Cape p»g Oceat Watre.

VOL. XII.

CAPE ISLAND. t^APE MAY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, ISfiH.

NO. 602.

ikt Rett's Cotnrt. THE LITTLE PEOn.E. A drear 7 place would M Ikla earth Wan itere u Utile people la II : Tto leaf of life would loee Hi ailrlh. Were then ee chlldree to begin it. ItettMte >im. Ilka bu.*t to (row, Aod wake tke odwlrtaf kearl aamnder i Na Utile kaoka ea kraaat aad brow , To keep Ike tfcrtlUac tore- chorda leader. Ho boko wNbU ofcr arrua to leap. Ho little (art toward Hue bar trad lax i So Utile kaaa to prajrr to bead. Oar Upe the awoat waada laadlaf. What would tke wotkaia do (or >a||. Waro thaaa oe peat* aae Jaaketa testing' No Hap diaaaai to embroider 1 No cradle foe thelrwatahftit tart aft No loop kojra at wtatry mora. With aotafcal to tke aokool-bouaa haeUig) No worry ahoula at kowa they rook ; No pdoatooa aaeraol lor tkotr taotlaf. TaU, (noo, powa poopto at tha door, Tall. (Toea, (raw a people at the table ; T«o meo oa kuatoaaa all la teat. The dawee lafuketoua ea they're able. Ceteetlef oat ore wore lahuwaa, A' i laka to atala eoldaeaa luro, Aad wamaa would ba laaa the a woaua. far la that allaa toward whlak we roaeb, Tke lap Tlaee'a lay tartoua, dim aafoldlaf . Tha little oaaa with rkarub walto Are etui oar lather a (aee bakoldiaf. Be aald Hla vote* to wkow oa Iruet. Whoa to Jtadak'a rtalw a praaaker. . ■a wada a aklM eoefmot tke proud, Aad ba la ataipla tulaa their resteer Uf. a aoof, todaad, would loee Ita charw, A doleful plaoa tkta world would be, Ware Ikaro ao Utile people to It. $§rt»c(llanMns. rirat Clremadirr •( France. Fat maajY year Ihore waa a touching U< barallful caslom to ba wilaataad ia a oortola (oftneui af Fraaeh grenadiers. karoikn of a da part ad cenrwde. Wkaa iba ctopuiH assembled for pared*. aad tb* roll wax called, there war aaa a am* to wbieb iu awaor could aot aaa war— thai of U Taar d'Aovsrgae. Whea U >u called, iba aldoal aergeani Mapped a pace forward, aad raising hit bead la bit cap. .aid praadly : "Dlod oa Iba field of boaor. " , Far feortaoa yaata thik tutl«m waa continued, aad oaly coated wbaa tho roetorod Baarboat, to plcata Ibair foreign ataalort, forbade everything that waa eeltalalod to ptttorrt Ibo tplrit ef lhe soldiort of Frttea. La Tour d'Atrarga* wti aot abwertby le life the boner thu* paid bin after daaib. He wwo odacatod for tba erwj, tatarad 1U7, tad io p«l tetrad oadar Ibo Doha do Griltdo at iba evige of Port lUbon— Ho aaiood always with dialiaciioa. but aooalaally ro fated offers af pro«tt>iioa, raying Ibal ba waa aaly fll for tba can nawd af b cow pony of grenadiers ; but (sally, tba rorloaa (rooadior cowpaoier beiag nailed, bo fooDd b laser if la eownaad of A catnpauy of sight hun Jrad Boa, whil. ret alaing ooly the raak of Captain. Haoca ho waa kutti at tba First Ore ■ Bttttr af Ftwwco. But lief ura particular exploit of bit Iba. ww wish to wriu, w«ro ibaa bit ear- . uraUgua.ral a What bo waa forty jcara of ago, bwaM aw A *Ml to a friend, aot far from a toAllaa af tba ootwtlry Ibal waa aooa to hoc o tea tba reeae of a cawpaigi. Whil. tbaro, ba waa Way ia wrqMiating hiwaali with tba frotarra af ibo o oca try, ibiaking it AM aa likely Ibal iba krawledgf night be of aeo to bin, tad while bar* the brarr rer bad boa. rapidly abiflad to tbi. qaarWVefNtbat o rapine at of Aaalriaat war I pMhiaf on to occupy a tar row para about taa aaifoa fruaa wboro bo waa atayltg, aad Iba I mini 1 1 Of wbicb would gira Iban OA upprlaulty of pravtAtlag at jmpertaai ■ unit of Ibo Fraaeh, wbieb ws$ Ibao o« foot. TWy hoped la surprise tbi» poaa, aad wore waring ao rapidly .pea ii i bat (hay waro hoi am ibaa tao boar. Alfoaft ftoP iba plapa.wbapak* »»« Maying. apd which tUy wo.ld h... io pw. in pair March. h matter. »ot bow b« board pa bow*. Ii is .efficient te ray that he fomwik td to act apaa li. Bo bad ao Idea uf buieg eaplarud by tba eaowy ia adruiico. aad bo at oaoo set af lot pb. poaa. (ia kP*« tbat tba paxaw fofoafo d by a ttont tower, and a garrtaaa af thirty noa.aad ba bapod to be abla to want tba ana of their danger. Ho bat luaad ao. aad urririag lb etc Iba) a Iba to. at ka a perfect caaditioa.— It bud jnut baou oaoatad by tba garvfera. wbo tod board af lb. approach #T the Asatrmar, aatd hot seised -itb a peak ibotwwl, aad bad M, Waeteg Utoir era. euuaseaiag af ibirty oaaolloat naakoU. La Tom 4 A>m,w gaaobed bia tooth Iffi fofrs I llflffiM bo fowad a. rural bwaoa #f Mil i Hiii ■ wfoteh tto mwmda tod b|

