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Boy Lost
He had black eyes, with long lashes,
red cheeks, and hair almost black and
curly. He wore a crimson plaid jacket,
with full trowsers buttoned on ; had a
habit of whistling, and liked to ask
questions ; was accompanied by a small
black dog. It is a long while now since
he disappeared. I have a very pleasant
house, and much company. My guests
say, " Ah ! it is pleasant to be here.—
Everything has such an orderly, put
away look—nothing about under foot—
no dirt." But my eyes are aching for
the sight of whittlings and cut paper on
the floor; of tumbled down card-houses;
of wooden sheep and cattle; of pop-guns,
bows and arrows, whips, tops, go-carts,
blocks, and trumpery. I want to see
crumbles on the carpet, and paste spilt
on the kitchen table. I want to see the
chairs and the tables turned the wrong
way up. I want to see candy-making
and corn-popping, and to find jack
knives and fish-hooks among my nms
lins. Yet these things used to fret me
once. They say, " How quiet you are
here! Ah ! one may settle his brains,
and be at peace." But my ears are
aching for the pattering of little feet;
for a hearty shout, a shrill whistle, a
gay tra la la; for the crack of little
whips ; fur the noise of drums, fifes and
tin trumpets. Yet these things made
rne nervous once.
They say : " Ah ! you have leisure--
nothing to disturb you. What heapsof
sewing you have time for!" But I long
to be disturbed. I want to be asked for
a bit of string or an old newspaper--for
a cent to buy a slate-pencil or peanuts.
I want to be coaxed for a piece of new
cloth for jibs and mainsails, and then to
hem the same. I want to make little
flags and bags to hold marbles. I want
to he followed by little feet all over the
house, teased for a bit of dough for a
little cake, or to bake a pie in a saucer.
Yet these things used to fidget me once
They say : " Alt ! you are not tied at
home. How delightful to be always at
liberty forconcerts, lectures, and parties!
No confinement for you." But I want
confinement. I want to listen to the
school-bell mornings, to give the last
hasty wash and brush, mid then to
watch from the window nimble feet
bounding away to school. f want fre
quent rents to mend, and to replace lost
buttons. I want to obliterate mud
stains, molasses stains, and paints of till
colors. I want to be sitting by a little
crib of evenings, when weary little feet
are at rest, and prattling voices are
hushed,that mothers may sing lullabys,
and tell over the oft-repeated stories.—
They don't know their happiness then,
those mothers ; I don't. All these
things I called confinement epee
A manly figure stands before me now.
:He is taller than I, has thick whiskers,
wears a frock coat, a bosomed shirt, and
cravat. He has just come from college.
He brings Latin and Greek in his coun
tenance, and busts of th e old philosopher
for the sitting-room. Fl e calls me
mother, but ant rather unwilling to own
him. He avers that he is my boy, and
says that he can prove it. He brings
his little boat to show the red stripe on
the sail (it was the end of the piece) and.
the name on the stern, Lucy Lowe, a
little girl of our neighbor, who because
of her long curls and pretty
round face, was the chosen fa
vorite of my boy. The curls were long
since cut off, and she was grown to a
tall, handsome girl. How his face red
dens as he shows me the flame on the
boat! Oh ! I see it all as Plain as if it
were written in a book. My little boy
is lost, and my big boy will soon be.
Oh, I wish he were a little tired boy in
a long white night-gown, lying in his
crib, with me sitting by, holding his
hand in mine, pushing the curls back
from his forehead, watching his eyelids
droop, and listening to his deep breath
ing.
-4f I only had my little boy again,
how patient I would be ! How much I
would bear, and how little I would fret
and scold! I can never have him back
again; but there are still many mothers
who have not yet lost their little boys.
I wonder if they know they are living
their very best days; that now is the
time to really enjoy their children !
think if I had been more to my little
boy, I might now be more to my grown
up one.—Home Magazine.
The Power of the Tongue
Eloquence, from the earliest stages,
has justly been regarded as one of the
greatest of all human attributes. De
mosthenes swayed the listening masses
of old just as Webster did a few years
ago, ands their sounding periods were
more powerful than the force of love or
arms. An eloquent speaker plays upon
his audience as upon an instrument—
it is his "harp of a thousand strings"
—and wondrous are the chords and dis
cords he can awaken from it.
The sentiments expressed are of lit
tle consequence, so far as their :weep :
tation or rejection go, if they he el,;;;:, ,I
in ringing words, and delivered
earnestness and grace. The paltriest
argument—the most transparent sophis
try—are readily swallowed by the crowd,
if the orator has the true tongue of
honey and the eye of fire. It is a dan
gerous power—this eloquence—and as
mighty as dangerous. It has been sad
lyabused, too, in all times and places.
The finest intellect and the most mel
lifluous voice have too often been em
ployed in frightening innocent kindly
men and women into a gloomy horror
of death, or defending hardened and
notorious criminals from a punishment
most richly merited. Let him who
possesses this great power use it charily
and warily. Let him remember that
God has endowed him with a grand
and terrible gift—that he is born to
move his fellow-men as he lists—and let
him also know that he will be held re
sponsible for the deeds to which he per
suades or excites his hearers.
The counsel who, in the face of reason,
and against his own belief, assists the
fratricide or the ignoble hired assassin
to escape the penalty of his crime—who
pours forth the wine of eloquence like
a strong and sweet libation, until the
heads of the twelve honest but simple
minded jurors are fairly turned, and
they think, for the moment, that black
is white, and ,good is bad, such an one,
we say, is actually, in the sight of
Heaven, an accomplice . in his client's
criminality, and his fault is the greater,
for that he has taken it upon himself
deliberately and open-eyed.
In short, eloquence is like fire. In a
good cause, it is a boon and a blessing—
it works.wonders of usefulness ; but in
a bad cause it is a bane and a blight,
works naught but tenfold destruction.
The Legislature of West Virginia
last 3 adopted an amendment to the con
stitution of the State,, disfranchising
.fill those who have voluntarily partici
pated in the rebellion,
3loat4iter I.'/utetticrelt.ect.
VOLUME 66
Who Allied the Crow ?
