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III. National Capital Free Territory.

The curse Of slavery no longer disgrace
the s,,l upon which stand, our SatiOral
Capital. Although the number OF slave.
-, TREE by the rroen, act Of Congress Is com.
p.rati,ely small We, !, '-a grea, epoch in
our nations history. There will be no
more chained gang. Of men. women and
children. driven through the streets OF Wash
instou. under the very cave. Of the Capitol.
under the whip and the lash Of the slave
driver: no more slave pms fll,d with hu.
man be,ns-. to he brought out under the
forms Of law, aud .nld upon the auction
block. No. thank God. our Capital i.
hehc"ior'h and forever free Capital, proud.
" extending - gigantic proportions over
free col. Thanks 10 Congress, and thank,
10 the Pre.,iynt, the work !. done. and the
frcsmen Of the North will no longer b. CON.
PEELED ~ encounter the foul atmosphere OF
slavery to yi,i, their National Capital. LIT
the patriotic men and women Of the nation
thank cd and take courage. 10 the work
OF human progress an advance .tsp Ia. been
taken. Truly the world moves on. and We
are mo'in; along with Il to . higher aud
brighter destiny.
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Errollmen, Of the Militia.

The legislature enacted - much OF the
militia bill reported by the COMMITTEES a'
provides for legal and complete enrollmen,
Il a.. militia Of thi. State, And as the
time has arrived when the municipal OH
err. OF town. are about 10 commence their
part OF the duty required by the Act. We
give our reader. the substance oi the law.
S-c. I provides that every able.bcdied
white male citizen. Of the age Of Is. and
under the age Of IS YEAR" excepting Ger
tain eIemp,.. shall b, enrolled.
sect makes !, the duty OF Aldermen Of
eitic-. .clecimsn Of ,o~ns, and a.se.s,r. Of
plantations. IN April, 10 make dspo.',
With the clerks Of their respective place.. q
l,i 81 psr-ob. liable To- enrolment, together
with the age Of each p,r.on, and al.O To de'.
isna,e limit. Of COMPANIES.
Sect, provides for penalty A-ains,
keepers Of ta'erns. boarding houses, and
master. and mi.irr--e- u dwelling .hou~-.
tor refusing. or giving wrong information Of
the MANS Of person. residing With them
ard also as.in., the person. themselves for
similar dsrelietion..
sect I make. !, the dutis. OF clerk, Of
eiIies. town. and plantations. in May, 10
furnish certified copy OF sad lists and
llni,.. O. the Adju,an, General. and 70 the
Mair General.
set S provide. tina, the Mayor General
shall appoint some rsrson in each company
a. Orderly Sergeant by warrant in doe
form. Who snail -. actin; commanding III
crr Of said company. AMI shall duly enroll
the menher. OF h. company On proper
blanks furnished him. and make return
thereof - the Adjaun, General. For ,hi'
duty. when fully completed. the Serecan, Is
to receive Eve cent. pr eapiia Tor every per
son enrolled.
such /. substantially, the fret Eve sections
Of the las. excepting soms d the penal,iv,
Cor neglect u duty.
We understand the municipal othcers are
ia receipt Of the act. blank. and foil IN
strScIian. from the AdjaiAn, General, TO en-.
abe item TO perform their rsr, OF the ta,y
required. ~ soon a. the clerk, shall ha',
Performed shs,r duty by furnishing the Maj
General With the proper copy. he Will is.uc
the proper wlrran, Of Authority to sons
person in each company AZ Sergeant, etc,
together with proper blank. aud instruction.
for enrolling.
Such Of our reader. A. have any ambition
militia~ari. had better be making their ap,
r!ic.,ions for appointment TO Gen. Virgin
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ArE,HiRS. We are Informed that Ly.
man .. Abbott. Ia Of Ando'cr. has jos,
come in possession OF hns Ayrshire bull,
IA gin from Oh. Brewer, editor OF tho
lIo.,on Cultiva,or. TIE Ayr,hir" cattle
are not remarkable Tor beauty. bat are
noted foe their excellent, qualities .. dairy
stock. Bu, lev have a. We, been introduced
into Maine. pr ilolm--, Of Winthrop. has
introduced the blood in h.. vicinity. lie
has. on several occasion. gwen testimony in
their favor. The Introduction OF new ani.
mai. OF any blood gives an inp-,u. to i'm
pro,ement. and works . lasting bsnshi IN
the community. We congratulate Mr.. Al
bot,. ou the rcccIp, OF - hOe present,
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ocerr,rIoS on rRrpEElc.snr.a.