Then ba ato heartily af tba prorlaioaa j ka had braugbl itb bin. aod tat down to i wait. Ha bad ebeeielely formed iba heroic reoolitioo lo defoed Iba tower elene. There ware mna tbinge ia hie fo.or for •ueh ao undertaking. The paaa waa eteep and oarrow, aad Ike ontny't Ironpt euald cater it oaly ia doable file, ami ia doing ikia would ba folly etpoaed la tha 6r» fram tha lower. The nrlgiaal garHaoa of ' ibirly naa could ttttlly bar* bald it aguiaui '• Hitisioe, aad aaw oa* msa waa abofltto b»ld It aguitet a regiment. It waa dark wkao La Tour d'Aevrrgnr raaebad ibt tawcr, mad had to wait tout lima for tka eaeny. Thay ware loager in eonieg Ibaa ka aipoctod, aad for awbiir ha wai tcaplad lo baiieTa thry bad abesdoaad the expedition. About niduigkt, howacur, hie practiced ear eaagbt the tramp of feat. Every momaul Iba .oaod came nearer, aad at leal ha beard tbam aalariag iba defile. Immediately kt discharged a couple af tnuskala iulo tba darkoaaa. la lat them kno» that be knew of Ibair preoaaea aad iutralionv, aad ka beard tha qairk, abort eon.' mandi of Iba oflloore, aad fron the eoond ho aappoaad that tko troop* was* retiring ' fron the puaa. Until morning ita waa ao- ' dial ar bad. Tha Austrian commander, foaling aMured Ibal Ik# garriaoo had bean iaformad af hit mevemenla. aod wai prepared >o receive him, sac lhat ha coeld ool snrprita I be poal a» ha bad haped lo do, and deemed il prudent lo wail till J daylight before makiag bia attack. At eoarita be eunuaooed tba p arrises lo aorrandar. A greaadier aoawarad Ibe "Say to year commander," ka .aid, in reply lo the metaengar, "thai Ibis garrisob arill defond Ibit p.aa (n Ibe toll el i The officer ubo bed bora. Iba fi«g nl truce rail red. aad ia aboat too minatae a place nf artillery wan brought iuto the J puaa, and opened oa iba lunar. Bat le effect tbi*. the piece bad to bo placed diracily ia front of tba tower, and wjtbia i aaay waakal range of il. Tboy had scarcely gat iba gea ia poaiiioo. wkaa a rapid I fire wai opened on it fron tba lower, aad eoaliaaad with tick marked effect that ! the piece waa withdrawn after the (evens > discharge eith a lota of Bra men. Tbll wai a bad beginning, »e half at. hanr after iba fan waa withdrawn the An, 1 Irian Coleaal ordered aa aaaault. A> tba traopi entarad the daBIc, they ' warn received with a rapid and accurate Bra, eo Ibal whea they bad patted ever | half the dietaece tbay barf to tracer**. : they bad last fifteen raea. Iliehearted by tbi', tbey retarded to Iba moath of Ibe dofile. I Three mora aaeaalta ware repelled in ■ tkit manner, aad the enemy at inatet bud - lest forty five men, of whom too were I killed. The Bring of the tower had been rapid | and accurate, but the A ut Irian commaadet . i bad noticed tbit peculiarity about it— ■ every that teemed le come from ibt tame I plana. For awhile thia perplaztd him. bat at last beeama to the couelaaioa thai there were a number of loep-bolei close - together ia tho tower, to contracted a> u cemmaad tba rartaa perfectly. At tuaaat tka las* aaaault waa made aad repaired, and at dark tka Austrian commander tent a second tunmont to tba garrison. Thia lima the aaewar wat favorable — { ' .Tba garriaoo offered to surrender it aaa : rise tka aexl morning, if allowed to march i i out with their arm* aad return to the j I away uamalaalad. After tame hesitation I i the term* were accepted. Meantime La Tour d'Aavetgae bad 1 paaaad aa aaxioat day ia tba tower. Ha b»d opened the fight with an armemeoi 1 af \hirty landed matkata, but bad not beer i abla to discharge them mors then taiea. I Hs bad fired with turpritiag rapidity, but > wilb astonishing aecaraey. for it waa wall > kaowa in tba army that ka nscer threw > awayatkot. Ha bad dalarmiaed to lined • to kit poet until bu bad accomplitbed kit i and, wbieb waa to bold Iba plaoa twenty ■ four bears, la order |* allow the French - army to oomplst* its muacsavre. After > tbat ba knew tba pace a aald be of no eaa 1 aeqacece to the enemy. • Whea the deemed for a r.naedar cam.lo Um after the leal uaa.lt, ba coawatod r to it apea tha conditio. • samsd. i Tke next day at eaarita, tba Aaatriaa ' troop, lined tba pans