The Mariettian. (Marietta [Pa.]) 1861-18??, August 30, 1862, Image 2

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r' hie MATHER & Anson, No. 535
Broadway, New-York, are duly authorized to
act for ua in soliciting advertiments, &c., and
receipt for the same.
UNION STATE NOMINATIONS
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
THOMAS E. CO.CFIRAN,
OF YORK COUNTY.
FOE 61:RVES'Oft GINEKAL,
WM. S. ROSS,
OP LUZERNE COUNTY.
titer Gen. Coicoran was horn in Sligo,
Ireland, in the year 1822, and is now
forty years of age. His father, Thomas
Corcoran, was au officer in the British
army, and saw service in the West In
dies. On the mother's side he is de
scended from the Earl of Lncan. After
receiving a fair English -education and
attaining his nineteenth year, he entered
the Irish constabulary force, performing
the duties of that office in Creeslough,
County Donegal. In 1848, the same•
love of liberty and hatred of tyranny
that makes him a patriot here, made him
a rebel in Ireland. In August, 1849, be
resigbed his commission, emigrated to
this country, and immediately found em
ployment in New York city.
Cr The last news from Washington
gives encouraging hopes that'draftirig
will not be general in the loyal States.
]lopes are even entertained that both
quotas will be filled without any draft
ing,; but this can bcarcely be anticipa•
ted, as some districts in nearly all States
and counties, where" little or nothing
has been done in supplying volunteers
for the war, drafting will certainly take
place. And so it should. Every por
tion of a State— every county and every
ward, borough, or townibip should be
made to furnish its full quota. This will
be only fair and just, and all will then
equally feel that they bah done their
duty to their country.
far ThEre will be no draft in Ver
mont, all the troops for both quotas be.
log now enlisted. This is the first State
in the Union which has shown this
prompt compliance with the' orders of
the Government. Massachusetts, they
may, will also meet both quotas without
draft. So will Michigan and probably
Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. Ex
tend the time a little, say ten to fifteen
days, and it is hoped and believed that
every State will thus loyally come up to
the measure of its duty.
CZ" Col. Fierce (Brigadier General
Pierce, of Big Bethel notoriety,) passed
through Philadelphia, on his return 'to
hid regiment in McClellan's army. In
the seven days fight he .lost his right
arm, fighting at the head of his regiment,
and now returns to share its dangers in
the fights soon to come off. After the
Big Bethel affair, he returned to his-na
tive State, determined to retrieve his
wounded honor, even if he had to enlist
as a private; and nobly has he kept his
resolution.
•fir The pay of a soldier for one year
who enlists in au old regiment will be
as follows :
Regular pay, $l3 per month $1.56
Rations and clothing 109
tlovernntent bounty 25
Enlistment bounty 3
State bounty
County bounty
Total
lap The postponement of the draft
until the 15th.proximo will afford ample
time for the people to fill up the old and
uew regiments. The draft must come
Unless vblanteering is very brisk during
the next fifteen days, and our quota is
Oiled. Only about 15,000 mon are to be
raised to fill the State quota under the
late volunteer and draft requisitions.
Ckr We see it is stated that the au
thorities at Harrisburg estimate that
the quota of each county to make up
the number required from Pennsylvania
will be one out of every fifteen of the
population. This would make Lancas
ter county's quota about '7.soo—less the
number (5,000) who have volunteered,
lir Major General Dix remains in
command at Fortress Monroe, whither
be returned a day oc• two ago. This
pats at rest the rumors that be was to
supersede Major General Butler, at New
Gritting:-
air Charles Ingersoll, on of old Char.
ley Jared Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, was
arrested on Monday last for language
used at the Frank Hughes War meeting
Ln thritocitpon the Saturday previous.
":--The tithe for filling up the old regi
m, •
ilts has been extended to the 15th of
nest month, when the draft will be made
—the postponement was probably owing
to the difficulty of completing the enroll
ment in so short a time.
