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From the Methodist
MY WIFE.
"Charley, your wife is the best
woman in the world !"
It was my friend Barnes. Now
if my friend Barnes, under ordinary
circumstances, had uttered in my
presence such an exclamation, I might
have replied : "My dear friend, why
don't you tell me something I don't
know already ?"
But the circumstances were extra
ordinary, as I will tell you.
The day before, Barnes had buried
his eldest boy—a fine fellow, five
years old. Being neighbors, and a
close intimacy existing between our
respective families, I ran over early
next morning to speak a work of
sympathy. His countenance wore a ,
look of deep distress.
"It's very hard, 1 know," said I.
"Oh ! I could bear it, for myself—
but Mary—my wife—she winds her
heartstrings so tightly around the ob
ject she loves, that the shock of sep
aration is terrible. She has not
slept, she has not shed a tear, but
passes from one paroxysm to anoth
er, pronounchig the most• terrible
imprecations on things human and
divine. Nothing tends to soothe her.
The baby she takes no notice of—
seems to have forgotten that she has
a child left; I fear for her life, and
if that is spared, that her easnn
will give way."
I could not detain him longer
the care of his wife, but sadly return=
ed home. My wife listened to the
story of her friend's desperate condi
tion, and scarcely appeared to know
when I had finished telling it, but
still sat as if listening. Five min
utes later, however, when I passed
through the hall, to depart for my
place of business, I saw her in her
dressing-room, putting on her cloak
and bonnet
It was night when I returned
home, after a busy day at my office
I
and, just as was passing Barnes
door he came out, and surprised me
with the exclamation I have already
repeated. The look of distress was
gone from his face, but there was
moisture in his eye, and deep emo
tion in the tone of his voice. Re
membering the interview of the
morning, y can well understand
that it was n'et - in my thoughts to re
ply lightly, when he said :
"Your wife is the best woman in
the world—the most considerate, the
most thoughtful."
"She came down to see Mary ?"
said
"No, she didn't ; she did what was
still &etter—she sent another."
"The Reverend ?"
"No. What could he prescribe for
such a case? You know Mrs. Par
dee ?"
"Yes; she buried'her husband last
week."
"Atd her three children. within a
twelve-month. Well, about noon, to
day, just after Mary . had experi
enced one of her wildest paroxysms,
during which she had made violent
efforts to throw herself from the
window, and had sunk at last upon
the sofa, overcome by complete physi
cal exhaustion, the bell rang, and,
when I opened the door, there was
Mrs. Pardee. She was accompanied
by. your wife, who was in the act of
taking leave of her."
" 'You will go in ?' said Mrs. Par
dee.
"'No, I'd better not ; you go alone.
ve not lost a husband; and my girls
—they are at home, rosy with
health.'
" 'I understand.'
" She entered without another
word, but paused on seeing Mary ap
parently asleep. Then, catching
sight of the cradle, she went straight
to it, and, sinking upon the floor,
bent her face over the baby, and
burst into tears.
"That was a moment not to be
lost ; I also understood.
"'Mary !' I cried, in a voice intend
ed, if possible, to rouse her. 'Mary,
look. up ! look !'
'Both women raised their eyes at
the same instant, and looked the one
upon the other. That scene will live
forever in my memory—the picture
of those two women looking into
each other's eyes—the expression of
one full of the bitterest agony—the
other calm though unspeakably sad.
For a full minute neither spoke.—
Gradually, the full conception of the
circumstances seemed to form itself
in Mary's mind. The garments of
deep mourning, the child in the cra
dle, the husband near her—all—she
saw them all, though her eyes were
still looking deep down into the be
reaved heart before her. Then, with
a cry, she sprang from the sofa, and
threw herself upon the neck of her
friend. The fountain of tears was
unsealed, and long, long they wept
together over that sleeping inlant.-- , . '
At last, Mary slowly spoke ;
" ' Yon— believe—there—is—s--
God—and—that—he—is—good ?' ,
"'Yes.'
