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a TIE report of the Adjutant General of Rhode
 Island, says that State has sent g. 124 volunteers
 to the field exclusive of the three months men an excess of l;os7 over her quota. There have
 also been 1oo5 rscruitsd in the State for foreign organizations. -.s4t.r.s MAsok AND sLrDsLI sArE.-capt. Pray, of the brig "Mduntain Eagls," who arrived st New York on Thursday evening last, reports that the British steamer < Gladiator" with the Isse traisaRs. asen spd sfden, on board, ar rived aa St. George lsyulaaa on the 9th inst, and sailed Nf S, Thomas on the 10th, whence they would take passage for Euglaad. a.laa4s = .ss lFs. Mary Boiies xholdied in Montviils, on the Ath inst vas lolysars and 8 months old Her husband, Capt Ebeaezer Bollesst Ia seacap- tain1 served in the revolutionary war: .ss sss
 Irls tloughs thar adjutant General Thomas will rssish, and Sen Seth Williams be appoint ed in his place zz3
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field, and six hundred pieces of artillery. Ths span'ard' have not yentured beyond Vera Crus The body of Col. Colt was deposited in tonA prepared on his grounds only short disiance dren. s3Et ' j7- -
 At the reception of the 7,A Nsw R.mpsbi,a Regiment at New York on Easnriay. Maior Roe 1 1and q said the distinguished Russian EnRinssr. dodieeen, told him that Amsrica hes two kfesS dsnerals-Scott and MoCiellan-and predicted most successful career to;fhs latter.
 EpIrArH,
 Here lies John Cole who dealt in eOals
 Fen evil thinkers
 Pronounced him just, while all men ssy-
 "Peaos to his clinksrs."
 The Boston Traveller calls attention te dis patch from Louisville, from thoroughly reliable gentleman, and says, the simply reliable gem tleman" is about played out.
 The distress in Lyons is so great, says local paper, that seven hundred young men have en, i;ated in the army to avoid Starvation This 10 a very different kind of patriotism from that which has brought together half.sa million men under the banner of the American Union--mcst off whom left comfortable homes and remunera- tive employments to enter our army. Col. Zebulon Broadway of Lyme, one of the old " Fathers" of the Legislature, of which he was frequently member, died on the l2th. aeed 70 years.
 TIE PeLUy OF MCLELLAn.--A oorfespondent of the New York Iines, whose letter is -sltor. ally introduced as being from one e elo sDeaks rom he hiQhess dsxEorifu, ]" wiites fhom Nash- ngton on January 12, in defense cf ths Maripol. icy of Gen M'Clellan, and says sIt rs "I can understand your own impatieneer and hat of the public, but the greatest ihnlt lndsrs aad most timid and faint heatted pa,riots. sill
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STATE CONVENTION.

The Convention called by the Republican State Committee, met at Touro Hall Hartford, on Thursday last. There were from two ethree hundred delegates present Hon. Josiah M. Carter, of Norwalk, was called to the Chair, and afterwards appointed permanent President of the Convention, supported by one Vice Presi- dent from each Senatorial District. Hon. Elliot Beardsley, of Winchester, for the 18th, and Eli Curtis, of Watcrtown, for the 16th, and Dr.. &.
 W. Gold, of Cornwall for the 17th District Abner [. Train of Milford, B. R. Agard of Vol cottsillc, and Cyrus Northrup of Norwalk, were among the seeeetariss. .-.==,,-- < - < ~
 MT Carter on accepting the office of Prosi- dent, made 8 short patriotic speech, in which he
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Miscellaneous.
The Tax Bill.

