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These terms will be rigidly ad hered to in every instance,. ,No. dis continued until all arrearages aro paid unless at the option of the Editor. ■ Adtbrtibbments— Accompanied by the o Asii, and not exceeding one square, will bo inserted throe times for $1,60, and twonty-fivo cents for each additional insertion. Thostrof a greater length in proportion. " Job-Printing—Suoli as Hand-bills, Posting-hills •Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, Ac. &o,> executed with ■ .oouraoy and at the shortest notice. Vodkal. NOW AND THEN. Air— “ Tm Kihodoh Oobino.” Time Was. when we had a happy nation, (• And a staunch Democracy ; . Our fame was wide throughout creation, . And a proud young people, we ; •But things have chang’d—the comet’s risen With a different tale to tell. And no man novV is safe from prison At a touch of Seward’s bell] Alas.l for liberty; v Alas I-for Uncle Sam; We’ve lived .to see theikiogdom coming, In tbe days of Abraham 1 *! ' " 1 ■ >:1 t .ui ■ Time was when weobad our. free discussion 1 With the press, the tongnO, the pen ; Nor had wo learned tolepo the Russian, ' With his spies and dungeons, then. But now, unless one sings the-praises Of the Linooln-Stftnton m.ew, Some hostile yhWns hs 'quick as-blnzos, And the poor soul’s lost to view 1 There’s no more liberty-,- Our rights ate all a shorn— And this must bo the kiugdonvcolning, In the days cl Abraham I In days gone past-•■those days more palmy . Than another land e’orsaw,—.| Our statesmen needed not an army I, In the place of civil law ;• Each man his ballot cast pp feat mg,; ; And had thought it Strange to.find, A blue-eont conscript guard appearing With a loaded gun behind] Is this your liberty,?. ; V- . i Poor sacrificial lambi ■ , •. Bow down and bless the kingdom Coming, In the days of Abraham) W? lovo. the War, and all are burning /,(' For the cause we hold an dear, • •; wheels are kept a running In country, fur and near, ••• Our uur debt are bigger' Than we.pa-e.likoly soon io pay ; But Abra’ra. Wan.ts to froe the nigger And we let bis way. Our cliapoq for liberty. - Is hardly worth a d-—-n. But there’s a nigger kingt\om .coining, And tho king is Abraham 1 . 3®srellantM THE TABLES TUEfIEJ); OR, HOW A DBT JIEER WAS JOKED. At tho name of Cale Meeks, what reminis- ■ ■cenoes pass before our mental vision 1 Old Irocollections oorae crowding upon us and we | see an array of the “ solid” pass before our j mind’s eye, in the shape of seekers after the , mythical Frank McLaughlin, the victims of , croton oil and jalap, fur the administration of , which no ucdical reuson existed, and a long i line of those who have been humbugged gen- ] orally without any speoifio species of sell.— Cale was the prince of dry jokers? ho lived, | , moved and had his being through a diurnall ] of sells ; indeed his life was one I | great sell composed of a conglomeration of ; the infinitessiraal sells of fifty years’‘dura- , tion. Now Bixby. Nathan Bixby, was one , of Cale’e truest and staunchest business ao- , quaintanoes, although ho had never been in- ■ troducod into the domestic circle made glad \ by the portly presence of Mrs. Gale who was j somewhat addicted to jealousy. ,The reason for this lack of acquaintance was that she lived a secluded life in, one of the little villa ges on Long Island, and Nat Bixby lived in ] the babel of Now York. Well, one day Gale was hard pushed for an object upon which to inflict a practical joke, and in his dilemma .| selected his friend Nat os his victim. The manner in which Nat was sold Ido not choose >to particularly describe. Suffice it to say that under the play of Gale’s exuberant fancy, -Nat made a journey to Albany, Insisted that <a lady there bad sent him an amatory epistle, Which he produced. The lady became in dignant, called in the aid of her husband who literally skinned Mr. Bixby, who thereafter returned to Gotham with a very adult flea in his auricular apparatus. This event hap pened in the early spring time, and on a beautiful day. ..'About a week after N.at’s re turn from Albany hornet Gale at Sherwood's. The sell was disclosed by Gale and a hearty laugh was had over Nat’s mislay, and at his itill bruised features, in which he joined; but those present noticed the fact that he ■didn’t laugh an inch below his ohih; in truth St was generally believed that Nat’s mirth jkas entirely stimulated. “ Now, old fellow,” said Gale, " you don’t ■bold any malice, do you “ Not a bit," answered Nat, ” and in token fif amity, let us take Emiles dll around.” Which they did in the usual manner. « How did you 6brrfe to town ?” asked Nat. •;I. difoVe dp in a light wagon'," replied Cfflfe • . -- . “And when Will you return bonne?" . “ About six o’clock this evening,” raspon dsd Caleb. ‘ , . Nat thereupon pleaded nn engagement anq, left; hut as soon as ho was outof eye-shot of his joker friend, repaired to.Grsy’s stable in, Warren street, where he hired a fast horse and a light vehicle, and with which he start 6d, through ft hjo stroot, for tho rcaidonco of. his friend Gale, on Long Island. On arriv ing, he left his. horse add wagon nt a public house.and proceeded on foot to the aforesaid residence, where he inquired of the servant if Mr. Meeks was At home. On being an swered, as ho knew he would be, in tha ne gative,.he said: “This is übiortiihato. Xwanted to,pay him 1 some money. If Xoould see Mrs. Meeks it would do ns well; she could 1 give me a re ceipt in'tho namb of her husband.” $ 0 | [Mrs. M. was frugal and industrious, and always attentive to her husband’s interests. As the last remark fell from the lips of Nat, a fine looking matron called from up the staira to tho