VOL. 50. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. fOiMSIIBD EVERY' THURSDAY- UORNINQ- BY JOBS R. BRATTOJi. TERMS! i SubbO'bii’Tion. —Two Dollars if paid within tho V*64T.J and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid ferilhin tho year. These terms will ho rigidly ad hered to in every instance. No subscription dis continued until all arrearages are paid unless at ’fjfie- option of tho Editor. f AnvF.nriSEMF.NT3 —Accompanied by thocAsn, and bet exceeding one square, will ho inserted throe dimostfor One Dollar, and twenty-five coats far,each Thwe of :a greater’length in .proportion. t Jon-FaiNTWic —Snob nsJUand-hills/Posting-bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, 'Labels, Ac. Ac., executed with , eeuraey and at the shortest notice. jjWfcal. A JIOVIIEB’S LOVE. •Wo lovo tho friends our hearts hold dear, Our sisters and our brothers. But most of all wc ought to loyo .’ , Our dour dovotoil mothers.' ,‘ Although this world is dark and 1 drear, -Its joys partake of sadness, • Yet, now and then there will appear, A hoam pflovo and gladness. ■A friend may lovo ns long and well, And cling through joy and sorrow ; ißat then .some evil ctirsod spoil May chill his lovo to-morrow! JButjiriuor than tho luyomf.friends/ ’ .'And-strong«rithan.all other,. TThevpicootliavo-we aver know • Is that of our dear mother. A ,sister’s lovo is fond’and .true, Aud full of tender fooling, Appreciated by tho few/ Aud often unrovealing ; .Blit doaror than a-sistor’s lovo, , And fonder than all others, -,Tho dourest, swootostlovo’ori earth Js a devoted mother's. .» *A brother’s lovo is firm and true, A father loves us,longer;, A wife's devotion greater still,-, Aud her aifootion,stronger; But dearer than those.loves combined, Acd sweotor ihan all other,^ There is.no.loveas trait. and kind As a devoted mother.' > They toll that spirits hover round, From evil to detain us; . That friorids, whom once wo knew on’earth, In.lXoavon may still befriend us; But dearer hero than angol’s.loyo, And purer than all others, 1 .. The'love on earth wo,need the most, Is a devoted mother’s. ’Then let us prize ear ’mothers mote, ■ While Liioy aro left to love us ; And cherish in our'hoarts' their words. If now they watch above us ; Arid ne'er forget or, treat with, alight ;, ( j» ;.^uw«¥r v l‘ > »vy itbovcr ftll ot.htirA, . -r <• •Which filled,-forevui; burning,bright,.' r Tho hearts of dear mothers. ffiistellanwmH. Economy in A FAMinYi—Thoretis nothing ■which {>o69 so far towards placing young people beyond the roach of poverty as'.econo •iny in the management of househidd affairs. It matters not whether a man furnishes little or much for his family, if there is a continual leakage in his kitchen or parlor; it runs away, he knows net how, and that demon. Waste cries ‘Morel’ like the horse-leeoh’s .daughter, until he that provided has.nombro ■to give. v It is the husband’s duty to bring into the house, and it is the duty of tile wife to see that none goes wrongfully nut of it. A man gels a wife to look after his affaifs and. assist him in his journey through life; to educate .-.and prepare their children for a proper .sta tion in life, and not to dissipate his property. The husband’s interest should be the wife’s care, and her greatest ambition to carry her no farther than his welfare or happiness, to-; gather with that of her children. This should bo her solo aim, and the theatre of her ex ploits in the bosom of Iter family, where she may do as much toward making a fortune as . she can in a counting-room nr workshop. Ir is not the money earned that makes a man wealthy—it is what he saves from his earnings. Self gratification in dress, o,r in - diligence in appeti te, or rtiofe co n pany .than his purse can well entertain, are equally pernicious. The first adds vanity to extriiv .aganoo, the second fastens n doctor’s bill to a long butcher’s account, and the latter brings intemperance, the worst of all >evtls,. : in lits train. ’4'" . " Budding it in:— The following trick was recently played in New ;—A jeweller who shall he nameless wns.-lately applied to by.a nice looking .yp ] ung,,ma,n to .make him a .gold ring,,having in, it a blade very delicate .' and- keen, copcckled, except iin.a uaprow poru ; tiny, and opening with a spring. -The jew-: ■eller agreed to .furnish it for thirty dollar's. — ‘On the appointed day the purchaser appeared and paitl the stipulated price, whio.h was ■fobbed very complacently, and with.an.air of high satisfaction put.it op,flis finger. The jeweller of. course, very innocently, asked what he-wanted to do with such a ring.— ‘‘Cut open pockets with it,’ was the frank ro iply. ' ‘ Ah,!’ said the jeweller, doubtless in .■■amazement, * how can you du such things as 'that,noth such an instrument, and not be de fected?’ The performer replied his art con sisted in diverting the attention of people .drum everything that looked like iv design upon them—that ho rubbed his forehead, ad justed his. hat., etc.. And that discovery, capm 'Jtoo lata. .lie then,bade him good morning, - : nud,,w,ent away. Shortly after, the jeweller, ias ho walked round behind the counter, was -thus accosted by the clerk: ‘ Why, what is fhe matter with your pantaloons? How did .you tear them.so?’ ‘Nothing, that 1 know ■'of,’ was the answer, ‘where?’ ‘-.Why, just souk!’- When lu.l bis pngket ,was found to •be out by the artist, with bis new instrument, land his pocket-book gone, with not only thir ty dollars .just paid, flm'of'bcut four hundred beside 1 the last.pe?n oftho jeweller ho was in search of a detective in the hope of recov ering his money. DZ7' A Quaker, intending to,drink,a glass 'of water, took up a small tumbler of gin.— lie did not discover his mistake until ho got ■ behind the door and.swallowed the dose, when I'fted both hands and exclaimed ; ‘Verily, •J have taken inwardly the balm of the ■world’s peonlo 1 What will Abigail say when she Boudin my breath V , A. young man, in conversation one ■ evening, chanced to remark : “ 1 am no prophet," “ Trno,’’ ropliod n lady present, ■Wo projit to yourself or any ono else.” Nature and Old Age.—l love the country ns I did when n little child, before 1 had ad mitted into my heart that ambition which is the first fierce lesson we learn at school. Is it partly that those trees never remind Us that we are growing,old ? Older than wo are, their hollow stems are covered with rejoicing leaves. The birds build amid their bower ing branches rather than in the lighter shade of tho sapling. Nature has ,no voice that wounds the self love; her coldest wind nips no credulous abaction; She alone has the same face in our age ns in our -youth. The friend with-whom we once took sweet coun sel We .have left in the crowd, a stranger— perhaps a foe’! The woman in whose eyes, some twenty years ngo,a paradise seemed to qpen.io the jnidst ol adallenworld, we passed the other day with-a rigid how. .-She ware ropge and false hair. -But'those wild flow ■ers under tho hedgerow—those sparkles in the happy , waters—no friendship has gene from them.!, Their beauty has no simulated freshness—their smile has no (fraudulent de ceit. But there is a deeper truth than all this, in tho influence which nature gains on r' us in proportion as life withdraws itself fiom stmiggle.mid contention. Wo are placed on earth fora certoin pe riod, to fulfill, according to our several con ditions and degrees of mind, those duties by which the earth’s histi ry is carried nri.— Desk and warehouse, factory and till, f rum and senate, schools'of science and arts, arms and letters—by these we beautify and enrich our common habitation ; by these we defend, bind: together, exlihlt, the destinies of our 'common race: And during this period the mind.is wisely fitted less to,’contemplate than to act—leas to, repose than to toil.. The great stream of worldly life needs attrition along its hanks in order to.maintain tho law ■that regulates the-movement of its waves.— But. when that period of action approaches towards its close, the soul, for- which is de creed an existence beyond tho user of earth —an existence aloof from desk, and ware: house, factory and till, forum and senate, schools of science and art, arms and letters —gradually relaxes its hold; of- former, ob jects ; .and, insensibly perhaps to itself, is attached nearer toward the divine source of nil being,-in Hie increasing witohcry,by which natiirej-diolinct from man, reminds it of ,Us independence of the crowd from which it bo-, gins to re-emerge: And, in,connection with this spiritual process,.itiis-notieeftblo how in tuitively in ago we turn with strange fond ness to nil that is fresh in the earliest dawn of youth. If we never pared for little child ren before wo delight to see them roll in the grass over which we hobble on crotches,— The grandsire turns wearily from his mid dle aged,..careworn son, to listen with infant laugh to tlie prattle of an infant grandchild. It is the old win plant young trees ; it is the old who Are most saddened I,y the autumn, and feel most delight in the returning spring. Ami, in the exquisite delicacy with which hints of,the invisdUlC.-eterrial future are con tveyod to.us, ma-y-roit that: instinctive, sy.mpn-., 1 1iy; with whidw "'llFc run;iitn’ its cornolctinp;' circle toward’ trie point at which it touches the circle of life winding up to meet it, be a subtle imagination that, from such point of. contact, .youth will spring torch again ? r- Alay there he no ’moaning , more profound than the obvious interpretation in the snored words, !* Make yourself as little children, for Kiinh is the kingdom of heaven V’—liuhcer Lytlon,4 tilin' thejhride,replies, ‘ Yus, were you seven times ns many, you should all be welcome, arid in', token thereof receive this cup.’