BI S. J. ROW. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1862. VOL. a-NO. 35- PBOFESSiONAL 4 BUSINESS CARDS. II B. WOODS, Attorney tt Law, Indiana,, P . Professional business promptly attended to. Dd. CROTCH, rnvsrcuw, Curwensville, Clear , county, Penn1- Ma? 14- J j CRANS, Attorney at Law and Real Estate 1 jveent, Cl'oarBeld, Pa. Office adjoining his r.iiienor, on Second street. May 16. ITT M. M'CI'LLOUQH, Attorney at Law, Clear W. '. P- Office, with L. J. Crana, Esq., on Second Street. July 3, 1861. WILLI A M A. WALLACE, Attorney at Law. Clearfield, Pa. Office, adjoining his resi denco on Second street. Sept. 1. ROBERT J. WALLACE. Attorney at Law. Clear field, Pa Office in Shaw's new row, Market street, opposite Nsugle's jewtlry store. May 26. F. NAL'ULE, Wkh and Clock Maker, and . daler in Watches, Jewelry, Ac. Room in Urabam's row, Market street. Nor. 10. BUCIIER BWOOPE, Attorney at Law, Clear . field, Pa. Offio in Graham's Row, four doo s wast of Grab am 4 Boy n ton's store. Nov. 10. TP. KRATZER Merchant, and dealer in . Boards and Shingles, O rain and Produce front St, above the Academy, Clarfild, Pa. j 1 2 A J. PATTERSON, Attorney at Law, Curwens- vill, Pa , will attend to all busine.xs en trusted to his care. Olice opposite the New .Methodist Church. Jan. 15, 1862. WILLIAM F.IRW IN, Marketstreet, Clearfield, Pa., Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Mer chandise, Hardware, Queensware, Groceries, and family articles generally. Nor. 10. DR. WM. CAMPBELL, offers bis professional services to the citizens of Morris and adjoin ing townships. Residence with J. D. Denning io Kylertown, Clearfield county. May 1 1, 1859. A! B M'ENALLY, Attorney nt Law. Clearfield, I'. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining couuties. Office in new brick addition, adjoining ithe rtai&tacc of James B. Graham. Nov. 10. JOHN GUELICII. Manufacturer of all kinds of Cabinet-ware, Market street, Clearfield, Pa. lie alsomakes to order Coffins, on short notioe. and attends funerals with a hearse. Aprl0,'9. T ICUARD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do JLv meetic Dry Qoods, Groceries, Flour, Bacon, Liquors, Ac. lUwwn, on Market street, a few doors wst of Journal GJUe, Clearfield, Pa. Apr27. JOHN RUSSEL A CO., Tanners aud Curriers, PeanrilVe, Clearfield Co , Pa. Keep constantly on hand ao excellent assortment of leather, which ithey efer for sale at the lowest cash prices. Hides of all kinds taken in exchange. JuIyl5-54. LARKTMER A TEST, Attorneys at Law. Clear field, Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal and other business entrusted to their care in Clear field and adjoining counties. August 6, 1856. J AS. H. LARKtMBR. ISRAEL TEST. - TR. M. WOODS, tenders his professional servi j ces to the citizens of Clearfield and vicinity. Residence on Second street, opposite the office of L.J. Crans.Esq. Office, the same that was recent ly occupied by lion. t R. Barrett, where he ean be found unless absecton professional business. .milOMA.S J. M'CULLOCGn, Attorney at Law, JL Clearfield, Pa. Office, over the "Clearfield co. Bank. Deeds and other legal instruments pre pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3. i. o. bcsh. :::::::: t.j.m'ccllougb BCSII A M'CULLQUGH'S CoLLcrwjr Crnce. Clearfield, Pbx.v'a. SALTJ SALT!! SALT!!! A prime arti eleof ground alnin salt, put up in patent sacks, at S3. 25 per sacK", at tbo cheap cash store of Kevember 27. R. MOSSOP. TJROPOSALS, Proposals for the building of - ftrrirey at the new Court Houee in the bor tVdgh of Clearfield , will be received at the com missioners' offico. until the 27th day of May next. Plans and specifications can be seen at the com missioners' office. By order of the board of Com missioners. WM S. BRADLEY, Clerk. BRIDGE STOCK FOR SALE. Tho Com missioners of Clearfield county, will offer at Public Salx, at the court house, on Tuesday the 27th day of May next, at 2 o'clock, p. m., one hun dred and thirty (130) shares of stock in the bridge across the Susquehanna at Clearfield. By order ot the board. WM. S. BRADLEY, Clerk. DR.LITCH'S MEDICINES. Afresh sup ply of these invaluable Family Medicines are for sale by M. A. Frank, Clearfield, consisting of Pain Curer; Restorative, a great cure for colds and cough ; and Anti-Bilious 1'liysie. They have been thoroughly tested in this community, and are highly approved. Tky them . TVOTICE Daniel Faust of Curwensvillo has 1 1 charge of my business in my absence. He is authorized to receive and receipt for money due roe. and is the only poison authorized to do so. Persons having business with me will pleaso call on him. JOHN PATTON. , Curwensvillo. April 2, 1862. MORRISDALE HOUSE. The undersign ed having taken the Morrisdale House, sit uate in the town of Morrisdale, Clearfield county, respectfully solicits a share of tho public patron age. No pains or expense will be spared to ren der guests comfortable. Charges moderate. April 2, '62. GEORGE RICHaRDS. PLASTERING The subscriber having lo cated himself in the Borough of Cloarfield, would inform the publicthat he is prepared to do work in the above line, from plain to ornamental of any description, in a workmanlike style. Also whitewashing and repairing done in a neat man iter, and on reasonable tarms. April 7. 