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From the New England Farmer.
JUST FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
BY A. WILLABD HALtOCK.
I'm thinking of the place, John,
Where oft we used to roam,
That little cot beneath the trees
We called our forest home.
And well I know you'll ne'er forget,
Whate'er your lot below,
That dear old spot we loved so well,
Just fifteen years ago.
I'm thinking of the school, John,
The master, too, so grim,
And how when he would turn his back,
We twain would mimic him.
The master sleeps death's dreamiest sleep,
The bright green turf below?
Onr childhood's home has vastly changed.
Since fifteen years ago.
Last summer time I wandered, John,
To where we used to play;
The school house was not on the hill,
The brook had dried away;
The old mill-Wheel had ceased to move,
The cottage was laid low?
The faces were not those we knew
Jnst fifteen years ago.
t >V,ft ohnrchVftrd. John.
1 WCIUUCtCU VMV v~. V r - -And
stepped beyond the wall;
The graves were many, and the grass
O'er them grew thick and tall;
Upon the stones I read the names
Of those who slept below,
And they were names we loved to speak
Just fifteen years ago.
With saddened heart I turned away,
And gained the dusty road,
And from that spot so dear to me,
With rapid step I strode;
I could not bear to look around,
It made me sad to know
That all were gone whom he had loved.
Just fifteen years ago.
My eye3 are wet with tears, John,
They are falling while I write,
Friends that we loved are cold in death,
And I am sad to night;
But, John, our sorrows soon will end.
Life's stream will cease to flow,
And we rest where erst we played,
Juet fifteen years ago.
Cl)c (Tatar in OEnrojie.
THE LATE BATTLE IN EUROPE.
New York, July 13.
The steamer Etna, which saile-1 from Liverpool
on the evening of the 2d instant,
(a few hours later than the Canada,) arrived
to-day.
It is believed in some quarters in Paris
that the French loss at the battle of Solferino
is about as follows : Neill's division, sis
to seven thousand; Hillier's, nearly five
thousand; McMahon's, two thousand five
hundred; Canrobert's, one thousand; besides
casualties to the artilery and other corps.
The French people are dissatisfied at the
very meagre details Tbo Paris Patrie says
that Napoleon had an epaulette shot away.
Some of the French regiments were nearly
cut to pieces.
The Piedmonteso suffered so severely as
to be unable to form a line of battle.
Vienna, June 28.?Some days must
elapse before complete Austrian returns can
be procured.
Some of the Italian regiments have become
very difficult to manage, deserting by
scores and fifties. At Trieste, a whole battalion
pronounced in favar of Victor Emanuel.
A vessel bearing the American flag
had been detected iu the act of taking deserters
on board.
Second Despatch.?It is reported that
knfrln nf Sr.lfnrinn nonrlv RVerV officer
au luc uavuu vi K/viivi*uv uv*.j ^
and man belonging to the artillery of the
Imperial Guard was put horn dc combat.
The Austrian accounts admit 20,000 killed,
wounded and missing. For several hours,
the chances of the battle seemed in favor ol
the Austrians, who retook Solferino, but the
French rallied and broke the Austian centre
and won the victory. Hilliers' corps sus^
tained the attack for three hours before sua
cor arrived.
Garibaldi was ordered to occupy the up
per Valtelioe and the Tynlese were occu
pied in fortifying the passes.
The military commissions of the Frank
fort Diet approve of the demand for mon
men for the army of observation.
Twenty thousand corpses were buried afte
the battle of Solferino, and many more wen
lying in the ditches and corn fields.
The French were making immense pre
parations for operations on the Adriatic.?
The French Admiral was about to open hi;
sealed orders.
Sackville, July 13.?the despatch for
warded from Halifax by the horse expres
was received to-day.
The following is the latest telegraphet
from Paris to Liverpool:
The Moaiteur publishes the following despatch
from the Emperor to the Empress:
"Yallego, Friday.?The whole army has
passed the Mincio. The Sardinians have
invested Peschiera. By the arrival of Prince
Napoleon's corps of 35,000, I am enabled
to approach Verona without compromising
other positions."
The Monitenr contains the official bulletin
of the battle of Solferino. The enemies' force
amounted to from 250,000, to 270,000 men.
The French loss amounts to 720 officers
and 12,000 men killed and wounded, including
7 colonels and 7 lieutenant colonels killed
and five generals wounded.
