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CHOICE. - 'IJ . . 1 A wealtlfy old flurmor was Absalom Leo, Ho had biit one daughter, the misohiowoua Kitty, go fair and so good and gentle was she, . That lovers came’wooing from country and city, •flic first'and the boldest to ask for her hand Was a trimly dres&eft dandy who. worshipped her " tin gho replied with a smile bo "Could well understand, “That she'd marry no apo for the sako of his ‘ skin V* ' ' Tlio next was n merchant froth buftiftohs "totirod. Rich, gouty and gruff, a presuming old sinnot.; Young Kitty's fair form and sweet face ho admired, . And thought to himself, '<lcau easily.win her.” go bo showed hor his place, and made a bluff bow .And said she might live there, but wickedly then, Kitty told him she long ago.made a rash vow “Not to marry.a bear for tho sako of his don !” A piisor came next; ho was fearless and bold In claiming his right to Miss Kitty's affection ; Ho said she'd not want for a home while his gold Could pay fur a cabin to give hcr protcction ! Half vexed at bis boldness, but calm in a .trice, She curtseyed and thanked him, and blushingly .then,. Demurely repeated ho? sago aunt’s advice, “ Not, to marry a hog for the sako of his pen V* Iho next was a farmer, young, bashful and shy, Hb feared the bold wooers who camo from the city j , . But the flush on his cheek, and tbo light in hie oye, Soon, kindled aflame in the bosom of Kitty, "My life will bo one of hard.labor,” ho said ; “But, darling, come share it with me if you can,” ;“I suppose,” she replied, gaily tossing her head, . “ I must marry, tho form for the sake of tlio man. ■3SWfan*a'na.- . An OW-Timc Schoolmaster. There are many persons new residing in ■tho city of Philadelphia, who remembering lick some thirty years, can recall the honest k» of a sturdy pedagogue from iho north of Inland, by tho name of W— -, a .stern diciplioarian of the old school, who believed flV'&arn log as often went with a ‘ thwack’ as with (in inclinationi?.' iihiong the pupilb of the honest old W ■ v ' ; --?tvaa. one who has finco risen to some distinction, but who du ring his schoolboy days, was generally re garded as a thick-headed, lazy fellow, and as sure to got old AV ’ ' ’s attention in the warming way/ very somi-occasionally. One day, when Johnny had forgotten to study his lesson ns usual, the old dominie blandly requested him to take his plaice on dlie floor as Ko had a few words which ho wished, to say to him. Johnny of course, ■stopped out with fear and trembling, and was greatly astonished to find his stern teacher him in a very kind and gentle tone. ‘ Johnny, my son/ said AV , ‘ ye’re of a good family, so you are/ Johnny, who was expecting a pretty severe punishment, and had already begun to whine and dig his knuckles into his eyes looked up io thq. greatest imaginable surprise. ‘I say, Johnny/ pursued the dominie, ‘ye’re of a good family—d’yo understand ?’ ‘ Ah thank you, sirreplied the lad, with an air of some confidence. I* Yes, Johnny, I repeat, ye’re of a good imily, as good as my own. I know your lather, Johnny, in the old country, and this as a lad and a man—and a better and honast ■arlnd and man, Johnny, I never knew, avthor e/do of the big deep/ ' Thank you, sir/ said Johnny, with a pleasant smile and a fugitive-glance of tri umph at some of his playmates.. ‘And I knew your mother too, Johnny, and a. dear, sweet little girl sho was afore she grew up and married your father, Johnny and after that she was a blissid bride, and as kind hearted and lovely a mother and njis trosa of a family, Johnny, as iver left tho khone of ould Ireland/ e ?.’ ?' r ’ —°k> thank yon, sir/ responded the delighted Jonney, Wi A if’i: Jonney ’ ? our father and mother and aieaelt havp seen some happy days across tho great seas !’ sighed tho. sentimental school aster ; days that I’m knowing now will • y° r return to mo again. And then your r got fine sisters, too, hns 1 i ? v ,° Ilown since they were toddlings/ solefiohnny. 0 ’“ 0W ar ° omaments to Pnondod Bl tf,i' i am mu<Sll °W'god to you 1’ re how to exnvcaa P u P*i> seareo knowing self f 8 1)0 felt at finding him stern mas?ef ea faV “ ita with his horetoforo '■oirL a n\ d ;rr!° nofmyyouth ’ teelf and Ve '7 s ' Btors > nor to Shot a J u° hnn y had t!mo to rooov ? theproJess ofa 8 /}. raen^ he found himsolf for got to his dying daj a ° kmg * hat n6Ver ■Pi Onoro ~ Observation of oiii- —? rora 11 careful that thd Drnsnnnf °r Uatry exchanges, wo learn very bricht at \ unUBU[ vllylargooropia ' ° XtOUt 0f land w- Which ‘Me State in anv -™ 8 never 0 1 uaU °d in have there boon P tovi ° us season, and never a full crop than nJ° r ° prospects of ots. I’lue rioblnt* prBSo,lt S™tify the farm -s°° article nor t A UIQ 18 no . t cohflnod' to any OMbracoa overufh" 7 8 ? 0tl0n oftho State. * n S fruit, tho laftor t l at , 18 , grown ' ipolud savorul years h fluch has failed for padtu/o. and wi I ?, at loaBfc 18 ono oftUBß for , ?^to'the poonin ibn 9 ao S r °at source of re A Deserter and a Spy Shot, The Corinth correspondent of the Memphis Appeal, in his letter of the 23d ult., writes: Another soldier was yesterdayshot for de sertion. During the previous jiight ho had run by our pickets, but evidently lost his way, for on approaching tho lines again the senti nel cried, “ Halt!” “Oh 1 I’m all right, you need not stop me,” was the. response;? “ I’m as good a Federal ns you are.” “ What are you doing here ?” said the sen- tinel. ,[I need not mention th'6 pilrport of the rev datum .it . “ Well, I reckon you haVo got into the wrong box. I’m a Confederate picket, and and you are my prisoner.” Theoffioer ot the guard was accordingly summoned, and the man given into custody. :Yestorday ho was taken before Gen. Jackson, and examined. He then frankly confessed that his heart was not in the cause ; that ho was an Englishman by birth, and bad desert ed with the intention of giving intelligence of our movements to the enemy. .Evidence to clear and conclusive, dispensed with the formalities-of a court-martial, and the man was taken out and shot. ■ On the day previous (Wednesday,) I saw another suffer the same fate—a spy named Coon Farris, from Paris or Paducah, Term.