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THE. SEXTTSTX. A very striking picture of cosiness and comparison oc. cms in Hood's Waterloo ballad: *Oh, prithee, tell, good sentine l. If hereabouts he lies? 1 want a corpse wifh reddish hair, And very sweet blue eys." Her sorrow on the sentinel Appeared to deeply strike; "Walk in," he said, "among the dead, iiicV iwit which von like." A Gallant Dked and a Chivalrous Return, ?In the recent movement of istoneman's cavalry, the advance was led by Lieut. 1'aine of the 1st Maine cavalry. Being separated by a considerable distance from the main body, he encouutered unexpectedly a superior force of rebel cavalry, and his whole party were taken prisoners. They w ere hurried off as rapidly as possible to get them out of the way of our advancing force, and in crossmg a rapid and deep stream, Lieut. Henry, commanding the rebel fcrce, was swept off his horse, As none of his men seemed to think or care anything about saving him, his prisoner, Lieut. Taiue, leaped off his horse, seized the drowning man by the collar, swam ashore with him, and saved his life, thus literally capturing his captor. He was sent to Richmond with the rest of the prisoners, and the facts being made known to Gen. hitz Hugh l,ee, he wrote a statement of them to Gen, Winder, the provost marshal of Richmond, who ordered the release of Lieut. Paine, without even parole, promise or condition, and, we presume, with the n/?nfur1o*.Qnv llu in x CUDipiIUlCUlS Ul W? WUlbUVIHV; UV Washington on Saturday last. '1 his act ot' gene, rosity as well as justice must command our highest adm ration. There is some hope for men who can behave in such a manner. But the strangest part of the story is yet to come. Lieut. Baine on arriving in At'ashfngton learned that the officer whose lite he had thus gal. lantly saved had since been tak .n prisoner by our forces, and had just been confined iu the old Capitol prison. At the last we heard of him he was on his way to Gen. Martindale's headquarteis to obtain a pass to visit his beneticary and benefactor^ .Such are the vicissitudes of war. We could not help thinking, when we heard this story, of the profound observation of Mrs. Gini: "Sieh is life, vich likevays is the hend of hall things hearthl}'.*' ^ We leave it to casuists to determine whether, when ' these two gallant soldiers meet on the battle-field, they should tight like enemies or embrace like Christians, hor our part, we do not believe their * voids will beany the less sharp, nor their zeal :?nv the less determined, for this haphazard ex, change of soldierly courtesy.? Washington Chronicle. A Piece of Ingenious Mechanism.?There has recently been constructed, by au hnglish artisan, a gold hunting-watch of remarkable character, It addition to being a time-keeper of the utmost precision, with ahronometer adjustments, compensation balance, and cylindrical spring, it exhibits on the dial-plate the lollowing different indications: tirst, the eqi ation of time; second, the moon's age; third, the month of the year ; and fourth. The day ot the month; in addition to the hours, minutes, and seconds, as in an orcinary watch. The mechanism is so contrived that any one or the whole of the hands may be set backwards or for. wards at plea uro without deranging the rest. This instrument may therefore be regarded as one of the triumphs of modern horologieal science as well as of mecnhoicai ingenuity, r.vt?ry piuvenicui is laid flown in the strictest proportion, and based upon calculations ol' au absolute scientific character. (ihosts ?There is now exhibiting in London an admirable illustration of what Science can do when it condescends to take the field against imposture, it forms the subject of a lecture gt the Polytechnic institution, in the course of which is displayed a most ingenious contrivance wherewith any amount of very highly finished ghosts can he produced to ??rder. These Mr. Pepper raises by the aid of a strong light, a mirsor, a few lenses, and some smoke. Aud even an audience, such as in yEsop's time preferred the imitation of a pig to the genuine b * *\?noK ./l rutfboH ontllil lint r^fllUP tllP wi a |/iuvir~u jminvi, vvuivt uv* ?<|ww %?w merit of the superior ghost-making to the scien. litic device at the t'olytechuic, wliich will <Jq more to upset the lingering^aith in the foolish and wicked superstitions about ghosts than a considerable amount of reasoning or argument.-=-?</ti^e.'. * ? At Vieksburg, tho rebel officers when calling for a drink, throw down u tenpenny nail in payment. ? Mrs. Semmes, wife of the captain of the pirate Alabama, who has been residing all winter in Cincinnati, has been ordered, under the recent proclamation of Gen. ^Bnrnside, to prepare to cross lite line* into I ? *~* \ 1 1 11 ? 