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VOL. 49.
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I'nrlin!.
“MY WIFE AM CHILD ”
jXlic follo'vnfr&Ta from’tho pon of Confed
erate General 0 act son, (who has figured so
conspicuously on the. Upper Potomac, and nt
■Winchester, during the war,) and wa6 written
n-iiHc lie was with the jinny in Mexico, of
\diich heVas a bravo and efficient officer. It
j 3 full of the pathos of genuine poetry and
true affection,]
The tattoo heats—tho lights arc gone
Tho camp around in slumber lies
Tho nigijt vath solemn peace moves on,
Tho shadows thicken o'er tho skies j
But sleep my weary eyes hath flowen,
. And sad, uneasy thoughts arise.
I think of the, oh,.dearest one, ;
■Whose love my early life halhhlost; —
Of thoo and him—our baby son—
Who slumbers-on thy gentle breast j
God of tho tender, frail and lono>.
Oh, guard that gentle
And hover, gently,-hoverhoar •
To lier, *»boso watchful oyo is wot—
Tim mother, doubly dear.
In whoso young heart have freshly met
Two plreauurof love so deop and clear—
And cheer her drooping spirits yet.
Now, while sho'kncols hbforo Thy.throne,;
Oh, tcuoli lior, Kulcr of tho skies,
That while by thy behest alone
Earth's mightiest'powers full or rise,
No tear is wept to thee unknown, •
‘ No hair is lost, no sparrow dies !• '
That Thou cahst stay the ruthless'hands
Of dark .disease, and soothe its pain ;•
That only by Thy stern commands
Tho battle's, lost, the soldier’s slain—
That from-lho distant sea or laud
Thou bring’st the wanderer homo again!
And when upon her pillow lono
• Her tear-wet cheek is sadly pressed,.
May happier visions beam upon
The brightening currents of her broasfc \
.Kor frowning look, nor angry tone,
Disturb tho Sabbath of her rest ?
•yhftWur fate those forms may show,,
s :* Loved with a passion almost wild —- ■
night—i r , ,I°y or wo—., '
By iears'opprossod) or hoped beguiled,
..From every danger, every foe, ■
lOh, God ! x>rotcct my wife and child I
ifloligiag tlie Militia Fine.
In days gone by, when the .objectionable
militia laws wore in force in old Massachu
setts, the customary draft was made in a coun
try town a few miles from Boston, and a no
tice to appear ‘armed and equipped, accor
ding to law,' was left at the boardinghouse
of a wag, who possessing very little,‘martial
music’ in his soul, determined that ho would
neither train nor pay a ftife, and entertaining
withal a,very different opinion of the utility
of tiie system he took ho notice of the sum
mons.
Having been duly ‘warned’ however, as.ho
expected, at the expiration of a few weeks,
the sergeant waited upon him, with a bill of
nine shillings for non-attendance at, the mus
ter. ,
‘You’re fined, sir,—nine shillings—non ap
pammeo.'
‘What is it?’ said the wag, pretending to.
misunderstand.the collector.
'fined for not training,’ drawled the other.
'Shan’t pay it, fellow.’
‘lt will bo threo dollars, tho next time I
Call.’ ’ . ..
Bat the wag couldn’t hoar a word.that ho
smd, and in the course of another month ho
received a peremptory summons to appear
forthwith at a court martial in the district,
instituted: for the purpose of trying delin
quents, and collecting such fines as could be
..scared opt of the non-performers of duty. At
itho appointed time ho waited on . the said
‘.court, which was held in an old country house,
whore ho found three or four persons seated
.attired in flashy regimentals, and'whose aw
,lul ‘yallet epaulets’ were enough to command
the attention and profound respect of the be
holder. Though somewhat disconcerted at
ms exhibition of spars and buttons, ho put a
10 cl taeo 6a the matter, and responding to
ie directions of tho junior of tho member of
.jo August court, he advanced to tho table,
aminnfion funotionßr y commenced the ox-
; Your name, sir? 5
Caf * wi(S °f 1 ed ' 11B hand quickly on his
Zi‘!“,“S" s ‘ »"">•,.
J.tfSl.'Z!’'•xv*
pl y^ lttle lo^do V said U.‘o wag without ro
lWhioI; shouted fcho jud^o,
»wi Mqtftn ’ ria tol county/
,1; l l afc business do you follow V
•luam street.'
; Your business I’ yelled the officer,
nig it hand side, as you go up.' ‘
< tin! 1 , 1 ! milos and a half.'
M tTrl^/ 011 - P. wntJnsrt %
] Tlosa carpenter.'
tarsi’ devil is the matter with your
; Whifa^u 6 ' 8 <d ‘ aon )otin)os,f
‘ Ncftrip°f 1 you anaw °r mo V
Ho' y ? vo years -’ '' •
] ul K«; "uminL?i“ n n ? remarked tho
Rubber o“J gto hls subordinates, ‘clear tho
j!'K to B £ ld th ® under officer, point-
of .the order ‘ 6 ? ur fnOD(l took no no
£|”isrrsi£si^- f
V“r fr?" 0r ’ Ma lorl' )U Mmiilan 3- SUoff.
n .,during hk^res -o ]™ a - Kain summoned, to
' b ** ,s icsidouco in Tauntuu. I
TERMS
The Parson’s Midnight Rider
BY « JOHN OF GAUNT."