- A raftro stoical death I never witnessed. , As ho rode along upon a rude cart, seated upon a box which was to he his future bed, he act ed as indifferently as if ho were a spectator, 'and not the object of the terrible prepara tions. When the ■vehicle stopped he jumped lightly out, and waited for. the removal of the coffin. This being done, ho walked oarlossly to a tree twenty feetdistant, the coffin was placed under it, his hand-cuffs were unlocked, and for a mo ment ho engaged in conversation: with , the officer attending him. .. Not a sign of trepida tion was visible. The keen black eye was as bold arid unwavering as ever, and neither cheek blanched nor muscle quivered. Ilia in terview terminated, the last words of which, as .1 was informed were “ I die an honest and an innocent man ?” lie took his seat up on the coffiri ; his coat was buttoned across his breast, arms pinioned from behind, eyes, bandaged, and of his own accord ho leaned back against the tree. . . Such was the imperturbable self-possession oftlie mari, however, that oven then, shut out from the world for the last time, with only a moment bridging the interval between time and eternity, ho took the pains to make him self comfortable by moving' his head from side to side on the tree, that it might rest easily upon the rough ridges of . the bark. The guard was then ordeSd . forward three paces,, so that but ten steps separated them from the; culprit. The officer took his place at their right, and in low tone gave the Order : “ Take' aima few seconds’ pause—‘l Fire!’’ A splash of brains, a sudden start, a drooping : of the head to one side, a falling of the jaw,; and all was over. The spy had paid the for feit of his life for his crime,’and the majesty of military law was vindicated. . J’rora the WbecUnglntolligcnccr, Junii 3. ■ Mei,anohOl4Y. Accident,—Two Young' La dies Inqtdntly Killed bg Lightning. —On Sun day night, About twelve o’clock, during the terrific storm of thunder and lightning which ' passed over the city, two young ladies, Miss Mary_ Pillsbury and Miss Clara Goodwin, were instantly killed by lightning in their bed at .the two-story brick house which stands alone on the island, opposite the steamboat landing. ' The two ladies had retired to bed a few minutes before the approach of the storm, and it is supposed that they had not gone to sleep when the fatal accident occurred. The head of the bed in which they were lying .together, stood near a gable window. The lightriing struck the house between two ehimrieys, and the fluid appeared to have di vided into throe different forks, and to pass in different directions. . The fork which killed the ladies passed in at the window near the bod.. There was a feather mattress upon a straw one, and the fluid passed under the feaihers and set the airaw on tire. A night-cap worn by one of the ladies was torn into shreds, and the face and neck, of the,.wearer somewhat marked. The other fork or division of' the fluid passed down a wooden water conductor, which was completely shattered. The jthird passed down a chimney flue to the lower sto ry, and coming out near the fire-place shot diagonally across the room, breaking a look ing-glass into a hundred pieces, The shook was, of; course, distinctly felt by all in the house, and some member of Mr. Pillsbury’s family opening the door of the room occupied by the girls, the fire in the bod was discov ered and immediately extinguished. Miss Pillsbury was twenty-two years of ago ; Miss Goodwin was twenty-eight. The latter reached the city from South Berwick, Maine, on -Saturday, and was to have been married this week. GuEitxm Warfare iif Kentucky.— The Cincinnati Commercial, of May 23d, contains the following: There is not the least doubt but the trai tors in Kentucky are, by concert, preparing to desolate the State by predatory warfare.— They are well organized, and have boon pre paring for months to strike a blow; and now they are in motion. We do not conjecture— wo know—that squads of two and three and a half a dozen young men from the Kentucky counties bordering on the Ohio are nightly riding to appointed places, all proposing to form guerilla parties. Quito a number have recently loft Boone county, and proceeded to join Humphrey Marshall. Some were able to ride their own horses, Others, had horses presented to them by rich Secessionists. Oth ers stole horses. Wo have heard of eases in which young men stole horses from their fath ers and run away. They have been constant ly but cautiously for several weeks, perhaps months, buying arms and ammunition in this city. In this business they have been helped by those among us who are so weak and so wicked as to sympathize with - them. Noth ing can save Kentucky from desolation by these scoundrels but vigorous notion. Wheth er this will be taken before the country is startled by a wild raid of the enemy .striking some important point, and doing great mis chief,- depends upon the wisdom and vigilance of the authorities. If anything short of the actual outbreak of guerilla war on the Ohio would convince them'of the necessity of doing something, there is