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Perfect copies of Daguerrotypeaand'.:Ambrotypes made of deceased friends. Where copies ate defitced, II a-like pictures may still be bad. either fps frames r fo cards. All negatives preserved one yearend orders by mall or otherwisepromptly attended to. December '2B, 1884—tf ' - • , DR. writ. fu COOK, HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, Surgeon and .Ac'eauchour 9FETCH at •reaideace- fir 'Pitt streat ..ad tho &WOW , Church , . oky ' ' - II 26 00 4 00 ^ t,O VOL. 65. RHEEM & WEAKLEV, Editors & 'Proprietors Vatind. THE YEA RS [The following graceful and tender verses were written for a festival in commemoration of the twenty-fifth an niversary of the graduation of the Class of 1833, of liar yard college, by the Rev. R. T. B. LOWELL, of Newark, New Jersey, author of the remarkable novel, Just puh lished, "The New Priest In Conception Bay." They are worthy of a wider circulation than the narrow round of II college Clues These years! these years! these naughty years! Once they were pretty things! Their fairy footfalls caught our cars, Our eyes their glancing wings! They flitted by our schoolboy way,— We chased the little imps in play. We knew thorn, Roan, for tricky elves; They brought the College gown, With thoughtful books filled up our shelves, Darkened our lips with down. Played with our throat, and lo! the tone, Of manhood had become our own. They, smiling, stretched our childish size Their soft bands trimmed our hair; Cast the deep thought within our eyes, And left it glowing there; Sang songs of hope in College halls, nright fancies drew upon the walls. They flashed upon us Lo e's bright gun; They showed us gleams of flame; Stout hearted work we learned front them And honor more than name. And so they came and went away; We Bahl not. Go: we said not, Stay I lint one sweet day, when quiet skies, And still leaves brought mo thought M hen hazy hills drew forth my eyes, And woods with de p shade fraught, That day I earelessl) found out What work tinge wing had hi.i•n about A lan: tho, little I "gal's, the y0w1... Had fooled MO tunny a day, Plucked half the locks about my ears. And tinged the rest all gray. They left me urinkles great and t.inall I fear that they have tricked us all. Well, give the little yearn their wny : Think, npeak, and write, the while; Lift up the here ft,nt Inn the day, And-nnike their wrinkleg smile. They Inapt 11..' nthb•nt living head; They carve the tout tninh for the dead riositilitmo:llis AN OFFICER IN WASHINGTON k. NARRATIVE OF FACTS FOR PEoPLE AT HOME TO READ " My dear, here is a letter from Senator , in which he writes, that the in Washington is now ready for my ac ceptance. I had better go on at once, and leave you here to settle up matters t o Moue. Why, yi u look as solemn ti.t Judge One would think I had recei% ed my death warrant. instead of a snug berth in the Inlet im Department Remember my dear, how hard 1 have to work at my profession here, and then only earn about a thousand dollats a year.,, " Rut we are living SO snug and happY here, and are known and regarded kin.j ly by those ari.und us. All will be new arid strange to us therm" g• That is true; but am tir , d of vege tating here, and Washington we shall see something a life. So cheer up. We shall wonder in time how we managed to exist here." I turned away from my husband with a derp sigh ; and inwardly consigned Senator to any place but a comforta• Ible one. We lived in a small inland town ; -in tie vicinity of New York. Far enough to avoid all its bustle and dirt. Near enough to have all the advanttige of its proximity. My husband was a lawyer, and until he plunged headlong into the vortex of political life, our lives had glid ed smoothly along with scarcely a ripple to disturb their calmness. Now, the monotony wearied him, and with a heavy heart I commenced making the necessary preparation incidental to our departure. I need not tell those who have passed though this ordeal, how har rowing it is to the heart to prepare for a sale. To think, while cleaning and ar ranging for this event, that it is the last time your hands will place your pet pieces of furniture and ornaments in their ac customed places; and who is there who has not a number of such pets ? How ever, the day arrived when strangers were to carry them away. The sale was over, our home given up, and we on our *by to Washington. I bore up bravely, and tried to enumerate the numerous ad• vantages my husband had been so indus triously plying me with, of an office at the Capitol. I coofesq the balance still seemed to be in favor of our old home; but, then I thought men see things so differently from women I dare say George is right, We arrived early in the day, and Mii:` ride up Pennsylvania Avenue did not tend to cheer me. It had