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;';fi; TOLXMYII. LANCASTER^ Pi.,^W^ m4Tr THE some empty casks, and .oace canie very ^ ( " It's all nght!'sbouted Bill. "Como Is Publisiied every "Weanesday,. AT TWO DOLLAKS A YEAK The Examiner & Herald .ItD fantHster %\m, Il Piil)U«hBd eyery Saturday at 82.00 a Tear. Offioe So. 321 Horth Qaeen Strset. \ JHO. A. HIEBTAHD, T. HECKEBT, K- 31- KLINE, Editors and. Proprietor*.. \ 49-AU bufiluoBB letteni, ooumiunlcivUoag, Ac, dbuultl be addressed to JHO. A. HIESTAKD & CO, Lancastor, Fa. ADVERTISEMENTS -ffill be inBerted at the rate of $1.00 per square of tea lines, for three luscrllonfl or lees; and 25 cents per Bquare for encb additional in¬ sertion. JducrfilCTlCTlft exceeding 10 liura will bfc churitej 5 cents per Uuo for the lirct iiieertiini, and ^ coals per line for each subsequent insertion- Butinaa Adveriisemciu'sia^iTtMhy Uie quiuler,half year or year, will W chaiged !».¦ f.jIlowjt: STnoiUlis. GnwjilAs. vlmontbg. OueSqu.-vre .? 3 Ul.t J f. 00 $ S 00 Two " - .^00 8 00 "- ^column 10 00 18^00 yc " IS 00 aioo l" " 30 00 55 00 BUSIKESS x6tIC1-;S inserted beforo Marrb^M renibp, double thu roi,'Ulnr ralr->. SPECIAL NOTlClvS iictcrt'-d .is rt^dinj; matter ttill be clutrged Kn ceuts a line. ES" Tho privilege of Annual Adrertisers is atrictly imileO l-j tbeirown inimedijite Liwint-.-w; und nil adver- tisements for tbe iK-noJit of oilier iktsjus, hh well as uU aJrertiaenicnt* not ininieilinU-Iy connecteil Aritb tliuir own IrtHinwi-i, .-in'I all rlnssis orniIvi-rlisenifiib=.in length or othorwiw. beyond the limits en^nsed, will Ixj charged at the usual nUew. DIVIDED. ** Sing oil: Wl' sing in glorious weather TiU one steps over ihe I'my slraiul, So narrow, in sooih,*ihat still together On either brink tc.^ffo hand in hand, " The beck grow.s wider thc hantls must, sever, On either m.argin, our songs all done, We move apart, while she shigeth ever. Taking the cour:?c of the siuopiug suu." "Hc prays 'Come over'—I may not follow ; I cry 'Returu'—faut hc cannot come : We speak, we laugh, but with voices hollow^ Our hanils are hanging, our .hearts are munib. ** A little pain wheu thc beck grows wider: * Cross to me now—for her wavelets swell;' * T may not cross'—and ihe voice beside her Fainily reacheth, tho* heeded well. " No backward path ; ah 1 no returning ; No second crossing that: ripple.s flow : * Come to me now, for thc West is burning ; Come ere il darkens.'—*Ah, no!.ah, nol *' Theu cries of p.iin, and arms outreaching— The beck grows wider and swift and deep: Passionate words as of one beseeching— The loud beck-drowns ihcm ; wc walk, wo weep. "A braver swell, a swifter .^sliding; Thc Kiver hastcth, her banks recede : Wing-like sails ou her bosom gliding Bear down the lilly and drown iho reed. *' Stately prows are rising and bowing, (Shouts of mariners winnow the air,) And level sands for banks endowing The liny greeu ribbon that showed so fair. *'While, 0 my heart: ns white sails shiver, And crowds arc paasing, and bauks stretch Tvide, JIow hard to follow, with lip.^ that quiver, That moving speck ou thc faf-olT side, " Farther, farlher^l eee ii—I know it—. My eyes brim over, it mtlls away; Only my heart to ny heart shall show it As I walk desolate day hy dny. *'And yet I know past all doubling, trul}-— A knowledge greater thnn grief eau.dim— I know, as he loved, he will lovo me duly— Yua bettor, gV.u helter than T love him. "And as I walk by the vast calm river, The awful river so dread to seo, I say, 'Thy breadtb and thy deplh forever Are bridged by bis thoughts that cross to me.' '¦ "' What tho denoe tempted yoa to seek an entrance this way?" I inquired. " There is a good steep on the ontside of the house, for I saw it." "' Il'a the shortest route," answerd my chnrn. " Here we are—here are the cel¬ lar steps," ho oontinued, catching me' by the arm, pulling me towards him. "We were soon at the top cf the steps, when Bill knocked at a door in front of us. A musical voice said ' Come in !' audwe en¬ tered a small, neatly furnished room, in which were seated an old negress aud my friend's quadroon. "The latter was indeed a beauliful creature, with long bright hair that des¬ cended below her waist; and eyes as dart and soft as a summer midnight. She seem¬ ed very glad to see us—Bill in particular around whose neck she threw her arms, ["kissing him with all the warmth and fer- 25 Jd vor of her Southern nature, while he waa JS 00 not at all backward in returning the com. j pliment. The old negress rose and left THE HEB£L SPY- Thc other day I met a friend who was formerly one of the Ked DeviLs. During the conversation which ensued he asked me whether I remembcved liill -, who deserted the regiment at Fortress Monroe. "A slender, dark-eyed young fellow, was he uot?" " The same," replied mJ friend. "We beeame chums from the first moment we met at Fort Schuyler; and if you will give me your attention a few moments you shall he ir how he came to desert the regiment, and a few other facts that will surprise you."' " By all means," said I, "let me hear the story." " Well," began my friend, '' ono day we were sitting in the .siiadow o^ a pinc tree near our encampment at Fortress Monroe, when my chum comnieueed to speak ofa boautifui girl iu the villago of Hampton, whom he was in the habit of visiting occasionally. " ' She is a beauty!'. lie exclaimed, enthusiastically; 'and.lack, he added,' laying his hand upon my arm, -you shall go with me to see her." At first r objected, pleading as •''an ex¬ cuse the modesty and bashfulness I al-1 ways experienced in the presence of the fair sex. "' But she isn't fair,' .said he; '- she is a quadroon.' ¦ -r li t flThcn do you think of going V I asked. "'To-night.' " ' But we'll have to " run thc guard." "' That's nothing,' answered Bill; 'we can easily manage that.' ., "So at length I promised my. chum that I would accompany him to- the vil¬ lage of Hampton to see the beautiful quadroon. " When uight came, and we startek upon our nocturnal expedition, .we had no difiBculty in passing ouv line of scnti-, nels; for by some means or .)tlier Bill had succeeded in obtaining the -jounter- ?ign. " fhis task aecomplished, we now made our way to the river beaeh, and af¬ ter we had walked a short; distance, my.| chum passed near a rock that jutted over the water, and showed nin a sniall skiff moored beneath its shad.jiv. \Ye wero soon seated in the skiff, which flew swift¬ ly over the waves before tliu vigorous strokes ofour paddies. In a iew moments we reaohed the plneo of destination—a small, dilapidated building which stood afew yards baek from thc spot where we landed. There was a small archway be¬ neath the house, which evidently led in¬ to the cellar, and it was to this quarter that the steps of my chum were directed. Passing through the archway, we found ourselvea in total darknesa; but Bill shouted'Come on r and so 1. followed, althongh I ituinbUd tgytrsl timei against thc room : and I was just; eoming to the conclusion that it would be a good plan for me to do the same, when the unmis- tiikeble tramp of horses hoofs approach¬ ing at a gallop saluted my cara and drew me to the window. Looking out into the night, I caught sight of a number of grey uniformed hor icmen coming towards the house at a_paee which must bring them fo the door in a few moments. " Tlie moon; which had hitherto been obscured by elouds, was now shining brightly, revealing every outline of the approaching figures. Thoy were rebel cavalrymen., "' Bill,' I exclaimed, 'eome here !' '• There was no answer, and without turning around I again ealled his narae. 'J Still there was no reply. ' " I turned impatiently, and perceived tbat both himself and the quadroon had deserted the apartment! " I shouted his name aloud, but there W.TS no response; at that moment a gust of wind swept through a broken pane of glass and blew out the candle, leaving me in total darkness. "Again I stepped to the window and looked out. Tho horsemen had halted a few yards from the house, and were dis¬ mounting. Presently I saw three of .them advace to thc stoop, and heard the clattering of their sabers and the noise of their heavy boots as thoy ascended the steps. I could also hoar some of them coming up from the cellar; so there was now left to me but one way of retreat from the apartment the same by whieh the old negress had made her exit. As I passed through the doorway, I stum¬ bled against the bottom of a staircase.— This I immediately commenced to ascend as noiselessly and as swiftly as possible. Arriving at the top, I discovered a door which I pushed open without ceromony, and found myself in a small apartment half lighted by the rays of a lamp whioh streamed into it from another room con¬ nected with this one by a door tbat had heon left open. The murmur of voices, coming from the other ap.irtment, fell up¬ on ray car. I looked through the open doorway, and beheld a sight which sur¬ prised me. Seated upon a sofa at one end of tho room were threo figures. One was my ohuni Bill , with his arm around the waist of the quadroon, and her head upon hfs shoulder; while the other wassa tall figure in the uniform ofa rehel licuteuant of cavalry! "' So Magruder doesn't want the vil¬ lago burnti yet?' remarked Bill, as he stroked his whiskers. ' There's an ex¬ cellent opportunity to do it, if he does; for the pickets are very small around Hampton at present.' '"I know that, captain,' answered tbe lieutenant, 'but Magruder will wait until ho sees how long the d—d Yankees are going to stay. If he sees a prospect of their going inio winter quarters here, you may depend upon it he'll burn the town ?"' '•' I shall keep my eyes about me,' said Bill, ' and report matters as usual.' "'But when are you going to rejoin us, captain V inquired the rebel. "'As .soon as Magruder thinks fit' answered Bill, ' though to tell the truth I'm about tired of playing the spy. It ¦n-as a deuced good idea of his—my going to New York and enlisting in the Fifth Z-iuaves—ha! ha! ha! Captain S , of tbe rebel service, a Ked Devil.' " At that momont Bill happened to turn | his head toward the door. Our eyes met and hn sprang to his feet with an exclama¬ tion. At the same moment tho lieuten¬ ant reso and drew his sword. "Y'uuhavc overboard us ?" said Bill. " .