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OLUME XV!L
r c)pv'ZXO.A.ta.
.111 F, CASKET IF TM.
By WILLIE Z. PABOit.
• •
"tenth of violets hits 'cornet
viraalth of smiles and tears;
ewers over every home,. •
over those whose Trickster roam
•in far off foreign spheres,
The ceylvind, yet so bleak and chill,
From Wintei's hidden cave,
ca me i w hi s tli n g o'er the , rippling rill
To woo the lilacs on the hill,
The lilies by the wave.
Its white arms on the amber air
Are bared toward tbe4otith ;
The daffodils and ilnisieahare
Their glories in her flaxen hair,
• I d roses tint her month !
•0 - month of sunshine arti l d'ofshovvera,
Otplepaat thoughts and things,
Of honey-suckle wreathed bowers.
Of trailing vines, of blooming flowers,
Of tinted blessemings !
I mind an April when nay heart
Than now. VMS lighter far;
Before Death's soinnv-venoraed dal t
Touched one who a years of mine were part,
Whose love was my life's star !
But now! ala., for April days,
A lengthenNl :Judea , lies
For me, acme, Its pleasant ways ;
And ever, who my footitep strays,
It meets my Anddenad eyes. ,
MORNING.
Hark ! the matin notes aro ringing
Out u pon he balmy air;
flark.! the village bells are chiming,
See the widen vernal flowerets,
Bew.besprinkled, bright and gay;
_ How their aztir petals -groweth
In the light of early day.
Hear ! the-early birds are singing,
Sweetly swinging on the air;
While the village bells are ringing,
Calling to the house of prayer;
Nature's thousand tongues are himning
Lay's of gratitude and love ;
To the great I Am who reigneth
• In the blissful courts above.
low holy are those Moments.,
low sweetly floats upon the air
use dear village chimes that calleth
'o the holy house of prayei ;
the soul they fall, recalling
'he great Founder's high behest, •
• six ilay's shalt thou do labor.
n the seventh thou shalt rest."
403EINIajiLN - 3r.
Penitent Confederate.
Lnk, intelligent, 'and plain-spoken
an, apparently about eighteen years
had been in the rebilarmy at Mur
and had voluntarily , surrendered
our troops, came into the Govern
at the Capitol, yesterday, and es
desire to'take the oath of allegi
anething like the following colloquy
;e-betweem_
1 the-Governor-and- the--
idler :
-,--I am aek and tired of the war,
to, take t oath of allegiance gad
a0r. 7 ..-Do y a think you have got
ights,
----Yes, (pointing to a soar in his
here is one of them.
tor—What do your soldiers goner
of this war.
Soldier--They are mighty tired of it.—
There are plenty of ',them who would be glad
to - gi home and stay. if they could. They
would'nt stay a day longer in the army, if
they wern't , made to.
Governor—Did ybu ever hear them say
any thing about this law of Jeff Davis',
which allows a man remain at home if he
owns twenty °egress.
soldier—Oh yes;, lots of times They
talk.of it often. Thcy are all down on it,
and think it very hard on the poor men.—
They say it isn't right. -
Governnr—But do you think thatthe sal- f ,
- diers understand this law properly ? Do
ratty really know what . it means.
. AS'oldie7.—They, Anderstand it mighty well.
They say it is, nothing but a law for the
\ Fenefit,cof big slaveholders, and to keep the
' Piej wen under. ' •
The leaven is at work. .Let it work. The
rotten edifice of ..11,ichinond . aristocracy is
shaking and will ROM 'topple headlong_ to
-
bell.--Nashville Union. , .
AN INCIDENT TN THE CARS.--in a car on
a railroad which runsinto New York, a few
mornings ago, a scene mitred which will
not soon be fort ottea by the witnesses of it.
A person dressed as a gentleman, speaking
ton friend acmes the car, said : ,"Well,
hope the war may last six 'months longer.--
it,does I shall have' made enough to-retire
from business. , En the last six months I
ave made a huudred thousand dollars—six
onths more' andi shall have enough."
A lady sat behind the speaker and neees
rily heard hiti,remark ; but when he was
He she tapped hiw on the shoulder, and
id to • him. "Sir, if. had two sons,-one .of
em was killed at the battle of• Frederieics
rg; the other was,killed at the battle of
urfreesboro ."
