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The Courts have decided that refusing to take periodicals from the oilice, or removing and leav ing them uncalled for, is prima facie evideuce of Intentional fraud. The Songs of The Union. THE AMERICAN FLAG. IThso freedom from her mountain height Unfurled ber staudsrd to the air, ' Ehe tore the arur robe of might, And set the stars of glory there ! Ehe mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldrie of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white, With streaking from the morning Bght ; k Then, from his mansion in the sun, She call ad ber eagle bearer down. And gave Into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land! Majestic monarch of tie cloud! Who rear'at aloft thy regal form. To bear the tempest trumping loud, And see the lightning lance driven. When stride the warrior of th storm, And rolls the thunder-drum of heaven I Child of the snn ! to thee tia gives To guard the banner of the free To ward away the battle-strok And bid iU blending shine afUs. Like a rainbow on the cloud of rar TLe harbinger of victory. 1 rug of h brave! thy folds shall fly,; The sign of hope and triumph fcih ! When sj'eak the signal trumpet' tone, A ad the long line conies gleaniuig on, Eiw yet the life-blood, warm and wrt, Ha dimmed the gltotenln; bayonet, , ach aeldier's eye shell nrUtly turn To where thy meteor glori turn. And a hi springing steps advance. Catch war and vengeance from the glance 1 Aud tlicu the cauaou's mostM- loud, Keave ia wild wruiths the battle siiroui,. , . And gory sabres rise and till. Like shoots and flame on midnight's paBt ; There shall thy virtor g'.aaees a-low, And cowering foe ahail sink beneath , Each ialiaut arm that strike below t That lovely messenger of death 1 Tlag of the teas I on ocean' wave, ' Thy start shall glitter o'er the bravo., A . When Death careering oa the gale, ... ' Sweeps darkly round tlio bellied eail. And frlj-htea wave ru-J wild.'y baiij iore the broaJiie"s retiing rack, . Tfie ifJij wanderer of the sea ; - Shall loos, at once to heaven aud tha And smile to see tty rpJcnuors fly, ' la triumph o'er the closing ej-. !' f .' ' . - - - - , Flag of the free-haart's only home. By angel hands to valor given 1 Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hue were born ia heaven t Forever float that standard saeet ! ' Wbre breathes the foe thai fulls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom' banner ireainiu5 o'er us ! Our Story-Teller. Our Story-Teller. PERILS IN THE AIR. AN EXTRAORDINARY BALLOON ASCENSION, AND WHAT CAME OF IT. Thi last balloon asceBf ton utidcrtnkea for oisntifio purposes was tbat of Mr. Glaisher, which took place in England iu September. With otUr disregard oi safety or cwmfort, thi gentlemaa has ventured upon scientific xpriment t higher altitudes than any timid pron would car to be, and although kis lt expedition c.?sr!y proved fatal to him, be his returned safely with a remarkable chapter of aerial experience to narrate. The London Atheiteum justly remarks that in hi hands the balloon is restored to ita eld rank f philosophical ajrent Gay Luxaac ha hown' the man of science how to ue the balloos foraeientiSc purpose; but Hr. Glatsh wr, by hi successive ascents, is adding largely to oar knowledge of the higher regions of the tmosphere. The September ascension was made in Mr. Cexw eH's great halloon, and the highest point reached wee five and three-qnarter mile. Mr. Glaisher'a interesting narrative of thi royage thus describes the effects of Atmos phere at different altitudes : - . . TH TBKZIKa rOINT I TWO MILM. J 'When we attained the hight of two miles, At I h. 21 m., the temperature had fallen to the freezing point ; we were three miles high at 1 h 28 m., "with a temperature ef 18 deg; at 1 b. 30 nx, we had reached four miles, and the temperature was 8 deg.; in tea minutes more we had reached the fifth mile, and the temperature of air had passed zero, and there read minus 2 deg.; and at this point no dew was observed en Regnault's hygrometer, when cooled down to minus 30 deg. Up to this time I had taken the observations with comfort, i had experienced do diXoulty in breathing, whil Mr. Coxwellj in consequence cf the necessary exertion he had to make, tad breathed with difficulty for some time." natsiss or sight t nra akd a quartib miles "At 1 b. 51 m., the barometer read 1L05 IcoUes, but which requires a suotractive cor rection of C.25 inch, as found by comparison with Lord 'NVrottesley's tmdrad barometef just before starting, both by his lordship and myself which would