'XVi'iiiH ot l'liWllc-iitiou. -Tim Watxkhiicro llKruiiLirAX, Office Bayers' Imilillnij, ciwt of tlm Court House, In pub llshcil every Wedncs liy morning, at 8 pt-r nnnutn, is advance, or A3 BO if not paid with in tilt year. AIItilurlitlon aecounUMi-sT , bearltle.1 aumiMlly. .No paper wilt be sent -out u( (lie Sluts unluiu pnlil for is advance, and aUnuHi ubsuriptiniK will invurlalily bedim-on- ,Uuurlalthsexplrutluiiof the time fur wlilcli .tuaysrepuij. I t'iunmunli-.Htionon siibjnrtanf loeuloritrnernl lnlcr-t are respectfully tMlt-tU'l. Tn en.suri attention fhvors of thin Kind mint Invariably bo neeuuipunted by the niimnnf tliennthor, not for imbtieuiion, bntAHKnarHntyniralriHt impotlf Ion. All b'ttrra porlalnlnu to buMm of the olUce tinil be nililrpwed to the KJItor. 1 I 1 I gat-try. .V , - MO sltXT IS HEAVEN. Talking of sects tilt late ono eve. Of the various doctrines tlie saints bcliuvo, That night I stood lu a troubled dream, By the side of darkly flowing stream. . 'And a "Churchman" down to the river came, When I heard a strange voice call his name, "'flood father, stop when you cross Ihis title, You mustloave your robes on tho other side." Vint the aged father till not mind, And his long gowu fljatud out behind, As down the st eam Ids w ty ho took, 'His palo hand clashing a gilt-edged hook. Vl'm hounj for licwaii, and when I'm tburc; 1 shall want my book of common prayer; And tlionsh I put ob n starry crown, should feel quite lost without my gown." Then he fixed liU oyu en the shining track, But his gown was heavy and held him back, Attd tho poor old father tried In vain, A tingle step hi the flood to g.iln. I saw him again on tho other side, But his silk gown floated upon the tile; And no ono asked, in that liliuful spot, If he belonged I) "the Church" or not. Tii ;n down to tho river a (J taker strayel, His dresjof a silver hue was mad'-; "My coat aud hat must all be gray, I cannot go any other way." Tiien ho bntton'd liU oat straight up to his cliiu, And slraightly, solemnly waded In, Ami hU bronl-briiuni'i', hat hi pulled down light Over his forehead, so cold and w hite. But a strong wind carried away his hat, A moment In silently sighed over that, Aud thuu as ho g tze-.t to tho firtlu-r shore, Tho coatslipp'd olT, aud w.13 sjcu no m no. i As ha cutor'd heaven his .-wit of gray ' 'Went quietly sailing .away away, And nono of tho angola 'pistione I him, About tlio width of hii b: tvjr's brim. JNextcanioDi-. Watts with a bundle of psalms, Tied nicely up, in his n;;- .1 mm.-t, Ana hvmiH as nia'iv a wrv uiue tliiu '. Tint tho pjjj.le in he.nvn all round might Mllg, lint I thought that he heaved an anxious pijh, As he wv that tlie river ran broad and high, And look'd rather surprised as one tiy nu Tlie psalms ic.nl hyimis hi the wave went down . And after him, with his MSS, Came Wesley, the jnttcrn ofjr-imW, But he cried, "Da.tr in a, whit s i ill I do 1 Tho water has soaked them through and through," And then oo the river, far and wldti, Away they went down tho swollen tide, And the suint .wtonished pass'd through alono, Without manuscripts up to the throne. Then gravely walking two saints by nam"), Down to the stream together camo, But as they stopp'd at tlio rivjr's brink, I sawonasilat IVjin tin other slrrink, "Sprinkled or plunged, imy I ask you friend, How you attain'd to life's great end ?" i'Thu, with a few drops on my brow,,' "Hut I have been dlpp'd as you'll see mc now. "And 1 really think It will hardly do, As I'm 'close commnnlon' to cross with you; Yon' re b mud, I know, to tho realms of bliss, Bat you mast go tint way, and 1 11 go this." Then strnlgl tway plunging with nil his might, Away to the left, his friend to the right, Apart they went from this world of s'n But at last together tl ey cnter'd iu. And now when the river was rolbnj ou, A Presbyterian church went down; . Of women there scem'd a wondrous throng, But the men I could count as they pass'd along. And concerning the road, they could never agree, Tlie old or the new way, which it should bo, Nor ever a moment paused to think That both would load to tho river's brink. And a sound of murmuring, long and loud, Came ever up from the moving crowd, "You're in the old way, and I'm i:i the new, Tkit is the false, and that Is tho true." But the Imthtn only scem'd to speak, H6det the slstfirj walk'd, and meek, And if ever one chanced to say, "What troubles she met with on tlio way, Hew the longd to pass lo the other side, '.' JiM feaiil to cross over thu swelling tide. . i . t ' t !'.'