Am main VOL. 48. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING-BY JOHN It. BRATTON. TERMS Subscription.— One Dollar and 3?ifty Cents, paid in advance; Two iMlars If paid within the year; and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year. These terms will ho rigidly adhered to in every instoubo. No subscription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the Editor. . - . • Anvp.nTiaEHP.NT3—Accompanied by the oAsn, and not exceeding one square, will be inserted three times for One Dollar, and twenty-live cents for each additional insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion. . Job-Printino —Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Babels, io.,'4a, executed with aeburuoy and attho shortest notice. TUG DEEM.' I svt in my ohair by tho blazing firo And dozo away my life, And tho laughing flames leap high and higher. As I dream of a little' wife ; On ray. shoulder I fool a pressure sweet, .' And arms like the snow —oh, whiter !~ About my neck in a. meet, And n tbo flames flash.bright and brighter. And ringlets of gold pour over my face, As my head, to her bosom's pillow, . Sinks down in a cloud of perfumed Inco, Thai heaves like fo-ira on the billow ; And I,hoar her warm heart’s quickening boat. And her eyes grow bright as fire,' As my lips are covered with kisses sweet, And the flames leap high and higher, T A soft cheek, nestles close to my own,; And the sweet smiles o'er it chase ; Like sandrops upon a calm; lake thrown, . Her dimples the smiles efface— A flute-like laugh, and her swelling breast, Heaven joyous—-high and,higher ; . How happy my lot, and'how.sweet my rest,. With a wife in front of the Are J And I drink her beauty :into ray heart,.. And the love-light of her eyes ; ‘ With a crash the rod brands fall apart-- , My wife up.tho chimney flies. • Thus oft in my ohair by.the blazing firo I doze away my life, • • , And the mocking flames laugh high and higher, At my doeam of love and a wife. • LOWL? FLOWERS, BV LYIEAN It, GOJDJIAK. WitJj, feet half naked and bare And drosses all .tattered aud tqrq, With a penny hero and a. mockery there, And floods of derision and scorn. She.wanders the.street wherever herfeet/ Weary and willing, are borne, ~ With an eye as bright and a cnefiU as. As tho earliest blush of the'babmV' ' • ; - : ?.V '- AiiAtlrivonj from doofvto.door, AJeat fig. every Tdie clown And'a butt for every boor; While the velvet-slippered, in satin Go rustling by her side, With a frozen heart and a curtained face, , And a lip curled .into pride, ; So beautiful, yet so frail, So willing, and yet so. weak, . .Oh, what lf the heart at last should Jail, And a heavenly purpose break 1 And the dens, kennels and brothels of boll, . Another poor victim hold, A celestial spark bo quenched in the dar£, And aa angel bartered for gold I No wonder the heart should fail, A heavenly purpose fade, The eye grow dim and the chock grow pqfy ’ When none stand ready to aid 1 No wonder the lairs and cradles of hell So many poor victims should hold, When the good are content to worship Qos, And the rich to worship their gold,! Move patiently on, Dearth! Till Mercy’s wandering dove Shall upward fly to 'the realm, of its birth ; And rest in the bosom of Love; Move, patiently on till the crucified Christ Shall gather his radiant crown ■From the lowly flowers and bleeding hearts That the world has trampled down. . 3fi(jsctllflntnuH. FOOT-PRINTS ¥ THE SNOW A NEW-YEAR’S STORY. BTC IX.A It L-E 8 A. H UNGER. “ Oorupon you, man 1 Will you play dunoo, who were such a rattle-braineil lad, and that, too, when your old sohool-fellow comes to greet you in your middle-age and prosperity forsooth, and piles you with good ale? Have respect for the malt, if not for the friend that finds it 1 “ Have I not told you I am not well ? Can a sick man laugh and play the clown?” “ Nay, nay ; but shall the ill drink ale like you? Lad, you do not oven smile; you are sick at heart.” The second" speaker buried his head in his •huge hands, on both of . which he had been leaning over a half-emtpied mug of ale. Ho was large and brawny,.with a bushy head, of grizzled hair, heavy eye-brows, over-hanging .email, keen gray eyes, and was named Brown ing. His companion, was short' and rather .corpulent, with florid complexion, sandy hair, and a round, chubby face, rendered rather inexpressive by n pair of light-blue eyes. He was called' Harry Saunders. Between these two so dissimilar, as is not infrequent, d boy ish intimacy had been formed, which had not been broken until manhood and its pur suits had separated them. Even then their hearts refused the division; and often and again in fancy they travelled back to the old play ground and school-bench, whore they had played much and studied little ; and to the blacksmith-shop, where they, on the same ,anvil, as apprentices together, had rung out a chime to the dancing and gleaming iron .snarks. Saunders was one of those fun-lov ing fellows, who saw the clear sky behind the blackest clouds; and having not the sta bility to love long enough to marry, had wan .dered hither and "thither as his fancy prompt ed or means permitted, and atlast, in his pud .dle-age, stumbled across Browning.. This was on New-Year’s eve. After a cordial wel come, and a vice-like grasp of their calloused •bands, they entered a saloon and: sat down over their mugs of ale. Saunders was in ex cellent talkative humor, but ha could wring little from the compressed lips of Browning, save monosyllabic responses, nor provoke a smile to flash beneath nis shaggy eyo-brbws, .and lighten along the'furrows of swarthy fea tures. They were engaged upon the fourth : mug of alo when they are introduced. “ Why, man,” said Saunders, after regard ing Browning some little time, “I had sworn jto