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EBENSEUHG, PA. , THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1864.
AKGLING FOR A H11SS4ND.
' Madame Duboi?, who resided at Chaloo,
was a lady of the strictest character and
of a heart proof against allurements. She
prided herself upon her great insensibility,
and her profound indifference had repulsed
all tho?e jrallants who had volunteered to
offer their addresses. The country was
for her a veritable retreat ; ishe shunned
reunions, and was only happy in solitude.
The charms of a chosen circle, the pleasures
cf the world, bad for her no attractions ;
and her iavorite jecreation was that of
angling, an amusement worthy of au un
feeling woman. ' .
She wa3 accustomed every pleasant day
to station herself at the extremity'of the
lonely island of ("halon, and there, with
her book in one hand and her line-in the
other, her time was passed ia fiihirig,
reading or dreaming.
A lover who had always been intimida
ted by her coolness, aud who had never
ventured on a spoken or written declara
tion, surprised her at her favorite pursuit
one day, when he had come to the island
fur the purpose of enjoying a swimming
bath. -
lie observed her for a long time without
discovery, and busied-himself with think
ing how he might turn to his advantage
this .lonely amusement of angling. Ilis
reveries were so deep and fcirunate that
he at last hit upon the desired plan a
novel expedient, indeed, yet they were
always more successful with such women
as pretend to be invulnerable to love.
The next day our amorous hero returned
to the island, studied the ground, raale
his arrangements, and, when Madame
Dubois had resumed her accustomed place,
ho slipped away to a remote and retired
shelter, and, after divesting himself of his
clothinir, he entered the stream. Beinar
an excellent swimmer and a skillful diver,
he trusted to In3 arjuatie talents for the
success of his enterprise. He swam to
the end' of the island with the greatest
precaution, favored by the' chances of the
bank and bushes, which hung their dense
foliage above the water. In his lips was
a note folded and sea'ed, and, on arriving
near the spot where Madame Dubois was
sitting, he made a dive, and lightly seizing
the hook, he attached it to his letter.
M?da:ne Dubois, perceiving the move
ment of her line, supposed that a fish was
biting.
The young man then retired as he came,
doubling the capo which extended out
into the water, separating them from each
other, and regaining h'y. shelter without
the least poise in his passage under the
willows. The deed was done..
Madame Dubois pulled in her line, and
what was' her surprise to observe dangling
upon the hook, not the expected iish, but
an unexpected letter.
This was, however, trifling; but her.
surprise beeams stupefaction when, upon
detaching the transhxeu bill
r. she read t
upon it her name
So, then, this letter Miicb. she bad fished
up was addressed to her.
This was somewhat miraculous. She
was afraid.- Tier troubled qlan;e scrutin-
- - - 1
izeu Hie Eurrouainr view, out mere w:i t
ivr.ir.i .!! mc chT
and lonely on both land and water.: ; wonder, but when the diver seized one of
: She quitted her sent, but took away the the best melons in the boat and disappear-lAttoi.-
- A n '.iraii home and ! cd under the water, the gur-ling of ;the
closeted by herself, and as soon as the
pap.r was dry a paper perfectly water
proof, and written upon with indelible ink
she unsealed the letter and commenced
its perusal. 4 .' ' ; ' '
"A declaration of love!" cried she, at
the nrst words. "What insolence!" t
Still, the insolence had come to. her in
such an extraordinary manner that her
curiosity would not suffer her to treat this
letter as she had so many others pitiless
ly burn it up without a reading.
No sbe' rend it quite through. The
lover, w ho dated this letter from A the
bottom of the river, had skillfully adopted
the allegory, and introduced himself as a
grotesque inhabitant of the waters. The
il.lrt was prracefullv managed, and with
" .v-.. - 1
he jcting tone which he had adopted was
'-d a true, serious, ardent sentiment,
SpV"e7sed vTlth beauty and eloquence.
The next day Madame Dubois returned
to the Wand not Without emotion and a
trace of fear: , ,.
She threw out her line with 2 trembling
hand, and shuddered, as a moment atter
she perceived a movement of the hook.;
Is it a fish ? Is it a letter? It was a
letter.. ' . ' . ,.
Aladame Dubois was not a believer in
magic Ptill there : was. something strange
and Bupernatutal in all this. ' '
- She had an idea of throwing the letter
back in the nreanvbut relinquished it.
