Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1862-10-30

              Ill s fol viii. THE MOUNT VEUNON EEPIBLICAN. For one year (invariably in advancc)82,00 For six months, . 100 TERMS Or ADVERTISING. One square, 3 week?, One square, 8 monthe, One square, 6 months, One square, 1 year, Ono square (changeable monthly) Changeable weekly, Two squares, 8 weeks, Two squares, 6 weeks, Two squares, 8 months, Two squares, C months, Two squares, 1 year, Three squares, 3 weeks, Three squares, C weeks, Three squares, 3 months, Three squares, 6 months, Three sti wires, 1 year, 1,00 3,00 4,50 6,00 10,00 15,00 1,75 3,25 5,25 0,75 8,00 2,50 4.50 . G,00 8,00 10,00 One-fourth column, ehan. quarterly, 15,00 One-third " " " 22,00 One-half " " " 28,00 One column, changeable quarterly, 50,00 All local notices of advertisements, or calling attention to any enterprise intended to benefit individuals or corporations, will be charged at the rate of tcu cents per line. omOINAT, POETRY. Our Country's Flag. A voice from the Db'th, a parody. Foenian, harm not our flag Rend not a single fold, It waved o'er Buukcr's hill In glorious days of old. It was a hero brave, Who placed it on that spot, Thou let it proudly wave, Thy hand must harm it not. The banner of the free, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea, Say, would ye tear it down? Its white and crimson bars Arc dear to every heart, . Its fields of golden stars Ye caunot rend apart. To childhood it has told How bravo men fought and bled, How some worth more than gold Were numbered with the dead. It taught our Northern Youths To emulate their fires, And stand for sacred truths Amid firce battle fires. Our heart-strings round thee twine Proud banner of the free, Though all thy foes combino They cannot injure thee. Old flag the rage though brave The battle pierco and hot, While we've an arm to save Our lues shall harm the uot. Emkline A. Wright. The Two Maidens. VY T. S. ARTHUR. "Good morning, Mrs. Hinton," said Martha Green, lifting her head, as. a visitor entered the room in which she sut, busily engaged in sewing. "You sec that I am full of work." "So you seem to'bc," was the quiet reply, "But I suppose you can spare to-night, . fvr a work of mercy?" "How a work of mercy, Mrs. Ilinton?" "Poor old Mrs. Bender is very ill so ill that she cannot bo left alouo any length of time. I have been up with her two nights in succession, and now looking for ono or two young ladies who will take charge of her to-night. Can I depend upon you?" "Not to-night, Mrs. Ilinton. It would be impossible! It will take you till twelve to-uight, and the most part of to-morrow,to fiuish this dress, which I must wear at Mrs. Carrie's party to-morrow evening. Any other time I would go with pleasure." "I am really sorry for that, I have been to two or three this morning, and all have declined on account of the party." . "Hannah Ball can go as readily as not Mrs. Hinton- She had her dress made at the mantaumukcr's." "I have seen Hannah." "Does she decline?" "Yes." "That's very Btrangp. What reason she give?" "She says that if she were to set up to night, it would ruin her appearance tomorrow evening. That it would make her dreadful." "There is something in that, you know yourself, Mrs. ninton. Loss of rest has tho same effect upon me. I don't look fit to bo seen for two or three days after los-ng a nlght'i sleep." N "Yes, I know that sitting up docs not improve look much," Mr- TrnUn gravely remarked, and then a'cr ausing n few moment, pave up, and said as she moved towards the door. "Well,I must bid you good inoruing.Mar-tha: time is passing, and I must find boiug one who will relieve me, or I shall be sick myself." "I hope you will,". Martha said, in a tone of concern. "Wore I not situated just as I am, I should go with pleasure." And thon tho visitor went away. After her departure, Martha Oreen sat thoughtfully for sonic minutes. She did not feel altogether satisfied with herself, and yet, on reflection, Bhe could not see any cause of self-condemnation. Sincerely did Bhe pity the condition of poor Mrs. Bender, who( was nearly seventy years of age, sick, and without snv one in the world with whom she could look and claim, from consanguin ity, a single and kind office. "But it was impossible for her to go," she reasoned, in the effort to quit her uneasy feelings, "under the circumstanees-ulterly impossible." Still she sat thoughtful, without resuming hor needle. At length she aroused herself, with the half audible remark, Somebody will go, of course," and that settled the matter. It was, perhaps, an half hour, that a young friend and confident, dropped in to sit an hour with Martha. The conversation ran, of course, on the party to be held at Mrs. Carrie's on that evening. "You will look beautiful in this dress," the friend remarked, lifting a portion of the garment upon which Martha was at work, in her hand. "It suits your complexion admirably; besides being of a rich material, and attractive, yet appropriate and not too gaudy in color." 