evidence that will bring them'to sense” with groat rapid ity, - Seabonadee Inquiries. —Does it coat any thing to print a newspaper ? How can a printer afford to furnish a paper without pay.' _ Do printers Sal and drinks and' wear cloth ing? If, they do how can they got thorn 7 Do I owe for my papqr? la not this,a good time to call at the oflito ohd pay up ?' Deplorable Accidcnt-*Fivc Sisters Drowned. ■ Aboutonoo’olock.yestorday, Willian Ward, son of Mr. D. Ward, fiahorman, embarked in a sail boat for a cruise on the bay, accompa nied by his five sisters. The eldest girl was about thirteen years of ago, and the youngest only four. After sailing up and down the bay for an hour or so, William, who was steering the boat with an oar, attempting to put it on another track. Ho silt upon the gunwale in order that he might have a great er purchase oyer the oar, when the sail sud ' denly flapped against the mast, and the boat capsized. All who wore on board instantly fell into the water. The boy tried to save his sisters, and to right the boat. After consid erable effort he succeeded in getting the boat bn her keel again, and when the two eldest of his sisters came to. the surface he managed to get them into the boat,, which .was half filled with water. When about to get on board himself, the wind again caught the sail of . the boat, and, in an instant, she was capsized a second time, and the poor girls, along with the lad who had acted so manfully, where again battling for their lives in the water. He made anoth er attempt to save-thora, but they sunk before bis eyes to riso'no more in life. The boy, al though much exhausted,.succeeded in getting hold of the boat which was being driven hith er and thither by the wind and waves, and shouted lustily for assistance. His father’s house is situated about a thousand yards from Whore the accident occurred. His painful cries. for assistance were not heard by the inmates in the father’s hut, hut a young man named Earnest had observed the accident from the Esplanade and put off iii a boat to render assistance. lie fortunate ly succeeded in rescuing the lad in a very ex hausted state, and. convoyed him to his lath ers dwelling. The grief of the parents may be imagined when, they learned the melan choly intelligence that their.five daughters, who had left them in health a short time -be fore, had all met a watery grave. Shocking Tragedy.—A XTmon Officer and a Young. Lady Killed.—On Wednesday of last week a • shocking tragedy Occurred at Springfield, Mo. ! The Missourian says':— Oapt. John 11. Clark, of company B, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, was officer of the day at that post. ' About.dark ho, in company with one A. J. Rice—both in a state of intoxication called at the house of Mrs.; Willis, a widow lady, residing in the east part of the town, to get their supper, which Mrs. Willis declined preparing few them. This denial enraged the Captain and his companion, who drew their pistols on the guards stationed at the door to protect the house, and attempted to force their way into the bouse, tehave their supper in spite of the denial. Dne of the guards shot the Captain through the body, when the lat ter retired a few paces and fell dead. About the same time the guard shot, Bice -fired liic listol at him, but missed and shot Miss Mary Nillis, a_ young lady, through ‘■“the Jioad, kill ing her instantly. Another,.guard fired at Rico, the ball entering his breast and rang ing up through his shoulder, which .was badly shattered. He is severely wounded, and his recovery is doubtful. Mrs/ Willis is a Union refugee from Arkansas, where she lost two sons, assassinated by rebel guerrillas. Capt. Clark was a native of Soiota, Ohio, but moved to Grundy county, in that State, in 1836. Ho served in the Mexican war under Sterling Price, and was twioe.elected Sheriff of Grundy county. ' . A Short Ci,eroyman.— A few miles bolow Poughkeepsie, N. Y., there lives, and has lived for several years past, a worthy clergy man,. a man, however, very short in stature. Upon a certain Sunday about eight years ago, this clergyman was invited by the pastor of a church in that village to fill his pulpit for the day. The invitation was accepted, the Sunday morning saw Mr. in the pul pit. Now it happened that the pulpit was a very high one, arid accordingly nearly hid the poor little clergyman from view, flow-, ever, the congregation, out of respect, man aged to keep their countenances, and with over pious faces, seem religiously anxious for the text. They were not obliged to wait long, for a nose and two little eyes suddenly ap peared oyer the top of the pulpit, and a squeaking, tremulous voice proclaimed in na sal tones the text: “Bo of good cheer; it is I, bo not afraid.” . A general roar of laughter followed the ari riouneeraent—the clergyman became confused and turned all sorts of colors. Many, in the general uproa.r, left tbe cburch ; and it was a long time before the minister was enabled to proceed with the sermon, so abruptly broken off. -I Afternoon came, and the little man’ stand ing on a footstool, had a fair view of the au dience. The text was announced in due form; “AJitflo wflile ye shall see me, gnd- a little while and'ye shall not see me.” In the course, of his sermon he repeated his text with great earnestness, and stepping back, lost his elevated footing, and disap peared from his hearers ! The effect may bo more readily imagined than described. Better than a , Man. —lt is well known that all ladies have an intense admiration for sewing machine, and that their delight in the possession calls out enthusiastic terms of praise. A lady called at a sewing ma chine agency to purchase, and inquiring for some one who had a machine of whom she ooUld learn its merits, was, among others,, referred to a lady then present, a quiet, demure ■ looking maiden lady. Upon being questioned,' this individual at first re plied jyith modest reserve, but finally tl;o all absorbing delight every sowing maohino pro prietress inevitably feels, got the better of her diffidence, and she warmly eulogized the object of tho inquiry ; and finally her eyes brightened, her cheek grow rosy, .and she sprang to her foot, and with an energetic voice said ; “Like my sowing machine ? .to bo sure I do ; Why, I wouldn’t begin to ex change it for a man!’’ Washing Made Easy.— The “ crazy folks” in the asylum at Ilardford, Ct., mix a gill of alcohol with a gallon of soft soap, just as they are going to rub it on the cloths, which they then soak two or three hours, and, then merely rinse out in clear water, and all the dirt is out ns effectually ns good sense is out of a follow after-drinking the same quantity of tho “ poison stuff.” Just toll the women that this is tho easiest way to make washing easy, and urge them'to try it, and you will horeaftorhavo no reason to run away bn wash ing day. In washing stairs and passages, always use a sponge instead of a cloth when wahJlßg the space between tho carpet and wall, ana you will not pbil the edges. Sponge is cheap, and this information is cheap, but it is valu able to all housekeepers. —The Plough,' v . O 5" A- gentleman,who was determined to out-do tho horticulturist who raised chickens from egg plants, has succeeded ip producing, a colt from a horse chosaul, and a calf from u cow-utd. Carlisle, pa., Thursday, wm ii m Passing under the Bod. , No one born of a woman lias ever existed : or will ever exist, who has. riot felt in sorrie ■ degree the weight of ah afflictive rod. Job i was not the only mortal who has cried in bit terness of heart, “ Oh, that ? wefe dead 1”—. Life is at best but a sooho of trial,, though to some tlie ordeal is more bitter than to others, Affliction "Creeps unbidden into the closet bound circle, Wo may watch with unslum ’bering care over the forms of 'our loved ones, but man’s destiny is unalterably written on the records of the past as well as the present, and fate no man can escape. See filial love stooping over the couch, if,-here lies the forms of those who in life’s earlier hours shielded «is as far as might be; from the rude storm. Every fibre of the heart clings with ivy-like tenacity to the spirit-flickering to its last fading ray, What anguish fills the soul! What heartfelt orisons are poured forth, that the life of the loved one may be spared. But the Eternal Wisdom calls that soul away from its struggles, to a final rest. -With, bleeding hearts the afflicted onea.pass sadly under the rod. Parental solicitude watches with un dying-interest the progress Of its omhodiod love 1 After many years, the prodigal wan derer inay return to yield Jijs last breath where, surrounded by dear associates, bo drew the first. Who shall say that there is no af fliction there ?. ; Look to .Greenwood, Mount Auburn, and other beauty spots of nature, where he entombed the buried treasures of many a heart. Over that, small mound, whore roses bloom in strange beauty, bends a forin convulsed with grief.' Some few months ago a little, cherub lay in that .mother’s lap, giv ing hack smile for smile, and Hashing from the orbs that had borrowed the hues of their native heaven, glad hopes foi; the ' Now it sleeps,! Torn from the arms that en twined it, covered with the cold earth, a prey to the wasting elements at work whore the time-long sleepers rest I' Is not this passing under the rod? How many a tearful eye will gaze iupqft our homely sketch I Wit and Wisdom. 'The day for action is to-day, for reflwfeon to-morrow. If mind is matter, isn’t it matter enough that man abuses it ? Happy hearts and Smiling faces around a cottage hearth-stone. That is home. ‘ /While your eyes are called pretty and blue, your sister’s may bo pretty and black. If you have no pegasms put up with a com mon horse. .Poets are born, not made. Betray no man’s confidence. If ho put faith in you, prove yourself worthy of it. Those persons who. are continually talking behind people’s backs, are usually, groat liars. Bo cheerful yourself, and you will have a right to expect others to bo cheerful around you. If you know you aro.righfc, dare to do so, though tho] whole world' rise up. in arms against you. . If you believe tljat “ nobody’s to blame’ 1 for a railroad 'accident, you -will believe al most anything. . Whoever loves not thia beautiful earth, must hate himself a good deal, and the rest of the human family as much more. Do not make great overtures for‘honors; but demean yourself in such a manner that they will come to you without the asking. If your relatives complain to you of your wife’s extravagance, give them to understand that the “matter of that” is none of.their business. Amusing Incident.