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Bas@ Is she not the very sparkle and

BSs- Is she not the very sparkle and
sunshine of life IA woman who is hap4
py because she can't help it--whose
smiles even the coolest sprinkleo of misfor-
tune cannot dampen.l Men make terri
BILE mistake when they marry for beauty,
for talents or for style The sweetest
wives are those who possess the magic se-
cret of being contented under any circum .
stances. Sick Or poor, high or low, it
makes no difference the bright little
fountain of JOY bubbles up as musicafly
in their hearts, Do they live in a log
cabin. the fire that leaps upon its hum.l
BILE hearth becomes bril- shtera than the
gided chandeliers ia an Aladdin palace,
Where is the stream, of life so dark and
unpropitious that,tbe sunshine of % hap4,
py face falling on the turbid tide willnot
awaken an answering gleam ?t5t Why
these joyeualy tempered people don't
know half the good they'd .m1qaai a2az
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; VOLUNTEERS AND, REGULARs.-An
old army officer gives the reason why the
regulars endure more fatigue than yolun,
teers. When marching, if the regular
even cuts his finger he falls into the rear
and applies bandage. The moment he
halts for the night, after he eats, his ra,
tions, his cheek is upon, his kuapsack and
himself in the land Of dreams. The vol
unteer does very differently. If he, hurts
himself he extemporises some inadequate
sort Of dressing and keeps along When
night comes the chances are ten, to one
that instead of taking repose at once he
wearies himself still further By leap frog
with his companions, or by playing cold
sledge" for pints, Of whisky. The regu-
lar carries with him nothing that he can
help; Not an ounce more will he bear
than regulation weight, The volunteer
is too apt to leave nothing behind him
that he can carry, Every daguerreotype
even adds to the weight Of. q knapsack in
a manner that none but, those who carry
them can adequately understand. MY
Mexico soldiers threw, away money be-
cause it chafed their pockets. s,il 9ulys,s
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What a Woman Says about Women.

Men have written SO well and so i'll
about the gentle sex, that we don't mind
their words of satire or panegyric but
when woman takes up the theme, we lis
ten with interest and lively expectation
Some years ago English Duchess wrote
the following spirited and piquant essay
touching "women in love -
"Women, acute and well;judging on
other subjects, are blind as beetles when
man addresses the language of love to
them. A moral mist rises before their
understandings; they become credulous
as bigots; and the poor man, even if his
suit be hopeless, is instantly invested
with some sort of merit, by virtue of the
tender passion. ''.. """'. 'i
1t is remarkable, too, that in the in
verse ratio to other things, experience in
these affairs seems not only to avail a
woman nothing, but to throw her off her
guard. "To refuse twenty good offers
and marry an apprentice at thirty is
next to proverb. Wellseasoned hearts,
perforated with many an arrow from
Loves quiver, have always some weak
spot in them, and yield often in a minute.
For my own part, from intimate obser.
vation of my own sex-the result Of many
friendly conGdings-I would sooner trust
the discernment of sixteen in these mat
tiers, than of six and thirty And while
it is usual to talk of the dangers Of eight
teen, and the folly of young girls, the
moralists who wish we'll to womankind
should point out the shoals Of eight-and-
thirty, the extreme rashness of forty, the
next to madness of forty-fve, " o. ''. '.'
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CRUELTY TO CHILDREN.--Itis is enough
to make the heart ache to see how cruel
silly mothers are in dressing their little
ones. We do not suppose that they mean
to be cruel-indeed we know that they
would Indignantly repel any such impu-
tation-but, nevertheless, they are cruel,
fatally cruel, in many instances, while
they fondly cherish the idea that they are
the tenderest of mothers. Look at that
beautiful bare neck and those shoulders,
those spotted little arms and those red
knees! You leave your,little one expos
ed to all the poisoned daggers of disease
to groups, fevers, and the host of infan-
tile maladies that come by destroying
the equilibrium, and making too heavy
draughts OF, the vital energies of your
child, to keep up, the temperature of the
uncovered parts. AS you value its life,
indulge in this insane folly no longer
Cover up its neck and limbs, and dress it
warm and comfortably as you do yourself.
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Some years ago, one Of their young men
was wandering in the jungle, armed with
sumpitan, Or blowpipe, and sword
He came to the banks Of pebbly stream,
and being a hot day he thought he would
have bathe," He placed his arms and
clothes at the feot of tree, and then
went into the water After time, be-
ing sufficiently refreshed, he was return
ing to dress, when he perceived an enor-
nous female ourang-outang standing be-
tween him and the tree. She advanced
towards him, as he stood paralyzed by sur
prise, and seizing him by the arm, COM
PEELED him to follow her to a branching
tree and climb up it. When he reached
her resting-place, consisting Of boughs
and branches woven into a comfortable
nest, she made him enter There he re-
nained some months, jealously watched
by his strange companion, fed by her on
the fruits and the cabbage Of the palm,
and rarely permitted to touch the earth
with his feet but compelled to move from
tree to tree. This life continued for some
time, till the female onrang.outang be-
coming less watchful permitted the Murat
more liberty. He availed himself Of it to
slip down the trunk of the tree and run
to the place where he had formerly left
his weapons. She seeing his attempted
escape, followed, only to be pierced, as she.
approached him, by poisoned arrow. I
was told If would ascend thee Padas riv-
er as far as the mans village, Il might hear
the story from his own lips as he was still
alive.-Speacer st. John. a. a'''a-'.
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Wiistellan'Ie.plnls, .
........ From the New York Ledger.
THE ROMAN EMPERORS.
cLAUDIUs AND AUREL1AN,
BY JOHN s. @. ABBOTT.

