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Jon- Printing —Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bills, Blanks, Labels, 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