1858. EDWIN COOPER. PROVISION AND GROCERY STORE. The undersigned keeps constantl on hand at his store room in Philipsburg, Centreycounty, a Ml stock of Flour, Hams. Shoulders, bides, Cof fee, Tea, Sugar, Rice, Molasses, Ac. Also, Li quors of all kinds, Tobacco. Segars, Snuff, Ac; all ff which he offers to purchasers on the most ad vantageous terms. Give him a call, and try his articles. Imar21 ROBERT LLOYD. VULCANITE BASE FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH. Attention is especially called to this article, as' a substitute for gold in inserting teeth. Many per sons who have tr rd all kinds of metalio bases pre fer this, and in those, cases where it is applicable, It will in a great measure beoome a substitute for fold, silver or platina. Its ehief advantages are, bsapnees, lightness and perfect adoption to the month; it having a soft fieshy feel to the parts of the mouth with which it oomes in contact. A.M. Hills is prepared to put up teeth on the 'nlcanite Base, with Goodyear's Patent Gum, hieh is the only reliable preperation, and ean ecly be had through their regular agents. Br. Hills will always be found in hit office on rnUy and Saturday, unless notice appears to the eoatmy, the town papers, the previous week. THE MAIDEN'S HOME. A cottage in a peaceful vale; A jassamine round the door; A hill to shelter from the door; A silver brook before. Oh, sweet the jassamine's buds of snow, In mornings soft with May, And sweet in summer's silent glow, The brooklet's merry play ; But sweeter in that lonely place, To God it must have been, To see the maiden's happy face Thus bless the bomb within. Without the porch you heard at noon, A voice that sang for glee; Or mark'd the white neck glancing down, The book upon her knee. THE DRUMMER BOY OF MABBLEHEAD. A TRUE STOHY. The whole city was wild with triumph at tho victories of fort Donelson and Roanoke Cheer after cheer went up from the Exchange, and people were momently jostling each other in the thronged streets, and Instead of begging paraon would burst into a shotit for the old flag. Woman that I am, as 1 hurried home in the twilight of that glorious day, I had to hold my mull' close to my mouth to prevent my voice from swelling the great thanRsgiving. Turning the comer of my own street I was astonished to see that my parlor was brilliantly lighted, ana through the thin curtains I like- w ngures moovmg rapidly, i run up me steps, ana sown discovered the reason, for as l opened the door all my own children nnd several of my neighbor's rushed with a great sweep into the nail, and for a moment I was nearly stunned with their cheers for tho fort, mo soldiers, the Stars and Stripes, etc. At last, at the volley lor the eunhoats. they ston ped from sheer exhaustion, and I asked very meeKiy, " liat in the world are you down in the parlor for 7" Well, mother," capped Will. "ww wanted to play, we were gunboats, and the nursery wasn i oig enougn. see me now ; l am going to run up within lour hundred yaidsof tlie guns of the fort," and with a yell like a wild s J ; v . - . miliaria ue oran-usneu a cane, and made a charge at a book-case, coming within an inch of smashing my Dante and Beatrice. I winc ed, bHt did not scold them, only enticed them into the less crowded dining-room, where we played gunboats and cheered until their father, coming dome to tea, rather shocked us by saying gravely that he should have to send us all to the watcbhouse. - Many incidents of the battles he told the eager children as we took our tea, and just before their bedtime, as they stood around him for he customary story, he told them one I shall try to tell you. You all know, said their father, how last April the Massachusetts troops were attacked and murdered in the streets ot Baltimore, and how the whole heart of New England thrifled to avenge their death. There was a young boy of Marblehead, only fifteen years old, Al bert Mansur by name, who came borne from school that day- wild with indignation, and told bis mother that he was going to the war ; he couldn't stay at home. "Why, Albert," laughed his happy mother, "they won't have you ; you are too little, my boy." "I can drum, can't I, mother t I guess those old rebels will run when they hear me play the Star Spangled Banner," and out he went, and