' rig en for the, Democratic Watchmen,
!TVIEkrY. YEARS' AGO.
M
W 7 PAIN C. HENRY
•
I wodered.thrimgh Virginia, Tom,
And no benentirs kree,
Ana all the scene.; of• Tenner prirs
Vega emodikinj beak Lenlo;
The graieVitere thOkly etrewn ground,
Nrar old ref. - mute's dew.
Ttie Wee of those doer tVietnle we loved
SOW twenty yearn Aril
A sitapta better Is all, ffiond Toro,
-Thaktnertre theirpinro or rest,
Whilitalnes of Myrtle kir,dly (leek
The elate upon ea-h breast;
Sumo iTteading treat are standing near,
4With branches drooping low,
Ta *hada the' graves of elope we loved ,
.Boale twenty years ago.
119,w Irul t slzht to l' , V; friend T.,:n,
Tioednaeunditirith grapro'ergrown,
And )(now they're heap'd ou youthfuLhearte
That Onee,tbmbhed with our awn.
thcraght of Alt the happy' days)
• the -Jell' we nae!.l td IlnVw r
And wished that we Wore now as gay
As twenty years ago.'. •
But sh. aims! in vain, ftiond. Torn,
Aro all•thnme rrinties now,
fihe•lasting trace of morrow's leen ..
Ou mopy a youthful brow;
Anotaineo rye magma this cruel womb',
It grieves me core to know
7b4 I eut•vivo the friend,'" loved
- 'Seine twenty years egos'
. ,
A fsw short years and we, friend Tom, , ,
.1 .14%01 leave title irorld of can,
A • -
nd on our graves who there, Tom,
To attention's tear?
but when our thee has come, deter tom,.
And loath has laid
"chose they'll lay ow near some friend -
Of twenty years ago.
E . LL.CrONTE, Pi.
MISGENE HEIRESS.
A Sad and Solemn Story
BY A. 111 N 6R, A 171.11011
cn A. ' , TEA f
'mon rown, esq., rest. e. on • s ree ,
Bu: too, to the tame. tiveec With tb. .
hie family, except his &patted dead wife,
itebeeky, an only femail 'daughter.
'fili4n Brown is also'a deacon in a fashion
able war-church, which situation he obtained
on account of having done Mud; service for
his country in this war as an army contrac
tor. ire was a democrat when the war first
broke a out j but number of Boston patriots
surrounded Lim o . Sunday evening in his
own room, and ofform 'ln.a job of making
keveral millions of coats •d trowsers fdr
Soldiers, at an immense profl,
only "come over." So Simon, a',
profi : tr,—" -- kim over," like several bt
II thousand more of his kind. Therefore, Sr"
Mon, like hem, is one of the "patriots" of
the country, and dontlequently believes the
noble nigger to be a pure white man, and
Only black on account of his oolur.
Simon was also " born of poor but re ,
ectable parents," and whether his father
as 'a
"weaver" or not, we don't know, but
he must have beet; something, or else Simon
irouttfli't have been boner However, whether
P.imen Lad a father or not, he was consid
ered the most patriotic patriot in all llosfon:
Ile Was Ikewise charitable, like others of
his kind, as any one could see, for he gave
every poor woman ho could get to work at
the price, 15 cents u-piece for each army
garment, which only cleared for himself the
"email sum" of $5 on enol‘ a/Adler-coal.
lihnon woe also a miseegeuer ; that is he
thbugbt "yeller" the most heoutifid color
for white children hereafter. Ito often said
that 1.10 Irish and Dutch should not asso-
Clete with the negfo. Ile therefore was in
ibe habit of keeping the blessed contra
bands in his house for a week at a time;
Ind sometimes he would treat noble Afci;
Oxus with memo private whisky, which he
Lis offitnnld—tor
only, al he belonged to a temperance sociely,
And °Loved brown paper when be went out
lo keep down the smtill of liqudrg
CIIAPTER ii
Deacon Drown had only one children, and
ehe was an only daughter-16 years old, 12
lands high. Whd Slick hair. Her form`trns
Mouldy in the strictest sense 'of the word,
and she hada pita* faultless as that of the
Greek Slay. Her name It was Rebecky.
She was called error ma Rebacky in the Bi
idle, which accounts for her being of that
bathe. •
CITATTER 111
Rebeeky,,llke ber parent father, had got
to be a great U
ympatby nion titan also likewise; and r q .:. the down:trod Ahicati
11 4 a such tbat shia could pick out,. in the
dark, an animal 6f that class from an se.
demJiage of Germans and Irish, just by 160
peculiar shrab-like odor, which she bad
learned to scent with.a precision equal to a
Borg. And several were the noble contra,
bands that she would in this . way Wag to
er father's, house. •
tuArrien iv
Old Mrs. Brown stood fast to her ant iont
betaotratio faith, and heno6 she woul4ook
"nary a drop for no /doh black, dirty, stin
kin' niggirs," as, she often expressed her
self.; therefore old Brown and the lovely
Rebeeky had to-do all the cookitifor the no.
greet. • , •
(Nora.—Old Mrs. drown was a " sound
ege ter.")
cif ApTicin. v.
