Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1863-09-15

              Til i 1 ' 1 Itff POL IX. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1863. NO 4G 1 1 it THE MOIST VEKXOX KEITBLKAN. T E KMS: For ono year (invariably in advancc)S2,00 For six Lionths, TKIIMS OF ADVEltllSlNO. One square, 3 weeks, 1,00 One snuarc. 3 months, 3,00 One square, G inonlhs, 4,50 ')no square, 1 year, 0,00 'bie square (chanircablo monthly) 10,00 Chan-cable weekly, 15.00 Two squares, 3 weeks, 1.75 Two squares, 0 weeks, 3.25 Two squares, 3 months, 6.25 Two squares, G months. fi.75 Two squares, 1 year, 8,00 i'hrec squares, 3 weeks, 2,50 Three squares, 0 weeks, 4.50 J'hree squares, 3 months, 0.00 Three squares, 0 months, 8.00 Throe squares, 1 year, 10.00 One-fourth column, ehan. quarterly, 15.00 Ohe-third " " " 22.00 One-halt " 28.00 One column, changeable quarterly, 50,00 Select pottru UTILE BESSIE. AND THE VAYIN WHICH HUE FKI.L ASLEEP. "IIup; mo closer, closer, mother' l'ut your arms around mc tight, I am cold and tired, mother; And I feel so strange to-night; Soiiicthinghurts mc here, dear mother, Like a stone upon my breast; Oh, 1 wonder, wonder, m )ther, Why it is 1 canuot rest. "All day long while yon were working, As I lay upon my bed, 1 was trying to be patient, And to think of what you said; How the kind and blessed Jesus Loves His lambs to watch and keep; And I wished He'd ccme and take mo In His arms that I might sleep. 'Just boforc the lamp was lighted, Just before the children came; While the room was very quiet, 1 heard some one call my name, And at once the window opened, And a field where lambs and sheep, Pome from out a brook were drinking, Koive were lying fast asleep 'lint I could not soe the Savior, Though I strained my ryes to see; And I wondered if he saw mc. Would He speak to such as me? In a moment I was looking On a world so bright and fair; Which was full of little children. .And they set mod so happy there. 'They were singing, oh ! how sweetly ! Sweeter songs 1 nver heard ! 'j bey were singing sweeter, mother, Thin can sing otir yellow bird; An 1 while 1 my breath was holding. Ooc so bright upon me smiled; And I knew i mint be .losus, When he said. 'Conic here, my child! " 'Come up here my hitle Jlessie! Come up here and live with me, Where the children never suffer, liut are happier than you sec!' Then I thought of what you told mo Of tint bright and happy land; I was going when you called me, When you came and kissed my hand. ; And tit first I felt so sorry You had called me! 1 would go Oh! to sleep, and never suffer! Mother don't be crying so 1 Hug mo closer, closer, mother, Tut your arm around me tight, Oh! how much I love you, mother, Hut I feel so strange tu-night I" And the mother pressed her closer To her overburdened breast; On the heart so near to breaking, Lay the heart so near its rest. At the solemn hour of midnight, In the darkness, calm and deep, Lying on her mother's bosom, Littlo Uessic fell asleep! WORTH OF M0XEY. Wj hear a good doul about llio worth of property. A house is worth ton thousand dollar?; a lot ia worth Jive thousand dollar: a farm is wor.li ig!iX thousand; a lxirac three hundred a carriage live hundred, an 1 . so on endlessly. Thi i ia atl very well in its way. l'ut ought not the question nometimcs, to bo pot lite other waj how much is a man's money worth 1 There ia a wider range in the value vf money than most persons think. And, upon a little inquiry, I suspect that it will ho found that all persons who possess it, have a way of measuring it. not by dollars, but liy its Value in somo sott of pleasu.ro or article.One man rams a thousand dollars. and ears to himself, there, that mttmu one step out of debt. Money to him . mi man in debt is not a free man. "The borrower ia a servant to the lender." Another man sees in a thousand dollars asnug little homestead, a home for Iii 4 children, n shelter to hia old age, a place to livo in, and a good place lo die in. Hut his neighbor only sees one more link in the go'.clen chain of wcltli. It was only thirty nine thousand lust month, he is worth forty this; und hia joy is in the growing numerals. Ho imagines how it will sound, full, round and hearty, when men say, he ia worth a hun dred thousand dollars." Nay, when it comes to that lie thinks five a better sound than one, and five hutidred thousand dollars is a sound timst niifi M sicnl to hia car tho he loves oven better yet to call it halt a million ! The word million etita a great swath in men's imaginations, All this estimate of money