BY J. R, DURBORROW. ffofftq. .. . 'U " . ? ' Fron the Atlantic Monthly, VOYAGE OF THE GOOD SHIP UNION. Y OLIVER WENDELL HOJ.MES. i'ls midnight: through my troubled dream Loud wails the tempest cry; Belore the gate, with tattered sail, A ship goes plunging by. What name? Where bound? The rocks around Repeat the load halloo", The good ship Union, southward bound: Cod help her and her crow. And is the old flag flying still That o'er your lathers flew, YVitb hands ol white and rosy light, And field of starry blue? Ay. look aloft, its ioids lull oft Have braved the roaring blast, And still shall fly when irom the sky This black typhoon .lias past. t-ipt-ak fnliM. of c(e iMorm-tust Dark- May 1 its dangers share ? O, landsman, these are fearfni seas The brave aloue may dare. •Nay, ruler of the rebel deep, What matters wind or wave ? The rocks that w reck your reeling deck Will leave me nought to save. - O, landsman, art thou false or true? What sign hast thou to show ? The crimson stains from loyal veins That hold my heart-oloods flow. Enough, w hat more shall honor claim ? 1 know the sacred sign; thy head our flag shall spread, Our ocean path to thine. The bark sails on: the Pilgrim's cape Lies low along her lee, Whose headland croons its anchor flukes j To lock the shore and sea. No treason here—it cost too dear TO trnt'lßH liamni leatui. And true aud tree hands must be That Lola the whaler's helm. Still on: Manhattan's narrowing bay- No rebel cruiser soars: Her waters leel no pirate's keel, That flaunts the tallen stars. Hut watch the light iu yonder height— Ay, pilot, have a care— -Bome lingering crowd in mist may shroud The capes of Delaware. Say, pilot, what this lort may be, Whose sentinels look down Front mounted walls that show the sea Their deep embrasures' frown '? The rebel host claims all the coast, Hut these are friemls, we know, "Whose lootprints spo 1 the "sacred soil," And thia B' Fort Monroe. The breakers roar— Low bears the shore? The traitorous wrecker's band* Have quenched the bla.te that poured its ray s Along the Hatleras sand-"- Ha! say not so—l see its glow— Again the shoals display The beacon light that shines by flight, The Union stars by day. The good ship flies to milder skies, The wave more gently flows, The softening breeze wafts o'er the sea 3 , The breath of Beaufort's rose. \\ hat fold is this the sweet winds kiss. Fair-stripped and many- starred, .Whose shadow palls the orphaned walls Thgtwins of Beauregard? What heard you not Port Royal's doom? How the black war-ships came And turned the Beaufort roses, bloom To redder'wrealh's of flames? How from rebellion's broken reed We saw his emblem fall, As soon his cursed poison weed Shall drop front SumteT's wall? On, on, Pulaski's iron hail Fall harmless on Tybee— Her topsails feel the freshening gale. She strikes the open sea; The rounds the point, she threads the keys That guard the laud of flowers, Ami rides a: last where firm and last Her own Gibralter lowers. J he geod ship Union's voyage is o er, At anchor safe she swings. And loud and clear with cheer on cheer Her joyous welcome rings: Hurrah ! hurrah ! —it shakes the wave, It thunders on the shore— One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One nation evermore. An autusiug sword presentation was recent ly made by the officers of the 78th Pennsylva nia to their Col. Wm. Sirwell. The presenta tion speech of Capt. Gillespie was: "Hero AVE are, and here it is. This is a bully sword, and conios from bully fellows. Take it, and use it in a bully tnauner." Col. Sirwell's reply was:' 'Captain, that wag a bully speech. Let us take a bully drink.' A New York paper tells of a middle aged man who left off smoking twenty-five years ago and put in the bank what two or three ci gars per day weuld have cost him, and now finds the amount §2,500. A wholesouto fact Gr the contemplation of the young men in our country who are spending i dollar or two a week for smoke and ashes. A young man, upon being joked on the slow growth ot his beard, gave as art excuse thut ♦'heavy bodies move slowly." A Weekly Papei Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms: One, Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. [The following letter from Maj. Fr. Jordan, though only of a private nature and not in- ' tended for publication, on account of its iu* terresting nature, we take tko liberty to in sert iu th o^lnquirer— D. O. LOEISVILLB, KY., March 21, 1862. DAVII> OVER, ESQ. — Mij