Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1863-05-07

              VOL. IX. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1863. NO 27. THE MOIXT YEKX9X UEl'tBLH'AX. T 12 K M S : For ono year (invariably iu advance)S-.Ol lor six uonths, TKl'.MS OF AUVtllTISISO. One square, 3 weeks, One siiuuro. o months, One S(ii!ire, 0 months, '.Ine square, 1 year, lne sijuare (changeable monthly) t) aangcablo weekly. l'.o MUaves. ." weeks, Two HUares. (5 weeks. Two 'jijuiirt's, o nit nt lis, Two squares, 0 months, 'J' wo siiiares, 1 year, 1 liree squares, i! weeks, 1 liree squares, ii weeks, Three s.ipuures, .') months, 'J liree ft inures, month", Throe s.iuaros. 1 vc.ar. 1,01 l.Ol 3.111 4.o0 ij.ot. IH.IK lo.m 1.7." o ., .- 5."." li.To S.M 4. :.i. (5.1.1 5. (.;t 10,01. One-fourth column, than, quarterly, 1 Ill: III' One-third " One-half " One column, oh an rouble incnoi'!v. HS.I.O .Vl.t'l! Select poctrj) (iOOT It YE WHISKY If a body dreats n body BJit some goot, old live, Cut if a body takes a toddy, Zomctiiues on der shly, Or if some feller, ladder meller, Trinks till he gels hiph, Gainst dis licker should he poller? No such fool am I, GORl'S ALL ZIM'.J Efery boddy loves his toddy, 1'randy, gin or vine; Efery one has got his hoppy, Goot old l!ye ish mine. l!own in der shdrcet I often meet Zoine Peutchnuin on der shbree, Unt if one of deiu should shtund a treat, Itspoot old llyo for ine. Of all der trinks dors none I tints So e,oot veu one isli try, 1'ers nothing ven your shbirits minks. Can raise dem like old llyo. ooiius Al.t. zixo. Efery boddy loves his toddy, Prandy, pin or vine; Unt efery one has pot hishobby, Goot old llye ish mine. Ycu funds is flush, den off 1 rush To Mynderiz's liquor shdore, Tut deru T never trinks too niu.-h, A quart shu.-t ant no more; Yen on der shl.ree I happy be, I lough in der sh rjcts I liu, I'nt till der vorld is nix to me, Ven tringinp goot old lly o. (lottus AI.I. ZlNli Efery buddy loves his toddy. l'on vy shouldn't I Unt efery von hash pot his hoppy, Mine ish poot old llyo. Puyton, Ohio. John- d Williams THEDOJHINTIIE HEART. BY VIltdlMA F.TOWNSENII. She was a s'eru, hard woman. lut far away, up a preat many pairs of wiudin;.' stairs in her heart was a d..er e.i-iiy pas-cd ly, and on that door was written Woman. Vhti rli n Dli kfin. And so it is with the drunkard. Ear up preat many pairs of windinp stairs i1 in his heart is a door, and on that door i written M vx. an 1 we in t-t kit ick on it nee, twice, seven times; yea, seventy iimes seven, that, it may opeu unto us. JlillH . (jlllHjIl. lie i us an old man not so old either, for the years of life, could not have wrinkle.! his forehead and whitened .his hair, and the hands locked on the old pine table, did nut tremble so with the weakness of ape; yet very oi l an I miserable looked l:t solitary occupant of that narrow n i .or entry, with its faded red curtain, and ' Us atmosphere rendered ainio-t intolerable by the bur room into which it opened A hat. boai inp umnit.takable evidence of s np intimacy with ''brick-bats and gut-ij.'s," maintained a safe position on one Btdo of the owner's head; and a pair of elbows thrust themselves throuph his cc.at flecvcs in rejoicing conscioiisnees that they ' eoulU "allorii to be out." Add to this, reader, a pair nf pants whose original color it would have been a matter of timoaud study to determine, und you have the tnut AnmnUe of the wretched being w ho'oecu pied the back room of the only grog-shop, -which he was obliged to frequent, in all die vil.ago of Creeufie'ld. And yet that miserable, solitary, friendless creature, sitting there half stupefied with the effects of last nights revel, and ut- terly unconscious that, the May morning 1 liaU been born ot uou, with its glorious birthright of sunshine and dews and bird-Hongs. has a heart, and ' far away, up a great many pairs of .lairs iu his heart, is a door," covered with cobwebs and dust; and in lhat door is n word written, which Time :ul S n have never been able to efface and !iat word is Max. But nobody ever dreamed cfthis, and icople shook their heads, ami .