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Further Accounts from Leuisiana-Re
suits Of the Great Batf1e.
ST. I,ouia. April "a

The Republicans Red River cores
pondent Of the 18th says Gen. Smiths 4
command began crossing the river oppo1
site Grand Esore that day for an overland
trip to yicksburg. il being understood
Gen. Grant had sent orders for Smith d
return to that place. Rebel prisooers
say they had 25, 600 men inthe recent bat
ties; that they lost three thousand in
Saturdays fight. They left their killed
and wounded on the field. Our loss %
Saturday was about 1900. Our wounded
were taken to Grand kcore and the killed
left on the field, but it is reported we're
afterwards buried By the cavalry Gen.
Smiths command cosistsd Of portion OF
the 10th and l7.h Army corps, Gsassai
Hurlbut and Gen cPherson's. 81
The correspondent says great dissatis-
faction is expressed of Banks General-
ship in fridays battle. II was fought
contrary to Franklin's advice, and both
Franklin and Ransom protested against
having the cavalry 20 far in advance.
Smith protested against the retreat from
Pleasant Hill after the victory Saturday,
Wishing 70 pursue the fleeing rebels. but
Ranks ordered the return Of the entire
armi 70 Grand Ecore.
II 10 dificult TO dsteruine what the re-
suit Of the expedition VIII be. Ii will re-
quire some time to reorganixe the army,
and il fhe river continues to fall Ale1an-
dris uifi neeeosasiIv become the base Of
ts:r,. srs%.>d xe .o,na v>osnA ak,waF
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New York, Aprii Is.

y The register Of the rebel treasury re-
ports the whole amount of issues OF nom
interest bearing notes since the form1tiun
u the Government 1t S97s. .27O. sos, aud
the whole amount nov oststand nding 1T
$796, ,254, ,4o3. s.ssas ~ .fssnasE esI,ss -
Mexican ndvices report the fight OF
ViedsuEz from Monterey, Which has been
occupied by Jusrex' fosees.
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MlDNlaBT DEsPAIclEs
(Spsrial 70 Pest.
Washington. April f5.

! The heavy rains Of last night retard
fniIitary operations
8 The nssg department is trying to re-
cover the ground lost at Plymouth. The
rebel rsln ilzbe aisea ded -. =
ss A rebel spy in Baltimore has been SEN
fenced 70 30 AHDg. ss s4iM
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APEopLE,s MOVEMENT.

The people have been for months past
suggesting at their fire-sides, on the street
corners and wherever else they congre-
CRATE, the propriety of calling ont host
of minute men to aid in putting down
the Rebellion. And in accordance with
this suggestion and the universal demand
of the popular heart, Gov. Morton and
his compeers Of the Northwest have put
the matter in shape and induced the Pres
ident TO call for hundred thousand vol
unteers Tor one hundred days.
Now let ali our ables- bodied readers
who desire to see this Rebellion crushed
out this summer, respond promptly and
patrioticaliy to this call of their country
The sacrifice. if any, which they will have
to make amounts to nothing in view O
the good they will accomplish. One hun
dred thousand volunteers now will relieve
a hundred thousand veterans and hur
them against the ranks OF the enemy
One hundred thousand volunteers. now
for six months, may save three hundred
Thousand men, in the fall, for three years
And, above all, one hundred thousan.
men, patriotic volunteers, nov, ms!
crush the Rebellion. close the var m,
save the Union and the Government, 70
which our Revolutionary fathers perile'
their lives and shed their blood.
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3N - IN @ff - - ? - So $50
s = s',s.e y. Cairo. April Is.
Messrs. Wads ed eoeeh. of tie Con-
mittes On the Conduct ri In War, A.!
rived here - the elps, - investig.te the
~. Pillew unsssers. & ..g44saSfs q Y
Gems Hsslbss, Cbeslsin and Leggess
are alss here. 1 gssssss
Two Thousand four hundred bales q
cctton have arrived FOR points up The
nveg. e
Memphis dates af the 2al % ys Fcrrest's
entire force is moving. towsrds AIabAma.
followed by Grserson. sl's
Polk i said - bs marching aorshward !,
and will probably join Forrest.
On the 2Ist Griersen'e cavalry came
uPsn ssms Of Forrest men near Hudson
vile, Miss. A sharp light snsusd The
rebels were wofsted
Price evacuated Camden. Ark, on the
ed. Gen. atsele inmediaseiy occupied
the place.
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81. Losis, April 95.

