'T, • . , .- . - .., ''''',444igH .....4...4...,,,14^....c...,.., ,, I.:, 7 ^.1.," ,, —..1,..... . b33r milair. VOLUME XVL kpc,3trzexcl.A.X4 - . - Mom the Cone ma Pioneer. REBELLION muss. The Battle of Pittsburg Landing. BY DAVID CIOSUBN: hark! hark! don't you hear the, cannon's loud , roar,— The shouts of bold freemen on Tennessee i s shore While Beauregard's hosts, in battle stray, The rag of the traitor and tyrant display. but bold era the ritell of the iinion, in wilds, pia daunted ify thinififfri dr bit tle's alarms! •They stand tty the fLig o'er their fathers that we* And fight fa the land those heroes hatt.eaYett,..„. No true to their standard, they danger will dare; The carnage of battle so fedriessly share, That shows to the world that we will elnfee And blot from ctn. Laud foul Treason's disgrace. .itut strong were our five that thronged o'er the field— That sought by their numbers to force Us id yield, While o'er the ground the liesim or the slain Lay mangled and tteding—rill deer the thrift. Prom rays of the hiorning till shades of the night, 'fhe smoke of the, battle,darkena the-light.; Witt n-ntrught but: the pall of Aarlateba around_ - Suktrendis o'er the field the cannon's dread sound. From evening till morn; our meh iii array Cross over the river to join in the fray; The sleep from their eye-lids is driven 4sMyt They rest on their arhis till break of the day, Then Buell ant& Grant. with Wallace and Bruce, By the fire of example, ou r soldiers induce To deeds of true courage, as heroes diqptuyed, And ne'et froth their brows those laurels shall fade Though thousande were slain, and carnage was dito, , The Armies contending .ne'er slackened their tire, "Pill the shades of the evening signaled defeat, And the minions of Beauregard haste to retreat. *lair Death and defeatt,in tetiible train, And the friends of the South, who with savages vie, -► May the rope of the hangman help them to die. Tug BLISS O PARTING. the Parted I did strive , I'b hide from thee each saddened feeling, Bitt love proved stronger than my pride, And tears of grief came o'er me stealing; I strove to !Mk loves waters, which ,_ A cruet: my •soul were madly rolling; But, oh, I fo u lid too bete they were Beyond the power of controlling. iTwas hurl to That were around my 11pirit twining ; Yet still across my path of life Hope's stars so sweet were brightly shinning ; And as we pressed the farewell kiss, That gave to each a farewell greeting, We thought—that those who lacier part, • Can never feel the bliss of meeting. 24#3CISSCUMMal.i..4LNY. 'THE GHOSTS ANti GAME OF' FOOT-BALL. There was once a poor widow Woulati's eon that was going td look for sdriice, and one winter's evennig lid came to farmer's strong house, and this house was very near an old castle. 'God save all here,' says he when he got inside the door: 'God sate you kindly,' says the-farmcr. 'dente to the fits. 'Could you give me a nights lodging? Says the boy. 'That we will, and welcome, if you will only sleep in a comfortable room in the old castle abovd there, add you must have a fire and a candle-light and whatever soil lid to drink; and if you're alive iu the 'morning, I'll give you ten guineas.' " • 'Sure I'll be live enough if you send no OW to kill me.' I'll send no one to kill you, you may depend. The place is haun ted ever since my tether died, and three or four people that slept in the same room .were found dead next morning If you can ban ish the spirits give you a gooi limn and my daughter, so that you can like one anoth er wali enough to be Married. Ne'er say' t twice. I've a middling safe conscience, and don't fear an evil spirit that ever smelled of brimstone. • Well and good; the.lo4 got his supper, had then they went up with hint to the old eastle, and showed him into a large kitchen with a roaring tire in the grate, and a table, With a bottle and glass toothier on it and the kettle ready on the hub. They bade him good night, and God speed, and went off as if thejdn't think their heels were- half swift enough. 