VOLUME 2, THE PEDDLER'S JOURNEY, A wearisome jouni'iioy it wan. Along " lho hot and dusty highways, in tho long mifisuuimer day*, by yellow field* where men were reaping the autumn and orchards where merry boys were gathering in the apples; through the deep snows of winter, when other tra\- tdcrs were daunted and turned back to comfortable inns to wait for better roads; still, with his pack on his back, and with .that sad but watchful look on his face, ho journeyed on. Three years ago/Giles was not a ped dler, but a shopkeeper, in a little town in New Kngland; and one warm suinuior evening, as he sat with his child on his )tncc.4at the door of his shop, and tho I how like her blue eyes and golden curls were to thoso other blue eyes and goldon curls that were hidden from his sight for ever mider tho churchyard sod.and tho't, too, how he must be a father and mother to the little ouc now, a customer entered the shop, tides sat the child down, and went to attend to tho wants of the comer; ami, presently, when lie returned, the child was gone ! Giles called and search cd ; then the neighbors were roused, and tho whole village was searched ; next day the country around was alarmed; then came advertisements in tho papers far and near; and Giles, well nigh beside himself in his agony, traveled hither and thither, wherever some vague rumor told him of a possibility of finding traces of his dai ling; then, tho excitement dying away, Giles was left alone in bis distress. He was restless; ho felt he must be doing something. " There aro many places that the pa pers seldom or nevor reach," said he ; " 1 will sell out my store" (it had never been opened since that fearful night);" I will take a pack on my back, and travel thro' the by-ways Hid secret nooks, aijd try, and trust in God. It seemed a wild undertaking; in such an immense extent of country what could one man do? Dcsides, tho child might have been carried off to another country. Hut the effort was a rolief to (Jiles , for so long as wo Can do anything for the sake of our lost ones —lost to us either by ab sence or death—so long we seem not whol ly separated from them. And so it was that, for throo long years, Giles had plodded wearily along—thice yearn had done tlio work of thirty on him, wrinkling his smooth forehead,and sprink ling silver on his hair; and so it was that 0110 stormy winter night fpund him seat ed before tlio fire of a littlo inn far up among the mountains. It was a plane fre quented by travelers in the summer sea son, but de.serlod as soon as the snows be gan to fall, and ;ut effectually cut pflf from all human society as an island far out in the ocean* Giles had finished his stoiy—(lie story of his loss and of his wanderings. " Ah, well, man," said the host, after a pause; "wo must all have our troubles., Your child is lost., and just belora you oamo in, comes the poor old woman that lives down the lane and tells me her child is sick to dying, and no doctor short of twelve miles; and twelve miles i» no bet ter than fifty, so far as getting him to night goes." " Did sorno one go for him ?" asked Giles. "Oh," said tlio host, in amazement; " did some one want to be eaten alive by the wolves, or buried alive in tho drifts? No ; nobody in my liouso." "Then, with God's help, I will go," cried Giles, starting up. " Are you out of your mind, man ?" re turned the host; a good twelve miles—" "In what direction 1" asked tho ped dler. " Tho very road you came up to-day, and a hard day's work you had getting ""up; what do you expect to do fu the night?" " llavo you no kind of an animal to lend me? lam goiug to leave my pack here; you need not fear to trust me with a horse." " No beast of mine could pick his way to-night; or should, if he could," he ad dod in an undeitone to liin^clf. The peddler had buttoned up hts over coat, and taken his long stick in his hand, before the host, convinced of his resolu tion, slowly rose, ttpd muffliug himself up, took dowu his lantern, followed Giles to the gate, gave him tho last directions, looked on him recodii,g through tya dark ness as on oue he was never again to be hold alive, and roturucd to his comforta ble fire. A fearful journey through that winter night. Now and then tho sijow would come drifting aud driving against him, blinding, almost Stunning, him; now and then, far off through the forest, he could hear the cries of the hungry wolvep; onre at twice he missod his way, and theu his AMERICAN CITIZEN. heart tank liim, and his courage well-nigh failed ; but he thought of the (jpsolate mother watching alone by her dying child, and he thought where might his own child bo; and with a prayer tu our Father in heaven, ho plot|ded brave ly on. The twuive mlies worp accomplished, the doctor was found, horses were sad dled, and it was bright morning before the two reached the little inn up in the mountains, much to the astonishment of the host, who, sljakiug the doctor and peddler each by the hand, declaring they were two heroes, and, then, directing them to the poor old woman's abode, piomiscd them a capital breakfast on their return. " Hut. good sir," he called {o the ped dler, " why not stay hero !" I'll warrant tho doctor will find tho house