ia two file, extend - lag from the moath to tba lower, leaving i • a space between tbam for tke garritoi to j .. •«'. The heavy dear of tba taw»; opeaad ; - efowiy. and iu a fow miuutaa a bruuxed . aad Marred gieaadirr. Utorally loaded • dawa with naakaU, cama oat aad pntaet! ; ' dowa tba Him of troop*. Hw walkad.with : '■ diffiealty aader bia b»avy land, j ! To the surprise af tba Aufriaa*. MM* | k folio aad kirn fram ib* tower. Ia aatoaHkmeut the AaMrba Catoai • rede wp to Mm'; aad aah'd Mm ia Fruacb • why Iba gankti dU AM naa oat. ■ 1 mb tba fkirteea , CabaAoi. ' ' ae»d 0. • Hll.ll I tba HufomM. ->a » What gi il It < y aa to atabu ami aa

i The Colonel gaxrd at bim for a moment I i la- eadiagaiaed admiratiaa. Thro raitiag > bit cap hs raid warmly : "Orat-adiar. I aalata yea. Yea have ' ! r prav»d yourself tha brmveet af the brave." The officers ceased all tha arms wbicb I Le Tear d' Aovergae eoeld not carry ta ba collrpled aad sent tbam all, with the i ■ grenadier, into Iks French liosa, logalhrr I with a note, relating Iba whole affair. Whea tha kuewlcdgs of il came lo the 1 > , rat* «f Nape laaa, ha offered In promote . l.a Toar d'Aovrrgoa, but Iba latter da- . clinad to accept lbs promotion, taying ba i . preferred. lo remain where ba waa. The brave soldier met bia death in an . action el AburhaueeD, is Jun*. 1HN), abil > < tka simple and expreesiva aeaoa at rollcall la bia regimanl, wu commaaced and i I continued by tka expreat command of tba , . emperor himself. ('our tele, of Hoa^c. There ia generally a painful deficiency of lhaee in fatoily iotercourta, and among . res p*c table, refined, aad outwardly wall- ! brad paaplf. The greed, Ibe geatlvoete, | tha aoarUeiat of tprach, and manner, aad ' dead, are babitaally ignored at quits tan ' good for tba table aad tha fireside, ami ' . are held ia reserve for company, aod ' j social iotsrcouree.ju.taaona'a beat drataaa | ' ! are bang in the cloeat for Sundays, aod ' j the street, soil atala occasions generally. 1 ' What a miserable, shallow, turfare- , ' j branding thil ia ! How early tba aoarriap ' | ioitinct of a child takes lit true men- : euremtnt aod worth, and souodi it to tba 1 ; battnVi. ' 1 What it polileaeu north tbat it it aot Maatiaetiva habitual ui-cooacioua T Aad 1 j tkamtfully 1» tbit frequently neglected in , home iotrreoarsa, between fathers aod ' ' mothara, brothers and atatert ! T'bat ia- ' differaac*, negligence, dtthabillt of tone, I mariner aad act. wbicb obtain in many huaaebolde, are a disgrace on these whu ' ! who regylato tbair affaire. If courtoey it ' | really worth anything — if delicacy, gau- 1 ! tleasia, kiadoat*. are lovely anywhere, , ' I why should thay not control all th. Tamil, j ' ' iaritiww of tha table, the fireside, the I daily home life * Whirl alia il (a redeem ' thaaa from cuarteactti, friction, afoi barran,... ? Hnw many metbart have a toaa for tbair children which lh*y weold never ; dare employ towards Ibelr domestics— ^ that hareb, fretlel, severe tone, wbtck mint grata and jar arroM a child's nature until it gets hardtnsd to it. Out woadurt , 1 lomttimet tbat men and woman ftutrtlly < lorn out aa wall a. tbay do, whan tha tort of bringing np they've bad is taken into 1 cooeidevation. Do yao never coniider, eh, melber, . with love 'in yoar bean, aad all aorta of , ' 1 mistakes, aad faaIta,Nund failures in year I home govtramant aad example tbat your . 1 J child nil! very modi what you m.ku , It? 1 How tk. early breeding clingt to on« ' through life How oftoa tome iufalicity or tprach, torn, co.rs.neet of m.n.er, , ' aoms .of •rtuoats habit, will krap it* tea- ■ , sclou. bold of ona, and more or lata mar i bit iafiaeace, aad make bim a subject of , 1 ridicule lo tbu coatompruota and of pity i to Ibo good lor a whale libtime. Ah, the mother negfiTU hath *evo le Ub— the , mother ought to have corrected tbit da i feet or infirmity before il oecame tacoad lloweaar eaa may regard it, "good , I misters" are aot of small account. Thay - i re,' ret at kindavMt of baart aod callivai j lion of mind ; tu-i althuagh thay are often > 1 assumed as the thin t Ornish of a base aad . i I unwor'hy nature, atill that drat not altar , their tanallal meaning and beauty. I All Iht counlarleitt iu the world do not . , ' lateua tba valaa of fine gold, and all