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The weekly Butte record., 1861-10-19

United States-the country of our adoption
hence we have no choice between patriotism
and perjury The General made no reply to
this, but merely shook his head, and, after
complimenting him on his noble daring, he
presented him with the sword he had won, and
which had been taken from him, accompanied
by beautiful sash, said to be present from
Southern officers lady who had heard of him.
Although only private, Cramsie was allowed
his parole of honor, and was an object of uni
versal attention and admiration wherever he
went through the rebel camp. One of the
officers gave him new suit of clothes, and
another gave him the use of his horses.
"This shows a noble trait in the Southern
! character, and one which we will reciprocate
if we ever take any of them prisoners.
Mr. Cramsie joined us at New York, and,
although 1 was his comrade l never learned
much of his personal history. He gave me to
understand that he was q native Of Belfast,
Ireland had been in this country about six
years, and had some relatives residing in
Northampton and Lehigh counties, Pennsyl-
vania, and some near Hamilton, G. W. He
was perfect gentleman, and l am of the
opinion that he must have seen better days.
His agreeable manners and excellent scholastic
attainments pointed him out as proper person
for an officer, but when the subject was
broached to him he invariably replied, am
satisfied as a private; do not want q com
mission until have earned it." he has earned
it now, and if the Southerners return him to US
soon, saltpetre won't save him being an officer.
He was great favorite with our boys, and
withal so delicate and gentle that have seen
him turn his head away lest he should see q
CHECKED killed 1t is strange but it is true,
that such men invariably make the best sol
diers.
"Iremember the morning we left New Y orb,
when all our friends, our wives, fathers and
mothers, our brothers and sisters, all had as
sembled to bid US good bye-many of US for
the last time-when l noticed Cramsie, stand
ing apart from the crowd, and as he leaned on
his rife, with a melancholy smile he surveyed
the scene. A feeling of sympathy for his utter
loneliness drew me to his side and I said to
him, Cramsie, how many, do you suppose will
come back again :? He replied, " l know not
and for my part 1 have no care if I never
come back" This. remark together with some
other little indications of like tendency leads
me to believe that the noble fellow had some
secret sorrow at heart which lead him to seek
death at the cannon's mouth.
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Wealth is an application of nature, and the
art of getting rich consists not alone in indus
try. Much lies in saving, but far more in
being at the right spot One man has strong
er arms or longer legs; but another sees by
the course Of streams and the growth of mar
kets where land will be wanted, makes clear
ing to the river, goes to sleep and wakes up
rich. Steam is no stronger than it was hun
dred years ago. but it is put to a better use.
A clever fellow was acquainted with the ex-
pansive force of steam he also saw the wealth
of wheat and grass rotting in Michigan. Then
he cunningly screws on the steam-pipe TO the
wheat crop Puff, now, 0 steam The steam
pufis and expands as before, but this time it is
dragging all Michigan at its back to hungry
New York and hungry England. Coal lay in
ledges under the ground ever since the flood,
until a laborer with pick and windlass brought
it to the surface. We may well call it black
diamonds. Every basket is power and wealth.
1t carries the heat Of the tropics to Labrador
and the polar circle and it is the means of
transporting itself whithersoever it is wanted.
Watt and Stephenson whispered in the ear of
mankind their secret, that half an ounce of
coal will draw two tuns q mile, and coal car
ries coal, by rail and by boat, to make Canada
as warm as Calcutta, and with its comforts
brings its industrial powers. When the far
mers peaches are taken from under the tree
and carried into town, they have new look,
and a value hundred fold over that of the
fruit which grew on the same bough and lies
fulsomey on the ground. The craft of the
merchant consists in thus bringing q thing
from where it abounds to where it is COSTLY
Wealth begins in tight roof that keeps the
rain and wind out in two suits of clothes, so
as to change your dress when you are wet in
good pump that yields you plenty of sweet
water; in dry sticks to burn in a good dou-
ble-wick lamp in three meals day. in a
horse or locomotive to cross the land in a
boat to cross the sea in good tools to work
with; in books to read and so, in giving, on
all occasions, by proper tools and auxilaries,
the greatest possible extension to our powers,
thus adding, as it were, feet and hands, eyes
blood, length to the day, and knowledge and
good will-Ex. Paper.
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RESPECT FOR THE AGED.-In ancient Sparta
there was law which compelled the youth to
rise when an old person approached; to be
silent when they spoke; to yield them the
path when they met them. With US, what
the law does not enforce, decency should
prompt US to perform. Respect for the aged
teaches such beautiful moral that those who
forget to practice it themselves can do no less
than applaud it in others. An ancient Athe-
nian was looking for seat at the Olmympic
Games, but the benches were already filed
Some of his youthful fellow citizens called to
him to approach them; and when be had, with
much difficulty. complied with their request