reduce it to 10.8 inches, or' at a high of about 5J miles. I read the dry bulb as minus 5 deg.; in endeavoring to read the7 wet bulb I xroold not see the column of mercury. I rubbed my eyes, then took a lens, and also failed. I then tried to read the other instruments and found I could not do so, nor could I tee the hands of the watch. I asked Mr. Coxwell to help me, aud he said he mut go into the rin,e, and he would when 1 he came down. I endeavored to reach some brandy, which was lying on the table at about the distance ef a foot from my baud, aud i found myself unable to do so." TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AT FIVE AND MILES. " My sight became more dim : I looked at the barometer and saw it between 10 aud 11 inches, and tried to record it, but I was un able to write, I then saw it at 10 inches) atiU decreasing fast and just noted it in my book ; its true reading, therefore, was at this time about Sf inche.s, implying a Light of about 5f miles, as a change of an inch iu the reading of the barometer at this elevation takes place on a change of Liyht of about 2,500 feet. I felt I was losing aU power, and endeavored to rouse myself by struggling and shaking. I attempted to epenk, and found I had lost the power. I attempted to look at the barome'er sjain ; my head fell on on side. I struggled and got it right, and it fell on die other, and finally tell backwards. . " My arm, which had been restiug on the table, tell down by my side. I saw Mr. Cox wel dimly in the ring. It became moie miiy, and finally dark, and I sank uncon seioiuly as in sleep; this must Lnva been about I h. 54 ra. 1 then heard Mr. Coxwell any, "AVhat is the temperature? Take an obtervation ; now try." But I could neither see, move nor speak. I then heard him speak more empirically. " Take an observation ; now do try." I shortly afterwards opened wy eyes, saw the instruments and Mr. Cox wv'l very dimly, and soon saw clearly, and sid to Mr. Coxwell, " I ltve been iiuen.i bin;" a-id he replied, " You hive and I near- " I recovered quickly, and Mr. Coxwell aid, "1 have lost the use of my hands; give m some brandy to bathe then." Mis hands vert urtu ' black I I ww iLe temperature ws still Leljw zero and the LaroswU-r read ing 11 inches, but increasing rjnickly. I re eurned my observation at 2 h. 7 m., according the barometer reading 11.53 inches, and the temperature minus 2 deg. I then found that t!e water in the vessel supplying the wet balo thermometer, which I had by frequent disturbances kept fro freezing, was one jolii mass of ice. Mr. Coxwell then told nit that while ia the ring he felt it piercing cold, thai hoar frost was all round the neck of ti e balloon, and ou attciejitiug te leave the ring he found his hand froren, and he got down how he could ; Um hit fJuiid me motioiiles, with a. quirt r,.!.l pla id ep region oa the oountenauce. He spJke, to uii without elici tir j( m reply, and fuund I was itisensib'.e." THE AERONAUT'S EXPEDIENT. " He then said he fek insenribiii'y wf.s coming over hiaueli ; that he beconia anxious to opon the valve ; that his hsads failed him; and that he srnd Hit lint hekecen his teeth, and pulkd the valve opm unUl five lalloon toule a turn dowHwartU. This act is quite chaisuter istic 61 "Mr. Coxwell. I have never yet Been him without a ready means of meeting every difficulty s it has aiisen, with a cool self po sessiou that has always left my miud perfect ly easy, and given to ine every cuSdcace iu hii julgmeut in the management of eo large a balloon." Mr. Glauber is convinced that the balloon (coutaiaiiig only Liuiaelf aud the teronaut Coxwell) finally reached an altitude et over nx mile, but of this he is not positive, as his ability to read the instruments ceased at the hight of five aud three quarter miles. - On tkU point he says : " On asking Mr. Coxwell whether he bad noticed the temperature, he said he could not, as the fiice of die instruments were all to wards me ; but that he had noticed that the center of the aneroid barometer, its Wue hand and a rope attached to the car, were in the same straight line. If so, tlia reading must have been between seven and eight inch-' ei A hight of six miles and a half corres ponds to eight inches. A delicate self-registering minimum thermometer reads minus 12 deg.; but unfortunately I did not read it till I was oat of the car, and I can not say that its iudex was not disturbed." THE DESCENT. The account of the descent is equally in teresting. Mr". Glaisher says: "On descending when the temperature rose to 17 it was remarked as warm, and at 24 it was noted as very