r E.TOl'qEFFERSONlAMl' . -. : r-rz ; " " , . jGDcurjicfc ta toliti;0, literature Agriculture, ffrinitf, iHoraiitiJ, auir eueral Intelligence, VOL.&. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. NOVEMBER 17, 1864. NO. m a . Published by Theedtre Schoch. i TKRMSTwodoUnrsa year in advance and if no' b.id bet?re IWt end o. me yew, v " No !j2ief dicoUnued until all arreaiages are paid. Except at me opuun - nAd-ertisements of one square of (eight lines) or lew onor three insertions $1 50. Earn additional thMrtUn, 50 cents. Longer ones in propoition. JOB PRINTING, OF AXL KINDS, ixeeatcd in the highest ttyle of the Arl.andonthe ' most reasonable terms. A: Man wh Voted for Washington Votes fir Lincoln. As this is almost certainly the only in stance in which a voter for George Wash ington will again Tote at a Presidetial e- lection, we print the following interesting accoant fro Republican. The Springfield (lasa.) To the Editor of the Republican : Deacon John Phillips, of this town, who, is one hundred and four years, four months t a visit to the Kearsage during the day, and nine days old, appeared at thc town !nd by the kind courtesy of her officers, hall and deposited hii ballot for Presiden- Paymaster J A. Smith being especially tial electors and State officers. He was obliging, was euabled to obtain a detailed brought in a carriage, and then conveyed account of the singular affair in the bay into the hall in a chair supported by a,ofBahai, comprising all the particulars phttoon of soldiers, and received by "the , which are accessible to the public. , citizens of the'town rising from theirseats The confederate war-steamer Florida with uncovered heads, atuid the tears and -arrired at Bahia, Bay of San Salvador, heartfelt eraotiont of all present. After j Brazil, October 5th, having captured and m.mant tlio ronomMfl tm. triot expressed a desire to shake n hauds with all the returned soldiers. Sonic thirteen soldiers then formed in line, when each one was introduced to the i patriarch, and took him by the hand, with the announcement of the time each had aerved in thc army. The last soldier in troduced, 31r. Kitig, an Irishman, said he had served the country three years, and had enlisted for three years more, and if that was not Ions: enough to subdue the ; Rebellion he was ready for another three years. After this, three hearty cheers were riven for the returned soldiers, and three rousing cheers by the whole assem bly for the soldier of the Rerolu-! Col Edward Phillips, eldest son of the venerable deacon, now in his 30th year, lon made an lnmromDtu speech to speech to thc uftli;r5 in the course of which he said 4 that he was the oldest man in town who was born in the town, and yet, said he. uiy father is here, and "still lives." The old gentleman was then presented with two sets of votes, one for Abraham Lin coln, and one for George B. McClcllan, and requested bofore all present to take his choice, wheu he reached out his hand aud in an audible and deep-toned bass voice, said, "I shall take the one for A brahitn Liucoln." The town then voted the Chairmen of the Selectmen present the ballot-box to the old gentlmcn, who took his ballot with both hands aud deposited in the box, btatine that he had voted for Washington for President, and had attended all the Presidential elections since, excepting that four years ago, when he was sick and did not attend. The following preamble and resolutions were thcu presented to the town meeting, which were adopted by a unanimous vote : "Whereas, our very memorable and high ly respected fellow-citizen, Dca. John Phillips, who is this day, one hundred and four ytari four months and nine days old, and wlio yet retains his mental and physical faculties in a high degree and Whereat, he has traveled some miles to attend this town meeting, two and has deposited his ballot for Presidential electors and State, County and town offi cers, therefore Resolved, That this be entered on the records of the town as a lasting memorial of his undying patriotism and derotion to country, aud as an incident, perhaps, un paralleled in the annals of our Govern ment. Sturbridgc, Mass., Nov. 8, 1864. Drill for Single Volunteers. Fall In Love with some amiable and Virtuous young woman on the first op portunity you may have. Attention Pay to her, assiduously and respectfully. Ri'ht Face popping the question, Itkp a man. and sn e'll accept you. Quick March To her parents ana ask their consent. Right Turn With her to church, and rrn thrnilfrn LUC bCiVlvC Ul UU1V Ului iujuu j . i 11 a Uoi.i