BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1865.
VOL. 11.-NO. 42.
TERMS OF THE JOURNAL.
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gu$ine&$ gircdont.
IRVI.V BltOTUEItS. Dealers in Square A Sawed
Lumber. Dry Goods, Groceries. Flour, Grain,
Ac , Ae., Lurnside Pa., Sept. 23, 1353.
I FREDERICK LEITZIXGER, Manufacturer of
' , 11 kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield, Pa. Or
ders solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1.1SG3
CRAXS k BARRETT, Attorneys at Law. Clear
field, Pa. May J 3. 1363.
i,. j. crass. :::::: walter barrett.
r) ODERT .T. WALLACE. Attorney at Law. Clear
j field, Pa Office in Shaw's rew row. Market
itreet, opposite Xaugle's jewMry store May 26.
ivNAUGLE, Watch and Clock Maker, and
. dealer in Watches, Jewelry, Ac. Jtoom in
Graham's row, Market street. Nov. 10.
HBCCHER SWOOPE. Attorney at Law.Clear
Celd. Pa. OEQct inGrahnin's Row. fourdoo s
yrestof Graham A Eoynton's store. Nov. 10.
"k 1 ARTirVICK A HUSTON, Dealers in Drugs,
t I Medicines. Paints. Oils. Stationary, Perfume
ry. Fancy Goods, Notions, etc.. etc.. Market street,
Clearfield, Pa. June. 2'., 1S61.
"f P. KKATZER, dealer in Dry Goods. Cloth.
.1 in- Hardware. Oueensware, Groceries. Pro
vUiiMtf. Front Street, above the Academy,
Cleai field, Pa. . April
7 JLLIAM F.IRWIN, Market street, Clearfield,
r Pa.. Dealer in Toreiirn and Domestic Mer
chandise, fiaraware, vueenswaro, - i cri
family articles generally. Nov. 10.
JOHN GUELICH. Manufacturer of all kinds of
Cabinet-ware. Market street, Clearfield. Pa.
lie also makes to order Coffins, on short notice, and
attends funerals with a hearse. Aprl0,'otf.
DK M. WOODS, PitACTiciN'G PnvsiriAJf, and
Examining Surgeon for Pensions.
Office. South-west corner of Second and Cherry
Ktref t, Clearfield, Pa. January 21. lSi:J.
THOMAS J. M'CCLLOUGII, Attorney at Law,
Clearfield. Pa. Office, east of the ' Clearfield
e. Rank. Deeds and other legal instruments pre
pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3.
J.
B M'EXALT.T. Attorneyat Law, Clearfield,
Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining
counties. OEce in new briclc building ou. Joyn
t n, 2d street, one door south of Lanieh's Hotel.
"OICHARD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do
J, mntM Dry Goods, Groceries. Flour, Bacon,
Liquors. Ac. Room, on Market street, a few doors
west ol Journal Office, Clearfield, Pa. Apr27.
LARRIMER A TEST. Attorneys at Lw. Clear
field. Pa. Will attend promptly to alf legal
and other business entrusted to their care in Clear
fi'd and adjoining couuties. August 6, 1856.
ri 'IIOMA3 V,'. MOORE, Land Surveyor or Con
jL yeyancer. OCice at his residence, i mile east
of Pernvill FostoCice address. Grampian lli!!3.
Deed: and other instruments of writing neatly
eit -utel. June 7lh, lS'""-Iy
"7i. ALtSEUT A P.KO'S, Dealers in Dry Goods,
Y Groceries, Hardware, aeensware. Flour,
Bacon, etc.. Woodlani. Clearfield county. Penn'a.
Al.Jo. extensive dealers in all kindsof sawed lum-b-r,
gli ingles, aud square tim 'oer. Orders soliei
ted. Woodland. Aug. lyih, lSti.i.
AUCTIONEER. The nndersignel having
been Licensed an Auctioneer, wotild re oct
fully inform 'he citizens 1 C ieartield county that
1".- will attend to the calling ot faler in any part
of the county, when desired. Terms moderate.
