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VOL. 1. YOHKVILIXJE, 8. G, rT I T I 'KS DAY, A UG CJST 8Q, 1855. JSTO. 34.
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1 <ii tin: ^ uikvillc I < 11 | til a i".
TO A LOVED ONE PAR AWAY.
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lit II. M.
Wl.v -liouM yi-u -1 tcli fi.r iho v:\nisflu-.l houtd
< >i your frivluooir- vosy m?rn,
Wi.on your icin.l fiift . itherc'l frionil Mowers
And you knew not tlieir ludden thorn '? ; *
The Young bud <>t Imjm* ylcliD :i delight.
1:ait often there eometh n ?on<.aiul hli?ht
Wh'.i li leave- a I >or lover to mourn.
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Say. why in youth i- it- Morning sky ; |
licdimn'd wlili a pa-sing cloud,
When dark gray nii-t.-. a- they hnrvy hy.
With their shallow- "round it cri.wil '
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Ala- ! we are passing awav to the tomb.
And life's sweet blo-soius are scarce in their bloom
When we cast l?v our robes for a shroud !
Why need we ?igh for the faded dreams
Of our early youth again.
Since the pa-t like a dreary islet seems
?)n a ilaik an 1 heaving1 tnaiu??
\Y hy watch we hope's transient and glimmering spark.
A- the exile at midnight doth gaze on the barque,
That bounds o'er the billows, in vain?
Time can no blight on the mem'ry ca.-t
Of thy dear and honoured name.
Which to my heart in the far oil' past
Like a l'u<l of A'./, n came.
For thou art the bright-beaming star to illume
My pathway, and guide my -teps down to the tomb.
An 1 lighten my grief-strickcu frame.
Eksrinr Colltr.k. S. '.
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|Hi.$ffII;mcous llcabing.j
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LOYALTY OR LOVE.
In the Autumn of 1074 the present <ito of
Richmond was divided into two plantations,
belongiug tof'ol. Byrd and Nathaniel Bacon,
the mansion of the latter standing upon what
is now called Shockoe's Hill. It was oue of
those tine old mausions patterned after the
baronial halls of Old England, and >iuce unequalled
upon this Continent. A spacious hall,
decked with portraits, lar^e parlors with furniture
of carved oak, a dining hall where a bat- ;
talion could baminet, and a library with a bow
wiudow commanding a prospect of picturesque
manuifiectiee, especially when Autumn had
touched the foliage with his magic pencil.?
The bright scarlet of the maple,' the deep
crimsou ot the dogwood, the mellow brown ofthe
ash, and the Mwly yellow of the chestnut,
contrasted strikingly with the deep evergreen
of the cedar pine and hemlock, scattered thro'
the forests. Below, the river foamed over its '
rocky bed, to spread out into a lake like sheet,
aud was dotted with small islands, whose shad- .
ows reach far down into ttye earth-tinted tide. '
Nathaniel Bacon, the master of the cstubl
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lishmcnt, was a hale and handsome mau, with t
a thick black mustache, clear black eyes and
a florid complexion. Educated in England
Timing the convulsive struggles between the
throne and the parliament, ho believed that
popular rights were equal, at least, to royal
sway. Not so his sister Henrietta, who had !
passed a winter with the (iovornor's family at
Jamestown, where she had learned to levcrcuce
'-the right divine" of her sovereign. Her
age at this time was about eighteeu, and al
though her form was not what the voluptary
woul d have called perfect, or her face one that
a sculptor would have selected as a model, yet
there was a wiuuiug expression in her eyes,
and a grace in her movements that enabled
her to charm all who knew her.
At the time when our story commcuces she
had just opened a letter, from which a printed
packet fell to the lloor.
' Here, brother Nat," said she "is oue of
his Excellency's letters to the privy couucil,
sent back in good London point. Will you
read it
Ha eon took the doeumeut, but as he read it
a flush came over his cheek. At length he exelaimed
in an angry tone:
"llcar how Governor Berkley closes his account
of us.
"I thank God there are no free schools nor
printing and, I hope we shall not have these
hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience,
and heresy, and sects into the world,
and printing has divulged them, and libels
against the best government; God keep us I
from both !"
"Excellent, I declare said the fair loyal-!
"Excellent! Mo you call that excellent, girl'
Why, 1 have half a miud tosell my plantation
and remove to the North ')
"Ah, brother Nat, you would have your nose .
frozen oft"; even if you only go among the
Manhattan Dutchmen, and?"
Here the laughing girl was interrupted by
the entrance of a stranger, who presented a
letter to 31 r. Bacon. Glancing at the exterior,
he introduced the new corner to his sister as
Mr. Rupert Wythley, of Accomuc, and breaking
the seal read the contents.
"I am happy to see you," said he, wheu he
had persued the epistle, "and regret much to
hear of the course of the governor in disband-,
iug the volunteers. Can it be possible that at
this time, when the yell of the savage resounds 1
through our woods, Virginians must retire to
I their plantations, there to remain until they
I 1-1 v?>
in r** scuipt'u .
