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ESTABLISUKD AS-A REFUGE FROM QUACKERY THE ONLY PLACE WHERE A CURE CAN BE 013 AINED JOTINSTON has discovered the most certain, speedy and only effectual remedy in 11, world for all private diseases. weakness'of the bark or Ilnibo. strictures, affcelions of the kid nays and blad. der, involuntary diseharges, hopntency. o amoral debili ty, nervousness, dystnipsy, languor, low spirits. confu sion of ideas, palpitation of tic heart, the idi ty, trnt bilks, dimness of sight or giddfriuSc." disease or the head, threat, nose or skin, affections of the liver, lungs, stomach or bowels—those terrible disorders arm sirloin froth the solititYy habits of youth—those veers t and solitary practices mom fatal to their victims than the ,ing, of Syron, to the Marinote of Wyly..., blighting their lutist brilliant hopes or anticipations, rendering marriage, Imposs Ibl o. "ITOTING BIEN Especially, who have become the victims of solitary vice, Writ dreadful and destructive habit cchrnh annu ally swoops to an untimely grave the of Young Men of the most (IX3ltml talon to and brilliant intellect, who might otherwise have entranced listening ..-etitifer. with the thunders of eloquence or waked to ecstasy the living lyre, sway call with full confidence. TICAICREA.GV. Nfarrled persons, or young Men contemplating mar riage, lining aware of physical weakness, organic debil ity, deiormities, &r., speedily cured. Ile who places himself under the care of Dr. J. may religiously contide in bin honor as M rtstaleman, and confidently rely upon his skill an n physician. ORMAPTIO lIITEANNESS Immediately cured, and full vigor restored. Thin dis tressing affection—which renders lite miserable and marriaae Impossible—is the penalty paid by the victims of improper Indulgences. Young persons urn trro apt to commit excesses from not being aware of the dreadful COUSeqUencimi that may ensue New, who that under stands the subject will pretend to deny that the power of procreation Is lost sooner by these filling Into Inn proper habits than by the pr ndentT Besides living lie !wired the pleasures of healthy offspring, tile most serious and destructive symptoms to both body and mind arise. The system becomes deranged, the physi ell and mentaTrunetions weat,enen, loss of prnoreatire power. nervous irritability, dyspepsia. palpltathu ot the heart, indigestion, constitutional debility, a west ing of the frame, cough, ..11011m piinn, decay and dentin. °ruin NO 7 SOUTH rairpnracic STREET. Loft band shit going from Baltimore street', a- few doors from the corner. Pall not to observe nano and number Letters must ho paid and contain a stamp. Thu Doc tor's Diplomas hang In his office. A. CURE WARRANTED IN TWO No Mercury or Nauseous Drugs.—Dr. Johnston. mem bar of the-Royal College of .Surgeons, London. brad nate from ono of the moot eminent Colleges In the United States, and the greater port of whose life has been spent fu the hospitals of London, Paris, Philadelphia and elsewhere, bas eireaKi some of the most mum fishing curse that were over itrIONVII; manytroubledniihning tug In the head and ems when asleep. greatynervous• ness, being alarmed at sudden sound , , bashfulness, with frequent blushing, attended snmotlmes with do . rangoment of mind, were cured Immediately. TAKE PAIITIOU.LAR NOTICE Dr. 3. addresses all those who have injured themselves by improper Indulgence and solitary habits, which ruin both body and mind. unfitting them for either bus ness, study, society or marriage. Those are sumo of the sad and melancholy effects produced by early hatets of youth, viz: Weakness of the back and limbs, palm; in the head, dimness of sight, loos of muscular power, palpitation of the heart. ily sy nervous Irritability. derangement of tho digestive (unctions, general debility, symptoms of ^onsumption. MENTALLY.—The fearful effects on the mind are much to be dreaded—loss of memory, confusion of ideas. de prevalon of spirits, evil forebodings, aversion to society. self distrust, love of solitude, timidity, to., aro some of the uvila produced. Thousands of persons of all ages can now judge what to the cause of their declining health, losing their vig or, becoming weak, pale, nervous and emaciated. having a singular appearance about the oyes, cough and symp toms of consumption. VOUNG MEN Who have injured themselves by a certain practice indulged in when alone, a habit frequently learned from evil companions, or et school, the effects of which are nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not cured renders marriage impossible, and destroys' both mind and body, ,should apply immediately. What a pity that a young man, the hope of his coun try, the darling of his parents, should be snatched from all prospects and enjoyments of tits, by the consequence of deviating from the path of not uneand Indulging in n. certain secret habit. Such persons must before eon. ten:minting IVIA.B.RIA.GE reflect that a sound mind and Jody are the most ne cessary requisites to promote connubial happiness.