She-was silent a, niontent;:and . so .wer,..e all
wand. who heard her. Then, over , come
laerindignatiou, she'suddenly slapped the
ieculater, tirie.on one cheek, then, on the
her,„and.before thefellow,eotild,say a word
passengers siting' near, who had witness
thewhOte affair,'seiced lien, and pushed
*nehtitriedig'out or the oat; as one not fit
.ridemith decent. people.
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MEMO
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WAVNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYVANIA;- 31,01iNINd„ APRIL
Another Voice trom the. Army.
rhe:l2s Regiment Pennifylvania• Volunteers
' to itsVfict Fraentls; Sends Greeting. ,
We, yonr„ ' fellow Citizens, Composing the
125th Reg. ; Pennsylvania volunteers, here
assembled in arms, not from hive 'of war, hot
to gratify any selfsh motives, of ambition ; .
bUt prompted solely . by, our 16'ie of country,
and sense of duty, in ooddiefice 'to the' Al
mighty's will for the firthernee of his' -be
untiecent 2urposes, concerning. not only Mir
nation but the human race, 'having l'irdother
ed partizaiteelingisre Misr,' in com Mon
with the hosts of other loyal men, -grappling
. witb'this - satanic rebellion, and by the'. bles
sings of God hope so effectually to crush it,
that it *ill never *again mie'rts its serpent head
to desolate our inhertance, 'and 'bring 'the
wail of sorrow to the household of posterity.
While engaged in this help Cense the 125:h
learns '
that there are traitors in the. north.—
Per Such the only meet recompense is hemp.
There is anotlier dais, however, claiming to
be loyal citizens, who, by ill-timed efforts of
peace, net appreciating the nature and mag-
ni wee t e strung ein w Lc We are in
volved, do much to aid and encourage our
deluded countrymen of the South to hope
feral , a9Ccess, which would plunge us all in
to a gale of common ruin- For the enlight
meat of this class, and to remove all misap
preheniions as regards their sentiments, men
and officers of the 125th, at a meetincr ° con
v3ned for the purpose, whereat Col. Jacob
Higgins was chosen President; Lieut.' Col.
Sztuk, Major Johh J. Lawrence and Captain
William C. Bayley, A. C. S., Vice - Presi
dents; Surgeon L. C. Cummins, • Chaplain
John D. Stewartlind Captain William W.
Wallace, Secreta 'es.
(Captains Fra cis M. Bell and John Mc
-Keage-ana-the mitariecs-of—the-meeting_
constituted a co4imittee of five to draft res
t4ations.)
The following preample and resolutions
were unan:monstr adopted.
WHEREAS, W: view with contempt the
silly and traitoreis attempts of -the so culled
peace party in kur glorious old Common
wealth, whose object is to destroy that for
which man live 4 namely, Liberty and the
pursuit of humal happiness; And Whereas,
while fighting + enemies in front, we 100 k
with abhorrencoon the cowardly assassins
at home who arethus throwing impediments
in our way to destroy all for which we are
now risking onr Pres and honor; And where
as, on the resultef this contest the existence
of our happy e untry depends : Oiler:A*ore,
be it .
Resolved, Th .we look with unutterable
contempt on the propositions of the • copper
heads,at home tk compromise with armed
traitors, and scorifully reject as unworthy
the land that gate us birth, ail propositions
coining 'from suck a source.
Resolved, T hat the only compromise we
can .make with traitors is, that they lay down
_their arms and return to their former allegi
auce.
Resolved, Tho the valy way to secure
this result lies in la determined and vigorous
prosecution of the war, Until the supremacy
of the Government is fully established.
Resolved, That we condemn, with regret,
the course takes byte enemies of the U-
mon in our front) we execrate without pity
the pusilanhuity of the more contemptible
foe in our rear.
Resolved, That the reports at home, that
the army of the PotoMac is in a demoralized
condition, are talse, without the least foun
dation in tact, and - that we look on the °lieu
lators
to
reports of this kind ,as being ene
mies to their country who should be careful
ly watched, they being either cowards who
are afraid to face their country's toes. or de
signing traitors, seeking
,t,o-friliake the faith
of credulous Union men in the strength of
the' Government.
Resolved, That we call upon all good and
loyal citizens at home to organize at once,
with a view to counteract all. plans or con
spirticies of the enemies of the Government
that countenance or aid this rebellion.
