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CJt ©apt Staj ©nan SEflalr gfyb>uJ*BEl> EVERV THCJWDAT 8T ■ 8. 1U ■AtiONAULE, Cwpe lilxnd, Cspe Maj Count;, 5. J. I ' '-«*» iMIIar u«. k Half P«» T'" 1 • Tbunday. Au;u>1 11, 1N0A. DIRECTORY. FEDERAl GOVERNMENT. .1* ym£.£"o I ^S^5^-vrr=fin«B£s::cu' 5&si5B&T. sss&sa."*- I STATE OF NEW JERSEY. Oamn mr-Joel r«rk»T. - __ SSSassssifasi S!ft42S3Sa<^Tti».u«w—- i ► SBaassagjS-*^: . ; ■ *-*|v n.-i-' Hvlnre. Juh« V«ml>-*e, t. ! eTaiueer, IWer (itoif H. Mows, ( c *•>«" r" LuMrM Jam— BI«<»rd S. FleW. R rftSSWSJ^-A. «. Krarfwy. ipmiir -* &»% £*£'?., fc*e,e_utdl«trtat, Josleh Sparks, Carpenter* LaudicRCAPE MAY COUNTY. ggSfiferj^STvVd-.H-.kUR GuCcEhs£w W. WoortuU. lam fwewrtnen- r-i*-~- »n r. u*bu«. T. EUlkdtr. Alraan- , r AMp> V<3ntun>— "JSm."11 Jura!|*i i ^1n!A«rU<"--T Vcanf, Antboay Steel- i CeSeSarieiMafipiwaS-Ueiafa BurM, Henry Vouaf. SJ&S-K.A-n.-KC, £S i^taMianl *f JMMb-Johil Stiles, Jr. ^ffg^SSwrmOtaL DKN.ffI* TOWKRHir. (VMjr-J urn IfceOervofl. twg^mrr. ./ Ajpiaj^Jeme C. Godfrey, Maurine j To«ra»enlt, j o ^ (.B H. Dtverty. fStftyr.U.1 AtMk. OTDHLE TOWRRRIf. '> g A.y.g*y *• U"B| "*■ Hill IT I - Hewitt Juiy ^jCa^Nvmisia*'" *M rrdgr . ^ *££ - el a" Tkooiu Huuflaai, Jr., HuIOWCT TOWNSHIP. .-fianirt I Hiakft. aE2T35,l5Srr^*uk T- Ho^**' n l|- V Vu Wlalcle, John Hotter- > ^^aBK5i65J!S^"0'ero"11' SSBSSmi T. WMka Wfcind riiRin nm*aie O. WaiunJa . C4IS ISLAM). UlSUUfiiUS^tAiundk tt'llaion W. War*. Jaawa t ■ i ■B^Jr,(>«o«U»'W:— MR. John O. W. Wan, r-tmrnunm. i u «m to

Sfkct ¥cetrn. i THE HrPERFLtOl'N MAS. , »r Joa* o. saxc. f y [It ia aacrrtsiuril by inipdction of tba | ' rrgiateraof many countriea, tbal tba uniform | i pruuortinn of main lu f.-m»lo birth* i» at 21 , to 20 ; McotdiuKly. in ro.pect to marring- j erary tncnty-flrat man ia naturally aop»r- i fluo».] — SmiM'a 'l'rtolitt on J'tt/ ulution. > ' J long Wa born puazletf to gncw, Auil an 1 have frequently raid. ; ' TV hat tbn r. aaon could really ba j i That I never have happeued to wed Y . i ' Hut ana it ia |>«ri«i'tly clear 1 am under a natural ban ; - |* The girls are already nasigned — I ' And I'm a aupvrlluuus man! j i Tbeaa clnvar atatintioal cbapt D -c la re tbu uuiintricnl run Of women and uieo m the world, 1 la twcniy to tweo'y uud one ; f And beurn in the pairing, yon aee. Since wooing and weduiug begau. 1 I For every conuubial 'Jure, i They've gut* rupeiUuoul man ! | ]<y twvntiea and tweoliee thry go, . , And giddily ru.h to Ibvir late, , | For none of the number, of courae, Can fail of a conjugal maia ; j 1 But while th-y aie yielding in acorea, j a To nature'a juttrXible plan, , I There's never a woman for m» — For l'n% aupeitiuGia man ! | It isn't that I am a chnrl. j 1 To solitude over-inclined ; I It isn't that I'm at fault , lu morals, or manner, or mind ; ■ ; Than abut U lbs rea-ou, you aak, ! ' 1 am sull with the bacbslor clau ? 1 was merely numbered amiss — An. i I'm a superfluous man. It ion't tbal I am in want Of persutial bcauly or grace, For many a man wito a wife ! U uglier far in the face ; Indeed, among clegaht mm I fancy myaell in the van. But what ia tbn value of that. Whan I'm* auperlluoaa man 7 | Alihongfa I *m fond of the girls, For oagbt 1 could ever discern, j The tender emotion 1 feel ! la one that they never retorn ; j I 'Tis idle t» quarrel with fate, ! For struggle a» hard a* 1 can, j | They're mated already you know — And I'm a auperflouua inuu ! No wonder I grumble at limes, With womnn so pretty and plenty, To know tbst I never >u burn To figure aa ooa of the twenty ; i But yet, when the average lut With critical vision I scan, ' I think it may be fnr the best Thai I'm a auperflanus man.

