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THE COITNTERSION.
Alas! the weary - hours pass slow, 1 •
The night is very dark And still,
And in the marshes far. below
I hear the bearded Whip-poor-will.
I scarce eau see a yard ahead,
My ears are strained to catch each gonad;
I bear the leaves about 'me shed,
And the springs bubbling throt the ground;
Along the beaten path I.pitcej..3f:c - •
Where white rags markinrsentry b s - track,
In formless shrubs I seem to trace
The foeman's form with bending backi
I think I see him crouching low,
I stop acid stoop and peer—
Until the neighboring hillocks grow.
To groups of soldiers far and near.
With ready peace ,I wait and watch,
Until mine eyes, familiar grown,
Detect each ha.rmless earthen notch )
And tarn guerrillas into stone.
And then amid the lonelfgloom,
Beneath the weird old tulip trees,
)Ay silent marches I resume,
And think on other times than thee.
Sweet visions through the silent night!
" The deep day-windows fringed with Vine ;
The room within, in softened light,
The tender, milk-white hand in mine,
The timid pressure, and the pause
That ofttimes overcame our speech—
That time, when by mysterious laws
We each felt all in all to each,
And thetOltat bitter, bitter dal, •
When came the final hour to pia;
When clad in soldier's honegt gray,
I pressed her,weeping to My heart,
Too proud of me to bid me stay, -
Too fond of me to let me go,
I had to tear myself away,'
And left her stolid in her woe.
So rose the dream—so passed the night
When distant in the darksome glen,
Approaching up the sombre height,
I heard the solid m trch of itt;a;. '
'Till over stubble . , over sward,•
And fields where lay the golden sheaf ;
saw the lantern of the guard
Advancing with the night relief.
qtaltl who goet theta V' my challenge cry
It 'rings plmig the watchful lino.
, 'ltelief 1" 1 hear,a voice reply. •
"Advance and give the countersign'!" •
With bayonet av i klie chitgc, I wait,
The, corporal, gives the mystic spell;' •
With arms at Port, I charge my mate.' .
And onward kiss, and all is well. '
but in the tent l ihat night awakb,
• I think, If in i the fray I fall,'
tan I the mystic answer make
Whenc'er the angelic sentries call?
And 'pray that Heaven may so ordain,
That when Inear the camp, divine,
Whether in tratrail or in pain,
I too may ha've the countersign.
Camp Cameron; July, 1861.
The Story of'a Brave Woman.
It was a warm and sultry morning in
•the last of June. - The inhabitants of,
Monmouth were all, astir with the 'know
ledge that the two armies were in their,
midst, and by their motions sustaining
theprobability that a . •general action was
about to be hazarded. The British army,
'now commanded by Sir Henry Clinton,
had assumed one of the strcingest sitna-
Peng —Upon' the high grounds about
IVlonmtith Court ,House they laid Their
flank on the border of a small wood, the
last guarded by a deeper one : and the rear
running toward a morass.
The army was disposed in such an ad
jacent position as to be able.to harass the
enemy in the rear and take advantage of
their first movement. The other generals
Lafayette, Greene, Wayne, Stewart, and'
Scott. ) were directed to hold their' troops
in readiness to support the front;
Early in the morning notice was given
that the van of the enemy was in Motion.
General Lee immediately prepared to make
an attack upon them, and he was soon
joined by Generals. Dickinson and Mor
gan, with their spirited 'troops. In Tull
view of the house of Hollis - and iMolly,
this action commenced. • Hollis out on his
military suit at once._ The spira l which
animated every true American was newly
aroused at this spectacle, and he Was im
patient 'to mingle in the strife.
, "Will pit; go, Hollis ?" asked Molly,
anxiosly.
"Yes, dearest. • Can I remain here
tamely, and riot offer my assistance in the
defence 'of my country ? I,shall be only
a private; but there will be work enough
for me to do.' .
"Rem6mber the fate of your father,"
faltered Molly.
thought you were brave, My own
wife," said Hollis„with a smile of affec
tionate _
"Battle scenes have not lost their charms
for me yet, though I confess to Unusual
mbgiTings this morning," replied! Molly.