Address Z.C M CI LL"l GiI.
June 1 I. ISrio. CIc.rf.eld, Pa.
LICEXSFD AUCTIONEER . W 1 LLI A M
M BLOOM, of Pike township, desires to in
form fcis friends and the public generally that he
has it. it en out a License as an AUCTIONEER. .and
will attend to the crying of sales in any part of
the county at the shortest notice, and at the moit
reasonable charges. Address, cither personally
or bv letter, either at C'urwensvillo or Bloom
ingville. M.iy 1 , 1305. tf.
Vl'C'J ION EER. the undersigned having
been Licensed an Auctioneer, would inform
the citizens of Clearfield county that he will at
tend to calling sales, iu any part of the county,
whenever called upon. Charges moderate
Address, JOHN M'QLTLKIX,
May 13 Bower Po., Clearfield co., Pa.
N. B. Persons calling sales without a proper li
cense are subject to a pcni'ty of SCO, which pro
Vision will be enforced against those who may vi
olate the same.
4 UCTION EER. The undersigned having
J. been Licenced an Auctioneer, would inform
the citizens of Clearfield county that h'e will at
tend to calling sales, in any art of the county,
whenever called upcfti. Charges moderate.
Address NATHANIEL K1.-HEL,
Feb 22. IS3. Clearfield. Pa.
N. B. Persons calling sales without a proper
license are subject to a penalty of Siil), which
provision will be enforced against thoe wh J may
iolate th. same.
3zsr: NOTICE.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office op the Comptroller, op the Ctrrexcy, J
Washington. Janruary 3'Jth, lS6j. )
HERE AS. BY SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE
y presented to the undersigned, it has been
ma e to appear that "THE FIRST NATIONAL
1MSKOK CLEARFIELD," in the Borough of
Clearfield, in the county of Clearfield, and State
ol Pennsvlvania. has ben duly orzanized under
and according to the requirements of the Act of
'ongress, entitled "An Act to provide National
Currency, secured by a pledge of United States
bonds and to provide for the circulation and re
demption theieof." approved June 3d, 1364, and
has complied with all tho provisions ot said Act
required to be complied with before commencing
the business of Banking under said Act ;
Now. therefore, I, Hugh McCulloch, Comptrolf
ler of the Currency, do hereby certify that -THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK. OF CLEARFIELD,'
in the Borough of Clearfield, in the county of
Clearfield, and State of Pennsylvania, is author
ized to commence the business of Banking under
the Act aforesaid
In testimony whereof, witness my
( 9 A U hand and seal of office, this 30th day of
V7YJanuary, A. D. 1865.
HUGH McCULLOCH,
Feb. 8, 1S65. Comptroller of the Currency.
SPECIAL NOTICE All persons knowing
themselves indebted to the subscriber, either
by note or book account, are reqnested to pay up
immediately, as further indulgence cannot be
iT - ' lMa27-pJ O. H, IIALU
deleft 3Joctni.
CLOVES BLOSSOMS.
There's a modest little blossom
Blooming closely to the ground.
While its wealth of sweetest pt rfume
Thrills through hi the air around ;
While and pnra a field of clover,
Jn the tunny summer dayt
Brings a calm my spirit over.
Sweet as music far away.
In the rich man's terraced garden
Many a fair exotic twines ;
Many a gaily tinted flower
'Neath the glossy foliage shines.
By the poor man's lowly cottage,
Violet's sweetest odors yield ;
Yet I love the air of freedom
Blowing from the clover field.
Lillies in the valley growing,
Roses in their blushing pride,
These may wreathe their regal beauty.
Fitly for the youtnful bride.
Laurel wreaths may suit the poet.
Forest flowers may lure the child,
I would only ask the clover.
Meek and modest, brave and mild.
Little cares my hardy flowers,
Though the soil be poor and dry :
Bloomiug by the dirty wayside,
Blessing all who pass thereby.
Let me learn the gentle lesson.
Even in my lowly way.
