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NEW ENGLAND FARMER AND BOSTON RAMBLER. troops of King George; and as his brave adherents But a woman can only brood over it in secret. The fact is, however, that women understand these (Smmtl Hisrrllami. SI Iknorons $5ortrq. I laid my mouth in the dust and said, 'Let thy will be and as I arose, though the tear lay on my cheek, there was a smile also.

Since then this voice has been heard amid the duties of every day methiriks it sayB continually, 'The cheerful giver PROVIDENCE. The two celebrated African chiefs, Africaner and Berend, were once fighting with their respec Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, Quinr.y Hall, over the Market, Boston. THE Proprietor! hitvhiff recentl) wilHrgfi! their Wurphnuite, ami increased their workx at Worcester, would ronc'cu fully invite tlie mirntiriri (if I'liriti-rs anil IMiIith in iimf UOItTHJlfhTUHAI, IMI'LEMKNTH, (JAR-UEN and HEKDrt, to their aiw-k, rrtiiriHiffr the jirnst iind best ansorimetits lo he found in the United tSintea, which nr otliwd nl low price. Of IM.OIJtJflri we ii.ive the greatest variety of kind and Improved Sod Plough, for Hat furrows improved Scotch Ploughs, lor lapped furrowu improved Stubble I'louhx, which are especially minuted to deep tillage, or varying from 6 to 12 inches in depth. Self-sharpen Hill tfiile, Sub -noil, Double Mould, Corn, Cotton, and Rice I'hniiihK.

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Illustrated Catalogues sent jfnim on applicntion. post paid. KUUCI.ES, NOI.RSE, MASON 4 CO. Boston and Worcester, March 1, lt51. 10 tf rushed to the attack, they scattered their foes before them like clouds before the wind.

One tremendous burst of artillery one answering volley of musketry one formidable and impetuous charge of bayonets one vehement clash of broad-swords, and the battle was over, the day was won, and Charles Stuart bore from the blood-stained field the triumphant wreath of victory. Never before did the hills of Scotland ring with such mingled cries of joy and consternation, as the news of this first and unexpected success spread among the different panics within its borders. In the visages of some, fear and terror were depicted; in others, wild and maddened delight. But in the midst of every excitement, the triumphant hero of the battle retained the most perfect equanimity, neither rejoicing over the destruction of those whom he claimed as his beloved but refractory subjects, nor murmuring at the fortune which had brought him a victory with the price of their precious blood. Calmly and sedately he made his triumphal entry into Edinburgh, and took possession of the ancient capilo ofhis ancestors.

He alone observed the mighty crisis of his enterprise, while his gallant partisans were elated with joy at the mere glory of its successful opening. It was impossible for him to remain inactive, when a kingdom was suspended at the point of his sword; and while reluctantly joining in the mirth and revelry which revived for a brief period at Holyrood.his thoughts and fancies dwell in the glittering halls of St. James, and he longed to be with them. Thus he determined to push at once into the heart of England, and strike at the centre of his hopes a determination as wild and intrepid in the prospective, as it was bitter and disastrous in the event. His circumstances, however, were promising.

But a few months had elapsed since he entered Scotland without a soldier to command; and now he was preparing with six thousand valiant comrades to invade the borders of England bearing a conquered district in his rear, and spreading terror and panic wherever the news of his coming penetrated. Confident of their strength and courage in battle, and sanguine in their predictions of the successful issue of their adventure, the faithful Highland soldiers who followed Charles' standard glowed with enthusiasm and eagerness, as they directed their march toward England, to cope with the southern foe. Sweeping over every barrier that thwarted their progress onward, they manfully advanced until the tall spires of London arose before them, when the tremendous magnitude of their undertaking awed them. Yet even at this dread extremity, gladly they would have chosen Ihe doubtful result of a battle, to a dishonorable retreat, had not the timid decision of their commander ordered otherwise. When every loyal inhabitant of London was filled with blank dismay at the appearance of the wild Highland men, and King George himself forced to tremble for his safety, the courage of Prince Charles' officers falteied.

They, who should have been foremost in achieving tlicir prince a crown, and who should have led him triumphantly to the base of the tottering throne, in spite of eveiy impediment, turned their cowering faces homeward, when their services would have been most timely rendered. It was on this occa- sion, when fatigue and privation had hern counter- instrumens of am fuiti his terror balanced when the royal forces under the Duke the military word, he bawled out "Whooriskr of Cumberland had been successfully eluded and i "Slop darn The row of bayonets still ad-no earthly power intervened between himself and vancing, he made a tremendous jump to the right, the throne of his grandfather, that Prince Charles is I "ce-toad before a harrow but finding escape matters much better than men. Dr. Rockwell tells me that there is no worsesubject for a disappointment of this kind than a bashful Green Mountain boy, who is jilted by the gill on whom he has set his heart. To him, that seems a matter of life and death, which to the unfaithful fair one is a mere bagatelle.

He grows moody and miserable, and at last finds himself under the humane care of Dr. Rockwell, where, if anywhere, his reason may perhaps be restored. Correspondent of the Boston Transcript. AN EVENTFUL LIFE. The French poet Mcry has just published a romance entitled ConJ'tssions de Marion Dclonne.

