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An unknciwnrfrkod..semla ue the follow
ing poetical effusion, - clipped from a "down
Alm" newspaper, with a request to give it
a place in our columns. We do not know
who is the author, but it is the finest
tribute to "copperheadism" we have yet
seen :
.Do you uphold the Natior.'s cause,
n d think, .as Daniel Webster thought,
The Constitution and the Laws
With Union's life iuwrought?
Does then your soul, indignant swell,
; With scorn :for the foul fiend who said,
"Your Magna Charta is from Hell ?"
You are a "Copperhead 1"
Po you revere our chartered rights?
And thus prove traitor—gte they say,
Those Ethiopian Zeophytes,
Who now hold sway—
Do you despise the vulture horde,
Upon the country's vitals fed,
Who serve corruption as their Lord ?
You are a "Copperhead'."'
Do you revert to former days,
The days of glory and renown,
When patriots won the statesman's bays;
And wore the mural crown?
When not the place could make the man,
But aye, the man the place instead ;
Where honor proudly led the van ?
You are a "Copperhead 1"
Do you e'er pray that strife may cease,
That war may stay his crimson hand,
And that the broad white wings of peace
May brood the land ?
If such your prayer, for one, I say,
God's blessing rest upon your head I
Come, share with me the "soubriquet"
Of traitor ! "Copperhead !"
J. J. EFUIFFM6SI.
When through these clouds the Union
etar
Shall struggle from its sad eclipse,
And the red meteor of the war
'Neath the horizon dips, •
No higher eulogy be mine.
No epitaph—if haply dead—
Than this short, cabalistic line :
`•Walter, the 'Copperhead.'"
Has not nature an element of the
ludicrous in it ? Are there no crea
tions which may be regarded as
mere quizzical oddities ? What else
can you make of the world-renown
ed Jack ? Can any man look into
his face without an irresistible
temptation to laughter. Was over
anything more expressly made to
be grotesque than a toad ? What
thing, of all the barbarous inven
tions in Chinese pictures, can sur
pass it in ridiculousness? Did you
ever attentively study toad life and
manners? You might do worse.—
At evening, when they begin to feel
the inspiration of an evening enter
tainment their squat forms an un
gainly movements, the very dacor
ous and earnest sobriety with which
they carry themselves, the peculiar
wink which they seem to intimate to
you that they are keeping up a good
deal more thinking inside than you
might suppose, their importubable
and unesciteable passivity, produce
a comical result hardly equalled by
any clown.
The bat is another jest in natural
history. Its flight is the only re
deeminc, feature of its ungracious
firm and e ' manner. Ever that has a
capriciousness in it that savors of
gambolling. Its voice is a squeak,
its mouth a burlesque upon humani
ty.
The monkey has been set apart
for ridiculousness the world over.—
He is an organized sercasm upon
the human race with variations mul
titudinous.
But among insects, and among
beetles especially are found forms
80 singular, and manners so queer,
that we never pass them without
stopping to look: and we never look
without a sense of the ludicrous.
But who ever saw on land or in
water, a crab or a lobster without
being struck with their commicality:
If these things address themselves
to a feeling of the ludicrous in our
minds, is it extravagant to suppose
that they sprung from some such
thought in the creative mind? It
seems no more strange that God
should create objects for mirth in the
world, than that he should have
placed the faculty of mirthfulness
in the human mind. Is any faculty
without provision for its enjoyment ?
Is it not rather to be supposed that,
both in the yogetable and in the an
imal kingdom. there are forms and
processes which will never be fully
appreciated until their relation to
the feeling of mirth is recognized?
We do not know that laughing
philosophers are desirable, but phi
losophers who do not know hlw to
laugh are still less likely to be com
plete.—Eyes and Ears.
ifirThe Newburyport Herald considers)
that runs and shoulder straps are the 6wo
curses of the war.
grtlEtt eintrg.
THE' 001TERHEAD.
iztttlautots.
EMBODIED JOKES.
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1268.
STR.IMI; FIRES--A TALE OF THE
MYSTERIOUS.
The following most singular phe
nomena have occurred at the resi
dence of Wm. S. Stearnes and Rich
ard Freeman, in the town of Rush,
about five miles north of this city.—
On Tuesday morning last, 24th ult.,
soon after making the tires, Mrs.