the hypocrite wbo aver walked tba foca of the i earth bare ant made guodn.u, ooMeoete, j . purity,. unlovely aod of evil report. Tbair I essential aetata atill roomiat beautiful aad ] I to ba daaired or tha whole world. I never yet know B mother, however I coarse ar igaeraet herself, wbo desired i bar toa or ber daughter to be poweoly regarded M A clown or a fool. She ailght < lake very .melt peine to make tbem etherr wise, bet the would not relish th* fart, put to ber io plain, homely Savon ; aad 1 pity abildraa, who with intelligence aod r aspiration, hare to strmouol the difficuli list of early aeglecl, aad careless, toarra a* ample. i it la bard to avercomv thaw. The rood leads lb rough a long aad Udioaa experir | eeca of mi.Uk*, mortification, embarrea.. a mast, pais , aod alihougk there are gra- | ciaat and rsfitad maa aod woman who | i hare inh ap through a wvgleetod child- j it ; hood, atill tha maw of tha people keep to ; d 1 a large degree Ibe mould oT tb«ir child ! i I brad aad yowlh. Aad aiaarl u your boy | b j it. ok ytbAf, it iga't rait te trust to his < { gauiar. Ha uy M|. after all bo Preai. ♦ I deal or Use United Bute, eed if be ehwald i ba, ba will not loss aaytbiag by tba: j d i reai tray of masoor, by ikas^ gas lis aad h ; biadlj h kbits wbieb JOB taught him from ! tba cradle apwarfo. Now dra t mialaka la ■ mm bora, aad thia^ I set falsa wad supreme rale* re mafoly ootwotd greara sad *•- « sal adjaacls. I raiy state for ibaaa w tbaar »Wrag ptera aac araaida retire a* ; >e fwra af ibara.nr. m a tew*, gwrerara. oaksaatod hkk'i aad ad»J , amd wham tba 1

A smile may bare covered a heart tomaltoooe with malice and rcvy, bat shaf that make it lose a thing nf lore and beauty, aa Its prae* and brightness illeminstas Iba face? A kiss that erticsla ; tioa of exceeding fundnetv aod ti-adaroaaa waa one* desecrated Iu a p.rpo.a ao baas and awfol, tbat all succeeding ugas have tkrillad with horror at tha atory, aad yet dee* thia maka the dewy carried af bar child fall Ittt taaally aa lbs mother's . | cbeek ? Aad there are *emc who will ioaiat that the obeerteece of these home coartetiet ' will reader stiff and formal tba aoraatrelnad intercourse of demeatic life ; that tbair tendency will be to cramp aad fatter tba familiaritiae of tba firetide ; and that tka | regard! and hospitalities which we owe to ' society, when iutrodaced into tb* bona*- j hold, will make tha frco every day itil and burdensome. You do ool take my worda ia tbair troo snae and meaning, oh, my resrfsr, if yoar | bo aaewar me. It it aot for a constrained. ! formal, restricted babit of intercoaree I tbat I pltarf. But it is against that free, dam which "breads eantempt"— against tba indulgence end earelesaneea, tba grea- ; diaets aad erlfiahaeee which ere rampant i in eo many boueeholdt that I protest, and ' always shall. Are refinement, of apaech and manner — ia regard for th* comfort of each other -a-are llttl* kinrfeeaaaa and eelf-aacrificat j to ba kept only forttrencere. lobe ignored only ia oar household* 1 Dear reader, do not believe ft. Oh. mothVr. da not by habit and example teach this wtoagdotitrinelo your childran- \ T^ait those small courtesies illuminate th* attnotpev* nf your home.. and #h»d th»ir sweet sunlight ever its common familiar waya, exallii g aad hallowing them. Sappreav, so far at you cue, whatever ia brusque, and coarse, and harsh, anil reaping— whatsoever is mean, and psltry. and batefol, and lat these horn* courtesies bloom out t ftly in gentle manners and | loving wnys, ia urery pleasant and charaej terfatie form, aad Ilk* the flowers w* read I of, io Alpin* Pasaes. and amongst tba elafts of tb* high rorka. thay shall beautify whatever is common and homely in your [ household ways, and their email blossom* shall spread tbair blaomy sheets over the bard' rugged soil of every day life.