We cannot imagine any additional interest from fictitious coloring to a life such as it is believed was really led by the heroine. "Marion Delorme was born in 1612 or 1615, but where is not exactly known, though probably in Champagne or Franche Compte. Of marvellous beauty and exquisite wit, she became, after certain amatory adventures, the mistress, and subsequently by secret marriage the wife of Cinq Mars, and, as such, was persecuted by the terrible Cardinal Richelieu. Even before he was sent to the scat-fold, she had formed other intrigues, and then had a long list of lovers, amongst whom were de Gram-mont and Saint Evremont; then she became the glass of fashion and the mould of form, the observed of all observers, and the admired of ail gallants of the good city ot rans; then she dabbled in politics, and eventually became one of the chief of the malcontent party; then she was in danger of arrest. like the Princes de Cynti and de Condc; then to escape a jail she spread a rumor that she was dead, and actually got up a mock funeral of herself; and afterwards she escaped to England, married a lord, and in a short time became a widow with a leiracv of $4000; then she returned to France, and on her way to Paris was attacked by brigands, robbed of her money, and made to marry the chief ot the band; four years later she was again a widow, and then she wedded a M.

Laborde; after living with him seventeen years, he died, and she went to Paris with the remains of her fortune; robbed by her domestics she was reduced to beggary, and contin ued to lead a wretched existence to the extraordi nary age of one hundred and thirty-four!" (Sp Why is a dog biting his tail like a good economist Because he makes both ends meet. Mm unit Mgious. Written for the Boston Rambler. SUNDAY READINGS. NO.

102. not your sood be evil spoken Romans. We may not be wholly aware how often an un gracious manner renders the good that is in us liable to be evil spoken of; and he hose tones are cold and harsh, whatever else he may possess, lacks certainly the graces of the Christian character. It is not suflicient to be good, though that is the first and most important consideration; it is also necessary to seem good, and to avoid, by a kindly deportment, the appearance of the evil of a stern and unloveable character. We know those whose really good deeds are manifold, but from whom the sen sitive mind would shrink from incurring the slightest obligation, lest, while they heal one wound, they inflict another which may never heal.

Such na tures remind one of a tree, part of whose limbs are vigorous and sightly, part dwarfed and crooked though very tenacious of life. In such the very good becomes evil spoken of, because the kindness that is welling in the heart is known only to its recipients, while all that is repulsive and ungenerous is seen by the world at large. In point of outward attractiveness nature deals not alike with mankind. Some children show a winning grace of manner while others are awkward and unattractive; but a good heart, with an amiable desire to please, can surmount all natural obstacles to the attainment of a demeanor whose loveliness leads captive all within its influence and excrcisos a great moral power. And let not this attainment be lightly spoken of.

To do good to a brother, it is not alone sufficient that we gain his respect that is a feeble agent compared to love, and love can neither be commanded nor enforced. It is a delicate flower that springs only in rich soil, watered by dews from heaven and guarded by all holy spirits; and if approached by hard hands, it shrinks away and only itsbliahted remnants endure. "You cannot love the unlovely," said an aged friend, whose hoary head was long since laid at rest; and often, very often alas the remark is applicable. One stands in the presence of a good man he is known to be such and the world gives him credit for his virtues; but from his calm lips no friendly inquiry issues, from his unsympathizing eyes no kindly beam answers your own, and, if his hand be proffered in token of greet ing, one would rather it were withheld, so little expression is there to the gesture. This is no fancy picture, but a portrait of one of a class whose solid worth outweighs a multitude of hollow pre tensions; yet who can love such who does not see that they do their own souls and the cause of religion great wrong? Politeness, suavity of manner, is one of the choicest fruits of religion, and the Christian character is incomplete without this outward manifes tation.

Let no one hide himself behind the plea of natural defect the office of religion is to supply natural defect and counteract unhallowed influences As well may one indulge in violent outbursts of pitssion and say it is nature, or steal and plead nat ural propensity; such pleas avail not with man or God. in other ways than the one we nave dwelt upon can "good be evil spoken of." Where the intentions are pure an undisciplined judgment mav lead into irreparable errors. Self-reliance may be carried too far, and stifle the tender growth of hu mility; or it may be wanting in the requisite de gree, and lead to weak dependence upon others. Too gieat desire to please may dwarf the growtli of the native virtues, or too little care for the opinions of others may loosen useful bonds that perhaps ever sat too lightly. He who desires lo be a Christian aims to do and to be good, and to leave the light of a pure exam ple upon his every footstep, that so others may be won to follow in the path that leads to perfect peace.

There are few great deeds to be performed in life, and few are equal to their performance; but the soul has a perpetual discipline in the con stantly recurring little events that make up the sum of earthly existence; and upon the use of these its great results depend. The Christian in his home is the saint ripening for heaven, and he needs no other or wider field of preparation. His good there will never be evil spoken of. h. j.

l. A SUMMER THOUGHT. IT pon that tree wave not two leaves alike. Yet are they all oak-leaves, all derive From the same source, by the same means, their food. Each haih its voice, yet whea the mighty wind Sweeps o'er them as a lyre, one song is theirs.

One hymn of praise, to one Great Lord of All. When hall we be like them when understand if we crow upon the topmost bough Of the great tree or be to lowly placed Thnt we mnst touch the daisy at its foot. One origin is ours, one aim, one work. One tiuti to bless, one tie of fcive to bind THE LOSS OP THE FIRST BORN. We have read of a younir mother who had new ly buried her first born.