ler A. most heart rending affair oc
curred at Newton, Sussex county, New
York, a few days since, which has brought
wretchedness and the most poignant
grief upon one family, and sadness upon
many. A young and interesting daugh
ter of George L. Van Sickle, (a respect
able farmer living a short distance from
the village), who had been for some time
receiving the attentions of a young man,
named George Drake, also respectably
connected, was induced to take an eve
ning ride with him, during which Drake
administered to her . a drug for criminal
purposes. After suffering such agony
that her screams were heard wherever
they passed along, she was at a late hour
taken to her _home by the villain, in a
speechless condition, and died in a few
hours, without regaining her powers to
P peak to her grief-stricken friends;
ear Miss Clarine Smith, Miss Fanny
Flopkjns, Miss Florida Neal, Miss Nor
ma Smith, Miss Ernline Neal, Miss Al
ice Net.l, and Mrs. George Neal;
seven interestingSecesh ladies of Parks
burg, Virginia, were sent to Wheeling
for certain causes, and having plumply
-refused to take the oath of allegiance,
they were all snugly stowed - away in one
of the rooms of the jail. Toward.s even
ing, when the novelty_ of incarceration
began to wear off, they all concluded to
Lake the oath, after doing which they
were released.
ow At a recent meeting of the Ob
stetrical Society, in London, Pr. Simp
son described a plan of administering
chloroform. The new plan is to lay a
single. layer of handkerchief over the
face, and let the chloroform fall upon it
drop by drop. The advantages are
there. 1 .That there is less danger to the
patient from the small quantity applied
at a time. 2. That ancesthsia is more
speedily produced. 3. That the quan
tity of chloroform required is less.
ler At a training near Portland, af
ter an order was given to "return ram
rods," one of the soldiers broke from
the line and was off at full speed.—
"Hallo," bawled the commanding officer,
"'Where are going?" "Down to Squire
Muggins, to return the ramrod bor
rowed of him. You said return ram
rods."
eir The Democratic Commissioners,
of Bedford county have informally re
fused to vote an appropriation out of the
county treasury to pay the soldiers'
bounty. These are the men and this the
party which claim to be loyally engaged
in supporting the government. Out up - -
on such hypocracy.
£ A suit is now pending in one of
the London Courts for the recovery of
one penny (two cents), demand of, and
paid under Protest by a season ticket
holder, for the custody of his umbrella,
while he was visiting the picture gal.
lery at the Great Exhibition.
Cr The New York Central Railroad
Company propose to raise a - full regi
ment from among their employees along
the line of the road. The regiment
will be fully equipped at the expence of
the Company and presented to the Gov
ernment.
ilEir Gen. McCall, of the Pennkylvania
Reserves, is to receive a splendid sword,
from the people of West Chester, and
we learn from the Chester C r ounty Times
that the General is now making his ar
rangements to return to his command.
Cr Gov. Johnson, of Tennessee, is
following the example of Gen. Butler at
New Orleans, in forcing those who sub.
scribed most liberally to the Confeder
ate Government to furnish means for the
relief of the poor of Nashville.
Cr In Loudon, there is now as average
of one thousand one hundred and fifteen
deaths per week, and one thousand
seven hundred and fifty births. Of the
births, nine buntlred are boys and over
eight hundred girls.
8393
ita" . Bon. Edward McPherson, of Ad
ams county -has been renominated for
Congress by his district. Be is an able,
honest, patriotic and attentive Congress
man, and will no doubt be re-elected:
er The colored men of Washington
city are actively engaged in forming a
company for emigration to Central
America, where they intend forming the
the centre for a large colony.
A. Mrs. Jane McMordo, of Bos
ton, rolled out of bed while asleep and
tumbled through a third story window
to the ground below, and escaped with
slight injuries.
oltir Father Dunne, a former Catholic
Priest of Chicago, has accepted a Col
enelcy in the Ui3ion army, and is rais
ing a Dunne Legion for service in the
field.
sr Why is Henry Ward_ Beecher
worse than Brigham Young ? Because
he has married more women than he can
support and would like to marry more.
ar The city passenger railway com
panies of Chicago intend discharging all
able bodied men in their service, and
employ in their stead boys and ladies.
eir G. V. Brooke, the tragedian, is in
the Bankruptcy Court at Birmingham,
England. His deficit is twenty-five hun
dred pounds.
-te - )'"& , THE
PEN, PASTE AND SCISSORS.
It is reported that Messrs. Mason
and Slidell had "demanded" of England
and France the recognition of the South
ern Confederacy, and that_ England re
fused the demand, while Napoleon is
reported to have admmitted the cogen
cy of the arguments offered, but alleged
that the objections of England furnish
ed the greatest barrier to a recognition.
Mr. George W. Childs, book-publish
er, has effented an arrangement with
General Corcoran for a volume narrating
his prison vaperiences. The arrange_
went, which was made before the Gen
eral's release, makes it a very handsome
thing for him. The•work swill no doubt
be full of interest, and will find a ready
sale.
