Mmm SiltntM VOL. 51. < . AMERICANVOLUNTEER. rnniisnsU tvxnr TnunaoAY mobiciso sr -ItfkM BRATTON. IE B M S , Dollars if paid 'within the yew} and TWo Dollars arid Fifty Cents, if not paid {rithm the y«hr.. Those terms will bo’rigidly ad hered to. in •eyorji. No subflcripttou dis continued until all arjropfcigbs ,ato paid unless at the option thfc Edltot. i . ADr?tmaisMßßi , &—AccAlnpdnlodpy tfiobAan, arid, ojt exceeding oho sqdiiU&> 'will E'o iri&wtod three tiinos for $2.06. arid JAVerity-flVo/cotita for each nlditionol insorlion. TlVdtfo of 'A gfoalor length in proportion.- ... . . Job-Printing—finch* fts Hand-bills, Pqstingjbms pitnphlota, Blanks, Labels,. Ac. Ac., executed wlln aocuraoy and at tho shortest notice. , , JJtotirnl. PBTROLIA. - ■ BT 0. SHAW. At midnight in hli hlimblo tontj An oil Ittandtoamt of tb&t bright hotir# When grease, hof course to heaven bont,. Should bp&o forth at its power, ’ In dream s he saw aroncd displayed The Trophies of lils girohsy trade*. ' In d roams he saVr the oily. Udo 801 l swiftly doftb ttib W6uhUin'a 4ldo> ; And saw It hll tlio tdllity'c V?ldo ‘With nature’s blessings fat t Ho his rivals oal&ljr scare, To hO&r,his name, borne dfi thoalf Asso-and-so* the millionaire), A n liopb for luok like that. At midnight .In Ihoforbsfc shades The oil men damped, a motley 1 banii> . . Somo of them thrifty Yqnkoe blades From far off Northern Jand ; . . . <" There—speculators had been rash*; There—bad'they sunk their wells and cash) There—had their prospects gone to smash Updh a former day. And now thoro breathed that tainty rtir; A host who never bad boon there, With luok to try, and pash, to snare* As far, as much as'they. Some hours passed on ; tho oil man tfokti.. And found his dream no idle joke.. - 1 Ho woke—to hoar his,watchman speaks To hoar hid round him shriek One lasting y ell that ne’er .did dense, “ Huzza lit comes,.tbd grease, tho'groaSQ I* 1 And grease spots falling'thick and fast-. Asrain drops from a mountain cloud,. And then with vcioo as trumpet loudl . The oil'man obeored .them on; ( Work—till ovory pore : ■ Work—''tls strength my claim require*, Work- Til yet defy tho buyers, 1 ' Work—or my proflt’irgbno. They atrove; howhard no ton'guo can tell. They piled tho barrels thick around,. 1 Tlioy sought tg Eton tflHflowing well And run the thing back in the ground, they conquered).but the oil mad fell into a tank and drowned.. . A few desponding Hvals near; Who board that moth 'bis joys cheer, b'or saw hip carcass disiippuiir ■' And heard bis breathing cease, 1 They mourned his fate he Very tad ; ■And all declared it "was lop hod,” , .Bat cursed the foreign Tate that, had . JSopuiphfsci him in grease Gome to the, hen-pookbd husband—Death; Come help the latryo’r waste his breath,' Come to the toper when he feels, , . He’s found that enemy that steals Away bis brains; and.calmly thinks ills qnqta’s filled of earthly drinks i Gome to the sailor 1 in the stotm, The soldier in his uniform: •' _ Como, when thohoort beats' high and.wann Beside some sympathetic form, : ' And then wo can but say at hoSt - Thou art indeed a fatal guest. JSttl to tho oil man when his shaft Has, pierced,the sombre shade below, And, their comes forth a solid draughty A clear, substantial, oil flow! When gold by thousands h# can seoy An thinly millions " yot tO bo ) 1 ' Whco then thou coihest with aspect grim From off thy dark And’‘dreary shore, to bring thy 'message u’n to ’him . Then—-then —thy call indelibly tore.' fotrolia i.as h foundlihgjwaif., , Grease fathered in your childhood's days.,' Posterity o^n,ne'dr.dbpidq,; ■ . . To curse thee or to praise, . The few who haply nin thy smile Shdlbhold thee'up tb fame. -I While thousands who do not ''strike ilfi" Will surely damn thy name. . Likfi’s Aoxosw, —Like the leaf, life!,h'as;its i Jading. Ayespeak niid think of it in" Bold ness, just as We. think of the ndturan season. But there should be.no, sadness .at (ne fading of a life that Jim done its. work well. If we tejoioß kt the advent of, a new pilgrim to the hnoertaitlties of this world’s wnj, why should there he so much glo'ont when all those jin eertaiuties are past, and life at, its. waning wears the glory of a completed tu;k ? Itonu tiful as in-childhood in .its freshness ih-. hocepoo,! its byauty is that of uptfied lifer It ip the. beau of promise, of, siting, of the. 'Holier and rarer heritity is the \iiautjr which the waning • life of faith and duty treats. ’ . It is thO.heatJty pi a thing completed, and, ks mep ootae together, to' congratulate' each Other whori some, great work,has been kohiov td, and. Set; in KS'oopohision nothing hilt, sad-' Peso; so ought we 1 to 'feel when the setting toe,throws hack ita beams upon atlift that Am answered well life’s purpose.,.When the Sud-drops are blighted and the mildew bltfSts the' early grain, nnd'therkgo'ks all hbpkbf the harvest, one may well be sad; but ■When' the ripened year sinks amid garniture of autumn flowers cud leaves, why should we regrtft or rnurtourf And so a life ,that is ready wmtr tug for the ‘ woll dono’ of God, whose latest riflttes siod charities are' its,noblest, should hi given baok ti God in unfemplaining reva renoe,- wo rejoicing that earth is capable of so ittuehlsadness, angis permitted.sueh'virtue. AnvioEro HiorißLOßB.