-aid Jiilly Wrong's case was a hopeless one. Had nut tin) "temperance men" gone to liiin with the pledge, and promised him employment if ho would sign it? And 1 diis had been utterly in vain. Ah, nuiie id il.rin had gro ed thuir wn lo tli j wind upstairs, and read the name uii the hidden door there ! Tint while the unhappy man sat hy the pino table that morning, the far keeper ... tt i k ud.loiily entered, follo'-ed by a lad), with olt. hazlo eyes, und a face that a child i would in vc pine to in trouble. 'I he old man looked up with a vacant 'aze nf wonder, us the bur keeper . tiered he lady a chair, and pointed to the occu - unt of the oilier sayinp: 'J hat's Dill Stronp, iiiaiinni.'' md. with a linperinp stare of surprise and curiosity, left tiie penlie woman alone with the as- ionisiicd and now lliorouphly sobered loan. The soft eyes ofthelady wandered, with a sad, liilyinp expression, over Hill's lea - tures, and then, in a low sweet voice, she with Ins proud, manly tread, and she a asked: I delicate, frapile. c real ure, fair as the oranpe 'Am I riphtly informed? Do I address blossoms that trembled iu her hair. I re-Mr. William Stronp?" meinheu how clear ami linn his voice Ah! with these words the laoy had pot- ten iiirther W thu winding stairs, nearer the hidden door, thau ail that had pone before her. Yes, that i.s my name, ma'am," said Old Kill, and he danced down at Lia.shab by attire, and actually tried to hide the elbow w hich was peeping out. farthest; for it was a long time since he had been addressed by that name, and somehow, it sounded very pleasant to him. I am very glad to meet yon. Mr. Stronp." said the lady. "I have heard my lather speak nf you so often, and of the days when you ana lie were hoys together, that 1 al - most feel as if we were old aciuaintances. 1 oh surely cannot nae lurgotteu c wines Morrison?" state, I would seek out Ids old friend. j '''! no! Charles and I used to be old Iiut when leiujuired for you. they unfold- cronies," said Old Hill, w'th a sudden ! c.l u terrible story to me, Mr. Strong; they ! animation, ami a light iu his eyes such astbl ,c of a broken desolate household; nYi had not been there lor niaiiy a day except when rum lent i: a fitful brilliancy. Ah! the lady did not know, as perhaps ; lie angels did, that she had mounted the stairs, and was softly feeling for that unseen door. So she went on: "I almost feel as though I could see the .0. I spot upon win '.-ii your hoine.steail vtoo,l ."or Sir.iiig, 1 iiave iio.ird my faiher de-.cribo It s'jultuu. 'i he hill, With its crown n old o. ks, at the back oi your hoii-e. and ' ' .he fiei.i of gohieii harvest liiat waved in i roil i. Then tiiera was a green grass plot j icibre the Iron' door, and the hit ..tr. .ml tliu Inuo ul.i ai - le tree that threw its sli . l i.n a ! hs it. um tne great old tashione.l port:co, an he graie vine that crept around the pil- ,i' mi,. I il. r,w.. i.oi. i..f I ;,. ..tie the bel-roem window, and the spring that .rent flashing an Uinging.hr .ugh the bed ;' mint at the side of the house. 1 1! I i : 1 1 i -I.. :.. i.: . ..i. .: l iiiii inoiuu Liiiu.isii in j. is. ciia.iaim: J .ue inuseies arounu nis .iiuu.u .w,reue.i iue.ision.ui , uui, lllllll.ll lllll oi nils, 111 lilt; , pass lit-... !.... ..IU ... 1II.IU .111,1 fVLA. OI 1,'tllllll and tumbling about 011 the grass, telling ' - ' , each other the things we would certainly I do when we became men; and when the j un set its caii of .'ob I 011 the ton of the I oaks, 1 can see M'iliio's mother standing iu 11 the front dour, with her white cap and check apron, and the pleasant smile that always hovered around her lips, and hear her cheerful v. lice caliing, "Come, boys, come to supper. One after another the hip. warm blessed 1 tears came rolling down Old Hill's pale j cheeks. Ah! the lady had found the door j then. 1 w always at home at Willie's nitiicr wouia say aua usca to have my fresh milk und biOtiil tuuj und, wlicu this had disappeared, Willie would draw his stool to his mother's foot, and lay his head on her lap, and she would tell us some very pleasant story, it might be of Joseph or 1 Ihivid, o, some good child who afterwards became a great man, and then she would part Willie's brown curls ftoni his forehead, and iu n voice 1 can never forget say "l'roniise mo, Willie, when you go into the