%lectviti Nottql.
NEVER! NEVER! NEVER!
[" I may be netted, :IS I have been asked, when I am
for the dissolution of the union t I answer, Never—
NEV6R-NEVZIi. I" Ilssnr CLAY.
You ask me when Td rend the scroll
Our tither's' names are written o'er—
When I would see our flag unroll
Its mingled stars and stripes no more—
When, with a worse than felon's hand
Or felon's rounSrls, I limit,' Rover
The Union of this Blot ious land ? •
I OM, or: Never: neverl never I
'When ye ea,' fi the lawle ain ht
Where carnage trelds its crimson way,
Where burning cities gild the night , ,
And cannon send, nbsrureS the day—
In tnwn, deret toI, ti, lds of ground
Abandoned by the faithful plow,
Seruriey, hope, peaTe
blessings Heaven vouchsafes you now
Think ye that T rould brook to see
The emblem I Dime loved so long—
Bern 0 11 011 el.r 111 O . er the distant
oen—
Torn, trampled, by a frenzied throng
measured, parceled out,
Tatno:y surrodele t up turover
To g.afify a lawless r,at
Of talOtors? Nover to or ! never!
On yonder lone and lovely steep
The k.eulptres art. the to: il del's power .
'The landmark o'er the ssddier', sleep,
have rear'.l—a it,lty funeral tower,
There It Khali stand until the i Ivor
• That rolls isthe.ith Alan oars to :
Aye • till the hill itself shall quiver
Kith Nat e•t. Ii l eotn olsice throe.
Upon tht. 1,6111111 . S 111,111.1E'
Ith Ali lt. MAC ,E.. 1 1. into time tlty,
There 1.011 is n.i,hl cuuu,h t trace
The list of milli:dd. t et die:
A n d I 4.r all its liel,thf,
hudlwr.itttli I t.ft.lo the I,tir or shame,
Till '.pare should even Lit to Wi Ito
Evon the initials uf a IMMO.
Nay, I would ha4to awvll LIN ranks,
Direct, t.lio tiro or !rad tho way,
Willie battle syropt, the rlitod tanks
And bore the Ni rri,sl linen Awn) . —
bleediug tho strife,
/36 tnia Lb mr,u, 01
And di.kw Llr.• 6r*•,r: It
that. 1114
1)15! , .] Vi• lhv I ii N.l) re:lll , Ve
Thu lit-t :Is) lure th it i.n k Iv Ili
Where pat hied hrothyrls love
And truth ht.ty ,Itt2Hey l'titutt a throne 1—
ih.• h. ttf high renttw 71,
The lezs,•
T , ..:11 our v, Sitt 1 . :1;_113S do se n
Ellii
11 ; .
LETTER FROM THE ARMY
lrrti l'()nrs n' A int
\ EIIM ks (Irl. - irE,
\;•te!" or. .N, C., ir ,•./t 1 , 63. )
A. K. Ithr..Em,
DEAR Silt—.ls I prmi . ised you a letter of
1..41e lruh of .luou.:rv. I Will endeavor to
keep my wnr•l to OW be=t it my ; an,l,
although 1 caooot th i •
port alautt the (Aped i!i to 111;niii : //on, I
will t:y and toinikti you wiidt all the eurreHt
news of the day. Ton kiiiiw, as to
the movements :;tii,at ion of a .grand
army are all useles.4. I told you that every
indication pointed to Wilmingtun, N. C., as
the next scene o' operatitm 4 , Util I guess ere
this you have leurnerl to the eon rare, and
that,- now- oar 1 4 .4 m I. is e"rti.,-”lrta.
(lug it decisive:mac-1....11im ,•i: hey Uharlt,tou,
S. C., or Savanoah, (la., under the command
of the veteran 11
..1111.OV. renloft I ronl
that portion of' SCeetitila, of course you call
not expect me to give any idea. at all. of
what may be taking place in the region
where first rocked the cradle of treason.
Owing to the, change in the programme.
Capt. Henry Port( r did md accompany them
On their passage South, as he was placed in
command of the Deear unlit here by Gen,
Foster, and as my destiny is. at present,
linked with his, I remained. In commern:
oration of the birth of our :wide, union lal
Washington, on the 22.1 day of February
last, a national salute teas fired. Our gin
rious Washington ! Would to God the pro
fessed fathers of our country, of the present
clay, had' heeded his teachings and advice !
How much suffering and denotation might
have been spared our once It pp„- poimle
Quite an amusing incident oecurred just o p.
posite Capt. Porter's quarters when the sa
lute greeted our e rs, Ono old lady (native.)
was considerably frightened. She asked a
Buldier the cause of the filieg. the offs.
,ehievous rogue answered : " 40,000 Hubs.,
under Stonewall Jackson, are attacking the
down 1" '' 0 dear! Umy ! what shall I dor
.she ejaculated, in un is!akable tones of tear.