I ,nm an old man now, the snows of full
sixty winters have whitened my hair, and of
ten when alone I sit and dream over the days
of my youth, “ those merry days now, gone
forever.” Tho story lam about to relate hap
pened some forty yearsngo, and made a groat
stir in tho little town of E , whore I
was a student at tho time, I do not intend it (is
slur on my cloriehl friends, but only to show
that accidents .will happen to both good and
bad. 1
It was near the end of the-collogo year and
the boys wer*gotting somewhat restive as the
time of vacation drew near.. Everything was
dull, awfully so, and the' boys waited impati
ently for their annual deliverance from the
thraldom of college life; and longed to be ou t
of reach of the sound, of What was too many
of us, the ill-ornned recitation bell.
One night throe of us were gathered togeth
er in my room, relieving in tho befoging de
lights of ale, and short stemmed, wjdl be
grimed dudheens” and thinking of the
good times, we would have at home, how many
times wo should fail next day, and divers oth
er subjects agreeable and otherwise. Wo had
been quiet for some time, when Sara 3? : ——
suddenly broke in upon our meditations by
exclaiming : ■
“ I have it boys ! Let’s have some' fun to
night.” _
; Every fellow’s cars wore cocked in an in
stant.” -.
“ Well, what is it ?”. said, T —^~~,roy
chum
u Lot us get old Parson K— horse,
tie a tin pan to his tail, put an effigy of tho
old "gbntleman his hack, start him down
tlirough tile town and frighten the whole popu
lation out of a year’s, growth.”
“ Bat how will you got in tho stable V*
. ‘‘ I'll, soon fix that,” said Sam, and going
to his room, ho returned with la short iron
bar, technically called a jemmy” and a
dark lantern. We disguised ourselves so that
our would not have known us,
and, having prepared the effigy and lighted
the lantern, took up pur lino of march fur the
Parson’s stable. The procession moved in
tho following order :—■ .
First—Sam, bearing the “ jemmy and
dark lantern. Second my chum with the
effigy thrown over his shoulders, after the
manner in which the farmers were supposed
to carry their pigs to market. And lastly,
myself, hearing two ancient and dilapidated
coffee pots; wherewith to decorate tho caudal'
appendage of the Parson’s Ilozinan to and ac
celerate his speed.
We soon arrived at the stable, which was
situated at the upper end of tho town, just in
the roar of his residence, and with the aid of
the “Jemmy” opens the door and pqtting the
bridle on tho old gray, led him out in 'tho
rear of n cornfield belonging to the Parson,
Wo then proceeded to attach the coffee pots to
his tail and wore about to put tho effigy on
his back, when, wo wore suddenly disturbed
by the appearance, of a figure, dressed in
white,- jiiahiWg It's wayrapiaij?’ towards, us.’
“ Look out boys, lioreho comes,” cried Sam,
and away bo.bolted, followed by T . I
took refuge behind a convenient hedge, and
proceeded to wa'oh operations.
The old gentleman had, no doubt, soon the
light, and imagined that some one was steal
ing his corn, lie carhe up to. his horse andap
pearod somewhat astonished to see him in
that place at that time of night. lie took
hold of tho bridle and as, the ground was wot
from a recent rain, and not noticing the coffee
pots, on account of the darkness, bp mounted
with the intention of riding to the stable.
The horse started anil the coffee pots, striking
liis heels, frii*htopod him and away he went
at k speed that would have shamed one Bald
win’s locomotives. Down through tho Main
street of tho town ho wont, followed by all
the dogs in the neighborhood, reminding me
forcibly of John Gilpin's ride.
“Away went Gilpin neck or naught,
Away wont hat and wig.”
Imagine to yourselves, a rpspoetable cleri
cal gentleman, about fifty years of ago, rid
ing half dressed, at midnight through a town,
followed by about two dozen dogs alb in full
cry 1
Battle! rattle! bang 1 bang! bow wow
wow! Up wont went windows, and out came
divers nigbt-oappod beads of the good peo
ple of tho town, wandering what devil’s game
was to play at that time of night. Oh how be
went ? “'Tam O’Slmntor’s’’ride was not a
circumstance to it.
How far bo rode I never, knew, but some
of the market people said, they saw a gentle
man about half dressed and covered with mud,
making his appearance about five o’clock in
the morning and wending his weary way to
wards the I’arsontsi'csidenee.
Wo kept, our secret, and every time we
met for some years afterwards we would ask
each other, —who stole tho Parson’s horse ?
Oriental Wit,—A young man, going a
journey, entrusted a hundred deenars to an
oldmnn. When bo came back the old man
denied having had any money deposited with
him, and ho was hauled-up before the Kha
zeo.
‘ Where were you young man, when you
delivered this money ?’
‘ Under it tree.’
‘ Take my seal and summon that tree,’ said
tho judge. ‘ Go, young man, toll the tree to
come hither, and tho tree will obey you when
you show it my seal.’ . ’
Tho young man wont In wonder. After ho
had gone pome time tho Khnzoo said to the
old man— '
Mid is long. Do you think ho has got there
yet?’
‘ No,’ said the old man, ! it is at some dis
tanoo. lie has not got there yet,’
‘ Ilow knowest thou, old njan,’ cried tlip
Rhazoo, whoro. that tree is ?’
Tho young man returned and said tho troo
would not come.
‘ lie has boon hero, young man, and given
his evidence, Tho money is thino.’