- "I shall return at night, darling, it may
e with new glory attached to the: honor-
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able name - which- my father - itransinitted
to me. I muSt fight Wes& red coats,
Molly. God bless you, and good-bye for
the present," returned Hollis, bringing
her to his heart with a partin'g caress.
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" bleSsing go . with you; hUshand,"
said Molly, as Tfollis sped rapidly from
.the door. " 1 - 1
• The 'enemy advanced so nearl
house; that shefeciald quite - plainly dis
tinguish their :motions. •
that Tnreie a man 1" she exclaim
'ed-; • I would 'Ore ''those British tyrants
free doses of death. To think of their
approach to''eur Very. doors!' Of their
burning the beifitiful homes (of some of
our neighbors, begaise they would not
turn traitors 1" .;
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She discovered Hollis engaged in the
duty of canoneer 'and - she watched his
Motions with the deepest interest. A.s
the morning deepened into day, the wea
ther became intensely warm; not a leaf
of a tree moved, and'the sun adared down
such volumes of heat, the earth .seemed
brazen and parched to a paiilful endur
ance
"Hollis will Suffer with thirst l" Molly
bethoualit herself; 9I will, go and carry
him a pitcher 'of water froin the cool
spring."
She hastily o municated - her inten . ;
tions to Mrs. Itotdo.era, the housekeeper
and threw on her hat.
"I would advise you to keep within
house to-day. The Biiiishers' will kill
you, like as any way, if yeti go out there."
"I shall go," replied bltohy. " How
good the water will taste to him when he
is struggling in this heat."
Herglance now fell upon Hollis again;
his hair was thrown back from his fore
head, he had cast aside his coat, and he
was loading and diseharrdng) the cannon
with an adiniealde poorness, while the
balls of the enemy whizzed about his
head. Molly was strongly impressed by
the picture; he had never looked so glo
rious to her before, Sasie When, he was
about to sacrifice his life at the pine -tree,
the central objeet of savage ire: She could
not be restrained longer. Skipping away
to the cold spring, a few rods distant,she
filled the pitcher, and, remembering Hol
lis's liking for spearmint, paused a mo
mont to break Off a few leaves of the rich
bed, fringing the bank at her feet. These
she.. settled in' the pitcher as she ran
,up
to Hollis. - He; reef ved luir offering glad
ly, blessed hdr for the thought in a low
voice, and drank the whole [before he re
sumed his duty.
Mol:y ran away again regardless of the
many eyes which had 'been attracted by
the strange sight of her *bite muslin
dress amid the bloody strife.? She return
ed to her post of watching with breathless
anxiety, for the battle waged closer and
fiercer. Unconsciously she would break
forth into words of encouragement for her
favorite generals, as she distinguished
their'uniforms, or the noble' horses which
they rode falling dead beneath them. •
Once more she venture t out to carry
water. to Hollis, for he no ly and unre
mittingly worked on in the face of the foe.
She bad refilled her pitcher, when, turn
ing, she Faw gollis fall to the grOund.
With a blanched cheek,, and a horrible
forebOding rushing over her heart, she
lost no time in reachinc , the snot.
Alas !be was dead r shot of the
enemy had killed him instantly,
"Take thaCcannon away;' , ' said General
Wayne tau:in& of the soldiets; "we cannot
fill the place by as brave's man as has
been 'killed !" I •
"No 1" returned Alolly, looking upon
the General 'with a tab° like death, yet
calm in, its inspiration of bravery height
ened to heroism; "the cannon shall not
be removed for the want .f some one to
serve it, since my brave husband is no
more, for I will use my utmost exertions
co`aveuge his death."
Mclly was now fairly ) aroused. She
lciaded and discharged the cannon, while
the officers beheld her with undisguised
admirati on., •'There! she exclaimed, after the first
fire;" take that, ye remorseless , enemies,
and wait for the next." • I
Again and again she ; discha!rged the
cannon, dealing
-death and destruction at
every shot. ;
"Whom have we here 7?' inquired Gen
eral Washington, attracted to the spot by
the simmlar spectacle. 1 '
"An angel of the host of Michael. The
powers of hell would drop before her I"
replied Gen'eral Wayne.