Working bravely, like the clover.
In the sultry summer day.
Ideas of the Arabians.
Their general opinion of an Lnglish trav
eller is, that he is cither a lunatic or a magi
cian; a lunatic, it' on closely watching his
movements, they discover he pays little at
tention to things around him ; a confirmed
lunatic, if he goes out sketching-.' and spoils
good paper with scratches and hieroglyhies ;
and a magician when inquisitive about ruins,
and given to picking up stones and shells,
gathering up leaves and brushes or buying
up old bits of copper, iron ami silver. In
these cases, he is supposed,- by aid of his
magical powers, to convert stones and shells
into diamonds of immense price ; and the
leaves and sticks are charms, by looking at
which he can bestow comforts upon his
friends, and snakes and pestilence upon bis
luckless enemies. If a traveller pick up a
stone and examine it carefully, he will be
sure to have at his tail a host of malapart
little boys deriding him. though keeping at
a respectable distance, in deference to his
magical powers. Should lie indeed turn
round suddenly and pursue them a lew steps,
they would fly in agony and fear, the very
veins in their little legs most bursting, and
they never stop to look back till they have
got well among the crowd again, where, pant
ing for breath they recount to their auditors
the dreadful looks that devil of a Frank
gave them, making fire come out of his eyes
and bladders out of his mouth.
What Makes a Lady.
When Beau Brummel was asked what
made the gentleman, his quick reply was,
''Starch, starch, my lord!" This may be
true ; but it takes a great deal mora to
make a lady; and though, it may seem sin
gular, -I nni ready to maintain that no con
ouneeivaMe quantity ef muslin, silk or sat
in, edging, frilling, hooping, flouncing, or
furholowing, can pr se, or per dressmaker,
constitute a real lady.
Was not Mr-. Abbot Lawrence just as
much a lady, when attired in twelve cent
calico in Boston, as when arrayed in full
court at St. James, London ? "As Mrs.
Washington was said to be so grand a lady,"
says a celebrated English visitor, (Mrs.
Troupe,) "we thought we must put on our
bet bibs and bands, so we dressed ourselves
in our most elegant ruffles and siiks.
and were introduced to her ladyship, and
don't you think we found her knitting and
with her check apron on ! She received us
very graciously and easilp, but after the
compliments were over she resumed her
knitting. There we were, without a stitch
of work, anl sitting in state; but Genen 1
Washington's lady, w7ith her own hands,
was knitting stockings for her husband."
Does not that sweet re publican simplicity
command vour admiration?
A Eappy "Woman.
What spectacle more pleasing does the
world afford than a happy woman content
ed in her sphere, ready at all times to bene
fit her little world by her exertions.and trans
forming the briers and thorns of life into
roses of Paradise by the magic of her touch ?
Th?re are those who are happy because
the cannot help it no misfortunes dampen
their sweet smiles, and they diffuse a cheer
ful smile around them as they pursue the
even tenor of their way. They have the
Chilosopher's stone ; for without seeking the
aser exchange of gold, which may buy
some sort of pleasure, they convert every
thing they touch into joy. What their con
dition is makes no difference. They may be
rich or poor, high or low, admired or forsak
en by the fickle world ; but the sparkling
fountain of happiness bubbles up in their
hearts and makes them radiancy beautiful.
Though they live in a log cabin, they make
it shine with a lustre which kings and queens
might covet, and they make wealth a foun
tain of blessings to the children of poverty.
Happy women are the brightest types of
humanity.
A Good Oxe. Children will often come
at the truth quicker than grown up folks.
A correspondent of the Oswego Advertiser
savs :
""My little girl Josie has completely upset
me she has just come running in 'Oh,
papa ! papa ! we lost our President, and
now the Democrats have lost theb-s ! Jeff
Davis is took 1"
"Papa," said a youngster, "whatispnnc
tuation?" "It is the art of puttinsr stops,
my child. ' ' ' 'Then I wish you would go in
to the cellar and punctuate the cider barrel!,
as the cider is running all over the floor."