Her pastor went to visit her. and oa finding her sweetly resigned, he asked her how she had attained snch resignation. She replied, "I used to think of my bov continual! ff whether sleeping or waking; to nie hespemed more beautiful than other children. I was disappointed if visitors omitted to praise his eves, or his curls, or the robes I wrought for him with my needle. At first I believed it the natural current of a moth er's love.

Then I feared it was pride, and soticht to humble myself iiefore Him who reststeih the proud, ime night in my dreams I thought an angel stood beside nie and said, Where is the little bud thou nursest in thy bosom I am sent to tike him away. It is like those hich sound the praise of (iod in heaven. I awoke in tears; my beauti ful bov drooped like a bud which the worm pierces; his last wailing was like the sad music from shattered harp-strino; all mv world seemed gone; still in my agony I listened, tor there was a voice in mv soul, like the voice of the angel who bad warned aie, saying, God loveth a cheerful giver. Written for the Boston Rambler, FRIENDSHIP. FrinndHliiji! The hallowed mime Falls on my pensive ear Like the blest echo of a for off strain, Tuned in some holier sphere.

It sways a soft control, Bids witrm emotions start, Unseals the fountains of the swelling soul, And vihrates in my heart. Inviting to repose, Stealing from life its care, fSweet'ning lire cup of mitigated woes, And banishing despair. Where'er the lines be drawn, Content 1 urge my way, If but the lamp of Friendship light me on, With pure and steady ray. Let pride, with dazzling crest, In goldeu glory ehine; I envy not nor deem my lot unblest, If wealth of tove be mine. No treasure like the heart! Nunc half so true to thee! Hrinlit'ning, still hrtght'iiing as false joys depart 'Tis thine eternally.

Drawn from the fount above, Here will we taste the cup; And in the bright world of uiimingled love, Drink all its fullness up. Melora. Paris, Me. A WESTERN STEAMER. Rev.

J. P. Thompson, one of the editors of the New York Independent, who has lately been on a western tour, thus sketches a western steamer: A western steamboat is at first sight a novelty to one familiar only with eastern models. The boats on the western waters are very slightly built, mere shells of pine, shallow, long, narrow, flat-bottomed, open and flaring on all sides just as represented in Banvard's panorama. There is no cabin either below the deck or upon it.

The engines are placed immediately on deck, two huge furnaces flaming upon you as you enter the boat, and giving you rather uncomfortable hints of a choice between fire and water in making your exit from the world. This passing suggestion grows into a fixed apprehension when you notice the carelessness of the structure, and the recklessness of the engineers and firemen. Huge flaming brands and coals are dropping continually upon the thinnest possible sheathing of sheet-iron, in many places worn through to the plank; heated pipes on which you cannot bear your hand are in immediate contact with boards as dry as tinder and perhaps already charred; goods, you know not now inflammable, are strown promiscuously around the boilers, while huge piles of dty pine wood waiting to be consumed are crowded in the vicinity of the fires. But not every traveller has the habit that I confess to of prying into everything about him, and therefore few probably enjoy the peculiar sensation of sailing on the rim of a volcano. However there is nothing like getting used to it, and I learned to sleep quite soundly directly over the boiler for one most commonly chooses a state-room either over tiie boiler or alongside the wheel.

The cabin is up stairs and extends nearly the whole length of the deck, over which it is perched upon sundry rough, unpaiuted posts, that seem too frail for a summer's breeze; thi3 is divided into a long, narrow saloon from stem to stern, and a row of state-moms on either hand. An apartment for ladies is curtained off at one extremity, while the main saloon is used for meals, conversation, promenading, card-playing and whatsoever one may list. The kitchen, pantry, bar, are all contiguous to the salooon; with every convenience for so that passengers may spend days in and around this saloon without knowing anything of the deck-life below. Some of the staterooms that open both into the saloon and upon the guard are very airy and pleasant. If, however, there is any deficiency in regard to neatness and comfort, it is in this department of the boat.

We took passage in the Prairie State, one of the best boats on the river. The furniture was neat and the table excellent always excepting the preponderance of grease in western cookery. But the ideas ol civi lization exhibited in the state-rooms reminded me of Dr Bushnell's discourse on Barbarism as the first danger of the West, a sermon that contained some of the truest of his paradoxes. In a cozy chat with the captain, a clever, polite and attentive gentle man, I was on the point of suggesting how a few improvements would make his boat a paragon, when he anticipated me by a regular western brag, to the effect that 'he had been on them eastern boats, and knew they pretended to a good deal, but as to making passengers really comfortable, they didn't begin alongside ot what he could show them on the Illi nois As I knew that I had the best room on his Ixiat, and that he was one of the best of captains, I gave up all criticism as hopeless, and retired lo sleep upon the hardest bed, under the roughest coverlid, having first bribed the chambermaid to change the sheets and give us the luxury of a pitch er and a tumbler for our private use. PUMPKIN PIES.

BY A VERWIICTEH. Let some folks hoat of spicy mince, Care not a fig for such do Or largely litlk of sweetened (prince, Fine ns Ihe luscious grapes cifLiinz; Plums doubly dippni in Syrian dye I deem them last less all an Hints, Compared with one good pumpkin pie. I know our pumpkins do not claim The honored growth of foreign soil; They never frit the torrid Hume, And surely they are not to hhme. Though reared not by the bondman's toil, In climes where man. to burden tame, Unpaid consents to tug and broil.

