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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD; PA.,. "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1863.
VOL. 9.-N0. 23.
OUR GUARDIAN SPIRITS.
Linger, gentle angel spirit;
Stay and fold thy cherub wings;
Jo the world thou didst inherit.
What ssreet message dost thou bring ?
Ertof a balm for her who bore thee.
Wept thy early flight to heaven ;
aw thecn'd clods levelled o'er theo,
Gaiiit bestow the healing leaven ?
As we tarry near the green sward
Covering to thy moital bed;
And gaze down upon the roses,
All in bloom abovo thy head ;
Sadly, mildly, mcm'ry whispers. .
Of a bud that rever bloomed ;
Then we feel a presence near us.
Pointing to our ros bad's tomb.
Guardian spirit, hovering o'er us.
Oft thy presence scemetb. near;
And wheu sorrow's fount o'erlioweth,
L'nscen pinions dry each tear.
When the silent twilight bringeth
Bitter memories to tii9 heart,
Uaek to earth our cherub wineth.
Whispers peace, and steals tho dart!
THE I1AIDEN AND THE EE?
I0E.
There was once a poor man who d-voli in a
Jiut, and gained'a livelihood by begging alms.
IIo had an only daughter, whom heaven had
gifted with extraordinary wisdom, and who,
little by little, taught' h:-r lather to speak so
wisely, that one day, when he hal gone to ask
alms of the Emperor, tha latter was astonish
ed at the wisdom with which he spoke, and
deiaanded from whoru he acquired it. "From
my daughter, () n ble Emperor!" answered
t;ie poor tuan ; and tha Emperor, being very
wise himself, and proud of his wisdom, resolv
ed to putth.it of the old man's daughter to
trial j so he gave the oil man thirty a'ggs. and
said :
I'ake thes-i to thy daughter, and bid her
got them hatched into thirty pullets. Ii she
refuses to obey, evil will befall her.'
The poor man burst into tears, for he saw
that the eggs had all been boiled. But when
be had reached home, and had loM his d '.ugh
tor all that had passed, she bade him bo cheer
ful and retire to rest, teilinsr him, he need not
fear any dinger. She then took a pot of wa
ter..DUt a haudful of beans into it. and nlaeed
it over tha Are ; and on thu morrow, when her
father bad u'sen.s.'ieave hiiu the boiled beans.
and told Liiu to dig a trench in a certainfield.
by which the Euq.eor would pas as he went
eut bunting. "And as the Empeor passes
by, take the beans and sow theru iu the trench,
atid cry aloud, -Gd be gracious, and grant
that my boiled beans may spring up quickly ."
and if the Eniperor aks how it is possible for
boiled beans fo grow, reply that it is as possi
ble as for a pullet to be hatched from a boiled
Hie poor man did as his daughter had in-ytn:ctt-d
iiim. IIo tools his spade and dug's
trench in a field by the side of the highway,
and when he sr.v the Emperor coming, he be-t-'aa
to s'w his beans in a trench and cry aloud,
'God be gracious, and grant that my boiled
Leans may spring up quickly !"
When the Emperor heard these words, he
stopped, and asked how " it was possible for
boiled beans to grow Whereupon the poor
man answeted :
"Gracious Emperor, it is as easy as for a
pullet to be hatched from a boiled egg." .
The Emperor divined who it wis that had'
arranged this stratagem, and in order still
more to try the maiden's wisdom, he gave the
pour in in a pack of hemp , and said : "
"Tiuethis to thy daughter, and bid her
nuke ine from it as many sails and ropes as
are necessary for a ship. If she refuses to
ouey her head shall pay the forfeit."
The poor man was sorely tioubled at these
words, and having received ti.epck of hemp,
retained to his daughter, weeping all the way.
But when he had told her all that had pass
H, she again comforted him, and bade him be
rheerlul and retire to rest, and fear no dan
ger; and on the morrow when he had risen,
! gave him a little piece of wood and said :
-Take this to the Emperor, and say that if
he will cut me out a spinning wheel, a loom,
""la shuttle, then will i do that which'he
has commanded." '
Tha poor man did the second time as his
daughter bad instructed him ; and when he
""I delivered her message, the Emperor was
""rethan ever astonished at her wisdom. To
I'tit it to a new trial, he took a drinkiug glass,
nd said to the poor man :
"Take this to thy daughter, and bid her
rnpty the sea with it, and make its bed dry
enough to grow corn on. If she refuses to o
' ev, both her head and thine own shall pay
be forfeit."