Despatches from Vienna say that the first
correspondent asserts that the Austrian loss
was ascertained io be 1,900 killed and
100 wounded.
A Paris letter gives a few details of the
first great battle in Italy. General Neil,
with thirty five thousand men and two divisions
of cavalry, in all about fifty thousand,
were engaged till 4 P. M., when he
succeeded in forcing the Austrian centre,
after twelve hours' fighting. The Austrians
bad brought up their reserves of eighty
thousand, and the Allies theirs of fifty thousand.
It was a most critical moment.?
Three hours more, and the general fightiDg
ended to the advantage of the Allies. The
Zouaves are said to be much cut up, and the
1st Chasseurs of Algeria terribly treated.?
Four generals were wounded and one killed.
Fourteen thousand beds have been commanded
at Milan for the wounded.
The reason why the Austrians crossed the
Mincio to fight is attributed to the suggestion
of the Prince of Prussia, who said if
they gained the battle, the intervention of
Prussia would not be needed. If the Allies
followed the Austrians across the water that
would alter the question. The French government
does not appear alarmed at the military
movements of Prussia. The garrison
on the entire frontier have not been reinforced.
Marshall Pelissier has made arrangements
with the railways to convey thirty
thousand troops from Strasburg withio
twelve hours, so that one hundred thousand
men may be assembled on the Rhine within
thirty-six hours.
Paris, June 29.?The Moniteur contains
details of the battle of Solferino, but which
are reports of the different attacks of the
corps d'arm.ee. The Moniteur does not state
the number of killed and wounded on either
side. "The Austrians on the first retreat
across the Mincio desired to inspire us with
adventurous confidence. Thus we should
deploy our lines to a great extent, and enable
them to attack our columns thus distant
from each other. But the Emperor without
departing from that exalted prudence which
regulates courage, the further the army advanced
the more the columns strengthened
themselves by concentration. Solferino is
one of those battles which, if they do not
end a war, at least allow the solution to be
foreseen. The Emperor of Austria commanded
in person, and had thus been able
to see of what a nation he had made himself
the enemy."
Turin 28th.?The Piedmontese Gazette
publi&hes official details of the battle of Solferino,
written the same evening. Accorto
positive information, twenty-five thousand
Sardinians held ground against fifty thousand
Austrians, who occupied a formidable position,
from which they were dislodged by
the Sardinians, under the orders of the King.
The loss of the Sardinians is said to be about
one thousand killed, and same number wounded.
The Times' correspondent at Paris reports
that a project is opened for mobilizing one
1 1 1 f xl XT_ a.* 1 f\ J
nunarea oauauoas 01 ine aciouai uuaru,
and re-organizing them for garrison duty.?
On the 8th an aide-de-camp of the Emperor
Alexander left St. Petersburg for Italy,
said to be bearer of an autograph letter from
the Czar to the Emperor Napoleon.
Chances of Peace.?From Christmas
to Easter, Europe was engaged in the endeavor
to avoid war and to escape the solution
of the Italian question by force of
arms. Had Lord Derby been less Austrian,
and Austria less obstinate, Francis
Joseph might have held his own in Italy at
the price of abandoning what belonged to
others. By the sacrifice of a few illegal
treaties and of an undue influence, the Kaiser
might have retained undisturbed possession
of the Lombardo Venetian kingdom.?
It was not to be so., Austria drew the sword
and struck for her wrongs, instead of re
maining content with her rights. From
Easter to mid-summer the tide of war has
rolled eastward, and now the huge w^ve
pauses a moment before the last Austrian
defence, soon to overwhelm it. Before
Michaelmas pen and paper will have their
| full scope, diplomacy will be arranging the
terms of peace; but not yet. Negotiation
is at this moment absurd. It is idle to suppose
that Prussia can now step in to arrest
the Allies at the Mincio, and save some por;
tion of her Italian kingdom for Austria.?
France and Sardiniaarepledged to free Italy.
1 It was Austria who appealed to the arbitra1
ment of the sword, and by the fortune of war
she must abide. Now, it is scarcely presumptuous,
after such a succession of victories,
to suppose that the allied arms will
succeed in their object. The battle of Solferino
has shattered the whole strength of
the Austrian army. Peschiera must fall.
