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From So to SlO per day can ho made. Address with 25 cents for sample and full information, A. F. BELCHFU, Box id, Philadelphia, Pa. M. 1!.- All agents ami pedlers would linn it to their In terest to answer the above, April 2t), 13(1(1—3m. Rt.FhUa. HAS ON HAND A VERY LARGE STOCK OF HAND. BOI7QHT FOR CASH, Dutch Gap, Mobile, Strawberry Plains. Ac., Ac. |tetaL WHEN I MEAN TO MARRY. When do I mean to marry ? Well — 'Tis idle to dispute with fate; Put if you choose to hear me toll, Pray listen while I llx the date. When daughters haste with willing feet. A mother’s daily toil to share; Can make the puddings which they eat, Aud mend the stockings which they wear. When maidens look upon n man As if himself they meant to marry And not as many soldiers scan A sutler or a commissary. When gentle ladies, who have got • The oiler of a lover's hand, Consent to share his “ earthly lot,” And do not mean his lot of land. When young mechanics are allowed To llnd and win the farmer’s girls Who don’t expect to bo endowed With rubies, diamonds and pearls. When wives, in short, shall freely give Their hearts and hands to aid their spouses, And live as they were wont to live . Within their sires’ one story houses. Then, mndam —if I'm not too old, — Rejoiced to quit this lonely life, I'll brush my beaver, cense to scold, And look about me for a wife. OVKK Tilt ,u,i,i;6lii;mes, In the full of lS4fi I was traveling East ward in a stage-coach from Pittsburg over the mountains. My fellow passengers were two gentlemen and a lady. The elder gentleman’s appearance interested mo exceedingly. In years he was about sixty, in air and manner he was calm, dignified and polished; and the contour of his features was singularly intellectual. He conversed freely on general topics un til tire road became more abrupt and pre ciptious, but on on my directing his at tention to the great altitude of a preci pice, on the verge of which our coach wheels were leisurely rolling, there came a marked change over ids countenance. His eyes so lately filled with the light of mild intelligence, became wild, restless and anxious ; the month twitched spasi modioally, and the forehead beaded with a cold perspiration. With a sharp, con vulsive shudder, he turned his gaze from tile giddy height, and clutching my arm tightly with both hands he clung to me like a drowning man. “Use this cologne, ’’ said the lady, handing me a bottle with (he instinctive goodness of her sox. 1 sprinkled a little on his face, and lie soon became somewhat more composed ; but it was not until we had traversed the mountain and descended to the country beneath, that the fine features relaxed from their perturbed look, and assumed the placid, quiet dignity I had firstnotic ed. “ I owe an apology to the lady,” said lie with a bland smile and a gentle inclina tion of the head to our fair companion, “ and some explanation to my fellow trav elers also, and perhaps I cannot better acquit myself ol the double debt than by recounting the cause of my recent agita tion.” “It may pain your feelings,” delicately urged tlie lady. “ On thecontrary, itwiil relieve them,’' was the respectful reply. Having signified our"several desires to hoar more, the traveler then proceeded : “ At the age of 18, I was light of foot and fear, (here he smiled), light of head. A fine property on tiie right bank of I lie Ohio, acknowledged me sole owner. I was hastening home to enjoy it, and de lighted to got free from college life. The month was October, the air was bracing and the mode of conveyance a.stage coach like tliis, only more" cmnlierons. Tiie other passengers were few—but three in all—an old, grey headed planter of Lou isiana, Ids son, and Ids daughter, a joy ous, bewitching creature, about fifteen years of age. They were just returning from France, of which the young ladv discoursed in terms so eloquent as to ab sorb my entire attention. Tiie father was taciturn,butthe daugh ter vivacious by nature, and we soon be came so mutually pleased with each other, she as a talker, I as a listener, Unit it was not until a sudden flash of lightn ing, and a heavy dash of rain against the coach window elicited an exclamation from my charming companion, that I noticed how the night passed on. Pre sently there was a low rumbling sound, and then several penis of thunder, accom panied by successive flashesof lightening The rain descended in torrents and an angry wind began tohowland