^y, traitor every word," I answered. " I might have foreseen this," said Bill, in a tone of chagrin, " but that whisky of yours," lie added, turning to the lieuten¬ ant, " made me eareless." " Ho shall not leavs this house alive," exclaimed tbe lieutenant, drawing a pistol i'rom his belt and pointing it at my head. "But I had picked up a chair as he drew forth the weapon, and now "with the quickness of lightning I hurled it at hia I face. Tho pistol was discharged, bnt the contents whistled harmlessly over my liead. I darted from the room, rushed down stairs, and nerving myself for a des¬ perate venture, dashed across the apart¬ ment below, in the direction of the cellar stairs. Tho room was filled with rebel cavalrymen, but my sudden appearance so ^astounded them that they made no at¬ tempt to arrest my progress. By the time I had reaohed the cellar, however, thoy had recovered from their surprise, and as I sped onward X heard the report of two or threo carbines behind me, fol¬ lowed by the whiz of bullets as they flew past my ears. The next moment I had passed through the archway into the open air, and with two or three bounds reached the skiff. Unfortunately, by the ebbing of the tido, it was now high and dry upon the beach. I seized the stern with both hands and by a great effort of Btrength succeeded in launching it. But the time occnpied in this manuoevre enabled the foremost of my pursuers to gain upon me. With his piece clubbed and elevated on high to deal me a powerfiil blow, he oame on. But while he waa yet a few yards distant I stooped and quiokly un¬ fastened the rope of the akiff fiom fte j atone to whieh it was tied." Lifljng tii* the heavy piece, of rook, I suddenly rose npright and hnrled it with all my foroe Bt the head of my pnrauer. " It struck him on the temple, and he dropped to the beach like a log. " The skiff waa now drifting away from me; bnt I darted into the water, nnd be¬ ing an exoellent swimmer, soon succeeded in reaching it. Iclambered into it, and then looked toward the beach. Cavalry- men"were drawn up in line, with their pieces pointed towards me. " 'Fire!' exolaimed a voice whioh I recognized as that of the lieutenant. " But the sharp report of the earbinja rang ont upon tho air, I dropped qnickly to the bottom of the skiff, and the storm of lead passed over me and flew hissing into the water beyond. " I now sprang to my feet, and with a shout of defiance seized the only oar the boat contained, and adopting the sculling process, sent the light vessel shooting through the water like a rooket.~A8sis- ted by the tide, the skiff flew over the waters ao rapidly that before the men'| eould reload I waa ont of range. " Half an hour afterward I arrived safe¬ ly in camp, au d waa just in time to take my place in the ranks, for, having heard the firing, and suppsaing that our picket was attacked, the officers had ordered the men under arms. A message fiom the front, howeve r, must soon have con¬ vinced them that this was not the case; and the men were allowed to 'break ranks' and disperse to their quarters. "Well, Com.," continued my friond, " this isn't the end of the matter; for I saw Bill again at the battle of Big Beth, el. 'fou probably remembered that, during the fight, a troop ofrebel oavalry attemp¬ ted to make a dash upon us, but were driven back ?" I answered in the aflarmative, and my friend continned: " At the head of that troop rode Bill or more properly speaking, the rebel captain. I saw him as plainly as I now see you. But it waa only for an instant. He tumbled from his horse the next mo¬ ment, witb his head torn from his shoul¬ ders by a shot from oiie of our brass pieces. At his side rode a rebel, who upon seeing the oaptain fall, drew a piatol, aimed it at his own heart and fired. The horse becoming unmanageable, galloped into our lines, dragging the rebel after him, the foot of the dead soldier having bsoome entangled in the stirrups as he fell. As the steed dashed wildly about the field the rebel's foot became disen¬ gaged from the stirrup, and he fell to the earth a few yards from tbe spot where I was standing. His jacket had become disarranged and torn around the breast, revealing to my astonished gaze th^ beautiful bnt blood-stained bosom of a female. I advanced and looked down upon the corpse, closely scrutinizing the features. The faee was familiar. Once seen it oould never be forgotten. It was the face of the captain's mistress, the lovely quadroon'." TOMMY McPHELAN, PEDLER AND SOLDIEE. Some years ago a nephew of mine, named Philip Stuart, spent a summer with me at HoUygrove. He was a bright, happy lad of nine years, full of merry pranks and harmless roguery. He brought me a letter from his mother eontaining numerous directions respecting his diet and dress, his outgoings and incomings; but after a thorough inspeotion of him, I decided to give him the largest allow¬ able liberty, and to depend upon an abun¬ dance of exercise ' in the fresh air for keeping him up to his ordinary standard ofhealth. For three days nothing unusual oc¬ curred ; then my eake began to disap¬ pear in an amazing manner. Cookies, ginger-crackers, bath-biscuit, fruit-eake, pound-eake, vanished like the dew, leav¬ ing no trace behind them. " What as¬ tonishing appetites children do have !" I said to myself. " I have always heard so and now I know it." By and by I discovered that the frost¬ ed sheets weut first and I oeased to adorn my loaves; whereupon my rogue confided to Bridget his regrets that Auntie had grown 30 careful of her sugar. This sys¬ tem of pillage having become annoying from'' the fact that I never could tell when I invited a caller to stay to tea whether I oould fill my cake basket, I baked small fruit pies for my little man. I' I gained nothing by this. Indeed, I lost, instead, for now both pies and cakes trav¬ eled together. Then I bought an extra quantity of fruit with a similar result. I remonstrated with Phil, but he only lift¬ ed his arch, sunny faoe, and asked, "Are you sure that I am the thief. Auntie ?" and I, miserably weak, yielded at once, and thonght tbat if he wanted dainties, he should have them. To be sure, I was racked with fears. First, I imagined his appetite would fail at meals; bnt he went steadily through with the conrses, and invariably desired a little more pndding at dinner, and a second pieoe of cake at tea. Next, I fancied ^he wonld sleep ill, and ery out, terrified with dreams. No¬ thing of the kind occurred; and in my many trips to his little bed, I found his skin cool and moist, his pulse steady, and his breathing regular and soft. Finally, I was haunted by a dread of sndden aick¬ ness ; but the merry laugh continued, and the neighbors said, " How lucky you are with that child !" ¦. There was another mystery conneoted with Philij 1. He oever had a cent of money. Five and ton eent pieoes, to say nothing of coppers, were constantly find¬ ing their way to his pooket, but neitber his Unole nor I ever saw tbem come ont, Could he be hoarding them 1 I examined his trunk, hia drawers, his tiny writing- case, in vain, and then I settled down to the belief that of all tho marvels of crea¬ tion the boy was, doubtless, the greatest. Several weeks went by in this way, when, as I waa hunting in the outakirts of the village for a delinquent washer¬ woman, I aaw Tommy MbPhelan -with a tray of piea, cake and fruit. Tommy was twelve or thereabout, with a round, dumpy form, and a face that smiled all over on the slightest provocation. His trowsers were fringed in every direction -with the edges of gaping rent?, he was minus a shirt, and his apenoer iaatehed his trowsers to a point, but he. wu. irell .wasted, and hishui wu bmshod until it seemed turning to gold, in the sanbeams. Hia tray -was oovered with grape leaves instead of.a napkinj and the articles were protected from snn and dnat in the satne manner. One or two of the leaves, how¬ ever, had fallen aside, and I reoognized some of the results of my own early la¬ bors. At sight of me. Tommy attempted to hide but, finding that impossible, he changed his tactics and boldly offered his wares. " Why, Tommy," said I, "tbose hearts and rounds, and that slice of pound cake, and those two little pies, are mine!" " And, indade, thin, they're nioe, ina'- am, if ye made 'um wid yer own whito fingers," replied the vender unabashed. " Tommy, did Philip Stuart give you those thinga?" Toinmy hesitated while he made a cturious and anxions inspection of my oountenance. "You didn't steal them. Tommy; I can't believe that you did." " Oh, no ma'am," and the smiling as¬ surance faded ont of the little faee. "No, I didn't think that. Then, either Philip or Bridget musthave given them to.you. TeU the truth. Tommy, that is always best in the long mn." " It was Philip, ma'am, but he said ye'd be willin' He said the more he tuk, the more ye put in the boxes. And ye won't bang him, or pinch his ears, or knook his head, or pull his hair, ma'am, will ye ?