@he Democratic Watchman
VOL. 7.
BELLEFONTE, THURSDAY MORNIN G, JUNE 12, 1862.
NO.23;
Select Pogtny,
BINCERITY.
Oft hast thou wished the minstrel friend,
To give a page to thee;
One word alone to be my theme—
That word, Sincerity.
Say, has some hepe in life been crossed,
a trial been severe,
Some bright iliusion won and lost,
Some lover insincere?
‘Whate’er the cause. thy secret keep.
I do not seek to know ;
I would not wake from memcry’s sleep
Thy hidden source of woe.
Would I could show how mnch of orime,
How much of sorrow here,
‘Were blotted from the page of time,
Would men but be sincere.
‘While sailing o’er life’s stormy sea,
By many a tempest tossed,
The man who enters falsehood’s maze,
Is surely wrecked and lost.
While he who nobly Speaks the truth,
Though it may cost him dear.
Finds, by the peace within his breast,
*I'was well to be sincere.
Oh! what a world would this become,
Hew changed our lot would be,
Could we but trust without a doubt,
All men’s sincerity.
Wlisoellangous,
Army Correspondence.
HEapquanters 7 Tom Rear. P. C.
NasuviLLe, TEXN., May 1862.
Mzgssrs. Epirors : I have nothing of in-
terest to communicate to you at this pres.
ent time, but will endeavor to give what I
have. We are still encamped upon the same
ground that we fook possession of on our
arrival here last March—about three miles
South of Nashville. Three comp nies of us
and the regimental officers only remain.—
The First Battalion, commanded by Major
John E. Wynkoop, are attached to General
Negley's Brigade, and are stationed at Col-
umbia, a distance of about forty miles from
here, The Third Battalion ar eat Murfrees
boro, thirty miles distant, and are attached
to Gen. Duffield’s Brigade. One company
of our Battalion (the 2d) are at Franklin,
and attached to the 78th Regiment P. I.—
We are left here to guard the city, and are
under the command of Gen. Dumont, who is
commauder of the post.
tachment of us are sent out to guard the dil-
ferent roads leading to and from the city,
and sometimes axe from three to five nights
without slecp and obliged to make it up in
daylight, notwithstanding the annoyance of
flies antl the oppressive heat.
About 2 o'clock on the morning of the 3d
inst., our Bata tlion was aroused from, their
slumbers by the sound of the bugle to boots
and saddles, and were ordered to feed our
borges and take two days rations in our
haversacks and be prepared to move as soon
as possible. Long before d~ybreak we were
on the way to Shelbyville, where we were.
ordered to a distance ot about sixty miles
from here. When we arrived at Murfrees-
boro, or a few miles beyond, were met by
Gen. Dumont with detachments of the First
and Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, and were or-
dered by the General to accompany them to
Lebanon, where he expected to overtake the
notorious John Morgan and his band of ms
rauders, who have been stealing and plun-
dering through that section of country for
Fowe time.
Gen. Dumont’s entire force did not exceed
six hundred, while that of the enemy’s was
over eight hundred, who were completely
routed after a hard fight of one hour and a
half. They were pursued by the gallant
Pennsylvanians and Kentuckians to the
Cumberland river, about eighteen miles.
The enemy, assisted by the disloyal citizens
fired from the dwellings and public build-
ings, where they had taken shelter for the
night. Our loss was about six killed: and
thirty wounded ; that of the enemy much
greater, and one handred and eighty three
taken prisoners, who were sent to. Colum-
bus, Ohio, for safe keeping. Col. Woolford
of the First, and Col. Smith, of the Fourth
Kentucky Cavalry, were wounded. Gen.
Dumont, in his report, gives the officers, as
well as the men, all who were engaged un-
der him great praise for their gallantry.
Our Regimental officers showed them.
selves to be men of the right stripe, *Our
Colonel (Wynkoop) rode at the head of hi®
men, exposing himself to every danger
wherever his presence was required. Adju-
tant Moson was wounded in the arm and
nineteen balls pierced his clothing. He is.
now at his home in Schuylkill county, I
am informed he has received a captain's.
commission.
