CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1864.
VOL. 10.-NO. 52.
BY S. X ROW.
Original poetry.
THE rULL MOON.
BV CAIKU
The Silrt-r Moon coines o'er the hills.
And iuiiles upon the guahiug ri.ls.
Fhe ushers in the tilljr uitfht,
And nhines rouud, beautiful and bright.
5he plays nniong the forest trees.
Or dances on Ibe brinjr neas
Ihe lakelets mirror forth her form.
When fkie aro bright, or breezes warfu.
A up the sky her way we noirk.
The heavens are lit by many a spark
Tbee, these, her coronation long.
While tribute to ber (iod they bring.
The mountain danoes'in the rays.
While valesare oc:il wiib ber praise ;
.Autl summer leaflets wane aud prance,
While images bsneatb them dunce.
Hie lKjk uprn ibe glassy wae.
Or on tbe Aurumn flior ers grnve ;
She cheers earth s trav ler with her smiles,
As on they plod life' weary miles.
J-hineon ' moon ! to rule the night.
And teach me to pursue tbe hight
Picture .'u-h thoughts to men below,
As lead to wjrtn, not empty sho.
THE AKTIO PEISON.
A Thrilling Story of a Child and Dog-.
The ship swung heavily to and fro the
long yardi croaking and shivering upon the
lliaats.
The wind whistled jvith a thrill, weird
sound aiming the shroud?: and the shrouds
U.nc inward as though unseen bandsor heavy
footed men were assending them. It was a
dark niht, yet not so dark but that we
could see the lotty iecbeigs ly which v.e
were surrounded, looming up like spectres
through the gloom. W e were tossing about
(in tlie waters of the Arctie ocean, and sub
jected to a heavy ..sea and gale of wind
our position was a dangerous one. We had
a'rea ly begun to prepare rafts, and to hoist
our chests on dock expecting every moment
that the ship would be stoved by the ice.
Heavy mases Were continually crushing
against the bows, and thui.deriug under the
counter, causing the vessel to shake an i
quiver from stem, to stem, as though every
timber was about to give wav. At times the
f'MIO'ISSloll WOUII.
d be
violent that a!l
l ands would be thrown off their feet, and
tumble on top of each other. Suddenly a
wine face with glaring eyes and quiv
e.ing lips appeared among us. It was that
jf the captain's wife. She had her hand
v.p n her hu.-batii s arm, as she stood near
ihe bow.
"Lillian! Lillian !" she gasped, "where
is our Lillian : "
"Lillian! Good heavens! wife, what do
ou mean ? 1 left her with vou in the ca
bin!" "She is not there now I have 'ooked in
all the room-. Oh. Hod ! my child ! my
child !"' Mid the ntothcr wrung her hands in
anguish, while her white lace grew still
w liter.
"Wife ! wife !" exelamed the captain
half sternly, "Lilian was with you when
1 left the cabin : surely you did not let
her leave your side at such a time as
this ?"
''Yes. vs !" cried his wife, in accents of
the most piercing grief. "It is all my fault
rhe is lost ! 3ly little Lillian is lost ! and
1 am he cause !"'
"For God's sake, explain yourself,'' gasp
ed the captain.
"i left her down in the cabin." faltered
the agonize! mother, "and came on deck,
as I wanted to speak to you. 1 thought
you were in the waist, so I groped my way
there and tried to find you. Not seeing;
you. I started on my return, fearing to
have Lillian so long alone. Hut when
1 reached the cabin again, she was not
t hcre-
-gone
gone
God
o .ly knows
one seen Lil-
wuere :
"Liliian !
lian?"
i
Lillian ! has any
Fore and aft, from every lip, in start
ling accents, the cry went up amid the,
storm. i
Hut the loud wind answered only with a
deeper howl The long yards creaked upon
their rusty rivett. The heavy ice-beiges j
groaned and shook at they had done before. ;
The silvery accents of little Lillian's voice
tuuie not to our cars, and we lelt as if it ;
were hushed forever. Hut the wailing tones '
of the poor mother, and the despairing1
shouts of the father both of whom could I
hot bear to give up their child continued
l"iig after our own voices had ceased. Then,
e roughhcarted,ehildIess men though we
were forgetting our own danger, gathered
aUut the afiiicted pair, and tried to console ;
them. I don't think we succeeded verj
well, for our voices trembled a great deal ; !