J>fl«t ^Histrllann. j; ■ ! t j PESJST WISE AMD fOFMD roOLISH. , "" " i j "WeJI, Mr.- Meltler, am I to tea mj I ; friesdi toon 7 You know I promised to ; visit them twice a year, if nnl oflener." I "Mrs. Meltler, traveling costs money, and I have many demands on my purse at I present j 1 must bold the strings-tight, or ■ very soon I shen't have anything." i ••My dear mother is not very well," ro- i tamed the lady, earnestly, "and 1 think H i my doty to go and see bar. I kaowjhat 1 your affairs are in a prosperous condition, I and that I practice all that prudence in the I household ecoootay which any reasonable i person could require. A journey of a bun- , dred mile* by railway cosla comparatively - liltf". i "Well," replied Mr. Mettler, improasivo- i ly, "the great secret of existence is, to get all you can. and keep all yon got. That's i my motto, and I meuo to adhere to it. If yuor friends want to >eo yon, let them come here— that I", if tbey glon't atay too long," be added, parenthetically. "1 really cannot be pn'. off in this way," responde^lhe wife, in a melancholy voice. "I believe 1 moat talk plainly to yoa. Yon are 'penny wise and -poind foolish joo are selfish aim. ••.Selfish, Mrs. Mettler?" "Very selfish, Mr. Mettler." "I'll trouble ytja to prove tbel assertion, if JOU please, added the gentleman, ironically. "I'll {In so. Allow me to ask what your excursion down to _Margalu cost, at. the tigae yon urere abaeot'two days and a night, and came heme 111 !" "Bah ! a mere trifle. It dida't coat me ' much ever one guinea, and 1 doa't go away very olten. Besides, on that occasion, I wentfor my health." "If yon went for Aaaltb, it was a grand lailure^cerUtnly • tor yon returned in mnch worse condition. Why, it tool; ns a week to onrve yon, and the doctor's bill won't be 4 !r«»." Tba gentleman looked at hb watch uneasily. "Don't wince, Mr. Mettler, I haven't began yet. Be so eondeeewndiag as to. permit me to inquire what yoor expedition to wniw^mnr^ " you D -Htdonft Metal ewietees.yv* enm.uhe o ia nilmlinv to aweb tha*gn,"*4d MamMwt1 tier, iatpMlaptly." -w'

j -dPupreva that you are selfish." I '.Indeed, Mrs. Meltler! Wonld yoa | keep me shut op in chambers the year i round? Would you have me lead ths life i of a convict— deny me the pare and green | fields 7 Don't my lungs need to be expanded, and my mnsclet put into action a little, j one# ia a while. I ooce tboeghl yoa bad i regard for me, Matilda.'" - J I ''Keep cool, Joseph, and let us sea what j wu ■ ball arrive at. Have 1 boco oo any j < excursions during the past year! Have 1 < tad the benefit of gretn fielda and pore j I - air ? Do yon call the airs of London pare, j i and all tbal the lengs of a woman reqoire ? I i j Havs 1 been to festivals, pie-oica, concerts, j i i or ball* 7 Ha>e t heard the sweet voices of ( ' soy of the celebrated prime doenasf And : 1 i yet yoa took oae of xoor friends to beer i i E'gnora Saeorlinu, at \» moderate espeoae j of three gaioea*. Ecooomy, trely 17' ■ 1 1 I "Such things happen only occasionally," i 1 i returned Mr. Mettler, producing bis segar- ' 1 "Here comes another evidence of your ! 