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DoA THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1869. T H.E-:- :E- A'L-U , 2DNSDAY .ODB G, i tn . sL&a~u U " _, 1 r3i aNU*, ICURENC1 --6t ROVIsIONS. p sqathed tavarkblyin advance. " tetiese, Faneral Invitations, Obit CasSto tios sabserving privat [tiem the'New Orleans Picayune.] A FRAGMENT. s elautdou purple Masd boating in air, and encircle ftees i air. WIlt tel bow I miss her, Thm geamer thing? T U& teadetly kiss her, '*o sd to me bring. " Sei, o ste weird twilight, Whe sars 'gin to dincs, - eeaafe her eye bright Y oinold her Ss of a Sower, I to behold her Aajearning each hour. - mdhisper 'm thinking -:. ber ever more, .--... am linking - memory of yore. ArNW6wh Ishaa lore her .leg.as Fee bredtb, And thea up above her, Triumphant o'er death. Pra .make-no delaying -i bese to discern, -e here I'll be staying T8 thou doet return. . ; hvalry. from the middle $(e( 1 century. Its origin 'rU notunfike that of the various erders of#aigbthood which are so 'mine9aociated with its his -' ome brave men of gentle i , u ited themselves for the of protecting the weak, ' their swords to the work. of thn ehiefvirtues was cour ag,for without it their undertak ag~ weld have been childish. bastity was enjoined, for it is the . eas'et of noble minds to re ect woman, and she s',ood in pe e "- daeger in an age of brute riee.-Of all the weak, she ap aled most strongly to the chival -oos adveaturer, and this senti ant l reduoed that devotion to tge which was the supreme miflestation of chivalry. The kgightly character, consequently, Ma;sle to an almost. ideredi r piitoh, and the dominion of wo sina bieame unbounded. The t 6ga who had no lady-love was bpddas a tree without fruit or ham, ora body' without -a soul. Am old writer of mediasval times quanty observes: "He who loy alyserves his ladye, will not only be lesedto the height of man's *Ileity in this life, but will never foll into those sins which will pre wenthihappineahreafter. Pride wike etirely effaeed from the * hintef him who, endeavors by hpmigt and courtesy to win the g~qof a ladye. The true faith W oVe? will defend hixti from lhe other deadly sins of anger, envy, sloth, and gluttony ;sand his &?votion to his mistress renders ihothught impossible of his con duet ever being stained with the - iq.s of incontinence." -In those days the .education ol tb womana corresponded to thai of tbi an-. She was taught tc dress simbply, to bear herselt be. .oumbag1y,' and to be courteous tc s.I She had some knowledge 01 medicine, and was skilled to heal the womnds which had been in' 'ected in her behalf. She did nol '96:hble amidst dangers, or fain1 at the sight of blood, but was ethoioughly imbued with the spiril E the times. It is possible t her< be3beeme exgeration in whai Sof the poton of woman it teaeof ehvalry, but still it was a h'g one; the eteot was gooc Ihbb and has been productive o1 504until now, the lofty consid eaonin which the sex is held iri all civilized countries being one 01 tk e ossequeces of this institu tion. Twtletagstem the star Weak whiskey and srong butter rur may a grocer. L.ogstreet is now a "conflrmed" Re - When iis~ a rithbetician like the Gor #0met of the United States ? Whet i6 vrste to Cuba some. 'eseg ladias are geners3ty lionest but they will hook dresseaf but. they asser de it oncept wheo ay eyes. are *1 them. ye7*1i dnundraai: Why do chiek ems bas no fature eistence. Becaus4 Beautiful Extract. The following waif, afloat on- the "sea of reading," we .elip from an exchange. We do not-know its -pternity, but it contains "some whelsome ~triiths -beautifully set forth: - Men seldom think of the greal event of death until the shadow falls across their own path, hiding forever-from their eyes the trace of the loved ones whose living smiles were the sun-light of their existence. Death is the great an tagonist of life, and the- cold tbought of the tomb is the skele ton of all feasts. We do not want -to go through the dark valley, al though its passages may lead tc paradise; and, with Charles Lamb we do not want to lie down in the muddy grave, -even with kings and princesses for-our bed=fellows But the fiat of natiure is inexo rable. There is no appeal of re lief from the great law which dooms us to dust. We flourish and we fade as the -leaves of th< fbrests, and thelower that blooms and withers in a day has not a frailer hold upon life than the mightest monarch that ever shook the earth~with his footsteps. Gen erations of men appear and vanish as the grass, and the countless multitude