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r <■* ■:■•■ • 1 - - ^ a^f.li <fi ■■> <*3: «ii and whose appearance is nwiiicntnrilv lookcd for, has cot ' j Two officers, we the continental’-army, Inge, and. it; is soon known among' the troops ahd inhabitants that they bearer- press orders from the-comnuuider-in- cliiei of the oofthetw-artpi to marchthe New England l »pionteers to the head quarters in tbe Suwnof fiejrYorit., - ’’ From tho trodps,from the inhabitants, are heard muttnoftlbf - disapprobation. Weren’t I with hiai at Wjntcr Hilh— Didn’t ill eyxelllaeVtvha n 1 turned out that the old colonel was to be our gen eral ?” “ The Congress used'him' bad enough before, but, this’is-to bad,”, is heard from another. | ct-uics the -Cfy, **• i his orders were obeyed, except when thing yet. Throw aside your bad hab- who bad effected -a junction with^tE^j Hue tb^ever i Indians and tones, or what is'morei pro^.j influewee- and j bable^the Indians and tones were the general to raf 1 " advanced party of .BaumV force. The A A — A 4 ^their and recei ving an orders tffmsetfTlie iscip- ducted the battle. His frenzied T „_. shouting madmen. Sd perfectly beside'himself was he with excitmcut tliat he da'shi to an oflicer who did not lead on hti of the American force, tljC c ed: and after •somp’rnanoed - elcya * ' .as he wished, and-opeued Iris heairjjfith We commenced by asking you to keep bis sword. He" was everywhere pre- «|> your spirits, dear reader—and this sent, and pushetfibe first line of the yon must do, if you ever hope to succeed 4m ho|H , _ If day of rale. w _^..aiid , craditonofaaeMlte matt ' &£ *&• ittfecellaneoas; "2TV Froroibe Union Ma*«atne. J T« GHEEN .OUNTAINSEBS ; A STtlRY OF THE REVOLUTION. n CSSOIIS* .OKI. spins. (Graud-Javgkier rf du Ikro rf Bennington.) - “ The trmipett eoond. th'e banner* dr. The glittering spearaMb ranked read/.; The «hoot* o'\ gepearaMpr tnrinmuu, The bank cloraa thick and blood/; But if* neribe roar o’aea or ahore IFad mak me laager with to tarry; Nor about o* war that's btard afar, - . " a fearing thee, tar bonnfe Mary.”—Beret.'* The country.js threatened. We have been loyal subjects ofra King. Wc have fought his battles—we have taken Looisborg, and we have, taken Quebec, and we have achieved the con- * quest of Cunada. . While following the |>lougb^hreshing the gray), budding the trees, the far mers of New Hampshire and Vermont think of these things. But the king must not trample upon the pipple ;.and lo! there is a king’s ( if, or who was once a king’s officer, rogator. diers bad come to protect us>; protection if they arc going info Suito!” ' ^- ,>* But the order was imprative. No officer was present who conceived ei ther that he had autfrority, or that it would be safe to take the responsibility of interfering with it.% . The troops are mustered, and the march commences. There is growling and grumbling in the ranks. But in a short lime, a stern and peremptory volbe is beard, and many of the soldi^s re cognise the voice in the order “ Column Hall r The person who gave the' or- dpr, rode swiftly to the head of the col umn. . He was a man apparently some what under the age of fifty, of the mid dle size, round and compact frame, and er£ct heating, and in his person, and in his aspect were marks of -great energy of thought and of action.; and impa tiently dashing his spurs iqtpThe fliioks of his horse, he rode like *a centaur.,— He reined up. The suddeh hfm creat ed some confusion, but gazing upon bis bold andwrikiog features, ana catching the glance of liis deep-set'eye, a loud shout of recognition greeted him.— “How is-ibis, sir?” said tte to the offi cer conducting the march.- “'\Vhat are yog doing with my trppp^.?’