... .. ; t .•' \.- •'- - BY DAVIT) OVER. ssatirt]. 3 ■ - • V ' .f' " "i JS. Sr-. vrx . - = , '•. • : .. Bfeg ; •: "•'-•'•U"/:'' \ V->: -,-X . fjjjj-.~ s'•a*-"' For the Inquirer. TO OLLIE. No other cheek my own Las pressed, No other lips my own have blessed, Since last thy cbeek was pressed to mine, Since last my lips were blessed by thine- No other heart more fond and true Has ever throbbed so close to you; No other form than thine so fair, Has e'er been pressed so fondly there. No more congenial heart than thine Has ever throbbed so close to mine; A constant one moiefond and true I ne'er have found dear friend than you. Cumberland City, Md., Dec. 6th, 1861. P. P.P. For the Inquirer. TO M . Some friends may wish you free from care, Others joy and wealth; Some may wish ycu blessings rare, Long days and constant health. My wish for you is better far, Than all other friends have given; That when you from this world depart, * Y our soui may rest in Heaven. Woodberry, Dec. 24, 1861. SPKRO. ONE SHORT YEAR. BY D. IIABDY, JR. In one short year, O who can tell What changes time wiil Lrinz i The sun may shine as brightly then, The birds as sweetly sing; Tho flowers unfold their petals fair, And all without be gay. But those we love so dearly now, May then have passed away. Misfortune's tide may roll along. And cloud the n oble'lrow; And hearts that are from sorrow free, May theu in sadness bow. The future may all bright appear, As one unclouded day; Bat elands may gather di m and dark, And beauty fade away. The young may now dream golden dreams, The future has in store; But ere one year hath pissed away, Their blisslul dreams are o'er; They find that earth hath many wrongs To steel the youthful heart, And make the spirit bow beneath Their earth-depressing art. The changes vast of one short year, So strangely they do seem; That we can scarcely deem them aaghi slut one short, mournful dream In one short year, and all we love, May then have passed away; And we have gone the way of earth, To realms of brighter day. Col. Kiddie. A private in the "Bucktail Regiment" writes : —We feel deeply grieved that he should leave us and go home to charge us wuh com plicity in causing this rebellion. Many of us voted for Old Abe; and, as General Scott has added bis testimony to our President's valua ble gifts of mind and heart, why should we Republicans bo classed with our country's foes ? God forbid that we should give fitting words to the deep indignation of our outraged honors and hearts ! Biddle, you had a mighty hold upon our pride, our respect, and our love. Why b&vo you thus cast us off* You had no right to stab us in the back ; we would rather any other man had struck us. Wo know no party bat one, and that embraces all loyal hearts. BUCKTAIL. "AH ! lam very sorry for this rebellion; it prevents my going South," said an Englishman the other day, dining at a club in Pbiladeipbia by invitation. "They tell me," he continued, •"that the American go ntleman is only to be foand at tho South. Ilovf is pray? (Jan you explain it?" "I cauuot," replied his host; ."it is no more to be 'explained than the state ment so often made that there are gentlemen in England, but that none of them ever oome to this country." KISSING BY PROXY.— One of the deacons of a certain church asked the bishop if he usually kissed tbe bride tt weddings. "Always, waa tbe reply. "And how do you manage when tfie Jbajpy pair are negroes 1" was the next question. "In all each eases," replied (be bishop, | tbe doty of >wig the lady ia appointed to the deacons. Mr. Jeukins, will it suit you to settle that old account of yours to-day V* "No, sir, you are mistaken in tbe mim: I am not one of the old settlers." A Weekly Paper Devoted to Litera are, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms: One, Dollar md Fifty Cents in Advance. Letters from onr Soldiers. HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA, ) l)eo. 12, 1861. ] DEAR SIR :—After a three days voyage we are here in a large cotton field—the cotton hag not been gathered yet. We were busy on Sunday morning preparing for inspection wt*n to our Burpriaa wo received orders to march. All was coufusion and caDjeoture as to where wo were to go. After all things were puked and loaded on the wagons, we were called into ranks, and after going through