BY S. J. KOW.
CLEAKFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, APEIL 5, 186-5.
VOL. 11.-NO. 31.
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gusincstf Directory.
1HVIN BROTHERS. Dealers in Square A Sawed
Lumber.. Dry Goods, Groceries. Flour, Grain,
Jte , Ac. Curnside Pa., Sept. 23, 1863.
(FREDERICK LEITZIXGEtt. Manufacturer of
' 11 kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield, Pa. Or
ders solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1, 1863
lUANS BARRETT, Attorneys at La,Clear-
j field. Pa. May I3: 1863.
l. j.cbans. :::::: Walter bakrett.
- OBERT .1 . W'A LLA CE. Attorney at Law. Clear
i field, Pa Office in Shaw's new row. Market
grrect. opposite Naugle's jewelry store May 2(5.
II.'
F NAUGLK, Watch end Clock Maker, and
dealer in Watches, Jewelry. Ac. Room in
lirahain'e row, Market street. Jiov. 10.
I T BUCHER SWOOPE. Attorney at Law.Clear
1. field. Pa. Offict in Graham's Row, fourdoo s
west of Graham & Boynton's store. Nov. 10.
HAKTSWICK A HUSTON. Dealers in Drugs,
Medicines. Paints. Oils. Stationary, Perfume
ry. Fancy Goods. Notions, etc., etc.. Market street,
l.'lcarfield, Pa June, 2U. lS(4.
J.
P KRATZER, dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth
ins. Hardware, tjueensware. i roceries. l-ro-
visiuns Jtc. Front Street, above-the Academy,
Clearfield, Pa. ' April 27.
"1 1 flLLIAM F. IRWIN, Marketstreet, Clearfield,
V Pa., Dealer in Foreign-ant! Domestic Mer
chandise. Hardware, Queeiisware, Groceries, and
family articles generally. Nov. 10.
TOIIN tU'ELICn.
Manufacturer of all kinds of
Cabinet-ware, Market street. Clenrfield.
Pa.
He aim makes to order Coffins, on short notice, and
attends funerals with a hearse. AprlO.'iSJ.
Dll Si. WOODS, PuACTicisa Physician, and
Examining Surgeon for Pensions.
Office. South-west corner of Second and Cherr
Mrect. Clearfiuld, Pa. January 21, 18i53.
f I111GMAS J. Sl'OL'Ll.OUOH, Attorney at Law.
I. Clearfield. Pa. Office, east of the -Clearfield
c.i.Lai.k. Deeds and other legal instruments prev
1'iirad with promptness and accuracy. July 3.
-1.
It M'ENALLY, Attorney at Law, Clearfield,
IN. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining
counties. Office :u new brick building or .1. i.oyn
f un, 2d streot, one door south of Lanich's Hotel.
I ICH ARD MOSSOP. Dealer in Foreign and Do
j mesne Dry Goods. Groceries. Flour. Bacon,
Liquors. Jtc. liootn. on Market street, a few doors
west of Journal OJfire, Clearfield, Pa. Apr27.
iARRIMER A TEST, Attorneys at Law'Clear
J field. Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal
hud other business entrusted to their care in Clear
Held and adjoining counties. August o. laoo.
"llTM. ALBERT Jfc BROS, Dealers in Dry Goods
Groceries. Hardware. Queensware. Flour,
Bacun. etc., U oudi.nH. Clearfield county. Penn'a
Also, extensive dealers in all kinds of sawed lain
ber, shingles, and square timber. Orders solici
fH. Woodland. Aug. 19th, 1SG3.
T
U:MPEKA.CE IIOl'SR The subscriber
would respectfully inform the citixens of
Clearfield county, that he has rented the "Tipton
Hotel." and will use every endeavor to accommo
date those who may favor him with heir custom.
He will try to furnish the table with the best be
t'juntry can afford, and will keep hay and feed to
accommodate teamsters. Gentlemen don't to-get
the ' Tipton Hotel." SAMUEL SMITH.
Tipton. Pa , May 25. 1S64.
