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I II I III I I I I I I I " " ' " " I I I ' I I I I
MODERN" DEFINITIONS.
Hard times Sitting on a cold grind
stone and Heading the President's Mes
sage. Love A little world within it el f. in
timately connected with shovel and tongs.
Progress of time A peddlar going
thro' the land with wooden clocks.
Politician A feilow that culls all his
knowledge from borrowed newspapers.
lligid Ju-tice Juror on a murder case
fast asleep.
Fricui One who takes jour
and tbeu turns vou out. of door.
money
Patriot A man who has neither mon
ey nor reputation to lose.
Honesty Obsolete; a tortr. formerly
used in the case of a man who paid for
bi-i newspaper and the coat on his bock.
Independence Owing fifty thousand
dollars which you never intend to pay.
Lovely Women An article manufac
tured by milliners
"Who wants but little here below,
And wants that little for a show."
Dandy A thing in pantaloons with a
body and two arms a head without
brain ti;ht boots a cane a white
handkerchief two brooches and a riug
on his little finder.
Coquette A joans lady with more
beauty than sense more accomplish-ment-i
than learning; more charms of per
sons than grace-- of mind more admi
rers than friends irorc fools than wise
men for attendant'.
Credit A wise provi'on iy which con
stables get a living.
JJeoovolence To take a dollar out of
one pocket and put it into the other.
What he Died of.
We overheard once the following dia
logue between an alderman and au Irih
shoplifter:
"What's gone of your husband, wo
man?" "Wat's gone of him, yer honor? Faith
sir bo's gone dead.''
"Ah, pray what did he die of?'
"Die, yer honor, he died of a Friday."
' I don't mean what day of the week
but what complaint?"
"Oh! what complaint your honor; faith
an' it's himself that did'ut get time to
complain."
"Ob, he died suddenly."
'llather that way jer honor."
"Did be fall in a fit!" No answer.
"He fell down in a fit perhaps-?"
J,A fit, ver honor! vhy no, not exactly
that. He fell out of a window, or through
3 cellar door I dont know what they
call it."
"Ay, aud broke his neck."
"No.jjot quite that, yer honor."
"What then?"
"There was a bit o' stiing or that
like, and it throttled poor Mike."
Contempt of Court.
The other day a younz lawyer of one
of the Webtern counties was employed to
prosecute a man indicted for larceny be- i
fore a committing court composed of three j
magistrates. On hearing the teftimouy ,
they refused to commit the prisoner to
jail. Our lawyer, whose name McKay,
concluded to take reveuge on the icagis- ,
tretes. He accordingly began tbe at-
tack.
"I wish your Honor would fin: me five j
dollons for'the contempt of Court," he
caid.
"Why, Mr. McKay!" j
"Bccau?e I feci a very decided con- '
tempt for tbe Court
"Your contempt for the Court is not
more decided than tbe Court's contempt
for you," was the response of oue of tbe
magistrates.
This was a Ftinging retort, and Msc
Telt it; but another worshipful member of
the Court a dry, hard-looking old blactc
mil UUWlliautUM iuuvj uui.iuu "
fiuishcd
..nd mmr.li.telv demolifhed tbe
young lawyer: ' them. A soldier at his ide asked him ! thing, they are the first chaps who go tojpcnly. Through the friendship of a young
"We mbt Goe you," be said, "but we what g00d be thought ho did, when he j the grocery stores in the morning. It is j man named Powers, who bad been boar
rn'f tnnJ'hirrh oneof usvou'd want olinlai considered that an insult, all moonshine about tho Biuartest aud ! ding with me, I purchased some current
.vu w uun - - v
to borrow tho money irom io pay ti
the money from to pay it
with
The bugh was against Mac. Ho was
a notorious borrower when he oould find
a lender. He has never jested witn tne
Court eiuce the rebuke.
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breaking up an Establishment.
A man had migrated from church to
church breaking up each as bo passed.- having called upon Dr. Spoflord for ad
i u i.. r.--.i i,imilf in thfi Pr... vice, declaring her ailment to be pain in
bvterian church, wbere be was making tbe bowels, the Doctor gave her a cathar
g?eat progress. The preacher, in .treat tic, and requeuing her to call again in a
distress, said to one of bis elders: "What
shall we do with him!" "Oh?" replied
the elder, 4,I have been praying tbe Lord
to Bend him to hell." "Obi brother,
what do you mean?" "Mean what I say;
I hope ho will get to hell; he would do
good there; he would break up the estab
lishment in six weeks."
