<‘OUR ~ : ~ ~ “ "~ ~ ~~ ': *w s^k ■ VOL. 49. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY HORNING BY JOHN It. BRAXTON. Subscription.— Quo Dollar and Fifty Cents, paid }jn advance; Two Dollars if paid within the year; end Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year. TJiesotcrnis will bo rigidly adhered to in orcry instance. No subscription discontinued until tall, arrearages are paid unless at. the option of the '.Editor. ... Advertisements— Accompanied by the cash, and mot exceeding one square, will bo inserted three 'times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each •additional insertion. Those of a greater lengthen proportion. Jon- Printing —Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bills, Blanks, Labels, <to. <to., executed with 'accuracy and at.the shortos . notice. ' fmlml A MOTHER’S LOVE. BVluvo felio frioncls our hearts hold dear, Our sisters and our brothers, but inost*of all we ought to love ‘ Our dear devoted mothers* world is dark and drear, llsjuys partake of sadness, W, now and then there will appear, ' 'A beam otTove apd glajinoaa. A friend may love ue long and well. And* cling, through joy and sorrow j hat then some evil cursed spell ‘ ' -May chill his love to-morrow I - ■ •Hid firmer than the loro of .friends, • Arid-stronger than all other, The purest love we ovcr knojW is that of ourdearm,6.tl\er.- . ; A sisters love is fond and triia, * And full of tender feelingj • * Appreciated by £hd few, . . ' And often imruyoaling j Bnt-deare'r than a sister’s love,. And fonder than aH others,-'. ’The dourest, swoe.test love on earth la a devoted mothet'a.' ; A'brothers love is.'fjrni -and trite, A father.loyes us longer; A wife’s devotioij greater still, And Jier affection stronger; : , Bit dearer than those loves coiubinodj: Ai d swacter than all. other. There Is no love as true and kind As a dev.otod mother. They tel) that spirifcs hovor round)- • t .• From evil to detain us; That friends, lyhomortoo-wo know on earth, In 11 'niay still befriend us; but dearer here than angel's lo\*b,' •' ’• * * Add pnrer;vtban ali*otbors,_ • ' .. The love on earth need the mast, ‘ . . 'ls a’d’cVotod mother's. ' ' Theirlet us-prize our mothers more, - Whlle-lbey are left .to love ira.; ■ A'a-I cherish in «mr lunirts their fronds, ' dl»no\v they wji'udi above,.^>l;' Alid ne'er forget'or. treat with slight, '. _,, That idve.'a'/ove.iir]! tHherS, »•* -..(1.‘J. ;.,ivvor. burning briglU, • ihe hcurl’a c»i'.oiirfioaf ihotlfOM. \ > . ■Mst ' Tllj;\VO.,L'.\i)ED. ‘Six, hundred iihd forty-throe wound.odl’ ' Jl' that.wm'fe all !’• My wife spoke in a sad ‘ il‘ Unit were all!’ - , VllUlU, ■ ‘ Tito return is given.as. complete,’'l said,; referring njyiin to the newspaper which T held in my hand. ‘ One.hundred and fbrty- Uiroe hilled, and six hundred-and forty-throe "Viaiildod/ ‘A fearful list, but it is not all,’ my wife 'answered. • A great many more were wound ed—a great many 1 mote.’ ’ 1 ‘ But this is au official return, signed by the commanding general,’ 1 And, so far doubtless, correct. But from every battle-field go swift winged messengers* that kill or wound a.thousand miles,'instead' at a. thousand paces ; bullets invisible to mor tal eyes, that pierce loving hearts. .Of the dead and wounded, froin theso wo have no report. They (ire casualties hot spoken of, by our commanding,generals.’ I hadnot Uiougbt of this ;' or, at least, not wiih any realizing souse of what it involved. •My wife, resumed : ' ‘ Lot us take the. matter home. " We have a son in the army. The ball that strikes,him strikes us. If, in the list of killed and wound-, ed, wo had found his name, would there have been no bayonet point or shattering bullet in' our flesh ? 1 shiver at the thought. Ah, these invisible messengers of pain and death wound often deeper than iron and lead.’ As she-thus spoke my eyes were -resting on the list, and I saw the name of a friend. An ejaculation of surprise dropped .from my ‘What?’ My startled wife grew slightly | Harley is wounded,l’ 1 , Oli, door I’ The pallor.increased, and she tint her hand over her heart—a sign that she pH pain there. 1 Badlv V She tried to steady tier voice. '. ", A hall through the chest. Not set down ns dangerous, however,?’ ‘ Pour Anna 1 What sad tidings for her 1’ m ’° SQ - ‘I must go to her tame -1 Do so/ I answered. Soon afterwards we went out together I faclt? 1 ",’ et A" 7 w * e at dinner-time, her in the 03 pn ? r t la ? when 1 parted with her wfrorin J orll .! n , g 'T ? saw^ at she had been work hiul J, ’ terit for .hours,upon my ■Harlev „li' fol- S“ ttßn m y wounded friends, : '’lo amU n .'I, 8 W i l0 ’ ol .'° Pi eroe d by avisi .r, , tlle otli er by an invisible bullet. see Anna?’ I asked. ‘ IS slio ?’ tlm’n but „ l ! urt vor y t,o °ply. She only tlio nows tins morning, ( Jh eho going to him?' liest 1 n° w' 8 ", ot been time to decide what is get As , n ,! r i • , brotneris here, and will as it '• luuc ” ' ll formation by telegraph to-day no • ?° 59,1,I ° t 0 reco!ve - k night or to- A ' ! ,a ' vill leave for the battle field.- . O, ,nn y go with him/ ■ iyl° fl’Penved to bo hurt deeply you say/ rt ;f'l'ft'i my wife ; -‘gud was in most Utodsuffif 1 - 111 ' Ev eny lino in her face exhib 'vhiln t; V l ’,* l |nll 'l was prc3sed,all the ■ Wi, r’f.'y °ver her heart.’ i v ‘ lt dul she say V tlicdia!,, n nUU!l '', Sl !° seoi nod looking Into enen l.nt 9°' °nd trying to make out things jt wouYd°kmhe;/ If 1,6 wor6 t 0 die ’ 1 y ‘‘houghtare v b n y f th ° r ime bul,ot -’ * anid - Voi'aution. 8 16vort,n S to our morning egn -860 Mrs d called with my wife to Coivc d. Btn,| l ,!' Oy A telegram had boon re- S that her husband's .wound, TERMS * \ .