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L* resh Ground Plaster In Quantities wd prices to euit purrljasers, uow for sale a M. Mj|it 9m. |)ocfs Corner. [from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin ] THE MANAGER—A CHRIS TIAN LYRIC. BY EDWARD C. JONES. Kneel, Christian, by the manger bed, Think deeply ; let no words be said, For thee Jehovah-Jesus, thee, Begins his pilgrim infancy. Go lay thy beating heart to hir, And count its infant pulses there ; The Roman spear in future day. Shall lay its holy arteries "bare. Look, Christian, at thoso tiny hands, That fondly seek his mother's breast, The stern rough nail in luture day, Must through their shrinking nerves be prest. Kiss that dear little foot, like snow, It sweeps frotn out the swathing baud, Amid its crimson it must glow, Transfixed be mortals impious hand. How calm that gentle, liquid eye, Upturned to Mary's speaking face, Without, the wintry wind is high, At itbin, what Summer Love we traco. Christian, that eye in future day, Shall turn its ray upon the weak, Shall volumn forth its princely spell, And give to pnde an ashen cheek. Amid the bustle of the Inn, The clonging tones, of jostling throngs. There is one still smali voice within, That voice to Mary but belongs, Hushed by (he warble, how he smiles, The little briny drops sustain, And in tho Stable she beguiles, ller bosom of tie shadow d pain. Christian ! he yet shall weep alone, O'er social wrings, and grievance high, And no fyiid parent have the power, To wipe that moisture from bis eye. Alone, 'mid bustling, careless crowds, His pilgrim infancy began Alone, in iuture day be toils, 'Mid un.ippreciativc Man. Infant of days! thy life, thy death, Oh, what circumstance may bound, What issues, solemn and immense. Tha' manger-bad encompass round, Agustus taxed his lb,man realm, But thou a mightier tax hast laid. , OL ! Universe! redeemed aud won, It nay be owned, but never paid. NinnOTrM „• vWAavgit —| CMMMPM—Mpa— Select §tom. ' -' '-*5 AFTER THE BATTLE. BY VIRGINIA F. TOWN 8 F.N P. It was over at last. The sun, which had walked slow and cairn through the long hours of that terrible day, Lad gone down iu a col umn of fire beyond the western hills, and now the stars were coming out swiftly, like petals scattered all over an azure soil. And the stars looked down on the battle field, as they had come out anil looked down for scores of years on the fair young land which had arisen in her strength and beauty until amid all the nations there was none to compare with her—on the great cities that were hung like jewels on her green bosoms— on the bioad haruest fields that waved their tresses for joy through her golden summers— on the houses where the dwellers thereof sat peaceful and happy under their own vines and fig trees—on all this had the stars which came up night after night to the watch tow ers of the sky looked, until at last there came a change ; aud now, where the harvest had waved their locks in the summer winds, was that most terrible sight which the sun and stars ever beheld—the night of a battle-field. Tiie conflict had raged hot and terrible that day. The hearts of the dismal mountains had | shuddered with the thunder of cannons and J the earth drank in blood as in autumn she drinks in the equinoctial tains; hut at last the days awful work was done, and the night winds lifted the grey banners of stnoke from the battle-flehl. Q The air was full of the heat and smell of powder. The dead lay thick together, with stark, ghastly (aces, on trampled grass the wounded lay thicker, filling the air moans—riderless horses rushing terrified o-f*~ er the field ; and the dying daylight of the solemn stars watching over all. ~~ A little way from the battle fiehi was a small stream, making a blue fold in the dark grass, and two men had crawled to its banks to quench their thirst. And when the two men crawled along the bank, looked up and met each other's faces, they knew they were enemies, and they knew too, that a few hours ago, each had aimed his rifle at the other, and that aim had caused a ghastly wound a little way from the hearty which had drank the life-blood ot each, and each had glared desperately on his adversary a moment before lie fell. But there was no fierceness in the eyes of those men now, as they sat face to face on the bank of the stream, the strife and the an ger are all gone now, and they sat still and looked at each other. At last one of them spoke : "We haven't either a chance to hold out much longer, I judge V' 41 No," said the other, with a mixture of sadness and recklessness. You did that last "TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RICHT.-Thoma 9 Jefferson. