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®* T 'miTllßD AS A REFUGE FROM QUACKERY
‘Ve Ooiy Place Where a Cure Can
be Obtained. .
LvR, JOHNSON has discovered the'
I most Certain, Speedy and only Effectual Remedy in
' 11 f„. «n Private Diseases. Weakness of, the Back
10 , WO w sitetarS AiJcSSTof the Kidneys and BlM*
' r L !uroiuntary Dischargee,lmpotency, General .Debility.
: ;J, U °u,“ “uyapeps.. Languor, Low Spirit., Confusion
, Id'L Halpiitiou of the Heart Timidity, Trembling,,
.ness of Sight or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
?uT Now or Skin, Affections of the Live;;, Lungs, Stom
-1!; Bowel 8 —thoae Terrible disorders arising from the
‘' : ‘ rv Habits of Youth-those secret and solitary prsc
1. raoro faul to their rictim.than the song of syren, to
’, Mariners of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant
, ~w , “ anticipations, rendering marriage Ac., tmpoasl-
YOUNG MEN
- .neclillT who hare become the victims of Solitary »ice.
P £!jfnl and deetoctire habit which annually aweeps
thousands of Young Men of the MM
1 u“™'tf and brilliant intellect, who might other
#i a lure entranced listening Senates with the thunders
T^lnte , or waked to ectaay the living lyre, may call
*itU full confidence,
marriage.
lUrrimi Persons. or Young Men cotemplating marriage,
ofTiiiaical weakness. organic debility, dafor
‘ '“'lie’who under the care of Dr. J. may re
iruuslv ceolids in bis honor os a gentleman, and confl
relv upon hi* skill as a physician.
* ORGANIC WEAKNESS
i nmeai itely Cared, mid full Vigor Restored,
This DUttessiog Affection-which re,,d ' r “M e . ?*V’'™!’,
nl marriage impossible—is the penalty paid by the
,Wi“ofimproper indulgences. Young |«« are .
~l t tu commit axces es from not being awai eof the dread
■,d‘mscmlelices that may ensue. Now, who that under
pin!, tho subject will pretend to deny that the power of
is lost sooner by tl.o-e falling into improper
i.lliu than by the prudent? Besides being deprived the
leisures of healthy offspring, the most serious and dc^
• ■nictive svmptoms to both body and mind arise. The
..-stem becomes Deranged, the Physical and .Mental Func
dons Weakened. Loss of Procreative Ibiwer.Nervouslrr l
lability. Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart, Indigestion
'‘oastitutional.Debility, a Wasting of the Frame, Cough,
Coiuoaiption, Decay and Death.
OFFICE. NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET,
$ hand side going from Baltimore street. a dpois
rotn the corner. Fall not name and n «” lbe *-
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A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Xo M'rcury or A’lyreoni Drugt.
DR. JOHNSON,
if ember of the Royal College of Surgeons, Loudon, Onub
iiite from one of the most eminent Colleges in tho united
Sates, and the greater part of whose life has been spehtin
die hospitals of lamdSn, Paris, Philadelphia and else'
where, has effected some of the moat astonishing -o®**®*
that were fever known; many troubled with ringing In
uMd and ears wlien asleep, great nervousness, being
tlarmed at Budden sou .ids, baahfnlness, with frequent
blushing, attended sometimes with derangement or mjno.
were cured immediately. _ _
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE-
Dr. J. addresses all those who have injured themselves
»v improper indulgence ami solitary habits, wWch rum
both body and mind, unfitting them for either business,
»fudy. societyor marriage. • _ . .
These are some of .the sad and melancholy effects pro
meed by early habits of youth, vi*; Weakness of the
Back and Limba, Pain, in the Head, Dimneea of Sight,
!..)« of Miucnlar, Power, Palpitation of the Ueart Pya
fW, Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Dlgea
dve Functions, General Debility, Symptom* of Consump
" fearful effecta of themindaremnch to
« dreaded—L «• of Memory, Confu.ion of Idea,, Dc
,Tension of splrita, Bvll-ForelKslings, Aversion Solely.
•ielf-DUtrust, Lore of Solitude, Timidity, *c„ are lowe ol
die evils produced. '' , . i.
Tbousibos of person, of all agee can now J ndge wbat is
’.Uo cause of their declining health, LfVV i«fne artT
■nniQH weak, pale, nervous and having S sin
.alar appearance abent the eyee, cough and symptoms oi
/'QIUmptIOD.
YOUNG MEN ■ .
