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"Tell the truth, and shame the Devil ;"
i kno lots toy : people who kan shame the
devil eazy, enuff, but the Itother thing
bothers them. '
If you dont beleaf in "total depr'uvity,"
buy a quart ov gin, and atuddy it
There iz one advantage in a plurality
or.ifes, tha fite each other, instead ov
their hustbands.. I f
t iz a verry delikate job, tew forgive
a'mau, without lowering Win in his own
estirnashun, andyures too.
Az a gineral thing, when a woman
wares the :britches,, she hitZ a good rite
.tew. , them.
iz admitted now bi everyboddy, that
the man who kan get fat on berloby sas
sage, ,has : got a good deal of dorg ih him.
am moor, and i am glaOhat i am,
!or i find that wealth makes more ',People
mean than it does genrous.
.Viretnan'ei.,influeuee iz 'powerfcies
iseshila when she smote ennything4
Sticking Up' your ooze dwe l t prey 'en
ny thing, for - the sops bilerf.whea he is
away from hum, smells evrything- 'I
No man lava aew git beat; .but s it is
better taw git, beat, -than tew be roilg.
iwl kind ov .bores area nitsance, but
it is _better ,tevr be bored with a,,2-inch
orger, than n gimblet. . i!
It iz ced "that a horse don't knew biz
strength"—and i really suppose teat a
skunk does buther.
"Be sure you are rite then go ahed;"
but in kascipv.dout go ailed tinny ova.
Sekts and creeds ov religion , are like
pocket ;compasses; good enuff,ltew
out the direcebun, :but the 'nearer _the
pole yu git,,ths..wuss tha work.
Men aint apt tew gic Welted Out ov
goed:sooiety for.being ritoh.
The rode tow Ruin, iz alwhs .114 t in
good : repair, and the travelers pa the.ex
pens ov it. ; 4
if a man '
.begins life bi being afoot TA.
tenant in his familee, he need never tew
look for proinoshun. • 1
The only proffit there is in keeping
more than pee dorg, iz whtit yea kan
make on the, board.
I bavn ' t got as match mnnny az 81211 t
folks, btal have got as much,impudense
as enny ov Ithew, and .that the . next
thing tew mttnny.
Don't mistake attoqabse I'4l wiidom ;
meanit peolileAST %.thot._tha vas , iwize,
when tha was only windy. 1
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[Prom the St. Paul, Press.]
NOT 00 EASY, LITTLE MAW.
"Thus conducted, the work of reconcilia
tion would have been easy.''..--Bet AteCle 1 lan's
Leila. of Acceptance. -
No, not ,130 easy, Little Mac, •i
For I Was there to see :, i
You may have had an easv.tinle,
But it was hard for vie.l 1;
I i I ,
shall r emember. Little . Mao,
E'en io my dying day, I I I;
Tow in iVirginia's miry swamps 'F,
Week after week we lay. I
Your ettini shone brightly, Little net,
Your glo%es were white ss snow ; •
But uNt, poor soldiers in the mire, ;
Were timindpring to andlrd•
The Reba. laughedat ns, Little Itifiz,
Who could their mirth c.ondeuM?
We toiled like muskrats ini the mud,
The nogroes toiled for diem. f.
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lyres k'ndness in yon,littleltae;
To set no .negro free, • 1. 1
'Twits kindness to your WoirtheittOle*,
Bat rather hard on me.'
I rwas ma* iu you, Little MO,
To leave our foes their slaves ; 1
They doubtless needed them to dim
Their trenches and their graves:
Put 'twes not so easy, Little Mae,
For us, worn out witA toil,
To meet:such foemen as we met
Upon 0.. e sacred soil.
TtteY foUght tis fiercely, Little M— ,. -
H:ad nought/ to do butt fight; ,!
