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"THE GREAT INCENSOR,"
CEEMEM
This doleful howl
Is a small-sized growl,
To be sung with•vim unstinted,
In the editor's chair,.
And eyeri where .
A paper is published of printhd.
It is not a song -
Of the terrible wrong
Old Buck" did a suffering nation.;
Nor the deeds of Floyd,-
.Who; with plunder cloyed,
Left a high official station.
Nor of General Banks,
Nor the curious pranks
Of Frank Blair and General Fremont ;
Nor the Prince of Wales,
Nor the "Prince of Bails,"
Nor Joseph Holt's speech at the Tremont
For stronger than these,
As each one agrees
Who is of news a dispenser;
More curious by far
Than these things are,
Are the deeds of the "Great Incensor."
And as those ; who higher
To urise inspire
Sometimes make a miscalculation,
So this "Groat Incons-
Or" of those who dispense
The news, has in his proclamation.
Very . end in its Iva}—
So the news-people say—
Is a little wholesome restriction ;
But consisency
'tanks with jewelry—
That admitiof no, contradiction
There has never been known—
So all posted must own—
In all the annals of history,
Such a wonderful man
As Secretary Stan- •
Ton, the incarnation Omystery
Strange are his ways
To gaits the praise
Of—surely no one kno ws.who ;
But this is- known—
' Ile has obstacles thrown
In the path of a patriot true.
Away with. the knave !
lu neason , e grave,
With flint monster foul, throw Stanton ;
- If there's any to cry
- 'Twill not be you nor I;
It surely no flowers will we plant on.
Beaide him a king
Is the man I now sing, [him
And to.praise.hito one needs but to name
For McCiellan's name
Is enwreathed with fame—
Their favorite the people proclaim him.
And.this doleful howl
This small-sized growl-7.1
hope in time may teach' him '
W4o caused this howl—
.Thia delicate growl—
And fetter behavior teach him
THE. ORPHAtt.
Come and list, and I will tell thee
Why at times I'm sad and lone ;
Why, the sunlight brings no beauties,
Why its pleasures all have flown.
Oft the smile plays o'er my features,
But it comes not .from the heart,
For its dearest, fondest teridrills
}lave been rudely.mide to part.
Pm an orphan, sad and dreary
All the world appears to be,
Though its hours are bright and j3yfhl,
Dal& and sad they seem to me.
alone I wander onward,
Watching for life's closing day.
When I'll meet my loved slid dear ones,
Now so far from me away.
I've a darling angel mother
Far away in you bright sky,
Where the fillies bloom and quiver
In that glorious land on high.
There It father dwells in glory,
Waiting for his orphan child,
SiogiNg songs among the angels,
Strains Of-music soft and mild.
And I long te join their numbers
On that bright and heavenly shore,
Where no sin or sorrow enters,
And where partings are noinore.
Mother, I am coming, coming!
Father, I shall meet ypu there I
Soon I'll join my angel pnmbers,
All your heavenly pleasures share.
4uhtpotat Vtunsgintitia Arurnal dia.-tett Voiitits t yiteraltirt Agicaitart, sttos-of- tht gaz( 11,Patal, nitili g nict •
FOR THE MARIETTIAN•]
THE Eiß4Frr.
Probably no, event, daring the rtreeent
war in which the. country is engaged,
has caused so much local excitement ; or
so much general discussicm,, as that of
the draft, whickhas been authorized by
the government, in order to fill..up the
depleted ranks of the army to, such. a
standard as may enable it to meet and
successfully cope with . a most reckless
and gigantie foe. Thee draft )llis . been
written about, and spoken of, from. va
rious motives, and by various individu
als, with any thing but terms of respect.