'I am glad you think so,"Marth replied, with a smile of satisfaction. "I dou't believe there will be anything half so elegant at the party." "There will at least be one dress there that will fully equal it," the visitor said. "Are you sure?" asked Martha, in a tone of disappointment. . "Yes. As I came along this nioniug, on way hero, I dropped in a moment to see El'e.i Willard, and found her at work as you are, upou her new own dress. She has certainly selected it with excellent taste. Much as I admire yours,I really think that I should prefer the one she has chosen. She will attract much attention, of course; you know that sho is a girl of a great deal of taste, and knows how to dress to the very best advantage." This intelligence had the effect to change materially tho tone of Martha's feelings. As far as was in her power, she concealed this change from her friend, but after she had left, her countenance expressed much concern. The reason was this: A young man, named Alton, had paid her a good many attentions in tho last few months,and of such a marked kind, thatshehad suffer ed her affections to become a good deal interested. The extent of this interest had not become apparent to herself until within a week or two, during which timo she thought that she had perceived a slight change in this manner toward her, united with, on one or two occasions,, a perceptible preference for the company of Elleu Willard. One reason of'her being unusual ly desirous of making, if possible, the very best appearance at the party of Mrs. Car rie, was to fix again the wavering regard of Mr. Alton. To learn, then, that Ellen was likely to equal, if uot eclipse her, was no pleasant information, and it troubled her in spite of every effort to rally her feelings. Time passed, and the evening came for the anticipated company. Martha was there early, dressed with the most scrupulous re gard to effect, yet tastefully, in every res pect. Alton came in, perhaps half au hour after. Tho maiden's heart bounded as she saw him enter, while the soft tint of her cheek, delicate as the rose blossom, deep ened its hue. The eye of the young man glanced around the brilliantily lighted room, evidently in search of some oue, and then seated himself alone, as if disappoint, ed, and slowly surveyed the company. Of course he did not fail to notice Martha Green. In a little while others made their appearance, and he soon found himself by the side of one of his most intimate friends. "Did you ever see Martha Green look so beautiful?" he said to this young man. "Where is she? Oh, yes I see. Really she is a superb looking woman." "jsn't she? But there is one whom I expect here to-night, that, if I am not mistaken, will eclipse her," "Who is she?" "Ellen Willard." "There she is now! Look at her, and then yield the palm at once to Miss Green. Re ally I never saw Ellen look so indifferent in all my life," Alton turned her eyes towards the door, and sure enough there was Ellen, plainly dressed tho' neat, and her face wearing the expression of weariness. It was a moment or two before he spoke, and then he said in a tone of disappointment: "As you say, I never saw her look so in-1'fferently in all my life. Still, she is a -weet girl, even though eclipsed to-night in every way by Martha Green." MOUNT VERNON. OHIO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 ISC2. "They certainly will Uot bear a compari son," responded the friend. Martha Green, who was sitting beside tho friend and confident mentioned as having called on her the day before, has been glancing uneasily towards the door, every time it opened to admit some new comer, and was among the first to perceive Allen. "Oh, dearl if that is all, no onehere need fear being thrown into the shade to-uight," was her exulting remark. "Why, I thought you told me that she was at work on a dress even more beautiful than mine!" "So she was," replied her friend. "And I cannot for my life tell why she has not worn it." "She could not get it done, I suppose." Perhaps