Lear Sir: I believo I promised to drop you a line occasionally, when 1 had lei sure, a time which seldom ocours here. Since my arrival at this place, toy headquarters have been in this city, and i have paid two Ken tucky Regiments, botb of wbieh have since gone South. One 1 paid at Lebanon, some sixty-seven miles from here ; and the other at Bardstown, distant forty miles. In the main the interior of the State, so far as 1 Lave been, is poorer, and more indifferently improv ed, than I had expected to find it. The im odiate vicinity of Bardstown is an exception. It is one of the oldest towns in the State; aud the Court House erected seventy years ago, yet stands iu the public square, quite small iu size, but iu a good state of preservatiou. It is celebrated as the building in which Aaron .Burr was tried for treason, and where Clay and Wirt distinguished themselves for forensic ability. Ban. Harden, one of the noted co teuipoiartos of Ci a y> lived at Bardstown; and Charles Wickliffe, tx-gO*ernor, and now me-in of Congress, resides ciose by, ' Q a nc cuunty seat. The town has some two tboJ iobabi ! tants; and the buildings in the main loyk old, but there are a uurnber of very fiue country I seato in the odge of too corporate limits, aod close around. The contrast between the rich and the poor is much greater, and the lines separating them far more clearly defined,"tbau iiu our State, or in the South or West. The ! fow are rich: and the many are poor. The rich exorcise great influence by reason of the positions they hold; and untortunately it is amongst this class that the leaders of modern : rebellion aud treason are found. The hum i tier classes afo almost uniformly loyal, except , ; uodcr the influence of, and imposed upon, by i those whom they regard as their superiors.— Louisville is n fine city, of some 70,000 inhab* ! itauts, and exhibits many unmistikablo tnaiks j of subetantiil thrift, aud inconsiderable refine- j ; meat. Tho people are touch divided in poli- J j tieal sentiment, the majority piofessiug ioyalty. but a goodly number sympathizing with re- j ; bellioD, awl free iu the expression of tbeir : opinions. This feeling is most marked iu many who are regarded wealthy, and of these ( the ladies are especially bitterly maligaaut. — ! Quite a nlimber of young uien were seduced , trom this city into tho rebel army by General Buckner and Col. Blant Duueau, and many of them were captured at Fort Donelson, and are i now with those prisoners at IndiaDapolis and other places. Thia seems to have iu uo wise molifieu the rebels, whilst the uniouists whoso sons aud brothers were taken awav, re exceed ingly exasperated it is admitted by all j shades of opinion here, that if Buekuer ou j his way North had been brought through this j city, he would uever have got out of it alive, j ilauy were awaiting b s arrival anxious 10 as* 1 sassinate him whenever opportunity occurred, i Gut ot the city, niauufactutes, agriculture,' , and every other braueb of iudustry, soetus to bo conducted in a gloomy, sbipsbod manner, and everything you see and hear goes to f'asteu . the impression upou your mini that the State j is fifty years behind the Western and North ern States in ail the elemeuts of intellectual development and social progress, which go to ! "ike up modern civilizition. This is true, al : so, or military organization, and efficiency, ,so far as observation and information ena i ble me to judge. \' 0 candid man can question j tbe courage of the Keutu jky troops, but iD ? tie maiu they are lamentably deficieut in dis cipline, with little or no prospect they will ' ever be materially I am credibly informed also, by those who have had opportu uity to learn, that this is substantially true, of j ail Southern troops, whether union or rebel.— ! They seutu to have uo proper ideas of subor j dinatiou. Every man scorns to thiuk he is as j good as every other man, and that he eau obey I orders or not according to his uotious of the j necessity therefor. They say, "we cutereu ! the service, not to guard bridges, wale i rail | roads or tramp through the utud, or idle out j time iu encampments, but to fight." Tney are all keeD to fight, but aeotn to have no adequate conception of the proper traiuiog, or syste matic preperatioD for fighticg scientifically. — Even tbe most elementary sanitary regulations of well couducted camps, are either unholly neglected, or so iudiffereutly etiimced, that the consequences are