Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1864-05-31

              . . min. jj jimp, i - nmjilMMiiiill niiinl 1 1 -ifiiiumwuiirnrn-ptT r r T" r imvvmT i.-rw-nr' -r kwt- ' -' "HTTrZv- ! Ml ! ; i POLITICS, HTKIUTVlci '.TlkiiS MAUKETM ilND GENEKA1, INTEIXIG13NCE. ili l.l 1 ."I ,' '(i", . iiil Um l.l i1, -CI ::' '(., 1 ' ' ' ' . . PEVOTliD TO MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY, MAY 31, i8Gi. NO 30. VOL. X. , '"'"'. ; . -i- : ' ..v."' .,,.:. i... .-. - -s THE MOUNT VERNON BCrVBLlCAN For" one year (invariably in advonce)$2,00 For six mouths, . , 1,00 . TKH.M8 OF ABVEETISINQ. One square, 3 weeks, 1,00 One Bquuro, 3 mouths, .3,00 Out square, 6 months, 4,50 Quo square, 1 year, ' 6,00' Ode square ((jhantrwible monthly) 10,00 Changeable weekly, . 15,00 rwe squares, 8 weeks, ' 1,75 Iwo squares, 6 weeks, ' 3,25 Two squares, 3 months, 5,25 Two squares, 6 months,1 6,57 Two squares, 1 year, 8,00 Three squares, 3 weeks, . . , . 2,50 Thteo squares, 0 weeks, - " 4,50 Throe squares, 3 months, . 6,00 Three squares,-8 months, ; 1 8,00 Throe squares, 1 year, . ' 10,00 One-fourth oolUmn, chan. quarterly ,15,00 j One-third ., " . " " One-half " , " " 28,00 One column, changeable quarterly, 50,00 'Original gffldrg., WtiUe f(ir tha KfpuUllc. THE LONE S.NT1NI'.Ik BV LOU. H. I.YHDIH. X the Sentinel tilk, thro' the dreary night 6ck and forth on bio lonely beat: lie thinks over and over with fresh delight Of a place no familliar.aud sweet. Hid thoughts revert to the pleasant home lie left at his country') call. And bo wipes the tcur.s that triuklo ilowa, As be thiuks of tin loved oueg alL Oh! what would li eive fur a wurm embrace, Or a clasp of bin sistar's hand Or only to tee bis dfnr Mother's face III that far off, distant laud. Bat no he cannot see them now 'As in days that have gone by:' For he has swore by word aud snored vow For his country to tight or die. Qcd helping him, he will keep his word Till the day of peace draws uigh, And theu return like u wear; bird To his uative borne to die. Ho will return with the crown of victory Implanted on his brow : And the starry Buulier floating o'er The land that'll invadfd now. ' MtVkbnon Ome, May 19th, 1864. glijwltotwiw. The National Guard of(hlo. Forty Regiment) in the Field Ohio (S'cWi Futir fhoumnd More Thin Her Qin.tti- The Only State to Respond to the Cull-A Glorious Record! . L'omjmbuh. May 21. - When tho future Gibbuu shail describe in uiau'eHtic and fl-iwin aentonces the present atrui;cle between a free and pros . pcruus nation, and internal enemies who nre sapping its very life's blood, with the hope of etFectinc; its overthrow and final destruetiou, he can justly aign to no iState a prnu ler or mure enviable position than that which our own buckeye Com.- . , inoiiwealth will claim. For three lung, weary anxious years we have been fight' iug lor our national existence, aud during that eventful period Uluo bus promptly responded to every demand made upon her by t'10 general Government, whether it wan for men or money. These demands have been heavy aud serious drains upon the material interests of the State, for thevhava taken from the fiolda and work ahops the men whose" industry "was her wealth; they have, caused desolation it the household, as they have given to death tha mauly forms of those, whom love and affection bad endeared. ' But our people have said as their ancestors on the bor ders of the North sea, everythidg for country and freedom. And one of the brightest chapters in that hiatory will bo the record of 1801, and tho important part taken by Ohio in rtreogtheuin! tba Union' armies, 'wherein the energy and forsight of her Governer, ana the patriotism of her people wilt be set forth. It will bo shown that at the call of the Et cutive over 38,00 citizen soldjers respon ded within t few hours, and that wi'tnn sixteen days from' tho time of reporting or duty at the oaiupa of reudesvousrery iroetoutiQl had been dispatched to the field, fully ' armed and equipped. ;' Tha Nw ' Yor't Times in notioiog tha tender of 88,. ,0fi0 men to the" president for 100 days. justly extolled the wonderful patriotism ' aud fidelity of the States of Illinois and Indiana, and held them up as models