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It lit PRINTING of every kiud in Plain aiulFiiu done with neatness and dispatch. Hand 's.. Planks, Cards, Pamphlets, Ac., of every va , tv and style, printed at the shortest notice. Tlie l'. ,irri:R <)fmce has just been re-fitted with Power i'tv-si's. and every thing in the Printing line can ~ vented ill the most artistic manner and at the rates. TERMS INVARIABLY CASH. THE APPLE TREE IV THE LAVE. i. .t .1 close by where on a leathern hinge Tii. rate swung back from the grassy lane, \V!i.-'! the cows come home, when the dusky eve Its mantle threw over hill and plain. It. Inranches, knotty and gnarled by time, W.0.-d to and fro in the idle breeze, W u the Spring days wove a blushing crown tit' hi issoins bright for the apple trees. ■„ ,i. i.low fell o'er the crystal stream I: : all the long, bright Summer days, ; a silver threal, 'mid the waving grass, I;, tl, . ted hack the golden rays i if the noonday sun that madly strove I'. ilrink the fount of the brooklet dry, T.ut the light clouds showered tear-drops down Till the glad brook laughed as it glided by. wr were apples half so sweet, (iuUh n Russet striped with red, tieist that fell on the yielding turf When she shook the branches overhead. At resting place for youthful friends W is the apple tree in the days of yore, \: 1 oft we've sat beneath its shade Ail talked bright dreams of the future o'er. \l, i when the warm October sun -i ; ou tae maple's scarlet robe, tt it 1 apples sound and fair, tail round as our own mystic globe. 11: stat.-ly hemlock crowns the hill. l ie dark pines rise above the plain 1: it ila- one we prize far more than they, ! apple tree in the pasture lane. e K-.US have passed, and cows no more i ilia home at night through the grassy lane ; Ula i t!- gate swung back on leathern hinge i •; ud and gaze on the far off plain ; N.i more in list to the music low 1 >1 the crystal stream as it ripples 011, e l Ihe apple tree ill tho pastille lalio 0 but a dream of the days by-gone. w A LEGEND OF THE RHINE- Tin- Rhine is celebrated for the innumera- 1 I ruined castles and monasteries that; r id mi its batiks, and each lias its his- I I ry rinr guide told us of one, an old mouas-j i v near Lingertield, which 1 thought wor -1 1a j lace in my note book. I give it 1 I mill interpretation and present it to the j r- eler, hoping it may meet with approval in us perusal. hilling the "Thirty Years' War" which : iiivulsed Hermany, one fine summer's af in. n a foot traveler came to the little . .silciy of the ' Traveler's Best," which f Iby the roadside on the river's bank. I- - garb proclaimed him a soldier. High Si i k hoots were drawn half way up his ' ■i -I'- in which a loose pair of breeches ■ themselves, and a rusty breast plate 1 •. •11 his buff leathern jerkin, A broad ltd! ! iw-crowned hat, from which a single Black bather depended, was pulled low up- Oi lull-head. He was armed with sword ftlzl pistols. I U Tlieii ■ was something in his martial bear ami linn tread that seemed to denote ti iti- ei. So at least thought the little Buy iiaired luakl uf the hoatlory who j f ■ 1- ith to serve him ; for she said at 'Hat can 1 serve you with, noble Cap- : Bun -\ hagun of Bhenish, and of your best Bint age, mind, and a bit of something to gpri 'j' fi"- first place," answered the soldier, I H* i.atuivdly chuckling the girl under |R ai like one accqstoined tq that famil- BR'C . and then a bed for the night." ■ I'a t'u-t 1 can supply you with ; but 1 |R' -er nd, 1 ;i | U sorry to say, I cannot." H 'as a man'- voice that spoke. They B'> 1 ecu joined by the landlord of the hos-1 B'i.V— a siiurt purser little man, y ( T q fat ; Bo' u'n\ a v,. i rj(,-p • S blien-tiue not?" asked the soldier, ss '. v throwing himself on the wooden under the tree that shaded the host- j |f w 't 'Us branches, whilst the girl went iioiisc to procure the refreshments ; * :i ;l 1" spoken. B ■ ausi- every room is engaged, and I ■ ' bt'd left. The young Ba-, B i"-ln-burg, his sister, and their at ten. IR "Hi arrive tliis evening. Their con-; Has here this morning to bespeak the , B| ■•••Us unlortunate. But lam not par- a— 1 am a soldier, as you see—so "'a bundle of straw in one of the : I" uid that will content me. 1 ' I cried the host, with un ■ '. v whi- ■ gather surprised the soldier ; K fi ' s I shall be compelled to make I ' fi"' Baron's servant's sleep the I My house is but small, as you H'' lv ''- : "'d the Baron's retinue is large blither . a tlee is un excellent ''Hi are used to marching," said the H /''t' 1 111 attempt at facctiousncss, | distance will be nothing to you." H " me," answered the soldier, tap- K " " keel ot his boot with his heavy ■ d'hard, and all the while subject -1 ! s t tu a scrutiny of which he was I ' Us . "1 am not a foot soldier ; and "Ug imtrehes have been accustomed H " ur legs instead of two. 1 did not R ; l " the way on foot." ■ / is your horse?" asked the land- H . lUU'kly, and with some anxiety the ■" er Bwught ' K 'H'lmiles IvDiahere,"heauswered B • there is no house there. Why , leave him?" •"'l'lv because lie could carry me no U. O. GOODRICH, Publisher. VOLUME XXVI. further, and I had not been in the habit of carrying him. He was dead." " Dead !" " Yes. It happened very strangely.