VOLUME 2. For the Citizen. KINDNESS. • The human heart a kfndnMfl cras-es, ♦ Ami till Hit influence feels, And the remembrances of kind acts, , Oft o'er our memory steals. The business man, who counts his gains, Often from duty shrink., 11 he no kindly greetings meet, Or from this fooot ne er drinks. The laborer with toiling worn. Will feel his burden light, If-kihdness smiles in passing by. And whispers—thon do'.t right. And then thapoor—tba lowly ones, Thei hAsrt, for kindness yearn, And often to the pi'-p rotn one* Their longing glances turn. Anl Srhen imparted onto thaw. What wraritnde there spiings, Within their hnmbla. r.ntrite hearts, And there, forever clings. A little child will trace thi-lii.e. Of kindness, on your faee; Angels will ser, and will admire, For. 'tis a *'iir'»l) grace. It H con M i!N u*rio\s. For the American Clliaen. In memory of Thomas . Seaman, of Butler tp., Butler co , Pa., late a mem ber of Co. L, 14th Pa. Cavalry., who was killed in action, at Millwood, West \ ir ginia. Dec. 17th, ISG4, while ou a scout ing expedition, they were taken by sur prise, anil nearly all killed or captured Thomas, Although he was a private, w hen last seen oy his comrades, was trying to rally the men. The last words lie w:is heard to utter were, "steady boys." lie had, by his heroic deeds, won for hiiusel! a name which should be recorded in Ins- Tory, for future generations to pursue, and for an example which all srldicrs should imitate. In action he was ''the bravest of the brave," and whei#gathered around the camp-fire, he was a good companion, and had gained the resp ct and esteem of all his comrades, by his many acts of kindness. Butheisgone! Ilis place is vacant in the ranks; we miss his merry laugh, and his defiant shout, while charg ing the enemy. And the confederates . have taken the life of one whom they have contended with in many a hard struggle. Ilis relatives have been de prived of one, worthy of all, the love they conld bestow, and, while they mourn his loss, they may rest assured, it is as deeply mourned by his comrades in arms, as by his realatives at home, 'l'hey have the consolation to know that he sacrificed his life in a good cause, and fell at his post like a man and true soldier, anil has gone to a land, we trust, where rebellions nev er visit. Wc deeply sympathise with nis relatives in their bereavement. Yours with respect, 11. G. M. For the Citizen. Mil. EDITOR :—Time is fast passing.— Golden moments and opportunities arc passing with it ; but what has this to do with the discussion of the question before us? It has this much to do. Whilst temperate men are bold and indifferent, and putting forth no effort for the sup pression of drunkenness, the devil is re connoitering the ground, placing his sen tinels on every corner, driving deeper his stakes, entrenching.himself behind pub lic opinion, till finally he will carry the . day, if we do not arouse to renewed ef forts. And jpith a bold front, meet him and overpower him and his altej's. It does not take a very close o' server of events to see that intemperance is or. the increase. See all over our land how many depots the devil has ou the fast li»ie to hell. And O. how many travel that road, and for fear some may not know my meaning of the devils depot; it is where liquor is sold. See each morning how many fly for the five o'clock train, to wood up as it is called, and take their usual ride. On they go, pell mell, and do not know how far they travel till next morn ing ; they find they are twenty-four hours nearer their destination. Fire up boys ! another run for judgment. The train runs fast, and consequently rough. See the disfigured visages, the broken limbs, the bloodshot eye, the stoopiug form, the deranged brain ; loss of temper; forsaken by friends. Fire up boys! pass on if you must; but I would submit for your con sideration if you had not better leave the road of destruction und vice, aud choose the path of life; the smooth road, dou ble gauge track. See the spiers pointing nigher heaven Look at the pleasant fa ces of her passengers, as they Journey ou to God and heaven, to wear a crown of immortal beauty, whose pleasures never die. Choose ye which road you will travel. It is not for reputation I yield the pen in this direction. My object is to throw my influence against whiskey, tho soul damning curse that so nearly ruined me; and try to persuade some of uiy poor fel low mortals to abandon their cups of in iqnity, and becouie sober men. 1 bate the accursed traffic; there is poison, deatb aud damnation in the cups. I fear him for I have felt his langs. I would thatl could persuade some uian of more talleut than myself; not one, but many, to take up their arms of moral suasion with me, and fight this enomy in his strongholds, AMERICAN CITIZEN. till he is bauisheed. Me thinks God would be pleased; angels and arch-angels would rejoice; and millions of suffering wives and children, would cry out with tears of joy, and call us blessed. Don't let us pass through the world and have the world no better for our living in it.