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EDFORB PA., FRIDAY, JINK 9, 1865,
A STEP TOWARD RECONSTRUCTION
W. W. Holden Appointed Proviei onal
Governor of North Carolina--Conven
tion of Loyal Citizens to be Called.
A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, Monday May 29, 1865.
Whereas, The fourth Section of the fourth
Article of the Constitution of the United
States, declares that the United States shall
guarantee to every State in the Union a
epubliean form of Government, and shall
protect each of them against invasion and
domestic violence; and
Whereas, The President of the United
States is by the Constitution made Comman
der-in Chief of the Army and Navy, as well
as chief executive officer of the United
States, and is bound by solemn oath faith
fully to execute the office of President of the
United States, and to take care that the
laws be faithfully executed ; and
Whereas, The Rebellion, which has been
waged by a portion of the people of the
United States against the properly constitu
ted authorities of the Goverement thereof,
in the most violent and revolting form, but
whose organized and armed forces have been
almost entirely overcome, has in its revolu
tionary progress, deprived the people of
the State of North Carolina of all civil gov
ernment; and
Whereas, It became necessary and proper
to carry out and enforce the obligations of
the United States to the pfcople of North
Carolina in securing them in the enjoyment
of a Republican form of Government;
Now, therefore, in obedience to the high
and solemn duties imposed upon me by tne
Constitution of the I nitcd States, and . for
the purpose of enabling the loyal people of
said State to organize a State government,
whereby justice may be established, domes
tic tranquility insured, and Loyal Citizens
protected in all their right s of Life, Liberty
and Property; I, ANDREW JOHNSON,
President of the United States and Cbm
mander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of
United States, do hereby appoint William
W. Holden, Provisional Governor of the
State of North Carolina, whose duty it shall
be at the earliest practicable period to pre
scribe such rules and regulations as may be
necessary and proper for convening a Con
vention. composed of delegates to be chosen
by that portion of the people of said State
who are loyal to the United States, and no
others, for the purpose of altering or amen
ding the Constitution thereof, ancl with au
thority to exercise within the limits of said
State all the powers necessary and proper to
enable such loyal people of the State of
North Carolina to restore said State to its
constitutional relations to the Federal Gov
ernment, and to present such a republican
form of State government as will entitle the
State to the guarantee of the United States
therefor, and its people-to protection by the
United States against invasion, insurrection
and domestic violence : Provided, that in
any election that may be hereafter held for
choosing delegates to any State Convention
as aforesaid, no person shall he qualified as
an elector, or shall be eligible as a member
of such Convention, unless he shall have
previously taken and subscribed the oath of
amnesty as set forth in the President's
Proclamation, .May 29, IBfis, and it? a voter
qualified as prescribed by the Constitution
and laws of the State of North Carolina in
force immediately before the 20th day of
May, A. P. 1861, the date of the so-called
Ordnance of Secession: and the said Con
vention, when convened, or the legislature
that may be thereafter assembled, will pre
scribe the qualification of electors and the
eligibility of persons to hold office under the
Constitution and laws of the State —a pow
er the people of the several States compos
ing the Federal Union have rightfully exor
cised from the origin of the Government to
the present time. And Ido hereby direct:
First. That the military Commander of
the Department, and all officers and persons
in the military and naval service, aid and as
sist ti.e said Provisional Governor in carry
ing into effect this Proclamation, and they
are enjoined to abstain from in anyway hin
dering, impeding or discouraging the loyal
people from the organization of a State
Government as herein authorized.
Second. That the Serretarv of State pro
ceed to put in force all laws of the United
States, the administration whereof belongs
to the State Department, applicable to the
geographical limits aforesaid.
Third. That the Secretary of the Treasu
ry proceed to nominate for appointment As
sessors of Taxes, and Collectors of Custom
and Internal Revenue, and such other offi
cers of the Treasury Department, as ate au
thorized by law. and put in execution the
revenue laws of the United States within
the geographical limits aforesaid.
In making the appointments, the prefer
ence shall be given to qualified loyal persons
residing within the districts where their res
pective duties are tube performed. But if
suitable residents of the district shall not
be found, then persons residing in other
States or districts shall he appointed.
Fourth. That the Postmaster-General
proceed to establish post routes, and put into
execution the postal laws of the United
States within the said State, giving the loyal
residents the preference of appointment.
But, if suitable residents are not found, then
appoint agents from other States.