XHV WATCH & JEWELRY STORE.-
i 1 The undersigned having located in the bor
ough of Clearfield, (at the shop formerly occupied
by R Welch as a jewelry shop.) is prepared to
do work of all kinds on the most reasonable terms.
The cash will positively be expected when the
work is delivered. He is confident that he can
not be excelled by any workmen in townorcounty.
Come our .' rume all to tltr Sign of the liisr Watfh..
April 9, fi2-ly-pd. S. H LAUCHLIN.
ZQisrire: notice.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Officeokthk Comptroller ofthe Citrrescv, J
Washington. Janruary 3Uth, 1863. )
T HKREAS, BY SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE
M presented to the undersigned, it has been
made to appear that "THE FIRST NATIONAL
!:a.K OF CLEARFIELD," in the Borough of
Clearfield, in the coanty of Clearfield, and State
f Pennsylvania, has b.en duly organized under
and according to the requirements of the Act of
Congress, entitled "An Act to provide a National
Currency, secured by a pledge of United States
bonds and to provide for the circulation and re
demption thereof." approved June 3d, 1864, and
t complied with all the provisions of said Act
required to be complied with before commencing
me business of Hanking under snvi Act ;
Now, therefore, I, Hugh McCuIloch. Comptrol
lor of the Uurrency, do hereby certify that -THE
FIRST NATION AL BANK OF CLEARFIELD,"
't- !; r .ujfh of CIvirfieH, in the county of
' .carheld, a,:..t .Stale of Pennsylvania, is author
ized to com me nee the business of Banking under
thevAct aforesaid
'"" """v. In testimonv whereof, witness my
( SKAL Ahand and seal of office, this 30th day of
VTV-January, A. D. 1863.
HUGH McCULLOCH,
Feb. S, 1355. Comptroller of the Currency.
BANK NOTICE.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, )
Office oxtue Comptrollerofthe Cfrrency, 1
vr.iiuixGTUN, March 8th, 1365. )
H 1 K R EA S, B Y S AT ISF A CTO R Y E, VI
? dence presented to the undersigned, it has
bn made to appear that "THE COUNTY NA
Tl XAL BANK OF CLEARFILD," in the Bor
ough of Clearfield, in the county of Cle arfield
and State of Pennsylvania- has been duly organ
ied under and according to the requirements of
the Act of Congress, entitled -'An Act to provide
a National Currency, secured by a pledge of Uni
'1 States bonds and to provide for the circulation
and redemption thereof." approved June 3d, 1864.
and hag complied with all the provisions of said
Act required to be complied with before eoinmen--ii:g
the business of Banking under f aid Act;
Sow, therfore, I. Ungb McCuIloch. Comptroller
f the Currency, do hereby certify that -THE
Cor; STY NATIONAL BANK OF CLEARFIELD,"
p the Bt rough of Clearfield, iu the eounty of
Hearfield, and State of Puunsylvania, is. aatbor
zd to commence the business of Banking under
th Act aforesaid.
" In testimony whereof, witness my
(SEAL, hand and seal of office, this 2d day of
VcrTMarch. A. D 1865.
HUGH McCULLOCH.
Mir. 8j 19J5. Comptroller of the Currency,
Jacket i'octrn.
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP.
In the quiet nursery chambers
Snowy pillows yet unpressed,
See the forms of little children,
Kneeling, white robed for their rest.
And in quiet nursery chambers,
While the dusky shadows creep,
Hear the voices of the children,
"Now I lay me down to sleep."
In the meadow and the mountain,
Calmly shine the wintry stars.
But across the glistening low lands
Slant the moonlight's silver bars.
In the silence and the darkness.
Darkness growing still more deep,
Listen to the children.
Praying God their souls to keep.
'If we die." so pray the children.
And the mother's bead drops low :
(One from out her fold is sleeping
Deep beneath this winter's snow,)
'-Take our souls," and past the casement
Flits a gleam of crystal light.
Like the trailing of its garments
Walking evei more in white.
Little souls that stand expectant
Listening at the gates of life,
Hearing, faraway, the murmur
Of the tumclt and the strife;
We who fight beneath those bannors.