Even the, deputy marshalls; who have
been appointed to assess and.return: the
district muster rolls, have been villilied,
assailed, and resisted; as though they,
in the sworn discharge.. of their? duties,
were responsible for the, draft that, was
to be made upon; the names composing
those rolls. "The ignominy of 'the draft"
had gotton to be quite a common phrase
among some editors, in their zeal to en
courage voluntary. enlistments, and, al
though even for this purpose; such: lan
guage can never be justifiable, yet, in
asmuch as their motives seemed to be .
grounded in a laudable desire to advance
a good cause, they are in some manner
excusable. If .we look at the dictionery
deffiuition of the word ignominy, we
Shall find that it -means something"that
is publicly dishonorable, - disg,rae,eful,
shaineful,'reproaehful, or infamous ; not
one of which epithets can justly attach
to draftink for soldiers 'to fill up the
army, any more than it can' be applied
to those who are drafted to serve on a
grand or petit jury. No' man' serves
voluntarily on a jury. Not because he
is willfully derelict in duty te'his coun
try, but simply because.he may have
other legal and laudable occupations
.with which such voluntary serviczes
would detrimentally interfere, atra there
fore he runs the 'ehanees of 'the draft,
which, if he escapes; there is an end of
it for the time being ; but if he is drawn
he arranges his business so as to enable
him to attend to the duties assigned
him ; and• he • himself, =nor any, other
mun, thinks for a moment of attaching
to it the most remote idea of 'disgrace,
dishonor or reproach. It is precisely so
with drafting to obtain men to serve in
the army. It is the fairest and most
equitable manner of raising' an army,
and most especially so in a community,
or a'state, where a 'portion of the popu
lation are supposed to be indifferent,
pusilanimous, or disloyal., These latter
classes of men, of course are never ex
pected to enlist: voluntarily in the army,
and for the same reason, they' would not
be likely to volunteer any pecuniary 'aid
to the country. It may also be supposed
that they would rather pay a ''heavy
bounty and.procure a `'substitute," .than
to serve in the army of their country, in
which case they would be doing more
than they would have done, if left en
tirely to voluntary servilter. But the
larger portion of the draft - vould include
men who are of undoubted patriotism,'
or who would cheerfully volunteer, if tbeY
were not trammeled with pecuniary,
with business, or with Commercial and
manufacturing obligations, the abrupt
suspension of which, would infolve them
selVes and others connected with them,
or depending upon them, in' financial
embarrasment or ruin. Others are par
suing oscupations which,yield them and
their families a comfortable living, and
these would rather run the chances of
the draft, and would go into, the army
and do duty if drafted, but do not, feel
called upon to volunteer,, whilet; there.
are so many who are out of employment,
and who take the opportunity to getin
to the army, rather as a favor, than
otherwise. Those who volunteer in the
service of their country from Motive's of
disinterested patriotism, are entitled to
the, highest !need of praise,_ and ,ainple
pay besides. Those who volunteer froM
any cause, are entitled 'to more than,
ever they perhaps will receive; and
those who' are drafted, and who act in•
honest and undisguised obedience to the`
draft, are entitled to :nothing less than
any. other portion :of the army of their
country, provided' all other considera
tions,and their conducts, , are equal.—
Whatever credit maybe due to volun
tary enlistments, it never can be truly
known, until "the books are opened on
that great and notable day"- which is yet
in the future and when the motives of
