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SELECT POETRY, GOD KEEP OUR WOMEN TRUE. "What can a woman do in wart" 'LaMar& I n tones of acorn; . •• 'Her voice has swayed its crimson tide, Slate Scot tins world was born. .1f one fair Horan made a war, What may a thousand do t To loyal purposes and alms, God keep our women true! When, In the battle's deadlitst shuck, • Our countris vanquished foes • . Reeled, faint and bleeding ineath the weight Of overahelining blows, The fiery words of Southern dames, From lips too proud to sue, Nerved up their faltering arms afresh— God, keep our women true! To tho high parpose of the soul 'That vrieldeth Judith's blade, That fired the heart of Joan of Arc, Or Saragossa's maid; That drove the dagger of Cordav, And bore Moll Pitcher through Our earliest field baptized in blood; 'God, keep our women true! Their heroism still survives, Though no unsanguined hand • Flings out tho banner, waves the torch, Or bears the deadly brand; It dwells In gentle breasts and shines Through eyes of tenderest blue, That look those sad but firm farewells— Odd, keep the women true! It. earnest trust has beautified The darkest of our days; It speaks its scorn of coward hearts, It sounds the hero's praise; It twines around our tattered flag, The °oddities faith that grow Ilesido the Soviet's cross and tooth— God, keep our women true! The spirit bf their deathless . deeds Is breathing round us now, It Minds the soldier's monument, 'lt hives the wounded brow; It mots Ite,feweis in the plate; And sands its loon anew From hearts already desolate; Dod s keep our women true! Oh, weary, aching tienrts behind! Oh, lone and sutTering ones! Who breathe the prayer and waft the sigh For husbands, lovers, eons; Though lip may quiver, hands be clasped; And tears the lid bedew, Choke down the coward summons home; God, keep the women truel MISCELLANEOUS. A CURIOUS ADVENTURE, BY AUOUSTUS CO:%ISTOCK Lieutenant Greenville, a young man belonging' toan Illinois regiMent left his camp one morning to enjoy a ram ble among the bills and valleys of the "Blue. Ridge." He had intended to go back before sun-down, but unfortunately, ho lost his way, and when - the twilight shad ows began to close around him, he was still unable to form any idea of his true position; and, believing that a search in the darkness would only add to his confusion, he decided to go no further. 7ACcordingly, after re freshing himself with a few dropsOr tWcontents of his canteen, he stretch ed himself upon the ground, drew forth his meerschaum, lighted it, and gave himself up to reflectionS of a pleasing nature. But he had not indulged his reverie -longer than a few minutes, when it was suddenly interrupted by the sound of a horse's hoofs approach ing along the path near which he was seated.. "Only one," he muttered, springing to his feet. "If he's an , enemy ho shall find me prepared." • And as' ho spoke heoelied his ro: volver. The noise drew nearer every moment, and he was soon enabled to make out the outlines of horse and rider. "Who comes there ?" he shouted The cavalryman halted, but did not answer, and the Lieutenant repeated his question. • Still there came no reply. In tact the :liorSeman- seemed to . hesitate whether tO - Jtdvance or retreat, but at length he decided upon the latter course, and galloped rapidly away.— The peculiar accent of Greenville's voice, had evidently convinced him that he was not a friend. must be watchful," muttered the young man as he restated himself upon a grassy slope. "If that fellow was an enemy, itis.probable that he'll pay me a visit during the night with some of his' comlianions." Ile carefully examined his revolver, then relighted his pipe, and continued his reverie. The sweet faces of the home fireside —one of which, a gentle face, with large brown eyes, and bright tresses of the same hno, was dearer to him than the rest—flitted again and again through the chambers of his mind, as ho reclined upon his side, looking up at the stars and the moon, which were now in the slay. At length,- in spite of his efforts to the contrary, a drowsy feeling stole over him, his pipe fell from his mouth, and.in a short time he dropped into-a deep slumber. 'How long ho slept ho know not, but when ho awoke it was still night, and his garments were thoroughly satu rated with dew. There was a strange feeling of numbness in his arms, and ho was unable to stretch them out.