Th e plaingtVe story of the " Death
and burial of poor Cock Robin" finds
its counterpart in these modern times
in the interrogatory of "Who killed
the Crow?" There are but few who
ever imagined that the mischievous
crdw possessed any claims to civiliza
tion, or,that the rascally thitt ,, f was easy
of being domesticated or converted into
a pet about the house. Such, however,
has been the case in one instance, which
a law suit has fully developed, and the
facts are more than ordinarily interest
ing. A crow has been in the family of
Mr. HAI. Gage, of Fayetteville, for the
past six or seven years, and itecame so
tame and domesticated that it filled the
place of a playmate with the children
of the family. The little ones became
exceedingly attached to it, and the bird
of omen learned many tricks from con
stant intercourse with them, which it
played to their delight and satisfaction,
as well as to the wonder of strangers
who became occasional spectators. Its
tricks in the gun ion during the summer
time were wonderfully amusing, and in
its "caw - -ings it had learned to closely
imitate many human sounds. While
the children were playing in the gar
den, the crow would follow them and
imitate every movement of theirs, pick
ing up sticks and carrying them until
deposited where the little ones were
engaged at their play, in building min
iature litiff , es and the like. Its sports
in the winter season were chiefly con
fined to playing " hide-and-go-seek"
with the children in the house, As they
would run front it and hide, the crow
would hop after them and search every
corner until they were found, and, in
turn, would run and hide from them
lieldnd a door •or some secret place,
making 1-tire sport for all who witnessed
it. It appears that a neighbor, Mr.
Robert Crouse, conceived a hatred for
the crow, for the reason, as he alleged,
that While indulging in his peculiar
" crow gibberish," he fancied the inau
spicious bird used his name in derision,
crying out Ed Bob Cbotme I Old Bob
Crouse f - in unmistakable accents. - In
thus insulting Mr. Crouse, the bird had
no regard for the sanctity of the Sab
bath over other days, but with a vin
dictiveness equal to the well established
thieving propensities of the tribe, con
tinued to annoy his neighbor on all and
every oi-easion, rtum tree tops and house
tel as well us when perched upon
fences, until the annoyance became un
endurable. AI r. ('rouse believed the
crow to have been educated to this sort
of petty annoyance, Which Was Con
stantly iudlulged in with a vim peculiar
to a mischievous magpie, and he deter
mined upon revenge. In order to abate
the n licence, Mr. ('rouse armed him
self with a loaded gun, and, accompa
nied by a neighbor. proceeded to the
premises of Al rs. gage, on the afternoon
of the :al of November last, with the in
tention of " knocking the feathers out
of it," and make it hush its gab in the
matter of calling, nick-names. The crow
was rescued from the deadly aim of the
marksman by the timely- alarm of the
little ones, and was taken into thehouse
by Mrs. Gage, who clipped one of its
wings, so as to prevent it annoying Mr.
('rouse in- the future front house tops
and other elevated positions. Subse
quently, however, the latter gentleman,
who was quite sensitive regarding the
liberties taken with his name, secured
the services or a lad named George Dag
gett, whom lie instructed to capture the
bird and "wring its plaguy neck." The
boy did as desired, catching the crow
while playing With the children, and
executed it on the spot in the manlier
directed. As may be imagined, the
children, as well as every member of
the family, were enraged at the perpe
tration of this cruel act, and the little
ones mourned the death of their play
mate with deep and heartfelt sorrow
The tears that were shed could be no
more copious had one of the household
been rudely taken from them by death,
and Mrs. Gage herself shared in the
deep sorrow of her children over the
loss of their pet bird, which had by
this time become inseparable to the
frolics of thechildren. Suit was brought
against Mr. Crouse by Mr. H. H. Gage,
for damages resulting in the killing of
the crow, which terminated on Satur
day last, before Squire Plateau, of Fay
etteville. A
.jury was empanneled, and
the trial created intense interest, filling
Beard's Hall, where the suit came off,
with a large crowd of the citizens of
Fayetteville. The suit was conducted
in the best of good humor, and a large
number of witnesses were called to tes
tify on both sides, as to the habits and
language of the defunct crow. N. R.
Chapman, Esq., of Fayetteville ; and R.
E. Gardner, Esq., of this city, appeared
as counsel for the plaintiff, ankLyman
C. Gardner, Esq., of the former place,
and N. B. smith, Esq., of this city, for
the defendant. The case was ably
argued by Mr. Smith for the defendant,
and by R. H. Gardner for the plaintiff',
who, to the argument, added much of
his usual facetiousnessthe peculiari
ties of case giving him a license in
that direction which he improved, to
the great amusement of the spectators
present. The jury, after mature de
liberation, found a verdict for plaifftiff
of seventy-five dollars, and thus the
the killing of the crow was avenged.—
ottomitig , t .F.l Couri,r.
Did anybody ever reflect how
living in such a country as Australia,
for instance, must upset all one's estab
lished ideas about the fitness of things?
Whatever previous experience of the
points of compass a man may have had
is here reversed. The sun no longer
shims from the southern half of the
heavens, but from the northern. The
old rule in the school geographies,
"Turn your face to the sun and you
will have the West at your right hand
and the East at your, left," must be ex
punged from the memory. The Au
stralians go (town North to spend
the winter, and come " up South" dur
ing the hot summer mouths.. The first
strawberries and early potatoes come
from "down North." The needle of the
compa ss points towards the South, and
the North Star is no longer a symbol of
steadiness. In short, the North and
the South exchange places, and the
Australian poets must sing odes to ' the
sunny North," and "the icy South."
i 3 It has been said that every man
hag at least one good point in his char
acter. A gentleman, traveling on Sun
day, was obliged to stop to have one of
the shoes of his horse replaced. The
farrier was just going to church, but
suggested -to the traveler that Jem,
Harrison might be found at home at the
next forge. This proved to be true, and
the rustic who led the gentleman's
horse to the spot exclaimed—
" Well I must say that for Jem, for it
is the only good point about him, he do
never go to church."
An Indian Love Story
In General Scott's recently published
autobiography, among his experience
in the Black Hawk war, occurs the fol
lowing romantic episode :
The summons for the conference was
now given to all the tribes and obeyed,
and the grand councils of war for the
settlement of the treaties commenced.
While these were pending a demand
came up, from a judge of Illinois, some
sixty miles below, for an Indian mur
derer, his name unknown, but who had
been distinctly traced to the camp of
the great body of Sacs and Foxes whom
the chiefs had contrived to hold in neu
trality during the recent hostilities, in
fluenced mainly by Keokuk, not a he
reditary chief, and only a principal
brave or warrior, the sense bearer, orator
and treasurer of the confederacy. The
demand was communicated to this re
markable man. After a little musing,
the painful truth of the story seemed to
flash upon him. With candor he stated
the grounds of his fears. A young
brave of some twenty years of age, the
son of a distinguished chief, had long
sought to marry a handsome young
squaw, the daughter of another famous
chief ; but the maiden repulsed the
lover, applying to him the most oppro
brious epithet—squaw—he never having
taken a scaly, killed a grizzly hear, nor
by suprise, robbed an enemy of his
arms, horse or wife. Hence she said
her lover was not a brave but a woman.
