w DOLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWANDxV :
Thursday Morning, November 13,1862
Original |!octrn.
(For the Bradford Reporter.)
" ANGEL WHISPERS."
] have heard them when the moon-light,
Rested down so pale and still—
With a wierd, strange kind of beauty
O'er the vale and distant hill;
O'er my heart they stole as softly
As a poet's golden dream—
' Till 1 almost caught the splendor,
Of a white wing's s'lver gleam.
I have heard their soothing voices,
In the twilight's " witching hour"—
When I fancied they were speaking
Through some dew bespangled flower ;
And I've heard them in the sad wiud,
Sighing thro' the old elm tree—
As gently as soft music,
Floating o'er the summer sea.
I have heard them whispering softly
In the wild-wood, old and dim—
And hear them in the carol
01 the spring-bird's vesper hymn ;
Whene'er I pause to listen
To the voice of Nature, there
I hear the " Ange! whispers"
.Murmuring softly, everywhere.
Oh the gentle Angel breathings,
To my spirit ever brings,
A calm as sweet and soothiug
As the rustle of their wings!
And they always hi ar me upward.
To the meadows green and bright—
Where I'll see the glorious Angels
Whisiier'ui* ill a world of Light.
Rome. I'it. P.H.C.
<s£Usct i 1 ;t ucans,
ilie Duelist's Revenge.
Tite hitter animosity existing in France be
tween the royalists and imperialists, found its
culmination on the restoration of Louis the
Kiuhucnth, and ii.numerable quam-ls and
Moody duels were the resell, in Paris the
twe tactions met more numerously at the Pal
ais Royal than any other given point, and here
the ir.sidt, the challenge, and its acceptance
lollovvid euf.li other in rapid succession, and
both parties, immediately anjuun.iug to some
convenient locality in the vicinity, not i.nlre
qucutly settled the whole affair withiu the
hour.
In thi< state of affairs it behooved every
man ot mark to be a god swordsman and a
dead -hut, as about the oniy means of prolong
inghis hie,for it know u to.be inferior injtLc u-e
of deadly weapons, he was almost certain to
be involved in a quarrel with some .skillful an
tagonist vlio would take both pride and pleas
ure in sending him out of existence.
Wherever dueling is fashionable, there are
always more or k-s professed dueiiists—men
who have trained tln-mselves to fight with
dead I) weapons, who know ail the nice points
of advantage, and how to obtain them, who
httve schooled their nerves to an iron rigidity,
and tiuir features, manners, end language to
express a perfect confidence in their success,
and who boast of gloty in their individual
prowess, aud the number ol victims they have
murdeionsly sent out of the world. These
same apparently bold, daring, reckless, and
bloody minded men are generally cow aids at
hearts, and have really as much fear of dan
ger as those whose timidity is made glaringly
manifest : but, like the professional gambler,
they have been trained tocalculate the chances
for and against tnemselves,and seldom Venture
on Miat gives promise of a doubtful issue, so
that to save yourself from the annoyH .ee of
these gentry, it is only necessary to have it
generally known that in an affair of honor you
Wu Id be quite as likely to kill as get killed.
There were many of this class in Paris at
that day who actually made a living by due!
ling— they had their price, like the Italian us
sas.-ins ot a former period, for getting rid of
persons obnoxious to their employers—though,
us we liaee already stated, they generally
took good care to know all the lighting qtiul
dies and idiosyncrasies ot the proposed victim
before actually clo-ing the bargain of blood,
aud if they discovered too much danger iu the
cases, tin y readily invented such au excuse as
would save both their lives and credit ; for
who would dare question the motive and
courage of men so famous for bloody deeds ?
Sometimes, however, they made serious mis
takes, notwithstanding all their nice calcula
tions, and then the world becomes a trifle bet
ter for suddenly getting rid of a human
course.