alone." " 1 always go everywhere," returned the peddler, in a quiet, despondent tone, that expressed his passing thought: So far all in vain, why then further ? " Thank tins'good man for saving your little girl's life; two hours later would havo been too late," said thy doctor, as he came out of the little patient's room,, and stood with (I ilea and the old woman by the stove. I want no thanks," the peddler replied; "I know what it is to lose a child. How old iu yours ?" "Seven or eight, I should say; she cannot tell her rge," answered tho old wo man. " Caq you not tell the age of your own child, woman?" said the doctor, testily. " Good sir' it is not really mine, though (jod kuows I love her an mine," the wo man answered. " Twas a poor little wco thing—some tramps loft it hero, and 1 believe they stolo it; it was sick near to dying; go, not to be burthoiied jfith it, they lcl'l it at my door one night, and the poor wee darling dried. (It was two years ago 1 had buried my old man.) I heard it cry and I took it in. "Thcgood God has sent nie something to care for," says 1 ; and I cried as much as the child. ' Vou are sure she will get well now doc tor '!•'" "Sure," replied the doctoy; but dur iug tjio woman's account the peddler had listened like ono in ,■> dream, trembling violeutly. " Show me tho child," said lie. The strangeness of his voice startled them. They led him into tho bedside—he fell dowu speechless! The father s heart had borne so much disappointment and agony, tho first shock of joy overpow ered it. Tho happiness of tho father ij) finding his child, the joy of the poor woman in seeing herself the cause of so much joy, tho interest the kind doctor took in thorn, must bo imagined, not described; and this was tho cud of the peddler's Jour uoy. 110 hired a little in the village where the doctor livyd, and stocked it well; he prospered in his business, nnd provided generously for the old woman. " You must come and spend the rest of your days with us," said he : " and the little darling luustca 1 you grandma.'" lie ncyor afterward neglected an oppor tunity of doing a kindness to any human being; and lie never spoke of the past without raising hio eyes icvcreutly to heaven, and saying : " That fearful night when I walked thoso twelvo miles, 1 thought it was to save a stranger child. God bo blessed,it was iuy own!" Too Sharp all Bouiid. An earthenware dealer at Lille, finding himself going to tho bad, determined to swindle his creditors, and go abroad with tho money he might uuass. He lot his wife and clerk into the secret, and told them to sell clandestinely all the goods iu tho shop; this done, he was to scud a tel egram to his wife announcing his death in a duel at Belgium ; thercupou she was to oolobratp a funeral service to which all his creditors were to bo invited, appear in deep mourning, and rejoin him with the spoils at Belgium. Tho wifo laith fully followed tho part of her hus band's orders.' She sold the stock in shop, had tho funeral soryice celebrated, went into mourning, and ran off with tho Creditors' money, but instead of joining her husband, she ran in another direction with tho clerk. Her husband had told hor lie was a man iu whom shp could place implicit confidence. Tho husband, furi ous at tho double trick played on him, laid information to tho police, and all throe have bccu a r res ted ( tri«d, and S£n teucad to imprisonment. —llow long Eve, tho first Woman, liv ed, wo do not know. It is a curious fact that, in sacred history, the ago, death and burial of only oi>£ woman, Saralj. tho wife of Abraham, is distinctly noted. Wo man's ago, over siuce ; appears not f.o have been a subject for history or discui&iou. "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- Lincom*» BUTLER, BUTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER G 1865. Rebels Insulting Federal Officers. Tho Savannah Ke/mbUran, of August 5, giveu the following account of the mat ter in which several secessionists wore punished for abusing Union men : Yesterday afternoon, shortly after tho guests of thel'ulaski House had partaken of. tho throe o'clock dinner, tho usual quiet and order of that great public cara vansary was suddenly disturbed. Wo deem it our duty to make public a truth ful statement, which may prove instruc tive to a certain class of disloyal persons, and teach them to ko»p treason and in sult between their lips when in the pres ence of loyal men, whether ofljeers or ci T vilians. Within tho last six weeks con siderable open insolenco litis 1 een mani fested in tho public places of our city to ward persous who believe in the United States Government, and arc willing to stand by it at all hazards. It is almost impossible of lato for a Unionist to fre quent a public place without receiving ati insult, and plain talk is required in order to convince the thousands of secret pne mics of tho United States Government, now living in security and ppaeo under its flag in this city, that the day has pass ed when any kind of insult can bo offer ed to the American Hag, or tlu-de who up hold it. The vestibule and stairways of the Pu laski House, yesterday afturuoon, resound ed with exclamations too vile for insertion in the coluninsof a