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VOL. 65.
RHEEM & WEAKLEY, Editors & Proprietors
iir!d
HYMN OF TRIUMPH
BY JOGN G. WHITTIER
Not into us, who did butt :leek
The word that burned within to speak
Not unto us this day belong
The triatoph and exulting song.
CllOll IIH fell in early youth
The burden of unweloome truth.
And loft us, weak and frail and fi.a.
painful Irnrlc to do.
Thelleefltriil our lil'o a light beenme
The air we breathed was hot with glami
For not With gnngril 1111 d snitrned 101 W
BVe made the londinan's Oar Own.
\Co bore, tor freodonis hope forlorn,
'Clue private hate, the public
Vet lu•Id through all the path; we trot!
Oar faith in luun ee trust in
IVe prayed nud hoped ; lout still, With aw.•
rLe coming of Ow A.. 1 .11
heard Ow nearing att.ps of doom.
Anil saw• the shade of hung to come.
We hoped for peave: our eyet .trvey
The blood red dnurn of freedom's day :
We prayed for love to loose the chain
-Cie shorn by haltle's axe in twain!
Nor skill nor strength nor zeal of ours
Has m ined and heaved the hostile towers
Not lo our hands is turned the key
That sets the sighing rapt ive tror.
A toddy son than Egypt's wave
1, pilyd and part at for the slaty
A thnlior twitch move, on in light
A feat fro is gubli , by night.
The praise, 0 Lord! be thine alone,
toWII NY:y Thy Worh he done
Our poor lifts at 'Thy feet we cost
1h
To ‘,oln glory, first and 1.1.
WAITING FOR THE TIDE
COllll. :le, 4fileic,Woe 4:111 4 1. It:vit.
And that soft nit the deep;
We Lron the :in at II:0.911,1 •0 of light
Suldle as dow, and rnltn no sleep:
See. here and thorn, beyond the foam,
A ,nil n gent •
think the I r ntr are Coming home;
We'll linger down and look at them
Not yet : the tide is 0,, and slays
By this rrey limit of our pier:
It doubt, it tr,tnildes, it lists
Vet all the while is stealing near
lii bnnla and NV, must wilt it- kill
Oh. pleat•nnt at ience !
(AVIIjI,. %X hrbnld Olen) and hi..
A luirulred picture, for our
Oh, happy rkilvnre! Not n hoe
ran (hitter throngh the changing air,
Or mould the rtoml, or tone!, the blue.
That is not meant fir them to wear.
And ne they watch the glimmering 6.anil
That warm; the film within the foam,
They know the certain wave at hand—
The Vanier WOVE , that HOP them home
la 4 . 01111,--ihey pass-- - enrh taming still
Is first a hipe 111111 then a bliss;
Come bark, and dream a fairy tale
That bath a close sweet as this !
ViliBni1U111; 1 3:1 1 ,0.
GEN. PHIL. SHERIDAN.
A corre:Tondent of the Louisville Free
Pos, gives the following interesting . his
tory of the early life and services of Gen
Philip henry Sheridan. lie is better
known to our readers as the hero of the
Shenandoah Valley, whose victories res
cued the border from the vandals of Ear
ly, and as the it.vincible warrior who
"pressed" Lee to a surrender at Appomat
tox Court Louse:
A modest, quiet little man was our
Quartermaster, Capt. Sheridan. Yet no
body could deny the vitalizing energy
and masterly force of his presence, when
he had occasion to exert himself. Neat
in person, courteous in demeanor, exact
in the transaction of business, and most
accurate in all matte rs appertaining to the
regulations, orders and general military
custom, it was no wonder that our acting
chief Quartermaster should have been uni
versally liked. Especially was ho in fa
vor soeiv Ily, for it soon became known
that he wits, off duty, a most genial com
panion, answering the most mythical re•
quirettient of that vaguest of cpmprehon
"a good fellow."
sive toms,
ARMY OF TEIE SOUTHWEST
We were assembling at Lebanon, Mis
souri, in the months of November and
December, 1861, and under the designa
tion of the "Army of the Southwest,"
were about to inaugurate an active cam
paign. It was u marked gathering. A
majority of those who used to gather at
headquarters, still live to wake glorious
the national history. The battle fields
and victories of Keetsville, Pea Ridge,
Sugar Creek, Cross Hollows, and many
another conflict in that splendid march
through Northern and Central Arkansas,
have made the Army of the Southwest
renowned.