6t. Losis, April 95.
Cairo dates Of yesterday. by mail, cay
the steamer Won Phul, from New OrieAas
18th, hsd arrived.
II sssmed 10 Be generally conceded
tho battles in LouisiaDa had been against
Basks, - the enemy remained on the
ground. @
81 Altar Saturday fight Banks retreated
iorty miles.
Ths transport Black Swami suffered
considersbly above AlexAndria from the
sneny, both sides having several killed
and vesaded.
The steamers Rot. Roy and Matte
Sssphess arrived st New Orleans fro.
He'd river, having run the gauntlet Of =
largs sumber Of guerriilas. The Rob Roy
had foss guns, and fought most Of the way
down A bali passed through the clerks
once. Oae soldier Was killed and fvs
wosndsd On the Matte Stephens.
The .rebels are still in the vicinity Of
Pleasant Ridge.
Our army is stiil ut Grand Bcore forti.
fying both sides OF the river. Banks and
Admiral Postsr are there.
Oaly ave feet Of water at Grand Ecore.
The gunboat Es-,port is aground ~
that point.
Prisoners say Kirby Smith aud Sibley
ware killed in the reoest battles.
The steamer Eliza, from Red River for
New Orleans, having stopped as pias-
tatioa 10 take on cotton, the crew and
soldiers got drunk ~ q ais,illery o. the
plsse, when ! drtzchment Of the lst L.
rebel earalry made : descent on the beat.
The psssengcrs and crev. after beisg
robbed, were parcled and the boat and
cotton burned.
Galveston dates efs the 4sh says Mary
Sorley, with ESQ bsies Of cotton, was cap
tsred on the night Of the Sd while At
tsppting 70 ran. the bascksdes. ,
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New York, April IS.

Despatshes frsm New 0rlssAs stste
the destrnction of cotton on Red River
by the rebels was not over II, 900 belss.
- A fight between Fifty Union soldiers
and seysnty-6ss rshsls teok Pisss % ths
plantation. Of ExHov, Johnssn. Tie
rebels xsts sepalssd saa twenty prisonsrs
and &lO0, 600 worth Of smugglsf eoods
captured. s's & :
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sF s FROM CINCINNATI.
Prse,..aat,sn -Sf d.vernsrs brouaA ana
~x1yz 19sFtsa- e