for the other States of the Union, but did not think it worth while to give any special credit to thti good people of Ohio. But, lol before the invidious distinction . had jeoo road throughout the northwest, Ohio Jhad. not only furnished tne 3U,uuv prom-, ,iaed tha General Government, but 6,000 .additional troops, and not a single in. ,mant had gone from any of her; sietjr The history of the National Guard of Ohio it too wall known to tha people of ,th State, to Waka U necessary to repeat it here. Suffice it fa say, (hat it was apparent to the State author itioi and other 'of our leading men.that during the cam. paigo of 1804, Us aervices would be valu: abje, if not absolutely necessary, and at .thtW earnes folioUatioq the legislature .at.iU lato session gnve the organisation greater efficiency and plsoed it in oon, '.dition to be available for any emergency ryithjjj los tho.pae mqath fto "tb,i .wasdo,i)fln emergency irosa, Jho armlf pf tbe Union were ooce more abqitt d flDra 4'uaf,t!ie strongholds of rebel lion and trqasop, end iiri Safeguard, ajjliqu any pqibla dftTeat, pvery maaoa tetach ed itj in the Worth wts ordered to tha front. Dor armies ie the. field were thus strengthened by addition, of thousands of voteruns. 1 he eomuiamling gcntrul being strongly impressed with the magnitude of the tusk bel'oro him, wai not yet confident of final aud complete euccess. Moro men were wanted. Hut where were they to be obtained':' This was an iuipiir tunt question, but it was speedily answered.It was at this crisis that the Governors of the pairioie West came forward and offered the President 85,000 militia for the period o one hundred days, "to serve in fortifications, or wherever tlioir services may be required, within or without their respecti7e States." The more was a bold one, for in it was risked the reputation and iufiueuce of the mou who tuuele it; but in it also was the best evidence of the "earnestness, 4)itriiitifiiu and devotion of tho exdcutives of the Nortli westorn CommonwealthH, Wliut were tha interests of a party; what the reputa tion or influence of any man, compared with the sulyiiiou of the country? Dif fering only as to tho length of tho service, a com prom iso was made and that brief proposition destined to occupy a memorable pluco iu the history of this war, drawu up by the Governor of Ohio aud first signed by him, was Kuhmitted to the 1 resident and accepted by him at a late hour ou the 28d day of April. On the same day Adjutant Geueral Cuweu received a dispatch from Governor John LiroUL'h aanouncing what he haJ done and directing him to call iuto: active service the National Guard ot Uluo The cull was made, and. like all tho documents emanating from the same pen, was remarkable for its brevity, completeness aud beauty uf construction. It was issued on Monday the 25th day of April aud the mcu were requied to report for duty on the 2d day of .May following. . The nitervcnwiL' week was uiieol great perplexity alid cuibara?cnient to the Ad jutunt-Gxneral, who, uwmg to tho con tinued absence ot the Governor, was com pelled to receive the delegations us they fiof ked in from almost every county in the State to protest against tho call ur to link for special exemptions from its effects. livery mail also brought lotters and petitions from business men and politicians, who, viewing the matter from a so. fish sta'nd point, saw only ruin aud detruc tiou to the material interest ot the couu-try,'aud the overthrow of ho Union party, Agaiust all this pre.-sure the General etood as a rock, kindly ai d dispassionately answering every question, but iu no instance departiug from Ins instructions. Tbeae'were cases of hardship which the Governor foresaw,, but time was every thing, and he trusted lighting them while the' regiments were preparing for tho field. i And now comes the most interesting part f th s record of the National Guard of Ohio. The response of the call ot our honored Executive was tho most remark able episode iu this war. xMen left their plows in the helds, thuir workslups, tneir stores aud their banks, aud there sudden ly appeared armed hosts on almost every hill side, and iu almost evury valley throughout the State, numbering