that throngs the world to-day. will, to-morrow, disappeai as the footsteps on the shore. In the beautiful drama of Ion the insect of immortality, so elo quently uttered by the- death-de voted Greek, finds a deep response in every thoughtful soul. When about to yield his young existence as a sacrifice to fate. his beloved Clemanthe asks if they shall noi meet again, to which he replies: "I have asked that dreadful ques tion of the hills that look eternal -of the clear streams that flow forever-of the stars among whose fields of azure .my raised spirit hath walked in glory. All were dumb. But while I gaze up on thy living face, I feel that there is something in the love that man tles through its beauty that car not wholly perish. We shall meet again, Clemanthe." THE DEAD CHILD.-The child is dead. All night long we have listened to its dying moans, and just as the day dawned its clear eyes closed in death, and its pure spirit went back to the God that gave it. It is ours no more on earth; its voice is silent in our household, and the powers of its little feet make music around our hearthstone no longer. Ahb! it is hard to feel that our little darlin2 is gene from home and hearts for. ever-gone to the grave, with its hands folded on its icy bosom, and its face covered up from the balmy air and tlhe warm sunshine it loved so much; but I will not weep. It is the Lord's; be has taken it home to live with Him. As the mother takes her youngest child the pet and darling of the~ household, and carries it in her arms to her up. per room, and lays it down tc sle..p with kisses and blessings, sc God has taken our little darling carried it to his His everlasting arms up to His own home to live. And it is our child still. Though we cannot see its dear face now, or listen to its playful prattle, it is still our own. And when this life is over, we will find the pre, cious one aigain, and fold it to our hearts forever, in that better and brighter home "Wihere the beaudiful fades not away." GIvINe TEE HELART -"Mother,' said a little boy, who had only numbered three summers, "what does it mean to give your heart tc God ?" The mother put down her sow ing, and looking at her boy, said: "Charlie, do you love any body?' With a look of surprise, the child answered, "I love yu; I love my father, my sister and Henry.' "Then you give your heart to your father, to Henry, .to your sister. and to me; and you show thai love -by doing all you can for us, and obeying our commands." The child's face looked brigh1 with a new thought. -'And you ought," continued the mother "to love God 1'est, because He gave your father and mother and all your friends and comforts and He~ gave you His dear Son Jesus Christ, who came from~ Heaven to die, that you maay liv( forever." Xany people spend their time trying to find the hole by which sin got into the world-if two mer break through the ice into a mill pond, they had better hunt for some good hole to get out, rather than get into a long argumeni abou,t the hn'. they fell in. "Beau Hickman." - Hanging about the front of the Metropolitan every day, and some times peering in the doorway, for notice hps been served upon him to keep out of the hotel, is a gray haired, broken-down old man, hobbling painfully along with a cane, for he has the gout, besides several kinds of rheumatism, who has been as well known Washing ington for thirty yeas past as the most distinguished statesman in the land. This is the famous "Beau Hickman," or what there is left of him. His eccentricities have furnished columns of para graphs for newspapers all over the country, though to see him now-one would naturally wonder bow he ever came to get a nation :al notoriety. He couldn't have done it anywhere but in Washing ton. Take him anywhere else in the world and he would simply be considered a common nuisance, and treated accordingly. He be longs to some rare old Virginia family (tradition says), and gained the title of "Beau" some thirty years ago, when he had money, by the style be used to affect at the Virginia springs and other places of public resort. He boasts ofhaving been on terms of easy fa miliarity with Clay, Calhoun, Ben ton and the rest, who figured at the capital when the Beau was in his prime, and no doubt they did tolerate and patronize him. If he had any wit in those days, or was in.the least manner enter taining, there is not the slightest indication of it remaining. He wears a seedy half-military cloak over his shoulders all the time; his hat is of a defunct style, but neatly brushed always, and an eye-glass