— I'd ruther ye'd do it to me. I'm used to it, and it won't hnrt mo so bad." " I shan't hang either of ybn. Tommy, and you are very weloome to everything you have had." " Thin won't ye plaze to ate a pieee of thc oake or aoine of the berries, ma'am? I've kep' 'emolean, jistaa Philip give'em to me. See how cool and green the leavesiire now." I voluntarily drew back, but a pained look crept into the pleaaant face, aiid the young voiee quivered as the ohild said: " Plaze do, ma'am, and thin I ahall be shure ye've forgiven Philip and me." I eould resist no longer. I broke off a crumb of cake and took a couple of oher¬ ries, while Tommy watohed me with in¬ tense pleasure. "Good bye, Tommy, I said. So and sell the rest ofyonr thinga, and come to see me this afternoon at six o'olock. You shall have cake and cher¬ ries for yourself." " Philip," said I, when I reached home, " do you know Tommy MoPhelan ?" " To be sure I do, auntie. I fonnd him out the third day after I came to Holly Grove. And oh, auntie, dear, only to think of your fancying that I ate all those goodies that he has been selling so long! I Why, I hav'nt eaten a mouthful away from the table ainoe I have been here, exoept when you and I have lunch¬ ed together, and Phil, burst into a fit of laughter whioh threatened never to end. When he reoovered I learned that Tommy had a wretched home, that his parents were lazy and intemperate, and that he himself had been trying to get a decent suit of clothes in order to take service with some respectable family.— Philip had found him with a dirty baaket, attempting to sell a few sticks of candy and a roll or two of lozenges. He had urged the necessity of personal cleanli¬ ness, had suggested the tray with ita pretty oovering of leaves, and had added such articles as he could to his little stook. The latter, he told me, had sold remarkably well, and the small vender would have been already fitted out with trim garments but that he waa obliged to ahare his profits with his miserable pa¬ rents. " And did your money go with tbe cake, Philip ?" "Yes, Auntie, only I put that safely away for Tommy, myself, and old Mc- Fhelan and his wife don't know anything about it. I thought. Auntie, how dread¬ ful it would be for me to live in that hor¬ rid hole, and I wanted to help Tommy out ofit. Waa I wrong Anntie ? Ought'nt I to have taken the oakes and pies ?" Tommy arrived promptly at six o'olock. He had made a little preparation for the visit by drawing up the holes in his gar¬ ments with variously oolored thread, and his face and hands had uudergone a re¬ cent scrubbing. His face glowed and his sturdy form seemed to expand with pride andpleasure. Bridget gave him supper on a little rouud tahle in the kitchen, where she waited upon him with much formality, while Philip took his own plate out and stood beside him, eating and laughing over the morning sales. I had been puzzling my brain about Tommy's case all the afternoon without result, but his grateful looka decided me. Partly by persuasions and partly by threata I induced his fatber to part with'him, and took him into my own family as a general waiter. The trifle whieh hc had j accumulated was, of oourse, deposited for him in a savinga bank, and I never seen happiness more radiant than hia when he received his bank book, fle proved to be good tempered, affeotionate, fond of fun but reasonably diligent, and posessed of fair mental powers, as he showed by progress during the terms of the district school. I do not know when I shoald have been willing to part with him, but that his parants made his stay with me the exouse for impositions which finally wore out my patience. At the end of two years, Mrs. Staart obtained a situa¬ tion for him in another State, and as the elder MoPhehina disappeared aoou after, ward, my yoathful waiter gradually fa- ded from my memory. Our acquaintance was renewed re¬ eently in an unexpected manner. Philip Stuart happened to be with me dnring the last great military panic and, insisted that I should go to M— to see a company of Irish volunteers set off for Washington. "Pshaw, Phil.! Think of hrSakfast- ing at five o'clock in tho morning and ri¬ ding twenty milea merely to have one's heart half broken with the leave-takings of mothers, wives and children. If you really want to go, why not go alone ? or; perhaps your unele will go -with yon." But Phil, waa resolute andi yielded. I knew I should at the ontset. So did he/ His mother-Bmd I did all in my, power to spoil her ohildren. To do them jtistice, they were nnspoilable by love whatever might have happened to them throtigh tyranny. ~ 'As we emerged, frpm the.depot, I uw. that all the good places were oe<m^ed| bnt a minute laterj^a wagon body -without ieats was wheeled into the sqaare. , "Let's mount,"'said Phil. ,., " No, I shall he too conspieaoua." . "Asif a black dress, gray bonnet and waterproof can be oonapiouon^Aa'ntie," replied my cavalier, haff pusfeng, half helping me into the vehicle.- • We were soaroeiy. arranged; before we oaught the tones of the "StarSpangled Banner," arid then there waa the' glittei: pf bayonets, and the waving of silk and bunfarig, and the steady tramp of mar¬ shalled men, and in fiye minntes the ex¬ peoted oompany waa in position before-my wagon and presenting arms. -1 looked »onnd to leam who the display was in¬ tonded fer, when Phil.whispered, "Ac¬ knowledge the compliment, Aiintie. 'Tis meant for you. Quick 1 'tis Tommy Mo-, Phelan.^' . I obeyed meohanioally, and Captam HcPhelan came forward, as fine a speci¬ men of a fatnre soldier as I could desire tosee. He was sufficiently tali and thor¬ oaghly develoyed in form, his hair had deepened in tint to a clear chestnut, hia honest, fearless eyes shone with pleasnre, a brilliant color broke throngh the brown hue of his oheeks, and glowed on his fresh lips, while the light of a generous purpose gleamed throagh and over all. " I can't thank you enongh, he said, grasping my hand. " I wanted powerful¬ ly to go to Holly grove but I couldn't; so I wrote to Mr. Stuart and begged him to persuade you to oome here. I felt as if I must say good-bye, but I shouln't havo ventured to aak wholly on my bwn ac¬ count. I wantod you to see my company. I've raised it myself, ma'am, and we've enlisted for the war. ¦ I've yrovided for theold folks; and Kose—that's my sweet¬ heart, ma'am—she waa willing I should go, so I thought I ought to. You see I'm stout and well, ma'am, and there's many that go that isn't; and then I've part of roy family witb me. The first lieut«nant, he's my cousin; mam;"—I shook hands with the first Beutanant— "and the second lieutenant, he's my cousin, too"—a shake with the second lientenant—" and than «&a of the ser-. geants and two of the corporals are cous¬ ins, in a way, ma'am; that is, the're aec¬ ond cousins like." Thia time I dismounted and proceeded to a shake with the sergeants and corpo¬ rals. Phil, had gone nearly throngh the company -with smiles, and greetings, and good wishes, and I might have followed his example, but word cane that the cats were ready. Thereupon, the captain and I grasped bands with fervent " God bless yon," the fife and drum struck up "Lo- chaber no more," and the men fell into line and marched into the depot. I har¬ ried to the platform outside, and waved my handkerchief until the train was out of sight. I was wij ing the moisture from my eyes, occasioned doubtless by the duat, when Philip broke into a last ringing harrah, and then turning to me he said, " Nioely managed, wasn't it, Auntie dear? you didn't think that it was Tommy yoii'j were to see; and you didn't dream that tbe wagon was intended for you; and you had no suspicion of the compliment in store for you. You would havs refused the wagon and declined the compliment, which would have hurt Tommy." " Y'es, but I would have come three times as far to see him, and tbat without coaxing." . I have heard sinee then from the oap¬ tain, and the lieutenants, and the sergeant, and the corporals, and the " boys" in gen¬ eral. Some are marching and camping, watching aud fighting; some are in the hospital, suffering and waiting. I have heard, also, from Kose, who is hoping and toiling. God bless them all! God bless every man who helps to carry the Stars and Stripes on toward the Southern Gulf! God bless every woman who weeps and prays for those who have thus gone from her hearthstone ! God bless onr commoa country and restore her, through union and peace, to her rank among the nations! SIBtTX AVD DABE. Stzive, brother, strive; Wben kind hearts are cold. And cold the reply of the once-loving eye, Strive to bo bold. Dare, brother, daio; -When ebame'g on thy obeek, And anger's red glow on tha face of thy foe, Dare to be meek. Strive, brother, strive; 'Mid the glare of the Neio, To tbe faith of the past that has weathered, the blast, Strive to be true. Sare, brolher, dare; ¦yyhen oompromise only Can win back the train of the faUe ones again, Daze to be lonely. STOEIES FOE THE LITTLE FOLKS. Beyond the Garden Gate. " Children" said MrsT Jay, " you may play anywhere but don't go beyond the garden-gate. Do you hear me, Peter?" mother," eaid Petor, looking up from his wheel-barrow: "Donot go be¬ yond the garden-gate!" Mother then, seeing her little boy and girl quietly at play in tbe yard, put on her bonnet and ahawl, and went down atreet. Peter and Jessie, his little sister, had nice plays together. He used to make believe horse, and draw her on his trucks, or she make believe a pnmpkin, and be carried in his wheel-burrow; or they would both make believe cows and set up a terrible mooing; indeed, there was no end to the different characters they took, all the while keeping very kind to each other. Their plays thia afternoon led them down to the bottom of the garden, where there was a gate, hasped inaide, whioh opened into a field of thick under¬ brush and trees, sloping down tJ a lower This was thi forbid- BEE'VITIES. ¦Wise and Otherwiae. Crazy as George the Third was said to have been, there was evidently a method in his madness at times. Speaking to Aroh-Bishop Suttou of his large family, he used the expression, " I believo your grace has better than a dozen ?" "No, sire," replied the Arch-Bishop, "only eleven." "WeU," rejoined the Kiog, "is not that better than a dozen ?" Among the addresses presented npon the accession of Jamea I, was one from the anoient town of Shrewsbury, wishing his Majesty might reing as long as the aun, moon and stars endured. " Faith, roon," said the King to the persou who presented it,"my son then must reign by candle-light- Pat was hungry, and got of the cars for refreshments. The oars very thought¬ lessly went on. " Ye spalpeen!" he cried, starting on a rnn and shaking his fiat as he flew f fter