Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1863-12-01

              i it i w. t m x MOUNT VERNON, OHIO TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1803. NO 5 Man-VJi';M ...tt., ::;,, ' - - J - J ' "' inwn .;' i.t .tan iL-j-aj.j.jAJjii!i!:U!E I'Ja'Jii'lj'.'JS'ajm MM M m mm' K i. 4 h3; II t. It i J. MOUNT VEUN'O'N BEFlIiLlCAN. TERMS: For onp year (invariably in advaoo)32.00 For eix twnths, W TERMS OF ADVERTISING. !)ne square, 3 weeks, One square. 3 months, One square, C months, One square, 1 year, "ne square (ehungcable monthly) 'Ihangenble weekly, , Two squares, 8 week, .- Two squares, C weeks, 'Two squares, 8 months, J'wo squares, 5 months, Two squaw, 1 year, 'Threo squares, 8 weeks, Threo squares, 1 weeks, fhroo squares, 3 months, 'Three squares, 0 months, 1,00 8.00 4,50 S,00 10,00 15,00 1.75 8.25 5.25 6,75 8,00 2.50 4,50 C,00 8.00 Three squares, x year 10,00 V . ....i. fvnn MTJne-fmirth ooiUinn Onc-third , ii w.h,.lf " " ii 28,00 Ou column, changeable quarterly, 50,00 THE rRESlDEST S HYMN. . tciTC Tliauks, all j e People, J; retnonte.' to the Prodamntion of A President of the Unt-A S'atu, rf.com- ' memUnmi Grurrid Thanhyhmg, uii November 26, 1303. Cive thanks, all yo peoplo, give thanks to the Jord. , Alleluias of freedom, with joyful accord: Let the Kust and the West, North aud South, roll nlon', .fc'ea, mountain, and prairie, Ouo thanksgiving song. ClIORt'S ArTER EACU VER8K. Give thunks, all ye people, give thanks to th) Lord, Alltlui-s of f-eedom, with joyful accord. For the sunshino and rainfall, curiching l uuaiu, Our acres in myriads, with . treasures ol grain; , For the Earth itill uuloadiug her maul- told wealth. . For the Skies beaming vigor, the Wiuds , . brea'hiug health. . Give , thanks Fer the Nation wide table, o'erflowingly sjivarJ, W here tliemtiny have feared, and nil have been fed, With no botrlaga. their flod-veo rights to IHllluillt, ' But J,iliei ty tuardo.l by Justice for ull. 1 " Gi.vo ihanks- Iu the realms of the Anvil, the Looui and . tha Plow, Whoso the mines and the Ge!Ju, to Him gratefully bow; II.m the flocks and the' herds; sing ye hillsides uiv I vale;;' Ou Ilis Ocean domains chuut, His Name With the gales. - Givu thanks Of .commerce and traffic, ye princes, be-" 'hold, Your riches from Iliin Whose the silver and gold, Ilappier ehildreu of Labor, true lords oi the soil, Bless the Great Master Workman, who b!c3oth your toil. Give thanks Brave men of our forces, Life guard of our coasts, 'To your Leader bo loynl, Jehovah ol'IIosts: Glow ih) . Stripes and the Stars aye with victory bright, Reflecting His glory, lie crownoth the Right. -Give thanks ZJJor shall ye through our borders, yo stricken of heart, 'Only waiting your dead, in the joy have no part; , God's solace be yours, and for you there ' shall flow .AH that houor and sympathy 'a gifts can bestow. " 1 v Give thanks lo ths Domes of Messiah yo worshiping - througs, - ' -Solcniu litanies mingle with jubilant songs The liulcr of Nations bcnccchiug to spare, And our Empire still keep the Elect ol Ilia care. Give thanks . Our guilt and transgressions remember no :inore; ' ' " ' . Tcaco, Lord! righteous Poaco, of Thy gift , wo implore; , And ilia liauuer of Union, restored by ; Thy Hand, : ' : , -i .lie tho Hanucr of Freedom o'er All in the ' ; 'Land - . ! r: '' - - And the Banner of Union, etc. Givt thanks i .Siibscrike for tho lit. Vernun Rcpublit- 1HK IN.UEANT MBlKE.' A LIFE LKSSO.f. Charles Nelson had reached Lis thirty lll'tli year, and at thut age fouud l.inself going down hill. lie bad ouce been oue of the liappio.it of uiortuls, and uo blessin Mas wanted to complete the sum of his h.ippiucss. lie hud oue of the Lest wives and hia children were intelligent ' and comely, lie wes a carpenter by trado. aud uo man could coiumuud better wage.', or be more sure of work. Ii'auy uiun attempted to build a house, Charles Nelsou must boss the job, and lo, miles aroui d people sought him to work lor tlicni. But a change hud come oer his life. A do-mou liuil met him on his way, aud he ban