Who have Injured themselves by a certain '°"
dolged in when alone,* habit frequently
wit companions, or at school, the effects »f which are
nightly felt, even when asleep.and if not cured
marriage imposihle, and destroys both mind and body,
•Would apply immediately. ■■- ... : ,
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his county,
’-he darling of his parents, should be snatched frqra
;.rospocts and enjoyments of life, by theconseqnenceol
deviating from the path of nature, aud-dndulging In i
e-rtain secret habit. Such persons MUST, -Wore contem
nUting
marriage. ■■ ;
redact that a Bound mind and body are the diosl
requisites to promote connubial happiness. , indeed, wup
out those, the Journey through life becomes ft vieity pll
,’riinftKe; the prospect hourly darkens to tte trlew; ,tne
mind becomes shadowed with despair and fl.led with the
melancholy reflection that the' happiness of another Be
comes blighted with our own.
DISEASE OF IMPRUDENCE. ■,
When the misguided and Imprudent rotary of pleasure
fin-la that ho has imbibed the seeds of this painful die
-ase, H too often happens that an ill-timed sense of ahatn .
r dread ofdiscorery, deters him from applying to. thoee
who, from education and respectability, can alpne "*1
friend him, delaying till the constitutional sympto-ruiof |
this horrid disease make their appearance, such aa,nl«»-
te i sore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pain s in thphead
and limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on,the shin
bonoa andarms.blotches on the
ties, progressing'with frightful rapidity, till
palate of the month or the bones of the nose {“L
the victim of this awful disease becomes a horrid #et«
commiseration, .till death puts a period
■< offer Inga, by ending him t\* that U ndlscoycrod >7
from whence n» traveller returns.” : • **
It is a ndancholf fact that thouimnds
this terrible disease, owing to the unskiUfnjness nfigno
rant pretenders, who, by the use of that
V-.rc ur y, min t i,e constitution and make the yesldne of
iiftr miserable.
I'rust not your live*®? hralth «> the care orth._m.nT
Unearned and Worthies* Pretenders, destitute of knowl
•dsw, name or character, who copy Dr. “J®*’
ti**ments. or stvle themselves, In the r n * w MW*J^ r ®£“'
sarly Kducsted Physicians, incapable of Carhiß, they keep
?ou trifling month after mouth, taking tjhelr filthy
poisonons compounds, or the «tnalle« *e« can
be obtained, and In despair. leaveymrwHhi ruined health
to sigh oyer your galling disappointment. .
hr. Johnston is the only Physician advertising*.
■ His credential or diplomas always hfing in his office,
HU remedies or treatment are unknown -to allj)tnera,
prepnred from a life spent in the great hospitals of Kurope,
the first in the conntry and a more extensive Private x*r<ic
*»<« than any other Physician in the world.
INDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS*
The m*uy thousands cured nt this institution} year alter
'' fear. and the numerous important Surgical operation*
performed by Johnston, witnessed by the reporter*, of the
“ Sun,” «• Clipper,** and many olh» r papers, notices of
which hate appeared again and again before the public,
besides his standing as a gentlemen of character and re*
sponslbUlty, ira sufficient guarantee to the afflicted.
M SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CUREO.
No Utters seceived unless poet-paid and containing a
sumpto be used on the reply -'Persons writing should state
ageand send portion of advertisement describing symptoms
Persons writing should be particular in directing their
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and has just ‘ncei red a largo and entirely new *iock of
t)p©ss Groods
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Ado among which may be found every quality nf goods,
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All kinds of country produce taken In exchange for
goods,-and the highest market price Allowed.
Store on the corner of Annie and Helen streets. East
Altoona. THOMAS HESLOP.
Altoona, May 22,15C2.
COAL.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR EVERY
family to nt in their supply of coal for the Winter,
and the subscriber would therefore Inform the citizens of
Altoona and vicinity, that he is prepared to supply them,
on short notice, with a supeHor article of ANTHRACITE
and ALLEGHENY MTCMINOUS COAL. He will sell It
by the Train, Car, or Cart Load, or by the bushel, deliv
ered at the door of the purchaser.
43* Yard on the North side of the Railroad—upper end
of Altoona Yard. U. R. MYERS,
duly 25, 1861.-tf.
REFORMED
AMERICAN PRACTICE
GO AND. SEE THE
Root and-herb doctor, who
can be consulted at Hie Alt Oona House, one day in
each month during the'year 1863, vht:—January 9th
Peb.lOlh and Marth 10th. At Mts. Ward's National Uo
tel, Tyrone, on the Bth of January* Bth of Yeb. and 9th of
March. „ ’ _ v . .