— Whereupon each herald.receives a can of ale, and soon after tho whole jovial company come streaming into the farmer’s yard; and riding round tho May pole which stands in the cen tre, alight amid it grand salute, and flourish of music. ' 1 In the hall sits the bride with a crown up on her head and a tear in'her eye, like the 'Virgin Mary in old church paintings. :She is dressed in a red -boddicc and kinle, with loose linen sleeves, There is g .gilded holt around her waist. and around herneek-stripgs of golden beads and a gdl Jen chain. On the crown rests a wreath-of wild roses, and be low it another of cypress. Xsmso over her shoulders fnUsdter.flasen hair, and her blue innocent-eyes.'are fixed on live ground. O thou good sonl 1 thou .hast hard hands'liut a soft heart! Toon art poor. . ’five yevy-ovjpx -. .nidtits ’tliiVu hot thine. The bles sings of heaven be'upon tbco I So' thinks the parish priest as he-joins .together the hands’of tlio bride-and bridegroom, saying in a deep solemn tone, ‘T give thee in mar riage'this damsel to he thy wedded, wife in' nil honor, to share the half of thy bed,-thy jock and key, and every third penny which you two may posess, or rjiay inherit; and adl ,the rights which Uhland laws provide, and the holy king B'ris gave. . The dinner is served, and-the bride-.sits between the bridegroom and the priest. The spokesman delivers an oration, after the cus tom ot his fathers. Ho it well with quotations from the Bible, and invites the Savior-to bo present at the marriage-feast as he was present at' the marriage-feast ot Cana of Galilee, The table is not sparingly set forth. Each makes a long arm ; and the feast goes cheerily on. Punch and brandy pass round between the conrsivs,'and hero, arid there,,n pipe is smaked .while wgitipfi'fur the past disJ). Yl'lief.nit .lopg gt the table; h.utj>s all things must-have an,end, so must •a.Swedis.h dinner.- Thonthe dance begins. ,lt is led off by the bride and tire priest, who perform a sole.mn,.minuet together. Not till midnight cornea ,-the just dance. The girls form airing, ro.qn.d the, bride, tojteepdier Irani the ‘hands ,of the .pjarried women, wdio en deavor to break through the magic circle and seize their new sister. - After a long strug gle they succeed; and the crown is taken from her head and the jewels from her neck rind her boddieods.pnlaced and her kirtle ta ken p.ffViitnd like a vestal virgin, elad all in white she goes, but it is to her marriage chamber not to her grave ; and the wedding guests follow her with lighted candles in their' hands. And this is a village bridal. —Lonff ■Jelluw. An Item for the Home Ciiici.f. —Sopihndy says, and truly ton, that there arc few families, anywhere, in which love ia not abused ns fern: lulling the license fur impoliteness. A hus band, (tuber, or .bruthei, will speak harsh words to (hose he loves-best, simply because the security.of love and family pride keeps him from getting his head broken. It is a shame that amnu will speak more impolitely,, at times to his wife or sister than he would to any other female, except alow vicious one. It is thus that the honest affections of a man’s nature prove to he a weaker protection to a woman in thefamily circle than the restraints of society, and that a woman usually is in debted fur the kindest politeness of life to those not belonging to her own household. Things ought not to he so. The map who, been use it will not he resented, inflicts his spleen and had tripper r ppnn those .of Ins heqrtstone, (s a snip.!! crowd,and.e, very mean .jnaii. circulating mediums between true gentlemen nod ladies at home, and no polish exhibited in society can atone for thb harsh language ami disrespectful treatment too often indulged in between those bound together by God's own ties of blood, and the mure sacred bunds of conjugal loao. A Battle Incident. —At the kettle of Monticello, Kentucky, a soldier of the Qluo Regiment, who waa the ,elose of,the .-day on puf;loft, alibis qaps.ppd ppked a man by his side to let-him hpve .a part of dus, -;The reply wae Unit he had no more than he needed for him-- self. AVith that a poor wounded rebel; no doiibt a conscripted. Union man. exclaimed ; ‘ Buys, I’ve got caps,’ and running his feeble hand into his pocket, pulled out what he had and handed them to the Federal EoUlier. ‘Now, hoys,’said ho, ‘ can’t you give mo some water?’ Unfortunately, their canteens were emptv, and they had none to give.— ‘ Well,’ ho’oxclaimnd, ‘ won’t you raise up my head and place something under it for it seems too low?’ In the midst of the fight the soldier raised up the dying man’s head, and made him as comfortable as he nould, then went on ia the discharge of his duty. [Py-Beware of women who seem very sweet. Dealers in candy are not always can did. CARLISLE, PA., iET ME.” a moment have ptatloris besot roe.: o.d'ear little rubiosyou raised, rid be if you’d—lot mo. ‘or what I have done, sworn to forget .tpo -; ptiUioa too pouting to shun, Doubd not ,hut —let mo. When your lips wUh«quivQr came close to my cheek Oh, think how hojStehing it mot mo ; And plain ns .tbo.oy&ora Venus could speak, . •Yoar.oyos soomod|o say you would—let mo. Then forgive the traSi?grosBion,nnd hid mo remain ; ■ For, in truth, ifl gf' .you’ll regret mo ; Then, oh, let rao try/jliO'transgressioii again, And i’ll do all if you—lot mo. . ANSWEII% I’LL LET YOU.” If a kiss bo doligbtfijfe.sn-terapting my 'lips .. - That a-thousand besot you, I vow by tho nectnr|ffiit-Jupßor.sips, On certain- you. If you swear by my eh&rms that you'll evor bo true, And. that no other jjamsel shall get you/; By rlio stars that that summit of bide, ■ Perhaps, air—perhaps; sir-.—l’ll let you. If not urgcdAiy a passion as floating, as wild/ That makes all tbovnrtuoa forget you, .But atTcction unsullied, soft, fervent and mild, You ask fora indeed, love-riUetyou. Tlic Agt’fof o«r Enrlli. Among the astounding discoveries of pmd ern science, is that uf the immense jieriifils. that have phased in-the gradual formation of the earth. So vast was the cycles of the time preceding even the. appearance of man on- the surface of .our globe, that our period seems as yesterday'when cum pared with the 'epochs that havegikie before it. Had n-o on ly ,the .pvidaueeAf'the,deposits of rocks heap ed above each other in’ regular strata by the slow accumulation/ of materials, they a’lone w-ould-convince us uf the lung,and slow matu ring of God’s work, on earth; hut when. we. add to these the/successive populations of whose life this world has been the theatre and whose remains are, hidden in the rotpks iuto which the mud or sand, or soil, i r what ever kind on. which: they lived, has hardened in the course of ti»ii’Av—or tlie enormous of mountains, whose upheaval divided these periods of accumulations by.great convul sions—or the different nature in the quiet .cuuflgpnitiu.ris.ilf oar globe, ns the sinking of .{puds,beneath- the .ocean, ortho gradual ri sing uf.continents and islands above ; or the slow growth uf the coral reef’s, whose 'wonder ful sea,walk’s, raisej by the little ocean ar chitects, whose o\vi» bodies "furnish both the building’stone nmlfraeiiiont that binds them .together,.arid who iavo worked so busily du ring the long centuries,, .that their extensive countries; mounlaii.ichains, islands,and long lino’s of CliAsU.’-fiAiptlniA.rojc ’iiiiiiiih-(-ur 'irro,';/w'n^b ;^.foi '6sts. that.. havS; gi-evvn up, fiuuri'sliqd sutd (le’cayed, to fill the stm-cliouscs of coal.,' yVc‘l..feed tlie fires ”of the hiiman nice—-b 'wc eflmilder.pU these records of thev. (last,' the intellect fails to grasp a clironulogy ot’o h ichour experience furnishes ho data, ami time that lies behind.us seems .as niuolt nri eternity to our conception, ns tjie luture that stretches indefinitely hefuro.ps. Dining-Houses fob the Million.— ln the city of Gluscuw an example worthy of very general imitation has born set, in'providihg new eating-houses jvhevE.cheap meals of ex cellent food e,an : ho obtained .hy ineehauies and laborers and others. These have been Called,MCitehens for the Million.’ , They are simply public dining-rooms like our restau rants, where a wholesome and substantial meal can be obtained for four pence sterling —about eight cents. Those are not charity institutions nor common soup-kitchens, but healthy commercial enterprises—a great im provement upon-old-fashioned dining houses in supplying mechanics with' pitla able anf cheap meals, and yielding the proprietors a bantlsoino pr ofit. The fame of these cheap eating establishments having reached Don don, a correspondent of the London Times paid them a ;visit,i.und vvritesjn high terms, pf their .management, lie says: -'JSxfc four-/ peiioe;h.alfpei|uy ;I got a pint pf pea soup, a 'plate of. hot minced .oollpps, .{minced heel steak, stewed,-) a plate of potatoes, and half a pound of broad. Mr. Stirling, a wealthy gcMtlcnnui of ,Keir, got for the same sum a pint of brut|i, a pl.a.ie ofeold beef, a plate of potatoes, and a slice of plum pudding. Al terwe had thus dined, we called, in passing through the lower room, for a cup of coffee and u slice of bread and butter, and were supplied, on paying two-pence, .with a large ,cup of coffee and ,mi|ki end four ounces of .bread, butter, &c. The remarkable feature of this entertainment was that every article was of the best Better broth, soup, potatoes, and meat are not to bo had in any club in London than in these Gluseow dining rooms. At no railway station that I have over stopped at iii Great Britain are suuh cof fee, milk, bread and butter over sold at all. 1 These cheap dining rooms, of which there are several in Glasoovv, have been undertaken by ft company, and the cooking is all per formed-in a special central department un connected with the dining