llflitor and I'ronrietor.
I WOULD RATHER EE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hsxkt Cut
TER1LS
f S2.CO PEH AlVIVFItl.
I $l.SO IJI ADTAKCE.
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.DIRECTORY.
Or ffOST OFFICES.
Pjst GJins. Post Masters. District.
Hethel Station
Carrjlitown,
Cae Springs,
Creisoa,
tbiasburg.
Enoch Reese, - yiackuca..
-Williamlf. Jones, Carroll.
Danl.Litzintrer, . Chc3t.
A! G. Crooks,
W-.n. 'V. Youn,
John Thompson,
Taylor.
W&3hmt'u.
Eber.bburg.
Whfte. .
Galliizin. .-'
Washt'u.
Johnst'wa..
Lcrctto.
Coi'em'gh.
Muastef.
Fallen Timber, laaac T-borupson,
Ualii'-iin,
hemlock,
Joha3town,
Miaeral Point,
MaaJter, . ;
J.'M.xTriristy,
Wei Tiler, Jr.,
I. E. Chandler,
M. Adlesbergcr,
Wis3iuser, .
A. Durbin,
Andrew J Ferral, Susq'ban.
Q. W. Kownan, V. hite.'
Esseland,
6i. Augustine, Wm. Ryan,' Sr., Clearfield.
Soilp Level, Georpe Conrad, Ricolaud.
f5oaman.
IS. A UOlgaa, - "-auk
B F. Slick. Croyle
IV.53 M. Gillespie, Washt'n.
Horrii Kcil, ' S'laerhiil.
Suatmerhill,
VTilaiore,
CHURCHES. MIXISTERS,
Presbyterian Rsv. f- Hbisox, Fas; or.
Preaching every Sabbath morning - f.tlOj
3'clock, And ia the evening at 3 o'clock. .Sab
cta School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening "at C. o'clock. .;
Methodist Episcopal Church Uz v. S. T. Sb ow.
Preacher iu "charge. .Rev. ' V. - Loso, Assis
tant. Preaching very Sabbath, alternately
k( 10; o'clock in the moraine, or 7 in the
eraing. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock A.
Prayer meeting ever Thursday evening, at 7
o'clock.
IFe.'e I-rdyenJt.tt Rzv Li. R. Powsll,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
:o o'clock, and incite evenin'at C o'clock.
Sibbith School at 1. o'clock, P. M. Prayer
Keetin? on the first Mouda7 evtvang of fch
unnfu; r.nd on evry Tuc-3d;i,v, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
ch month. ' .
Cslvinuiie Methodist Rzv. Joitt V.'itL IMS,
Pit3r. Preaching every Pabbath ever.ing f-t
J:itl G o'clock. Sabbath School r.t-10 o'clock,
A. M PuiTtr raeet'ng every Tciday e.yeiig,
t 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
t 7 o'clock. :
Dttetp Us Rht. W, TiLOYE, Paetor. Preach
Ur every Sabbith morning at 10 o'clock.
Pirt-ie'ular Ilxp iii Its. Pavid Jsski.s,
f itor. Preachirig every Sabbath evening at
3 u'clock. Sabbath School at at I o'clock, V. M.
CatloHc Ktv. H. J. MiTCHsit, Pastor.
Seryic? every Sabbath rnor:;ing dt 1 0 J o'clock
isl Vesjera at o'clock Lbe t-yening. :
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Cii'CXSiSniC MAILS.
Bl AILS ARRIVE.
Etrn, daily, Bt 11 1 o'clock,, A. M.
Western, ' at 1 1 J-o'cIock, .A M.
MAILS rLOSE.
Xsttm, daily, at . 8 o'clock, P. M.
Venern. " tit 8 o'clock, .P- M.
JSrTh malls from Bntl:r,!a:iiiitja!b'i.rougs-
town, 4c, arrive o& Thursaay of eaca wteit,
: 5 o cloi'K, P. 11.