I or
Old Brown had' already tnado piles of
greenbacks, end Often *Obi he take these
fllOlll the drawer and proudly shake then'
under the beautiful nostrils of his darling
Rebeeky,„ Bayliss :
These are for thou, my killing, es thy
wedding portion, one of those bright days."
" All mine ?" gasped Rebooky.
All tkuSe," spoke- the father, na ltsr
Ally pdt the pile Nick laic, ite hiding-place.
01fAin t #
' "fife) , iaornin' lir in the out," and so
old'Etrown.;:tue:neitber them got up
to Bee ii4la9ity get out of her downy
"tied or gt wee-Iceltbere, dtese r peck up, elide,
eigitYrAike• ao* gaw,
erandledlly pbt the bundle of greenbacks
het cupet•lfitg, eitld eillortfly ogit,'" with
all itlau4t a ectt4x l 4.44 , 444:An4eeg ened ,
twee ;morning train— • .
iffgftr had stayed a
iNdesttnid,,lfrgwn's as his guCkt, 1101111011111011
aiehr Weal -eiad sotnetintes talkin' to the
o,,lielkii ( lli x f„ri q o „likewise talked' to the
1111P0144103-,•:Thca9d woman caught her in
tint wood ltlilrN Ifterel Muriel and flogged
011bialiiii, - ;*! , ,saktVl:tebeeky
• ea:l s , , •
OE
ir rwtori
rad
I Vol. 10.
the nigger loved, and they both loved. So
thezniiscegencit elope unbeknownst to
bet parent and tuoll,er while they loth
were snoring liocir regular night's snore.
Old Drown Was also opposed to Rebecky
marryin' a nigger, alliiouglt lib-tl7ought a
plenty of them apparently.)
Old Mrs. Brown Tie that morning before
oltl.Brown— Slho rio, "its it were," by in
stinct. fitie smell, something in her sleep,
She awoke. She called for Rebecky, but
no Rebecky,'s *oleo could be seen. She eon
'to the chamber of her &welter, but nary
Rebeckg mos there. She had flown the fly
of love.
CTIATTER V}IT.
, The S o'clock train for Canada came
along. old Brown was the first mit on
board. The fooo' tooted its ttiteand *as pff.
Old Ittoittn,sot a intuit. He could not sot it
any longer; so he rig and 'went forth to the
eonduotor. See he: ,•
Mr. Conductor, couldn't you let her
slidwn leetle faster? in •pursult of an
unforfnionte daughter who has eloped."
Conductor—" She's Slidia' now as fast as
FTTTAI
LUM
car, for ha was restless and. roilly
C1LA.714 IX.
The train which brought Deacon Brown
had arriled at the bridge of Niagary. Ile
setts there likewise. But where was Re.-
becky ? She had crossed the bridge and
was gone—alas, gone forevernior'e. ,
(NOTE —The reader should Hero stop and
feel bad.) • r
1:1:I
Lo would
Qg the
T(1
About a short year after that eventful
morning, (which was but a few weeks ago,)
as Deacon Brown was emerging frotn his
int hall door, he haw a basket selling in
Ir. It had something in it, and as he
he seen something squeal. Ito
Lie basket to his Wife, who
LL sighing for her .lost
o railed the kiver,
hurried tit
hadn't goL
daughter Rebeeky,
and Exclaimed
Lord bless me, if it ain'
a nigger one, too, at that!"
"Some scoundrel of a nigger has .
playing me a nice /rick, indeed," said o
Brown, at the highest pitch of mad. ,
" And here is a note, Rs I live, addressed
to you," said the old woniart,•audfslie tore it
open and hastily perused Its contents, for
she had an instinct what was up, to wit:
" hear ranter: Aceinnpanying this note
you will find your only grandchild. Aucor
ding to your teaching, I eloped with and
manned an African, You know the one.
lie lived with me but a fortnight, taking
with him t4e money gott said was - mine on
my wettring-dny. My shame prevented me
from returning home lam now living with
a while gentleman, but he Would nut ow
my child; so I thought I would Bend it to
you, as you will want ii — lientes ror you
property. hare named it Misgenc Heiress.
I will never retain.
!loping that mother I am
your lost doughty!,
- Upon looking at his grandchild, old Brown
spasmed. The old woman, wlib Led grit,
said it served him right; ho bad no butti
ness to bring niggers about the house where
there was a young and innocent girl ; gore
ad Le had enough of nigger now ; and thnu,
lug of the fate of t%re lost darrefftilk the
swooned n swoon a/kie, leaving tho 'i,ofaut
Illisgene Heiress to aguesl out its squeal.
The author, being near at hand, rushed'
in and applied his patent "Life-Saver" to
the throat of the unfortuqate old man,
which restored him to life in a very few
_minutes t_tint as Soon as he'd see the baby
he'd re-spasm, and cry out " nigger! nig
ger ! nigger !!" It was a slight case of
"nigger Mt the braiu."
The old woman swooned for keeps, leav
ittg the old man to nurse Lis own yeller
grand-baby; which concludes this sad and
dolemn story.