On Thursday last, q portion Of Mellow.
ell. Division marched from WAurnt3n
Junction upon Fredericksburg, about -
miles distant. TIE march Was accomplished
by o'clock. Saturday morning Their
prosre-. was iecbly contested hYa small
body Of rebel troops. who were shortly
driven across the Rarpahannock. The rob
els had the bridges .tuaed With shaving aud
tar, and were able 90 FIRE them before our
troops could stop the work The Herald.
ds,paiche. give the following incidents VI
the advance;
Few men were found on the farms along
the road several Of the families expressed
Union sentiments. but every man capable
Of performing military duty la. teen pres
81 into the rebel service Or made prisoners.
~ daylight the command moved forward.
forcing the enemy across the Raprahannocs,
and compelled them o. retreat beyond the
nights oi frcierick-bnrg. In their fight
they -ei fire the bridges. upon which had
been PLACED heaps Of clmbg-t,hle-. Tho
Chatham and railroad bridges were destroy
ed The IIicslen bridge Was saved by the
,tr.puou, sIsrtion. Of the Berdan Sharp
shooters. The ki,le town Of Falmouth. on
the north bank Of the Rappahannock. i'm.
meda,ely opposite frederles.burg. va,
found almost entirely deserted. Several
Union families remained 10 welcome the adj
vance Of our troops. The people generally
received our soldiers 10 friendly manner,
and expressed surprise when assured that
they we're To BE- protected instead of murder.
81. as they had been assured by the rebels
they would b..
Our occupation Of the place was q eur
pri-s. The mills were still running, tho
women and children were engaged in ordi-
nary domestic avoca,ion. when our cannon
bslched iorth 1t. thunder from the adjacent
elid
Gen. Augur AMI .,ad we're sOur,eou.ly
entertained ~ Mr. J d. FIcslen, a~ealihy
citizen Of Falmouth. whose loyalty had rcn-
dered him obnoxious 20 the rebels.
/ Immediate preparations were made Tor
the repair Of the bridge. that bad been only
slightly damaged. fredericksburg .. Vir,u-
ally in our Possession. a, our cannon CON.
manded all Its approaches. There j, no
siyn Of fertilization. The ensmy's torres.
com posd OF one regiment Of infantry and
one OF cavalry. and - battery Of artillery,
burned their camps and Del.
We have captured nineteen prisoner. and
killed . number Of the enemy, bu, how
many ~ not yet asceriained.
A number Of fns steamers and consider.
able amount OF shipping !. at fredcrick'.
burg. Tho cars ara bu.ily running To and
from the city The people crowd the streets
and housetops. watching our movements.
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B,rILK or PrTsBrKG. The circumstances
attending this struggle are being thoroughly
canvas.ed. How such surprise occurred.
and Why the Effects were not more damag.
ing (. hard to explain. Careful witnesses
declare that Gen. Prentiss whose Division
received the attack. had no piekets out. and
thu, the rebels slept within twelve hundred
yards Of our army Saturday night. A
Missouri Colonel, who did not like such
work, and sen, party to reconnoi,re. was
sharply rspr'manded, although his men en-
countered the advance Of Beauregard. Ru.
mors are again current that Gen. Grant Is
under arrest, ., Pittsburg. II this 10 true,
the public may yet learn where the blame
Of the movement belongs.
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P,ETicrL,E Norics IL has been - well
snd.r-lOod ~ mo-, 1T the readers OF the
D.,naerAi. that Zen Perry. IN h.. position
o. re-pan.,ble editor Of ,hi. paper. gave h'
s,eution only 20 the political matter aud
delegated the other duic- % another person.