men will be known, whether all whahave
gone into the ermy,inthat manner; were
influenced by a higher - degree of patriot
ism than those Who may ,have
.been
Large bounties; Sensational
speeches and newspaper paragraphs, and
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MARIETTA,-PAg SATURDAY: IJCTOBER"1:8, - 1862
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BY GBANTBLIVB:;
the impulses of the Momentl' together
with the voluntary enlistment nitfribnds
and associates, have had .much to do in
determining the conduct: orthanyq'oung
menotit of profitable employment—in
this respect, and it is , certairiithat Many
of them have aftervvards!Jitreted . the
Step they had taken, and have written to
their friendsfat - homei fiever• to mat the
• army unless they must. This latter.con
sideration places, -men. precisely Where
.the draft does, itr many instances , -some
go because. they must, and others froni a
sense of stern duty:;; but'under whatever
influence , they have:acted icit ije;
spect, there is rgason tebelieve , that
they will make as good soldiers, and ac
quit themselves as nobly as' those Who
have vblunteEired.; IWe'may lreasonably
suppose that , this , will be the case, fro'm
the fact that..more of the middle-aged
men of the' countrynoreefrom the 'ill
ral districts who' have,been inured. to , a
life of oat-door labor-,---and there of those
who havelioinicils 'arid families to • tigb t
'for, will be dinong them, proportionate=
ly, than• ail), usually among' those- Who
volonteer. The' almost universal expe -
rience•of otir Generals seeths,tcibe; that
men overtwenty:five Can rbetter endure
the hardships of ' the- service; , tliam those
below.that age; 'and' 'conse'quently.that
the large': number,bY far, 'of 'theist who
occupy , the=l army♦ hospitals - , 7 OA 1 11640
ymiths from:eighteen •• to , '' tA6rirty=oisel
- Toting nien are nevertheless,enti
tled.to theiJgratittide' of 'their' coantiy,
for the will they have maeifested; to do
the state some service" in the hour of
need, notwithstanding; hi order
vent, or counteract, those invidious 'dis
tinctioni•which some men 'are irotieto,
make, between volonteers•-and'i drafted
men, it is necessary • that the matter
shonld be.discussed•;calmly, ,
and with 'direct reference to•thefirots, as
theph Wire transpired in the-experience's
of the war.' '
It is true, that drafting nihy not be as
expeditious a plan to: get tip-eri army . ups ,
volunteering, but if a regularla'nd correct
system of enrollment'isMaintdiAed by a
state' or district; it mightnnt'airen be
less expeditious nail the'latter ; and for
all practical purposes, either p e cti
equitably or efficaeibusly, thereiS not 'a
doubt, that in the end, the phm would
be much better. Vollinteers" Mai en
dure fatigue patiently- and fight Valiant
ly; but drafted mein may equal thein in
all 'this ; at least the experiences of tla
past, bOth in this country andin Europe,
go very fir in support of such tlieorY.
The -"conscript's" of Napoleon proved
more then a match; in May instances;
for the trained regtlars Of England; Aus'
trim, Prussia and Italy,'arid even 'where
they were_ overwhelm'e'd`' With "greater
numbers, they suffadd themselves to be
cut•to pieces before they would yield.—
The rebel army, for more than 'year ,
past, has been entirely recruited', and
filled up through conscriptions, and the
idea that they cannot fight, or, Mr:U.72ot
fight, is one, that late events have gone
very far in dissipating. Nor is it true
that volunteers as a general thing Would
spurn, or decline associating with draft:,
ed men; and - if, in any instance, such
should be the case, their conduct would
be quite as unreasonable and as unwar- ,
rentable, as that false distinctiori Which
iesometimes'made in a republican gov
ernment, between the 'Gathers of .the
