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rERDI,S„,()F,,ADITERTISIZ. O
Ono eqoaro 0110 Inael.tion, ' ' , .1.00
For oath nu- soquent inatirtion. • 50
For io ,auttio Advertiser')Onto, 25 00
Legit Notice!' 4 00
y w n. o .lo ~,t thirds without paper, . 7tO
°titulary Not-1.01 an tin .1111 LI nie r . 1.,
OM rel Ling 0 matt. sat pri•
.17 Ito lit ooats .11. .nu t 10 cents per
lino.
lOtt —lnr Job printing Ogee Ia the
tr.cost awl most c onplyto 'n,tobllobinont In t,t,
>an y. Pour good Prosaos, and a general varlaty 01
rnatorlat suited for plalo.and Fancy wart 01 ovary
aln 1, notblet us to do Jon l'rl ntlng at Cho alaw toot
ant co, and on th I In,. rois6nablO terms. PBIIIOI3P
lu !tan of tills, It :Inks or anything In the Jobbing
Ito , llt ! tleir Interest to give tfs n Cita
6 Cil aat 0, a ',or al atiDu.
U S. GOVERNMENT
Presidont A Not; en' 3011NsON,
Yiet, leta 1 , 0 'MI.
Borret try of .8 Ut te—tVel. 11.8 MA nn,
Stwrot try of nt,,, II
6.3Crqytry nt ro.t. , nry —II von NI,: ULLOCLI,
Averer.dry V I War -1'1,171:r NI. STro..n.y,
',gerrottry ni r.LLEs,
l'o,t M•t,•ter I.lot,ernl—%\ m OV.l+ ti MON •
"urn Ay .4eneral—JAME B 8.
Chief J entice nf the lint 0 I Stales--! , ALNION P. CHASE
STATE OuVE itN M ENT.
Governor—A Nilitt.lV t 7 artriN,
S wre ttr, of Mate—l.:Li SUPER,
Barvoyor Hen •ral— I A 1 ,18.4 . BAHR,
4 •• Moe depot:Dl—let te SI.E.NRER,
r.t9roo lonor.ll-01m. Mt:MI{IITR.
A tjutani general—A L 1(1.18•40.1., C.?
St Ito rre.tsurer—llesni : U. Moolte.
Cbteliu tie of the Supremo Court—GEO. W. WooD
WARD
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Preside 0 t..ludze—llon James 11. Graham.
A,....14:e .1 udgee—don. .diehael Coelilln, Don.
liwrh Stuart
Dlitriet A torney—.l. W. 0. ()Melon.
P...th )noLary—Samuel Sldretuan
Oh CO4 an I dee wder-14thralin Cornwall.
Rog)r—Geo W. Norm
II i S utriff--3an .laeubs.
Co o Treasurer—llenry S. Ritter.
D, mer —David So Ith
County tlonttnieeloners—llenry Karns, Jold. AI
!ay. ,Ii ehell IleOlollan,
Soperdd endeut of Poor House—Henry Snyder.
Plipleian to .Fall—hr. W. T. Dale.
Phyelelan to t'odr Douce—Or. W W. Dale.
BO ROUG II OFFICERS
Chief Burgesq—John Campbell,
A-sistaia Borges,— William Cameron,
Town W.ird-3. W. D. atilelen, An,
drew B. h. is ler, 100. 'Wetzel. Clots. U. Ibtfor, Barnet
Hoffman. M Pot It 111 . - A II It beam, John Bays, 'tebi.
M. BMA. D. M .%lasoo hammer
Borough 'Fre:sat/roe , Da, Id Carlinlan.
High Unstable, Kiwattuel Swartz, %Varti Constables.
East Ward, Audrey tIo tie, Wost Ward, James Wld.
Ler
Assessor- 11 illlam Noaker.
A uhtor— A. K. Shearer
p nx enii,ot,,,r—And,w Kerr. Ward On , lerleen—East
Ward, Jae. h llood) en, 'S est, a rd. it It Williams
Street Can missiso r, 14,1, irk Madden.
iCON Of he tee —l. L. Sp., osier, David Smith,
Abrrn 1.1111 Holcomb.
Lamp Lighters—Ales. Meek, Levi Albert.
CuUKCIIES
First Presbyterian Church, Northwest angle °leen
ire Square. Roe Co, way P. Bing Pastor.—Services
every Su oday Morning . at II O'clock, A. M., and 7
o'clocit M.
Seco. I Presbyterian Churi It, corner of South Han
over and Pomfret streeta Bev. John C Bliss. Paint.,
Services commence at 11., o'clock, A. 71., and 7 o'cank
P. 71.
St, lotus's 'IL anti. (Prot Episcopal) northeast angle
of L teatre 'guar°. Bev F .1 Clore, 'Sector. Services
at 1 I ,'clock 5. 51., cud 7 o'clock. I' 71.
Z0..511.‘h '.utheran Cher la, Bedford, between 71a1n
Int LOULIter -itreets Rev ca Spre,lair, Pastor. Ser
vices at II o'clock A. 71., and 113.1 'clock P. 11.
Ref, aimed 'III Ural. Loather, iletie.-oa Ilan
over an I Fitt, si reels Pe, S•inuel Phlilps. Pastor
i er sic •r, a 6 II o'clock A. 71.. and 0 o'clock I' 51.
71 is It list (tirst charge) corner of Main
and Pitt •tr etc. lies. animas li. Sherlock, Pastor
Se, vices it I 1 o'clock A. NI. and 7 o'clock P 71.
51,11 i list E. Church tsecond chare.e,) Bev. S. L
Bowel to. Pastor. ere Ices in Hill Or) m F. Church at I
o'clock 71., and 3)..,r, M.
Church of :-rieti West nor. of West St
and Cninel Lllet, net 11. F Beck, Panto. Services
at 11 a, .0.. and a, in
-t Patrick's Oa. die Church Pomfret near East at
Rev Pastor. re ews's every other Sala
bath. at 10 o'clock. V espins at .1 P. NI.
UOr nto Lutheran i'nurch. corner Pomfret anti
Beittor 1 strati.S. Rev C r l rltoti, Pastor. Sort ices al
I o'ttlbett P. il.
nen chititores in tin- are necessary the
roper per, 'Li arc to notify us.
DICKINSON COLLEGE
Rev Rerm to D n and Pro
favour of ‘1 , 4 at Science aid Biblical Literature.
Samuel D. Uhlman, A. ai . P$ ta. Stu) r of MatLema ieF.
Jointi K. Stay in A. M., l',lesNos of the Lath:land
ench Languages.