All, I atu glad to hear you talk so," replied
Hupert Wythley, 'dor 1 have come expressly
to request your acceptauce of the commission j
of general. Here it is, signed by over tive hundred
as brave men as there is on this conti"Vuu
surely are uot asking my brother to
take up arms against (Jovernor Berkley's will?" j
said Henrietta, with a smile. i
'Nay, miss; but the couutry is in danger," ,
said ihe young man who had already begun to
admire the fair Hourietta. '
"It is a grave question," remarked Mr. Ha- i
con, "and 1 must ponder over it; meanwhile,
my sister will escort you to the falls, and to 1
the rock where Pocahontas preserved the life , i
ot Captain Smith. At dinner time I will give I
you my answer" <
Illlpeit Wythlry was a wealthy Young plan- p;
er near Jame.stywn, who, with a well propor- ki
ioned person mtd a manly t ountenance, pos- w
cssod a noble heart and cultivated intellect,
lis idea of female excellence had been formed se
iponan ideal model of perfection, in which he Si
tad blended the accomplishments of all the : ei
leroines of poetry and romance. Vain had st
?ceii his search hitherto, hut ere he had been i T
ong with Henrietta, he imagined, if her ipiali- ai
:ios of mind corresponded to her personal a<
harms, he had, at length, found the | c?
i'thai of female perfection. ! V
Meanwhile, her brother had boon sorely d<
troubled at heart by the invitation to lead his il
tellow-citizeiis. .Like every true Virginian, he
felt that the country was in danger; tor death d<
was ravaging the land underthe hideous forms t.
i?f savage cruelty. The force out under I'apt. w
John Washington had proved entirely insiiih- g:
cient, yet the Hovcruor, instead of adding to t<
it, had rebuked them for killing a party of hi
chiefs because it injured the beaver trade, of which
he held a monopoly. That an armed g
resistance to the Indians was necessary, lie did el
not doubt, but the thought of rising in against h
the will of the King's Hovcrnor rather stag- < :
gered him. o
"At any rate," said he, to Wythley. a- tliey w
sat enjoying their wine after dinner. "I will <
go to Jamestown aud see how matters stand, b
Let the news reach me that a single white man
has been harmed by the savages, and L lead i>
you on to vengeace, commission or 110 cominis- o
sion." I
A long storm, at the conclusion of which tthe
fords were impassable, detained llupert 11
Wythley a week with the Bacons. He well b
improved the time, for, ere he left, Henrietta b
ackiiowledcd that she was tmt disinclined to a
treasure up the rich harvest of affection which e
he laid at her feet. Nay, she was rather dis- c
posed to become more republican in her feel- b
ings. and to admit that Virginians mig lit be n
capable of self-government. t*
Weeks passed, and in vain did Nathaniel c
Bacon urge (Governor Berkley to abandon his
scheme of detached forts, and authorize a vol- n
unteer force of riflemen. At last he left Janu s- w
town iu despair, and. ere going home. paid a
visit to llenrico, where the sharp shooters were c;
encamped, unappalled by the edicts of the \\
Governor commanding them to disperse. The e
men soon went on parade, under the command tl
oi Rupert W ythley; but ere ho luul hoard tho u
reports of sergeants, a horseman approached I
at lull gallop. Hiding up in front of the line, r?
he cheeked his foaming stood, ami Omuted : i
' Tho savages aro at tho taJi^ ?.?t Jaincs Kiv-1
or. killing: and plundering. Turn out! Turn
jutt
d\ here are they.' asked Bacon, pale with
apprehension. ! r,
' They first killed all at the mills, aud then j
camped around lkicoifs house on the hill.? i (]
They say it is Powhatan's council ground, and |
no white man *hall possess it." j (1)
"And Miss Bacon ?" eagerly inquired Wyth-, ;
ley. ^ rl
' I heard they'd got ti white gal prisoner, ; ^
and meant to torture her iu a few days at a i jgrand
war dance." i ?
"Bacon," exclaimed Wythley, ''do \?>u now ^
hesitate?" ! j.
"No, no!" Then rai>iug his voice until it j
rung in trumpet tones the field, he continued;
''Virginians, forgive my hesitation. Now that
my own home is desolate, can I ask you to fol- (
low me to the rescue of a loved sister ?" '
A loud shout of-Lead on!" made the hearts | j
of Bacon and Wythley beat high agaiu, nor' |
was it many hours ere the force was iu motion. h
A braver set of men never hastened to the r(
fray.
The sun had set iu clouds beyond tho Blue
Ridge, and the woods grew dim, as the Vir- ! t|
giniaus approached the house of their general, r,
Scouts, who had been sent in advance to re- j t.
connoitcr, reported that there was an entrench- '[
ment around the house, within which a huge w
couucil tire had been lightened exactly at sun- ; t,
rise. It was evident no time was to be lost. ...
shouted, and in an instant he had reached her b
side, and she was clasped to his heart. ; ol
()ur limits not permit us to portray the story :i1
of her imprisonment, as she narrated it that
night around the family hearth-stone. Destin- ("
ed for a sacrifice, she had been carefully treat- j ,l
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ed, and allowed the unmolested liberty of her 1
own room. Hut that night was to have wit- :t|
ucsscd her immolation. A Divine Providence '
had nerved her heart, though escape appeared c'
impossible, as she was already summoned to ^
ihe burning pile when a scouut gave the alarm
;ry. Then, by the light of the torches, she c<
iinly witnessed the lr:i), imploring', upon helices
before tlie window, that a heavenly arm
ould sustain those whom she loved so well.
Morning dawned and a horrible seem* jirented
itself around the house. There?whcri*
t. .John's Church now stands?lay niauulcd
>r].: i-s in the stit)' attitudes of death, and the
ream near hy was tinu'ed with lile-blood.?
he wounded were eared lor, the dead interred
id by dinner time the lmrrors of "grim visaed
war" no longer met the eye. The last
mneil tire of the Indian race at James lliver
all was extinguished, and ihe tew surviving
L'seendant.s of the tribe of J'oeahoiitas b?'u:ui
icir luaivh toward the settine" sun.
