n Ml FERS SJcuotcfc to politics, literature, Agriculture, Science, iilornliti), anb eueral Intelligence. VOL. 24. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA APRIL 13, 1865. NO. 1 1 OMAN Published by Theodore Schochi TERMS Two dollarsa year in advance and if no p lid before the end of the yesu, l o dollars and fitfy ts. will be -charged. , No p.iper discontinued until all arrcajages arc paid. . ID.V'lvertisemeuts of one square of (eight lines) or Jcst.onaor three insertions $1 50. Each additional' ihcrtion, 50 cents. Longer oiics in propoition. I except at the option ol llic Kilitor. - . SOU PRIiYTBKG, tii? ALL- kinds, Executed in "the highest style of the Art, and onthc most reasonable terms. i w pagwwWMMiiHWil I I p mm Mwawa Office Provost Marshal. ) 11th Dist. Pa , Easton Mar., 27, 18G5. The following- opinion is published for the benefit of all concerned. SAMUEL YOHE, Cant: and Provost Marshal. 11th Dist. Pa. OPINION. .Attorney GcncraVs Qfjicd, March 14. 1S05. lion. E. M. STANTON, Sec. of War Sir The first question propounded in your letter of the 20th section of the act inst., is, whether the 23d of March 3d, 1865, "super- fodes" the 4th section of the Act of Februa rv 24th, 1SG4. The 4th section of the act of February 24, tGl, enables any person, before a draft to furnish an acceptable substitute who is not 1 liable to draft, nor, at the time, m the mili tary or naval service of the United States, and provides that the person so furnishing Mich biibstitute "shall be exem'tt from draft during the time for which said siibslitutc shall not be liable to draft, not exceeding ihrtimc for which such substitute shall have been accepted." Under this enactment, any person enroll ed, and liable to draft, may obtain exemp tion trom the draft during the whole period for which he shall procure a substitute to be enlisted, provided the substitute shall be so long not liable to draft. It is not a mere credit for a particular draft which such per son obtains by furnishing a substitute before the anticipaied draft, but it is an absolute exemption which he acquires from liability to be drawn at any and every draft winch ninv occur during the entire time for which his substitute has been accepted by the "Gov ernment provided the substitute be so Ions' iiot liable to draft. If, for example, hisub- : Jtitutc is accepted asi three years' olun- teer, and remains so long not liable fo draft, ' the principal by the provision of the law of ?8G-l,jusl referred to, is insured against the risk of being drafted for the whole per io.l for which his substitute enlisted, no matter how many drafts may occur between the enlist- Inent of the substitute and the expiration of his term of service. But the Government under this provision, is to be at no expense in consequence of the authorized substitution ofone individual for another in the draft. Tiie party who desires to avail himself of the Lerefit of the privilege conferred by the law is properly and justly required to compen sate the substitute. Such beinir the provision of the law of 1564 on the subject of "substitutes" furnish- only of c nature of substitutes. Their pri ed in anticipation of a draft, the law of iary and essential character, under the law, March 3d, 1SG5, provides in its 23d section is that of credits for their procurers or princi na follows: pils; and this description is the first descrip "That any person or persons enrolled in tion given of them in the section in question, ujiy sub-district may, after notice of a draft, for alter saying "which recruits shall stand and before the same shall have taken place, to the credit of the persons thus (aitsing ausc to be mustered into the service of the them to bp mustered in" the section proceeds United States such number of recruits, not "and shall be taken as substitutes for such subject to draft as they may deem cxpedi- 2)Crsons or s0 many of them as may be draf cnt, which recruits shall stand to the led, to the extent oj the number of such re rrrJit of the persons thus causing them to be emits." mustered in, and shall b'i taken as substi- A critical study of the words of the statute tutesfor such persons, or so many of them as thus develops the fundamental idea which I may be drafted, to the extent of the number have supposed, from other indications was of such recruits, and in the order designated intended to be embodied in the law. The by the principlas at the time such recruits embus as aloresaid mustered in. It is clear that this enactment provide for quite another case than that contemplated