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A. J. GERRITSON; Proprietor.}
For tlt Democrat.
A History of 00 Great•Struggie in
AmOca beiween Liberty
' anii Ilipotism;
t 4 ,Tbo,,,Rarliarnent..-• of Great Britain,"
saysitatiOroft, "allured 'by a phantom of
absoltilo authority, made war on human
freedom. If it shall succeed in establish
ing, by force of arms, its boundless au
thdrity over America, where shall human
ity- find an asylum 7 As the fleets and ar•
m les of Englamtiveat forth to consolidate
arbitrary power, 'die sound of war every
whdre else on earth died away. Kings
eat still in awe, and nations turned to
watch the issue."
Such an issue, after a century of years
has passed away, is again unfolding to the
viow of the nations of the earth ; not, in-
deed, of England again attempting to es
tablish by force of arms her absolute au
thority over the American colonies, but of
Americans "making war on human, free
dom,'•' and redneing by force of arms, not
three millions but ten millions of free born
Americans to a state of slavery.
"The bill entitled 'an act for the bet
ter regulating the government of Massa
chusetts bay,'" says Goodrich, " was a
tyrannical act, intending to subvert the
the whole Constitution and charter of
this province, and to take all share of
government out of the hands of the peo
ple, and vest it in the crown. This war
at one, limb:, undermined
. the ancient
Oonstittitron of thii colony, and leCt. thr
people no share in their own government.''
"If parliament was omnipotent," says
John Adamsjn his letters to Dr. Morse,
as a contribution to his ' Annals of the
American Revolution,' "could enact what
statutes they pleased, and employ armies
and navies .o carry them into execution,
of what use could our house of represen-
tat ives be, and what were our religion, lib
erties and properties worth ? If parlia
went is thus Omnipotent wo are undone
forever in soul, 'body and estate. They
can give us what religion they please,
what government they please, and do
what they will with our property,persons
and consciences. Resistance to the lag
extremity, at whatever risk,' most be
made. Lich man said, I will never live
to see such acts of parliament executed in
this country.'
" Standing armies in time of pence to
be placed over us! Hutchinson declared
that he had.no authority over the King's
troops—that the military had a separate
command. Good God! said the people,
is this our situation ? Is a military au
thority already erected over the civil au
thority ? or independent of it ? Is a lieu
tenant-colonel of a regiment commander
in-chief of this province ? Is the whole
civil authority of the province now to be
placed under the command of a lieuten-
ant-colonel of a British reffiment ? To
talk or think of liberty or privileges under
a military government, is as idle and ab
surd as under an eccliastical aovernment.
Not the battle of Lexington or Bunker's
Hill were more important, events in Amer
ican history than the battle in King's
street. The town of Boston ins:ituted
annual orations upon 'the danger of
standing armies in time of peace.' These
orations were read by everybody that
could read, and scarcely ever with dry
eyes. They have now been continued for
forty-five years, and I wish they could he
collected and printed in volumes fur the
rising generation."
Have pity and humanity fled from the
earth, and left no hearts to fee l
, for, and
no eyes to weep over the wrongs of the
victims of the same arbitrary power?—
And can the people not see what our an
cestors saw, that if this arbitrary power
can take away one of their rights, it can
take away ail.? That it can give them
what religion it pleases? If the bill of
Rights, which. -the South engrafted into
the Constitution," which has secured to
the people freedom of religion, freedom
of speech and of the press, their right to
be secure in their persons, houses and of
against unreasonable searches and
seizures ; their right, when accused of
crime, to a speedy and impartial trial by
an impartial jury," can be set aside in one
of ita provisions it can in, another, and
Congress can make snub an establishment
of religion as it chooses to make, and up
hold it by force of arms.
Members of Parliament declared that
"if the people of America oppose the
measures ofthe government that are now
sent," after 'the act was passed 'for bet-
ter regulatingthe government of Massa.
chusettsl3l7;" !rive will do as was done
of old in thelitne ofthe ancient Britons.
we would burn and set fire to the woods
and leave their country open."