When Claudius was accepted by one
Roman army as emperor of Rome, Aure-
olus, who had been nominated emperor by
the army of the Danube, was held in
seige in the city of Milan. Claudius
placed himself at the head of the besieg-
ing army, and Aureolus was compelled to
surrender unconditionally to the conqueror
With generosity quite remarkable in those
times, Claudius pardoned him. An anec-
dote illustrates his character. As gen
eral, Ia accordance with universal custom,
he had pillaged unmercifully.2 A poor
woman gained access to him, and throwing
herself At the feet Of Claudius, the empe-
,ror, complained that Clandius, the gener-
"A. had robbed. her of her patrimony.-
a: 4 Z emperor blushed, and ordered that
i.~vi%diate and ample restitution should be
The northern barbarians, Of various
names, who fought under the banner of
the Goths, launched on the banks of the
Dneister, one Of the great rivers which flow
into the Black Sea, a feet Of two ,thous.
and, Of as some contemporary historians
say, Of six thousand barges. By these
and BY accompanying bands On the shore,
an army Of three hundred and twenty thou
sand descended the Bosphorus, and made
Simultaneous attack on the shores of Eu-
rope and of Asia. One band Of them
crossing the, mountains Of Macedonia, ad-
vanced to the frontier of Italy, The letT
ter which Claudius addressed to the senate
on this occasion, in its melancholy yet de-
cided tone, shows that while he was fully
conscious Of the danger which ,menaced
the empire, he was resolved to meet v, that
peri, viii with al the energies which mortal al
courage could marshal. a'5i $; ~. S...g.
s2aCSnsoript fathers & Il he u writes, III "thrse
hundred and twenty thousand Goths have
invaded the Roman territory. IfI van
quish them, your gratitude will reward
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For the Southern Agis.
ENIGMA. ...
BY BETTE B. NJ. H.

L am composed of 30 letters. .s.
My 10 IL Is is something that any one
Books queer without.
My 50 "a IA 26. is a lady's name.
My 2 25 90 rs is a vegetable. ". ..'.
My q "a 20 is one of the greatest works of
creation. .... ....
Ny Us "a 10 8 4 % is highly colored flower.
Ny 2y % 80 is a Troublesome animal Z -"
My 3 4 II % is one of the sweetest flowers
that grows. .. '... -u. ..nat
Ny 6 % "a II 20 81 10 is richly perfumed
flower.
Ny l3 1s 10 IL is a q number. '.t..
My9l Ii l9is a lady's name. .....
My whole is the name of a country seat, its
county and State.
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" A husband residing 10 d small vii
age. in the interior, thus ANNOUNCES the
departure from his abed and boards, Of
his dearly beloved !" "Mya wife,, Anne
Maria, has strayed or been stolen, Who
ever returns her win get his head broke,
AS for trusting her, any body can, do SO
who sees fit-for, as j never pay my own
debts, it is not al all likely that i will lay
awake nights thinking about t Other peg
PIC 8. - ...,.l.sa fan h..Ianh -rnHi III
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. noetita1.
WHAT WAS WANTED.

She tied the new cravat
Which she so kindly made me; a
Then smoothed with care my hat,
And with her arms delayed me;
She brushed my "glossy hair"
B And said ''it was so curly !"--
While going down the stair . ...t 70
She cried, ''Come home, dear, carly !"
How happy then was I,
With ali ever desired
fortune could defy,
While thus was admired
We parted at the door, ...
Her smile deserved a sonnet;
@'Deas love but one thing more, ''''
want--I rant a fseso spring 6oanetr'
-Hosss Journal. ...... .r..
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Curing q Wife.

