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He is WY boy. n y \hiy b\y; .jS'iiSS’Jsjr”''\' s Sb HiS cfUiitry cvulr’ him; kt iuiii lu ; I K. mvt * v ’•■‘r, I:ir!-I, l‘»v5! -; j fnW au.l ^n^ac ?iv ur- iM i'i' o\r’i i ntW’H' My li- -rt but tturr*>iv 1 b; V i'ji riai-li r*-;risl‘.' ‘ ht iir.\ coi-iitry CaU^ltJ ii£x; Jot him 5 Haw .'-ft-'n I Itav:? j-Mtl'-Fi'-Io ^ , 'ii'-ej iu ;; t i.i-4 rotyuii ai.^ liea l_ ifU hrovai M.v my I’l'ide, At.'I la’W tilt* viTlll UlUrt L; h lU:? X\*:*'!. ’T:-^ y * t<» yr.ovo b*r I kinAV, His o! uutoy calk hiiii; lot liiut ^^.o! A*‘. 'I b *w r i •\<y ' J< w 1 r j I't- y TbT* i- t' ■• ’Xv*a“M i.i tlij5.Mr;ro bv I'l;*:.. i' won; iu f , t ‘i,‘ l:niic, Iiu-i —tOH* i.--' ;i’ 1:“ i L: 1- t X''I c*Jlc I.lui; !--t liJiii gi*I and sho smiled, and said it waa very 1 me to come with her. We were go h'^h that the people bdlow looked mere specks, and sha hoped that I thoroughly understood the management of the balloon. Kow i>as I'nr r«.l.Tibet u.ivi'Our i r. ’ ?-■ I'l'vt, b b IV'\ ,u''> .r ‘ 1?—b’ ’:?t 1 u'i h'lnu'i Tlio T a le lie T o ld tlie Marine;::, a:oY', ndnd. I will nut guarrntoA the tiatJi ot' !his. 1 call only tell It. you as lie tokl it u?. It sofn.i.. improbable, certvitky, but no one can tny it is irapussible. What is thero to pr.jventli lady, it bhe is so inclined, from - ------ Bnt that would spoil tlia rtory — aVii i the e is ii') hw of nature, I rappu'.?, ti> I. itrpM .a man who is so devoid rifgentle- in;i'’iv J •!']'.ng‘ a? lio i s ------ . I’ut that would tell }’on what is coming. It is no good sayimj ke was intoxicated, because I dety YOU' to get drunk on sherry and soda wr.t-‘r ; and to lay it t » the heat of the seacuii is tibs.'ird, for it was a reiimrkabiy cool evening Pm August. Ko I Jeiihyna is a man w’lio lid-: had some atrango e.xperiei V.O., not the least st mii.i], 1 will not gin though, I’ly the way, you don’t often find a nuvi tell the same tale twice inexactly the same way if it is not true, and I have heard him tell this twice. J i ’hu fir.-t time was at a ell, it does not mutter lie not to liink inen- L understand ttio going up part,’ I ^red, ‘ to come down is not so easy,’and 1 whistlod. “ ‘ Wiiat do you mo.in ?’ she cried. ‘“ Why, when you want to go up faster, m throw some sand overboard/ 1 replied, iting tiie action to the word. •“ B-uft be foolbh, Tom/ she said, trying appear quite calm and indiiierGnt, but trembling uucuutnu-idy. ‘ Fooli.sh 1 said. ‘ Oh, dear no ! but V, lieUmr 1 .go along the ground or up in the ab- 1 lik'.' tf) go the pace, and so do yon. Faiii.y, i know. Bo it, you cripple !’ and over went aiiotlar sr.nii bu.g. ‘ Why',you're mad, surely,’ she whisper ed in uiler terror, and tried to rcceh the thi.s twici dinner at Lord ------ Well, it does not where. It is sometimes advisable niencion proper names. I don't th mg tiiia vt the occasion o iking, when 1 found him ly and soda-water and smoking c 1 three oHiceivjHiceivj of ilannes, one of with three o witli live gloves (la< drinKirg cheroots of ilannes, one of whom, ady’s six-and-a-haip and a witlurail roso before him, was telling how —\ after leading me on in this way. after gaining my yuang affections in this treacbor- OU-; manner, by Tove ! sir, shiv throws me over and marries Blabber.” *• It’s like the sex,” said tiro second Ma- “It’s the. women that aejnicesall mankind,” said the third Marine. “ It reminds mo of what happened to iny- self,” said Jerikyns; “you know the story,” ho continued, turning to me. “ So just order yourself some sherry and soda-water; ah ! and while you are about it, order some for me too, and yon can pay for them both when they come; then 1 sha’ut be put out. Pay ing’for anything alwmys puts me out. ’i'haiik you ! I'll try one of your cigars. W ell! , ’ turning to the Marine geiitleiuau, ’ turning to t! tune ago, I was staying will P --------- P --------- House, P- Grcat number of people th( George lere—all kinds of riding. me. During dinner Fanny ^repeatedly whis pered to her nio'hlx'iir, nnd gleneed at '”.e. riianfiit-rcd laiicl.tOF invariably hillov,’cd.— ‘ J cakyim !' said I, ‘ R jvenge!’ The opper- id%’i'^ ascend with the aeronaut, my plans ; bribed the ; ne.-s at the momei should huY-e rite awaited was fine, .’lie Yvas in th e ready, w h e n th e aeronaut n « was carried in to the housi into lotting* her I instantly took aid haY'e rit en ; learned trom him the lagement of the balloon, though I unJor- >(1 that pretty well before, and calmly the result. The day came. The vas fine, 'I balloon was inlkteu. Everything was weather was fine, Fanny Yvas in ■ idy, when the was carried in irge accompanied him to sea properly attended to, Fanny ‘ Am I to lose my air expedition !' she exclaimed, looking over the side of the car. Som8''one understands the uianageweiit ol this thing surely‘f Is’obody! 'Join!’ she called out to me,'you understand it, don't Perfectly r I answered. Come along then !’ she cried, ‘ i comes back.' leral endcav-orad be quick; before papa coines bad:.' “ The 'company in general endcaY to dissuade her from her project, but of course in vain. After a decent &hov/ of hesitation. I climbed. There was scarcely a breath of wind, and we rose almost straight up. Wc rose above the house, and sho laugh ed and said : '• ‘ How jolly ! We were higher than the highest trees ’ ’ a very kind of “ Gome,' I said. ‘ my wife in life, or my (,ry>r>npn'''i, in ! YVliieh ix it to hel’ and *J patted the saml-bag in a c I k ‘ hi \ i 1 man ner. riha hold ha.- f:ic.}in h..r hands, hut did not answer. I iiur.