not. There was a good deal to do on it when I saw her. Indeed, she had just commenced working on it." "Do you know that I am right glad ol it?" said Martha. "No; why?" Because, if she had come out in her very best style this evening, I am very much afraid that Mr. Alton would have been much pleased with her." "Indeed! I thought he was paying almost exclusive attention to you?" "So I have flattered myself until within the last week or two, when he has seemed to grow a little more attentive to Elleu than is agreeable to me." "You have nothing to fear to-night Martha, just sec! She has that old dress worn by her at the last half dozen parties And instead of hpr usual brilliant complex, ion, her skin looks sallow, and her cheeks pale; and her whole face has a dull, lifeless expression. What on earth can be the matter? Something has happened, no doubt, to prevent her getting that done, which has worried her so much as to spoil her very face. And see with what a look Mr. Alton is now regarding her." "Yes, I see; and what is more, I see that I am safe." In a few minutes after, Alton took a seat beside Mart'.ia, cured, as he thought, of the evident preference which he thought already existed in his mind for Ellen Willard over her anxious rival. This preference had not been so distinct as to have been founded upon any serious comparison made in his mind between the intrinsic claims to estimation, which the two young ladys presented. It was rather a leaning towards Ellen, without reflection upon the reason why she seemed more interesting to him than Martha. Of course it required but a trifle to change the state of his mind. He now renewed his attention to Martha Green, with even more than his former assiduity, to the entire neglect of Ellen Wil-ard, who retired at a very late hour. Towards the close of the evening, he sat near Mrs. Ilinton, who was present, and two or three ladies who were conversing. The names of Ellen, mentioned by one of the party, attracted his' attention. "Ellen did not look like hcrself,to-night," was remarked by one. "No," said another, "I never saw her make a more diffircutappepearance. And sue besides, very dull, while she remained, and she left tho roomatanunusaually early hour. What can be the matter with her?" "She is not very well," said Mrs. Hinton."But even that docs not account for the waut of taste and effect in her dress, two things that are always regarded by her." I think that I can explain it all," re plied Mrs. Hinton smiling. Alton iistened attentively to what follow ed, although it was not intended for his cars. He sat near enough to hear all that was said, without making any effort to do so and was too much interested to get up, and move to another part of the room. "Well, what is the reason? askod two or three of the ladies. "It is a very plain case," resumed Mrs. Hinton. "Most of you know old Mrs. Bender. On calling in to sec her a few days ago, I found her very ill, and in need of nourishment and attention. She is very old, and entirely by herself. In the condition that I found her, it would have been cruel to have left her alone for any length of time. For two nights I remain cd with her niysolf, not wishing to trouble any one else, and being in the hope every day that she wold get better. Yesterday I found myself so much fatigued from loss of rest, that I was compelled to seek for some one who would relieve me. Accord ingly, I called upon several young ladies, and aBke d their assistance. But some, like Martha Greon, had their Bands so full in making np dresses for this evening, that they could not possibly sit np, while oth. era were afraid that the loss of a night's rest would entirely unfit them to enjoy this pleasant company. Any other time one and all would have ce ne forward cheerfully for the sake of old Mrs. Bender. With a feeling of discouragement I called in to see Ellen, and found her busily engaged on one of the sweetest dresses I have ever seen. It was to be worn this cveuing. "Bmty, t?o," I rcmirked, an I rat down by her side, with a feeling tl a', my search for a sitter up would provo fruitless. "1 am busy, Mrs. Ilinton," was her re ply, "but not bo busy, I hope, but what 1 can oblige you." "IiiBtinctivily, it seems, had she perceiv ed, from my tono of voice, that I had a request to make, which hor heart prompted her at once to grant, if in her power. "I am afraid, Ellen," I said, "that you are too much engaged for what I wish you o do. This boautiful dre3.s is forto-mor-frow cveuing, I suppose?" "Yes," "And