Success insures success. Had Jhicon been
efeated, he would have been shot as a traitor
i his l?iiijr; hut now the haughty uoxeruor rearded
him. and lie was hailed by the \ ir...
1..1..,. \i..,. . i.
>\vn. lie forced the yuvcrnur to adopt new
iws. which code was c*? ?111?l?*t? <! July 4,
-cino luindled years to a day hoi'..re the Confess
of the 1 uired States, adopting the d<laration
framed hv :i >tat.. .nan of Virginia,
cyan a !:oW era in the history of man. The
iirhtrenth century in Virginia was the child
f the seventeenth; and Macon's rehellioii.
itli the corresponding >ceiies in Maryland and
'an.lina and XcW Knyland, was the early hariHirer
of American Independence.
And where wa.- Henrietta, that sturdy loyal t'
Not in the stately saloons of the tioeern*
r. hut with the sisters of her ailianced lover,
luport W'ythley.who ha<! a residence at James wu.
ller dreams of royal protection and a
oble hushand had vanished darin- her terrile
captivity, and she now lmwed in hoiiiaye
efofe herluait's lord. S.u.n tliev were married,
ml returned to the nlantntioii. which Xathani
1 1 >;((- ill ?:ave his >i>r? r :is a dower. Some
louds darkened their pathway of litV? at first,
lit tlicy lived many years in as pel1 feet happie>.s
as mortals can enjoy; tier did she over
ruet in after years, in narrating to hcrirraud
hildreit the events of her tv-ette, to add:
l-\?r all that, my dear, vottr L.ran?tfather did
"t hold the kinjr's commission. Yiririuiaus
'ould act for themselves."
Years rolled on. The Old IVoiiiuion beaine
the leader in a ureal movement, and
hile the name of the M ythley- is rememberd
bv many who visit the beautiful locality < !'
Ileir home?ollee the Scene ot deadly slailuh. r?history
.sounds the praise of Nathaniel
laeoii. and inscribes his name, in uohlen letis.
hi*_rh up.?n the architecture of our Nation1
latitheou.
Written t'-r tin- V r!vV:!!.- Iei?.,.i:e? r
FROM FORT MILL.
.1/. /-.' lit-.i: ? In appearing before tlm
. aditiu public as a newspaper correspondent,
hope that I will m.t be thought aspirin" to
lie rank of Mrs. I'eeeher Stowe, Antoinette
Irown, or otlmr distinguished woman's ri jhts
ouibatants. My aspirations are not <u iofty :
am content to till a much humbler sphere,
hat of ehrotiieliiie. a neighborhood affair, ami
assiiiir a compliment upon a f- w special
liends. The task is a new one to me. and I
o about it with a consciousness...f my iii. oiupe:nev
to do it justice. l?ut 1 feel as tlmu-jh
: would be unpardonable neulecf. as well as
he grossest ingratitude in the ladies of our
eiirhborhood. to -utter this oeeasiot: to pa-nnotieed.
1 am aware that there are lnatit
tilers under equal obligations with myself,
ho are much better qualified to discharu^
hi* flntv but fli^v nil **von afraid to tunke
The mounted cavaliers under the command of ti
Wythlcy, were ordered to sweep around the c,
right, while General Bacon led the bulk of the ;|
force directly up the hill, against the frowu- u
ing, silent breastwork. j t
On they moved, with cautious tread, uucer-1 01
tain as to'whether their coming was known to I o:
the intrenched foe. But when they were with- T
in about twenty paces of the breastwork, there c<
came along from its whole front a cloud of ar- c<
rows, making many a brave man bite the dust. n<
The scene w hich followed is described ;is one j h
of deadly warfare, for no sooner had the Yir- tl
giniaus reached the breastwork than a yell was j p
given, and the rude terrace swarmed with paint- ' ol
ed warriors, each bearing in bis right hand a i b
war club. Springing into the midst of their | tl
assailants, the savages dealt their murderous i u
blows ou all sides, often thrusting their burn- i st
ing torches into the faces of the whites, who 1 o:
could not use their lire-arms so close was the u
encounter. ! tl
"Sound a retreat!" should lien. Bacou; Vl
and in obedieuce to the brazen trumpets, his w
men foil back. At that moment, the cavaliers | ^
under Wvthlev charsred through the savages, 1
* * w " in
and when they had passed, the infantry, hasti- j b
ly funned into Hue, poured in murderous vol- '
leys. Again the cavaliers mowed off a swarth '
of the now discomtited savages, again a storm !:l1
of iron had swept through their painted ruuks, tl
and then, with a cheer, the intrenehiuent was ' e?
stormed. At the head of those who lirst eu- 1 P
tered the breastwork, fightiug like a very de- ,li
mon, was llupert Wythley, aud at the door of' d
the old mansion, as he rode up to it, with a j m
heavy heart, he saw his own Henrietta. : T
??S:if?; 1 safe ! Thank (.led, she is safe 1" he . cj
lie attempt, consequently it devolves upon
le. Then here goes for mv first attempt at
newspaper communication.
It seems that the bachelors of Fort Mill and
urrounding vicinity, becoming inspired with
lie tender passion, thought to show their high
cgard for the fair sex, by getting up a first
lass pie tiie, for their especial amusement.?