—An amusing dialogue lately occurred in one of the Auierioan camps between a private, who was acting sentinel neat a hospital* and a general. On the ap proach of the latter, the former neglected to give the accustomed salute. The general then sharply replied : , ' . “ Who stands guard hero ?” . “ A chap about my size” answered the private. General—“ What are your duties hero?” . “ To allow the sick to come out and to.keep the well in.” “ Cftl your Corporal.” “ You won’t catch mo doing that. T don’t intend to stand here two hours longer than usual to please you.. (The sentinel alluded to a rule which gives corporals the power when they are unnecessarily called by senti nels, to punish them by two hours extra du ty-) The general: indignant at these replies, hunted up the lieutenant of the guard, and facing the sentinel said: “ What instructions do you give your men in saluting your superior officers. . . The lieutenant said to the sentinel : “ Ilave I not told you to salute your supe rior officers—do you not know that, this is your general 1” Tlio sentinel with a look of amazement re plies ; “ If the Almighty is not better acquainted with him as a general than I am, he is a lost man, sure.” . . * Tebbiulb Accident at Niagara Falls. — The Rochester Democrat states that on Sun day morning three men were swept over Ni agara Falls in a row boat. Tho thrilling scene mas witnessed from both shores of tho river. The Democrat says ; “ The men wore soen putting oat from the Canada sido, near Chippewa, with tho evi dent intention of landing near the south end of Goat island. After getting out a short dis tance the current was found too strong for them, tho recent high wind up the lake was still foroing more than a usual quantity of wa ter through the river, and although they made every effort to stem the rushing tide, yet their efforts wore entirely unavailing. They were soon, after battling for a time desperately against tho current, to draw their oars from tho water, and sit motionless in the boat re signed to their fate. In this condition they were swept over the falls. The names of the unfortunate n\oa wore not obtained.” Bwamt.—A young couple wore sjtting to gether in a romantic spot, with,birds and flowers about them when the following dia lougo ensued. “ My dear, if the sacrifice of my life would ploaso thee, most gladly would I lay it at thy foot.” • ‘. . Oh, sir, you are too kind 1 But it just ro rainds, me that I wish you would stop using t 0 “ a C°an’t think of it. Its a habit to which I am wedded.” ' .... „ ■ ‘‘Very well, sir, this is tho way you lay down your life for 1110, and as you are already wedded to tobacco, I'll take good care you aro uovor woUdcdto me; us it would PC my/' N6t Generally Known, Martin Van Buren is the only man who held the offices of President, Vico President, Minister to England, Governor of his own State,, and member of both Houses of Con gress. Thomas H. Benton is the only man who has held a seat in the United States Senate for thirty consoeutivo years. The only instance of father and son in the United States Senate at the same time, is that of Hon. Henry Dodge, Senator from Wiscon sin, and his son, Augustus ,Q. Dodge, Senator from lowa. Gen. Jas. Shields is the only man who ev er represented two States in the United States Senate. At one time ho was Senator from Illinois, and subsequently Senator from Min csota. John Quincy Adams held position under the Government during every administration from that, of Washington to that of Polk— during which ho died. He had been Minis ter to England, member of both Houses of Congress, Secretary- of State, and President of the United States. Mle died while a mem ber of the House of Representatives. The only instance where three brothers oc cupied seats in the lower House at the same time, was when Elihu B. Washburn repre sented the First District in Illinois, Israel Washburne, Jr., the Third District in Maine, and Cadwaliader Washburne the Third Dis trict in Wisconsin. Mistakes not Corrected. —Of Jesse Loo the early apostle of Methodism in New Eng-, land, it is related that one day while travel ling on horseback, he fell in with two law yers who taking a place on either side of him, began to quiz him. They asked if he was a man of liberal education. “ Sufficient” ho said, country.” They inquired if he wrote his sermons. He replied in the negative. “ But do you not sometimes inako.mistakea, for instance, quoting scripture 1” “ Perhaps so, sometimes, hut hot often.” “ When you find you have made a.mistake, do you correct it ?” Not always), if it involves nothing essen tial I lot it pass. The other day I tried to repeat the passage where it says “ the devil is a liar, and the father of them ; I got it, the devil is a lawyer, and the father of them hut I hardly thought it; necessary to rqctifiy so unimportant an error.” By -this time oho of the young sprigs was prompted, to remark to the other, that he hardly knew whether the fellow was a knave or a fool, ' Lee glanced meaningly on either hand, and replied: “ Perhaps between the two.” The young gentlemen hy this time conclud ed to leave; the itinerant to his own medita tions, .. . ? Old Deacon M—— was the only store keeper in she village “up country,”, and used to take great pleasure in catechising the youth. who might visit the store. One rainy day— business dull-—tho'deacon was quietly snip-- king by the side of a cheerful fire when a ragged urchin entered, who seemed a fit sub ject on which the deacon might exercise his questioning powers. The deacon called the lad to him, and patting him on the shoulder ■asked him t “My son, what is the strongest thing yod know off" 'The lad thought a moment, then scratching his bump of communicativeness through a hole in his hat, said : , • “Why, T reckon marm knows, she’s tarnal strong herself; she can lick dad at any time,' and she said that tho butter I got tho other day was the strongest she ever«eed yet—for that was so strong She couldn’t hold it after she got it down,” ■ Old Egyptian Jewels.