— m WILLIAM LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor. VOL, XX. . . This circumstance surprised-him, but he soon discovered the cause. Both wrists were tightly fastened together by pieces of strong cord. What did it mean.? . . He raised himself, upon his elbow, and beheld a black horse •a few paces in front of him; quietly •clipping the gras near the path. to' this'horse he perceived lie was attached by a rope,. one end of which was faStened about the animal's neck, and the other around his (Greenville's) breast, di-: rectly beneath his armpits.. "Aye, aye.!" cried a musical voice upon his left, "I stole a march upon you when you were asleep, and I have you tliero all right; sound and safeaS a top. I made you fast to my horse so as to make sure of you while I took a nap, and I preceiVe that we've both waked up at the same tiine. It's time we were on the' move, So you'd better get up and follow me, as you can do no better." Upon hearing these words the Lieu tenant sprang to his feet; but he had barely time , to, get •a glimpse of the rebel cavalryman, who was now ad vancing toward him, when, evidently alarmed by the sudden jerk upon the rope, the .horse uttered a Wild neigh, reared upon his hind logs, and then dashed off with the speed of a whirl wind, dragging the unfortunate cttli p r , after'" The situation of the young man was truly a fearful ono.; for, unablo to ob tain his knife to sever the cord that bound him, ho was entirely at, the mer cy of the maddened -.host. Far behind him, he could hear the voice of the rebel as the latter vainly strove with his shouts to stop the head long career of his steed, and the bruised and bleeding Lieutenant was fast' losing all consciousness, when the report of a carbine rang upon his ear, and the animal fell sideways to the earth, struggling in the agonies of death: In a few minutes his struggles ceas ed, he became perfectly still, and as the_ Lieutenant, who had now partly raised himself from the ground, caught the glassy lustre of his uptui'ned eyes, he knew that the poor beast was dead. The rebel seen arrived upon the spot, and severing the cords which were fastened about his wrists as well as the ropo which bound him to the horse - ; he assisted him to his feet. "flow fares it comrade?" he in quired, altor he had forced the neck of a flask of brandy between the young man's lips. "How dd you feel?" "I am better, thank ,you," replied;. Greenville, "not injured very badly I think. A little weak, it is true, but I'll soon get over that," "I am glad to hear it," responded the other in his musical; flute •like tones.: "I ,might have fired sooner, -but I hesitated, fearing that-my bullet might strike you instead of my horse." ''llere is pint' revolver," he added, placing the weapon in the young offs= ear's hand; "and there," he continued, pointing to a path upon the right,-"is the direction to your camp - . You look surprised," be pursued, as the :Liey tenantsurveYed his fine features with much interest, "but I would have you .know that although 'Kentucky Bill' had intended to make you his prison• er, he would scorn to do so now, to take advantage of a man in your situ ation. Adieu I" And before the Lieutenant could ut• ter a word, the speaker had disappear ed from his sight around the angle formed by'a steep rock. • We have merely to add that Green ville succeeded in reaching his camp in a very short time, and that he learned a few days afterward, from a rebel prisoner, that the chivalrous "Kentucky Bill," whom ho bad en .countered in the night alluded to, was none other than the celebrated female spy, Belle Boyd, disguised iu the uni form worn by the—rebel cavalry ! rtgo_Long John Wentworth, in a speech at Valparaiso, Illinois, said : "The friends of slavery contend it is a divine institution, and a delegate to the Chicago Convention told me he believed it originated with God, who would protect it. _Well, this sugges ted a now idea, and I said to him then let us leave it to God.. Fellow citi. zons, Igo for that. Let us leave this institution to God. The fugitive slave law is repealed, and nod if a nigger runs away ; lam for letting him run till God brings him back." M. Power will intoxicate to best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough or good enough to be trusted with unlimited power; for whatever qualifications he may haVe evinced to entitle him to tho pos session of such a dangerous privilege, yet;• when possessed, others can no longer answer for him, because he can no longer answer for himself, ----- Adventure with a Boa Constrictor. Captain Spoke, the celebrated trav eler, gives the following graphic ac count of an adVenture with a boa con• strictor ' At the earliest possible moment after our camp had been pitched, a hunt was set' afoot, and Captain Grant, , mySelf, and some attendants were soon milting our