The Beaver Argus. (Beaver, Pa.) 1862-1873, March 08, 1865, Image 1

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POETICDAX.
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jHB FOOTSTEPS OF DECAY
rite following 5 is ft translation flfom an an
ient Spanish Poem, which, say s .tße Edinburg
• ew , Is surpassed by not! dpg with' which wo
acq ii!Hntcd in the Spanish language, ,ex
cept tieyOde of Louis do I eon.’’]. . ' '
Ohr)et the soul its elanbers break—
. Arouse Hs senses and awake,
1 To see how soon: , ‘
Life, in? its glories-glid 33 away, '
And-the sterii footsteps of deeoy
I Como stealing on] j 1 ■- ,
And while we'view the rolling tide,
VOW.n "Uloli wu.i fl«n
; , , Away so fast, ,j.,
■ Let a” 3 l Be present bon r employ, , •
Andde'em each future Ireain
■ $ Already past. , V],. .
' Let no vain hope clever re the mind—
■No happier let ub hope to find ' , ■
- To-ijiorroW'thaii to-day. ■'
■ Oar golden dreams of 3 ore Were bright, t
hike them the present shall ' delight—
\ ■ ( hike them decay, "
' Out Utcs like hasting streams must be; r
That into.nnc engjulphi ag sea ■
■ire doomed to
• The sea of death whose waves roil on
■ O'er k/ngaud kingdom. cijown and throne,
And swallow all. I :
Alikeithe rivers lordlj tide, _
’Alikclthe humble .rivulet glide .
fTo that sad wave:. ;
,•>. UcaOf levels poverty and pride.
And riih nnd>-poor sletp; side by side ,
r fi / v - .Within the gravj.. r -
• Oiir hivt-h is but a starting place; ;«■ ",
t Ljfc,is'thc running of ilc race, r
(And death the goal;;
i - There all our glitterim; toys arc brought—
The‘pa|th alouo, of all unsought, '
: - ■ -Is found of all. 1
See then lioiv poor and little worth ,
j Are all these glittering toys of,earth I
' ' (That lure us hureli :
Dreams of .a sleep (hr £ |death must break.
' Alas! oofore it bids u;i p’akc, j
- Vie disappear. ; j
Long ctc the damp of earth cah blight
The ehoeha pure .glow of red and while
- J ' , j lias passed awiy, i .
: Votifli srailod and all v'aßjheavenly ,fair-^
Ago came.nnd'laid hiii finger there, ,
lAnJVhetß are they?. •'
"TVherejis the strength thalispurned decay,
. The step that roved s 3 light and gay, *"
.The hearts blil he tone! j
' The Strength is gone, the step Vs slow.
And joy growgjWearisiimeand wq! '
l When age comes "oh. - , ,
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t Miscell
lowing intci
ccnp j "'as handed ui
Ja‘ Wilson, Esq., ,«
ff publication. He
orayo and gallant sol
perato charge at Fj
. will 'find pit
•is well as intoroslin g,
sketch.] | ' ■
After the battle <f Belmont, the
guerrillas wore very in
the southern part of .Missouri; annoy
ing our .troops constantly- rendoz
zousingjn the swamps and bayous,
and places almost inaccessible to our.
troops,..who, were unacquainted with
thocountryand the jgrounds. Some
of the most cruel and barbarous acts
fero committed by those men almost
wilh-impunUy. .The foads leading
from the river to the interior general-
I'ylay along' the margins of the bayous
ana-swamps^and small squads of guer-
would bo pcrfcct|y secure in their
rendezvous, unless to those familiar tor.
| their haunts; and rnnhy a noble pol-.
