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For the Daily Intelligeneer.
Treasures of Age.
There is a long, soft, golden curl,
Tied with a ribbon—blue as the skies
She: was my daughter, my own dear girl,
J'air as a lily with speaking eyes.
When she lay in her coffin there— ,
Soft hands folded upon her breast,
*/11.7 I cut from her tresses fair
- Without a tear,—God knoweth best.
•
There is a little, worn shoe,
Still in the shape of an infant's foot:
Valueless tho' it may seem to you,
/gaze upon it with sorrow mute.
He was my darling, my drib , son!
Ah ! it was hard to see him die!
Yet I closed his eyes,--God's will be done,
I shall meet him in heaven by-and-by.
There is another precious thing,
• This raven lock from my husband's brow;
There, too, lies my wedding ring,
'Tis all too large for my finger now.
There Is one of my own dark curls—
(Now, my hair is thin and white,)
He gave me this string of orient pearls,
And took this tress on our wedding-night.
Gather up gently those withered flowers,
His first gift of love to me,
Little we dream, when youth is ours,
How precious such memorials be.
See these letters, now defaced,
Bearing the marks of many tears,
Ali, the hands that their pages traeed
Have been still in the grave for many years
Let not Death our dust divide,
Calmer . , too, my test wouldlie,
Could I he by my husband's side,
All my treasures there with me,—
'Tie but a simple boon I crave,
I could not bear that the timings I prize,
When I shall Sleep in my quiet grave,
Should he gazed upon curious eyes.
For the Intelligenver
" Little Mac."
Axu-20 YEARS Au°
Amerieans, a warn ite s , take, -
fratricidal strife;
With honest hearts an effort llMkt!
To save our country's life:
The Constitution as onr guide,
The Union as before,
Anti "Little Mae," the nation's 'with
In eighteen sixty-lbur.
Ahypoeritie, knavish hand
Has shown Its ilaM, designs;
A love for our dulled happy land.,
By geographic lines;
Their trachiug is inn treason's voice,
We'll silence them once more,
With "Little zinc," the people's choks.
In eighteen sixty-four.
Our battle-cry the watch-word shows,
The Union of the States,
We'll teach a lesson unto those,
Whose love consists of hat, :
Willi love of country we intend
The Union to restore,
And." Lit ile Mac, - the soldiers' 0 . 11.11(1
In eighteen sixty-four.
The stars and stripes, stir eountry's shield
The standard of the brave
Shall float :ilia on every field,
Ott (wary sca awl wave;
Our Union ery shall never shad:,
But like ail eagle soar,
For liberty and " bill le Mae,"
In eighteen sixty-four.
All traitors, who the laws resist,
In secret or in :inns,
Will vanish like the nuirning mist,
Delta, our Ilt•rnfs t•harnis:
Then teachers of disunion note,
Your teaching will he
When "Little Mite" receives the vote,
In eighteen sixty-four.
To traitors on disunion limit,
The traitors of the south,
The olive branch we will itresent,
Beside the cannon's mouth
If they refuse their arms to stack,
The Union to restore,
We'll tome them bnek with "Little Mae
In eighteen gixty-four.
,COLUMB lA, August 31st, 1861.
aftiocrilaitrouri.
My Cousin Fanny
Fanny, my cousin, was a wild, rol
licksome sort of a girl, and as full of
lun as any girl dared to be, without
meriting the repulsive appellation of
Tom-boy.
She was up to all sorts of tricks, and
would play some most unmerciful jokes
on me whenever an opportunity pre
sented itself.
Ii at that time, was a young man of
twenty-two, just graduated from the
principal High School, and naturally,
as most young men do at that age,
thought myself of some importance to
the community.
My name was—no matter, Fanny al
ways called me "Couz Frank."
I was paying a short Visit at Uncle
John's, and as I was thrown a great
deal in Fanny's society ; I, of course,
became very intimate with her.
If Fanny ever played practical jokes
on me, I certainly was very little be
hind her, for I am naturally very much
of a tease.
If I found anything would annoy
her, that was the very thing I was sure
to do.
If she disliked a certain book I was
sure to be continually quoting from it.
If she abhorred a particular person, I
was always talking about him, and
would bring him to the house until she
would grow frantic and seek relief in
a flood of tears, which invariably had
the desired effect to make me beg par
don and promise better conduct in the
future—for I never could stand tears.
It was a glorious evening, and Fanny
intended having a few of her young
lady acquaintances with her to while
away the hours pleasantly. She was
very fond of company and always en
tertained her friends• delightfully.
Well, Fanny was to have company,
and I concluded that I would have some
amusement at the invited young ladies'
expense.
I revolved several plans in my im
agination, and finally concluded that I
would slip in the bed-room, unobserv
ed, where the girls would be likely to
leave their capes, shawls, hats, etc.,
carry out my practical joke, and take
leave while the , girls were busily
en
gaged in the parlor.
So, early in the evening I hid myself
behind a wardrobe that stood in a corner
of the room, a few feet from the wall,
fully bent on doing some mischief and
having a laugh at the expense of Fanny
and her friends. •
I had not been in my hiding place
long before a bevy of young ladies, all
talking at once it seemed to me, made
their appearance, and began divesting
themselves of hats, cloaks, shawls; and
other wearing appearel.
"Fanny;" said Bertha, a young lady
to whom I had been paying particular
attention, " I wonder whether Frank
will be here to-night?"
" I can't tell, Bertha," replied Fan
ny. " I told him I expected company,
and that you probably would be one of
the party, but he simply said : 'Ah in
deed,' and walked oft; wearing some
thing of a mischievous smile, which I
could not interpret. There is one thing
you may depend upon : if he is not here
to-night, we will be apt to have some of
his horrible jokes played upon us; so
keep a good look out, girls, and let's
turn tables on him, if possible."
" Yes," replied Bertha, " - it would be
such fun to play a good joke on
Frank."
" Ali ! my beloved Bertha, would it ?
We shall see whether I am to be denied
my anticipated sport," ,I mentally said.
The girls having relieved themselves
of all unnecessary garments, and looked
each one for the dozenth time in the
glass withdrew to the parlor, and left
me sole occupant of the Feed-room, and
having the necessary articles before me
with which to make some sport.
Stepping out of my hiding-place, I
priseeeded to tie capes, cloaks and shawls
together in a string, at the end of which
I attached the hats and bonnets with
out number. I intended to sprinkle
Cayenne pepper over the whole, and
give th'e girls a sneeze, - to do this, I
must go to tho kitchen after. the PePPer.