I will now speak more particularly of
Company E, as no doubt many of your read:
ers will be somewhat interested in the wel~
fare of this company,
In the skirmish above alluded to, Captain
J. B. Schaffer and Lieut. James Allison,
were engaged (Lieut. MeGhee being left in
command of the camp) and endeared them-
selves more than ever in the hesrts of the
men under them (if it were possible) for
their courage and daring exhibited on that
that occasion.
The loss of Captain Schaffer’s company
was one man killed (Adam Winklebleck)
none wounded, Three hcrses were killed,
and disabled, and a number slightly wound
ed. !
Our company has been considerably re-
duced since we left Pennsylvania last fall,
Every night a de- |
and for the benefit of the friends of the
members, T will give a list of the deaths,
discharged, &c, Died, Lieut. H. H. Best,
Esli Brown. Thaddeus Longwell, Henry W.
Ohi, Jacob Daughenbaugh, Adam Winkle~
bleck, (the latter killed in the skirmish at
Lebanon.) Resigned, Lieut. John Leidy.—
Discharged, George Calhoon, William H.
Clough, Alex. Chatham, Samuel Fanel, Geo.
Grove, James G. Campbell, Henry Yeager.
In the hospital at Louisville, Geo. W. Krape,
Henry Ronig, Henry Shafer. In the hospi-
tal at Nashville, Benj. Seylar, John Hull,
D. H. Herr, Benj. Motter. Gone home sick,
B. W. Brittain. In camp hospital none.—
Teamsters, dispatchers, and one or two de-
tached from the company to assist in the
hospital leave but comparatively few to at-
tend to the duties devolving upon us.
1 would state here that the health of our
company in camp is remarkably good, con
sidering all things. The weather has been
warm and dry for some few weeks, and corn
and all vegetation needs rain. Farmers are
busy working their corn and mowing their
grass and making hay, which is principally
done by slaves.
We are now luxuriating on green peas,
cherries, strawberries and potatoes. They
are brought to camp and sold at. reasonable
prices, and we have been paid off twice since
our arrival here. They find ready sale fof
them, as the boys have a few green backs
which the citizens all seem anxious to ob-
tain. From six to eight dollars Tennessee
money is freely given for a five dollar treas-
ury note.
As the mail will soon’be sent from camp,
I must close, hoping you will not forget to
send me a copy of the Watchman. I have
not seen a Bellefonte paper since last March.
Direct to Company E, 2d Battalion, 7th
Regt, P. C.
Yours, truly, J.P. H.
cose
SPEECH OF H, B. WRIGHT.
Hendrick B. Wright, who was elected last
fall as a Union man by the combination of
Democrats and Republicans, and who, after
his election, was claimed as a Republican
convert, has recently been making a speech
in Congress, and defines his position in the
following emphatic style. He is not a Rew
publican by any means, and according to
his own declaration never will be a member
of any such hydra headed monster. He
speaks for himself. Sound fr Hendrick :
I voted against the bill for abolishing sla
very in the District of Columbia ; and it 13
my purpose to vote against any other bill
abolishing slavery anywhere, without the
consent of the people 10 the State where it
exists. And in doing this, I will violate no
piedge that [ ever assumed, either by word
or implication in the remotest degree.
When you did me the honor to elect me
to the 37th Congress, you imposed upon me
the following obligations and [ am free to
say that they fuily and cordially met my
own approbation.
They were to aid and assist, to the extent
of my power, to put down the rebellion and
crush out an unholy and wicked insurrec-
sion ; to vote to raise armies and the neces~
tary means to support them ; to stand by
the government in the crisis, then and now
pending, and do all I could for its restora-
tion.
These were the obligations.imposed upon
me by both the political parties of my dis-
trict; and which I have faithfully and hon-
orably discharged. But I did not then con~
sent and will not now, to.become an aboli -
tionist. Tt 1s the position that I will as-
sume, at least while I have reason and judg-
ment left. To become an, abolitionist would
be to reverse the whole course of my public
life ;. and to give the lie to those doctrines
which I have publicly proclaimed for a. peri-
od ot thirty years.
The doctrines of Wendell Phillips and: his
associates are as abhorrent and monstrous
as those of Jeff. Davis and. his conspirators.