eervnnt, to “ show the gentle man in the parlor,”—where she followed in a few moments. Nat bowed and said; “ I desire to see Mrs. Meoks, madam.” “Very well,” said ehe,<'“l am Mrs. Meeks.” “Pardon mo, madam,” said Nat,-with a doubting shake of the head; “ but this is a matter .pf some importance—the payment of money—-and you aro not the lady Mr. Masks introduced me to last winter,” “ Not the lady? what I” shrieked she; “do you mean to tell me that ” “ I simply toll you, madam,” replied Nnt, .wilh.icy impurturbabilify, that Mr. Meeks last winter, in Broadway, near Leonard street introduced mo to a lady whom ho called Mrs. Meoks, and you are not the Indy.” “ Indeed 1” exclaimed Mrs. Meoks, her ayes flashing fire; “ how old was she ?” " Well, about twenty-five.” " Twenty-fivel And howwasshedressed?” “ She wore her hair in ringlets, had dia mond ear-rings 1” “ Diamond ear-rings I” “ A heavy silk velvet dress, very large 'gold bracelets, a magnificent - watch and chain.” ' “ Well, go on,” she mid spitefully. “ Silk velvet hat trimmed with magnificent lace, and a muff and boa.” “Boa," wranebed out the now thoroughly irate dame; “ you’d better bore your way oat of this house mighty quick, or else some body will have a headache I No, sir, I am not Mrs. Meeks, and I want you to leave.” “ Oh, certainly," said Nat, who saw the tallest kind of a squall brewing, and who had good reason to fear that the sturdy dame might launch at bis head a conk-shell or some other of the heavy ornaments which adorned the mantle. Nat therefore beat 4 retreat from off the premises, and placed himself behind a stone fence, from winch he could command a view of the Brooklyn turn pike. lie did not wait long before he saw the amiable Oaleb driving down tho road all unconscious of the ambush'of Nat. The ex pression -upon Caleb’s face was one of groat amiability, and exemplified that he was at peace with “ all.the world and the, rest of mankind.” In a brief space of time Caleb’s steed was given into the charge of-a stable, and uncon scious and happy, he entered his domicil and shut the door. Tho moment he entered an attentive oar mighfhave detected the sounds of a voice in no way mellow or expressive of endearment; and an instant after Caleb hur riedly came through tire door, with -amaze ment on his front and a mop in his rear, the wrong end of Which was under tho direct and personal superintendence of a lady who was very red in the face and very sturdy in the arras, and who strongly resembled Mrs. Meeks. The battle had commenced in the passage way, Caleb’s castor, which shone in tho rays of the setting sun as ho drove down tlie-v.oad, was now very much bruised and out ohßhape, indeed it was driven far down over Cufeli.’-s.am iaWe physiognomy. “ What in thunder’s out?” yelled Caleb. “ Twenty-five years old!” shrieked tho in furiated '“dame, and bang Caleb caught the mop over ills shoulders. “ Corkscrew ring lets I’’ and punk he got it in tho book, with all the strength which nature and anger had given the enraged lady. “ Confound it, don’t do that. But it was no use, ho had to take it. '* D'amnnd ear-rings 1” punkl Silk vel vet dress 1" bang 1" “ Gold ■ btiaceleta 1" slump. “ Murder 1” roared Caleb. “Watch and chain I” she shrieked, and biffl.be took it over the head. “ Muffl” hangl slump! “BoaI” bangl bang 1-and down went Caleb with a yelLof “murder!” ‘ i. ,i . - „ Now fell the blows thick and fast upon the bruised head, back-and face of tho prostrate joker; while tho lady again .rehearsed the catalogue of the wearing apparel andjewels of the other Mrs. Meeks, timing the utter ance of the name of.each article with a blow upon her prostrate, writhing and bleeding lord. ' . But nil tilings must nave nn end. • The vi olent exercise of tho arms and lungs, in which, Mrs. Meeks had indulged, had somewhat ex hausted her : . She rapidly run through Nat’s imaginary catalogue and feeling her strength depnrting. gnthering herself up for one grand and final effort, Cale looked with horror up on the upraised mop; he heard the words : “Oh! tho huzzy I" shouted in ft vigorous tone; he heard ft hurtling, whizzing sound in the air, and the next instant Caleb’s nose was as flat as the other parts of Caleb's face. His two tormentors retreated into tho man sion, and-left him alone with his gore. Slow ly, and with the most keen sensations of pain, he raised himself in a sitting posture, and, with many a groan of agony, proceeded to in spect his personal condition. “ I’m blessed if this arm ain’t broken 1 Oh I And this left shoulder must bo dislocated 1 Oh 1 Oh 1 And, good, gracious, what a nose 1 That woman muet 'be orniyl I shan’t be able to go about in ft month 1 Oh, how sore 1 am 1" Now, Nat, with the most pleasurable, erup tions, hod, through the orevioe of the fence, observed, the Whole of tup little family jar which I hove So feebly described; and he now stood looking over tho fence, at tho back of jiis dear friend. « J say, Uncle Cale t” shouted Nat. “Hoy 1” said Caleb, ns he turned, in some little astonishment, a look upon hie former V * “Teay, Gale,” continued N nt, “ how do you feel about now 1” . ‘tOhl you - -1 I shall leave it blank—yelled out the enraged Caleb, as he sprang to his feet and made for,the house— “ I’ll fix your flintl” . But Nat didn’t want Ins flint fixed, and therefore made his way, with all possible ce lerity, up the road. Soon after there appeared upon the green sward rendered sanguinary end escrod by, conjugal endearments, a lame man, who wopci a shocking had hat, and who had taken posession of a fowling piece loaded with buck shot, ,If the lame man meant to shoot Nat, he reckoned without his host.',. That,worthy, thanks to a long thin pair