Gen. Williams, of Massachusetts, was
killed at the engagement at Baton
Rouge. The rebels came bearing the
Stars and Stripes; Gen. Williams rode
up to them and inquired of their gener
al to what 'regiment they belonged.—
They refused to reply and immediately
opened fire, killing Gen. W. at the first
fire.
Mr. Fay, our minister to Switzerland,
it is said, paid a visit to this country for
the express purpose of informing the
President about the reeling in Europe,
and to plead fora policy of emancipation
as the only -way, to save public opinion
from going against us among the lovers
of liberty and justice in foreign countries.
At a recent destructive fire in Con
stantinople, the Sultan of Turliy, who
chanced to be near at hand, went in
like a man and - did big share in extin
guishing the flames. ' lie rau about on
the roofs near the burning houses, - and
personally directed the operations of the
firemen.
Mr. George Peabody will present the
gold box, in which the document con
ferring upon him the freedom of the
City of London was contained to the
free library established by himself in
the town of Danvers, Mass., where ho
was born.
It is not fully determined whether
revenue stamps will be issued as curren_
cy after the tax law goeg into operation.
The probabilities are, however, that the
postage currency will be called in, and
some of those stamps substituted in a
month or so.
There is a report prevalent that a
marriage is on the tapis for the Prince
of Wales. Two ladies are mentioned
for him—one of Denmark and the other
of the Royal family of Prussia. The
King of the Belgians it is said, inclines
to the former.
Colonel T. 13. Thorpe, Surveyor
of New Orleans, -has presented to the
Commissioners of the Central Park a
pair of Pelicans. These birds, in many
respects among the most remarkable of
their species, are hardy and perfectly
tamed. .
- -
Gen. John C.Tremont has been for
several dhys a guest of Major Haskell,
one of his aids, at Gloucester, Mass.—
He attended the Methodist camp-meet
ing at Hamilton, and addressed the au
dience on the affairs of the country.
A French genealogist has announced
the extraordinary theory that the Em
press Eugenie is the true hieress of the
throne of Mexico, through her ancestors
the Spanish Counts de Guzman, who
-were descendant of Montezuma.
Mr. Thurlow Weed will, it is said, go
to Europe in two or three days, upon
the same errand that he went before—
to watch certain matters in England and
France. It is believed other distin
guished men will follow him.
George Livermore, a member of the
Massachusetts Historical Society, read
a paper at a late meeting in favor of em
ploying the blacks. It was ordered
to ba printed on a motion of Hon. Ed
ward Everett.
Mr. Vosburg, of the firm of Prnyn .
Vosburg, in Albany, N. Y., has pro
cured substitutes for his three daughters
paying $2OO each. The young ladies in_ .
sisted upon being represented in the
ranks.
The Army and Navy Gazette says
"The real reason for the departure of
the Prince do Joiuvile and of his neph
ews, the Count of Paris and the Duke
de Chartres, was the Mexican war."
Gerrit Smith has given $5,000 in aid
of a New York Regiment. This is said
to be tho largest sum given by any indi
vidual to help the Federal cause, with
one exception.
The Princess MUlde, wife of Prince
Napoleon, has given birth to a son.—
The young Prince has received the
names of Napoleon Victor Jerome
Frederick.
The population of Europe will come
to our shores in countless numbers to fill
the vacum created by this war. We
may look for an astounding number by
and by.
Dr. R. T. Trall left on the 26th inst.,
for England, to attend the World's Tem
perance Convention; to be held in Lon
don..
It was rumored at Madrid that Prince
Murat was intended for. King of Alexi-
Gen. Butler is wor to be superseeded
at New Orleans.
THE DRAFT POSTPONED.—The follow
ing important order has just been is
sued
HEADQUARTERS PENNSYLVANIA
Id MITI/4 -
HARRISBURG, August 27, 1862.
GENERAL ORDER NO. 32.
The time for making the draft in this
State has been postponed till September
15th, 1862, until which time volunteers
will be received for the regiments in ac
tive service before the last call for
troops was made by the President, and
will be credited to the township, bor
ough or precia•ct, where they reside.
By order of A. G. Curtin.