lurued Luck wtih the evil spirit.. A new 4""."" v 'X'X'..,i ... i, .j i. ! lor by those who could no louder liencud 1 udju .Vclion, uu J he had seitled iu ilie upju -Vclion, uuj he had seitled iu village, aud uow took Nelsou's place. On a back street, whuro tlie greut trees throw their green branches over th way, sioj. a; small cottuge, which had beuu Hie pnJo of the iuuiuies. Ueloro it stretched a wide garden, but tall rauk grusagroiv up among tuj flowers, add.the paliug of the feiiuu was brokeu iu many place. The liouati iiseli' naU ouce becu whuc, but it was uow Unigy uuu Uurk. iirigtic grueu Ll.ntia uaU ocua la&cu oil and sold. -Uu tue wiuJows llicmseived bespoke poverty una neglect, lur iu many places the gluo Was gOae, aud blnil'cS, rugs aiid oia Into iidd iauA.il its place. A single louk ai the liouae uud ltd uccuUipaiiiuieuts told tli0 story, it was the uiuuKurd's hnme. V nhi'i sat a woman yet iu her curly years ot hie, uud tuoughshe wasstill nuiij. some to look upou, tlie bloom was gone i.uui lier ciieck, uuU the brightness iiuu Ijuod Ji'uiu Utireyes. i'oor lury .eisou 1 Oace she liad been tliu huppiesl aiuoiig iUu liuupi , but uutt ujuo cuuiii be uioie Ul.aei'uuie. Aval' iul' sat UVJ chiitiluu, j ootu gir, uuu buiu ooautuui iu loiui uuu iulUic, Ua. lucii' gaios were all juteLcu aoa tvuru, and ibuii' leel tte'o shuuicsb. i uo cke.it was ihirccuu ycai'a ot ago, uuu liie other, two y.urs yuuuger. The mother wua lieunug them recite a gruiuuiui icssou, lor she hud resolved that iiur ch.i-divushuula never grow up iu ignorance. l'hey could not ulleud school lor thought, ess ciiiiuten succrea at tlicni uud maJu this the ol jejt. otp.iit an 1 ridieuL; Lui hi ilns respt c' they iiid not sailer, for their uiu'her vus well cuueaica, ulldsiie devoted tuch time us she could sare 1j their iustruciioii. For more than two years, -Vary Nelson had earned ull the in. Hey that hud been used in the house. 1 eoplu lured her to wash uud iron for them, and besides tli money ihoy paid gave her uiauy articles ot i uuu uuu cIotlntiLT. feu gbe lived on. .ijia tue only jojs that dwelt with her uo iVcie tuaeii.n her uiiiidrou und prayiug lo, Gjd. Supper time came,' and Charles Nelsvul came reeling home He had workcJ the day beioiti at neipiug move a builiiiugauU thus huti eaiued mou.y euouih to una hiuiseu iu rum iur several days. As h s.umo.ea tuto me uouso, tho chilurcu ciujcliou eiose lo tuuir mjtuer, aud she even sinuuk. uivay, for eomtsiiuics her bus- bauti wasugiy Wheii tnuy nitoxituted' O, how that mau had tbutijied iu two years! Once there was not atiuer looking man in the town. Iu frame- he hud beeu tall, stout, compact uud perfectly formed while his t'uco bore the very bcuu-ideul ei miiuly beauty. But all wus changed uow His noble form Wusbeut, his limbs shrunk eu and tieniulou-', and his face all bloated aud disfigured, lie wus uot the man that hud ouce beeu the loud husbuud aud doting lather. The loving wife haJ prayed, wept, and implored, but uil to uopurposx, the husbuud was bouud to the drinking Companies of the bar room, uud Wuuid uot oreuk the bonds. y 1 hat evening jlrs Nelson ate nosnppor, for of all the fuod iu the house, there wus uut mure thuti enough turner husbanduuu children; but when her husband had goue, she went aud picked a few berries, and thus kept her vital energies alive. That night the poor woman prayed long aud earnestly, and her little oues prayed with her. Ou tha following morning Charlos Nel-sol sought the bur room as soon as he arose, but Le was sick and faint, and the liquor would not revive him, for it would no: remuiii ou ins stomacn. lie aranK very deeply the night botore, and ha felt mi;, cruble.' At length, however, he managed to keep down few g lapses of hot sling, lull r ! i .1 .I tmnflnknpA nf I It a 1. m I uu, m. v.u.. ...... ...v. v. i'u umt fJUUI seemed to stifle him, and he wont out. The poor man had wds enough to know that if he could sleep he should fool better, and he had just feeling enough to with to keep away lroni home; so he wandered off towards