his mother heard him playing the good old tunc as he matched down the street at the head oi a tatterdemalion set el urchins, called by him his regiment. He had a gilt for drum ming, and thinking of his words that mother's heart stood still with iear. He was her only child, her handsome boy ; how could she let him go 7 But she scolded herself for even thinking of it. Of course bis father would keep him at home. At dinner time Albert at tacked his father on the subject, but bis father peremptorily answered "no," and told bini there must be no more talk on the matter. Usually his father's decision settled things, but this time Albeit argued manfully, lie could do just as good service as anybody ; he ought to go; he mnst go. But Mr. Mansur was firm, and he had to yield, although the struggle was so severe that be grew pale and thin. At last, to divert his attention, they sent him to his grandfather's in Augusta, and fervently hoped he would forget his fancy. But when he arrived there he found a regiment all ready to go into camp a short way from the city. He accompanied them as drummer. His father and mother, as the weeks went by, became impatient, and at last went for him. As they rode through the streets, almost the first person they saw was Albert, marching in a fine new uniform, with this same company, who were on their way to the station. . He had kept his promise to them that is, be bad not ei listed, but.they felt from that day that they must let hitn'go. He went homo with them, and after a few weeksjthey gavejhim up, and he enlisted in the Massachusetts Twenty-third, Colonel Kurtz, as drummer for one of the companies, being the youngest in the regi ment. Dear little ones I can never tell you bow bis mother felt, how his father in his bit ter grief prayed, how many hot tears stained the few articles be could carry, and then al most as sorrowfully as to bia burial, they went to see him start. That day the poor pa rents talked long together, then tho father went out, and w hile he was gone the pale mother knelt with her face hidden, asking for strength and patience. When he came in, Albert knew that be should not go alone ; bis father bati enlisted as a private in the same company, so as to take care of that Idolized boy. They sailed in the Burnside Expedition and on all that long, dreary passage, Albert was the light and joy of bis regiment, and in deed of all the regiments on the vessel. So full of hope and enthusiasm was he, that his father wrote to his mother, "all the petting he got did not seem to hurt him a bit." Officers and men delighted to do him favors, and bis prompt, sauce)' drumming, won praise from the gallant commsnder himself. When the hazardous work ot landing began, Albert managed to be In one of the first boats, and was consequently among the first to Brand on the enemy's inland of Koanoae theirs then, ours now, thanks be to God. -In that march through slimo and water, he did bis part well, not allowing his father to touch his cherished drum for an instant. At last they came in sight of the enemy's battery. "Who will go and take it 7" asked the general command ing. "The Massachusetts Twentythird," was the quick reply. "Forward, then, double quick 1" and in the teeth of that galling firs tbey rushed to their death as it bad been tbeir bridaL Albert siting bis draa over bis ibod!- der, and solzing a rifle from a wounded man near, dealt true shots for his country. His father fell wounded by his side, but he heeded mm not, nis whole soul had lost itself in the work before him. "Look at that child," said ouo ouiccr io another ; "no wonder we con quer when boys fight so." At last the posi tion was ours : tbo rebel gunners turned and fled, and for an instant the roar of the battle ceased. So intent was Albert that he never stopped, and was loading again, when the Colonel touched his shoulder "Wait, rest a minnie, my young hero don't you see they are running ?" Oh, glory hallelujah !" sang out the excited boy ; "didn't I say they should run to the old tunes ?" and seizing a disabled revolver for a drumstick, he struck up in the "' i xaniiee uoouie. it was .a strange sound as it rung out over that field of death, ana Uint and weary as our brave fellows were they gave it a rousing welcome. A flying rebel heard it,and looking back took sure aim at Albert. A man near the boy saw him, and tried to pull him down, but he stood bis ground, and the ball did not fail to do its dead ly work. "Oh, father 1" burst from the tearful chil dren ; "not killed, was be V Tbey thought him only stunned at first, and bore him out of the crowd ; they bathed his brow ; and you will love his knightly Colonel none the less when 1 tell you that his strong arms held the dying boy. His pale lips mov ed at last, and they bunt