Both the open and avowed advocates of the
destruction of such a government as the
world never before saw, and both deserving
the same infamy.—With neither of them
have T any affinity, and no human being can
say that I ever had
‘Wendell Phillips has proclaimed within
the last two months to a public audience in
this city, that he had been engaged for the
last nineteen years in attempting to overs
throw and destroy the Union ; and he re~
ceived, on the utterance of this unmitigated
treason, rounds of applause ! Has Jeft Da-
vis and his band of traitors done anything
worse * Now the idea that I should follow
in the wake of any such leadership ought to
be preposterous with you who have known
me so. many years. No, I am a Union man,
and will’ stand by the Constitution while I
have the strength to.do so, and fight man-
fully against the fanatical schemes of aboli-
tion fanaticism, as well as the bloodred do3-
tuines of secession North or South.
IZ” A fast man undertook the task of
teasing an eccentric preacher,
“ Do you believe the story of the fatted
calf 2’
¢ Yes,” said the preacher.
¢ Well, then, was it a male or female calf’
that was killed
« A female,” replied the divine.
« How de you; know that ?”’
‘* Because, (looking the interrogator in
the face) I see that the male is still alive and
kicking.’
A KEEN PICKET, ENCOUNTER OF
WITS.
At times, as I said before, the rebels are
quite communicative, as the following dia-
logue, which occurred at Yorktown, between
Jos. D., of Leeds, Wis., and one of them.
when within ten rods of each other, will
show :
The parties were separated by a low deep
swale, covered with water and thick brush,
and were unable to discover each other's
person. Joe hearing a noise on the other
side, yelled out in a loud voice ;
‘Hallo, Mike! Have you got any tobac-
co?”
Secesh (with a strong Hibernian accent)—
¢* Yes, be jabers, and whiskey, too,”
Joe—‘“ come over, we’ll have a quiet
smoke !”
** I'll meet you halt way.”
Joe agreed to do so, and advanced some
distance through brush and water, and then
stopped,
Secesh--« Where the divil are ye? Are
ye comin’ ¢”’
Joe—** I'm half way now. Can't go any
further without swimming.”
Secesh—¢ Haven’t ye a boat
Joe—** No, I have not.”
Secesh—** Where's yer gun-boat.”’
Joe—‘ Bown taking care of the Merri-
mac.”
Secesh—* Then come over in that big bal-
loon.”
[Much laughter along the rebel lines |
Joe—*« Have you a boat 2”
Secesh—‘ I have sure, and I'm coming
over.”
Joe then inquires the news of the day,
and if his companion had a Norfolk Day
Book.
Secesh replied—¢* I have.
a Tribune 2”
Joe answered that he had not.
Secesh—¢¢ Where is General Buell 2”
Joe—¢ Buell’s all right, aud surrounds
Beauregard.”
Secesh—¢¢ Where's General
Joe—¢* Where's Johnson 2”
[Auother rebel laugh. |
Joe—¢* How about Island No. 10 2”
Secesh---“ That’s evacuated.” .
Joe—'¢ How is it that you left 100 guns
and 6,000 prisoners 2’
Secesh—** Sure, they (the prisoners) were
not of much accourt.”’
Joe—¢ How about Fort Pulaski 2”
Secesh—¢¢ That be blowed ! It was only
arebel sand bank. But tell me what made
ye leave Bull Run ??
Dick B. (Union)—* We had marching
orders!”
This caused great laughter among the
rebels, some exclaiming, * Bully Boy !”
Dick B.—+¢ Where's Zollicoffer 2”
Secesh—¢« Gone up the spout.”
Joe—‘ Why don’t you come over ?’’
Secesh—¢ Can't get through the brush!”
At this moment a rebel bullet cae whiz-
zing over by our men, and Joe angrily in-
quired who fired.
Sezesh—*¢ Some fool over this way.”
An order was then issued to cease firing.
Joe—*¢ Ain’t you coming ? What regi-
ment do you belong to 3"
Secesh—¢¢ Eighteenth
regiment do you ?”
Joe—*‘Berdan’s First Regiment Sharp-
shooter’s.”
Some of his comrades ‘here warned him
to look out.
