Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-03-26
N VA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1851.


was afraid that had for once felt fear; and tax
ing nv sword. which had been concealed under
my arm, Ibrisky entered first, setting the example
to nv eranadiers. made motion to them WHICH
they comprehended. They fell first upon the guns,
then upon the men, like wolves upon hocK Oh
sheep Oh, it was dismal horrd butchery'
The bayonet pierced the butt-end smasned' tne
knee sthed, the hand strangled. All cries were eA-
tinguished, almost before they were uttered pc
meath the feet of our soldiers and not heao was
raised without receiving the mortal blow. On
entering had struck at random terrible stroKe
at something black, which had run through and
through. An old officer, tall stout man, whose
lead was covered with white hair, sprung upon
h.s feet like phantom, made violent lunge at
sSnyeface with sword, and instantly dropped dead
- ssssssssby the bayenetsg On my part, tel be-
M7de him, stunned by the blow, had struck
me between the eyes, and heard beneath me the
tender and dying voice of aboy, saying, papa .
] then comprehended what had done, and
looked at my work with frantic eagerness. saw
one of those officers of fourteen, so numerous
in the Russian armies, which invaded us al ina,
period and who were dragged away to this aWful
school, His long curled hair fell upon his bosom,
as fair as silken as that of woman, and his head
was bowed, as though he had but fallen asleep
second time His rosy lips, expanded like those
of a newborn infant, seemed to be yet moist with
the nurses milk and his large blue eyes, half
open had beauty of form that was fond and
feminine lifted him upon one arm, and his
cheek fell against mine, dripping with blood as
though he were burying his face in his mother s
bosom to warm it again. He seemed to SHRINK
from me, and crouch close to the ground, IN Or
der to get away from his murderer. Fiial afec-
ton, and the confidence and repose of delicious
sleep pervaded his lifeless face, and he seemed to
! say'to me- "Let us sleep in peace"
/ 4At this moment, the colonel entered, followed
close by his column, whose step and arms heard.
bravo, my dear fellow" said he, you've done
that Job cleverly but you are wounded J!
'Look there" said l; "what difference is there
between me and a murderer :"
"Eb! Sacre dieu comrade, what would you
have? 'Tis our trade ~
Great God what trade for men to give them
selves up to- for considerations of all kinds, from
peerages and pensions down to shilling day.
Localized murder as profession for the poor tos-
ter children of passive obedience, who when
thew trust themselves to think, sometimes find
themselves-and upon their own showing, too
little better than murderers Poor Captain
Renaud. however, continued in the service still.
! After Napoleons fall, he remained soldier OF
the Bourbons, and there was a sort OF poeucal
Justice in his death for in the sanguinary fevou-
ton of 1880 gamin de Paris, boy scarcely able
to hold horse-pisto shot the veteran OF the en-
pire.
BoYs-NIrs. Dennison, the accomplished assls-
tapt editor of the Olive Branch, gives the follow
ing excellent exposition Of that queer and ineXpl-
caple creation-a boy
A boy is the spirit of mischief embodied; aper-
! feet teetotum spinning round like jenny or
I tumbling heels over head. He must invariably 60
through the process ot-lesping oveFeTsry chair in
his reach makes drum-heads of the doors, turns
the tin-pans into cymbals takes the best knives
out to dig worms for bait, and loses them, hunts
up the mola ses cask and leaves the molasses run
ming is boon companion to the sugar barrel, search
es up all the pie and preserves left after supper
and eats them, goes to the apples every ten MN
utes hides his old cap in order to wear his best
one, cuts his boots accidentally if he wants new
pair tears his clothes for fun, jumps into the pud-
dies for fun and for ditto tracks your carpets and
cuts your furniture. He is romping, shouting,
clustering and in all but his best estate terrible
torment, especially to his sisters. He don't pre-
tend to much until he is twelve, then the rage Tor
fock-coats and hig dckies commences. AT four
teen he is too big 10 split wood or go after water,
and at the time these interesting offices ought 10
be performed, contrivcs to be invisible; whether
concealed in the garret with some old worm-eaten
novel for a companion, ensconced in the WOOD.
she'd trying to learn legerdemain tricks or bound
off on some expedition that turns out to be IN most
cases more depIorable than cxplorable-to coin
word. AT fifteen he has tolerable experience oi
the world-but, from fifteen to twenty-may we
/ be clear from the track when he is in sight; ne
knows more then, than Washington and Benjamin
Franklin together in other words, he knows more
then, than he will ever know again.
Just hail one of these young specimens ''boy
at SIXTEEN and how wrathy he gets! If he does
not answer you precisely as the little urchln dld
who angrily exclaimed, ''dont call me boy, Eve
smoked these two years u he will give you with.
ering look that is meant to annihlate you, turn on
his heel and with curl of the lip mutter disdain-
fully, "who do you call boy !" and u! the empha'
SIS
But testing asde-an honest, blunt, merry, mis-
chievous boy, is something to be proud Of wheth,
er as brother or son; for in all his scrapes his good
heart gets the better of him; and leads HIM soon
to repentance and be sure he will remember MS
fault-at least five minutes.
THE Coop W1FE-The power of a wife tol
good or evil is irresistible. Home must be INC
seat of happiness, or it must be forever unknown
A good wife is to a man wisdom and courage ant
strength and endurance. bad one is confusion
weakness, discontinue and despair No condition
is hopeless when the wife possesses frmness' de-
cision and economy. There is no outward pros
perity which can counteract incidence. extraya va
gance and folly at home. No spirit can long en-
dure bad domestic influence. Man is strong bu
his heart is not adamant. He delights in enter
prise and action; but to sustain him he needs ;
TRANQUIL mind and sDhole heart. He expends hi
whole moral force in the conflicts of the world
: To recover his equanimity and composure, hone
must be to him place of repose, OF peace, ant
cheerlulness, of comfort; and his soul renews Ii
strength and goes forth with fresh vgor to encoGn
, ter the labor and trouble Of the world. But IL
home he finds no rest, and is there met with 9a' D.
temper, sullcnness or gloom or Is assailed Dy us
q content Or cnmnlant or reproaches the near