^ . r u .I do not know,ihut.they are yhur irbops.’Vropli- ed he, irritated by the toneof the inter- ■ They are the troops of Cop- TkfwL elevated ground rose with a regular a gentle slope, without'trees or underbush except upon its crest, where there were several sturdy oaks which were at once cut down by the enemy, and used in building a breast-work, upon which *'■—- —“ “-*ed. i Still farther from the breast work oh the they gress, and I am mashing them, to head-quarters of' the main army, to join Poor’s brigade.” “ And byAvhose at? sir, do you take.upon^yaurself t^ig geu cret in-chief of the Northern‘Department.” “The 1 name is well enough, sir, .and all “^’ ave.to say on the s«f ey shall never form a .pal brigade. I am here as.ine representa- livw*t»f* the 7 sovereign State of New Hampshire,-vand I am th^ commander 4M1I of these Lrbojys.” “You are taking a iers who hove this precision fefirfulte.ponsibilitynpoo yourself, suV’ ’ Ompm*i bow shall the replyy * 44 ™ l .hnfl l ^ e and his loud vojee isjteard as a parti san commander.. ;Tbe lords of the hills and of the valfcfs rally around him.— But who are the lord* of the hills and der«,'sir, do you take upon jfou the lords of the valleysT They arc not W men with epaulettes; or even^ithehqul- ' “ der-straps, but they: they fight for. No g vm of military life decorali but in defence of the sefil s their gnns with at brings down the moose, and the bear. But induced to leave their avoca- abnr to engage in warfare 1 Langdon rises in the council chamber of New Hampshire, and de clares that be bas three thousand dollars in hard money—that he will pledge his plate for three thousand more, that he , 4 liaa'scventy hogsheads of Tobago rum, .. which shall be sold for the most it will bring—and that these, with all bis per- * sohal credit, are at tbo service of the Stale of New Hampshire, if ibe state * will raise two regiments, ami place'bne of them under the commnncL: of^'my old friend, J8bn Stark,” (that king’s of ficer,) “ who has vinfficijletl the honor of our cosfotry, at Bunker’s Hill, and who will do,the same at all times.” If Burgdyoe bid not Jbe^i checkedjn bis advance from Canada,-tho independ ence of the doloniOar must- liBvc been 4 postponed for at least ten years. TbO expedition of Stark, suggestedby Lnng- don, checked Burgoyne; a most fatal Check, as ho . admitted, himself, in his labored argument "before the House of march of these men.” “ I’ll arrest you sir, if I bear.-anolber word from you/* Another officer • now rode up. Wha is this,” sayb be*.addressing the. officer who conducts the march. V The troops are c^led to halt/* person nut in—•’ am not in Geiie'ra! Stark, and am not to be ques tioned .by subordinates.”* The. olncer ■by.the autbdrity of Congress V*. 1ieve that- orders have been sent by an {Allot which dispositions were admirably officer, acting ' under the authority ‘ of executed, \yheif thfe forces were para- Congress. • But my commission author- ded for actioivtlie genqjtel made a brief to aciiiidi ;,we proceed argument nous. . : '*,’ k ^ r ith these prcliminai to’our narrative. _ T The. soldiers march to Pennington.— That peaceful village is annoyed, but not startled by military occupation; for in old times die people of -Vermont Were patriots, and their ears are not offended, although they hear the roll of the drum . and the call of tl\e bugfo.' - * On fKn fnnrtOAnlli rtf A f,i On the fourteenth of August, 1777, . the town of Bennington is alive with England lixfVe 'gathered' there, determined to strike a hard blow at Burgoyne. The country is threaten ed—to human calculation the country is in danger—a hard blewds to.be struck, but it is not a desperate one. The sons of liberty, reared amid the rough and wild hills of New Hampshire and Ver mont, never regard^ their last blow os desperate—Liberty * never despairs.— Very many.of these ‘stalwart yeomen have scoured the woods—have slept up on the unioned field; willi a roll of sr^v for a pillow, and under Robert Rogers «fc*v nnrS fought against superior nnm- i foe. They have seen Fort hd Ticondcrogn, and Lonisburg, tbcc.