eagerly to hear bis words, borne inquiry for his missing lather, somo last precious words for bis lonely moth er 7 No ; only this, boylike, "Which beat, quick, tell me 7" Tears ran like rain down the blackened faces, and one in a voice husky with sobs said, "We, Albert; the field is ours." The ears, death bad already deafened, caught no sound, and his slight band fluttered impatiently as again he gasped, "What, tell quick 7" "We beat 'em intirely, 'me boy," said a big Irish Sergeant, who was crying like a baby. He heard then, and his voice was as strong and as bright as ever, as he answared, "Why don't you go after 'em 7 Don't mind me, I'll catch up. I'm a little cold, but run ning will warm me." He never spoke again, the coldness of death stiffened his limbs, and so he passed from the victory of earth to the God who gave us the victory. They laid bira down tenderly, with his head resting on a smooth, green sod, and as his wounded father crawled up to see him, they feared a wild scene of lamentation, but be only said, "He would rather die than to see us beaten." He wastirged to go home with Albert to bis moth er, but be would not. onlv savinsr to their so licitations, "Albert would be ashamed it I did, and I will fight as long as the war lasts." I he children did not play gunboat anymore but went quietly up to bed, and a-hen Nellie said her prayers, she added in simple child ish words, a hope that "God would make Al bert's mother willing that he should be dead. and that God would tell her how Nellie loved her ;" and here the tender little heart broke down but Will said, "God knew just as well as if she said it all," and I think he did. Last Hour or a General We can reflect, without Badness, on the closing moments of tho gallant Gen. Neil ! His life long dream bad been to obtain the light baton and ribbon of Marshal of France. He could not sleep after seeing it conferred on McMahou, as a re ward of valor in the battle of Magenta. Be fore the next engagement, he told his friends that this time he would win the prize he so much coveted. The conflict was over, and they sought him anxiously upon the gory field. They found him almost crushed be neath his dying war horse, and the practiced eye of the surgeon told hiruj life would soon be over. Word was sent to the Emperor, who quickly arrived, and taking from his own breast the badge of Marshal of France, he placed it above the heart of his faithful fol lower. The life-long dn am was realized, and with a single throb of exultant joy and grati tude, he threw his arms about the neck ot bis sovereign the next instant he fell back in the embrace of a stronger King. A Washington letter to the Independent! closes with the following paragraph : As I close this letter, there are ominus ru mors on the streets in the air. To use an old phrase, now threadbare since the war be gan, "e are on the eve of great events." 1 1 is true tlm time. . May-day should see us in possession ot Richmond, and M tjlellan's friends say that be will plant the Stars and Staipes on the Richmond Statehouse before long, ireraontis oil with bis esalf , and he already has a division of troops in the field. He is on excellent terms with Mr. Lincoln, and his enemies in and out of the Cabinet are much disturbed by the fact. Twenty-five thousand men have been given him at the out set, and he will have more when be needs them. "That man,1' said a distinguished Kentucky politician, pointing to Fremont, as be stood in the rotunda of the Capitol a day or two since, "That man can't be put down." So bis enemies have always found. Bore x Charmed Life. It is narrated as one of the incidents of the Fort Donelson fight that the youthful Capt. Henry Wilsen, of the Illinois Eighteenth, was shot down three times without receiving a scratch! First a ball struck the pistol in his belt, prostrating bim. He jumped up and rushed on, when be receiv ed another diagonally across his breast, strik ing a package of papers in bis breast pocket. He was carried back from the stunning effect of the blow, but speedily recovered, and was again at the head of his company when an other ball struck bim crosswise on his waist plate, and be was again flattened out, and car ried off, this time for dead ; but what was the astonishment of bis comrades, a short while afterwards, to see the little fellow rushing up and "pitching in" again, and bravely doing his duty to the end of the fight, coming on without a bruise upon bim, but a little sore about the ribs. To Cure Bots. The following is from the New York 'Spirit of the Times' : "When your horse has the bots, first give him some sage tea. Boil the sage in a quart of milk, and sweeten with molasses. Half an hour after, drench yonr horse well with laudanum; in three quarters of an bour after