Secesh—*¢ Would you shoot a fellow 2”
Joe replied—*¢ No ; but I will stack arms
and smoke with you, 1f you will come
over.
Here a rebel officer ordered him back, and
the secessionist refused to communicate fur-
ther,— Cor. Muwaukie Sentinel,
Have you got
Prentiss 2°
Florida. What
OrieNtAL Wir.— A young man going a
journey, entrasted a hundred deenars to an
old man, When he came back the old man
denied having had any money deposited
with him, and/he was hauled up before the
Khazee.
“ Where were you young man, when you
delivered this money ?”
¢ Under a tree.” 4
¢ Take my seal: and summon that tree,”
said the judge. ¢ Go, young man, snd tell
the tree to come hither, and the tree will
obey you when you show it my seal.”
The young man went in wonder; After
he had gone some time the Khazee said to
the old man —
*“ He is.long. De you think he’ has got
there yet #’
¢* No,” said: the old man; it is at’ some
distance, He has not got there yet.”
‘ How knowest though, oldman,” cried
the Khazee, ¢¢ where thai tree is 3’
The young man returned: and- said: the
tree would not come.
* He has been here, young man, and'giv~
en his evidence. The mony is thine.”
177 I never (says Quilp) bear any malice
toward the man who, without malice says
an ill thing of me with no intention that I
shall hear of it. Ido the same thing to
others—perhaps to him. In fact, with ex.
ceptions, everybody talks about everybody
whom he thinks worth mentioning. And
what of it? Nothing—unless some tale,
bearer chooses to make mischief. Accord.
gly, in such a ease; my quarrel is with
he man who brings me the news. I set
Im down at once for my enemy, or the
weakest and most troublesome of friends,
whom I am to cross out of my books as
soon as possible.
BIDDY’S TROUBLES.
‘Its thru for me, Annie, that I never
seed the like of this people afore. Its a sor-
ry time I’ve been having since coming to this
house, twelve months agone this week
Thursday. Yer honor knew that my fourth
cousin, Kate Macarthy, recommended me to
Mrs. Whaler, and told the lady that I knew
about genteel housework, and the likes ;—
while, at the same time, I had never seed
inter an American lady’s kitchen. So she
engaged me, and my heart was just ready
to burst with grief for the story that Kate
had told, for Mrs. Whaler was a swate spo-
ken lady and never looked cross like in her
life ; that I know her by her smooth, kind
face. Well, jest the first thing she told me
to do after I had dressed the children, was
to dress the ducks for dinner. It stood
looking at the lady for a couple of minutes,
before I could make out any meaning at all
to her words. Then I went searching after
clothes for the ducks ; and such a time as
I had to be sure. High and low I went till
at last my mistress axed me for what I was
looking ; and I told her the clothes for the
ducks to be sure. Och, how she screamed
and laughed till my face was as rid as the
sun wid shame, and she showed mo in her
kind swate way what her meaning was.—
Thin she told me how to air the beds, and it
was a day for me, indade, when I could go
up to the chamber alone and clare up the
rooms. One day Mrs. Whaler said to me ¢
+ Biddy, an’ ye may give the baby an airin’
if yees will.”
¢ What should I do—and its thru what I
am saying this blessed minute— but go up
stairs wid the child, and shake it and then
howld it out of the winder. Such a scream
ing and kicking as the baby gave—but I
hid on the harder. Iverybody thin in the
strate looked up at me; at last mistress
came up to see what for was so much noise;
“I am thrying to air the baby,” I said, ‘‘but
it kicks and scrames dridfully.”
‘There was company down below, and
whin Mrs. Whaler told them what I had
been afther doing, I thought that they
would scare the folks in the strate wid their
scraming.
¢“ And then I was told I must do up Mr.
Whaler’s shirts one day, when my mistress
was out shoping. She told me repeatedly
to do thim up nice for master was going
away ; $0 I takes the shirts and did them
all up in some paper that I was after bring-
ing trom the ould country wid me, and tied
some nice pink ribbon about the bundle.
‘*“ Where are the shirts, Biddy ?” axed
Mrs. Whaler, when she came home.
