VOLUME 3.
£ctrrt poetry.
FAREWELL TO MAJ. GEN. HANCOCK ON TAK
ING LEAVE OF THE 2d CORPS.
BT or 818 riCJHTBM.
Ah with sorrow the lono mother i« parting ...
tkr fond frvurtte child though a yoong hwpir bride,
AimeTM the true friend when his comrade la starting
For wealth or for glory o'er ocean's dark tld*—
J*o our hearts now in sorrow dark shaddow oppressing,
For the hero who guides ns t» conquest no mor«?,
each eve fnunaa a tear arul e*rh bossom a bbMsing
For Hancock, the pride of the bold Second Corps.
Jffe remember the perils from which your skill «a»ed ns,
Ilow yon felt for your troop* M the wire for nts son.
alow, when foemen loud cheering with gallant pi life
braved til,
*■ I'on let! the fierce cfiarge and the victory w«n.
Though life's pathway may lead thee to >tiil brighter
For pure la the record and glorious the story
Of Hancock, the pride of the bold Second Corps.
Tarewell! oh. how painful to burst our connection,
But dutv compelled it, and sadly we part;
But nothing ran never the bond »»f affection
That t>in<lfl to brave Hancock th« true soldier s heart
_A« «old to the miser, a* the bride to her lover,
At t thou to those friends who may see thee no more }
We ll think of thee, Hancock, we'll love thee forever ;
Mien remember, brave chieftain, thy bold Second
Corps. | .
Select
"TMERITED FATE.
BV K. 8. ELLIS.
There are occasional instances, when,
beyond all doubt, God visits retribution!
in the most maiked manner, without, the
interposition of man, upon the head* of
those who have been guilty of heinous
crimes. The following incident, which
is authentic in every particular, is one of
the most striking examples of this truth,
and may well the reckless to pause
and reflect upon the fearful consequences
of their incurring his wrath and ven
geance.
On the 30th of June, 1778, Col. John
Hutler, at the head of four hundred to-
ries and from six to seven hundred Indi
ans, entered the head of Wyoming Val
ley, in Pennsylvania, and took possession
of Fort Wintermoat without opposition.
Colonel Zcbulon Hutler, who realized the
imminent danger that threatended the
settlement, hail obtained leave to visit t'le
valley and had assumed command of the
little hand of defenders. They number-
Ed two hundred and thirty enrolled men,
and seventy old people, boys, civil mag
istrates and other volunteers, the whole
making six companies, which were inns
tercd at Forty Fort (so termed front its
having been constructed by forty pioneers,
who came into the valley in the winter
of 1700.) Ilern also the families upon
the east side of the river had fled for
refuge.
"Indian Butler," as he was termed at
this time, summoned tho people to sur
render the valley. A council of war was
held on the 3d of July. Colonel Butler
and Dcnison, and Lieutenaßt-Colonel Dor
ranee, were of the opinion that a "little
delay would be best," in tho hopes that
reinforcements might be on their way.—
The majority, however, were urgent to
march out and attack their assailants at
ouco. This was finally decided upon, al
though it was against Colonel Butler's
judgment ; yet, tis has often been the oase
since that day, he yielded his opinion in
deference to his subordinates, and disas
ter was the consequence.
" I tell you," he said, as he mounted
his horse, "we go into great danger, but
I will lead you, go as far as any of yon."
At three o'clock iu the afternoon, this
and numbered about three hundred men,
old men and boys, marched out from the
drums beating and colors fly
moved steadily onward to the
plain, with the river on the right, and a
marsh ou the left, until they readied Ft
Wintermoat. This fortification "Indian
fired in order to dcceivo the
patriots into the belief that he and his
forces had withdrawn from the valley.
Colonel Hutlcr now sent forward sev
eral of his most experienced and reliable
officers to select and mark off the ground
on which to form the order of battle.—
On coming up, the column deployed to
the left, and, undor their proper officers,
each company took its station and then
advanced in line to the proper posit on-
Everything was judiciously disposed,
showing, at any rate, that the leaders and
directors of tliono men were officers who
thoroughly understood their duty.