[Signed)_
TILE, "I7t.tira IV /ITC ." —The "death
watch" (Anobiumstriatum) is a very common
—hunks, of our house. Among those who
arc unamniainted with the habits of insects,
thorn it a common superstition that the
strange ticking( ' sound often heard in old
houses is a sign of approaching death. The
noise, however is caused by a small beetle
which during Ito boring Iperations, reit,
its, neck and thorax (chest)' together by,
which mean this (to soolg'persons) terrible
omen is nroduced—a fact which, if mere
puerility known, woul,d gave II world of us}-
less anxiety and uticasiness. In the Jarvis
State these insects do great injury to our
furniture and tho area work of old houses
which they gnaw contigually; When captor_
od this beetle feigns death, and with th o
strangest pertinacity, preferring, it is said,
certain .death under a slow fire rather to
betray' tha least. sign of vitality. The 'death
watch' on account of its' retired habits
minutesize Mira dark oolor is very seldom
seen,anti,as there axe often, several individu
als Working mime time at their
°nitrations the ipllla , Beetf/S to proceed sim
ultaneously from optedite directions thus
adding to the superstitious terror whore
with by some person it II regarded. The
greatest evil however to be dreaded from it
is the injury it. donsthrotiih its o Yetlone
in the,wood work of our hduses. tis not
;larger Mau a goateed deo.
the nuur , whotrilled . the sin
and afteriravls planted his et upon Wyse,
tires soil, eSiiimlivettetho crops? —J.- •
'l4.(tyi%•lntsium. I must know whatyot
want, sir." If your statement is' satisfac
tory you aro allowed to .past up stairs.
limo you are met by another bland but
portly gentlennin, once a judge of one of our
courtr—dow tho confidential businass agent
and companion of Mr. Stewart, to whom he
devotes all Ma time. lie subjects you to a
series of cross questions as rigorous as
though you were on a stand at ootirt. Ile
keeps you ftoni Seewart if ho can. if he
can't, when your (urn comes he ushers y . ou,
into a little box, 10 by 20, where ails the
autocrat of the New York merchants. no
receives you with a blank countenance and
a cold eye. llip voice is suppressed, his
face inanimate, his air impatient. You
hurry through your brittess, and need a
strong temptation...id run the gauntlet. again.
1:11:3
Krllur.L
Rufus Choate, in an important marine as
sault-id-battery-at-sea case, had Dick Bar
ton, cilia mato of the clipper ship Challenge
on the stand, and badgered him so fee (then(
an !tour that at last Dick gut WS salt water
and hauled by The wind to bring the
Litton lawyer - under his batteries.
;inning of his testimony Dick
Lis night was "dark as 'the
,e seven
iked,him—
ed!"
baby ! and
CANAIIA EAT, &.(1
ItEttEccA."
" What in blazes have you been grinding
me Ibis hour fur—to make me ?"
"Ile oivil, sir. And now tell me what
latitude a9l longitude you crossed the
Equator di 1"
" Sho ! you are joking."
" No, sir! I am in earnest, and I desire
you to answer me." ,t
. !„tI shunt." •
Ah, you refuse me, do you ?"
" Yes—l can't."
—A great sensation was created at the
Opera House, last evening, by the appear
ance of two persons in the pargnetto, who
were, by con - imon consent, recogniied as
-the 'very incarnation, par excellence, of
shoddy and petroleum. The-lady's head
4
dress was all ablaze with gold and recious
stones. The diamonds . alpit, are imotod
e at slo ' ooo while the other vlifuable oir+her
cf3als rte s , could not ibe worth mush less
than 20,000 more. !ler male essepanien,
likewise', was a spectacle fur godcand men.
Ills magnificent white satin vest had a
small row of buttons, and in every button
was a sparkling '• diamond. Cravat and
wrisbandd Were likewise set off with gems
of the richest zmd rarest" description. No
body 50elnall tei know who they were. They
sat so near the crehestra that' the Dig Fid
dle and the Little Fiddle wore at times
quite distracted. Ilarmony was lost In a
mazement. Their majesties, as if to altreet
all the more attention, left the Academy , at.
the, end of the 'fourth act taking care to
make almost the entire circuit of the par
quell° before shaking its dust from :the
Saleslif their fact.—.Nl F. Lelier.
. J i•
A. HINES,
EMI
ME
BELLEFONTE, PA., FRIOAY, APRIL 14, 1865.
A. 1. STEWAR •
The New York 'correlpondent of the Ns
tot..l,ur,,et says ; • •
"The papers are very boxy with A 1'
swirl's income—a matter known 'lilyto
timself. Ito is rlio solo roaster of All that
is bought and sold: Ile tnoza every article .
that comes in os' goes iiut of the store. No..
bundle leaves check. Ito selected
a shawl for his wife one day, and neglectifig
to check it, it could not leave the quailing.
No merchant in New York works do many
hours, or gives such andividritattenilon to
his business. His rooms aro i, his down
towfi store.' lie comes dchrn party, hikes
his dinner about flop o'clock, .returns,and
remains at his work till late at night. lle
flndis his pleasure in business. Ile iS as dif
ficult to approaoh the (trend Lama. (lo
to the store land you will be met at the door
by a courteous .gentleman, once an ntfinent
merchant, orlfo kept his own eshablishment•t
To your question if Mr Stewart i I in, a
response comes, " What Is your business:'"
" I want to see Mr: Stewart." Yo t can't
see him unless I know your husiness." It
HEADING OFF A LAWYER
MIS
At the
had said that
devil, and raining'
Suddenly Mr. Choate
"lVai there a tnoou thatil
"Yes, sir." '
A , yes! A moon—" - ' 411 1114
" Tos, a full ;noon."