Stearnes siiscovered the carpet burn
ing . near the stove, but to one side
of it. She extinguished the fire,
supposing it to have caught from the
stove in sonae:manner. Soon after
the carpet was found burning near
the bed which stood in the room, bat
.antirely Awpy from the stove. Re
garding the latter fire as very curi
ous she extinguished it, and left the
room to attend her work, and being
attracted by the smell of fire return -
.ed to the front room and found the
straw burning in the midst of her
bed,under the clothes and feather bed.
She imutediately.carried the bed out
of her house. When she returned
the curtains in front of her bed was
blazing up to the ceiling above. Be
ing now thoroughly alarmed she
sent her little girl, of about ten
years, the only person with her, for
Mr. Freeman who came and removed
the carpets, :clothing and beds from
the house, and extinguished the fires
in the stoves ; while doing this, fires
broke out in the pantry, burning
the papers that we spread out on the
shelves, also articles of cotton ignited
in different parts of the chamber.—
In this room a clothes rod, suspend
ed by strings of cloth tied to rafters,
was heard to fall, and the strings
were found burnt.
During this time Mr. Stearnes was
absent, and Mrs. S. and the little girl
went home with Mr. Freeman.—
When they arrived there as a pre
rtaution, the garments of Mrs. S.
and the little girl were placed ,by
themselves, a cloak worn by the
girl being put on the bare floor of
the bed room. In a half hour after,
this cloak was burning briskly. It
was removed from the room, and an
hour and a half afterwards the bed
in the same room was on fire. .The
day following, a pillow-case lying in
a - hack room ignited, also a cloth
spread over a flour barrel, and a bag
containing dried fruit. These arti
cles are all at distances from each
other, and ignited at different times.
A cloth which had been used to wash
some bottles bad been rung out and
hung upon a nail and was found
burning at the bottom, and part of
the cloth at the same time was fro
zen stiff. In the afternoon a smelt
of fire was discovered in the chamber,
and was found to proceed from a
small box in which a paper, wrap
ping a parcel of sugar, was entirely
burned from around the sugar. The
box was covered by a lid which shut
quite close. A lounge also took fire
in a bed room. On Thursday Mr
Stearnes returned to his house, built
fires in the stoves, and soon after a
fire broke out in a bed, and, in a
damp cloth lying on a pantry shelf.
He extinguished his fires, and has
not occupied his house since, except
to watch it.
Thursday night the little girl
stayed at Mr. Samuel Shuster's some
two miles west of Mr. Fieeman's.—
Friday morning a cloth lying on a
shelf in the milk room of Mr Shns
ter's house was found burning, and
also a handful of rags struck in an
outside crevice of the wall of the
house. And then being informed of
the occurrence by Mr. Charles Hol
man, of this city, arid to satisfy our
selves of the truth, we Tent with
him to the houses of Messrs. Free
man and Stearnes,
and from them
heard what we have related, and
much more. These gentlemen are
known to be men of unimpeachable
veracity, and their statement is a
sufficient guarantee of truth. But
we ourselves tiaw the effects of the
fire on the beds, clothing, pa
pers and walls of the house, suffi
cient to satisfy us of the exact truth
of every statement made ; we saw
the dress worn by the little girl,
which ignited twice near the bottom
of the skirt while ou her. It was
once extinguished by Mi. Freeman
and once by Mr. Stearnes. While
we wore at the house of the latter, a
fire broke out in some papers in an
out-house at Mr. Freeman's. On
our return we saw the fresh charred
boards which the fire had burned.
The fire broke out in five different
rooms at Mr. Freeman's house, in no
one of which there was any stove or
fire-place. A. watch has been con
stantly kept by these two families,
and every article has been removed
from their houses. They justly feel
the greatest anxiety to have the
mysteries of these fires solved. Who
can do it I—Oswego (N Y.) Press.
A Hospital Incident.
A few days ago a wounded soldier
died al the Hammon Hospital at
Ppint•Lookout. On the fly leaf of
his Bible was written :--"If I die on
the field or in hospital, in the name
Of humanity, write home." To this
was signed his full name and addrelL
A lee of his hair was cut off, and
laid on the leaf in tbe bible, and this
sad relic is the mesaago to his family
informing them of his depth.
serNegligence is the rust of as euul,
that corrodes her best resotutions:'
THE GEORGIANSEtkIiTIEg.
. The May number of Harper's Mag
azine contains an article from Mr.