— These are very troublous times I know,but I thought the war had not invaded this quiet proviuce, al least I was told so, and therefore 1 rode along fearless of danger. When 1 came to that little glen with rocks and woods cresting upon either side, 1 thought--a natural idea for a soldier--that it was a capital place for an ambuscade, and so it proved, for I scarcely entered it when two carbines were fired from the thicket." "My horse neighed with pain, reared up, and then fell to the earth, carrying me along with him. 1 knew that he was badly hurt, for 1 have bad horses shot under me before ; so 1 quickly snatched my pistols from their bolsters, extricated my feet from the stirrups, and went down quietly with him. Fortunately he lay stone dead, and did not kick. I lay motionless on his body and waited for further developments. Two men with carbines in their hands emerged from the thicket and came rapidly toward me. When they were within ten feet of me 1 rose and called upon them to surren der, as I was anxious to learn the cause of this unprovoked attack, there being noth ing in my appearance, 1 thought, to sug gest the idea of booty. But the rascals,who evidently thought me dead, were so terri fied that they beat a hasty retreat towards the woods, so 1 was obliged to send a couple of bullets after them to stop them ; and, being an indifferent good shot, they did stop, and unless some good Christian gives them burial, they are likely to stop for some time." " You shot them both ?" stammered the landlord ; and his teeth chattered and he grew very pale, all but the tip of his nose, which, from contrast with the rest of his face, looked redder than ever. " What would you have had me done?" asked the soldier, in his usual careless toue. " They might have fired with better suc cess at some other poor devil of a traveler, who might not have gut o-ff so easilv as 1 did." "What could have possessed them to have fired ou you ?" exclaimed the landlord, and it almost appeared that he was asking j himself the question as much as he did the j soldier. "Precisely the question 1 asked myself," returned the soldier ; "and since you have mentioned the expected arrival of the young Baron of Ravcnsburg, 1 think 1 have a clue to the whole affair. Some outlaws, having heard of the Baron's journey, have formed a plan to waylay him. There two men were sent out as scouts to apprise the others of his approach. Seeing a solitary horseman approach, they concluded to plunder a little on their own account. As 1 was not molested further on my way hither, the rendezvous of the hand must be beyond there, consequently the Baron will reach this house in safety. Now, if you cannot accommodate roe with a bed, I shall take up my quarters to-night upon this bench, for 1 feel it my duty to warn this young Baron, for 1 know something of his family, of the danger which threatens him." The landlord gazed curiously at his un ceremonious guest. There was no mistak ing the man. Courage and determination were highly stamped upon his fair fea tures. " You are an oftjcor ?" he aqid iuquiviugly " Yes," " Captain ?" " Exactly." " Disbanded ?" " No." The uuiet smile that acooiepauied this answer bewildered the landlord. In fact, the captain was an enigma that the worthy host of the " Traveler's Rest" found it im possible to solve. The appearance of the maid of the host lory with a flask of wine and the refresh ments the captain had ordered, interrupted the conversation. The host whispered to the girl, and tfieu hurried away. 1 What cjid he say to you?" asked the captain, abruptly, fixing his keen eyes upon the girl's face. "To wait upon you while he went up to the monastery," answered the girl unhesi tatingly. "The monastery ?" rejoined the captain, leisurely inspecting the contents of the flask of Rhenish, which seemed to be much to his satisfaction. "That old ruin upon the hill yonder. Is