in the rcL'alo, ncudv fortu thousand men: The cheerfulness with which this was done is above all f raise. Enough, that the honor is equal to 'he sacrifice, for who to day (except a traito- to his state aud country,) does not hear with pride the name ot 'Nutioual Guard.'' This dovotedues aud self sacrifice electrified the whole country, aud the Governor in fitting and eloqueut words, thanked the Guard. ' Let me reprodaeo souie oi tne beautiful sentences of this address, for they deserve to be priuted in letters' 61 gold, . . : 1 am not iguorant of the sacrifices this call imnoses upou you, nor of the unequal mauner in winch it impose, the burthens of the war. You must refloct, however, that hitherto wo have experienced com paratively little of the incouveucieu aud depression Consequent upon a stato ot war. . If a part ot theso come home to us now, we cau wen aiioru 10 imici, iur so short a time, the tax imposed uoa us, especially when the sacritico gjve promise of materially bas'euing the close of the contest. Ibeourtlieu niusi ueceBuruy be equal, for tho Union men of thisoouu-tr must work out its salvation. The dUoyal element is int to be relied upon either toeocoarage bur armies, or' to aid in he crushing of the rebellion. You are', in this particular, ; not unliko your anceor8 who achjeved the independence of your couutry aitainst a foreign enemy on the ' no baut, aud tfifi tories of the revolution on the other. 1 - - . Remember then, that like unto those! rrought'outyour natiouality.through sity'tbatyou' have not y'et expert , & greater the sacrifice;.! high,- ' i . ' ..iu'7 who wrou. adversity enoed, er the honor tn those who are called to preserve it.'', ' " ! Fully cothprehendiog tKo effects t f this call upon the industrial interesta of Ihe State, I would not have made it, bad I not been lully impressed with the necessity of an increase of our forces, an the most effective means of bahtcuin the close of the contest, and the advent ot peace. ,, I have done what I conscicn Jous-ly believed to be my duty, in the present Dosition bt affitirs, and you havo re pond ed io a manner that challenge my ad-miratioQ, and will comruadd the gratitude of the boantry, ' i-Go forth then, soldiers of tha National Guard, ' to the fulfillment of the duty assigned to you. I have entire confidence that you will meet all its requireniejits with fidelity and honor.. The prayers f the 'peoplo of the State will follow yo; and may your return be as glorious as your going forth is noble and patriotic. ' The Govotn6r now devoted hinifelf to the. work of orKauizntion, and the energy displayed by .the i.fScera.and plerks tm- gngei) 1Q tne oiuereut quiioh, is mo ui evidence of the trauscedeot executive (jhilit !of 'Jehu Urouh. Nothing wa neglected, There was us detail so small that it did pot receive th prsonal attention of the .Governor . lie b"l an eye on cfory officer. fcfi! tptKihi to bj'j'wdrk. Thre Wpr men iiush ar(i nnpatrio'io enough at this time, I urn sorry to cay, who sought to create disturbance by fill ing the minds of tho men with fear that the were being entrapped only to be offered up us a sacrifice to the Moloch nf war. To a major of a regiment refused to be mustered, ln t ,'egriphs us 'bllows: "The Guard will hi promptly mustered out at the end of tho uuo hundred duy-. The frith of tho Government and the State a-o both pledged to this. Tho regiment can serve in the State if it wants to do so. Wo wnnt a regiment at (lamp Chase to guard rebel prisoners and patrul. No other regiment wants to do it.. Men who refuse to muster will be held to this service. The muster iuto the United States service is a mere form to make the pnvment from the Government instead of the State. ;Adviso.me if this is tittafactory. ' ' - .. This regiment was mustered within a few hours aud asked to' be allowed to go out of the Stato. ' ! Delay in tho organization of regiments was not tolerated . To Colonel Jackson of the Ninth be telegraphed as follows : "Your regiment was reported rciic'y yesterday. President Jewett says no requisition has yet been made for transportation. Tho War department is thundering at uie -lor these troops every hour. No trivial cause for delay must be suffered to intervene. Jewett says lie can have a train this afWnoon if immediate notice js given 'Why cannot this be done? Time is precious. Make every, hour count.'