'lhere wore others who fought for the mere
love of fighting, because their combative and
destructive organs would never let them rest
in peace ; and these were always ready for
anybody and any mode, it being immaterial
to them whether they were to fire at the an
tagouist at ten paces, or cross sword with
I'iui for a quick settlement with dirks. Then
again, there were others who fought tore
teiige slights, both real and fancied, or to
settle personal or political animosities, or be
cause they were embittered by disappoint
ments, or because they were tired of living,
at 'd did not cure to commit suicide. And of
course, in all this range of character, there
*erc many eccentricities displayed, for where
duelling was so common that an ordinary
meeting would scarcely be mentioned on the
following day, certain persons were sure to
Sl 't'k to make themselves remembered by some
peculiarity that could not fail to be long talk
ed of for its uovelty.
-00-t of these duels, as we have intimated,
between royalists and imperialists—and
when they met at the Palais Poyal, the great
hea'quarters of Paris, the mode of insult was
simple and easy. A saucy look, a grimace, or
a smile of contempt, was frequently sufficient
to draw forth a challenge ; but if these failed,
a jOhtie, a push, or tread ou the foot, was al*
Wa J s certain to be a success,
One day an imperialist officer, one Captain
Houiran, who was suffering from gout, wus
hobbling along under the famous wooden gal
lery of the palace in question, when be.ng
somewhat pressed by the crowd, and fearful
of being injured in his suffering limb, he took
a suddeu step aside, and accidentally trod on
the foot of an officer of the royal guard
Quick as lightning the latter, a joung man of
Kpirit and fire, seized the former by the nose,
and then cuff- -d him on both sides of the head.
The face of the imperialist, turned aeadly pale,
as he said, quite calmly and politely, evidently
controlling his passion by a master effort of
the will :
" I would have apologized for what was
really an accident, had not Monsieur put it
out of ray power."
" I do not want an apology from such as
you," was the insulting reply.
" Your name ?" demanded the other.
' Lieutenant Duvais, ul the royal guard, at
your service."
" I shall remember !" rejoined Captain Hon
itan, as lie turned to depart.
" Pray do not forget," said the lieutenant,
at the same time treading heavily upon the
gouty loot of the captain, and thus drawing
from him an involuntary cry of pain.
Duvais then walked away wit's a proud and
j haughty air, leaving the other suffering fear
! fully fiotn pain and rage. As soon as he could
j extri -ate himself from the crowd, the captain
called for a carriage, and was quickly driven
out of sight.
For a whole week, Lieutenant Duvais re
mained in momentary expectation of a chal
lenge from the man he had so grossly insulted,
but none came. Another week passed away,
and the imperialist was not heard from.
" He is coward, and unworthy of my notice,' j
said the da.-diing young officer, with a proud |
smile of contempt.
" Why, what could you expect of a man •
who doubtless disgraced himsed' at the battle j
of \\ ulerloo rejoined one of ins brother of- ;
hcers, with a sneer. " Bull ! I his comes of
plebeian blood, Henri !"
Months passed away, and Henri Duvais,
who was the youngest son of an ancient and
honorable family of royalists, was promoted to
a captaincy. He had fought two duels since
his insult to Captain llonitan, but still noth
ing had been heard of that officer, and the lit
tle affair was nearly forgotten, or remembered
only a> a sneering jest. More mounts passed. I
Captain Duvais, affianced to a beautiful iadv i
of rank, lagan to prepare for his wedding
The morning of tin- intended wedding day
arrived, and Captain Henri Duvais rose early
! to prepare lor nuptials that were to make him
the happiest man in Pa, is. \\ inle engaged at
his toilet, a servant announced a visitor—a
stranger.
; "1 am engaged, and can see 110 one now,"
was the reply.
" I beg your pardon, Monsieur le Capitaine,'
1 said the voice of the stranger, who had follow
ed on the heels of the servant ; " lint I know
you will see me."