•.. ■ V.v-'Vrv"* though sovero, was not dangerous. The ball had been extracted, and he was reported to be doing well. She was going to leave in the night train, with her brother-in-law, and would bo with her husband in the quickest ;timo it was possible to make. How a few hours of snffering had changed, her! The wound was deep and very painful. ‘ It was nearly two months before Harley was sufficiently recovered to be removed from the hospital. His wife had been permitted to see him every day, and to remain an atten dance on him for n greater part of the time. ‘Did you know that Mr. Harley and his wife ■were at homo I’ I said, on coming in ono day. ■ 1 ■ . . ' ' ‘No. When did they arrive.?’.was the an swer and inquiry. V< ' ‘This morning.- I heard it from. Harley’s brother.’ ‘How are they ?’ asked my wife 1 ‘He looks as well as ever, lam told, though still suffeniag,some from his wound; but she. is miserable, Mr. Hdrley says.’ A shadow fell on my wife's face, and she sighed heavily, tl was afraid of that,’ she said ‘I know she was hurt badly. Flesh wounds close readily; hut spirit wounds are difficult to heal. ’ These invisible bullets, .are almost sure to reach some vitabpdrt.’ ,'l.mot Mr: Harley not long afterward, in' company with his. wife. His byes wore T brig'lit, liis lips firm,'his. cheeks, flushed ;with health. You saw scarcely, a sign tff'wßaV ho had .-en dured. He'talked in a jSrave, soldierlyjndn ■ner, andwils anxious for him to come - when the surgeon would proiiounoe him in condi tion to join his regiment. . His Wound when referred to, evidently gave him more pleas- , ure than paini It was a mark of distinction, - —d sign that ho had offered even his life for country. How different with'Mrs. Harley! ,If touched ymi to -look- into her dreamy, ab seri t eyes, on her. patient lips, and exhausted countenance. •'She lias Worn herself out in nursing me;’ said'her .husband,'in answer to a remark on Her tenderly, an,d> with just a shade of nitxie- ■ ityliii .her.fuu'Q. Was the ■ truth net..plain to ihiiH'J ©id she not know that she had been -■,,wounded That, two halls loft the rilic wTie'if'lie'was struck; one of them reaching to his distant homo t ■ ' ‘In 1 three weeks ,1 hope to be dn the field ■ . again, 'and.fa'co to_face with the enemy.' He spoke with the ardor of a strong desire, his eyes bright, and his face in. a glow—wound ing,’and the pain; or wQunding all forgotten. But anolber’k eyes became dim as his bright-, enod—another’s cheeks pale as bis grew warm. I saw tjio tears 'shining as Mrsi.llarlov an-, swerod, in an unsteady voice: 11 lira neither brave enough nor strong-en ough for'a-sdldier's wile,’ , ■ She meant to say .more, as .was plain from 'h'er,;nia,n'ne'ivbut.Cuuld-not trust herself. ■ tit yes you are. bravo enougji and strong enough,’ replied Mr. Harley, with animation. .‘Not every-pao eould have ~moved, so calmly amid the dreadful scene of p, camp hospital .teller the bat tie,, J .v.T.Uthcd you ‘' often, ■ and . .. ‘lf sW'liail.betin winfnfjdd' also—’ tny wife he’gan ; hot Mr. irarley.dnterrupted her with the njaculitlion. , tWnuiulod-l’ in a time .of surprise.' , "Yes,' woundfd,’ resumed my,wife,; ‘and, as ■now appears, .nearer the.seat of vitality titan yon Wore.. Did you hot know this before, Mr. Hurley?’ ' ■ ,My friend was perplexed for a little while. Ho conld.not got down at once to ■ my 'wife’s moaning. ‘When you were struck, sho.waa struck al ‘6. yes Bight broke in upon Mr; Harley. ,11b turned C|tiiekly toward bis wife, and'saw her face what had been jinsoen before, .tjio wasting and exhaustion that came only from deep,seated pain. ,lle had thought the pale ness of her countenance, the weakness that made her step slow and cautioQ’s, only the re sult of overtaxed muscles and nervbs. But he know bettor now. " ‘ I didn’t think of that,’ lie. said, with, visible- anxiety ns bo gazed into his wife’s countenance;-Our woynds. so ghastly to tho eyes; get no deeper than the lies’ll and bond..' The pain is,short, and nature comes quickly to the work of euro with all her healing en-' orgies. Wo suffer for a while, arid then.it is over. Wo are strong and,ready for tbu.con flict lignin.’ ' • i ‘ But,’ said my wife, ‘ into the homes that stand-far away from battle-fields come swift winged messengers that wound and kill as surely as iron ImiJ. They strike mother’s wiyes, sisters—some with death ■ wounds, all with tho anguif.li of vital pain. Alas f for these wounded 1 The.'healing, if it follows, is never, ns the surgeons say, by the first inten tion, but always slow, arid through abscess and ulceration. Tho large number never en tirely recover. .They may linger for years, but do not lose the riiarks of suffering.’ . A long silence followed. ’There were oth ers present who, like Mr. Harley had never thought.of this. I noticed that for tho hour wo remained together he was fender toward his wife, and more than, once I saw him, looking at her, while she was not observing him, with a troubled countenance. lie did not again speak of the early period of which he expected to join his regiment. On the day following another! long list of killed and wounded was given to tbs public. As I read over tho names and counted the numbers, my thought onmo back from bloody field and suffering hospital 1 ‘ These are not all.’ I said, ‘Alas! not all. The ball has struck twigo, thrice; sometimes bftener. There is pain, there is anguish, there is wounding, even unto death, in many, many homes, within a thousand miles of that gory place.. Some are alone and neglected —dying on their battle-field, with no onw to put even a cup of water to their lips—some are with loving ;frionds who yet fail to staunch the flow of blood, or, bandage the shattered limb—some cover their wounds, bolding thorn from all eyes, and bear the pain in chosen solitude. The sum of all this agony, who shall give it;?’ ■ Our wounded! {lf.you would find them all you must look beyond the hospitals. They are not every one bearded and in male attire. There sat beside you, in the car just now a woman. .You scarcely noticed her. She loft at the corner below. There was not much life in her face ; her'slops, as they rested on the pavement, wore slow. She has been wound ed and is dying. ; .?Did you notice slrs. J) r—in chufoji "latt,-Sunday? ‘*Yes; and now I remember that she was pate, and had an altered look.’ "One of our wounded 1 Do you see a face at the window!’ ‘;ln the mar ble front house ?’ ;Yes, Mt is end enough ; what looking eyes !’ ‘•Wounded 1 Ah, sir| they are everywhere about us. Already, from over a hundred battle fields and skir mishing grounds, have boon such missives as pain and death. They have penetrated unganlod hoi'hos in every city, and town and ■neighborhood of our once happy nud peaceful country, wounding the beloved ones loft there in hoped security. For such there is balm only in Gilead—God is their physician. I "--A Short Story. About Honesty. | One evening a poor man and his son, a lit tle boy, sat by the'wayside, near the gate Of an old town in Germany. The father took a loaf of bread which ho bad bought in town and broke it, and gave half to his sun. ‘ Not so, father/ %aid thp boy ; ‘ I shall not eat until after you. You have been work ing all day, for small wages, to support mo, and you must be very hungry. I shall wait until .you are done.’ ‘ You speak kindly, my son,’ replied the father. ‘ Your love to me does me more good than niy food; and those eyes of yours re mind mo, of your dear mother, who has loft us, and told you to love mo as she used to do; and, indeed, my boy, you have been a great strength and support to me. But now 1 have eaten the first to please you; it is your turn now to oat/ ‘ Thank you, father ;-but break this piece iti two, arid take a little.more ; j||u see,the loaf is not .largo, and you require much more •than T dp/ ’ M shall divide the loaf for you, my boy, but oat it;l shall not ; I'have an.abundance, .and let us thank' God for his goodness, in giving us what is better still, cheerful and contented hearts. Ho who gave us the liv ing broad to nourish our immortal souls, how shall ho not give.its.all'other .-food, which is necessary to support pur. mortal bodies?’ The father and son thanked God, and they began to.cut the loaf. in.pieces, to begin their frugal meal.- 1 -But as they, cut one portion of f the loaf, there fell out several largo pieces oft gold, Of great value; The little .boy.-gave rife ■shout otjoy, .'and' W/aS springing forward to , grasp the unexpected treasure, when ho was pulled back by his father. .. . ‘ Jly son, my son 1’ ho cried, that mori.oy; it is not ours/ ' ‘ But whose is it, father, if it is not ours,?’ ‘ I know not as, to whom ■ it belongs, but probably it was put there by the baker'.in a ritistako.' AYo. must inquiro. ffun-r-’ But,-father/, interrupted' thciboy, you .are po.or,and need}'; and you have bought.the, •loaf.apd tho.baker may tell a.lie, ■ ‘ I will not listen toyou jriy, boy; 1 bought, the loaf, but I did ,not buy IJie golJ in it. I t the baker sent.it to me in ignorance, I. shall not.be so. dishonest,as /to take-advantage of. liiTn; remember ‘Kim -.who told us to do to others as wo would have others to do to us.y- Tho baker may possibly ohcat-us; .1 am poor, but, that is nri sin.’ If wo share the poverty of Jesus, God’s own-Son, oh 1 lot ns share, also, his.goodnoss.and his trust in G id. ' Wo may dio in starvation, but God’s will, be done, should wb die in doing it. Yes, niy boy, trust in God, and walk in his ways, and yon. shall never bo put to .shame.. Now run to the linker, and bring him bore, and I will "waluhihe. gold.until ho comes.’ ■,’! So -tWboy. ran.'after the baker. ‘ Brother workman,’-'said tlioold'man ‘ you, have made some mistake,'and almost lost yoqr money,’ and bo showed' tlio baiter the .gold, and told bow it bad'* been .fobmf. .‘ Ik it.thine V asked itbe father,. ';lf it is.; tii,kp it- Away.’, Sly father is very poor, .and— V ‘Silence, my child ; put me nottoishiime. by thy complaints.. lam glad we have savo'd the nnm front -losing .his.niohey.’ .. ' ■ The baker had been , gazing alternately nt the honest father'.and the eager boy,.and the gold which lay glittering on iho green- turf. "Thou art indeed tin holiest fellow,’ said the baker arid my neighbor, Bavid- tlio flax dresser, spoketrntl;, when, bo said thou wort the most honest mail in the town. Now, I shall tell-abnut the gold,, A strangeivcaipb tbiny shop three days ago, and gave mo that., loaf, and told mb to soil it cheaply, of to give, it to the most honest poor man whom Jkhow indite city,' I told David to send tbeo to nie as a customer this morning; as,thou wonlJst not take the loaf for nothing, I sold itio’tbec, as thou' knowpst, for the .last penny in (by, purse'; and the loaf, with all its treasure— and certainly)it is,not smnlll—is.'thine, and God grant tliob a blessing with it!’ ■ The poor.nian.ljiont-bis head to the ground, while the teara-.fell.frbm bis eyes, ,‘ilis boy ran and’-put his arms around bis. neck ;an(l said; .... ‘•l,shall always like you, my father,-trust God, and do what is right; for lain sure it will never put us to shame.’ 