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Around the cabin table that night
about an hour before we entered the
harbor of Montreal we learned her
history. She wa7 the daughter OF the
merchant who owned the line of boat
one of which she had just saved from
ruin. Her mother died when she was
child, aud her 'ather had yielded to
her wishes, AID allowed her TO accom-
pany him in the boat of which he was
captain. By degrees she became ac-
qnainted with every bend in that beauti
fnl river, while calm and storm alike
brought scene of beauty to her eve.
Sho was now on her way to visit
some friends in Quebec. where her
father proposed joining her to spend
the winter.
A gentleman artist sketehed a like
ness on leaf Of his portfolio as she
stood at the wheel wrapped in the
pilots coat, with the glass in ',9r hand
and her full length portrait still graces
the gallery of fine arts at Montreal
Many rough hand grasped the
snowy fingers at parting, and many a
blessing crowned that noble head.
A magnificent diamond bracelet.
bearing npon an inside plate the name
of the vessel and the date Of the occur
ance. was presented to her about a
week after her arrival in Quebec, by
the passengers who were on board at
the time, while loud and triumphant
were the praises borne to the earsaof a
fond parent of the noble conduct OF
that frail but fearless one who md
braved the dangers before which stout
hearts andstreng forMs} had quailed.
Aud what became Of her after
wards p I enquired
"She married an officer in Quebec,
and her children still live there, One
is noble boy, or rather a man now,
and plows the ocean in one of the no.
bic battle ships of England"
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25
Look I'd Home.

When once u home is regarded by
The young as only . place to eat ana
sleep, the work is begun that ends IN a
downward career. y oang people
must have relaxation somewhere; II
they de- not findit at thei own hearth
stones it will be sought at other and
perhaps, less prolitablepla There
fore. at night, make the homestead
delightful with :hose little arts that
parents ought to .nndersta %. Don't
repress the buoyant spirit Of your
children; half an hour Of merritness
round the fire light of home, blots
cut the remembrance of many care
during the day, ans the best Jacquard
they can take with them into the
world is the unseen influence of a
bright inner sanctum.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25
TalRs amd gketc1eg.
a PlL0T's sT0nT 4.

Many years ago when | was so
small boy as to hardly recollect it
now, my brother and myself were pla-
ced on board one Of the St. Lawrence
river steamers as cabin boys and wal
ters, with q view to become pilots
when we were older. That was near
ly fifty years ago, and boats were not
fitted up in the style they are now,
nor were good pilots q thing to be
found everyday. We bad run up and
down, several times, when one morning
about 10 o'clock, we stopped at Brook
vile to take on board, as usual, o gov
eminent pilot to guide us down the
river
1t was late in the season, and we
had q strong wind the night before,
leaving the river rough, and our usual
pilot had hard work 10 keep the boat
in its proper track, while it brought
MS into Brookviile two hours later
than the usual time The clouds over
head still looked cold and the wind
UI6W ITcSu duu oClOuSJ WINCH HoAihS "ii
possible haste, we again put out Of the
harbor and were soon bounding on our
way. Throughout the morning | no
ticed an anxious look on the captains
face, which bespoke his uneasiness
about the final termination Of our
journey.
We had q good many passengers on
board, and although we usually reach
ed Montreal at four O'Clock i'll the
afternoon, we should be delayed untlI.
six, if not later. About ten miles this
side of Lachine, a storm OF rain com
menced which rendered it almost i'm
possible to guide the boat at all
while the rapids Of that name, the most
terrific in the whole river, were yet to
be passed. The pilot was one Of the
best on the route, but man Of passo-
nate temper with peculiar dogged
look. Between him and tie ordinary
boat pilot there existed an old grudge
which ouce or twice led to blows, when
they came in contact with each other.
That morning when passing one of the
higher falls, they stood together at the
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25
A Captain Sold.