of logs. Whs out of gun-shot range. j,. Gale from that time forth, and until he fill ed the grave which he now occupies so well, eschewed dry joking, and was always sensi tive on the subject of mops. ‘ The Parisian ladies this winter are going to adopt very short skirts, veryAigh boots, and very'plaid stockings. The ladies bore have no choice but tofolloVr their exam-, pie. Boots. skirts_ and everything else are so confoundedly high. • • ■ •, try- Ladies who have won husbands hygay. plumes in their hats, are said'to hayedsath ephd'thbM’ nest*;' 0 A Discourse on Vagabonds* The fresh, rough, heathery parts of human nature, where the air is freshest, and where the linnets sing, is getting encroached upon by cultivated fields. Every one is making himself useful. Every one is producing something. Everybody is clever. Every body is a philanthropist. I don’t like it. I love a little eccentricity. I respect honest prejudices. I admire foolish enthusiasm in a young head better than a wise skepticism. It is high time, it seems to me, that a moral game law were passed, for the preservation Of the wild and vagrant feelings of human na ture. Ah, me I what a world this was to live in two or three centuries ago, when St was get ting itself discovered—when the sunset gave up America. Then were the Arabian Nights commonplace, enchantments a matter of course, aud romance then waa courting Na ture—now he has married her 1 most extra ordinary thing in the world. Then man.— Vet for all that, time has brought and taken away, IMA glad to know that the vagabond sleeps in our blood and awakens now and then. Overlay nature as you please, here and there, some bit ot rook or mound or aborigi nal soil will crop out, with the wild flowers growing upon it sweetening the air. Genius is it vegabond. Art is a vagabond. Enter prise is a Vagabond. The first fine day in spring ’awakes the gipsy in the blood of the English workman, and incontinently he ‘ ‘ babbles of. green fields.” On the English gentleman, lapped in the most luxurious civ ilization, and with the thousand powers' and resources of wealth at his command, descends often times a fierce unrest, a Bedouin-like horror of cities, and the cry of the money changer, and in a month the fiery dust rises in the track of the desert steed, or in the six months’ polar midnight he hoars thO big brave dashing on tho icy shnro. Vagabonds have moulded tho Wbrld into its present shape. Respectable people swarm in the track of the vagabond, as rocks in the track of the plowshare. Respectable people do little‘in the World, except storing wine cellars and massing fortunes for spendthrift heirs. Respectable well-to do Grecians shook their heads over Leonidas and his three hun dred When they went down to Thermopylts. Respectable Spanish churchmen, with' shav en crowns, sconted the dream of Colnmhus. Respectable German folks attempted to per suade Lather from appearing before Charles and the Princes and electors of the empire. Nature makes iis vagabonds—the world makes us respectable. ■Commend me to Shakspoare’s vagabonds —the most delightful in the world. His sweet blooded ana liberal nature blossomed into all fine generosities as naturally as an apple bough into pink blossoms and odors.— It would -be better if We could hove, along with our modern enlightenment, our higher tastes and purer hands, a greater individual ity of thought and manner j better that every man should be allowed to g-CoW in his own way, so long -as he does not infringe an. the rights of his neighbor, or insolently thrust himself between him and the sun. A little more nir and light, should be let in upon life, I should, tliipck ths World has stood long enough under the drill of Adjutant Fashion, it is hard work; tho posture is wearisome, and Fashion is an awful martinet, has a quick eye, and comes down merciless ly on the unfortunate wight, who cannot square bis toes to the most approved pattern, or who appears upon a parade with a_ darn in his coat or - a shoulder belt insufficiently pipe clayed.' It is killing work. Suppose wo try “.standing,at ease” a little? —Essays by Alexander Smith, Love .atin Jealousy.- —Murder and Suicide in Bostcfh. —A young man named George S. i Freeman’tlc shot his Wife last evening and then attotapted to kill himself. The parties board at No. 947 Washington street. Yes terday afternoon the wife went to her moth er’s house, No. 9 Medford Court, where she was followed by her husband about 6 o’clock in the evening. He at once drew a revolver and fired twice at her, one of the balls taking effect in her collar bone, and the other just above her hip on the left side. After shoot ing his wife, he fired the contents of two barrels of the revolver at himself, both shots taking effeot below his heart, two inches from each other... He aimed, doubtless, at his heart, and intended to kill himself instantly. Drs. Hobbs and Buckingham wore called to the wife, and upon examination were of opinion that her wounds would prove fatal. Neither of the halls passed through her body. She' remained nt her mother’s The husband was carried to the City Hospital.— Ilia wounds nre not believed to bo serious.