Colonel Butler made n brief bnt*tir
ring address to his men, in which he
Men,yonder is the enemy. We coine
put to fight, not only for liberty, but for
J ile itself, and, what is dearer, to preserve
our homes from the conflagration, our
and children from the tomahawk.
/Stand firmly agaiust the first shook and
the Indians will give way. Every man
to l'is doty !"
About four o'clock in the afternoon the
battle begun. Colonel Butler ordered
hie men to advance a single atop at each
discharge. The patriots fired rapidly,
and the British line, in spite of the most
strenuous efforts of the officers to prevent
it, guve way and fell buck. The Indiau
flanking party on the right kept up a
ujurderoqs galling fire. On the right of
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
| "Indian Hutler" his savage warriors were
sharply engaged. For half an hour the
battle raged with sanguinary results upon
both sides, when the overwhelming num
bers of the torics and Indians began to
tell upon the wearied patriots. The sav
ages had throwu a large force into the
swamp, which completely outflauked the
left. Colonel Deuison gave orders that a
certain company should wheel back so as
tfl form an angle with the main line. It
is always an exceedingly difficult matter
for raw malitia to perform evolutions un
der the firo of au enemy, this
was being attempted in the present case,
the Indians rushed upon them with their
terrific yell. Add to this that many mis
took the order for a command to retreat,
aad the causes of the panic that ensued
will be manifest jo all.
The joufusion spread, and, knowing too
well the result, Colonel Hutler threw him
self between the fires of the opposing
ranks, aud rode, up and down the liue in
the most reckless manner, shouting,—
" Don't leave uie, tuy children, don't
leave me, and the victory is ours!"
But it availed nothing. Every captain
that led a company iuto the action was
slain, and the men, crazy with fear, fled
pell mull, like a drove of sheep, the fiend
ish Indians and tories close in their rear.
Colonel Hutler, after doing everything
possible for mortal man to do, escaped
with his wife through the woods. He
had been too prominent a man during the
Revolutionary War to allow himself to
fall into the hands of his enemies. lie
knew too well what would be his fate in
such a case.
A capitulation was signed betwecu Col
onel Ocnison and the tory Hutler, by
which it was agreed that the inhabitants
should occupy their farms peaceably and
their lives be preserved entire and un
hurt, on consideration that their fort
should be given up, and that they should
not take up arms during the contest.
These stipulations were flagrantly vio
lated by the tiries and Indians. Mur
ders and robberies took place, and, when
I'cnisou remonstrated with liutler, be re
plied that he could not prevent thein.—
Two weeks later, the tories and Indians
again entered tiic valley to complete their
work of rapine and devastation. The in
habitants fled terror-stricken to the woods
aud mountains, and scenes of barbarity
took place, which would curdle the blood
to hear. W'e have space but. for oue.
A short distance below where the bat
tle was fought, there is an islaud of con
siderable size, known as Monocacy Island.
Numbers of the settlers during the mas
sacre succeeded in swimming to the isl
land, where they hid themselves among
the brushwood until the excitement was
over. There were two men who thus
concealed themselves within sight of each
other, and while in this situation they
saw two tories swim out from tile shore,
and, upon landing, wipe their guns an'J
commence a search for what fugitives
there might be upon the .island. Oue of
the latter was named I'cncil, and he rec
ognized in one of the tories his own
brother. The latter passed up and down
the island, carefully examining every
nook and spot that he thought could pos
sibly shelter a man, until he suddenly
came upon his cowering brother.
" So it is you, is it V' wis his greeting,
as ho lvjg guu. The fugitive,
oamc forward, and upon his bended knees
besought that his life might be spared,
promising to be his slave if he would
only save him. 'I All that is Very good I"
lie replied, "but you are a d—d rebel I"
and without further words he deliberate
ly raised his rifle and shot him dead on
the spot! Tho other settler, who had
witnessed the inhuman crime, remained
concealed until, a favorable opportunity
presenting itself, he effected bis escape lo
the maiu land and there related what he
had witnessed.
