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Amdkbson, Cedar Fnlls, Greenville. n ^tvltVcfoN ^'AiTof t?lf lo 4>'UUUU u [From the New Orleans I'icajnns.] *< IJjc SfeqOoto op Ihc ?illoto. h f si BV M. F. niGNKV. . t( [A Highland soldier, who had been severely wounded in battle, and whose life was saved by (I the careful nursing and gentle ministrations of ^ Florence Nightingale?the heroine of the Cri- w rnea?said, on being asked how he felt towards e. his preserver, that his gratitude was too great (J for words, and the only mode he had of giving tl vent to his feelings was by kissing her shadow c< when it fell on his pillow as she pnssed through ic the ward on her nightly visit?Foreign Paper.) n Among the wounded, on his couch, The Highland soldier lay, ? And from his wounds the tide of life tl Was ebbing fast away, li When o'er him bent a gentle form, * To hear his dying tale? 'Twas that angel of the Hospital, Fair Florence Nightingale^ t| d " Ah ! me," he cried?that soldier stem, 44 My wife ar.d children dear, p So for, mj very for away, h While I am dying here. J" Great God! and must I perish thus; And shelterless and lone, 0 Leave those whose love is more than life? h My beautiful?my own!" *1 t P 14 Cease soldier," said a gentle voice, k For Tie, who rules on high, P Can hear as well the widow's wail ci As the young raven'* cry. ^ Trust in his strength as thou art weak, t, And let thy prayers ascend U To Ilini, the widow's surest stay? d The orphan's kindest friend. r a 44 And hnply, sohlier, we may yet, - ^ "With God's good aid, restore Thee to thy wife and little ones j, As hale as heretofore ; h And O, what swelling thankful hearts? ti What joy there will be then, ^ To brighten up the soldier's home .. Within his Highland glen." s Liko dew upon the bruised reedLike light to dungeons dark? * 0 Or like the dove, with olive boughs Returning to the ark, " Came those kind, gentle, hopeful words Unto the soldier's enr, With prophet-dreams of health restored, f And home's tevivinr? cheer. r I Willi bkillful hands the angel nurse t Pouted oil ar.d wine upon i ) The soldier's agouizing wounds, 4 f Until iheir pang was gone ; And still she nursed him tenderly Through months, which glided by, c Before health bloomed upon his cheek 1 Or brightened in his eye. Ah, gentlo one, 'tis thine to bless ! i Thy mission is divine ; ' And rays from Heaven's mercy scat Upon thy pathway shine. There's healing in thy woman's hand, t And, In thyv woman's heart, < A fount of gentleness, whose How No impulse gains irotn art. M> And soldier eay?what thoughts arise When aho, thy nurse, appears? The soldier turned upon his couch I And, checked by manly tears, 1 He answered, M words ate weak to tell; lies shadow eeenas like light, J And I kiss it she walks the ward I i 'fcoheer die sick by night!" j * Ntxc Orle<tnt, Novembert igfttj. 'i f interesting ^hetrtjrs. Jbe dU ^IrlrIo i* Iff q i 0 c n. Sometimr just before or about tbo begin?ing ot'tbo war, Serjeant Jasper, of Marion's >rigade, had the good fortune to save the ife of a young, beautiful, and dark-eyed cre?le girl, called Sally St. Clair. Her suscepible nature was overcome with gratitude to ler preserver, and this soon jipened into a assion of love, of the most deep and fervent :ind. She lavished upon him the whole reallh of her atFections, and the whole depths f a passion nurtured by a southern sun. Vhcn he was celled upon to join the ranks f his country's defenders, the prospect of heir separation almost maddened her.? heir parting came; hut scarcely was she ift alone, ere her romantic nature prompted he means of their re-union. Once resolved, o consideration of danger could datnper. cr spirit, and no thought of consequences ould move her purposo. She severed her ~>nrr *?rw1 intlv rlnnflntc on/1 - - - ^ ??? % j v?? ? ? V/ "?'IU |?l v? IViUVi 11 V71 r? v 1 I rith male atliro. In these sho robed herslf and set forth to follow tho fortunes of or lover. A smooth-face, beautiful and delicate trippling appeared among tho hardy, rough ud giant frames who composed tho corps > which Jasper belonged, 'l'ho contrast be iveen the stripling and these men, in their ncouth garbs, their massivo faces, emrowned and discolored by sun and pain, as indeed striking. 