a few tnanoevors the (Jolonel told us that we were ordered to South Carolina. All was quiet as death as he spoke, lie called on the Regiment to give three cheers for the Union, which were follow, ed by three more for General Wool! The silonoo ouoe broken all seemed resigned to their fate. Smoo we are hero and have found out all that we have we ar6all very well pleas ed wilb our situation. A happier set of men you never saw than our boys are this morning. They are engaged in gathering oysters, sweet potatoes, turnips, fish and in fact almost any thing they wish to eat, and are cooking them. There is tho greatest outlet for a set of uian I here that you could possibly find. The trees are as green as in tnid-summcr. The Orange, the Leiuon and the Palmetto aro the most beau tiful I ever saw. It does appear as though wc had got to a young Paradise. Wo are on au Is and that is 16 miles long and 8 miles wide. It is our business to guard our Island and an other that lies on the other side of the Savannah River. It has two valuable farms on it and a great deal of cotton that now belongs to our government that they are trying to burn to keep it out of our hands. We are but five miles from the Port where our fleet whipped the Rebels five weeks ago. The dead aud wounded lay scattered all through the woods, so the darkies tell U3. It is right akovo where wc are laying that the rebels retreated after their defeat at the Fort. Some of them had their hands and some of them part of their feet shot away and still had to mike tbeir way on foot, and a great mauy had to swim the River and were drowned. wete two brothers engaged in the fight, one on tho side of our government and | one on the rebel side. Both fought as though I they were no kiu. It is thought that there i will be some bard fighting iu this State and if the rebels show fight there will be SOUJO blood spilled. There are a great many of the Old Keystoue boys in this State now and more coming on every day. And all say that if wo • get into a fight we will give a good account of ■ Pennsylvania. There are the finest Regiments here from our State that have ever been sent into a field of battle. We bq,ve a right to be proud of our old Commonwealth. If Ihid no family 1 would not take five hundred dollars and be at home. It will bo a great advantage to the young men of our country, (ill that live to get home) as they will sec more than they ! could have seen. And as to their moral cbar i aeter it eamot help but bo improved, as there is nr. immoral conduot allowed in camp, no i drinking, no swearing, no stealing, nothing that is iow and degrading. Our boys are all down OD sailing on the ocean, as they wore all I sea-sick, and I can a.-sure you it is nest to death to be right eea-sick. Capt. Mullin says if the rebels had attacked us at the time be was at the worst, he never would have gob up to look at them, as death itself would have been a relief to him. But sick as be was be ! uever lost sight of the condition of his men.— He kept telling our Lieutenant to do all for theai ho could, which he did, for he is a kind hearted man. We stopped at Cape Hatter as or as some would call it Hatteras iulot. It is a hard looking placa to be so much talked j about. We saw the place where that Li.it ma reg ! iment was broken up by the tide breaking in and destrcjiug all that they had and sent I them naked away. We also saw several ves j seia that were wrecked in thit big fleet. Ttll David Over that our 0 iptain sod Lieu tenant have been looking for papers ever since we have been ia the service. Give my love to all. Write soon to your friend, HENRY BRIDENTHAL. PORT ROYAL, S. C. ) Dec. 15, 1861. J DEAR Slß. —After closing my last letter to you 1 recollected that 1 had not given you any insttuctioas bow to address your leticr to me in caße you thought worth while writing to mo. I will do so in this. Since i last wrote to you thero have becu some new things trauspuiug. Our regiment has beeu divided into some five different parts, all quar tered in tho finest largo bouses on" the island, on this side of Broad River. Since 1 last wrote to you 1 have been out on picket duty I one day, and 1 must confess that 1 was so eur prised at the country that 1 could not express my feelings when 1 beheld the natural scenery. It does seem to one that