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Noiselessly I stole out of the room
into the kitchen, found the Cayenne
bottle, and was just on the point of re
tracing my steps, when I heard the
whole troop of girls coming pell-mell,
as though the Old Harry was after
them.
What was I to do under the .existing
circumstances? It wouldn't do for me
to stand still and be caught in that po
sition. It certainly wouldn't be policy
to rush out of the back door, and there
by excite the girls' suspicions.
I looked around in dismay, when sud
denly my eyes fell upon the new swill
barrel Fanny's mother had got that day,
and which had been left standing in one
corner of the kitchen until a proper
place could be found for it. It was.
perfectly clean, and would have been
fit to hold flour. It had a cover on it,
with an opening about ten inches in
diameter.
Quicker than a wink I was in the
barrel and out of sight of the girls, who
came in the kitchen laughing and talk
ing as though they were having the
best of times.
They evidently were going to stew
some oysters, and 0 Lord ! would
have to remain a prisoner until such
time as they concluded to leave. Well,
it could not be helped, so I settled my
self as best I could, fully resolved to stay
in the barrel as long as it afforded me
shelter.
To work they went. The oysters
wi•re soon out of the shells, and Fa
ny, brushing the shells in a pan, ap
proached the barrel. flood Heavens!
She was going to empty the shells on
my head. Ugh ! down came a shower
of shells with such force as to nearly
stun Inc, and Fanny, with a laugh,
cried :
" Uirls , I've christened the new
barrel," at Which droll saying the girls
all giggled.
" Well," thought I, "many things
might be worse, and the girls may not
have occasion to use the swill-barrel
Ilut hardly had the thought passed
through my brain, than splash, down
Caine a promiscuous mess of potato
peelings, old bread, and cabbage leaves.
This display of hospitality was accom
panied with a hearty laugh from the
girls, and I heard Fanny remark that
she was making good food_for bogs.
" I wonder vliy Frank don't make
his appearance !" I heard Bertha say.
" Don't know," replied Fanny, " un
less he is enjoying himself better else
where ;" w hi eh remark elicited another
laugh from the girls.
" Enjoying himsel f better elsewhere,"
thought I with a groan. " Ugh, very
much indeed, Miss Fanny, and I hope
at sonic future time to be able to give
you a taste of the pleasure I am enjoy
ing!'
" I heard Fanny say, "oys
ters cannot live without water," and
immediately a large pan full of dish
water was precipitated on me, corn
-pletely ruining my new coat, which I
had purchased only the day before, and
making me feel more like a drowned
rat than a human being.
I heard a hearty laugh from the girls,
and the suspicion flashing across me
that the girls were aware of my pres
ence, I was in the act of jumping from
the barrel, when, oh, down came a hand
ful of flour, completely blinding me for
a moment. In an instant I was out of
the barrel, and in the midst of a laugh
ing group of girls.
" Hamlet's (host !" cried Fanny.
Then a loud laugh from the girls. I
could endure no more. Rushing to the
door, I was met full in the face by a
basin of water and an " Excuse me, sir,"
by Bertha, while a soft ball of dough
struck me on the back of my neck,
nearly knocking me senseless.
I rushed from the house and down a
bdtk sfreet, half a dozen dogs following,
yelling at the top of their voices. I dis
tanced them all, and soon found myself
in the room of my friend Harry Wilson;
fainting for breitth.
" Good Lord," cried Harry, " what
have you been dohig to get yourself in
such a plight? Rolling in the gutter?"
" Ho, ho, Harry ! " I replied, " give
me a suit of your clothes and a basin of
water, and I will tell you all the par
ticulars, provided you promise secrecy."
While renovating myself, I related to
Harry my adventure, and I thought he
would kill himself laughing. After I
had concluded he slapped me on the
shoulder, and said : " The best joke 9f
the season, Frank."
" I don't see It in that I re
plied.
1 remained with Harry that night,
and the next morning went back to
IThele John's.
The first person T met was Fanny,
who burst into a tit of laughing on seeing
me. I tried to be angry, but couldn't,
and as I took her proffered hand I said:
"A Iruce to all practical jokes, Fanny."
" With all my heart," she replied ;
and you may depend upon it, I never
afterward tried to joke with my Cousin
Fanny.
If.y - Etcrility has no gray hairs. The
flowers fade, the heart withers, loan
grows old and dies ; the world lies down
in the sepulchre of ages; but time writes
no wrinkles on eternity. Eternity !
Stupendous thought ! The ever-present,
unborn, undecaying and undying—the
endless chain composing the life of God
—the golden thread entwining the des
tinies of the universe. Earth has its
beauties, but time shrouds them for the
grave ; its honors are but the sunshine
of an hour ; its palaces, they are but the
gilded sepulchre; its pleasures, they are
but as bursting bubbles. Not so in the
untried bourne. In the dwelling of the
Almighty can come no footsteps of
decay.
.11 - The man who wrote the four sim
ple lines beginning with ""Now I lay
me down to sleep," seemed to do a very
little thing. He wrote four lines for his
little child. His name has not come
down to us ; but he has done more for
the good of his race than if he had com
manded the.victorious army at Water
loo. The little fires which the good man
kindles here and there on the shores of
time never go out, but ever and anon
they flame up and throw light on the
pilgrim's path. There is hardly any
thing so fearful, to my mind, as the
mind reaching down to the coming age,
and writing itself for evil upon the
minds of unborn generations.
g. Some wag tells a story of an old
gentleman whose eight or ten clerks
bored him continually with conun
drums. Going home one evening, he
was stopped in front of a closed store,
by a countryman, who asked : " Can
you tell me, my friend, why this store is
closed ?" Go to blazes," cried he,
"with your conundrums, I'ye been
bored to death with 'em these three
weeks."
From the N. Y. Express
A ROMANCE TAKEN FROM A "JOURNAL
OF CIVILIZATION."
" New England ! centre of religion
and intellect!. ruler of the destinies of
America!" Such were the heart felt
sentiments which filled the breasts of
Mysic Greenwood, Ellie Boopis, Nellie
Sinclair, Pettie Tam mus and Katie Gre
tiel, as they witnessed the departure of
the noble nine thousand regiment of
Massachusetts Volunteers for Rich
mond, Va. The bevy of beautiful girls,
their womanhood just beginning to
show beneath the glances that their
eyes cast upon the gallant New Eng
landers, stood upon a slope in Boston
Common, a Park more beautiful and
more central than any park in any other
State. Amid the ranks the beautiful
New England girls could catch a
glimpse of the forms of Paul Edwards,
Rufas Tarbuckle, Edward Mountjoy,
Ediqn Barlon and Zebulon Esty. As
the four of their lovers passed on to
Richmond, the young girls blushed
slightly and turned away in silent sor
row to go home to meditate upon the
life of the patriot Butler by Parton.