Ilan lames t tlrlharn, LL It , Professor of
Char'es F. MMUS, A. Protes, , or of Natural Scl
en CO +l.l • Curator o the Ati sell .
Bev. J+,11.{.13 A Mertio ey, A. M.. Professor of the
Greek and I terman Languages.
Rev Bernard 11. D p, Professor of Philoso
phy and ein4d4h liao4u“ o .
Itev. theory C. Cheaion, A. !A . Principal of the
Grammar
A. A. 'Primo or, Prholpfl of the Commercial Depart
ment.
Watson thlieehan, taut In 0 ratnmar School,
and Tea:her of Pro
THE MARY INSTITUTE
Couret,A.Tte‘: The Rector, Wee lees slid Vestrymen
of St. John's Church 1 etrliglo.
The Rev. V. J. Clem. U. U., Rector and Treasurer.
hire JOllll it. San•ad.
Miss A. E. Uou Errol, y, instructor in Languages.
Mir, L. L. hi ebster, Instructor in Mathematics and
Vocal Mush,
Mrs. NI. Al. Ege, Teacher of Plano.
Miss K. (irar•am. Teacher of I raising and Painting
lies. S. Philips, - Lecturer on Elocution and Psychui
ogy.
BOARD OF SCHOOL, DIRECTORS
E, Oorom , in President, James 11. Aaxton
It. C. Wood‘vard, Ilnory owshatn. C. P llumrrich
Sort'y ~3 W. Eby, TroAsuror, John Messangot
Mont on the let Monday of each Month at ft o'clock A
M , at Education flail.
CO R PO RA Tto N S.
CTRLISLE DEPoill• \Ns.— ProPident, R. M Hender
sou;hassle,:reties,L. A. smith and
A. 041 x; Niesnmor, Jnu. Undrrwoo ; Dirrctors, it. M
Mention:on, President It C. Woodward. John U. tier
lima, John Si mart, jr.. Alan. Border, floury Saxton
Woodhurn.. l . J. Logan, B. 'Mullin.
far Nil /Stl. oc.—Vresidam. Samuol llopbura
Caur, C railer, Abner C. ilrind,e, Mee
se d Jesse Brown lior, John Dunlap, ItichM
Woods, .1-Ma Ounlap, .saao BrUnllealiill, Jain zn.
Sterrett. Saml ilepburn, nirrelors.
CUN113E11.1.1,1 , V eLLEY RAILIWAD 0051PVIV.—President,
FroJorica Watts: secretor and Treasurer, Edward
M. OM snarl Intoodent, 0. N. Lull. eussruge
trains three times a day. Carlisle Accommo nano.
Etstrmrd, 101000 Carltalo 6 66 A. M., arriving at Car
SlawThrou.gh trains ExcOrard, 10.10 A. hi.
and 1.42, P. M. Westward at 0.27, A. Al., and 2.55 P.
?1.
QtRLISLE GAS AND Waisn COMPANY.— President, Lein
-1181 Vreasurer, A. L. 6pom ler ; Sum:Tinto. , en,
George Wise: Directors, F. Watts, Wm. M. Beetemt
E. it Diddle. Henry Saxton. It. C. Woodward, J. Vi
Patton, F. icirdner and D. 9, Croft.
SOCIETIES
Cumberland Rai Lodge No. 197, A. Y. M. meets at
Marlon Hall on the 2.al and 4th Tu r days of evermouth.
St. John's Lode° No. 200 A. Y. M. Meats .1d Thurs
day of each mouth, at Nlarlo a Hall.
Carnal.. Lodge No. 91 1..) of U. P. Hoots Monday
spooled. at l rout's building
L"tnrt Lodge No. 03. 1. (1 of 0 T. Meets every
Thursday evening In I. hum's 'kali, 31 story.
FIRE COMPANIES.
Thu Union Flro Company wo organized In 17891
[lowan in Louther bi tween 1911 and Unilever.
The aultiberland Piro Campers woe Instil uted Feb'
P 3. 1809. llouse 10 Radford, butwoon slaln onu Pom
frat.
-ehe ()nod Will Fire Comnany was instituted In
March, 1 . 855. Mouse In Pomfrot. ntor Hanover
The ginpiro ILIA and 'Adder Company was Ins tu
ted In 1850 llouse In I'll t, near 9laln.
RATES OF POSTAGE
Postage nn all totters of one half mince weight or
under. 3 cents/prepaid.
Polteg. on ihdittiltAlin nlthin the County, free
Within the state 13 coots per annum To any part
orthe United Staten, 24 cants Postage oil all , ran
ate it pipers. 2 gouts per ounce. Advertised lettera
to
be charged with cost sir advertising.
MRS. R. A. SMITH'S
Photographs, A.mbrotypes,lvorytypes
Beautiful Alfiutus I - Beautiful frainesl
Albums for Ladies sod Gentlemen.
Albums f r d for Children,
Pocket Albums for Soldiers and Civilians!
Choicest Albums! Prettiest Albumst Cheapest Albums!
FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS 1
' Freehand'New from New• York and Philadelphia ,
Markets.
TF you want satisfactnry Pictures and
_Loathe uttention,eall at Mrs. It. A. Smith's Phut ,
graphic Gallery, Soutiner,ot-liatarrerttre.
oppositafthe Court House and Post
Oilles, C4rliale, Pa. ,
Mrs It. A. Swith'weil known as Mrs. It A. Reynoldtl,
tin well kuown as a Daguerrean Artist, gives pd. ,
annul attention to Ladies and tiontlemen visiting her
• Gallery, and having the best of Aitlsts and Polite, at
tendants can s duly promise that in no other Gallery
• can those who fuser , her with weall get pictures sups
,tior.to hersomt coon in Aew York or Philadelphiaior
meet, with more hint and prompt attention.
Ambrokypes Inserted in Rings, Locket's, Preset Pins;
Eke. Pertect,copies of Ruguerrotypes and Ambrotypes
made of deeenen4 friend.. where copies we defaced,
etill be bad. either for frames .r
for. - Mytitsr-.4J 1 mrwittves..preserved ono year and oilier&
,'by mall or otrasmisepfemntly attended to.
idecembet , 2.3,1864—tr .
DR , WM. H. COOK,
''HOMOBVPATHIO PHt§ICIA'q,
Surjeory and *couchour,
hiS, 'residence in
.164 t; aaJoirisir‘9l,igit. Church.
G?py,
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yo L. 65
A. K. RE LE EM, Publisher.
(sattira
From The Round nide.
