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ANOTHER SURVIVOR OF THE BAT.
TIE OF BUNKER HILL.


The following communication, containing
akotoh of the prominent events in the Life nf
Major BpRSs, a veteran of the revolution as
well aset the last war-with Great Britain,
will be read with the greatest interest by all
whn yeuerate the men who fought and bled to
secure the liberty which We now enjoy. The
narrative is related in the words OF the vet
eran, which are remarkably we'll chosen, and
his ideas arc worry forcibly expressed.
MR EpIToR Having a short time since
read in your journal. that the last OF the he
rocs of Bunker Hill was dead and remember
ing that four OF five years since, / called on
Major Burns Of Whitefield n. ILL., last week
when journeying through that town, turned
aside TO visit the Nestor of Coos counts, (if
livinE.o at his residence. ] found him ut
home, and but little altered either in looks or
faculties. during thn aharn- mantinned time
In our conversation advcrted TO the rovolu-
ton, when the old hero quickly arose and by
words and gestures began again 10 fight his
battles, whilst busted myself in taking notes
of the incidents of his lifo az he re lated them
He said, y was borne in Now Boston, y.
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The law of God is Compcnsation---rcward
--rcirihution for ALI we can see, that j.
all Of Il. Hand IN hand through the earth,
stalk th" geni, Good and Evil, so intrrwovs
ga that time shall not sever Deep deprcss-
ioA iR the sea of sornow, IIakos the resultant,
glorious ascension in the realms of joy--who
says notr
Many wgrc there who came 10 the old mans
funeral CleSc by the shroudcd body there
stodd "A young man ~ preach the funeral ser
mon. saw his face distinctly il was David
Gore, the lover of Fanny, who had now be-
come q minister. All who were in the room
held down their heads weeping. His was
only bent forward lie spoke TO them from
those most soothing words, spoken by one ot
tho afflicted and scourgcd of earth, that our
light Affections which are but for moment,
are not worthy 10 bc compared with the glo-
ry Of future revelation. lie pointed them to
that future land of hliEsfii rrpose where a
Kind hand should wipe all tears from our Gygs
where the wicked should cease from ttbub-
ling, and thJ weary rest. His face shonc Ito
my cyes) as he spoke. He was not loud in
his words--his was . sweet, calm enunciation
that seemed to flash around the soul and
found an entrance in the heart, because IL
came from the soul, His voice quiyered and
his cyp was dimmod, ~ ho cantlnued hia
thome.
A long procession followed the beloved
husband, father, and--l say it--the much
loved master to his tomb. Sweeuy-I prayed
may the grass wave ON il
Fanny left with her brother Richard and
the young minister saw her-no tor some
days and, indeed, saw no one save Esmond
-lrhu caInG-ircq nnntl y--1-nnw. for The frat
time, almost, within my remembrance, ran
down from neglect, and no one saw fit 10 set
me going again. could, however, observe.
One day when Esmond had finished his in
cossant overhanling of furniture and other
thngs.hn wrote note for Fanny TO his broth
er Richards, and ln short space of time she
came. burned al sooing him kiss hcr-the
demon
Fanny, yuu will prepare, now, To cosno
and 1.-Two with me in the city," he said
Al cannot have promised Richard" she
mildly answered
"You will have TO waive thSa promise, my
dear, for the future"
mo, no-I must not indeed, Esmond.'
"l must insist on your going with me il is
entirely proper"
r Fanny only shook her heaH.
ut is useless" continued Esmond, ''to do