. ' A Yotce aro from the brethren then, ' ''Let no one spoak but the 'holy men,' ; JV have jre not heard the words of Paul, Ota, let tbe women keep silence all,' " I wateb'd them long in my c'mlous dream, 1 Tffl they stood by the bordors of the stream, Then, Just as I thought, the two ways mtr But all Jjio brethren were talking yet, And would talk on. till the heavy tide, peioofUflbf side, j v" : Bide by side, for the way was one, " The riSsoma Journey of life was dona -w4 nd all who died, ! ' iClMJikoa the other sidu. lfcpw 'w crosB., or books had they,' . Kur gowns 4 silk, aortniU of gray, .,, Ho creadiio guij, them nor M33, . ' V IwillWtU mCUrlsl'i rlgUteonsncss. . ' il.uw ) a ,. , . , Tna fonowing story Is Illustrative of tlie , .lannaf of SouUand, and affords an example of the prominence aaM to be five to vowels J In Scotch diseoarae. Tbe dudogno Is between abopaaa and a customer, and the convena m4(oa raawea ta pUid banging at tbe shop jhiri-CWiT (nxrohin the nMkirhl)i fwoolf) "Af.oo" fres.- mmk-i Oubiii i t : " A of"" "(all woolf) gitommin Ay. a'oo. fves. all wool). w:AUeoor(aamwrjbl7) Ssep-,,, 'Ay, r aeoo ivea, iiiw same Wool), j ; BHEtt Ju'stirlM "Xorwood" hr Mmme that the New TcaUnaetit par- JyLS'. JJ. 8 A YEHS, VOL, XI. Select gmdinfl. TIIC I EVIL'S) IIAI.r-AHKE. Acri) the whole length of New Jer sey, extends a plain of broken yet par tially connected mountains, culled the "Jiluo Kidge," a branch of tho Alle- chcuies. Tlirottffh tho cotttity of Somerset runs a lateral fpur of rocky and i.sohitetl hills, covered liar, the most part with a sparse Kwth 0f thes nnt, oak, and stunted cedars. ( )n the very top of one of the larg est ol'tlicsp, called "Slmnnock Moun tain," is a largo space covering nearly three an'cs, barren of'a tree, or shrub, tho surface of which appears to lie formed of a single rough stone. 'Tis called the "iJevil's Half-Acre." Near the centre is a ragged opening or pit, about 20 feet in djnmctcr, which up pi'ars to penetrate into tlie very bowels of the earth. It has been sounded to the depth of a thousand feet, and no indication of bottom found. A stone thown into "tlie well," as it is called, can be heard raiding for a long time against the rugged sides, until, with a terrible and unearthly reverberation, it liluiiircs in the water. A noiso like that of a seething' cauldron is heard, and soon there issues from tho mouth of the pit a column of damp vapor, povvsiiig an uncommon foetid smell. The v.ij'or is somewhat inflammable, and that fitft proves the presence of carourcfteil livurogen gas, or what is called by minors "fire dump." Al ihough at a disi'tnec of three hundred feet from the surface, it has been prov ed by experiments with quadrupeds that life can be sustained. The incident 1 am about to relate, oeeiired some time afler the passage of ( .ieneral Washington, with his urmv, across AeV Jet m the spring tin. The !i)f.iinous cruelties of tho ma ramlii parlies of J'ritisli soldiers had awaki.ie il every fielieg of resentment an.l aroused innvory bosom an impiaea Ide haired, which only the cxtenniim licn of tlie inhuman monster could allay. Taking the advantage of the ab sence oftheir n itiiial protectors, a rar- ' ty of tleini-bnites, tiiuh t iho command of (.'apt. Smith, liad coinmitted out rages upon (lis iinproteelcd females which would shame the vers1 name of man. Ilvciy able bodied man, and many who were scarcely able, had flocked to the stMidai-1 of Washington, and had gone lo accompany Km in bis victori ous expedition, leaving their wives and daughters, their homes and property, to the protection of aged men anil boys. At length a cowardly assault upon a family, composed of an aired widow, and her three lovely daughters, who after being cruelly outraged by the brutal soldiers, were beaten nearly to death and tho old woman thrown in to tho "Well" of the "Devil's Half Acre," so exasperated the young men, that they resolved ttpou ven geance. A secret meeting was held, and they resolved to meet the next evening nt the foot of the ridge, to punish the cowards, who were encamped, in fan cied security, about a quarter of a mile from the scene of outrage, The great ter part of the day was spent in moul ding bullets, and preparing their weapons, which being accomplished, they waited with feverish anxiety the appointed hour. Twas a lovely eve, such a one as we rarely see in our toochangeableclimate, Thesiin, bathed in a halo of golden light, slowly decended behind the towering teep of Slmnnoek, The bright stars looked down from the pure ether with a seemingly encour aging smile upon tho band of youthful heroes, who had