This would be incredible were it not
established uptyi the authority of several
historians who cannot bo questioned.—
•lohn Pencil. the fatricide, fearful of in
curring the -vengeance of the scttlertf
should he remain auywherc in the neigh
borhood, fled with other tories to Canada,
where lie AC tried iu the wilderness. Here,
it might be expected, he would be s«le,
and iu truth he was, but for the ven
geance of an all-just and outraged Being,
wh .ch never lost sight of him. It is sta
ted that even the Indiaus, who were ac
customed to all manner of brutality, were
shocked at his doiqgs. They frequently
shook thuir heads aud muttered, —
" Tuo bad—ton bad ; kill own brother!"
He i : ved for souie time in tho Conadi-'
• n wilderness without disturbance; but
one day a paok of- wolves set upon and
pursued biuj with s«jch persistency that
ho would have been destroyed had not tbe
Indians come to his relief. It was but a
short rime after this that he was chased
in almost precisely the satn&manner, and
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare taffemir duty as we understand it"—A. LINCOLN.
BUTLER; BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1866."
was again saved through the interven
tion of the Indiaus.
To the rude red-men who were acquaint
ed with his offence, there seemed to be a
fate that was pursuing him. They be
lieved the Great Spirit was offended, and
they agreed that, whatever should befall
tho fiitrieide, they would never again in
terfere in his behalf. Pencil seemed to
be certain that the wild animals of the
wood had turned against him ; and he
was very cautious in bis subsequent move,
meiits. %
Hut it was impossible for him always to
remain at home, and he was compelled
from time to time to venture forth. One
day, when without a gun or arms of any
kind, the wolves came at him again. He
defended himself with the fury of des
peration, by means of a stick; but he
was quickly overcome, and fell a victim
to their rapacity.
" Retribution, It is right
That thou «houM*t ft* upon the so*ul thy doom,
Aril on the body exereise thy might.
And stigmatize the name ItoyotnP the t>mb/'
Thus miserably perished John Pencil,
who refused mercy when his own brother
was the supplicant. Can any opo say his
fate was not merited ?
The True Issue.
As the political campaign for the Con
gressional elections opens it is essential to
remember that the paramount question is
still the reconstruction of tho Union.—
The proposed tariff will be both vigor"
ously attacked and defended within the
lines of the Union party ; but the tariff
question, however vital to onr prosperity
when united, is necessarily secondary to
that of Union itself. Wc have no right,
therefore, to allow our fadings and con
victions upon that subject to influence
our action upon one which is more im
portant. To vote for a candidate who is
opposed to protection, or who is an abso
lute free-trader, but who thinks that Con
gress has no right to prescribe conditions
for the restoration of the late rebel Slates
to their full relations in the Union, is to
pteler the lesser question to the greater.
It is always possible to revise or repeal
a tariff. Hut the conditions upon which
reorganization is to bo founded can nei
ther be amended nor abolished.
The vital bond of the Union party is
not financial but political. Those who
hold with the Vrihunt for industrial pro
tection for instance, or with the Eliciting
Post for industrial freedom, nro both
working together for certain great polit
ical results which can be achieved only
by their faithful union. If, therefore, in
any Union districts the friends of the
Tribune should say that they wculd vote
only for n candidate who favored protec
tion, and those of.the J'ust that they
would vote for a Copperhead rather than j
a Protectionist, they would givo thatdis
•riot to th.i common enemy, and be re
sponsible for the aonseqiionoc*.