ly the provision to which I have been adver ting in the statute of 15G4, and confers upon an enrolled person a privilege entirely distinct from that siven to him bv that statute of which he may avail himself at his option, in preference to the privilege conferred by the net of 1864: Undcr the provision of the 23d section of the act of 3d ?Iarch, 1SG5, he may in . ad vance of a draft, "cause to be mustered into the service" a "recruit not subject to draft when "recruit" will '-stand to the credit" of the enrolled person, causing him to be mus- tcred in, in the event of the principal being ' Mf&t CiilvcrwcITs cl5)i"i drafted, and be taken, on the happening of ted Essay on the radical cure that contingency, as a substitute for Mich (wjlnout medicine) of Speksiator- pnncipal. But the credit shall avail him on- ? rhct.a, or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary ly for the particular draft in advance and an- ; Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and ticipation pf which he may have secured the j Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Mar "rccruit " i riao-c, etc.; also Con-sumption, Epilepsy, There is no provision in the act of 16G5 that the person furnishing a "recruit" under the 23d section, shall be "exempt from draft' during the time for which the meruit may have been accepted and enlisted. But the only benefit which a person so furnishing- a recruit derives under the act of 18G5, is the securing in the event of his being drafted, of a credit on a particular draft ip anticipa tion of which the recruit may have been fur nished. The "recruit" may be mustered in to the service for three years, and yet, as a Eubstitutc, he can avail the person who caus ed him to be mustered in for, and with res pect to the one draft before, and in anticipa tion of whichlie was obtained. The liabili ty of the principal to be drafted at any oth er drafts occurring after the mustering in of the "recruit," and during the term of his ser vice, is not affected. There is manifestly therefore, no conflict between the respective sections of the acts of 18G1 and L865, to which you have called iny attention. One flees not infringe upon or even cross the path of the other. They give different and dis tinct rights and privileges to the citizens lia ble to draft. He has the alternative course to pursue before any draft, either to buy a substitute" and secure him to be mustered in, and thus obtain exemption from the draft, during the entire term of enlistment of the substitute, if the latter be so lon not liable to draft, or lie may procure for the Govern ment a "recruit" not liablelo draft, and ob tain credit for such recruit in case he should te drafted, subjecting himself, however, to the liability of being compelled to repeat the operational every succeeding draft that may be ordered by the President. Chiefly, T suppose, the design of the pro vision of the act of 1865, under consideration was to offer inducement and nrnsent a stim ulus to numbers or associations of individuals, in any sub-district, before the liahilitv of any of them became fixed by a draft; to ni,ta:n vnlimlnnr rrlri,:f !, ,.... r" ain iunieer recruits for the army. Con- - ' J grubs in uus law, oners sucli associations a j premium to use their exertions to fill up the i armies. It says to the residents of the mul - tltudinous counties, townshins. wards and j precincts throughout the country 'ofranize.A youth who loved liauor to'o' well. , the draft; pay them such amounts of bounty iAnd Wlt" beauty uncommonly blessed, ; as you may be able to raise by your contri j butions to the recruiting- funds of yoursever i al districts; and when they have been en- , iwau iiiiu me service, me volunteers j'ouj , may have raised will stand to the credit of j as many of you as may happen to be drafted j iu t-Aiuiii oi uie numoer or recruits, 'in the order designated,' and the time the re cruits arc mustered in." Such is the declaration and promise of the new Jaw. Its policy is to encourage recruit ing, not the procuration of substitutes; to in duce the people to organize associations for! the advancement of volunteering, rather than I the purchase of substitutes. In enacting this new law. and inatiffura- tmg th:snew policy, Congress, however, has not taken away the right of the enrolled per- son before the draft, to furnish a substitute, with the qualification before stated, and thus secure his exemption from draft during the time for which his substitute shall have been accepted. He still has jt in his power to exercise