respectable newspaper. Tliese words proceeded from a gang of loud-mouthed secessionists who were amusing themselves, delighting their lis tening friends and revealing their chival ry by applying insulting epithets to the Union people, and begging for tho privi lege of " whipping some d d Yan kee," repeating at the same time tliQ old sterrestyped Southern brag of "one South erner being able to clean out five Yan kees." At this time a small, delicate looking officer, of the rank of captain in the army, politely stepped up to the tur bulent crowd and ijuietly informed thein that he could not stand quietly by and hear Midi, language, and unless it was "stopped, lie should be under the necessity of taking stops to prevent it. The re proof was not received in the right spirit, but vm* resented as an invasion of the rights of free speech. Tl;ij interference with a crowd ot men who were onjoying happiness by denouncing the Union, was than Mjg. JcfF. Davis'bother could stand, and lie forth wit]) prepared to "do mand his rights," vi ct armi Tho hon or of dealing (lie first blow at the Union officer, we believe, was conceded to Mr. Howell, Jeff. Davis* Ijrpthcr-in law, but in less time than we can write it, the offi cer had "demolished" his rebel antago nist, in spite of the l}i)ited efforts of three of his confreres to help tho falling pon fedcratc. I'fows came fast and indiscrim inately from tho little Yankee. With bruised head and eyes all sore, and nasal organs full of gore, the rebel lay upon tho flour, and was soon afterward taken to the lock-up. 11 is three friends lfjade their escape. An insult to Union men was offered in the gentleman's ordinary at the Pulaski House, not long since, where a Western officer whipped an insolent rebel soundly, but we refrained from making it public at the request of the proprietors, who felt unwilling to havo any such odious trans actions reported as occurred at their house. In future, we have resolved to publish every such outrago that is perpetrated, in order that the people of the North may gain soifie fruitful knowledge of the real animus of a very large and dangerous class of rebels now in our midst. A UEAUTIF.UL MISTAKE.— A lady in Nuslivillo was making a visit to tlio peni tentiary. ami was permitted to look thro' the various wards. In one room she saw three women engaged in sewing,and tur ning to tho keeper, who was showing her about, said to him in an undertone: "Pear nic ! the viciousest looking wo men I ever saw in my lifo 1 W hat aro they put hero lor ?" "They i>rc here," he roplicd, ''because I am here ; they aro my wife and daugh ters, madam." But the visiting matjam was traveling out as fast as possible. —Horatio Seymour is figuring for tho Democratic nomination for President in 1968. Tho plan adopted is to keep Sher man in view as a candidate, with no in tention of nominating him, but with a hope of producing a division between him, Grant and Johnson, and tako advan tage of tho confusion to run in a reliable man, that man being l|6ratio. The plan is too intricate, aud has too many contin gencies to work successfully. The politi cians will find that neither (Irant uor Sherj man have uoses of Wjtf, and cy.nnot read ily be manipulated. WIT AND WISDOM, » 1 • —A wise drink —sage tea. —A grave sin—Writing a lyingc pi* taph. —Hostp.n has a population of about two hundred thow&nd. —lt is dreadful easy to bo a fool —a man can be one and not know it. —England, like Japan, worship yU low sovereigns. —The daily product of oil at Pi thole is estimated at 2,760 barrels. —An impudent newspaper writer des ignates doctors as gentlemen of the turf —A kind of angling that docs not al ways take—Fishing for .compliment®. —A Roman's (Mrsoften softens a man's hpart. ller (latteries sottons his head. —A schoolmaster, like a hone, sharpens a number of bladp? ( but wears out by the process. —Peaches arc selling in Delaware, ready for transportation, at £1 per bas ket. —Kpitaplis are like circus bills ; there is a great deal more iu tho bills than is ever performed. A Fenian " Cjrclo" has been organ ized in Ilarrisburg. it has sixty mem bers. —New fashioned Unionism in South Carolina is said to bo very like the old article of Secession. —lt is human to prr, but awfully in convenient. Forgiveness is diyiuo, aud that accounts for its scarcity. —At one of the grand balls in London, this season, t'lrcc hundred Indies appeared without crinoline. —A young lady poured Kerosene on her fire it) Chicago, to hurry it, and was roasted ton crisp iu coHßgoiicricc. —For every vice or virtue a man ex hibits, ho generally gets creditor discred it for a whole brood. —Real happiness does not oonsist so much in what a mau don't have us in what he dont want. —lt is whispered that tho girls have changed tho pronunciation of tho word jictticoots to Jrfj'h ont*. —A man in Chicijgo <;pt his throat last week, because, us he sijid, a man who had recently djpd owed him SJOO, and ho wanted togo after It. —Uuey Stono sayj, 112 Tho cradlo is a woman's ballot-box." Then wo have known some illegal votiug whero two bal lot# were deposited at a time. —A preacher remarked tho other day that the women of-the present time are generally a shiftless set. llow