.' To Major-General McCook, at Camp Chase, ho telegraphed nearly the same. Mustering officers and quartet masters were kept moving, and with few exceptions they were willing to do ull in their power, aud the importance of this energy and haste will be more appreciated when it is kuowu that at tins tiuio Uluo was the only State f iruishing mijitia to take tho place of veterans. Alio, she had cot ouly furnished the thirty thousand prom ised, but there were live thousand more asKiiiL' to go. On the 12th the Governor telegraphed the Secretary of War as follows: '77. M. Sl'inton. Swrt tary of War: 'I have five or six regiments organized and in camp more lhau my quota. Will you take them or must 1 disband thciiu If you take them where shall they be as signed? Answer early as they are crpwd inguio.. ' ' "John Brovoii." On the same day the Sctfrotary of War replied as follows : 'I will accept all tho troops ynu can raise. The other States will be deficient aud behind rime. We want every man now. Let us have all y.our regiments within tho next wock, They may decide the war. Edwin M. Stanton, 'Secretary of War." Within the next six days,' Ohio's quota, and over four thousand additional troops had been sent o tho field. The Governor doubtless dictated the following dispatch, with a good deal of satisfaction: ' Columbus. 0.,May 18G4. "To E. M. Stanton, Secretary of Jl'nr, Washington, D. C. i -"Ohio has sent regiments as follows: Four to Baltimore, Md., two to Cumberland, thirteen to Washington, and the fourteenth will leave to-night; thrco to Parkersburg. tour to Charleston, three to New Creek", three to Harper's Ferry. Has Btationed one at Gallipolis, two at Canip Dennison, two at Camp Chase, two regiments und a battalion of seven companies at Johnson's Island; being forty regiments and one battalion, comprising an uggregate of thirty-four thousand men. This work has been completed io sixteen dayr. "John Brougii.'' Before the reception of that, however. the Secretary of Var had made use of the following language in a gcnoral dis patch: ' , .; ' ' ; "The Department and the nation are indebted to you more than 1 can tell for your prompt and energetic aotion at this crisis." ' ' Such is the record of Ohio.v One hundred and NINETY regiments in the field to-day defending the National ' Govern-ment, aud battling for the sacred cause of lreedom. We challenge any other State to show a more br.l iant record. Not onlv has Ohio furnished the troops for. every demand, but she Las iurnithed severa thousand more veieratis than any other State and last y, w.th.n E.xtcen J .tba. ' ' . armed and cauipped aud in the held. armed and cquipp AH honor to her people for their devotion to the common country, . All. honor to the National Guard for their unselfish Datriotism, "who id the critical' hour "of the great crisis left all beh.nd and shouldered their muskets it' defense of the great cause. All honor to their noble Executive, who had the . nerve in the hour of danger toisk popularity and friendsh.p, and iu tha laoe of political acathemas to give a fresh army to the General Government. :, , . ! The lollowing correspondence as tu important part of this hietory, will be read with interest. And in this connection I would add a line in justice to the officers who huve totted with Governor Brouirb during the sixteen days. As is elearlv shown in the above, too much praise cannot be bestowed en Adjutant General Uowcn. Be is a man of rare presence of wind, good judpment and splendid execuiivo Ulent. Ilia eon dentii.1 clerk, John T. Mercer, Esq., pot-senses similar qualifications,-and proved a Valuable augment,.' Uuar(.r-uia.ter Gen: Barlow and Surgeon Gen, Burr, ol , the Govrebor'a stafi) Mejor Gtn. Ueint-telmnn and CapU Potter, hia Aasiriaot General, aud Captaiui Burftind1 Kerr of the United States Quatter4Uater's department, ' all did the.tr share, of tha good work J'.t ' Elected Jwtrjj., THE OLD-FAMItOMvD ciioih. ; i BT BKKJ. r. TAYLOR. ' I have fancied ionii timcj, the Bethel bent beai ''' . 