lay telling YOU that such is the will and dy
ing request OF Sonr fhthor.",
Fanny started, and only replied, "He nov.
sr mentioned il to me-"
at va. Heyeriheless has last.q-,I should not
sly requcst--but provision and command,
arN ordered so by his will" With that he
placed the will IN her hand. She road il, and
as She did so turned pale and wapt
"You will see hy that,tbe wise plan of your
lamented father you cannot disregard it."
MY father, know. would have loft il 70
my choice and you will asrp5-"
~ cannot-hc made me promise YOU see
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that the anly alternative 10 what hn wishes
you "a do, involves loas Of the property
would delight to give you, ! will leave the
matter with you, trusting that you will not
eneumbeF~ ~ltlehartl, without ths muanH Of self
support, himself psnnyleaa."
Yes ~ did the villain speak, and then
leil Fanny 10 her painful thoughts, A sad
moment ID was indeed for her alreAdy bowed
down spirit She thought Oysr everything,
and the day waned in her F,Vere She 70
solveI 10 tell Richard all Aud very uncN-
peciedly he catered the rO0n at that mOnani
ior hor delay had caused him TO c0me ioT
her
She told him All-ofh her drcp.unsicakablc
grief, and begged him not 10 at,ompt "a cup
port her, poverty stricken.
Ills answer was-"ior Gods sake rrn,cm-
ber your promise Ia mo.'
"l will will" Fanny cried, and sobhcd
on his bQaOn.
Espiand,. huilags were halailch.l when
Fanny told hini her decision a large prop
t'erty had been H,ldgd ~ his tirvHdy large cs'
tate but he saw likewise that he was dcsln-
I'D 10 fail OF the match ha da.igaod ieF E4anay,
aud which had now LeconG an object Of in
tcrcsi to him, There was none but EHmOnd
that knew OF certain secret drawer about
me the old man had never told ANY other
r,.,.l..s- ~ -t.s Eln.il,-aId Lad anll -rnslllls
nicaled it Ia him on his doath,hod. IL wac a
place whore he kept Anme valuable papers
Of title, ia case they should be- ever nr,alcd
Here IL was thlt EAniond put the false Will
| | rccollert the time IL was dusk, or therua-
lyout, aud he looked around steadily before hc
| approached me. could have gladly choko od
.blm. lie hid il aud loil the roou ] saw him
through the window get in his chariot 20 81
to the city, AZ that instant very large
black dog jumped from the roadside at th,
horses throat. ] saw that the horse shooL
of the dog aud started at full speed IN grcA
fright That was all, and there was no 9th
cr witness to Il bcsida myself that | knew
But, Oh, Father of Justice! within hall ~
hour Afer ho lel the house he was brough
back by four men before my eyes, DEAp,-
Thero be was strotohod out on the bcd viii
every limb broken, and seemingly manglcd
"IIow did the horse take fright 2" aske,
one. n
II dos. know the first thing saw III,
chariot was dashed to pieces by my side, an,
: Esn'ond with IT, The horse dashed on bu
ho"-thc man pointed 10 the bleeding body
"ncvcr hrsathcd again J"
could have told ihcm much--oh yes;
could have todd them of dcylish insirumen n
, of conveyance that was now locked irrctrlcv
ably in my bosom that would never han
, any now, for that it had been overrulcd ~ al
Invalid Will nj the lar Of the omnipoten
JuG ~ OF the Vuick aud dead / could hav
toi,I thrni VI the dire stain that the poor bod
had b,cn n,~,d from when il lost the sou
from its nos.llls
Thai bloody rorise was thrilling sight
aud caused thrillinG rel'Scuons' a straug
l. OnC ii WAs la sce, wiiCi. thu- ''rrr-rs iratt ~
tircd, and Richard and Fanny, sing calir
stood over that body. Little o,h they kno'
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STROKE THIRD.
THE WILL.