h rttvt mnn v ... a l HaltAnd reflect seriously for a iew minutes, then determine to devote your-, self entirely to your wiie. Right about Face ironi the haunts that frequeuted when Single, ana preier your own home. AdTance Arms To your wife when out walking together, and dou't let her Walk three or four yards behind you. Break Off Billiard playing, betting, and staying out at night, if you wish to hate a happy home. Decided Pluck. hereis a, man in Maine, the owner of i. piece of crinoline, who shows decided luck. He says that when the minister Was hugging and kissing his wife, he peeped through the crack of the door and saw it all; and as long as he has the spirit of a man remaining, he will peep on all such occasions. ' 4 .((IV. Cm e .wrtti'A hAvn intrmi. i 9i .t7- t: auiu.Hi,ilj.- - Die, UdYC TO t x WO 01BJ, yco. "Well, well, cheer upv mxt i aiversity tries us. and s-teows g ties." "Alt, but adversity it was an old'wapabond of he showed up my worst qualities." the .capture of the Florida One of the most daring Naval achieve ments on record. A visit to the Kear sage. From the Boston Daily Advertiser. -The news which we announced yester -3 ! -it-- . t i p uay uiurmug, mat tne arrival oi me fa- mous steamer Kearsage at his port had brought the intelligence of the capture in' Brazilhan waters by the Union gunboat Wachussett of the notorious Rebel cruis er Florida, sent a thrill of surprise and delight through the community even in the midst of the exitement and anxiety of presidential election day. The joyful news spread over the the city like wild- fire, and was the universal subject of dis- cusaion and oi mutual congratulation, un- tu tne interests oi the congressional ana national elections seemed almost forgotten- in comparison. One of our reporters paid nurned the bart iuondamon. trom m Rio, off Pernambuco, on the 28th of bep- tember. The Uniled States steamer Wa chuset, Captain Napoleon Collins, had been lying several days in the port of Ba hia. and the Florida at first anchored in the offing. The Brazilian Admiral im mediately sent her a message requesting her to come inside, which she did, an choring in the midst'of the Brazilian fleet, and close nnder the guns of one of the principal forts, which is located upon an island in the middle of the harbor. Certain parties in Bahia, which is a commercial city of considerable import ance, with one of the best harbors in the world, being interested in American af- lairs, Desttrreu themselves to Dnng aDout an engagement betwecu the and the Florida, firmly confid Wachusett ent that the result of such an encounter would be an other Union victory as complete as that won last Summer in the British Channel. On the morning of the 6th of October they carried a challenge to Capt. Morris of the Florrida, to move outside the lim its of Brazilian jurisdiction and fight the Wachusett. The Rebel commander declined to receive the missive which the Brazillian residents had prepared, on ac count of some informality in its address. During the afternoon of the same day a Hungarian citizen living in Bahia, and sympathizing with our Government in its struggle with Rebellion, waited upon Capt Morris, and endeavored to induce him to consent to an action between his ship and the Union gunboat, but without success. Capt. Morris, however, stated that if he happened to fall in with the Wachusett during a cruise, he should willingly engage in a contest with her, but that on no account would he consent to leave a safe harbor for the express pur pose of having an engagement. All efforts on the part of outside parties to bring on a naval battle in open water between the two vessels proving unavail ing, Capt. Collins promptly took into con sideration the other means which sugges- tested themselves for riding the seas of the most dangerous enemy of our com merce. In the evening of the same day above-mentioned, Thursday, October 6, he called a council of his officers to de bate the subject. An important element in the consideration was the fact that the convenient harbor of Bahia has three o penings into the Atlantic, by any one of which the Florida could mate her escape whenever the darkness of the night favored her purpose, without the possibility of one vessel preventing it. It is stated that the council of officers was also possessed of in formation that the Florida had repeated ly seized and burned American ships within three miles of the coast of Brazil, in defiance of every law of neutrality, without the slightest objection of any sort being made by the Brazillian