did the rascal know that? —lf running after the women be $ sin, it is opo that is very easily checked, All that is necessary is for tho women to stop running away from tho mon. —A hypocritical scoundrel in Athens inscribed over his door, "Lot no evil en ter here." Diogenes wroto under it, " How docs tho ownorget in ?" —An editor of a city paper, ronioved to the country, thus writes to a friend. " Oh the transcendent joy of living ip so charming a locality, and raising your own vegetables, and laying your own eggs." —The following verso commemorates the most uncommon misfortune of u very hungry urchin. " Thero » inn Mm|l i»«y nt Pintuckot, liubought him an orange to kifck it; 110 along n- HW. Ami n* you rimy ioi|>|i«*o, Into tho orange ho stuck lt. n —A lover, vainly trying to explain some scientific his fair inamora ta, said, "The (jnestion is difficult, and I don't see what I can do to make it clear." " Suppose yon pop it," whispered sweet Jemima. —At a wedding tho other day, ono of I the guests, who is often a little absent uiiudci), observed gravely, "I have re marked that there havo been more women i than men married this year." —A gentleman of New York, inquir ed of Nyt of Nevada, the other day, what he thought of Jeff. Davis iff petticoats. " Think ?" said the Governor. "I think it is tjie last war -fujiyp of the rebellion." —A gentleman, about whose Toa.tonic origin thero could be but one opinion, was passing alung the street, a few days since when ho came to a halt beforo one pf tho huge posters announcing the coming of the Panorama of the Paradise Lost. He road ibis line, "A Rebellion in Heaven," when ho broke forth as follows : "A Re bellion in Heaven ; that lasts not long ' now—Oukol Abe isli dare. —rlt if said that the friends of Jeff. Davis in Washington are raising money lor Mrs. Davis, who is represented as be | iug in a state of destitution iu Alabama. A Political Catechism. There are some lucn who wm horrified at the idea of giving any but white men the benefit of the truths which the "Fath ers of the Republic declared concerning all men. The Fame men usually have much to say respecting the principles of the Democratic l'arty, and profess theiti- Belves tho only true followers ol Thomas Jeffersou and Andrew Jackson. Tho fol T lowing catechism is a good subject for meditations: Who said that all men arc crcafod equal ? Thomas Jefferson, the Falser of Democracy. Who gavo tho negro tho right of suf frage in New York? Tho Democratic Parly. Who prcsidod over tho Convention which gavo this privilege to tho ncgroch ? Martin Van Huron, a Democrat. Who afterwards elected Martin Van Huron to tho Presidency 112 The Dufljo cratic Party. Who married n negro woman, and by her had mulatto children? Richard M. .Jol nson, a good Democrat. Whq elected llichurd M. Johnson Vice President" of tho United States. The Democratic Party. Who made the negro a citizen of tho State of Maiue? The Party. Who •enacted a similar law in Massa chusetts? Tho Democratic Party. Who gavo §ic negro the right to vote in New Hampshire ? The Democratic Party. Who permitted every colored person owning £260 in New York to become a voter,? AGcupral Assembly, purely Dem ocratic. Who repealed the laws ol Ohio which required negroes to givo bonds and secu rity before settling iu that State ? The Domopratic Party. Who made muhittoes legal voters in 1 Ohio? A Democratic Supremo Court,of which Reuben Wood was chief Justice. What, became of Reuben Wood? The Dmoeratic Tarty eloctcdhim Governor three times and UQ is still a leader of tho Democratic Party. Who hclpod to give free ijogroos the right to vote in under her Con stitution of 1790 ? General Jackson. WHS General Jackson a good .Demo crat? He generally passed as Sucli. Who, with the above facts, and many others, gtaring them in the fhcc, are con tinually wt.i|jing about "negro Buffrago" and negro equality ? Tho Democratic I'arty. All theso things wcro done by Dem ocrats, and yet they deny being in favor of negro equality, and charge it upon tho Republicans—just like tho thief who cries 'stop thief" the loudest! P/I YBIOLOO I CA I, I'IIKNOMKNON. Among ttio soldiers wlio have just re tnmod from the Gold, tjioro is a physio logical phenomenon observable) which is some what at variance with usual theories. It is that light-haired men, of tlie nerv ous sunguine type, stand campaigning hotter than the dark-haired men, of bil ious temperament. Look through a raw regiment, on its iray to the field, and you will find fully onc-lialf of its members to bo of the black haired, dark-skincd' large-boned bilious type, See that same regiment on its roturn for muster out, and you will find that the black-haired element has melted away, leaving at least, two thirds, perhaps three-fourths, of the regiment to bo represented by red, brown and flaxen hair. It is also no ticed that men from tho cities, slighter in i/h/xirjuc and apparently, at outset, un able to endure fatigue, and. privations stand a Bcvero campaign much better than men from tho agricultural districts. A thin; pale-lookiiig dry goods clerk will do moro marching and starving than many a brawny plow-boy who looks muscular enough to take a bull by the tail and throw Jii#4 py