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TIE LIGHT AT HOME.

The light at hoh,ei how bright il beams
1a When evening shades around US fall
o. And from the lactce far il CLEANS "a .-
To. love, and rest and comfort all, ,n!,
When wearied with the tolls of day,
~ And strife for glory, gold and fame,
Howsweet TO seek the quiet way, .'.
Where loving lips will lisp our name.
When through the dark and stormy night,
The wayward wanderer honleward hies, J
How, cheering is the ,tw.nkliug light, W.
Whirh through the forest gloom be spies
1t is the light of home, be feels u
That loving hearts will greet him there,
And softly through his bosom steals
The joy and love that Danish care.
.rgf. ..Ig u H. n..-f 1'. &. .tH.' ...
The light at home. How still and sweet
It peeps from yoRder cottage door,
The weary laborer TO greet
When the rough tolls of day are o'er! :
Sad is the soul that does not know
The blessings that its, beams impart,
The cheerful hopes aud joys that flow,
And tighten up the heaviest heart.
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BEL AIR. MD. FRIDAY MORNING.
,MJys&H

plain would be "a. sure success. a. tIf4fur
gold is filth, ou the other hand our filth is
gold. 4. pa,fD ablIiR
What is done with This filthA-gcld? II
is swept out into the abyss.f = H,'''' W.
We tit out conveys Of ships, at great ex-
pense, to gather up at. the South pole the
droppidgs of petrels and penguins, and
The inculcnlable element Of wealth, which
we have under our own hand we send to
the sea- All the human Asnd animal una.
nure which the world loses, restored Z to
the land instead of being thrown into the
water, would suffice to .nurish the world
These heaps of garbage at the corners
cf the stone blocks, these tumbris OF mire
Jolnng through the. streets at night, those
horrld scavaugers' carts, these fetid streams
OF subterraneau slime which the payment
hides from ynu, do you know what all this
ia?.-, 1t is the towering meadow, it is the
green grass, it is uajoram and thyme and
sage, it is game, it is cattle, it is the salts
fed low of huge oxen at evening, it is per-
FoLed hay, it is golden corn, it is bread
Oh your table, it is warm blood iu your
veins, it is health, it is joy, it is life. Thus
wills tlia, mysterious creation which is
transformation upon earth and tran tigura-
ton in heaven.
Put that into the great .crucible; your
abundance shall spring from it. The pu-
iritiou of the plains makes the nourish-
ment of men.
You have the power to throw away this
wealth, and to think me ridiculous iuto
the bargain. That will cap the climax of
your ignorance.
Statistics show that France alone makes
IA liquidation Of hurdred millions every
year into the Atlantic from the mouth of
her rivers Mark this; with that hundred
millions you might pay quarter of the
expenses of the Government. The cleaeer-
ness Of man is such that he prefers to throw
this hundred millions into the gutter. 1t
is the very substance of the people which
is carried away, here drop by drop, there
in foods, by The wretched vomiting of our
sewers into The rivers and the gigantic
COLLECTION of our rivers into the ocean.
Each hiccongh of our cl"aca cost US thou
sand ftaucs.. From this two results: the
laud impoverished aud the water infected.
Hunger, rising from the furrow and dis
ease from the river. ...... .cgqa
1t is notorious, for instance, that at this
b"urs the Thames is poisoning London
Tctor Hugo. IL. 4 . >..v.. 4.
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5M5List&llantous.
Decisive Battles of the World.