them. " Stop there ye old stame waggin, ye murtherin stame engine, ye've got a passenger aboard thafs left behind!" The riohest genius, like the.most fer¬ tile soil when nncnltivated, shoots up in the rankest weeds; and instead of vines and olives for tbe pleasure and use of man, produces to its slothful owner the most abandant orop of.poisons. A taverii keeper at Leigh, Lancashire, England, is apparently too proud to adopt the usual sign of hia calling, and prefers to annonnce it by the somewhat pithy in¬ scription just over his doorway—"My Sign's in theCellar." "Why don't your father take a news¬ paper?" said a gentleman to a little nrehin, whom he caught in the act of pilfering one from his door step. " Cause he sends me to take it." The police are'after the perpetrator of the following connndmm: Why is a lovely young lady like a hinge? Be¬ causo ahe is spmething.to a-dore. <? Was your son engaged before he went to the war?" aaked Mrs. Eugg ofa neigh- :bor. '' ' ¦ ' ¦ "No,bnthe has,had several en^ge ments sinpe," she replied.,, . . , , If a man' is murdered t^ Iiis own hired- men.shoald the, coronet finda verdict of iilledbrluB o** handsT ' part ofthe village. den gate. ; "I wish we could go out into the woods," said Peter; " perhaps we should find a bird's nest." Peter unhasped the gate, and he and Jessie looked and saw the pretty woods. " But whatdid mother tell ue?)' aslced Jessie. "Perhaps sho was afraid of bears," answered Peter," or the water in these woods, or something; but there are no bears. Oh! there's a squirrel on that tree! See him, see him, Jessie;" aud away ran Peter to the woods, and atcay ran Jessie after him. Tbe squirrel hid, and the children went on, hoping to find another. They strayed down a bank, and came to a brook and litttle pond. " Mother thought we'd fall into this pond, and that's the reason she cautioned us against coming here," said Peter; " but we shan't, sh?ll we, Jessie ?" " No," answered Jessie, " we won't." And so they ran round, and tumbled about, and picked flowers, and at laat got baek to the garden-gate safo and unharm¬ ed, without anybody knowing tbey went. "Jessie," said Peter, "don'tyou tell." "Not if mother asks?" asked Jessie. " She won't ask," said Peter. Mother did not ask, por did Jessie tell, and all went on at home as usual. Sat¬ urday night, after tho children were washed, and Jessie had gone to sleep, Peter and his mother talked together, as they often did on Saturday night. Peter said: " Mother I have been in the woods heyond tho garden-gate this week." "When did you go?" she asked. He told her. "And mother," he said, " nothing happened to us there; we didn't fall into the water, or toar our clothes; no bears ate ua np. Why didn't you want us to go?" "Y'ou lost something that aftemoon in the woods," aaid his mother. "Lost something!" said Peter; and he thought of his knife, slate pencils, and his ball and a three-cent piece in his pooket; he hadn't lost one of them, he was quite sure. "Yes,'' repeated his mother, "think a moment what you have missed, for I know you have lost aomething." Peter for a moment thought his mother must be a spirit; for how eould site know when he didn't know himself? "You wdl re¬ coUect if you think," said she. Peter pnt his head under the bed quilt, for he began to see he had lost something; and the more he thought, the more sure he was of it. "Mother," he at last said in a little sorrowful voiee, "I did lose some¬ thing in those woods, I did; I lost ihe happy out of my heart." Ah, that was it; and a sad loss it is when a child loses the happy out of his heart. It does not always oonoern a chUd to know wlty his parants forbid him this or that; Ais duty is obedienoe. Nor because nothing befalls him in a course of diso¬ bedience, must he conclude no harm is done at all. Peter and Jessie got home safely; but was there no harm done ?— Yes, yes; tbe happy left their little hearts. They were afraid—afraid their moth¬ er would find it out. This is the way do¬ ing wrong wrongs you. It wrongs yon out of that peace and oomfort whieh God made you to enjoy; and all Peter's play in the woods did not make up for this loss untill hS told his motber and received her forgiveness with her good-night kiss. other can be seen working upon their oharaoters as clearly and busily as that black-headed worm was seen boring into the tree. One of those boys or girls is reading this line just now. I have a whisper for you, my- little friend, I don't want to speak it out loud, so I just say softly in your ear: "Ifyou let your one great fault alone it will min your soul!" There, think of this, wiU you ? Think of it, my child, until you are afraid to keep your fault Then go to Jesus and ask him to wash it away in his moat pre¬ cious blood, will you ? Ihe Phiipsppher and the Child- A philpsopher aaked a litie girl if she had a soul. She looked up into hia face with an air of astonishment and offended dignity and replied: "To be sure I have." " What makes you think you have ?" "Because I have," she promptly re¬ plied. " But how do you know you have a soul?" " Becanse "I do know," she answered again. It was a child's reason; byt the phUo¬ sopher could hardly have given a better. "Well, then," said he, after a mo¬ ment's consideration, " if you know you have a soul, can you tell me what your sonl is?" " Why, said she, " I am six years old, and don't you suppose tbat I know what my soul is ?" " Perhaps youdo. IfyouwiUlellme, I shaU find out whether you do or not." " Then you think I don't know," she replied, " but I do; it js my think." " Your think!" said the philosoper, as¬ tonished in his turn; " who told you so ?" " Nobody. I should be ashamed if I did not know that without being told." Tbe philosopher had puzzled hw brains a great deal about the sonl, but he could not have given a better definition of it in so few words. BXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Hai; EUzabeth Boo;es, late of Fnl¬ ton township, deceaaed. LETTERS Testamentary on said Es- Ut« having bma granted to the nndorelgnAd, all pereons Indebted thereto are reqneated to makelmme¬ diate eettlement, and those baTlng claime or demands agalnstthe eame vlll preaent tbem withont delay for eettlement to tha onderaigned, r-aiding In ssM town¬ ahip KOBUKT SlLLODOH, ct 7-61-46 BxeCQtor. EXECUTORS' NOTICE. Estate of Kar; Baylor, late of East Doaegal Township, deceased. LETTERS Testamentary on said Es¬ tate having heen craoted to tti9 uoderflgn„d. all |ier,-on* indelited tbi^reto Are rtqui-eted to make Imme. diateaettWmeot, and th09e having L-iaimR or demandii ai£-tioBt tbe samo wlll prnfent them without delity for gettlem,;nt to the un-'ereUneJ, reaidlng in sal-i towo¬ ebip. pmUPaRElNhH.jr.,r»«Mlng iu .Muunt Joy twp. MAUTIN HATLOIt, reeidiog in sep l&.C't-43 £aEC Laoegal, Kz-cutore. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Christian Snavely, late of Peguea township, dec'd. LETTERS Teatamentary on said es¬ tate having bean granted to the nnderaigoed, all persons Indebted Ihereto are reqneBted to make Imme¬ diate settlemsnt, and thoae havlcg claims or demanda against the ssme will present them withont delay for aattlement to the nnderalgned. BBHJAMIN FHiVlLT, residing In Peqnea twp, . CHBISTIAN SHaVKLT, realdlng In Weat Lampeter Execntor's eept 16-9143 E-VJScuxon-'o KOTinR. Estate of Solomon Kroiter, lato. oi 'Warwioa, township, dec'd. LETTERS Testamentary on said estate having heen granted to the nnderalgned, all per¬ aoas Indebled thereto are reqaeated to meke Immediate ssttlement, and those bavlngclalmsordemandaagainat the eame will preeent them withont dalay for aettle¬ ment to tbe aadersigaed. residing In aaid townehlp. DAVID BEIOKEE, eept98«l-4J Sitecnior. PABiou Bara op I^anAsm, { Ootolxr, lad, Ita. { N Election for thirteen Directors of _ _^lhls Bank wlllba held at aiaBanilM Hoata on HOnAT, the I6ih dar of BOVKHBIB, UtVMB tba hojraofS and 3 o'clocic. Tha annnal msatlll( of tha itooUoldan wUl take place on TDSSSA7, thau, of SOVSHSIB, asi, at 3 o'cioek In tht aftorxoon. , , ''¦¦ . -raV-OKH. BBOWS, • CaaUar. oct?' ti4t LAHCASTIB ConSTY BAHK, 1 . Bsmnilt80,lSU. { AN Election for Thirteen; Directors of this Institutioii. to 'iarre durlais tlia enanlng year, will ba beld at tho Banking Housa, In tba olty of lancaater, on MONDAT, lha Hth 4ay of SOVMBEB, 1863, between tha boura of 10 aad 3 o'clock. An Annnal Meettog of the Stockholders vrlU be beld on TDSSDAT, the Stb day of HOVKMBKE 186J, at 10 o'etook, a. m., agfaeably to tba Charter, esp 80 td-« W. L.'PKPKE, Caabier. LOST. QTBAYBD away from the premiaes of kjl^a aabaeriber. lu Waet Z^mpeter, Graeff's Land¬ ing, a BBD HBIFFEE. 16 months old, with white aronnd 'the udder. A euitable reward wlll be paid for the return of the Heiffer, or for eucb Infornatloa aa wlll lead to tha rscoTery of tha proparty. oct 7-it-<S C. A. BHLZB. T£IT SOIiIiABS BEWABD. STRAYED awayor Stolen from tfae premiees ofthe eubsoriber, in Hanhelm tovmablp. near Seffavliie. on the night of tha 22d of September, PIF-TEEH HOOS, one ot them a Boar, tbreoi of them apotted. and tbe balance while The above reward wUl be paid on the re¬ tnm of tbe proparty. BepSOJte-<l. JOHM DUBBIBQBE DISaOLTTTION of pIBTHEBBHIP NOTICE is hereby given that partner¬ ship lately snbeletlog between Samuel If. Brua 4 Henry P. Donilnger. of GordonvUle. Leacock, town¬ abip. In the coanty of Lancaster, under the flrm of Samnel M. Bma & Co. was dissolved, oa the Stb day of OOTOBBB, A. D. 1B6S, by mntal consent. An debts owlog to the aald partnerablp. are to be received by the eaid Beary P. Denlinger, and all demands on the eaidpartnerabipfare tobe presented to blm fot pay¬ ment. SAUUEL H. BBUA, HKNEr P. DE.NLlN.iEE. The mschlnfl boalness WUI; be conducted -as here¬ tofore, by tbe undersigned in Bll its Tariona branches. He has on hand a nnmber of tbreshlng maohlnae end corn shellf rs whlcb wlll be sold at reduced pricee, also oue eight horae power eeperator ae good ae new with wagoa, whlob ean be ihooghtat a greatly lednced price. Blgheet pricss paid at all times for black oak bark. SAUftEL U. BUUA. o,t7 3»t-16 To Cider and "Wine Makers. QULPfllTE of Lime, nsed to arrest O ferineiitatloii la Cider and Wine, aod thns preserre itsfiparklias pioportles. Pat np In bottles trith dlr^c* AIbo enperior quaUtj of corke for bot For ulfl «c HBINITSB Apotbeca,rr, Mo 13, Eut ElDg itreat.L«nci.