I I I I If i II II I I . I - II S II 3 ll'ii . .'.:. A. A. BARKER, EdHor and Proprietor. -J, TODD 2KITCIIIIVSOX, Publisher. I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT TjHAN PRESIDENT. Hekkt Clat. I SI.50 IN ADVAISCE VOLUME 5. -pvIREGTORY. ! : list of post offices. ' Post Offices. .Bethel Station. Carolltown, Chess Springs, Conemaugh, Post Masters,. .Enoch Reese, . i Joseph Behe, -, Henry Nutter, . A. G. Crook3,, . JJistnets. Blacklick. Carroll. : Chest. , .Taylor. Washint'n. Ebensburg. White, : Gallitzin. Wa3ht'n. Johnst'wn. Loretto. Conem'gh. Munster. Cres3on, . .. 'Ebensburg.' fallen Timber, J. Houston,..' . i John Thompson, Asa n. Fislce J. M. Christy; . Gallitzin Hemlock. - wmr mey.Jr., Johnstown. ' I. E, Chandler, Loretto, ' ' M. Adlesberger, Mineral Point, ; E. Wissinger, Jlunster, - ' Plattsville, Ro3cland, St. Augustine, Scalp Level, Sonman,' Summerhill, n .: t A. Durbin, .Andrew J Fcrral, Susq'han. G. W. Bowman,' White. : Stan. Wharton, Clearfield. George Berkev. Richland. B. M'Colgan, . Washt'n. B: Fi Slick, - ' ' Croyle. WiHi-vm M'Connell Washt'n. ilorris.Kcil,' S'merhill. Wilmore, 1 cimncnES, ministers, &c. VM5yrwa RevT D. IUmisox, Pastor . Prea-chin- every. Sabbath inormng at 10 "clock, and in the evening at 3 o clock. Sab oath School at 1 o'clock, A. - Prayer-meeting every Thursday evening at 6 o clock HtthodislEpiscoFnlCnur.cn--Rev. J. fe. .Lst o i,,.;n harj-2. Rev. J. -Gray, Ap- :Lt. Preachinr every Sabbath, alternately at 101 o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the evening. Sabbath School afO o'clock, A, M. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening, at '1?eti Independent- tl. U. .Powell; PastorPreaching every Sabbath corning at lOo'ciock; and in the evening at 6 o clock Sabbath School t 1 o'clock, P. -I. grayer ineeUng on the first Monday evening of e-ch ,onth?andtm every Tuesday, a,ar:J Friday evening, esccptiag the first vce m each monthi r ' - . -,.. Calviautie Methodist Tizr. Jons Williams Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at 2 and C o'clock. Sabbath School at 1' o clock, A.M. f Prayer meeting every Friday evening, t 7 o'clock..;- Society every Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. , t,-i, Diseifles Rev. W. Lloyd, Pastor .--Preach-hir every Sabbath morning at 10 o cloclc. . Particular Baptisis-T Dav id Jeskiss, Pastor. Preaching every fc-abbath evening at S o:clock.' Sabbath School at at 1. o'clock, I . -U. Catholic Rev. M. J Mitchell, . Pastor. Services every Sabbath morning at 1 0 o clock and Yespera at 4 olocKin.lhe evening.""- " EBEXSBCKG MAILS. MAILS ARRIVE. Eastern,' daily, at -. : ; 1 1 1 o'clock, A. Western, ' at, 11 1 o clock, A. MAILS CLOSE. r.f., A:iv. n.t . 8 o'cloak. P. M. M. Western, " . at . ,r r . : 8 o clock, P.M. tay-Tha mails from Butler,Ind'mna,Strongs town, kc., arrive on Thursday of each weei, at 5 o'clock, P. M. ' " ' 1 , ' ' ' , Leave Ebensburg on Friday oi each wets, at&A.M. --O--;.: i . " .'f r t-The mails from Newman s Mills, Cnr rolltown, &c, arrive on Mouday, Wednesdny and Fridav of each week,, at A o c Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, ad Saturdays, at 7 oclock, A. M. Thursdays RAILROAD SCIJEOrLE. CRESSON STATION.; , Vest Bait. Express leaves at. " Fast Line . .. ' " " Phila. Express 'V.; Mail Train -, u East Throueh Express .' " ; " Fast Line " " Fast Mail " ; " Through Accom. " 8.43 A. M. 0.50 P. M ,9.22 A. M. 8.33 P. M. . 