,ha. IL Ia. not befor. been considered nece.-
sary To allsde 10 the matter. Ls,,erly some
s,rcum.,,ncs- have sr'-en. entirely outside
the e.ta' h.hmsni. which make u desirable
20 state, in this cOnn~ciion. that among the
delegated dates. performed BY The rr''en'
writer, j. the discussion Of tie many s'0r-
received a, the hand. Of ohl'g'nc ir''ni',
notice. Of which spPear from time TO time
.. occasion ofcr-. This matter - not OF
pvsh importance. and i only alluded TO s'
,h,. time that soue per-Ons who rad 'h-
paper. NAV not hereafter envy the ei'tor
abe snpymeut Of deliciou. morsyls which
tickle ~. lis, but the palate o, the
l.ocUS rENENs.
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War News.
CAPTURE o. roKr ruL,sxr.

The seige at Fort Pula.ki Is likely ~ b
~ decisive m eugasemen, a- any We have
had. The fort was pronounced impregna.
bic by all our regular army officers and en-.
eineers. Gen. Gilmore thought otherwise.
ile planted his batteries quietly. masking
them 80 completely that the enemy did no,
discover his positions, and only answered
hi. FIRE in the order in which h.. ba,teric.
opened. lie bad 90 timed his Ere that q
thousand shell. per hour exploded within
The walls % the fort. The rebels worked 10
easements. % that no lives were Lost. On
the SECOND day II was found tina, the Par.
ro,t guns had made q breach. which a, noon
had become wide enough TO consider the pro.
priety Of carrying the position by storm.
when . white dag WAS run up. Our ball.
bad pierced TO their magazine. In which
three had already lodged. The commander.
In ,urrrndering the place. 'aid that the eur.
render WAS matter u necessity. would
otherwise have blown up the whole garu.
son. !, Is represented that tho surrender
created the grea,e., panic IN savannah. the
psopl. giving up all hope Of holding ,h,
phase. They regret the li-s Of q new gun.
boat, and the steamer F'pgall. which ha.
run the blockade 50 psr,inaeiou.ly
The Name ssb participated 10 the attack,
bot suffered no lOs..
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People are seginnins to grow Mild abpu,
gold di.eoSeric. in Nova Scotia. Le,tsr.
Published chow that indication. ot gold have
been d'.co'srd in 'ariou. places from Var.
mouth 10 pic'ou Mountains. l, sSeu. to
require considerable outlay to procure the
necessary appara,u. Tor working the rock.
one company formed At MNehla- Is repo-,ed
70 have q capital OF s2j 900. A" claim +"
may be boush, for so. lAbJr,rs com.
mand IRON sl,OO 10 Sl,so, Per day, the
workman 10 " find himself" A few Ter.
s1n. have made fortunes. and grea, many
have male nothing The iniuegmen,. to
engage IN the bushes. DO not seem u be
very great.
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wrrrHx v,sGrsr, r. rnrr sr,rr. tn

wrrrRS vlEGNn fpE Stare. The
vote on tho new constitution Of Western
Virginia. cas-, on the % inst. WAS light.
but showed . handsome majority for the
constitution and in favor Of gradual eman.
c'pi'ion. The Wheeling lo,slli sencor .ay.:
Take the vote given yesterday Tor free
S,An, and there never va. q better vote
given IN chi. or any other city Tor anything
IL I. the voluntary. extra Official record 81 .
pulic sentiment. grown NJ and erpre.."d,
in spite Of Official orpo.i,'on and neglect
the in,cll'gen, and long maturing conviction
Of a people resolved to r.s superior to pas,
prjud'cc', and consult and cultivate their
true interest. in future. l, !. more than
many Of US looked for We bail 1t. there.
fore. as the suspicious downing Of q better
day Tor our Wet Virginia"
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Notss from Audover.

A more quiet, orderly town than Ando'er.
would bs diiscvl, 10 hpd In New England.
The people are mostly f" tillsrs Of the 'oil."
and have good farms and well cultivated.