is sheer ambition. The man in vain. lie thinks much of himself on account of money not o .character. A man who is openly proud of money is secretly contemptu ous of thoas who have none. Another man wishes to see tho world Every dollar means travel. A thou sand dollars means Europe. Two thousand dollars means Egypt, Palestine and Greece. lioys dealing in small sums reckon the same way. A penny means a stick of candy; fcixper ce is btitanoiher term for ball: shilling means a kite, and lilty cents a jack-knife. The young 'Crack" see in his money a skeleton wagon txni a fiist nig. a rousing trot, a jolly drink and a smashing party. lJtit many and many a weary sou sees in every shilling bread. rent, fuel, clothes. There be thousands who hold on lo virtue by hands ofdollars; a few more suv s them; a few less, and they are ljst. Their gayer sisters see feathered hats and royal silks in their money or rather in tlie'u fathers an J their hut bauds. The poor scholar passes daily by the stall where hooka tempt his poverty. Poor cloths h : is content to wear plain and even meagre diet he is will-in,' to subsist upon: an 1 as for all the gay disipationsand extravagant waste8 of fashionable life, he loo 8 upon lliein without even understanding what they mean, as a child 1 oks upon the milky way in the heaxens, a glowing laud of faraway and unexplorel wonders liut O, those books ! He loots longingly at morning; he peers at tliem with a gentle covokoiisncss at night, lie imagines new devices for earning a few dollars, lie pon lers whether there is not some new economy by which lu can save a few shillings. An 1 when goo! luck at hist brings a scurc of dollaia to him, with a f'.tvor o' hate does he get rid of lliein, fairly runnii g to tlu' stall, an I fearing at every step, lest somo fortunate man should seizethe prizj. Wastclul man! that night saw too much oil burnt in poring over thejoyl'u! treasure, Hooka are what his money is -worth. Hut othera sue different visions, Money means flowers to them. New roso the latest dahlia, the new camel ia, or othera of the f.;rent h urs band ,f flow-era that fill tho florist's paradise the garden1 Some mcu see engravings in money; some, pictures, some, rare ooppes of old books, some, curious missals. 0(her3, when you say money, think of fruit trees, ol'shrubbery.and arboro-tums, and pinetunis, and I'raficetums. And we have reason to believe that there are some poor wretches who not content with one iisivnity, fee pretty ranch all thesi things by turns. Hut tho'c are nobler sights than these to be seen, through tho golden lens of wealth; a father an 1 mother placed in comfort in old age; a young man helped through college or established in business; a friend extricated from ruin; a poor woman saved from bcirrriirv, tuicl made a suppliant Wore Gof tor morcics on your head every day that she lives; the sick and unfortunate s iccored, the orphan educ-ited, tiro school founded, tho village lined with sh.ide trees, a free library estab lishel. and u thousand suchlike things. A man is nvt known by how much money he has, but by what that mon ey ia wortu to mm. u worm only BcliUhuesa, meanness, stinginess vanity, and, haughty state, a man is not rich if lve own a million dollars If it means generosity, public spirit, social comfort im I lutineinent, then ho ia rich on a few hundred. You iimst nwt your hand into a man's heart to find oot how muck bo ia worth, not iuto b.s pocket is n means oi personal liberty. J lie (Dtijinal poetry. WAIT 'TILL OCTOBER. O, Val would be Governor, If he could got the votes, But the people's noble lfrough, Will banish all his hopes, Chorus Wait 'till October, wail 'till October, Wait 'till October, and we'll all vote for Brouh Val stole tho nomination, And now would steal the chair, But tho peoplejwill say "No tir," You never can go there. Chorus Wait 'till October, &e. lie has often tried to cheat us, By making false pretense, But we'll show him in the Fall sir, We all have better sense. Chorus Wait 'till October, &c. ITe thought he was so safe sir. lie could say what he pleased, But it was a grand, mistake sir, In October lie will sc. Chorus Wait 'till October, &o. Our Biough if "a patriot," The Union he'll protect, If he pets tho leaders of disunion, He'll hang them by the neck. Chorus Wait 'till October Ac. From lbs Missouri Democrat, May 13. Rebuke to Copperhead Democrats. Tho telegraph has already alluded to the war speech mado in Savannah by Senator John Conncss, of California. We find tho speech in a late California