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limine Cards iMt exceeding tlirc linen, inser tvl umler this head, at $1 i r annum. Persons advertising in the "Denn rat" I.t the ear, will Ik? entitled to a Card in the Busineß Directory, witliout additional charge. Äsball f o unto Btmo trat A D JOD PRINTING OFFICE. We have on haml an extensive assortment of AihI are nrepared to execute JOB AXD FANCY PRINTING! Of every description ami nality, such as CTRCrLAM, HAIBIIXS, MBF.MI, r.tM milkt, hcsixkm ca ana, Hl.. UF.KDS MORTCAGE.; And in diort. Blank f every variety ami description, on the slirtst notice, & on reasonable terms CATAixtorw, TlI.YMOUTIlllAXNKR, BY W. J. BURNS, I ivinouui, inu. fiinvxi.ER i"tToT.DE7LERS IN DRY 13 Good and Groceries, first door cast hide of Michigan street. ..Plymouth, Ind. B- ROOK & kvans dealers in dry Goods and (I roccries, corner Michigan and I Forte street." Plymouth, Ind. C PALMER, DEALER IN DRY GOODS kr Groceries, s-outh corner La Porte and Michigan streets Plymouth, Ind. NIL OGLESBEE k Co.. DEALERS IN . Drv Goods V Groceries Brick Store Michigan street, ri; mouth, IimI John con Ilk, dealkr Fx dry goods and GnH-eries,onier of Michigan and Gano jUreeta Plymouth, Ind. KSTERVELT k HEW IT. DEALERS in Dry Goods & Groceries, Plymouth, Ind. G S. CLE A V EL A N I). DEALER IN DRY JT9 Goods ll.mlware, etc.,. . Plymouth, Ind. M KS. DUNHAM, MILLINER k MANTUA Maker, Plymouth, Ind. B ROWN it BAXTER, DEALERS IN Stoves Tinware, &c Plymouth, Ind. II 11. PERSHING, DEALER IN DRUGS and Medicines llvmotitli, Ind. N. R. TACKAKIt A. VIXXEDCC CKARD k YIXXEIX:K, WHOLESALE JL Retail 5 roeers Plymouth, IihI. R RUSK, DEALER IX GROCERIES & Provisions Plymouth, Ind. F OST E R .1 W A LL A C E. DEALERS IN Gr series and Provisions,. . .Plymouth, Ind. T W. DAVIS, SADDLE AND HARNESS J m Maker, Plymouth, Ind. H E N R Y P I E R C E , DEALER IN CLOthing A; Furnishing Gols Flymouth, Iml. JOHN .M DANNEÜ MANUFACTURER k laler in Boots k Shoes, Plymouth, IihI. A YRES BALDWIN, MANUFACTURER of Boots & Shoes Plymouth, IihI. JOHN GIPE, MANUFAC Ihntts & Sh.K-s, riv TUR ER OF mouth. Ind. W xi i. piait MwiM'AnnRF.i: ni"! m i . ii . in .1. T...1 ' i amm-i are, i mnomu, mo. t s LUYTER .V FRANCIS, HOUSE f'ARPEN-1 Urk Joiners Plymouth, Ind. I TAMIS YARN ER, HOUSE CARPENTER k 0 ß Joiner,. . . .Plymouth IimI. B AUGIIERT k (o., MANUFACTURERS k IValers in CHii'r Ware,. .Ply mouth, lud. LLIOTT k SON, TURNERS, CIIAIRMAkers & Painters Plymouth, IihI. E LLIOTT k (., MANUFACTURERS OF Wagons, Carriages Plows Plymouth, IihI. C iOl.i.INS Jt NICHOLS MANUFACTURersfSah vc Plymouth, Ind. EN J BENTS, BLACKSMITH, B Plymouth, IihI. K. URIC.GS, BLACKSMITH, nvmouth, IihI, T) AGUERREOTYPES, BY J. E. A?.ISTROXc; Phniouth, Ind. , loon, by m. ii.Tiimrrs, Plymouth, IihI. M Eli ICÄ X HOUSE, BY (;. P. CHERRY SON Phmuth, Ind. E TJDWARDS IIOTEIh BY W.C. EDWARDS, 1 . I1 .1. T-. 1 I I IIIUIIIII, IIHI. C HAS. If. REEVE, A1TORNEY AT LAW v Notar v Pu'olir, Plymouth, IihI. H R ACE COR BIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW Plymouth, Iihi. H ODGES A; PORTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Plymouth, IihI. SAML. B. CORBALEY, NOTARY PUBLIC, Plviiiouth, Iml. THEO. A. LEMON, PHYSICIAN, SURGEON &. Druggist, Plymouth, IihI. R UFUS BROWN, PHYSICIAN it SUR GEON, nvmouth, Ind. SH'GGINBOTH AM, PHYSICIAN k SUR- . GEON Iii mouth, IihI. N EH KM FÄ II Sil ER. MA X, TIIYSICIAX V SURGEON Plymouth, IihI. JW.IJKXXKT, C.KOX. PHYSICIAN V SUK IMvm'iuth, lud. C HAS. WEST, ECLECTIC PHYSICIAX, Plviiiouth, IihI. TT IL DUO LITTLE, ECLECTIC IMIVsicinn, I'lvm-.uth, Intl. "T I), (r HA V , KcLEtTIC I'llTSUIAN, riynv.utli, Ind. K LINGER .V BRO. DEALERS IN LUMBER etc, nymouth, Iihi. 7J PATTERSON. DEALI'R IN VAriouskindsof Meat, Plymouth, Ind. IVERYST.AIH.K HY WM. M. PATTKRson, . Hvnioutli, IihI. AUSTIN FULLER, MANUFACTURER AihI dealer in Flour Plymouth, IimI. TTenry m. uh;an k iaiTers in JLX Iifiilier, kr Iljnioutli, Ind. Joseph iViTTESAnni.E k harness Maker Plymouth, IihI. A" IviERljTHÖÜHEVr.: P. älERRY At Si, Proprietors Plymouth, Iml. B ARI1ERING AND HAIRDRESSINC, RY Alfred Billow Plymouth, Iml. M I IVIUlllll t H IIA.w.1, .....I. i my oi ... ... .... ITIMIl'l I t. IL'fl'MY UAVIIVAI'TII reuof PIow.j, i.e., rivmontli, Iml.