The " loyalists"‘ of the North say, " If
the people 9f ,the South Till not submit
totheAliesninies we:have proposed, 'we
will divide the army into' three division!,
— 44 e first td do. the,killing,„the'secand
to:carry torches and tarpantine, UP burg:
dawn a ll their htioses, and thithird to
nary line and compasii, tO divide tbeii:
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James. Wilson, signer of the declaration
of Independence, who was a member of
the provincial Convention of Pennsylvan
ia in 1774 and 1775, a member of the
Continental ()Ogress, a member of the
Convention - that fraMed the Federal Con
stitution, and of 043:Pennsylvania Con
vention that adopted it. He was appoint.
ed by Presihnt Washington one of the
first Judges ofthe Supreme Court of the
United States and was one of the ablest
lawyers of his day. These facts are here
given that it„mal 'be understood from
what high aUtimrity the principles enun
ciated in the To!lowing speech, entitled
" A vindicatiOn of the American Colon-
les," emanated. It was made in the Con
vention for the province of Pennsylvania,
Jan. 1775. He commences by quoting a
passage from a speech of the king of Great
Britain to Parliament, Nov. 1774. Says
the king :
" A most daring spirit of resistance and
disobedience still prevails in Massachu
setts, and has broken forth in fresh vio
lences of a criminal nature. Tho most
proper and effelctual methods have been
taken to prevent this mischief; and the
parliament may depend upon a firm reso
lution to withstand every attempt to wea
ken or impair the supreme authority of
parlifinient over all the dominions of the
crown.
" Mr. Chairman, with the greatest de
ference Itsubmit the following resolution
to the mature consideration of this assern•
bly : That the act of the British parlia
ment for altering the charter and consti•
tution of Massachusetts Buy, and there
fore the impartial , 'administration ofjus-
tics in that colony, and .for shutting the
port of I3oston, - and for quartering sol
diers in the colony, are unconstitutional
and void ; and can'confer no authority up
on those who act under color of theta.—
That the crown cannot, by its preroga
tive, alter the charter or constitution 'of
the colony ; that all attempts to alter the I
said charter or constitution, unless by the
authority of the legislature of that col
ony,
are manifest violations of the rights
of that Colony, and illegal ; that all force
employed to carry such unjust and illegal
attempts into execution, is force withouti
authority ; that it is the right of the Brit,
ish subject to resist such force; that this
right is founded both upon the letter and
the spirit of the British Constitution.
" To prove at this time that these acts
are unconstitutional and void, is I appre
hend not necessary ; the doctrine has
been fully proved on other occasions and
has received the concurrent assent of;
British America. It rests upon plain and
indubitable truths. We do not send mem-
berg to and aro not represented in the
British parliament. We have parliaments
(it is immaterial what uatno they go by)
of our owu
"The government of Great Britain,sir,
was never an arbitrary gevernmea. Our
ancestors were never inconsiderate en
ough to trust these rights, which God
and Nature had given him, unreservedly
into the hands of their princes. The Con
stitution binds the king as much as the
meanest subject. Thu measure of his
power, and the limits beyond which he
cannot extend it, are circumscribed and
regulated by the same authority, and
with the same precision, as the measure
of the subject's 'obedience. The law is
the common standard of both. The king
cannot, by his prerogative, alter the con
stitution of Massachusetts Bay. It is con
trary to expresS law. The charter and
constitution:we speak of are confirmed by
the onlilegislative,power capable of con
firming - them, and. no other power but
that which can' ratify, can destroy. All
attempts to alter the charter or, constitu
tion of that colony, unless by the author
ity of its own legislature, are violations of
its rights, and arc illegal. If these at
' tempts are illegal, all force employed to
carry them - into execution is force em
ployed ,against law and without authori
ty. Have not British subjects, then, the
right to resist such force—force acting
without atithority—force employed con
trary to laii=ferce employed to destroy
the very existence of law and of liberty ?