" And who are you sir ? and why this in
trusion V' demanded tile voting officer, in an
imperious tone, as le* eoldly ran Ins eye over
the person of a middle aged man in plain citi
zen's dress.
" 1 am Captain Honitan, formerly of the
Imperial Guard, at your service."
'• Well, sir ?"
" Monsieur le Capitaine seems not to know
me ; hut Monsieur may have the happiness to
remember the pleasure he once had in pulling
the nose, hexing the ears, and treading 011 the
foot of a quiet looking gentleman, under the
gallery of the Palais Royal, some twelve
' months since."
This was said with the most freezing polite
ness ; hut there was something awfully wick
ed in the cold grey eye of the speaker, as it
all the time tested quietly and steadily on the
other.
j "Ha !" saiil Duvais. flushing to the tem
ples. " I know you now ; hut to save your
reputation, you should have come sooner."
" My reputation, fortunately, was not in the
I keeping of a rather forward boy," returned the
, other, with a grim smile and mocking how.—
i " 1 have come at last to ask the pleasure of
| Monsieur le Capitaine Henri Duvais to a little
quiet walk thinking the beautiful bride elect
1 might be pleased to hear of the prowess of
her lover on her wedding day."
: Duvais fiit his lips.
" I think," he said, " I should be justified
in putting you off lor ihe present : 'out I will
not balk your kind intentions. We need not
go far, nor wait long. Here are small swords,
and twenty paces hence is the garden."
" Monsieur le Capitaine is so obliging,"
! bowed the other. " Perhaps they lied who
j said Monsieur was a coward aud would uot
| fight."
j " Yon shall see 1" cried the young royalist,
j almost bursting with suppressed pass 011. — ]
: " Coward or no coward, I have sent your bet-!
: ters to the devil, and yiu shall soon follow "
In less than ten minutes the two antagonists
I were in the garden, and their swords crossed.
, Honitan was perfectly cool and self-possessed,
but Duvais was almost blind with rage. The 1
! latter was accounted the best swordsman in
his corps , and there were the fewest number j
that could cope with him, which was one cause j
of his overbearing insolence ; but in less than j
a minute he discovered to his horror that he
was only a meie child in the hands of his an
tagonist, who seemed rather disposed to play
with than tight him. In the course of five
minutes, however, he received a disabling
wound ; and then, like lightning, the blade of
the other flashed ciose before his eyes and se
vered his nose clean down to his face.
" Monsieur le Capitaine did me the honor
to pull mv nose—l have done myself to cut off
his. Good day, Captain. I will ssnd your
servant to look after you. When you are
well, I will call again. My compliments to
the bride, and how does she like your beauty?'
This affair created a great sensation in the
upper circles of Paris. The wedding, of
course, did not come off on the appointed day,
and snbsequently the lady declined to marry
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH.
a man whose features were so terribly disGg
ured
1' rom his sudden disappearance on the morn
ing of the duel, nothing was seen or heard of
Captain Houitan till his adversary had so far
recovered as to be again abroad, when, at an
early hour in the day, he suddenly reappear
ed.
" I have been expecting you," said Captain
Duvais, when they again met.
" Monsieur le Capitaine does me too much
honor. I hope my visits do not prove trou
blesome."
" Follow me," returned Duvais, keeping
himself fearfully calm.
He conducted his visitor into an empty hall,
and produced a pair of pistols. Handing one
to his enemy, he requested him to load it, while
he proceeded to charge the other.
\ou arc more than a match for me with
swords," he said, " and so e will try these.
I It is my wish that one of us may not quit this
• hall alive. We will take our places aud fire
at the word."
" And Monsieur le Capitaine shall give the
word," replied Houitan, with the most perfect
| sang froid.
At the first fire, the imperialist received a
j flesh wound in the shoulder, and the royulist
. lost a portion of bis right ear.