world and its temptations, and your mother is laid down to sleep in the churchyard yonder, promise me child, that her memory shall keepyou I'miii allevil ways.' And Willie would lift his laughing blue eyes to herf.ice and say, "I'll be a first-rate man. don't l.Q ,l,,ii,l moiher. A,l the., a. tor we l.u 1 said our piayers, wo would go to bed as well as the birds that went Ii thcT nests iu the old apple-lien brunche-hy the window and just as wo werf sinking to sleep, we would hear a soft fal1 on the stairs, and a loving form would bcin over to see if we were nicely tucked up. 1, is a long timj father w.ul lsay, ulcer a jui use since I heard l'roni Willie, but sure e low sweet tones, the lady kept on. j Ial.,e lhat its rhumatic limbs hardly , . at T: " - Many and many were the houi c.l (heir wiuilibriiim. ,...,1 he ea..crlv cio,l ' it' V ..,;.." . k" jwlio, he is ino.iarchial. anyone who lather would .mv Willie and 1 used to 1,1... 1 ,l. ..i... .' ' , ,i. 1' ""'" exei -00111,1 ,,, ,,, 1V, ,, ,;,.,.,,, . . . . ,..upe, me lany piaceU he such a th 1," ,,s siininin,. uol I ... tinner the s uhIcw of that oiu apple hcfiire hi,,,, and wha he returned them 1 leaves, but nature will not deceive us she IT". ' Wn'W,t M ''' I am that lie has never lit lien into any evil ways. The memory id' his mother would keep hiin from that." Hup, rap, rap! went the words of the la ly at the door of that old man's heart. 'raek. eraek, crack! went the door on its .... ... i. i.:ii. i , . , unices; line i.ir aoovo tliein lotli. 'he atigeb. nf Cod hel I their l.re if h and listened. Hut the l.njy could only see thcstib-dued man hury his face in his hands, and ..... i wh.ie Ins wuole fr.inio shook iku an aston i leaf, she heard him murmur. .,.;, ,.l.;i.l. ike sobs ; 'My uioiher! Oh, my moiher!" And she knew the tears that were wash- j inn thnso wrinkled cheeks, were Washing iout also many a dark 'wo in the reword ,.l Hid bill s past hie; so, with a silent pray. ;cr of thankfulness sh ,1 'Unt there was one scene my father oved to talk of better than all the res;. It was on the inoininp you were married. Mr. Strong. t was cnoiiph to do one's eyes pood he used to say to look at them 1 as they walked up the o!d church-isle the sounded throu-h tin- . ,1.1 ,.lm,.,.l, v 1. ,,,.! misoil to love, nrotect n,l i..,..m1, tl... r ! pirl at his side; and I know, as ho looked upon her that the very winds of heav. o should not wsit her face too rou-hlv." "And then mv father would tell i.s nf .i home made very bright l.v watch In I air...... tionsaudofa dark-evud h.,e ,J n r;r j haired "irl who n o ..iv.,. ., . l. t . .d .,l iiaiicu jjti i who came alter awhile to plail- i en it; und then;you know he removed to the West and lost, sight of you. Mr Stronp." Once apain the lady paused, for the agony of the man before her was fearful to behold; and when he spoken again, it was m a lower und more mournful tone: j - promised my father, previously to his ileath, that il ever I visited his native tne penile uncomplaining wife, who went! down with a prayer on her lips for the err - nip hiishunil, broken-hcrted to the grave; aud of the fair-haired girl they placed in! .. t:..i i .. i i .i ,UB .... y ncr sine. un. it isa sad. . x j,ao jit-aia in my mtiiersoM IritMi.l." fM I T T' flilUt:',l: 1 , 0,1 .I''" S'".'1 0"' '" 11 ' w"1' wnolion, as he lifted his head .' I , , . , " ""' "ls c.aspe.l liatuls and looked upon !. 1"" I ,lu' ''"!.V- every feature wearing sue!. a!. look oi agony and remorse ihat mIio hud. . it.. . t ,u '",J,"U ,u " iue, wmo open tooil . 1 1 iv. i I f . T T' t I ,,,. ,1 , (i , i ill . ,Ut' ,""r ll'"' 1:1111 hastened to : . ... iss m. A sum h in. w.-.s 1 '.i ,ul u'11 s uriui J " s'pet Voice inunniir I: j-.ien ior all this there is i-o,l..i.mt;,... redemption. j 1,1 'e.l you. . 11 till in nu. .. .1 - ...:i'. .... I .- - j"". o.inig iio. aii'i in uie ' 1 that side her, 1 ask you, 'ii . , will you sign the pledge' ") will." said old liiil. ,,,,,1 he brought III lll'l II. n 11-1 ,11, ,.l 11 1. . , 1 C' .. . . in broad, legible characters urn.11 (1... 1 ' " " 1.1.11 .tj 1 o 1 lav p,.v There was an expression ludicrous from ' its extreme eiii i.witv .... .i. 1 .... 