Fifth. That the "District Judge for the
Judicial District in which North Carolina is
included proceed to hold Courts within said
State, in accordance with the provisions of
the act of Congress.
The Attorney-General will instruct the
proper officers to libel and bring to judg
ment, confiscation and sale property subject
to confiscation, and enforce the administra
tion of justice within said State in all mat
ters within the cognizance and jurisdiction of
the Federal Courts.
Sixtk. That the Secretary of the Navy
take possession of all public property belong
ing to the Navy Department within said ge
ographical limits, and put in operation all
acts of Congress in relation to naval affairs
having application to said State.
Seventh. That the Secretary of the Inte
rior put in force the taws relating to the In
terior Department applicable to the geo
graphical limits aforesaid.
in testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set fny hand and caused the seal of the Uni
ted States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this twen
—-*—> tv-ninth day of May, in the year of our
L. 8. Is>rd one thousand eight hundred and
•—r-'sixty-five, and of the independence of
the United States the eighty-ninth.
ANDKEW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WM. H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
As MUCH nitrate of silver as can be held
between the thumb and finger, if thrown in
to a vase of water, will, it is said, preserve
flowers for a fortnight.
A ■ , >. Al. AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER. DEVOTED TO POLITIC*, EDUCATION. LITEBATtWE AND MORALS
AMNESTY PROCLAMATION.
What President Johnson offers to the
Soutli.—Pardon and the Restoration of
Property Ui^hts.-Nlnvery made an ex -
eeptiou.
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
. WASHINGTON, May 29, 1865.
Whereas, The President of the United
States, on the Bth day of December, A. I).,
eighteen hundred and sixty-three; and on
the 26th day of March, A. D., eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, did, with the object
to suppress the existing rebellion, to induce
all persons to return to their loyalty, and to
restore the authority of the United States,
issue proclamations offering amnesty and
pardon to certain persons, who had directly
or by implication participated in the said
Rebellion ; and
Whereas, Many persons who bad so en
gaged in said Rebellion have, since the is
suance of said proclamations, failed or ne
glected to take the .benefits offered thereby;
and
117;(raw. Many persons who have been
justly deprived of all claim to amnesty and
pardon thereunder, by reason of their par
ticipation directly or by implication in said
Rebellion, and continued in hostility to the
Government of the United States since the
date of said proclamation, now desire to ap
ply for and obtain amnesty and pardon.
To the end, therefore, that the authority
of the Government of the United States
may be restored, and that peace, order and
freedom may be re-established, 1 Andrew
Johnson, President of the United States, do
proclaim, and declare, that 1 hereby grant
to all persons who have directly or indirect
ly participated in the existing Rebellion, ex
cept as hereinafter excepted, amnesty and
pardon, with restoration of all rights of
property, except as to slaves, and except in
cases where legal proceedings under, the
laws of the United States providing for the
confiscation of property of,' persons engaged
in Rebellion have been instituted ; but on
the condition, nevertheless, that every such
person shall take and subscribe the following
oath or affirmation, and thenceforward keep
and maintain said oath inviolate, and which
oath shall be registered for permanent pres
ervation. and shall he of the tenor and effect
following, to wit :
"I (blank) do solemnly swear, or affirm,
in the presence of Almighty God, that 1
will henceforth faithfully ,-upport and defend
the Constitution of the United States and
the Union of the States thereunder, and
that I will in like manner, abide by and
faithfully support all laws and proclamations
which have been made during the existing
Rebellion with reference to the emancipation
of slaves, so help me God."
The following classes of' persons are ex
cepted from the benefits of this proclama
tion :
First , All who are or shall have been pre
tended civil or diplomatic officers, or other
wise do.uiestic or foreign agents, of the pre
tended Confederate Government.
Second, All who left judicial stations un
der the United States to aid the Rebellion.
Third , All who shall have been military
or naval officers of said pretended Confeder
ate Government above the rank of Colonel
in the army or Lieutenant in the navy.
Ftm rh, All who left seats in the Congress
of the United States to aid the Rebellion.
Fifth , All who resigned or tendered res
ignations of their commissions in the Army
or Navy cf the United States to evade duty
in resisting the Rebellion.
Sixth. All who have engaged in any way
in treating otherwise than'lawfully as pris
oners of war persons found in the United
States service as officers, soldiers, seamen, or
in other capacities.
Seventh. All persons who have been or are
absentees from the United States for the
purpose of aiding the Rebellion.