A gallant volunteer officer was bad
ly sold a few days since. He was
searching the house of citizens for
arms, with squad of men, and on
arriving at the residence of an old
gentleman named Hayes, was met in
the hall by his daughter-a beautiful
black-eyed girl of eighteen-who APP
peared deeply agitated and implored
the Captain not to search the house.
The officer was sternly immovable,
resolves to do his duty, and the more
bent upon searching from the apparent
disray of the fair girl.
/" Tndeed-indeed," she exclaimed,
Eve have only three guns in the
house.
The captain smiled incredulously -
Fetch them to me-, J" sail he, remelur
beriI G the fate of poor Ellsworlh
The young lady hurried up stairs.
and returned with an old rusty doQbfe
-bavrelled shotgun, that no prudeat
man would have ventured to load and
discharge tae
" The others-the other two !" de-
manded the officer
/" Oh, sir my brothers-my broth
ers sobbed the girl. / cannot take
them from them ~ az
The captain pushed her on one side.
Forward, men y he shouted, falling
into the rear himself
AS the file of soldiers hastily mount
ed the stairs, the young lady c,ung to
the skirts of the officer, who was the
last to ascend, exclaiming wildly i,
But-but, sir my brothers-you
will not harm my brothers !"
The captain shook her off some
what ungallantly, and rushed up after
the soldier, who by this time reached
the closed door of chamber After
a pause the men pushed open the door
and rus1ed in with bayoLets fixed,
when two Juvenile Zouaves, of the
eyes of eight and ten years, fully arm
ed and equipped with wooden. guns,
appeared drawn mp in line before them.
At the same moment, the silvery laugh
of the black-eyed beauty was heard
on the stairs, echoed by a couple IF
chambermaids VINO were peeping over
the banisters from above. The officer
beat hasty retreat, without making
seizure of the two remaining guns
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25
The Sea serpent ExpIained.

The experience OF one of the editors
of the Salem Gazette win prove a
staggerer" to the believers in the
existence of that mythic monster the
sea serpent. He was one of party
becalmed in Salem harbor, aud gives
his journal of twenty-four hours, from
which we extract the following in.
strnctiye leaf:
At an early hour in the morning,
one or two in the cabin were hastily
summoned to the deck to see sea
monster gliding swiftly through the
water. On reaching the deck several
Of the party, including the Captain
and the schooners hands were watch.
ing the animal, which was some three
quarters of mile distant. He was
apparently eight feet long The head
would rise slightly from the surface,
createing foam in his progress The
long body projected from the water at
regular intervals, in humps" as was
expressed, though there was some
uncertainty whether the projections
we're " humps" or coils. The molten
was uniform, and both the head and
projections from the body maintained
their relative position to each other
with such accuracy as to leave no
doubt of the realty of the strange
moaster. Every one was convinced,
and even the Captain declared that in
all his seafaring experience be never
saw the like before.
When full belief in the sea serpent
had thus been fully established, it was
just as sudderly brought to a close
Later in the forenoon the animal was
seen again This time he came nearer
however, so near, in fact, as to be
distinguished as a horse mackerel-the
humps" in the rear being nothing
more than the wake left behind him.
None but those who have seen this
fish under such circumstances as are
above described, can appreciate the
the description. The waves or wake
in the rear is very regular and subside
to the view fifty or seventy-feet from
the animal. To be seen with full de-
creptiVe effect, the animal should be
some three quarters of mile distant
and the sea dead calm. 1t is proba-
bly, under such circumstances as these
that the "sea serpent" has been so
frequently seen off Nahant
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25
Cure for HiI-Tennlper.

A sensible woman, the mother of u
young fam lily, taught her children from
the earliest childhood to consider i'll
humor as disorder which was to he
cured by physic Accordingly size
had alw avs smell doses ready, and the
little patients, whenever it was thought
needful, took rhubarb for the crossness.
No punishment was required. -Peev-
ishness or i'll tempe: and rhubarb were
associated in their minds always as
causes and effect
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25
Wooden Nutnnegs Outdone.


There is a Partisan dandy who, we
think, rather outdone Competent. =
c. had at his residence a com
plete costume Of a groom When Of
fering an attention TO one of the fair
sex he used to say: Permit me to
send you boquet by my black serv-
ant" He then repaired to his garrett,
took ont his backing bottles, polished
his lace and hands, put on his livery,
and Knocked at the lady's door
Here" he said, "are some flowers
sent by my master to madame" He
had spent his last FIVE francs in the
purchase. Madame was so delighted
with the present, that she presented
louis to the bearer. That is clear
pocketing of the dollars, and a lady's
favor in the bargain
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25
Shaving q Millionaire.