Talk not of vineyards breaking down, And fields (hat droop with oil and wine; Where burning suns with ripeness crown The sweets that man's btsl manhood drown, By poets sworn divine. I rather have than a li don't frown The product of my pumpkin vine. See, on yon melon-covered height, My chosen fruit, tike globe nf gold. Lies ripening in the suiiLetim's light; Ah, Mil a stomach-staving sight. And soon, to house them from the cold, Shall freemen with strong hands unite, Paid laborers and freemen bold.

And then the girls who make our pies, Bletta them! all other maids outshine; Their raven locks, and hazel eyes, And cheeks, whose dyes The lily and the row combine, Make mad the hearts that lose the prize Of all this loveliness divine. Vermont! thou Art a glorious Slate, Though amali in acres and in skies; But 'tis not length that makes one great. Nor breadth Ihat gives a nation size. Thy mountains nd thy mountain tr Have reared a noble race of men, And women, fairest of the fair, Their labors and their love to share. Where shall we see thy like again.

I love thee all, which most I shan't advise. Thy mountains, maidens, or thy pumpkin pies. PattVion, JV. 1631. 19.

Tribune. BAVARIAN GLUTTONY. After the first Bavarian soldiers had entered Fulda, a private, late in the evening, presented himself before his captain with a very red face, and staring bloodshot eyes, and complained of having been poisoned by the landlady of the inn in which he was quarteied. The poison, he declared, had been administered in dumplings, an article of food of a harder consistency than English yeast dumplings which have not risen in the pot, -and at the same time, somewhat larger. The captain proceeded instantly with a guard to the house, and arrived there, found a solitary dumpling in the middle of a Ume dish.

The landlady was summoned, and without ceremony compelled to swallow the last of the dumplings; which, having done quite willingly, she then asked the cause of so unusual a proceeding, and, on bein? told, exclaimed with a smiting face "Poisoned, indeed! she wondered the fellow had not burst, lie had eaten no less than fourteen of the same size, and had quarreled with her because he could not eat the fifteenth The accusation as of course dropped. Another soldier of the same capacities was quartered on a poor who upon rising on the fid-lowing morning missed a large pailful of paste, which he intended to use in the course of the day. Inquiring, scolding- all over the house, the noise raised the Bavarian, who, upon b-ing asked, replied, "what, the pai! of soup on the hearth last niL'ht he had eaten that for his supper Such voracity ia incredible, but the story is true. CAUSES CP INSANITY. Dr.

Rockwell informs me that intemperance is the prevailing cause of insanity among his patients; and after that, wounded pride or disappointed ambition. Insanity fnm disappointed atlection is not un frequent; but these cases are more common among males than among females; a fart which is quite contrary to Washington Irving theory in his palhetir tale of the Itroken Heart, in the Sketch Book. A man, be says, can go forth into the world, and lose Ute remembrance of his sorrow. THE DECISION. Said a once contending how high in the scale Stood man above wommt, bo feeble mid fniil 'When the trial of virtue in Eden befinn, Satan dared not present his temptation to man "Nay," answered the fair one, "say not what he dared, The Old Serpent knew that some pains might he spared thought lie, 'tf I first get the man to my chain, Th moat difficult part of my task will remain; But could I succeed the fair Eve to allure, Adam follows, of course, and then hoth are Bo cease your proud boast of man's firmness, and own If superior either, thai woman's the one; Since a woman could overcome Adam, poor elf, But to overcome woman took Satan himself!" A SISTER'S LOVE.

More constant than the evening star, Which mildly beams above; Than diadem dearer far, A slater's gentle love! Brighter than dew-drops on the rose, Than nature's smite more A living fount which ever flows, Steeped in love's purest ray. Gem of the heart! life's gift divine, Bequeathed us from above; Glad offering of affection's shrine A' sister's holy love! CHOICE OF A HUSBAND. Of beauty just enough to bear inspection; Of candor, sense, and wit, a good collection; Enough of love for one who needs protection, To scorn the words "I'll keep her in subjection Wisdom to keep him right in each direction, Nor claim a weaker vessel's imperfection. Should 1 e'er meet with such in my connection, Lei him propose, I'll offer no objection. SI Inif from Btstorij.

Written for the Boston Rambler. SKETCH OF THE CHEVALIER OLVKLES STUART. Tn studying the history of England at that period when the perverted bigotry of James the Second drove him to such extreme measures of cruelty and proscription, toward those of his subjects whom the slightest offence brought tremblingly belore In. tribunal, a feeling of acipiiescence in the justice of his subsequent deposition will frequently possess the mind. It is almost impossible to revert to hisi blood-stained career without shuddering at the sanguinary deeds of ciuelty and oppression, which are indelibly stamped upon his name.