warm. , The temperature then gradually increased to 57 ob reaching the earth. It was remarked that the sand was quite warm to the hand, and steam issued from it when it was discharged. Six pigeons were taken up. One was thrown out at the height of three miles; it extended us wings and dropped as a piece of paper. A second at four miles, flew vigorously round and round, apparently taking a great dip each time. A third wu thrown out between four aud five miles, and it fell downward. A fourth was thrown out at lour miles when we were descending ; it flow in a circle, and shortly after alighted on the top of the bal loon. The two remaining pigeons were brought down to the ground one was found to bo dead, and the other, ( a carrier,) had attached to its ncknot, It would aot, howTer, lestve, aud when jerked off the finger returned to the hand. After a quarter of an hour it be gan to peck a piece of ribband encircling ita neck, and I then jerked it off my finger and it flew round two or three times with vigor, and finally towards Wolverhamtoh.'- Not one, however, had retarded there when I left on the afternoon of the 6th." ' ' INFERENCES. " It would seem from this ascent lad five miles from the earth is very nearly ' the limit of human exislma. It is possible, as the effect of each high ascent upon myself has been different, that on another occasion I might be able to go higher, and it is possible that some persons may be able to exist with less air and bear a greater degree of cold ; but sll I thiuk that prudeuce would say to all, when ever the barometer reading falls as low as 11 inches, open the valve at once; tho in creased information to be obtained is not commensurate with increased risk." During the ascent Mr.' Glaisher attempted to take a photograph of the scene below, which he described as being very beautiful, but the immense velocity of the balloon dur ing the ascent rendered this impossible. The London Times, commenting upon thu perilous enterprise, observes: ' The asriid voyage just performed by Mr. Coxwell and Mr. Glaisher deserves to rank with the greatest feats of our experimental feers, discoverers aud travelers. It is- true these gentlemen have not brought down a very comfortable or inspiring report of the upper world into which they hare penetrated. Science and poetry are unhappily rather at variance upon the subject of the sir and the sky. Poetry points up to the sky with glow ing rapture as the scene of brightness and glory, and a residence there figures as the reward o! heroism and greatness. Everything is happy and splendid that is connected with the sky. But science penetrates with its ma terial eye into these vast upper spaces, and simply reports a great difficulty of breathing there; that the bUod stagnates, the limbs be come benumbed, the seases evapon'e, aud nnture faiuts in unconsciousness The very birds will not fly iu that very sky which is their poetical home. The distinction U thai peetry luoks up to the ky from below, and science examines and feels it on a level The sky is the emblem of poetry, the fact of sci ence. Bjth aspects of it are eqtm'ly true, but the puint of veivr from feich iLey are t.ikeu is. quite different. But, thuudi our recent exploits of the sky Jo not aid to its brilliancy as a picture, they have luruiLe 1 one more striken end impressive scene to the history, of science. . They have shown what enthusiasm science can . inspire, and vliat courage it can give. If the man, as the poet says, had need of ' tiip!leel about Lis breast' who first lanehed a boat into the sea, certain ly thore had co less need of it who first float ed in the air si.t milrs above the surface ( f the earth." . , ' All Sorts of Good Reading. Heroic Adventurer. SKr.os.ixT V B. Ware, of squadrca B, Wisconsin Cavalry, Colenel Daniel and pri vate M'Cabe of squadron A, were out lat week ou a sceuting expedition i:l Arkansas, sever! miles below Horuersville, when th?y were suddenly pounced -upou by a squad o! rebel. M'Cabe succeeded in escaping; l.yt Sergeant Ware was captured and started for the rebel camp a prisoner: 'At nitht, tle' party stopped for rest, and Ware was ilaeed under a guard of four men, two on duty while the other two slept close at band. He was deprived of all his clothing excepting his ehirt, aad comforted with the assurance that the ext day, ou their arrival at camp, he hould be hung. They also informed him that Dr. Gregory was murdered by them, and exhibited what they purported to be the iden tical gun which sent the fatal ball all of which mu5t have been decidedly comforting, i During the night