1 I .1 ,11,3 l'.u -ieviici s 1 face, as the lady passed quietly through' the "shop ' after the long interview with old Hill, and the expression was in 1,0 u,.. pree lessened when, iu a few moments af-; ter, old Hill followed her without .stopping, ' as usual, to take his firsS gla'S. nd hv vti r jmssn? over that thn dindl iijmii, And now. reader, you whose heartthrobs1 with tenderness and reverend of humanity, j fallen, dsipised. miserable thou'di it mac I be. remember that somewhere in the heart ' of your fellow man is a door, which,though flowed ior many years will Miidy ojtct to the hand that knocks iu kindness, and the voice that calls iu love. Sudden Growth. A Yankee lad. whose father was a"down oust'Tanncr, went intollc barn-yard lo play, a short time, ngn and being detained a prisoner by a thunder-storm' he fell asleep on a bag of guano. The oldpclnIeii'an,whcn the storm was iyer, went into the barnyard to look after his son, and met a giant eight feet high coming out of the burn. "Hallo! who are you."" he cried. "What arc yon doing here?" 'Why father," .,uear.ed tlio Goliath," it's 1110. Hon t yon know Tummy?" 'You!" exclaimed the no astonished parent." Why, Tommy, how 011 earth did you pet pulled out so long in so nhort tinia?" 'Why, father." replied the bov. look in lown upon the gaping old man,' I .lept on HUSO ll.K 111 trll'lllil Vill tllif in lioi-i. I hose baps of guano you put in tho ham, aud ihcm and the lightuing together has dune tlio business." own Ins han I with sue h loivo in. il.n ..i i -i , , . . I"s rule over Ins lainily. ami lor Ins Con- We all do latit'iis a Leal'. The merely intellectual leader nf the Bible he who can lead its pages without being moved lo its relations or touched by its sweet proini-.es even such a one iuut needs be impressed by one thin;,'; namely, I the variety of illustration and comparison iirawn lroiu our natural wurhl, as well, as their beauty and truthfulness, und fidelity to fipure. The changes that areeiintinual ly poiug on above and around us chaivos silent, yet wron .lit in beauty most , von - dniiw m, ,1.,,. i, ,.. . i. ., . . l , ! l i j v ". t "iniurL iiunceueii unheeded because they are neither tin- common or unnatural; they are simply ev ery clay occurrences. JJut in the Uibic we may meet them apain, a.id there they mut needs be heeded. These same siient wonders were enacted iu centuries loup pone, and we liud them taken up and set iu words. And they appear to uenwovcii in some precept of wisdom, some promise . e .. .. c ... ..I . i . . oi couiiuii, or it may oe, nroupht out in a startliu denunieation with a vividi.c ,i . . . ., i . . , , ,, that is terrible to a sin-sick soul. So lirev-1 I . ,, i , . n , alent throughout the Scriptures are thce! ,i , ... , , . . , , drawings Iron, nature that it has been .1. .,. i.t i .. . , ,!ii.".i;;ht hy some prominent writer, thai , sllt 1,1 faity, ciitains ludiin realty, colita herscll'j ! a" ,Ii:lt ,s necessary for our teachin here I i '"''"u': ,,lat 1111,1 wu flI'i'"i(U;i ,'"""-!' ,a ,u"k '"' "lie depths of her ;rcat ! I"'"rf- "r ,'ars f""; "oun' ' ich tl !"""",s ,1,at t'"l:llllilu therefornt, or feet I e'1, e uiiplit there find the some com- . , i ,ort U,K' Prol"1;l!. snme instruction and ,. .' . 1 edification lli:it II.J I' ,,,v ...... in L',n.',i...t-i aiiuo in . , . . uui tii.i'...i ,....iu, .km gi'juuusi given .... :.. i,;. ;.;...,i u-....i ' US, 111 MV,. IUs to He noteil how irc.,uently the; li.b.e touches upon the frailty of human : lil'e, and how impressive in the language ; . . , , . used. We ure u.'icd to ''coine forth like a i 11,,w01' !li- wo have known nnt .liuiuan ''Vl's' ''ril." I'a"'' l",lli'lh !ind we have their hands. They look upon the dark ,llt'"1 '" ,'lltlimnal ''r"st; otli-!side, and can never enjoy the pood that is lts are like the grass of field, useful and ! present, for the evil that is to come This lovely, but of which Scripture with, -luji not religion, ilelipion makes the heart the morning it. flourishcth and growth; in 1 the evening it is cut down, and willicrelh." ' And as if tlowes and glass wore: not frail enough, things still more evanescent and ' vai.i.uing are brought up for illustration. ... . . Ueuvol ken U unto the passing vuwl ! MIir l;;;. tlllt .. V:IMlll. ,,.. 