Jos. E. Miller, called "A trip to the
Caucasus," which is full of bright
scenes and lively incidents In
speaking of' the . Georgians beauties
be says : Another ride was over4h.e
first and second ranges of the hills,
on Ascension day, of the Greek and
Armonian churches, to visit a little
church in a narrow valley. It was
a great shrine, dedicated to St.
George, who was represented all
round the house as killing snakes in
every possible way. It was a very
great holiday, and at three or four
thousand people have thronged the
pilgrimage. They w ere mostly mar
ried women, with their breasts hung
in their droll sacks in front ; and the
particular object of this pilgrimage
was the same for which Lucina was
worshiped of old, St. George, now-a
days, apparently having the same
attributes. They—the women—went
round the church, kissing the jut
ting angels of the walls, as Catholics
do. Two large three storied build
ings near answered for hotels, where
the Grusians were lodged on the
floors. The coup d'ceil of this large
gathering was brilliant.
Every girl, or women, not told
was pretty. and the costumes were
very striking indeed and becoming,
and the immense variety of tole in
a crowd very effective, A banT of
dark velvet—say two and a half inch
es wide—stands up from the brow
and incloses the hair. It is embroid
ered in bright colors—gold, green or
blue. On the top of the head lies a
rich folded satin handkerchief, with
the corner in front. From each side
falls pendent a long veil reaching
to the hips. A corsage of pink satin,
fitting to the throat, lies easily, as it
were, on the most charming chest
and bosom in the world, and unites,
in a point above the waist, with a
red jacket or bodice of blue. A long
robe of white satin falls to the feet, ;
no crinoline—it is not needed; a
bright ribbon round the waist ; nar
row sleeves lace trimmed at the
wrist ; bright buttons along the edge
of the corsage, running up to the
shoulders ; and itself studded with
sifter stars or small points, and you
have the costume of a young Geor
gian ladt.
So much for art. Perfectly round
but rather small eyes, jet black ;
black, round well-defined eyebrows;
a good forehead ; nose perhaps a
thought too short, for the Georgians
are very amiable and have hardly
the character of the Circassian or
Mingrelian ; a small mouth and chin,
beautifully rounded, with a clear,
translucent color, and you have an
idea of nature. Nevertheless, when
you look into the eyes of these beau
teous barbarians, you feel at once
that something is wanting, Like a
bright boy in conversation with
men, they open wide their eyes and
you see the mind lies dormant ; the
vital spark that should kindle and
illumine the wh* is inactive; the
intellect lies awakened ; and you
feel that, handsome though they be,
they are not strictly beautiful. But
then there are so beautiful women
in the world I—l have seen one or
two. The hair is frequently brought
down in plaits in front. and you some
times see throe or four tails—real
"Kenwigs"—pendent behind, possi
bly a far off re-echo of the fashion
immortalized by Dickens.
GOOD BEOEIPT FOE KEEPING SOBER,
In the rural district in the North
of Kngland, the following dialogue
lately took place between a friend
and a shoemaker who had signed
the temperance pledge :
"Well, William, how are you ?"
"0, pretty well, I had only eigh
teen pence and an old. hen when I
signed, and a few old scores; but
now I have about ten pounds in the
bank, and my wife and I have lived
through the summer without getting
into debt. But as lam only thirty
weeks old yet (as he styled him
self,) I cannot be so strong yet, my
friend."
"How is it you never signed be
fore ?" •
"I did sign; but I keep it differ
ent now to what I did before,
friend."
"How is this Y"
"Why,, I gae doon on my knees
and pray."
Better informed persons might
learn a lesson in this respect by ap
plying to the source of strength now
possessed by William the shoemaker.
tarGuiecioli, Byron's old flame
is writing the poet's life. It will be
curious to see that chequered career
from such a stand-point of view
A cotemporary says of Guiccioli :
"She, is sixty years old, wears a flax
en wig, false teeth and rouge, is a
married woman, and is vain enough
to believe she is still handsome,"
The Oommon Lobe
Thou shalt lie down
With patriarchs of the infitrit world—with
kings,
The powerful of the earth—the wise, t
glvd ,
Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past
All tone mighty sepulcher.—ilwirp
I .BERVITY.
it is said of the three most influ
ential members of the convention
that formed the constitution of the
United-States that in,
all the debates
of that body. no one ef 4.em made a
speech of more than twenty minutes.