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elttttir lottrn. From the "Knickerbocker. THE BUND BOY'S LOVE. T JOH If. NEW. List! oh! list! she isdrawingnear; For her tiny ?tep ami brief Falls softly on my strained ear. As the rain on venial leaf! Whv beats mv heart o wildly now, Ar.d starts my blood in fiercer flight, Ami crimson neck awl cheek and brow, As skies they nay, when wings the night? Why, e'en my tongue forget its art, Ami croucheth down, opjiresseil with fear, As lilacs when the north winds part, Or beasts whose master cometh near. Ah me! die has passed me like the breeze With odors from the autumn plain, - Or like a ship o'er s mthcrn seas, When scarce a ripplet scars the main. But, as a wrecked one on the shore. When night has set her sentries pale, Whose low-bowed ear for evermore, Is filled with rustlings of a sail. I stand all breathless, hearing yet The murm'ring of her fading flight, While every sound is sweetly set To the music of her fHt-fall light. But thou, my Lilt! halt never know The soul that, like the restless sea, To thee shall ever ebb and flow, Unceasing as eternity: For who am I to dream of love Of thee, a twin to Beauty born, Whom every songster of the grove Greets with his carol, as if the Morn? No, no; those lake-like eyes of thine Should mirror back a face more fair Than this poor, dark one, sad, of mine, Whet e moody ?its each full -browed Care. And vet, mv Goo! if for an hour Thoud'st grant me in her eyes to gaze, How cheerful would I yield the iower Of life itself through countless days! MISCHIEF-MAKERS. O! could there in the world lie found. Some little sjiot of happy ground, Where village pleasures might go round Without the village tattling; How doubly blest that place would be, Where all might dwell in liberty, Free from the bitter misery Of gossips endless prattling. If such a spot were really known, IKime Peace might claim it as her own, And in it she migjit Iii her throne Forever ami forever, liiere like a Queen might reign and live, While every one would noon forgive The little slight they might receive, And be offended never. Tis mischief-makers that remove Far from our hearts the warmth of love, AihI lead us all to disapprove What gives another pleasure; They seem to take one's part but when They've heard our cares, unkindly then They sHn retail them all again, Mix'd with the jwusonous measure. And then they've such a cunning way Of telling their ill-meant tales, thev sav Don't mention what I said, I pray, I would not tell another;" Straight to your neighlior's house they go, Narrating everything they know. And bn'akthc peace of high and low. Wife, husband, friend s; 'mother. O! that the mischief -poking crew, Were all reduced to one or two, And they wercpianted red or blue. That every one might know them! Then would our villagers forget To rage and juarrcl, fume and fret, And fall into an angry jn-t, With things so much below them. For 't is a sad and degraded part To make another bosom smart, And plant a dagger in the heart We ought to love and cherish; Then let us evermore be found In quietness with all around. While friendship, joy and peace abound, And angry feelings perish! GENERAL GREEN'S RETREAT. AN AMERICAN SKETCH. V J. T. 1IEADLV. To understand the ground over which this remarkable retreat was performed, it is only necessary to glance at the map. j Three large rivers rise in the north-west part of North and South Carolina, and flow in a south-easterly direction toward the Atlantic. The lower, or most southeastern one, is the Catawba, which empties into the San tee; the north of it, and nearly parallel, is the Yadkin; emptying into the Pedee; the last, and most northern, is the Dan, which noon leaves its southeasterly direction and winds backward and forward across the Virgini i line, and finally falls into the Roanoke. Green was now on the Catawba, or most southern river, and directed his steps north, his line of progrvHs cutting the Yadkin and Dan. To place a deep liver ludwecn two armies effectually separates them for some time while a retreating army lietween one and a powerful adversary, is almost sure to be ruined. Therefore, the great effort of Cornwallis was to overtake his weak enemy somewhere between the rivers, while the latter strained every nerve to keep a stream dividing him and his foe. Green was now

