BY J. W. WETMO
As we look back throtigh life,
In our moments of sadness,
now few and hbw brief,
Are its 'gleaming of gondnessl
Yet we itrid•midet the gloom •
That our pathway o'erahaded,
A fent spots of sunshine
Still lingering noraded,
- And memory still hostile,
As her *hest of treasures,,
Sisne few blissful moments,i
Some soot-thrilling-,pleasures
An hour of such rapture
lea Ks ernl closes,
'Tie one drop of fragrance
From thousands of roses.
EMI MUDS,
Amid the chsnging , riaqitritol li fe—
The joys, the ho pe) ; the fears,
04w pleasant 'tis to think of friends
We loved iii4erly years;
• l'o think that thougtwe've parte,
Perhaps to meet no more,
We are remembered by them still,
'• As in the days of yore.
On memory our youthful scenes
Are traced in vived lines,
- And round them in our alter years,
glorious radience shines,
m
ac e, The ages of early friends,
Oh, who would cherish not—
The frivitga that shared our youthful jays,
They cannot be forgot.
KITTY BRAGG'S. HUSBAND.
"Mercy on its 1 What's happened to your
father? Run out'quick Charlie, and open
the gate. What is the matter, John ? You
are as "bite as a sheet."
"Kitty, I'm drafted I"
In the place of falling to crying and moan
ing as is the fashion with some of our patri
otic women, Kitty Bragg laid her hand heav
ily on her husband's shoulder:
"John, I'm ashamed of you 1 if you were
child, I would give you a good shaking.—
Compose yourself: before Charles comes in : I
would not have him think'his father was a
cow-aid."
"That is a bard word, Kitty."
"I know it, John, but the case demands it.
I would not have you lowered in our boy's
sight. Now, John Bragg, let you and 1
talk sense; let us reason the matter together.
You are a g ood ma, John—a good husband
and a goodtather. You are a brave man,
tn.), despite your trembling nerves. Who
plunged into the river, just above the rapids,
after poor Widow Carne's only son ? Who
flung himself before old Jr. Morris's mad
horses, and saved the old man's life? Why
just John Bragg. I know what ails you,
John; you are physically nervous at either
You have spent your life pouring over books,
and never tried to overcome the weakness.
But you can overcome it, 'and_yo'h must. .
- This "must" was said smilingly.
"1 Mist, indeed, Kitty; for the die is cast,
and there is no escape. 4 do not think it is
want of courage; and I sm sure my heart
glows with love for my country. You know
ditty, I hare given fteely of my poor means;
but whenever I think of going to battle,
this strange tremor !Mail we, and I ain,re
duced to the weakness of a child. I shall
be d:s c rraced, I know. Don't you wish you
had a braver husband, Kitty? I wouldn't
blame you."
But Kitty did not hear. She sat by the
kitchen hearth leaninTher brown head . ou
the jawb of the huge (Ad, fashioned chimney,
Her thoughts at last formed themselves into
words :----
"I verily believe, John, it is a thing you
cannot help—it is your misfortune, not your
fault. -Let us sell the plane ;—Joe Martin
will give you five hundred dollars for it, and
then you can get a substitute. We can rent
the little red house on Murry's farm, and
theo—"
"Never Kitty I talk no more-4 would - in
deed be a coward then. What 1 deprive my
loved ones of a home to save my own bacon l'
Never—never his not my life lam afraid
Of, it is just the din of battle and the dread
ful carnage. I will go dear. and you must
help me 'to be brave, and do my duty.
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The morning -came that the.. "boys" were
,to join their regiment. .There was - many a
tear shed by wives, mothers, anci sisters; but
.Kitty Bragg shod none; she had other work
to do. She stood with John at the end of
the 'Platform talking.