'hey called a meeting and counted noses,
hen all told they found that they numbered
:u?by the by a goodly number. They oranized
by selecting a Prince, whose duty it was
) preside over the occasion. The whole was
onstituted into a committee of arrangements,
lid then subdivided into three, to one of
liieh was assigned the setting of the table,
) another the conducting of the music and
ther amusements; to the other, the reception
f the guests and attention to the ladies.?
bus arranged, they went to work and suc cded
in getting up one of the most, inagnili?'iit
pie nics it has ever been my lot to witess.
The selection of the place was a very
appy one ; it was near the spring of one of
loir order. The grove which afforded a cornlute
shade, was composed entirely of walnut
t' spontaneous growth; here were piled up in
eautiful order, convenient seats with a stand
>r the music, and tables with a variety of auising
games. Some distance from this,
ood the tables for diuuer, under two majestic
tks, which it seemed to our "fanciful view,"
ature had formed for the occasion. Matters
ius arranged, the twentieth of July, that ecutful
and anxiously expected day came. It
as a bright beautiful morning. At 9 o'clock
ere to be seeu in the distance, in all direcons,
traius of carriages laden with guests.?
iy ten the party had assembled, numbering
bout seventy-live ladies and some fifty gentleicn.
The Chief Engineer of the Charlotte
nd fsoutli Carolina Kail ltoad, being one of
ie order, brought with him from Columbia, a
impany of ladies and gentlemen, who were a
leasant addition to the party. Now eommenicneed
the amusemeuts of the day. The orer
of the day was reduced to system and sceicd
to work with the precision of a clock.?
lie different committees seemed to vie with
icli other whose particular department should
e the most pleasing. The baud, composed
(' bachelors, selected some beautiful pieces, 1
ml at intervals would break forth and make
ic grove resound with their bewitching inelJy.
The ladies' committee dealt out in prolsion,
lemonade, ice-cream and watermelons,
he Table Committee was not a whit behind,
i soon shall be seen. At one o'clock, the
'rince made his appearance and announced
inucr ready and pronounced the order of the
ay.
Now might you have seen many anxious fais,
aud heard hearts beating in double quick
lime. The hour had arrived to (.* inl<*r the ti121r
nt oj^riDress, ami sin* !>> nave tlit* honor
of heading the procession and heiny the first
at (lie tahle. There were at least lil'ly aspirrants
for the preferment, and each hoped die
would he ilit! fortunale one: Ion alas ! poor
111i11 s, foily-iiiiie hail to Siihinit In disappointmoid.
After yiviny theortler to form the procession,
his lioyal II iyhness surveyed the company
with a scanning irlaine ami made his
Way inlo (he cj-ir'*;1 < >h ! uieivv, if he wasn't
!..olciny riyld at me. i.:v heart fluttered,
ami I almost leaped for joy, when In!
lie stopped jiw one lady tV??i*i me. and howitty
said?" >1 is." I\.. ean i have The fcmior ot esleoriiny
you to dinner?" "Yes sir, if you
please," was the ready n spouse, and sprinyiny
to lo r feet, she areepfed the proll'eivd
arm, at the same time the winy one of those
ini.-ehievous ylaiiees from her datieiuy eyes at
i.i A?
ilio, as mtloll as tu >ay, -i am im: vinur . ?
<>h. >pirit at' ivwniii*; j i>t thou I oouhl haw
t;i'u>Iu'(l lii*I*, hut a nn'iinills tvihutiuii brought
im* t<* my si'iiM'S, am] 1 vas ashatiioi! tor h?*iiii:
-i? wicki'il; but niic em;M roouiw the li??in?r.
an.I >hc was in I'Wi'v n>|ioot Worthy of it.
I h.' profO.-ioii mow.I -ill tu tin; tablo whoiv
was >ot in wry taMctui ?ty!o. ouo oft ho uioo>t
j?ii* tiii.s f haw owr m?:i. Thoiv wvro two
tahlf-s; kiio Was sot witll llloal> ami >uh>lalifials,
aii'l tho uthi-r was a il?*<si-rt.:tii?l was h-ailoil
with >u< h luxtinos ::> tli?* 'nlmnhia marhot
ali'onh-.l. Thi- :abl?* ahuio. I was informoil.
oust otio huiiiJtviI ij.illars. Alt or liutior
Was over. tii?' company returned T?? the scuts
Hid n.-nun-.I tin.- aunts, nidify. At intervals,
champagne. iee-cream ami water-melons \v. re
-crvcil. am! thus tli-j .lay passe! nil'pleasantly,
many .f" u< very mu.'h-nrpri.-cd. when inform.
"! tli.it uiu'Iit was ij.pr the tiim* ha?l
-eeiiie.l .-it -hurt. Tli-:e wep; many -weet
things am! probably some soft thimj:-,' said
nil that day. The hdii- are certainly nmSer
many ami la-tiinr obligations fortius entertainineiit.
at: i I lmpo tli.it aeli an 1 every uiio < I
til"'111 ha\ > profited hv the occasion. Mell that
Ivll'.w Hill ll'.w t.M-aU-r till* tin: tl.-Le a lid enter!
linl a-lit "if the ladle-, deserve a better late
than di .-einy out ;. tniserahie existence in
haih'-'h-rdoin. K r/./.v.
LOSS OF LIFE IN GREAT BATTLES.
The Wa-tO of liuiiijill life ll tin uii.-m-ee--.
full attack nil the Mala!;..If ami lb-dan aj.pears
t".. have Keen nearly a.- yrent. though not .piite ,
a.- in the average ..f the must destructive modern
battl.-s. More than five tlma-and "f the
ailant- were kije.l ami wounJ-'d, a va-t pi"o.