ibis country was de signed by the Almighty to be a second para, j f disc. It is more like a heaven than a place to i fight npon, but those wlio left it brought about tbeir own ruin, yet it is a great pity to see ! auch a country run over by an army of soldiers. Wo aro the best situated of any regiment in tbe army. I can't see how it is that wo are so highly favored. It is not that we are tho best drilled, as there is, perhaps, uot a regi ment in the field so green as ours. But our i Colonel stands very high ia the affections of Geo. Wool. The general said when he in spected us the last time that our regiment was the best set of men he had under him. We have a great deal of duty to perform, bat you never saw a better pleased set of men. j We have plenty of cattle to kill, and all we j have to do is to send a squad of our sporting j boys oat SjQd they soon come in with out tie— ' BEDFORD. PA. FRIDAY. JAN. 3. 1862. As 8000 a# they get a shot at thera they bring them do wo. Our boys have shot three since we have been here. Oapt. Madara's boys shot four sheep yesterday. One of them was the fattest thing I ever saw. There are wild horses on this island, but there have not been any caughl yet. Horses are running about wild but are bard to get. {Sweat potatoes are abundant, all that you have to do is to go out and dig them. Ground nuts are also ia abun dance, and all kiuds of vegetables are plarity. The weather is like our Miy weather at home, quite warm during the day, aud cool at n'ght so that you can sleep first rate. Wo are in sotne danger but as long as we live well we don't oare about that. One ol Capt. Filler's boys came near being shot last nigh*. His name is Hawser, lie ventured too fir out from his quarters on the island that Oapt. Filler is stationed on, and some rebels fired upon him and came very near shooting him.— | Our men are very venturous. You may expect to hear of some of them being cut off iu that | way. Our Captain is very careful of hm men in that repet. Our boys think s > much of Oapt. Muliiu that they are carofut to obey ' all bis commends. 1 believe that kind treat ! treatment is the best way to govern any set of men. You will always sec a tyrant have more trouble than any other man. 1 thank God that it is my lot to have a kind set of officers over me. 1 03n never express myself in such away that you could know my grateful feel ings for the kind treatment 1 have received at the hands of my officers. Our boys have been busy ia taking all with in their reach from the rebels —they got sev* ; eral boats, several thousand bushels of corn and a large cumber of cattle. The feed for our horses costs nothing bore. W® have abundance of corn fodder aud corn for the teams. O&r Colonel has been wanting to make an attack on a place called Hiuff:on, 1 five miles from us, you can see the tops of the , bouse 6 from where we are quartered. There ; are about seven hundred rebels there that ran ' from the Fort wheu it was taken by our meQ, and they have 1500 behind them. Got). Sher man would not suffer Colonel White to make an attack upon them. There was some little : firing between Gapt. Filler's men this morning ! but nobody killed. The rebels got bebiud . logs aud other things go that our man couid not got at them. They were I tying to get ou 1 the island that Fdie'a man were gwrding, but as our boys say, "they couldn't unko the riffle." Our men are nearly li well except j those we left behind us and they are coming j on. Cape. Filter has been very unfortunate , with his men but there has been a cause for i it, but through no upgleot of him. I believe 1 shall close as 1 intend to write to you soon again. Tell all that asks about me that lam I Well and waß never happier in my life. I aui : getting fat aud the climate first rate. 1 atn sorry that i get so few letters from Hod ford, as 1 write a gretit many aud receive but few. Give my love to all and acoept the same for yourself from, HEM 11Y BRIDENTIIAL. To G. H. Spang, E?q. i P. S. I forgot to say (bat I received the | appointment of wcgon master. It, was unso licited by me, aud received without my slying a wori to the quartermaster ou the subj-ct. Tell Mrs. traupp her boys are well uud doing i well. Address H. Briienthal, Wagon Master, : 55th Reg. Pa. Vol. Port Royal, 8. G. This loaf i< oracge leaf, the