Molly now. determined on a coup de
maitre. Accordingly she reloaded the
cannon .with double the ordinaryy quota;
then discharged it. A terrible crash suc
ceeded. Molly was thrown into the air,
several feet; then she • fell to the ground
with violence. Three :British soldiers
Were and an effieer of high rank
was apparently mortally
,:wounded. Many
who stood by were thrown - down, and gen
era) confusion prevailed.
. This last discharge had broken the can
non into fragments 1 .
For a few minutes Molly was insensi
ble, but she soon - yalliedi and . rose with a
steady eye. The soldiers leudly apPlaud-
00IIDERSPORT I. POTTER . CaUNTY, IMATESDAt
ed .her, notwithstanding which she imme
diately withdrew to her home, lollowed
by two - soldiers with the body of her
husband.
On the following day Molly ivas snr
rinsed by a visit from Generals Washing
ton; Wayne,
and Lafayette, who,bad wit
nessed her bravo conduct at the battle
around. Molly , retained her self-command,
"Our'army, Madam; being about to
leave Monmouth,, we - took this early Op
pertnnity .to express to you entire
approval of your action yesterday," said
General Washington.
'"Sir," said Molly, "I only wished to
serve my...country ; the death of my hns
band made me aimost frantic."
"Ydii merit a coat of arms
.like our
Joan of Ate," observed Lafayette; "hers
contained two golden lilies and a sword
pointing upward, bearing a crown." I,
"'I should prefer eagles in place Of the
said Molly. . 1 ,
"Yon shall have an epaulette for yOur
coat of arms," said General Washington,
rising in his accustomed 'dignity of man
ner': "I here confer upon you the rank of
Captain, as a testimonial of my regard
for your service."
The.other generals arose, and crossing
their arms upon their breasts, beheld the
scene with a smile of gratification.
kMany thanks, general," said Molly,
the tears rushing to her eyes; "but would
that my husband had been spared to have
received this honor iustead of myself.
"I trust that you. Will come to a glori
ous end," remarked General Lafayette,
"unlike the Maid of Orleans; who Was
burned at the stake."•
"I have come to that already," return-.
cd Molly; " at least I have been taken
prisoner by the Indians and confined to
a tree, where I should have been burned
alive had not ho who afterward was; my
husband nobly offered his life for miiie."
"Are you indeed that young girl Who
figured so conspicuously at the murdOr of
Miss McCrea ?" inquired General Wayne.
Molly bowed. •
"Brave madam !" exclaimed General
Lafayette ; "before we leave, permit ate to
salute you after the custom of my 'country
when we would honor noble ladies ,like
yourself!' I
A blush suddenly overspread Molly's
cheek as the chivalrous general imprinted
a kiss upon her brow. A few calm, earn
est words, like a benediction, Generai
Washington added to Molly, and the 'dis
tinguished visitors took their departure.
" Mercy on us l" exclaimed Mrs. Rag
ers, who had partially witnessed this
scene; "you are now really a contain
This is the most wonderful thing I ';ever
heard of in all my life." ,
The Duke of Ormond who was a true
pattern of politeness, was visited' a few
moments before his death by a German
Baron; Who was also one of the politest
men of his country. The Duke feeling
himself dying, desired to be convey4l to
his arm chair, when, turtling toward the
,
Baron, he said : 1 1
"Excuse me, sir, if I should make some
griumdes in your presence, for my Oysi
clan tells, me that I'am at the point of
death."
1'
"Ah, my Duke," replied the Baron,
"I beg that you will not put yourself un
der the least restraint on my accounti"
This may be emphatically called "run
ning it—politeness—into the ground."
There is a good deal of sound sense in
the.. following, besides that ought to be
more fully practised : , Ir
Let each one Strive with all his might :
To be a decent man,
And love his neighbor as himself, 11
Upon the golden plan. 1 ,1
And if his neighbor chance to be ,
A pretty female woman,
Why, love her all the more, you see.,
That's only acting human. ! i
ROMANCE AND REALITY.—It-WEis
incorrigible old,bachelor who said, "Tho'
some very romantic maiden may exclaim,
'Give' me a hut with the heart that I
love,' most of tke sex' vastly prefer a pal
ace with the mYn they hate.'
I ; ,
"Go to the d-11" said-Lord Thurlow
one day, when storming at his old valet.
