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M. 6TATED Meetings on the :1 , 1 and •IthWednes • dtws of each tuonth. -Also M:isoniti gather ings on every Wednesday Ewe-ling:for work and practice, at their 111111 in Condergport. TIMOTHY IYES, W. M. SAILUNt. HAVEN', Seey. • JOHN S. MANN, ATTORNEY AN) COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Coudersport, I'a., will, attend the several Courts in Potter and 3Pkean Counties. All business entrusted in his care will receive ;-prompt, attention. Otlice corner of West and.Tbird streets._ ARTHUR G. OL3ISTEU, ATTORNEY S: ,COUNSELLOR AT • LAW • Coudersport, Pa.; will' attend to all business entrusted to his care, with promptnes and it`. Otliee on taioth-wet corner. .of Main and Fourth streets. ISAAC BENSON ATTOBSEN7 AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will :.attend to all business entrusted to him, with care and promptuesS. Office on Second at., near the Allegheny Bridge. F. W. K.NOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Condersport,Ta., will regularly attend the Courts in Potter and the adjoining Counties. O. T. ELLISON, , rtucTict NG PHYSICIAN. Cortdersfmrt, re:4pectfully informs the citizen:. of the vil lage and vicinity that he will promply re al-Mud to all calls for professional services: Mice on Main at., in building ; formerly oc cupied by C. NV: Ellis, E.m. .1 • C. S.& E A. JONbS, DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINRS, PAINTS ; Oils, Fancy Articles,Stationcr3 l , Dry Good: Groceries, ttc,,.Main st., Coudersport, Pa. D. E. OLMSTED, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, READS'-MADE Clothing,- Crockery, Groceries, &c., (lain st., Coudersport, -Pa. • • , - ' COLLINS SMITH, DEALER in Dry Goods,Groceries. Provisions, Hardware,.•Queensivare, Cutlery, and all Goods usually found in a country store.— toodati ort, No .•'27,.1861. M. W. ' MANN, DEALER IN BOOKS tc STATIONERY, MAG. AZINES and Music, N. W. comer of Malt and Third sts.. Coudei•sport,'Pa.. I 'COUDERSPORT HOTEL, D. F. GLASSMIRE, .Proprietor, Corner o- Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot ter Co., Pa. '' A Livery Stable is also kept in connect Con' with this Hotel. MARX GILLON,, TAILOR,-nearly opposite the Court House— i ilk all clothes intrusted .to him in the latest and best .styles —Pries' to ,suit the times.—Give him a call. - 23.42 ANDREW SA.NIiERTS: TANNERS AND DUP.MERS.—Hides tanned on the shares, , in the' best manner. Tan nery on the, east side, of Allegany. river Coudersport; Potter County, Pa:—Jy 17,'61 DERZEGI! OLMSTED & KELLV, - • DEALER. IN tTOYES, TIN & SHEET -IRON WARS, Main st., - nearly opposite the Cour , House, Coudersport,, Pa. Tin and Sher,• IrOrt•Ware nutde-td'ordet. in good style, 'on short notice. - ' Ulysses: Academy Still retains ts Pcincipal,llr.E.4.CAMPBELL, Preceptrets, Mrs. NErr,h; JONES GRIDLF.Y sisttintilliss42l3' - CAMPBELL; ( The expenses per Term are : eTultion, from $5 to $6 ; Board. froaf4l ;5,0 to $1.75, per, week; Rooms tot - self- 1 boatding floin62 tUs4.i'Eaelt term. cbtnmenceg upon W ednesday and continues Fourteen vreeks. FalLtertmAug.27th;lB62;Winter term. Decloili;lB62, 4 ; - "and' Spring - terra. Mach 25th. 186 - 3: 0. R. BASSETT, President. SeePy. : Levisvil/e, July : 9,, /862- UNION HOTEL, • COUDEBSPOIri, POriERICOU&S'i, A. S. ARMSTRONG TIAVING refitted 'and rnewlyldinished the N.IL house on:ldaia street, recently occupied by'R. Rice, is prepared to"accommodate 'the as good style as can be bad in tele' I Nothing that can 4114.4 may4n vow the comforts of the guests .will be tie low 1401/01 _.- . . . .. .. . ~... _..... _ .. , . - ; . ' ) I.' , ,_ Ili ... _ 040-) . :..; 1.,.. .:.- f ~ -,, - ,..„. L t : ' . . . ~ • . . , . . ' .--'-' ' '. - -- . - - 1 '/i . f ~i ,/ 1 . -• - • ~. - ~--- . ~ , , . ~, i. , , - ; I.i 1 - .i - . , A . 4 , ~ _, _ ' ',, .-„ - •-•--- -..-; • .... -. • , '.... 0 . , '.,-• .'-- ....-,, . . _ . . i.i '',' - . , - _ _ 11 / ' . ' . _ ... ...