'Well,' says he, to himself, if there's any danger, this prayer book will be more use _Sul than either the glass or tumbler. So lie kneeled down and read a good many prayers, turd then sat by the fire, and welted to see What would happen., - about a Owlet of un'hottr, he heard something, bumping along the floor overlie:ll'6ll came to a hole io the ceiling. There it stopped, and cried but, fall! I'll fall 1' •Fall away,' says Jack, and down came a pat.. of • legs on the kitchen fluor: 11,:y walked te- one end of the room, and their they stood, and Jack's hair had like to stand up.i..;lit on his head Wong with them. Then . another crackling whacking• had came to the hole and the saute %vurds passed botween the thing above and %jack, and down Canto a luau's body, and %vent and stood upon the legs. Then conies the head ttud-shouldert, till the whole Man, 'with buckles, shoes and knee breeches; and n_higilappecLwa;strtiat and three-cocked hat, 'was standing in one corner of, the roout. 7 xz; Not te. take up your thno fur nothing,' WO „krone 'men, more old fashioned dressed than 'the first; were soon. standing in two other orn'era. - Jack was a little cuwed at firs •ut found his courage groWing stronger - ever • inomeut; -and what - WoUid. have, .of it, the three old, gentle:nun, began to kick pticktieit as fast as'their could; the - .• , ' ~ --- - -- "'-' 0 4 ) 114V44. 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' :- ,•,, • „ .. , i , .,.. , 4 ~,,,, ~.,', , , ~• ,i ,4., del ties; Jack got the daughter fur his wife and they lived comfortably in the old castle, and if evdr'he Was tempteeto hoard-up gold, or keep for u minute, a guinea or a shilling from the man that earned it through the nose, he thought of the ghost and the genie . .• 11: ~tNTkFbdlNti Suleflota==•A niost sad inci dent o6zured in Frederick, Maryland, ten days ago, in the death by suicide of Miss Medessa \Vise, aged eighteen years, the be trothed bride of the young soldier, Dennis Stull, who died from wounds received on the battle-field in delduce of the "Stars and Stripes. Miss Wise, it seems, While Visiting at a friend's. house on Monday evening, was observed to swallow a draught of laudanum. from a two-ounce vial ; but when spoken to about it,• treated the subject with unconcern. Hnlarking that Ad felt limidhy and took it as a remedy. She then went to her Louie at Mr. James T. Smith's residence in E Church Street; and retired to rest. Tuesday 'morn ing she was found dead, her person decently composed, and the trace of a gratified smile lingered upon her face. It seems that, at the funeral of her lover, she placed her like ness under his head, anal remarked that she would not long surviVa him ; mid whoa lwr own death was discovered, the photograph of her betrothed was found under her head, signifying a wish that it should be interred with hor remains. :lust now Pie nations oP the Viorld derive their chief revenue from tobae ed. Without it the Pope . would he bank hipt in a Mianth. Last year the English go erentnent derived4243,oo(4ooo seven e. the Freneh $36;060,000 front thei Weed that'vnnishes in sinoke t Greater part of the tobaceo which yiehls to feteign- powers their eltief-reienue is vownin4tuerica....: IVAInSBORO 7 , RANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FRIDAY NORNINO, JUNg 2000; the three eacked.hat playing itgaittsttheeti er two. • -• 'Fair play is bonny play,' says 4 "` k 'faint. bybut the terror was oh him, an the words came out as if he was frightened in his sleep 'so I'll help yoti 4 sir.' Well and good, he joined the sport, and kicked away till his shirt was wringing wet, saving your presence and the ball flying from one end of the room 'to the other Ake thufider, and still not a word Was exchanged. At last, the day be grin to break, and pooLtTeek.Was,_ dead beat, and he thought, by the way the three ghosts began to look'at himself, and thenisolves that they wished him to speak. ''So,' days he, 'gentleman, as the sport is pearly over, and I done my - best to please youovoilld yoh-tellu body what is'the • asou of your coming hero night after night and how could I give you rest if it is rest