THE SOLDIEB-BEIDE.
There were wild flowers in profusion, in
boquet and garland, scattered about the
small but gentle mansion of Widow Ston
ington. Mirrors and antique'picture frames
were wreathed with them ; windows were
garlanded, and even the very goblets sav
ing a sufficient number to accommodate the
excited guests were made to serve the pui
pose of vase. The long table with its snowy
cloth, the side board, and the parlor ornamental-piece,
bore a score of their fra
grant ornaments, yet queen above them all
was the pure white boquet of syringas and
white thorn blossoms that lay upon the dres
ing table in one of the neatest little boudoirs
in New England.
What a stir! what a tumult ! what a run
ning here and there ! what a pattering of
slippered feet up and down the stairs! what
a flying of nimble fingers among bits of rib
bon and tarleton and illusion ! And why not?
Sweet Lucy, the only surviving child of the
Widow, was that morning to marry Capt.
Edward Burnett,a young andhandsome of
ficer, who had already distinguished himself
in the Union service.
Lucy is not handsome but very pure and
lovely in her bridal dress of pearl white
gauzy texture, looped up here and there
with boquets of the fragrant syringa; while
among her golden curls peep out the white
violet and moss rose-bud just opening its
petals to the light.
And Lucy looked dreamily happy that
morning, yet astonishingly indifferent so
that the bridemaids protested to her own
personal appearance. She had not once
raised her eyes to the mirror before which
they were turningher from one side to another
as if she were but a moving wax figure,
placed there to show to ' advantage the
gauze and laces with which they were adorn
ing her.
A light rap is heard at the door.
"This is Edward let him come in," said
Lucy, the lightest perceptible flush mounting
her cheeks at the well known sound.
''Oh ! no, no!" chimed in half a dozen
voices "not till this loop of ribbon is fastened
and the veil properly adjusted."
But Edward did come in, though he paus
ed for a moment on the threshold to con
template the loveliness of the group. The
next instant he was by Lucy's side, rump
ling veil, tissues, ribbon, and flowers in one
confused mass as he caught her in his arms
and pressed his lips to her now burning
cheeks.
"Goodness me!" ,Oh my !" "Did you
ever!" "The bear!" "The Hottentot; to
swallow her at a mouth full!" and various
other exclamations of disgust escaped the
group of bridemaids, wdio looked with dismay
on the havoc the sunburnt but still hand
some captain was making of the bridal finery
of their pet Lucy.
"I beg pardon. ladies,butl couldn't resist
the temptation," said Edward; "there, Lu
cy, shake yourself, and you'll be just as new.
Who shall say the beauty of a bird is not
enchanced by iuftling its plumage?"
Just at this moment Mrs. Stonington en
tered to say that "the guests had all arrived
and the minister was getting impatient."
"Not more so than myself," said Edward,
resigning his bride elect to his uncle, who
was to give her away.
While the ceremony was being performed
a silent prayer goes up from the heartof the
widow and tears drop thick and fast upon
her furrowed checks, for her home will now
be desolrte indeed ; and when at last the
two are madeione the mother presses her
daughter to her bosom now hers no more
for ever one, long moaning sob, which she
tries to repress, escapes her, and she feels
that the light has gone out from the hearth
stone when the carriage containing the new
ly married couple rolled away from thc loor.
A month has passed, Captain Burnett's
absence havin? expired, he joins his regi
ment taking bis young bride with him
much against his better judgement to that
desolate portion of Eastern Virginia which
was soon after to be the scene of a terrible
battle.
But though he presented camplife and
marches in their dreariest aspect to her,
her reply was:
"'Where thou goest I will go.' Had I
thought you would refuse to let me bear
you company in your perils, I would not
have married 3'ou. "
"Lucy dearest, how can a delicate form
like yours bear the tedious marches which
many a hardy soldier sinks under? and then
to subsist for weeks on hard, dry,(often times
repulsive food what a change from the del
icacies you have been nurtured on."