The most stubborn and haughty woman is
always disarmed in the face of the mystery
which captivates her imagination. - ..
The second letter was more tender,
more passionate and wore charming than
the first. - Madame Dubois read it several
times, and could not help thinking about
the 'delightful merman that wrote such
bewitching letters. ; ,
On the subsequent day she attached her
line to the bank, and left it swimming in
the water, while she withdrew to a landing
place upon the extremity of the island.
She watched for a long time, but saw
nothing.' She returned to the place, with
drew the line and there was the letter.
' This time an answer was requested. It
was rather premature, yet the audacious
request obtained a full success. The reply
was written after some hesitation, and the
hook dropped into the t tream, charged
with a letter that was intended to say
nothing, and effect a sort of badinage
which was,' nevertheless, a bulletin h? a
victory gained over the hard severity of a
woman uutil then unapproachable. -
Madame Dubois had too much shrewd
ness not to guess that her mysterious
corespondent employed, instead of magic,
the art of a skillful diver
This game of letters amused her. At
first it pleased her intellect, acd her curi
osity became so great that she wrote
"Let us give up this jesting, which
pleased me for the moment, but should
continue no longer, and come with your
apologies to me at Chalou."
The lover answered
""Yes, if you will add 'hope.' "
"If only a word is necessary to decide
you, be it so."
And the word wa3 written.
The young man appeared, and wa? not
the loier. The gift of pleasing belonged
to his person as much to his style, and
he had made such rapid progress under
water that it" was easy to complete his
conquest on land. They were soon mar
ried. ' .
Tlie E1 vers oST Charleston.
. -iY correspondent gives tne loiiowing
a T .1 n it
description of the. operations of the divers
employed to clean the bottoms of the
Monitors, and perforin other operations
under the water: Messrs. Joseph
Smith and James D. l'hclps have a con
tract with the-Government for the per
formance of this work, and have been of
great use here. Their principal diver
appropriately named Waters is so used
ta this work tjiac he has becomo almost
amphibious, remaining for five or six
hours at a time undr water. A man of
herculean strength und proportions, when
cl?d in his submarine -armor he becomes
monstrous in size and appearance. Wat
ers has his own ideas of a joke, aud when
he has a cujious audience will wave his
scraper about as "he bobs around" oa the
water, with the air of a veritable river
god. One of his best jokes the better
for being a veritable fact occurred last
.summer. ";
Whilst he was employed scrapins the
nua ot OIie 01 ll,e monitors, a nero irorn
one ot tne up-river plantations came
alonside with a boat load of watermelons.
Whilst busy selling his melons the diver
came up, and rested himself on the tide
of the boat.; The negro started at the
-
ppcarance thus suddenly
the water -'with alarmed
a
comiuir oat of
-.1 . .'
air lrom tne neimet mixing witti ms mut-
tied laughter, the fright, of the ljegro
reached a', climax.' - Ilastily seizing his
oars, without waiting to be paid for his
melons lie put off at his best speed, and
ha3 not been seen in the vicinity of Stan
ton Creek since. He cannot ?je tempted
beyond the bounds of the plantation, and
believes that the Yankees have brought
river devils to. aid them in making war.
' The diver when clothed in his armor is
weighted with one hundred and eighty
five pounds.' Uesides his armor -he has
two leaden pads;' fitting to his breast and
back. The soles of his shoes are of lead,
an inch and a half thick. All this weight
is needed to overcome the buoyancy give
by the mass of air forced into the armor
and dress, the latter of Indii rubber, worn
by the diver. When below the jurface
he can instantly bring Liaiself up by
closing momentarily the aperture iu the
helmet for the escape of the air. His
buoyancy is immediately increased, and he
pops up like a cork and floats at will upon
the surface. ' "' ,'
The work of scraping the bottoms of
the Monitors is very arduous. The diver
sits L,Ton a spar, lashed athwart, the . bot
tom of tuc vessel, sq " arranged as to be
moved as the work progresses, and with
a scraper fixed to a long handle works on
both shies of himself as far as he can
reach. The mass of oysters that become
attached to the iron hull of one of the
Monitors, eveu during one summer heie, is
immense:. vBy actual measurement it was
estimated that two hundred and fifty
bushels of oysters, shells and sei weed were
taken from the bottom of the Montauk
alone. The captains of the Monitors have
sometimes indulged in the novelty of a
mes3 of oysters raised on the hulls of their
own vessels. . - ; :
.Besides ' cleaning the . Monitors the
divers' perform other important services.