1 1 That trembled to earth in tho Patriarch's dream, Was a ladder of Sono iu that wih'ernvss rest From tho pillow of stone to the Bluo of the Blest, .' . Aud the angels descending to dwell with us here, "Old Hundred" and "Corinth" and "China'' aud "Mear." ' " '' All the hearts aie aot dead, cot under the , sod, 'i .... s . ' ,',' "'. , . That these breaths Can blow opeu to Heaven aud, Godl .,, , :, Ah, "Silver Street" leads by a bright, golden road, Oh, not to the hymns that in harmony flowed But those sweet bumau ptalnuiu tha old-fa-sb- ' ioued choir, To the girl that sung alto the girl that Bang air. "Let us sing in His praise," the Minister Said. All the palai books at once fluttered opeu at . "York," Sunned their long dotted cings iu the words that he read, While the leader leaped iuto the tune jest ahead, Aud politely picked up the key-note with a , fork, Aud thb vicious old viol went growling along At the heeli of the gills, iu the rear of the song I need not a wiug bid no genii come, With a wuudvrful web from Arabian loom, To bear mo agaiu up ihe river of Time, Wheu the world was iu rythni aud life was in rhyme; Where the stream of the years flowed so noiseless aud narrow, That across it there floated the song ot a spar row; For a spiig of green carraway carries me there, ' ' To the old village church and the old village v choir, : ' When clear of the floor my feet slowly swaug, Aud timed the sweet pulso of the praise as thevsuuz. Till the glory aslant from the afternoon sun Seemed the rafters of gold iu God's temple begun! I . You may smile at the oassals of old Deacon Brown, ' ' Wbo followed by scout till he run the tune dowu Aud dear sister Green, with more goodness than grace, "; ' '" -' 5 ' Rose and fcH oa the tunes as the stood in her place, ; ' And where "Coronation" exultantly flows, Triad to reach the high notes on the tips of her toes! To the laud of the leal they went with their song, ' ' Where the cboir and the chorus together belong,Cb, be lifted ye Gates! Let me bear them agaiu Bletsed bong, blessed Sabbatb, forever amen. 'JHfir ON IT. A good story is told of a lisping officer in tho army having bean victimized by a I rother officer (noted for his oool delibei-ation and his, strong nerves,) aud his getting square with him in the following manner. The cool jotter, the Captain was always quizzing the lisping offi?er,a Liout. fcr his' nervousness. ' ' 'Why,' -aid he one day in presence of his company, 'nervousness is all nonsense I tell you( Lieutenant, no brave man will bo nervous.' r'Well,' inquirod his lisping friend,'how would you do,: tbpose a' thell with an inch futhce should drop itthelf into a walled angle, in which you bad taken thelter from a company of tharp thot th- erth, and where it was thertain, if you put out your nose, you'v get peppered.' . : . 'IIow,' said the Captain, winking at the otrcle: 'wby take it cool and spit on thefuzee.' ' ' l ! ' ' , . The patty broke up and all retired except tbe patrol. . That next morning a number of soldiers where assembled cn the parade and talking in clusters, when ulong came the lisping Lieutenant. , Lazily opening his eyes; he remarked: . 'I want to try an exporimont thitb morning, and thee how exceedingly' cool you Oan be.' ,rA .. , , , , -( Saying this, he walked dnliberately in. to the Captain's quarters, where a fite was burning on the hearth, and plaoing in the hottest centor a powder canister, instantly retreated There was but one mode of egress from tbe quarters, and that was upon the parade ground, the road being buitt op for defense. The occupant took one look at the canister,com-piehended the situation, and in a moment dashed at the door, but it was fastened on the outside. t..;, j - : , ? 'Charley, let me out if yon have aoy love for me,' shouted the Cap.ain. e Thpit on the caoither!' shouted he in return. " "' " " ' ' ' "-1 ' v ' Not a moment was to be lost. He had first taught up a 'blanket to coter his -trainer, drbrnni ft h. Taint O , T ' " the w'ndow aud out he bounded, sani culottes, sans everything but a very short under garment; and thus, with hair almost on end, he dashed upon a full parade ground. The shouts which hailed him called out the whole barracks to see what was the mutter, aud the dignified Capt. pulled a Seargeaut in front of him to hide himself. 