aud thetears would come tooureyes, though
we kept wiping them away with the cuffs of
our heavy jackets. Not one of us but had
loved little Lillian almost as well as the pa- i
rents themselves. Sh was but seven years '
'f age : yet the earnest i !;:tice of her large
blue eyes would go straight, to our hearts,
and make us feel kind and good towards
each other. To utter an oath when she was
luar would have seemed like sacralige. Like
a Jil!y. she had bloomed in our midst, shed
ding a heavenly influence about us.
Strong ah ! strong is the ower of inno
Wnt chiliihood over a sinful heart !
It was while we thus stood clustered near
le binnacle, offering what little con-olation
e could to the captain and his wife, that
ne of the ship's crew an old tar, by the
I'aineof I5U1 Butler came towards us, hold
'S a few little torn shreds of cloth is his
hand.
"I found these ere hanging on a hook on
ine outside of the bulwark," said Bill in a
'uouruful voice.
"It is a part of Lillian's dress ! shrieked
'he cnptaii.'jj voice.
f he captain buried his face in Lis handa
j with a groan, and we looked at one another
! in-a sd siience. There could no longer be
1 any doubt about the matter Lillian hadfal
i len overboard.
1 he few r niaimng hours ot the night
wore away. The gale subsided. .Miracu
lously as li seemed to us, the ship had es
caped being stove ; and as the sea had gone
down with the gale there was no more dan
ger. Overwhelmed with grief, yet feeling
it his duty to try and console his wife, the
captain descended into the cabin, leaving
tbe management of the ship in the hands of
the mate. Presently the steward eaine on
deck. He wished to know if any of the
hands had seen Bluseo that morning. This
was the name of a large Newfoundland dog,
which had been a great favorite with Lillian,
and she bad taken special delight in feeding
h.m. The dog had grown exceedingly fond
of his young mistress, and would j how his
attachment in manv ways peculiar to his
kind. Now that their darling was lost, the
captain had ordered the steward to bring
! Bluseo to them, thinking that the sight ol
him might afford a melanci oly consolation
i to his wile. Having searched the cabin
through without being able to find the ani
; ma!, the steward came on deck as we have
said, to impure if he had been noticed by
! any of the hands. We unanswered In the
j negative. None of u had seen the dog
since the previous night. There upon the
ship was raiwicked. lore and alt, for the
! missing animal : and although we searched
1 in every nook and corner he was not to be
While we were wondering what became
of him. the man at the mast-head sung out
that there were whales astern. He instant
ly ordered the boats to be lowered and be
fore we had time to divest ourselves of the
idea that we were looking for the dog. were
pa lling swiftly in the wake of a great fat
bow-head. The w hale made straight for a
field of ice. in the distance, and w ent dow n
vvh.Jli lw: r,r in tin, i, ikf it- O filllilU".
ed h'm almot to the spot where he had dis
appeared and then lay motionless an 1 silent,
waiting for the next rising. Large masses
of ice' flashing gloriously in the early rays
of the sun, and moulded into a thousand
different shapes, surrounded our little craft
on every hand, floating bv with swift majes
tic slowness, :md now and then crashing a
gaiust each other with a force that caused
some of them to rend asunder. .Stange.
beautiful monuments are these, fashioned
by the hand of nature monuments of
thefiozen mariners that sleep below.
"Th 're it goes again, ' said old Bill But
ler, in a whisper.
" WLaf:" a.-ked the mate.
'"That barking noise. ' replied Bill. '"I've
been hearing it ever since we left the ship,
sir."
The mate leaned upon his steerage oar
a'id listened. '
"It is a seal." he said.
"Beg your pardon. sir," repl'ed Hill : 'but
I never "heard a seal bark like that."
"(Jood heavens!" exclaimed a Portugese,
so loud that the mate was obliged to rap
him on the head with his knuckles. 'Hiood
heavens !" he added in a lower tone, "me
think that one dog." -
"Good heavens ! Mikell. me think s the
same," remarked another Portugese a little
fat fellow by the name of Pat Phmket.