‘ Their innate confidence •Ives is confirmed by the racm- heir past success, liev remeftiber another officer., whom they~havc successfully fought, and he was the friend and neigh bor of Robert Rogers, Colonel Stark; many of them remember him at Bjinker’e Hill, at Trenton, at Prioce- there fn- nant of Baum’s force. The aqtion is renewed, Breyman . is ‘ routed. The ground is.strewcd with the parapherna lia of war> and the bodies of the slain; and _ thje, aki^ricans. wholly occupied their cannon wore mounted. On the with the custody of the tnany prisoners right and left were the corn-field*; and taken, have no time to pursue the few flanks of th^enemy’s position, the for est afTords^fl^pr for their sharp shoot ers and |R^^^Fans. Of these advan tages of-ajj**ground Col. Baum skilful ly availdnhimself. The American Gen eral, %.’arc that nearly alt his soldiers were accustomed to the woods, |»erceiv- cd at once that while the forest at either end of the enemy’s position sheltered the enemy, it also concealed the Amer ican operations from observation. And he resolved at once to outflank the ene my. And tl)us the American General planned bis attack ;• but it .was now nearly sunset. He therefore drew off his force, leaving only a small party of riflemen io 'skirmish with the enemy’j fugitives who are hastening to tell Bur goyne their tale of disaster. Colonel Baum dies, receiving every attention that the brave can render *o the brave: and with an honorable funer al, is buried on the banks of the Wal- loonschaick. A messenger is despatched express to Boston, with >be news of the battle,and its.result. From Boston the news is des patched to France, and the long-pro-^ note traded negotiations for French alliance On, with the United States arc at once con- lee* 1 eluded. Franee and America fight side T! by side, on the American. •Continemftn] and on the seas, against Kii advanced parties, which they did with considerable effect. In t|ifese skirmish es two Indian chiefs fell# - In the night it rains, the^trcxips are sheltered but im perfectly, in Huts hastily constructed.— The. next-morning,*an boim'before day break, the campus disturbed by the ar rival pf-tlia Berkshire militia, under ' itor,- Parson AlWrt,’ who upon introduced to the general’s qtiar- “ Simself “ Sir Lkm here as tlio leader of the people of Berk shire, who Wive come down to do battle for the rights of .their country ‘ - Ihe Brithrr^nd \he fc tories, andpe tur<5 some pagans from the wilderness ; now ready to go and fight in^this rain and dark- sir, my pe6ple. wont ing George. And General Burgoyne, afterhis sur- renderat Saratoga, admited toan Araer- icau officer tbax the expedition to* Ben nington cost him"fifteeobnhdred of his best men.' ' * » V' ARNOLD AT THE BEMIS* HEIGHTS. . Gates took Arnold’s division away from him and gave, it to General Lincoln, so that when the sccond;battlc of the I7lh ofOctoberoccurred, he, the best, bravest, and most successful general of the army, was without a command. This outrage was enough to madden a less stormy •ature than his, and be immediately de manded. a passport to Washington, pP 6 ple w« Iboy warn .0 fight.” “ Tell them menL „ to.wait until we. have sunshine, and ,1 I with w don’t give them, fighung enough 111 nev- AV ijj c i, , or ffslv ih'-m in tW-aMin qr^sk.them to August the spcteenth—the' rain has you t —4’ve got ’em. on— fust rate b<>ots.' ir price V * Oh ! yes.* * Then ydu o\v6 biro the money honestly.* ■“ •’Course.*. Well* why don’t you the wound- ; Why,’cause the blasted ad ?blre«liria^2 0 ^ ' vent a, ?4 8U{ ^ and_I waul at the age of twenty-one years expected « r *he <p»»ey ^ Mr,O,fo«.yi0i«elti ! e7 to shame and disappolntmeof.-! w J|™ s r l *"» ‘WooUkeer ture. As the thunder of arullery shoo_k ; Tlinr „ u Knl 1: , tI . ;afc#».fur that. How much money do nditipted, Colonel Nichols was orfler- ed to attack the enemy in the rear of their left. Colonel Herrickyto.attack the fhnd sard. “General, are you aqd the cj it these troops are marching j move forv *"* ' lbe- j the’ fire sft front, to divert he real point of attack ; and ing general was to n the direct front, until b^heard frpra the rear. commission fzfis me to act .iiiddpendently of Con gress#” .