1 I I? "Calf's Hea? ait? Pixck."-^A correspondent with th#? Rrmv of th? Potomac furnishes the fol lowing amusing inoident; ?' Along our extreme left wing the rebels had latterly made themselves troublesome,,and one or two attempts had been made by them to throw across the river, from be*, low Fredericksburg! a portion of their cavalry for reconnoitering purpura, or a raid probably, Oj ders went foith to pub our picket line further ; down in that direction, to look out for the mtra,u! ders: and a few hundred men marched, with three j days' rations in haversacks, to perform this duty. An accomplished contraband cook in ope of the tueasea went along with this expedition. Strict orders were given to perform, the service quietly, and keep out of sight by daylight, whijo private property and live stock was not to be disturbed. << And mind, now, boys," said the commander of the guard, fiercely, " no marauding, no foraging, no robbery, but permit nothing and nobody to pass the lines that can't give the countersign." Just after midnight, Sambo and hip comrade, on picket duty, heard a soft step near them suddenly. "Halt! " shouted the picket Who go dpr ? " added, the darkey cook. But no. wipwer came from the intruder. " Halt!repeated,the guard. "Va$cex ap* give de countersign," insisted l Sambo. On came tl#p party addressed, but without responding, amidst the darkness, when the contraband cook suddenly discovered the visitor to be a fine yearling calf? astray. Tho anin al was just passing the lines witfeout giving the countersign, when two bayonets wore quietly passed through his lungs, and he became Sambo's prize. The officers and men had a very nice veal breakfast off that captuee, and the " calf s head and pluck," as served ut> for ovr use by the black cook, was the daintiest dish { ever put tooth into. ? Whore did you get this veal ?' demanded the ofticer, of Sambo, iiTa stern manner. Ober dar, cap'n-=rOher yander." " Over where ? " " "Updar, n de swamp, cap'n." ? Didn't I forbid Vonr foraging, strictly? '' " Yas, cap'n, yer did. But you ^ole us nuffin nor nobody muss be 'lowed to pass <\e lines cept dey gib de countersint. Lis feller try i\ on, wouldn't answer when we rail him halt an' so we Jjess run hita troo wid our b^gneta, dat'&all. The captain saw it at once! cc Wau' ivui lifc? rutleta catfn ? " inauired J Sambo, with a grin.' < Very good, very good, Sam," said the ofljcer, turning away with a smile. And this is how we got our capital dish of "calf's head and pluck, * you should try it once in camp. Txppino the Kosv-r-Not very long ago, Tom S-=-r? was wont to pay his devotions at the shrine otGambrinus. On one occasion he succeeded in getting tolerably mellow, having moistened his throax too much with the German beverage, and proceeded to navigate to his office, Jle took ?P a substantial-looking hat, and with rather puzzled look was making an attempt to put it on sideways. Of course it wou d nOI fit. He looked insjde, hoJdT ing it up towards the.light, and read aloud. 'Thomas S , Fourth street." (So/. Zo^>?"That'sroy hat?of course it is.'1 Another attempt w?? made to put it on sideways no use; again taken oft, and again read, "Thos. S=?, Fourth street." . After another trial j "and finding it didn't fit, the gentleman commenced leeling all over hia head, .evidently as to assure hinisn f that no protuberance had suddenly developed i ifl'. Having satisfied himself upon that point, he once more read the address, had another trial and still sideways. ! There he stood perfectly mystified, but an idea lightened up his face, and he called the waiter, whom he interrogated thus: t'Cap you read writing V 'Yes sir." . "Well you be good enough to tell me whose hat that is ? ' Herman took the head case, and having read, said? ' * * r? T? Gt "It neiongs 10 i nomas o_ . , xjwj., *uunu at- , Philadelphia, sir" "Does it?" he exclaimed, looking all around with the most comical air in the world, "does it?" "Then who in thunder am I ?" An up-town alderman infqrmod hjm at roll call next morning. *i ? ?Mrs. Partington ca? her eye on the title page of Victor Hugo's great-^ork, an<J exclaimed.: ? Well, I thank the Lord that I am not 30 constipated as to feel the least commotion qf envy towards any of my fellow creatures who are becpnir j ing less miserablf, though my own sufferings I continues aa astute as ever." ?A country paper, speaking of a funeral of q [ $uicide> says indignantly.:. tiT.hey .buried tbe wo.j piari Tike a ^og, wjtb air bp; plofhes 011 ) vAbtemcs Ward car OwfEitHr ads ?ArtemiA * Ward may