-cu the bag in my anas, as if it Itad been a baby. “ Coma, Faimj’, give me your promise!’ “ I could Jmar her sobs. I'm the most softhearted creature bre.rthing, and vruuKl not pain any living thing, and.’l confess, gliu had beaten me, I f.argave her the ducking ; I forgave her for n jeeting me. I was on the point of flinging the bag back into tlie car, and .saymg: Dearest Fanny : forgive me frightening you. Marry whomsoever you lur lovely hand to the lowest alow with your sr liapi for frigliti Yvill. Give your lovely groom in your stable^.- pricele.:.! beauty the Chi wanki Indians. What ever Iiappai kyna is your slave—your dog—your foot stool. Ills duty liGncfforlli is to go wheth- orsuever you sliall order,—to do whatever you command.' I was just on the point of saying this, I ivpea'-, when Fanny siidtlenly looked up, and said, with a queeiish ex'pres- aion upon htrface. “ Y\ou need not throw that last b.ig over. I pfornrie to pdve you my liaiul.’ “ vS'ith all your he.irt’f’ I asked quickly. ‘“ With all mymy heart,’ sho answered v,-!th heart,’ sho igG look. “ I tossed the ottom of the car, and opened bug the tlio same strange into the bottom o Y'alvo. The balioon descended.’' “‘Gentlemen,’ said Jenkyns, rising from his seat in the most solemn manner, and gtretching out Ins hand, as if ho were going to take an oath; gontlmuL'n, will you bo- lieY’e it If When v/e bad reachnl the g onnd. and the balloon hud mastc’.',—when I had and tun gh'euiY'eu OY-er to its been g lulpcd Funi ttiiUorly L?’ln I the earth, and turned towards her to re ci'ive a;iew the promise of her affection .and her hand,—will you believe it ?—she gave e a box on tho car that upet t mo ag.um me a box on tho car the cur, and running that moment cume' up, she related to him y I file rssorabled compan}' what she called V disgraceful conduct in the balloon, aaU tier father, v. ho at she related to him my disgraceful conduct in the balloon, aaU ended by informing me that all tho hand 1 has to get Imd hcim already bestowed upon ■ which she assured me had been give: my ear with all her heart. ‘- ‘You villdiu I” said Sir George, advanc ing towards me ivitli u horsewhip in liishand ‘ Vou Y’illain 1 I’ve a good mind to break this over your back.,’ “ ‘i?ir George, villain and Jenkyns must never be coupled iu tho same sentence ; and as for the breaking of thife whip. I'll relieve you the troub and snatching it fi#ii. his iiand, 1 broke it in two. and threw tho piceer on the ground. ‘ and now I shall have th- honor .af wishing a goud morning. Miss 1’ ------ , I forgive you. And I retired. “Now I ask you whether any spccl i.cn of iip I o trenclif-ry equal to that has ever tiic v.’ithin your e.Yporience, and YvlietUm ariy excuse can ever bo made for such con duct?” “As I said before, It’s like the sex,” said the second Marine. “Yes, all mankind is seduced by woman,” lid the third Iviarine. “It’s just my case over agaio,” said the firqk flTarinfi. ..A.JJ'1-.cr drayriiig m e a u inA h a '' way—after gaining my affections in that treacherous manner, by JoY-e, sir, she goes terror, bag. but i kept her b-ack. Only Yvitli love, [ileasantly; uy. 1 adurue yi ri’.y dimr,’ I answered smiling pleasantly ; ‘ only with luee ior you. Oh, i'atmy. 1 adurue you.' Say you will be replied ; ‘ ou' su’d 1 ‘ I gave you u icd ; ‘ one Yvh y.,u wsui iaukhiug at liti answer.tho other day,’ she ■h i thoidd Law tl.onaht i«- LI died, is tern have remembered,’ tin- ashing at little notYvith.-tauding Ids terror. •“ ‘ 1 romembored it perfectly,’ I answered lut I intend to have a different reply to th.at. Yuu see those sai.J-bags, I sluill a-,k yoU five times to become re con- become times to become yuu refuse I shall throw over a sand bag- ludy Inir, as the cabman would say, sider your decision, and, corsent to 1 Mrs. Jenkyns. “ ‘ 1 won’t !’ she said ; ‘ I neY-er will; and let me tell you, tllat you are acting in a very ungeiitlemanly way to press me thus. You acted in a \-ery ladylike way the other day. did you not,’ I rejoined, ‘v.ht-n you knocked me out of the boat ?’ rflie laughed again, for she was a jilacky girl, and no mis take—a very plucky girl. ‘ However.’ I went on. ‘It's no good arguing about it— will you promise to give mo your hand “ ‘ Never f she answered ; ‘I'll go to iJrsa Major fii'i^t, though I’ve got a big enough bear here, in all conscience. Stay I you'd preier Aquarius, wouldn’t j'ou ?’ “ She looked so pretty that I was almost inclined to let her oli (I was only trying to her of course*-! knew how high ifjJnl valuable ry); but loints of 1 h^e life of Jenkyns was 'csolution is one ol 3 to his coun- (f the Strong e to say i “ I continued the execution of the Dead ou do not begin the. descent pdpa the moment I set foot points of my character, and when I ’ve bcgui a thing 1 like to carry it through, so I tlirm over another sand bag, and whistled tho lead March in baul. *• ‘ Come, Mr. Jenkyns,’she said, suddenly, come, Tom, let us \descend now, and i ’ll ptromise to say nothinsr waatever about all this.’ “ I cc March. “T’.ut if you do not begin the. descent at once III tell pdpa the momei the ground.’ “ I laughed, seized another bag, and look ing steadily at her, said, *• Will you promise to give me your hand?’ “ I ’ve answered you already,’ was the re- ^ Over went the sand, and the solemn notes of the Dead March resounded through the car. itleman.’ said igo' from the where she had been sit ting, and looking perfectly beautiful in her wrath ; ‘ I thought you were a gentleman, but I find I Yvas mistaken ; why a chiumey- sv.'eejier would not treat a lady in such . away; Do you know that you are risking 3 a stunner,” coniinued your own life US Well as mine by your mad- luld have heard tiiat girl r i i “I e.xplained that I iid.U’ed her SO mucli at to die in her company would be perfect luld ni)t mts going on. Driving, fishing, shooting, everything in fact, bir George's daughter, Fanny, was olteu my companion in these expeditions, and I was considerably struck with her. For she was a girl to whom the epithet ‘stunning’^applies better than any other that I am acquaint'-d •with. She could ride like Nimrod, she could drive like Jehu, she could row like Charon, she could dance like Terpsichore, she could run like Diana, she walked like Juno, and she looked like Venus. I've seen her smoke.” “ One good point in her character, at any riUi,” said the third Marine. ‘- Just like the sex ! ’ said the second Ma- — Ah ! she was Jenkyns, “ you should have heard tiiat girl Y vhistle, and laugh ----- you should have heard her laugh, tike was truly a delightful com panion. \t'e rode together, drove together, fished together, walked together, danced to gether, sang together ; I called her Fanny ; and she called me ’i'om. All this coaid have but one termination, you know. I fell in love with her, and determined to take the first opportunity of proposing. Bo one day, when we were out together fishing on the lake, I went down on my knees amongst the gudgeons, seized her hand, pressed it to my waisreoat, and in bnriiing accents entreat ed her to become my wife. “ ‘ Don’t be a fool!’ she said. ‘ Now drop it, do! and put mo a fr”sh worm on.” “ ‘ Oh! Fanny,’ I exclaiiried ; ‘ don't talk about worms when marriage is iu question. Oui; don’t drop it I ’ll pitch you out I tell yqu what it is, now.’ she replied, anKrily,‘ifyou ot the boat.’ ” “ Gentlemen,” said Jenkyns, with strong emotion, “ I did not drop i t ; and I give you my word of honor, with a sudden shove she sent me flying into the water; then seizing the sculls, with a stroke or two she put several yards between us, and burst into a fit of laughter that fortunately prevented her from poaig any farther. I swai climbed into the boat, to mvself.’ ‘ Revenge ! r< am up and ‘ Jenkyns 1’ said I Tg ]> T ’ I disf ideous mockei ^ 1 to the banl went to the house and changed my clothes. ■\Yhen I appeared at tire dinner-ta’ole, I perceived that every one had been informed of joy ducking—universal teugbter greeted that blii's, skier beautiful hair perfectly ei’pct, loi Anerer oi ij that I ly feelini r company y \ begged the niy feelings ut all. iful hair from her f ■ 'lug like ( would not eon- rihe dashed liei face, and standii im her face, and standing •n-m , iOokiug like the Goddess of Boadicea—if you can fancy that personage in a balloon—she said ; “I command you to begin the descent this instant!” The Dead March, whistled in a mai essentialiy gay and \After u few mmn lively, Yvas the only re- V minutes’ silence, I took sponse. up anot “We are getting rather high. If you do not decide soon we shall have Mercury com ing to tell US that we are trespassing—will you promise me your band ?’’ “She sat in sulky silence in the botton the car. I threw over the sand. Then tried another plan. Throwing herself upon her knees, and bursting into tears, she said: “Oh, forgive me for what I did tlie otln day!- It Yvas very wrong, and I am very sorry. Take me home and 1 will bo a sister to you.” “Not a wife?” said I. “I can’t ! I can't 1” she answered. » Ovei to thiink s Blubber p' narries ;U, itd( ,_jimpro_ (Ggan that I v/ould not guarrantce the truth if it. Indeed, if you ask nly candid opinion, Idon’ don’t think it is true, bu; the Marines bo- lieved it. T / aktrd a K xot 'riED.—A correspondent “ DoYvn East,” iu a “ matterinl” note to^the editor relates the subjoined .ncident. Per haps he didn’t desire to liave it printed; but we run the risk, for it’s too good to keep : He says he was taking a sle.ghride with a 'very j*retty girl, when he eacountered a Methodist minister, a favorite gospel itiner ant in all the region round about. He stop ped him, and asked hurriedly : \ Can you tie a knot for me ?’* “ Yes,” said brother B., “ F guess so ; ;ien do you want it done ?” “ Well,'” right away, was tho reply. “Is it lawful, though, here iu the high way asked the brother. “I nevir thought of that.” L “1 don't know,” was the respot^o, made just as a briefless lawyer drove up, ito whom the case Yvas submitted. \ “It depends upon what kind of a knot he ants tied,” was the decision. 1 “I Yvant a knot tied in my horse'4 tail, to ?liouled thu wicked ,'ay, feariig lest i profauo Yvrath, should “fall from grace.” At a safe distal\ce lie “slowed,” and heard the latvycr dem-iuding five dollars for “ professional adtice i” Rather “sharp practice,” but it -was first case, and palpably a knotty one, • C amp P heases .—A n enterp are mystified by tho extraoi'i and phrases-used. The word “ arils” has been distorted into “ umm,\ bi’uutiit forcibly forth like the last groan of a dyr^g ca t; aud in place of “ march” we hear A tent-is jocularly termed “ //ifl cemGGs/'d sword is a “ ioa^l siichrr,” and any of the d- tored patterns of muskets are known as etziTS.” Mess beef is “ salt horse,” coffee is \■h(jikd r y e ” vegetables are “cox' feeJ,” aiii butter “strong g rease’' _ “Bull;/” is the hich. est terms of commendation, while dissent iJ expressed in the remark, “ 1 don't sec it.”