Leave Sbeushurg ca Friday of each wetk,
t 6 A. M.
rvi Ts. T.nj r-on-. Vwman'a Inilla. Car-J
3ll;iw3, i-j.. r.rrive oa Monday, V -ednesaay
- . . - ' - - - :
-1 J-riday ot eaca wees, at o ciocn, i - .a
Lenva Ebnsbnrir on Tuesdavs. Thursdays
ii Saturday i, at J o'clock, A. H.
UAILitOAU SCSIKDL'LK.
Citr:SSOS STATION".
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tit :tAlt. Kxaress leaves at A. M
Puii. Exprc34
.22 A. ?
I u Fast Line
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S.33 P. M.
8.43 P. M.
3.20 A. M.
10.34 A. it.
' 0.C1 A. M.
9.45 A. M.
9.56 P. M.
5 .14 P. M
2 f.C A. M.
10.04 A. il.
Cut-
Express Train
Fast Lino
Mail Train
WIMIOUE STATION
;Wfit3alt. lixpress leaves at
Phila. Kxprcss "
Fast Lhre "
IEst Dxpress Trair.
J " Fait Line "
I " Mili Train "
tOl'STV OFFICER!!.
jvdjts t-ftU Courts President, II-n. Geo.
?4ylor, Iluntinjd.m ; Associates, George W.
iE&j'ey, Heiary 0. Ievine.
rrotionotaru Josepu 31 uonaia..
Pijittcr ani Recoritr Ed ard F , Lytic.
Sheriff John IJuck.
District AUor;te:. Philip S. N'oon 1
Count I Coimnissio.iers Jamca Cooler. Pc-
iWJ, bttle, Joint UampticH.
j Treasurer Thomas Caljin.
I Poor Heme Directors Wslliara, Douglass,
r&torgc Delany, Irwin Rutledge.
I Too r House Treasurer-Gtorce C. K. Zahm.
J Aui.tors John P. Stall, Thomas Zt Nel
son. Edrnr,1 U Dnn nefita.
County Surveyor. Heury Scaniaa.
V-oTOT..rm -Jauies S. Toi-d. - .-
tf't. o Comrn.cn ScLocls-HesT? Ely,
Eistr.ssiriiG bor. offscers.
:i'c o the reace.--Dmid. Tl, Roberts
r:ioa Kittketid.
Burgess James Myers.
Sehtol riirrrlnr Alirl T.I nvA . 1. :1 F. XcOH.
'oihui D. Parrish, Hugh Jones, R. J. WiiJa, j
'u j . jones. .
E APT T BD.
Cjntoi;eETan E. Evans.
Tourn Council John J. Evan.-Thomas J.
,jju, John W. Roberts. John Thompson, p.
''Jones. i .
inspectors William D .' Pavf 3, L. Rodgers,
tye o Election biinxel J. Davis.
' WK8T WART. '
ConrtaAM.- M. O'Neill. . .
Town CSwineiZ R. S.-Bnnn;' Edward 01a,
Jbn A. Riair, Johft U.lThowas, Georg W.
'etorWilii'ain Barne. Jno: H. ETank
cEUcticn Micbal Ha6&ft.' .
VOLUME
EBENSBXJRG
counTiaG in the dark.
"Almost divine, eh'?"
thifik so." .
A 1-1.. lU I 1
room. The above observa.ti.on3 were made
by a coujje of gentleinea who stood di
rectly ia front of rnc, and who had seeja
the luir creature's faca. . . ,
: I am verv puscepttbla ta female beauty,
and therefore, tn curiosity was slightly
aroused at the meutiju of something ul
most divine. . . ,
"Ah I good , evening, Ned," eaid my
friend Bangs, oming in and tajpiu' me
oa the phoulder, "Did you "tea Aiss
Leightonr - ''
"Miss Lcightoa the lady .that just
now came; in '(" ' :
, . 'jYea, doa't you kaow the Leihtou's ?"