'Why didn't you thpit on it?' inquired the Licutunant., 'Because there were no sharpshooters io front to stop a retreat,' answered the Captain. i 'All I got to thay, iben, ith,' said the Lieutenant 'that you might thafely done it; for I'll tbware there wasn't a thinglo grain of powder in it.' ' The Captain has never spoken of nervousness lince, i , ' AN LSS ONTO MUblK. BY JGS11 BILLtNOS. 'Musik has charms to sooth a savage, Tew rotid a rock' aud best akabbaire!" So they tell me, but I should rather try a revolver on the savage, a blast ov powder on the rock, aud good eharp vinegar ou the kabbnge. I: haint surched history to diskiver who give the fust concert of musik. We ure told that in those days 'the stars sang together, but in these days you cau't git stars together. We often heard said 'that such a person has a good ear for musik!' I dont fellowship with this remark; awl a person wauts tew uuderstund musik with is a good soul; a 'good ear hain't got enny more tew du with it than a good sett of branes has to do with charity. Musikal crickets insist that if tho gammut aint rite, the musik aint rite; that is all non-senze; the gammut baiut got any mote tew du with a musik hungry mat than a .nife und fork has with bis dinner, if l.e is real hungry and kjn eat witb hi fin-gets. ' ' . ;' Musik want got up tew maik us wiza, but better natured. How much opera musik dew you suppose it wud taik to maik a man cry? Folks will tell you that such, an 'ovorture fria dubulo' (or sum other furrin big named thing) 'was most heavenly rendered; tha mite as well tell men that a pumkiu jiio was heavenly rendered. What do i caroabout the ren-dering if i dont get a piece of the pie? Let some Prime Connor or Mezzer Soin-peaner, or Bearytown Base, or sum sich luruin iudividual, ouui into ' this village, iiid histe their fiag.and bav a programmy of singing aa long as a sarch warrant,and as hard to spell out as a cbinese procli- mashun ritten up side down,and has iev enty-five cents for a preserved ' seat, and most everybody will go to hear it, because most everybody else duz, and will sa, every now and thou, (out loud) how bewiching! how delishus! how ogs. tatick!'nd nineteen out of every twenty ono ov them wouldn t kno if the perfor-mance was aburlesk on their grandmoth er. Wouldn't it be fun tew s-ae one ov these opera singers undertake to rok a baby tu sleep? I guess there wud be two parts curried to that song about that time. Suppose you shud come home at nite weary boy, and la yure hed in mother's lap, and sho shud let out a opera, good Lord! would not yu think yure mother was a luuatik, or ought to be one at -nst, tew save her karakter? 'Korreckt taist,' is another big word; ive nurd folks use: id whose finger nales wanted cleaning. Musik, after all, iz sumthing like vittles, the more cooking and seasoning we use tbe more we have to have, till after t while we kant enjoy enny thing ov the vittles but the pepper. . : . m Opera dont havo enny more foosening afleok on me than caster ile would on a graven image. I set and gaie, and hark and oee the whole aujence in hiregliph icks, and awl i kau do is ta get mad that sich stuff is oalled musik. But awl the reasoning in the wuld wont konvince menuy poople that tha dtnt understand a word of it; it ii tha fashion tew expire and have their eoulr dissolve io latin at the rato ov sevonty-five cente, as it has gottu be did 'sink or ewiin, survive or perish.' If ennjbody wsnta tu go sad hear a man or wum.m disgorge mosik that has more kolik than melody into it, I suppose (under tha constitashnn)' tha hav jist the same rite as the bav tn cru sifi themselves enny other wa, for sum body elee'a tint that tba dont know the natur o. , , , , '-, TBI DEAOOft A'D TBE WASPS A worthy Deaoon in a good town in Maine , was remarkable for the faoility with which he quoted soriptare on all oe casioos. The Divino word wm ever at tongue's end,, and all the trivial, as well as important occurrences of Jife, furnish, ed occasion of quoting the languago'of the Bible. What was .better, howover, the exemplary man always made hie quo-utionsth standard