Mr. Dimlight, for the past ten years,
has prayed every day that his wife would
tumble down stairs and break her neck,
or else die like Christian in her bed.
The simple reason for this is, that Mrs.
Dimlight was fond of complaining, taking
medicine, and having protracted inter
views with the doctor, all of which re-
quired money, and money Mr.. Dimlight
hates to part with. @ ........ ..
In fact, he had much rather part with
Mrs. Dimlight; but that lady manifested
no intention of leaving this pleasant world
and taking up her abode in an uncertain
sphere. Neither did she say that she
should live, leaving her lord in an uncer-
tain state, and her physician in perplex-
ed condition. The doctor said she want.
ed rousing, and Mr.. Dimlight thought
that he would do something to start her,
and get her out of bed ...
He hit upon plan which he thought
would operate in satisfactory manner.
Mrs. Roundwink acted in the capacity
Of nurse to Mrs. Dimlight. Mrs. Round
wink is widow, very pretty and very
coquettish. For a handsome present she
resolved to enact the part that Dimligbt
marked out for her; so one evening, when
Mrs. Dimlight was groaning, and threat
ening to die, Dimlight called in the
widow. ....,. ... 49,. ..rs ..,....
"She is going to kick the bucket at
last" said the husband," $50 you aud I
may as we'll fix things, so that we can
start fair ..i.a d.. .v...... ..., .r
Mrs. Dimlight turned her head and
stopped moaning, Her eyes began to as
sumo an unnatural brilliancy The par
ties in the room took no notice of her. ,ss
eyes," said Mrs. Roundwink, "she is
going at last. Now we can talk over our
own affairs" ..s a 4a
Mrs. Dimlight raised her form in bed,
and sat bolt upright. She listened atten-
lively, and her eyes grew brighter. .a.
CHOW soon shall we be married after
she is dead?'' asked Dimlight, passing
his arm around the substantial waist of
widow Roundwink. ., .sn.. ,f3 ss
81 suppose you will be willing to wait
a week or two?' simpere1, Mrs, Round
wink, lovingly. IL sIo asroa ~ua
Mrs. Dimlight uttered an exclamation
which sounded profane, and giving one
spring, landed on the floor. 20 liayai
"You think I'm going to die, do you RI
she yelled. "I'll see you hanged first -
I'll live to spite you-yes, | will! Now
out of this house! Cunning to Mrs.
Roundwink,) for you don't stay here
another minute l. can act as my own
nurse, you ood7for-nothing huzzyE h9ig
And from thatsday there was rapid im-
provement 10 Mrs. Ditalight's4 health ~
She no longer tolerates nurses, but one
can Imagine what kind of q life poor
Dimlight leads.J alme.g.' ,oaj NJ 9iq
His version Of the love-making scene
is not believed by the restored Mrs. Dim
Light h.poH uas g4Itaoo sial DO
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- "A WIDOWS USE OF THUNDER
Every time storm came on she, would
run into Mr.; Smiths house lhe was a
widower,) and clap her little hands aud
fly around till the man was half DISTRACT
ed fof fear, she, would be, killed, and the
consequence was that she was Mrs, John
Smith before three thunder storms rat
tied over head. .;,5s. Satj1 ,5qfl,,,,y !.
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n@%Love in a cottage makes a pretty
picture for mantelpiece, but is all the
prettier when there are eatables in the
cupboard. ls l4.i Pa &afe hl'lis'
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Da- "A doctors wife attempted to move
him by her tears. "Ahp3 said he, Sears
are useless. + have analysed them ,5---
They contain a, little phosphate Of lime,
some chloride ofsodium, and water "A
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No subscription taken for less than a year.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-04-11

