Take ttwee thaloteopea oat, they art all too
'Art, _
My eotif from; tbeliols pernme, --
They call up a clean of grerift young feet, •
Azke,fiarjace.follied is ch ly gloom.
.
A would. ;night 1111210190 her up fro* her rest,
',pa 0,1,4 p b.r again in tlie dear old rney,
Her fairy oupelaepd oo my lonely breset,
But third eeet ounirerrer ouneelliteltibey way.
But I know that at timeß i havefelf. her hreatit o
And her light ties tall on my drowting eyes,
♦mt I know that else loves me so welt to death,
She longs to use, semi iu raratliee.
* Look friend, 'at the picture that hangs up there I,
ofi
A mcwitent•wsitt I lhrc grown red. ...
bap von site It? 1 eyes asiirthe falling hair I ,
Welt that is my arling, but now She is dead.
. .
Wham Itoaamon isi in Ow GINI glow
t, r tlie ire—thefe,ehihi. moire out of it, pray-..
With the hair vn her white no..k sweeping low—
. Has mother wore it the self-same way.
:rho artist that p►ihted that picture jou u►
Wiii,..ilettoaps boy, but a btripliag pigri
And my tlailing she never lorest any bht me
But t Nadi grown htiud with my Aalout rage
Thteugh the lung, long hours he would sit and
paint.,
lier smile wan brighter, move gay hex song ;
'And Ldoenutil her untrue, that pure 'young saint
1114 Clod forgive me that hitter wrung.
F kw'w eon lite glint the smile ITO%
That 'the picture might smile eke * sunny
itny ; . .
A 1..1 the gay glint song that she es.nrwas L ora
01 ► snore swine in hotline''t that lay.
1 wag pitilear than., sad I milled her falte,
I said that olio loved him more than I;
Ittwatise that night in the diaay waltre, •
saw her emilo as they Hosted by.
lijwy (lint forgive me the decd I did,
The gnef 1 wrought 'am( the bitter Vol
V , •,. tev 1.'511 ia, owler the coffin lid,
And the dead run never come Lim k, you know
THE RIGHT HAND ROAD
George 1111.1 knowu as Mr. Rua
Mee. Owlea—about . t wo years after our
tnarriage, settled our affairs in the great
and . took ottr e. ,lnitrture for the
"far west." neorge's uncle, vrliiiaFtiji;
, had bequeathed to Win a farm, of, I really
itmriiten miles from the village of Sinokie
---ton.-wkieh-eont l^ n ' n-n .. 1 1. bladirlriaith .
shop, and ono store. As deorge was not
getting along •ery nicely, oar inborn,
totuoutti mg to onz hundred dollars a year, and
our es pentlit uses to Aust. litUeless than twice
thot sum —lie thought it better fo , try what
he could do on the aboveinentioned farm,
hroying no doubt of a speedy increase in
Worldly wealth ; for, as he said, tWe would
iint.soe any onO, and so we need not try to
keep tip appearances. A yety little plain
furniture walla ho toll that would be neees
ry, under the circumstances; and as re
gards dress, why—we could dress anyhow,"
At length we arrived at our new home--and
a very small one it was, so far as the house
wto concerned, There was only one 'room
on tho first floor, which I called the tinker
/el room, and 'a corresponding number up
•tairs ; but I - afterwards persuaded George
to build a 'partition, increasing the munber
of ap•ortmards, 'and decreasing their size in
the ram ratio---but I hire always . vowed
that if compelled to 'teep in the kitchen
moytelf, I seal bon a "spore bedroom in
my boost. It his TICVI. r yet bll'a of the
slightest use; 101 l 1 nm ale nys hoping it
will he, awl vet not tine to toy fir.d. resolve.
'I be , tit .or 11.1 hat \ r‘ry hard wool: to
111 %Ice both endi meet ; bui. duce then we
Woe hot touch betict rime, 4, (leorg!:
. )roes to Stookieton about three or four times
a ear, for essentials; and som etim es I
accompany him, but not oft ...I, --for I alroTo!,
have so much to do, that l find it impossible
Ad., give up toeJrly a, whole day to mere
pleasure.
Before I came here, 'I noel to promiae
myself an 'unlimited amount of enjoyment
in riiti i itg about the country ; but I 'hare
seldom tried it --a.: cr inderl but once, and
then my experience was nut of a nature , to
Make me wish very ardently for it second
trial. It is about this one ride that lam
going to tell.
I=
One evening in the early part of Novem
ber, as Ocorge and I were Sitting by the fire
—he taking journeys into the land of Ned,
and I mending his clothes—l suddenly re
membered tho empty state of our larder ;
and at . tlic.same Limo noticing my husband's
condition, by a philantropia and disinter
+ eat iffort, I brought him to life again,
..rnetaphOrioally speaking, by asking the
fgll9whig cery2natUralsod seemingly harm. :
I.:114 question:
when do you intend to go to
Smolt ie o
dear," replied he, with scarcely
recovered faculties, and ins tone of voice
that plainly showed he thought it a most
extraordinary and highly disagreeable is
quiry, "'what m the world do ksant to go
there tin?"