silently gathered in a corps at the base of the mount. Each moment some bravo boy noiselessly approached, with his rille upon his shoulder, and, with a simple nod of recognition, take his ulaec and quietly await the order of the person who was to be their leader. The one chosen to command them, was a sturdy youth of about 18 years of age, strongly built, and very athlet ic; he carried a long rifle, and was clad in a plain rustic su't of homespun. His quick movements and hurriedly whispered instructions, showed that he felt the importance and understood the danger of the attempt they were about to make ; and the fire that flashed from his dark eye, proved that ho was equal to the einergancy. . At lentrth the nartv. numbering fif teen, were all assembled ; tho ages of none exceeded eighteen, while tlie ma jority were still younger. The order to march was- given, and the young band followed their leadar in profound silence. ' . " ' ' 'Twas a noble siehtl those brave young spirits setting out to avengo the wrongs ot tneir mowers ana sisters, at. tho risk of their own lives, and against fearful odds of numbers and experience but stern resolve sat tipon every breast and firmly beat each heart. Soon they appronohed tlie spotwhero lay encarap- cd the oujoets ot their hatred; tnc British number twenty, and were all wrapt in profound slumber. Slowly and stealthily tbey noared" the enemy, their hearts beat violently as Uaey saw them in their power but not a word escaped then" lips thoir calculations had been-well made and they continu ed to advance cautiously . until they were within about, thirty feet of the red coats, when a gestan from their leader brought them to stand, Each PIltMNESS IN THE 111GIIT AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE WAYMSBIKG, boy singled out his man tho command was given in a low tone and tlie sliarp report of fiAeen rifles broke upon tho stillness of the night, and re-eehoed along the hills and crags of Shannock. Instantly, under cover of the smoke, they rushed in upon the survivors, and pinioned them ere they could recover from the sudden surprise. The aim of the boys had been full true fifteen soldiers (among them Cnpt. Smith) lay weltering iu their blood, groaning and mingling curses and execrations with their departing breath. Tho five prisoners, securely bound were marched at once to the copse from which the youthful band had set out; there a constitation was held to deter mine their fate. Sonic who had individual wrongs to avenge, desired to hang them at once upon the nearest tree. Others, more lenient, wish to allow them a soldier's death. Many and various were the opinions and methods proposed but they all agreed to be guided by the de cision of their leader, Dan Lount. During tho whole all'air Dan had scarcely spoken, except to give tho nec essary commands and now, when ap pealed to to decide the fate of the pris oners, he merely said "To the Dccil's llnlj-Am." ' A responsive "aye," burst simultan eously from all, and in a few minutes they stood near the mouth of "the well." "In with them," cried tho excited boys, "here they buried the .Widow (ialo and old I'omp! In with them," and in spite of the desperate struggles of the captives, they were already upon the very edge of the vanning pit, when their leader exclaimed "hold !'' "Not yet boys," said Dan. "I wish to say a few words before you throw them;" and when tho prisoners had been led back he continued in a voice trembling with emotion: You knew the Widow Gale you knew her lovely daughters; blithesome amiable, light-hearted, happy girls. You know tiiem, but not as I do ; you love them but not as well as I. The el dest isniy alllanced brido 1 lleforoyou, you see the guilty perpetrators. Ixiok it llioui are they lit to liveY "No ! No !" exclaimed each nnd ev ery one. "Then, my friends, (hey are not ft to cwe have already spilled blood enough for ono night, and the death of these men will not repair tho wrongs aireaily commuted. liat say you V V ill it not be nobler lar to spare tlicir lives? Jjet us leave turtlier vengeance to tho laws, or to Him who hath said, ' engcancc is Mine ! I llleen have al ready forfeited their lives; may wo not span) the live I Though every heart was still burn ing for revenge, tho example shown by poor Dan, who had suffered more than any present, softened their hearts, and they allowed themselves to bo persua ded. Tho prisoners were led down the mountain side, and tho next morning taken to Sommervillo, and delivered to a company of Continentals who were stationed there. The actors in