THE NATION'S DEAD
Four hundred thousand mon,
The brave—the good—the true—
In tangled wood, in mountain glen,
On battle plain, in prison pen,
Lie dead for me and you I
Four hundred thousand of the bravo
Have made our ransomed soil their grave,
For me eruct you I
Good friends, for me and you I
In ninny a fevered swamp,
ninny a black bayou,
In many a cold and franc camp,
The w..ary sentinel cawed his tramp, '
And died for me and you!
From Western,plain to ocean tide
Are at-etched the graves of those who died
For me and you
Good friends, for me and you
On many n bloody plain
Their read) swords they drew,
And poured their life-blood out, like mitt,
A home—a heritage to gain,
To gain for you and me!
Oui brothers mustered by our side,
They marched, and fouglit, and bravely died,
For me and you I
Good friends, for ino and you
Up many a fortress wall
They charged—those boys in I,lllo—
surging smolt°, and volley'd ball,
The bravest were the first to fall I
To fall for me and you
These noble men—the nation's pride—
Four hundred thousand men have died
For me n• d you!
Good friends, for me and you!
In treason's prison hold
Their martyr-spirits grew
To stature like the aßinto of old t
While II mid agonies untold,
They starved for me and you I
The good, the patient, and the tied,
Font. hundred thousand then have died
Far MP and you I
flood friends, for me and you!
A debt We 1110 9 0 r can pay
To them is Jostle due,
And to the nation's latest day
Our children's children still shall say,
" They died for Int and you l"
Four hundred thousand of the brave
Made this, our ransomed soil, their grove,
For me and you!
flood friends, for mo and you!
STEADY AND READY
Steady when fortune's dark shadows surround ue;
Caho, when the wine of Adversit, blow;
Brave, when the world's hollow voice would surround
Strong, though its wild wares tumultuous flow.
Steady in tempest, in strife and commotion;
Hope in our Anchor to stem the rode sea,
Fierce though the pillows and wrathful the ocean—
Steady and ready our maxim shall he.
Ready, when sinister foes would oppress us;
Dauntless hrronflict to do and to dare;
Ready to echo the voices which bless 118,
When shielding the offs ring of scant and despair;
Ready, to calm the low wailing of sorrow,
To bottle with wrong till the enemy flee,
Hoping and trusting to win the bri ht morrow—
Stendy and ready our maxim shall he,
Steady, while dark streams around ns are flowing;
Steady, the rocks and the quicksands to shun ;
Firmer in faith and lull hearteciness growing,
Till the Conflict is over, the victory won;
Glimpses of sunshine steal round the dark river,
Starlight rind moonlight illumine the sea ;
Hail to the symbol—both now• and forever,
Stonily and ready our maxim shall be.
iottilltaasso.
FROM HARRISBURG.
Open ivg (". the Legislature—Absence of
the Gorernor—lM Message— Speech-
es of the Speakers— Sketches of their
Lives— Important measures on Foot.
Special Correppindence attic, Carliale
'HARRISBURG, January 3, 1866.
For the first time in the history of this
Commonwealth our legislature has con
vened in the Capitol of the State in the
absence on foreign soil of him who per
forms the Executive functions. A Gov
ernor echo has by the choice of a large
majority or the people of Pommylvzknia.
held the chief magistracy of a great Com-
monwealih for five long years of trouble
end turmoil, such as no other equal pm
Hod in our history has presented, with al
he honor incident to the high position
ill the weariness of spirit which the em
barrastnents, the conflicting interests and
the critical state of the public weal in-
duced--has seen fit to leave for a time
his tome for sunnier shores, there to re-
cuperite a constitution blasted by the de
mon spirit of intestine strife Flaying
performed his patriotic work faithfully.
it was but right that he should rest from
his arduous labors.
The brief message of Governor CURTIN
read to day, (which I enclose,) was writ
ten but a very short time previous to his
departure far Cuba. Ale then feared that
his ; absence ?piglet be construed into an
unwarrantable neglect of, duties, though
blii"phytioian and all his, friends' were
unanimous in urging-hint to make the.trip.
Thi• modest disregard of self I think is
evident to all from the manner in which,
in his message. he appaila to that "affec
tionate consideration" which he has al
ways received at the hands of Leg;slature
But the public interests have not suffered
in the hands of the counsellors by whom
he was surrounded of yore, and there 'is
not a sitigle4Citailq dissatisfaction at his
absence raised in Miller House. Notwith
standing be fixes the early part of Felirti
ary for his roturn,-it is the belief of his
most intimate friends, among them Col.
SIAIFER, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
tbnt t J'e _lsere—
by Th
middle of the present month In his pri
vete letters he ha's exihited an earnest de
sire.- to 'l 7 O urn .as soon as ,mrcutustancerp
Will 'permit. ' One bf the features of hie
decease is swollen intruh, whiah render
him almost unable to write.
It ie of ' course too early in the session
for any important legislation.; There will
be nothing of anygreatimoment ,fransac
ted until the' return"of 'the Governor:—=
Beieral bills, Milling for local legislation,
have?: en, read in , place, but none that:di
rectly 9illuditeqtly,le . torc4,oe,oltiFfin9 of'
,CUuAbothlud;County.. ,, !ln &in tha.iliegis;
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lature has done little more than organize
itself during yesterday and to day when
it adjourned to meet on Wednesday morn
ing at ten o'clock. At twelve, on that
day, the two Houses will meet in nonven
tion to elect a State Treasurer. - Mr. Wm.
KEMBLE, the Union caucus nominee,
will undonbtedly he re-elected to the po
sition which he has so ably filled during
the present fiscal year.
The speeches of the new Speakers are
characterized by a spirit of patriotism ;
in tone and sentiment, speaking as they
do,for the great majority of our Legisla
tors, these opening speeches of the Legis
lature cannot fail to ring in unison with
the hearts of the honest masses.
Hon DAVID FLEmmu,'Spealter of the
Senate, was born in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, and while still a boy was
taken by his parents to a farm in Dauphin
county.. He had a mere Common School
education, as the formation of the study
of law, which he commenced at Harris
burg in 1108. Before that, he had been
interested in contracts on the Baltimore .
and Havere de Grace Railroad, and in
shipping timber from North Carolina and
Virginia for the Navy Department at
Washington. During his law studies, he
edited a newspaper in Harrisburg, and
ap•rved as legislative correspondent for the
Philadelphia newspaper press, In 1842
he was admitted to the bar, and since then
he has built himself a practice in the
courts here unsurpassed by any other at
torney. In 1847 he served as Chief Clerk
of the House of Representatives. There
is no sounder legal mind in the Senate,
and there is no sounder Union man in the
Commonwealth.