Meeting ranks of foemen there,
Find a deeper, broader meaning
In your simple vesper prayer.
When your hands shall grasp the standard
Which, to-day you watch from far.
When your deeds shall shape the conflict
In this universal war,
Prav to him. the Gol of battles.
Whose strong eye can never sleep
In the warring of temptation
Firm a nd true your souls to keep.
When the combai ends, and slowly
Clears the smoke from out the skies',
When, far down the purple distance,
All the noise of battle dies
When the last night's solemn shadows
Settle dark on you and me.
May the love that never faileth,
Take our souls eternally.
THE WIDOW AND THE POKER,
OE, "WILL WOODHOUSE'S COUETSHIP.
Mr. William Woodhouse was naturally a
very timid man. 2ot lhat he was luckin,
in moral or physical courage, but that h
was afraid of the women. On all other oc
casions he was usually equal to "tile, emer
gency, be it whatever it might; but place
him Me-a-tite with a woman, and, to use
vulgar, but expressive phr. se, he was done
for.
His mother had long ago settled down to
the uncomfortable conviction that William
would never marry and tl e girls had arrived
at the ame conclusion ; it had become quite
the tiling to sav, in making comparisons,
As jrreat a lool as V ill oodhou.-e
For tuke note, bashful gentlemen how
ever much ladies may admire modesty in the
other sex, they invariably despise a man who
has not heart enough to say to the girl of
his choice, 1 love you
Will admired all the girls in his wa3T, but
he looked upon them very much as sensible
peor.le do upon a hornet's nest as a curious
piece of architecture, but not safe to be fa
miliar v ith.
So he kept his distance, arid in the mean
time arrived at the mature age oi twenty-
three. Then he met, for the first time, at a
picnic-party, Adelaide Browne. We believe
people with the stoniest hearts fall in love
at picnics, and rrom that hour poor Y ill had
no comfort of his life. Neepmsr or waking,
his dreams were full of the beautiful Miss
Browne. Surelv there never was another of
the numerous Browne family like her! Blue
eves, white muslin dress, with knots of
pink ribbon brown hair, red lips, pearly
teeth, snowy hands all danced together iu
miscellaneous '"all hands round" before his
distorted vision.
Adelaide, all unconscious of the trouble
she had caused, went her way, breaking the
hearts of most of the young gentleman in
Highbridge, and trying hard to fracture the
few that remained whole.
She was visiting her aunt Hooper, and it
is an undeniable fact that ladies always take
best where they are not known. This is no
libel on the sex no, indeed ! for with gen
tleman this truth is still more applicable.
Mrs. Hooper was a widow lady of no
small personal attractions in her own esti
mation, and it she was not so young as she
might have been, she thought she was, and
behaved accordingly. She still affected
short sleeves and profuse ringlets of glossiest
black though envious individuals p resisted
in it that her curls were made at the hair
dresser's. The same persons also believed
that she was anxious to supply that place of
the dear deceased as soon as possible. .
For a week atter meeting with Adelaide,
Will bore up bravely. The second meeting
destroyed all the stock of composure he had
Itci'U hoarding up. He took desperately to
tlie Muses, and walked the whole night away,
to the infinite destruction of shoe-leather
and the infinite disgust of his practical papa.
He met Adelaide now quite frequently.
Highbridge was very gay. There was a
singing school, a lyeeum, a "society," and
then the folks got up excurions tc the sur
rounding hills for it was yet early autumn,
and nature was in her robes of state.
T&ere was an excursion to Mount Giblo,
one fine day, and there Will had the ecstat
ic pleasure of treading on Adelaide's dress,
thereby throwing her headlong into a pue or
brush, and while Laura Blake picked her up
and helped her pin her flounces, he stood by
frightened out of his wits, and momentarily
expecting the mountain to open and swal
low him up . .
From that time he Dined rapidly. His
mother thought him in a quick decline, and ! .
onnatilo St thin!? OI tne TaSC. 1118
dosed him with hoarhouna ana vr. i erKin s
patent pills. He grew worse and worse.
