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VOLUME X91.--NUMBER 16.
1733
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MANHATTAN HOTEL.
• ..• NEW YORK.
frHIS Popular Hotel is situated near the
eaglet; -of Murray Street and Broad
:tray appoSite the Park within one block
Aof the Hudson River Rail Road and near the
, Zrie Rail Road t Depot. It is one. of the most
;pleasitat and convenient locations In the city.
!bard
.& Wooing 81.50 per, day.
! N.,IIIYGGINS, Profirietor„
ireb.:18111, 1863.
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HOME.
Two birds within one nest; •
Ttio hearts within one breast!
Teo 'souls within one fair,
Firm league -of love and prayer,
Together bound for aye, together blest
An` ear that waits to catch
A hand upon the latch
A step that basiens its sweet rest to win;
A Worla of care without;
A : World of strife shut out;
A wo-ld of love shut in. . .
The Cotistitution and the Guer-.
'dere. - -
,The Gfieriere was lying to. The. Con-,
stitution :was bearing ,down the enemy
under nee topsails—every man was at his
respectivq station and till on board were
eager : for; the contest—when, the Guer
riere cotxrtileuced-at long ilhot. COUJlDO
dore.Huit gave a peremptory order to his
officers not to apply a single watch until
he gave the • word. In a few minutes a
forty-two , pounder from the Guerriere
took effect, and killed and wounded some
of our brave tars. Lieutenant Morris im
mediately left his station on the gun deck
to report the same to the commodore, and
request permission to return fire, as the
men were very anxious to engage the
enemy.
"Mr. Morris," was the commodore's
re fly, '!are you ready for actioniii the
gun deeli:?;"
"Yes sir."
"Well,, so, but don't. let a gun be
fired till I hive the word?'
In a feW minutes, Mr. Morris again
appeared, and stated that he could• with
difficulty restrain the men from giving the
enemy a btioad side, so anxious were they
to commence the edgagement.
"Mr. M4ris," reiterated the Commo
dore, still gazibk intently on the British
frigate, "are you ready for action -on the
gun deck 'l!' •
"Yes, Sir; and it is impossible for me
env lono.erl'to reStrain.the men from Ellin. , "
.
on the foe: Their passions are wrought'
no to the !highest possible pitch of ex
citement. Some. of our bravest seamen
are already killed and wounded."
"Ittep cool, Mr. Morris, keep cool.
See all prepared, and do . not.suffer a gun
to be fired ;till I giie.the word."
The gallant Lieutenant went below.
In a few OnuteS the vessels soared each
other to 1011441 Pistol-shot distance, and
MurriSzas scut for on the quarter
deck.
"Are you ready for action, Mr. Mor
ris ?" again demanded the Commodore.
"We are all ready, sir; and
,the men
arc uttering horrid imprecations, becauee
they are not sneered to return the fire of
the enemy."
"Fire, then, id God,s, name !" shouted
the Commodore fa a voice of thunder. It
is added that he ;wore at the time a pair
of nankeen !ight; and be•accinpanied
this Wool cheering order with so tretoeu
&bias a stanip irq the deck with his right
foot, that Hie Unfortunate pantaloons,
wele split open from the knee tv the;
waistband.
The conduct ofillacres, before and after
4
the action. Was such as m' lit have been
expected fret', a brave an
. i
enerous ene
my./ Mr. Reed, a young man- belonging
to Brewster, Massachusetts, at present a
respectable shipmaster out of Boston, had
been pressed on board the Guerriere a
few weeks previous to the engagement.
Several other American seamen were also
on board.:,When the Constitution was
bearing doin in such gallant style, and
it became evident that a severe action
with the Ainerican frigate was inevitable,
young Reed left his station and proceeded
to the quarter deck, and respectfully but
firmly represented to Captain Dacres that
be- was au lAineticau born citizen who
had been unjustly detained .on board a
Mash frigate; that he had hitherto
faithfully performed the duties assigaed
him; and that it could not reasonably — be
expected he would fight against his cooly
trymen ; We therefore begged leave to de
cline the honor of participating in the
engagetneu t.