He treats all diseases that flesh; is heir to. He invites
all females that may be suffering With diseases peculiar t o
their sex, tr call sad examine his hew mode of treatment.
as thousands .have been restored to: health who have been
abandon*! by others. He la In possesion of perfect in
struments for sounding thU lungs and chest, and Is there
fore able to determine the txact condition of the vital or
gans—consequently can treat such complaints with greater
safety and certainty than it is possible for those who guess
at the disease and experiment for its care. He believes
that for every malady, there is found in our soil a sure and
never-foiling remedy.
Dr. Levingston has formed a copartnership with a squaw
who has spent all her life as a docltess, and her wonderfn.
cures throughout the United States have astonished thou
sands. She is a native of the Rocky Mountains and is
called the M Bello of the Prairies.”
43* Patients can receive treatment for $8 per month,
except in cases of Cancers and Tumors, they varying from
410 to 4100. Examination! free. Bee handbills.
Wi LEVINGSTON, M.D.
Nov. 26,1862-tt ? Mjss BELL MOON.
G-lorious News!
r pHE Subscribers would respectfully
l_ announce to the citizens qf Altoona and vicinity,
that they have just returned from the East w Ith their
FALL AND WINTER STYLES OF
HATS & CAPS,
BOOTS Sc SHOES.
' Their .took of HATS & CAPS have been se
lected with great cm, and With the view Of salting all
who may favor them With their patronage. Their line of
lioota and. Shore ie complete.
Their LADIES’ Missis', and. CHILD BEN’S SHOES
are of City make, and warranted. Their Balmoral Shoes
for Ladiee and Jlieaea, are Jnet: the thing for till and
"thankful to the public for their very liberal patronage
heretofore, tbev hope to merit a continuance of the same.
Store on MAIN ST. next door to Bowman’. Exchange
Hotel SMITH A MANN.
NOTICE.— I would hereby notify those
who are owing me small .bills for meat that !
have placed their accounts In ;tbe hands of John w.
II limes, Esq, for collection, not for the purpose of racing
them outTbuf inertly for collection, (as I have not time
to go aromd and see each person;) and I wish all those
upon whom he may calltob* prepared to square up old
accounts and sta't anew. In the meantime 1 wlll.con
tiiine to keep on. band as line an article Of beef, P« k- ® r
mutton.as crab* *wn* In this section, nnd respectfully
Invite all my cwitomerttocaU as usual.
Nov. 28,1862 tf. M. BIINYgN.
rissssssfe
the cheapest, a Co r . of Virginia sad Caroline its.
Altoona, June,!*,lB62. _
f'i RE AT PILES OP PANTALOONS,
VJfor Ven and Boys. St | bAUhBMAN 8.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
ALTOONA, PA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1863.
€ftat« f attrg.
THE HEMPEN CRAVAT.
BI K. B. noDBAUI.
Tb© Southern coetuuio—bar© you heard of it, ih»t—
Is a single shirt-collar and a big pair of spurs ; s
*Tis airy for summer, there's bo doubt ol that*
Bat not balfeo.neat as a hempen cravat
To begin with a collar : suppose a long march
In the hot, broiling sun, what becomes of the starch f
Why. it wilts down with «*cat—a nasty thing, that.
Which is never the case with the hempen cravat
Their spurs may W good till a battle begins,
But won’t they be likely to scratch their own shins
When they come to retreat? for they may come to that
Bat they cannot retreat with the hempen cravat!
Oh. the hempen cravat is an elegant thing!
For once, on your neck, it gives yon full swing;
These hot Southern gentlemen ought to that.
For they all want to swing—in the hempen cravat!
’Tia as cheap as ’tis uselah—a blessing, to-day.
When the South owing millions has nothing to pay:
So, to shoa r onr good will, (they’ve but little ot that.)
We’ll furnish them, gratis., the hempen cravat!
Wc try it on Pat. when he snatches a knife
And slithers the wind-pipe of mother or wife;
He was crazy with whiskey—no'matter for that;
He must die like a dog in the hempen cravat!
What is Pat’s little frolic to what they have doi>e?
’Tis the foulest conspiracy under the »un:
The treason of Arnold was nothing to that.
Yet ht richly deserved the hempen cravat!
They plotted, like him with no wrongs to repay 8 *, 1
How could they be wronged when they had their own way?
They bullied the North—we submitted to that, ! * .
Aud, once in a while, to the hempen cravat!
They wasted our treasure, by putting in Cobb
To shell it out freely—in other words, rob;
When the country was bankrupt—he brought us to that—
He resigned, and ran off from the hempen cravat!
We had a few arsenals, so they employed
A traitor to empty them—Brigadier Floyd;
He sent our arms South, for this aud for that,
Aud stripped u* of all—but the hempen cravat!
Our gold in their pockets, our guns in their hands.