instead of welcoming him to seat, they only
greeted him with coarse bursts of derisive
laughter. Pushed about from one place to
another, the gray haired old man approached
the place occupied by the Spartans. These
youths, faithful to the sacred custom of their
country, modestly arose and gave him a seat
among them. The same Athenians who had
SO impudently Knocked the venerable man.
were the first to recognize the generosity oi
their competitors and the loudest applause
burst from all sides. Tears rolled down the
cheeks of the aged man, as he exclaimed with
enthusiasm The Athenians know what is
right, but the Spartans practice it =
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A COOP SroRY-The Charlestonians tell a
good story at their own expense which well
illustrate the want of discipline. A company
was keeping guard at the Arsenal. The Col
onel of the Regiment passing by, saw the SEN
tinel inattentive to his duty. He took away
his gun, then entered the Arsenal. A subor-
dinate officer was coucocting a cocktail.
Where is the Captain?' the Colonel
asked.
Up stairs"
Please say to him that want to see him.
Well, after take drink )" said the sub
altern After swallowing his toddy, he went
up stairs to the Captain.
The Colonel is down stairs, and wants to
see you, Captain"
Well, if he wants to see me more than l
do him. just tell him to walk up" said the
Captain, who was lying on bed.
The Colonel went up stairs, and found the
Captain taking things easy.
Sir, you ought to be drilling your COM
pany. Your sentinel don't know how to do
his duty and l took his gun away from him. %
Well, 1 dare say he will be very much
obliged to you. reckon he was tired of car
rying it."
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CALICo.-Calico dresses are grand institu-
tions. Delaines, silks, and even satins are
good enough in their places-in the parlor or
bandebox, and all such, but after all, the old
" standby" the substantial, is the shilling
calico. Care must be taken not to soil the
silk, nothing must come in contact with the
nice dress that will rumple or stain it but
the calico is made for work, and as the high
falutins say, nobly does it fulfill its mission"
Silk rarely finds its way into the realities of
life; that is, into the kitchen at home or the
hut of the sufferer abroad But calico, OH
what rich meals we get by it how it cheers
the suffering, as with its bright colors and
cheerful presence it stands with soft and gentle
hands ministering to our distresses. Calico
seems to be always more willing and ready to
give to want than silk. 1t is curious fact
of our nature, that the nicer our dress the
harder our heart is, as if when dressed in silk
we changed our natures, and rose above base
worldly things. What our silk dresses to be
seen near enough to that poor workman to
give him assistance, or drabbling into a dirty
hut? No, neverl Calico might do it-silk
it's just impossible J But when, in addition to
all. calico comes in, rosy with the exercise of
kitchen duties, which it knows how to do so
well, and loves to do so dearly, and sits down
at the piano or melodeon, and makes the liquid
melody flow sweetly forth; aye, even blending
its own sweet voice with the music of the in
strument, then do we appreciate and admire
calico.
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AT the Brevoort House, New York. one
evening, there was dispute about the reality
of Spirituaism, when wag came forward and
said he had no doubt there was something in
it, as he himself was a sort of " medium"
" How a medium?" inquired the landlord
+" Why" replied the wag, can do good
many mysterious things; for instance, | can
make bell ring without touching it." The
landlord offered to bet he could not. Thewag
persisted, and said be would lay $50 that he
could make at least dozen of the bells in that
room ring within two minutes, without moving
from where he sat- " Done ?" exclaimed the
landlord, and the money was put up. The
wag turned around in his seat, opened closet
door, and turned off the gas from the upper
part of the building. In less than one minute
the bells in the Office began to ring vio-
lently. The lodgers above had lost their lights.
The $50 was fairly won.
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An EXCITING INCIDENTAL member of the
Connecticut Fifth Regiment Volunteers, with
Gen. Banks Division, in writing home, relates
the following:
"On Thursday l was on the second relief
from IL P. NJ until A. NJ, when, as l was
treading my beat, guarding two springs of wa
ter thought l saw an object moving towards
one of the springs at the furthest end of my
beat l stood for moment and watched,
when it remained stationary, but when l turn
ed to go on it moved again l then challenged
again, and was about to do so for the third
and last time, when the thing sank on the
ground and began TO move off. AT that I f.
red, at distance of about six rods, when he
fell with a groan like bull As soon as /
saw him fall, got my neighboring sentry to
help me carry him TO the officer of the guard,
to see where he was hurt. On examination,
we found he was shot las the doctors say) in
the groiu We had his wounds dressed and
took him to the hospital, after taking away
from him q pound and half of arsenic, with
which he was about to sweeten our spring
The camp was thrown into some excitement
by the shot We found a revolver on him,
and why he did not use it 1 don't know. He
is not fatally injured, and 1 am glad of it, as
he deserves worse death"
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The answer was, Just once