-idler aifd bravo fellow met' his death
the murderous' and bloody hands of
■hese skulking scoundrels. •
n T ,r° Ic^ der of the gang, Capt. Born,
~mi . n ~s orn ’ was . a t l ar *- r, ff, reekless:
_ the “border-ruffian’’stamp,
was never known to' take a pris-
Tfierj hig inoito being “death by the
r . f? lfe ’ an 4 knifAto the hilt.” Ho liv
sin ab u Now Madrid,onthe road
about tep miles from the Missis-
e lVCr! a *‘ d - a short distance from
the bayous or swamps, Infor
■ iHnt 10 c waß k rou ght to Headquarters
at home, and .Capt. Wil
derw?,*^ 0 I° w a Cavalry, was or
.« to take aßqnad of and try
’ The Captain selected
out of his company, and
" guide who was weil ac
and O( Cd . ® orn and hia premises,
about 8 i? aabo roach hia house
road 'ffbt.. A sbort turn ,in the
ou § at . them in full view of the
.daBhin2n 2 hpj at fall gallop
, bCaptain leavifg his
front L r‘ ■ dson > and four men, in
Qaetiin L-.i C 9 an entrance, and the
»eni mVv lbo balance of bis men,
Parnnse *- ear the house for the
" q„ i u off hisrolreai from
• reeled attention was di
nntii h» L, ae . w, ndows ,of the house
ean.loctid B .l ta^' ed clfckof a
■ larned oniooV house.. He
c °cked in w Ub; .Lis revolver
al 'o4t fift v _’ 8 j aad , and- saw Horn,
, Vitty ofrtonnf^l afc fc be head r of a
fbi »e i t-Dorn had his
raised and was jn the ket of
IMII
takingaim at him. Capt., Wilson fir
ed his'rcvoider at Dorn;' more to dis
tj act hia 'aim 1 than with 'tKe axpe eta
;l|,dn ofshooting him] -It had the! do
sirbd effect, ns" the ball whistled past
without harming hinj. Capt. Wilson
and party immediately dashed at] the
rascals; they broke and fled, each man
for [himself. Thc-firrng attracted] the
attentionVif the party, in froht, .Who
were difimounted.and by (ho time they
had . regained their &addles the guer
rillashad the startof thorn. Then
coir menoed a. race that was .the las)
one. Ibr more than' oho 6f the retreat
ing party. JCapU JiVileon Jpdk the
track of Dorn, ,and they went down
the road pell-moll,each one firing his rc'
volver at the other, as opportunity
offered. Capt. Wilson, was gaming on
hint until a short curve in the road
brought him so close to atreothai his
elbow struokit, knocking the revolver
out] of his band, and some, thirty Soeb
away, leaving him to pursue the chase
with a disabled arm, i.sabre and jear
blhjej but the delay enabled Dorn to
effqct hia escape, i X|orn usually rode
a white, horse; but this time bo {was
noti on the white,, hkving exchanged
with a brother Capt. ‘ Wilson’s bro
ther, J. C.',Wilson, although last,to re
gpip the saddle, bad a fleeter horse, or
was a more reckless ] ridcrj took the
trujek *6i the. white horse, and noon
passed-somo of his own party and sev.
eral' of'tho guerrillas;, pressing the
white horse vcry'hafd, exchanging
shot* as they flew- along, until the
white horse. left. the road. Wilson
still pressing on andijgaining on| and
firing at.hjm' with his second revolver;;
demanding his surrender at short in
tervals, until; they had/left the main ,
road about a mile, when suddenly the
white horse , was wheeled round and
[the man threw up his hand, cried out,
“Ijsurrondcv,:! I surrender a prisoner
of Iwatr The grim-;lopking customer
was armed to the teeth, and at ileast
ono-tliird larger than hiscaptoi]; but
he was quickly disarmed and driven
into camp by Wilson, Who wps much
elated with fiis exploit.. Butiie’did
prove ,toj bo the leader of the tang,
as; ho w.as supposed to. he during thd
pursuit. guide drove his'man in
to the. swamp, and; his horse fdll and
floundered; but before the’ guerrilla
could extricate himself the guidejshol
I him, and both horse and rider disap
peared in the ditrk water of the
siyamp. Three of the guerrillas 1 were
kiied, and each ot the party, excepting
Capt. Wilson, had'.’mado a capture.-r-
But Dorn letl that ipart of tho doun
wjr -vei j ouaoeniy..' - = —>—
Aftcr participating in the fights-Tit
Island No. 10, Now Madrid, andiTip
lonville-v-thc 2d lowa Cavalry waslacnt
uj) the Tennessee to Pittsburgh liand
'nS- Corinth, ,'aiid Farmington.J At
At the latter place Jr 0. Was
killed, in|a n\ost desperate charge up
on. the enemy's, batveries, on thoJ <Bth
of May, 1862. A full doscriptipb is
given in Headly’s History of thi-Re
hellion: vol. 4.53. .