'u nii)n uie winy a"I. and the prophet Isaiah pauses, 1 (he.nidstofalistofcorrupliotis, tode - dare that we .-,11 ,1 I'. i,. ... ., t .c I -.... ic.ll. I Tl,,... . ... r.. . p ii- in. . . '""".- nunng icat is set to . 1 1 ! ( 1 1 1 1 j iitni.. i . i iuy are cm-up preacn-, imv u'n ...... ..V.....l 1' ...... i. .i ii . I "w mil (iiitiivi itj Inll'll LI 1 I Ilt'lll- I kill I t. , . ! lllUV ai'C II HD fSllL'Ut tClCillM'-i 1 nV l-i k mi sin-ntic.itni.is, tin) talk no W'or.l- it iv 1... . l,..t. 1 ...... ..... ' "J " 1"'u " "re io know them. Leaves of summer arc like . rcitt:0-, some natures that we know, and know buti l" mve; they are l oy civiiii-ahvavs. I-1 ltlVui tllL')' are jny giving always. From i forth of the ny bud untd j tln.c 'ii'i. 1 -.,... ...1. i .1 l.i' ",v "',-- tii-iuii hi iusiic anil win: I'1'1" tu tlll! tt'"id till II' lll'sl t. r ll.... it .. . ly seudi J ' k.iou's 1. iir ..1. ,. 1 1:. d :n 1 . . ""''''',' ' o n sc. j Another thing instructive to the obscr-! ver of t'10 li il.ifj 1 ,.l, ...... nJ .1... 1. .0 is ,,,at w,lil'-' thus diffusing its beauty and . ,rilPraiiee around (he pathway of man. cyv'i' ull i sileinlv and humbly Workir,'.- ..... v.1,.,,,,.0 o. iiiu ie.il ,mt' 'ts "w" destiny. Mach leaf, soualieat ' 11,111 Wl""'01'l u' i media 11 iv.isiu, is cuiitont j ''.o, to do just u one little part to-' ! ward the working out of nature's "rent i "l'r:lc',!' 110 vanity arises'nnoiig t hem, they km,w neither rank nor grade, unless it is wll" 01,6 ruts I'ipu before it fellows, and a '""elv, scarlet leaf amid the 1 loiui Measure most rare: a , . , preen, the first to complete its work, the'W!,.v' novt'r" their own domiiiions at hoiuc, first to fall. ! where each man reigns absolute. When .. . , . ' . the initials ot each 'little reipn arc shown it is not a long time nince" it b"enme n'.i u . m , , , .. n ""'c 1 the .Sujiroino Master, under whom we thing of every day knowledge that fiwt i i,,,,. Mv.,,:,rnll. ;,i ........ 1, . . . .. , ,, , 1 iocs uui mii mo leaves, j ncy do not ilie until they are ripe and ready, and it had been conceded that all leaves, even 'iiss and mosses, put on their brighter color just before their fall n 11 I thus iu their dying they become to the living, us burning and shining lights. llipe and graceful, they drop into iheir Autumn grave. wiiiie the tree mourns not lor its sweet I children. It knows, when it let fall its ; radiant mantel, that it was not forever. It knows that spring is sure to come; and with it n new and beautiful life, and thus j the dead leaves that now drift around our j .Lor-etoitc, aud crisp and rustle beneath our feet, may teach us still another won- ilnrf'iil nml rtflVin It- T t.. ...II if wo can make our own lives as profitable as . . VHV.V. 1 1 u icvun. it n nu i in us, whereby we mHy look forward to an I i I ? ' . . .... tuat 01 it'c laiiing leal.aud have ttiat with-1 eternal Spring time, in tuc better life which Uoii lias proparcu lor them that Jove aud serve uiiu. Tlte Soulier's stratagem. j In the Peninsula war, the peasantry ! who lied upon tins 'dine of march." and 1 to w hom the purchase of thuir provisions j Was often almost as ruinous as the plunder ; could have been, were put to desperate I straits to preserve their poultry. The mo. , went a detachment ntarcnetl into a village. ' fowls, ducks, and turkeys, ull were in re- I tuii.sitinti without reserve; mid at lenpth ' l'ic 0W"C1J of brood hens and reverend ' Ji,""1,!r " Cl1 ,,,ck ,K', "!' ! chests and t res-es us soon us the drum ; .... was heard whero beinp in the dark, the bipeds remained perfectly silent, und iii-iirrers were inforined that the last party hail eaten up the w hole. The device sue-ceded for a time, but one day a shrewd old cainpaipner, of the German Icirioti, carried a live duck fr nu his panniers into a farm house where no poultry could be found, and pinched thecreature till he extorted the ustta' "Quack! attack!" The rcsu,t ,vas a nnullai.ei.us roply iron, all the boxes and cupboards in the room; and. to the utter despair ot the Spanish farm- . , , , ers. in three weeks the test was -jeueral , , , throughout the iirtny. - J A Clivcriul Heart. I I once hears a young lady say tj an in- d'v'dual, "Yutr