it then occupied?" " Oh, yes ; about a year ago a party of wandering monks, whose monastery had been destroyed by the aohjicva of tl;e league, occupied it ; ana they have remained ever sinco. They call themselves the ' Black Brotherhood of St. Bruno.' And very pious' and self-denying men they are, ,too. They keep wrapped up in an odor of sanctity all the time. They never hold any communi cation with the world without ; no stran ger is admitted beneath their walls ; and whenever oue of the brotherhood comes out, he always has his black cowl drawn closely over his tape. Though I have been here as long as they have. 1 never yet suw one with his face uncovered." " I thought you said your uncle was go ing there?" remarked the captain, care lessly sipping his wine. "Oh ! he duly goes to the puvtoOs wick et ;he never goes in. He supplies the monks with food." " And how many bottles of this capital wine a month ?" '• 1 am sure I do pot know how many, but 1 know that we have more empty flasks at the end of the week than the number of travelers could possibly have drank." " 1 thought so. The close neighborhood of these good monks accounts for the ex ! cellence of the wine. St. Bruno, your very good health. Do many travelers pass this way, sweetheart ?" " Not many ; and what seems to me very singular," continued the girl, bending towards the captain, and speaking in a low, cautious whisper, "nonethat pas's this way ever return." " Indeed ! What kind of a road is it be-> tween this hostelry and the next stopping place ?" " Very lonely and desolate." " Infested by robbers, eli ?" " 1 believe so, though my uncle assures travelers there is no danger." " Who is your uncle—the landlord ?" " Yes ; I am his niece, Bonita, if you ! please, sir." " Whether I please or not, is rpote than / TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., JULY 27, 1865. can say, but ijon please me, my pretty Boni ta." He caught her quickly around the waist, drew her upon his knee, and imprinted a kiss upon her cherry lips The girl freed herself from his embrace and retreated in confusion, but she did not seem very angry at the liberty the soldier had taken. It was something to be a handsome captain even in those days. The sound of approaching wheels now attracted their attention, and a light trav eling carriage, drawn by two horses and driven by a postillion, and accompanied by four out-riders, drove up to the hostelry. The attendants opened the carriage door, and a young man in the handsome uniform of Papenheim's Dragoons jumped out and assisted an elegantly attired young lady to alight from the carriage. They were the Baron Ravensburg, Colonel in tin Im perial service, and his sister, the Countess Adalia. The landlord, who had returned from the monastery, welcomed them, and conducted them in the hostelry, while two rough look ing hostlers took charge of the carriage. The outriders stabled their own animals. The Captain had observed all that had passed with a very attentive eye. lie had expected a much larger escort. The lady was without a male, and the Baron had but live attendants ; and yet the landlord told him there was no accommodations. There was something wrong. The Baron came in from the hostlery followed by Bonita, bearing a fresh tlask of Rhenish. " Good evening, Captain," he said cour teously, touching his plumed beaver with a graceful action which bespoke the finished cavalier, "perhaps you will do me the fa vor to drink this tlask of Renish with me ?" "With all my heart," answered the Cap tain cheerfully ; " mine is empty." The Baron seated himself on the bench, and Bonita placed the tlask and cups be fore them. " Stay !" cried the Captain, as she was I going ; "how many monks are there in j yonder convent, my pretty Bonita?" "Twenty, I think, Captain," she answer- 1 ed. " Thank you ; that will do." She went into the house. The Baron re- ! garded the Captain attentively. His ques tion about the Monks seemed to surprise him. " Do you think of retiring from the world, Captain," he laughingly inquired, " and taking up your abode in yonder monas tery ?" "I ? faith, not 1!" lb; filled the cups in that careless, olf-handed manner which per vaded everything he did, and raised his to his lips. " Your health, Baron Ravens burg." " You have the advantage of me," ans wered Ravensburg, as he responded to the toast. " Oh ! call me Captain Bernard " " 1 passed a dead horse on the road. The landlord tells me it was yours. I also saw the bodies of the men slain by you. A nar row escape, Captain. By-the-way, are you in the Imperial service ?" "I am not. To