Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1861-11-12

              OSw fa TTooCward Eloelt, Sd Clory. .anc J;2-5rt witlua fix moaUu ; (3.00 tfUr Um zpU i -1 41 XXf. ulu tMi introduce ttapnblubM poem of V . IaM Mr. Emil; C JdMB,' li tltte ktter frca ' - .ItCavOd to tie Coma Journal t ', " "Thera U a poem wriUaa oao of r JWUtvebJl " .xl of fainv of whtclk I aa ramidd by tiuawaa- . tioa afao jtlla aid to oar mortal taaparfaetaaw af reaek. , , aawfhtttf httt-n - j-'-'Faa--; 7 Fenaatar rto It, ha baaa wam aeript till I ke laarnad tt iaspirad aaroaoale by aaarC Even If it be found eUewher ia print, bow-; - aror, it will not be nn refreshing to read, (foe a change,) " -a bit or old-fasbioaad poetry that baa la it both meaa-laj and music. - The widowed heart of the tiftad ot ' ' with her apoetla bssbaad . jnat gotta before her to '. haarea -the cxqaisUaly tall the tory of their earth-.". lj lore and tta stiU llnjeriaf - hold of hand:- - ' I . I fated down liie' dim labyrinth, A wildering max to aee, , Crossed o'er by toany a tangled elew, And wild as wild eoald be: - Aad a I gated ia danbt and dread; An angel came to ate. ; -x I knew hint for a heavenly guide, I knew him eren tben, :-. Thoagh meekly a a ehild he stood Among the sons of nen . : By hi deop rpirit lorlinoss, I knew him eren then. And a I fean'd my weary bead tTpon hi proffered breast. And aeaaaed the perO-haanted wild From out my place of rest, ' ' I wondered if the shining one ', . Of Eden were more Uei-t. '. For there was a light within my soul Light on my peareful way, And all arouad the blue abore : The clustering starlight lay; And easterly I saw npreared, ' The pearly gates of day. , , hand in band, we trod the wild. My angel Ioto and I II ii lifted wing all qairering ' With twkens from the sky - : : Strange my dall theaghts eoald aet diriae '; ; .. Taras lifted bat to fly ! .;' Agaia down life's dim labyrinth giosp ny wr .aim . - -''''-''. Vhile wildly through the midnight ky : . . . . . Black, hurrymg tloods are blown, And thickly in my tangled path. ; " ' : : '' " " .The sharp, bare thorns are s n, Tet firm my foot for well I know " V -. The oal cannot be far, Tor erer, through the rifted cloul, ' 5hines out on steady star Tor when my guide went up, )e lft V ; The pearly gates ajar! mi5 luffdfs: " TALE OF THE FBONTIEB. . How a Brave Haa Saved' a City. :; " The fullowin; incident, which ia related by an ee witness of the acenea described, most happily illustrate the power possessed hj a single mdiridoal, of a determined will, in whom are combined cooiuese, judgment, and fearlessness of danger over an unorganized mob of savages, thirsting for blood, and, in their blind fury, reckless of consequences. . ' Thesixteenth of August, 1812, was a. day thatXrul be long "reinetnltered by the people of Detroit, for it was on that day that t he old and imbecile IIulL in his capacity of Governor of . tne Michigan Territory, shamefully sarrender-, ed this important post, then garrisoned by two Cho&sa&d brave and elScicnt troops, ,, to the Jlritiah and Indiana. . . . 'No sooner had the articles of capitulation ,'heea signed, than the enemy crossed the river from Maiden and took possession of the place, followed by a rabble of vile camp followers and all the savages that for'fcome week "- had been attached to the English camp. Of course the citizens were thrown, into the utmost dismav at th sight of the painted Indians swarming their streets, and the knowledge that they might at any hour, when maddened with whiskey and - encouraged by- their no less savages ; allies among the whites, make aa inducriminate . olonder of the town.- But the influence of the j .British general for some days' was sufficient to keep them from acts of open violence, and, by : - degreea, the townpeople became accustomed to Ooetr Tpraeac; ana strove, by all means in their power, to ingratiate themselves' Into the -rooa craoes oi weir captors,. ' r' -Whea the news of the surrender reached the .tribes of the Southwest, they gathered from far and near, and poured down upon the frontier, :to share in the plunder of which, in consideration of their: being allies f the British they .deemed .themselves justly entitled to it. Detroit waa filled and surrounded with savages, :sd the town became a scene of drunken orgies and terror, which the English were altogether .unable to control. Scarccl an hour passed .without aa act of violence upon the unprotected citizens, and night was rendered sleepless by the fierce yells ana whoops of these drunken -CeadiV'i ' -r-. - . -.- . : One day, daring this fearful period, a small party cf Indians,, restless for want of dander .and scalps, went to & store kept by a French- jnsn naaea jj vo-uiare, &na two or them a . a . a tereo, wim tne rrcience that they .wiahed to ptirchiss soraeiiir while their comsades remained without.- There were lying on the counter rrr ril't hires cf doth. -: The Indiana .seeir.; tl.?r e-:h e etched a roll and turned j to lea-; th place. , I Qnindre called to them - .to etrp, 3 t?y hal ret pail for the roodsr-Jiat the f-'--B Tr;r; j out cf the door 1 rejoin tlc"r las-hirg ccjriruons, with the rloth crii-r ileir anna, when the rreachmaa, , 1? : ever l.?a connter. jsrkei the foods from . Jthen, ril l-.l-g a powerful r.;a.; litchel the two. Ii 3-.3 r poa taeir noses into the rtre: IT. c!.iE-.T i;.e vim ;p was raL?cd ty lis , ' - "- raici ty vc T?s r?: - - frcra all porta cf a. i i s C-aw-rj their knives, 'a the irv.Uz stortkeeper. the town, a made a n u tie ut:r, .tcyr-rcfciviBg the-ten. , t - 3 . f :om l.s 1 2-"rji;:.;':.-.,y provoked. . i . ... . oil . i z. v j : . t : - e:.j l 1 lockir the - - ". -n i. -o i..-i r - - r . . i v. cy . 3 u.