yott want ?"Thent is the wisest words,' says the ghost with the three-cocked hat; ; you• ever said hi ymir life. Soule of those :that mine betbre you foiled eottragd elioti g li to take a part in our gauid, httt no one had 'tills 'tack' deoligh to speak to us. I am the father itf the genii ittantf the next house, that man in the left corner is my father, and the man on my right hand is my grandfath er ! From father to son were too fend of the money. , IVe lent it at ten times the hon est iuterest it Was worth; we never paid a debt we cotild get over, and almost starved ottr=temotts-iind Wirers.; -" If ere,' = says' • liie - ;' ,4 liiitgirligirTiiii•ge----I — lrawer out of the wall; 'here is the gold and notes that we put together, and we were not lionn l estly entitled to the one half of it, and here says he opening another drawer, 'are bills and memorandums that'll show who Were Wronged; tied who are entitled. to get a great deal pa.'d back to th6lii: Tell ins . Sou to bri dle two of his horses fof himself, and your self and keep riding day and night till every man and woman We ever wronged be righti lied. When that is done, come' here again some night ; and ifyou don't beer or see any thing; we'll be at rest, and you may marry ley grand-daughter as soon as. you please.' Jest as he had said these words, Jack • rti h; md34— when he winked to clear his sight, the kitch en-was as empty as - it noggin - turned upside dolirn. At the very moment-the farmer and his daughter lifted the latch, and both fell on their knots, when they saw Jack alive.— We soon told them everything, that happen ed, and for three days amid nights did the flamer and himself ride about, till there wasn't a single person left without being paid to the last fluthing. . The next night Jack spent in the kitchen he fell asleep before he was sitting - a - quarter of an lioilm at the fire and itf his sloe he thought he saw three white birds flying up to heaven from the steeple of the next NOT LOST.—Tho toiloWifig Weitutiful sen timent hi regard to the future condition of our children, is from the two of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher t "When (hid gave me a bubo, I said, "I thank God vor this lamp lit in my family." And when, after it has been a light in my lontsehold for ono or two years, it pleases God take it away, I cad make the cap bit ter or ,c4cet. I cite say, -My light had gone out; my hopes arm desolated; my child is lost—my child is host (Or I can say in the spirit of Job, 'The laird-gave, mitt the Lord hath taken away, blessed be; the name of the Lord.' It has pleased God to take five chil dre.tt from me; but I never lost one, and nev shall:" The following is repent') as a faett A Louisville Union lady ; the other day, called on a secesh friend, and feltobligt to listen to. her_ tirade. On,rising to, leave, ohe no ticed and praihed a portrait;lof Geo.. Wash ington,.whereupon the she rebel remarked: ":I'll tell you what I'm going to do; I Wen& to get fine portraits et' Jeff DuiriS and Beau regard, and hang np one on eaeh, side of that." ••Do," said the Union, "W 'read, in the Bible drat 'Mr Saviour ww hungbetWeen Mo thieves." . • •, . . , . , _ '' ' ''' ' :3;:i ii ''' it 1 lti .. ' - -- ~‘ 1 4 i.d• '.,•• -..,,i 1ti t , ,, , -- -,4 :., ~' .-4 , • AL . N.ixtEirl4.l4o o ar s oinrosi,arieir a , Natztxasti. • ito t aiii ilet IlLeli, •CMISIo ' , ,•''' ' ' , .. . , •_..•• , ~,... ;;„ ,-;. ~ •„. : r, ...,.. , ~ ,, i .: , a , - ..*. f. ,',.,-,,-; '',.'1,i , .... -,•••.„, .:, •:,:: ~.