A. L. BUSSEL,
Adjutant General of Penna.
as The civil tribunal of..t'erigueux,
France, has decided the test-case of
Father de Lavriere- by declaring that
there is no French law prohibiting the
marriage of a Roman Catholic priest,
since he does not, by taking holy orders
lose any of his rights as a citizen. The
Code Napoleon declares that marriage
is a purely civil compact, and under this
law the decision is made. The civil
functionaries are, therefore, ordered to.
publish the banns of Father Lavriere
with English Fressange.
ar Douglas B. Jerrold, sor_ of the
celebrated English author and wit, en
listed as a prirate.in Captain Hawkins'
company, Porter's Buffalo Regiment,
on the Bth of. August. Mr. Jerrold is
a gentleman of ability, inheriting no
small portion of his father's wit, and
possessing a fine education. Be occu
pied for five years a responsible position
in the British commissariat, which he
resigifed for the purpose of taking up
his abode in the United States.
- figr The fighting Population of Rhode
Island, as ascertained from the last cen
sus, is 33,397 whites and 738 negroes.—
Governor Sprague could not, therefore,
raise au entire regiment of negroes if
be tried, unless he enlists men from
other States. A number of companies,
from. neighboring States, of colored men,
have already tendered their services to
Governor Sprague, and it is believed
will be accepted by him.
car Thirty-five men entered- thei r
names at Providence as members of the
colored regiment now being raised by
authority of Gov. Sprague. Gentlemen
hare been there from Connecticut and
other New England States, to learn as
to the probabilities of, the regiment be
ing raised, that, they might recruit for
the same respective localities. These
men will come legally into service under
the second draft.
Cr Fort Donelson has been abandon_
ed by our forces in Tennessee. The tel
egram states that the fort is of but little
use, as there is but thirty inches of wa
ter in the Tennessee 'river. It is not
the loss of the fort 'that we should no_
lice, but the effect of the capital which
will be'mado by the rebels with the an_
nouncement that ." Fort Donelson has
been retaken by the Confederates!"
iwr• The Secretary of War has decid
ed that every person., whether a citizen
or not—that is unnaturalized foreigners
—who have voted at any elections in
any of the States, shall be regarded - as
having exercised a franchise that sub
jects them to military duty. Every man
who votes if he is physically competent
must fight.
Cr Attention, Soldiers ! Protect your
health I No sensible man will leave the
city without a supply of Holloway's
Pills& Ointment. For wounds, Bruises,
Sores, Fevers and Dysentery, these me
dicines are tbe best in the world. Every
English and French Soldier uses them.
Only 25 cents per Box. 225
Cr Gen. Andrews, of Massachusetts,
is reported to have said at the great
Methodist camp-meeting, at Martha's
Vineyard, "I am not superstitious, but
it is a singular, if not a - significant fact,
that since the veto of Gen: Hunter's
proclamation every battle has been a
defeat."
ar Gen. Hunter's negro brigade has
proved a successful experiment. It has
not been disbanded, as reported. but
simply those who wished have been al
lowed to returh totheir plantations for
two months, as promised them at the
start.
ear A Rebel account of the battle of
Baton Rouge, announces the death of
Grdonel Alexander H. Todd a' brother
Mrs.lin&On. lie was on Brigadier
General Helm's staff, in the rebel army,
and was instantly killed.
itir The Sioux Indians in Minnesota
have broken out and murdered about
500 whites in border counties, and set
fire to houses, barns, forts, grain stacks,
&c. The slaughter is said to b 3 horri
ble.
(sr The editors and proprietors of the
Harrisburg Patriot and Union have been
released, on making suitable acknowl
edgements and pledges, and hare re
turned to their homes.
fir It is rumored that when our for
ces in Virginia are fully concentrated,
Gen. Hellenic will take the field in per
son as Commartiter-in-Chief.
lir John Slidell's property in °New
Orleans has, been confiscated by Gen.
Butler.
BLACK REGIMENT DISBANDED. - The
Hilton Head correspondent ofthe New
York Tribune says : "The Ist Regi
ment of South Carolina Volunteers has
been disbanded. Justice to the men de
manded that General Hunter should pur
sue this course. Under a regimental or
ganization for three months, these ne
groes have been drilling, performing use
ful fatigue duty, but have not received a
cent pay. Seeing their fellows employ
ed as servants for officers and as labor
ers in the quartermaster and commissary
departments, obtaining good wages with
out being subject to restraints insepara
ble from camp life, these black soldiers
have lately shown some dissatisfaction,
and clamored for justice. Gen. Hunter,
always quick to redress grievances, at
once disbanded the regiment. lie
had repeatedly appealed to the War
Department in behalf of thesepatriotic
freedmen, and bad tacitly, if not express
ly, received the sanction to keep the
organization in existenee, as the sending
down of uniforms, auountrements, and
arms for it fully proves. But Congress
adjourned, making no provisions for pay
ing the regiment, and there remained,
under the circumstances, no alternative
than the one which was adopted."