Since the report of the tax bill, pub
lished some time since, was given to the
public, several new amendments have been
made to it, as follows:
For kissing pretty girl, sl.Oo.
For kissing homely one, s2.OO-the
extra amount being added probably as a
punishment for the mans folly.
For ladies kissing one another, Ten
Dollars. The tax is placed at this rate
in order to break up the custom altogether
it being regarded by our NJ. C.'s as o
piece of inexcusable absurdity.
For every Irritation, 10 cents.
Every young man who has more than
one "girl" is taxed $500.
For courting in the kitchen, 25 cents.
Courting in the sitting room, SO cents.
Courting in the parlor, sl.O0,
Courting in romantic place, $500,
and SO cents for each offence thereafter.
Seeing lady home from church, 25
cents for each offence.
Seeing her home from the dime society
s cents-the proceeds to be appropriated
to the relief of disabled army chaplains.
From a lady who paints, so cents.
For wearing ow.necked dressee, sl.OO
For each curl in lady's head above
ten, cents.
For every unfair device for entrappine
young men into the sin Of matrimony
$500.
For wearing hoops larger than ten fee
in circumference, cents for each hoop.
Old bachelors over thirty are taxed
$1,000.
Over forty, $4,000.
Over fifty, $50, and sentenced to ban
ishment in Utah.
Each pretty lady is to be taxed from
% cents to s25, she to fix the estimate OF
her own beauty. 1t is thought that very
large amount will be realized from thi
provision,
Each boy badly, so cents.
Each girl baby, 10 cents.
Families having more shan eight babies
are not to be taxed.
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A LITTLE HERo.--A Wisconsin boy
was wounded at Fort Donelson, and taken
within the rebel lines prisoner, where
DR.. Voorhies, of Mississippi, attended him.
The little fellow, without moving a muscle
talked with frmness during the operation
of saving the bone, when a ball went
plungiug close by them. The doctor re-
marked that it was getting too hot for
him, end picked the boy up in arms, and
carried him into one of the bomb.proofs,
where the operation was completed. The
lad was perfectly cool all the while, and
remarked when the doctor changed his
position, eff you think it too hot already,
you will find it good deal too hot by.and-
BY" Voorhies declares the lad was the
noblest fellow he ever saw.
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az rather recon you won t!'

" Angeline and I lifted dad into the
wagon, and we hustled in ourselves and
started, taking care to get going easy
l don't believy the old mare ever did any
taller trottin' than she did then.
"Dad was the sickest crcatur' going
home l ever saw, and 1 don't see why
marin was so mad with him when we got
hoso; for my part, l felt mighty sorry
for him, and so did the rest of US, don't
know what's the reason, but dad has nev.
CT been to the city since, without marms
been with him, and he's ate cl ans many
a time since and not been sick, as he was
that time"
GleaSon's Literar q Companion.
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Interesting Story.
THE ANDREWS FAMILY
IN THE CITY.

"DAD told US gals that when he got
through harvest he d take us all down to
the city; so we put on our broad brimmed
sun bonnets, to preserve our compilations,
and set to work raking hay-for VIC ex-
pccted to cut great swell in the city
We worked smart for dad, so as to have
him get through, We were so anxious, just
like one is when they're waiting for their
beau to come Sunday night.
"Jane Ann, she made her berage; Bet,
she altered over her lilack silk, and l
trimmed my Tuscan with red, white and
blue flowers. 1t looked stylish, tell ye.
Well, we were moren fortnight fixing
up, before dad was ready to start. Final
he hitchcd il the old mare, and we six
gals bundled in,
"Twas splendid morning, and every
thing looked as serene as frisking lambs
in pasture. Dad drove up side of the
park, as he called it; it looked like a
great pasture, though if they'd had any
sense they'd cut down some OF
them trees, if they expected to raise half
a crop, Most all the ground was covered
by the sh ade, and you know that grass
that grows in the shade amt half as sweet
as that which has the sun.
awe went across the street and got sew.
en- two cent glasses of small beer, just to
wash the dust out of our throats; when we
all went back to the wagon and got in
Just then we saw training company COM
ing down the street; the band was playing
Pop goes the wescl' like sixty. Dad
reined up the hoss and axed man if the
Mexican war had broke out ag in. The
sassy coot, he bust right out laughing,
and says he;
"I guess you don't take the papers up
in your part of the country. do your
"Dad never answered him, and would
mt if I'd been him; he just hit the old
mare clip with the whip and sung out
'glang'
"Whcn the military company got close
by the wagon, the music put right into it
as loud as it could. The old mares four
teen years old but you'd seen her prance
you'd thought her q cot. Dad hollored
at her but she only acted worse. The
fore wagon wheel struck something in the
road, when the old mare give an awful
jump and Angelinc and l, who were sitting
Oh the back seat, went right out of the
wagon kerslam. You sec the seat tipped
back, and we were SO heavy that over we
went, right into the mud. Ii was dry
enough out home, but Bet declared that
she saw sprinkling pot going up the
streets, drawn by boss. For the life of
me can't tell what they should do that for
muds bad enough when We are obliged
to have it without making it.
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VOLUME 26.