a''' NAaaaf'
There is strong pain attendant on a Ger
t1it, iit- titrNl,- ef,A w. HRtHIe--N the old
man dics--listcn To hint Of my feeling
Look yet is as when the old OAK, 30 long
green, No long shady, 30 long known to ME ms
the guardian spirit of the flowers aud The
grass of the yard; il il when the old tree
falls, feel like part of myself, if my per-
sonality was gone And the more, IL that
venerable associate of a boys dreams--oi n
mans memories, fall by an untimcly blast, or
by the wood cutters steel
The day succeeding the Interview just de-
tailed--only tho next day, just think found
the old man laid low upon his bod, and Fan
ny--poor Fan--weeping by his sidc-tho old
man spoke moi, but his countenance Indicated
10 me some secret restlessncss of soul the old
mans days were now well nigh numbered
Whilst Fanny stood pressing his hand there
was low gentle knock Mt the door, and the
visitant was bid Ia enter IL was Esmond-
The old man rose feebly on his pillow, and
whispered TO Fanny who immediately left the
room, after receiving kiss from her brother
Esmond drew near and took the old mans
haur Both were for some longth of time
silent and the old mans face seemed moro
sorrowihl than ever.
"Haye you we'll thought over that said
father Z" said the son finally.
AYES, ] have considered-~and---"
"What?"
Al world like truly for-. Fan to have -her
own way fl"
That 2" ----
Gould 80 arrange it properly" and the
old man sighed deeply,
~ have frankly told you ALL father" re-
piled tho sou, am confident whereof affirm
Richard Is now pcnnylcss,-it isn't in him 10
he anything else"
"He has hcen unfortunate"
"All onc---all ono" replied Esmond hasti-
IL aud somewhat pcttishly, "its all because
he has no one elemaut of success; and do you
wish TO encourage Fanny 10 live with him;
she will do so if she ran, and erc long your
money given 10 Fanny will bc--IleAYen
knows where y
The old man was still. with anguish cling
ing 20 every lineaRent of his face.
"And then, father, II you can look out of
the place you're going to, you'll SEQ Fanny
welded to David Gore--hal ha and much
his books will help the mopo 10 support your
daughter and make her happy. II Fanny
lives with brother Richard. he will bring il
about;whilst my friend Bayne--near tho rich
est in thescity-will bc disreqarled in his in-s
tcntions altogether suppose -
The old mans face showed n struggle with
in. vet bearing the sau,s rigid grief
~ will be plain, !" c,ntinieh Esniohd. at
eriy. That will most certainly asait her ut
Richards home. Leave her your psapcrty,
in my hands, tobe enjoyed ON provision that
she lives With me"
The old man sroaned
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again when she found that Il begged her "a
hasten 10 tho house Of brother Richard a. bic
wide was taken suddenly iil She TOO would
die-I thought-and great Heaven, how the
thought made my head swim and my voice
culver. l vas not wrong, -iaasy saw 80
did Richard, that tia lovely and youthful
wife must die. Deaih-deep siisnce reignod
Ia our mansion for many days thereafter, for
Fanny had written 10 the old man, hnT faith
or, that she would have % remain and nurse
her sister But who shall picture the old
mans grief
Forgiye mo that do not picture the death
scene IN the once happy hoiae of Richard
Cor tho loved Wilc died, leaving two lovely
children without none on earth 10 call moth,
or" 1 would not II / cOuld--nor can I, ior
was not there 10 see and feel y. hut on a
lovely day-as lovely a. when fanny'a moth
er died. AAw Aiar on through the open
window " the chamber, the seienib process
ION wtTtrfI borr tiTr yuuug ,TTfrr i'p'fy NJ TrT
last rpaL II wandered along by sweet
stream and beneath waving, though quiet
trees on the tanks. looked on and on
and followed theln tiii my sight uas diinHiv'i
by the distance and my grief
The old man had gone out short while
before sunset a. walk. A short lime 'aiiei
I. l..a-.zlll hal heen buried, Richard entervd
with his wonted beauty And oomtosdFe
though very pAlc---And leaning ON his arm
was weeping Fanny.
Amer brief silence the former Of thes'
spoke 81,
TELL me, FAn--prumise me, Il you viii
comc and live with me"
IL will live with none aflcrm father rath
or than YOU"
"None p
"None Z"
"Iiut will not nv father come, and We vii
! live together" said Richard.
There's a memory that binds him there !,
she turned her eyes homeward, NJ she safe
: this
"Ah, wdl-hut promise me, dear sister
that you will live nowhere else save viii
me-"
There was something peculiarly paiheti'
ia the tone Of this request, Fanny looked NJ
quickly, aud observed an expression on hcl
I bruthcr'- lare akin to agony,
"Dcar brother" said she, "why do yo'
look -o, aud bcs,crh me 80 have said it
Fanny" he replied, taking her hand aiicc
tionatcly, II AN aware that there viii be ~
object in getting YOU to go elsewhere to live
when your father has died. IN another place
where will b. luxury and Faity more thar
with me-"
Richard FILTERED here; his sister cgarlc'
! him strangely aud with emotion.
Fan" he finally said, As with an effort
I'D A. we'll toll at once; OF late ] have bcci
in reduced circumstanres--so "a live with m'
would bo sacrifice"
IL won't leave you for that oh no and
will care for your poor littlo Henry and Rich
ard"
THANK God :" said iiirhari, as he irf ilr
room,
Fanny's eye gli.irncd with thought 1h
wealth she wuuld inherit ffum her hthc
/ should bc n bonuty aud blessing Ia her al
/ hictcd brother and his mothcrlcss boys e.
/ There was an immortal glory in the dc-igi
of blessing that made her look angelic, !
seemed loo, whilst she sai ancr Richard
leave, that n holy atmosphere surroundc,
her, which warlcd Oh for the moment sting
ing grief Alas grief Of another kind an'
trihl=pe2r girl ,..--.-..
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THE CALED 0NIA N.
BY A. @. CHApWICK.