--How,to get rid* of your surplus cash., Marry.,a small fwiddp’ with a large family! Bjygja; JKigfeliantoufi ’ ' BY Mlfcs OARRIB CARL. A young man stood.upoh the stops of a re cruiting office in a little town of one of the Western States* r A boy, we might rather say, for, the . beardless laoo,;its shadows of golden haii, its blue* earnest eyovand dell-’ cate, almost girlish features, could not. have seen more than fifteen summers/ Ho sfcopd with one hand upon the doorknob, the other ihis pressod' in a perplexed,’irresolute way oyer bis forehead—fpr a moment he stood >hii3.,hg |f debating with 'himself, then be ;opepea the door and flbtertd. * , , r A nufiiberjof men hat arbiihd .the stove, one on ti high dtehl behind a desk WoVe the uni form toA'eM'jos of 'i lieutenant. Ah; l^said the officer; blandly. tlie meriaround the, stove chuckled and wind'd among thettfselVes. Good morning, ’Mr! BradAHM; Just obnifo ''this way, I thought yqU’d coneluae. $ enlist un der honest, old flag tfnd fight folr Iho stars and stripes/ ii 7. don't khow aa I'm doing right— foygive mo if I'm doirig wrong. You know I told you„Lieutehont, I hove a little sister whom my. dying mother left tc my charge,; with her last breath she bade mo take-care df , little orphaned Nellfe, and she hasn't a Bcul to caret for her but me. ‘ I hope some one Will befriend her and Watch over her,-‘and* Hint the God of battles will—' Charlie Bradshew's voice grew trembling and indis tinct;' 1 ' ■■ ;,.l 1 Never you fear; ghe'U be taken cafe of, old boy, said the Lieutenant. The good loy-: ®1 people of the village never Vould eee a soldiers sister come to want or distress do you think so, 1 Mr.' Simmonde?' Hugh Simmonds, a dark'eyed, black whis kered young fellow, only .laughed as he squir ted 1 a mouthful of tobacco'juice lipoa. the stove. ' ■ y ■ . ~ * Ifd undertake-to look after ttfiss Neilie, myself, he said, poking his next neighbor (n tho ribs, if she wasn't such a d—d little dop pefeead.' • , The Bradshaw blood Was up ; tho blue,eyes grew dark with passion; the delicate nerves were J purple with rage. . 1 [What do yodnienn, he sdid, turning fierce ly upon* the last speaker. Keep your epi thets to yoiirselt; arid such care as yours.for my sister is hot needed. By the, way, Hugh Siftimohds, why ain't you enlisting? You With, your JoUd ttidlithod-Datriotisid'f ‘ They wouldn't tfikeMr. Simnidnds,spoke up , the recruiting officer, *hu has the .cos mopendem of the ourreoular VeKertMal.qnfis; ceroerm. Mr. Si'iUmonds Has enlisted twice and been rejectee! both times for disability.' ■ : ‘ I'm sure he's stouter And heavier than I,' caid Charlie',Bradshaw., ‘ And as for abuse of me and my sister; soldio’r 1 or civilian, Hye. heard the last of it, I will—ifidrkniy. Words/ It. M..L' , u V * 11- . Every village oh community, wb .dodbt hot, has its Hugh Simmonds—hoiiVowlmt dia-, similar froth 'the gentleman of whom vre write, perhaps, so for as. me .personette is, concerned, but boasting thb same character* —A— ng man, Who; denominated Hr. Lincoln as the Oovernmerit, and had. perfect hontemptund intolerance In regard to those who differed with biinin Opin ion. If a man, or, Woman .either, sqid ‘.Don* etitution',’ that .individual wh? a; ‘ hopper head’—if any,one hinted that this war should be carried on for tl)p restoration of the Union) ‘without an if,’that person was'‘Becesh and ought to be hung.’ He was' unconditionally' Union of course, butnot for the Uniqn unless Slavery was pulled tip root and, branph.jdrsf, instead of making the abolition .of slavery h consequent of the war, hie theory wastbat puffing down the rebellion was a. secondary consideration.' ‘ Slavery must be abolished If the Union went to h—l’ But Hr. Simmonds was, as we said, in tensely loyal, one of the 'first to head sub scriptions for volunteer,families—(for effect,' never being paid)—his name flourished on handbills as chairman of Union committees, the right band man of every recruiting offi ; cer, proyost marshal, etc. The; first to get qp dinners inihohor .df tberialdiers homri on . furlough—though-hSfitver paja a oent-him self, bhthis grocery whs patronibed.of course, in thd getting lip thereof—as He sdld oysters,, pench’bs, etc., etc, tit cosf-r-said Cost bbiqg the ustlal retail prices at other stores. At.bvery ‘ Union Rally,' Jib was the biggest fish iij the pond—getting up banners and transparencies emblems and flags—and always .marshal ef the day, chief speaker, committee on toasts, ieto. . ■. ' i/',.. Hr. .Simmonds also was extremely loyal for. he believed in,negro equality, saying that , onlyby, a commingling of,, the black' and ■ white faces could: the highest human: perfec tion be'spouted-' i ' •.- ■■. .■ . ’ v " ’ He Wes' a great friond of thefnSgro, though he'never vgave a oent ! to clothe, feed or ,free: bno in his-life. But tlib‘gentleman’s biggest, gad was that he was a Democrat,- a.life long Democrat, bat'not a d—d ‘ oopperhpad,’; he. was-a Jackson Democrat, a Douglas Demo crat—though in ’6O ho obrsed that great and good man, and sneered ati his adherents as ‘Union savers/when the ‘bid slave Union wasn’t worth a cuss, no how.’ ■'• This was the life; long Democrat (f) whp oried ‘copper head’ to every true Democrat —.and;so .loyal, 1 But to’go on with our story: after, Charlie Bradshew went IP war, this perfection of ley-- elty continued to flourish like a green bay tree. The State quota had been filled and the fear of the draft I 'being ovari the young inon settled down 'quietly to 1 read theiTri-. bone and wait on his customers.-' As for tho pretty, sprightly Nellie Bradshew, sho had. apprenticed herself to the milliners, the 1 ■Misses Clarks, and tried to think ’she was happy reading Charlie’s letters, writing to him; and busjing'hsrtelf withJror needle. ■ Thb Misses' Clarks, two spinsters of an uri : certain age, however, made pemoe and happi ness a moral impossibility for Nellie,, for they, made Hr. Hugh Simmonds A Welcome visit-:; or, ‘ Such a'good loyal young man he Was/, and they heartily enjoyed ■Nellie’s discomfit ure when -she wodl(f leave the room, or get into a remote oorour. to aVoid-him. • lilri if ugh Sirnmonde used to entertain the hostesses, and dice' iftfraa; with" .I'o'ttg tirades about the '‘copperheads in the array, as well as at homeand end' day of great glee, tfhen Nellie had ihore than-usually evinced, her dislike fob him£he dfew « ! deity paper troth ■bis potkof, and tossed’; it, -into her lap/,ex claiming, ‘ so may it go with hll lories.’ , The paphr, Was mdrSecf Wli'tff a-pencil at this passage:' . , ; ■ ;, 'Among thpse Who.foil at was Charlesßrad’speW. Hd‘Was s shot by his oWn Captain, while attempting to desert to the enemy. We learn front good authority that he was a notorious 1 copperhead’ at homo and richly deserved his fatd/. 1 The shopt was tob' ranch for,poor Nellie, and she fell heavily to'the floor. A gleam 1 Of loyal ” OUR COUNTRY-MAY IT ALWAYa fiE'RiaHT—WuT EId : HT OR WJIONO OUR COUNTRY. satisfaction passed over Hugh SirUmonds' countenance. •:'! 1 ‘A.rather tobgh joke,’ hi "aid; fl think .I’ve pnjd the little vixen well for the way she has treated me since Bradskow wept away, I paid the editor ten dollars for publishing that littio paragraph, but I did not thinkahe would take it exactly this way.’ ‘So Charlie Bradahew didn’t attempt to desert, eh V queried the elder Miss Clark, as she rummaged in the closet for the camphor. ' ' No, at least I never heard as-he did, and for all that, hq,?nfffA< have dntio so, you knowi A traitor’s a traitor, for all in Uncle Sam’s uniform.’ ‘ Is he really dead ?’ 1 1 believe that's not n fnet either, for all I know he’e ns well as I am.V ‘You are too bad, Mr. Sirnmonds.’said Miss Clark..-‘As you remarked, it was 0 hard Jokei poor gi#l, that brothet-wis -all she had in the world.’ • . ■ • . , v. , ‘ Well he Was a blamed ‘ oopperhoad.’and a ■ >8 , too. BCd. there’s .nothing too bed Fok 1 such' trash,’ remarked the young mah-, tafeibg' his hat to leave; ‘of couleel trusfc you to keep'myieeoret in regard to tha notiio.’ ' - . Miss Clark protested that gbe wouldn’t hint ,a word of the affair—anc| psrtyapsVshe Would not have done so, hilt that poor Nellie never r'ico'ered frorirtfie shook ehe received! lived; oUly a, few days to ravel for her (as 1 she’aup posed) ibrifdered Mother. ■ , .The,,, diy!i . few,, jfrib nds of, humanity hid Neniei’e pale face AWay beneath, the clods of the, Phbroliyard," Mits Clark mado Mr. Hugh Simmonds’joke eoiriewllht public by relating it after the funeral; tilt tin Willing to have justice done to Charlie Uradstiriw, tho affair was hushed up Sy theje Zoyal.people. ; When young Bradshew .Ihnrned of his sis l ' tor’s death, the T| life he had valued, for her sake grew'worthless to him, he .no longer had ianylhipg.to live for, and,became during and repklesp.., ll,is companions could riot but ad mire his courage and daring, and hut that he fought for the Uniotvacd the Constitution in stead oflhe - nigger,; he would have repelved' promotion. ... .‘’i; ■ One day came .the terrible Jackson, fight,. andwmong'the Willed was found ,the white 'Upturned face of Charlie Brddahow, hie guld en brown curls dipped with gore, one of; the many victims of LoumrfoV terrible mistake;; ‘ What’s the , difference if ho was killed,,’ sneered the loyal people of his tqwri When they saw his name in tho list of tho killed. ‘ Only •a ' ooppSrheadj’ it’s a good thing he enlisted .as,il helped: to.pll the quota andiprovent the .draft; Wat it’s well. enqugh ;he’i put of thsi way. ’’ , ’ ' ", 1 ’ As for Mr. Hugh Sitriraoiida, he is as loyal as over—no voioe bo-loud ks his in denuncia tion Ofueoesslon, but none so. unwilling as be to, shoulder- a gun and practice what be preaches. • Our' story. is not overdrawn:—rather too lightly colored, for vrelWwe know that the villifier’s of McClellan have no respect for tho ioOuntry’s heroes. But a; day -of retribution . will come; justice to the true patriot, 1 the Io- Vor and defender of the Union and oonstitu tional, liberty will be done at , last, for- God rules, t. ■ - • ■Breach or HARRiaoe Contract—Heavv DaHaoeb. —The Tipon (Ind.) Union gives tho following report of a suit for a breach of mar-; riagb qoptract Which came off at the late term, of thlj Circuit Court In , that county; ?! tfib; largest verdibt, to wit; $9,000, ever fodtid ib this court, was lately'obtained by Elizabeth _M;; Galbrbth). in her suit against Georgb T. Atftinson,-lbr breach,of marriage contthbt.. The oass 1 bleated the, utmost ei- Bitbnfbnt, The ablest attorneys of - the State (Were'employed upon bittier side. Thojjury wore addressed byiHeridrioks tjjad Lewis for. the: defendant; Moss and' Oyefthan for the plaintiff. Farmers qhit’their fields, mer oharita--their stores, and mechanics their shops, to witness its progression. The plain tiff, by her testimony, wbiob elicited the be lief of all present, disclosed 1 a crime on the part of the defendant of as great magnitude as ; was ever conceived by lust and cunning, and perpetrated upon an innocent and help less girl.' ■'■’. 1 She was the daughter of a poor widowed motKrir, taken at; a; tender ago into the family, of Mr. Atkinson, a young: man r ef Wealth ana position, who designedly won her- confidence by a fatherly care and attention. • In the course of a few yeara, Hr. Atkinson 1 applied for and obtained a divorha from his wife.- Then making love to Miss Galbretb, who had grown.to bo a woman of extraordinary beau ty, and. intelligence, loved fop, her engaging manners and affable.disposition,.he suboeed bd iritWinning her;’ Society is’ relentless In its pbridomriatib'riS, 1 Our Saviour said,on,a Similar-evasion/ 1 ' Sister/(p, thy Way: and sin rib mbfo/' huf : edblety, brushes, withers' the thfi jniy .seemed lb hevery lib eral WUh ;theplainfifF,eHe did,'riot deserts.; The possessions .of Croesus would ’ not ooiriperiepte' a poor, effing, urisuspebtirig tfirl fof-'thO' loss of hbf honor and her N6r;is the' cell of adboraedfelon punishment ■ severe' enbhgh :fof''ttio -vile 'llbprtino i.wbq Wouialithuß betray obrifiding /B ripcsrice.” - ■'A Fair Ortt&.