OAPLAIN SHERIDAN
The historic names which memory re
calls are many. They have since become
as “familiar as household words." *A
mong these officers, and others as gallant
and gay, our Quartermaster, Captain
Philip Henry Sheridan, made his bow
one ficie day in December, when iu obe
dience to orders from Major General Hal
leek, he reported at Lebanon for assign
ment by General Curtis to duty as Chief
Quartermaster of the Army of the South
west. Sheridan was quite uqknown to
fame, though nine and a half years of ar
duous service in the regular army had
given him a title to a more brilliant field
than the one to which he was then as
signed. To General Halleek,is due the
credit of earliest foreseeing and calling
out the great powers of Sheridan—quali•
ties which make his nams a synonym for,
all that is daring in execution ; all that is
superb ie that tremendous dash and elan
by which alone can a cavalry commander
grandly, succeed; all that is heroic in the
power, not only of holding on grimly-when
the tide of battle ebbs and flows most
doubtingly, but also to,see how.afrow the
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nettle danger, to pluck the flower safety."
What forms such a character is note
worthy. General Sheridan's experiences
and characteristics are eminently Ameri
can, and fitly and typically prelude his
character. Not often talking of himself,
he yet told enough to make one see how
his character was crystalized. Every in
cident will indicatt qualities, upon a gen
eral yin of which we arrive at a synthe
tical estimate. Such lives as Sheridan's
history treasures as types, and embalms
them as examples
Gen. Sheridan is an American citizen
of Irish descent, as his name, and still
more his face, will indicate. Ile is not
ashamed to own the "soft impeachment."
From the few life experiences told by onr
Quartermenter, we learned incidents -of
of his boyhood, and also of his profession.
al experiences.. Of the latter ha said "he
knew nothing else,but that he knew thor
oughly." Sheridan's modesty was almost
unconquerable.
He was born in JI assacbusetts, but
raised in Perry county, Ohio. His pa•
rents were poor, and Philip's opportu
nities of education wore qtlite
At an early age he began to earn his di
urnal allowance of buttered bread, and
when appointed to West point by the
then member of Congress, was engaged
at Zanesville, Ohio, in driving a water
cart, and supplying the inhabitants with
its contents. n elder brother possess
ed some local political influence, and
Sheridan had attracted the attention of
rite Congressman. The result was that
in 1848 Sheridan entered the Military
Aeadamy, being at the time seventeen
years old.
Ile remained until] June, 1853, when
he graduated well, and received an up
iwintitient as brevet second lieurenant in
the Ist United States infmtry, joining
. eionpamv at Fort Dutimin, Texas, in
the f.,11 of tho same year To the nation
Sheridan owed all his early or portunities,
and .iohly has he repaid the debt. Un
like many arecreant child of her
munificence, he has never faltered in de.
vout allegiance to the country which en
dowed him with education and profes
sion, or failed to serve the flag ho had
sworn to follow. From the time of his
entrance into active service at the age of
twenty two, Sheridan was actively and
laboriously engzgcd in the duties of his
position. Till after the Rebellion broke
out, his life was spent in active service a
gainst the hoe ile Indians, in command of
exploring parties, and at solitary posts up
on the frontier or distant Pacific territo-
QM
Till the spring of 1855 he was actively
engaged agaiiitt the Cauaanches of Texas
Then gazetted second lieutenant in the
4th Infantry, he was ordered to join his
regiment in Oregon, which he did. On
arrival ho took command of an escort for
Lieutenant Wilkinson's exploration of a
branch of the Pacific from Columbia river
to San Francisco. In the discharge of'
this duty he was highly commended in
the report of . Wilkinson, published by
Congress.