Her consternation was amusing to witness,
I assure you. After giving utterance to many
exclamations of mental and bodily fear, and
going through ft ny amount of ludicrous con
tortions, she again asked if we " was. getim'
licked ?'' '' How'?'' said a passing soldier.
A Why, ain't them rebels firing?" No,"
he returned, "this is Washington's birth
-day." "oisit ?" said she, " 1 feel better ;''
-and being mach relieved she resumed her
wonted ebeerfalneis fully assured. On the
24th ultimo, the Stars and Stripes, furnished
by Capt. Henry Porter, cvere raised over the
bead-quarters of Major General Foster. One
brigade and Belger's battery were present,
and as the wind gently threw the folds Of
the dear old flag to the passing breeze, the
battery opened with a nation ,1 salute, which
made the-very earth to tremble. Let us pray
that the,day is not far distant when that sym
bol of our unity and greatness shall wave
triumphantly over every town icad hamlet of
its original possessions. On the 25th ult.,
in the morning, I proceeded across the river
Trent to witness the first grand review Or
the 10th army corps by the gallant Foster.
It w r its the grandest affair I have ever seen.
Nine brigades, six batteries and one regi
ment of cavalry, numbering in all 31,000
troops, in good fighting order, marched and
countermarched over a spacious field, under
the eye oI the warrior, Foster,—while the
bids discoursed fine music. It was a glo
riles sight, indeed. The troops presented a
very fine appearance, we're under good dis-'
eipli tie ancLav_oll4lrilled- —Nature-here_begins
to The weather is
really splendid, an 1 the air is Lille&F with the
sweet chirpings of the little cedar birds.—
The grass begins - to hok , fresh and green,
and the bulbs are alit . eady in bloom. I‘‘ oujd
appreciate it visit from myfriendi - Col.-John
Gut:ill-all, Calif, John Campbell, - Tom
Baird very highly just now, fbr they could
give me the botanical name of each coining
, flower, which would be very interesting, you
ktiow.
"honor to whom honor is 'dire:"• eon
lain Captain, I. U. Slaght, is reaping great
praise for his exertions in fitting out the last
expedition, as Ilearn from Northern papers.,
Now., if I 'mistake not, 'Capt. J. J. Bowen"
VOL. 63.
A. K. RHEEM, Editor & Proprietor.
A. Q. M., at Morehead City. and Captain E.
I,onan, Harbor' Master at this post, were
chiefly instrumental in managing the fleet,
AiStl,g;reat credit should be awarded them.
It would have been extremely gratifying
'to us, could Gen. Foster have superintended
the bombardment of "Stonier," for he fought
side by side with the brave soldier s, Andet
son and Doubleday, when that garrison was
com surrender ; but. military rule
obliged him to give way to his senior officer.
This being now an Army Corps, Li. Col.
Biggs has assumed command of the Qatar
tertnaster's' Department, and I think there
will he a deciid4rimprovement, apparent in
a very short time. Capt. Slaglct, late Acting
Chief Quartermaster, leaves the Department
soon for the North. I have seen many old
friends lately of the 101st Pennsylvania.—
Lieut . . Col. Armor, comma. ding, is a son of
our old friend, Capt. George Armor. former
ly of Carlisle, and is a fine soldier. Lieut.
Edgar Lee, of ItickillBoll township, it brother
of lieutenant Colonel John Lee, oldie 1:10th
regintem. is Ist Ideuienaat in company "A,"
under Captain dames Shafer, and is vtry
'popular with his men. I learn from him
that they have shipped me a box by express o
containing some Cumberland butter, and
some Lynchburg, and Navy tobacco from the
store of my old friend J. W. Eby. I anxi
ously await its coming. Also, the 158th re
giment(drafted men.)_ Col. D. IS. McKibben,
Is here. In this regiment r hilve very 'natty
_Y ,
slit:min het:laud. _ Amon_g_t_hum _
are Major little. Capt. I, , ingsilorf, and ('apt.
Linn, who is at present Immo on sick leave,
having liven injured; also ('apt. W. liar
and our (HA.. Ficibmi the ear horse, the
Ifev. Daniel Hartman (Chaplain.) Ile is
quite at favorite among dm bovs. They like
him exceedingly. Sergi. It. 11. Hays calls
to see me when in the city. I paid a fly in,
v sit to their temp last Wooli, :1101 fULIIII/
111 line order. The army here is at a stand
at prestint, but we hope soon to hear of
a for Ward movement. Dr. Ileor..e. Z. Bretz
calls oft en to see tne. Ile appears in very
good h..:1111), and has filen? v to do. Capt.
James : . .liatfer. oilr Tlllllllll riewl, wits the
recipient of very line sash, at a cost of $35,
pres...itted Hat I,v the members nt his com
pany. The 101,1. lam told, is the pet regi
ment of Gen. Wc. , sels . brigade. Gen. Wes.
sels is a fine sol universally csteetned,
and i s now
I liaye received ipit tic ee copies of your .
paper. and at of the American, - since.
my arrival , h-The•
.('"geflYs""f-fril
after I.v the l'imilsylvitnia troops on the other
side of the river. I would su ,, gest to our
oils in Carli-le that they semi the dailies
to :.iono one Ir:end lure ilisread of d,sttor
lag thew. Vim know not what value is at
tached to a newspaper in these parts
Since wriqng the iibove, - 1 leari,that Col.