---va Chics a back alley out poa the common; and on to the fort, where he begged the British comman ding offloer to protect himself and property from destruction. - Bat the commandant could and would do nothing; although he saw that -the Indians would probably massacre the entire population if they once got a going under such a state of excitement. - - "It is not my property alone that is in dan- Mir fmm lhii ntlrnML wtTtaatmii thm French- man. "but the lives of the entire population are in the hands of the savages, and unless you ex ert your authority to quiet, them, our streets otH Aa ill V)w1 i niu mw wm .ww, a . -t I'm sorry for you, sir, coolly replied the Unton, rout the truth is my troops are too few rn number to control the warriors, and I can do nothing for you. - A ' De Quindre therefore abruptlr left the fort and ran to the quarters of Colonel JXcKee, then the British agent, who he knew was not osdy popular among the savagea, bat had- -always exerted over them unbounded influence. , ' Oa his way he could see that the Indians were gatherings in hundreds from every direc tion, armed with war-dabs and tomahawks. prepared for a general massacre of the inhabi tants; wnue their fierce war cries were naging with piercinr tones oa the air. A mob of at least a thousand of the painted demons had assembled in froat of his house, and were demolishing his doors and windows, while his goods were being thrown out to the crowd, waiting impatiently for the owner to be dragged forth, and delivered to their murderous knives. . Thusieht cave fleetneaa to hia feet, and rushing into the Colonel's quarters, he found that officer, to whom he brieflv. and as dis tinctly aa hia excitement would permit, related what had occurred, and begged him to interfere, if possible, and prevent the threatened massacre. . . s. :. s,: McKee, well vemd in the Indian character, instantly perceived the imminent danger that menaced the place, and requesting De Quindre to remain where he was, lest the Indians, so greatly exasperated against him, might kill him, hastened to the scene of excitement. He was a tall, straight, athletic, noble looking man, with a voice like thunder, and from his long intercourse with the Indians of the frontier, had an intimate knowledge of their language. Pushing his way through, the savages, now excited to madness at not finding the Frenchman, he mounted to the top of a low building, waved his sword, and in loud tones shouted : - . . "IIoI who are the cwanU in this crowd?" The sound of his well known voice arrested the attention of the yelling rabble, and after a brief silence, one of the Indians replied : "There U no nmm here 1 We are all bravrs I" "It's a tie!" returned the Colonel, stamping with pretended rage. ! tell you, warriors, there are cwrard, crane cotcardt amongvoul" This, insulting acrusation was received with astonishment by the Indians at first, and then they turned toward the bold man who had dared t utter it with eves burning with passion, and a yell of defiance broke simultaneously from them. But. without moving a muscle, the courageous agent met their fiery glances iinquailed. He had changed the tide of feeling, and thus far had gained a very important point. . - . ; VI repeat it." continued the colonel, straightening his tall, commanding figure to it utmost stretchy there are rawurdt, aneaking wolves, in this crowd, that I am ashamed to see among my brave Indians I - Now, Jet my brave warriors nepArate themselves from them. and stand on this side of the . ath, while the cowards remain sIrhU the Frenchman's doors they are welcome to plunder liis worthless good !" v.: . Tle'powerful voice of the white man now ptruck upoti the ears of the savages with an electric effect, and once more a revulsion of feeling took placeamong them. The tempest of angry "pa.ion was instantly subdued, and their loua yells sank to low murmurs, while the entire mas, as if impelled by one common sentiment, moved together to the other side of the street, and, raising their faces to where the I brave officer was standing, seemed to await hia further orders. - v :.' That is well, my friends 1" cried he. "Now let every 4rrre man follow me. The coward may remain behind and secure their plunder." So saying, the colonel descended from his elevated position, and then led them to the common beyond the town, where, rnountins a stump he detained tb era with a good-natured har angue, while he sent off to the commissary's store for barrel of whiskey.. AV hen it arriv ed, he invitetl the irxlvans to dnnk. The barrel was soon emptied, and another, and another still, were sent for, till under the mellow influence of the strong water, the fiery warriors forgot their late excitement, and by the prompt and determined action of this brave white man were; restrained from . further violenee. 1 Throughout the. following night, however, there were frequently heard, amid the drunk en sounds, the threatening words of ''fire, blood, scalps and plunder." . : - , ;r But Col. ilcKec had provided against fur ther trouble Croat the discontented spirits among the Indians, by selecting the sober war riors, and despatching two to each of the dwel- inrs of the citizens that had been most strone- ly threatened. These fellowa, wrapping them selves in Uieir.Uknketa, stationed themselves On the front "door steps as a miard to orotect the inmates from any sudden outbreak of sav age Tury. - -Thus'theencTgetie conduct of this brave ofS- eer, on that critical occasion, saved the eitr of Detroit from the torches of the savages, and its people from indiscriminate slaughter.: In a great crisis, one brave and clear-headed man is worth many timid statesmen or cowardly rheto- HOY T0;j5Tn AT A IfiliJTirjlt-Xgp ' Stopping for a glass ol elder at a" village iav-em in East Devon, I heard a story in connection with the abore recondite subject, which amused me much, and may interest some of the readers of Once A 'Week:' . ' '-' A rustic, who had spent all his money inget-ting-tipsy at the rival establishment, came up to the landlord of the Crooked Billet, and asked him to give' .him 'some liquor about the height of aU possible insult to a publican, and so he of the Crooked Billet seemed to think-but the tipsy tme was not to be put off in a hurry; he continued his .importunitic3, and for a pint of cider, he said, he would impart a most valuable secret. The landlord twrneA rather to prick up bis ears at this, and at len cth con sented to, bestow a half-pint ; on condition c-f! M?r s wnnui? o im advantage;" and the liquor was handed over and drainedby the applicant. r - . - . -Now.