I have often noticed, where gentlemen are
orncerneil, that to want a thing done, which
is at the same time sensible and inconve
nient, is most exasperating and dist,omposing
- suppose beeause of their natural will
iitgnese to oblige. Therefore,"whett lleorge
answered me sharply In the way I have de
earthed, I Immediately concluded that e'dmo
unseen but insurmountable obstacle inter
imed, and that this and not my simple
question ruined hie seretie temper; and
thbrefore mildly explained my premises,
witbeut any attempt at self-justification, or
any cutlery at his harshness, Uses.: "Because
there are a great nny necessaries to be pro
c—ured. In the first place, the wheat. must
r
be taken to the mill-for we are entirely
out of Hour." And then followed a list of
'articles of various descriptions, all really
needed ; and to leave an impression, I closed
by mentioning that I needed the material
rt. a new pair of over-ails for him.
George lsoknowledged quite reasonably
the necessity for going; but added, that ho
did not think he eould, in this instance,
yield to necessity. I cannot remember what
prevented him, but 1 know his objetations
were unanswerable.
Thereupon a bright idea struck me,
"George." said I, "111 go "
lie demurred for a Ilhile, saying that he
wen strata I could not find my way ; but I
soon succeeded in making bins look at it in
• proper light, and the 'result was, that at
►bout tiro iialeek the .nezt afternoon I area
is Smokiaton making my purchases. •
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morning as t had intonded 'doing, anti some
!inure' Passed while I wan waitillitAr
flour ; so that it was five o'clock before I
was able to start on my way home. The
road was merely
. a cardpittb through the
woods; and ac eeveral others crossed or
joined it at/various places, 1, felt quite timid
being uncertain many dice which was the
one I was to follow. They were each' as
like the other as one pea to his tallow
woods, Aeolic, • and impenetrable, inch:feed'
them ; and in addition to these adriculties, I
saw dial the setting of the sun' would soon
leave me without the means of distinguislis
ing any road at all. I recollected, however,
that George had told me to keep the right'
hand road all `lle Way ; and as I had dune
so, I matt be right—though instinct Lou!
both "Dobtilin'.' and myself quite, pcsitivellf....
that we werd certainly wrong. I am sorry
to have to display such ignoranse, but I am
forced to confess that I had forgotten that of
Bourse if I took she right hand road when
going to Smokielon, on returning I Mould
follow the left. After riding for what seemed
an interminable length of tune, I began to
look for the right of our house—but no light
did I see; [Usti heavy clouds, flying in black
masses overhear - threatened rain every
moment. With unacknowledged terror,
1 .-wiaki4g..tiplirairklmukfasier and faster, and
the bends which - tietit-the reins of very un-
.Idh.rse
and inspire myself with a little confidence
by talking aloud. Little good did it do,
oii - -iiii - T — iirritfilltil — Wounded - - winds •
weltering, and could searoely haws been
heard by a listener. For oiearly sn hour
longer we traveled wearily along, and at the
- end dr that fiiriet IteiSed trying - to conceal
from myself the disagreeable knowledge that
I was all wrong, and had lost my way. My
heart sunk as the truth forced itself, on my•
mind. I did not know what to do. I could
not refine° the road 1 bad taken inwitch
thick darkness as now surrounded me, and
to go forward seemed equally - useless; but
just at this moment, to my surprise en s tl
light, I saw a short distance before me that
the woods had been cleared away a little,
and began to feel a f .int hope
'night bo near, in which I could find shelter.
I drove en till I relehr.l the opening ; Chen
alighting, tled "Dobbin" to a tree, and com
menced picking my way with great care over
strto4 and branches, and through briers
and tangled grass. At last my outetretched,
Lands touched something which I could not
see, and I found my wishes realized. twits
41.u./tug by t ' t \- 1 °ugh log übut, and who
could tell what comfort and ho,pitnlity might
await lIIC VllOllll.. I felt alaug the sidcs'of
the It ua,e ttil L ;tl.l.;;.tritre,l the door, then
1:11;;Cbmi 10041 butphanraliy, 1,;11 receited no
,inih , tr; I turned the hick opened the
do° , , and looked In P tikness reign• I
supreme I hore ns elNeVfllero. No sound
.ul , l ha lienr4 to show 0111 it Vial inlllll`ll.l
felt very much dishearteued, and isutnedi
litely gave up all idea of taxing refuge Chet e
I azu naturally timid, though generally very
loth to acknowledge it. I h-u+e a natural
aver Pion to larkne4s, and a horror of pas
sing. the night in and heave alone ; no I re
t." pod to the wagon, with the intention of
dri'vkng arcuu.; ' daylight, with the set
isfation of ha competition at least in
the poor horse, who t think thshited the place
and circumstances quite as much as I did.
I wee Just,stepping in when I felt a 11.• .• •
drop of -ain fall on my hand ; and so.,u
after otl.er drops commences i falling all
around on the dried leaves. I could have
cried with fright and vexation ; but collect
ing all my courage and common sense, I tried
to look at things in the right' way, and soon
decided it Would be ,ierfectly useless fo• me
to go further. That I reached this house so
unexpectedly, immediately before it com
menced raining, was stirely — rryW provi
dent& occurrence, and one which I could
not do better than avail myself of. I•would
at lean. be Bayed a good drenching ; and
passing the night in a solitary house was
not so lauch worse, of nil, than passing
it in a dreary wet lion, through unknown
region's of forest. Fortifying myself in
thin way,' I again alighted ; and leading old
"Dobbin" to the back of the house, whore I
thought ho would be protected from acme of
the wind and rain, and covering him twit,h a
blanket, I entered the forsaken dwelling.