. Resolved, "That,i as the President of the
United States is the constitutional represen
tative 'ofour Government, his administration
must and shall be sustained by all :true , Ta
triotsvand that those who are denouncing
hi- administration are laboring , to. the • ex
ten , f/their power, to throw hindrances in
the any of a vigorous and aneee,sful prosor
tuition of the war, and that limy deserve the
uimiitigatedoscorn 'of patriots,and the hemp
that is ifne.to traitors.:
Resolved, That in iViaj. Gen. Rooker we
have the utmost confidence, and as we fight
for-principles, not men, we regard his up
pointment -to-his, present position us wise and
prudent• on the part otthe President
Resolved, That Gov. A. G. Curtin is de
serving of our highest respect and esteem.
(asideirom bis ettoristo preserve-the Uuiou i )
fur his eminently patriotic labors in behalf
of Pennsyltihia's sick and wounded
by which be has endeared hiiiiself to us and
went in a manner not to be fOrgotten.'
Resolved, That in Brig. ten. Thomas- L.
Kane we have a commander, vigi:aut, iu
.. %v hum we can rely in case of emergency, and
that under his leadership we, anticipate
gluriouS victory in - 'our .next engagement
with our 'country's foes, (his cry will be. to
"Victory or °Death."
r
'Xescitved,That these be our mottoes hence
forth and forever while lifashali last: —The
Union one and inseparable; • Drew it m 044
droll ;" Liberty and Union now and forever.
Resolved; That these sireceetlings, signed
by the tilfieers of : the regiment, be published
in the 'Philadelphia 11/wirer,
.flarrisbarg
Telegraph,' Washington Chronicle and, an
loyal papers published in counties represen
tediu this regiment. - ' •
Lilo' is a- 4onstativ'stru,r . 0 143 for riches
which We' ninst soon' 'leave' behind: They
aecui gi'veti tons to the 'nun& gidesi 'Tqay
thing-,.t0 a titrild, amuse it'uniitlit'falt4
v'~ i~
4. "triaital.sr mreiraPiEopetperii rareutital
r ; e — • " • •i = 1.
The Memory of, the Deed.•°,' •
In almost ekeay 'household thereis an en
shrined memory, a sacred casket, where a
lock of Shining hair; a ring, or faded-picture,
tells of 'some one long. since ; gone. • The
younger- children, as they grow up, lerirn to
look upon the picture of the dead .brother
or Sistei'as on , the--flice of anget , They
wonder if they shall'evei- be as 'good as they
Were.' They look , with tender awe upon , va
rious relics of h sister neva; knownz-- , the
broken plaything; the.: unfinished pine°. of
-work with the rusted needle just where' , she
left it; and seeing their mother's tears and
heating her talk of' the -'child that was or
Would have lkniti more-lovely or intelligent
thai any of the feet, they meekly Wonder if
they' deserve to be loved as much nvlthe was
who is now in heaven. • • •
The orphan, longing for a mother dimly
remembered, is sure if she bad rived he nev
er could have dishonored her, - never• could
have been ungrateful, or disobedient. Yet
our daily life together is subject• to Many
disturbances. ?erupts forget to be patient
7 0 -.
ones are often roughly treated, their feelings
wounded, and their gaiety checked; children
of a •fami:y quagrel and 'overbear; • friends
grow critical and cold. To look upon the
sueace of general domestic. and social life it
sometimes seems as if there were a few only
who would not be_ happier separated. But
when by death some one is removed, then
only can we measure the real depth of affec
tion that was Cherished for them.
One beautiful trait of - hutnanity is the ten
derness with which we cherish the memory
of the departed. Let death take from the
household the troublesome and ungovernable
.hill, and all that is remembered is his sweet
and g_e_u cto words, his rare qualities, his lov
ing ways, his beauty and manliness. The
child stands before his parents' eyes, not as
what he was, but what he might have been
had all God put in hint been perfected by
love and grace.
I-le is now always "dear
thought, and no longer sel 1
The children low , for their dead com • m,
with real and tender grief—they wouldt
pleasanter were he back again. They are
surprised to find how much they loved him.
Priendslong to have the opportunity,
,now
lost, to show their love. Why did I not
prize him more 7 --why did I not serve him
better, is the one universal feeling.
Our cemeteries, carefully kept and richly
ornamented, may sometimes betray . the
harsh ostentation of wealth, but usually the
polished and elaborate marbh. speaks the
tenderness of grief, striving to do here what
it feels has been undone before. • Absence
lends to a less degree, the same halo of per
fectness. So WOO as we- are separated from
those we really love, they seem more than
'ever desirable and necessary to us, and w.e
send back messages off' regret for past, sel
fishness and unfriendliness.