"No." V
. "Whv, my boy, Miss Leizhton U the
most splenuid woman in town the beile,
in fact. - tjhall l make you acquainted ?"
I was soon mtkiugmy prettiest bow, bo
fore the lady aforesaid. , tji'e had daik,
languishing eyes, that could -.sjiak the
Ianjjtiae of . the heart much , more elo
quently thaTt the tongue; a fice complex,
ionrose and . lilly-blended ; a voice as
sweet aa 'our loved one's, and a. form
gotten up from the softest cotton, etc.
jiy the way, what wou'd the ladies do
were it uot for Votton ? liut I dida't think
anything of .that kind, at that j Unio.i I
wa-s doing my utmost . to .make fciytelf
airrceablo to that be4n'r. .who. robed iu
something .solt and gauzy, whicn i ao not
snow CEiOU
h about to even tell the
name
cm pecmed to nto if 1 may
U5"C
the ex-
prf3-sio:i part blood angel.
Then I was flying she had wings Or
seemed to have over the smooth floor,
with this fair one leaning upon me, to
the 6miid of the music that, in tuy ccstacy,
Beemed heavcidy. .
'. I passed a delightful evening, and at
last-Lad , the .pleasure of helping .Mis
Leihtou into her trarriage, and securiuqr a
Fmilo atida sweet . "Good night" ss the
carriage rolled away. " ' "
crt morning I suw Bangs, and my first
fiords were :
"Who 13 Mi?3 Lei?;hton : .
' "What, mv boy, has Cupid been up to
his old tricks V
..-.Never tr.iad answer the question !"
'Weil, then, Ida - Ltighton - is .Jthn
Leightoa's daughtex. The old gentleman
is'w.ealthy, has h line house in town.
Mia Ida ha.H a sister, older than she, who,
as their mother is dead, takes charge of
the household affairs and does the mother
ly for her sister; who, considering that
she is an orphan, ought to have the pro
tection of eome nic9 Young man like your-
elf No one as yet has been able to
flua the tender epct in xdies.Ida's hcaAt.
'Twenty sought her hand to ain,
A:.d twenty sought her haul ia vain,
Wert- out and dida't come Rgain,
In therdinary fasWcn."
"I'm going to cill upon her. to dy,"
said I. . -
Beware I Don't got entangled -in the
nc.-hcj of her net, for feke'ii laugh it you
thoTi." ' s ; . ' -
"iJon't-make me faint-hearted.".
"Well, go on, you have my best whdtcs,"
and Baigs turned a.vay and went whistling
don n the street.
An hour afterwards I was Viiting in
Mr. Heighten drawing room. Ida look
ed an lovely as upon the previous evening ;
and the contrast betwecu her M3ier fijdly
and herself added, 1 da not djubt, to her
charms - : . -
Sally was at least thirty years of age.-
She htd looked at her face in the mirror
fo many times and tried to. make .her
immense mouth into a small one, that bhe
had at last " settled it into an aggravated
puci&r, and her bharp uose hung over it
as some giant might bend over to iook
into the crater of Vesuvius. '
I did pity Sally, for I knew, her face
oaust have felt uncomfortable. ,.
Ida was. very bocial, and w hen 1 1 arose
to go I felt that I had aade aD iuJurus&iou
upon her heart-. I.toid Bangs so.. ........
"Really, now, Ned, I must confess that
I can't tJe it ", he ..said, taking oij't hi-j
agar
case
auu
.1
proceeding to
weed.
"You can't ! but I canv Don'tyou sup
pose I c-hu tell ?." "'" . , "".. .
"Well, no.- 'You pee, my loy," tret
weman understands licr art to'', porfection.
You'll s'ip up in your calculations,' and
lako the arsenic-train for etcru'Uy." ,-t ..
'You- ara quite pool about it." f . .
"Yes; I have hnJ several friends go
the same road, and I'm tfcttiDg ".used, to it.'