authorities. Taking into consideration all the facts in the case, the council advised, with but one dissenting vote among all the officers of the Wachusett, that the scheme pro posed of seiziug the rebel cruiser at her anchorage should be carried out. Capt. Collins immediately gave the orders for l . . n M.a i Aixrn orrrnnri nrvAn i .... . sayirjp tnat with the very deepest regret te felt that the conduct of the Brazillian i Governtu 1theahado Government in permitting piracies within ws of its shores had made the step an imperatively necessary one. i It may be remarked here that it was found, after the seizure ef the Florida, Xhat ar rangements had been made for her es cape from the harbor on the very next night, for a new career of depredation up on our shipping. The preparations for the. encounter were made with great celerity and com plete secrecy, and at about three o'clock in the morning of Friday, October 7, the cables were slipped, and the Wachusett bore Jqwu upon the Rebel vessel under fun head of steam. So little expectation waa there of such a proceeding, that one half the officers and crew of the Florida, seventy jn number, and including Captain I Morris, were carousing on shore, and the remainder, having just returned from a similar nhpnr. were 1U UO r 111. x .-... . . , , rr t UUUU1L1UU W nn..it " i H' orina. fi omcer or mpi u muiv. j - -- the deck supposed the collision which ho j Capt, CollinB was Bimply to strike the our better quail- saw to oe imminent tc pe mereiy au?u- didn'ttry me; tal, and cried oiit, 'You will run into us a.Tiidpfl. and if vou don't" look out" The design of Florida amidships with full steam on, crush in herside, and send her at once to the bottom beyond thrt possibility of causing further trouble to any one. The Wachusett however did not strike her ad versary fairly, but hit her in the stern, carrying away the mizzen mast and main yard. The Plorida was not seriously in jured by the collision, but the broken spar fell across the-anwing over her hatchway in such a manner as to prevent her crew from getting on deck from below. The recoil which followed the shock carried the Wachusett back several yards. In the confusion which, ensued several pistol shots were fired from both vessels, chiefly t random and entirely without effect. Two of thc uns of jne Wachusett were als0 discharged by accident, according to Qne rt anj a3 another version has it, by order of one of the Union lieutenants. ihe shots did not strike the Florida. Capt. Collins of the Wachusett, imme diately thundered out a demand to the llebel cratt: "Surrender, or 1 will blow end in tne north, ana that the consenp you out of water." The lieutenant in j tion cannot be enforced here, while, the charge ot the Florida may be excused for . Rebel army is kept up to a fighting stau- considerable amazement, but had presence of mind to reply : "Under circumstances I surrender. Without " thousand negroes capable or eincient mil the delay of an instant, dozens of gallant itary service. tars boarded the prize and made fast a haser-connectina her with their own ves- sel, and the Wachusett turned her course seaward, moviug at the top of her speed and towing the Florida in her wake. The fleet of Brazillian vessels, which entirely surrounded the little space of water on which the brief battle had been fought, was so situated that the two A merican steamers were obliged to pass un der the stern of the largest in order to penetrate their line. The Wachusett was challenged, but did not deign a word of i- reply, and the Florida, when hailed and 1 " , , . , ,. . f. ...... commanaea to nan a moment aiter, re- plied that a pause was impossible, as she 1 1 . .1. . 1 p i rp 1. was towed by the vessel in front Ihe Brazilian's soon guessed the state of af fairs, and in another moment or two the heavy guns of the fort, under the very muzzles of which the capture had been made, opened fire on the Wachusett, as shft disamieared in the niorninsr darkness, " f-1 - a Throp. shots were fired after her. all pass- ing harmlessly far above her pennant,and striking the water beyond To the reader it seems that all this must have taken a considerable time, but the testimony of a careful officer on the Wa chusett, corroborated by the surgeon of the Florida, assures us that from the time the Wachusett first slipped her cable and steamed upon the Rebel cruiser to the moment when the echoes of the last gun from the Brazillian fortress had died a way, was only. twenty minutes by the watch. Certainly no page of history can show a more daring