a wood not fur from tha vi lage, and sunk down by a stone wall and was soon buried iu a profound slumber. When be awoke, tho bud was shiquig down hot upou him, and raisi ig hiuuelf to a sitting posture he gued about him. He was just ou the point of rising, when his motion was arrested by the sound of voices near at hand. lie looked through a ohiuk in the wull, and just upon the other side he saw his two nhildren picking berries, while a little further off were two , other girls, tha children of the carpenter who had lately moved into the villuge. "Come, Kate," said one of these latter girh to jier companion, "let's go away from hero, beeuuse if any body should see us with thoo girls, they'd think we played with 'em. Come let's go." "But the berries are so thick here,"iaid the other. '.'Never mind we'll romcoutsonie tima he.i thoso little, ragged, drunkard's girls arj not here." So the two favored ones wentawiy, hand in hand, aud Nelly and Nincy Nelson sat dowu upon the grass and cried," 1 "Don't cry, Nancy," said, the throwing her jiruis aiound her eldest, sister's neck. "But you aro crying, Neliy." "0, I can't help it," sobbed, the stricken one. 'Why do they blame us. We are good anl kind, and loving, and never hurt any one. N, I wish somebody would love as; I should be so happy;" "And we are lovad, Nancy. Ouly think of our noble mother. Who cuuld love us ai rhn does?" "I know I know, Nelly; but that aiut all.' Why don't pnp.i love m as he used to do? Don't you remember when he used to kiss us un J inaKC us so happy? O, how I wish ho could bo ho good to us once more- 1Tb is not "" sh, sissy! don't say anything more. He may be good to us again, if he kuow wo loved him, I kuow he would. Aud then I believe God is good, and surely ho will help us some time, for mother prays to him every day." "l'es," answered Nancy, "I know shj d ics, uud God must be our Father sometime""He is our Father now, sissy." "1 know it. but he must be all we shall h ivo by and by. for don't you remember that mother told u.i that she luiht leave u-i one of these dayn? She said a cold finger was upon hur heart, and and " " sh. Dou't, don't Nancy; you'll ' The words were choked up with sobs xud tears, and the sisters wept long together. At length they aroso and went away, for they saw more children coming. As sodu as the little ones were out ol sight. Charles Ncf&n started to his feet. His hands were clenched, and his eyes fixed upon a vacant point with an eager gaze. "My God?'' ho gasped. "What a villain lam! Look at mo now? What a state 1 am in. una what have I sacrificed to hri'ig myself to it! And they love mo yet. and pr.iy lur nie!" Us said no mere, hut for a few seconds he stood with his hand still cleiu liod, aud hls ey es fised. 'At length his gizo was turned upward an 1 his clasped hands were raised ubovo his head. A moment ho remained mo, uud then his bauds dropped by his Mile, uud he ttarted homeward. When be reached his home he found his wife und vhildrau in tours, but he af lected to notice it uot He drew a shilling from his pocket it was hi; lust aud hauding it to his wife, he asked her if sb" would send an2 get some milk and flour, aud make him some porridge. She was startled by the tone in which this was spoken, for it sounded just as that voice bad sounded in days gone by. Tho porridge was made nice and nourishing and C buries ate all. He retired early, andinrlyon the lollowing morning h? was up.' Ho us Led his wifo if she ha I milk and flour euough to mak him another bowl of pi rrir'ge. ', "Yes, Churles," fcho said, "we haVo not touched it." "Then if you are williag I should like some more." . Tha wife moved quickly about the work, and erelong the food was prepared Tha husband ate it, and felt bettor. He washed and dressed, and would have shaved had his hand beeu stead; . enough. He lett his Lome and went at once to a man who hadjust commenced to frames house. ".Mr Mauly," he said, addressing the gentleman alluded, "I have drunk thelt-st drop of alcoholic beverage that shall aver piss my lips. Ask