Bon JAMES R. KELLEY, Speaker o
the 'louse of Representatives, was born
in County Down, Ireland, in 1840, coin
ing to this country in 18-19. While taking
his collegiate course at Heyesville, Ohio,
in 1861, he became fired with that spirit
of patriotism which eventually wiped out
our insult at Fort Sumpter. Our defeat
at Bull Run fully rotthed his combative
ness, and leaving his educational pur
suits, ho enlisted as a private in the 31st
Ohio Infantry, in which he served for
fourti en
,ntotiths, participating in the bat•
tles at Mill Spring, l'ittsburg Landing,
Corinth, Perryville, and other less deei•
sive actions, until his physical powers
broke down and he returned to his home
in Washington county, Pennsylvania In
politics, Speaker KELLEY had always
been a Democrata true Democrat; and
on his return from service he etiroused
the cause of the Union and contended for
a vigorous prosecution of the war. With
out solicitation, he was nominated by the
I.lllllon party of his county, in 1863, for
the Legislature, and after a bitter con•
test, in which over eight hundred Demo
cratic votes changed names, he was elect
ed. Re is a quiet, unobtrusive man,
evidently in bad health, but when warms „
up becomes eloquent and enthusiastic.
In the Senate to-day, Mr. MoCon
aughy, of.the Adams and Franklin Die
tile-, presented his petition, contesting
the seat of C. M. Duncan, who has the
certificate of the Return Judges. The
Democrats, it seems, polled a large num
ber of votes cast by deserters from the
army, and it is upon this, and not so
vaunt' upon-Abe a daittouni- noldiur vote
received after the last meeting of the re
turn judges, that Mr. McConuaughy in
tends to rely. • There is only a difference
of twenty five votes to overcome bfprov
ing deserters' votes, which will, however,
involve the most voluminous testimony
The Committee drawn to try this ease is
the fairest that could possibly have teen
selected—and will, de jeatiee in the ease.
This committee, Ihelieve, have resolved
to submit some of the questions involved
to the debision of the Attorney General.
There will _he a great Railroad fight
this winter, and perhaps another one on
the River beds question, but, of this more,
anon. Ido not think there will be any
daft .ulty in passing -a bill to recompense
the sufferers ,on the border by the various
raids, &o. SIGMA.
01110ERS OB THE SENATE.
Speaker—David Fleming
Chief Clerk—George.W. Hatoweroly,
ofGermantovrn.
Assiitant Clerk—Lucius' Roger 3, of
McKean.
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Transcribing Clerks—}?. K. Haines,
Sninerßet ; James C Graham ; Allegheny;
Jobn T. Johinind,, .Centre ; Henry
Gratz, Montgomery ; Col. -Ctieuney 0.
Rogers, Erie. • .
Sergernie 01-tirms--Josepb of
Philadelphia.
Door .Peper—John ,Mortin, Lams-
..11.1essenger=--. Wm. Duffy, Phila..
Librarian.- Ihcob 8 yens; Dauphin.
9,Erionas.ny THE 14 , 0ykiE.
Speaker—Jamesll,Kell'eyrof-Wenh
ingtas outiii , . , r' .
Olkiej"
. Clerk —A. w. Benediiit; 'lfOn
,tingdon county. ,
AssistaW Donniaton,
AllegkrnY'coonty. •• •
:Transcribing Clerk--lor, C. W. 78 17
ker, Philadelphia
Chester county; 3d, J. Williston,
'Allegheny county' ; 'Ed* icing;
Robert 8r9w41-4Y
consing..county. ' • ' "•
''Pos rk p k Merger
;county:. , , •
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Assistant .Postmaster—WA. Rupprt,.
CI a w rprd , 9 outity. .; . :. , ,
jeirankailarnii - rchu flei' . E. IdOtt,,
Philadelphia.. • , . , ' ' -
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Carlisle, P 4., Priolity, January 12, 1866.
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Assistant ~sergeant at, arms-1et;'3430:
Strain, Allegheny county; 2d, James
Work,lndiana county; 3d, Sinnuel,Christ
hamster county; 4th, llug,,h M' lulled,
Delaware county.
Doorkeeper—James M!Clowan, Law•
ranee county. ,
Assistant Doorkeepers—let, J. B.
Hall. Susquehanna county; 2d, Charles
H. Kurtz, Philadelphia; Bd, J'ohn Moore
Westmorland county; 4th, S. Y. Boyer,
Dauphin county.
.Messenger—James M'Cauley,Philadel-
Alta.
Assistant Messengers—lst, William P.
Brockway, Erie county; 2d, J. J. Nofs
ker, Blair county ; 3d, J. W. Powell,
Lancaster county ; 4th, Samuel Nace,
Philadelphia.
GOVERNOR'S M ESSA 0 E
To the Senate and House of Representao
tines of the • Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania
GENTLEMEN : The toils and anxieties
of the last four years have, from time to
time, 'brought on me severe attacks or
disease. From the most severe of thest
I am now slowly strugglineowards re
covery. I find that to give my moist to
thin an opportunity to continue this st rug
gle,it is absolutely necessary that I should
without delay, tunke a iihort tam voyage
and sojourn in a milder climate. Under
the prpssure of this necessity .-I go to ;he
Island of Cuba. It is my hot e and in
tention to return in good season to wel
come you on your arrival at the seat of
Government. But if it shor.id be found
indispensible that my visit to Cuba should
be prolonged CO the early part of Febru.
ary, this message will serve to lay before
you the 3uw , t3 of my absence at toe cow
Mencement of your session. In this case
I feel sure that you will adopt such course
as shall consist with your wisdom, and
with the affectionate consideration which
I have always received at your hands.
