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FROM TIE UNIFIED STATES.
YANKEE ACCOUNT or TIE LATE Affair At GER
MANIA YDKD.
r:,,,,l Ds1-,.ch "a ~. ", " York TriSuao

MANIA fDhD.
ISrsri.l Dsr7s'ct 20 -. N w York Tritras
W.syrycrDs; NV. 19.-Fr m the front your
corr.,ponients furnish the following, dated
headquarters Army Of the Potomac, l9:h:
A irld reconnaissance by about 80 # the
sncmy's ca1airy was made yesterday morning
at Germnaia Ford, resulting in the capture and
.woundips of several Of tho 18th: Pennsylvania
cavalry, waich regimsnt vas on picket within
two mile, of the ford. The accommodating
force of the enemy charsin. fnriously on the
ISL, Pennsylvania forced them to fAil back on
shc infantry pockets Of the secoud corps. Wien
the re:els returned across the river. NJ" ar
rillery was used, hu; several desperate hand
20 band conflicts took place on the falling back
OF our caralry. Several dis :harges Of artile-
~ were heard at head quarters last evening,
near auu.ct. in the direction Of Cu!rsPcr.
The cause 10 unknown.
ozs. ruRysIDR's POSITION lYrEEcN.rLr.
NV Yosn, Nov. 20 -The - SIS" special
diapa1ch from Washington SAYS Tat adrices
received at the War Department from Gen.
Burnside represent his position as impresna-
bic.
GEN. H:ACHER.
New Yosk, Nov. 2O-It is rerortcd that
Gen. Mtaghcr IL 20 he made MAYOR h"ncrai,
and is to command the Old Irish and Excelsior
Drigade$, after recruiting to the fill standard.
THE RUSSIAN FLEET.
New YORK, Nav. 20.-'Thc Russian admiral
and fcct leave, here on Monday next for + r
tres Monroe, where thHy expect to pas' the
winter. The admiral his declined the use Of
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on the ground that
,lc anchorage ut Tur'res. Monroe will be safer
.ud better, and he will be "blc 10 k ecp his
officers OF shirboard, which is nu~ inpcasi-
bio.
EpO tHISs.
Tn. New Y,rl: Herald has Just made
mJst important discovery. According 10 that
p.pcr. it cost, lust double tic amour: t. shnc
:, ,,,.,ro roui,,cot that IL doe. To nerrDrm the
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utisut;on Of tho Uhited States. They had BY
no violence broken them, and tbey had passed
no laws, Stats or Federal, which impaired or
des,ro1ed their faith and authority. The
Northern States had Thev we're the covenants
hrrcrars, md hadscndangered our social safs>
~ and bad invaded our civil liberty in every
rSsht, however sacred aud however guaran'
ted. They had rebelled against the Constitu,
ton and the laws, against social safety and
domestic and State rights, and Mey haa J0rI
fitted all moral claims to WELD the powers u
National Government, and were not entitleu
tp lis possession. He ,ccre entitled 10 its pos
session, and ought to'have taken and held IL.
But VIC abandoned our claim. we gave up
the Capitol, the flag, the executive anu legisr
lat;re powers, tho Congress, the scncneS VI
Justice, the army, the arScnals ana tho W.
,hr navy and docks, ard the navy wards 'ne
frcatp making po.ccr and the oo''ya'lo" on
G3reiga por-rs OF existing treaties ana eonseh,
tons, lie Treasury and ALL and went aoroaa
hesging for recognition, leaving hnFahan,
Lincoln enthroned upon mobocr'tic aho
!ronncratic fanaticel Absolutlsm. was moi
;or nmliiying but enforcing the CONSTITUTION
and laws, ard for defending our rights, l!'Ss
and property Jythe nationalpowsr' zee alreaay
posscssed and By sarin9 10 ourselves me'r aN'
iAority uM sanction. Secession was pn'Ver
sally deemed the better and more formally
icitlul remedy, and having always adSoea
ted it myself as rigb,fuI, l checrfnlly accepted
it, and now abide its issnc in the camp =,
nntc this first position assumed, simply to ca IL
yort attention TO the fact that 1t "as "ece'saF'
~ obiigcd to be costly TO our credit :,
The u>urpcgs aud invaders have our J'1hers
gorcramentin heir sacrileeious hands, and they
rare polluted and destroyed every ve'tige o,
i except some of its outward forms anu
;ts foreign relations. We are turned on,
II doors, Lave no relations to aid US, ana
are literally fighting for a foot of our own
sronnd to stand upon. This I wonld have
prevented if could ;-ho's, it IS not my Pur'
pose now to elucidute, but 10 note the Jact SIM,
nv thai lincoln is the old government res'siea
In as. and that ace are tpithout recogn,fion-o
,c,c government resisting him. He is rcoog-
,,;z.ti as the de jurs and we as the dc Jacfo
,,,wer only. The difference between these TWO
positions, in Point of currency anu credit Is :
Tao resisted government with
the dc jttrc organization
in possession, encounters
only the cost of credit in
large expenditures, 70"
10, to- $50 per cent.
>-,,4 ,net SO "
50 per cent.
The se,i,nng Or dc .taeto Government encoun'
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1880 per cent
Les. the resisted governments
r,st 50 per cent.
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Gen. H:LGHE Err.