The decisive battI of the World, those
of which, to use Hallanl's words, contra
ry result would have esseatiaily varied the
DRAMA of the world in III its subsequent
sceGes, are numbered rs fifteen by Prof
Cresay, who ill the chair of ancient and
Modern History in!tte University of Lon
don They are the graad subjects IF two
volumes by him, lately fnam Bently' 5
press, and are; z ii & e a.
l The battle Of "a Maratt,on, fought 400
b. c., Eil which the Gredks, ar,der Them
istocles, defeated tae Persians under Da-
rius, thereby turaing back the tide of AS
iatic Invasion, wh,ch else would have
swept over Europe. e.'' ''7 !.
2 The battle Of Syracuse, 4i6 B c.,
in which the Autheniaa power was broken,
and the rest OF Europe saved from Greek
.domniou.
3.The. battle Of Arbela, S3l B C, in
which Alexander, by defeat of Darius,
established his power ia. Asia, and by the
introductisu Of European civilization, pro
duoed an eject which may ye. be traced
there
A. The battle of Metaurus, 208 B. c.,
the Romans under Nero, defeating the Car.
thagenlans, under Hasdrubal, aud by
which the supremacy of the great Repub
lie was esta biished. ~ % R@P
s. The victory of Armenius,. A. d. S,
over the Roman leader Fer,us, which se-
cured Gaul from Rolnan domination.
6. The battle OF Chalous, A. D.s49l, in
which Actius defeated Attila, the Hun
tire selfsty lied "Scourge| Of Cod" aud
savcd Europe FROM entire devastation.
T.. Thsqbatil ~ Of sTpus, A. DE735ysin
which Charles Martel, blythe defeat ofthe
Safcacens, averted the Muhamuedan yoke
from Europe es',s'' 4 !, ,'''0
8.gThe battle .of Hastings, a. d. 1866,
in, which William OF Normaudy was picto-
rious over the etAnglo .Saxou,H Harold, and
the result of which was the formation OF
the lAsglo- Nornan nation, which il now
dominant in the world
8. The battle Of Orleans, IA. ID. 1929,
in which the English were defeated, and
the independent existence Of France Sc
cured. >, a 54 afg ssa1
l0 fhe defeat oftbe,spanish Arnade,
a. D. 1888, which crushed the hopes .of
Papacy 10 England, .ihh,d .sa,aalo b
Ii: The battle Of Blepheim, A. D. 1704
in which Marlborough, BY the, defeat of #
Tallerd,, Broke the power and crushed the
ambitious. schemes If LouisSX1V.
II. The, def, at of Charles XII, by Peter
the Great, at Pultowa, A. D.17O9 ~ hieh
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VOI1sGVII.a-NO. AZ,

How NATURE, e GeyERs Up BATTLE
FIsLDs'-Did / ever tell you, among the
affecting little things one-is always seeing
in these stirring war times, how l saw on
the Bull Run battle feld, pretty, pure,
delicate flowers growing out Of the empt-
led ammunition boxes, "a rese thtusting up its
graceful bead thronghcthe head of Union
drum, which doubtless sounded its last
charge Cor retreat, as the case may have
been4) in the battle, and cunning SOAR
let verbena, peeping out of a fragment of
bfusted she'll, in which strange cupit
had been planted? Even so shall the
graceful and beautiful ever grow out of
the horrid and terrible things that trans
pise in this changing but ever advancing
world. Nature covers even battle grounds
with verdure and bloom. Peace and
plenty soou spring up in the track of de-
yastating campaigns, and all things in ma
ture and society shall work out the prog
ress of mankind and harmony of Gods
great designs r. ..- H.
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Currin and Abernethy.

| When Curran had given up the Irish
Rolls from i'll health, he came over to this
country, and took, in 1917, house at Mi.
chael's place, OLD Brompton., He suffer
ed much from indigestion and low spirits,
aud called OF" Abernethy in the hope OF
relief. Of aonIean appearance, insigniti-
cant in person, and slovenly in dress, Cur
rau, who was an early riser, arrived before
any other patieut, and was at once shown
into Abernethy's room, where he found
the Professor OF St. Bartholomew stand.
ing with bi, back to the lire, as was his
wnt.H After formal bow on both sides,
Abernethy, sail "Well Sir, tell me short.
ly what's the matter with you-let me hear
suceipctly the symptoms Curran, suffering
from by pochonariasis, and who was under
the combined influence of melancholy and
dyspepsia, began in piaintive tone, des-
crlbng graphically, and possibly with po-
etic exaggeration, all his lneutal and bod.
lily sutferluss, his objection, his lstless.
ness, his tr,ghtful dreams h. r. .. Aber-
nethy, struck by the soluDle and uneartE-
y tones, iDpassiDned manner, and strange
gestures OF his patient, iorcibly restrained
MS RISING gorge Tor . couple of inmates,
but at lepgtn broke ouI--"Why, zounds h
Sir, you had better begin from the begin
Mug, aud teli!ms your name, birth, pa.
rentage, and eduoatien.5 Curran, lower
ing his yoieetuia whisper, began thus -
My nameis John PhiIpot 0urrauyl was
born on the 24,h August 1859, at the
small yillugeof New market, 1.-THE coun.
~ of Cork. My father, man OF sense
aud education far beyond bis fortunes, was
seneschal of his native village, and my
'Dother, a wuman OF as much jgentleness
as sagacity, was of au honorable though
idecayed family, of the name Of Philpotp
For atnouent Abernethy Was dumbtoun-
aed, and appeared excited aud moved.--
But soon oscrcoming his emotioa, be held
out both his hands to his gifted patient,
exclailhing "Fdrgive, my dear sir, my
tmpatience, and believe ne when say
there is not a man 10 the empire was
more deslrous of seeing than the eaiuebt,
aud gifted Mr. Curran. Long familiar
with his name, | read, when u pupil OF Sir
Charles Bhcke, some of his, most brilliant
spesenes IN Parliament and ~ the bar,
and now under my own rootj9l / shall be-
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NOVEMBER 20 1868.