Would that Lhad done anyttling but' that.
Fortunately I had matches with tie, which
I had bought that day ; and tearing off some.
paper from a bundle, I made an exthnipore
condi% whicli 1 lighted, and which, though
it flared dreadfully and burned down 'to my
fingers too soon, enabled me to make a cur
sory examination of the abode. I first ili
recta! my [Went ionsto the board shelf that',
served for a mantle piece, an there to my
surprise discovered a candl iimmedi
at9ly lighted it, and proceeded to inspect the
room more leisurely. At present I certainly
was the only occupant—tholigh there were.
many proofs that some one had been there
recently. It was a small houseui , emaller
even than ours, for it contained but one
room, and no 'upstairs.' Some one of refi
ned tastes had evidently lived
.there, 'for
there were attempts al more than mere com
fort in some of the arrangements. The bed,
be one corner of the room, was curtained,
and reminded of those one aces at hospitals.
I.looted In it and under it, but saw nothing. the feet must be below the curtain, but aunt-
A rough deal table Blood on one side of the "ly they oonld not tooth the floor l
room, and upon it was a singularly' snap- I gated fascinated by that strange eight,
propriate rosewood writing-desk, beauti. until a great dread came over me, and with
fully finished,• with silver mountings, and a piereing"shriek I rushed to the door, my
tiro or three books, in plain but titanium hnly thought, my only wish being to get
bindings lay near. "And now," said Ito away from the place. I pushed against it
mysel4 If I could only have a fire, i should with my whole strength, but it only stink
hi:44ll.l,.nornfortabli:'. I lower and lower in the mud, below the
, ell •whihea as smell y gratified as I could not raise it. My arm was nerveless ;
Ibli tultdale-ideald be IMP to what-. had left me, I count do nothing,
BELLEFONTE, PA.; FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1865:
A basket, filled with kindling-wood, wee
standing in the chimney-corner. Going
to the door, I shut it tight ; and was about
to fasten it, when the
, tipper bingo broke,
ittlifit sank down below the step to the
ground. "I left it as it wall, knowing that I
wild not tilt it; but. thinking 'that I could
amity push it open in the morning. lt,.was
raining very drearily' ; and the wind; howl
ing among the trees, made me miserably
frightened and lonely. I took the most
urnsibleMeans I could think of to sheer
myself, and lighted a fire, rthictrsoon crack
led time blazed joyously in ;he fire-place.
It threw ont little ruddy jets of dames,
whose brightness penetiattd thn.mysterious
dark corners, and made them seem as open
to jospeotion, and'as free from all intention
of.concealigg things, I would not like to sec.
as th, ordinary iorners I saw everyetkay at
home—which never hid any thing worm
than a handful or de.t., end never even that
for a very Icing time, When I grew melan
choly, the merry blase laughed at nie ; and
the lit.tdovi; on the wall gambolled in till
sorts of odd wityv, lo Mr:, mo tbst they
didn't mind being shut up there, protected
Prom the rein outside. It loos segicely posi-
We to feel suporst . itieus where .t i licre wee
such a fire; and accordingly, after wander
ing around uncertainly for embe time,
r 3, mrty
i ht o'clock I sty ted m •self•bythe side of
my agreeable companion, and took up one
of the books to - while 'away the time. To
• y nut F ,iza. 4a--be A Aolume . of
Tennyson's poems. "Walter T,llmt" W9',
Written on the Hy-leaf—evidently by a lady;
arid underneath, in a bold and manly band:
"From, MS dear Rachel?! It was certainly,
a well-read - book; many pansinges were
marked; ihe leaves were turned down in
varioos places ; and 13 some pages were
t—.ces of tears. I read until eleven o'clock,
though my eyelids were heavy with sleep,
and eyes saw the letters intlistitreily
through a haze of drowbiness. 'then I tried
to settle myselt in &comfortable position on
Ilia floor, using my bench fettle pilloW ; and
there I continued, dropping - off into short
naps, and waking up occasionally to find toy
head boblutig up and down merrily, threa
tening a speedy dislocation of my neck.
At last, in deildtir of rally restiog,.l
arose, and walkCd tip sad down the room,
trying to awake myself, but all to no pur
pose. The Wailing wind sung a lullaby,
which I woo unable to resist ; and the ac
companiment on the roof, played by the
pattering rain. only increased the e(Sch•,
while (Tell the' bright fire-light turned
against nie, and flatbed so dazzlingly straight
in my eyes that I !las forced to- ,lose them
Anil so it earns to lays that I finally decided
to lie down on the hell It was not Ouch a
elliThlts H.:4011,111.AI after all, for it certainly
looked like a. inuAt comfortable resting place
—nest and clean, and 11101 l:WiPt soft anti well
made. But still I felt 1 , 0 bitange r e pugnanc e
which only th e niot overpowering
drowsiness would have enabled me to
Ile ,, rer, I made another
minute CI:1111111N, of it, inside and oat, to
see 111,1 there were no concealed mice, with
ME=
well built nests, hidden between the covers,
who would come out after I slept, end regale
themselves on my fingers and toes; and
then I threw myself down, closed my eyes,
and in less than five minutes had fallen into
a deep slomber.