New lands are being cleared zach ysar and
then goes up the comfortable cottage which
constitutes . new homestead.
The large quantity Of mail matter that
10 received at the Post Offices ~ town indi.
Gates clearly. the general intelligence OF the
pcoplo. A mail 10 duo here three ,imcs .
week. but the interest manifested In the
war. has given us mail every day. during
par, Of the winter. by the citizen. volonta.
rily going for Il In turns. A aoori'hing
Division Of Son. Of Temperance is IN work.
ing order. and apparently doing much good
IN reclsiming the unfortunate. and aiding
Others to resi., temptation. The ladies have
made very generous contributions TO the col
d,ers in the army. Nearly thirty men are
now in the country's scr,icc whose homes
are in Apdovsr. and some Of these are show.
ing themselves worthy OF important trusts.
There have been some recent cases OF hhga-
hou IN town that produce condsidcrabls eI-
and many Of the hes, citizens are
becoming eIa.p.ra'ed. I, !. now thought
that the career Of the insiieator !. brought
TO an end. Las, week the citizens held q
meeting and the proceedings will probably
be made known TO the pa5lic through your
The weather for the las, few days has hccn
most prOpi,iou' in settling the 'now'bant'
that are vet Of enormous siro In tho high.
ways. 4 few more such days OF sunshine
will make the ground quite bare and render
the travelling very comfortable.
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The Aroo.took Times says. the rebel Ma.
jor General M'Cali, who was taken prison.
u at leland No 10 Was at one time sta.
TONED Mt Hancock Barracks in Houl'on.
lie Wa. Lieut.. then.
The Clarion learns that q Saw Mil. on
Seven Mile brook ut Arson. was carried
away by the ice and ire'het on Saturday
last
The Lewiston journal says; 1--WE learn
from private sources that Col. Neal Dow.
who i'N Ship Island. very popular with
his Regiment. Ills bravery and daring as
e'inccd on board the steamer Mississippi at
the time Of her threatened destruction on
Frying Pan Shoals. ha. cnd"arsd him very
much to his men - much %, indeed that
many who were bitterly opposed to him be-
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A rRrIDs,S's fIssr AcT. On the return
Of Mn. 81 New York Cavalry from Win
chester to Washington large number Of
male eontrabands followed the regiment.
They were no, permitted to be turned back
or molss,sd by the commanding officer. Col.
Nix. They bull, camp fire. and crooued
horse. for the troops. who IN return fed
them from their ra,ions. Lieutenant Cham
berlain Of Rochester, adopted one OF them
q fne looking boy OF about ~ years. as bic
servant. On reaching Washington he gave
hIm money To purchase IN extra supper out
Of camp. Tho negro went without bl. sup.
Per. and invested the money in spelling.
boos. lie has studied this intently every
leisure hour. Republican.
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The forces advanced on Mount Jackson,
on the 10th. They Surprised company Of
90 Of Ashby's cavalry a breakfast IN .
church. and made them prisoners. with
three lieutenant., and the horses OF the com.
pany. Col. Canby keeps up active scouting
through the mountain haun,s OF the rebels
with cavalry. between the two fork. Of tho
Shenandoah. Ito reports the inhabitants
almos, destitute Of the neccs.aries Of life
and ignorant OF our presence in force. bot
that they request protection asain', rebel
depredation., having never taken pari IN
the war. II is thought they are generally
decidedly in favor Of the restoration Of tho
Union.
Dispatches from Gen. Bank. state that
hs captured two locomotives. several e'r'.
saved the bridges, and took many prisoner
and horses. The enemy bad not time 10
destroy their works or property.
Nar Msrl,i. April ea-ro T.. ". Stan.
ton. Secretary Of War Our advance ~
near Ilaui.onburg. We have troop across
the mountain. protecting the bridges on tho
Shenandoah. at Amy. and on the S1ray
road. To-day we pushed force forwari to
Suny. The people were greatly alarmed
at fret on account Of the reports circulated
by the rebels. as 10 tho treatment they would
receive from We. Bat IN the course OF aiew
hours they became quite reconeiled to the
presence OF the troops.