CoppERHEADs SHOUT FOE JEFF DAVIS
Last evening, just after dark, some fellows in .
lumber wagon drawn BY two horses. and two
mules drove down Main street at brisk pace,
aud commenced to ''hurah for JEFF. Davis
The words had NO sooner left their mouths
than some men sprang for them, but the COPS
perheads escaped by putting the lash into their
beasts, and going of at . pace that threatened
to demolish everything By the time they
reached the corner Of Main and First streets,
where they turned to make their exit from
town, there must have been from fifty to seven-
ty'6ve men who were after them, and had they
been caught We are Of the opinion that they
would have been Taught lesson that would
prevent them from ever shouting for JEFF. Da.
Wis in our streets again.-[Cedsr Falls Gaz-
cite. l-,F
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WAsHuaroH, April THE Post Office De-
partment has just issued an order to Post Mas
Ssrs, directing them, from and after the Let Of
Nay to collect in specie, or it, equivalent, oil
postages due on unpaid letters. received from
foreign countries, in the mails despatched 70 this
country from Great Britain, Ireland, Russia,
France, Hamburger, Bremen OF Belgium. The
order at present applies only to these mails On
out.goiDg letters, the existing regulations remain
unchanged.
Under the existing postal arrangements pos.
tages collected on foreign letters must be &C.
counted for TO the foreign government in specie,
O. it, equivalent, and hence its ordera Il 81
It is known here that the United States feet
ofgunboats and iron clads Pert Royal on We'd
nssdsy, and will probably reach the scene of
operations Thursday evening. Up to three
o'clock this afternoon nothing further was
known Of their movements. ,al
= Wm.g P. Weller of Ohio has been appointed
b. the Secretary Of the Treasury chief agent
under the last Of Congress providing for the
collection Of abandoned property, and the pre-
vention Of frauds. in the insurrectionary dis
tPicta 81. .s 's'@ 2 ~ 8 $50 - ~ ca
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BY~TEIEGRAPE1
CAIRO BUDCEr.

CAno, April 1.-THE steamer Grey Eagle ar
rived from lsmphis with Sunday morning pa
peu. 10 From passengers We heaf Of two impor-
tant expeditions from Milliken's bend, but the
particulars may not be given. We shsll certain
y hear from them 10 Q few days
We are assured that the health and spirits of
the army are good and getting better. No one
thinks Of failing 10 the capture of Vicksburg.
We have conflicting reports from Yazoo
Pass, but the preponderance Of evidence 10 that
It is not yet abandoned. Last week while the
steamers Empire City, Chseseman and Ad Hine
were passing down the Cold Water they were
attacked BY guerrilla, who fred upon them from
the cane breaks and bushes. The captain OF
the Ad Hiue was MORALLY wounded, several
deck hands and one engineer we're killed. The
Steamer Citizen had broken . wheel in Cold
Water and was laid BY for repairs.
On Saturday morning at day break some reb-
els at Chalmers attacked : picket of ten men
belonging to the 18th Illinois cavalry, two Of
the Federals were wounded, the remainder
charged on the rebels and drove them back, the
rebels, however, succeeded in taking two Of them.
In retaliation for the firing on the gunboat
81 Clair, on Tuesday last Captain Eitz sent his
eight boats to the town of Palmyra on Satur-
day last, and after giving the inhabitants time
70 leave, burned the entire town to tho ground.
Il contained about 200 inhabitants.
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Rebsl Carp Brolken up.

WAsHIHGToE,a April 7.-Gen. Mitchell, with
$50 cavalry, went out yesterday on the Lebanon
pike TO Green Hill, and dashing into . rebel
camp where there was large number Of con-
scripts, on sabre charge, be took Is prisoners,
killed 5, captured oil their horses, arms, equip
nents, 10. These rebels we're composed Of part
Of Morgau's and McCoun's banda Among the
prisoners are Cspt. Brady, of the 18th Rebel
Tennessee Regiment, and Lieutenant Of Nor.
CANS Cavalry. A still house containing forty
casks Of liquor was destroyed. The place had
been. used % conscripting rendezvous One
man was wounded on our aide. q Z h57s4s~
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BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.