achievement, or one executed with more brilliant rapidity or more complete success. The Brazillian commander in Bahia harbor acted with all thc promptness which could have been expected, and in a few moments the dawn of day disclosed two vessels of the Brazillian fleet doing their utmost to pursue and overhaul the i t 1 r 1 - 1 1 - mi wacnuseit ana ner prize, xuuy wcic heaw slooo of war an'd a small armed J V steamer, neither of them any match in point of speed for the handiwork of New England mechanics, and soon gave up the chase as the Union and Rebel steamers disappeared below the horizon. Capt Collins soon ordered the ships to heave to aud examined his prize. He found that neither vessel was materially damaged by the collision, and that there had been no injury to life or limb from the confused firing which followed it. rp 1 nnl flfYtr-oitrHf- nion nf the v., , ,nr.t..fl onH ill Hondas crew were captured, and all her stores, papers, records, etc., were found undisturbed in the cabin. The two ves sels soon steamed for St. Thomas, arri ving there on the 29th ult., and finding the Kearsage already in port. It was in- tended to keep the matter at Bahia a se- eref-t St. I'Loos, but it was aeeideat- ally revealed by a seaman of the Wachus ett to one of the crew of the Kearsage, and some hints of it got wind in thc town eausino yreat excitement there. The Florida remained outside the bay, while the Wachusett entered to obtain coal. A.fmcr. Aj5;stanfc Pavmaster W. W. Williams' of the Wachusett, Surgeon Charlton of the Florida, and six of the crew of the privateer, were transferred to the Kearsage, which sailed Oct. 31, and it miilfiMrlifc nn TTnndav. as previously .reported. Paymaster Wil- permitted to send to the South clothing, ness or not. There are roads in this liams bein- charged with dispatches for blankets and supplies for our pirsoners country that have run ten or fifteen years the Goverumentjeft by the earliest train in the hands of the Confederates : they without killing a single person. Others yesterday morning for Washington. The in return, being allowed to do the same might be conducted with the same vigil Wachusctt and Florida were to sail from ' to their prisoners in our hands. It is ance. Is it probable that, with due in- St. Thomas on the 2d inst for iNew lork where they may now be daily expected. The crew of the 1 londa is composed of Englishmen, Irishmen, Germans, etc., and contains no citizens of the Rebel 0.... lmnn liar nfiirPI VlOWftVftr. OLillCO. Iiuiuu 1 I there are several Southerns Surgeon Charlton, who is now on board the Kear sage, is a native of Georgia. He was be fore the war an officer in the UnitedStates Navy, and was stationed for several years in Chelsea, ne has many acquaintances in Boston. He was here on the day of President Lincoln's first eleetion, and left shortly after to tender his services to the Southern Confederacy. He is a gentle' man in appearance and manner, aud not . . 1. il. reiuctanL to aueaa. ui mo ciroumsiances . c of his capture and the condition o our national affairH. He wearB the full UM form of the Rebel naval service, of plain gray cloth, with the rank indicated by shoulder straps, as in the Union costume. 1 Surgeon Charlton expresses full confi- dence'that' his captivity will last for only a .very limited period, believing that the whole affair will terminate i as did the set- zure of Mason and Slidell three years ago. If the demands which he thinks will be made by the Drazillian Government are disrerdadhv onrnnfchorities.be looks e . .i i. fii, i..:m k.t fViv iui uu luuuraciuuuw ui m uiaiiuo uj bub n t r rti. T?..nt. and Spain, ia such a manner as to compel compliance. The Rebel officers profess a :;fT fi. 0n nf j fPK fi, j j . j -j North entirely mistakes the universal sen timent of the South, which they affirm wijlfnever consent on any terms to a res toration of the Union. They declare an unshaken confidence in thc ultimate tri umph of their cause, placing their reli ance on the intrinsic advantages of their position in a military point of view mo ving constantly on interior lines. They argue that volunteering is entirely at an hrAiriu:ik x if '1:1.11111 . ii v v i.iiiiu i.i 11. still dard by steady recruiting, and has a re the 1 serve always on hand of three hundred ! Surgeon Charlton estimates that the timates that the r forty thousand rest, not having Florida has steamed over miles since she loft B spent ten days in port in nine months During her career she has captured about PitrfTr Ainopipon vasqaIo mi t." v i i . I n Kfiarsacfi has nn. nnarn nnft or two 1- u u 1. .1 Ul IOUUI1I0 lUnUU VU illlllillllO last summer, one still pears upon uer siues the marks of that desperate encounter, and will have to undergo a thorough o- verhauling and refitting daring her stay in this port. She, will probably go out of commission in a few days, aud will re-; ; :i 1 : 1 ll eeiva uew aana mm ue lupuuuu m uveij part during the winter at thc Charleston V V,l U !. ..tn,1 tV.