one of the guards whose duty it was to keep awake fell into a duze, and Ware, watching for an opportunity, seis ed two guns belonging to the sleepers, when the only guard awake had his attention drawn , to something else than his regular business, and cocking one of the guns, he aimed it at the breast of the only wakeful guard, coolly informing him that if he made the least alarm death should be his portion. With his gun thus leveled on the astonished guard, Ware commenced backing off, which operation was continued until he thought it safe to turn and run, and then he made the bst possible ute of his nude lower limbs. The time he made for a short distance would undoubtedly have been an honor to either Jeff Thompson or General Price. Finding the weight of two guns too much for him on this rapid retreat, he broke p the poorest one against a tree. The one he saved and brought in is the gun that was said to have killed Dr. Gregory. On the approach of morning Ware went into a Louse and pressed into service a pair ef pants. In this novel style barefooted, bare headed and coatless he made his way through woods and swamps for a distance of twenty five miles, and at least arrived safely where he was considered, lost at the camp of his own squadron. His safe return was greeted with many demonstrations of joy, and be now enjoys the attention a genuine hero mer it. This truthful narrative of Ware's adven tures deserves circulation ia preference to the numerous fiction not half as strange. " I don't care much about the bugs," said Mr. Wormly to bis landlady, " but the fact is, marm, I hain't got the blood to spare; you can that yourself Visit to the Navy-Yard. ; Br invitation of a well-known ofCcial, I visited the Navy-Yard yesterday, and wit nessed the trial of some newly -invented rifl ed "cannon. The trial was of short duration, and the jury brought in a verdict of " inno cent of any intent to kiil," " :-: . The first gun tried was similar to" those used in the Revolution, except that it bad a large touch-hole, aud. the carrage Was painted green, instead of blue. This novel and in genious weapon was pointed at a target about sixty j aids distant. It didu't hit it, and as nobody saw the ball, there was much perplexi ty expressed. A midshipman did say that he thought the ball must have run out of the touch-hole ' when they loaded np for which he was instantly expelled from the service. Alter a long search without finding the ball, there was some thought of summoning the Naval Retiring Board to decide on the mat ter, when somebody happened to look inte the mouth of the caunon, and discovered that the ball hadn't gone out at all. The inventor said this would happen sometimes, especially if you didn't put a brick over the touch-hole when you fired the gun. The Government was so pleased with this explanation, that it ordered forty of the guns on the spot, at two hundred thousand dollars apiece. The guns to be furnished as soon as the war is ever. The next weapon tried was Jink'a double back-acting revolving cannon for ferry-boats. It consists of a heavy bronze tube, revolving on a pivot, with both ends open, and a touch hole in the middle. While one gunner puts a load in at one end, another puts a load in at .the other end, and one touch-hole serves for both. Upon applying the match, the gun is whirled swiftly round on a pivot, and both balls fly out in circles, causing great slaughter ou both sides. This terrible engine was aimed at the target with greatjacenracy ; but as the gunner has a large family depend ent on him for support, he refused to apply the match. The Government was satisfied without firing, and ordered six of fhe guns at- a million of dollars apiece. The guns to be furnished in time for our next war. The last weapon mbjectod to trial was a mountain howitEer of a new pattern. The inventor explained that its great advantage was, that it required no po&'der. In battle it is placed en the top of a high mountain, and a ball slipped loosely into it As the enemy passes the foot of the mountain, the iiiiter in charge tips over the howitzer, and .Lt bill roils uowu the side of the mountain iuto the midst of the doemed foe. - The range of this terrible weapon depends greatly on the height of .the mountain and the distance to its base. The Government ordered forty of'tliese 'mountaia bowitee'rs at a 'hundred thousand dollars apiece; ' to be planted on the firit mountains discovered iu tho enemy's country. - . ..