".tlylittle Bible is in your knapsack ; johnr.,
lead it often: whenever you feel that treut
bling-ooming over-you, John s pray; just pray
indite willstrengthen you.. I know
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"0 Xitiy, how can I ever, live without
lets P"
This• tamest upset the brave little - woman ;
bitt,she Soon stilled the
_quivering lip, and
Mailed through her tears. When the order
'to - . 4 11d1.41? was given, John-, laid, his hand
on 'her brown hair and said tenderly:
"God bless you s .lEitty 1 you are the 'best
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deft, it is gleriousi; Ina it'reimd,
too. - 1 would not call him baCk;
be very lonely. ,
After thit one burst of tears, kittY • was ,
her own calm self again. Time paSsoid: ofe,
and save that Kitty prayeireffeeer,
graver than her wont, one could see-little
change in her.
Charlie went off tuschool in the twining,
and she was left alone all,, day. Broken 'e
jaculations often escaped er lips--prayers
for the safety and "strengthening" of lohn; )
till at last it became a habit. One Saturday
she was baking and churning, and as usual
her heart was full of" pm r for her hub
band.
"0 God, atrengthea_loor n, and let
him not flinch in theAity of battle... Char
lie, bring me some chips; this fire won't'
burn."
The neighbor standing on the. door step,
smiled at the mingling or prayer and busi
ness.
"Have you heard the news, Kitty?"
The fear that John had deserted or done
something cowardly, took all her strength
away. She sank down on a chair faintly:
"What is it, Mary ?',!
"Why, they had ea riot in camp; some of
the men deserted and some . mutined, and
John—b:ess me, Kitty, your milk's all billin'
overl There,.l sot on the 14,3 k griddle."
"What about John, Mary ?"
"Why, John was the only one in his com
pany, "that stood firm all through. He was
as-brave as a lion, though some, of the half
crazy fellows threatened to shoot him if he
did not join them. He influenced our boys
to be quiet and do their duty. He told them
it would only be for a little while; that after
a while they would have a better camp and
better rations. You know some of our boys
were pretty wild, Kitty, and they might 'a
got in troub:e. My Joseph said ho shouldn't
wonder if your John came home yet with
gold straps on his shoulders- His belie so
brave, and havin' so much influence over his
men, pleased Capt. to pieces.—
Ain't you glad, Kitty ?"
But Kitty was crying for , very joy, That
the first news of John should be good.
"Jake said in his letter that he said to
John after the fuss:
"John, how could you be so brave and firm
when there was so much eonfusin, and them
fellows had their bay'nets plated ,at you ?'
"Said your John said he :
"Jacob,. I went there to do my duty, and
I was determined to do it; and besides, how
could a man go back from the right path,
with such a woman as my Kitty at home
praying fbr me ?'"
This made Kitty's tears flow the &stir:
but they were joyful teari.
At some future time I will tell of' how
John's courage stood the test of the battle
field; but, knowing all the circumstances, I
feel almoit sure Kitty Bragg will yet be
proud oi' her husband.
All ye young men who fear the draft, go
and _et a wife like Kitty Bragg.
Gave AU to His Country.
An old gray headed man, upward of eigh
ty years of age, came in from the East this
morning by the train, on his way home to
Michigan. He had a sad story to tell of the
sorrows caused, by this unholy rebellion. The
old gentleman, whose name is Crane, resid
ing in Wayne county, Michigan, had three
sons. Two of them joined one of the Michi
gan regiments and have'done good service
in several of the battles in Eastern Virginia.
The third, not much more than a lad, was
also anxious to join his brothers, but was for
some time dissuaded from the step by his
father and mother, the latter having - -been
for years a confirmed invalid. At last the
urgent entreaties of the lad prevailed, and
but a short time since he passed Cleveland
on the way to join the • regiment to which
his brothers belonged.
The bloody struggle at Antietam followed
soon after,and in that battle the three broth
ers fell fighting bravely.
Information was sent home to. the bereaved
parents,and the shock of the news was so
great that the mother, enfeebled by long
sickness, died in a few days. 'As soon as
she was laid in the grave the old man set out
for the battle field, with the hope of finding
the Wiles of his three sons and bringing
them house to rest beside that of their moth
er. The search was long and thorough, but
was unsuccessful. They had been probably
buried on the - field with nothing to mark
where they lay.
