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VOL. X.

cape Island, cape may county, jew jersey. "Wednesday, apSilX tsra,

no. 48. \

" ^ ricct i1octr«. > titihi tiv TO FATBEH. A TBIBITE TO

iut vrrrii * raim or TO TBI j J-meiltlar "too* br "J window, OoUoi kin* ibr foraotofar, Aed ilieaartly wurkinf » slipper for Father, who's goos to tha war. Tbtcmti t ui xrewsoo lh< •lipp". And the (ran hurt Swells <* '!•« "**• As* the wii»isi*1uii» tier pine-lops, j And, IXSMr.J'" lor tbrc. ^ I" From the old oak dow n In th* mesdow And tho MuwMrd >I>P In the *»rd«n. And I itn< "Gone to tho war.'* AM n ntrn roonrs her beads at her prsy«* I'm counting the dsji t.ll you cume, ' * And proy mj the ae*» # to be" J™ (.!• under Iteir ">*J» to > our home. bo you know that I've tie*" with you Father, Through nil ol Bd» "»«ry Beneath thecold bceveus i've loin. Dy you. aide hive I wrought in the trenchentloed guard In lb* boat nod Alir du-t J - I'eehimsrnd and thlr.ied .nd fvlaire-I-»e broken w 1th you tho hnrd crust. I know thnt the (food Pod la with us— I know the right trlutnpha nt Jaat i 1 know that a glorious laiabow Will anile W lm the tempest la peat. But I know not -He only knoweth. «HM pleasure la InBnite lew- . Whether these sllpaere. deu l ather. Will rtrr ronie home Ituni the w Sr. gutetrstiuq f tovn. fll'D PIES SPOIL CLEAT CLOTHES. Vox* Moore I JyudnOloore 1" exclaimed eltiinl, goo-l motbrr in idti- j pairing loue — "what ihill I tlo with j you T Wu there ever sur.b a looking j child ? 0,-nbet • dirty face— o«.d thoea j dirty bands— And tb»t iproti— untl j'-ist ! tee the mud on your paut* nud shoes Literally linked iu rnuu I You dirty lit- 1 tie thiuyc ! And tli* youpf culprit atood ubtihed • on lb* threshold of the door he had in ; angerly opeord, to ark hi* mother if he j * might hutu ber jmilding-itick end a ba•In of loap-eudi. Tflo poor child wm •o astounded by hie mother'* reheinetit worda that he forgot what be catne lor, ; * -and itcod Hill jmi on the point of crying Hu little lip wo* puckered up ami bin eyelid* dropped oaer the springing ! lean, and lie looked a* If in- had re- j ceirtd a reel beert blow, llii distress ; touched the loving mother'* heart in a j moment, for much ■* ihe lo»ed clean - face* and clothe*, »be loved her liitle boy j a good deal belter. So she bade him come to her, entrlopin* dirt and ail in.J her affectionate arms, nod looking iu- I teutly over the little face to find a cleoo . WUU/ W.VI --- - —

■pot Lig tnough lor a Liu, Did she find it ? O, yr», above tho rim of hi* c*j>. puth- i ing the hair off from hi* fair white forehead, »be fonad a nice, »wert place, for j * one, two, three. And they did her good, j for somehow kisses alwaya make u« feel i better. Then she commenced telling him a . atory. "Once ibrre w»* a little boy by the . name of Simon Peter*." "That'* a funny name," laid Eira. "Yet, but be was a dear little boy, \ abont as big as yon, wilh the sweet-st i face and sell flazno curls." . "Flsxl What, did they grow?" "So, they were tho color of Hex. and as fine and silky, lli* skin was white u* j a lily, and his eyes as bloc a* the sky. j "HI* mother esed to lose dearly to dress j •him up in hit clean sack and panties, j -with a a hit* little collar on hie neck, and : then with her brush end long finger* ley | tit* ' tfpauti/ul hair In pretty curl* ell t around hi* f«re and tuck. Tie Bv-itfrt ewcet enough to kis* then all over his ! fscV," aaid mother, looking sorrowfully i at her forlorn little Etra. "Well, every, morning she n»ed to fix bio nicely and send bim to school, and her latt Vords always were, 'Be a good boy, Simon, and be sure to keep- your- j at If etcao.' i_Bot, 1 am sorry to say, 8i- j mon was forgetful, «od eery, very care- : .— let*. Whin fit came homo Irotu school I job would scarcely haee known Uiiu a* j the sitae little, boy that looked so like a I sweet dower tu the morning." "Why ?"#- "Beceute b* wa* in such a niess He I forgot bis mother'* Instruction, aid when j b* weot oat to reoeas, bswent into the saod-pie* and mod eakra with aa mock eage-r.'it-s* *■ you do O, bow be liked "fie. H-y w dirt r A "Well, / think hi* mother ought to let "O^shMtk* perfectly willing at pro - par titnc*. Witern achool was 4one, and £i, as they called bim, had eaten hi* din- , w. Ik. IU .mh,. mulf p« Of hU