*• But are you not, sir. assum- jtfg, fearful-* responsibility “-VVell, sir.'dni take the responsibility. A man is pot v flt to I>e trusted with the defence of liis country, who is cither unwilling or afraid to take responsibility^.” • The general now gavQ^ orders fo the troops to return to quarters. Tbo men gave ihrep cheers, and commenced their inter-march, leaving the continental cere to settle their dispute with* the general as best they could. . The regiment has now returned ter Benniugton ; and as the 1 general rides ' rough the village, the soldiers and iu- bitnnts salute him; and the news spreads that Brigadier General Stark bhs arrived. Joy is in the bouses, and frolicking and gossipping at the taverns. Well, now, wont he give the red coats the devil! Didn’t he do it at Bunker’s Hill, and didn’t that infernal old King George want him on his side. But the old colonel, though he can fight like*the Evil One, has got a heart, and it is just here,” said the speaker laying his hand upon bi*.’ breast. , “ Why, the colonel, no matter how grand lie looks in . bis uniform, he. shakes hands with every bodjfr.” This was trirt; but there was one ex ception. He would not shake hands , - with the Continental Congress; and his ic stalwart yeomen rank and command bad been given to rtrt,i a _i.„..« .'?«#,*l,j m by .the Provincial Congress ofiNew Hampshire. And thp command and comraissipp bad been accepted with the express u ndersea tiding, that be was to be “which although faction rather than ere in words of cilously immortal- address'to the his'was the poei of numbers, we u one who has mbsl _ ized that Roman* s[ ••When on that field hie band the Hessiant fought, Briefly he spoke before lie fiJit began— •So’die.et dioee German gentlemen are boaght, Fo.- four pounds eight and ee«en pence per maq. By England's King—a bargain as it (bought.' Are we worth more J . Let’s prove it, now we can. For we mm beat (hem, boy*, ere rat of sun. Or Mary.Stark'S* widow.'—It was don&." It is the season ot harvest. Corn and grain are. waving in the fields, silver birches glisten with rain drop9, although the sun is shining. The Commanding general at the head of the mb to body rides slowlyforward. But', hark I there is the rutile of musketry^nd the word is beard, “ or them boys, the game has begun and without artillery the whole force has attacked the enir.enched camp of the euemy. A second volley is heard, mingled with Indian cries, and the sav ages are seen running; many of them are brought'down by the unerring shot of the yankec rifles. The combat rages. The Germans figfit with the obstinacy of veterans. The Provincials’ imitate therm No sound is bfeard save-the roar of battle* - Tnewortfof command pan scarcelypassed, through the incesr sant reverocr-uion of the small, arms and artillery. # ’ But, although the Germans fight well, some of tliem will attend to their milita3 T . It w thought he concluded it would have an ugly lodt to leave the artny on the eve of an im portant engagement, and resolved to re main. Ho was in the camp when the I7thof October coin- f,^ne may t gui "theroar tfrbattle, |raded to n level- with the brute, iFinight have been had not vour* rela tives and friends taken pity upon you? Doh’i think of the past, nor ask what will be thrown in yourteeth ; but do your (Jby now, at this eleventh hour, and |you will yet be saved. rTng up tdi r r its retreat, lie hurl- What encouragement to paupers, whe ther supported by the town or by friends! whether dressed in rags or in the ex treme of fashion! • You mav be smuc- its—give up your pride and vour rum. ‘and go to-work like men. . What if vou The Loiiisvma-Journat pronounces the follow ing'stanza*surpassingly Beautiful:. the spring or Life ibpast. The spring of life is past, With its budding hopes and fears," And the autumn time ts coming With its weight of weary years— Our joyouaoess is fading. Our hearts are dimmed with care, dreams of gladness there. . ■ tAnd youth’s fresh dm « ; All perish darkly Um While bliss was bloom While bltsa eras blooming near na, ’’ ’ first hunt of spring, .opes could cheer us, * ^ a thing! ?pling o’er, hope t There a — miserable us they midst of plehly, and ed three regtmtfht’s with such terrible impetuoushy upon it, that it also broke and fled. While the British {ifficera were making desperate efforts in other parte of the field to stay the reversed tide of battle, lie pressed on after Bur goyne—storming over the batteries, and clearing every obstacle, till at length be forced him aud his whole army back into their camp. Not satisfied with this, hs prepared to strirm the camp al- i owls; and broken skulls. But once, behiud their entrenchr I There is no hope for you, as long as ments, the British rallied, and fought; you suffer despondency to have supreme ■with the fury of men struggling for life, control over you. You will hqver be Thexgrape-shol and balls swept every worth a groat tir any of the real pnr- inch of ground, and it rained an iron ; poses oflife, wffile yua thus .reraaiu.