"'Tis the sunset of life gives us mystical lore."
A peculiar interest attaches to old people.
They have come down to us from a former
'generation. Their days are spent. Only a
ew-sands-remai It-in-the-glass .---Many-years
of intercourse with the world have made
them rich in experience. They well know
what hope and fear, what joy arid sorrow
are. They have laughed with the living
and wept for the . dying. Disappointment
and grief have 'tamed their spirits: And
now at the close of life a new and great
world opens up, solemx and unknown.
Much of their past is ihr back, and' the
years Le close together like distant street
lamps that seem to meet. They have pass
ed through the several stages of life; the)
have been children, and wept, they 'have
been lads and lassies, and sowed their: wild
oats; they have wooed and been won; 'they
have rowed their bark in sunshine, and in
storm; they have been over plains, and
through deeps. But now their journey is
almost ended the work dime.
The day far spent. Their early cern : .
panions and co-laborers have already nearly
all gone. They stand alone, as it Were, a
mong a new people, and look ,anxiously a
round like-belated birds left behind by mates
that long have taken their homeward pas
sage. The shadows of evenin ,, ,have gath
ered arouni them, 'and the night has ciime,
Blessed are'they . that - can lie dawn to pleas
ant dreams, i'or they shall rise to a glorious
waking:,
A peculiar interest attaches to tb,ese old
pilgrinti 'Whose Teet have tredsciinaby years
Not only do they interest us in 'tt eir past,
but alio in the future. 'They walk along
the border-land of a great and untried world
a single stream divides' them from the spirit
land, and they sometimes seem tO'speak from
the other side—in deep and prophetic 'are
their words. When Our eyes look upon
these passing pi'grims, we cannot helpleel
ing the solemnity or the sight; for very soon
will these aged eyes open unon new scenes,.
and those unsteady feet walk new plains.
Reverence old age. Consider its advice.
Deal gently with its infirmities. Prepare
thyself to become 01d.,'
' GOLD IN Dt.xtE —The copperheads . were
in eastacies a little while ago at every ad
vance here of gold, as an evidenCe of the de
clinitig Credit of our. Government. For their
eoubointbm and ; comfort, We, would inform
them that Willis, foreigl. ;
capitalists are now
offering Mr. - Chase_a hundi eil millions at the
present reduced rate, the, protiostii:cm's ofiered
iii_the.itbel Congress, by Conrad, .enipower
ing Jeff. Davis to make, peace with Mr. 141 , 1 J.
Cain, ':oriarith atirtit. the
~States, or fur soma
other equie.7.han to 4.00 'PT
cent. in Richmotni.;4o4:priv,ate. transactions
are said, on-what ia..decuked good autltori
ty,' to'havAt been inado,at.thAk.,per f eent : Let
those who., lick' rebel, seettri eciand frillti
under::.-Butt. _Clipprx,4 ;,”.
MOM
child" in their
lh,and unlovely.
Old People.
Thee. Battle-S . 4ld of Muifreesboro.
- A, , PICIIy, BY W.B9II : BAtOIVAILOF.
• ; Parson Brovinlow writes 6, the Philadel
phia Prese frem Twine:4B'e; 6th
instaht, di( follows :
"1 have jUst returned from Hurfreesboro',
where Ispent two ; days. in riding
,throrzgh
the vast encampment of our trope and over
the Tate 'battle-gionod. Y traversed 'abou't
five extent' of the :battle-groubd,
first in thefields and thenire the' wood; a
mour,"the cedara,and ;timbers where much
bard fighting was done, :No man at' a dis
tance, and 'on ly receiving the'newspaper l'ae
tountsi, tan form any idea, of the iiuinbef of
dead horses and mules upon the ground.—
Their names are legion. They are often pi •
led rip, - one'upee , another—some 'shot o'
the' body, - somel ihrough the nick, oth:,.:
with . head and legs shot off. But allere in
a wonderful state of preservation, though ly
ing on the field more than two Months. .
'."The trees are 'pekietea With linnets for
miles, the itwig's , are eat off; and ninny trees
,are cat off at points ranging from five to
• 0 .
of sufficient size to make saw-logs, where
the cannon balls' struck them fairly, they
passed -clear through, and day light can be
seen through as one rides along. Cannon
balls are to be seen all along the lines, aqd
shells that failed to explode. In other' in
stances pieces of shells are Upon the
ground, among the cedars 1 handled them.