regular army and those of the uriny of
voluuteers. If we may believe' the' •reP
resentations of correspOndentc the sal
diers in the army of the Pawnee hailed
the news, that a draft'vras to be made to
recruit- their' scattered forces, with fedl
ings of the most •lively satisfaction
whilst thefact that men were received; as
volunteers,.intO the'service; for theshor i t,'
period of nine inotths; With .. edditiornal
fifty,-one bundred,-and' olio' hundred
and fifty-dollar' b'onifties; - trigether'with
a month's paY'in . advance,—whilst they ,
hed .. volunteered' 'for three' . yeciri 67;174 ,
war/withoat any of the.4e extra einOlii
mentwits more a` source " of jag oust'
dissatiafeetion, and' diacontent, thiticerit
of joy. Thad ieno sisterirthatprovides
so certain and Orderly a reaourCa';froiii
which to replenish or reinforce a tiroken
and worndown army, as that of "con
s cti pii b 6"; o n o 'ffette;‘,
objectionbile Of how lio,l?Ste,ful tbo'ielen,
and'its'naine '''lf
bodidd mthe, 'ef' the pi . olieir
ly enrolled aecarding to Aaiv, and Thifie
divided. into'three', or six, or more class'_
es, accordingly as the necessities of the
case may be ; each crass to serve, in ifs
turn, for three, or six, 'or nine month in
the field - -the second class fol. instance
qualifying itself at horai3,'Wliildt 'the - OA
is be service;`find the qualifyini j i 7 - -
BC/rwhife - tliViecieid n; sefvibe, — aP'
so on to the enifOr the notriberb t f
es, or the end of the war—it does not
;
ME
require much . penetration tp.ReNc i eive
'that` there' ?wit not *re equal
dis ibntion of military serviceawing
11
all classes . of thei c e . comratipity. Even if
;none.-.but., the ft/wt./blase shbuldlbe•killed
inkiae,tnal service„whero'thetlot is ebb
dupted..fairly, one litan: hate.iab - iequal
chance with another, to uscape,it. This
would save all the.etra l ,.boußtiel, the
I dt Whic ; h, w ) ou,idg9,,.4rin
r. JE..
clothing and le A
ening an army, or watch
might be deevoted`to'the b su port 9t,tkie
families of.those, who'sliUt i would be,
'to go'sunceSsiiely hi thW fiord. = - le'there
anything dislibabrable' or infainoUs
about the draft;•it'iti-te mean and 'dis
reputable attempts-which trieritnay make
to evade its" r i e . MisitOns. PtiP , ,Olhere
might: be some modification or amend
merits tp the draft laws v; in, eevkral-re
spec ts, thai„
,vro„nl . render it etronger,Nrd
more efficient, but in no; respet. are
th'ereiti:onger reasons amendment
than in
;!11:14I t c
an in a w itch re a e ., eo s age. n
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able
bodied man
one - hf - fi:irt.Y.:fite, Whilit a yisling roan is
b'etti3r at. tribtity .on e than! he is at 7 eigh4
other! thihge .fbeittg eqtiriliL;
.AfterEifor,the:drafttshotild - include esieh
ftially, all thettlethermiisoinatificid, and
not eiempted,that are betWeert the
ages pf ,t,we ty-kne .and.fiftyjnors.:
I * -Wliere.al k l-the men thatf.ciri3-Dedessaty
for. any qmergenby, can be obtaided; with
gut bounty ,ur.extra.pay, bf .any:kitid, by
voluntary: enlistments; it-is better to ac
cept that plan perhaps, than Imrestirt to
the draft, fbr, there - would Kam to be no
goociyeaien ter refusing to accept , the
military servicts,Of. the, yeqple when
they were . freely and disinterestedly,
of
fered; Wevertheless,,the sterling justice
equity of two plans-, would not
be in anywise altered by such a volun
tayy=demphstratietr , cin the par't Ohhe
.people,i.tbecausei. , Mnder' the :impulse- df •
excitement men are • as' liable' to be un
jnst te themselveslis theY arepto' others,
And if the maxim , -.4"8e jii beforci.yetr
generous", , --has an appropriate-applica
tionin arty I:day : have
There may,. be extreme cases of timer_`
geney,liewepr, where a tArritopy, is, in
vaded besieged—when the pub;
h.` safeky demand the ; .temporary