New York, Nov. 3O-It is reported tina
Gen. M:aghcr is 20 lie made Major General
and is to command the Old Irish and Ezc"lsipl
pricale$, after recruiting to the fill standard
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CHAPTER "

Mrs. Helstone was at the window when
Evelyn reached her house, and before she had
assembled the steps the door was opened to
her. Almost Immediately after, she was fold
ed in the lady's arms.
=" Is he here!'' asked Evelyn. trembling all
over.
Yes, he isl replied Mrs Helstone; "but
you must compose yourself. 1t all depends
upon your calmness whether Harry shall be
your own, or not. Listen to me, Evelyn! l
am going to lead you into the drawing room
and leave you alone; door in that room
opens into my husbands library, and Harry
and Mr.. Helstone are talking over their busi-
ness there. l will call my husband away, and
when you hear him leave, you must act as
your own kind heart prompts you." And she
led her up stairs to the drawing room.
"God bless you, and aid you, my Evelyn
said Mrs. Helstone, kissing her. Then she
left the apartment.
Dreighton's aunt had scarcely quilted the
drawing room when she was heard talking
with her husband on the landing. Mr.. Hell
stone had mislaid letter, and his wife ad-
vised him to look for it in the parlor below
offering to search for it with him. Evelyn
understood that she did this in order to get
him out of the way for time. The poor
girl left alone, felt all the difficulty of her po-
sition, and seemed bereft of every energy. A
few minutes brought returning strength, but
those minutes were hours to her. At length
she cast her eyes towards the door opening in
to the library, and though almost falling at
every step, she managed to walk towards it
Reaching the other side of the room, hel
strength again forsook her, and she fell, faint
ing, against the piano. Seating herself upor
the music stool, she burst into tears.
What good spirit was it who whispered tc
her to open the instrument? Almost me-
chanically she raised the lid, and. in fearful
ly agitated voice, she sang:
| = Come, rest IN this bosom my own stricken deeri
Though the herd have fed fr m thee, thy home i
| here.
aere still is tie sn lie that cloud can oereas,
/ And the hcntt and the hand ALI tny to the
Henry Dreighton heard every word distinct
ly. Trembling violently, as only strong mel
can tcemble, he rose from his seat, and takin;
his hat, endeavored to quit the library. Blu
the song held him spell-bound. Evelyn con
tinue6:
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CHAPTER V.