8.3SP. M-12.3-1 A. M- 6.58 A. M 10.39 A.'M. COUXTY OFFICERS, c .Judges of the Courts President Hon. Geo. Taylor, Huntingdon; Associates, George W. Mley, Henry C. De.vlne. ' " ' rrothonotart Joseph M'DonaH. Roister and Recorder James Griffin; Sheriff John Buck. District Attorney. Philip S. Noon. County Commissioners Peter J. Little, Jno. Canpbeil, Edward Glass. , , . ' Trtnturer Isaac Wike. y ' Poor House Directors George M'Cnllough, George Delany, Irwin Rutledge. Poor House Treasurer George C. K. Zahm. Auditors William J. Williams, George C. K. Zahm, Francis Tierney. . . . : , County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan. ' "Coroner. --James Shannon. Mercantile Appraiser Patrick Donahoe. Sup't. of Covinion Schools- J. F. Condon. tBESSBURG BOR. OFFICERS. . "at large: Justices of the Peace David H. Roberts Birrison Kinkead. - : . Burgess A. A. Barker. . ' School Directors-AKel Lloyd, Phil S. Noon, Joshua D. Parrish, Eugh Jones, E. J. Mills, DTid J. Jones. , , .':, .' . '' - EASTWARD.;' - ' Constable Thomas J.' Davis. ' 5owji Council J. Alexander Moore, Daniel 0; Evans, Richard R. Tibbott, Evan E. Evans, nilliam .Clement. ' - - - " : - inspectors Alexander Jones. D. O. Evans. Judge of Election Richard Jones, Jr. uessor Thomas Mi Jones. Aistant Assessors David E.' Evans, Wm. WEST WARD. . ' ' JaiaiZe-rWilliam Mills, Jr.'" f": , iot Council John Dougherty, George C. -tahm, Isaac Crawford, Francis A. Sboc- "er, James S. Todd. . ( ptetott G. W. Oatm an, Roberts Evans. ry of Election Michael Hasson; or James Murray. Wiolf"' M-WiIIiam Barnes, Dan- THE TWO LETTERS. A. COMKDY OF ERRORS, My" stay in New York had been pro longed far beyond my original intention when I visited that city, and I was pining to return to my native village, and to the arms of my dearest Julia, whom I hoped soon to make my bride. I had drunk deep of the cup of sorrow daring my absence from her, and I looked "forward with glowing anticipations to the" time when we .should meet to part no more. At length my businc?s took a favoraole turn. There was no longer anything to detain me in New York, and I made hasty preparations for a depaiture" to ray native village. It was the' evening before I designed to set out,; that I wrote two hasty letters to prepare my friends for my reception. ' . ' :m ' The first of these epistles was to Julia. It ran thus : ' .'Dearest Girl :l shall leave Iew York in the three o'clock train to-morrow afternoon. In an hour from that timo I shall "be with jou. I never knew, how I laved you until my heart w3 tried by tbo test of absence ; now, I feel how devotedly,, how truly I am your own. Oh 1 what joy it will be to meet with you once more ! That will be the hap piest moment of my life, except when I can, lor the first time, call you my bride. - : - . "Yours, till death, Frederick." The second letter was addressed to , old maid of my acquaintance, WllO liaa been like a sister to me, and to whom was indebted for many little acts - of kindness ': , r "My Dear Friend: I write Urn in haste to inform yon that I shall probably visit you some time to-morrow evening. You see I don't wint to find you .unprepared. . And I want you to treat me well, too, even if I do not call on you the first ot any. Don't think my affection for you has in the least dimin ished, but you must know, my affections for another has increased,- and strong as your claims arc upon me, ' hers are somewhat stronger. Now, don't be jealous ;for after I am married, I shall be a3 trne a friend to you as ever. . . .. ' Sincerely yours, ; .""Freoerick." , ' Having finished both of. these letters, I scaled them with the same haste in which they had been written, fearing that they would be too late for the mail. Super scribing them in a hurried hand, I sent them to the post office, where they arrived just in time. j At three o'clock on the following day, r t- ... t . 7 1 was at too depot, ana in tue cars, l was too impatient for s&nm itself. I even believe the telegraph couldn't have trans ported me to the arms of my Julia soon enough to satisfy! my impatience. I thought .. that the cais moved: slower than a mule, and thought at one time of gettiug out, to run along ahead of them. However, sloWj as I thought I was traveling, I arrived' in good timo in my native village. I did not stop to shake lianas with a smjrie soul, out nurnea to meet my Julia.' I arrived at her father's house. .1 expected to see her face at the Avindow looking oat for me, but it was not