AmmantllM^loluntfn-. YOL 48. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. PUBLISHED EVERY TttDRSDAY MOIWJKJ BY. JOHN B. BRATTON. Subscription.— One Dollar and Fifty Cents, paid b advancej Two 'Dollars if paid within the year; Rod Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year. These toms will bo rigidly adhered to in every instance. No subscription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at tho option of tho Editor. * ■" 'Adveiitihements— Accompanied by tbo cash, and not exceeding oho square, will ho inserted throe tira'dV for Pno .Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional insertion, Those of a greater length in proportion. Job-Printing —Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, Ac. Ac., executed with accuracy and at tho shortest notice. ffatftfal. LAST BITES. Tolling with a sudden swell; By the colors half-mast high, O'er the seas hung mournfully; . Know, u prince hath died I By the drum's dull muffled sound, By the arms that sweep tbo ground, By the volleying muskets? tone,. Speak yo fc of a soldier gone 1 , In his manhood’apridc. By the Reverently thquhMont hills, Learn; that from his harvests done Peasants bear a brother on ; '5; ? • To his last repose. By the pall of snowy white- Through the yow-troes gloaming bright; By the garland on the bier, Weepl a'maiden claims tby tour— Broken rose! ‘ Which is eho tendorost rite of all ? Buried virgin’s coronal, Kuqtiiem o’er (ho monarch's head, Farewell gun.for warrior, dead; Herdsman's funeral hymn ? Tells not each of human woo ! Ka«li of hope.and strength brought low? Number each with holy things, If one chastening thought it brings £re life’s day grow dim! IF THOU IMS CltOSH’i) 4 PiOWEB. If thou hast crush’d a-flower, • The root may not bo blighted; If thou has (pioneh’d a lump, ■ Ouco more it may ho lighted. But oil thydiurp or on thy lute, The string which thou'hasb broken, Shall never iu sweet sound again Give to thy touch a token ! If thou linst loosed a bIM ' “ Whoso voice of song could cheer thoo, still be he wdn- . . 4 fhoa^ But if upon the troubled sou Thou hast thrown a gem unheeded, Hi>pe uot that wiud or wave will bring The treasure back whefi ttetided. •If thou liiist bruised a vine. The summer’s hrvatli is healing. And its clusters yet may glmfr Through the leaves thcifldoom foVcaling Bin If thou hast a unit d’eifthfown With a bright dtaUght ! never Shull earth gly’o back that lavish’d wealth To'cool thy pareUM lips’ foveh , ,Tho J heart is like .tbijt cnp, . ‘ If thou waste tin* it bdr© thee; >, .Andliko that icwv) gone, . -Which the deep' will not restore thee; . Amtlike.that.srriugoflmrpht lute Whence the sweet sound Is scatter'd; (Lintly,..oh’,! gently touch tbo chords So s!mi forever shatter’d. HbftllfllWUS. v SOVE.IIBEB. “In thin dry mUfc that morn the sun rose* broad ami red; At first a raylcss disk of fire, it brightened as it sped. Yet even its noontide glory fell chastened and sub dued ■ On corn fields ami on orchards and softly pictured ; Wood, And ull that quiet afternoon, now, sloping to the night, , , It wove with golden shuttle tho haze with yellow light: Slanting through tho painted beeches, it glorified - tho hill, And beneath it pond ami meadow, lay brighter greener, still.”. WIIITTIBB’s lIIISKEIIS. . No sooner bits the first frost fallen, though it bo oh tlio first day of Autumn, than people begin to talk of the IndianSunimer, as if that period wore as well settled and . as easily dis cerned as the regular seasons. Having re cently consulted the clerk of the weather, wo propose to post, our readers upon this most charming period of the year. Whittier, with “.true poetic instinct, has given us a complete ' • Vv CtUre onc these Indtnn*Summer days; Wo see the seeming mist which is no mist at ?"• f°r t"p morning,is asdry as a July morn mg in drouth., A soft haze hangs over field w ltlJuin T S the radiance of. the sun, eveh at midday. ■ It is this unusual dimin ished light that throws such a charm over the landscape. The c ear outline of objects, so noticeable in a brilliant Summer day, is ’ n o nTnU 18 ' tllC IToinmion if called into play, to fill up the defective vision. The islands that lie slumbering on the distant sea or lake, are olevatgl, and so seem tp 'have come nearer to us, ns if they had changed their places in the .night. The trees look taller, and the hills grow higher, the rocks are magnified, and the distant plain has a wilder expanse.' Tim deep luxuriant green of Summer has gone, but'the landscape looks far mere beautiful than in its richest dress Wo have the “dim religious light” under the open sky, and every object seems glorified.