-n Navy-Yard. Her cruise has lasted three years, and she has steamed about thirty five thousand miles since she sailed on her maiden voyage from Portsmouth in 1861. She now lies just off the 'navy yard, in full view of our wharves, where hundreds of people will flock to see the a 1 gallant little steamer that so nobly van quished and, destroyed, in romantic sin gle combat, the treeoooter wnicn was lor long the terror ot our mercantile ma- rine The officers and crew of the Kear sage, as is announced in another place, are to have a public reception to-morrow in Faneuil Hall, and we trust that they will receive such an ovation as will give them an adequate idea of the estimation in which their invaluable services are held by the merchants and the public generally of Boston and of the nation ,"Vot for I Pay. The other day a Dutchman in Cin cinnati was severely thrashed by his "vrow," and while smarting under4 the infliction, he complained to the major, and had his better half arrested for the outrage, whereupon she was find three dollars and the coats, but she not having thc morjey ier husband was called upon J ' .... to fork over- Upon wnich he opened his eyes in great surpise, exclaiming. "Vnf fnr T now ? v5n m 7" The "statute" was explained to him, and he paid, but annouueed that here after his wife might wallop him as much as she pleased, but he would never again take steps to uphold the "majesty of the law." Swallowed his Bounty Money. A man, named Wright, who was accep ted as a substitute for one of the drafted wcd in Baltimore, swallowed , , 'nunua four one hundred dollar greenbacks, being the amount paid him as bounty money. He was compelled to take an emetic, which caused him to throw up the notes. His numose was to secure the money and " 1 & J- then run away. The notes were thorough- aced to the credit ot Wright, who, with thc other substitutes, were taken to camp under guard, a wiser man, but none the better in feeling from to emetic powder. ITT'The country will be rejoiced to learn that an agreement has been entered into between Gens. Grant and Lee which will greatly alleviate the sutfenugs ol the Union prisoners South. By the terms of this agreement, the details of which have not vet been iefinitelv settled, we shall be proposed that an omcer irom eacn aiue should be specially detailed and paroled to see the faithful execution ot the ar rangement, aud that the articles sent to' - lit n t .ii i prisoners snouia De connueu to articles j of necessity and comfort, as clothing, i blankets, meat, bread, coffee, sugar, nick- les, vinegar and tobacco. We see it stated in Western pa pers that Congressman Voorhees's elec tron is to be coutested on the returns from Sullivan Precinct. It has been ascer tained by men who f Ininn vnfua taking the affidavits of Union day of next iNoveuiber, 1 might nave tti voted that not one-half of the wings of a bird, and 1 would fly to evry ' - 11 . i T-k .1 ..til.. n. AiiniTf f r i 11 i I iroro f.millffi(l OV tG UCUIO- CUV aUU CVCrV VU1U"U, 1" o.cij cratic judges. In some other Precincts every hamlet, to every mansion ana e in the District, similar frauds were per- ery hut, aud proclaim to- every man, wo Tn omna incrnnrpst the'ud'es man. an'd- child. Georgo B. McClellan is pCUdlCU. J.U owm c: took the ballot-boxes home with them at :..ui. u...,io,l thom nt thfiir leisure, uitiuv, uvciunuii'u .uu. and returned to the place of voting tho next day to count out tho ballots. - An Ossified Man. There was a strange spectacle at the depot yesterday a man,of whom accounts were Wi hed ; in newspapers . ' J . ' . r 1 . " UJ,S country and ni medical journals in Anglaad, ?ho. has been in a state of al- most complete ossincationior tQirty years 11 is name is Valentine Peakins : he was ooru miy-two years since in iieuriutia, 1 Cft i.i TT . Monroe County New lork , but has been a resident ibjc the last twelve years of Mantua, Portage County, Ohio. At the age of eleven years he was of eleven years he was thrown from -' a hoise, and his knee was injured by the fall. From that time ossification set in, and the process made advancement, joint by joint, for