— Indeod, without those, the journey through lito becomes a weary pilgrimage • the prospect hourly darkens to the view; the mind becomes shadowed with despair and tilled with the molannhoLY reflection that the happiness of another becomes blighted with our own. DXS.EASF. OF IMPRUDENCE Whoa no misguided and imprudent votary of plea sure Pods thet_he hes Imbibed the seeds of this painful disease, it toe often happens that an iii timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery, doters him from applying to those -who, from education and respectability, can. Alone Wier - id him, delaying MI the conspfutinnal symptoms of this horrid disease make their appranincul such as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, nocturne, pains in the head and litnbs,dimuess of &Wilt, deafness, nodes. Oil. til 14daL banes and_ arms, blotches on the head, face And extremities, progressing with (rightful rapidity, till at last the palate of the mouth or the bones of tho nose fall in, And the victim of this awful disease becomes , a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts a period to his dreadfal,sufferings, by send ing to •• that Undiscovered Country from whence no traveller returns." It is a melancholy fact that thousands Gtil ricttrns to this terrible disease,nwing to tiro unskillfulness of la• unmet pretenders, who, by the use of tint deadly poi• eon, Mercury, ruin the constitution and make the re. /thine of life miserable. ItT RAN ii E. R 4 'trust not your lives, or health, to the care of the many unlearned and worthless pretenders, destitute of knowledge, name or character, who copy Dr. Johnston's .atverthtemeats, or style themselves, in the newopapors, xegularly educated phyelcia es, incapable of curing, they' keep Y 31.1 trifling month after month taking their filthy and polsotiens compounds ; or no long as the smallest fee ran be obtained, anti in despair, leave you with ruined ttealth to sigh over your galling dleappointnient. Dr. Johnston Is the Only Physician etivertioln,g. Ms credentials or diplomas always hang In bid (Alice. Ills remedies or treetnient - are unknown to ell others, prepared from a life spent In the great hospitals of . ku• rope, the first in the country and a More extensive private practice than any ol hoe physician In the world. jAIDORSEIMENT OP 11-11/PREgS The many thousands cured at ails Institution year riftei year, and the numirounimportent Surgical Opo• rations performed by Dr. Johnston, wltoresed by the irePortore or the " Sun," Clipper.". and many other pp tram; notices of which have appeare.l4&ip ari d na b, hurere the public, besides hie rtan ding as a gentleman character and responsibility; is a satlielent guarantee ,Co the afflicted. . , SIE.IN _DISEASES SPIGEDII4 . )( CURlfralt. forerun writing, should 1.10 particular In • directing thuir Jotters to this Institution, iso thu tollocling soar: - - - 81. - JOIINBTOI , I. M. D.. Of the Baltimore Lock hospital, Daltiiabro, bid. May 2, 1842,—,1y , • • • • NEW SPRING _GOODS Vital • ... , largo . am now rociving a assortment 'of iletr.and elegant Spring goods, O. which I respect Ital yoalt the attention of my', old friend's and oust° mere, and all in want of handsome and cheap geode. • -.Par(!culariiii — next AVOUItS paper. I Yin Ben us cheap . us any store to the (Inconel. • ' - . . . . • ,CHAS. 90ILD'Y,Trnetce. . April - 4, 1062 ~ ii4trrst to-lops. or..,o4l.T.taasi -... .._ , ei ,,, t Ogilby's ..chsaf). cash ~ store': - Just. ,• received an asaortmant of -Ladloi ' Mises', ,aad' ldronagaitcre. Buoty4c Blume of . tho. - best'quality -• and handnoma styled, • - • Apra 4„ .I§e2., • • veraiiL CARLISLE, PA.. Friday, May 16, 1862. What is a Legal Tender The Bucks County Intelligcncer, of last week. says :—" On.lllonday evening, 4 .the 7th inst., a somewhat peculiar question came befOre'dur Court of Common Pleas—the late Adjourned COurl having been adjourned over until that time, for the purpose of hearing and deciding it. The facts are, Elizabeth Duke, late Eliza ! beth Boats, Administratrix of °cage Boate, deceased, issued an execution against Henry Gratnbo, on which the Sheriff sold certain real estate in Bristol township, for $ll,OOO. At the sale, Plaintiff gave notice that the purcha ser must pay in gold enough to satisfy Plain tiffs claim. After the sale, it appearing that there were disputes between different lien creditors as to the distribution of this fund, the Sheriff paid the money into Court, and an auditor was appointed to report distribution , Whfi'd ----- led To nlloiv" - Plailciirlbe balance or her claim, in full to-wit, $7,962 50. The au• ditor's report having been confirmed by the Court, Plaintiff's counsel demanded gold of the Prothonotary, who refused to-pay it., but ten• dered the amount after deducting per centage, now $7,402 GO, in United States Treasury Notes, issued under Act of Congress of July 17th last. This was refused, and at Adjourn ed Court, a rule .w-as wilted .against the Pro thonotary, commanding him to show cause why en attachment should not issue against I him, to compel him to pay over this sum in gold. It is proper to state that the purchaser had not really paid the purchase money in gold to the Sheriff, nor he to the Prothonota i ry, but that an arrangement had been made I between (herd and the Commonwealth Bonk of Philadelphia—a subsequent creditorto pay in Treasury Notes. unless compelled to pay gold, when the bank wonld furnish the gold. At the time of sale gold was at a premium of about 4/ per cent.; ed the Plaintiff, if paid in gold then, could have secured a nice little sum by selling the gold. But in the meantime, since the sale the premium had fallen to about 1/ per cent.