A MAN in La Crosse, Wisconsin, short
time since, rushed to the river, swearing that
he would drown himself When he had waded
in to the depth of his waist, his wife, who had
followed, seized him by the hair, and then, as
o local editor describes it, she led him back
till they reached place where the water was
about two feet deep, when she pulled him over
backwards, soused BIN under, and pulled his
head up again. Drown yourself, (down he
went)-leave me to father the brats (another
plunge)-get drunk (another souce)-and
start for the river (another dip)-better use
water instead Of rot-gut : (another dip and
shake Of his head d)-I'll learn ye to leave me a
widow, and all the men at the war" After
sozzlng him to his hearts content, she led him
out wetter if not better man, and escorted
him into the house and closed the door.
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" Yours truly, II.

BATT1Es.-Duane, in his Military Dictiona-
ry, says:
Battles have ever been the last recourse of
good generals. A situation where chance and
accident often battle and overcome the most
prudential and most able arrangements and
where superiority of numbers by no means en-
sures success, is such as is never entered into
without clear necessity for so doing. The
fighting of battle only because the enemy is
near, or for having no other formed plan of
odense, is not the way of making war. Darius
lost his crown and life by it. Harold of
England, did the same and Francis the First,
at Pavia, lost the battle and his liberty King
John, of France, fought the battle of Poictiers,
though ruin attended his enemy if he had not
fought The King Of Prussia lost his country,
and the reputation which Prussia acquired
from Frederick II, by the battle of Fena A
skillful general will give battle when his army
and situation can not be worse, if defeated
than if he does not fight at all and when the
advantage may be great, and the loss little"
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Ode to the National Flag
BY JOHN R. RIDGE.

BY JOHN R. RIDGE.
Oh, star-gemmed banner of the free,
Thou streamest still on high,
A living beacon to the world,
The glory of the sky.
To thee the gazing millions turn,
With patriot hopes and fears
Brave men with burning glance uplift,
Fair women with their tears.
As blazing in the van OF war,
As flashing in its cloud,
Amid the roaring thunder's peals,
We call to thee aloud.
Oh banner that our fathers loved,
That shadows still their graves,
Still with thy strongwinged eagle speed,
Where he the tempest braves.
oh never may thy stars go down,
Or in the battle pale,
Or hands grow weak which bear thee up,
Or hearts beneath thee quail.
As on the flaming war tide borne,
And in its hot breath tost,
Now seen amidst the rifted gloom,
Now in the darkness lost.
Oh, how we watch where yet thon art,
As on the battle wears,
And rising, sinking, follow thee
With thousand thousand prayers.
Those prayers, oh God, shall not be vain
Descended from the sky,
With bosom barred, and sword of fire
Upleaping from her thigh,
new Minerva treads the plain.
She snatches from the gloom
Her country's flag, and bears it on
As with the step of doom.
All, well she knows, fair Liberty,
How sacred is the name
OF that her conquering arm defends,
How glorious is its fame.
And, not unused unto the strife
Where deeds for Right are done,
The earthquake which her cradle rocked
Saw birth of Washington.
In that great name and in her own,
She bares her arm for blood,
And bending to the fates on high
She strikes for Man and God
Thus, holy flag, into her hand
Thy futures all we give,
Assured thou canst not stoop to dust
While she herself shall live!
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the Stars, also the Stripes.
FAT CONTRIBUTOR.