«tflr. Hubs for uee. tliD? oct T". HOTICE. I^HIS is to notify all whom it may concern, that mT wife RBBFCGA. K. GOOPSB, has left my lawfal protection witboat Jast canee or proTocatlon, and I hereby notify all perHooe oot to har¬ bor or troat her cn nr aeeoant. ai I will pay no debts of hercontraoted. HENBT G. COOPEB. West BiBL twp., Sept. 26,18B3. sep 30 3t-*45 WAITTED. A competent teacher to take charge of Ol ft P'^^.'ic school in Koont Jor township. Appll- oanCe wlll address, aept IS-St-l.S t Jor township. Appli- H. B. BBIST, Sec'r Mt. Joy P. O. WAWTBD, a OLD, SILVER of aU kinds, and UNITED STATES PSHAIfD HOTES wanted, for 1 tbe hlKbest premiam wlll be paid, at tbe Baok- Ing Hooee of BEED. HEffDEBSON h GO. febU-tf-tQ WAKTED. OA AAA POUNDS OF TALLOW ^:\jm\}\f\f wanted at Herman Mlller'e Steam Soap and Candle Worka, forwhich the bighest caJib price will be paid. 145 North Queen Street, abore the Bailroad. oct 3-3 m--16 WAWTED. A Good HORSE SHOER, one ac entitomed to Gonnlry Work. Also a boy to ledm BUcksoltbins, one who has been at the trade preferred. Address EVEEHAM &' HDBB3. oct S-4t«.4l Cain P. 0., Chester Co., Pa, ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Bartiara Scbopf, late of Uanor Town¬ ahip, Lancaster county, deceased. * I LETTERS of Administration on said ' sfitste haTing been granted to the anderBigned. all pKieonB Indebted tbereto are reqnested to make imme¬ dtate Bettlement. and thoee having olalma or demands against the same will present them withont delay for settlemeiit to the nnderelgned, reiiidlng in said towD> Bhip BENJ. LANDIS, Admtnlstaor. sep a6-6»t-44. ~_ ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICK Estate of Daniel Good, late of Martic twp., deceased. LETTERS of Administration on said eBtate having beeu granted to the andersigned, sll peraoas Indebted thereto are raqQetJied to make im¬ mediate paymeat, and those having claims or demands against the same will preseot them wlthoat delay for settlement to the anderslgned, residing tn said twp. JOSH J. GOOD. DAaMBLD.OoOD, eep 26.6t-44 Admlntatratora ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Jesae Idne, late of Cast Earl town¬ ship deo'd. LETTERS of Adminiatration on said es'ate havlag been graoted to the ondereigaed, all persona indebted tbereto are reqaested to make Im¬ mediate settiemeat. and those having claims or demands agaiast tbesame will present tbem withoat delay for for aoltlemBBtto tbe nndersigned, reniding in satd towa¬ ehip. JOHK UNE. sept 16-6*1-43 Administrator. "THE OLD FLAG POBEVBH!" J. A. ERBEN'S CLOTHING STORE, SIGN OP THE STRIPED COAT, NO. 42 IVORTM AW«r.-« w^rtKlCX, (KAST SIDE) LANCASTER, PA. The anbacrtijer baa now in Store a very iahos aBsortment of PALL AND 'WIH'TEE Ready Made Caothing, FOR The sabBcrlber woald particularly call tbe atteation of the pablic to tbe fact, that the Glotbing aold at this Eatabllshneni Is prinelpally of tba Froprletore own 3f3naficlare. and la aot ouiy sold chbap, bat It is bkt TBa MADB tban any other in the City of Lancaster. JCST EECEIVED X LAEOB AMD WELL AeaDHTBD HTOCK Of CLOTHS, CASSIMEBES AHB VESTIHOS, which will be made ap to order ina superior man. ner atabort notice. PetB-rs ordering Clotbiag at thts Establlsbmeat, can depend upon getting It at the time specified. UNDEE SHIRTS AND DEA-WEES, WOOLBN OVEE BHIRTS, FINE SHIETS, HECK TIES. COLLABS, SDSPENDEES, GLOVES. 40., SO. in great variety. JOBH A. SBBEN, flen of tha Striped Coit, Ho. 42, Horlh Qawn Slreet, Laneiuter, P4. Sep S0-3m-45 NOT A SUM DIUENKI A fflflBLY CO.SCESTSITBD ,. VEGETABLE EXTBACT. A PURE TONIO THAT WILL KRLIEVB THK APPLICTKD AND NOT HAK DS UNKAEDS. DR. HOOFLAIVD'iS German Bitters, PBEPABED BT DR. C. M. JACKSON, PHILADBLPHIA, PA., WILL EPJEOTUALLY A MOST OEETAINLT CM:LX>e a,lX X^lsie Ases ABISINQ PBOM A DISOBDEBED LIVER, STOMACH or KIDNEYS; Tboasands ofoor ettUena ara safferlng from JJy»- p«iitfa and Liver Dlaeaees, and lo whom the following qaestloaa apply—we gaarantee Hoofland's German Bitters Will Cur? TBEM* Dyspepsia & Liver Disease. Do yoa rise wltb a eoated tongne mornlflgs, Witb bad tute In tbe moath and poorappetita for breakfast!— Da yoa feel when yon first get apso weak and langnld yoa can scarcely get aboai? l>o yoa bare a dliztnese in tbe bead at times, and onen a dullnees with bead¬ ache occaaionally? Are yoat bowelscostlve aad irre¬ gular, and appetite ohaagsable? Jio yoa throw ap wind from the etomach. and do yoa swell ap ofien?— Do yoa feel a falnesa aftar eating, and a sinking wben the stomach Is empty ? Do yoa have heartbarn occa¬ sionally? Dn yoa feel lo7 spirited, and look on the dark side of (^ngs ? Xin yon not nnnsnaUy nerrona at times? Do-ffoa not become reslleis, snd o'teo lay antll midnight before yoo cao go to sleep ? and tben at tlmee, don't yoa reel dull and sleepy moitt of the time? Is yjor skin dry aad ecaly ? also sallow ? In short, s not yoor Ufa a bnrtbea, fall of forebodings ? HOOFIiAKD'S GEBMCAN BITTEES WILL CnSE EVEET CASB OF Chronic or Nervous Debility, Disease of the Kidneys, and Diseases aris¬ ing from a Disordered Stomach. OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS Seattlt}ng from Dleordera of the Digettive Orgava ; Gonstlpa- tioo, inward PUoa,") Faloess or Blood to the head. Acidity of tba Stomach. Nanaea, Heartbarn, Disgast for Food, Fnlness or welgbt In tbe atomach. Soar Ernctations Sinking or Flattering at tbe FU of the Stomach,Swimming of tbe Head, Harried and Difficalt Breathing, Flattermg at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations wbsn In a lying poatore DlmoeaeofVist-'n, DoU or Webi before tha Sight, Ferer and DaU Palo (b the Head, Deficiency ofWi, BplratlOQ, Tallowoees of the Skm and Eyes. Fain In tbe Side. Back. Cheat. Limbs. Sie. Sodden Flnshea of Heat. Bornlsg In tbe Flash, Conatant loiagl&lngs of BtU, and great Depres¬ sion of Spirits. PABTICtriiAB NOTICE. Theie are many preparations told uadet thenameof Bitters, put vp in quart BoUlei compounded of ihe cheep. est whiskey or common mm, costing from 20 (j ^0 cents per gallon, the taste disguised by Jnue or Coriander This clasa of Bitters has caused and toiU continue to caute. as long as lhey can be sold. Ku.-dreds to die the death ofthe Drunkard. Uy their t.Sf the system is kept continually under the injluence of a!c-holic Stimulants of the worst kind, the desire for Lit/uor is created a'nd Kept up and the reswt is all the horrors attendant upov a drunkard's life and death. For those whn desire and -willhave a f.iguor Bh ters, we publish the following receipt Get Oue Boi tic ot Hoofland'a ecrman Blttera and mia uMSqaarcH of Gooti Brmndy or Whia¬ key. gtU Ihe result will be a preparation that viH far excel in'medicinal virtus and tnte excellenrr any of Uie nuTtierow Liquor Bitters in the maiket and vjIU ooat mncb leaa. You ¦aill have oil int ai'tues of M<Kifland'a Blttera tn connection ioith a guod ar¬ ticle of Liquor, al a much less price lhan ihese inferior preparations will cost you. Hoofland's German Bitters WILL GIVE YOU A. GOOD APPE'SlTE, WILL GIVE YOn oxnoKOr HEALTHY NERVES WILL GIVE YOD Brisk and Energeui, ^-.-^^, WILL ENABLE YOU TO AND WILL POSITIVELY PREVENT YeUow Pever,BUiotisFever,&c. THOSE SUFPBBINQ FROM Broken Down & Delicate Constitntions! From Whalever Cause, either Id MAIjE ok FEMAl^E, WILL PISD IH Hooffland's 'Ererman Bitters A R :E M E D Y. That wtll restore than; ;o their asaal bealth. Saoh baa baea the case la thonsaads of lasunces, rnl bot a lair trial 1b reqaired to prore the assertloo. BEMEMBEB, THAT THESE BITTERS ARE . Not Alcoholic, and Kot Intended as a 3everage. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Hark Connel, Sr., Ute of West Eari townslup, Xancaster co deceased. THE undersigned Auduor, appointed to distribute the balanca remaining la tbe band<t ol archlmedes Kobb 6: Henry Barton, Admlnlslrator's ortheeatatflof said deo'd to and among those legally entitled tothe same, will sit for tbo parpose on WED¬ HESDAY. the 4th rfNOVEilBhfi, 1&63, at 3 o'clock P. M, in the Library Room of the Coort Uoase. in tbe city "Lancuter, wbereall Persons interested in said dio- t Ibation may attend JOHHB. LIVING.^ION, oct7 4t-46 Auditor " AUDITOR'S NOTICE. " Estste of John J. Hengerer, decjd. THE undersigned, Auditor to distri¬ bute tbe baluca la tha baads of the Admluitsra- trlxof said dee'd. will meet all persoun Interested on THUESDAY, the Ifith day of OCTOBBS. 1863, at 2 o'clock P. M., in the Gonrt Honse iu the city of Lancas¬ ter GEO. U. ELINK. Bept.Z3'4t-44 A GEEAT BATTLE FOUGHT. QNE of the moat bloody battles of the preeent war was fonght on the ]9ih of Sep¬ tember, aoder tbe leadership of tbe gallant Geu. Bose¬ crans Onr own Lancasier Ooaatj Reglmeat, the gal¬ lnnt 79tb.was again la tta front, nobly did tbey do their doty; bravely did th^y flght. bleed and dls for the pteservatloD of oarglorlonBDnlon. They wera equal to the crI->U. Jast ths Keystone Stale has beea ana ever will be equal to ths task of furnishing men snd meaos for the wants of our great armiea. It will be remt-mbered tbat tbe moBtFASHlONABLECLUTBING cao be porehased apon tbo most reasonable terms at THE UNION BALL CLOTHING STORE, E. J. ERISMAN, No. I. Corner of Centre Sqaare aod Eaat Eing Street, oat 3 tr.46 the AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Estate of iS&nah Fnrdy, late of tho City of Lancaster, deceased. rHE undersigned Auditor, appointed to dlstiibnte tba balance remaining in the banda ofTheo W.Herr, Administrator, defronisnn ofabov-j estate, to and among those legally entitled to thesamo, WiU Bit for that purpose on TSDUSD AY, t e 23d of OC¬ TOBBB, 1661J, at 11 o'olcck.A. M..ln tbo Library Koom of tha Court House, In tbe city of Lancaster, wbe.