-—] Tbs 3<mtbom Harbors of tho tfuiteJ States. Frcii .1 a rocinit numb r of Hunt’.! ?.Icr- ch'iuts’ Magazine, we e.xtract the following iioUco of some of tlm chief ports on the .Sjuthem coa^t, to v.-hicli attentiou is no-;’ specially directed : pik’o ii'jin un- two hiiml shoals lie b.ffweon tho shore and tho ocean, fnrmiiig the Currituck, Albemarle, I’amplicn and C'ji'a Sounds, iiaviTible for ve,-.3'b of light dr.tft. Ths Di;nnl f'lV.- ur.p C.uj.d cmi- noct.H the Chesapeake with tlrro soun-la : practicable occ m inlet is ono liun- 1 thirty five iriks f. o.n Capo Htuiry., and difdcult eutraiice, known a.s Ink'Snk'S wltlill only .seven feet vrator the first ilr.ttcras I wi on tile bar. A single vessel of ligkt draft would bo Eufiic'ent for tao closing of this ciiaunel. Eighteen iiiiloi soutli\.-est of it is Ocraeoko Inlet, of the s ^ uvj character; b ith O'len into I’amplico Sc-^ml. Ocracoka bar gives ton feet at inc-au low water. JJ:;arfort. —Foilov,iu-g tho coast djwn- ar;l tor fifty-live ir.i.cs below Ocracoke In- k.t there are no coan^-cUons with, the inte rior Sounds until tho oM Top-ad Inlet ia reached, ivkich le.-vls to tie iiarl>ev of Be-.iti- I'art, North Garuiina. - This har’oor is about eight and a half miles west-noi-lh-weat from Cape Lookout, it is c fine haven, having full fiftoGn feet of water u» tho bar at the sotraijcf of the ehaunel. at low iid.Y, or eigh teen at high wat' r. 'I'ko town ul Beaufort is coiniiiereialty iuiportr-ut, iurving a railieMd c.jiiiii'c-tiuu with i;-alt-k'’i, and ut that p o in t with the various roudi of the North ami West. The entrance ia defen'Ied by Fort M.ieon, a work of tha saino class as Fort Carroll. 1} ooo'np'(V/w.—Tlu next harbor of impor- taiicu L fliat of Wiliiiingt-ja. North Carolina, on Cape Fear River. This port has a biaglo channel yyi H i inlets, lii’ieei) miles in length, rather tmti ami 11 UU-..W iu places, wl:li a dejil’i nf sc and a halt feet to i-iglit' on the ii.u.'- in low vatn\ wli'ch could iie r isily biockadrel by i-.vo vi'sdi'H. VVHiniuutr-i is C(uuioct--d by eailroad with tho interisi, au.j is thus impor tant as a eouunoreial tatr'put. Near the month of the l.’upu Feta' Iliver are Furts Johnson and Cu.-wGl, i-:r.-nt)v Fsized bv the igcL.'ioiiists. Fort tlolnson Is rather a col- •c-Li-sii uf barracks, with a biockhouso, than fort. Fort, Caswell is a third class work. H outh C a e o u x a . — ilo n j e t o v n . — The ue.xu accessible Imibor is that of George- town, b’cnith Garoliaa, .-oventytYVO uiilos uiiles sou'Jiwest from- CVpoFear, L.VY-ing a sinrio winding chunnel, l•■Il miles iu leugtli \inaing iu siioai.Y. Th. rb-r.tii of channel .'iiries fr.e.n seven left tu b'ltiiy. i r i L i . g / . —'Ibis is a _uod harbor of ■efuge from &onlIu.r!:L v.iud.s, and very ao- icssible. The depth on tlv? bar at mean loiv vufPi'is tliiitcc-u fci t, aud the anchorage ia prod in twenty-one feet, I inside. Capors’ ind De-.vees’ Inlets, bolo-wJ-JaU’s Bay, admit vessels drawing six feet .vjiter. arlesloa .—The hm.Yor of Charleston ix entraaces, which, iii-yinning witli tip Island Channel, with YYith two it her tmtuous Chw has six one farthest or tlie b-univ feet; the North Channel, with eight feet; tho Bwasli, with nine feet; the Overall ,-o . . I., gives eleven feet at I city, lying af the con- uid surrounded by low feet at .. Theci nco of tw'o rivers and surroi ___ rice marshes, is difficult of approach. -Bf'n'/'co’t —Following the coast downward. Channel, which is not mnv used ; the ma Ship GliaunrJ v/ith eleven feet; aud Lai ford Channel ivliich gives elevi mean low Yvater. iluenco of ti -Bf-n'/'ort—Following the coast dowuwan the next seaport of any importance is Boai fort. South Garuiina. If the expedition pro- led to Fort Royal Entrance,onr fleet finds If iu the finest harbor of South Carolina, and one of the noblest inland waters of tlie The barber of Port Royal about lo miles southwest of dia about t-qukdistai la is conned I thirtv five by a raiiv and thirty five miles in length, running across the State, with Cedar Keys, on the Gulf of ■unning .Mexico, and is thus cial point. It was r-'ud part of a great com New York and New Orleans. Bi. John's River .—The St. John’s River is a broad arm of the sea, extending almost parallel u ith the coast for a distance of one Imndred and sixty miles, affected by the tide alaiust to its source. There is a depth of seven feet at mean low Yvater on the bar,— The channel up to Jacksonville has about enty three feet of water, 'i’here is a great a! of uncertainty in the navigation of most thoce iiiletd, as the bars are constantly shiftin-r. f-Jt. AugysUne.— \'\\o last place of any im- of thoce shiftiu-r. f-Jt. AugysUne.— \'\\o last place of any it port-iiice ou the Atlantic coast of tl .-Southern .'States is St. Augustine. The e trance to this harbor is by tYvo inlets, with with only five to six feet of water on the bar at low tide. Tho harbor is commanded by Fort Marion, an old Spanish work, which has been recently renovated. 'The Comnier ....................... e limited. .rbor on the lern extrem- 11 j 111 X loriua. jx. weii-cunstTucted fort (i‘ ort 'rixyior) guards the town and various enlrances, vi'hich ia in the hands of the Uni- tvd .States GoY'nrnmeut, rendered safe tiy re cent reiiifui'cements and supplies. It is of grG;it importance as a naval station and strategic point, being cue of Gulf ot Mexico. jt'hr-i Jaclcsov ..—TV est of Key TFest lies the Tortugas Islands, at the largest of which IS I’orlugas harbor, guarded by Fort Jefi'er- son. The fortification, recently garrisoned ring oue of the keys to the son. The for and fully provi: for almost any contingency, a valuyble strategotic poii with Key West, it comman to the^jGulf of Mexico. Peusaeola .