"It does "sound mighty like a dog, ' said
the mate, as the barking became more dis
tinct "Perhaps it is Bluseo on the ice
cake." -ii-
Turning the boat around with his steer
oar until her bows pointed in the direction
of the noise, the mate now ordered us to
paddle a lit ad. We obeyed and the boat
shot f rward w ith an easy speed. The bark-
l..., v.. nearer everv moment, until at !
hst it emanated from no other throat than
that of Bluseo.
Hut where was he ?
This was the question that now rose to
our lips. We could hear him plainly, but
see nothing of him. By the so'und of his
bark, we should have judged that he stood
on a summit of an iceberg we were then ap
proaching, and was but a few fathoms dis
tant. Vet notwithstanding, this, no Bluseo
was visible. What could it mean ? Had
some mei uiaid charmed the dog into i . visi-
We continued to approach. The barking
became much louder, and was now full of
frantic jov. The iceberg a rather large one
trembled as though under the l iduence
of an epileptic fit. Still there was no blus
eo in sight. . , i
)ur boat struck against the, iceberg. A
pair of bv'uiht eves gleamed at us through a
chink in the crystal wall they were the eyes
of Bluseo! The mystery was exptameu.
This monument of ice was hollow, forming
a rude little chamber in which the dog was
sniiclv ensconced. .
"MvGodloh heaven be praised I just
look there.' exclaimed the maU-, turning to
Bill, and motioning him to look through the
crevice, from which he had just drawn his
own eves. . .
Bill did as requested, and beheld a sight
which filled him with as much joy as it did
with amazement. Reclining in one corner
of the ice bound apartment her long gold
en hair falling upon her pale face, and the
silken lashes veiling her beautiful . eyes he
saw the unmistakable figure of Lillian.
Wit h a few blows of our hatchets we soon
succeeded in effecting an opening in the ice
wall. The little girl and Bluseo were taken
out and put in the boat. i
We laid back upon our oars with all the
strength we possessed, while the mate draw
ing albrandy flask from his pocket, poured a
few drops of the liquor down Lillian's throat.
By tlie faint pulsations of her heart, he
knew that the currents of life were not fro
zen that she had only sunk into that cold,
stutidkindof a dose from which there is
nfplwakening. . '
The ship was reached at last. The mate
ascended to the deck, and took the insensi
ble burden which Bill passed to him.
"Captain !" he exclaimed as he descended
tlie companion w ay. "1 have brought you no
whale, but something that 1 think will be
more accentible !
Ihe captain and his wife both caught
sight of their child, at once and at the same
moment.
",Mv child ! 31 v Lillian I" screamed the
mother, rushing forward to ilasp her in her
anus. J hen noticintr her oale face and
droonimr head, she sank into a seat, over
come by her feelings, and strecthed forth her
arms, faintindy murmuring:
"I ead ! dead ! she is dead ! G ive me my
iHior little dead trill !"
'No no ! she is not dead !" replied the
mate. "If the proper measures can be tak
en, she can be restored in a lew moments.'
So savina, he laid her upon the bed, and
assisted the anxious father in his efforts to
restore the circulation of the blood.
tn a few moments thev had the satisfae
tioii of seeing Lillian open her eyes, and of
heariiiir herspeak the word "mother." The
next instant she was Dressed to the latter s
bosom, and covered with tears and kis-es.
This probably helped nearly as much as the
other operation had done to restore the cir
culation of blood, for there'was a deep cai
nation tint upon her cheek and lip.
The excitement having in some degree sub
sided, an explanation followed.
Lillian stated that after her mother had
left her to go on deck, she thought she
would just go up to get a little peep over the
rail at the icebergs. The idea hud no soon
er entered her head than she carried it into
execution. In leaning too far over the rail,
however the ship happened to give a lurch
at the same time she lo-t her balance and was
precipitated into the waters. On rising to
the surface she felt herself seized by the
neck of the dress and the next moment was
dragged safely on to a large piece of ice,
when she perceived that her deliverer was
the noble Bluseo. She felt terribly fiight
eiied.'and clung close to the dog. She re
membered they were shut in by three walls
of ice. which partly prevented the waves
from dashing in upon them. Suddenly the
cake upou which they were standing came
in contact with another one which towered
up like a lofty column.