- 1 - teinjiest on the American ranks, but', Give a start, then—arise, and push ahead, nothing could resist their fiery valor.-— ye who ure down in the mouth, sad and fir. £^-a..*p BWe pt j n t| ie trace of their dumpish. Away from that rotten stump ing every thing before them, that stagnant pool—the charnel house of auds'Jround Ui can live, oven surrounded with blessings untuimbcred. They suffl*r their, spirits to be depressed, fearing they may come to want at some future day. Miserable fools 1 Wc have no patience with such, and feel like giv ing them a kick whenever we njeet them and see their cadaverous looks. They avoid pleasant places, cheerful society, aud glorious prospects, to sit among the tombs, companions of toads, spi< stiuacy of the enemy, and resolved to happy. Otherwise, you will rot out be- make one more desperate effort for a, fore your lime, ami perish like the brute, complete victory, rallied a few of his brave i nonsuiting a creoitor. There was a-certain lawyer on the Cape, a long time ago, die only one in -diggins’ then, ima for aught I iw, at present. * He was a man well A . WMIW 5 d° in the world, and what was some- e*en" Elancinc i' vlial sur P r ‘ 3i,l 8 >n » limb of tlie law, . ‘ - . i nvf»r«i» tn rtiirtrtiiritainn’ litianlion. it him, and rouj j his 'enthusiastic appeals^ them to a last charge on the cf“ J self. “ Yok,” said he to one with me at Quebec, n/oa in the npss, and you at Champlain—F< tne !'* His sword was seen glm>vi«iK: • .... like a bean, of light along their serrie-'l av J. r5u f m.cauragmg bUgMon, array—ihe next morning lie gallojwd in i One .lay a client came to I,nr, Iron,, and riding ri$t gallafiriv at their; ™S C ; ’ '~' l ;- a ; hc . re - bqmre.’ sn.d h, ad through ti, dVvo^ring fire, broke *«™ • taero * l ter *' own vtidf aclatfer and a crash in,o ,1,0 very hJ3.^« e " n Cnv . e ha3 S? nea " <1 ma sally port6f the ene.nv. wherethe horse ’ f" c 1 T’f* l “ fr? bo " *, I r orwilu. htm. • Did tlie bools suit you ?» ‘Ob ! ves—4’ s of sir. And feel again eur hoyhood’B wish, s there! ; .v, Thera are many dreams of gUdaoss That ding around the pait, And from that tomb of feeling Old thoughts come thronging fait— The forms we loved - so dearly, - fo the happy day* now gone, The beautiful and W«ly# So fair to look upon: Thono blight and gentle maidpas ■ Who seemed so fonned for bliss, • Too glorious'aud too heavenly For such a world as this J Whose soft dark eyes seemed swimming t dark eves seen of liquid light, And whose locks of gold were streaming. O’er brows so sonny bright; Whose smiljg were 1 ike the sunshine Like the’ They have passed*—like Like the brightest buds of ; They have fallen from the atem— And yet—the thought is saddening To muse on such as they— And feel that all the beautiful' Ire passing £ 5 fast away! s wbomwelovcv That’the fair Like (he tendrils of the vine, Grow closely to each loving heart, Then perish on their shrine! And can we but think of these - In the soft and gentle spring, When the trees are warinir oV: and ruler sank together tor the earth— the good steed dead, and Arnold be neath him, with his leg shattered to pieces,-tHe same leg that was broken at ,lhc storming of QueBbcJc * ’ This ended the fight an< *“* ' • yand ceasgd, the sun has risen. In pursoance lowed'bv^tht^sWn nf mnsketrr* I v '°* atet * his orders and galloped to the | y°]]* wanl lo °f m pl ? n e ra ,“iL°‘„rcouU r £ H.-fiad u,ede up S ,o h«ry “ “ nolon|erfe s ,raiond. He walked about ^! 