In September, 1855, at Vancouver,
Washington Territory, he accompanied
Maj. Rains, of the 4th (since a Rebel
Major General) on an expedition against
the Yokima Indian. 4. For gallantry in
an engagement at the Cascades of Colum
ba, April 28,1856, he was specially noted
in general orders. In May following he
took commandof the Yokima Reservation
in the coast range of mountains. He
then selected a site for a military post in
the Seletz valley in the spring of 1857
ho was complimented by General Scott
for meritorious conduct in the settlement
of difficulties with the Indians of Yokimii
Bay. In the same year he built a post at
Vanillin, Washington Territory. During
the following three years lie was actively
engaged against Indians in the mountain
ranges. •
The fatigues and hardships incidental
to.suoh a life have hardened him until he
is tough .os a hickory sapling, and hardy
as a Northern pine. We have heard him
tell of living on grasshoppers for days to
gether—a light diet which might fitly
train-i;a man far the long cavalry raids
since characteristic of Sheridan's opera
tions. He once carried his provisions for
two weeks in u blanket rolled deross his
shoulders.
When the additional regiments were
authorized for the regular army, Shpridan
was promoted to a Captaincy in the 18th.
Ho was then ordered to join it at Jeffer
son Barracks, Missouri, which he did in
September, 1871. Socu after he was
plaocd on duty as President of the Board
to audit the claims growing out of Fre
mont's administration in the West. Here
the order directing him to report to Gen.
Curtis found him.
We have saidPapt. Sheridan was mod
est. In these days ht was especially so.
Whenever be did allow-hilt' ambition- to
appear, it appeared to be of a tooddrate
cast "He was the sixty-foutth Captain
my the list, and with the chances of war
thouht he might soon • be a Major."
Such were the terms in which the future
Major General .spoke of promotion. No
visions of brilliant stars, eingle or double/
EARLY LIFE
WITH THE INDIANS
LIGHT DIET
NOT, A.MBITIOUS
then glimmered on the horizon of hislife.
If he could pluck an old leaf and gild the
same for his shoulders' wear, he was sat
isfied. If any one had suggested the pos•
sibility of a Brigadiership, our Quarter
master would have supposed it meant in
irony. Yet he was even then recognized
as a man of vigorous character. The
judgment then given by a prominent staff
officer.has since been verified by his bril
liant career. It was, that Sheridan was
not great as a brain to plan, but tremen
dous as an arm to execute.
GENIAL AND KIND
None who knew Sheridan then can lay
claim to an understanding of his great
qualities. Those which won their esteem
were the genial and attractive ones, which
all remember with oomething akin to of
fection. Especially in this true of the
subordinates who came into it mediate
contact with our Quartermaster. The en•
listed men on duty at headquarters, or in
his own bureau, remember him kindly.
Not a clerk or orderly but treasures some
act of kindness done by Capt. Sheridan.
Never forgetting, or allowing others to
forget, the respect due to him and his
position, he was yet the tnost approacha
ble officer at headquarters. His know
ledge of the regulations and customs of
the army, and of all professional minutia),
were ever at the disposal of any proper in
quirer. Private soldiers are seldom al
lowed to carry away as pleasant and kind
ly associations of a superior as those with
which Capt. Sheridan endowed us. When
the army was ready to move, he gave his
personal attention to seeing that all at
niched to headquarters were properly e
quipped for service in the field, issuing
the necessary stores, animals, etc, with
out difficulty or discussion.
Many a man received in formaticn about
the preparati.,n of papers, ano other n at
ters; whiCh has since been or invaluable
assistance. Nor was kindness confined
to subordinates alone It is easy fur
some men to be genial and kind to those
under them, while it seems impossible to
behave with the proper courtesy due to
those whose position entitles them to con
sideration as gentleman. We have served
with a Major General since then, who to
his soldiers was also forbearing, kindly
and humane ; while to his officers, espe
cially those on his staff, he was almost in
variably rude, rough, blunt and inconsid
erate This could not be said of Sheri•
dan• He had that proper pride of mili•
tug life, which not alone demands, but
accords, to all the courtesy duo among
gentlemen. Tt is fair to say that no man
has risen more rapidly with less jealousy,
if the feelings entertained by his old as
sociates of the Army of the Southwest are
any criterion.