They have ransacked the interior, of the
lv3okuk, attached buoys: to lost anchors,
and made under water examinations of the
rebel obstructions.' Waters recently ex
amined the sunken "Wcehawken aud met
an unusual danger for even his. perilous
calling.- The sea was so violent that, he
was twice thrown from the deck of the
Monitor. Finally getting hold of the iron
ladder he climbed to the top of the turret,
when a heavy sea cast him aside the turret,
between the guns. Fearing that his air
hose would become entangled, he made
his way out with all possible speed, and
was forced to give up his investigations
until calmer weather offered a more favora
ble opportunity.
Tlie Xetv Actional Currency.
The plan of the notes ' i3 novel, and
singularly beautiful. The prominent
heads and figures which distinguish so
many cf the bank biils now in use are
entirely omitted from these -notes; the
figures denoting valu3 are small ; and the
borders are neatly and carefully engraved
with combinations and wreaths. The
I ordinary distinction between the "face"
and ."back" of bank notes has in this case
been so nearly destroyed that the desig
nations "obverse" and "reverse" have
taken the place of those terms in the
nomenclature adopted by the department.
The idea underlying the system upon
which will be carried through the series
of 5, 10, $20, 850, 6100, 6500 and
1000, is that of representing in tlie vig
nettes on the face of the notes the leading
events in the history of our country, with
corresponding allegorical pieces ot pleas
ing effect, and generally of patriotic sug
gestion. Covering nearly hall the space
on the back, of the notes there are engra
vings of celebrated pictures, illustrative
of Americau history, from "the Landing
of Columbus," which decorates the five
dollar note, to the events of the revolu
tionwhile "the Djttle of Lake'Krie" is
one of the viguettes of the one hundred
dollar denomination. It may be inferred,
but it is by no means certain, that the
illustrations on the five hundred dollar
and the thou.-and dollar notes, which it is
understood iire not yet in the bauds of
the engraver, unless in the department at
Washington, are to commemorate the
progress and collnpse of the rebellion
There are two vignettes on the face of
each note, which is entirely printed in
black, and besides the principal piece on
the back are the national arms and those
of the State where the bank of issue is
situated, which, with . the border, are
printed in 'grein. . '..'
.The Vcf, Dollar Note . Thevignette
at the left hand lower corner ' represents
Columbus discovering the land. In the
background " is . a group, ' of which the
principal figure is a priest. On the other
end of the uoto is .an allegorical piece
representing Columbus intioducing Amer
ica to the Old World. The back of the
note is ornamented with a finely executed
engraving, of the landing of . Columbus,
from' the painting by .Vundcrljn iu the
rotunda of tho Capitol at Washington. 1
The ends, of elaborate; scroll aud lathe
work, include at the right; iu an. oval an
inch by an iuclv and a half, the national
eagle and shiclJ, with "U. S." in cypher
on the fky iu the background. " The cor
responding oval a!; the other end of. the
note will contain the coat of arms of the
State, as already described. The name of
the State will appear on the. feky; in .the
background... The legend on the face of
the note is as follows : "..'."
NATIONAL CURRENCY.
This note is secured by bonds of
Tun Uxitko States.
Deposited
With the United States Treasurer at Wash-
; : ' mgton. '. ..
L. E. Chittenden. F. E. Spinner,
Reg. of the Treasury. , Treasurer of U. S.
The First National Rank of
Here willle inserted the name of the place
where the bank is situated,
Will pay the bearer on demand
FIVE DOLLARS.
Place of date.
The places for the signatures of the
president and cashier are next the lower
margin, and near the vignettes.
The Ten Dollar Note: The legends on
tho ten dollar note are the same as those
on the five, with the exception, of course,
of.' the denomination. - The general ar
rangement of details is the same, and in
that respect the desciiption of the five
will apply to tho entire series. The vig
nettes and' engravings form the main
points of difference. Tho general shape
and design of the figures are also changed.
The vignette representation of Fact on the
I ten dollar note delineates the experiment
ci irrai.kiin by winch, with tne historical
kite, he caught the lightning. The cor
responding allegorical piece is. a beautiful
conception. The Genius of America,
represented by a feirale figure borne upon
an eagle amid tb5 clouds, grasps a thun
derbolt ..The engraving on the back of
the note is from the well known painting,
"De Soto discovering the Mississippi."