-e all persans lnt»r«ited In said dlsIrlboUoo raay attend, sep 36-U 41. A. SLAYM&EBB, Aadltor. What One Black-Headed Worm Did.,' " That's a splendid sycamore I" said a gentleman to his friend, to whom he was .ehowiDg his grounds. " Tes/' replied his friend, who was a naturalist; "but see! here is a wood¬ worm forcing its way undei the bark. If you let that worm alone it will kill the tree." The worm waa a mean-looking,.black headed thing about tbree inches long.— The owner ofthe tree pooh-poohed at the idea of ohe such worm killing so noble a tree, and said: "Well, well, we'U see. TU let the worm try it." -The worm soon worked its way under | tbe bark. The next summer the leaves of the tree dropped off very early. A year later it was a dead and rotten thing. One worm had killed it OnJi/ one! Sometimes I see boys and girls witb beautiful faces, graceful bodies, and pret¬ ty iair characters. They are mer^yj polite, hopeful boys and girls, but they will cherish some one favorite fault. One will he proud another ©azn; a third will ^^hi"envious, a fourth will hejpasstonate now ind..then 3 a fifth willow, a sixth will Ireak thcSabbathj a seventh will diaohof /a«A«"a»d»nddi«r, an eighth will guarrd itnd fight; in short, wme brie fault or AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Eatate of William ahirt, Br,, lata of Carnar- vor townsliip dec'd. ^HE undersigned Auditor's appointed I ^yllraOrohan'a Coart of Lancaster connty lo diBtrlbate tbebalance ta hande of Martin E. dtaaff^r. Administrator oftbe EsUte of William Shirk, Sr., late of Carnarvoo townsbip. dec'd., lo and among those en tiOedto the eame. beraby gives notice that tbey will sit for the pafpose of thetr appoiotmeot. at thc Court Hoose in tna olty ofLaneaster. on TBURSDAY tha 2-,M day of OCTOBEB 1S63, at 2 o'c'oci In the arternoon- BENJ. F. BABH. J. C. VAN CAMP, C. S. HOFFMAN, sept 30-41-45 Auditors. "THE UNION MU.ST BK I'ltESBRVED I" FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING ! \ It has been repeatedly predicted, from nnmlE- takable meteorological data, that the approaohlag Wloter id going to be an aaasoally eoid one. If there le only a bare probability that these predictions will be reallred. tben no wiser tblng can be done by the pabllc lo general, than to be forearmed throngh ih\B forewarning, and immediately go to S. S. RATHVON'S, MBBGHANr TAILOBING, CLOTHING AND FOB- KI3UING ESTABLISHMENT, Corner of North Qu^n and Orange Streets, (Kramph's (.Id Stand} apposUe Shober's Hotel, and provide themselves wtih cn.zkv akd DnaasLB wiktsk CLOTHIlia. As even the certain termination ol the war. ia toore likely to cause aa iocTease thaa a decrease iu prices, for a time to come, it will therefore be economy to par- chauenou. Ia addition to a desirable - tock of Plaia. Medium, and Faibionable KSaDY MADE C(X)TaiNG. tbe eabtcriber bas also an B<egaot Stock of CLOTHS CASSIMERES, COATINGS, VEsTINOS, 4o .which will be mado to order In the best styles at moderate pdess and with dlspatcb. Atao, a ffeDerataaaartmeatoraentlemen'eFaraleblng Gooda. iaclading Bcott'e Improvedahoalder-seam Shirts. Wllb sincere thaaka for the liberal patroaage here¬ tofore extended, the bobieilbai bopes to merit a con¬ tinnance ofthe same. 8 S. BATHVON, sap l2-tM2 Merchant Tailor aad Clothier. Tbe ProprletotE bave tboasaods of Letters tt most eminent CLBROYMEN. LAWYERB. PBYSICIANS, A-fD CITIZENS, Testifying of their own personal kaowledge, to tha beoeflcial aSecLs aod medical virtue*! or these BiMere, FirrmSev.J Newton Broan. D. D, E'htorofthe I nc clopedia of Religious Knov:lcdgc. Although not divpnued to favor nr t«vommeadT ttent Medlclues In general, through dlHtraet o' tbelr ingreJI' ents and effecca. I yet know of no eoSclest rsanoat why a man may not testify to the benitflts he h^illevt^s himselfto have received from any simple preparation, in the hope tUat be may thns contribute to tbe beneflt of othera. I do tbis the more readily in regard to Uooflaod'a German BUters, prep&red by Dr. C. H. Jackeon of this city, becaose I waa prejadlced against them for many years.anderthalmpresslon that they wrre chiefly an alcoholic mixture. I am Indebled to my f'iend Kober Shoemaker, Eiq., for the removal of thl>t prejadlce by proper tests, and for encoaragement to try ih^xn, when suffering from greatand long contiaued debility. Tbe oee of rhrss boitlea of tb-ue Hitlers At tba baginning of the pr>?eent year, was followed by evident reliof. and restoration to a degree of bodily and mental vigor which I had oot reit for elx months beftfre, and bad almoat despaired of regaining. I thererore 'h»Dk God and my friend for diractlag me :o tbe obs .. them. Phii.'A, Jane 23, 1S61, J. NEWTON BBOWH. AUDITOR'S JSOTICE. Estate of Elisabeth. Denlinger, late of Paradise township, decid. 'PHE undersigned Auditor appointed I to dlitribnte tbe balance la the banda of Jobn Banck, E <ecntor of tbe will ofthe eald deceased, to and among those entitled tbereto, wlU alt for tbe porpoae of bis appolatment at tbe CoartHonaa In tbo city of Lanwtir.on THORSDAY theSath day of OCTOBER 1863, at 2 o'clock^ tbe afteroooo. BENJ. P. BAKB, Andltor. cct 3-K-45 ^NOTICE^^ ^ To the Heirs and legal Bepresentatives of Barbara Sohoff. Ute of Hanor Township, Iiancaster Coimty, a&d State of Pennsylvania, deoeased. YOU are hereby notified that by virtue of ao order of the Orphane'Court of Laocaaier eonoty, to me directed. I wlU hold an Inqaleltlon to dlTlda part or ralaa therwl eatat* of aaid Barbara Beboff, decaaaad. oJi TOESDAY, tbe 20th day of OCTO- BSB, A. D., 1603, at 1 o'cioek. 7. H., on the pramlsea in aaid towitBhlp of Uuor, eonnty and Stau aforesaid, whan aod whera yon may attand If yoa tolsk propw. 3. W.F. BOYD, Bherlff. Sheriff'a Offloa, Laneaatar Sept. Sd, 18S3, [sep 26-4144 ¦BEVERLT INSTITUTE for BOYS, PLEASANTLY LOCATED AT BEVERLY. N. J. . 16 MUeafrom PKUadetphta. Rot. M. L. HOFFORD, A. M., Principal. f From Rev. Dr. UACLSN, Prasldeat of tha College of Hew Jersey. Princeton.) Prom hla knowledge of the Bev. M. L. Horroao, principal of Beverly Instltnte, the aadarslgned U con- fideat that thla Inalitatloa la worthy of tbe patronage of pareau wbo deeira for their sons a sohool condacted by a Christian Oenslemaa and a competent Teacher. HOTICE. TO the families of married conscriptd. Th* famlUas of the married eonaerlpu firom tbia eonnty who Jiava eatared tha aarvlco ara reqneatad to maat th* xadanlgoad *t hia offl«* la Dnka atraat, on KOaOATand TDIBDAY next, whan (h«lr eUtiu for rallafwlU ba daotdad npoa by tb« Coonty QommUiIon- az*. A. W. 60LUIUS, octS-7t.4S Capt. ud P.H, Sth Diatrlot. EDEN HALL SEMINARY WILL open for the reception of pu- pilB on tbe THIRD MONDAY in SEPTBMBBR. Tbese Institations are entirely dlsUnct, though under the control of the aame Principal. G. 8. Walker. A. M., ( ¦p,,^.,^,!. Beymcar Preston, \ P'>°<=»Pal''- Ulst A.B. Kramph, Teacher of Ma&le, Painting and Drawing.—Seminary. Prof. J. B. Bevlnski, Instructor In Mutle,—Academy. For farther partlealais aee elccol&rd or addr^iu. oot 3.lf.45. G. S. WALKEB. DISEASES OP.RIDNEYS AND |BLADDER,; In Young or Aged, Male or Female Are apeedily removed, and tbe patient leatored to bealth. DELICATE OHILDREN, Those safferlng from MARASMUS, wasting away with scarcely any fleah on tlielr boasa, are cnr^jd la a Very short time; one bottla in sucb cases, wlll bavu a moat sarprlBing effect. aE»-^ lEt 33 3Xr 1-fit Having safferlDg children aa above, and wishing to raise them.wUl never regret the d&y they commenced with thesa BUters. LITER.-iRr MEN, STUDENTS, And those worklag hard wltb thelrbralna. i^boaM &I ways keep a bottle of Hoofland'a Blttera aoat tbem, as Ihey willfind mncb beneflt from He nse, to both mind and body, Invigorating aad not deprestlog. IT IS NOT A LIQUOR STIMULANI And Leaves TSo Prostration. up so JOHH'MACiJiia. lt-16 BAUENDAHL & CO., HOPB BniLDING, NOS. 131. va m us ddane st., new iose, ARE prepared to reoeive consign- meoU of WOOL, aod glT« HuAz AttaDUoB to tii6 aX. ot ih. uuat. ICVAROBS mada IT inSiti. Hodnata rata bf chargea for GommLulon, Injaraaca aadBrokaiaja ; j,u„ot.,mj<i aMmJO (GROSS ESSENCE OOFFEE. ,cJtO 0ABK8 SOPOITAFIXB. -OiittaoalTad aad hi aalatlr nuU-tf-K -^ JOHH D. 8X3I.XS, ATTENTION, SOLDIERS • AND THB FRIENDS OF SOLDIERSi We call the attention of all having relations or frienda in the army to the fact that " HOOFLAND'S Qarman BUters" wlll cure nine-taaths of the diseases Iodoced by ezpoanres and prlvationH Incldeat to camp life. In the llBU.pabllebed almost dally In the n«we- papers, on tbe arrival of the slok, it will be noticed that avery large prtiportlon »resafferlngfromdeblJIty. Every ease of tbat klad can be readily cored by HooF- LAWD'aOaaJiAirBirrBRa We bave no hesitation in sutlng that, If thow Bitters were freely used amoug oursotdltra.bondreds of lives might be saved that OtherwiBe would be lost. Tha proprle'ori are dally receiving thankful lettera from eafferera lo tbe army aod hospitals, who hava beea restored to health by the uae of these BUtera, sant ^0 tbem by tbelr frleads. BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS! in that tlia Slnatsra of " a B. JACESOS" ts on lli« WEAPPKE of iuoi Bottlo. Price per Bottle, 75 Cents, Or Half Doz. for 84.00. Should TOnr naaiMt iiottM »ot hara tba artlcia, do uotbTvlXon br««r olll" lotjieatlag praparatiooa fhat"w V. off.r«l la If plac.. but ..ud to ua, aad wa Vl" toriard, .«»r.lr P«l"d, by aiprtta. Principal Office & Manamctory, No, 631 Arcli St, PhUadelphia. E,xB Jones & Evans, Snooeasora to P. M. JACKSON & CO., Proprietors. tSfVoT ul« \sj Srngglita uidpeKltn In eveiy town In the Utiltei Stnt»«. nays
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** Sing oil: Wl' sing in glorious weather TiU one steps over ihe I'my slraiul,
So narrow, in sooih,*ihat still together On either brink tc.^ffo hand in hand,
" The beck grow.s wider thc hantls must, sever, On either m.argin, our songs all done,
We move apart, while she shigeth ever. Taking the cour:?c of the siuopiug suu."