rooms, where ( ' lO food is kept warm for the cnstopiors. ,The dining rooms are spaoigus, very, clean and neat,.and each presidedgyer'by a matron.who superintends tjie serving out of the rations. The waiters lafe all girls, dressed in short vvjiito linen sacks, dark skirls, and their hair .onnlined in nets. Everything around the ta bles—knives, forks, eppuns, plates and wat ers—are kept scrupulously clean. No beer, wine or spirits of any kind can be bad, but good coffee, soup, tea, and refreshingly cool water. The prices of provisions, coffee, su gar, etc., in Glascpw are about the same as those in Now Turk, but house rent and city taxes are much lower. The Doctor Knob's. —An amusing thing occurred in the 24th Ohio. few days.sinße a soldier, in passing to the lower part of the onqan)pment, saw! ; o others front his compa ny’,miiltioga rude coffin, ,|le inquired who it was for. ' , * John Bunco,’ said the others. ‘ Why,’ replied ho, ‘John is not dead yet. It is too bad to make a man’s coffin when you don’t knuwif he is going to dio or not.’ ‘.Don’t you trouble yourself,’ replied the others. ‘.Dr. Con told us to make his coffin, and I guess he knows whal lie gave him.’ The roots of some catch on the centre of the earth, and blossom oyer a cottage door in sight of .heaven. BSP There is nothings') sad as the slave of despondency when he attempts', to dance in the chains of rhvme. O” Why is a lover like a tailor? Because he presses his suit, 'IIURSPAY, JULY 3 io, mi .Sorrel Horse Question. Some years since, when the State of Mis souri was considered. ‘ Far ’West,’ there lived on the bank of tho river of the same name of the State, asubstantial farmer, who hy years of toil, hud accumulated a tolerable pretty pile of castings, owing, ns he said, principal ly to the fact that he didn’t raise much ta lers and unyuns, but right smart of corn. This farmer, hearing that good land was much cheaper farther south, concluded to move there. Accordingly, ho provided his eldest son with n good sorrel horse, and a sufficiency of the heedful to defray his travel ling arid contingent expenses, and instructed him to purchase two hundred acres of good land, at tho lowest possible price, and return immediately home. The next day /ferns started for Arkansas, and lifter an absence of some six weeks, returned home. ‘ Well, Jeepis/ said tl(B old mpn, ‘ flow’d, you find land in Arkansas?’ „ ‘ Tolerably cheap, dad/ • . . I-v, did you-?’ ‘ No, not one)-two hundred/ * How much money have y.pu got left!'' . ‘Nary red, dad/ ‘Why, I, had no idee travelling was so ’sponshe in them parts/ - 1 • Will, jest you try once, and you’U find out, I reckon.’ ">i-Wul, never mind that, let’s hear ’boutthe Ipnd, an,—but war’s jure boss?* ‘ Vt iiy, you see, dad, ns X- was going nlong one day,— ’ - ‘But war’s yurehossf ‘ You hold on, dud, an* I’ll tell you all about it. You see, I wasagoiti’ oue day, an’ bimeby I met a feller as said he was agoin’ along my . way tu/ ‘ Bat war’s j/iire boss?’ ‘ Hum my hide, if you don’t shut up, dad, I’ll never git to the boss. Wal, as we wits both going the same way, me on’ this'feller jined company, and ’bout noun wo bitched our critters, and sot down aside.uv a brunch, and went tu oaten’ a snack. Alter we got thru, this feller says.to me, ‘Try a drap of this ’.ere red-eye 1’ ‘ Wal, I don’t mincT/ sez ‘ But wJtar's yure hoss f‘ ‘Kumtnirig to him bimeUy, dad. So me an’ this feller sot thar, sorter torkin and .drifikin, and then he se?, ‘.Stranger Jet’s pl-ty a little game of- seven ,up/ tekin' out of bis pooketagreasy/roun’ cornered pack of car/e. ‘ Don’t kqer if I do/ sez I. So we sot up side of a stump, and kuin.tpencetl tu bet a quarter up, an’ I tell you T'wus stayin’ him orjul.’ • ‘ But tear’s yure Jtoss ?’ ‘ Kummin’ tu him, dad. We was six and six/an’ ’t\yas his deal— ’ • Will you tell me war’s yure hpss sgid tho ultj man, getting riled.. 1 Yes, wp was six an’ six, an’ he turned tip .the ■Jack,’ 1 War's yure 'hess ?' ■ . ‘•Tho stranger' won him; a iumitWjup ~lhclt Jack.’ ' ’ , (C/* .A curious scene occurred on the cars of the .Little Miami Jlailroad'the other day. Some gentleman on the train; it.seems, had a device cut out of one of the old fashioned cents, representing the very Goddess of Lib .erly. A very pompous and burly.fellow, with a flashy vest, and an inordinate amount of jewelry,'took offence at’the’device, whep the following eonflab ensued: jPompous Chap—' What in lI—I are you Wearing that copperhead emblem for ?’ Gent— ‘ Will you answer me a question V Pomp. Chap— 1 Yes/ Gent— ‘ Ain’t you an army contractor?’ ‘ Well, suppose J aim’ . ‘ Ain’t you an .Abolitionist?’. ‘ Yes, dyed in the wool.’ ‘ Haven’t you always sung let, the South slide?’ ... ‘Dam ’em, they ought to have been in h—l long ago.’, . .. ‘.Don’t you now sneer all the time at the .Constitution of the United States?’ ‘ Constitution be d——d ; this is no tim,e to talk about Constitutions,’ 1 Well, continued the gentleman, do you overwear any of .these emblems?’ pointing to the devicel . ‘Ng, by !’ said the flashy contractor. ‘Then, sir,’ said the jjentlelpaii,.' it is to' distinguish myself from such arrant hypo crites, money leeches, pud suonndrels as you that I wear this/ The'people in the car fairly roared, and the crest fallen negro worshipper and Treas ury pimp got up from his seat and went into another cur. /■Served him right. C3f”A few days since a gentleman, being beyond the limits of his neighborhood, asked a negro if the r„ud he. was traveling led to u certain place. Coffee gave 1 the required iu lormation, but seemed curious to know who the stranger was, as well us his occupation. For the fun of the thing the traveler conclu ded to humor Ebony a little, and the follow ing dialogue ensued: ‘My name is , and as.to the business I follow, if yon are at )ill,nmart.yon can guess tlinc from my .appearance. ,Can’t you see that J am a timber gutter ?’ ‘ No, boss, you no timber cutter/ ‘ An overseer, then V ‘No, sir, you no look like one.’ ‘ What say you to my being a doctor ?’ ‘Don’t think so, boss—doy don’t ride in a sulkcy/ ‘ Well how do you thitik I would do for n preacher ?’ ‘ I softer specs you is dat sir/ * Pshaw, Cuffeo, you are a greater fool than I took you fur. Don’t 1 look mure like a law yer than anything else ?’ ‘ No siree, Bob, you don’t dat/ ‘Why Cuffeo?’ ‘ Why, now you see boss, I’s boon ridin’ wid you for more’n a mile, an’ yog baiu’t .cussed an’ a. lawyer iihyays cusses/ ■lnfi.uen.oe qf MotgEßS.—John Randolph never ceased, till his dying day, to remember, w)dh unutterable affection, the pious care of his mother, in teaching him to kneel at her side, and, with his little hands pressed to gether and raised upward, to repeat, in slow and measured accent, the pattern prayer. ’ ‘My mother, ’ .said Mr. Benton, not long before ho died, ‘ asked me not to drink liquor, and I never did. She desired me at another time to avoid gambling, and I never knew n card. She hoped I would never use tobacco, and it never passed piy lips.’ A dandy, smoking a cigar, having entered a menagerie, the proprietor requested him to take the yveed from his month, 1 lost ho should teach the other monkeys bad has habits.’ XT’ A valuable but aged dog in San Fran cisco has been provided with a now set of artificial teeth. O* A thousand probabilities do not make one truth, Superstitions and Sayings Concerning Dentil. If a grave is open on Sunday, there will be another dug in the week. , This I believe to be a very narrowly, limit ed superstition, as Sunday, is generally a fa vorite day for funerals among the poor. I have, however, met with it in one parish, where Sunday funerals are the exception, and I recollect one instance in particular. A woman, coming down from church, and ob serving on open grave, remarked : ‘ Ah, there will be somebody else wanting ii grave before the week is out. Strangely enough (tho pop ulation of the place was then under a thous and.), her words came true, and the grave wits dug for her. If a corpse docs not stiffen alter death, or if: the rigor mortis disappears before burial, it is a sign time there will bo a death iu the family before thp.end of the yeaf. In the c;ise of u child of my own, every joint of the corpse was as flexible as in life. 1 was ..perplexed nt this, thinking that per all, be ip £ I- ! pt^flj^stfl~ia. : bysfltQ3eF.?lipqki'ag..Te grkvSjq and evidently havingsomethingbriher mind. .Qn askViig ceived for arisw-er: that/\lioflgb slie.d'td not put any faith in it hei-sclf/yet people did say | that such a thirig was/ho sign of another death in.the family within, tlie next twelva uimith. If every remnant of Christmas decoration is nut cleared'(intof church b dore Candlemas day (the Purilication, February 2,) there Will be a death that year in the family occu pying the pew where a leaf or berry is left. An old. lady (now dead,) whom I knew, was jso persuaded of the truth of this, super stition that she would not be conteuted to leave the clearing of her- pew to'the constitu ted authorities'. but used to send her servant on,Candlemas eve to s:e that her' own'spat, at any rate, was thoroughly freed from dan ger.- Fires and candles also' tiffjrd presages pf death. Coljins flying out pf the former, and winding sheets , guttering down/roip.'the lat ter. A winding’"sheet is produced from a candle, if, after it has guttered; thojstrip, which hasten down, - instead of being ab sorbed into the general tallow, remains un melted ; if, under these circumstances, it carls.pye.r away from the flames, itis a' pre sage of.death '.to .the jjotsun ,in whose dtrac tipn it points. Coffins out of tlie lire .pro hollow ohlpug cinders spirted from it, and are sighs of a coming death in fiio family. I haye seen cinders which have flown put of the fire, plotted up and examined to . see what they presaged ; for coffins arc not the only things thfit .