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, ]863. job of yours well, as that boars witness," and he pointed to a wound a little way from the heart, from which the life-blood was slowly oozing. -arfU* " Not better than did the other with a grim smile, as lie pointed to a wound a little higher up, larger and more ragged—a deadly one. And then the two men gazed at again in the dim light, for the moon had come over the hills now, aud stood among the stars like a pearl of great price. As they looked a soft er feeling stole over the hearts of each toward his fallen foej a feeling of pity for the strong manly life laid low, a feeling of regret for that inexorable necessity of war, which made each man the slayer of the other ; and at lust one spoke— " There's some folks in the world "that feel worse, I 'spose, because you have gone out out of it ?" A spasm of pain was on the bronzed ghast ly features. " Yes, 1 ' said the man, in thick tones.— " There's one woman with a little boy and girl, away up among the New Hampshire mountains, that it'll very nigh kill to hear of this," and then the man groaned out in bitter anguish, "Oh God have pity on my wife and children !" And the other drew closer to him. " And away down in the cotton fields oj- Georgia there's a woman and a little girl whose hearts will break when they hear what this day has done," and then the cry wrung itself sharply out of his heart, "Oh God have pity on them !" And from that time on, the Northerner and the Southerner ceased to be foes. The th .ughts of those distant homes on whom the anguish was so soon to fa!!, drew them cluMMogelher in their !a-t hour, and the two men wept like little children. And at last ihe Northerner spoke, talking more to him self than anything else, and he did not know that the other was listening greedily to every word. "She used to oomc—my little girl—bless her heart! every night to meet me when I come home fr >m the fields; and she would stand under the great plum tree that's just beyond the back door at home, with the sun light making a yellow crown on her golden curl, and the laugh dancing in her eyes when she heard tin- click of the gate. 1 see her there now, and I'd take her in my arms and she'd stick up her little red lips for a kiss ; but my little giri will never watch un der the uid p'.um tree by the well for her fa ther again. I shall never hear the cry of joy as she catches a glimpse of me at the gate— -1 shall never see her little leet running over the grass to spring into my arm? again ?" " And," said the Southerner, " there's a little brown-eyed, brown-haired girl that us ed to watch in the cool afternoons for iter lather when he rode in from his visit to the plantations—l can see her little face shining out now from the roses that covered the pil lars, and her shout of joy as I bounded from my horse and chasen the little flying feet and the loud laugh up add down the veranda.— But toy datling, your bright little face will grow pale with watching among the roses for your father, and you and he will never go laughing and romping up the old veranda again !" And the Northerner drew near to the Southerner, and the hot tears stood on his cold cheeks, as he said : '• May God have pity on our fatherless children !" "Amen ! ' said the Southerner, fervently. And the Northerner spoke in a husky whisper, for the eyes of the dying man were glassing fast. " We have fought together like brave men. We are going before our God in a little while. Let us forgive each other." The Southerner tried to speak, but the sound died away in a gurgle from his white lips; but lie took the hand of his fallen foe, and his stiffened fingers enclosed tight over it, and his last look was one of forgiveness and peace. And when tho next morning's sun walked up the grey stairs of the dawn, touched with pink, it looked down and saw tho lyo foes lying dead with their hands clasped in each others, by the stream which ? by the battle-lield. And the little girl with golden hair that watched under the plum tree among the hills of New Hampshire, and the little girl with bright, brown hair, that waited by the roses among the green plains of Georgia, were fa therless. A Despotism to be Established. " Another principle must certainly be em bjdied in our reorganized form of govern ment. The men who shape the legislation of this country, when the war is past, must re member that what we want is power and strength. The problem will be to combine the forms of a Republican Government with the powers of a Monarchial Government— Philadelphia Press. " This war has already shown the absurdi ty of a government with, limited powers ; it has shewn that the power of every govern ment ought to be and must be UNLIMITED.