- i - .. i r , - 4 .Q .i.j., II . ... , ' 4.0 '• .. - ' . • . .G ... ' . , . , , 1. , • . , . , . _ _ . . , 41. 9 • . .. . " • . . • • .• 1 ; ' :: :::: ' • • I .. - . .. . . ' • . I . i : • 1 ' .l •:, . i • •' • • • i' ' ' .i I I • . ' • • i . i f . . . . •• • • DA.VIS'S VLSIION OF ARNOLD. When true men dreamed in peace, One lay who coeld not sleep ; ' • His moVing eyes ftill !nightie vlione— He never more Might weep. !. . • And more than care was big, And more than grief be knew: A shade was on his wrinkled brow That 07er - 4:tea - alio grew. ' He turned as though be loathed. _ The place wherelle.had lain : • -- Ms wistful soul consumed with dread No surmise might explain. His sword hong on the wall ; And, es he gazed that way, ' Two eyes gazed back, from a growing mist Which straight Was a spectre gray. Silent it stood, and seemed . • As nothing to his view; Yet vas it there, full real I rivis: • Itlooked him through and through As it were one accurst, • Lust in it wondering pause Before the one viler wretch, It stated its dread.applause. • . When he would gitte elsewhere, His ey i eballs turned again, Like needles that must find their-star Whatever stns the main. .Arnistitl it moveless stood, • Still izlared these grave-lit eyes:, • Aad "DAVI-3 knew t.e;:is . AnNotm's shade, Aud knew %chat wade it rise. . . "PraY,,who are sou?" be said ; “And why must you appear?" "You know me Weill" the shade, replied; "So l w ell you deeds must fear - "For how dread Whuse blastiu , wrhth I know, ; Shonis to your tretnblilig soul where fast Sublimer horrUrs grow. • '•Forlyou have coldly done. ' • . id.ire than I pinnued in heat:: tierce barb rankled in our brenst, gulf yawned your tl•ef. Kith all that's dearest blest, limlored and tru-ted still, • Treasun ran darl,l in \ our v. ins Years: ere yu& wurked yuur '.You truly said I must • Comae hither: ; hoVt I yearned T o sr e the wretLh. oy Heaven abhorred, Who all my' n•oe 13: , ,,4 earned 1 "Thrice earned, if all I feel Ile nut one fearful Jie: It tells we tbat a a soul so vile Can have, nu hopes on high 4 -What black ahysses mock Those depths. profound, which seemed The utmost Wide is your domain, Chief of the unredeemed !" ;- • . , . .. AO then with §t.eadf.iselook , , That ehilied him wit, re he lay, "Oh, grief and!woe to come l"; it said, 'Anti shuddertog passed away. STRANGE WAGERS, . The dilligeuee stopped at the White Horse Lou, tujhe principal street of Fon tainbleau. Fatigued and . opiires'seci 'the heat uu tli6 road, w" slowly stretched ourserves, and' deseended the' stepS lazily as pussibie, stuiling at the vacaUt. appearance Whietr.,sleep, broken. by our sudden arrival,, hau statoped upon the visages or sone of our lehow travellers. The baggage was disuhuntted. sad tiitiiier ordered. Soule of the cosintry folksivere eagerly pressing, forward - to gaze on' the newly arrived, together tvitk.their pack ages, bird-64es, cud children. 1u the midst of all, this bustle, a fat, red-faced. than; about thirty years of are, au insipid babbler, whti had favored, us' the whole length of did journey with ; the history, of his good spetulations at Fontainbleau,, and of his marriage, whith".he Was - at the present tiwe owning there I.P•ennsUtu mate, drew tint his watch, and exelaitned: A !ready Ifotir 1". ".13,et thatl it , is ,unt," said a gentleatau in slippers . , who was suukitig,a cigar, be-. fore Itie duur.of the lei 'rented adartweitt. one Pf .Hritieet'Slwatclies i "prondly answered tba - rubicund-latied tteutlt, wan; at this interruption • ;,Teu.lonis Ibid., it' is .uot , one of Brig . 7 quet'S,"' replied .the snicker. , The othei l 'gave hint' a look Of 'pity; and went into the travellers'. ruow, saj tug. to tne : J •••Don't dine here," and:with a touchol the elbow, T•we wilt go' ttia.'cife, where we can du _better." S. D. }CELLS wager,linytliing you choose, that 01'4 'vtatOli. worth` OUthing," 'persisted the one in - i;lippeis, following atter. 