"Did you see it' " '
" Not a mite."
" Then how do you know there NN as a
mon 4"
" Nautical , alyailidlk, said so, and I'll Le -1 ed' twenty nes
love that sooner'n any lawyer in this
" What was the principal lnininary that
night, eir 9"
" Binnacle lamp aboard the Challenge's
" Ah, you are growing sharp, Mr. liar
Lon."
"Indeed! you are, Chief mate of a clip ,
por-ablp, an unable to answer so bijuplc
(location r
Yea is the simplest. (location I ever
had asked d , e. Why, I thought every foe!
of a 'liner knew there aiu't no latitude on
the Equator I"
flit shot floored Rufus Choate ! '
logioloturo of Now York haVitUr
proposed to remove the oopital from AP3a
ay, the Monticello Waldman says seedy
every town in that State is a candidate for
the honor, and' adds :••• dOn't
o ra l et lt„ There is plenty of scallawags and
lunatics hero now." , • '
= _ _
. ,-- r —As s four-horso toam, Wended with
po#der, Wair passing thiough,' Wilbethans
vilkige, Massachusetts, recently; flibliditder
‘" "foist off," instand7 killing' the tea ter
and hie team, nntt'dtaktng t complete. *Teak
*atou. • .
ME
-,l
- ---y--
"STAXO EIGEttiAND 1714ZON:"
VAST AFIVIES AND THEiii
NIL-NTS. 4
'there hare bnerrll - ot atialCl" . la , l 'grand
rynr . c-ontg In Here is a
rOcord el onetucm :
Sennaeltei is, loet in
tingle night 185,000 by the destroying hn•
Tho oily of,Thebao had a hundred gates,
omit contd send out of each rte 10,000 fight.
lag own and 200 cbarriots ; in nil, 1,000,000
morq,lond
,2;000 ehorriols.
The army Of Trerali,-- king. of Ethiopia,
conriited of 1,000,000 men, and l .110 char:
riots of war. • .
Be;r3atris, king of Egypt, %Against his
enemies 000,000 men, P. 4,000 cavalry, onkl,
27 scythe-armed charriots ; VA before
(Thrist. . .
Ifamilear went from C./tillage, and landed
near Palermo. Pc lied n fleet of 2,00
hips and :1,000 vessels, and a land force of
50,000 mea. AL tho battle in! which, lie
was defeated, 150,000 were slai„.
Nintts, the .\asyj•ian king. about 2,:!00
years before Chi•ist, led against the Dtc
riang an arm of 1,700,0011 f3ot, -1,700,000
lories and ir;,ouo chaiots arme
Semiramis employed 2,000,000 men in
building Babylon. She too k,100,000 priq
oners at the Indus and sank 1,0011 boots
A short time after the taking of Babylon,
the for'eos of Cyrus consisted- of 600,4100
foot, 1214,090 horses, and 2,000 chariots
armed with scythes.
"Army of Cambyses, 60,000 strong, was
hurried in the desert sands of Africa by a
south wind.
When Xerxes arrived at Thermoryl,e,
Isis land and sea forces amounted to ^,G1 1,-
310, exclusive, of servants, eunuehs, women,
sutlers, etc., in all numbering 5, 28:1,220.
So say Herod°tus, rha , arch, and Isocrates.
The arm of Artaxerxes before the trattle
of eahuxa amounted to about 1,200,0410..
Teu thousand liorges and 100000 f6et fell
en the fatal field of Issue.
Palen Jarusaletu was taken by Titus,
1 ,1 00 , 0 0 0 fetigikd in•various ways.
The army of Tamerlane is said to hays
amounted to 1, 000,000, and that of his an
tagonist, Ilidjazet, to 1,400,000.,-.Zion4
Hera/tr. '
THE END OF THE WAB, THE BEGIN
NING OF DEMOCRATIC ASCEND
ENCY.
Some of the short-sighted opponents of the
Democratic party:' imagine that its existence
depends upor the success of the Southern
revolution. They forget that it was the in
augural ten or that revolution which conorni
in the bands of their own parfy the power
it had obtained by the votesof a int-
I! people of the Union. They
M the Southern states semi
ameratic Senators were
CEIIR
1
taken out of the IJ.,S
Democratic1111°1111)(os gut
o ,ongress. 'MT orge
these facts, they have been able
wink a sufficient lumber or fools in.
WWI into the belief (hat (be Deinocratic .
paily is responsible for,the south. revo
lution, to enable them to carry elections iu
half a dozen doubtful states. They Forget
that the, nor has given them•engiues all
powerful for the crushing of their political
opponents—a moneyed aristocracy, a sys
tem of civil-espionage, a vast army subject
to their dictation, and unlimited means for
corrupting the pc: , ple. Their three hun-,
dred thousand oJlico holders, ea oast, oast, on
MI average, able to control a irmr &wen
votes, were :done capable of giving than
the two millions, one huu.leed thousand votes
e Ist fur Lincoln. Thus it a ill be. 80011, the
revolution in the South, has enabled them
to hold power, whilst, Jr, contra, it has
r'revented the Democr- , , , y from attaining it
Ilcuce, it is plain that the seance-06' war
ends, the better for the Democratic patty.