I Wilk I must have slept abont ati hour
in this dreamless way, when I began gradu
ally to grow re , ties& Horrid visiops of
robbers, will beasts, mangled homan form*
and wandering ghobts, mingled in dire non
fusion iii thy brain, until I awoke with 'a
suppressed scream, an tried to realize
where I was, and what Inaue the so wrst'cle
ily nervous. Then I tried to compose my•
self again. I thought of homd, and of the .
interesting adventure I would have to tell
George about, when I arrived. I retraced
he rood from the house as well as I could,
remeniheringly but dimly the way I haul
come; decided the precise point where I
comma need going wrong, and thought of
George's halt triumphant pity at my iiiisfor.
unes, and regrets that he bad consented
o thy going to lituoittelon tilonel; !tut tile
longer I thought, au4 the more I tried to go
• isleep,Ahritioro restless I grew. I turned
over-end ever. but could not lie comfortably.
The top of my head felt cold, and. it scented
as though there was something terrible neat
me, which made my hair stand on end, and
opened niy eyes the moment they were
closed. I raised myself, and looked at the
head of my bed, but saw Only the white
curtain. I tossed about ]'or some time lon
ger, but still the dread horror continued,
and the fearful cold kept creeping more
perceptibly over me.
At length I jumped up, thliking it was
a draught 'of wibd which chillod me, as the
bed was standing some little way from the
wall. I attempted to push it nearer, but it
only moved a little way, and then stood fast.
rinalie another effort, it moved again, and
the outlines of a human form were discern
ibl, behind the curtain. I stood motionless
with starting eyes gazing at it. I could not
distinguish the whole figure—it was not all
there. I could not see the:head—the shout-,
ders were even with the top of the bedstead.;
then the arms and body were easily traced;
"STATE ILIGUTS AND FED 2131.49.1.• IIIIION."
bu;lnnikin where I was, shut up with that
sp rikeliiiudth'e bed,' tilt seine one came
to release Me:: I shrieked again arid again,
but no one cpnld hear me, I knew. The
rein pattered on the roof, the 'win.' howled
mournfully around the corners, the fire sunk
lower and blazed mote fitfully, and' it grew
colder all (lie time. • I turned wildlyniound
and then sank on my knees in abject hor
.ror, as I eaw, by the flickering light of the
dying exalters, a 'human face—purple and
swollen, with elartling, blood-ahoy eyes—
put tug at Me eve the top.Of Ihe bedstead.
Above the head was .» beam, which ran,
across the house, wail from the beam a rope
.came down , and there the. body, bung.
I contemplated the elckening sight, till
the bursting eye•balle seemed forcing their
'tray into my brain ; and the discolored face
mule fearful grimaces,laughingand grinning
at ino, as I knelt there, croticliitig like some
abject petitioner before it.
Soon e'rhanige seemed to come over every
thing. • i w as no loner in this tietrrted '
houSe in the far West, bUt tit it briliht, and
pleasant room in some gentleman's-country
bouSr, ►think it was n library, for there"
were shelves filled with books, around the
walls. Near a table, in the centre of the
room, stood two perqong, a man aml woman
I could not ice the face of the latter, but she
wai - writtng otiTTIFIITTeII - Vrar - bnnir - ttr.
..11a,mtk,'„Walter,,,Ta lho t."
I looked at the man. Hit face, was
strangely familiar. Surely I had seen it
larb - nt I trurrrat their as- now, I • • .
it swollen and discolored, with bleared and
bloodshot eyes starting from their sockets..
There was but little similarity bet wizen them•
Thit ruing tunn'ts cheek was brown and
ruddy; his bright dark eyes were softened
by the light of love, n punt,' of winning
sweetness played around the full eiii re,l
lips, while the dark cut k, clustering arounu
his foreln i nid, contrasted_•ntant;ely with the
to used hair that fell over the. brow of the
other.
When his compariVn nert.oll writing, he
motioned her to proceed, bat her on r , ,..hugh
rang out a iCiiial , as she threw_ down the
pen. He took it, and stooping forward,
traced a fek words; then he handed Ler
the book, and I saw that underneath hie
name, he had written, in a bold, manly hand_,
'•From his dear Haehel.'"rhot was all.
In the whole interview, no ivord had been
spoken. It wits a mysterious vision, which
Was pna'aing rapidly tiwny, I tried to
pierce the piisk of otitis ion that was hiding
it from my view. I saw them standing hy
the window, looking out 'at the bright au
tumn sun-sot. Ile had taken her hand in
his, and his arm (meat:led her; though
they were spanking, I could nyt hear the,
a.n 7. link I saw that to he drew bier elost,r
to him, 11 mournful fat ewell glistmud in the
tears that filled her eyes, while his right
hand was pointing to the western sky.