—still, however, something of an object on so large a sum. As the ease stood at the time of sale, the money must have been paid in gold ; but on the 17th of March litSt Congress passed an act authorizing the issuing of one hundred and fifty millions of dollars more of Treasury Nr.tes and making them, and also the fifty millions anthorized by Act of Congress ofJuly 1 7th, above mentioned a legal tender in all cases whatever. But till; Act had hot been generally puffilisbed, end ti 34 many its provisions were believed to extend 'only to making a legal tender of the new is sue not yet in circulation, so as to be pro cured in sufficient amount to pay this sum But before the hearing now, it had been as certained that the said Act embraced also the notes authorized by the Act of July 17th last, and therefore the tender of them had been preperly made, and the Court discharged the rule, upon which Plaintiff's counsel receipted for and received the Treasury Notes as ten dered, being, as the law now stands, the best money the purchaser was obliged to pay. The Catholic on the Slavery Ques- tion The Pittsburg Catholic, in an article in this week's issue, taken decided grounds on the slavery question. It says: "We are glad to perceive that there is much likelihood of the sp"edy abolition of slavery in the Diatrict of Columbia. We believe there is no constitutional difficulty in the way of such a measure. If it can be done without infring ing on the constitutional righ ts. of Southern ers, it ought to be done. Slavery always was a disgrace to the national capital, but the reasons that justified its toleration there, exist no longer. Negro slavery, as it exists in this country, has no rights, for a wrong can have no rights. It must, however, be tolerated by the general government, and 11 us, simply because it is not cur business to interfere with it. his strictly a State insti tution, or, we should rather say a State sin. After stating that "we must bear with it in those States where it exists however we may bewail its existence," it adds : ''We can, however, remove go dung that is at our doors, no matter who put it there; and, ac cordingly, we want slavery removed from the gates of the capital of this free repub lie " Ma. CLAY'S Orixtot.r.—ln the series of compromise resolutions proposed by Mr. Clay in 1850, was the following : "Resolved,. That it is inexpedient to abol ish slavery in the District of Columbia while -that institution continues to exist in the State of Maryland, vithOut the consent of that State, without the consent of the people of the District, and without just compensa. tion to the owners of slaves within the Dis trict." In a speech upon these resolutions in the Senate, Feb. 6, 1850', Mr. Clay said : "I have uniformly maintained in this body, as I contended for in 18.38, and ever have done, that , the power to abolish slavery with in the District of Columbia has .heew vested in COngress by language too clear and ex plicit to admit, in my judgment, of any rational doubt whatever." • Those who cry "wolf" all the time, are not believed when the "wolf" actually comes. It' will prove to he so with those shallow friends of the institution of slavery, who denounce, without discrimination,' every in terference_ with it as "unconstitutional" They - will command no holier, when some thing may be:pro-posed witieh is_ really "un FoOitiLtional." ' They are 'making the Con stitution too'cheap, by lugging it on . every. occasion.- . - Ti they would' 'admit, as Mr. Clay, did, that Congress has complete' power over the subject of slayer? District and in' the Territories, they - could , resisethe exereisii. of such power 'within 60 Siat*:;to; , lietier ad vantages and with'beiter.,auceestt,_ -:iger:War is a Icitioryy n w 10113 very, cud lotour'nk4f4rw PAPEiIa IOM %SIM ~ ELT eitaGERA. Comtnon SOOOl Laws At the late session of the Legislature afur ther supplement to the Common School laws of the State was adopted which contains some rather important provisions. Twenty-two days are made a common school month, and no , 4 Common School shall be kept. open for the purpose of ordinary instruction on any Saturday, but two Saturdays of each month as the proper Board of Directors may desig nate shall be appropriated to exercises or in stitutes for the improvement of the Teachers of the district." The President and Secretary of a school Board can file a certificate of the indebtedness of the collector of the school tax, in the Prothonotary's office, and the certificate will have the same operation as a judgment. The County Superintendent, before entering on his duties, shall swear or affirm that lie will perforln tho duties of his office honestly, napartially, diligently and according to law. Section 16 authorizes the Trustees of any Academy or Seminary in this Commonwealth, which received money or land therefrom for educational purposes, by deed ofnot less than two thirds of (heir number, to convey all the real estate, buildings. mid -properly- and fonds of, or belonging thereto, to (he Board of Di rectors, shall publish an annual statement of the amount of moneys