fruit is frosted. [We uvkuowledgo the receipt of an oratigo leaf.] 11. B. PIKKNEY ISLAND, ST. LDICE'S PARISH, ) S. CAROLINA, HOC. Id, 18tiJ. [ FRIEND SANSOM :—Fcr the first time siuce leaving Gump Guriin 1 sit me down to write you. We arrived sate in Baltimore and had a jieasaut trip with a good captain to Fortress Monroe where we arrived safe Dxt ever ing, and were camped at Garnp Hamilton, and re mained there until last Sunday. The scenery around Fortress Monroe is full of interest, built on Old Point it is of tbo Lrgest proportions and celebrated for strength, and mounts 350 guns of the largest calibre. The Uuioo and Floyd guns are mounted ou the beaeli, ranged for the enemy at Jewell's point. One mile and a half to leawurd aro what is colled tbo Rips Raps, where the U. S., is erecting a Fort io ( be the lurgost and strongest and best ou the Western Continent. Toe wholo coast w-s lined with men of war, and gun boats, leaking |up the blockade of James River. Two miles i j in the rear of einjp is rho ruins of Hamntou, i once a place of great beauty—boasting the | oitlest Protestant colcsiasticsl edifice in the United States—the seat of a military acade- • my—and oelebratcd in history as being taken by the British iu the war of 'l2, but uow its ■ j glory has departed and nothing remains but' the blackened ruins of its former self, i had good times whiio there—quarters com- j fortabie, lived like a lord—and got fat as a Mcßwino. Our rogiment got marching orders last Sunday for Port Royal—iJ hours notice. So with crackers iu haversacks, we matched to the bay, embarked on steamship, S. R. Paulding, where wa arrived all right side up with caie, on last Weduosday eveuiog. Our > trip was a very fiue one, the weather being all that ooold be desired, sea sickness plenty, a iz zy head, 6 ladies on board, Dolphins and Por- ' poises numerous around ship, the air filled with seabirds following in our wake. We got to Port Royal, Weduesday, about noon—sotne evening sailed farther onto Hilton lleud, where we landed—same night—the whole! company ordered across the river to an island, j on picket duty—back next day and without! time to pitoh our tents cook or eat, ordered | back again wbera we now are for tbo present.! Tbe island, is a large one but cannot, as yet, tell its real extent. 1 occupy good quarters in the owners house, not a white op the island but the soldiers, about 400 negro "contra bands"— 30 bales cotton—4o ho.id cattle— -3000 bushels corn—turnips—sweet potatoes, and the lord knows what. So for fho first time in life—a Governor of an island, aud can say in the language of Selkirk, "monarch of ail I survey." So you see I have my hands full for the present. lam w -11 and perchance before long, may have a brush with the enemy, who aro very tnncly around, and if eo, ex pect if spared, to come off victor. Yours, truly, JOSEPH FILLER. [Any one writing to Capt. Filler, will ad dress his letter, Capt. Joseph Filler, Gomp. K., 55th Reg. Pa. Vol., Pott Royal, (Hilton Head,) South Carolina.] CAMP CURTIN, ) Dec.. 23, 1861. \ MR. DAVID OVER— Dtar Sir —-Thinking thit, perhaps, somo of your uuueorous readers wouid bo pleased to Lear frotu the Woodbury aud Yellow Crtk Company, I take tho libcrty of dropping you a few lines to stale that al though our friends have not beard much from us lately, we are yet iu existeuue aud in a flourishing condition, notwithstanding tbe re ports to tbe ooutrary throughout various por tions of Bedford Couuty. Uar Regiment left Cauip Grossman, on the 30th of Nov., wo arriv ed at iiarrisburg at about 8 o'clock in the evoning, and wore quartered in ilie Railroad Depot for tbe night. Tho next day we were marched jnto a O*mp Curtin. We had a rough time iu consequence of the heavy rain, the mud was over the tops of oar shoes iu most places, and as our ter.ts were not shipped in time, we were quartered iu an old board bdilding, which was a very indifferent protection from the in clement weather, tbe next day our Sibley teu'a and stoves were brought in, and since then we have been getting along as comfortable as sol diers could expeot. I had almost forgotten to etato that the good citizens of Huntingdon when we marched iu from Camp Grossman bad prepared foi us a plentiful supply of hot coffee and cakes, a kindness that ws shall ever remember. Our