visible. "'However, 'I reflected 'that, like j all wom-n, she was coquettish, and avoid- j ed showing her pretty eyes at the window, just' to teaze. Yet I felt, certain she would be lookiDg out fof me; and I have a disiinct recollection of offering to bet j fifty dollars with myself thaj she was peeping through the blinds' at me. or from j behind a curtain. , I ran up to the door, and entered with out knocking.' I opened my arms, exnec ting Julia to jump into them, and sup posed of course she would ; but I shut them un asrain ouicfc enough, when 1 saw the old lady approaching, not her daugh t'er. ' ' ' ' "' . ; Where's Julia V I cried. "Oh, she's goue : " , ' -"Gone !'V r ' " . ' ' ' sYc3.'" : -' ' - "For heaven's sake," I gasped, "tell mc where ?" " "I was zoxnz to," but you interrupted d the old ladv. crustily. "She has gone ,to spend a few; days . with her cousins. . ' I was thunderstruck I conscientiously believe at that moment I was a3 white as a niece of parchment. , At any rate, I could , swear before any court that I felt very faint and sick. , . "When did she go ?" I faltered. "About Iwo hours ago'- " ' 1 "Two hours agol" What! didn't she receive my letter '(" . - I was terribly excited. I. felt that my eternal happiness depended upon , the woman's answer. If Julia had gono off to see her sousins when she knew I was coming .that I would be there that night .i-T felt that it would break my heart. ;-rt Yea, I believe so' drawled out the old 1 lady. "I heard her say something about celling a note :rom you tnac sne i exnected vou to call here to-night." j It was enough. My heart was a heap i of ruins I Ob ! the faithlessnessy ; the EBENSBTJRG, PA , THURSDAY, APRIL fickleness, the - heartlessness cf woman ! All that has been said of - her is but flat tery ; aheis a Berpent in angel's form ! Oh, deception ! oh, misery !- Judge of my disappointment my despar my .unutter able woe, when I learned, that Julia was gone gone, when she Knew that I was coming and blame me not for civinsr vent to my feelings in such expressions as these. . - . " I think 'I should be very scrupulous about swearing to anything that took place the next half hour after my heart received that heavy blow. One thing I am sure of, I left the house, and got into the street, but whether I ran there, staggered there, or was carried there by my friends, I could not conscientiously, afnrm. The first I heard from myself, I was approach ing the door of my friend, the old maid, and she was running out to meet'me. This, probably, brought ine back to my sense3. ; 1 was past being surprised at anything that might happen, else . I should have thought it a little strange that Lucy should throw herself intomy arm?, and offered me her lips to kiss. ; As it, was, fueling the need of sympathy, I embraced her warmly, exclaiming: . "Dear Lucy, you are the only true friend I've got." - - 'Oh, I hope not." she renliod. "but I I am glad you think I am a true friend to (jou, for lam l.... An1.w;lI t- 1rrna ... "Always, Frederick ; oh I and we shall be so happy V ' ; : : "What docs she mean V thought I. - "Ws shall be so happy, dear Freder ick," she repeated ; "I know we shall. The truth is, my dear, I have long loved you in secret hopelessly; but ' after receiving such a dear, affectionate letter from you "What?" cried f, starting in wonder. "Why, after receiving such a dear, good letter," said Lucy, "I am so happy that I must tell you-all my heart. When we are married, Frederick "I am dreaming," thought I. "Wc shall have this pleasant event to talk about, won't we Why, -you cant think how surprised and delighted I was to receive your letter. ' I laughed over it, and cried over it; and if I have read it once, I have read it fifty times." ' Here she took the letter from her bo' soni. ' : "Then it seems," she continued so happy, that' I wa3 fairly provoked with her "it seems that absence has 3'ou how much you love me." ' - taught I was stupefied thought I