that right in preference to the right conferred by the 23d section of the act of 3d March 1SG5, of obtainvrig a recruit previous to each draft, as it may occur, and securing thereby a- credit in the event, on any occa sion of his being drafted. I am of opinion, therefore, that the 23d section of the act of March 3d, 1SG5, does not supersede the 4th section of the act of Feb ruary 24, 1SG1. The second question which you have re ferred to me, is, whether the recruits, which are "to be taken as substitutes," are to be considered and borne upon the muster rolls and records of the office of the Provost Mar shal General, as other volunteer recruits which are obtained at ihe expense of the U- niicd Stales, or assubstitmes which arc fur- nished at the cost of the principals. I am of opinion that "recruits" whom per- sons enroled in any snb-disirict may "cause to be mustered into the service of the United Slates," in pursuance of the 23d section of the act uf 3d March, 1SG5, arc to be consid- cred and trented as other volunteers who arc obtained at the expense of the United Slates. It will be observed, from this analysis of the law contained in the forgoing remarks that the idea involved in the law of 16G4 is sub stitution, while the idea of the law of 1SG5, is crediting. The Eection of the act of 1865 under consideration does not speak of the re cruits in question as "substitutes," but de clares that they "shall be taken as substi tutes,1' for the persons who cause than to be mustered in. They are not substitutes but "recruits" who are to "stand to the credit" of the enrolled persons, causing them to be mustered in before the occurrence of the draft, 1 am of opinion then, are to be consid ered as other volunteer recruits which are obtained at the expense of the United Slates and not as substitutes, in the ordinary sense of that term, which arc furnished at the cost oftiie principals. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, JAMES SPEED, Attorney General. March 30, 15G5. . , , , , . MiUlSiOOd: liOW LOS, i-OW KCStorCtti gpFn Just published, a new edition of and Fits; induced by self-indulgence or tex- ual extravagance. 07 Price, in a sealed envelope, only six cents. The celebrated author in this admiablc es say clearly demonstrates, from a thirly years' successful practice, that the alarming con sequence of self-abuse may be radically cured Without tne dangerous use 01 i.ue im. uh.-u.-i . .. , 1 .1: cine or the application of the knitc point- in2 out a mode-of cure at once simple, cer- tain and effectual, by means of which eve- rv sufferer, no matter his condition may Do, may cure radically. iimsclf cheaply, privately, ana ID3 This Lecture bhould be in the hands of everv voulh and every man tn the land. ouiu, ujniui auai, in ti ijkjlui rnrnint of siv plain envelope, to A itrlroKS tlit mill. liters. C1IAS. J. C. KLINE &, CO., 127 ESowcry, Wciv York, Post of- fice box 45SG. June 16, 1364. Urinary Sexual, Nervous Aitections, no ai, wv.H. matter from what cause produced. Price, One Dollar per box. Sent, postpaid, by mail, on receipt of an order. Address, J A A1V.fi! R linTTiRR. i Rut;.,n Tt "Pllrlo TTniisn. New York. : s March 17, 1864. TmnirV r ri -7 farina sugar and condensed milk. The Shorty "really, you know, 1 never see P7, SWthaS S 'i drawn by two horses, and' is in- anything half so jolly." Pills cure in less man uajs, tne worst, v. j ii.i.i.nU-r QrtJ uiiMrf.miiimfinn iri riW vour doom " cases 01 icri; j , ivm.nrled with coffee. Arc. This howled the Confederacy, reeling tT . . IVA-nnmB vt n lATIUHl III I I I It' I M I t'. I 1 1 I 1,111. IJiLLLlC'ilLflU WU W" -- . w m u m vavsa w w 7 nit'jiT rsfini 1 I I v iriLaii.cc iiiKtuiut , uwu uu ill y 1111. , . u i A SNAKE IS THE GLASS. BY. J.- O. SAXE. Come, listen a while to me, iffy lad, P UVIU.. IILUU 11 I 1 1 1 1 . 1111 . 1 1 I Let that terribie drum For a moment be dumb, for your uncle is "oiu- to tell l W1 ,r ULieu Ere with brandy and wine He began to decline, ! And behaved like a person possessed ; I protest. . The temperance plan is the best One evening he went to a avern, my lad. He went to tavern one night, And drinking too much. Ruin, brandy, and such, The chap got exceedingly "tight;" a n(j was ou:te UVJ , . , . . A " hat ?0Ur aunfc WOuld entltlc "fnSllt" , The follow fell into a smooze, my lad : !m- , , i , , IS a ll01ublc slumber he takes He trembles with fear, And acts very queer ; My e3'cs ! how he shivers aud shakes When he wakes, And raves about horid great snakes ! 