His im placable hate of the Church of England, and the tyrannical and obdurate nature ot Ins disposition which prompted him to meditate its destruction, prepared him an exiled home; and while commiserating the misfortunes of his family and the afflic tion of his old age, we are, compelled to pronounce the rigor of his banishment just and equitable But when time has in a measure consigned his memory to oblivion, and the heroic image of his grandson appears amid the mountain glens of Scotland, claiming by all the rights of inheritance and the blood of royally the anointed sceptre of his grandsire, and exhorting the Highland clans, by every appeal to their courage and patriotism, to aid him in the subversion of that haughty house, which, to use his own language, had basely usurped his rights, ihe picture is Iransfomicd, and in the person of the youthful Charles Stuart, we can discern the attributes that would have formed the model of a beneficent and upright sovereign. Behold him a stranger amid the castles of his ancestors a friendless wanderer standing upon the land which by ihe righl of heritage ht was born to govern; and basing his only hopes upon the affections of those stout-hearted mountain eers who knew him but in song and who loved him but in name, who is there inn can mourn over the downfall of his enterprise, or would have glo ried in the triumph of his cause. And the history of his landing in Scotland his untiring efforts in rousing the Highland chieftains from apathy his subsequent success and prosperity his final overthrow and miraculous escape from the land of his adoption how like the complicated workings of fictions romance, yet how far more interesting in detail are these. History furnishes few similar combinations of alternate fortune and defect amid peril and hazard, and the won derful ingeniousness of the novelist dwindles into nothingness, in comparison ith Charles Stuart's chivalrous but unhappy career. Alone and unaided, he cast himself upon the doubtful loyalty of Scotland; and as the news of his landing flew like lightning nom clan to clan, it bore, with its first impulse, the gloom of disappointment, and forebodings of utter destruction to the dawn of his anxiousliopes.

And why? The treachery of France had denied him that assistance which by the faith of promise he had a right to expect, and which, glowing with pride and enthusiasm, he had apprised his Scottish adherents he would bring with him. But when they heard of his solitary arrival, without money and without forces, and relying entirely upon their own strength and patriotism for support, a resolution as universal, as it was designed to be firm and unfaltering. arose among them to crush the last glimmering of hope in his bosom, by refusing to unite in his cause and render him that effectual aid which was so eminently placed in their power. Earnestly and eloquently he addressed himself to the Highland chiefs he appealed to their affections and to their! fostered pride of ancestry to their love of glory and honor, and to their sense of national courage, but every supplication seemed to be throw away. But when, aggrieved and despondent, he sought, as a last recourse, the friendly hand of the gallant, the whole-souled, the warm-hearted Loehiel, and as that young chieftain, fired with loyal ardor, unsheathed his sword and waved it over his valiant bands, the smouldering embers of rebellion, shooting from the misty bed of discontent in hich they had been transiently engulphed, darted like stream- era, far on the craggy hills of Albyn, until their echoes resounded in the depths of the Lowlands, and the terror-clad voice of monition thundered at the very portals of London.

Then comes the Highland gathering And how must the lofty soul of the young chevalier have heaved with emotion, as the first pibroch woke up the vale of Glenfinner, and announced the arrival of the brave and invincible Camerons! That must have been the first proud moment of his life. Before him came a part of those dauntless heroes ho were to achieve him "a crown or a coffin;" and as their blithesome cheers of welcome swelled upon the breeze, he could almost imagine the former symbol of glo ry within his grasp. On they came; the banner of Scotland waved triumphantly over his head, and the sons of that chivalric isle were flocking together to battle beneath its folds. Thus opened the Scottish rebellion of 1745. The hatred of the Highland chiefs toward the reigning power had long threatened to burst the cords that bound them in submission to its will; but the want of a leader or, more properly, of a scion of royalty to seat upon the throne had de terred them fiom openly opposing the government of the house of Hanover.

Charles Stuart, being ths legitimate heir to the crown, according to the old statutes of succession, but deprived of his rights by a later decree, enacted at the time of the accession of William and Mary, was a young man in every respect qualified for the high position to which he aspired, and possessing trie peculiar at tribute of enlisting the warm affections of those Drave Highland clans who so gallantly defended his cause. Young and ambitious of famel and endowed with a skilful and intellectual under-l standing, he soon found himw-tf at the head of strong and formidable force, ready to strike for the! redemption of his richts. And with this force strong in itself though it was, but totally insuffi cient for the final consummation of his mighty enterprise, the ardent young chevalier vowed to redeem the misfortunes of his grandfather, or perish ID the venture. With this stern resolution, he entered the field of Preston, and prepared to oppose the assembled A CHAPTER ON MILITIA CAPTAINS; WITH ANECDOTES TO MATCH. BY WILLIAM MATHEWS.

That shrewd chap, William Shakspeare, somewhere says that "some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." The militia captain is partly born great, and partly achieves greatness by his own transcendent abilities. From the earliestchildhood, or as soon as he can carry a tin sword, his destiny seems revealed to him. Cocked hats, silver lace and red feathers are ever dancing belore his eyes the rolling of drums, and the screaming of fifes, sound perpetually in his ear; and he becomes at once conscious that it is not in the quiet walks of peace, in the dull and bloodless slrile ot the senate or forum, that he is to win undying renown, but on the stern battle field at the May inspection and regimental review. Fired with this idea, he at an early age devotes his whole time to military affairs and the service of his country Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon becomes his models of imitalion, and, joining some company of "string beans, he rises rapidly Irom one post or deslmclion to another- from private to corporal, from corporal to sergeant, from sergeant to lieutenant, till Ht last he finds himself that loftiest of mortals, that cynosure ot all eyes, and "observed of all observers," the military chieftain of the town of Hornby Ah, little think ye, who have never drunk of glory's intoxicating draughts who have never pressed the cup of double-distilled happiness brimming to your lips- little can vour cold imaginations and placid souls conceive ot the ecstatic throbbinrs that swell, witli almost overpowering delight, the heart of a military "canting, as, cheered by the huzzahs of dragfjle- tailed boys, he struts like turkey-cock before a corps of the sons of Mars, the first time after his election. A thousand anecdotes have been told and a thousand might be added, illustrating this turkey-cock sense of gieatness in militia captains.