was insane couldn't understand: one word Lucy said. Meanwhile she unfolded tho letter. Then then 7- understood It all. I utter ed a scream that was scarcely human it was so wild and "'eagerly snatched the letter. It teas the letter 1 sent to Julia: Yes : then I understood it all : I had made a mistake in superscribing the let' tcrs, and Julia had got Lucy's, while Lucy had got Julia's. c And Lucy-had been flattered with the hope and belief-that I loved 7tcr while Julia poor girl ! believed I wa3 about to marry another. This was the cause of Lucy's tenderness ; this was the cause of Julia's visiting her cousins. , ' ; -: "". I laughed ; I danced ; I dare say I cut up every manner of silly capers which a man ought to be ashamed of.. And Lucy all the time was staring at me as I before had stared at her. This thought brought; me to my senses. ; ' f "A mistake," I stammered "this letter T wrote in a hurry put the wrong name on the back sent yours to Julia sent Julia's this one to you !" I shall never forget the old majd's con sternation. - She understood what I wished to eay--she saw the error in its true Hghtv I thought she would sink through the floor, but she had hold ot the. door-latch, and that probably sustained her. 1 was glad that tho door-latch was strong. At that- moment my conscience hit me a severe cut, and made mo smart." How I cursed my carelessness, which had been the cause of so much mischief I made a hurried apology, but 1 didn't stop to. see if Lucy fainted, or to havo the pleasure of holding a smelling- bottle to her nose, iu case she should sink into that interesting state. - ' '. I. thought of Julia: - I flew to make an explanation.' It was three miles to her aunt's house, but I was there in a trifle over three minutes. Puffing like a steam engineV'I asked to see her, and was shown into a room where she was alone. She regarded me with so cold a look that I am sure Ft would have chilled mo through made an icicle of mc, perhaps if I had not been so, hot with running." : I threw myself at her feet. She started back- it might havei been" in "disgust,., and it might have been because her hand touch jed my face, which was oaroing like . a COal.. " - ' ,'. .-' " ; . "Dear Julia," I sighed. . , , v I panted, I suppose; but sighed ia the better word. ' . "Well, air," said she, coldly. ". "Don't scorn me; I'll make it all right. It's on'y a mistake." "What?" - "Why, that letter " "That letter, sir, was a very friendly one, I am sure. Indeed I", added Julia, bitterly, "I feel quito flattered by your confidence in me, in making known your intentions to marry. I hope you will get a good wife, sir ; hope you will be hap- py " . "Julia, Julia V I cried, in agony. "I say it's all a mistake. That letter" was not meant for you." Julia's assumed coldness and indiffer ence had vanished in a moment. Then she looked at me. - . r "It wasn't for you," I repeated. "I wrote that to Lucy. Matthews put the wrong name on the back. Here's the let ter I wrote to you.". I gave her the one I had snatched from Lucy. She read it eagerly. She saw the mistake, and burst into tears of joy The next moment we were locked in each other's arms. I was intensely happy. Jut in an instant the bright heaven of my joy was clouded. I thought of Lucy. . "What shall'I do?" 1 cried. "She ihought the letter was addressed to her, and believed 1 loved her. nat a mis. take! What shall'I what -ought I to dor : "Go to her at once," said Julia, ;and make a full explanation and a .suitable apology." I followed her advice. I met Lucy on the threshold. ' "Not a word," said she, laughing. "I don't need any apology from you ; you have not done any great damage to my old maid's heart. You see I knew there was a mistake when I received your letter ; I wa3 not so foolish as to think you meant all those pretty, tender things for me. But I meant to punish you for your care lessness, - by making you think you'had done a world of mischief. ; Ila ! ha ! Jn ! how;Hly you did tict-.