— (rod asks us to work, organize society's, call your speakers, speak against it. preach and pray against it, and if our efforts are unavailing, let us hand down our mantle to our children, and imbue them with a temperance spirit, and make them think it honorable to labor for so grand a theme. D. M..Karnaugh. CAMP K'S STATION, NEAR PETERSBURG, VA., Feb. 18th, 1865. Mattluir Taylor and family: Dear Frtenth: —lt is my painful duty to com municate to you the sad intelligence of your son, William ; he died on the 20th of October, at Newton, Va. It was a false report that he ever got sensible, or spoke after he received the fatal wound. I nev er, for a moment, believed that lie could possibly recover; the ball penetrated hhj skull above the left eye, and came out near the crown of the head. This is an other death added to the list of the noltft brave that fell on that ever memorable Held of Cedar Creek, on theP.lth of Oc tober, 1801. And of Win. Taylor it can be truly said,-a better soldier never faced ihe mouth of the rebel cannon, and at the time lie received the fatal wound, he was nobly standing by his colors, to check the advance of the rebel hoard, and was re spected by all who hilrt. lie was a kind hearted and faithful sghlier, and we miss him much in our camp, and it is needless to say. that you will miss in him ' a good and dutiful son. We, the mem bers of the 102 d llcg 1 .., of his acquaint ance, deeply sympathize with you all, in your beicavement; but let u> not forget that it was the will of Divine Providence that his life was offered a sacrifice on the altar of our country, and, let us he sub missive to His will. It is hard to tell who-will next lie called to make the same sacrifice; but it should be made a willing one \ye have proclaimed freedom for this,great republic, and let the work be done, and dune in a right manner. Let there bo no peace until the leaders of this rebellion bo destroyed. I do not want rumors yf peace, or talk of pea#e, or weak or contemptible peace conference. We want war, bitter, terrible, unrelenting war. We want war that means war. in earnest. The confiscation of the pioper ty of the leaders of this most infamous rebellion. No amnesty for the leaders of the rebellion ; no weak pardon for robbers, cutthroats, and murderers. Then having subdued them, we will give them terms, generous terms such terms as Grant gave Pemperton at Vicks burg. lam one that is willing toadd my life to the many that have been sacrificed, to accomplish this, hefoce I am willing to knuckle an inch to Jeff, or his barbar- ous crew. There has nothing of importance, trans pired since the recent three day's hard fighting. J as. M. Lowe, Co. 11, 102 d Rogt.. IV Vol. Camp Averill, Va. ) March 7, 18155. J Megurt Etlitor: —Supposing the peo ple of liutler county, who have relatives in the 14th I'a. Cavalry, would like to hear how they are getting along. I con cluded to give them a few particulars through the columns of your paper. The Hut.ler county boys that are with the regiment now. are all iu good health and look woll; we itavc been deprived of some brave boys from liutler county this winter, by Mosby's Guerillas; and their loss is deeply lelt by their comrades, but woe to the man of Mosby's command that falls into Ihe hands of our boys. I was favored with the pleasure of reading one of your papers of the 22d of February, which contained a ictter from some of the titb, Heavy Artillery. 1 see they are getting along well aud as the writer says, they are a little jubilant over the approach ing draft. I presume it is over their es cape from the coming draft, which (hey have missed nicely, besides they have been fortunate enough to serve their time so far, at what we call Sunday soldering. They complain of the folks at home not visiting them more,to cheer the men. It does seem hard,as the fortifications around Washington is a 1 jnely place ; now we have been iu service more than two years and received no visits except from Gen. harly. M'Austin, Mosby, Imbodeu or Rosser, a few of which would, uo doubt, be a benefit to the Heavy 6th, yet we never complain if the people do not think worth while euuiiug to see us, we have enough to do to keep us from getting loue some. The Oth, boys must have a great iuterest in poultry, judging from their anxiety to get home to see their duck.— " Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our duty as we understand it"— A- LINCOLN. • * BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1865. But we acknowledge they did do pretty well to volunteer for even one year, but we think men as able bodied as they are, might stand a three years campaign pretty well, but I think from present appearan ces they will be out long enough tog home when the rebellion is over, with the ones who crushed it, and share the honor with them. Yours Truly W*** (Jforious News from Sheridan, WAR DEPARTMENT, AA'ASHINGTON, March 13. To Maj. Gin. Dix : * The followingreportof Gen. Sheridan's operations has been received by this De partment ; (Signed) E. M. STANTON, HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE DIVISION, March 10.— Lirnt. Gen. Grant: —GEN- J REAI. : In my last, dated Waynesboro, I gave you a brief account of the defeat of Early by Custars division. The same night this division was pushed across the JJlue Ridge, anl entered Charlottsville at 2p. in.the next day. The Mayor and the principal inhabitants came and deliv ered up the keys of the public buildings. 1 had to remain at Charlottsville two days. Time was consumed iu bringing over from Waynesboro our pontoon and am munition trains. Th<f weather was hor rible and the rain incessant. The two divisions were, during this time, occupi ed in destroying the two large iron brid. ges —one over the Rivana river, the oth er over Morse's creek, near Charlottsville, and the railroad for a distance of eight miles in the direction of Lynchburg. On the 6th of March I sent the First division, Gen. Devin commanding, to Scottsville, on the James River, with di rections to send out light parties through the country and destroy merchandise, mills, factories, and bridges on the rail road, the parties to join the division at Scottsville. The division then proceed ed along the canal to Dugetisville, fifteen miles from Lynchburg, destroping every lock and, in many places the banks of the canal. At Dugetisville we hoped to secure the bridge to cross the river, as our pontoons'were useless on account of the high water, in this we were foiled, as both this bridge and the bridge at llardwicksville wore burned by the ene my upon our approach. Gen. Mcrritt ac companied the division. The Third Division started at tlic same time from Charlottesville and proceeded down the Lynchburg railroad to Amherst Court House, d.stroying every bridge on the road. The bridges on this road are numerous, and some of them five hund red feet in length. - We have found great abundance 111 this country for our men and animals; in fact, the canal had been the great feeder of Richmond. At the Rockfish river the bank of the canal was cut, and at New Canton where a dam is across the James, the guard lock was destroyed, and the James river let into the canal, carrying away and wash ing out the bottom of the canal. Thedam across the James at this point was also partially destroyed. I have had no opposition—everybody is bewildered by our movements. I have had no news of any kind since I left. The latest Richmond papers were of the 4th, but nothing. I ommitted to mention that the bridges on the railroad from Swoop's depot, on the ether side of Staunton to Charlottesville, were utterly destroyed. Also all the bridges for a dissance of ten miles on the Gordonsville railroad. The weather has been very bad indeed, raining hard every day,with the exception of four days, since we started. My wag ons have, from the state of the roads, de tained nic up to the present time. We have captured fourteen pieces of artillery, eleven at Waynesboro and three at Charlottesville. The party that was sent back from Waynesboro started with six pieces, but they were obliged to de stroy two of the six for want of animals. Tho remaining eight pieces were destroy ed. We have also captured twelve canal boats, laden with supplies, ammunition, ration*, medical stores, &c. I cannot speak in too high terms of Gens. Merrit, Custar and Devins, and the officers and men of their commands. They have waded through mud and water dur ing continuous rain, aud are all in fine spirits and health. Commodore Hollins, of tho rebel navy, was shot near Gordonsville, while attempt ing to make his escape from our advance in that direction. TheUniou League of Philadelphia has just completed the work of filling up its seveutl regiment of soldiers