"Pray give me a character, my lord," re
plied the fellow dryly. "People like; you
know, to have characters from their ac
quaintance." •
.An old Count paid his addresses 0 one
of the richest heiresses of Paris. On ask
ing her hand in marriage he frankli said
to her. "Miss B—, lam very old and
you ere very young; will you do me the
honor to become my widow ?"
A man whom Dr. Johnson °nee re
proved fur following a useless and &mor
alizing business, said, in excuse: You
know, doctor, that I must live." j The
brave old hater of everything mean! and
hateful, coolly replied; " - he did not see
the least necessity of that."
,
You lost two legs in the army, - yort say;
wbatidid you gain by it ?" asked a; gen
tleman of a Chelsea pensioner. " Single
blessedne,ss, sir," he `replied;'for 'after
that, 'no woman would marry me?'
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SD for: Army., 1 -
An amusing scene
. came loffin a %nal, I
town situated: in the'north-eastern partlof
Dutchess county a few days ago. . I
It appears that a; young .man' engaged
in peddling; ";Yankee Ned*" happen
ed to stop for the niglii at a tavern- With
his wares, thonght-he ;woUld i liay . e some
sport With the rustin% befdre:takiiiil his
departure; ,:atid' aecordibgly advted ',the
plan-of , reptesenting'hinnie:t:ik the pin-.
ploy - of 114iele . Sam" i 1 ' • 'II '- i•
Before. retiring for the' night, ,bn had
the land4ord of the !hotel' well posted'
as to his Plans 'for l the morrow, giiing
him instructions -to inform 'the "boys"
that there. vas a drafting .officer now-stay
ing therb. ' : *- i. _ 111 -- 'I
In' the' morning he Italliedliforth into
the kir-room, and the first 'one; he picked
out of the crowd, was a man pretty well
advan6d towards fortyfive years of age,
and apparently a coward atlheart. i .
The officer advanced tow , '
rda him plac
ing his hand upon phis'- shOulder, at the
same time asking his 'name : ; I I
" Oh ! I , cannot ' o!" exclaimed 1 the
man.—" I `Cannot g ! 'I'M riot a sound
man.. I have-had : forefinger brin'sed,-
4
three of my ribs hav been broken and I
have lost the Use of ', y right eyb. I Can
not -go I—l tell yo' I am not a sound
,
, ,
man., , . II
The officer thinkit . the man had suffi
cient reasons why h could nit go, left
him ;. and proCeeded on - to another man
somewhat y oun ger t a the first man ac
costed." ' ' 1 i 1 1 '
" Come up here Imy !man I" said the
, ,
public functionary. "Alirliatis your na me?"
, " Oh I "'shall die, before' get there I",
[ cried the second,. 4neivhat encouraged,
by the success of th first,an getting: free:
from `being enrolled; "1 never can go II
am so unwell". 4 = H I i
" Very well, my ghpd fellow," careless
ly
replied Uncle Satir,;" II will never re 2,
leaSe you' on any pietense, , unless you
l*ill get the written certificate of the prae
-1 tising physician well known lin this vi
-1 ein :
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n.y.
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Accordingly off startsl the "green nn '!
for the nearest phiiician. -Armin, at
the house alniost examisted with fatigue;,
he rushed into ' th ~ Ddetor's office' and
cries out in a stammering manner
" Doc—Doctor. I , lwa.iit Soul to give 'me
a Certificate to tell Oat i man what pull's
men off to. join the ' r arity, that I pin not
La well man.", I .1 ' .i
1 " Well," replied lA°`doctor, "I don't,
, # , t
know that'l lean dolthatlfor yOn. I can't
say you are; not a Weill man.! I Would
perjure myself if I did.' I ! 1 1
" No! Now, dear docto r , you knew it
would be the last ti, e I w tild see dSal,'
if they - do , take me' ff.l 1 an't you jest
i
set it down for me 7', ~ • 1 ;
- While the ; second Lchatietet was 'gone
for the doctor's ceit4fibbte, the drafting
officer had "'stuck Orr 0160 twenty oth
ers congregated in the Pa-robin: Some
gave as plausible e4usjes (id their own
estimation) that " ckiel lek '*as shorter
than the other," :,"Ipithysie,'l "blind in
one ere," "tumors," s".dorns, l l &c.; while
otheri had been '‘, sui3j et to fits in their
infancy," or 'bad a a , fin eribilken.",
f*„
1 , It soon became „Ara red around the
village what was goiiig on at; the hotel,
and both old'and yonpg male and female,
rushed to the scene; ith men hegging to
be " let off just this ii e," and. the ,wo
men crying,. and gq tig into! byiteries,
upon the anticipated lossj of husbands
and lovers,l I
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The offieer, after haVing ,
enrolled • a suf
fiCient number of niento satify his fun
lov ing characteristics gave Orders to them
to appear on the gretindthe next morning
to be in readiness _ta'go to ',Albany the
next day ' following,; tO l e armed and
equipped. ' '1 ' I I .." ' I
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Many were the tears' sli d that; night,
and many were the ills t at Fere:made.