Let any man become immensely
wealthy by his OWE exertions and
straightway you shall hear numerous
anecdotes relating the means by which
he attained his riches. the effect they
have. upon him, his disposition of
them, or his sayings, peculiarities or
ecceRtricities.
Aston, Girard, and Bill Gray have
furnished illustrations fol many q
clever sketcher We heard a few
clever anecdotes the other day of BIZ
ly Gibbons, a New jersey millionaire,
one of which we give our readers
1t seems that Billy, while in coun
try village in which he owned some
property, stopped into barber shop
10 get shaved The shop wa full Of
customers, and the old gentleman
quie.ly awaited for his turn,
A customer who was under lac
BARRIERS hands when the old gen L.
man came in. asked the knight of the
razor" in an undertone, if he kne ~
who he was, and on receiving ne
gative reply, informed him in a whis-
per that it was Gold Billy Gibbons,
the richest man in the State. "s5s
"Ga1 "said the barber, "I'il charge
him fer his shave"
Accordingly, after the old nall had
that operation performed, he was
somewhat, surprised, npcn asking the
price, to b. told" Seventy five
cents"
"Seventy-6ve cents" said he, qui-
city, rs not that rather high
price ?"
us M price" said he of the lath :
er brush, independently, 't.and as this
is the only barber shop in the place,
them az comes into it must pay what
ask"
To the old gentleman this was EVIL
IDENTIFY q knock down argument, for he
drew three quarters from his pocket,
paid them over tothe barber, and left
the shop.
A short time after he was in close
conversation with the landlord Of a
tavern hard by, the topic Of conVersa-
ton being "barber shops"
"Why is it," said he, "therc's only
one barber shop in town p? There
seems to be nearly enough work for
Two"
"Well, there used 10 be two," said
the landlord ''till last winter Ahen
this man came up from the city and
opened new shop, and, as everything
in it was fresh and new, folks sort Of
deserted Bill Harrngton's shop, which
had been going for nigh fourteen
years"
"But didn't this Bill do good work,
did he not shave well and cheap 2"
"Well, as for thaS," said the land
lord, bill did his work well enough
and cheap enough, but his shop, wasn't
on the main street like the new one,
and didn't have SO many pictures and
handsome curtains, and folks got into
the way thinking that the new chap
was more scientific and brought mole
city fashions with him, though to tell
the truth" said tie landlord, stroking
his chin down with beard resembling
screen wire, II never want lighter
touch, or keaner razor, than Bill
Harfingtoh's."
"City fashions--eh !" growled the
old man. $50 the new mans city
fashions shut up the other BARRIERS
shop ?"
"Well, not exactly" said the land
lord, T" though things never did seem
to go well with Bill after the new
shop opened-frst one of his children
died OF a fever, then his wife was sick
for q long time, and Bill had big bill
p
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

A WHIF FRoTn My CIGAR 1t is
extraordinary how dreadfnlly unro-
mantle little dose Of matrilnony
makes people. When the girls get
married they are obliged incontinent-
ly to substitute mutton for moonlight,
shirtbuttons for stars and bowers,
dumpling and darning for dropping
lashes and dewy smiles, potatoes and
picking for polkas and plays, beef
and brooms for bushes and bird cages,
feather brushes and wash-tubs for
flirting anil Waiting, and mops for
music.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

SwIFTNEss OF BIRDS. A German
ornithologist says: The vulture can
fly at the rate of QUE hundl ed and
fifty miles an hour. Observations
made on the coast of Labrador, con-
vinced Major Cartwright that the
wild loose can travel at the rate OF
ninety miles an hour The common
crow can fly twenty five miles swal-
lows according to Spallagin. ninety
two miles an hour 1t is said that q
falcon was discovered at Malta twenty
four hours after the departure OF Hen
ry Nv from Fontainblean If true
the bird must have flown fifteen hours
at the rate of fifty,seven miles, not
allowing him to rest for a moment
during the whole time. I
The rice bird, which afterwards be-
comes the reed bird of Delaware Bay,
and the bobolink of New York, is
often found below Philadelphia with
green rice in its crop. Indeed this is
said to be true of pigeons during the
rice growing seasons.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25
The S}lnses' 8awer.
MISSING.