for the field and has received authority to recruit an eighth. _ —The devil tho't these tines were solemn, So he put them in this column ! LONG BARNEY. BT PATRICK MCIJIOOSTET. Diil yon eTer hoar tell of L»>ng Barney, He Jwelt near the groTM of Killarney ; One glance from his eye canned the girl* all to sigh, For they ail had a liking fur Barney. I*ll sing to you now of hii flgbtin', A thing which he took great delight io, lie coiUd handle the Hthiek, all the boythf eewld lick. And they nil stood in fear of Long Barney. He went to the fair, it was Aister, In his pocket had many the taather; He met Biddy Brings, and wid her had jigs, And she feel deep in love wid Long Barney. So into a tent he did take her, And he called for a drop of the crather, Wid his arms round her waist, her sweet Hps ho did taste, "Och!" she cries, "don't smother me, Barney." So up steps one, Darby O'Brien, And Biddy he long had his eye on; " Arrali. Biddy," nays he, "come over till me, And don't stop there whbperin' till Barney." Pays Barney, "I'll soon mnke him toddle, If 1 hit him a pelt on the noddle;" Arrah whack g->es the sthick, fl'>.>r Darby kicks, "Faith I vedustejl his jacket." say 4 Baruey, So Barney pits down by his biddy. For lli* whiskey and tight made him giddy; • If there's arah spalpeen ill step on the green, Faith ill scuttle his noddle," Bays Barney. Will a great deal of coaxin' an' twin tin', Savs Biddy, " there's no resisting There's my father, Tim Briggs, says he'll give a pig To the man that'll marry me, Barney." So ri'iw they're united together. And stick to each other like leather: There's Barney and Briggs, little children and pigs, And they sleep together with Barney. WIT AND WISDOM, —Only solitary people fall in love. —Fire-locks —Red Ilair. —SomebtMy says the most difficult as cent is getting up a subscription. —Barnura paid Laura Koane 81,000 for a new drama. —Wall street is just now a dead broke—rs market. —Washington Ims had "a spell" of sleighing. —Here is a new way to spell potatoes. Put 0000 0000. —A favorite game in ancient Egypt— Pharaoh. —All people are fond of salt, but Lot was wedded to it. —The young woman whomarries an un worthy niau take's her lords name in vain. —A blind man, like a newspaper needs a leading article. —General Grant smokes good cigars.— They cost him fifty cents a piece. —Good prescription for a horse that will not oat a "bit"—give him oats. —Madam, your ga/.e is very offensive to me. Well, sir, you arc very offensive to my gaze. # —lf a flock of geese, see one of their number drink, they will all drink too.— .Men are great geese. Never take morning bitters. Morn ing sweets arc better, aud a kiss from your wife makes the best. A woman's grief is often very short. If she loses her husband, she pines only for a second. —" Stick to your c6nntry to the last," as a recruiting sergeant said to a journey man shoemaker. " To the. last I will stick," said tl'e shoemaker, as he put the awl into his calf skin. —A young gentleman visiting his in tended, met a rival who was stfmewhat advanced in years, and. wishing to iusult him, inquired how old he was. " I can't tell exactly," replied the oth er; " but can tell you that an ass is old er at twenty than a man is at sixty." —A young lady refused togo into the Watervlict Arsenal tho other day, be cause she heard that some of the muskets were without breeches. There's delica cy for you —We met a fool in the who had the audacity to ask the following connun dorum : Why cannot the the proprietor of this forest fell his own timber? Wc looked confounded. Because no one is allowed to cut when it is his own deal. —The Government of Italy has al lowed the publication of the Encyclical, but reserved the rights of the State. The Spanish Government has forbidden the publication of the Encyclical. —A lady, who was very modest and submissive before marriage, was observed by a friend t3 use her tongue pretty free ly afterwards. ''Thure was a time when I almost imagined she had none. - ' ''Yes," said her husband, with a sigh, "but it's very long since." —At a parish school examination, lately, when thequestion was asked, "Why did the children of Israel make a golden calf?" a little fellow replied, " Because they hadn't gold enough to mak» a cow." —The following is the latest oil story : \ man went from new York to the Penn sylvania oil region, and spent SISOO in boaring for oil, but withoqt success. He had no funds left, but bought five barrels of ail on credit, carried to his woll in the night, poured the oil down his pipes and the next morning began pumping with a success that astonished