15ut none were more sgcr for tho battle, or so indifferent to fague, as the fair-faced bov. It was found nit his energy of character, resolution and mirage, amply supplied his lack of pliysjue. None ever suspected him to be a wo an. Not even Jasper himself, although 10 was often by his side, penetrated hcrdisuise. The romance of her situation increased ic fervor of her passion. It was her do ght to reflect that, unknown to him, she as by his side to watch over him in the our of danger. She fed her passion upon im in the hour of slumber; hovering near itn when stealing through the swamp and ticket, and befng always ready to avert anger from his head. But gradually there stole a melancholy resontimcnt over the poor girl's mind. She ad been tortured with hopes deferred'; the ar was prolonged, and tho prospect of beig restored to him grew more and more ncertain. But now she felt that her dream f happiness could never he realized. She ecame convinced that death was about to natch her away from his side; but she rayed that she might die, and he never new to what length tlio violence of her nssion had led her. It was on an eve before a battle. The amp had sunk into repose. The watchres were burning low, and only the slow 'end of sentinels foil upon the profound sisnce of the night air, as they moved tirough the dark shadows of the lorest. (retched upon the ground, with no other ouch than a blanket, reposed the war-like >rm of Jasper. Climbing vines trailed tiemselvcs into a canopy above his head, tirough which the stars shone down softf. The faint flicker from the expiring cmfirs of a fire, fell athwart upon his connenance, aud tinged the cheek of ono who ent over his couch. It was the smooth-faed stripling. She bent low down, as if to isten to his dreams, or to breathe into his oul pleasant visions of love and happiness, tut tears traco themselves down the fair >ne'a cheek, and fall silentlv and ranidlv un J 4 J k >n the brow of her lover. ? A mysterious voice 1ms told licr that the iour of parting has come : that to morrow icr destiny in eoosumated. There is one ast, long, lingering look, and then the uniftppy maiden is seen to tear herself away roiu the spot, to weep out her sorrow in >rivacy. Fierce and terrible is the conflict that on he morrow rages 011 that spot. Foremost n that baltlo is tho intrepid Jasper, and sver by his sido fights the stripling warrior. )ftcn, during the heat and smoke, beams iuddenly upon the eyes of Jasper the melincholy face of the maiden. In the thick:st of tho fight, surrounded by enemies, the ovors fight side by side. Su Jdenly a lance s levolled at the breast of Jasner: but aw if. er than tho lanco is Sally St. Clair. There 3 a wild cry, and at the feet of Jasper sinks .ho maidcu, with tho life-blood gushing iom her white bosom, which has been hrown as a shield, before his breast, lie needs not uow tho din, nor the danger ol :ho conflict; but down by the sido of the lying boy be kneels. Then, for the first ;ime, does he learn the stripling is his love ; .hat often by the camp tiro, and in the ivvamp, she has been by bis side; that the lira visions in his slumber of an angel-facc Covering over him, had iodeed been true, In tho midst of the battle, with her lover by tier side, and tho barb in her bosom, the heroic maiden dies I Her name, her sex, and her noble devo. Lion, soon became known through tho corps fhere was a tearful group gathered around ber grave, there was not one of those hard) warriora who did^not bedew her grave with tears. They buried her near tho rivor Sou toe " in h green shady nook, that looked as if it had been stolen out of Paradise." 