Lovers and; husban ds ,
.I pa ed, as they
thought for, thel lastl t une,` and mothers
thought they could iie4 , r le their iheir Zach
arias go to be shbt atiby the . arnal rebels.
The morning 'came and !the crowd'be- ')
gan to gather' amud the hotel. ;`Every- 'ql
thing was readyl
to star --When 16I—the 1,
peddlar bad decampell r parts unknown. f
The cry of "soldl!" "eel !": Went up from
every month, a d the men 'returned to
their work, de laring that lber would
Ili
treat him to a c4at attar and feathers; if
he should.ever co at
that; ay *fn.
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One of the Writeod schoolma es was .
.
always behind With ibis" lessens;: Upon'
occasion, hie-teacher; in ttn cadertiy ?
in which be had . ma:naged to o taint ani i?
entrance, was cfedeavering 'to e
,plain la. P
question .in arithmet i c 01 him'. ' He. !,
was asked: i L ' li ;1 1 , 1 (I
"SupPoseyoulhad 41,ne hundred
and were in giV9 away', efghtipoui
would you;:ascemin Iheiw Much
remaining?" :lt' , II ,ri.%
His reply sot he tlie teacher
i t
are-in a rear; fqr, W4h biS;nwn
drawling tone, he ellaimedl;
0 "Why I'd *int , xt, " 1.
Li._...._ I -1.._...i ,
Why is a retired
Curer.? Beeauie hel
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t ! ,
-1! . , anese o e ' •:,
I'.:leli ap
A
air! i l trat brought for, me to sit in,
in_!l nroPean style;' • and- the 'Japanese .
tan lady . a .middle-aged,'. black-toothed
P.ll - otiao,l,of . homely i ..loolConOolite
' Ma..nersi' made her,.oppdnraneo,..l . _, Her
hti , bandl: goon _ rejoined i our ptitty, and
be .. coMbitied their
.endeatrers to . aster
tai , our ' Wants and tneeottirelitirerne.S:
Shir was. soon followed ..bylithree young
Waiting idatesels,.. , weari ng.; their .fiatural .
sets of glittering wait teeth; with their
nave ruddy. Complexhm.enhanned Val
'fit ti rirtifinial addition 'of pearl-diq .atid
1
re . ge, ;and their lips stained Withal 441 1
purple-trirason.--- These young - Waiting
girls ara 'always Selected as the mai been
tictl and prepossessing ;of their. se*, eon
dn ten . themselves: with ; simple,.
j artlesa
Mifdesti In all parts these. public hotels
arsil serve d by the most handsome girls ;
644 I was informed, that they were .a Well-
COnduCted. class, and that'japanesel law
ii - idly protects them, while filling such
'4:: 'apacity'in these houses of refreshmen t.
