lotflUflenwr,: TEVEEY WKDNEaDAY BY (IaOPBBi BASDEBSOH A CO. H. G, Smith, J.M. Cooper, War. A. Moeton, Alfred Sande eson TERMS—Two Dollars per Annum, payable all coses in advance. OFFlCE—Southwest coeneb of Centre SQUARE. . 93-A.li letters on bnsiness should be ad dressed to Coopee, Sanderson & Co. . Love and Moral Courage. BY AMY RANDOLPH. “ why don’t you like him, Aga- tha?” “Oh—because!” AVh-it philosopher ever solved the mystery of this true woman’s reason > “Because” means ten'thousand things that pretty, dimpled lips don’t choose to put that they know ■why perfectly well themselves, hut won t tell; and not all the coaxing of curiosi ty can get it out of them ! And so pretty Agatha Milne played with the knot of scarlet roses, whose velvet petals glowed in her belt ribnon, and lifted up her soft hazel brown eyes with a’provokingly absent, unconscious look. “ But, Agutlisi, M pursued Ruth Allen w.ood, stopping for a moment in her oc cupation of braiding and arranging Agatbajs beautiful waves of auburn gold .hair, “ I'm sufe a pleasant partner at balls and parties, and—oil, my dear Agatha! don’t jerk your head so, or I shall have to braid all these strands over again !” _ , “Nonsense! that’s no test at all! said Agatha, pettishly, the peach-like crim son mounting to her cheek ; “whatcan you lel I about a young man, from a mere bull-100111 acquaintance V Any one can be agreeable enough to hold your boquet, or bring you an ice-cream ; that is if he knows enough not to tread on your toes in the polka, nor to step on your floun ces in a promenade !” “ I know it,” said Kutli ; question is—” . "But the question is,” interrupted the imperious young beauty, “ how do I know thaL Mr. Fitz Aubyn silver tongued as he is to me, with his homage and his compliments, don’t go. home and swear at his mother and sister?— How do I know that Mr. Jennings, who ’ lias tin- whoip dictionary at his finger ends, doesn’t cheat liis landlady ? What means have of ascertaining that young St. Simons, who is such a grace ful wallzer and agreeable small talker, does not finish Ilia evenings in a drink ing saloon? Oil, Ruth, we have tests for ascertaining spurious dollars ami counterfeit bank notes, hut how on -earth are we to know a counterfeit hus band until lie is tied to our unlucky apron strings for life?” She laughed as she sprang lip to look for her bonnet, hut the long eye-ldshes drooped with a suspicious moisture. “ Well,” said Ituth, carelessly patting Agatha’s tiny hand, “ I am very, very thankful, that Providence didn’t make me a beauty and an heiress, since it lias such a tendency to awake suspicion and distrust. ihit'Agulhu in spite of all you have said, I feel convinced Unit Charles Stanton is a noble fellow.” "Very likely," said Agatha, lightly; “ but here comes Fitz Aubyn, with those splendid horses of his, so give me my shawl.” “ And whither are your footsteps to be directed to-day?” “Oil, we intend to go to that private view of pictures ill street, which 1 told you about.” Arid Agatha swept out of the room witli tlie port of a queen. The white lustre of. moonlight, pour- ing down through the circular dome of frosted glass gave a life-like glow to the superb-paintings whose gilded frames,- ' literally-covered the walls of thespaeious, .apartments. Here and there groups oh absorbed dcleiiani moved, with subdued\ whispers and brandished opera glasses,' as if it were a forbidden thiiLg to speak' above one’s breath in the pre.-ence of these fair landscapes and history’s pages. Directly in front of one of the finest works of art stood a pair who had un consciouslv been/the object of many a curious glance and whispered observa tion of the other sight-seers—a tall, sty l ish looking young man, witl* an old • lady leaning «>ji his arm, whose antkiue dress of siiuit’ colored bombazine and oddly-shaped beaver bonnet occasioned a great many covert smiles and hal t con cealed titters from those present. “ ()li, hv the way, Miss Milne,” said Fitz Aubyn, as in their progress round the rooms, this couple graduallyxsame in view, ” you have not seen the gieat est ''imosity of all as yet.” *") “ WhereV”.said Agatliff, raising opera-glass. * • “ You are mistaken—it don’t hang on the wall,”\/aid Kitz Auuyn, ltfUghifig. “ Look nearer earth, if you want to see Stanton and his fossil aunt.” Agatha turned her head according! without remark—she smiled a little, however ; 'twas all Kit/, Aubyn wanted, “ Should you suppose any mortal youth would have the courage to bring sueh a last century specimen to a place like 1 1 1 is, where he might know lie would meet all his fashionableaoquain> fauces! Upon my word, I believe lie'lK take her to the opera next! See him carrying hag and cotton umbrella ! llon’t he remind veil ofDon Quixote in/iis youthful days ' “ Probably she has isome money to leave flue of these days'."’ said Agatha tlie distrustful element uppermost in her mind for the moment. " Nut a, solitary red cent. lknow,f ] lmvc inquired. She is ‘in reduced cir cuniHi in ices’ —that’s the term, 1 believe ; hut Stanton is very fond of her, never theless. She has come up to town from tlie backwoods for a few days, and —” He paused abruptly as the very pair iu question approached still absorbed in picture gazing. ... , “ My dear Charles,” said the old lady, at length, “ you cannot imagine what a treat this is to me —I have not seen such pictures as these si pee I was a child. How thoughtful of you to bring me here.” “ I knew you would enjoy it, aunt.” “ And are you •uoLnshained of your old-fashioned ivlativfe-rtruong all these gay young people'?” js On the contrary, dear aunt, I am as proud as a monarch while you are lean ing arm.” • Agal ha heard it all, and she also heai u him answer, in reply to the gay chal lenge of some companion : “■■Tluilik you, but don’t reckon upon me as one of you party this eveniug at the opera? I am going with my aunt, who is passionately foud of music—so you must excuse me for once.” ‘‘l told you s?lrraigned at the bar of the Police Court yesterday morning, where they gave the following assumed names: Thomas Hines, Adam Mclntosh, John Murray, Andrew Murphy, William An drews, Minnie'Taylor, Nellie Davis, Jennie Miller, Ella Frost and Lucy Ht. Clair. x - They did not attempt to deny the complaint made against them, and the justice invited them to deposit $2O each and costs for the night’s revel. One ot the men generously counted out $2lO as the amount of the bill against the party, and they were liberated. A Good Irish Anecdote. Some years since, when the beau tifu painting of Adam and Eve was ex hibited in Ireland, it became the chief topic of conversation. Finally a l|oor, ragged, illiterate peasant went to-see it. The light was so arranged as to reflect on the picture, and leave the spectator in comparative darkness. The peasant, as he entered the room to see his first parents, was struck wittTxo' much as tonishment that he remained speechless for some moments. He like a statue, gs though his feet were incor , porated with the oaken floor of the room. Atlast, with an effort, he turned to an acquaintance and said : “ Barney, I’ll niversay another word agin Adam,in all my life, for had I been inthegaTden, I would have ate every apple in it for the sake of such a lovely creature as Eve.” It is needless to add that this was re ceived roars of laughter. Death in a Ball-Boom. Last night between twelve and one o’clock, a never-to-be-forgotten scene occurred at Merrill Hallduring the pro gress of a ball, which was given at that place. About that time a young man, named Charles Windeck, died veryjjud denly, and while the music was being played for the hundreds who were en gaged in the enjoyment of dancing. The deceased, with a young lady part ner, was dancing a schottishe, and had passed once around the hall, and was about proceeding upon a second circle, when he fell upon the floor. He was picked up and carried to a settee, where he expired in a few minutes thereafter, surrounded by a throng of gay couples, struck dumb by the unexpected turn in affairs. The consternation, of course, was great, and what was a short time previously a happy group of ladies and gentlemen was turned into a group of mourners. -The deceased was a native of Prussia, unmarried, and was about twenty-eight years of age. —Detroit Tri bune, Dee, 27, , : square of ton lines; ten per cent. Increase for i fraction*of-t-yecr<- -»■ ■■ - -—-- BxAirBBTAT^CEBBaKAX.pBbnaaT p«sd'Gnr xral ADvzßnsx*er4 eantfl A'IlM ’fer tbe •* first, and 4 cents for each subsequent laser tlon. Patkht Mkdicwes and other adver’s by (ns column: ' One column, 1 year, * SiQQ Half column, 1 year SO Third column, 1 year,...... 40 Quarter column, 80 Busmans Cards, often lines or less, one year,.. 10 • Business Cards, five lines or less, one year, 5 Legal and other Notices— Executors' ....... 2.00 Administrators' rtnt.inAa 2.00 • Assignees’ notices,... 2.00 l Auditors' notices, 4 i^o Other " Notices, ’ ten Unea.*'or*leul three times, .50 The Graduates of West Point In thi From the Baltimore Gazette, Deo. 29. General Brisbin has lately delivered a discourse, we do not know precisely where, in which he strongly urges that ail the officers who served In the Con federate army, and werd, graduates of West Point, shall be forthwith hanged. He thinks that for them “no mercy should exist this side of the grave.” He finds, in what he calls the “sophisms of their friends,” no reason for their pardon, and says: “ Unwept, unpitied by any, abhorred by all, let them be led forth speedily to the scaffold, and there suffer ithe penalty of the highest crime known among men.” As a justification for this savage course, he cites the fact that the offi cers were educated at a Government military school. According to General Brisbin they “were educated at the national expense in the art of war, that they might successfully defend their country.” We can understand how, ifi a time of high excitement, people may repeat certain taking words, and believe themselves to be going through some sort of process of reasoning, but we capnot quite comprehend how bo piany Of them can persist in talking to day nonsense that was popular two years ago. We have heard verp littlo -throughout the war but arguments; they can be so called, of the «ort put forward by Ueneral Brisbip, and it is really time that men should take a more rational view of the events of the past four years. The So ithern people inaugurated and carried on for that time the most stu pendous revolution that the world has ever witnessed. Most of the educated men otj that section believed that the ladicaliugitatiou in the North had ren dered that course necessary on the part of the South, unless she was prepared and willing to surrender tamely, at the dhstiitiou of a sectional party, rightsand institutions guaranteed her by the Con stitution. Most of them thought it their boumleu duty to assist their respective Slates ill resisting the aggressions with which they believed the latter to be threatened. The South has, however, failed. After having shown an endur ance and prowess in the field which have extoftedthe noblest wordsgfpraise from General Grant, her starving and outnumbered armies have succumbed, :ind the jurisdiction of the federal