01, did aii,iicldress,tny eiruiersatiod to you, air.", - • • . • "liet that you, did," retorted the other. felloW "itaveller, cuoiduuded tit thiS persodutioe,- raised his hatid, pointed- to his , foreheadinignifying that theintruder was deranged. : , . „ . „ • defy you ;to prove it,".continuediti! , persetintor,,apd with this parry and thrust the -, tworegt4delil each other' with' the most soarlit g looka it is - possible•tci - olin: ceice, just like- two- dogs about to be let loose, at one another. "Upon my Aord," said the traveller to we, 14 know :nothing of 'the 'fellow :but have a great inclination to nialjetihi march ofE7 I 4eootea..to' the ?tirioiples - of Ititic Debporqcg, qqa tfle isseiTtilAtiorl 'of IffoNtitl, f.itchAtilt.a.anal COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1062. "As to that, I wager yotr do Doti': an swered the obstinate intruder. "Moreo ver, I will bet that I wake you take the route back' again to Paris, and that, too. without, touch delay." . -be no easy matter for you, as I cave here married." .2 "One hundred louis that 'you do 'n r "Sir, , you are an inipertipent scoundrel; and. I -will boit your ears.". • "I bet 'tis a lie." Upon this the ruddy faCed gentleman was incensed with rage, and passed be fore:ttie fellows Udcinga - siwn tar him to "Yes, my love," said the other taking with him a box containing a brace ,of pistols.. :. ' • A. friend.interposed bet Ween ; thew to stop this juke, but it was nn longer a jesting mater, and representations were useless. They reached a solitary spot in the park, where the cigar IterdwaS sa luted by an officer of thelgarrisoil, who was willing to• become his .. second. A five franc piece was thrown- into the air as a signal,. the report of a Pistol followed, and the piece of money fell indented. • "Bet," said the never-ceasing ar.d im movable mu ksman, ,”tbat,. I pierce that leaf,. 'trembling at the extremity of the b.Jugh," and it was pierce 4. • ..Wager that I kill yen," added he, coolly regarding the astonished traveller. 41114, probable," repaid the, at her, ,chanting from the ruby to a.gliastly.hbe; —and since ,it is probable, it is useless. Consequently. I take the road back again to Paris, and have the infinite honor to be your very obedient serVant." ft) fact hedeno'sited'hintself upon -the imperial of the diligence. It turned out • that this was a rival td whom the fair lady, had given a description of her in tended, and by this means he won the holy in question. After the honeymoon, Lite dead shut had encountered the crest fallen suitor and said to Lim : ••i wager that, you retuin to Footain bleau The Ai itik's 'ollt. A. poor Arab was travelling .n the des ert,. when tie met with to:epilog of clear, sweet, ..parsting water Accustomed as, he ,was lei brackish viieN, to his eittipl= wind, it uncured that such water as this';, was worthy .4 a tuutiarek; and tilling-hi:4 icaitteru bottle fruui the spring, be and pre!leut it to the ea -1 ltpu lit mach. The pour than traveled a conside:ablq distahee bacre lie reached the preseuce of his tiovereigii. arid laid his liuttibh; uth - ta at his, teer. The caliph did hut despise the hide gift bunt& t to 1,:to with su much trouble. Ile fli.tlered solve of Luc water to be purred rtitu a cup, drault it, aud.thanked tire Arab with a smile, urd,.red him to be presented with u re : ward. L. .111 e cuurti..rs around:pressed forward, eager to taste of the wonderful water. brit to '!.ho surprise of all, . the caliph tin bade thew to touch even a single drop.. Atter the pour Arab had quitied. the ro,)ial 7 preb Aloe with a light and joyfUl heart, the caliph turned to his enamel:4.. all. Hine :explained. the wouves of bid cuuduct i"During the'tratvele'nf the Arab." said he, ,•the waterinthis.leathern bottle had behowe itnnur •and •dista.steful. But it was an offering of love, and as suca havh re etveil tt with pleasure. But I well ktilew that bad stiffered'anotker to par, take of it, lie would. not have concea;ed hi); 'disgust • and therefore I forbade you couch the draught,. test: tile heart of the pobi tuan.shouldhOe been wouuded "1" All that Sinners can present to, their King is like the water ; brUught by the though, like hill; We way fancy it wdithy the,ae!:.eptauce of our Lord. But He Will trot . rejeetl - re Will out dkpise the little utfertigs of love and faith; fur He Minh .pr em ised that ,:i•evm a cup of cold "water. given in the name of a disci ple,shall In nu wise lu4e• its reward.".' , . A HINT --Dear toother,' mod a del icate 'little- "I. bate brokeu your China vase." • ; . • !