They have,
sir, and this right is secured to
them both by the letter and spirit of the
British constitution. Such force, instead
of being employed to support the consti
tution and his majesty's government, is
employed for the support of oppression
and tyranny. • Our loyalty consists in
obeying our Sovereign according to law.
Let those who: would require it in any
other form know that we call the persons
who execute his commands, when contra
ry tobiw, disloyal and traitors."
The anther of the above speech helped
to frame the Constitution, 'which every
,•Republican bolding an office under the
' government of the United States has
sworn to support, That Constitution for-
Aids the carrying' out of 'the Military Re
cOostructiOn bill, and the very argument's
Whielithle American . pitriot used,sgainst
the'lieta of Parliament • which he 'voted
abet* 'are arguments 'agaitiit obeying
that titbit:tory:sot of Congress:
.He says
. l a:the - Arnett* Colonies prononuised
these SOW' anonstitntin'nal
POpgreSi,.
fare theAmme; are thar6. -
fori-iiiiotast,itillobal • 40 voice.,
Cider 'Ail lesit'Ongitiops obey
them.
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1867.
The Boys in Blue.
B,ADICAL . .LOVE FOB THE "HEAVE SOLDIEJM."
The following correspondence of the
National Intelligencor explains itself:
In a recent issue of the Intelligencer
there was a very damaging exposure of
the hypocritical love which radicals as
same to entertain for " bravo soldiers."
Quite a large number of soldiers who had
served with credit in the army—many of
them bearing honorable wounds, had been
nominated fur various offices in the State
of New York. Among them General
Curtis was eminently distinguished for
gallant services. Every one of these
" boys in blue" was rejected by the Sen
ate.
I have now occasion to call your atten
tion to a similar case of radical love for
soldiers in connection with the recent
Missouri appointments. Of the eight
nouainatione sent to the Senate tive had
beeu soldiers. Colonel John M. Glover
was one of the first men who sprang to
the call in 1861, and remained in the ser
vice throughout the war. lie was emi-
nently distinguished for bravery and de
votion to the Union. Colonel Thomas S.
Crittenden, a most meritorious officer,
was among the first to gird on the sword.
General R. C. Vaughn, an old republican
—when republicanism was dangerous in
Missouri—rendered good service. Colonel
James A. Grierson and Captain G. C.
Broadhead were also promptly in arms,
and performed good and telling services.
All of these gentlemen—old and tried
soldiers, eminently fitted for the positions
to which they are nominated—were rejec
ted by the Senate. Add to them the re
jection last spring of General Blair, the
first man in the valley of the Mississippi
who buckled on the sword, and what a
pitiful and hypocritical contrast we have
between professions and the actions of
these "boys jn blue" loving radicals !
'Perhaps " brave soldiers" is a term only
applicable to radical soldiers like Butter.
In Missouri, unfortunately, the crop of
radical soldiers was very small while the
fighting lasted, but since the suppression
of the rebellion and the inauguration of
plundering and murdering peaceable citi
zens in Missouri by the present Governor
the yield of" gallant radical heroes" has
been immense. The claims of similar
worthies elsewhere seem now, for the
first dune, to Le recognized.
A. IllissottnlAN
31EalPErls, Tenn., March.] 5, 1867
With a hope to correct the false im•
pression prevailing at the North that those
who had served in the national army
were not welcome in the south, the lead
ing citizens and lawyers of this city, irre
spective of party, requested and secured
the appointment, as United States Dis
trict Attorney, of Colonel Marland Per
king, of the ninth Illinois cavalry, with
which regiment he had served for three
years with such distinction as to merit
and receive the highest encomiums from
his commanding officers.
At tile expiration of their term of ser
vice the regiment, through the active per
sonal influence of Colonel Perkins, were
induced to rc• enlist, as veterans.