Monsieur le Capitaine did me the honor to
box my right ear," said Honitao, coolly : " I
have done myself the honor to shoot off his "
In u couple of minutes the pistols were
again loaded and the toes in their respective
places. This time Captain llonitan received
i a wound in the neck, not necessarily mortal,
and Captain Duvais lost a jiortion of his left
I ear.
| The imperialist coolly repeated these tannt
l ing words.
j As they were taking their positions for the
; third time, Captain lloiiitan remarked, with
; outer emphasis :
" -Now, then, Monsieur le Capitaine, I will
remember the foot!''
Doth pistols cracked together at the word, 1
and both antagonists fell back dead—one shot
through the heart, and the other through tiie
brain.
So terminated this singular combat, the
clos tig scenes ot which were reported by a ser
vant who saw and heard all
TIT FOR TAT. —AII old settlers remember
Mr. 11., who tided the office of p.-stmaster at j
Oswego, during the administration of Jackson
and Nan Buren. One morning an Irishman j
called at the general delivery.
" Any letter for Dennis Driscoll ?"
A search in the D box ensncd, and a letter .
beating ibe desired inscription was there,
found.
" Foreign," said Mr. H. ; " tweutv-four
cents postage to pay."
" Sure, and 1 can't read ; will yer Lonor
read it for me ?" said Dennis.
The obliging postmaster, ufter Dennis had
unsealed the letter, complied with the request
and read it from date to signature.
"Sure i \s not for me," groaned Dennis,
walking off without it.
Mr. JL. began to think himself the victim
of a sell. There was no help for it at that ;
time, and there the matter rested.
Some time afterward Dennis again present- j
ed himself at the general delivery and gave his
name.
" Foreign," said Mr. H.; " twenty-four
cents postage."
" Will yer honor read it for me ; sure, I
can't read "
The wide awake postmaster had a reasona
ble excuse ready for not complying, taking
care, however, not to give offence, and retain- j
ing it iu his possession until Dennis paid the
postage.
As soon as the Irishman banded over the
money, Mr. H. gave him the same letter Ihut
had been read on the former occasion. The
transaction was thus closed without detriment ;
to the revenue.
B®. A countryman (farmer) went into a
store in Boston the other day, and told the !
keeper that a neighbor of his entrusted him j
with some money to be spent to the best ad- i
vantage, and he meant to do it where he would
be treated the best.
lie had been very well treated in Boston
by the traders, and would not part with his |
ne ghbor's money until he found a man who
would treat him about right. With the ut
most suavity, the trader savs :
"1 think I can treat you to your likiDg.—
llow do you want to be treated ?"
" Well," says the farmer with u leer in his
eye, " In the first place 1 want a glass of
toddv," which was forthcoming. " Now 1 will
have a nice cigar," says the countryman. It
was promptly handed him, leisurely lighted,
and then throwing himself back, with his feet
as high as his head, he comtueuced puffing
away like a Dutchman.
" Now what do jou want to purchase ?"
says the storekeeper.
" My neighbor handed me two cents when
I left home, to buy hiui a plug of tobacco",
answered tha farmer, " have you got the ar
ticle 1"
The storekeper stopped instanter, and the
next thing that was heard from him was that
his sides were shaking and his face on fire as
he was relating the sell to his friends down
town.
GOVERNMENT COTTON. —The entire cotton
crop from the Caroliua Sea Island this season
raised oy the contrabands,, is estimated at not
less than 3,500 bales. This has been grown
and will be gathered under the direction of the
Govern jeut. A small portion only will be
ginned on the spot. Last season the amount
of Government cotton was 2,500 bales, which
sold for $600,000. What it cost the Govern
ment to produce this amount is not stated.
Always bequeath to your wife as mnch
money as you can ; her secoud husband, poor
fellow, may not have a cent in hia pocket.
"REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
AS WE PASS ALONG.
BY DR. T. E. WALLER, C. S. A.
In the cars and on the boat,
As we pass along ;
Love and friendship all afloat,
Bleeding hearts beneath the coat,
In the cars and on the boat,'
As we pass along.