•Well, you are a naughty, careless, tronblesotite lirle thitig„ utivays eiiiel • an up stairs till I rend for you."; Anti this ,was a Christian mother's an swer to•the tearful. litt4e culprit, who had Struggled with and conquered temptation to tell. i falsehood to . Batten the lault.;-- %Vita: diiiippointed;',disheariened moment was. Chil d. obeyed ; :and at that was crushed. in •her :little : nears the sweet flower. - of • truth, perhaps never again in alter years to be revived 'to - life. Oh, mina were ,a thouaandl.vases: in . coutpari suit: • : : •,.. iTwo lawyers in ISiWell, ! returuidg froto court thii other day, one said to the other.: , •r%;e•:i" nation. •tti join t.ie Aev . . _church ;, been: debating ter fur some time.. What cif; you think of it?"' "Would mOt du it.' ; Why ?" "Iseeause , it would j do you no possible good, while it would belt TO, rest injury to the eheteb.7, I Fishing Extraordinary.; A sea c4taiu Down East, a regular old salt, relates the following as one of his fishing experiences :. Once, with a friend, he went oat/to each a halibut. His comrade pilded hthiself on his skill in the bthiness,i and a rivalry arose between the two friends as Ito who should cath the first fish Having diopped • anchor and lines, l tkey .9ited with fisherman's patience foi a bite; but fot: a long tithe none came. !At iength l the conhtenance of the'cap tatn's tht.,pattion' began to brighten up; arid presently he: culled out : gOt onej". • commenced hauling in with 'great vigor. "It must be a laige one." said he, "a liund;ed !pound fellow, at least: He pull., stoutly, I tell you." It was ,indeed 'evident that a big fellow was at the other end of the line, and it was soon ditieove : red'that it was no easy 'natter to capture him. I-. "1 must let him, run," I6id he,, "and tire hint Out." Accordingly he gave hip' line, -was Carried !iff 'rapidly. -Soon the excited Oshertnani began to haul in again, waking_ of 111,8 victim this time. “Stand by, captain," said he, "with i the btat hook:. a:AL IloOk in- his gills when he comes .up.: . Get. tell braced fur ;he's a rouser I" The captain acCurdingly braced him.. Self fur a rag. boat-book iu hand s and Waited impatiently for ?he : moment of Capture. His excited companion Was yet Pulling carefully and slowly at the hue, lest it. should be broken, and eagerly , i watching for the first onpearanceof, the Iprize, when sutfilenly a •.sea-Chatige came ''over his:leatUres, and tircippjtig 'the line. he exclaimed - "Jeru~a)eui.l Capttlia; it's the anchor!" The eaiaain went down in a ruat• of laughter;.aoti 4 was a Ittig "ay before the firAertoan hezird the ht:4 of eatebio.l.! an auchor, i4aying it out, sad .ettiug iti run 611 it 'get tired. • BEcomEs or WEALrr H:- -A boot and shod, dealer, has . hatigitig in his store a pair i _of bootS worth s:ven lars. They constitute t . a• portion of his wealth and a portion of, the.Wealtleof the world. !A. man buys.them. and begins. to, wear them.