'Tis warning to you and to me, my lad ; A particular caution to all Though no one can seo The viper but he Too hear the poor lunatic bawl, "How they crawl ! All over the floor and wall " Next morning he took to his bed, my lad, Next morning he took to his bed ; And he never got up; To dine or to sup, Though properly physicked and bled ; Aud I read Next day the poor fellow was dead. You've heard of the snake in the grass my lad, Of the viper concealed in the grass ) But now you must know, Man's deadliest foe Is a snake of a different class; Alas ! ' Tis llic viper that hirjes in the glass The Miller's Portrrait. A worthy miller, wishing for a portrait of himself, applied to a painter to have it accomplished. "But, said he, "I am a very indus trious man. I went to be painted as look ing out of my mill window ; but, when any one looks at. me, I wish to pop my head in, so as not to be thought lazy or as spending too much time at the wind ow." "Very well," said the paiuter. "It shall be done so." He painted the mill and the mill win dow. The miller looked at it. "Very well," said he. "13ut where is myself looking out ?" "Oh 1" said the painter, "whenver any one looks at the mill, you know you pop your head in, of course, to preserve your credit for industry. "That's right," said the miller, "I'm content r-just so. I'm in the mill now, ain't I ? Just so that will do." Thank God for Courage. A soldier as he was carried wounded from a battle said so frequently, "Thank God ! thank God ! ' that his companions inquired what he mcaut. He replied : "Why, before I went into action I prayed that I might do my duty, and not be a fraid of death ; and God upheld me so that I bore the flag bravely, and I thank him for it." Eloquence has not entirely died put. The following is given as a verbatim re port in the Illinois House : "Mr. Speaker I think sheep is para mount to dogs, aud our laws hadn't ough tcr be so that dogs can commit ravages on sheep. Mr. Speaker, I represent sheep on this floor. Laughter aud cries of "that's so.' Up where I live, sheep is more account than doss, and although . mn ... (1 - - llf3nfll, st:jn )y u J r , 7, , ' 1 l say, on uiu uuie auu, r ,s usctulier, anu snow mc uiu man umu resents aogs 011 uis uuur, uuu unus uo is more important than sheep, and I will show you a man that is tantamount to a know nothing. Mr. Speaker, I am through. - s . . - C C A corresponde ut describes a liugc jOi- fri not in use bv the Potomac army. It ! consist of three large, boilers, containing' ah0ut twenty-five gallons, with furnaces un(ierueath. These arc supported by two wheels aud under the axle is a box for Iv.'cnd and coal. On the four wheels is a tr-J . , ,, .,1. c.u.. has been used on several oaitie-ueiub Z Early has pledged The rebel Geuer ihe tal abstinence pleclg " nJomiiKr nn cinrc nr nnttnfi. t(a. " W fill . no w. reall v. said uaDiatn .imself to drink no more whiskey until ' Instantly was Captain Bob ohortey at has whipped Sheridan. Tins is eon- nis siue, cxciaiuimg . y w idcrcd tantamount to his taking the to- old chap. i wis i you u o, .j e for life. to stop betorc en : ejauuiaiuu vtam Content Amidst Difficulty. The pretended resignation of the South under the recent reverses is thus capitally taken off by Orpheus C. Kerr, in the New xork header . Ihe conservative Ken tucky chap brings upon the scene Capt Munchansen, who is met by Gapt. Bob ohorty : llight bchifid liiur (the conservative Kentucky cnap") came a remarkable be ing, attired in fragments of grey cloth and a prodigious thicket of whiskers, through the latter of which his eyes glar ed yellowly, like the bottles in an-apothecary's shop, down tlie street. As he ap proached nearer, he hastily put on a pair bf partially dissected white cotton crloves, and casually re-arranged the strip of car- pfet binding which served him as a full dress cravat. "Yours, truly," said Captain Bob Shor- " v andal !" hissed Captain Munchausen removing from his brow an unexampled conglomeration of rags in the last stages of cap, and handing it to a faithful con traband who attended him. "Why then," said Captain Bob Shorty, doffing his own cap, and tucking up his sleeves, "in the name of the United States of America, I propose to move upon your works immediately." And now, my boy, do I particularly la ment my lack of those unspeakable intel lectual gifts, which enable the more re fined reporters of all our excellent and moral daily journals to describe the fistic achievements of the noted Arkansas mule and celebrated Jersey Bantuni in a man ner that delights every well conducted breakfast table in the land, aud