' "Let me but try, Edward ; I am strong
and brave and healthy, and will cheerfully
bear all the privations you mention, nay,
more so, 1 may be your companion.
And thus it was the brave captain yield
ed to his young wife's entreaties.
The bride was for some time charmed
with the novelty of camp-life, and while
listening to the stirring beat of the drum, as
the different companies went through their
drillshe almost wished herself a "brave
soldier boy." No prouder sight had her
eyes ever witnessed than that of her gallant
husband as, at the head of his brave band of
cavalry he set out for the battle field.
"Ard I am to be left behind?" she ask
ed as Edward sprang from his saddle and
entered the tent to give her a parting kiss.
"Certainly dearest. What would we do
with a woman on the battle-field."
"I feel as if I could fight too, Edward.
Prav let me accompany you."
"Not for the wide world can I consent.
Some ill would most assurdly befall you ;
and you would be at least but a stumbling
block in our way. I have given Stanton the
charge of affairs here, and until I return or
you hear from me, follow implicitly his di
rections. Should I fall dear Lucy, and
hisvoice trembled slightly, "go back to
your mother without delay."
Lncy's eyes were dim with tears, but she
soon wiped them away to watch the little
band which her husband led as they gallop
ed across the wide plain.
The battle-field was not far distant, and
soon she heard the roar of artillery. The
loud booming of cannon and the fiendish
hissing of the shells, that sped fiercer than
thunderbolts through the air, set her nearly
frantic.
"Stanton !" she cried, going to the door
where he was busy putting things in march
ing order. "Is there a horse here ?"
"Yes, ma'am, a couple."
"Then saddle the swiftest for me. I am
going out for a ride."
"But ma'am, the captain said "
"No matter what the captain 6aid, Imust
have the horse at once."
"I have no lady's saddle."
"No matter; a saddle of any kind will
do."
"But, madam !"
Stamping her little foot.
"Look yonder!" And she pointed to the
north-east. "A heavy rebel fore? is coming
unexpectedly upon our troops. With a
swift horse I can reach my husband's column
and give the alarm in time ,to circum
vent them. Now do my bidding at once !"
Stanton in fear and wonder obeyed; and
when he led forth the high mettled steed
Lucy appeared in a regular military suit of
her husband's with lu-r curls so nicelv stow
ed away beneath the close fitting cap,.that
the man in waiting could scarcely believe the
boyish looking soldier before him was no
other than the captains wife.
"Shalll not accompany you madam?"
he asked, as the sprang lightly into the sad
dle. "I want no retainers, Stanton; stay
wberuyou are, and follow the Captain's
orders."
Lucy did not wait for him to finish the
sentence, but putting spurs to her steed,
.took the route her husband had taken, and
was after an hours' fatiguing ride in full
view of the battle. She paused but a few
moments and looked back. The enemy
were advancing rapidly. She looked before
at the contending armies. Shells shrieked
past, and the force of the artillery caused the
very ground to tremble beneath her, feet.
Her steed curved his proud neck and pawed
the ground, impatient to proceed. She
gave him the rein, for she saw where the
dense volume of smoke was slowly rising,
the form ot Edward. At all events it was
a cavalry campany, and she dashed boldly
forward.
Nearly deafened by the roar of artillery,
and stifled by the smoke, she still kept on,
until having reached Kilpatrick's division,
she was dismounted by the stumbling of her
horse.
"Will you put me to Captain Burnett's
company ?" she asked.
"To the left," replied the officer address
ed, "but it is impossible for you to reach
him."
"I must see him or dia in the attempt,"
she cried, v
And she did see him, leading on his brave
but thinned company to the conflict.
She callcd'fkim once, twice, thrice ere he
heeded her, and then gave her but a pass
ing glance.
"The enemy are coming in large force
from the west. Make haste and they may
be taken in the gonre; tarry till they reach
the brow of the hill and the day is lost to
you."
Her voice must have been strangely al
tered, for her husband did not recognize it.
lie left his company in charge of his first
lieutenant, sought Kilpatrick, and in a few
minutes, with his own company and reserve
corps, was soon galloping off in the direc
tion pointed ..out by his own brave little
wife.