,0f course we must listen toall their demands;
They will break up (he Union —what say ye to that
J/v answer, bravo boys, is the hempen cravat 1
By the blood of our sires, that on Bunker's old hill.
Was poured out like water, (it flows in os still!)
Wc will crush them or perish, (no danger of that I)
With swords and with shot, and the hempen cray.tt
Should we happen to meet with those bold pirateers.
Xhey'll find a queer slip-knot tied under their oars.
And swift at the yard-arm—a gallus place, that! —
They’ll dance a gay jig in the hempen cravat!
Then work all y ui’r, pe-walky and working them, sing,
“Oh, the hempen cravat is a wonderful thing-!"
Who can mention a better, may take my old hat.
But till then I go for the hempen Cravat!
Jjlwl llliscellaßjJ.
THE WHITE HAT
am incident op the present WAR,
“You see,” said the sergeant, “the redoubt
nearest to ns was on the hill to the right, and in
Fort Donelson. It was only an earthwork, but
pretty well built; and protected by some tolerable
heavy guns on that side of the fort.
“My regiment held a very good position in a
sort of comer mode by a bill and a small wood.
We could bide .among the trees somewhat, and
pick off the artillery-men in the redoubt whenever
they showed themselves. That’s why we were
stationed there; we were sharp shooters, you know,
and had first rate rifles. S
“ There were some pretty sharp shots on t’other
side, too. Some of those Mississippi and Arkan
sas fellows are regular devils at shooting straight,
and it wasn’t safe for us to cut any capers in plain
sight of them.
“My captain was killed by one of them. He
was a hair-brained chap, was Morrison, and seemed
to put himself in the way of danger, rather than
not. The gold stripes on his trowsers and cap
made him a good mark, and when he went down
the hill to a little clump of bushes to see about
posting our two howitzers there, so we could shell
the redoubt, I judged likely he wouldn't come
back
“He didn't. Our first lieutenant and five men
went down and brought his body in when the en
emy let up a bit, and I noticed he was hit on the
head. It was good shooting, sir, at long range.
There ar’n’t many can’hit a man a mile off; much
leas hit his head; and I don’t donbt the fellow
aimed just where he hit.
“We held that position through nearly the
whole fight. The sortie that drove McClernand
back and took Schwartz's Battery, was not in onr
direction. That was on the other side, along the
road, to our left. When the reinforcements came
and helped McClernand we joined in, and followed
the rebels ns they retreated, till we took the re
doubt.
“Fighting so long from one position, we got
pretty well acquainted with the enemy. There
was only a few who dared show themselves mdch
on the "outside of the outwork towards ns. They
were the crack shots and only showed their heads
long enough to take aim and fire.
“ The bfest among them was a man with a white
hat—one of those tall white felt hats, yon know,
that country fellows wear. He had a ribbon tied
round it, and it made a tip-top mark. But he was
cunning as a weazel. He'd set the hat upon his
ramrod, just over the edge of the breastwork, and
go off a few yard’s from it to fire if one of onr fel
lows went out to shoot the hat, supposing the hat
had a head in it, and a bullet would cbthe whistling
mighty close —close enough to make a hole some
times! and old white hat would jump up, wave
his arms and yell so you could have’ heard him a
mile.
“There were about twenty of ns who were
tailed the best riflemen of the regiment. I hope
you won't think I'm bragging, sir, when I say I
was one of them: I’ve done some deer and tnrkey
shooting in my" time down on the Mississippi;
hkve bundled n’ rifle ever since I Was big enough
to lift one. .
“ Well, we all had> crack at this fellow with
the white hat, over and over again but somehow
we couldn’t hit him. We scared him though.—
1 saw his hat come up above the parapet, and
knew it Was on the ramrod 'again; so sayffT to
Janers. one of ray men,
“Janers, you shoot at that, but keep covered,
and then when he rises I’ll fetch him.
‘‘So Janers blazed away at the tile, but like a
fool he went right out on the hill do doit, Weconld
seen little whiff of smoke about a rod from the
tot, and up jumped the rascal, yelling and dancing
fINDEPENDENT IK EVERYTHING.]
like mad. I lei drive at him, hut jart as I was
getting my sight, poor Janers staggered back, shot
through the stomach, and fell over, right at my
feet. That nnsteadied my aim a little, and I
missed; but I_reckon the pill must hare come
mighty dose, for white hat did not show himself
so much afterward.
“ I suppose he killed as many as eight of onr
crack shots at one time and another. It made ns
mad I can tell you; but he seemed to be bewitched,
somehow, so that we couldn’t hit him.
“ At last one of our lieutenants came along and
asked what we were doing all hnddled together,
that way. I told him, and be laughed.
