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KITTY’S. CHOICE.
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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.'}. ,