dangles in front of him from a ribbon. There are several little points about him-.hat. show the dilapidated dandy. His custom for y.ears was to collect a dollar a piece from all Congressmen and those who had secured Government positions in Washington, on their first arrival at the capital. He only asks for a quarter now, and is ready to take anything that is offered, even a three-cent piece. He mourns over the degenerated re public-says there are no men of brains at Washington any more. He leans against a pillar of the hotel and smiles scornfully on our great American statesmen as they pass, Eggleston, Strader and the rest, and mutters words of gloom and bitterness. Poor old Beau Hickman ! He ought to be pen sioned and laid away, for he is about the onlv link that connects Washington present with Wash ington past.- Washington Corres pondence Cincinnatti Times. BLOOMERS-THE WOMAN I N PAYTAtoos. -A n um b er o f "bloomers," calling themselves the "National .Dress Reform and Equal Rights Association," met in Washington on Wednesday night to discuss the great question of pants and petticoats. The asso ciation seemed to be composed of two women in breeches, to wit: Doctress Mary Walker, of Wash ington, and D)octresa,Lydia Sayer Hasbrouek, Syracuse, N. Y. The audience was mostly composed of foung scamps who came for amuse mient, and w bo kept up the most boisterous demonstrations during the proceedings. .Doctress Wal ker presided, and opened the speaking with a stirring address, which brought down the house, and sent the boys into ecstacies. Doctress Hasbrouck, who says she is an editor, followed at con siderable'length, concluding with a regular attack upon President Grant for his contempt of women in breeches. She sai?' that she ~had come to Washington to be chief of the modiste department, which she inferred, from the Pres ident's course, he intended to set up. She thought she could regu late the pantaloon business, and the boys urged her on with cries of "Go it, old gal, go it--and bully for you," &c. She was particular ly severe upon the President be cause of his alleged refusal to see Dr. Mary Walker until she wore the usual costume of her sex. At the conclusion Mrs, Dr. Walker announced that Miss Hasbrouck had her premises all wrong. Pres ident Grant had never said it, but Pesident Lincoln had remarked that he was afraid to see a woman who wore pants. A patent has been. obtained for the manufacture of water-proof" paper. It would be no uncommon thing, by and by, to carry a quart of milk hbame in a paper bag. Mrs. Dr. Mary Walker in an Awkward "Fix." The recent accounts of the fail ure of this lady to obtain an in terview with General Grant be cause she wore pantaloons, have revived the following anecdote: "While with the army of the Potomac, in the summer of 1863, Dr. Walker visited the head-quar ters of Col. (afterwards General) Samuel Carroll of the second army corps. Failing in all her efforts to obtain her regular commission as surgeon in the army, and hav ing only permission to remain with the troops in the capacity of nurse, the 'doctor' was frequently obliged to accept the hospitality of officers. On the occasion refer red to. she plainly stated to Col. Carroll her intention of tarrying at his head-quarters a few days for the laudable purpose of look ing after the sick. Of course the General consented and being as gallant as he is brave, offered her the sole use of his tent, which she accepted. So far so good.' Early on the morning after her Arrival, a field officer of the 7th West Vir ginia regiment, of Carroll' brigade -a bluff, honest, brave, devil-may care back-woodsman-ook a walk over to brigade headquarters, and noticing the flies of Carroll's tent werestill tied, thoughtit wassome what strange that his command ing officer, generally an early ri ser, should remain in bed at so late an hour. 'I have it,' said be, thinking a moment; and approach ing the tent, he quietly untied the canvass doors, winking at the same time to several staff officers who were near by, attempting to control their risibilities. The face of the sleeper was hidden by the bed covering, and the 'officer, quietly lifting at the (oot ,of the couch, and encircling two warm ankleawe = s _ we, while he watched the head of the bed intently to see if the sleeper awoke, shouted at the top of his lungs as he dragged the body completely out of the bed to the floor: 'Carroll, you lazy cuss, get up here! It's 8 o'c-' The rest of the sentence was lost in a piercing scream, such as only a female in distress can furnish at short