: ,= DJUAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWAJNXIA. : nwsda7 morning, February 20,1862. gtlut* IMfc THE VOLUNTEER'S BURIAL. ru c , e ; one brightly beaming star s ; iaM lro:u the extern heaven afar. ! the footstep? of.tue brave, marching to a comrade's grave. V wild has Slink to sleep ; tnth breathe, as low and deep. . , i ...heard the tread The martial .Inn? i h • - Of thc who bear the stlent dead. ind -bed opon *> mde * bier Thine, soldier, thine.' the Volunteer. poor Volunteer.' the shot, the blow, Of sw.Adisea.se hath laid him low; 4 , 1 d hi* early loss dep'.ore- H „ battle fought, his journey o'er. gas Iti i wife'* fond I 1 "5 1' csnß,wcJ ' li s cheek no tender mother prt^aed, g,piuliig oui was by his side, A* iofie y in his teut he died. fie die-.! the Volunteer—at noon ; gt rrenin? came the same platoon pal soon will leave him in hi* rest, u i:. •■■d u]Hn his manly breast. ;> .fc j their fire! his only knell— v --e finn thau the passing bell; . , ih! it irltsa spirit flown, riven to the dark unknown. •.. J. and !ate shall fade away, . >tteu since his dying day, i dreet r o:i the roi of Fame. 1 he nscritied his humble name. K ii : 1 „e him, how many more .-/.J upon Potomac's shore! * aim green unnoted graves i-f r-. % r> ed by those placid waves! . v ::er. a r-ep ' from sorrow free, *r\ -,: i aiid >tr.fe. 'Tls well with thee. ;, w, : though net a single tear Uaenti :!;e buriet Volunteer! political. Expulsion of Senator Bright. RYH\RW>OI HON. GEORGE UNDO*, IN THE STATE SENATE. If- I.tW'ON said : I desire to remark : I • ibe sorry to have the resolution u! ' - t;uie, without some Senator making , < Ttvij upon it, lor I am satisfied there are - r alio rather crave the opportunity.— iii lae tnost distaut idea of saying any- I m: I will occupy a moment or two, and I am uoing that* my frieud< around me ti vtiier up their lateut thunder. To expel a mail, Mr. Spaaker, from the ted States Senate, is patliag apoa hiui a -Ki r and a deeper mark than the Almighty —; upou Caia. To drive Jesse D. Bright u the Uuited States Senate at this I,me, nid under existing circumstances is to drive hoi out into the wide world to Income a hiss . da byword. The sneer of the civilized 1 most foilviw lmu ; and the direct course coming yeais that au enemy cou.d impose i hts child would be to S it, " your father xiw ied from the United States Senate • be g a traito" I: is an of •t--v..i • * thai is terrible. This being the ; r, any man who votes to axpel him u I ruled Stales Senate, or any man .0 j> v >to i')>truct another to expel him, . .. •> it deliberately, should Uj it cuu *, currfuiiy, bat resolutely if ueed.- be . st M M '■ t, sir, whether we shall I :g . but it is waether we shall Lim; • - circumstances, one is worse than o! •: 1 simply make ibis remark to come fe pa.at, tha\ while we sometimes hurry ' - -.1 ; lions through, we should not hurry • a resolution touching this matter : we - i ss upou it with all necessary speed -ti v.. *.:h deliberation. + M- > easer, this uiun! trtnson has been - aovt terrific eneoiy of the Government lor twelve mouths. 1; is not the armed ' that are encamped upou the barks K P iomac ; it is not the roaming gurnl i: frrwn upou the hillside and along the *- '• of he vast West, that a'e half so much ~--ii i as it is that lateut, skulking, - 4. w,i enemy who carries bis tn;ssiles, 1 • o.s letters, and waits, sir, with the . - naad, covered and shrouded, for k :y to fire the magazine and bio* b. -.r:.xeGt to atoms That is the most c ' * - e. That enemy, sir, asyou know, '' v '* "i gia the Capitol, lurking in the - ct—d ; !y knows where it has not lark N - i vr2j almost to have been omnipresent, *- 4 i-r: .. the frogs, (aud ten thousand ----- *> ,*i. that were in Egypt, crawling • . ..aaibe-s, and beaiicniog the very 4 -t !