“The action commenced at ton,ijvith'
artillery, and continued till noon,when
it ceased. Gen faino who Was in
command of »ur forces, ,di.scoydring
that'tbo levels were manoeuveribg'fo
fgot iri <i>f him, and cut\hiia off
-from the main army, determined to
withdraw.” ■, ■
n A swamp : was in I his roar, 1 across
jffijiich only a single roadbed, dvoi
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.neons,
resting remiiiis-
S by onr friend
Brighton,
lost his , sorf, k.
dier, in- the des
rmington, uur
ch 'that is new,
in the following.
bo must carry his entire cotni
;mand, In |hc .meantime, the rubais
had moved Ibcir artillery so as to dd
liver a cross fire on this,- while thcii
extended wirif'.i.were sweeping dawn 1
on either flank? n ■ :
\ “To leave nothing behind, and gain
time to get .his-columns across ithis
single narrow croas way .Paine ordered
the second lowa cavalry to charge
the enemy’s, guns.. ’ r -
“It was a'desperate order, but Col
onel Hatch, to whom it was dolivorod,
cared little for that. Five hundred
were to charge in the face. of ten
thousand; • but his only anxiety was
lest his, menj sbpuld refuse to; foU
low him.. • But the bravo lowans woro
ready to a ipaii, Piling'.np a ravine
os Jar as they could, to avoid the shot,
and shell that swept the field, i.hey
boldly ascended the siopo, face to face
.with the battery. .
“Quickly responded to
tho pealing bugle with Joud shouts,
and with Sabers flashings above iicir
heads, dashed full on the guns. Th *
skirmishers in front wont down! like
bending grain, before their fierce' jgol
lop; but] the momont'th e field was clear
ed of these, -the artillery opened on
thi th > ' ' • '
,uem wu. canister and shrapnel. I Be- •7, - , religion. Uiu.
Toro tho.destructivd fire, that line of ewryleffort to get
horsemen Weald have disappeared ' d Q a ® en Isabella thatljio
like mist in not the P/?, P i P f ,. tbo “W worW would bo lost
gins, in the caused] Ai'fi’ Co *
this sudden apparitrodj beoffiloomueir -? 1 ? bayefibtpa,Baid the Queen,
depressed; ' .<■' J i‘- I £ * l ha T° l ® Bell toy c-oWn jewels—
.,m.. - , ... • • • . ; ! .aais[ was three hundred 1 years arm
!n if fi n e oad9 *??* luo ® r( 2? d wh6n the ,women,if .thoy got anything
in front of them, catling down a bun- .into thcirlieads.gonoiallylaccomplish*
dred horses but did not stop the re v edit. fLaughtor.l : J j P
w fnli „nnn D f h the lf we this nation to others,
pest full upon them, the-affrighted 1. h i one . more {hr humanity
fr n^S^^^od^the^ ie than others. It has severed church
I th° -charno being ahd state, and thus struck a deadly
, WaS t ° blow at hypocrisy. 2. It has educau
could svr.ft- tod the j masses more thanoth«-s. 8.
Ratf»!n B Kn r ? 83 4 fir ° ; ' 8 T t ’ educated and olevhted women
Hatch the bugle to, sound flip to,positions of higher usefulness and
rewll. But tho troopers nev- iono'r. ;4. It has done > more than
®L h . and d«rthin» oed M lt others tb otovatu the humlilost to pla
not and daShmg on the ces of,honor and trust, the fcontW
bred them at their pieees. They tfieu boy. Lthe.fttrmor’Uoyi” may be- id tbe
fell back to the swamp, land the col- highest pfiicos yot. Vf ho does not re
nmns safely effected its retreat to jthe member j Clay, the ‘‘milt boy- of the
farther side;* • i slashes? ’ Jackson of Jopr pa-J
New Brighton, Peb. 22, 60. \V. |.nd be had read somewhere'
bl. :.-ta
Bed,
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con sp:
in history 6fa ‘<rail-Bplitier’’!becoming
President of |the Unite j;-;Statps.—
[Great applaush] 5. This nation is
j • ' °P en 1° a|i others. As ttyo See gathers
Oi Mpn^ay^ifternoon.JPeb. 20th, a honey from every flower, sp we g4t
largo:. concourse of pebplo assembled our population from every fandV-Eov.
in -th of’spacious audience room of ero " U y Bpeakiug,„Godcatr:not afford
I . -■ti • d /■:< J,- . .. to do. without America.. Wo are not
Mount llmon .College, to] Us ten to the tOJ , crish int hs3 fetruggle! | V ‘ ",
eloquent orationyriT Bislfop Simpson, f n the second place, Shalfwdho di
of Philadelphia Pa., on the Future of Jvidod ? Vico divides; virtue Unites,!