> Of course it is the duty of our frionds
in Congress to make our burdens of this
kind light. They can not honorably for
get that the Uniou party is neither a free
trade nor a protective party. The hoart-1
iest Union men differ radically upon tho
tariff question. Whatever, therefore, by
serious changes in the system, tends to
excite feeling and acrimonious debate
j upon tliis subject tonds to a division or
paralysis of the pirty. Thus to increasa
the rate of duties so materially that they
become virtually protective or prohibi
tive, and to pass the bill by a party vote,
is, so far, to identify the policy of the
Union party with protection, a policy
wlitcii vast numbers of the party can not
and will not support. Such an act is a
stupendous political blunder.
But if Congress makes so gross a mis
take it need not be repeated by the party
itself. Every individual Union man
should reflect th;.t such an issue is not a
party question, and while he would natu
rally prefer a Representative who sympa
thized with his views upon the subject,
he must not forget that it is still better to
take a candidate who is wrong upon the
tariff than one who'is wrong upon recon
struction. Our taxes must be high for
many years to come. But we do not
complain, because, wo say, they are tho
price of onr national unity. Let us then
first certainly secure that unity, and then
we can proceed to discuss how we may
most easily pay the taxes.— Bar pert
Wffkly.
—The Democrats who favor the Au
gust Convention to be held in Philadel-
phia, insist that in doing so, they yield
none of their allegiance to their old party
organization. What they want is to ben
efit the Democratic by breaking up the
Uepubliean party. What do the Repub
licans who have beeu seduced into this
movement, think of this position ?
—lf it would take thiee lines to fill this
column, how many would it take to make
. a pie ?
THE DEVIL AND THE LAWYERS.
The Detll came up to earth one day.
And into the court-house, he wended his way,
Just as an attorney, with very grave fhee,
Whs proceeding to argue the points iu the case.
Now a lawyer, his majesty never had seen,
For to his dominions none ever had been,
And he felt very curiona the reason to know.
Why none had been sent to the regions below.
Twas the fault of lita agents.'his majesty thought,
Why none of these lawyers had ever beeuCaught,
And for his own pleasure had a desire,
To come to tire (tirtli, MM the reason inquire.
Well, the lawyer rosV wffli a visnge so grave,
Made out his opponent a consummate knave ;
And Ihe Devil was really greatly amused,
To hear the attorney so greatly übased .
As »Aou aa the speaker had come to a close,
The counsel opposing then fiercely arose.
And lieaflM such abuse on the head of the first,
And made hiui a villain, of all men the worst.
Tlius they quarreled, contended and argued so long,
'Twas ha rd to determine the one that wits wrong.
And concluding he'd heard quite enough of the fuss.
Old Nick turned away and soliloquized thus:—
"If all they bav# aaid of eaeh other be true,
Tho Devil has sorely been robbed of his due ;
I'm satisfied now, 'tin all very well,
For the lawyer* would rain the mornls of hell.
"That have puzzled the court with their villainous cavil.
And I'm free to confess, they have puzzled the Devil I
My agents are right to let lawyers alone;
If I had them, IWy'ij swindle me out of my throne."
WIT AND WISDOM.
—A round man may sometimes be cor
nered .
—A Cabinet motto—the more haste
the lest Speed.
—An object of "interest."—A girl
whose interest is three thousand a year.
—lf a man cheats thee once, shame
on him ; 11 he cheats thee twice, shame
on thee.
—One who is half roan, half dog, will
bow to the rich man, an J bow-wow to tho
poor. ~
—Prentice asked, why don't the plan
ets cut off tho comet's tail when it pass
es them. They .all have axes."
—lf a tuau is "steeped in poverty,"
won't it take all the strength out of him?
Smith.—Brown's a regular wag,
is'nthe? He's fond of cracking his
jokes. Itobifon.—Yes, he cracks his,
jokes—that's the reason they're so bad.
A newspaper recently contained tho
following, in its notices to correspondents.
"Truth is crowded out of our columns
this week."
—"Shall I cut this loin of muttou sad
dlewise ?" said a gentleman. "No," said
one of his guests, "cut it bridlewise, for
then I may chaneo to get a bit in my
mouth."