PLYMOUTH, IND. JANUARY 24, 1856.

crossing the Catawba, "which, swollen by the recent rains, prevented Cornwallis from crossing. But at length it began to subside, and the Latter determined, by a nigh: march to a private ford near Salisbury, to deceive his antagonist, and cross without opposition. But Green had been on the alert, and stationed abodv of militia there to dispute the passage. At daybreak, the British column was seen silently approaching the river. A deep hue was on everything, broken only by the roar of the swollen waters, and not a living thing was to be seen on shore. Twilight still rested on the forest, and the turbid foam-covered stream looked doublj appalling in the gloom. The rain was felling in torrents, and the British commander, as he reined up his steed on the slippery banks, looked long and anx iously oh the other side. There all was wild and silent; but the flashes of the Amer ican fires in the woods told too well that he had been forestalled. Still, the order of ad vance was riveii. and the oolumn boldlv entered the channel. With muskets pass ed over their heads to keep them dry, and leaning against each other to steady their slippery footing, the grenadiers pushed for ward. As they advanced, the water deepened, until it flowed in a strong current, up to their waists. The cavalry went plunging through, but the rapid stream bore many of them, both horses and riders, downward in the darkness. The head of the column had already reached the center of the river, when the voices of sentiuels rang through the darkness, and the next moment their guns flailed through the storm. The Americans five hundred in number immediately poured in a destructive volley, but the British troops pressed steadily forward. ! Soldier after soldier rolled over in the flood, I and Comwallis's horse was shot under him, j but the noble nninul with a desperate effort, j carried his lider to the bank before he fell, The intrepid troops at length reached the j shore and routed the militia. Cornwallis was now on the same side with his antagonist, and prepared to follow up his ad vantage with vigor. But the latter no sooner j heard that the enemy had crossed the Ca-! j tawba, than he ordered the retreat to the! (Yadkin. Through the drenching rain and ! ' deep Mild, scarcely halting to eat or lest, f the ragged troms dragged their weary way. and on the third day reached the river and commenced crossing. Jit tin meantime, ; the recent rains had swollen this river also, ! so that by the time Green had safely e fleet ed the passage, the current was level with : its banks. " lie had urged everything for- ; ! ward with the utmost speed, and at mid-: night, jun as the last of the rear guard j was embarking, they were saluted with ai volley from the advance guard of the Brit- ! ish. When the morning light broke over! the scene, there lay the two armies within . ; sight of each other, and the blessed Yaddin surging and roaring in threatning ae- : cents between, as if on put pose to daunt the invader from its bosom. Stung into . madness at mis second escape oi tneir ene-. my, the English lined the shore with their 1 r.rtinery, and opened a fierce cannonaue C7i the American camp. But the army, protected by an elevated ridge, rested quietly ! and safely behind it. ! In a little cabin, just showing its roof above the rocks, Green took up his quar-1 .1 ters, and while his troops were reposing commenced writing his despatches. The enemy, suspecting that the American General had established himself there, directed their artillery upon it; and soon the rocks rung with the balls that moked and bounded from their sides. It was not long before the roof of the cabin was struck, and the shingles and clapboards began to fH' about in every direction; but the stern warrior within never once looked up, and wrote on as calmly as if in his peaceful home. Four days after, the British General tarried on the shore of the Yadkin; and then, as the waters subsided, again put his army in motion. Moving lower down the river, he crossed over, and started anew after his adversary. But the latter ever vigilant, was already on his march to Guilford, where he resolved to make a stand, and strike the bold Briton to the heart. But on reach in r Guilford, he learned to his dismay, that the reinforcements promised him had not. arrived. The English army was nearly double that of his own, and all well tried, disciplined soldiers, and he knew it would be mad ness to give battle on such disadvantageous terms. There was, therefore, no remedy bur retreat, and this had now become a difficult mutter. In the hope of Iieing able to sustain himself at Guilford, he had sn tic red his enemy to approach so near that there was but one pissible way to escape. Cornwallis, at last deemed his piey secure. On the 10th of February this Kittle of ma mm vers again commenced, and the two armies now only twenty-five miles apart stretched forward. Cornwallis supjiosed that his adversary would make for the upper fords of the Dan, as there were nothing but ferries below, and hence put hi ) ar-