“ ‘Can’t hit him, hey?’ says he ; ‘well I don’t
think much of your shooting.’
“Just then the white hat showed himself a
second.
“ ‘There!’ says the lieutenant, ‘why didn't yon
fix him then ? * You’ve .got to be spry, that’s all.
“ ‘lt’s a pretty long sir’said I.
“ I was a little nettled at the way he spoke, for
I thought I’d made some good shots; and then
again, I never liked him much. He was a
dandified fellow, with curly hair, and always had his
chin shaved clean, and his moustaches waxed and
a new uniform, and patent leather boots and clean
gloves, no matter how ragged and dirty the men
were. He was only a second lieutenant, but was
rich, and I always thought he wanted to put on
airs. i.
“ ‘ Yes.’ said he, ‘itis a good looking shot, but
some of you ought to make it out. Now suppose
I try myself. Who’ll lend me his gun ?’ "
“ I picked up poor Janers’ rifle and banded it to
him. ‘You can have that to keep,’says I, ‘if
you want it. The owner will never call for it.’
“He smiled, but looked sort of sorrowful, and
examined the sights like a man who had seen a
rifle before, anyway.
“ ‘Shall I load it for you, sir,’ says I, a little
impudently; ‘yen’ll soil yonr gloves.’
“He didn’t answer me, but did better. He
pulled off his gloves—nice washed leather ones,
clean and white as they could be—handed them
to me to hold, like if I’d been his servant, while
he loaded the rifle. That stopped my mouth.
“ When he'd got the piece loaded and capped,
vary carefully he went right out where Janers bail
stood when lie was hit. , Thinks I, there's a had
go for the tailors and bootmakers? A bullet
kicked up the dust within three feet of him ; hot he
kept stepping round so that nobody could have
drawn a bead on him to save his life; while he
looked sharp for the man with the white hat
through a doable barrelled field glass.
Directly, he dropped on one knee, let the
glass swing on its strap, raised the rifle and fired.
“ He came back to the place where I stood, be
tween the trees, and looked for some time through
the glass again.
“ I did not like to believe that he had succeeded ;
but couldn't judge very well then, (or the rebels
came pouring out of the fort within a few minutes,
something like ten thousand strong, and tried to
cut their way through our lines to the left. Our
troops were driven off, as yon know, sir, nearly half
a mile, and had to bipei’nforced before they could
make a stand. When they did the rebels began
to retreat in their tnrn, and our troops to follow.
My regiment was ordered to join in this pursuit,
and had a ]daee near the head of the column.—
The rebels fought well there; but we fought bet
tor, and after standing their ground, falling back
only an inch at a time, for about two hours, we
got them fairly in motion.
“The further we drove them the faster they
went; and when their ranks broke we gave them a
good dose, I tell yon. We took back Schwartz's
battery, and turned it upon them. That started
them on a ran, and it became a rout.
“Some officers, more plucky than the rest,
wanted them to make a stand at the redoubt, when
they got to it; but we crowded them a little too
hard, and they didn’t feel safe outside of Donelson.
It was a bayonet charge that rushed them from
the outwork; they don’t like bayonet charges.
“As I was forward with my regiment near the
van, I was among the first to enter the redoubt.
We ran np the Stars and Stripes as quick as we
could, and Lord! you onght to have heard the
cheering that came from everybody in sight of die
flag- .
“The next thing of course, was to turn the
guns of the outwork upon Donelson, and I went
at it with a squad of men. While I was oversee
ing the job somebody touched me on the shoulder.
I looked aronnd, and saw my popinjay lieutenant,
with a fine white handkerchief tied round hik
head, to cover a big, ugly sabre ent on his fore
head.
“‘Hello, sir!' says I;
spoiled your face!'
“ ‘Boh!’ says he, ‘yon don’t think I'll ever be
sorry to show that, do you? Come, here a
minute.’
“He started off to the parapet, and 1 followed
him to an angle, where a poor devil lay flat oh
his face.
“ ‘Dp you see that?’ asked the lieutenant.
“ I looked, and saw that the dead man had a
hole in his jacket just back of his shoulder, in one
hand be held a white hat with a red band around
it, and in the other a ramrod. The lieutenant’s
ballet had taken him just where be said—under
the shoulder blade.
“ ‘l'll take that hat for a trophy,’ says the lieu
tenant. He picked it up and counted the holes
in it. They were thirty-eight. ‘We all did some
pretty good shooting, 1 sergeant,* Says he."