1 lelfiibori*. Not long ago I heard you say ! it cost you twenty-five pounds a year for 1 the cigars which you and your frienda ; smoke." j "You ceo smoke eigare if yoe want to," j said Mr. MeltUr, pettishly. | "No, 1 thank you ; if I had aoy taste | 1 . for the vile weed, 1 am too much of an | economist to make use of it. By the way, | ' Joseph, how much did that seal-nog cost 7" j j "Ooafooad ft, Matilda? Your asms, I ought to have been Caudle !" "And I observe at tbie instant, a new , ; watch chain " | "Where'* my hat 7 I can't eland Ibis !" j , gmiubled Mr. Mettler, j "I've put it sefely away ; it shall be I forthcoming when I have done with yon," . i rejoined tbn lady, firmly. "You belong to two club*," ebe resumed; j "and 1 am well *«are that you are no ; I stranger to champagne suppers. If I have j any knowledge of such, those luxuries are ! I expensive. It teem* to me it would be a J ! good plao to write yoor motto on your coat-eleeve, where yoa can see it all the < { time. Singular economy Spending bandreds for your own gratification, and canI not forsooth, permit me to gratify a lateral drsire, ae well as a duly! W hat do you think of tbie view of the eubject, Mr. Mettler?" ' The gentleman addressed replied only by tracking more vehemently. "I presume," added Mra, Mettler, "that j yoa art seK-condentoed ; your cooscr*.* | accusea you ol inconsistency and iojastice. j I Now, is not yoor philosophy suScicntly

; expansive to make yuu feel and understand j ( | that tha wife hat claims oo ber husband's | ' ; care, attention, and porsa ? If abe cannot | ' ' treated, who can? Will yoor rockiest I 1 ; companions, on whom yoe annually efcpend ' to mock money, have morn exalted rvgard ' ' for yoor iotaresta than myself? Will they ' practice economy for you ? Will they assist ' to keep all yoe get ? Will they take ' care of your children than I do I — Vt ill they visit you ia sickness, and adfavra ' yoe in poverty ? Judging by yoor coo- | duct, they ought to do so ; you lavish your upon them less grudgingly than yon do upon me. I have never made any on- 1 reasonable demands upon yoor puree. I n»v#r asked for money to defray need- ! txpeoees. 1 have never demanded it • fur the p^fpoae of paying for champagne toppers, fooliah excursion*, bald, theatres, Ac., Ae. Bat 1 have went* and desires si well as yourself; my own heart aspire. ' after the pleasure* of frteotfehip ; but I shrink from each companionship us yoore. 1 prefer tba eocieiy ol tboee 1 hat* proved, : and to Whom I owe a natural debt of gratitude and dbedieocs. 1 1 baa been long siocs I have visited the home of my childhood, and when I expreet a wish to reviait the loved scenes or my yoatb, you ais'ure m* that Trare'iog >o#t* money I1 that money meat ba hreV ; thai we meet 'get all we ewn, and keop •'! we. get." witbons regard to tha nobltal seeiiraroia of humanity, and forgetful that yen hue* expended so mocb for gratification in which 1 have never participated. Mr. Mwtttor. be good enough t* examine yonr apptaraoce in lb* mirror j ehtch 1 aa haldiag np before yow.'! Mr. Mettler ihrhw awey bit Cigar, and for lb* aext bak boer appeared to cogitate deeply. At heart he *ai not a. bad man, and hi* icconeieUncie* were rather lb* result of thoughtlessness than, deajgn. rl» saw himself reflected in Mr*. Mettler' s mirror in a form that startled him ; tb* truthfulness or bar remarks hbpok bK dogged I resolution, which he bad retolved to maiatain when the controversy comaraaeed. lie saw and fell that he had been selfish. Hit wife, perceiving that ber wonlt had taken effect, wisely Iwrborw to prwea the ,t .k.i ii«. - 0, %. (oil..;,, day bee hush tod frankly confeeted tba error into which be had fallen, and made a manly rewol red trfMWPMyflBfcftljS ft tn pffV aare* Which ooeld cot be shared by Ms wife. Tha proposed visit was mad* witbdM aoy > ^ evdrhnc^dg te the I fwili - ;>Mfl»flNnd # wo %