UNEXAMPLED MODESTY
Sheridan's modesty amounted to bash
fulness, especially in the presence of the
gentler sex. His life having been pass
ed on the frontier, among Indians or at
some solitary post, it was not at all sur
prising that our Quartermaster should
hesitate when urged to go where ladies
might be expected. H . by chance he
found himself in such a gathering, he
was sure to shrink into an obscure corner
and k 7 ep silent. We remember an
amusing incident of his bashfulness.
He became attracted towards a young
lady at Springfield, where he was engaged
in forwarding supplies to the army. De
sirous of showing her sonic attention, he
was altogether too modest to venture on
such a step Finally he hit upon an ex
pedient. He had a gay, young clerk, Ed
dy, in his office, whom he induced to
take the young lady out riding, while he
(Sheridan) furnished the carriage and
horses. The modest little Captain could
often be seen looking with pleasure on
this arrangement. Courting by proxy
seemed to please him as much (us it cer
tainly was less embarrassing) as if it had
been done by himself. There are but
few men whose modesty would carry. them
so far What the result wits we never
learned. We think it most probable Ed
dy curried off the prize.
QUARTERMASTER SHERIDAN
The labors of Captain Sheridan as
Quartermaster were very arduous; in addi
tion to which he had the general super
intendence of the Sltbsistence Depart
ment. Everything needed organizing.
Though nine months of war had passed,
few yet realized the stupendous character
of the struggle, or the magnitude of the
preparations needed to meet it. Fvon
our Quartermaster fell within the criti
cism of not fully comprehending the wants
of an army no larger than the one Gen. Cur--
tis commanded. Yet what was done, and
there was a great deal of it, was , thor
oughly done. His transportation and
trains were organized. Depots were es
tablished at Rollo. and Springfield, and a
large.amount-of supplies accumulated.
While the army was moving to Pea Ridge,
it was mainly supplied with stores obtain
ed. froin the surrounding country.
In one respect, as Quartermaster, Sher
idan was a model: -He put down the
regimental trains to thi3 lowpst margin
then conceived possikde, and in so doing ,
won the cordial opposition of most' regi
'mental officers. Each regiment-
_had at
the time a train- larger than that DOW•itp
portioned by.general, orders to a carpe.—
The_ wagons were often : of all Sizes and
character, from the regulation sbt-muler
Carlisle, Pa., August 4, 1865
to the lumbering farm-wagon or spring
cart, pressed from the neighborhood
Sheridan changed all this, and compelled
the turning over of all superfluous trans
portation for use in the general army`train.
Sheridan remained at Springfield until
after the battle of Pea Ridge, when he
was ordered, in consequence of a disagree
ment with the commanding general, to
report at St. Louis under arrest.
The circumstances were such that, while
not derogatory to General Curtis, they
did no injury to Sheridan. The severs
cold and exhaustive marches had reduced
our stock very much. It became neces•
sary to replenish before a contemplated
forward movement, and General Curtis
sent orders to Captain Sheridan to gath
er up Rllitoblo anironic from aka country,
'and giving the owners vouchers, forward
them to the army. At the time the or
der was issued, the Captain was excited
about some depredations reported as com
mitted by a company of Illinois Cavalry,
to complaints of which he did not con
sider sufficient attention had been paid.
A letter was sent from his office, rather
indecorous, alluding to this in connection
with the order, and claiming th 4 he was
not a " jay hawker."
On this letter he was relieved, and order
ed to St. Louis. The necessities of the
campaign required General Curtis to be
supplied; the charity and kindness of
Captain Sheridan made him regard it
otherwise; as well as the fact that he, like
many other offieLrs of the regular army,
I favored a 'policy of dealing gently with
the inhabitants of our "wayward sister"
States, which his .übsequent experience
has effectually changed.
At this time Sheridan held the views
of the war, common to the majority of
the officers in the regular army His
p ofessional surroundings had not made
him hostile to slavery to say the least.—
Ile was a Democrat in a partisan sense,
though not in the true spirit of the term.
To hint anti-slavery wa , more reprehensi
ble than the opposite, and if he had had
the settlement of war then, it would have
been among the first of his movements
t,..) order the execution of an equal num
ber of " Northern fanatics and Southern
fire eaters," as the phrase used to go in
those days. War waged for righteous
ends and living verities is always an ed
ucator. Men reason swiftly when life
and liberty hang in the balance. As the
scenes of a lifetime flash like a vivid pan.