Tales of sorrow fill the eye,
As we pass along ;
Trickling tears cannot deny
Blighted hopes that you and I
See in others passing by,
As we pass along.
Weeping, hoping, when we part,
As we pass along,
Dearest memories of the heart
Meet us, thrill us with a dart,
When we stop and when we start,
As we pass along.
On the field we meet a brother,
As we pass along,
In the cars we meet a mother,
Weeping sadly for another,
Killed or wounded, like some other,
As we pass along.
May the angels come and greet us,
As wo pass along.
Let no deeper sorrow meet us ;
Meet we none who can defeat us ;
Guardian spirits thus entreat us,
As we pass along.
A War Meeting.
15Y ART KM AS WARD.
Our complaint just now is war mcetin's.—
They've bin bavin' 'em bad in varis parts of
our cheerful Republic, and nat'raiiy we caught
them here in Buldinsvilie. They broke out
all over us. They'er bettor attended than the
Eclipse was.
I remembered how people poured into our
town to see the Eclipse. Tney labored into
a impression that they couldn't see it to home,
so they came up to our place. I cleared a
very handsome amount of money by exhibitin'
the Eclipse to 'em, in an open top tent. Rut
the crowd is bigger now. Posey County is
aroused. I may say, indeed, that the pra
hay-ories of lajiuny is on fire.
Our big meetin' came off the other night,
and our oid irieud of the Bugle was elected
cheerman.
The Bugle Horn of Liberty is one of Bal
dinsviile's most eminent institutions. The ad
vertisements are well written, and the deaths
and marriages are conducted with signal abili
ty. The editor, Mr. Shakers, is a pollisb'd
skarcastic writer. Folks io these parts will
not soon forget how he used up the Eagle of
freedom, a family journal uow published at
Snoouoville, ueur hcie. The controvercy was
about a plank road. " The road may be, as
our cotemporary says, a humbug ; but our
aunt isn't a humbug, and we haven't got a
one eyed sister Sal ! Wonder if the editor of
the Eagle of Freedom sees it?" This used up
the Eagle of Freedom feller, because his aunt's
head does present a skin'd appearance, and
uis sister Sarah is very much one eyed. For
a genteel home thrust, Mr. Sliuker has few
ekals. He is a man of great pluck likewise.
He has fierce nostrils, and I b'lieve upon my
soul, that if it wasn't absolootely necessary
for him to remain here and announce every
week, that " our Gov'ment is about to take
vigorous measures to put down this rebellion''
—1 believe, upon my soul, this illustrious man
would enlist as Brigadier Gin'ral, and get his
Bounty.
I was fixin' myseli up to attend the great
war meetiu' when my daughter entered with a
young man who was evijently from the city,
and who wore long hair, aud had a wild ex
pression into her eye. In one hand he car
ried a port folio, and bis other now claspt u
bunch of small brushes. My daughter intro
duced him as Mr. Sweibier, the distinguished
landscape painter from Philadelphy.
•' He is an artist, papa. Here is one of his
master-pieces—a young mothergaziu'admiriu'-
ly upon her first bom," said my daughter,
showing me a real pretty picter, done in ile.
"Is it not beautiful, papa ? He throws so
much soul into his work."
" Does he ? does he ?" I said—" well I
reckon I'd better hire him to whitewash our
fence. Tt needs it. What will you charge
sir ?" I continued, " to throw some soul into
my fence ?"
My daughter went out of the room in very
short meeter, takin' the artist with her, aud
from the empbatieal manner in which the door
slam'd, 1 concluded she was suaimut disgusted
with my remarks. She closed the door, 1 may
say, in italics. I went into the closet and larf
ed all alone by myself for over half an hour.