been raining for some days, and the streets presented a black sea of mud. Houses of all shapes and colors, each one en irely independ ent of its neighbor; some towering aloft five stories high, while others stood meek ly, very shanties. " Is this not a very dirty place, George ?" " Of course, my dear, every place looks ditty after such rains as we have had." " Yes but the houses wear an untidy appearance." " Nonsense, my bear, you are preju diced." I thought of our beautiful cottage, sur rounded by its tastefully appointed gard en, and it is graveled walks, and won dered if my husband was mad. " Have you got a good room in the boarding house you have chosen ?" I ventured to ask. "Yes quite so! Mr. P. and his wife are hiring in the same house, and they say it is as good as any" ~.. - ..._ Pf * • i' . ix\ . . ' \.e i cs , Ic' 4 : , \ ~.., , i ' : i j • : viltl t‘ , I. .( L i t l ,:: t - L •v y'' (1. ,: i' ~,:'..: ~ . , 4.?',i ;5.1. L. : -,.. At :i. ' 1 ~..K ! :32', "As good as any ?" I echoed, inward ly. Veryqualifled praise. A short ride unabled us to reach what was to be our house, for the presant at any rate. The appearance of the entry and staircase led me to believe that the inside of the houses were in excellen• keeping with their exterior. After as cending two flight of stairs I reached my room. It was lung and narrow, and cov ered with a faded dirty.riapet The fur niture consisted of bedstead, bureau, wash stand and two elmiri, each and all look- ing very much worse for wear, and as it they had been entire strangers to each other until some happy auction sale had grouped them here together. I will ven ture to say their manufacturers were very wide apart. It ocoupied but a few mo ments to take in the beauties of my dom icile, and to contrast it with our chamber at home, furnished with every comfort, and even elegance—for I must own to having a fastidious taste in such matters. With a heavy heart I sat down to await the return of my husband, which was not long delayed. Our trunks bad arriv ed and he was marshalling their way to our room. .1 refrained from speaking. After the men had safely landed them, and closed the (loot upon themselves, the silence was blc ken by Mr Elroy, who said rather hesitatingly, " My dear, I am I afraid yon will find.things ratheidifferent from what you have been accustomed to but after we are settled, we will be able to arrange matters more:comfortably. I tried to smile, but it was a sorry at tempt. After taking such things from our trunks as we immediately needed I threw myself upori the bed, and alter George left me, confess to weeping most bitterly. flow should I ever be able to exist in this way. At five o'clock the dinner bell sound ed. This seemed to be the signal for the opening,of every door upon our floor sini• ultaneously I gave a hasty glance at f. How borders as each and all Tws' d to turn the key in rhe'r several doors and deposit them in their pockets and bade toy husband who was passing on regardi less of any such precauti. n, to turn and do liketsise. I heard the ejaculation, What a bore !" and thought what very trifling things do bore men_ The dining room was a cheerless agar went. In its centre stood Iwo l u ng I; hl o, !he appointuients of vitliich, were, in their day, I have no doubt, in good taste and keeping; but constant use had worn the plating uff castors, spoons and links, unto the original metal stood out in bold relief. The food seemed abun dant and of fair quality, but carelessly prepared and quite cold. I was too thorouLfl4,y wielched to have any appe tile, and my husband are but little Ou stay at the table was short, and after our return to our room, I could no longer control myself, but burst into a violent fit of weeping. George tried in vain to soothe rue Why, Mary, I am astonished at your childishness. You could not expect to find in a boarding honse the comforts of a home." " No," I replied, " but why leave those comforts." " There is no use discussing that now. It is done. Besides it is not kind to re proach we for what you know conduces so much to my advantage. At home you are aware how often I have sat studying and writing until far into midnight Hero my duties cease at four o'clock." I_ ceased weeping instantly. " You shall never hear another regret. I did not think of that." And yet, those very midnight studies, how much of comfort there was in them, beside our cozy hearA. But away with regret. Time passed on Some of the follow boarders were pleasant, others quite the contrary But I saw little of them, except in the Xining room. The first month of my stay rolled away more rapidly than I anticipated.