disastrous. The result is, thcte aro about four or five sick rueu, and as many deaths, for every oue among Northern or Western troops, or as thero ueed be or would be amongst them, with proper care aud discipline. At Bardstown there ure some 400 in tbe hospitals, and at tbe little town ot Leb anon thero are 1700 more, aud it is no uncom mon thing whoD a Kentucky Regiiueut 900 strong on the TOIIB is ordered to tnurob, to and only about three hundred fit for duty. But, I must close. lam under order's for duty at Nashville tbe capital of Tennessee, and brve eDgaged my passage on tbo Boat C. E. Hillntan, to go byway of tbo Ohio and Cum berland Rivers, i take with me this trip some thing over a quarter of a million of money, and 1 feel somewhat anxious about (be great res ponsibility. But, 1 have enlisted for tho war and must do as best 1 cao, whatever duty re quires. Hoping tho end of the war i not far off, and to get borne again safely to family and : friends, I am, Yours truly, Flt. JORDAN, A Welsh editor says, "If we have offended any man iu the short but brillant course of our career, let hiiusend us a new hat aud say ' nothing about it." BEDFORD, FA. FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1662 ANDREW JOHNSON'S SPEECH IHi NASH VI LIE. NASHVILLI, March 12, 1862.—The first; Union speeches made upon fonnessee soil since | last spring wcro delivered last night by A.N- ! DREW JOHNSON, EMERSON ETHERIDOE, and HORACE Maykarh, during a serenade by one L of the army bands. A large crowd had as- ; sembled in front of the hotel to listen to the , music aod the expected speeches. Govornor JOUNSON, in response to enthusiastic calls for j- I him, appeared on the balcony and said;— • 1 deeply and truly appreciate this demon ! suction of respect and confidence. lam af-.. . fee tod by the circumstances under which I< re turn to you, which renders me all the more! ' sensitive to, and grateful for, this testimony I j front my fellow citizens. 1 return to you with s ncqbostile purpose, with no new doctrine to Ij ; avow, no strange teachings to inculcate. For what do I come? I cotue with the olive branch j in one hand and the Constitution in tho other, > to render you whatever aid mry he iu my pow* ; ' er, to re-ereoting, upon her rightful domain of J' Tennessee, the Star Spangled Battner—the t flag borne by him who was ♦'first in war, first j in peace, and first in the hearts of his country- i men," borne by him, also whose saored ashes j repose almost within the sound of my voioo, | and borne also by many a thousand of our countrymen, when the blood spouted from their j heel, and no covering sheltered theai but the ; • stormy, pitiless eloud; to aid you in rc-estah- j lisbing the supremacy of this flag, so dear to j ] your fathers and mine. I come to aid you iu i tho upholding and defending of this, the best ' Government that God ever spoke into existence, i X have never deserted that Government. Ilow! i cocfld I? The exiled —my wife driven hither j ' and thither, her servants stolen; my home a j Rebel hospital—how could 1 desert the glori- ! ous Government under which I had boeu so richly and abundantly blossed, aud under wbieh so many of my fellow betugs have eDjoyed, i , and do enjoy, so bountifully the i'uwp of liberty tod -eeurity. . j The Governor then passed to the inquiry' 'of ; what purpose is the war, and pressed bvuie with j great zeal and force the answer, for the main- | teuance of the Constitution aud Government. He then recurred to the wicked deception that | had been practiced upon ttie people iu the can viss of 1860. Ho referred t > his * own speech . here at that time, in which he contended iu all sincerity that the Breckiuridge party was as tuueb the party of the Union as any other- — Bell, Breckiutidge and Douglas men were all taught the doctrine of "the Union, the Con | stituiion and the Enforcement of the Lrws." j BRECKINRIDGE deceived him. He was a dis uuionist at the time. His was a disunion party. , Notwithstanding -11 the vieiog with each oth er of those three parties for the palm of Un ionism, every one of their several leaders in j this State have become opeu Rebels against too Government of the United States. lie then laid bare with scathing severity the real cause of the war against the Government, ■ which he declared to bo disappointed ambition, i and not slavery. The latter was but a pre- j 1 text, predicted by JACKSON. Look at the j hypocrite YANCEY telling Great Britain