of action! ' One hot day he was eiigsgsJ i hioWiog.'wltVl: hired man, ho Wasloadiug ott the liua-con following witb his swath, coming In with apt quotations, wheu the "man suddenly sprung from bis place, leaving his swath just ia time to escape a warp nest. , 'What is the matter?' hurriedly asked the Deacon. , . : 'Wasps,' was the laconio reply. , , , '.'oiili!' said (ho Deacon, 'tin wicked flee when no man pursuetb.but the righteous are as bold is a lion!' and taking the workmauV swath be mowed but a step when the awe rui of brisk insects settled about his ears, aud be was forced to retreat with many a painful eting, and is great djscoutfiture. : '.'':!'' ,'" ' 'Ah!' shouted tho other, with a chuckle, 'tho prudent man for.-eath tho evil and hitlftth himsell, but the simple puss on and are punished.''' ' The Deacon had found his equal in making applications of the sacred writings, and thereafter Was not known to quote Scripture in a mowing-field. THE SITUATION. A young lady thus describes her feelings: 'My heart is sick, my heart is sad Uat, oh! the caase I dare not tell I am not grieved, I am not glad, I am not HI, I am not well! - ' I'm not myself I'm not the same, I am, mdeed, I know net what, I'm cbauged iu all except in name ' Obi wbuB will I be changed in that?" Taking thk Plkdqk. An Irishman onco said to another: ".And yo have taken the teetotal pledge have ye?" ;. : 'IndadeJ have and am cot asham ed of it aither." ;' "And did not Taul tell Timothy to take a little for the stomch's Bake?" "So he did, but my name ia not imotliy' and there ia nothing the matter with ray1 stomach." JEff-Tbe importance of punctuation Is seen in the following lines: . There Is a lady in this land '' ' 1 lias twenty nails on each hand v 1 Five and twenty on hands and feet AI this fs true without deceit. , Correctly punctuated, the ttutement reads thus: There is a lady in this land . . Has twenty nails; on each band-Fivei-aud twenty on bonds and feet, All this is true without' deceit J3Dr. Marsh says the best cure for hysterics is to discharge the ser vant girl. In bis opinion there "is nothing like flying arouud to keep the nervous sy stem from being unstrung. Some woman think they want a physician when they only need a lit tle judicious exercise with the scrub bing brush and broom. 8SrA letter passed through the mail from New York to Tore-nto, C. W., a short time since, bearing tbe following inscription: - In the beantilul provides of Canada West, Is a town by the name of Toronto, Where lives a lad wbo is ono of the best, And bis name I can tell if I wont to. It is merely Gharlea Luke, Not a lord ncr a duke, ' But a and business man he's out, Iknew him ripht well At Roach's Hotel, Wheu 1 aied to live in Toronto, O. W. Sells drinks oalled "half-and-half, la the bar. CHILDREN CHOWING CP. They take their first steps. They pass from the period of easy obedience. of subjection ' to command, into tho period in which they are to assume the responsibility of their own conduct It is a difficult passage. II dw to carry a young mai on from fiflaen to twenty years of age, is a long steering ground, and both shores are linod with perils. N one can foresee v tho circumstances that betido their chil dren. As long as they are children wo hare the good of them; but as soon at thpy begin to leave childhood, and to take hold npoa raanhcod.-we begin to feel that the problem become more uncertain, more difficult, and more full of anticipations of pain, and re alizations of pain. It is the problem wether they have been educated so aa to endure the outer life. Parents scarcely know what their children are made op ot. , They do not know what strain they will bear.. They do xot know where tho crushing point will be. They do not know wother they can be broken or not. For the family de velops not tba worst side ot the character, but tho best. If or is there any opportunity . within the family, and while, thay ara there sheltered,, for thorn to be set upon by such tcmtatlons as may afterwards cuito ovenvbdiq them. S ',: ' v,, -. ' ' ' : - IVfOae of the greatest 1 electa Ifi ' . the education of children, ia m no- lectinp to accustom thm to work. It is an evil peculiar to large towna and cities. A certain amount of work, la f necessary to he proper education children; their future, independency,;, and comfort, depend on their being,! accustomed to provide for tli tho.usv.y and constantly recurring weuU.UiHt nature entaiU on them. Even if thia oi necessity did not exist, moderate employment of some' kind wuld pr- 'I Serve tlidm frcra bad habitS; promowi'(' liealtu and enable ' them to bear the' confinement of the school room,) and 4 teach them more than anytbinsj ; else appropriate views' respecting ..tWfy future, welfare. 