BY AUTHORITY. LAW8 OF NEW JERSEY. j Ae act to authorise the investment end di»- - t Iribstton of the iolereat of abeent persona ' | in the prooeede of land sold on partition ur belonging to the estate of intestates. ) 1 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Gen- 1 1 era I Assembly of the State of New Jersey, j 1 I That where the residence of any person ie- j 1 i rested in the proceeds of lend or reel es- I | which have been heretofore, or m 'y be ] hereafter sold by virtoe of any proceedings 1 I in partition, in any court of tbie State, or ' if any person inlereiled as next of kin in ' | the personal estate of any intestate, on ' ' i whose estate Utters of administration haee j been granted in this State, it unknown , or | where it ie not known whether a person | who, if living, would be interested in such | proceeds of lb* sale of lands or real estate, j or in such personal estate as next of kin, [ if living or not, it shall he lawful for the i court having tba power by order or decree ! of distributing such proceed* of the sale of landa or real estate, to order the share ur inteieat pf any such person to be invented , in bonde of this Stat* or of any city or ^ county of tbie State authorised by law to ; lain* bonds, or on bonde eecerrd by mort . | gages on real eetate, asd to direct and couj trol the custody of the securities which may be takeo from time to time for any in- | vestmabt ordered, sad aleo, either btlore or after an inveatmeat it ordered, at so< h ! time aa the said ceflrt may drtermice, to i order and decree a distribution of the share j or intereat which any such person if living I would be entitled, to, amod^ and to auch ! partem interested in aucb proceeds of the | sal* of laoda or real ealate, or in such per- , | sontj estate under the laws regulating the r < distribution thereof, at are koown to b« | living in proportion to their interest therein respectively ; provided, that when It eball ^ 1 be made to appear at tb* time of ordering . , I taid distribution to the satisfaction of tb<j conrt that it it not known whether sech ^ perron is living or not, then the court msy , I order refunding bonds to be given by or on • , | behalf of tha persons to whom auy part ; thereof stall be distributed, to tb* clerk of ' the court and his sureeseore in office iu such I | sum and with such conditions, with or with - . | out security as the court may direct. , j 2. And be it enacted, Tbal it shall he . r i lawful for taid court to control the custody ! of taid refunding bonds, and on petition of ( | any person or persons who shall make ! appear to tb.- satisfaction of taid cuorl thai * j the petitioner or petitioners ia or are entir I tied to the money eectred, by one or more