furnishes exquisite reading for private families. Forward hopped Captain Bob Shorty, as thouuh on springs ? his elbow3 neatly squared, his fists held up like a couple of i apples on sticks, and his head poised as though it had just started to look round a corner. With fists to match, and eyes shining like the bottoms of glass bottles, the wary Munchansen scuffles cautiously back from him in a half circle. Now they make skips toward each other; and now they skip back. Anon an arm is raised, and is parried; and then they bal ance to partners, and then they hop back. I was gazing at this, my boy, in speech less admiration, when suddenly I saw the dexter hand of Captain Bob Shorty pierce the enemy's lines, and explode with tre mendous force on Munchusen's nose. For a moment there was a sound as of Confederate blasphemy ; but in a moment the chivalrick Munchausen was himself aerain. "Ah !" said Captain Bob Shorty, agrce- greeably, "did you see the S tar-Spangled Banner that time ?" "Sir," said Munchausen, with tears in his eyes, "I am thankful that my nose is not broken. It is a blessing: for I had nothing to smell with it, and only wasted my strength in-its special defence." Here Captain Bob Shorty looked jovi ally at me, ray boy, and says he ; "By all thats bcderal, am t he jolly r "Come on to thy ruin !" roared Mun chausen from his rapidly increasing nose; aud again the battle rased. Now did Captaiu Bob Shorty sidle to the left, with a view to flanking; but two columns of the enemy met him there. Next the agile Munchausen attempts, by a quick turn, to take him in the rear of his position, but finds a strong body of Gvc divisions hurled upon his headquart ers with an impetuosity that knock out half his teeth. "Art satisfied, Horatio ?" said Captain Bob Shorty, with more or less Bowery theatre in his manner. An awful smile appeared upon what were left of the features of Captain Mun chausen. It was so full of scorn, you know. "Sir," said he, with much chivalry of bearing and some difficulty Qf utterance, "my jaw may be broken, but I thank fate for it. It's a long time since I had any thing to eat with my mouth, and to de fend itat all was useless." "Ha! ha! ha!" roared Captaiu Bob Shorty. "I really never did sec anything so jolly." "Madman I" j-cllcd Munchausen, 'your destruction is decided !' Then were all the skips and. hops re peated, my boy; with such ornamental bits of occasional fine art as the refined reporters of our excellent moral daily journals love to dwell fondly upon. Were I but such a reporter, I would describe the scene in a way to make you take it home to your children. But let mc not waste time in lamentation; for just then, a somcthiug heavy fell upon the right eye of captain Munchausen, and effectually closed it for a week. "Ah !" said Captain Bob Shorty, pleas antly, "did you count the stars upon our Flag that time, my grayback ?" "Sir," retorted Munchausen, stagger ing about, and wildly pulling handfulls of imperceptible hair out of luvinciblc heads in the air "1 consider the loss ot that eyo a blessing m disguise, tor 1 can now concentrate my whole strength on the other. deliber- Ul.l.r t'.-vviTT..i.,l nnnn tllft 1 1 T t, l9.t. tin 111 fit. !rwl 1'..1U., l,..,!!,: In flin nrrmind with his other eye emphatically darkened. uuu i.miUjj uuuviijr q. Bob Shorty "What's that you say ?" An f.rtlP no T llv-o nnrl hronffio tn rr Tintr . " "V ""J j as true as I live and breathe when-, 1 Captain Bob Shorty put his ear to the fallen Confederacy, he heard, slowly spo ken, tnese remarkable words "Friiglad this has happened cause x can now develop-ruiy real resources of strength H V li 'All is Greenbacks." A man who was either a poor econo- mist or a bad patriot indulged himself yesterday in a distinction, half howl, half contempt, between greenbacks and gold, in tlie hearing or a leading banker.- "Why. sir," said the banker taking him up, "all is greenbacks. If you invest in Boston sixes, better, if possible, than the British Exchequer Bills, and pay 120 for them, what will you get paid off in-when they mature what will you get the in- terest m r In Gold r No, sir : in green- backs. You buy first Bond3 and Mort gages on Urance Uounty or .Dutches County farms, laid on half the valuation. You hire lawyers to search the title aud to examine and report on the property tight times or domestic misfortunes come -there are delay's in paying interest, fail ure to pay principal you write letters, perhaps make journeys, finally fall iuto a forclosurc suit. What do you get at the end ? Nothing but