We have good authority for stating
that -Alexander Hamilton, though
reckoned among the more diffuse or
ators of his day. did not occupy more
than two hours and a half in his long
est Argument on a trial of a cause,
and his rival, Aaron Burr, not more
than an hour and a quarter. A judge
who was intimately acquainted with
Bu'rr and his practice, confirmed tll§
statement, adding ,that within his
knowledge this advocate repeatedly
and successfully disposed of cases in
volving a large amount of property
in half an hour. "Indeed," said he,
"on one occasion he talked to thejury
seven minutes in such a manner that
it took me, on the bench, half an hour
to straighten them out." He added
"I once asked him. 'Col. Burr ; why
cannot lawyeri' always save the.tirne
and spare the patience of -the court
and jury by dwelling only ou the
most important points in their eases?"
to which Burr replied, "Sir, you de
mand the greatest faculty of the hu
man mihd, selection." He is well
known to have been one of the most
effective advocates in his time, and
in this manner, if nothing else, ha
deserves to be studied and imitated.
We refer to a single foreign example
an eminent English barrister. "I
asked Sir James Scarlet," says Bux
ton, "what was the secret of his pre
eminent success as an advocate. He
said that he took care to press home
iibe one principal point of the case,
without much regard to the othere.
He also said that he knew the secret
of being short. find,' said he,'that
when 1 exceed half an hour, I am
always doing mischief to my client.
If I drive into the heads of the jury
unimportant matter, I drive out
matter more important I had previ
ously lodged there.'" We commead
his method, ;and his reason for it,
not only to minister, but quite as
urgently to lawyers and members of
Congress.
RUSSIAN SEEPS.
The 3rd of March, as is well
known, was the day on which ex
pired the period fixed by the Imper
ial manifesto of March 3rd, 1861, for
the rural organisation of the Rus
sian serfs; but the dispositions of
that document are not yet complete
ly executed ; only 100,563 acts of
arrangements have been drawn up,
and but 87,863 have been. applied.—
Two years ago 8,000,000 serfs paid
the obrok, or tax for exemption
from Sorced labor, and 7,000,000
were subjected to the compulsory
service. Since that per 041 1,1.47,015
peasants have become proprietors of
land; 5,000,000 are entirely freed
from forced labor, and p,000,000 are
still liable to the corvee. .What
,an
amount of evils from ancient despot
ism to be swept away ! What a
number of existences to free from
the yoke weighing upon so many
generations ! Before the 3rd of
March, 1861, there were in twenty
seven Governments of Russia 1,955
schools for peasants; the number is
now 6,666 an increase of 4,711 in two
years The Government of St. Pe
tersburg seems now almost terrified
at the number of the disinherited
whom it has called to relative lib
erty ; it has just re-examined the
former measures adopted against
the "demagogical peasants," but it
will, however, in vain attempt to
arrest the impulsion given.—Le
Siecle.
A STUPENDOUS WORK.
A wonderful plan has been exhib
ited recently in Paris for a railroad
across the Simplon pass. The line
has been most carefully surveyed 'for
four months by Italian engineers,
who.havelpassed that time amongst
eternal snows, and now exhibit their
astonishing designs and declare the
work practicable at an elevation of
three or four thousand feet above the
sea. The estimated cost is seventy
two millions of francs. The object
of, course; is to connect the Swiss
Line of Geneva and the Valley of
the Rhone with the Italian Cis Al
pine lines. During four months, a
band of engineers and their assist
ants, numbering forty individuals,
have traced the line over mountain
summits, across valleys, gorges, and
precipices, living all that time in
temporary sheds, and carrying with
them food, clothing, and all the nec
essaries of existence into the very
heart of unexplored mountain for
ests. Out of about seventy miles of
railroad thus laboriously laid down
in these placps, nearly twenty will
be in tunnels and as many more in
galleries, with latent openings, hav
ing arcades on one side like those of
the Rue De givati. The appearance
oh the plans is wonderful and mag
nificent in the highest degree, and
appears the ne plus ultra of the dar
ing of modern science. The execu
tion is calculated to occupy five
years, and when achieved will more
Ulan rival the famou4 tunnel now be_
ing. perfor4ted 91rough'Mount Co
nie.
THE DEAD OF POMPEII EXHUMED
--THE RECENT REMARKABLE EIS
OOVERTE'B IN THE
we
CITY.