| of each refunding bonde, or any part there- 1 of, to order that the money secured thereby be collected fur tb* benefit of such pej- u ■on or pereoc* by and io the nam* cf the i clerk of lb* court who ie hereby a> thorized sue thereon, and in ease or hit death pending a suit thereon, the aame may tvcontinued in tb* nam* of bit successor, and said court may dispose of the money col. lei ted thereon by order or decree as to said court may seem just or right ; and the taid ^ court may order and decree tb* payment of such costs sod expenses out of said share " or interest at aoy time, as the court may de«m necessary and expedient. Arreted April 8, 1864. ? ; A farther supplement to an set entitled ' "An act rev peeling apprentices and ter- ■ 1 vents," approved April tenth, eighteen < hundred and forty-ttx. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Gen- , era! Assembly of the Slate of New Jersey, That the bioding by indeatora mentioned ( in. the first section of the act to which thia_ ( i* a further supplement, may lawfully be , made by tbn "maoagers of tbn society for t •tie reformation of jovnoil* delinquents, ' ( incorporated by tba State of New York, and all aucb tndeainrei, if ia other r.-spects conformable to tbn provisions of said act, shall be deemed and held to be valid and i effectual ia law. 2. And bo it enacted, That all bindings . heretofore made by tba mid managers are hereby declared valid and effectual ia law. A And ba it enacted. That this act shall • takn tftat Immediately. Approved April 7, 18S4, , A supplement t* the ac tantitled "An act | relallvo to'tb* taws of this State, the proceedings of tb# Lagislototw and tbo distribauoa thereof, aad uf tbn laws of the United States, ' approved April *ixteenth, eighteen bond red andforty-iix. . 1. Ba it etoctad, by tb# Henat- and Gen- . oral Asaemby of the 8«ato of New Joreoy, I That it a ball b# the doty of the Secretary . of Stale, in addition to tb# dnty sow rei quired of him respecting the. printing of tbn law* of tbis.&tota and tba joint reaolu- | tinoa of the legislate™ to eante Ibe pro- , clamatlort of tba Govrpoy during tb* , veer preriona, to bn copied and prepared ; for theyMba, .id make out an hdex to tb* dtoi XbiclW fho Mno to be correctly . pnntodaad hoandin thn pemphlei. after . the joiat reeclouon*. r V AmdboUpM«Ud,J^taii tb. preApproved April 1. IMA. -

! i)U. BKk( ULK AND THK MOOD-fiAHF.R. ; ; Beecbrr'* simplicity, boovancy and fm- ' perturhable good hfinuir disarmed oppoai- g ■ tloo; when be came ia perential contact with ti ' an opponent. Ao old woud-smwyer. wbom j o I we sail! call W , a rongh, strong, abrewo i t t matt, who belonged t» a rival reet, was vto- ) i j lently prejudiced against the doctor, cspe-.' i "cially oo accyont of bis total ahvtineoce ' v ' principles, lie had never seen him, and i ' would not hear him preach. This man had 1 t ' a large lot of wood to saw opposite the doe- 1 tor's hons*. The doctor depended upon < own health ; aad ia Uottnn. where be reuld < uot enjoy the luxury of a garden to dig in. ; I be was often purzled to fi-d means to keep i him-clf in good working order The con- ! sequence was. that he sawed all the wood ' for hit o*n large faintly, and often finding that too little, would lie* the pr.'llage of sawicg at the wood-pile of a neighbor. He , , was faatidloua in the care of his wood-saw, ! f haricg it alway* at band in hit atcdy, half- ; , concealed among minutes of councils, in- ! I complete magaxtne artiel-a and Sermons ; j . and the vetting of hi • saw »i< often neenm- I pliahed while he settled n'ce points of the, uiogy with bit buy*, or took council • lib brother ministers Looking