•' :g'~s Wbeu a man comes to ' ' tit N ... oa! Capital, or walks in the f ivfii is vast, great coaatry, ookiug * s- 1 aud left or into the bai's of • l - . the puestHon a wherever it cow exists, wbeth * ia the United States Senate or in the , " matter where it exists, it ought to * F "*ii a dealt with resolutely and dealt •23r. y My Goe, sir ! if a man goes '*■*?p* fcu poet—our of your poor sol ? B iinaewolsey and subsisted 'or "vt's te- day —wbr '.be rgors of THE BRADFORD REPORTER. the weather of the watch overcome his system, and the very pillars of his constitution collapse and he goes to sleep noon his post, he is brought np and shot. Well, sir, if you shoot n man for that, what will you do with a man who sits down in his seat in the Senate Cham ber of the United States and writes a letter to " his ErcrUrncy, Jefferson Davis." recom mending to him &u artisan of rare skill aud talent, who has discovered an improvement in the manufacture of deadly weapons, that such improved weapon may be put into the hands of an enemy and pointed at the hearts of the loyal citizens of the country ? What would you do with him, supposing he has done such a thing as that ? I am frank to say.sir, I have looked upon the timidity, the carefulness, the fear of hurting somebody, that seems to per vade all departments of this government—l have looked upon it with pain and sorrow. Allusion was made to a band of siugers to ! whom I have listened in time past. Ido not ' know, sir, but that, as it was ooee said by a ! poet, " the angels paused entranced," when • they sang. They got a permit and went across the Potomac to sing to our soldiers there that thoy might charm the rigors of the camp by the melodies of music. 1 know them to be possessed of Gon given hearts, great manly hearts behind their ribs, for I know them per sonally. They went to our soldiers in camp, and after being there a few days they had the audacity, sir, within sight of the capitol of the United States and the slavery hosts, — hey had the audacity to sing an anti slavery soDg, for doing which their permit was countermand ed, and thev were ordered away. 1 know.sir, that an officer under the government went around Washington to get signatures to ape titiou to Congress for the manumission of slaves in the District of Columbia. lie was given notice to quit that or be would lose his place. He did quit and—lost his place notwitbstand The government must cease this catering to slavery ; it must shake from its limits the shackles of a long and wearisome thraldom ; it must purge out the leaven of treason, hurl to the earth and grind to powder every resist ing obstacle. Now, let these general remarks go.but I ask your attention to one point and that is the pint I intend to make Suppose Jt-sse D. 13-iight, in his seat, had,day before yesterday, penned that letter, for I believe nobody de nies that ho wrote the le'ter verbatim, et, lite ratim, ft puHctuatim —suppose, sir, that day before yesterday he had written that letter, and addressed it to#his Excellency, Jefferson Davis," recommending to especial attention, coiifi lence and employment, this artisan or manufacturer of deadly weapons; and suppose the letter, sir, had been arrested on its course across the Potomac, and had been brought into the United States Senate and e'er the iok fairly drv upon it, it was red there, in the pres ence of Jesse D. Bright, the question would have eotue up, "is there treason in that let ter ?" What wonld you have thought if that ; letter had appeared day before yesterday ? ! What would have bien the opinion of the | Senate ? Mr. IRlr-H Tbcj would hare belie Ted it ' was trexsor. Mr. L\XPON How is that, sir ? The SPEAKER The Senator will please address the chair. Mr LANDOX Wou'd they not have be liev -d it,treason, Mr. Speaker? Well, I should flare been of that opinion It would look like affording aid and comfort,to the enemy if it was freshly witten. Now, that is the point : w hethcr on the first eay of March the conn try was not as much iovolved in trouble as it is now—whether the friends of the country were not as much its friends then as now and whether its enemies were not as inimical to it then as now. How can the date alter the cast ? Why if written on the first of March it uas treason. Well, I think that if this letter was written day before yesterday we should not hesitate to vote that its author be expell ed ; if so then well may we vote for bis expul sion for writing it at the time it was written I That is the question that strikes my mind ; ;t is right bene : that if the writer of that let ter intended to give aid to Jrff-rsoa Davis and company, his heart was not with the country as it should have been and be was not fit to hold a seat in the United States Senate.