regiment has been filled since we came htre, and 1 ttiiak without boasting wo can say that with a littb mora drilling R will be as effec tive aa any iu the service. Our officers. Loth regimental and eompany, are well quilified for tbe positions they occupy. Col. WDJ. D. Lewis has the united qualifica tions of a gentleman end a soldier, and with him to lead us I think the lluth will never put Pennsylvania to tho blush. We were agreeably surprised and wo cannot cxprcst bow much wo were picked, with a Christmas present which we received cn Saturday last trom tbe cil.zons of Woodbury aud vicinitv, winch consisted of just such luxuries as a sol dier knows how to appreciate after being diet ed on salt til. at and crackers, for three or four moothe, and it was no small quantity either, the various packages weighing some twelve or fourteen hundred pounds, not forgetting a good supply of Tobacco which was quite a god tend to our Tobacco devotees. Also some woolen sacks and glovrs, which did not come amiss to some of our boys. Thanks to our kind frien.'s, although we will not bo around our fire-sides at home as of yore, yet our tat-ln will be graced with the presence of a fine fat old gobbler, prepared by fair hands for our Ex press benefit, and although we are not at home, wo yet have the prospect of a merry Christmas, j and we sincerely hopo our friuuds may enjoy j it as we wiil. Our regiment is now under marching orders. \\ e txpect to leave in a short titue, our desti nation I have heard, ia Rooioey, Va. I will send you the roll lot of our company in a short time for publication. Also a list of our regimental officers. The weather is so disagree- I a bio that we h:.ve had to stay in our tents to day, it ba3 been sleeting and snowing constant ly since morning, llavc not time to write more now. SHYSTER. CAMP CURTIN, ) HARRTBBURG, Deo. 23. j MR. EDITOR— Dear Sir: —As times are dull, aud nothing to do to-day, 1 thought that 1 would pen you a few lines, something con coming our company, which is uow stationed at Camp Curtin. which camp is named in hon or of the Commander-in-chief of the State, Audrow G. Curtin, who is highly esteemed here by all soldiers. Last Saturday a week, Cel. Maxwell's regiment made its appearauce ou the parade ground to wr.it to have tbe Colors presented to them by Governor Curtin, w'uo made a powerful aud oloqueut speech in de fence of tho country and told the Colonel to briug back that beautiful flag without a stain on it, aud in triumphant victcry, aud then tho brag Regiment left for tho seat of war. To* day it ia very disagreeablo ont, sleet aud rain constantly coming life and health. Too much kindness cuntioi; be bestowed upon our ' officers. (J*pt. E. D. Brisbin is the man for | the tim s, ud the men all like him, aid with ; him they are not afraid to enter into a hot con test, any time they urny be called on. The roll of the members of tho company will be sent to you ns soon as all the uuu oouumissiou* ed officers arc appointed. As it is getting 1? to and soon time for dress parade, I must close. Yours, &c., WILLIA M 11. GATES. CAMP CURTIS, ) Deo. 25, 1861. \ Ma EDITOR :—1 bope you will excuse uiy boldness lor asking room iu jour paper for th-t publication of a few lines as I am a st,-anger to jou, but not altogether a stranger to jour paper. - I am informed we are to leave iu a few days for Rouiuoy, Virginia. We Lave been under marching orders for about two weeks, and so 1 think there is no doubt but we will get off io a few days at farthest. On Saturday last, Prof. McCoy delivered bis fatuous lecture on the London T>mes, iu this C-iiup. There was a large stage erected on the parade ground, witb arms stacked on it, and several fltgs floating over it, and at each end-were two field-pieces of U Iman # Battery. ID front was a Regimental BMD aud on the stage were assembled nearly all the ifficers in Camp, and around were hundreds of soldiers congregated to bear the adit ess of the famous Lecturer which had been prepared to deliver before President Lincoln and his Cabinet. He gave J->hny Bull particular fits and LJaele Satubo bis portion in due season. You may suppose it was an interesting lecture v.h n the whole orowd stood patiently in the cold for over two hours to hear it- He said Eogland wanted to hold a post-mortem examination