out of his study witido* ooe J day. when his own wood pile was reduced i ; to . discouraging stale of order—very • tick tawed and split— he saw, with envy, Ibe pile of old W in the street. Forthwith he aeir--d his saw, and q&on the old E sawyer of the Mrrel beheld a man. without e Beecher's bouse, who came i riskly up and i atked if be wanted a hand at bis pila ; and forthwith fell to Nor k with a right good s will, sr.d soon proved lu his brother sawyer that he wat no mean hand at the craft I Nodding hi* bead significantly at the op"You live there ? ' * "Yea " "Work for the old man *" > "V"" "What sort of an old fellow is b* 7" . . "O, pretty much like the rest of u« - j ' Good into enoogii to wnik for " "Tough old chap, aim he *" ■ "Cuesi so. to them that try to cha* So the conversation went oo till the wood j went so fwst with the new comer that W. exe'aimed. "Firvl rate sow that of youro I This touched the do lor iu a tender point He bad art that «aw aa rarefully as the articles of hit cieed — every tooth was criti-

cally adjuated and ao be gave a aurlle of tri- lri "I lar. said W . ' where ran 1 get "S a saw like that 7" "I don't know, unlets yon buy mine " ! ••Will yon trade ? What- do you a*k 7" •" "1 (loo t kuow. I'll think aboot it. Call at the bouse t»-morrow, and I'll tell you." The next day the old man knocked, and | met the doctor at the door, fresh from tb* ' ■ hands of bia wife, with hi* cuat brushed , „ and cravat t>ed, goiog out to his pastoral ■ m [ doty. j ib W gat* a start of aurprise. I a, "O." (aid the doctor, "you, re the man j tbal wanted to boy my aaw. Well, yoo shall have It for nothing — oaly let tao have I rsome of your wood to saw when yoo work b, on my street." W said that be then felt at if he ' wanted to crawl foto an angur-hole. i 171 It scarcely need be said that from that d time W. was' one of tb* doctor's stonU<t It ' and most enthoriaatic advocates. Not n * word would he hear said against him. He f< affirmed that "old Beecher is a right glo- b rions old fellow, and the only man in these ki pans that can saw wood faster than i can." " Nfi PLACE FOR A 8LKKPY Miff. f, i A correspondent relate* an amusing ioci- * dent which took place at the capture of " Little Rock, Arkansas. A rebel surgeon, * by tb* aame of Crotdell, got beastly drook, | and book a room in a city hotel and went to ' sleep. In lh* meantime oar man drove the 1 rsbela through the town in completo root, sod look possession of J be place. Several of oar officers pat up nt tb* same hotel. "Couie, " said ho Ko the officer*, "lot's ( ' go oct to camp'" "What camp 7" says ooe officer. J "Dobbins, of conrta." f "What command do yoo belong to?" , says tba rebel to General Steele. ' Tb* latter explained. "Well." eays tha Mtrgaoo, "it beats Rip j r Vsn Winkle that a man csonol go to aleap . - io tba Confederal* State* without waking ( - up ia tb# United States !" , > Since then he ha* taken the oath sad goo* , i to St Lou i* thiaks C. 8. A. a poor p>r- > ernmewt far a alaepy man— er any other r man. ' r . -«m* — " Q|xaJSa.— Somebody wauls to know the ( - name of the lone which wo» "p|. yed upon t r lb* toolings," aad also. If. the cup of aovi row hat a saucer. Tba MM luquuutor 1 woold like U- know if "tb* light uf other j rapior eleetrWty. Also If the 1 girl who ' 'clang to hopo" hod Ml a slip-pwry-fcok), wsd vf th* people d« -«M gat I fetigoad by -tW etercHa of ofldcre*. " .