now j that slavery was not the cause of the war. — ; These men pretended that they were protect j ing slavey by withdrawing trom the Union, j while it was clear to every oaudid mind that ■ the only protection to slavery was in the (Jon ; stitiition of the United Slates. Tonuessooans —I have taken part in your ' politics since 1838 —have 1 ever deceived you? Is there a man within the sound of my voice, \or a man, woman, or child in the State, who i can s ay that he.or she has been deceived by ANDREW JOUNSON ? Why oil this perseeu- ■ lion against me aDd uiiuo ? \l by am 1 uxiied, driven front my home, aud my bard earnings taken froui me? Simply because 1 adhere to i my Government aud yours, tuy fl ig and your j flag, the Government and the flag of your fatb- i ; ers. Because 1 loved Ibcm too well. Because j having been boru and bred under tbetn, 1 have determined to die under them. An eloqocDt tribute was then paid to the United States Government, as the Government of the people by the people. lis painted, in toiling terms, the track ot desolation that secession left. Bridges, crops, j dwelling? destroyed; brother arrayed against; brother in deadly conflict; auiilies torn assun eLr; widows broken hearted and orphans cry j iug for bread. All such scenes as these are ou the tia:k of the Demou's tread. He point ed the eyes of Secessionists present to this scene, and asked where it not cuough, had they not suffered enough at the hands Gf this accursed monster? Would they not see tbeir folly and crime, and return to their allegiance? Lie searched thorn with the question, Was there a man there who had lost a single right or been deprived of a single privilege under tho Constitution? Tbey were entreated to ponder and reflect upon their suicidal course; to re -1 member that "tho soul of liberty was the love ; jof law;" that tbero was.no hope for us but in reverence for the Constitution and laws of the • ; country. The Governor olosed by a most affecting aK | lustou to East Tennessee, where his desolate ■ home was and his sick, sad wife. His voice rang out like a clarion through the silent city, [ calling upon his countrymen to coma forward ■ in the defcuoe of bis beloved section of tho State; to show their bands, to fear uot, aDd • speak out. He declared bis willingness to r share with them auy aod all dangors for the I rescue of Tenuefsee from the jaws of the in fernal monster. Traitors should be punished and treason crashed. He came with no hostility or ani mosity in bis heart; be came for the defence of the weak, tho restoration ot tho errmg, the i punishment of tho guilty, the re-establishment ! | of the Union and Constitution in Tennessee. Come, ruy countrymen, he exolaiuted, let us gather around the old and lovely flig with one j heart and soul, reading upon its folds tho Lai lowed words of WEBSTER: Liberty aDd and Union, one and inseparable, now aod j forever. The Governor then retired amidst a burst of applause. Parson Browulow at Nashville. Spoeoh of Parson Browulow, delivered in front of the St. Cloud Hotel, Nashville, on the V."string of the 17th:-- GENTLEMEN:—I am in a sad plight to say much of interest—to thoroughly incapacitated to do justice to you or myself. My throat has been disordered for the past three years, and I have been compelled to almost abandon public I speaking. Last December I was thrust iDto u uncomfortable and disagreeable jail—for what? Treasoo! Treason to the bogus Con federacy'; and the proofs of that treason were j articles which appeared in the Kuoxville Whig m May last, when the State of Tennsssee was a member of the imperishable Uuion. At the expiration of four weeks I became a victim of ibe typhoid fever, and was removed to a room i kt a dncent dwelliug, and a guard of seven i men kept me company. 1 subsequently te ' Came so weak that I could not turn over in my bed, aud the guard was iucreased to twelve tdjen, for fear I should suddenly recover and rumawayto Kentucky. Becoming convales | cent, in a measure, i was removed to my for mer plaoe of confinement. Oae day 1 was , visited by some Confederate Uffisers, who re marked, ♦♦Brownlow, you should not be here. Take the oath of aiiegiauce to the Confeder ate Government, which will uot only entitle you to a speeay release, but iusure your pro | teotion." Sir, said 1, ♦♦before 1 would take the oath of aiiegiauce to support such a boil - forsaken institution, I would suffer myself to i rot or die with old ago." Why, my friends, these demagogues actu ally boast that the Lrrd is upou our side, aud declare that God Almighty is assisting them t is the furtberuuee of their nefarious project, la and surrounding localities, a snort time since, dajij prayer meetings were hold, wbsreiu the Almighty was beseechcd to raise Liaaola'a blockade, aud to hurl destruction agiffcst the Burustde Expeditmu. Their pray ers were'partly answered—the LloekaUe ut Koafm-ite island was most effectually raised; a ivow.