It would, however, not become m to
forget that the issues of life are i the
hands of the One above all, and that
I (
many have found death waiting for them
on the foreign shore to which they A:
been sent in search of health. Shotld
such be my fate, I shall draw my - laA
breath with a sense of the deepest griti
tulle to the people of the Commonwealth
and their represen atives fur the cheerful
manly,untailing support which they have
given during the last four, years to the
great cause of the right, and to me and
my efforts to maintain it, aud with a
prayer of thankfulness to almighty God
that He strengthened me till the end of
the cruel relit Ilion, aud thought rue war-
thy to be permitted to continue to that
time as the Chief Magistrate of the peo
ple of Pennsylvania. To have my name
connected in that relation with suoh
people during suoh a time ought to be
eni.,t4 , ,h fo fttl the highest measures of any
man's ambition,
ANDREW G. CURTIN
' EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, /
Harrisburg, November 27, 1865
CINNAMON FIELDS OF CEYLON. - Our
morning was, as usual on our first arrival
taken - up by visits ;in the afternoon, we
drove in Sir E. Barnes's sociable through
the far famed cinnamon gardens, which
covered upwards of 17,000 acres of laud
on the coast, the largest of which are near
Colombo. The plant thrives best in a
poor, sandy soil, in a damp atmosphere ;
it grows wild in the woods to the size of a
large apple tree, but when cultivated, is
never allowed to grow more than ten or
twelve feet in height, each plant standing
separate. The leaf is something like that
of the laurel in shape, but of a lighter
color ; when it first shoots out, it is red,
ana changes gradually_ to green. It is
now out of blossom, but I am told the flow
er is , white, and appears, when in full
blossom, to cover the garden. After hear
ing so much of the spicy gales from this
island, I was much disappointed at not be
ing able to discover any scent, at least
from the plants, in passing through the
gardens; there is a very fragrant-smell
ing flower growing under them, which at
first led us into the belief that we smelt
the cinnamon, but we were soma unde
ceived. Pa pulling off a leaf or twig
you perceive the epioy odor very ati;:ing
ly, but I was surprised to hear that the
fewer had Hulot , sir none. As cinnamon
forms the only considerable export of' Cey
lon*, it is of 'course preserved with ears ;
by tbe . old Dutch law, the penalty for
milting a 'branch was no less than the loss
of a hand ; at present, a fine expiates the
same offence: The' ndighborbt od of Co
lombo is particularly' favorable to its
growth, being well sheltered, with a high',
equable temperature, and as showers fall
frequently, though a whole day's, heavy
rain is ,uncominon, the ground, is, , never
parched.
"THE MINSTREL BOY TO THE WAIL
ll'AO OoNf' "Julius,.l ben to vnit•
Yes, 'sir ! Vivo balls lodged `•in this bo
soul '1" - • '
."B,bo I Musket- balls?",
."No sirl"
"Cannon balls?"
"Nod sir=es 1".
"Wbat-kinder ba
"Codfiab• '
i'Nonon't ever lost anything by loyal
Said s'aagelooking person.
"That is not true," said young 144
%dui beard the remark "for I once lost
thrce,nights' sleep.", ,
,: A *a.ttiThavitigmairied. a girl name
AChurch,tsaya-be -has enjoyed:uore happP,
tiesisineefie joined' the COutoh' . thao he
`ebei, _
Aid'hefete; • • '
"WHAT is the difference between;
,
spider-and a duokr,"bnehas its feet.on
a : web oath° other aireb.,on feetl
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FEE
IMP
MEE
It was the night Lefore Christmas.
Mr. Almayne did not observe the little
blue nosed boy, crouching by the brilli
antly illuminated plate glass window, as
he sprang out of his carriage and went
into the thronged shop.
How should he? But little Ben Har
row's : eyes, eager with the sickly glare of
extreme poverty, took in every detail of
the rich man's equipage, and his purple
fingers clasped one another tighter as he
looked.
" Oh !" he thought, " how nice it must
be to be rich—to have cushioned car
riages, and big red fires, and minced pies
every day ! Oh ! I wish I were rich !"
And Ben shrank closer into his corner
as the wind fluttered his thin, worn cloth
kg and lilted the curls with freezing
touch, from bin forobond.
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THE OLD MAN'S SONG
Oh, don't bo sorrowful, darling I
Now don't be sorrowful, pray!
For, taking the your together, my dear,
Then isn't more night then day.
'Tie rainy' weather, my darling ;
Time's waves they heavily run ,
But taking the year together, my dear,
Thera isn't more cloud than sun..
We ere old folio now, my darling,
Our heads they are growing gray ;
But, taking the year all round,- my dear,
You will always find the May.
We've HAD our May, my darling,
And our roses. long ago ;
And the time of the year is coming, my dear,
For the long dark nights and the snow.
But God is God, toy darling,
Of night as well as of day;
And we feel and know that we can go,
'Wherever Ile leads the way.
Ay, God of the night, my darling,
Of the night of death so grim ;
The gate that Oen; life leads out, good wife
Is the gate that lends to
The Diamond Ring
Nor did Mr. Alwayne observe him,
when he entired his carriage. drawing on
his expensive fur gloves; and leaning
among the velvet cushions with a sigh
scarcely less earnest than little Bon's
had been.
The child's ideal of a " big red fire"
would have, been quite realized if he
could have seen the scarlet shine, that
illuminated Mr. Almayne's luxurious '
drawing rooms that night,,glowing softly
on gilded tables, alabaster vases, and walls
of rose and gold—while, just betore the '
gentle flume, the pale widowersat, thought
fully watching the flickering spires ofgreen
amethyst light, and very lonely in his
splendid solitude.
" 1 wonder what made me think of -
home just then," he murmured, idly tap
ping his feet upon the velvet rug. " I
wonder what alchemy conjured up the
broken bridge, where the willow branches
swept the waters—the bridge where lit tlf-
Clara Willis used to set and study her
lessons,' while I angled vainly for the
fishes that never would bite ? How love
ly she was, that golden haired girl, with
her blue veined f, rehead and dark, down
cast eyes 'I was very much in love with
Clara Wills; in those boy and girl days.
I should like to know on what shore the
waves of time have east her barque, It
is not often that a person one has known
in lang-sync vanishes so entirely and ut
terly from one's horizon. Poor Chan !
what glittering air palaces we built in the
future--bow solemnly we plighted our
childish troths ! And when I came hack
with the fortune of one whose golden
callonades our fairy castles if happiness
upreared its pinacles, she was gone And
Mary was a good wife to me, and a true
one—but shwas not Clara Willis I"
As the thout pas.ed through his brain
he instinctively glanced down at his fing
er upon which ho wore the betrothal
gift of his dead wife. The ring was
gone I •
" Lost—it can't be lost!" he murmur
ed to himself, trying to think whOn and
where he had last observed it. "Can it
have dropped, from my finger without toy
knowledge ? I must notify the police ut
once, and have it advertised. Poor Mary's
ring 1. , It vtould be no mean sum!"
It was a narrow and wiurky little street,
with here and there a dim laMp flaring
feebly through the white obscurity of the
snow; little Ben Harrow knew every one
1 of its covered flagstones by heart, and
ran whistling down the alley-wry of a
tali, weather-stained building, undauted
by wind or tempest:
" See, sis, what • a jolly glove I've
Pound !"" he ejaculated, diving suddenly
hito a narrow door-way, and corning upon
email rooto,,only hall' lighted by alter.°
ape lump, beside which sat a young wo•
•man•husily at work—" Hallo! is the fire
out • •
16 Wrap this old shawl aroued you, Bop,"
said the woven looking up, with a smile
'that partook more Of tears (an mirth,
"an you..w9O't mind the celd , -So mu*.