1 1—
"'How— can— you,—when—h
has—killed—all—your—dear--on r
"The light of a divine trust b -
ed in the woraan's face, 08 eh li•
'Fend, in 4o0 1: 0 1 lizgil tones :
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1862.
" 'When my children were taken
from me, I thought the Lord wanted
part of my love. But when he took
my husband also, then Iknew the Lord
was determined to have my whole heart.'
"Like lightning the words went to
Mary's soul.
" Oh ! how wickedly I have sin
ned.'
"She clasped her babe to her breast,
and then, clinging her arias around
both husband and child. she said :
" will not dare complain again.'
"From that moment she was calm,
resigned—and, yielding to our per
suasion to partake of some refresh
ment, in half an hour I had the hap
piness of seeing her sink into a gen
tle sleep, with a smile upon her lips.
"Then Mrs. Pardee explained how
your wife had come to her, and beg
ged, in the name of sweet Mercy,
that she would visit Mary. She was
loth to comply at first, being a com
parative stranger ; but her visitor in
sisting that she alone could hope to
rouse Mary from her despair, and
perhaps save her life, she at last con
sented.
" 'And I am very thankful,' she
added, 'that my visit appears to
have produced such favorable results.'
“And so am I,” Barnes added.
pressing my hand; "I hardly hoped
to see her smile again."
I wrung his hand and left him,
without saying a word. Something
rose up in my throat that wouldn't
admit of speech. But in my mind I
repeated, as I went home: She is
the best woman in the world—the
most considerate, the most thought
ful."
Sii?•A German woman in Winsted,
Connecticut, thinks that "we in-this
country don't know anythin about
war yet." During the existence of
a war in Germany, she was compell
ed to work in a blacksmith's shop
for three years, so scarce were the
men.
Sig - Dr. Chalmers once asked a
woman what could be done to induce
her husband to attend the kirk. "I
don't know," she replied "unless you
were to put a pipe and a pot of por
ter in the '
pear?'
CENSUS CURIOSITIES.
There are more Americans than
either Englishmen or Scotchman in
Lower Canada. While the natives
of England in the Province number
13,139, and of Scotland 13,160, those
of the United States number 13,641.
Nearly one-fifth of the whole popula
tion of one county, and one-sixth of
another, are Americans. Out of a
population of 1,110,664, only 298 of
the inhabitants of Lower Canada
claim to be returned as "Christians;"
only 5 were classed as "Disciples,"
and 3as "Mormons." Of the last
mentioned there is a solitary repre
sentative in the County of Broome,
one in Quebec, and one in Hunting
ton. The gender of the three is not
given in the abstract before us, but
it would seem they are not practical
propagandists.
In the County of Berthier there is
a solitary Jew and a solitary Univer
salist. They occupy a more isolated
position even than four more of the
inhabitants of the same county, who
are returned as of "no religion."—
There is but one Quaker and one
Methodist in the County of Dorches
ter, while in the well-improved Coun
ty of St. Hyacinthe, with a popula
tion of 18,877, there are hit 130 Pro
testants, and all but 439 of the people
are of French origin. The Counties
of Charlevoix and Kamouraska are,
however, religiously still more con
servative, there being but two dis
senters from the Catholic faith in
each.
While 847,320 of the population of
Lower Canada are of Trench origin,
only 672 are natives of France. On
the other band, the so-called English
rovince of Upper Canada contains,
eside its Canadian population of
I rench origin, 2,389 natives of France
facts which seem to show that new
rid old French "cotton" together less
•ordially than might be supposed,
and that the emigrant from Paris
and Lyons chooses to mix with the
varieties of the English race, in pre
ference to enjoying the luxury of as
sociation with .the Only people who
have preserved the monarchical tra
ditions of France in their ancient pu
rity, and havejetained to this hour
nearly all the. habits, - che manners,
and (until a few years ago) all the
endal rights of two centuries ago.