," Other Notes : The historical represen
tation on the face of the twenty dollar
note is of the battle of Lexington. The
aliegorical piece is "Lovalty," and it is a
timely and spirited picture. On the back
of the note "the Baptism of Pocohoutas"
is engraved. The vignette on the fifty
dollar note is "Washington Crossing the
Delaware." The corresponding allegory,
not yet finished, is understood to be "A
Prayer for Victory." The back .is orna
mented with an engraving from Wier's
"Embarkation of the Pilgrims." The one
hundred dollar note will have on the face
a vignette of the "Battle on Lake Erie,"
and an aliegorical illustration entitled
"3Iaintain It'' that is, liberty and na
tionality. "The Declaration of Indepen
dence," from Trumbull's picture, is to be
engraved on the back. None of the notes,
except the five and ten dollar denomina
tions, cau be promised for distribution to
the banks for some time to come.
I'rayers Instead or Provender.
Fraser contains a particularly good
article descriptive ot a practical joke
played by Lord P upon the synod of
Cleishmaclaver on their way to the Gen
eral Assembly of the Scotch Kirk :
"The brethren had started by coach at
an early hour, and had to travel souie
twenty miles before they reached the inn
where breakfast was prepared for them.
Thekcenairof onr northern hills sharpens
the appetite, ad when the brethren drove
up to the inn they were almost famished
with hunger. Xow, gentlemen,' just ten
minutes for breakfast paid the coachmau,
as he cutered the landlady's snug little
parlor to have his own. Ten minutes!
The time was short, so they must make
the most of it. They rushed into the
room where the breakfast was spread, and
there, basking his ample person before the
fire, stood a portly gentleman, dressed
somewhat like a dignitary of the Church
ot England. Their appetite was keener
than their curiosity, so they scarcely looked
at the stranger, but concentrated all their
attention 011 the viands. Half-way in' the
air, before the morsel had reached their
lips, their hands were arrested by a sudden
cry of 'Stop!' It was the supposed dean
or bishop. 'Good heavens, gentlemen !' he
exclaimed, 'hae you so far forgotten
your sacred profession as to partake of
food without invoking. a' blessing?' Tle"
brethren looked like schoolboys detected
in some Cagr'aut fault ; but before they
had time to remonstrate cr explain, the
same voice exclaimed, in a tone which
enforced obedience, 'Let us pray r They
instinctively sprang to their feet, and
assumed 'an attitude of decorous devotion,
whilo the 'fitr-ingcr offered up a prayer
..11 ' .1 "l .t
wr.icii tr.cy tnemsc.vcs nummea was su
perior in unction and expression to those
of Dr. Drawlitout himself. He had only
one fault : he did not know when to stop.
The minutes rolled rapidly away, but
the stream of fervent supplication flowed
on without a break. They had a terrible
struggle, the brethren had, as' they closed
one eye in devotion and ogled the savory
viands with the other; but whenever a
hand approached the table, it drew back
before the t-tern glance of the stranger,
which seemed to comprehend them all.
Tho sufferings of Tantalus were nothing to
the sufferings of the deputation from the
synod of Cleishmaclaver ; but all things
must come to an' end. 'Time is up, gen
tlemen said the coachman, opening the
door, and wiping his mouth with the air
of a man who had enjoyed his breakfast.
The appearance of the coachman and the
sound of his familiar voice broke the spall,
but there was no time to be lost; the
horses were shaking their heads and
pawing the ground in their impatience to
start; so they had to take their seats, and
to turn breakfast and dinner into one.
Was that the Bishop of D V said one,
cf.the famished brethren. 'That the
Bishop of D " said the coachman,
contemptuously: 'Why, that was Lord
P- , the maddest wag in all the -kingdom.'
The brethren said nothing, but
chewed tho cud of sweet but bitter fancy
till they reached the next haltiug place,
where they got something more substan
tial to chew."
Antonius says, "there is no man so
fortunate that there shall not be bv him
wheu he is dying, some who are pleased.
witn wnat is going to nappen. . Here is
a text for reflection, which will last one
all day Sunday. . .- .
NUMBER 16.
Tii Old and ievF Year.
1SG3 lSGi.
Shrouded in bftttl'e, glow aud gloom.