The English. Captain frankly told him
'that he . 4preciated his patriotic feelings
—that he did not wish Americans on
board to usniarins against their country
man ; and he subsequently ordered them
all into thelleockpit to reader assistan ce ,
if necessary,! fo the surgeon.; Reed left
the spar deck tft er the Guerriere bad
completed. preparation: Several shots
were known I to have taken effect, but the
Constitution;' had not yet fired a gun—
men to the 'amusement of the British
tars, who predicted the. surrender of the
enemy witheut resistance, with the excep
caption of veteran man-of-war's wan,
who was in ;the . battle of the Nile, acd'
gruffly obseived with .a significant shake,
of the liead-4—iitbat Yankee knows what
he's - abbot."' "
, .
-Alert mtinients passed away, and the
Constitution poured into her a tremen
dcius broideide. = Every 'gun stria double
shoittaand!yioll pointed, and the ef f ect a
t 0 m's 'banltardo- conceived..
Xislipeckjnirts'snif - jeeriat the amper
iursblo bit harmless Yankees iairuedi.
eGofe fo . fliebirpipits of :Itite' Dciii•octlep; 010 fig @iss'
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY JULY 6,1064,,
ately gave place to the, groans of the
wounded And dying, and sixteen poor mu
tilated fellows were tumbled into thecock--
pit from the effects of the first broadside
Dacres fought as long as there was a
spar standing or a gun that could be bro't
to bear on the enemy, but-when his masts
were completely swept a*ay, his officers
and men mostly killed or wounded,, en
cumbering the ducks; while the scuppers
were •streaming - with gore; when .the
Guerriere, which a few hours ago was
justly considered one of the most splen •
did specimens of naval architeCi tire which
belonged to the. British navy, lay on the
water, an unsightly. unmanageable mass;
when he, had no longer the :stump of a
mast left &ma which to display the proud
ensign of. his country, the Tenant Briton
began to think he had got into an ugly
serape from which he could not possibly
extricate himself. Ile could no longer
oppose a feehle resistance „to him wort.
formidable foe.,
Captain Hull sent an officer to take
-possession of the Guerriere. When he
arrived alongside,' he demanded, of the
commander. of the English ftigate if he
had „struck.
Dacres was extremely reluctant to wake
this concession in plain terms, but with a
shrewdness that would have done honor
to a Yankee, endeavored to, evade' the
qmistioa.
"I do .not know thatit would be pru•'
dent to :continue the engagement any
longer,".: said he. .
I understand you to say that you
have struck ?" inquired . the .American
lieutenant.
"Not precisely," returned Dacres, —but'
I do not know .that it would be worth
while to fight.aoy longcr."
"If you think it advisable, I will re
turn aboard." replied the Yankee, "and
resume the eugageinedt.".
"Why, Paw pretty much hors du com:
bat already," said Dacres; "I have hardy
men enough to work a gun,. and •my ship
is in a sinking condition."
"I wish to know, Sir," peremptorily
demanded the American officer, "whether
I am to consider you a prisoneviof war or
an open enemy ? I have no timefor fur
ther parley "
"I believe there is now no alternative.
If I could fight longer, I would will'
pleasure—but—l—must—surrender my
self a prisoner of war."
, Deacon N. was an honest old codger,
a kind neighbor, and a good christtart, be
tiering in the Presbyterian creed to the
!fullest extent; but lackaday ! the deacon
would ger exceedingly "inellOw," and al
most every Sunday., at dinner, he would
ii du!<ge,in his favorite cider brandy to
such an extent that tt was with difficulty
that he reached his pew in the broad
aisle near the pulpit. and between the
inimeter's and the village Squitc's One
Sunday morning the minister told his
thick that he would preach a sermon
touching many g . arinc. sins so coos . pion
ous anamg them, and he hoped they would
listen attentively and not flinch it he hap•
petted to be too severe. The afternoon
came, and the house was full ; everybody
turned out to hear their neighbors "dress.
