The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-06-17

Thus life is but IN Aprlshower,
And troubles are but rain;
/ And hope, the sun that in an hour
VIII bring US joy again.
AID FOR THE SoUrH.-The Union success
90 haye not stopped the rebel agents in Eng
land from their work Of fitting out steamer
laden with valuable cargoes to run the block
ade. BY private nd ices We learn that on ih,
18th Of May the steamer Julia Usher, at Liv
sTpool, took on twenty field pieces and car
riases, and was TO sail on the goth ult., will
a cargo of warlke material, for some south
ern port. The steamer Memphis, wb ch sail
ed on the l4th ult. from the same port, alsC
had on board a valuable contraband cargo, -
Three other steamers, the names Of which
have not been furnished as, arc also loading
for the same erraud. A gunboat was launch
ed at Layard's dock yard in Liverpool, on the
18th ult. understood to be for the service Of
the Confederates.-N y World.
AMBITION rs BUT avarice on stIts and
masked God sometimes sends famine, and
som eiimes pestilence, and sometimes h,ro,
for the enlightenment OF mankind none ofthe'u
surely for our admiration.
A CHLD's PRAYER FOR THE COUNTRY
You can do as much as my Gear little friend
Robie did the other night, and none of US can
do any more: "Dear lord, don't know ex
ac,ly what to ask for my country; but do,
please. dear Lord, fits il all right" Don't
you believe, il we all beg Him to, He will "6x
il all rght?"
Soms ONE WAS telling an Irshman that a
fellow had eaten ten saucers Of ice cream
wbereupon Pat shook bis head. $50 you
don't believe itf With n nod Pat answered
al behave in the crane, but not in the sau.
GERS"
Experimental philosophy. Asking young
lady to marry you. Natural philosophy
Looking Indifferent and saying you were only
iu fun, when she refuses you.
Mans life is like the iceberg whose greatest
half lies submerged in the oceans depths. -
To know it rightly and fully, We must meas.
ure the hidden portion.
What is the difference between stabbiug n
man and killing hog! One is assaultng
with intent to kill, and the other killing
with intent 10 salt.
COMMON NAMEs.-Wbat is the Numerical
ratio of the most common names to each 9th
er and to the whole lot has never been settl' d
in this country. English statistics, however,
are more compile te and give the following facts !:
Of the entire population they have one Smi'h
in 70; one Williams in III, one Taylor in
l4s; one Davis in l62; one Brown in ia.
SOME MEN are like gardens by rough stone
wals-uusight,y without, but beautiful with
in.
The LAST Coon NIouT.-The night after
grandfather died. G. and F., of some three or
four years old, were dismissed, as usual, with
their good night kiss, in the ball at the foot
Of the sta,e, TO go TO their trundle.bed We
listened. lest any strange fear shou Id overtake
them. AS they passed the chamber where
the remains lay, ono of them said: "Let us
90 in and bid dear grandpa good bye. God
may let him hear us" So they opened the
door, and by the distant light ofthe hall-lamp
went up to the bed, uttered their sweet good
night, and went happily to their rest.
TExAs.-Accounts from Texas state that
the Union feeling there is so strong that the
secessionsls fear they will be compelled 10
evacuate or surrender. Gen. Houston will
soon be heard from.
REBEL TREAcHERY. AT Winchester, the
same people whose property Lad been protect
cd by guard of Federal soldiers, fred at
them from doors and windows a, the army
retreated.
After tho return OF the gunboats which
had gone down in pursuit OF the rebels, Com.
Davis sent boat from the flagship Benton
with the following note to the Mayor OF the
city:
WHAT GEu. CAss Substantially asked
Gen. Cass the other day, in Detroit-"Gen.
eral. what may We do to save the Union y
"Auytbing." "Msy we abolish slaveryp
"Abolisb anything on the surface Of the earth
to save the patton"
Ey Hanover Court House, which has been
taken bv our forces under Gen. Mcclellan, is
the Capital Of Hanover Courty, Virginia.-
1t is stated one mile from the PamuDky Riv.
er, and twenty miles north Of Richw ond.-
Tie railroad from Richmond to the Potomac
passes through this place. Hanover is memo.
riable as the scene Of Patrick Heury's early
triumphs, and as the birthplace Of Henry
Clay.
A Coon MovE. "A bill has been introduced
in the House by Mr.. Warl, of N. Y, instruc
ting Secretary Chase to report semi-monthly,
for the information Of the public, the present
condition Of the finances Of the country. 1t
appears. from an official statement rccently
made in the House by Mr.. Dawes, of Massa
chusetts, that our average daily expenditures
are now something less than 81 800, o0o.-
ENORMOUS as is this amount, our daily expen
diures are less by million Of dollars than
has been generally supposed.
.[From the New York Tribune, 5th.1