‘I have been doing them up in a quar
nice way,” I said, bringing her the bundle.
** Will you ever be done wid your grane-
ness 7 she axed me, with a loud scrame.
““ Lcan’t for the life of me, be telling
what their talk means. At home, we call
the likes of this fine work starching—and a
deal of it I have done too. Och! and may
the blessed Virgin pity me, for I never’ll be
cured of my graneness ! in
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS.
Why should not a child’s fancy in tie way
of food—we refer to its intense dislike of
certain things— be regarded as well as the
repugnance of an adult? We consider ita
great piece of cruelty to force a child to cat
things that are repulsive to it because some-
body once wrote a wise saw to the effect,
“that children. should eat whatever is set
before them.” We have often seen the
poor little victims shudder and choke at
the sight of a bit of fat meat, or a little
scum of cream on boiled milk, toothsome
enough to those who like them, but 1 their
case a purgatorial infliction. Whenever
there 1s a decided antiphy nature should be
respected, even in the person of the small:
est child : and he who would act otherwise
is himself smaller than the child over
whom he would so unjustifiably tyran
se.
WonmaN’s Rigars,—Miss Fanny Fern, in
the Olive Branch, says, the only way for
tke female community to obtain their rights
is to pursué the -¢ Uriah Heep” policy—
look humble and be almighty cunning, But
‘em with submission, and then throw the
noose over the will. Appear to'not have any
choice, and as true as gospel you'll get it.—
Ask their advice, and they'll: be sure to fol
low yours Look one way, and pull aneth-
er. Make your reins of silk, keep them out
of sight, and drive: wheré you like; Good
for Fanny.
“ Love 1s Lixg 4 Dizziness, ’--Sir Wal.
ter<Scott in one of his songs, gives the fol~
lowing rather pathetic description of his
++ feelinks "7 once, when in love.
¢¢ E tried to sing, I tried to pray,
I tried to drown’t wi’ drinkin’ on’t,
Ti tried wi! toil to drive away,
Bat ne’er can sleep for thinkin’ on’t,’’
Oh, love! love ! laddie,
Love's like a dizziness,
It wanna let a puir boddy-
Gang about his business.”
TIME FOR ALL THINGS, —* Mrs. B:, ’ said.
a neighbor who. stepped 1ato the house of the
former, just as she was in the act of seating
herself at the table. ¢* Have you. heard of
that dreadful accident !’
‘ Why no—what is it #’
“ Mr. B. has fallen from his wagon and is.
killed.”
Is it possible? Well just wait till I
have finished my dinner and then you'll
hear some crying.”
Selact Posi.
NEVER PUT OFF.
‘Whene'er duty waits for thee,
With sober judgment view it,
And never idly wish it done—
Begin at once and do it.
For sioth says falsely, “ By and by
Its just as weil to do it;”
But present strength is purest strength,
Begin at once and doit.
And find not lions in the way,
Nor faint if thorns bestrew it;
But bavely try and strength will come,
For God will help thee do it.
A REMEDY FOR SMALL Pox.—Dr, Freder-
ick W. Morris, resident physician of the
Halifax Visiting Dispensary, N. S., has
written a letter to the American Medical
Times, in which he states that the ‘Sarra-
cenia Parpurea,” or Indian cup, a native
plant of Nova Scotia, is the remedy for small
pox in all its forms in twelve hours after the
patient takes the medicine. That ‘however
alarming and numerous the eruptions, or
confluent and frightful they may be, the pe-
culiar action of the medicine is such that
very seldom is a scar left to tell the story of
the disease. If either vaccine or vatiolous
matter is washed with the infusion of the
sarracenia, they are deprived of their conta-
gious properties. So mild is the medicine
to the taste that it may be largely mixed
with tea and coffee and given to connois-
seurs in these beverages to drink without
their being aware of the admixture. The
medicine Las been successfully tried in the
hospitals of Nova Scotia, and its use will be
continued.
eat
WEeLL Dore. hy a car on the Reading
Railroad, the other day, the seats were all
full except one which was occupied by a
pleasant looking Irishman, and at ene of the
stations a couple of evidently well bred and
intelligent young ladies came in to precure
seats. Seeing none vacant, they were about
to go into a back car, when Patrick arose
hastily and offered them his seat. ‘But
you will have no seat for yourself,”” respond-
ed one of the young ladies with a smile, hes-
itating with true politeness to accept it.—
“Never mind that I"’ said the gallant 1li.
bernian, ‘yer welcome to it. I'd ride on
the cowcatcher to Pottsville any time for a
smile from such jintlemanly ladies !”’ And
he retired hastily on the next, car, amid the
cheers of his fellow passengers.