For just so soon as the immense patronage
attewlant upon Its prosecution and the ap
pliance of force for the use of which the
Southern revolution has given the Adminiss
tratidn-a plausible excuse, shall have fallen
from thehapds of the abolition party, just
so soon will that party sink beneath the
scorn and hatred of an outraged and well
nigh rallied people. Mark our words, the
end of the near, is Me be:minim of DemgrAti"
aArendl, I, May the God of nations grant
(hat that end shall' soon cotrio
,
,aa:ettq„
—Some people hope that Lincoln's life
will be spared now, in order that the coun
try may be saved Mini the disgrace 'of an
"incoherent," Vice Presidept. Bat is there
Cot a slight chance of improvement in cave
that Providence sbOuld will it otherwise?
Lincoln, it title, is reported tdbo a sober
man, bit it is none the less true, that if he
is alWals Bobo: ho is always wrong. So
Johnson sober is .folthson wrong; but John
son drunk might perctiance, Ve Johnson
right. •As proof of this, lit 'his, "Incohe
rent" speech in the Senate he talked about
the "Constituti." Ile certainly never
would have thought of talking of thot doeu-
Mind If he had been sober. There is not a
word. about ii LinOWS JnAintlifai J 1 .1 1 .
a weird ! It is evident therefore, that it
di taken }Abolitionist is more likely 'to 1;'o
right than a sober one.—Er. -
WAyrTi) To STAY.—A young Rnesinn Mkt
himself Alto . streets 1(:If raid' II raw days
aineei beeline° family wanted him to re
turn home. Sooner than leave Parte' ho
killed hiuMele.
—The Etupreas Eugenia wore aerculy-
Aight Luce skirts all at Once, reoptly.
" i
/113
Brovost 11.trslial Gen. II iik.t committed,
YrsteranY, an otttrzege anon puldtc morals
which deierves r , .....tfiroS - froni every
gvol citizen, awl Censure to ithigli it is
justly obnoxious, While we make every
allowance for tho exuberance dr feeling
resulting from the / intelligence Of the glori
ous triumph of our arms, eiendt. extese
lion. iliuks, who occupies a high 'awl re
sponsible military position uspler the tiov
ernnient, for his conduct on this occAshiti ,
A slight degree, of intoxication,
I ion„ or nvhatercr oth'ti teem we might chose.
to designate IL by, might ho oveilodkod.
But when tho Provost Marshal not only
'intlAbes to such excess as to attract the
attention of the whole city to his mad
freaks, such us riding on horsebarl2 into'
and out of the drinking loom of on i c of the
first-Ol.iss liote.ls, Mitt I% lien interfered with
by pollee officers in the discharge of their
ditty, ordered out a squad nl six.teen sol
diers, under command of a lieutenant, 'to
arrest those officers, and actually does ar
rent them, it 113 impossible, in the oi.,i harge
cf our duty, Its a sentinel on the watch tow
er of liberty, to overlook the offense. flea.
an
Walks, the — Provost nu.sliata --- 0.767 a r,
yesterday outmsed public decency and
morals ift the Monter flleged.
Ito rode On horseback Into the Jones'
House and out again, and When remonStra
led with by police officers, ordered out a
.ptilitary squad to eirreel, them. They were
arrested, confined in a room, and an apolo
gy demanded of them for aft emPting to re
strain this redoubtable military chieftain
front indulging in the excess he was coin
, milling.—lforrvilmiy I 'Won. ,
SPIIItTV %L 1 4131 Elrosnn.-LThe Porthinders
claim that (hey have outwitted Clio 'spirits'
connected with a certain Dr. J. 11. Randall,
who has been giving manifestations in their
city, through a "boy medium," Master
henry R. Allen. One of the principal man -
ifetnattons at ovary Usgance" was the pull
ing of the hair of some person who sat be
side the boy, who fill; his hands all the
white capon the pdrson in such manner tidal
he was assured it was the spirits and, not
the boy who pulled his hair. Th went on
many evenings, till since ono nicked his
air well with lampblack and took the
position beside tbo boy for the spiritual
r:anifestation of air Tho hair
was pulled as usual but lit was found
immediately afterwards that everything on
winch the boy mocidunt bad laid his hand
on was smooched with lampblack. At this
revolatioa tho "aennee" broke
up abruptly—and the Doctor refunded to
the audience the money received for "paste
hoards," naively remarking that the boy
had played the trick upon him as well as
upon othurs.
--Barnum has delivered a lecture on
" , The Art of Money—tietting." The funds it
—anuouneed t —taste—to he—expended in
printing the lecture to said it to the soldiers.