received.and exPended, and the amount due from Collectors, and set ting forth all the financial operations of the district, in not less then ten written or printed handbills, to be put up in the moat public, places in the district.. A nit at the Secessionists The humorous editor of the Baltimore Co. American thus admirably hits off a ridieu lons practice into which the Sec ssionists of Alaryland have fallen—that of circulating, and chuckling, over bogus stories of Federal defeats: "They can, it less time than it takes to write this article, get news, from Yorktown that their Rebel friends have really ventured from behind their entrenchments and whipped SfcClellan, killing thousqnds of the `qietesta. ble Yankees." At once a bottle of Old Rye, Jr., is brought out, and a perfect jollification is had. After an hour or two spent in this way, ,and when all becomes quiet again a drunken rowdy from Baltimore slips in quietly, and delicately makes it known that the Merrimac has annihilated our modest Sampson—but that it is not generally known in Baltimore Out comes the bottle again, and by the time it gets around twice the ce ebration of that victory is over, They start out to spread the report, and in telling it they t frighteu some of Our Union friends, who a:e not acquainted with their habit of lying. They then await the arrival of the "News Sheet ;" it will have,.it. It comes— but it is not in it. But atop; there comes a nigger wagoner, sober. He yhispers the news that we sent by lilm to ..his Secession ' master, by a Rebel friend in Baltimore : Banks has had 5,000 men drowned, and the balance; 40,000, have been cut to pieces or taken prisoners bp the celebrated Captain Ashby, with_ltis ?MD cavalry.. _They believe_ it, of course; didn't the nigger say it, and would Mr. A• (who was Kane's aid-de camp in getting up the rebellion) send such word to Mr. B. (who burnt the bridges at Kane's command) if it was not so? At any rate, out comes the bottle again. Hip! hip! bur., rah l (but very quietly ; they generally retire to the cellar to cheer.) So they go; one continual round of pleasure and rejoicing, and their friends getting whipped- in the South about twice each week." A Desponding Rebel The tone of the most of the letters is ex ceedingly dosrondent, indicating great de moralization in the Rebel ranks. One of them, apparently from . n officer, and ad dressed to the Hon. A. M. Gentry, of Texas is thus prefaced: "For obvious reasons, I do not sign my name to this Liter i but you will know at once whom it is from." The reasons are rendered "obvious" by the fol. lowing paragraph: "I tell you, Colonel, that there is no nie in further resistance. We have neither the means nor the men to carry on the war.— Our troops are utterly demoralized, heart sick and home sick. My regiment has not been paid a cent in five mouths, and I, who, as you know, am worth, in ordinary times a hundred thousand dollars, am obliged to borrow the price of the postage upon this letter. How can men be expected to fight under such circumstances?" PA2 , 110 AT Rtcumexn.—The Nashville Union of the 29th ult. has the following : From a gentleman who has just come through from Richmond we learn that a fear ful state of affairs prevails in the rebel capi tal. There is great scarcity of the necessa- ries of life. Provisions aro at famine prices and many of the poor aro in a starving con ti4 ti. The- weal th ier-rehels - refnse - gs - iferliffy to extend them ordinary charities, and cases of dreadful suffering and destitution are re ported, especially in the families of rebel soldiers. nen once noted for their liberality are en gaged in all sorts of dishonorable specula lions. The people have no hope of defending the city against the federal troops, and look on a speedy surrender as certain. It is the saddest and dreariest city.on the globe. On all sides aro witnessed want and squalid pov erty, selfishness and wild debauchery. Wm To Go SOUTH —At an immense muss Meeting of the colbred people of Chicago, ori.the 21st ult., tho following resolution, among others,' was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That -in—the-opinion- of this meeting (and we speak advisedly for the masses of our p.eople)`that the abolition of slavery in the, Southern States will result in the general migration of the colored people of the North to the South. It is a curious historical fact that the men who stood by Washington when ho compelled the surrender of Coinwallis were not South. ern, but Norther'n trogps—the soldiers of Pennsylvania, -New Jersey,',New York and` New England. There will he .. s another "mammoth cave" :in that neighborhood before , long, and the victors will be from the same, localities as before, beside the 'repro. sentatives of. the West, whose name is legion. .George N. Saunders, , the politleal 3erernl Diddler, remarked to six of his boorreompan- . tone !in ix parlor •at Colttmbus, that he was "broke," , and that bo 'wished they would eleet him to represent the Camp" Diok Itobin eon district of ICeiatuoky In,, the Congress at Richmond, feriae badly needed the naileage., # 9,e,oordingli they elentedialm on the; spot, and, bas•gono to Richmond:', • CARLISLE,' PA., FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1862. „Medea 100,0. WORK AND THINK