— Iho feelings very naturally take the hue of surrounding objects, and wt> look forth upon nature with a sober quiet o'njoymont, a per feet contrast to the rapture with which wo hail the bright skies, and the opening flowers of Spring. • • Every one must ho conscious at this sea son, of the stirring of some more powerful principle within him than more animal life ttdjs spiritual nature is. quickened, and there’ is ij. longing after something higher and bet rPf ‘N" P«rth can give. The stillness that reigns eyorywbo.ro, the sober hues of the land scape, the failing leaves, and the hare fields, iff, P 0 " 0 ; fu . 1 aidsto-refleotion,- andthe- mind, fr . on * tho pressing cares of Summer, Mnlnn' 8 , “ t ?.e^. 1 1 al musing, This is one [ovS Pr w ba % ' yh t v tho so'days are so on iavtwil raou ‘ tl ps that with multitudes are |„ 2 suspended under the pressure-of business, are now oalledvin.to the. highest ac- M Bu ® mor da JS are toobenuti • w come all tether, or to last They TERMS. A Volunteer on Desperale Service— buortly after tho battle of Oouiifax Ferry communication was cut off between the Fed eral. camp at Elkwater and'; that at Cheat Mountain summit, the rebels holding posses sion of the road. It was necessary that com munication should be re-established between Geri. Reynolds at the former place and CoL Kimball at tho latter. Several attempts had been made, but tho messengers had been killed in every case. Four had already set out and had been picked off. if whole camp at Elkwater was in danger, andit was neces sary to get word at the summit ht once, and another young man volunteered, but he, too was never heard from after ho left camp.— The commanding officer then, stated to his men their danger, and called npo n some one ‘to again volunteer to perform the risk. Not a man responded in all the camp, until at last one was found in Captain Loomis’ Michigan battery. ■ - - ° cnry 11. Norrington, of Detroit, offered to >eril hie life to save the others. . flo started ut, and succeeded in eluding" tho enemy oraivling miles upon his hands and knees’ with his messages rolled up and in his mouth, ready to swallow in a momen t if he was taken, and finally reached the .friendly,camp. lie also had to return, and, after receiving his dispatches, set. oUt-.in -the-nigljtr the whole camp shaking handsavitli. him, .novor-oxpoct ing to see him again. Ho traveled all night, guided by tho North star, and the next day crawled as before bn his hands and knees. He finally struck the main road afow miles below Elkwator. Seeing one of the enemy's cavalry horses tied to a stake by tho roadside, and the owner not visible, lie crept up, out the rope with his knife, and rode off in hot liaste with several shots whizzing around him Uo arrived safely in camp and delivered his dispatches, being the only survivor of six that bad attempted the perilous task. As a reward for his bravery and daring, ho was promoted in tho company to bo chief of a piece, and was placed upon the Commanding General's staff as Mounted Orderly. H 0 was presented by the captain of his company with a sword, and by the General with an elegant revolver. Ho was greeted upon parade with nine cheers by tho entire command, and his pay more than doubled. Besides this, favor able mention was made of his feat and the great service ho had performed, in the official report forwarded to the Department at Wash ington hnf' ™ • Determined to Go.—At Colum ■ bus, Ohm, a few days since, a company of vol- I nntoors wore ordered to Washington. The wife of one of them dosireed to gn with her ' r B H nn(l ’i. K Ut n lO bbmmandor said that it ' him S d olMw b ° !lllowod - . ner luisha.ul seated himself Ivy an open window of the car, his ored aU °" ‘ u °, utBido ' *° wl >'om ho off ered all the money ho had.