PifilDiti III PiKUID. 3r~e*ma I The Fiulsndert ere skillful and 'iJefetigable fishermen. They take *v-<ry yiarvu ' immense quantity of ••jttommlBg," a hHrd ' i of email berriog, the greatest pat! of wl-^h" | they send to Sweden sad P.uatia. What | is remarkable is, that tboy fish aot* pi* rely fummer, but also is winter. The mode 1 which ibty adopt is curious, They. j on the sea. twu openiogs in tbu jce^ nn^_ i means of poles and rnpea, tV*y^ pn«a their neU from tffa'one opening to the other . but the difficulty it to flreW'tbo'wIlV i out For this putpote tire greateeHMrengtb' end dexterity are needed. On the rivers, the Finkandara catch the fish by a etrokeof mallet or of a stick. In the > vtuflVe, t wbeu the Cold begins te be Ml, tkt-y go" along tb* side of tb* river., Ad ahtittsy perceive a fish under ice, tbvy break tb*1 latter with a vigorous stroke of the mallot just st ths apot where lbs fish it. Btgpogd, 1 tb* fish rites in a few seconds to the »nr- < face, and the fisherman seises it with "an ; instrument msde for' fho purport. Ah "OFF- HAS D" JfliE^ A sturdy sergeant of one of lb* Musa1 j ehusott* regitnvnts being obliged to tobsnH to th* amputation of bi* band, the surgcofl ' ! offered to administer chloroform at nanait 1 but the veteran refuted, saying: "if th* ' ; cutting was to be done to him, he wanted to sv* it," and laying his arm on the table, ' MibtmtieJ to the operation without a ' sign nf paio "except a firmer setting OJ 1 his teeth a* th* saw struck the marrow. — • ' The operator as be finished looked at bi* ' victim with admiration, and re marked: ^ "You ought to have been a rurgeon, lay ' "1 was the next thing to one afore I UUlisted." aaid th* hero. What was thai ?" asked the doctor. "A butcher," reapooded the aergrtBt »:lh a grim smile, which despite the sur•uundings communicated itself to the byk tandem. .J; IMILDS'T I SDEMTAffD IT. A correspondent of oo* of ths Nn^ York papers write. : A war-beaten raiornn ( uf l.uDgtreel'e Corps mad* a fenny remark lu a ptumiudni jiollticlsii whu converrtd j with him while coming io from the front. .Said h-. I do not underataod tbie : Loo be* won e big eictory oeer Greet on -tba Kapideit. and told us so, and that uigtit we ri-lrrelod Th- u he won another in lb* W.ldvrness. end told us so, soil WO retreated lu Spolliytvauie. Then be wonsooibel

tre-men-jus victory, and 1 got luck prit. oner ; but I reckon he baa retreated agin. Now. when he uitJ to lick them, tb* Yaaka fell back and claimed a victory, aad vie understood It. Now l.e* claims victorias, and keeps a fallin' back, and 1 can't unite rtlanJ it." — When oor troops were fordiag the Rappahannock, a burly rebel jumped from the rifle pits tod rushed towards our advancing column. Plunging into tba rivur, looked back to see ir be was pursued, placing hit tbomb to bit note, with I fingers extended, bs yelled out to bit furi tour oomredov : "Good-bye, yoo d — — d Oreybaks; here's for tho Yankee*, and* good cup of Yaocoffee:"" """ I — If you sue half a doxen feflltt ia a wn- , yon may reet aetnred ebe baa hnff * doxen virines to countarbtlanca tbem. Vi a love yonr funlty, and fear yenr fealties* When yon see what ie termed s wotnan, dread her aa yon would a beautiful soak*. Tb* power of eonooaliog the defects which sh* most havs. Is, of it. aolf, a terioo* vice. , — An old rough clergyman one* ionlt bin text that paaoag* of th* Paalam, ttfl •aid in my haste, nil men tro lion." Looking op, apparently no if hu taw tb* -Psalmist standing before him, he said— "You said that io your haste, David, did you ? Wei), if yon bad boeo here, you might have aaid it after mature reflection." — A little boy some six year* old, won uting his slate and pencil en tbo Sabbath, when bit fetbsr, who was a clergyman, en. tend and said : "My too, I prefer that yon should not ns* yonr slate on the Lord'# day." "I'm making meeting honaos, was the prompt reply. — A little fellow not more than Art year* of age. he ring earn* feolfemtn athfe father'-* table discnokiug tb* familiar linw, "Ao boneat man is the ooblast work of God," aaid be know it wasn't tree t bis mother was belter than any man that was aver made. '"*iO - — An Irishman describes metaphysics ae : "Two men a«a talking toolbar, and one of them it trying to explain something ho don't know nay lUng «fifi«rwad tbn otooe onn l nade^tead hirt.',' ->t»qa . at;room. 11* cannot Uebbng* Ibe ItSWH Ui* Sphere* fer that of fiddlow. — It U ofUn a pretty good matrimonial