suspension of eivil law, and the procla
mation of Martial law—in which
by'
common defence'CoUlci be securedby' no
other , meins than - an immediste. volun
tary enlist - merit of the whole ':peoplO..L.:
In: thicli"e case; - br ' WOuld,
sh ere , folly; 'tfi ktir a m 6 merit, of
thW slb4 - bilcces'Ei,of the
draft, and the irran'who . would; franiany
pretencey i refuse to.ldoibie Whole duty in
such' a , ,case; would:15111y exhlbit . :thatlig
proper; ;.plaie would-be among the
vaders Land .besiegerisi instead of where
he is: There are . doUbtless some people
who have as mudit,aversion , -to the draft
only upon account of the disrepute in
which it,is fulsiy ,by,pthers :as they
have to going into ilettrmyaud•sharing
its dangers in any other way.; but, all ,
such ideas 9f disgracp attAching_ to it.,
are radically,. wrong, and ought at once
to be . dissipated : It is a very common
errorfor gone, people.to. denouncw, that
which seems to be against their,own in
terest in an'yway. 'A•zealoni.htficerwho
ie desirons of ferming a volunteer,corps„
within'a shbit period; Will no doubt be
tempted to , speak disparagingly. of the,
draft, and,se also many iff his friends,and
supporters, !ankh cannot effect the ques
tion in a moral Or a civil, nor yot ip a
patriotic sense, and May, therefore. be
well excused. Let no maft,therefOre, for
a moment feel that,
,his position ,as , a
drafted, mails an inferior or a degraded
one, and aboye 4111,et, no map, opder any
lathe pretense evade the draft ;,and more
than ail, let ilim" not buy himself Wafter
he is drafted, unless.. he fa. well,, assured,
that it is more patriotic to•stay at home-
than to go into the army, or,that be
can serve his country ,more . gully _ and
efficiently in,the pursuit of his .usual
callind, l than:he can' in' the cainp . or the
field. It ought' weif i understoiid .
that all- cannot go into iha.field . tofight
'th e e enemies orthe ,Some taus/.
stay at home' 'to•cultiVaia the. soil, and
attend to'the' cornmeraial'and. inaufac
tuyipg IntbiStS `of society, else there
resources for the army to
draw` upon fdr'its clothin. provisions I
'an d munitions_of war, and disintegra
tioti annihilation niusVbelits fate:=L•
'When the 'drafted men of our- country
'reachthateld',!therwill doubtlekrgivel
an t abcourit of , themselves that will corn
.paretfavorably,, in; the histiiryi orthit
tent !with them u of the - sable -
numberfofgany,/other ; 'Although . '
voltuiteitri:i' niaylhOet dtithi 0/645/ill:
41S-ow.oll.4erhapa3itii;i'lliell/
`'saniegtcirminfetantee 'ckfid
Lilo,. yet - it is quite certain, that - ''firkei:
eighteen months actual experience,
REM
with from one to six' hundred thousand
- olunteero •- the field th- ^ dow.
Voltiriteera ~tine war does not
seem nearer a close,, and the
rebellion any nearer being "crushed,"
thap it ' was immediately after hostili
tiesai' were 'comme.rine l d. It may 'be' after
all that the destinies of °a country, the
termination of the war, the suppresmon
of the rebellion, and the restoration of
-the union,.and the constitution, are to
be' determined the stein 'd'eeds' pf f the
'air'iteirmen. The" war of 1812, after
nearly ono whole leer of 'disaster and
defeat,: was-finally brought to -a sucessful
,terrnMstdon,•during(: the 'seemed yearzof
the, War,iby-itroop;9'who4were.idrafted in
„,to; the Servipe,,oand= whose conduct nn
many l a field, gained., for their .country. a
,xictory„aiid:forcth'em'sehresf an.imPerisha
-ble.ronown4Uhereforelet drafted men tin
falteringly ;buolrillt.on:their_whole armor,
an&honestly if`do-or•die” :;in.defence , of
:their,,,counbry, its constitution and;its
ISWs. 7r, :
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]yrp.7134t1,13E Jcl V.:S:1111W 11 71.3Cr.G0.---
IVAI,X . I:Id of to know hoi they
Vidlp.iii6;itiadei" One hull - di:ea yeais ago.