- Thissho refused ■ “r,n,v lo | " I^ ,i , Ito S° with him. oVs the tars moved oil, she made a spring'for the window, and was caught by l,or husband, who. aiow her, crinoline and nil, through the open window, into the oar, and; itis presumed, she wont.on her waj rejoicing. begin earliest at the far North, and follow the retiring summer to the far South. The best authorities put them immediately after Squaw, Winter, which is the first cold snap that des troys tender vegetation, This is often accom panied by .flumes of snow and the freezing of the ground as if thq real Winter had com menced. This rarely comes before October, even in New England. The true Indian Summer then begins, and. according to the calendar wo must have twelve of these days before the real Winter commences. We have j the most of them in November, rarely, how ever, coining more than one day ot a time at this late season. They are found in greatest perfection along the Atlantic coast, where the influence of the Gulf stream is felt. A breeze from the South or Southwest' brings the atmosphere of the tropics, and the most enjoyable' weather of the year. When the Governor guesses right, and Thanksgiving week falls upon Indian Summer, the cup of blessing runs over, and •there is nothing more to bo desired. The old homestead is certain then to bo crowded, and the last grandchild to bo brought to the fam ily gathering. • The warm sunshine of the heart finds its fitting response in the .outer world, and the chill, blood of ago ia quickened with a Summer glow again. Old age, snr-’ rounded with children and children’s child ren, is much like the Indian Summer. It lies between the active duties of life and the Win ter, which we call Death, but which is really no Winter but Spring time, if life have been well Spent. ' It is sober but genial, nil the activities are subdued, the passions softened, making it the ripest, best period of Summer life. . . ■ This is the month in which we usually pay our respects to “the old folks at home,” and j ns wo have talked abundantly of planting arid hoeing, haying and harvesting, for the edifi cation of our young and middle aged friends, we propose now to say a word for that loss numerous, but not less honored class, who only read these pages through the aid of glasses. D ’ la said, with how milch of truth wo cannot toll, that the custom of returning to tho old homestead to keep the only festival in. the Puritan year, is not so generally ob served as in the last generation, before the advent of steamers- and railroads, which would soem to make the trip much more safe and pleasant. It is certainly true that the day is more widely observed, nearly all the States taking public notice of it, the churches gathering for worship, and families doing am-1 pld justice to the roost turkey and the chicken pie. But the; charge is, that' the son, who left the farm parly in life, and who has been prospered in;iho;city, finds it more agreeable to spend the a flay Around his own mahogany, and inside liis own marble front, than to mako a pilgrimage to the- humble dwelling that sheltered his childhood and there keep the feast in plainer style with father and mother, lie has lost his relish, not only for cmiutry life, but for the simple manners and frugal' fare of the good old people that- gavo^him trained.him to habits of virtue and- industry. He has forgotten the plain granite rock whence ho was .Hewn, and affects marble. This may he putting the case rather strong, for busi ness cares rather, than pride, we would gladly believe, wean sons and daughters from the old homestead. Bntrifis paying ;too- high a price for worldly success, however great, when it blunts filial affection,.and:weans us from thanssidnitios that are always due to parents, i ij? amnia! pilgrimage at any reasonable - Sacrifice, will make better sons; and daugh ters, and give happiness that gold cannot pur chase. The old folks ore often lonely at the eventide of life, having sent o|t all their children to new and distant Homes. This year, the war has taken the last sim from some of those homes, and the Donjamip of the fam ily on Whom they had leaned forenpport will spendable festival in the tentedfibld. Those who can, should go to cheer these-bereaved hearts, now saddened by a double grief, their country’s and their own. Old love and Burglar?, About two .weeks since the wife of a Sac ramepto street merchant, whoso residence is in Srockton street, was suddenly awakened rate in the night by footsteps in her Bed room, and the next moment the light of n dark.lan tern flooded her face, so near that she oould almost feel the heat and hear the suppressed breathing of the intruder. She was entirely alone. Her husband had gone to Sacramento two days before, and the only person in the nouso_ beside herself was a Servant girl, who ' slept in the story beneath. She oomprnhen-l ded nil. The house had been entered by bur glars, who knew of the absence of the hus band;, and the person who held the lantern was probably armed and prepared to silence the nrst attempt at alarm with the stroke of a knife or a .