" Water water! lam fainting!"
The young New England girl rose
from her embroidery and laved the
brow of the wounded soldier with New
England rum—and water. She was
young, perhaps not over twenty, but
one could already observe the marks of
intellect in the puckered lips and eye
corners which New England girls alone
possess.
" Mysie," he said, as he slowly came
back to consciousness, " Mysie, do you
remember your promise to be mine
when this cruel war is over?"
The young girl blushed slightly, and
said "hush," with her hands.
The ward of the hospital in which she
was tending her wounded lover, was
tenanted by others engaged in the same
sweet duty.
" Hush, Zebulon,—Ellie, Nattie, Pat
tie, and Katie are within earshot, and 1
row I don't want 'cm to twick me about
being first to say " yes."
" Then you do love me," exclaimed
the Zebulon of her choice.
Mysie bent over him again, awl
" kissed him for his mother,"—at least
so she declared.
" Who will care for mother nOw
moaned a Zouave, (a New York rowdy,
fit only for powder.)
An Irish nurse crossed to his bed, and
gave him an opiate. He had lost both
legs. Poor fellow, it was hard to think
that he had not been born in New Eng
land.
He had been heard to curse when the
name of that saintly man, Beecher, was
mentioned.
Heaven had punished him, as it al
ways does those who despise its minis
ters—and New England.
Near the Zouave.lay the form of many
wounded men attended by young New
England girls, in white muslin and pink
ties, which was the hospital regulation
uniform.
Between these and Mysie, a look of
intelligence often passed.
They were the same that we had seen
on Boston Common. Yes, the same
Ellie, Nellie, Pattie, Katie, each tend
ing-their wounded lovers ; each kissing
them for their mothers, as Mysie had
done.
"Do they think of me at home ?"
again asked the Zouave, disturbed by
the giggling in which the young girls
indulged liberally—as they caught each
other blushing.
"Be quiet, ye baste," said the Irish
nurse, "as if the. like of him ever had
a home."
"Where are ye fled, homes of New
England? Where are you."
" Brother's fainting at the door," mur
mured the Zouave, interrupting Mysie's
pious words.
"Bad cess to ye, be quiet," said the
nurse, "would you be talkie' whin the
craytar's saying her prayers "—and the
nursed crossed herself Catholic that she
was, as she saw the Zouave suddenly
grow stiff, and his eyes-close forever.
The bells are ringing in the New
England village. The sun which shines
only in New England is irradiating the
dusty road and forgotten cornfields.
A troop of girls pass on to the village
meetinghouse, singing "John Brown,"
and the memory of that sainted martyr
hallows even the day that heaven has
sent us. Hand in hand our lovers pass
into the meeting house.
The bells cease, and the organ, neatly
as large as the one in Boston, begins the
wedding march. Now let us leave our
noble soldiers and their chosen New
England ones—each blushing slightly
as the minister asks the question, the
answer to which will seal, in Massachu
setts at least, their destiny for life.
ffr.."' The only practical joke in which
It. Harris Barehani, better known as
Thomas I ngoldsby, ever personally en
gaged was enacted when he was a boy
at Canterbury. In company with a
school-fellow, he entered a Quaker
meeting house, when, looking around at
the grave assembly, the latter held up a
penny tart, and said solemnly, " who
ever speaks first shall have this pie."
" Go thy way boy," said a drab colored
gentleman, rising, "go thy way, and—"
" The pie's yours, sir !" placing it before
the astonished speaker, and hastily ef
fecting his escape.
ties Not far from Central New Jersey
lived two young lawyers, .Arch I3rown
and Thomas Jones. Both were fond of
dropping into Mr. Smith's parlor and
spending an hour or two with his only
daughter, Mary. One evening, when
Brown and Mary had discussed almost
every topic s Brown suddenly, in his
sweetest tones, struck out as follows:
'• Do you think, Mary, you could leave
father and'mother, this pleasant home,
with all its ease and comforts, and go to
the far West with a young lawyer, who
had but little besides his profession to
depend upon, and with him search out
a new home, which it should be your
joint duty to beautify, and make de
lightful and happy like this ?" Drop
ping her head softly on his shoulders,
she whispered—" I think I could,
Archy." "Well," said he, "there's
Tom Jones, who's:q going West, and
wants to get a wife, I'll mention it to
him."
ger During the consulship, Josephine
was engaged to dinner at the house of
an army contractor of immense wealth.
Napoleon said to her, "I have no ob
jection to your dining with bankers,.
they are money Merchants ; but do
not -- wish you to dine with army con
tractors; they are money robbers,"
LANCASTER, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1864.
The Indian War.
[Front the Junetipn City Union, August 20.]
The war of the _lndians upon the whites
suffers no abatement either in atrocity
or success. Thus far the savages had it
all their own way, and have murdered,
plundered and burned 'with scarcely a
check. Under the present plans, so far
as we have seen them carried out, they
will continue to do sountil cold weather
puts a stop to their operations. Our
troops may chase the small parties that
are scattered all over the plains for a
year without meeting a single success.
Mounted on the fleetest of horses, they
fly from our advance only to hover again
-In the rear and renew their depreda
tions. A successful war can only be
waged against them by organizing an
expedition that will penetrate their
country and find their women and chil
dren. Then will they stand and fight
armed men, and not before.
Last Tuesday, the 16th inst., six men
of Co. H, 7th lowa, bearing despatches
from Salina to Fort Ellsworth, were at
tacked at Elma Creek by from 100 to
300, Indians. A severe running fight
ensued. Four of the soldiers were kill
ed. A squad sent out discovered the
bodies of three of the soldiers all scalp
ed. The Indians were still in sight, but
moving off rapidly. The soldiere were
on foot, having had all their stock stam
peded the week before, and no pursuit
could be attempted.
The settlers on the Solomon and Sa
line are leaving their homes and falling
Lack
The four hunters killed on the Saline
on the 6th were two brothers •mused
Moilit, one named Ferguson, and an
other, Hunter. These memwereoutafter
a lwflitlo for meat. When three. fourths
of a mile from their ranehe the Indians
were discovered. Driven to a ledge of
a rock, the men taught desperately.