j old frock and shoe*, and let him -go ont-fi ■ in the ysrd and make juat ni many mu(£ ! ; I pics a* be wanted to. But when she , : i dressed hitn for school, ah* wanted bim t - to take car* of h:s clothe*, find keep ! i himstif neat and claan dow't- ioii aee 7 ; ' '! T at'* what I told you thla morning— i i don't, yon remember? I told you n«t i ' »•> play in the dirt with that new apron . i ! no and uice p«nU,-,bul when yon wanted j , to go*nto the lot to bpild ynnr fort and j meke brick*, you niti-t come in and put [ | on yhur old plai 1 sack " " Y«a, mamma, but I forgot;" and; j Etra l inked tip with an expiestfnn tltnt | i would base been very iweet, no doubt, | , ; if it bad not been »o distorted by the line* of dirt |>1I round blaeyra and mouth - "Now. I'm going to tl-11 you what happened to Simon, to make lliro feel j dreadfully edtnmrd. One day hit nio- ' liter dr.'saed him with special oar*, and j j told him he mutt keep himtrif 'special j ■ niee,' fur when school w»a out she wanted ! 1 him to go to Mrs. Pier*otr* and borrow [ j'Adsm Bede'f.r her." | "Who'* 'Adam Bed* ?' " j "0, thutil the name of a book." | "Now Simon liked to%o to Mr*. Pier- ! ' »on*«. She had no children, but the ; f loved them very much, and Simon w«» I her particular little friend. She nscd to csll him her "little apostle,' but then yon j can't understand that. She always had . j some beaotifu] thing to. show hitn, or a , j pretty story to tell, or something nice to , | give him, a bit of Cakn or an .orange. , | So when his mother told him to go there j , j on hi* way home and borrow this book, j he said. 'AH rlght.' and troried off as ' t:a|r|>y a* could be. But I am sorry to j . . «ay. that before school was o it. li* child i had forgotten all abont hia clothes, and I j wna a aighl to be *»en. He met that i , j da? with a nnrober of sad mishaps. II- . lore Ida sack, lost the pin.ont or hla eal- ; . ! Ur, col his curly locks more than nauslly , tangled, and hia hands and face were | ( prim with dirt. Than he had a very hard spelling lesson, and had missed it over . and over again, until he becam* quite ; j j diaeotirag-d, and began to cry. And, , • O, you never saw such work a» the tears ; . | mylc on hi* dirty little face. They made j g I streaka all down hi* cjiceka, and when j n i ha rubbed hi* eyes with hi* dirty fingers, „ ' ihe black slain* settled all about them. y j If Simon had looked at himself then in j, i the glas*. he would have been friirhtened q : perhaps, lint he had no glau to look in, . : and nft»r he got over hi* trouble he for „ got all about it, and never thought. I ! ■ nimRi, Kul Ihil ha lmit'-it as hire as j suppose, but be looked m ,