—One of the most important points, in many respects, upon the Gulf, is Feii-aeola, the next approachable harbor to Vv'est. Railroads connect it with Moi igether 1 trance ^iproachr the Vv'est. Railroads\connect ii gumery, the capital of the State of Ala- ii-.una, at tviiich point it is connected with the great net-work of national roads. The Tho locution near Feneacola of a Dnited Bay of Pensacola, on w affords the finest harbor jia-vy yard adds to its importance. The f Pensacola, on which the town lies, the Gulf. .The water on tho bar at the entrance measisures twenty-two feet; within the bayay itt iss l i i still pi r, but the depth is only -t-wenty-one fe off the\wharves of Pensacola. Banta Ros nearly forty miles in length, throws its West ern extremity across the mouth of the bay, leaving a single entrance one and a quarter A labama .— A from Pen.sacola, on a bay ol lies Mobile entrance, the second place of Forty miles west ’ of the same name, ceedei whole fa'outh. Beaufort is or Be Char] i.andia that city and SaY’aunah. 'I'lie eiitrauce from the Atlantic between Hilton Head Island and St. Helena Island is about three miles wide, and has even over three and a half fathoms, or twenty-one ffet, and probabi RiY-er and its brunches, the Tombigbeo and Alabama, navigable for .. t— -.-OLLic.,.t&A. . important connections with the interior. 'The population of -Mobile is only twenty-five thousaud ; its business wholly commercial. The entrance to the bay lies between Sand Island, ou which the light-house stands, and m.akitig off from Mobile Point, a long narrow spit projecting from the main land, nearly fifteen miles in length. On the bar of the deepest channel the water lies twenty feet in depth. Fort hlorgan guards the en trance, a fortification ou Mobile Point, and all heavy draft vessels have to pass immedi ately under its guns in entering the bay.— his fort is the hands of the secessionists. L ouisiaxa ,—Months o f the M ississippi .— the Missis- Southeast ithoms, or twenty-one ffet, and probably weuty seven feet at high tide ! Within, the navies of the world might float. Sixteen miles from the sea ia the toYvn of Beaufort, the water approach of which docs not admit vessels over elcY-en feet draught. A few miles back of BeauforL is the railroad con necting Charleston and Bavannah. itself ap proachable by Port Royal Inlet and Baiut Helena kDound. 1'he whole of this resrioa should be studied on tho map, -as it lias quite an amphibious character, 'j'he mouths of the rii ers and the inlets of the ocean inclose a number of islands of considerable size, among which may be rneotioned Hilton Head, St, -Helena and Port Royal. Tho possession of tho harbor of Beaufmt or Port Royal thus givrs command of ono of the most important, and, for the designs of the army of the Union has in view in ma king a lodgment oh the .Boutlieru coast, most advantageous bases of operation in entire rebcldom. Beaufort District Las an area of i,.‘iUU square miles, 'I’he surface is low and level, and the toil sandy and alluvial, produc ing cottorf, rice, t tc„ in great abnudauce.— Our trooos will thus find themselves lodged iu the richest district (Bouth Carolina term for county) in the Btato--yielding some fifty million pounds of rice annually, and thirteen thousand bales of the finest quality of eottc ii the fiimous long-staple sea-island, tha very kind Europe most wants. Here are over millions of dollars’ ivorth of crops, sub- at once to eonfitcation, if their proinde- per.'ist in their disloyalty, it is also of the most thickly settled districts of si.x millk ject one of the most thickly settled districts the State, the population in IboO being od,- SOO. Of thCi-e no less than 32,279 are ne gro slaves—-a propel ty representing Urentii of dullurs 1 it is on this spot that A Lmnn '1’ alk O vektikard .—“ I ’ve got no father; he’s dead said one little girl. “ I ’v6 got two fathera ; one down in High street, and one ia my Heavenly Father,” said her companion. I thought how sweet it v/as to luai'e two fathers; one might indeed die, but the other Yvill never die ; my HeaY’enly Father wiil love me and take care of me all my days ; He can carry me through tlie gate of death, and take me to his blessed home in heaven, to stay with him forever. can t : 1 can t ! she answered. Dver v/ent the fourth bag, and I began l she would beat me after a il; for I whistird fur n few moments, to give for reflection, and then said : “ Fanny, they say that marriages are made in Heaven—if you do not take care, ours will be solemnised there.’ « I took »p the fifth ha hag. To the mind of an obaerver, there is a great deal in the ' patched and mended gar- \ ------ man.n. TheyThey speakeak wholehol inenta of a poor ma ’ sp w volumes of patient poverty, 'lliey tell of the uurepining and industnoua wife, and of her long hours spent with the -weary needle; of the Btrhiiig endurance of her wTio, with hum ble pride, would turn the best side outward. Never' scorn the patched coat of a poor la- scorn the pat for that labol home wh( than man Iter, may be, has one at and that is more, alas )• a vast camp of instruction. 