BREvITIEs OF THoUaHT.-Accursed
is he who sins in ignorance, if that igno.
rance, is caused by sloth.
A house is no bouSe, unless it contains
food and fire for the mind, as we'll as the
body.
In saying that our days are few, we say
too much. We have but one the past
are not ours, and who can promise us tho
futurei
Unhallowed desires often prove to be
like the Grecian fire, which consumes, but
cannot be extinguished.
Human beings are not so constituted
that they can live without expansion. If
they cannot get in one way, they must in
another, or perish.
Write your name by kindness, love and
mercy, on the hearts of the people you
come in contact with year by year, and
you will never be forgotten.
Politeness may prevent the want of wit
and talents from being observed; but wit
and talent cannot prevent the discovery
of the want of politeness.
To do much good, and make but little
noise, is singular thing. Some say much
but do nothing; but Christians should do
much, and say nothing.
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Original Poetry.
For the Columbia Democrat.
A REVERE.
ny REV. JOHN SUTTON.


The evening was beautiful pleasant and gay.
The flowers sent FORTH the rich odors Of MAY,
The pale moon was shining. with soft mellow light
And the arspangled heavens smiled dow OH tho sight
wandered alone beautiful stream,
To mediate freely, on natures fair scene,
When sudden there seemed thr the sh budding ,reei
A low wailing murmur, 10 sigh in the breeze.
turned me to from whence came the sound,
And saw young female, bent low DER a mound,
She plucked the wild flowers, so fragrant and gay,
And scattered them DER where her dear loved one lay
Then said in plain,ino and soul.touching cry:
o lovely ana loved one why hast thou to diel
o! Death, incxorabc. what hast thou to dici
Thou hast taken my best, and my only loved one.
call, but no answer affords me relief
Ical undmy echo, but mocks at my grief,
o that could pierce, with my voice, the cold clay,
And speak that my loved one, could hear what say.
But the last link is broken, that binds me to earth
. let me forget all my SORROWS in death,
Let me lie down and on the grave Of my friend,
ASK not need not happier end.
While thus she lamcnted her loved ones sad fate
And mournfuIy spoke of her own wretcled state,
The ScrapIikc form Of an Angel of light
Immortality clothed, stood full in her sight,
lie gave her u wreath Of the flowers of love,
That he cullcd from the fair of the garden above.
Then spoke in the language Of Gods holy word,
Saying "best are the dead who die in the Lord"
They rest from their labors of love when they die,
To resume them again with their Saviour on high
Where flowers meier wither and death is no more,
And aching, and signing aud keeping no more.
Then dry mp your tears and weep not for the dead
For they shall be raised, the Savior hath said,
Prepare them to meet him on that blessed shore,
Where friends shall unite to be parted no more.
She heard him with rapture, and smiled thro her tears
His words SO socOnsoing. had chased all her fears,
By faith she looked upward and heard from the rome
sure continuation, that all shall be done
Her mind then was tranquil, h or tears fed away,
With patience I'll wait all the appointes day,
Till the word of my change from the Father is given,
Submission II bow to the mandates of Heaven.
NW Hatcr, Pa. isG4
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How TO SAVE GIRDLED TREEs.-A