CC
071 was at a negro—I Leg pardon,
a colored-—camp meeting, a few years since,
and some six or seven miles north of this
city. One afternoon a colored brother took
the stand and discoursed apon the * Milen-
nium.’ In his remarks he had occasion to
refer to the prophecies. ¢ Yes, my bredrern,
said he, ¢ the swords, aud the spears, and
the guns, and everything of that sort, as the
Scriptures says, shall be turned into plow-
shares and something else--I disremember
what—and the whole artillery into. railroads.
Amen thus Jet it be.’
“Ile was only carrying out a little more,
in extenso, the figure of the prophet,
«The prospect, however seems to be that
just now we need more artillery than rail
roads.— Harpers Monthly.
IZ= We have found somewhere an entire-
ly new reading of Shakespeare, and herewith
psesent a part of the * crooked back tyrants’
first soliloquy, slightly Teutonized, for the
special consideration of the ofatorical Stro
bel :
¢ Now ish. de vinder of my diskondent
Made funny by my leetle son, Shake.
Vot I ish yumpen up and down on
My knee mit—Dunder und blitzen !
Catarine, here! take de shild, kwick !
I dinks I:go und shange de leg
Yon mine breeches.”
0Z= The Cornish Times tells an ‘extraors
dinary story about a woman who had jast
died at Liskeard. She was 48 years of age,
and frofh the age of sixteen she had been
afflicted with a cutaneous ernption which
| covered her face in the form of a crust, and
which at her death, fell off, forming a per
fect mask, and leaving her face without a
blemish. For more than twenty eight yeas
she ate almost nothing, and for the space of
one whole year she took nothing into her
system.’
re ee tp 4- GRP OB i
07 It is impossible to look at the sleep-
ers in a ~hurch without being reminded that
the Sabbath is a day of rest. “
1 « Cufly, Why don’t you kick dat
dog #”—‘ What am de use ob k ickin’ ebery
cur dat snarles at you? Don’t yer know
dat am de way he wants to bring hisself in-
to notice ¥
[C= Alitulé girkon Hearing her’ mother
say that she intended to goa ball, and have
her dress triinmed with bugles, innocently
inquired if the bugles would all blow when
she danced.
*¢ Oh, no,” sad the mother, ‘your father
will do all that when he discovers E have
bought them." -
A may
07 “Wife 1 thought you said'you. were
going to have a goose for dinner.”
“So I did and I've kept my word.”
“Where 1s it ?”
“Why my dear, int you here ?’’
Smith couldn't see the point of the joke.
AN OLD TIME SCHOOLMASTER.
There are many persons now residing in
the city of Philadelphia, who remembering
back some thitty years, can recall the hon.
est face of a sturdy pedagogue from the
north of Irelaiid, by the nsme of W
a stern disciplinarian of the old school, who
believed that learning as often went with a
“ thwack’’ as with an inclination. Among
the pupils of the honest old W was
one who has since risen to some distinction,
bul who during his schoolboy days, was
generally regarded as a thick-headed, lazy
fellow, and as sure to get old W ’s
attention in the warming way, very semi-
occasionly.
One day, whenJohnny had forgotten to
study his lesson as usual, the old dominee
blandly requested him to take his
place on the floor as he had a few words to
say to him. Johnny of course stepped “out
with fear and trembling, and was greatly
astonished to find his stern teacher address
him in a very kind and gentle tone.
«t Johnny my son,’ said W
of good family so you are.’
Johnny, who was expecting a pretty se-
vere punishment, and had already begun to
y'Uye'e
looked up in the greatest imaginable sur-
prise.
‘I say Johnny”* pursued the domince,
tye're of good family —d’ye understand ?’’