The Mincio will be in the command of the
J Allies. The famous quadrilateral will become
a triangle. There remains, then, only
r the siege of Verona. This proving succe^s'
ful, combined with the advance of Prince
Napoleon, of the Adriatic expedition, and
- of the gunboats up the Pu, will leave no al
ternative to the Austrians but to seek safes
ty in the flight. Italy will then be free, and
the work of France and Sardinia be nccom
plished.
JJS?" Solferino, which is now given as the
1 site of the great battle, fought on the 24th
Jane, between the Austrians and the French
and Sardinians, will be found nearly southeast
from Breseca, and distant about twenty
miles, and about the same distance southwest
from Verona, and near the line of approach
from the latest position of the Allies
towards the Mincio at Goito.? Charleston
Courier.
Attempt to Poison Napoleon III.?
We take the following extract from the letter
of a correspondent of the Providence
Journal, dated Florence, June 10th. The
story may be true or may not?at all events,
it will be new to our readers, and we give
it for what it is worth :
A nfflopr here tells the following
story. He says it has not been printed in
the French journals?and certainly we have
seen no account?but the fact is known to
the army, and the story is true. On Good
Friday, if at no other time in the year, all
good Catholics partake of the communi on.
On that day, the 21st of April last according
to his habit, the Emperor was to receive
the consecrated wafer in the chapel of the
Tuileries. Before going to the chapel, be
was told that he must not eat the holy particle
that was to be offered him, as it had
been prepared with a subtle and malignant
poison for the purpose of destroying his life.
The informant was a party to the diabolical
secret, but horror of conscience and reverence
for the Emperor, led him to betray the
; conspiracy. The Emperor knelt at the altar
during the mass, but did not eat the
bread. When the offico was finished, the
officiating priest was invited into the aparti
ment of the Empress to partake of a collai
tion, while the wafer was submitted to chemical
examination- It was found to contain,
i as the informant had said, a concentrated
poison. The priest is now in a fortress.in
Algeria. The soldier says that the priest
was an instrument of the Jesuits; but. whether
in Italy, Austria, France or England,
is not understood. So much for the story.
Military Value of Railways.?The
German papers express their astonishment
at the omission of the Austrians to tear up
the railroad track, and so destroy the military
means which the French have so utilized.
The Vienna Presse, improving the
topic, points out tho fact that the French
onlrliorc hrniiffhfc nut frnm thfi TfiSerVf! St
Montebello, approached so near the scene of
action in the trains, that they commenced
firing from the windows before they disembarked.
Activity of Napoleon.?A private letter
from the seat of war says that since the
active work began, Napoleon knocks up two
horses every day?being in the saddle from
4 o'clock in the morning; and some of his
grooms have just reached Paris for a new
supply from the imperial stud. His indefatigable
inspection of all matters involving
supply, commissariat and reinforcements,
was the theme of the whole army.
jfcaF* The French Emperor employed the
brothers Godard to tukc an observation from
a balloon of the cosition of the enemy at
Castelnedolo. M. Godard rose to a height
of from 500 to 700 yards, stopped for a minute
or so, and then descended again, with
as much regularity as he had shown in ascending.
It is believed that the balloon
will be a useful auxiliary in the war.
Ipscellaiwus
A PERILOUS HOUR.
I was apprenticed to a decorative painter,
but being of a bold, danger loving turn, I
ran away to sea before my time was out.
After some years of knocking about, I
got tired of maritime life, and having married
and determined to stick to the shore, I
got work with a builder whose peculiar lino
lay in erecting tall chimneys. I had always
a cool head, and could stand on elevations
that made most men dizzy, and so I was
soon a favorite hand with my master.
We had on one occasion to fasten a lightning
conductor, which had sprung, near the
top of a very high chimney, and Mr. Staming
choose myself and one James Colly to
do it, ?.s the most during of his men. About
half dozen of us went that morning with a
hand-cart, containing the necessary ropes,
blocks, the kite, and a box or cradle. Having
flown the kite, and dropped its line
across the top of the chimney, we soon drew
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up a rope, at toe cnu 01 wmcu wus u ujock,
through which ran the line whereby we
were to be drawn up.
Colly had ODly been married a fortnight,
and as we stepped into the cradle, the men
banteringly asked him if he hadn't a. last
dying speech to leave for bis wife; and Mr.