—The jewels of the Egyptian (Queen Aah Kotep, who died eigh teen hundred years before Christ, and. whose tomb was discovered by a French, archoeolo gist in 1850, are exhibited at the Internation al Exhibition in London. When found at Gounah, the body of the Queen was covered with objects in gold and silver, such as a di adem of massive gold, encrusted with pre cious stones, elaborately chased with the heads ofs.phynxes, and bound together with a cord of gold wrought like a tress; a collar of gold having depending from it three flies of solid gold, supposed to bo the decoration of the Egyptian Honorary Order of the Fly; two heads of lions and a boat of Death mounted on wheels, and with little rowers in silver.— The sitter is supposed to represent the de ceased Queen, and the chanter in the, boat is of gold. His finger is placed upon his- lip, as if enjoying silence. Sleeping in Oiidroii.—A certain military chaplain did all ho could to prevent his sol diers from falling asleep at church. Even when reading the text ho used to break offin the middle of an unfinished sentence, to call attention to some rod eoat enjoying his som nolent nods and winks in a distant corner.— On one'oooasion ha so mingled Scripture with the intimation that the ludicrous association gave rise to an irrepressible titter through the congregation. And no wonder, for thus im pressively road the chaplain: “And Abra ham said unto Lot” (a pause, during which the parson pointed to a slumberer in a retired seat,) “sergeant, that man’s asleep !” A Goon Hint. —lf the Abolitionists insist on interfering with slavery in tho States wo claim tho right to interfere with the way free States treat black men. These states should bo compelled to let the negro live in their borders. If tho military are authorized to sot the negroes loose, why not locate them in Indiana or Illinois. It is true this might bo contrary to the Constitution and laws of these States ; but what of that ? If tho military can disregard our Constitution, it can also disregard the institutions of other States,— Louisville Democrat. A Swabu op Bees on a Man’s Head.— A most singular incident occurred in Bridge water a few days since, illustrating tho pecu liar habits of hoes. Mr. A. P. Benson, no ticing ah unusual stir among his hives pro ceeded to examine into tho cause, whereup on an entire swarm withdraw from their old hive, and settled uponhis head and should ers Mr 8., without any serious inconveniences, succeeded in transferring tho swarm safely to a now hive. A physician told his patient that ho could cure his toothache by simply holding a certain root in the right hand. * What roQt ?’ asked the sufferer. ‘ Tho root of tho aching tooth.' A gentleman having a horso that ran away and broke his wife’s, neck, was told by a neighbor that ho wished, to purchase it for /(is wife to rido. upon, ‘ No, said the wretch, ‘I intend to marry again myself.’ HON. H. BOffEIGHT.. Hoobe op Representatives U. S., 1 Washington, April 24,18G2. J To My Constituents: I am compelled, very much against my in clination, to address a few lines to you, in re? gard to my vote in opposition to tho’bill which recently passed Congress, abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. I regret it be cause the acts of a representative should not make it necessary for him to appear in the public press, but as the bill passed under the pressure of the previous question, which cuts oif debate, I am in a measure forced to pur sue this course of informing niy constituents of my reasons for voting against the bill. I mi "lit add one other motive for troubling you, and that is charges made in -private letters from my district—expression of the press in and out of the State as to a'violation of the pledges I made before my election. To save the troubles of separate answers; and to sup ply you with what I should have said, in de bate, iff could hayo had the opportunity, I am obliged to adopt the present plan. I voted against the bill for abolishing sla very in the, District of Columbia; and it is my purpose to vote against any other bill abol ishing slavery any where, without the consent of the people in the State where it exists.— And in doing this, I will Violate no pledge that I oyer assumed, either by word or impli cation, in the remotest degree-. 1 When you did mo the honor to elect mo to the 37th Congress, you imposed upon mo, the following, obligations, and I am free to say that they fully and cordially-mot my own ap probation. ■ . ; They were to-aid and assist, to the extent of my power, to put down the rebellion and crush out an unholy and wicked insurrection; tu vote to raise, armies and the necessary means to support them ; to stand by the gov ernment in the crisis, then and now pending, and do all I could for.its restoration. These were the obligations imposed upon me by both the political parties of my district, and which I have faithfully and honorably discharged. But X did not then consent, and will pot how, to become an abolitionist. It is the last position that I will assume; at least while I have reason and judgment left. To become an abolitionist would bo to revise the whole course of my public life ; and to. give the lie to those doctrines which I have pub licly proclaimed for a period of tho thirty year's. The doctrines of Wendell Phillips and - his. associates are as abhorrent and monstrous as those of Jeff. Davis and his conspirators.