Her sympathies were, moreover, with
Black Hawk—her only brother having
run off with that reckless chief.
All these particulars were not yet
known to the wise treasurer; for he had
only been surprised at the change of
conduct in the belle savage, who had
so suddenly married her lover. Keokuk,
in good faith, said he would inquire,
for his great care had been to save his
people from destructive war and entire
spoliation, with which Black Hawk's
conduct had caused them to be threat
ened.
The next day he called at headquarters
and whispered that his fears had proved
prophectic ; that the happy bridegroom
had for the good of the confederacy,
confessed himself to be the guilty party,
and was at hand ; but begged the gen
eral to repeat, in a full council, the de
wand, etc. This was accordingly done,
and as soon as Scott's peroration, "
demand the murderer!" was interpreted
the young Appollo stood up and said,
" I am the man !" With a violent
stamp and voice Scott called out : 'The
Guard !" A sergeant, with a dozen
grenadiers, rushed in, seized the often der
and carried him Mil
\Vhen the blacksmith began to place
and rivet irons upon him he struggled
furiously. It took several of the guard
to hold him down. He said he did not
come forward to be ironed ; he did not
wish to be tried, that he preferred to be
shot at once. He was sent down to the
Illinois court then in session, put on his
trial, and notwithstanding the strong
circumstantial evidence, and that it was
proven he had acknowledged the kill
ing, in a hand-to-hand fight, a tricky
lawyer, well provided With the means
of bribing, no doubt, by the chiefs of
the confederacy, obtained from thejury
a verdict of not guilty.
The acquitted had yet to pass another
ordeal—one of fire and water. A swift
horse half way between the court and
the Mississippi, {a few hundred yards
off,) had been provided for the occasion ;
but frontier men always have their rifles
in hand, and their horses ready. The
lawyer hastened his client out of court,
and gained for him agoodstart. " Fly,
young man, or your dear-bought Helen
will soon be a widow !" In a minute,
followed by some whizzing shots, he
was in the saddle. In another, " horse
and rider" were plunged into "the
great father of waters " swimming side
by side. Now came up furiously a dozen
riflemen, who threw away their lead at
the too distant game. 'The last news of
the romantic act represented him as the
happy father of a thriving family of
"young barbarians," by more than a
" Dacian mother "—all far beyond the
Mississppi.
Neatness in Dress
We are almost inclined to think that
every person, especially all young per
sons, should be encouraged and expected
to dress themselves with some degree of
fresh care during the after part of each
day. It may cost a little time (it cer
tainly should not be allowed to cost
much), but it will be apt to increase a
person's self-respect and that comfort
able feeling of being allie3 and equal to
the betterpart of the social world, which
is so desirable for all, and especially for
the young. Not long since, a lady whose
ideas were thought by many to be above
her circurnstances,would insist on all her
children dressing for the afternoon neat
ly though plainly, but never remaining
in their morning attire. To wash, to
arrange the hair, and to lie always dres
sed in the afternoon, not for company
but for home life, became a habit
of all the young people of that
house from childhood not with
out some remarks from less painstaking
neighbors. At last, one of the children
a bright, but rather self-willed girl, re
marked, " I think we all feel so much
more inclined to be orderly and good
when we are dressed for the afternoon.''
This remark, made casually to the
mother, was, she said, an abundant re
ward for all the extra trouble and care
of the arrangement.
It is not expensive, but rather econom
ical than otherwise, to pay this sort of
attention to dress. A little extra wash
ing which it may cost is nothing to
what is saved by the habitual careful
ness not to soil one's clothes. The
sloven is the most ex t ravaaant, gener
ally speaking, or any one in dress. So
also the time that it may take is noth
ing, compared to the habit of order, of
system, and of having time for every
thing. It promotes self-respect and
pleasant, social feelings. The man,
woman or child, who feels habitually
worse dressed than. near neighbors,
will be apt to shrink from society
and behave awkwardly in it.—
This will make others sh rink from them,
and produce a sort of warfare and antag
onism most undesirable and sure to
check the flow of those benevolent and
social feelings which are the source of
the purest and best earthly joys, and
much of all our usefulness. For all this
a person must have no thought or care
dr prideof wherewithal they are clothed
while in company.
There are some would-be philosophers
who can notsee the reasonableness of all
this. Let them watch the effect which
the Sunday attire has, especially upon
the working portion of society, when pa
rents and children all have time and
dress for the Sabbath school, the church
or the private walk, or the family fire
side. Does not all this produce greater
mutual respect among the members of
the same family, among neighbors and
frinds, greater self-respect in nearly all
and a quiet contentment and enjoyment
of existence, most of all things conduc
tive to order and improvement? Let
those fainilies who neglect all such
habits be observed, and they will almost
uniformly be found disorderly and
wasteful of far more than all the cost of
attending to such matters.
We have known of authors who have
found it necessary to dress before writing
their best things, of ministers who must
puf, on a'clean shirt in order to write as
well as deliver a good sermon, and of
orators who felt all the more able to
command their audiences for being
neatly and exactly dressed. No doubt
there are many exceptions to all this.—
But those who'have much to do with
public life will have found that success,
while not to be attained by fine or ex
pensive clothing of shiny newness, is
yet very greatly assisted by a scrupulous
neatness, and all that care and cleanli
ness, which makes and assists a proper
self-respect.—Philadelphia Ledger.
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1865
Rival Tentriloquists
BY OUR NED.
" Once upon a time," as the "story
tellers" have it, we were sailing down
the great " father of waters," the Mis
sissippi, in the beautiful steamer, " God
dess of Liberty," bound from St. Louis
to New Orleans. We had on board the
usual variety of passengers ; but for
some unexplainable cause an unusual
degree of monotony prevailed. 'Tis
true, the card-players were at work,
with their accustomed energy, and lit
tle groups of passengers were earnestly
engaged over the quiet game of " chee
quers," or "draughts." while one little
circle only were
_engaged in that old,
but now popular gameof "chess." A
large number of passengers were sitting
in the forward saloon, gazing listlessly
at each other, apparently in stupefaction.
Being of an active temperament, and
fond of excitement, we could not suffer
ennui upon such an occasion to get the
upper hand of us, so with a view to
kicking up some kind of a rumpus, for
our own sake andtherelief of the passen
gers generally, we walked boldly into
the captain's office, and laid the whole
mutter before the distinguished com
mander.
"We have no means on board," the
captain remarked, or we might wake
the passengers up with a little "hop on
the light fantastic."
" Well," we replied looking earnestly
over the list on the passenger roll) "we
must have some excitement, for the'
passage is really wearisome."