2) IWlipg XlrqgeOy i?i Mexico. On a certain evening, two American officers, belonging to some volunteer corps, nt- 1 tended the Cathedral in Mexico, where certain services were held appertaining to the nuns at the western part of San Francisco. ' The cathedral was tilled, as usual, with a ] large crowd of the faithful; and, at the con- j elusion of the ceremonies, when they were < disperaing, the two officers liugered in the j church, gating at the expensive ornaments; ( as they were also in the act of retiring, a ^ nun who remained behind the rest of the sisterhood made a sign to one of the officers, j who was slowly following the footsteps of his comrade, that she wished to speak to * him. Returning to the nun, a dialogue en- 1 sued, in substance as follows : '< " You are an American officer?" j i wn, manam, ana out recently Horn Uie I land of Yankees." 44 I presume, sir, you arc a man of honor g aud discretion." 44 Those qualities, added to courage, make up tho composition of an American soldier." 44 Will you rendsr mo an important service I" " You have but to command mo." 44 I will not conceal from you that the service I ask at your hands require not only discretion, but extraordinary intrepidity. Now, knowing this, are you still willing to assist me ?" " Yes, I am determined." " Very well; when you hear the convent bell strike twelve to night, ho at the sidegate. I shall be there to open it, and on your knocking three times, you shall learn what it is I require of you. Will you bo faithful to the rendezvous ?" 44 Yes." " Well, I depend upon yon. Adieu." They parted, and the otficer rejoined his companion, as they pursued their way to the American quarters, related to him all that had transpired, and asked him if he should till the appointment. The other advised him to do so. by all means, and. for fear of accident, offered to j accompany him to tho gate at the appoint...1 ? "?, It Supposing the affair to end in one of v those innocent adventures so common in j Mexico, and taking it for granted that the ' lady had been struck with his personal np- j poHianee, the olliccr, with his companion, g repaired to the gate, according to agreement; and upon giving a concerted signal, ^ the entraque was opened by the nun. "You arc truly a man of courage and ^ honor, and entitled to my warmest grati- * tude." t After conducting him to her coll, where a lamp was burning, she politely invited him < to sit down, and. producing two bottles, re- j quested him to take a glass of wine with her?a request which a man and a soldier ] is not apt to treat with indifference. Filling . up a glass out of one bottle, she took a little herself out of the other, and after he hnd , finished his, she told him to go to the op ^ posile side of the bed from herself. The of- . tfcer, still innocent, obeyed, when the nun thus addressed him : s " Well, wo arc quite alone. Is my door ! bolted ? Look ?" ' And at the same instant, to bis utter lior- i ror and amazement, she discovered to him I the dead body of a monk, whose clothes ( were stilT and matted with blood, whilo she < continued: ] " The favor T require is that you take th's , body on your shoulders, and convey it beyond the gates of the convent. I will light you to the gates of the first court. Obey instantly, or your life will be in peril, for if' you attempt to escape, I will shoot you ' through the head !" And suiting tho nc- ; tion to the word, she drew a pistol from her 1 bosotn and presented it at him. " I know," she added, " that my own life will ho the j forfeit, for after despatching you I have a poinard for myself?tho same w ith which I stabbed that miserable monk. , Seeing no otuor means of escape, the officer took up the body, and accompanied by tho nun, who carried a dark lantern, pro- ' ! ceeded to tho gate by which ho had enter, ed ; and, upon issuiug fiom it, threw down his horrible burden at the feet of his com, rade, who waiting to enjoy a laugh at what they both imagined would terminato iu a nious love iutriirue. * M ^ . After recounting to his friend the almost incredible adventure in which ho hnd been engaged, they resolved to communicate the circumstance to (Jeneral Worth, in person ; hut, they had only proceeded a short distance from the convent, when the officer who hod brought out tbo body bogan to complain of tTio most violent and excruciating pains. IIo soon fell upon the pavement and expirod. He had been poisoned. " Iluan."