1 with proper defences it v^ill not be found ^illieult to hold this whole_ district against ---- V , — ------ 'u s t us llld with lillieult to hold this whi lAiy force t'ae rebels can bring agaim That a splendid nucleus of loyalty iu the \Wy heart ol the birthplace of secGasicin I iGEoiiiiiA,— Urn city of Ba- vMuah furnishes tbs next accessible harbor, tt^re is a single entrance, with a depth of eleven feet at mean I oyv water on the At high water, vessels drawing fifteen •caijb the city, and tho.se drawing ity, £ eighteen feet can anchor tho city • within tYvo miles of ; R/'Kiwu'/c/ri—The entrance to the harbor of BrunsYvick \i3 by Bt. Simon’s Inlet and Soilud, which las a depth of seventflen feet at mean lov/ witer. '1 he channel of 'I’nrtle River, leading (rom St. Simon Sound, has twenty-one teettof water up to the tov Brunswick ha-s'ia railrcad partly fini which is intenebd to enuneet i't with the ;reat national raids. At present it could lot be made an ipportant port of entrYX Fr/iRiDA.— Fmand(Ua.~Tbe first impor tant seaport afterleaving SaYxmnah is Fer- nandiua, near th\ entrance of St, River, the bounds Florida. Tho en1 Mary’s between Georgia and mce is by a channel he- heir widest diva two miles apar has usually thirt bar ; the depth vari isels drawing but IS. These, at .’ergence, are about twenty- irt. The Southwest Pass 'teen feet of > ith varies considerably, so that ng but fourteen and a half feet sometimes he weeks in the mud, before be ing able to pass over, Tho other passes are ficklee andnd chai still more fickl a admitting heavy draft iable, although Kifled Cannon Towder. Among experts it is well understood that „o strength aud utility of powder are d'--*pen- dent iqion its purity. If manufactured from to render it perfectly useless. It is this worth less kind that the supplies of the South prin cipally consist of. 'They have had it lying in their magazines for a long time, and' when made it was not of the best quality. For the old-fashioned, smooth-bored, pot metal gun, it may serve the purpose, but for their improved arms, whether artillery-or small arms, it is wholly unsuited. Rifled cannon, for instance, requires very coarse grained powder. The amount of surface in a charge determines the length of time it will burn. If the poYvder be finely granulated, the amount of surface in a given quantity U greater, the com b ustion quicker, and th< consequent impetus or shock but it is also spent. irging the equire a form to oY'ercome the inertia der must c'ontinui more intense; discharging the rifled cannon, -military authorities require a force which is gradual; first, ....................... ...................... ime the ine of the :eep adding to its velocity nn leaves the piece. In other words, the then to kee intil it the very muzzle. This twder aecomplislies. oarse ^raim That ordered by the war Department for such uses is actually iu grains—if that be not a misiionner—larger than cherries. One of these murderous globules weighs perhaps seventy five grains. And, indeed, the pow- der ordered tor the ordinary cannon particles of only half this weight. The new comn Potomac, adding to I mder of our army on the IcClollan, ‘ -, Gen. Gei adding to his hosts of friends by his assiduity in reorganizing his command. 'I’hose Yvhb ,n, is daily In in reorganizing Ins conn have had the honor of an intt since his arrival in TYashiiigton, speak ot him as an unostentatious, genial coma iterview with him tionalist, but express some apprehension as to Ills ability, judging from his youthful ap pearance, to command a grand army. J'o such-persons, however, who are inclined to mation a jollatiillations i Yvhom it may concern, we subjoin co from history, which show that most of the world’s great ehieftaius attained the acme of their reputations before they reached the age of Geueral McClellan. Philip of Macedun ascended the throne at the age of twenty-two, aud soon distinguish ed himself iu hisliis warsars withitl the neighboring -ty-five he had cou- w w tss. At the age of fori ired all Greece. Alexander the Great had defeated the cele brated Theban band at Die battle of Chero- uea, and gained a military i-eputatiou at the age eighteen. He a«cended the throne of his father. Philip before the age block! guished him: ‘ty-two. nanded lytylene, where he greatly iself, before the age of L Julius Cmsar commaaded the fleet sent Mytylene, where he greatly distiin- ; iwenty- Haiinibal joined the Carthagenian army in Swain at twenty-two, and was made com mander-in-chief at twenty-six. Tictorious in*Spain and France, he crossed the Alps and won the battle of Ganna3 before the age of tl thirty-one. Bcipio Africamis (the elder,) at the age sixteen, distinguished liimseli at the batl of Ticinus ; at twenty was made edile,; 3ul in Spain ; at twei Zama, ; at twei soon after pro-i nine he Yvon tin won the great closed his militi Spain ; at tweiity- attle of Zama, and Dsed his military career. Scipio Africanus (the younger) also dis tinguished himself in early life; at the age of thiity-six he had conquered’ the Carthagen- iau armies and completed the destruction of Carthage. Genghis-Khan succeeded to the dominion of bis father at the age of thirteoD, ami al most immediately raised an army of thirty thousand aien, with which he deleated a numerous force of rebels who had thought to take advantage of his extreme youth to with draw from his dominion. He soon acquired military reputation by numerous conquests, id before the age of forty had made himself if Mogul. ras crowned kirg at twenty A.quitania at twenty-eight, himself master of France and the greater part of Germany at twenty-nine, ’ ced on his brow the iron crowii of Italy at uhe agi President am nperor ol Charlemagne w a s crowD' six, conquered