no more questions, but ! believe me dow while you see ma truu. Will you give me work?" "Charles Nelson, are yon io earncal?" asked Manly in surprise. "So much so, sir, that were death to stand upon my right hand, and youder bar room on my loll, I would go with tha grim messenger first." . "Then here is n bouse lying abooC' ni in rough timber and boards. I place it all i your hands and shall look ii you to finish it." While I ean trust you, you can trust mo. Coma into my ofEoa and jou hull ace tha plan lliave drawn." We will not .toll yeu JioW the stout mail wept, nor his noble friend shed tears to see him thus; but Charl Nelson took the plan, and having studied it for a while, ha went out whore the men Were at work get - ting tho time together, and Mr. Manly in tro'luccd him as their muster. That dav J i ... he worked but little, for he was not strong yet, but he arranged the timber, and gave directions for framing. At night he ask" cd his employer if lie dured trust him with a dollar. "Why. you have earned three," return-d Manly. "And will you pay nie three dollars a day?" "If yon are as faithful as yo have been to-day. for you-will savo me money at that'." J he poor man could not speak histhauU in words, but bis looks spoke for him, and Manly understood them. He received his three doilars, and on his way home he stopped and bought first a basket, und three haves of bread, a pound of butter, some tea, sugar, and a piece of beefsteak, aud he had just one dollar nnoksevcoty five cents lett. With this load he went homo. It was sometime before he could compose himself to enter the house, but at length ho went iu aud set tho basket ou the table. "Come Mary," ho said. "I have hronIit something homo for gunner. IWe X.ll..v you take the pail and run over tor Mr. Brown's and get two quartsmf milk." He handed the child a shilling as ho spoke, and in a half bewildered state she took the money ami hurried awuy. The wile sturted when she raised tho cover of tho basket, but she dared not speak. She moved about like nno in o dream, and ever and anon she would cast a furtive glance at her husband. He had nitt niii it ii ii L- m. A... t...&!. . .. 1 . ..... www., aur JVIIOVT It 111 1 VOL he had money enough to buy rum with it' ! he hud wanted it. What could it mean" Had her prayers been nnswered? O, how I'crvuutly she prayed thuu. Soon Xelly returned with the milk, und Mrs. Nelson set tho tablo out. After "upper Charles Nelssn arose and said to his wife: . "I must go up to Mr. Manly 'a ofEoo. to help him arrange some plans for his new house, but I will be at home curlv." A iiaii''shot throu'di his wife's heart, hk he saw her husband turn awuy, but still she was lur ha, .pier than she had been before for a long time. There was something in his manner that assured her aud gave her hope. J ust as the clock struck nine, the well-know toot-fall was heurd.stronguud steudy. The door oponed aud Charles enter id. His wife cast a quick, keen glance into his face, uud she almost uttered a cry of joy wheu she taw how changed for the inttter. He had been. to tho barber's and butter's, Yet nothing was said upon the all important subject. Charlos wished to retire early, aud his wife wcut with him. Iu tho morning the husband arose first aud built the lire. Mary had uot slept till long after miduiukt, haviug beeu kept awake ty the tumultous emotions that hud started up in her bossoin, uud heuee she unoke Lot so early us usual. J)ut she cuuie out just as the teu-kettle aud potatoes oeguu to boil, uud breakfast was souu ready. Alter tho m jal was eaten, CharWarose, put ou his hat, aud theu turuiug to his wile he asked : "What do you do to-day?" !'l must wash for M rs. Uixby." "Are you willing to obey ouce more?" "O yes." "Theu work for ma to-day. Send Nel ly to tell Mrs. Bixby that you are not well enough to wash, for you are uot. , Here is a dollar, abd you must do with it as you please. Uuy something that will keep you busy fur youroll'or children.". Mr. Melnou turned towards the door, and his hand was upon the hitch. Ha