Mr. Crane returns homt, bent down with
years and with his great sorrow. Ile says
_that he has now no relatives -left and . noth
ing to live for. Yet he does reir.regret the
sacrifices made on the altar of" his country,
and only laments that be has not strength to
shoulder his musket and go himself to fight
against 'the wicked , rebellion. Cleveland
.OPERA% Dll9RSX.—Male a tea of the
roots of wild carrot and put a small piece of
saltpetre in, and drink freely. If the water
cornea of (through the pores as well as other-
arise;) so much as to weaker' the -person, give
beef tea and other , very* nourishing food.
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Cups wort-A Cot* .—A strong•deceetion
of the !await of kij*i,sweeieneti with' loaf
waioi - on *Lai to
bed;fitod half aultiiicif;,.,oqure eaktog, - three
times a day/ `,,Thiiibinra s oir,a =Wa l sh
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jeWeYo' f a wife ` ;-"!',lleid.Pet,
weeWgqieg of heiter-fielf,
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grirsitet*eail'a tuathei and 'her daugh
i6tlittsChild just Strived at , the age "sweet
lisateett,!' on the propriety of re - li - " -- miiiting with
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a eiiitain indifiidittil Who was not named "but
'whom Bit 'mother , neentild itnXiOUS that' her-
daughter should,shun. - 4roili *hat we'could
jearwfrofn the convetitatiOni it seenis tlte in-
Ariidnal in,question possessed' 'a pteposses
king exterior- dressed well—was familiar
and affable in manners, and managed to keep
up his head in *fiat is.termed "good societ'
ty," in ,consequence of his "itinfaing ways,
but who was, nevertheless , iChenitless e
praved wretch—a debauehe, and a notorious
gambler. It-wits after these qualities of the
wan had beted "-portrayed by the' anxious
mother as a ivatining to„ her inexperienced
daughter, that the artless girl exclaimed, its
though she had hit npont a reason that more
than outweighed all her mother's objections:
"But he is a gentleman."
The words struck our mind forcibly; nor
will the honest simplicity with which they
were uttered be soon effiteed,"But he is a
gentleman ! What then ? Why these can-
not be vices—a gentle man would not practice
anything which is not proper is the conclu
sion to which the unsophistical gitl 'at once
arrived. How much misery, how much dis
appointment, how much overwhelming
'caus
edand regret has this ono short sentence caus
ed the world ? How many heartless villians
are there who move even in the best eireles s
and whose characters are known to be iota-
Anous,-w ho-yet-kold-up: their-head - for-u
other reason than that they are gentlemen—
that is to say, they posseis the exterior of
gentlemen, a comely person affable manners
- a good suit of' clothes ! liotv few are there,
especially among the
.young, who .look be
yond _these accomplishments in forming their
estimate of character I Let a man' be ever
so corrupt, let his character be what it may,
if' he possesses these little external accom
plishments. it will not answer, under the
present condition of' society, to censure him,
"for he is a gentleman." But let a feinale
wander from the path of society—yes, let
het even be suspected'of it, though she may
be ever so charming, this grand salvo, "But
she is a lady," will not be sufficient to covet
her failing. Such a certificate will not sus
tain her—she must be consigned to disgrace
and infamy. In what consists the difference?
What is that men can practice with-impunity
that will not be tolerated in the 'other sex ?
That there is a false standard of gentility set
up in society, there can be no doubt. That
good old maxim of Pope, that "worth makes
the man," has gone out of vogue, at least
With a large portion of society. Or else a
different standard of worth liar been set up,.
which is to measure a man's worth by the
quality of the clothes he wears, or the grace
with which he bows.
Thus it is no uncommon thing to set men
he can drink, gamble, swear, and commit
ny other species of vice, and still be a "gen
leo►an." if these men could be stripped of
heir false plumage:lf their real character
ould be exhibited in their naked deformity
o the artless youth, there Weald be but lit
le danger to be apprehended from them:
ut the cloud under which their baseness is 1.