At last, thinking himself near his end, he
confessed to his mother, bhe was thunaer-.
struck at first
but afterwards, like a sensi-,
lie woman, ie advised him to put on his
"t'other clothes" and go right over and lay
the case before Miss Browne. It couldn't
kiil him, she said, and then if she refused
him why, there was as good fish iu the
sea, etc
VY ill took three da3-s to consider, and at
the end oi that time his nimd was made un.
He swallowed a double dose of blackberry
cordial, donned his flame colored vest and
black and blue plaids, brushed his hair till
it shone like ebony, covered his head with
his father's ten dollar beaver, and made the
best of his way to Mrs. Hooper's. .Not that
he intended to ask Adelaide but Mrs.
Hooper. It he could only get the aunt
won over to his cause, and employ her to
state the condition or his heart to her niece,
he should be happy. He felt assured that
he never could live through confessing him
self to Adelaide; and it he did, and she
sen to Aueiaiue ; ana n ne aia, ana sue
should say no he was satisfied he should
faint away right on the spot.
As good lortune would have it, he found
Mrs. Hooper alone, in her best gown and
her best humor. She was charmed to see
him, and treated him to nuts and cider, and
a seat on the sofa so near herself that Will
was at his wits' end to frame the first word
of his errand.
ii.ey taiKeu oi tne weatner anq tne crops
till the clock struck ten
lhe widow tried
to make him think it was only nine, but he
was not so far gone but that he could still
count, lie hlt that the terrible moment
could be no longer delayed ; he must make
a beginning:
-Hrs. Hooper, said ne, l came over
this evening " he hesJtated.
"Yes, Will," said she encouragingly,
i IT J
I came over
it' ri . "ii
les, I Know you aid, still more en
couragingly.
"I came over to ask a great favor of you
w i ll, you couldn t have come to any
body that would be readier to do you a kind
ness, W llliani.
irianK you. I lie sweat stood on his
forehead in great drops. "But this is a
very delicate business, very. I come to ask
you to to to "
"(loon don't be afraid ; lam listcninsr.'
i ne tact or it is, i m in love-aesper-
atelv !. Ihere, 1 ve done it!
"Mercy on me! Why, William! and I
never mistrusted it never! Well, of all
thinu-s!" aiid the widow edged a little closer
and nut her fat hand in William's.
"Yes, I'm in love, and I come to ask you
if you would
"Willi? To be sure I will ! 1 low could
you think otherwise ! I have always thought
so much of you ! But it is so sudden! What
would folks sav r
"Deuced if I care!" cried Will, elated
at the prospect before him. "It's nobody's
business am 1 to be wretched on account
of what people say? on;t hug ma so,
Mrs. Hooper, I bee I ain't used to it; and
and what was that noise
"The mice, I guess. Dear William, how
"lad I am you told me !
"And you'll ask Adelaide, make it all
right with her?"
"Adelaide? Oh! she'll have no earthly
objections of course not!
"Are vou sure? If I was only certain of
it! Oh! Mrs. Hooper, I loved her the mo
ment I set mv eves on her!
Her? Who?"
Whv, your niece, Adelaide Browne.
She is the only woman on earth that I could
ever be happy with. I shall die if I don't
set her!"
.Airs. J iooper turned purple. She caught
up the poker and new at our hero like a
maniac. lie made lor the door, she follow
ing close.
"I'll show you howr to insult a respectable
woman ! she cried ; I ii teacn you to steal
the affections of a guileless heart, and then
prove laise! each snowing accompamea
bv a thump from the poker.
Will at last succeeded in putting the door
between him and his antagonist, and in
frantic haste he dived down over the steps,
and at the bottom reeled full into the arms
of Adelaide Browne herself, who was just
returning from a friend s.
"Don't let her get me! he cried; "I d
rather die than she should hug me again !
It's you I lore, not her, she's madder than
a panther."
It was not a very elegant proposal, tint Alias
Browne's solf-possession insured Will's ev
erlasting weal: She accepted him on the
spot, for she had liked him all along, and
nothing had stood between them but his
abominable bashfulness.