I always warned them." . -' - '
Bangs wa?u't congeniah as .leapt that
time, and eo.I-left Liiu "a.nd-sought the
solitude of ;my chamber,; ,. , . , ,
. SolirtWf I Bridget- wna waEhing and
dustins, and"" had turned " every things" in
"Ned," soliloquized I, 'you want a
house of your own, and you want a wife
to keep it iu good orders Ivll see about
.: .' - '
It.. . ; - . , .".
For two weeks I was with Ida tho great
er part of . the time. Wo rode together,
read together, and my love grew stronger,
and I didn't doufct it was returned.
But there was one thing that troubled
me. I was, fearful, that Mr. Leijzhton
would not consent, to his daughters mar
rying a poor man like ruyseli.
. "We can elope," thought I ; ."and hf?
the old gentleman has a cork leg and the
gout, he will not be apt to catch us before
it is everlastingly too latQ." j
But'hen,. I thought, Ida Vould'not
consent to that. She waa altogether too
p;ood to disooey her kind old lather, and
so
I must win them both; .
. ; Bangs was better acquainted with Mr.
Leigh ton than T, and. so I went to ask his
opinion of tho chances of my. suit being
successful with that gentleman. . ,
'. "Ned," . said he, ''don't borrow . any
trouble at "all. " If you. win the 'daughter,
I'll vouch pr the father." .
"You 'think' I cannot do that." 1 ;
"inctiy." . . ; "
"I will show vou vour mistake then.
To-night I shall lay my heart at her feet."
"I want to know i" cried Bangs, cutting
his linger on one side of his rasal oran.
"Perhaps pu shall. step on it.- I don't
think it would LjLsafe, Ned. However, I
should like to go to a wedding, and I Lope
you'll succeed." "
;What did I see ? A carriage passed
rue at that . moment ; Ida was sitting be nde
a young gent'.emau, her face turned up to
his. I bowed, t but she did uot see. mo. .
Tht-y were chatlio'g gaily.- What could
it mean. ' . . -
It was just in the edre
o:
the
eveniur.
I did not stop a moment," for I was deter
mined to know the meaning of this. I
would be at the house when Ida returned.
and know if it was in reality a rival.; "I
was hoping that, it might be a cJuiin for
I could not believehcrfal.se. ; I could uot
believe she would even eihile upon anoth
er.. But then, how coufidingly ho was
looking up to him. , .. .. .
I hJ walked very fast, and soon found
mybclf almost at the door, when a hand
wa? laid upon toy shoulder. . I turned my!
head, and Jiangs was standing before me.
''Take laudanum it's the easiest way."
; " He laughed aiid went on." 1 entered
he gate, aid walked up into the "house.
No one was in the "drawing room, and I
passed into the library," w here I found My.
Leigh ton.'; j ' . ' '
"Ida has gone out, ha3 she not Z" I
asked . ' ' . '
"No, she i in the drawing room,", he
replied. ;' ' .
" I went backV The gas had not boe.n
it, and it wan quite d
bui on the
,liow it re
lounge
Sdvr Mus Leiiihtou."
1 r
lieved me. -
'."I thought 3'ou had gone out,"
taking a seat be.-ide her.
"No. Sicter went out with Mr
paid I,
Pavis,
1 '.Uilli. i . ...
"But haven't you teen out?"
. "No." ...
'"I thnujht I saw you," "
: "No.- w . ' - -. .
"Who is Mr. .Davis?" I asked. " , .
"lie is an old friend of oars. Ho came
from New York to day."
"Onlv a fVicnd ?"
'! believe he and sister are engaged to
bo married. ' - . .- . - -
That was consoling. I could hardly
belicre'that I Tiad not seen Ida in the
carriage, but. if Mr. Davis was engaged to
Sally, I-had nothing to fear. j
Tbe moonlight was i'tst stealing into
t he room. That, arl Ida's bright eyes,
was light -enough ', I needed no other. I
iiardly dared to speak, fearing that it
would break .the. Fpell, and the dear one
would vanish l'ke the angels ' in our
dream?;' "To night decides my ; fate.' I
bent over her. 1 took her hand. It lay'
pas's'vcly in mine. I felt her Avarm breath
on my cheek.