— A first visit in Washington presents so much to interest that I half forgot the discomforts around me. Another month rolled ou. Scarcely an evening passed that Air Elroy was not compelled to return to his office, to finish some writing that ho had been un• able to finish during the day. The one ,advantage which he bad seemed to prize most—leisure time to pursue other stud• les—he certainly had not gained, ,for upon his return at night, he was weary, far too weary with the close application to his desk during the day (so entirely different from his old life) to read with pleasure. " George, I •though] your time would be at your disposal affer four o'clock, in stead of which — you return to the office every evening." " Yes" he said, "but I do not think this will last, I believe there, is an un usual press of business now." "I trust it may not ; for such•constant confinement tells upon you." " Yes, lum sensible of that. The du ties, ..too, are so different from my old studies, that they are irksome to me.— fluwever this will wear off in time." I could not help contrasting the wea ried expression which his face wore; with the old happy look . ; and be more than ever eonvineed what a sad mistake 'he had made: • • CARLISLE, PA., FRUDAY, JULY 21 , 1865. Regularly upon the first day of the month my husband returned from the offic-3 with the fruits of his labors in his 'pocket, viz : one hundred and thirty•three dollars and thirty-three cents. First to our landlady, ninety dollars; wash bill, five dollars; and thirty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents were left to pay all in cidental expenditures—scarcely sufficient to pay for Gorge's mid-day lunch, and the oysters he insisted upon getting at night, because "he was hungry." ; "Are not our expenses enormous hem? I ventured to inquire. "They certainly are much heavier than I anticipated." " Quite double those at home, are they not?" "I am afraid they will prove so.' I could not understand what pecuniary advantages bad accrued to us, but—pa- tierce I soon found bodily discorpforts were not the only ones in store for me. My husband's habits, always of a very do mestie nature, were visibly undergoing a change. The confinement to our room .annoyed him,: Littltt o by little his ab sence became more prolonged, until I rarely saw him now from dinner-time un til ten d eleven or twelve o'clock at night, as it happened. He must go around to the hotels and hear what was going on. I could not ex pect him to stay in our room all the time. Ile must smoke, and that was impos sible in a chamber• One evening in particular, 1 remember feeling unusually depressed, and buried in my own gloomy thoughts, 1 was more than surprised upon looking at my watch, to disccver I had sat until midnight Mr. Elroy had nut returned. Where could he be ? The thought had scarcely suggested it,elf, when I heard the sound of ascending steps upon the stairs. A feeling of disappointment fell heavily upon toe. 1 hey were not my husband's and yet they approac: , ed my room, and a ere followed by a knock upon my door I cautiously turned the key and said, '• Who's dime ? ' Me," was the t , ply, in a strangely thick tone, and Set my husband's No one can realize the horror with which I regarded hies whets he etrtered.- il is eyes were bloodshot and swollen ; his hair dishevelled and his whole ap • pe•urance betting e_videici:, •terrilito evi. deuce to me, of intoxication. `• What on earth, Mary, are you doing up until this time of night ?" he hic coughed "you ought to have been in bed two hours ago I could nut speak, my heart was too Full. iNly husband had never been a tee Wier, but in all our tnatried tile I had never seen hint under the influence of stimulant in the slightest dt•gree—had never feared that I ever should do so. Only wives who have been placed in like situations can imagine the agony I felt. I went to bed, but no sleep visited my pillow that night. It seemed 114 though it would never end. My husband lay in the deep-unconsciousness of intoxication by my side. His labored breathing and whiskey-perfumed breath proved too great antidotes to rest on my part. Heaven in its mercy preserve me from a like vigil I Sickness, even death, were less terrible. But its agony was not fruitless. I arose the next morning firm in wy determit,a tion to quit Washington, let the cost be what it alight My husband arose moody and feverish. I avoided all allusion to the preceding night, and for the first time since our mar riage we parted without, as we termed it, our good bye kiss. Upon his return to dinner his mood had not changed, but he did nor, as had been his wont of late, go out. He followed me to our room, and throwing hitnilelf upon the bed, soon fell into a deep sleep, This lasted some hours —how long I did not know; for after lighting the gas, and shading it, that he might not be aroused by its glare, and adding fresh fuel to the fire, I sat down in the rocking chair, and wearied with the wakefulness of the night before, and