of course will keep you ibuoy for to-night and to-morrow?" "I shall uot, certainly, have much time to spair," was her reply." "But what is that you wish me to do?" "1 wish you to set up win old Mrs. Bender, who is very ill." "To-uight?" "I have been to six orseven young ladies but uot one can go. I have been up for two successive nights myself, and feel quite worn out." "Is Mrs. Bunder very ill?" she enquired, iu a voice of sympathy and concern. "Yes, quite low." "For a few moments Ellen sat thoughtful, and then she said, with a cheerful smile," "I will go over to-night and set up with her." "But you cannot fiuish this dress, and do so," I 'said. "I know that, Mrs. Hinton. But Mrs. Bender needs my attention a great deal more than I need this dress, much as I have desired to appear in it to-morrow eve, uing, and much as I need one for such an occasion. But I had rather go with a calm coneiousuess of having done my duty than without it, to appear in the attire of a queen." "The dear girl spoke with an earnsst- ncss that made her cheek glow and her eye brighten. I thought that I had never seen her face wear an expression so lovely. True to her resolution, she went over to Mrs. Bender's and remained with her all night. Her dress of course could hot be finished, aud that was not all. An attack of sick-headache was the consequence, the effects of which, upon her appearance, you all observe to-night." "Admirable girl!" murmered Alton to himself, as Mrs. Hinton ceased speaking. "He w far more beautiful is a truly good, self-sacrificing action, than all the exterior graces that act can put on.'r As ho said this, he looked up, and his eye foil upon the bells of the evening Martha Green. But, like magic, faded all her exterior levliness, as he compared it with the moral beauty of the other. He sought not her side again, and left the company as soon as he could with propri ety. The next evening found him at the dwelling of Ellen; in whose very look and tone he now perceived a new attraction, and in every movemcnt-a now grace. He soon yielded his heart to the power of vir tues unpercoived aud uufelt before; virtues, whose bloom and fragrance timcnor change can steal away. Their Knees Smiting Together. No man now dare say that the emancipation proclamation will not be a dead letter at the South. The quaking of the traitors is a daily livingproof that those few sentences of Abraham Lincoln have carried greater consternation to the hearts of the rebels than have all the mighty armies which have been scut out from the incxaustible North. Tho rulers tremble with apprchsionand the people grow pale with a dread presentiment of the future. The whole South quivers as with an earthquake and awaits with blanched faces the coming doom. The rebel Congress and the rebel Generals seek to hide their fear by ferocious retaliatory resolutions and orders, but, those like the grave yard whistle of the benighted boy, only make more apparent the terror which inspires them. It is said that a private circular has been issued by the rebel government to proprietors of newspapers, forbidding the publication of the proclamation. It is doubtless true. The most intense effort will be made to keep its provisions from tho people and tho slaves, but the effort will be unavailing. The mysterious of telegraphing which exists among the slaves has carried the words of life and hope all over the South ere this, and the millions of bondman are to-day blessing God that they have lived to Bee (his day, and consoling with one another a patient endurance until the incoming of the New Year shall inaugurate for thom the year of jubilee. We hear no more of the affection of the slaves for their masters, but instead, we hear subdued intimation of all the slaves being hastened off to the Southern markets, and of the additional watchfulness with which their every word and act is noted. The testimony of the efficacy of theproc-tarnation d"1::.1 not mnc alone from North ern sources. ' In a recent volumcpublished by Barnes i Burr, of New York, and containing the experiences of a Mr. Stevenson of that city, who was forced into the rebol army last year, we find tho burden of the narrative to bo that the South ia in ril earnest, being determined to rub or ruin. Mr. Stenson was asked, "What, with your eiDcricnce of the South, will the Presi dent's proclamation be worth?" His answer was, "It is the most expedient and wisest thing to be done. The slave are the backbone of the rebellion; the rebels could not fight if it ww not for