An Abtonishid Dealer. —A dealer advertised
eye-glasses, by the aid of which a person could
easily read the finest print. A well dressed man
called at the counter one day to be fitted to a pair
of spectacles. As be remarked that he had never
worn any, some were handed to him that magni
fied very little. He coaid look hard through them
npon the book set before him, but declared he
could make out nothing. Another pair of stronger
power were saddled npon his nose, but unsuccess
fully as before. Farther trials were made, until at
length the almost discouraged dealer passed to
him a pair which magnified more than alt the rest
in his stock. The customer, quite as impatient as
the merchant at haying to try so many, pnt on the
last pair and glowered through them at the printed
page with all his' might.
“ Can you read that now ?” inquired the dealer,
prettv certain that he had hit it right this time, at
any rate.
“Sure, not a bit," was.the reply.
“ Can you' read at all ?” said the merchant, un
-1 able to conceal his vexation any longer.
“ Bade at all is it?” cried the customer, “ there's
not a single word among th&n that I can identify
the futures uv.” ■;
“ I say, do you know how to read?” exclaimed
the dealer, impatiently,
“ Out wid ye!” shouted the Irishman, throwing
down the spectacles in a huff. “If I could read,
what 'nd I be after byin’ a pair of spectacles for ?
Ye obsre the paple wid the idea tliat yer glasses
'nd help ’em to rade print aisy; but it's a big lie it
is! Ah, yebUckguart, ye thought I’d bny ’em
without ttyin’ em!,’
(SJ* ‘Mamma,’ mid Master Harry, * how fat
Amelia has grown!’
! ‘ Yes,’ replied bis mamma; bat don’t say ‘fat,’
dear; say ‘ stout.’
At the dinner-table on the followin*day Harry
was asked if he wooldtake any fet. 1
Why is a moose like a load of hay ? Be- s ‘No,! thank yon,’ saidHany, ‘intake some
canse the cat’ll eat it. - , stout,’
The Richmond Dispatch has an editorial on the
propositions of Mr. Brooks, of N.Y., for anational
peace convention. The following are a few ex
tracts : * '
“ And are we to be invited white the smoke is
still ascending from onr towns —while oar fields
lie untilled ftom the abduction of our slaves—
while the blood of our citisens murdered in cold
blood is yet crying to Heaven for vengeance—to
clasp the red hands of the assassins, and call them
brothers? The man must be permanently and
hopelessly mad who can for a moment imagine it.
Mr. Brooks tells his friends that some European
monarchy will take advantage of the lassitude
consequent upon the powerful exertions both sec
tions are making, and conquer them both. In
return, we assure him that the people; of these
Confederate States would infinitely prefer being
the vassals of France or England—nay, they
would prefer being serfs of ibecoming
in pny manner whatever associated, politically or
otherwise, with the Yankee States. To any other I
fate than that thev are prepared to submit, if it
shoiild please God to order it. But to a re-union
with the vile brood that is seeking their destruction
they will never submit on any terms which it is
possible for the ingenuity of man to devise, or even
to imagine. If the whole Yankee race should
fall down in the dust to-morrow and pray ns to be
their masters we would spam them like slaves.—
Onr only wish is to be separated from them finally
and for ever—never to see the face of one of them
again; never tojiear the voice of another Yankee
on the south side of the Potomac or the north—
to have no traffic and no intercourse of any des
cription whatever with them. We are fighting
for separation, and we will have it if it costs the
life of every man in the Confederate States.
“ We are aware that many persons believe that
the party of which Brooks and Van Boren are
representatives desire and design to restore peace
and that at present they dare not speak out their
sentiments, which are in favor of separation. We
do not believe they are in favor of any Such thing.
They would like peace on condition of onr return
to the Union, and they are foob enough to believe
that a majority of the people in the Confederacy
are in favor of re-union. They would restore the
commercial supremacy of the North, andespecially
of the. city of New York, which is gone foreverif
the Union is not restored. But they are as bit
terly opposed to separation as Lincoln himself, or
any of the thieves and murderers who lead his
armies. In the event of a refusal to return, to the
Union, they would to a man unite in bounding
on the assassins who are desolating onr country
and murdering our people as fiercely as they have
ever been hounded on by Beecher and Hale.—
They look only to their pockets when they preach
of reconciliation and restoration.. If the same ob
ject could be effected by entirely destroying the
people of the'Southem States, and they thought it
os easy to do, they would recommend it as the
l>est of all possible policy. Let them be satis
fiedj however. President Davis expressed the
sentiment of the entire Confederacy in his speech
the other night, when he said the people would
sooner unite with a nation-of hyenas than with
the detestable Yankee nation. Anything but that,
English colonization, French vassalage, Russian
serfdom, all, all are preferable to any association
with the Yankees.”