?Here is tho last M good thing" about the hoops: Little Boy*."Ma, what is 'hush J* ** Mother?"Whv, my doar 1 why do you ask P Little Boy?"Because I aeked sister Jsno, yesterday, what made her new dress stick out so,and she said "An#*/* Jtotmonms. ] i [From the Savannnlt Daily Morning News.] | flur>ning q Soto; Jt on, HOW UNCLE JOSH BOLES DA UK HI) CP THE ( WHOXQ 8APLINO. g Old uncle Josiali IJoles was an in- c veteratc joker, so fond of indulging bis mischievous humor that ho often run ( imminent risks of unpleasant, and n iven serious consequences, rather, than r forego the enjoyment of a joke or a 1; |ui7.. He was no rcspectorof persons, imcs or place, and if tempted by op- t portunity, would be as apt to perpe- 1 ;rate ins inn m a prayer-meeting aa at t i corn-shucking, upon a stranger as I eadily as upon a familiar acquaint- n mce. On one occasion, he came near t paying clearly for the indulgence of 1 tis mischievous propensity. 1 lie had heen on a journey to Missis- r sippi to look after some business mat- o ers, and was returning home through J \labama. One evening he 6toppcd at he tavern of a country village. Alter d upper lie entered the bar-room, and h ook a seat by the lire, and, like a good o )ld-fashionecl country gentleman, as he a vas, smoked his pipe. His attention v vas soon attractect by a singularly o ooking, half-witted, dwarfish young o nan, who was lounging about the .] loor. The fellow was not more than s bur feet high, with an immense head, lj :ovcrcd with long, shaggy hair, which tood out in every direction?the sep- v irate locks seeming to have no affinity a o each other. A very short neck con- r leeted this head with large square t boulders, from which the body sloped h lown. wedge-shaped, to his feet, which r verc large, bare and unwashed. i Uncle Josh, as he was familiarly a :alled, was not loner in making ac- t [uaintancc of the chap with the big a icad, whom lie found to he very sim- o >le, talkative and inquisitive. f Uncle Joeli affected to take a won- n lerful liking to his now acquaintance, v vho gave his name as Benjamin Bunch, r iicn was much flattered by Uncle e rush's estimate of his parts, especially c >y his lavish praises of his head and " boulders, and the liking soon be:amc mutual. The result was that a jargain was struck, in pursuance of vhich Ben was to go with Uncle Josh o Georgia in the morning, for twenty lollars a month and found." " I Ben was delighted, and immediately f set about to make preparations for the 1 journey. Going homo he told his peo- 1 l>lo that he was off to Georgia where * ie was to have twenty dollars a month t md a easy situation. < Tho matter was soon noised over the ' rillage that Ben Bunch was going to i jleorgia with a gentleman, who had f hired him for twenty dollars a month, 1 md in a short time a number of his < acquaintances had gathered in tho bar- s room to ascertain what they could in 1 regard to the matter. Ben hail only l h/>/in nbl/i f/"k tluon u'lint o uiAn. * uuuii iiuiv; i/v niv.in h it??v ?% tjiv/n- r strous nice man," Mr. liole9 was, the ^ wages lie was to receive?twenty dol- ' lars a month and found?ami that his t utaation was to be an easy one. > One or two had ventured to open a t conversation with the old gentleman i from Georgia, were anxious to know ? to what use ho was going to put lien i liuneli, who, they said, was too lazy to ?' keep the flies on of himself in warm weather, and hadn't sense enough to get under the shelter out of the rain. ? "So much the better for that," said < Uncle Josh, in his slow, distinct inAn- 1 ner of speaking. "He's jest the man lor me. I've 1 got a situation that will suit him ex- i uetly." Tho questioner began to despair of < trotting any further satisfaction, when | f>un came in with his host suit on, and a bundle in his hand ready to start I early in the morning for Georgia. i u lien," enquired one of his acquain- I tances " what in creation is you gwine to do down in Georgia?" " Oh, you never mind," replied Ben, ' "I'm gwine in the morning with that ere gentleman. Ho can tell you what 1 I'm gwine for." Then Ben saw some ono outsido to whom ho wanted to. communicate his good fortune, und ho was soon surrounded by a crowd about tho door, some of whom cautioned him, telling him