— To be with the friends o r the country,jon must be against the enemies of the country. The question is, what shall we instruct onr Senators to do ? If Jesse D Bright wrote that letter—and nobody deuies it—l say he is unfit to bold a seat in the U. S. Senate. If unfit to hold it, be ought to be Toted out of it. Oar Senators are the ODes to vote him out; it is our business and province to instruct them on that poiut ; bence, I am in faTor of voting to instruct our Senators to vote for his expul sion upon this simple grounds. I may not make mvse'f interesting to Senators, bat I am inter ested myself iu my own feelings. I would Tote for his expulsion on this ground : We have got to do something and do it in earnest; and you mast purge the high places o? treason, if treason is there ; and if that letter does not bear upon iu face; sympathy and coilysioo and fraiernixstion w;tb the South, Ipray tell me what would you want a man to write to ex press that ? Suppose he sent a cart load of muskets down South, that is not half as bad as to send a man who could manufacture forty cart loads. Oh 1 sir, let the great State of Pencsylva nia which is simmered down in her wisdom, her power, her legislative acumen and skill— which is simmered down in ODes sense to tb:r tv-three men here —let the great state of Penn sylvania, through her Senate, in this year of our Lord >pek in behalf of the country; and .a the name of Goo let us not wink at any .-Sing * taat looks like treasoo Let us decide the question maofoiiy. and iei it be knowo a*. Washington what the Senate of Peonayivi tua thinks upou the subject. Mr speaker, what do you think the people say ?—do joa think they are in the advance ou this qaes lion, or in the rear ? How do the peopJe vote? You go to the yeomanry, the hard- working yeomanry who a-e looking over the $2,000, 000 ol expense? per day, wb : ch they have got PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH. to pay for this war ; you tell them that Jesse D. Bright wrote that letter, aud as their eyes flash fire and their hearts throb indignantly, what do they say ? We are the triumvirates of the people ; let us reflect their wishes and vote on the matter as they would vote. Now will you pardou me, sir, for having oc cupied the attention of the Senate at such length* I think by this time, Senators around me must have gathered up their thunder. I come to the point I want to make. That let ter written on the first of March, involves lat ent treason in it at least. A man who writes such a letter has no right, and shoold be ashamed to claim a seat in the United States Senate : hence I vote that his seat should be vacated. MR. TRACY'S REMARKS. HARRISBIKQ, Monday, Feb. 3.1862. I The House resumed the consideration of Senate joint resolution relative to the expul ! sion of Jesse D. Bright from the Senate of the J Uuited States, which was read as follows, viz : " Whereas, Jesse D. Bright, a member of the United States Senate, has given evidence of treason and disloyalty to the Government he was and is sworn to support, and has writ teu the following letter : WASHINGTON, March 1,1862. My Dear Sir Allow me to introduce to your ac quaintance, my friend. Thomas B. Lincoln, of Texa-i.— i He visits your Capital mainly to dispose of what he re gards a great improvement in fiie-arms. 1 recomraond him to your favorable consideration aa a gentleman ol the first respectabilitv, and reliable in every respect. Vrvv RespecUullv vours. J£SSF. D. BRIGHT. " To his Ertrllency (.') Jefferson Davis. President of the Confederate Stales." Which letter recognizes the Slavery Rebel • lion as a de facto goveruraeut, and could only have beeu written with a traitorous intent— therefore be it Rttoietd. By the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General As i sembly met.that our Senators from this State be and they are hereby instructed to vote for the immediate expulsion of the =ai"d Jesse D Bright from his seat in the United States Senate. Remarks of the Hon. H. W. TRACT, pending the consid eration of an offered by Hon. JOHN CESSNA, Democrat, of to the above resolution . Mr. TRACY. Before the vote be taken on this question I desire to state a few reasons which will govern me iu the vote I shall give upon the amendment of the gentleman from Bedford. The original resolution sent over to as from the Senate is clear and definite. That resolu tion embod ; es a letter from Jesse D