"The graves of the lead are to be seen
everywhere in untold numbers. The head
boards of single graves indicate how many
of them are, giving names, regiments and
resiaences. Among the Rebel graves I
found the name of a relative of my wife, a
Captain of artillery,lrom Alabama, killed in
the ft , :ht on the 30tIrof December.
_ln man
'instances ditches were dug . and from seven
ty-five to one itunderd men packed into a
ditch. The dirt upon many of thesis only
a few inches deep and in someinstances bands
and feet ire stieking out. The' greatest sight
to be seen is that in front of, where General
Rosecrans massed his artillery, say one hun.:
dyed and twenty guns. Dead . horses and
mules and an innumerable number of graves i
tel the effect of thew, guns. I could but
feel sad as I passed aver this terrible battle
grouhd, and yet I felt that there, thotisands
of Southern' soldiers in rebellion against the
Government of the United States had vil
lainously sought and righteously fbund their
rights—not iu the 'territories,' but in their
c.)tton-fields and cedar thickets of a State
they had forced out of. the Union at the
point of the bayonet, and in opposition to
the known wishes of a majprity of
,the real
people." -
The bunkers.
The Rev. Emanuel Slifer, a minister of
this sect (which is sometimes designated as
Dunkers and Tunkers) wrote sometime since
to the New Obsei-ver'in e rrection of
some mis statements as to their doctrines Ind
practices as folloWs:
"You may be desiroits to know what WQ
do believe Well, in brevity, we baptize
none but believers, by a triune emersion, by
a plunging way, the candidate,in a kneeling
posture • .And while we believe baptism is
'iniaiatory - to the -- churchi-we- also —bell eVe—i t
washes away sin previously committed, when
preceded by true penitence and faith. We
believe that when we commune, or have the
emblems, bread and wine, distributed among
us, representing the sufferings of our Savior,
it should be done in time evening, preceded
first by the washing, of the ineMbers' feet ;
next in order,, the partaking of alueal by all
of the members, we denominate the Lord's,
Supper, then follows the Communion. These
are perhaps, 'all the distinctive features of
our faith:
We hold much in common with other
professing clifistians';'our habits are gener
ally plain-, in many respeetsi' resembling the
Friends, particularly as regards dress; op=
posed toall
,superfluity in eyerything,..,yet
we are not always successful in our opposi
tion. Our people tire kene - rhity industrious,
bra 'frugal, tis'a'conseciiiende,, wealth' 'men
mutates, pride follows ahubst awn necessary
consequence. Then is. verified. the , danger
of riches, as the Savior declared. History.
assigns our origin in Schwarizeinan, ileinia
py, to the..year WM Our first ! roluister's
name, the - same. authority says,,, was . Alex
ander Mack. 'flte vz9rd "Tunker," ctr ‘iOnn:
ker,"hy which, we arc known ; iii history; We
assume by way of convenience, yet we call
ourselves "German 13,.:mt,isi,s," or ig`l3retliren!
' Srlicirtan STOttir..---The Fredericksburg
correspondent 'of the' Tana:ass:etc Floridan
tells the following trailOO : story: ' • •
'While speaking.of peac a, there is a legend
connected with a'spring nearTrittericksburg
which I will relate for the benefit of the Cu
rious : A.cooidingio tradition, this Sprir4, ,
was disciwered - running three month before
the Revolutionary war.' • Three t'inerith4 -be
fore a trea'y of peace it dried up and `eettied,
to run. It corameticed'ithining - again three
months before the wa'r' iif- 4812, and • three
months'befo-e as' in" the Revolu
tionary Tar, it again dried up; and so with'
the 'Mexican war, Three Months before the
fall of Fart' Sumpter it again coMmenced
twining; and a' slmit time since, dried up
I give as my anther 'this an aged: 'man
who Was born and.is. living, near .the spring',
and who has cooside.rableproperty, and offers
to. bet it all that we ivill . .have peace in'thice
months froni' the:drYing up of the spring..
• Life only a battle--we'shelithi r be , foolish
not to expect that those arMind us'nfuSt
We' have enly. time •shed u tear aver-them
as we sec them drop.' It is a, cruel sight; it
almost arreitts tme in the midst of v .the: eon=
flict, but a soldier piust.not 'shrink ,at a ll y.
thug; away *ith: the soft
r ot'le min itii3'l49l-,
IUnto
;i1j.;!• Ad
'have hope— you"iay have etic fumt. s, ter
ftith , 'will'stipportmiti 'the. UAW':
will 44i1:13itt
611.1" - ,“; . .1'i li;i1 - ii . .7 I! l ;V:t,',LISil, !.