This gallant officer was promptly re
jected by the Senate, though it was known i
to the body, or the comwittee- having it
in charge that he was not appointed till
the Judge or the District courttelegraph
ed, "Court in session two weeks and no
district attorney," and though the former
district attorney wrote a letter to the
Senate urging his. confirmation, and giv
ing, among other reasons that " I think
he is a good man and a faithful officer,"
and " he was a soldier in the army of the
Union, and a true one."
The Senate were also informed by the
clerk of the court that on the docket of
the court, which was to meet in a few
days, there were over four hundred cases
in which the government was plaintiff,
and which had been prepared for trial by
Colonel Perkins, and consequently could
not be so successfully prosecuted by any
one else.
The President then appointed in his stead
Major S. L. Warren, who had aided in
recruiting the sixth Tennessee cavalry lit
erally under the enemies' guns, and serv
ed with it, through the most laborious and
dangerous scouting duty to the end of
the war, and he too, we see, was also per
emptorily re elected.
The President, also appointed Captain
Win. C. Webb,. who served with equal
distinction in the same regiment, as inter- I
nal revenue collector of the sixth district
of Tennessee, and the telegraph informs
us to day that, he too is rejected by the
Senate which has virtually taken the ap
pointing power from the President, os
tensibly for tear ho would ignore the
claims of the gallant defenders of our flag
in the days when it needed defenders.
We are at a loss to know, at this re
mote point from Washington, what class
would be acceptable to the soldier loving
Senate.
We have a few radicals or southern
loyalists in TennesSee from which, an ac
ceptable selection might be made, but no
-fort unatoly most et .teere were so identi
fied with the rebellion.tbatAbey are atm
.ble to takelbe-4mtli,;requisita to .bolding ,
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Lake Geneva.
I know net if there exists a place rich-
A er in souvenirs thart,Lake Geneva. lam
it that the lovers of - antiqUity fall in
tikcstacies over the remains of certain
old Greek or Egyptian - temples;thatsight
of the Parthenon or of the Capitol causes
great. and salutary thoughts to arise;,but
tell me if the most profound disgust, -for
humanity does not exceed: them ? The
history of the Grecian people recalls a
multitude of great actors, but what crimes
have soiled the pages I . Rome has had
her Titus and her Trojans, I know; but,.
also, how many Neros and Calligulas I
Besides, into what places must one go to
see these souvenirs of ancient, times! The
Campagna of Rome has its Pontine
marsh, and more of uncultivated than of
cultivated fields; Greece, deprived of her
flowers and forests, is covered with burn
ing sands; while Egypt, whose history is
scarcely known, has her monuments, but
not souvenirs. One will perhaps reproach
those who are attached to Lake Geneva
with being too modern; but, they at least
recall ideas of patriotism and liberty, and
these ideas have also their poetry and
their grandeur. These fields aro covered
with rich harvests; there hillocks with
vines and orchards; the villages, situated
near each other, are peopled with free and
happy citizens; the air which one breathes
here, is that w hich William Tell breathed;
these mountains are those of Helvetia,
who broke the yoke of Austria; this boat
which conveys you is itself under the pro
tection of a great name, that of Winkel
reid, who plunged the spear of the stran
ger within his side to make an. opening
into the enemy's ranks, and to give his
own a great example.