Eighth, AH military and naval officers in
the Rebel service who were educated by the
Government in the Military Academy at
West Point or the United States Naval
Academy.
Ninth , All persons who held the preten
ded offices of Governors of States in insur
rection against the United States.
Truth. All persons who left their homes
within the jurisdiction . .. •utecion of the
United States, and passed beyond the Feder
al military lines into the so-called Confeder
ate States, for the purpose of aiding the
Rebellion.
Eleventh, All persons who have been en
gaged in the destruction of the commerce of
the United States upon the high seas, arul
all persons who have made raids into the
United States from Canada, or been engaged
in destroying the commerce of the United
States upon the lakes and rivers that sepa
rate the British Provinces from the United
States.
Twelfth , All persons who, at the time
when they seek to obtain the benefits hereof
by taking the oath, herein prescribed, are
in military, naval or civil confinement or
custody, or under bonds of the civil, military
or naval authorities or agents of the United
States as prisoners of war, or persons de
tained for offenses of any kind cither before
or after conviction.
Thirteenth , All persons who have volunta
rily participated in said Rebellion, and the
estimated value of whose taxable property
is over twenty thousand dollars.
Fourteenth, All persons who have taken
the oaih of amnesty as prescribed in the
President's Proclamation of December 8,
A. I)., 1868, or an oath of allegiance to the
Government of the United States since the
date of said Proclamation, and who have not
thenceforward kept and maintained the same
inviolate —provided, that special application
may be made to the President for pardon
by any person belonging to the excepted
classes, and such clemency will Ire liberally
extended-as may be consistent with the facts
of the case and the peace and dignity of the
United States.
The Secretary of State will establish rules
and regulations for administering and re
cording the said amnesty oath, so as to in
sure its benefit to the people, and guard the
Government against- fraud.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set niv hand, and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, the twen
( i ty-ninth day of May, in the year of
- L. s. / our Lord one thousand eight hun
-1— —■' dred and sixty-five, and of' the In
dependence ot the United States the eighty
ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WM. 11. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
THE SlGHT. —Persons living in cities begin
to wear glasses earlier than country people,
from the want of opportunities of looking at
things at a distance. Those who wish to
put off the evil day of spectacles, should ac
custom themselves to long views. The eye
is always relieved, and we see better, if, af
ter reading awhile, we direct the sight to
some far-distant object even for a minute.
Great travellers and hunters are seldom
near-sighted. Humboldt at eighty-seven
could read unaided. Sailors discern objects
at a great distance with considerable distinct
ness, when a common (#e sees nothing at
all.
BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1865
©riqmal §o,ctrg.
FOR THE IXQCIRER
CHANGE.
The world has changed since I a boy;
Lived in it long ago.
The difference what 'twixt now and then
I'd surely like to know,
The fields look bright and green as then ;
The birds sing quite as gay,
Yet surely there is something wrong
But what, I cannot say.
The woods are clothed in verdure bright;
Sweet fragrance fills tin air;
Where'er I look all Natur - teems
With beauty rich and-rare,
The herds ari feeding op the hills,
The lambkins skip afid play,
A ot something's wrong, there surely is,
But what, I cannot say.
. - -
The humming-bird on pinion? Swift
Flies to each neetarcd bower,
And as of yore, in eagerness
Sips dew from evciy Bower.
The butterfly, on spangled wings
Flits by the same to-day,
Yet still there's something all awry
But what, I eannotsay.
I pass the spot—the cherished spot
Which knew me when a child,
I seethe same old house and barn,
But gaze in wonder wild
They look the sawn—the very same
As in my childhood's day,
Yet something's wipng, I seo it plain,
But what, 1 cannot say.
Ah ! yes, I know, my youth has tied,
My tastes are different now,
oil, he it so, I'm growing old,
At Time's behest I bow,
I'm on the downward .-idc of life,
My beard is mixed with grey,
I've seen Earth's hey-day come and pass
"That's what's the matter" to day.
W. J. M.
IUIUCMTUU) UICITH
From Chambers' Journal.
A NICE PIECE OF STRATEGY.
The carelessness with which some men
choose their wives is wonderful to me —they
scem to bestow more trouble and pains upon
the choice of a coat. Ouejor two instances
which have lately come to fay notice will ac
count for the charge I havl brought against
the lords of creation ; but Italy some of them
for others, finding none good enough, end by
remaining old bachelors; and it is best they
should, for men of that >rt would have
worried angels had they happened to marry
them.