Icier. And in tbia trim he started for Mr* Pierson'a and knocked at the ha*c- ; ment door. The German cook Wilhel I miria— they called her Mine— looked on: j of the kitchen, and seeing through the ; | side light a little chap with hia rap all ' j awry, hia collar hanging, and his bsir | : snarled all around Ida face, thought of I course thai it wa« one of the begg»r j children that troubled her *o much every j ; day for co'd**ictual*. i " "Nottirg. notting, get gone.' she j shunted, very loudly, without-coming to i the door, for she was angry that she )iad ■ j to leave the nice sauce she was making j ! for her dinner. _ , ' f "What was Simon to do' now? IIo; coold't get in, for the door was locked, i ! and he didn't feel willing to go home ; | w'rboot the book. He stood still a few ; minutes with hi* finger in hia month 1 I i thinking, and then he knocked again . i This time he to^k care not to show hia I I face at the side-ligfit. MHia heard him, (4-and l.onan to mnt^er£^ ' i j "Te yonng Irngans — te plague— It does ! j take te whole time (to go to te door,' and | selling a plate of c^ld burkwheai cake*, : | she rnahvd through the hall, and npcniug I j the door just- a little way, thrust them 1 I ' into the child'* face. 'Here, take dem, . j the frita — and get gone.' eh* cried, »s . , she almost threw them at bim. j . I "Poo£ little Si non I He nevar felt .i 1 | so ashnmcd in *11 his life. He hardly , ; knew what to do or tay. Bui fbe cook k | perceiving in' an instant that thw child : did not take tha 'cold victuals,' opened | the door a little wider, and gave * good , ] look at Mm. Just" as hfc had plockeiDyu^, u j couraga enough to *»y, c | " "I'm not a baggrr, Mina — I don't k want the fritters. I came to borrow a d 1 book for my mothvr/ | *" My gootarss , leetle Simon i* It you ?' -I ' exclaimed Abe girl a« she dTew beck the { plate. 'I tiuks it ia the begara ail IH te >• • time. Come in, leetle poy, go up stairs ' d j "Simoa got hi* book and went home, i- but he didn't tell Ma mother what had I* ' happeaed. H- was too ashamed. Sim i . . " ' " ' . . »*.v

' hed^uften said, 'If ton do tear and *otl 1 1 yuor clothes so, Simon, yoqll surely be taken Tor a little beggar,' and now that t very thing had come to pass— the ttty 1 thing, and he cooidn't make np kis mind c , to tell his mother of it. As soon. how. * ever, as he came into her- presence, her u quick eye discovered the sad condition s ofli™,.. ^'Si.' said «he, 'have yon been into j Mr*. Pitrson's in that plight ?' f !•' " 'Yes'm.' e ' " 'Well 1 wonder she didn't turn yon , ; out of door* as a loafer.' t '"Simon never said a word, bot iic thoyght. And I'll tell yon, Ezra, who: r , lie thought. Ho made up hi* mind that { , | day. that he woold never bo mistaken for ! ( a beggar boy uguin — never. And he ! j never was. Hit -mother gas quite sur- : , prised by the change ritat took piapc in | , him, he became «o careful and tidy. — , , She could- nut tell how it had come i , ; j about, until one day bile called at Mr* | Pierian'*, and th^t la"Dy told her what , I had happened ■ 1 , I " 'I am glad of it,' *hid she ; 'it lina | I been a good lrs«on to the child." " ! , ! Then little fezra thought i i would be j , > ; n good leison to him too. -for lie went i ! riglit away and washed lii* face if.d' , >; hands, and tidied himself op nic-ly.— . , i | And when he made sand pies or built I j inudnforls nf:*r that he-beth,*uglit him- , I ; srlf of the old 'plaid sack thai hung in : i : the basement hull, and dresswd himself , . | for hi* work , | "Well 'tiso't wicked to be dirty.'" ,| "Isn't it? I don't know about that, I I little boy. A', any rate, it'* wicked to i j be careless, arid not mind your mother, I i and make her so much more trouble and I I work than yon need to. 1 think it j* 1 i breaking two commandment* — the one ■ that seya, 'Children obey ToxfrphroJtf?.' T *; and the BieiaufV goltltw-fof^"' A ntH ^ r I thiuk it is wickad'to be careless mTtl ytf-a; • i tidy when yoo are children, bccwaso yoV" 1 | are thus forming bad habits for your r ; nfter life, when yoo ought to be forming p | good one*. Aak your muoima what she ! , : think* abont it." I I ■- "m" ~~ i r irtrnsun Ward take* .to Old Hye • ~~ as Needed. 1 i At Ann Arbor, being aaiXtod with a sad- • ! den f.iinlne««. I culled for a drop of *athin . I to drink. A» 1 wasstirrin the beverage up, i :i | a p^c r*red man in gold ipecticles Lid his | j ; hand upon my shoulder k sed, 'Look not | upon the wine when it is rod !' Soil. Thia ain't wine. Thi* is Old; Bp." 'It slingeth like, an Adder, and bitetb like