5 ' l,sa PP. 0,n ' m ™ 13 ' in the greatest agitation-now pausing to S™”* Would that he had in the greatest agitation—now pausing to listen to'the din of war, and now watch ing the fiercely - ascending volumes of smoke that told;where the fight was rag ing. A)i! who can tell what gloomly thoughts and fierce purposes of revenge were then and there oorb in his maddened soul—it is terrible to drive the brave to de spair.' The hero of Quebec, Champlain . -- and Ridgefield, to whom the headlong charge and perilous -tnarch were a de light, who panted like a wai horse for the conflict, was here doomed by an ineffi cient commander to remain inactive.— His brave followers were rushing on to death without him, and sudden resolves and overwhelming emotions kept up such a tumult in bis bosom, that his ex citement at length amounted almost to madness. . • Unable4ongjei to restrain his. impul ses, he callediike tlie helpless “Augerou for bis horse. Vaulting to the saddle he rode for a While around the camp in a tempest of passion. Al length a hea vy explosion of artillery, making the earltjUremble beneath hnn, burst on his car. He paused a moment and leaned over bis'saddle-bow, then plunging his rowels up to the gaffs in' his horse, launched like *a thunderbolt away. . He was mounted, on a beautiful Spanish mare named War^n, after the here of .Bunker Hill, worthy - such h' ridqT, and which bore him like thfe wind ihto the battle. |t was told to Gales that Arnold had gone to the field; Sind he.immediately sent Col. Armstrong after, him. But yoir want to begin with?* ‘Oh, ten dollars will do.’ ‘Is that all. WelL here’s an X, so go ahead,’ and the cli ent went on, very well satisfied with ceeded.^alrd* .a^ bitasdf‘frofii The ] the beR’nning. Our lawyer next called curse of his countrymen and the scorn i ™> lhe sh.nt-jnaker and asked hitn what or the world '.—HcadUy. j he meant by commenang legal pnceed- ings against M—. ‘ Why,’ said ho, 4 I kept sendin* to him for money till I got tired. I know’d he was able to pay* When the trees are waring o’er ns And the flowers arc blossoming? Forwc know that winter’s coming With his cold and stormy sky— ANECOOTE OF STEPHEN OIRARO. The following capital anecdote, illu3* I trarive of the peculiarities' of the lattr I Stephen Girard, of Philadelphia, ts from I the New Bedford Mercury; we have nev*' I er seenit published before: “ Mr. G. had a favrtrite clerk, one w$a I every way pleased hiin,jind "ho, when I * 3 of twenty-one years expected I say something to him in regard I to bis future prospects, and perhaps lend I him a helping hand in starting him m| the world. .But Mr. G. said nothing, carefully avoiding the subject ofhis cs- I cape from minority. At length, after! the lapse of some weeks, the clerk mu»*| lered courage enough to address Mr. G. | upon tlie subject. Ftom th«9 Philadelphia Saturday Courier. KEEP UP YOUR SPIRITS. Always keep, your spirits up. Noi.andlwas ’termined to make him — matter how poor in health, or in puree] That’s the long and short of it.* ‘Well/ •u may be, never suffer yonr spirits to] sgid the In wye i—‘he’s been a good cus- ! depressed, or the blood lo stagnate tOmcr to you, and 1 think you acted tqp around your heart. Cheerfulness and | hastily/ There’s a trifle to pay on ac- activity are the life of man. If he lose | couqt ofyour proceeding—but I think these, no wealth, no honors, nothing can , you’d better take this five dollars and make him either contented or happy.— j call it square.* * Certain, Squire, ifyou Does haggard poverty stand before you ? j say so—and glad to get it,* was the an- Do you see her stiadow ju every path ? j swer,, So the lawyer gave one V and Be not dclmayed. Meet her manfully— i kept 'the other. In a few days the cii- with a stout heart and^determined front, | ent came along and asked him bow he and soon she will take ffer flight to torment. got on with his case. * Rapidly !* cried you no more forever. To overcome the ' the lawyer—we’ve nonsuited him ! he’ll evils of poverty, you need only courage l never trouble you.* ‘Jerusalem! that’s and perseverance. You never knew a i great !