Our guni were rusty with rimiest
Our spades alone were bright. ;
kad you'remember i Little 'lilac,
That famous "change of base;
To us who fought that sevela-days? flght,
It was no pleasant ,rate:
You say 'twos easy, Lit*, Rae;
But 1 remember well,
'Tomas hard to see friends fall so flat,
And leave them where ,they fell:)
And all who fought there, 'Attie 11.kcy
IVill tell, , and tell you true,
That it's no easy thing to sail •
Freedoht and .57/Avery too.
No, not sp easy, I4ttle Mac )
For I was there to sea;
And when you try that work agaiii
Pray do not call on me. i
Shakopee, Minnesota, Sept. 12, 1864.
Sayings of Josh
It iz highly important that Whim a
man makes up biz mind tew 7bekurn a
raskal, that ho should examine; hizself
clusly, and see if he ain't better knnstruk
ted for a phool.
I argy in this way, if a: man right,
he kant be too radikal, if lbe is tong he
kant be to6-eonsarratiff. i
When you pra, pra rich at thebulls
pebofea to the itiqeipies of Du QairloctleD, qqa #ho Qisseliji44tiort of iffokotiiii, gitellllol aga fetus.
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., 'WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 1864.
The following small batch of anecdotes
well illustWes the varied spirit of the
war:
"Yesterday week Morgan's brigade of
Davis's division were on picket, *hen a
squad of rebels, mounted, came uplwith•
in three hundred" yards of our pickets
and called out, "Will : you exchange cof
fee for tobacco . ?" "Yes,"-was the reply.
"Fort Pillow, d—n you, as the pickets
leveled their guni and discharged Tol
ley into them, wounding one man; The
rebels not liking leaden coffee retreated,
(=kilning as they ran "are you niggers ,
or. white men, to treat us this way ?"'
Side by this is a story told of two
men of the 20th Massachusetts. It says
that:
"In the battle of the Wilderness the
20th were in the thick of the fight, and
one color tearer after another was shot
down almost as fast as the men could be
replaced. But such was the eagerness
to keep the flag aloft that at one time
two men - L,--Irish—caught hold of the
standard of twee, as it was about to fall,
and straggled for it. Just then a shot
struck the staff cutting it in two, leaving
one man with the flag, and the other With
the broken stick. Beded, said the man,
with the short end of tile stag, the reb
els have decided for ns this time, and
went to loading and firing again, as cool
as if nothing h ad b happened,'
A correspondent - from Butler's army
likewise giv es the followtng account of a
heart ren ding incident happening in the
course of the fight of the 14th inst :
"During the progress of the battle the
woods caught fire, spreading with the ra
pidity of a burning prairie. A large
number of rebel wounded, as well as some
of our own, lay in the thicket. The hen
tic yells of these poor sufferers, as the fla
mes reached them, were heart rending and.
agonizing. In order to rescue a few who
could be reached, a flag of truce was sent
and excepted, proposing time to bury the
dead and save the living. One hour was
the time stipulated,"and in that. time all
the work was effected.. The rebel officers
appeared despondent, ,reports of defeat
had reached them from all quarters. A
lar g e number of prisoners were captured
who were mostly from South Carolina and
Richmond. gvery,civilian in the rebel
capital is impressed to work on the de
fenses of Richmond,',which are strength
cued to receive Grant's attack."
The Mowing is . a .very affecting inci
dent :
,rebel prison: 'asked for a clean
shirt for his young comrade whose fresh
but blood stained bandages told - of an am
putation just above the knee.
"One of ,the Sanitary Commission gave
the shirt' ;tot said .the boy must first,he
washed. Who will,do that
'Oh,,any of those women yonder' A
kind looking woman from Philadelphia
was asked if she was willing to wash a
rebel prisoner. ,Certainly I ,was her
prompt reply. 'I have aeon in the TYnion
army,. and I would Hite to have some
body wash him.