„ ~.,,,„ . ...I. • Alarmed at the conscription net, 'Which - was among the last of the proceedings of the rebel Congress before its inglorious flight from}tichniontj, , the South Carolinian calls pubho attention to the fact that a - whit and pernbanent army is to be raised without refer.: ence to the States. This it styles "a mighty stride tupsTils a military consalidittiotif and it oxpre .os u fear: thdt "the publie mina must prepare itself for a gnat change in the Government." Was ever a pteopel so falsely ; so blindly betrayed to their' °WU rttiu na those of the South have been by the Wicked and treacherous plotteie lb the secession conspiracy? Melted id retoltition upon the iretext that the National t o • unentini interfere with one of •their domestic institu tithis, they Itaiie, iti their brief year of rebel lion' seen the 'Confederacy' interThre con stantly and with despotic' tiolence in almost every one of their °Westin afrairS; from theif tight to vote ittainhielled at their elections clear down to hat they shall raise ,upon their farms, and what price they shall pay for a string of fish in the market. Stimu lated by the" delusive cry of 'State Rights,' which in the Southern cant means a Govern ment without the most essential poWnts and attributes of a Govroment, they new fithl themselves in the grasp of a 'military consoli dation' or eentralitatiett to which that of France is democratic. No wonder that even - i.147(1 7 , 1 11 -- vtilir. - dmisAllarined. These de luded, Viefitni&AF — peeple;- find - that their Utopian centifeoleracy,' in which every State Was to be free to obey or not, as she chose, has been to them like the Dead Sea Fria ; fair and tempting without, but which turns td ashUs on the lips. . One of our city tract distributors was re cently performing his work oflove, and on entering a hotel in—street, asked a quiet looking man, not yet past the meridian of life, if he would decept a a tfiiet. An af firmative answer Was cordially given, and a conversation billowed, in which the stranger avowed himself tai be ad dithappy man. Ile 4 I Id I' . • th 11 - 4. WU( ior many years in eM , Litt? of _Missouri, and on the-breaking-out-of the-re bellion, he became so much interested in the success of the Union cause, us to awaken the bitter hatred of his secessionist neighbors.— On returning to his home ; after a day's ab sence; he found that a gang et die rebels had attaeked his house; and shot his Wife and child goaded to desperation at the cowarihly add murderous. cruelty of- the assassins, be at _once detewinedos the best means of aveng ing himsTilf to enlist as a soldier in one of the Unita' Ngiiiithits. But iu the battlu of Wilson's Creek, in which he took a perilous part, and in which the brave Lyon fell, he was taken prisoner, and effected his escape, several months afterward, only by drugging and killing three of the guard, "NOW," said the sorrowing man, "I ant here. ; on my way to Englund to lay my aching head coded word id my pcnif Mother's hip, and receiVe her blessing. I had accumulated a hand some property in Missouri, and tried to make myself Useful there as a citizen, and as a member of a Baptist Church. Part of my property may dome twine again, but my wife and child are gone foreveq and with a heart broken 'by this groat sorrow, Igo to seek the sympathy of her who loved me first, and loves me yeit.l' A great Imlay admirable actions Are over looked by us, because thay are so little and claimant. Take for instance, the mother, who has had broken slumber, if any at all, with the nursing babe whose wants must not be disregarded, she would Nu sleep awhile when the breakfist hour conies, but patiently a u rd uncomplainingly she takes her timely seat at the table. Though exhausted and weary, she serves all with a refreshin r ., ,, cup of coffee or tea bef'sre she sirs it herself, and often the cup is handed back bet'ore she had time to tasttl hit OWu. ..Do you hear her complain—this Weary nialler— that her breakiltst is cold before she has had time to eat it ? Atal this not one, but every morning', perhaps, through the year. Do you call thiS a small thing? Try it: anti see. Oh! how dose woman shame us by her forbearance and fortitude in what are called small things. Alt ! it is these little things which are WAS of character; it is by these "little . " self-denials, borne with such ,self 4 1., ten gentleness, the humblest home is made be Willa, though we fail to see it, alas! Until t n chair is va cant, and the band that kept in motion all this domestic machinery is powerless and colds NISTA KEg COU It I:CV:M-0 f Jesse Lee, the early apostle drMethodism iu New England, it is