a serbent !' .ted thx man. j t '1 gae** not,' sed I. 'whenryoo put angar ! into it. Thai's tha wsy I altars take mine.' j ^ 'Have you sons grown op sir?' t^u man j i remark-d. 1 '.Walt,' aed I, a* 1 pot mfs-lf outside my ] e | beverage, 'my sfii) Arteaius junior i* guin ^ s ; on IS.' c •Ain't yu afrsid if you let tl)i< bad ex- „ ; amble bed him he'll coma to a bad and?' I * 'He'* cam to a waxed end already. He's '» I learnin' the shoemaker business,' I replied. 1 I 'I guest we cah both on us git along with- ' i out yur assistance. 'Sur,' I observed as he ' i was about to open hia mouth agin. I j 'This is a cold world,' aaid thb man. , j 'Thsl's so. hut yoq'll git into a banner | knne by and by, if yo« d-jp't miud your own IbiXnes* better/ * 1 was a little riled at the fellar, because ' ' j I never take uny thing only when 1 really t ' j need it. I afterward* learned lie was a ' Trnijierauca lecturer, and if he can injnee i 1 men to atop setten their inards nn Bra wilh ; the frightful licker which -It retailed roond , j the country, 1 shall harlily rejoice. Ile-.ler ' ; cue men Prueaiek ass.d to oacl tkaa to ' j pisen 'em to death by degrees. *T~ Jeff. D**is tjid sotiarry IU| tl Danville, - ' L Virginia, for ihe enforcement of hi* pro- , | clao.etion giving notice of hia undying par r | pose to continue the rebellion. Tnia proi I clamatuiD was issued on the 5lh in«L, and i from Savannah we iaarn that an the 10th ' ' inst. Jeff, bad gone *• far south as Macon, j Georgia. Aa it is understood ibal ha baa t J ahont on* hundred and sixty thousand doL | tars deposited in a batik in Havana, h i f | n»xl proclamation may be issued from the gain of the Anlillea. ^ A call has been iasued in North Carolina A for a convention of delegates from ail counil tie* which are free to send ihnm, to assent. -We WW tlmingtoa or Raleigh ou tha Uth of May, for tho purpose of taking tha ne creaary action to replace the State In Its ^ proper position io the Colon. | —Should you happen to find yourseli '' j whistling ia a priuting office, and tha com. e | potiioT tells you to whutle louder— don't e j ydu do it. | —A tall, thin, Mqnart built gentleman !- • was seen aalking down lb* street a few ' d j days ago, when ell af a sudden hi was ob- j 0 1 Mrtad to <*vw routed ' ~'El