Thee i,a good road to warrenion. %
miles. and turnpike to Culpepper Court
House the same distance. In several recent
sharp ,kirmi.hss with the enemy they lost
thres men.
jackson has abandoned the valley OF VIZ.
sinia permanently, and !. en- route for Cor
louisville by the way OF the mountains. E'.
cry day brings IL. prisoners and numerous
deserters from the rebels.
(Sisned,) n y. Banks,
Major General.
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" Coercion.

when the rebel. hr-t ihr-stcn-d secession.
they claimed that the General Government
h.d no right To use i0ro,bs means to dsiea,
their reasonable dr-isn. They eon,endri
sAit State had not only the r,sat TO march
out Of the Union, hut IL had q right 10 De
,ssnd . r--.er-bls retirement Their speech
- during The ~ .s-s,ln Of the J6ih Con
srr.- ah,uhi.d IA the. heter,iut doctrines.
Bat this dosm, VAS not e0uhuef u the
sJuih. With a fss exceptions. tho demo
cratic m-mb-r. from the North siiutly con-
tended tor the same miserable hsrr.y. They
agreed that the SIugh had no ooaHiirii0HSl
right To -ccede bat Z: II DID. then the gp'
emmett, bad NJ power 10 e,-rc, It back into
ne Uu,uo. Gen Daniel S,cslc- John
Coclrans. all halt i.Isn other, ~ cuuld
biu,. during that -r,,,nn. al con,entei iur
thi.. aud ii can De iogni IA their Published
speeches I, was. Tor the time being. the
S~,nara'ic doctrine. TIE o.d trAitOrou.
fspc,ionarg ten in the presiien;ial char
rreir---i D. ~ rv,-rr-l D, ue same ialncy.
and he carried 10 out in actioo. Our rad.
srs well remember Li' agreement With the
South C.rollna msmb-r. a5i - change the
military .ia.o. OF Charleston. AMI he dil
thi. with toll knovlsi-s that the Charles
tSnian. we're then building fJrtihcation- TO
batter down our own forts under the United
State aas No power g. eo,roc, be eiclalm
ID. when urged 10 re iniorce Cil Anderson
Aud - he acted TO The end OF his admins.
@.,ion, leaving the tsbel. TO steal oar prop
ssiy err into our AAc. and inaugurits the
present. REBELLION, eIens,ng himself under the
iAl.- plea that he. .. the chief executive
snc-r Of TIA. government, had no poser to
coerce Obedience O. the Laws.
The Arguments IN favor Of tn. herr,y were
as fa!laciuu- and infamous a. the doctrine
ii-.lf Why. they .hid. II the general GOV
eminent undertook 20 eOerre the seeding
State hack IL would inaagurAte civil ~Ar.
The Argument was reduced 10 this. The
South had M right 20 secede. but IL they
did. there ~as ~ power IN the government,
u prevent u by force From premises like
she-, sprung up the thousand aud one
"oOwPr0HI's measures proposed ~ that
s-.-,on. just look a, the ab.ur,ity Of the
whole ,h,ng IL male the government Ju.,
no gusuranen; At all, because, II it had DO
vitality aud power to protect AMI Psrpstrats
itseli. then It Wa at the mercy Of the state.
or any combination Of wicked men that
might rice up and threaten its destruction
Tns war ha- mO-i eaectuslly exploded
this ial.s theory. The very men who con-
tended - earnestly against coercion many
OF them are engaged IN thu. war. We refer
10 ihis as matter Of history. to show how
far the .o-ealled democratic party got stray.
Cd away FROM the old landmarks. and how
much u la. done here in the north to en-.
courage secession aud bring on rebellion. II
/, h.. rsp~ntei. aud wall Sh0's 'cort' ms,i
for rsp,aisaee. let Il be forgiven, IL not, lei,
%. awful Consequences Of hi. rebellion b.
forever visited upon the head. OF 1. guilty
sashOrs.
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ia. 90 .bould no, BE- troubled about the

The Ago should not b troubled about the
abolition Of slavery. Tho Republicans.