Bright, which was written on the first day of last Marsh This amendment of my friend from Bedford, in recitiDg in the preamble some of the circumstances showing the guilt of Jesse D. Bright, states tha. this letter was written 44 about one year ago." Now, Mr Speaker, upon this qaestion I do not deal in 44 abouts." Do we Dot kDOw.does not the letter itself show, that it was on the first of March,one thousand eight hundred and sixty one, that this treasoa abie letter was written. This entire letter be ing embodied in the Senate resolution, makes it clear upon what ground we are proceeding But then the gentleman prepares and offers as a substitute a very indifferent affair, declar ing that if the Seuators from Pennsylvania shad come to l*>e conclusion that Jesse D Bright, io the sympathies of his heart, is with this rebellion, that they shall expel him. Sir, I do not desire to send out the S-nators from Pennsylvania, in the United States Senate, to ascertain what are the sympathies of the heart of this traitor, io order to govern their votes upou this question. I take it that we here are as competeot to judge as they are in regard to what his sympathies and his coodnct have been; we can ascertain wuere bis heart is as well as the Senators from Peunsylvania. Aud then again, sir, does not the gentleman know, and does the country know, that the Senators from Pennsylvania in the United States Senate have come to a conclusion ? Is not their conclusion before us and before the country ? Do we desire to make tbetn go into another investigation upoD this subject. Ido not suppose, sir, that they would ascertain any facts (Efferent from those which have been already ascertained and which are before the public. Tnere.'ore, sir, Ido not wish to have the resolution coached in this uncertain lan guage. This amendment states that, ifoorS nators sbail find so and so. they shall vote so-and-so. Now, sir, I do not waut any it's io this resolu tion. I desire to have both those Senators vote for expelling this traitor from the coun cils of the nation. This is my desire ; and this is another reason why I cannot support the amendment offered by the gentleman from Bedford. Now, sir, how does the State of Pennsylvania stand cpon this question—the State that has sem more soldiers into this war tbanjany other State of this Unioo ? Why, sir, her representatives stand in that Seuate equally baianeed upon this question ; and the result is that the people of this great State are as it ware without representation at ali—the the same as it Pennsylvania had not spoken upon this question. I desire that the voice of Pennsylvania shall be heard. That is the reason why I support the Senate resolution. What would be the effect cf the adoption of this amendment? Why, s*r, if this amendment be adopted by this House, it will be the same ia fact aud in troth, as if you had indefinitely postponed this resofarioa. It smcoots to noth ing less ; and gentlemen must look upon the matter in ali its bearings as the coautry will regard it. The adoption o? this amendment wooid amoaut to no instruction at all. It pro- vides that if oar Senators shall tbiuk so-and so, and if they shall believe socneth og else, then they shall vote in a certain way. It such a resolution be adopted will it not be easy for the Senator to say, 44 Why I did not regard this resolution as positively binding I did not com? to the coodusion which you specify as the necessary basis of my action ; therefore I did not consider myself as instructed tha to Tote." Aod here is Pennsylvania without a voice upoo this question ! Bat. sir, wt are told that uaiews this amend ment be id opted,there U a party is this Hoom Lbat will arrest this proceeding—that it cm ! cot go forward-that they il! prevent tfc* " RESARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER." final adoption of the Senate resolution. Ah ! yes ; they will arrest the proceeding to night. Well, every man here must vote himself. As to myself, I shall vote for no party to night. I shall vote as I thick I am conscientiously bound to vote—for the good of the country, and the whole country. I shall not seek to give such a vote as will be favorably regarded by that "government" which Senator Jesse D. Bright addressed in this treasonable letter. Now, sir, if there is any gentleman or any party