all his neigh bors. Uefore the flow stopped he sold his w#ll for 87000 and went homo. MEXICO. The Catholio papers of Paris publish a long letter from tho Pope, dated the Vat ician,Oct. 18, 1864, and addressed to the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, point ing out the course of conduct the Pope conceives the new monarch ought to fol low with respect to the reorganization of his Government. In the opinion of the Pope, it is especially necessary that "the Catholic religion ujust, above all things, continue to be the glory and the main stay of the Mexioan nation, to the exclu sion of every other dissenting worship." Maximilian seems not t« have been convinced by this admonition, for he lias' since taken steps toward introducing re ligious toleration and the legalization of the sale of the Church property, which has filled the Church party with the ut most indignation. Semi-official papers of France state that one Mexican general who is Btrongly attached to the interests of the Church party has left the Imperial army in order to make a pronunciamcnto, and, according to tUe Jmlepcmhnce Dehjt, the King of Belgium lia» received Jctters from his daughter, Jhe Empress of Mex ico, informed him that she had to endure the most insulting language from the Archbishop of Mexico; and that the Archbishop was ordered out of her pres ence Whether this last item of Mexican gos sip be true or not, the complete rapture between Maximilian and the ultra-cleri cal party is a well-authenticated fact. Long before his namo was mentioned in connection With the establishment of a Mexican Empire, Maximilian had tjio reputation of not being a partisan of the medieval church theories which the Court of Konie is still bent upon defending and reintroducing into modern society. But even if his personal views had been dif ferent, it would have been difficult, if not impossible, for any Emperor of Mexicoto pursue any other policy. The accumu lation of landed property in the hands of the Church, its exemption from taxation, and the immense influence which the Church of Mexico, consequence of her wealtn, has acquired in political affairs, are the chief causes which have preven ted the progress of the country and has tened the downfall of its republican in stitutions. To acknowledged the claims of the CJiurch of Mexico would bo tanta mount to an abdication of the Govern ment. We give Maximilian creilit for show ing much common sense in resting his hopes for the perpetuation of his reign entirely upon reformatory measures in tended todevelopo .he material resources 'of the country. The improvement of the public roads and the construction of rail roads seem especial'y to engage the at tention of the Emperor. The Vera Cruz and Mexico Railroad Company has been compelled to engage to finish'the road within four years. The projected rail road of Ohalco has already more than six thousand share-holders, and t he necessary preparations for the roads from Guana juato toQueretaio, and from Zacatccasto Aguas Calientos, havo been commenced by engineers. New discoveries have re cently been made of bituminous coal and of petroleum, and several foreign cap italists have been induced to invest mon ey in he working of Mexican mines. The important subject of foreign immi gration and colonization has olso been ta ken into serious consideration; and agents have been sent over to Germany to recommend to tho Gorman emigrants the peculiar advantages of a settlement in Mexico. Some have accepted this in vitation, and even in our country some Germans have aHowed themselves to be misled by the promises which were held out to them. The experience, however, of the first emigrants, is in tho highest degree discouragsng. No preparations have been made for them, and they find fhat laborers cannot procure there employ ment so profitable or constant as in the United States. They naturally regret the hasty step which they have taken, and issue a warning t<j their <*untrymcn not to think of emigrating to Mexico. Whether Maximilian will be able to maintain himself on this usurped throne As still aquestion,but evory impulse which he gives to the trade and material prog ress of the country will be to its advantage, however that question may bo decided. —A private letter received in New York gives details of the capture of Oa jaca, differing from the account hereto fore published. The gueriilia chief, I'or firio Diaz, has not, as reported, been cap tured by the imperial forces under Mar shal ISazaine. The writer states that the besieged offcrod a desperate resistance; but that eventually I'orfirio Diaz