the siege Of Lexington, he vas in Major Bsrry's
cavalry command, acting % Quartermaster. For
/ time he Was Sergeant Nsjor Of the 9Th cavalry,
Colonel Pennick. During the last winter, he
was frequently engaged, with Assistant Secre-
tary Rodman, in the Senate ct Jefferson City,
in writing up the journal. he was,a young man
Of, the most generous impulses, and will be
mourned by Q large number Of men who will
ayenge his death. s. -.si 49, :s
The cowardly butchers next blowed out the
brains of William Henry, member Of Captain
Wakerlin's company. He, too, was St Joseph
boy, and was formerly engaged in stall in our
city market, and at one time, we think, labored
for John p. Hax, meat dealer. He leaves
wife and four children in our city wholly unpro-
vided for. -.
They next led out to slaughter young schutt.
ner. of this town, whom they first robbed o!
$500, then shot. he revived the next morning
and will probably recover.
The most revolving act in the bloody drama
was the ordering ashore of twenty negroes,
drawing them up in line, one man holding .
lantern up by the side of their faces, while the
murderers shot them, one by one, through the
head. This inhuman butchery vas within three
wards of the boat. One negro alone, OF all that
were shot, is alive. -gs
Christ. Habacher, who lives near Hamilton's
Mill. in this city, was aboard, but managed to
hide bis money and got of uninjured. Charley,
formerly bar-keeper for Christian Wagner, in
Jefferson CITY, was robbed of every dollar he
had, some $3.50. Geo. Schriver, of this city,
Was led out to DO shot, and . watchmsn on the
boat cried out hold on there, he is one Of my
deck hands" and they led him back, taking 81
from him, being Ill he had except $40 which he
had secreted on the boat ke
George Morenstecker, who has for several
years been grocer on the corner of Tenth
street and Frederick avenue, in this city, and
who vas recently Captain in the Thirty third
Missouri, but has resigned, was robbed Of 81 900
and his gold watch.
The affair ended by the gang going aboard the
boat and compelling the passengers to throw
overheard fifty wagon beds, 100 sacks Of flour
and large amount of other stores, including
sugar, coffee, &c. Wearing apparel of ladies'
and gentlemen was Unfortunately plundered.
There we're about eighty contrsbands aboard,
sent on their way to Kansas by General Curtia
Sixty jumped off and ran away, and are now
under Col Pennick, whose::nen are securing the
country for these murderera When the guer-
rilas drew their revolvers on the negroes a. they
stood in line, the women on the boat screamed
and cried, and begged them not to kill them, but
the work of death went on.
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The entire debt of the Government Of the
United States at the present time is 1928, 1885,.
147, the aggregate annual interest of which is
81 per cent. The amount of the debt is much
less than the public was led to apprehend. from
the speeches and newspapers uufriendly to
tho Government.
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KANSAS CRY, No., April The municipal
election yesterday resulted in the entire election
of the Union ticket by majority Of 800.
A messenger from MAJ. Rosecrans' battery and
the Kansas Cavalry, reports several skrmishes
With guerrillas, in which Is were killed and
wounded, and the notorious Todd Vas captured,
together with horses, equipments, &c.
Some IS houses Of seoessionists, in this coun>
y, we're burned, and one hundred head of cattle
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! Ersua New ORLEANS.

NEW YoRK, April THE steamer Eastern
Queen has arrived from New Orleans, March
10th, and Key West, April lst. Capt Collins
reports that while at Fort 81 Phillip, Southwest
Pass, be was boarded BY the q. 8. boarding Oh.
Ger, Who reported having received . telegram
from New Orleans stating that the rebels had
began 70 evacuate Port Hudson.
Col Dudley's brigade bad made sn expedi-
ton to point half way between Port Hudson
and Point Coupse, burned the rebel steamer
Hope with 600 barrels Of molssses, at her land
ing. They destroyed 1900 barrels Of molasses,
and the Arsbells machine shop and foundry and
grsinray containing IL, 600 bushels Of corr, DO.
sides several buildings, including the post ONCE
The expedition to Ponchsrtula and Pass Mar
ehantic was completely succesaful. The troops
Of the l6Dth and parts Of the lllth New York
and 26th Maine, with two pieces Of artillery.
The guuboat BAvaturcs and yacht Cory Pheus
accompanied them.
Pontchatoula was occupied after severe Skin
nishing with rebel cavalry, some 500 strong,
and the railroad bridge. two miles beyond, Was
DESTROYED. after the rebels had been driven from
Il by . detachment Of the 9Th Michigan. The
bridge va 6vs hundred feet long
A large amount Of tobaoco, cotton and stores
fell into our hands,
Our forces occupied Pontchatoula, Springfield
and Pass Manchatoula, and the rebel cavalry are
sid to be 90 hedged in that escape Is difficult.
Three cotton laden schooners were captured
near Pontchatouls.
Collector Bullet had suspended all trsnspor.
tation permits above New Orleans, unless mill
tary necessity otherwise requires. This has
been deemed necessary to prevent attempted
frauds. 81
:. Texas advices, through rebel sources, say that
xasruder had iesued an order granting oil per-
sons permission to transport cotton to the Next
can frontier. He says it 10 impossible to sus.
tain the army without purchasing With cotton
supplies brought from foreign countries.
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ST, JOsRPH UNION.

ST.. JoeEPH, No., April THE election yes
berday resulted in the reelection of the present
incumbents. With the exception of Council
men, the new Union ticket was carried through.
out by q large msjority.