thissccne have all long since passed to that "that Ixiurne Iron) whence no traveler returns," but the recollections of Daniel IOiint and his matronly wife are still fresh in the memory of tlio writer, (onurrti nnd Miiirritxc "Veteran Ubscrvcr is discussing this question, starting out with the broad deuial that Congress has every ri'dit to treat sull'rago within the States. Ho says: "There is not in the Constitution a particle of power, direct, or indirect, which gives Congress tho least right over the question of suflrago, except in thj Territories. What then has in duced any ono to imagine such a thing. I cannot conx-ive, except it may be this: During tho war Congress, nnd tho I're-ident also, were obliged to and did exercise various extraordinary powers but, with perhaps a very little exception in.st and legitimate nowem. rThey were clearly granted under the power ol Congress to declare war, and take all necessary means to prosecute it; anl of the President to command the army and navy, nnd use them to prosecute war and enforce tho laws. This power ha3 no limits but that of necessity, and although some extra Constitutional acts were done, the were acts necessary to those whie were constitutional. It is not Etrangc that those not familiar with the Con stitution should not sec clearly the distinction between the power of Gov ernment granted for war aud those granted only for peace." Plot to AaMftMnata th Pope. A Naples letter to the London Timat, dated -October 10th-, says: Two or three days since, something like an at tempt j was meditated against the life of tlio Pope. A man was arrested un der tho oolonnade of St. Peter's, at the moment the Pope was about to go out for a drive. He had a pistol concealed under his clothes, but what bis inten tions were is not as yet precisely known. i - - ' ' Calico dress parties are now the rage In the rnral districts. Tho idea is to correct tho extravagance in ward robes, which has been carried to such extremes by the ladies of Ameri ca. It is excellent and abould suc ceed., , ' ' ' -w . Ml'". V Sows of JoskBUIints'lidasa ara trat mm!. csl, fcriosUooe. "TheSoa was a goto' to bed, and alt iba Iforta was a blushin1 at ilia ptrfanaaauVM . . 4 . PA., .WEDUfSDAY, NOYDIBER 6, 1867. ' rot the Ui'OBLiCAir. AGBIOl'LtUmiU The annual meet tngs, greetings, or re-nnions of our citizens at their Ag ricultural Fairs, aw now past, and the time for retrospection, for discuss ion, for suggestions, for investigating ideas, has come; and for improving on the Fairs and 1 aftairs of tho past. Those yearly harvest-homes, where the eyes of the gay ftiid festive throng, are feasted on the tnterprise, the in genuity and uutiriiig energy of those scions of improvement, who have im bibed and still believe in the spirit of creative genius nS one of the distin guishing features oCchristian civiliza tion. Tlicro are those, however, who object to these annual gatherings, as of no practical laeticfit saying they tire only used ns n" means of private speculation, and not (is they profess, for the improvement of agriculture. These charges may, or im(y not bo true, as applied to tho different gatherings un der the spacious mime of Agricultu ral Societies. I caii speak for but one tho G. C. A. Sojiety, held at Car niichaels, which, according to the certified accounts, Imvo paid out in premiums within ttte lust two years, over three hundred dollars more thai! their receipts, so there can be no room for such charges here. Hut that their cdieieney has been, largely curtailed, by the stolidity of iito ideas, I shall not attempt to doiry for whenever a community becomes so attached to one set of ideas ns to njjeet all others, they at once set bounds to tlicir efficiency and destroy at once, their power to do good. Never having been an advo cate of obsolete id.as, I cannot now do homage to the fossilized remains of any pet notions, lujwever antiquated, unless they mean Improvement. For ward, onward, investigate, improvo Radical, if you pledse, is the word. "Why cannot tlm world bo said to move in Greene county, ns well as elsewhere. I am siow and hope ever shall be, an advoeiko of liberal ideas to all the world. ; But a man, or a community cannot 'support great and long' continued improvements at their own expense. IIe'.co tho great error of this society in ntfe remunerating its managers, and officers for properly at tending to its business, another great lever of usefulness is loft entirely un noticed, because no 'ono cares to devote tho necessary time nnd money to this means ot publia improvement j (i. e.) the