be frank with you, my sword is at present at liberty." " Then take service with me. There is something in your appearance that be speaks the gentleman and the soldier, and 1 like you. There is a Majority vacant in my regiment which 1 can promise you." "On my word, Baron, returned the Cap tain, smiliug good-humoredly, "you do me much houor on so brief an acquaintance ; but we arc likely- to serve together in a sharp campaign, which is nearer than you imagine. Whether you or 1 shall take di rection of the affair depends upon yourself after you have heard what I have to tell you." "In Heaven's name, what do you mean?" exclaimed Baron Bavensburg in astonish ment. " Softly—in a whisper-—there may be long ears about us. In a word, we are in a den of cut-throats. Yonder old monas tery is occupied by a band of robbers in the disguise of monks. The landlord of this hostelry is in league with them. They have been apprised of your coming, and will either attack you here, or to-morrow upon the desolate road beyond. As they know that 1 am here from the landlord, and may warn you, 1 should not be surprised it they assailed us here to-night." "Good Heavens! my poor Adalia ! I care not if 1 can save her. Twenty of them, the girl said—and I have but five men— twenty against six!" "Excuse me; your calculation is erron eous. There arc but eighteen against seven. You have counted two who are killed, and you have not counted me." " You will aid me, then. My dear Cap tain, this is generous." " My dear Baron it is nothing of the kind, I merely enter into an alliance with you for our mutual benefit; as you hive the strongest party the advantage is decidedly upon my side, You they might possibly plunder and sutler to depart, but me they would certainly kill in revenge for their Comrades' slaughter." "Captain, 1 place the direction of this affair in your hands—myself and people are at your orders. What is your best course of aotiuu ?" Invite me into supper with you when the landlord announces that it is served. 1 will secure him. Then your people must secure the hostlers and put them in a sale place. Then oollect your whole force into the house and let us barricade it to the best of our ability Eighteen men will find it difficult to dislodge seven, even out of this small framework. Having deprived the robbers ot all means of obtaining infor mation in regard to our plans, I will make the landlord divulge theirs. You have no idea what a persuasive way 1 have." This plan was carried out to the letter, and a pistol held by the firm hand of the Captain at the head of the guilty ami trem bling landlord, compelled him to divulge all. The Baron and his sister were to be held for ransom, and the Captain killed, he not being considered worth a ransom. VV hen all had retired to rest, the landlord was to admit the robbers into the hostelry. The Captain laid his plans at once. The front door was left unfastened, but every other available aperture was secured as firmly as was possible under the circum stances. The Countess and Bonita were placed in the upper stooy for security, with i the postilliou as a guard. The Captain, I Baron, and the others, each armed with a REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER. sword and a brace of pistols, occupied the large apartment on the ground lloor. The landlord was to admit the robbers one at a time, as had be< n arranged by the Captain of the band himself, and as fast as they entered they were tube secured and gagged and bound, v l ' killed outright, as circum stances warranted. The hour for the attack drew near, and every heart beat anxiously. The coolest man of the party was the Captain. Uncon sciously, he had assumed entire direction of the affair, and the young Baron and his followers obeyed him implicitly, seeming to recognize his fitness for a position without question. A stealthy footstep approached the door, and the landlord, assisted by the cold bar rel of a pist#!, which felt disagreeably close to the back of his head, admitted a robber, who was instantly secured. An other followed, until it, came to the eighth --a stout, brawny fellow—who, by a her culean effort, twisted his throat nut of Cap tain Bernard's grasp, and shouted at the top of his lungs : " We are betrayed !" Two other robbers who were close be hind, discharged their carbines in at the door, and instantly retreated. A yell of pain answered the discharge, and one man fell in the hostelry. The door was instantly shut and barricaded. Lights were brought forward, and the man who had fallen was raised. It proved to be the landlord. lie