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associates for youth, for it enables them first
to gain confidence by their easy address,
then allure to ruin. Every parent who has
the good of his offspring at heart should not
hesitate tot expose the vipers, nor • let the
consideration that "[leis a gentleman" have
any weight in restraining' him from with
drawing his ehildien from the , 4ociety and
influeueu of such men. It may be an un
pleasant task, but it is a duty which you owe
to your children and to "yourself, and w 11
doubtless save you many a pang of anguish,
and many a vain regret-
A Beautiful Picture.
A man who stands upon his own soil—
who feels that by the lotus of civilized na
tions—he is the rightful and exclusive own.
or of the land he tills, is By-the constitution
of our nature -under a wholesome influence,
not easily imbibed by any other source. He
feels, other things being equal, more strong
ly than another, the character of a man who
is the lord of an inanimate world. Of this
great wonderful sphere, which, fashioned by
the , hand of God, and upheld by his-power,
is rolling through the heaveni, a part of his
—his from the centre to the sky. It is Cie
space on which the generation before him
waved in its round of duties, - and he feeli3
himself connected by a visible link 'with
those who follow him, and to whom he is to
transmit a home. Perhi - ps his Era) has
come down to him from his fathers. They
have gone to their last home; but he can
trace their last -footsteps over the scenes of
his daily labors.' Thu roof which shelters
him vas reared by those to whom I e owes
his being. Some interesting domestic trad
tion is - connected With every inelosiare. The
favorite fruii , tree was planted by hie fathers
hand. He sported iu boyhooKl besides the
brook which still winds through the mead
ows.-4hrough the fields lie the path to the
village school Of earlier days. He still hears
from his window the voice - of the Sab a
bell which called his fathers to, the house • Of
God; near at band is the spot where his , -"pa-.
rents laid; doirap rest, and where k - when his
time his come, 'he shall : be" laid by his °ha.
dred—These are the feelingOf the °Wilms
of the soil. ‘. Words eannot point them, they
flow out of the ;deepest fountaltis . , of • the'
heart.; they siii4l343 life apin a ., , es :of a - fresh,,
healthy, and generoita nation il character.—
Ed. Everett.;
6c Dr. tfeesirwt, is hi!..'Essey OnF1170*Ii;
saye t fir W 1 ,491140 'Nee in , my ~mly:;.,
series of yeark Wit I _never lemcitAteleh9i
guttered. I meet oritli'any 4;4"
every dityr *to et- et-shoo t er; but iMitiiiifthispe.
seen a -.woman Wit4:63ultliet . bloic
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Loveitiv , ruLuies o
• Who gotifil.,loeil iifireeati vicialin 1
taearce,
_ iv i rarer Vida: • , .
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ffeibtAing-gionie re Mem
'jjelling for Jeff Devi*. •
•If irlth•liiich t *vein triiite‘ "• • '
Or to her my.renrchad ,Oighle4s , •
I Would break the [atoll -
,I,4ever yield a Mine conceit/on.
•But Irina:her 'claim secession ' •
To the very letter. .
I am certain I shotild herrn heir,
Ft) i likS Scotia's poet firmer,
• I woittil cure the CIA{
If I had to beat and
'Oise her Olson, kiatiit her,
Or Whip her like the
A BATTLE-FIELD INCIDENT•
The battle *as ended._ The facia:aline
boom of artillery, or the sharp Vitale of ittus4
kt try greeted the ear; but that was - gfow 4
ing more and more distant and less fiecititiiii:l
With thinned ranks our brave men reit*
their steps over the field so dearly ikon, ;no
!strewn with dead and Wounded friet e ed
foes. What ti'' epeciaele=the spe . de- of'
every battle-field. Human bodies ,bearing
every_ conceivable mutilation--iiedie, beyond
suffering, and others impldring, death.
I had become separated froni my Oorupany
and was pasting among the wounded, giving
them-the-contents-of-myen I
came upen it Rebel officer, groaning piteous
ly and evidently near his end. He had re
ceived an ugly wond in tha Fiat breast,
I raised his head, a d gave ' him a drink s for
nil
which he thanked e . in a feeble voice. I
proceeded to place hi n a more ;comforta
ble position before pas,,sisigmm, when he look
en pleadingly at me, and said--i
-'For God's Sake, stay a moment I I can
not have this wotld without relieving my
mind of that which now weighs it . down.