Obetino OanERS.-rvOno day, Washington,
sliding a dispatch, directed tho bearer to
cross tho river at a certain ferry,' and go
through the Rampo Pass to Morristown. Tho
young man knowing that a nest of traitors
infested the pass, ventured to suggest to,tho
commonder-in-ohiof that another road would
bo safest. “ I shall bo taken,” ho said, “if
Igo through tho pass.” “ Young man, your
duty is not to talk, but to obey" Said Wash
ington, sternly. 110 wont os directed, and
near tho puss was captured, as ho was afraid
of being, and sent to Now York, tl)on in
hands of thp enerijy. Tho noyt day .the de
spatches wore, taken from him, disclosing a
plan for attacking tip) city,' were published
with groat parade, and tho English immedi
ately began preparations for defending it.
This gavo Washington timp to plan and exe
cute another movement in quite a different
dirootigu. npd by that time, both tho British
amlthe boaror found,out that tho despatch
was meant to be infant
Strange Murder Trio).
On Friday last, at Lonos, (Mass.,) Henry
H. Pratt was convicted of murder in tho first
degree, for killing his wife, by cutting her
throat. She was the daughter of his sister.
Tho parties belonged to Oscoola, N. Y., and
eloped to Now Ashford, whore they were
married. Mr. Vandahwankor, the father of
tho deceased, being accompanied by a police
officer, found tho parties at tho house of Phi
noas Harmon, on tho 29th of July, 1861. The
Springfield (Mass.,); Republican, gives the fol
lowing report of the subsequent proceedings:
They (the father and the officer) arrived
there just at dark. Eunice (the deceased)
ran out to meet him. Mr. Vandanwonkor
said: “Pack up. I have come after you.”
She replied; “I can’t go ; I am married.”
Mr. Vandanwanker said: “You must.” Pratt
soon camo up and shook his fist in Mr. Van
dan wanker's face, and some angry wordk en
sued between them iis to the'.return of Eunice
to her home. Eunice said she cbuld not go,
and Pratt said sbo should not go. Eunice
bad previously stated to Mrs. Mallory that
she would not go homo witli her father if ho
should come after her, hut would dip first.—
Pratt soon went to Eunice, put Ills arm
around, her, and whispered in her oar. They
whispered together a moment, when she. put
her arm around him—ho yet with his arm
around her—when they walked together into
the house, and wont up. atairs room.
• Mr. Vnndanwankor soon said" he dfflvnot
like to have them together alone, when Mr.
Clark and several others, ineludingMrs. Mal
lory, went up' whore they were. She (the
deceased} was sitting on the defendant’s knee,
with her apron.to hoi- eyes, crying. lie (tho
defendant) was sitting by the window. Some
conversation was had about Enicc’s going
home. Mrs. Mallory stated that she was the
last one who went up ; that she went up to
Eunice, kissed her, and told her to go homo
and ho a good, girl, and “ perhaps you will
come' and see mo some time.” She answered.
“ Perhaps I may.” Pratt then spoke and
said, “ We wish to he alone,” and gave Mrs.
Mallory such a look as frightened her, when
they all . left and wont down, leaving tho de
ceased and defendant alone. In about two
minutes after, they loft, the father requested
Mrs. Mallory to again go up. She said she
dared not, and Sir. Clark then wont up and
rapped at the door, but receiving no answer,
and hearing a gurgling sound, ho : went in
and.found.thbm with their treats cut. ' lie
imrrieidatoly. gave the alarm. They were
both found on the hod, with their throats cut,
she dead, ho alive, hut senseless, perfectly ex
hausted, with a horrible-gash Across his throat'
about four inches in length. Tho deeds were
done with a common pocket knife. , ■. ' •
As soon as, the defendant was restored to
consciousness ho was asked “llow ho comp
to do it??’ lie ‘replied, 1 “ She wished us to
die together,” It was in evidence that a let
ter had boon received at tho Post Office, from
tho father of Eunice, inquiring shout her, u,ud.
they expected biih there, and ibat thorp- was
a letter found in their room written by her
(Eunice) to her mother saying “ site 'would
like to see them all, but that she could never
come hoine alive—that she could not leave
Henry, as he used her well." This letter was
signed by her, sealed up and directed, with a
stamp upon it, all ready for mailing. This
letter tho old man (her father) destroyed after
Mr. Mallory had read it, thus destroying the
last letter his daughter hod over written to
his home.
Tho jury returned a verdict of murder in
the first degree, hut reooommended tho pris
oner to mercy. lie is about 21 years of age,
and his wife was 17.
Pnsli On.
Tho following extraet from the writing of
John Neal, may have met the eyes of many
of our readers before ; but it is worth repeat
ing, and the truths it conyeys' arc worth re
membering :
“'There.are people who having begun life
by setting their boat against the wind and'
tide are always complaining of their bad luck,
and always just ready to give up, and lor that
very reason always Helpless and good for
nothing, yet if they would preserve, hard as
it may be to work up stream all life long,
they would, have, their reward at last. Good
voyages are made both ways,
A certain amount of opposition is a great
help to a man. ICitos rise against, not with
thp wind. Even a head wind is better than
nothing. JJo iiiaii ever worked his voyage
anywhere in a dead palm, Tho host wind for
anything, in n long run is a side wind. If
it blows aft how is no to got hack.
Let no man wax pale, therefore because of
opposition. Opposition is what he wants,
and must have to ho good for anything.—
Hardship is the native-soil of mandkind and
self-defence. Ho that cannot abide the storm
without flinching or quailing, strips himself
in the sunshine and lies down' by tho >v«-y
-sido to he overlooked and forgotten.