the troubled thoughts of the day, was overcame by slumber. I was awakened by my husband. Ile was bending over we with a look of ten derness I had not seen on his face for some time. - " V t {it, aro you dreaming of my love ? you sigh so deeply,'.', he said. With difficulty I aroused myself. The ummory . of my sorrow and the look of love were too much for nerves stretched, as mine had bum all night and day, to their utmost tension. I threw my arms about his tuck, and with my head upon his breast, sobbed outivulsively, "Let us gu home, George; let us go home " "That cannot be, my love; we have rented our house and sold our furniture." '-Oh ! that is nothing," I imploringly urged. "We can board thole, us well us hero, until we can aguiu have possession of our home. I would rather• work early and late for the means to, live, thee re main her her anolher mouth, at three elutes youp present salary." Ilia silence eneour aged tne.• • "Do not," continued 1, "do not retUsei me this. You must know that your .salary - here will not meet the just de mands Upon it, even living as we are with out ordinary, comforts.. I, imploreyou,to dispel the madness which induced you to accept this office, by resigning it, and re turliing'once again td our home and your • %less ion ." '`Qliut, my love, it will seem so vascilla deg. Besides, it.will, take so much time ere my business retains to me. I shall have to work very hard." This had ceased to be my vulnerable CEIM ‘.'Arid, oh ! how much bet terthus than" —I could not speak it, but I saw by the rising color in his cheek I was understood. A silence ensued for some moments, when Mr. Elroy drew me close in his em• brace, as he said, "We will return to our home." Oh ! the unspeakable joy of that mo ment. I had not dared to hope so easy a victory, and would' not have attained it, as I• learned afterwards, but that my hus band had discovered his mistake, and was not unwilling himself to return to our old comforts and quiet happiness. His resig nation was immediately sent, and our de parture quickly followed. My husband's joy upon our return far exceeded my own, and when once more in possession of our ho'me it seemed to .know no bounds. Years rolled away, when ono day Mr. Elroy entered the room, saying, "My dm.r, how would you like to go to Washington again ?" I could not speak for some seconds, and then only gasped, '•Not at all." "Well, as you please. It his been pro posed I should run for Congress." "Give me time to think.," I said, and thought convinced me I had no right to mar his future by refusing my consent to anything that might be for his good, even if it carried with it some peril; so meet ing him as cheerfully as I could, I said "It it is for your advancement, dearest, that you should accept this nomination do so, and I will humbly leave the re,r to Providence. "Nay, love," be answered, "under Prov i knee, leave the result with me. Your tirintiegst.gave we strength of purpdsc to resign toy office. and return to our home. and work slowly but surely. in my prof -s •ion. The memory of that terrible night in Washing on is et fresh, and I bow in humble gratitude for its lesson. Po not relif it will ever beeffaced. I cannot help °king lick upon our short stay there 11.4 41 blessing after all. It givesme renewed ri , terey to work when I think of those of. ficehulders to ling day after day without, in some cases, hope of advancement, and frequently doing a greater amount of la bor than would insure an ihd pendence in any other pursuit." .11y husband refused the nomination By the steady pursuit of his profession he accini:ed a very comiortsble competency, so that he has mainly retired from prat-- tice• lour children, which were born to us, have been reared in the way they should go, educated and settled for life ; and now at the respective ages of fifty or thereabouts, we are as happy in each oth er's affection, as we were at twenty six, and are in the enjoyment al every bless• mg which this life can vouchsafe. If this story, truthfully told, shall have the effect of turning one young married tnan from the desire for office and a resi• dence at Washington, the sufferings 1 eh• dured in the "city of magnificent distan ces" will not have been experienced in OM - THE MADIEN AND THE`-HERO On the night of the battle of Brandy wine, I was sent, with a message from General Green tb Count Pulaski, a noble Polander Who took a prominent part in our struggle for freedom. He was quar tered in a neat farm house, near the upper forts. After our business was finished, the Count asked me to take some refresh ments, and at the same time called out— " Mary, my lass, Mary I" In an instant a rosy checked girl enter ed, her thee beaming with joy, it would seem, at the very sound of Pulaski's voice " Did 'you call me, Count ?" said the maiden timidly. " How