greenbacks. Invest in New York City Sixes and pay 110 for tliem. When you or your children come to be paid up, you will get greenbacks, and one hundred dollars of greenbacks for one hundred dollars of debt and no more. The interest and the principal of every State in this Union, except California, temporarily indulging herself and being indulging herself and being indulged by us in a point of metalic pride, is payable in greenbacks. Every debt of every kind in the business of this nation of thirty millions of people is payable in green backs. Practically, gold is not money. It is ouly an instrument for gambling, as the Harlem Railroad stock has been. And it is a grief and a wrong that the Treasury Department has not all through the war periodically smashed the unpa triotic creatures who have taken our bloody battle-fields for their tables, and the bones of our mangled soldiers for their dice, and gamed gold up and greenbacks down. Greenbacks ! why, they are the only thing that has not fluctuated in this coun try since the war broke "out. And I don't joke very much, my fine fellow, when I eay thatjf gold rushes down hill much longer at its present rate, greenbacks will soon be at a premium ! And-well they may be. For they are the promises of the American People, and they represent the power of the American People. Aud I tell you that this war has given but a very partial measure of that power." Ar. Y. Tribune. A Horse in Spectales. The Philadelphia North American of March 1 6th says : A well known resident of the Twenty second ward has an old family horse, that for tweuty years had done him service. The animal has always received the ten dercst care; is in good condition and vig or, and cau perform the duty required of him as well as many a roadster of but half his years. For some time past the quadruped evinced a tendency to stumble, aud strain his sight at objects close to him, in a manner that set the kind-hearted owner to devising a remedy. The gentleman judged the animal by his own case, and satisfied himself that, with a pair of spectacles, the horse would do as well as when in his prime. An optician ground to order a pair of pebble glasses, about the size of the object glasses, of a large sized lorgnette. They were fixed in a frame over the horse's eyes. That animal is now a horse in spectacles, and not an elderly gentleman yet showed greater appreciation of the convenience. When in the stable the spectacles aro re moved. One day a servant man driving the horse forgot the pcrifocals in question. The horse very plainly indicated the de ficiency before he had gone the first quar ter of a mile up the lane on which the stable is situated. We saw the slcak old animal jogging up York road yesterday with his glasses on, looking as contented and jolly as his excellent owner. Time. Ninety years henco, probably not a man or womau now twenty years old will be alive. Ninety years ! Alas ! how many of the lively acters at present on the stage of life will make their exit loug arc ninety years have rolled away ! And could we be sure of ninety, years, what are they ? "A tale that is told : a dream : an empty souud that passcth on the winds away, aud is forgotten' Yn.ira shorten as mau advance in ace : like the degree in longitude, man's life j declines as he travels toward the frozen i pole liutil it dwindleV to a point and ' vanishes forever. Is it possible that life ' is of so short duration '( Will ninety years erase all the the golden names over the doors in town and country, and sub stitute others in flieir stead ? W ill alf the now blooming beauties fade and dis appear the love, hope and joy pass away iu ninety years, and be forgotten ? "Nienty years !" saith Death, "do you think that I shall wait ninety years Behold! today, and tomorrow, and every Said he, "I am my own major, my cap day, is mine. When ninety years are tain, my own lieutenant, my own lieuten past, this Generation shall have mingled in the" dust aud be remembered !" A Temperance Family Joe Harris was a who'Ia sonJeci mcrrf. fellow, and fond of a glass. After living, in New Orleans, for many year, he came, to the conclusion of visiting an old unelq awav un in MiiHsnchusatres. whom he rmrl not seen for many years. rNow there la & difference between New Orleans and.Mas-w sachusetts, in regard to the use of ardent, spirits, and, when Joe arrived there, ho. found all thq people ardent about temper ance : he felt bad, thinking with the old s song that keeping the spirits up by pour-, ing spirits down was one of the best ways . to