—JJooth, the tragedian, had his nose
broken some years since. A lady once
said to him, "I like your acting, but I
cannot get over your nose. "No wonder"
said he,"the bridge is gone."
—A great j>oet says that "the moun
tains stand fixed." We know, however,
that it is no uncommon thing for them
to ''slope."
—Snooks says the prettiest sewing
machine ho ever saw was about seven-*
teen years old, with short sleeves, low
dress, and gaiter boots on.
—The latest remedy for baldness is to
use brandy externally until the hair
grows, and take it internally to cleucb
the roots.
—"Pompay," said a good uatured gen
tleman to his colored man,"l did not
know until to-day you had been whipped
last week." ' Did'nt you, massa ?" re
plied I'ompey, "I knowed it at di time."
—"I never shot a bird in my life," said
a friend to an Irishman, who replied, "I
never shot any thtpg in the shape of a
bird, but a squirrel, whfch I killed with
a stone, when it fell into the river and
was drowned.
—"You have lost your babe, I hear,"
said ono gentleman to another. "Yes,
poor little thing ! it was only fire months
old. We did all we could for it We
had four doctors, put mustard planters all
over it, blistered its head and feet, gave
it nine calomel powders, leached its tem
ples, had it bled, and gave it all kinds of
medicine, and yet, after a week's illness,
it died."
—Any one would suppose that the
employment of sewing was the most
peaceful and quiet occupation in the
world, and yet it is absolutely horrifying
to hear ladies talk about gtillettoas ! bod
kins ! gatherings! hemming*! gorings!
cuttings! whippings! lacings! cuffiings !
and bastings ! What a list of abomina
bles!
—A preacher of the brawling descrip
tion was enlarging upon the beauties of
an unsullied conscious and a pure heart
before a congregation of whom some were
Irishmen. "Let your aetions bo so pure,"
said he, "your conscience so clean, that
if you had a window in your bosom,
your neighbors could see not an impure
act or even thought within your breasts,
my hearers. Think, omy hearers, feel
as though there were a window in your
bosom;]—a window in your very bosoms"
—"Misther Guiness," asked one of the
congregation, half rising from his scat,
"Misther Guiness, wouldn't a pane in
the belly (.nswer the same purpose?"
NASBY.
Mr. Vanli), though not two Maj
or Ueneral, Keportw to the
President on the workings of
the Freedman'B llureaii, Ac.
CoNFEDERIT X ROADS, (wich is 1
in the Stait uv Kentucky, }
In akordance with yoor esteemed re
quest, dated the 25th, and received this
morninsr, I to wunst proceeded to make
doo inquiry, ez to the working uv the
Kreedmen'B Burow, and the condishun
uv the Afrikin citizens uv Amerikii de
scent in this vicinity. The fact that a
Abolihinist still holds the Post Orfis at
the Corners, (wich place, by the way, I
hav bin solicited to aksept) interfered
materially with bigness I hed in hand.
I to wunst tooted the horu, ez is cus
tom when we hav religious servis, and
callod my congregashun togather. They
cum runuin in from the different grocer
ies; and here another difficulty ensood.