procuring of ncjv, rare, useful and ornamental, plant1 shrubs flowers, herlisruits, etc, forilistribution among the farmers, gardncrs, fbrista and others. Why not hjive communication with the, great Agricultural and Horticultural ccntrts, of our country, j1 . - V 1 procure inose sects and nave some tangible form or system of distribut ing them, requiring those who get them, to place tho; products on oxhi bition, nnd coiitribrltc their experience lor publication so that by the attri tion of mind with mind or matter either, tho Agricultural community may no made alive to their real inter ests. When this s the case then will our farmers bo eit loose from their old time moorinci. nnd directed by the compass of cxpirieneo the lamp of science with iter inml-maid of art. will bless tho tiller of tho soil, cheer the artisan in his toil, and comfort the philanthropist in his labor of love. , i ,' O. W. D. Had thk Symptoms, but not the Disease. The Zouesville Gazette tells the following good one of Lute Taylor, of tho Prescott Journals Last vriuter, Lute was travelling in the stage with a arty of gentlemen, among whom was noted Democratic politician from Minnesota, now a candidate for a Sti to office. The- day was intensely coltL and the company were obliged to Mop occasionally to warm cp. llaltir.-i ot a little inn l,v the roadside the d.'oiocrnt invited Lute up to take a drbik-of whisky, to which ho readity assenfdl, and as Lute was both dry and cold, he turned out a pretty stiff "honji swallowed, it in- stantcr and repnutid at once to the stove to thaw oat. Lute's free and easy style suited thndemnemt tsi a Ant nnd after freely imbibing himself, he walked up to Jbuti and said : "I'll bet any man ten d Jlars that you are a good democrat." '. As Lute is an y awful radical, this touched his pride, and he replied in his usual stammering style j "I a-ad-vise you n-not to bet more m-m-money than you wish fa lose. I acknowl edge I h-h-have aU tbe symptoms, but not the d-diseasrv' t. : i-, Two men in Vermont wont to law about a sheep wort i five dollars. The one who recovered damacra to tbe a- mount of USv4S bad tQfNty lawyers' I fees amounting to 1250. , , '. 'i., . I RIGHT. Lincoln. TUA.U.SU1VIMI PHOIXAHATIO.V. In conformity with A recent enstom, that may now be regarded as establish ed by national consent and approval I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby recommend to my fellow-citizens that Thursday, tho 28th day of .November next, be set apart and observed throughout the republic as a day of national thanks giving ami praise to tho Almighty Kulcr of Nations, with whotri are do minion and power, nnd who maketh peace in His high places. Itestins and refraining from secular labors on that day, let us reverently nnd de voutly give thanks to our Heavenly Father for tho mercies and blessings with which Ho has crowned the now closing year. Especially let us re member that lie has tavored our land with greatly, needed and very abun dant lmrvests, that lie has caused in dustry to prosper not only in our fields, but also in our workshops, in our mines and in our forests. IIo has per mitted us to multiply ships upon our hikes and rivers, and upon tho high seas, nnd at tho same time to extend our iron roads so far into tho secluded places of tho continent, aud to guaranty speedy" overland intercourse between tlio two oceans, lie has inclined our hearts to turn away from domestic contentions and commotions conse quent upon a distracting and desola ting civil war, and to walk moro and more in tho ancient ways 6T loyalty, conciliation and brotherly love, lie has blessed the peaceful efforts with which we havo established new nnd important commercial treaties with foreign nations, while we have at the same time strengthened our national defences and greatly enlarged our na tional borders. While thus rendering tho unani mous nnd heartfelt tribute ot national praise and thanksgiving, which is so justly duo to Almighty Ood, let us not iau 10 impioro mm mat mo same tn vino protection and care which we have hitherto so undeservedly and yet so constantly enjoyed, may be continu ed to our country and our people throughout all their generations for ever. In witness whereof I havo here unto set my hand and caused tho seal ot the United btatcs to ho atuxed. Done at the city ot Washington this 2Gth day of October, in the year of our Lord 1867, and of tho indepen dence of tho United Slates the ninety- seeond. I'v tho President A. Joitxsox. II. SKWAttn, See'y of State. 