Just at that moment, oureyes:fell upon
a name distinguished in the annals of
diablerio—no less a personage than
the celebrated wizard and ventriloquist,
signor Blitz. Here was indeed reason
for crying " Eureka," and forthwith,
we proceeded in search of the mysteri
ous wizard. In a few moments, the
Signor was found, quietly reposing in
his state-room, the whole difficulty elo
quently (the occasion called the elo
qUence)laid before him. Blitz consented
to create a little " harmless fun," as he
termed it ; but the sequel proved it
more funny than harmless. But, with
out anticipating, the wizard entered the
steward's apartment and providing
himself with a few slices of bread
and obtaining some of his little
animate assiances, he announced
himself prepared; but remarked that
we must select a good subject:for on
that selection depends the fun. We en
tered the forward saloon noiselessly,
arm-in-arm, and advanced toward the
quiet, sleepy-looking passengers, who
were collected together without aim or
object. While running our eyes rapidly
around the saloon in search of a victim,
our attention was attracted towards a
young man dressed in a deep suit of
black, who was deeply absorbed in a
book, which he was attentively pe
rusing.
We' nudged' the Signor; pointed
significantly at the young man, and re
ceived from the former an affirmative
answer, by a quiet movement of the
head. The Signor picked up a stool,
seated himself unceremoniously be
tween the young stranger, and the end
of the table near by. This movement
arrested the attention of the stranger,
who looked up inquiringly.
" You seem to be much interested in
your book, sir," the Signor remarked.
" Yes, sir," he replied, " a good book
is to me preferable to a good dinner."
Signor—"'That depends updn the
length of time you have fasted. By
the way I did not see you at the dinner
table ?"
Stranger-0, sir, I preferred my
book."
Signor—" One dollar is high for a
single meal; I commend youreconoiny."
Stranger (indignantly.) I eat when
hungry, whatever the price!"
Signor—" I spoke of economy, be
cause I observed some provisions in
your hat!"
Stranger (in an offended tone.) "Pro
visions with me ; I always eat at the
public table, and pay for it, too !"
Tie whole attention of the passen
gers was now centered upon the speak
ers, and considerable interest manifest
ed by the company in the peculiar sub
ject under discussion.
Signor (lifting up the young gent's
hat from his side, and passing it under
the eyes of the entire group.) "I do
not wish to offend you, sir, but C see
here quite a supply of provisions!"
This created not a little merriment at
the expense of the stranger, which soon
increased to a laugh, as the wizard
drew forth slice after slice of the stale
bread from the young man's hat. The
stranger bit his lips in confusion, and
fixed his gaze upon the Signor; then,
with a smile, got up from his seat, and
moved towards the state-room.
Frightened says one of the look
ers-on, smiling at the sudden disappear
ance of the stranger.
Stranger (emerging from the state
room) " _No, not frightened, exactly. [
merely put away my book because there
is going to be some fun aboard, and
when there's fun about I want to be
' counted,' for that's my forte."
Looker-on (en t husiastically), " Good!
bravo, bravo! Go it, little 'un, you're
a match for him !"
The stranger had barely finished his
remarks, when a loud yelping and snap
ping was heard at his heels, -and the
passengers began to scatter, thinking a
rabid dog was in their midst; but a few
minutes served to prove harking and
yelping another trick of the ventrilo
quist.
During the excitement about the dog,
the Signor seemed constantly brushing
something from behind his ear; and
becoming much annoyed by a continual
buzzing at his head requested one of the
passengers to examine his neck, for he
was fearful a wasp had taken passage
on the boat, and was engaged in the
exclusive business of annoying him.—
An examination proved , the Signor's
fears groundless, and the fun with the
stranger continued. Now came the
squealing of a pig, and, in a few mo
ments, the Signor to the great amuse
ment of the crowd, produced from the
stranger's bosom a small guinea pig,
which jumped and ran around the
saloon as if pleased at being released
from such an uncomfortable berth.
Again the Signor was seized with that
periodical of the wasp, and brushed in
vain with his hand to rid himself of the
little tormentor. Several of the passen
gers attempted to catch the refractory
wasp, but each attempt proved futile,
and the attacks of the insect upon the
Signor soon becathe a portion of the
general amusement for the passengers,
the buzzing of the wasp producing as
much fun as any of the wizard's won
derful feats.
" During all this time, the features of
the stranger remained placid, though
his brilliant eyes flashed, and gave evi
dence of no small amount of mischief
lurking within. The ventriloquist
having failed to effect the stranger he
resolved to try again, apparently deter
mined not only to bring down the boat,
but to bring down the stranger also.
Signor (stepping up to the young
stranger.) " Come, friend, sing us a
good song; won't you? Don't be so
quiet."
Without further remark, the Signor
commenced his wonderful ventriloqual
singing powers by singing a favorite air,
with a chorus " Ri, tol 10l lol,"
each note of which appeared to come
from the mouth of the young stranger.
So complete was the illusion, that the
stranger received shouts of applause at
its conclusion, and notwithstanding the
stranger's positive denial of singing a
single word, the passengers insisted it
was well done. Duringthe singing, the
Signor was again pestered with the
buzzing in his ear of that indefatigable
wasp, and seemed utterly unable to free
himself from the pertinacious insect.
" Now, remarked the stranger, as
you insist I have been singing a song,
though entirely unconscious of the act
myself, I think It but fair that Blitz
should favor us with a song in return.' "
At the sound of Blitz' sname, all were
on the qui live; and now, as the
character of the inveterate joker was
understood, the party insisted upon a
song.
Blitz (earnestly,)—" I tell you, gen
tlemen, I am no singer, never sang a
song in my life, except ventriloqually."
A Voice—" That's a whopper :"
Blitz (looking aroartd,) who spoke;
who says I can sing ?" -
A voice (gruffly.) "I do."
Notwithstanding allefforts to find the
speaker, he was non est, and the by
standers supposed the voice a trick of
the Signor's.
A voice (apparently from the Signor,
who was again annoyed with the buz
zing of the wasp,)" I'll sing—l'll sing."
Blitz—" Gentlemen, I did not speak
—I cannot sing; there must be a ven
triloquist here!"
A voice (apparently • the Signor's)—
" Should old acquaintance be forgot."
Passengers—" 0, good Heavens! don't
sing that !"
I am not sin g ing, gentlemen;
this is a trick—a ruse; there's "
The song:and remarks of the Signor
were interrupted by another attack of
the wasp, and the passengers were
laughing immediately at the efforts of
the Signor to keep off the stinging, buz
zing, intruding insect. •
Signor—" Gentlemen, let me explain ;
there is another ventriloquist here. I
am sure of it, and I think this stranger,
our friend, must be the man!"