eouutciiaiice to me is like " the risinpsun. for it always pladdens me with a cheerful look.'' A merry or cheer ful countenance was always one of the ., , l iiitiii:n un;ii iu pji siini inn mi" ! , , , , . . inics and MMsecutors could not take away 1 - , . i i lroiu linn. J lu re are some persons who , pci.d their lives in this world as they . , , , I 1 won l snenu uieir lives sum uo in ;i nun- pen. Kverything is made gloomy a"Jcumus rliua 01lt iu UiK.k 8ilk tt Jrcs out forbidding. They go mourning and emu-j j( a!ll.,i;ta l. (,e .tliy tW) 4 . plaining from day to day, that they have , , ' . ,. , ' so little, and are constantly anxious lest wh.ii little they have shoulil c-cape onto: cheerful; and when Us large an.1 lienevo- j leut priueipl'.'S and evoreised, men will be j . ! haimy in spite of themselves. J he inuiis- ! trioits bee docs not complain that tUore i . ii i .i ' are so many poisonous iiowcr., aim ......, I nun lu's 111 his roaa, out uuea on, seiccu- j i , 1m,,.v wliim he I1M1I it. Jin' 1 i(;i passing .ja'vtly by i!.e places whero it ia iot. There, is enough iu this world to i..:.. ..i ! i',,.1 ,:...u 'vith, if men I'lllll III.) Ill (1UOI1L .111.1 111... I null, . i, i- . w c. . ' on a i liavp i lsiiii.i inn. e iitteii trave, v " " - ,,..,,' . ; ' ' . " . isinrif. :itiil :i ho.'irt to tii'.iwi fnwl f,.i Ins u;iiii i 1 1 1 1 ii in vrn r u . w l u , i I " " ' " - . 4, . . . I tM'LMU", WU IllilV MiliK ( Ht'TC . II Willi CUM- . . I..i t !iin co.ne to I in en, ii inn' loiti'i.ev ... - J " luiillf li.Uil.. T,,a,k(.r:,v 1H,V(. ke ,rm!rwir.ls tllall " I jin describing the domestic (lorilla, (one of jwhi.in we have iu our mind's eye.) which ho lines in t hi' following manlier: ''Tor ihero is no law to control the king of t'.ie fire.side. lie is master of property, happi ne al"",st' "l! I'ee to punish, .to inake liaiii.v or unhaiiiiv. lo mil in lnr- j1"1'13 - " mi0' ki" bis wife gradually, aud I 1m! 110 """'c "I'lestioned than the grand s'''-":"1' w'"' d''"'us a slave at midnight. 11 ii." ")a.v "l;lkc slaves and 1 ypocrites of his hiMrcn, or fr'ends and frceineii; or drive t'"'1" rerolt an 1 enmity against the "aiural law of love. 1 have heard -.cliti- j ;':l"s lTce-house wiseacres talking !"vpr t'"3 newspapers, and railing at the ! tyrraiiy ot 'the emperor, mid wondered how llieMi' wll 810 monarchs too in their own '""V' ....v .3 .. 11, .ju lam uurt! of household tyrants, cruel as Aumrath, savage as Xcro, aud reckless and dissolute as Charles.'' r.lcc;iii?hU'l:iire!i. A certain military chaplain did all he couhl to prevent his soldiers from r.tlj,,,. asleep at church, l'ven when reading the text he used to break off in the middle ol an unfinished sentence, to call atlciition to Soiue tired red-coat ci.joying his somnolent nods und winks in a distant corner On one occasion ho so mingle 1 Scripture with the intimation, that the ludicrous itssocia. tion gave rise to an irrepressible titter .1 1.1 'der, for thus impressively read the chaiJ r n run it i nn riniiff tr.. t ..... ...i lain: ' "And Abraham said (into Lot fa rmxc ... VI I during which the parson pointed toaslum- bcrer 111 a retired seat,) scrgcaut, that uiau' askepi , u 11 1. ill ri'iioi'r I'.ir 11. 1111 c, ,,.,.,. .Stick to It. ' Slick to it" the very doctrines of ull others. Who ever 5 1 tW an v one to r.,11 J himself under this Inn uer and coino out j the little end of the horn. Nobody we'll ! be buinid. It's principle uokvl up w ith the rectitude, purpu.se heart untl oul,wrnM 1 Keep any uiau utjovo water ana in inue 'kv. j Stick to it. It's the very hisiury of a!! experience, the triumph of mind, art, lit- eraturc, every preat and noble w nk in its direct and appropriate illustration. He who would be, do, pain, make, mvp, aciiit.' u, aiiMino" mi naie ci , oi" 'in inicni ' ' I ot hie. trade, politics, religion, phllanthro- 1 r. ' .:. . i 1 p.V, in i..i- iini.