that ho didn't know but what the man he was going with was a kidnapper, or perhaps he would work him to death in a two handed saw-mill. Ben began to feel a little curious, and the party agreod with him that he hould know* what was to be his emjloyinent before lie went any further n business. The crowd went into the lar-room, where Uncle Josh was enoying his second pipe by the fire, deermincd to be satisfied about the mat er. After keeping them in suspense ionic time, Uncle josh rose up, knockid the ashes from his pipe, and said? " Well, gentlemen, the fact is my ?ld woman is getting rather poorly, ind I want him to set in the fire cor-! icr for her to break bark over his lead." Hen, who had been setting on a >ench, sprang to his feet as if he had! >een shot. A loud laugh burst from ho party, but above all could be heard J jcti s curses, as ho sprang into the! niddle of the floor, threw down his iiutdlo, and began rearing and prance ike an enraged catamount. Jlisi insey coat was soon peeled, sleeves i oiled up?and but for the interference! if the crowd, lie would have had Uncle Cosh by the " goozle" in a twinkling. "Dad fetch ycr cvcrlastiii' pictcr to : llnmintioTi ovplnItnpfl Th'n. striknior I ' lis brawny fists, and making the palms j >f his foot crack together as he sprung t least two feet frotn the floor?u your i rife break bark over my head! yon! 'Id drated cuss! I'd like to 6ce yo;; r ary other woman in Georgia do it. Test lest me at him, boys, and I'll huck him out o'his skin quicker'n ightin' you see if I don't Uncle .Tosh was taken by surprise, ,'hcn ho saw so much life in the dwarf, i nd began to feel apprehensive for his j afety when he found it took three of j he best, men in the bar-room to hold j liin. It was several minutes, and not I intil the proprietor of the house had ; nterferred, that, lien's rage was at all! ppeascd. After lie had become a 1 it- j le calm, TTticlo .Tosh made a rather: avkward explanation of what he meant nly for a little fun, and bv treating he whole party to poach and honey, j nd asking Ben's pardon, tho matter j ens amicably settled. But it was norc than any of Ben Bundle's friends j :vcr dared to do to ask him about that] asy situation down in Georgia, at i 'twenty dollars a month and found." Itj q A few nights since, a tall, eccentric icrsonago was observed, by the tenmts of the cabin of one ot the Albany \\j j'ti km hi ouiivii ) v;? uutions, garnished bv a variety of hops, kips, and jumps which betokened anyhing but a sane mind in the pcrform;r. The movements of this personage betrayed trouble and pain, and tliey vcre at last so perfectly distressing to lie beholders that, a consultation was icld and a committee of three appointed to inquire into the cause of the Granger's unaccountable movements. With due caution the deputies apwoachcd their man, while the others gathered around within ear-shot to vitness whatever " tale'' might be 'unfolded." The committee slated heir reasons for troubling him with vliat might be deemed impertinent in,errogatories, and concluded their renarks by requesting to know the reason of his apparent perplexity, and .vh ether or not they could render him my aid. " Wall," said the stranger, who was i Yankee, and who spoke in the most solemn accent, while his face ^videnicd a deal of pent-up sorrow, " Wall, [ don't know but you might help a felcr a little. I'm in a heap of pain? LAiK/kMA#l ISUa ftJvlf I ?n n juiui;ri;u nr?v; oi.\? ? . x m ?* *% j'iwuv licnt." The ears of the entire party were listended, and months perceptibly parted to wonder-width. w In a predicament," said one of the trio, " pray, what ia it ? V?ro feel desirous of alleviating any misfortune that may have befallen yon." " That's clever," said the Yankee. " Wall, maybe none of you was ever kicked by a hosg ?" All admitted that tliov had escaped such calamity. 44 Nor bit by a spider ?" No ono i>lcad guilty. 44 Nor cnosed by a rattlesnake ?" 44 No," unanimously. 44 Nor been caught in a thunder shower with a gal, and lelt meaner 'an thunder ?" Not anian in the assembly had experience*! that mishap. 