"Dearest ," I whispnrcij.
fche pressed tny nana, it thnliea me
strangely. ; J felt t he blood tingle in. my
finger cnd?j arid shoot from my heart to
the ip of my toes. ' 1 knew then that she
loved mo. ' I stole one arm around her
waist. ' ' - - ' .
'It is nefdleFS to fell my lave, dearest;
you kuow it already." .
,"Oh,. Edward, this is too much happi
ness for me !" ' ' ' ' "
She flung herself opofa my breast, crying
like a child. ' ": ' . ' .
I kissed-'her brow ; I wiped the tears
from her eyes; I aiprjed the i pweet dew off
hor soft lips. , ' .''
Whe'n will yoo;be mtue?" I'ark'ed,
when pli'e had become calm.. '
"When you will'darHng." 1 v : ." "
('hm. r nnr TT- win nAiT,tnr
that wcuid not tiild to our liappinssa,"
PA., THTJKSDAY, APRIL
"Bat I aw poor."' . :
, "I.kaow jt,but father already regards
you aa kin.ily as it you were his son. In
us go to hia now; he U in' the library
alone " l" ; . - '
We got up and went hand in hand to the
library.; Mr. Leighton had gou.c cut. It
was dark, all but where , the moonlight
shone tLrough the windows aud -lay in
silvery sheets upon the enrpet. " ' '
; "We Will wait hero till he coiriea in,"
said my charmer. s ....
Then we sat .down on. the eofa, and her.
sofi chef'k was proeied against mine. I
almost 'dreaded the comiug of Mr. Leigh
ton. I waa very happy. I ofteu thought
to myself, Vwhat will Bangs say," when' I
fell him allv
iuen I heard foojateps ia
J tho hall, .shd,. the voice, of; Mr. Leighton.
There was foiiis one with him.
"Si.-iter ini Mr. Davis have returned."
J-"Yes. X h'op-i they will not come in,"
ftnd adiknced to meet Mr. "Leighton,
leaving Ida sitting on the sofal. ,;'..;
, .The gawas lighted. , , .
.'Mr. l.pghton," said I .''perhaps you
have anil cipated the request I am about
to make.: :"--r ' ' " - '
' Well, veil, I don't, know what is it?"
he f-ked, looking somewhat .surprised.
. "You ruusfc ! o aware that my frequent
visits to your house were for eoine pur
po?e. ;
"To fell the truth, I had not thought
Lcnvthintr about it."
"What! never suspected my intentions?"
"NO.'- ' ' .. -
lie litoked at the sofa, and then at me,
while a look of 'surprise came over his
face. - - '
,"I think I begin to understand what it
fdl ab.ut. now. But, thee, who would
have thought it?"
"Was it strange ?" " : " ;
"Why, thunder and lightning, boy, she's
old enough to be your mother '."
Whatcouid lie meau ? I lookc1 at bim
inquhiugly. It waa only for a recond, for
Mr. JjMvia came in t tliat naotnent, acl
Mr: Leigh ton tura'&J to him.
'What da you think is up ? Satryis
going to be
id. Frank We'll have
tvra weddings, instead of oue'.' - .
"Saity t i 13 taarried !" cried some one
whoseVoice I knew then so well. -
I turned round quickly. JSally was sit
ting upon the sofa. . blushing like a tiger
lily. . Horrors ! I turned again to see
Ida stmding. beside ?Ir. Davis, almost
ready to burst with suppressed laughter..
. "Why, what's the matter with you, my
boy ? yon look pale," Paid Mr. rLc-igb ton.
"Nothing sir," I managed to articulate.