“Ah thank you, sir ;” replied the lad,
with an air of confidence.
“Yes Johnny I gepeat, ye're of good fam-
ity as good as my own. I knew your fath-
er, Johnny in the old country, and this as a
lad and a man—and a better and hencster
lad and man, Johnny, I never knew, ayther
side of the big deep.
“Thank you sir,” said Johnny with a
pleasant smile and a fugitive glance of tri-
umph at some of his playmates.
“And I knew your mother too, Johnny,
and a dear sweet little girl she was afore she
grew up and married your father, Johnny’
and also that she was a bl'ssid bride, and as
kind hearted and love'y a mistress of a fam-
ily, Johnny, as iver left the shore of ould
Ireland.”
“Yes, siv,—oh, thank you, sir,”
ded the delighted Johnny.
**Ah Johnny, your father and mother and
meself have seen some happy days across
the great seas I’ sighed the sentimental
schoolmaster ; “‘days that 1’'m knowing now
will never return to me again. And then
your sisters, Johnny,—-yow’ve got fine sis.
ters, too, that I have known since they were
toddlings, and which same now are orna-
ments to inny society, Johnny.
“Oh, sir, [ am much obliged to you!”
responded the happy pupil, scarce knowing
how to express the joy he felt at finding
himself such a great favorite with his here
tofore stern master.
“And then there’s yourself Johnny, that
i've known since your birth—the son of me
old friend and the companion of my
youth.”
#Ch thank you sir.”
“Ah yes Johnny,” went on the domince,
with somehting between a groan and and a
sigh, and some ‘slight indication of tears :
“it’s the whole blissed family that I have
known so long, so well and so favorably.
Johnny ; and new that look back with
pride on these by gone remimscences, I
think 7 would not be doing justice to your
noble father, your kind mother, and your
lovely sisters nor to meself and the rest
of mankind, if I were to let such a lazy good
for nothing rascal go without a good thwack
respon-
Ling, Hould out yer hand you young ras-
cal 1?
And before Johnny hag timeto recover
from his astonishment, he found himself
the process of a ‘whacking’ that he never
forgot to his dying day.
Doe
[= A paper can publish the appoint-
ments at the coming in of a new administra-
tion, but what paper in the world is large
enough to publi sh nalf the disappointments ?
T= The East Haddam Journal speaks of
the finding of a skull on a well in the door-
yard of one of the citizens of that town. and
innocently remarks that ¢ the person ¢,
whom the skull originally belonged is dead,”
17 Is Mr. Brown a man of means 2” in-
quired a lady visitor of Aunt Betsy, Yes,
I think he is,” replied Aunt Betsy, ‘as eve
ry body says, he’s the meanest man in
town.” Fin
(= Some graceless scamp lias presumed
to say that ‘“it is woman, and not her
wroags, that should be re-dressed.” The
rascal ought to suffer the torment of being
invited out to tea, or to a sewing party.
07> A gentleman who had a scold ing wife
in answer to an inquiry - after her health,
said she was pretty well, only subject at
times to a * breaking out in the mouth.”
I~ Ladies prepare for an extreme change
of habit! for the Paris correspondentsaysthe
ladies are coming out without hoops, bustles
wadding or anything else !
077 Who feels love in his heatt, feels a
spur in his limbs.
7= Why is a man paying his note. of
hand like a father going to see his children #
Because He meets Ais responsibilities.
>= The power of sympathy on children
is wonderful. No one can do anything with '
them, who does not know how. to- awaken:
1 The circumstance which make the
shallow misanthropiocal, incline the wise to
be benevolent,
whine and dig his knuckles into his eyes |
REPUBLICAN GOSPEL.
Texr.—“And they took i ilo in thoir vessels with
their lamps.”
Mr BrereERN.—We will open upon this
occasion, by:singing to the lung metre, what
the Democrats (who can’t go to heaven)
might: call a negro song, but which my
brethren, is properly a colored Sam: And:
while your preacher lines out, you wil
please sing, particular the sisterhood, as all
like to hear their voices ah!
From Af ri-ca the negro came,
Arise my brethren, bless his name | +
Stand up, my brethren, bless the day
The negro came from Af-ri-ca.