Staming having shaken hands with us, and
bid us be cool and steady, we were drawn slowly
up. It was known all over the town
that the conductor was to be fixed, though as
the day was not named, I did not expect we
should have had many spectators; but as
we got higher, and the view opened tinder
our feet, I saw that the streets were thronged
with starers. Colly was very quiet; and
when I waved my cap to the people, he said
snappishly that this was no time for such
folly, and that he thought I might think of
better things than how to amuse these gaping
fools, who he dared say, desired no better
fun than to see us meet with an accident.
1 had come up in the best heart, thinking,
indeed, nothing about the danger wc
incurred ; but us wc drew nearer and nearer1
to the top, and had nothing, as it seemed,
belonging to this world nearer to us but
j this straining rope, I begun to see the peril
of ray undertaking. What Colly thought
| of it, 1 don't know?he sat at the bottom of
: the cradle, never looking out, though I told
him he would do better to keep his eyes about
him, so that he might get used to the
height.
What! What was this ? Here we were
within a yard of the top projecting coping,
slacking speed in the least! I guessed in a
moment that they mistook our height, and
that with the great purchase of that windlass
the rope would be broken, when the
cradle came to the block. I sprang up, and
catching the rope, climbed hand over hand
to the coping. Colly, too, sprang up and
followed me. He, too, got safe; and still
they went on winding up, winding up., till
the rope sung again with the strain there
was upon it.
Then it snapped, and cradle, bauling-line,
and the main rope, with its block, fell down.
Thus were we two' poor men left in a most
desperate situation.
Poor Colly was completely dazed with affright
; and the moment he got on the coping,
which was only a foot and a half broad,
ho called out: "Where can I pray? where
can I kneel and pray"? and 60 I said, very
solemnly: "Sit down, Jem; God will hear
us if we pray to him sitting down."
The color of his face was a transparent
blue; and it was distorted and twitching, as
if he was in a fit. His eyes were very wild,
and drawn into a squint, and he couldn't
sit 6teady, but swayed his body backward
and forward, so that I felt certain that he
must topple over.
"Come, Jem, lad," I said, thinking to
take the fright off him ; "it's bad enough,
but it can be mended. Hitch up a bit. and
put your arm round the rod?onaybe it will
steady you."
"Where are you ? and where is the rod?"
he asked in a very hollow voice, though he
was looking straight at me, and the rod was
only a foot or two to his left. By this I knew
that he was gone blind with the fright; and
self-preservation said, Don't go near him ;
but then I remembered his new-wedded wife,
and that taking him all through he was a
very decent fellow; and I thought how I
should have liked him to have done if T had
been in his case; so I determined to run a
bit of risk in his favor. Of course, I durst
not get on my feet; but working myself on
my hands I got to him, and putting my arm
round his waist, and telling him as cheerily
as I could to keep cool, I got him with his
arm round the rod. It had, however, sprung
the stapling for five yards down, and was so
loose that it swayed with him, and I expected
every minute to see him fall head and
heels down, and the rod tearing away with
him.
There wc? great bustle down below, people
were rushing round the yard : and pushing
to get in, but as yet there were but some
score of men at the foot of the chimney, and
by close looking, 1 saw them put somebody
on a board, and carry him gently towards
the engine-house. One of the men walked
n o V\o f in l>io V* o n /I flinn T lrnnnr
aiLL! yt il 11 a uat xu uin ijuuu j uiuu x nutn
that someoody had been hurt by the falling
cradle, and that it must be poor Mr. Staining,
as none of our men wore hats. Not
a face was turned up to us. I learned afterwards
that our men were so taken up with
sorrow that so good a man and so kind a
master should be killed, that for awhile they
had never a thought about us; and the people
outside imagined that we had come down
with the cradle, so thus were we left in total
isolation for full twenty minutes.
While I was watching them below feeling
very sorry for my poor master I was startled
by a wild laugh from Colly, who began making
catcalls, and yelling as if be was possessed.
Then I knew, of course, that he
was gone mad.
Even now I tremble when I think of that
time; it was horrible to peer down the snatt,
black and sooty, and yawning, and scarcely
less so to look outside and see a flight of
pigeons sweeping round at considerable less
height than we were. Then Colly?he was
so dazed that he could not see me?called
my name three times, as I sat fairly cringing
in dread that his sight might clear, and with
a ghastly grin, and chewing with his mouth,
he began working himself towards me. I
worked away from him as noiselessly as I
could, with every hair of my head standing
on end. He followed me twice round that
horrid coping, making most hideous noises,
and then being come a second time to the
rod, he got an idea in his muddled head
that I was fallen over, for he never lost a
sense of where he was all through this trying
time. Then he tried to get on his feet;
but, at the risk of ray own life, I could not
let the poor fellow rash on certain death
without one more effort; and I cried out for
him to sit down, and he cowered down like
a whipped dog all trembling. I suppose it
had been put into his head that I was a
dead man speaking to him.