Will is a happy husband and father now;
but even to this day the sight of a widow
will make him tremble, they aresointimate-
y associated in his mind with a poker.
Professor W. D. Gunning, of Boston, in
an article on the subiect, makes the slime
or bilumen which the buildersof Babel used
for mortar the same thing as our modern
petroleum, after its volatile parts had been
discharged by evaporation. Layard makes
mention of the famous sprines of Is, whence
the buildersof Ninevah and Babylon obtain
ed large quantities ot their bitumen. Ihose
springs were flowing three thousand years
V. and are nowing sun.
Horace Foster, a loyal citizen of Bunt
m 1 J J a- it.
CO., lenn., nas recoverea aamages to me
extant, of twenty-five thousand dollars. The
parties sued were seven in number and
wealthy. The proof was that they instigated
the rebels to rob him of his horses, mules,
bacon, tobacco, grain and hay, and then to
shoot him throufrh the thigh and drive him
while Weeding through the creek, in water
up to his arm -pits.
Ttte prospect for large and increased crops
. i - . i it. : I
in tnis country auring tne cumiug scasuu
were never more flattering.
Trre endowments given to American col-
leges within two years, amount to $1,571,-
000.
THE TWO TOMS.
OE, HOW TO MANAGE CHILDEEN.
Tom, here!" said a father to his boy
speakiug m tones of authority. The lad
was at play. He looked towards his father,
but did not leave his companions.
Do you hear me, sir ?" spoke the father
more sternlv than at first. With an unhnn.
py face and reluctant step the boy left his
piay ana approached his parent.
'H hy do you creep along at a snail'
pace said the father, angrily. "Come
quickly. I want you: when I speak I like
to be obeyed instant ly. Here, take this note
10 ait. omith, and see that you don t go to
sleep by the way. Now run as fast as von
can go. " The boy took the note ; there was
a cioua upon ms brow, lie moved onward
iut at a sjow
-y0u, Tom ! is'lhatdo
Is that going quickly ?" called the father
when he saw the boy creeping away. . "If
you are not back in half an hour I will pun
isnyou. But the words had little effect
lhe boy s feelings were hurt bv the unkind
nessof the parent ; he experienced a sense
oi injustice, a conciousness that wrong had
been done him. By nature he was like his
father nronfi nni1 J,,,,. . . f, " "V
fk;. , i i!?r
iiics ui iiis uiinu were aroused, ana ti in
dulgedin them, fearless of consequences.
1 never saw such a boy." said the fath
er, speaking to a friend who had observed
the occurrence. "My words scarcely make
an impression on him.
"Kind w;ords often prove most powerful,"
saia tne inena. l lie lather looked surpns
ed. Kind words, continued the friend.
"are like the gentle rain and the refreshing
aews ; but liarsh words bend and break like
the angry tempest. They first develop and
strengthen good affections, while the others
sweep over the heart iu devastation, and
mar and deform all they touch. Trv him
with kind words, they will prove a hundred
loid more powerful.
The parent seemed hurt by the reproof,
but it left him thoughtful. An hour passed
away ere his boy returned. At times du
ring his absence he was angry at the delay
but the words of remonstrance were in his
ears, and he resolved to obey them. At last
the lad came slowly in, with a cloudj- coun
tenance, and reported the result of his er
rand. Having stayed lar beyond his time
he looked for punishment, aud was prepar
ed to receive it w ith an ancrv defiance. To
his surprise after delivering the message he
had brought, his father, instead of ancry re
proof and punishment, said kindly : "Verv
well, my son, you can go out to play a-
The boy went out. but was not hannv.
He had disobeyed and disobliged his father,
andthe thoughtot this troubled him. Harsl
words had not clouded his mind nor aroused
a spirit of reckless ange A Instead of joining
his companions, he went and sat down by
himself, grieved over his act of disobedience.
While he thus sat he heard his name called.
"Thomas, my son," said his father, kind
ly. The boy sprang to his feet, and was soon
beside his parent.
"Did vou call, father ?"
"I did, my son. Will you take this pack
age to Mr. Lonjr for me ?"