LETTER OF TUE ORLEANS PRINCES.-It
is asserted that gen. McClellan has re
ceived by the late mail a letter signed
by the Count. of Paris and the Duke of
Chartres, expressive of the friendship
and esteem of the Princes for his per
son, and of the interest they take in the
triumph of the Union cause. They
state that since their arrival in London,
on the 21st of July last, they have been
surrounded by a crowd of visitors an_
xious to obtain information on the state
of affairs in America.
They state also that their Encle,
Prince de Juiuville, has written a pam
phlet on Gen. NlcCiellatt's military op
peratious in Virginia, &Om the time be
took command of the Potomac army
down to the seven-days, battle before
Richmond. That pamphlet was first
intended for the French market ; but, as
the French Government does not allow
any work written by the members of the
Orleans family to circulate in France,
he will confine himself for the publica
tion of the present work, to England
and Germany.
law The sudden death of the lion.
John Laporte, of Bradford county; in
this State, will occasion. mach grief
among his large circle of friends. , Ile
fell in Chestnut street. Philadelphia, on
Friday last, and was lifeless before his
physician. Dr. Darrach, arrived. Few
men have lived more honorably and
blamelessly than John Laporte. Born
in one of the northern counties of the
State, he Ica.s been identified, from his
boyhood, with the progress and prosper
ity of Pennsylvania. Lle served in the
State Legislature and in the Congress
of the United States, was au associate
judge for a long period in his own coun
ty, and was Surveyor General during the
honest and (Tura geons State AdMinis . -
tration of Gov. Shank. Judge Laporte
waS about seventy years of age when he
dia.
,av• Senator S. U. Pomeroy, of Kan
sas, has, by request of the President,
consented to organize emigration parties
of free colored persons fur settlement in
Central America, and be commissioned
accerdingly. This gentleman's former
success iu organizing emigrant expedi
tions for the settlement of Kansas and
Colorado, affords a guarantee of a happy
communication of his present plans.—
The Government proposes to send out
the emigrants in good steamships, and
provide them all the necessary imple
ments of labor. and also sustenance,
until they can gather a harvest.
eir True to his promise and duly,
Gen. Corcoren has returned to Wash
ington. There is every indication that
a very fine heavy brigade of Irishmen,
to consist of two regiments from New
York city, Colonel llsmuc's regiment
and perhaps an additional one from
Philadelphia; a regiment from Albany
and Troy, and a squadron of Cavalry
from Massachusetts and Connecticut,.
will be raised by the great personal,pop
ularity of this distinguished soldier.
Qom' Gen. Tom Thumb and Commo
dore Nut are holding rival levees at Bar
num's Museum. The Tribune thus set
tles the question of their relative size
"To question the avoirdupois of a dwarf
is like questioning thesage of a lady.--
We will, however, say that white Com
modore Nutt is a marvel of minuteness,
General Tom Thumb is certainly as
small as two of him."
a r Lieut. L. P. Haskell (son of L. S.
Haskell, of Llewellyn Park, Orange, N.
J.,) one of Gen. Prince's staff, was
wounded in the hip at the battle of Ce
dar Mountain, but it is hoped not dan
gerously. It it worthy of mention that
every member of Gen . Prince's staff was
either killed or wounded, the- General
himself being taken prisoner.
The War Department has issued in
structions under which passports to per
sons liable to be drafted will be issued.
Any such person desiring to go abroad
can do so on giving a bond to the Uni
ted States, with sufficient security, in
the sum of one thousand dollars, -condi
tional to perform military-duty if draft
ed, or procure a substitute. -
BREAD BAE`NO FOR TEN Altli.T.-1110
army bakery, established in the Capitoi
at Washington, in\ April, 1861, is now
being removed to a new building, just
erected near the Observatory. Between
the let of May, 1861, and the last of
June, 1862, the Capitol bakery supplied
the troops in and around Washington
10,707,151 rations of excellent bread,
for which 56,486 barrels of flour were
used, and the saving between the weight
of flour allowed and what was consumed
was $16,453. As high as 245 barrels of
flour have been consumed every twenty_
four hours for a week, making 42,750
twenty-ounce rations or loaves a•day.---
The average•number of barrels of flour
consumed dnring the month of October,
1861, was a fraction less than 289 a (lay.
or 1,315,371 loaves for the mouth. Six
ty-five thonsandipaves were once isEned
in a single day. The saving of flour
has, in some mouths, made the profits
of the bakery, $lO,OOO after paying alt
expenses, and the net profits for the
fourteen months ending with June 30th
have been nearly $20,000. At one time
195 holds were employed, but the aver
age number has been about 100. They
receive from $42 to $Bl per month, and
one ration.