That evening, there was a happy meeting,
as of old friends, at Mr.. Sandford's residence.
Mr. Helstone seemed less austere and unim-
pressible than Moore had described him, as
he related how hard it was for him to refuse
Mr.. Sandford the information he sought rela-
tive to his nephew.
But" said he, "I was obliged to follow
Dreighton's instructions. you know"
And now that all is past" replied Mr.
Sandford, it was doubtless for the best"
"That song of yours, Mr.. Moore, was
charming inspiration." observed his wife,
" Indeed it was" continued Mrs. Helstone,
"and you would have thought it still more so
had you heard Evelyn singing it.'
Tom Moore bowed to the ladies, and said,
almost blushing:
" l only wish all nay verses would lead to
as much happiness
While this conversation was going on in
the drawing-room, Evelyn and her lover
were holding sweet converse with each other
in the garden.
*+
fortnight later, Mr. and Mrs. Creighton
left for Europe.
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'' OIL what was love made for if III. not The
Through joy and through torments. through glory
seme ~ 8 s--- s5Tr
know not, ask not if -uii ;. in t. st heart,
but know tlat love Whatever thou art."
His hat droppod from his hand as he reeled
back to his chair. The last line of the verse,
sung with all the emphasis of devoted love,
was overpowering. Creighton rose from his
seat, and, great drops of perspiration rolling
down his forehead, he staggered towards the
door of the drawing-room. Evelyn heard
the handle turn in the lock, but her lover did
not enter. Half rising from her seat, with no
force left to play the accompaniment, she
gasped out the final verse =
= TnOu hast caird Thy angel, in momenls OF
blis4,-
sin thy nnsei I'll be, mid the horrors of ,ha.-
Through the furnace unskrnking, thy steps to pur-
And shield thee, and save thee. or perish there
tool"
EVELYN = shrieked Creighton, in
voice which rang through the house. The
poor girl fell with crash upon the keys of
the piano as her lover leaped into the draw
ing-room. At the same instant, Mrs. Hell
stone and her husband ran in by the other
door.
What scene met their eyes! Evelyn was
lying in death-like swoon upon the carpet.
Creighton bending over her as though trans
fixed. Mrs. Helstone seized her husband by
the wrist, and, looking him III the face, said,
with tone of command:
Wait !' Ht5=
Her husband returned her glance, shaking
his head deprecatiugly, while pleasant smile
| played over his countenance
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The EcHo.-Hear the story of the child
that went forth into the mountain ravine.-
While the child wandered there, he cried
aloud to break the loneliness, and heard voice
which called to him in the same tone. He
called again, and, as he thought, the voice
again Knocked him. Flushed with anger, he
rushed forward, to find no one. He then
called out to him in anger, and with all abu-
sive epithets. all of which were faithfully re-
turned to him. Choking with rage, the child
ran to his mother, and complaining that boy
in the woods had insulted him with words
But the mother took her child by the hand
and said /" Ny child, those names were but
the echoes of thine own voice. Send forth
sunshine from thy spirit, and thou shalt never
have clouded day.'' "Cary about vim
dictive spirit, and even in the flowers shall
lurk curses" "Thou shalt receive even what
thou givest, and that alone" Always .
said the speaker, Z" is that child in the noun
tain passes, and every man and woman is that
child"
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CHAPTER II.

Years rolled on, and gentle Peace once again
ry Creighton. nor to her who still cherished
his image in her heart, loving him with great
er love than ever for his msfortunes Eve
lyn heard of his loss, and, poor, weak girl as
she was, resolved with firmer determination
than ever to learn the place of Dreightod's
concealment, now that her lover was alone in
the world. Her friends assisted her in the
search, but without avail; all they could dis
cover was that Dreighton had placed the
management of his estate in some agents
society and the world Evelyn received this
fresh blow to her hopes with calmness and
resignation which astonished her friends but
her cheeks became paler than ever, and she
seemed to droop and fade like lily struck by
the eastern wind.
Evelyn's sad story became known to Tom
Moore, then on a visit to this country and
the bard of Erin felt strangely interested in
the misfortunes of the pale-faced girl and her
/ hearted lover. Invited to her fathers
house, Moore there improvised those. beaui-
full lines commencing, Come, rest in this
bosom, my own stricken deer,'' singing them
with melancholy fervor which brought
flood of tears to Evelyn's eyes, compelling
her finally to quit the room. The appropri-.
ateness of the words to her story, the music
to which they were set, and the sympathetic
voice of the poet, produced an almost equal
effect upon the other listeners as upon poor
| Evelyn herself; so much so that during the
evening her father took Moore aside, and
questioned him as to what incident the lines
referred. Much was his surprise at hearing
that his daughters sad fate inspired the
theme: but his astonishment was still great
er when Moore told him he had seen Henry
Dreighton the week previous at the house of
his (Dreighton's) uncle in Philadelphia, and
had heard the story of his wrong from that
gentleman on inquiring the cause of the in
tense melancholy impressed upon his features.
The similar expression of Evelyn's counte-
nance had startled the poet when introduced
TO her, and few hurried questions to friend
in the drawing-room had shown him that
her fate and future were bound up with those
of Dreighton. Moved by the terrible misfor-
tune overwhelming these two young hearts
his commseration found vent in the song
: which had produced snch thrilling effect up.
on all present.
, Mr.. Sandford requested Moore to be silent
upon this conversation, and obtained prom
: Use from the poet to introduce him to Dreigh
3 toms uncle next day. The interview which
t resulted was painful 10 all three, for Mr.
S overture which could bring the lovers togeth
e er. Creighton, he said, had desired him new
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CHAPTER III.