OF HEAVEN, SHOULD FALL ALIKE UPON JANDJTHE

my in such a position that he could crush him at once; but Green" quickly withdrew to the lower Dan, where he ordered boats to be congregated, in which he could transport his troops over. His objeTm thi'as two-fold. First, to place a deep instead of a fordable river between him and his for midable adversary; and secondly, to be in a situation to effect a junction with the reinforcements ho expected in Virginia. Discovering at once the error under which Cornwallis labored, he added to it by sending a large detachment to maneuver in front, as if the upper fords were indeed the object of his efforts. Col. Williams com manded this chosen body of men, and marched boldly against the entire British army. The British commander, thinking it to be the advance guard of the Americans, began" hastily to contract bis lines, and make preparations for a fierce resistance. This detained his march, and allowed Green to get a start, without which he must inevitably been lost. The English were without bairnrae; indeed, the whole armv had been converted into infantry, which enabled them to move with much more .alac rity than the Americans. It was now the dead of winter; the roads of to-day were tilled wkh deep mud, and to-morrow u0 zen hard, presenting a mass of rugged points to the soldier's feet, over which they were compelled to drag themselves on by the fear of destruction. In the meanwhile, ! Cornwallis, apprised of his error, began the pursuit in good earnest. But that gal lant rear Suar(1 t,f Williams' kept between the two armies, slowly retreating, but still , present ever bending like a tow of wrath on the advancing enemy- The fate of the ; American army depended on its firmness an(1 sliilb a,1(1 every officer in it seemed to , fcel ihi immense trust committed to his j cale- T,,cre was Lt',;'s gallant legion, and j Washington's heavy mounted desperate horsemen heroes, every one. Vigilant, untiring, brave, they hovered with such a threatnlng aspect around the advancing columns, that they were compelled to march n close order to prevent an attack. Tho k'ast negligence, the least oversight, and t,lc uIuw would fall like lightning. Never did :i ,var juard behave more gallantly. The men were allowed three hours sleep out uf t" twenty-four, and but one meal a jday! By starting and pushing forward three hours before daylight, they wero enabled to get a breakfast, and this was the last repast until next morning. Yet the brave fellows bore all without a murmur, and "ght and day presented the same determined front to the enemy. Cornwallis believed for a while that the whole American force Mas in front, rejoicing in its proximity, knowing that when it reached the riv-! er it must perish then Virginia would be open to his victorious arms, and the whole would be prostrate. And when he at length discovered his mistake, he strained forward with desperate energy. In the meanwhile, the fleeing army pre - sented a most heart rending spectacle. Half-clad, and many of them barefoot, with only one blanket for every four men, they iCi!l through the mire or left their blood on the frozen "roundmessing on through th0 wintry storm and cold wir.'ds, in the