drench with three-fourths of a pound of salts, and your horse will be well in three boura, or as soon as the salts operates. The tea wil I make the bots let loose, the laudanum will put them to sleep, aodltbe salts will cause them to pass from the horse. I warrant the care os a lair trial." , COMPENSATION AND COLONIZATION. From the Philadelphia Bulletin. The confidence of the people in President Lincoln is, we think, higher at this moment man it ever has been, aud we are quite sure that they would not be willing to exchange him for any one of our prominent politicians or generals. The peculiar power of the Pres ident seems to consist in bis careful and com prehensive view of everything ; in a peculiar balance of his own intellect and his capability of holding that of others in the same position ; in his moderation of character and transparent honesty of purpose. These are high qualities, and they are such as the people appreciate. In all the appalliug difhculties which beset the President in his entering upon his office, the same generic traits have been shown. ' He- perceived at once what Mr. Buchanan seem ed to be incapable of seeing that there must be in every nation the power of self-preservation, and that it was his plain duty to acquire and hold all the possessions of the United States. He perceived that if the war was to be carried on at all, it must be waged with vigor, and that its grand motive, the preserva tion of the Union, must be clearly apparent. Directly in the path of the President lay the question of slavery, one on which almost every individual of the thirty millions of peo ple in America had opinions and could talk at mil length, but in regard to which it was the most ditlicult thing immaginahle to devise a wise plan, and when devised, to persuade any one to make it practical. The peculiar pow ers of Mr. Lincoln's intellect were brought to bear upon this question, and when his mind was made up and the proper time had come, he caraly took the responsibility of sending a message to Congress embodying his views. We all remember how astonished everyone was at the boldness which thus confronted the question of the age. But when the surprise had passed away, the result was admiration as well of the wisdom as the boldness of the measure. The first principle of the President's plan Is emancipation of the slaves wilh compensation to the loyal masters. He recommended that a resolution conveying this idea, that Congress would thus assist any State that was willing to emancipate, should pass both houses, and this was accordingly done. His second prin ciple was Colonization, with tho consent of the negroes, not only in Africa or Hayti ; but that, in addition, a territory lying toward or in the tropics should be set apart, which might be settled exclusively by colored persons. The popularity of these measures was truly remark able. Almost tho entire North evinced at once a willingness to assist the South in bear ing this burden a willingness to tax them selves to pay for the properly thus to be given up by Southern men, so that the great boon of freedom could be secured to tho blacks and, at the same time, tho fruitful source of all trouble to the country might be removed. The exceptions are extremely raro to the dis position to burden themselves fer a great na tional and philanthropic. el'ject. The emanci pation was to be conditioned npon the consent of the slaveholdmg States, and thus it was perfectly constitutional. Abroad, teo, where there had been continual statements, in part prompted by Southern emissaries, that there was no real disposition in the Ameiican Gov ernment to the abolition of slavery, this course of the President at once silencced all such charges. The immediate result of the course pursued by the President was to bring about the aboli tion of slavery in the District t Columbia. His principles led directly to this result. They were z That it was eminently desirable to abolish slavery ; that the principles of com pensation and colonization should be kept in view, and that it should be done with the con sent of the governing authority. But in'the District of Columbia, Congress is the local egislature, and their consent settled the whole matter. They passed such a bill by a two-thirds vote in both houses, and it was signed by the President. It is one of the great events of this century ; it is hardly too much to say that thus to tree the nation from the shame ot slavery, in the National Capital, is worth an the war has cost. We learn from authentic information, that a strong disposition exists in the State of Del aware to avail themselves of the resolution of Congress in relation to compensation for tbeir slaves. A million, of dollars less than the expense of one day of the war would pay for