When the concussion took place, the lofty
mass tottered over, and fell upon the tlree
walls of ice, by which the.little girl and her
dog were encompassed, in such a curious
manner as to completely close them up as if
thev were in prison. I n this position she re
mained a long time, praying and hugging
the dog by turns, until at last, feeling cold
and benumbed, she Leir- n to grow drowsy,
and fell into a doze. Ha l her rescue from
this situation been delayed a few minutes
longer, we would have never, in all proba
bility, succeeded in bringing her to life. As
it was. a King time elapsed ere tlie natural
freedom of circulation could be restored to
one of her arms.
Many were the praises lavished on Bluseo
for his noble conduct, and although he
shakes his head and turns up his broad nose
when any person speaks to him alamt it, as
much as to say, "phaw. it's nothing" stiH
we believe that in his heart he is proud of
his exploit.
How(f(n FoittjivKs. How beautifuly
f!od forgives! "I will never remember it
again," he says when he forgives our sins.
Why, if you could see God. you would nev
er bv tlie least turn of the eye, by any word,
or by the slightest inflection of the voice,
know that he remembered the sin that he
had forgiven. We forgive a sin, you know,
laying it up. Once in while wa shoot out a
hint of it sidewise. We forgive slowly,
grudgingly, imperfectly and meanly ; but
when (.rod forgives, he throws the offence a
way, and says. "I will never make mention
ofit again : Twill sink it as in the depths of
the sea." There is a low, contemptible way
of forgiving; and there is a noble and manly
way of doing it. One kind of forgiveness is
an additional provocation ; but the Chrs
t?an way is glorious and beatiful. 11. If'
Btedur.
Thk Prick of Pai-kr. The Bellows
Vails Tim t- thinks that there is no necessity
for the present high price of printing pa
per. and says that some of the papers in
the northern part of the State have sugges
ted that the newspaper publishers in that
State should combine and own or build
mills of their own. It says further, if this
matter had been seriously put forth only a
few weeks ago, a mill could have been se
cured at a very reasonable price and on easy
terms, and paer could have been oltaincd
at a cost of less than 10 cents jer pound,
which is 14 cents less than is now being ask
ed for it.
The Cons are making a great blow almut
the size of the 31 vidian meeting held in
Now York city. We don't see that it is
much to blow almut if it was a big meeting.
It will he recollected that tlie traitor Breck
inridge had a majority of fnrfif thountind
in New York city at the last Presidential e
lectinn. and no one doubts but what Jeff
Davis would receive more votes there than
Abraham Lincoln would. New York city
if a nest of traitors, and not much to brag
on, and will do 31'Clellan no good. 7Vk
rraph. .
A false Blondin is in Paris, who, on a
rope.at the height of the column ot the P'ac
Vendoine. cooks an omelet on a fi-e lighted
by his own hands, and lets it down by a cord
to the people below.
.- -
Dew is an invisible vapor, which, chilled
bythe'ool surface of the flowers, bursts
into tears over the beauty that must fade.
If a stupid speaker has prodigious lungs,
he can fill with his voice the largest house
and empty it too.
Mush and milk festivals are now the or
der of the day in the west, for the benefit
of the soldiers.
aftjsmiurjs journal.
CLEARFIELD, PA., AUG. 24, IS04.
COBBESPONDENCE OF THE JOUBNAL.
Letter from near Petersburg.
Headquarters Bat. A 1st Pa. Light Art. )
Fort Converse, Ya., Aug. 3d, 1804. )
Dear Bow : For some time past I have
been promising myself to write to you again,
and let you know of our whereabouts, at
least; but for some apparently unexplaina
ble cause, 1 have permitted time after time,
and wee"k after week to' pass unimproved,
for that purpose. , But, perhaps, you have
heard, from some other source, of our change
of base, from the peace aud quiet of Ports
mouth to the more animating scenes of the
front : from the comparative idleness we
have indulged in, for more than a year, to
the probability of yet having something to
do, ere peace and quiet shall spread her
mantle over the land. I w ill, however, to
keep up the record of events connect
ed with us, and which may be of inter
est to sune, briefly sketch the account of
our tranf r, to the vicinity of this plaec.