— .tr(Awr's .Vnyocinc. The l'ssuiig Widow on n Sleigh Ride. Soma writer has said, that a yoaag aod boaatiful widow it tho most loving and - loveabls creators in *xi*touca. There it , much truth ia tba remark, aud, as 8am- , iral Waller intimataa. they ar* at tho aamo time tho moat dangerous to tko lihartins of a bachelor, wboo they ooca take a noli* a that way. Ia it lot a aiagalar factthai moat of Iba graataat men tb* world ba* prodaced, bars base to tb* feet of th* widow? Tha reading of th* following sketch has ' amsoad at, earftio doubt will many other*. ' wbo will probably say. "It's ao Ilka 'am.' ' It It ssremtr *tw, bat it wai winterclear, cold, aod th* taow was paeksd. Dr. Meadows was oao of tb* slsighing party, which h* describee, so far M ba aod 1 tha yoaog widow l-smbkin wore concerned ' in th* words following : "Th* livtly widow Lambkia sat ia . th* sleigh, nadar tha asm* buffalo rob* with me." "Ob 1 oh don't!" shk exclaimed, a* wa cam* lo th* Bret bridge, th* same time catching hold of my arm aad turning bur ' roiled foes toward ma, while hor llttl* ■yra twinkled throagb tb* moonlight. "Don't what?" I aaksd ; "I am ant I doing aaytbiag." ! "Wall, bat I thought yon srare going | to tako tell," replied Mrs. Lambkia. ! "Toll," I rejoined, "what's thai?" "Wall, I declare," cried tha widow, bar clear laagh ringing out above tha made of tha balls, "you protend that you dra't know what toll H J" "Indeed I don't, tb*u," I said, langhiag | "pray txplaia. If yoa plaasa. " "You awdFr board, th*a," said tha widow, mitt provokisgly, "you aovor heard that1 whoa wa ar* on a aleigh rid* tho gantiatere always, that ia. aomatlmai, > whan tbay erraa a bridge, claim a bias, aad call It toll. Bat I oarer pay it." I raid I bad never heard pf il before ; but whoa wa cans* to lk« next bridge I 1 claimed tb* toll, asd tb* aridow's struggle to bold tbo vail over bar fora was >sl ■ enough to taar it At bat th* rail was • j removed, bar re aad, rosy fees tare ad | > ! toward., m« aad la lbs clear light af tk* - j frosty mrea th* toll was taken, for th* > Bret Has* ia bia lite, by Dr. Maa Iowa I Soot wa cam* U a long bridge with wrar j ral are bat, tbo widow sold it was no meo to ■ ! resist a nsaa tbat wreld hera hi* owa way. • i so obo paid lb# toll wilbMl a marmar. J' " Bwtyrewmst tab* wU for oragy arab. ' j wiB yra, daotor P' tba widow said so archi \ ly that 1 did ret foil to reset all my 4m, S asd that was tb* hsgiestag, But aorar » i mite tha rest. Tb* Lambkia bad lb* • . Mradow* ail to banal r is tk* spring. a — "Larrjr," aald a ooqastUth lady to s ; kraaaamm ps.m.tar.ly bald, "why ia if i yamr bate lite Uaaawa ra h "Dre't bare. I'm OWte" saptite tte s^raMl^aatea. tedote. teoaara H ba*a

Who Arc The Ilwppr? Ijird Byroo said :— "Tba macbsnica and workiagmaa wbe ran maintain their families, are, ia my opinion, Ib* bsppitel ' body o' me*. Pursrty is wrstcbsdnsse, < but ersn poverty ia, pertiope, to bo preferred lo tbo hoartloaa, auuieaoiog diasi- ■ pation of th* higher order. Another . < author lays "I have no propensity to I ' envy any ona. least of all, the rich aud ' ) great ; bat if I were disposed to'thie ' ■eakaees, tke sabject of uiy savy wanld ' be a huallby yuuog man, in loll possession f < of bia atrength and facaltisa, going forth . J io a morning to work for hiawifo aad cbil- • dree, or bringing them buna bia wages I | ! ataigbt." ^ '» A I.oiik Bran. I | | ! A certain OaoarslXifl ( j I upon his staff a tall and livtly yiisng , j | Lieutenant, rather given to stretching the , I troth, aod bad u rrmaikehle facility for > ( . beaatiag of bia awn acremplishmants.— ' , ) Upon s fins horse, he indulged dally iu a ( ' | rid* amongst the woods end bush*, abont I u mils from camp. Ketarning out day, ; t , be presented to the envious gave of bi* ; j [ brother afficer* a rabbit that had been ' ( I shot the head. "Look ut that." | , i said bo ; "shut inn through th* bead, my t horse going el fell speed— ceo do it Dine [ ( limes out of too." Thus boasting tin 1 ' taroed it aver to lb* conk for a stew, ( ' and took frequent occa-lou to allude Iu ^ ' the fine shut. Next day, whilst all were t enjoying a guud dinner, a modest rtp est , . hoard on tho door of tho moss-rooin, the . i door was opened, sad a contraband pre- f ' tented himself, with " I'ltaar gemmae, nm i da gemniao hero dal bought do rabbit ( ! yesterday ?" end lh--n catching sight of ( | The roar *1 laogbler that folhtwad may J Odds and Elide. t I — Uunandrum by a statical man : What i ! - should a maa da when bia bunla leak?' I I I Take to bit pumps, of course. ■ I -lluw may e mee be kouwo from a fo. 1 ' ligued dog r Oa* wean a shirt aad lb- ' r ; other peats. jg A yuung lad) is charged witu having i It's a pily if * prrity girl like beruen't ' ! , —An Irishmen baviag beta told thai ( th* price of bread bed falllen. exclaimed : | ' "This it the first time the! I »**r r»- | joiced at the foil of my beet friend." I I —"Mike." said a bricklayer to hit | ■ hodman, "if yoa meet Patrick, toll bim , 1 "8nre aad 1 will," replied Mike ; "but j . whet will I teli bim if 1 don't mete him ?" < ' — A young lady, having purchased on 1 jieurlmvnlel music, luraedsuiidcoly beck and said to the clerk, "There il one thiag ' ' f have forgotten." "Whet is that?"