roar through the forest trees. I looked from the window of our ve hicle. The night was as dark as ebony, but tiie lightning revealed the darkness of our road. We were on the edge of a frightful pre cipice. ‘ I could see it at intervals, huge jutting rocks far down on the sides, and the sight made me solicitous for tiie fate of my fair companion. I thought of the mere hair breadths that were between us and eternity; a single little rock in the track of our coach, a tiny Lillet of wood, a stray limb of a tempest torn tree, a res tive horse, or a careless driver —any of these might hurl us from the sublunary existence with the speed of thought. “ ‘Tis a perfect tempest,” said the lady, as I withdrew my head from the window. “ How I love a sudden storm. There is something so grand among the winds when fairly loose among the hills. I never encountered a night like this, but Byron’s magnificent description of a thunder storm in the Jura immediately recurs to my mind. But are we not on the-mountain yet?” “ Yes, we have begun tiie ascent,” “ Is it not said to be dangerous?” “ By no means,” I replied, in as easy a tone as I could assume. 11 1 only wjjilx it was daylight, that wo might enjoy the mountain scenery. Josu Marie! what’s that?” Anil she covered her eyes from the glare of a sheet of lighcningt|iat illumined the rugged mountain with brilliant intensity. Peal after peal of crashing thunder instan tly succeeded; there was a very heavy volume of rain coming down at each thunderhurst, and with the deep moaning of an animal, as if in dreadful agony, breaking upon my ears, I found that the coach had come to a dead halt. Louise, my beautiful fellow traveler, became pale as ashes. She fixed her eyes on mine witli a look ofanxious dread, and turning to her father hurredly remarked; “ VTo arc on the ■mountains!” “ I reckon so," was the unconcerned reply. - With an instant activity, I put my head through tlie window and'eall to the driv er, but the only answer was the swift wings of the tempest. I seized the han dle of the door and strained at it in vain ; it would not yield a jot. At that instant I felt a cold hand on mine, and heard Louise's voice articulating in my ear the appalling wonts: “Tito coach is moving backwards! Ood in heaven !” Never shall I forget the fierce agony with I tugged at tiro coaeli door ami called on the driver in tones that rivaled the force of the blast, while CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1866. the dreadful conviction was burning in my brain that the coach was being moved slowly backward. What followed was of such swift occur rence, that it seemed to me that it must he a frightful dream.’ I rushed against the door .with all my force but it mocked my utmost efforts. One side of our vehicle was/sensibly going down, down, down. Theinonning of the agonized animal became! deeper, and I knew from the desperate plunges against the traces, that it was hue of our horses. Crash upon crash of heavy thunder roll ed over the mountain, and .vivid sheets of lightning played around our devoted carriage, as if in glee at our misery. By this light I could see a moment —only for a moment—theold planter standing erect, with his hands on his son and daughter, his eyes raised to heaven and his lips mov ing like one in prayer. 1 could see Louise turn her ashy cheeks and suborb eyes to wards me as if imploring my protection ; and I could see the bold glance of the young boy flashing an indignant defiance at the descending carriage, and the war of elements, and the awful danger that awaited him. There was a roll of thun der, a desberate plunge as of an animal in tile last throes of dissolution, a harsh, gra ting jar, a sharp piercing scream of mor tal terror, and I had but time to clasp Louis firmly with one hand around the waist and seize the leather fastenings at tached to the coach roof with the other, when we wore precipitated over the pre cipice. I can distinctly,recollect preserving con sciousness for a few seconds of time, how rapidly my breath was being exhausted ; but of that tremendous descent, I soon lost all further individual knowledge by a concussion so violent that 1 was almost instantly deprived of sense and motion* On an humble couch in an humble room of a small country hoilfee I next opened my eyes in the world of light and shade, of joy and sorrow, of mirth and sadness ; gentle hands smoothed my pillow, gentle feet glided across my chamber and agon tie voieehushed for a