Drama upon the momentary consciousness
of a drowning or falling man, so do the
primal truths or falsehoods of dogmas and
convictions become apparent to the really
earnest man, who steps into the martial
arena. We wager the assertion that
Sheridan's Democracy is of a much truer
type now, than it was four years since.
Not, let it be understood, that he was
marked or obtrusive in the expression of
views, or that in any way opinions were
offensively expressed. Still, such was
the impression of his views left on an ob-
server
After returning to t. Louis Sheridan
was sent to Wisconsin to purchase horses.
That duty accomplished, he was made,,
Chief Quartermaster of the army under
General Halle* before Corinth. The
writer met him here again and found him
grown to the full measure of his new and
greater responsibilities Soon after he
was placed at the head of a cavalry regi•
meet, the 2d Michigan, and the most
dashing cavalier yet found, flashed his
" maiden" sabre in the famous expedi
tion under Colonel Elliott, sent to destroy
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Boone
ville, Mississippi, thirty miles south of
Corinth. It will be remembered as a
great success resulting in the capture and
de4ruction of a large train, the tearing
up of the track, and the capture of two
thousand prisoners. Sheridan showed
the qualities which have since made him
illustrious. He was foremost in all the
during cavalry movements following im
mediately upon the evacuation of Corinth
—movements which for the first time
showed the superiority of our cavalry. ,
In less than a month Sheridan was in
command of the 2d Brigade of the Cav•
airy Division of the Army of the Missis
sippi, consisting .of his Own regiment and
the 2d lowa Cavalry. This wiiS un the
12th of June. On the Ist of July he
most gallantly won his Brigadier's star,
within six weeks of the date of taking
command of his regiment. He was sta.
tioned at Booneville, twenty miles in front
of the main army, Here he was attacked
by nine regiments of cavalry under Gen
eral Chalmers, numbering over five thous
' and men. After considerable skirmish
ing, he fell back towards his Camp, on the
edge of a swamp. Here he held them
in cheek until he could seleet nfnety of
his - Veit Menand send them four miles.
to the rear to make a simultaneous attack
with himself in front. The small detach
ment appeared suddenly in -the rear, im
pettiously attacked the Rebels, who sup
posed them to be iktolvanoe of a large
force, and at the:same time Sheridan flung
himself furiously upon their front. The•
enemy were utterly routedand
strioken, fled from the field. They ran,
for twentymilei, strewing the route with
clothing, arnis;and all kinds of equip
ments'. This is a brief condensation of
notes made at tt e time. • ,
A II EN OCR AT
HOW HE ROUTED CHALMERS
IN( L•il ri
k „ N L
TERMS:--$2,00 in Advance, or $2,59 within the year
But to follow his oareor is not in the
scope of this writing. Our aim is only to
give the personal impressions left by
Sheridan on those with whom be came in
contact before fame had crowned his name,
and the gratitude of a redeemed nation
bound laurels for his brow.
In person (at least in repose) Gener
al Sheridan would not be called a hand
some man. Some one has called him an
"EMPHATIC HUMAN SYLLABLE"
If so, nature's compositox set him up
in the black face, broad letter, sometimes
seen in "jobs" and advertisements. It
is " solid" at that. Sheridan is barely
five feet six inches in height. His body
is stout ; his lower limbs rather short.—
He is what would be called "stocky," in
horse-jockey phraseology. Deep and
broad in the chest - , compact and firm-in
muscle,' active and vigorous in motion,
there was not a pound of superfluous flesh
on his body, at the time we write His
face and head showed his Celtic origin.
His head long, well balanced in shape,
and covered with a full crop of close curl
ing dark hair. His forehead moderateli ,
high, but quite broad, perceptives well
developed, high cheek bones, dark beard,
closely covering a square lower jaw, and
firm lined mouth, clear dark eyes, which
were of a most kindly character, comple
ted the tout ensemble memory gives at the
call.