"Yes there is. Bring some water, Ida,
quick he's going to faint I"
They laid , me upua the sofa, for . I was
too weak to stand. .
"L-cave the room, aV of " you ; he is
mine'euly !" cried Sully, beiiding down
and putting that Jovely mouth to my lips.
That 'revived me. I sprang up. The
wiudo" was open, and without stopping
to tay "(Jnod niht," I sprang through it,
and did not stop till 1 found myself at
Bands' door. - '
"Vhat's the matter !" cried Bans, aa I
rushed inio the room where ho was git-tin-?.
: ' -"
"U'hsre's your hat?" - .
"I've ieu that at Leighton's." - -
''j?var hat and vour heari. I suppose.
are laying at the lovely Ida's feet." ,
"rn : worse thau that. . "
"WO!
se
'Yes. I have been courting in -the
drk, and have oCercd myself to to
O, je jo Is, that is rich !"
Bav.gs threw himself upon the floor pnd
rojled and laughed until I thought he
would die in convulsions. . I lelt him in
that state and hurried h&rue to pack my
truhks.
At twelve o'clock that night T took a
prirata "conveyance and left tlie town
never to return. ,
-I saw Ida's marriage in a paper soon
after; bL Sally doubtless mourns for her
lover as for one dead- '
Bocfiii.
country editor denounces
these, ufflictions upon him whojicglecls to
pay the printer: May 243 nightmares
trot quarter races over his stomach every
night. , May. his boot3 leak, his gun hang
fire, a lid his fishing lines break. May
a troop of printer's devi!s,.lean, knk and
hungry, dog his heels each day, and a
regiment of cats catt-rwaul under his,
window each night. May the famine
stricken ghost of , an editor's baby haunt
his slumbers, and hiss "Murder", in his
dreaming ears. May his buckwheat cakes
be always heavy and his calf-skin wallet
light ; his taucr kraut be cooked without
"speck," and hia rye coffee have no cream
or sugar. In short, .may his daughter
marry a pf.e-eycd pedler and his business
fo to luio, and be go tr the legisUttire,
ue nets I v. 1 hat about wcat & tne matr
' tJ I 11 ' 1 ' ' : f
2,
LOU!.
Kisses
Sitting to-night in my chamber,
- A bache'or frigid and lonely, ' :
; ; I kiss the end of. my pipe-stem
. That, and that only.
. Reveries rise with th? smoky wreaths ;
. ' Memories tender snrrounJ me.
Girls that are married or buried, ,
Gather around me..
Schoolgirls in pantalets romping ;
' G;rlitht have grown to be missej ;
. Girls that liked to be kissed, and :
Liked to give kisses.
Kisses well J remember tbctn I
Those in the corner were fleetest ;
Sweet were those "on the' sly" in tha
Dark were the sweetest. . j.
' Anna was tender and sweet : '
. To woo was almost to win her ; .
' 1 Iler lips were as good as ripe peache
- i. And .cream for dinner. , i .... '-,
Js'ell WR3 a flirt, and coqnettish : . .
F-. 'Twas catch and kiss if you can, fir I
r' Could I catch both ahwasi't'X "
; : A happy man, sir I ' . '. '
- Anna has gone on a mission
OIF to the South Sea sinners ; .
Nell is a widow, keep3 boardars, and "
Cooks her own dinners, r ; -.
. .
Charlotte, nd Susan, and Flattie,
. Mary Jane, Emma, and Maggie
Four are "married and piamp two
Haiden and scrajfgy. ."'
Carrie is dead ! Bloom sweetly,
Ye lnijnoiiettes, over her reat V
Per I loved dearly and truly,
' Last and the best.
Thus I sit smoking and thinking,
!' A bachelor frigid and lonely; . .
I kiss tho end of my pipu-stem
That,' and that only 1 - - .
Setter from Co. F, I3ld Pcunu.
'fls St. rutvlcWs Dy Tltti
tlxe Soldiers. . .