Where the Indians stood the ground
was dark with blood. Three of the
whites were scalped. 'l' he horses were
shot, probably- by the hunters. The
savages afterwards Halved to the rancho,
in which was an old man and woman.
The man tired, wounding all Indian,
when the savages left.
'Phe people of Salina held a meeting
afterwards to devise measures for de
fense. 4.
_Reports state that Co. A, Ist Colorado
cavalry, stationed at Cimeron Crossing
on the Santa Fe road, lost all their stock
by Indians , stampeding. (;eorg,e Ben
nett lost 139 mules at the same time.
Settlers have all fled from Republic,
Shirley, and part of Clay counties, and
axe limy encamped near Alt. A untress,
on the Republican.
Cleueral Blunt has armed the militia
company under Captain Schouley, with
Enfield rifles, and ordered Lieutenant
Booth, company L, lith Kansas eaval
-ry, with a smllll force, to the neighbor
hood of ('lay Centre.
Messengers have been sent to Forts
Zariah, Teamed, Ellsworth and Lyon,
directing vigilant scouting in the direc
tion supposed to be taken by the Indi
cts, of whom-Captain 'Thompson is in
pursuit.
The following figures will show the
population of the various Indian tribes
at war upon our western and northern
borders. It is estimated that 4,000 of
this number are warriors :
Upper Platte Agency—Sioux.....7,S7s
Arapahoes 1,800
Cheyennes 725 10,:505
Upper Arkans Agency—Arapa
hoes 1,555
Cheyennes 1,605
Cantanches 1,555
Kiowas 1,550 -
Apaches 550 7,21)(1
(; uul Total
A Romantic Affair
In the northern part of Hancock co.,
Ohio, there resided a good looking, in
telligent young widow, whose husband
died in ISO. Now this husband, who
was very considerably the senior of his
wife, on his death lied, had extracted a
promise from her that she would never
marry again, and after his death his
relatives managed to gobble up his en
tire estate, leaving her not only a widow
but very poor. • The aforesaid promise
to her husband she regretted in less
than a year, for lo! a young officer in
the gallant fist from the neighboring
county of Wood, who had loved her be
fore her marriage, renewed his suit.
She would have married him but for
the fatal promise, and but for a remark
ably tender conscience which rebuked
her whenever she thought of the mat
ter.
So the matter stood until the battle of
Chickamauga. The young officer was
badly wounded and brought home to
die. He made till his preparations, set
ting his house in order for his eventful
history. He sent for the widow and
told her be desired hut one thing, and
that was to provide for her. He knew
She was poor, and he had no property
to leave her, only one thing he could
do. His widow would receive a pension
of thirty dollars a month front the
Government—lie would make her his
widow.
She thought of the matter several
hours, find finally concluded to do it.—
True, she violated the letter of her
promise, but not its, spirit, and when
she thought of the good the pension
would do her, her scruples vanished,
and they were married.
Singular as it may seem, this mar
riage had a beneficial effect upon our
wounded hero. He showed signs of
improvement immediately; in fact, so
rapid was his recovery, that the ex
widow began to think in the course of
three or four days, that the hope of his
pension was growing faint, and well
she might, for in a week he was walk
ing about, and last Wednesday he start
ed for his regiment, leaving a wife be
hind him who Wept bitterly at his
parting.
Some say that the gallant officer was
not wounded at all—that the whole
affair was deception, and advised the
woman to sue for a divorce, but she
thought not. She did not believe that
there was any deception. She had done
justice to the memory of her deceased
husband—he only proposed to marry
her to benefit her—in his recovery she
recognized the hand of Providence and
was disposed to submit thereto.
Alas! in strong natures, if resistance
to temptation is of granite, so the pas
sions they admit are of fire.
"I woul d have you know that lam
a man of quality," said a marquis finan
cier. " And I," replied the financier,
" am a man of quantity."
Truth is the only real lasting founda
tion for friendship; and in everything
but truth there is a principle of decay
and dissimulation.
SIB-An Irishman complained to his
physician, that he stuffed him so much
with drugs, that he was sick a long time
after he got well.
News from the South.
The Kirke-Jaques Visit .to Richmond—
Rebel Account of the Affair—Statement
of Secretary Benjamin.
[From the Richmond Examiner, August M . ]
THE SO-CALLED' "PEACE MISSION" TO
RICIIMOND--THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE'
AFFAIR.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
RICHMOND, August :25, 1864.
SIR: Numerous publications which
have recently appeared in the journals
of the United States, on the subject of
informal overtures for peace between
the two ft derations of States now at war
on this continent, render it desirable
that you should be fully adVised of the
views and policy of this Government on
a matter of such paramount importance.
It is likewise proper that you should be
accurately informed of what has occur
red on the several occasions mentioned
in the published statements.
You have heretofore been furnished
with copies of the manifesto issued by
the Congress of the Confederate States,
with the approval of the President, on
the 14th of June last, and have doubt
less acted in conformity with the reso
lution which requested that copies of
this manifesto should be laid before
foreign Governments. "The principal
sentiments and purposes by which these
States have been and are still actuated,"
are set forth in that paper with all the
authority due to the solemn declaration
of the Legislative and Executive De
partments of this Government, and with
a clearness which leaves- no room for
comment or explanation. In a few sen
tences it is pointed out that all we ask
is Finmunity from interference with our
internal peace and prosperity, " and to
be left in the undisturbed enjoyment of
those inalienable rights of life, liberty
and the pursuit of 'happiness which our
common .ancestors declared to be the
equal heritage of all parties to the social
compact. Let them forbear aggressions
upon us, and the war is at an end. If
there bequestions which require adjust
ment by negotiation, we have ever been
willing, and are still willing, to enter
into communication with our adver
saries in a spirit of equity anti Manly
fra111:11,, , 5." 'rho manilesto olosed with
the declaration that " we commit Our
cause to the enlightened judgment of
the world, to the sober reflection of our
adversaries themselves, and to the
solemn and righteous arbitration if
}leaven."
Within a very few weeks after the
publication of this manifesto, it seemed
to have met with a re-ponse from Pre
sident Lincoln. In the early part of
last month a letter was received by Gen.