ed down" by the minister, who af.er well
opening his sertnon,:commenced upon the
transgressors with a loud voice. with the
question, "where, is the drunkard t l A
solemn pause succeeded the inquiry,
when up rose Deacon N.. his face red
from the frequent draughts of his favor
ite drink, - and steadying himself as well
as he could by the pew rail, looked up to
the parson
_and in trtrombling.and piping
voice said, "Her e I aoo
Of course a eohsternation in the con
gregation was the , result of.the holiest
deacon's respon4; however The parson
went on with his remarks as he had writ
ten them, commenting . severely upon the
drunkard, and closed by warning them
to forsake at once their evil, habits, if
they would flee from the wrath to come.
Then the Deacon wade a bow and seated
himself.
"And now," asked the preaoher in his
loudest tones, "where is tile hypocrite?"
A , cause but
responded. ryes
were turned upon this and inat man, but
th.b most glances :leemed directed to the
Squire's pew, and indeed the parson
seemed to squint hard in that, direction.
The deacon saw where the shaft was
aimed, or Where it should be aimed, and
rising ones more;h&leaned over his pew
to' the Squire, whom he tapped on the
shoulder ; and thus • addressed. him :
"Come; Squire, why don't you stand up?
I did when the tuiniter called on me."
A northern English rector used to
think it not polite to begin service-before
the arrival of the'squire.. A little' while
ago :he forgot his rnatiners, , lnd began.
"When the wicked wan--" fiStop, Sir !"
called oatthe clerk, ",116
. ain7t_come yet."
Say,,vihat is, right. and int, others say
what they please.., You Are , responsible
for only one tongue--4ven if,you are a
Married man.
An Honest Dacons
Making'Fan of People.=
Ouse when traveling on a stagecoach,
says a. writer in a contemporary, .I met
with a younir e‘ lady who seemed to be upon
chi constant lookout for something laugh
able. Every old barn was wade the sub-:
ject of a passing joke, While the cOwirpod
sheep, looked demurely at us, little, dream
mg that folks could be merry at, their.
expense.
,;,;,-
All this was; perhaps, harmlessemingh.
Animals were not atinsiti've in that re
spect. They aro not likely to have, their
feelings injured because people make fun'
of them; but when we come- to human
beings, that is "quite another, thipg.,
So it seemed to me; for, after a while,
an aged woman came running across the
fields, lifting up her hand .to the Coach
man, and in a shrill voice begging , him to
stop. The good natund coachman drew
up his horses, and the old lady, coining
to the fence by the road side, squeezed
herself ihrough between two pasts which
were very near,together.
The young lady id the stagecoach made
some ludicrous remark, and the passen,
gels laughed. It sdetued very excusable,,
for, in getting thionigh the fence,ithe poor
woman made sad work with her old black
bonnet, and now taking a seat beside
well dressed lady, really looked as is she
had been blown there by a whirlwind.
This was a new piece of fun.;and the
girl made the most of it. She caries:.
Lured the old lady upon a card, pieteoded
to take a pattern of her bonnet, and in
various other ways sought to raise a laugh
at het.
At length the poor woman turn - dm
pale face towards her and said :
"My dear girl, you are now young and
healthy, and happy. I have been so too,,
but 'that time is past. I ail, now old and
forlorn. The coach is taking me to the
death-bed of my only child And then,
my dear, I shall be a poor old woman,
alone in the world where merry girls will
think me a very amusing object., They
will laugh at my old fashioned clothes
and sad appearance, forgetting that the,
old woman has loved and suffered, and
will live forever."
.The coach now stopped before a poor
looking house, and the old lady, feebly
descended the stops.
"How is she?" was the first trembling
inquiry of the mother.
"Just alive," said the man who was
leading her into the house.
• The driver mounted his box; -and we
were' upon the road again. Our ! merry
young friend- had placed the card:in her
pocket. She was leaning her head upon
her hand ; and you way be sure that I was
not sorry to see a tear upon her fairyoung
cheek It was a good lesson,' and one
which we greatly hoped would do her
good.