Biggs has placed the entire shipping—both
steam and sail—in charge of (apt. Henry
Porter, who is ?MN the Hext ranking °flitter
t o C o l,.
ini•nt, Li t e. I lie twilitigionetit of the shilr
pint: is the most and co m pli c; o6,l iii
the whole Ditpnriniont. So you Set; we will
have plenty of , w , rk to d i ,
a•n truly,
Yowl Iho Jourtril
THE GARRISON
It imppenyl in the thirty years war, that
Gonsalve do ti , r,levm who commanded the
Spanish troop, then overrunning the Palati
nate, hound it necessary to po•sess himself of
a little walled village, Ogersheim that
lay in his way On the first intelligence of
his approach all the intnit,:tams flel to Al;trim
helm; and wlicti Gonsa!vo at length drew
nem ., a m l sum m ono I the plare to surrender,
Oleic remained within the walls only a pom•
shepherd and his wive, the latter of whom,
having that morning he, light a littl,iarmit auo
this world of y mot unable to leave her
heel, and her husband of course staid with
her
The nnxiely au l d;•tre:4. Of the poor man
rimy be easily imagined. Fortunately, how
ever, he possessed both courage and tihrewd
ness ; and on the spur of the moment be
thought himself ofa scheme for escape, which,
after embracing them both, he hastened to
put into execution.
The inhabitants having run off in a tremen-'
dons hurry, had left almJst all their property
at his disposal so he had no difficulty in
finding what wls requisite fbr his purpose,
viz., a complete (Luigi: of dress Having
first arranged his lower man in military guise,
he tossed away his shepherd's bat, which lie
replaced with a huge helmet, “IL world toe
wide," he buckled a long sword to his side,
threw a goodly cloak over his shoulders, Stuck
two enormous pistols in his belt, and putting
on hoots, so thick in the Soles and high in the
heels that they lifted him about half a toot,
from the ground, he fastened to them a pro
digious pair of jingling spurs which were the
fashion of the time. nos accoutred, he
forthwith betook himself to the walls, and
leaning with a pomi uus air ON his sword he
listened cooly to the herald W4O advanced to
summon the village to ourreder.
Friend," said our hero, as Soon as the
herald had concluded his speech, "tell your
co uimander that though I have not yet made
up my mind to surrener at all; I nhiy possibly'
be induced to do so, provided he agrees to the
three tulle wing conditions, iu which I shall
make no , abatetnent whatever i—lirst, the
garrison must be allowed to march out with
inilitary honors ; second, the lives and prep
erty of the inhabitants must be spared, and
they nilowed the free exercise of the Protest
ant religion.
ti The herald immediately replied, that such
preposterous conditions could not for it the
went, be Jimmied to ; and added, that
,the
garrison was known to be weak, and conolu•
ded by again demanding the instant surrentl
er of the place.
sa
_;-cto-d—friontl i —do -not be:A
advise _pm Lo inform your generiti - from:mti,
that nothing but my desire to avoid bloodshed
Could make me think of surrendering on any
terms whatever; dud please to add, that if ho
does not choose to agree. to those L have stated
he syitl gain. posseasion_of
__t he town only at :
the-point-of the sword;for I swear to you by
the fpith of an honest wan and of a Christain,-
as well by honor of a gentleman, that the
garrison has lately received a reinforcement
that. be Haiti dreams of."
So saying the ShOpherd lighted his pipe,
and pufled r a way with an air of the most con
summate none/wham Cunt ounacti by this ap
pearanee of boldness and security, the herald
thought it prudent to return, and state to
OonsSJvo the 4cunthdo wilicb had hecu wadq.
The Spanish general, deceived by this show of
resistance, and being unwilling to .waste ei.
ther men or time in reducing :thiS paltry
town, resolved to agree to the conditions of
fered, and followed by his troops approached
the gates This lenient determination was
twunced l,y the herald to the shepherd, who
only vouchsafed to say in reply, "I find your
commander is a man of Homo sense " Ile
then left the walls, let down the draw bridge,.
liberately opened the gales and allowed the
Spanish troops to pour into the .town.—
Surprised at teeing no ono in the for.., , is but
a strange looking fellow, whose e 111 C 'lure
of a military costume hung upon him like
patchwork, tionSalvo bk:att to suspec treach
ery, and seizi g the shepherd, demanded to
know where the garrison was
" If your highness will follow me I will show
you," 'answered the rustic.
Keep by my stirrup, then," exclaimed
Gonsalvo, •and ou the least sympt on that you
mean to betray me, I shall send a bullet
through your heat t."