-ealof their sacrilege divinity tender ed, j Geutleuieo, lam no Abolitionist— l applaud no sectional dootrioes—l ant a Southern man, aud ail my relatives and iutorests are thorougb . ly identified with the South and Southern in stitutions. I was bom in the Old Dominion, my parents ware born in Virginia, and they and their antecedents were all 6lavs holders. Let me assure you that tho South has suffered UQ infringement upon her institutions; the ! slavery question was actually no pretext for this unholy, unrighteous conflict. Twelve Senators from the Coitou States, who bad sworn to preserve iuviolate the Constitution framed by our forefathers, plotted treason at night—at fit time for such a crime—and tele graphed to their States despatches advising them to pass Ordinances of Secession. Yes, gentlemen, twelve beuators swore allegiance iu the daytime, and uuswore it at uigbt. A short time since 1 was called upon by a little Jew, who, 1 believe, is the Secretary of War of the bogus Confederacy. He threatened to hang me, and I expected no more mercy from biut than was shown by his illustrious prede cessors towards Jesus Christ. 1 entered into a long correspondence witb this specimen of cxpinug humanity, hut from tuoroy or forgetfultioss, on their part, 1 was permitted to depart with all my docuuieuts iu i my little valise, which I hope to publish at no ui.Uut day. Gentlemen, when 1 started on my perilous journey 1 was sore-distressed in mind, and exceedingly so iu body. But the moment my eyes encountered the pickets of the Federal army my depression decreased aud returning health seemed suddenly to iu vigorate uiy pbysual constitution. Gcntleoieu, Secession is played out— the dog is dead—the ohild is born, aud his uame I is JEFF. DAVIS, Jr. My throat distresses me to such aa extent ; that I must deciiue further remarks this even ins;, but shall make myself heard upon the next convenient ooaasiou, which will probably be ere the termination of the present week. SUCH 18 WAR. { A letter from an officer who was on the ! | Cumberland, written to tho New York Times, j ! says that the scenes on board wero h§artbreak- j iug. Two of the gunners at the bow guns, i i when the sbip was singing, ulsped their ! guns iu their arms, and would not be removed, j | and went down embracing them. Oue guuuer j had both his legs shot away, and his bowels opened and protruding, but he jnade three steps on his taw and bloody thighs, seized tho lanyard and fired bis gun, faliipg back dead! Another lost both arms and legs, aud yet liva ed, and when they would assist bint, cried out "Baok to your gun, boya!" Give'em b—ll Hurrah for the flag! Revived till she sunk. SERVED HIM RIGHT.—The notorious Ab olitionist and Disunionist, Wendell Fniliips, was egged iu Ui ncinnati on the night of the 24th. He was lecturing to large audiance, and in the course of his remarks he|avowed himself an Abolitionist and a Disunionist. It was witb difficulty he escaped rougher treatmuut A schoolmaster asked one of his little hoys, 1 on a cold winter morning what was the Latin for cold. The boy hesitated a little, when the the master said, "What sir, oan't you tell?" ♦♦Yes, sir," said the boy, 1 have it at my fing er's end." A Sharp Shootej-'s Duel. From one of the many descriptions of the capture of Fort Donelson we extract the fol lowing: _ I intended to mention before this a distin guished duel that occurred on the battle-field ou Saturday last, between one of Colonel Bridge's sharp shooters -od a craok shot in side the enemy's fortifications. The Federalist was stationed on a hill ad joining the entrenchments, aud at an early bour in the morning the sesession foe placed his rifle OQ a parapet and fired a ball through the Unionists tbit. The sharp-shooter returned his fire, received a second shot, and sent another, and from that time until four o'colock in the afternoon, the two continued discharging their pieces without injuring one another. Both fired accurately; but both concealed