made overtures of surrender. During the ne gotiations, however, the Juarist General effected his escape with seven hundred men, and made far the Isthmus of To I hauan tepee. Better Than a Battle. That General Lee's aruiy is sorely pres sed for supplies, there is no manner of doubt. Its situation in this respect is not merely one of inconvenience but of posi tive peril with no prospect of relief. The testimony going to establish this comes from a variety of sources. It is repeated by so many lips that there is no reason for questioning it. The last reports con firm previous ones of growing discontent ed iu the rebel army, as the necessary re sult of the scarcity of food and eTothing and assert that Lee has fonyd it necessa ry togo among the men and appeal to them to stand by him. 110 could not do less than promise a better supply, but the men know as well as he does how empty is the promise. This condition of things in and around Richmond, is better for us than a battle. The consequent desertions from the rebel ranks are not only numerous but rapibly growing. The rebels desert both ways —probably more go South than comes North. At the present rate the depletion of Lee's army cannot be less than five thousand a month, which presupposes a degree of demoralization that must bo in the highest degree discouraging to the rebel General-in-ehief. But we' are not left to rely on the re ports of deserter a. The following, taken from a recent number of llio Wilmington Journal, (issued before the occupation of the place by our forces,) is not only cor roborative, but highly interesting both as to the causeatid the expeoted conse quence of the siege which Richmond is practicably undergoing. We quote: " Wo fear'very much that the enemy has succeeded in striking the line of the South Carolina Railroad at Branehville or at some point west ol Branehville.— Tho importance of this event can hardly bo over-estimated, ospocially now that the port of Wilmington is closed by tho cap ture of Fort Fisher, and no more supplies for Gen. Lee's army can bo bro't in thro' the blockade. "The great importanco of the South Carolina- railroad west of Hranchville arises from the fact that it is the only road connecting Virgin ia and the Carolinas with Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. We do not see how any supplies can be brought from the Southwest for Lee's army, and we don't know wheth er Virginia and North Carolina can feed that army and support their own population. This is a most impor tant question, invoking neither more nor less than our continued ability to hold Richmond amLPetersburg; for we suppose it is no news to any one to be informed that, speculations have been indulged in as to the possibility of General Lee., in a certain contin gency, falling back upon Tennessee. That contingency has not yet arisen, nor is its oecu v rence regarded as very proDable—certainly not imminent— but by no means impossible." In view of the expected " falling back upon Tennessee," the presence of Sheridan on the route assumes ad ditional importance. Nothing could be more timely or complete than this movement. -It proves how sleepless is the vigilance and how clear the perception of Gen. Grant, whose hand is directing these important converg ing movements. The Last Murder. There is but one probable theory of the daily railroad murders, and that is that the companies have combined and confed erated together to cause so many "acci dents," and to make slaughter by rail so common, that the public shall become cal lous and utterly indifferent to the occur rence of these frightful disasters. Yes terday it was (he Camden and Amboy which undertook to perform its part in this hideous conspiracy, and it did its work with characteristic disregard of conse quences. This last was no case of rotten sleepers or worn-out rails or fractured wheels, but a collision without one shadow of excuse in any single circumstances. The mid night train from Philadelphia was de tained at Bristol, N. J., about 3 o'clock yesterday morning by anothor delay of a freight train. It waited in the dark without a light until the Washington train came along the curve, and thunder ed in upon it There was DO precaution of any kind whatever for the protection of this waiting train, ilthough the con ductor of it must have known that anoth er train was close upon him. But neith er telegraph, nor signal light, nor any thing elso was used—and the crash cauie. The accounts say that thq approaching train ran into the waiting train with such force as literally to run tkvough the two rear cars, leaving them nothing