At this the poor man was more terrified than
ver. But when he had returned home and
told his daughter what the Emperor had com
manded, the maiden comforted him the third
t:iuo and bade him bo cheerful, retire to rest,
"d frar do danger. And on the morrow,
hen he had riseu, she gave him a pound of
'ow, and said to him:
"Take this to the Emperor and say that if
he will stop with it the mouths and the springs
u all the rivers in tbe world, then will I do
lbat which he has commanded."
Again the man did according to his dangh
'"'a counsel ; and, when ho had delivered her
message, the Emperor acknowledged that she
wiser then he himself, and commanded
"at she should at once be brought before
lm- When she had come into his presence,
na had saluted him, be said to her :
"Mr danghter, tell me what can be heard
the furthest V and she answered, "Gracious
Emperor, thunder and a He."
The Emperor then took bis beard in his
hand, and demanded of his counsellors how
much It was worth. When they had placed
upon it a value, some greater and some less,
the maiden said:
Most gracious Emperor, none of thy coun
sellors have answered well. The board of the
Emperor is worth three showers of rain in a
dry summer."
These word3 delighted the Emperor, who
declared that the maiden had answered better
than all his counsellors. Fie then asked her if
she would become his wife, saying that lie
would receive only cne answer. The maiden
prostrated herself before him ud replied :
"GraciousEmperor, it is thine to command,
and mine to obey what thou commandest. Let
me ask of thea but one thing, namely, that
thou snalt give me a writing, written with thine
own baud, that it it should ever be thy pleas
ure to setid nie away, 1 may carry from thy
castle whatever single thing I may love best."
The Emperor gave her the writing that she
asked, -md then had her placed upon the throne
beside him.
for many summers the Empress was loved
by her husband ; but i.t came to pass in time
that he ceased to cherish her. lie then said
to her on diy, "I do not wish thee any lon
ger to be my wife. . Leave my castle, and go
wherever thou wilt."
She answered," "Illustrious Emperor, I will
obey thee, Grant mo ODly that I may stay
until to-morrow. . , '" '
The Emperor granted what sho asked, and
in the evening she poured some of the juice
of a certain herb into a cup of wine, and pro
seuted it to him, and said :
"Drink-, illustrious Emperor, and be happy !
To-morrow I go away, and to-morrow I shall
be more joyful than I was even on my mar
riage morn."
The Emperor drank, and soon his eyelids be
came heavy .and he fell asleep; while he slept,
the Empress had him lifted into a carriage
which was in readiness, and therein conveyed
to a distant grotto, which she long ago had
prepared in antic ipatiou of such an emergen
cy. When the Emperor awoke, "and found
himself in the grotto, he angrily demanded
how he had como thither. "I have had you
brought here," replied the Empress. Aud be
th'etj asked, very angrily, wherefore she had
done this, adding : "Did 1 hot say thou
thouldst no longer be rny wife?" The Em
press took out of her bosom the writing which
the Emperor had givon her before her mar
riige, and answered :
'It is true, illustrious Emperor ; but this
writing,-which was given by thine own hand
accorded me the right to bring away with rue,
when I quitted the castle, whatsoever I might
love best ; I exercised my right, and brought
Ihec, most gracious Emperor."
When tiie Emperor heard these words, he
vowed never to part from so faithful and wise
a wife. So ho embraced her, and returned
with her to the castle.; and they two sat there
after side by side upon tbe throne, for many
summers ; and when the last summer had pas
sed, death reaped them both together, like a
double ear of corn. -
LARGE DEPOSIT OF H0SE7.
A somewhat singular discovery was
in a house of St. Louis. An exchange
made
gives
the following account of tbe story :
Tbe inmates of one of our largest uptown
mansion houses, a few days since were sur
prised to fiftd a large number of bees flying
about in two of the upper roorus. As the
little fellows continued to occupy the places
a bee naturalist was sent for to investigate.