" Agreed," said our friend. " Follow me,
Spaniards! for I swear by the word of nn
honest titan and a Christian, as well as by the
honor- of a gentleman; that the garrison will
offer you no injury."
11 then placed himself by Gensiilv stir•
rup, and followed by the troops, passed !tiro'
several f-Petit, and deserted streets, till
at length, turning into a narrow lane, he
slopped before a mean looking house, and
having prevailed on Gonsalvo to enter he led
him into a small room, where lay his wife, and
-her ti dyrry- brstrim-her.
"Noble (i'•nernl," said he, pointing. to the
;',firmer, this is our garrison and - !his,'• he
added. taking his son in his arms, •'is the re
inforeetnent of which I told you "
Aavare now of the real state of 'palters, the
ahsurdily and cleverness of the trtck moved
even Spanish gravity, and Onnsalvo gave
free course In his mirth. Then taking MI a
rich gold chain, which decnrated his own I er
son, he p a sse i it around the neck of the In•
fant..
"Permit me to offer this mark of my es
teem," ho said good liaturedly, ..for the val
iant garrison 01 Ogershiem. By the hatoi of
a soldier, I envy you the possession of such a
reinforcement ;land you oust let the present
you with it purse of gold, for (no use of the
young recruit.
Ile !lien stooped down and kissed the moth
cr anti her boy, and quitted the house."
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
For a short distance either side of the Low
in Passe, the wall is constructed of brick
Lwith ruititle in the centre; but further away
it is compto-ed almost wholly of stone ; in fact
whatever
thud lads were closest at hand would
appear to have beet) made use of ; thus, as at
the spots we visited, granite abduntled in
greatest profusion, so in the construction of
the wall was it made the principal ingredient,
and fur miles the wall consists of largo shape
less masses of granite, smoothed only on the
outside. W,e observed but one tower built
entirely of stone—they being, with this excep
lien, composed of brick, with fopntlations of
The wall front the
top the parapet is ablsut seventeen feet ten
incites at most parts, though occasionally,
where the parapet is highest, it meas
ures eighteen feet six inches; its breadth
is thirteen feet, and the height of tile parapet
is five feet four inches. The towers are thir-
Py-one feet three inches high, and twenty
eight feet one inch broad The parapet is
both crenelated and loop-lhtled, and the tow
ens are pierced for the discharge of some pro
jectile. From any elevated site the scenery
well re pays one for the trouble ",,cf as-en: :
clear streams ale seen meandering down the
passes, whilst on every side, and looming far
in the distance, are , a succession of brown
hilltops, with small patches only in cultiva
tion. Droves of pack asses are seen going
and returning, the former unladen, and the
latter bringing a small kind of brush wood,
which the borderers burn instead of the mil
let stalk in use on the plains, whilst in wild
abundance are scattered innumerable ash pop
lar an l fir trees
,1. M. ALLEN
Offshoots branch out from the wall in oc,
easional plnces. For their construcion it is
difficult in every case to assign a reason: the
little town of Lo-wan Eu is completely euhir
elect by one, and on the opposite side a doub.
le wall winds upwards with the portions in
nearly parallel lines.
MARRIED FLIRTS —One Of the worst fea
tures of modern fashionable society is a dis
position to flirt existing among married people
of both sexes, The wife arrays herself in
silks and satins, loads her !lagers and ears
with jewelry, and, rigged in flounces and laces,
lays siege to some poor puppet arrayed in
broadeloath, who has more money than bruins,
and very little of either. On the other hand,
the husband, plays off his tricks• in turn, and
flirts with the reigning belles until the smell
if fresh paint and the exhibitions of maudlin
and puerile nonsense sicken hint off the track.
In some respects this is quite harmless and
beneath notice. In others it becomes highly
important, and demands radical and imme
diate reform. Social life has much to do with
our national oharacter and movements. As
are the people so will bo the nation, as a mat
ter of course: and if titer° is rottenness in so
called 'l high society;" it will taint the whole
mass, It is a self evident truth that married
people have no business to flirt." This dis
position once indulged, the green•eyed mon
ster takes advantage of open doors, and finds
an easy acces. The husband and the wife
have, by the most solemn vows, devoted their
lives and their all to each. other's happiness :
and tilos° who array themselves for the popu-
bar eye more than for those who are theirs,
and theirs only, by the marriage relation, aro
traitors. Another thing; —flirtation carried
on by married people not only 'destroys the
sanctity of wedded life to a 'great degree, but
is vastly desirudtive of common virtue
What man that beholds such exhibitions can
Imre the least faith in that love which is fa
sled-to 2 exiiit,-aroutid-the---family-hetirtbstot .
This ~s im_Lrivial_. matter_ It is ont_of the_
radical evils of society. It is a fever at the
foundation of the Social system, which, unless
destroyetLin its incipiency, will ref, down the
whole structure.. The distinguishing differ
eace between heathendom.and civilization is
the marriage 'relation. Let people beware
how the relation is all'eeted by a false moral•
ity and a false system of living.