but shells, and leaving no passenger in either of them alive and unmaimed. Thit force of the collision then threw the opproach ing ears two hundred foot backward — the wreck all before (hem in ghastly view. Our own informant, who was hiiuself in NUMBER 15 jiired, saw four mon lyingdead, fcur oth ers dying, and nearly thirty grievously wounded. This is a jnurder for which the law ought to hang somebody, but the law will not. The law failing, other means may yet come to be tried, for we notify tho corporations who are parties to this mur derous confederation that tho public, in stead of growing callous, is growing sav age, aud there ,is 4 growing conviction that sonife remedy should be found to keep railroads iu fit repair, or insure the estab lishment of, and obedience to, such reg ulationsus are necessary for the safety of passengers.— N. Y. Tribune. A Petroleum Millionare- The Atlantic Monthly for January con tains tlio following: . A somewhat heir of one of the fortunates of tho oil regions, whose in cone is several thousands a day, conclu ded to see the wonder of the East. So, putting'a few necessaries, in a common traveling-bag, be sot off for Philadelphia. Stopping at the Girald and asking a good room, the lanndlord said : " You can have a room, but wo shall be obliged to ask pay in advance." "Well sir, I think I can not only pay for my room," roplied Petroleum, ''but buy out your entire hotel. What's your price? So saying he posted off elsewhere. Alter driving and luxuriating to his heart's content, in Philadelphia, and mak ing a present of a remarkably fine span of horses ton livery man who bad treat ed him well, proceeded to New York. One of his first calls (here was on Ball k Black. " Have you any diamond rings?" l: Yes," said the clerk, and showed him ono of S2OO value. "Pretty," said Petroleum; ''haven't you any finer?" " Yes. here's one worth $500." "That's better—that shines; but is this the highest-priced ono you have?" Iho clerk looked amazed and Suspic ious, Vit brought another at 82,000. "Oil!" said Petroleum, "that's bril liant—that suits better. I like that. Hut ain't there something more stylish yet?" The clerk, duml'ounded, displayed n SO.OOOO diamond ring, the most valuable in the store, and his customer, exhibiting great wonder and joy at surveyiug it, asked: " Now hain't you got nothing higher— better?" "No," said the clerk, "that's the best in the country," never dreamicg the fel low would bup it. '• Well,"said Petroleum,"l'll take that," and forked over the 80,000. The Family of General Grant, Geu. Grants family, located at bur lington, N. .J,, —a newspaper correspond ent writes—are still there, occupying a trim little cottage, on a quiet street run ning from the heart of the town down to the banks of the Delaware. The place is by no means pretentious or aristocratic aud has nothing at, all to distinguish «it from its neighbors, having, perhaps, for that very reason, been selected by the wife of our greatest general, who is equal ly as plain and practical minded him self. At almost any hour of the day, passing the cottage, you will see a stout, rosy-fac ed girl, probably eight or ten years of ago trundling her hoop on the sidewalk, or playing in the yard ; and if you have seen the lieutenant-general, or any of the bet ter pictures of him, you will not need to be told that this robust, laughing girl is his child—Nellie Grant. Like him she is compactly built, and there is in her face the same frank, honest look which so attracts you in the father. Nellie is, of course, a groat fovoritc with the litlle maidens of her age, and few "children of a larger growth" pass her in play with out a pleasant nod or word. They re member —these loyal people of this quaint old Burlington—that tho father of this briebt-faced loiterer in their midst it car rying on his shoulder, in these solemn days-of peeil, the bnrden of a nations fate, and out of gratitude to him they bestow upon her and mother, who live so quiet, ly within this modest oottage, the kindli est homage and respect, nover wearying in exhibitions of thoughtful interest and regard. —"Carleton," (Mr. C. C. Coffin,) of the Boston Journal, has returned to Bos ton from Charleston, bringiog with him as agvoat euriosity, the steps to the cele brated slave auction block of the ill-fa ted city. They are to bo presented to tho Freedmen's Aid Society of Boston. jg&*Our country's best resources arc undoubtedly its women ; but its resource should be husbanded. —The draft is now being carried on vig orously wherev«r recruiting in drill
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