the slaves working. I!strov that sunwwt and it is all ud with them and they know it. Carry it out by vigorous aud unrelenting war, and you can hurl down the rebels, and you cannot without." Such is the testimony and the answer to the anti-proclainationiats. Clevtlund Leader. Tin; Downfall or Slavery. j This withering curse, abhorred of Oodj aud man, carrying with it a load of sin j sufficient to sink any nation and any people, is thanki; to the sins of the traitors, soon to be crushed out; and the full grown man is now living who will ee the time, aud that soon, when the footstep of a slave will press uo part of free America; when the flag of theUuion will be the flag of the free, and the United States, covering the whole of North America, will be in truth, as it is in song, the free heart's home. Thus does heaven work out its own purposes for good, and the sins of the traitors will be the uieauB of showing to the world a Republic of freemen the Creat Republic of the West without a slave. Three years ago the man who dreamed this would come to pass, or slavery be wiped out uudcr the four years administra. tion of Abraham Lincoln would have been deem deemed fitted for a straight jacket or a lunatic asylum. Yet men there were men of sound mind and honest hearts, who not only dreamed but believed, and verily they can now rejoice for they heve seen their country redeemed from its foulest disgrace, its deadliest curse, and the model Republic of the earth purified as if by fire and the shackles burst from the limbs of five millions of human beings, aud they made to assume their rightful station among the freemen of the earth. For this great pleasing for this change which less than three years has brought about, we may thank the firmness, the honesty, and manly good sense of Abraham Lincoln, who, discarding the "pale counsellors to fear," has given vent to the out-gushing honesty and good sense of his nature, and thus rid the country of thegrcat-cst curse that ever befel a nation by proclaiming liberty throughout all the land and to all the inhabitants thereof, by a wise and fortunate recurrence to the self-eviden, truth that all men, crsated iu the image of God, have endowed them and theirs with the "inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and this doctrine, which, incorporated in the Declaration of Independence by the patriots of 177(1, is now for the first time asserted and maintainod in practical use by a declarer of Independence, worthy as the first, and scarce, if at all, inferior to it, in the high hopes of freedom which it brings with it freedom to a race despised anil trampled upon, and their God given rights divested by a base, sordid, and grasping slave oligarchy. As the proclamation flies with lightning speed to all parts of the Union, it willshow that at last the Government is true to its traditions, and true to its promises, and soon will slavery live but in the remembrance of its enormities and of the hearthstones it has robbed and the misery, rapine and other wrongs it has caused. Who that has a sense of right a heart to feal or a soul in which the seeds of right were planted, will not give praise to tho proclamation and to the noble, the generous, and the rightful motives that prompted it ? In the language of a correspondent of the New York Tribune, from one end of the country to the other wherever honesty, truth justice or right has an abiding place, the peo pie, with hcartfeltfeelings, cry "God Bless Abraham Lincoln!" Cleveland Lead-er. JA little girl just past her fifth year, while chatting about the beaux that visited two of the sex in the same house, of more mature age, being aeked, 'What do you mean by beaux, Annie, replied, 'Why, I mean men that have not got much sense aFA tutor, lecturing a young man for irregular conduct, added with earnestness: The report of your vices will bring your father's gray hairs in sorrow to the grave.' 