7 ,■ Signification of Cocoas—Yellow—.Hon or, height of spirit; being flever separated from virtue, and may hoi endure the lea-sl shade of disgrace; . .. White—lnnocence,.orpurity ofcopseieuee, truth, and uprighLintegrity, witliout-bleni isb. ißlack—Wisdom and sobriety together wi tb ■the- severe correction of too much.ombifipn.- . llluo—Fni.th ;- constancy of truth in affec tion, perseverance under trials., -, " ’Red—Jnatioe or noble;, worthy! ariger-ln vreligiori ; or the pant of the oppressed;.. .Green—Devout'hqpo, nr Uib'accQnrplisli ment of holy and lioqornble.actions. . Purplq—Fortitude, with ; or a faithful discharge of any trust reposed. Tawnby or Brown—-. Merit or desert; a foe to ingratitude. Ermine—Signifies religion of holiness,-and’ that, divine things are worthy of earnest at tention, ' ' ' •; ' Smart.—A gentloniau, one evening, was seated near a lovely woman, when the. com pany around him were proposing conundrums to each other. Turning to his companion; he said : - ' ‘ Why is a Indy uifl-ike a mirror.?’ * ‘ She gayo it upi’ • ' . ■ ‘ Because,’ said tho rudo fellow, ‘ a mirror reflects without speaking,and a lady speaks without reflecting.’ ‘ And why are you unliko a mirror,’ asked the lady. Ho could not tell. ■‘Because a mirror is smooth and polished, and you are rough and unpolished;'; Tho gentlemen owned that there was one Indy who did not speak without both reflect ing and oasiing reflections. 'Conclusive Evidence. —-Several years ago, and soon after the (inti-license, law went into force in the Green mountain State, a travel-, ler stopped at a hotel and called ..far a, glass of brandy. ‘ Don’t.keep it,' said tbe'landlord den hy'lawrto sell liquor of any kind.’ ‘The deuce you pro,’ said the stronger, in credulously. ‘ Such is the fact,’ said the landlord, ‘ ! I don’t keep it.’* ' .Then bring .your own bottle,’ said the traveller, with decision ; ‘ you need not pre tend to mo that you keep that face of yours in repair on water.’ The landlord laughed heartily and brought his private bottle. (Ey” A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay him by tho not of borrowing.— Examino nature accurately but write from recollection, and that more to imagination than to memory. iCARIiTSLE, PA., THDBSDAY, DECEMBLB 4,1868. [From Correspondence.t>f the Y. “Tribune.'^] Interview Exiraordiiinry between the Bur. of Utah and Brigham Young,. ■ Cheat Sai.t Lake Cm-, ' -1 . ' ' September, 3, 1802. .J A few days since Gov. Harding received a dispatch frofn Gen; Craig at Fort Laramie, requesting him, .in view of-the recent Indian outbreaks, to ro-eulist the company of Mor mon soldiers .whose,throe ninths’ term of service had expired '(V short 'time before ; and in ,order that ho might do this with as little delay as possible, to consult-with Brigham Young upon the subject. ■ . Accordingly, the Governor of the Territory of Utah called upon the President .of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter.day Saints, nt the.office of that dignitary. Brigham and his two Councilors were'present—the “ trin ity,” as those three persona are considered by 1 the the bettor to illustrate-the or der of their importance' in their limitless, power on earth'. .After-.'the customary for malities between-.the. 'power ten-ostial, the’ latter, in earthly, fashion j made knoWn the contents-of. the despatch, ami prouoo.dod to speak of the Indilxn difficulties, of the neces sity of raising a omiipany-of soldiers to ho placed at Geri. Qraig’s disposal ' . . The ruler of this people declined any par ticipation in the. matter,' giving as a reason that.,tiio “ boys”, were 'busy with tlioir har vesting, and that ho did not think they would he willing to do anything more m the milita ry line until they should see,a pile of “green sticks’.’ from Vfiishington arid demanding to know why Col. Connor,', witli Ids .command; was not ordered off on an expedition against the Indians instead'of being sent hero among' tlic./Morinons, where ho was not at - nil need- * do hot touch oil v . ~ . -.' „ . Gov. Harding replied that the United Stales ■ Government was fully able to pay all tbo men who should enlist in its-service, and that |jt would, must certainly do so, although there might,' in .this case, ho someTitllo delay. Upon' thisj Brigham coolly informed the ■ Governor of a npwnti.d startling fact, viz ; that there would be no-United States Government,. •that it wiijpld go to pieces, that the two ar mies.would totally destroy each other; &b.f closing the trade with the -very-significant ■question,.Don’t yon think, Governor, that a 'Government administered by.one man, and ■that man appointed by Ged, would bo far bet-. . ter tiian tbo Government of the United States, or of any other country ?” ‘ Mnst.-assureilly,” replied tlie Governor, because .the Almighty could nmlinibtedly 'make-a bettor scl&tion than..any company of mqp'op th'o. oai-tli. Tbo only question would " bo.to know wlmt man tbo had clmsnn.”. . “ Tlicyre'"could be-.no -.trouble in deciding thgt;” said, B.righaip ; ‘l-oyldimtly it would bo tbo man who should receive a revelation to, that effeol” ’ . ‘-"But,”, . lidded the. unbelieving Gentiljj; “ sometimes more than one; might claim to hityo-l;af.,:i,.reveUxlioiy. .Sonin'of your people lo,roivo.you .-'n dip’ Ip,-;., tv-.;.,.. -V-ropflct. of; Ou;\; . and mhers believe,ln aiiother-pr.ipli'uti” . “I, puts -hot aware of that fact,” interposed the astonished. Kovehitor. “ ’Aliy, it is only a short tinio ■ sinco, some of ynnr.followers-sot up a now Prophet (re jPori-in <g‘ tcf'tho. Morrisitos,).