Lee front Lieutenant General Grant, in
14 following words:
I iiitiigtiAliTEßs, A rt n les or• THE U. S., 1
Ciry POINT Va., July ti,
I iouerul P. E. LEE, Commanding ronfede
rate Plrf•l'S near l'elersburg.,
EN EltAl.--1 would request that Colonel
F. Jaques, Seventy-third Illinois
\ - oltinieor Infantr,v, and J. It. Gilmore,
Eqq. he allowed to meet Colimel Itol.mrt
l'ommissioner for the I•achnnßc of
Prisoners, at such place het Nveen the lines
of tII, I \vii artnirs ns con may designate.—
'Fla. ()Meet or t iii_ is Mgiiiitiam with
the duties (,1* (Jultl, as t'ontinis
sioner.
If not , InSiStellt Mr you to grant the re
quest here asked, I would Iwg that this be
referred to President Davis, for his action.
Requesting as early answer to this com
munication as you may find it convenient
to make, 1 subscribe myself, very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
S. l_ilt.VN"L',
Li, , utemint (4eneral V. S. A
On the reference of this letter to the
President lie authorized Colonel Ould to
meet . the persons named in General
Grant's letter, and Colonel Quid, after
seeing them, returned to Itichnumd and
reported to the President, in the pres
ence of the Secretary of War and my
self, that Messrs. Jaques and Gilmore
had not said anything to him about his
duties as Commissioner for exchange of
prisoners, but that they asked permis
sion to come to Richmond to see the
President; that they came with the
knowledge and approval of President
Lincoln, and under his pass; that they
were informal messengers sent with a
view of paving the way for a meeting of
formal commissioners authorized to ne
gotiate for peace, and desired to com
municate to President Davis the views
of Mr. Linculn, and to obtain the Pres
ident's views in return, so as to arrange
for a meeting of commissioners. Colo
nel Ould stated that he had told them
repeatedly that it was useless to come to
Richmond to talk of peace on any terms
than the recognised independence of
the confederacy, to which they said they
were aware of that, and that they were
nevertheless confident that their inter
view would result in peace. The Presi
dent, on this report of Colonel Ould, de
termined to permit them to come to
Richmond under his charge.
On the evening of the Pith of July,
Colonel Ould conducted these gentle
men to a hotel in Richmond, where a
room was provided for them, in which
they were to remain under surveillance
during their stay here, and the next
morning I received the following let
ter—
SPOVI'S WOO D 1101'14:I,
RICH:SION 0, Vu., July 17, 11-414.
Hon.:T. I'. BENJAMIN, Secretary of State,
Confederate States of America:—
DEAR SlR—The 111111lTSignVi. Jones F.
or Illinois, and .Jamies 11. Gilmore,
of Mitssaelinsetts. most respect fully solicit
all interview with President Davis. They
visit Richmond as private eitizens, and have
no ()Mein' character or authority ; hut they
are fully possessed 01'110 , vi, , ws of Ow Uni
ted States governilleFit rehltiVe to an zilljtlSJ
-1110111 Of the differences now existing be
tween North and South, lind have little
doubt that a free interchange of views be
tween President Davis and themselves
would open the Way t() such official negoti
ations as would ultimate in restoring
-in tILC two seetiOnS or our distracted COLIII
They therefore ask an interview with the
President, and awaiting your reply, aro,
most truly and respectfully, your ohetlient
JAS. F. JAQUE.:;,
J..\,%;.
.H.(111,.)101{1
‘llll , ,
The word " official " is underscored,
and the word '• peace" doubly under
scored in. the on final.
After perusing the letter, I invited
Colonel Ould to conduct the writers to
my office, and on their arrival stated to
them that they must he conscious they
could not be admitted to an interview
with the President without informing
the more fully of the object of their mis
sion, and satisfy me that they came by
request of Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Gilmore
informed me that they came unofficially,
but with the knowledge and at the de
sire of Mr. Lincoln ; that they thought
the war had gone far enough ; that it
could never end except by some sort of
agreement; that the agreement might
as well be.made now as after still fur
ther bloodshed ; that they knew by the
recent address of the Confederate Con
gress that we were willing to make
peace; that they admitted that proposals
ought to come from the North, and that
they were prepared to make those pro
posals by Mr. Lincoln's authority ; that
it was necessary to have a sort of in
formal understanding in advance of reg
ular negotiations, for if commissioners
were appointed without some such un
derstanding, they would meet, quarrel,
and separate, leaving the parties more
bitter against each other than before;
that, they knew Mr. Lincoln's- views,
and would state them, if pressed by the
President to do so, and desired to learn
his in return.
I again insisted on some evidence that
they came from Mr. Lincoln, and in or
der to satisfy me Mr. Gilmore referred
to the fact that permission for their
coming through the lines had been
asked officially by General Grant in a
letter to General Lee, and that General
Grant in that letter had asked that this
request should be referred to President
Davis. Mr. Gilmore then showed me a
card, written and signed by Mr. Lin
coln, requesting General Grant to aid
Mr. Gilmore and friend in passing
through the lines into the confederacy.
Colonel Jaques then said that his name
was not put on the card for the reason
that it was earnestly desired that their
visit should be kept secret ; -that he -had
come into the confederacy a year ago,
and lad visited Petersburg 'on a similar
errand,. and that it was feared that if his
name should become known that some
of those who had formerly met him in
Petersburg would conjecture the pur•
pose for which he now came. He said
that the terms of peace which they
wohid offer to the President would be
honorable to the confederacy ; that they
did not desire that the confederacysheuld
accept any other terms, but would be
glad to have my promise, as I had theirs,
that their visit should be kept a pro
found secret if it failed to result in peace ;.
that it would not be just that either
party should seek any advantage by di
vulging the fact of their overture for
peace if unsuccessful. I assented to this
request, and then rising said : " Do I un
derstand you to state distinctly that you
come as messengers from Mr. Lincoln
for the purpose of agreeing with the Presi
dent as to the proper mode of inaugu
rating a formal negotiation for peace,
charged by Mr. Lincoln with authority
for stating his own views and receiving
those of President Davis ?" Both an
swered in the affirmative, and I then
said that the President would see them at
my office the same evening, at 9p. m. ;
that, at least, I presumed he would, but if
he objected after hearing my report they
should be informed. They were then
recommitted to the charge of Colonel
Ould, with the understanding that they
were to he conducted to my office at the
appointed hour, unless otherwise or
dered.
