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' POETRY,
BY HESRY W. LONGFELLOW,
The rising moon has hid the ptars,
Her level rays, like golden bars,
Lie on the landscape green,
With shadows browp between,
,': mill silver \vhifi; tb: river gleams;
As ana, in her dreams
m;n her silver bow
_l?ppg the meadows low,
On such & tranquil.night as this,
She ?&E:‘fiymioh _wig; a kiss,
gin the grove
He d,;‘amfifl;ot of hcrfipve, : |
Like Dian's kiss, unasked, unsongbt,
Love ges itlelf: but is not bought ; |
wimz por sound betrays
+ Its deep, impas gaze, ;
It comes—the beautiful, the free,
The egowa of all humanity—
In iile,ee and alone
To seex the elected one,
It lifts.the boughs whose shadows deep
Are Life’s oblivion, the soul’s sleep, |
And kisses the closed eyes
Of him who, slumbering, lies.
Oh, weary bearts! oh, slumbering eyes!
Oh, droog::g souls, whose destinies
Are u%lét with fear and pain,
Ye shall be loved again ! .
No one g 0 accursed by fate,
No one so wholly desolate,
But some hurt‘lthough unknown,
Responds unto his own. :
Responds, as if with unseen wings
An llgd’mpt its guiverifig lmgngs $
And whispers, in its song,
*'Where hast thou staid so long?’
e e @
DiaroGue.—Secesh.-Stoop down here, Uncle.”’
Uncle Sam.—*‘What for, Secesh?"’
Bectsh.—*‘l want to cut your throat !’
Uncle Sam.—*‘'Guess not, I don’t want cut
ting,"”
Copperhead.— '‘Yes, stoop down, Uncle.”
Uncle Sam.—“ What! do you, too, want to
cut my throat?”’
Copperhead.— ‘‘Oh, no, nmever. [ wouldn’t
do such a thing for the world. I only want to
hold your arms pinioned behjnd your back
while Secesh cuts it. That's very different. you
!(‘{‘."
Uncle Sam.—*‘No, I don’t see it."”
Bl iliniiasiors
A Rare Disu.—ln the bill of fare at one of the
Uartford hotels, last week, ‘‘Fort Sumter De
funct'’ was printed among the choice dishes.—
Those whio tried it, says the Press. said it was
cooked with Greek fire, served with Parrotts
aod garnished with grape sauce.
.. Artemus on the Dng' ~
Artemus Ward (Mr. Charles F. Browne) has
issued the following circular:
As the undersigned has beey: led to fear that
the law regulating the draft was pot wholly
understood, notwithstanding the numerous ex
planatory circulars that have been issued from
the national capital of late, he herpgby issues a
circular of his owy ; nnd, if be shall succeed in
making this favorite measure more clear to a
discerning public, he will feel that he has not
lived in vaip ¢
1. A yopng man who is drafted and inadver
tently goes tp Canada, where he becomes em
broiled with a robust English party, who knocks
him round so as to disable him for life, the same*
occurring in a licensed bar-room, on British soil,
such young man cannot receive 3 pension oR ac
count of said injuries from the United States
Government, nor can his heirs or creditors.
11. No drafted man, in going to theappointed
rendezvous, will be permitted to go round by
way of Canada on account of the reads being
better that way, or because his ‘‘ Uncle Willlam’’
lives there.
I, Any gentiegan livipg ip Irelapd, who
was never in this copntry, is ppt liable to the
draft, nor are hiis forefathers. This latter state
ment is made for the benefit of those enrolling
officers who have acted on the supposition that
the able-bodied male population of a place in
cluded desd gentlemep in the cemeteries,
IV. The term of enlistment is for three years;
but any wan who may be drafied in two places
has a gght to go for six y®ars, whether the war
last that length of time or not—a right this de
partment hopes he will ipsist on.