Then there is young Mr. Balmayne. [am
sure I never thought he would have done so
well as he has after that imprudent hurried
marriage of his, and lu heir to so much.
But it's all right now, and I'll tell you how
it came to pass.
You must know that Mr. Balmaync had
not much to do last winter in toWn. when lie
was up with his father, whi was ill of the
gout; so he u.sed to .spend a pood deal of his
time looking out of the diuiujroom window;
and as his father has one o those elegant
houses in Piccadilly, of coune he saw a great
many people pass by during die day.
One morning it rained veiy hard—quite a
pelt; and as he was at his lost, he saw a
pretty girl run aerossthe roa| t from the park
straight to the porch whicl was over the
front of his father's Rouse She had no
umbrella; so, of course, dr. Bahnayne's
first impulse was to lend h-r one. He put
on his Hat and coat, just a.- if he was going
for a walk himself, andopfhed the door.
She really was very pretty, and very wet.
She would not come into be dried, for she
was in a hurry to get koine; so, as the offer
ed umbrella was a hoivyone, Mr. Balnwyne
carried it for her himself. She was a girl of
good family but very poor—that evil worse
than sin in the eyes of some people. How
ever, to make a long story short, Mr. Bal
maync married her before the season was
over; and, more than that, he told his father
that such was his intention. This brought
on another fit of the gout, and the old gen
tleman vowed and declared that he never
would see her. Matters were in this fix till
it was time for the shooting season to com
mence: and as the inoois were in capital or
der, and a large party coming to the old
gentleman's highland box, Mr. Balmaync
must come with him, ad leave his beautiful
young wife behind. Tkis grievbd him sad
ly; but at last a bright idea occurred to him,
which he carried out. a we shall see, for
this is a true story.
At the Euston Sqiuire railway station,
when Mr. Bahuayne arrived with his father,
there was such a rush forseats that they had
some difficulty in findingone, and as to a
carriage to themselves, tint was out of the
question; but they securol a compartment
which, as we all know, contains only four.
One lady was already in this one ; but, with
the old gentleman's innate politeness, he
would not hear of her moving, though, as
his gouty foot was obliged to be placed on
the opposite seat, there was only .just room
for them.
The lady sat by the old gentleman, and
the son opposite to her. The lady was very
pretty and seemed so sorry and sympathiz
ing whenever a twinge of the gout forced a
strong expression from the old gentleman,
that at last he began to take some notice of
her and to talk to her. The young man, ab
sorbed in his newspaper, left them entirely
to themselves, and before they had reached
York they were quite good friends. It so
happened that the young lady, too, was go
ing to spend the night at York. As she
was quite alone, the old gentleman told her
she had better come to the same hotel as
they did, and his servant should look after
her baggage. Evidently, young Mr. Bal
mayne did not intend to take the smallest
notice of her, and seeing his son's want of
proper politeness perhaps made the good old
gentleman ail the more attentive.
The next morning they again set out on
their northern journey, and altogether, as
before, for the lady seemed quite to belong
to ( hem now. Having ascertained that she
was going down to a place within a few miles
of his own shooting box, the old gentleman
promised he would see her safe to the end
of her journey, which was rather-a long one.
She traveled slowly, being in delicate health,
and, owing to fiis gout, the old gentleman
did the same; so, as it turned out, they re
mained together the whole distance.
When they got to the last station, before
leaving the railway for country roads, the
gentlemen got out, the father desiring the
lady to remain in the waiting room till he
had found her a carriage and her luggage
put on to it. She obeyed with a very sweet
smile, but looked uncommonly nervous.
Mr. Balmayne also looked nervous, which
was odd.' He followed his father, who was
looking for a carriage for hid pretty pro-
Upon my word, as nice a girl as ever 1
met, said the old gentleman. "Really I'm
quite sony to lose sight of her. How she
would enliven the moors, wouldn't she
George?
But Mr. Bahnaync was as white as a sheet,
and could hardly speak. At last, however,
he uid say—
"You ne<ul not-loose her unless you like,
father.
"How now, young gentleman, what do
you mean ! said his father, bristling up.
"I mean that she is my wife!" gasped
out the young man.
By .Jove! said the old gentleman, tur
ning purple in the face, 'who could have
thought it? You impudent young rascal!"
tor some moments it seemed doubtful
whether anger at being taken in, or the real
pleasure at his son's unknown wife being so
much better than he expected, would gain
the mastery. At last, however, his natural
j-'ood humor triumphed aud his son led him
back to the little waiting room, where was
the poor young wife, more dead than alive
with fright, not knowing how her husband's
ruse would succeeed.