This interview, connected with the
report previously made by Colonel Ould,
left on my mind the decided impression
that Mr. Lincoln was averse to sending
formal commissioners to open negotia
tions, lest he might be thereby deemed
to have recognized the independence of
the confederacy, and that he was anxi
ous to learn whether the conditions on
which alone he would be willing to
take such a step would be yielded by
the confederacy ; that with this view
lie had placed his messengers in a con
dition to satisfy us that they really came
fiiun him, without committing himself
to anything in the event of a disagree
ment as to such conditions as he con
sidered to he indispensable. On in
forming the President thereof and of my
conclusion he determined i that no ques
tion or n>no of etiquette should be an
obstacle to his receiving any overtures
that promised, however remotely, to
result in putting an end to the carnage
Which marked the continuance of hos
tilities.
The President came to lily office at
nine o'clock in the evening-, and Col.
Gold came a few moments later, with
Messrs. .Jacques and Gilmore. The
President said to them that he had
heard from me that they came as Ines
scagers of peace from Mr. Lincoln; that
as such they were welcome ; that the
Confederacy had never concealed its
desire for peace, and that he was ready
to hear what they had to offer on the
So hi ect.
Mr. (;-ilmore thin addressed the Presi
dent, and in a few minutes had convey
ed the information that those two gen
tlemen had come to Richmond hnpress
cd kith the idea that this government
NVolliti accept a peace on thW‘ basis of a
reconstruction of the Union, the aboli
tion of slavery, and the grant of an
anillesty to the people of the States as
repentant criminals. In order to ac
complish the abolition of slavery,it was
proposed that there should be a general
vote of the people of both confedera
tions, and the majority of the vote thus
taken was to dytermine that as all other
disputed questions. These were stated
to he Mr. Linc'oln's views. The Presi
dent answered that as these proposals
had been prefaced by the remark that
the people of the North were a major
ity, and that a majority ought to govern,
the oftbr was in effect a proposal that
the Confederate States should surrender
at discretion, admit that they had been
wrong from the beginning of the con
test, submit to the mercy of their ene
mies, and avow themselves to be in
need of pardon for crimes; that exter
mination was preferable to such dis
honor.
He stated that if they were them
selves so unacquainted with the form
of their own government as to make
such propositions, Mr. Lincoln ought to
have known when giving them his
views that it was out of the power of
the Confederate government to act on
the subject of the donlestic institutions
of the several States, each State having
exclusive jurisdiction On that point,
still less to eommit the decision of such
a question to the vote of a foreign peo
ple; that the separation of the States
was all accomplished fact ; that he had
no authority to receive proposals for
negotiation except by virtue of his office
as President of an independent Con
federacy, and on this basis alone must
proposals he made to him.
At one period of the conversation Mr.
Gilmore made use of some language re
ferring to these States as "rebels"
while rendering an account of MT. bin
volt's views, and apologized for the
word. The President desired him to
proeeed, that no offence was taken, and
that he wished Mr. Lincoln's lan
guage to be repeated to him as exactly
as possible. Some further conversation
took place, substantially to the same
efibet as the foregoing, when the Presi
denl rose to indicate that the interview
was at an cud. The two gentlemen
were then recommitted to the charge of
cutout!' Ould, atql left Richmond the
next day.
The account of the visit of Messrs.
(;ilmore and Jaques to Richmond has
been rendered necessary by publiea t it
made by onepr both of them since their
return to (hi:. United States, notwith
standing the agreement that their visit
was to be kept sectet. They have, per
haps, concluded that, as the promise of
secrecy was made at their request, it
was permissahle to disregard it. We
had no reason for desiring to conceal
what occurred, and have, theretbre, no
complaint to make of the publicity
given to the fact of the visit. The ex
treme inaccuracy of Mr. Qihnore's nar
rative will be apparent to you from the
foregoing statement.
You have no doultt seen in the North
ern papers an account of another con:.
Terence on the subject of peace, which
took place in Canada, at about the stone
date, between Messrs C. C. Clay and S.
P. Holcombe, Confederate citizens of
the highest character and position, and
Mr. Horace Greeley, of New York, act
ing with authority of President Lincoln.
It is deemed not improper to inform
you that Messrs. Clay and Holcombe,
although enjoying in an eminent degree
the confidence and esteem of the Presi
dent, were strictly accurate in their
statement that they were without any
authority from this government to treat
with that of the United States on any
subject whatever. We had no knowl
edge of their conference with Mr.
Greeley, nor of their proposed visit to
Washington, till we saW the newspaper
publications. A significant confirma
tion of the truth of the statement of
Messrs. Gilmoreeind Jacques that they
came as messengers from Mr. Lincoln
is to be found in the fact that the views
of Mr. Lincoln, as stated by them to the
President, are in exact conformity with
the offensive paper addressed to " whom
it may concern," which was sent by
Mr. Lincoln'to Messrs. Clay and Hol
combe by the hands of his Private Sec
retary, Mr. Hay, and which was proper
ly regarded by thosegentlemen as an
intimation that Mr. Lincoln was un
willing that this war should cease while
in his power to continue hostilities.
I am very respectfully, your obedient
servant, a J. P. BENJAMIN,
Secretary of State.
Hon. JAMES M. MASON, Commis
sioner to the Continent, &c., Paris.
General Hinks tells a good story re
specting the proximity of his sable sol
diers to the rebels in a recent engage
ment. The negroes made their way
through the branches of the felled trees
and thick shrubbery and stumps, drag
gin,, themselves along on their hands
and knees, encumbered with guns, blan
kets, haversacks. Some of the poor fel
lows found the task before them too
diflicult, and were glad to get out of the
death-trap as quick as they could. One
of these discomfited was met by General
Hinks, who inquired : " Well, my man,
did you get up near enough for the rebels
'to see the whites of your eyes ?" "I
'dunno 'bout dat, sah," said the per
spiring hero," showing his_ ivory, " but
cloy smelt us, I rockot),"
NUMBER 35
A Woman's Desert.
The following illustrative idea of what
constitutes a desert in a female mind, is
taken from a novel entitled ' Marriage
' Douglas saw the storm gathering on
the brow of his capricious wife, and,
clasping her to his arms, he said
' Are you, indeed, so changed, my
Julia, that you have forgotten the time
when you used to declare you would
prefer a desert with your Henry to
throne with another?'
'No, certainly, not changed ;
did not know What a desert was ; or at
the least I had formed rather Et d Pfferent
idea of it.'
- What was your idea of a desert?
Do tell me, love.'
Oh! I imagined it a beautiful place,
full of roses and myrtle, and smooth
green turf and murmuring rivulets, and
though very retired, not absolutely out
of the world, where one could occasion
ally see one's friends and give parties,
and be free from the cares of crying
babies.'