I larfed so vi'lently that the preserve jars rat
tled like cavalry offisser's sword and things,
which aroused uiy Betsy, who came and open
ed the door pretty suddent. She seized me
by the few lonely hairs that still lingered sad
ly upon my barefooted hed, and dragged me
out of the ehvset, incidentally obsarving that
she didn't exactly see why she should be com
pelled, at her advanced stage of life, to opeu
a asylum for sooperanootid idiots.
But to return to the war meetiu'. It was
largely attended. The editor of the Bugle
arose and got up and said the fact could no
longer be disguised that, we were iuv. lved in
a war. " Human gore," said he, "is flowin'.
All able-bodied men should seize a musket and
march to the tented field. I repeat it, sir, to
the tented field."
A voice—" Why don't you go yourself, you
old blowhard ?"
" I am indentified, young man, with a Arky
medirn lever, which moves the world," said
the editor, wiping his auburn brow with his
left coat tail. " I allude, young man, to the I
press. Terms two dollars a year iuvari'.;',y in
advance. Job printing executed w {;h neat
ness and dispatch !" and w'nh this I ust of ele
kance the editor introduced Mr. J. Brutus
Hinkius ; " who is sufferin' from an attack of
College in a naberiu' place. Mr. Hinkins said I
Washington was not safe. Who can save our
natioual eapeetle ?
" Dan Setchell," I said. "He can do it
afternoons. Let him plant his light and airy
form outo the Long Bridge, make faces at the
hirlin' foe, and they will skedaddle ! OidSetch
can do it."
I will remark, in this connection, that the
editor of the Bugle does my job printing.
" \oa," said Mr. Hinkins ; " who live away
from the busy haunts of men, do not compre
hend the magnitood of the crisis. The busy
haunts of men comprehend this crisis. We
who live in the busy hauuls of men live—that
is to say, we dwell, as it were, in the busy
haunts of men."
"I really trust the gentleman will not fail
to say suthiu' about the busy haunts of men
before he sits down," said I.
I claim the right to express my senti
ments here," said Mr. Hiukins, in a slightly
indignant tone, " and I shall brook no inter
ruption if I am a Softmore."
"You couldn't be more soft, my young
friend," I observed, v.jiereupou there was cries
of " Order ! order 1"
" I regret I can't mingle iu this strife per
se nally," said the young man.
" You might inlist as a liberty pole," said
I, in a silvery whisper.
" But," he added, " I have a voice, and that
voice is for the war." The young man then
closed his speech with some strikiu' and origi
nal remarks on the Star Spangled Banner.—
He was followed by the village minister, a very
worthy man, indeed, but whose sermons have
a tendency to make people sleep pretty indus
triously.
" I am wilhV to inlist for one," he said.
" What's your weight, parson ?" I asked.
" A hundred and sixty pounds," he answered.
" Well yon can inlist as a hundred lbs. of j
morphine, your dooty beiu' to stand in the ho.s- I
pi'ais after a battle, and preach while the sur !
gical operation is beiir performed ! Think
how mica you'd save the Gov'ment in mor- I
phine."
He didn't seem to see it ; hut he made a
good speech, and the editor of the Bugle rose i
10 read the resolutions, commeuciu'as Toilers : j
Resolved, That we view with anxiety that j
there is now a war goin' on, and
Resolved, That we believe Stonewa'l Jack- 1
son sympathizes with secession movemeut, and
that we hope the uiue months' men—
At this point he was interrupted by the
sound of silvery footsteps, on the stairs, and a
party of vviinin', carryin' guns and led by Bet
sey Jane, who brandished a loud and rattliu"
umbreller, and bust into the room.
" Here," cried I, " are some nine months'
wimmin "
" Mrs. Ward," said the editor of the Bu- j
gle, " Mrs. Ward, and ladies, what means j
this extr'ord'n'ry demonstration ?'■
" It means," said that remarkable female, \
" that you are makin' fools of yourselves. You !
are willin' to talk and urge others to go to the j
wars, but you don't go to the wars yourselves. ;
War uieetins is very nice in their way, but '
they don't keep Stonewall Jackson from corn
in' over into Maryland and helpin' himself to
the fattest beef critters. What we want is
more cider and less talk. We want you able
bodied men to stop speechifying, which don't
amount to the wiggle of a sick cat's tail, and
go to fit'iu ; otherwise you can stay at home
and take keer of the children, while we wim
min go to war."