— Philadelphia hoith American. Such are the sentiments of the leading or gans of the Black Republican party. They require no comment, except to be denounced as the rankest treason to the G-overnmen t. Pistcllantous. SINGULAR INCIDENT. Our correspondent T., writing from the Ninth Army Corps, opposite Fredericksburg, narrates the following, which occurred on Christmas day, while the writer was out on picket with his company ; After partaking of a Christmas dinner of salt junk and hard tack, our attention was at tracted by a rebel picket who hailed us from tfie opposite side of the river : /' I say yank, if a fellow goes over there wpl! you let him come back again ?" c Receiving an affirmative answer he pro ceeded to test the truth of it by paddling himself across the river. He was decidedly the cleanest specimen of a rebel I had seen. In answer to a question, he said he belong ed to the Georgia Legion. Une of the boys remarked, " I met quite a number of your boys at South .Mountain." " Yes I suppose so—if you were there," said the rebel, while his face grew very sad. " \Ye left very many of our boys there. My brother, poor Will, was killed there It was a hot place fur a while, and we had to leave it in a hurry." "That's so, Georgia, your fellows fuught well there, and had all the advantage, but the old Keystone boys were pressing you hard. By the .way I have a likeness here (taking it out <# his pocket) that I picked up on the battle field the next morning and I have car ried it ever since. - ' He handed it to the rebel who, on looking at it, pressed it to his lips; my inotaer ! my mother !" he exh-bited considerable emotion at the recov ery of tT*e picture, but ou regaining his com posure he saiii, (hat his brother had it in his possession and must have lost it in the fight lie then asked the name of the one to whom he was indebted for the lost likeness of his mother, remarking, " There may be better times soon, and we may know each olh er better." He had taken from his pocket a small bible in which to write the address when Alex. , who had taken no pait in the conversation, fairly yelled, I know thai hook ! 1 lost it at Bull Run !" thar's whar I got jt, Mr. Yank, saul the rebel—and handed it to Alex. " I am much obliged to you Georgia Legion, for I would'nt part with it for all the Southern Confederacy." I was a little curious to know somethiug further of tiie book, so I asked Alex, to let me see it. He passed it to me. I opened it, and on the Hy leaf saw written in a neat lady's hand : •'My Christmas gift to Alex. Deo. | 25th, 1800, Ella," " Well, Alex." said 1, •' it is not often one has the same gilt pre sented to him a second time." " True Cap tain ; and if I could but see the giver of that to-daj, there's hut one other gift that I would want." " What's that Alex ?" " This re bellion played out and my discharge in my pocket." The boys had all been busily talking to our rebel friend, who seeing a horseman ap proaching m the direction of his post, bid us a hasty good bye, and made as quick a trip as possible across the Rappahannock. Night came on, and those not on duty lay down on the frozen ground, to dream of other Christ mas nights, when we knew not of war. Shape of Our llodies Symmetry is one of the conditions of Tie created man upright in His own image. The vital organs in the chest and abdoinan are fitted to an erect spine. If the upper portion of the spine bend forward, as in drooping shoulders, not only is the great nerve marrow of the spine itself distorted, and its circulation crippled, (which is a serious matter, ri suiting in certain common affections,) but the lungs, hearts liver, and stomach lose their natural place, an 1 perform all their duties disadvantageous!}-. A very large proportion of our many affections of these vital organs take their rise in such displacement. What shall be done ? 1. Improve the desks in our schools, so that, instead of compelling our young to sit for hours every day in a stooping poition they shall be compelled to sit erect, with their heads and shoulders drawn well back. This is very easily accomplished. Such a change in our school furniture would prove priceless natural blessing. 2. Remove every ounce of pressure from the waist. Fants worn without suspenders, and drawn close about the body, skirts and dresses pressing at the waste, must produce round shoulders, for when the organs of the abdomen are pushed downward, the shoulders must drop in order to maintain the relation between the thoracic and abdominal viscera. 3. The back legs of our chairs must be sawn off two inches shorter than the front ones. The front edges of the seat must not be more than fourteen inches high for a woman, and sixteen for men. This arrange ment will immediatly relieve the back while sitting, and secure & good position of shoulders. 4. The habit of walking erect, wit h the air of a sob.ier, must be generally cultivated. 