--' J"-y ' I was willing that Lucy should laugh at me; it made me feel more easy, for I knew I deserved it. I pouted a little, however, and strove to look dismal, until she repeated what she had said about our being "so happy when we were married," which caused mc to echo back her. laugh with a hearty ha! ha I ha ! , Reader, I didn't marry Lucy, but I did make a bride of Julia, as soon as I could get her parents consent. ' ' : " '', On the very evening e4-my marriage, the old maid whispered , in my car, with a saucy laugh, and a mischievous twinkle uf her eyes, "How happy we shall be when we are married, Frederick !" , The Deaccn and tiie Wasps. A worthy deacon in a town of Maine, was , remarkable for the facility with which he I Divine Word, was ever-athis tongue's end, and all the trivial, as well. as important oc- currences or lite iurnishcd occasion tor quutiug the language of the Bblo. -What was better, however, the exemplary man f always maae ins quotations tne stanuaru j of action. One hot day, he was engaged m mowing, with his hired man, who was leading off, the. deacon following . in his swarth, conning his apt quotation, when the man suddenly sprang from his place, lcavinsr his swarth just in time to avoid a Wasps nest. "What is the matter?" hurriedly in quired the deacon. "Wasps 1" was the laconic reply. "Poh !" said the deacon, "the wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous aro as bold as a lion!" and -taking the workman's swarth, he mowed but a step when a swarm of the brisk insects settled about his cars, and he was forced to retreat, with, many a painful sting, an d in ureat discomfiture. : "AU!" shouted the other with a chuck le, "the ptudent man foresecth the evil, a"ud hideth himself, but . tho simple pass on, and are punished." ,; , ,. The deacon, had "found lu3 equal in mnking applications of the sacred writings, and .thereafter was not known to quote scripture in a mowing field. t$ "Putting ycur foot in it," it seems, is a term of legitimate origin. According to the "Asiatic researches," a-very curious mode of trying the title to lands is prac ticed in Hindoostan. Two holes are dag in the disputed spot, in each of which the lawyer on .either side put one of. their legs, and there remain until one of them is tired, or complains of being stung by ioseets io which case hist client is defeated. In our country it is' generally the client, and not the lawyer who "pate hi foot in it." - . ' 28, 1864 Letter l'rom South Carolina. Camp 55th Regt. Pa. Vet. Vols., j Ceacfobt, S. C, April 5 Correspondence of The Alleghanian. - A great number of the 55th hailing from the Mountain county, no doubt'many of your readers will feel interested in the movements ot the regiment Company A, commanded by Oapt. D. W. Fox, left Cresson- on the morning of the 29th Feb ruary, to report in Harrisburg. The regiment was there quartered in the cotton factory until March 12th, awaiting trans portation. We took the cars on the evening of that day for New York, arri ving there on the 13th about noon.-, We were marched to the Washington House, where Col. White h?d engaged "the drinks" for the entire, regiment, number ing about 1,000 men, after which we were marched up Broadway to the- Park Bar racks, where we' remained until March 17th. ... -v. During our stay in New York, we had a fine opportunity of saeing the elephant and experiencing something of life in the Empire city. Your correspondent visited Barnum's Museum, and spent half a day in viewiugand admiring the ninny curios ities, both natural and ariiScial, which it contains. The greatest natural curiosity is -Barnum himselt. " Everybody has heard 'of Baruuni, and,' on visiting his .museum, leels a particular anxiety to see 'the public's obedient servant," who has so effectually pulled the wool over the eyes of the people of thi3 country, and humbugged the crowned heads of Europe. Among other curiosities, I saw a litho graph of Barnum and the "Irish jtntle man" who politely yielded his "turn" in a "barber shop to Phinea3 T., upon .the latter promising to foot Fat's bill, which, on being liquidated, was found to amount to only S1.G0! ' .