was quite dead, both bullets having taken effect in his body. After a brief consultation the robbers j advanced in a body against the door, at- j tempting to hew it open with axes which they had procured from the stables. They were met with a fusilade of pistol shots ! that thinned them to one-half before they I had forced the door, and then it was the j besieged that sallied forth, and not they that entered. The survivors of the band tied. The light was over. Fifteen of the band were killed, wounded, and prisoners. The prisoners were treated with the summary justice of military times, being shot at sun rise by the Baron's followers. The Baron and his sister renewed tin ir journey in the morning, attended by Captain Bernard, whom the Baron furnished with a horse by dismounting one of bis own followers, and Bonita, whom the Coun tess had engaged as maid. The Captain left the Baron at tin: first stopping place, They parted with mutual expressions of regret. But they were des tined to meet again. On the bloody field of Lutzeno, when Pipsenhoim fell, and his routed cavalry fled in dismay before the impetuous charge of the Swedes, Ravens lung was made prisoner, lie was led be fore the victor of the well-fought field, Bernard Von Weimar, who had assumed command of the Protestant army on the fall of Gustavus Adolphus, and in the brave soldier and skilful general he recognized Captain Bernard, the destroyer of the " Black Brotherhood." llow DIM.S UET MAO. -Nine-tenths of the people are in ignorance in regard to the premonition of madness in dogs. One of the earliest signs of madness in dogs, and one which should always arouse attention on the part of those in charge of dogs, is a sullenness combined with fidgetiness. When it means rahin< (madness)the dog retires to his bed for several hours, and may be seen curled up, his face buried be tween his paws and breast. He shows no disposition to bite, and will answer to the call, but he answers slowly and sullenly. After a while he becomes restless, seeking out new resting places, and never satisfied long with one. lie then returns to his bed, but continually shifts his posture. He rises up and lies down again, settles his body in a variety of postures, disposes his bed with his paws, shaking it in his mouth, bringing it to a heap, on which he carefully lays his chest, and then rises up and bundles it out of his kennel. If at liberty, he will seem to imagine something lost, and will eagerly search around with strange vio lence and indecision. That, dog should he watched. If ho begins to gaze strangely about him, as he lies in bed, and if his countenance is clouded and suspicions, we may be certain that madness is coining on. Winded (Ct.) Herald. REUOION* WITHOUT ROOTS —Much of what is called religion has no roots. It is sot np and propped, or it may be inserted in the soil, but it is not f>laided. It is like the twigs which in our childhood wc took, and with gleeful delight put in our mimic gar dens, but which never grew. A tree is nev er truly planted if it he dead. Yon can no more be said to plant a dead tree than a stone pillar. The pillar may be as deeply and firmly fixed in the earth as the tree,but no one would speak of it as planted. It was in no sympathy with the soil. It is held up by mechanical pressure and con straint. A tree is never planted except it is living and establishes vital affinity with the soil. \\ hen its roots begin to se ml forth its tender fibers, and they suck in their appropriate nutriment from the soil, and transmit it through trunk and branch and twig, then it is planted. It has taken | hold of the earth, and therefore it lives; but when the earth takes hold of it, and the tree does not return the friendly grasp, it is dead. And when it is dead the soil which once fed its life, rots it just as the atmosphere, which is our vital air while we are living, will hasten the putrifacition of our bodies as soon as our last breath is ! drawn. UMBER a great tree, close to the village, two boys found a walnut. " It belongs to me,* said Ignatius, "for 1 was the first to see it." " No, it belongs to rue-,'"cried l?enard,"for 1 was the first to pick it up," and so they began to quarrel in earnest. " 1 will settle the dispute said an older ! boy who had just come up. He placed liirn-' self between the two boys, cracking the j nut in two lie said : "The piece of shell belongs to him who 1 first saw the nut, the other piece of shell belongs to him who first picked it up ; but the kernel I keep for judgiug the case. And this," he said, as he sat down and laughed, " is