Ho who but braces himself up to the strug
gle when the wind blows, gives up when they
are done, and falls asleep in the stillness that
follows. ;
Did you ever know anybody to stick to any
kind of business, no matter how unpromising,
ten years at most who did not prosper ? No
matter how bad it might be at tho beginning
if lie stuck to it faithfully and earnestly, and
nothing else, ho matter how hard ho may
have found it sometimes to have kept his head
above water, still, if*he persevered ho came
out bright in the long run—didn’t he 1”
A Life Thought. —l hoord a man who had
failed in business, and whoso furniture was
sold at auction, say that when tho oradlo and
tho crib and tho piano wont, tears would
como, and hp hjid to lonvo tho house to bo a
man. Now thoro aro thousands of men who
havo lost thoir pianos, , but who have found
bettor music in the sound of their children’s
voices and footsteps going ohoorfqlly down
iyi,th them to poverty, than any harmony of
chordod instrumonts. Oh 1 how blessed is
bankruptcy when it saves a men’s children I
I see many men bringing up their children
as I should bring up mine, if, when they are
ten years old, I should lay thorn on a dissect
ing table and-out'tho sinews of thpir arms
and logs', so that they could neither walk nor
use thoir hands, but only sot still and bo fed.
Thus rich men put tho knifo of indolence and
luxury to thoir children's energies and they
grow up fattod, lazy calves, fitted fo«nothing
at twonty-fivo hqt to drink doop irau squan
dor wide; and tho father’ must bo a slave all
his life, in order to mako beasts of his child
ren. Ilow blessed then, is tho stroke of dis
aster which sots tho children free, and gives
thorn over to tho hard, hut kind bosom of
Poverty who says to thorn—‘Work 1’ and
working makes them men 1
_ OCT” Gonoroiity wrong placed booomos a
vico ; a princely mind will- undo a private
family.
“ OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY."
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1862’.
And 'of hop. it has been said, “ She is a vir
gin, a rod, and a shrub.” A virgin, whence
wo have, “Behold a virgin' shall conceive and
boarason.” Arod, “The-o shallcomo forth
a rod out,of the stem, of desso.” A shrub,
the fruit of which was announced when the
angol said. “Blessed:art-thou among wo
men, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.”
Then, ■ : ; v
Fair Ahco'fdund on that .shrub five flowers,
which are neither burnt by fire, nor parched
by heat, nor crushed bj storms. What are
these flower's ? -They are,fa;|h, hope, Charity,
chastity,, and humanity. ‘Whoever -wears
these flowers has better than a crown of pre
cious stones. Again, i’V,
There, too, of roses tUo fairest,
.A chaplot sho.nutdo. ,
By : the chaplet wo niue.'l'nnderstand. the
golden crown which God'ydacod upon her.
head when he crownedvhw'4'Jueon of queens.
And. lastly, w-v-'i ■
dn CJ oil’s name,” she '
To ■whom is this said ? To heretics, pagans
and false. Christians, who believe not Christ’s
resurrection, who openly blaspheme Him ?
To them it is said, “ Allyei.wli'o love mo not,
leave mo ;’’ that is, “Depart, yo cursed, into
everlasting fire,'popared for .the devil and his
angels."
. From what has boon said observe that this
fair Alice, of whom you vainly sing, and of
whom wo have been preaching, is none other
than the mother of justice, tho queen of mer
cy, who brought forth the King and Lord of
Heaven, who, with the Father and the
Holy Spirit eyor livoth and reighoth, one
God. Amen. ' ■ '
A SniiEwn Irishman.— An Irish priest was
seen standing at the corner of one of the
squares in London, about the hour of dinner.
One of his’eountrymon observing tho worthy
father in perplexity, addressed him—
‘Oh 1 Father O’Leary, how is your rivir
cnee V
‘ Mightily put out,’ was tho reply ._
,‘ Put out!' who’d put but your rivifonce ?’
‘Ahl you don’t understand; this is just
it: I am invited to dine at one of the houses
in this square, and I have forgotten the naine
and I never .looked at the number, and now
it’s seven o’clock.’ •
' ‘Oh, is that all?’ was theory; ‘just now
bo aisy, your rivironoe, I’ll settle that for
you.’ ' .
So saying; away flew ' tho good , naturpd
Irishman round the square, glancing at the
kitchens, and when ho discovered a fire that
"denoted hospitality, ho thundered at the door
and inquired, ‘ Is'Father O’Leary hero 1’ As
might bo expected, again and again ho was
repulsed. At length an angry footman ex
claimed — ■
‘■No, bother on Father O’Leary, ho is not
here, but ho was to dine hero to-day and the
cook is in a rage, and says the dinner will bo
spoilt. All is wailing for Father O'Leary.’
Paddy' leaping from the door as if tho steps
were bn tire, rushed up to the astonished
priest— o . . .
‘ All right, your honor’s rivironoe, you dine
at 43, and a mighty good dinner you’ll got.’
‘Oh, Pat,’said the grateful pastor, ‘ tho
blessings of a hungry man bo upon yOu.’
‘ Long life and happiness to your nvirenee;
I have got your malady, I only wish I had
your.remedy.’
Gen. Buem.’s Strategy. —A soldier who
was on tho battle lield of Shiloh, states that
General Buell executed a manoeuvre that re
flects groat credit on him ns a commander. —
Tho rebels, wore advancing in groat force to,
turn our loft and capture our transports find
supplies, when Buell, booomingawaro of their
intentions, made preparations to receive them.