" Gentl'men," said I, "that's my wife ! Go
in, old gal 1" and I throw'd up my ancient
white hat in perfect rapters."
" Is this roll to be filled up with the names
of men or wimmin ?" she cried.
" With men—with men 1" and our quoty
was m ide up tlmt very night.
There is a great deal of gas about these war
meetin's. A war meetiu' in fact, without gas,
i would lie suthin' like the play of Hamlet with
the part of Othello omitted.
Still believin* that the Goddess of Liherty
iis about as well sot up with as any other
young lady in distress could expect to be, I
am Yours, moi'c'u anybody else's,
"A. WARD."
QUEER. —Singular things occur in war times.
The following is queer enough to be recorded.
When Harper's Ferry was surrendered, the
Rebels, of course, took possession of all the
movable property there, except the clothing
of the paroled prisoners. The paroled officers
and men being destitute of transportation, bor
rowed of Stonewall Jackson twenty one wag
ons and tcam, only a few hours previously the
property of Uncle Sam. The loan was ac
companied with the stipulation that the wag
ons and teams should be returned. They will
leave here for Gen. M'Clellau's headquarters,
whence they will be sent, under a flag of truce
to the Rebel lines. On the whole, though of
course according to rules, this strikes us as be
ing a very noteworthy proceeding.
DRAWING LOTS.—A friend of ours was trav
eling a day or two since in riie vicinity of Bux
ton While crossing the bridge, he was stop
ped by some young tnen, one of whom address
ed him nearly as follows :
" Say, Mister, have you got any whisky
with ver ?"
" No, sir, politely responded our good friend.
" Don't yer never drink whisky ?"
" No, sir"
" W-a-a-1, that is too bad. I should like
mighty well to gel some good whisky, but
can't get none here. Tell ye what 'tis, stran
ger, it's dangerous stuff .hey have hereabouts.
We are bound to drink it anyhow, but we
draw lots to see which has to drink first. The
one that draws it goes and drinks and sits
down We ail wait au hour and if he a : ;.,' t
dead then we'll dri*£ ; and if he is, we try
another plo-y ''■—Bangor I'ress.
The devil's address to the fallen an
gels—Nicks come arouse.
jgy* Rulers wield the people, hut school
masters wield rulers.
VOL. XXIII. —KO.^4.
An Extraordinary Case of Longevity.
AN OHIO CITIZEN NINETY TWO YEARS OLD IN THE
BATTLE OF PERRYYILLE— INTERESTING REMI
NISCENCES, ETC.
From MICAJAH BAILEY, Ohio State Ageut
for ihe transportation of United States troops,
we have learned a few interesting particulars
of an old eentleman, named THOMAS STEWART,
who presented himself at Mr. Bailey's office,
on Saturday last, and obtained a pass to his
home, near East Newton. When the procla
mation was made for " squirrel hunters," in
September, to defend the city of Cincinnati,
Mr. Stewart was one of the many thousands
who responded to the call of the Governor, by
providing himself with a uuiform, blanket, and
two days' cooked rations, and, armed with bia
gun, he marched to this city. While that gal
lant baud of " minute meu" were bivouacked
on the hills over the river, Mr. Stewart stood
his regular guard duties, and, when the col
umn was druwu up in the line of battle, he
was airays formost to respond.