- ... We remained in New York until March 17th. About 11 a. m. of . that day, we received orders to embaik'at.2, p. m. This being St. Patrick's day, it was a great festival with a portion of. the citizens- of New York, and we had ample time, before embarking,' to witness' inost of the 'display incident to the occasion. I Several large processions, consisting off various associa tions and societies, each headed by a band, passed our quarters on their way to City "flail, where orations were delivered by Iiiehard O'Gorrnan- and others.- The green flag of Erin. and the glorious old stars and stripes wero to be seen 'floating side by tide ircni almost every housetop, while every breeze wafted to our cars the familiar strains of 4St. Patrick's Day," vGarryowen," &c, &c. - .' : - On the afternoon of the 17th, we went aboard the steamship "United States," and at 5 p. m. raised anchor and were on our way to the hot-bed of the rebellion. South Carolina. ' It'beicg about the ver nal equinox, our anticipations of a pleas- ; ant sea voyagi.twere slightly frustrated. The ship was obliged to contend against a str0ng head wind and a heavy sca which prolouged our voyage to six days, instead of three, the usual time s required ; fur a vesbel to make the run to Hilton Jlerfd. ; Owing to the rolling of the vessel, almost every man on board .was attacked with sea-sickness , and on looking around me, j wa. was seriously impressed with the belief that "provisions was coming - up!" For tunately, your correspondent did not ex perience the least symptoms of internal uneasiness. ' ' : - When about half way on our voyage, the wind blowing great guns, the waves dashing' over the deck, and the ship rol ling so that it was utterly impossible for even the sailors to stand upright, the ter rifying cry of "fire I" was sounded from one end of the ship to the other. This, indeed, was a moment of frightful excite ment! Volumes of smoke were seen issuing from, the oilers' room, where the fire originated. The oiEcers and. all the men who were able to get up immediately crowded on deck, ready to lay hold of anvthing that. might be of avail in csca ping should the fire fail to be subdued. The crew, however, assisted by the sol diera, ultimately succeeded in extinguish ing the flame3. It is certainly terrifying to even contemplate a vessel on fire almo&t two hundred miles from land, in the iuid?t of a rough sea ! In such event, it is true there would be a choice of deaths to burn or to drown, and the individual in such dilemma could choose whatever horn his fancy might suggest. But who wants to. die cither one way or the other now adays I On the 23d of March, we landed at Beaufort. "We were met at the wharf by Gen. Rufus Saxton; who informed Col. White that his old camp was vacant, and at his command, on thg 24th, eight com panies went to Fort Duane, the old regi mental camp ground Co. A to' battery Taylor, and Co. B to battery BurnBide. ' There is nothing hew in the department ! NUMBER 3L in regard to active operations.- A short timo since, duriDg the absence at home of the 55th, the rebels attempted to effect a landing at.difierent points of the island, but found our pickets wide awake. They were handsomely repulsed, losing several in killed and prisoners. Since then they have discreetly refrained from making similar demonstrations. . The town of Beaufort is a most lovely -and picturcrque village, and bears am pi a evidence of the good taste of its former inhabitants in the neatness and beauty of its buildings and their immediate sur roundings. Tho buildings are almo3t as if in a forest, sosurrodndcd arc they by shade trees and shrubbery. The island is considerably broken by marshes-or swamps, but the tillable