the whole of the slaves in Delaware, in the election which occur this year, we learn that this question will enter as a main element. Should emancipation be successful there, Mary land could not retain her slaves, and must necessarily follow. We might illustrate the President's policy by the view recently afforded us of the course of events in Mexico. Suffice it to say, that it is characterized by the same moderation and comprehensiveness already indicated. The course pursued in the case of Mason and Sli- dell is another illustration of the same traits. The people have reason to rejoice that at such a time the Government is in the bands of epe who seems raised up especially for the occasion. The Cleveland 'Leader' tells a story of a Northern Senator who was talked of for the Presidency ; but who evidently aspiies to a Judgeship. The Senator in question says that there was lour years that he was praying long and praying loud praying early and praying late that Chief Justice Taney might live through Buchanan's Administration. Now be said the only anxiety be bad in the matter is that be overdid the praying business to such an extent that be will live even through Mr. Lincoln's. ' The Augusta, Georgia, Chronicle says : Our Confederate Legislature ts determined to take care of No. 1. The bill fixing the pay of Sen ators and Representatives in Congress pro vides that each shall receive $3,000 a year, and traveling expenses at the rate of 20 cents per mile. It is a fatter thing to be a Con gressman and talk "buncomb," than to be a soldier atSll per month and fight the Yankees. One asked bis friend why he, being s stout man himself had married to small a wife. "Why friend," said he, "I thongbt that you bad known .that of all evils we choose the least." A Sontb Carolina paper threatens that the whole of the United States "shall be the seat of war." Then the war will have a tremen dous seat bigger even than Humphrey- Marshall's. A Pretty Good Stort. A tolerable good story is told of a couple of raftsmen, based upon an occurance during the late big flood and storm our western rivers, In which so many raits were sunk and so many steamboats lost their sky rigging. A raft was csught in a dangerous place just as the squall came. In an Instant the raft was pitcbing'and writhing as if suddenly dropped into Charybdis, while the waves broke over it with tremendous up roar;, and expecting Instant destruction, the raltsman dropped on his knees and commenc ed praying with a vim equal to the emergen cy. Happening to open his eyes an instant., he observed his companion not engaged in prayer but pushing a pole into the water at the side of the raft. "What's that yer doin' Mike 7" said be ; "get down on your knees now, for thete isn't a minit between us and purgatory !" "Be aisy, now ; what's the use in praying when a feller can tech bottom with a pole f" Mike is a pretty good specimen of a large class of christians, who prefer to omit prayer as long as they can "tech the bottom." "Ir too Please." When the Duke of Wel lington was sick, the last he took was a little tea. On his sorvant banding it to him in a saucer, and asking him if he would have it, he replied, "Yes it you please." These were his last words. How much kindness and courtesy are expressed by them. He who commanded the greatest armies in Europe, and was long accustomed to the tone of au thority, did not despise or overlook the small courtesies of life. Ah how many boys do. What a rude tone of command they often use to their little brothers and sisters and some times to their mothers. They order so. This ill-bred and unchristian, and shows a coarse nature and hard heart. In all vonr home talk remember, "if you please." Among jour playmates don't forget, "If you please." To all who wait upon or serve you believe that "if yon please" will make you better served than all the cross or ordering words in the dictionary. Don't forget these little words. "If you please." A Hint to Yocnq Ladies. Loveliness ! It is not your costly dress, ladies, your expensive shawl, or gold-laden fingers. Men of good sense look far beyond these. It is your char acter they study your deportment. If you are trifling and loose in your conversation, no matter if you are as beautiful as an angel, you have no attractions for them. It is the loveliness of nature that attracts the first at tention, it is the moral and mental excellence and cultivation that wins and continues to retain the affection of the heart. Young la dies sadly miss it who labor to improve their outward looks, while they bestow little or no thought on their minds and hearts. Fools may be won by gewgaws, and fashionable and showy dresses, but the wise the prudent and substantial, aregnever caught by such traps. Let modesty and virtue