ilesm.rnt.. effoi t f..r lif.. Vin;rl,i u Vmfnmi the American camp. Lee was the

they snatched a moment's repose, three sol - diers would stretch themselves on the damp ground, under one blanket, and the fourth keep watch; and happy were those who had even this scanty covering. Green saw this distress with bitter grief, but it could not be helped his cheering words and bright example were all he could rive them. Now hnrrvl.ur doiirriiacvli'iiisi'ed columns, and now cnxiouslv listening to hear the sound of the enemy's guns in the distance, ho became a prey to the most wasting anxiety. From the time he had set out for the camp of Morgan, on the Catawba, he had not taken off his clothes; while not an officer in the army was earlier in the saddle, or later out of it than he. But undismayed, his strong soul resolved yet to conquer; ho surveyed with a calm, 1 stem eye the dangers that thickened around him. Should the rear guard fail, nothing but a mitacle would save himjbut it should! not fail. Every deep-laid plan was thwarted, every surprise disconcerted and every sudden movement to crush it, eluded by its tireless, hopeless leaders. Often with in musket shot of the enemy's vanguard, the excited soldiers wished to return the fire, but the stern orders to desist were obeyed, and the two tired armies rolled on. It was a fearful race for life, and right nobly was it won. At length the main army arrived within forty miles of the ferry boats, which were A 1 .1 . ... m. m lkul i-...ii I horn I k I lO Iiiaco a tieep ii-i i"-i .in nn in nii i the foe, and Imp quickened every All nii.lii tl..' u-onL omviinl ill I L mcii. ... ... ghn.m, cheered by the thought that another O J day would place the object for which they st niggled within their grasp. On that cold slipjH-ry night, the rear guard, slowly retreating, suddenly saw, at twelve o'clock, watch fire blazing in the disLance. There, then, Liy the army for wnich they had

struggled so nobly and suffered so much,

overtaken at last, and sure to fall. In this fearful crisis, that gallant band paused, and held a short consultation; and then resolri:d!j;li"i one accord, to throw themselves in an overwhelming charge upon the English army, and rolling it back on itself, by a sacrifice as great as it was glorious, secure a few hours of safety to those they were protecting. This noble devotion was spared such a trial; the fires were indeed those kindled by Green's soldiers, but the tired columns had departed, and stagger ing for want of repose and food, were now stretching forward through the midnight,' miles in advance. Cornwallis, when he arrived at the smoul dering camp fires, believing himself almost up with Green, and allowing his troops but a few moments to repose, marched all night long. In the morning, this van was close upon the rear of that firm guard. Now came the last prodigious effort of the British commander; that the rear guard must fall, and with it Green, or all his labor and sacrifice would be vain. On the banks of the Dan he had resolved to bury the American army and if human effort and human energy could effect it, it should be done. J1K ntVtUI 14 411 11 I'.'OV A I AI VI V till f j ningly and rapidly on the guard, pushing I it iiercely before them, and scorning all 'manner of success, pressed forward to the greatest prize. Still, Lee's intrepid legion, and Washington's fearless horsemen, hung black and vvratlifully around their path, striving desperately, but in vain, to check tlioir rapid advance. On, on, like racers approaching the goal, they swept over the ,11 country, driving everything befor them. ut at noot. a sjIliru horseman was seen COixiiiir in a switt gallop lip the road alüll" y, Green had lately passed. Every eye watched him .as he approached, and as he ipproa reined his panting steed up beside the officer of the exhausted, but still resolute band, and exclaimed " The army ix over the river!" a loud huzza rent the air. The main portion of the guard wasnow l.atly dispatched by the shortest rout in the ferry, while Lee still hovered with his legion in front of Cornwallis. As the former approached the river, they saw Green wan ami naggaru, sianu.ng on me bnuro ami j i .1 ii I'll ...II. ... I .... 1!. . .. ii.. .1. ... ....1 gazing anxiously up the load by which ' ly oro exited .o nppo,. 11 sarn-y was over, but he t.a.l stai.l belmij to learn the fate ofthat nohl. guard, and if necessa ry to fly to its relief. His eye lighted with j exultation, as he saw the column rush for j ward to the river with shouts which echoed in deafening accents from the opposite shore. It was now dark, and the troops crowded with the utmost despatch into the bouts, and hastened over. Scarcely were they landed, when the ground shook leneath the heavy tramp of Lee's legion, as it came thundering on towards the ferry. The next moment, the shores rung with ! the clatter of armor, as the bold riders ! dismounted, and leaped into the boats ready to receive them, and the black mass ! disappeared in the gloom. Ina f.-v: moments, lights dancing on the j further shore told of their safe arrival ...wi i a shout that made the welkin ring went up ' las Jn that embarked; he would not stir ; until his bravb drogoo3 were all safejand, i ..li.i .i , . . i . tiiti-w:l tlw hnre. as tl.c ooatuiat oore niu. ' the tread of ti e British van echl nlonthe banks he had just left. The pur-! suing column closed rapidly in towards the river, but the prey they thought within their grasp had escaped. Not a boat was left behind, and Cornwallis saw, with the deepest anguish, a deep, broad river rolling between him and his foe. It was a bit'er dissappointment; his baggage had all been destroyed in vain, and this terrible march of two hundred and fifty miles made only to lie retraced. But no pen can descrilnj the joy and ex ultation that reigned in the American camp j that night. The army received that gallant rear guard with open arms, and haile 1 them as their deliverers. Forgot was all their lacerated feet, stiffened limbs, and empty stomachs, and anty clothing, and even the wintry winds swept by unheeded, in the joy of their escape. Together they sat down and ivcountcd their toils, ami asked each of the other his perils and hardships j by the way. laughing and mirth, and songs, anil all the reckless gaiety of the camp, from which restraint is taken, made the shore echo. But it was with steamer pleasure Green contemplated his cseajie, and as he looked at the majestic river rolling its broad, deep current onward in the