- by friction; Inmit.st, the pave ments; ,narticles.,orthe letit her are tubbed off, and thus.tieparated from the rest of the sole. :Every particle that is thus removed takes;on•t• a. portion of the value, of the boots; and when the. boots are entirely' worn wit; the seven dollars of wealtitcwhiCh they formed is consumed. The wheal i , Corn. &c. which was, raised by our farmers last suwoter is eaten up. particle of matter is. destroyed the process; but the value that was i l u the grain is destroyed. .. As, while Men are wearing and 'eating up food, they are generally busily engaged iu produCiag wealth_ .of souse kind, the weMth',of the world is not usually dittitn• ished by this consumption, but i it is 'changed. This applies. however; Only to personal' property ; , town lots and farms generally. retain 4heiryalue, but the per sonal property is in - a. State of perpetual destruction and renewal. Asthesever4l p .rtieles of water whiCh constitute a riser .are forever rolling away to the_ ocean, i , while •their , placeiare being supplied frown thisprings and ;fountains, so the inoveal, ble wealth of the world is constantly .I being renewed by tIM restless activity of l Iranian industry., • Stk6P.-="Grandota. do you know why I .caul see in the shy so het" 'lNited ,Charhe, a little four year old; of Ot, venerable lady; who sat on the piaiza knitting. • , mv dear; what is it ?" replied. grandam, betiding her dye, eager to catch" and remember, the, wise saying of the, precioUs little :pet. . * I '.Because :there is nothing ini the wayj i l And t'he young philosopher resumed hiS astronomical search, and grandma he • , 1 knitting. A KEEN 11.1iPLY.-John .IVeSley, in consifjerable patty, had been. waititainino with "g„reat . - earnestnoss • the duetrine Vox,_,Popuq.. . Vox Dci against his qster, Whose talents We. e nut unworthy the fata lly to ivhieh:she belonged: At last the te pat an. end to the controversy, , put liiioarguTheat in the shapo of a diC,- tuw, and said : • '7ister. the voice or the DO. 4te you, sister. Imo v.....,,...,__ pie is the voice' of God." ' • ' "Yes," , ate replied, 'wildly, "it cried . , •Crucity Mtnwildly, crucify him I' " * 11 , A. more adiuirable aubwer pe , bitps was, - 1 never given..L ._ . The — perfumes of a thousand rows soon I die -buti r the pain caused by oriel of their thorns remains long after. dened renieMbrance in the midst Of mirth is 4e that,. thorn among the Now is the time to 'wait. 1 , :) J . Foolish Though s._ Il l ,'e are apt to believe in Providence , so ng as we have our own way , ; but if things gelawry, then we thin -, if there is . 'aPod,.'lle is in Heaven, nd not on earth. The cricket in the sp ing builds hill Tittle House in the Meadow, and chirps fOr jey, because all is going SY Well with hiui. ; • Bet when he !beats the sound of %bet plotigh a few furrows oft, and the tl : tMder of the oxen's treadi . then the Sine: Aregin to look dark, and his heart failia hint., The plough corms crunching along, and turns his dwelling bottom side up; and as he is rolling over and over ,Wirhout a home, his heart sayS, "Oh, the 'friebdations of the , world are [destroyed, end eVeerthinc , is going to ruin !" But tlteliusbandumn, whb walks ehind his 'pluf,,, , :h, t iCging and 'whistling as he goes, dbes he; think the foundatoMs of the World are breaking up ?. Why, he does not so much as know there was any house or cricket there. He thinks fof the har vest that is to follOw the track' of the plough;! and the cricket, too, l if he will but liait, -Will. find a thousand' blades of ,t , .er , . grass'iite there Was but }one before. We bre all like the crickets, [lf anything happens to overthrow 9.6. plans, we think all is gdue to ruiti.,-Deecher-.1 . I MOIINING CALL IN. CHINA —When a uiere call is contemplated, the visitor sends asheet of paPer, curiobslv• folded, bearing, his name and quality which is card. person whom' he visits Yinows•,hy this care whether he should • 1 reneive , him - at.the gate, in the ball, or in Iris m is Owrooiril • Pre'sents genArallv anemia p; t - any ,the cam; It is custotuary .to pay misfits, before dintnig,. in ortir that the fumes nt.wine may Inot disturb 'the person visited. •If the latter does not wish to Sea his ivisitdr, he dues not s4yl he is "not qt •hodie." hitt sends his servant to say. that Ve will not give • him the 'trouble of Alighting from hisl chair. This ' message iicqually polite with our own, and has the advantage of . iiet being la direct con tradiction of • fact) f ; •after this, he sends his card within Allies days, And the visit ing acquaintance in this! chariningly sinple, and polite ! !Dancer is broken oil forever. I ,W ,-, iIAT .4‘t JJAILLING ?