paper, and specially commend the fill o tving extract to those editors wdio claimed the election of Mr. Connoss its a Democratic victory. The newly elected Senator said: "We have a noble President. There i a President at the hvad of the Gov ernment. Applause. Abraham Lin-! coin may not he the greatest man in the United States, but I tell you fel-j low-citizens, that our country is bless-' e l ofGol in having so good and sol great a man in the Presidency in this' great crisi. Hheers.) The cunning j villain who, pending this great strug gle, seeks the gratification of personal interest alone, may now and then have imposed upon that great and good niiin. biitin the main his measures have been wise, at all times his con- Iduct has b( t n just Throughout this great trial and struggle his patriotism has been ot the same character and stamp as that of the great and immor tal V ashington. (Cheers.) But. say thc.se objectors, the supporters of this Administration are Abolitioj ists. Pciiuregnd advises hia Southern friinds lo denominate tho soldiers of 'lie Government Abolitionists, and craven, dirt-eating, lalso sons ot the Nni'lli. echo and follow llie advice Why, f( lliiw-citizens. if an Abolitionist wire ihebasebt creature that ever heretofore disgraced the earth, he would yet be perfection co n pared with the miserable wretches who vet up such pretenses while their country's life is at stake. (Applause.) Whati3 it to be an Abolitionist? It is that the person, whoever he may be, is in favor of abolishing something' These men would not abolish slavery; they would not blot out or abolish slavery, though it 6tood at the nation's throat, taking the rations life, liut they would stand by whilo their country was being abolished and beir.g stricken from the map of the wjrld. Shame upon Elicit Abolitionists. (Cheers.) Shame upon tho Abolitionists who are in favor of, or who stand quietly by whilo the attempt is being nv.de to abolish a country, to abolish a Government so beneficent, so wise, so grand in the scope of its great work o! giving civil liberty to the earth." These sentimonta aro pcculiary applicable to tho condition of Missouri at tho present time. The conservative politicians are ready the sacrifice the nation, preserve slavery, and are anxious to prolong the Bufferings of Missouri by perpetuating slavery. A Droao Hist. Rather. At editor from the Hoosier State, says this is the style in which tho fair ones in his vieinity, convey tho hiuttwbackwurd swains: "Whv don't c- cet married?" sai4 a young lady, the other day, to a bachelor menu. "IhaTebeen trying for the last ten years to 6nd some one who w.mld be eilly oumigh to have we," was tho reply. !'I guess you haven't been up our way," vu the insinuating rejoincr. making Sure. There is nothing like uiakiu' sure, if one proposes lo aehiove succc.is. True, "the best laid plans of mice aud meu gang aft aglev," aud "it is not in mortals to command success." But we can deserve it. 1'bo careful ship agent, in sending his ship to sea, dues not count upon a prosperous voyage, but provides for disaster nnd losses, lie puts ou board spare anchors, and chains and rigging and canvass. He does not trust to luck, but seeks to mckc everything sure. Till the ship returns safe to purl, he is vigilant, mid anxious, ready to do everything in his power to ward off danger, or if it come, to be prepared for it. Iu whatever enterprises men engage, they deem it wie to make things sure by securing umple means, guar Jiug against failure, anticipating disappointments, and providing for all probable, if not possible contingencies. A farmer seems t waste seed iu sowing his Cel ls; but he wants to make sure if u crop. In erecting a mill, tho manufacturer looks to it. that it shall bo strong enough to bear up much more than the weight of machin ery which is to be placed willnn in. Iu a word, it is only u fool, who in voyage of life, makes ut calculations the leeway. Wo do not mean to insinuato that the for the authorities lit Washington are demented because they havo no? so managed as to prevent all disaster and defeat. 