ProcMEnA t3en~Sf 0Svefnors 8fou&h and
q. 4 . lCi5siapati, April a. !
Gov. BUsgktAss Issued N order call
" ths National Guard Of OhIo iato
aCtivs service for one hundred days They
viii be clothed, armed. equipped and paid
BY tn d. s. Govescment, and report for
ausy on. MAy 3D. Tho soeaer aaaya, car
armies IN yhs field srea nsrshalisg for :
I1ssisiv~ blow, aad the citizen soldiRy
will share tho glory Of the srowning vss-
tories Of the campaign BY relieving our
veteraa ssgineass from Psst and garrison
duty, to allos them y engage in Che more
arda 6us aasies q the 6eld.
Gov. Morton has isssed y sprpclasns
|vNn TO the people Of Indiana, saying tlse
Govemors vf 0hib; Ilifnof1, lDyA sW1-
6bnsin snd IuEsana hssss offered 70 sfaise
(lsr shs ssrtics uf The genAral eossrnmsnt
S. 600 nest r. sPssipd 1T sss, hsssysl
|ddys, 70 perform sach military service -
ASy hsrequife1 % stheq IA any SnfA. - -
The Gcssraaaa salts f0rv96 600 vssssteess.
! sd saye ~ tipns sdtaaabss u nakisg III
stp1nnh ". .lanllaioa lks.1e
cscisG 8 - % - Qyes estiaatsd; -
fsels ssosl lassk ~ oAll win b psoof9|
4roeponded to.y.-sas s<Sai
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~ a telegram was alse Fcoeive4 b1 tAs
,Rnes;dsak fDns Col TAtl l0r Wocd. duteda
.Gockey Mount, April 2lst,' giring fas-1
-Aher paaticaiaIs Of ~ scePtprs II Rly-
,nsath by our Gen. Hoke, with naval 90.
'sstssstions IIsaaJD1b1gsol60 go ptilS6aUJihi- ilS6aJii-'
~ were takes, 800 70 400 of them. ne
eroSs ToA = ~ ArtilI !. n, OK 6lbs.
~ neat, 10000 hsrrsls 81 6our aad ! fnll
|e1svisos oiu1f.s on lo15 ~ shout 500
IS III. Col. Re = Aasng th@ liDsds-r
|sFeo kunboe6 were ssnk, snothsr- dis-
|:ssss go !: - e''es, A -.'x -
- - zs<sassaa v
~ - - s..
rIvs thoas111 vetse vetg ~ Z ~
Nor - 1T. fl. - -
0Jf16l : I'M n01o, ,OoDsa a4fdl
80 - : -ss,sszllss-.s5s Y
+ ~ stsauser D. iIoa Msna1 (
lff - - ~ 80 u -
- = . sssss 's'.sz = ri u III ..,.a q . !;
thq 1rss sxzArnus
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S6r DR.. Livingstone, the great Afri-
can explorer, whose death was ehroniclsd
some months ago, seems to have escspsd
after all and is said to be alive aad well
and about to return to England. He
might devote the remnant Of his days. il
he has taste that way, to the perpsal oi
his obituary sulogies published in every
civilized Iauguags:of the earth. H. :.
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uIED |.


On Wednesday, the 4th Inst, at Haziiton, III, Mr.
LscT 0r1s~cls, aged Is years $3.50
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s9- The Chieago Tribsas makes
very good Suggestion to The Coppsshsads
in advising them 70 open : subscription
at Richmond in behalf Of the Mcclellan
sword now on exhibition at tbs New York
Fair. Traitors il the South vo1i3 y
more ready 70 present ~ haubh ~ Gsn.
Mcclellan than loyal msn up North. !!
N The Union pfess j. fhhs 4 tifIs. ii
the ~ pspt ptFinasgssstsd b. LosissaIs;
Kentucky. Il tshsrld bs lihspily passoa-
i1ed BY the friends Of tho Union thoegh-
on. ~ sAu1lryy ~ is<na5 bssoks
power fos sd = - 1esipF aspteg, !.
Il
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Memphis, April %.

MeHPnIs, hpfI z.
Griersos has picked up few Of Forests
men, but Forrest kespg bin troops oil
together and Is too strong Tor success
full atisck- His headquarters il ssiil At
Jackson, Tenn. -
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! - -
CST Yoik. Eov13l
The slsi LII 6Ikssa hst night,
aa,s,1 T 1ssl!,c aoo5r
- sGssf ~ +
@1s6 1DWuM 4 FAIsS2rt 3ssi hS[ ~,
|hiahsse = awpG& 81 ss.Essstfwss e
n - - -,-s+.s-.ss44 !. .-4.-.4-l--.-f ts NJ
Isstss ADsgleNena nnlasae
.ew-.ss.sscess hsuolD lDAltipssss All -.
i Ths.Aassionohsslak sSpDl llton The
RsYsWsG3iwA2 w0Sef f6Ssnesd tca Be-
|aa sEAsacs iron . betssrf rfsOu 0sRsB Bdtler,
thssslsuisg tosresttna - iaSe6ests Sf 'shs
| appaintnsat sof sGse: tuieh % the t6n-
saasd ef sshs srmy d shs PU1sssals, has
secstssd ths following dispsssh ffom che
GeeoxHis 49, Al ~ H.
ssesa aFort Monroe, Aprii 2s.I
70 Ed. baltimore Aperican.: go. - ~ =
.sMy sttsntiop, = called 70 N assioIs il
yppr paper hssded - .Protsat from Gen.
Datler, which supposes that / hase writ
ten the silly paragraph therein cOptained.
II = not the kind of letter I An sesus-
toned 70 write. There has beea 10
shadow of occasioa lps It and moro than
ID. the cossidention 70 which, A. en-
titled he's been sbosn ne by the Govsss-
mont in relation y my present con usnd.
| should not break ny habit Of not con-
.tradieting Newspaper reports. save that. il
not oontradictsd, it may affect others than
nysslf. (sisned.
n ". b. F. BUTLER.
Maj Gen. Com. Dep. of W."
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SOUTHERN ACCOUNTS.