Oar I OfffiMfyi God waL praised in ] Virtue brings forth rail rbadsi tele
stirring uihsic after which Bev. Or. graph9 t: ahd -.all! l llfo
nmi!r«&& u : it aI- civihvation.. Vico destroys. these.—;
\Villiam?,of Massillon, Ohio, address- Thb state.of our civilizatfoh looks to
ed np earnest prayer to the throne of union, instead. of : .disapipn. ’Then
grace, the Bishop wasji introduced [there is no natural lino o£ J Etoparatidn.
by Kov. Bir. Hartshorn; President of Division must be made b^^phnpase
the College, and gave 4 a masterly iMo S n l f ’. or wiU
ij, . lii , „ J war. Dot us soUlo the aswpoii Udw,
K° d „ e , j L 3 'r° . aiDin f CT* of if we have to fight^org^^broa:*
to’gTvh in-idea oif'tbis wc^-limed per- r lntheTbird pjLseJ
- I I ‘I mor shy? S» -f • Us,' '
“The Future of Our Country.”'
'EY BISHOP SIMPSON, - >
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formgncpJLO one who has not heard it
and ive propose, to,offer to the reader
only a blriof and fragmentary outhno.
After a ] brief introduction expressive,
of appreciation and regard tor ail
educational agencies- achieve*
melts, th‘o speaker addressed himself
tp his subject as follows;
! All oyjes are turned to t_he front; all
hearts are anxious forefathers, hus
bands, and sons, who for
us and jmav return no jtijore. What
will jth'ejeiid |be ? is the gijl&at inquiry.'
Though jwo cannot prophesy ; we have
sorae mcans-of kuowjng wfiat shall be.
We jbelieVe to-morrow morning’s sun
will rise; for thatNis alaw df nature.
Thoyo arc also,laws for| pations, God
has revealed his purposes jin
ing [governments. If.jtf' knpw his
piind, we can predict thcnresul't. God
.raises or easts down gavct-hmoniß, not
for the rulers,but for th«f'|ieoplo. -Wo
may|regard it as a law thl&vthe gov*
cbnraente which in
science; literature, and mofials, is ac
cepted of God.-;jThe nation,: 1 which
doesi ndtLlhiv God will Overthrow.—
Thus, Israel displaced the Canaan
ites. j E£ypt passed because it
Oppressed God’s people,.}#
J Tiiore aro several pos»|lelBßucs in
our present national coiipict. One is,
shall tbip nation perish^ 1 If-soJ. the
nation superseding - us must be'better
than! ours. Has this hatiion finished
•Us mission ? If Wo God
wals with ns asjho novor 'lias, with
any j other nation. ( Ho bation ever
perished, in a hundred years/ (Search
i history,Egypt cotinted itsjgfowth and
decay by, centuries.-/ prin
ciple] holds-in re'gajd to Bhbyiofcia,
Phoenicia, Greece, Home;fSnd in more
inoderu times, to France,. England,
Germany, and tCho age of
the wor d -whjch jGod chose for our
birthj' shjowed there was ia great mis
sion fift-jus. • Wo wore hidden till bc|-
encoj add religion needed us -.Qther
lands wjeio discoyored ; tfr6m temporal
motiyes; ours from jelfgion. - Colum-
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jparchy . oomo oi • us,' perhaps,
might consent to bo gptjernpd by a
Queen]" or wo might admit a nobility 1
provided wo weie the nobles, or we
might not object tb largo Jahdcd es
laics, provided there was “oil” in
them. But a monarchy vnthiscoun
try is impossible, ; ■ . 1, i
~ In tho fourth place, shall thd coun
try bo preserved ? ■ Yes,' jf we under
stand the indications of prbvidonee. ; —•'
God has long been'preparing , trs ' for
this, struggle.- ThojCoast jsurtfby gave
us thc[ soundings of almost every bay.
and river m the land. This was in*,
■dispcftsiblo to ,us (in the war. Ship
building had long been making rapid
improvements.. Thousands of lnilesof
railroad had just been finished L when
the. war broke out; and hoto how tho
lines tun, hot !from north *o south,but
from Cast t t. Telegraph!