Knrly !flothodi*t Wluintry. ! I The pioneer MrUtodist preacher* - in j this country hat! * hard experience,— Their labors wrre abuniLnt, liu^ their comfort* few. Bishop Morris, in a re ; cent address, gave aome • rcroiniscene--^ ' of bis early life, with iu to 'la nnd hard ship*. * He aaya : ] No provision vat made /or houses for i preachers ; there wa* no estimate fur 1 expenses, -and no claim was rc- ' cognized hut the qnarteruge claim, and wrre fortunate if half of that waa rc- j ceived. For the first twelve yfara of my Itii crant ministry, wittr- luy wife nud two ' children, ^kept an exact account of my exp%.-« i end receipts. «*id the contr*-l- ' rttlo wjth us was, not to boy whet i we wanted, bm only what we could not . | do without. I credited the cfinn.li n»t j only wifh wfcnt I received from the stewj urd*. lint also all I received for marriage | fees and in private pr-sent*. At the; end of the tw*lm years I stroc-k the ove- ! and found that dtiring that time I j received one hundred and sixty -six dollar*, sixty-six an'd two-third cents per I annum. With thi* 1 had to buy horsca. ! pay house rent, meet all expei-srs of : feeding, clothing mid'i-iT-jcaiirigTTic ch"!jdren. and pay ail bur charities; that is | to say. in so v>r as these receipts came \ out of our private means. We say. then, that the spirit of Methodism is the spirit ; oT sacrifice. The general style of living among onr i people has greatly changed — I know : most shout the Western , Suteo, where ' j I was born and brought op. from whence | I have hailed f-.r seventy year*— nud j ; speak that I do know, auk testify that I | hare seen, when I say that fifty years ,4ngo in nil Ihe Western States onr p»o- . . pL, ns a general thing, lived in b-g hot* " at rude "construction, with flap-b'onril ' * roof and puncheon Honrs. These cabin* generally had but one apartment, which ' ; answered for'kitrhen nnd dining-room, ' I sitting room and parlor, library afid durI mitory, class-room and chapel, j .1 have gone ipto the loft of these cub . ] ins ninny time* in the *evrre»t winter weather, where there *»t. no fire, and ' - slept with nothing overhead but the i tbin roof, and a few logs around mo. j I large opening* between them, nnd with . I the covering very scant, and have often I arisen in the morning to find my bed 1 j covered with, suow I how, in many | instances, t»k«n my pillow nml Lid it * ' across my feet* and placed my coat over ; reel, ana piaceo coat over

r thai, not merely to prevent suffering * i with cold, hut to keep from, freezing r. ««• | How was it with regard to our m ; ehurrhe* ? There were none hardly <)r- ii serving the name, and what we had wi re 1" j mostly built of logs, and these were like ; angels' visits, "few and f»r between." 1 The K'iraf Turnpike in Knglaml. ' | Exactly five hundred year* have elapsed p I since a hermit, weary of the labor of havmc i ! nothing. to do, nnd tired of silting the dull , ^ diiy through by. tha side Of the stone which j (l i suppflrted the sun-dial in front of St. An- ; , .tlnmy'a Chapel, on Higlicate hill — that ! p 1 stone- whieh- »*tr»erp<*atly— boaa-n*, known . j j *• Whittincton's — revolved to .mend thy , ; way* between the sum-nit of the hill antl 1 | ; the lower part of tl-a vale ending in Ding- - , ton. Thi* hermit was a m m .of son.* means ( ; and he devoid them -to bringing gravel i , i 'rem the top of the bill nnd laying it al''| ; alona the nnclean treel wh'ch then, as now, I t.ore th* name of "llollbf Way." By ^ digging out gravel ha gave • p >0-1 to the", folks ou the hill, where it was greatly J " - ji*cdciLfiP'Lh?_COi'tributed cleanliness and j security to the vale, Where aellfier "had / hitherto been known. Traveler* blessed ' j th* harmit who had torned constructor of < | highway*; th* pilgrim* to Bt. Anthony's j found their *ree«* to the thrin* of the saint j mad* assy and pleasant by him ; and a* for >- , the beiiificenfbermit himself, his only re- ' grel wax that, in aecom^liahing this meri. 1 lotions net tor the good of hi* fellow men, , ha hid entirely exhausted all hia fnrtone^ ' To* king, however, came to the revere. ^ He set up a toll-bar, and published a decree addressed to "our well. beloved William I'helippe, the hermit," that h*, and the pnhlic might know wherefore. ' Tb* king declared that he highly appr#. cie-ed th* motive which bad induced tb* hermit to benefit "onr people passing 'ih rough tha highway between Highgal* and Smith field, ia many places notoriously miry anddwep." And ia order that th* new j »w*y bl lie maintained and kept in re-pair.-Ui* king ticaaaed the hermit to take toll, srd keep the road io order and himsel' s ! id comfert and dignnv. This wsa the first » ' mad bar erected in England, end William - | I'hwlippa woe tha fitbr-r of tha race of laru- | plke-keepers — U nmkiil Mogaiint.