fifteen years, when it had completed its work, lie is thoroughly and totally ossified, with the exception that he cau move two of his fingers, and make the slightest perceptiable motion with one: or two of his toes. He has not opened his jaws for more than thirty years, but still he cau talk with ease. Of course he has to be fed the food being placed with his lips and left under the guidance of mother Nature, who mys teriously ensures its safe conduct into the stomach. He lies upon his side, upon a low bed or couch, which serves . a,ou ua '"C1 ' . somewhat, and his ri near his shoulder ; he also as a litter, wun nis ieet arawn up rhf. h.mrl p.Jiiiirhfc nn a n i 1. . hi e lies tnus an a ay lonr, shifting his position but once dur- In en y-iour wnonnoia iurueu luici uu Lite uuici aiuc. n uitv; la iuu completely ossified a human J .... block of limestone, as it were his skin retains its normal character and condition, and dis charges the functions perfectly, being, perhaps, more sensitive, however, to the touch of any object, as that of a fly or a hair, than is usually the case When the light strikes the skin of his hands or 'ace, it looks like marble of a yellowish tinge, brought up to the highest possible state of polish. lie lies there on his couch like a recumbent statue. His health is good ; he has an excellent appetite, and lives withal hearty life. One is naturally curious to know how his mind is occupied through all the dreary hours, lie cannot read, for he has been to- " I tally blind for thirty years. Cut off' from I that source, he is nece?-a ilv cast backur- on his memory, and he has a most wond erful development of his faculty. It is exceedingly tenacious. He remembers thc most minute and apparently trifling incident or circumstance ; has the eutire past every fact and evetit m his expe rience before him, piled up and sauuions at will, or as ouircs. occurrences which like strata, occasion re have faded from thc minds of his friends, nis re collection of localities is wonderful. Places that he had visited years ago, be fore struck with blindness, he can now identify as he rides along so vivid a re collection has he of the relative position of things, as bridges, rivers, &c. He is very expert at mathematical cal culations, and can with great readiness give, for example, the number of square inches in an area the uumber of whose feet or rods is given him. Of course it must be a world of work to take care of this helpless man, but his friends have cheerfully borne the sad burden for more than forty years. He has now gone to Painesville as a county charge Cleveland Leader, 27th. Laborious but Useful. Many serious railroad accidents occur from the weakening of the rails, especial ly in the whiter, when the the iron is made brittle by thc extreme cold. But it is probable that in a majority of cases the rails break because they have been weak ened by wear and tear, aud that frequent and careful inspection would prevent many disastrous accident?. An exchange paper says : "When Mr. Wm J. McAlpine was the superintendent of the Ohio and Mis sissippi Railroad he kept in books a re cord of every rail on the line, giving in brief terms its history; that is, the date of its insertion (ascertained along the whole line by constant inspection,) and its probable duration. For example : rail such a number, of iiiile, was good for ten days , another, ueeded rencwiug to morrow, and so on. This was a labor, and it required system, care perseverance; but it was done, and it gave security to passenj:c.s. In Germany, wheels, after j being used a certain time, are discarded, i whether thev show symptoms of weak-1 spcction, two uaiaauupuca uum u one week on one line of railroad ? A Stood Joke. A nackettstown correspondent (says the Belvidere Intelligencer,) sends us the following which ho thinks too good to be lost, and we think so too : A young lawyer was on the stump, blow ino- his hora for Gen. McCicllau: tret tut on in his elonuence, he" spread hiui- Helf and said: "I would that on the 8th 1 - ' TT J Ot " President of these United btates. ibis nnint a voumrster in the crowd At sang r j 13 .... i i i l - j out: "Dry up you old fool, you d be shot for a Shitcpokc before you few a mile. Feminine Curiosity. . A v?ag in ttfe Vcst says the following is truo ; . Worthy C- is one of the best.rep iroung America thatarf resentatives of Y be found in the fast city of Chicago. ' Stand -ing ocr the steps of the Tremont a.fev evenings ago chatting with half a dozorT of the "boys," their attention was. attrac ted toward