, 1862-02-22

Nstil nc would rcmnrk that's
with you"
Nor I, either,'' said a sailor who entered
without asking permission.
,",Mhat t hnye youg gotto say'against u.s." ask
~. am an old sailor, aud gave up place I
had at mandatory to enter the service
again, supposing that We should cometo blows
with the Yankees, But, confoand you, here
{99 Saa aars and everybody is hugying each other.
us not peace the best thing in the world ?"
II don't know, but like war. What will
become Of me now The Admiralty will dis
charge me, SO that I shall be out Of plaee, and
it win be all your fault. You ought to pay
sand England also," said the tradesman.
And then both Of them left, overwhelming
MN: slidell and Mason With maledictions.
friend S1iden?''
II am quite confounded;. but I hope at
least they will let us sleep quieily.'
A moment after, an individual entered,
dressed in most singular manner, and ad-
dressed them very politely.
Gent1emen,n said he, "as all the English
are longing to see you, have come to ask
son 7 yom Will make my fortune and yours?"
want to carry you through the street,
and let you be seen for certain sum. But
don't be frightened shall have half.e'
Lie deputies were duulfonnded; and they
had sonlc reason VIC think.
IS Big Thunder'' on our Army Frauds.
Tic London Times, forgetting the ignominy
OF the knayish contractors who fed fit at Eng
lands expense in the Crimean war, whose op-
erations will live as long as the history Of that
war, and be among tie most extraordinary of
its annals, holds up its hands in horror at the
Cummings and short comings Of our army
frauds us follows. The point is good one,
and there is the more reason that our Govern
ment should send after this record Of 1ascality
vision Of Judgment" Let Congress do it !:
But the measure is even yet not quite fnlI.
Something remains to be said as to the mar1-
ner IN which these funds have been dissipated,
and, we are to believe those who have made
It their business to investigate the question,
the annals Of jobbing afford nothing parallel
to the proceedings Of almost every officer Of
the United States Government since tile be-
ginning Of the var. An old stipendiary makes
52,V00 by selling q contract for oxen, upon
which the purchaser makes sec, ,000. Two mil
Lions Of shoes have been manufactured at
gain to the contractors Of three quarters Of
hundred and eighty-four horses out Of a
thousand, which cost the Government
nearly e12,000, were cast, not one
Of them being worth four pounds, The
contracts for muskets are stupcndous. One
contractor spent $780,, GOO in linen pantaloous.
straw hats, London porter and dried lerrings
for the army, and then got !" scared and quit.''
The very printing Of the paper currency
which is running the country has been 4 mat
ter Of fraud. Mr.. Conk1ing might well say
that the country was making sufficient ex-
Mbition Of itself without Contributing any,
thing to the Exhibition in London. The de-
tails are ludicrous enough, but what break
up Of the whole fabric Of society and ciyiliza-
T. ton : 10 they 7 not expose to US! And yet, in
men are preparing 4 gigantic conflict for a
country which they are doing all in their pow
cr to make not worth lighting for.