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mat morning my wue naa got a lener
from hersister in Canada, and as there were
parts we could not make out, I had put it
in my pocket, intending to get our timekeeper
to read it for me. It had a scrap of
uncovered paper at the bottom; and by another
good Providence, I happened to have
a bit of red lead-pencil in my pocket. I
wrote on the paper, "Get us down?Colly's
gone mad j" this I shut in my tobacco box,
and was fortunate enough just to drop at the
feet of a couple of men who were standing
by the engine-house door.
I Directly all was bustle to rescue us. They
got the kite up again, and I watched it
mounting Blowly?slowly, and when the
slack twine fell between Colly and myself, I
took it in my hand and could have kissed
it. Poor Colly with his teeth chattering,
still fancied I was a spirit, and I did all I
could to favor that idea until they got another
cradle up to us. Then having got him
in, I scrambled in myself, and clutching
him fast, I shouted for them to lower; and
so we were got down, he wrestling and fighting
with me all the way.
He was in a madhouse for some months,
and then went to soavengering, for he never
could face any height again; and I never
had the same clear head since that adventure.?Chamber's
Journal.
Is the World a Mistake??One of
the saddest mistakes which good people have
made is in supposing the world to be a mis^^^^^^^^^eople?and
their number
is not small?the earth is but a theatre of t
pain and sickness, sorrow and death. Joy c
is allusive, pleasure a cheat, laughter a
mockery, and happiness a thing impossible, c
and not even to be looked for on this side (
the grave. The performance of all duty is f
the 'taking up' of what they call ?a cross.' t
They are actually afraid to be happy, under (
an overshadowing impression that they have t
no right to be happy in this life. They he- 8
licve that there is something intrinsically a
bad in the world they inhabit and all the s
joy that proceeds from it. They have an \
idea that the moral evil which afflicts the i
human race has struck in. All the suffer- i
ings of the brute oreation?their throes of a
labor, and sickness of body, and pains of t
death?are so many voices proclaiming the i
fatal failure of Adam. Human nature itself \
is an awful thing. God is a great lawgiver, t
an inexorable avenger, an awful judge, a 1
Being to be feared more than loved. Life s
is a trial?severe, unrelenting, perpetual.? f
All that seems good and graceful and glori- c
ous in the world is a hollow sham, for the
deception of the unwary and the ruin of the s
unwise. i
? ?
THE OLD TURNPIKE. j
Wo hear no more of the clinking hoof,
* And the stage coach rattling by;
For the steam king rnles the traveling world, ^
And the old pike's left to die, C
The grass creeps o'er the flinty path, a
And the stealthy daises steal
Where once the stage horse, day by day, '
Lifted his iron heel.
No more the weary stager dreads
The toll of coming morn; c
No more the bustling landlord runs '
At the sound of the echoing horn.
For the dust lies still upon <he road,
And the bright eyed children play
Where once the chattering hoof and wheel
Rattled along the way.
No more do we hear the cracking whip,
Or the strong wheel's rumbling sound :
And ho! the water drives ns on.
And an iron horse is bound!
The coach stands rusting in the yard,
And the horse has sought the plow, 1
We have spanned the world with on iron rail,
And the steam king rules us now!
The tfhl turnpike is a pike no more, ]
Wide open stands the gate ;
We have made us a road for our horses to stride,
And we ride at a flying rate ;
We have filled the vallev and leveled the hills,
And tunneled the mountain's side.
And r6und the rongh crag's dizzy verge
Fearlessly now wo ride. '
i
Oh! on with a haughty front!
A puff, a shriek a bound?
While tardy echoes wake too late <
To babble back the sound. i
And the old pike road is left alone,
And the stagers seek the plow;
We have circled the world with an iron rail,
And the steam king rules us now. i
DANCING. |
Rev. J. II. Brookes, late of Dayton. Ohio, |
and now pastor of the Second Church, of
St. Louis, lately preached a sermon on dan- |
cing, of which the St. Louis Presbyterian (
gives the following: ?