The groscry keepers wanted to know wat
we was going to hev mcctiu on week
days for ? They wuz willing to shut up
door in meetin time on Sundays, ez they
respekted the church and it give cm time
to sweep outtho tcrbackor,et settery, but
tlic'd be d d ef they wuzagoin to hev
them pulled away from nourishment on
week days. I sukseeded in passifyinem
and went in at wunst egsaminin tho lead
in citizens. Their testimony is ez fol
lows :
CAPTAIN SKEWER
Wuz a nigger owner afore the war, and
durin the late fratrisidle struggle wuz a
qpptaiu the in Confederit. Wuz with
Gideral Forest at Fort Pillow. Ilcz hod
much experience with aggers. Bleeves
cm to be adapted to the climit uv Ken
tucky and much more able to stand the
hot sun than the whites. When they
wuz slaves never knowed em to refoose to
work—know they alluz did work bccoz
he generally stood over tlicui with a nig
ger whip. Since they hev been free hez
notist a change, until the Nigger Burow
wuz cstablisht. Before this the'd take
sicli wages as yoo chose to give them—
and since then tho d d kethen will
stand out about cz the whitcmen do, and
wont take work unlo s yoo meet their
view, wich made a heap of troubjp materi
ally retarded the development uv the
country. The Hurow hed corrupted the
fetnalo niggers, ez they hed all bin legal
ly married by tho Cliaplines to the men
thoy lived with, and wuz sa sot on livin
with cm, there's no use uv tryin to git a
house wenuh onless yoo took her husband
also, liis wife wuz now doiu degradiu
work at home for want of help. Strong
ly urged tho abrogashon uv tho Burow
and the removal uv the Ablishun Post
master at tho Corners.
11EACON M'OSATJI
Wuz eggsamind. Wuz convinst in
his own mind that the Afrikin wuz now
out of h s normal sphere, and that tho
infernal Burow wuz at the bottum uv it-
Tho nigger, afore the Burow conn: round '
wuz docilo and easily controlled. His
boy Joe wuz wunst a model nigger. He'd
get upevory morning at 4A. M., {wich
means in the mornin) and work every
day till after dark. Kz soon cz he wuz
emancipated,ez they called it and Burow
came, 1 told him to get up ono mornin,
and he told me impudently that he'd
concluded ho woodn't. I undertook to
chastise him with a fenco stako
upon he turned and whaled me, and the
Burow to wich I applied for redress larft
in uiy face. 110 left, and is now drag
ging out a misorablc existonoe in Ohio,
on tho beggarly pittance uv two dollars
per day, and my farm is runnin to wcedß.
He conclooded by giving it ez his sol
emn opinion that he novcr rood be rec
onciled to the Government so long ex tho
the Burow wuz tolerated, and the Ab
lishnist held tho Post Orfis at tho Cor
ners.
OINERAL DINOIS.
Considered the Burow.a iukibus upon
the State. It interfered between master
tcr and servant. Cood get along better
ef the niggur was left in the natural laws
wich regulates capital and laborers. Tri
ed to keep his niggers, and keep em the
past summer till ufter the crop wuz in,
aud then tried cm for four dollars
a month, with sJJdeductions for food
sickncsß) and brifcen tools, et setery ez
wuz just. BrotjKt tho niggers all out
in my debt anddgeneroualy proposed to
let them work it out chopping cord wood
doorin in the wintor. Hauled mc up
before the # Burow and wuz forced to pay
them each 815 per month. Consider
the Burow ez all that stands in the way
uv reconstruction, though the removal
of the Ablishun Pust Master at the Cor
ners and the appointment of a sound con
stitutional Demoerat wood grately assist
in aleviaten the Kentuoky mind.
I tried to git some nigger testimony
but cood elicit nothin worth while. One
nigger who spends the heft uv his time
at the Corners was opposed to the Burow
bccor it stopt rations on him. and Lnev,
a oetaioon, who formerly belonged to and
still resides with Elder (Jarvitt. (who is
now absent cz a delegate to the South
ern religious convention at Louisville)
testified tho Burow "wnz no great
sjiakes" becuz bein a widower and the
father of all her children, and bein eE
she s a free woman, she asks the agent to
make tho Elder marry her and he woodn't
do it. Hut sich evidence is irrelevant,
and I didn't considor worth while both
erin yoor ekslency with it. Both, how
ever, strongly insisted on tho removal uv
the Abolishun Postmaster at the Cor
ners. •
ABBLUM PETTUS.