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I .
this !occasion, the landlady and her
native damsels overburdened me With
,tlitiir;attentloni Dling - tni , ehair in the
tiiSt -eenvenient Spot,. rearranging my
Itr I ding coverlets, wining my . shoes,
'pl "dug 4 cushiem on my heat, and . andel
1,
pn lug, - everywant. Cakes, soap, rice
an sweetmeats! were ?relight in
_succes
si.o2. One langhing,.bright•eyo damsel
a"preached me• kneeling, with a can of
tea, in her hand; another held some sugar, .
kbieeling. 'on the . opposite 1 side; while a I
third, from her lowly posture , on.. the
j griiunci,Lheld to; my lips a boiled egg, al
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re4dy • broken - tin& peeled,j With' a spoon
I - .
e l eintammg the inviting morsel,.. duly sea-.
soled with salt. With . garrulous vireo
it` they anticipated every look, and when
mwants were "supplied ; they remained
'k eoling close to my side, - and vieing in
'th it endeavor to be the first to bring me
thit native dainties.: They after Wards
i t
ex" mined my dies's, and every Portionof
m' equipment formed the. subject of es:
Citing comment and humorous' wonder.
.E ropean.Shoeti, stockings, woolen Cloth
an umbrella were ;eagerly . examined,
an afforded matter for . renetved curiosity
an The :Bishop of Victoria.
i , 1 .Amusing. 1
4'lleGtiardian" as welLas the " fn
dependent " should carefullY peruse the
"Star & Chronicle" when copying good
*try. .Its crediting President Lincoln"
With wilting that thought-full article,
ccimmencing i -
" : why should the Spirit of mortal in, proud?"
t
ws a joke exposed by us weeks ago. ' lt
is;
is; ot "in the vein" of "Old Abe. " 'We
' itintype '
nearly'thirty put
*Len it was an old piece; it has net - im
proved by age, but has rather suffered
flm the •
ravages of time, the following
(t h) stanza being wholly omitted in the
" tlardian's" copy
"T e saint who enjoyed the Communion i Of .
heaven; , 1
Tb sinner who dared to remain nnforgirea,
TI wise and the foolish, the guilty and jest,
H c quietly mingled their bones in the dust."
W have seen its authorship aieribedito
R v. Vleessimus K.noi, "an English Gu
th r" who Ilearished half a century ago.
4- he iuditing of
1
! ' a bury in the morning,," i
is by oth er newspaper wags attributed to
the late Senator Douglas.=We expect to
hear, next, that Gen. 11.1. 7 01e11en wrote
-,' Li'When marshaled' on the nightly , plain,"
and thail3eattregard is responsible for
'Th' Asiyrian came down like the wolf on the
- fold:"'
Mso tlat genital Scott composed the
Sainbo . '
" , Clare de Eitelien—Ole Virginny nebber
Moreover, tiMt.Cebb and. Toombs are the
oftit prOgGnicors :of
' i ‘G i po . seyGoosfy Gander, where shall I wan
der?". I
Elie, that Jahn B. Floyd is entitled to
tb. copy-right of ! 1 •.
"1 love to steal—awhiletlaWay I"
• .ile eff. Davis "writ." :that national
p , ea4-eagle Ihynin, "The tar T Spangled
.annerr and . "$t it" to the Ohivalfy's
a orite; "Yankee DoOdle l" ,Star; &
troniee.
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- .)loney is a good thing, ;especially
inhard times, but there is something a
th usar d fold mere valuable. It is &ar
ea r—the consciousness of a i pure arid
ho
. table life. This it ihould'he• ma,n's
f et.
fi t airM to Oeserve at any cost:; In inch
times of commercial distress; while some
ire prird l and found wanting, ' others
:ome f . rth ,tried as hi fire. Here. and
,here comes one, out of the furnace 'far
it re 0 , -;'a Man 'than before. Amid the
vr ck Of his fortune he stands erect—a
lo le acecidren of his true manhood. We
/a e oncastOnallY witnessed an eiample
if enrage in such a crisis of moral intie
/i ity, that l deserved. all lbonor. Let it,
ie the aim of every business man, abOve
ill things else, - to keep this purity ''un
t bled: ' This is the best possession--
I s capital which can ' never `be taken
m him—this is, the richest inheritance
ioh he can leave to his children.
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Matice; (wturtited.