—A veteran relates-tho fol fdllowing : It price-happened that a mule driver ■ was' engaged in leading an unruly mule for a’abort distance, which job proved about as muoh as he was able to do, and gave full employment for both his hands ;.ae he'Was; thus engaged, a nhwly appointed brigadier rude by him in all-the consequen tial radiance of his starlight ; .Wben tho mule driver' hailed him as follows: " ‘T say, 1 wish that you would send a coup le of. men down 1 , here to help rife to manage this mule.’ . , The brigadier, indignant at being so fet iriiliarly addressed, sternly replied.. ” • ‘Do you know who I am.sir?* ‘ Yes,’ was the; reply, i‘yori are General ■i—, I believe/ ' ‘Then why dp not you salu'te>m,e before nddroauing nfe 7 inquired the hVijgadier. > ‘ I will,’responded the 1 M. D.', if you will get off arid hold the mule., . r , The brigadier retired in good order. subsoriptiopif are infallible tests of a man’s honesty! If a, map. is.dis •honest, he will olrtii t the printer.in someway —'say that he has paid when' he haS’not, and B‘ent the money Which Wa's lost,by mail, or .will take thP paper and,dot pay for it, on the plea that ha did dot Bubs6ribefor,it;' or trVovo off, leaving it to opine to-the office He left.— Thousands of professed 1 Christians,ire dishon est, and the printer’s book will,tell fearfully oft 1 the final settlement of,the'Judgment (liVy, How many Who road.this paragraph 1 will be guiltless of the offense charged Wal'asli jfapress 1 . ' ■ : ■ ■ ■• I DIT 6 “ Husband, t mpet have sbmp change tb-daly." “ Well, stay At hpine and t'akft oare of the ohijdreh'i thatwrill be' Ohangi-enough anyhow." ('ARDISLE, PA, TKORSD>r,; MAY It' 1885.' Genejdl Jacksdn andflfl Clerk. ■/Tyheii .General Jackson was ,tjr,evident of the United States, he was tormented ;day af ter- day by importunate visitors* (as most Chief .Magistrates great chantry are,) whom he did not qara to see, and in 'oonae tjuenoe gave strict.directions t 4 the messen ger at the door to admit only certain persons 'on a particular, day, when he was more busy with State affairs than usual. ~ ■ In spite r of the peremptory, orders, howev er, the attendant bolted into the apartment during the afternoon, and infotjneditbe Gen eral that a person-was outside yvbom .he could not control, and who bl&imed to see' him, orders, or no orders. ‘ I won’t submit to this annoyance,’ ex claimed the old gentleman, nervously. ‘ IVhp “-it?*,.' ■ ■ • ... ‘ Don’t know,sir.’ . I .* D?"’ 1 know!,., What’s his damef' ■ ‘His named B?g pardon, ftir/’tis B' wd ,.1080/,, . ■, ~ .... ; ‘ 4 Woman 1 Show her said,the, Pres ident, wiping his .face, 'and lA the next mo-' ment,there ;pntered the. Generill’s.apartmont,' a neatly, clad female, of paat the middle age, whp advanced courteously toward; tho old, gentleman and accepted thb chair offered her., , , ‘ .Be,seated, madam,’ he sdid. :V * Thank you,’ said the lady, throwing aside • her iteil, revealing a :han,dsome' face to her entertainer. ~ d , * “3!.i"iMtoß tore to-day, .General,’ bbntin ,ued the fair. speaker, ‘.is a novel one, and joii can aid mo, perhaps'.’ ‘ ' *Madam. said the.jGonenal,:i)onimijnd ma,i. ‘ Yqu are very kind, sir. lam a poor wo-, inafi, General—’ ; ' ‘Poverty is ho oriippi'madhni.’,, ' .°i,. Blr ‘ Bat I, hayp hi little, family, to oat 3.. f ? r i'; I’™ a widow, And a clerk,ethri ptoyojlMijOne of the'Depirtidjatitsofyour,,Adi ministration, is indebted, tp me for. board to o considerable amount, which I. cannot col loot, (' need the irfoney.badly, and I came to ask if a portion of his pay cannot he stop-. P* ( - to.time Until this .claim, of mine, an honest one, General; of . which he had,the full, value, shall be oodbeied. ~ ‘I, really—madams- that is; I 'll'Avß hn control in that way. \VhAt is the Amount of IKb hill ?’ ‘ Seventy dollars, sir ; fibre it ts.V, ‘Exactly, I see; and .his salary,.madam ?’ ‘lt ijs said, tp.be twelve hundreff a yOar,’ 1 ’. ‘ An’dlndt pay his boat'd bill?’. , . i..„i «i. • , ‘As .you see. 'eirj. this hasbpe^,standing f° r nye' months, nnpaia. „ Three, days hence, ho will dri\y his jnonth’ly pay, find I thought sir, if you would be kind enough tp^-’ , ‘.Yes, I have it. Go to him again and get. hie note at thirty days.’ . _ His note sir I .It wouldn’t be worth the paper bn which it,was written; ho pays no one a dollar voluntarily.’ . ■ ■ .* But he will gi/e' you his note, will he not madam ?’ ' . Oh, yes, he, would bo .glad to, have a res pite that, way for a. month, no doubt,’ .' That’s right then! , Go to him. and obtain hjs npte, at thirty days fronYtoyday ;,'give him a receipt ui full, mid opine to.me this 'evening.’. . i . The' la dy departed, called upon the youn '•'rk, ‘-ud duUne'd larjc, am juncec nim for, the araoubt; at Which hie only smiled, and eho finally asked him for hisndte. .. ‘,J?o be sure, said he with a chuckle; give a. potef Sart’n and much; good may it do you mum.’ . j, .. " ‘ You’ll pay it when it fall* duo, won’t .you,’ said the lady. . ' , ‘ 0 certainly,’ was the reply, . In the evening she.again repaired; to the "White House With theftote".'"" The President put his broad endorsement on the back and directed her to obtain the Cash at the 1 bank. In -due time a "notice .was sent to the clerk, that a note signed by him would bedue on a, particular day, wiioh'he -was requested to pay. , At first John could not conceive- the source" from"whence the demand oaipe, ; and edppos ing it had only been loft for collection, was half resolved'to take no notice of it,, But as. ho , passed > down the avenue", , the unpaid" board bill suddenly entered his'htead. .n -! Who hns boon foolish enoughl'to halp. tho old woman in tpie business, I ,wonder,’ said John to himself. , * I’ll go and see. It’s a bum, I know ; but I’d like’ to know, if she’s really fooled any body with that bit 'of paper,’ entering the" bank, he" asked for the note which had been'left there for collection .against.him. !