How TO SAVE GIRDLED TREEs.-A
correspondent furnishes n valuable mode
of saving young fruit trees girdled by the
mice, as many are likely to have been this
winter. He does it by inserting what he
calls conductors over the wounds, as fol-
lows ;-''Take large scions, long enough
to reach over the girdling, scarf off each
end about an inch on the side to 60 next
to the tree, then turn your scions over,
and on the upper end cut short bevel
after having having done this take a
smooth instrument, raise the bark on the
tree say an inch, or sufficient to receive
each end, and carefully crowd the scion
under if the bark adhercs firmly to the
tree, cut a short slit, If the operation be
carefully performed have no doubt of its
success. Seven years ago ] had several
apple trees entirely girdled by the mice
| tried the above method, and they are
now thrifty, and the barkless spots nearly
closed over"
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MIRAoE.-There is q remarkable mi
rage visible frequently at Chicago On
the Sd inst, from any point in the vicinity
of the Illinois Central Railroad depot,
could be plainly discerned with the naked
eye the villages, forests, and blnffs of the
eastern shore Of Lake Michigan, sixty
miles distant. Vessels miles out in appe-
ared as though they were almost within a
stones throw. Michigan city seemed to DO
within tbs limits of Chicago.
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Select Poetry.
John Charles Fremont, My 10.

John Charles Fremont, my 10 John, when nature form.
ed the plan
To make another race, John. bctwiIt baboon and
man.
She manufactured you, John, but would no further
Disgustod with the specimen, John Charles Fremont,
my 10.
John Charles Fremont my 10 John, when first wo sent
you West,
To see what you could do, John, you all brightly
DIRE ssed;
But that which won our hearts, John was the way you
wore your hair,
From crown to forehead parted Jehn in lines 90 smoo,h
aud fair
john Charles Fremont, my 10 John the reason ,inee
plain
Your head is buta cranky era and destitute Of bran
So easily upset, John, you compelled to trim
Its rigging with precision, John make the fra thing
swim.
John Charles Fremont my 10 John, on Rocky Mountain
ground
You los, your well as way and no ,her since
have found,
But this strange paradox exists among the Tyibsns
Tho bigger fool you arc, John the more they worship
you.
John Charles Fremont, my 10 John. we tried ysu in
Missouri,
And there you eontrived John to cook bad pot.
p0urri;
To speak in other words, John, as cen your friends
confess
Thoughlying sycophants-you made devil Of q mess
John Charles Fremont, my Jo John, yol hlched from
Stockton's hand
The honor bravcy won in fight, in Cslifornias strand
And now you Prince Of Charlatsns, you and youi
pandering pack,
Would pluck The apres from the brow Of glorious Lit
tie Nack"
John Charles Fremont, my 10 John, to you we've had
our say,
And recommend to you John, TO take yourself away
To flee TO Marposa, John, as fast as you 60.
And fight the squaiers on ysur Nse, John Z. Fremont
my 10.
And when your life is DER, Juhn, we hope thers be
place
For nggers you and Greeley and others Of that
If this shall be impossible, we hope that you will go
Forever to the Devil JohnJohn Charles Fremont, my
| Jo
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TINWARE & STOVE SHOP.

rEHE Undersigned respectfully niorms his old friendl
i and customers, that he has purchased his brothers
interest in the above establishment aud the concern wills
hereafter be conducted by himself exclusively.
n lie has just received and offers for sale the arg
dfSa est and most extensive assortment Of FANCY
tpery& STOVES ever introduced into this market,
TT His stock consists of complete assortment Of
Lhe best Cooking and puror stoves in the market togeh
with stove Fixtures O every description oven and
Box stoves, Radiators, Cylmdar Stoves Cast Iron Air
Tight stoves, Cannon stoves &c, &c, St0vGpipe and
1inwars constantly on hand and manufactured 10 order
All Kinds Of repairing done, usual on short notice.
rhs patronage Of old friends and new cusomars re
sAagfuly solicited, 4, VI RupERr.
j IHoomsbIrg Aoy2mbsI ID l'G0, n
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WHAT IS HEAT LIGHTNING THE
flashes of Lightning often observed on a
summer evening, accompanied by thunder,
and popularity known as "heat>lightning,"
are merely the light from discharges of
electricity from an ordinary thunder cloud
beneath the horizon of the observer, reaec-
ted from clouds, or perhaps from the air
itself, as in the case of twilight. Mr..
Brooks, one ofthe directors of the telegraph
line between Pittsburg and Philadelphia,
informs US that, on one occasion, to satisfy
himself on this point, he asked for infor.
nation from distant operator during the
appearance of flashes of this kind in the
distant horizon, and learned that they pro.
ceeded from thunderstorm then raging
two hundred and fifty miles eastward of
his place of observation,-Prof Henry.
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1t is said that there are between five and
six hundped men of the Tenth Maine reg
iment, now guarding the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, who never drank drop of
liquor in their lives. In this whisky drink
ing, lager beer swilling, wine bibbing
country, an announcement of this kind is
almost incredible.
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THE United States Government is feed
ing at least twenty five thousand negroes
daily, at cost of about ten thousand
dollars per day.-LetterS from Hilton
Head.
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e9- A Western editor, having figured
up the cost Of the war to date, says the
Government has already expended enough
to purchase every niger in the United
States, and to furnish each one with a
flannel shirt, copy Of the New York
Tribune and quill toothpick.
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Congress and the Niger.
GleaSon'S Literar q Companion