"With a towel and stater in tin basin,
she cheerfully walked through the mud
to the tent. Careful not to .disturb his
amputated leg, she gently .removed the
old shirt and began to wash him, bat the
tenderness of a mother's heart was at
work, and she began to cry over him, say
ing that she imagined she , was washing
her own son. This was more than be
could bear. Ife, too began to_weed, and
to ask God to pleas her for her kindness
to him. The scene was too pinch for the
bystanders, and they left the Nerthern
Mother and 'the Southern non to theirsa
cred grief, Wishing that tears 'could blot
out the sin - of this rebellion,
_and the
blood of this unnatural war."
The folle - win. , incident - occurred : at
Spottsylvania, and is thus narrated by
correspondent of the Cincinnati .Commer
cial:
During the lull in the strife I rode back
to 2d corps hospital to see the wounded
"How goes it, boys 7" was the goes-
Lion.
right,"Baid one.
"Rather rough," said another.
."They river will get through , the 2d
corps." said Hibernian•
The lull had become a storm. How
?fearfully rolled the musketry. It is utter
ly useless,to attempt the description or
comparison. It was volley after volley,
surge after.surge, roll after roll !
Maurice Colins, of.the 12th I)lasseehu
setts, was.brought in *ith an ugly wound
through his shonder. Ile was a catholie
and the priest was showing him the ern -
it be mortal ?" le asked.
"Perhaps not, if you can lie still mad
keep quiet; bat you may have to lose your
arm. ,
"Well, I am willing to give an arm: to ,
way country," was the reply of one who,
though born in the evergreen isle; while
loving tha ban) and shamrock, adores, the
Stars and stripes of his adopted country.
Seidler Stories
The same narrator adds, .fWhile this
fierce contest was going on a body of rebl
els marched out on the Catharpen road and
came down upon the rear of the 2d corps,
probably not to attack the troops, but to
cut out the trains whichatVere packed in
the rear. Gen. Grant's and Gen. Mead's
headivarters were on the Piney drove
Road.
A signal of6cer wba - bad been stationed
on the right flank came upon a gallop,
evidently ranch excited. "Yon unlit
pack up quick," he shouted. Peepara.
tions had already been made for a re
moval of head-quarters nearer to the cen
ter, and in a few moments the trains
were in motion. Orders were sent to the
rear to 1)e ready for an emergency. Two
or three batteries went out and took po
sition, but that was all that came of the
movement. The rebels gained nothing
for their trouble.
ALEXANDER IL s'irpruEN,4..
VIETS OF PEACE AND A NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
The ;following letter from "Vice Presi'
dent" Stephens was written in answer to
a letter addressed to him by citizens of
Georgia :
ertortaiinsvix,x,E, Ga. Sept. 22, '64.
Gentlemen : You will please excure me
for not answering your letter of the 14th
instantsooner. I have been absent nearly
a week on a visit to a brother in Sparta,
who has been quite out of health for some
time.. Your letter I found here on my
return home yesterday. The delay of my
reply thus occasioned I regret.
Withont further explanion or apology
al.loW me now to say to you that no per
son living tan possibly feel amore ardent
desire for an end to be put to this unnat
ural and merciless war upon honorable
and just terms than I do. But I really ,
do not see that it is in my power or yours,
or. that of any number of persons in our
position, to inauguratenny movement that
will even tend to aid in bringing about a
result that we and so many more desire.
The movement by Oar legislatero at its
last session, at the suggestion of the Ex
ecutive, on this subject ; was by authority
properly constituted for such h purpose.
That movement, in my judgment, was
timely, judicious and in the right direc
tion. Nor has it been without results.
The organization of that party at the
North, to which you refer, may justly be
claimed as a part of the fruits of it. These,
it is to be hoped, will be followed by
others of a more marked character. if all
in both sections who sincerely desire
peace upon correct terms will give that
movement thus inaugurated all the aid in .
their power.
The resolutions of the Georgia legisla
tare, 'at its last session, upon the subject
of peace, in "my judgment embodied and
set forth very clearly those principles
upon which alone there can be permanent
peace between the diffetent• sections of
this extensive, once happy and prosper
ous, but now distracted country.