way, to ,"the path." There Were no animals there when we arriv ed, except a:few hippopotami, and wo wore, therefore, obliged to wait the coming of some more palatable game. Our patience, however, was severely taxed; and after a long delay, we were aboUt to "bag" a hippopotamus, 'when one of, our 'attendants, perched in a tree, about half a mile distant, _began waving his blanket. This a vas a signal that game was approaching. We immediately drew into cover, and awaited the eorning'Of the latter. We were not delayed long, for pros . ontly a, long column of animals, from the eloPliant to the• hoodoo, appeared in view, trotting at a good pace to the river. Their flanks were soon pro. .sented to us, and each, selecting his object, fired:: McColtshot a fine young buffalo cOW,WhilSt Captain Grant was equally successful with a hoo-doo, and several spears, cast by our attendants, stopped the career of two different th'e At this juncture, however, occurred an unexpected adventure that finished our sport, at least for that day. I had sprang forward, immediately after firing, in order to obtain a fair shot at a huge elephant that I wanted to bring down on account of his immense tusks. I got the desired aim and pulled_ the trigger of my second barrel. At the moment of my doing so a wild cry of Marin, uttered by one of the blacks, called my attention. Glancing around, my eye chanced to range up into the foliage of the tree beneath which Cap • taro Grant and myself had lain for several hours previous. My feelings may possibly be imagi ned,as I beheld an enormous boa constictor, whose hide ous head and neck, projecting some distance into view, showing that he was about to make it fatal spring.— His direction was certainly toward me; and as ho flashed froth, his position like a thunderbolt, I gave myself up, for ere aid could. reach me, fold after fold of the monster would have crush ed. my strong frame into a quivering pulp. I fell semingly, caught in a whirlwind of "dust, and a strange in delicribable scuffle' ensued. In the midst of this terrible strife, I suddenly „ .became conscious of the presence of a second victiml_ and even after the time that has elapsed since then; I still recollect with what vividness the thought shot across my mind, that this second victim was Captain Grant., my noble companion. At last being thus whirled about for several seconds, each second seeming'interminable, there ettL sued a lull, a btilliu3s6 as of death, and I opened my oyes, expecting to look upon those unexplored landscapes which are seen only in the country be yond the tomb. Instead of that, I saw Captain Grant leveling his rifle towards Me, while, standing beside and behind him, where the blacks, in every conceivable attitude of the most intense . suspense. In a moment I comprehend all.— The huge serpent. bad struck a young buffalo cow, between which and him I had unluckily placed myself at the moment of firing upon the elephant. A most singular good fortune had at tended me, however, for, instead of be- ing crushed into a mangled mass with the unfortunate cow, my left forearm had only been caught in between the buffalo's body and a single fold of the boa constrictor, The limb laid just in front of the shoulder, at the root of the neck, and thus had a soft ked of flesh, into which it was jammed, us it were, by the immense pressure of the serpent's body, that was liko iron in hardness. As I saw Grant_about to shoot, a terror took possession of me, for, if he refrained, I Might possibly escape, after the bat released his folds from the dead cow. But, should he fire and strike the reptile, it would in its convulsions crush or drag me to pieces. Even as the idea came to me, beheld Grant pause. He appeared to comprehend all. He could see how I was situated ; that I was still living, and that my delivery depended on the will of the constrictor. We could see every lind on each other's face, so close were we, and I would have shouted, or spoken, or whispered at ,him, had I dared. But the boa's head was reared within a few feet of mine, 'and the wink of an eyelid would per haps settle my doom, so I stared; star ed like a dead man, at Grant and the blacks. Presently the serpent began very gra dually to relax his folds, and after re HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1864. -PERSEVERE.- tightening ‘ them several times as the crushed buffalo quivered, he unwound one fold entirely.