scalier the rose-buds of kindness
n vour path, and cheer the sorrowstricken
me bv the delicate ministrations of a
ympathcti' heart. Hamuli the frowning
trow, and pouting lip from your features,
nid with tiie magic wand of gentleness for
four talisman of power, cheerfully perform
four Life-mission, gladdening the hearts
>f all and lighting the home of one, with
lie light of your smile, and you will be
ewanled by the unchanging affection of
rue frit nda, and tbe approving smiles of
:our Heavenly Father. Hvra Hell.
Farmer's Companion.
The Richmond Knqiiirer of a recent
late contains the following notice of a Virginia
girl, or, in its own language, a meri,
trions lady of our a'qunintance in Hano,
or 1'itiinlV!
At the ge of twenty she was a hearv,
rosy cheeked lass, full of life and ia
instry. Seeing a prospect of making a
disconsolate bachelor as liappv as herself,
die acquired a piece of land, with the
kiew ot having " a local habitation." A
house was the next thing indispensable to
hci laudable ambition. She shouldered
her oxe, went to the wtods, felled tie**
with her own hands, chopped the logs for
llie building, mndo shingles to cover it,
nailed them on, and finished the liooce
by lathing and plastering it herself. In
short time thereafter "alio met she saw
she conquered" a deserving and industrious
young man residing in her neighborhood.
They were married, aud the young con pin
commenced their married life in the neat
cottage, the fruit of the wife's industry and
the work of her own hands. All this oc
curred about the year 1835. Time has advanced,
and ' now the happy mother
of tRirteen, (the youttffent five months old,)
and h? the happy ab?7 prosperous husband
of a moat induatrion* tmd estimable lady.
What in it woman cannot accomptkh what . j
with namratneaa aba flfodertakea the taaM*
i