— Ho is about 27 years of age, and his wife, who is a native of Nashua (N. II.,) is 23 years of age. They have but two children. There had been some difficulty between the parties, tho husband being of a jealous dis position, and from letters which he had writ ten it seems that he had thought her untrue to him, and had contemplated the desperate act for some time. Those who know the couple do not believe that ho had just grounds for suspecting his wife. Both were illive this morning. It was thought that the Wife could not possibly survive her injuries more than a few hours. The affair created intense excitement in that usually quiet por tion of the South Knd. Freomantle, it is stated, was born in London, and is a son of a musician of this city. —■ Boston traveller. ICT" A lawyer of Milwaukee was defending a handsome young woman, accused of steal ing from a largo unoccupied dwelling in the night time; and he thus spoke in conclusion ‘ Gentlemen of the jury, lam done. When I gaze with enraptured eyes on the matchless beauty of this peerless virgin, on whoso res plendent charms suspicion never dared to breathe—when I behold her radiant in this glorious bloom of luscious loveliness, which angelic sweetness might envy, but not eclipse —before which the star on the brow of night grows pole, and the diamonds of Brazil are dim, and then reflect upon the utter madness and,folly, of supposing that, go mhcljbeaiiiy would expose itself to the terrors of ah empty building, in the cold damp, and dead of night, when innocence like hers is hiding itself amid the snowy pillows of repose; gentlemen of the jury, my feelings are too overpowering for expression, and I throw ■, her into your arms for protection against this foul charge which the outrageous malice of a disappoint ed scoundrel has invented to blast the fair, name of this .lovely maiden, whose, smiles shall bathe reward of the verdict which 1 know you will give.’ ■ The jury acquitted her without leaving their seats. . They couldn't help-itl jgj? “I hope you will he. able to support npo,” said a young lady to herintended, while walking out one evening, during a slippery state of the sidewalk. „ . . 'I ■' . “Why, jo-yea,” said.the hesitating swam “with Boino litllb assistance from your father. “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE EIGHT—BUT EIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, LEiiMBER 82,1864. * ; ! ' • • ’’ * Talks Adodt llSaltii.— During the damp and cold season deficient dress of the feet and legs is a fruitful source el disease. The-hend, throat, and liver are perhaps the most fre quent sufferers. ■ ■ •>. / ■ The logs and foot are far from the central part of . the body. They are not in great mass, like the trunk, but extended, and 'en veloped by the atmosphere. Besides, they are near the damp, cold earth. ' for those and other reasons they require extra covering. If we would secure the highest physiological conditions, are must give our cxtremetiea more dress than the body. Wo men wear upon our legs, in the coldest season, but two thicknesses of cloth. The body has at least six. Women put on them. four thicknesses under the shawl, which, with the various doublings, furnishes several more—then over all, thick, padded furs; while their i-na have one thickness of cotton under a balloon. They constantly come to me about their headache, palpitation of the heart,-and congestion of the liver.— Yesterday, one said to me, ‘ All my blood is in my head apd chest. My head goes hu ni nety bump, my heart goes bumpety-bunip.’ tasked, ‘How are your foot?’ ‘Chunks of ice,’ she replied. I said to her, ‘lf you so dress your legs and feet that the bleed can’t got down into them, where can it got It can’t go out visiting. It must stay in the system somewhere. Of course the chost and head must have an excessive, quantity. So they go ‘ humpoty-bump,’ and so .they must go, until you dress yoUr legrapd foot in siich away that they .shall gel their state of blood, In the coldest season of the year I leave Bos ton for a bit of a tour before Lyceums—going as far Jts Philadelphia, and riding much in fb'o night .without an overcoat; hut I give my Jegatwo or three times their usual dress.— Danng the coldest weather men may wear in addition to their usual drawers, a pair of cha mois-skin drawers with great advantage,— When we ride in a sleigh, or in the cars, whore do we suffer? In our legs of course. Give me warm legs and feet, and I’ll hardly thank you for an overcoat. ‘ My dear Madame, have yea a head-aoho, a sore throat, palpitation of the heart, con gestion of the liver, or indigestion ? Wear one, two or three pairs of warm woolen draw ers, two pairs of warm woolen stockings, and thick warm shoes, with more or less redaction in the amount of dress about your body, and you will obtain the same relief permanently that you derive temporarily from a warm foot bath.’ . ' I must not forget to say that a thin layer of India rubber cemented upon the boot-sole will do much to keep the bottom of our feet dry and warm.— Dr. Dio Letbia, IC/” A good story is told of a Washington countryman, who on his Way to Cincinnati became somewhat elevated by sundry drinks, but, as good luck Would have it, found a boat at the wharf, and was quickly on his way. Soon after leaving the wharf, a man came around' fot his fare. Horrall handed out a five dollar hill, and repeived four dollars and ninety-fire contain change. He rammed it into his pocket-book with great eagerness, supposing the clerk had'made a mistake.