- Then be paused. The next iron-link band waA, the ono which held me prisoner; and as I felt it little, by lttle, little by littld unclasping, my heart _stood still with hope and fear, Perhaps upon being freed the benuin bed arm, uncontrolled by my will might fall from, the cushion-like bed in which it lay. And such a mishap might bring the spare fold around my neck or chest,lind then farewell to the sources of the Nile. Oh ! how hardly, how desperately I- struggled to com mand myself! I glanced at Grant, and saw him handling his rifle anxous 7: ly. I glanced at the ncgrocs, and saw them still gazing, as though petri fied with astonishment. I glanced at the serpent's loathsome head, and saw its deadly eyes, watching for the least sign of life in its prey. Now, then, the reptile loosened its fold on my arm a hair's breadth, and now, a little'more, until half an inch of space seperated my arm and its mottled skin. I could have whipped out my , hand, but dared not take the risk. Atoms of time drag ged themselves into ages, and a minute seemed eternity itself ? Tho second fold was removed entirely, and the next one was easing. Should I dash away now, or wait aThibre favorable moment ? I decided upon the former, and, with lightning speed, I bounded away toward Grant, the crack of who piece I heard at the same instant.— For the first time in my life, I was thoroughly overcome, and sinking down I remained in a semi-unconscious ness state of several minutes. When I fully recovered, Grant and the overjoyed nogroes held me up, and pointed out the boa,who was still %with- ing in his death agonies. I shuddered as- I looked upon the effects of his tre mendous, dying: strength. For yards around where he lay, grass and bushes and saplings, and in fact, everything except the. more fully grown. trees, were cut clean off, as though they had been trimmed by an immense scythe. monster,_whert meastmed was fif. ty-one feet two inches and a half in extreme length, while round the thick est portion of la's body, the girth was nearly three feet, thus proving, I be lieve, to be the largest serpent that was ever authentically heard of. TILE ORIGIN or DEATII.--A Hotten tot fable gives the following as the origin of death: The Moon, it is said, sent once an Insect to Men, spy ing. "Go thou to Men, and tell them; as I die, and dying live, so ye• shall also die, and dying live." The Insect started•with the message, but whilst his way w !! :Le F ertajor k by the Hare, who asked, "On what errand art thou bound ?" The Intsuct, answer ed : "I am sent by the Moon to Men, to tell them that as she dies, and dying lives, they also die, and dying live." The Hare said, "As thou art an awk wark runner, let me go to take the message." With these words he ran off; and When he reached Men, he said, "I am sent-by the Moon to tell you, as I die, and dying perish, in the same manner ye shall also die and come wholly to an, end." Then the Hare. returned to the Moon, and told her what he had said to Mon. The Moon reproached him angrily, saying, "llarest thou tell the people a thing which I have not said V With these words she. took up a piece of wood and struck him on the nose. Since that day the Hare's nose is slit. In accordance with which story, the old men of Namaquas will not touch Hare's flesh to this day. THE New York correspondent Of, thn Boston Post is responsible for the following : A very important physiological que'stion has been sat at rest, although the circumstances have been kept unu sually quiet, and those horrible tell tales, the newspapers, have, through their ignorance, been as silent as the most fastidious reader could desire.- After this dignified and solemn prm mial, which I have discreetly introduc ed by way of breaking the news gent ly, I suppose I am at liberty tO say bluntly that Mrs. Tom Thumb has got a baby—a real, genuine flesh-and blood chip of the old blocks, and throe months old at that! Those who have seen the "blessed brat"'describe it as neither a world's wonder nor a world's fright, but a little, cunning, crying doll of a thing, and in the promise it gives of being a full-sized child, and, if it lives, of becoming as big again as either of its immediate ancestors:. Not being the seventh son of a sev enth son, I won't pretend to enter into the scientific questions involved in haus naturae farther than to• congra tulate the happy parents and Gandpa Barnum upon this Atddition to the happy family at Bridgeport ; oven if it does not contribute an added curiosity to the great showman's stook in trade. .../ , i , ;i, ..._. ... - ' .i.