• ar.-25s 'Elder, will you hive a drink of ci
der?' inquired a 'farmer of an old temper
ance man who was Spending an evening at
his titian. Ah—hum—no, thank ye,' said
the oil man, ' I never drink liquor of any
kind—'speeially cider ; but if you'll call it
npplc juice, I'll take, a drop .. • •
Tiliss*
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH TO, 1863.
FROM ARTEMUS WARD, JR.
flVAsti inTos, January 21, '63
Its putty, plane to my mind that we carnt
hay Peas as-loing, as the fife goes on, Not
much. The 'sympatbizin Demos, promist
that these Rebellion shood be over as soon
as they was 'lected, and their (kin all in
thar power to get it over—all over the North.
You cood stick more loyalty•in a chicken's
ear than sick men possess
The other day I 'pinted meself a commit
tee ov the Whole to go to Richmon an see
of I coodent convins J. Davis ov the error
ov his wars, an persuade him to jine the
Young Men's Christian Association. Sum
thin must soon be did to hav the War stopt,
or by the tame its ended the Northern Sym
pathizers will hay no S uthren brethren, or
uo ConstiMotion, or no Declaration of Injy
pendeuce, or nothing, or anything else.—
None. Whar cood we procoor G.' Washing
tons, .1. Quincy Jeffersons, Thomas Adam
ses, an etseitcry, to make another Constitoo-
Lion, an so 4th—the larst espeshilly ? lick,,
misers— Whar ? Thais why the Brecks air
taken sich goad caneov that insTrooment—
which reinins me ov a little insident, as A.
L. observes.
A elm p sez to me. sez he, ' I know but one
way to get, rid or the Byrnpathtzers:
hiull is how'?' 1 ar-kst
' Why: Eu.he,.' rip the Constitootioii into
splint( reeii—rent in t wa:11, rut scatter the
pieces-to owl tn.-tfte- ycmil h.'
• flow %weld tittle do it I ent.in't see
it intolll.
\Vlty you know thar lave CM" it 1,4 F,O grate
that et it was distrt,ybl, Imcke [liar
hearts an Kill 'cut tied, w:cti nu i Inu the end
vv them.'
thar sc 41. Long may
it wtivPr:_
I w i ❑ to 1 i you file trip
tii the iiv the Snichern th
:Ley. It 1143 a. L0111(li :11,r11111 that I Juated;
nary a. cloud uhsiiewered the t )1 . 1: ov 'ay.
au everything was gay 1:11 bully. When
arrow, : t.!the Seeesh :1 dirty 100kIII
cooled called :no ' (tall; an tinted a hagi , i•
net at Inc. He arskt toe who 1 was, an 'whin.
I was
' My fritiodly ruff,' sez I, ' I've ikt"bin op .
N::rth st• ri,;inibings an ski: for J - etr. Me an
him air u 4
lie let 11::: pars.
Alter tiavelin a spell, I obsarved a ole
house by the roadside i _a feelin faint and '
thirsty, I watered. The only family I found
home was a likely look'n young fernail
whose dolinny had gone for a sulger.' She
was weepi:: bitterly.
Me putty ruse-bud,' sez I, ' why dust thou
weep?'
She nary answer, but weepested on.
pit:al'''rtin - hatid onto nor bed, breslit bad;
the snow noglets from her pail brow, an kis
pasytied her.
' What eawsed them tears. fare maid?' 1
' 11'hy soz she, brother John promist 2
bring no bolut! some Yankee boar's to make
jewelry, but he had to go an git killed , &
now I won't g,it, ary a Bonn, an—U, its 2
bad—bout 00-00-o , .
Yis, it was muehly 2 bad—an more 2. A
woman's tears brings the tindersindy an fer
the tune twin I was a rebel sympathiser.
Enny Uathers ?' I arkst. •
' Only One. But lie's ded. Mother went
over to Sill Unkle Reub.'
Was John a putty good brother
' Yes, john was, Uso kind. his was the
only buzein I had•to repos these weary lied
onto.'
I pitied the maid, an hinted that she
might repose her weary heel on nx Shirt
front—an she reposed. Ain I was her brother
John fur awhile, as it were.
Ero we parted, I artist for a draght ov
water to squench me thirst, an the damsel
tript gayly out ov the dour to procpr it. As
she was gone a kousiderable period, I lookt
out the winder an saw her hoppin briskly
4th accompanyed by 2 secesh cussts, who
war armed to the teeth. I begin 2 smell as
many as 2 mouses. The putty dear' had
discovered I was a Yankee, an was goin to
hey me tooken prisoner. I trusternted her
plans a few—l leapt out the back winder as
quick as a Prestidiguretatera.udisch, an when
she entered the detnisil she found ' brother'
none ester, (which is Latin or suinthin) and
be 4 I had proceeded much, I found me Time
ropetet none ester, 2. The fa:o maid, who
wits lloyd's Neece, had hooks it while repo
sin on me weskit. It was a hunky watch—
a &mai hairloom, an I woodn't have parted
with it fer a dollarat sixty-nine scuts (*I 69.)