— That done he leaned back into his chair and fell asleep. A little While and he was pluck ed awake by the same man, who again de manded fore. J" Discovered the mistake,” holding out a handful of change. The man, as before, took only five cents, and Horrall again went into a doze. Ere he had got fairly into dreaming of home and friends far away, around came the collector again, and thus it went op for a long time. At last Horrall thought it very inconveni ent. and concluded to vote the collector n nuisance and give him a bit of advice besides; so ho said; “ Is (hie) this a da-n-ger (hio) ous (hie) bo-boat?” «, “By no means,” said the man. “ Bran hew.” ‘‘Then, by gummy, (hio) why dn (hio) don’t you collect all the fa (hio) hair at onoo —not bo-bother a fel (hie) heller for it every mile ns it comes duo ?” “ Really,” said the man, “ where do you think you are going.?”' ' “ Cinoin (hio),cinnati,” said Horrall. “ Cincinnati," said the polite conductor, “ why you must be sadly out of your reckon ing. This is the ferryboat, and all this after noon you have been riding to and fro between New Albany and Portland.” —Louisville De mocrat. A Mai.e Topst. —Here is a very good anec dote, remindingone somewhat of Mrs. Stowe’s “ Topny During the Hast winter a “ contraband” came into the Federal lines in North Caroli na, and was marched up to the officer of Jho day to give an account of himself, whereupon the following colloquy ensued: . i ‘ Whntfs your name?” " ‘ My name’s Sam.’ ‘ Sam what ?’ • No, snh ; not Sam Watt. I’se jist Sam.’ 1 What’s your other name ?’ ‘ I hasn’t got no Oder name, eah, I’so Sam—dat’s all.’ ‘ What’s your master’s name ‘l’se gotnomassanow ; massarunod away —y&h I yah I I’so a free nigger now.’ ‘ Well what’s your father and mother’s name I’ ‘ I’se got none, snh— nebor had none. I’so jist Sam—ain’t nobody else.’ ‘ Haven’t you any brothers and sisters 1’ ‘No,.snh; neber bad none. No bruddor, no sister, no fader, no muddor, no massa— nothin’ but Sam. When you see Sam you see all dare is of us.’ Always Boon Df-Stairs.—-A young man who was thinking of studying law, said to Daniel Webster; “Mr. Webster, I understand that tho pro fession of low is quite full, and that there are more lawyers than are needed ; do you think there is any chance for me ?” “ There is always room up stairs,” was tho reply—and as true as it was ingenious. On ly a few persons can reach the high places, l and-. Hose ape always in great demand— “there is always room enough up First-olaes farmers and mechanics, as well as. physicians, lawyers, &0., always find plenty of work and good ;pay. Whatever colling you choose, and it matters little if it he an honest one, resolve to, go into an,upp6f story, but don’t try to jump there by a single leap, --or you may fall disabled. - Rather begin- at the bottom of .the ladder and patiently step upon each round. K7* How Much.—’ If ft man sells his watch lor SSQ; buys it back for $4O; then sells it.for $45, aow much does he moke in the transaction ?’ It looks as if he made $15,; but ho didn’t. Boy, can,you tell how much t O' Some men keep savage dogs around tho houses, so,that. the Ipmgry whoistqp to “ get a bite” may get it outside the door. Cnoconu.Es and Monkeys.—From Henri Mershol’s travels in-lndo China, we select the’ foUftwing paragraphs''.- y . .. ’i "Crocodiles are more numcfous ftv thVrfver Kt Paknam Vein-than in that of Chantaboun. I-continually saw them throw themselves from the banka- into the water; and it has frequently happened that careless fishers, or persons who havo imprudently fallen asleep on the shore, harebecome their-prey, or-have afterwards died of wounds inflicted by themi This latter has happened twice during my stay here. It is amusing, however—fur one is interested in observing the habitsof ani mals all over the world—to seo tha manner in whch these creatures catch the apes, which sometimes take a fancy to play with them. Close to the bunk lies the crocodile, his body in water, and only his capacious mouth above the surface ready to seize anything (hat may come within reach* ■■ *' ‘‘A troop of apes catch sight of him, seem to consult together, approaching littlo by lit tle, and commence their frolics, by turns no tors and spectators, One of the most active or most imprudent jumps from branch to branohjitjU within a respectable distance from the crocodile, when, hanging by one claw, and with the dexterity peculiar to these animals, ho advances and retiree, now giving his enemy a blow With his paw, at another time only pretending to d(? so. The other apes, enjoying the fun, evidently wish to take purtinit; but the other branches being tdo high, they form nsort of chain by laying hold of each other’s paws, ond thus swing back wards and forwards, while any of them who comes within reach of the crocodile, torments him to the best of-hiff ability. "Sometimes the terrible jaws suddenly close, hut not upon the audacious ape, who just escapes ; then there are cries of exulta tion from the tormentors, who gambol al.KMit joyfully. Occasionly, however tile claw is entrapped, and the victim draggodjwith tho rapidity of lightening beneath the water, when the whole troop disperse, groaning and shrieking. The misadventure does not, how ever, prevent their recommencing the game o few clays afterwards.” Sfcxttßf’ GzNl'iEi,.—Among all thepitinhle and appealing sights which assail tho eyes, and, through them, tho heart, none can bear comparison with that which exhibits the pe culiar circumstance which, in common par lance, is known asshabby gentility. There is a mute development of nil the aggregate of human suffering in it—a development of in tolerable yet uncomplaining torment, wbiob. excites the tenderest regard in the beholder, and thp most unselfish sympathy. • There is something gross in bodily suffering; butmen tni pain is delicate iu its intrinsic nature. The dignified suffering of shabby gentility in tho very realisation of what poets call “exqui site agony,” There is something in the bat tered hat, the thread-bare coat, and the dis ordered but highly lustrous boots, which the flintieaof nature cannot deny. ■'•Poverty does not always address itsslf to tho sympathies, and seldom, if ever, in the ratio of its degree. The poor homeless vagabond in tatter and filth, tho slaving mendicant whose empty pocket cannot afford him more than a moul dy crust to guard against hunger, extorts charity more