happy audsproadl to render him any pre-
lessional services in my power. Pray, 60
on, sir; ip y detail of your symptoms re.
sumo, if you please, at the point where l
interrupted you Curian accordingly gath
cred up the threads " hislbrokeu story and
completed the history of his case. Aberne.
thy, after seeing him couple Of times af-
terwards advised change of air and scene;
aud it was in consequence of this recom-
rnendation Curran proceed to Paris, where
be soon recovered his health and elasticity
of spirits.--Fraser's Magazine.
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cured the stability of The Muscovite Eu

St cured the stability of The Muscovite Em
pire.
l3. The battle of Saratoga, A. D. l777
in which Gen. Gates defeated Burgoyne.
aid which decided the contest n favor of
the American Revoulionists, by making
France their ally, aud other European
powers friendly to them,
Id. The battle of Valmy, A. D. 1892,
in which the Cnntinr ntal allies, under the
Duke Of Brunswick, were defeated by the
French under Dumouriez without which
the French Revolution woaId have been
Stayed. .., .. ... ... m. ~.
l5. The battle of Waterloo, 1915. in
which the Duke Of Wellington hopclessly
defeated Napoleon, and saved Europe from
his graspiug ambition Tor put back En-
rope half Il century in its progress toward
liberty and distinctive nationality, which
Was only recovered by the battle Of Solfe
rlno. COl .,. yt
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WANTED TO BE IN SEASON. Mot many
miles from Boston, some time since, there
was a revival, and merchant who was no.
ted for his dishonesty, suddenly became
pious and joined the church. He took to
exhorting, and one evening remarked that
he had done many things for which he
was sorry, and he deemed it his duty to
make full restitution to those he had
wrenged. s' .ebst1dF ~ n1.'2 F.siHi's. j.
He therefore notified all such that if
they would call at his store he would GER
tanly do so. !lls 49 ta ~s aogaw
About four O'Clock the next morning
gentleman called at the merchants house
and aroused hinfrom bed. Raising the
window he demanded the business Of his
visitor at that early hour in tho morning
SIS this Mr.. W--.?"t as s., ,a. 74r
"That is my name" Ilqa.; 3a los
"Well, | understand you have offered
to make restitution to those you have ehea-
ted You that will remember upon one
occasion | have suffered to the extent of
iitty dollars, and / have called 10 get it." ".r
why did you not wait until proper
hours and then call at my store?" .-5.s. J,
2 Simply because thought if / did
there would be, such rush that would
not get anything" ,...@ IA s.,.s..
= The window went down with slam.
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In Artemas Wards inimitable lecture
on Ghosts, which by the way was ghost of
lecture so far as Ghosts were concerned he
tells OF an absurd man who wouldn't have
I!ass in his windUws--he thought the sash
would be enough, as it would keep out
the coarsest of the cold This reminds
correspondent OF "a story that old Parson
e., of p, used to tell of his experience of
tho cold on the nig ght of his marriage.
They went on a'JriRie toner to- his cou.s
sins, down on the shore of Connecticut,
and spent the night, which was one of the
codest OF the season, and being put into
a cold, spare room, they suffered severely.
-Altera while his wife ked him to get
up and see if he couldn't find something
more to put on the bed After dilisent
search he conld fndt nothing but his and
his wife's clothing, which he gathered up
and packed upon the bed, and got in and
tried it again; but still they grew no war-
n,er very fast and his wife begged of him
to get up and search about, and see if
anything mere could be found, and sug-
gested that there might be son,thing in a
closet in one corner of the room; SO he
went and examined the closet, and repor-
ted to his wife that an old fish net was
the only thing he could find. 'Well, my
dear, said she, put it on, put it on; that
wiH tangle the cold q Gttle.'aua aa, asrr
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Il Too SMART. We know of man id
certain western city who was very fond Of
ducks, but, on account of the number no u
ibnught at marke., was not unfrequently
troubIedswi tough ones One day, wish
ing for a goodly number, he went to the
poultry dealer and said he was 40 afflicted
boarding house keeper -4thathis boarders
were ravenous, especially when things
were young aud tender. II 4gi1a isi A'asi
"Nuw,''lsaid our character wilma wink, e
~ want you to pick out all the tough ones
4--all the Tough oiies you We got. a-,a9
- The delighted dealers finds no difficulty
10 picking out number Of tough ones. 4 n
ga re thesd alr the really tough ones you Y
have got l'R 50 Ell fssd fs1as 'sa 9sit
'sAilP was the reply. aa q teissIe 9a
& s'Theh, saidsod epicure, sI'll take all 4
of the other lot 10 you please s .s''sii'
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| s0 An advertising chandler modestly
says that, 1without Intending any dispar-
agemeut to the sun, he may confidently as
sert that his catagohal sparmacitti are the
best lights ever Invented ssM 2si'o9 = =
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~ aPlain faced girls should dress
phi1ly, Y remarked Miss Leslie 4 was
there ever 1 young lady Who was wiling
70 admit that she had a plain face
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vessel had got out OF reach, to the perfectly
safe distance of about three miles. she fred
her last riAed gun, again hoisted her flag,
and setting all sails fred her ri3ed gun re-
pcatetiy at Us as she left
The CAicora now engaged six more of the
enemy vessels ut one tirnc-three side
wheel steamers ard three propellers-an at
long range. Discovering that the flag boat
Palmetto State, had 1sed firing and was
standing into shore, orders were given TO
follow her On our return, we again came
across three m4stcd Ozark rugged vessel
which We engaged, firing our guns as We
passed, striking her once or twice. We then
kept on our course to the Bar. having sus-
tanned no damage in the action nor single
casualty on board The last ship mentioned
above kept firing at us until We got out of
range, and We giving them our return COM
PlIments- The number Of shots fired by the
thicora during the whole engagement was
twcnty-seven, mostly incendiary shells.
The Mercury account says:
As the Palmetto State was backing. pre-.
paratory to another onset, the commander of
the euemy's vessel called out that he would
surrender. Capt. Rutledge replied, ordering
him to send a boat aboard, which he was
some time in doing. On a threat being made
to reopen fire upon him, the boat was finally
sent.
The Mercedita was new sloop- Of war, of
the second class, built only fifteen months
ago, and mounting eleven guns. Abbott
said that the explosion of the boiler had
scalded many of the crew, aud represented
the condition Of the Mcrcedita TO be- in other
respects, most piiiablc
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PRESIDENT DAyIS's PROCLAMATION.