In doo cone ov male I arrov in Itichmon.
I unfoulded me mission, an was ushered into
J. Davis's orgust presents. He'd jist re
turned rom his speechifin tower. .
lap us your flipper, ole Covy,' sec I, ad
dressin. him in the P. F. V.'s approved di
erlict.
Make known yer bizness,' sez he. 'l'm
gittin up a proclamation for the extirmina
lion ov the whul Yankee nashon, an.airn't
got much leisure for envy other ocimatiou.'
'I cum,' sez I, on a mission ov peas.—
Your Copperln-ded friends in the North will
soon cease to exist, of things earnt be ar
ranged to prohibit the Unioniststeri from
tearin the Constitoosion'
6 What terms do° yer offer ?' queried Jeff.
Wall,' sez I, ' I air instructed by, the
Copperheds ( Wood, Hughes & Co., you know)
2 propos ennything which will most disgras
the North. You kin take your niggers all
over creashun, incluodin Jersey.'
Wood that be Constitootional ?' arkst J.
D.,Twith a sly twinkle ov his eye.
' o,' sez its a matter ov no difference
how much you chaps brake that artikil io
"e - elreT - tliet7iii - on, so The - IteptdiTikans arc
stopt - from - doin - ther - same to - keep - sed Union
together., That's what your nuth ren chuths
want to see dun.'
Wal,' sez the-Confed Pres.,.' of your goy
urnment will_ let us secesb, an will_pay
our debts, an give us Brute Butler to hang,
wo might cum to terms'
' Is thar nothin else yet) coed wish?'
\Val, yis , —giv ils all the territories;
'Nothin else?'
J Throw in -2 or 3 free States—New York,
Pennsdvania, Massachusetts, furinstuns.'
' Nothin else?'
You mite incloed 010 Linkeit's hod.'
'Corn% you think or nothin else ?' •
' Yes L-in-footer we must. hey all we arsk.'
iaait
TERMS :--$1,50 in Advance, or $2 within the year
GOOD 'LITCHI —Some-young men- talk about
luck. Geed hick is to get up at six. - o'clock in
the morning : good luck, if you have only a
Sbilling a week, is to live upon elOyen pmme,
- arid-savea - potiny :
_good laoT i to -troobTe
yourhortd With your own business, and letyour
neighbor's elope_: good luck is to, fulfil the
coinmandmonts, and do unto. other,peePle as
we wish them to do .unto us. They must not
only work, but wait. They must plod and
persevere. Ponce.must he taken care of;:bo,
cause they • are the seeds of guineas. To get
on-in the world, they must take care of home.
sweep their own doorways clean, try. and help
-other people, avoid teMptations,,and have an
abiding faith in truth and God.
J. Davis,' sez I hey no doubt your
,friends in the North wood make all these
conceshuns, an more, 2 ; but it has jist oe
currd to me that thar was nuthin sed to Ole
Abe about it be 4 I left Washington. Shoodn't
wonder el he'd object to the plan some. But
yer demokrat friends air doin all they kin
her you.'
!I know it,' sez l J. D. ; 'an thats what
keeps our spirits up. We nir waitin fer 'em
to git in power, & then we expeck to git all
we arsk. An yet us Shivilry consider them
the contemptiblest set of dirt-eaten cowards
in the North. We,cood buy 'em all fer a
con fed shinplaster.'
Those-was my opinion, 2.
JefTarkst me to stop an tak T with him,
an I kindly stopt. Ef Secesh President
dont git ennything better fer the stumznick's
sake, as Saint Somebody sez, than was on
that table, then may A. IV., J., be presarved
from Bich a fate. The meat was a mono
site.
P'raps you hey eaten better Pork than
this, but its the beat I've got,' sez Jeff.
Yea,' sez 1, ' Units, putty ippan,flam„but
Me seen a thunderin site meatier in Wash•
inJton.'
What Idnd's that ?' lie demanded
Vallandigilam
After supper a sottish lookin chap enterd,
who staggered up to Jeff, throwd up his hat
an shouted: - -
`Nother vic•hic-tory ! Wash'nton tAmlion
pri'npr--liic I 010 Abe Grevly capittre,l—
hic ! Horace Linker' badly killil, ai, George
B. 'T Burnside slr'n rrd I—hie
The cuss was ule .liilin Letcher, in h's
inns roil ov the Drunl.•ard. John only gits
ti ht. out% a yesr, which is On Nuw ars.
11 —lin stills till tliu tiext Nuw
13 it I rt.t , 'rnil to IVashiti t fttm
will] ;01 p is Pik :tlial•S. ' rho ,:lrypathiseq . :
;1;; I,IVII ;:t1.1 1;1 [hi,
th'}
111,1 V (I , lJte in the par,t. per,'lptt:s
Ever (iv r ui. A . tU , Jr.