Rebel.VieWEitftheMar:
The Blob nii3nd Whlgbfl instant
'giveWthi; *ie.' Corifeil
ergo' titins ib I'dmiteisie(And lientuAch•ind
adds. l• • •• , . 1
"If iv'e orolifOrtheci - iMiesissippi' and 'tiffs:tuft.°
the rebeiltpf- E cuir refforts 'Arkaifias 'and
Missouri;ithe record is too humiliating be
recorded at length. No'nfarr 'cares to lifkir
• the story of. the Confederiiste ectuieiafter the
•fall "of McCulloch And
Price'tiforce to • that 'of' Beiihreiprd:i 7The
Chronicle . is not More sad then 'it fs , shame-
Itiinay be euturneif up iti theidishenit
ening announcement viadei , in our latest -ex
ohabges'that the armies Of Holmes and
Hindman haN're dwindledt tfrom thirty-five
'iholikand'iddthi to a iinerc - brigade fi- iln
s and ihiliellntlian rriftritory• the story •is
ueh the eitme , --largei armies raised, and
nothing accomplished:' Concerning Arizona
and New, Mexico we babe. 'ceased • to have
aiirthing Aiieihaps they i.nre ;ad
longer echiSidered a'parrcif.the'Confederasiy.
'When tbe fortunes of ' war 'ihavist been so
peple, Who seem its prolangittiott -not •sub
jugation, but the further ravaginc , of their
fields, the loss of their slaves;;linethe.tburn
ing of their houses, should desire its cessa
tion at the earliest aliment, and perhaps be
willing to make concessions which others
more fortunate would rejeet,". • .• ,
The Jackson (Mississippi) Appesi has the
following remarks on the war iu the Sonth
west :
• "From all accounts that reacktta, we are
led to the conclusion that ere a great while
Gen. „Bragg will be forced, either, Ao engage
lioseerans in battle or fall, back upon Chat
tanooga. ;rife country would' dopfoto th 6
hecessit Which tha force him to the adop
tion of.the latter.a tertiative., ' rs nu
portant, that we continue .to hold 'Middle
Tennessee and North Alabama, otherwise we
shall'find ourselves in stiraitened efientriStan
ces,for -army supplies another year hence.
The FederalS are devastating the country as
they advance, rendering it impossible for the
farmers to raise a crop this season and. to
blot out Middle Tennessee Kentucky, North
Alabtima and North Misslisippi from the
producing sections of the Confederacy Weald;
be more seriously felt than the loss Of'Rich
mond, Charleston, Savannah;-or Vicksburg.
It would prove a ong step in •the •direction;
of our subjugation by
,starvation, We sin
cerely hope that our Generals are fully attic
to the 'necessity and inip.rhinee of horaibg
Middle Tennessee; and thatithe hands orGen
Bra&g will be strengthened with-, a ,force,
suffiCiem for this , puapose, ;.,;. ,
WAYS AND
,MEAN3.7.7On this subject: the,
Fingniter Confesses' the 'ektremitieS Orthe:
Rebels when it says: : .
"The horses thatqtralp .near
baggage trains and mitindani.es are dropping:
their hoofs of and eating one "another s tails
off for want of proper food."
It observes wirh frankness :
"Cfitton is not king now. Corn is king;
potat^es, hogs ; hay, oats and cattle are sov
ereign. .But the people must not only pro
duce-7-they must save, ~.Many a man drinks
more corn in spirits than he could eat in
bread. Millions of bushels of grain ai.e
melted - down-into-mean-whiskey; while ti
cavalry horses and.draught horses axe stare-
A SELF DENYWO BOY. —A Sabbath-
School teacher tells this story. of his boys: '
"I taught a class in-the B.abbath-school at
composed of,•sight , boys. ,O'ne,„ of
the boys was a Widow's sou, a factory, work
er. He put into the Missionary-box - each
82.ilibath six. cents. I asked' hiti how, in
his poverty, he dared do" so much.