N othmg could be better. The old gentle
man embraced iier with real paternal affec
tion. One carriage took them all to his
shooting box, and from that day to this the
good father has never ceased to bless the
day when his son gave him such a dauehter
in-law.
THE MYSTERIES OF IRON.
There is no miracle recorded in the annals
of any religion more mysterious, more in
comprehensible, more inconceivable, than
sonic of the well-known properties of the
simple metal, iron. Consider, for instance,
its change from its ordinary to its passive
state. _ If a piece of metal in its ordinary
condition i- immersed in nitric acid, it is
powerfully acted upon, entering into comhi
namm with the acid, and losiug its metal
form. But if a piece of platinum wire has
one end inserted in the acid, and the iron is
then immersed in contact with the wire, it
is so changed that the acid has no power
upon it, and this condition continues after
the platinum wire has been withdrawn.
The contact of a single point with the pla
tinum sends a transformation all through
its particles which readers them invulnera
ble to the attacks of the most powerful acid.
Even more wonderful is its change under
the influence of a current of electricity.
YV heu a bar of pure,soft iron is welded with
an insulated wire and a current of electricity
is sent through the wire, the bar is instantly
converted into a magnet. It is endowed
with an unseen force which stretches out from
its ends, and -eizes any piece of iron within
its reach, draws it to itself, and holds it in
its inducible grasp. The object of insula
ting the wire is to prevent the electricity
from leaving it, and yet through this insula
ting coat a power is exerted which changes
so strangely the nature of the iron, enabling
it- to act on substances with which it is not
iit >ntact. As soon as the circulating cur
r<-nt ceases, the iron becomes like Sampson,
shorn of it s locks, its miraculous power has
departed. No less mysterious than either
ol these is the more familiar phenomenon
of the fall of a piece of iron to the ground,
under the simple action of gravitation.
What is that invisible force which reaches
out in all directions from the earth and
clutches all matter in its grasp? The fibres of
this power are imperceptible to any of our
senses. If we pass our hands under a sus
pended rock, we can feel nothing reaching
from it to the earth, yet. there is something
stretching up from the earth, taking hold of
the rock and drawing it down with the stren
gth of a hundred cables. We walk envelo
ped in mysteries, and "our daily life is a
miracle."
ASSUMED NAMES. —For those interested
in literary matters we give the following list
of leading writers, with their assumed sig
natures :
(J at! Hamilton —Mtss Abigail E, image.
Florence Percy—Mrs. Elizabeth Akers.
Timothy Titcomb —Dr. J. 0. Holland.
Orpheus C. Kerr—Robert H. Newell.
>1 rs. Partington—P. B. Shillaber.
Artenius Ward—Charles E. Browne.
Doestieks P. B.—Mortimer Thompson.
I\. N. Pepper—James M. Morris.
Mace Stopper, Esq.—C. G. Leland.
Josh Billings—Henry W. Shaw.
Jeems Pipes —Stephen Massett.
Ned Buntline —E. / C. Judson.
Edmund Kirke —J. R. (jiltnore.
Country Parson —A. K. 11. Boyd.
Mary Clavers—Mrs. C. M. Kirkland.
Curry Bell—Charlotte Bronte.
Village Schoolmaster —Charles 31. Dick
inson.
Owen Meredith —Bulwer, Jr.
Barry Cornwall —Win. Proctor.
Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman" —
Miss Muloch.
Ike Marvel —Donald G. Mitchell.
Jennie June —Mrs. Jennie Croly.
Fanny Fern—Wife of James G. Parton,
(the Historian) and sister of N. P. Willis.
Petroleum V. Nasby—D. R. Loke.
Howard Glyndon—Miss Laura C. Red
den. — Exchange Paprr.