There was no hesitation in the bov's man
ner ; he looked much pleased at the thought
ot doing his father a service, and reached
out his hand for the package. On receiv
ing it he bounded away with a light step.
"There -is power in kindness," said the
father, as he sat musing after the lad's de
parture. And eVen while he sat musing o
ver the incident, the boy came back with a
cheerfuf, happy face, and said: Can 1 do
any thing else for you, father?"
ies, there is a power in kindness. The
temnest of nassionean onlvsuhdne. constrain
and break ; but in love and sgentlenes there
is the power of the summer rain, the dew,
and the sunshine.
Tom is on trial. Tom at school cets
through the peotrraphy by lioriug a hole
through the middle. That is his roval road
to learninar. or rather past it. He holds
the smaller boys up by the heels, and stands
them on their heads. lie melts up all the
inkstands into bullets. He plays truant,
gets into trouble, and when he can lies his
way out. When the teacher tries to correct
him he kicks her and bites her alternately.
Ihis is lorn at school, lie lounges the
streets, insults passengers, and goes down
and stones the school house windows. This
is Tom in vacation. He takes other boys on
pleasure excursions, such as stealing pears,
peaches, apples and melons. This is Tom
on a farm.
The other day Tom's father called upon
the school committee, looking much like an
injured and persecuted man. Mark this :
If a bov lies worse than Ananias and Sap-
phira, especilly if it be about school, his
mother will believe every word of it. And
if his mother believes it, of course his father
will. So in comes Mr. Skinner, the injur
ed father. '
My son has been turned out of school,
sir.
"For what?"
"Nothing in
the
world but
word."
Indeed!" How
did you ascertain
that?"
He says so, and all the otherchildren say
so.
"All the other children" were two or
three smaller ones, who had to be Toms
echoes under penalty of standing inverted.
iNow, Skinner, 1 know a little ol loms
1 11 . T . 4.1
antecedent probabilities.
l was in me
school two or three days ago, and he didn't
spell but one word rieht and that one he
guessed at He wont study, and he seldom
. i Ai 4. l :
answers a question ngnuy, cwuepi, vy acci-
dent."
"Why. sir. he says he s got through most
of his books."
i es. sir. he eets through his books as a
worm gets Jhrough an apple, or -meal-
J chest. lie digs through with his jack
kmle.
5 4Wrall T oil-' nnroicAnol Ti ir 1 1 K r rr
T VUJ A UU V Will M. U llllll
Tom slwuld be punished, but his mother
don t want him turned out ot school. W e
want him to have a good education. The
teacher can whip him if necessary. ' '
"You seem to think, sir, it is a great priv
ilege to whip your boy. It strikes me that
that is asking a great deal of a young ladr,
and that such little jobs as those you ought
to do yourself. Parents are bound to send
their children to the school-room in such a
condition that t hey will neither kick nor bite ;
and if they neglect their duty they ought to
forfeit their privileges."
Mr. Skinner went home with new views.
But for Tom's sake I did not let the matter
rest there. I gave a prescription which I
thought suited exactly to Tom's case, and
which I have never known to fail; and as
it works with boys of the Tom Skinner stripe
as charmingly as llfirey's does with wild
horses, I give it for the benefit of all parents
and school committees, thus: "Take Tom
out of school for one week ; don't leave him
any leisure wherein to torment the cat or
stone the neighbors' hens , take him out in
to the field, make hini work at your side
from morning till evening, so that he will be
sure to sleep o' nights ; never strike him or
whip him : work him six days in succession.
at the end of which time you may reasona
bly expect all the bad spirits have worked
out of him at the rate ot one jer day. Then
let him go back to school, and if the evil
possession comes apain, repeat the exorcism
till it is effectual and complete."
1 otn is now under this regimen. It work
beautifully, and I am persuaded we shal
have a new and better edition both of Tom
at school and of Tom on a farm.