■ j' 11 ' [gold for ? That isn’t a thing' you soil
.jnumcation had just been completed so j D yo u r store ” ; t . ] ij ° •
as to bo available; so too l.of sewing ,-i knowsdat-buti I want to make
I ™ ch ™? 3 and agfculturai implements. ; 80mo monoy on do of | „ old - ' Beo
™nLl h,S 60 ? , A 3, P les sa 7 H is going ul,. aifd I link I
money gold and silvdr aro foan(rin - may
each abundance in Gahforma. Novada, I -‘Schultz, you dear Sid fellow, don’t
Idaho, and many other {places, that) yon know that if yoh; bhygoid you
our- national debt,tif it amounted! "to boarob.ol?” 'l' i •"
Jour thousand millions could bo paid said Schulti,. with a tone of
out of these mines, ,and t^r 0j would resentment in his wonder; '
be enough left togivoa fortune toev- --Suppose you buy ?10,000 of gold,
ofour landf Theßish- Suppose 'that some mbrnibg you fead
op had visited thesel -mines,! and was in t he papers in big ' -Terri
wiLh d T‘uu ll : a W jnc r f d, y%bJe .drsaiieri to the JJnibn cause 1-
u ‘“r t k°* c ? ntai “v. it I? grant’s army routed ind destroyed !!
remarkable fact that , an Irish priest The Bdbels marching on Washing,
hart obtained .from ; Mexico a title to ton I ' I i' ' P-#&t . v . 6
ranch of the gold regicna of CalifoK > -i should say dat wastam pad news,”
b k-f ? Ur s :^ Fr °f excitedly; interrupted the, German.
tnUn poseasion of u for the United -Yes, you say right
Slates. Just at th? right time, (Jod o ff, -dis, however, will but gold upi
to U8 ‘‘ r; Y c F,s of oil . • p ad for, the Union cauie, tam pad,
and Franco, djuhtlass hud it is UotTor my ten thousand/ Don’t
!^meih W g to dp invWentmg,th !? you'fee.Schulfz,. thatl.in buying gold
KifSSWP yod instaptly Wakd the interest! of
forma,Etfgnand fear- tho Eobols your, mtete-ts-that ydu
E f omin Si°o briboyoutaeif to wist them to sue.
!t S Ar bt,t When j )ur r c , r ° Bh oobd, and to wish your country and
the Mernraac,they suddenly became yonr countrymen to fail?, And if
neutral., , j ■, ■ : i these unholy desires; Schultz, don’t
JisHop. saw, the define af Bebejl, there is no language k>
jo war in tfio d'dprociatidn of the reb
el'currency, the scarcity, or their men,
the evidence of despair shown by the
manner of treating our' prisoners, and
in the desertions and desponding of
the rebelarmy. ; On lour side he saw'
men, - and valor-!—iaspira
tion almost, as in the case of Hooker
and his, men in Lookout Mountain,
fighting above the clouds. Who can
conquer menwb°. fight above I the
clodda? .Slavery will Voabolishod.—
The conqnesta for freedom, are sur
passing all expectation®.- {What shall
be dope with the ncgr(jea?’j N lBt. Wo
might do with them ids Jeff:, Oasis
wished ns ,tp do with him-r-lot ftcm
alone. 2d. instead ofpgitaung, edu
oato. .them. ■ “3rd, Lei thorn ’■ rededm- -
Africa 4th.; Lot then have Texas
and Arkansas.. They willjbe propar
,Cd for aiughor civilizUion and.freer.
I donr lifter their babtisA of blood.' *
! After summing up are more noted'
measures;. baUlesandjn ciden tsoftho
war, and the various bjnoficial results
certainly to accuro ,and_,
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and to the world ; at ■ largo from the
.complete and speedy overthrow of
'this rebellion—an [event which must
very sbcjn in the ordei of. providence
result o4|the well’ earned trophies Of
our valient arm lot, and' wise
legislations and judicial decisions of
bur patriotic stat esmen, and juris ts-f
-i the and pathos had
become" ioverwhbhnlhg ,to his, \ast
bpell-bonnd audience,eoncludcdby
ferrjpg to the fact that th 6 ' telegraph
informs us that. Sherman , has taken
Columbia, and that' Charleston is ours!
[Loud j cheering!] : Ton , may have
heard of Sherman, said he—he is a
northern rnan wilh f‘ southern proclivi-,
tieB.” [Laughter.i And there is
Phil Sheridan, who, doles not know e*
hbugh to keep off the sabred soil of
Virginia. Some'sigh for a man at the
or a Jackson, x pray no
that} 1 1 think God has already!Groat-ed
us one., .[Great laughter ] ' | ■
Ilia apostrophe to the flag, that
gloroua banner of ours,was indescriba
ble, and is coi taiiily j nnoqualed in any
known oration. : L ,1 ! •
Buying Gold Hakes Onea Rebel
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There is instruct pn and example
ip the following incident barrated 16
us. by a Pennsylvania friend,;: r
An honest Schuylkill CountyGor*
man nijcrchant, who! had accumulated
more money Xban ho could employ'as
capital in bis-business, came to a pa
triotic banker in Philadelphia' and
said,: j ■ ' ", , •}; ; •'
‘•I have got some, moneys, and I
want 3’ou to buy mo bomogold.”
