, 1858-05-28

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II Fallen Majesty s....i /,
Eagles are subject to disease Of the flesh,
bone and blood, just Ike the yeriest poultry that
die Of Group and consumption on the ddnghilI
before the baifn-dOor. Sickness blinds the eye
that God framed 10 pierce the sun, and veakshI
the wing that dalies with The terApesk ThehI
the eagle feels how vain Is the doctrine Of divine
right Of kings. Hois hawked At by the nous
ing owl, whose instinct instructs him that these
talons have lost their grasp, and these pinicus
their death-bIOw. The eagle lies for weeks fam
ishing III his eyry, and hungcr-driten over the
ledge, leaves L to ascend no ihoFe. l15 s0e.s
He Is dethroned and wasted to mere b6nss-sa
bunch Of feathers; his fight Is now slower than
that Of the buzzard he floats himself along now
with difficulty from knoll to knoll, pursued blythe
shrieling magpies, buffeted by tho cOrby, and
lying on his back, like q recreant before the
beak Of the raven, who, month ago was terri
fed to hop round the carcass TN the king cf the
air was satatsd, and gave bis permission 70 cfOak-
ing soOty to dig into the bowels he himself had
scorned. Yet he is . noble aim 70 the fowler
sin !, You break wing and Alee and FAR to
tutch him with tUut hand your dog feels the
iron clutch Of his iaiOns CONSTRUCTED ia Tie death
pang. and. holding him up, you wonder that
such an anatomy-ior his weight IS not more
than three pounds could drive his claws through
that shaggy hide tn blood sprung to the blow.
...s Fhs Parssn's Rsifibuiion. q siisii
The capitulation Of Charleston was serioiil
blow 10 the American cause; but the British
commander too hastily calculated that il implied
the full suhjugAtiOn Of the South. An ordinary
enemy might have been disheaFtened; but every
volunteer in the American army was an extEaor;
binary man, and stood to his cclors with extra
ordinary tenacity. Among tho brave was Gala;
wen, the Presbyterian minister wis WIS wUnt N
former years 70 discourse with . pair Of pistols
on his pulpit cushion, whom The Tories termed
the .black.coated rebel frebpnd," and tho Pa;
triois q "rpnsing gospel preacheris His VIII
was murdered during the saeking Of village By
the British, when Knyphapson was marlndins
In the Jerseys ss "a .7,s ~ ~ "A ~
At the aght At Springfield, Caldwell dealtre-
tribution on bis ibes., None showed more afd6f
in the fight than Caldwell the chaplain. The
image Of his murdered wife was bsi6fs bic etesi
Finding the men in want Of wnddingl he galloped
% the Presbyterian church and brought thmcs
quantity o Watts psslm and shyun books,
which he Distributed for the purpose among the
soldiers. .NOw,r cried he "Put Watts into
them boysI 1oa 90. q es Hffa sH'ia.
abs suHS TOuiRs RIoHG"-=A ludicrOas ind
dent took place at the Junction Hotel Lafayette,
Ia, upon tho arrivalOf train from Indianapolis,
A gentleman and lady, inspired with sudden
recognition, were observed tOrush frantically
into each others arms and the fun Il q was
that aAef hearty embrace, they disccssfed that
both s'had the advantage" They were stran-
gers; but the lady, mistaking him for her dear
cousin Charlie" had embraced him, while be.
with half defined recollection Of having seen
her before, " "went in lemon" and got squeez-
ed" Their mutual embarrassment on the dis
coyery can well DO imagined. 49, y Z +,
40 Mary my heart isbresking." SIS It
indeed, Mr.. .ClOssHstl So much the better for
you" "why, my idOlsn "Beeause, when II
is broken out and out you may sell the pieces
for gun-hints," .anlu aat p 81