Aquitania placed on his brow the iron crowii thirty-two. and conquered Spain at the age of thirty-six. Gonsalvo de Cordova, the “ Great Cap- ri^ablo for entered tiie army at fifteen, and before , - N king himself on the field of battle; at forty- one he was promoted over the heads of the older veterans and made commander-in-chief of the army in Italy. race, was placed at the lot army at the age of I he became King of Na varre ; at forty he had overthrown all his enemies and placed himself on the throne of France. Menl ocueuli, at the age of of thirty-one, ith one thousand horse, attacked ten thous and his 10 three lagreement with irs rank treason. larks apply to private individuals iwspapera. The most furious de nouncers of the President to-day are men who a few weeks since proposed to hang ivery one who disagreed with them as to the Qode of prosecuting the Yvar. An illustra tion of this occurred on ’Change a day or two since. One of these men, who damaged tlie Administration by their professions of adherence to it, an attache of one of the sensational dailies which was equally noted for this doctrine _^of treason, aud himself a former noisy deciaimer against every one who would have advised the Administration to vary its course, loudly declared, “The Administration has sold out the North to of Kentucky,” (V I don't cave which whips.” 'L'he calm indignation of the NewYork merchants who heard the fulmina- tion was a fitting rebuke. But such a re mark on the public exchange, indicates the :e of these __________ , captu and artillery ; at thirty-two he j victory of Tribe!. Saxe entered the obtained the comnii ; at 21 he became Alarechal-t at*44 44 Marshal of France. the celebrated French regimenlt ^l-de-Gamp ; Li-my at twelve, and soon land of a regimen of J Vaiiban, the celel entered the army of age of seventeen ; at tl made a lieutenant, and he had hin igineer, Oonde as a cadet at the the age of twenty Yvas id at the age of twenty iseif conducted several suc cessful seiges, and assisted at several others. Turenne entered the army before the age of fourteen. He served one year as a volun teer, four years as a captain, four years as a colonel, three years as a major-general, five years as a lieutenant-general, and became marshal of Fi ance at thirty-two. He had won all his military reputation by the age of ^°^IYince Maurice commanded an army at sixteen, and acquired his military reputation iu very early lite. The great Coi the groat battle age of twenty-two, he defeated the Spaniards. He had YVon all liia great military fame be fore the age of twenty-five. Prince Eugene, of Savoy, gained the battle of Zenta at thirty four. Peter the Great, of Russia, organized a large army at the age of twenty ; at twenty- four he fought the Turks and captured Asoph; at twenty eight he made war with Sweden ; at thirty he entered Moscow in triumph, af ter the victory at Embach and the capture of Noteburg and Mhrienburg. Charles the XH, of Sweden, completed his first successful campaign against Denmark at eighteen ; overthrew 80,000 Russians at Naroa before nineteen, and conquered Po land and Saxony at twenty-four. Frederick the Great, of Prussia, at the age of twenty eight, entered upon that career of ?hicli has immortalized bis name. He glory whi established his reputation in the first Silesian war, which he terminated at the age of thirty. The second Silesian war was terminated at superset rices have not-been “ General Hunter, the reported sueeei ' General Fremont, is about sixty year age. He graduated at West Point in 1822, the twenty fifth iu rank in a' class numbering forty, and was appointed a second lieutenant of infantry. Having risen to a first lie ancy, he was, in in 1 lade captain of ligned. In 1842 3 appoini Having: 3, in in 1 . cavalry, bnt shortly after resigned, he rejoined the army as paymaster, in which position, with the rank of major, the present Administration found him. He accompanied Mr. Lincoln from Springfield, on his tour to lYashington, as far as Buffalo, where, owing to the pressure of the crowd, he suffered a dislocation of the collar-bone. Shortly alter he Yvas made Colonel of the Third Cavalry, and then linuadier general. He commanded a leading division at the battle of Bull Run, but was wounded so early in th e day that he reache d lY a s h ington, traY'elling in au am b u l ance, a lm o s t as soon as Mr. Eussell, He sav/ no service in th e M e x ican war, nor in any of gwr Indian wars.\ I he second biiesian war was terminated at thirty three; and at forty-three, with a popu lation of five millions, he suecessfully oppos ed a league of more than a hundred millions of people. Prince Heniy, of Prussia, decided the vic tory of the Prague at thirty-one. Cortes efllected the conquest of Mexico at thirty six. Pizarro completed the conquest of Peru at thirty-fiY’e. Lord Olive reached the zenith of his mili- ipoleon was commander-iu- of Italy at twei tary fame at thirty-five. The great Napoleo chief of the army of Italy at twenty-J Dessaix became a general ot division at twenty-six ; he died at thirty-tw,,. with a putatipn second only to that oi Napomon, Soult became general oi a,v,.