'These last have ministered to our progress laut essentially; but we do not court them iu the future. AVe have had enough of bolii to teach us the meaning of the conflict, nnd tho true method of carrying it ou. It is time now, saying nothing of "the past, to make sure. Enough of glorying in our physical strength, in the moral power growing out of a consciousness that wo are right, in tho conviction that truth and justice must rvcutually triumph. Some what too much, ot calculations on the weakness of the enemy, on the failure of his means, on the collapsing of the rebellion. It is high time to make sure. And by making sure, we meau the raising at once of troops enough' to meet all the force that tho Confederates can bring iuto the field, if their wildest boasts should provo true. Then we shall overthrow the rebel power. Our danger is, that w shall waite time iu glorying over what vc have accomplished, or in disputing what shall next be done. We would have the administration push its policy vigorously complete the draft fill up as rapidly as possible, with conscripts, the veteran re-gemonts aud, abovo all, put iuto the Held nil the negro regiments that can be raised at the South and West. Tho people are in e irnc-it, and will second every cll'ort the administration may make. The more plucky and determined Sir. Lincoln thows himself the m ire readily and nobly will he be sustained. New Jk-lfunl Mer-atry,Otir Defenders At Baton Rouge And Port Hudson. A corresponds of The Times gives 0 very interesting account a of trip from New Orlean? to Baton Itouge, Port If u'lson and Natchez, by a very distinguished party, a-mong whom were Miij-(Jeneral Banks and a large number of subordinate military officers, the British Consul at New Orleans, etc., etc. The writer says: 'At Baton Itouge we found the fortifications, which are the most splendid constructions of the kind hi the United S a!es:coinpletely manned by colored troops a more orderly, stalworth, efliceut well drilled set of men it would be difficult tn meet. One evening a body of their infantry was so posted as to receive Uen. Banks with due honors; and al'iur we returned from the fortifications, they were put to light artillery practice, Toseethe prieis-ioii, cxactneMi, i'reuchificd elegance with which each man went through his urn-j nu.'iivres,theevident pride he -ceiued to take in his work, elicited praise from every officer who witnessed it. 1 was sittiug by Geu Wcitzel's file, nnd heard lum my1 that nothing could bo better; and Weitzel is a soldier if theie is one living, 'We arrived at Port Hudson at 2 p. in., July SO. descending from the vessel nnd mounting the steep declivity, a splendid body of colored troops met the ticueral in truely renal style. I took another aud fuller view of the terrific battle-ground where Col. Nelson's colored regiment fought with such terrific bravery; und, although tho five or six fjet depth of water through which they had to wade before reaching those almost perpendicular Muffs, is now dried up there is enough left to make one wonder how auything in hnnian shape could have undcrlukeo such a task. Yet those men whose race aro only fit to be butchered by New York ruffians, went at it iw different limes !" (Jen. Boscerans on Slaver. The followingcxtractfrom a letter written by Major-Ceneral WilliauiS.Rosecrjua, detailing his opinions on the slavery question, which his actual experience in the field has forced Liut to adopt, is published in the Philadelphia Press. It should be remembered that Gen. Kosccrans was, prior to tho war an unvarying Democrat. Writing from Murfrecsboro, he ays: "I am glad to see the splendid stand you have taken against slavery, with all its horrors, barbariticsaudshockint; immoralities. Slavery is dead, and nothing cue resuscitate it. To understand this fully you should pay us a visit. Slawy is- doomed, and those who- now uphold it will coon be held up to public odium ana execration. No statesman will vindicate it, no friend of human progress will stretch frith a Land to. break its fail. Almighty Gcxl bas certainly ordained the destruction of slavery in this country, where ithas been more offensive and immoral than iu others. W. S. HOSECRAKS. Auli-lSlavery Jonrualiisiu iu the South. Journals of strong anti slavery prin ciples aro springing up in all the cities i ot the South that aro within the uiiiol-i lines, and particul.iry in the Missis- sippi Valley, New Orleans has two of I them one in English, thu other in - Trench. Memnliis has two. Nash- i ville has two. Of course there are j jilenty of them in St. Louis, and they exist in ail the chief towns ot Missouri and Kentucky, as yet, hai none of them, but they are spread largely ov cr the State lrom the other side of tho Ohio River. One ia about to bo started in tho city of Vicksburg, to be called the Union, the prospectus ol which ia now beioro us, nnd w hich announces that ''it will advocate in tho most solemn and earnest manner the entire nnd immediate extinction