Congress is still busy with tho nigger
question, in the Senate. On the 10th, a
motion was made by Mr.. Powell of Ken
lucky to strike from the confscation bill
that portion which authorizes the Presi-
dent to oaganize and employ negroes to
put down the rebellion, but was defeated.
In the House, Mir. Richardson of Hi.
nois believes that the strengt of the army
was sufficient to put down rebellion, but the
indications were tina. another and inferior
race were to be armed and uniformed and
placed on an equality with the whites.-
The legislation of Congress is almost exclu-
sivcly with regard to the negro. They
have abolished slavery here, and to the
contrabands rations are daily distributed.
Where is the evidence that rations are is
sued to the poor white people? Supplies
at the rate of hundred and forty four
thousand dollars per annnm are diStrib u
ted among the blacks, while the people of
Illinois are selling corn At eight cents per
bushel to pay the taxes thus imposed up.
on them. They were employing negro
teamsters and issuing supplies to negroes,
paying in this district for them alone more
than would support the State Government
of Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Vermont
Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, New
Hampshire or New Jersey. Not only
here but elsewhere are the negroes sup
ported by orders of the Government, or
through the Quartermaster. Besides these
and other things for the benefit of the ne
gro, you propose to send to and receive
from Hayti, duly accredited Ministers
He repeated that Congress legiSlated al
most exclusively for the negro. But what
were they doing for the children whose
fathers have fallen on the battle field
Comparatively nothing. White men are
required to procure passes to enter our
lines, while negroes can enter them without
such passes. He asked; was it the pur-
pose of the majority hero to make the ne
groes the equals of the whites! He briefly
showed that the history Of the world had
proved this impossible. All these and
kindred questions have to be discussed be.
fore the people during the coming autumn
He hoped that the extreme men would be
driven frcm the public councils into place:
where they could do no more mischief
lie repeated that the legislation of Con-
gress had been disasterou..-Look as al
instance, at Tennessee, over which has
been placed Governor popular and en-
lergetic, with fair administrative abilities
with two thirds Of the people of that State
opposed to secesrion, he has been unable
to restore her to the Union. Why? Be
cause you have been constantly exciting
their apprehenSions that you intend to vi
olate the Constitution and strip the peopl
of all their rights, instead of confirming tn
impression that wherever our flag float
they shall be protected in all their rights
including those of persons and property.
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sa- An intelligent farmer being asked
if his horses were we'll matched, replied,
eyes, they are matched frstrate; one of
them is willing to do all the work, and
the other is willing he should"
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The Lutheran Observer say that there
are now laboring in South America fifty
seven missionaries, representing the En-
glish and American Episcopalians, Con-
grationalists, Prcsbyteriaus, Baptists,
Methodists and Lutherans.
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Say 1t is a singular fact that the man
who pays the printer regularly never gets
the night mare.
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nss- The higher you rise, the wider is
your horizon; SO the more you know the
more you will see to be known.
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l0~ Good nature, like bee, collects
its honey from every herb. Ill nature,
like a spider, sucks poison from the sweet.
est flower.
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No man can leave better legacy tothe
world than well educated family.
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Since the report of the tax bill, pub
lished some time since, was given to the
public, several new amendments have been
IN n r., "a ;t oo fo1louo.