related that one day White traveling on horseback, he fell in with two lawyers, who, taking a place on either side of him, began to quiz him. They inquired if he wrote his serfflyil4. Ile replied in the negative. "But do you not sonpAimes make mistakes for iti4 ince ht quoting Scripture?" "Perhaps so. sometimes, but not often. "When you fuid‘you have maile.it mistake, do you not correct it ?,' w.Not always; it involves nothing ossen tiol,l let It pass.' The other day I tried to repeat the passage where it says, 'the davit' is a liar, and lite Either of them;' I get it, 'the devil is a lawyer; and the father of theiii;' bat I hardly thought it.neetry to reetit:y so Unimportant an ertor.' By this time one of the youeAprig t rha prompted to remark to the other, that lie heftily kite* Whether the fellow knave or tool. . • Lee .ghttieed Meaningl3t either !Witl s awl replied ) ,.."Perimps betsteen the tivib." The yottkr, - j.tentlemun by this time e‘metu tied to leave the 'Oltenia to his °wit melita tinim • The Phantom of States Rights. An Incident. of the WaY. 'rests of dliaradtei' . , .. . . • • • ; VOA tan ititeofin: Wll . 7 61 1 R , :i , I . it i i r ) . ll l . l , #l . l f t . !al!! sIIOIII . My heart is lone aWdotimed GI 'omit .. ... Wet hill and vale away from home.. With nought, upon. this earth to cheer, Hirt thoughts of one Whose rieratils'tietit, ' And luMnis me in the lonely Wild, With eye and' tunes which were so,mild, Which softly then came stealing o'er ~ , When strayhgton,,Antietam's shore. , Ah! who can te I the joYs" t ah' • start • Like anis! Wings wit him the h ' - When smiles enhance the love-lit flame, And kindred spirits seem the sameo While wandering down the silvery Amami, Or inhigling in some festive scene, The bright and hap .3 , scenes of ..ore" en straying on • I, Mani ss. ore. At eve' when nature paused to sigh - lie, fitful gales along the sky, When moon-beams crept where ivies glide, Along the quiet valley's side, . We've wandered 'math green grottos soft, And culled the dewy flowerets 'oft, ." And pondered all,their beauties o'vr, When straying on Annunun'e shore; I knew noj oh ! whPn thus we met That Won my hopes in tears would set That. we Ito more should gatherffloWers To light with love our gloomy hours. That one fond heart would cease to beet And hush t ate tones Which Were so sweot4 Which softly then came stefiling. o'er When straying on Antietam's shore. Ten Yekro Ago. We are astonished when we contemplate the 'changes which had been effected in the Ours° of ten years ! How rapidly the sweep ing tide of time rolls on ! The morning of life passes off like a dream, and we look round in vain for the companions of our youthful days.- 'Where are the gay, the the beautiful, the happy, with whom we once sported in the glitigh tliuess of youth and buoyancy of enjoyment? They were here; we knew them; we. loved them; we re joiced with diem down Time's sunny stream with pleasure's fragile bark; but where are they now ! Alas! the have gone before us; • • otrithrd, and they ure s ailing on eternity's wide; shoreless sea. The scalds .of otir childhood, too, fitde • away; and soon not a vestige of then. is left as a token that they have existed. Time's stupendous wheel is ever rolling on. Ten years more, and where will we be Our present friends, our pre sea emitpanionsi Will they still he here ? No; they May be scattered fats Way, strangers, mid hi a strange land. Ten years, and the aspect of things to Many, - very many, will be chauga The pale, emaciated miser, that now bends over file use ess ..rte lies, and the last forlorn wretchedness,) whore Will he be? 