time all my question ings, I was kindly tended by a fair young girl about sixteen, who refused for several days to hold any conversation with me. At length one morning finding myself sufficiently stiougonough to sit up I insisted on hearing the result of the accident. “You were discovered,” said she “sit ting on a ledge of rook, amidst the bran ches of a shattered tree, clinging to a part of your broken coach, with one hand, and to the insensible form of a lady with the other.” “And tlie lady?" I gasped, scanning the girl’s face with an earnestness that caused her to draw back and blush. “She was saved, sir, by the same means that saved you, the friendly tree.” “ And her fatheraud brother'.”' I impa tiently demanded. “ Were both found crushed to pieces at the bottom of the precipice, a great way beyond the place where my father and uncle Joe got-you and the lady. We bur ied their bodies in one grave close by the clover patch down in yon meadow ground.” “ Poor Louise —poor orphan! Clod pity you !” I murmured in 'tones utterly un conscious that I had a listener. “ God pity her indeed, sir,” said the young girl, with a gush of heartfelt sym pathy. Would you like to see her ?” ,Sho added. “ Take me to her,” I replied. I found the orphan bathed In bitter tears by the grave other buried kindred. She received me withjsorrowfiil sweetness of manner. I will not detain your atten oion detailing the efforts I made to win her from her great grief, but briefly ac quaint you that! at last succeeded in indu cing her to leave her forlorn homo in the ■South ; and that twelve months after the dreadful occurrence which 1 have related, we stood at tire altar as man and wife. ■She still lives to bless my love with her smiles, and my children with her pre cepts but on the anniversary of that ter rible night she secludes herself in her room ami devotes the hours of darkness to solitary prayer. “ As for mo,” added the traveler, while a faint flush tinged his noble brow at the avowal, “ that accident his made a phy sical coward of me at the sight of a moun tain precipice.” “ But the driver," urged our lady pas senger, who iiad listened to the recital of the story with attention ; what became of the driver? or did you ever learn the reason of ins deserting his post?" “ His body was found on the road with in a few yards from the spot where the coach went over. He had been struck dead by the same flash of lightning that blinded the restive horses." Tin-: New Tax Bill.—For kissing a pretty girl, one dollar. For kissing a very homely one, two dollars, the extra amount added proba bly for the man's folly. l i 'or ladies kissing cfno another, two dollars. The tax is placed at this rate in order to break up the custom altogether, it being regarded by our M. C.’s a piece of inexcusable absurdity. For every flirtation, ten cents. Every young man who has more titan one girl is taxed five dollars. For courting in the kitchen twenty-live cents. Courting in the parlor one dollar. Courting in a romantic place, live dol lars, aud lifty cents for each offence here after. Seeing a lady home from church, twen ty-five cents. Seeing a lady home from the Dime So ciety, live cents, the proceeds to be devo ted to tlie relief of disabled army chap lains. For ladies who paint, lifty cents. For wearing a low-necked dress, one dollar. For each curl on a lady’s head, above ten, live cents. For any unfair device for entrapping young men into matrimony, five dollars. For wearing hoops larger than eight feet in circumference, eight cents for each hoop. Old bachelors over thirty are taxed ton dollars and sentenced to banishment' to Utah. Each pretty lady to be taxed from twen ty-five cents to twenty-five dollars, she to fix the estimate of her own beauty. It is thought that a very largo amount will bo realized from this provision. Each hoy baby, fifty cents. Each girl baby, ten cents. Families having more than eight ba bies are not to be taxed, and for twins a premium of forty dollars will be paid out of the funds accruing from the tax on old bachelors. Each Sunday loafer on the street cor ners or about church doors to he taxed his value, which is about two cents. They have a Radical newspaper in Rich mond from which the Northern Radical journals evidently take great delight to quote. It seems,‘in regard to Us editor; that “he was originally a Methodist Priest, then a slaveholder, then a nigger driver, next a whiskey seller, and now editor of a Radical newspaper." Me