When the services of the hunters were dis
pensed with by Geueral Wallace, the subject
of ibis notice asked and obtaiued permission
to remain as a volunteer private in the Ooe
hundred-and-fir&t Ohio Regiment, lie stood
regular picket, guard aud sentinel duty, went
j through ail the drills, parades, reviews, &c.,
i and, when tiie regiment was ordered to Louis-
I ville,he aceomyanied it, and again was at the
; front iu defence o! that city. When the army
! moved into the interior of the State, Stewart
was one of the number ; aud in the battle of
Perryvilie he was in the thickest of the fight,
and afterward complimented by his command
er for his bravery, cooluess and soldierly bear
ing. After the battle, and the appearance
indicated no farther engagements, Stewart
concluded to return home and look after his
personal affairs, which he, as a farmer, had
left iu an unsettled condition. 11 arrived
here on Saturday, and, after obtaining tho
j necessary passes, returned home. Stewart
' was born March 16ih, 1 770, in Litchfield,
! Coub., where his father now resides, aged 122
years, and is at present the oldest man in the
United States.
Thomas is the father of seventeen children
(fifteen living and two dead,)aud twenty-four
grand children. lie has four sons.two erand-
sous, and three sous in-law at present in the
army. Stewart was in the war of 1812, when
he was pressed into the British service on a
man-of-war. He has been in four wars, and
although ninety two years of age, writes
plaiuly and is very intelligent, never was sick
but two days of his life, and has been a mem
ber of the Methodist Church forty-three years.
The father of Thomas was born in 1704, in
the rtigu of George 11 ; has seen fourmon
archs iu England, one of whom reigned sixty
I years. He was old enough to be at the tak
| ing of Quebeck, by Gen. Wolfe, when Cana
da passed iuto the bauds of the British, and
Louis XV. was on the throne of France.—
Although Kentucky is the oldest of the West
ern States, uot a white man'sfoot had pressed
her soil for settlement thirty years after his
birth, aud he was considered 3n elderly man
when the first settler arrived in Cincinnati.—
He was twenty-nine years of age when the
Great Napoleon was born, whose career excit
ed the wonder of the world, and closed forty
years ago on St. Helena.
If General Washington was living he would
only be eight years older than this veteran,
who is uow three years older than Thomas
Jefferson would be if he were living. We
have had fifteen Presidents of the United
States, all of whom, except two, were born
within Mr. Stewart's recollection, aud he has
lived under all their administrations, although
the first did not commence until he was fifty
years of age. Thomas Stewart would be as
old as Geueral Jackson if he were uow living.
One other such life before the father of Thom
as, would more than carry us back to the days
when the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock,
and there is every reasou to believe that the
veteran Stewart was old enough to have talk
ed with people who might have known the
early Puritans. Both of these cases are ex
traordinary instances of longevity, and we
doubt if they are surpassed iu the world.—
Cin. Gazette.
Ks?* The Manchester American is responsi
ble for the following : " A friend who wit
nessed the battle of Antietam, aud remained
iu that legion for some days attending to the
wounded, states that he found a Georgian
conscript on the field, mortally wounded. His
only e.othing was a shirt torn in shreds, and
a pair of trousers out at the knees aud seat.
The kind attention he received at our hands,
caused him to give his name and some inter
esting particulars. ' 1 am,' said the wounded
man, ' a Georgian bv birth. 1 sold my cot
ton in 1800 for $">,300. I have a wife and
four children at home. lam a Union man.
They pressed me into the army. I am dy
ing 1 have never fired a gun at the stars
and stripes.'"
#s?* " Boy, why don't yon go to school ?"
"Cause, sir, daddy is afraiu that if iearns
everything now, 1 shau't have anything to
iearu when I come to go to tue'eademy."
Bar An exchange says : "If yo n want a
kind of money that will st j c k to you through
any trouble, uso postage stamps."
Out of darkness Cometh light," as the
printer's devil stcj when he looked iuto at\
iuk-keg.
Prentice says that when Bragg'sarmy
went through Crab Orchard, it was goiug
backwards.
PROMMISSORY NOTES. —Tuning the fiddle be
fore the performance begins.
What fish is tnest valued by a bapp*
wife? Herring.