1 KIM.Clt AT THE 1'Of.I.S. The Virginia papers have much to say in regard to the reported disorder ot tho colored people at the polls, but the only affray having serious conse quence was between whites, and com menced by a Democrat. The follow ing account of it is given by tho Kich- monu JJutpatcli: Mr. Fletcher, of Fauquier was a Confederate conscript, who deserted nnd joined tho Federal army. Eefore the war closed ho returned to Fauquier with the cavalry company to whiho he was attached, and acted for some time ns a scout and guide to the Union troops. In this capacity he became very obnoxious to the people of the county, and has even been threatened witn lyncning. un luesday last he went armed to the polls to deposit his ballot, aud was met by several Con servative citizens, who were also arm ed, Ono of them, named Ernest Ilun ton, who was a soldier in Mosby's command, innnired "what right" he "a renegade, had to vote." Fletcher replied that if they wanted a fight out of Imu they could havo it. Jsoth par ties prepared for a fight; Fletcher fired first, and Hutiton was killed instantly by the shot. Fletcher was arrested by the regis tering olliecrs, nnd is now in prison awaiting trial. It is understood that he desires tho matter to be investiga ted before a military commission. .Hllfh. The Xew York Commercial comes to the defence of this word, which has lately been attacked as an affected synomy for "milk." It remarks : " V hen one renects how broadcast has been tha sowing of Webster's Dictionaries throughout tho newspa per othecs' ot tlio land in exchange tor utifii therefor, it is melancholy to con sider how little real service has been rendered by that distribution, in alle viating the chronic ignorance of country contcniporarieai. "Milk" is a noun, and signifies a fluid. "Milch" is an adjective, and means tho milk-giving quality. A "milch cow" is a cow in milk giving trim, as opposed to a dry cow one not yielding milk, lbe word is not in as common use as for merly, but it is a necessary and proper term. , It is obsolrtc. tn tfie sense that Sbakspeare used it, of , "soft" and "tender," but is still generally used in its agricultural sense in our rural dis tricts. . Overcoats to the knees; very tight pants, like those worn thirty years ago. and silk - hats with low crowns and brood brims ; each are men's fashions for the.eoming season ;,: , ',,. .;; , -.-. ! m 1 1 I . Ghx. J. Ik GohixjS. who comman ded a division in tho rebel- army dur ing the law war, ha written letter to tlie people of Georgia, advising them to accept; the, terju, of tion offered by Congress. ' rccpuatroc EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. NO. 21. fttraara Vloiaati nile In tsi Ufoaft Ko- blemnnl A paper published in Dacatur, Illi noise tells the following. ' "Most, if not nearly all, of onr citi zens have noticed a dissipated vehicle somewhat resembling a circus wagon, located on a vacant lot on North Main street, in 'which resided an old and pdverty stricken man. Some (ime In tho Spring the wagon, propelled by a couple of attenuated horses, arrived in this city, and the bid man pitched his tent in the place mentioned, where, through tho charity of the owners, he has since been permitted to' dwell. Hero he litis lived ever since, eking out an existence by tho donations of our benevolent citizens, he having disposed of the horses for a small sum. Yester day Mr. F. S. Murphey, one of our prominent lawyers, received a call from a Scotch . gentleman named M'Oregor, who, after a long ami weary search, had found the individual whom we havo. thus dceribed and whom he identifies as the youngest sou of the late Enrl of Clanriotit'de, one of the wealth iest and mast influential noblemen in Scotland. Tho story related by Mr, M'Gregor is almost marvellous in its details, and would furnish tho materi als for a first-class three-volume novel. Some forty years since, the poor old ninn Who has attracted tho eompasion ot our citizens was a dashing and styl ish officer intheLifeGiiardssbeeomi'n! enamored of a beautiful girl of humble origin, ho married her in opposition to the commands of his proud father and remonstrances of his dually proud euier urotner. JJeing disin herited and thrown upon the world, i n i . . . . . i i . uc soiu ins commission, nnu witn Ins wife came to this country. After five yearsof vicissitudes upon arogged farm m the western wilds, his wite died, and broken in spirit and sore in heart, he relinquished his claim nnd roitmei wuuour, aim or. purpose over tne country. During tho Mexican war he enlisted as a private soldier, and serv ed until the closo of