myself, when wo had felt each other’s fists, that wo would sit like the Methodists, and jbold a love-feast, or something of that kind, till the New-Year came in; but the more we feast, the glummer you prow, and (’tie but hall-past nine how) by midnight you will be stupid as an owl at noon-day, and I shall bo snoring over my mug ; and the New-Year might ,come and go without a smile to wel come him, or o breaker to his health and pro l/arry,” said Browning,, rotting his hands fall and sitting, upright, while a light shot from his eyes that made his gloomy face look darker, “ I know, Harry, that you have a right'to’complain when yon see n,e thus. ’Twas not my way. You spoko truly when you said I was siok at heart. You are the father of a family V “Not I, George, not, II The young bird that ’scaped the snare made tempting by dainty seeds, will not be caught in old age' by Chaff. . B.it what of it, for you were going to say something more?” Browning seemed puzzled at the negative, for upon an anticipated affirmation he intend ed enforcing his following remarks. How p-i-or omifinnarl ■ ‘.‘Tlmnlc. ITr.i-trv you are not 1 I am. Harry, I have been an honest man,and worked hard; I hoped with my toil and integrityto see my children live happy, grow up happy, and leave me happy. As one by one they came to me. I felt my heart expand, my sympathies extend, and the .world' grow broad er and brighter about me, till -’here the speaker smote the table with his clenched hand, till the mugs danced and:their contents splashed upon the table. Then he muttered something in an under-tone, so deep, as to bo indistinct, and buried his face iij. his bands again., . “ \yeli,” said Sounders, re.ooyering from his surprise, •“ here’s a scone. 'Yhat.fhe devil is the trouble now ?” “ Go home,” said the large man, after some hesitation, and rising tram his seat, “go home with me aifS you shall see. I can’t fell you.. Come,, you .'shall : have the best, which is poor enough ; you shall eat, drink, and sleep. As,for talking, truly I like it as well as any one, and no man likes a jolly hour better than I; but—l don’t feel in the humor lately. Come, what say you ?—and we’ll keep the Now-Year there.” - Sauuderp silently assented to the proposal, by asking for and- paying the reckoning, leaving the'saloon, they walked along to gether without speaking. There had been a slight sprinkle of snow, just enough to whit en, the paths and roads where they had her come soiled or icy with use; a slight sprink ;ie of very light snow,'which took an impres sion from the slightest thing and retained it. The sky was flecked with a few white, fleecy clouds, hurried on by some higher current of air which did not disturb' the culm below. The full moon shed over all its pale, resplen ent beams, scarcely affected by the fleeting rack, filling thonighf with a holy tranquility, and, making every flake of snow to shine back a star. The village stores wore closed, and most of the inhabitants iipd retired, so that the silence was the more pamful .to the Broftlb. cr oftflie twain? Tlc'ni'aUC iWu or-threc ctrorm' at conversation. The only effect was tq has: ten the steps of his comrade. , However, this was,desirable, as the air was becoming every moment colder, the moon ard stars brighter, and the sky clearer. When they had reached the outskirts of the village, the patience of Saunders became exhausted, and he broke out: “Confound it, Browning, talk! I can’t and won’t stand this any longer. I must pay something or burst. How far is it to your house?”' *■ Browning, thus appealed to, replied: “ About a half-mile. Would it were thousands! You can se'o it on yondor hill, hack fionj the road.”, - “ Why, what tfledfagoptroublesyoii,ilpan ? Have you been unfortunate in buainessjand had the sheriff r?,rsacGing on ?” There was no answer; and -Saunders thinking he had discovered the secret of his companion's dis tress, continued : ’.‘Cheer up, cheer up, maul Yon have a strong arm yet, and with a strong heart you dan make it all up again. , The world owes you and your family a liv ing, and must pay its due. Cheer up and look happy, and those about you will Jouk happy, and be happy. What care you how the world wags, if when you outer your home there is the glad smile of your wife to wel come you, stout ami stubbed hoys to dance about you, and, to make up the picture, some bright-eyed, music-tougued angel of the house, your daughter l • ” “ A thousand devils 1” cried Browning, turning upon Saunders and seizing him by the throat; “is it not enough that I am shamed and dishonored in the face of the world, and my homo become a channel-house, that you must come hero to spit upon mo in my misery ? I have forbid my wife and chil dren to speak her name, and shall you, Here ho became sensible of his impetuosi ty, and loosed his hold. His companion, surprised at the suddenness of the attack, had made no resistance, and when the grasp was relaxed, ho stood regarding Browning with the air of one at a loss whether to bo angry or no. His-silence served to kindle the an ger of Browning, for ho laid his great hand upon Saunders’ shoulder, and said: . “ Think but her name again, and ypur friends shall wonder who you are 1” i ‘‘ George Browning,” said Saunders, laying his hand up m the arm resting on his shoul der, “ what does this mean ? Do you think I fear you ? No : I was always your bettor in strength and vigor. We have played tp gether as boys, worked together as youths ; we have been as David and Jonathan ; and to-night we have met after long years of se paration, drank together, and you have ask ed me, your old comrade, to your house. No, you will not lay a rash hand upon me ; by our old friendship I swear it, you will not, you dare notdo it!” The large man’s hand fell down to his side, and he replied: “ Forgive mo, Harry; but lam not what I used to be. Men say I am half-crazy, and I am afraid it is so," Then placing his hand upon hisbro.w, and looking up at the sky, ho added: “Would to Heaven { wore quite I Let us go on.” As they started, Saunders inquired how a reference to his daughter oopld so disturb him. - Ho answered : “ Ask mo not. Speak not a word of her or you will snap these rusty old heart-strings. I cannot suffer much more.’’ Then with a bitter laugh ha mutter ed : " The secret must out in time ; and then shall tho shaft of my vengeance full ! Saunders saw fit to press' him no farther, and they walked on up tho hill in silenoe. In the mean time the sky had become cloud less. and the cold had increased so that tho snow began to, chirrup under their boots. Save that, there was naught to- break the stillness except tho occasional bark of the watchful dog, which served only to render it the more solenin and impressive: What thoughts the hour, and the tall, dark figure of Browning, striding along a little in ad vance, stirred up in Saunders' mind 1 How all the events of their early association re curred, and how he strove to connect them “ OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY." with tho incomprehensible being before him. Then he asked nimsclf: AVhat mystery is to be unfolded to the to-morrow ? And than it occurred to hiq/ that the-man was insane. He stopped, hesitating whether to fojlow; but tho voice of his comrade bidding him tq pome on reassured him. Was there any thing in the mention of his daughter which cop Id have given, offence ? The. mmo ho conjeotqrpd, the more ho booanjo bewildered, with the events of the evening. By this time they had roachr ed a stile, over which lay their path to the house. As they turned iron}, the highway, Saqnders reinarljßd: “We are late, Browning. They must all be arbed, for there are no lamps burning.” Browning replied most bitterly: ‘‘ Nay, I think not, shall find them all up, fop wo sleep hpt little a home. ’Tis not very pleasant there now, hot as pleasant ns it used to be; .the light in the window has been dark ened', and the fire bn the hearth extinguished. But come on, ’tis all I have now ; you . can have no more of inine than I can give you.” ** Qonrnrj>.jZ-Sa.u.nflar.a.-...f.*..fcKifl-Ag-txtA._at.r.Q.nCTjtai_ for belief. What has befallen you ? I will not intrude upon your misery ; I will go no father till this mystery is explained.” “But you shall, willy-nilly.” Thereupon Browning laid hold of the collar of Saunders, and dragged him along, till finding his exer tions unnecessary he desisted. As they drew near the house, in a path hollowvd out of the not deep snow which had fallen that season, tho large man caught sight of some foot-prints, leading from tho fields to the door. He ex amined them attentively until satisfied of their direction, and.brokeput: ■ ‘‘ Ten thousand devils 1 has she come back again? Well, l oan show her the wide world once more. Hers it shall bo, by /” Ag he reached thd threshold,heturnod around, stood a moment as if gathering up all the en ergies, and raised his clenched hand to the stars. Then lifting tho latch ho pushed Saunders in, and shut the door, With such force that the windows rattle.dj!;', “Wife/whore is sho ?” he axbljijmed. A feeble voice responded, ’ “ Who!” answered he in a'wdreebf thun der, “ she that disgraced an and his family. Tell, me. where ydu .lfd,vp' : hidden her, that I may thrust her forth ,on tho night.” ■ Nay, hesband, she has gone again.” ‘■‘ ’Twill not do, wifeher footsteps lead in, but there are none going out.” -,V “ Poor girl; she went out the hack-} door. I dared not ask her to stay, for year anger. Poor, poor girl!” Browning then wont-out to ascertain the truth of what his wife Said, leaving Saunders standing by the door ; ho haying entered un noticed by. Mrs. remained there surveying the apartment., It .was an old fashioned house, wi th, a large jjpfijy flre-pinoo —one ol those largo old-fashioned tire-places which our forefathers lavoJ.’and'Which went out of fpshion and respect whe'ri ’the modern household gods, and desecrated the hearth stone—a large. old-fashionofl fireside, round Which scattered household bands might gath er on festal days and renew their love to one another, and their trust in Heaven. But oh ! how desolate tho one Saunders beheld I On the huge andirons a half-consumed block of wood lay sighing and sputtering over a few smouldering coals, occasionally breaking into a momentary blaze to illume the scene. On one side lay a largo, overgrown boy, rest ing uneasily upon one arm: asleep,; on. the other, a girl, his junior, lay with her head against the jamb, her face concealed by long tangled looks, in a. grasping and fretful si un>- berj- aa if she had Pried herself to rest; near her a small boy was playing with some wet chips, throwing thorn occasionally into ashes, in a peevish manner, which denoted that his; diversions was more a matter of necessity" than pf inclination, directly in front, with her back to the door, sat Bro\yning f s wife, in, a shawl and cap. bending over’the little warmth, endeavoring to still the meanings of i a babe which the entrance of the men had | awakened. These, with one exception, com posed the family. The flare bf the flames at intervals disclosed, pendent , from the j joists, hams, dried, pumpkins, crook-necks,; and the usual comforts of rural life, besides some hunter’s trappings, and a long rifle, kept clean and bright, as tho glisten of its mourning testified. In. one corner was the curtincd recess, where tho parents slept, close by which, in tho nook made by the fire-place,' was the old Dutch clock with its big white face, and its everlasting'solemn tick—tack ! There was an old rocking-chair which the wife tenanted, a