Not among the suffering wounded
Not among the peaceful dead
Not among the prisoners. MISSING =
That was all the message said
VT his mother reads it over,
Until through her painful tears,
Fades the dear name she has called him
For these two-and twenty years.
Round her all is peace and plenty;
Bright and clean the yellow floor;
While the morning glories cluster
All around the kitchen door
Soberly the sleek old house-cat
Drowses in his patch of sun
Neatly shines the oaken dresser
All the mornings work is done.
Through the window comes the FRI grance
OF a sunny harvest morn,
Fragment songs from distant reapers.
And the rustling of the corn
And the rich breath of the garden
where the golden MELONS lie
Where the blushing plums are turning
All their red cheeks to the sky.
Sitting there wit hin the sunshine
Leaning on her easy chaia
With soft lines upon her forehead
And the silver in Der hair
Blind TO sunshine, dead to fragrance
On that royal harvest morn;
Thinking, while her heart is weeping,
OF her noble brow first born.
How he left her in the Spring time,
With his young heart full of fame,
With his clear and ringing footstep,
with his 1.-THE and supple frame.
How with tears his eyes were trimming
AS be kissed last Goodbye"
Yet she heard him whistling gayly
As he went across the rye.
MISSING. Why should he be missing
He would fight until he fell
And if wounded, killed, or pris 'ner,
Some one there would be to tell
MISSING. Still hope to cheer her
Safe, triumphant, he may come,
With the victor army shouting,
With the clamor of the drum
So through all the days of Autumn
In the eve and in the morn
She will hear his quickening footsteps
In the rustling of the corn.
Or she will hush the household,
While her heart goes leaping high,
Thinking that she hears him whistling
In the pathway through tharye.
x X >:
Far away, through all the Autum,
In a lonely, lonely glade.
In the dreary desolation
That the Battle Storm has made
With the rust upon his musEet--
In the eve and in the morn
In the rank gloom of the fern leaves
Lies her noble browed first born.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25
9Nistellanepns.

The New Orleans Delta finds time
and space to be wickedly witty on
Lowe, the balloonist, in the following :
Professor L qce would fain get high,
At government expense;
With big balloon he'd scale the moon,
Tospy Virginia's fence
To see the camps Of rebel scamps
With telegraph and glass
You ask me, friend, how this will end
And reply-in grst
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

A GRIM JOKE "A riAeman in the
lst Connecticut regiment, named
Webster, coolly remarked in the heat
Of the Bull Run battle :" See how
careless them, feller3 are-they are
pointing their guns right at u.s."
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

POWDER We heard an old gen.
tleman who was describing the scene
of the revolutionary war, rcll q story
Of some of the powder which was
used in those days, which he thought
was not the best. He said q barrel of
it happened to take fire one day, and
burnt half up 6efoTe they could pat
ii cut.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

An exchange says that our young
men have left the lap of luxury, and
are now pressed to the hard bosom of
heroism." We presume many Of the
young men would prefer being pressed
to the soft bosom of she-roi s
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

Our custom and habits are like ruts
in roads. The wheels of life settle
into them and we jog along through
the mire, because it is too much
trouble to get out ofthem.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

Why do Chinese soldiers in their
naval engagements throw stink pots"
among the enemy? To make the
foe-go
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

PEDAaoGUE.-"Well, sir, what does
hair spell A g
Boy.-"Don't know. "e'
Pedagogue.-Whaj have You got
on your head 2" ~
Boy-'T guess its Il 'skeeter bite !;
it stings darn bad"
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25