often have I told you, little love," he said, bending his tall forth ttilish her cheek ; " not to call me Count; call me dear Pulaski. This is a Republic, my little favorite; we have no Counts, you know " But you are a Count, sir when at home, and they soy you came a long way over the ocean to fight for us." "Yes, Mary, very tine--I did come a long way— the reason why was- I had to cone . Now, can you get far this gentleman and . myself a little refreshment ? Ile hafts long way to ride to-night."' " Certainly, sir." and - she went out of the room like a fairy. Fine pleasant girl," said Pulaski; " would that I had the wealth I once had I I would give her a portion that would bend half the youth hereabouts after her sweet face." On the mornitig of the 11th of Sep. ,tember 1777, the British army advineal, in full force.to Chadd's Ford, for the par - peso of crossing Brandywine Creek, and: bringing on an notion with WaShingtom. Sir William Howe drove Maxwell's 'cll.', vision across the,creek by ten' o l 'Clook . at one of the lower for& . The Hessian General Knyphaueen with a large force, advanced upon the: oreek and uniting with Lord Cornwallis, who oenunandod the /oft wing of the, army, Lt'Cf.iCl t of. crossed at the upper ford of the river and creek. It so happened that during the conflict, when carrying orders, I passed immediately in the * directionof Pulaski's quarters, that I had visited the night be fore Suddently a sheet of flame burst forth : the house was on fire. Near the door steps lay the body ofVary, her head cut open by a sabre, and her brains oozing out of the terrible wound. I had been there but half a minute when Gene ral Pul iski at the•-head of a troop of env alry galloped rapidly to the house— Never shall I forget the expression on his face, as he - shorted like n demon on , ecing the inanimate form of Mary.— "Who did this ?" • A little boy, who had not been before noticed, lying on the grass with his leg dreadfully mangled, replied:— "Thom they go P' He pointed to a company of Hessians then some distance ofl: " RIGHT WHEEL MEN, eharyr And they did CHARGE. I do not think that one man of the Hessian corps ever left the field except to he placed in the EMI The last of Pulaski was on the battle ground of Prandywine. He and his sweet nary fell on the same field. SATURDAY EVENING.—How many a kiss has been given—how many a caress —how ninny a look of hate—how many a kind word—how many a promise has been broken—how many a heart has been wrecked—how many a soul lost—how many a loved one lowered to the narrow chamber—how many a babe has gone forth from earth to heaven 77 how many a little crib stands silent now, which last Saturday night held the rarest of the ti ensures of the heart ? A week is a his tory. A week makes events of sorrow of gladnasg, which people need heel t]o home, you hart-erring wanderer Go home to the cheer that awaits your wronged waifs on earth's billows. Go home your family, man of business. Go home to those you love, man of toil and give one night to the joys and cont. f rts fast flying by. Leave your book:- wilt complex figures —leave everythim, —your dirty shop—your bu.iness store. Rest with those you love for God alum knows what next Saturday night tita bring them. Forget the world of car, and battles with which life furrowed thi week Draw close around the lewd . ) hearth Saturday night has awaited your corning with sadness, in rears and silence Go home to those you love, and ar you baske in the loved presence, and meet to return the embrace of your heart's pets strive to be a better man, and to bles t-hid for giving his weary children so dear a stepping stone in the river to the ?;ter nal as Saturday night. THE PUNCTUAL, MAN.--Mr. Ilih t in. wa3 a very punetusl man in all his trars act Mils through life. fie amassed a Isrge fortune by untiring industry and punctu ality, and at the advanced age of nine ty years was resting quietly on his bed, and writing to be called away. He had deliberately made almost every arrange ment for his decease and burial. His pulse grew fainter, and the ligh of life seemed just flickering 4.1 its sock ets, when one of his sons observed—. Father, you will probably live but a day or two ; is it not well for you to name your bearers ?" " To be sure, my son," said the dying wan ; it is well thought of, and I will do it now He gave the names of six, the usual number, and sank back exhausted upon his'pillow. A gleam of thought passed over his withered fe!tures like a ray of light, and he rallied once more. "My son read me the list. Is the name of Mr. Wig gins there?'" " It is, father." " IThen strike it off!" said the emphat cally, for he was never punctual—was lever anywhere in season, and he might dnder the procession a whole hour !" ~BURNS'S FAMOUSLYRIC.