can descend no lower. FAC On tho Oth hist., Milton Keller, living on top of the mountain five miles we.M of Fredrick, Maryland, was harrow ing in a field, when the harrow dragged a loaded shell out of the ground , which is supposed had been buried there since ib'j-. He picked up the.shell to examine it,, when it exploded, killing him instant ly- THE FREEDJIEJi’S It UREA E. Exlrncl. From Hie Itcport of ..ciiirals Slccdmnu nn.l Fuller.on. I? E AD! R K A I) ! ! Feeling Towards Ilio ICtircnu. We found the feeling towards the Bu reau much the same as that already sta ted as prevailing in Virginia, except that there appears to he a more universal de sire in this department on the part of all classes to have it removed. This feeling is no doubt attributable to the misconduct of many of the ollieers of the Bureau, such as working plantations, running saw mills, manufacturing turpentine and tar, &c., operations which bring them, armed with authority of their ollieial positions, into competition with the citizens who are employing freedmon. Conduct of the Agents, We have investigated some of the char ges made ..gainst agents of the Bureau, and in pursuing our inquiries on this point commenced with the assistant com missioner of the State, Col. E. Whittle sey, to whom wo addressed the interro gatory : “ Bo yon know of any person in the military service now on'duty witli ■tlie Freedmon’s Bureau in this depart ment who is, or has been since entering upon the duties of his office, engaged or interested, either directly or indirectly, in the cultivation of any lands within the department?” He answered “No.”— Subsequently he addressed us a note, hereto appended, in which ho stated that, in order to assist tlie planters in hiring freedmen and trying fairly the experi ment of free labor, he and some officers of the Bureau had loaned money, and thus indirectly had an interest in cultiva ting farms. On receiving this note we addressed Colonel Whittlesey further in terrogations, a copy of which is hereto annexed, to which'he replied in a com munication, also hereto appended, dis closing the fact that he is interested as an equal partner with the Uev. Horace James, of Massachselts, formerly captain and acting quartermaster Frcedmen’s Bureau, and with Mr. Winthrop Tappan, of Maine, in the cultivation of a large farm in Pitt coiyity, N. C. Pic also sta ted therein that Captain F. A. Soclev, superintendent of the Bureau for the Eastern District, N. C., is interested in the cultivation of a plantation in Wayne county, N. C., with a .Mr. Porter, and that Captain Isaac Rosekranz, commissa ry subsistence, is interested with a Mr. Brooks in the cultivation of a plantation in Pitt county, North Carolina. I'iirtlior MiNcouiliiel. Captain Uosekranz, sub-agent of the Bureau at Newburn, under Captain ■See ley, and commissary of subsistence, as will be seen by reference to the paper hereto attached, is also engaged in culti vating a large plantation near Thule Washington, A. C., with the Tabor of freedmen, whom he supplies with rations as part of their wages. Missing; Kill ions. Tn one of our interviews with the freed men at Newborn some of them, who were employed in the Commissary Depart ment of the Bureau, staled that rations in bulk had been frequently taken from the supply warehouse at unusual hours, before the doors wore opened for the transaction of business, and hauled offin carts and wagons, and that on one occa sion they had followed a cart containing four barrels of pork, to see if it went to the freed men's ration house, It was ship ped to Boston, to the family of an agent of the Bureau. The Cruelties ofltev. Mr. i-'i)/, Opposite Nowburn, on the south bank of the Trent river, there is a settlement composed exclusively of freed men, ami containing a population of about four thousand, whoso condition is truly deplo rable. These unfortunate people came within our lines and were located there during the war. They are living in small huts,built by themselves of lumber man ufactured by hand these huts, generally containing but a single room, each of which is occupied, in most cases, by large families. The appearance of this settle ment, recently scourged with the small pox, is well calculated to excite the deep est sympathy for the helpless condition of its inhabitants. The decrepit and help less among them are supported by the Government of the United States, and tlie remainder procure an uncertain and scanty living from little jobs about