4 Well, my predicament is worso, I calculate, than any ot them.'' 44 Do tell us what it is," was the earnest request of a very respectable clergyman. "Well, gents, I rather guess I will. The sole of my right foet itches like sin, and I can't get off my boot to scratch it!" The cabin was cleared in about the space of a minute. now many of us are occasionally caught in public with an itching sole,and cannot " get at it to scratch." 61* o n 0 p q p Q $. Reader, is your grandfather living ? Tou say lie is, but very old and infirm ! Well, then, love and cherish him ; throw all the light you can over his path to the grave. Though the hand of Time has bowed his form, and left, the dark impress of its shadows on his manly brow? .1 , .i " * * cnanging, too, rlie vigor ol his once energetic mind?still, let memory bear you back to your childhood, when your trottling little form was first led out on the green grass before the door, by grandpapa; for, if your father was young, and you chanced to be the firsthorn, be would have made a very awkard nurse ; then, what did lie know about amusiug a child ??running after butterflies ? tossing the ball ? flying the kite? Only imagine your young tether trying to give you a ride on his -boulder? Why, the first thing you! did, of course, was to weave your little fingers through the beautiful hair, crushing the wavy curls, over which' an hour of bis time had been wasted that morning; and then what a shout you gave, when your mischievous eyes rested on the snow-white dickey, that had been rendered as stiff as pasteboard, by the skillful bands of the laundress! Down goes little son off the shoulder in less time than it took to place liini there. " Nurse, do come here and take the child?" exclaims papa, in not a very pleasant tone while lie tries in vain to adjust the wrinkled collar. Do you think grandpapa % would have put you down for disarranging his toilette ? No, indeed ! lie would have laughed, and called yon his little rogue'; lie had seen too much baby-fun to let such a trifle disturb hiin. lcs, young reader, be kind to dear old grandpapa; never let him ask a second time tor his cane, hat and slippers ; be ever ready to wait upon hint at table, and see that he is first served ; let every deference be paid him by tlie servants, no matter how childish his demands may be. And when the shadows of old age have dimmed his sight and he can no longer read his Hi hie. select such chapters as you think lie will like, and spend part of each day in reading to him. And at last, when the mission has gone fortlr from above?when the messenger has arrived to bear hirn from you, soothe hiin in the trving hour?wipe tho death-drops as they gather on lus brow ?speak softly to him, or sing some sweet plaintive air by the side of tho bed?music, in the dying room, is like pouring balm on the weary soul; it opens the gates of heaven for tho spir- * it to enter. Thus you cheer his last moments, and, though tho lamp of lite be but fast flickering in the soeket~ though his voice bo hushed forever,and the light of his eye darkened, he may still bo se nsible to all your kindness?still feci the pressure of your soft, warm hand, even though his bo chilled with tho rohh-o?a tU?? v? iiiv |^ia? I never felt the power of a father's love ; my mother, when the rich bloom of youth first crimsoned her cheek, bestowed her hand to one advanced in' years, lie proved a kind husband and father, but ere I could test his love he died ; so my grandfather is tho one with whom my sweetest memories of homo arc associated. It was ho who watched over my peaceful child*hood?who first taught inc to lisp. " Now* I lay mo down to sleep." simple though the words be, time could never erase them from my heart, every chord of which thrills now, whenr i ?i -- ? * -* cvv;i jl noiir uivui jx-sponuea oy me innocent lips of my own litileones, while they kneel before nie. It's ft prayer* that reaches tho hearts of all, for in its simplicity is centered more depth of faitli than the out-pourings from the lips of tho eloquent can ever commnnd; and I seldom hear it uttered without ^oinp back to the little rooiVi. where I first knelt to breathe it by <ho 1 eido of my dear old her.