So#ne time sir'oe we publish:6d a
brief account of the discovery of
human remains, in a state of good
preservation, in a house in Pompeii.
Interesting particulars of the recent
researches itr the , buried city are giv
en by a correspondent of the Lon
don Athersattun, .who flays that the
human bodies were found,in an ex
cavation near the house called that
of Albondanza. Falling in a mass 9f
pumice stone, those LID fortupao.per
sons had not become attached to
the soil, and it was easy to cut
away the ground beneath them; but
above, fire, ashes and hot water had
been rained upon them .from the
fiery mountain, causing their. !Ica*
and.ensuring their preservation for
nearly two thousand years, On re
moving the debris, which consisted
of the roof and ashes which had fall
en into the interior of the house,
something like a human form .was
discovered, though nothing but
fine powder was visible. It occur
red to Cavalier Floret/I that ;this
might be a kind of sarcophagus
created by Vesuvius, and that with
in wore the remains of ono of the
victims of that terrible eruption.--
But bow remove or preserve them '
A happy idea struck him. Plaster
of Paris was poured into an 'aper
ture, the interior having been dis
covered to be hollow in consequence
of the destruction of the flesh, and
mixing with and uniting with the
bones, restored to the world a Ro
man lady of the first century.
Further researches led to the dis
covery of a male body, another wo
man, and that of a young girl; but
that which first awakened the inter
est of the excavators, was the find
ing of ninety ono pieces of silver
money, four oar-rings, a finger-ring,
all of gold; together with two iron
keys and evident remains of a linen
bag. These interesting relics have
been now successfully removed, and
are lying in a house not far distant.
They are to be preserved in Pom
peii, and four bronze tables, of an
antique fashion, are preparing for
their reception.
The first body discovered was that
of a woman, who lay on her right
side, and, from the twisted position
of her body, had•been much con
vulsed. Her left band and arm was
raised and contorted, and the knuck
les were bent in tightly; the right
arm was broken, and at each end of
the fraginents the cellular character
of bones was seen. The form of the
head-dress and the hair were dis
tinctly visible. On the bone of the
little finger of the left hand were
two silver rings, one of which was a
guard. The sandole remain, or the
soles at least, and iron or nails are
unmistakably to be seed. Though
the body was much bent, the legs
were extended as if under the. influ
ence of extreme pain.
In an inert chamber was found
the figure of the young girl lying
on its face, resting on its clasped
hands and arms ; the legs drawn up,
the left lying over the right—the
body thinly covered over in some
parts by the scoria) or the plaster,
whilst the skull was visible, highly
polished. One hand was partially
closed, as if it had grasped some
thing, probably her dress, with
which it had covered the head. The
finger-bones protruded through the
incrusted ashes, and on the surface
of the body in various parts was
distinctly visible the web of the linen
with which it had been covered.—
,
There was lying by the 'side of the
child a full-grown woman, the left leg
slightly elevated whilst the right
arm is broken ; but the left, which
is bent, is perfect, and the hand is
closed. The little finger has an iron
ring; the left ear, which is upper
most, is very conspicuous, and stands
off from the head. The folds of the
drapery, the very web, remain, and
a nice observer might detect the
quality of the dress.
The body of the man lay upon its
back, with the legs stretched out to
their full length. There was an iron
ring on the little finger of the left
hand, which, together with the
arm, was supported by the elbow.
The folds of the dress on the arm,
and over the whole upper part of the
body were visible ; the sandals were
there. and the bones of ono foot pro
truded through what might have
been a broken sandal. The traces of
the hair of the head and beard were
there, and the breath of life, adds
the writer, bad only to be inspired
into this and the other three figures
'to restore to*the world of the nine
teenth century the Romans of the
first, century. They might have fal
len but yesterday, for were there not
still remaining their sandals, their
dress, the very tracery of their hair?
They were trying to escape from de
struction, for the bodies were found
at a short distance ono from the oth
er, as if in the act of running. What
could have induced them to remain
so long it is only permitted to imag
ine. They were three.women who,
terror struck, had been unable, per
haps, to act, until aided and urged
forward by the man. It may be that
with that attaaiment which bids
us all in closely to our native place
NEW ARIES.--VOL. 4, NO. 48.
awl our hearth, they still clung too
their hetnes with the ,ho,pe.,that, the
storm, wpuld so °agate. away.