The country which you coast along is
Vaud, whose motto is "Liberty and coun--
try;" that which is before you is Geneva,
who sapped the power of Popes, andknew
how to resist all kinds of
. oppression;
happy if in these glorious annals, one oft
ener saw tolerance in action than preach
ed in words. Here are Clarens and Ve
vey, who owe their celebrity to the most
eloquent of writers, (J. J. Rousseau,)
Lausanne, whose presses. immortalized a
multitude of generous thoughts which
France 'adopted, in blaming the rigors of
which the great men who produced them
were victims. There rises Coppet, where
an illustrious family (that of Necker) be
came extinct; Diodati, where dwelt a
philhellenic poet (Lord Byron) before
going to seek in Greece a 'death, which
alone would have been sufficient for his
renown. Hero is the castle which recalls
the name of Tronchin, (a celebrated phy
sician;) and there is the one in which De
Saussere lived. What, then, is wanting
to these places to excite the most power
ful interest? Do they not present a mul
titude of contrasts, sources of thoughts
that are grave and profound? Feudal re
mains still rise far in the distance upon
this land ofliberty; witness Chillon, which
was for six years the prison of Francis
Bonnivard, the defender of Genevan lib
erty; Chateland, Nyon, and the town of
Hermance, which have successively serv
ed oppressors and the oppressed. To this
contrast drawn from monuments in ruin,
is to be added that-whicli results from the
difference in the forms ofgovernment, and
this striking contrast is neither less curi
ous nor less instructive.
What great names these famous shores
recall to memory ! How many illustrious
men have come hither to seek peace I
Necker, who, after having been minister,
bore up so worthily under his disgrace;
Voltaire, the universal genius, who was
the friend of a great King without ceas
int, to preserve his independence and his ,
liberty; John James Rousseau, who im
mortalized all the places where he was
pleased to locate his heroes, those imagin
ary beings whose calamities draw from us
such true tears; Madame do. Steel, who
wrote with all the force of thought of.,a
man of genius and all the delicacy of 'a
woman of sense; Byron, the sublime poet,
and the first of his age; Gibbon, Kern
hie, and so many others who found upon
its hospitable shores that sweet, tranquil
ity which fortune refuses to merit or to
grandeur! No, the beautiful Lake Ge
neva has nothing to envy in Lake Como,
in the shores of the Minico, in smiling Ti
voli; has it not as grand souvenirs, a na
ture more strong and vigorous, the Jura
with its rounded tops, and the Alps, whose
brow is covered with eternal snows.
—General Mansfield, Adjutant General
of Indiana, in his report to the Legisla
ture on the condition of the State militia,
says it consists at present of a major gen
eral, lieutenant general, quartermaster
general, and no privates; and he recom
mends the passage of a militia law that
will add some privates to the force.
—A crowd broke into ahonse atßlack
stone, Massachusetts, on . Friday night;
whim an alarm of fire had been giver ;
and found the man and woman wbb'ocou
pied it drank and insensible; and tr:girl
named -Catharine GerratiBead on the bod it
her bead, artag, and -body bavbs bean
bariaad to a crisp: ' —" ' '
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P'? r Z t )s; 'near: L0:4n06 "obAih
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Xerloan , Oustoms.
The Abbe Domenech, tat Grand Almo
ner of the Emperor Maximilian, has re•
cently published a book in-Germany, en
titled, ":Two- l fears in..:Mexico," which
contains the following• interesting, unite.
dotes: .-
On one occasion the Emperor called to
gether his Cabinet. On the• table was a
silver inkstand; Suddenly it vanished.
"Were is it VI said ,the Emperor. No
•
reply.
Gentlemen," said, Maxiraillian,, " - I
shall no* carefully 'dose the windows and
curtains of this room. In five minutes,
I shall 'open them again, and must End
my inkstand op the table. If it is not there. l
I wit have you all arrested."
The morn was darkened, and when at
the expiration of the five minutes, the
room became light, the missing article
was on the table.
At another time Maximilian-sat at a ta
ble which was furnished with silver knives
and forks. When the meal was at an
end, his Majesty wrapped up the plate in
a napkin, with his own hands, and ban
ded it to a German servant, to whom he
said, in French, "take.care that the Mex
ican servants do not lay their fingers on"
these things; or I shall lose them."
Again : A criminal had been sentenced
to be garroted. A priest 'accompanied
him to the scaffold, and gave to the exe
cutioner's' assistant his broad brimmed
hat to bold for a moment. After the de
linquent had kissed the crucifix, the priest
turned aroun , d, but the assistant and the
hat had vanished.