(ire 11ins produced; .If the,cinder, ip-- stead,of being oblong, is oval, it is a"cradle,, and predicts tlfe advent of,a btiby ; while, if. itis round, it is a purse, and means proper ty- The howling of a dog at night,tinder the 'Window of a Sick" ri'ibiii7"JB lociked upon .as a warning of death’s being near. • Perhaps there juay he«atj>e truth' In notion. Everybody knows the pecuUar.odor which frequently" precedes death, grid it is possible that the,acute nose.of tjie dog may perceive this! and '.that it may render him uneasy ; .lyit the sains oanTiacdly h,e alleged in favor of the notion that the screech of an ‘ owl flying past sign i(ies the same ; for if the ow.l did scent death, and was in hopes of prey, it is not likely that it would screech, and.so give notice of its presence. Tub Militia pi/miouan' at Work.— There is olie matter in the account of the great bat tle at Gettysburg, on Friday, which is deserv ing of marked attention. This.account says, that «lien the enemy massed his whole force for an overwhelming,attack on the right of Gen. Meade’s position-, and had success al most within his grasp,,a.column of ijew troops appeared on our side,..and determined the Jy.te of the day. These troops were the .Pennsyl vania Militia- New .York per aid, which gives the account, says lhat.it will.he ,a ‘ proud inheritance’ for the .children of those pien to know that they were in arms to take part in the events of that glorious day. How this should stimulate the action of those men, particularly the experienced men, who .are pot jet in the field, and bow it should in spire with ardor the volunteert themselves.— Patriot and Union. Op the bloody battle-field of Gettysburg, no truer and more devoted soldiers, were found than the Pennsylvania volunteers and mili tia. The above tribute to their valor is well deserved, and is published, in our columns with pride and pleasure. B.xaLtsn Gluts.—The English girls spend more than half their waking, hours in physi cal amusements, which tends to develope, invigorate and rigen the bodily powers. She rides, walks,„ drives, and rows ~ppon tlj.o waters, throws the ball, h.urls tjje quoit, draws the how, keeps up the shiittlo-cuok, and all without having it pressed forever.up on her mind that slip is ther.eliy .trusting.fcer time. 'She does this,every day, .until it be comes .a habit which she will follow up through life, tier frame, as n natural conse quence, is largo, her muscular system is in better subordination, her strength more en during, and the while tone of her voice healthier. Girls think of this. Epigram.—; When Eve brought wo to all mankind Old Adam called her woman, — But when she woo'd with love so kind. He then prommboed it wooman, — But .now with folly and with pritlo, Their husband's pockets trimming, The’ ladies ar so full of whims, The people call, them whnnen, little girl, showing her cousin, about four years old, a star, said, " That star you see up there is bigger than this world.”— ‘‘.No, it ain’t” said he. ‘‘Yes, it is.” "Then, why don’t it keep the rain off? J ‘ Why does father call mother honey ?’ asked a boy of bis elder brother. “ Can’t think, ’copt it’s cause she wears a largo comb in her head.” !£7" Paper is so scarce in the South that the editor of the Morning Traitor writes his edi torials with stolon chalk on the sole of his hoot, and goes barefooted while his boy Bet’s up the manuscript. TiyAn. architect proposes ta build n “ Bachelor’s Hall,” which differs from most houses, it having no Eves. . (£7"Dogs are said to speak with their tails. Would it be proper to call a short tailed dog a stump orator ? . .. 865“ Why is n fashionable lady like a ship 1 Because her rigging.costs more than the hulk S» worth. ■yajjaadif ham’s fro>ecatoT. .Our readers -will recollect that the proeeed ings'against Mr Vallandighnm were conduct ed by Captain tiutts, Judge Advocate of the Court Martini which pretended to try him. This same Judge Advodate is .now himself on trial before a court martial for various of fences. To the third specification he pleaded guilty in these words : V ... . . “ Of so rauoh'of the third specification ns stands in words and.figures as follows nnmo •y “ In the evening of the same day, at about half past eleven o’clock, after said lady had reared tp her room, took a,valise .or port manteau from his rootn and' place it in pnp of tlie open halls of the house, against the jam or door, of said room, occupied by said lady, placing himself thereon, did look through the Venetian blind or transom light over the said door into said room, and at said lady.” “ X acknowledge the fact with deep regret,- hot alleging no criminality, plead guilty of oil llio rest of tlio aaid.a^Oitication ; and of tdl , pleav^plead -v TJ' to i'plpa (M -legiiig hb ofimimilily,” and'etfuokit.out and the