-aaid he, with a conSdential air, and swr-wiugMr, .-ifext time you da . - j., t &ina yon too cown stoirswi'an backwards." - . . reax was u,e nost s mi. nation at this te6- A.. M aa r- a- V 4 - a - oii-i fc-ijru wa ray curiosity to iw . . t. , jt .cj rase tzaj -.leyed, and In--.irir -t c f tie l-r- rr ia Cs i.-.a, I cLtalned LtC - . C t - ....w-'U t . r-i ' . J . i. -.acrs , ...Cfcw.jei, at a v....T-e sctie u Lis acntesess, ali cci'-L'y UisuJ Czx Le i b4 tievtr tcca'ccss. - r.r ilow it bajpenei one Liy tlat a mciizp,; whe ! lived br his wits, 'was lurking about the house on the look-out for plunder, and having notic ed the surgeon's wiie set off for market. . saw presently the- surgeon, himself go out, - as he supposed to visit his patients' Him, likewise, he watched off the premises, and then, finding the coast clear stole in through the front door, and walked up stairs to lay hands on whatever seemed most eligible: the booty selected was the best feather-bed; this he took on .his back, and began descending the stairs; with the precaution of coming down backwards ; he had got about half-way down when in r came the surgeon again.''':'" v : "- "-" ' 'Hallo T my man, where are .you going with that bed?" . ' ' V "" ;. . , ' ' : . MQoan up-stairs wT on, sir. , There's genltnn down to thBose and Crown, sur, as say 'is old friend o yours, just come from Inger ; and comun to stop wi' you, sur and comun up hisself presently wi's luggage -and heVe sent l up, sur, wr these yer bed." " "I shall not admit il l shall not admit It: I don't know any such person, and I'm not eo- ing 16 be imposed upon 4ikely thing, indeed d'yoa suppose any stranger can" coma' and Suarter himself on me with a tale like that? To, no, you go back, and take the bed alone. too, and give my compliments to the gentleman and ear he's mads some mistake, and X. don't know him." v ' ' -.- . Well, sur, 'tis warm day,' sur : and make so bold, sur, I hope yottH allow me somat to drink.", :. '; : . . : " Very well, I don't mind gronff you a glass to bo rid of the business there now yoa eo back, and Bay as I've told you." . Uff walked the rascal with his tmrden, . By and by, returned Mrs. Surgeon, and went up at&irs to take off her bonnet ; down siie came again. . ' . . . . "Xqw, my dear, always making some alteration without consulting me, and what have you done with that sew feather-lAiV' ' "U, JLord l" said the wretchtt&aan. Ml see alL" , . "Pray what do you aee, mydear tn J. But enough. Of course the surgeon's repu it tation for sharpness iwas cose, and that waa the approved way to steal a feather-bed in the neighborhood. Once A Witei. . ; .: . From the London Times. The Strcnglh of the American Combat- We do not build muqhoo the success at Cape natteras. It is in its naval force that the Federal Government is strongest, and it was never probable that the Confederates would be able to hold their own, at sea. - The expedition down the Missiseipi ia an operation of a more important kind., but its success, we should think, is far less certain. It is an expedition in which we may expect to see the inventive genius and the adventurous courage of the Americans fairly illustrated. The banks of the broad river are clothed with thick forests suggesting every variety of ambuscade, and if the invaders have the au vantage of equipment, the natives will be superior in knowledge of the country and natural resources. Above all, it must be remembered that the main armies of the belligerents are on the Potomac, and that the trial of 'strength most immediatelv decisive will take place at that point where the Confederates are J sun repuieu superior, inej uiay jorien uug ascendency, no doubt, if they assume the offensive and advance against the fortified positions of their enemies ; but if, on the other hand, they should obtain any material success in that quarter, the more distant operations of the campaign would be thrown in the shade. All we can see at present is that the north has been making strenuous and successful efforts to eonyert its numerous levies into good working ' soldiers, that it possesses vast resources in a brave and earnest population, and that H is likely to profit by. the lesson it lias received. What we cannot see is the degree in which this improvement may .be counterbalanced by ' the simultaneous progress of the fckmth . The Sovlk is not atso iutely n strong as tfte Korthrbut it has hitherto been stronger the field, and it -toili always h strong mough, in all human probability , - to resist stbjec turn, if not to enforce its urilL That seems to be now almost universally acknowledged as the inevitable condition of the struggle, and is only to be lamented that so plain a fact should not have suggested the suspension of a profitless and aanTiinnrv' atrifel--- v.