■' !" :-" ■ ‘ It. was discounted, ’ .said.the ,teller.- o ■ * Discountod I who in the world will..dis count my note! nsked'JoHn,.' Anybody with sucli e baekar ae you’ve'got'on tbisi"’ < ' .ofßaoker.f .l ..Here’s, the note ; yoi).ioan c see,’..Baid thb, teller, handing him the document pii which he recognized thb bold Signature of President ■Jackson..-;;: ; 5 " ■ * ; ‘ Soldj truly I’, exclaimed John, .with a bye; tefip gasp,; and drawing forth, the money, for ’he" saw through the mrangement, at,a glance. 'tSe notewis" , {ia'id|’ df course," justice wasatvarded the spCndthrift at once. .‘1: . iOn the next morning,'he. foundaupnn his desk a note which contained the. following bit of personal intelligence. ‘Sir: A change has been made in your office. lam directed by the President to in form you that your services will no longer be : needed in this department. Yours, £O. . .., ■ —"-S Secretary.” John Smith" retired to private life at once, and thenceforth found' it convenient to live" on a muoh smaller. nllowanco than twelve hundred.dollars a year. . BiLUNOs’ Sev'eh ProveHbs.—l. That on ions are good for bad breath, . ' 2. That clams are a good opening for any youngman.. •: > r>.« S. called,‘she’beoaiMe they always keep a man on a,lookout. - - ■ • 4. That turning waldr into trine/ -is a niiraolo tp these daye worth at least three hundred per cent, , 4| 5. That. boys, ain’t apt to turn:out well who don’t get up till ten o’clock in the morn ing. 1., j • . o. That if a mkn is .going to make a' ; busi ness' of serviujg the liOrd/he liked to see him. do it. when ho measures - onions as well as when he hollers gloryhtflleiiryer. 1 i 1 ■ * v 7. That wisdom ain’t nothing more' than educated cunning.' fi*ppi»Essi—One’s trde happinesj depends more upon one’s'jUdgmeht of one’s,self, for a consciousness'of rectitude in' u'dtion and; inten tion.,and|the approbation of those fe’yi jwho judgd’impartialljV than, Upon',the applause of the' unthinking, qndisoermng multitude, who are apt to, cry “ flosantia” to-day,' and to morrow “ Crucify him I’’ , O’,Peace ’makes .makes, pride,- pride .■breeds’ , goarrej,',aipji .qqatrel brings WiiifwafhtiUgß spoil, pov erty;' poverty ,patience,'And patietio* pesos'. TIEffS OF OENER4L BODERT E. LEE ON TEE QUESTIONS OP THE DAI, • A, Correspondent of the New .York Sc'rald thus reports a contracted-conversation dthinh ho bad with ijou. Leo iit KiohmOnd. od the 23J ult.: 1 .general LERj yinol.ViA inn -Vhe RETiEiintoN Tho Cfonerdt’s attention waa directed to his written .and spoken determination to .dfa'w pis sword in ueferi&.only of his native State,, and the inquiry was Raised, as to' what be con sidered the defense bf Virginia, and what de gree of deliberation he had given to tbdb ex pression. jHe stated that,,as a firm and.hon est belieycr iii the .doctrine of State . rights, ho had considered His allegiance,due prtmar- the Stdte id which be and had always,resided: And, although he was tuA an ~ advocate of secession at the outset, when Virgiqid seceded he honestly believed.it his duty to nblce her forUinol He opposed secession to tlie list, foreseeing ; the ruin it wassoro to 'entail. Butwhen the State with' di;e.w iVora tbd Union ; be had no • recourse, jn hi* views ot honor iind patriotism, but to abide •her fortunes. Ho went with her; intending to remain merely a private citizen.; 'When ho resigned bis commission in the United States nrniy he hud no intention of taking up arms in any otMor service, and least of all in' n service antagonistic to the United States. His State, however, called fof him, and,'en tertaining tho fixed principles ha did of State sovereignty, ho find no alternative but to so bopt the service to whiofi ho was called. When he made use of the declarations that have ’been so extensively quoted ofi.late, ha had accepted Only a commission from Virgin ia. , Subsequently, w.fion Virginia attached fierself to the Southern Confederacy, the same political impressions impelled him to follow , her, and when-he accepted service under the Hebei government-he'did.So op’ the prinbiple that he was defending his native State. And yet, by the act of accepting such service ho was bound in honor to serve in any part of the Confederacy where ho might be called, Without reference to State lines; and the reconciliation with, his former avowcl, if anv were necessary, v, : as found in the fact that Virginia, standing or falling with tho other Southern States, in defending them all he was defending’the -one to which he consider ed bis allegiance primarily duo. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HIS SURRENDER, •. , As io the; effect of his surrender, he was -tVee to say It was a severe blow to the'South, . .but Lot a.orughipgblow.' |t was ofirlilitary, n P t „ political significance., 1 asked; not that a surrender of. the doctrine of State rignts." By no means, the General replied. When- the South shall be-•wholly siibdugd there then,undeniably be a surrender of that doctrine. . But the, surrender of a sin gle army is simply a military necessity. army ot Northern Virginia was surrendered because further resistance on its part would entail a useless aacrlfioe-of life. But that array was merely a part of the force of tho South. When.the South shall be forced to surrender all its forces, and return to tho Union, it indisputably, byj that* act, surren* renders ita favorite, doctine of.secession. — : - -That—prinolple-reilLth.an_LQ aettled hy mill-1 tary pow.erl’ f ' 1 ' 1 ' ‘ ‘ \ STATE RTSHTS. On this qnestionof. State sovereignly the General contends that there exists a legiti mate cams belli. In the convention that formed the organic law of the land, tho ques tion of defining the relative powers *of the States; and their relation to the generdi gov ernment, was raised, but after much discus- • sion was dropped and loft unsettled, tt has "remained Sd urisettled’until the present time, This wards destined to set it at rest. It is unfortunate that it was notsettled at tide out set; but it was not settled then; and had to be settled at some time,the-war. raised pn this issue cannot be considered treason. If the South is forced tb submission" in this con test; it of course, can only be looked" Upon as the triumph of, Federal power, .over State rights, and the.forced annihilation of the lat ter. . TBE SOOTH ANXIOUS FOR PEACE TWO TSARS AOO. With reference to the war in the abstract, the General declared it as InVhonesjt belief that peace was practicable, two.years ago, and has been .practicable from that tinle to the present day whenever the general, govern ernpient should eee;flt to seek it, givib'gany reasonable chance for the country to escape the consequences which the exasperated Nurh seemed determined .to impose. The South has, during, all;this time; bedU read|y ivbd anxious for peace. 1 They have been looking for some word or • expression of.. compromise or conciliation; froth the North upon: whioh they might base a rttern totheUhioni '.They were not prepared, nor are they yet; to borne and bog for terms ; but Were, ready to aooept any fair and.honorable terms, thelf own-po litical views being considered. The question of slavery did not lay in the way a't all. The best men of the Sou rhh avo long bedh anxious .to do away 1 with this institution, and were quite wUling.to.day to see itabolished. They consider slavery forevef dead. But with, them, in relation to this subject,’ the question has ever been,. " Whdt Will you do. with the freed people 7” That is the serious question to day, and ones that catfnot be winked at.— It must be mst tpraotioally and treated intel ligently. _The pegnjos must be disposed of, and if their,disposition ojin'bo marked out; (ho matfer"ef freeing them' is at once settled. But unless some humane colli-se is adopted; bpsed ,6n wisdom .-.and, Christian 'principles, you, do a.gross jyrong and injustice to the whole negro race in setting them free. And it Is only this consideration that has led the .wisdom, intelligence' and Christianity of the ", South to sli’pportand, defend the- institution up to this tin*. ,j, THI OENEBAt A' NATIONAL MAN. iha conversation then turned:into other, channels, end. finally touched upon th6' pros: pect Of peace. And here a very noticeable form(.of expression .was.dsjd by the General.' In ' 'of the - probable course Of the administration towards'the -South, the Gen eral remarked .tbat;,‘f it, we soi I immediately/filled his' attention-to the ex pression, and sough t an . explanation of tho sense ih’Vbidh'he used the 1 pronoun-we/’ hut obtained' none other th'anva.markbd rep-' .station.: !of it. It was, notloable,- throflghoqt tbe ebtire interview (hat in no single instance did he speak' of the* SbutheVn confederacy, nor of the Yankees nor the rebels. JEto frequont ly alVUded to fheooii'ntry, and exprets'ed most earnestly.his solicitude for its restoratiotpfo’ peace ,and. tranquility, cautiously, avoiding any t|hat .lyouid imply the .ppssi-,' bility'di iW dismtelratioh.’ ‘ ' ;..,iBB;BottTn : --iip.t.;TM;doNQUERi!D^ ■ ..Throughout .all his conversation I he maUi feated; an oarneat- deslro that ,aqob ophußels . prevail su'd suOli phliolbs ho pursu'ed as would ohdUed to in' Im mediate 5 ' peafed,' i mplyiwg in his remarks that peace was now at one op ■tLon-,JBut. k 0 was particular to say that, should arbitrary or'vindicative,or revengeful policies be adopted, the end. was not Vet. There yet remained a greet deAlof vitality dud strength in the South-, ;,TjTera -wire un developed resources and hitherto Unavailable sources .of.strength,.which bSrkh- measures on our part would call into aotioU ; and that the Sooth could protract the etfhggle for an indefinite period. lYeniight. it was truo. de 'Otroy all that_ remhinod of the country east of the Mississippi river by A lavish 1 expendi ture of men and means; but then we would be required to fight on the other side of that river, and, after subduing them there, we would be compelled to follow them'into Mex ico, and thus .the struggle would be . prolong ed. until the whole country would be impov erished and ruined. Add (hue we would be compelled to do if oxter nlinsti on/confiscation and. general annihilation and destruction aro to be our policy, for,if a,people are to be destroyed they will sell their lives as dearl y as possible. .. . CONDEMNATION or TflE ASSASSINATION Of fRES- IDENT LINCOLN. The assassination of the President was theil spoken of. The General considered this event |JD u f onß of tlle moBt deplorable that could have occurred. , As a crime it was un exampled and beyond execration. It was a crime that no good man- could' approve from mny conceivable- motive. Undoubtedly -the would be made to fasten the responsi bility.of it Upon the South ; but, from bis in timate ttcquaintance with the leading ni'en of the Southi he was confident there .wiis not one of them who would, sanction or approve o' J* 1 Scheme was wholly unknown in ,die booth befpro its execution, and would iiever i, a* B , received the slightest encouragement bed it been known ; but, bn the contrary, the