Cami heas STONKvas'a Switch, Va,,"
, . ! . March 18, 1663.
Ccrre3pcndeuce of The Aileghanifin. ,
Y'cstcrday, the 17th, was the day set
apart by the Roman Catholic Church as
the festival day of St. Patrick,' and there
are few saints - in their "calendar remem
bered more reverently or more joyously
honcrei ; there are, it would seem, few
paint uuore'truly worthy of reverent mem
ory and joyous hbuor. It cannojf be eaid
that St. . Pittrick was an Irishman, but he
ought to have been one, i;o doubt. ''The-
man, Patrick, wa born, according to goodl
authority,, near the site ot Ivilpatricc, at
the mouth cf the Clyde, iu Scotland, in the
year;o7-." The popular superstition or
legend ascribes to St. Patrick the abolition
of serpents iu Ireland, and of all venom
ous .things,. by means of his crozier, or
staff, so that that IMrn of banished patri
ots' became aud remains to the present
day a paradise without a snake iu the
grass or under the roses. Whether this
tradition be historically true, or this fact
vouched for by natural philosophy, I do
not care to say, for I am not an Irishman
and "have ' never been 'there ;" but St.
Patrick, who let the true light in, madn a
hole (as an Irishman said of the window
he 'was making into an. old cellar) to lot
the dark cut, and tile things that Jove
darkness ritae? ih'an liht '-because their
deeds are evil" doubtless crawled after.
Happy is Adam in the Emerald Garden
of -the Western Ocean he can stay as
long as he pleases if he only pay his rent ;
happy is Bve wi Erin for there the devil
himself cannot crawl. ; Irish humor and
Irish religion frow together, and whether
they meet in a tear vr a smile, they are
from the heart and genuine. The rever
ence of Ireland is heart-deep; it3 worship
is from the fullness of the soul. Hypoc
risy crept cut" under St. Patrick's" wand,
with" the creeping things ; its words -arc
are now the ringing coins-of truth. A
bright morning for St. Patrick, and a full
tide. of festival Religion and Love aud
Mirth together,-without mask. -Patrick
was a" gentleman, for,
"Take him a fin all,
We rer shall look upon his like again."
Yesterday wa3 hailed with joy in the
they used to do it in "the old dart." The
performances were to commence iu the
morning, but I was ua aide pj attend until
after dinner. I arrived- on the ground
jurjt as the l?t' horse-rape was coming off.
It W23 a very fine sight, and one which I
had longed to see. The race-course was
two miles in extent, traversed with ditches
aad leaps, , ten in .number. - The ridprs
were dressed in the old country style
green cap?, red sVifis, white corduroy
knee breeches, white socks and red-top
boots. I- could not ascertain who the
houses belonged to,' except one the wjr.
ner of the race which, waa tho property
of Gn, Mengher. 7.. , .
The face over, the catazcadc of efficers
turned their "home" bea4 towards Genl
army, particularly hy the J.nsu isrigade, and the corn is m bloom; and yet another ;
:is it was the fixed intention of General chaotj and yon are iavit:d to pluck -and"
Meagher, who commands the Brigade, to eat, if you have, the'appetito for that':
celebrate "St. Patrick's day in the morn- which &eenn to have sprung from seeds
inrr " in the rood eld quaint way in which planted below, of yineapd Green corn. '.
NUMBERv27.
Meagher's headquarters Major-Uencral
Hookr headed the throng; by hi.i sid
was Gen. Meagher, followed by Moj.-Gens.
Sigel, French, Couch, Hancock, and sev
eral others, and a host of Brigndiers, while
ab almost countless throng of ' officers of
minor rank -brought up the rear. They
passed on to a large open tent, where
bountiful .repast , had been prepared . for
them. I took a position where I could
survey the whole mass. I was surprised
and astounded at seeing io many beard
less boys in the group, with the -"sardine
boxes'.'-on their shoulders, mingling with
the grey-haired veterans, the heroes of a
dozen battles; whilo their affected "ha'a"
and "yah's" showed them to be nothing
but a-set of conceited- puppies, elevated to
their present position through tho influ
ence of friends. .No sight has ever mors
fully convinced me that honor is not nl
ways given to whom it is due.