—lt is the dear, little.' beatition• girl who meets one On •the doorstep ; who flings her faiii . artris around tme's ,neck and .k.isses one With. tier whole soul of love; - whO seizes - otie'S .hat, who Velieves one , of one's coat, clod hands the • tea and toast, so 'pr ettily ; who', places her elfish firm at the piano,' and, warbles llottli; unsolicited; sueh. delicious soogs ; 413 casts herself at one's 'footstool, arid elas' 'one's hand,' and asks c'ager, unheard fof questions .such briight -eyes anti face, and on whosl,e . llossy . one places one's hand and bretttlids "GclblessAs the fair . )).fortu departs. I _ • • :p. °WEIL OF ~.ONEr:—.l . ..e _power of money, is on tlie whole, over estimated. The [greatest things whioll have ever been [done for the world ;have not been aecoMplished_ by rich men, or by sub l'seriptidn lists, but by meniof small pecu- Poiary, means. Christianity was propa !gated over half the world by tneniof the. ,poorest class; and the greatest thinkers, discoverers, inventors and artists, have been , men of moderate w'ealth, many of them little raised above the condition l of Manticl laborers in poini of worldly cir ciratances. And it will, always be so. Riches are oftener an imieditnent than a stimulus for action; and in many cases they are finite a. 4, much a !uisfortutie as a l [ The youth whonherits[ wealth is apt to b l are lifo l wade brie easy fOr him,l and he soon grows sated with it, begause he has nothitig_left to desire: .Halving tio'specialiobjectl to struggle for, he grids timelhancri, heavily on hid hands ;I he re mains morally and bpi rituplly asleep,'and ljiri position in sciety is often nolhigher than that! of a Polypus aver which the tide floatsi; 1 REVERE,S OE FORTUNE.-1-tor many ferales, who once cherished the:expect ation of ftiling - a splendid station in life, pa;ve •been reduced to the necessity of exerting their talents to gain a subsistence! You; are I all. probably acquainted with some such; you' may, perhaps, ha!'we heard it ,reinarked of thew that ;their trials have rendered Their characters intire-interesting and valuable, by throwing them upon their own resources.' Those of You who nOw enjoy prosperity may have; no fear that your situations will ever iehange; yen may , rot conceive the possibility of r•uffering;those ; reverses Which 'ion have wiruessedin others. Brit riches are pro verbially; fleeting - ; a storm at sea may wreck the freighted vessel on, which 'fam ilies may depend for wealth; fire may consume property; the failures of Others May involve ; the channels of trade may be turne; manufacturing interests may decline, 'or landed estates may sink in valkie; upon these and 4 thousand .other .chtinces (does the- uncertain tenure of worldly wealth depend. TERMS.- 41,00 -PER ,AIaTUX. A Letter , as is a Letter. The Boston Nit has eel following Mark Tapley' species of: letter' (dated Camp Gunpowder, Army of the Potomac) from one of its correspondents :—"DEAR MEssits. Eiserottar—BillY' Briggs. mid I still remain in the army. ~ The_,othef morning I was standing by. him in out tent. 'Hand me them scabbards, Jimmy, suits be. 'Scabbards!' said I looking round. 'Yea, boots, I mean.' 'Billy ars ranged himself in his scabbards—a dilaps idated pair i_kfaihiodable boots—and, stood up in a very erect and dignified manner. 'Those boots of mine, I don't think were any relation to that beef We had for dinner tojslay, Jimmy,' said be, 'No,' said I. 'lf They were only as tough as that beef, and Lice versa, it would have been better.' 'I say, Cradle,' he called out, 'where are Yon?' Cradle was out' contraband, a genuine darlsy, with a foot of extiaordioay length and ex:ra heels to - match, giving him a queer look about those, extremities. 'What do you call him Cradle for, Billy ?' said I; ''that's a queer name.' 