ot the cause of all our present troubles and tho curse ot the South Alrican Slavery." Nearly all tho Press of Baltimore ia Anti-Slavery, and in Wheeling at ono extremity ot Old Virginia, and Norfolk at the other, there are Anti-Slavery Presses. The organ at the latter important point, the Xorl'olk Virginian, which is edited by the able and effective writer, Dr. Wm Porter Ray, is about to appear as a daily, with excellent support jfino prospects and steam presses. All i these journals seem to have a good lo cal patronago, and must exercise a powerful influence upon the public sentiment of the South. It is ridiculous to say they are supported by Government contractors, aa every one wi.o knows anything about the publishing of a daily newspaper well understands It is a curious anomaly of the times, that whilo we thus find scores of journals in the chief cities of the South battling for freedom and the Union, they find thoir bitterest antagonists in tho pro slavery and semi-secession journals still existing in the North... . T. limes. From Winoho3tor (Ind.) Journal, Aug. It. Conditions of National Suecess. The laws aud conditions of our present national struggle are not exceptional or anomalous. If we succeed it will not be by accident or good fortune. Whenever, by culture and development of character, any nation has grown up to the level of freedom, it will be free, necessarily und irresistibly. If we fail to achieve freedom for ourselves as a nation, it will be because we are not worthy of the boou, because we arc incapable of being free. Wo can have nationality with freedom; we cannot have it without. If the people shall decide that slavery is a thing to bo preserved at the cost of our nationality aud ot all that is valuable in our institutions, the people can dispose of their birthright as they choose. They can lay their libortics at tho foot of despotism whenever they are weary of maintaining them. We ui'L'e those truths because this is the only (piestioit of the times. It is not an affair of the suscess of any party. It is not a political question. Wo have reach ed the timo when national freedom is the condition of national life. Our only election is a choico between the life aud death of our country. We say this to the peo ple, because they are tho government cf the United .States, and because national character determines national destiny. The people must sise to higher levels. They must be inspired by an intense and unconquerable love of liberty; a love that . . i , . . i cannot Ue oougnt ai any price, irir swajua by any interest. There must be a spirit stronger than the love of gain, of ease, or of life itself. Freedom must not be valued because it gives us wealth or power or pros perity as a people; it is to be loved for its own stake. And we are not to choose freedom for ourselves only; wo must earuoitly seek that all may be free. Our people must learn to regard "Liberty as the simple birth right of every human being;" to be enjoyed by all whose destinies are joined with ours, no matter what race, or color, or condition may be theirs. We shall have to bear the stern discipline of war until wo take our stand upon this ground. This Btand will be taken. Tho masses of the people are loyal to their highest conceptions of right. Our nation is to live, and will head the irreat procession of the peoples in their pro gress through the ages to a condition of universal freedom, happiness and peace. The star-spangled banner will point the road for all mankind to the kingdom of God on earth. J. B. II. The Late 'iraltor, J B- Floyd- The death of General John B. Floyd rf Virginia, was aunourxed in otirlast. Tim V.vnminpr anrn hft died of the ef fects of jaundice nnd typhus it: their worst torma. bn ier tneso ue rrai been suffering sinco April last. lie tl RficrAnipnts of reTTtn'on before he died, and remarked that Ire was "about to leave tho world with cut any rcgretB and tears." Can 31r. Liucoiii Ue-iiuslave l're m.-n. The Washington Chionicle U pcrmiite l to make the following extract from a letter of the Hon. Robert J. Walk.