About half a mile above tho landing, are two
largo ridges, running hack from the river.—
Tho ridge next to tho landing is tho highest.
Buell placed a battery on each of the ridges,
and between them ho placed n brigade of in
fantry. Tho troops were ordered to Ho down.
Ho then ordered the lower battery To fire on
the enemy and make a show of retreating in
confijsison, so as to draw the rebels on. On
came the rebels pell mefl, yelling at. tho top
of their voices, “Bull Run,” “Bull Run,"
thinking to frighten us.
As soon ns the rebels carte in Tange, tho
lower battery, agreeably to'orders, opened
Are, retreated, and took a position in the roar
of the upper battery. Tho rebels, seeing our
men retreating, charged up tho hill arid took
possession of the battery. The rebels in the
meantime wore not nwaro of our troops being
in tho hollow below thorn. At this moment,
the signal was sounded, and tho whole bri
gade rose to their foot and poured a cleanly
lire of rillo balls into tho ranks of tho rebels,
cutting them down by scores. At tins tam
able moment, also, tho upper jattery poured
in a perfect storm of grape and oanibtoi shot.
Tho rebels reeled and staggered like drunken
men, and afloat broke and fled in every di
rection, leaving the ground, strewed with dead
and dying.
A-Sermon Six nnd a llaif Centuries 01d : ,
In tlio Dean of Chichester’s History of the'
Archbishops of Canterbury, lately published
in . England, occurs a curious sermon preached
about the year 1200, by Bishop Lanston. The
text is a popular dancing song of the day :
Fair Alice rose up in the morning,
Her body sbo clothed and adorned,
Into a garden sbb, entered
Ami flvo little flowers ?lic fonntl.
■ Aud there, too, of roge&jHO,fairest _
A clmplot site made* f
■ ail yon.tyho love mo not, leave mo
In G od’s name,” she sidd.
We read that of every idle word we shall have
to give an account at the Judgement Day.
Therefore wo ought, to correct our wanderings,
to repress our errors, to expel base , things
with good, and to nbandort vanity for truth.
Now listen 1 when I.sang that song of
“ Fair Alice,” you were reminded of the mu
sical daned for which it was composed ; and
you know that in a musical dance those
things are needed; a sibling voice, pliant
arms and graceful feet. In order, then, that
we may dance musically before God, we must
have these throe things in ks, a singing voice,'
that is, holy speech, pleasing to God and men ;
pliant arms, that is, a double charity, or love
towards God and towards our neighbors ; and
graceful feet, that is, WOlgls which accord
with our speech, after, the example of our
Lord Jesus Christ, whobegah first to do good
himself and afterwards to’ltenoh it.
Now let us see who 'Fair Alice is. It wits
of her ,that this was saidf I ,'Behold, thou art.
all fair, my love; there is ; no spot in thee.”
This iatho fair Alice, this is the flower, this
is the lily of whom it was spoken, “.Like a
lily among thorns, so is my. love among the
daughters.” She is called by this name
Alice from a, that is, withbvt and ils strife ;
as it wore, without strife ;, without reproach
without qarthly.. dross. Sio is the mother
queen .of justice, mother of mercy. It ig said,
Fair Alico rose qp'ln'lfto morning,
Her body she clothed and adorned.
Fiyo-lifctlo flowers sb'o found
Bight and Wrong.
There is a constant strife going on between
right and wrong principles. Notwithstand
ing all tho preaching of tho ministers, the in
fluence of all tho members of tho churches,
and tho general profession of tho people
of a desire for the triumph of right,
evil practice prevail in every community and
in many cases they are in the accondancy.
This may bo accounted for by the love of
gain, the desire to live without labor, and the
following of parly in taking hold of whatever
promises to lead to success.-
At times it seems that the triumph of evil
is certain, hut the struggle, goes, on, and in
every encounter tho right gains ground,
makes some, advances, and tho contest will
eventually end in its ascendency. Until that
time wo shall have contention, bitterness, and
occasional blows. The proper way to promote
happiness and peace is to Uphold tho right
and put down tho wrong ; but too many
think ,wo should remain, silent in order to
attain tho desired end. . For a time peace
may thus bo scoured, but tho calm which en
sued. may well bo considered to indicate the
coming storms, for in every, such ease the con
test will eventually bo resumed when the
struggle will only b,o tho more fierce, for hav-.
ing been delayed. A principle.ofjustioe. can
not bo forever outraged with impunity, for
ho .who formed and, lashionod tho world has
provided that tho violation of right shall be
attended with punishment. Evil doers gen
erally attempt to throw the, responsibility of
any struggle on their, opponents, when, the
fault is entirely with them. They determine
fo , pursue an evil course, and- any one who
objects to their doing so; is charged with do
ing mischief, with being an enemy to.society
Christ and his Apostles Were' treated in this
way and according to modern reasoning,
wore blamablo for all tho persecutions, and
sufferings they experienced. Had they not
rebuked evil doers and labored to correct er
roneous habits and customs, they would not
have provoked the. ire of the Priests, and
brought suffering on themselves. Evil doors
always, wish fo.bo lot alone, and ho who rais
es an objection is stigmatixod as a stirrer up
of mischief and represented as being respon
sible for tho contest which ensues. In all
struggles, however tho right advances, and
truth and justice have followed the pathway
out by the sword. It will bo so in tho. strug
glenow going on in our country, and the evil
which raised tho storm shall, wo trust, bo'
swept away by it. If it is not, there will in the
course of time bo another groat, battle that
will cut it up by tho roots oven if all should
bo thereby involved in one common ruin.