A PAU EC void suet:ceded this strange
dream. if hen I. recovered my senses, I was
at home, lying on nty own bed, with George
sitting be4zde me.
I will not make my Story longer. I sup
pose I moot have fainted after my dielem
pered fancy had presented that lie-like pie
mire (o my mind.
George sold he -had expected me until
nearly twelie o'clock, and had then given
me up for lost ; but knowing how useless
any search for me that night would be, he
had waited until morning, when, with one
of the farm-hands to render any assistance
that might be required, be Mid explored all
the roads for notes round. hate in the at
ternoon they arrived at the house I had
taken refuge in, and knAI must be there,
wh en th e y found old "Dobbin" tied where I
had left him. After, vainly endeavoring to
make.nie answer their calls at the door,
with difficulty they forced it open, and
found me lying on the floor perfectly seuse
tesfi.
George soon discovered what gad caused
my swoon, and while ho was occupied in
restoring me to consciousness, the man who
was with him examined the writing-desk,
to see If any papers could he found which
would throw any light on the subject. Ile
found a letter, without any address, in
which the deceased stated his intentions of
oommitting suicide, and gave as his reasons
for the crime, that he had forged to a large
amount to meet press'ng, necessities ; and
that when . it was disco ered, he fled to the
West, hoping to cecap from Tunishment.
Be had trusted that. he might oulligh 4iis
disgrace, and be enable to commence a
life of hongst indttstry ; but hearing through
a letter frail an accomplice, that the offi
cers of justice were oh his tra'fik, heltitirin
despair resolved to anticipate retribution,
and place himself %yowl their power.
Ills only regret was the grief It would ocioaL
lion one very dear to him; but lie had ex
plaineeall in a. letter to her, and ho hoped
she would forgive him., The letter closed
by seques!.ing the fin ,er not to make hie
disgrace public. ' Ile also desired that he
might be buried there where he had inten
ded to regain his honorthle name; and that
his few posessions might be sent with the
letter in his desk. to Mine Rachel Staunton,
the only one Whom ho felt e.ill loved him.
I suppose it ia.hardly necessary to say, th.d
his wishes were complied with, as far as it
'waspiactioabie. Under the dark forest trees
now repose the remolds of Walter Talbot.
Ills same is forgotten among men. lie
sleeps in oblivion. But net thus can the
memory of that dreadful nigh perish. Ever
as night comes, and I lie down on my pil
low, I seem t.) see a human form behind
the curtain: and same, a disfigured face
looks (lova at me.
THE P • ESIDENT'S MESSAGE IN MC
ARMY,
The racy correspondent of tfin rhirhr,
~ W Attosr.;" thus Alta off the effect of the
Prosinent'a me.snr,e,..inyion the soldiers:
flefore P'etersburli. Dec Ilith.—Drar Len
der: I was cantering along our mild• line of
works the other day, When I came across a
vlry dirty attillerpnan on an ammunition
cheat, rehding the President's message.
"Well, my man," said I, in that distingu
ished and encoureginvone whielnlaivrays
employ towards the hatable, "weir, my man
what do you think of the'uressagel' . '
"I don't think of the message, boa%
he
"Well, said I, bow do you think it will
pleade the public ?"
I wont think•it will please•tile
Loes s " Fuld he.
eaid 1, "bat how do you find ' ite
eloquence and force ?"
4'll find its eloquende and force,
boss," said he.
"D nil," SAN I, "whit is your
opinion of it then'!"
"Well,• boss," said the roan, "to tell the
truth, Mayn't nine , ' opinion of it: ,
"What objections have you 'against ?"
asked.
"Now look a-here, said he, describing a
"ift - Th - tr 5 - 11. Itrtrh - rtre -stem
of his black pipe, "I went and listed into
this yer illery for tweyeae, in 'lin. When
myJime NAM out, I read in all the linters,
4taa. esikeziall,yilLiztotla mit t ions, thus The
back bone of the rebellion was broke and the
Johnnie% could'nt bold out much longer. Su
lowdyll be in at the death, and I went and
'listed sgin for tu'l'ear. Las' Joon my time
wus out wunst more, and everybody sez the
cussed backbone wusn't bruck ytt, and the
tt.-! . 1° re, •11,1 ." I
17,l) lIS elll 1/31 Ugh', 1 lit,
of I'd vote fur Father Abraham, we'd gut a
'tied open and i•het' on the reps, and Chris' ,
1111111 111,uld show us a peaceful, happy and
re-united country."
"Did you vote for Father .lbrahani•"-
"IVall, 'co I ilid , tvrice," he replied
looking ; "and I 'looted
him tod. And now the yid ,boot loes a
ritire a niessage in which so tur I can
make out, lie'pears to consider thig yer state
of-things quite reglatqind elitist/tete,. y, and
dooz'zit 'lay one word of encouragement or
hopefidnesq 'bunt storm' upllte war. Thera
seem lobe no special reason. into his
mind, why it should not go on another four
years, jest as well as it's been going on for
the histfunn Melibe lie thinks it has been
going (01 potty wall! 'Noir bmm, Ito gn;
duce red stripes on my sleeve, fir tbre ,
listments, but i guess by the twie I've seem,
six of the service, I can get along I
without it 011011100 It 01111 get along without
ate or not, And I reckon I ain't the only ,
man along this yore line that holds 'thetu gh H
'pinions neither."