starlight, a mountain seemed to lift from j rjef unou a,,imals are also no less remark -his heart. He listened to th Itoisb'nuis j able. The writer already cited ays: "I

I . . . ., i . .i . imrt i !iiMiut. urn on y to reioice inaLbo many - j - - J I .. ... .iij. .,t ! bmw .,ll..s W Im. U.hl from tl i .1 A 1 1 . 1 . I ... i . j winy, tbeu turned 10 n.s icni 10 ponuer . I . . . on ins position, ana resoivc wnai nexiio do. Thus ended the glorious retreat. It had Ik'cii conducted for tw hundtvd and fif.y miles, thrcugh a country not furnishing a defile in which a stand can be made. Three

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large rivers had been crossed, forests traversed, and through rain and mud, and over frost and ice, Green had fled for twenty days, baffling every attempt of his more powerful antagonist to force him to a decisive action. For the skill in which it was planned, the resolution and energy with which it was carried through, and the distance traversed, it stands alone in the annals of our country, and will bear comparison with the most renowned feats of ancient or modern times. It covered Green with more glory than a victory Avould have done, and stamped him at once the great commander. Filibusters Moving. Washington-, Tuesday, Dec. 24. The Northern Light has for Nicaragua a company of 500 fillibusters, who have been enlisted and drilled in this city 'under the auspices of Parker H. French. District Attorney McKcon has protested against tlife movement, and telegraphed to President Pierce for further proceedings. Among the freight of the Northern Light is a considerable quantity of war muni, ions. SECOND DISPATCH. Shortly afer 2 o'clock to-day the U. S. Marshall received dispatches from Washington ordering the seizure and detention of the steamer Northern Light. Officers were sent on board, but Mr. White, the counsel for the Transit, declared that the vessel should sail at her usual hour, 3 o'clock. Subsequently, however, he- and the Cr4.)' went to tie IT. S. District Attorney's office to sec what arrangement could be made, but the result of this interview is not known. About 4 o'clock the Northern Light was got under way "but had not proceeded far before she was intercept ed bv a revenue cutter, which fired two guns" aeross her bows and brought her to. Two others proceeded to assist hi stopping the steamer. There were apparently between 300 and 400 young men on board, whose appearance iudicated they were Nicaragua adventurers; one of them confessed they were such and had been engaged by Col. trench. Thj steamer left her dock with three U. S- offiicers on board. The Northern Light- returned to the city. Tiunn nTsT 1TCTT. The Revenue Cutter fired blank cartridge first to bring her to without effec', then; sent a shot 2 or b rods aneaa oi icr. i no steamer was stopped and compelled to re - 11 1 turn. i i i - John Bull Oil the Plains- ... i .1 i y e were much pleased yesieniay to re - ii -i c. ..... ! ccivea call at our office from our young r i t i r r iMinniiw wi?i,r ÄÄ WatMill ami ltass. Il liave seen the elephant, an 1 the buffalo too, and relate some amusing incidents of the journev, one of which may be called a regular pitched battle between John Bull and an American Lull. Thc British nobleman have been spend -