Too rnijrhty for thowirrow touib " 1
Of the dead years-foo dark, too bright,' "
To Elu-mber in eternal night r '
Too glorious for sorrow's tear, ,- ' .
Too sad for smiles, departed year,
That day by day, in gloom or glow, ' '
Brought tales of triumph orot woe, .
To stalk through ages, giant tall
The might the Marathon of all.
What. burning memories, alas 1 :.
hall twine around thy scythe and glass;
What myriads crossed the untried &ea
For mightier millions ye to be - ' -
The bravo but undistinguished slain
That hallowed sleep cn battle plain,
Vv here love shall seek ia Tair theiT grare
Nor stone shall mark nor willow wave;
Vet Freedom's strain through time shall swell
Their triumphs their traditions tell
The glorious deeds of sire and son ;
The hero lost, the battle won ; '
The widow's tear, the orphan's wail,
Love's, Reality's all heroic tale;
Hut these, the price of Freedom, lent
To man, shall be their monument.
'lis darkness now and dread the way.
Yet glory points the dawn of day,
As ocean, steed and charioteer
Baptize in blood the new born year,
For Liberty, eternal Right,
Truth. Justice, Mercy, Wisdom, Light ;
For these, auspicious day, all hail 1
Strike till thy stars all glorious wava
O'er children led astray to save
For heaven, and earth to do and dr :
Immortal here, immortal there.
Fair Freedom offers up her all
For man to bear her Hag or pall.
That every daughter, every son, ,
Re worthy of our Washington.
Married tub Wkovg Woman. A
short time ago, a candidate for matrimony
arrived in a certain town, and straightway
repaired to the office of the county clerk
for the purpose of obtaining a marriage
certificate. The clerk misunderstood the
name of the fair one who had been making
inroads cn the affections of the applicant,
and consequently inserted a wrong name
for the female party who was to be tied
by the silken cords. The intended groom
was sj delighted with the prospect belbro
.him that he did not stop to read the
document alter it was placed in his hands,
but, forking 'over two dollars, he inconti
nently thrust the legal privilege into hU
pocket. Gaining au audience with tho
object of his heart, the two repaired to the
house of a clergyman, where the document
was presented, which, in the eyes of the
minister, appearing perfectly satisfactory,
the two were united in the holy bonds of
wedlock.
The next morning, upon seating them
selves at the breakfast table of a hotel,
th? groom commenced reading the record
of his marriage in the morning papers,
and found that the ' printers had hiui
married to another woman. Thrusting
his hand in' his pocket, he pulled out tho
marriage license, when, lo and behold ! to
his utter astonishment he discovered that
the clerk had committed the grave error
of inserting a wrong name for his inten
ded bride. Turning to the object of his
affection, with' an excited and tremulous
voice he exclaimed : "Maria, a mistake
has been made, and I am married to the
wrong woman. You t.re not; my lawful
wife." Maria gave a glance at the docu
ment, and a bashful look at the fellow
boarders, and with a half-drawn sigh
answered: "It's no use fretting, Jere
miah it's too late now 1" 1 ' , :
,3 Au army correspondent tells an
anecdote, which has uever been in print,
of Stonewall Jackson: The rebel army
was on its march to Maryland. . A Secesh.
farmer sought an interview with "Stone
wall," and said. "General, are you going
into Maryland?" "Do jou seek an in
terview to ask me that question V "No,
sir," replied the farmer; "but if -you
will inform me I will tell you a 6ecret."
"A secret, eh ?" "Yes sir." "Can you
keen a secret ?" asked Stonewall, eyeing
the man sternly. "Ob, yes." "Well,
sir," said the general, "you keep your
secret, and I'll keep mine 1" and he rode
oif, leaving his butternut friend in a maze
of bewilderment.
ItfjThe late Judge Pearce, of tho
Supreme Court of Ohio, was a noted wag.
A young lawyer was once making his first
effort before him, and had thrown himself
on the wings of his imagination into the
seventh heaven, and was seemingly pre
paring for a higher ascent, when the
Judge struck his rule on the desk two or
three times, exclaiming to the astonished
orator, "Hold on, hold on, my dear sir;
dou't go any highf r, for you are already
out of the jurisdiction of the Court." .
tL. A college student, being examined,
iu Locke, where ho f peaks of our. rela
tions to the Deity, was asked, "What're-
latiens do we most neglect ?" With great?
simplicity, he answered, "Poor relitionji
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