- . .. . ,-, .TUsse ate great times for gunsmith?, my b iy, and if you find any old cannou around the juiik-sLopR, just send them, along. ORPHEUS C. KERR. War Speech on Boston Common by a Warrior. At. a war meeting held on Boston Common a few days ago,' a speech was make by tm officer of the crmy of fhe Potomac, who was in tlw recruiting service, reported na follows by the Post : Capt. Scaulan, of the Ninth Regiment, was nokt. introduced. : He was received with three cheers. lie said he was getting ready to return to his regiment, which had been badly cut up. What he wanted was to see every man Uike his gun and march to-night if ucfceary. Were they to allow their breth ren to be slaughtered ? But he was sure they had beaten the enemy, and was d n sure they ceu'.d do it again. If we had had f0,000 more men that day, we would have knocked h 11 out of them. Laughter and cheers. Let Beacon-street and Mt. Vernon-street pour out their men, and the mechanics would come. But do your duty and in less than three months we will have all the South. The South had been called good fighters, but it was no such thing. Willi fifty Irishmen he could beat any hundred of them. He asked the lawyers, the brokers, every man who loved his country to go to the war. Let us go and hang every d n traitor. Laughter. He complimented General McClellan. I love him, and so does every other soldier who has fought under him. In order to know bisn, put on your equipments and go and serve under him. Had it come to this that Irish men must come up and ask Americans to defend their own country ? Capt Scanlaa closed by another urgent appeal to come for ward, and do honer to the oountry by fight ing for it. Reading. Of all the amusements that can possibly be imagined for a working man, after daily toil, cr in the intervals, there is nothing like reading a newspaper or a book. It calls for no bodily exertion, of which the mind has had enough. It relieves his home of dullness and sameness. Nay, it accompanies him to his next day's work and gives him something te thiuk of besides the mere mechanical drudg ery of his every day occupation ; somethiug he can enjoy while absent, and look forward to with pleasure. If I were to pray for a taste which would stand by me under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfullness to me through life, and shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. ' " If you lay your hand on me," said Bom by, " appoint your funeral for day after to morrow, and I will see that the corpse is ready' ' " ' " '' Major-General Joseph Hooker. ', This distinguished military chieftain, whose triumphant services have raised him so high in the admiration and confidence of his country in this great crisis, was born in Hadley, Mass., in 1819, and in consequently forty -three years of age. His parents are not living. He has no brother. Two of his three sisters are mar ried in Jefferson Ceunty, N. T., and the oth er in Cincinnati. He is himself a bachelor. He entered the army from West Point in 18 37, Second Lieutenant First Artillery and was proi.ioted First Lieutenant in 1838. Adju tant Military Academy in 1S41. Regimental Adjutant, 1S41 to 1816. Throughout the Mexican war, in all its hard conflicts, he was well known as one of " the brave," as he is now so well known iu this struggle. He was brevetted Captain in 184G "for gallant con duct in the several conflicts at Monterey on the 21st, 22d, and 23, of September, 1846." Brevetted Captain Staff Assistant Adjutant General 1847, and again in the same year brevetted Major, " for gallant and meritorious conduct in the affair at the National Bridge. Brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel in the same year, also " for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chepultepec." Th js much for his career in the Mexican campaign. Iu 1818 he rose in regular line ol promotion in his regiment to a full captainacy, and in same year vacated his regimental commission and accepted the appointment of Assistant Adjutant-General with rank of captain, which position he continued to fill till in 1853, when he resigned while on duty in California, pur chased a tract of land, and became a fanner in Sonoma, on the Bay of San Francisco. From this employment, when the Government made an appropriation for a National road con necting California and Oregon, he was sum moned to superintend that enterprise by Col. Bache, of the Topographical Engineer Corps, who was in charge of that aparopriation, and who well understood his capacity and fidelity. Gen. Hooker had just finished this work and returned to California when, like Ciucinnatus, he was literally summoned from his plough to fight the battles of his country. At the