It is contended, he s&id, by those who are
in'favor of dancing, that it is no greater sin
than for a party of ladies to meet together j
and gossip. In the first place, replied Mr. y
B., Christian ladies don't gossip. But look- ?
ing at this as an argument, one who had (
told a falsehood might as well endeavor to i
excuse himself by saying that it was no more j
sin to lie than to steal. j
Dancing is alluded to in the Bible something
over twenty times; but in about all '
the cases in connection with idol or other .
worship, in the open air, and not with the
mingling of the sexes. David danced before
the ark, and was reproached for his folly.
Herodias danced and John the Baptist
lost his head. However, it was not because
of its b"ing a sin in itself \ that dancing has
ever been condemned by the good of all de- <
nominations, but because of its associations i
and tendencies. A young man, said Mr. B., i
in my former charge, was arraigned before j
the session on the four charges of dancing,
going to the theatre, intoxication, and pro- 1
fane swearing. On his arraignment, he con- j
fessed his shame and sorrow on account of <
the three latter charges. As to dancing, he
would yield nothing.- By tender counsel,
however, and a few days' thought upon the
subject, the young man made a confession, '
which made the dancing the greatest of all <
the sins for which he had been arraigned, as 1
it was the associations of the dance which '
led him, step by step, to the commission of '
the whole! '
Again: There is nothing that warrants <
the supposition that dancing is a duty; such i
being the case, it is not likely that any young 1
man or young lady, before going to dance, '
can or does ask God's blessing thereon.? 1
Nay more, when returning therefrom, weary, I
or excited by the hilarity of the occasion, 1
it is rot likely that the mind and heart can ]
be quietly and sweetly turned upon God and '
heaven, and the soul put in proper prepara- |
tion to meet its Judge, if called away be- 1
fore the dawn. i
We are enjoined to abstain from 'the appearance
of evil;' and as there is much in
the associations of the dance, such as the <
dress, the dissipating tendency, the light I
conversations, the captivating enchainment <
of the affections towards gaiety and world- I
ly pleasure, it must be that dancing has i
the appearance of evil. As Christians, there- .
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lore, we are in amy douuu to rciraiu uuui >
it. i
In this connection, it maybe urged that
danciog may be engaged in without excess,
and consequently no harm can ensue. Facts,
however, substantiate the assertion, that the
taste for it increases with every new participation,
until the young lady or gentleman
who began it in the parlor, longs for it in
the largest and most fashionable assmbly.
Again : The relish for dancing is a dangerous
sign, betokening a heart more allied
to,levity and worldly pleasure, than to humble
and prayerful consecration to Christ and
his cause.
It is also a grief to many of God's people,
who regard it as an unquestionable wrong.
And if Paul could say, <If eating meat cause
my brother to offend, I will eat qo meat while
the world stand,' is it not olwrly the Chris
ian's duty to be carefal 'lest he offend one a
if these little ones V b
In the days of persecution for righteous- if
less' sake, there was something to try the
christian. Now, a profession of religion is
K)pular, and all may be churoh members by
aaking apparently but little sacrifice for ^
Christ. Dancing seems almost the only b
hing whereby the young Christian may o
how a spirit of non-conformity to the world; b
i thing which even non-professors them- b
elves say is their portion, and with which ^
rhich the Christian should not interfere.? *
\nd that young Christian girl who engages t
n it, does so not only at the expense of her B
onl's interests, bat at the expense of the es- 6
eem and respeotfnl regard of the very yonng b
nan who requests her hand in the giddy 11
vhirl. And al*s! how sadly does the vir- 1
nnns maiden, (christian or not. compromise *
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ler modesty in having her waist encircled, *
is is too often the case, by some debauched *
bp, who is her partner in the immodest d
lance!
In conclusion, Mr. Brookes said he was 1
torry that there had been ohurch members a
vho had not been guiltless in this matter, ?
tnd hence the presentation of the whole sub- 1
ect. At a recent meeting of this session, '
he question had come before its members, 1
vho deemed it their duty to advise the 8
ihurch against such things, as being incon- t
istent, not only with the welfare, but with 1
he discipline of the ohurch.
Peace.?A soldier was wounded in one '
if the battles of the Crimea, and was carried ^
mt of the field. He felt that his wound was e
nortal, that life was quickly ebbing away; 8
tnd he said to his comrades who were carry- ^
ng him : 'Put me down: do not take the
rouble to carry me any farther: I am dy- *
They put him down, and returned to the
ield. A few minutes after an officer saw (
he man weltering in his blood, and asked (
lim if he could do any thing for him.