s. T9nI Hessldh secial,J D III
Headquarters Army Potomac,
~ April "a.
ThesHShpend 8entissI Of ApriI 1ed
ays the following Dispatch has bsen re-
eaved by 6sn- Rng&rssz 1sss ~ss 81
sil HPIynssAh. Mo-, April 20.
10 Gen. Braxton Bragg:
Il havsSt4nAf1pd nhfid t4iG pAs6,
oapturing one Brigadier, 1000 men, the
atores. and Is pieces Of artillery.
(Hiened,l R-E. HoKA an,
no. Rfik sena 49,
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EOR SALE-3O acres choice land,
Il with Cottage Frame Dwelling, containing 10 rooms
ehtsns. cellar green biiDSs gsod barn. 400 apple
$50 peach trees cherry. plum. pear rmpe AID many
other Kinds ~ fruits all under fsnre and Is in the very
best sents ~ salts ssfi<n-s~ A - f@
fhis a the rssdepce occupied by Dr.. Hicks. and
x1ahh miles o this city na viii be spd cheap
for cash Title good. EaguIrs of H-R TEN-EYtK
apr8 Real Estate Agent.
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CHOPPERS WANTED Several good
~ woskna-n make whiskey barrels Good .sses
ana torktas sa h~ given al corper-hsP0i
Enterprise Mni-, warssws uhaDis, Apply 10 Ia -
IL INIT s-0S Al NJ WATERMAN,
aprls-llw "a I'D Eys s"Esv ha'
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YNANTED. A good Carrisge- Maker
w can eef ss<sdy enplss and god vaees BY sP
plying 20 r. Myers ea- lty Carriage shop bsehdfsu
stresF i.etx cen sth and 9Th, ktckuk. mehiI-t'i,
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yNAyTED. County Warrants and
w civ Scrip Ia large small anounts for whish
win ~ tae highxt mie< Refsosai stseaA given 20
Isynsat taxes, rentinS and selling coz
l~@tnx resrts. &c. r. n hl-n1-0--5
feblS-<itf t2TFksf 4s ns 4.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-10-14

NoTTcE.-The first Anniversary of
the Vermont Sabbath School Union is
to be holden in the Congregational
Church at Montpelier on Tuesday and
Wednesday, the 18th and 10Th Of Octo-
Der next, the regular business of the
meeting commencing at 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
on Tuesday, to be preceded by prayer
meeting Of an hour in the Lecture Room
Of the church, conducted BY Rev. f. Fl.
Lyford.
Thorough arrangements have been
made to make this meeting one of un-
usual interest and profit to all who love
the Sabbath School cause. 1t is earnest
ly desired that so far as consistent, every
evangelical Sabbath School ir the State
may be represented by its Pastor, super
intendent and delegates.
A cordial invitation is also extended to
Sabbath School friends in other States
and the Canadas TO be present.
All persons designing TO attend the
meeting are particularly requested to
send in their names 10 David L. Fuller,
or j. V. Babcock, at Montpelier, by the
10th of October. The meeting being
held during the session of the legislature,
no delegate should presume upon being
provided with entertainment, unless the
above request be complied with.
All persons passing over the Pas
sumpsic, Vermont Valley, or Rutland, &c
Burlington railroads, to attend the meet.
ing, paying full fare, viii receive of the
Secretary certificates emitting them to
rec return.
Those going over the Vermont Cen
raj road to the Anniversary, can pro-
,ure heregular excursion ticket-some-
lines given on the road during the sit
ing of the Legislature-w which entities
he holder to free return passage or
hey can receive return checks from
he Secretary.
We would call especial attention to
he Pra ye r meeting at 9 o'clock on
tuesday morning, aud ask so many pas
ors and delegates as can to be present.
j. TUcKER, Je, Cor Sea-
North. Bennington, Sept...2l, "a.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-10-14
WHOLE NUMBER 459.