portion of it i3 very fertile, producing cotton, rice, corn, sweet pota toes, and all kinds of vegetation in abun dance. Notwithstanding the unsettled condition cf affairs, the peaceful vocations of life are not wholly neglected. .. Agri cultural pursuits by the: negroes, ondcr the supervision of Government agents, aro in a flourishing condition, and the results fully and satisfactorily develop the wisdom . of such policy, looking both to the in dividual and natioual bcaefits derived therefrom. '. ' Thcee newspapers are published in this department. There are also placc3 of worship, where the religiously inclined of every denomination can seek salvatiou in temples dedicated to their own particular, belief; while the lovers of amusement are agreeably entertained. aWhe Union The ater. : Our post office is doing a thriving business. For the quarter ending April 1, 347,705 letters and 19,799 papers were mailed fiom this psint of the letters 8,154 being fre. The receipts therefroni was $9,G16. As many as 30,000 papers have arrived here from the North in one mail. . . ; . - . -1? - The health of the department is com paraticly . good, but few deaths being reported. Thcsmall pox prevails to somo extent,1 but its victims are confined chiefly to the. colored population. Thanks to tho skill of our surgeons and adniirabLasani. tary arrangements, but few cases havo proved fatal. - - :. : A number of. our officers arc of Cam brian extraction, arid their friends in their . native county will ' be pleased to know that. they all rnk No; 1 in point of mV itary excellence. Col. Dick White is tco well and too favorably known lo.your readers to require any notice from my feeble pen. The best evidence of his popularity and his wide spread reputation as a commander-is the rapid manner his regiment was' filled 'up to 50(Tabove the maximum of ordinary "regiments, in the short: space of one month. Capr. J). Wr. Fox, Quartermaster F. M. George, and Lieut. Jno- Lynch, three of the "Frosty, sons of thunder," are officers of high, military attainments, and take great pride; in seeing to the interests of the mountain1 boys:"' Lieut. Hodge, of Co. A', - hails' from iB!air countyI. believe. He is a model officer, and has already given cvi dence that the confidncc that has beea reposed in him by virtue cf his commis sion as an officer is n'ot uiip!aceJ.-; Yours, , . . Nestos. 1 Two Rogues Instead of One. An amusing incident is related of a woman in England whose husband, a wealthy man, died suddenly without leaving any ' will. The widow, desirous of securing ' the whole property, concealed her husband's i death, and persuaded a poor shoemaker to take his place while a will could be made.) Accordingly he was closely muffled up in bed as if very sick, and a lawyer was called to write the will. The shoemaker in a feeble voice bequeathed halJfA all the; property to the widow. "What shall, be done with tho remainder?" asked tho lawyer. "Tho remainder," replied he, ' "I give and -bequeath to the poorTittlo shoemaker across the street,' who has al- ways been a good neighbor and a descrv-j ing man ;" thus securing a rich bequest, for him?e!f! The widow "was thunder struck with the man's audacious cunnin but did not dare cx nose the fraud. EJgT The following letter was received by a gentleman of Poughkccpsic through . the Sanitary Fair post-office in that placs : "Sanitahara P. Ofiis. Dear Sur : Enklos cd plesc find Teu dollars if yoix' kan. Very respktably yures, Josh Billings.'' The 10 had not been found at last ao- i counts. , .- , t . . E, If you wish to relish . your food, work for it; if you. would enjoy your ; raiment thoroughly, pay 'for it before " you put it on j if you would sleep sound- 1 ly, take a clear conscience to bed with ' jou. . : , . -. .: ..; ; JE Why is a pig's tail like a 'carving- , kcifo? Because it is flourished over a him , . . ' . un. H 1 1 v 1 ! I i t i. 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