be your dress. Use pleasant and trnthlul language, study to do good, and though yon may not be courted by the fop, the truly great will love to linger in your steps. A Beactipcl Idea. In the mountains of Tyrol it is the custom of the women and chil dren to come out when it is bed time and sing their national songs until they hear their hus bands, fathers and brothers answer them ffcm the hills on tbeir return horns. On the shores of the Adriatic such a custom prevails. There the wives of the fishermen come down about sunset and sing a melody. After singing the first stanza they listeued awhile for an answer ing melody from ofl the water, and continue to sing and listen till the well known voice comes borne on the waters, telling that the loved one is almost home. How sweet to the weary fisherman, as the shadows gather around him, must be the song of the loved ones at home, that sing to cheer him; and how they must strengthen and tighten the links that bind together these humble dwellers by the sea I Truly it is among the lowly in this life that we find some of the most beautiful cus toms in practice. A Generous Man George Peabody, the American banker in London, whose magnifi cent gift of .150,000 to the poor of that city has excited s.t much praise from the London press, has, during his successful career, given away to charitable objects no less than one million eight hundred thousand dollars. He is a native of Danvers, Massachusetts, and a descendant of the Pilgrim Fathers, his ances tors having emigrated from St. Albans to New England in 1635. ne began life poor as an ofllce boy, when eleven years old At fifteen lie was a merchant ; and at twenty-seven part ner in a Baltimore house, with branches both at New York and Philadelphia. In 1837 be went to England, and, entering the banking business in London, has since then remained there. People who go out of church before the benediction ought to have the old Scotch clergyman, of whom this story is told, speak to them. The ancient reverend had just rais ed his hands to give the parting blessing, when the noise of the escaping multitude at tracted bis attention and disturbed the quiet of the church. Quietly opening his eyes, he thus addressed the door keeper, and effectual ly stopped the practice, for that dsy at any rate : "And now, John, open the doors ; and let all the cursed people who don't want the blessing, retire. The man that laughs is a doctor without a diploma. His face does more good in a sick room than a bushel of powders or a gallon of bitter draughts. People are always glad to see him. Their hands instinctively go half way out to meet his grasp, while they turn In voluntarily from the clamy touch of the dys peptic, who speaks in the groaning way. He laughs you out of your faults, while you never know what a pleasant world you are living in until he points out the sunny streaks on its pathway., ',. The world goes ever on. It is strange bow oon, when a great man dies, his place is filled and so completely, that he seems to be no longer wanted. A smile may be bright while the heart is sad the rainbow is beautiful in the air while be neath is the moaning of the sea. Why should the male sex avoid the letter A 7 Because it makes men mean. In the tax bill before Congress dogs are lazed $1 each. EMANCIPATION ITS FUTURE RESULTS. From the Philadelphia Press Washisfton, April 18, 1S62. From this day forward we shall have a great national party, based upon the two grand ideas of pro tecting and preserving the Union, and of so restoring it as forerer to prevent those who co' tributed to the rebellion from re-assuming their recent bad eminence. President Lincoln, in his shoit message of Wednesday, anouncing that he had signed the bill lor the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, suggests, in a single sentence, one great element ier the uuity aud success of such a party. His words are significant : "I am gratified that the two principles ot compensation and colonization are both recog nized and practically applied in the act." The exact significance and value of these words is to be found in that they not only mean that the President and his friends do not intend that slavery shall be removed from any State, unless with the consent and at tho petition of the people thereof, but that the owners must be compensated and the slaves colonized- No violent or radical measures, differing from this safe and sagacious policy, will be sanctioned by the President or any considerable number of his friends. It is In this spirit that a great national party will be organized and maintained. The great ambition of the President is to unite the loyal people of the United States against all their enemies armed or unarmed, open or concealed. He has done no single act