“Why, Shultz,, what do you want
define boo, ’ Don’t you see that’buy*
ing gold.jneyitably I tarns bopest,:pa«
triotic, devoted men like yod, ■ away
from the pause which they ought to
support, and, which they think . they
do,support, i but which they jeanjnot
support;' because they have made- it
for their interest not to support! it ?
Dotft you ' s aeo it, dear old feUpjy:?’?
“Be shore 1 do,” said the hditest
man , with of mannerandhu-
ffand I ax pardoh;of the wah
Put tho whple ofdat in
My money gooS- with my principles.”
—NrY. Tribune. ■ ‘ 1 j ' Tgf-
; sguA; tavern keeper in England
who was talking boastihgly *bout bis;
caatomdrsi said of one of them:; "He
is fb.earnest regular man ;in Warwick*
homines hero and'gets
Saturday, and Mias done.j thelsSme' for
ten yebrs, oxcejpt whonbis mother
died, and that t(me ho ' eairte onuSnri*
day. Mlt is a grand thin g to.be pniadr
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.iMigbiafly that tli
baa promised lo njarry him tl
daj\ Before, and' th tt he - wan
minuter tp;‘hold ;he£sd her. wo
objection wag nolpbto4sderod jo
after li^^^pjnf^aipr^-tfa'e
Goloby
• discardec
ln is girl . for bre;
promise,- bat: subsequently
promised the matter on her. a ]
to do his washing for one
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tgt.'A person enquired at Pm | of the'
■rnijrbadrotations, I ;what time the’ 7.45
train would start,’ and was v ioid “at a
quarter to eight."; “Bless me,’’he ex
.clamed “you 7 are always, changing the
.tirr|e'on,thia lind.’ - J
1 / V '1 ‘6-’-
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Nasbyl£ Fifing 'i
Cam uvth*77Bth Ohio Kxmattl tjmiar, V
,-K r i •; ; Tomido > OcrTrarf?, f
' Xamhere, -clad ip the garni"liv sla*
very!' Nasby, clothed Idal/bobtail
ed bloo.coatj- awopUn shin and blob.
Eabte, with a Oyßteranjnuskitin hie
adds, a goin thfo the exerciser Good
hayings! wat a spectacle ! f- 2, .
The draft was .over, «ndt]thbt that
wunst more I'd visit-toy 2 native lanfl.
Gaily. Istept aboard the bote that
was to carry me.from British shores 1
—gaily lisay, for my money] had giv
en : qut some weeks, aforo, and Lb ad
earned a precarious subsistence asaw
in wood, in pai^oorsbi^wfthJa |diagast4
.in mulatto, and I looked forward with
goyfnl antisopashons to the time whenjj
1 shoodagon embrace Lopiker Janb/j
(the pardnot uv my bazzbtk,) arid!;
keen my skitf perpetually Ml uv tbq
elicksor or life, out uv bSr Washirt
money. (Joyfully 1 spiarig | off th«
bote bnto the wharf at Toledo,-when
a lievy band .was laid ontoniyqhoaU|
deb. Twasa.eoljei! Tho fbl lorin con
versashen ensood:
: “Wat' Wan test tbow, n.y iontlb
frend ?” > ■ J ’
I •*! \Rpptyoo, my gay Kanajpnif'. ‘
; ‘‘On watgrounds?” retortid I i |
“On .the’'ground- uv eloodcn uv the
draft;” sez he, L.. ■ 1 ’jj
“Your mistaken,”'sez I,lm % ab-ji
emmissary. I hev bin a.
apredin .the bred uv life among thp
poor kulerd brotfarin in Kanady-, and
amjcstrolurnin to run thro another
lot. Let me pass I entroattheo,” nor
stay me in my good work" (This was
strategy.}’ i.,; |
“Not ’much,” sez ho,- “IknoW b'dt
tei. Ypur a butternut.” Yf : | !