The right must eventually prevail, although
everything moral perish in the struggle.
Artemus.-. Visits, the -Shakers. —‘ Mr.
Shaker,' sed I, ‘ you see before-you a Babe
in the AVoods, SQyto-.spoak, and he axes shel
ter.of you.' ■ v'f-i
‘ Vay,’ sed the STiaker, and lie.lod the way
into the house, another Shaker bein’ sent to
put my bosses and wagon under kivor.
A solum, female, lookin somewhat a last
year's bean p'ole"stuck info'along nieii.l bag,
cum in and axed mo was I atliurst, and did I
hunger ? to, wich I urbanely anserod, ‘ a few.
She wont orf and I Qndovored to open” ayion
vorshun.with tho old man.
■■‘Elder, I ’speot,’sed I.
■‘Yay,’ho sod, ■
‘ llelth’s good I reckon ?’
■ ‘ Yay.’ ■ • ■ ‘ ‘
~ ‘What’s the wages of a Elder, when houn
dorsfands his bizness—or do you devote your
services gratooitbus V.
..‘Yay.’ : .
‘ Stormy night sir.’’
‘Yay.’ ■
. ‘lf tho storm continnors, there : wiir bo a
muss underfoot, hay.”
‘Yay.’-.
‘ It’s very unpleasant wen there is a muss
underfoot?’
‘Yay.’
flf 1 may bo so bold, kind sir, what’s the
price 1 of that peooolier kind of. woskit yon
wear, inoloodin trmmins ?’’
‘Yay.’ ...
I pawed as minit, and'then thinkin I’d be
faseoshus with .him, and sec how that would
go, I slapt him on the solder, bust into a har
ty larf, and told him that as ayayerhe had’ut
no livin ekal.
lie jumpt up as if Bllin water had bin
squirted into his oars, groned, rolled his eyes
up lords the spalin and sed :
‘ You’re a man of sin!’
Ho then walk’t out of tho room.
Unman Life.
Mon seldom think of the groat event of
death until tho shadows fall across their own
path, hiding forever from their eyes the trac
es of loved ones whose living smiles wore tho
sunlight of existence. Death is the great an
tagonist of life, and tho cold, thought of tho
tomb is the skeleton of all feasts. Wo do not
want to go through tho dark valley, although
its passage may load to Paradise ; and with
Charles Lamb, wo do not want to lie down in
in tho muddy grave oven with kings and
princes for our bed follows. But tho fiat of
nature is inexorable. There is no appeal
from the groat law which dooms us to dust.
Wc flourish and fade as tho loaves of tho. for
est';'and tho flowers that'bloom and wither
in a day have not a frailer hope upon life
than tho mightost monarah that over shook
tho earth.with his footsteps. Generations of
men appear and vanish as tho grass, and
tho countless multitude which fills tho world
to-day, will to-morrow disappear as tho foot
steps on the shore.
An Obstinate Organ. —ln a small church,
at a little village near Brighton, where the
congregation could not afford to pay an or
ganist, they recently bought a soil-acting or
gan, a compact instrument, well suited to tho
purpose, and constructed to play forty differ
ent tunes. The sexton had instructions how
to sofit going, and how to stop it; but, un
fortunately, ho forgot tho latter part of his
business, and, after singing tho first four ver
sos of a hymn before tho sermon, the organ
could not bo stopped, and it continued play
ing two versos more ; then just us the clergy
man completed tho words “Lot us pray, the
organ clicked and started a froah tune. duo
minister sat it out patiently, and then re
newed his introductory words, Lotus pray,
when click wont.tho organ again, and start
ed off on another tuno. Tho sexton and oth
ers continued their exertions to find out tho
spring, hut no man could put a stop to it; so
they got four of tho .stoutest men in tho
church to shoulder the perverse instrument,
and thoy carried it down tho centre aisle of
tho church, playing away, into tho church
yard, whore it continued clicking and play
ing away until the whole 'forty times wore
finished.
BSSW An Irish carriage driver made a very
happy and characteristic reply, thoflther day.-
A gentleman had replied to Bat’s ‘ Want a
carriage, sir?’ by saying 1 No I; am able to
walk.;’ when Bat-rejoined, ‘ May your honor
long he able, but seldom wilUilg.'
«M«ai
• **
Our Common Schools,
To men loving order, discipline, and deco
rum in children, a visit to some of our woll
orderod public schools is gratifying and in
structive, and loads ns to compare tiro con
duct and habits nfchildrqn when brought un
der proper ’ discipline, and to contrast them'
with tho same children undordifforont cir
cumstances._ Probably there is nothing that
could ho said or written which ‘would bo- of
such value, to parents or others having the
charge of them, ns ari hour’s visit to a
well ordered public school. They will there
see from ono to two hunderod -children in
perfect order, the.teacher loved and inspect
ed, and may, perhaps ho. led to think how
much hotter the children under their charge
might ho if, they had confirmed the lessons of
order thathavo been taught them at school. And
they might ho led to think; if the children
wore kept, under proper discipline out of
school, how much pleasanter it wonhl'hc for
parents and gurdians and how much better
fortlie, children. Tho pica of a guardian or
■parent, that they cannot do it, is.simply ab
surd. Tho principle of the school has those
hundreds of the same children, to control, and
has to counteract the evils of the lax disci
pline evil example, and often the direct oppo
sition of those out of school, who should be
host his assistants. Ifheoan dosotnuch without
this assistance, surely they can do as much
with.his assistance. And howdifforent would
ho the after history of many of thoso chil
if they were thus disciplined at home-.