hostilities. Since then ho has been tho companion of roving Indians; a deck hand on steam boats ; a pedler, eve., until his arrival in this city. Jy the death of his el der brother, which oeeured about four months sineo, he has becomo tho pos sessor of tho estates to tho valuo of 3,000 per annum. His cood fortune, alas! has has come to late: prostrate in mind and feeble in body, ho cannot realize, nor can no long enjoy, tlie princely fortune to which ho has fal len heir. Yesterdnv evening, in care of Mr. M'Gregor, he embarked on the eastern train, on the way to his lordly mansion in Inverness, ocotiaiid. i" or- ttino smiled too late! his early love sleeps by Im, Belle Riviere, nnd ho lives a poor wreck of his former self- i , ,. 1 ... n too imoecne to need tne iiowns or smiles offortune." ' THE GARRET. Sarcastic people arc wont to snv that poets dwell in garrets, nnd simple people believe it. And others, neither sarcastic nor simple, send them aloft among the rubbish, just becnuso they do not know what to do with them down stairs nnd "nmonrr people." and so they class them tinder the head of rubbish and consign them to that grand receptacle of dilapidated "has beens" and despised "used to bo's" tho old garret. - 1 ho garret is to the other npart- ments of the homestead what tho ad verb is to the pedagogue in parsing;: everything thoy do not know how to dispose of is consigned to tho list of adverbs. And it is lor this precise renson that I love garrets; because they do contain tho relics of tho old nnd past souvenirs ot other and hap pier and simpler times. 1 hoy have come to build houses now-a-days without garrets. Impious innovation I You man of bronze, ami "bearded like the pard," who would make peo- 11,. -A . 1 pie neiiove, nyou could, tbat you never were a "toddling wee thing; that you never wore a "rufle dress," or jingled a rattle with infinite delight; that yon never had a mother, and that she never became a woman, and wore caps and spectacles and may bo took snuff go home once more and after all these years of absence, all booted and whiskered, and six feet high as you arc, and let ua go np the stairs together into that old-fashioned spa cious garret , that extends from gable to gable, with its , narrow windows with the spider wob of a sash, through which steals "a dim religious light" upon a museum of thinp-g unnamcable, that once figured - below stairs, but were long since crowded out by the Vandal hand of these modern times. The looso boards of tho floor rattle somewhat as they used to don't they ? wnen Deneatn your little pattering feet they clattered aforetime, when of a rainy day, "mother," wearied with many-tongued importunity granted the "let us go up into the garret and play." And play I Precious Uttlc "play" have you had since, I'll war raut, with your looks of dienitv and your dreaiuings of ambition. Here we are now in tho 'midst of the garret. The old box hall we rummage it? Old file of newspapers. dustt yellow, and a little . tattered. "I is ; tua Evening Courier, llow fa miliar tira type looks t IIow.it re minds ! you of ,,old : times, when you looked over the edge of the table with the letter or papers for father I. I , Uive deeper into lh ..box. Thorol Ubuiklla-upitaafluMr, is)(t cloud of Terms of Advertlatlusjr ' jonwoksi.. , Anvr.STisFMFN is Imu-rtrd at l B pr square for three lnsertlonx, mid no rcnta p r square fcir nu-li RiMitlonul insertion; (ten I no n orlcaa nitmU-rt n squiire'. All traiuicut ailvertiwmouta In lie pakl it In mlvnnce. , ItrsiNKM Nm-ii-Es act under the head of loenl news will h cmirgcil Invariably IS eeutsa llu fureni-h tii!trttoii. A libornt dtxliirilon marie to pontons adVertM liii ly Ilia cimrt-r, hnir-yeiir r yean Rrecial Yfrlltienit'iitH. iimii-t-K cunrucu ouc'miii more iimu resaiur an Joh rttis-riKanf everrli rkl'nrl lh ftalnaiut Fn f-y colors; 1 lun.l-t.lll, llinnks, Cards Fumphleln c., of every variety nml ityle, printed at the stmrteHt notice. Tlie ltKl'l-ui.icAH Orru-c hiw JujI been rc-tlltfltl, and every thing In ths Prlbr Iiir Hue enn lie cxwnted In the must vtlatia rnuniiornndjiiUheojfe dust. Old alnianaces, by all that is memorable! Almanacs, thin-leaved ledgers of time going back to let ns see how fan 104, 183 ) 182,-bs forcour timc-180--)whcn our fathers and mothers were children. , There, . you have hit your heatl against that beam. Time was Whfcn you ran to and fro beneath it, but you are nearer to it now by more than "tho altitudo of a copine.". That bean! is strewn with forgotten papers of seeds for next year's sowing ; a distaff, with some few