hi-Litated, and turuod back. He did uot speak, but he opened his arms, and his wife sand upon Lis bosom. He kissed her, tnd theu having placed her in a seat, he left the house. When he went to his work that morning, le ielt very well and bappy. Mr. Mauly was by to cheer him, and this ho did by ta king and acting as though Charles had never been unfurtu-arte.It wai- SaturJay evening, and Nelson hud been almost a week without rum.. He had earned fifteen dollars, ten of which ha had now in his pocLet. "Mary;" he said, after the supper table had been cleared away; "here are ten del lurs for you to expend it in clothing for yourself and ehildreu. I have earned fifteen dollars during the last fire daya. I am tu build Squire Manly'a great hense, and La pays ma three dollars day. A good job, isn't iti" Mary looked np, and her lip moved but she esuld not speak a word. She atrag-: gled few moments, and then burst tuto taara. Her husband took her by tlm aim I and draw her upou hia Up, aud tko pressed her to his bosom, 'Mary," ho whispered, while tha tenrs j run down his own ehe-k, "you are not i dneeivud. I am Charles Nelson nnoe j more, and will he while Ilive. Not by ' auy et ' mine shall another cloud cross . .. ... ..lit r tir.Mii ullfinf In ii.f lii.i . I in, I linn I lit lull i VM I J'0,ir urow. And then he told ncr ot tne I ords he had heard on the previous M,,n''exlriivatfl,ul mdv of lUe conimuei In!0' k tvil"n hUfJl iw itH capital day hila lie lay 'chtnd the. wall. "Never hefnre," he said, "did I fully Mal'te h"W low I bad f .lien, but the scales u ropped fruta my eyes thou us though some one bad struck them off with a sledge. My soul started up to n stand-poitit from which all tho tempters of earth cannot move it. Your prayers sro answered' my wile." Time pawm! on; uud the cut tig as-Minicu its garb of pure whit, aud its whole windows and green blinds. The rore in the gurden smiled, and ia every way did tb'j improvement work. Ouce again was Mary Nelson among the happiest of (he happy, and fhnir children choose their own ,ssociates now. Hints to Mot!i cm speak low. I know ?omfl ln'Ufcs, well built- a;;d hawUomely furmVhed,' where it is not pliant to ' cVP" visitor- Sharp angry words r-.'su'ind through them from moru-inir till iiMit.mid the inlaonae is as con tiiirioua s inensels. and lunch nioro to be -n - r- ! dreaded iu the hum-chold. They catch H und it. lusts for life an iiicuroalue disease. A friend h;m sn-h a ncii'hkr within bearing of her house when dn..ra and windows .-.re open, ami even Poll J'arrott h.i caught the tunc and delights iu scrc.i tiling and scolding, until (dm has been i-cnt ipto the country to improve her habits. Children outeli crots tones quicker than I arrotts ifit.it it. iu n much move mischievous habit. ,"-i " Where mother sets the example you will I nrcolv bear p.casaut, tord among the hihlren in their nlavs with iuh other Yet tho discipline of such a family is always irregular. -The children expec just so much scolding before tbey do any thing they ore bid; while ninny a home where the low (inn tone of the moiheror a decided look of her steady eye is 1"W, never think of disobedience fitter in or out of her sight '. O Mother it is worth a good deal tu , culiivute tht -excellent thing in a wo man, a low sweet voice, ii yon are t-er so much tired by the mischievous or wilful pruuks ol the little oues, speak low. It will be a great help to you even to try to bo putieut and cheerful if you catiuot wholly succeed. Auger mukes you wretch-d and children also. Impatient angry times uever did the hcarkgood.but plenty of evil. Head what SolomouPakytkof them and remember he wrote with an' inspired pen You cannot have the excuse of tha1 they lighten your burdens; they make them only ten times heavier. For your own as well as your children's sake speak low. They will remember that tone when your head is under the willows. So, too, would they remember a harsh and angry voice. Which legacy will you leave to your childseu? Eastern Parable. A man was traveling in Syria, leading