-Easy and perfect solutions to all pres
ent troubles and those far more grievous
ones which loom in prospect, and porton
tiously threaten in the coming future, is
nothing more than the simple recognition
of the fundamental principle and truth
upon which all American constitutional
liberty is foundsd, and upon the maintop
ence -of which alone it can be preserved—
that is, the sovereignty, the ultimate,
absolute sovereignty of the states. This
&Mini our legislature annon.need to the
people at the North and to the world .
It is .the only key-note to 'peace7—perma
nent, lashes peace—consistent .with the
security of the public liberty.
The old confederation was formed upon
principle. The old Union was after
wards formed 'upon this principle. No
league cau.ever be formed
,or maintained
,between any state,north orsouth,seouring
public liberty uporrany ether principle.
The whole framework of American in
stitutions, which in .co short a time had
won the admiration of the world, and to
which we were indebted ,for Such an un
paralleled career of prosperity and happi-•
ness, was formed upon this principle. All
our present troubles sprung from a de-.
parture from this principle, from a viola
tion of this essential law of ; our
,political
organizatidn.
In 1776 our ancestors and the ances
tors of those who are-waging this unholy
crusade against us together proclaimed
the great hnd eternal truth for the main
tenance of which they jointly .pledged.
their lives, their fortrinenand their sacred
honor, that governments are instituted
amongst men, deriving their jost,powers
from the : Consent of the governed, and
that xvheuever any form of government
'becomes destructive ,of those ends for
which it was formed, it is 'the- right of
the people to alter or abolish it and in
stitute a new government, laying its
foundations on such principles, and or
ganizing its powess in such a form as to
them may seem most likely to effect their
safety and happiness-.
It is needless here.te state that by
"people" and "governed" thisiannuo
ciation is meant communitieS and bodies
of men capable of, organizing and main
taining a goy:spinet:lt, not individual
members or society. The. consent of the;
governed refers to the will of the 'pass of
community or state in its organited form,
and expressed through its legitim a te and
properly constituted organs. It Wes upon,
this principle the 'colonists stood instified
befete the world in effecting their sepa
ration.from the mother country. It was
'upon this principle that the eriginal thir
teen no-equal and no-sovereign states
formed the federal compact! of the old
Union in 1987. It is open thin same
principle that the present coequal and
co-sovereign states of our Confederacy
'formed their new - compact of,union.
The idea that the cid Union br any
union between sovereign states, toonsis
tently with this fundamental trirth, ean
be maintained by force, is preposterous.
This war springs from au attempt to do
this preposterous thing. Superior, power
may compel a union of some; sort,
• but it
would not be the Union of the oid con
stitution or' of our new. it would be that
sort of union that results from despotism.
The subjugation of the people of, the
South by the people of the North! would
necessarily involve the destruction! of the
constitntfon, and the 'overthrow of their
liberties as well as ours. The Men' or
party at the North, to whom yon! refer, ,
who favor peace, must 'be brought to a
full realization 'of this truth in all 'its 1
bearings, before their efforts Will re ult in
much practical good. Any peace grow
ing out of a union of states established
, by force will be as rtIiDOUS I
the& as to
•
us. •
The action of the Chicago Convention,
so far as its platform of principle goes, l
presents, as i have said on another occa
sion, a ray of light, which tinder Provi
dence, may prove the datyn of day to this
long and cheerless night, the first ray 'of
light I have seen from The North, since
the war began. This 'cheers ; the lieart,
and towards it I could 7..1Ma1t, a claim.,
"Hail, holy light, offspring of Hbaven,
first born of the eternal . to.eiernal beam-.