Will you listen to my story 1
On my telling him that I would do as he
desired, the dying rebel began:
I am a native of New York State, where
my Mother and two sisters now , residcaeet.
least did when I last heard ,from them, a few
months ago. About sit months b re the
fall of Sumter, at the solicitation of an une ,
a merchant at Charleston S.C., I wont to
reside 'with him and entered his connate , -
room as junior clerk. I soon discover ed
that my uncle's feelings were with those who
were plotting treason and rebellion against
the Government. .He seized every oppor
tunity to draw MC into discussion on the
topic that was uppermost in every mind, and
vainly strove to withdraw me from my alle
giance to the old flag. Oh, that I had pos
sessed the mind to resist the power of a
beautiful wernrao:s flattery and smiles ! I
might now be dsring for the starry banner
that waved over My childhood's happy head
and fill an honored grave I My uncle pos
sessed a daughter, an only child. She was
about eighteen, and a more beautiful girl one
seldom sees. I had left my heart in the
keeping of a blue eyed angel in my native
town, sot anticipated no danger from the
as of . y lovely relative.,----e,
walked togather over the spacious grounds
of my uncle's plantation, but, our behavior
toward each other was tnerelythat of friends,
I desired ni.thing more, for my heart's ' best
love was elsewhere.
Time passed on, and the clouds began to
thicken which were eventually to burst, and
involve in civil war this once happy land.
My beautiful . , .cousin began to take a more
than cousinly interest in me, I,thought. Her
whole aim seemed to be to pleage me. She
lavished on me her sweetest smiles ; and * ap
peared to prefer my society to that of either
the gallants who worshipped at hor shrine.
Of course I felt flattered by these attentions
and—must I say it ?—the sweet, fair face of
my Northern betrothed began to grow dim in
my memory. Alas, for man's fickleness t
Her miniature, which 'I had carried nearest
my heart, was given a place .in my trunk.
Her letters come, as ever, , long and full of'
love and trust; mine grew 'shorter and cooler
in tone. But 1 feigned 'want of time' fur
not writing as formerly. My cousin Isabel
was of her fiather's sentiments. I need not
tell how she gradually drew toe into her views
- and I came to think the Southerners were
an oppressed people. I forgot that I was a
nian, forgot all the holy vows I had made,
mill my obligations to my country • and only
remembered one objeet---tbe beautiful syren
who was leading me on3O destruction.
—I-I-wrote home war toiMinevitable, and - that
I had espoused the Southern cause, believ
ing that to be the right 1 Letters came back.
One from my aged, - sainted mother, written
by a tremblin , tlaancl, and blotted with tears,'
imploring me, by the mernory.of my • father
sea grandfather-rboth of whom had battled
in Freedom's cane—not to turn traitor to
my country 1 Another, from my brother,
contained the sentiments of a _wholckanted,
patriotic man. He hoped I would- not blind
ly rush to ruin and disgrace: lie lia4 alrea
dy prepared to take up arms for his country ,
hertitrote, if his services were;neoed;:and he !
trusted he should not
,find;hie:4lo'.!Lrother
arrayed against : hint on the -hatif*field S A
third lettercame from the noble-intidcewhom
my conscience had nat let.slie4h4y.derget.
•It bore the niarkii . of tome; - everi'line
'Contained the oittgushings
Oh; how:she begged me-to
ae*is and remain "steadfast tot tar-rootio;.
'try, oneto But all th' . eae. pleadings_ a
vailed'aothing. , beeatao* active .worker
:tor treiseti; Mify . dosirciia Char-.
Whiia the 'terry insign'etiitin •dosvn
iti From ite position over;Fort. Sum-'
ter: no-cheerig were : . thau mine.