‘‘'billy.’’ Her presence of mind aid not forsake her. It doubtless requires resignation and fortitude in a woman to wit ness, _ or listen to, without a scream or expos tulation, the ransacking of her repositories of laces,.and the appropriation of her jewelry and other valuables; but the lady very ra tionally deemed her life in more considora .^ ,0 locos and diamonds in the cals would help themselves to, or-what leave as worthless, she eloped her eyes and awaited the result. The light was withdrawn from her face, and she heard the; opening of drawers, the rustlmg of silks, the , picking of locks, and occasionally alow whisper of Surprise or dis appointment.. Then there was silence for a full minute It seemed an hour to her—and a soft footstep approached the bod, and' the glare of tho lantern again fell upon her face. Through the closed lids of her eyes she saw the light, but remained calm and motionless m its scrutinizing rays, fearful that the least movement might imperil her life. What a moment of suspense! The light was removed from her face, and she felt that some one was leaning against the bod. Still she remained motionless—now more through a feeling of terrpr_ than the council of policy. Nor did sho stir when tho warm breath of tho bur glar touched her cheek. ■ Not until his lips pressed her forehead did she spring up and half shriek, “ Who is in this room ?” ‘‘ Hush!” responded a voice in a hoarse whisper, while a rough hand was laid on her shoulder; “ speak nothing and fear nothin o ’.” The next moment she heard the sound of re treating footsteps and the creaking of a shnt- r ’ and thon all was still again. Satisfied that she was alone, she sprang from tho bed, and .touched a lighted match to tho burner, sunk into a chair,,completely prostrated with the danger through Which she had passed.— Recovering, she closed -and fastened the win dow through which the burglar had etitered, and then looked around to ascertain of what Bho hod boon plundered; The drawers were sansaoked, and almost everything with a looktoit; had been opened.- but. Strange, to say, lUtfo'fenothing wai miaa •ln,g., < bureau, but the diamonds and the gold Were all there, and her watch hung where she had placed it on retiring. Beside the casket she discovered a little roll of paper. She picked ic up, uff d found that it enveloped a bard sub stance, that the hard substance, was a ring, and that ring had been given to her many years before; and had been in her- possession ever since. Half bewildered ■at the singular proceeding, she was about.casting the scrap of paper from her, when her eye caught the marks of a pencil upon it. She carefully opened it and read : J “ This ring, which was once mine, tells the in whose house I am. I did not know you wore in California. You know lam an out law—the world knows it, and Ido not care J to deny it—but; fallen as I am, I cannot rob you, Maria. Forgive me, aid Clod bless you. ' Henry.” I This explained all. She read the scroll, J and, dropping upon her knees, prayed for him who had written it. And who was “Henry?”. Ten yeifra ago he loved that same Maria, when they both, lived in Brooklyn; and he would nave made her his wife—for she told him she wouldbe his—hud ho not taken to drink and gambling, hndjfinnlly forged the name of his emplnyef,■ for,which he Was given a.home in Sing Sing. When ho was .worthy of her love, ho gave hfer that ring, lin’d she bad kept it in rememnronco of what ho Hdd been, This is the,story of the’ ring; . , , . On the return of the. hush.and from Sacra mento, tho wife related tho adventure,’and showed him the note ; but ho is not jealous, nor has ho attempted to arrest the burglar.— California Magazine . A Strange Creature.— A traveler stopped to see a friend, leaving his horse hitched in the road, but found! on his return that he had slipped his bridle; on going in quest of him he met a pedestrian oh the road, of whom be inquired if he had seen d * strange creature’ with a saddle on. “ an ’ I have,” was the reply; "Where?” . “ Just yondther," ii you'show mo where ?” ‘ That I will," said the man, approaching a small wood of young timber—“ and herd ho is sure." . Hhe traveler looking up answers, “I do not see huni" ■ " Just but come here-—" i ",^ an 6 *ti” replied the traveler, “ that’s d Surtle, not a horse." ... h°Me 1" replied the son of Hibernia, with supnso, "Sure a horse is no strange ora ture but that, there is