' We had just commenced building sub
stantial quarters,, for ourselves, foolishly
thinking, I suppose, that we would certain
ly pass another winter there which idea
the men, to their credit be it said, strenu
ously opposed whetilo! on the 30th of
June an order was received directing us to
report, with the least possible delay, to the
Head-quarters of Maj. Gen. Butler, near
Bermuda Hundred. Ya. Ng time was to
be lost, and we immediately stored all sur
plus baggage, camp and garrisun equippage,
which would be an incumbrance in the field,
and by noon of the same day, had our guns.
carriages, and part of our horses on board
transports, which immediately after, start
ed towards their destination. Bysomemis
n.aiiiigeuicnt. - several of our horses and
mules, which were deprived of transporta
tion the first day, were delayed for two days
longer, when they w?re allowed to embark
on the mail boat plying between Norfolk and
Fortress Ilouroe, aud there change boats for
Bermuda Hundred. By noon of the 4th of
July we had the Battery complete, in camp,
at Point of Bocks. Point of Bocks is a
bout five miles from Bermuda Hundred and
six fiom City Point. It is a very healthy
place, being about seventy-five feet above
the level of the Appomattox. The Corps
Hospital for the lsth and part of the Kth
corps is here, on a prominent knoll at least
one hundred feet above the river. It
is capable of accommodating seven hundred
patients, and nearly that number daily re
ceive treatment there. Chronic diarrhea,and
typhoid fever are the prevailing diseases,
but since we have been here comparatively
few cases have terminated fatallv.
The Sanitary and Christian Commissions,
have each an agency connected with the
Hospital, who dispense their stores with a
liberal hand the former attends to the
physical comforts of the soldier, both sick
and well : - the latter attends to both- physi
cal and spiritual. It would be invidious to
discriminate between the services of these
two great benefactors, for they are invalua
ble, and the prominence of their present po
sition in tlie army is destined to fill a large
space in the history of this war. The agen
cies are indefatigable in their efforts to dis
cover the wants of the sick and wounded,
and prompt to relieve them. The Sanitary
Commission reaches the able bodied soldier
through the different Commissaries, with
whom they deposit all kinds of vegetables,
which are issued regularly in proportionate
rations to the men. These vegetables are
principally autiscorbutics, and the effect
they have in preventing sickness is really
surprising. .The work of the Christian
Commission is no less important. The
faithful agents connected with it, are ever
ready to minister to the spiritual wants of
all, and spread broadcast throughout the
camps, an almost increditable amount of
wholesome reading matter, w hich.under the
blessing of an All-wise God, is destined to
produce good results. The efficient manner
in which these commissions have been sus
tained in their arduous duties in the field,
by the people of the Northern States, will
be a lasting monument to their generosity,
and shows more plainly than words can ex
press, the interest they feel in the welfare
of the soldier.
We left Point of Rocks on 27th July,
aud moved across the Appomattox to this
x'ort. It is one mile higher up the river and
opposite Port W'atthall, and is now a strong
work on three sides with ditch and abattis,
but at present is not an important work,
owing to its distance from the enemy's lines.
Petersburg is five miles from here and when
it is not too smoky the tops of the principal
houses are plainly visible.
The blowing up of the mine, and the ter-
irifie cannonading which followed, a few
day? ago, was plainly heard here, but we
were too far away to witness the opeiatious.
The failure of th? project is attributable,
here, to various circumstances, chief among
which, was the tardiness of reinforcements
to support the first assault.
I notice to-day in the Ar. J". Herald of
the 5th a communication which, in its ma
lignity, shortsightedness, and prejudice,
would do credit to any emanation from the
veriest traitor in Richmond, that seeks to
throw the whole responsibility upon the
"niggers." Such an unwarrantable and
unjust fling, at a particular portion of our
army, which has shown its' superior fight
ing qualities on many a hard-.fought field
Port Hudson, Fort Wagoner, Olustee, Fort
Pillow, Yazoo City, Fort Powhattan. the
assault on the enemy's works under "Baldy
Smith" in this vicinity, and la.stlv, the
assault on the rebel works on the 30th ult.,
all attest the splendid fighting qualities of
the negro soldier.