TEHMS-sIi6O peT annum, II paid within the
ysarj sa,OO, II payment be delayed beyond that
time, No paper discontinued until oil aHeHuEas
nSe paid, except at the option ofthe publisher
ADyEKrisraKETs inserted ai tho usual phoes.--
Transient advertisements must boz paid for la nd-
vance. Advertisements should be marked tho num-
her u times 20 be inserted otherwise they will Boo
continued until G,r,d lor at tho option Of the pub
hishrr,y and charged accordingly,
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STROKE FIRST.
lIFE

There is delight that a large portion of
fhe world knows not. God has given il almost
exclusively 70 the mother and the father and
ho'y, valuable delightit is. mban the charm
at watching with untold interest and care the
growing up of the child from the feeble world
u Notice 10 the powerful world OF Encrgy-
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STROKE FIFTH.
"wELL noNE! Goop AND FAITHFUL SER
Yam.

WELL noNE' GOOD AND FAITHFUL SER
--,ANF,. -
But must haste, for the morning dawns,
as il now commences to dawn geniRlly on
Fanny IN my story--Aane claimed -heE prop.
crty now, since Esmond was dead. except
David Gore, the minister, loved by all the
neighborhood ~ well as Fan, His claim
wasn't annullcd IL was lovely day 60 my
soul when i saw Fan, as fair rs the lilly that
shone on her dark hair, and rs pure, welded
To David in the house of her fathers, There
she loved hcnceforth in peace and holy hap
piness and 10 me it seemed that the house
CLEANED on the face as they passcd-and
warmed me into youth--and yet glided so
swiftly in the Quiet joy that they Irpu.ht that
my bell was put in requistion twice to where
Il used TO be once! a house of piety and
gladness ~As that forever, And thai WAS not
the full .poAsurc pf the cup OF pleasurc. God
gave Fanny fAtg and bright children, that
should call forth that deep fountain OF purest
Ieeiing which lies hid in the deepest rrcess
Of mothers soul--.and which the colder eye
Of man may not see or understand.
Esmonds wife came to live with her broth
or Richard after her husbands death, at his
urgent request. The stroke of fortune seem
oil 70 he~@ clothed her young spirit with an
altogether different temperament She was
quiet now, and not devoted to naicty and
fashion she turned her mind upward aud
sought her pleasures from above. She prov
cd withal n kind mother to RichardS chill
dren.
Qf the two accomplicca of Esinnnd in t,sr
procurement of the false writing, need only
Say that one went TO the WARS. and has been
oflate killed ina duel the other is now suf-
fering in the Penitents lodge of the foot for
toruury
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WH PALMEE, Il authorized 10 rccsivs Advsr-
VIssiHeIt1 aud SubiUfiprl0nE ~ nv pnicbS m f0s
ton, Nov York, and Phnadepiha s,M, PETfRS-
GILL, "a also authorized do the zaine for ~ Ia
Roston,
'tention, must be pat plid
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(1ho old clock raised its hands at the e.
normity of its delay. 1t quickly, however,
ran them around its face, and then followed
with moumiul tonc.)
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(Ihc old clock pressed its hands TO its
forehead us if in reflective mood, and then,
with its open, frank fncc-thougi rather pale
continued }
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(Just herr, to It's own unspcakablc di-com-
future, the Clock discovered that its weights
had been so Interested in IL narrative ~ to
stop still quite. A moment Of railing crea-
ted some discorl ia it, usual winning tone /:
aud then canc in Il Illcalurl rather unlinnus.l J
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JOB PRINTING.