On entering the rooms he exclaimed : "You
have honey somewhere hero," and proceeded
to search for it. On removing the fire-board,
hj discovered that one flue of the chimney
was full of houey comb, which was hanging
down into the fireplace, aud the honey drop
ping from it; proceeding to the top of the
bouse to sound tbe chimney, he found it the
same; one flue of the chimney was full, and
thj bees were industriously at work there al
so, these, tlues of the chimney had never
been used ; they were plastered smooth in the
inside, and were perfectly dark, a stone hav
ing been placed on the top cf each flue. The
bees had descended tho adjoining flues, and
found small holes about ten inches from the
top of the chimney, leading iuto the closed
flues, and through these holes they made their
way in and out. They have, as is supposed,
occupied these places for three years, having
been kept warm in the winter by the heat from
the adjoining flues. On removing the fire
board, the bees, seeing the great light which
had broke in upon them, descended into the
room and gathered on the windows, until they
were covered to the thickness of three inches.
It is estimated that there are in the two flues
from 40,000 'to 50,000 bees, and from 2,000 to
3,000 pounds of honey . . ,
liivEK of Vinegar. Near the road from
Bogota to Quiton, in South America, there is
a river the waters of which are as sour as vin
egar. It takes its rising among the Audes iu
the neighborhood of the volcanoes, which are
supposed to impart to it sulphuric properties.
What ia taken fron you before you get it ? J
Yonr portrait.
A SI3TGCLAK INCIDENT.
A correspondent writing fromtheXinth Army
Corps, opposite Fredericksburg, iiarrates the
iollowing, which occurred on Christmas day,
while the writer was out on picket with his
Company :
After partaking of -a Christmas dinner of
salt-junk and bard tack, our attention was at
tracted by a .rebel picket who hailed us from
the opposite side of tiie river :
'I say, Yank, if a fellow goes over there
will you let him come back again ?
.. Receiving an affirmative answer, ho procee
ded to test the truth of it by paddling him
self across the river. . He was decidedly the
leanest specimens of a rebel I had seen.' In
answer to a question, be , said be belonged to
the Georgia Legion. One of our boys re
marked, "I met quits a number of your .boys
at South Mountain-'' Yes, I suppose so if
you were there," said the rebel, while his face
grew very sad. i'W lett very many of our
boys there. My brother, poor Will, was kilied
there. It was a very hot place for a while,
and ut had to leave it. in a hurry. '-That's so,
Georgia, your fellows fought well there, and
had all the advantage, but the old Keystone
boys were pressing you hard. By the way I
have a likeness here (caking it out cl his pock
et) that 1 picked upon tbe battle-He hi the
next morning, and I have carried it ever
since." He handed it to the rebel, who, on
looking at it, pressed it to hi lips, exclaiming
"my mother! my . mother !" lie exhibited
considerable, emotion .at the recovery of the
picture, but ou regaining his composure he
said, that his brother had it in his possession,
and must, have lost it in the fight. lie then
usiieu ino iiauu oi , tue one to wuom no was
indebted for the lost likeness of his mother,
remarking "There may be better times soon,
and we may know -ach other better." He
had taken from h is pocket a small pocket hi
ble, in which to write the address, when Alex
,who bad takeii: no part in the conversation,
fairly yelled, ! know that ! I lost it at Bull
Run !" "Thar's where I got it, Mr. Yank,"
said the rebel and ha handed it to Alex. "I
am much obliged to yon; Georgia Legion, for
I wouldn't part with it for all the Southern
Ganfederacy.". I was a little curious to know
something further of the book, so I asked
Alex, to let me see it. He passed it to mo.
I opened it, and on the fly loaf faw written in
a ueat lady's hand -.-My Christmas Gilt, to
,X)ecembei!o:h.l8C0. Ella." "Well Alex"
said I, "its not often on has the same gift
presented to him a second time." "True,
Captain ; and if I could but see the giver ot
that to-day, there's but one other gift I would
want." "What's that, Alex?" "This re
bellion played out, and my discharge in my
pocket."