— Both the open and. avowed advocates of tho destruction of such a government as tho vyorld neyer before saw, and both deserving the same infamy. With neither of them - have I any affinity, and no human'being , can say that I ever hiid. Wendell Philips has proclaimed with in . the last two months to a public. audience in -this city, that he had boon /engaged for* the last nineteen years in attempting to over throw and destroy the Union; and ho received; on tho utterance of this Unmitigated treason, rounds of applause 1 Has Jelf. Davis and his baud of traitors done anything worse Now the idea that 1 should follow- In the wake of any such leadership ought to be preposterous with you,-who have known me so many years. No, X am a Union man, and will stand by tho j Constitution while X have tho strength to do j so, and fight manfully against , tho fanatical schemes of abolition iannticisni north, as well as the blood-rod doctrines of secession north or south 1 “ to got about the But I come to 'the question whether it he true that I have falsified my .pledges ? Let my "recorded votes apeak for me, aud let'un prejudiced men ho my judges. I have uni formily voted for all appropriations that have passed Congress, and those amount to some seven-hundred millions of dollars. I voted for the necessary tax hills to raise these enor mous-sums of money. I voted to put in the field an army of sis hundred thousand men. I voted for all resolutions expressing the sen timents of the House as to the propriety of crushing out tho accursed. rebellion, p ushing the leaders aud restoring the government. X have upon all occasions, as I conceived, pur sued a conservative course, and attempted, at all times, to avoid any. interference-, with ex citing sectional questions, regarding tho agi tation of them as grave, and X may. say in surmountable objects to tho restoration ofthe Union and tho suppression of the rebellion. And who can entertain a. doubt of the truth of the position ? , ■ It was my candid opinion tbit the passage of the slavery abolition bill was-more disastrous than to have added fifty thousand mCu to tho ranks of the rebels. XXo'w? it may bo asked. By exemplifying, in. tho act, what they have uniformly charged upon us, aud which wo have stoutly .denied, that. it was a war, to emancipate negroes, in place of restoring the Union; by holding out to our army an issue of emancipation when the proclamation of the executive, which called them to the field, wqs to suppress the rebellion and protect the per sons and property of loyal men, everywhere. If the effect of tho passago'of the bill is calcu- I luted to prolong the war—to weaken aud de moralize .the federal army and strengthen tho rebel cause, then indeed X should have acted in direct opposition, not only to my pledges, but for tho best interests of the country in giving it my support. ■ " In my opinion this was not the time nor tho occasion to agitato tho slavery question. More momentous issues are upon our hands. \Ve have a government to save aud tho homos of thirty millions of people to ,protect. Life or doath of tho groat Xlopublic should be the all absorbing question, and that atone,-till it bo solved. JVovoi** since tlio sun iirst dnwnod upon tho globe, was thoro so solemn—so re sponsible a position as tho one now occupied by tho people of this country. No effort of which tho human heart aud tho human frame ' is capable of exercising should bo omitted to. rescue from ruin and overthrow of the United States of America. But one thought should occupy the public mind, and ouo impulse move tho public heart —how is tho govern ment to be saved ? ■ This and not nogro abo- lition should agitato the Congress—the nation —tho people. Wo should sootho the feelings of our loyal hrothorou of Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri, . rather than harrow them up, aud drive them to deeds of madness by acts of legislation which have a tendency to, create distrust for, if not the destruction of, their social customs and local laws. Their sons are lighting side by side with ours of tho north on tho same battle field, and many of them occupy the same grave 1 Amidst those terrible scones, honor aud justice, nay the common decencies of life forbid that they roccivo insult from tho gov ernment which they are pouring out tneir blood to defend. It was indeed out of time and place tu lug in tbo negro question at. such LETTER FROM a moment. Half the people of the west were & mourning over the slain at the battles'of Fort Donelson and Springfield— of Dea Ridge and Pittsburg Landifig, at the very time ne-> gro emancipation occupied the debates in Congress. Was the issue upon the bloody fields the safety of the nation or the freedom lof the negro ? If tho latter were the issue, then it Was all right to pass the bill, if the former, then the subject should, have been scouted frorn tho halls of-. Congress. At all events, expediency and a due regard for the public interests demanded cessation ofhostii- . ity against the institutions'"of the Border States, ns they wore marshalled under the national banner. But suppose the nation in repose—the great battle ot freedom won—the. States ro-united and the leaders of. the rebel lion hung or in exile, were not the people oi tho District of Colombia entitled to a voice in a matter which affected them so much ? Are the seventy-five thousand people of the Dis trict to bo treated as of no account? Are ' they dumb mutes, more stupid things, to re flect the whims and caprices bT ’abolition fa natics ? _ I proposed an amendment to the bill submitting the measure to them to be decided hy their votes, ■ It fell as a matter of course. I would have gone so far as to have waived v the very grave constitutional.question, wheth-' er underjthe terms of the deeds of cession of tho District, by tho States of Virginia and. Maryland, for. the-.purposes of a National- Capitol, sluYcry in it could be abolished with-' out their .consent/.if the people of the Dis-v tnct had determined to rid themselves of the unnatural and repulsive, institution, • ■ Again, lam opposed to-the appropriation of money out of the national treasury to-day for the freedom of slaves, dither in the Dis triot.oraay of the States where.it exists, I : assume that every loyal’ man is in favor of maintaining the national credit. If so, to meet the interest on tho immense debt already 1 incurred, and that which must be unavoida-".. bly added to it, will giyous taxation to our. heart-s content without putting on. the addi-' tional b'urdeti of the emancipation of slaves.' ■cecession and abolition together have already made half the businessmen of, the . north:' bankrupt, and put endless exactions upon tho, ■ people in tho way of exercises and taxes; and assuming that ;tho ,- \Var were ; to .end in six months, (as it.may unless" fanaticism should- 1 make .it interminable,) , twenty generations of peace and prosperity will not conceal it.