their persons as much as possible, and endeav ored to deceive each other by putting their bats on tbeir ramrods, and thrusting tbeir coats from behind the fortifications or the trees. Whatever was exposed almost invari ably received a bullet; but the two were so wary aod skillful that it seemed they might fire until dooms-day without danger to each other. About tbe hour I have mentioned, however, the rebel, forgetful of prudence, thrust his head over the breast work, thinking no deubt as his enemy had Dot fired for five minutes, that he might, be dead. The movemeut was fatal. His head was not exposed five seconds; but in that brief pe- j riod tho sharpshooter's ball passed into the ! rebel's braio, and stretched him out a corpse beiore the unfortunate fellow had been able to determiue where his enemy was lurking, or by whose bapd he was destined to fall. SINGULAR BOTTLE STORIES. "Captatu Beccher, editor of the English tnu t:cal Maga zine,has compiled, within the last ten years, tbe following curious voyages of bottles tbrowa into the sen by unfortunate uav igators:—"A good many bottles thrown into the sea next to the Afrioan coast found their j Way io Eurore.J The bottle seem* to have aa- • tieipatcd the Austral Panama route, having tra- j veled from tbe Panama Isthmus to the coast. Another crossed the Atlantic from the* CaßJtr.ies to Nova Scotia. Three or four bet He* ' thrown iuto the sea by the Greenland, mariners I on the Davis Strait landed on the northwest coast of Ireland. Another one made very cur i< us trip; it swam from the South Atlantic Ocean to tho west coast of Africa, passed Gibralter, went along tbe Portugese coast to I" ranee, passed Brest, aud was finally picked up on Jersey Island. The direct line touches at leas: all these r laces, and makes it more than probable tLat it took this route. One bottle was only found after sixteen years' swim tuiug, one Bfser fourteen, and two after ten." A few only traveled more than oue year aud one only five days. This last was seat off by the captain of the Race Horse, on the seven* teeuth of April, in the Caribbean Sea, aud was found on the twenty-seond, after haviDg gone thro' three degrees of longitude iu a wtit wardly direction. Captain MeClure of the iu vestigator, well known since his discovery ol the Northwest Strait, threw.a bottle into tbe sea iu 1850, on bis was to Behriug's Straits. It swam three thousand six hundred miles in two hundred aud six days, aud was picked op on the Honduras Coast." Ihe sJau who sat 011 (he Powder Re warded, Tbe Navy Department promptly rewarded John Di vis, the brave sailor who so courage ously protected from the flames a barrel of gun powder ou the steamer V alley City during the attack upou Elizabeth City. Ho was a gunners' mite receiving a Hilary of §25 per month or §3OO per year. The ovideuee if his bravery was received at the Navy Department ou the evening of the 10th instant, aud on'the next day Secretary Welles sent him the following letter, appointing him a gunner, an officer which carries whith it a salary of §I,OOO per year and is a life appointment, the salary increasing by leuth of service to §1,450:.' NAVY DEPARTMENT,* March 11, 1862. ♦Sr'r—Your commanding officer and tbe flag officer of the Northern Atlantic Blockading Squadron have brought to the notice of the department your courage and presence of mind, displayed on the lOih ultimo, in protecting with your 'person a barrel of gunpowder from tlo fLm:s. ♦As a mark of appreciation of your bravery, you are bereby appointed an acting gunner iu the navy of the United States, from this date. ♦Enclosed herewith is a blank oath of office, which having exeouted, you will return to de partment, accompanied by your letter of aooept auoe. ♦lf, after you have served six months at sea, you shall furnish the department with satisfac tory testimonials fiorn your commanding officer, a warrant will be issued to you, beartug tbe same date of this acting appointment. ♦1 am, respotfully, your obedieut servant, ♦:GIDEON WELI.ES. ♦Acting gunuer John Davis, United States Navy, Uuitod States steamer Valley Uity .north Atlantic Blockading Squadron. As Davis was a gunner's mate, and supposed to be some what familiar with a gunner's duty this ap pointment was considered the best and most substantial way of rewarding biui. The flag-officer was also directed to educate him for his uew position iu case he is net now fully qualified. Signs of the times—Countersigns. V0L.35. NO. 