'I begin your pardon, sir.'roplied the iu-corrigible, 'the old cuss wears a wig.' A young gentleman in the tpring time of life, when walking with a lady, stumbled and fell. On his rosnming his perpendicular, the lady remarked,' she was sorry for his unfortunate faux pat' 'I didn't hurt my fore patet,' said he , 'I only barked my n".' Dsaioeralls Meeting In New York New York, Oct. 1". There L an iw-j menae Democratic mee'.ing to-night at tho Cooper Institute, presided over by Horace F. Clarkjttiwistedby Washington Hunt and others . Speeches were made by Hora'.io Sey mour, John Van Bnrou, and Richard O' Gorman. A large number of ouUide nif-i'titig were also held. It is estimated that over 50,000 people Wire present. The following important letter was read by John Vaji Buren not, however, with the consent of thp author : Washington, March 3, 1S01. Dear Sir: Hoping that in a day or two the new President will have happily passed through all danger", and find himself installed an honored successor of the great Washington, with you as the Chief of his Cabinet, I beg leave to repeat in writing what I have before said to you orally, this supplement to my priutel views, dated in October last, on the highly disordered con dition of our so late happy and glorious Union. To meet the extraordinary exi gences of the time i, it seems to mo that I am guilty of no arrogance in limiting the President's field of selection to one of the four plans procedure subjoined: First Throw off the old and assume a new designation (the Union party;) adopt the conciliatory measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden of the Peace Convention, and my life upou it we shall have no new case of secession, but, on the contrary, an early return of many, if not all tho States which have already broken off from the Union. Without some equally benign measure, the remaining slaveholding States will probably join the Montgomery Confederacy iu lets than sixty days, when this city being included iu a foreign country, would require a permanent garrison of at at least 25,000 troops to protect the Government within it. Second Collect the duties on foreign goods outside the ports of.which this Gov ernment has lost -he command, or close such ports by an act of Congress, ar.d blockade them. Third Conquer the seceded States by invading armies. No doubt this might bo done in two or three years by a young and able General a Wolf, a Dcssaix or a Hochc with three hundred thousand dis ciplined men, estimating a third for garrisons, and a loss of a yet greater number by skirmishes, sieges, battles and Southern fe vers. The destruction of life aud property on the other side would befrightful, however perfect the moral discipline of the invaders. Tho conquest completed at that enor mous waste of human life to the North and Northwest, with at least 250,000,000 added thereto, cui bono, fifteen devastated provinces not to be brought into harmony with their conquerors, but to be held for generations by heavy garrisons, at an ex pense quadruple the net duties or taxes which it would be possible to extort from them, followed bya Protector or an Empe ror. Fouth Say to the tcceded States: Wayward sisters, depart in peace. Iu haste I remain very truly yours, WINFIELD SCOTT. To Hon. Wm. H. Seward. When we sec such letters as the above, from the Commander-in-Chief of the V. S. Army; is it any wonder, we have made slow progress in puttingdowu the rebellion? Gen. Scott's favourite policy evidently wa'i to "let the Union slide." Country Glimpses. How charming are the sunset groups ono sees in the low doorways of a summer evening in country places. The white-haired old grandfather, with the curly two year older on his knee, the venerable grandmother, with her grey raircombed smoothly away under her clean-frilled cap; tho young couple healthy and happy, each with a little pet by their side, or in their lap, while smie young girl loiters over the flower beds in the neat garden before them, fresh as the roses she is gathering. How innocently uncouncious are they of this artistic family arrangement for the delight of the traveler, and how many faces, of which he ha only a h&uty glimpse, lingfr in his taim-ory, months, and even years after. Tilts again soffit old hay-eart comes lumbering past, with a young girl seated "in clover," and the fresh wind blowing brown lock.' from eyes that had better be covered, i! the hearts would be sate. The country is the place to make love in, there's no doubt about that; one is not one's guard there against Cupid, Ho has an innocent way with him, of loitering at stilos and hedges, and sitting carelessly dewn in barns, and under trees, and if mischief were the thiug he never dreamed of, all the while he e weaving a net that Sampson himself never could get clear of, though h struggled his mightier t. Managing mammas understand this. They know that a few "v-.cks in the c.inrv, and a tri"- ha' sl i p;nrSm NO Jss, will do mow fur .ww Ann mit- I rimonallv, than a vbv.a win'.er in the city, with ou!y stereotyped :ha.ic:., and full of rivr.1 lunula claimant.'