since his inauguration that has not been the growth of this patriotic feeling. He e- specially sympathizes with the true men of the slave States. Born in Kentucky himself, i . . - . . . . . ne kiiows wnai iventucKy ana other adhering Southern States have suffered; and, at th risk of offending ultra men, he has repeatedly manifested his anxiety to consult and concili ate those upon whom the burdens of this war have fallen so heavily. This emotion inspired him when he proposed his plan of gradual emancipation in the States' in' bis special mes sage, and this it is that prompted bim to ex press his gratification that "the two principles of compensation and colonization are both re cognized and applied" in the act of abolishing slavery here.' lie well knows that any triumph at the polls which des not recognize these men, and hold out hopes of future protection to them, is simply to help the traitors in the field, to strengthen them in their persecutions of the loyalists of the South, and to restore James Buchanan and his parasites to power. And, however the Border State Senators and Representatives may have voted in Congress, most of them'are this day the open and candid supporters of Mr. Lincoln: As they have most severely suffered In the conflict produc ed by Breckinridge and his party, they can. never unite with that party in any iutnre cam paign. Substitutes: A correspondent of the New Orleans Crescent, at Richmond, writes as fol lows : Our chief article of commerce now-a-days is a commodity known in the market as "substitutes'." The article has risen from $100 to $200, again to $500, and from that to $1000 and $1500. The cheapest kind now offering commands $5C0 icadiiy. A wretch named Hill has been making enormons sums, as much as from $3000 to $5000 per day, by plundering substitutes, situe of whom are the very scum of the earth, while others are pov erty stricken Marylanders of high social po sition at home, and men of real moral worth. A friend of mine bought a substitute from Hill for $500. He saw Hill give the poor devil $100 and put the remaining $400 in bis pock et. As my friend went out the door he met a gentleman who told him he had just paid $1500 for a substitute. Of this sum it is pos sible the substitute received $200, and Hill the other $1800. To-day he went up Main street with at least fifty men at' his heels. You may therefore infer that he Coins money more rapidly than the Yankee distiller, Stearn, now in jail with Botts. who used to make $1600 a day by furnishing' his vile stuff to Southern soldiers. The fact is, this buying and selling substitutes isabomicableallaronnd; The men who come here from the' country to bny them run mad'until they get tbem they are absolutely crazy with fear least they should fail to obtain them and seem willing to spend their last dollar in the effort. On the other band, the exhibition of his person, to which the substitute . is subjected, is rediculons and disgusting- lie is stripped to the skin, per cussed, ausculated, examined from top to toe, like a horse showing off paces. A' lovely business; truly ! The Knoxville 'Register,' of the 13th ult., says there is little prospect of the cultivation of crops of any kind this year In Powell's Valley, one of the most fertile valleys of East Tennessee. The Union people are fleeing to Kentucky, while those who adhere to the Con federate Government are so harrassed by th Federal cavalry from Kentucky that they can not attend to the labors oi the firm: Another cattle disease, of the most fearful character, according to the Newville 'Valley Star,' has appeared among the cattle in that vicinity. It commences on the side of tho head and nose, causing the animal to rub un til the 6kin is rubbed off and the eye is rubbed out. Some eight or ten hours' after the dis ease appears, the head commences to swell, and in two hours thereafter the animal is dead. . " Well, John," said a doctor to a lad, whose mother be had been attending daring her ill ness, "how is your mother 7" She's dead, I thank you, sir." "Pooh I Pooh !" said a wife to ber expir ing husband, as be strove to utter a few part ing words, "don't stop to talk, bnt go on with your dying." A rebel prisoner was asked : "Ain't you tired of fighting Uncle Sam 7" "Yes, sir. Would'nt fight again if Uncle Sam should spit in my face." All fruit trees have ' military propensities. When young they are well trained ; tbey pro duce many kernels ; and their shoots are very ' straight. , ; ;-. The Grave an ngly hole in tho gromid, which lovers and poets wish they were in but take uncommon pains to keep ont of. The ladies who wear red, white and blue rosettos, araresl patrio:s,aad therefore ready for a Agtigemet. i " 2 1,1 ft 3? si V t
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