A PEASANT in Paris for the first time was
much interested in all he saw, and asked nu-
merous questions of those with whom he spoke.
One day he walked into little Office where
there was only table covered with writing
materials and chair A young man who
was seated there idle
Sir" said the peasant, will you be kind
enough to tell me what you sell here?"
Certainly" said the man, wishing to re-
venge himself for the interruption we sell
asses heads"
Why" said the peasant, with an air of
great simplicity, what good sales you must
have had see only one left in the place.
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ECCLESIASTICAL PoL1TY-RIcH INCIDENT
1t is related that an offending brother was
jerked up before an ecclesiastical court, up
town, for taking too much stimulus" too
much whiskey in his tay."
Said the Parson Does any of the breth-
rem know of Brother so-andso, having been
guilty of improper indulgence-in short, that
is to say, has the brother been seen in state
of intoxicatior p
Here rose witness with visage long
drawn out, and with fearful eyes, who said:
Yes, Minister, Brother so-andso has been
frequently intoxicated in my saloon. l sold
him tie liquor myself; and I've seen him
tighter nor any brick. move that the hand
of fellowship be withdrawn from the offending
brothers,. F. Journal
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ORIGIN OF THE CAP OF L1BERTY.-Among
the Romans cap was always given TO slaves
when they were made free; ; whence it became
the emblem of liberty. Saturninus, in bis
sedition, when he gained possession of the
Capitol, exalted cap on the top of spear,
as a token of liberty to all the slaves who
would join bis standard. The conspirators
against Julius Caesar, after they had dispatch
ed him, in order to quiet the alarm of the peo-
pie, marched in body, through the most
public part of the city, with cap carried be-
fore them on spear, thus proclaiming peace
and liberty to all, and declaring that no further
violence was intended. On this occasion there
was medal struck with the same device, and
which is still extant.
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ErrrAPH.-The following epitaph may be
found upon tombstone in Connecticut
Here lies cut down like unripe fruit,
The wife of Deacon Amos Shute;
She died of drinking too much coffee,
Amy Dominy eighteen forty.''
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GRAPPLE ever with opportunity. And, as
you don't know when opportunity will happen
along, keep your graphing irons always ready.
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The OUTsIDE-A man who covers himself
with costly apparel, and neglects his mind, Is
like one who iuminates the outside of his
house, and sits within 10 the dark.
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Agents for Record.
Business Notice.

Messrs. THo's CALLow and D. NJ. BISHOP, having
purchased interests in the RECORD Newspaper and
Job Printing establishment, will hereafter be asso-
ciated in conducting the business of the same. No
change will be made in the Editorial control of the
Paper.
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SWEARING By LIGHTNISG.-The following
communication recently came to the telegraph
office
"Gentlemen !: Do you send oaths over tie
wires? If so, want to give II. Greeley hi
with electricity, as nothing short of lightning
will do him justice. Answer.
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Observation-Disclosures is not couch
whereon to rest q searching and restless spirit;
or o terrace for wandering and variable mind
to walk up and down with q fair prospect or
tower of state for proud mind to raise it
self upon or a sort of commanding ground
for strife and contention or a step for profit
and sale but O rich storehouse for the glory
of the Cerator, and the relief of mans estate.
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OWNING UP-The Daily Life of last even
ing, edited by the creator of the Republican
party in this State, says: " We see but little
use in keeping up Republican party organi-
zation, except for the purpose of dividing the
spoils, as long as the party ignores its own
platform and has not the honesty to attempt
to carry out its own principles. Milpraukes
Neus
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Incident of the Battle of Bull Run.
4 TR U E II E r 0.
EXTRACTS OF A LETTER FROM MEMBER OF THE
NEW YORK GOTH (IRIsH) REGIMENT.

An exchange has seen letter from a men,
Der of the gallant New York Goth, which
speaks volumes for the mGteriale of which that
regiment was composed, as also the manner in
which true bravery is received and applauded,
by those in arms against Us
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