Of what use could a lecture on the art of
money getting be to soldiers. If if. were on
I • l of getting their honest Arse from the
govern, k it might be of sonic se felt. to
the poor fo s. Or if it is dcsit•tcd Co be
up to the. moral iiptudnrd of the, Abolition
wnr, it oug• . ht to to entitled "the net of
stealing spoons and negroes." But that 1 .3 a
lecture that should be delivered by Ben
Butler, and not by Barnum, We never
heard Barnum accused of suchßisiness.
.7)/d
rude, and soine sixtq
,he lower Ivouso
bond
—Whnt is now called "the government' ,
to this country is a sight to behold. The
President an obscene joking old rail split
ter. yo Vice Prebideut an ignorant, inso
lent, drunken sot. Tho' Chief Justice, a
man mike is neither a lawyer nor n Christian.
Conkrqs, n cabal of fnitagss, tibipmyh,.,aud
butaers. Negroes the favored guests in
the parlor of the White House. White men
more degraded than negroos, in all the chief
seats of office. Alas ! poor country i-67,1
Guard.
A rit()LIFIO ilArnoN.—Mrs Andrew Alli
son, residing in lteaVe — r county, three miles
from Ilocktown, last week gave birth to four
healthy children. Some twenty months ago
Mrs. Allison gave birth tothree dauglderss
whom she named Corn, Dorn, and Nora.
These seven children, born Within a period
of two years, were,'nt last accounts, doing
well, as was ono their mottaut.
GECRUE W. KEND&LL, formerly' of lbe
New Orleans Picarine, 11118 been board from.
lle is on Oh tattehe in, Texas, raisin; sheep
and oattlo and shooting wild turkeys, wait
ing for Pence, troubled somewhat by the In
dians, and "waxing on 114grecora years."
A BINOLK coPx 03f tote momphig rnpor
contains accounts of fifteen murders, robber
ies, and incendiary Ora. in ,that. city, all
having occurred iu oue day. Muinplals,
under abolitiop rule, Is a nio401)olty,lo live
A nay by .04 niunivot: Wells bas been in
augurated armor of We Sli de of Canis
inns—the governmedt of nbloh is tow car
ried by the breet i hes pocket of General
—A somber of ,rrar olorgyman love
been petitioning for a recognition of Odd in
the Ovrestitution • Theao
eons 44,beiter begin by r,i6eliaring
14 thei t r, pnipitg,
Tile Nc,w Jersey Senate rejected the 001Y
st itutionar aniefidilienrailbe. abolition of
;layer.) , by a ;WM of twelve . 1p Derl,3l.
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MILITARY OUTRAGE
Few
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Wraufta for ~ SF Deowervite Wok/dal:tn.
A TRIBUTE,
To , C M....""Y • ( Jates W...I;rENAo. trio dirt;
inourr,vu (amp lionylog, Inthllte. on
the 20h of /'..broo:try, 18;3.
ST n!li r. ICKENAN. '
Jndrn' hinf
1/Psi t/ 1111 ECHO r,
1 he ransom of las foe his fully he gate
Far from 1111! kindred,
Who lovingly lingerbd,
O'er the ineuCry ut him now low in the grnve.
How cheerku and dreary,
How Ilona-sink and %nary! [pain!
How his heard must limo itched with its ohniuent
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'Ms thoughts still recurring
To the lilllo,l elluelug
Of tehohliug thu home of his chat/loud &gale
Unlvailing thy longing"!
, Nei Cr more on the dawning
Shall the I a or '
ntrertien thy agony
.leysles4; and desolate,
Kid and itimeonsidato;
Oh, pity! teu thousand times 'pit,) fur you
'Mid the hailstorm qf battle,
'Altd the cannon's loud rattle,
'Torero better by far void had been with tho slain
For then all the terigtre
Of Towtn-lafe horrors
Were not added up to thy full list of pain.
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As lho youth full of nrotoko and young +ran
Id ruin ell remonstrance;
.11lay Uod, In Ins justise,
Grout you the mercy which coo-tale Marled.
Farewell ! wd must sever
Tien that wo never
:gore, in th 01 world, shall ever renew;
Sad, end cruelty.
Tiiat this gv eg . ahou Lt.!
lor ell In thy cetera was noble sod true
linr.rusottn, Mardi. ge,
THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER
—A. Vier. Pur.C.I.LIN.NT—Andy Johnson
—The noblest question iu the world is
—what good eon I do ?
—The crocusses aro in bloom in Wash
ingi on. So are other "cusses."
--Men slip on water wheri it is Croton,
and on "kinky when it isn't.
--111iltigan has nenrly three million
dollars oapitttl invested in salt. works.
—The State of Arkansas has been ta-
Wen from Gen. Canby's command, and added
to Gen. rope's
--Oyer thirteen thousand aliens were
thrown into Charleaton boron" that city
succumbed.
—Nine men were' drafted in SW;loya
burg, Pn., but only one Oldie wan gp ou t
et 'the nine-
—lion. JohreP. Hale, oz—Senator from
New Hampahire Las been appointed
nlinie
tor Plettipotentia ' fy to Spain.
—By a law of the last Congress, all
coins hereafter made are to bear the motto.
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"In God we trust."
-QUESTION FOR TAIVIES.-16,w Thpoh
cloth dire it require to make a sp s trit raiiper,
Will Andy Johnson. answer?