- thus .creating. schism- !m i-hc church, and occasioning t.ho death of sovoj-al-moiu,, 'So you see that oppo sing fdoliiins uniy aviso as well among this people as’olsowhoro;”,. •After "a pause,, during which the “Presi dent” ivas manifestly collecting His, forces, ho renewed ‘the attack by saying ; “ JJon’t- j*ou thinly the.time must come - —the' millennium —when' such a Government, divinely .ruled, will 'bo .establish'd! upon the earth “ 1 du-utit suppose,” replied the Governor, ‘‘■that. wo- aro. to.consider the .descriptions of the millennium as literally true, but simply, as figures'through which the inspired writer, sought to convoy his meaning to a highly im aginative people. "For'instance, wiidii wo .read that the.lion and the lamb shall lie down together, that the lion shall eiit straw as an oXj &0., I do not imagine that those phenom ena arc actually to take place.” . v Why not 7” asked BrigbanS, .in amazo ment. - • ■ ■ *• Isccause.it would lao a physiological, irm possibility.. The,lion must first ho ..provided with a now set of teeth gnd a now st’ompeh. ' You might charm a lyon by a straw stack, and. place beside him'all the water ho would drink, arid after a.cprtain number of days ho would die ; while £n ox, with the same bill of ’fare before jiim, would thrive.” , .• •" “ Whore do you.gat such ideas?” inquired, the Prgphot, in.splemn tbnef, • “ Prom books—from such- authors as Bhff-. on, Humboldt, and other distinguished schol ars, who doubtless know more about snob subjects’thgn.-yftu,.President-.Young, or-I, or of us.” any “ They dou’t know,- half so much about it as I do. Tlioy-don’t know anything about it. It was sheer, folly for thci’n to write such books, and it would bo bettor for the world if they were all burned.” . „ . ' “ Well said the :Covornor. good natufodly, .“ history has furnished os'with an illustrious example of youf .raode'of thinking, in the character of the grcafSaracen chieftain, who ordered the splendid Alexandrian'Library, enriched by the collection of, ages, to; bo.; burned to ashes,-giving ns a reason books which contradicted the Koran wore false and ought fo ho destroyed, whjio dll those which agreed with the fCorari it was unnecessary to preserve, as they were mere works of supererogation.” At this presumptions speech from a mortal, in the Tribune presence, it is reported that the saintly glow which unceasingly Illumines the countenance of the Prophot-in-Chiof, the '.Lord's anointed, was suddenly heightened.to a remarkable degree—the halo of glory being changed, in a twinkling, to that more fiery halo of wrath, righteous indignation, I should .say, and thfiLtho second in power and majes ty, the 'Project’s first Councilor, buried his face in his hands as though ho would fain shut out from his eyes the miracle so sure to follow—tho blasphemer.struck dumb ; that the third T pcrson in the Trinity, in whose ti tle of lieutenant General there is a smacking of this world, taking it more as a mortal ■would, lay back on tho sofa, and surveyed the ceiling jvith what was intended to bo an ‘ forbid-, iair.of indifference, Tho audacious sinner, evidently forgetting that his auditors were anything more than ordinary human beings, quietly drew their at tention again to tho business which had brought him to their sanctum. Brigam still declining to render any assis tance in tho matter, and alluding to the wreck of our Government, the hoar ot the Governor was stirred within him, and rising from his seat in his earnestness, ho said. << President Young, while I agree with you on many points, there is one subject upon .which 1 disagree with you hi toto cano ; and that is your theory that this Government is going to pieces on tho principle of tho Kilken ny catfight. Mark my words. I prophesy ■against your prophesy. Those difficulties will bo, settled, and there will he more cats loft than ever was heard of in Kllkeny. I can converse coolly upon any subject, except .whan .1 am talking of niy country in tno hour of -her peril and 1 suspect tlie man. I anv talking, with to bo‘disloyal... Then I be come excited, I want you distinctly to undor 'stand, President Young,” added.the patriot ic ..Governor, growing vehement, “that I stand by my Government—stand by it to the flfivth."- U 1 , . Whereupon, taking his hat, ho'politely bowed himself out of.tlie Presence, leaving behind him'such attidiides and ,expressions as •though., n new revdlation h’ad suddenly crime.downTrOm on high. A slight difference' of opinion is said to prevail in' the community Inrcgardto the in terview,some of the saints claiming thaftho Governor was highly impudent in his remarks .fo-.Uie “ President;’’' while those who lay claim to.no higher character than that of eiti zens. of the United States, very naturally place, the imprudence on tlie other side. ■ •, A Rut Slicking a Cow.' ■ -lllany , anecdotes are of .the cunning and.sagacity of tlio rat,-as well ns of its dffi”- inland tlio itigenujjy of its schemes for ob taining food, but the. following having come under my own observation, may not be. con sidered; untvortby of npliec ; for although similar Instances'.have, I believe,, been to corded, they are of such rare occurrence as not td‘obtain general'crodenco. ... ' . . On ’going into ,niy own cow shed, a short, time sdiico to see a newly calved cow, I found her quietly chewing her tqid, and to ipy. f.s .tonisimiont, I observed, a large rpt- lying at fuil'length; between her--bind legs,’’bucking vigorously' at one. of he'r tepts., ,j2y.first-,i|)i .prefeion was .that fh'o-rpt-was dead l , .however he had got there : but I soon discovered .the bright cyo of the rat turned towiird me, the point of the cow’s feat in liis rnouth, and