Ratelng tho King on Tort Sumter ' f, i The. flag was raised on Fort Somier, on ji Uh* 1-iVh inst., I.y Major Gen. Ao.b-r-on. ti | The groat event sttiwcted large nuir.bdr.n bt i ! sisijor* to Oharlanon. ; h I The day dawned beautifnlly. and soon j t! | there wus e general .movement It-ward tha ; e i U>'g w*s auspep.ded from nil the public nn-l . ^ | lesion. ' . a i Ahoat six o'clock the arrival of the1, j e: earner Diainood. Gener l Gillu|«rt'* Uai'- d *bip.;«!lh lhal offices ami hiseioff. toscth-r . . . with a number of diniinpuLhed visiTote en ... ; board, wa- announced. Lore before ten ' -| o'clock. IV wharves and SI .eel* lending to . j f : I l.em, elonpndi.rti it we. supposed the v,*i- " ■ sr: ; rather ihfin patriottsm. tliongh preco is , now Hie God U-ey worship. ■ ' ' A large pLlf.-rni. diamond-shaped.' eov. - : had hern ertCH-l in lb- feirirp of llie pa. , ; greni.d. wilh an arched cai t^ty yttr^ , ■ and i-lUer disui B«..heJ vi.~n..r»y and «»-■ ' the coml-me.. lasie of six Luiou lad lei of ' Charleston. floar.s ai-l evergreeoe. Tb- tlrgsiaff. about Otie hundred and fifty lert big- , h*d.^ r l?een erected ^immediately in the eV-ulre of i who took part In the aes.uti on Fort Sums' ( ler. ordered by Admiral Dahlgreu -S. pt. mr ber ll. ledX ] in, . b,m rioos •MUU^-Vkour « the audience juiiing in the chorus. 1'iaver r' wm Tueu otf.red byiRi vVhershU ll.vT • .Matthew llarrie. Chaplain L' ailed .Slates It Army, hring tor seme divine who i-flrred ,, prater at tha rai-log of the tlag Utr Fort, , Burotar, When Major A ode redo removed ' bis cosnnaiid from Fort Moultrie to Furl Sumter, I>ec.' 'J7. lend. I , Tu-n b-lluwvU ih^readlag of eeH-con* ' fr-m l lie I'ealirt*. by Kev. It. S. tjiorra. l». II It., and lira people, alternately. I'salms I. I Major Aodereeu'x despatch to the gov. h era mem, dated s.exm-h p Ihlitr. -ff Sandy n llonk. April D. leul. wononoring tho fall ,, of Fort Sumter, woe then read I.y General , ! R D. Tuwnter.d. lt . xruxKKSoi or-\Kn*i. xxPEeaoa. ir The rairing of ihe old flag b) Sl.-jor G»o.