gov ernment lias been re-established t hroughout her borders. He must have a queer way of looking at all the reali ties of life who can recall the history .of such a contest and gravely speak of Beauregard as having stolen Fort Sumpter —of the federal troops who fell at Gettysburg as having been murdered —of confederate soldiers as mere bandits, and confederate ships as pirates. He must be completely given over to fanaticism and foolishness Who now oracularly asserts that what men like Gen. Lee and Mr. Davis re garded as reasons and duties were mere sophisms that ought not to have impos ed upon a-cliild, or were buttlieprompt ings of their own perverted natures. But still we find individuals whoassume with the utmost coolness, that there lias been only a disgraceful riot in the South, and that every man who partic ipated in it was both a fool and a knave, or something worse. We should like to hear some sensible man, who takes a justerand wiser view of the late war, assign any valid reason why tlie graduates of West Point should be put upon any different footing from the other officers of the confederate armies. They had as much right to be educated at West Point as any one living in Massa chusetts or .New York, and we do not suppose that any Northern graduate re gards himself as having been sold for life to the federal government, when'he entered that military academy. Wash ington had held the King’s commission and taken the King's pay, but we never heard that alleged as a special reason why he ought to have been hanged, had he been unsuccessful. The theory that a graduate of West Point is to obey every behest of the federal au thorities, no matter whether he regards it as ’ arbitrary, digraceful and unconstitutional or not, is slavish and degrading to the last degree. If,ln the honest judgment of any one of them, the federal government i 3 pursuing an illegal and aggressive polity, whichjus tifies resistance on the part of a State, it is the privilege and duty of the citizen 'toparticipate in that resistance, even if he has been in the service of the gov ernment or educated at its expense.— That officers ot the army should express such sentiments as General Brisbin has done is particularly surprising. What ever may be thought to-day of their po litical opinions, we are sure the time will yet come wfepn-the names of Gen eral Lee and many a man who fought under him will be proudly mentioned at West Point us thoseof graduates who contributed no little share to the endur ing glory of the institution. A Remarkable Surgical Operation. | From the Toronto Leader, Dec. 22.} One of the mostextraordinary surgical operations that has ever been perform ed in this country was recently success fully accomplished in the general hos pital in this city, by Doctor Aikens, and for tbe credit of the medical profession of Toronto, we think it hut right that a notice of the case should be laid before the public. The case in question is that ofra young woman who hafrbeen afflict ed; with an ulcerated heel for seven ydars. Having been under the care of several eminent physicians,and thedis ease having grown worse instead of bet ter, she obtained admission to the hos pital, and after remaining there for some time, was pluced under the care of. Doctor Aikens, who, after mature consideration, suggested the propriety of attempting a remarkable operatidn with a view’ of effecting a cure; and having obtained the consent of the patient, who, it may be readily imagined was willing to undergo any operation that might have the effect of restoring to her the use of her foot, the Doctor proceeded to cut away all the diseased portion of the heebliompletely remov ing the roots of the ulcer, and indeed advancing some distance into the healthy part of the llesli, the better to avoid leaving any seeds of the dis ease remaining. The next thing to be done was to fill up thecavity, into which a good size potato might be placed, with healthy flesh. The fpot was accordingly tightly tied up to the hip, and a large piece of flesh partially removed from the hip and laid into the cavity in the heel, and the flap on one side, or more prop erly, end, sewed to the lip of the cavity, the opposite part, of course, left still ad hering to the hip, in order that circula tion might be preserved. The foot was kept in this position a week, by which time the flesh pf the hip had commenced adhering to that of th,e-foot. The latter was then cut down Trim the hip, and strange though it may appear to the un professional reader, a complete cure is about to result from this extraordinary surgical operation. The heel presents a very neat, and, it may certainly be said, a “ creditable” appearance ; and in a few days the skin along the edges will be completely healed tip. .The patient, who suffered a great deal during this difficult operation, isstillin the hospital, and may be seen by the curiously dis posed or incredulous members of the community. The cavity in the hif>, caused by the removal of the flesh to put into the heel, is also rapidly filling up. The Hon. Jacob K. McKenty, a member of the Berks county bar, and lately a member of Congress from this *Hstrict, died at the residence of his father, in Douglassville, yesterday, after an illness of live months. Mr. Mo- Kenly was admitted to .the bar in 1851, and represented the Berks district in Congress during the" session of 1860 and ’6l, having been elected to 'fill the vacancy caused by the QBath of Hon. John Schwartz. A Michigan soldier arrested for stealing a goose, said he found the bird hissing at the American flag, mid he arreßted it for treason.