Northern Pluck in California.
An incident occurred in the United
State Marshall office at San Francisco,
which is too good to be Io-t. It is told
on good authority, and is, doubtless, sub
stantially correct.
It is well known that there are Feveral
small models of ships in the Marshal's of
Gee, which have been ornamented with
little secession flags about half the size
of ono's hand. They are made of paper,
'and colored with red and blue ink. Ono
on the masthead of the largest ship boars
the name of Jeff. Davis, and tho others
arc ordiuary three utriped rags, recently
adopted as the ensigns of the Southern
Slave Confederacy. On account of this
display of these flags, the only publio
place in the city, we believe, the Marsh
al's ofBce is a privileged quarter for Se
cessionists, nothing is moro common
than to hear sceosion talk there. This
has been particularly the case since the
news of the breaking out of the war has
come on.
The story goes, that yesterday, while
several gentlemen were fetting in 'the
".hal's office attending to business, a
big .-trapping follow, all the way from
louu u a revolver piping
, n ): i .
out irom uuaer tils coat-tail, strode into
the place, with the air of a Tarquin, and
exclaimed:
"Well, at last, thank GodI we've got
these d d nutmeg selling,
mackerel catching, cod livered Yankee
sons of to come to taw. That's
jut what I've been wanting this many a
day, the nigger thieving, psalm-singing
abolitionists! We'll skin'om out of their
boon."
The braggart had scarcely finished his
tirade, when ooe of the gentlemen, Cap
tain , of the ship , who was
observed to be getting nervou?, suddenly
jumped up, and taking his place in front
of the fellow, and shaking his fist?, re-
plied:
''2row, bir, I don't know you, and -I
don't want to know jou; but I tuppo.-e
3 on designate me as one of tho.-e nutmeg
el!ing ia ackerel-catcbinc cod-livered
Yaukee aon
of
I am captain
of the ship
dtr.-tand that I
. anu 1 wane you io un-
will not allow any man
jr . .
to use such language re-pecting me and
my people in my precnce. And if you
don't recant, I'll whip you here and now.
I -ee your pistol, but 1 don t care for it.
You have iusultcd me tir, and you shall
au-.Ter for it "
The boa-ter, seeing the captain's de
termined bearing, and finding that he was
in downright earnet-t-, replied by saving
that bis remarks were general in their ua
ture aud not by any means iutenued to
apply to auy particular person. , Noth
ing was further from hi i purpose than to
insult any person present, and particular
ly a Granger.
To thn the irate captain retorted:
"The language, sir, is an insult to the A
tLerican name, aud I for one will not
taud it from auy living man. No one
but a traitor and a coward can talk in
that way. Retrart it! retract it!" and
with this he commenced advancing upon
the SfCSsiouict. who began weakening
in the knees, and finally wilted, while
Tarpaulin reked the traitors fore and aft
without mercy. Sacramento Bee.
To be Continued.
i
Juleps are in t-oason and so is tbe sto- :
ry of the broad-backed Kentuckian who ' Didn't Want his Custom,
v.ect down to New Orleans for the first ; A cute villager who was bard up, en
time. Whii-ky, brandy, and plain drinks tered the grocery of a good natured Ger
bc knew, but a-i to the compound flavored man, and called for some crackers, after
liquors he was a know-nothing. Repos- receiving which he entered into convorsa
in,r on the seats of the bar room of the tion with some others in the room; protty
St. Charles, be observed a crowd of fash- soou he remarked to the proprietor that
ionable drinking mint juleps. he thought ho would not take crackers
"Boy," said he, "briDg me a glass of but would take some beer instead and
that beverage." ' returning them, drank the beer and was a-
Wben be consumed the cooling draught bout to leave when the Dutchman called
he called the boy again. ' out:
"Boy, what was my last remark?" ) "Iley, you sir, you no pay me for do
"Why you ordered a julep." ! pier."
"TbatV right; don't forget it; keep on j "Why, yes I did, I gave you the
brinirinir 'cm." crackers for the beer."