After they had partaken of 'the feast.
Gen. Meagher came forward and read tha
programme of performance. -Before read
ing it, be entertained the crowd with som
wittv and liiimnrnns romirlro tcbb.b
j - .v.u.., ft. .
V honest Irish heart nromnted" I' could
scarcely believe that that good-natured
gentleman was tho invincible Meagher,
the leader of that -noble brigad which
was never known to flinch before the niot
destructive fire,.-and - whose impetuous
charges the breasts of the enemy could
never withstand. ' The programme stated
that there would be first a foot-race over . '
a half-mile course; next a race in, bag
the runners to be tied np in bags, with- .
nothing but their heads protruding; then
a race to catch a "soaped pig" the ouly
difficulty 'in' this case was. to find the -pig
to soap ; next the experiment of climbing
a greased pole, in hopes of seeuriug a
prize placed at the top ; and, finally, a
contest fvr the championship on the light
fantastieioe The General told the crowd
that they need pot for a moment imagine '
the duy played out, nor the night, edtJunr !
Judging from the." variety of. exercises,
the extent pf .the. platform, and the num-.
her of ladies I saw nfr by, I should think
they would have ha ja good old time of it.
Bat the fate of the day was against tbera.
The fool-race was just over, and the crowd
were gatbering-in anxious impatience for
the race ia' bags, when Gen. Meagher
rode up, sword in hand, crying out
"Fall in, boys !. the Ilebs. are attacking
our pickets, and will be down on us in - it
few mimite3 1" Then and there was
shown the strict military .discipline nto
which they had attained, for n5 sooner
were these words uttered than they gave
three cheers for Gen. Meagher, broke for
their teDts, and soon emerged each with,
cartridge-box in one hand acd'gan in the
other. Before I had time to leave the
Geld,, the companies were ail formed 'and "
ready to fake their place in line. They
love Meagher like a father, arid would
fight for him unto the death. - '
This "morning, news of the attack came
to camp. Tern thousand of the enemy &U
tempted to cross the liver oa our extreme '
right, but were repulsed by a portion of .
Our troops. We took ono hundred pris
oners. .. E. 11. W.
Indian Jugglers. Some of the jug- .
gliiig feats of a tribe of Indians in Texas."
are described as follows by an officer of .
the army stationed near the camp : The
medicine man. or iusraler, shows
you a
,Yoa
few grains of common Inuian corn.
ate called upon to witness the burial of
the .corn in the "ground which js now
frozen stiff, and of course not suppoed
to be exactly in condition for growing:
maizes. " 33ut watch the juggler.' , After,
the planting, the performer, enveloped ia
his blanket, bends over the. little hillock
for a moment, chanting in a monotonous'
voice a grand incantation in the Indian
tongue,-and then suddenly gliding from'
the spot, lo, and behold ! the growing;,
corn plant , is seen springing , as if. by,
magic cut of cold clay. Another chnnt
in the same dull, unvarying mCiactono,,
This in the dead of winter. Nor is this
any more surprising toan many more of'
the tricks these same men perform I
merely ; paticularize this , one : as being
easier cf description then some of them ,
of greater complication, .
' - "
l,Tha Postmaster General has an-'
thorized postmasters throughout the coun
try to frank all official communications of ;
Collectors and Assessors of Internal Ile?
enue to their deputies and sssistants.' f v
jThc fbllawng purports to Ie an
epitaph jri an Italian graveyard : . , -c -.-,)
"Here lies Estella, who transported .a.
large fortupe to heaven in act' of chaf Lry
and La gouo Ihither to ciyoy it'." " ;?