} orti.iii, wi?. 11 wi-^-on-ider how -n*i!l eoinpar.
: lively tin -forming e? Imiiii: Has. 7he French
seme admit a f thirty-, i^h, ^ ..itv.l ..lit
of an attacking force of twentv-'ive thmi-ainl.
that is t.. -ay every -eventh n.a.i was rendered
ilieapalde, either by death "I W- limls.
There i?. indeed, no inoder'i -ei^e, which
Wa.? lllnlV IjJ |\ tlKlll I il I ~ ? II"! iclUUllV, llnWi-vcr.
when I In* number* cimugi ! :i
f<l witli ih<?.-? wIin fell. W < .llii.i.- ! ? rlic
^i ul' Bada jus. in tin- I'.-niu-u!:ir
\\ :ir. I li:it (anion- Spa hi ii fortress was in.
WM.-.l 11v Wellington. at tin- 1:-a?l ??t" tweliiv.
two thfiisruj'J incii. au< 1 finally < :?rri??l In
( rill, alter Mil'* "I* tin' -aiiguiiiarv assm!i?
en re rd. hi tin: atta.-k mi the en at
breach alone. tint. l?->s than th:;l\ < igh ihuudrcd
!11 -11 Yet, Lfaiiajii- W:i? a -mallei* place,
the Inn lint limine larger. |?erha|'S. than the
Malak"fi ami its outwork*. Whoever would
realize hall' the horrors "f war, should read
Napier's account of* the si-go auJ fall of l>adujoZ.
.Marengo, Austerlitz. Wagraiu, Leipsic.
Dresden, Borodino and Waterloo were anion*.'
.the most desperately contested battles of the
first Napoleon. At Marengo the Austrian.*
lost ten thousand, more than a third of their
whole force, while the Trench Inst seven thousand,
or about the same proportion. A considerable
portion of them were prisoners, howi
ever, while at the Kedan and Malakolf. hut
few prisoners were taken. At Austerlitz
the Trench lost twelve thousand, or nearly a
sixth of their entire force: but. the allies lost
thirty thousand, or more than a third.?
At Wagram the loss on cither side was twenty
five thousand, or about one seventh of those
engaged. At Leipsic the loss was forty three
thousand on the side of the allies, out of neuri
lv three hundred thousand in the field and sixi
?
ty thousand on (he part oJ* the Trench, out ot
one hundred and seventy-five thousand. At
Dresden the allies lost twenty-five thousand,
or one-sixth of their entire number, while the
French lost but twelve thousand, or one tenth.
At Borodino, the bloodiest battle of all, fifty
thousand fell on each .side, tj?i? ?! of those
in the battle. At Waterloo the French lost
forty thousand, or more than half j but a largo
proportion of these fell in the rout j yet the
I L'....lt.l, nam.),, hdalilo tlilMU'llnl ai> ..IiiUkI
J IlLUiiJ t M V< UI > VUVUiTllllU^ VI U11>*V?<'V
a third of their entire troops
It is often said, in discussing military affairs,
that our American battles have been too
| trifling to take into consideration. Hut if we
| consider, not numbering the actually killed
1 and wounded, but the proportion which those
uumbei\s bear to the whole force engaged, we
| o O /
i shall find that those actions, thus scorned,
were as hotly contested as even the first Xapoj
Icon's battles. At Eutuw Springs, for example,
in the Revolutionary war, one-third of
both armies were left upon the field. At Chippewa,
in the war of IS 12, nearly one-fifth of
the British were disabled. At Luudy's Lane,
the loss of the Americans was about one-third,
and that of the British equally great. At X.
Orleans, where the British attempted, on a
smaller scale, the same rash experiment th<^|
had just been defeated in before the
and Malakoff, the assailants lost two thc?aml
i out of their army of twelve thousandths.
From these statistics it appears^^PWtlcs
in the open field arc geiierallyj^R bloodyj
though not always, than assault^^Htrenched
j positions. The rea.-on is. thai^Qffie formcfl
case the entire army is usually engaged, 1^
in the latter only the storming column. The
loss by those actually occupied on t^^ttack
is always heavier, however, tha^t^^-eragc
loss of an army in the open would
seem, also, that the allies, in^M^latter repulse,
suffered as severely as thJKuglishat X.
Orleans?a defeat which has aflpys been considered
one of the most sanguinary on record.
AN IMPORTANT LETTER.
Tin' NCw Vi?rk Time* of Wednesday publishes.
under its filiturial head. tin; following
letter. containing a statement from "high and
reliable" authority, of the views of the K m purer
Xapnh.on upon the Crimean campaign. Ii i
is pretended that these views were expressed j
iu conversation with the writer of the letter, I
but whether or not ibis be true they are eont
sidered sutlieieullv -trikin-j: to be worth atteni
. " rtion
:
Inis, July, IS.").
I'nl ili.. i liuoii ?*# 111k r.illv. both in France
Mini KnjJainl, is iiidiii?*<1 to look uj>?m the sicire
of Sevastopol as substantially a failure, ami
tlm t-:ini]>:iiviii in tlu* t'liniea as a niisiake.
The Kmporor does not at all coin.ur in this ;
view of the subject. He expresses his opinion
i very freely in conversation with his intimate
I Vie ii ?|s, ami maintains that, the Allies arc
marching steadily towards; a complete victory
o\vr llussia. In one conversation with an '
Kmj 1 ish officer, hehl in my presence, the Knipi-ror
spoke substantially as follows :
' I here never has heeli a sieiiv of Scbastopol.
f.>r the first step to constitute a si cm; is investment.