Passenger (addressing the stranger)—
" Are you a ventriloquist?"
Stranger (blandly.) /‘ When at home,
I am !"
Blitz (staring at the young stranger.)
" And your name is—."
Stranger (smiling.) "Wyman, the
wizard and ventriloquist!"
Blitz. " And the confounded wasp
was nothing more nor less than--.'
Stranger (interrupting.) " Wyman,
the ventriloquist!"
The two wizards shook hands heartily,
while the passengers enjoyed a laugh
which fairly shook the boat from stem
to stern, and for the balance of the trip
there was no end to the fun. The boat
wasstopped by Blitz, started by Wyman;
Blitz got up a false alarm of fire, and
Wyman burst the boiler, to the holy
horror of several old maids. Blitz
bolted whole potatoes at the table.
Wyman stowed away chickens
alive and kicking. Blitz had a
dozen waiters constantly bringing
the wrong dishes. Wyman had dogs
and cats under the table ; and, between
them both, the splendid steamer, " God
dess of Liberty,' was completely turned
into an immense stage, with the
"Comedy of Errors'' upon it for the
amusement of three hundred passen
gers.
Both wizards have since become
intimately acquainted ; and they have
many a hearty laugh at the fun created
on the Mississippi by the rival ventrilo
quists.
A Military Necessity
" Why, Pompey, is dat you dressed
up in sojer clothes so smart ?"
" Yes, Pete, I'se enlisted."
" Well, den, Pomp, I wants to ax you
jes on ting befo you go. Wut's dis I
hear bout military necessity ? Wut's it
mean ?"
" I'll splain it to you right off, Gim'e
your knife rust."
" Dar it is."
" Berry well. Now, am you a loyal
man Pete ?"
" I spec I is."
" Lucky for you. Now, law am one
ting and military necessity am anodder.
I'se a sojer. War times now acid me. I
got your knife because it am a military
necessity. I want it. De law can't
touch me for taking it. You touch me
and you am opposed to military neces
sity, and you go to Fort La Faughyet."
" Why, dat's my knife!"
" No. It am confiscated by military
necessity. In time ob war de Army
and Gobernment takes all dey want—
property, slabes and all tings—bekase
dey want it to help to kerry on de war.
In peace der is no such military neces
sity, and (ley couldn't chi it; but now if
dey oppose, dose who opposes am Rebels,
bekase dey oppose de interest of de
whole kentry. I am in dat interest,
being a sojer. I keep your knife fur
military necessity ; you object and
you're a Secessionist at once. So be ker
ful. \Vut say ?"
"I say, take de knife—and be dam ! I
don't want to go to Fort LaFaughyet."
"Den you sufficiently understand
bout military necessity!"
" I does now, dat's a fack."
"Well dar ! I oiler tought you was
loyal ; so good bye, Pete ; de Gineral
wants to see me."
" Good bye, Pomp; but when de war
is ober bring back my knife."
How Our Flag Was Unfurled on Sumpter
The special correspondent of the New
York _Herald gives the following de
scription of how the old flag was un
furled on Fort Sumter:
Shortly after daylight it was discov
ered that there were no troops in and
about Sumter, or Moultrie, or in the
works on James Island. Lieutenant-
Colonel Bennett, of the Twenty-first
United States colored troops, command
ing Morris Island, immediately de
spatched Major Hennessy, of the Fifty
second Pennsylvania Volunteers, to
Fort Sumter, in a small boat, to ascer
tain whether the fort was evacuated.
Major Hennessy proceeded to Sumter,
and soon waved the old Stars and Stripes
over the battered battlements of the
work, from which they had been torn
down in April, 1861. The sight of the
old flag on Sumter was an assurance
that the enemy had evacuated all their
works, and it was hailed by every de
monstration of joy by all, on ship and on
shore. Another boat, in charge of
Lieutenant Hackett, of the Third Rhode
Island artillery, was immediately sent
to Fort Moultrie to take possession of
that work, and raise again the national
colors upon its parapet. The navy,
anxious to share in the honors of the
day, also launched a boat, and strove to
gain the beach of Sullh'an's Island be
fore the army, and an exciting race en
sued between the boats of the different
branches of the service. Each boat's
crew were urged on to the utmost by
their respective commanders, and every
nerve and muscle was strained to pull
the boats to their utmost speed. It was
a friendly but earnest trial of endurance
and skill. Every man felt that the
credit and honor of the service rested
on himself, and redoubled his exertions
to attain success. The race was a close
one, the boats being evenly matched ;
and when one forced a little ahead it
was recognized by the cheers of its
friends, who watched with intense in
terest the progress of the contest.
Finally, after a hard pull and as fast
a race as Cmarleston harbor ever wit
nessed, the army boat, under Lieuten
ant Hackett, reached the shore in ad
vance. As she touched the officer and
crew sprang out on the beach, through
the surf, and rushed for the goal. The
parapet was soon gained and the flag
given to the breeze amid the cheers of
the soldiers and sailors, who had come
up a moment or two behind him. The
fort was found completely evacuated, as
were all the works on the island. The
guns were all spiked and some of the
carriages somewhat damaged. A large
quantity of munitions was found in the
magazines, which the enemy had not
found time to destroy.
Feeding Poultry
It has been ascertained that, ifyou mix
with the food a sufficient quantity of
egg-shells or chalk, which they eat
greedily, they will lay twice as many
eggs as before. A well-fed fowl is dis
posed to lay a large number of eggs, but
cannot do so without the materials of
shells, however nourishing in other re
spects her food may be ; indeed a fowl
fed on food and water, freefrom carbon
ate of lime, and not finding any in the
soil, or in the shape of mortar, which
they often eat on the walls, would lay
no eggs at all, with the best possible
piortilattrouo.
The Occupation of . Wilmington—A De-
tailed Account
The following description of the occu
pation of Wilmington will be read with
interest. We make extracts from a let
ter to the New York Herald, dated at
Wilmington, February '?':
"The approach to the city was made
in two columns—one operating on the
left bank of the river under Gen. Terry,
the other on the right bank under Gen.