the common end of most lawsuits." WIIEM a woman has ceased to be attrac tive by her simple symmetry of form, she may be fascinating by her sweet wo manhood. NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN THE SOUTH We print below an able and interesting letter from a gentleman well known in this city as an active and inllucntial life-long | Democrat. Few men are less likely to be I influenced in favor of negro suffrage by j preconceived opinions; but the change of ! sentiment produced in bis mind by a short j intercourse with Southern society is paral leled by other instances within our knowl | edge. It is clear that the initiatory steps to se cure the restoration of the seceded States I to their old relations with the Union must | and will he made, under the auspices of j their provisional Governors, by the loyal white men only—the negroes being debar ! red from the right of suffrage by the cons j titutions and laws in existence prior to se cession, which regulate the first legal move ments towards reorganization. But it nevertheless remains with Congress to pass judgment upon the reception of members from the seceded States, and if the senti i merit described by our correspondent is not essentially mollified; if it is clearly shown that the rebels have learned neither wisdom, patriotism, or the virtue of submission by the teachings of the war, and that their only object in " coming back into the Un ion" is to organize a new insidious politi cal warfare against tire perpetuity of the Republic, we apprehend it will be found as difficult for disunion Senators and Repre sentatives to regain their seats in Con gress as it was easy fbr thein to vacate those positions in 1880-61. The President clearly had no right to insist upon negro suffrage as a necessary preliminary to re organization. lie has given to the people oftJie South an opportunity to make amends ( for past errors and "crimes by the exhibi tion of a loyal spirit in future. But if gen- ' cnerosity and magnanimity are to be repaid ! only by new evidences of treachery and j treason, a remedy even for such baseness j can be applied: "MOBILE, Ala., June 21, 1H65, " I have come down to this part of the 1 country with the intention of casting my lot witli it for the future, and feel impelled j to send you a line to tell of my impressions of the people. I have been, for some six weeks, in daily contact with Southern peo ple of all political shades, and, though 1 am a poor talker, 1 am a good listener, and not ; a very bad hand at forming conclusions from a great deal of hearing. 1 came to the Gull States lull of very line theories' about tbe necessity of educating the negro before we could extend to liim tbe privilege of suffrage. He was ignorant; be was big oted; lie was prejudiced; lie could not be trusted with the privilages of a voter until he had attained a certain standard of edu cation. Well, sir, I was never farther away from the truth in my life. I I have listened by the hour to the familiar, social, unrestrained talk of Southern people; and I have been sorry to conclude, from all that 1 have heard, that the damnable here- : sy of the State-light doctrine, upon which, j with imagined evils threatened to the insti-1 tution of slavery, they based their acts ot , secession and rebellion, is as deeply rooted j in their convictions as it ever was. They ' have failed to establish the success of : their principles at the bayonet's point and , the cannon's mouth, but those principles lie , as near to the hearts # of the great mass of j them as ever, and true loyalty to the Gov- j eminent, as constituting a principle with 1 the mass ol the people at the North, is en- I t irely foreign to the breasts of the masses j in the South. The same hostility that was i openly displayed in arms exists secretly in i the breasts of the Southern people, and is i ready at any time to exert itself, no longer ' in overt acts, but in every possible pacific way to thwart the unity and the progress of the Republic. On the other hand, the negro has but one principle and one affec tion. His principle is that of devotion to the Union; his affection heart-whole for the cause that has restored him to manhood.— No doubts of the justice of the cause cross his mind. No clouds of casuists' rising ob scure his vision. Ilis instincts alone point out to him the path he is to tread as a free man, and point it out unerringly. Who so safe to trust with the ballot of a freeman as he? Can demagogues lead him estray with arts and sophistries? 