Hon. Neii. S. ' Bkown, Hx-Govehnob or
Tennessee, Renounces Secession-. —A -Ififgo,'
Union meeting was hold.nt Columbia, Tonn
ossoo, oh Monday last. Thera w’ero fifteen
hundred present, andtho doopest interest was,
Ex-Governor Noil -Brown, in .ad
dressing the meeting, said, in bis judgement,
the rebellion,..was played out, and. Tennessee
-ought now to bo all for the Union. Tennessee
was. lost forever to the Confederacy.- Gom :
mon sense shewed the , folly of;'contending
against the federal Government, and the.
longer the war was kept up the worstitwould
be fortho South, Governor Brown has been, a
prominent.robot and a member of the Confed
erate military board of Tennessee, ".Governor
Johnson made a very powerful speech of two
hours, in which ho said the Government
should not bo given to-traitors ,but to loyal
men, Ilis speech was loudly applauded.
About the Size of It.—A Southern paper
starts the following conundrum, to which we
give the first recorded reply, as below.:
“Four eminent cotton planters wont to sea
upon a block of marble.
“ The first was.blind.
; “ The second had no.arms.
“ The third had no logs.
.“The fourth had no clothes.
The first,, was blind, saw, a Northern'.sol
dier-bird, sitting on a rosebush in the liiidsl
of the sea.
“ The second, who had no arms, took a gun
and shot it..
• 1 The third, who had no logs, ran and picked
it up. ' • ■
“ The fourth who had no clothes, put it in
his pocket., .- »
“ What about this?” ■
Well, the “about of it,” according; to our
way of thinking, it is a lie —likcuiost of the
war statements of the Southern papers.
Sire. Snipe’s Litany.— From doctor’s bills,
western chills, and other ills, deliver us.
From .want .of gold, wives that scold, maid
ens old and'sharpers, 4 * sold,” deliver us.
From Indy flirt's, tobacco squirts, and short
tailed shirts, deliver us.
From singing flies, and greenish eyes, and
bakers’ pies, and .babies’ cries, a man that
lies, and cloudy skies, and love that dies, de
liver its.;,
From boarded females, strong minded wo
men, (this won’t jingle,) female lecturers,
and all masculine ladies, deliver us.
From modest girls, with waving curls, and
tooth of pearls, oh! nov,or mind delivering
uj 1
0“ ‘Barney Dugan, you swear posltivloy
that you saw the prisoner stab the womon ia
the fracas ? ’
,‘Snr?’ "
‘ You swear you saw the prisoner stab the
woman in the fracas ?” repeated the aider
man.
• No stir •; I didn’t stay that at all yer lion-
‘ Why you a moment ago not only said it
hut swOro to it. Will you repeat now what
you did see , . . •
‘ Yes sure, I will. I saw Tim, there stab
the ould woman with a ciirvin knife in the
stummiek, hut. devil-' the hit did I see him
stab her in the fracas, yor honor !■’
tCr" A Quaker lately popped the questio’n
to a,fair Quakeress thus :-r-
‘ Ilrim— 3’ea, verily, Penelope, the Spirit
urgoth arid irioveth mo wonderfully to be
seech the to cleave unto mo, flesh of my flesh,
and bone of my hone.’ '
‘ Hum, truly, Obadiah, that thou hast wise
ly. said ; and inasmuch ns it is not good for
man to bo alone, I will sojourri with thee.’
O” A friend of ours says that ho intends
applying for a patent for a machine, which
ho. says when wound up and put in motion-,
will chnso a lug over a ton aero lot, catch,
yoke and ring him ; or by a slight change of
gearing, will chop him into sausages, work
this bristles into shoo brushes, and manufac
ture his tail intooork screw. Groat machine,
that.
K 7” A young man who applied at a recruit
ing station, for enlistment, was asked ‘‘if lie
could sloop on the point of a_ bayonet,' when
ho promptly replied by saying: “ho could
try it, ns ho had oftonslopt on a pint ol whis
ky, and the kind they :usod whore ho came
from would kill farther than any shooting
iron ho over saw."
O' It is generally admitted that the Irish
are the most famous for making bulls but the
Dutch can go ahead for making pigs. Dor
instance:
Fvo got a pig cat, I've got a pig tog,
I’vo got a pig calf, and I’ve got a pig hog,
I've got a pig baby, so pig and so tall,
And I've got a pig wife dat’s piggor than all.
0”ln the town of T , there was a
shoemaker who at times officiated as a preach
er. lie.always wrote the notice himself, in
order to save the expense of printing, Hero
is one of them : ‘ There will be preaching in
the pines Sunday afternoon on the subject,
• All who do not believe will bo darned at
threh o’clock.’
ICT” A fool, says the Arab proverb, may bo
known by six things :—Angor without.(muse,
speech without profit, change without motive,
inquiry without object, putting trust in a
stranger, and not knowing his friends from
liis foes.
Wit and Wisdom.
The fop is tho corner-post of all-folly. •
Be ready always to oblige, whether others
are so or not.,
No man can have treachery in his heart
Without showing his face.
To render verso into’ prose, deprive tho
verse of its pogtry. , , : . ,
Facts are so obstinately bold that tho un
truthful fear them.
With most men charity begins at homo
and ends there. .■ .
Promise nothing that yon cannot give nei
ther give that which you cannot afford.