most severe execration; ' I called tho Gener al e attention, at this point, to a notice that tad bebn printed ,in the Northern 1 paHbra; purporting to haye beßn taker! from a pilper published in the interior of the South, pro posing, for the sum million of dollars, to. undertake the assassination of tile Presi dent and his Cabinet. The General affiriiibd that he had never seen nor, heiirdcf such a' proposition', nor did he ’believe it had ever been printed in the South ; though if it had, it had been permitted merely os the whim of some craay person that could possibly amount to nothing. Such a crime was an anomaly in the history of our country,, and we had yet - before its perpetration to learn that it was possible of either, earnest conception* or ■ actual Uxeootion. ’ -■ •THE SObfli .NEVER HAtF IN, EAIINEST Ilf tBS • . WAR, , It was a meet singular and remarkable ex-” pression to escape the lips of such a plan ns Gen. UeS that “tbs South wtis never more than half in earnest in this 1 war.” ' 1 cannot attempted translate this remark or elucidate it. . Its, utterance conveyed to me the im pression that the South was most ■ heartily siok of the war, and anxious to get tack into the Union tmd to pHaoe, The General added' that thejr .Went-off after political leadVra'ina moment, bf.passion and under the excitement of fancied .Wrongs, honestly believing that word eI^GI^n ~ a struggle for an inalien able--fight and d fundamental principle of their politißal creed.-. A mdn should not Bo judged httrsl|,ly for contending for that which he honestly believes .to be rigpt. , S.uoh was’ the position of the vast majority of the South-, Crn - people now. ’ And now that they are do-' mated they consider, that they have lost eve rything, that is worth .contending for in tho government. They- have .sacrificed home; friends, property, health, all on this issue.— Men do not make such sacrifices for nothing, Theyr have raadd thb saorifioe from honest convictions. fEXTIftPATIOK SCHEMES, Andriow that they bare-lost; in the issue, they feel that they have no intereate loft in the cqiintryi It is the opinion of General Lee that Unless moderation and liberality ho exercised towards them the country'will lose its blist, people. Already, ho says, they are Seeking to expatiatp themselves, and numer ous schemes' are, started to go to Mexido, to Brazil, to Canada, to France and elsewhere, lie is called' Upon frequently to disoodnte .naPob'ond suppress snoh undertakings, The country needs these young men,: They are its bone and sinew, its, intelligence arid'en terprise, its hope for the future, and wisdom demands that no' effort'be' spared td keep them lathe country and pacify them. OENEHAII: lee’s STANDPOINT! It was a’most notioeable feature of tfca con' vernation that Gen. Lee, strange as it may appear, talked throughout ns a citizen of the United States. He seemed to plant himself on the national platform, arid take his Obser vations from, that standpoint.', He talked calmly, deliberately and earnestly, buf withffo show of interest othcr or different from what •might be expected ftom an honest believer in' his peculiar dpi nidus. tHB TERMS OF PEACE. ■ The, conversation, which had been greatly protracted, so much so that I became Utieasy •for fear of trespassing on time that I had no right tq : Oiaim, terminated with some allu sions to the terms.of peace.' Here there was, perhaps,, naturally and "properly, more reti cence than on any other topic. But it was plain frdm what had transpired that the only question in the 1 way of immediate peace was the,treatment to bo, accorded the vanq'uished. Every thing else, by implication, seems to- be surrendered. Slavery, State rights, the- " doctrine-<of ; secession', atfd whatev er, else of political,policy may bo involved in the strife is abandoned, the only barrier to an immediate and 'universal suspen sion of hostilities ‘and a return to the Union being the treatment: that the notional authorities may- proiniso those, who., have been resisting its'power and'parstabnntiau thority. It is proper td soy that tbisT was not (rostated by.Getiefal lee, but is simply an inference’, from the 1 oonversatiem that I took plaoe.pu that topio. Ou the Wntrary, the General, seemed very cautious in regard.,to. .terms. In order to gel at hie view's, if’possi ble, I suggested the' conservative sentiment of the North„whioh -jj'foposed' a general tfnd .nesty to all soldiers add military offiieers, but thatth Apolitical leaders of the South' he held to;a strict accountability., “Would that be just?" Ho asked- “WHat had iw.. Dqvis done, more than' other South'driier that ho should bepuAished ? Itie tru'd h’e hnsbC’da pied.a,prominent position fls i the ragont of a whole people, but thdt has made him no more nor less, a 1 rAbql the ; rpst.,, His acts ytere the acts of a people,, and the' pofs'.of the whole’ Were hie 'acts'.'■' Ho was' not ncoountable , for tb’e f 6om'mdncemerit Of - the On dbe Cpntraty hi Wa'S’bne of the last to give in his adherence, to tfie recession moteofeAl,'haVitig strenuously to ii from" the outset pud,,portrayed itditAinoua -dSnße'quendbs ip hie speeches Undby fais;wri tings. Why, therefore, ahonldhe'BUffer'more ihap dthers T” Of oodrse, it ,was ■ not mi - in"* A a T s , these 1 q ne BKonB, and a« this illustration disclosed the bent,of ttie Gte know 8 mmd, - lt ,"' aB afl I desired to OEitEBAI, L*E*a PEBSONAL WISHES JOB TH* PH* TURK.' ~ \ v In taking Ibavo oftheffcnerql.i took oo ®“*°“ *» ® ay i f h , at b ® was greatly respeotd by J lar g® Body of good men all the North; and that ns asoldier ha Was Universally ad nured, and; it was earnestly hoped that he d!Br! d i y tU 8?|1 p“ n a l raJ ’ 9 f United States sol trfna tto°.