frequently than he is invited. Butshahy gentility seduces the finer instincts of the charitable man and wins upon human nature insensibly. It is not tho number of tatters, or the hideous minutiae of privations, but that which lies bepeath the threadbare suit—the mental suffering of whioii this is tho evidence and the symbol. In this lies the vital principle on 'which tho pathetic quality of shabby gentility is based. Miss Slidell's Marriage—The marriage of M. Erlangor, the banker, to Miss Slidell, is causing no small sensation. M. Erlangor being Just divorced from M’llo Odello Lafltte (Charles Lafitte’s daughter), and the divor ced lady being about to enter the bonds of matrimony with the cause of the divorce, makes the event of the highest order of pic turesque interest. One of those curious cir cumstances which can never happen but in Franco is recorded of the incident which led to the divorce, the guiity party being pursued by the offended husband was, of course, struck with terror; but philosophy and contempt had done much to mitigate the pursuer’s wrath, and so, instead of “chastising the in solence,” according to the fashion observed in novels, he very quietly placed his pocket book in the hands of the fugitive, exclaim ing, “Ah malheureux. You have only taken ten thousand francs, and -you are going to Romo 1 Knowing your fair companion well I can safely say that such a paltry sura as that will bo devoured before you get to Mar seilles. There is double th.o stub,. This will enable you to go further off—to Naples, per haps—and I shall be gainer, for you will be forced to remain there.” And with this con solatory speech theinjured party ccoly turned upon liis heel and walked off. So goes, the legend, at least. —Paris Cor. Liverpool Jour nal, Sep. Hth The Wolf. —From the Rio Colorado We had been constantly,followed by o large gray wolf. Every evening as soon as WO got into camp ho made his appearance, squatting qui etly down at a little distance, and after we had turned in for the night, helping himself to anthing lying about; Our first acquaint ance commenced on the tirade, where 1 kill ed the two antelopes, and the excellent din ner he then made on the carcass had evident ly nttaohedhim to our society. In the morn ing as we left camp ho took posession-and quietly ate up the remains of our supper, as well as some extras X allways took care to leave him. Shortly after he would trot after us, and if we halted a short time to adjust the paok-rtiules or water the annimals, he would sit down until wd resilttfod.odr march, But when I killed an antelope, or was in the act of butchering it, he gravelyjlooked on or loped around and around, licking his jaws in a state of evident self-gratulation.' I had him twenty times a day within reach of my rifle, but he became such an old friend that I never dreamed of molesting him.— Traveler, Thk Reason Writ-.—One day, recently a gentleman who holds a responsible and lucra tive position in government, concluded -to change his lodgings, and sent ono of the wait ers of the hotel where he had selected apart ments after his baggage. Meeting the wait er an hour or two afterwards, he aaid : : , ..... . •Well, John, did you brlilg nfiy baggage down ?’ .... •No sar,’ blandly responded the sable gen tleman, Why—what was the reason?? •Case, sar, the ;gentleman in tho office said you -bad not paid your bill.’ ■ - • ■ • i<Not paid my bill—why, that’s singular, he knew me very well when he' kept tho Gir ard House in Philadelphia.’ ’ ‘Wall, mebby,’ rejoined John, thoughtfully Rorntcjiing his bead, ‘mebby dat .was de rea son he wouldn’t gib me de baggagh. Eight, to Sixteen.—Lord Sliaftsbury re cently stated, in a public meeting in London that 1m had ascertained from p’ersonal obser vation thpO of adult ’male criminals in that city, nearly all had fallen into a course of crime between the ages of- eight and sixteen years ; ahd that if a boylived on honest life up to twenty years of ago, there were forty nine chances in bis favorapA only one aghiost him, ns tSo att llonoi'iAlO life therehftoK •This is a fact of startling 'importance to fathers and mothers, and shows a fearful re sponsibility, Certainly a parent should se cure and exercise absolute control over his child until sixteen—it cannot bo' a very dif ficult matter to do this, except in very rare cases ; and-if- that : contf(4 is not wisely and efficiently exercised, it must be the -parents! fault—it :is owing- tO'-pnrential neglect or remissnoss. Tlencfei’the-real source of nine ty eight percent. of'the crime in n country such as England or the United States lies at the door of the parents. ■■-v ■ 1 - - It is a fearful reflection wo throw it before the minds of-thoifatheMiand'.mothers of our. land, and there tabs thought of- in. wisdom, remarking only ns to the early seeds of dis ease, that in nearly erory ciso they are sown between sundown and bedtime, in absence from the family circle, in the supply of spend ing money never earned- by the spenders, opening the doors of confectionaries and soda fountains, or beer and tobacco; and wine shops, of the circus, the negro Minstrel, the restnuVnnt, and dance > then fallows the Sun day ekoftrsiqh, the Sunday, thieves,- the easy transition' to. tbp company- of those whose !eflfi;down .to the gates of social, physi cal, ana raw's! ruin. ■ ’< From “ bight to sixteen I” in those few years are tho destinies of children fixed in. forty-nine oases out of fifty—fixed by parent 1 lint every father and mother solemnly row: “ By Cod’b.lielp 1111 fix my dacling’s destiny for good by making homo more attractive than tho streets.” A Cocktail Story.