BE KIND TO THE ORPHAE.--At the
Mcleod House, Mackinac, was a little
boy Just turned Of three years, with
head very much of the color and shape
of bunch of hatclIeled flax. His cheeks
were plump, his eyes blue, his speech
slow but manly for one Of his years, and
his department in the general unexcep-
tionable. took him at first as belong
ing TO the landlord of the house, but sub
sequently learned he was an orphan
his father and mother having died over
a year ago. lie bad some relative liv-
ing at the hotel, and on this ground was
himself tolerated. He walked without
hat or shoes, and seemed unwilling to
obtrude himself upon boys and girls
who wore better clothes. Observing
him wandering alone 10 the carriage
yard one afternoon, / slipped out and
put him Oh my shoulder and gave him a
ride, whereupon he called me "horsey"
ever after. asked him where his faith
er and mother were, but he seemed with
out knowledge on the subject, answering
while pointing westward, Over to the
Island He was struck by an older and
larger boy one morning, and felled to the
ground. The proyocation / could not
learn, bat when the little fellow got upon
his feet there was feeling of pain, and
surprise, and helplessness in his counte-
nance that made me instantly take him
to my breast and wipe away his tears
He did not know where to run, nor whom
to tell of his trouble, and when | saw it
all, tears came into my eyes, and I half
resolved 10 beg him for my own and
carry him away. A bright, new two
cent piece quieted his cries, and a little
time after he slipped away, sat down on
an old log and seemed to think that
was safety.
Alb reader, have you ever anywhere
at any time struck the orphan blow P
| do not meanRof the hand, but blow
of words at the heart ? Have you where
the smile ought TO have been given sent
the cold, hard word ? And
if you have, are YOU going to repeat the
act The land is filed with orphans.
They will some day some of them ask
you, perhaps, fer bread, and not for
bread only, but for kind word. viii
you respond, or viii you plant bitterness
and thorns in some young heart that
walks the earth crying in vain for hands
that once fondled him, and for lips that
impaired caresses Of warmth and love?
A caress or a play win often make an
impress so deep upon a child's heart
bat long after the years have wiped
'way from bim the remembrance of your
lamo and face, he will keep green the
lct, and it will cheer in many and many
l time Of heart sinking and solitude
lPestern Christian Adcocate.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-10-14

NAPoLEoN's VIEWS OF TREATING A
WIFE. E.-The first Napoleon wrote to bis
brother Louis: "Your wife is an excel
lent and yirtuous woman, yet you make
her unhappy. ALLOW her TO dance as
much as she likes, It's the fancy of her
age. My wife is forty years old from
my camp | tell her to 60 to balls yet
your wish is, that your wife, only just
twenty, and in the flush of youth, should
shut herself up and spend her days like
nurse in dressing up her baby. You
are too much a master at home, and not
enough in your government. Make the
mother Of your children happy. There
is only one way show her a great deal
of esteem and confidence. Were she
coquette she would lead you by the nose.
You should have a wife such. as some
that | know Of She would put you
down and keep you at her feet. 1t is
not my fault she has not done so already"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-10-14