While acknowledging that the Constitution
gave no power to interfere with slsvery In
the States. have alwsys claimed tina, there
Vas no authority for it, existence outside OF
State limi,s. Hence all our territories are
now Tree. and should be kept 20; the Dis
tr,ct Of Columbia Was no, free. but has been
made 80. Thus far the party has carried
out the principle. laid down before u came
into power; and twill be equally careful
tina, |, does no, ov,r.iep them. bv attempt.
ing. by legislation. to interfere With u In
States.
Still there IL power at work. outside OF
party linc.. called military necessity. which
!. no, bound by platforms. and manages oil
question:. presented with cole reference to
one cre., end.-,hs public safety. The
rul.s Of var promis. to do what The Repuo'
iican PARTY cannot do without violating the
pledge. under which IL received authority.
Good men hope for much To he accomplished
in this way and, In fact. nothing can be
done IN any other. ., 10 quite possible thy
may have all their hope. realized; but IN
cas-, they do. the Republican party will not
be likely to he held responsible, since scarce.
ly a Republican has been able 20 obtain
high apo ntment m the army. and con'e'
quen,ly will not b. called upon to change
the sta,u. Of the slave. The Age and kin
drcd sheet. seem to have the feeling that the
will no, be worth much unless
slavery !. LEI, unframed.
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vE>isoS. The next thing TO hunting
tour. Nth assurance Of base'n: lusntitie.
Of game, !. having a friend thu. employed,
Who stands ready to supply the coveted sri'.
clc.. Such an on. We have In our oblig'ne
correspondent. J. q. Rich. Of Upton. Last
week. we were placed under renewed obli'
CATION. to him. for generous cots from a
IA, Moose. captured in late hunt The
steak. were pronounced uneqnaled in ten.
derpe-.. and were entirely Tree IRON Oh"
rank taste common in such meat. lie will
please aecep, our wsrme', thanks for the
favor.
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Tur CI,r or RKv. GEoaos 0ospoS. The
following is passage from senator sher.
man . speech ON tho Prcsident's Eoianeipa'
ton resolution delivered yesterday:
"Georgo Gordon, the President OF one OF
the colleges 81 our St.,s. man Of learning
and character, 10 now held 10 the Jail In the
city Of Cleveland. convicted under your
Fusitivs SLAVE Law In the Western Reserve,
., Cleveland. Of aiding fugitive To escape.
Thst conviction was rendered long after this
war commenced. and judge sitting IN
Cleveland sentenced HIM 20 six months I'm
prison,nent and TO . enc Of $500. THIS
man Of educati,n and learning has suffered
four months in that ril. and although hun.
dred. and thousand. Of people have pe,i.
toned for his pardon. although he took no
part In the crime. but simply stood by and
did no, raise his hand to prevent IL. yet. 90
careful have been tie Administration TO pro.
tee, tho rights Of the S'uih. and tho duties
and the obligations Of the Free States to
the Slave States, that that clergyman. the
bead Of college. man Of high character.
now suffer. as f.lon in your p'l."
On Thursday. Pre.,dent Lincoln having
examined the case. psued an uncondi,iooa'
pardon for DR.. Gordon. I, 10 we'll that by
th, prai'e~or,by set Of the pr"siden, the
country !. freed from tho modification and
shame Of holding man in bondage for 70.
fu.,ng To aid the cause which has plunged
U. into the pro-en, harp.ins and expensive
war. lS. Y. Tribune. Of April 5ih.
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Tnr NV CoSstcricrr NrrsiGs. Agood
anecdo,s is told OF one Of the Connection,
boys. While in conversation with n rebel
after the capture Of Fort Pola.ti. the lat
ter said. 4" A. least. with all our faults. wc
have never made wooden nu'mcg.." The
Yankee. a very dcmurc looking specimen.
innoccn,ly rerliSd: I've d. no, make
them Of wood any longer" and pointing to
on. Of the big prcje,'l'. lying near. which
had preached the fort. atdcd quietly, " We
make them now Of ron" Sccc.h 'ub.idcd.
Exchange.