"Sir," said I rather firmly, "the mullion
is a lucre s 4 ell."
'•Father Abra'm doesn't snyouirt his Me e"
sage,” euid he, .'und he'd ought to know
thinks so, why tion,t be tell his
diers so ? No boss, I'm a beetle ateard he
' don t think so. cryour folks aok you toll
'cm its a dent sight easier whippin' the
robe )on paper, in ma newspaper office,
than whippin"cm on the field, down here:"
There was certainly seam justice in the
man's retrial k, uncouth as it woe I myself
have been doing the former fur four lung
tears, and the mid is not yet.
I have 'talked with a good ninny soldiers
and officers about the message, and find
this poor artilleryman's opinion is shared
by many who wear tha t stars and eagles on
their shoulders.
The document is cold, grave, not the least
bit enthusiastic or turpeful in its tone, how
ever touch encouragement we may gather
from its facts. The only reference in it
that ”ears upon the, ponribility of ending
the rebellion in the doubt ft,l phrase "if thl.
war should continuo snottier year." Thew
is nothing in the message to indicate that
[lie war is unlikely to extend into another
Tour, six, ten or twenty years. It seems
accepted in - the words of my artilleryman,
MI a quite regular and satistactur_y oontlitiori
of the cburtry God forbid! a
TUN • SECUKT —"I niklieed," says Dr
Franklin; ''a mechanic among others, at
work on a house erecting but a little way
from my office, who always appeared .it, be
In ~,,, merry; humor, who had a kind word
intl . cheerful-smile for every one he *let'.
Let the dayle eVer ea cold, gloomy or sun
less, a happy smile danced like a sunbeam
on hie cheerful countenance. , Meeting him,
one morning, I asked him to tell me the ce
oreCigf hie happy flow of spirit.—"My se
cret doctor:" b'e replied, 'is that I have gat
One of the best of wives,-and when ‘l, go to
work she always has a kind word of encour
i agement for •me, and When I go home she
meets me with a wile and a kiss, and then
1 tea is sure to be ready, and she has done so
many little things through the day to please
me, that I. cannot find it in my oheest to
speak an unkind word to any body. What
an influence, then, bath woman over the
heart of man, to softest it and make it the
fountain of cheerful and pure emotions!
Speak gentle, then; a happy smile and a
.Irirtit
_ward of grectiji., after the toilji„Of the
day are over, coat neth.tig, end R,cf far to
wards making a home happy and peace
ful."
The Government collects on every three
andyhalf dollars' tiatis oftiotion matt:rhea
abo fivrieen dollars and a hat/ In stomps.
In ottlial wyrds, theta* is "bout four times
as much as the article is worth.
No. 3.
THE POPULAR CREED.
es cosnLrii\mntnAs
Dimes and dollars, dollars' and dimes I
Aii , Stn:Ay poelteo the w.,rst of (TIMMS
If a NMI is down, give him a thruit—
Trampto the beggar into the duet !
l'recavoluotte poverty is quite apiotling—
Hick him over, kick him for.fnlling !
If a maq Ie up. oh, lift him higher—
Your soul's fur sale, and he's the hglur,—
Donlge and dollae,w, dollars and dimes.
An °triply (locket'sthe worst of crimes. •
knew a pour but wrirtby.youlb,
Whose hene4 were built ori a' maiden's truth
lint a in:kitten will bleak her rote with ease.
Fur N. ironer eounatti whose ctauns are these:
A Indloi heart and aiyeanidy brad,
A Mee well tinged withra brandy fed:
EMI
A soul well tredUed in 1 , illuitly's school— ,
Aukiarh, sweet cash—Lo knows the rule
Dimes upd dollars, dollars and dimes;
An empty podia's tie worst of mules
•
T know a bold awYbonaxt mad,
Who strives to live on the Christian's plan,.
lot pool' he m and poorll ho n
A scuttled. a batted wretch in be;
At home he nioeteth a /haying wife,
Abrimil'he teacloth the leper's life=
They Firtiggla againsl a fearful odds,
' W ho will not how to the pcople'd gods!
Dimes and dollars. dollars and dimes,
Au (ability pyvkat's the WUrnt of crimes.
So get ye wealth, no metier bow,
que,tione inked" of th• rich. I trow—
Fleet by noght, nftd steal by day,
(1)o it all in • legal way).
Jnidl L. ehorrh, nod no, er Toren ho her,
Loom to rant and ono it your Mol.er:
- iiirgyrinTrir,liztvlrmrett - mt 1 4 .47 - -----
ktit 41.111't be,poor", retoembLr r01e...-
bates and dollar+, dollare unit dlicon.
An umply putlet'e the worst of mutes.
THIS, THAT AID, THE OTHER
-14,7,776 Ohio soldiers hose been die
:third in the United States service during
this cruel war.
---PennsylvaniahaS furnished abundre,
million dollats worth of iron, coal and .pe
trolottn 111:14 year.
I 6 r .te Congress here adop
ted n joint -resoltition to prof seine the war
until independence has been sentired.