'He and the beggar whom ho drives from his dues, Wi ll hate gone to their long homes; his Wealth_ Will haft passed in= to other hands. Ten years and the student who is now poring oVer Volumes,.and seek big with such avidity for knowledge, Will hate acquired, Dud wimps forgotten! The lovely maiden, Whose mind and person are just matured—she is beautiful—she is happy—pleasure beams in her countenance, and joy sparkles in her eye; with a light foot and rghter heart, she steps upon life's stage but alas I On years and this lovely being Will be indeed changed; the bright, fascinat ing smile no longer plays upon her cheek; her once laughing eye speaks deeper of inis• cry now .than it ever did of pleasure. Ten years, and what is now beautiful will have haled like the morning flower. lien years, and ninny that sport ht the seenshind of pros perity, will be wrapped in misfortune's gloom iest shade. Ten years, and the man of busi lieSs Will have settled his "final accounts," the NA will have grown wise, and time wise will have discovered his ignorance. The a theist will have fiend out his mistake, and the Christaiu will have realised his hopes. A Otitious Hog Story. The correspondent of The eineinnalge. Thrum with Gen. Mitchell's command is re sponsible for the thllowing yarn. The hogs in this part of the country are musically inclined, and all come up to break fast to the trine or "Pixie." On every plan tation, the oldest •darke?' has the honor of ',Lying music to the hops for about an hour every morning: and from • the very moment when he commences, till the end of the piece the shrill, piercing notes of the hogs are heard coining from all directions, and blen ding With the music of the darkey, from the full grown sow to the smallest of the litter ; these notes are audible a mile distant. I can never ftwget When I first witnessed - the scene. and for the life of me I could not tell or make omit what it meant. "I asked him what tune he liked best and played most to rally the hogs ?" he respon ded •Dixie." Well. I thought to myself, can it be possible that the Southern chivalry and Southern hogs march to the same tune ? MUTUAL FORREARANCE.-.—The 11401140 will be kept. in ,tursnoil where-there ill nu tolera tion of each other's drrOrgs If you lay a single stick of Wood . on the 'great,' and apply a fire to it, it will go out; when you put on another stick, they will burn; when yen put on half a' dozen sticks; you will be sera to hare a blaze_ When one memberofs family gets into a paseimi, if let alone,. he twill ?won cool iloWn, and, tnay - pemsibly. be ashamed of him self, and repent., But you • you - oppose temper to temper;' when you pile on 'all the fuel, when yon draw others into the group, and When yott let one handl Allavor 1m follow ed by another, there will seen, be blaze which will enwrap then!. all. Tito' nttirtliet of horsi - iiT the liarlft IS es tilitAto I at shat' 7,00,000; of Otis number, tjto Unit - ea States Thu general estintoO lois'1)0oO night' to' ten in Eurve for 11toolrod ~„. WHAT A VIRGINIA CONTRABAND, ~CAN ludy of this, cit7;' desiring to pro cure '"help", made itppliention.at thehead qttarters of thel."eonticabands"' ou Cispitol fill,' , when:the following colloquy ensued betufon lierself andlt fetuale.contraband who had elscaped front "service" in Virginia; Lady,--Well, Dinah, you itty you want a place... What can you do? Can you cook? Contraband. .No, tens; : mannuy, slaskati ways cooked. • . Lady.-. Ate you it goodchambermaid?' Contraband.--- -- Sisiicr alwitYS, did the chambers. • - Lady.—Can youi wait fn the dining-room and atte'ud the door? . . 11 '. 1 • /1 (7. his work Lady.—Can you MA arid Wort? 'Contraband.-IVell you see ( ra'ai, Aunt Becky, she always washed! Lady.—.--Can you sew? . Coutrubarid----(iharity, she always sow'd. Layd. , - , =Thett, What lit the world did you, do ? Contraband.—Why, Lalways kep' the flies off missis I.—National intelligence)... Largest city in the World, A very .eironemis idea is indulged in by many people in relation"to the hugest eityin the world, many coufidently , „asserting that. London, or, us it is frequently torttrod, the Great Metropolis, is far superior, both in size and the number of its inhabitants. But such is not the ease. Jeddo, the capital of Japan, is, without exception, the largest and most populous city in the world. It contains the Vas . t number of 1,500,000 dwellings, and 5,000,000 of httneui souls.