Cox. Gen. Cox, after the capture of
Fort Anderson, followed the retreating
enemy across the various tributaries of
the Cape Fear flowing from the west
ward, until last evening his panting
troops came in sight of the city from
Eagle Island. Gen. Casement's brigade
was in the advance, supported by those
of Colonels Sterl, Moore and Hender
son. Continued skirmishing took place
during the pursuit, resulting in a loss
of some fifty men on our side. No op
portunity was aftbrded to the enemy to
make a stand, our troops charging and
routing them whenever they exhibited
any intention of doing so. Last night
Col. Moore's brigade struck and occu
pied the railroad running from Wil
mington to Charleston, while General
Casement pushed his pickets down to
the river bank immediately opposite the
cit. The operations of Gen. Cox s column
were attended with the utmost diffi
culty, his line of march lying through
a low marshy section where the inhabi
tants had extensive rice plantations.
The crossing of Brunswick river was
effected in flatboats, which were found
in the vicinity.
General Terry's column on the left
bank was nobly at work in conjunction
with General Cox. A larger force of
the enemy was in his front intrenehed
behind strong works, but the steady
valor of Ames' and Payne's divisions
prevailed over the demoralized com
mand of Hoke. One strong line of
breastworks was abandoned at daylight
this morning, much to the surprise of
every one who has inspected it. The
retreat of the rebels from this line gave
us possession of Fort St. Philip, on the
river, which eommanded the channel
at one extremity of the obstructions.
Their next line, on the edge of an el
liptically shaped 'Mild, two Iniks from
the city, was abandoned almost without
a shot. With its occupation there fell
into our hands a number of pieces of
heavy artillery, siege guns, which, in
the hurry of following the troops into
the city I did not wait to count. These,
with those previously captured, and
with the armament of forts on the
river, swell our list of prize guns to sev
eral hundred.
During this time we were but press
ing the rear guard of the enemy, which
had been left to oppose our advance as
long as possible, while the stores of am
munition and subsistence could be re
moved from the city. From the state
ments of the people in town we after
wards learned that the evacution began
last night. The citizens were prepared
for it several days ago, and the store
keepers, with that instinctive know
ledge peculiar to speculative pursuits,
positively refused as late as a week ago,
to receive rebel money in exchange for
their goods. During the three days
gone by the stores were closed. and it
was with the utmost difficulty the peo
ple supplied their tables with the ordi
nary necessaries of life, such was the
anxiety to retain everything which
could benefit the possessor upon the ad
vent of the Union forces.
With the dawn of day this morniff , °
the pickets of General Casement ob
served innumerable white hags, or
articles intended to serve us such
waving along the wharves of Wil
mington. Conjecturing - aright that
these were peace tokens of the people,
in the absence of the evanescent rebels,
the pickets hunted up and down the
shore for skiffs and boats, and in these
and on rafts hastily constructed, the
skirmishers of General Casement were
soon across the river, almost before their
commanding officers were aware of the
good news of the evacuation of the city.
The main body of General Cox'scolumn
was unable to get over immediately,
owing to the, want of transportation,
otherwise it would have been doubtful
which general of the parallel columns
would have had the honor of first occu
pying the city.
As it was the troops of General Terry
pushed into town about nine o'clock,
and with that discipline which charac
terizes their veteran organization waited
not to loiter about, as soldiers are wont
to do when they enter the limit::: of towns
generally, but pushed on after the re
treating foe—one regiment only, the
Qne Hundred and Sixty Ninth New
York being left as a temporary guard
until other dispositions t be made
by General Schofield.
Major Terry met the Mayor, Mr. John
Dawson, who expressed his willingness
to surrender the city, and place it under
the protection of the l'idon troops.
Major Terry communicated the fact to
his father, General Terry, who, at the
Court House, thereupon, formally re
ceived the surrender of Wilmington
from its chief executive, his Honor
Mayor Dawson.
Were the city of Wilmington located
north of Mason and Dixon's line, with
the present 22d day of February occur
ring in the earlier years of the rebellion,
when the passage of troops "off n the
wars " was a novelty, and an i nspi ration
to the most enthusiastic patriotism, the
advent of our army could hardly have
called forth more vehement popular de
monstrations. Flags stained with age in
the hiding places to whii•li they had
been consigned (luring the thraldom of
rebellion were brought forth to kiss
again the bright sunlight, and to wave
a welcome to their redeemers. White
hands fluttered less white kerchiefs
from piazza, porch and window as the
stream of glistening bayonets
. and
travel-stained blue uniforms pub red
through the streets of Wilmington. It
well repaid the bloody charge at Fisher,
and obliterated the memory of the re
pulse of Christmas.
Wilmington shows signs of the war.
These houses are dilapidated, the
wharves, though recently receiving the
shipping of an extensive blockade run
ning trade, are sadly out of repair, and
a general nothing-to-do-air prevades the
city, in strong contrast to its busy ap
pearance before the war, when pitch,
turpentine, rosin, lumber and rice en
gaged the services of a fleet of Northern
vessels.
Capture and Destruction or Blockade
Runners
Information has been received at the
Navy Department of the capture of a
schooner loaded with cotton, in the Gulf
of Mexico, by the United States steamer
Pinola. Information has also been re
ceived of the destruction of the large
iron screw steamer blockade runner
Will-of-the-Wisp, off Galveston, by a
boat's crew from the United States
steamer Princess Royal under Lieuten
nant C. E. Mcßay. She was discovered
aground when she was destroyed, and
it was thought her crew had succeeded
in getting some heavy guns on shore.
Acting Ensign A. H. Reynolds is also
highly spoken of for his coolness in this
expedition. The side-wheel steamer
Acadia is also lying a wreck, riddled by
our shot at d shell from the U.S. steamer
Virginia 6 miles from Velasco where
she was run on shore after several at
tempts to get into port. Information
has also been received of the capture of
the schooners Pet 'and Anne Sophia,
with 470 bales of cotton. These captures
were made by an expedition from the.
United States steamer Bienville, under
the command of Acting Ensign George
H. French. A boat's crew from the
Princess Royal, under Acting Ensign
George H. Reynolds assisted..
The Army Appropriation bill, as re
ported by the Committee of Conference,
and agreed to, prohibits further pay
ments to the Illinois Central Railroad
for the transpotation • of government
troops and munitions . of war, they hav
ing received land grants in considera
tion of an agreement to render such
service free of charge.
NUMBER 9
How Prisoners of War are Discharged
Letter of Mr. Emerson Etheridge, of
Tennessee.
(From the Washington . Constitutional Union
Of Friday.]
We call the attention of our readers
to a communication from the Hon. Em
erson Etheridge, of Tennessee, calling
attention to a new mode of obtaining
the release on parole of prisoners of war
from confinement. The facts disclosed
are certainly of an astounding
character, and well worthy of
earnest consideration. There are
thousands of anxious parties in the
country to whom this subject is one 01'
the most absorbing interest, and they
cannot but feel the most intense indig
nation upon learning that the levying
of black mail is carried on so openly
beneath the eaves of the White House.