quick section movement-of his jjiw's and throat. . So ■ fascinated .did itbo '.rat appear with his refreshing, occupation that' he,-took .hp’. further 1 notioo of my entrance watching' me out of-the corner of one eye, and Was not ov,on disturbed by my calling lpud;ly to the gardner at tlio'lower end of the yard' to come -anil 'witness tbo novel sight-. Uis exclamation, on seeing, 'was, “ Well, sir, I'm sure, I never did’see suclr.'a thing in all my life.". Nor was it till bo stooped with the .intention of taking the thief by the.tail that the rat attcmpte.il; to mote.lie Hion .sprang suddenly from Ji ts soft bed and-made a'push toward : the •’corner of tbo” pen, where bp quickly- m.et'lbo re.wanl o£jiis tomentyi and waa.Tcnocked.pYCr with a-sliek'. It had- been remiirkods that, the cow seemed to liayo'lcas rail(c than she’should havp'so^oon’ after calv ing, and ijfmay readily.ho sitpjjpsed’that the supply Was-ifctually and porliaps materially diminished by this audacious thief,’and.olb oi-s, no doubt, efthjs thievish fraternity, the friendly fountain |. /in' Name of ze SViiEEt.-—A Frenchman stopped a lad in the street.to makp. sonic in quiries of his/whereabouts - .’ ’■' ‘ Mon free, what is zo name of zis street ?’. ■ Well, who sard.’twan’t ?. . * . ■ ‘ What you call sis street ?’ . . ‘ Of course wo do.’ j ‘ Pardouuez! F have not ze name vot you call him.' Yes. Watts wo call it.’ How you call zo name ofzis street?’ ‘ Watts street, I told yor.’. ' • • ‘ Zis street.’ ‘Watts street,old feller ; and dori’t yor go ter,make game o’me.’' ‘ Sapro mon du 1 1 ask you one, • two, tree several tunes, often, vill you toll mo zo name of.zri dam street—eh 1’ Watts-street, I foldyer.' vY r er drunk,' ain’ ■t Mon leetlo Iron,, vof you lifj eh?’ ‘ln Var.dam street.’, . . • . ■ ‘;Kh bine.! you live in vOn dam street, and you is,von dam fool—by dam.!' A. Clear Gase.— Newspaper- jieoplo are proverbially temperate,-as well as virtuous, Weheliov.o-one of the craft did get "I tightly slight,’.a few days ago, and •'“the ■following-is a sample of his paper tho_ n’oxt.dny . ‘ Yesterday morning, at -1 o'clock'!’. BL, a small muiv pained Jones or Smith, .with a heel'.ip t.hp'.jiolo of Ids trowsors, committed araonie by. swallowing ,a doso of suicide. The verdict' of tlio inquekt returnod'a jury that the deceased came tp the fact in accordance with his death. lie.loaves-,a child arid six small Wives to'lament the end of his untime ly loss. ;-Iu death’wo are in the-whist of life. 1 ’ - JlqusEfiow) 'ljßEA^uaEs.—A treasure nf-a- husband—carries the.baby. A.treasure pf a wife-r-ue'ver.asks for money, Alrpasuroof a ; son —lms money in the banks, A treasure of.a daughter—looks the same age as .her, motherif anything-ft trifle older.- ’A trea sure of a nervant-Ariphs to the’ post iri less than a half an hour. A treasure of a 00011 —is'nQt-bystorical'whonoycr there is compa ny to dinner. A trofisurp ofa disturb his dear papa in the middle qf the night. O” ‘ Blr. Snowball, .I waut to ask you a question dis ebening.’ . - , ‘ Succeed dim'.’- •, '•S’pose you go to tho tabern to get dinner ami don’t hub nofiin on tho table but a big boot, what would you say V , ‘I gib dat up afore you as it. -What should you say ?’ ■ ■ ‘ Ayiiy under tho circumstances of the case, I should say dal beet’s all.’ DCT’Tho sons of princes usually learn noth ing right except to ride. Id all their other exorcises, every one bonds and yields to. them,; but a horse that is neither a. flatterer nor a courtier, throws a king’s son as uncere moniously ns a porter’s; O” Tho lives of the.great personages of history are our best models. IVlipn Zeno asked tho oracle how ho sliouhhlive,-ho was answered, ** inquire of the dead. nar The method most in repute among our forefathers for killing time was to ki 1 each other ; and .wo.aro getting, to .he exceed ingly like our forefathers. [L7* A good husband keeps .hit wife in wholesome ignorance of,iinnecdssary.secrets. She will .starve with the ignorance, ,nnd might surfeit with the knowledge. OyT" As there is much boast and some devil in man, so there is some angel and God in him. The beast ..and the devil may bo con quered, but in this life never destroyed. DET" Practice does not always make perfect-. Curran, when told by his physician that ho seemed to cough withlnoro difficulty, replied, ‘ That’s odd enough, for.L have boon practis ing all night.’ An Irish Witness. Witnesses, in court are not always as mana gcnhlo.as ‘ clay in the hands of the, potter.' Sometimes the dullness of the deponent proves a dangerous weapon to the lawyers, or rayste tios tli e bench in a'.maunerto act I he audience in a roar of laughter. . Nof seldom a stupid exterior masks, thq most •mischievous and cunning, and so, to tho-dolight of the lookers on, a brow-beating attorney ‘ catches a tar tar,’ and the witness escapes ih.trinmph. An action was brought against the owner of a wagon, which by the carelessness of the. driver, had 'crushed an* unlucky donkey against .a wall .arid killed him.. ;Sor.geant' Cockle,-well .known for his roughness of .ex amination,'-was perplexing one ofthe witness es, who fonrid.no Other way of '.extricating himself .than by giving a graphic description of the. matter in question. . ■* Well,, m - Lord Joodgo,’ said, tho hositat mg, clown,.-T’ll tell you'how it happened as well as I con. My Lord suppose 1 am tho wagon, here I was, , Xmv my Lord Joodgo, ■there yon.are-tho .wall.’ Tho describe!- now hesitiltod as if trying to recollect his third po-. sitiont " ■ ' Come fellow,’ said* Cockle, ‘ out with your story at once. . •’iron have nut told us where was.the a6s.’, ’■ . ■ Of tonrso'tlip cnuft was in n roar. ‘ tMy Lord Joodgo’,’ said the witness, with a sudden sparkle in his eyo, : ‘ his honqr, the .cuuuTiil was the nsri.’ Ih't HioJr.wyers are riot the only victims of facetious witnesses. Nmv ami (hen the court ■ ■catches it in the most palpable aad-hulicrous manner.. is,g-cpso which .will ho ,ro • riiepi bet,'od,hy„a njany who .wore present on the.occasion,,asa veritable fact, that made a world of'fun at the time of its ooouranco iii one of the Southern counties, of tin's State.— jjojlgo Gl- .is a Very decided, character, -tiud thoro good stories’ arc told about himUian nny'rimn on-thc.bench in that' region. The. judge’s manner 1 in court is dogmatic, and ar rogant ;and nothing-pleases the bar as well as. to sec him heartily laughed.at. Theyjiad a. lino chance one da’v when an Irish wUncslP was onjhe stand who,being rather unmanage able, w:ij tahen in hand by the- Judge,- with a manner which said very plainly, ‘ Itou shall see gentlemen 1 , how I’ll handle liim;’ M\ ell l)omiis,' said the'judge'/. Idandly, .‘•tell mo tho.contents D.f tlio.chcstd • 1 '3103,. yiir honor, ’ said the witness eagorlyl ■ First there was a picture pf i)an, O’Comiel. '—the great Irish patriot—maybe yer honor’s heardjjf.hini ?’ » ; ‘ Cor.ftilnly,’ said-the judge, t]ie inventory.’’ ■ , ' . thorn was a picture of our.l,ord arid. Saviour desinrChriat—mahe vor honor’s heard of hiui V . "no'seemingly :miaffoctod .look of inquiry* and.' dquht that accompanied- thewitness’- wurds, sot fife audience in a roar of laughter the judge wiil never hear tlitj lust of it. 'T'p Young ; I|len. — Jt'wo young men coin in.enced the sail ro.93qstiMsUicsk.at .Phllmlel pliia. Xhdy BougliT; a.liirof'duoks from'Ste phen Girard on credit, andd, friend had en gaged to endorse for them. ■ Each caught n roll and ti ns carrying it off when Girard re marked : ■ ’ I ■‘ -Had you not bettor got a dray ?’ ■ ‘No, it is iiot far, and wo can carry it'our selves.’ ‘Tell your friend lie needn’t endorse your note. I’ll lake it without.’ O’Tlie ‘Down Dust Debating Society,’ having'diamissed the question ‘where does fire go to when it gp'os out-?, ; havo got a new and more exciting one np: when a house is destroyed by fire, does, it burn down or burn vpf .. ' ~ - ■ There will probably-be-d u-arin debate,on: this question. ■ ' Washington at W-AT.Eni.oo.— 1 MJ" dearly beloved-hearers,’ said a Very popular preacher down'south, when haranguoing bis hearers on th.o importance (d'.pm-sav'cfanea, aitd forti tude, during" thopr osej-.t war, ‘ you,must do what General Washington done' at- the hat lie of IV’at'erlon." .In the heaf of, the skirqrish Ida horse -\vaa-killed'by a British'cannon ball.— Did Washington give-up his horse the ene my-?'•-Not ho.-lie sung ont at the top of his voice, ‘ A horse, a horse ! my-kingdom for a’ horse)’ A horse was instantly brought him by Drank Marion, and he drove the British' .from the field, and secured, the, liberty qf South Carolina.’ -O’’At a recent conference meeting in, Pennsylvania, the members, were asked ‘ bow many brethren can yon accommodate at your house-?’ One Indy arnso saying. ‘ Ictin sleep twofbut I can eat as many as you will send along.’ ,' ■ : ‘ . ■ O'-Concerning the drafting of gamblers forsokliors, Vanity Pair,thinks' they, would ■ not be 'of-much service, except in tbe case of 'another Indian outbreak, when it, would bo quite the thing to ,send a brigade logs to fight the-ELaokfe'et. -. / ■ ,‘ George,’ daid a young, lady' to her lover,. 1 there is nothing interesting in the pa per, to-day, is.there ?’ . ‘No, love, but I hope there will be one day when we shall botb.be interested.! The young'lady blushed, and .of course she said, ‘.Rir shame, Goof-go.’ ttZT” A man so intoxicated that' ho can’t icld.up liia head is a tip-top fellow.. 0Q5"“ The teeth are friendqthat 'wo always get with teal's; and' generally lose with a 1 groan. ■ „ [CT-For most men life 'picks its way hrough chances, as a pedestrian,through a IjDroughfarp. , . . X/” I'ho empty cradle of dead infancy is perhaps, a saddor spectacle than .the cuflin. jgy Got into no quarrel op fight-witli a lack-guard; like chaff ho isn’t worth thrash DC?” Matrimony is a sort of chess-game in which many a poor woman gets f'ouhinaled. /KS" Drunkenness which is called the be sotting sin of the age, is more peculiarly the besotting one. j . 1C F ’Bo what you are. This is tho first stop towards becoming bettor thin you arc. O”; Tho prayer of deeds is oltenor answered ian tho prayer of words. dT” Tho two best books Tor a child, ’ aro a good mother’s face,and life. K 7” If you would have a blessing upon your riches, bestow a good portion of them in charity. O” Where is ho?—That young gentleman who owes our ‘ devil’ eleven cents. . * Curiosity street’ is a narrow ]ane which - turns oft"from tho main street to the right; and here wo found everybody, from the'oora rnahder-in-chiof down to the junior ensign, investing curios. Enamels, bronzes andgodc stone, formed the chief attraction. Each shop consists of two, or three apartntents, running back from the street, the third sepa rated. from the rest by n small court-yard; and hero thn beet things are to be found—tho least valuable being invariably placed nest the street, in the most conSpicuousplaco, and the best things of. all hidden away in some quiet drawer, or perhaps' in the box upoii ■which you are.sittuig, which, ns it has a cush ion on it, you take to ha only a stqol. • 'lf th*„ owner cannot persuade yon to buy anything In the outer .article in which he .asserts,to Ije or-tall, sticking up his thumb at tho same—bo Inkesybu into.anoth er apartment, and then a third, where every thing you see is ‘ ting gowgowdip;’ or.exceed ingly tall, anti up goes’tho thumb again.