=.uaat-twei eon’s ablesl cominianded fiugeae Beauharnais w.ns one of Napol- :’s ablest generals. At tw■enty-eight (l the army ol Italy, :ained great glory in the the fou rth co: he and at thirty- The fable Yvriter was Yvise go it Yvas laid down ent newspapers, ths oved of any of th< rise. -'A few weeks a law, by somo ar- no man who disap- ;s of the Administra- proved of any of the acts of the Administra- tion in suppressing the rebellion, could be regarded as a sincere patriot. On the con trary, if any one expressed a disapprobation of the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, or of the arrest of citizens on telegraphic dispatches, or of any other act of the Ad ministration, or of any of its members, the disapprover Yvas pronounced a sympathizar with traitors, and in fact no better than a Secessionist. It was a very comfortable doctrine so long the Administration precisely agreed with ‘etnen in their views of the mrred to them as apos.^ibie n asapos: thing that the Gov'ernment could do thing for the suppression of the rcbcll S possible that disagree with thei that the; pockets, trafi- ally They iu fact iiasgined :y carried the Government in their to be used about as they pleased, imes have chauged. 'l'he Adminis- ,ion has a mind of its own, and occasion ally pursues a course which those I'cry gen tlemen do not like. Hero is an excellent irtunity for the application of tlieir S' of loyalty, iinistrution Adniinistr Adininistratioi lie application of tlieir stan- “If you don’t stand b\' the 'OU are a traitor.” But the proclamation, the AdminLstratiou occas ally order a slave to be returned to his mas ter. 'i hese very editors, who three months ago pronounced every man a traitor who did not back the Administration “through thick and thin,” cannot bring up their own patriot ism to the point, and therefore at once refuse irt, clamingg their right to dirapirapjiri o support, clamin their right to d __ aud to abuse, the Administration. No rank Secessionist has used more violent language, ruck more severe and ( oivardiy blows ivere a the character of the Cabinet, than the very men months ago pronounced a disagi those officers rank trt The we treat •We question eons at them ? stantly arises, how shall tain notorious enemies of the Presi dent on the slavery question, with summary incarceration. But we suggest to our cor respondents that they are wrong. M’e have recently had, from Judge Nelson, a very clear and intelligible definition of the crime of treason. These men are not traitors un der that definition. 'Lhey themselves in vented the name of traitor for those who differed, even in a moderate degree, from the But because the; victing and punishing them. Rather, let feel the loss of confidence, and the iffered, ei fidence, and t two-faced principles lY e d o i • I net ap- it of any icnle which their necessarily brings on then prove of the arrest and imprisonmem man, in a loyal State, writhout due process of law. Because these men have encouraged the Secretary of State in adopting that course, we do not by any means desire to have them suffer the wrong they have ap proved. When any man, in a State where there is no war,\ commits the crime of treason, let him be indicated by the grand jury and con victed and punished iu the regular way. When men shov/ their enmity to the Union by insidious attacks upon it,\ by expressing greater attachments to the interests of a class than to the interests of the whole, or in any other way that is not indictable as a crime, let them be punished by public con tempt, not by mobs, or by any other illegal process. But when men. Abolitionists or others, sincerely desiring the preservation of the Union, express in' proper terms their disapproval of the course of the Administra tion, and in the ordinary and decent ways of gentlemen and citizens, seek to inculcate their views of the proper course to be pur sued, for the great end we all desire to at tain, they, should be treated as American freemen, and their arguments met and refuted or adopted. We^ decidedly disapprove of every proposition to send Abolitionists to Fort Lafayette, and every hint toward the encouragement of mobs. And in this connection it is worthy of re mark that while two of our city papers are pleasantly engaged, each in proving that the other has\ been mobbed, the truth is, that in all the disturbance of public and private re lations caused by the war in this city there has not been an instance of mob Y'iolence. It is an error in both of our cotemporaries, that, forgetting the honor of the city in their controversies with each other, they eon\'ey to the world the false idea that ive have had mobs in New York. Immediately after the April proclamation of the President a drove of n visited various news calling on the ^ But proprietc onee Yvho has seen a New lut no on Yvho has seen lob, which in our time we have been so unfortunate as to see twice or three times, would dream of calling the noisy poli ticians and small fry who made up that as semblage, a mob. And again, after the bat tle of Bull Run, when a similar crowd linger ed for some hours around the office of on-' of our coteniporaries, Yvitli an w<?af'onal wolfish howl, which implied wholly approve the “Cm to Richmond uoc- trines of that office, there was no more of a mob tbaa in the former case. W e sincerely trust that it will always con tinue so, and especially that theconservative of the country will th moderation C e now the prin< isration in the pi Death and to-morrow are never here—they are neither no^ qome or gone. heAaminisration in the prose- i war. Leave niob.= and mob dministered wholly by the Fri- enemi cution of the i laws to be administered wholly by the Fre mont sympathizers, and when they attempt • q ;ird revolution at th<y North, if we : .- ViYt at our bosiuM»». *-iH{uad of raW’ recrtriti triiJjje enough to them.