-r (now in Euglaud):ottfricud in that city. We afr glad to know that there is not the wlight-i'st reason to believe that President Lincoln has auy thought of recalling the Emaucipatiou Proclamation, or thut he will be a party to the re-euslaveuieut ol tho freedmen made free by the ProeUui-tion:"Since the victory of Gcttyburir, aud the fall of A'ickshurg and Port Hudson, suggestions uppcar that President Lineolu should recall the Emaucipatiou Proclamation. This would ruin the caune here. The Proclamation was legal mid us such it did emancipate the slaves, and ihey are now free. How can Mr. Lincolnie-cu-slave them? The past is irrevocable even by a mighty nower. Besides, it would be a breach of faith to the slaves; und iu view of their heroic conduct iu baule equally uuwiss and unjust " "Reconstructing the Union ii Old" of In an articb, under the title of "Trrius of Peace," the New York Tiibune of the lOth, has the following in reply to the New York World's fling about "weiujj the Union reconstructed as ol olfi;" Aud uow as to "seeing the l uiou reconstructed of old," let us make a statement of facts: A prominent Democrat who lives and does business iu our city (.and whose name uot for publication, but for the verification of this statement, is at the service of the World)was induced soma years since; to buy an estate in Eastern Virgiuia reputed rich iu gold, lie employed a foreman to develop it, hired twenty-live or thirty ol the Poor Whites residing upon or adjacent to it. to assist as laborers, aud came hear to attend to other business. Hut. a llw! weeks had elapsed wheu he received a dispatch from his lereiiian, urging him to hurry back to Louisa County ami htdp the said foreman out of trouble. He promptly obeyed and. soon ufler reaching bis estate was waucu upon u im. ...uw...-.., nu.. proch,in,cdthe,nselvcsa(omi.,,t.ee the neighboring proprietors, appointed to notify him that he must uot employ white labor on his (State, hut must hire or buy slaves. He ventured to remonstrateur ging that he had imported nolaboivrs into Virginia that his mcu were all native,-of the State aud fixed residents of the vii eiuaiie, &c, but was cut short by the spokesman, (now the rebel taeiirral Jenkins) with a curt reminder that they had not proposed to argue the point that it was not the policy ol i iiiiiinu to j encourage white labor where .laves Mere to be had aud that tliey only ili-sin-U lo uei auu listen io uer aim iaru goou oi-know whether he proposed tj comply with ! her.- She was careful to say nothing dia- the demand or take the consequences igKtfte toSusm, to bear ei cry thing from-tc usal. Here oue of the white laborer j , , . , ..... i ;.i.. a respcctlul, worthy citizen, over fifty years old, who happened to bo present j or' passing ventured tointerposethiMpicTy : "Rut what are ue to Uo to support. ..ur: families?" "Don't you know cm.ugl, toj hold vour tongue." responded the mini ol i Chivalry, wilhsuili a look us lie mulii li:ne ! 1 bestowed ou a toad who had undertaken i0 something trou. the pocket of the dress,, lecture him on triirmioinetry. Tin. p..r j and wvut to the bed lor it'. Not tiujing i', white was cowed into abject silence; if't-jtLere. sbc ea.olaiuio.1 impatiently, "1 do Xew Yorker said that he had no choice, sowi!)b wouM letuiv things alone." "Div he submitted with thu best possible ciuu- i ' .,:..... o i- ii- nrr., v.. .;..;..,. u it,.;, u want tllO (lresr saia .viarv; anff dismissed his whit irgmians tn tlieirJ '' sorry huts and rugged, unschooled children, ! t;.i iuging to the cW-t, she handed it e" . , i .1 -.1' L- I,, ..-II . I. A.. ami proceeded to hire the negroes of his domineering neighbors as he needs must. He wai paying the Whit-s eighty cents :.. .. I - .1..... 1 1...,, (,,1,1 I, in, t 1 1 .-v. K,.,il.l t-ladly work for' sixty cents rather-', ban be thrown off: hut, though he waatod then i work and they wanted his money, ihey all i were under the yoke of au irou Uopmit.ni. aud had to succumb. Such is the .infernal, tlod-J. Tying. A.u dchasintr system which the White labr- crs of this'City are now being goadud b) Fernando Wood mid IloratoSeymour iuto treason to uphold and prepstuate and all because thosa reckless aspirants believe their own ohauce of political aggrandizement will therebv bo promoted! May the lightnings of Divine Justice blast their tiendish ambition. Scene In a Street Car. The following incident is vouched for by a correspondent of the Christian Register:A daughter of Massachusetts, living in New York, was riding in a crowded strevt . . ii: . ...it: .. car. An luieingem young ounuci, eum-i- ing from lameness, was standing. This lady kindly offered hiia her seat., whieh he politely declined; whereupon a city dame, occupying tho next place, gathered up her roses, and peornfully said she thought things had done to a pretty pass, when a New York lady offered her scat to a man, especially a toldier. "Shame upon you, tnaUam, rejoined our humane friend, "have you no dar oncf in the army?" "No," waa