1 trow not. — He may not know so much of book-learning as his paler-skinned brother, but he is less likely to be deceived in what pertains to the advancement of all members of the human family, himself included. And if you could see, as 1 have seen, the colored people of these Southern cities, sitting at their door-steps, in the moonlight, on hot evenings, teaching each other to spell and to count, regardless of the comments of those who passed by, you would not be slow in coming to the belief that even the sup posed amount of education necessary to ! enable them to vote entelligently will not be long wanting. I, for one, contrary to all my previous expectations, am fully con vinced that the only safety for the South is i in the extension of free suffrage to the ; people of all colors, and 1 mean to throw myself into the advocacy of this cause with ! all my energy. Far better is the instinct 1 that teaches loyalty to the Union than the | false education that makes States-rights | traitors. Shall wc trust the future of our ooimtn, to the instinct that inevitably leads 1 to the right, or to the educated sophistry j that inculcates what is false and ruinous ? We are by no means ready for a recon struction under the domination of defeated but unconvinced traitors. We have had a terrible war; let ns not cast away its fruits. Lot us have military government in the Southern States until ihe sentiment of true loyalty begins to be felt; or, if we must have civil governments reconstructed, let those who have every cause to love the Union not be put aside, while its interests are confided to the hands of those who have been its open enemies.— Philadelphia Pre AM English clergyman was lately depict ing before a deeply interested audience the alarming increase of intemperance, when he astonished his hearers by exclaiming: " A young woman in my neighborhood died very suddenly last Sabbath, while I was preaching the Gospel in a state of intoxica tion." OoMi'i..vvr is made of the outrages com mitted at Mount Vernon by relic hunters. 1 One of these vandals lately cut a pieca from tire bedstead on which Washington died. Another defaced a beautiful marble mantle in the dining hall by breaking off and stealing one of the carved ornaments. pei* Annum, in Advance. A BOY'S TRIALS. The Springfield Rejndtlican has a capital article on this subject. Here are some ex tracts : • THE FIRST I.OXG-TAII.ED COAT. We do not believe that any boy put on bis long-tailed coat without a sense of shame. He first twists his back half off looking at it in the glass, and then when lie steps out of doors it seems to hiin as if all creation was in a broad grin. The sun laughs in the sky ; the cows turn to look I at hiin ; there are'faces at every window ; his very shadow mocks hiin. • \\ hen he walks by the cottage where Jane lives, he dare not look up for his life. The very boards creak with consciousness of the strange spectacle, and the old pair ofpants that stop a light in the garret window nod with derision, or'if lie is obliged to pass a group of men and boys, the trial assumes its most terrific stage. His legs get mixed up with embarrassment, and the flap of the dangling appendage is felt upon them,mov ed by the wind' of hie own agitation ; lie could not feel worse were it a dish-cloth worn as a badge of disgrace. It is a hup py time for him when he gets to church and sits down with his coat tail under him ; 1 but he is still apprehensive with thinking 1 of the Sunday School, and wonders if any of the children will ask him to " swing his long-tail blue." GOING IIOMB WITH THE GLLTL.S. The entrance into society may be said to take place after boyhood has passed away, yet a multitude take the initiative before their beards arc presentable. It is a great trial, either to a tender or tough age. For an overgrown boy to go to a door, know ing there are a dozen girls inside, and to knock or ring with absolute certainty that in two minutes all their eyes will be up> make on nigger." JOSH BILLINS ON WIT You ask me to describe wit. I can't dew it well. It hasn't gut any pedigree, it is like the wind, blowuth when and where it listcth. No man can he witty when he wants to enny inure than he ken be hun gry when he wants to, it commeth to hiin as i luve dn/.. he can't tell how nor whi Wit is wisdom at play, while humor is only good nature on a frolic. Wit is like great strength, a dangerous one. There is nothing that seems tew suit a | woman's hartc so much as jewelry. Some people's brains are located in their ; beds. We are told that there wasn't enything made in vain, but 1 have thought that all i the time spent in manufacturing striped ! snakes and rnuskoeters was waisted. If there was nothing hut truth in the | world a phool wild stall just as go - ! a | chance as a wise man. Robbers come just like rain, they fail on I the just and on just. If a man is as wise as a sarpant, he can afford to he harmless as a dove. ; The best place to worship Go I—is out of doors. We are apt to hai them w.i i wit fuse ■ our advice, and despise tli-in w!i > <1 >. It is dreadful easy to he a phool—a ::i r ijan by urn.