May I express thee unbiamed ) since Cod
is light." •
I n dsed,l caeld have Vlite erciiimed
,'bat for the sad reflection that'whether it
. shall bring healing in its beams or be lost
in a dark and ominous eclipse ere its good
work be done, depends so mneh 'open the
action of others who may 1:10t regt,trd it
and view it as do. 'so at bast it is but
a ray, a small and tremulous ray, enough
only to gladden the heart and spricken
!the hope.
The prominent and leading idea o . f the
'convention seems to have been a desire
to reach a peaceful adjustment. of our
present • difficulties and strife through the ,
medium of a 'convention •ef the states.
They propose to snapend hostilithis, to
see what can be 'done, :if anything, by ne
gotiations of some sort. This is one step
in the right, 'direction. To spell e':con
vention of the states I should have up ob
jection, as a peaceful oonference and in
terchange of views:between equal andisov- i
ereien posers, jug, as the Conventicin .of•
1787 was called and assembled. •
The properly constituted oath-al-ides at
Washington and Richmond, the duly
authorized representatives of the two bon
federacies of states cow at war with each
other, might give'their assent to such
proposition. Good)enight result froth it.
it would be an appeal on.both aides from
the sword to reason and justice. All ears
which do .not result in the extinction or
extermination of one side 'or the other
must be ended sooner tn. later .by sown
sort of 'negotiation.
From the discussion 'Ol- interchange of
views in such a touvention, the' history
as, well as the true nature of our insti
tutions And the relation of the
.atatesi to
ward 'each 'other and towards the federal
head, would "doubtletre be much 'better
understood generally than they now ate;
but I should favor such a proposition only
as a peaceful conference, as the Conven
tion of 3187 was. ',should be opposed
to leaking the questions at issue to the
absolute decision of such:a:body.
, Delegates might be 'clothed' with pow
ers to 'consult and egree, if they could,
upon - Bowe plan of.adjustment, to be snb
mitted.for subsequent ratification by the
sovereign stares whom it affected, before
it should be made obligatory oil binding,
'and then binding only on such as shoUld
so Palfy it.' It becomes the people of the,
month, as well as the people of the North,
; to be quite as watchful and jenilousi of
their rights as their common ancestbrs
r '
were.
The maintenance of liberty iU all ages,
times and countries, when' and wheri ti
has existed, has required not only con-
stant vigilance and jealousy, but it bas
often required the greatest privatichs,
and sufferings and eaerifices that pepple
of states are evet subjected to. , Throngb
such an ordeal we are now passingLh
Through a like and even severer ordeal
oar ancestors passed in their struggle for
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the principles which ithas devolved upon
us thus to, defend_and mainta._ ,..
But great_as our suir in
ers
inaatfire7Crifi-
ces have been and: ftii,-Co4st'llieh"al
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lude, they ore - as yet far short of th like
sufferings,'and sacrifices!whiehlcdr eth
ers bore with, patience,, pontme eusnorti
tude in the crisis that trie - d,meiiirsouls,
in their'day. - -These are.tlie•iirt4fitOthat
sustained-Ahem la,.,thelr)agar, atlfreed.
Their illustrious nod, glorious i example
6ids us' not to under-eitlmitelthe'prihilets
inheriMuce they achieyed : fek ne.s4mo
a cost of treasure and blood, 7 • , s 'l
Great as are the ciddectlieire iiiftgl:lng
against, they, are not „grititcr,thinithoae
against which thoy-snce t essfully strugglotf.
In point of re:or:sea our Condition ,ik nisil
to be compared.with theirs. Should Mo
bile, Savannah; Charleston/ AufinaMi
Macon, Montgomery,, and ,elten Peterp
burg and Richropnd fall, ear condition
would not then be wOrse,or :less hopeful.
than theirs was iu the' dtalreSt bour , that
rested on their fertile-es:. ,:1. 2 '
With wisdom on the pars of those i wbu
control our destiny hi the, cabinet and in
the field, in husbanding
,an 4 properly
wielding onrresourcei at th l ekt..commandi
and in securiag the bearie, Anti Affections
of the !people in the'grait cause of
,right
and liberty for whiclaxe,are,Stroggling,
we could suffer all: these losses and ca
lamities, and greater even; 4tid still tri ! .
umph in the end.