Wuz convinstthe Burow was against
the prosperity of the State, and wuz un
tfninin the moral and physiclc welfare uv
tho nigger. It made him impudent.—
!led some nv cm workin for hitn, and
notist at noons and nites he'd find em
with a spelliu Book aud a reader. Didn't
blecve in readin. Coodn't /ead hisself,
but had a cousin wun.it who learned, but
ez soon ez he cood road he moved into
Injeanny, quit the Democricy and bccum
a lothsum Ablishnist. Ileer'd he wuz
killed in the war, and served him right.
Wanted to know what we would do when
the niggers cood all read. Sposed we'd
have to 'lect them to office, ez tho people
ulluz selected sich when they cood find
em. Didn't blecve in nigger equality,
and wuz in favor of a imejiato change in
the l'ost Offis at'the Corners.
Captiu McSlathcr thought things lied
cuui to a perty pass whjn a man coodu't
lather a negro without bein hauled up
aforo a bureau.
Kurnel l'elter thought cf yoor oggs
ellency cood witness the corrupshun that
eggsistod in tho Hurow yood make short
woek uv it. Why he whipped a nigger
hand, more than he ought, perhaps, and
he died of tho injoories. It wuz a ag
gravate case. The nigger wuz sassy,
and it cost three hundred and sixteen
dollars to pervide for his family. That
infamous liurjw mado me pay for their
rasheus all winter, llcuskt indignantly
if this wuz cr wuz not a free country,
into which such things wuz permitted.—
And the Ablishcn I'ostmaster at the
Corners approved the tyranikle action,
He demanded his removal.
I eonsecve it to bo onneccssary to sub
join further testimony. I kno not what
luck yoor other Commisbenors may
have had in askin testimony on thissub
jick, but in this visinity there cant be no
dout that there cant be that love for the
Giivcrnmcnt without wieh free institoo
sliens wont fluriah to any alarmin extent
ontil this monster is squelched. The tes
timony is unanimous, and them as I have
egsaiuinoJ, arc representative men.
Yoo hav notist.thc singular unanimity
with wieh they all bore testimony to the
necessity uv a chango in the Post Orfis
at the Corners, I endorso all they say on
th : s question, konsiderin that chango is
ez necessary ez in the grate work of pac.
ifyin and consiliaten tho South ez the
removal of the Burnw Itsolf. In case a
change is made, X would say for yoor
guidance that I hcv bin warmly solisited
to aksept tho position, and to pacify em
at last yielded a reluctant cot sent. The
fact that I never served in the Confeder
it army may bean objection, but to offset
that I voted for Vallandygum twice.*
Ef possible send me a pardon at tho
same time yoo send me my commishun
ez Postmaster, for, ef the Post ()rfis don't
pay I may want to run for sum other
offis in wieh event that document would
be essenshel to my*success,
Trcoly yoors,
PKTROLEUM V. NABBV,
Lait Pastor uv the Church uv tho Noo
Dispensashun.
WHO 18 OLD. — A wise man will never
rust out. As long as he can move and
breathe, ho will-do something for him
self, for his neighbor, or his posterity.—
Almost to the last hour of his life, Wel
lington was at work. So Were Newton,
Bacon, Milton, and Franklin. The vig
or of their lives never decayed. No irust
marred their spirits. It is a foolish
idea to supposo that wc must Ire down
because wo aro old. Who'is old ? Not
the man of energy; not the day-laborer
in science, art, or benevolence, but lie
only who suffers his energies to waste
time, and the spring of life to become
motionless, on whose hands the hours
drag heavily.
—We often hear editors accused of
"ringing changes" Ike. It 'is easier in
these times to ring the changes than to
ring the change.
—Working and thinking should go
together, tho thiuker working and work,
er thinking.
NUMBER 33
"Kiver up Stranger."