,
inititlitiritto a close, tor :4 strength
was:tdrentd and cm ey tiad h. Com,
Luess,ion - iddSttuth ear l't .rtr.iniont •but
_ IS 1 I. •
lore to"tikfth e:1161. I my- cousin 1' lead
ETNI
ny 41. SOLDIER.
promised - .,to.bd ...bridei•arhcia t.he ~Sopth,
Jmas freed.: Made haOlirbitllisoi:wehtttg,
etttla with a light ketfitr4
many acitioaft gioLtaltflytottatia4,Rind tit*
hrnyhritial frie; rt•.'" ''" • •
I[ entered thctieivice, I received (dotter.. ,
fay , first love,' freeing tite frOnt uty,Voyfkiiioic
ing, 'I can die but-1: eitntiot:ltiarry4i*iiidr;
to his country,!' My brutiteralettinetliseist4'
as a softliet z jnlCthree.ramiths' itektioWiti'olid
ero
then camtt( its ,a lieittetiatik:tu.etlirge
yeafi'' regiment %. I learned: tho Mpue of his:,
regiment,.atta hive MM. biotk. able to keep - ,
truck of hint by Abe aid,,U,f,Xertherm.. papers
• which have oebtisiOnally ftilletf i i,ntoMy hands.
n
I believe huts OW' tt Maprijibd if My eyes •
did not deceiiktain I saw-1t h* fitee tol. f tee
today on, this-field i and-it wits front his regi
ment that r,feceirod, My wonini: - "A ,few
weeks ago-My false hcarteduotrsin was mar
ried ton man old enough, to-he her falter—
a General in the Confederate army. So, you.
see,. I havejoitt- pot opty,itijr 'houot, artotlifbi.
but the ettiiiioerwheiored - mek on: to destrue&
tion _,,l' ~- , , ,: 7- - :'1 ..'` -.t! r • : - , v.sl i ,..
Tiff -- - matt' here pittise& ainometiti
-I . ' - ' 'lt • uStion,niid Men, raising himselfto
it - titre; his hands: clenched, and
. ,
- by a strange fire ,
_ ho ,continued-:.
"Curses
..
--, " "Cones on the wimniti that brought'this
itroin me - smites tin the .traitor ' s 'whom - I
have served; and for'whom I am now-. , dying
a dog's death s ,•unwept and scorned by, those
whom I havie deserted I Curses---7 ' -
The unhappy man never 'finished thihiea
tence. His hands fell by his sides; a strug
gle and he was dead 1 wrote his name and
regiment on a piece of paper, and. left the
spot with a sad heart, for I could but pity
the misguided man.
The Age of man
But few men die of age, Almost all die
of disappointment, passion,.mental •or bodily
toil, or accidentlithiassieligkill men
sometimes even•stiddeiffr-r,T,lteorninon.ex
presSion chelied- , Withltilsipii - has little ex=
alteration in it; For even'.though• not sudden
ly fatal, strong passioes'shorten life.' -Strong
bodied men often 'die young—weak men live'
longer than the strong ; for the strong-•
their strength, the weak have none tar use.
The - latteetakes-carng themselves; the for
ties' do not. As it is with the bcidyit is
with 'the mind and temper. The -strong•
apt to break, or, like the candle, ran : the
weak burn out: The inferior animals which
live temperate !Ives 'have - generally their pre
scribed term of :years. The horse lives
twenty-five years, the ox fifteen or,:twenty,
'the lion about twenty; the hog ten or twelve
the rabbit eight; thelltinea pig six or seven
The numbers all bear iirciportion , to the time
the animal takes`tri - groit its full size. But
man of all animals ia'tme that seldom come;
up to the average. He ought to livez hun
dred years, according to his physiological
law, for five times twenty are one hundred;
but instead of that he scarcely reaches an
average four times his grown period. The
reason is obviogs.-.—man,is not only the most
irregular and the moscintemperate, but the
most laborious and - -hard worked of all ani
teals. Ile is always the most irritable of all
animals, and there is reason to believe, though
we cannot tell what an animal secretly feels,
that !I i; than a • ith 'll
ishes wrath to keep it warm, and consumes
himself with the fire of. his own reflection.