ROMANCES OF THE NEEDLE.i—The
Christian Intelligence,. thus .discourses
.about the exploits of the needle.
What a wonderful thing is this Mattel
of sewing'! It bee-an in Paradise, and
was the earliest fruit of the fall. Attiid
the odors of flowers, and by the side
meandering streams and under theishade
of the dark green foliage, the cowering'
thrills of the guilty progenitors of our
race' bowed in angitiSh and' shame, as
they took their first lessons iu the art
Which, haS, ever since been the mark .of.!
servitude or sorrow. And yet the,cursej
has not been without its blessing. 1
The needle with the thimble has done'
more for man than the needle of the
eompass.. The needle work of the Tab•
ernacle•is the most ancient record of the
art. Early. used to adorn the vestments
of the priests, it was honored by God
himself, and became a' type of beauty
and holiness. 'The king's daughter is
all glorious within; her clothing is of
wrought gold, she shall be brought , unto
the King in raiment of needleivork.'"—,..,
The magnificence of 'singly the
imposing spec;acie of religion . or wealth,,
the tribute of honor ; i. the great, the
charm of the refined
attractions o f b eauty are dependent:upon
the P.,edio.
TEN FETENDS.-"I wish that I'd good
friends to help me on in life !" cried lazy
Dennis with a yawn.
"Good friends why you've ten," replied
his waster. : . .
"I'm sure I've not half so ,many, and
those that I have are too poer to help
tue." •
"Count.your fingers, my boy," said his,
master. * • * •
Deonis.looked do , ,vn on his big, strong
bands
.‘‘Co . unt tliutubs and added the
"I have—there are ten," said the lid:
~- "Then Deter say that:.yOu 11+117010:ten
friends, to itelp'yOu. on in 'IA. Try
'Oat those true friends can do, before you
gri grumbling aed fretting beettiise you
do not get help from others.'
tsA;There can never be" Peace as long
as there is a General Wrangel.
Y`A ,
==E=E
A Traitor's. Piiace.
WOakixonENl The politicians ,Who
au out for "Peace,". and
,!.tthe.-UniOn
it was" tell
. us thai it is a very easy agog
to Bade the trouhles'betWeett he Igerth
and tho South. • Read thsfolloyviug ooh.
(limns on whisk_ the itichutood ( Enquittr
of the 16th of ,Ootober last, proposes: to
settle and have,"peace:".-= -
„/
"Saye on ourown terms. we can accept
na peace. wharever, and must,fight till
doomsday rather than yield one iota. of
thetn,tiley are: -
"Recogni,tioa, by. the
. ertertly:_9l...the in
dependencq of the Confederate States.
"Withdrawal of Yankee forces ,from
every:foot'oftonfederate'grOandscitzti
ing Kentuele.'y and tllissouri ' '
"'Withdrawal of• Yankee eoldieis - from
'Maryland,- until that State: l shii! deCide,.
by a free vote, whether she !till remailtio
the old Union, or ask ithnissio into the
Confederacy. •-
"Consent on- the part of th'a Federal
Government to give up to the - ,Confeder
acy
.its proportion of the Navy 'as it stood
at the titae of Secessien, or to pay for the
; ; , ;Yielding. up' ell pretensions , on the
part , of the Federal Governinent to_ that
portion of the old territories which lies
west of the. Confederate States.
-."An equitable settlement; on the basis
of our : absolute . independence and equal
rights, of all accounts of the Public Debt
and, Public Lands and the advantages
accruing from foreign treaties.
"These provisions, we apprehend, com
prise the minimant of what we mast re
quire. before .we down our arms: That
this is - to say, the -North musvgield all; .
we nothing. The -whole • pretension of
that .country to prevent by force the sep
aration of-the. States must be abandoned,
which will be equivaldnt to an avowal that
our enemies were. wrong from the first;
and, ~of course, as they waged a-causeless
and wicked war upon us, they ought, in
strict justice . to be required, according to
usage in .such cases, to reimburse to us
thb whole of our expenses and losses in
this course,of that war."