-*- 110, or rather they (for there are from three to eight men in a shop, according.to its size), 'watch your eye as it travels over their shelves and tables, and instantly detect-yen if you appear to notice any rmrticular object; and it you are.the least Impetuous, .np ; gbes the price to double or quadruple what tjiey have asked some one else half an hoiirbqforo, Making thesign of a dollar, which ;is done ■ by bringing the top of tlio forefinger and thumb together and forming a circle, you point to somo article that attracts your at tention. die stands ••■before you with both bands upon, and rill tho fingers spread out before your dace; then, ho repeats tho same gesture, turning this time the backs of his hands. There is twenty dollars ; and so he goes (in, till ho arrives at the number-of ton, which he demands, generally ending with a three or a. seven, or some such number, to . show you tho accuracy with. which he .has priced the article. You may, if you choose, begin by offering him about one-fourth; and so go on advancing : until you arrive at what you mean to give., hiip., Then tho proper thing for you to do ts to biakc a gesture with yoiir right hand, ns if you were drawing a tooth from your, owii mouth with considerable pain ;-ttiis means, in .China, that you are' now offering tho last farthing,.hud. that it is like loosing, a tooth that .you should give so much. Then make your final hid op, your' hands, in the same ' manner’; as.-be. hasaslfed you his price. •• "'• • But John Bull hasroheu a very different ; way of dealing ; ho makes up his mind. a;t once what .ho will give, offers if, and there is an, end'to the .matter. If yon do :this, you will get nothing until you are leaving the ■ shop; and then he calls you back, and the bargain-is made, or perhaps you are allowed lb go nw:ny. If you return,' you will proba bly, find .your friend, the curio man, in a .'more .pliant mood j ho lias come downjn price, and-ls fearfully disgusted when you offer him . him top or twenty dollars lass than yon were ■ 1 milling to give-yesterday. “ Ho does not know f ij-'hat to do “.so if you. want to puzzle"liitn’ [ completely' anil drive him half JVpntipi rut fyour ; cheek; down on your hand, and shut , your eyes (that means to-morrow), and then offer'him ten. dollars-less than you are rendy to give tb-day. This will often alarm him, and he puts the article into your hand. - \ ‘ Q\> on with ■ O” ‘ I say, stranger,’ said a cottage urobin "to a Yankee pedlcr, ‘ don’t ycr whistle that ere dog away.’ ■ ■ . ‘-W-hy. ho Jiaiu’t.po use ,no how, he’s too ugly.’ ’ . ‘Oh, btitlie sSwes heap of work.’ ‘Why he always licks ,the plates-and dish es soclean that they, never want washing ami mammy says she wouldn’t part with him no how,,for our hew dog. ain’t got used :,to mustard yet.’ OCT"' Samuel, my darling,’ said a fond mother to iler son, ‘ I’ve not seen your book fur Several .days or- more—where is it?’ ’I know where it is.’ ‘ Well,-.whore ?’ ■ ‘ Why, it's only, lost a little—kinder—in the barn,'or round outdoors, summers:! guess, p’raps.up garret; or behind the woodpile.' ' .O' Old Mr.-'Sims-hns n queer .way of show ing liis hospitality.- The moment,?- Stranger' comes to his house ho brings-him. a -pine knot and a jack-knife.' S. is a genuine - Yankee and. believes there-is hut one pleasure greater than whittling, and that is selling shoe-pegs for. oats. Ka*.‘Mamma, may I go a fishing.'?’ Yes,', lad;- hut don’-tgo -near the water.—; And recollect,-if yon are drowned, I shall skin-yog-as,sure as you are alive.’ ' . ; .' ■'Decidedr.T Irish.; — A Dublin journal ob serves that a handbill announcing a public meeting-iii that city states, with boundless liberality, that * the ladies, withuut'distino tidn of sox,- are invited.to attend.’ . - ,The'boy who was told that the. best, cure for palpitation of tiro heart was to quit kissing the girls, Raid?-‘-if-that, is the only remedy, which can be proposed, I, foronesay let’er palpitate.’ . IC7* ' Jimdoes vour mother ever whip you ?’ ‘ No; hut she doesia precious sight worse thonirh!’ ‘ What’s that ?’ ~ . . ‘ Why she washes my face every, morning. |£7» A poet .ought not to pick nature’s pocket; let him borrow, and so borrow nis-to, repay’-him by the very act of borrowing.— Examine nature accurately but write from recollection, and tluyt more to imagination than to memory. fCy” Evil thoughts.are' worse enemies than lions and tigers, for we can keep out of tho way of wild beasts, but bad thoughts win ' their way overyWhere; Tho cup that is 'fulf , of good thoughts, bad thoughts uPd nd room to enter. " f> " ■ ■Not Sde !—Doan Ramsey tells a story of a Scotch old maid of the last’century, who, {», -• being importuned to subscribe to raiGet'sol4< iors for the king, indignantly replied, x -‘ill)- . deed, I’ll do noo nao sio thingy I never'conld. c '■ raise a man far mysel, and I’m no "going to,' raise men for King George. r " IE?” The camel, whoso hump .will .-pass through ,e needle’s eye, eaii.thread the pass age without difficulty. . 1 „ ■O* Whilfe ■ those wo love aro living, we, A sometimes converse with them through flow ers ; when deao, through the, stars. m?” A man’s remorse is greater after than before tho commission of a murder, bat prob ably his depravity is not. my Debts are troublesome, os a general rule in those days, they don't give half OS much trouble to debtors as to creditors. ❖ NO. S§ Chinese Curiosity Dealers.
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