- i.::-:s,. _ •-•,. -4, x ,:: 175,-. ' ',:, • ...,..,. . .....":..,,, , , • Ertraordinar,y Instances of Memory, Seneca says of himself, " dint by the mere efforts of his natural memory he .was able to repeat two thousand words upon .orice hearing them, each .in its order, though they -had no de pendence or connection upon each other; after which he mentioned a friend_ of his, Pontitis Latro; who re taihed in his memory all the orations he had over spoken, and never. found memory fail him, even in a single word. He also mentions Cyneas, am bassador to the Romans from King Pyrrhus, who . in one day so. well learned tho •ntimes of his inspectors, that the next day ho saluted-the whole senate, and all the populace assembled, each by his name. Pliny says that Cyrus know every soldier. in his army by name; and L. Scipio all the people of RoMe. Herr von Nieublin s the celebrated Gorman scholar, was once a clerk in the bank of Copenhagen, in which capacity he gave proof of the miraculous power of memory by res toring, from recollection alone, the whole contents of a leaf in the bank ledger which had been lost by fraud or accident." To these we can add in stances ae extraordinary as any of those cited above.--Some - years since, the late Daniel Webster, during a great monetary crisis, was invited by the triereintuts" of Now York io address them from the steps of the Exchange, Wall street. The afternoon on which he spoke was what is called "drizzly" —wet enough to be uncomfortable without the shelter of an umbrella.— It happened that we took up a posy- Lion beside him. 11. Atree, then re porter of the Herald, stood on the north side of the street, and at least sixty feet from where Mr. Webster was, with a large crowd intervening. The oration of Mr.. Webster occupied full two hours, and was replete with quotations and. figures. Atree listen ed attentively to what was said, but was so circumstanced that it was iin possible for him to fake a single note of the argument.. At the close of the - lid - are:o7mo ni in ye ..ttery-ret-trrnect-to the office of the Herald and wrote it out, depending entirely on his memory for the entire speech. So exact was h() in every particular, that when the speech was published, Mr. Webster felt himself Constrained to write a note to the proprietor of the Herald, thank ing him for the exactness with which his remarks were reported. We could name other remarkable instances of retentiveness on the part of this Atree, but we think the above instance will suffice. Mrs. Hemans, the poetess; was also cudowed with a remarkable memory- Anted one of the biographies attached to her works, that ott--ono. t oocazion, .to..pl Q n,c,n her brother, she read a, poem which had just been published, and which she had , not seen until he placed it in her hands, entitled "Europe," in which were upward of two thousand lines. The reading occupied some three hours. Without preparation, and at his request, she immediately repeated to him, in the presence of the author, who was, unknown to her, until a sub sequent introduction made her aware of the fact, the entire poem without committing a single verbal error. Sir Jonah Barrington, in his amusing ''Sketches of 1798," mentions an ex traordinary instance of memory.— Briefly, it is , as follows : The great question of the union of the English and Irish Parliaments (which was finally consummated on the first of May, 1800,) was under debate. A member from one of the southern counties of Ireland had prepared a written speech, cogent in argument, on the negative side of the question, and which he was to have delivered on that night. Very carelessly, how ever, lie placed it or, the table in the sleeping room of the hotel' at Which he stopped; and wont out to fulfil an en• gagement. During his absence, an other member from a northern county, who was strongly in favor of the union, happened to pass the room in which was the speech. He entered it, and supposing that the southern gen tleman would presently return, sat down, with the intention of having a chat, with' him on his return. He waited half or three quarters of an hour, bait the opponent of the union cot appoaring, he carelessly picked up the exposed manuscript, glanced over the introductory pages, and presently became deeply absorbed in its argu ments. When lel had. concluded the last sentence on the last page, ho plac ed the written speech precisely as he' had found it on the table, and left the room, carefully closing the door behind him. At night when the assembled wisdom of Ireland had convened, the member from the North early sought to catch the eye of the Speaker, and opening his remarks with words:to TERMS, $1,50 a year in advance. the effect that ho bad no , doubt the strongest arguments the opposition Side of the House could present in op- position to the desire of the Ministry, Would be nearly of the folloiring char acter,and the speaker then