New born—from Ashing from small boats, huckstering, &c. Tlie Rev. Jlr. Filz, formerly an army ehrplain, presides over this colony as assistant superintendent of tlie Bureau fortheTrent river.settlement. This agent lias exercised the most arbi trary and despotic power, and practiced revolting and unheard-of cruelties on the helpless freedmen underhis charge. Tlie outrageous conduct of this man was brought to our attention by a delegation of freedmen from the settlement, who called upon us and made statements in relation to his oppressions and outrages which we could scarcely credit. After hearing their statements wo visited the settlement, convened the freedmen, inves tigating tlio charges against this man, and ascertained that he had been guilty of even greater wrongs and oppressions than had been complained of. In addi tion to the testimony of the freedmen, wo took the statemciitsof four intelligent ladies from the Xol-th, who arc teaching school in the settlement. Among the many acts of cruelty committed by Su perintendent Fitz, we found that he had in two instaucessuspended freedmen with Cords around their wrists, their feet not touching tlie floor, aud kept them in this position, in one case four, in the other case six hours ; that he .sentenced a frecd mau to an imprisonment of three months for a trivial offence, that of wrangling with his wife. He kept another man, who was arrested for debt, shut up in the black house —tl.ie prison—for months, while his wife and children, reduced lo abject destitution, died with the small pox, and took him from the prison under guard and compelled him to bury his last child in the cradle in which it died. On another occasion, when one of his guards reported to him that.a_coloretLw.umau lin'd, spoken disrespectfully of him, ’ without even inquiring what the woman had said, he ordered her to be imprisoned until the next morning at nine oiclock, when she should be brought before him to answer for the indignity. In one instance he imprisoned six children for ten days for playing in the streets on the Sabbath day. Ho imposed a tine of sixty dollars upon an aged freedman for having told j another freedman that he was about to he arrested by Mr. Fitz. This poor old man not having the money to pay the line, was imprisoned until the next day, when his son paid the same, wilh three dollars additional as jail fees. i'Uz'fj Taxes, This land upon which the huts in this settlement arc built is owned by certain heirs in North Carolina, and is' hold bv the Freedmeu’s -Ruremi as abandoned property. A (ax, which .Superintendent Filzsays goes to the support of the Ru rcau, is imposed upon the owner of each hut for ground rent. If the oocupauls fail to pay this (ax promptly, they are either turned out into the streets o’r im prisoned, and in some instances huts have been torn down by order of the .Superin tendent for non-payment of the lax All business transacted by these people is tax ed for tlie same purpose. Five dollars per mouth is levied upon,every little simp; VOL. r>2.™No. 49. two dollars on each fishing boat; live dol lars on each horse and cart, &e. The fail ure to pay those taxes when due at once subjects the property taxed to confisea tion. We were unable to ascerlaiu what amount of money had been collected by .Superintendent Kit/., or what disposition had been made of it. The imperfect mivo ner in which the books were kept would have rendered a lengthy and detailed ex amination necessary to arrive at even tin approximate idea of the amount of money collected. In answer to the question as to what justification there was for the op pressive burdens he had imposed upon these people, Superintendent Fit?, replied that Captain Seeley told him, “J must have a thousand dollars a month from that settlement.’’ Ho also furnished us with a sworn statement, herewith for warded, marked “ 15,’’ in which lie at tempts to defend his conduct by stating that lie acted in obedience to the orders of his superior ollicors in the Bureau. Rnreau Officers Shooting Down n F’rocil- man While at Newborn investigating the conduct of the ollicers of the Bureau, and the reported oppressions of the freed men by this class of persons, our attention was called to the alleged killingofa freed man by a white employee of Colonel Whittlesey, assistant commissioner of tile Bureau for North Carolina, and the ReV. Horace James, formerly asdslant quartermaster, on their plantation in Ritt county. Mr. James, while in