£“ f< r“ m(mt of the. Monroe doo -55 “ e * b .aphed mo for .the Expression of tbr "3 e i. nt ‘? ward Himself,.hut as ®?- ghll^59 fel ‘ ‘bat he was getting too old; his (July desire now typing to bo per mitted to retire to private life and endhis days in seolnsibp. it was. I tliought. an evi* foT ihU aSS'^l 1 ssane . 9B at heart; that promp. h™* iii' - be, would have been tyleosed Had bis lifEbeen taken in any of the numerous battle fleldaon/whitili he had fought ddnng this wiir. . • atirßai; While Miking on the subject bf tlid aboli tion of slavery ! reniarked that it had lately ? 9rii ?, of .‘be newspapers o'f the North that the Custiß slaves, Borne two hundred in number, who had Been left in Gen. Lee a custody for emancidhtian, had not been emancipated;' The General said this was a mistake. AS, executor df the will ho wds required to emancipate theSO slaves at a certain tube.. That tim'e bad not arrived' when the war broke nut. ■ It did arrive end or two years afterwards. -At that time he ootild not get to thb courts of the county in which Arlington is.looated : to' take out the Eanoipation papets asnrhspribed by law.— Vi P a pers from the Sopre'tfio' Jtfc of the Sfcate.iti, this city, liberating thonf Sriffa Q re,so,recorded in ,the records of that Court. He sent word of their freedom to Arlington,' and'the necessary papers were sent to those it this White House* and to all others-that could be reached, and‘they were all thus liberated, tggothpr with a number who were either tho General’s or Mrs. Lee’E private prdperty. . ■ • • ■'.* Where Boots Lies.-—A corespondent of the New York "World writing from Wash ington, on Friday, says: . YostCrdny the Secretary of War; without instructions of any kind; committed to Colon bl UayfUyette U. .Baker, of.tha seciit service, the stark, corpse of J. Wilkes Booth. The secret service never fulfilled ifa Volition more secretively ‘ What have yotf doho with tha body? said Ito Baker. ‘ That is known 7 lib answered ‘ to only one man. living besides myself. It is gone. ■-T will ribf tell yoii whope. The only man who; knows- is sworn to silence. Never till the great,.trumpeter comes shall tho grave of 33oo'£n bediscovered/ And this is true. Last riighVttte 27th of April, a small row boat rfcCelvedlthe carcass • •of the murderer ; two mdif were in it; they earned the body off into tlio-darkness, and out of that darkness it will never return. Iu the darkness, like his great cfime, mat itro*. mam forever, impalpable, invisible, nondeis- 1 tion, ■ annihilation. ■ The rivet-bottom may ooze , about it laden • with great shot and arowmng ’manacles,’' The earth may have ..opened .to give - it that siletioeand forgive- D,® 88 man fHll never jjive its ihemory. Tho fishes mayswim around'it,' orthedasieS :grow white above it, but we shall fieverkuow. Mysterious, ioconiprehensible; unattainable; like tho dim timCs through which we liy© •and think Upon dc if we only dreained them •in perturbid fever, the assassin of-a nation’s head rests somewhere in the elements, and that is all | but if the indignant seas or tho turf shall ever vofintthis corpse from their recesses, and it fedeivas humane or •Christian brfrial from some vrhtf do noi recognize it, let the’last decayed lips ev6r utteyed be Carved -above them with' a to tell the - history of a young and onoe .premising life— Useless!. useless I Surface Indications—DANOEtioes; —Two' men-tbs Other evening, werp.'fißKing in Me* CldllnUu a oil exchange In tMs.citJ; Said ' “Well, Jones, Bow ntd'yqu ’ ■“ *’ m , anything but. well ; I am’ terribly trqnbled with biles. Do you know any cure for thenff” - ■ J .“ Why. yes; I have .heard that crude oil, is good. That is an butwrird application.” “ Weil,-it’s simple euniigli/and wo bayd plenty of oil herei I.ahall try it.”’ -At th’A stag’d a third party steps, up and whispers: ' , ; " d<> it.' stranger) for these oil smel* lere around will have a puriip on the -places addicted before three daVs-t don't do’ it.” , ■ -,. „ . , OiT 4 The who greased his feet sb‘ that he could not make' a noise when he went to steal chickens, slipped-from the-hen-roost into the custody of the owner. He give, ns reason for ,hig being there, 1 ‘ Dat he cum dar to sis ef de chickens, slebped. with dere eyes open.’ He was cooped.. . . , Sensible Maxims.—Never reply to Sheep'- ithets ofia drpnkatd br'afool. Never speak of your father ab the “ old' man;’ ■- >■ Never abuse opp who whs op'de your hosonl' friend, however bitter now. , No one is’n fool always, ovefy brio is some times. . •’ ■' 1 • /' ii;il ifc/’’ A wbbiaH, twentv-five years old.thrW berself'into.the'falls : of Niagara,':beoanse her husband, a, discharged Federal..soldier, was’ living with another woman.' Bile attempted' tjj give hey'liftle obildj'a girt,' ttfe eime fate/ but it was resendd. Ba?“,A California Correspondent of thd Missouri Republican tell? ofseoingon exhi bition ip the.SapitaryEaif, in jSanFran'oisco/ .forty-eight Bartlett' pepra on a single stem, eight-.inches long. .They Wereudf average Baftfatt ejze. and.Btbod out at; righf angles tb‘ the stem, completely Cnyoloping.it/ ■B@“ At Kingefon, Y., a few days' smdA a young lady, engaged. as p,missionary .col lector,'entered a store and'inade tfi Asual ap peal. ■- , Shb- Was imormedi-b^'g I 'gentleman that ho would contributoa twentyfivo atamp for every kiss' she ,Would give, him. l Theprp* positiop was .accepted, and ,thp,vpiibg' lady immediately ran, upnbillof?7 su, Vy ‘A Boozy felfow wVe ohaerved the blh'- o f day driving a pig/holding oji_.to its tail' and when asked what he Was doing, l replied' that he Wbs studying geohograp'hy, ~. serpent is the mostobsofTjnif f The Btfa Serpsnt.' " NOi 47;
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