Two country lads came at an early hour to
a market town, and arranging their little stands,
sat down to wait for customers. One was fur
nished with fruits and vegetables of the boy’s own
raising, and the other supplied withelatns and fish.
The market hours passed along, and each little
merchant saw with pleasure his store! steadily de
creasing, and an equivalent in silver bits shining
in his money cup. The last melon lay on Harry’s
stand when a gentleman came by, and placing his
hand npon it, said; “ What a large melon; I
think I most have this foe my dinner. What dp
yon ask for it my boy ?”
“The melon is the last I have, sir; and though
it looks very fair, there is an unsound spot on the
other side,” said the boy, turning it over.
“So there is,” said the man; “I think I will
not take it.” ' “But,” he added, looking info the
buy's fine countenance, “is it very business like
to point out the defects of your frnit to customers ?”
“It is better than to be dishonest,;sir,” said the
boy modestly.
“You are right, my little fellow; always re
member that principle and you will find favor with
God, and man also. You have nothing else I
wish for this morning, but I shall remember your
little stand in future.”
‘the scoundrels have
“ Are those clams fresh?” he continued, turning
to Ben. Wilson’s stand.
“Yes, sir; fresh this morning, I caught them
myself,” was the reply; and a purchase being made,
the gentleman went away.
“Henry, what a fool yon were to show the gen
tleman that spot on the melon. Now; you can
take it home for your pains, or throw it away.—
How much wiser is he about those duns that I
caught yesterday. Sold them for the same price
I did the fresh ones. He would never have looked
at the melon until he had gone away.”
“Ben., I would not tell a Be, or bet one either,
for twice what I have earned this morning. Be
sides, I shall be better off in the end, for I have
gained a : customer, and yon have lost one.”
And so it proved, for ihe next day the gentler
man bought nearly all his fruits and vegetables off
Harry, but never invested another penny at the
stand of his neighbor. Thus the season passed;
the gentleman finding that he could always get a
good article of Harry, continually patronized him,
and sometimes talked with him a few moments
about hip fntnre hopes and prospects. To become
a merchant was his ambition, and when the winter
came on, the gentleman wanted a boy, a boy that
fie could trust for bis store, decided on giving
Harry the place. Steadily and surely he advanced
in the confidence of his employer, until, having
passed through the varions gradations of clerkship,
he became at length an honored partner in the
firm.
HO PEACE.
BE TRUTHFUL ALWAYS.
O' Mike, a Hartford hostler, was ordered to
saddle one of the horses and bring him to the door;
After considerable delay Mike at length led up
the gallant steed, but with the pummel Of the sad
dle turned unambliiously tailward. The proprie
tor shortly appeared, and asked Mike if that was
the way they put on the saddle in the old country.
A sudden gleam of intelligence shot across the
honest face of the he burst ont with
the air Of one who has discovered a secret: ‘Faith
yer honor, an’ sure, I didn’t observe which way
the horse stood.’ •
EDITORS AND F
SULHDES-
“Who stabs my name would stab my person
too, did not the hangman's axe lie in the way.
“ Tim man who attempts to rise in the world by
palling his neighbor down is unfit to-
and mankind will do. well to keep him where he
i?, unless they wish to make a heartless tyrant—
The woman whocah go from house to boose and
as she opens her budget of evil reports* begs yon
not to mention it on any account it would so grveve
her that it would get abroad, and the poor creature
Would be injured, and repeat* the same wherever
she goes, is not only a suspicious character hot die
proclaims herself a very vixen.”
- REV. T. G. GAEVKB.
The individual who penned the following must
have had some conception of the evil ot Sander,
or he could ndt have depicted it so horribly.
“ 'Twas night and such a night as earth, ne’er
saw. before. Murky clouds Wlcd the iair free of
jhe l heavens, and gave to pitchy darkness a still
deepSTdyer^Themoon had fled ; the stars had
closed their eyes, for deeds were doing whieb they
dare hot look'upon. Tor a time the pure streams
became stagnant and ceased to flow. The moun
tains trembled ; the forest dropped its leaves! the
flowers lost their fragrance and whithered; all
nature became desolated; in glee serpents hissed,
harpies screamed, and satyrs revelled beneath
Upas j domestic beasts crept near to tU abode of
man; the lion relinquished his half-eaten prey;
the tigar ran howling to his lair, and even the
hvena quitted: his repast over dead men’s hemes.
Man alone of all earth's creatures slept, but sleep,
as if in the bodings of some ha}f-knpwn'calamity,
sat brooding over his mlndl Aspiring youth
would mutter of blasted hopes long cherished;
young, fair and gifted maidens would start
and, trembling, weep their injured innocence.—
Mothers,\ too, would half awake and press the
trembling nurslings to their breasts, and breathe
to heaven another prayer for their protection.—
On such a night, hell yawned and gave to earth a
SuuiDnßßK.” •
“I 818 AS THE BEST DID ”
ThU tame Raiding spirit—-this: doing “as the
rest did”—has ruined thousands.