make time pass, and began to fear, id-. stead, that he was m a decided pickle. . But on the morning of his arrival, the old man and his sons being out at'worlr," aunt came to him and said : -t "You have been living at the South and no doubt are in the habit of taking a. little something to drink about eleven o,-. clock. Now I keep a little here, for. medicinal purposes, but let no one know, it, as my husband wents to' set the child ren a good example." Joe promised that he would say.pthr. ing about it to any one, thinking that no" would get nothing more to drink thatday took, as he expressed if" "a buster." After he had walked out to the stable, who should he meet but his uncle,' wW said to him : . . .. . "Well, Joe, I expect you are . accus tomed to drink someting in New Orleans but you will find us all temperance here and for the sake of my sons I don't let them known that I have bran.cly about ;: but I just keep a little out here for my rheumatism. "Will you accept a. .little V Joe signified his readiness, anid took' another big horn. , He continued his walk, when he came to where" th6 boys were mauling fail3.r. After conversing awhile, one of the consins said : "Joe I expect you would liketo.hayq a drink, and, as the old folks are down on liquor, we keep some out here to help us work." Out came the bottle, and down they sat, and Joe says by the time he went, homo to dinner, he was as tight as he could be ; and all came from visiting a-1 temperance family. The Natural Philosopher and the Cat I once (says a French writer) saw a lecturer upon experimental philosophy, place a cat under the glass receiver of an air pump, for the purpose of demonstra ting that life can not be supported without air and respiration. The lecturer, liad.al ready made several strokes with the piston in order to exhaust the receiver of its air,-; when the cat, who began to feel herself very uncomfortable in the rarefield atmos-. phere, was fortunate enough to discover, the. s.ource'from whence . her uneasiness, proceeded. She placed her paw upon the hole through which the air escaped,. and, thus prevented any more from passing3 out of the receiver. All the exertions of the Philosopher were no.w unavailing in vain he drew the piston ; the cat eft, fcctually prevented.its operation. Hop-, ing to offect his purposet he again let air. into the receiver, which, so soon as the cat perceived, she withdrew her paw from the aperture ; but whenever he attempted' to exhaust the receiver she applied heri paw as before. The spectators clapped their hands in admiration of the cat's: sagacity, and the lecturer was compelled to remove her, and substitute another cat who possessed less penetration for tho' cruel experiment. In the oil regions, when the precious, fluid is struck, great care is necessary, to; prevent accidents. The gas, which is the indication that the reservoir has been reached, rushes up with great force, and being highly combustible it is dangerous, to have fire anywhere near the well ; even a pipe or segar has in some cases caused' the explosion of the gas, causing the de struction of life and property. In a few; instances the gas has become ignited and': burned for weeks, the mouth of the well' being converted into a mighty gas burno from which a flame rises many feet inj hight. Only a few days ago.a gentleman, by the name of Jacob Crowe was sinking a well ,pu George's Creek', F'ctte county Pa., and when the drill struck tho oil de posit, a powerful volume of hydrogen gas ascended to the surface, filled the atmps- phere, and coming in contact with a stove in a shanty some distance from the well, a terrific explosiou ensued, and the fiamds darted iuto tire air sixty feet high. For tunately no one was injured, and tho' flames were finally sCbd'ued; but experien ced borers never permit fire anywhere' near the well upon which they are work ing. Phila. Ledger A Hark of Civilization. A' French writer) concludes an account of his shipwreck in these words : "Hav ing arrived at unknown regions I traveled, eleven' hours without discovering tha least trace of any human being. At last I perceived, to my great joy, a wretch, suspeuded on a gibbet 'Ah !' I exclaim ed, 'I am now iu a civilized country." A colonel of one of our cavalry regi- mcpt was recontly complaiuiug at an eve- ning party, mat lrom tlie ignorance andi inattention 4o.f the officers he was obliged, to do the whole duty of the regiment. ant, my "lour own. trumpeter.- satq,tiir lady present' 1 n i I - j 1
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