—Burns, by lie advice of some critical friends, sup )ressed the first two stanzas of his fam.ous ma "Scots who hao WatSaco bled I" They were as follows : "At Earinnekhurn tho English lay— The Scots they wdro no far away, Dot waited for the break o' day That glinted in the east. "But soon the sun broke through the heath, And lighted np that fluid o' death, When Bruce, wi' sanl-inspiring breath, Ills heralds thus addressed: Beets who lute," &c. 04 , —Nover seem wiser or more learned than the peoPle you are with. Wear your : ,learning, like your watch, in a private pocket, and do not pull it out and strike it merely to sholiriou have one. .If you are asked what o'clodk it, is, tell it; but, do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like a watchman. Clouttnrat in tbe - country is altogether a different institution front the city arti cle. the former plane you get rosy lips, sweet eider, johnny cakes, and girls Made by nature; and, in the latter, a - collection of starched phrases, formal manners, fine silk, gilt jewelry, and, girls got up secundunt argen t . Always take, to the rural districts when you want to get a good style of calico. • , • TERMS:--$2,00 in Advance, or $2,50 within the year HUMILITY OF A QUEEN.—Maud, sur named " The Good," daughter'of Mal colm Canmore, King of Soots, and wife of henry the First, King of England, was so affable, pious and humble, that she condesended to relieve the poor with her own hands, dress their sores, and wash their feet; and, being reprimanded for it by a courtier, as not agreeable to her royal dignity, she made this answer : " That she followed the example of our blessed Saviour, and the precepts of the Gospel , and that the brightest jewel in the crown orinajesty was affitbility and courtesy."—Noble Deeds of 061/ten DE6"May is considered an unfortunate marrying month A country editor says that a girl was asked recently to unite herself in the silken tie to a brisk chap. who named May in his proposals. The lady delicately hinted that May was an unlucky month. " Well, make it June, then," honestly replied the_swain, anx ious to accommodate. The damsel ppsed, a moment, hesitated ; cast down her eyes, and with a blush said,--" Prould'ut April do as well?" kV-Marshal Soult, once slowing the - pictures ho stole hi Spain, stopped before one and remarked,—"l value that picture very much—it saved the lives of two es timable persons." An aid-de-camp,whis pored- in the listener's ear : "He threat. ened to have - them both shot on the spot, unless they *gave it up 1" ser-Whon a man Will go without his dinner.toserve•You, you, pan consider he is ;Our friend. Thera is somet,hing mark ed in any one suffering a...vacuum in the abdominal regions, .for the sake of good will towards ar.fellow creature, that passes ten thoutiand holloW promises. • requirea.a greatAeal of native talent to tell the truth,. . EARNESTNESS. How few, apparently, realize that they are placed on this mundane sphere not as mere listless, inanimate appendages to society, but as real and earnest actors in the great drama of life. It is irrational to, for one moment, to leratethe thought that the great and all wise Architect of the Universe gave us existence simply as useless ornaments to earth; that He de signed not that our sojourn here should be beneficial both to ourselves and to our fellow-men. There is much which every human be ing can do that will increase his own happiness, and at the same time contri bute to that of his fellow-travellers on life's rough path. There is much we all can do, if we truly and earnestly go to work, that while it makes our lives not useless, will give to us the happiness of duty done. • The forcible power of earnestness is plainly proven by a glance at the lives and success of men who have left behind them names enci: cled by the bright lau rels°of eternal fame. Luther, Calvin, Wesley, and all their followers were no ble examples of the overwhelming power of this phase of character. Nothing short of the earnestness of our noble sires of revolutionary renown could have -reared such a monument as to-day stands our noble Republic. Even in the every-day life of the busi ness world we see the necessity of being earnest in what we undertake. It is only the true earnest man who can not be diverted from his aims by any obstacle the removal of which is it all possible. . If we would attain to anorthing in life, we must go to work with a resolve to conquer all opposition, and our success is certain. Oh, if our American youths would only realize the inestimable bles sings they might be to society, methinks they would not permit the wheels of time to carry them on in a daily round of in activity and almost uselessness, seeming ly unconscious or regardless of the de wands made from all sides fin. exertion. It is true we cannot all be Washing tons or Websters ; but illiNve truly wish to be good, we will find every day sub jects on which to exercise our philan thropy. Let us, then, seize upon ever) ipportunity that offers to render our presence on earth pleasant and beneficial to our fellow mortals. Let us take hold on everything that affords a means of im provement, either moral, intellectual or physical. Let us exercise the faculty ijod has given us in such a manner that when we have passed beyond the portals of life and are enshrined in the halls of eternity, we shall have left behind us " Foot-prints that perhaps another, Travelling o'er litb's stormy main, Some foriorn and shipwrecked brother Seeing, may take heart again." THE YANKEE.