* epfed the client—‘l*d rather man to die poor, and be Juried at the j gin fifty dollars than have had him expense of the parish, who was uot ci- got'the money forlbem bools!’ ther vicious and unprincipled, or intern- * —— 1 — perale and a drone. Examine tfie char acters of town paupers and the hangers- WHAT SHALL I TAKEP au ...w A. lnfly of our a^uaintaircc, (says an myil TvTns ^dThrcoriftTreTTl^ ! change pnpcr.^yoa "R.Jovtly, a nd in- streets. VVerethevvirlhous?—«wfere they telligent, called; steady ?-V-were t(iey indust rious? Nc— something For a tbe\'were the reverse. In early life, they , beau- - . - . .. preferred tlie society of the vain and j “ I have been doctoring myselfi «ud idle io the upright nod hardworking— I 'j)" fair one »>th a nab to the They would not engage in any active ! k'"*! M. D. while he wee feeling her a physician to do ib of blood to the Arnold expecting this, and' determining not to be.called back as had ‘been done nd is Wanl save-the roar I before, spurred furiously andd the vanks, | d| M J 1 and as the former approached biln, gal loped into the vollies, and thus the chase was kept up for.half au hour, until at length Armstrong gave it up dnd the fierce chieftain had it all his own way. Goaded by.rag^and disa^potStrueht Jn- duties \Vilha pipe in the month; and late' Ho insanity, in the afternoon, out ao0Ki theGerma lines, a philosophical geutleman, officer ,m banding nition from a luronril behind theGerman They would not engage in any active j business, but preferred a lazy sort of life,! P 0 ^ 8 ®*- ( ami now they Teap the consequences of! **Ah. their folly. Even now there is hope for | ‘ I suppose, sir/ said the clerk, * I ai free and 1 thought I would say somethin Ah! how?' VVhy, I have taken Brandrcth’s them, sunk and degraded as tliey are, if j jj arr ’ s S* an ^® r g 8 P^ls, thby will turn over a new leaf, and ex- Sand’s SarsaparillH/ Jayne s Expecto- eict ihemsibre,.rognlutly. They arc not I rent, used _Sliera.... h Lownge* and tdo old, too far, gone in sin ai»d laziness ] ^‘-xster, and . r .<1- to repent and become men. A few' “ By;henv6ns,” mterrnpted the as- years ago, there was a miserable, dirty j Ipnishcd doctor, “all these do your loafer, about our Sligets—be was raer-; complaint no """ thought I would say something I to you as to my future ^course. What | do you think I had better doV “Yes, yes, I know you are free,* said Mr. G., and my advice to yog is that you I go learn the cooper's trade. . Tbia announcement well nigh threw I the clerk off the track, but, recovering! his equilibrium, he said if Mr. G. was in I earnest, he would do so. V *Tiim in earnest,’ said Mr. Gv; and thej clerk Vather hesitatingly, sought one o the best coopers, agreed upon the term! of apprenticeship, and went at it in earn-*I est. ‘In process of time/ the young I cooper became master of his trade, and I could make as good a barrel as any oth-'l er cociper. He went and told Mr. Gs| that be bad graduated with all the hon ors of the craft, and was ready to set upl bts business; al which the old manl seemed much gratilied, and told him tol make three of the best barrels he could! get up. The young cooper selected the! choiscst materials, and soon put. into! shape and finished his three barrels, and! wheeled them up to the old man’s count-! ing room. Mr. G. said the barrels Wercr| first-rate, and demanded the price. ‘ One dollar, said the clerk, ‘ is t as I can live by.* • Cheap enough,* said bis employer f ' shall I take ?” pet- rag- j comma ti ged aud intemperate, and 'did uothiag! .. 1*, ‘t* fbew wttsrt shall I to support himself.' His friends jtook '’tishly inquired the jgtient. care of him, till they were tired, .and t “ Take. ext-.air/Teq the doctor, eyeing to throw shipped hint pff^ because he would not ^ her from head to Gxit. responnsible solely; to the Slataof New or private we know not, with a pipe in Hampshire; and in no way responsible his mouth, sets^ fire to the cartridges. to tfie Continental Congress o- to ony continental (pmmander.: .The events wetshall sketch will show tlie’wrsdom of the State in giving him a seperatc command. And tbe reason that be as signed for his non-intercoursc with gress, namely,' that a man who * not protect hi9 own rank was not t< trusted to protect the honor of his hole explodts, and at the same time, like a hurricaue, on rush the Americans. Tfle vigor, aud resolution of their assaqlt, aod. the confusion cre- ’ ’ r’the explosion i>f tlie . tumbril, "ger ip their ranks.' and fight.