The llussian army has been posted
in extended line between Simphcivpol and So- j
bastopol, its centre bcinit' moveable, at one
time coiieeiitrated on fnkerm.itin and at another
on Ihtksi-seiai. Tim riuht winir of the
force rt -i on Sehastopol. as the riirht winjr of
i lie Kmjisli troops at Waterloo rested on IIouootllUolit.
' Tlir Anglo-French army iia.s not been large
I'liuiieb to extend iis lines so as to give face
to tlie Russians, so we have occupied ait entrenched
po.-itiou opposite their right wing at
Seba>topo| ; ami while we have been attacking.
not bc.-ieging, this post, we have been constantly
ouillankc<l by the liussian left. If
there has been a siege at ail. it is the AllgloFivueh
army that has been besieged.
/ iimi'/i <iiji ill hit hrs a/ flh ( I'lill'ilH
<ii .it itii ti/ii In In fill/ mi'ii iii'ii/i ! iiiii . it nil I i''m/<
.?.% in'/. !/ sutts/i11/ mill nit/ iii llii I'isn/ls. The
pi i.pie of I'"ranee ami Kiigland want a feat of
arm.-, ami perhap.-the peojile ot America wouhl
applaml another Sdcm.-ki ami Aloskowa. No!
France in 1a lo et'os.-eil the arid steppes and
deadly -now- of Ku.-siu. I will now make
Kil.->iu traverse Iter own wilderiles-es to meet
it.- on her frontier. Tin.'re is nof a man win
enters the Crimea that has not undergone all
we >n tie red in the retreat from Moscow. There :
i not a regiment that arrives at IVrekop that
i.- tint decimated. \\ hole battalli<>ns have
In . n eii^ulphed. The K u.-siau lo>s according
f ? their own estimate rendered to the Kmpcror
\ n In la- last I'eeelnbcr. amounted to two hundred
and seventy thousand. The Allied troops
at that time had Hot lost one tenth of that tietire.
L am eoiitent to protract the struggle in
the Crimea on tlie<e terms."
' hi another occasion lie observed
A Kits-ian army is not recruited with t'aeilitv.
Men can be had. but no soldiers.?
The Russian peasantrv require from two to
three years exercise at drill bclbrc they are lit
for the ranks. We have nearly extirpated the
i/Hi of their forces?those which the Czar has
taken many veal's to create. Kiigland and
France, on the contrary, grow stronger as the
-tni-jcle proceeds; our peasantry in a few
weeks become -launch troops, and the lire of
war. which burns -lowly at tir-t anions our
population, increases with reverse.''
uaiti. the Kmpcror observed :
< It would be folly to inflict merely a wound
upon Russia, from which she would soon recover.
I.ct us rather establish a running sore
in her side, from which her strength will run
out. .Sebastopol is draining her system. The
future will judge my tactics, but the people are
S 1 .1 _ l>
too small to .see lar arotyiiu ineiu.
It is confidently stated that Louis Napoleon
in person will command in the foithcuining
campaign in Moldavia and llussian Poland.?
The new levy of 140,000 is destined for this
field of action and will supersede the Austrian
army of occupation. The object of this campaign
will be the erection of a Polish republic j
comprising Yolhynia, Poland and Ucssarabia. j
fu case l'russia dissents, an advance made by ,
an Anglo-l'rcnch army upon her cis-llhenish !
! provinces and the Jialtic fleet, will keep her in i
check; while Lombardyand Hungary arc moved
up to block the interference of Austria,
i The end of all this will be an empire of repub\
lies. Turkey will be obliterated from the map
' of Europe and form a nest of Uyzaiitiiio .States, '
into which (Ireece and perhaps Hungary may
tall. The last great iJuvopoau war commenced
with republicanism and ended with continued i
monarchy; this present struggle commences i
with a battle of the monarchs, and will end 1
with confirmed republics.
CONVERSATION.
Among a large proportion of young womcil,
; and especially among those who are not rciuar,
kable for the strength of their understandings,
1 and who have not been accustomed to estimate
[ the worth of objects according to the standard
[ of reason and religion, conversation loaded
: with flatteries, as silly as they are gross, too ofJ
ten finds welcome hearers. Hence also, dis!
course is coufincd, in circles of this descrip:
tion, to scenes, topics, and incidents, which
I embrace little more than the amusements of
' the preceding or ensuing afternoon ; the looks
and the dress of the present company, or of
1 their acquaintance ; petty anecdotes of the
| neighborhood, and local scandal. Is it not
wondcrfu^^en, that the wish prevalent in
1 most mct^^Ml especially 111 young muu, iu
Mender thflTIiselvcs acceptable iu sucial inter-1
Bcour.se to the female sex, should betray them
' into a mode of behavior which they perceive to
Lbe so.fj^erally welcome '( It is wonderful
[that htfMtho discovers trilling to be the way to
jB^asc^hould become a triflcr? that he who,
S^Kthc casual introduction of a subject which
^Hmcd to call upon'the reason to exert itself,
BBus brought an ominous yawn over the couuf\
tcuance of his fair auditor, should guard
i against a repetition of the ottcucc ?