03"A New York chaplain, cut a figure j
in the fight at Great Bethel. He " went ;
into thefield to encourage thc men, and ,
taije care ol the wounded, when one of
the secessionists blazed away at bim. It
r
astoniibed bim, and he thought it mu-t
be a mistake, when another ball came
blowing through his cap, about an inch
and a half above his head. That made
him mad: be did not come there to be
nielrnri ont for a tarstt. and so he up with
IIUUUU UUL lUi a Itfl uuu .-vuv up .111.1
ui .iiw,i ann" nd rmnned awav at
-" 1 - '
. . 1
anQ- t0ia tue soiaier u ne uia uoi rumuie
- a I 1 . a
and told tbe soldier if be did uot tumble
the next man down uo would report nim
for wasting ammunition. Tbe soldier
jet driVe, when one of the rebels threw
his arms into the air and disappeared. be
hind tbe breastworks.
A Good Story.
A servant girl iu Newburyport, Mass.
fw rl-vs. which she Oja. tie aKeu uer
if she-bad taken the medicine he gave"
her; she replied in the affirmative. He
then a.ked her, did "anything pass you
after taking HP "Yes, sir," said she.
"a horse and wagon and a drove of pigs.
The Doctor coalap.ed, reuiark'iDg, "I
j think you must be better'
STROUDSBURG, MONROE
A Iffewsing- Catastrohhe. A Brace of
free Lovers Punished.
The HaddoueeldrEnfi)I&awcr tells
. uub-J amf'er
a good story and vouches
lor its
truth
iruiu.
lo men near town in
the employ
... i
mt I rl(l n nnm rnr w ( rl C . 1 .
in n ontp,,'a f.mii; 4. " .. ; s m"e' 18 l Hi
giv-
iraled with tit him frnm ti! u' a l - WD WOrd8' as DCarl 39 P08Sblo
Mch vT t l9aDother amplification of the bar -
eft the m ?er"P?ala a'J bansm of slavery : j
thom and tho irnnnmli Ai i Z had beeo doing a beavy wholesale
ice to it lYvSm l n aB1PleJu3; ,and-etal1 Proio business in the cityf
that two years and was
ried me and it Jot tn th bolhf "af' 1 6ett!ne along with the inhabitants very
lad Hover Th 1 1 ""j the,r;Sffi:t Ull,il a little ""'ce trans-
may lovirs. ibe latter were of courae rnred ns fni l k;i, ;r,,; u i. -
indi.mnnt t.nA aa o ;foki .-u .-
SpAp - rctr,b'on
for the impoMfon pract.ced upon them
obtained two young cats which the? made
, . . . , . - . -
n .1 uV V ... , juiingeisc, adopted a conservative view so-
Un the night of tho next visit from ,J 0f matters. I was a strong Bell and Ev- I I locked up my store and house, the
their unsuspecting admirers, a piece of erett man, and when the State Conven- ' one completely furnished from top to hot
the pie was cut as though it had come ; was in .session T mnn(ij .Q i tnm 5.
Irnm th Biin nor fnhln nnA iKn
rr... -"".v., iui; (.wu .-m,
down with a been relish, and satisfied i
he eravinw of their hunger When
j they had finUhod their repast, tbey were
asked bow they eniovad their sunner.
: . j i , ..
, x aia one; -capital, saia tne,
uiuui. i uen run uome, was tne reply,
.i 1. mi 1 n .. ,1
ana tell your wives you have had your
supper of cat pie! Jo conviuoe them
of tho reality of the trick that had been
played upon them, one or two of the paws
ol the deceased felines were produced and
exhibited. As tho despicable husbands
made their ignominious retreat, they were
met by a number of younn men who bad
been let into tho secret, with such a cho
rus of mewing as fairly put them to
night. JNews of the affair got abroad,
aud whenever tho two men showed thei
faces, they were met with ceaseless cries
of '"mew, mew, mew," aud they were
compelled to leave the place,
.
Artemus Ward on Secession.
The great showman has come out elo
quently for tho Union. We quote the
conclusion of his recent speech on the
subject of secession:
"I sav to the South, don't sesesh! I sav
J
t0 tnc gallant people of that sunny laud,
;c3 lock up a few hundred of them tear-
in, and roariu' fellers of yourn in some
fctrboii boxes, and send 'em over to Mexi-
CO.