-- j Colonel Baker's last Vflsh. ' : About a week before his "death,' jColoriel'Ba-ker was in Philadelpliia,and lhenexpressed a desire that in the event of his fall he should be buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, where several of his connexions already repose.' He then seemed impressed with a conviction of the fate that awaited him, but was only sad on account of his wife and children; who are how residing in California. The former left Philadelphia for that State only six weeks since. . She had always been more Or less opposed to her husband assuming a position in the army; and, in parting, enjoined upon him "to be careful." "What would you do," she .asked,-' -"in case ofa battle ? Promise me that you will not rush headlong into danger." "D," exclaimed the gallant officer, smiling at the womanly earnestness, and tender solicitude that had prompted her remark, What would you wish me to do, but niv duty ? I shall lead my men into action, though I should be the first to fall 1" President '. Lincoln' and Colonel Baker were intimate in- childhood. They attended the samw ecbool, joined in the same boyish sports, and were .constantly togeth er; and when they had grown to. manhood, I their intimacy had -ripened into friendship. In a conversation which occurred between them -only a few weeks since, deceased expressed a conviction that he would soon be shot ia bat- tl - , - '.,-.: r .;;.;..:! The Cow Bell TJodgCiiKS The fejbels on the Potomac have resorted to an ingenious way of luring Our men into snares. It is known, says the Lafayette Courier, as the "cow bell dodge," and it was very successful for a time, especially when newly arrived regiments, companies of which were placed on picket for the first time, approaching-within thirty or forty rods of our out poets and concealing themselves in the woods they commence the irregular tinkle of a cow belL i The uninitiated picket, not suspecting the ruse, and not yet reconciled to drinking his coffee without milk, goes out to obtain a sarply from the supposed cow of some supposed Virginia rebel, flattering himself that he has got a big thin - on Secesh- Not until he naa himself surrounded., fcy a half dozen or so armed rebels does he learn his mistake.' In Richmond there are nearly a dozen soldiers who are probaUy nowi regretting their ready credulity and appetite fornuik -' Xw CoL-Xlair JcSLLiJUnU ar .stashing-' ton- on onlay -eyes rr?t,-13 ia, cr CwtacLr-. T.'herf'oret - rart of his re : and anci. the est" fell with Trt . :ont. Vos rtLe 1 ...2 cf the Cw-tikI -rie Luntlrg a-lrr the Licateaant-Oenerah1 .'?, sops f 3 OTerri-!; 7ocL "-Clr"-'., l"remont, snd t ' 1 th j c ' 1 -"t I 'r ' --r-C ' -'rz.1 s i-i L.e aniy r ". Lo kv s ? Lc-s 'Up caJtf Oct. pi ,rjrrV v - Unicrcsthia arictg ,IIr XLacola's Secesilcs tlatiTesi ; A corfeepondent of the CSnci-inati -' Commercial inamreBtletterfromrrankr3rt,Kysays: The TIardin Helm, who is reported to be moving down Green river," with a force "of from two W four Confederates,' is '6o of Ex-GoVi John S- Helm, lately President 'of the Louisville and Nashville, Railroad. -i This Hardin's wife ia a haif sister of Mrs. Abrcham Lincoln. Mrs. Lincoln has a full brother. Dr. George R. CTodd, at Bichmono, who Lad the honor of being jailor to Did Abe's soidicrs captured at Bull's run. Mrs. Lincoln has a full, brother. Samuel Tod, who is lieutenant it thef Confederate army in Virginia, She Li - also a half brother; Alexander, who is now atiag for hi riehts. - Two half sister of -ra, Lincoln are married to Southern gentler also Secessionists; The youngest of the unify, ; until within a year past, resided oatl r Xarra, fire miles from this piac. n: ' - 1 f : - . . iSalloczdag in the JL. The perfection of theoreahka' a of the ar- j my by Gen. McClellan. since th iull Bun af fair, attracts the attention ofevery ailitary man Who visits Washington. ' The im rovement in cavalry and artillery are wonder! J, 'and in a short time he will be ahead of tLs trreat Naoo- leoa ia his various preparations, i dlis balloon- rag arrangements, too, wiu eeupts anything of the sort recorded in military history. It was oniy tne otner aay mat we gave tn account of La Mountain's hansine for naif an hour over the enemy's camp. Now we understand he has made a night ascension, and thaV he has actually gone up at midnight and taken a view: of everything in repose, and obtained some valua ble information in respect to the. hum bars and movements of the ; rebelsf - as c :n by camp fires.-: - ' ' .' .'. . ' ' T7e Protest '. '" ; "We emphatically protest again, t the course of the Cincinnati . Gazette ' and ,'onmerciaC-- Scarcely a day passes but these sleets contain attacks .Jutle sneaking, bitter attacks upon the Administration. It will not do. It must be stopped. It is outrageous that such treasonable; papers should bepermitted to be published in the enlightened and patriotic city of Cincinnati. They are doing more to, advance the caue of Jeff. Davis than ten thousand men and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Cannot the United States Marshal silence - these traitors ? If he has not force, let him call upon the loyal " Home Guards" of the State to his assistance Dayton has a company. This "daily flow of treason" must be Btopped. Xfctyfon tmpire. " - Value of One Cent A French mathematician has been calcula ting what would now be the sum produced by one cent put out a five per cent per annum. compound interest at the commencement of the Christian era; He estimates what would be the value ot a ball of solid gold equal in size to the earth. He. then makes the astounding statement that had one such ball of gold fallen each minute during the past eighteen hundred and sixty years; the value of all these elobes together would not amount to so much-as the sum produced by one cent, at compound inter- esi, uuring me ame perjoo,. Rabies' " To the Ladies. '.. Somelody issues the followine " cut-and-dri- ed" pronunciamento, which all.ladies are called upon to heed : -; ' ' ' ' ' 5 One important change in ladies dress is of such benefit that it must not pass by without remark, and it is in the adoption . of heavy English shoes. Balmoral boots and fur-lined shoes insure good health and happiness to la dies, and they begin to enjoy the benefit of wearing them. ' : A dainty' foot is by no means disgraced by an elegantly fitting Balmoral. t urs were less used last winter than in the former year ; they are too expensive, and are not indispensable. But there are such elegant furs imported this fall, that