A young man is invited by vicious companions
to risk the theatre, or gambling room, or other
haunts of licentiousness. He becomes dissipated,
spends his time, loses his credit, sqMnder* bis
property, and at lost sinks into an untimely grave.
What rnined him ? Simply! “doing what the
rest did.”
A father has a family of sons. He is wealthy.
Other children in the same situation in life do so
and so; are indulged in this thing and that. He
indulges his own in the same! way. They grow
up idlers, triflers and fops. The father wonders
why bis children do not succed better. He has
sjient so much money on their education—-has
given them great advantages; bnt alas! they are
only a source of vexation and trouble. Poor man,
he is just paying, the penalty of “ doing as the rest
did." ' .
This poor mother strives hard to bring up her
daughters genteelly. They learn what others dp, to
paint, to sing, to play, to dance, and several use
ful matters. In time they marry, their husbands
are unable to support their extravagance, and they
are soon reduced to poverty and wretchedness.—
The good woman is astonished. “ Truly,” says
she, *’ I did os the rest did.”
The sinner follows the example of others, pnts
off repentance, and neglects prepare for death,
lie passes along through life, till, unawares/death
strikes the fatal blow. He has no time left now
to prepare, and be goes dowq to destruction, be
cause he was so foolish as to “do as therest did.”
Railroad Ethics. —“ What's the justice into
a railroad ?’’ said an old fellow, as he cat on his
“stoop” about the going down of the ton, some
where in the.neighbotfaood of Cape Codwhat’s
the justice into ’em? What’s the jnstke in
cartin sand off o'my farm td. pat on -to another
man's ma'sh? Cullin’round the coantiy, rimnin’
over folks, killin’ calls, and heifers, and shoots,
where’s the justice in all that? And where's the
'comraodation of ’em ? As it md to. was, when
I wanted to go to Boston, I couldtackip .pp my
team in the mornin’ a’ter a good’ breakout,. and
set off when I got ready; now; you’ve got to go
when the bell rings I They wonld’nt wait ten
minutes for yon. And when yon get to Boston
you can’t stop where you wont to—can’t drive to
where you want to put up. What kind p’ ’com
modation is that? And jes’so when you’recomin ’
home; got to go to o particular place afore you
can start, and got to come away when toe bell
rings agin 7 Good deal o’ ’commodathm in that,
ain’t they ? I’ve never rode on one of die darned
things, and I never trill; bat it’s gain’ three years
now, that I’ve seen ’em come dot and go in, and
1 never could see that they went so duned fast
either.” 1/ . /
9ST ‘Why don’t you wash the bottom of your
feet, Johnny?’ asked a grandmother of » boy,
when he was performing the! operation before re
tiring for the night, to which he verygnmlv re
plied :
‘Why, granny, dosen’t think l’s going to stand
up in bed, does ye?’ ,
_O” “Mr. Jones, have you got a match ?" /Yes
sir, a match for toe old boy. There she if ; mix
ing dough.’ Jones pointed to bis wife and then
slid from the front door. The lastwpsaw of
Jones he was ‘kiting’ it down toe rppdt hotly
pursued by a red headed lady with a-ctsteirn pole.
Poor Jones! ,
. 0* ‘I wish 700 would not give me tatieiiahort
weight for my money,’said acnstomer:tO*grotfer,
who bad an outstanding bill agaaftst hinu * And
I wish you wouldn’t give me snch kmg wmt for
mine,’ replied the grocer.
|o* An Irishman, who had just landed, said
‘The first bit of meat be ever eat in this oonnthry
was roasted potatoes—boiled yesterday. And if
ye don’t believe me I can show it to ye,' for 1 have
it in - my pocket.’ “
*o* An Irishman just from the sod was eating
some old cheese, when be Coded, (o hu dismay,
that it contained living inhabitants.' ‘Be jaben!’
said ho, * docs yer chase :in this country ,bave
childer?’ • ' !
•0* “The ugliest traded,” saidJerroldt'f hare
their moment* of pleasure.” Now if J yfftp.- a
grave digger, or a hangman, there we somoamen
I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
I&. The way to be accounted leartieSiv not
to know everything, birt to beidite fo mSrthai up
whkt you do know, be itmoeh or little, and' tell it.
KB, Men of genius ateoften daft Mdtpwt in
•oelety; as the paging meteor, when it wjpfndi
to earth, is only a stone.
I NO. 50.