"Hc prays 'Come over'—I may not follow ;
I cry 'Returu'—faut hc cannot come : We speak, we laugh, but with voices hollow^
Our hanils are hanging, our .hearts are munib.
** A little pain wheu thc beck grows wider: * Cross to me now—for her wavelets swell;'
* T may not cross'—and ihe voice beside her
Fainily reacheth, tho* heeded well.
" No backward path ; ah 1 no returning ; No second crossing that: ripple.s flow :
* Come to me now, for thc West is burning ;
Come ere il darkens.'—*Ah, no!.ah, nol *' Theu cries of p.iin, and arms outreaching—
The beck grows wider and swift and deep: Passionate words as of one beseeching—
The loud beck-drowns ihcm ; wc walk, wo weep.
"A braver swell, a swifter .^sliding;
Thc Kiver hastcth, her banks recede : Wing-like sails ou her bosom gliding
Bear down the lilly and drown iho reed.
*' Stately prows are rising and bowing, (Shouts of mariners winnow the air,)
And level sands for banks endowing
The liny greeu ribbon that showed so fair.
*'While, 0 my heart: ns white sails shiver, And crowds arc paasing, and bauks stretch Tvide,
JIow hard to follow, with lip.^ that quiver, That moving speck ou thc faf-olT side,
" Farther, farlher^l eee ii—I know it—.
My eyes brim over, it mtlls away; Only my heart to ny heart shall show it
As I walk desolate day hy dny.
*'And yet I know past all doubling, trul}-— A knowledge greater thnn grief eau.dim—
I know, as he loved, he will lovo me duly— Yua bettor, gV.u helter than T love him.
"And as I walk by the vast calm river, The awful river so dread to seo,
I say, 'Thy breadtb and thy deplh forever Are bridged by bis thoughts that cross to me.' '¦
"' What tho denoe tempted yoa to seek an entrance this way?" I inquired. " There is a good steep on the ontside of the house, for I saw it."
"' Il'a the shortest route," answerd my chnrn. " Here we are—here are the cel¬ lar steps," ho oontinued, catching me' by the arm, pulling me towards him. "We were soon at the top cf the steps, when Bill knocked at a door in front of us. A musical voice said ' Come in !' audwe en¬ tered a small, neatly furnished room, in which were seated an old negress aud my friend's quadroon.
"The latter was indeed a beauliful creature, with long bright hair that des¬ cended below her waist; and eyes as dart and soft as a summer midnight. She seem¬ ed very glad to see us—Bill in particular around whose neck she threw her arms, ["kissing him with all the warmth and fer-
25 Jd vor of her Southern nature, while he waa
JS 00 not at all backward in returning the com.
j pliment. The old negress rose and left
THE HEB£L SPY-
Thc other day I met a friend who was formerly one of the Ked DeviLs. During the conversation which ensued he asked
me whether I remembcved liill -,
who deserted the regiment at Fortress Monroe.
"A slender, dark-eyed young fellow, was he uot?"
" The same," replied mJ friend. "We beeame chums from the first moment we met at Fort Schuyler; and if you will give me your attention a few moments you shall he ir how he came to desert the regiment, and a few other facts that will surprise you."'
" By all means," said I, "let me hear the story."
" Well," began my friend, '' ono day we were sitting in the .siiadow o^ a pinc tree near our encampment at Fortress Monroe, when my chum comnieueed to speak ofa boautifui girl iu the villago of Hampton, whom he was in the habit of visiting occasionally.
" ' She is a beauty!'. lie exclaimed, enthusiastically; 'and.lack, he added,' laying his hand upon my arm, -you shall go with me to see her."
At first r objected, pleading as •''an ex¬ cuse the modesty and bashfulness I al-1 ways experienced in the presence of the fair sex.
"' But she isn't fair,' .said he; '- she is a quadroon.' ¦ -r
li t flThcn do you think of going V I asked.
"'To-night.'
" ' But we'll have to " run thc guard." "' That's nothing,' answered Bill; 'we can easily manage that.' .,
"So at length I promised my. chum that I would accompany him to- the vil¬ lage of Hampton to see the beautiful quadroon.
" When uight came, and we startek upon our nocturnal expedition, .we had no difiBculty in passing ouv line of scnti-, nels; for by some means or .)tlier Bill had succeeded in obtaining the -jounter- ?ign.
" fhis task aecomplished, we now made our way to the river beaeh, and af¬ ter we had walked a short; distance, my.| chum passed near a rock that jutted over the water, and showed nin a sniall skiff moored beneath its shad.jiv. \Ye wero soon seated in the skiff, which flew swift¬ ly over the waves before tliu vigorous strokes ofour paddies. In a iew moments we reaohed the plneo of destination—a small, dilapidated building which stood afew yards baek from thc spot where we landed. There was a small archway be¬ neath the house, which evidently led in¬ to the cellar, and it was to this quarter that the steps of my chum were directed. Passing through the archway, we found ourselvea in total darknesa; but Bill shouted'Come on r and so 1. followed, althongh I ituinbUd tgytrsl timei against
thc room : and I was just; eoming to the conclusion that it would be a good plan for me to do the same, when the unmis- tiikeble tramp of horses hoofs approach¬ ing at a gallop saluted my cara and drew me to the window. Looking out into the night, I caught sight of a number of grey uniformed hor icmen coming towards the house at a_paee which must bring them fo the door in a few moments.
" Tlie moon; which had hitherto been obscured by elouds, was now shining brightly, revealing every outline of the approaching figures. Thoy were rebel cavalrymen.,
"' Bill,' I exclaimed, 'eome here !'
'• There was no answer, and without turning around I again ealled his narae.
'J Still there was no reply. '
" I turned impatiently, and perceived tbat both himself and the quadroon had deserted the apartment!
" I shouted his name aloud, but there W.TS no response; at that moment a gust of wind swept through a broken pane of glass and blew out the candle, leaving me in total darkness.
"Again I stepped to the window and looked out. Tho horsemen had halted a few yards from the house, and were dis¬ mounting. Presently I saw three of .them advace to thc stoop, and heard the clattering of their sabers and the noise of their heavy boots as thoy ascended the steps. I could also hoar some of them coming up from the cellar; so there was now left to me but one way of retreat from the apartment the same by whieh the old negress had made her exit. As I passed through the doorway, I stum¬ bled against the bottom of a staircase.— This I immediately commenced to ascend as noiselessly and as swiftly as possible. Arriving at the top, I discovered a door which I pushed open without ceromony, and found myself in a small apartment half lighted by the rays of a lamp whioh streamed into it from another room con¬ nected with this one by a door tbat had heon left open. The murmur of voices, coming from the other ap.irtment, fell up¬ on ray car. I looked through the open doorway, and beheld a sight which sur¬ prised me. Seated upon a sofa at one end of tho room were threo figures. One
was my ohuni Bill , with his arm
around the waist of the quadroon, and her head upon hfs shoulder; while the other wassa tall figure in the uniform ofa rehel licuteuant of cavalry!
"' So Magruder doesn't want the vil¬ lago burnti yet?' remarked Bill, as he stroked his whiskers. ' There's an ex¬ cellent opportunity to do it, if he does; for the pickets are very small around Hampton at present.'
'"I know that, captain,' answered tbe lieutenant, 'but Magruder will wait until ho sees how long the d—d Yankees are going to stay. If he sees a prospect of their going inio winter quarters here, you may depend upon it he'll burn the town ?"' '•' I shall keep my eyes about me,' said Bill, ' and report matters as usual.'
"'But when are you going to rejoin us, captain V inquired the rebel.
"'As .soon as Magruder thinks fit' answered Bill, ' though to tell the truth I'm about tired of playing the spy. It ¦n-as a deuced good idea of his—my going to New York and enlisting in the Fifth
Z-iuaves—ha! ha! ha! Captain S ,
of tbe rebel service, a Ked Devil.'
" At that momont Bill happened to turn | his head toward the door. Our eyes met and hn sprang to his feet with an exclama¬ tion. At the same moment tho lieuten¬ ant reso and drew his sword.
"Y'uuhavc overboard us ?" said Bill. " .^y, traitor every word," I answered. " I might have foreseen this," said Bill, in a tone of chagrin, " but that whisky of yours," lie added, turning to the lieuten¬ ant, " made me eareless."
" Ho shall not leavs this house alive," exclaimed tbe lieutenant, drawing a pistol i'rom his belt and pointing it at my head. "But I had picked up a chair as he drew forth the weapon, and now "with the quickness of lightning I hurled it at hia I face. Tho pistol was discharged, bnt the contents whistled harmlessly over my liead. I darted from the room, rushed down stairs, and nerving myself for a des¬ perate venture, dashed across the apart¬ ment below, in the direction of the cellar stairs. Tho room was filled with rebel cavalrymen, but my sudden appearance so ^astounded them that they made no at¬ tempt to arrest my progress. By the time I had reaohed the cellar, however, thoy had recovered from their surprise, and as I sped onward X heard the report of two or threo carbines behind me, fol¬ lowed by the whiz of bullets as they flew past my ears. The next moment I had passed through the archway into the open air, and with two or three bounds reached the skiff. Unfortunately, by the ebbing of the tido, it was now high and dry upon the beach. I seized the stern with both hands and by a great effort of Btrength succeeded in launching it. But the time occnpied in this manuoevre enabled the foremost of my pursuers to gain upon me. With his piece clubbed and elevated on high to deal me a powerfiil blow, he oame on. But while he waa yet a few yards distant I stooped and quiokly un¬ fastened the rope of the akiff fiom fte j atone to whieh it was tied." Lifljng tii*
the heavy piece, of rook, I suddenly rose npright and hnrled it with all my foroe Bt the head of my pnrauer.
" It struck him on the temple, and he dropped to the beach like a log.
" The skiff waa now drifting away from me; bnt I darted into the water, nnd be¬ ing an exoellent swimmer, soon succeeded in reaching it. Iclambered into it, and then looked toward the beach. Cavalry- men"were drawn up in line, with their pieces pointed towards me.
" 'Fire!' exolaimed a voice whioh I recognized as that of the lieutenant.