over our American Government, and objected to our rejecting the operation, and a great many other points were explained which i am not able to think of at present. We are very much indebted to our kind friends of Woodbury for stndios us a large lot of delicacies which were received" a couple of days ago, aud tho writer is under many obli gations to the good lady who sent a box ex pressly for hiritself. We bope the citizens of that little town wiil receive our m st hearty ♦hanks for their Doble generosity. May God bless tbetn. S. 11. W. Sir. Chase's Financial Plan. It apposrs that .Mr. Chase's plan for a na tional currency is not to be allowed to slumber. It is stated that a Sub-Committee of the Com mittee of Ways and Means in tho House of Representatives are considering a bill which embraces substantially the second of the two plans uieutirned iu Mr. Chase's Report. We wuie reminded at tho time of reading the j Secretary's Report of the New York Bankiog Law, aud it is said that there is a general re semblance between that plau and tho bill in question. ? Meanwhile a phamphlet has appeared from | the Government Printing Olßee which discu-s --es the plan very fully. It is understood to be j ritteD by Mr. Silas M. S ill well, of N-w York, and it is, of course issued under the di rectum of Jlr. Chase. evident, therefore, that the matter is to he pressed under a power ful govsrtiment ii fluf.aor;, V need hardly say that th subject is one of immense importance. If a uniform curren cy Ci>u be secured, so that a fiv6 dollar note I can be remitted from Minnesota or California that will bo equal ou the seaboard to gold, tho advantage is too obvious for aignment. There h.s always be.;n a struggle, as baa boen well r marked, towards a national curreuoy. It is folt that this wan one of the objects intended to be secured by the establishment of t'ue Un> ion. The two National Banks were efforts to obtain this natiunal system of finance. A pow erful party, however, were arrayed against this method of securing tho result, Dd tho last National Bank went down under tho stalwart blows of a man who kuew more about fightiug than ourreney. Nothing was then left to us of national fi nance except the Sub Treasury, which did not even propose to meet tho national want in the way ot currency, but only to receive, hold 3Dd disburse the pubiio monies. Everything has siuee bccu at loose ends. Each State %ook care of its own currency, and a thousand banks sprang up all over the laud. It is doubtinl whether these banks are constitutional. Wo State is allowed to emit bills ot credit. Yet the States are constantly doing indtrectiv what directly they cannot do. It would seem from this clause in the Constitution, that it was contemplated from its origin to confide (his whole subject to the General Government. Mr. Chase's plan avoids the complications about the National Bank. These are mainly two. Tho first was the creation of a vast cor poration outside of tho Government, and which might act antagonistically to it. Mr. Chase's plan is, in fact, the Government itself, acting through its owu orgao. This is certainly a vast advantage, aud one that goes very fur to wards reconciling all of the community totbephn. The second difficulty about the Na tional Bunk was, that ilexereised a prodigious power over the oommuuity, by its functions of discounting paper, its deposits and it* bills oft*, change. The Bank of the United States; in fact, had ramified itself into every oily of the laud, and its poyrer, so long as it was unchecked by fhe V0L.25, NO. 1. j Uoverwueu, was practically unlimited. Mr. Chase's plau avoids this. The Government is to uiseouut DO paper, reeefve no deposits, and j draw no bins of exchange, it is uot to inter ' fere with tbe banks iu tuose respects io any de gree whatever. | Every txistiug bank is the country may , couic into this plau and ooostituto a part of j it. i'ue batiks must deposit Governmtut bunas *in the Treasury, and receive for theui Treahury notes, wuieh tney will issue as currency, if the bitik fail?, the Government pays their eir cuiution, eutitiseatiog ihe bonds watch it hold as security. Thus tue Treasury will have a complete check upon the circulation of tbo banks.' The latter tury al-o become fiscal ! ageDts of the Government in collecting taxes, : &c. The