Hammer, tongs and anvil ringing, : Waking aeliOos all day long, In a dn'p•toned voice are singing', Thrifty Labor's iron song, ~' -A Prow a thousand fly-Nrherls bounding, F rota a thonsand humming loonsi Night and day the notes aro sounding Through tho misty fact'ry rooms, Liston! workmen to their playlog-- There's advice In every clink Still they're singing—still they'rezegins— " Whilst you labor, learn to thinkl" Think whatken - er lies within soil, Nor whsetriumptin ye are formed, If, In aid of bone and sinew, hearts by emulation weaned, " Mighty though yo wo3 and cherish, What shall hold your spirits down t What shall make your high hopes perish Why shall yo wind fortunes - 61pm ?. DO yO wish forprollt, pleasuru ? Thirst at Learning's fount to ty.luk? Crave ye honor, attic or treaffurp Ye the genus have—work atidAhlilk 'Think I but not alone of living, Like the horso front day to day; Think: hut nut alone of giving HE* ler pe;f or shut for pay.! Think! Oh, be Insehtues no longer— Engines moth) of flesh and blood I , Think 't will make you frisher,strongor, , Lluk you to the great and good I Thought exalts and lightens labor. Th.Pught forbids the soul to sink I Self rospert and lore for neighbor, Mork the men who woo k—and think ! Think'—nod let the thought now nerve you Think of loon who've gone before, Leaving lustrieus names to servo you; Yourit the path "they'vh" plodded o'er I Freedom fights and wino her chatter WI th the sword of thought—the pen! Tyrauny can find no quarter In the ranks.of thinking pen,. Think! for thought's a Ivan er rower to make oppression shrink; Grasp ye, then the precious dower! -Poise It—wield it—work and think ; NoNI your heads up, toiling brothers; gilongst as be it no or forgot, Labor for ourselves and others,. Is for man a noble lot; Nobler Mr, and holier higher, Than vain luxury can claim; If but zeal And worth inspire, A true graetness to our aim. Power to compass this Is given— Power that forms the strangest link 'Twlatitti uptight man and 'Maven, Ills noblest powOr,—Cho p9Wpr to think I c%llizvtli,muxnao. WHAT A PRETTY LITTLE HAND„ lam not a bashful man. Generally speaking I am fully as conident and for ward,as au of the , • my sex.. I drcs.4 - welli thine° '• well; I doia't tread on ladies', dresses when 1 make my bow ; havtriot the .trick.of coloring to the roots !army hair wilco I am spoken to- Y ettlwre-ws4:3-4ilWp lif3 when all my merits, seemed to my own eyes insignificant, and I felt very modest, not td say bashful. :;fit was when I was in love. Then, sometimes, I did not know where to put my handi and feet. Did I mention that in the same hands and feet consists any great beauty 7 They are both small. Three years ago I fell in love. I did not go into it quietly, weighing all my idol's perfection's against her defects ; I fell in head and ears, two seconds after the introduction. Mr. Haynes, Miss Arnold," said a mutual frienc, and lo ! I was desperately in love. She was a fairy-like figure, with long, brown curls, floating over a snowy neck and shoulders, and falling down on the waist of an enchanting sky blue dress. Her large, dark blue ens, were full of saucy light, yet! how tender and loving they could look I [This I found out later] Of all the provoking, tantalizing little coquettes that ever teased the heart of a poor man, Susie Arnold was the most be witching; I would pass an evening with her, and go home satisfied that one more interview woulimake me the happiest of men; but the next time I met her a cool nod or an indifferent glance threw down all my castles. She was very cautious. Nat a word did she drop to make me be lieve that she loved me; and yet her hand would linger in mine, her color rise if I loOked_ my .feelings,. and her oyes droop, to be raised again in a mo ment, full of laughing defiance. She de clared her intention to be an old maid most emphatically, and in'thei, next .sen, teffe - elWiifild - add : I never did love, but if I should take a fancy to anybody, I should love, like— like a house afire. Though," she would say, Carelessly, " I never saw anybody yet worth setting my thoughts npon." I tried a thousand ways to shake hor betray some interest in myself:- Propose outright, I could not. She had a *ay, whenever I tried it, of. looking in my faoe with an air of grave attention, of profound interest, that was equivalent in its effect to knocking_rne -down; it took all the breath out of me.. . • One evening, while there, •I • was sub ject to moll attacks, and the •gipsy, put ting on a grava - facei - gavernieTti lecturo on' the subject of health, winding. -up " The best thing you can do is to get, a wifo te . tako.eare of you, and to keep you from► ve or study. r .you to do it; if you can get anybody to have you." . "Indeed," I.