—This six pence-pinch ing, bad Yankee; this upp os ed-to-be meanest, of all 6'od's creatures ; who, nevertheless, touching the rock, the earth the flood, the sky, makes them all rain down gold ; this man who saves his mon ey ; but builds school houses; that saves his money, but sends out his school mis tress daughters and school master sons This New England that is hated, and that is complimented by the hatred of its apostate descendants, has been true as truth itself to the historic doctrine of the revolutionary period, and of the colonial period before that—the doctrine of Amer ican liberty.—li. V. Beecher. A Piece of History. THE PEACE CONFERENCE AT HAMPTON ROADS. Tho Augusta (Georgia) Chivniele and Sentinel. hag publiShed;a' detailed account of the conference' held Off Fortress Monroe last January, between :President' Lincoln and Secretary Seward on. one side, and the three rebel commissioners on the other. There seems good interetiland other evidence for believing that this . statement was, prepared at the instance of Mr. Alexander H. Ste vens, who is cited as authority by the paper. An inside view of the affair, which has been constantly misrepresented and enveloped in mystery, the article is an exceedingly inter esting one. Mr. Stevens says that:— " Mr. Davis sent for him to communicate the information that Mr. Blair desired a conference between the authorities of the United States and the Southern States upon the subject of peace, and his advice was asked. Ile promptly replied that it Mr. Blair spoke by authority of President Lin coln, he most earnestly advised the confer ence, but that, as the. terms of peace, if fa vorable to the South, would awaken angry debate from the radical 'men of the North, and a failure to get terms but dishearten our own people, he recommended, first, that the strictest secrecy be used ; second, that the parties to the conference be President Lin coln and Mr. Davis, and that Generals Grunt and Lee bn the only ones to even know of the meeting." 'lsms ....on was disregarded, hoivever, and the committee of three was appointed. Mr. Stephens gives an account of the interview mainly like that given to the public by the Union authorities. The 'following incident of the conference 'has not got into print be fore -- Mr. Hunter insisted that the recogni tion of Davis's power to make'a treaty was the first and indispensable step to peace, and referring to the correspondence between King Charles the First and his Parliament us a reliable precedent of a constitutional ruler treating with rebels. "Mr. Lincoln's face then wore that inde scribable expression which generally prece ded his hardest hits, and ho remarked : , Upon questions of history I must refer you to Mr. Seward, for he is posted in such things, and I don't propose to be bright.— My only distinct recollection of the matter is, that Charles lost his head.' That settled -Mr. Hunter for a while." NO, 29. " During the interview it appears that Hunter declared that ho had never enter tained eny fears for his person or life from so mild a government as that of the United States. To which Mr. Lincoln retorted, that he also had felt easy as to the rebels, but not always so easy about the lamp-posts around Washington city—a hint that he had already done more favors for the rebels than was exactly popular with the radical men of his own party. "The amendment to the Constitution abolishing slavery was discussed. Mr. Lin coln sugges ed that there was a question as to the right of the insurgent states to return et once and claim a right to vote upon the amendment, to which the concurrence of two-thirds of the States was required. "He stated that it would be desirable to have the institution of slavery abolished by the consent of the people as soon as possible —he hoped. within six years. He also stated that four hundred millions of dollars might b.