In the Upper Canada County of
Glengarry there is a population of
I ritish origin of nearly 20 ; 000, of
-boat only 377 are of Irish origin;
et there are 10,919 Catholics, and
Ivor 9,000 Presbyterians—these two
cuts including over nineteen-twen
ieths of the whole people. The
trange fact may also be stated in
he same connection that there is
•ss dissent from the Common School
ystem in this than in any other
ounty of the Province. The ex-
Tomes of religious belief meet in this
.xceptional region, but only to har
monize and work cordially together
for social purposes. The Catholicism
of the district, it appears, was im
ported from the Highland regions,
where once the followers of the Stu
arts abounded, till the Imperial arm
became too strong for them, and
forced them to flee,. first to France
and afterwards to the wilds north of
the St. Lawrence.
The Mormons of the Western Prov
ince are a more respectable body in
point of numbers, than in Lower
Canada, counting in all about 70
members. But they seem to be less
sociably disposed than at the head
• uarters of the Saints, for tho Cana
• ian septuagint are scattered over
inetoen counties, and in ten of these
hey count but separate units of the
opulation, forbidding much hope of
a natural increase of the faithful in
the British Province.
While Lower Canada is the mari
time Province of the Union, only 02
of its people were born "at sea."—
The inland Prbvince of the Weit, on
the other hand, gives a population of
323, as of that indefinite nationality.
Possibly in this case the lakes come
within the technical description, "at
sea." The abstract before us, how
ever, throws no further light on the
subject.—N. Y. Tribune.
_7_ 7 _ _7. • •
NO PLACE FOB THE BOYS.
Does it not seem as if in some
• ouses there is actually no place for
he boys ? We do not mean the lit
le boys—there is always room for
hem; they are petted and caressed;
here is a place for them on papa's
nee and at mamma's footstool, if
of in her arms; there aro loving
ords, and many, often too many in
* ulgences. But the class we speak
•f now are the schoolboys, great,
noisy, romping fellows, who tread on
your dress, and upset your work-bas
ket and stand in your light, and
whistle and drum and shout and ask
questions and contradict.
So what is to be done with them ?
Do they not want to be loved and
cherished now as dearly as they were
in that well-remembered time when
they were the little ones, and were in
.dulged, petted and caressed. But
they are so noisy, and they wear out
the carpet with their thick boot*, and
it is so quiet when they are gone, say
the tired mother and fastidious sister
and the nervous aunt; "anything for
peace' sake," and away go the boys
to "loaf' on street corners, and listen
to the profane and coarse language
of wicked men, or to the unsafe ice,
or to the railroad station, or the
wharves, or ;the other common places
of rendezvous of those who have
nothing to do or no place to stay.
But it is argued that there are few
bays who care to stay in the house
after school, and it is better they
should play
. in the open air—all of
which is true. We argue for those
dull days and stormy days and even
ings, all in which they wish to stay
I in, or ought .to be kept in, and in
which if kept in they make them
selves and everybody else uncomfort
able. We protest against the usages
of those homes where the mother is
busy with her sewing or her baby,
and the father is absorbed with the
newspaper in the evening which he
never r.2ads aloud, and the boys
must "sit still and not make a
noise," or go immediately to bed.—
They hear the volt:6 of other boys
in the streets, and long to be with
them; home is a dull place: they
will soon be a little older, and then,
say they, "we will go out and see
for ourselves what there is outside
which we are forbidden to enjoy."—
We protest against the usages of
those homes where the boys are
driven out because their presence is
unwelcome, and are scolded when
they come in, or checked, hushed
and restrained at every outburst of
merriment.
MUSIC AS A CHARM.
But it is not man alone that is ca
pable of being influenced by music.—
That more musicians than Orpheus
have "charmed the savage breast" is
beyond dispute. Naturalists show
us that the most ferocious beasts are
more or less subdued by its powers.