Feller sitterzens I am in the Sheer
and Yaller leef. I shall peg out one ot
these da?e. But while I do stop beer, I
shall rtay in the Union. I know not
what the Scpervizers of Baldinsvill may
konkludr to do, but for one I shall stand
by the Stares and Stripei. Under no
sirkumsitance whatuacver. will I sesesh.
Let every State in the Uuion seseh, and
let the Palmetter flas fioto thicker nor
shuts on Squire Baker's close-line, and
still thar I'll i-tand, and btiek onto the
good flag nf the Stares and Stripes.
Tbe couutry may go to the devil, but
I won't. And next Summer, when I
start out on my caajpaue with my show,
wherever I pitch my little tent, you shall
se a floating proudly from the center pole
thereof, the Amerikan flag, with nary a
stare wiped out, nary a stripe lesser, but
tho same old flag that allers flotid thar
and tbe price of admission will be the
same it allers was 15 cents one eyed
men and wimmin and children baif
price,"
"&"
but you no pay me ior ue orncKcrs
The simple minded Dutchman, after
vainly trying to cypher out how he wan
a loser in the transaction, at length ex
claimed:
"Veil, it may bees as it ish all right,
but I don't vant any more of your gus
to to.
figyOne of our contemporaries dispo
se?' of the virtue of early rising as tol-
lows: "We watched those fellows who
. are the earlv risers, and as a general
iuitsi . VUVU . uwuu. w..w. .
j greatest men being cawy risers. It might'
i . ..!.! ..... ninn I"T -
havo been so in old times,Dut now a days
Un con n nl.nn mnvinir nhoiit vers
""V" j " " r n j
earlv. vou may be certain that he is alter
a drink."
rrPTbe tolls on the New York oanals
during tho last week in June amounted ed me that it would be necessary, in ac
to $123,275 an iucreaso over tbe cor- cordanco with a recent requisition from
responding week in i860 of 15,478. Montgomery, for mo to enlist. I saw
The amount of tolls received from tho that it would not do to hesitate an instant,
opening of navigation till the first of July and therefore manifested great readiness val thoro we found that ; traUorg. Seeret Unioa 60cictic3
was S997,0l3-an excess over the re- and eagerness to join. I was told I could j of he Confederate Army and fa n thro hoQt the Weatarn aectron and a0
ceipts lat year to the same date of S212,- have my choice between infantry and cav- nod tbe town of everything worth Having mftpA nnon . , . nrn-
. - i j iL . t t f e,;nrAa t. f rnvt.sions. so mere wua Q -t-" r--
lbu.
havTarrivod in this country during tho
I v ar. un to June Z'u 43.637-
e . " CV, r .i.
a decrease o, a iux irom iu m.
the same date last year.
COUNTY, PA. JULY ,18
m. ECE J02, klPK
I flrt Tlllhnniin T.n.. 7l -7-. rrt-
1 0'7 AP- K J 7J imCS
gtvos the following statement from a een.
tl , . . , , .
woman who has just made his escape from
ui.uwau UUUICUC11I
-rv
, : vuu.ut.auj. xie is uauvo
,r . iuwhcu tuu pupuiauu
0Kam,t mo. I had taken more or less
interest in political affairs while I lived
1 thnro nnd r
I 1 "juu uum punuy a.a uuy-
.10.. 1
ine oiate electors.
As it was known that I came from Du-
buque, soae of my political constituents
' wrote to the latter city for information as
Ifn mu nnfpr.n.?ntu ti, i .j
t j " uu-
dressed to one of the nrominent law firms
of Dubuoue. and for snm i,n,m.nnKI
. 1 "
1
- rea - on answered in such a manner as to
direct the deepest indignation of tho com-
munity where I lived, towards me. They
were iuformed that I was a loud-mouthed
Abolitionist, and bad stumped the State
of Iowa for Fremont. Within a short
time of the reoipt of that letter my house
was surrounded by an infuriated mob,
eager to wreak a blind vengeance on me.
I appealed to the Major, who was a warm
personal friend of mine, for protection.
He responded by oalling out tbe entire
police force to disperse tho rabble.