* arid not kno it. * Ellegant lezzure—chewing plug terbu j er, and spitting in a dorg's eye. Real happiness don't consist so much in what a man don't have a7. it duz in what he i don't want. Fear is the fust lesson lurnt and the last one forgotten. Nobody but a phool gets bit twice by tli same dorg. A pet lamb always makes a cross ram. Epitafls are like circus bills, there is more in the hills than is ever performed. Peace is the enamel ov the soul. Tew be healthy—eat onions and go na ked. PICTURE OK TIIK RK.I .SEA. —Hogarth was 1 once applied to by a certain nobleman to paint on his staircase a representation of the destruction of Pharoah's h >.st in the Red Sea. In attempting to fix upon the 1 price, Hogarth become disgusted with tier j miserly conduct of his patron, who was un willing to give more than half the real val ue of the picture. At last, out of all pati ence, he agreed to his terms. In two or three days the picture was ready. The n • 1 blcmau, Surprised at such expedition, im mediately called to examine it, and found the space painted all over red. "Zounds," said the purchaser, "what have you here? I ordered a scene have stood in "front of us for tin-e y< aid." EUENEZER ADAMS, the tvlel-ratcd Quaker, on visiting a lad} - frank, whom he l- u. •. six luonths after the d- at!: of hr !o:- !> i sitting on a sofa coven 1 with black •! *i . and in all the dignity of woe. ;-ppi■ • 1.-f her with great solemnity, an-! g nt!y tak ing her by the hand, tiius nr.-.-stt -I "So, friend, I see that tlu u iia>i n-o \< i forgiven God Almigiity." This a.-enai reproof had sucli an effect on the per- -n i. whom it was addressed, that she imin- 'l - ately laid aside her trappings of grief ai. I went about her necessary business avoca tions. ONE of the best proofs that "size is of no account" is the following : A talented African ->f the bout-black per i suasion, while dancing lige St. Vitus over a customers boots the other day, observed bis partner pouring wisely over a uewspa per, whereupon the following eolloqu* - . isued : Erst member of tlie firm.—"Julius, what do debbil you lookin' at dat paper for ? Wu ' can't read." "Second member. —"Go away fellah; • guess I can read. I'se big enough fui dat." First member.—" Dat ain't 'linffin. \ cow's big enough to catdi mice, but she can't do it." FASIIIONAIU.E TAI.K A lady thus address ' ed her servant in the presence <>l a lashi-m --j able party : "Mary, relieve that burning luminary - . | the superincumbent dress that bears up -n ' it." " Ma'am ?" said Mary, confused at what her mistress could mean. | "Take," said the ladv, "from that lniuiu j ous body its superincumbent weight of e->n i sunied carbon." " Ma'am," repeated Mary, i "Snuffthat candle, you hussy, you," ex claimed the lady iu haste. NUMBER!). THE CLIMAX. —A clergyman in Wisconsin, one Sunday, informed iiis hearers that In should divide his discourse into three parts, the first should he terrilde, the si cond leu--' ribte, and the third should be terribly horrf blc. Assuming a dramatic tragic attitude, he exclaimed, in a startling,agonizing tone, " What is that I see there Here a little old woman in black cried out, with a shrill treble tone,"lt's nothing but my little Hack dog ; he won't bite nobody." MEN are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say ; but. from their conduct one would suppose that they wt re born with two tongues, and on" eye; for those talk the most, who have observed the I least, and obtrude their remarks upon | everything, who have seen int > n thing. HE that openly tells his lricnds all that i he thinks of them, must txpcct that they will secretly tell his enemies inmh th.i' they do not think ot him. A noon one is told ot a Quaki r vo.untt et in a Virginia skirmish. ( onung in pretty I close quarters with a rebel, he remarked : "Friend it's unfortunate, but thee stands where Fin going to shoot, "and blazing away down come the rebel. A BRAVE man—one who isn't at raid to wear old clothes until lie is able t<> pay for new. AN inch in depth of rain is equal to 101 j tons per acre W here are your water puts <