- rather piqued, "there are only too many. I refrain from a selection for fear of_hreaking oth er hearts. Row. fond all - the ladies are of me V' I- added,•conceitedly;•"though' I can't see , that I am partictilarly , fascina ting." , "Neither' can I," said Susie, with. An' air -of perfectsimplicity, • • "..Can't you ?" said I. • " hophd---- hoped:—" Oh 1 that •dreadfully attentive face ahem. ." That isr,Ml , 46: thought perh:tps--oh 1 • icy' head 1 my head V' and I .buried my face in the cushion. " Does it aeho ao very tinily ?" and she, put her cool little hand among my minis: I telt the thrillher finger 3. give me all the way to the toes of my boots. My head being really very painful, I was obliged to leave ; but all the way home, the soft cool touch of those - little fingers lingered upon my brow. Soon after this it became necessary for me to leave the city on business. An offer of lucrative partnership in the South in the office of a lawyer friend of mine, made me decide to extend my trip, and see how the "land lay." One thing was certain, I could not leave home for months, perhaps, without some answer from Susie. Dressed in my faultless cos tutne„and full of hope, I went to Mr. 'Arnold's. Susie was in the parlor at the piano, alone. She was singing "l've something sweet to tell you." At the words " adore you I" she gave such a glancd I was ready to prostrate myself; but, sweeping back the curls With laughing defiance, she warbled, " But I'm talking in my sleep." " Then," I cried, "you love one when you sleep. May I think so ?" "Oh ! yes, if you choose, for Rory O'Moore says dreams go by contraries, you , know," - I sat down beside her. " Alt !" said 1 - , sighing, " Rory's idol dreamed she hated him." " Yes," said Susie, "that was the dif ference between his ease and yours." We chatted away for a time. At last I began— " Miss F,usie, I came up to tell you this evening, that I—I—" How she was listening ! A bright thought -struck. me.; I would -tell - her of . my journey, and in the emotion she was sure to betray, it would be easy to declare my love. " Miss tusie," I said, South to•morrow." She swept her hand across the keys of the piano into a stormy polka.. I tried to see her face, but her curls fell over it. I was prepared to catch her if she faint ed, or comfort her if she,wept. I listen ed for the sobs I fancied the music was intended to conceal; but, throwing "ick the curls with a sudden toss, she struck the last chord of the polka and said, gay -1Y; Going away ?" "Yes; for some months." " Dear me, how distressing ! Stop at Levy's as you go home, and order me some extra _pocket handkerchiefs fur this melancholy occasion, will you?' You do not seem to require them," I said, rather piqued. " 1 shall stay some months." " Well, mite to Pa, won't you 7 And if vu get married, or die, or any thing else, let,_ us know." " I have an offer to be apartner in a law office in Kentucky," 1 said, deter mined to try her, " and if I accept it, as I have some thought of doing, shall never return." Her face did not change. The old, Braley look was there, as I SOlce ; but I noticed that one little hand closed com pulsively over her hair watch chain, and the other fell upon the keys, making, - for the first time, a discord. "Going away forever ?" she said, with a sad tone. "Miss Susie, I hoped you. at least, would miss mo and sorrow in my ab sence." She opened her eyes with an express ion of profound amazement. "I 7', " Yes, it might change all my plans, it' my absence would grieve you." "Change all your plans ?" " Yes, I hoped—l thought—" Oh 1 that earnest, grave, face. -A.ly cheeks burned, my hands and feet seemed to swell, and I felt cold chills all over me. Icuuld not go on. I broke down for the third time. There was an awkwaiiil silence. I glanced at Susie. Her eyes were rest ing on my hand, which lay on the arm of the sofa. The contrast between the black horse hair and the flesh seemed to strike her. " What a pretty little hand !" she said. A brilliant idea passed through ray brain. " You may have it if you will I" I said offering it. She took it between her own, and toy ing with the fingeni, said— o -"May I ?" " Yes, if you give me this one," and I -raised' her beautiful hand to my lips: — She looked into my face. What she read, there I cannot say.; but, if over eyes tried to talk, mine did. Her color rose, the white lids fell over the glorious eyes and the tiny hand struggled•to free itself. Was I fool enough to release it ? What I said I know not; but I dare say my wife can tell you. Five minutes later, my arm encircled the blue dress, the brown curls fell upon my breast, and my lips were in contact with another pair. A WORD TO TIM GUlLB.—Girls, you want to get married, don't you ? Ali Avimt_a_natural-thing it is - for young la dies to lmve have such a hankering after the sterner sex 1 It is a weakness that weinan, has, and for this reason she' is called the weaker sex. Well, if 'you Want to get married don't for conscience sake, act like fools ithout it. Don't go into a fit otniPs every Jima Yeti see a hat and a pals whiskers. Don't got the idea into your heads that you' must pit ' yourself into. the wciy ,. of every young man in the neighborhood in order to attract notice; fbr, if you don't run 'after him he will after you. , Mark that. AN, Irishman, addicted to telling strange stories, said lie saw a man be headed with tied -behind- him, - who_ directly picked up - his head 'and..put it otchis shoulders in tho right piam, tl"IIh, V' said ahystander, "hod* could piok .up his _ heSd when his hands were, tiod• behind him I" sure, • {what a putty fool you are r • said Pat; «and °Whin% he .piek it up„:. with, his teeth .To ould Nick Arid both,• oration 1". . • • -'-;''• CATCECING SNIPE IN BAGS In one of his sketches of " Egypt"— whieh