All the deal is gone and I can't buy any
-more-untill - ath - paid - for these - caps: -- Did:
you sell .any more matches P'• • •
" Only -two boxes," . •sighed- the.. bOy.
" I was so' cold
. that I coulde't go around'
'to the leuseti.". •'
4. Well; uever ,mind, Ben," she said
cheerfully. ".Sit close to me,4ear—vvo'll
keep ~each,; other Oh I Ben t
ehould like to- given. you .a. nice whole
• coat for Christmas." • • • • •
''.••'•"Dott't Ory, sis" said the boy,.leanin
his head against, her Von. "Didn't you
'dye we your shawl for D. comforter, may'
float 'lt that •windY•, •- dOy ? . You're just
as-geod . and' sweet as you can be, Olitra,
and I love you-just :my; well. es.,
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I
were my whole sister instead of only half
a one."
She smiled through . her tears.
" What was it_ about a glOve Ben ?"
He sprang sudifenly up as if rerneua-
boring
" A gentleman dropped it in the street.
I ran alter the eatriag,e, but it went ton
fast for me to catch up Isn't it nice els I"
Very nice, Ben."
She drew the fur glove abstractedly
on her hand looked at the rich, dark fur
" Why, Ben, what is this y"
Her finger had come in contact with
something in the little finger of the glove
and she drew it out. Even in the dint
light of the lamp she saw the myriad
sparkling rascets of a diamond ring.
"The gentleman mu , t, have drawn
off with his glove," she said, while little
Ben stood by, in surprise and delight.
" Ben this is very valuable. Weoughi
to return it, to the owner at once."
" How can we, if we don't know wb •
he is ":” said Ben.
" It will be advertised, dear; ever)
effort will be made to recover so valubbh
a ,jewel.—To-morrow morning you mus ,
borrow a newspaper, and we will look at
the advertisements."
" Sister,"said Ben, under his breatb,
"is it very valuable ? Is it worth a huh
dred dollars ?"
More than that, Ben. Why ?"
"Oh I Clara," he sobbed, buryint,
his lane in her lap, a hundred dollar,
would be so nice! I wish it wasn't
wrong to keep it
Clara did not answer. She only smooth
ed down her little brother's tangled IoeLF
and he never Icn,co hum. h,,,d is wa. 10
her to keep back her own tears.
~Nr. A lmayne was walking impatient!)
up and down lii lung glittering suit
rooms in the Christmas brightness of tlt
u xt day's noon, when his portly foot
man presented himself in the doorway
Well, Porter ?"
There is a young person and a little
boy down stairs, sh., about the adverttz,t-
lien t."
" Ask them to walk in, Porter."
Porter ginnetd dubiously at the velvet
chairs and Wilton carpet.
"'They're very shabby and muddy, sir."
" Never mind show them in."
Porter departed, by no means well
pleased, and in a minute or two threw
_open the door,-and announced the -young
person and little boy.
" Be seated," said M e'rk hl Tay ne court e.
ously. " Can you givp m\any info, illa
tion in regard to the'ring \have lost'?"
Pen Harrow's sister was rapped io a
faded shawl, with u thick green veil over
her face. She held out the fur glove, and
within it a little 'paper box, from which
blazed the white fire of the lost ring.
" My broth , r found it last night in this
glove, sir," she said in lowa tiwid voice
" Tli initials—M. A•—correspond' with
your advertisement, so we br.mght it at
once to the street and number specified "
Mr. Altuayne opened his pocket book,
and slid :
"I have promised a liberal reward,"
ta ki ng out a fifty dollar bill, " will this
be sufficient ?"
Clara Willis threw back her veil, and
said :
" We are very poor, sir, but not so poor
as to tako a reward for doing our duty.
Thank yo•I all the same. ' Come, Ben."
Henry Almayne's check had become
very white as be saw the golden braid,
and clear blue eye of his sweet first love
beneath the faded bonnet.
" Clara 1" lie exclaimed," Clara Willis
s it possible you do not know me ?"
She turned at his wild exclamation.
and gazed fixedly at him with dawning
recognition
Are you —eau it be—that you are
Henry A Iniayne ?" She faltertl, only
half cL rtaiu of the correctness of her
conjecture.
Ile took both her hands tenderly and
reverently in hs. It. she had been a
duchess the action could not have been
so full of courtly respect.
" Clara, do not go yet," ho pleadingly
said, " Let me unravel this,, enigma of.
our atrange lives. 0! Clara if this
Christmas day has . • indeed brought me
the sunshine which has never yet ir
radiated my life, I shallt bless it all my
shall bless it cuntil my dying
day."
;The sun flamed redly in the west before
Mr. Almayoe's carriage—the very one
Ben had so ignorantly admired 'the night
b'efOre-was summoned to carry Nara and
her .brother to thoir„squolitl .home for the
last time, For ere thOtin V" year :dawned
above the wintry eartir,'.-Clara was mar
•r;ed . to the man wh
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TERMS:--$2,00 in Advance, or $2,50. within the year
der the_green 'that; coediting the
wooden . briign;:tsn weary years, ag0.... It
witsa"slitnt etigagement-r-and yet it was
a very long .ono
. And Bain , : Ben . Hui:row, -basking in
the reflected sunshine of his half sister's
happiness foupd outw!:tat it was to be
rich. • , ;
A YOTING widow was askedwlArshe
going to get:lei - 40ga tho death
of her first husband. • , c 01‘,• - ial' said she,
:4‘ FAO it to prevent fretting thyself to death
'‘on , neecinnt Of. poor -Toni l"..
He who'd unhapiiy, and catillrid no
comfort at hOmo,,ia urthtippy ladood.
CONDITIONS STATED BY ME
COLFAX, -
In our last number, wo spoke of the recent
speech of Mr. Colfax nt 'Washington, and
quoted a passage in which he stated some of
the conditions which should be required for
the reception of the seceded States. He thus
proceeds to state other terms :
But there are other terms on which, l
th nk, there is no d w ivision among the loyal
men of the Union. First, that the Declare
tio.l of Independence must be recognized as
the law of the land, and every man, alien
and native. white and black, protected in the
inalienable and God-given rights of '•life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Mr.