a strange crature, (pointing to it) it has a saddle on, and you may bridle him for I will not." Farewell Interview between Gens. Scott anb M’Olellan. —When General Scott was about leaving Washington, General M’Clollan, at the bend of his staff, proceeded to an inner room, occupied by General Scott, arid remo ving bis hat from his head, .bowed before, the veteran chief whom ho had just succeeded. ‘ General Scott, sitting, from inability to rise, extended bis hand to his successor, and they talked for some minutes with" their hands clasped. In this position, Gen. Scott, drawing M’Olellan near tq him, said; “General, do not allow yourself to be embar rassed by men who do not comprehend this great question. Carry out your own ideas, act upon your own judgment, and you will conquer, and the government will bo vindioa-, tod. God bless you.” The young chieftain’s only , reply .was : "I thank you. General, and will not forgot your counsel. May you bo restored to health rind livo to sooyour prophecy fulfilled. God bo with you. Farewell." Got What he called por.—The California Christian Advocate states that a secessionist recently entered an oatihg house in Martinez and called for a “first rate Jeff. Davis nioal! In duo course of time the .waiter placed before him a largo covered dish— “only that and nothing more." On removing the cover, So cosh found snugly coiled up a hempen rope, with a slip noose at one end. Ho loft—had no appetite,, "OUR IT ALWAYS BK RIGHT OR WR#G, OCR COUNTRY." CARLISLE, PA.; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1861. Tfie Smiths |l Jflciion, A fow days einco,Mft “ W Bailey was holding forth in his Usual happy manner and charming the ladicjriwith the great bar ge' which ho was offering them, and dis gusting the men w.'t'i tbjd manner in which they run things up, without a good cause. After a while the auctioneer put up a pair of window curtains, and ; two persons, a’ man and a woman, oommoncdd bidding on them with avidity. The hidilcTcs could not see cadi ohtor but each dtermincdnot to yield, and up the curtins went, much';li|gher than new ones could pe purchased for of a superior quality. “ Going," said Bailoftdf these superior cur-' tains for only four dollar*, and I am offered five.” , : Five squealed the wdinan," “ Half," yelled the man. “ Sijr,” screamed the woman, and of course she got them. She . have bid all day to secure them, oven if-she had to morton'Ti hor husband’s estate to pqjy for them. ° ° _. That day, at dinner, nffs. Mary Smith ex hibited to her husband window shades accompanied'with tho rftpmrk that "some Tool .bidngaiipme.-butXgflt’cm- I *.^., * MrTSmith' started batik from'TSe with horror pictured upon.jiis face. “What is it,' “Mrs. Smith !” he shouted, “ twas .that - .ups', bidding again you I, your husband, and y[, discussing the pomp and course of : re t the British est cannon inr nsions of the oh a base As- •I won’t, deny on—but you sing it to be one of our Charlestown, urge that the a yoke of ox- his hearers ?ou tell us " 1 the Yankee, ; n ihrouyh the * A Gaudleie Drowned. —On last Thursday night, o gambler nt Saratoga Springs, whoso name isnot given, was drowned in the lake at tharpliwo.’ " It appears that for some ’time I past ho had boon intimate with a mulatto wo ntdn, the wife of a Hindoo, and tho two wept out for a midnight sail upon tho water. ‘ liy somo moans the limit upset, and both wore thrown out. They hung to Urn limit fur some time, but finally tho gambler dropped off and (O'The .Union men, alter tho butfclu- Ql’. was drowned. The woman paddled around h'rcdcrioktown, .Mn.,bnricd lt:!Bol'JulV.Tluim|V-' fot some time, and finally sueeeedcd in roach- son's rebels,- whoso* bodies wero left uikili*tlAi ,ing-a point where she could touch thobottortt.lliald.' * | PERSONAL. JededialiSees the Twins, ® r ?r l ?r".SP»i u <*. that to be cultiva te ' " 11 by yobuj* llldy ob WicW is ih wah{ Sarlw 11 WOrather think th!s is W Billy t have lived solitary long enough : 1 want I somebody to talk at, ullari’dl v?U)i; then jtiss and make up again, Therefore lam open to proposals.from young Indies and fresh wjd : o\Vs of more than average fespSctnbility, tol erably tamo in disposition ; and hair of . any color than red. Asncarly ns I can judge or myself, I am not over eighty nor under twen ty-live years of ago. In height I nni cither ft vo foot eight or eight feet five, Iforgot which; Weightl3s, 315, or 531, one of those, 1 recol lect each figure perfectly well, but ns.lo their true arrangement, am somewhat puzzled. have a .whole suit of hair, dyed by nature and tree from dandruff. Byes butternut brindlo, tinged pea-green. Nose blunt, according to I TJT c or( . cr of architecture, with a touch ot the Composite, and mouth between a catfish and an alligator’s made especially for oratory and the reception of largo oysters. Ears pal mated, long and.clegantly shaped. My whis briar bush, well behaved, fearfully'luxuriant!"