"He did not recognize me and it is well.
It might have deterred him from going,"
she said to herself, yet a dizzy sensation
crept over her when she looked upon the
wounded, the dead and dying who lay in
masses about her. She thought she heard
a groan ; she listened ; yes she was ro mis
taken ; half buried among the slain was a
form familiar to her. She removed, as
well as she was able, the weight that op
pressed him, and asked if he was hurt
much.
The soldier addressed turned his face to
ward her with a groan, saying, "I feel very
faint and thirsty. In the name of Heaven
eive me a drink of water, and I shall die
easy."
It was a terrible task that the captain's
wife imposed upon herself that of unstrap
ping at d opening the knapsack of the dead.
Several times a mist came before her eyes,
as the ghastly upturned faces of the dead
met her view ; but well was she repaid when
she returned and placed a canteen to his
lips.
She seated herself, raised his head to her
lap, and with her own handkerchief sought
to staunch the wound in his temple. A
moment after and her arm dropped power
less by her side ; she felt a sharp cutting
pain about her elbow, then she sank insen
sible by the side of the poor soldier, who
wa.s too weak to render her any service ; nor
did she recover conciousness again until the
tramp of soldiery announced the return of
Captain Burnett and his corps, who had
succeeded in totally routing the enemy.
When they reached the point from whence
they started Kilpatrick and his forces were
in possession of the field.
The enemy leaving their field pieces be
hind them and flying iu all directions.
"How did you get information of the ap
proach of the'rebs?" asked Kilpatrick after
having congratulated Burnett on his suc
cess. "That is just what I have been trying to
make out myself General," replied Burnett.
"As near as I could discern through the
smoke, it was a boyish face and figure in a
captain's uniform."
Saddenly he paused; .for his eye fell on
the pallid face of one of his " own loved sol
diers, and beside him great Heaven I
could he believe his eyes? the drooping fig
ure of his own wife, his Lucy, the long gol
den tresses, escaped from the cap, tailing
like a sunshine about her, were dabbed in
blood a sacred baptism of the good deed
she had that day done.
Never had Edward Burnett's cheek paled
so before th enemy, as when he raised his
wounded wife to his arms, and turning to
Kilpatrick he said: "General, the mystery
is solved. This is the boy captain who
warned me of the approaching rebel force."
"And the boy enptnin has won for you a
colonelcy, and for herself lasting fame, and
the thanks of all the true hearted Union
ists," replied the General. And being as
gallant as he is brave, it is said, though I
wil not vouch for the truth, that he gave
the fair lady, at parting, a kiss on either
cheek as a token of his just appreciation of
her courage.
Lucy was placed in an ambulance, and
with the soldier she saved from death, borne
to the camp where both with good care and
nursing soon became convalescent,
Edward Burnett is still in the service of
his country. Step by step he is ascending
the ladder of fame, winning for himself
laurels which shall neither wither nor decay.
How Bodies are Enhalraed.
By embalming, people generally are apt
to imagine that the modern process consists
of saturating, filling and surrounding the
dead body with spices, gums and other in
destructable and preservative substances, as
is understood to have been the process prac
ticed oy tne ancients. tucn, however, is
not the case. The modern process is a
bout as follows: The blood is drawn off
through the juglar vein. An incision is then
made upon the inside of the thigh, through
which a chemical liquid is injected by a me
chanical means. This liquid permeates all
the veins and arteries, takina: the place be
fore occupied by the blood, and iu a short
time renders the entire body as hard as
stone, and as rigid as a statue. A portion
of the scalp is removed and the brain scoop
ed out. The chest is opened and the heart,
lungs and viscera are abstracted. When the
process is completed, the body is reduced to
a mere empty shell, having only the out
ward semblance of the departed individual.
How long a body thus prepared will remain
unchanged we cannot say. The process has
only been employed lor a few years since
the war commenced, we believe so that
time sufficient has not elapsed to test the in
dktrueibility of bodies thus prepared.