President Dayis's proclamation concern
ing Beast Butler has grievously wounded the
national pride of the Yankees. The Phi!a-
delphia Evening Journal publishes the proc
larnation, and gives open and unmistakable
expression to its opinion Of the Beast in the
following editorial:
One of the evil effects Of the infamous But
lcr's rule in New Orleans IS to be found in
the proclamation of JEFF Davis, the rebel
President. which we publish TO day. Say
what we may, this proclamation will find
sympathy in the great heart of Christendom,
which has been Disguised by the acts of the
brutal Butler Say what we may its recital
of alleged facts, in reference to Buffers
course contains too much that is true, and
the people of the civilized world will believe
too much of it for the honor of the United
States. The administration, by retaining
Batler in command at New Orleans, in the
face of facts brought to its notice, not by
JEFF Davis, but by oul own people and by the
appointed agents of the Administration itself,
has dfsgraced the American and done
incalculable injury to the Union cause. Be
fore condemn the barbarity OF Daris's
proclamation, let Us reflect upon the barbai :
ity and cowardly brutality of the infamous
Butler and let us not forget Mr.. Lincoln :
proclamation of the 22d of September, in
yiting servile insurrection, ard virtually de-
claring that he will do nothing to prevent it.
1t is to be deplored that the has not
been so conducted as to avoid outrages and
MISUNDERSTANDING that must shock the
moral sense of the world, disgrace the
American name, and provoke foreign inter-
yention on the score of humanity.
We trust the report of Reverdy Johnson,
lately called for by Congress, will be made
public, aud also all other official evidence in
the case, that the country and the world
may be better prepared to decide whether or
not this savage proclamation from JEFF Davis
is justified by the facts-whether or not all
he alleges is true. The truth must come out
some time, and it is incumbent upon the
Administration to let it out now Ifthere is
anything in its possession that Will vindi-
cate Butler, itself, and the people of the
North let it, for the sake of decency, be pub
lshed to the world We need something
better than the baiderdash and blackguard-
ism which the Administration press viii give
out as argument against the terms of this
rebel manifesto. As Gadgrind says, g We
want facts facts that will vindicate the
honor of the North-for otherwise the world
Will be too much inclined TO believe Davis's
allegations.
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NO. l..
THE RAM QUEEN OF THE WEST.