Myself and son in law stood all that
night at the head of the first flight of
stairs, in my bouse, with fire-arms and
axes, resolved to sell our lifes as dearly
a9 possible, should tbe miscreants break
in. My bravo wife knew no fear, and
would not leave my side, although I en
treated her to do so. She seemed nerved
to desperation by our common danger,
and readjf to fa3e and sacrifice her life,
if necesary in defence of our home
Tho people were pacified at last when
they found us too resolute to be imposed
;atiGed them apparently that I did not and 6aw tbe tar still adhering to his brow,' witDesd by several hundred persons who
initrtain principles repugnant to their ' whnrn hn hnd hnn nnnMo tn mmnnn t ! were highly amused at the operation."
entertain principles repugnant
peculiar views, and convinced them that
the information they had recoived was a
tissue of falsehoods, yet there over after
lurked among them a suspicion of my loyal
ty to tbe South. Thus we lived through tho
wiuicr, mo cuiuiuumiy uauy oecomiug
more excited and bitter asrainst those
who did not coincide to tbe letter with
tbe damnable opinions that then ruled
tbe hour.
In illustration of this I will only cite
oue lntanct?. A party ot merchants were
discussing the impending crisis one after-j
noon in a store not far from mime, when
one of mv neighbors made the following re-
mark: (jentlemen, we mut be careful and
not underrate tbe strength of the enemy.'
1 bat same night a committee called on
mm, and asKeu him if he bad made such
a remark, when he replied "Yes. I do, pecting every moment I would be discov
uot see tbe harm in it. It is one of tho ered by some unlucky friend. It is well
first les3ous in the military strategy not for him and me be did not, for that mo
to underrate the power of the foe." His ment would have been a signal for bis
explanation availed him nothing; he was
seized aud one side of his bead and face
shaved clean of the hair and whiskers.
Then the newly shaved portions were
daubed witb tar and feathers. Ho then
received forty laches and was given to
undestand tbat he had twelve hours to
make himself scarce.
This was not an issolated instance.
Deeds of violence were of daily occurence,
and many times they resulted in tho
doatb of the victims. With such a state
of society boiling around mc, I naturally
felt anxious to remove my family boyond
all, cbauco of injury. Finally, when tbey
had for some time bceu drafting troops
from the city for Jeff. Davis' army I for-
saw the time when I would be called on,
and determined to remove my wilo and
children to the North. I started off with
them and sent them forward, while I re
turned to Augusta toclose up my business.
I continued in my trade there for a
short time, endeavoring to convert my
property into funds that would bo current
in Iowa. I daro not purchase gold at
tbe bank myself, for fear of attracting tho
attention of tbe Vigilance Committee. No
, n
one was allowed to leave ttio country o-
runus, pernaps auu or zw . no was a
peuiur uum vmu, wuu uau ucuu
selling a work entitled "Cotton is King,"
, , v , . , . , . i ,
! add it was through his friendship
and
Ono afternoon, an Orderly Sergeant
came iuto my counting-room and inform
airy, auu mat X muat iucci iuj iiiuuua
that niht at the armory. I chose to join
1 J il-.. T n.nf r.m Fr',nr,Aa
was on hand to enrol my name. I was
very salons, apparently, in my wishes to
. u, u AV,ni;;rtnict nnA k cbiiifniitr
r j v
'guarding my BPeecb,led my coinradcP to
1861.
think I was the best Secessionists of them Jtbe inducements were sosinallfor buvinz
. li mi - . ...... .1 . Jo
, oorgeant presented mo with a
splendid Colt Naw rncnl.or tvhJoh hA
j " " -w" "
teen stolen from tho United States. I re
4UC31UU una to ioaa it ior me, as l was
Sl- J"0'0 uto charges ore alill io tbo oiomli.
barrels, and so help me, they shall never; Just before the trin rs io start an
be fired off until they are discharged into old man arose and made this remark
the body of the Sergeant who loaded it. .-Gentlemen, I don't knon bo you all
I got away from the armory, and bur-' feel, but I thank God, I an on fee .oil
ncd homo where 1 found Powers making once more." Obi you should havs beard
preparations to go North by tho next the shout that went op. Every man of
Wain, which left at half past ten that had been flecivg from Southern traitors,
night. I told him that I must get away ! and dare not avow it to cse'u other. We
from Angusta that night at any cost. I : all got out of the ea aeain upon tho
i :..t. li.xf. - , r . r.
oi'-u lutaau wy carpet sacs on
feoard the train, and if I did not call for
it in a certian time, to send it to my fam-
:u :.. t..k tt u Ju j.
