Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-29
Memories of the Quaran. ne War.

Some time ago good story was published in
thc Express illustrating the strict discipline
o acticed by soldier of one of our New York
Regiments Of the Fourth Brigade. The follow
ilg,which shows the other side of the question,
= told By an officer who formerly hel0 high
position in the same corps:
One day, at the usual time Of guard mount
ing. one Of the soldiers agreed with another to
cover him as his rear rank man, remarking at
the same time that he had got flask of excel
lent gin, which, 'be the powers, Pat ashore, :"
said he :. ill keep the cowld out of our stom-
achs when we 60 on senthry." Accordingly,
after the sentries were posted at night, Tom
which was the nsme of the man who carried
the spirit ratiOn-left his post and went up to
Pat.
Pat We divil," said he, sare you there ?u
:. Faix am, " said Pat, "an' its meself that
wishes was any place else this blessed and
holy night"
.Aisy. said Tom, I'll soon give you some
thing that ill warm the cookies in yer heart. ~
Tom accordingly laid down his musket, took
out the bottle, and after taking hearty swig
handed it to Pat. Toms astonishment NAV be
a prisoner
What for, achushla? ?" asked Tom.
Wv hat for, is it? 'POnme sowl We seem to
forget that you've committed an awful crime.
ye lay down yer muskct, yer blaggard?'
we'll shure, I'll take it up again.
Inv uih III a tdhc, lud DOuCQelleeQ owe, INV
little yellow boy,) just lave id there, darlin',
until call the sargent O. the guard
''Oh, Pat, ayourneen, is id in airnest We are,';
II may Jlst whistle that, or sing it, af We
have tn air of it, Tom, dear"
Och Pat, don't. Jist remember our COM
Paay has never had a man in the guard house
yet, agra, only think av the disgrace,''
Il can help that. A man that id Law down
hls gun to dhrink gin shouldn't bo trusted wild
one L must call the sargent"
"AlSy now, Pat, darlin': all the money I
have Is five dollar goOld piece, and I'll give
Pat. hagar"
Well, see here now, to show that its not for
yer dirty money | care, I'll let ye aft an you
may keep your V. Give me how'll o. the
bottle now
Tom handed him the bottle and Selling his
mu>ket, returned in haste to his post
In the meantime Pat drained the bottle.
srd, when he had finished left his post and
went to Tom :
Who comes there ," said Tom.
tie bottle
Hand it here then, ''i,ad Tom.
Pat 1sld down his musket, when Tom imme-
+intcly made him prisoner In vain ho i'm
p'"red, and reminded Tom how he was mt
hard on him, - be was mt" 1t was no use.
Iom was inflexible. At length third sentry
Interfered and Tom said-''Fery well, I'll let
yVu OHr manu- nero tne
Pat handed the "cruishkeen'' to Tom who
held 1t up to the moonlight and found il as
empty as his own head
Hillo," said he, what's this? o, be the
powers av war, you re my prisoner now and
no mistake"
What has he done now ?" said the third.
Done! Enough to have him tried be n
coort martial, " said Tom.
oh well, said the peace-maker, ''you
promised to let him off, and an Irishman
should never break his word
But, blur-an-ouns man, he has committed
two crimes; didn't he first lay down his mus
Well, you forgev him.
Yes, but be the mortshall, 1 didn't forgive
the other crimes
Holy st Pether, was it sarious 2''
"Sarious, is id2 Faix bleeve you me bov.
lie mas finished the gin, and brought me an
The dickens he has. Then, Tom, you must
make him prisoner. The man that id give
an Imply bottle to sinthry, id take another
mans life"
just as he spoke the relief came up, and Pat
was marched to the guard house
Next day he was punished by not being per-
mitted to leave the camp, but the whole Story
a. above related, leaked out only few weeks
ago, and many hearty laugh has there been
nnce at Pats expense.-N. Y. Express
..:s-n ,ooLD-hccorClng to London
staustcal publication, the net gold produce of
Victoria, colony, Of Australis, from 1851 to
June oOtn, 1893, was sixteen million five hmm
ured ana htty-hve thousand eight hundred
ana !nlrty-elSht ounces, the value of which in
sIeIhng money was sixty-two million four hun
dred and twenty-eight thousand eight hundred
aud ffty-two pounds. The net Gnsntitv and
value of gold exported from the two colonies
OF Victoria and New South Wales. from Msv
Iooi' 10 tne 3lst OF December, 1857, is seven
teen million twenty-three thousand four hun
urea ana tnirteen ounces, valued at sixtv-four
.IiiIlon one hundred and twenty-five thousand
three hundred and sixty thousand nonnds
slerllng The price of labor is so high that
tnree tons OF quartz are at present Thrown
away to one that is crushed In letter dated
as long ago as 1889, Count Strzelecki alIudes
10 tne existence OF gold in Australia In 1874,
.ne heV. W. b: Clarke detected gold when
crossing the dividing range to the westward IF
faramatta, and addressed letter on the sub
lect to the Governor but without effect
Neitner Strzelecki nor Clark had printed n
word upon the subject, when Sir RodericI
Wonl.oE W;,S put forth his grand generalization
ssgacious deductions from geological facts
TINS eminent geologist boldly predicted the
truth. In 1916, year before even the Cali
Iornia discoveries, when addressing the Row,
theological Society of Cornwall, he strongly
recommended the unem ployed Cornish ,n;ners
to emigrate to New South Wales and die for
gold In the debris and drift of what he called
the Australian Cordillera, where he antici-
Pafed, from their similarity with the Ural
m"untains, that it would be found in abund
ance. -
pl slNESs QUAkER.-The Quakers are, in
t1e man, as every one knows, thrifty, kind
hearted, and undoubtedly honest people: but
@ sone Oh them, even as among the '.world' s
honest people, love of filthy iucre will nre
aom,nate. In one of their farming communi-
ues lived friend Benjamin and his Son. tt was