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Didn't Hurt the Boots.

RATHER racy is the following incident of
life on the cars as related by clever letter
writer:
Near at hand was a gentlemen Of a nervous
temperament and excitable disposition, who
was guilty Of the egregious folly of endeavor-
ing to transport safely new and glossy silk
tie, more commonly denominated plug"
hat, and which, through fear its shining sur
face might be rufIed, he had carried in his
hand for a considerable number Of miles. The
hat was carefully wrapped III paper and de-
posted in what was deemed a safe place,
where none would be apt to steal or molest
it The gentlemen retired. Morning came,
and his hat was no where discernable. After
searching long and anxiously, it was at last
discovered ia the rear of the car, with brake
man standing upon it gazing intently out of
the window at the beauties of the scenery as
the glorious rays Of the morning sun darted
up from behind the eastern horizon.
The gentleman was angry-not to say mad.
With a frantic rush at the offending employee,
which nearly upset that individuals equiibri-
um, he seized the once shining but now di-
lapidated hat, and holding it aloh exclaimed:
" How dare you, how dare you, sir, say,
stand with your boots on my hatY' The
employee glanced first at the gentleman whose
property had injured, next at the hat, which
looked like tin kettle after haveine passed
through charaUavi and lastly at the boots
which had done the deed, then slowly drawled
out, "give yourself no uneasiness sir; the
boots are old ones and don't think it has
hurt'em anyl "Crushed again" grOaned
the injured one, as he settled down in his seat
with look of agony which would have made
the fortune of any play actor who could sue
cessfully have initiated it,
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TIE Hon. Mr. Latham the Democratic
United States Senator from California, utter
ed lately in that body the following noble
sentiment, which every true patriot will in
dOrse through out the length and breadth Of
the land He said: 81 shall stand by the
Constitution and the laws. While the auth
orized Government of the United States fol-
lows that Constitution and those laws, it will
have the sympathies of the civilized world.
Without such obedience it can not triumph
Even as in the darkest night the mariner
trusts implicitly and strictly to the unerring
pointing of the needle upon the dial of his
compass, so should we, in this hour of our Re-
public's mortal agony to the chart Of our
liberties, as prescribed in the Constitution of
our fathers. So doing, we should triumph,
as surely as the night succeeds the day'-we
must triumph. But sir, forsaking this our
chart and map, we shall, fear, too soon be
in the deepest current of that dark and turbid
stream that has rolled through all time, bear
ing downward the successive nations OF the
earth to the great sea Of oblivion, to be for
gotten forever and forever"
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Firing Mortar.

The firing of mortar is the very poetry ol
a battle. a bag of powder weighing from
eighteen to twenty pounds is dropped into
the bore OF the huge monster. The derrick
drops the shell in; the angle is calculated; a
long cord is attached to the primer; the gum
ner steps out upon the platform, and the bal
ance of the crew upon the shore. The Cap
tain gives the word, the gunner gives his cord
a sudden jerk, crash like thousand thun-
ders follows, tongue of fame leapes from
the mouth of the mortar, and column Of
smoke rolls up in beautiful feecy spirals, de-
veloping into rings Of exquisite proportions.
You can see the shell as it leaves the mortar
flying through the air, apparently no larger
than a marble. The next you see Of the shell
a beautiful cloud of smoke bursts into sight,
caused by the explosion. Imagine ten Of these
monsters laundering at once, the air filed
with smoke clouds, the gunboats belching out
destruction and completely hidden from sight
in the whirls of smoke, the shell screaming
through the air with an unearthly sound, and
the distant guns Of the enemy sending their
solid shot and shell above and around US,
dashing the water up in glistening columns
and jets OF spray, and you have the sublime
poetry Of war.
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Then another regiment and another battery
wheeled into position until thirty pieces Of
artillery, each about fifteen or twenty PAGES
from the other were in a continuous line,
with infantry lying down in front Each
piece opened fire as it came in position. The
fire of the entire line was directed so as to
silence battery after battery of the enemy.
Such a terrible fre no human courrge could
stand. The crowded ranks of the enemy
were decin1ated, their horses shot at their
guns, large trees literally demolished; but the
rebels stood bravely to their post For two
hours and ten minutes did Sigers iron hail
fall thick as autumn leaves, furious as the ava
lanche, deadly as the simeon. One by one
the rebel pieces ceased to play. Onward
crept our infantry. Onward came Sigel and
his terrible guns. Shorter and shorter be-
came the range. No charge Of theirs could
face that iron hail, or dare to venture on that
campact line of bayonets. They turned and
fled. Again Sigel advanced his line, making
another partial change of front Then came
the order to charge the enemy in the woods,
and those brave boys who had lain for hours
with the hail and shell of the enemy falling
upon them, and the cannon of Sigel playing
over them, rose up and dressed their ranks
as if it were but an evening parade, and as
the forward was given, the 25th Illinois NOV
ed in compact line, supported on the left by
the 18th Missouri, acting as sllirmishers, and
on the right by the 22d Indiana. As they
passed into the dense brush they were met
by terrible volley. This was answered by
one as terrible and far more deadly. Volley
followed volley; yet on, and on went that
line of determined men. Steadily they push
ed the rebel force until they gained more op-
en- ground. Here the Confederate forces
broke in confusion and fed. The day was
ours, and the battle OF Pea Ridge was added
to the already long list of triumphs cluster
ing around the old starry flag.
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Our Pnhlin Man.