The Crops of Maryland
From the best informed and most re
liable agriculturists in this State, the
following statistics as to the quantity
and quality of the crops in 'Maryland
have been gathered :
Wheat—On the Eastern shore the
crop of wheat is considerably below an
average, and less than last year by one
third. The western counties on the bay
shore had a very good crop, much bet
ter than for several years. Last rear
the fly was very destructive . to wheat
after it was harvested, but thus far this
season the insect has not made its ap
pearance to any extent. In the counties
north and west of Baltimore, the crop
is heavier than for many years, but still
not an average one. The quality of the
wheat, however, as a general rule, is
very superior, averaging, it is believed,
t'rom two to live pounds more than
usual, and all will be lit l'or use, having
been secured very dry. Last year a
portion of the erop was much damaged
by wet weather after being cut.
Oats.—The crop of oats is better than
for two years, both in quality and quan
tity.
Corn.—La4 years' crop of corn was
considerably below an average, and the
growing crop has suffered much from
the want of rain, and is expected to fall
short of previous seasons one-half.
Rye and Ilarley.—Very little rye or
barley is raised in this State.
Tobacco.—The crop of this year will
he a very small one, the estimates rang
ing from eight to tel thousand hogs
heads, with a moderately favorable
season hereafter.—Bottimopc A airrioml.
kt , , , ..j" A little semi-pagan.; who lin.
first time was receiving some religious
instruction from a funtale friend whom
he was visiting, found some dilliculty
in understandi nw that our Sunday had
anything remarkable in it over any
other day. At 'Oast, by dint of " line
upon line and precept upon precept,"
he was made to comprehend somewhat
of the sanctity of thy Sabbath. Unfor
tunately, however, soon after he began
to understand things, roming from
church one Sunday, lie noticed the
apothecary shops open. His newly-ae
quired moral sense received a terrible
shock, and he entered into a very ortho
dox denunciation of the unconscious
compounders of simples. " But," he
was told, " the druggist must keep open
on Sundays, so that the sick people can
get medicine." "Why, do people get
sick on Sunday ?" " Yes, just as much
as any other day." "Nell, good
people don't die on Sunday, do they ?"
"Certainly." "How can that be?—
Does Heaven keep open on Sun
day ?" It is needless to say that all
further conversation on the subject was
impossible.
writing machine has at length
been discovered. This is a curious in
strument - which has been invented by
a French artizan named Bryois. It is
for the purpose of taking short-hand
notes with more than the usual rapidi
ty. It consists of a series of levers
worked by keys like a piano, and act
ing on a set of types which impress
themselves on a strip of paper that is
gradually unrolled. - Working only with
one finger an ordinary reporter can
work as quick as the best short-hand
reporter, but by using the two hands the
rapidity is increased immensely.
.13eSt — Major-General Dana has arrested
a majority of the Treasury agents at
Vicksburg for smuggling, and conniving
at the contraband trade in the rebellious
districts. In one transaction the mili
tary order permitted a man named
llurbridge, to take six barrels of whis
key up the Yazoo river. In passing
through the "Treasury regulations"
the "six barrels" were changed to
"sixty barrels," which were bartered
at $l2 a gallon fur cotton at 40 cents the
pound—the single operation yielding
the parties concerned a net profit of
$lOO,OOO.
kier-A good bit of wit transpired some
years ago in the Louisiana Legislature,
which, perhaps, has not yet appeared
in print. "Sir," said a member from
Assumption, " I am here the proud
representative of my constituents ; lam
here from the parish of Assumption,
and while I stand on this.floor, I and
Assumption are of a piece) , " Yes,"
said an honorable member opposite;
" and you are the greatest piece of As
sumption that was ever heard of."
Queen Victoria has received an
offer of marriage. The eccentric Em
peror of Abyssinia, says a Paris paper,
is an aspirant to the hand of the Royal
lady. We are told that lie made his
offer through Mr. Cameron, the English
consul, and had that gentleman put in
chains when some time had passed
without the arrival of a reply to his
suit. When her Majesty heard of Mr.
Cameron's imprisonment, it is stated
that she wrote to the king by post,
politely declining his offer, and begging
that her representative might be re
leased.
ge- A good joke, says the Syracuse
Standard, is related of Miss G., a laugh
ter-loving, good-natured lass, who was
spending the afternoon with a neigh
bor, and during supper, the conversa
tion turned on liens, eggs, &c., during
which Miss G. observed "that their
hens did not lay scarcely any eggs,
and she could not tell the reason."
" Why," observed Mr. P., "my hens
lay very well ; I go out among them
almost every day, and get eggs." " My
gracious !" was the instant rejoiner ; " I
wish you would come over and run with
our hens a spell. I'm sure father would
pay you well for your trouble."
LUXURY OF ONE LEG.-A traveller
was boasting of the luxury of arriving
at night after a hard day's journey, to
partake of the enjoyment of a well-cut
ham, and the left leg of a goose. " Pray,
sir, what is the peculiar luxury of a left
leg?" " Sir, to conceive its luxury, you
must find that'll is the only leg that is
left." (and that you have no right toit,)
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one year 10
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Other "Notices," ten lines, or less,
three times 1.50
The Reign of Tetror in Kentucky.
To the Editor of the Chicago Times.
URBANA, ILLINOIS, August 23
•In your issue of this date I have observed
an article headed "A Rein of Terror in
Kentucky." Not being an oftiw-holder, of
tire-seeker, or one of the people who seeks
notoriety, 1, notwithtstanding, may dis
charge a duty to my fellow-countrymen of
Illinois by advising them, as fir as in my
power, of the real status of Lincoln's mil
itary despotism in lientuel42,* True, as you
state, the local press in Kentucky lives and
exists only with a muzzle.
To-day three weeks I left my home, with
a child at the point of death, and have been
on the wing ever since. I have been resid
ing in the city of Loujsville twelve years,
am a native of Indiana, and, when the Ad
ministration Vampires and harpies forced
tae to decide between the copperheads aml ,
and woolly heads, I have chosen the for
mer. I have never been guilty of such trea
sonable acts as dealing in precious human
flesh, either white or black. I never owned
a negro, but am a Democrat, and that is the
extent of my crimes. I have never failed
to vote until the last election, when I de
termined that cannon and bayonets had
played the huller-Islx out, and Made no ef
fort to vote.