All have heard ot that fierce son of Mars, who, while practising military evolutions at home, the day after his election, pitched headlong down the cellar stairs, ami to his affrighted wife, who ran to his rescue, and inquired if he was much hurt, replied contemptuously, "Go away, woman what do you know about war?" We have read somewhere of another militia captain whose sense of personal dignity was so great that he marched three miles under a hot July sun, with his sword held perpen dicular by his right side, without once relaxing the stiffness of his face, or crooking his head to look after his company and when he did interrupt the sweet How of his complacent musings, and turn to his followers, he found they had "mizzled," and left him "alone in his glory." Thev had deserted in couples; and were making bee-lines for home as fast as their "grass-tannlers" would let them, hile he fur the last two miles had been strutting on alone! There is a story of another, who, receiving a billet from a lady, in which she requested the honor of his company at supper, very innocently accepted the invitation in its literal sense. The good ladv was thunderstruck, as he came marching into the house, with sheepskins beating and fifps tooting, at the head of forty rag-muffins, each of whom had an appetite sufficient to create a famine in a western settlement. We recollect a captain in the town of Maine, who, in training a raw corps, formed them in a line fronting a barn, and ordered them to charge oauwts They instant ly rushed towards him whereupon, full of fright hoiteless, and that he must inevitably be stuck through, he shrunk close to the barn, and falling on his knees, stretched out his arms, and begged most piteously, "Don't! don't! that's good We knew another "Down East" captain, who claimed a promotion for the signal coolness and courage displayed by him in saving his men from a drove of cuttle. It was parade day, and the company had just wheeled round a corner, when they encountered the ferocious "critters" coining right towards them. Willi astonishing presence of mind our hero ordered his company to "form straight parallel lines with a hole between 7m1' and so let ting the cattle pass through, saved the soldiers from destruction.

Hardly less characteristic is the anecdote of an other disciple of Scott, who, having long sighed tor a captain clamshell hat and nodding plume was at last elevated to that honor, and undertook on the day of his election, to astonish his siilmrdi- nates hv hisprotound know led ire ot military tactics. Marshal li tij? his "string-beaners" on the bank of a river, he led them through various intricate manoeuvres, such as opening to the right and left ob liquely, till, at last, forming them in a line tannyie stream, he ordered thein to advance! double quick time." They moved rapidlv towards the water, and were fast nearing the brink, when their leader, waving his sword in the dir, vainly endeavored to recollect the military word "halt." On they still moved, till, despairing of the right plnase, our hero threw himself on his knees before the st upi tied spectators, and, with arms outstretched and clenched hands, cried out in a voice ot anguish "Do, for stop them, Mister, or they'll alt go into the rnrr: Another anecdote, equally illustrative, is that ot a captain tn the last war. who, on the eve of battle, feeling chock full of cour age, closed a most stirring appeal to his company hv the furious and truculent command, follow me! lie advanced two steps gave one look at the ene my and took to his heels It is needless to say that his order was obeyed strictly. But the rich est story of "malitions" valor is that of the bold captain whose experience of war's horrors was confined to fighting with powder in sham fights. He was once in a real battle, and seemed to enjoy it with a keen zest.

Nothing could exceed his ar dor; he flourished hisswoid most fiercely marched, counter-marched, and blazed away, with great glee. Suddenly a bullet whizzed through his cocked hat. At first amazement stupefied him; his brains seemed carried away. Then, slowly uncovering, he gazed at the hole which the lead had perforated in its hasty tour through hischapeau, and with a voice indicative ot the fiercest indignation at such treachery, he exclaimed, "By they are firing halls!" and fled as if a thunderbolt were chasing him. It would be difficult to parallel these specimens of valor by anything exhibited in foreign lands, or the boasted davs ot recce and Itouie, but, at the risk of an anti-climax, we cannot help adding the story of the famous company that puiaded be fore a rench prince, on his visit to one ot "our country towns.

Alter astonishing him by a host of complicated manoeuvres, the captain stalked up to him with a Bobadil air, and begged to know his opinion ot the corps before him. 'Sare, was the veteran ave seen great many compame; great many battalhon; 1 ave seen de grand corps de Napoleon; 1 ave seen de allied armee; I 'ave seen de Swiss, de Jar- man, de Russ and de Pruss; but, 'pon mon hon- naire, captain, 1 'ave nevare seen such an extraor dinary compame as yours; nevare nevare the truth is, as another has said, that militia captains are the illegitimate sons of Mars, and have no very burning desire to win immortal renown at the expense of mortal existence. They can hew the air with great coolness on a muster-field, but when made a target for cannon and musket halls. their courage is very apt to become Hob Acre-ish, and ooze out at their hngers ends. 1 hey have lit tle of that spirit which fired the breast of the Scotch chieftain, when he declared his resolve to exult in victory, "Or in death be laid Inw, With his front to the field ami his feet to the foe.1 We close with the following model 3eech, said to have been delivered by a militia captain, just after his election: "Fellow Soldiers! On an occasion like this, called by your votes to the command of the First Company, permit me to express, feebly, indeed, but in the best terms! can command, my profound gratitude for the honor you have done me, and inv exalted sense of the duties and responsibilities of my station.