many will be tempted to indulge in the luxury of a fur cap or tip pet, munanei lur-iiuca gloves ana shoes. Velvet hoods and some velvet bonnets will bo trimmed with fur. Ladies will dress the front hair quite differently this next winter. It will be criinned. curl. ed and pufled out very fat at the sides, and not worn ciese to the face. :., . :- ,7 ,..! ; ;; The Folly of Threats. - 1 once knew a mother "who insisted on Tirr daughter's learning a lesson, T adding that she snouia oe Kept witnout looa until tt was said. Now it was easy to keep her child without food but utterly impossible to compel her to learn a lesson ; consequently, it became a trial of strength between the mother and child What was the consequence ? The child was gifted with rare 'powers, (and she had need of them in after life;) so theentire da? rs?' tmfH twel ve at night, when the mother, really alarm- eu, eiua : - - -. - -: .V Yon shall have your supper now and in bed ; and to-morrow morning before breakCiat. the lessoa must be said." . -i-- " No," returned the ehad-'ybu said I should have nothing to eat until I had said mr lMinn and aa I don 't mean to say it, I won't eat." ratal spirit i It was clear the ehUd would not give way, and the mother did: A lesson to all mothers never to utter in threat which they can not or will notarry out to the utter-most. - '- . . ','. r ., .. . . i . ,r ; ' JThe-7ife.;-;: MQ. It is astonishing to see how well a wTan m live on a sraaTl income,' who has a handy 'and industrious wife.' Some men live and make a far better appearance oa six or eight dollars a week Xhan others do on fifteen or eighteen-dollars;'- The man does his. part well, bu his wife is- good for nothing. She will even upbraid her husband for sot living in as good a style as his neighbor, while the fault is entirely her own. His neighbor has a "neat, capable, and industrious wife, and that makes the dim.- His wife, on the" other hand, is a.whirlpool, into which a great tnanv silver thrown and theappearance of the water would remain-unchand." No Nicholas diver is there to restore the wanted treasure. It U only an insult for such a woman to talk to her husband ; , . A Trns TTcsiaa. j- 5w :.L-.k net r-ye Sirgk ana co,. su L,im one wi.o czzi re?.--a r.' flett, i-l f;l and juiji, tij coourl; t i..:- ir.i i. iiirs, - i tea ' sorrows, E-rcn-.ua his prihc:;,eaisd .edacati . r a ; . .sin ie.mioj-C'3-ci a .y; T-----fanner descry Mca'Tny .pcci!c- "fy izi C.3 vlraingoct, tiJ.tttract Cj ire ' : :i hd- ate to arxsr; cft3 trsiarttp a cv '1 J in the Ijway h should-43- v a eria taah cflehs'a ccrdes to marrv it ii. icnwlioa he want3,notanrt:.t ir i y a creature who can Twin ir'.r. uance it u a bi who r--, r t (MPMuyisfrfiffi' ..ct -J -it vi ;s QAJZTIX AITp GIIAVTTTX3. ; -. -When a iat man blows he is probalv tired; when the wind ora flower blows it probably ia'ntl - vTa have tartafor tea-Jet your wife see you kissing the waiting maid. $ure thing. : Down eaarther cuta fellow in'-unfiwawir.. dling.' The audacious chap had driedsnow and sold it for salt.;';. '.' ' " -,t! ' r 'Some men's mouths seem to "be like the oisnes oi iiouana mads to keep out water! If si man is dissipated, his fortune wd probably soon be so too. - . i-- - . -.ffnTrust not to appearances ; they are the va. riest aass uuli iae tneir ears most. ; . .. v i . --The captain of a veaaal is not governed by his mate but a married man generally is.:. : . '"Those who are always peeri into the af fairs Of others constitute a very mean sort of peerage.;.-' . . - - - : ' ' " ' " a iA tohsmlst, however Wftleas awav from his business, ia Whta at it, atrer without his re- Theonly blusterer from whom abrave man wul take a Wow m the wind. ",, lv . Dimitjr is. named ircm DamieUa, a town In Egypt, jcelebrated for ita manufactures. an exceuent character was - engraven on the tombstone of a lady in these words: . ' "She was always busy and always quiet,' Rulers are eenerallr too fond of disrJar They aem more anxious to 11 the : et es than mestomaenso; tneir people. ' y -r Aiooei wives lorraeny tooie a "stitch in time f ' : now, with, the aid , of sewing-machines. iney taice one in no tune , . ;,. .; : ken China.' i If .we lack the sagacity1 to discriminate nicely between our acquaintances, misfortune win readily do it tor A wagbeiug asked the name of the inventor of butter stamps, replied that it was pro ba- wijr viuiuiui, aa u urvugui MtlCXS - miO urcece. -; -...:..v ' "Didn't you warrun that this horse would not shy before the-fire of an enemy T" "No more he won't T;isit ;xill jaftci thaJire he shies." .. . -' ' ; "Too late" and "nornore'arethetnourn-ful sisters, children, of asirewhoseage they never console. , , ,; , ... .". ... ; Fun is worth more than physio, and whoever in vents or discovers a new supply, deserves the name of a public benefactor, It is a law amongst the Japanese that lie who lends them cash in this world, will receive in the next world the capital and ten per cent at simple interest.; (. . : .... ; . . t . The following bill was lately, presented to a farmer in Sussex i -"To hanging two barndoors and myself seven hours, four shillings and six-pence. - . '-ji-v. ' "-- : '.