'What would you call him, Jimmy? If lie ain't a cradle, what's he . put on rockers for ?' Cradle appeared with a pair of perforated stockings. 'lt's no use,' said Billy,' looking at , them. Mem stockings will do to put on a sore throat, but they; won't do for feet. It's a humilialiori for a man like me to be without stockings ; a man may be bald headed, and it's genteel, but to be barei footed is ruination. The sleeves is good, too,' he added, it.oughtfully, but the feet are gone. There is 'siimething about the heels of stockings and the elbows of stove= pipes in this world, that is all wrong; Jimmy? A supply of stockings bad come that day, and were just being given out ; a pair of very large ones fell to Bilk ly!s lot. Billy held them up before him; 'Jimmy,' said he, 'those are pretty bags to give a little fellow like me. Them stockings was knit for the President Or young guerrilla, certain ;' and he was about to bestow them upon Cradle when a soldier in the opposite prediCament made an es,change. 'Them stockings make me think of the Louisiana isolunteer I Seared so the other day,' said-Hillys—a How's that?' said I. 'He was among our prisoners, and saw a big pair of red leggings, with feet, hanging up before tent. He never said a word till he salt the leggings, and then be asked me what they were for. 'Them," said I, "them is General Banks' stockings." He looked scared. "He's a big man, is General Banks," said I; "but then- he ort to be, the way he lives." "How?" said hes—. 'Why,' said 'his regular diet is bricks buttered with mortar? The next day Billy got a present of a pair of stockings from a lady; a nice soft pair with his initials in red silk upon them. Ile"vvas very happy.t sJimniy,' said he, 'just look at them,' and he smoothed them down ' with .his hand—'marked sfith my initials, too; "B" for my Christian and "W" for my heathen name, Bow kind 1 They came just it the right time, too ; I've got such a sore heel ;_ for it's a fact, Jimmy, that if there's anything in life worse than unrequited love, it's a sore heel.' Orders came to 'fall in.' Billy was so overjoyed with Ins new stockings be didn't keep the line very, well. `Steady, there,' growl ed the sergeant, 'keep your place, nod don't be traveling around like the Boston Post Office.' We were aeon put upon double-quick. After a fees minutes Billy gave a groan. 'What is it,.Billy r said I. •It's all up with them,' said he. I didn't know what, be meant, but, his face showed something very bad . hacl happened.a.s. When we broke ranks Billy hurried to the tent' and when I got , there, there he stood, the very picture of despair, with his shoes off, and his heels 'Shining thro' his stockings like erockerY door~ knobs,' 'Them new stockings of lours is breech. loading, ain't they, Billy?. said an uns - feelins , volunteer. 'Better get, your name, on bo th ends, so you can keep them to vether; said another: 'Shoddy shocking,' said a third. SBillywas silent ; I saw his heart was breaking, and .I said - nothing. We held a eouncil on them, and- Billy, not feeling strong-hearted enough for the task, gave thenisto Cradle with directions to sew up the' small holes. I came into the tent soon atter, and he was drawing a portrait., with 33 piece of charcoai, on is° board. ‘That!s-aiood portrait of Fremont,' . , said I ; 'he looks just like that; that's the way he aorta his hair, in the middle— 'That isn't a' portrait of Fremont,' said. Billy; 'it's a map of the United -.States; • that. line in the middle you ahought was the upOr part of his, hair, is the Idissis-. sippi River. 'Ohl said I. ~ I saw-hint again before supper; he came to tie* leokingjworse than ever, 'the stockings in his band. gimthyrsaid he„ 'von know • I gave them ,Cnidle.and told, hire ice: sew op ,the small holes, mad, what do you. think he's done? ,He's _goes ppkielff4.: up the hurtle - - (lobeam% Ji Min) , said r; ‘iir stiaii , cAci tetra- tili3 ',OlttiCOSt justifiable."' wi t e sa. How,alinelookawithoutapapet.. 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