first reverbratien of the artillery of Fort Sumpter upon the shores of the Pacific, he started im mediately for the 6eld of conflict, and on his arrival here was in May, 18G1, made Brigadier-General of Volunteers, and placed in com mand of the First aud Eleventh Maasachasetts, Seond New-Hampshire and Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Regiments, then located atBla densburg, and which, in their triumphant subsequent career, have, under their noble leader, bo fairly earned the name cf " Hooker's Fighting Brigade." Gen. Hooker was strongly solicited while in Oregon to allow his name to be used in con neotion with the United States Senate. He, however, cot only declined the suggestion, but joining hand with Senator Nesmith, can vassed the whole State with him, and was thus confessedly a main instrument in placing in that body the lamented Euker, who was his bosom friend. In person, Gen. Hooker is very tall, erect, compactly but not heavily built, extremely muscular, and of great physical endurance ; of a light complexion, a flesh, ruddy counte nance, lull, clear mild eyes, intellectual head, brown hair, slightly tinged with gray and altogether, one of the most elegant and com manding officers in his bearing and appear ance in the army. In social intercourse he is frank, unpretend ing and courteous, removing embarrassment from even the humblest personage who ap proaches him. It is only when at the head of his command and in the storm ot battle that he arrays himself in the stern and lofty aspect of the commanding, heroic military chieftain. His transcendent career in this re bellion is familiar to a!L He Las in the most emphatic as well as triumphant manner, liter ally fought his way to his present elevation. The wonder is that he was not placed in a different position at the opening of this re bellion. X. T. Times. How Ssails Maks Love. Blackwood's Magazine, in giving an account of the differ ent kinds of snails found in England, men tions one that has a curious spring door inside the opening of her shell, which she can shut in a moment when alarmed by the approach of a centipede, or vagrant ant both shell and door forming a piece of spiral mechanism, which Archimedes might have studied with delight, had there been any conchologists in his days. This snail, too, has a way of ma king love, which shows it to have doubtless been the origin of the arrows of Cupid. The male is a pattern lover. He will spend ten hours at a time a good dee.1 out of his short life of seven or eight years in the most quiet but devoted attention to the object of his affections; caressing her occasionally with those pretty little horns, of which no one seems to know whether they are eyes, or ears, or hands. They are furnished, too, with crys taline darts, with which they shoot at each other after preliminary coquetting!. These curious love-weapons have been observed sticking in the bodies of snails after such con flicts. They are contained in a special pouch or receptacle ready for use, and resemble) the ancient arrows of Cupid. An iKBTrrcTios. A boarder was Been to pick something out of a sausage he vres eat ing. , . " What is it Ben ?" asked a boarder silting opposite. , " A little piece of bark, I believe," replied Ben. " Well, old fellow, its my opinion you'd better not bunt any longer, or yo mignt find a growl pretty goon." Major-General Joseph Hooker. Chief Justice Caton on the President's Poolsmation. atation. OTTAWAY, ILL., Sept. 25. las followine is a correspondence between J. O. Glover, of Ottawa, and Chief Jaetice Caton. OTTAWA, ILL., Sept. 25. 7b J. J). Caton: The Democratio Convention here have just passed resolutions, by an almost unanimous vote, condemning the president's proclamation. (Signed) J. 0. Glovxr. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Sept. 25. To J. O. Glovtr, Ottawa, IU : I expected it I regret the proclamation as an ill-advised measure. It is a tub thrown to the Abolitioa whale, which may endanger the whole ship. It cannot change the actual stat us of one negro from what it would be with out it It weakens the hands and lays an ad ditional burthen on the shoulders of those who are exerting every energy to support the Government in this war, to uphold and re store the Constitution and suppress tht re bellion. May God, in Hi mercy to our bleeding country and endangered Constitution, grant that it may have no worse results than to meet the disapproval of Democrats in the free States, whose whole souls are engaged in the prosecution of this war. They cannot be drawn from this support They will prose cute