notes i sued, couateisigntd by the j treasury, will be received for ail public debts ; except cuitoia dues on foreign importations, i We do not wonder that tins scheme is popu lar. It seems to combine more advantages i and fewer evils ibau any othf-r plan wLich has | been u-.viand, if we suppose, lor example, j that &2uu,utK).UUo no taaeu up by ILo backe, it is plain ted ibis, in all ordinary times, will give the Government as much money as it needs-; and shut it will tfLrda reliable basis tor paying oil our war debt. It seems to be a ; double actiug balance wheel, ofloruiug money ■ tor tue GoVerurueut and a suuud currency lor ! the people. A tboiough disscussion may develop diffir cullies which wo d > not now see, but at pres ent we ccaless that Mr. Chase's scheme strikes us favorably. TUE ROMANCE OF WAR. . Captain Wilkes, the bold and responsibility* assuming Commander of the San Jacinto, who caused a guu to be fired across the bows of j the Britisii steamer Trent, brought her to and ; relioved hr of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and j their Secretaries, is now about fifty-six years of age. Consequently, as "Jack Buusby" would say. lie was once younger than be is now. Though every inch a sailor, and not of : teu given to the melting uioodj the blind god once succeeded in sending one of bis shaft* clear through bis rough sou. wester, which found a lodging in bis honest heart. The bow from which 'he shaft KEIS speed hung in the eyes of a fair girl, aod straightway the jolly tar fell bead ov r heels in love. He preseou'ed bis euit with vigor. The girl was "a lctss who loved a sailor,' —and so smiled upon Liiu, and consented to beeciue his wife, i But the young sailor had a rival in the son of a respectable tdiow-chandler, well to do, call ! Ed Slidell, end young Slidcll feeling consider ably cut up by being cut out, refused to ac cept "the ,mitten," bat not haviog spunk enough to threw dewn the glove to his sailor rival, contented himself with "poisoning" tho mind of the "steru p'trieni" of the fair one, until he refused his consent to bis diugbter's marrisge with tbo bold Charlie Wilkes, and insisted upon her giving her hand to young Slidul!, which afier many protestations and the customary amount of terns and hysterics, she did, and became "Mrs. John Slidell." Tho bold Charlie Wilkes did not peak BDTJ pine, or let bis melancholy feed on bis weathr er beaten cheeks, but went to sea and smoth ered his grief in attending to duty and sus taining the honor of bis nation's flag, never seeing "lady lass" again, nor meeting bis suc cessful rival for her hand and hcait, until he saw him standing a prisoner ou board his ship, a triiror to his couutry and a rebel against the F>.-ig the honest tar bad spent bis life in defendiug. Such is the romance of war. We congratulate the bold Charles upon having at last "got more thus even." The following verse is worthy of the En glish Augustan age. It was composed by a • student of Union College: "Here lies a Dodge, who dodged all good, And dodged a deal of evil: But after dodging all he could, He couldn't dodge the devil." A poor Frenchman, when lLs wife aroused him from his sleep with the cry: "Get up, B->ptiste, there is a robber in the house," anv swered sensibly: "Don't let us molest him.— Det Liin explore the house, and if be should tiud anything of any value we will take it away from him." Slid a Sunday school teacher to a playful child, "What would you havo been without y-ur pious father and mother?" The litilo rogue replioi. "I suppose, ma'am, I would have been au oiphan." TIIEV are burning oorn for fuel down in Logau county, and corn for 7e. per bushel is cheaper ihan coal at 20c. It is in great favor with the boys, as it does not require te bo sawed or split. Teaoher— Tommy, what did the Israelites do when they crossed tho lied Sea?" Tommy—"l don't kuew, ma'am; but I guess they dried themselves." Why is Russel, the American correspon dent of the Uoodou Times like the Missis sippi liver? Because he runs down a great country. "You may depend upon ine, wife; I giv* you my word." "I had rather you would sometimes keep it sir!" Oh!— Why is a sailor's sword like a girl discarded by a beau? Because it is a out* lass. . "Very good, but rather too pointed," as fish said when he swallowed the bait,