'Nothing, thank you.'
'Shall I get you a little water ?' said the :
jind-hearted officer.
'No, thank you: I am dying.'
'Is there nothing I can do for you ? Shall
[ write to your friends?'
'I have do friends you can write to. But
there is one thing for which I would be
much obliged: in my knapsack you will find
i Testament; will you open it at the 14th of
John ? and near the end of the chapter you
will find a verse that begins with 'Peace.'
Will you read it ?'
The officer did so, and read the words:
'Peace I leave with you, my peace I give
unto you: not as the world giveth, give I
anto you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.'
'Thank you, sir,' said the dying man; 'I
bave that peace; I am going to that Saviour;
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jroa IB Willi llic j x. rrauu uu uiuiu y uuu tu- |
itantly expired.
Railroad Slaughters.?Referring to ta- )
}les, regularly kept in that establishment, j
;he N. Y. Herald finds the number of per- j
sons killed and wounded by railroad aeoidents t
iuring the last six years and a half in the
United States recorded as follows, and contrasting
very unfavorably with similar tables t
for Europe: (
Killed. Wounded. ;
185 3 234 495
185 4 186 598 '
185 5 119 539
185 6 195 629 ,
'<>? 150 rtfio 1
www
1858 119 417
1859, six months 72 214
Total 1,052 8,414
The killed and wounded by similar accidents
in England, France, Belgium and Germany,
during the six years from the beginning
of 1850 to the close of 1855, only
amounted to the following figures:
Killed. Wounded.
Belgium 85 64
England 300 1,200
France 71 149 [
Germany 11 214 i
Total 417 1,425 j
This, says the Herald, shows a fearful j
kulnnnft nf homicides against the railroad
companies of the United States. Twice and
i half as many killed and nearly thrice as
many wounded here as in fourgreat countries
Europe, each of two of them greatly exceeding
the American Republic in population,
and one of them being at least equal to *
it in the number of inhabitants. How is y
this to be explained? What have the railway
directors to say for themselves in reply
to this indictment? What rrason is there
more lives should be lost by railroads here
than in any country of Europe with the same l
population ? None whatever. Now, the
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loss of life and nmD is aoouciweive wuicaoa (
great here as in the countries of Europe :
when the comparative population is taken j
into the account. (
Snatching at Straws.?Standing in a ?
shop door with a friend the other morning, ?
be wished to wager us that the next three ?
men that passed would bear straws in their
hands. 'Is there a bale of straw lyining
upon the side walk up the street ?' we asked. t
Laughing, he answered, 'There is.' True (
enough, of the six persons who came along, ]
5ve had straws in their hands, which they t
were toying with or nibbling between their j
teeth. The sixth, occupied with his own j
thoughts, pushed gravely on, paying no heed <
to such trifles as wisps or spears of straw.? j
Here, then, was a decided display of charac- ;
ter. The firet straw bearers were either men
at ease in mind and body, or they are easily
diverted from their course, by any chance (
allurement that crosses their path. Number j
six is more sure to look after number ooe, ]
and more likely to succeed in business affairs ]
of the world than either of the others, but (
he may not be so happy at heart. He is (
intent upon some enduring pursuit. He has ,
no thought of pleasure or the by play of life
*nd is looking strictly and straight forward
after the main chance. Straws, it is said, .
show which way the wind blows, and the i
ame liittle indexes may point as clearly tbe
ias and course of hnman character. This
3 one morality by the shop door.
Shooting Affair.?On Friday evening
ist, Owen Norment inflicted on Charles
'ittemary a mortal wound, of which j^ohnd
ie died on Sunday night last. Th^ oanse
f this affair is said to be: that Tittemary
iad made some charges against Norment's
lonesty. They met at Quinn's Grocery and
torment asked Tittemary if he still persised
in making those charges. On replying
hat he did, Norment deliberately pnt s cap
ipon his rifle, which he had previously loadd,
and shot him, the ball entering just a
ove the left nipple and going through him
to the wall, making a horrid wound. Titemary
was sitting and smoking, and alhongb
he most have seen Norment making
hese preparations, yet he did not notice them,
liter he was shot he remarked he way
lead man and fell over. Norment was entered
to make his escape. The Sheriff be g
oat of town no effort was made, as far
8 we have heard, to arrest him. On Satarlay
the Sheriff had bills printed, aod sent
various directions, bat as he was not anhorized
to offer a reward, they will be of
ittle service. This is the second case of
hootin?. which resulted in death, that has
oj ~ ?T?'.JTT ~~7~
?een perpetrated In that boose and within
wo feet of each other.?Charlotte Whig.