notice, and the jolly officer, abashed and dumfounded, bound ed from the tent like a stag struck by a three-ounce bullet. The joke was too good to keep, and the re sult was that every soldier in the second corps knew the story about Col. - of the Seventh Vir ginia pulling Dr. Mary Walker out of bed." Promising to Marry the Girl. We heard rather a good story on one ofour city ministers. During last winter, a revival was in pro gress in one of our coun try church es niear the city. Among the reg ular attendants on the meeting was a beautiful and estimable, but rather unsophisticated young lady. whose friends were very anxious to havs her unite with the church. She seemed, however, reluctant to do so, and the minister in ques tion was requested "to talk to her." This he did several times, on one occassion, saying in a jocular mnanner-"Miss M, if you will join the church, I'll marry you," meaning 1:e would perform the ceremony. The girl seemed pleased with the proposi tion and in afew evenings after walked up to the altar and united with the church. Several weeks after this the min ister preached at the chr'rch, and after church met the young lady. "Brother ." said she, "you know you promised to marry me if I'd join the church. Are you to do so ? I don't want to wait any longer." The minister saw his dilemma, and attempted to ex plain :-"I meant I would perform the ceremony." he said, "tha't all. I can't marry you myself, for I am already married, and love my wife too much to desire to swap her off for another. The young . lady beca'me in dignant, declared that she'd leave the church and that she "never did have much faith in these town preachei-s." Our minis terial friend declares that he will never again use any other than 'plain scriptural arguments to induce a young lady to join the church.-Albany Commercial. There is a family residing in Waverly Place, N'ew York city, consisting of three persons, whose united age is only twenty-nine year-s and a few months. The physician's certificate describes the father as a school-boy, aged fifteen, and the mother as a sebool girl, aged fourteen. Thbe child is nly twelve daya old. The Tax Bill. Somebody proposes the follow ing new amendments to the tax bill : For kissing a pretty girl, one dollar. For kissing a homely one, two dollars-the extra amount being .dded probably for the man's Folly. For ladies kissing one another, two dollars. The tax is placed at this rate in order to break up the custom altogether-it being re garded by our M. C.'s, as a piece Df inexcusable absurdity. For every flirtation, ten cents. Every young man who has more than one girl, is taxed five dol lars. For courting in the kitchen, twenty-five cents. Courting in the parlor, one dol lar. Courting in a romantic place, five dollars and fifty cents there after. Seeing a lady home from church, twenty-five cents. Going from church without ac companying a lady, five dollars. Seeing a lady home from the Mine Society, five cents-the pro ceeds to be devoted to the relief of disabled army chaplains. For ladies who paint, fifty cents. For wearing a low-necked dress, one dollar. For each curl on a lady's head above ten, five cents. For any unfair device for en trapping young men into matri mony, five dollars. For wearing hoops larger than eight feet in circumference, eight cents for each hoop. - Old bachelors over thirty, are taxed ten dollars, and baniebed to Utah. each pretty l~dis to'We' taxe from twenty.five cents to twenty five dollars ; she is to fix the esti mate of her own beauty. It is thought a very large amount is to be realized from this provision. Each boy baby, fifty cents. Each girl baby, ten cents. Families having more t h a n eight babies are not to be taxed ; and for twins a premium of forty dollars will be paid out of the funds accruing from tax on old bachelors. Each Sunday loaferon the street corners or about church doors to be taxed his value, which i. about two cents. UNCLE BILLY'S SPEECH.