When 1 left home, three weeks since, 111
pursuance of an ler of Ileneral Iturbridge,
sixty-live old, quiet, peaceable, and inof
fensive citizens have been secretly torn from
the embraces of their families, ;mil incar
cerated In the filthy Ilastile , erected by the
latter-day patriots. This was only the be
ginning of the list of 41 1 U in the oily' and _-
in
each county throughout the Stale, who
were to be shut tap iu some dungeon.
last lethir I. received hunt home informed
not that L•VerV per.Soll who can ha Ve is doing
so, The poliey ielopted iY tile pc evcc7lo4ce,
sell - righteous, L'urdanitial saints
is the most tiffeetual recruiting inciasuro
which email have been adopted kir Jell.
Davis' army. The Administration have a
nutattl'actory 5) here they I Urn OW guerrillas
to order; i. e., they are foreing the people to
lake up nests against the l;overlinlent..'
'Fle negroes have been stolen, and arms
placed ill their la u ds in violation et . the
slue lute, and then invited II) murder their
masters. Our horses have * been stolen by
the hundred, houses confiscated under cvery
sort 11l flimsy pretext, and, last, the Ihnly of
Iho hither, brother, and frequently the
Mother ;111,1 sister, lire seized and east into
prison,. \\ 'hat better mode than this could
driv,, desperation
to acute? I I itherto lentlleky hats h)Ved
her v,llllltrV Lc, do I,er own light
ing, :mil not to employ the ilcnii-savage race
to do her lig,lll,ing. She hits never yet fought.
by proxy; she scorns 511, - 11 cowardive ; hut
now she is reaping the reward for her fidel
ity by having her fair fields laid waste, and
her sons, who have committed no offense,
thrown into a felon's cell.
There arc three other inailleineit with nun
here in lily position, without money and
among strangers, rrolll our rantilikris.
_May I tod deliver us all !
Tours truly, 0.11. SinATTAN.
Ilon. Ceorge S. Hilliard
'l'h,• tip or yesterday says : Some days
since, the Prc.,, of this city, said that "Hon.
leorge S. )(titian!, a Democrat, N% 110 voted
against \l t•. Linvolti in 1501, intends to vote
lii him in ISttl. - Without any very recent,
knowledge of Mr. llillard, we ventured,
upon our high estimate of his character, to
pronounce this * statement utterly without
lbundation. We added, so perfect was our
confidence in the man, that "he has nobly
resisted the examples of Everett and the
crowd of facile prostitutes of which Boston
is so prolific. Mr. il iltifeN ion would
be a greater loss to the cause ,if virtue than
any one of them, and the most conclusive
proof the absolute degradation of New Eng
land morals and intellect yet exhibited. We
do not believe one word of it."
Mr. 'Hillard justifies our confidence in his
conservatism :Intl sound principles, as may
be seen by the following , note to the editor
or the Boston Past:
You are substant Tally correct in your co m
menu upon the paragraph from the Phila
delphia Press of August 17, which I never
heard of till I saw it in your columns of
this morning. As *pm say, I never
was a Denwerat, and never voted for
llemocratic electors of President in my
life. But the political issues on which par
ties were I,trtnerly divided have become ob
solete. We are living In a period or revolu
tion. The Old questions have passetlaway,
and though the O1(1 names survive, they are
1110110,4 merely and no longer• symbols. I
voted against Mr. Lincoln in 1,41 in; so fiu•
the Philadelphia Press is right. I thought
his election would be ;t great utistin•tune to
the country, and I hai i•ertuiuly Sl2Oll 110
reason to 01111112;1 . that 01 1 1111011. Th,n
Pres., is wrong in saying that I in
tend to vote for Mr. Lincoin in as 1
think his re-eltiviiini would Ice an irrepara
ble misfortune to the country.
I was iuvited to speak :it filo recent Mc-
Clellan meeting in New York, anti I am
told that I was advertised :IS one or the
speakers. I did not "make my appear
ance on the stand," but my absence was
not bemuse of want of interest in the object
for which the nieeting was called, Ibr, as you
conjecture, I intend to act heartily with the
Democratic party in striviiez to elect Gen.
.NlcClellan (supposing that he will be the
nominee of the Chicago Convention; to suc
ceed Mr. Lincoln.
I never could have made to "a friend
the remark which the Philadelphia Them
puts into my mouth. Never having been :L
Democrat, l could not-bas 6 ' :•laitned " to
he one still; hind never having Mr a mu-
Intint thought of voting for Mr. Lincoln, F
could not have expressed :my such purpose
HILLIARD.
7' 'll to Richmond Lh'sp'N,•h (ultra seePs-
EDER]
" If ~ vv could coininand a million of cotes
in should
conlrnand I hem a 11.,,
'file secession leaders understand who ale
their allies here.
Muggins was one day with a
friend when he observed a poor dog
that had been killed lying in the gutter.
Muggins paused and gazed intently at„
the animal, and at last said :
" Here is another shipwreck."
" Shipwreck ! where ..'
"There, a bark that's lost forever."
His companion growled and passed
air A maiden lady, whose age is not
a proper subject for discussion, warns
young men that the stamp tax on
matches is to ho en fore(ql on and after
the first of September, and that it would
ho a saving of money to finish up en
gagements before that date.
At a recent railroad dinner, in
compliment to the legal fraternity, the
toast was given : "An honest lawyer,
the noblest work of God ;" but an old
farmer in the back part of the hall
rather spoiled the effect by adding, in a
loud voice, " And about the scarcest."
k4D. , Moliere was asked the reason
why, in certain countries, the king may
assume the crown at fourteen years of
age, and cannot marry before eighteen ?
" It is," answered Moliere, " because it
is more difficult to rule a wife than a
kingdom."
•fr , -A little boy of Hartford was re
cently heard upon his "first going to
church." In reply to a question by his
paternal parent as to what he did in
church, he replied : " I
. went into a
cupboard and took a seat on a shelf!"
That boy will be a Presidential joker
when he grows up—if he is not cared
for in time.
A Saratoga fashion gossipper says:
" Girls, none too young to be in the
nursery, make their three or four toi=
lettes a, day." To which the Boston
Post adds : " The 'little babies change
oftener."
rED. A little girl was told to spell
ferment,' and give its meaning with a
sentence in which it was used. The
following was literally her answer.:
" a verb, signifying, to
work : I love to fetment in the garden!!'
Many who " east their bread upon the
waters" expect it will return to them
after ma ny days—kuttered, -