. • 'These are the terms - of-peace, and. the
Diguirer says further—, .
t•AsAurely as we completel*rnin that'
armieg,r-and without that 'there is no
peaee tor truce at . 6.11--so sorely shall
we make them pay our war debt abugh
we wring it-out of their hearts."
"Does your Reverence know the" darer
epee between a priest and an ass ?" Asked
a young Top, of a priest, ode day.
"INa, I do not," returned the Priest.
•
‘ct‘rhy," said the young .man, - “one car
ries !atroSr, on his breast, mid the ethers
cross on his back."
".iknd now," t , aid the priest,''do you
I:noW the diifeienee between -a conceited
young man and an ass 2"
"240, I do nee," said the young man.
' , Tor I either," said thepriest, and the
applause of the passengers sealed the re•
tort and 'the rebuke.
' MeiM . heir von Dunck attended at court
in New York to get excusedifrotu the jury
bOx. "I can't unsthand goof Englese, r3 ,
quoth Meinip!rr. "NVltat did
~he savr
fakedthe jude?" "I can't unshttim . 4
Coot - Eugle,c," repeated the Dutchman.
*Jake your s , :it.." cried Om:judge, "take
yOuf seat... ; .`lKat:'suJ. , .:tFwe . ; yottmeed
1-Z
mil ~_ alramed as , you are mot likely to
-fieat apy.':
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I cntleweo of the.jury,'' , &aid a •West-
•
.ern lawyer, "Would you set, a rattrap ta . r
a_bea i r or make 'fools of ytiurelves trying
to. spear a:buffalo with a ki:ding-needle
I know.Aon would not Thbu how can
you be guilty of isonvicting . my client of
7 P- 0 !a!- 1 1-thf.'ssa: for taking the life of a wo•
wan "The prisoner was acquitted.
Two' deacobs were once disptiting about
the : proposed site for a new graveyard,
wlieu .the fiat remarked : "'l'll never be
buried in that ground us long as I live."
“What an obs'tina.e ManV said the sea
ond ; if my j.ife . is spared, I will."
Ara public: meeting in a count 4 town,
an eloquent advocate of popularbduca.
tion thus delivered himself:
s'n%lr. President, I'rise 4o get up, and
am not backward in' coming forward in
the cause of educatioa; ',should have
been as ignorant 'as you are, Mr. Pres
ident'? . • •
Finn, the . celebrated comedian, once
stumbled over, a,lot of wooden. ware in
frodt f a Man's store, whereupon , the
main- cried---
out" Yon came near kiaink
the bucket, this time;
, 6 0h,
said Finn s , quite, et:mph:men-4,, 1 ..1 only
tubed !"
!eft'erall sttiff,v..as . this lad,y.'Said to her
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husband, who was
sia after a fuhlie dinner.. %
girds are
e :qiiitpoq mates p
usicii
icie:trY;it44":tiiierriih
Wan has no bettor. - - "
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TERMIS; -$1;50 PEtt" ANNUfI
BATHING...Ik THE. DEAD &CA.—Vilma
a work reently published in England, the
anneap extract on - the bunfanty of the
waters, and the tappearanee of the Due
Sea is taken':;-"Though in breaOth not
exceeding' ten Miles the Dead Sea nem*
boundless to 'the eye when looting from
the north to the south, and the murmur at
1 waves, as they' biesk on its flinwitt'etra
shore, together with the lines of-ailft
wood and :fragments of bitumen On - the
beach give to its waters r e resemblance
to the 'ocean.. Curious to experience
the sensations ,of ewimming'in eo , strange
ages I put-to - text the atiootintiPf . " the
extreme bouyanc y felt' -in it; Arid *u
quickly
_convinced; there Was Onuaier•
atien, in what L hail hem!. I lope & the
Waier'almos; tepid,, and
,so streng _that ,
thriftier difficulty -was to keep priffieient
autimereed, - the feet starting' tip in the,
air at - eVery Vigorons'istioke. .Itrtien
floating, half the body rose' ibtivethe
surfaie, and; with a Vilovi oba- inlets
havoslept upon- the water. Aftei atithe
the_strangeness 'thosensation
nieasure' disappeared; and on apPimteb!ig
the shore I careleasiy dropped mffeet,'lo
'walk cout—'-when 104 as -if 'a biatiderfied
been attached to`eaelt tt:p
raids "; the struggle
.to tecoVer' PiYaelf
sent my head 'down, the vilely bittervid
briny water; from which I had - hitherto
guarded my. head, now rushed into'iny
mouth, eyes, ears -and nose, mid failine
'horrible moment trio- only doubt I had was
whether I was to be drowned or voiseisetl2,
CoMing to the . surface, hoiteret, siam
to hind, making , no farther attempt 'to
•walk in deep water; which, T am iCelitted
to-believe, is &most impossible?! •
anecdote worth laugMng Over
is told,ofa man , who bad tin infirisiry a.