—4 soldier writes home that he gets
along with the hard tack pretty well. 8%,
cept when they put the shortening into "it
lengthwise.
—The-Steatriship North America foun
&red nt sea on the 2tth ultimo, and out of
2".`t souk on board one hundred and bluely
seven perisL.•d.
—The loss to stearneis by the i‘reoltirg
up Of ice in St. I,ouiebarhor on ono day
Ltst Neel., was uae,r $200,000; -insurance
about ...3'10.1.000.
- _
--The gross receipts of the New:Orlr.
State Cantqi during the past seasonvmete
':•'4,116.265 ;;Z, end the aggregate expeudi—
tut es ..:1,02P,03V ''
—The cortim crop Central America
li.t, been [tiiest tote* idesiloyed by the
worm. A very small pertion will bz in con
dition to find lin way t.. market.
- 7 11 itppoars from Oo prnieedings of
the Confederate. Congress that tip to this
time, C eneral I.l.utiort F.. Lee nerenreeeiVed
one cent of pny front his government for his
c editor of the Colleen C a tract
:1111100 icestthat. the kul,:leation of tt.st pa
per wiilo4itse after the Ist of January,
owing 4 o tho high prices of paper and print
ing material.
—An Anti-Abolition State Eight' So
ciety bas been organized in Oannectient
The regular monthly meeting was bold at
Bridgeport on the 18th inst. Another one
has also been started at Butterunlk Falla,
New York.
—The Federal and State'taxes in Ohio,
now amount to the comfortable little sum of
i 85,1100,000 a year. This iv a tax of $l3O
upon every voter, or head of a family, in the
State. It is rather expensive to. run the
"best Government on earth." -
—The itch runs seven years, and Abo
litionism being twice as dirty and virulent
n disease, runs fourteen. it commenced as
an epidemic tn•this country in 1854, and wilt
end in 1858. Of course it will from this
tim e until its total extinction rapidly sub
side.
—The town of Mount Taper, Vermont,
in . 1860, gave Lineedn 28 votes, and none for
any other man. In 1884 It gave Lincoln 86
votes qu7 noue again for the other Man". A
mg's:lls that though Mr. Lincoln gains a
little, the other man holds liis ociewonder
fully.
—Mfr. - Minting, who married in Eng
land, Boyd, the Confederate female
, :sLiz . ,'; was pin.ired at 'Martinsburg Va.,
and tiii:tt to Fort McllOnry. Belle 13eyd has
written a book of her adventures, and it is
about being published in bl_ugland where
she now iS.
—The late Demoetatie vote in the eloe
tions for President of t he tinit,ed Btates was
1,800,000. This is the vast army o? men
tlmt Lincoln thinks to crush by &taffies
lid despotism. The class that shoddy cells
copperheads: Quite a little army, •nddin
areasing daily.
—A gentleman of bur arplaintance,
who is sometimes ex - trembly iinforttinate in
the selection of his phrases, remarked nt
party recently, in the hearing of the Em
ma of the "belle of the evening," who tad
just risen from the piano, ' , Yes .she hi in
deed a charming Very nice crea
ture"—nice stretcher !
—Tlje rabid "loyalty" of shoddy niny
find an excellent rebuke in these words
Jeferaon : "and let as reflect that haring
babished from our land lbw raiplous intol
erance under which mankind soloed bled
and suffered, we hare yet gained little if we
countenanee a polititial intolerance as des
potic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter
and bloody perseeutions."
c T oUr` ire tiliKftrCi "` "`
. _ s •
-"Thei.LesatietiableoklestAr
aingu i ltir mode of wit; batting, aid we
it vfildly , desoribeein a new Eitglll4. work. -
vrbehee we extract the following.: no- ,
thing is the brutality of their, tiatnres t moro
clearly ahow'n than in
, their treatMeitt
their feentlee. Among them; .womee aro
considered as an inferior elnes. and 'are itsi 4 6 .
altifimt aut beasts of.burdeni so that it id not
at till uncommon to rut et n huge bloc* follow
travelitigimehily Mang n'el,w3 but his ,
spear or war club, while his unfortunate
leuhra is limiting under the weigilt of their'
goods and chattels, which she is cotnpelled
to carry' from camp to comp, t.',eur:sliip,east
the precursor to marriage, i. 4 unknowli -
among them. When a young warrior is,.
desirous of procuring i wife, he generally
obtains Ono by giving in exchange for , heti*
sister or HOMO! other female relative of his
own; but if there !should happen to be no
eligible &nser disengages! in the tribe to
which lie belongs, then he hovers round th e
eniettopmeut of 80100 6 . 1 (lel' blocks until h o „,
gets an opportunity of Seit:lty, one of their
leubras, w liovu perhaps.ho-has Been ttnil adt.