—- It is enough in cithor-oyent without the addi tion of millions fop emancipation. Another objection to,the, bill is, that the' .owner of slaves is compelled- to accept, tho amount awarded by commissioners, which*. ; shall in no ease exceed three hundred dollars and which might not bo ’a fourth of the. value of the slave, J No man's property should bo taken from him by compulsory process in vi olation of the great niagua eharta principle of our constitution, tho right of trial by jury, r— - I Add.that the slave shall be a competent-wit-- ness as.to. the loyalty, of his master, as a feat-, uro which strikes tho mind with astonishment and alarm. , ■ ■ The foregoing teasons.parficif/aWy, induced" me.to cast my vote against tho bill. .Under the same state of facts I would do the same thing-again. It is-among the ‘possibilities' that I was wrong, bub I have an abiding con-" yictibh that, a very largo majority of. the .peor* ble whom jf represent.will ratify and approve the vote. It, may and will probably create tv gulf-between mo and . very many who cast their votes for me, but while ,they may thus differ with me, they cannot impugn my mo tives, or allege that X have by word, action or implication deceived them. 1 At one time I.entertained the opinion that j the conservative Union men of all parties could have moved on -in harmony, at leaslf until the fact became manifest that we still bad a national existence. And I entertained this up to the time that Congress decided upon the abolition measure. • * It is very appa rent now. that union apd harmony cannot ex ist. A very considerable .member of conser vative republicans in Congress voted for the abolition bill with extreme reluctance.,, They ■ yielded to what they supposed were.the ino perative demands ol party; and now; an en tering wedge is made by the passage of the District Bill, which will lead to more and more sectional; fanatical legislation, until all hope' is.ended, and parties must necessarily assume' their old positions. This indeed is a fixed fact. . - - _ It seems to me that -while cannon are boom' t ing upou fields of sanguinary war, almost un-' - dor the eaves of the Capitol; and while the - bodies of mutilated; bleeding, dying soldiers - are borne along tho avenues, that the wounds i of tho living should be dressed,-and the bod-' , ies. of the dead he interred, in the absence of abolition harangues and songs nf emancipa* . tion. 'The solemn cortege should be spared the treasonable outbursts of-huch demented and prnzy Tanatics as Wendell Phillips and his kindred followers. • . The District hill is already succeeded by 1 projects of law oh the files of Congress to al -1 low negroes to ho employed in the mail ser*’ 1 vice of tho United States ; to give them tho 1 right.of suffrage’ in the District; to allow > them to enter the jury box, and to hold office, * The next step Will bo compulsory abolition 1 in the States by a decree of Congress. ■ And is this the inode and manner of sup ■ pressing tho rebellion and restoring the gov ■ ornmont? Is'this tho doctrine which is ( to ■ nerve the arm and giyo courage and hope to J tho soldiers who are doing-battle in the sacred I cause of tho country?; Can it bo possible i that good cun come of it? I cannot give my 1 aid and countenance to any such wild and ju dicious schemes ; and if such a course sepa rates mo from men who have given'me their I support, while I regret that they differ with I me, so must it.be. . ' . . I am willing to confiscate, under constitu tional forms, all the property that a rebel-ini> arms against tho government may have, and whether it be oxen, or horses, or slaves, it matters not; but the property of loyal men I will go as far to protect. . J will maintain the objects which inaugu rated the war. I will sustain the government in every constitutional measure to put down rebellion and punish treason.; but 1 will nob lend myself to promote abolition schemes ; thereby weakening and destroying it forever'. I profess to be a patriotic man, (if I am not I am mistaken in myself,) and therefore it is with mo a matter of conscience. If therefore tho wild doctrines of abolition aro not to bo' made a party test, as it now seems to bo, and the negro sot up against tho Constitution, L must stand as I oyer have done, by tho latter. I cannot and willnot consent to yipld the life' principle of tho Republic. It is true the voto of tho House was comparatively small in op position to the bill; but I think those ihirty- nijic nays represent a principle which must' survive, aud tho chances are that the number will bo four fold increased in tho 38th Con-i gross; for between this and that period of time, tho groat tribunal of tho sovereign .peo ple would have settled tiro question whether abolition or the constitution is king. Your obedient servant, llenniuok V. Weronr., NO.'}. ,
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