5. Gymnastic culture of the shoulders. With such means the nation will become up right and vigorous.— Dio Lei Pis. " You can't do that again," as the pig said, when the boy cut his tail off. Political. Daniel Webster's Ideas ol Concession,etc. " March, 1861, when I found it my duty ti address t Congre- a o 1 these imp- r ant topics, it was my conscientious belief, and it still re mains unshaken, that if the controversy with Texas could not be amicably adjusted, there must, in all probability, be civil war and bloodshed ; and in contemplation of such a prospect, although wo took it for granted that no opposition could arise to the opposi tion of the United States that would not be suppressed, it appeared of little consequence on which standard victory should perch. But what of that ? I was not anxious about military consequences ; I looked to the civil and political state of things and their results, and I enquired what would be the condition of the country, if, in this state of agitation, if, in this vastly extended, though not generally pervading feeling of the South, war should break out and bloodshed should ensue in that' quarter of the Union ? 'That was enough for me to inquire into and consider; and if the chances had been one in a thousand, that civ il war would be the result, I should have felt that that one-thousandth chance should be guarded against by any reasonable sacrifice ; because, gentlemen, sanguine as I am cfthe future prospeiity of the country, strongly as I believe now, after what has passed, and es pecially after the enactment of those measures to which 1 have referred, that it is likely to hold together, I yet believe that this Union, once broken, is incapable, according to all human experience, of being re-constructed in its original character, of being re-cemented by any chemistry, or art, or effort, or skill of 1 man." The above remarks were made by Webster in support of the measures which secured the adjustment of controversies with Texas, touching its boundary, as well as the estab lishment of governments in the territories of New Mexico and Utah, r —J!— Copperheads v<^&ji a cksnakcs. The BlackdßMnjblicaJfc excessively fond of applying pOpames to their opponents, are now very applying the term. "Copperheads'' to the Democrats. We like it much. Ihere is an applicability about it which speaks out boldly and has a palpable meaning. Ihe "Copperhead" is peculiar to this coun try : a fearless, independent suake that knows |l Bpo wer J a nd when disturbed or interLred with, uses it; it is a brave snake, and there fore naturally tolerant, harmless and passive; but take care you do hot trample upon it, for it never runs, except to attack its foe, and its bite, when once aroused, is awful. Now, the representative of the Republican, opposite to the Copperhead, is the Blacksnake. And here, too, the analogy is complets. The black snake is a cowardly, hissing thieving reptile. lie possesses somewhat the power to charm hut he always charms the innocent to destruction. lie robs birds' nests, visits the barn yard and sucks liens' eggs, and will often be found curled round the legs of a cow sucking her milk, just as Black Republican contractors, jobbers, and office holders are now doing with Uncle Samuel's cow.-Jefer soniun. WHY IS IT DONE Necessity is the mother of invention." The truth of this axiom can in no instance, be more fully verified than that in the the case of the present abolitionized Republican party of the United States. Under the plea of ne cessity, the devil gained a certain point, and the Abolitionists of to day are endeavoring, by connecting the plea of necessity with the idea of invenliun, to accomplish politically what Satan did morally. For instanco : it was necessary for a stu pid and venal Administration, to suppress certain presses, which exposed its weakness, and necessity and inveution worked together to accomplish the object. Necessity upon the part of a weak and totering administra tion, was the cause of the suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus, and invention hro't about the arrest of loyal citizens without law or warrant. Invention circulated Helper 'a Book and other incendiary works. Invention is now forming Loyal Leagues ; is stigmatizing all as traitors who do not worship at the shrine oi Abraham, and keeping up a sj-stem of espion age upon their neighbor's words and acts. The latest invention, however, of the friends of this modern Belshazzar, is sending men through the country, ostensibly engaged in honest and honorable callings, such as Map Agents, Insurance Agents, Horse and Cattle purchasers, Fmit'--fHee Agents, Colporteurs, &e., but whose real object is to endeavor to abolitionize the