Lincoln in the Emancipation ProclaMation,
which is the proudest wreath in his chaplet
of fume [Cheers], not only gave freedom to
the 81 , 1170. but declared that the Gbvernment
mild maintain that freedom. [Applause.]
e cannot abandon them and leave them de•
eneeless et the mercy of their former own
They mist be protected in their rights
of person and property, and these freemen
must have the right to sue in the courts of
justice for all just claims, and to testily also,
4o , :ts' to have security against outrage and
wrong. I eal‘them freemen, not freed/nen.
The last phrase might have answered before
their freedom was fully• secured, but they'
, hould be regarded now as freemen of the
Republic. [Loud and enthusiastic cheers.)
Second, The amendments of their State con.
itttotions which have been adopted by ninny
of their State conventions so reluctam ly, uni
der the pressure of despatches from the Presi
ident and the Secretary of State, should hi
ratified by a majority of the people. We al
know that but it very small portion of their
voters participated in th. election of the del
egates to these conventions, and nearly if not
all the conventions have declared therii in
rorce without any ratification by the people.
When this crisis has passed, can they not
turn around and say that thes't were adopted
motet duress by delegates elected by a [nett
;re vote under provisional governors and
military amino ities, and never ratified by n
opular vote? and could they not turn over
the anti Latoompton argument against us,
and insist, as we did, that a constitution not
.atified by the people may have effect, but
no moral ettitet whatever' Third, The Pres-
Ment can on all occasions insist that they
Mould elect congressmen who could take the
:tier, or ; but in
tile° of thin, tend thu Prt,idet
,nd the country, they haNe. in a largo mo
iority of insi n u A i s , vffle d d„wii morcilesay
Union men wlio c u d inks tho with, and
meted those who basted that they could
not, and would feel disgrncod if they could.
iihout mentioning niuucs, ono conch--
man elected in Alabama by a large majori
ty, declared in his address to the people, be-
lure the Plyeti•ai, that the iron pen history
would record the Eunincipatien Act us the
me-t menstrens deed 0r cruelty that ever
darl ned the an n uls of nny notion ;
111,c ono, whe avowed that he guvo • ell pos
sible did and comfort to the de•
neuneed the Congre,s of 1:- us guilty in
l•nacting such ate tett [A voice.—Put thew
nn prnbation.] The youth i.. til ed wita
men who ran bike the oath. It cleclure..4., •,
VOlll ly tat ICVII part iu the Ue-
Evvry con,eript in the Soutlivrn
army can take that each bveituse he was
n.reod into the rakes by Owl'. conseriptiffil
Het. and every niaii wino stitytql at. home and
refused to accept a civil o: military office
could take that real) ; but these were not the
ribiricsurf ate Sti f tes ately in rebellion:
Fourth, While it must be expected that a
minority of these States will cherish for years,
perhaps, their feelings of disloyalty, the coun
try has a right to expect, that, before their
members are admitted to a share in the gov
ernment of this country, a clear majority of
the people of each of tbesetitates should give
evidence or their earnest" and cheerful loyal
ty, not by such r_pe eh is as are so common,
Iwy :A11.'1101.10.1 the issue to the arbiaia
ment of war . „ but that they tire willing to
stand by and light for the flag of the coun
try 1 ,
nstull itsenernies, at home or abroad.
The danger now is in too much precipita
thrift- Let us rather [mike haste slowly, and
we can then niipe that the foundations of our
Government, when t h us reconstructed on the
basis of indisputable loyalty will be us eter
nal as the stars. [Applause.]
Virginia Loyalty a Myth
The Richmond (Ye.) correspondent of the
New York Heraid says that Senator Wil
liams, of the Reconstruction Committee, has
visited Richmond, to make inquiries As to
the state of public sentiment the: e, and says:
‘• SCLIII.IOI' Wflliams has learned first that
Virginia loyalty, as represented in both
branches of the State Legislature and in ti o
social circles of Richmond, is w,ll nigh on
absolute myth His observations fdrther
teach him that tho,poonle an/Urged:
pers(mal respect fur President Johnson, but
are utterly devoid of respect for and tolerance
of the United StAtes Uove rn inuet it ; hence
this personal regard for the President y
reason of his liberal course towards them,
they look upon as the very e) imitation of
loyalty. He finds and says that they cling
with a tenac'ous funlnosb, unexampled in all
history, under the circumstances of the must
disastrous defeat, and sectional dominion, to
the exploded faliacies of the confederacy as
a benevolent system of government., and.
the ish with a rightoons reverence the lead
ing spirits, both dead and alive, in the Lae
great attempt against the integrity of the
Union, which was completely toiled by
. thc.
powers of the federal arms in *Argil 'last. He
also finds the 1 °pular sentiment of the South
ern people, as such, undoubtedly and Over
whom - tingly opposed to the Congress of the'
United States and all its functional and leg
islative tendencies, owing to the persistent'
refusal to afindt t he: Southern delegates to
their sents in either house .at Washington.
They had confidently counted, by virtue
.of,
the councils of certain- overaMening coaser
valves at the North, to enter the councils
of the nation, and, in conjunction with these
conservatives, rise with arbitrary and inso
lent power, as pf old—thus realizing, by
master stroke of confederate policy. their
balmiest dreams of the ' opulent, overfearing,
landed and slave driving autocrat of other
days."
llminfAon.—What will the ladies soy to
the following romai;ks of Dr. James Jo
son, in his "Economy of Health ?"
The most proper ago• for entering tho'
holy bonds of matrimony has been discussed
but never settled. lam entitled to my opi
nion: and although 1 cannot heregiVis , tho•
„grounds on widelvit rests, the reader may.
take it for granted, that I could, adtluoti,'l
were this the proper place,.a great number,
• of reasons, loth nutral,and• physical, for the
dogma lum about to prop , quid:: The max-•
' woo la.inculcato r is-this-L-4 -
that nMtrintopy should not be contracted be
fore : the first year:ff the fourth Septonniad.:
On
,the part of .females, nor before the last,
year,of tho•sanie in the case
: of the male ; in;
other words, the fomalb• should be fit least,
21, rod, the, male 28. years old.. That there
be seven years difference, botween.tho
ages Of :the Ilexes, at Whatever period of Mb ,
the. solemn •contract epterad upon ' nod.'
na,slM urged, as it •is, universally admitted
therols u difference of seven years, not in
the aCtual•duration of lith,in the .two sexes,
04011.•thei.Staininifot .oo:constitution—the
symmetry of form,- and the lineaments; of
fi_hou
—The 'Ohiimheisnurg Repcisipr,y' . entered
on its seventy Third yenr; its - hist : l6Sn;
mulch improved nokenlniged. It has,elways
beenm fearless advocate of justice; and. the
right; and 'is iMOCstionahlt:Oric
ltbieBoolllllaii iit
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A oodD, strsry was told somo years ago of
old Marks, wbo,pijded - kimsolf upon never
being mistalien,in:lii4 jtidgm on t of a person's
ti meter fmtn:::* , -• •
He was in 414:WesteTit
,Mo . 7ket one day,
to get a goOsi3l'oi dinner.' ,
ing about,
ho saw a lot before a young woman with a
peculiarly fine open cOunt..rinnee.