be stamped ' ' ioaafik'* pn Copperheads. He says in his &st fetter : v Not long ago I made a revoo ov Josephs army. ; I was considerably surprised to obsarve ail thecannons pintin rite towards the North. My blood-stained veteran," net I addresnin a, I Lieutenant Brigadier, who was j lay in * old sledge * with a tenth corporl's clerk for a yaller postage stamp a corner? < my blood-stnined veteran, why air not tbem guns pinttn . towards the Southen^ Conthieveracy ?" i " Thunder!" replied the Lieutenant Brigadier." turnin' up a Jack from the bottom?"thunder! | what's the use of aimin' 'eui towards the South as long as thare is wuss <. MiRuies to our Gnv'inent j in the North? It will be a easy matter to wipe out the rcbs after we put down the Copperheads in the North." ' My blooming hero.'1 says I, "I guess you air ! about right. The'Butternuts'air mean trailers, I but the Northern C. H's. air a infernal site the j raeanester!" " Tnat' so! " sez the tenth corporil's clerk, slip, pin' a ace up his kote sleeve. I left 'em 2 thare inner-tent pastime an' propeld ! ?propeld a little too much, for 1 wandered outside the Fed'ril lines, an' surrounded 2 secesh pickits, an' took 'em prisoners. TheK. F. V'?.? these F. F. V's don't iptatyp, Five Foolish Virgins; scarcely; the F. F. V s. objected to accompanyin*~ roe; 'fi'o I follered them. Cousidern' they was my ? -- -OO ? tA .. prisoners, tney usea ine j>reuy rumy. rim us. thare way. I follered the ehaps nearly to Kicbmun when sunt F. F. V. shivijries got a squint at me. They immediately commenst for to hold thare noses shet, an' sum pulled oft' thare shoes an' stocks ins' as cf I was goin' to lick thare feet. " Keep a respectable distant2! " sex one. '< Y es, 1 will?to keep respectable:" Those M as mp surcustic retort. 41 Beg your pardin! " apologized the F. F. Vs., puttin' on thare shoes stockings'an'takiu' thare digits from the nasal organs. " We thort you was oue of them Nuthren (Jopporheadded peas men, who air allers wanlin' to lick our feet au make up : with us.' 4- Nary peas men! " sea I. 44 I'm in favor ov a i <.....unn/ilin au tha ir?r liittn niV fraild YlgUIUO j/ivovvwt?u vi vmv > ? A. L." ? Well," sez they. " we hav sum respeck for a Yankee wot atans up fer his Guv'raent; but the blowy Vallandighan?nier9,AVoodses. Hughses, and so-4ihs, wo think a little lower thau a runaway nigger. If they was lock up by your Guv'raent, we'd rejoice. They air not only traitors to the North, but to the South 2." '< I allers considered cm so too?except to the South. Ditto my friend A. L." 1'pologized for captoofing thare 2 pickits, an*~ they released me on a parole ov honor?whatever that is. I bleeve ef theA,'opperheds wood behave tharselves, an' not drink too much whisky, they wood be as good a Union men as the rebels. Jiat about. ? m , m ?A letter dated Greenv ille, Miss , April 27th, | to the New York Timet, gives the particulars of 1 - i ' at the expeaition unaer uenerai oicck.-, gem u\ Utu! era] Grant to clear the j^bels out of the region back of Greenville, ITO'toiles above Vicksburg.. J It is one of the richest .regions of the South, and has furnished immen e supplies for the rebelarmy.. i General Steele, with two Hght batteries two. companies of cavalry and nb<ytf ?,500 infantry, landed, ; ut Greenville, on the 6th inst., marched to Black i Bayou, crossed it, pushed over to Leer Creek, and/ ! then turned down the west bank, and went leisure| ly forward. He proceejl^d fifty miles, and then i returned, laden with sifptilerf, having destroyed i much rebel property, and driven hergu. ~n and l his guerrillas far into the Interior. They were abj sent six days. '1 he amount of damage done in the rebel region through which our troops passed will, at a low estimate, reach three millions of dollars. 1 hey brought in with them 450 mules, ]00 horses, 34 1 yoke of oxen, 4C0 head of beef cattle, 80 wagons* ! 4.000 pounds of bacon. /OylXX) pounds of sugar* j 500 gallons of molasses and about 1,000 slaves. ; They destroyed about twenty cotton gins, neatly | the same number of cornmills, 500 hogs, 1QQ tons ' of fodder and 700.000 bushels of corn.' General Steele remained at Greenville al tile 1 last a&umnta. """" YpyMfismESTsT'" J HE GEN, MC'CLELLAN HEADQUARTER*-> No 3, Houaton St. (one door EMt of Broadway* N. V., S (ABOVE THE ST, -NICHOLAS HOTKLvj H'adqtuirtert in New York, tt! tie ojittr* ol Hilton Heai'. Al?. Wio**. Brandies, Whisky, and Gega'n, of. tfc,. c cent character. The current atfcv intelligence. Ac, Jfejkr all tl}i placet of public ar i and the most popular ' pWe in &? s*7 of MILITARY RESORT, r COL. JAR. L. 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