— Many of the streets are nineteen Japaneser ies in length, which is equivalent to twenty two English miles. The eotnincret of Jeddo far exceeds that of any other city in world, and the sett along its coast is constantly white with the sails of ships. Their vessels sail to the Southern portion of the empire, where they are laden with rice, tea, sea coal, tobacco, silk, cotton and tropical fttiits i 'fill of Which can find e fret 111 ,t. nor ;ai If t return freighted With cora l Sak i oil ; isinglass, and l'arions other prodactions of did north, which have a market in the South. How different is the view of the past life, in the man who is grown old in knowledge and ivisdom, from that of him who is grown old in ignorance and folly! The latter is Ike the owner of a barren country, that fills his eye VViktild prospect of naked hills mid plains—Which p►u►luce--►lutluing etither profi table or ornamental; the other beholds a beautiful and minion.' landscape divided in ► e ul gardens, green - meadows, fruit ful fields, and can scarce rest his eye on a single. spot of his possessions that is• not cov ered with some beautiful plant or flower. Clittimtv.N.--Tlard be his fate who makes not childhood happy; it is so easy. It does not require wealth, or position, or fame; on ly a little kindness and the tact which it in spires. Given child a chance to love to `play; to exercise his itnaginations and affec tions, and he will be happy. Give him the conditions of health, simple food, air, exer cise, and a little variety in his occupations, and he will be happy, and ovuld iu happi ness. There #s a pretty Persia.) apologne on the difference between mental and corporeal suffering. A king and his minister wore discussing the subject, and differed in opin ion. The minister maintained the first to be most severe, and to convince his sovereign of it, he took a lamb,. broke its leg. shut it up, with a tiger, %AA Was bound by a chain, so that the beast could spring near but not seize the lamb, and put food also be fore him. The lanib with the broken leg Inal eaten tip all the food placed before him; the other was found dead from fright. Vallandigham, the rebel sympathizer, who represents in Congress the Dayton (0) Dis trict, is a graduate of Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pu., (an Old School Presby-. terian institution), and was H member of the Franklin Literary institute, a Society em bracing a large .portion of the graduates and students. Tho ,Smioty, in vies. of his disgraceful course in Congress, lately expell ed bilu by a unanimous vote. Fa-Governor Ste Wart, candidate fir , Con greis in tte St. Joseph District ) Missouri, said recently : "He believed the damnable course of the secessionists had kilted the institution dead in Missouri. Slaves south of the Missouri river wore hard to find, while those north of the river, wore- fbund hard to hold: , Thein stitution exitits here merely, in name. It was_ merely a skeleton in our house." Let .yottt promises be sincere, and so pru dently considered as not to exceed the reach of your nbility ; he promises Mote than he Can perform is false to himself; and'he who does not perform whit he has. promised is. false to his friends.. ACQVATN't yourself perfectly . your llnsiinerni. See that you excel in that:.. If your bytnintAnia blacking boots, see that you black them better than any body else. _So, whatever you tinotioe in , me that you excel in it. • • •-. •- • The hest, 9tristiana generally inalce tl best soldiers',--- A-Titan-44 hia friaixi-Ae-a vil stactsafally will 114 ehriiik't'retre a wort ._ foe. „ . , „,. . . . . Whilß''tlitt — Stim '800 1 00; 11 a neer, 111 the Atialitie:Veotiatit( Became it *M he. edam) to Ware. " ,regisiS nig tlidutiimiktq'iiiiit . b.:.thq . in riches o r r; r " ;", t?.`. di tt 1140 USW .11440 o rt often iialk idtoweiit in t!):,s bank to work: , 4,onuo,afforan a young kuliugooii Aiwa to ihow, her ingotog.atut ,fin,res-rjug fif!ThettoSt,pdtellt 'the hazel eye, of et ptie:tty.. woma n ? 