— Thera are many nov elties in a trip to the Lake Superior regions, toono who makes the jbrney for-the first time, among which the Indiana .are not the least, interesting. During the heated terra, not ma ny years ago, a party of Cincinnatian*.made a'-pleasure trip to those regions. Among them was a gentlemen who hai ivb previous knowledge.of tho Indiahs'save What-hp had gained from books,-and having long’heeh n'n ardent admirer of the race, at a distance, ho cultivated their acquaintance very assiduous ly when he came where they were,- Beach ing Marquette thei party remained 'several days, stopping sti tho Marquette House.— There'are a number of Indians about the town,and the Indian fancier had abundant opportunities to study those sweet and art loss children of nature. Onthenightof their arrival, the Indian fancier was missing for several hours. ■ His friends at length went in search ofhim, and found him in the saloon of tho Hotel treating a lot of dirty, greasy Indians and half-breeds to Champagne cock tails, a luxurious and expensive beverage, hitherto unkown to them,- fur their usualdrink was rifle whiskey. One of the party asked a big Indian, who was taking iij his sixth or eighth cocktail, what be was drinking. “ Umptli! dunno—him most good asoider!” Appreciative savage. Marriage-IK Lapland. —lt.is death in Lapland to marry a maid without the consent of her parents or friends. When a young man has formed an attach nent for a female, the fashion is to appoint their friends ,to be hold the two young parties run a rhee tor gather. The maid is allowed in starting the advantage of one-third part of the race, so that it is impossible, except willing of her self, that she should be overtaken. If the maid outruns her suitor, the matter is endedj he must never have her, it being a penalty for a man to renew the : motion of marriage. Bafc.iftbe Virginia? an affection for him, though; at first she runs fast to try the truth of his love, she will (without Atlanta's gold en balls to retard her speed) pretend sortie casualty, and make a voluntary halt before she comes to the mark or end of the race.— Thus none are Compelled to marry against their own wills ; find this is the cause that in this poor country the married people are richer in their own contentment than In oth er lands, where so many forced matches make feigned love, and cause real Unhappi ness. BIT* Bill Anderson, tile tiotdridiio guerrilla* who was recently killed in Missouri, was accustomed to put those who wished to join his band to a severe test. On one occasion, a desperado went to him to join, Anderson told him that ho‘didn't want to have any thing to do with him—that he vrasn fcoward,' &c. The fellow replied, *Try mo, captain.' Anderson told him ‘ It was no use ;' but the fellow kept on insisting until Anderson at last spit in his face, when the follow him downl Anderson arose, rubbed his temple, and said : ‘ swear him in, boys, any man that will knock Hill Apdctspn down, surrounded by his men,*will do for a member of our band.' * jßgy* Two fast young men, just returning homo after a night's carousel, saw the sun rising. One of them insisted it was-the sun, the other that it was the moon—They agreed to leave it to the first man they met. He al so had been out op alark-. “-Excuse me, sir, but m‘y friend arid I have made a little bet whether that's tho sun or moon that's now rising, and wo’vo agreed to have you decide the matter," “Fact is, gentlemen, I should be very happy, but you soo.l'mp strangetin the city,' ana been o\ii all niglul" ... £7* A man in Baltimore was arrested on Friday last, charged with ‘‘ cursing the Pre sident.” If that is to be the order of the day,- increase .your police and enlarge your pris ons, gentlemen 1 subjeot.is so ,inviting for such indulgence- that-you already have that sort of cause for arresting hundreds of thousands of our people, male and female, old |and young, from the prattling babe to the patriarch full of years at the verge Of h'iS fravei - - - A veteran officer presented a memori al to Napoleon, soliciting a pension. ‘ Vfa shjtH see,’ was the Emperor’s reply. ‘ Sire.’ yon may see. now, it you will deign, to look,’ said the soldier, uncovering a breast scarred, all over. The pension was granted on the spot. £7" Pittsburg one foundry for ftbput oaoh thousand.of its population, and a dozen drinking'saloons for each found-dry.-—iVen iice. ? r - I. ..-a Laborers are scarce in Utah. The Saints are' lazy and won’t work, preforing to starve like gentlemen. ' .£7" A -manufactory of forged notes .has bepn, discovered in one of the St. Petersburg prisons. ME SEW LINCOLN LOAN. Ono of the evil signs of the times ia the ap athy and profound indifference with which the Northernj public receives any suggestion* from authority, no matter how startling or nefarious. This in singularly the case with one hint in Mr. Lincoln's late -message; on Which scaVoely a comment has been made outside of the strict limit of- the opposition press. We have paused in the faint hope that such a paper as the New York Eoerizrty Post; genoroHy fcound enough on questions of ethics or finance, dr'the Ndtihnal Intelligencer 9 from its scat-on the cros-s-tfCPbh'es; woold say something about it. Bub thus far, word. From the loose* morality and qery feeble intelligence of the 41 loyal" newpapers in ■ our own neighborhood, wo, of course; ex pected nothing. The suggestion Mr. Lin-. coin to which we now refer, is that upon which, we offered some comments yesteraay.; ■ The President,* speaking of a probable increase of the-funded aobt, und of temptations to invest in it, says :*“ X suggest wneUier it might.not be both competent and expedient for'Congress ' to. provide that* a limited atdo&ntof some fu4 ture issue of public securities might bo held by any botidjide purchaser, exempt from tbxk * ation and Jroin.seittire jor debt, under such restrictions and limitations )as might be ned essary to > cuard ugainst abuse of st> impor* tint a privilege " , „ .1 ■ The point or.the sting"of this strange sug gestion; is in the words wo have«italicized, Qnd, so long as they stand-and constitute the essence of the thing, it is all nonsense-to talk of. restrictions and limitations to-prevent a buso. The man who holds thisbeouritynoed not and cannot be mide to. pay bis honest debts. He becomes a. chartered rogae.