means southern Illinois—Hazel Greene, Esq., gives the following account of a snipe hunt. The Egyptians have custom of "taking the green ones sniping"—id est, sniping those who are from the 'East, and who are not posted with reference to all things practiced within the American Egypt. No matter bow well a titan may be edu cated, or low groat may he his accom plishments, or how polished his manners —he is a green one in their estimation unless he knows all about the ways of the woods The Egyptians have a cm-- tom of sniping them, did we say ? Very well, sniping them is the word ; and now we will commence in a roundabout way to tell you how it is done. " A fine evening this," said a native, bursting into our presence. cc v ery : , " Nice night for snipes, I kinder think," " Sni;)e ! Are they plentiful in this region ? ' " I'lenty ! Golly, I'd tell a man they was ! Why, sir, no longer ago than last week, me and two other fellows, we went out and cotch four bag fulls." " Caught them 1 Why how upan earth did you manage it ?" said we look ing forward to a new item. " Yes, ecich 'em; and we dune it easy enou.Ah.. -Drove them-into. the bags,. sir —drove same as you drive quails into a net. Four or five of us going out to catch a lot to-night. Sec how its done, if you feel like going with us." Of course-we felt like going ; how could we feel otherwise ? A little after dusk found us on on our way to the snipe swamp, all anxious fur the sport Our company was made up as follows ; Six Egyptians; ohn Ander son Augustus daver, f • York City, new visiting an Eg tan relative, Hazel Greene, Esq, Author of '' A tour of the American Egypt," and two empty sacks. " I am going " Here': , the place—keep . still," said the Egyptian's, when we reached the edge of a marsh, about two miles from the village. " Now, you two fellers what don't know how to drive, you hold open the hags, while wo as knows goes into the swamp and drives 'eta out'' The "two fellers" referred to were John Anderson Aug,ustus)Javer, from New York city, and your narrator. Of course we were willing to assist in the sport as much as we could, and so they stationed at favorable points, about one hundred yards apart, Instructed us bow to hold the sacks open with their expanded mouths near the ground, and desired us to remain immovable and si lent, and to keep constantly puffing away with lighted segars, in order that the fire would show and attract the snipe into the sacks. We confess that after having taken several - philosophical views of the matter, we did not exactly like what was going on ; but we held the bag, never theless. flaying ar angel us to their entire liking, the six Egyptians struck out on their drive. Away into the swamp went they, hissing and showing, fend slinking the busires with a right good will fur a few minutes. Then all became still, arid silence, reigned awfttLy supremo for half en hour—not a leaf rustled, not an over hanging branch scraped against its fel lows, and The tlO.l ng of my cratai boys N% 00 all the ROW-1,1 1 heard,' Pretty soon I hear - 41a voice— " Hello, Greene !" '( Aye, aye, " Caught any snipe yet ?" This was from John Anderson Augus tus Javer. To make sure, we got up and shook the bag, after which wo felt warranted in replying: " No! Nary snipe ' • but I think the contemptible snipes have caught us." And so they had—leastwise, suoh was our conclusion on coming together and holding a coueil of war. We were in deed sold, and with feelings none the best in. the world, we slung our sacks up into the fork of a sapling, and rolled out fbr home. It is needless to add that wo found the six Egyptians already theft:), and that they laughed heartily while we dithA, not being -able to -sees - ourselves, where the laugh came in. DiTaming on Wedding Cake A hatohelor editor out West, who had received from the fair hand of a bride a piece of elegant wedding cake to dream on, thus gives the result of his experi ence. Wo pet it under the head of our pil low, shut our eyes sweetly as an infant blessed wtih an easy conscience, and soon snored prodigiously. The god of dreams gently toughed us, and lo! in fan• cy we were married. Never was a little editor `_so happy. It- was "roy love," "dearest," "sweetest," ringing, in our ears every moment. 6 i Oh, that the• dream had broken off here! But no; some evil genius put it into. the head of our ducky' to 'have a .pudding for dinner jut to please her, lord. In a hungry, dream we sat down to din. nor. ' Well the ptidding moment arrived, nada huge slide almost obscured from sight the plate. before ye. , _ "Sly dear;' we; fondly, "did - you make this?" "Yes, love, ain't it nice ?" ' "Glorious; the best bread, pudding, over tasted' in my life:" . : • "Pluw pudding, duoky;" a4ggetiteoi wife. ' ' - "0, ne, 'dearest,' bread podding; ways was fond of 'em." ' , • "Call thit lireadimidding?" eiolaimed ray 'wife while her purled Slightly with contempt. „ " • , "Certainly, my dear ; recital'• I've 4ad enough at the Shenfood Rouse to know bread pudding, my love, by all means! "Husband, this Is really too bad; plum' pudding is twiee as hard to make as•bread HOW TO DO IT f $1 50 per annum In advance 1 $2 00 If not paid in advant C pudding, and is more expensive and a great deal better. I say this is plumb pudding