Rev. DocToR Bellows delivered lecture
on The War" in Portland. a short time ago,
in the course of which he thus sketched some
ofthe prominent members of the Government.
We quote from the report in the Portland
Transcript:
President Lincoln he characterized as simple,
faithful, firm, unwavering, unambitious honest
not a genius-Jacllson had not more
uubending viii, I am sure he was not
honestsr-,just the man to hold the helm at
this time-dOsen't care snap whether he is
to be the next President or not-a long-mind-
cd, as he is long bodied man, looking on all
sides Of qucstion-Providence never gave
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gu Sorts of G5uua 8taoing.
Some Childish Ideas of Things.

A DEVOTED Christian woman was instruct
ing her little nephew in serious things, and
showed him picture in Fox's Book of Mar
tyrs where Christians were being torn in piec-
es by lions in the amphitheatre. The child
looked on for some time in silence anil evil
dent sympathy, when all of sudden he ex-
claimed; "See that poor little lion, he can't
get any"
What are you doing? asked mother Of
her little girl. Playing school, was the re-
ply. But it is Sunday to-day 4 know it.
said the child; so I am playing Sunday
school,
A mother was instructing her daughter in
the duty Of prayer and the sure answers Civ
en- to believers; and proceeded to repeat the
Lords Prayer. Whea she came to the clause
Give US this day our daily bread the little
one broke out with, Oh, mother, say cake,
say cake
A young woman was examining class IN
Sunday school; bowling to lad of large size,
she put the question, Who made your He
could not tell She then asked little lad
who replied, God made me- She proceed
ed to reprove the overgrown boy for his ina
bility to answer question which was so
readily done by one not half his size; when
he braced himself up pOmpOusly and said, Il
should think he might know. 'Taint but a
little while since he was made.
A lady asked little two-year old, WHO
gives you your daily bread?' 'Dodr replied
the child, but uncle Pete puts sugar on
In a school, in Baltimore, the boys were
reading from their ciass-books story of re-
turning good for evil. Philip had accidental
ly dropped his cane, present from his father,
upon Roberts pitcher, filed with water and
Robert refusing to hear his apology, broke
the cane in pieces. Some time aiterward
Philip found Robert lying beneath log of
wood which had fallen on him. He very
kindly lifted it of, and assisted him home,
thus returning good for evil Or as Solomon
has it, 'heaping Goals of fire on his head
Now see, boys said the teacher, what
noble little fellow Phillip must have been.
Now, what would you have done, Johnny, if
your cane should be broken by another boy2 |
Little Johnny arose from his seat, and
doubled his fists, while his eyes flashed as he
said:
would lam him so bad that he could not
standP
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Gaar-aah.
PrsnIiee-iana.