deliberately repeated verbatim the words of the speech which he had road during the Ofterr.oona speech . of some: hours' duration. When 'he had concluded what ho bad - good reason to believe would be the remarks of the leader of the opposition, ho added a few words of his own by way of combating thorn, and sat down in triumph.: It may readily be imagined "the fix" the member who was summoned to speak in opposition to tho union was in Sir Jonah hints that that theft had much to do with the sealing of the fate of Ireland— , making her a mere province of England for all future time: Geta Horne and Keep It. A leading objectwith every:young man should be to secure himself a permanent home ;_and for its greater stability, it. should consist partly in land, and, up to a certain limit, the more of it the better, if paid for. The house should be as comfortable and at -trait) ve -as - one--tras-thirmuttim of ma king it. It should be one that -the heart can grow to, and :will cling -around more audliWrTffirmly with ev ery passing year. Its owner should dosiro and purpose to keep possession of it as long as be lives, and his chil dren should grow up; feeling that there is one place fixed and stable for them through all changes; • , - Americans are altogether too roving in their habits. We build houses cheap ly and pull-them down without regret; or wo sell 'out and move away a half dozen times in , a life-time, in the vain . hope of bettering oureenditioh.. How much better to choose a homestead early in life; and then lay:plans with reference to abiding there. Even though our gain's be les§ than ".are. promised elsewhere, a certainty Should seldom be given up for an uncertain ty. "A bird in the harifLis_w_orthAWA, in the buil." Only those who haVe experienced it know how firmly a family become at,- tached to their long loved homestead. No children love homes *as' well ati those who bane known only 'one.. As the young become , of marriageable age, they should go out, ono by One, from the old homestead, feeling it to be the model after which their own should be established, and knowing that this will remain unchanged as long as the parents live—a place to which they can return, and wherethey will • ever ho welcome. A pleasing writer comlirms our doctrine thus There is a great gain in being settled. It is two fold Eaeh_year aceumn, hates about the farmer the material by which labor is lessoned. "The rough channels of labor be- Some . worn and emoOth. A change in volves a great loss, and rarely is there a corresponding gain. Time is lost, labor expended, money paid; the wear and tear of removal is no small item; ainl above all, the breaking up of old associations is .often disastrous in the extreme. Parents and children be come unsettled in their habits, if not in their morals. Let the than who has a home ahead keep it; let hini that has none get one, and ltiber to render it a treasured remembrance to the ab sent, and a constant joy to those who a bide in it." To all' which every in 7 lelligent, thoughtful person must give a hearty approval.—American AfiTicul tufalist. BROUWIT DOWN A Dshuos. Speak ing of overdoing matters, reminds us that there was a Methodist preacher once traveling in the summer. There had been a protracted drought;•. the earth was parched and dry, and vegi tation withered. At night our friend stopped in front of a house which be longed to a widow lady, and asked permission to stay all night. The old lady told him bread WAS scarce, and that corn was still more scarce,. and that alio did not know wether she could spare enough to feed him and horse. The traveller answered that ho was a. - minister, and if she, would allow him to stay all-night ho would pray for rain Upon this she consent ed. So that night and next morning the minister put up long and fervent prayers for rain, and again went on his way rejoicing. The night after he left there came a tremendous storm. The old lady, getting up in the morning, found her garden flooded, ,her fences swept away, her plantation washed to gullies, while ruin and devastation stared her in the face. Turning to one. she wasstanding by, she said : 'Plague take these Methodist preachers; they always overdo the thing ! I was afraid of this-,night before last, when the felloW kept praying so loud 0-1.3023311 JOB PRINTING OFFICE. THE GLOBE JOB OFFICE " is the most complete of any in the country, and ims. seam the most ample facilities for promptly executing the beAt style, every variety of Job Printing, such as HAND BILLS, • PROGRAMMES, • BLANKS POSTERS, CARDS, CIRCULARS, BALL TICKETS, LABELS, &C., &C., &O CALL AND EXAMINE BPECIMENB OP WORR, NO. 