this war with an unlying energy, while those who have extorted this unwise measure from the President will be clamoring loudly for peace by separation. Seven months hence yeu will see these werds vindicated. This country is ours to uphold, and this government is ours to maintain, as much as they are those of the President And, al though he has done an unwise or unjustifiable act, it will not warrant or induce us to aban don them, but stimulate us to greater efforts to uphold and vindicato such sacred interests. Whatever the administration may do, this people will defend and uphold their govern ment and country until the Constitution shall be re-established over the whole land. fSiimedl J. D. Cato. " SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Sept. 25. Sections Amendatory of the Internal Revenue or Tal Bill. Tni following sections ef the " Act increasv inr, temporarily, the duties on imports, and for other purposes" approved July 14, 18G2, are amenditoryf the foregoing Internal Reve nue or Tax Bill.' " Section 25 And be it further enacted. That the 9oih section of the act entitled ' An Act to Provide Internal Revenue to Support the Government and Pay Interest on the Public Debt, approved July 1 18G2, be so amended that no instrument, document or paper, made, signed, or issued, prior to the 1st day ef Janu ary, 1863, without being duly stamped, or having thereon an adhesive stamp to deaote the duty imposed thereon, shall for that cause be deemed invalid and of no effect : Provi ded, however, that no such instrument, docu ment, or paper, shall be admitted or used as evidence in any court until the same shall have been duly stamped, nor until the holder thereof shall hav proved to the satisfaotien ol the court that he has paid to the collector or deputy eolleotor of the district witbia whiofc such court may be held, the sum of five dol lars for the use, of the United State. " Section 26 And It it further tnadtJ, That no part of the act aforesaid, in relation to stamp duties, shall be held to take effect before the 1st day of September, 18G2. And all of said act, except s much thereof as relates to the appointment of a Commissioner of Internal Revenue, shall be had to take effeot on the 21st day of July, 1862, instead of from and af ter its approval by the President" GLLAimT or a Guioaoo Omcm The Tennessee correspondent of the Detroit Free Press recites the gallant action of a young Chicago officer, which, in the midst of inci dents occurring in the same quarter, involv ing dastardly conduct, deserves especial no tice. This letter says : Lient Bell, of the 19lh Illinoiswith forty men while in command of a stockade near Pulaski, was surrounded by 400 guerrillas in the woods and in reply to a demand for surrender said, M I have with me forty fight ing men, who have 4.000 rounds of ammuni tion, and Urfy trusty guns. I have an abun danco of rations, and when these and the courage of my men fails them, I will think of your proposition." He replied to their offer to parole all officers and men, that " paroling was about played out," and invited them to the attack. They retired, however, and after firing one bridge, fell back six miles to anoth er, and laying in wait for a small train with eighty soldiers aboard. After firing into it and killing four and wounding seven, they cut down the bridge behind it, and following it to the smoldering remains of the burned bridge, attacked it, and after a sever fight were compelled to skedaddle, with a loss of twenty, and on our part a loss of iiin killed and wounded. The officer here mentionod is Lieut Vin cent Y. Bell, of Company K, of the invincible 19th 111., a son of Judge D. V. Bell, of Chica go, who has four more sous "of the same sort" in the amy of freedom. This ia " Bell metal" of the right ring. MrcGrKf was passing up the street with a friend when he observed a dog that had been kiged lyirg ia the gatter. Muggins paused, gazed intently on th defunct animal and at lassaid: " Ther is another shipwreck." ' Shipwreck ! Where ?" " There is a bark that's lost foreTer." Eii companion growled and passed on. Tal Bill. No More Dancing for Him. A soldibb whose legs had been carried away above th knees by a cannon ball, and ' who had been long a patient in the hospital. one dav. while sitting un in bed. asked th nurse : "When will those) traot distributors be around again?" "To-day," said she. " When they come, I would Iika somethiag to read," he added. A eolporteur cam in th afternoon, and made a hasty distribution of tracts, giving on to each bed, without stopping to read the li- " ties or