A DEFINITION OF A YANKEE.—As the
Yankees are creating no little excitement, in
the commercial, political and military world
I hope my definition of a real genuine mule
Yankee, may not be considered-a miss.
A real genuine Yankee is full of anima
tion checked by moderation , guided by tic
tennination, and supported 'by education.
He has veneration corrected by toleration
with a love of self approbation and emula
tion, and when reduced to a state of' aggra
vation, can assume the. moist profound dis
simulation for the purpose of retaliation, al
ways combined, if' pasaible, with speculation.
A live Yankee, ittst..caughi, will be found
not deficient in the following qualities
He is self denying,' self • relying, always
trying, and into everything prying. -
He is a lover of riNty; propriety. notoriety,
and temperance society.
Ho is a dragging, gagging, bragging, stri
ving, thriving, swopping. bugling, wrestling:,
musical, qu nical, astronomical, political,
philosophical, and comical sort of a charaCteN .
whose manifest destiny is to spread
tion to the remotest corners of the &Ob,
with an eye always on the lookout for the
main chance.
Gloclieigns and the world move*, and:
eimiucipation is . coming. It is no tufti of talk
ing ; polities now, we have bat one- politie;
the rebels have got their hands mr - the throat
of our nation, trying to ohoke• 'to death.
Whoever is 'not for the country' is for -the
"rebels. Men must be either total or brio,
they cannot sit,'on -the fence awry cry, aboli %
tioutst and, hide their treason. - ' Ihe admin
istration is the'ordy power that Cuti - do Amy
thing toward., putting downirititins,! turd. the
wan who holds Lincoles'handa, awhile he is
striking.* rebellion bras ,ninch : rifebel ,and
tory.as.thimgh he earrietitt-tguni( k er were a
sword inJelf. Davis -
army. - iind
you know. many' eonsertrative oldr fogies,
whose- braini,kuveatot: bismt" - arkvariri, b 1 a
iive.gowlaifai,taany gears who coolly 13ny
they are-frluinging - §occitkenisti it'fid,
Abo
litionistesoa, the' saute crtre oegallows.
'Why is - a c ertain sioixien's tongue ii Way.
Inshore,- like a planet P. Because tiothinti4tt
of the power that created it is „strife te , a*
HAM.) TO nee!r.—A p ile of uncovered
doubloons, or' a fait rib ripe, luseim,",
naked, roge cotoploxione4,lipe. '
lite ;sir iiriing is a. pretty- sisTit;•biltan
apr LI 7.} 4;rl . 6ets-uplk).tlance : — lxty eyos.
1.-I:- 0 , 0 , fit , teliotteolaiog.o6*.:iiiiElhot ,
'••-•-. i i ::-..z , . f . : •
4, i,.; :,,, • ~, . 4:: .4. •
• ••• •• •• , •,-, 4 , . • , —4-- ~ .4-. , ~,4 •,,,.•
. 'crti*l6ll6l:-.f.,,-- ' - :40T''.: , ..'',.-,- •
•-!,' . .i , '-' , '-',,,,...,,',.....,. - • ' , 4'44,;,;..,:-:.-4.-,,,; ':,:-, -_ -, -
7,11*.
; ; • • `
trhy,ali darned SteekingS lite .. .dead men 7
•lieemise•4lolire then:aes4 , 'l l
g . 4 - #,fi t s.)l 3 rptict.it4i and dissembler
tioighhers half- so ; often
as he" eeeiiiiti
When wore 'Soldiers all olti
Venn try - Ilion . ? heit';ivere alrStOtt's
Bleb: • •
• 'lVitY'are fib i better 'thaji
tomatoes ntikei only catsup , whilt4itis
Make plufriltu pper4
like a iotton potato?
- kit and a beholder - is
wsileetaitif aii - A'4-, , ,tipectator is a rottensctato.
A ~r eat t one,:who can make his
children obey4mf:rlftiiii they are out-of his'
rug .
lit • ... • • .
therelstiffays tr,ficart—(seat of amiable
WeaknotC9'•-;-•• . 'inider tlio tightest silk 'bodice
ever-held by hooks and eyes.