Criticism.?There is a well-known faile
told of an ancient painter who opened a
>icture to public criticism, requesting that
ivery person who observed a fanlt would put
k mark upon it. When the artist came, in
he evening, to take his paintgpg home, he
ound it one mass of marks of disapprobaion.
Every critic had found in it somehing
to condemn. The next day having
rarefully erased the marks, the painter again
lisplayed his work of art, requesting that
svery beholder who noticed a beauty would
)ut a mark upon it. At evening, he found
he canvass was covered with signs of approration.
Every part had found its admirers
n similar touches with those that had, only
he day previous, been condemned by the
sritics. Is not this fable true of the world
0 day ? Do not the majority of those who
sriticise, either to praise or condemn, follow
rach one, the bias of their own taste, rather
ban any just standard of literature or art?
Power oe Love.?Thackeray sayB that
<when a man is in love with one woman in
1 family, it is astonishing how fond he besomes
of every person connected with it.?
3e ingratiates himself with the maids; he
s bland with the butler; he interests himlelf
with the footman ; he runs on errands
'or the daughters; he gives and lends mon*
;y to the young son at college; he pats lit*
,le dogs which he would kick otherwise; he
imiles at old stories which would make him
jreak out in yawns were they uttered by
iny one but papa; he bears even with the
jontankerous old maiden aunt; he beats
ime when darlicg little fanny performs her
jiece on the piano; and smiles when wicked,
ively little Bobby upsets the coffee over his
.I.;**?
An Impostor.?-We have been requested
o re-publish the following, from the Owurlian
of yesterday. We lean that the same
dividual was in Columbia, and imposed
jpon the Masonic fraternity in this place:
"A correspondent of the Savannah Republican
warns the public generaHyand the
Masonic fraternity particularly, against a
man who has been travelling under the name
jf Dr. A. P. Jones, alias Wilson, and by
his plausible, insinuating manner, deluding
imiable and unsuspecting members of the
fraternity, eztortiog from them considerable
mms of money. We hope he will soon cease
? be so obiquitous in his character."
Carolinian.
Population.?The whole North Ameri;an
Continent has only 36,000,000 of inhabtacts,
hardly as much as France or Austria,
rhe whole of Central and South America
ias only 23,000,000; less, then, than Italy.
European Prussia, with its 60,000,000, has
is many inhabitants as America, Australia
ind Polynesia, together. More people live
n London than in all Australia and Polylesia.
China proper has more inhabitants
ban America, Australia and Africa put together,
and India has nearly three times as
Dany inhabitants as the whole of the New
iVorld. *
Monthly Bank Reports.?We shall
mblish in our next issue the monthly report
>f the Comptroller General. The Mercury
uakes the following comments on it:
"A decrease in the total of liabilities and
if resources of 81,187,344 83; a decrease
n circulation of 8981,094 50; a decrease
n deposits of 8435,300 97; a decrease in
. i f an<n 99. ..
lomestic excnange ui wm,uiu oa , au >u:rease
of specie on band of 8617,664 33;
in increase in discounts of 8392,231 14;
tnd an increase in foreign exoh&nge of 827,168
55.?Carolinian.
Official Vote of Virginia.?Tbe Richnond
papers publish the official vote for
Governor of Virginia, with tbe exception of
Boone, Brooke and Elizabeth City, and from
bese the votes are given, which are believed
;o be correct and reliable. Letcher's maority
is only 5,470. The falling off in the
Dpposition vote 1,711. The aggregate vote
s 148,756; in 1845, (Presidential election,)
150,483, and in 1856, 156,629.
Arkansas Currency.?After the 4th
)f July it will be unlawful for any person to
pass or receive in the State of Arkansas any
bank bill of less denomination than ten dollars.
After the 4th of July, 1860, no bill
}f a less denomination than twenty dollars
can be put or kept in circulation. This is
approximating to a specie currency.
Worth Knowing.?A hot shovel held
over burnished furniture, will take out white
spots.