- The iven “back, their ton, and they have assembled at Ben-; try, was sufficient to him ; and a nington, in the confidence that he is to] gallant and snccesslul-officer a * be their commander; and they detest-;limes has declared the same? rounded. With oped. __cuau dWW vwu.l. Take!” ag'aih Ividehily^yas resolvect | listen to their advice, and go to work [ eyduimeil he, after a moment s its life, ana end •at once j and he steady. He was so degraded l,on ~^ take, why take offyoifr corsets, his career. Where the 1 and miserable that be Was glad tg pick xj^ .ft-ee niters is very patriotic peo- shot fell thickest tbere that Wack steed. up the crusfs of breai! that were thrown , . , . 00 **.-a- .i- ^ was seen plunging' flirough the smoke, ■ aside for the swine. At last he was-car- and where death-reaped down the brave ! ried to the poor house. He was given fastest, there hii’shout was heard ring- i up by his friends. No oiiedreamt that ing over the din and tumult. He was he would ever return to’respectable so- no longer the cc*»l and skillful officer,; ciety, but cud his days among the mis- warrior, reckless of ; erable and degraded. He entreated his d horse was flecked friends to take Win from the boiisfr,' bnl d impossible j they would not listen to him. In the survive amid | course of a few months an opportunity he so wil ** "" ‘ officers vivo amirt | course oi a iew monms uu uppunuunj- rildly gal- \ presented, anil fhe town paupcrabscoujl- s thought j ed from the overseers ot the poor. He , so furious and vehe*,continued to I so thrill- j now/—who wo i his sword sweep- one of the first r g well, and U peri ple t and takes a lively interest in the ceh ebraiion of the . Imle|>endencc of thcr count rv, - If we may judge by the follow- in from a NoriUern paper: v ** Quomind, luib you been to de (burl ’of Jply dft w.eeK?^ “ Yes’,‘Ceusar, l ben th»r sartin. I a mile ofT, hot 1 went up dar.” ‘make out your bill and present it.* Aud now qomes the cream oftlie whole Mr.G.drew a check.for S20,00tt, am handing it to the clerk-cotTper, 'closed! with tlrese words: * There, take that, and invest rt in? the! best possible way, and ifyou are unfor-L tannic and Jose it, you have a good inidem > fall back upon, winch will afford yof good living at. all times.’ H •* Did you fire off*any ling to ‘ spfode de ’casioa wid firearms, when yon went?” behind bis troops, ! mg well attentive? tef hi3 1 clerk in the cstlblh when.yot> “ No. * peak off, I fire off two; gun.' Did you hab cap to fire ’em.?” : a ~r - ' • No, no, I got belli nd a tone wall and ,l J—-hd? with: loat .j r Inrnoff wid match, bekase dem ting of the y aa oV er if,yi/u let « ixo is head { y<m ‘ and his cm-! The renowned .race horse American A MOST SENSIBLE WOMAf/, In one ofhis excursions during har vest, a King of England passed a field where he saw only one woman reaping J His Majesty asked where he* Coffjp iotts iteit. “They havegofto fo*6e lire Kmg,’J she replied. “Audxth added the King. . — “ 1 would not give a pift io see hirn, I replied the woman ; “ beflidesv the fbolf whfo have gone to the city wilt lose day’-s work, and that is more than I ca do j for I have five children fo whom tmst give bread.* “Very, him intoxi! meat were ing his shoot, as with his sword sweep ing in Bery circles about his head, be ' sormuoned his followers lo tlie charge. Once, wishing to go from one extremity clerk in tire establishment, ana ms cm-, .nc re., u *r„ eu . --- - „ alunff*wiilicat Ms se^ces! n^tl?®!! • Yntcs^iu'ltcntucky! ^ ar,l *° kUl^youV*' ’ said tlie King,* ] ...erf, gre)d, some money in her hand, “you can \e\ your companions who went to see ffii ‘King that the King cnme to sefe you. A lady’s maid told l*er mistress she once sv/allowed several pins tof Dear me,” said the lady, “ d Hi -V ir Uit m >sumM