here desirous to say that Pennsylvania shall not be heard npon this question in the councils of the nation, it is the right of such a man or such a party to be pot upon the record in that way. 1 shall not interfere with those who wish so to act. I had however supposed that when this resolution had been passed in the other end of thecapitol—when it had come over here by the unanimous endorsement of that body—l had supposed that whatever might have been any gentleman's predilections previously, we should now be a united body upon this question ; representing a united people. But, sir, we are told that we must not pass this resolution in such away as will speak most decisively to our Senators—that it must be so amended as to mean nothing—as to iostruct nobody—to allow onr Senators to vote as they please—in other words, to smother the Toice of Pennsylvania upon this question. We are told that unless we consent to have the plain, emphatic resolution of the Senate thus amend ed, it will be arrested in its progress here to night. I say again, sir, if that is the determination of the gentlemen iu this body, the responsibil ity is with them For my°elf I shall vote for the original resolution—believing it to be a high duty—a duty beyond all party and all party questions. But it is said by the gentleman from Cam hria, (Mr. Pershing,) that we have no power to instruct these gentlemen Why, sir, I think that the very amendment offered by his friend from Bedford, bad conceded that we have power thus to iustroct. I thought that was conceded everywhere. Mr PERSHING. The reason why lam in favor of the amendment is that it still leaves something to the judgment of the Senators. Mr. TRACY. It still leaves the Senator to do as be pleases ! Now, si;, I do rot de sire to have him do as he pleases, after the ex hibition of bis sentimeots which be has made before the country. It is said by the Senators to whom I now refer that this is a judicial qaestion—that he is trying in a judicial way a fellow Senator.— That view, sir, is somewhat different from the view whieh I have taken. I do not claim to be any lawyer ; 1 do not pretend toset up any hair-splitting distinctions ; but, sir, I did sup pose that we have a right to instruct upon this qaestion. I did suppose that our right to in struct is not the less because the Senate of the United States are to be the sole judges of the qualifications of their members. Why. sir, they are the sole judges of the laws which they are to pass as weil as the qualifications of their members. We are the sole judges of the laws that we are to pass here for the good of the Commonwealth. And yet, are wc not to be insturcted by our constituents ? And have not we, as the constituents of the Senators from Pennsylvania, ia the United States Senate— have we Dot a right to instruct them ? Why, sir, I had supposed that this question of the right of iostractioQ had been long ago settled io the affirmative by the Democracy of the country ; and I hope that gentlemen, who do not happen to "nave the fortune to belong to that party, wiil not raise a hair-splitting ques tion of this kiud when there are at stake such interests as those iu question here. But my frieud says, "can it possible that with forty Senators in that body, we caDnot trust them, because they may have one traitor among them f Why, sir, is it safe to trust a traitor even among forty good and true men, when that traitor can expose all the rational secrets to the enemy of the government. In a time of war acd rebellion like this, is it safe to let in a spy among these forty good and true meet ? Is it safe to allow the presence of a man who is prepared to introduce a rebel emissary to the " presided" of a rebellions 41 government" and to say that this emissary is • 4 reliable in every respect." Reliable for what! Reliable for treasonable purposes. Sir. I have already extended my remarks beyond the time which I intended to occupy. I shal l merely conclude by saying that I hope every gentleman who desires to maintain this government, every gentleman who desires to thrust cot treason from the Senate of the United States, will come forward and let Pennsylvania be heard in that body npon the qnest.on cf the expulsion of Jesse D. Bright. HA3rrs or RATS. —The predatory habits of rats are well knowp, as well, perhaps, as