" But the sharp report of the earbinja rang ont upon tho air, I dropped qnickly to the bottom of the skiff, and the storm of lead passed over me and flew hissing into the water beyond.
" I now sprang to my feet, and with a shout of defiance seized the only oar the boat contained, and adopting the sculling process, sent the light vessel shooting through the water like a rooket.~A8sis- ted by the tide, the skiff flew over the waters ao rapidly that before the men'| eould reload I waa ont of range.
" Half an hour afterward I arrived safe¬ ly in camp, au d waa just in time to take my place in the ranks, for, having heard the firing, and suppsaing that our picket was attacked, the officers had ordered the men under arms. A message fiom the front, howeve r, must soon have con¬ vinced them that this was not the case; and the men were allowed to 'break ranks' and disperse to their quarters.
"Well, Com.," continued my friond, " this isn't the end of the matter; for I saw Bill again at the battle of Big Beth, el. 'fou probably remembered that, during the fight, a troop ofrebel oavalry attemp¬ ted to make a dash upon us, but were driven back ?"
I answered in the aflarmative, and my friend continned:
" At the head of that troop rode Bill or more properly speaking, the rebel captain. I saw him as plainly as I now see you. But it waa only for an instant. He tumbled from his horse the next mo¬ ment, witb his head torn from his shoul¬ ders by a shot from oiie of our brass pieces. At his side rode a rebel, who upon seeing the oaptain fall, drew a piatol, aimed it at his own heart and fired. The horse becoming unmanageable, galloped into our lines, dragging the rebel after him, the foot of the dead soldier having bsoome entangled in the stirrups as he fell. As the steed dashed wildly about the field the rebel's foot became disen¬ gaged from the stirrup, and he fell to the earth a few yards from tbe spot where I was standing. His jacket had become disarranged and torn around the breast, revealing to my astonished gaze th^ beautiful bnt blood-stained bosom of a female. I advanced and looked down upon the corpse, closely scrutinizing the features. The faee was familiar. Once seen it oould never be forgotten. It was the face of the captain's mistress, the lovely quadroon'."
TOMMY McPHELAN, PEDLER AND SOLDIEE.
Some years ago a nephew of mine, named Philip Stuart, spent a summer with me at HoUygrove. He was a bright, happy lad of nine years, full of merry pranks and harmless roguery. He brought me a letter from his mother eontaining numerous directions respecting his diet and dress, his outgoings and incomings; but after a thorough inspeotion of him, I decided to give him the largest allow¬ able liberty, and to depend upon an abun¬ dance of exercise ' in the fresh air for keeping him up to his ordinary standard ofhealth.
For three days nothing unusual oc¬ curred ; then my eake began to disap¬ pear in an amazing manner. Cookies, ginger-crackers, bath-biscuit, fruit-eake, pound-eake, vanished like the dew, leav¬ ing no trace behind them. " What as¬ tonishing appetites children do have !" I said to myself. " I have always heard so and now I know it."
By and by I discovered that the frost¬ ed sheets weut first and I oeased to adorn my loaves; whereupon my rogue confided to Bridget his regrets that Auntie had grown 30 careful of her sugar. This sys¬ tem of pillage having become annoying from'' the fact that I never could tell when I invited a caller to stay to tea whether I oould fill my cake basket, I baked small fruit pies for my little man. I' I gained nothing by this. Indeed, I lost, instead, for now both pies and cakes trav¬ eled together. Then I bought an extra quantity of fruit with a similar result. I remonstrated with Phil, but he only lift¬ ed his arch, sunny faoe, and asked, "Are you sure that I am the thief. Auntie ?" and I, miserably weak, yielded at once, and thonght tbat if he wanted dainties, he should have them. To be sure, I was racked with fears. First, I imagined his appetite would fail at meals; bnt he went steadily through with the conrses, and invariably desired a little more pndding at dinner, and a second pieoe of cake at tea. Next, I fancied ^he wonld sleep ill, and ery out, terrified with dreams. No¬ thing of the kind occurred; and in my many trips to his little bed, I found his skin cool and moist, his pulse steady, and his breathing regular and soft. Finally, I was haunted by a dread of sndden aick¬ ness ; but the merry laugh continued, and the neighbors said, " How lucky you are with that child !" ¦. There was another mystery conneoted with Philij 1. He oever had a cent of money. Five and ton eent pieoes, to say nothing of coppers, were constantly find¬ ing their way to his pooket, but neitber his Unole nor I ever saw tbem come ont, Could he be hoarding them 1 I examined his trunk, hia drawers, his tiny writing- case, in vain, and then I settled down to the belief that of all tho marvels of crea¬ tion the boy was, doubtless, the greatest. Several weeks went by in this way, when, as I waa hunting in the outakirts of the village for a delinquent washer¬ woman, I aaw Tommy MbPhelan -with a tray of piea, cake and fruit. Tommy was twelve or thereabout, with a round, dumpy form, and a face that smiled all over on the slightest provocation. His trowsers were fringed in every direction -with the edges of gaping rent?, he was minus a shirt, and his apenoer iaatehed his trowsers to a point, but he. wu. irell .wasted, and hishui wu bmshod until it
seemed turning to gold, in the sanbeams. Hia tray -was oovered with grape leaves instead of.a napkinj and the articles were protected from snn and dnat in the satne manner. One or two of the leaves, how¬ ever, had fallen aside, and I reoognized some of the results of my own early la¬ bors. At sight of me. Tommy attempted to hide but, finding that impossible, he changed his tactics and boldly offered his wares.
" Why, Tommy," said I, "tbose hearts and rounds, and that slice of pound cake, and those two little pies, are mine!"
" And, indade, thin, they're nioe, ina'- am, if ye made 'um wid yer own whito fingers," replied the vender unabashed.
" Tommy, did Philip Stuart give you those thinga?"
Toinmy hesitated while he made a cturious and anxions inspection of my oountenance.
"You didn't steal them. Tommy; I can't believe that you did."
" Oh, no ma'am," and the smiling as¬ surance faded ont of the little faee.
"No, I didn't think that. Then, either Philip or Bridget musthave given them to.you. TeU the truth. Tommy, that is always best in the long mn."
" It was Philip, ma'am, but he said ye'd be willin' He said the more he tuk, the more ye put in the boxes. And ye won't bang him, or pinch his ears, or knook his head, or pull his hair, ma'am, will ye ?— I'd ruther ye'd do it to me. I'm used to it, and it won't hnrt mo so bad."
" I shan't hang either of ybn. Tommy, and you are very weloome to everything you have had."
" Thin won't ye plaze to ate a pieee of thc oake or aoine of the berries, ma'am? I've kep' 'emolean, jistaa Philip give'em to me. See how cool and green the leavesiire now."
I voluntarily drew back, but a pained look crept into the pleaaant face, aiid the young voiee quivered as the ohild said: " Plaze do, ma'am, and thin I ahall be shure ye've forgiven Philip and me."
I eould resist no longer. I broke off a crumb of cake and took a couple of oher¬ ries, while Tommy watohed me with in¬ tense pleasure. "Good bye, Tommy, I said. So and sell the rest ofyonr thinga, and come to see me this afternoon at six o'olock. You shall have cake and cher¬ ries for yourself."
" Philip," said I, when I reached home, " do you know Tommy MoPhelan ?"
" To be sure I do, auntie. I fonnd him out the third day after I came to Holly Grove. And oh, auntie, dear, only to think of your fancying that I ate all those goodies that he has been selling so long! I Why, I hav'nt eaten a mouthful away from the table ainoe I have been here, exoept when you and I have lunch¬ ed together, and Phil, burst into a fit of laughter whioh threatened never to end. When he reoovered I learned that Tommy had a wretched home, that his parents were lazy and intemperate, and that he himself had been trying to get a decent suit of clothes in order to take service with some respectable family.— Philip had found him with a dirty baaket, attempting to sell a few sticks of candy and a roll or two of lozenges. He had urged the necessity of personal cleanli¬ ness, had suggested the tray with ita pretty oovering of leaves, and had added such articles as he could to his little stook. The latter, he told me, had sold remarkably well, and the small vender would have been already fitted out with trim garments but that he waa obliged to ahare his profits with his miserable pa¬ rents.
" And did your money go with tbe cake, Philip ?"
"Yes, Auntie, only I put that safely away for Tommy, myself, and old Mc- Fhelan and his wife don't know anything about it. I thought. Auntie, how dread¬ ful it would be for me to live in that hor¬ rid hole, and I wanted to help Tommy out ofit. Waa I wrong Anntie ? Ought'nt I to have taken the oakes and pies ?"
Tommy arrived promptly at six o'olock. He had made a little preparation for the visit by drawing up the holes in his gar¬ ments with variously oolored thread, and his face and hands had uudergone a re¬ cent scrubbing. His face glowed and his sturdy form seemed to expand with pride andpleasure. Bridget gave him supper on a little rouud tahle in the kitchen, where she waited upon him with much formality, while Philip took his own plate out and stood beside him, eating and laughing over the morning sales.
I had been puzzling my brain about Tommy's case all the afternoon without result, but his grateful looka decided me. Partly by persuasions and partly by threata I induced his fatber to part with'him, and took him into my own family as a general waiter. The trifle whieh hc had j accumulated was, of oourse, deposited for him in a savinga bank, and I never seen happiness more radiant than hia when he received his bank book, fle proved to be good tempered, affeotionate, fond of fun but reasonably diligent, and posessed of fair mental powers, as he showed by progress during the terms of the district school. I do not know when I shoald have been willing to part with him, but that his parants made his stay with me the exouse for impositions which finally wore out my patience. At the end of two years, Mrs. Staart obtained a situa¬ tion for him in another State, and as the elder MoPhehina disappeared aoou after, ward, my yoathful waiter gradually fa- ded from my memory.
Our acquaintance was renewed re¬ eently in an unexpected manner. Philip Stuart happened to be with me dnring the last great military panic and, insisted that I should go to M— to see a company of Irish volunteers set off for Washington. "Pshaw, Phil.! Think of hrSakfast- ing at five o'clock in tho morning and ri¬ ding twenty milea merely to have one's heart half broken with the leave-takings of mothers, wives and children. If you really want to go, why not go alone ? or; perhaps your unele will go -with yon."
But Phil, waa resolute andi yielded. I knew I should at the ontset. So did he/ His mother-Bmd I did all in my, power to spoil her ohildren. To do them jtistice, they were nnspoilable by love whatever might have happened to them throtigh tyranny. ~
'As we emerged, frpm the.depot, I uw. that all the good places were oe |
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