-When I was a drunkard, I could never get my barn more than half full. The First year after I signed the pledge, I filled my barn and had two stacks ; this y-ear I filled my barn, and have four stacks. When was a drunkard, I only owned one poor old cow, and I think she was ashamed of me, for she was red in the face; now I own five good cows, and -I own three as good horses as ever looked through a collar. When I was a drunkard, 1 trudged from place to place on foot ; nowv I can ride in a cariageof my own. When I was a drunk are, I was three hundred dollars in debt ; since I signed the total abstinence pledge, I have paid that debt, and itave purchased to hundred acres of wild land, and I have the deeds in my pos session ; two of my sons, whbo are teetotalers, are living on that lot. When I was a drunkard, I used to swear; I have ceased to be pro fane. The last years of my drunken ness my doctor's bill amounted to thirty dollars: since I signed the pledge, I have not been called upon to expend a red cent for medicine. I am not a poet, but I have put my farewell to rum in to verse: Farewell, drunks, so nigh and handy ; Farewell, ru.n and gin anid brandy; Farewell, empty pots and kettles; Farewell, cupboards without "vittals ;" Farewell, rooms free to all weathers ; Farewell, beds which have no fe.athers; Farewell, floors that need a swab.file; Farewell, vards that have no wood-pile ; Farewell, inded vests and Ibreeches ; Farewell, coats more holes than stitches; Farewell, hats that have no rims on; Farewell, faces red as crimson ; Farewell, tubs that have no bacon; Farewell, ways that I've forsaken; Farewell, broken chai.-s and tables ; Frewell, dwellings worse than stables ; Farewell, oaths that I have spoken; Farewell, vows that I have broken; Frewell, landlords and bar-tenders; Farewell, all blue-devil sende':s National Temperance Advocate. The following lines-evidently the concoction ofsonle uxorious lawyer-were found scratched up. on a window-pane of an inn in a Welsh county town: Fee simple or a simple fee, And all the fees entall, A re nothing when compared to thee, 'rhen best of f.ea-.fema'l'. Language of the Handker chief. "The handkerchief, the hand kerchief!" ejaculated the jealous Moor, and killed his loving Desde mona because she failed to re spond. Fans and flowers have each their language, and why not hand kerchiefs? No reason having been discovered, it has transpired that handkerchief flirtations are rapidly coming into fashion. As! yet the "code of signals" is con fined to a select few, but we do not intend that they shall enjoy the monopoly any longer, and ac cordingly publish the key. Our informant says that it may be used at the opera, theatre, balls, and such places, but never in church ; and we hope that this re. striction will be observed, and are quite sure that it wont: Drawing across the lips-Desi rous of an acquaintance. Drawing across the eyes-I am sorry. Taking it by the centre-You ' are too willing. Dropping-we will be friends. Twirling in both hands-Indif fer.nce. Drawing it across the cheek-I love you. Drawing it through the hands I hate you. Letting it rest on the right cheek-Yes. Letting it rest on the left cheek -NTo. Twirling it in the left hand-I wish to be rid of you. Twirling it in the right hand-I love another. Folding it-I wish to speak with von. - Drawing it across the forehead We are watched. Over the shoulder-Follow me Opposite corners in both hands -Wi ft~r me. Placing on the right ear-You have chan~ged. Letting it. remain on the eyes You are cruel. Winding around the forefinger I am engaged. Winding around the third finger I am married. Putting it into the pocket-No more at present. TYING A KNoT.-Ayoung fellow was taking a slay ride with a pretty girl, when he met a Metho dist Minister. who was somewhat celebrated for tying matrimonial knots on short notice. He stop ped him and asked hurriedly: "Can you tie a knot for me?" "Yes," said Brother B., "I guess so; when do you want it done?" "Well, right away," was the re ply ; "is it lawful, though, here in the highway ?" "Oh. yes, this is as good a place as any-safe as in the church it self." "Well, then, I want a knot tied in my horse's tail to keep it out of the "snow!" shouted the wicked wag as he drove rapidly away, fearing lest the minister in his wrath should faill from grace. That minister, no doubt, solilo quized thus: "Now, as I am a minister of the Gospel,.of course I don't 'cuss,' but if I were a cussin' man, and had that d-d rascal by the throat. I'd teaeh him that I know how to do other things be sides tie knots." THAT MousTACIIE.-A lady friend requests the publication of the foi lowing: Oh, barber, spare that young moustache ! Touch not a single, hair, your~ razor, brush and other trash, must never venture there. At last the bud has bursted out, by much caressing taught. it-s frail young tendrils how they spout then, barber, touch it not. Though well laid out and wide the field, when this youngmoastacheshoots, the sickly soil no more can yield: oh, then, guardJ well its roots: for should thy murderous blade sweep o'er that curved lip's shadowy mist, the tender plants would bloom no more: then, barber, oh desist! T hink of the fair young girl whose lip was wont so oft to press that budding mouth; its sweet to sip-j oh think of their distress ! 