The militia, gentlemen, is the bulwark of our country; the sole and single rampart that repels the tempestuous waves of foreign inva sion and domestic insurrection, which, were they not riiunted by the flaming brightness of your swords, and terrified at the fearful asjiect of your array of bristling bayonets, held by the free hearts of citizen soldiers, would hasten to swallow up our wives and children, and sweep away every vestige of our free institutions. Gentlemen, 1 hope that you are con-wious that strict discipline, and unhesitating obedience, are absolutely essential to military elfieicncy; and I must bep; tf you, gentlemen, however you are pleased to consider nie, in the ordinary intercourse of life, your equal and boon companion, to recollect that the moment my epaulets are on, am your commander and ym my soldiers. This, I know, is a tender point, nd I will not insist further upon it at present. Gentlemen, Are is onv grog tf hft in the path; ht us take a grnvraA universal drink all round to tm Hornby tru Ctwn- pnny! tive followers, each trying to retain possession of a drove of cattle. While skulking among some bushes to do each other mischief, the two chiefs suddenly came in full view of each other, and but few yards apart.

Kach was an excellent marksman. Both levelled and fired the same moment; but a cow on full gallop that instantpassed between thein and received both bullets in her body. Now had not Providence so ordered this event, there is much reason to suppose that both of them would have died on the spot, lioth lived, however, to bless the hand that saved them, and bowed together in the worship of Jehovah as brethren, and we hope they are now before the throne of God in heaven. Moffat's Journal. Sin Hfferting Itorq.

THE FATAL JOKE. BY HELEN C. GAGE. I was once present, where a small party of young persons were warmly discussmsr the subject of practical joking. After a long and interesting debate, the question seemed about tole decided in its favor, when a gentleman, whose singular and melancholy and dejected air at once attracted our attention, related the following story In my vounaer days I was remarkable for mv fondness of practical joking, even to such a degree mat I never allowed a good opportunity to pass unimproved.

My orphan cousin, Robert, to whom I was fondly attached, was of a different nature from this. He was sober, sedate and graceful almost to a fault, very thoughtful and verv bashful. This stupidity, as I called it, was often a check upon my natural gayoty, and it was seldom that I could induce him to join my boyish sports, though he sometimes did, merely to gratify ine. Poof Robert! the green turf of his native valley, on whose bosom the fair est, nowers mat icw England could hoast ot, have blossomed and withered, and passed away to eter nity, leaving behind them a lasting impress of their lovel mess, now covers is mouldering ashes. cs; Robert is dead, and I am the cause of his untimely end, the circumstances of which will serve to convince you of the folly of "practical joking, It was late one evening in early September, that Robert and myself returned to our room to talk over the excitin" scenes of the day, for it was the night after the election, and a fine holiday it had been to us.

I had just returned from a visit to some friends in the city, and had, of course, brought with me many curious things which Robert had never seen nor heard of. Among them was a mask, the use of which 1 explained to my unsophisticated cousin, who laughed and wondered why the people could wish to look horribly enough to wear one. I was in my gayest mood, just ready for an ad venture, and seeing he was disposed to make fun of my mask, 1 proposed an experiment. "What?" exclaimed my cousin, "you do notin-tend to wear it lo bed, do you 'Far from it," I replied, 4'it is you should wear the mask I not x. i am quite ape enough without it." "A very just remark, indeed," he observed, gravely I had never seen him in better humor, and I thought it best lo unfold my plans at once.

At our next door lived a wealthy gentleman, with whose daughter my bashful cousin was already smitten. That very night, as we passed by, on our return from the village, he had called and bade her goodnight, and received in return one of the sweetest smiles from the happiest eyes and most charming Hps I ever beheld. I was his bosom friend, and to me he always entrusted his secrets, (alas how little have I deserved such confidence,) yet, he always blushed when I spoke of Julia. Sonic evil spirit, I know not what else it could have been, prompted me when I proposed to have a little sport at her expense. My plans were these He was to drcssjhiinself in a suit of clothes to correspond with the mask, which, by the way, was the most frightful looking thing 1 ever saw, repair to the dwelling of his friend, and call her to the door by rapping.

I was to stand near to witness the result, and participate in the joke. He blushed, hung his head, and of course, refused. I had expected this, but flattered mvself that I could easily persuade him to the contrary. It was, however, a harder task than I had anticipated, for his unwillingness seemed greater lhan ever: the reason I readily understood. I poh'd and p'shaw'ed, and finally threatened to expose to all the boys his cowardly disposition, as I pleased to term it, and tender feelings to Julia, which, as yet, none of them had discovered.

This last argument proved more successful than the other, for he well knew that I never suffered the idlest threat to remain unfulfilled and the fear of being laughed at, besides betraying that which I most wished lo conceal, conquered. and he yielded, though reluctantly, his consent. I even exulted over my triumph, though I have often since wished my lips had been struck dumb before 1 had uttered those words that sealed the after fate of two pure beings. But in my thoughtlessness I rushed heedlessly on in whatever I undertook, regardless ofconscquetices. iMv wild, reckless spirit had never been tamed.