! 1 am sound in limb, and on the niggor ques ' Wear boots No. 9, when corns are lyfmblesome, rtnd can write poetry by the mile with double rhyme on both edges, to read back ward and foroward, crosswise, diagonally.—*' Can, play tliojowsharp and bass drum, and whistle Yankee Doodle in Spanish., Am very | correct in my morals, and first-rate at ton pins: have a regard fortho Sabbath, and never drink only when invited. Am a domestic animal and perfectly dooilo, when towels are clean and shirt buttons all right. Ifl possess a predominating virtue, it is that of forgiving overy enemy whom I deem it hazardous to handle. I say my prayers every night, mos quitoes permitting ; and' to whether I snore in my sleep, I want some one to toll me. Money is no object as I never was troubled with any never expect to bo. D. UTon Couple at a Theatre.—' “Ven I first oomc .to Tiladelfy, to serve, was very mooch uncivilised, } said Katrina now a tiuy. intel ligent girl in rt respectable family, “I laugh Very mooch, arid I feel much ashamed to. re member how I behaved when I know,so little. Saon, that was my beau then—Shon took mo to the theatre one night von I had been in Filadelfy but throe weeks, We sit in the gallery, and we see not goot, and Shon said ho gpt another seat. So ho put bis logs around the post and slides down mid do pit, and ho looks up and calls out. “Katrina I Katrina 1 coirio down tiah a good view hero.*'-' ** And I loaned over, and said I; u How can I coom, Shon V 1 “ And ho paid : Just slide down.” ; “ So I put my logs around J 'tbAp\ll^v^nd ■ s ld}dod- dojsvn laugh I Dey laugh so mooch dey play ifo more i ori the stage. v Every body laugh and yell and whistle all over the house. And.l Was much, ashamed, don, tho 1 know not any harm ! But now I turns red every tinto 1 dinks of it,” . j Gen'. SfiroEE.——lt is a /hot vorylittio known that the distinguished military man, General Sotgol, shortly after he came to this country, worked at im iron foundry in this city, where ho was paid the, remunerative, sum of $5 a week for his services. The Mexican war, however, breaking out in a month, after he obtained work at this foundry, in company with a man by the name of Geo. fffinktfrhoff, ho enlisted and entered that campaign ns a private soldier. Upon his return pi tins city, at the close of the war ho rental nod but a short time, being induced to go to St. Louis, whore he soon became captain or chief of the Association of Prooihon and Turners j and when the present difficulties arose, 1 he was at the head of the St. Louis llomo Guards, who so effectually quashed the Secossionosts there, when their insolence became intolerable,— While hero, Gen. Seigel was observed for- his industry, intelligence, and modest deports mont.— Cin. Cbm, .. CT’Tho editor' of the San Francisco Golden Era cruelly ('ejects a poem sent to him by a Californian "Anna Maria,” and then adds'in sult to injury by giving his readers the fol lowing extract from the same, as lustifvih" his decision n-j J ° "X had a drama, IthonlwM-nWo.tfloifiV 0 it did some, , So sad away from home/ from home. “Mi hed upon mi hand/ . I lont v I lent; Mi iso upon the sand/ I bent, X bent/ “I thort of other days, And things and things-; ‘ Of happy childish plase, ' And strings and strings.” A New Military Hospital.—VVo lire glad to says the Washington Star, that tlio Government engaged the whole of Minnesota row—the spldtd manaions of tho late Se'nrttor Douglas, Senator Rice, John G. Breckinridge and Mr. Corbin—for military hospital pur poses. ; ’Their cost of erection was fthtoiit §130,000, oselusivi of tho value of tho square on which they stand—perhaps $30,000. Tho rent paid by tho Government is rtt the rate of about $7,000 per annum for tho whole. All of them are bountifully supplied with heating apparatus, bathing foams, aqueduct water, &c. They are tho best buildings fur the purpose, Wo fake it, in the District of Columbia. CoilPLiiiKHTAiCtj —Secretary Cameron, citf |ring Jjig vihit to iV est, on landing at Tip ton, saw some four or five soldiers standing on fhtf platform of tho railroad depot/ Step ping up to them, ho said to one of them: •Vo you belong to Vandoyoer’s regiment?' ' Yes, sir." ‘ Are they all as good looting a sot of fol lows as you are ?' tho Secretary asjted. Tho soldier thus addressed answered, in a very dry and humorous way, “Wo are .the worst looking of tho whole lot, but I guess, anyhow, they loot about as well as you c(o," O'A friend of our has a little fair-headed youngster theologian of four summers; who, after being, the other day, for some time lost in thought, broke out thus: “ Pa, can God do everything?” “Yes, dear,” .