We bad the pleasure. Saturday even
ing. of meeting in our sanctum Mr.. jew
ell. editor of the Port Hudson News
From him we gather some facts IN regard
10 the boat that recently ran past our
batteries. which gives some explanation
to her apparently mysteri, Us conduct.
Ii was not The ConneStoga but the
Federal ram Queen vi the West. the
same that sank one of our boats at Mem
phis last summer, that dared the strength
and fury of our batteries. She was com
manded by Col. Elliot and about one
hundred and fifty volunteers. They
were not marines. but volunteered for
that trip. The object was 10 run into
Red and other small rivers and destroy
all our shipping between Vicksburg and
Port Hudson.
After running by Vicksburs. she pro
ceeded down the river and captured the
Berwick Bay and two other Confederate
steamers. laden with flour. PORK, salt,
etc which they were taking TO Port
Hudson for our army there. The three
transports were dashed together, anchor
ed in the Mississippi and held by prize
crew of twenty five men. The Queen
then started up Red river, but as he has
already returned 10 Vicksburg, il is To be-
presumed she did not ascend that stream
any very considerable distance. w are
told she might 20 nearly one hundred
miles before encountering our batteries.
A company of men had lett Pott Had
son before Mr. j did. 10 recapture the
boats But whether they succeeded. or
whether The ram in returning destroyed
them. is not known.
The gentleman from whom Mr.. j
gets his information. and who was pris
oner on board the Queen. but escaped.
says he counted ttoehtg four places where
balls had struck her. and one very large
shot had passed entirely through her
wheel house. without doing any material
damage Not a man was seriously hurt
on board the boat. Mr. j knows his in
formant 10 be . perfectly reliable gentle
man -Southern Crisis. 9M INST.
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The Blind SDy-A Tale OF the SpaSmOdic
Age.
BY SYLVESTER ANACnEoNIsN, JR.


Night upon he battle field
In "A tent guarded by five Zouaves sat
around mosaic table General Wash-
ington. Mahommed aud julius Cesar.
They were commanders Of The allied
forces al he siege of Jerusa EN-. II was
evident from the appearance of the table.
that they had been playing faro and
drinking lager beer.
Hist J" suddenly exclaimed General
Washington. putting his fingers TO his
lips
Aha = quoth Mahommed, splitting out
a volume of the Koran, bearing the i'm
print oil Harper Brothers.
Hum J. spoke Julius Caesar placing
his finger on his nose a In Florence Hotel.
A Zouave at this juncture put his
head in the tent and said. "IHe murder
If DR.. BuraeH is d;scogered %
Then order the garrison TO arms =
cried General Washington. and let the
Milwaukee Light Guard hold Pixies Peak
until the Horace Greedy Cavalry charge
the Caucassians in the rear.
Don't you think. General. that If the
Minnie battering ram. such as | used
with Nelson at Trafalgar, were ordered
up. il would be better" said julius
Cesar.
Bring in Flora Temple. and I my
self will ride 10 the scene of action" ex
claimed Mahommed Bring me a
Colts revolver and | will go off.
Hist ~ said another Zouave, putting
in his head, ii; is not the murderer OF
Dr.. Burdell, it is the Blind Spy who ap-
proaches T"
The allied Generals fell TO she ground
in fit. which was only relieved by the
entrance of the Blind Spy Taking
from bis pocket bottle of Hair Dye. be
sprinkled it and said, My master. Soc
rates. bids you surrender. or be will send
you all TO the Mammoth Cave as prise
ners of war, each toting barrel of lager
beer"
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THE CoTroN TRADE-Cotton is going
up almost out of sight-seventy five cents
was the asking price yesterday. We
beard of large lot that was held at
ninety cents. 1t is expected that the
selling will soon be one dollar pound
or on the average of five hundred dol
lars bale The Glendale went out on
Friday last and took 100 bales OF cotton
at charge of eight dollars bale for
freight. The Imperial had a shingle out
yesterday. inscribed, Fifty bales cotton
wanted for Cincinnati. at four dollars a
bale" The ST. Louis Packet Company
continue to carry at their old prices-two
dollars TO Cairo and three to st. Louis
Memphis Bulletin.