shreds of flax remaining-, h thrust into a crevice of tho rafter over head ; nnd tucked nway closo under tho caves is "tho little wheel," that used to stand by the firo in times long gone. I ts sweet, low song has ceased; and perhaps she drew those flaxen threads but never mind; you re1 member tho line don't you? "tier wheel at rest, the niutroo charms on more." . Well, let that pass. Do you sea that prettv little craft careening in that dark corner? It was the only casket in tho hotiso once, and contained n mother's jewels. The old cradle for all the world? And you occupied it once ; aye, great as you are, it was your world oriee; nnd over it, tho only, horizon you beheld, bent tho heaven of a mother's eyes, as yon rocked in that little bark of love, on the higher side of time fast by a mother's love to a mother's heart. It was Colonel Thomas Colt, of Fittsficld, Mass., who, as aid, took Sheridan tho news of tho fight, which led to his famous ride. Colonel Colt told how General Wright came breath less and said, "I have piU the Army in order for retreat," and Sheridan an swered in wrath, "Ketreat ! by G d we'll whip 'em yet 1" and he told what a grand sight it was when, looking across Middletown meadows, they saw tho instantaneously reorganized Union army rush in upon tho rebel flanks and scatter them like mist, till, hasten1 ing to the scene, they rodo over half a milestrewn thickly with dead and dy ing men, who, twenty minutes before-, had shouted " Victory ;" and how still it was when at night they rodo back over tho field which had been the sceno of such mad strife and tumult, now, only tho low groans of tho dying, and tho thousands of whito dead faces upturned to the stars ; and how, afte the victory, tho Generals one after an other came up to tho little hero, and hugged him, mid wept over him, and lifted him off from the ground, till he gasped, "Hold, enough r Ron era, tho poet, ono of the most hospitable men that ever lived, once asked an Irish gentleman to conio and stay with him. Ho camo fast enough, but would not go, We?ks nnd months passed, nnd still, in spite of innum erable delicate hints, ho remained a fixture. At last Horrors, in desnnifi was obliged to fill his house with in vited company, appropriating the Irishman's room ; nnd then he said to him, "My dear , in spite of your arrangements for leaving sooner, I positively cannot part with you before next Saturday. Beyond that date I cannot ask you to remain, as mv house will be quite lull, which is tho most courteous waf In which ono man ever" ejected another on record. A Southern Jenkins writes of Raphael Semmes: His habits are faultless. lie has none of tho vices of a sailor, save nn aversion to boots. His nose and face have all the ruddy marks that distinguish an "old salt. Ho uses no stimulant. His eyes aro blue, clear and winning in expression, lie always smiles when he greets you His apparel is plain, and gait erect and (graceful cnoii''h. He It slender arid straight, weighing not more than orrtf hundred and twenty-five pounds. His iciglit is hvo feet iiino or ton inches, and Jus age htty-hvc, I low to Jcdge. Judge a man by his-netipns, a pocf'by his eye, an idler by his finger, a lawyer by his leer, a player by his strut, a boxer by his sinews, an Irishman by his swagger, an J'jiiglishman by his . rotundity, a Scotchman by his shrug, a justice by his frown, a Jew by his nose, a great man by his modesty, an editor by his coat, a tailor by his agility, a fielder by lus elbow, a lady by her ureas, and a woman by her neatness. The price of wheat in England has loubled sineo 1864, and is now higher than it has been since the clone of tho Crimean war. In the first fortnight of the present month it roso on tho averago fifteen per centi The crop is said to turnout, on threshing, ' a far lighter yield than was anticipated, and French buyers arc still active in their operations in the English market. Ix Chicago there is a youth who, every time he wishes to get a glimpse of his sweetheart, cries "fire 1" directly under her window. In the alarm of the moment she plunges her head out of the window aud inquires, "where 1" Yv hen ho poetically slaps himself on the bosom, and exclaims t "Ere, my Augelina."" ' ' It is really a very stupid thincr to suppose that you can correct people'g faults or follies by throwing out hinta befora them,- or talking at them.1 If they are stupid and don't take, vour labor 1 lost ; if they '' von draft. the will be mora offeadulhaa if you had spoken out openly. ti Ml
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