I @AgAAAe9-4e-A-ala
We trust to our Focts. The rebel troops
trust to their feet.
The rebel troops are shoeless, aud their
efforts are bootless.
There is no salt in the South. The Con-
federates are out of season.
If the rebel troops arc raw, a hot fire viii
soon cnre that defect.
The situation of shoeblack would be sine
Cue IN the barefoot rebel army.
Gen. Mcclellan, to make sure Of taking the
enemy, determined to first take time.
Floyd has just bravery enough to steal guns,
and far to little to stand before them.
Almost everywhere the rebels are in full
fight. They have wonderfully sole stirring
armies
tits fine spring weather with US, bat IS for
the rebels now is the winter Of their discou-
tent
If it hadn't been for the Monitor, the Mer-
rimac would have run of all the blockadiug
squadron that she didn't sink. That would
be running the blockade with vengeance.
The Richmond papers are making inquiries
as to the Monitors construction. They may
put just what construction upon her they
please. .r'
A Clarksville letter says that there are just
eleven Uuion men in that city. "and no
more, =" We trust that the lcven viii "leren
the whole lump.
Our Generals are everywhere cleaning out
the rebels, and it must be sid, to Curtis's and
Sigers credit, that Price was a very difficult
fellow to clean out.
The rebels say that their armies, If defeated,
will retire for defence each to some mountain
iastness. We have been adniring their fas:-
ness for some time.
Whenever our troops march upon rebel
force, the latter, who probably never heard
of Chesterfield, are guilty Of the gross rude
ness Of turning their backs upon their visitors.
One of the iron clad war steamers build
ing at the East is TO have a long lns:ru-
ment for perforat;on called the needle. We
trust that twill gi7e the Merrimac stitch in
the side
A writer in New York paper recommends
that The beds II mans bou5e be taxed fer
the support Of the war The homestead bin
may be well enough, but we doa't want
bedstead bill
A New Orleans paper suggests that Com
modore Hol!!u's big turtle, if a steamers iron
PROV were to strikeher in the middle, might
snap her in two" We should like to see her
made swapping turtle. =
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Our Sturg-GdIfr.
ABRAHAM AND SARAH.

LAND he lift up bis eyes and looked. and
10, three men stood by him.
And he said, my Lord, if have found favor
in thy sight, pass not away.
And viii fetch morsel Of bread,
and comfort your hearts; after that ye shall
pass on"
Upon one Of the cold, dreary, rainy Satur-
days Of the last month, the 76th Regiment of
New York Volunteers, arrived in this city, af-
ter cheerless night ride down the Hudson
River Railroad from Albany. By some ae-
cident one of the trains was detained, with
oil the principal officers, while the other train
full Of hungry men, arrived at Thirty-frst
street in time for a late breakfast, but with
little prospect of breaking it, for they had no
one to move them forward, and the orders of
their officers, which a soldiers first duty is to
obey, were 10 await orders at that point; and
there, ill after ten O'Clock, in cold cars, or up
on the colder psvements, they did wait, tanta-
lized with the thought Of being upon the very
Threshold Of plenty, but unable to cross,
through they should perish with hunger.
The air was chilly and fetid n the cars; it
was filed with rain and cold without Itwss
not cheerful beginning Of their marching
onward to the war
In vain they looked about for some inviting
place fer hungry men to appease their raging
appetites. None was in sight By and by
one sailed out, as be said, to cross the Poto-
mac on a foraging expedition. Although he
crossed a good deal of water, we don't think
that it belonged to that river. When he re-
turned, he had loaf of bread, which he divi-
ded with his mess and they ate as though it
was uncommonly good.
I say, Bill said one soldier to another, |
"lend me sixponce, and III go and get a loaf
and divide it with you. am hungry enough |
to eat horse
Bill, however, refused to lend, because Jim
had tailed to pay former loan.
Several other soldiers, tantalized with the
sight Of food, felt hunger all the keener; ard
rs though they could not sit there starving,
started out in pursuit of food. It was not so
easy for a stranger to find it in that neighbor-
hood as in some parts Of the city.
They would find grog everywhere, any
where. If We mistake not there are three OF
hese pauper-making, soldier-kiIling holes on
he corners Of Thirty-second street and Tenth !
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GBt a9lar for tBt GInion.
THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE.
BT AN OFFICER IN THE REGULAR ARMY