RELIE - F FOE THE STUBBING IN
lEELAND.--SPEEOH BY GEN. No
-
OLELLAN.
An immense meeting was he,hi at
she NOW York ,A.cademy of Music oil
Tuesday night, under. the auspices of
an association sty - led the..gnights of
St. Patrick, for the purpose ,o 1 rais
ing funds to aklovisit.e, the sufferings
caused by tike-famine in •lreland.
Gen. McClellan was present, and
being called on, respowled iu the fol
lowing ipeech :
Mr --Fatztins—l came here te-niglit
as a listener and spectator, not as is
participant in the proceedings of the
evening. I cape to hear the ablest
and best of the friends and sons of
Ireland plead her cause to-night. I
have departed from my usual rule to
avoid large assemblies, because .1 .
knew,that,this meeting >had .neither
partituin nor political purpose,.
(Ch eers.)
I knew thatyou had,sissembled for
the noblest of nil purposes, that t. f
charity towards suffering brethren
in a distant land. I came here sim
, ply to evince my sympathy in your
cause; for I have strong and peculiar
reasons for feeling an intense sympa
thy for and interest in all thatre
bites to Ireland and the Irish. (Great
applause.) I sprung, myself; from a
kindred race. I have often seen the
loyalty of the Irish to their govern
ment and to their general proved.—
I have seen the green flag of Erin
borne side by side with our awp
Stars and Stripes through the din of
battle. (Cheers.) I have witnessed
the bravery, the chivalry, the devo
tion of the Irish race, while I was 0
boy, on the fields of Mexico, and in
maturer years on the fields of Mary
land and Virginia. (Loud eheers l ,)
It has often been my sad lot, pleas
ant withal, to watch the cheering'
smiling patience of the Irish soldier
while suffering from disease or ghast
ly wounds; and I have ever found the
Irish heart warm and true. (Cheers).
I feel, then, that I have a right to
sympathize with your cause to nighL
It is most unfbrtanate that there atir•.
so many in Ireland who need oar
sympathy, but at least we should
thank our God that he has given us
the means to extend our hands to
them. (Enthusistic cheering). IA
is perhaps unfortunate for Ireland
that laws, In the making of which
the Irish have had but little to do,
that a government in which per
haps they have been bat little rep
resented—should have induced so
many to have left their native land
and sought foreign climes; but
what has been the loss of Ireland has
boon the gain of America. (Cheers.
It has given as.some of the proud,
ost intellects that have adored oar
history, countless strong arms who
have developed our resources, and
soldiers innumerable, who, on every
field from those of the Revolution to
those of the present sad rebellion,
have upheld the honor of their
adopted country. (Wild cheers.)
And so, I repeat, we have gained
what Ireland has lost. (Continued
.cheera.) One thing more before I
close. We come here for no polit
ical purpose ; but no true friend of
his eo,uutry can, in our present cri
sis, repress altogether the thoughts
that will crowd upon his brain:,
\That is it that enables us now to ex
tend oar hands to your brethren
across the Atlantic ? What is it
that our father&andave have ,worked
for for generations ? It was to es
tablish on this broad tontine it oast
nation, ono free Government that
may be the refuge of all exiles from
foreign funds ; and I know that I
express the thoughts of every one
who listens to me here, when I say
that all our energies, all our thoughts,
all our means, and if necessary the
last drop of our blood should be given
to uphold that unity and natiomality.
(Enthusiastic cheers.) But I did not
rise to make a speech, but simply to
express my warm and most cordial
thanks for the greeting with which
I have been honored to night.
thank you, and shall now make way
for the able and eloquent men who
will plead the cause of your breth
ren to night.
A Rom in Real Life.
The New Orleans Picayune of the
17th instant mentions the following
incident :—Among the Confederate
prisoners brought to this city yes
terday was a man whose wife some
months ago put on the weeds of wid,
owhood, giying out the report that
her husband had died in the Con
federacy. She sold out all her fur
niture and effects, and with anlasca
line friend of hers started for New
York. Ono of her failings was a
weakness of intoxicating drinks, and
while on her way North she got in
toxieated, fell overboard and was
drowned. The husband now turmi
up alive and a widower, while she
who so readily put on the widow's
weeds has become food for fishes.--
Thus facts and fictions blend.
/Off - Never acknowledge an onelny,
or see an affront if you caa help it.—,
Avoid wrangling and tittle-tattle.