people. In some parts of the State, this system is being practiced to some | extent, but wo think not here. Ldf our friends, however, look out for them, as there is no knowing what a frenzied set of men may do. L. rar The draft has been quietly progress ing in those counties of Michigan where the qpota has not been filled by volunteers. I TEHMS ( 61.G0 PBH RECITATION IN GEOGRAPHY* Seventeenth class in Mental Geography arise, and group yourselves together. Toe the crack—heads up like Dew yeast, and don't talk through your noses." "What is Geography." "Don't know" That's right, sonny— never tell a lie. "What is the surface of the earth V f "The out&ide." "Bully for you, sweet William." "That's me." "Which predominates— that is,which !• the biggest part—land or water;" "In the jainy season, water; in times of drouth land." " What is the big body of water called?" Old Ocean." "Whom dees it benefit?" "The Secretary of the Nary, and hia rel ativeu in the ship trade." "How so?" "They sell rotten ships to the Government ten times their worth." ' For what purpose do ships sail on the Ocean?" "To drown soldiers." "What do our ships take to other conn* tries?" "Raw cotton and minted gold." "What do they bring back in return?" Wool, (on the darkey's head,) and other pestilential diseases." "That is right, my bully boy, with a wax • . ear; you shall see Gen. Pope some day." "What is a peculiar characteristic of the ocean?" "Its difference from the Admioiatration," "How so, my red topped student?" "It never becomes corrupt." "Very well for an orphan. You may go and kiss the girls and emalate the ocean." "What is a sea?" " Pair of spectacles." " Ah, ha! None of that, Timothy.— What is a strait ?" " Next to a full—beats two pair." " Ilello, there. I'll call you from the deck into the cabin, John Henrj —You may go and get some wood." " What is a channel ?" " The place a feller oils up with whiskey just before he makes a political speech." " Correct; glad to see you in such spirits." "Thomas, what is a peninsula?" " A place where the Army of the United States wanders,.6urroundeQ by a Stonewall." " What is a cape ?" " A fur thing worn by ladies." " Observing youth, thou h&st won a capa ble name." " Peter, what is a cave ?" " The last Republican vote in New York State." " Bright-eyed gazelle, I 6ee, but you sea more. I'll take half of your pie to-day noon. Now tell me what are the great circles of the earth ?" " Hoops." " Very good. Can you tell me what • Balmoral Skirt reminds you of ?" " The peel of a belle."' '' Next" " The earth." " Right; but why so ?" " Because the son works round it every twenty-tour hours." " That's right—go up to the head." " What is the principal production ofthd kmporate zones ?" " Ten-pin alleys, rot-gut, the Maine law, and confirmed drunkards." " Who is the Governor of a State ?" " The inau who furnishes the most money for the election, or the clerk who has the handsomest wife." " Steady, there, or you'll get it. Philan der what is the object ol the Government?" " Plunder." " Correct." . . " What designates the aristocracy?" " Codfish." " What kind of currency is used in the United States ?" * " Pill labels, fine teeth combs, water mel on seeds, pieces of egg shells, old buttons, nail parings, 'bus tickets, knot holes, ana postage stamps." " Can business be carried on in hard mon ey ?" "It seems so." " What is a volcano ?" " A mountain with a fire-place in it." " What is a plain ?" •' A thing used by carpenters." , " What kind of cloth is mostly wora"by the people of Green Bay ?" " Green Baze !" " Here, Gustavus, none of that. Seven teenth class may emerge hence, if it'll keep '* off the ice."— LaCrosse Damorcrat. i , Death of General Sumner. SYRACUSE, March £l. Major-General E. V. Sumner, United States army, expired at the residence of his son-in law, Colonel W. W. Teali, in this city, this morning, at fifteen minutes past one o'clock, of congestion of the lungs, after au illness of only five days. The death of this veteran soldierha*east a pall of gloom over the entire city, -and the deep sorrow of our citizens is everywhere visible. The places of buaineas are all heavily drap ed in mourning, and the national flag hangs at half-mast in evetTpart ol the city. Tho gen eral was under-tJFuers to report at St. Louia for duty, and was cn the point of when attacked by the disease wb ; terminated fatally. Ia Vne daatu cd Major- General Sumner the country will mourn the.- loss of one of her bravest and most pariot ic defenders-. He waa one of the oldest general*- in the army, having been in tho service over forty-, four years. The last words of the Vetera* hero were, " God save my country— the Uni ted States of America." His funeral will pro bably take place on Tuesday next. ' J* VOL. 2, N0.34.