BT AN OFFICER IN THE REGULAR ARMY.
The battle Of Pea Ridge was emphatically
the Buena Vista of this war. Commencing
on the morning of the 9th Of March, by the
attack of the combined Confederate forces up
on Gen. Sigers Division, then stationed at
BentOnville, Gen. Sigel sending his train
ahead and reserving one battery, with be-
tween eight hundred and thousand men,
commenced one of those mastery retreats
which have already rendered his name fam
GUS Planting a portion of his guns, with
his infantry to sustain them, he would pour
the grape and shell into their advancing
squadrons until, quailing before the murder
Gus FIRE, they would break in confusion. Be
fore they could reform, Sigel would timber
up and fall back behind another portion of
his battery, planted at another turn in the
road. Here the same scene would be gone
through with, and so on continuously for ten
miles. What made this march a more diff
cult achievement was the condition of the
roads, which were in many places very mar
row and badly cut up. This brought Gener-
al Sigel's Division to the west end of Pea
Ridge, where he formed a junction with
Generals Davis and Carr's Divisions. Night
coming on, strong pickets were placed, the
-eans corralled, and the soldiers lay upon
heir arms. During this day Gen. Curtis
vas diligently preparing earthwOrl defenees
.utting timber, &c, to check The progress Of
he enemy along the Fayetteville road, where
hey were confidently expected by him. Dur
ng the day and night of the 9Th, Van Dorm
moved his entire forces around the west side
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Those enemies of General Mcclellan that
most fercely long for his defeat are not in the
Southern CORfederacy. We wish they we're
A man in Memphis writes 20 his friends IN
Richmond, we have no moose here at pres
ent. He needn't be troubled on that score;
there viii be an abundant supply ofthe article
in that quarter by and by.
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HoRsEs.-Horses I learned to govern by
The law Of love. The relation of friendship
between man and horse, there is no trouble.
A Certaur horse, is created. The man wills
whittier; the horse at the will of his better
half does his best to go thither. become
very early, HippOdamos, not by force, but by
kindness. All lower beings--fendish beings
apart-unless spoilt by treachery, seek the
society ofthe higher; as man, by nature, loves
God. Horses viii do all they know for men,
ifmen will only let them. All they need is a
slight hint to help their silly brains. and they
dash with ardor at their business Of galloping
a mile a minute, or twenty miles an hour; or
of leaping a gully, or pulling tonnage,-They
put so much reckless, break-neck frenzy in
in their attempts to please and obey the royal
parsonage on their back, that he needs to be
brave indeed, to go thoroughly with him.
John Brent,
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The Southern Government is all the time
issuing proclamations. It talks too much
We are disposed to say to it as the Inan said
to his wife when she was speaking her part
ing words to him in her last moments
Pooh poohl don't trouble yourself to talk,
but 60 on with your dying"
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Greek Fire Shells.

A MR. SHORT, of Buffalo, has invented a
shell filed with Greek Fire" which gives
promise of terrible efficiency as a war agent.
Experiments made in Buffalo were highly sat
isfaetory, and letter to the Boston Post says:
During the recent trip Of the gunboat Sax
on to Ship Island, four shells filed with
" Greek Fire" were thrown, some upon the
enemy's shore, and others into the air. Those
thrown upon the land "a distance Of about
three miles) fired large canebrake, which
burnt with great fury, and was still on ERE
upon the return of the Saxon, five days later.
One of the shells exploded in the air, jetting
a thousand streams of fire in all directions,
and Illuminating the sky and ocean with
novel and brilliant light. The officer who
managed the experiments says that the effects
Of the great sheets Of flames suddenly burst
ing out of darkness was indescribably mag
nifcent tbs no secret in Secessia that this
4avenging fire. viii soon be in their midst.
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Aattrg fer tbl ggnr.
THE TWO SUNSETS.