:The owner of_ a
saw-mM' in the 'mitt:
try, having a bitter enmity against it
neighboring farmer laid no less - a plan of
revenge than to get him arraigned as d
thief, convicted, - and sent to the peniten
tiary— Bat as the honesty : Of his neigh:
bor afforded him no fair artiunds of acciv
sation, he,resorted to the foirexpedient
of secretly .conveying someiottlas 'era
property ipon the other's,premises; :ad
that, it being found there, it: might ;bd
proof of his guile 'For . this purpose he
took a thousand Of boards, having his own
mark, on, and at dead of night dumPed
`them into the field near his neighbor's
house. But the farther did not happen
to- be as fast asleep as ids enemy.irapposed:-
Ile heard a noise, or: thought he heard
one ; and getting up pretty soon aftettn
satisfy himself on the subject, by the help
of a lantern he fotind a load of boards ;
with his neighbor's mark thereon. (Houi
they came there and why they.eame there;
flashed upon him at onee. His,' course
was promptly, taken. AlloWring his one:
my just time to get fairly Wine and into
bed, so thai., the light of the binning pile
might not be detected,, he set fire to the
boards;which being well seasoned; were
in a few minutes entirely consumed:
Early in the morning, as the farmer
had anticipated, the sawyer -came With a
constable and search warrant, to look for
his property.
" Yon are suspected," said the officer ;
"of having taken a thousand - of boards •
from this man, and by viitue of this war
rant, -I hold in my hand, I - Must search
your premises," ,
" eery said the farmer, "yolA
are at liberty to search as much as you
please. But if you find the boards, I'll
engage to eat their' for my breakfast."
"You'll have something harder to di:
Best than that,l,fancy i " said the sawyer
Hwith a sneer. He then triumphantly led
the way to where he had dumped 'the
boards, and where , he confidently expect
ed to find them ; Mid lo ! there was Potty ,
ing but a heap of ashes ! His disap:
pointment, °
char , rin and mortification may
be judged of. He sneaked away home
and the secret of his foul plot' getting
wind in the neighborhood, the ghost from
the ashes of the load of boards never
ceased to annoy him; until taking advanz
tage.of the darkness of another night, he
packed up his all and left the country.
A JAPANESE EMBASSY TO EDROPE.-- 1
A :letter from Icanagawa s Japan, dated
May 26j says : '
"The projected embassy to Europd
from the court. of. the Tycoon assumed
definite, shape by the appointment of the
prinCipal personages who are to take part
therein. There are four envoys, all -of
whore) are of the Hatomato rank. They
will go out id such vessels as the Ens
lish government may place at their dim=
posal; but in the large retinuethat is to
aceompaoy them will be officers, engi...
peers, and a crew of their own country
men, to man then own vessel on their re=
turn voyage—it being their purpose to
purchase a largo steamer while in Europe.
The atsoluto .date of their departure id
not fixed, though _it will not be before
the close of, the summer.
Father Quinn, chaplaie of the i Firstr
Rhode Island Regiment, is a' wit as well
as a priest. At a recent visit to the gal-'
lant 69th at Fort Corcoran, while exam.:
Mug the evidences of the hand labor with
the pick and shoveLof these true soldiers ;
be said,: "Why they talk of Southern
Chivalry, but it can't hold a candle td
Northern shovelry.":
' The Bill for the puoishment of tressed
which has passed both. Houses of Con=
gress, fines and imprisons all persons who
enlist others, whether-white or, black, to
aid in the rebellion.', lave owners who
employ their slaves against the Govern
ment are forever-deprived of all claim of
their services.
A Zettave, his hair cropped close fri
his skin, had just taken his seat and
thrown off his hat, slwinga skull suz
=save' of ,e whitewood'sdrubbing brush °
with mbst of the bristles worn off. "Sup:
pose you wanted to bother, that: Zouare
completely," said a.' lady to, -her cornpan:
ion, "would you know how .to do Uri
" Npt especially," answered her escort:
"Well, I'll tell you," , saidthe bright-eyed%
vixep, "ask him for a lock of his hair."
A gentleman
_crossing a very ,naffolf
bridge, said to a countryman whom he
met : think this narrow causeway must
be very dangerous; my honest friend ;E
pray are not people sometimes lost here?"
"lost ! no, sir; I never knew anybody rod'
here in my life; there were several drown:
ed, but they were found again."
A firm faith - is the best theology; .4
good life the best philosophy; a clear con
science the pest policy; and teu:neraneo'
the best physic. _
.
.The height of Politenessis, in passing
around - on tho opposte side of 'a lady to
avoid stepping on her shadow.
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