The boys bad all been busily talking to our
rebel friend, who, seeing a horseman approach
ing in the direction of his post, bade us a has
ty good-bye, and made as quick a trip as pos
sible across the Rappahannock. Night came
on, and those not on d uty lay down on the lro
zen ground to dream of other Christmas nights
when we knew not war. .
Yankee Stage-driver. The obliging dis
position of the Yankee stage-driver is aptly
illustrated in the following bit of satire : As
Mr. J , the driver, was proceeding from
Boston, not long since, a woman called him to
take a bedstead on the top without uncording
it. He told her he would oblige her the next
time he came along, but he could not then, as
he had engaged to take on a wind-mill a little
ways ahead; and as h j had a large cradle on
the top at the time, he was afraid ho should
not have room, frooeeding a little further,
he was requested by a woman to wait till she
had finished her washing and ironing. He
told her he oitenjhad to wait for the women to
do their ironing, but he con Id not stand wash
ing and ironing both !
Womex and Cjiildrk.v Chewinq Tobacco.
A Missouri letter in the Debuque Times says
tobacco is used among the natives in the rural
districts indiscriminately by both sexes, chil
dren as well as adults, both for chewing and
smoking. A foraslns party near Hartsville
recently called at a house where they found a
woman and thirteen children, the three oldest
being girls, and all "chewing" a "power" of
tobacco. One of the party remarking that
she was the first woman he ever saw chew to
bacco, the old woman exclaimed "Wal now,
whar was you brought up ? Never seen a
woman chew 'bacar ! Guess you haint been
round much. Don't you have any ladies whar
you was raisetl t"
To the Gibls. An exchauge in giving an
advice to young ladies on the subject of mat
rimony : "Never marry a fellow who is asham
ed to carry a small bundle ; who lies in bed
until breakfast, and until his father has open
ed his shop, store or office, and swept it out;
who frequents taveros, bowling saloons, prize
fights, &c; who owes his tailor, shoemaker,
washer woman, jeweler, barber, printer, and
landlady, and never pays his debts who is
always talking about. Lis acquaintances, and
condemning them ; whose tongue is always
running about nonsense, who thinks be is tbe
greatest man in the neighborhood, and yet
who every one despises and ahuns." This is
good advice girls; see that you don't over
look it.
AN IMPORTANT ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The Richmond Examiner of the 20th has a
remarkable editroia!,in which it makes the fol
lowing singular admissions :
"It is not altogether an empty boast on the
part of the Yankees-thai they hold all they
ever held, and that another year of such pro
gress as they have already made will find them
masters or the Southern Confederacy. They
who think independence is to be achieved by
brilliant but inconsequential victories, would do
well to look with the natural eye at the mag
nitude of Yankee possessions in our country.
Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri are claim
ed as constituent part3 of the confederation.
They are as much-iu the power of Lincoln as
Maine and Minnesota.' The pledge, once
deemed foolish bv the South, that he would
"hold, occupy, and possess" all the forts be
longing to the United States Government, has
been redeemed almost to the letter bv LincolD
Forts Sumpter and Morgm v.'a still retain, but
with those exceptions, all the strongholds on
me seaboard, from I-ortress Motiroe to the
Rio Grande, ure in tho bands of the enemy.
"Very consoling and very easy to say that
it was impossible to prevent all this, and the
occupation of the cuter edge of the Republic
amounts to nothing. Drewry's Bluff and
Vickslmrg give tLe he fo the fiist assertion,
and the onward movement of Rosecrans to
wards Alabama, the presence of Grant in North
Mississippi, and of Curtis in Middle Arkansas,
to say nothing of Banks at New Orleans and
Baton Rouge, set at rest the silly dream that
a thin strip of sea-coast only is in the posses
sion of our foes. The truth is, the Yankees
are in the very heart of the Confederacy ; they
swarm on all our borders ; they threaten every
important city yet belonging to ns, and nearly
two hundred thousand of them are within two
days' march of tbe Confederate capital. This
is no fiction. It is a fact so positive that non e
can deny it .