-- - . - r "Have you dined," said a lounger' td his friend. "1 have.upon my honor,' replied he. "Then, reieined the firet, "if you have dined upon your honor, I fear you .have maden scanty meaL" ; : ' ; ;''.'' .' . A good story is told of a lady traveling on the ce n, who got so ; absorbed in ' reading the war news, that she.asked the conductor to let her know when the train stopped at Manassas Junction. . .; ' - . "Sir,; said a lad v to a would-be wkt. "tout jokes always put me in ihind of a ball, t4Of a ball, madam I Why so pray r Because they never have any point." ; r ! . A merry-andrew'on being tasked why he played the fool, replied: or the same that you do out of want. You do it for the want ofr wit, and I do it for the want of money; People live uncommon long at Brighton. There are two men s"0 old that they have for gotten who they, are and there is nobody alive wno can remember it tor them - Why is a fine woman like 'a locomotive? Because she draws a train after her scatters the sparks, transports themalli,(males,) and mnkes us forget time and space. . A person said to a physiciao ; "Well doe torJdr. B. is dead, notwithstanding you prom- iseq to cure nim. . ineaocxor repiiea: ::xou were absent, sir: you did not follow the progress oi tne cure. u.e aiea curea. '"It !s verv difficult ttt liVe. said a wido with seven girls, all in genteel poverty. v Yon must husband vour time."' said a sase friend. "I 'd rather husband some of my daughtere'an- swered the poor lady. iWife. I thonght jou said you were goin to have a gooe for dinner I".-, "irx l aid; and I've kept my word."! w'Where ia U7'r . y Why, my dear, ain't you here V Smithers couldn't see the point of that joke. ; Charles the Second's politeness did not desert him even in his last moments. " He apologized to the courtiers around his death-bed for having "been an unconscionable time a-dying, but hoped they would excuse him." - - "Dear- me."'' said a shrewish roam ma, '- who caa that boy have got his temper from? Not from me, I m sure. "JN o, indeed, mydear," replied her patient husband ; "I can't perceive that you've io-t any .oryours." .... --I-Jones has discovered the respective natures of a distinction and a difference. n says that "a little difference' frequently makes many enemies, while a little distinction'' attracts hosts of friends to the 6n on whom it is conferred. "What a gabble tho?e people on horseback are hiakin.'; said Eugeniua to afellowetudenl. "Yes, my dear friend butyou, aa a lover of the poets, should not object to it- li it Cowper8 (S) Table Talk?, ;, v,. ..u,- -rr -...;?)::: v - Anweman;fIliri3tast pair of horses that had been advertised for sale, and finding but one of them there, . asked" the man in attendance, "Where's his mate?"; "Faithi sir,:ait'-I think he gives em mate but wonct a. week waa the reply. .-. u- As an improyemenynpoirthe barbarous word Oelegram,n;tiiT more -expressive one of . .. . - Ml L f r: J . t . vteli-a-whopper : jias uccn suesiea.v j a ne mm will certainly be adopted if the reporters of the daily paper persist m sending their purely fic Utious -messages over the? wires. X' ; Stranger to ' liftle' boV "Well, my little son, ain't you lost?" Little boy, ettping back and eyeing tL"e! ranker Lov" ere,T mister, don't you Xe fed tirailf,' if 'you .ms $ j I. am not pf otected," Iayis 3 his hand on a revol vcr; Via msstxemenler;lanl a'istlcnaan.".---.- I-am lima from ILe' railway 'crash'-cf, j?ct week, I C?.ti hp'V.ftarrd, hcbljln oh- p.; ' -t VtVl U.th ert. s.oid a lirur in id a I hrrpe vou.ia- Uudtofcue lor uu.mr.-i, tuld hid fi k:id. "Damajcs ! n by t!:eaj I' enourh ,1 be: rre- 1.. 1 C wi aa . . to 1 - i.iarc:.it;;f"i: tt tLi.tinla.t.-r--. ry." Eiid Vue zz .rd ; "jx i r what you thould paying t tiii. -. -rU aay. Bob, you have been to Canton, havn't you?" "Yes." "Well, can you speak China?" Yea; a little-that ia. I sneak bro The riurlsih Saint Louis! I - STAETUNGjOLOStmES I me the mobtey goes ii Eeport of tae Cortgf ssiotwil Investig-a- wag tmiaittee tn oeneral ixemorit s 4 pepaitmeatat SL Londa, , 7 -t -x , t - .. . ' The public are aware that at tbe laal aonsinn tf Congress an investigating committee was created, whose duties were prescribed by resolutions passed by that. This commttee is composed of the following members : Hon. Charles Van Wyck, of. New York; Hon. Elihu B. Washburne, of Illinois ; Hon: Wni. S. Hol- man, of Indiana; Hon. Reuben E. Fentoh, of , i w ora ; lion Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts ; Hon. ;Wm, Q. Steele, of New Jersey i and Hon. James S.. Jackson, of KfintuC-' ky. Hon. Edward M. .Ball,Scrgeant-at-Arms of the House, accompanied the committee and T. T. Andrews, Esq., as Chief Clerk. The committee held their first session in New York city,, and during seven weeks' stay in that city received two thousand two hundred pages or testimony in relation to frauds and imposi tions on the uovemment. none of which, however, were of a startling character, as will appear in. their: report lo. Co ngress. . There were evidences of overcharging on Governmentsup-plie8,-anda'gnerai looseness fn"the manage ment of Government affairs, in all of which the commiUse has given special attention.tand, when reported on, will exhibit a singular and peculiar condition of things in that department. At Boston and other Eastern cities the committee have found but little that was not strict; ly proper. -; . .- - ; ": - J ;1 - A part of ; the comnutieo Meesrs. -Wash- burne, Holman, Dawes and Steele, with theSer-geant-at-Arms and Clerk repaired to SL Louis to inquire into the . condition of affairs in the Department of the West.- ' They hare been in session in that city since the ICth of October fourteen days working twelve hours each day and examining One hundred and twenty-three , witnesses.: The manuscript of evidence, on legal cap, numbers two thousand four hundred ami eighty pages. . -:h j.---j'-cx J-i-.-. In giving an abstract of the testimony, which-is so voluminous, we propose only to give a part bearing on the different heads of-fraud, as summed up in the committee's report? ' Tlie entire testimony has beensent to - Washington, to be laid before Congress at iu next session. -The synopsis we publish ia a faithful abstract of the evidence before the committee, although mauy of the minor details have been omitted. - ' The first act of -fraud Was the presentation to JTre. Brigadier General McKiustry, On the 20. h of September, of. a complete get of silver . ser rice of the Jenny Lind pattern, Which service cost $3,000 and upward,, and being the finest ever made in the West, took the premium at the State Agricultural Fair held in Su Louis. This service was presented by parties exclusively interested in Government contracts, among whom were Major Selover, Leon idas Haskell John ii. Crum, K. L. Beard, of .California -and oiLer. General SIcKinetrv was Quartermaster General of the Western- Department by appointment of MajorUeneral J. ii. r remont, and, as such Quartermaster-Geueral, controlled the horse and mule contracts, building of barracks; and all supplies and purchases appertaining to that Department. 