When water will run up-hill, you may
knoyr. a man to refuse honors. • : •
When you open your mouth to- speak,
speak as though .you mc.an what you say. . .
■ If you would possess the respect of your,
follow man, first learn to respect yourself.
The statement that grooms, when they diei
•go to “horse'heaven/' is. contradicted, ;
If you desire to bo thoroughly abused, jn-.
vent a now idea and advocate its principles.
To guard against jealously, mix less-with,
the world and more with your own family.- ’
f' (C7* He who sets one great truth afloat in
the world, serves his generation.
■ BZr" “ Drop mo a lino!" as tho drowning
man said to the fellow oij deck.
,0“ When are gloves unsalable ?■ When'
they are kept on hand. .
, JCSS“ Bobbins arc the most abundant in the
country ; larks in fho city. ■ . j .
TIT" Sweetnihg one’s coffee is generally
the stiring event of the day. ■' ;
B@“TIio most potent kind of witch-hazel
is the hazel.,eye of a pretty woman. „ ’
“ Sir, you arc j ust Uko’the motion of a
dog’s tail." “ llow so t” “ Because you are
iv wag." ~ . . .'
OZ7” If a man is murdered by his hired men,■
shoiild tho coroner render a -.oraipt of killed
by his own hands ? ' ■ ,
There is nothing so strange but that its
counterpart may bo found when tho least
sought after. - ;
A man of feeling has no business with .the-,
world, for tho world wouldn't understand
him if the world could.
Be ever-mindful of your duty towards,man-,
kind, and you will never regret having lived
the life of a Christian. - ,-j
If one half the world lives upon-the other,
ns has been asserted, what a,n enviable posh-.,
tion the last half must occupy. ~ ;■
We often hear of doctors agreeing -to disa-ii
gr.ee ; but wore they ever known to disagree
■onorip important.point;—killing?. , • ~
CT'-Mrs. Lucy Cupps of B— : —— Illinois,-
rooently. gave birth to ■ throb fine boys. This
is having lie Cupps to,some effect. , .-
fi£S" AIl of us who are worth anything,
spend our manhood in unlearning the follies,
or expiating the mistakes, of our you tin , ~
wag says of a woman :—“ Tohor
virtues we givedovc—to her beauty,.our ad+.
miration—to her hoops, the whole pavement.
Like .-the peacock -stripped of his gaudy!
habiliments, deprive a man,of his honor, and
there is nothing hut the ragged old hulk Idft
of him. ''•
Though it is said that “ truth',ss mighty -
and will: prevail,!’ observation and, experi-i,
enco prove that it is rather long about it id
.most.oases.
New Phase or Aeolitionism. — A ...Ger
man paper announces the formation, in. Be
rlin, of a society “ for the abolition of Christi
anity!” '
O'The veteran. Wool lias been made ol-
Major Geneial for meritorious conduct in ta
king Norfolk. The country will say amen fo‘
this promotion. .
[C/”’Thc 'ofßoiol announcement of the. cap
lure of Now. Orleans states that- tiie. rebels
dostroj'cd §8,000,000 or §10,000,000 worth Of
cotton and 'shipping. -
• ollhniokman positively declines ho.;
ing a candidate for re-oleotion to Congress
Possibly lie suspects that the people migh.
decline to him. ■
tC/” “ Mike, an’ is it yourself that' will h&
aftijr tollin’mo how they make ice creams ?”
“In truth I can;. don’t they bake them ia
cowld ovens,, to ho sure.” '' ■, . , . ,
DCF* A woman will tolerate tobacco smoke?
in a man she likes, and oven say she likosit;
and yot, curiously enough, how. she dislikes
it in a man she dislikes.
!F7”“I think, wife, that you have - ct
great many ways of. Calling mo a fool.” V I
think, husbarid, you have a great many ways,
of being one.” •, „ .
■ DCF" A young man advertises, in a London
paper his desire fur a wife—“ pretty,' and en
tirely ignorant of tho fact I” Does he want a
blind woman ? ,
Ugh. A good instrument should no more bo
lost than a good opportunity. A good news
paper should be taken by every family and
carefully preserved for future reference.
thing lives according to its kind
tlio heart hy love, the intellect by truth,.
the liigher nature of man by intimate com
munion with God. , ’j
[C?“An Irishman, referring to the sudden,
loath of a relative, was asked if be lived high.
; ‘ Well, I can’t say ho did-,” said Torroncb,
‘ hut ho died high—for they hanged him."
!E7~ The negroes in Tennessee shout at our
soldiers, as they pass them : “ What you doin'
libro, raisin a' muss, you d—d aholitioner t”
Slimy “ intelligent contrabands" speak in
this wise.
ttW A too fastidious morality, like too fas-
tidious a taste in diet, impairs enjoyment.
Those are best constituted for, happiness
whoso refinement is of the average qdaUty,
congenial to the world they live in,
**• '* u ’
O” A gentleman asked n"lady the other
day, the reason why so many of tho tall gon
man wore old bachelors 1 Tho reply was, that
they wove obliged to lie oornor-Wise in bed to
keen their foot in, and that a wife would ho
in their way.
Da?" At an assemblage of n few friends,
one evening, the absence of. a lady wiis notic
ed, which was apologized for hy an acquaint
ance, who stated ho was detained by a little
incident. •
“ Ah, you," oxcltiimod Sirs. John &»“ ’
■“and a beautiful little incidout i*/ a > •
weighs just nine pounds and"
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