Finding that there was but one alternative, and that, to submit cheerfully to my whim, he suffered himself to be arrayed as my fancy suggested, with good grace, and even laughed quite heartily as I added garment after garment, in order to make him look as frightful as possible yet, after all, I could see that his mind was ill at ease, and half condemned myself ibr being the cause of his unhappi-ness. When at length all was arranged to my satisfac-! tion, I placed the horrid mask over his face, and led him to the mirror, tie started back and involuntarily placed his hand to his head, as if to take it away, but my interference ptevented. He even pleaded that the penally I had threatened to inflict in case he refused to go might be spared him. But I was inexorable; I was anxious to see the result, and the delay caused by his unwillingness vexed me. A renewal (tf my threats of exposure succeeded in removing all obstacles, and we immediately set about our adventure.

Cautiously as thieves we crept through the yard and each took his station, Robert at the door and I at the window nearest him. The curtain was partly drawn aside, so that I could easily distinguish every object in the room. As I had anticipated, she was alone. The domestic had retired, and 1 knew her old father too well to believe that he was any where but in the arms of Somnus for he was one of those sensible persons whose maxim is, "Early to bed and early to rise." Julia and I shall never forget how lovely she was sat beside a small table in the centre of the room, apparently deeply absorbed in a book. Her fair hand supported her head, and her hair fell gracefully down her neck in beautiful natural ringlets.

She was a delicate wild flower, that had budded and blossomed under the shelter of a father's roof; and the sunshine of gladness and the dewsof affection had ever lighted and cheeied her way. At length I gave the signal, and a loud rap was given. She paused for a moment, listened attentively, and then, laying down her book, arose and approached the dooi. As she opened it, the mask stepped boldly in, according to my directions. How shall I describe the scene that followed? Kvennow I shudder to think of it.

Instantly all earthly hue had tied from her face, aud with a piercing shriek, she staggered back a few paces and fell heavily to the floor. Quickerthan lightning, I sprang through the doorway, and knelt to her side. I grasped her waist its pulsation had ceased! 1 placed my hand upon the heart that was also still She was dead. I can recall little else that took place that night. The domestics Who slept in an adjoining room, had been awakened by that terrible shriek, and came rushing in to learn the cause of the uproar.

I con Id not have spoken, even had explanation been necessary. I was overwhelmed with grief and self-condemnation. I could only point to the lifeless form of poor Julia, and at the mask which Robert had torn from his face and dashed to the floor. He stood gazing at me with a cold, vacant stare, that 1 but too well understood. More I cannot remember.

Ten days passed, and I woke from a raving delirium. My fiisi inqutiy was for Robert. They led hirn to my bedside but what a change 1 stretched out my clasped hands, in an agony of grief and remorse, to impUre his forgiveness. He neither moved nor spoke; but that same unmeaning stare drove home to my art tbf fearful couvu-tion. Alas he was a hop idiot Fifteen years have el.tpd smce tint never-to-le forgotten era my hie.

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Even the unfortunate prince, ever active and vigorous when hopes were bright and danger anticipated, was diverted from his usually encigetic disposition, and a cloud of gloom and dejection settled upon his brow. His hopes, however, were not yet irrevocably annihilated, and with the innate ambition of his nature, his spirits revived on returning to Scotland, while he summoned his forces together for another struggle amid the mountain hills of the North. One more glorious victory was yet to shed its lustre upon his fame', ere the star of his destiny declined. Once more the fearful yell of the Highlander was to carry a death-token to the ears of the paralyzed Southerner, hile the blood-streaming claymore followed with direful effect and relumed to its scabbard only when every phalanx was riven asunder ere the ill-starred chevalier could bow to the dictates of his fate; and on the bmtle ground of Falkirk Moor he displayed to the reigning monarch a terrible example, that taught him his name was yet to be feared. But after this event the splendor of his career began to wane.

Hitherto he had been contending with generals far inferior in point of ability to himself, but at length a commander was sent against him, whose skilful generalship was only equalled by his blood-thirsty and merciless disposition. The ever watchful eye of Charles discerned the imminent peril which threatened him, on learning that he was to strive with the Duke of Cumberland; and exerting every remaining source of might in his power, he made arrangements for a last and decisive conflict. For the last time under their beloved prince, the gallant Highland clans assembled in battle array upon the fatal field of Culloden, determined to sacrifice the last drop of blood in terminating the success of their cause, and retaining their national honor unimpaired. But the hostility of their enemies was as insuperably resolute as their own, and thus uas lo be fought a battle, as obstinate and bloody in its detail as ever marked the glory of a Roman legion. Long before the sun had reached its meridian on the morning of the 10th of April, 171fi, the slowly advancing columns of the royal army were per-, ceived in the distance, bearing towards the marshy plain of Culloden, where were stationed the insurgents to receive them.

Now came the moment which was to settle forever the sanguinary dispute who should wear the royal title of Britain, Charles Stuart, or George, Elector of Hanover. It was a moment fraught with the most agonizing suspense and uncertainty, to all who shared the scene though lo none with such intense earnestness as the youthful royal aspirant whose fortunes hung upon the result. But the moment allowed no contemplation, for the belligerent 1 foes were advancing speedily to the charge; and as their dread artillery boomed forth a hurricane of death at the onset, it bore a warning preliminary of the awful destruction which was to follow. With stubborn firmness, the clansmen stood unmoved, but their calmness was of short duration. Drunk with rage and desperation by the groans of their dying companions, they mide a fierce and impetuous charge, but of no avail, for those who escaped the murderous fire of the cannon dropped at the point of the bayonet; and thus in a little time Prince Charles beheld the temple of his vain hopes razed to the earth, and he compelled to seek safety in precipitate flight.

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