his camel by the bridle. . Suddenly the auiuml is seized with a panic of fear he r.iises himself with impetuosity, foams and bounds in a maimer so horrible that his master sbaudons him iu anguish and tries to save hiuisclC He perceived at some distance fro u tho- road a deep striuui, and as he still heard the fearful neighinga of tho camel, he sought a refuse there and fell over tho precipice. But a shrub held him up. He clung to it with both hands, and cast on every side his anxious eyesa Above him is the terrible camel, of which he does uot loo sight for a moment. In the abyss below is a drageo who opens hi. monstrous jaws, aud seems waiting to de vour him. At tho side of him he perceives two mice, one white, the other black, which j,'naw in turn at the root of the shrub which serves him for a support. Mbe uufwrtutiato man rsmaius there fro- ten with fcur, and seeing no retreat, no means of safety. SuJdcnly on a branch ot his shrub be discovers some fruit. At that moment ha ceases to observe tha rage af the camel, the jaws of the dragon, the frightful activity of the mice. He reache. out his bund towurd the fruit, he gathers it, and in tba.swa".t taste f'orgeta his fears and dangers. Do you ask who is this ru ilaua who can forget so quickly a motsl peril? Learn, then, friend,, this- man ia thyself. The dragon of tnia stream is the ever-open abyss of death. The camel represeuta the sorrcw of life. The two mice who are gnawing at tha roots of tha tree era day and night, and in this situation tha fruit of pleasure attracts yon. You forget the anxieties cf life, tho threatening of death the rapid succession of day and night, to seek the plant of volutuiuai, ou tho borders of the tomb, -U . AVh) lien Uou't Marrj. The census Statii'ies hnw very ch-sr'yj that more tlisu tu'tr-suveucbs of iha mr j riiiKDS in MuRsa-'husiiita are i,m.iig the IV.r- eiiru-burn-ijoiulttinn. Why is it? i jy the must nini.lereaMn, lb- W. i(.'n Urn .e i ! t i . i . , vl i- - p.-itiiwtt. ultil thl til 1IMI I'M .4,.! fill hilltr ilk f.ili - social life (hero never was a people tmd 1 ing to Ucfpcr and mure iieetrucii" nm ia corruntiou and th tth ;n u f, is mosti1 evident from the records in nil rtw courts, aud the columns nf all the newspapers- than American. Once was th tun when a wife was a helpmeet;'' now iu a thousand cases you can clmnne the"met" to "cat," and make it read mo e - truth fully. W hoant of our system of education, wo hava female hijili school , female col lfics, teniale mod. cal schools, and vTVitnle heavens. O'tr girls are refined, learned. and wise; they can sing, uaucu, play pi. alios, paiul, talk French and Italian; and all the soft languages They are ready to be courted sttcn yea's, and they can be taken from school and married at fifteen, and divorced at twenty. They make splendid shows oil bridal toiiM, can on queue and flirt at the watering places, and shine like angola at winter piirtics. But heaven Le kind to the poor wretch who marries iu t'ushinnahle circles! What ;ire they at washing flours? Oh. we for get: nobody his hare lSior now how vui '.ir they w mid bet What are they at in. kiog hnvd and boiling lie, f ' Why. how ihoiijihtless we are: to Le sure they will hoard or hava servt n a. What are they at niuinliu',' old clo'lins: Bat there we me again: thn fashions change sit often that nobody has l ' clothes hut the rag man utd (he pa er maker now. Wnut arc they at washing habtui' faces und pinning tip their Irnwscrsi ynd here is our intolerable stutiidity unee inure: having chii.ir :n is left tothe Irish! What lady thinks of having children a'iout her n w? Op, if sha is so unfortun itn. don't. - a iut them to wet nurses to begin with, aud boarding schools afterwards We re peat: where youni; men hesitate to grow ol 1 Wf re tliey can marry a d uf.eawarda keep c e r irom bankrupt -y and crime. What i tho c ui-iequen :e There are more ' per 'ims living a 'nele life -arc there more living a virtuous life? It is time for motherto know that The exlravaganee they encenruop is destructive