ing the summer and fall on the plains for:of.uln If they : would avoid becom-

the purpose of sporting, One of 'them, mounted on his line dapple-gray charger, and with ins gun poised, roue on to .i .era . i . i i ip i . .. i. i

oi ottuaio. oiugiiu- ul .us ou..... .. ..0- bev their commands. bull, he "let slip the dogs of war. I lie rhoS0 w,w intf t,w i,, vf ,ff buffalo, badly wounded, halted to recover afc his breath. John Kull halted also. After'.' qoso who use profme r filthy lai.ga short pause and deliberate survey of his mifQ antagonist, the enrag'-d bull charged upon, ' Those ho are unfaithful, play truant the horse and his noble rider, making no aiui w.,e tilrir tinK. iidlcnes. distinction between nobband ignoble blood, j T,)os0 who are of a lu.lrIvls,,m.; t, mnort

JJown came Horse ana iiue . When John Bull rose to his teet he saw, his charter iroinir at full speed, a little in advance of the herd, and the wounded mill ready to renew the dreadful assault. Recol - lectingthat he was an Lnglishnian, and withal a nobleman, John Jiull was too nrm ; to retreat. The buffalo again pitched in; ! again John Bull came down on the plain,; up third and fourth time was the fight re-; newed, when the Knglishman finding the Xmeric:: üul1 .was l ",uc" , U.V,""V to respect nUty, r.nd rememWrnig Uvu , "discretion is the beti;:'t of valor, took: to his heels aad left the plain a.? 111 the quiet possession of his enemy. Curious Facts. Serpents are said to oiiey the voice of their masters; the trumpeter-bird of America follows its owner like a spaniel; and the jaca acts as a guard to poultry, preserving them in the fields all the day from the birds of prey, and escorting them home regularly at night. In the Shetland ' sles there is a gull which detends the nocks irom eades; it is therefore considered as a privi- . . .... 1 1 1 I I . . . ... 1 .mmmi.l. t .Ml i legen inru. ine cuauiui, oouuuu.i; .umv,.ö , the snowy mountains of the Caucasus, are . indebted for their safety, in no small de-1 gree, to a peculiar species of pheasant. This j bird acts as their sentinels; for as soon as, it gets sight ot a man u wiiisues. upon i " ii. .1. ........ . 1. ib. liearill" WHICH, me cnainoi, miu oi.g m--hunter to be not lar instant, sets on won . r 1 . . iV ..".1. the gieatest speed, and seeks the highest peaks of the mountains. The artifices which partridges and plover employ to do- j hide their enemies from the nest of their young, may bo referred to as a case , as well as the aaroii cone...ei.,c ot, I f the hind for the preservation of her young, for when she hears the sound of dogs, she i. . ir :.. ilirt w;i F tlu hunters, nml point. 1U1.S Herfen in ' "'v v" ...v.- i 1. . .... . . .1 .... ... 4 I. .i n i.-o V ct'ir s in ii iiireciioii i .in them awav j from her fawns. Instances of the etlect ot i . . , -. . r:fl i n .1... IimI liiil for tnA loss of its mas -M , " . ii... i ii.. .t......:-A.i f.. i Kiie . iu.l; m. v..v . - ''. . M. tin months on accotltlt of tllO 1' PIIIUIIIm ,v- " .... I absence of its mistress. On her return it immediately resumed its song." Lord Kaimes relates an instance of a canary, which, while singing to its mate hatching her eggs in a cage, fell dead; the female quitted her nest, and finding him dead, rejected all food, and died by his side. Xt'w Yrl Jicvietc.