mother,' was his reply, gives me six cents a
day for my dinner; undone day fast,' and
save ,six cents; or,,rather,. I takcJi Risco, of
bread.and lultter. poi]) lame. as a sort of lunch
sae my, six co;nts. I feltjialtlike
ilphiaidinz , ' him tbi'' hie Selflimposed stint,
but when 1. thought - hew 'intldW , niere (of ' 7 a
man, he. would taake,ror, pll hivight and roa ,
oyite, spirit, I patted, him on , : the.head a,nd
said, '`(lo. on Johnny. dotrWillcare fbi:
'an'd'yont'tiother, mail in time to coins 'Will
make you, f rust;',a /iglit. in ;hisichurc h. •
Outt ifomE —Om, home, our country, is
/woe!), where them Are ;Ito sorrows, nor
Pars, nor treubles; this e world is the place of
our truraiimid ' at the'bisiV
•- •
burinit:
'ln uiy father's .h ouse Ch ore are , tnarty man=
sins Iliatiyinausiotm, instead oran inn; and
my gaviaur hiniself bath, net.disdained s t9,he
my harbinger. 116 is 'gone before' me t.)
prepare a., place yor- ate.: I Willi'. th4refore,
content myself wi th the inconveniences of. ;a
very short journey,. fur toy acumodatiOns,will
he 'admirable When some to mihome,`t6t
heavenly d'e rasaleoi, the plucv of
Lay rust and happiness... 7 .r .11a4a:
91:11====1
• . A -g099,314W§ lymin, 77 l freely, confess
yOn that I: woahlqviel,
.wertl t . itu
, J,tid
down' in my...rave, - to linije • some One' in his
IllaTillwii'vtitu t il 'over lueland tiny;.."-here lies
on e. whi) , was., a i leg Tri end to km ilia d piivattt,,
ly:warned3ne of , the dangers of -the ~ young;
( th
no one kneW it,lbutiie 'aided - line ia , e thug
or need; I owe what Lau io him." Or else
to have sinne Widolieiwitkehuking atteriiiice,
tolling, her, • children, ; !',T,here:is your, frqind
and mine."
• - blanydyears.m.rcsiit-the villugas , ef. , !Grand
le,, situated upon the beautiful et
that mune in Lake Champlain. lived a wan
of atheistic prineipleewatlon one OemlAon
viltilo iti ennyetsattonisith a , Scuttishi;P,re . a4
byteriaa that
there wit!rnic Iy:hereupon the non-son
loppimt.ilmled 4 4n t tg,,t4!) egri t h
Iron) lug
fee
1 •Ilf.kalitttatunit - natittihild'i -Gtid;•*(l6
will:fie:l4,l4(dut.P(..l . ,!! f-• a 1.
rte
A correspondent writing kront ,
of ihn'i'otonti 'adds '
. .
I have just- returned ,to ray . eamp from
„
'two tour throng : Ai 'tko grarad
the Potomac, and I assure.you I rtltn4illi6lli?.,:.
different feelingi from those-, I antertaintW s :- : :: -
toOfore starting. I had
'read samany aecotiat ::-
of it issatisfaction -and dOtheralizatitiii;.iiii&W --
Many wettings of Northern- editors,andlettee: .
writers, ,thatl was prepared to find stutAlutti4:,',.” . •
tenances and hoar, gloomy and uilineU.„
words. But j• confess, it made my. halve -
beat high with hope to find it all otherniekm2 . .,„
Visited tang regiments, and saw and .
'ed with many Officers and Imes,. and I Mita , "
theta, Without exception, cheerful, 'cortteti:•.-: ,
ted and hopeful., They, express entire.. con-4.-r
,fi,denee in General Hooker. ,and are, deeply
impressed with the magnitude and itiipor
taiice Of thet'Wbrk . which the army of the : ....41.,
Potomac' has before it. TO say they' *Ht.;
not fight and fight -bravely, is to slander the-.4.,e
(noblest. army--in. patriotism,- iti in telliOnee-1 -
and its physical , conditioa--ever marshallci.4.
,
• • .
whet •
' ls ' t h is army fight against •
traitors, not.
'only in the South, but wherever fount-Mid .
Northern doughlaces and. traitors wiW.fini;
this a fitet to their sorrow if.cowardiee du4
not prevent them from putting forth theft.
tory - doctrines and contemptible threats into
practice. I have heard many rejoice civer
the conscription act, and say, "the time o .•
my'enlistment will expire by such. a time.
but if lam then needed to enforce the eon : -
scription act at the•Nortit s liank in. for' : am.
nether term." Others say, "Southern 'trcti; - .f"
taro Are bad, but those in the North, Ache' ,
prolong the vat. by giving aid' and • ednifitt - -
t 9 them, and by embarrassing andopposing , ::,: .