V. The only sons of a poor widow, whose
busband is in California, are not exempt, but
the man who owns stock in the Vermont Central
railroad s, o, also, are incessant lunatics,
habitual lecturers, persons who were borp with
wooden legs or false teeth, blind men, (unless
they acknowledge that they ‘‘can’t see it,”’)
and people who deliberately voted for John Ty
ler. : AW,
el - Bt
Kaxsas City is a gay place, apd they have
queer specimens of humanity down there. If
you don’t believe it, read the following, about a
woman of doubtful loyalty, who was recently
before the provost marshal. She gave as an ev
idence of her loyalty that her husband had been
killed in the 106th Illinois regiment:
““When did your husband go to Illinojs?"’
‘‘ About three years ago,”’
‘That was before the war, was it not?"’
((Yu."
“Why did you not go with him?"’
“Well, I didn’t like to go off so far with a
man | wasn’t much nnquj:hd . -
“"You don’t mean to say that your busband
was so much of a stranger that you did not like
to ge with him ?"’
‘Yes, 1 do. I had only been married to him
about.:lm, and | wasn't going to leave my
folks go off to Tllinois with a man I dida’t
know much about.” ¢
What more could he do but discharge ber?
A CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE,
It was ini the early days of Cwlifornia; when
the members of the Legislature were often cl
ccted, not because they were falented men or
able speakers, but bpcangp they were gopd ‘handg
at poker,’’ or “ jolly fallows op p spice.’”’ Among
the latter was thp member from Mariposa; slow
of speech on ordigary . pecasions, but—as one of
his supporters rgmapked bgfpre the election—
‘‘Jest git hig magd once, and he'll give 'em fits !
He was very quiet at fipst, but at length son g
bill came pp pn which he wished fo express his
mind. He commenced ip his slow, hesitating
manner :—‘‘Mr. SBpenker'’—and then came to a
dead halt. Jle trigd o scpond tipae with no bet:
ter spccess. At the third attempt onc of the
members cried, “Gif aut! git out!” Orers
echoed the pngeptlemanly cry until the noise
drowned the poor fellow’s voice entirely. But
they mistpok their man. This was just what he
necded to wake bita up, Waiting untit the con
fusion had somewhat subsided, he drew himself
up to his ful] height, and thew in the style of ay
illustrious predegessor. Sald he—
“ Gentlemen may gry, ‘Git out! git out!
but mmfi;mmmwm’
My speech is already bogup. The next man
who eries ‘git out’ in this House will bring to
his cars the ominious click of small-arms. What
is it the gentlemen wish, and what would thgy
have? Is my life so dear or my peace 80 swect
to be purchased at the price of silence im thij
assembly? Ng, sirzep! 1 know not what coursé
others would take, but as for me, | will finish
my specch, or I'll give you death.”
He was not disturbggd agpin, but madean able
and effective speach upon the subjectin question,
eet el @= e .o o
Pizen Tmxee.—\ ragged-looking rebel went
into a Hoosir's house during the raid, and got
to putting on airs, tellipg fhe girls that he wes
John Morgan, and the old lady, who had ‘‘heara
on him,”’ fainted and rolled under the talle.—
The girls keeled oyer agninat thawall, fell pver
the chairs &c. Secesh was about goipg into o
cupboard, when a long sandy-baired chap cn.
tered the room, ;
“Who are you?' said Sapdy, eying him
closely, :
“I'm Morgan, Why?’ ,
“I'm told you'se 2 hoss at kizsin'; and as
you've hugged the old 'oman and squeened the
gals to death, I guess you'd. betfor drop them
pies and things.”
Pizen things "’ shouted the rebel, turning
pale as he dropped & load of pies, corn-cake:
hams, &c., which he *‘confiscated,”” and had
been eating heartily of, ‘‘l'm a gone goslin’!"’
and dropped upon the floor.
The girls tied him, and Sandy and the oM
'oman like to beat him to desth, sngd them It
him go. ee) ) B e
Ax old fellow being assnred by his pastor that
he could not be a good Christian, unless he took
up his daily cross, immediately caught up his
wife and lugged ber about the roem,