4 The committee in their report say, "The frauds in contracts in the' Quartermaster's Department are. numerous and 'have been clearly proven, and extend through all branches of his control and supervision. ' " - In relation to th purchase of horses the second act of fraud the testimony is extensive as to the various species of imposition practiced, the "old English jockey tricks," as. they ..are called, beins in thia'fcase of the . lesser marrni- tudei A party contracts to furnish oric thous and head of; horses, at 51 ly,50 per head, to the Government, through the Quartermaster. The contractor's agent,, who ,ia approved by the Quartermaster, has charire of the field where the contractor's horsea are to be passed upon A countryman,- having horses to sell to the Got- ernment, pars ?U) , entrance , lee to the held, his horses axe examined, and upon the payment of another lee they are recommendei to the contractor,-wha purchaaes the same at the very lowest figure, which, thrbughoat the entire Evidence, naver exceeded $86 and $00 per - head. The contractor takes hw jurchasea to the in-soector. who is also reimbursed bv a fee, which amount is computed according to the quality of : the animal. " 1 he: contractor, on obtaining certificate" from the Inspector, demands the money of the Quartermaster, who pays the ,same, when the" Iohus fortaid paj-ment is guarantee The evidence discloses several such ' schemes and many other wayein which horses and mules are obtained. The testimony also ehows that the horses, in a majority lOfTinstances, "are of the tnort inferior kind, and have broken down or fell dead on the road." Around Ihedepots where horses were kept thits purchased, numerous dead carcasses have been trotted out, "full of .bran and . pepper1 ' by . contractors, who received $11-5 and S13 ! for ea'ch they fur nished. One of the recent : ;ports of Board Of Survey will suffice in g.iym the character ! 01 horses .the Goverameht furnished to regiments upon the requisition of .their commanding offi cer. AUier sinuiar reporu. uie culuihilu;; 11a c on file: ' - - ; ' ' ' '. 1 Cafv Si?xtiTAw, W.ias.tw, Oct. 21 1S51. To Colonel Wm. Bishop: The undereigned having been : summoned, as a board of survey horses forwarded to the regiment frbm Saint Louis and report the result to your headquarters, wouldrespeetfully report that We have es- niinu) A tirmuvi anA find (vrnt T-gi.T f 761 fit for service, five (5) dead, and three hundred and thirty 330) undersized, under and over -aged, stifled, ringboned blind, spavined, and incurably unfit for any public service, said horses be ing a part or the jAiasournon tract. . . ... ---Verr respectfully; - " " .TT." (Signed M IDAVID- McKEE,r ITa jon - - 1 " - . 'GEORGE IiOCKWELW CapJL, :r :' '.?PW ftKniEE,-LieutcnaatW Thecpmmittee also have in evidence that U. S. District Attorney Jones was associated' with IfeMTs. Thompson and Bowen ia the purchase of bdrsesand- tanUa. theii'-confraet being at $lW,50Cach.hoT5e.'Bowen soil 6ut td Thompson and Jonea. for So0Q(J. ra Table in bankable fanda.' Thoiopsoii went to McKinstry for pay; raent o horses iiessrs. laompcon ana jone? had fimifchfed, and wai told that another party was interested ht this honse business,- add unkiaj the'Si'AX) in rold., was- deducted by--Cdcssrs. Thoiny-cruu aad JoDesjione of the money' could be ptli." -The 3 COO -w as kept by ilcKinslry-, r.hi the' Tiiiiiader ald t ThcaipiH"-- and UnirrtU"! 1 cffrsuJU't! te-stiiaon r c ovr r La' i'a'niii ocmmittceliave i ofdoirarsitiurik n- l.ny c -Q'ir.: x i'rux: cr p.. . I 517,53 per; .1 c. wiru i-n t xan r-rrcj.f:i Lay of, '!: ' v. tr '-'- v ft : tl.c vvi.u ,4:e in that f-Cili Lay -a .h; aud dancc along the entire, route to Warsaw, can ta obtained at 6 lo fS per ton. " Jn Government wtigtna the evidence shews that large number? are here without any own ersnntii after they have been pressed into the eervice, and then-' the; luiiderff present their claims.- A majority -of these wagons are unfit for sertice. 1 The axles,' reach, bolsters, spokes, hubs, etc. are' found to hare been cracked, and the cracks filled wit leather tnd putty,, and : painted over where the fraud waa 'patent.' -' Several of the wagons were condemn ei ? The committeewill report that a number of thews j ons thus received by the QuartennaEtcr and Lis agent have broken down before the army;-had proceeded far, and that all the wagons will be useless after a few weeks' service. " The third act of fraud is in the building of fortificationB at St. Louis. On the 15th of Au- . gust Colonel Haasendeubeh by order of Gencr al Fremont, engineered and eorveyed thepoiat within the limits of St. Louis for the erection of eleven 11) forts.' TJwiier 3fsjor Hs super-iniendence five (f) were Imilt. directly for the-Government, wilhout anv intervening .contractor. The wsgps or the laborers were sixty cents each per day, and the cos t not to exceed j 10. OCX) On the 25th of Septcrnler, when General Fre- T: mont knew that the forte, completed, cost $1 V 000 each,- Quartermsptcr-General JIcKirstry, - per order of General Fremont, made acontract with E;L. Beard, of California, to build six ad ditional. forts for the Government, similar in all respects to the five constructed by Colonel Ha" sendeubel ; agreeing to psy forty-five cents per cubic y ard for all exca vations,;, fifty-fite ceU per cubic yard for the same dirt excavated upon the bank of the fort and forming tho embank ment; for all puddled earth