to their children: that nil tho fon'ia'i ev penditures making to rush their daughter.' to mafrint y are, insteeJ of answurin; that cud, tending to destroy the institution of marriage altogether During the aumutcr of 1 f 50, man by fie uama ? - r Vnl r. "t?.:. f v considerably a wag1 steambuat up the Mississippi River. AM h:,A with liin n u,!v mr that to 1UI ..Mui,.r ,aai: ,.nrf -ill. '"J ..v " w uuiuocr ot men in the cabin, aud as was usual with him, was boasting of what be could do. The captain, who was ateuding ucar, remarked that what he said might he true; but he did uot believe it. Moss replied thut-lie would bet him treats lor all the,geutleiuu present that he would make his dog do threo hini. he telling him do them. The captain took the bet. Old Moss then open id the door snd went nut ou the guards, followed by the captain aud go ntleium prose ut who were uuite auxious to see tha snort. . Moss seix- ed hia dog by the nape of the ueck and tossed him overboaro. As soon as he touched the water, Moss yelled out "Swiru, Major, swim!" The dog swam, JJof course. "Moss kepr hi yye on the dog. As soon as be perceived that the dog could touch the ground he yelled out " vVede Major, wade!' Major waded till ho lau.'ed on the grouml, wheu iiloss shoutkd ont ,'Shukeyounulf, Major, shake yinr-ellT' Major snook hnn-ielf. Mois turned to the cuptian, who, with the geutlemeu J ies- eut, were u,uvdlsed with laughter. ud said , '.There! I have won the. bet." It is uscicaM. prchaps, tp say that, the taptuiu paid the treats'. Greater Eaters Never Live Long. A voracious appetite, says Hall's Journal of Health, so far Xrorr. being a aigu of health, is a certain indication of ilitease. .Some dyapepeties are always hungry; feel best when ttiey are eating, but us soon as ihey have ei.ten they enter torments, ao distressing in their nature, as to make the victim wish for douth.- The appetite ot tiealth is that which inolines to eat moderately, when eating timeoomes.and which, when satisfied, leaves no unpleasant re minder. MultitudeameagiKa their health by tliu amount tbey can eat; and of any tun persona, nine are gratified an increase ot weight, aa it mere bulk were an index ot heaitb; when, in reu.'i y, an eicttsa o fames it, iu proportion, tiecisive proof oi sxisting disease; thawing that tha ubsoili-enta of tue system are too wesk ,to die charge t e.T dn y; and Lie lei d mcy lo fatness, obesity, iuoienaca, nntiixiateuta a a our Ue n, aud suJoen death eiose tha his tory. Particular inquiry wiil almost uu vanngly elicit the fact that a fit per-oo, however, rubiouad and jolly, is never well. and yet they are envied. While gnat t a e is never live to aa old age, and aro nevor, tor single day, without otoe "symp tom," some feeling mtiicieo tly diBagreeubie to attract the mind's attention aupleusaut-iy, amull eater, those wbo tat retrnarly of plain food, u illy have no "spare fieih," re wiry and enduring, and hviii5'jU au ctive old age. lteuiarkshlo rxempliSea-.ions of these statement are found in the jiCe of the ccuteut-irign of a past agn. ! L J .!. j. line Spirit ofine hue Democrats. . Tlio tru lirm.ifr.ita vf the North hav -vi rvwli. w r. insl o trull tlit'ir tiV, .(I,'.., t!,..;,,,,, ; ,.i,:i, lilillj tti..i...ii..i , . I. ... !' . 1 . It J .. " lVi if - lfh . .. , ,Z. ,. , ...- . , .i- , .i.-i-itiiii. I, r i nn . tu'-mtifiit thit s:n(J.narn ,.r iidvocaffia ! - ' I T I ii.n.r? , ,w """ "IM'"y Hin Ihaoycr-, 1 rliriiw fit ii'l itiuritm.,.u -i.:..t. . u .i ; r i,u-M vxiiixh. ' r rruiirv it- it ia m th; KDint Hint v o fi.i.i t.'i- tnt int'ii of ibe icm- ocrafic party im Jowh. WinootHin. Mimu'Siirji. h.fli.ina, Ohio, and othur tiitt-ti, rejt critic ith contempt th plnt'orm an.l n.