Captain Henry Wilson, of the East
India Company's service, who has
written an interesting book on India,
informs us that a traveling fakir
called one day at his house with a
beautiful large snake basket, which
he caused to the tune of a pipe on
which he played. Having been great
ly annoyed with snakes about his
farm yard, which continued to destroy
his poultry, and even attacked the
animals, one of his servants inquired
of the fakir whether he could pipe
these snakes out of their boles and
catch them, to which he hastily re
plied in the affirmative; and, being
led to place where a snake had re
cently been seen, began to play upon
his pipe. In a short time a snake
came gliding toward him, and was
instantly caught; he commenced again
and had not continued five minutes,
when a huge cobra di eapello, the most
venomous kind of sepent i thrust his
head from a hole in the room. The
fakir approached him fearlessly and
played with more spirit, until the
snake was half out of his hole and
ready to dart at him. He then play
ed with one hand only, and advanced
the other under the reptile as it was
raising itself to spring;.the snake
then darted at him, when dexterous
ly seizing it by the tail, he held it
firmly until the servant despatched
it.
VISIT TO THE CAVE OF MAOHPEttra.
The following is an extract from a
private letter:
The Prince of Wales was at He
bron recently. lie and his suite ob
tained permission to visit the cave of
Machpelah, Abraham's burial place.
They are the first Christians who
have been allowed to enter it since
the Crusades, nearly 700 years ago.
Dr. Stanley says everything is kept
in the most beautiful order, and noth
ing could be more satisfactory. than
the state in which the tombs are pre
served. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Jo
seph, Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah are
buried there. Two of the Sheiks
were inclined to give annoyance and
show their animosity at Christians
being allowed to enter the cave.—
The Governor of Hebron, however
had them turned out, or rather he
escorted them out himself, and the
remainder were very complimentary
to the Prince, saying that they were
glad to have the opportunity of show
ing any civilty in their power to one
of the Princes of England, to whom
their government was so much in
debted for kind offices; that they
looked on it as a great compliment to
themselves that the heir to the throne
of England had visited one of their
holy places, eto, So that altogether
it was very satisfactory.
DEATH Or REV. G. W. BETHUNE.
The New York Journal of Com
merce says : "Intelligence has been
received from Florence of the death
of George W. Bethune, D. D., in
that city, on the 28th of April. It
was telegraphed to Paris just in
time to catch the steamer, and al
though not as particular as could be
desired, the method of communica
tion leaves little room to doubt the
statement. He was born in ,this city
in March, 1805. In 1826, just after
attaining his majority, he entered
the ministry of the Presbyterian
Church, but a few months after trans
ferred his relations to the Reformed
Dutch, and for thirty-six years he
has been connected with that church )
and prominent in every movement to
advance its intareeta,"
WATERLOO.
"Napoleon's army at Waterloo,
consisted of 48,950 infantry, 16,795
cavalry, 7,232 artillery men, being a
total of 81,974 men and 649 guns.—
They were the elite of the national
forces of France : of all the numer
ous gallant armies which that mar
tial land has poured forth, never was
there one braver or better discip
lined or better led, than the host that
took up its position at Waterloo, on
the morning of the 18th of June,
1815."—Greasy.
THE ROUT
"Cries of "All is lost, the guard is
driven back," were heard on every
side. The soldiers pretend even
that on many points the M . -disposed
persons cried out sauve qui pent.—
However this may be, a complete
panic at once spread itself through
out the whole field of battle, and
they threw themselves, in the great
est disorder, on the line of commu
nication ; soldiers, cannoneer s,
caissons, all pressed to this point ;
the old guard, which was in reserve,
was infected, and was itself hurried
along.