their fondnes? for human flesh. But the most tempt ' ing delicacy to a rat's palate is tbe flesh of a seiative. Woe to one meeting with an acci dent or becoming infirm— he is gobbled up without remorse. When a rat's leg is found in a trap, tbe chances are. not that be has bit ten it off to escape captivity, but that he has been eateo up by his relatives. When Mrs. Rat becomes a mother, she must hide her off- I spring, iesi tbe nnaatarai relatives shoold make a dinner of them Let two rats have a dif ference of opinion, and agree to decide the question by mortal combat. Tbe moment the affair is concluded by the death of ooe of them the ring is broken and both victor aud van quished are eaten on the spot. For tbi* rea soo. an old rat will retire iDto solitude, and beat off all intruders, regardless of sex. 19* A merchant lately advertised for a clerk who eooki bear confinement, received an an swer from ooe who had been seven yeas it tbe Penitentiary. 49* An old bachelor e*4ag the words'fam ilies wpplied,' over the door of a shop, stepped it and said he wonid take a wife aad two chldrac Five Honrs with the Hew Seoretary of War. To-day, says the W&sbingtou correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, of the 27th alt., was the first day that it was generally under stood by the people that any one cculd get to see tne new Secretary of War, without an in trodoction or having to wait in the lobby a week or two, as snited the convenience of some petulant doorkeeper, or, as a military man would say, the outer pickets, Mr. Stanton occupies the room formerly used by the pre vious administrations, at the head of the stairs in the second story. The adjoioiog room is used by Mr. Watson, Assistant Secretary. In this room Mr. Stan lon receives the crowd ; in the centre is a ta ble at which his amanuensis, Mr. site, and in the corner is Mr. Watson, at hi? desk The clock strikes ten, the awaiting crowd rush io as the doors swing open, and being among them, we soon fiod ourselves in the presence of the Secretary. Now one stands in front of him, and with a smiliog countenance be reach es oat bis hand and takes a hearty grip with a grey haired man. 41 Well, sir, what is yo r wish ?" " My name is ; my sou fought at Springfield, and was wounded in the arm ; he was on Fremoot's Staff, but is now without a commission ; I want one for him that be may again try his other arm here on the Potomac, or in Missoari." 44 You shall have it, sir 1" re plied Mr Stanton, and turning to bis Secreta ry be ordered him to note the case, 44 return home," he added, " the papers will be sent you," and as the man attempted to thank him, he stepped to one side to two ladies who had just come in 44 Madam, what can Ido for you 44 Want a clerkship for my sR ; his father was killed at the battle of Belmont."— Turning again be noted the case, took the ad dress, told the lady to send him a sample of her boy's writing and he woald care for him. The other was connected with a Minnesota Regiment over the river, and had some com pluint about the treatment she had received iu cump from some of the officers. 44 Madam, you must go the heail-quarters of Gen. McCiellao." 44 1 have been there, sir, aud they would not read my papers or listen to my case." 41 Then give them to me and I'll see why." A small, bright-eved boy, all alone, was try ing to work his way through the crowd, aud the Secretary tamed to him and asked what he wanted. 44 1 want my father got oat, sir ; he was takeD at Bull Run, aud has not come home with the rest." He gave his name and regiment, it was noted, and the Secretary, lifting him op, kissed him upon the forehead and said :— 44 Your father shoold be proud of sach a noble boy, and I'll see that he is re leased" A maD, with half & military dreas, says be has been wronged by the examining Board, and has been deprived of the command of his regiment (a Philadelphia Cavalry Regiment) J 44 Sorry, sir, if it is not all right ; I cannot go back to investigate the acts of my predecessor. The Colonel insisted that his case was a plain one, if he could be heard. " Well," said the Secretary, " if you will get the officers to reconsider it, I w ill then listen to it" An individual has some new invention for fire-arms. 44 Go to the ordnance department and get them to investigate it, and if they will recommend it, I will be glad to see it adopted. A Colonel with a green uniform on has some passes he wants to read. 44 Are you aD army officer ?" 