Wilda. a man Mak& his wite- 'hiniojmnie
present; it-is a sign that they have bee
parrelling receatlf.
The ceiehratea stone, smasher, Gregorie,
fitt.s.,been offered the contract to break ti • mi
seVis "stony hear,'
Why ar64he young ladies Of Waynesboro'
like a bonnet half trimmed ? Because, they
are in want of the BEABX.
"I'll take my
.pay in advance," said a land.
lady who lodged her friends on straw beds.
"No yen dOret,".says Toth, "I always sleep
on tick."
A Vermont paper defines the rigkts. of
wmartas follow 4;, • ,
otT4Anre hei,lotd‘
by ai:Riliiffrin` l 4iiiiigii,*lo4l'ollEMP‘'
A mereilantrnaleietinoriciiitltirP" fr
some elerk-bithind the eetta
lent to a trade of three
year. •
• A little gir: of - three • Years ; :Mut: he)rota
the Mississippi , -who
had neVer, seett4ii,
ap
ple tree in fail bloom, beheld one s id Ohio.
She lifted her fit hands in the - ittititile of
devotion, and exclaimed, - - "See God's big
bt
quet I"
•
There-is a town in Ohio where the people
have lived so long on Pork that they' are be=
ginning to contract some, of •its habits.=
Whenever a neigl• .fir diefi,.they lay hittiout
as they would a oa , with a corn-cob in his
mouth.
Girls. never run
until you ire sure .
This advice is worth
,a year's subscription to
the REMORD, but we will give it gratist
The BOston Nat says that the last freak
that happened thereabouts, is, a ii4re ran
through the streets with his handa about
three feet apart, begging the passers by not
to disturb him, as ho had the measure- of a
doorway ,with him.
A few years since, at the celebration 0f..,
our national aunivereary, a poor pedlar' who
was present, being called upon for a f . toast,
ofiered the followIng:—"Ilere isjtenlth to.
poverty; it sticks - to wan when, 04 bis . friends
desert hunk...„ ---... •
There are several things, that LA 'awk
ward in a woman, yittile.) see her undertake •
to whistle-4o cliry•• her dress' more than
knee high white crossing the itreetsto
throw a stony!" at a hog—fto (f ehetti "patent d
gam" .in raying time—to onoke 4. long
oine—t‘eltarb a. garden ferme t tied' td .sing
a, revival meeting.
,f A NEGRO'S Opcviort.-74.. letterliom
Snicker's Gap, Va., says :
• "At on farm
house a venerable African aikek,ft.iTs , dat do
army of de Norf?" -No," replied oar
_Wag
gish surgeon , ",the last end is Suet coming
through Bangor; Maine." Bless my 'soul,
what cloy all' grow? Mesta tinkum's got
de biggest pile dm link, anyhow."
Sammy was reading the Bible very attm-
Lively, when his Mather cam into,.. thw room
and asked him what h444istif fainur.that was
so interesting. The boy, looking up eager
ly, exclaimed 'I have found a. place in the
Bible where they were all Methodists
4 liasi so?' inquired the. father. H 'Because'
said he, "all the people
,raid amen.
TIT% DANDY AND TIME BAItICEEP;ILA t
a hotel' the other day; a young and fully
InownaOhed dandy from a certain city, was
seated - at the tenable at rather a ~late hour,
when the barkeeper barns in; and cat down
direatly opposite to him. The dandy dropped
his knife and fork, tipped back:';,his
gazed-at the barkeeper and exelerimed
Paull, do the servantaaap with the gen
tlemen in this heirsel '
No.eir,*s the
Are yr . vre not the barkeeper*?
Yes ' , .
Well, a barkeeper 'ia'a help as much as
ithe scrub gist. - , '-
' - ,True, replied the man of the taddystick,
bates` not enter the hall until I looked in
and'seessitMgcutlemeer-nt th 6 table.
Alm -
theiteremation ended. itlonstaoho
'.was:Arferd,
way from your parontq
, hat the young man -with