"She's honest,"- said Marks to, himself,
and at once asked her if she had a young
goose.
- -2 f
Yes,lll said she, " here's as One a okti
you will find in the market," and she hiUkad
up im,his face with a perfect sincerity that
wou!d have. taken his heart, if he 114 d riot
al rdndy anode up his mind astothetioti'afiaiVr.
" You're sure it's you''^g ?"
"To be sure it is ;" and Marks took it
borne.
All efforts to eat it were fruitless, it was
so tough ; and the next day he hastened
down to the market, angry With himsblf;and
more so with the Ronest4aced girl - Vetattad
cheated him.
" Didn't you tell me that goose was Vitttii'
yesterday ?" he exclaimed, striding *to
the girl wrathfully.
"To be sure I did." •
" You cheated me," said Marks, "it was
a tough old gander."
" You don-'t call me old, do you?" she
asked.
" No," I should think not," he replied.
" No, /should think not, too. lam only
twenty, and mother told me the goose was
hatched just six months after I was born l"
FtWVIC Ds.uo lITERS. —A gentleman had five
daughters, all of whom he brought up to
some respectable occupation in life. These
daughters married, one after another, with
the consent of their father. The first mar
ried a gentlemen by the name of Poor, the
second the name of Little, the third a Mr.
, the fourth a Mr. Brown, and the fifth
Hogg. At the wedding of the latter,
stirs with their husbands were present.
the ceremonies of the wedding were
, the old gentleman said to his guests:
I have taken great pains tolliticate my
daughters, 'that they might act well their
part in life, and from their advantages and
improvements, I fondly hoped they would
do honor to the family ; and now I find that
all my pains, cares and expectations have
tui nod to nothing but a poor, little, short,
brown,
Spurt,
a Mr.
her si
After
Mill
IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION.—WfIt
ed—A young MHO to take charge of a very
line span of hor”os •of a religious turn of
BEM
A Ft'llool commit' ee man writes: We have
a drool house :arge enough to accommodate
four hundred pupils four stories high.
A newspaper ,ays : " A child was recently
run over by a wagon about three years old
and cros-eyed %ye:l.ring pantaloon, which
never spoke another word afterwards.''
Pnrasol—A protection against the sun,
us,'d by ladies . made of cotton and whale
bone.
exchange, in describing a recent Tele-
Ilion, says : 'The procession was very fine
d about two mile- in lengtl;as was also the
Ryer of Or. Perry, the Chaplain."
ah'i — The following
,jureniiiity occurred at
one of the watering places some years ago,
before hairy muzzles, wereso common as they
are now. Mrs. G— was sitting at dinner
with her little boy of four or live years
age, when a bewhiskered foreigner came in
and took his seat at the opposite side of the
table. The child stared at-hits a good while.
with astonishment, till the mystery was
solved, when, suddenly, in rather too loud a
voice, he cried out to the mother, t‘ Ma! mal
lie has gut a mouth ; I saw him put a tater
r . " Old Cooper' . is a Dutchman, and,
ke many another man, of whatever nation
ity, has a wife that is '• some." One day
the ‘• old luau - gut into some trouble with
a neighbor, which resulted in a light. The
neighbor was getting the better of the "old
loan," which Cooper's wife Was not Slow to
see. The old man" was resisting his ene-
y to the best of his ability, when his wife
broke out with
" Lie still, Cooper I lie still ! If he kills
you I'll sue him for damages."
It only remains tb be said that. Cooper did
lie still, and was not killed.
ACe.A. down east editor, in a complimen
tary notice of a vigilant general, was made,
by the omission of a single letter, to call him
a battle-scared veteran. The poor man has
tened to make amends in the next issue, by
sti ling that it was his intention to have de
'nominated the hero a bottle-scarred veteran.
SEir!School teachers sometimes receive
very funny excuses for absence of children
from recitations. The following is about as
original as any we ever saw : " Ceptathom
digintaters." For the benefit of our readers
who never studied law or stuck typo, we
may add that the boy was - " kept at hoMe
digging tators."
Hs KrEW "Come hero, my little
follow," said a gentleman to a youngster of
live years, while sitting in a parlor where a
large company was assembled. "Du you
know who 1 am ?"loth, thir."
are I ? Let me hear." " You ith the-tnen
who kithed mamma, when papa Wath in
'Now York."
A State fair is a queen ; ati agricul
tural fair is a farmer's daughter; - a church
fair is a parson's wife; an editor's fair is the
best looking girl he can get hold of; u char
ity fair is.a female pauper; and.the most.mr=
popular fare in the universe is boarding fare.
MILTON 111 , 118 asked : HIM is it that in
some countries a king is alkmed to take his
place on the throne at fourteen years Of age,
but May not marry until ho is eighteen?"
" Because," said the poet, "it is easier to
govern a kingdom than a woman !"
A GENTLEMAN seeing an Irishman' fencing
in a very barren and desolate piece, of land,
said, " - What. are
. y , oirlencing in that foi.,
Pat?, A flock of sheep would starve to death -
on that land." " And sure, your honor,
out," replied Pat.
giiirA California editor, aoine time ago,
received •-a large document, which • he was
requested to put under editorial head
gratis.' Ile cOmplied,,by • placing it under
his pillow. and expressed his determination
to serve similar communications in, the same
INstriterron.-.The following toast fwas,rt
cently pronounceclfit a drernan's dinnerehift
was . received with. givat applauati J 4 0 7.
ladies!--.-Their oyes • kiridle
against which there is no insurance •JLM;
• , • •
A I:Leo/Lau in: the''Window of a Tiji:y4r
inedichte vender, in' thn 'Rua l §f.j34so46 - 1
Pariiii . reads as . follows • " The
quested '3l6t 16 niisititiii‘ tWAd`
anothei quack just
ME
QUE;sTIONS FORA DEBATING SOCIETY.—
If a man has nothing when he gets married,
and his wife bas nothing, is her thingS hizen,
Or his t hin g s !writ? m Nil biehas the most hal
sum, pumpkin stirs or apple siirs?
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