•... z! I,
the rebellion, are thte guilty of treason: a"
the meanest and mast % contemptible • chaitic
ter:" Ahd how can they say otherwise 7 1
~ General Sickles, iu a recent order,, told
the,truth very pointedly when he .said "the
army of th'e - Potomac, Wall never so formida
ble aglt is tb-day, prdud In its loyalty; its
fortitiide, indin the memory of heroic
sacrifices, scorning the craven, cry, of
.pence"
when peace is impossible without
,dishozy,
awaits with impatience fur the coniingliour,.
when new victories will grace its standards
"and edinplete its noble 'mission." '
Would it not be humiliating and diagnMe
ifsottie, of its veteran troops woulsl )400
to be-sent North to
,put ..down treason on
rebellicin the Very meta from' lAA,
hearthstones' they belie kept a savattii t
,releiitless foe for Many long weary. ttiouthsil
£ut_d earnestly hope , thiS may never' , be.=
cessary. believe whenever the roads
Weather Permit, this army, will , strike, ,0
i 11
*Eien'ailtioes strike; it Will - be ati- t
sistible.foree and eutibengtierablti delertititik
tion
. which will rout the armed rebels of•Alm,
South, aud.cause_ their more cowardly broltk-'
ern of the North to hide their heads in shame;
as did' the cowboys of the Revolution:'
"OZ+IL,Y,QNE."—Qciss hour, lost irk :
morning by lying in bed, will put book
and, May frustrate; all the business of the
• . •
Oho hole in the fence will cost ten litnilso
as wnc as i wi a nco.
One mnruly animal will teach all theta ide
its company bad tricks
Qiie bad habit indulged or subMitted
'will sink your'power of self-government ',44,
quickly , as ono leak will s sink ir ship. -
Qne drinker will keep a family poor ;aid:
in. trouble.
"Paddy, honey, will ye buy my watch',
not Y" , ."What's the price ?" t."l;lnn shit✓
hugs, end a inutelikin of the ereature,P.7 : - ;,
"Is thoateli a docent one ?" "Sure,. an
I've ha it tiVenty years 'arid it neve r
desaved me l" "Well here's• yotte tin 'tierisr
toll, me, does it .go well ?" "Sire, it :goes
faster than any watch in Connaught,,
ster,..Olster,or Leinster, not , barring Roblin 1".
"Bad luck to ye, Mike, you F taker' r ife
taklne
in! , Didn't you say it*nover desaved,you?"
"Sitie;'ant'f'did—nor.did it—fdr lamer de
pewled
. .. . . .
;Fgr.F,C9Nan Nt Ea BY AN Arorit - ,—,-A Far--
mouth correspondent writes:.-4n order tc.i......
convey some' idea of the amount.'>of Itiel'eoi- -r:
sumed by theUrmrsinea it has been located -
at 1.1)41 . R0int4 we will. merely state, that 0-.0
,eclumancl l has . , pt. ,intervals, ,occupied . some ,
dung like'tturty-t , .vo" Square' Miles, at leait
twenty-four of wh i'Oh 'was, *ben • iie" eau*
e i
:hoie, covered with dense woods, mostl:foa
and,pedar., tWhere thii furest .stoodi: eh
is now but one vast 4eld, i.noyetxd
.wit '.•
stumps. -, -1'
11AKsmi ,otrr A StsPP,ER.--111.r. -13rowns, "--
called in aka neihbor's :and - was urged to --
ialeeltiii , pp'Cr, which tie did"; - ihe i iild' lady all
the while
you will, not maize irstipper; you have eatens'-
ridthingLkin eat Arterhia•liad
atiippodlout;' lieardthe • old y. to
husband„hoe , Vhy,.l do declare ) .shoula
think 14F. firowu had not anything..
for - "
lk 011011 T TO KNOW.—.A.n exchaagi:: * irk
, P if fg ) g! Cl M ) , l3 P..Yssti r
•‘ " Oio'bo4,over pleltiwhig : . ; h1
1113fy iminits'-lisco: We . IL4Ve
therefore:wet:Wow."
A Physician of (limn,
hay trinrahlies4nilli 'fro,
oent4y h
peat .nulnkwiiispicrer•
tio
turns."
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