DEATH OF REAR ADMIRAL READ.—
Rear Admiral George C. Read, of the
United States navy, died os Friday last
in the Naval- Asylum in Philadelphia'
over which be presided as Governor.—
Ile was a navtive of Ireland, brit has
been in the navy of the United Stat..a
ever since I'Bo4, having entered as mid
shipman. Ile was on board the Conti •
tution when it captured the English
frigate Guerrieri-, the first of a succes
sion of naval victories which established
tLe fame of the American navy. !Jurors,
the close of the war he was put in coin.
maud of the Chippewa; in 1825 waii
made a captain, and sabsequeatly he
commanded the African squadron. In
1854, alter ho was put on the retired
list, he was appointed to the Naval Asy
lum, but on the now grade of Admiral
being sanctioned by Congress. he was
appointed a Rear Admiral. Ile was ae.
counted a brave and able officer, and
was highly respected as a man. Ile died
at the age of 75.
ARRIVAL OF A RCIIUISIIO ' P HUGHES ry
NEW s i oux —This distinguished pre
late arrived in New York on Tuesday.
from Europe, ou board the steamer'Sca
tia, lie was received by a deputation
of the Roman Catholic clergy, hea'lc•.t
by Vicar General Starr 9. the Reverend
Father Courtly, the Rev.. Father Doran,
who were conveyed to the vessel by Ru
fus T. Andrews, Survqcor ~r the Port,
in a revenue steamer. The Survey - or
and the clergy having greeted the Arch.
bishop, and congratulated him on lai4
safe return and good health. the party
accompanied him in the Serveyer's bout
to the font of Whitehall street, wbehee
Bishop Ilughes was conveyed to hi's ref.
idence. It is said that he will preee, , ,l
to Washington in the course of a fv
days.
A NOVEL. XVALK —OR last Thursdsy.
when 400 - orphans, from various Romati
Catholic Institutions, in New Yerk,
called on Archbishop Ilughes. at Lim
residence, Thirty-sixth street, St sdiseu
avenue. The Archbishop delivered as
address. In the course of his remarks
be alluded to the Peter'! Pence, the
collection of which was made about two
years ago, saying thit the name of every
(loner had been sent to Rome, and that
the Pope, although he did not have time
to rend each, hag taken a morning walk
over the document, which was ti: J mewh a t
over a mile in length.
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THE STONE BLOCKArE.—In cone of ear
opperations against the rebellion have
we been so unsuccessful as in our stone
blockades. Even John Bull was
howling over the cruelty, which he him
self had practiced in Savannah river,
our sunken ships were shirting their po
sition in Charleston harbor, and the
channel'graduallly deepening. Now the
harbor of Charlestoh is apparently as
free of access as if no stone fleet had
been sunken there. The cause of this is
the nature of the bottom, it _being al
)
most a quicksand:
" SIaRTESS PROS! EXPOSURE. TO A DRAFT."
—A man in New Haven procured ater
tificate of exemption from militarj . stir
vice by the following proem : -
Haring procured a pair of old boots,
he deliberately knocked off the heel of
one, and as deliberately walked into the
doctor's office. There wax necessarily
an inequality in the length of ttse pedals,
and a peculiar "dot-and go-one" gait that
could not be mistaken. A certificate of
"defective limbs" was pocketed, and the
relieved teamster departQ.
INFANTLCIDE IS ITALY... Some six y ears
ago reliable data, furnished by the heads
of the police in one of the minor Italian
States now iacorporated with one of the
dominions of King Victor Emmanuel,
established the fact that nine-tenths of
the infanticides in the country were
traceable to the desire on the part of
the priests of concealing their illicit
amonrs.—London Post,
Irgr Immitete tho example of the lo
eomotire, rues along, whistles over
hie work, and yet never takes anything
but water when he wants to wet his
whistle."