tie reply, "my husband should not go." "Indeed'." was the patriotic anwer, 'T had rather be a nliieii widow than a coicartTi wife!" An outburst of applause greeted the speaker. There was a happy finale to tho incident The lame soldier soob obtained the rery next seat lo the unfeeling won who had so inaultfltl him. What War Dlit. Mary bay and Suuu Qr n we're room-matu at a boarding school. Tlmir room was very small, nd it was important that every thing should have in place, and be kept in it. Rut SuSau wa always Waving thiiifri outol pfuce. It was very annoying to Mary to have Susan handkerchiefs and towels :n her work-basket or on "her1 chair, her drcssoa on the bud. ai.d her shoes her and there on tb carpet: Mary1 was' very ueat aud careful, and yet Sudan often borrowed her toilet article without leave. Susau's book hh often uiibhid, and she would use Mary's ut tlm very time whea Mary wauieJ them herself Susan wai ill tempered too. She represented herself as iuddl(-d with when Mary removed her things out of her way, as insulted at any hint that it was uot proper for her to use mother's toilet articles, and assumed that dm wan wronged when any blame of her waa even implied... Poor Mary was iifi used to such trials, and begun to grow impatient, aud to allow herself to bt irritated by Susan! She thought of coinplaiuing to her teacher,' then tf telling her parents, and asking them to make complaint. She finally went to God. She knew Ha could give hef help. So she told God aga-iu and? .igaiu cf alf that troubied her, aud asked1 his aid. While praying for IreTielf. the spirit of God, put it in her heart to pray for Susan' tn'), and no sooner prayed for her, than1 she began to pity her She pitied-her because she hud so many faults; becavio Bhe was mi unfortunate iu her habits" and dis position, that she would probably be U-' happy and make others unhappy all bet lite; bciause thera so was much-that Waw wrong iu her, that she could sot hat' the favor of Gud. Then she begun- to study whether she could uot do something, to make Susa'i better And more agroablo Sim thought that her own parents 80? aollu a greatdoal .o m'lke hcrhabitg-prorjer' I, I , ! . I perhaps Ood ntuuded that hrie atom uhow her gratitude for this by iufluODciig' the neglected Su.-an to better things.. liut what a heavy task for Maty. How can th.' accompliah it? Not itt hef own strength surely. No; but iu- God's grace: aud is there auytumg too hard ot (jujv ,She grayed for graee, ubouodia,. -arte her all love, all geutlenM, ' .... ""11 ' 8U 'M nuw" m,S"1 '. , el7 mtl! """' 'a 1 e power, ui.til .he" saw that she had awakened s me kindfee 1HgS m a.i. fUe j.lV,li,.rnn.g upa dress whicli Sugarf . . . o ansaii iu a iw iiiKiing. j-jicujb me ouiair, 1 thought 1 was doing yoir a lavor," Su-am looked hshuined, but her wicked" prid', made he. say, -I can' hang up my tff dies.-es." I ustead of answering. "Bat yoU- Jnu't do it; they are always laying around, a lui n y others would have ddue, Mary-m'llly said, "1 thnu.fi' voU had a lesson tv loariR and might not huvi time lor much else l.ul'ore school." Proud as Susan wa,-? alio could not help saying, "You are good- ain't you, Mary? And then- Bhe added-,, "II w easy it seems for you t- do er)V thing rightly arid say every thing prettily-I wish I could. ' A trifling circumstance would ofteh pro'-voko Susan- to-be troiw and rude, and then' Mary would say in tones of sincere sorrow, "1 am so sorry, Susan; I am afraid thatl irritated you. Forgive mc; you- did nothing wrong,-only t aai so ernna' and a tear would glistened in her aye. There was a constant improvement iu Susan during the year that she roomed1 with Mary. Before they parted to-return' tn their houica, Puan said to Mary, "How I wish I were like you, Mary. "You flatter roe too much, Suau." "Don't say so. Mary. I'd give anything to be like you." "Try to-be like Josim." mid Mary. Laofc to hiiw. H is-eu great Exemp!a. It is ' only when, we life like him taut We Olght to be saiistied." Teacher b4 fifuolarpv The following interesting anecnV it, t,A bv tho World : A rew'rUrs n'tiff. (ee Mcid niot the Set-rotary ot tin Treasury in Washington, an'1 pn "hakiuu hai wi h him k h "Were too not here u 1t2S-9, au,l had you e fclaot school lor hovef' lie was answered in the-aflirmative by the secretary, when the? General added; "lwaaom rf the boys in your school." in 18JT-8-9 Mr Chaes was a slvr lent in the law office of Mr. William Wist la WashiBgtea, ad ft the purpose of defraying ti j ptoses opeutd. classical sctiooL i 4 : ft