The matter should be at once examined
into and this foul reproach instantly re•-
moved. The President owes it to him
self and to the country that this impo
sition upon his benevolent credulity
should be promptly checked and se
verely punished, else " copperheads "
will be liable to think there is collusion
somewhere.
HOW PRISON} Rs OFWAR 1114 X BE DIS
CHARGED.
During the present week a young
gentleman from Gibon eoizty, Tennes
see, came to this city, for the purpose,
if possible, of procuring the discharge
of five prisoners of war at military pris
ons in the Northwest. He brought
letters to the Hon. L. Anderson, of
Kentucky, invoking his assistance.
This morning Mr. Anderson started him
to the President with astatement in the
following words and figure's :
PRISONERS OF WAR
Benjamin Bobbitt, Camp,Morton.
S. D. Anderson, Camp Mortoh.
A. V. Alford, Camp Morton.
W. L. Eastwood, Camp, Douglas.
James F. Thomas, Camp Douglas.
I am not personally acquainted with
the above named persons, but they are
recommended by ten true men (with
whom I am personally acquainted) as
proper persons to be permitted to take
the oath and return home. From the
recommendations and information re
ceived, I ask the President to permit
them to he released on taking the oath
of December, Isti3. LIT. AN DERsox.
In the forenoon of to-day the young;
gentleman referred to appeared at the
President's with this paper and asked to
be permited to present it. I-le was in
formed by C. O'Leary, who is in charge
of the door of the President's office, that
he could not be permitted to enter.
Subsequently, upon being informed of
the subject of the call, lie was taken
aside and told by O'Leary that, if he
would pay him fifty dollars, he ( O'Leary ;
would take charge of the papers and
procure the President's order for the re
lease of these prisoners ; that otherwise
he would have to remain for many days
without any probability of having an
interview with the President. He saw
two other persons on a similar errand
pay money to O'Leary, and saw the de
sired papers, a few minutes afterward,
given by O'Leary to such persons. The
young gentleman had but little money
at the hotel, nothing like that amount
with him. He left the papers, however
with O'Leary, and reported the facts
above recited to me.
I went with him immediately to the
President's house, intending to play a
simple and rustic part. With some dif
ficulty I succeeded indisarmiug O'Leary
of all suspiciomarranged with him to pay
the fifty dollars so soon as the Presi
dent's order for the discharge of these
prisoners should be handed to the gen
tleman above named. O'Leary prom
ised to meet him at his room at the Na
tional Hotel, (taking the uumber,) at
precisely three o'clock to-day, when he
was to bring the order of the President
for the release of the prisoners, and re
ceive the amount stipulated. I re
mained out of sight until the
order for the discharge of the
prisoners was delivered and the money
paid. Just as O'Leary was bowing
himself out, I intercepted him, forced
him back into the room, denounced him
as a swindler, and caused him to sur
render the money (thirty dollars), that
being the amount which he had agreed
to take finally, because of the assurance
that nothing would be advanced for two
of the prisoners, and the inability to
the gentleman to 'pay more for the
others.
The order of the President for the re
lease of the prisoners is written on the
paper which was signed by Mr. Ander
son, and is in the following words :
" Let these men take the oath of De
cember 8, 1863, and be discharged.
_
" February 23, 1865."
Just as O'Leary was taking his leave
he gave to his supposed victim his ad
dress, and urged him to inform the re
latives and friends of prisoners of war
that they could have them released from
confinement by applying to him and
paying teu dollars in each case. He
gave his address, which I have in his
own handwriting: "C. O'Leary, Ex
ecutive Mansion, Washington, 1). C."
I make this matter‘public from mo
tives of humanity. During the last
year I have made many applications for
the discharge of prisoners of war upon
the terms mentioned in the above order
of the President, but in no instance
have I been successful. I have often
written to the friends and kindred of
prisoners that there was no end to their
captivity but peace. I rejoice, however,
to be able at last to inform those who
feel an interest in the matter that a
cheap and expeditious remedy is within
their power. Gl‘immissioners of Ex
change may disagree. Butler may
higgle about his niggers, but ten dollars
enclosed to "C. O'Leary, Executive
Mansion, Washington, D. C.," will re
store any repentant Rebel to the bless
ings of freedom awl the society of
friends. Ew. ETHERIDGE.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 23, Pqis
Emigrant Passenger Statistics
The number of passengers arriving in
the United States from foreign countries
during the year 1664 was 2'21,535, as ap
pears from a communication from the
Secretary of State. Of these, ]9
landed at New York; Massachusetcs re
ceived, 8,055; Pennsylvania, 4,467; Cali
fornia, 3,185; Maryland, 2,96,0; Maine,
1,373 ; New Jersey, 321 ; Oregon, 307 ;
Florida, 199 ; Rhode Island, 54; New
Hampshire, 16. But three persons d led
on the voyage.
One Drop at a Time
Have you watched an icicle as it
formed ? You notice how it froze One
drop at a time until it wasa foot long or
more. If the water was clean, the icicle
remained clean, and sparkling brightly
in the sun ; but if the water was but
slightly muddy, the icicle looked foul,
and its beauty was spoiled. Just so our
characters are forming, one little
thought or feeling at a time adds to his
influence. If every thought be pure
and right, the soul will be lovely; and if
wrong, there will be final deformity and
wretchedness.
Gigantic Robbery or the Army Mails
A correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing from Grant's head
quarters, says:
It has transpired that a stupendous
system of mail robbery has been prac
tised in this army since its passage to
this, its present lines of operation; in
May last. It is believed and asserted
that the appalling amount of a million
of dollars in money and valuables have
been surreptitiously seized by irrespon
sible parties to whom the mails have
been entrusted in their transit from the
various regimental, brigade, division,
and corps headquarters to the water
transports. It has been suggested that
Congress should legislate upon the pos
tal arrangements of the army, confiding
them to commissioned officers who shall
control the mail system, in behalf of
the soldiers and officers. It would seem
to be, in the light of the developments
already unearthed, an eminently proper
suggestion.
Busrirsas ADVERTIsExtENTS, $l2 a 'year Per,
square of ten lines; ten per cant. increase for
fractious of a_year.
REAM ESTATE, em.,SONAL PROPICRTTOMId GEN
ERAL AnvEavisr2:u, 7 cents a line for the
first, and 4 cents for each subsequent. inser
tion.
PATENT MEDICINES and other adver's by tne
column:
One column, 1 year,...
Hall column, 1
Third column, I year,..._......... .