4EA4 ANV GuNsE4St
BIZ MRS. DEl1soN
Father gave Us his blessing
Three stout sons were we;
1.-THE eldest and the taIlest-
Jacob was next to me.
Abel the youngest and darling,
With his mothers Thoughtful eye
The handsomest boy that ever
Went willingly forth to die.
Father had read from the Psa1nist
A warsong, kingly and bold;
OIL remember that hour
That sunset, royal with gold,
Lighting crimson flames in the windows,
With touch of its flashing mace,
And how In shadOWless splendor
It orept to my mothers face.
Tinging the pallid hoIlOWs,
And the eyes that were vet with tears,
With marvelons amber-lustre
That stole away half her years,
White, white, in the shadOwy night,
Lifled the tented town;
And through each moss-green avenue
The moonlight drifted down
We brothers sat together
When the hurried order came,
And we swore with locked hands Lifted
We would win death, or fame.
Quick to our arms, and forward,
In many q seried line,
And on tn the gray-white shadows
Made way for the sun to shine,
And on til the baneful CannoI
Hurled thunder along the ground,
And we knew by the airs hot pulsings,
That death was in every sound.
knew no coward faltering,
I felt no throb Of dread;
III could shelter Abel
No matter for me, said
Great heavenl that fatal moment
A cloud Of bullets came
And Abel--he sprang forward
Moaning his mothers name
And under cruel horse-boofs
The boy fell in his gore
With another cry Of " Mary
Ny God I can tell no more.
There stood the old brown cottage,
There lay the gray dOor-stone,
And with my wounds still smarting,
Must enter the portals alone.
By the light Of dim-paned window
Ny sorrowful father bent,
And the sunset to his tresses
A strange, white glory lent.
One cry that was partly joyous,
One sob as my name was spoken,
And I knew in that mournful sunset hour,
Ny mothers heart was broken.
o in the silent chamber
write as sit alone,
And I see from the little window
The gleam Of ehurch-yard stone;
That marks the grave Of my mother
o. bitterly then weep,
For think of the Southern hillside
Where Jacob and Abel sleep.
know It may be sinful,
But my heart must have its viii,
And curse all ruthless traitors
Who help such graves to I'll.
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The loss of the rebels at battle of Winches-
ter was not less than one thousand killed and
wounded; and general estimate is 1900 Our
loss was about 200 killed and $50 wounded.
Six thousand stand of arms wero taken by
our men on the battle field of Saturday. Sun
day and Monday, and a large quantity of
other stores, including brass field piece taken
from us at Bull Run.
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An Iowa regiment has a rule that any man
VINO utters ar oath shall read chapter in
tie Bible. Several have got nearly through
the Old Testament.
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NO 8.
SabbatB alisteIlang
Christian Laeoaiss.

GlElsEl&u LaeeU1e9s
LoSo Affections viii much set of the glory
Of heaven. The longer the storm the sweet
er the calm; the longer the winter nights, the
sweeter the summer days The new vine Of
Christ's kingdom is most sweet to those who
have long been drinking gall and vinegar.
The higher the mountain, the gladder we shall
be when we get To the top Of it. The longer
our journey is, the sweeter viii be our end;
and the longer our passage is, the more desir-
able viii the haven be.
A murmurer is an ungodlv man he Is an
ungodlike man; no man on earth more un-
like to God than the murmurer; and there
fore no wonder if when Christ comes to ex-
ecute judgment, he deals severely and terri
bly, with him. Let him make what profess
ion he viii Of godiiness, yet if mprnuring
keeps the throne in his heart, Christ win deal
with him at last as with ungodly sinners.
A lazy Christian win always want four
things-cOmfort content confidence, and as
surance. Assurance and joy are choice doua-
tives that Christ gives to laborious Christians
only. The lazy Christian has his mouth fun
Of complaints, when the active Christian has
his heart fun ofcomforts.
God loves to smile most upon his people
when the world frowns most Wien the
world puts its iron chains upon their legs
then God puts His golden chains about their
necks; when the world puts bitter cup IN
to their hands, then God drops some Of his
honey, some of his goodness and sweetness
into it. When the world is ready to stone
them, then God gives them the white stone;
and when the world is tearing their good
names, then He gives them new name, and
none knows but he that has it-a name that
is better than that Of sons and daughters
SpurgsOa's SDao9b Stones
-SsS
ANEcDoTE OF GENERAL LANDER-0ne day,
a staff officer caught him with Bible in his
hand, and said
General, do you ever search the Scrip
tures?"
General Lander replied:
Z" Ny mother gave me Bible, which I
have always carried with me. Once, in the
Rocky Mountains, I had only fifteen pounds
of -four. We used to collect grasshoppers at
four o'clock in the day, to catch trout for sup
per at night. It was during the Mormon
War, and my men desired to turn back
was then searching for route for the wagon
road. win urn back if the Bible says so,
said l, and we viii take it as an inspiration.
I opened the book at the following passage:
Go on, and search the mountain, and the
gates OF the city shall not be shut against
your
All concurred in the definite statement Of
the passage, and the daring explorer once
more led his men into the wild country ofths
Indians.