Haired in attending one of the,grand corro:
lieries. Ilia rode of paying hie
is-simple and efftereimm; With a blow if
his nu/le nulta (war club), he stuns the of
ject el' his 'affections,' and droge Ler in-,
sensible body away to f:Ctite retired spot,
from whence, as soon as she recovers Lior
senses, be brings her home to his own gnash
In triumph. tiometime•i tiro loin in an Pa.-
PCti tiO 11 for the same perpo-e, and then for
elevetal days they watch lire movements of
their intended victinte, u-i:itg the utmost
skill in concealing their presence. Whitt -
they hero obVined !ha knowledre they re
qu re, they wait fora tinik, wiudy. night :
than quite nak e d, and carry issas on their
'jag spears,' they crawl stolthily thi,sigh
the I"sueh until they reach the
vicinity of the camp fires its frpnt of which
the girls they are in scotch of arc sleeping.,
Illowly and Attends they creep clear enough
Sgsuro
heubrna; than one of the intruders stretches
out his epear„.end lases ts the barbed point
atuouteher the -Jr , lowing locks, turuieg the
spear slowly round; then with a sodden
rat sin" -- .s7 — trutri - Ta
as her eyes opens, she feel, the sharp p&nt
of another pressed against her throat. She
neither foints nut screams ; she knows well
that the Slightest attempt to alarm nr escape
will cnitse her indoor death:. so I:ken ss
stole woman she males a virtue of nece3-
city, and t isihrtulkt ty, tbllovrs
They lead her away to a conid.leraiiie dis
tance, tie het" i fee, and return to en
snare their snow victim is h Llie manner.
Then, when they basso accomplished- their
design, they hurry on to` their own camp,
where they atzi received with universal al -
glause, 'and highly honored for their chive:-
roue C21.101t. an alarm is
given, but even Calera escape
:mid the cenfus their attempt
sit some future period. Whe a Melia
gstis'isd tv.srrior can r:. ~ ff a bride om a
strange tribe, he Rid ttey.mtly voliro
to undergo the "trial of spears,' in order so
prevent the tyce:,.sity of his people going
to war 11 . 1 Lis defence. TLeu both (he tribes
meet, and ten of !bet r smartest - and strongest
young met, are picked out by the aggrieved'
party. Theo" are each provided w,th three ,
reed spenrs, and reommera, or throwing
stick ; and the Amster, armed only with
his /t..lsnta,r ,(nkiosk shield, eighteen inches
long, by hitt wide), is led out in front, arid
placed at a distance of forty-yards. Then
at a given signtil the thirty spears are
launched at him in rapist succession ; there
he receiles and persica n ills hie shield, and'
so skillful are the blacks iu the time of their
own weapons, that very seldom is any wound
inflicted. !laving Nuecessfully passed
through this ordeal, the was ris consist
seed to have fairly earned Lis Pubra, and t%
have atoned for his offence in carrying her
,(1'; ,so the ceremony gerfirally concludes by
he two tribes feasting together in perfect
unnat,
COSEIETTi
The celebrated Wm. Cobbelt, who be.
conic member for Oldham, was 02 ignially a
private soldier in the English ni my, and
served in America dining the War of Inde
pendence. it RIO VI ben quite a young ma,
and while quartered in New Itruh,wick,
that Cob , ett met the girl who became his
wife. Ile irst sat lice in company for
about on hot* ono evening shorty after
wards, in 7th:e dead of Winter, whan the
snow lay several feet thick on lite ground,
he chanced in big walk at break of day to
pass the house of her parents. It Wag
hardly light, but there was she, out mu Ito
c old, act übhing a wash tub. That action
made her ni6tresaof Cebbeit's heart for
et or. No Boutin• was lie out bearing, then
he eaclairned t•Th.tt's the girl fur =or She
i was the dattglitet, of abergeant of Artiillery,
and then only thirteen. To his. intense
chagrin, the Artillely was omit red to Eng
land, and eho rind to go' with her father.
Cobbett by this time had nianagea to save
one hltralreil and filly guineas ad a foot
soldier--the protlucC of extra fro; 2t. Con
:littering that Wooteloh, re - whim h,s Street
heart. was bound, Wll9 a gap place, and she
might there Gild 11131 , ) suit ra, who, moved
by her beauty. might' tempt her by their
" wealth, and moil:hug that she should bort
herself with lifi*work. he sent her an hie
peeetOUS gu inea., and preyed that ehe
should use , them -freelynor he could get
plenty r.orlia-10 buy feed clothes, and Din
In pleasant relglnge,-atul be as happy as the
°quid cavil he was able to jald her.. Four
!long years elapsed before they inst. 'tob
butt, when lie reached England, found. her
a maid-uf-all-work, at tire pounds a' iette4.
On their utoutingowithout ming a wool
about it s she ilacetin his randithe parcel
0c., , 0ne hUndred and fifty guineas untkokett.
Ile obtained his dischara, front tha . army;
and married the brave and, thiifTir ertiattet.
Sims tondo him au adaiirable Irge;-Ver
was Le tirnci of sneaking .kelr nap"; &nil
It s
whatever ennifort and enooess Ims erinssl
enjoyed, it Was hie deliiltti*a* leo-W
ear° and to her naptialloa. '''. .. , .- 'it'
is gtornb,a o o IMMO lre
thou gold, evenAt „its pregmor* t 3 7 104
Qau When yoit_put:koonnboinK IL` nti
pookof yon do - 111,4 ik andllAilron.**o
b.
vat yen And itinirearew ..a'r ' 4