"Nor is this all. The President tells ns, in
his message, that the troubles with tho Indian
tribes have been removed, and no further dif
ficulty is anticipated. The intelligence we
obtain from private and trustworthy sources
does not confirm the President's sanguine as
sertions." '- ' 1
' The Examiner goes on to say that the con
dition of affairs is "distressing" for the Con
federates ; that New Mexico and Arizona are,
for the time being, lost to them, and that "the
stato of disaflection inTenn'essee and Missis
sippi (growing out of the appointment of in
competent officers and the fancied neglect of
that conntry by the Confcdarate Government
not from any lack of fervor in the cause),
which President Davis' visit was intended to
heal, is likely to revive under the depressing
influence of Bragg's retreat and his continu
ance in command add all this to the forego
ing, and it will be seen that the Yankees have
much to encourage them in the prosecution of
the war, and we not a little to excite serious
apprehensions as to the future."
The Examiner concludes its jeremiad by
urging the further enforcement of the con
scription, and says : "If within the next two
months we do not add seventy-fice or a hundied
thousand men to our forces in the South West we
shall come to grief."
THE BED INDIANS OF AMERICA.
We have often thought of the death of
Mah-lo-tah-pe, (the four bears), who recovered
from the disease, and sat in his wigwam, and
saw his whole tribe and family dis around him,
then covered them with rushes, and went to
tho hill determined to starve himself to' death,
remained there six days, crept back to tho
gloom of his wigwam, laid down by the side of
his dead, and died after nine days' abstinence
from food. The red man regard? the white as
an essential and undoubted liar ; probably, we
may hope, not only because he has tested
the voracity of his white brother and found it
wanting, but because almost every thing com
municated must be opposed to his wall of fix
ed idea's. But he possesses an instinctive
grace and grandeur of soul. What a pretty
story is that which Catlin tells of the Pawnee
who rescued the poor gitl of some hostile
tribe from the stake, to whom some ladies of
New York sent the medal with the letter:
"Brother, accept this token of our esteem;
always wear it for our sakes, and when you
have the power to save a poor woman, thin!;
of this and us, and fly to her relief!" and tho
answer, so thoroughly Red Indian : "Sisters,
this will give me care more than ever I had,
and I will listen to white men. 1 am glad I
heard ol the good act I have done. I did it in
ignorance ; now I know what I have doue. I
did it in ignorance, and did not know I did
good,but by giving me this medal I know it!"
How great is that instinctive grandeur of soul
which does good and yet does not know it?
We quite agree with Dr. TYilson that the red
man is one of our greatest ethnological mys
teries. Did he come from Europe f.Has he,
too,Norse blood injhis veins 1Electic Review.
An Imputation- Ad officer of a Maine regi
ment, observing a soldier industriously scratch
ing himself, said to him : "What's the matter,
my man fleas?" "Fleas !" Baid he in a tone
of scorn, "do yon think I am a dog? No,
sir, them is lice !"
Second thoughts are best; man was God's
first thought; woman his second.
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
The following letter was sent to us with a
request to publish it.
Falmouth, Ya., December 2C, 1802. .
Dear Wife : As I have not hsard from you
for some time, I concluded I would drop you
a few lines to let you know that I am yet a
mong the living. Thank God for the privi
lege; . Well, this is a business town, and has
been very lively for the past few days, as
some of the sutlers have got an article, com
monly called whisky, on sale ; and soma of
the boys have been imbibing toofieely, con
sequently, they feel like having a "gay and
happy" time. Our Regiment is doing Pro
vost duty now, and we have to arrest all that
get a "brick" in their caps. None of our men
are in the "mix." 1 have become a regular
temperance lecturer. I have not been "rich"
for a long, long time. Oar Captain that was,
was here to day for his brother, our Orderly
Sergeant, who was killed in the late battle.
He can not get his remains, as he .was buried
on the other side'of the river. lie is going
home to-morrow.