Hut it is not only to women of moderate cai
pacify that hours of trifling and flippant conversation
are found acceptable. To these of
. superior talents they are not unfrequently
kuown to give a degree of entertainment, great.
er thau, on slight consideration, we might have
expected. The matter, however, may be ea
sily explained. Some women, who are endowed
with .strong mental powers, are little inclined
to the trouble of exerting them. They
love to indulge a supine vanity of thought ;
listen to nonsense without dissatisfaction, beeanse
to listen to it requires no effort; neither
search, nor prompt, others to search, deeper
than the surface of the passing topic of discourse
; Jind were it not for an occasional re
murk tliat indicates discernment, or a iook oi
intelligence which fleams through the listlcssness
of sloth, would ..scarcely be suspected of
judgment ami penetration. While these persons
rarely seem, in the common intercourse of
life, to turn their abilities to the advantage
either of themselves or of their friends; others,
gifted with equal talents, are tempted to misapply
them by the unconsciousness of possessing
tlmm. Vain of their powers, and of their
dexterity in the use of tlieni, they cannot resist
the impulse which they feel to lead a pert
eoxeoiuhial young man, whenever he falls in
their way, to expose himself.
The prattle which thev despise, they encourage
because it amuses tlicm by rendering
the speaker ridiculous. They lead liini on,
unsuspicious of their design, and secretly pluming
himself on his happy talents in rendering
himself agreeable, and delighted the most
when lie is most the object of derision from
one step of folly to another. By degrees they
contract an habitual relish from the style of
conversation which enables them at once to display
their own wit. and to gratify their passion
for mirth, and their taste for the ludicrous.?
They become inwardly impatient when it Hags
and more impatient when it meets with interruption.
And if a man of grave aspect and
more wakeful reflection, presumes to step within
the circle, they assail the unwelcome intruder
with a volley of brilliant railery and sparkling
repartee, which bears down knowledge
and learning before it, and convulses the delighted
auditor with peals of laughter, while
lie labors in his heavy accoutrements, after his
light-armed antagonist, and receives at every
turn a shower of arrows, which he can neither
parry nor withstand.?Uonv Journal.
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
The Boston /> 'jrnjiJi?the special organ
of anti-slaverv in Massachusetts?writes an
article to show that the next President must
be a slaveholder or a supporter of slavery, in
case the election >hall go to the House of Rep
resentatives, as is generally anticipated. The
following is the language of the Constitution
a> providing for such an emergency:
" The Houset?f Representatives shall choose
immediately, by ballot, tile President : hut it
lf/>i.<t hi/ th / ///, tlii roll .< shall hi' title i
hi/ .Stilt'S. thi i'i iit'i si utiitioii from nirli Jsfufi
/in > ia;/ "in rntr-; a ijuoruiu for this purpose
>hall consist of a member or members iron;
two-thirds of the States, mill a majoriti/ nt
ill '//< St ah s s/in/l hi hi ft ssi i n/ to a rhoirc.
There are. says the Telegraph, thirty-one
States, sixteen being a majority. There are
lift ceil slave States, not one of which would
vote for an Anti-Nebraska man. In addition
to these fill ecu slave States, California haschosen
two Slavery Democrats, who, in all probability.
would vote with them. The State oi
Iowa has a divided delegation, one Anti-Nebraska
man and one Nebraska Democrat. Met
vote will thus, probably, be lost. The other
States, fourteen in number, would vote for an
Anti-Nebraska man. So, if the issue should
be Nebraska and Anti-Nebraska, the vote
would stand thus:
A ib rn slid. Ant i' A
Arkansas, Maine,
Missouri, . New Hampshire,
Florida, Vermont,
I 'aliforuia, Massachusetts,
South Carolina, Rhode Island,
North Carolina, Connecticut,
Delaware, New York,
Maryland, New Jersey,
Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Heorgia, Ohio,
V liiltrtuin I AI
-VI?(Uil Hid j
.Mississippi, Wisconsin,
Texas, Indiana,
Louisiana, Illinois?14 States.
Tennessee, | Divided.
Kentucky?10 States.]Iowa?1 State.
It will be seen from the above that if the
election goes to the House of Representatives,
the slave-holders will again triumph.
AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART.
Pauls, Thursday, July 12, 1855.
A case of most romantic interest has lately
been pending bciurc one uf tlio French civil
tribunals?a case which will be read with avidity
by those who believe in the endurance
of deep-seated, sure-euough love. I think
that the facts of the present case will well repay
a perusal, and therefore give a condensation.
Sixty-five years ago, or in 1790, a young
Englishman, named William Anderson, who
was possessed of considerable fortune, made
what was rare in those days?a continental
tour?and in the course of his wauderiugs visited
the old city of Nancy. There he became
acquainted with a young Irish woman, bloomiug
and beautiful as a matter of course, whose
name was Catharine liurthe: she was the
daughter of a game-keeper of the Prince dc
Conde. and the ardent voumr Anderson concci
" f > u
vcd such a violent passion for her that ho vowed
that he would never think of marrying any
one else. These facts, it should he understood
have been brought out in a cold court of justice,
and have never been recorded on the
warm pages of a novel.
The political disturbances which broke out
about this period drove young Anderson home
to England, but did not drive his love for
Catharine Burthc from his head?far from it.
He wrote numerous letters to the gamekeeper's:
daughter, all breathing the depth of his attachment
; he did more?he sent her remittances
of money ; but war soon breaking out,
all his epistles and drafts were intercepted, noi
could lie ever receive any tidings of his lovec
one.