—Thu oleetion in Connecticut has re
peated ne Wlttai in 1110 euueuas of the Black
Republic:ono.
—Au irreprasultaide taste in dress is
th e . ooly buyitmehahlo thing that some
letliettbuve about them.
—Mr. and Mrs. Brewer, of Wnytte
County, Ky., have twenty-two children.
This is the most extetteize brewery in the
West.
—The dresses i !p
Paris are out low in
the neck this sync ti, that,what remains of
the algrp4i4or.si end not worth tikention
.
iog. .
--Then'. aro persons wbfl, 41111 rdiallow
eellrigs and deep deriglis, seem to trend the
mills of sin sore footed us Spanish tnulos
akin: edge of the Cordileras.
Singleton brings back intelp
gcnee hr.,4here-ia nut the elighlc®t probe
Laity of pewee, but, ou the contrary, a con
tiunauee of the war.
. --There aro now No hundred and
thirteen National Banks, and malty apptica
tions are pending for conversation from
State to National Maul's.
. —The cotton plantations along the
issinsippi are nearly all abandoned chi
spring, because there aro no trlto po
them against guerrillas.
—So*body told Sydney Smith that
the giraffe' at the Zoological,gardbms lhave
naught a cold." Fancy." said -he, a "gi
raffe with two yards
mo o( sore throat."
—The "colored people" of Rhode
Island fitistulpininated Fdriard tierris, of
Woonsocke as their candidly° fur clover
nor. Ilope lie may boelcoted
--When a mftn Os too much old Boor
'bon into his his% instead of sayifts he is
drunk, as berlitoture;-116 is now !Ink to. bo'
"Johnsonivid," in compliment 4o 't
Andy Johnson at tho inauguration,
. .., . ,
—Quo or ito abolitiqn mere in bid°
calls upon its Mends and assodiales to pri,-
pare for the _spring eleetions'und strip for
the contest. We hope the wor.,en nad,chil
dren have+cen removed to tv.afe distance.
losses • byAbe,Vnit ed
t:itatos last year*o estimated µt 3Q , 000.W0
In rbilatlotiddi . there frfroo bbredred
and ninety-four. and the lova, borrodsettum
bore, walla million'of dollars.
military Wort at Presided'{ lain
colies inauguration oonsiste of two svgi
meals of the paroled corps, a squadron of
cavalry, a tattory o'f,aftfirey, and four com
panies of oolored‘trocps, ,,,
Watbfallion corregiontletrd - Ao
Siiiringnettl Rs p naii,annhys;- ti.
Itylleit'ainolayaisaion tm Major! lan -
pines a,aluut time, mai ito will en
probablt quietl y mustered out, of
sersief."" ;di!
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mocienea for Presidia...44lllMo, VC • AUG
avant of sis des4, itt4 ?liGgslhAsAUWeiga.he
his succehspr.,, ShiGlcAtitigAgAr i or- 1
ily ;titation as u eessol•itiLiapislii; ould
Untlistwo , finftiskilitathl# SE"
i?iiit' 4 liho lion
hiltsfr eetifirviivritevo *My/4de* afttemi
thousand dollitillianti Illisogtesliktmenii; arid
sent it tplinflßitilrifilErS6Sibli. A sister.
'iarkiviir - A 1 440 1 1 , madir A rtplinwltonbSpopt
Lion, of.At • latalptsGevailig.¢y
.'ilitioeW hew ritailimini,hp frosea4
backs',, s
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Debt slayeyt. 4:11!"
“strong goverumcnrrcji s believe in
the efficiency of n "[lrv) nitionst debt: It'
ernbles thetule keep the rnitikeit it wOrlt foe'
toe benefit of the few-that Is to tronsfar
the contents of thtpoor men's pocket" into
their own. NO more ingenious plan could
have been Jevised tiy , ,the L'init.saiesot it
which now governs this country. or 1h
enslavement of t Ito people, ants this ..A11&
malted b this iitAismat icor. An opp?rt6;
nit). for , hts . purpose la been sought, erg
iv no isSklAtc; emsriteeti, Miller Ybb iresibthr
No.. 14,
preteilv offreCing - inttffs. •. •
'flay rePtirthius whei ''elllafTrilhA6l-1111141
for the eiislatement Of the ~i otir *labs ;
I w i1f;714 Uppifus dab!,
whose , colossnl proporiions wake tni'llnatil I
derwheu contemplatc misery, thi I
poverty, the rags, the tdistinstiodlitairiiii,
that will nafithilly bulb nin. its than,
Bondi are being issued by the' •liousintals of ,
millions, „We shall yet•atipply , the, reek
with (lent, Imo (Ins demand what it imity,, 1
And every bond Is • link in IM, itnn,nlisall,
that binds us. Bonds /muluslasery,a‘egais- ;
ymoua terms,
the words glide from the lips I . Talk *beta ,
boundless resources, our ability to pay, and • •
each calf- England one bonndleas dileonr 7
cos too—lbe alzu never sets upon bar pas-
Sessiothl," they say—but does thth at pay,her
boundlemi debt?. D o es that toiligate be;
burdens oilier over-laic(' and downtrodden
masses • This country—everything in
baing mortgaged, under the,slrallow pre-4,
I ease of phylanthrephy, ter-14e, benefit 'et a
shialdy New England frialarsol•
_Bonds and mortgages are being gleen on ,
our bodies and souls. The bonds and the
cotton Ito, boon going to Europe eo Creel,
of late, t the ocittrat of trade has, been
reversed, and gold, iu tho absence of dp-
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May neh., and t!e., 9,000,000 in July, rOlowfiii:
7-11aailetlinesi will alegrsiaLnt rapidity
quite appalling to holders 14 every, deseriii
tioi: of protbrv. •
But this, ip not the pole cause/ gide
cliqe in geld. It is wcli,known tit ta.tet.Spii 7 .,
retary of the Treasury has been raising
$200,000.000 by the stile of 7, 80 tiondaes
they are familiarly celled. A great portion.