1 “How knowst thou?”'sez I. : i
“Your nose” eoz hoiTba . buchucs
bcekuh like,, was* payee got out uv
spring water.’-«c,' '* j *’■"■■■ J'jl '' j
i, ‘' Y o ork no wlo d g e u jr; menac'd things
is’ too much for, mo. jl confess apd
Surrender as. disCreshuh'i—do With irid
ez thou wilt v r -,.. 1
And he did.*,; -1 was
and wuz allowed to rHuntedr. to'figift
against my-ConvichsfiSns—againSt«hy
bretiiren. who hev taken, up aAns ip
a rightousWioz. So bo it. Ilentzlih
the naim uv Nasby will-shine id the
list uv matters. ! ~.jV
. Amid tho dark, deep gloori that cnE-
Wellnpo-.mojswun ray.uv light strikes
rne. I hoyyseoiS/ ,rd
turns, ap|> w*ep,/I seed' cm 1 yelled
Hallelogy! Me apd another victim uv
Linkiu’s tyranny,who is 5 Dimekrat,
1 (ho wp« i» ijpoalpauntmr Hiint nu
non, and-when remOved oy Llnkid did
ept give up the balance uv nioonoy ho
badrph hand, fearing twood be uaed to
subvert our a jd
bilcc, ' Wejsmuggled a bottle hv,con»
denst okstasy, ana oelcbatoa macblv.
“Tho Norths; redeemed!" showiid I.
“Lets the Eagle scream!” yelled ho.—
“The Quakers hev votid I ahowtid I.
“Ablishniani dead !” sorea mod lie.—
“Dimocrisy’k triumphed 1” jkft 1, and
so on, until jafterj midnite, when, icoml.
pletoly cggsaustid, wo sank i ito slpim
her, with a empty boUloaTwoem ns. j.
' V. Nxsby.
P- S—Toll LOoizor Jane tl at I fnay
never sec her again—that shied it be
my fate 2 perish in tho bat .10-feeld,
amid the tore fiv battle and the hor
rors nvmjacollanoonacarnage , my last
th ol ,ez.life ebbs , shel be
uv hot, and ask her ef she ckn’t send
me half prthroe-quarters uv tho mou
sy shVgits foi washinpz whisky costs
fritefully hero. - nP. V. N.
Beautiful Answers.—A
Abbo Sicord gave the follqwi
ordinary answers:’
‘‘What ■
, “Gratitude is the memory
heart.” i
“Whaitis hope?”
I “Hope is the Blossom of hai
• “What |s the difference,
hope and desire?” ; .
jf'Dosiro isVa tree in leaf, -1
three in flower,; and ohjoyra
tree in fruit.” ■ - ' *
"What is eternity?”
“A day without yostorda;
morrow—ajino that has ho.di
“Wbatiß^time?”
1 ji'l
“A line that has tvroiends—a pain;
which begijßß at the cradle and ends
in the ' - v ;
“What is God?"
“The necesary being, .the
eternity, the merchant of nat]
of justice, the watcbmake
universe, the .soul oftho wbrlc
“Doe* Godreason?”
“Han reason s,,'becaus3 h<
he deliberates—-he idecides.,
omniscient, "He “never dou
neyer rbasons.”
ir i'll
1111
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111
;i , !■ / u .» • y. •> a- ■ • j
. —ltjs asserted that His.flbljpieija,
thb'P9po,wdlßendtßeLat aadsword.
v/hi ch'’ received his'benediclibn'proyi-' :
ous ..to the. Christmas ceremonies,* lb ,
the- Emperor ; Maximilliff Thbhat ;
is bt crimson velvet lined pr
mine, trimmed, with * a goldenj/eolrd,
having -ji*. dOVc—the symbol' bf the
' the - mibdlb 'wh tbifc
crown. rTHogiltiabbabe' tbikentinoo..
dr polcbtato whose ■. conduct -during
thopast ycsiK’bas demOTsftatod didst
obedience to, and. beat In thapausojor
Holy Mother Church. ? i*;/
‘ ~We understand, ■ says; the Heeds
Mercury, that jr “Brotherhood” H iro
picesofthOclergyiorfrtheparishfChujcch
to bo called “Tho Brotherhood pf ; the
Holy Redeemer;”/ IThe brethren.,wo ■
•io be 'subject "to'strict ■rales,' “hr.d J will
bb expected to bttbbd prayei J s; etb.yat
similar hours to those whicHarcbp
pointed in.tbo liomisbChurch. * ; 1
;—Thp following obituary'notice 01
tho death of a Cnristlan wbO had 4y
misfortuuo and sickness .lost .all,yet
maintained a cheerful spirit contaipa a
profitable lesson: “Exchanged bis
poverty. Ipr eternal riches,*, anq big
rage.for a crown Which fadcth not
the Winchester PporHonSe,
(Cl.) November stb, 1864] iJamc&C.