well as an appetite for fish; H'e was anx.
to keep up his character forlonestveven
while waking a bill with his merchant,
as the story goes, and when his beck was,
turned, the honest buyerslipped avad6sh
up. ;under his coat tail. But the garment
was too short to cover ITV the theft,
the merchant Perceived-it. - • :
? ' Now, " said the customer, stainers its,
improie all opportunities to call arteretion
to his virtues, "Mr. merchant, have
traded-with you a - great deal, and Wave
paid you promptly and honestly, haven't
I?"
"Oh yes," answered the mershatik - "T.
I make.to complaint ' "
- • -
"Well," said the, customer, , "T titei:ays
insisted that honesty is ?t he : best
and the best rule, to live gild - die:by.' 1
"That's so." replied the merchant.
. And the•oustover , turned to deptttt.
"Hold an. frtend,":eried the merchaht,.
"speaking of honesty, I,have a bit ofii4. \
vice to give you. Whenever you come.,
to trade again you better wear a
longer coat or steal a shorter codfish."
pet:They tell, a good - story oft pay
master in - the arna, an Indiana man, who.
was .an admirerorGen. McClellan. He.
unfortunately happened'within
with a million efdollars to-pay cur troopi,
just ay the 7 days' fight before Riohmond
commenced. He was obliged\ to 'retnaiti \
during the whole time. A, friend
quired how he got off unharmed. ;4'0,7
said he , admiringly, f'l, stuck fo
Mae, and came out all right." -11e.was
perfectly safe When was With the General.
and staff.
frit•Ne w Orleans witnessed on tbn 1111!
inst.. a public 'celebration - -of • Emancipa.
tifino - - Thon.ands, b4th el bleats and'
whites, jliined •'in the cotntneintration-;\
and the loyal -Governer Of the'Staie ad:.
ded the luster, of his ptesenee. Certiiolg •
the world domuniore
pa... A Gerinan Infidel, at hii death,
passing by aphis Inlsociates, - t.elected, oi*
his executor, a bhris' tam; ithettii
but a very slight - accjuaintatico, \ thus triv.-.!
log the highest. possible teatimony to the
principles' of Christianity, .&iy the eunfi-,'
dence he'reposed in it. i
'tea. — There is no natural conneetion bo.
tween great ,wealtki and happiness,; but
great poverty and misery an nearly ri ,
lated. Though, wealth won't warreut
*tam, watt won't withstaa woe. •
'`The transportation Vain of the Ar'-•
my of thel'otoniac would Mate a line or
wagons slily two and la half miles
length, accOrdiug to GeneralSlPade.
'Se' No mini • can be! rovident of his
time who is•not prudent in the choice or.
his company, 1 -
- •
•Ireir A good , surgeop roust -have ant
eagle's eye, a lion's heart, sad a ladrso
10j. Who spends more than he Ah . ould'
shall .not have It to; spend .wLen• ho
won!d. , ,
,-lifirThe danger being put t ,tnat
oft.i3n forgotten. _
,-
.PfirFor what thou, 01111 d% do thyselY*& -
ly not on anottioi: -
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