. They will fll you how hopeless ccemed her cas;, till a summer trip suggested iteelf. It is shocking of oouree, in mamma to marry her girb "for a living,' every lady knows that; hut every day that passes ovar bcr heads Lt emancipating girldpm froni thii necessity, by enlarging her opportunities forself-ro-liantoccupations.and prcvidinghcr posaiblo solitary years with mental pleasures and employments, independent of interest' i marriagw. What win theyd'o With them, What shall be douo with the negro? Set him free, says the Republican and war Democrat, and thus prevent his laboring for the rebels. Let him alone, says the peace Dem ocrat. But if they escape from the rebels, aud come into the Federals, what then? Use them in the service of our armies, as teamsters, laborers, or soldiers, say the former. Send them back, say the latter. Here is one criterion by which to judge the sympathy of a man for the rebels. The negrrtH now iu rebel hands raise provisions for tho rebel army, They arc therefore aiders and abettors of tho rebellion, unwillingly and forcibly, it is true, but nevertheless they are such. When one of them escapes he takes from the rebel army just the B'reugth of oue able-bodied man. The peace Dem ocrat would Bend him back would return to tho rebel army that low. What eh can prompt that course, then, but sympathy for the rebellion, and a desire to see it succeed? The peace Democrats, not content with thus striving to strengthen the rebel army, refuse to go into the Federal army themselves, and discourage enlistments by stirring up opposition tothe government. They are thus doubly guilty of disloyalty. To be called "Abolitionist" by such men is au honor of which every truly loyal mau nay be proud. Cleveland Leader. General Hackel man's Last Words. General llackelman, writing to a friend a few days before he was killed in battle, said: "Many goad men must go under ia this contest. The great question is who will be left? It is indeed, a dark hour, but you know we, and know that I always looked on the bright side of all pictures, I have faith in God, wicked as I am faith that He is working out his own good will and pleasure, with fire and swords all will come right. The right man will be found for the right place traitors in our army, and sympathisers with treason in it, weeded out by and by, when the Government finds ithasto make a terrible struggle to perse.vo its existence. The days of holiday war are over; it has become a dreadful strife." Gentlemanly Ladies. -In a railroad car the scats were all full except ono which was occupied by a pleasant looking Irishman, and at one of the stations a couple of evidently well-bred and intelligent young ludies came in to procure seats. Seeing none vacant, they wero about to go in tho back car, when Patrick arose hastily and offered them his scat with evident pleasure. "But you will have no scat for yourself," responded one of the young ladies with a smile. "Never you mind that said the gallant Hibernian, "ye'r welcome to it. I'd ride upon the cow catcher to New York any time, for a smile from suchjinilemaxfy ladies!" and ha retired hastily into the next car, amid the cheers of hie fellow passenger. Matt Ward the Murderee. The notorious Matt Ward who escaped being hung for the murder of Butler, a school teacher at Louisville, Ky., through the dereliction of the famous Hardin County jury, we learn by a letter to the Missouri Republican, ison his plantation in Arkansas, with a protection in his pocket from our Commanding General, and a guard of otir volunteers over his property. We had thought guards over the property of rebels were to be withdrawn, but it appears by lettcra from soldiers that orders to that effect aro not yet carried out. Cincinnati Gazette. ar A good-natured fellow, who was nearly eaten out of house and home by the constant visits of his friends.felt very poor cue day, and waj eouspliiniag bitterly cfhix numerous viJ.tsn!. "Store and I'll tell ya Izvr to got rid of 'en," raid as Iri.kzua. "Pray how?" "Linl money to the poof dirila, and borrow money of the rich ones' aue nalh- sort will ever trouble you again." Kgrll is amasiog toobserve the courage with which npon more common report, fact are repeated, which tend to tho otter ruia of rharae'.er an.1 eveu njoivos confidently awiaci, which : was irap-:ibl9 should b known. . tSafHkvl roaptr if the phi'otupby cf the hearta gem of tbetri-v-u.v.ii'.hin, who! i rays &r reSected on a.11 u'.wf 1 objei.-ta; perpet'tj gunhhipe, ici paryfijfVimt a light a J life, to all vi7r ho R h'-r' : f