TOBACCO AND INSANITY.— The Paris
.correspondent of the London St or says: "I
mentioned lately the frightful increase of
mental alienation and paralysis of the brain
in prance. It has been proved that this in
crease of lunacy has kept pace with the aug
mentation of the revenue from tobacco.—
Pro in the year lb 12 to 1832 that tax pro
duced 28 millions, and the lunatic asylums
of the country contained 8,000 patients.—•
the tobacco revenue has now reached the
sum of ISO millions, and there are no less
than 44,900 paralytic and lunatic patients in
the various hospitals devoted tp their ac
commodation. This parallel has been
drawen by M.JJolly and laid before the Aca
demy of Science. The last words of his
speech on that occasion are worth recording,
in this age of universal smoking, and young
boys to whom this pernicious practice has
not yet become second nature, would do well
to reflect, ere too late, on the frightful warn
ing the above statistics contain, as well tfe
on M Jolly's words. He says: "The
immoderate use of tobacco and more especi
ally of the pipe produces a weakness in the
brain and in the spinal marrow which causes
madness.
BII,L S is a good accountant but like
ail men, will sometimes make mistakes ; and
in one of his bills figured up that "8 tiroes
g are 88.'' The debtor was not slow in dis
covering the mistake and demanded an ex
planation. Bill examined tile account and
saw that he was "down," but did not like to
admit it; so, putting on a bold face, he said
—"That's all right. "How so ?" was the
inquiry- "It's all owing to the inflation of
the currency," said Bill, "the multiplication
table, like everything else, has gone up!
TH E best and noblest conquest is that of a
man's own reason over his passion or follies.
Vol 38: No. 2 4
Natural Curiosities. —From the collection of
a "a''turn! frieud, and one who knows the "nat
ural,' and a "thing or two" besides:
"Heel from the "(att of the Mohicans."
Wheel from a dog's tail when it was a wagon
(tragyi"'.)
Tooth from the "month of a river."
Nut which a "joker cracked."
Stone from the "foundation of an argument."
Strand of the cord with which "Jenny Lind let
down her voice."
Piece of the "bark of a dog."
Soap with which a man was "washed overboard."
Binding of "Cape of Good Hope."
Buckle from the "reins of government."
Materials from an "air castle."
Piece of the hoop with which the lady was bound,
when she "burst into tears."
Hair from the "head of the Mississippi."
Letters from the "signs of the times."
"Spur of the Kocky Mountains."
Water from the "eliptic springs."
"Sands of Time."
"Chip of the old block."
Point of a "shaft of satire."
A "scintillation of wit."
"Milk of human kindness."
"Creani of a joke."
One of the "jaws of destruction."
Some of the "wealth of the affections."
The last bakin' of "piece-meal."
"Time flies."
Extremity of a "cat-egory."
Tkt has the following nota
ble incident, which throws an agreeable
light upon the temper and relations of those
who have borne our great national burdens,
and who have been not a little traduced in
days not long passed. A few days before
the President's death, Secretaiy Stanton
tendered his resignation of the War Depart
ment . He accompanied the act with a most
heartfelt tribute to Mr. Lincoln,s constant
friendship and faithfni devotion to the coun
try, saying also that he, as Secretary, had
accepted the position to hold it only until
the war should end, aud that now he felt his
work was done, and his duty was to resign.
Mr. Lincoln was greatly moved by the
Secretary's words, and tearing in pieces the
paper containing the resignation, and throw
ing his anus about the Secretary, he said:
Stanton, you have been a good friend and
a faithful public servant, and it is not for
you to say when you will no longer be needed
here.'' Several triends of both parties were
present on the occasion, and there was not
a dry eye that witnessed the scene.
ALL ABOUT DIMPLES. —Dim pies are the
perpetual smiles of Nature—the very
eunningest device and lurking-place of Love.
When earth is dimpled by dells and valleys,
it always seems to laugh; when the ocean is
dimpled by the breeze, it sparkles with joy
beneath the sunshine of heaven. We can
not look for frcftvns on a dimpled face frow
ns and dimples will not associate together.
How soft how roguish, how beautiful are
the dimples in the elbows and shoulders, the
pretty bauds and feet of the rosy babe.
Mothers dote upon those darling dimples,
and delight to kiss them. But perfect
dimples, enchanting at least to the eyes of
an enthusiastic young man, are those which
come peeping out of the cheeks around the
mouth of the l; sweet seventeen,'' when
sweet seveuteen essays some arch provoking
sally, peeping out and flying away the mo
ment after, coming and going with the most
bewitching coquetry.
MARK VINO FOR SHOW. —In the following
we find displayed a volume of honest and
wholesome good sense. "Put a pin here,"
good swains and lovers.