A noble, Mexican lady once told-at
court ak. the previous night some
scamps had broken into her house; bound
her to the bed . , and taken :What y.
.mone
she had. "But," said she, they_were
true caballeros, since-I asked them not to
on Iny-lap ilog, and they did not.
Yes, t h ere are.pstill 'well bred - , people in
Mexico."
Dish Wit.
At a seizure of illicit whisky ib Ireland,
all the "native'' was destroyed with-the
exception of a small h_Ottle full which was
preserved by the Apra to be used in
evidence against the _parties charged.
The day of trial at , length arrived; the
bottle was produced and.. banded to a wit
nese whose powers
,of discriminating be
tween the " parliament" and real "moun
tain dew" were 'considered unrivaled.
After the oath being duly administered,
ho was ordered by the attorbey for, the
prosecution to take the bottle, taste the
liquor, and say if what, it contained was
" poteen." The bottle was raised to his
lips, then again raised and completely
emptied of its contents, thus deatroying
all evidence against the accused, he re
marking as he laid it down "Well, your
honors, I won't swear it's poteen; but,
fair, it's a beautiful imitation."
A native of the land of poteen and po
tatoes, sojourning in a small town ip York
shire, England, was one evening enjoying
himself, with several Englishmen, over a
pot of porter. The conversation turned
upon the number of taverns in the place
that bad up the sign of the Bull. Pat
boldly asserted that there werefive, while
the Englishmen maintained there were
but four. Wagers were offered and free
ly accepted by the Hibernian, who was
called on to name the five, which he pro
ceeded to do this: " The Black Bull is
one; the Yellow Ball is two; the Red Bull
is three; tile Blue Bull is. four;" when he
stopped, scratched his head, and at length
said : "And the Dun Cow." "A boll, a
bull," shouted the Englishmen, "an,lrish
bull I" " Be gorra, thin," saps Pat, " if
she be a bull that's the fifth, and I'd thank
ye, gentlemen,to be zither banding me
the stakes."
The ImpeaCher Impeaching.
Butler "came to grief" on Thursday
last in. the House of Representatives.
The rieene was a• lively one. An anima
ted "controversy" sprung up between
him and Mr. Bingham, in which the for
mer was roughly handled. Butler exhib
ited his (Auld brutality. He infamously
suggested that "a little starvation in the
South" would do the people good, and
then twitted Mr. Bingham for having
helped to hang Mrs. Surratt, who, accor
ding to Butler, was an innocent woman.
This acknowledgment was wrnng from
him in a moment of temper and shows
how utterly debased. some of carpal:ilia
servants have become: For nearly two .
years Butler endorsed the action of that
' miliatrreonimission, and belonged to the
class of men who ' , charged " disloyalty?
upon all who thought that Mrs.-Surratt
bad been unjustly condemned. Now'
when it apparently suits his purpose -to
tell the truth, .he admits that be helped to
deceive' the nattily, orris! " States.: evi=
dencei" and:meanly opetobes m onliis old
associates. Nothing .. 4etty oc;uld-beett-'
peoted frpm autrer.• ..., _. ~ -
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VOLMIE XXIV, Wit - BM 14.
A- Porcine Joke.
A good story is told of a Mr;Sityre, of
Lexington, Ky :
Mr. Sayre liaps a little; and a good joke
is told on hint, the bettet for itiftruth.‘
Some years since .an overseer Of Cilte ofbitg;
farms told him be needed some hogs,vx •
his place. Said Mr. Sayre :
" 'Very well, go . and .bny four oT five
thouth and pigs right misty. and put theca.
on the farm."
The man, accustomed to obey, atid that
without questioning, naked
"Shall I. take ;he money •with me. to
purchase with ?"
"No thin 1 They alt know me. Tbend
them here—PH pay for them, orgive you
the money to pay when you get them.