Quarter column
BUSINESS CARDS, of ten lines or less,
one year,
Business Cards, five lines or less, one
year,
LEGAL AND OTHER NOTICES—
Executors' notices
Administrators' notices
Assignees' notices
Auditors' notices
Other "Notices," ten lines, or less,
three times
Maryland is suffering all the miseries
which can be precipitated upon any
people, by being reduced to a condition
of subjugation. The papers of that State
give abundant testimony to the repeat
ed acts of tyranny which are perpetrated.
In her own borders are to be found a
set of scoundrels who are ready to per
secute to extremities every man who,
by exhibiting the spirit of a freeman,
may present a contrast to their subser
vient and truckling baseness. The rev
olution has thrown the filth and scum
of society to the surface, and put into
power a set of lickspittles to the admin
istration—men who could never have
been dragged from merited obscurity by
any other process than that which sur
rounds the polls Nvith bayonets, and
makes a mockery of the freedom of the
elective franchise. These wretches are
ready to hound down every man who
does not willingly submit to every out
rage perpetrated by themselves and
other minions of arbitrary power. Not
only ate men of high character and
known loyalty denied the privilege of
voting, because it is suspected that they
will not vote the abolition ticket, but,
if they persist in claiming their right
to exercise freely this great right of
freemen, they are indicted and tried as
criminals. We find the following re
port of a most outrageous proceeding in
the Frederick Union. We commend it
to our readers. It is of a piece with the
general course of procedure which pre
vails in Maryland--fere Maryland. The
niion says:
At the election which took place
throughout our county on the sth day
of November last, extraordinary pro
ceedings occurred at the Woodsboro
Lolls in this county. A long list of
mutes of persons to be objected to on
the ground of disloyalty was handed to
the Election .1 udges, and although near
ly every one whose name was on said
list was permitted to vote by claiming
his rights, the faet that such a list was
known to he in the hands of the Eelec
tion J udges produced much excite
ment, and caused a crowd to gather in
front of the voting place, anxious
to see who were objected to, and
who were peril - lilted to vote, and who
were deprived of their rights. Among
those whose moues were upon said list
was that of.l)OetorCharlesGoldsborough
a highly respectable gentlemen of said
Diistrict, and when he presented himself
in the morning of the day and offered to
vote, his ballot was refused by the Jud
ges on the ground of disloyalty. After
wards Diictor t loldsborough sent a mes
sage to the Judges, requesting them to
give him uncaring; to treat him US they
had treated other persons, whose votes
had been challenged, to summon his
neighbors to ascertain whether he was
loyal or disloyal, and if, after this, they
concluded he was not entitled to a vote,
he would tear up his ballot, get in his
buggy and go home. Two of the Judges
agreed to the request of Doctor Golds
borough, and at about one o'clock he
presented himself belore the J udges
again, when he was told by one of them,
.fudge 11 till, that his ease had been dis
posed uf, and that he must leave the
polls. Dueler t •oldsborough remained,
however, claiming the some privileges
which hail been accorded to others. lu
this claim he was succeeded by
Messrs. George Saylor and George
W. Shank, two highly respectable
citizens of the District. One of the
Election Judges expressed his willing
ness to receive Doctor (loldsborough's
vote while Judge hull and the other re
fused, whereupon Doctor Goldsborough
simply declared his intention to sue
(bent for depriving him of the dearest
rights of a freeman, when Judge Hull
reinarked "goo sue, mid you, will find
go arm y iii. ,1 aloitykide of them
from Xcit , 3.l(trket histriet."—
udge Dull ordered the Polls to be
cleared, but before it was attemped he
closed the l'olls and sent a message to
Frederick, to the Sheriff of the county
for protection, who sent out some fifteen
or sixteen armed soldiers, but before
their arrival the polls had been opened
and the voting was going on as usual.
Messrs. Saylor and Snyder were seized
by the military and torn away from
their families and lodged in our County
Jail until die following day when after
an examination they were released.
Incredible as it may seem, the Grand
Jury of Frederick county, at the late
October term of our Court., actually in
vieted Doctor ( ioldshorough, Geo. Say
lor, Geo. W. Shank and Geo. Snyder
for obstructing the polls and attempt
ing to hinder the election, though there
was not a particle of evidence to sustain
the allegation during the progress of
the trial, which took place in this city
last week. The ease was one of the
plainest that everoecupied the attention
of a Court, and everybody expected the
jury to renderaverdictof notguilty with,
out leaving their box, yet, strange as it
seems, the jury, composed entirely of
Onion men, were absent nearly twenty
four hours tun' were then discharged in
consequence of their inability to agree!
Union men as they were, there were
some honest men On that Jury who
could not find it in their hearts and con
sciences to render a verdict of Guilty
against Messrs. Saylor, Goldsborough,
Shank and Snyder, for simply asserting
their clear and indisputable rights. Had
a verdict of Guilty been pronounced it
is the general Relief that Judge Nelson
would have set it aside as contrary to
the fitets and evidence of the cause.
The cause will be an expensive one to
Frederick county, and it reflects no
credit upon those who were instru
mental in bringing it to Court.
A. LiNcor.:c
In the days when servants were
bought and sold to service in Massachu
setts as well :is in South Carolina, my
grandfather had in his family an unc
tions darkey, calledof course " Dinah."
Now, Dinah was fair to look upon, and
after sundry flirtations, received, in her
eighteenth year, a bon° fide offer from
a well-to-410-Sambo of forty ; " And why
don't you have him, Dinah"' asked
any grandfather of the fair one. "Top
old, massa," was the reply. "Why;
Dinah, lie's just in his prime." "Yes,,
massa, nit bilnesby, when Dinah get
her prime, den he hat, no prime at all!"-
No MATTEII.—" My friend," said a
seedy individual to a waggish acquaint
ance at a ferry, " I wish you would loan
nie two quarters to cross the ferry. I
havn' t got a dollar in the world."
" Well, I would like to know," was
the reply, " what difference it makes to
a man who hasn't got a dollar in the
world which side of the river he's on ?"
A GENTLEMAN OF TITE IRISH PER
SUASION AND THE JunGE.—A certain
Judge was obliged to sleep with an
Irishman in a crowded hotel, when the
following conversation ensued:
" Pat, you would have remained a
long time in the old country before you
could have slept with a Judge, would
you not?"
" Yes, yer honor," said Pat; "and I
think your honor would have been a
long time in the ould counthry before
ye'd been a Judge too."
—Eight railroad disasters occurred las
week in different portions of the coun
try, and forty-five since the commence
ment of the year, involving the loss of
61 killed and wounded.
It was the New York Evening Post
that disloyally said, last summer, "that
some one of the express companies of
that city could end the war more expe
ditiously and economically than the
present administration is likely to do."
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