'u It Is , too often ( fh9 ' case that children, after spend ing siV , hours of the day, in school, are perniit-4 ted to spend tho rest of the day $;r they please. They do not consider, j that their success in after life depends upon the improvement of their youth' ful hours, 'k ' ! -1 j They grow up in the world without i a knowledge of its toils and cares.'! They can not appreciate the favort ' best'jwed on them by their parents, as' they do not know tbe foils they coat.'; Their bodies and minds' are ener- , vated, and they are constantly xposed to whatever vices association aro with in tlioir reach. Tbe daughter prob' ably becotneb that pitiable object, a t' fashionable girl. Tho son, if ha surmounts the consequences of his pa-n renfs': neglect, does it probably " aftef ' his plans and station for life are fijetj, , when a knowledge of some of its im portant 'objects como too late. 1 lo ' man or woman is thoroughly ednca-'' ted, if not required to labor, , Whatj, ever accomplishment they possess whatever their mental training in the ' voyage of life, they require some prac-,' tical knowledge and experience de rived iforn accustoming themselves t useful labor : of some Bort.TiViw 1 lOf'AOl un. J ;i. Bow Prepared Coffets at 5Ia4, The editor of the Baltimore Amer'caa, who admits hiiniell to be great lover of coffee, says he has recently Teceivedwo serious shocks to' his enthusiasm." One ( was tbe assurance or an old traveler Irom the East that hia Mooba was not Mocha, and tbe otW ia related below: "Visiting recently the Commissary Department of one of our large military;! hospitals, we noticed several ( barrels of dried ooffce grounds, the purpose where-, ot exoited our curiosity, ; The polite Commissary informed us that they receiv-I ed twelve dollars a barrel for the grounds, k and thus added materially to the ''Slush Fnpd." But "what is it purchased for?"1 we persisted. "Well," said be, hesitating-1 ly, "ili ik rearomatised by the transform-ing hand of modern chemistry,' and put' np in pound papers, whioh are decorated' with ettraotive labels and high sounding oamos, and sold at prioes whioh create , astonishment at the small margin' left . SJ"Our friend "Jooms" of. the Burlington . Ilawk Eye tella a good one of a follow who tried to kill ,a lot ' of Copperhead loafers wbo had i been hanging around his place of business, by feeding tliern on doable-snotted strychnine whiskey.,; Jeems says "he mado them a preseut of a barrel of the meanest kind, thinking it would kill them in a short time. But bo says they stayed away from his storex abiut a month, when they returned again, and thanked him feelingly for. his present. , Ho says the dirty , rW cals actually fattened on the whisky. Ho has given up all hopes of gotting rid of them in that way. , Yon might as well try to kill o house snake ly, feeding it milk as to try to kill f Cop' whisk.y " "Thatlittls thing can'f he' did.' '"Iowa Itetter.''..' ZT ' We can' all-' earn oar.' llvis lather,Vas the" remark made in. jir family by one of several young ladies, a short time since. 'That is rightjwj., danghter.'wastbe reply of tho other, parent; 'that fact I regard as a) point ftrinmphin your education. Able, and willing ero ihe two wcrda, which,, wqgd the occasion comsa, if it slall will insure you succaes,and TinJic4t) tho principle that worsaa should be1 edocated for business and tscf'u'acts' aa well as for ornatnont ta l attract-iveneqs. Never fear to work for j our support whea tha necoity shall ccriio, nor fall to enconrp otlievs i.i 'u doing, thonp.h you cay d-iia a: ex-emptioa through tio c'XkU of c'.bca.', ySabscrib t-i L T : ' V.- ui. 1 TTTirTFy;T