THE IDIosYYCRAcIE OF SAN FRAN.
eIsco.-One's eyes are quickly blinded
to the peculiarities of life in San Fran
cisco. l no longer stare at the immense
Mexican woman who sprawls on The
ground near the post,oflice, smoking a
huge cigar and stretching out her hand
for aims. Ino longer pause to gaze on
the gray hair and noble face Of "Uncle
Freddy Coombs," who, with the flicker
ing light Of insanity in his eyes, goes
about in fnlI continental costume, with
ueat buckskin breeches, coat and vest,
tasseled boots, and three -cornered hat,
the very picture Of one of cur revolution
ary noblemen. Nor do l stop Oh meet
ing his less attractive rival, as untidy as
uncle Freddy is neat, "the Emperor Nor
ton, king of all the Chinese" who issues
pomPans proclamatons in English, him
self a European, with more hair on the
end of his nose than all Cbinadom has on
its chin, who goes about in filthy regimen
tails, with immense epauets, and Juggling
what John BuDyan would surely accept
as "grievous crab tree cudgel." The
old Mexican governor, whose agents are
quietly smuggling powder and arms from
San Francisco into the regions of Max
imilian-tbe Chinese washerman, ironing
his clothes with great frying pan full Of
charcoal, sprinkling them by filling his
mouth with water and spirting it evenly
forth, in fine mist, through his closed
teeth-the Chinese women the only ones
we outside barbarians are permitted to
see, girls from twelve to nineteen years
old, rocking along on their funny little
shoes with clean silk handkerchiefs on
their beads, abandoned women all, yet
seemingly with no consciousness Of sin
or shame in their eyes-the beautiful
little Chinese children, SO sportive, inquis-
tive and gentle, with rich caps, crimson
and blue, with cues of crimson silk-the
semi-Spanish Sundays, when every hotel
runs up its'fags and streamers, when all
bands are footing and theatres open-tbe
Drownness OF the audiences in Platt's
Hall, which looks as though one of these
great sand bills had been inverted like a
huge pepper-box over them--all these
'eem no longer peculiar to one who has
ived four months in San Francisco. And |
line flies here, if anywhere. The days
ieem to twinkle as they pass. The uni
orm temperature, the absence of any
,isible change from May to November,
make It impossible to remember what
month it is; while these Italian skies,
fright but blazing, the bracing air, the
surroundings Of every sort,
Iuieken the physical life, give zest to all
njoyments, and make San Francisco,
espite its vast amount Of home-sickness
nd disappointment, one of the happiest
'laces on earth. No one could know it
nd not love it, Correspondence CHRIS
ian Laqairsr. a..nag
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-10-14

How TO MANAGE MEN.-When you
want 70 manage men, do as bee-keepers
do when rr6y want to manage bees
Here are two men who have bees in a
hive. One says, II own these bees, and
I am going to divide them, aud move
them" He prepares a place for them,
and then goes to the hive, thrusts his
hand rudely into the midst Of them, and
very soon he has his bees all over him,
and be moves himself very rapidly =
That is just as l have seen men attempt
to manage men. Another man gets a
bowl of sugar and water, and washes his
hands all over, and goes with the utmost
quietness and serenity, and opens the
hive, and puts his hand in gently, and the
bees find everything sweet, and be can
scoop them up as though they were so
much flour, and put them in as many
hives as he pleases Gf be only takes care
TO put queen bee in each,) and they
will not sting him, or fly away. And
people say, wonderful that man has
real magnetic power with bees So he
has, when be has sugar and water on his
hands. Now when you want to manage
men, wash your hands with sugar and
water IL " Beecber.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-10-14

A FRIGHTENED CoNDUCroR.-Tht
Columbus (Ohio) Statesman tells tht
following yarn on one of the Cleveland
and Columbus railroads
A corpulent and good natured conductor
on the railroad, was rolling on towards
Cleveland at the rate of 40 miles an
hour, when several men were noticed on
the track ahead, who upon the approach
of the train ran upon the embankment
and began gesticulating in the most ener>
getic and eccentric manner. The en-
sineer, supposing the men intended to
warn him Of broken rail, whistled
down the brakes and stopped the engine,
but the train was running SO fast that it
could not be stopped till the men were
passed. The conductor, in order to save
time, leaped from the train and ran back
to inquire "what in thunder was the mat
ter that they should stop the train ?"-
'The devil take your train Y said one
of the men, as he danced about and
struck the air. ave didn't stop your
rain-we ran into blasted hornets
rest, and are Fighting them" The con-
iuctor regained bis train, and dashed
lway to make up time.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-10-14

A TEXT MIsAPrLIED.-Elder t. hav-
ing occasion to preach in the town Of
Gilead, chose what be considered an ap-
propriate text. as there no balm in
Gilead Is there no physician there p
He tells the result: "It happened that
among my hearers was an old negro who
had lived a great mary years in the fam
lily of the village doctor, and nothing
could rile the fellow so quick as the mere
suggestion that the doctor didn't know