Smith, pgediTsisty-,seven.; ' The ppll
bearers were few on this
many perhaps as they that waited on
the 'shining shore,’ and wont up yyith
the old man toihis Father’s house.
—The Psalmody question is attract
ipg a | good deal of attention 'across
>the water, as well as in this country.
|The discussion is very spirited, and
we look for good.rcsulla froni tho ven
tilation Of The Presbyte
rian^Ways the English Presbyterians
Pro earnestly' dißcussing the subjecl’of
“Praise.'’ The articles in Peter Baino’s
Tl’ee/%, Review, of a Jate date, are
writtch; :!wilh ranch iutoll,igcp.ce, and
warpath | of' feeling.
r “—r- ' ) ; 1-
—The ! Advocate and Jouriial has an
article on “Cbureh Eocons truction- in
Rebeldpm,” in which it is assumed ’
that the M. E. Church' owes it to‘her
self apd; to the people of thmSoutb to
enter into and occupy all that-pohn
try, anil that, tad,- entirelyindopopd-.
eiitlv of the pretensions';of the local
Methodism, which has become dope
! ' ! ; ■ i. jT V • . •
i -T.The laymen oftth'e Baptist church
es ip Boston and vicinity.havo formed
a “Social Union.’’ for: the promotion
of friendly in.tei.oourßo.among the pas
tors and churches of (hat vicinity.
,"■! iCorti Sugar-
The Buffalo ; C6mn\efcial stales, that
.the'parties interested in the recent "
discovery of sugar to be manufactur-l|
ed Irora corn arc actively engaged.in j
making piopaiatidns for theefitonsivo
manufacture, iif- sugar- By tbo _/now '*
methodiand that they will ed prepar
ed to put the cow staple upon the mar
ket in a few days. ’The Commercial
adds: r'JD.cvolopmbnts which bave i:
been made since the matter was first
annou need by ns[ than con»
firmed the statements made at' that
time, and; more tliah Justify, the antic. - 1
ipations jwe the com" |
plotd success of the enterprise.’’ • - i
Every sugar consumer \ylll bo glad 1
to* hear this, and wilt! 4 hopefully await |
the ad vent of tho “new staplo” in jargo j
quantities at eheap ratos 1!
iT
pupil of
ng extra-
of the
j Otateltan. - V-
J, Messrs. Crby & Sons, write
us as .follows eoncerniug ililolr ■ expor
fence with this, variety of cgno: *‘Qur
success jih making sugar frQni.tbo ,
.Otaheitan canoiltlie past. 1 three .past •!•
years is all that! we could reasonably
Of our last year’s crop 61 iyr ; 0
up mora thau tbreo-fburths ol it is al
ready a 1 beautiful sugar 'sediment of
well crystals, and- no' less .
pure and sweet: than that fottnd
in the bottom of molasses'' casks of tho
-Farmer. ,:!■ ,■ , . .-J'- "• • ,
ipineas.”
between
lope Es,g,
Lent, is a
I 1! ✓
t or to*
id.”
sum of
ire,, the
r of the
Pruning Trees. : .
■■At r the lastmeetingof the Farmers*
Clu.b r there wasia longJdis’oufldbn'ron
pruning trees, by Dr. Ward, and
Messrs. Ely, ijDarpohJer,' and. Smith,,
sand thoyagroedln dpxnioc. ao the l-e- ,;
salt of their ; experience, thdt* the-Best
time for pruning is wbeh
the trees «iro
at that time heal more readilyv and
are loss likely l%be attacked By bliiok
blast, or'othijrwiso injured,than if
pruned, in,tho winter: .:
doubts;
God {is
)ta-*-He
||a Vf6s
ntly by
on, who
10 lady
is very
ied the
•d.” The
Ohi
ftidj
'WUhoatgj
if it has p;
each vatic
ail'd label il
a-flhed,;wl
moist; or <
at the fijjt
will not effV
i: No m m
can show i
fruit wb ich
tdn years
tied bey im
to bohealt
cnltivattjd
jal.and
Service
niEreht
i lover
,ch';. of
■comii
rccing
irtwo-
R^Hgipus.
Agricultural.
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