— ! < "Owe kits before w* pert,"— npen which ; 1 tb* alork vaulted uvtr tb* counter, aud | < ealatad tb* fair stranger with a routing i "smack." j i I —Old Mrs. Lawiob wa* called as s 1 ! wilosss. 8te was sharp aad wide awake. . ' j At last th* cross-axamioiag lawyer, ost 1 t of all palisnca, exclaimed. Mrs. Law- ( ton, yon have braaa enough iu yoar foe* t* maka a twafm qaart pail" "Yes" she replied ; "aod you've got tap enough in your baud to fill it !" A Stboxs 8nku. or Cuivxs.— A fo* ' , ' nights siora Tom Jobs* went horn* to hie : wife in a disguised csadilioo. He hod i drank so pftea for tb* success of ear 1 volunteers tbat hs was compelled to sat a ( I handful of cloves to remove the smell of ' whiskey. While undressing, hie wife detected |b* perfume of tho spies aod said : "Uood graoioas, Tom, how dreadfully J you smsll of clovas *" , "Kb :"**idT»m; starling, "c-I-o-vwj!" "Yet oiov#* ; undone mould tkiuk you had tere embalmed libs s mummy." Tbi* mad* bi* wits go wool gathering. , "Phew ! you are regularly settled with r them. Where bur* you teso to-night ?" i contiaaad lbs wifo. Tom wu thrown' entirely off bi* guard , — bis brain rumbled, aad without tk* remotest Ids* of wbst b* wu nyiag, repiled i— "W-h-y, hie Clara, tb* foot is, I have t ! jut bran ao a little trip lo tb* Keif I | Indira, aad' while I wu item, foil over a s | epics box A | Jack aa tha ^vsntua-dccx.— la the • 1 year 1851, la {fortamoatb, N. II., an* of • < tk* maa-of-ware-maa jut discharged. - | wasted to gu to 8 aeo. Me., ra ap gars - j Jack ta tbo •lego office • "Hallo, driver, wbel da you uk for . that oart to go "On* dollur and twonty-fira cunla. eiui, i gl* faro." i- i "Bluet my Inry »yu ! I meaa tte wtel* ""a tergaia wu struck aad Jack moanted | m *■ top. A geitletnaa happeaad aloag wte we* vary aaxire* ta visit daco. Tte , d rirat raid tte Stag* ares hired by Jack, , , tel te might get a rtewoe ftem torn. •« . k, tte goAtl.maa raid :/ \ "ttorai mraafigTJaek ; wilb yre ulfow .oats tea* a seat is Haoa f \ , "Weli," eaya Jaak. aftar bit^tof »P , Lis Uuaaras. "alnM mj Marry Up\hte ; » fotera. Mreb bisq ratfo ted-/ a. 1 ,te— dffiterasfog.item tel.' ^

('ongrcattenal Niimrnary. Moaosr. Dec. lOtb— Both kautee of! (foagress mat after their reeest at the ; neoal hour. In th* Senet* the bill to edinit Nebree- ! ke wee reported beck from the committee. with a recommendation that il past. A | ' for the admission of Col red* wat rr1 ferred ta the committee on Territorial.— j i The bill tri regelate th* franchise in the I i Diitrict of Colombia, wu taken up, aad 1 pending ita discussion, the 8tntl* adIo the House a bill was introduced to | grant to certain Hates i l,at have been in rebellion a republican form of govern- I m*nt. It provides for Ib* appointmeat nl ; Previtioaal Uovsroore, who ar* to call , . Elate co.veutioos for the formatiun of j impartial tuffrac* rauetiiutiooa. Tba hill referred to tbo ICeconitrortiou Com ' niilteo.- A rosoUlian instructing the Committee oo Beeke to inquire into tbr expediency of withdrawing the national correacy and winding up th* aatianel bank* wu laid on tbo table. Tb* bill fixthe time tut tba meotilg of the For- ' lietb Coogrtes ou ib* Keerlli of Marvh I patted by a vote of one hundred ami twenty to thirty. The SvaaU bill of last > session lo provide for the |>ey maul *f pea- ' ■ ioot was passed. Messages from the j ports from lieueral <>raol ted tseaeial the Kio Ureade, and a reparl liow the decrtlsry uf Slats relative Is Iba ditrnv. end arrest of John H. Suirati. Tcksdav. Dec I lib — la lire .Senate Ihf si t « bill for the eHiniseioa of Col- ' oredo. Tb* llea«e bill fixing the lime i for tb* Die* ting uf Congrats aee referred ] tn th* Judicial)' Committee. A hill s .