Always very neat in person, and gen.
erally dressed in uniform, Captain Sher
idan looked. as he was, a quiet, unassuming,
but determined officer and gentleman,
whose modesty would always have been a
barrier to great renown, had not the-gold
en gates of opportunity been unbarred
for his passage. Almost the opposite of
tl.e Lieutenant General in his intellect
ual traits, yet like him in ninny social
eharoteristies, it would have been diffi
cult fur so great a General to have found
a 1: ore vigorous subordinate, or a more
daring executive of the stupendous plans
he formed. Philip. Henry Sheridan is
now thiry•four years of age, and has won
a reputation second only to Grant him
self, and to that embodiment of nervous
and intellectual force, Major General
Sherman. We have not heard the last
of our pugnacious and pertinacious Quar
termaster, whom may the God of battles
bold safe from harm.
Half an Hour in a Railroad Offiee.
Traveller—"New York," planking the
price of a ticket The ticket clerk jerks
out a ticket and jerks in the money al
most in an instant, without a word, and
the traveller gives place• in the next
comer, who perhaps has the same desti
nation, but who occupies much more
time in making his wants known, some
thing after this style :
"What's the fare to New York ?"
"Four dollars."
"How long afore you start?"
"Ten minutes."
'Ah—er-----can you change a fifty dol
at bill ?"
" Y es, sir,"
"Give me change in Boston money
(laying out the fifty) and in five dollar
bills if you can."
Change is made and the ticket thrown
out in almost a second of time.
"Do you got into New York as early
now as usual ?"
Yes, sir."
"What time does the Philadelfy train
leave to-morrow morniu' ?"
By this time the querist had gathered
up his bank notes, folded them up, put
them smoothly into a pocket-book, poked
his umbrella into the stomach of a heat
ed individual from the rural districts who
was waiting nervously behind him, and
by the delay caused the collection of half
a dozen - applicants for tickets.
Next comes the countryman's turn.
(Breathlessly)—"Ticket for Boston !"
"You are in Boston now, sir."
"0; o—er Yes—ah lah! ah I
want to go to Pliwtonville"—no show of
money."
"Forty-five cents!" (waiting for a show
of funds.")
"Yes; wal, I'll take one ticket."
"Yes, sir, forty-five cents."
By this time gent from the rural
district comprehends the pay in•ad.
vance principle adopted at the well reg
ulated railway stations—and, fishing in.
to the profound depths of his pantaloons'
pocket, withdraws, in a capacious hand,
a miscellaneous collection, which from
a hasty glance appears to be composed of
a piece of eavendish tobacco, a lead pen
cil, piece of red chalk, large jack-knife,
a political medal, leather shoe•string, a
couple of buttons, a suspender-buckle,
and some--change. From the• latter a
twenty-live cent piece, two half-dimes,
two three.pent ; ,pieees and four cents
,are
laboriously - extiaoteil and deposited on
the counter, from' which they, are rapid ;
ly swept by three or four dexterous pass-,
es of the clerk, who turns to serve a lady.
"I want a lady's ticket to Providence"
depositing a five dollar note. Clerk
throws:out a lady's ticket,.which bears a
striking similarity to, and in fact would
be called d twin brother of a gentleman's
ticket," and also some. , ohange• at the
same time. Lady cautiously examines a
bank note she has reoeivod in exchange.--
"Is this a good bill?"
"Certainly, madam, we dive none
er." -
/ NO. 31
Lady retires perfectly satisfied. The
next customer is an illustrious exile
whom we have every reason to suppose
has recently fared sumptuously upon a
repast in which onions figured conspicu
ously as a vegetable, and moderate-priced
whisky as a principal beverage.
"Sure, what is the price of a ticket to
Nee Yarrk !"
"Deck passage, two dollars and a half."
"Wouldn't ye take a dollar and seven
ty-five. Sure, it's all the money I've got
at all, at all."
"No ! two dollars and fifty cents."
(Persuasively.) "Sure, wouldn' ye take
two dollars ?'t
"Not a cent less than two fifty. (Em
phatically,) Pass over your money or
pass on.
Pat, finding blarney anrpersuasion of
no use in this instance, counts out his
cash, which the quick eye of the clerk
discovers to be a little short of the re
quired amount.
"Three cents more."
The stray three cent piece is reluctant
ly dropped from Patrick's warm palm,
and the individual who succeeds anxious
ly inquires what time the five o'clock
train leaves, and is seriously informed "at
sixty minutes past four."