Secesh Ghosts Foreshadowed.
When Gen. Sherman's army occupied
Savannah, the citizens pleaded starvation
and asked to be fed. Amongst other ap
plications, several ladies called upon the
Provost Marshal of the Western District and
unfolded a he rrible story of suffering and
woe. The gallant General B : , im
pressed with the tale, seated himself to
write the order for supplies. While so en
gaged some remark was made about the
termination of the war. Whereupon one of
the applicants opened upon the General as
follows :
"This war won't be terminated until you
kill all the men and then we women will
fight you, and if jou kill us it won't be end
ed then, for we'll come back as ghosts
to haunt you." This sanguinary oration de
livered with all the venom of a southern
beggar, appalled the General, who quietly
tore up the order he was writing, saying :
"If such be the case, I think you might
as well die of starvation, as then your ghosts
may be too weak to come lack and naunt
us." And he coolly but politely bowed the
mendicants into the street.
See if I Don't.
A certain maiden lady was twice in her
life-time engaged to be married, and twice
someunforseen event interposed to her hopes
of matrimonial bliss. Here was a sad case.
Time began to wrinkle her fair brow, and
there were no new suitors to offer them
selves. To add to her distress she became
sick, "nigh unto death." The junior cu
rate of the parish a bashful youth was
sent for. The sick room was filled with S3-111-pathizing
neighbors when the young divine
entered, and after some remarks, proceeded
to read a portion of scripture. He fell upon
the chapter where the woman of Samaria is
introduced. When he rend the words, "Go
call thy husband," the sick woman groaned
a little, but when he uttered the words,
"The woman answered and said, I have no
husband," the old lady rose upright in her
bed, her eyes flashing fire, as she squeaked
out the following : "I ain't going to stand
yer taunts if you are a preacher ! Get out of
the house directly ! I've had two chances for j
a husband, and will live to see another see
if I don't!"
Don't Complain.
Don't complain of your birth, your train
ing, 3'ouremployment, your hardships ; nev
er fancy you could be something if you had
a different lot or sphere assigned to you.
God understands his orn plans, and knows
what you want a great deal better than you
do. The very things that you most depre
cate as fatal limitations and obstructions,
are probably what you most want. What
you call hindrances and discouragements,
are probably God's opportunities, and it is
nothing new that the patient should dislike
his medicines, or any certain proof that they
are poisonous. No ! a truce to all such im
patience. Choke that devilish envy which
gnaws at your heart because you are not in
the same lot with others ; bring down your
own soul, or rather bring it up to receive
God's will, and do his word, in your lot, in
your sphere, under your cloud of obscurity,
against your temptations ; and then you
shall find that your condition is never op
posed to your own good, but really consist
ent with it.
THE GYPSIES.
Excepting the Jews, no people has ever
shown such tenacity of race as the gypsies.
A Hindoo tribe of Aryan race originally,
perhaps of noniandic and plundering habita
in their provinces on the Indus, and forced
out into Europe and Asia in tho early pari
of the fifteenth century, they have encamp
ed aud settled in almost every country of Eu
rope, without scarcely ever changing thia
pure current of their Hindoo bloody Wheth
er in the mountain villages of Norway, or
on the pusztas of Hungary, or in rural Eng
land, or among the wild mountains of Spain ;
whether under the burning heat of Africa,
or on tho plateaus of Asia, in Egypt, Persia
or India, the gypsy is substantially tha
same, with a similar physique, with tha
same language only dialetically different,and
with the same ineradicable habits of tha
plundering nomad in him. Sometimes en
slaved, always scorr ed, the victim of legis
lation through more than three hundred
years, driven trom country to country, inces
santly urged by the influences of civilization
and by the ministers of religion yet always,
in all countries and for four centuries, tho
same a vagrant, a jockey, a cheat, and a
heathen and stranger to each people and
country. The civilization, the science and
the Christianity of the times have done al
most nothing for him. A few exceptions to
this general character of the race are found
in Russia, where individual gypsies have be
come wealth' ; but in most countries they
seldom engage in any pursuit of mechanics
or agriculture. The only mechanical branch
in which they are ever proficient is tha
smith's, and in Prusia they have becoma
celebrated as workers in gold and silver.