*. j peudmg Couipeotalioii luo«nersof sl.i- ' ei.lisleu in ih* service a es reported hum ' Ib* Finance Cummilte*: The Di.im'c T" 1 ou Mr. Cewsu s propseillua to ' stiik* out ills wold "male." Ptndins tb* coueidsratiea of the emeediaeiit tue tieaete adjourned. In Ib* House tire bill la regelate the duiiel of Ilia Clerk in pmpanog lur Ike r* orgaaitetiua ul Ibe iluatv, was pe-sed . a vol* of 123 to 31, It provide* thai j rail of metsbei. of tb* Huuw io tb. oex> Congi.se shell cuoiaiB ooly tb* uames ol tires* elected in Stale, at present represented. Th* bill lo pfaveot ibe reception ! sad ce.oliog of electoral vetce of tb* ' lately rebellious States in the election ol Prend.nt and Vice President wu, alter j considerable debet*, pus'pooed aad made a special order for Thursday. Mr. lagrr- | too ukt-i leave t* i.truduca a hill to re- | gulale tha tale of coia aad bullion by ibt ; decretory of lb* Treaearj. Objection made, aad ibe bill was oot iotrodnced. Tba bill reported Iron the Judiciary Committee, December 5, for (be regulation o. appointment* and removal! from office ' wu taken op a. tb* special order, .au | discussed *> io Couimilte* of the VV kola. > Several auieudmend. were offered, ana i rejected, eo the bill west aver autil next ! d»jWeuxxioxT. l'cc. l'.'tb.— In th* Stoat* joint resolution of tbaokt to Cyrut W. . Field wet referred to tb* Committe* or. j Foreign relatione. 1 ha hill to regalats Franchise iu the Diilrict of Coluubia net taken op uaaflnitbad bavioen, tbe quettiao being on Mr. Cowao'i ameedmecl lo ttrike out tka word "male." On thecal. . for tbo real aud nave tb* amenduo uwu rejectod by a vete of nine Iu thirty icveo. Mr. Dixon, nl Cuaneelicui. then j offered an amearfmeal tbat aa pertoi j - shall rate wbe ba* heretofore voted ia ih. ■ District saloas he can read' *r writ*.— I Pending dUcuteion us this new am**rfnreul, lbs Senate adjuarnad. In tbe Uoute Mr. Miller of I'ennsylva aie, uked leave to offer u resolution to tb* effect that noo* at the excluded Sialva ; can bar* repeeeeatatiuu until they accept wtbt eoaatttotioual amendment ; tbat If the amendment ia refuted mure ttriugeul tenet will be impne#d, aad tbat the doctrine ol ' nnivertai amnesty should be discarded by ' I utery loyal patr,ul- Tb* bill repealing . prxvitioot of thn law of 1190, *0 u lo j prevent Ireaeou and capital affeaeea from - being barred by tb* stalol* of limitations , came op u the Brtt bulAuae. Mr. Rogers, . *r New Jereey, spoke at tome length in I , oppotilian to th* bill. On notioo it was re-eammiltad to th* Jadlciary Committee. - A bill to caafor brevet raak an ralantni . army officer* u wall aa regulate wa, passed. Tb* bill for lbs regulati o ol | appointments I* oad removals Iroi* office cams up aa the next basin*** I* order.— ^ After • great deal nf diteaatioa aod aciton upva a variety of euieadareate ih* bil. wee pratponeal salil la-ror.rrow Tb* President wa* requested to CUmwtoSicale , ' «II correepeudvuee, re purls end inform* tie* ia bu petratiira ralalira l« lb* Saw I Orleaat not* ; aad tb* House adjuareed T»v**p*r.— la tb* atasats a bill pm- > vidiwt thai effiesal net ice* n( iba ad-piKto , j af tbu craaUtuunul eamedm.nl ey tb* > 1 8l*i# shall ba arat to tb* Seereiery *1 ' tb* Itorat* sad tha Ctovb at the lUeta. ■ laeteud of tb* tWvralary *t drat*, aud tbe : Treri fount tb* -Se**te aud rifawue at f lis* lira*. pttbfrtk lb* eure* Ultb ; ; their aratlfiratra thai suah ea amre deeeM • M part uf tb* CaUKitutoM. Tba IffifoH rrambM MP wra ihu* tubra f uud •»

rusted, lbs pending q.eetia* beiag apua Mr. Dixoa'e ameadmeat to lAaen a* A r quel ficeiinn that a* aa* wb* has nut 1 heretofore voted shall bu ultuwud-ta v*to unlets be can read aad wtito hi* aim*. — On the yeu and nayt beiag called tbo amendment wet rejected. Auolkeraareudmeal, punishing thus who offered u bribe et en elecliSB end that* whq ecraptod u bribe, wu tbra offered aod adopted. Tbu hill was i bee pa.ee.t yeu 33, Btyt IS. In (he House Mr. t'tetou lolrudoood « bill to re-establish eivil goveramaat ia North CaroUna. to eoablsWt to itttat • i iu formor relatione as one H the caraUt#i ent 8 ta tan of th* American L'nioa. U • was referred to th* Commute* oa Terri. 