14 The chaplain of an Indiana regiment is said to have prayed a? follows: "1 pray God that I may be oue*ef tie men who will pull the rope to hang Jeff. Davis; and that the spirits of Washington, Jefferson, Jackson and Adams may look over the bat tlements of heaven down upon the bleaching carcass, as the flesh drops from the bones, and listen to the wiuda whistling Hail Columbia and Yankee Doodle through the decaying ribs which once enclosed hie corrupt and traitorous hearts.' Ameu. SHE TOOK HER^CHANCE When the rebel steamer E. H. Lewis was oaptured in the, Gulf by the New London were among the passeuge rs a young girl and bcr slave woman. The slave declined to go ashore with her mistress at Blloxi, and the fol lowing colloquy oecutred: *Would you leave m, Rose, pnd all your friends to go among strangers?'' "I know, missus, it am berry hard to leabe you; for I'se taken eare ob you eber since you wete born, and the lord knows how 1 lub yoti and all my kindred; hut you see, Missus, Mau sa whipped mo de morning 'fore we come away and if he takes a notion to sell me be will; so, Missus, 1 radder st3y here and go up norf wid de Yankees, where 1 shall be free Mis -3 US." Captain Smith told her she might remain, if she choose, so she remaiued. The scene of the parting of Mistress and servant is descri bed by the lookers on as very touching. She will remain on Ship Island. Captain Smith assigued her a place iu the hiuse attached to the i ight house, and she makes herself very useful id washing for the officers. A Bachelor was rather taken aback a day or twß sinoo as follows:—Picking up a book, he exclamed, upon seeing a wood cut representing a uian kneeling at the feet of a wouuu. '•Before I would ever .kneal to a woman 1 wouid encircle my neck with a rope aud stretch it." Aud then turning to a young woman, he in quired. "Do you not think it would be the best i could do?" "It would uudoultly be the best for the woman," wa6 the reply. Sidney Smith was once examining flowers the garden, when * beautiful girl, who was one of the party, exofalroad: "Oh, Mr. Smith, this pea will never come to perfection!"— "Permit me then," said he, gently taking her hand aud walking toward the plant, "to lead peifection to the pea! Many papers give the dying words of great men, but uoue of them are so touching and beautiful as the last words of the old school master: "It is growing dark—school may ha dismis sed." Dowu to the gates of an unseeD world he carried the love and regard of the children he had trained, it was his last kiud dismissal ill this world of schooling. "Ma, somebojy's go;ng to die?" said a knowing little fellow, who was looking out of the window into the street. "Why?" asked the anxious mother. "Cause the doctor's just gone by," was the reply. * Showing Her Colors. —A gentleman from Cheat Mountain tells the following: A squad of Indiana volunteers, while out scouting, came across SD old wuiuan in a log cabin in the mountains. After the usual salu tations, one of them asked her: •Well old lady, are you seoesh V . 'No, was her answer. 'Are you Uuiou?' 'No.' 'W bat are you, then?' *•# Baptist, and al'ays kave beeti.' The lioosier let down. A young man seeing an acquaintance said : '1 heard you were dead,' /Hut,' sai 1 the other, 'you see that 1 aui still aiive.' 'ldont know bow that may be." replied lie r •you are a notorious liar, and my informant was a person of credit.' An old lady walked into the office of a Judge of Probato in Massachusetts, one day and ask ed— "Are you a Judge of Reprobates?" "I am the Judge of Probate." "Well, that's it, 1 expect," quoth the old lady, "you see my father died defeated, and be left several little iufidel#, and 1 waut to bo their executioner." "Pat, you arc wearing your stockings wrong side outward. "Ocb, and don't 1 know it, to be sure, there is a hole on the other side there is.'" Why is a U. S. storcship like a Treasury note? Because it's a Government tender. NATIONAL HONOR. -If we are a cowardly ami seltish people, our disiiogui-died men, our wealth aud liberality, our schools and colleges our glorious ancestry and history, will rot survive to "give us much influence in the world. Men must be brave if they would be respect ed. When a people do not dare to endanger their lives for tiic maintenance of naiiosssl honor, or eveu for the preservation of national existence, they deseivc toiie and will bo des pised.
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