ninety cents per cubic yard; paving walks with brick or stofie, floors or block-houre?, etc.. SI per square yard; . for. cisterns twenty-live tent" per cubic gallon oC two hundred and thirty pne inches, arched with brick, crown and ceraeat : lumber for magazines, ' block-houses and. qaarters. for ofiicers afad Iropjis, sewers etc., the lumber and timber to be measured in the butldhig. $10 per one thou sand feet; for fhcjuosjutd la?tworlcs required on the work. $1 por cubic foot, and for roocg all the buildings with three ply roofs $-1,50 per square of one hundred Fujrjiial ftset.The to tal cost of the si. fot:!Hi?tion- fignres upward of 300,000, upon which Mr. Btrard has receiv . ed S17Q.O0O. An ad litiojval mymentbf ab or der for $CO,000 from General l-Veinont was stop-ped by the Secretary ofWar when in St. Loui The evidence sets forth, that- uol khstand;.Dg Beard has received already three times the or igibal cost of thvwdrk.i, the laborers areclam orous at;ue uovcmuieiit pi dees- lor uieir- pay-. The Items of the, cost of forts, as proven by oth er forts built, avl (lie evidence of master rne-chanicB, put 'the. figures, viz 5 ; ten - cents per cubic yard for excavations and 'embankments; puddled earth thirty cents: paving, etc., forty cents , cisterns, etc, three cents ; lumber . and timber $40 and.si0 er tme thousand feet; fa-cincsand breastworks thirty-fhe cents and forty , cents ; roofing $2 and S2 50, ami total co6t of six fortifications not over lCUii0. The contract-for fortifications was drawn up per order of Gea eral Fremont. The contract is regarded by the committee cs irregular and informal, except that it provides that "no; 'member of Congress ehallbe interested in the said contract." " The contract is in part irrcndAr. far the reason that according to then-go latioiis pf'the department, the Quartermaster only can make contracts of 7 this kind. . ' ' ; . . . ..' The fourth act of fraud is the house rent, first . in the palatial mansion.of Mrs. Colonel Brant cousin of Mrs. Jessie Fremont, rented to Gnei al Fremont for hidquarf ers of Major General, hia private Secretary, and Chief of Staff, at the rate of $6,000 per iinntim. ' Othw palatial man . sions in the neighborhood Are rented a,t similar ratea and occupied or oIice of neiiibers cf the staff. ;; ;. . .., r' .r v. Lare anj expensive barr:wks have teen built in the immediate vicinitr, ru.irters for the accommodation of the "Fir-moht Body Guard," , .numbering GOO pietu The barraeks.will accora-modate 25,000 men. .The cct of these barracks and Benton Barracks, capacious enough to fee-. commodate 4O.U00 men, will be about $15,000, double the amount necewiary to erect precisely similar buildingii. In the roofing of these buildings which is upward of iiOOOFquares of 100 eu perficial feet, the committee have discovered ' much fraud. - The contract, provides that the rcf 6hall bethree-ply,' and put m With felt and soaked in tar, and in n fubf tnntial and durable manner. , The cbmmhtce ha-e evidence that the Superintendent and ArcLitect, A. B. 0jden, received n draft"pf 5TK)ou General Mc-Jtinstry from Clapp & Co. provided hd fOgden i would olitain th cMUraci for them at their old bid which wa )S350 per pqcare of 100 enp?r5cial feeC""A' Mr. Kiig, undor oath,, testifies that he fave Ogden a draft ou McKizmtry for $L500 for is services in getting him the contract for t3,3 per t-quare. To each Of these Ogden promise 1 the contract; The 'ork wai awarded to Almeii Thorn ron at 50, but whether any bonus was civen Joes nut appear. The comnuttee find that-ThomjjHon eola the contract fbrnn advance cf $3,000, and that the part r doing the work only . put on one-ply roof, and that withTelt dipped in cold tar. In a few places tli ere were only two Vv3. The facts were obtained 1-v cutting into he rbof at various points. It is nlao in testimo ny that there were responsible bids at -?2 for this .same .work.;-'' " k-I .; v. .-';'-'-"''..'.' v ;v" , Another fraud was in.the contracting with Ei W. Foxorthe "manufaoturtj cf picket pins at 45 cents each, when Tho:aas Iod, a black-emith with good securltr, bid fir the same at 25 cents per pin the number ta bemide, 53, 000 pins. , Also. to d'ox, and others, camp kctJ ties at So cents, when there vrre bills at 20 cents; nails, xcs, Bpikes,' etc.. ""at'sliiiih-if rates.- Sad dles that were rejecied by ihe QnartenriosU-F were piirchased by. Ydx ut low figures eifV 5-1 to McKinstry ,at incrctaea riites. , . - . .-' The building ofmiulry tug-boats and- char-Icriri of several steamers at double their cost and value, particularly the chartering of sundry boats belonging to the jveoJmk l'aeket Oompa- ny, haYftlbeeaoaiillnto al length, and much . imposition found to exist. The tug boats ard being built at cost of 200 each, when, they . ought to .be builtat $-1,590 each, : , .-. "; ; . Other fraud in the purchase oi'o ita, clothing blankets, tents, etc; the Luin jr of transporta-. tion tickets-and paving of employers iatincnrw rent fiinds uch' as the Union liank and Bxzl 0fSt.Loui3,thirtv-five ccaUduK-Punt instead of Governme'rit funds, etc., etcV.are fully in evi- deuce before the conimittee. but ad are on a par r.t ii..Von n)rp. No frauds were founJ in the Commissary llnartment, but the report ofSemmiU will exhibit the transaction tors e- . - . . . mm? r.f tL e-e contracts, we grve their names rJerh 1 ainjer,.of t-e .ra . of Palmer. Cook i Cza Leoui.la Ue-j ; - L. Beard; Major Scdover, of the cn.a of A-Siptera,JJcallt AncUr rd Woo.is, manager of A-UuisLsprt tn. Three -oftt." I . - Louis in f-Tac tt.vle, a:iJ t o1 re w. r-r.Tt'm if if!. - '' - ' ,'t!' ect'mpj'tw c-r.'U h V-"c cf 't'3!1 : ..r-j t:.r.: tin t.-V 1 ye i- u Iclent e v i.L-!c. a - 1 lseZ ' . " Kiueai'cw vic:..";- 1- "e- " . rL-:t JLouvil.V and -I ; : " Cf UKW ciuvA; .. . 1 Of the other department w eww.u0.j . v ., . 1:-tiih -.flahforn'ia contra e . .:i a v,-.-iiiiitiiiiee wita LfcE2 IiT