-i inahe a nis ursi iio'i ia-i . ( object of solicitude, the Alpha and Omega ! . of aspiration and action. Tell us of a young man. w ho ever did a thing worth a note that did not ' stick to it." Look around among your acijiiain-larees, and see who is and who is not something." In him who i.s deservedly famous and honored you will find a man wdio years apo, in the strength, determination, energy, and light of an all coiiijuer-ing resolution, said "I'll stick to it," and who did and has stuck to it ever since. South Carolina Aristocracy. Tar-on Druwnlow suit iu a speech dis-cussing the absurd pretentions of the Cotton aristocracy: ' I have lived in South Carolina. I have travelled extensively in Carolina lor a number of years. AVhy, in thuir legislative tiisciubliei-', the scrgcant-at-arms and a dei.utv or two. with cocked hats um . L t, ... . , ,, . o . .i i un.' iioii-e, or . peaKcr oi me ccnaie, n.ii'i , tl. iva,..nult . r Laughter l The slier - ili' accompanying th 'in, with coekeJ hat and sw.ii'l. g.ves t'i;-jj imjh u;i )'i tlu fl ur and cries, "Make way fory-uir Speaker!" Laughter. Then he inarches grandly in aud takes his seat. The Same p.nupous forms are jixcrved with oiu uf their circuit ju Ipes. lie is CotMUctC'l iu, in tne same ir- .... - I 'nave seen old Ju Ige Uutler, uit.r- ....U Senator, march iu with his silk preceded bv his Sheriff and del crying, "Make way for the Ilouorablt'ourt'.'' an.1 every holy s.jiiattel like so m my quails when a hawk is about Laughtur,"J A Single (iuii'.ca. j;,,- Mitchell, who was onco in preat IOO prosperity. became like a great many other licoi.le oi ! of Sheridan's creditors; ill fact, f heriilau ow ' L'oh nearly tii rce gl'Oul tin .ii. 1 1- 'l-i.:. i.. . '" "i"1 to ..-..., j'".iim.. a ii is ui o v. trails, and one day, iu his i. ".1,1.. unooin, 1 . . I n i ... i oi-s, ne i.i i en HTion om-i.i ,.'i. M The conversation turned ,.,,,, hi, r,, 1 ilitlieullies. b, ot uiiiiti ,he i,rine inal cause n them, which was Sheridan's debt. , 1 1 , but which he contrived to keep out of the talk. At last Lob, iu a sort of agony, exclaimed'I have not a guinea left, and, by Ilcav-en! I don't know where to pet one." Sheridan jumped up, and thrusting a piece of gold into his hand, exclaimed, with tears in hi. eyes "It never shall be said that Dob Mitchell 1 1 ..... Hi ' ' 1' piimea wlulc s friend Sheridan i hadoue to give him." Wei what mut? sa, M,,. Parting-j s she intcrrupte Ike who was rco ing the war ,,ews-tl,e p:eke,s wer, driv- en in live m'les? l!!e,s my p "T SO'.ll. but will e a strong fence. I .,,. " ' : 1 "'. "'T' 10 tivl' I sv.cssionaoers ir..n. nigging ,mt un ler . 1 Mucin's was passing tip the street with a friend when he observed a dog lhat had been Mile 1 lying j rheguttcr. 'jluggin', paused, g'lzcl intetiiiy on the defuiiuUii!. nu.i. and at hi-t said: There is utinthci shipwreck." 'Shipwreck! Where:'" ' There is a bark that's lost forever." His cou.. paniou growled and passed on. A city editor about closing up h:s form fr the week, remarked with gravity. 1 have several litllo articles iu iny head which I must pet out, meuning somo small .-ponded his javeiiileappiei.tice better lei r 'r 1 .0 paper. yuiekly ro- me run and lmyy.11 .1 fine r.iorli comb, 1!atiii:ii 1'o.w. . Scotch paperspciks of a fox having been seen trying to spring a steel trap by menus of stick which he carried in his mouth. Wo knew a fox that tuok the well-polo from the well and pushed the turkey off from the loner limb of the tree with it, and put the pole back in its place At least, ho got the turkey. 'w - hum. 1 ioMd n11 riSbt iu 0 .j --' - - t I, f- k- What is the difference between' ' pood soldier und a fashionable youiig'dy? One s faces the powder, and tho othor powdors J'.ir tlio Chilli' P,i,er. i:ai!t;g Tour Likeness Talau. S',',n.! children went into it aloon with their aihci to have their daguerreotypes ' , e.i. iho two htllepirls lorltbeirs. and GcnrgVs turn came net!. The' man told him where tos!and,huw to pla:eh',s hands and which w.,y w look; tj hold holdup his head, fit Win eye an a certain point, (in 1 keev '.till. His cap bad fallen ou tlio lioor. and ac the very moment his picture was l.euig taken ins liltlo sister stetioed i - t , t. : i toiwanJ to pick it uji, when tjeor.'.'-e cave i. 1 :, i . ,1 ; , ., uer a Kici. auJ !