sue the fitnes of the selection. Th poor fellow who had lost his legs received a little four-page message, and began to read wirn errmAt Artrnaa I hlk fmrfta notiointr the interest, stole up behind to see the sub ject of th tract, when, to her astonishment, she read " The evil of modern dancing."' Re pressing her langhter, she said to th man : " That tract is hardly suited t your condi tion 7" " Well, madam," be replied, ." to teU the . il t 1- j : a - - - . - kuuj, A jui mij uanuiiig uay r swui ver." ... ' i n i . ' T ,1 . ' isrsTiHMBK r Borrrs -a.n ariieta iu ui New York Pest, oa th oyster trad of' that ' oity, says: An oystermaa works four months out of ' a . , a - i v : ,Ai . - of ill-fortune if he fails to make th year show , an account of a thousand to fifteen hundred -dollars. Some of the men make two thous and, others five thousand dollars a rear. A fair average is a thousand dollars a year, and . th market in New York is so sure, that th demand exceeds the supply; hence, th cer tainty of the business, and hence, too, th profit, for there is a brisk call for "extra" oysters at the first class restaurants and hotels, which readily pay seven dollars a thousand, aud never less than sixUars. The oyster-, man has the advantage, too, of small outlay His skiffs cost him but sixty dollars, his rake six and a half each, and the wear and tear is trifling, while the prica he pays in the bast season lor nis " v irgimas is only unriy cent) a DUaueL x nere ar tnree or iour oystermen at Fricce's Bay, wh began as laborers at two dallara a dav. who have made fortunes, aolelr- out of a legitimate oyster business. - -.' mCa't Bit a CasTanxja, Est V'VTt publish the following good iok from tn tu ba, N. Y, Patriot: Our friead Q. R. Chadbon, Conductor oa' on cf th Way Freight between Horneil--ville and Oleaa. who. bv th wav. ia on of the best fellows in the world, though slightly ; profane whea aroused, was sitting on day in hotel in th former village, when th . conversation turned unon miht&rv exemnt- ions. Now " Chad.'' had a perfect disgust for . , those who are wunpenng areuna trying to ejeap a draft by pretended ailment. Dar-" : .1. f.. V -H l. t c would go like a man. " Why, Chad." said l sue iai.Qj. a, you can gw nu o gong- yuur teeth are poor; you can't bit a cartridge." - " Cau't bit a cartridge, hey ? By G d, sir, r - k P l. n.i :r T A lilll Tour vcriiicMj eu--iiv4 y s. eat your beef-tteah, sir, 5y i, sir, lean bit , t cartridge, sir." Th landlord Itad no more) ' to say. Wao is the author of those pretty vers- . es?" said one at a eoire lately. M Ida Clare," replied the lady. ' I declare t" retorted the querist ' The joke was too easy to be very excellent, ' then it was just as good as one of Charles -Lamb's that made great laughter in London,:, once on a time. . . . " What are you going to call your daugh . terT" he said to Barry Corn waU." " Adelaide," said Barry. " Good," said Lamb" AddU head is good very appropriate. Lf P.hode Island not a negro has enlutd, nor hav any provisions been made to furnish. , funds to defray the expenses of enlisting t negro regiment Some negro have enroll ed their name as willing to enlwt, bat not i nsgro, w nndsrstand, has beeii sworn into th service of th United States. In Mass- ' ehusetts not a negro has been enlisted, and if n draft is made it is not probable on will b , ffered as a soldier. Boston Pott. What tht all Kim. An oflcer of an -Indiana regiment in passing through, on ot . the streets of Norfolk, met a pretty little girl ; of eight years and gently patted her on the head, when the mother, who observed it from a window, rushed to the door and bawled out at the top of her voice, " Com rigkt straight , in the house, Susannah, and I will wash your ' head!" ' "Am yoa there V said an Orange-man to a Rihbonman in " grafe," being about to b ' hanged. " I always said you would coma to -be hanged." " You'r a bar," said Pat, ' if it were die last word I had to spake I I did not 5 come, I was brought" . j It is said that a French genealogist ha found that the Empre Eugenie, of Fraaoe.is , the tme heiress to the Urea of Mexico," through her Spanish acoestors, who were de cendants of Montzuma, A trrTLX three year-old of our acquaintance, while playing witi a dog, discovered for th first time that the animal had claws, whir.' upon he ran into th honso, exclaiming with open eyed wonder, " Oh, mother, Fido Las got teeth in his toes 1" . " File right !" said an officer to his com pany. " Bedad," said an Irishman, who stood near by, sharpening his saw, It' m own property, and 1 11 b doiu' as I piss wid H.