I don't know any war news, and. not to give
you a short answer, don't care a cent which
way they move, or if they move at all. I have
run my chance a good many times, and can
do it again ; and w ill uutil my time comes. If
it must be that I loose my life in this war for
tbe restoration of our glorious Union, 1 am
perfectly willing ; for I can loose it m uo Let
tcr cause, or more lasting benefit to posterity
The loss of my life is but as a drop ia tho
bucket.
m. D. is telling camp-fire "yarns." He
is in good spirits, and all the boys are coming
up to their usual degree of humor, glowing
spirits, and good feeling. I don't see how it
comes, that our convalescents never come
back after they get entirely well. Our com
pany would not look so slim, if we could get
our men back when they are fit for duty
those that are sent to the hospital, and the
paroled prisoners, who have long since been
regularly exchanged. But none of them come
The first thing we hear of them, they are at
home. lou must have a home- guard of
"convalesces" and "paroles" in town. I will
lay this by lor this evening, as it is getting
late and after roll call. I'll wait until morn
ing, and, may he, I will get your letter, for
we had no mail to-day.
. Good morning. Well, I received your let
ter as predicted, and I do tell you 1 was glad
to hear from you. ; Little do vou know what
a thrill of joy a soldier feels at receiving and
reading a letter from horn. How joyfully
ho cats his "cast-iron" biscuit, and masticates
his pork, when he has read his letter and
found, to his heart's coatent, that the dear
ones at home are all well.
I am of your opinion. I think wo have done
our best fighting, and our share. They ought
to let us go now. But, I guess, we will have
to see the matter through. I have been in
thirteen battles, but have come out safe save
a slight touch at Antietaro, and three hits at
this last one. I sometimes think I may yet
get home alive, and hope I may, for I am not
tired of living yet even in 'hese warlike davs
I gave you all the news of the late' battle in
my previous letter.
I shall not enter into a political discussion,
for no good can come of it. But, I do think
that the democrats brought on this war,
and now both parties are to blame for the con
tinuance of it. I never was a Republican, nor
have I changed any since the war neither
can I put any trust in as corrupt a party us
the old Democratic party. . You wonder why
they have carried the late elections Easily
answered. Because they are all at home a
larger portion at least than any other party.
Look around you in your own town, and what
is the result 1 Where are your S's, F's, He's
K's, H's, J's, N's, and a host of others 1 And
how stands the ratio 1 Echo answers largely
Breckinrtdgers. . And what are they doing ?
"Croaking" and smiling at our late defeat!
An : ine jJemocratic party is rotten rotten to
the core. Of course, I don't say every dem
ocrat, is false to the government; but, 1 tell
you, the Breckinridge wing'are all so. Good
night Mr. Politics.
Our regiment is reduced to five companies.
We don't feel much like doing doty as a Reg-
-iment. Our apt.earance on dress narade is a
slim and sad affair. I thought my time had
come at Fredericksburg. ' Oh ! that is a day
long to be remembered. No pen can put it
on paper. When I saw my comrades fall on
all sides of me, it made me feel queer. But
the next moment our fejlings were changed,
and we were rushing ' forward with the Cold
steel, thinking of nothing but the destruction
of the enemy But, I must close. My res
pects to all. .Yours truly, .
A Close Connection .A Persian merchant
complaining of some unjust sentence of the
lower courts, was told by the judge to go to
the cadi. "But the cadi is your uncle," ur
ged tbe plaintiff. "Then you may go to the
grand vizier." "But his secetary is your cous
in." "Thea you may go the sultan.", ., "But
his favorite sultana is jour niece.". "Well,
then, go to the devil." "Ah ! that Is a closer
connection," said tbe merchant, as be left tbe
court in despair. - ;
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the Sesais, on January 26th, a bill was
offered to organized a National Guard of about
250,000 nies, to be officered and drilled so aa
to.be prepared for service on short notice.