44 Yes, sir." 44 Then you cannot be heard until to morrow; come and see me then! A large aßd well dressed man wanted a word in private. 44 What about ?" Some fittie matter about a contract he had for horses 44 Cannot interfere, sir ; eo to Gen Meigs ; if there is anytbiog wrong be will rectify it."— Another socceeds in getting him off to the side of the room, and the conversation is in audible until the Secretary replied :— 44 No, sir ; on no account will I interfere ia any con tract, while I am here, for anything from a thimble np. There are men appointed to at tend to that department, and 1 shall hold them to a strict accountability for every aetioo " Two soldiers wanted to be paid for the time they were in confinement at Richmond, bavin? jut been released, and presented a forloogh they had received a week ago, aud also an order for their pay for time and rations 44 Why do yon not take this to Major Beckwith and have him to attend to it V 44 We did, sir, and be says he has no order that wiil cover our case,and for want of 4 forms' we are afraid we will be kept here until enr time is op, and we want to go home and see the folks before going it again." Turning to his Secretary he ordered him to write to Major Beck with, and order him to report forthwith io writing why these men were not paid up, instead of beicg kept waitio?. It was dooe :be signed it him self and said : " Here, take that to him, ami bring an answer." A Wt stern man who said he hailed from the Reserve io Ohio, bad aboot a dozen quires of paper, written OTer two or three times, which be said was an 44 essay on cheese. ' Tbe Sec retary laoghed ! 44 Yoa must go to the v-ota missary-General ; be has charge of tbe feed ing of |tbe army. 44 I have been at first to one acd another ail summer, acd somehow or other I 4 do not get any farther ahead, and that is why I want yon to investigate itf and ho commenced to unroll his papers. 44 Indeed, sir, Ido not know how cheese would agree with the soldiers " 44 That's just why I want you to read these papers and examine these certificates." All bands commenced laughing, bat the Ohio man stock it out bravely. 44 I assore you that there is not a soldier io tbe army who does not like crackers and cheese and I can make it for three cents a pooed"— " Now I tell you what jm had better do : go to Senator Wilaoo and get him to pot it in his bill ; it will then pass the Seaate and become an army regulation to give out eaee ratioos " 44 Welt, could not you endorse it, and thee it would be sure to be passed V "No I can note ndorse ft. because I kntw cotbing aboot it"" Oh, wall. I wil? loava tbee* pa per*." acd hem ad* for the table " I MT- VOL. XXII. —NO. 38. er read them,lf joa do, until the war is owr, 11 With a look of despair, Ohio made for tb* door, inquiring of every one he met if tbej knew where Senator Wilson liTed 7 Judge Wilkins, of Pittsburgh here came in, receiviug a hearty shake of the hand, and a number of congratulations passed between them. The door-keeper of the little room an nounced the Pesident, and off the Secretary went to see him. He soon retarded, however In came Major Beckwith, with the note sent by the return prisoners. " Why are these men kept waiting ?" " Because I have no order for their speciaflease.*' " Mr. Wilson, issue an.order that will cover all the prisoners that may be released iu fu ture, aod allow them full pay for every day they are confined in Rebel prisons. Major, I have just learned tbere are over a hundred aod fifty now waiting for their pay ; every man must be payed to day.aud speed them au to their homes." A tall man wants a commission in the reg nlar army. " Have you been in auy battle yet, sir ? : ' " I was in the Mexican war * —• " That won't do ; it is too far back " " I was at Great Bethel." "That is better. I will examine your record myself and inform you if you are appointed" A stout healthy young man wanted a com mission or clerkship ! " Have you been in any battle ?" " No, sir," " Then it will ba of no use to apply, for I shall make ali my ap pointments from the list of heroes ; those who fight the country's battles most be cared for first.'' Another wanted an appointment as quarter