sir ;" and our pretty wife's brow flashed with excitement. "My love, my sweet, my dear love," exclaimed we, soothingly, "do not get an gry, I'm sure it's very good, if it is a bread pudding." "You mean, low wretch," fiercely re plied our wife, in a higher tone, "you know it's a plum pudding." "Then, madam, it's so meanly put to gether, and so badly burned, that the devil himself would not know it. I tell you, madam, most distinctly and emphat• ically and 1 will not be contradicted, that is a bread pudding, and the meanest kind at, that ,' "It is plum pudding V' shrieked our wife and she hurled a glass of claret in our face, the glass itself tapping the claret from our nose. "Bread pudding" gasped we, pluck to the last, and grasping a roasted chicken by the left leg. '"Plum pudding !" rose above the din, and we bad a. perception, of feeling . _ two phi tes sni as h across our tread: "Bread pudding !" wo groaned' in a rage, as the chicken left out:hand, and flying with a swift wineabkoila - the table, landed in madam's bosom:'' "Plum pudding!" resiumded 'the itat' cry from the enemy, as the gravy- -dish. to,ik us where we had been depositing the first part of our dinner, and a plate of beets landed upon our white vest. "Bread pudding forever l" shouted we in -defiance, dodging the soup tureen, and falling under its contents. "Plum pudding !" yelled our amiable spouse, as, noticing our misfortune, she determined to keep us down by_ piling upon us dishes with no gentle hand. Then in rapid succession followed the war cries, "Plum pudding !" she shrieked with .every dish. "Bread pudding !" in smothered tones came up in reply. Then it was • "plum pudding" in rapid succession, the last cry growing feebler, till just, as we can recollect, it bad grown to a whisper, "plum pudding" resounded like thUnder, followed by a tremendous crash, as our wife leaped upon the pile with her deli cate feet, and counninced jumping up and down, when, thank Heaven, we awoke, and thus saved our life. We shall never dream on wedding cake again ; that's the moral. Swearing a Contraband. !The following description of swearing a cou'raband is from a letter to the Cin cinnati Envuirer frJui amember of Com piny K, First lowa Cavalry : Innumerable questions were propound ed to him, when the corporal advanced observing • "See here, Dixie, before you enter the services of the United States, You must be sworn." 'Yes, Massa, I do dat," he replied, when the corporal continued: •‘ Well, then, take hold of this Bible," holding out a letter envelope upon which was delineated the Goddess of Liberty standing upon a Suffolk pig, wearing the emblem of our country. The negro grasped the envelope cautiously with his thumb and fore finger, when the corpo• ral proceeded to administer the oath by saying : "You Jo solemnly swear that you will support the Constitution of the United States, and see that there are no grounds floating, upon the coffee at all tines. "Yes, masse, I do dat,"_he replied, "I allers settle him in the coffee-pot. Here he let go of the envelope to ges ticulate by a downward thrust of his fore.. , finger, the direction that would be given to the coffee-grounds in future. • "Never mind bow you do it," shouted the corporal, "but hold on to the "Lordy, masse, I forgot," said the ne gro, as he darted forward and grasped the envelope with firmer clutch, when the cor poral continued : "And you do solemnly swear that you will support the Constitution of all, the loyal States, and will not spit upon the plates when cleaning them, nor wipe 'them with your shirt sleeves. ° Here a frown lowered upon the brow of the negro, his eyes expanded to their lar. gest climensiiirs, while hislips protruded with a rounded form, as ho exelatmed . : "Lordy, mum, I iieber do dat; I allers washes dent nice. Ole raissus 'dolor 'bout dat." "Never mind, old missus," shouted the corpora!, as he resumed : "and do you solemnly swear that you will putiaailk in the coffee eVery Morning, and see that the ham and eggs are not cooked. too much or too little." "Yea, Ido dat; I'se a good cook." "And lastly," continued the corporal, "you do solemnly swear that' when this war is over you will make woks for 4. rica almighty_ fast." , • "Yes, mosso, I do dat. want ed to go to Mee cargo," Hero the regiinental drums beat up, for dress parade, when - Tom — Bentonz4liat being his name—Vas declared duly sworn in and commissioned a chief cook in CoM piny K. of the First :lowa Cavalry. REoENTLY Ave COMO Up WitirtWO boys— one carried an apple in hie ban& and the one waa using 'all his eloquence to obtain just ?me, bite of it, , said the younger one-Anally, gife" you just one bite of it.". _The larger one took the apple;*pencla.niouth that . would bate been creditable to.w pundroll and fifty pound, catfish, end': brought it dowo on the fruit; leaving a , very small- share on the outside , "Jim," said the littleine, looking at" the operation with: astonish ment, you take the apple and give me Vie bite." ' Trac i youn4 woman who marries Oily- Worthy MIR taked her Somr.'ver i sons slums the devi l, , riot by speaking the truth, but by outlyta.ifiul % A if ull and , ptausible man, like 411.1114' rifted gun, in a smooth ktne. 'in blush 'of :true. utednetpie Melba soul of a rase in the heart of NO 20_,_