two young and evidently res pectable ladies enjoying an evening prom enrde. "Bet driuks," says Worthy, "tltaf I make those ladies follow and keep pace with me, whether I walk fast or slow, for the nest ten minutes." The bet was ta ken by Charley H , and he was invited by Worthy- to come-along andsee that all was fairly done. By this time the girls were passing. Worthy linked arms with Charley, and, apparently ncf seeing the ladies, stepped in the same direction, and directly in front of them, and just near enough to let them hear his harangue. "The wedding was to be at nine o'clock. The President, the Cabinet, all the foreign Ministers, and thc elite of the city were expected to be present ; ana Bishop , with half a dozen assist ing clergymen, was to officiate" By this time the girls had overheard sufficient to enlist their earnest attention, aud, almost unconsciously, were closely following the gentlemen. Worthy proscription of tho (imaginary wedding. The brides, birdes maids, and the ladies present, with their dresses, jewelry, etc., etc,, were elabora tely portrayed : aud for nearly fifteen minutes did the girls follow in close and attentive pursuit, without regarding either the distance or direction of their pro meuade. Worthy, however, had gradually turned comers and crossed street until the Tremont was again attained, when the geutlemcn joined their confederates; and the ladies passed on, in blissful igno rance of the cruel ".-ell" by which they had been so unmercifully victimized. Of Carpets. The Persian Turkish system of carpe ting rooms is infintiely better aud prettier than ours. The Persiau carpets sre ex quisitely beautiful ; their colors are brigh ter, the designs prettier, and they are far more durable than European, and American earpets. They are made" in' strips usually between two and three yards long, and about one yard in breadth to go around the sides of a room, with a. square carpet of any size preferred- for the centre. They do not require to be nailed or fisted, and a stiBrcieut number of them will of course carpet any room, however large or small. They have a very rich and graud appearance too. In summer they are easil sakeu up, beatedr rolled and put aside by a single man servant; and in fh'e liot weather why should we not more generally imitate con tinental customs by painting or polish ing our floors ? Chambers' Journal. Extract from the Supplementary Report on the Conduct of the War Examina tion of Gen. McClellan Continued-.' Q. Where you in the Fall of 186-1 a candidate for thc Presidency ? A. I don't remember. Q- Did you; m the Fall of 18(M' encotr--rage any persons to vote for you for Pres ident. A. I may have done so. Q. Do you know whether nny. person5 voted for you for that oS"ce7 A. I didu't see it. Q. Did you, during the period referred to, call for larger forces 1 A. I don't remember. I may have done so. It would have been in accord ance with my habits. J6S? A party of boys attempted to get up a torch-light procession in Grausvillc, the other day. They filled a Government wagon with torpedoes, shooting crackers, sky rockets, and af bras3 Band, followed by a lot of juveniles. At the start the band struck up, the mules ran off, the fireworks exploded in the wagon, the drum bursted, the wheels cams off, the boys and bard fell out, the meffe faff down, the' hoVus were mashed, and the procession was pronounced a'bu thing on wheels." "Whftrr. arn van rrnn? ?" Said a young gentlemau to an- elderly one i a? white crayat, whom he overtobk a few mijes froirr Wttle Rock. "I am going to Heaven, my son ; I have been on the way eighteen years." "Well, g od bye, old fellow; ifyotf have' been traveling toward Ceaven for eighteen? years and got no nearer it than Arkausas, I'll take auother route" fi A lawyer, somewhat disgusted at seeing a couple of Irishmen lookiug at a six-sided bidding nhieh he occupied lif-' ted up the window, put his head oat and addressed them thus: "What do you stand there for, like ar pair of blockheads, gazing at uiy oilitfe ? Do you take it for a church V "Faix," answered one ot them, "J was thinkin' so, till I saw the divil poto his" head out of the wiudy." jJSTAn old Irishman who had witness- od the effect of whiskey for many v years' past, surd a barrel labeled whiskeycon tained &' thousand songs aud fifty-fijjjiTsT ' A traveler conVidg' up to anjnn door, said ; "Pray, frieud. are you'the master of this house ?" "Yes, Sir," an swered Boniface, "my wife has beea dead these three week." ; ,i t
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