Anderson a a* the next net. oil the pro- ~ prammpwMd when he stepped forward on „ the protforni, tliw-Wtst of joy was tincmi- o. trolable. and liie gallant old soldier wept, • and war for soma mompnA aawlsL to »wn. ^ My friends and fellow citiz--aa and l>r«. tiler soldiers By liie considerate npp..;ot- 1 msnl of. tlie llonurable Bern-lsr; of War. i am here to fulfil Ihe cherisfi..l wish r.l i'..y . war. In restore to ila'propwr place this dear Hag which fi.-ated here doring the ! before trie first act of this cruel Je- ; | helli-n. 1 thank God that 1 have lived in j this day— (Great appLase}— end to b- j , in perform this duly to my country, j . j heart tajitted with geatilwde Gx-Ahot 1 Gad who has so sicnally t.Lsaed u«. who I ; has given u* blessing* beyond niea«nre. — | ' May all Ihe worhl proclaim, Glory to God \ ' in the highest, a,od on earth peace and good j j will. toward* men. (Voices — Amen, emmi. Bxreixa tu* rt.xo. ! At tha conclutioa of hii remarks, he . raised the halyard*, and with firm end ! steady pull, aidod by Sergeant Hart, un j furled th* glorious banner, amid tbe deafi euit-c Ciivre of tha assemblage. General Anderson and Sergeant Hart "ih i n ral'S d ; 1 the flag wilh an evergrcenhsrrath attached, ' th* occnpant* of the at^gc all - joining iu ; j taking-hold of tbe hnl'yarda. No sooner j.had it canght the breeze than >bere was one | tumnltuuuj shout. It was an inspiring : | moment, grand and sut-lime, never 'let be : experienced again, llur flag was there, its i crimson folds. Uttered but not dishonored, regenerated and baptized abew in tb* fires uf lltwrty. General Anderson could with diffienlty : resirein bis emotions, and while some ; shouted themselves hoarse, others wapt and ' embraced like children. , When tbe flag bod reacted It* height, with a wreath of roses appended, the vast mntriteda roniinoed f-r somo monieali to gaze at it* flultaritig folds. Th* cheers had not suhaided, when the aolota of one hundred puns from Suuiter and a national salnta from Ibn'fieet and i Port Moultrie and Battery fie* on Solli van'# Island, Fort Putnam on Morris i Island, sod Fort Johnson on James Island. ' . placaa cuuspicuous in tlreilnanguraliou ot the rahaliioD, nnd eminently appropriate I V

them tn fake a psrt not less prominent jo i hi* national rejoicing over ihe restornn of the' national authority r Ndliora! aire were al«o played by the which *■> followed by the tinging of • "Star ^Spawplsd Bauner." the whole audience joininc, «nd producipc an effect ; truly thrilling. A Hat Story— A l ady in the Case I lFromthcrhtt-.0-lpt.ua V-rlhAmcScorrJ. ! lo a drinking cellar on Chestnut streej, above Twelfth, the other night, a terrier ! started a rat. Tbe ml dn-had out of tho doof, up )be steps ' to ihr7Tre^t7b*d then e'raight ncr-ss. A L-ly was walk-rtc np. i t- e cellar en The eppaai'e st.'oof the street. Tht- ret ,s»i running for his life ; th. dog dinner. The rat. wh.n nboat n dozen length* her sl-r*.-. The tarty shrieked with horror and dismay.. !*<• juwrrtog -*• l-*r cry that gentleman rnn hurriedly re her relief. She pointed to her arm and said, "a rat in my sleeve I" at d «i».n gave i.tteranc- to • piercing shriek-. The gentleman boldly prnspv-i the protuberance, and mode a vig-i-roua stpi-eze. A hetter squeeze never yet was made upon a lemon by a fitst-clasl bar-lender. The rat l»il through the inter-" ve'n'ng c lothing into the gentleman's jrand, __ -» ith -a peiwfai - bieuspidal incision. 'I ho Oioir-.' His Ufa was crushed onl; ha dropped to lire ground, and Ihe lady, sick, ' faint, unutterably horrified, declining any fun her assistance, wended her Way ' hoine-'-_*ard. -[ 1 How to Open Oyster*. "Talking of n|rening oysters,' aaid eld Hnrrieuae, "why, nothing '» yasier If you "And how's how?" inqairedSlreight. "Scotch snutT. " nntwered old Hurricane, very seiitrnlioasly. -Scotch anuff. Bring 1 a little of it ever io near their nine., nod they'll sneeze their lids off." 'I knew a ueiiiu*/ observed Mr. K_*rl, -who has a belter plan. II" spreads ttc ' tuvulwa in a circln. seat" btmrolf in tbfr< ' timet a leg-Il l of bis love— sometimes B1 marvelous etcrk Iran-action. A* ha proceeds the -native*' get uncreated ; on. by ' owe they gup wilh aMiiiti--litil.nl at tho wonderful and direful whoppers which are * poured birth, und as th-y gvpc, my friand whip* "cm out, p-ppcrs 'em and swallow* T -That'll do." said Straight, with a deep '' sigVi. 'I "wLb we had -a dl4W of lb* bl1 v„l>c* her - now - ' I ' ■ ) d open easy.' I'ttsslrt's (Comer.

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