20. AT LEWIS' BOON; STATIONERY lc MUSIC 81ort11 The author of "Ruined Cities in Af rica," tells that at Maklobe, there is a' permanent ecclesiastical 'menagerie,_ containing lions, bears, jackals, cam els, hyenas,- &e. Here those who.are in search for the connecting link be tween man and the brute creation‘can find specimens Ur - their heart's content. Those philosophers need no longer_ confine themselves to the monkey species for the solution of their theo ry; for at the menagerie of Makloba they can without any hesitation readl• ly recognize animals after their own kind in the dog and in the cat, in the bear and in the boar also. For this extramordinary contribution to science we are indebted to the ilhistrous Aisa; the founder of the famous African Moslem sect which goes by his names, Every member admitted into society assumes the character of _some animal, and that animal he imitates and acts, at the regular meeangs of this relig ious body. The freniy, ferocity and madness exhibited on these occasions are terrific; but what is surprising - is that every animal at the assembly feeds, and that exclusively, Upon the kind of food for which it is most re= markable. The leopard and the lion devour raw meat; the camel eats the leaves of the cactus, regardless of its projecting thorn ; and the ostrich swallows pieces of iron . and coins; I have never been present at these hon• rid banquets; but I only repeat ;what is universally belieyed among all Mos lems, and what a certain Baron de Kraft, whom I saw in Africa, and who was a , member of the fraternity, assur ed me was perfectly true. All the snake charmers belong to Able sect, and in all their extraordinary eihibi tionst before they even attempt to touch, a serpent, they invariably invoke the aid and ..proteetion of their foun der, "Lord Aisa:" CLANNISH /7RIDE.-A dispute &COSS between Campbell , and McLean upon the subject of genealogy. McLean tild_rtut_allow atiamplieno had any right to rank with the lite- Lean's in - antiquity, who, he insisted, were in existence' as a clan from the beginning of the world. Campbell had a little more biblical lore than his antagonist, and asked him if the clan of McLean was before the flood ? "Flood !" what flood ?" said Mc- Lean. "The flood, you know, - that drown ed all the world but Noah and his family and his flocks, said Campbell. "Pooh ! you and your floods!" said McLean,".my clan was afure the flood." "I have not read in my Bible," said Campbell, "of the name of McLean going into Noah's ark." "Noah's ark !" retorted the other, in contempt, "who ever heard of a Mc- Lean that bad not a boat of his own." re,.. A young man and a lady once upon a time stopped at a country tav, ern. Their awkward appearance cited the attention of one of the fami ly, who commenced a conversation by inquiring -how far they . had traveled that day ,Z "Traveled!" exclaimed the stranger somewhat indignantly— "we didn't travel ! we rid !" na.. At a christening, while the min ister. was :making the certificate, he forgot the date, and happened to say : "Let me see, this is the thirtieth:" "The thirtieth !" exclaimed the in dignant mother. "Indeed, it is only the eleventh !" B' 53 - . lle who, by his conduct, makes good friends on the ono hand, and hit ter haters on the other, giyes evidence that there is something of the bold, independent, upright man in his com position; while the chicken-hearted, imbecile character is capable of ma king neither-friends or foes. THE GOVERNMENT LOAN.---We ex tract the following from the letter of an offieoi7.to a friend in Philadelphia : " If the national loans are not safe it will bo because of a favorable issue of this war for the rebels, and in that ease I would not give a dime for any security in the country. No! trust in God and the - nation ; it has fed and protected Us these - many years; lot us now lend for its support what we have: It is not :much but if every one were - too cautious to invest in national loans the great, just, divine cause, for which, the. majority, have been struggling; for which we, too ; have given that which was so very precious to us, would long since havp• been lost forever. , We have given up to God and the .nation of what was dearest to us; do, not Jet us heiitato . about the lato_a few hundreds or thous• ands of dollars: liivest 'it all in the loan, and so help On the right mum Were I possessed of ton thousand Mil. lions, I would not. withold one dollar. of it; for I firmly believe,that I should be lending it to the Cod of justice, asmuoh as it 'would - be lent fur tho sake of humanity, and for the, 'rights of man," • BILL HEADS, A Strange Sect,