The overseer went his way and, in two
weeks returned, when the following con
versation took place : •
" Well, Mr. Sayre, I ehn't get'that me
ny pigs. I have ridden all over the eoun- '
try, all about; and can buy 'but betwees.-
eight and nine hundred.
"Eight or nine hundred what ?" _ .
"Eight or nine hundred pigs?"
" Eight or nine - hundred pigth I Who
told you. to buy that many pigth i Are
`you a foul 1"
. 'You tolci_me to_bay them two weeks
since. 1. have tried to do it." - '
"Eight or nine hand red pigth I My God
I never'told any thutel thing I"
" But you did—yoa told me to go oat
and buy 4 or 4,000 pigs I"
"I didn't do_no tbutch thing My
Goa ! rtold yon to
~ ga and buy four or
five thesis and their little pigs, and you
have done it I thoold they.'
IVA Sayre had t Kirk to sell next fall.
relatps the fol
.
itlrappenedtliat snmle driver was ea
-:aged.;la leading -au unruly mule -for s
short distance, which-job proved as much
asile to do, aod.gave full em—
plOynietit'to "both of his hands. - 16310
was thus .engaged;, - n — newly appointed
brigadier rode bftleat.him, in all dee con
sequential radiance of hia starlight, when
tbe mule driver hailed him as follows :
"'I say; I wish Would send aeon*
of men down hero to help me Menage this
mule." •
" Do yon know what I am, air ?" ,
"Yee," was the reply, " yen are Cies
oral—, I believe." •
"Theq Why ! IQ. you not. "elate erg be.
fore addressing, me ?" inquired the briga
dier. - ' - '
"14willrieplied the .worthy 31. D.. "if
yoh Will get t•ff and hold the mule."
The brigadier retired in good-order.
• —The First Texas (Federal) cavalry
formed apart of the force under General
Davidson in his raid to Pascagoula from
Baton Rouge. Several orders had been
issued against stragging and foraging.
One night, after a hard day's ; march, Co
lonel Haynes and Major Hutt, of the first
Texas, bad just got comfortably to .bed
when a big bog set np a most unearthly
squeal in the neighborhood of the camp.
The Colonel immediately began to rouse
an orderly to
. wend for the officer - of the
day, 'when the Major, opening his eyes,
, yawned out :
"Lie down, Colonel, that's none of 'our
men."
" - How do you know thatrenone of ow
men?"
" Well, Colonel, I have campaigned a
heap more ,with this regiment than you,
and I have found out that when the first
Texas strikes a hog it never' Weals but
once."
That was entirely satisfactory, and. the
Colonol slop; calmly.
When ihermimicipal election at George
town, D. C,, was about to come off, Rich•
ards, the, Radical superintendent of po•
lice, issued' a long wring of orders to hie
police, among which appears the follow
ing :
"No taunts, jests, or months will 'be
tolerated for a moment towards any voter,
and persons guilty of such conduct !unlit
be immediately arrested." -
" White trash" will
.please take notice
that henceforward making "mouths" at
darkies isa punishable offence; and that a .
joke cracked at the expense of Coffee's
dignity as.a voter will be promptly paw
ished. The world- moves. Kelly's
" coming man" is coming—walk raver.
ently in his pitsencb—don't laugh—make
no " montba.!P
A New Crime.
—Sliggiris saw, a no te lyipt; on„ the
groom"; but knew that It was oonriter•
felt, and walked on without,pioking it;up.
Se told' Sinithers, the owl, wh l r k th e ,
tor said, " Do
yo ,you
have =matteda verb ,
,offantio ?!'
" What have Td/eio,11 1 ; "Torkhave
pariedt countaTfhiteblinko#,,;ltialok,
Bud,- _
..Thefonr raleslor. makings, foitunep
io&nft:ttarinabr:a milliounire
litew Orleans, who died some iyeari
- toreEelt , 112;fr liter:poor/ thei
leguilotoin..:4. - Aelr God
't :smile upon _your-affons,--
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