'r •• 1111 Of their, o old indide Aqb*ro; ' (A . rather The ling facts - tkiore *oral . emus tlei is *hen' 11(03160d retiedt.' Who is it that Orer, or w ien, he is , fhir he' is flail - 0V beside A little boy being asked in Sunday school "what is _the chief end of , man V ' answered : The end What's got the huad,on. yoti , :are justlike; the ' inotion; of a dog's,','Blow or! "Because you are a With it • • CM, a : man who has berm-;fined` ilia magistrate, again • and again, iny P9Asiflered a re-fined man? The inan.who Was in •theitabit• et Molting his own-praise gave the earache itsi-his'nieigh hors Some persons selifil to obey literally the injunction. "Hold fast the trlttli!"• ~ T hey never allow it to escape them. He who loves a lady's eomplesion,,, form and features, loves hot her trite! self ; bit her soul's old clothes. The Soeiety. fet the • Itegeneriation of Morals is at preseet engaged itt endeavoring to perstlade caterpillars riot to oat cabbage: • Do you to be rid)? it is ,pcifectjy easy. Be as inoan:as dirt—heat' 'everYbody you can, friend or fod. •- = • - Ong Oeeaff is fill better 'Ann she ongbt to be, or else -firm - Would nut 'alio* the Atlatttity cable to, lay on bar bosoms. , : ' Ludy Ston e says, "the iinulle is woman's ballot bet!' Then we've 'known souse lawful Toting, where two ballots were-depos ited at a time. An American author says, "there Is Ito wind so 111 as not to blow no•..good to some body!' Whitt - does lie - think of the ; breath of whiskey drinkers or tobnoce chewers. The most extremely foolish pergon,we e ver rested our ocular appendages upon-, was old Kaplenty, and lie was so fond of fruit, that he ate the "apple of his eye." itzttY.—One of' our exchanges sayi4 a beatttlftil damsel being asked to waltz by a gentleman in one of the large 'towns' of Icw England, replied, "No I thank you, 'I don't like to waltz it always wakes me puke.' Why is it-easy to break into an old' house. Because his gate is reach broken, anti his locks are ,few, ' A lady writing from Toga's, peaks of haV in&-waked up one morning and foudd'kerself in bed with allerpent. A greatmanylidies have found . themmehma in *same predica , moot—and SOIIIO gentleman. 0111 S'ortker.--"Look here', old &MAO, how's this? , I thot Strawberries were outt-ef !season! Make licker taste good, don't tfteyr,' r Tender—" Strawberries! why „there ain't, any Strawberries in yer only the reflection-of your nose, yersee; itl yer, - - 'Mother, aro-fairy Atories true ? ' 'No, dear, not exactly! . • 'Are they lies, mother ?' - 'No, not exactly lies either.' 'l...know,' said little Mary,,, wishing to save her favorite readin%-from wrohleimptita4iom know- what they are—=they are good ties..- ; ,. - • . .. A POLITICIA4:-A: person beneath the notice of a scullion or scavenger. A pest —a moral leper —n dog'S' vomit—a:deamm 4( lw in the Deyil's church-4 , dirty. wretch w only escapes the pillows by having a n cli.: too rotten to hold his *eight. ;There" titiiik., few such imilliti place. "' r Dr. 'Goddard was discoursing , the. chil dren on the beauty ;of love as in Christian whose loader was Chiist, when he asked, 'who ate our- enemies? A little lad; who supposed the Doctor aske4,the question to have it answered, spoke ..out in u.waalyr voice, The Secessioners.. It is stated that Beauregard is in sore want of money. This is strange, when, weconsid or what a big cheek Buell and Grant4atfily -- gave hitn'on the banks of the TennesSeci: , \ McNea l ' isttisit man or woniarethat . euit• ' t" drop all..the ~burs and - thistles, juste* .4 ' picking thorn up and fastening them,on, o A t . next passenger. Iroitkriveronry tet die've*-, ing an d malicious sayings die, howiltit - 414 lacerated a*d Awandalzritaled, worlaymild get healed o,2_,Wtiquilized.-Dr.---Ilitiiiititgi.; GOOD.--The Toledo Ccimmeroirtiiii *wont o follwing good retort:•—,"Ther , other-der • -a:number. ,let! rebel prieeimrexfore ipped at .Sandueky for the. .famitaer!!.lo:9lo3 &hoses. little German Ma 4. ling& liuite *eminent irithiis tMisy ri rktvitbout the , seeeilf.: , eorie Ivnottravagoty tupott hinirehal - 1104 , ocrt I)4edunen deFn tionlit!' ... .Tyr den 41l anew Bigle ettssitheislitattuttt efteit: ,ecosh Imdue , replrUrgiamtbkutpaaleduitto ?': ~ l 'ly~~ ; ;AumisElt 01101, MEM ILEfLililli