The Mexican Question in France-
aris letter, dated the lyth, says: This
Mexican question, in its bearings on the re-
ations between r ranee and the United
States, is the great question of the moment
and almost the only one talked of on 'Chance
H lien the news ot the fall ot CharlestO'i ar
rived last Saturday, there was a regular pan
ic at the iours3, and the runds tell, to cer
tain are most people that the end of lour war
will bring com plications in regard to Mexico
that everyone whether friendly to the North
or to the South, now speak of the successes
to the Cnion arms as bad news bad.
because it indicates a war with France and
throw down the funds. M. Drouyn de 1
Huys is no doubt felicitating himself that he
has at least "come it over" Mr. Seward, for
in the appointment of the Marquis de Mon
'.ii i ir i l.i
tnoion to w ashmgton he sends there, as
well a Minister from Maximilian as from
Napoleon. For, as M de Montholon is de
voted to the interests of his master, Napole
on, so also he must be devoted to the success
of his master's pet schemes, and thus the
new 31exican empire will be represented
after all, by a friend and protector at Wash
mgton.
Conscience. "A little boy in petticoats
in my fourth year, my father sent me from
the field, home. A spotted tortise, in the
shallow water, at the foot ot the rodora
caught my attention, and I lifted my stick
to strike it, when a voice within me said
it is wrong. 1 stood with uplifted stick
in wonder at the new emotion, till rodora
and the tortoise vanished from my siprht.
hastened home and asked my mother what
it was that told me it was wrong? Wiping a
tear from her eye, and taking me in her
arms, she said, 'Some men call it conscience.
but 1 prefer to call it the voice of Uod in
the soul of man. If you listen to it and obey
it, then it will speak clearer, and always
guide you right But if you turn a deaf
ear, or disobey, then it will fade out little
by little, and leave you in the dark without
a guide.
A Wisconsin paper says that the oldest
man in the world is now living in Caledonia
in that State. His name is Joseph Crele,
and his age is one hundred and thirty nine
i i tir
years. lie has lived in Wisconsin more
than a century, and was married m New
Orleans, one hundred and nine years aero.
Some years afterwards he settled at Prarie
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uu yiiieii, nunc if iiHxmsiu waa jci a
vmce or r ranee. Before the Kevolutiouary
war, he was employed to carry letters be
tween Parrie du Chien and Green Bay ! It
is but a few years ago that he was called as
witness in the Circuit Court, in a case in
volving the title to certain real estate at
Prarie du Chien, to give testimony in rela
tion to events that transpired eirhty years
before ! He now resides with a daugther by
his third wife, who is over seventy years of
age.
Great Truth in Small Paragraph. -
One secret of the practical failure in. after
lite ot so many promising young persons is,
that they did not learn that a man s capacity
and success in the world is estimated, not
by what he can do, but by what he does do.
The opposite heresy is, I am sorry to believe,
early imbibed in most of our seminaries of
learning.- 11 ow the youth of genius, real or
supposed, is worshipped by nis associates
and too often by society also, while the
more diligent plodder is left in neglect to
"work out his own salvation," as he almost
infallably does. -
A Savannah telle stepped off the sidewalk
the other day to avoid walking under the
American flag which hung in front of an
officer's headquarters. Gen. Geary, mili
tary commandant of the city immediately
gave orders to have her promenaded back
and forth under the hated symbol for an
hour, as a warning for similar offenders.
A man in Boston had the curiosity, on
Wednesday last, to note the names of twenty-five
of the gold speculators at a certain
board, and on referring to the tax list he found
two of them only assessed one on $70 and
the other on $164 in-come.
A Spicy Interview.
On the arrival of Gen. Sherman at Sa
vannah he saw a large number of British
flags displayed from buildings and had the
curiosity to know how many British consuls
there were there. He soon ascertained that
these flags were on buildings where cotton
as stored away, and at oncp ordered it to
be seized. Soon after that, wheu the Geu
eral was busy engaged at his head quarters,
a pompous gentleman walked in apparently
in great haste, and inquired if he was Gen.
Sherman. Having received an affirmative
reply, the pouipous gentleman remarked,
"that when he left nis residence United
States troops were engaged in removing his
cotton from it, wheu it was protected by the
Jiritish flag.