, j u jluuuuuu. lxv duiu uu woutu UO'
' - . . . e
000 worth of goods, whioh I was obliged
fo leave behind to fall into the hands of
the rebels.
I then repaired to tho depot nearly an
uuur ueiore mo time ior toe acDartare ot
' th train ,nA a,,r,01l m,u I...
.. uw-m uvuvi ui f a v 1 1 u UUv I bi4u
r,o l-. .
' ed the wheels, ftra.ninrr m ni,fnl ;n mn
baud, and resolving to shoot the first man
who should discover me, I waited for e
vents. Soon afte.r I gained this position
the Vigilance Committee camo into the
depot. They were a party of men ap
pointed to see that no Northern men wont
away on the train, and to exercise a gen
eral surveilancc over all suspicious char
acters. If tbey discovered a Northern
man ho was taken out, whipped and other
wise maltreated usually shot: sol knew
what my fate would be. if I was detected.
As the.hour for starting drew near, mvl"
Bu-pcnso was agoniziog in tbe extreme.
Finally a little incident occurred which
probab!y,Jihtured my salvation from their
clutches. The committee went through
the cars after the passengers were Beated
and closely questioning and scrutinizing
every individual. In one car they found
an old man who answered to the descrip
tion of a man who had been tarred and
feathered and shipped off. Appended to;
; the despatch describing him, was the
J christian injunction, "if you catch him
give him hell."
One of thfl rnffian Uffpd bis trmv Wt-J
where ho had been nnahlfl tn remo it.,
He fairly yelled with delight, "Here's tho!0'5'0 fcluok aV7a? from thc neighborhood,
old devil. We've got him I" etc., etc. ,ooklDe as mean 08 a nhcap-stcaling our.
They howeled and then dragged him from
the car to the platform outside, although
" DC
they did not know of anything he had
done amiss.
i nnt.ar. " t,n nA mnn oD
nectfullv. "I am an old man. and do not
jjnow j ever did any man wrong.
1 a 1 1 T d- tt, r;;i,TQ nf aMr,-.
home to my family. I beg you will re-
lease me.
They laughed his entreaties to scorn,
and boro him away in the dark, screach-
ing and yelling like demons, doubtless to
torture him with scourges, and perhaps
to murder him as they hove so many be-
fore him. During all this time I lay with-
in a dozen teet or some ot tbe party ex-
death. 1 would have shot as many as l
could and died dearly.
At last the train mosed out of the do'
pot slowly around a curve, and when it
was out of tho range of tbe depot lamps
I dropped from my perch and clambered
upon the rear oar. Going into the car I
'sat down in tbe darkest corner, and drew
my hat over my face in order to escape
recognition. Uy feigning sleep 1 escaped
tbe attention and remarks of my towns
men, many of whom were on board of the
train, until morning, when wo reached
Atlanta,
Augusta
some two hundred miles from
. i
If I oould get beyond there I j
, knew I was comparatively 6afe,.as there
was no telrgraph betwoen that place and
Chatanooga, though there was oco from
j Augusta to Atlauta.
It was davligbt when we left Atlanta,
so that further concealment was impossi
ble. My fellow passengers expressed
considerable surprise at secng me, and
wero anxious to know where I was going.
I informed them that I was going to Cha
tanooga, as ut-ual, to purohas a large
quantity of bacon, in which I was dealing
extensively. Men of my acquaintance,
whom I knew to.be in the same business,
wero also going after bacon, beef, pork,
flour, and grain, and such other provis
ions as we were forcod to purchase in tbo'neaded by music, paised between double
more Northern States
Wo all talked secession .loudly; and
cookados and invoked destructionqaare to receive the welaomo dough-
woro
upon the Federal Gorernment, and none!1009
were more violent m tbe discussion
than
I. It was my only alternative.
fleeing for life and the merest hair might
I was
turn race against me. U hen we arrived at
Chatanooga, we found tho markets almost
os high a, at Augusta, so we concluded to
& "it n i.rS.
rrn nn nfl iJir a nsnv m. u uu i --
!n il.n f nrnUl.slODS. 80 lOerO
; iu tuo nuj f "
nothing left for us but to go on as far as
nip. where wo oould obtain an un
limited supply at reasonable rates.