fen split-bottom chairs, a table and looking-glass stuck about jfith let ters and school-tickets, and adorned with some dried sprigs of asparagus; close by, was a shelf on which lay tho family Bible, a psalm-book, and few school-books, composing the library. All these perhaps Saunders did not notice ; though by the fitful blaze they might have been revealed to a careful observ er. He stood wondering and perplexed, till Browning returned and said in a deep voice : “ You have told the truth, wife ; but here after let her not so much as step aorqss my threshold. The world is wide enough for us all. What said she ?” Qo< “ A little, a very, very little, husband ; she said it was growing cold, and she knew not where to go. And oh 1 so pale she lookdd—so pale and pitiful, as if her heart was bursting with some great sorrow, and a greater secret, that her lurid Jipsdurst not pttpr 1 0 husband, husband 1 wo do her wrong,; she never yet told us a lie. I do believe she is really mar ried.” "Then why does she not name her hus band ? Perhaps she deems herself married ; but the world dislikes those matches that end with satiety, those loves that instead of hoint cemented by offspring, are thrown down and ruinoj.” “Ah I woll-a-day, husband, I know it all; but it is so cruel—so cruel, and with her babe 1 Oh 1 if we wrong her, wo do a double wrong." “We do her no wrong. 'Tis she has wronged us, by dishonoring an honest fami ly. Shall we keep the shame here to rankle and fester in our household ?” “ But she will die in this weather.” “ Dio 1 would to Oon sho had died in her blessed infancy, shrouded in her spotless in nocence. Then would our angel-child have been a radiance in the spirit-land, lighting and inspiring ps through the darkness of this bitter world. B ut now, O Heaven 1 Well, well 1 Lot her beg 1" There was. silence for a molnent, and the slumberers, awakened by the conversation, had slowly roused themselves from the stupi dity consequent upon broken sleep. The girl brushed back her hair, and approaching her father, wfio stood motionless in the mid dle of the room, lisped: “ 0 papal you have come; why didn’t you come sooner? Sister Susy has been hero, and oh 1 she looked so poor and pale. And wb had such a time of crying—mamma, and the boys, and I, and the baby too, and Susy and her baby, too—all of 'us. Ob i I wish you CARLISLE, PA.,. THMSfiAY, MARCH 6, 1862. had come; yon wouldn’t lot hor go out into thooold, woflld’yoa The child’s, appeal wrought powerfully upon the parent, As S(n»ndori) could discern by the conclusive effort of his hpge frame, as he overmastered hjs emotions; lie put the little one from him by saying, “ Don’t troub le ipe,’Caddy.’’ Suddenly recollecting his companions, he drew up a chair by the hearth, bade Saunders be seated, the same time in troducing him to his wife. By orders, the IjoyS having replenished the fire and lit a candle, he sent them and the girl to bed. In U few moments "the room assumed a more cheerful aspect, a's the wood kindled and diffused its strong rad glare throughout tho humble apartment.- 3?he three sat around the heart!} aud talked of the days gone by. ran ' over the incidents of his life, from the time of their separation up to their ipeetipig ii} the byeping, in such ajoy cus and njusieal; ,manner, that the spirits of the husband and wife began to catch a glow. As he closed IjO. said, ‘‘Now Brown- and so we shall be square on the score of ad-; venture.” - ■ - ' Browning, consenting, .proceeded with a story of humble villftge domestic life—mar riage, toil, the accumulation of a little pro perty, children, and then continued “ Up to this time wo.had live happily and contented and Susan, my oldest daughter, of wheip. you have heard us talk tb-night, gtow to be very beautiful, , good; and trusting. She was al was cheerful. SaUridcr’s she was my, sum shine through thn clouding cares of this world, always iporry. and every one loved her. The village youth, the rich as well as poor, sought her society, and strove for her smile above tliat bf all -the other maidens. She was my pridfebrwiarling ; but I was not ambitious of her, and only pictured for her a happy union with some honest and worthy man; But'while this plain, simple picture was fresh upon, my. fancy, a young man of wealthy parents,' hut-Of dissolute habits, be came very attentive ter Susan ,-o»d as I have since discovered, haddieen so for. some time previous to my knowledge, and against the commands of his parents. From his charac ter I thought, and it correctly too, his visits boded me and mine no good ; so I forbade him my house, an d my daughter his presence. Stolon interviews took place between them, and I was obliged’to keep close watch upon ’her. All at once, to my great joy, he disap peared from ’ ogr midst. ’Twas the spoiler ■leaving his prey'.S So she fell. Ob! bad the stairs fallen, and‘ buried myself and her in eternal darkness and despair, I had been hapr py to what.l am now!” Here bo stopped and shuddered-with the intensity of his feelings. The; ailehoe was'hrok'jS only by the sobs of his wife. , Saunders sat.there looking into the fire which roared up the huge chimney, and brushed away a teaiV Hiss position novel and painful; and hoirose and went to the tne white snow, ufeavJ ana 'desolate os the death it’ typified, glistening under the' des cending moon, pale ds a mourner over the pall, surrounded by the sympathising stars, their eyes glimmering upon bof; as it were, through tears. And as he steed there re regarding the scene, and listening to f!