"Stop, sir," said Gen. Sherman, "not
j'our cotton, sir, but my cotton ; my cotton
in the name of the United States Govern
ment, sir. I have noticed," ooutinued Gen.
Sherman, a great many British flags here,
all protecting cotton ; I have seized it all in
the name of my Government"
But, sir, said the Consul, indignantly,
there is scarcely any cotton in Savannah
that does not belong to me." .
lhere is not a pound of cotton here, sir,
that does not belong to me, for the United
States," responded Sherman.
Well, sir, said the Consul, swelling
himself up with the dignity of his office, and
redening in the' face, "my government shall
hear of this. I shall report your conduct to
my government, sir."
Ah ! pray, who are you, sir ! said the
General.
'Consul to her British Maiesty, sir."
"Oh, indeed," responded the General, "I
hope you will report me to your govern
ment Vou will please to say to your gov
ernment, for me, that I have been fighting
the English government all the way from
the Ohio river to Vicksburg, and thence to
this point At every step I have encount
ered British arms, British munitions of war,
and British goods of every description, at
every step, sir. I have met them, sir,
in all shapes ; and now sir, I find you claim
ing all the cotton, sir. I intend to call upon
my governient to order, me to Nassau at
once."
"What do you propose to do there?"
asked the Consul, taken somewhat aback.
"I would," replied the General, "take
with me a quantity of picks and shovels,
and throw that cursed sand hill into the sea.
sir. I would shovel it into the sea, sir ; and
then I would pay for it, sir if necessary.
Good day, sir.'
It is needless to add that General Sher
man was not again troubled by the officious
representative of her majesf y's government.
"I'm Good Tor Something."
A young man, whose bluntuess was such
that every effort to turn him to account in
a dry-goods store was found to be unavailing
received the customary notice from his em
ployer that he did not suit and must go.
"But I'm good for something," remon
strated the poor fellow loth to be turned in
to the "street
"You are good for nothing as a salesman
anyhow," retorted the principal regarding
him from a buisness point of view.
"I am sure I can be .useful," repeated
the young man. .
"How ? Tell me how."
"Don't know sir ; I don't know."
"Nor do I." lauerhed the principal a he
saw the eagerness the lad displayed. "
Unly don t put me away, sir ; don t put
me away, l ry me at something besides sell
ing . I cannot sell. I know that I cannot
sell
I know that too ; that is a-hat there is
wrong.
But ! can make myself useful somehow.
I know I can."
The blunt-boy who could not be turned in
to a salesman, and whose manner was so
little captivating that he was nearly sent a-
bouthis business, was accordingly tried at
something else. He was placed in the counting-house,
where his aptitude for figures
soon showed itself, and in a few years he
became not only chief cashier in the concern,
but eminent as an accountant throughout
the country. JJoys be- sure and be "good
for something. ' ' .
I say, old fellow, what are your politics?"
said one friend quizzing another. .'Con
servative, my father was conservative," he
replied. ' 'And what is your religion ?' ' con
tinued the other. Protestant nay father
1 .1 ISA
was a protestant, was tne answer. And
why are jou a bachelor ?" said the other.
Because my father was a oh, confound
it! don't bother me with your stupid ques
tions." Precocious. There is a live Yankee
out west who invented a machine, that picks .
the bones out ot fash, -and throws the meat
into the mouths of those who feel rricli- ed
to eat fish, mackeral in particular. The
said loquacious scion of yankeedom has also
taught ducks to swim in hot water, and
with such success, that they are said to lav
boiled eggs. Shades of Faneufl nail, where
art thou not?
Among the reinforcements to the Army of
the Potomac is a heavy artillery regiment,
numbering 1600 men, 1000 of whom re
ceived $1000 each as bounty for one year's
service, dt is known at the Iront as the
million dollar regiment. "
TnE Force of Education. Nothinir
was so much dreaded in our schoolboy-days
as to be punished by sitting between two
crirls. ' An, the force of education ! In after
years we learned to submit to such things
with out shedding a tear.
Gold has been found in Barbour county.
West Virginia, samples of which are exhib
ited in Wheeling. In whatouantities it ex
ists is yet to be developed. '
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