There is a SFOt in the southeastern
part of Tennessee known as the "Fiary
Fork of Honey Run." a delicious locali
ty, no doubt, as the run of "hoogj" is,
of course, accompanied by a correspond.
iDg flow of milk and honey, or, at any
rate, honey and "peach" is the evidepca
of sublunary contentment in every place
where they have preaching 1 "Hooey
Run" ia further" christianized by' tho
presence of an extremely hospitable fam
ily, whose mansion, comprising one apart
ment—neither more nor less—is renown
ed for being never shut against the trav
eler, and so our friend found it daring
the chill morning air at the expanse of a
rheumatism in his shoulder, its numer
ous unaffected cracks and holes clearly
showing that dropping the latch was a
mere formality. The venerable host and
hostess, in thtirown apartment, usually
enjoy the society of two song, two daugh
t rs, sundry dogs and niggers.aodas many
lodgergas may deem It prudent to risk the
somewhat cquivooal allotment of sleeping
partners.
On tho niplit in question, our friend,
after a lienrty supper of ham and eggs,
and a canvass of the Fiery Forkers—the
old having pointed out his bod
felt very weary, and only looked for an
opportunity to "turn in," though the
mosquitoes were trumpeting all sorta of
wrath, and no net appetred to bar thani.
The dogs flung themselves along the floor
or again rose, restlessly, and sought tho
doorstep; the niggers stuck thpir foot in
to the yet ashes; the old man stripp
ed unscrupulously, and sought his share
of the one collapsed>looking pillow, and
tho sons eavaliorly followed his example,
leaving, the old woman, girls and strang
er to settle any question of delicacy that
might arise.
The candidate yawned, looked at hi*
bed, went to the door, looked at tho
daughters; finally, in downright reck
lessness, ho seated himself upon tho
"downey," and pulled off his eoat.
Well, he pulled off his ooat, then ho
yawned, and then ho whistled, and then
he callod tho old lady's attention to tho
faot that it would never do to Bleep in
his muddy trowsers, and then ho undid
his vest, and then ho whistled again,and
then suddenly an idea of her lodger's
possiblo embarrassment seemed to flash
I upon tho old woman, and she cried :
"0 als, just turn your baeks round till
the stranger gets Into bod."
The backs were tnrned. and tho stran
ger did get into bed in less than no timo,
when the hostess again spoke :
' Reckon, stranger, as you ain't used
to us, you'd better kivcr op till the galls
undress, hadn't yon V "
By this time our friend's sleepy fit wax
over, and though he did "kiver up," as
desired, somehow or other tho old coun*
terpane was equally kind in biding bin
blushes and favoring his sly glances.—
The nymphs soon stowed away, for there
were neither hoopg to unhitch nor oor
sets to unlace, wlion their mamma, evi
dently anxions not to smother her gueßt,
considerately relieved him :
'■You can unkiver now, stranger; I'm
married folks, and you ain't afeared of ma
I reckon!"
The stranger happened to b« "married
folks" himself; he unkivered, and torn*
ed his back with trnc connubial indiffer
ence, as far as the ancient lady was con
cerned; but with regard to the gals, he
declared that his half-raised curiosity in
spired the moat tormenting dreams of
mermaids that ever he expericncod.
—A Teacher in one of tho primary
schools at Brookficld, lowa, the other
day, found among his list of juveniles
one who was constantly engaged in some
mischief, and at tho same timo was giren
to swearing. Having utteted~an oath in
violation of the teacher's rules, ho order
ed the aforesaid juvenile to take his place
in the corner of tho old ricketty school
house "and placing a pair of ohl fashion
ed iron tongs in his hand, ordered him to
watch a bole in tho floor until he should
catch a mouse, supposing it would be a
great punishment. The little urchin
gazeJ steadfastly at the aperatnre, while
the teacher, with his face turned fVotn
him, was engaged with tho other scholars.
At last he heard the old tongs go bang!
He turned his eyes quickly upon the
youth, who, with a countenance beaming
with excitement, yelled : "Master, I're
got the darned little cussand, true
enough, he had Mister Mouse fast by the
head.
—Neither false curls, false teeth, false
calves, or tfren false, eyes aro bad M
false tongues.
—There is many a gcoa*:C» who can
not dance or sing well.
—Since man by Adam fell, so man bj
Christ arose agaiu.