}o moaping njother, he caught sight of those small foot-prints leading from the fields; and he thought,Oh 1 what misery had opme with them: a broken heart, broken hopes, shame, sorrow, apd dospair.” .Then he saw in the distance a white figure bending beneath a burden, struggling slowly and wearily through the snow. As it drew near, the fea tures of Woman of death-like beauty were re vealed, and he knew- by the manner she pressed the burden to her heart that it was a child she bore. She approached so near that_ her blue lips wore visible, and stood looking longingly toward the house. Sud denly her dark eyes fell upon him glaring in tensely but imploringly. The ghastliness of the vision, and the vividness of the appari tion, rivited him to the spot. She beckoned to hiip with a wild gesture. Ho thought she spoke.-’'Twas the voice of Browning dispelling the illusion. He called to £jaunders to be seated, who, glad to And ijt a matter of fancy, complied. : ' . " ' ’ f Concluded next week.} A SINGULAR INCIDENT. Tlio Lynchburg (Vft.) Republican.publish es the following incident, remarkable alike for its singularity as well ns for the melan choly fulfillment to the brother of one of the parties named. ' “ Just before the war broke out, and before Lincoln’s proclamation was issued, a young Virginian, named Summerfield, was visiting Now York, whore he made the acquaintance of two Misses Holmes, of Waterbury, Ver mont. IjCe became spmewhat intimate with the young ladies, and'tins intercourse seemed to be mutually agreeable. I'ho proclamation was issued and the whole North thrown into a blaze of excitement. On visiting the ladies oue evening, at the hour of parting, they re marked £o Summerfield that their present meeting lyould probably bo the last;'they must hurry home to aid in making up the overcoats and clothing for the volunteers from their town. Summerfield expressed his re gret that they must leave; but at the same time especially requested them to see that the overcoats were well made, as it was Ills inten tion, if he over mot the Vermont regiment in battle, to kill one of them and take his coat. “ Now for the sequel. Virginia seceded— the Second Vermont Regiment, a portion of which was from the town of Waterbary, was sent to Virginia. The battle of.Manassas was fought in whiob they were engaged, and so was Summerfield. During tlje battle, Summerfield marked his man, not knowing to what State he belonged I the fatal hall was sped on its errand of death ; the victim fell at the flash'of the gun, and, upon rushing up to secure the dead man’s arms, Summerfield observed that he had a fine new overcoat strapped jto his back, which he determined to appropriate to hie own use. The fight was over, and Summerfield had'time to examine his prize, when, remarkable as it may appear, the coat was marked witiqtho nanjo of Thomas holmes, and in the packets were found let ters signed with the names of the sisters whom Summerfield had knowp in Now York, and to whom he hud made the remark wo have quoted, in which the 'dead man was ad dressed ps brother. ' The evidence was conclu sive ; ho had killed the brother pt ip's friends, and the remark which hp'hqd made in je.st had.a melancholy fulfillment, Wo are .assu red this narrative is literally true. Smn.mcr field now wears the coat, and, our informant states is not a little iipprooood with the sin gularity of the coincidence.” ry A shoomakor has one grout advantage over most kinds of meohamos-Miis goods, whenever finished,, are always gol(e)d. Or Homo Guards ore great'safeguards, Guards that ore safe enough from fighting, at any rate. NICE EXTRACT FROM THE VAN WYCR SPEECH' The speech of Mr. Van AVvok, chairman of the Congressional Investigating Committee, excoriated tho corruptionists, speculators, poc plptors, traitors and public pohbere after tbe most approved and in the niost offootiyo man. nor. We have not'spaoo to publish the speech entire, or oven all itsgpodpoints, but will find room for a single extract, that out! readers may form some idea of its quality: Two million dollars, by the Secretary of the Treasury were placed in the hi nda of a com mittee of high-toned, honorable men, to be paid out on the order or requisition of Mr. Cummings, without his producing to them any vouchers. Strange as it may appear, while this money was there to respond to his requisition, he draws $160,000, and deposits it iq hjs name, with his private account, in one of tfie ciiy banks. Stranger still, four months after his nimnQyJiadjejai3ed,dieJ.e!vve.e. 'ho'vbucheSHvTtHtheWarDepartnjent.' The War Department, in it- generous confidence, seeks no settlement with the Doctor, nor an inspection ofdfis vouchors. Such were the prominent transactions oc curing at a time, when a man’s gonorous in stincts should freely have offered everything to this country. This was the cloud no larger than a mam’s hand which, increased and spread until the whole sky has been wrapped in gloom, aqd men go about the streets wondering where this,thing,will end,.. The. mania for stealing seems to liave-run throughall, the relations of Government. Almost from the general to the drummer boy: from those nearest the throne of power to the merest tide-waiter. Nearly every man who deals with the Government seems to feel or desire that’it .would not long survive, and each had a common right to plun der while it lived. Even in the matter of the purchase of two sailing vessels, two men of Now York, to the crime of larceny, added the sin of,perjury, that they might rob from the Treasury $8 ( 000. In the case of the Stars and Stripes , the President, of the Now IJavon Propeller Com pany, after taking from the Government sl9j -000 more than she post! took' of that amount nearly §BjPOO to line his pockets, and in excuse to bis company basely pretended that he had to bribe au ex-member, of Congress to gam an audience to the head of the bureau ; and from that cowardly insinuation an honorable,, high toned ox-momfier of Congress, in Connecticut, had fio.eq sqbjeeted to