— Thoyo can be-no stick- thing-as bond JidesSki . such a proposition/ It has always been clear to us that, from the moment the government interfered with private contracts fey the is sue of- legal tender notes, the descent on Ijio inclined plane, of .infamy was, inevitable and would become easier every day. And so it has, and yob this last Executive dodge, this ultimate and most ingenious device of rogu ery takes us by surprise* . The earliest step of the descent we speak-of, was coincident With .the first depreciation* of the paper.— Mortgagors \Vho bad borrowedigold thought of the ease .with which, they could pay in pa pety and found the temptatroa-irresistahle.— Mortgagees tremblodin their shoes, the more so if they wore “loyal," fotithen they dared not hesitate to take what was tendered them. Saving Funds and Trust Companies were hor ror stricken; and thus-thegame began*, •We know of cases where .mortgage debts due to orphan children were paid off within three or. four, months of.- the time when, to-avert ruin, thedobtoron bended knee had supplicated the loan. In vain a feeble struggle was made in the courts to avert it. .The Judges, no bet ter after all than other folks, followed in the track to thorn, and > with*a feint bleats of dissent here and there, said it wis all right, and government oould.in this re spect do what it pleased with private rlghtsw Then, through the chink thus made, marched with gigantic tread the great debtor corpora tions; in, the aot of crinib o&rdd question their integrity ? . Werdthey not oar* ryingtroopsand munitions of war f Had they not always a State car ready for. any itiner ant Secretary who had decision to, go hornet Did they pot subscribe fitatfiegro recruits f-4 l}id they not keep lip the price of coal for poor men and carry it cheap for the govern ment ? In short, no one coUld dispute their loyalty, which, like another old fashioned .Vir- tue, covers a multitude of sins.— If tfieir debts fell due, we’mean their princi pal, they paid, or trie4 to.pay, in<depreoiated paper, and even whoU the principal was not due, as in the case of the ground rents, they were not ashaimod to experiment on the fid lure-, and discount tho rascality of ytisrs to come. This attempt has. been texfiporarily impeded; but it will work smoothly by and by. Then camo.tho payir.g in paper of the three year National loan, promised in specie. Then the compulsory metamorphosis of the State Banks into .National ones—astupendu du6 violation of private rights; .and now Mri Lincoln, whose cheek, like Hamlet's mothers has been “brazed" by custom, proposes that the tfjoyernment should go into partnership with the {radulentihsolvontfl.of the land, fapd m consideration of their helping him, Mri Lincoln willtput-them at ease for all time to come, and stuff with the softest down the pil lows on which they can lay their loyal headsj cureless of tho creditor without. , We fire tempted to ask what engraved detioo .shall these anti-creditor bunds bear? , A Western advocate in the Supreme Court last winter— so says Mr. Wallace’s report—talked of. “ the elegance of tho engraver’s art, and the strength and assurance of language being tig ed to nllure a purchaser?' of Certain fraudu lent, railroad bonds. But here is an allure racrit-snch as no one before Mr. Lincoln ever dreamed of. These bonds, which ere to be bidden away, need no An cient Pistol’s., apothegm, ‘‘ base is the slave who pays," iday be*writteh round their oa.'btit nothing more is needed. . And this in the 19th century—this, in an age of decorum and civilization—this, in the facenf £roat world ..of capital and. credit to whidli, if the war lasts, this government must appeal—and this, too,-with isoaroolj an, audible! word from the press or the public, in approbation of is, silence only to be excused in a .way which loyalty .precludes, by tho Mr. Lincoln’s individual, or official suggestions, are really pot worthy of comment or consid!- oration,— Philia. Age. XT' The itch funs seven years,-and Aholit tjoniam being twice as dirty and virulent a disease, runs fourteen. It commenced as an epidemic in this country in 1854, and will end in IBGB. Of course it will from this time until its total extinction rapidly subside. O', As a gang of young ioyal Leaguers were issuing from the Fifth Avenue Hotel* the other night, vociferously- pinging— “ Rally round the flag, boys j rally onoe again," a worn-out soldier exclaimed, ’‘WelU yod miisy,’cowardly rascals, why don’t you de it?’' The young Leaguers sloped Day Book . \ There are'nearly twelve thousand' ten ement hpusesjn New York oity. and thM'.eV-, erage si*, families, or about thirty-fIW sofils ts each houah. - ; ', p, < ; . , £/* £ho minitoum Stan J»rdhVight for re cruits for the, voluntesrf eirvioa has been fix ed by the. Seoretary of Waf. at- five-' feet in stead of five feet tme e . inShea; as,heretofore established. O' A ootemporary diseovera that some of our military embers-have fear aids—prop!*-, 3ades, serenade, gasconade and- lemonade-* ielatter generally’’qualified.’’ r ; , m ii
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