The bill for the better protection of overland
emigrants' was" pasted. A bill was introduced
to provide for a national currency, to be se
cured by the pledge of United Statos stocks,
and provide for the circulation and redemp
tion thereof. The bill to suspend the sale ot
lands on tbe coast of South Caroliaa and Geor
gia, in and about Port Royal, was passed. A
bill was offered authorising tbe President to
tafee possession of certain railway hues, appoint
Superintendents, and work them, paying the
stockholders 7 per cent during tha time on
the appraised value of the road. A bill was
introduced to enlarge tho canals and improve
the navigation of the Fox and Wisconsin
Rivers, from the Mississippi River to Lake
Michigan. TUj resolution instructing the
Committee on the Coirduct of the War to in
quire whether ar,y plans of GeuV A. E. Bura
side, for the movement of tha army, "lmvo
been interfered with by officers writing to or
visiting Washington to oppose them, aud
whether such movement had been arrested,
and if so, by what authority, was adopted
The bill abrogating treaties with the Sioux
and indemnifying Minnesota for losses in tho
late Indian outbreak was passed. In tub
House, Walter Mclndoe appeared as a Member
from the 2d Wisconsin District.in place of Mr.
Manchett, deceased. The bill to establish a
branch Mint in Nevada was reported favor
ably ; also the bill to establish an arsenal and
ordnance depot on the tide water of New
York Harbor. A bill outhorizing the President
to raise 150,000 black soldiers was offered and
laid over until to-day. The House passed the
Senate bill, amendatory of the judicial system,
making Ohio, and Michigan the Seventh, and
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin,the-Eighth Ju
dicial Circuit. The great Finance bill was then
completed in Committee aud reported to tha
House. Some of tho amendments were voted
on seperately, but all were adopted save that
taxing the aggregate of bank desposits. Tha
bill finally passed without a division, tbe voto
being almost unanimous. The Post-office
Appropriation bill (12,000,000) was adopted.
The Senate resolution, legalizing the transfer
of convicted criminals from the District of
Columbia to the prison at Albany, was also
passed. ' A resolution providing for the pay
ment of bounties and pensions to' the officers
and men in the Western Military Department
was passed, and tho House adjourned, after a
good day's work. '
In the Senate on January 27th bills were
oflered to fix the time of : holding United
States Circuit Courts,and for the better organ
ization of the military establishment. A reso
lution was adopted to inquire into the expedi
ency of authorizing tho President to offer such
bounty for the re-enlistment of such volun
teers for one year, or a longer time ; alsoj in
to the expediency of providing by law for
three-month volunteers, either by enlistment
or draft. Tha resolution to print at length
theFitzJohu Porter trial was lost, Senators
stating that it had already been printed. Tho
bills to remove Indians from Kansas and tha
Sioux from Minnesota were passed. Tha
President sent in documents concerning the
capture of British .vesseU sailing from one
port to another, having on board articles con
traband of war. The bill for the indemnifi
cation of the President and other persons for
suspending tho privileges of the writ of habeas
corpus, and acts done iu pursuance thereof,
was taken up and amended so as to apply to
criminal as well civil cases. The Kentucky
Senators indulged in severe condemnation of
the President. Mr. Saulsbery of Delaware
was exceedinglyjviolent, and was put in charge
of the Sergant at arms. In the House, the
Senate bill providing for the pay of certain
persons over 45 years of age, who entered tha
military service, was referred to the Military
Committee. In Committee of theWhole,elabo
rate speeches ori National affairs were made by-
Mr. Conway and Mr. Shellabarger the latter
in part as answer to (he recent speech of Mr.
Vallandigham. In the nouse, bills were of
fered authorizing the raising of negro soldiers
for not more than seven years.
A Citt Lass. Two young ladies of Albany ;
were spending tbe summer in northeastern'
New York. During their visit they took sev
eral long rides with tho daughter of their host
about the country. On one of these occasions
as they had been traveling some distance, and
the day was warm, and as a trough of running'
water stood by the road side, they concluded '
to give their pony a drink. One of the city
ladies agreed to get out and arrange matters
for that purpose; The others remaining in
the carriage and deeply engaged in conversa-;
tion, for some time paid no attention to the -
proceedings of their companion. When at
last, surprised at the long delay, they diacov- 1
ered her endeavoring to unbuckle tha crupper '
(the strap which passes around the horses
tail.) :
"Why what iu tha world are joa doing that
for?" - - , . ....... . r
Why, I'm unbuckling this strap to let dowo
the horse's head so that ha can drink."
Why is a mouse like s
load , of bay ? Ba
cause the cat'H eat it.