• offered as a coin] ensaiion to the owners, and remarked, •You would be surprised were I to give you the names of those who favor that.' •' Mr. Hunter said something about the inhumanity of luny ng co m fly poor o.d ne grue, an I yoang child! e c dost,tute by en- couraging th ald. • bodied negroes to run away, and asked, what, are they—the help less—to do ? •a Mr. Lincoln said that rerninded.him of an old friend in Illinois, who had a crop•of potatoes and did not want to dig them. So he told a neighbor that he would turn in his hogs, and let them dig them for themselves. -BOW said the neighbor, 'the frost will soon be in the ground, and when the soil is hard frozen, what will they do then? To which the worthy farmer replied, •Let 'em root !' "Mr. Stephens said he supposed that was the original of Hog, or Die,' and a fair indication of the future of the negroes. "Mr. Stephens came home." says the Chronicle, ••with a new cause of sorrow, and those who said he talked of coining home to make war speech s and denounce the terms offered simply lied. Before Mr. Lincoln's death ho thought he was do'ng a favor to him not to include that offer of four hundred millions in gold fur the Southern slaves, in the published report, tnr it would be u-ed to the injury of Mr. Lincoln by those of his enemies who would talk about taxation and the debt." '• Mr, Stephens has frequently expressed no apprehensions should the fortunes of war throw him into the hands of Mr. Lincoln, and said he would not get out of. the way of a raid were it not for appearances, on ac-; count of the office he held. He spoke of Mr. Lincoln as an old friend who had generally voted with him in Congress, and who had a good heart and tine mind, and was undotat edly honest." The Prisoners at Fortress Monroe A Fortress Monroe correspondent, writing on the 27th, gives the following account of Davis and his fellow prisoners : C. C. Clay has been taken sick; his lin- - prisonment is evidently telling on his health Dr. Bancroft attends him. The doctor is doing all ho can to restore the prisoner's health. He is suffering fruit no particular disease, but is laboring under general physi cal prostration or debility. ' Jeff. Davis is actually becoming robust; he is heavier now than on the day of his capture. He is ever ready to talk, though no answer is vouchsafed him. He has•pre sented Dr. Craven with his elegant incer schahm ; it is of the amber stem, and already described. The few officers who have seen this pipe, are in great ecstacies over it. The stem, pure, solid amber, elicits rhapsodical encomiums from the military pipe connois seurs.' The stem alone, is said, by those who ought to know, educated pipe devotees, to be worth fifty dollars, lawful currency of the United States. ,And the bowl, the turbaned Zouave's head, the same authorities pro nounce to be beautifully unique, though not so valuable as the:stain, in a greenback point of view. Albeit, Jeff. has donated his p'pe, he has not given tip smoking by any means. He stipulated with Dr. Craven, when he presented him the amber-stemmed Meer schaum, to give him a long-stemmed pipe in return. This the doctor did. And Jeffer son now puffs the weed from an ordinary briar-root. BILLIARDS-THE LARGEST RUN ON RECORD —Yesterday at the billiard room of Charles T. Ouyler, was made ILO largest run of bil liards ever recorded. It 'was made by Mr. Frederick G. Britton, a fine amateur player of this city : He commenced a friendlykame with another gentleman, and after making a run of thirty-five points, got the two red balls in the corner, and made the unprece dented number, seven thousand seven/hun dred amt. fifteen. points The largest run heretofore It - corded was eiz thousand' one hundred and fifty 'points. It was made by a gentleman in Louisville, Kentucky, a:few weeks ago. TIM' run made yesterday by Mr. Britton was upon a full carom table, and occupied four hours and twenty, five min utes... The balls were out of their position in the corner six times during the play, but by the expert Manipulation of the player were forced back. There was not a "foul" stroke - made in the run, and the counting only.ceased by the bails beepming.-"froxe. This remarkable run shows' extraordinary nerve and the, utmost, delicacy of, touch in striking the balls.— Cleveland Herald: SAGE or Eann.--Abont a dozen imluable farmb have been recently gold in this Coon tyLtue mort_of them to lgortnerminen..seho_ purpose seeking their lortimea in OW re. gion. Others are looking- at lands in, , thie section and purpose buying when they can be suited. 'Evidently the tido of emigration is being diverted nom the West tort consid-, erable extent and turned Southward: gum: •-• dreds of our soldiers, - eilici,have - become ac quainted .with Ws Valley and' especially Berkley countyi.liave gone home 'with the' purpoae of returning, to settle herefor , ,life., —Berkley aunty tiniou,lVa.) „ lsarPack `youricaree in ;as Dwell a space its you can, so that you can carry, them your self, and not let them annoy °thine.
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