master. " Tbere are my recommendations, sir, and I woald be glad if you can road them." " I cannot do it now, I have not time ; but I will examine them." "Very well," replied the would-be quartermaster, " jast read them. II you have any better man, according to those papers, let him have the office ; in that case, I don't want it." A gentleman stepped up who appeared to be an intimate friend of the Secretary. "Ah," said the Secretary, " I am glad to see you. I have not seen you since we met at Wheel ing, a few years ago." He replied that he had been engegedu pon the Northwest Boun dary Question, and woald like to have some conversation about it. " Ab," said the Sec retary, " I will appoint a time to see you and have the whole matter talked over, for 1 wish to know all about it. A man in citizen's clothes vrants an appoint ment in the army. " Well," said the Secre tary of War, " what are your claims ? p " I was an aid-de-eamp of Col. Geary at the fight at Boliver, and I am recommended for the ap pointment by the President." 44 All right," said Mr. Stanton, ' I will attend to yonrca9e.' Indiridnal insisted upon baring a promise, io asmnch as 4 he had got the endorsement of the President.' 44 The President, sir, is a rery ex cellent man, and would be glad if be had an appointment for every man who applied, which, unfortunately for bis good natore, a not the case." 44 Well, sir, I am from St. Louis, lam a Union man, and I must go home, I suppose.' 44 Well, if I can do anything for yon, I wil! write to von there." A soldier, in the uniform of a sergeant,band ed in a recommendation for the first lieutenan cy in an artillery corps. " 4 Well," said the Secretary, 44 bare yon ever smelt powder ia battle?" 44 Not exactly, sir; bat I bare al ways been ready. I was in the Mexican war.'* 44 Can't help the Mexican war," said Mr. Stan ten, 44 that is too far back. Have yon beea in any engagement ia this war?" " So, air. I All I want is a chance to get io ooe You can appoint me. and if yoa don't like it, I won't charge a cent extra pay, if I can ooly get the commission Toe Secretary laughed, saidbia case wonid be considered, and be wooid iafonu him if the appointment was made. Another gentleman, who also appeared to be & friend to the Secretary, came io. Said be, 44 1 want to see yoa." Come here to my room, and I will sit an hour when joe can come, and we will talk over matters." They disappeared for a few moments, and, as they . returned, ex Senator Cri'.teadea greeted them. I He congratulated Mr Stanton oo the country receiving his services, for wbkh Mr. Stanton thanked his, and said he hoped to be an in strument of aid to hi* coontty, but he ahoaid , look to him and others for counsel in guiding his steps. 44 Any time. Mr. Crittenden, day or night, any honr I shall be glad to see you. You are always welcome ; cose and see me " A young man wanted a clerkship. 44 Sor ry, sir, there are no vacancies for the position | TOO wish, and I have had over thirty appit cants already for iL I can do nothing for you." An officer who was oo Sickles' staff, wanted - an order or some means that he coo id get his pay. He said that be bad been in service for several months and coold draw ao pay. "It is inconvenient, no doubt to be without moo ey," replied Mr. Stanton, 44 and 1 will imme diately order that your case be attended to." And so it wtot oo for five hours, in which he saw and heard ail who came pleasantly, and none weal away bet were pleased with their en tertainment, and most of tbeta had tbeir hearts made glad. Over two hundred were listened > to in this short time. Ax UxroncxiTi CiLnTATm. —Qae little " garden patch" of oars says a wag. has beea eery unprofitable this season, rery. Tbe snails ate op the ctrcotubers, the chickens ate ap tbe snails, the neighbors' cats ate wp the ebicheas, and *e are now in search of something that will eat the cats. Can an* of oar agricultural friends aid as ? horrid old bachelor sajs be hates faatttoaabie part.es because they remind him of iateiiifaoee oSces, of which v-mUg maids are tbe great staple. IST ID tbe optatow IF Henry Ward Baeeker. so borne eaa he perfect# happy withoet tbraa grand reqcntee—a family Bible, a grand mother tad a baby. WaT" It J daagerooa for cat to climb bit family tree too b%b. for be ♦ apt to get tax; dead tod decayed breaches