of 11!3 vast mom of tncney thus obtained, has
we sttspent, been• held, instead of being im
mediately disbursed by, creditors. game,
4 - 13 Have all b ee n brought to the brink of the
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precipice; as it were, by the, sudden anti
unexpected induction of the currency. VOW
see with einet;empti,the wggtoryanpiLilatioa
of aimen' thousa.Ad.m.illioni of value, And.
in common with others, await the residt
With painful anxiety. r Verily.' "lichee
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take unto thentselVes win and fly sing."
Some Infatuated 'person, seem to bloom
that. speoie may eves (04 : 19. Par,yrithetre
greeting Uniiek iltatoplends.„ 398, 1 1bittit
*Weser, the lawtsof ettellemy,will
hardly be suspended for th e setionimodation
pt Ll'elebeade• of 0'14.0 *hemqyhe4PPO4
to hold thmr.., ond.we understand the SetliPt
tary of the Treasury takes the, same aleyr or,
the matter,,end has, it, is pititl;, invasted SG,
000,000 in them, for 11io purpose s alma
ing the decking; ishiCh ctimmeneerlast weak
Whim b ?Os euddenly fell frOMloB4 r to 1004
and 10.10's to 80i. A - merehant'or banker
is distress, will hardly. atop to' consider
whether !I l ls dir.l•Yal ei not, to ISM Iln
houscfroni failure, by tkeenle,of any prop
erty he may happen to, hold ter temporary'
investmenfe. Tile Noticing bettkii POI No-,
ped on these bonds; whet his 'neetadvell
since our last issue, has bee mainly 4 011 4,
by the immense amount of tiondinaiollikby
BeeristarT__of_t_kiLTseasury. Unless the is
sliduld be a : furtiall isitn - e — oGpaper-Money,
there le reason to believe thamice*dettlitie
will prove to batamere.ethower, in commix*
ison with ate Akin, we sbellatitonsiiMferlt
the expiration of the yetart prom.
ty, in the eagetrYt will be tlike,
40 -taitim-ceetiailt4M.SrightMWeakeail/
to be issued forthwitit,, as aeon
stuccos will Aermit. in the number of aft t,
under a specie heels,, and whenCdtit,tb.t.
wee merely nominal, the bchndi of ;1
sold as low as 83, haiing fallen 'from 124.
lye oAts doily [intigine what ihei, wel4o
bring itra iattio when $ ? 0,00,00$ . 006, b i t
them &Iva have b*'n issued. ' . *Crge joii!
etwirns And ri'cj yetw4fetiere, liberty Alegps
now, and the long drearY night of ditapoll
ista is Net settifig Aerie&
Smoll-Pok In New York. -^•,-
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nal, contains His follow' ..
testimony of Dr Stephen
jpintimunittees of the' Noir York,
and Assombly , on tho Itedlth Bill.
certainly a startling picture:
ILVthe very type of preennil
de 'diseases. We have a safe and sure prtt n
entire in thorough varteinatina. -And yet
this loathsome disease hs'at this moment sn.
'epidemic hi Now York. In two his ante:
tlie inspectors found £l4 catres„ and. 14 E
weeks upward of -1,200 ; ind,lt yrits.ootlitut
tea that buSanowt one halfsipss,disoovsred.
•Ird ninny of the larga,tottant,lkeuttes.l4, eight
and ton eases were pund at.theplatue those.
They fauna it}tiutr. every orinatilvsble-cort
dit ion )endgw4s. •
copplo N o d g p qn igot.
. h 4 nal in ) Ateof reetlm.,,liTPA,sts
in the hacks,on4 . 4o fairy trim ; in_ 4
shop: .
fit cigat cutindi shops { in s
families o' tailors nial a yealudrear r ir . ti,
wore inaklug,
Iniublic and riF ' e dittia; a'4l 7 ite-P
gold' in my haiiir if list' 6aies
&Aim.' 021,04 thpliil ':gtettlis44l "
itibir golf wide-spAiled`liftwittikwasit;" -
ding Of fatal ease ntlal . rtialil 'tail" AIN&
easeh i. roost irhimmr:6lo,filide9llo4l"*"
Viers 400 told ; duo: 4.11114 y 4411
sitonditiffbarltaptiiititii
to bar *Assad lidltriortloortialr
map mekingisi
Irony ben Lkid ;cs
ekitte,fou 71rQ ay
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