A CURIOUL3 MIRROR
Among the c , irt it.u:; l ,l at the las'
* Maris exhilmoq wis a 11.1 J... c•mcavit
the instrument of a startling species of upti
cal fillete. On standing close to the intrr,•r,
and looking' into it, it pi e..eur s riw Mug I lit a
magnificently monstrous of your
own physiognomy. Oa retiring a little, sty
It couple of lett, it gives your own Moe and
figure in true proportion, but reversed, tlie
head downwards. Most of the spectaturs,
igt orant of any thing else observe these two
effects, and puss, on. BuTretire still further.
Standing at the distance of five or six feet
from the mirror, and behold, you see yourself,
not reflection—it does not strike you as a
reflection—but your veritable self, standing
in the middle part between you and the tuir
-or. The effect is appatiinfr., from the idea
it suggests of something supernatural; so'
startling in fact (hat men of the strongest
nerves will shrink involuntarily at the first
y: jou . _ J.Lyou,saise_y_pli untie! °thrust at your
other self, you will see it pass clean ihrutisgli
the hotly and appear on the other side, Inc
figure thrusting at you the same. instant.—
The artist who first succe..ded in fashioning a
mirror of this description, brought, it tt one of
the French kings—if we recollect aright it was
Louis XV.—placed his Alsjesty on the right
spot, and bade hint draw his sword and thrust
at the figure lie saw. The king did so; but
seeing the point of a sword directed at his own
breast, threw down his weapon and run away.
The practical joke cost the inventor the king s
patronage and favor : h s Majesty being after
wards so ashamed of his own cowardice that
he could never again look at the mirror or its
owner. —London Enyinerr.
HOW TO TREAT AS H/LE HUSRAND.—The
people (the inhabitants of New Zealand) are
much attached to' their chiefs. If they re
quire an additional pitch of land, or liberty
to build a house anywhere, it is granted. If
they quarrel among themselves, or have any
complaints to make, the head chief's ear is
kit ly open to all—to the poorest man as
well as to the petty chief. If invasion threat
ens their district, he is in the front ranks to
repel it ; and let the war cause a ,sharp skir
mish or a great battle, he is always in the
front, and where 'danger presses most, so
thavbehas their love and respect. The head
chief tflen interferes in minor matters of a
domestic nature. For instance, it' a lazy
fellow has a wife or two and a few children,
and, through his love for fishing, dancing, Or
loitering idly about, he neglects to bring in
the necessary supplies for his family, a coin
plaint is made. The chief visits the house
its person, and if he sees just, ground for
punishment, he orders out the whole popu
lation of the village. Men, women and chil
dren arm themselves with a stiff cane made
of birch, and then form a double line, about
six feet apart, and wait, wi.lt anxious glee,
the approach of the delinquent: At last he
is placed at one end. of the lines, amidst a
shower of yells, screams, jibes, etc. The
word is given by the chief, and away he
darts at his utmost speed. According to his
deserts, be may get off with itinning, the line
once, or may have to do so twice or thrice;
but he is skillful in cunning and fleetness
that can run the lines even once without
having his skin tickled for him by the hearty
application of the birch wielded by some
strong woman. As the punishment is not
of a fatal kind, the whole affair creates nit
restricted merriment. For one month after
wards his family are provided for by the
public, at large,under the fatherly superior
tendence of the chief. At the expiration of
that titim, if lie has all his domestic matters
in perfect order, as a good father and provi
dent husband should haVe, he again resumes,
his place in society, and - shortly afterwards
helps, with an experienced hand, to flagel
late,some one -else.-441MiltaitSo fah, &laze
The Washington Examiner has a true
standard by which to tell a Tory. He curses
the Abolitionists, damns the Black Republi
cans, and is dreadfully savage on the free
niggers." He .is terribly distressed about
the suspension of the habeas corpus, and
rages about Fort Lafayette, " the Bastile."
He is very much afraid there will -be an in
surrection among the slaves, but is perfectly
easy about the insurrection of the masters.
He villifies the President and wishes he was
sunk to the bottom of the ocean. He is
wonderfully exercised on the subject of poli
tical preaching, but believes in - yet:Wyk - 6
and the divinity of slavery. He talks a
great deal about the enormous war debt,
and is alarmed at the bankrupting flood of
greenbacks. • He calls the Southerners gen
tlemen and the New. Englanders penurious
and fanatical. Ile thinks the soldiers have
no right to vote. He doubts whether Rose
crans was victorious at Murfreesboro', and
don't care whether he was or not. You can
tell him at a glance in a crowd around the
bulletin board, for the flash of patriotic joy
is absent from his eye, as the news of a brit'
Haut viotory is heralded from the Army of
the Republic, while the intelligence of de
feat draws from him the exclamation, "you
can nerer subjugate the South."
NO. it.