While other races become absorbed in tha
powerful races or mingle in endless variety
with the people in contact with them, or dia
out and pass away, this Indian tribe keepi
itself un mingled and preserves its savage vi
tality. Such tenacity of race and barbarian
habits, seems hardly characteristic of tha
Aryan family, and would remind one of tha
Samites. In many countries they have been
supposed to be Egyptians, and their nama
in English, French. Spanish and Hungari
an, points to this belief. Most other nations
have given them a name in some way con
nected with that of a Hindoo robber triba
on the Indus, from which they are suppos
ed to be descended. Race of the Old
World, by G. L. Bruce.
Tribute to Gen. Eobert E. Lee,
It is proposed (providing the plan meets
with a favorable approbation) to tender to
General Hubert E. Lee a grand reception in
New Vork by the returned Union prisoners,
to show their high appreciation of his mag
nanimity. He will be received by a com
mittee of General officers selected from a
number of those who have been the recipi
ents of Southern hospitality and chivalrous
treatment during the war. Alter being
welcomed by these gentleman, a procession
will be lormed to escort him through tha
principal streets. The rebel musicians(now
all Union men) will lead the column, playing
"Hail to the Chief who in triumph advar
ces." The band will be followed by rebel
prisoners on parole in many ranks, and bear
ing a banner with the motto, "You can nev
er win us back." Southern sympathizers
with banner, motto, "Actions speak louder
than words." Southern citizens in disguise,
banner with portraits of Davis and Booth,
motto, "r7r nobile fratrti7i." Returned
Union prisoners banner draped in black,
portrait of General Winder with a procina
couchant, motto, "The prisoners friend."
Prisoners from Andersonville, Macon,
Columbin, etc., motto "Thejwi is might
ier than the sword." Blockade runners in
carriages banner with portrait of Semmes,
and a lion rampart. Prisoners from Belle
Isle banners with full length portrait of
Dick Turner, (no motto required.) Colored
troops with arras reversed, carrying the
"Bonnie Blue Flag," band playing, "Car
ry me back to Old Virginia."
The above will give the publi' a general
idea of what might lie done if sufficient fund
an be raised. It is ex pected that the friends
of those who have fallen in the field, or
been killed with kindness while prisoners of
war, will contribute largely. It is also hop
ed that money enoucb will be raised to pur
chase the estate of Washington, and present
it to ben. Lee, at this time, that he mar
thus pass the remainder of his days in tha
enjoyment of a peace and happiness his
magnanimity for the past four years hss bo
richly entitled him to. All contributions may
be sent to Messrs. II, U. MiLmr and
. C. OPPF.ItriEAD,
Marked Via- Nassau, N. P.
In the da-s when Connecticut was lartrehr
engaged in breeding mules for the Southern
market, one morning, lracy, who was as
shrewd a Yankee as ever whittled a shingle
or sold a clock, stood with a fcouth Carolini
an on the steps of the Capitol, when a drove
of mules passed by on their Southern journey.
"Tracy," said the Carolinian, "there goes
a company of your constituents."
"Yes, "was the dry retort, "they are doubt
less going to South Carolina to teach school."
A man with an enormously large mouth
called on a dentist to get a tooth drawn. Af
ter the dentist had prepared his instrument,'
and was about to commence operations, tha
man began to strain and stretch his month
till he got it to a frightful width. "Si?.y,
Sir," said the dentist, "don't trouble your
self to stretch your mouth any wider, for I
intend' to stand outside of it to draw your
tooth." '
The disloyal lady near Catawissa who re
marked on hearing of the assassination of
President Lincoln that "he was in h 1"
wa.s significantly rebuked bj an 14 gentle
man standing by witlj, the inquiry "How
do you know ; have you received a lettar
from your father?'"