the United States service, was superintendent of the Bureau for the district now under charge of Captain Seeley, and is now an agent of the Bureau, for the county in which he is planting. The circumstances under which tliis freodman was killed, as stated by Mr. James himself, were as follows; Tlie freodman was accused of stealing provisions from the store ol Colonel Whit tlesey and Mr. James, was arrested, tried,- anil convicted by Mr. James as agent of the Bureau, and was sentenced to dig ditehesontheirplantation. While work ing out this sentence lie ran away, and was pursued by James and his clerk, Boy den, who arrived at the bank of a river while the froedman was attempting to cross in a canoe. Boyden ordered him to return, telling him if ho did not lie would shoot, and the freedman disregard ing this order, Boyden tired. Boyden states himself that lie thinks lie hit him, and as nothing lias ever been heard of the freedman since, it is universally be lieved in the neighborhood that ho' was killed and fell from the canoe into the river. .Here Farming, At Goldsborough the superintendent, (.1. O. Glavis, chaplain United States ar my, is cultivating two farms on his own account. The freodmen received for their labor a little clothing, such as coats, pants, siloes, ite., furnished by Captain Glavis, lint no money. Allairs at Illusion On the 2d iusl. we left Newborn for Goldsborough, and on the way stppped at Kinston long enough to learn that Cap lain Wheeler, agent for the Uureau at that point, is engaged.in working a large plantation on his own account, and em ploys (hereon quite a number of freed men, paying them in Government ra tions. Mr. Carr stated to us that the Cap tain is paying the hands in “a little of everything, but chielly in clothing." 'File IVilmingloa Agents. On the Ith instant wc arrived at Wil mington, the headquarters of (lie Bureau for the .Southern District of North Caro lina, of which Colonel Rutherford is Su perintendent. Major J. V. .Maim, assistant quarter- mul financial agent is engaged in the cultivation of a riee'plantalion a slant distance from Wilmington, on which arc employed forty-live freed men. The -Ma- jor stated that while lie did not object to making money, ho engaged in this busi ness io con vinco the .Southern people that the negro would work. Ho too takes flic government rations to pay Ids negroes. Out* Way of Inducing; luiliistri'. Major Charles 1. Wiekersham, sub agent of the Bureau, whose headquarters areal Wilmington, is also interested in the cultivation of a rice plantation within Ids snb-dislriet, and ho is to receive one fourth of the crops from the same for com pelling the freedmen employed on said plantation to work faithfully. He ex plained the manner in whieh he onmpell ed freedmen to comply witli their con tracts, by .stating Unit he put them to work with ball and chain on the streets of Wilmington. Selling; Frceilmcnßs Clolbcy. We asaertained by the testimony of Messrs. Burnham A Bailani, auctioneers at Goldsborongh, that they had sold at auction, for Chaplain Glavis forty blank ets marked “ U. 15.,” and a quantity of clothing that had been sent to Gol.isbo rongh forgratuitons distribution to the needy by a Freedmen’s Aid .Society, at or in the vicinity of Rochester, X. Y. We learned also that lie had disposed of a large amount of such clothing at private sale. The Chaplain stated himself that lie had received from such sales SJ.IHIO. — He kept no books or even memoranda of moneys received or expended. Uvita of (lie System. Without attempting to discuss ihc pro priety of olilcers of the Bureau in the military service of I lie Fnifed States, who are paid by the Government for the per formance of their duties, engaging in private business, ami employing fived mcn for such purposes while' eonl ruling through their ollicial positions that class of labor, we deem it our duty to state some of Ihe etiects produced, both upon tile ollicers themselves and upon the planters with whom they come in com petition, hy such conduct. Major Wiek ersham, in contracting to furnish forty laborers to work on a rice plantation, be comes at once interested against the la borers, whom he compels to labor, perhaps unjustly, when unfairly dealt with hy the person working them on the planta tion ; and, on theuwefu.sing to work, he indicts upon them unlawful, ami, for a breach of contract, unheard of punish ments, putting them on chain gangs as if they were convicted criminals. Colonel