Since the unfortunate occurrence, I have
it, from both officers and men who partici
pated in the assault, and tiiey all agree in
stating that the colored troops did as well as
any troops could do under the circumstances.
After they had advanced as far as they
could, they found their line exposed to an
enfilading fire from both flanks, which they
withstood till their officers and men were
earfully decima'ed, and then fell back but
not till the white troops in their front and
rear had fallen back also. I do not fear but
the official reports will vindicate their effi
ciency on this "occasion as it has done in the
past.
Three deserters swam the river at this
place and came into our lines to-day. Their
countenances indicated that they were well
satisfied with their change of base. Every
thing around here presents a dull, monoto
nous aspect to-day, but suddenly the storm
may burst upon us. When the general en
gagement does come, there will be a terri
ble loss ot life, unless this catastophe is a
verted by the hand of an Overruling Power,
for, to move the rebels from their present
strongholds, here, implies hard fighting,and,
necessarily, loss of life. Yours, v. R. B.
A Copperhead Campaign Document.
The following villainous connection has
been printed on a- piece of pasteboard, as
large as an ordinary visiting card, and is be
ing circulated among thtse "natural born"
fools who can be made to believe that black
is white and the moon is made of green. It
reads thus :
"Extract from a speech delivered at Fan
euil Hall. March 7th, 150, by Daniel Web
ster.
"If the infernal fanatics and abolitionist
ever get power in their hands, they will over
ride the Constitution, set the Supreme
Court at defiance, change and make laws to
suit themselves lay.violent hands on those
who ditter with them in their opinions or
dare question their infallibility, and finally
bankrupt the country and dehige it with
BLOOD."
There are just two things that are wrong
in this "card" rid licit : first Daniel Web
ster did not make a speech at "Faneuil Hall
31 arch 7th, 18."0 ;" and. second, he did
make a speech on that day in the U. S
Senate, on the compromise resolutions of
Henry Clay, but he did not utter in that
speech one. word which, by the most violent
twisting, can be made to meananything like
the sentiments above attribufe to him. We
have goue to the trouble to re-read that
speech, and we therefore sjeak from the
book.
The snakes, it will thus be seen, are not
satisfied with deliberate lying about the he
roism of negro soldiers, or with deliberate
voting against the right of white soldiers to
exercise the most sacred privilege of Amer
ican freemen, but they must needs resort, as
a means of saving their party (what there
is ofit,) to the still baser trick of slander
ing the mighty dead. If the bones of the
Defenders of the Constitution could speak,
how withering would be the rebuke they
would administer to tliese vile traitors !
Pitlslnrr; Gazette-
- Postal Money Order.
In order to perfect the system, only the
largest offices, say two hundred or three
hundred in number, will be at first designa
ted. The instructions V postmasters,
blanks, etc, have been prepared by the de
partmen , and are now in the hands of the
public printer. The instructions were found
to involve considerable intricacy, the princi
pal embarrassments being the want oi a cen
tral 3Ietropolitan bank with local branches,
to facilitate the prompt returns of funds ac
cumulating in the hands of postmasters. or to
supply funds in case of necessity. 2iot hav
ing these facilities, as in England and Cana
da, it will be indispensable to adopt substau
tialy the Post Office Department system cf
drafts and deposits, using post offices inlieu
of banks. The Postmaster General designs
putting this important branch of his depart
ment .into operation on the first day of Oc
tober next.
HIGHPBICES.
3Ierchants who are perfectly acquainted
with the trade of our country in such arti
cles, say, from positive knowledge, that
the quantity ot tea and coffee, for instance,
now in the United States, is greatly larger
than at any other time within the last tea
or twenty years. The same may no doubt
be assorted, with truth, of other articles
which we are accustomed to consider as
among the necessaries of life. Where aro
all these stores of tea, coffee, flour, sugar,
etc ? In the hands of speculators and held
on speculation. Every sale of these arti
cles from one speculator to the other, at an
advance, ( hich is easily mauaged between
them,) enhances the price of the whole'
stock upon the community, and the ques
tion is, how long is this state of things to
continue? How is this rage of speculation
to be checked? It is clear that those who
have money on hand, and feel disposed to
risk it in such operations, cannot be restrain
ed from doing so if they see fit. But there
are others willing and anxiously desirous of
entering into such speculations, and makiug
fortunes out of the community, if they can.
only borrow the money to do so. Our banks,
we are told, have been overrun with appli
cations of this character lately. One man
sees an opportunity of buying 1,000 barrels
of whiskey, on which he is sure to make
any amount ot money that fancy may name,
if the bank will only lend him the money!