There wero five cars of us all going or
nrnvia ons. At last we lanuou in jjonis-
j ville, and found to our disappointment (I)
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tiiore we ouiy alternative lsft was to go
t tl,A arent Wntnin ua n:.:-.:
rs " " ucuu , vjiul'i tiaan,
- ,' and buy what we wanted. Wo al! went
across tne nvor into Indiana, and srarv
, piuuorm ana inero reires-nco our juroata
.for once with three loud cheers for FitEE-
DOM.
General Scott's Prudence' Sustained by
History. . -
Battles have ever been the last resource
of good generals. A situation where
ohanoo and accident often balEeand oser-
'come the most prudential and tho most
j able arrangements, and v? hero aoperiori-
tv of nurbora by no mean's ensures euo-
i u'ai,i " ruuu uo ' euiereu iaio wun
vjbs, ia ruuu no 10 nuvur emereu iaio wiin
out a clear necessity for so doing Tho
fifrht.inr? n htil
I is near, or from having no ether formed
P'aa of ooce, is not the way of noking
war. JJarius lost bia crown oni hfo bv
it. Harold, of England, did the same;
and Francis tho I , at Pavia, lost tbe baS
tie and bis liberty. King John, of France,
fought tho battle of Poictiera, though ru
in attended bis enemy if he had notfought.
The King of Prussia losthia country, and
the reputation which Prussia acquired
from Frederick II., by the battle ot Jena.
A skillful general will iive battle when
his army and situation eausot be worse,
defeated, than if he does not Gsht
at
be
ja aD( when the advantages may
great and tho loss little.
Received a Kicking.
On Saturday night, a tall condescrip
tal specimen of humanity entersd Monu
ment bquare as the band attached to Col.
Ljles Itoijiment was playing tbe "Star-
'Spangled Banner." After the tnne had
been played, or hero began hissins and
called for "Dixie." A soldier etandinz
.near, handed his gun to a comrade, andr
approaching the JJixieitc, gave him an
excellent kicking. The operation was
t were uigniy amused at the operation.
' -"'""" wyp.
A Horrible Negro Insurrection was
discovered and frustrated by tho activity
of the Vigilance Committee of False Point,
parish ol St. Martin, La., on the 22d ult.
Tho whites were to bo ma-sacred, tho wo
men violated, and the houses burnt; tbe in
surgents were to increase their band as
they advanced. The negroes were led by
an unknown white man; he was hanged to
the first tree, after ample proof of his guilt,
and six of his black accomplices shared
tbe same fate; cloven other negroes wero
sent to the Penitentiary, and tbe others
returned to their roasters, after a severe
correction.
A little girl five years old, who has &
brother in one of the Troy regiments, was
told she ought to remember her brother
in her prayers on going to bed at night ;
but nothing further was suggested. The
next night on retiring, the little one in
her prayers said.: "Oh! Lord, let broth
er Jo sboot the others but donjt let the
others shoot Jo." A deal of human na
ture, as well as patriotism in that prayer.
The present war is frequently said to
bo a war for a 'Government a war to
show to tho world that we have a Govern
ment. This is but a partial expression
of tho right and duty of the Fight. It it
name auriace oniy oi ioe iruio. a no
7 .i a i a. t riii
war tbat the United States Government ia
waging, is a war lor tnc rigbts, tne prop
erty and tho- frahcises of many millions
of its citizens. It is a war for the direct
rights of twelve millions, as against the
direct usurpation of three millions. It is
not for honor merely, not for barren right9,
but for vital and icdefcasiblo rights, that
can only bo parted with when inexorable
fate extinguishes a Nation, and its wreck
is swept away with tbe debris of things
that were.
The ladios of Augusta., Me, one day
last week distributed over fifty bushels of
doughnuts to the Third Volunteer liegi-
tnent of Maine. A proccfioa of ladjes
lines of troops, who presented anas and
wore afterwards drawn up in hollow
jgay-A movement, which has much cha-
factcr and Mrengtb, is on foot to organ-
, , . . , ' ,
It" strongly .upported hy tbe united
German press in that section. The Union
feeling is raDidlv inoreftSinir. and hae aU
o . - .
ceeaings.
ftTHe who thinks !fc
0 hers is mistaken and b, ho thinks
otiiers can uo wunoui nim
niaUktp.
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