Bound to • Carry Her Point
A young woman the other night applied
at the office of the Guardians of the Poor
foi a season ticket to. the Almshouse. Sho
gave her aildre.:4B Mary Law, New York.—
The hour was late, the giving of the order
impracticable. She bore evidences, besides,
of approaChing maternity, and her applica
tion was then denied point blank by Mr.
Marks. The woman- said, "So you won't
take me ?"
Mr. Marks said "No."
"I - Mi're - sure n you won't?"
" Positive," said Mr. Marks, " its's against
my orders, except you come in the day-time
and get a permit."
All right," said the woman, who walked
away. She returned a moment afterwards,
with a paving-stone wrenched from the gut
ter edge: • Without another word, she swan
around her arm, and dashed the stone thro
sash and window, demolishing both. If she
didn't get to the almshouse, she succeeded
even better. She secured her arrest and
transmission to the Moyameasin , prison, a
place that others better board and lodgingto
trampers than lily ot the beggars• hotels in
the Foot IVard. She was taken away
laughing, itL hrr thumb to her not
pen and her linz,r.; de.cribing, a semi-
tr it , 11. Aill,•?; , (•;111 cvoruen
ht .r She claims
1 ,, h" .inicicert)i)(•!:er.—/"htldfle?.
I .11 ite
A Largo Ainorica•u Diamond
c , ,tt:hg, nil poli,b ng dianit
says the 1.1.,tt0n 7 1, thougn of remote
antigun:, in ,sisitt, has only recently linen
introduced into thin country. It H now
prteti3O 11.•rc by one house. and only eil^,
we h!:Mvt.. Ciat elin,•ly of Mc ,, rs• Cr 9- 1 1,
littnnowell .5.t. , r ,, , it Boston, and we need
nn lorr,ger sond as haretofore, to Am.tertilm
or Lon lon to have di ittionds repaired or re
cut, These dealers have now on exhibitio n
at their store, a native diamond which ilicy
have cut in t Ito highest style of the art. It is
the frirg't , st diamond eve.- found in United
States perhaps the largest now in the coun-
Lry. The weight of the gem before cutting
was nearly 24 carats; after cutting it was
:theta one-half its - original weight. It WWI
found near New London, in Southern Virgi
nia, in the vicinity of a quarry of elastic join
ted sandstone. No exact value-has been put
upiin thegeitl, - tairl - A -- egtima - tod-rts - beiat -w
front $lO,OOO to $15,000.
EARLY IN . rt.cEseE.—There can never be
a greater blessing than to be born in the
light of a cheerful, loving home. It not only
insures a happy childhood—if there be health
and a good constitution—but it also makes
sure a virtuous and happy manhood, and a
fresh, young heart in old age. I think it
every parent's ditty to try to make their
children's childhood full of love and child.
hood's proper joyousness ; and I never see
children destitute of them through the pov
erty, faulty tempers, or wrong notions of
their parents, without a heartache. Not
that all the appliances which wealth can buy
are necessary to tio free and happy unfold
ing of childhood in body, mind and heart—
quite otherwise. God be thanked I but chil
dren must at least have love inside of the
house, and fresh air, and good play, and
some good companionship outside—other
wise young life runs the greatest danger in
the world of withering, or growing stunted,
or
.at best prematurely old and turned in
ward on itself.—hr. Oldham.
4.:r-3".A funny story is told by the Newbury
port Herald, of a man in that place who was
so much engaged in skating that he forgot
to go and get married, keeping his, affianced
waiting a long while at the clergyman's, and
it was not till he had been called again and
again that he could be reached aid remind
ed of his engagement: —
`There,' says he, had forgotten all about
that business, but I'll be there in a moment,'
and up he came to fulfil his promise.
A. HAPPY THOUGHT.— The physical ap
pearance of a man sometime changes the
current of events) A case occurre a few
days ago in Market street. The children
of two neighboring families bad their dai
ly quarrels and fights, which resulted occa
sionally in bruised faces and torn garments.
The father of one family believing his
children to have been sadly maltreated,
and being a .. passionate concluded
that the surest way to settle the differences
between their households permanently,
would be to chastise the head of the other
family, although, as yet,.ll - eitad never seen
him. -He thereupon procured a raw-hide,
and abruptly entering his neighbor's tene
ment, inquired in a threatening tone for
"the man of the house."
"I and here, sir,',"said a persohage of up
wards of 6 feet, and weighing some 220
pounds- _as_ approached to learn • the
)., . le-
business of his neighbor.
"Did - Tilliderstaid you, tlidryou were
tire •gentleman of the house?" ' \
"Yes, sir." . .
"Well, I—l just dropped iu, sir, to see
if this is your rawhide !" ,
" WEALTH breeds cares," says the
proverb, and it is said that during a re
cent fire at the Last-end. - when numbers
of terrified people were hastily carrying
away their furniture for safety. one poor
woman ealinly_stepped out of one of the
houses in danger, and in a satisfied tone
of voice . exclaimed.: "Well thank . God,
I've nothing to -retnovo.!"' •
How to Tell a Tory.