( (;. it ell, that k was taken; and the likenesses were all put up iu little cases and carried home. "This (J ',! j." exclaimed liistnoth-er on examining the pictures and coming to his. ' Horrid," criedhis oldest brother, ' horred!" -Whose er.,s, scowling face is that!'" asked uncle XcJ when the pictures were shown to hiji. "What youngsavaga is tiiis.'" a-kediiiint Emily wh'ju they were shown to her. As you may suppose, George Has terrible a.di.iioed of his picture; hi) v.as su mortified at having it seen with tbi rest, that he did not knew wVat to do. A more ibsagreuble picture perhaps you never saw; and the worst of it was, there wus no mistake about its jeiug H true coppy. iho sun does not make mistakes. And then to have it always kept and tdiowu u3 his! Did yoa ever think, children, that tha world is iod's greatd.i-'.iu-rej'.ypj saloon where we are all having our likenesses taken for eternity? And it is not oniv our ..! attitude whill ho taken, Out all j a'-- i i u i ! .3 i in aii.ii in um J t'iu!u,v- Auger, envy, Seia,l.,;c,S. jealousy, uokiudness will all be faithfully aud indel- bly put doiTii therj by O.is wlu ucver ! U'-'VCM u; vr fl-'uM. but take 'U exactly as we are. i e cannot seem better or more btitiful to liU eye than we really are. When we are templed to d J wrong ur to give wav to angry feelings, let us stop und ask, "iiow will this look iu that picture of luo which i.s to last t-jr eier.'' I uui afraid if wo bhouIJ see faithful pici urea of ottr-civos suii:e. lines, the sight would oftiitiUil us with turjuise aul ihima as it did pour George, llemeinbor then, that every day ua live your likeness is being taken lor eternity, ilvery luoruing when you rise from your bed, stop and think, "1 am having a likeness taken today which is to last forever, mid I. uiast try to have it a good likeuecs." , i -1 "Jesas mil take lac Home." When Colonel Herman Ciniflcld ma wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Laud-in, knowing that his wound w-uld prove i U'M'.ysij'.'ii a wish to tiij young ! final, I, i.' j i.,.. , . . , ... ..... I '-'-'ii-.n ui.u lij fionii. UKO M"i n.tliei 1 L. tine lo hie laiuiiy. ' . v us l9 T' .1 . . . rA'-''' c,i:'Ui-v l,r,!-sed nj'on i".,,,,, 6u th.it they weN inuioiiietilary fear of Lciii" made prisoners, "'he surgeon, chaplain, and many others who Were iu atlcudauco upon the wounded, were taken. Hut remarkable as it may appear, they were left alone unmolested. That was fl IliOlucut of tr'ul to them both. His brother-in-law was not able without aid to convey him to a place yl'L.ifety, and he ( X ressed a fe.'.r that he should not be able M comply with his re.pi. "t. To which the Colonel calmly replied, "Never mind, Cluinev, Jc-us will tako Ine hi tile. Oh! what child-JiLo trs,, what Chrtian faith iu the c.pres l-L,! Having lived near U, Cod and' lor trusted in his sure piomise. ho had , ross- long piomises, ho had no doubts now. 1 1. I. 1!,... .1., T . j .. ,.t w,8 rrc,illcnt 0!) tll0 lMM aS '1 i in the peaceful l.oro.v As ho lay 1, ore. with h; lif,..l,l nod cht ui ' from a uhastly .vouud in his Jungs. h testified of the goodness of Cod, md showed with what ie ir!e3siic3a Christian may yloldhi soul-to liiiu whog.'ro it. At last Ubsistaiicn arrived, and he was home on a stretcher through, low, marshy '.o!ilc3. and over rough, pathlo&s woodland, towards tho Tennessee At night they oucampod upon its bank. A datk aud fearful one it was to his ccmpsn'ons. A Siorni rage.1 about them; tho veryc'.euioils seemed pouring ionh bad lO'iuicins fur tha Hying and too dead. During the vivid fliishes of lightning ihcy had glimpses of tho iip'.n'zo l fc.lures of their loved com iiiiinder. An i many wow their anxious iiiipuiri; but ho assured theiu thatthough his jdiysiea! sul) 'rina woiegr-iat, his Pout was 1 1 pejco with God, and 'bo knevf hq -ol.is.n be ill rest. Doubt loss ho caught gboipsis ol' -iut bright world, wbero dark-iics.i a id death cannot cuter, Ucause Cod is ti,o light and tho life thereof. What that brave sobiier and truo Christum uf. Icring ibiring lhat niiit of ngouy, tinns but t.o.l cau Lueif. ilo did not lnutiunr at his f'tte. nod thought not his lii'o too great a sucniive for tlio cause iu which ho le!!. The f.i:lwiiig liy ho was removed to an hospital.shin, whore his wounds were carefiilly dressed. Uut lie gradually grew weuker until evening, whim leuviup tender messages for HIS loved wife and children he calmly committud his soul u Cod. ontl .or. him Inmr