The next inquires, 'Has Mr. Smith
bought a ticket for this train ?"
•'Can't say, sir; don't know him."
"0, he's a dark-complexioned man,
had on a dark overcoat, and an umbrella
under his arm."
In consideration of the fact that about
fifty "dark complexioned" individuals,
with dark *overcoats on had purchased
tickets of the clerk, some having um
brellas under their arms and some not, it
is not extraordinary that he does not re
collect which is Mr Smith.
All the time these negotiations are go
ing on eager interrogators on the outer
circle of the -crowd about the office s are
propounding questions, and a running
fire of them and replies fills up every
possible pause.
"When does the next train start ?"
"Ten minutes of five."
"Say, you—what do you tax to Mans
field ?"
•
"Seventy-five cents."
Sailor —"Purser, give us a card for
New Bedford"--slaps down a gold piece
sweeps ticket and change into the crown
of his bat, takes a bite of the weed, and
rolls off to a car "well forrard."
"Does the train stop at D. ?"
"No; this is the Express train."
"Which one does?"
"Accommodation—leaves at two and
a half o'clock."
Ticket-'n 'arf to Providence."
"How old hi the half ticket ?"
" Hey? "
"How old is the child you want the
if& ticket for ?"
"Between seven and eight."
"Is this the boy?" pointing to a lad
of about eleven, who was endeavoring to
make himself look as short as possible by
crooking his legs and resting his chin on
the counter.
"Yes, that's him; suppose you only
charge half price for boys."
'Full price for him, sir."
"Full price! why he's only a boy ;
yer hadn't ought to charge full price. '
"Big enough to occupy a seat, sir ;
full price, if you please."
The applicant reluctantly draws out
the money, and the boy grows some eight
or ten inches in stature in as many min
utes.
"Ticket for New York," says another,
throwing down a ten dollar note.
The clerk gives a rapid glace at the
bank note, followed by a keen, searching
one at the applicant, and then replies:
"Counterfeit." The dropping of the un
der jaw, the blank and stupefied amase•
went of the latter at this announcement,
proves at once the official's judgment was
correct, and that the applicant was un
conscious of the character - of the note
until he tendered it in payment for a
ticket.
Mustered Out—Now Look Out
A TRACT FOR THE' TIMES
Look out—not so mud for the rebels
whom you have met face to face and foot
to foot, and whipped 'over and over again
in - fair and open fight ;as for the villains
and cowards who watch for opportunities
to defraud you in trade and pick your
pockets,: Look out for ticket agents.
—hotel , runners—mock auctioneers—
street women— pocket-book droppers--
confidence men and tho whole tribe of
scoundrels who rrpare neither sex, nor
age, nor condition in life , to gratify their
lust for filthy 'lucre.
Ai the railroad depots—at the wharves
—on the ears--on the boats, at the hotels,
it "the theatres And, all other places fre
quented
. by soldiers—there are men and
wourenWhose chief . °oda nation is 'to cheat
and rob:the brave • Men who have been
mustered' out et the service. These sub-'
tlemul , wary enemies with their (roofed,
crates, arp,day and night, .in season and
:Out of season on the track of the return
ing soldier. They assume Various dis
guises to accomplish their object. They
Tot on the dress and airs of verdant (mutt-,
tryinen- . --of soldiers ou their return, home'
of agents!:.f7mions aosooiations o of ofrieere
in military and civil life, and will "stick
, .
at nothing„ to insure the hard earned
money in the possession of the soldier,
If these unscrupulous and cruel wretch•
es appeared before the scarred and bat
tered veteran in their true character, he
would be more then a match for them ;
but they assume the attitude and use the
language of friendship; hence the hero
of the battle who has passed through the
baptism of fire and blood on the fidd, is
in great danger of falling entangled in
the meshes woven in seeratand spread in •
the dark for his impoverishment end
ruin.
The man whe invites him to drink,
may have a potent and poisonous drug
at hand ; the strange women who
tempts him to her room, may , have the
appliances for stealing his money.