Next day, at noon, Evelyn called upon
Mrs. Helstone. The servant who opened the
door to her said, in reply to her inquiry, that
the lady was at home and alone then she
asked the visitor her name. Evelyn replied
that she was stranger to Mrs. Helstone, and
desired to see her on private business. A
minute later, Dreighton's aunt Joined her in
the parlor. -...,
There was small need for Evelyn Sandford
to announce her name. Mrs. Helstone had
scarcely closed the door of the apartment be-
fore her visitor said to her, in an agonized
tone of voice: tea
Oh, tell me where can see Henry Dreigh-
tommy love-my--" And she sank
powerless on her chair. aa a.g
Mrs. Holstone was tall, handsome old Ia
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WATER CURE.-The private secretary of a
cabinet minister is wag. The other day a
young man, decidedly ineJriated, walked into
the executive chamber and asked for the gov
ernor.-" What do you want with him ?'' in
quired the secretary" OF, want an Office
with good salary sinecure.''-" Well"
replied the secretary, "a can tell you some
thing better for you than a sinecLre-you had
better try aoater care. A new idea seemed
to strike the young inebriate, and he van
ished.
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The cares and tolls and necessities, the re-
freshments and delights of common life, are
the great teachers of common-sense nor can
there be any effective school of sober reason
where these are excluded. Whoever, either
by elevation of rank, or popularity of habits,
lives far removed from this kind of tuition
never makes much proficiency in that excel
lent quality of the intellect. A man who
has little or nothing to do with other men on
terms of open and free equality needs the
native sense of five, to behave himself only
with a fair average of propristy.-1 Taylor.
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gOetrp.
LOVES CHALLENGE.

HH .
picked his tribe from the ior,
nknowing from whose tender hand
It fell, but now would fain restore 81
A thing which hath my heart unnamed.
say unnamed, for t is not now
80. A manly mood to dream of Love,
When each bold champion knits his orow,
And tor Wars gauntlet doffs his glove.
But we're exempt, and have no heart
OF wreak within us for the fray;
And therefore teach our souls the art
With life and life's concerns to play.
Yet, lady, trust me, i is not all ts
In play that proclaim intent,
When nsxt thou let'st thy gauntlet fall,
..a To take it as a challenge meant.
Sir Carpet knight, who canst not fight,
:. Thy gallautries arc not for me ,-
The man whom with love requite
Must sing in a moro martial Key.
/ have two brothers on the field, l...t
And one beneath it,-none knows where
+ And shall keep my spirit steeled
To any save asoldier's prayer.
If thou have music in thy soul,
Yet hast no sinew for the strife,
Go teach thysolf the war-drum's roll,
And WOO me better " ith a fife
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An Arabian, who brought blush to
maiden's cheeks by the earnestness of his
gaze, said to her: I" Ny looks have planted
roses on your cheeks why forbid me to
gather them? The law permits him who
sows to reap the harvest
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An Irishman who had returned from Italy,
where he had been with his master, was asked
in the kitchen, g Yea, then Pat, what is the
lava I hear the master talking about !''-
"Only drop of the crater" was Pats reply.
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It is presumable that those who talk the
most tell the most untruths. But perhaps
we are ungallant in saying it.