At present, however, I•do;not see,'as r
stated in the outset, .that yogi or 1, 1!1 / any
number of persons in pour yosition ) can do
anything towards inaugurating any - nes+
movement-looking fo 'a peaceful volution
of the 'present strife.• 'Theriiar on out
pa,A is fairly and entirely deiVesive in itW
character. How longjt•will continue to
be thus wickedly and. mercilessly waged
against, us depends upon thipeeple of the
North.
Georgia, our .lostn' states when% tvo
owe allegiance, has with greatuntaitnity
proclaimed the principles upon which a
just and permanent peace ()tight to
sought and obtlined: The . Congress
the Confederate 3tates has tollowedlith".
on endorsernent.of these principles: All
yon and I, and others itii‘outi,position t
therefore, ten do on that line at this ,titne i
is to sustain the movement alreldishau
gurated, and to the utmost-of oer aiiiiity,
to hold up these .principles as . l a surest
hope of restoring soundnesslo the public,
mind of the North, as the braierfsetpent
was held up for the healing of Israel id
the wilderness. • '
The Chief aid 'and ereouragement we
can give the peace party At the l!rotli lb
to keen'befere them these great fascia
mental principles And truths, whieh'iluti4
will lead them and us to permanent:lmi
litstino• peace , with possession and,enjoy
. P
ment of constitutional lilperty.' With
these principles once recognized, the N.
Lure "would take care of itself, end there
would be no more war so long as they
should be adhered to. • )
All questions of boandarics. coefedera
cie,.s and union or unions would naterally
t6 - d eusily adjust themselves, aUe'ordi'og
o the it terests of parties and the:etzigeo4
cies of the times. Herein' nes the true
law of the balance of power unit the hark
many of states. Yours respectfully.:
ALEXANDEM fr..STEPHEN}3.
Tat t- RictiEs.--A : rich geittleinan
once said to a day laborer, "Do you 'kW)*
to whom these estateabelong, on the bOr.
ders of the lake?" "No," replied - the'
man. "They belong to me," said,the
rich men. ."And the wood, 4ad,tho.est.
tle;do you know whose tbity are ?,"'"NO,"
"They are mine also," continued the Hitt
man. "Yes, all that you can see* , !nice."
The peasant stood still a moment, &tid
then pointed .to hearen; in aloleinn lone
asked "is. tl.at also thine 7 If Ulm. :
thine, though
,poor, thou art truly fich ;
if that be not -thine, however rich, thou
art poor in'cieed." _
A SuAitr RETORT.- r -The .t.T ' Cio
Democriit is, responsible for the fellewlni;
godd At one of the betels in uur
city landlord said to a boarder- •
"See here, Mr.—, the-lehateli'erin'aid
found a bair•pin in your be thismurri
iug, and it wi:l not answer.
«ell,"'replied the boarder, "I RI - 4nd a
hair in the butter this . MorOin& but it did
not prove you had a.woman in,it.',`, f ,
The two looked at each other far ab'out
ten seconds, when each smiled 104 petit.
his way, no doubt pondering_on,theipe
culiaritics of circumstantial-evidence,
A OUNCE FOR SO3IRRODY.7--,11 yinnz
lady advertises in the ,Clo4vlanil
de.?1,64 for a young gentlen3an fo'Uolf." ao
amanuensis. He must id Ale:ld:virile
:in ciphers, and when - not., thus
be will be expected to read pac!iry ( Fitit
feeling, converse - with ease and ;,tip- able
to play cribbage and 3aackgamni,i)o.,,.../44,
must expect to be kissed when.,
pleased,euired when she'is . notb,ir ai het
temper is aeknowledged to be:
will probably be more kistipg.tints,
ing.`There's' a chanielleaesiel*
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