'Tis unfledged manhood's pride and joy: with sighs and tears 'twas bought, let no rude stroke its life destroy-oh, barber, touch it not ! "A Mrs. Dixson shot and killed her husband at Rockford, Ill., last week, w bile he held her new born infant in his arms." We keep telling Forney and Greely that all the horrors are not peculiar to the South. Wanted, a strong adhesive plas tr, to make busybodies stick to James Bowie and Henry Clay. One day Heyry Clay, who had arrived in Frederick, Maryland, by stage coach from Wheeling, met Reverdy Johnson in - the street. "Reverdy," be said, "I have just had an extraordinary acquain tance back here at Cumberland. A man got half my seat in the stage coach, a little, knotty, freck led fellow, and on the next seat were a man and his wife, on tite third seat seat a couple of iig men. "V'e had no sooner started and got clear of Cumberland than one of the big men on the forward seat lit a cigar. He puffed and puffed till in a little while tbe stage coach was full of strong fumes and the woman grew very sick. She asked her husband to raise the window, and still unable to bear the smoke told him she must lean upon his lap. '-The husband leaned over and said to the big man: 'My wife is sick. Please do not smoke by her side.' "The big man smoked like a blast chimney and paid no heed whatever. The woman grew fainter and coughed. My blood was boiling, but I knew the man could double me up and throw me out' of the window. "Suddenly the little being at my side leaned forward, pulled a long bowie knife out of his coat collar, and said to the smoking giant: "Yes you damned son-of-a-pussy cat on the female side! I ata James Bowie. Throw away that cigar, or I'll split you -into half apples !" "The man," concluded Mr. Clay, "dropped the cigar like an auto maton, and we had not a word spoken for 30 minutes." THE RESULT OF SAVInG A LADY'S LIFE.-During the past few weeks a man named Samuel Temple, re siding at Yardley, Bucks County, Pa., has been shot at on three different occasione, but in each case miraculously escaped injury. The cause of these unpleasant pro ceedings has just transpired. A few moPnings since, says the Phil adelphia Star, Mr. John Bitting, of Newton, found a letter under his door addressed to Temple. It was dated New York, March 20, and signed "Viola," in a neat hand. The writer stated that two years ago she was riding near Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, when she was thrown from . the saddle and Tem ple came to her rescue. She fell in love with him agonce, and afterward wrote him- two letters telling him so. As he paid noat tention to them, she resolved that no other woman should wed him, and employed four Spanish assas sins at $1,000 apiece to kill him. She afterward concluded to make no more attempts at his life,, but she had not an opportunity to got wordto- her hired accomplices be fore the last attempt was made. She says she is wealthy, and highly educated ; that she is now going to Europe, and that he is in more danger, as she now has lost her love for him, and would not marry hmn.-Tem ple says he remembers the circumstances of rescuing the. lady; that be asked her if she was hurt; she answvered in the nega tie, and they parted. A MOUSE JU.MPs DowN A JUDGE's THaoA.-While Judge Archer, of Marshall, Ind., was removing Somo boxes from a shelf one day last week, a mouse jumnped ott one of them and into the mouth of the Judge, and started directly down his throat. The Judge, unlike John Chinaman, did not relish the taste, and after* several hawk-, succeeded, despite the efforts os the mouse, in getting him out of his throat into his mouth, but was rather slow in getting hold of the "little devil," and he made another attempt but was again unsuccessful. Whether the nmonse was trying to commit suicide, or whether he -wanted merely to "reive, the inner-man," we have no way ofaseertaining, but we are assured that he was successful in scaring thbe Judge considerably. Let no man be too proud to work. Let no man be too proud of a bard fist or a sun-burnt coun tenance. Let him be ashamed only of ignorance and sloth.. Let no man be ashamed of poverty. Let him be ashamed of dishonesty and idleness. The following sentiment is at tributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, "A handsome woman pleases the eye, but a good woman pleases the heart.. The one is a jewel-4he theor a trAeDureA