An old parier - h'as.the following descrip
tion bearing
_upon .the subject : "Mar
ried,:in June,. 1750, Mr: William Don
: kin,,6. considerable farmer, of Great.ToS
ßOO. (neat thbury), the,l, county , o f
,Northumberland, to Aliss:Eleanor Shot
tenc,,an, agreeable: young gentlewoman
of,the:samq., pla i ce:: The entertainment
lon this oc,easiou : was ...17.ery :gram:iv:there
being nn,less than; 129quarterslif lamb,
.44,:quarters veal,, 20 quarters! af-,mat
_ton, and !a, grejlt, cifiarntity. ,of beef; 12
Ammo, agitll a suitabla•number of• chick
ens; etc.,-. vyhich was : concluded - With
eight half ankers of brandy mado,into
punch, 12 idoze.n.io rcider; • , "a, great :m - arly
gallons ; of - Iwine; and. ninety: bushels of
malt made into beer. The company
consisted of 550 ladies and gentlemen,
bO'ricltided With 25 - fidlers and pi
.
peif. t ar.dthO Whble contacted with
the utmodt order and nnaniniity.”
: '
. Wrat tiA. VENGgANCE.—It
is, related to the San Francisco Califor
.nian,,hy passengera,:who . escaped' froin
34.iwreck• of the Golden: Ghte, that' a
colored dnan.nauted .P,eterson,. one of the
cooks belonging' to the' steamier,.- took
advantage,Othe ; panic• . to gather up such
loose change: 0-0 e terror-stricken pas
sengers lad,.'abandoned in - the, cabins
and staterooms. -- He succea:ded in pi,ck
ing, up s'tiliciant"coin and Taluablei to
FilltwOgood,§izSd 'carpet
,sacks. Tak
ing, afaiie corking, 'knife between his
teet4;linV Seizing,thre'arket sacks, one
in
_eadh hand, Peterson
: jumped over
boaf(l, .in the 'language of the in
forthant, "he anchored himself alongside
the wrscli t and didn't show his nose
ahove heliefed he 404
well off in a pecuniary view.,
Wnrcu is %Vinci( ?--Joubert de' Lain
balle, in - the Paris Ilbspital, has ,the re
putation of loving the knife and saw ;
be 'loves to hew and hack the poor pa
fient*oought to the hosPital, to show off
his skill. _After one of, his last opera-.
tions, the resident student stood looking,
at thdtio..pieces .9( mortality lyipg on:
the eurgeon's table. "i,V hat are you,
sharply asked th e surgeon..
Was waiting for you:to point out which,
Piece is to be put in bed, and which is
to'be buried."' .
A JUROR'S name'"was 'called by the
clerk. The man.advanced to the Judg
es stand, and said :
."Judge, should
like to be . excused." "lt is impossi
ble !" said 'the 'Jndge. debidedly. "But,
Judge,if you knew my reasons."
s i r , wriat, 'er e ` they I?" !'Why, the
,tact
is," and the man '.pansed.' "Well, sir,
pre,ceeo l 7 continued the Juidge..:l' Welt
Judge, if Imust-saylt=-1 - 7tavellia itch I"
The Judge, who Is a very; •Sober man,
solemnly and !impressively exclnimed--
"Clerk, scratch that ',nab out. • "
A NEW Ciaim.-r;An. Irish 'editors
claiming the • invention of everything,
from potatoes to potheen, for'lle , 'Green
Isle. gravely .01-x - ims piano-foite,•and
he ddes'ittthns - .: - "The piano forte - . of. the
present'da.y is simply the Irishr. harp,
placed horizontally in a box, and played
by machinery:" ,
AXALaa . r.--Wheii is a litani_like
hak •Whisti :begins to'-tobt.•: Whe'n
is it like a soliliet• PFVh ® n'it begins to'
-
Acid i whenirirlike, ,editor,?
'When it begins to blow: •
illar'A 'min -Who had been 'married
twice, to ladies both named Catheiiie,
advised_ his friendsalarnst takiner
-.7 , 7.1-, •u 3 ;,
, _
:the 'millir said when he saysr•t"e parser
mixing his rtim and water.