''To the question often asked of young
men why they do not marry, we sometimes
hear the reply, I am not able to support a
wife. In one case in three, perhaps, this
may be so; but, as a general thing, the true
reply would be, 'I am not able to support
the style in which I think my wife ought to
live.' In this again we see a false view of
marriage, a looking to an appearance in the
world, instead of a union with a loving wo
man lor uei uvtn aa&c. *
' There are very few men, of industrious
habit, who can not maintain a wife, if they
are willing to live economically, and without
reference to the opinion of the world. The
great evil is they are not content to begin
life humbly, to retire together into an ob
scure position and together work their way
in the world —he indfustrious in his calling,
and she by dispensing with prudence the
money that he earns. But they must stand
out and attract the attention of others with
fine houses and fine clothes.
A PAPAL DECLARATION AGAINST "TOL
ERATION." — Ijf Memorial Diplomatique
publishes the correspondence between the
Papacy and the Emperor M&ximillian upon
the subject of his recent decrees. The drift
of the Papal reply, which is dated sth of
March, was known before, but the text con
tains two points of interest; a distinct threat
that the recall of the Nuncio will not be the
last measure adopted by the Pope against
the Mexican Government, and a distinct
assertion that Rome will never consent, and
has never consented to toleration. The Ho
ly Chair, writes the Cardinal Secretary, even
in dealing with Governments in ruling over
mixed faiths, "has never recognized equal
toleration in principle, but has striven only,
wherever toleration existed, dt facto, to se
cure guarantees that it should not do any
harm to the Catholic religion.'' Consequent
ly, should the Church, say in Ireland or Pru
sia, getthe upper hand, Protestantism would
"in principle' cease to be tolerated, which
is worth knowing.
A PROMINENT bachelor politician on the
Kennebec remarked to a lady that soapstone
was excellent to keep the feet warm in bed.
"Yes," said the young lady, who had been
an attentive listener "but some gentlemen
have an improvement on that which you
know nothing about."
The bachelor turned pale and maintained
a wistful silence.
A GENTLEMAN at the Astor House table,
New York, asked the person sitting next to
him if he would please pass the mustard.
"Sir," said the man, "do you mistake me
for a waiter?"
"Oh, no, sir, was the reply, "I mistook
you for a gentleman."
AN Irishman was about to marry a South
ern girl for her property. ' 'Mill you take
this woman to tie your wedaed wife ?" said
the minister.
"Yes, your riverenee, and the nagerstoo
said Pat.
"CAN you tell me Bill, how it is that a
rooster always keeps his feathers sleek and
smooth ?"
"No, ' said Bill.
"Well, he always carries his comb with
him."
Why -hould the highest appie on a tree
be a good one? Because it's a tip-top apple.
JEFF. DAVISIANA.
The "line" that Jeff, was going to fight
it out on—Crinoline.
"Once more into the breeches, my boys!"
as Jeff, said when requested to take off his
wife's dress and put on his own.
We have heard a great deal about "pet
ticoat government," but not until Jeff Da
vis was heard from recently did we appreci
ate what it meant.
Jeff Davis was captured disguised as a
woman! Jeff was never a very good look
ing man, but it appears his wife's dress
made hint aiptivating.
When Jeff Davis was captured he may be
said to have embodied all that remained of
the once arrogant Southern Confederacy.
He was the body politic, and his wife's dress
formed the outskirts.
President. Johnson and Jeff Davis were
both born in the same year. The likelihood
is that Jeff, will die a great many years be
fore Johnson.
"At the approach of Col. Pritchard's
boys, Mrs. Davis' agitation increased fear
fully, and at last, by sticking a large hair
pin into that part of her husband s body
whence mortification would be least likely to
ensue, the stern statesman (hinc nomen) was
awakened to a full sense of his desperate
situation. His first cry was ' a horse, a horse
my Presidency for horse!" No one seemed
inclined to risk a nag on such security, and
no horse forthcame."—So says an exchange.
Davis "Recognized.'"—For nearly four
years it has been a question who would "rec
ognize" Jeff. Davis first. The question and
the manner of recognition have both lieen
settled by the Michigan cavalryman who
"recognized" Jeff by his boots.
Jeff Foretold.—"'Lift up your eyes and
behold them that come From the North.
* * * For the greatness of thine iniquity are
thy skirts discovered and thy heels nade
bare. * * * Therefore will I discover
thy skirts upon thy face, and that thy
shame may appear."—-Jeremiah xiii. 20,
22, 26.
The copperhead admirers of Jeff. Da via,
a short time ago, styled him the "suern
statesman." The statesman part of Jeff,
we have never yet been able to see, though
the stern part has been quite apparent
ever since he skedaddled away from Rich
mond.