He is the objct of ourloye,
In him we live, in him we move,
For him we preach —for him we pray —
For him we meet from day to day.
Remember t’was the white man'ssing
Which sp'ayed bis feet and bowed hi. 8,
shins,
His shins were straight as straight
could be
Till they were bowed in sla-ve-rie.
Then brethaen let your blessing rise
Upon his heels, his lips his eyes —
Upon his feet upon his shins, !
Both splayed and bowed for white man’s
sins.
ReveaT—
Upon his fest upen his shins,
Both splayed and bowed for white man's
sins,
MY BreturEN —Your minister: intends to
show, on this occasion, that there is only
one scripteral party, and that is the G r-e-a-t
Republican party. If any man can rebut
your minister let him wake an endeevet.
I will prove that thete is only one scrip=
teral party by a tex from the New Tlesta-
ment scripter. And my tex frem the New
Testament scripters is in these «words, :—;
And they took ile in their vessels with
their lamps,
Now brethren, here’sa plain sorlptaint,
rule :—And they fook ile in their vessels
with their lamps.” Who was it, my breth-
ren thit took the ile in their vessels with
their lamps~ah ? Who ?
Thar was the Douglas party. ‘They held
great meetings ; and they carried a bannst,
with thirty four stars, and on the banner
was written “Populat Sov reenty.” But
whar was the ile 2 and whar was the ves. -
sels ? and whar was the lamps! They war
no whar. All their cry was Popular Sov-
reenty. But you can find Popular Sov-teen
ty from Dan to Burshecba, so to speak, #nd.
from kiver to kiver, and yea can't find Popa
ular Sov~reenty : ;
And thar was the Bell party. And they
met in great meeting and carried a bauner
with thirty four stars, and on the banner.
was Constitution and Laws. But whar was
the ile my brethren ? and: whar' was the «
jams All their cry was Constitution and
Jags. But you may search the seripters
from Dan to Bursheb,; 80 to speak, and
from kiver to kiver, and you can’t find Con-
stitution and Laws. .
And then thar wastheGr e a ¢ Republi.
can party. Ah my brethern ma fancy 1 see
them now ah! I need’nt ask whar was the
ile. and whar was the lamps, and whar was,
the vessels , for they was-every whap. Ah,
my bectinen they did'nt carry ‘thirty four
stars, ah! They did’'ntsay Popular Sov.-
reenty ; and they had no banner with Con~
stitution and Laws on; but they took i ilo im.
their vessels with their lamps. aecording to.
Now if .any
the New Testament seripters. ,
man thinks he can rebut your minister let
him make the endeever ah! y
We will now sing a’ sockdology, alin,
which the audience will please disburse and
go to their respective places of abode ah!
dae
(7 Accounts rom. Texas represent that .
the Union feeling i§ becoming so strong .
among the inhabitants that the secession,
force'in the State will soap’ be coutpelled to
evacuate or surrender at discretion.
people have become sick of the war, and the
medicine that is daily administered ty them
will be likely to make them worse.
ee mr AGA A eee. . . !
7A queer looking, customer _ inserted
his head into an auction store, and gravel
inquired :
¢ Can I bid sir 27
« Certainly.” said (he auctioger.
- ‘Well then,” sajd the wag, walking off,
“I bid you good night.”
et ee
I= The rebels have appoi nted a day of
humiliation and prayer. We don't believe
they will make anything by that. They can
no more outpray the Federals than they can:
whip them. — Prentice.
ee
[= Somebody has discovered the art of
extracting gas fiom vegetables. We ex.
pect soon fo sec carrots snbstituted for lamg,
pogts—the latter, producing the gas and.
posts both in. one.
=A clergyman once prefaced Hit; “sor
mon with ‘my | friecds, let us say a few words
before we begin.” This is about equal to
the gentleman who took a short nap- before
he went to sleep.
| ad At the recent great: volumteer review
in Brighton, England, the London lawyers
formed: a splendid-loeking regiment, which
they appropriately designated as The Devs
ils Own.”
{= If a man is murdered by his hired
men, should: the cor oner render a verdict o
killed by his own hands,
The .
are