gallitnt captain was required to plead as the court directed. ■ The Chicago Times once the-orggn of Ste phen A. Douglas, makes the following cdc:- ment.t “ It was eminently fit and jtroper that the official who presided at the military.trial of Vallandigham, and aided by every means in, liis power in the outlawry there .perpetrated, should be guilty ol scandalous offences,against female mudesiy, and when "detected and called to account, should seek refuge behind official screens. It is a libclupon mandood that spell men, live, to say "caught of the criminality of giving them authority over the liberty and character, of other men in whose presence they are not fit to stand,. It speaks volumes for Gen. Durnside’s dispernmouS that mep of (lie creation stop out of the judi cial chair into the depths of vulgar depravi ty. Tbe man who presided over- the fate of a scholar and statesman, doffs the ermine p> peep through the key hole of a Indv’s cham ber. The individual who arbitrated the des tiny of the Democratic party on.e. dpy, "atP-mV-' tip toe the next and looks through a lattice at.a disrobing lady; and, caught and con fessed, runs like a paltry coward to his_su perior officer to shield him frorp. juct castiga tion. It was for suali a man.that.the drain a'iat invoked the scorpion" lash in .every hon est man’s hand to flog him naked,.through the wqrld. -It > 8 through such men, that, .decency as outraged and justice defeated," A Rebel MiLi,:o,vA,irLE Eegoing. —The, rav ages of wgr" are" well illustrated by the case of a Southern man living in the neighborhood of Snyder’s ISluii’s, who lately applied byli'i , ter to Gen. IVashlmrno for Bubsiatpnc.o'.fis'-: ,hijnself,and .h\a family. This man was late ly the owner of seven large and well stocked plantations, and was estimated to be worth Sfi;000,000. He was in Europe whan the war broke out, and did riot reach America again until after the occupation of New .-Or leans by General Butler. Slipping through New Orleans by some means, he came up to a fine plantation ip this neighborhood,, and was found hero by our army. He had used his princoly.fortuno lavishly in, attempts' to forward the secession" caule. To-day ho .jn reduced to the necessity of depending upon tbe .-United States military authorities for the necessaries of life 1 * Camels for Sale.: —Since General IS. -R'. Curtis hits abandoned.' his design of opening a. zoological garden at hie private farm i'll lowa, and turned .those camels 'pyer to the ’United States Quartermaster! tbp ‘ rare quad rupeds, 1 .we learn, ai;eto be sold by the Gov ernment to the highest bidder. These 1 .ships of the desert’ are of the number.brought over to this.country by Jeff. .Davis when ne wits Secretary of War under President Pierce.— They are, and were, at the time of their-cap ttire by General Curtis, the property of tlto Goyornriient. Uncle Sam does not know what to do with them, and therefore decided to sell them. Who wants to go into the me nagerie business 1 ’ tCT* Thurlow Weed says : ‘ I wnsraqd of the Republican party and,driven out, of the Evening Jourf.al, for.urging that this war, should be prosecuted to 'overcome d.wieked rebellion, to rorcslahlish tlio authority of the Governqient, .and restore the Union. This alone was the ground of irreconcilable differ ence jvilh my party. That was the lengt]} and breadth of offending. Every man who labors to',,restore the Union is sure to come put or get driven out.of the Republican par ty. Such a man cannot remain in, or not with a parly whos.e chief end and aim is.tp destroy.the Union and establish a new and entirely different one, ’ with till the modern improvements.’ O* The lady who passed a five cent pteqo in one of the horse ears in Boston, lost Tues day, was very much confused by the wonder ing gaze of the other passengers. The con ductor examined the piece very carefully to isfy himself that it was genuine. (£7* New Use of OarNOUNE.—The-fietrolf; ladies put their old crinolines ..to good usm— They susuond them by a po\a rdhningtbrougjx the centre, tlius-fupnjing r. circular trellis, ■ground whioh.oypressivioes and morning glo .riss clamber in the wildest luxuriance. (£7* Many say that trumpet-players, ar# doomed to ’short lives, We doubt it; we have known men to blow their own trumpeip incessantly, and achieve a good troublesome old age. OCT* Why was Adam the best runner, that ever lived I Because be was. the first ia the human race. . . O" The fox is very cunning, hut he is more cunning who catches him. O* The dog wags his tail, not for you hut for the bread. o*Nevor trouble trouble till trouble trou bles you. B6T Tho more the merrier, the fewer the better cheer. ’ r .i O” Give neither nptinsel nor salt till’ you are asked for it..’ What churob 'doyoa tington?—Oh, any paradox church where th« Gospel is disposed whh I K7*Whon is a soldier like a baby ?—W bed he is in arrt«. NO 1 . 7.