We wonder whether Jeff. Davis, when he
put on the petticoat, called in the aid of sot
ton to give a voluptuous appearance to his
tender bosom.
Prentice is in exhaus table on the capture
of Davis, and runs over in fun. He sj.ys:
Jeff. Davis took a female dress, but not a
fashionable one.' It didn't display half
enough of his person to be in the height of
fashion. Jeff, always was modest.
Jeff. Davis put on the petticoat, and his
captors wouldn t tolerate "the deep damna
tion of its talcing off."
Jeff. Davis, in his petticoat, kept up the
old woman character to the last, by scolding
like a termagant.
It was a violation of the proprieties for
Jeff. Davis, dressed as an old woman, to
brandish a bowie-knife. He should nave
had a broomstick.
Jeff. Davis made an old woman of himself .
Women have their trials, and Jeff, will
soon have one.
If Jeff. Davis can find nothing else to do,
he can go upon the stage and play old wo
men's parts. He has the costume already
on hand.
Jeff. Davis, even if pardoned, can never
again be elected to office. Our people are
not fond of petticoat government
It is said that Jeff. Davis'excuse for wear
ing the petticoat is that his wife has often
worn the breeches.
Jeff. Davis wore a petticoat, and it is said
that he was at the same time in a great
bustle.
JEFFERSOS DAVIS.
Come all you young Americans ;
I'm going for to sing
A song that will the briny tears
Upon your cheek-bones bring.
It is about the President
Jeff. Davis and bis wife.
How Jeff, put on her petticoats
To save his precious life.
The tenth of May. year sixty-five,
We came upon J. D.,
Near Irwinsvflls, Ge-or-gi-a,
A. M., and nearly 3.
J. D., was sleeping soundly, when
We dashed into his camp :
His wife did straightway waken him
To start him on a tramp.
"My dear,'' she cried, "my bonnet take,
My corsets and my ebawl,
My underclothes and balmoral,
Hoop skirt and fan—take all."
As quick as thought Jeff, donned the things
And now a woman he,
Of stalwart frame, majestic pace,
From head down to his knee.
For sad to say—J. IL, was tall
While Mrs. D., was not,
And as he ran, they saw his boots
And so J. D. was caught.
He brandish ed a Bowie Knife,
Of manufacture rare ;
And Mrs. D. through loyalty,
Exclaimed: "0 men, take care."
'•I warn you all —you know him not—
-0 take his knife away :
He'll surely hurt a few of you :
Beware the stag at bay ."
They took away his bloodless knife,
Those laughing soldier men.
And thus they took "good care of him,"
Of chivalry the gem.
And now the rumor quickly flies—
-1 do not say it—mind —
That Jefferson, in women's clothes,
Has just been confined.
John Brown was hanged because he broke
The laws, the blacks to free—
Poetic justice ! Jeff, must grace
"A sour apple tree."
Now, glory to the Northern arms !
Hurrah for Pritohard brave !
Ten thousand cheers for U. S. Grant!
One hiss for Jeff, the knave.
HOW DO TOO LIKE IT, JEPFRRSOI* D ?—AH OLD
SONG WITH A !tW MEASIXG.
Oh, how do you like it, as.far as you've got?
Jefferson D t Jefferson D ?
Are you glad you began it, or d'ye wish yon had
not f
Jefferson, Jefferson D !
People say, (though, of course, I don't know that
it's so,)
That your spirits are getting decidedly low.
And you're sick and discouraged, and I don't know
what, A: . I vSt, 1 '
But say, though, do you like it as far as you've
got ?
0! ho! Jefferson D .!
Things look rather shabby, now, 'twixt you and
me ?
0 ! ho ! Jefferson D !
And what do you think of that sour apple tree t
AS OLD MAXIM RF.YERSXD.
"Et anna oedunt togas,"
Said a Roman of renown—
"When the din of war is over
Arms yield unto the gown !"
But this motto Jeff, reverses ,
For, arrayed in female charms,
When the din of war is over,
In his gown he yields to arms !
[N. T. Citizen. *. e'ft.
A young fanner asked an old Scotchman
for advice in his pursuit. He told him
what had been the secret of his own success
in firming, and concluded with the follow
ing warning—-"Never, Sandie, never —above
all things, never get in debt; but if ever you
do, let it be for manure."
LOVF. and a grood dinner are said to be
the only two things that change a man's
character.