calumny. That -Presi dent, hefore thu committee, testified that after taking-$19,000 in profits from his country, ho was so anxious to servo her in this, the hour of her extremity, that 1)2 appropriated nearly §BOOO of his colleagues’ money to his private use, so ho could devise some machine to tako all the Southern and no one got hurt. ‘ Colonels, ih.tr,usted with the power of rais ing regiments, oollqding with contractors, bar tering 1 a Way and dividing oontWotora for hor -1 ses, and other supplies, to enrich personal fa vorites ; purchasing articles, and compelling false invoices to be given. While it is no justification, tho example has ’A-fv£,r< been sot in the vary Departments of Govern ment. As a general thing, only favorites can obtain contracts which'boar enormous profit. They yipla.to the plain proposals, On the false and'shaljow pretext that the public exigency, requires it. Should this last as long as the Pcjoponesian war the same excuse would bo used. The Department which has allowed j conspiracies, after the bidding has been closed, to defraud the Government of the lowest bid, and by allowing the guilty to reap the fruits qf their crime, has itself become puricips eriminis. . Who protends any public exigency for giv ing out by private contract, without bids, over one million muskets, at fabulous, prices?— Who pretends a public exigency to make a private contract for rifling cannon, to the amount of 15800,000? Kentucky is proverbial for her splendid hor ses. Her loyal citizens would have boon ben efited by sales to the government. Who will protend that the'public exigency required that when cavalry logiments were to bo forwarded from the State of Pennsylvania to the land of “the dark and bloody ground.” it was neces sary to. transport, £t great expense, the re maining disabled, diseased, hinges left in the Keystone State? My cojloaguo on tlio Com mittee (Mi;. Dawes) a few days since spoke of the peace offering to Pennsylvania politicians, and referred to the horses of Colonel Williams’ Regiment. There is yet another case. A contract, not made upon the responsibility of the Bureau, as the late Secretary said, dpi b>/ his express order, and refused to be made until so ordered. 11 refer to the contract to purchase one thous [ and horses, to bo delivered at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Such a horse market the world never saw. The first inspector—an honest man—of, the first hundred rejected three in live, The next day owners refused to present themselves; and by some legerdemain ho was removed and others substituted; then horses of all ages, from two to thirty ; of all diseases and defects, secret and open, wore from day to day received. Tho whole neighborhood were in arms. Tho people remonstrated.— lawyers and clergymen were present nl' the inspection, and sought to. deter tbo buccaneer ing crew by open condemnation ; the inspec tors heeded not this clamor, but ordered the horses to be ridden upon the crowd, to drive them away, if possible. .Horses, with ru ming sores, which were seen by the inspectors, and branded ; and if one outraged common decency be would bo re jected, and an opportunity sought the same day to pass and brand him. Immediately tho horses were subsisted by private contract to favorites, at thirty-nine cents per day, and they sub-let to farmers, from twenty-four to twenty-six. Ovpr four hundred of these hors es wore sent with Colonel Wyukoop’s regiment, and tho papers at Pittsburg report some aotii: ally so worthless they wore left on tho docks. The remaining five hundred were loft at Hun tingdon for tho benefit of tho contractors. ' In that single transaction over fifty thousand i dollars were stolen from tho Government. — ( Such fiends ;n human shape care not for cx posurp; a doom through life should ho thpirs ; and - the labors of your oommittes will bo of littlp practical value unless Congress shall by law punish with seyorp penalties such enormities At one time it wopld secnj there was an intention to establish a huge ooniraot broker age system. The testimony of Mr. John Smith, of Kingston, N. T., powder mamlfae turer shows that in the month of May bo pro posed to giro Mr. Weed a per oentag? for a Eowdor contract. That ho wont to tho touse, met Mr. Davidson, whom ho had nev er soon before ; inquired of him for Mr. Thnr iow Wood. During the conversation he asked what Mr. Smith wanted of Mr. Weed ; on be ing told ho inquired of Mr. Smith what ho could afford tp pay ; ho replied fivo per cent; Mr. Smith also says that Mr. Weed asked him what ho could afford to pay. That afterwards at Washington, ho handed his propositions for powder to Mr. Weed, who took thorn to Mr. Cameron. The result was that Mr. Weed was outhorized to write a let ter to Sen. Riply, the head of the Ordnance Department, to divide the contracts for powd er betweeq tbe States manufacturing.. It is somewhat strange that, the Secretary should appoint Mr. Weed as Ms messenger to carry hit wishes to the different bureaus. .Mr, Smith bnderstood that he , was tq pay, Mr,- Wesd five per cent. Mr. L'aflin also testified that ills powdor firnl demurred to paying Sir. Wood five per cent,; that Mr. Weed gave them authority to make 1000 barrels of powder, but they preferred having the authority directly from the. Go vernment. He also testifies that tho patriot, Dwyer, who figured in tho cattle contract in May or Juno, at Washington, told him if ho would give five per cent, he would sell-all tho powder he could make; but Lnfltn declined. Favorites obtain contracts when frequently they have not the pecuniary resources to ful fil them, and not manufacturers of the articles or tho retired ox-Member of Congress, who has a large contract which requires much ma chinery and great riioohanical ingenuityevi