On the establishment of peace in 1815, oi
twenty-five years afterwards, the more thai
middle-aged William Anderson, with the fluim
of love burning as fiercely us ever, hurrici
over to France, and proceeded post haste U
Nancy; but there lie could learn no tiding of
Catharine Hurt he : she had departed, but no
one could tell when or where. For twenty
years, or until 1835, he continued to seek her
?he stuck to it with a partinaeity that would
have tired out Japhet in search of a father?
but without success. He employed the police,
he set secret agents to work, he hunted up and
down himself, but the track of the lady no one
could discover.
At length Mr. Anderson tried the benefits
of advertising and this time he got on the right
trail. A notice was inserted in the Journal
do la Mcurthc, and to his inexpressible delight
it was answered l>y Catharine herselt. lie
hurried off to see her, he was burning to einhrace
his long lost Catharine?but when he
reached her residence, he found that she was
Catharine Burthe no more? ?She had been
M'me Catharine de Tithau Lauenville for
more than forty years, and was a grandmother!
lfere was a blow, and a hard one, to a person
who had lived and loved as long and as
ardyutly as .Mr. William Anderson, and in
tho sad moment of his cruel ^isappointmoiitjl
he started buck for England. But
there he found out that, notwithstanding, lie
had arrived at the mature and discreet age of
seventy odd, his passion was unabated and in
the extremity of his undying love he wrote and
demanded permission to live near his ancient
flame. This prayer was allowed, and from
that period tohis*death, which occurred a few
years since, he had the satisfaction of breathing
the air of the same neighborhood, to look up
>11 nrettv much the same hills, vallcvs and
trees, and to move about generally in the midst
of the same surroundings, the sum total, as
near as can be ascertained, of all the satisfaction
or gratification the old man had.
It is difficult to conceive a more romantic
case of enduring attachment; but how was it
all brought to light? Through the law. It
seems that on first ascertaining that his beloved
Catharine was a grandmother, Mr. Anderson
made a will giving all his property to a
nephew of the same name : but after residing
for a space in her vicinity, he changed his
mind, revoked a former will, oiit offhis nephew,
and bequeathed everything to his ancient flame.
The nephew has made every attempt, through
i the proper courts, to have the last will broken;
: but it has been decided that the claim of Madi
amc dc Tithan-Iiuneuvillc nee Catharine Burthe,
was perfectly valid. Such is love, at times,
' and such is law.? Correspondence of the Xno
t Orients Picayune.
i I MILITARY CAPACITY OF THE
, ! SOUTH.
( I From the flippant manner in which some of
) the Free Soil journals talk of an easy conquest
; of the South, in the event of civil war, we
i conclude that they have not studied very att
teutively the resources or the history of this
section of the country. It does not follow that,
: because the free States have a majority of num!
bcrs, they can produce a majority of fighting
I men. Their numbers will be reouired to till
i their fields, whilst the .South, iu the event of
. war, need make no draft from its laboring popu.
latiuu. .Moreover, it will possess unlimited
? supplies of food, and have the additional ad.
vantage of fighting on its own ground. Eveu
in an aggressive war, the South can in all pro
bability bring a more numerous army into the
North. These Free Soil braggarts hu e fori
gotten, if they ever studied, the annals of the
! Mexican war, which proved that the South,
cveu iu a war of invasion, and that of a distant
land, could out-number the more populous
North. To that war she gave not only her
due proportion of money, but much more than
her due proportion of men, as will appear by
the following statement of the number of volunteers
:
From the South?Kcgiuients 33
Hattulions 14
Companies 120
Total No. of volunteers from the South 45,040
From the North but 22 regiments were sent,
ami the whole number of volunteers was...23,04#
Thus, iu the Mexican war, the South furnished
nearly two voluutcers to the North's
one. Bear in mind that the population of the
North is nearly two-thirds greater than that of
the .South, and it will be seeu that the South
in the Mexican war furnished more than three
times her due proportion of volunteers ! What
would she do in a war upon her owu soil?in
a war for all that man holds dear?in such a
war as Abolition would force upon the South ?
Every male, from the boy of twelve to the man
of seventy, would be a soldier; literally and
truly, the whole population would be in arms.
Can the Free Soifers promise themselves much
?uoh a struggle ??Richmond Dispatch.
'Ion,' the intelligent correspondent of the
Baltimore writes from Washington : During
the present suspense of active operations
in the Crimea, we may calmly contemplate the
aspects and the results of this great war?a war
that took the world by surprise?a war whicl^
no statesman can account for or justify. As
to the results of this war, I wish to cite the
opinion of an eminent German physican, who
is in the Russian service, and has lately published
iu Berlin many curious and instructive
observations on the subject. I give nothing
more than his conclusion, to wit?that whoa
Sebastopol shall be taken, the Allies will not
be nearer to the realization of their hopes than
before their conquest. It was more, than a
war. It is tin: first phase of an Historical
tpocli! It is in this light that we are to view
the struggle. The war, terrible as it is, has
beeD just commouced. That it will result in
the development of popular streogth and republican
principles in Europe, is the belief and
the hope of all, except of those who provoked
, it, and now blindly conduct it.
'Fellow-citizens!' said a stuuip orator,
1 iwc have the best country in the world and
the best (jovcrnmeut. What people on the
' face of the earth enjoy more privileges than
? we do ? Here we have liberty to speak, and
r liberty of the press, without onerous despotism.
I What, fellow-citizens, is more desirable than
this? Do you want anything more, my eouur
trymen.' 'Yes sir-co!' sang out a red-faced
1 loafer, 'this is dry work. I want a suck out
2 of that flash sticking out of your coat pocket.
1 IH? ?
3 BoF Man was made to mourn. ^
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