The soldier who has been matered
out, must look out for the " stool pigeons"
employed in the brothels and saloons for the
purpose of " plucking" and " bleeding"
the gallant man whose breast has been
our bulwark of defence. What oare they
for the present and prospective happiness
of the patriotic and heroic who risked
his life to save the life of the nation.
They look upon the wooden leg and va.
cant sleeve as marks of physical weak
ness, making it au easy task to overpow-
er their victim.
In view of these facts, let the soldier
determine that he will send out the vig
ilant pickets of watchfulness, observation
and common sense, and not allow himself
to be surprised and overpowered by a moan
and met ciless enemy.
Can he endure the thought of return
ing home to his mother—wife, sister or
sweetheart a debauched and ruined man
—the slave of habit, a drunkard—so that
even his scars won in battle shall be noth
ing more or less than beautiful spots on
the skin of a beast ?
'Will it comport with the honor and
dignity of a conquering hero , returning
to his home, to give himself up entirely
to his cubs--to set about the tavern and
grog-shop, and drink and drink and drink
to intoxication . —to make himself the pest
of society, and the execration of the
neighborhood, haunting the dens and
lairs of vice and sinking lower acid low
er still, and still lower—until then shall
be no hope in his expectations—and no
Penitence in his tears—falling at last in
to that great furrow, the grave, the vic
tim of drunkenness ?
ilav'ng been mustered out, look out
fur the common enemy of the race, in
temperance— " touch not, taste not, handle
not" the intoxicating cup, and you soldier
will be welcomed home as a hero who can
conquer a rebel and conquer himself al
so. If you have no money you will be
rich with the honors a grateful people
will heap upon you—rich with the hope
and love that will clustfir about your
name. Places of trust and profit may
be at your disposal. 'Society will wait to
crown you with its confidence and res
pect—the Church will be ready to cover
you with its sheltering wing.
Be like the soldiers of Cromwell who
put their trust in God and kept their
powder dry —and who at the close of
the war, returned to . their families be
having so well, the royalists acknowledg
ed, that in all the departments of honest
industry they prospered beyond other
men
None were charged with theft or drunk
ennesa—none were found asking alms—
none of them became the inmates of the
prison—so to have been a soldier under
CrOniwell was passport to the confidence
of the community.
Let it be said now that the soldier who
followed Grant and Sherman and Sheri
dan may be trusted—that lie is an hon
est man as welVas a hero—a sober man
as well as a soldier.
Having won liberty and maintained
the Union, let him not become a slave
and dissever himself from all the noble
attributes of humanity. Let him be an
honor to the country which has been saved
by the loyalty and valor of the army and
the navy The United States stands in
the fore-front of the foremost nations—
and the soldiers who kept our national
honor untarnished and our State from
dismemberment, should be foremost in
every good word and work.
Society should be made to realize that it
owes the soldier something besides a pen
sion and a jubilant reception. It owes him
every reasonable effort that can be made
to protect him from the clutches of the
liquor seller and the gambler, and the
grasp of the human sharks who would
rob him of his money, his character and
his life.
Every patriotic citizen should constitute
hithself a committoe to watch with sleepless
and patient vigilance for the welfare of
the disbanded volunteer. Rum is a rebel
a guerrilla, an assassin, and cannot be
trusted. It must be subjected to con
fiscation and banishment, or it will work
mischief and death in all parts of our
common country.
No man was so poular with the army
as our Chief President Lincoln—when
ho fell, those who had been at variance
'for years met together with tearful eyes
and clasped hands over his coffm--tates
joined the funeral procession, and the
whole nation put on the weeds of mourn
ing. We did not know how much we
loved him until be left us. His example
of honesty„sobrietiond industry, remain
for us to imitate. Napoleon said to bis
soldiers in Egypt, forty generations " Look
down upon you ;" we say to our gallant
Men • Who are mustered out, your tall and
star-crowned Chief lobks down from the
battlements of. Heaven upoit you. Let
your virtue at - liome lie equal to yourval.
or in the field. -
A , RULE WiTnoUT tN 140EPTION.—
A yoUng geat'eman, feeling restless in
church, leaned forward and addressed an
old gentleman thus : "Pray s aii j win you
tell, me a rule without an eiceptienVt--
" Yes, sir," he replied,.•,"agentleinitiqd
ways behaves well in church."