1 toriea. t coacurreat raeolutioe tbat OraI greet adjourn aa the 20tb. to meat again I oa tba 3d of January aexl, wu adep'ad. I Tb. Deficiency bill wu the* taken op u ia Committe* of tb* Whole. He v. ral amoadmeou ware agreed to, aad tb* bill wu pasted. The teteion wu devoted to I speech-making, Mr. Ward, af New York, I having tb* floor. In the ceeree of kse remarks he said tbat Ibe rebel leader*, instead uf demanding state io Coogrora, should bv pressing Kemp. The Poal Office Department. The Ravine*, of t bia dtp.rlm.nt for I 'be year ending duo* 80. IH66, war* fit, - 386.986 21. and tb. expsnditaran flh.333,019 30, ehowicg ta axes.*, of tb* loiter or $695,093 09. AatieipatlAC tbi* deficiency, a special appropriation wra made by act of Coegrree approved J.ly • 38. 1666. . .ft-. The decrees* of revenue compared with th* previous jeer wu uo* sod sofflfth Kr cent., end the increase uf expenditure* per ceo', i .eluding th* stei-Jiag ap- ! propria! ion for Ire. mail matter; $700,000 u a legitimate portion of tba ruveaoaa vet remaieing anexpeuded. the eclaal deficiency for tbe ppet year it oaly $36},093 D9— witbia $51,141 uf amuuut ratimeted in tke ei.uuel report ol 1864. The number of postage stamp* issued during the |iut ye r wet 347.134,335, representing $10,816,681 ; stamped *0velnp* 30.3fl5.30O. repressing $931,500; stamped envelope bearing printed eerrfe sad requests 7,683.535, representing. $230,006.75 ; stamped wrappers 1,025.008, representing $20,500 ; makiag ia all $11.988.668 25; a decrease or $858,769 35, as compared with ibt pravioas yrar. There were in the service af Ib* department an the 30'b af dun*, I860, 4,069 contractors for th* traosportatioa uf tb* 1 . mailt. Of mail luatet in operation there wee* 16,930; aggregate length, 180,931 mil**; aggregate annual transportation, 71, $37.914 mile*; aggregate annual rati, $1,1 630,474 ; including th* csumpeueatira nf 1 root* agent*, local tg*ate, a-ail messengers. postal railway clciks, aad baggage ms'trr* in charge uf mails, via., 1778,71$, tb* tggregat* annual cast wa* $8,410,184. Thie service was divided ae fallow* :r Railroad routes : lsngth, 33,092 miira ; ' snnual lun.poi tst ion, 30. 609,467 miira; enaual cost, $3,391,593, abnal II cool* ' per'm'la. Steamboat routes ; luugtb. 14,346 miira; anneal traatporteliai, 8,41l,9G2 mil**; ! i usual coal, $-U0.HJl. abont U c»ou par ' i mil*. Cularity, Ac.: routes length, 134.463 ' inlisa ; annual transportation, 37.836,484 ' mils* ; annul reel. $3,798,038, about tea cent* per mil*. The length or routes vrat increaeud ever ' he preceding ysur *8.581 miira ; th* aanasi trueporlatiou. 13.724,130 mile* ; aad • h* cost, $1,393,590. tke increase arising " { principally from the rraturatioa of rarvira i is tbe Suutb're Siatea. ^Tb* aggregate amuunt of pes singe i*- ! land aad foreign, span the corrsepoaduac* ' aichsaged with foreigo cuua'triee, wu 83.289,319 30, beiux a* Incrras* ot $469.. 290 70. a* compared wuh ib* pretioae u year. Of thia amuuat $1,840,600 *2 ■ i-.iecrued opun th* titailt rx-'haaged with I ; Ureal Britiaa. France, I'ra'sie, Bremen, v Hamburg aod Belgium ; $328,341 33 »u ' mailt exchanged with Ibe Brilioh North II ! American Frovieera. aud $130,077 05 oa >' 1 th* correepoudaar* transmitted lo aad g from lb* Weit ladies, Mexira, Csatral » ) aad South Amerieu. B j The somber of letters exebeaged ia Ih* • ; mails with foreign countries . was 9,430,'.[546; ol wbicb 4.886,916 ware srat from, u and 4,543,630 received ia tb* Daltod • Slate*. Of Ibis ii am ber 6.564.M7*wwsw exchanged wilb European coaerrfcg, a* increase or 1.851 339 uv.r >h* at in ber *a- . baaced ia 1845. •1 Tbe oambar at aeeepupusu oral to fore • -igu count rise wa* 2.804,442. aad tto - aamber received from foreign craair ie* t 1,381.724. makiu* a total af 4.184. 144. Of I: this number 3.828.135 w-re exehuegad • with Europe. 6m eg aa lacreara of 3115? • ra tbo aambur In 1845. > A Daw po-lal cuav.arira wftb 3«|i**4 • j has burn agreed apw by tb# twu yfoM ' dupurtmeww. redacteg tb* InSmsyssgl •- charge oo a meg * latter (rem tveraAyAiuv e ■ to twelve tun ; edmntiag lets (he mulls i* printed mutter ul every k'aJ. *q4 pa'tere* >1 ' #r mertbA'dU-. at get re'ea- aa tba dre- «. putchiay awua'vy ehaf. ee-ehis*h ; asd ►e great teg ta aaab ■ aati| mforamWy. tba »• i riyfes to Mmab«mwps*teMs la staast ih I 6e#e. ra ia tb. raJtoray maifo. sbeaagb . tka wtora. at tb* eras reAaa at itene "j told to tba lib >ht >t a* fito mm*7 -jraysrasw.1 i