Whittlesey,'or any other ollieor of less rank and inlluence in the Bureau who is engaged in working plantations rented for cash or on shaft's, hecoaies interested in securing a low rale of wages and in making Uu> most stringent labor regula tions, to the great detriment of the freed men. They thereby give the sanction of the Government to the establishment of labor far below wind tlie labor is really worth. Ollicers of Ihe qiiaru'i'uiasier’sand commissary departments who are thus engaged arc subjected to the temptation of appropriation to Ilieirown use ipmrler mastor's stores and rations to pay their own laborers. Complaints have been made tn Us by the planters that these agents of the bureau iw the power of their positions to obtain and control the best tailor in I lie State. There is no doubt tinn some of the ill-feeling mani fested toward the Bureau on the part of the planters is attributable to this fact. Arbitrary rawer <?! Ibe ilureail. Jl'lio arbitrary power exorcised by sumo of the ulUeeis and aaenls of (be Bureau iii making arreslp imposing line.-, ami in ; lliftimj punishments, disregarding the lorn! laws and especially the statue of , limitations, ereales prejudice against the j t.iovernmenl. If Uie officers were all 1 honest and intelligent, with even limited [ legal information, it might bo safe to ADVERTISING TERMS. AnyKurirtKMKNTs will be inserted nt Ten Cents jkt line lor the llrst. insertion, and five cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Quar terly, half-yearly, ami yearly advertisements in scried at a liberal reduction on the above rales Advertisements should be accompanied by the Cash. When sent without anv length of time specified for publication, they will he continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. JOn PRINTING. Cauus, llANnnrLi.s, Crncui*AßS, and every olhoi description of Job and Card Printing executed in the neateststylo at low prices. trust (hem with this extraordinary pow er; but in many instances the officers do not poscss tiio slightest knowledge of Jaw. At Goldshnrough, the agent, Captain Gla vis, imposed a line of twenty-live dollars one one freedman for slahing another so severely as to endanger his life, and when interrogated by us relative to this case, he did not know enough about law to dis tinguish a civil from a criminal case. The ICccommeiKliUlon. We are satisfied that the recommenda tion which we made in reference to the 'withdrawal of the officers of the Bureau in Virginia, and the transference to the officers commanding the trbops of such duties as it may still bo necessary to per form in connection with the freedmen, is equally applicable to North Carolina. Very respectfully your obedient ser vants. James B. Steedman, Mnj. Gen Vol, .1. 8. FiT.i.mtTox, Brig. Gen. Vol. To lion. .1/. Stanton Sue. of War. SIGHTS I lUIJI OCR SAXCTCM. .Sometimes wo sit musing upon the out look from our sanctum windows, and build phantom lives to lit forms and faces .that pass in the streets below. Just now came a wagon—nothing strange in that, certainly. And a man driving the team, and a woman seated behind him, and a child throned in the woman's lap—noth ing remarkable in that either. Ami it required no particular shrewdness to de termine that the woman was the better half of the man, and that the round faced baby was jont heir of both —so much we saw—so much we suppose ovryhody. saw who looked. it is a fair inference to suppose thaj the wife came to town to help her husband “trade out’’ the pro ceeds of eggs and butler that were stored in the pans and pots half hidden under the seat. The pair were this side —and its a line point of observation, too—this side of forty, and it is presumptive, if blessed like other folks they have left two of three children at homo to keep, house while they come to town —perhaps two girls and a hoy, or, as it is immateri al to ns, two hoys and one girl. Let us follow this pair as they dispose of their products and purchase their sup plies. They enter a store which is adver tised, of course, and tHo eggs areall count ed, the butter weighed and the clerks put down the tally. The baby is shifted from one shoulder to the other, or placed down on the floor, while calicoes arc priced, tea tested and plates “ rung.’’ The good wife looks askance at a large minor which would lie just the tiling for the best room —but it won’t do; they must just wait till next year. Ah ! there arc sympho nies in those “ next years” that charm away all the vexations oftho present. And so they look and price and pur chase their supplies, the husband the while keeping count lest the billshallex ceed the balance due. Then comes an aside conference, particularly confiden tial.- She takes him affectionately by the button, and looks up in his face —she has line eyes, too —with an expression elo quent of “do now, it will please them so'.’” And what do you think they talk of? Toys for the children; John wants a drum, and Jane a doll, and Nellie a book, all pictures, “just like Susy so-and-so's. The father’s looks say “ nonsense,” but his heart says yes, and his hand gives out —slowly, to he sure—the requisite, curren cy, and the happy mother hastens away, baby and all, for the toys. Her anxiety reveals her mother's heartand she is hap py all the way home—not for the bargain slie has made, nor for the busy life she has seen, hut for the pleasant surprise only half promised—she has in store for her precious little lambs at home. And we can sit hero and imagine the joys of that family group, as the drum, the doll, and the hook are produced—wasn’t it a great house! Happiness is so cheap, what a wonder (here is not more of it in the world. An Arkansas Father's Advice to His Son. —Boh, you are about leaving borne for strange parts. You are going to throw me out of game and go it alone. The odds are agin you, Bob—remember that industry and perseverance are the winning cards, as they are the “ bowers.” Book laming, and all'that sort of thing, will do to liU up with, like small trumps and yon must have the bowers to back them or they ain’t worth shucks. If luck is agin yon pretty strong, don’t cave and look like a sick chicken on a rainy day, hut hold up your iiead and make uelieve you are Hush of trumps : they don’t plav so hard aginyou. I’ve lived and traveled round some, and I,vo found out that as soon as folks thought you held a wcaks baud, they’d all buck agin you strong. So, when you’re sorter weak, keep on a bold front; but play cautious ; be satisfied with a p’int. Many's the band I’ve seen 'em euchred because they played for too much. Keep your eye well skinned, Bob; don't lot’ cm nig you ; recollect tlie game lays as much with the head as with the hands. Be temperate ; never get drunk, for then no matter how you play it, both bowers and tile aee won’t save you ; for there's eertau to be a ” misdeal” or some thing wrong. And another tiling, Bob, I this was spoken in a low lone), don’t go too much on women ; queens is kinder poor cards ; the more you have of them tlio worse for you-; you might have three and nary a trump. I don’t say discard ’em all you get hold of one that is a trump, its all your good, and there's sartin to be one out of four. And above all Bob, lie honest;neverlakeaman'strick wot ik n’t belong to yon, nor “ slip” eardsor “ nig,” for then yon can't look your man in the lace, and when that’s the ease there’s no Inn in 1 lie game; Us a regular 14 cut-throat.’ ’ So now, Bob, farewell. Remember wot 1 tell yon, and yon will lie sure to win ; and if yon don’t it sarves you right to got “skunked.” ' Con.iiN’r Getuisßaooaijk.—A Phil adelphia paper stales that a gentleman who holds a responsible position under flic government, concluded (u change his lodgings. He sent one of tlie waiters "of tlic hotel where lie had selected apart ments after ids baggage. Meeting the waiter an hour or two af terwards lie said. ■ ■ ■ • I ' " oh.'lolin ilid yon bring my. baggage ' Xo, sar'.’ blandly responded (lie sable gentleman, ' Why ; what was the reason 'Case, sail, the gentleman in the ofllce said yon had not paid your hill.’ * Xot.paid my bill; tiiat’s singular ; in; knew me very well when lie kept the Girard House in Philadelphia. ‘ W ell, mehee,' rejoined John, thought fully scratching his head, ’ dat was de’ reason lie wouldn’t gib me de baggage. The gentleman laughed and paid his bill. Moruint.—Here, Tommy, is some nice ea-Uor-oil, with orange juice in it. Hoctok.—Xow, remember, don’t give it all to Tommy, save some for me. Tommy, iwlm lias “ boon there” i Hoe tor's a nice man, ma, give if all to the doctor. Biar Never in. k at me girls. They van t bear il : they regard it as ah insult. They wear their leathers, furbelows, and trails merely to gratify their mamas, that’s all. US?" Tlie difference between the fair la dies and ladies’ lair is—one steals men’s hearts and the other the contents of their pockets.
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