"In an instant the whole army was
nothing but a mass of confusion ; all
the soldiers, of all arms, were mixed
pellmell, and it was utterly impossi
ble to rally a single corps. The ene
my perceiving this astonishing confu
sion, immediately attacked with cav
alry, and increased the disorder, and
such was the, confusion during the
night coming on, that it was impos
sible to rally the troops, and point '
out to them their error. Thus a bat
tle terminated, a day of false manoeu
vres rectified, the greatest successes '
insured for the next day—all was
lost by a panic terror. Even
the squadrons of service, drawn up
by the side of the emperor, were
overthrown and disorganized by
these tumultuous waves, and there
was then nothing else to be done but
to follow the torrent. It was im
possible to wait for the troops on
our right; every one knows what
the bravest army in the world is
when thus mixed and thrown into
confusion, and when its organization
no longer exists."—French Official
Account.
"The enemy preserved means to
retreat till the village Planchendit,
which he had on his rear, and which
was defended by the guard, was, af
ter several bloody attacks, carried
by storm. From that time the re
treat became a rout, which soon
spread through the whole French
army, and in its dreadful confusion,
hurrying away everything that at
tempted to stop it, soon assumed the
appearance of the flight of an army
of barbarians. It was half-past
nine. The field marshal assembled
all the superior officers, and gave
orders to send the last horse and
the last' man in the pursuit of the
enemy. The van of the army accel
erated its march. Tho French army
being pursued without intermission,
was absolutely disorganized. The
causeway presented the appearance
of an immense shipwreck ;0 was
covered with an innumerable quan,
City of cannons, caissons, carriages,
.aggawo, arms, and wrecks of every
kind. * * * It was moonlight,
which greatly favored the pursuit,
for the whole march was but a con
tinued chase, either in the cornfields
or the houses.
"At three o'clock Napolean had
dispatched from the field of battle a
courier to Paris, with the news that
victory was no longer doubtful; a
few hours after he had no longer
any army left."—Prussian. O, ial
Bulletin.
"The battle was lost by France
past all recovery. * * * And of
the magnificent host, which had that
morning cheered their emperor in
confident expectation of victory,
very few were ever assembled again
in arms. Their loss, both in the field
and in the pursuit was immense ;
and the greater number of those
who escaped, dispersed as soon as
they crossed the frontier.",—Creasy.
WHO IS OLD?
A wise man will never lust out
long as he can move and breathe
he will be doing for himself, his neigh
bor, or for posterity. Almost to the
last hour of his life Washington was
at work. So was Franklin and Young ,
and Howard and Newton. The vig
of their liv 3s never decayed. No
rust marred their spirits.—lt is a
foolish idea to suppose we must lie
down and die because we are old ?
Not the man of energy; not the day
laborer in science, art, or benevo
lence; but he only suffers his energies
to waste away, and the springs of
life to become motionless on whose
hands the hours drag heavily, and to
whom all things wear the garb of
gloom. Is he old ? should not be put;
but, is he active'? can he breathe and
move with agility ? There are scores
of grey headed men we . should pre
fer, in any important enterprise, to
those young . gentlemen who fear and
tremble at approaching shadows, and
turn pale at a , lion in their path, at a
harsh word or frown-
lerYoung ladies are said to like
winter, because it brings the chaps
to their lips.
NEW SERIES.--VOL. 4, NO. 2 .
GIDEON WELLES.
Special Correspondence of The Chicago Times
WASHINGTON, May 15.
The Morality of the Republican party.
as illuminated by the venerable Gid
eon Welles, formerly of Connecticut,
now a curious sp:cimen , of human
longevity preserved in the Navy- De
partment, is truly lovely to contem
plate. This "ancient mariner" is
supposed by many to bo the original
Captain Noah rho commanded the
ark, but as an admirer of tiat, respo
table sailor I deny that Gideon re
minds one of him, save slightly in
his morals.