NO. 11

THE BIBLE. This is a rmarkable bo remarkable for its adapt ness to the whole wants and condition of man. Well may we ask concerning the book, 'Whence is it?' Concerning as it does so much tliat dives down into the very depths of the human heart, showing upon its wickedness, and disclosing even its secret thought, we are involuntarily led to the conclusion that it it was the production of a superior mind. Being, then, so infinitely superior to all human intellect, we are led to seek for its conception and authorship in the mind of that omniscient Being who knowcth the secret of all hearts! We cannot resist the coüclusioii that the Bible is of, and from God. Being from God, we also know that his revelation was made to man for his present and eternal gxd, requiring on his part a reception of the truth it contains, and obedience to the requirements it enjoins. Having answered the question, 'whence is it? we are also led to inquire, 'What U it5 It is a book of precepts, obedience to which will secure a man that peace 'which the world can neither give nor take away.' Jt is a bxtk of promise, sweet indeed to the sorrowing and mourning; the penitent and dying. It is -the bread ujion uhich the hungry may feed, and receive f.od and nourishment for his famished soul. It is the blazing star of heaven to iliumine the dark and murky path of him who is seeking to enter wisdom's ways, which are ways of pleasantness, and whose paths are peace.' It is a chart which displays to the eye of the seeker the boundaries of the promised land, pointing out the shoals and quicksands in his passage to the desired haven. It U the Book of books to the expiiing saifrt; för he turrrs his dimuing eves to th glorious promises of its sacred pages, ami fwl that th-' sure, for they are fomided on the veracity of Jehovah. These thoughts have been suggested by ? thv sal of ;l W(k Wsuwl hj thf. Alm. :. tmi,c - a- , lean bible fcocietv, .New lork, entitled. 'Testimony of Distinguished Layman to the value of the Sacred Scrinlures. r,ariic- ; uL , - u rf ci , ( i - 3 x j.. , rp. . . .c; . . cul Inc. J his bokis ageni 1:1 itself, and 6.,u f, , U.o rl-vorv ,,., of the liible,.nid well wisher to the i.r,.gress in virtue and religion f his country tl(. Wor,i Oquu's Advocate. I ToBoys. ; Boys are admonished by a sensible wri- . i ni,,, f..ll..u";,..r d-.,..;,...,. , wJ. Jlky. th'uso wi10.Ilk.r rr i (im Lsoiis for their , Tloso w,w T'K.xlh tho;r uis r dfsoI !in,l wlx;,re apt to get into difficulties m iih ap : rri... Those who are .addicted to living and j s(eajnr ; ,u wlo ponsurt pleasure m torturing an-lmas :xm is,.cts Those wh-i l.ifjmund gr. '-.-h..ps and (rink j,. . . An Unexpected Answer, S,o , after the M-xican war. an Amerj ican captain ami an Knglishman met in Vonic , ftt ..You are an American sir!" said tl ie Englishman. j-eekoa I am," returned the captain. 4.- ii J-i" 'Un name of being great war1 HU l!'lO - D triors?" .s saiti the Yankee "we stioCt vorv j j?ut jimy comos ;t VoU woro so snxi,,lJS , to make 0 wj,h Mcxjco. Ti,i does nut look like much spunk. "You are an Knglishman? i" . l the Yankee-' "Yes replied the Englishman?" Wal," said the Yankee, i(l don't know I - . a . m v yliat our f(iksojyoroii to do with .Mexico; but stran,.er yU jst toll you our thing; I'll bcd fd if we offeixho make peace with u ' Xh'is hon)C thrust at the Englishman set ; , , wi10olloMSt. m an r,0ar of laughter i w irimslcs.Fir ,iu. illofif ,.f those who have or may hereafter have horses that have poll evil or fistula, 1 would say don't sell the animal for a trifle, or give liim nw.iv but euro him sound and well I j caro not how ion it haä Kn?n running, it ouj.ed onedimc; yoson0 dimos ! I.tl lV 1 HVl IIIIII '-1IV;1I11I., 1 J, V'HV. Ulli j worth f mwMe aci(, W VUn the w, , . r wa the . .. . orst soro well with strong soap suds, then drop eight or ten drops of the acid in it twice a day, until it has the appearance of a fresh wound after which, it should b? washed clean with suds made from Castile soap, and left to I heal, which it will quickly do if the acid '. boon 3,J Vag. noh: l-.t if it ,1c. ! not i't well, apply the acid amin until it ft m does cure, for it is a sure remedy, and will not fail if it is app'ied until the diseased flesh is all burnt out. Prairie Farmer. itiTThe oddest husbandry we know, U when a man in clover marries a woman in weed?. .

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