-fwinttious of tha cop. perhcii'l politiVimiu who iv teiied , tliu iiwifgi'im'rit ol tho orguniyution. ' In all iltmo htatra cnivenrioim of democrats iuelu Jitijr ;, y of tbo RtroD-est ami purt-at tm-n in the party, havo been held Hiidcadi hat doc arej in ira' lihatic tcrtim for the govcrnniont on tlit; ftihtitliitioti of liberty ami justice, uml hM pMnoiuiccdHjriiiiiBt all maa-uroa Km) nioTciiifiits looking Ni t!ieem;-barriwini'r:t in any ih pee whatever of the national nnwe. Each l a fhown ;t di-tormi nation toatauJ by the Union, no matter what Intercut outside of hat may perinli. Nmo York Eeeino l'ot y. Endorsement at Heme. Gov. Drough thus wrote to hia frirada at Marietta, on buinz solicited to atteud a Union Jubilee at that plaee : "No part nf our inien?e triumph hes iriven me such perfect satisfaction s tU vota f my nstive county. Oh. hew wet. come it came to me, snd how duepy grateful I w for it ! How it wiped away ad the darker tpots in tlie r.-.nTM-a. and east over all iu tyigh'snl gloriu i.-. ,-ff'iinceI I know that.it was i. t m iul alone, but to ' the treat and (J .riou. ti:i-a ia which we, wens yet atrmgling. .JVdin ,n D(m9At pride that with this great ciu my own-name was o Identified that myold'friends-au-i acquaintance.! hsvu he()n able t.t honor ft. ' ..... r i . mo one wiiiiout i.ji .n.g tj,t otiv.r eumhranee. (in'J hW fi.cin l,r ii 1 them I shall be tivrr i-rstit.V "Very trn'y VoUM, - "John "liiiofoh." IB- To Yellow Fever Prtrct;ifd hj tise liloekade. A eit'ren of Norfolk, , ritinir U the .V'lo(r'rtV'AW wibtifms h on.. iioitH, ciut tor more lliaiitwovt;.rn. "r siiif-a tho blockade was jesta'dinhrl,' "not a single caie of yellow ! ',;,r- 'Ct ,h W W l"'-.irge of souM.em t-iti.. this tew that nf nnrftu fn a. ,.. . . . J .-T., .. .. rtwtiwnce WhlCfc. JWlt'Kn"n'' uiilnulodia. -eeaie. inaiKenona to son horu n,,rt4 mi.J cities and most likely v K;K nd confi oale the die of northern subjects, but. that-'t has bcou a foreign diaoase, bronglit in hy the inefficiency of qtianntine t.r tho neglect of proper s.nitary rcfruiutions hr thfl l-wial guardisns of I he publie health. Whether this le so or not. one thins; i certain, viz: that the cxp rie ca of ll. wnr have d.sannecl the Ii..i i.n'nd regicte of tho south of till the climate terrors tbey ever pissed the imasinatiuHS of north-eru people, "I Was a Captive 0ce.n A weather bcateu miin itopped one dar in tho street of a city, before the door of a '. shop whore beautiful birds were kept lor sale. He witched tlem for a tiiu. ar they beat their breast against the wires if their cage, and uttered the plaintive, piniug notes of tha captive, and a tear tirop ga.hereJ in his eye. lie asked the, keeper the price of one, aud paid it down' in foreign coin. ' Ther, ft-ppirg'to the door,,h npi-nod the cage and bid it fly iiv, wittchinif with eager gi.s aud a. Id hcaV its joyous upwar I s3ipthf. Ho asked the price of another and slid another, until he had set at liberty every ' od. A erowd had gathered aroan j hiai, nd iu answr to their remonstrance . and dDcrie he repliad: "I was a captive one l kuow the sweeU of liberty." Sometime a girl aajatiOto an ner when it is aa plain as the nose on her las thst she meens yea. The bent way A judge a hi th.-t sba ia in earuest cr not to looks trihl into her eyes,. a.;d nt ,4-mind hcruoet. v! A City Miss In the Country. Twnjeung Indies cf f inrinrnf!. writs' enrresponnent, werr lately ."finding the siiiiiraerin Northwestern Oi.ii I'tpii their visit thay took severi) long riuVa with the dauurtferorti'eir ht ,il nut ti c ;0a'ilry. On one nf tin,, mra-iin an thoy had been travel!' ng for fiima uif. tanra, and the day was whtm, Mie as trough of mnn:nj water etond inviting i y ths mad side they eonelu led U j.ivi their ponj a drini. . One of tho city h-' Hies agreed tt get ont and arrange matter for this purpose. Tbe oth-ri lainainin in th earrings, and deeply engagoi in .' eonversation, for some tituo. paid so attention to the proceedings of "tiie'r eoni. rmnion. , Wbeo atla.it. snrnrifod ct tha long dalay, they saccrtained tha esnfa they discovered her trying to UnSitelln the cropper, (this being the n.mic, I be. lieveof the strap whirii pHf-s arcUD,l h- horse'i eaudle .tpp,.ndag..). In ,;.. went they inquired W,it in the wi-H are you rising that f, i?" Sj,,, ,r h "Why I.m iwhtickim t! ,i,, i lit (h- Kort'. hill do-Aufrv I ... i ! ,