Noah, you remember, get on a ter
rible "rampage," drank consi lerable,
and committed divers and. sundry
little indiscretions ; ust after landing
from a forty days' cruise ; but it is a
common failing for "old salts" to do
similar things, even down to this day,
and I think, therefore, that Captain
Noah should be forgiven, and not be
abused by odious comparisons be
tween himself and Gideon.
Noah had no brothers-in-law by
the name of Morgan. He neither
married a Moroan, nor did any Mor
gan marry a Noah, as far as heard
from. But, if such relationship had
existed between the Noah and Mor
gan families, I very much doubt
whether Noah's sense of propriety
would have permitted him to have
paid his brother-in-law $14,000 a
month for purchasing the ark, or
whether his shrewdness would have
allowed him, for a moment, to think
that the most economical manner of
employing a man is to pay him two per
cent , upon all the money he can pos
sibly spend ; nor do I believe that
the idea of honesty then entertained
by Captain Noah would have sanc
tioned such an arrangement.
But Gideon Welles, of Connecticut
—moral, Puritanical, Chadbandish,
nigger-beloving Gideon—being of
the Yankee persuasion and an exem
plary member of the great moral
reform and retrenchment Republi
can party, deems it safe, expedient,
and entire christianlike, to buy a
few vessels for the navy through his.
brother-in-law, George D. Morgan,
another pious Republican. And
Secretary Welles kindly and econom
ically tells George D.. Morgan, that
he cannot afford to pay him any reg
ular salary, but that he will give the
mere trifle—enough for a Republi
can patriot,--of two per cent, upon
all the money that he, George, could
spend for ships, steamers, &c., in five
months.
Upon. this, George D. Morgan,
with great and ardent patriotism,
pitches right into the marine dicker,
and, in five months, buys boats enough
to make the snug some of seventy
thousand dollars profit to himself, for
which you and I and other poor peo
ple "out West" must be taxed.
"John P. Hale, Republican, of New
Hampshire, Chairman of the commit..
tee on Naval Affairs in the Senate,
investigated the whole matter, and
ho reports it a swindle on the Gov
ernment and the people—one that
ought to meet with the severest pun
ishment—a grand marine larceny
perpetrated upon the taxed citizens
of the United States through the cor
ruption and the connivance of Gid
eon Welles, Yankee moralist and gen
eral philanthropist, from conscien
tious Connecticut.
The Van Wyck committee prove
it all, and demonstrate the'fact that
Welles, the Cabinet officer of "hon
est" "Old Abe," is a regular thief, &
robber, a pirate upon the Navy of
these United States. A House com
mittee prove it ; a Senate commit
mittee endorse it ; John P. Hale re
iterates it in a Senatorial speech; and
the House gives 45 votes to censure
this high-born knave, and condemn
him before the people, upon the same
day that they passed a resoluticn
damning, with ineffaceable disgrace,
the late Secretary of War.
But Gideon Welles had patronage
in his grasp. Republican members
could not afford to give a vote
aglinst patronage, and so Gideon es
caped.
SOUTIIERN WRONGS.--Daring ft re
cent interview with Major . Monroe,
the latter remarked that 'he (Gen.
Butler) had always been a frioad of
the South." The General here in
terrupted him with the following re
marks ;—"Stop, sir; let me set you
right on that point at once. I was
always a friend to Southern rights,
and an enemy to Southern wrongs."
Ho, for Charlaoton.
Mobile papers of the 2:3th, found
in the rebel camp at Corinth, con
tain a dispatch from Charleston,
stating that the Federal fleet had
just passed two batteries in the
Stone river and were within 8 miles
of the city, where great excitement
existed.
`Davis will protract the war twenty
ears before surrender one inch of
irginia soil. Whilst he-will not surren
der au inch. he will ahendon Virginia at
li is not the. Whim) of the Ms ,
ele to wait sang enough io *weeder app
pliv"—Zottisvelle Democrat
ifirGen. Sigel has liken command at
Harpeee Peary of tha array wog.
Banks.