hL1NDBiLL!S, BLANKS, cams, Sc. &c.
Printed In the healest manner at the Calodouiai
once,
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STROKE FOURTH.

rmE rRIAL-ruE srNrENcE-rnE ENrcu-
TluN..
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(Thc old Clock hastily brushed away ris-
ug trar witch re- -r,-rss,l lsaa,, a,,, tl,sss ag
momcntary pause, procccdcd)
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- a snile af joy lit up tho iaee of ihr old
Timepiccc as he Said this. lie rubbed his
hands together, and on his forehead aud
thercupon with sweet voicc---as Of music
to all OF us canr)
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-18

r. ENLARGEMENT OF THE CAPITOL
IL The Committee on Public Buildings of the
Senate, having been authorized by resolution Of
that body, " to invite plans accompanied by esti-
mates for the extension of the Capitol and to al
low premium Of five hundred dollars for the
plan which may be adopted by the Committees on
Public Buildings of the two Houses of Congress-, !"
accordingly invite such plans and estimates, to be
delivered 10 the Secretary of the Senate on or be-
fore the first day of December next.
1t is required that these plans and estimates
shall provide for the extension of the Cspitol,
either by additional wings, to be placed on the
north and south of the present building, or by the
erection of separate and distinct building within
the enclosure TO the east of the building.
The committee do not desire to prescribe any
condition, that may restrain the free exercise OF
architectural taste and judgment, but they would
prefer, that whatever plan may be proposed may
have such reference TO and correspondence with
the present building to preserve the general
symmetry of the entire structure, when complete.
Although but one plan can be adopted, the com
mittee reserve to themselves the right to form such
plan by the adoption of parts Of different plans
submitted should such course be found necessary; in
which event, the committee also reserve to them
selves the right to divide or apportion, according
to their own judgment, the amount of premium TO
be awarded for the whole, to those whose plans
may in part be adopted, according to the relative
importance and merit of each part adopted
II. M. T. HUNTER,
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
JOHN II. CLARKE,
Committee Of the Senate on Public buildings.
SENATE CHAMBER, Both September, 1880
N. B. The several daily papers published at
Washington will please insert the above daily for
two weeks, and send their accounts to the Secre-
tary of the Senate. oct4
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WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.

OS~SA~~~0~~'
TIME next annual session Of this Institution will
commence on the Cd Wednesday in October.
FACULTY.
The Right Rev. JOHN JoHNs, d. D., President
and Professor of Moral Philosophy.
Judge BEVERLY TUCKER, Professor Of Municipal
and Constitutional Law. a
BENJAMIN S. EwELL, Professor of Mathematics
and Astronomy.
MoRcAs J. SMEAp, Phi. D. Professor of HUI
mainly.
WILLIAM r. HOPKINS, A. M, Professor
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H. A. WASHINGTON, A. M, Professor of His
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Rev. SILAs TorTEN, ID. d., Professor OF Intel
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There are two courses OF study for undergrad
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Students, not desiring to attend either the Reg
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study with any class which they may be prepared
to join.
July Isl aw.
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