dently takes it as a speculation; takes it to enrich himself, or extort from thq pookots of honest industry ; takes it to sub-let to skillful manufacturers at reduced prices. - The De partments which give contracts to men know ing they have, not in and of themselves the facilities for executing them, are reprehensi ble and deserve severe censure. What excuse is there for an hqnost Department to pension this gang of middle.non. All the ill-gotten gains found in their pockets is so niiifih stolen from the Treasury. Even in tho Treasury Departments—pure and upright as I believe the Secretary to be— what business man could justifiy, qt wlio, in his own transactions, would allow, that a con tract of over half a million expenditure should be competed for by only two firms, -who could combine and unite? It is no answer to say that tho work is done as cheaply as before; the spirit of tho faw has been violated and the millionaire enriched ; besides, the products of all departments ot labor ore cheapened by the stagnation of business. In this matter of the bank-note contract, ns in some others, under lings control the affairs of the department, they say who shall approach within tho, char med circle, they say whose papers shall be put on file, and whose shall he. gladdened by the eyes of the Secretary., Tho soldiers who, borne, down by dispose and overcome with fatigue, is found sleeping at his post, you punish with death ; 'while the miscreant who holds, his festival at t!,is carni val of blood, rides in hia carriage, drinks champagne, and, dines with Cabinet minis ters, yon treat with deferential respect. Do you say Government cannot banish treason and punish crime? On tho 4th of dttly, 1860, alOccoquan, Va., Mr. Undcrwoqd raised a pblp,’unfurled the American flagi and a banner with the names, of Lincoln ana Hnmlirt. Jackson the'slayer of Ellsworth, with about forty men, out it down, tore up tho Stars and Stripes, and car ried the banner as a trophy. Quo of the ring leaders of that mob is this day iq tho employ of the (Jovernmeut in this city. The laboring men ; who testify against offi-, cials are Removed, while the wrqtoh who has been robbing the Government is worthy a bet ter place. Is it possible that this monstrous system of wrong, extending from tho Atlantic to tiie Mississippi, from tho Potomao to the Lakes, cannot be slipped, or oven checked? If that be so, bettor disband our armies, and let tho oligarchs of the Suqth ru'o and reign oysr us. Thiscornniittoe has been in session for months; Government officials must he aware of its power of examination ; still, at the commence ment of this session, inspectors wore colluding with contractors; superintendents, rejoicing, in the title of captains, were selling Govern ment horses to private citizens, taking dis eased and worthless horses from tho commons. branding them in the service of the United State?, kg they might receive full pay fur tho same: city butchers buying meat from thp Government supplies. _ Your. Government retains in this capitol, in seats of honor and profit, anil around our council boards, met? whoso hearts are filled with treason, and minds with rebellion. Your departments are disinclined to hear charges of treason Or, corruption ; they would rather ostracise those who furnish tho truth than re move the treasonable and guilty offenders.- I am not harsh; I only speak what, standing in the mighty aud august presence of stirring times, contemplating a bleeding, suffering country, I fool it my duly. I have a right thus to speak in terms of ,\varmng and admonition to an Administra tion which I aided to elect, to whoso princi ples I am committed, by which we must pass through the Red sea of tribulation, and must be carried safely through the wilderness be yond. But I have a right to ask and beseech, in the name of a commerce crippled, labor paralyzed, finances disturbed, and the Treas ury empty, in tho name of that gallant army of SOO.OOCi, which this day on the tented field are waiting to rescue a country loved through tiro and blood, to lay down and die that a na tion may live—iii the name of 500,000 hearth stones made dreary by the loved ones away— of tlio vacant chairs around the evening fires of tho thrice 500,000 friends, anxiously look ing, fearfully, tremblingly hoping, that this Administration shall remove treason from the capitol, and corruption from tho land. Five hundred thousand mon are in,arms against tho Rebels, but twenty millions are in arms against tho orew of plundering leeches: that twenty millions will he in arms against us and this Administration, unless their pol luting presence is driven as the money-chan gers of old, from tho temple. XT' A man with an enormously largo mouth called on a dentist to goto tooth drawn.' Af ter the dentist had prepared his instruments and was about to commence operations, the man of mouth began to strain and stretch his mouth till ho got it to a most frightful extent. “Stay Sir," said tho dentist, don’t trouble yourself to stretch your mouth any wider, for [ intend to stand on the outside of it to draw your tooth. XT Mon of talent are often tho captives of beautiful fools. But thero'is one consolation —-they do not long remain captives, or they soon cease tn be mon of talent. XT’ A young lady at Niagara was hoard to exclaim. “What an elegant trimming thatrain bow would make for a white iaee overdress.’* O” “Don’t you mean to marry, my dear sir?’’ “No, njy dear widow, I’d rather lose all tho ribs I’ve got than take another.” (C 7“ A grocer advertises in tho following manner; 'tlfam nnd.cn/ars, smoked im-smokon, sold by A. S. Dewey.” O' Young Indies ire like arrows—they are all in a quiver till the beaux come, and can’t go off without them. d&bba anb (Biibs. B®f Punch says that Rarey, the horse-ta ipef, is “ the Philosopher of the stable mind." , When your lady-love sends you to " Pa," you may go farther and faro worse. C - The ocean of love is not always a Pa cific Ocean. BC7“ The average deaths of soldiers in the hospital at St. Louis, Missouri, issiriy, week ly, A- terrible mortality for the small army 1C?” “You seem to walk more erect than usual, my friend.". “ Yes, I have been lately straightened by circumstances." 0“ Great preparations are going forward for making maple sugar this Spring in the United States. BC7” What is the difference between a sailor and a soldier ? One tars his ropes, the other pitches his tent. B@FlfnT6gard. to late suppers, cause and effect may he stated in a single word —atten- uated—(at ten you ate it.) O'A Yankee dqotor has got up a,remedy for hard times. It consists of ten hours la bor well worked in. [O’ What meohanio may bo expected to outlive all others? The bout and shoemaker —for ho is everlasting, (O’Lady Yarmouth asked Qarraok one day why Love was. always represented as a Child? He replied: “Because Love never reaches the age of wisdom and experience.” , A dealer in ready made linen,adver tises his shirts and chemisettes, under the ' mellifluous appellation of “ Male and Pemalo 1 Envelopes,” ; Browne says, “a.woman may learn oqe useful doctrine from.the game of s baokgarainoh, which is, not to' take pp her man tiU ahq’s aUro of him.” . > DC7“‘ Pooh 1 pooh I” said n wife to her ex piring husband, as he strove to, utter a few V parting words, " don't stop to talk, on ' with youf dying.!’ JQyA married monster said that he lately i dreamed that he had an angel by his side, and ' upon waking lip found it was nobody but bis wife. ■ , [C7” “ Does the razor take hold well ?” in quired a darkey, who was shaving a gentle man from the country., “ Yes,” replied the customer, with tears 'in his eyes, “it takes hold first rate, fut don’t lot go worth a cent.” E£jy* The horse “ warranted to stand within out tying,” which a man hpught at auction , tho other day, is offered for sqle by the pur-, chaser, with the additional guaranty that “ha will not move without whipplqg.” ICPA lady at hoy marriage requested the plorgymanitq give out to bo eqng by the'choir' the hymn commencing■■■ - “ This Is tbo j?ny I long have sought. And mourned because I found it not.” DcTf Miss. D—— says that the first time' a young innn squeezed her dress she felt aq if she was in the land where rainbows came, from. How poetic a liitlo hugging makes people! Sam. —“ Gumbo, wliar does you live now, ch ?” " . Gumbo.—“ I doesn't live no whars now—l gib up residing tree vyeoka ago, and moved tiff on account of dc,w,ef}<i|r.” ,’ ' " An Irishman’s Wim..—“l yIU (jed be queath my beloved wife Bridget qll my prop; erty without reserve r and to my eldest’ sopi Patrick, one,half the remainder! and to Don-’ his, my youngest serif the rest, if anything is left, it may go to Donnie McCarty.” OCT* An Irish postboy, paving driven a gen tleman a long stage during torrents qf rain, the gentleman said t.o bjri), “ Baddy f are you not very wot?” “Arrapl I don’t care'about being very wot; but plaae your honop, I’m very dry,” ' Jo®'A man was tyabed in the night and told that his wife ij’jis <|.ead. He turned over, drew the coverlet' closer, pulled down His night-oap, and mattered as he went'to sleep again. “Ah ! how grioyod 1 shall bn in the nporning 1” • ' , Reminding rim op His Ancestry. —A ne gro boy was driving a mule, when the animal suddenly stopped arid refused to budge.—; “ Won’t go, eh ?” said tljfj boy, “ feel grand, do you ? I suppose you forgot your father was a jackass.” ‘ ' ’ j®rA sailor being asked how he liked hie bride, is reported to have remarked, “IVhy, d’ye see, I took her to bo only half of me, as tho parson says’, but dash rue, ifshe isn’t" twice as much as I. I’m only a taf—she's a tartar.” . Or A butcher's bay carrying q tgay on,his shoulder, accidently struck it' against a lady’s head and discomposed her wig, . 1 “ The deuce take the tray,” cried the.lady in a passion. . “ Madam, said the lad, gravely, “ the<fe«c< cannot take the tray." : “ Why don’t you wheel that barrowof coals, Ned?” said a learned miner to ope qf his sons ;. “it is not a very hard job; there is ah inclined plane to relievo you.” "Ah bf re plied'Ned, who had more relish for wit than work, “ tho piano may be inclined, but hang me if I am.” DC7”Ajuryman was asked (out West.pf course,) whether ho had been charged by the presiding judge. “ Well, Squire,” said fie, “ the little fellow that sits--up in the pulpit, and kinder bosses it over the crowd, gin us a talk, but I don’t know whether ho charges anything or not.” jjjjy- “ I say, Pete John rip is swords “ bol?- shed in do army?" “ Ov course dey isn’t, snowball, what makes you ax sioh a snpid question; you ignorant niggahl” — “ Oh, nulßin, only I Jicered do od,cr day dat three tousnnd sogers was going Jo take do field wid Sickles! . CjT" “ My lad,’-’ said a traveler to a little boy whom no met, clothed in pants and small jacket, but without a very necessary article of apparel, “my lad whore is your shirt T”, I “ Mammy’p washing it.” “ Have you no other T” 1 “No otherexclaimed the urchin in sur -1 prise, “ would yon want a boy to have a thousand shirts ?■” (CT “ Daddy,” said a hopeful urchin ta his paternal relative, “ why don’t our sohpqlnms; tor solid tho editor of. the newspaper ah ao; .count of the lickings he gives the boys I” “1 don’t know, my, son, replied the-fond parent, “but why do you ask, suoij'a ques; jtion?” “Why, this paper says that Mr, Bi I has' tanned three thousand hides qt fils estab lishment during the post yeo# apd f’ Enow that old Grimes has tanned our hides man’ll twice that many times.” ' “ ' • NO. 39.
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