A party in New York, the other day, made
up tneir minds to buy five' hundred thous
and pounds of wool in Ohio, on speculation,
and came to our banks to borrow the money !
And these are but samples of hundreds of
such applications, most of the applicants,
by the way, offer the banks no other securi
ty than their own notes, wonderiug that the
banks cannot see that they must be abund
antly good, considering the immense profit
the borrow ers are sure to make bv the trans
actions ! . How are these speculations to be
stopped, ajd the community be protected
from the grasp of these voracious specu
lators? Answer. Let the batiks in all cases
ref use to grant facilities for such operations,
and confine the operators to cash dealing
only. By doing so they will best consult
their own interests in the first place, and,
the good of the community in the next. A
gentleman conversant with bank matters,
assures us tin t the banks have already come
to this conclusion, and if that course- ia
steadily adhered to on their part we shall
soon see the prices of the necessaries of life
decline. Speculators cannot possibly carry
the stocks they now have on hand, thejT will
le compelled to sell, aud priees must come
down accordingly.
A Little Bit ofHistory.
By reference, says the Troy Times, to the
Constitutions of New York, New Hamp
shire, 3Iassachusetts, New Jersey, Yirginia,
31aryland, and North Carolina, formed be
fore the date of the Constitution of the li
nked States and in force at its adoption,'
and also to the Constitutions of Georgia and
Pennsylvania, formed soon afterwards, it
appears that in respect to the qualifications
of electors for the most numerous branch of
the State Legislatures, there teas no distinc
tion on account of color in those nine States.
Connecticut and Rhode Island, being under
the royal charters, could have none. South
Carolina, by its Constitution of 1776 allow
ed negroes to vote, but in 1778 the priv
ilege was restricted to every "white man,'r
&.c. In Delaware, by act of Feb. 3. 1787,
emancipated slaves and their issue, were de
barred "the privilege of voting at elections
or being elected." Aud even this seems to
have been a violation of the letter of the
Constitution of the State. It is well known
among intelligent men, that the practice
of admitting free men of color to vote, ob
tained universally at first among all of the
original "old thirteen." In V irginia n
gros rated side by side with white men until
ISM. Exch a n fe.
Some of the copperhead districts in York
county are likely to reap rather bitter fruits
from their opposition to the soldier's vote,
a number of young men having determined
to enlist but not to credit a man to the in
tolerant sneaks.
31a, has your tongue got legs ?"
Got
what, mv child?" Gotlegs'iua." "Cer
tainly not but why do you ask that silly
question?" "Oh, nothing--onlj I heard
pa say your tongue was running from morn
ing tilfnight."
Sensitive lady from the country looking
for a coach. "Pray, sir, are you engaged?"
Cabman. "Och, bless jour purty soul,
madam, I have been married these seven
years, and have nine children."
"Would you like to subscribe for Dick
en's Household Words?" inquired a maga
zine agent. "Household words hare relay
ed the dickens with me long enough, was
tne lecnng reply.
It is a lamentable fact that some of the
ablest as well as the poorest newspapers in
the country are giving up the ghost, on ac
count of the high price of stock and labor.
An exchange says: ''How young men
consent to loaf about the corners as tbeydo,
when a good dose of arsenic can be purchas
ed for a sixpence, is really surprising."
3lAiV is always stronger to bear misfor-.
tune than prosperity ; against the former'
he walks more or less armed, but against'
the latter without tear or caution.
The Mauch Chunk Gazette says that the
patriotism of a majority of the moneyed. -men
of that town "can be put into the
heart of a fly and not half fill it"
A bill preventing the marriage of first
cousins has passed the Ky. Legislature. v