JUST CAUSE FOR ANGER. IA Ger
man, Of the Second Michigan Regi-
mehE, IN the hospital az Washington,
had his arm amputated. His deserip-
tionof the sensation he feels from his
fingers, which lately belonged to his
left arm, causes frequent bursts Of
merrlmcnt from the other patients in
the ward. He says II veels der
tines nit mine vingers ven | knows
Use got no vingers dare, and it makes
me pad ven | veels der tings all der
time nit mine vingers ven mine vim
geraalnt dare any more shtill ~
1Safe food for burglars. An iron
hoxbf "Herrincs ~
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

There are as good horses drawing
in,carts as in coaches; and rs good
men arc engaged in humble employ
ments as in the highest.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

The pursuit of pleasure is unproft-
able business. The more you catch it
the more it escapes you.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

IF time is money, some people have
a good deal more than,they know what
to do with
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

A promising young man may do
very we'll perhaps--a paying one much
better. @
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

poor fellow who pawned his
watch says that he raised money with
il lever.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

Matrimonial 'Jaao a. esprit !" The
faiT-I-see before marriage and the
sad-you-see afterwards!
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

The PRESS should be in every house.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

4Safe food for burglars. An iron
oxPf "Herrings p
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-25

Not among the suffering wounded
Not among the peaceful dead
Not among the prisoners. " MISSING
That was all the message said.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-11-08
ONE OF THE NAVAL BOATS DISABLED
FOreign News.

NEW York, Oct. 5.-The steamer Per-
sia, with three days later advices from Eu.
rope, has arrived, bringing nearly G62, 1000.
Russell's last letter to the Times, dated
October 10, says persons Of weight and in.
Auence were again urging on the President
the necessi y of an advance for political
reasons
The Liverpool Post says Capt. Semmes,
of the pirate Sumpter, who arrived in Liv
erpool by the Edinburgh, shipped in New
York as Captain Burmister, Of the royal
navy.
The London Shipping Gazette thinks the
defeat by the confederates of the squadron
blockading New Orleans, will render it
scarcely possible to maintain even SEM
blance OF a blockade at some OF the princi.
pal ports.
Paris papers announce that England,
France, and Spain had arrived at COM
plete understanding relative to Mexico.
The Convention will be signed in eight days,
ginning of November.
The European financial accounts are
rather more satisfactory. Bourse advanced
to 68f zoe. The Paris Steele urges the
adoption of measures to get cotton from
America. There were reports OF serious
disturbances at Pesth, but they were un-
founded. Affairs 10 Poland were unchanged.
The churches continued closed. The open
ing OF the Spanish Oortez had been post.
poned until the 9th of November, on
account of death of the Queens daughter.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-11-08

A FAIR F1aHr.-We yesterday met an
old acquaintance from Western Virginia,
who is here upon parole, be having been
captured by the enemy. The manner in
which be was allowed bis liberty sufficiently
illustrated the theory of Colonel Dumas,
that one likes man the better after hav.
ing fought with him. 1t seems that our
volunteer, who, by the way, belonged TO
Colonel Guthries regiment, was taken last
Sunday week, while out upon little excur.
sion upon his own hook, by party of six
mounted men, and marched to their en-
campment, where he was the special object
of contemplation of big hirsute individual,
who concluded bis investigation with the
remark that he was q thief. an abolitionist
and coward" to which be added, 4" and
curse you, can whip you" This was
rather too strong dose for our friends
stomach, who, prisoner as he was, looked
at the other with defiant air, gave him
the lie, and expressed conviction that, if
allowed a fair fight, he would convince the
other of his mistake.
The challenge was accepted, and they
took off their coats and went at it, when,
after several rounds, science, which was on
the side of our man, told, and bis antagonist,
too, after having tooth knocked out,
knocked under, and shaking hands acknow-
lodged that he was wrong in his last pro,
position, and moreover, that he didn't
believe that man who fought so well, was
either thief or an abolitionist. He
went much further, and used his influence
so effectively with the rebel commander, that
Kentucky was allowed to go upon signing a
document not again to take up arms against
the South. The individual whom he had
whipped, furnished him with coat and
pants in lieu of bis own, which were some
what dilapidated, and then escorted him q
part of the way toward the Kanawha, from
whence be made his way to the Ohio river,
and 90 on to this city.-Cincinnati Enquirers