‘‘Could ho make a two-year old oolt in two minutes? ” "Why .ho would not yrish to do that, Freddy.'!. “Butif ho did wiMi to could ho 7” “ Yea, certainly, if ho wished to. 1 ' “What, in two minutes?” “ Yoj, in two minutes." “ Well, then, ho wouldn't ho two years old, would ho?” . ' Matrimonial, The belief that guardian spiVlts buyer aroud the paths of men covers a mighty frut3f?~ for every ITeautiful, pure and good thought which the heart holds ia in' anget of mercy purifying (tnd guarding the soul. ..JCr’Whon wo behold a bcdiitifof moth GO With. loyoly children around her, wo are to* minded of those treos Which blossom in Octoi her, and whose fruit and blossoms aro on" tho bough at once, . Zl'i greenhorn standing by a sewiifg ma- 1 ' cliiiio,' at tfhidh’ a young Indy was at work; looking alternately at the machine and at iW fair operator, at length gave vent to his nd-' miration with, “ by golly X it’s purty: special ly the part with ehliko^ (C/~ ‘ Jennio/ said a venerable Cam'brohiari to Ins daugbter, who was asking his client to accompany lief ifrgOnt and favored s'iW to the altar, • Jennie.it is i very solemn thing to got married/ * I know it* father,’ replied the sensible damsel j ‘ but it it ft groat deal soleimiof not to/ I C7" If t,lC Stars should appear butone night of a thousand years, how would men believe and adore', and preserve for many the rem’einbrance of the city of God which had been shown. But every night come out these' . envoys of bfifttlty* and light the onifc'rsd witlf their admonishing s'milos; , JC7" A woman who recently ha.i hor biittor Soiled by the clerk of the market for. short weight, gave as a reason, that thoobw ,fronf which the butter was made was silbjebt to’ crnnfp, aiid that caused the'bitter io‘ shrink in weight. I Feedi.vo, a WeaicAt. AiTKinerE.—lt ia'toli lof Handed, that ho ate enormously. Dr.’ s I Kitchener relates of him, flint whenever ho" 1 ifinod at a tavern, ho ordered n dinner for thretf. On being told tliat nil (fas ready as,soon as ! the company shoal'd arrive, ho would osolaim;' “ Den pring op do dinnerpre/mmio j I Ab ie COltl’AN?!" is the most conservative, element of society and ought to be cherished and en couraged by all lawful mteins, People never plot mischief when they are merry: LnugV tor is’an ortonry to malice,' tv feo, to' scandal, and a friend to every virtue. It, promotes good temner, enlivens the heart and brightens the intellect. Let us laugh when! vfc can. minister in Now Jersey p oitft day Called th'eso, foMoWorfej i She was always busy and always quiet* 9 A clergyman consoling a young widovt on tho death of her husband, remarked that she could.not find his dqdal.’ “I’U bo 1 1 wiUI" remarked the sobbing fair one. Cla" An experienced old stager says, if yoii make love to a widow who has u daughteif twenty years younger than herself, begin M declaring that, you itioiiyht they were sis* Scene in an' Omnibus;— Fat woman with fat baby: “Must got in V* French gentle-’ man: “Impossible; Madam I ,(to the driverj yod full." Driver: “Yod’ro fooFyouraelf.- Squeeze in there!" .fiSr‘‘Pa," said a lad to his, fathom, “lof-‘ ten road of people poor but honest; why doh’i - they say sometimes rich but honest ?" “Xut'i tut, my son," said the father, “nobody would believe them." , j . ,BSyA gentleman rode up to a public houstT in the country, and asked; " who is the mat ’ ter of this house ?" “J am sir," , replied .thW. landlord; “my wife has been dead three weeks.” , S&'Tho sun that only burns thb brows of other men turns the wort at thb farmed 'hands to glory and gold; ;Thb rains that onng uiflcomforfc to* oEhcrs, are bealiiicf thW roviieo of life and plenty for .hiW • JC?"“Pray, JlisB E.” said a gentleman, thd other evening," why aro ladies so fond of ofiji cors?.. " llow stupid <” a/i'crfiplied ; 11 is it mil tints' ural that a ladv should like d good’’offer; sir V* NO. S 3,