.stalc)ll
,The_gusrillas. steal so; many chickens
in Kentucky.that we•hope every rascal
of them ; will have the chicken-pox.
i rhe'lrWite'd Statesis God's land, and
and it'Should no more be divided into
two'einpiies than heaven itself should.
It is said that our army dPags afterit
six thousand army wagons. No wonder
it has so often proved too slow to catch
anybody
The have lost Harpor's Ferry.
They will soon ,he able to have no foot
hold in all that neighbor,hood except up
on the.platfortn old John Brown stood
Since the demand for lint became so
great, many of the very best ladies of
the nation have o•ot into a scrape.
.The: rebels ftdVertise in the Mobile
Regitter for !lboiler rivets and punch
era.P. We can furnish the "punchers"
with the gun-Cttachment, and guarantee
that they will do first-rate punching.
•
The Grenada Appeal gives the name
of a - Bentham woman who has six sons
ill' the rebel army. That woman is a
breeder of misehief.
We'kuessihat the-rebels, when they
leave oor State-, will be so 'thickly coy
eria- with the -dust they raise in their
flight,
, that they may be said to be "bu-
Tied in Kentucky soil."
If. it is true that "stolen bread is
sweet," .the rebel troops in Kentucky
,can eat theirs without honey or mo-
1110/
Every epauleited fellow strutting
about the streets when he is able to
on - duty should have his spurs hacked off
as unceremoniously as one would back
off those of a cowardly rooster.
Men may think it important to attend
to.their business mid fake care of their
estates, but what will their business and
their estates be worth if this rebellion
shall triumph ?
If .hunger, as they say, "can't eat
through a stone wall," we should think
that bravery might eat through Stone
wall Jackson and his army,
Geri. Lee may be an officer of consid
erable penetration, but he coaldn't pen
etrate Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Gen. Miles was charged, with being
drunk at Flarper's Ferry. He managed
to get off the charge by dying. •
We bear nothing now of the where
abouti.of Nixon, the rebel Colonel, who
told people , that he was about to take
theeeditorship of the Louisville Journal,
Where are you, Nix? Won't you call
and, let us allow you the premises ?
It is stated that Stonewall Jackson;
when half way across the Potomac in
his flight from Maryland, turned upon
his horse to take a final look at her.—
We - do• not: suppose that Stonewall
cursed . ' her, for Stonewall is a devout
than, but we guess he prayed God to
curse her.
Several weeks ago Gen. Lee proposed
a bet of one hundred dollars to ten that
in one week he would dine in Washing
ton. We accepted the wager, but we
don't believe that Lee will ever pay us
a red cent. „ He will sooner, if necessa
ry, plead the gambling act. But we
mean to employ — Sheriff McClellan to
collect the money for us. Takeino Con
federate trash, sheriff.
Muggins was passing up the street
with a . friend, when he observed. a dog
that had been killed lying in the gutter.
Muggins paused, gazes intently on the
d'efunct animal, and at last said, "There
is another'shi reek "Shipwreckf", !
where r ,"There is a bark that's lost
forever." His companion growled and
passed on.
gfir How near akin laughter is to
• teams, was skown when .Reubens, with a
siagle stroke of his .brush, tufted a
laegkiog child in, a. painting to one cry
. ing ; and . our mothers,
,without being
great painters, have often brought us
,in like manner, from joy to grief by a
single stroke.
giklf I should be drafted into•the
service what would you do ? said a gan : .
tleman to.his wife, lately. "Get a sub
, stitute for you, I suppose," whereupon
: the ,worse half :changud the subject of
couyersation. t,.
A beggar-woniamwhen questioned
if She Ner , e not:an Irish woman dropped
a curtsey, and added, "Sure .I am, yer
honor, and have been ever since 115 as
a child."
April
.11, 1a,04-
NO. 12.
Sharp Cuts from Prentice.
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