THE OLD THIRTEEN.
God Mess tlio good old thirteen States ;
, too ;
sty birthday dates—
God bless the young
Wli ' . an s t>
God bless them, old and
freedom gained,
The old
In bloody fight of yore ;
The young
As the old
:
havo their right maintained,
did before.
Or South or North, or East or West,
Twin sisters all they be ;
One mother nursed them on her breast,
And that Tf as Liberty.
the wretch whose hand shall first
The bond that binds them akake,
°ng
Oh,^uay it never break /
Now fill the bowl with sparkling wine,
Let's drink " God save the King,"
The only king by right divine,
The Üoverign People King.
For they're the only king I own,
All others 1 despise ;
The king thut towers above the throne,
The king that never dies.
0 ! may that sceptre wide extend
O'er every land and sea,
Without hegmning, without end,
And conquor to set freo :
Till Freedom's banner floats alono,
A beacon in tho sky,
other lord shull
But Him who rules ou high..
And
acrursod—
U..
h I
A FRENCH LOVE STORY.
"My dear aunt!" exclaimed Albert de
Nangis on his return from a small formal
ceremonius meeting at the obscure country
town of Avoul, " why did you not tell me
that Avon contains a more precious and rare
treasure than the chateau of Fantaine'olau
just beyond it?"
"I don't know what you moan. You
young men from Paris speak in such fine,
flowery w ords, that I declare you puzzle my
old matter-of-fact brain."
"Well, then, I will tell you tho name of
my treasure, for it has a name like other
philosophers and treasure-scekCrs, I should
like to give it one—my one—I mean by all
this Mlle. Louise do Noret."
"Oh! well, to be
that's a different thing; she is—well, perfec
tion, and an old woman is tho most inexorable
oAill judges, therefore you may take my
word for it."
" I take nature's word ; that never errs ; it
has written on Louise's pure and regular
features gentleness, truth, tenderness, intel
lect and passion."
" Passion, my dear Albert ! just remember
you are speaking about a young lady," said
Mlle. Angélique, much shocked at tho vol
canic word.
All>ert smiled and kissed the withered hand
of his aunt.
Louise do Noret,
But
the
'
"Well, dear aunt, I will put my admira
tion in a form you can better understand. I
admire Louise do Noret beyond all women ;
I never was in love before, and I desii
you,
y nearest relation, and thoroughly ac
quainted with my fortune, property and so
forth, to make my proposals to her father."
" My dear, impulsive nephew, I have no
doubt Mods, do Noret will bo much flattered
by the proposal, but it is useless to flinke it,
for it Comes Uh» late. Louise do Noret is en
gaged, and will be married in less than three
mopths to Hector Beauvoir, the great physi
cian."
my
was
" Aifd she is the only woman I ever loved !"
claimed Albert in despair.
" I have heard that often, years and years
this to me arc
my
with
any
ter.
'ago, yet all thoso who sw
living well, married, fathers and grandfathers.
You will
get over this sudden passion,
my dearest Albert, and love again the first
time you see another woman as pretty as
Louise."
the
I
the
" Never, never," said Albert. " I cannot
hope, but I can love; but I could not endure
to see her another's. I promised to stay a
if after I have
I will
month with you : forgive
seen Louise once again I leave y mi.I
go to tho Pyrenees, to Spain, where I havcl
long desired to
" Absence "is tho best cure for everything,"!
said tl^e auirtk "everything of this sort; I
must sacrifice myself,*I .suppose, as I have
done throughout the rest ëf my existence."
M. Albert de Nangis contrived to takclH
long look on Louise, engraving her image in-|
delibly on his heart ; then, afte^^ordiafl
and affirtipnate adieu he départe l.
saw Mlle. Angélique again,
later he received news of her illness and of
her death in two letters that reached him at
he
he
his
but
lie never
»Six months
the same time, having followed him through
his wanderings.
When Albert returned to France his first
visit was to the grave of his kind aunt, who
had made him her heir.
By the grave stood the sexton ; he was at
tending the flowers growing over it.
" Ah ! Monsieur,*' said the old
i," you
are her nephew ; she was very fond of you."
" Who ordered these flowers?"
" The great Paris doctor, M. Hector Beau
voir."
"Ah!" -exclaimod Albert, "the husband
of Milo. Louise de Noret V*
"No* no! what, do you not know? He
never married Mile. Louise."
" Then Louise is not nfarried ?"
The sexton paused fur a moment, looking
curiously nt the young man ; then, in a low,
tremulous voice he replied:
" No, sir, 31 He. Louise is not married, but
your aunt left some letters for you, a sealed
packet. They were given to me because no
one knew where to find you, and everybody
supposed you would visit your aunt's grave.
Come and got them."
" No, bring them here—I will read them
on this grave."
When Mods, do Noret first took the pretty
little cottage so long to let at Noiret, his
daughter was already fourteen years of age.
She was oven at that age very beautiful, but
her mother, who came with her, was even
. more lovely than her daughter. For some
* mysterious reason, however, beautiful and
* still young as was Mme. de Noret, she re
fused all social advances mode to her, aud
lived in the strictest seclusion. Of course
people talked a little at first and wondered ;
but at last thej forgot he? altogether, espe
cially when at 'sixteen Louise, under the
escort bf her father, made her entreo into
our iHflfc cirgje.
%
in
to
Hector Beauvoir, whose fame was already
beginning to dawn in Paris, was the pro
prietor of the villa in which M. do Noret
resided. Some discussion about repairs, etc.,
brought him to Avoul. He saw Louise. Like
dear Albert, ho was smitten with her
you
extraordinary loveliness. He remained some
Jays ; he repeated his visits and became
deeply impressed Ly all the admirable cjtmli
tics of head and heart which distinguished
a
"Louise?—you can ask her yourself, M.
Beauvoir ; there she is, yonder, in the gar
Hector quickly availed of this permission,
Louise was not surprised at the avowal of his j
love; there had been from the first moment, ; 0
electric sympathy between them ; she told i
him .she would whit—all her life—for never
would she marry another.
Two years passed away—two years of hnp- f
piness, each year cementing the love of Louise
and Hector. At length Hector is appointed
chief physician of one of the great hospitals
of Paris. His reputation is established. He f
is one of the first physicians in Paris,
can offer to Louise a position, a fortune, a
house worthy of her. He does not even seek
Louise; he rushes into tho presence of her
father.
her.
Honorable as Bayard, yet afraid of losing
her, Hector Beauvoir spoke frankly to her
father.
His position was not yet sufficiently estab
lished for him to marry, would she wait for
him ? -A load seemed lifted off M. de Noret's
heart, and his brow, which, as Hector spoke,
had contracted, grew clear and bright.
" I will wait," said M. de Noret. I cannot
lose Louise yet ; she is too young."
"But Louise?"
den.
He
"
" Louise, Louise !" he exclaimed, "
can give her to me."
overjoyed love goes into those pecuniary de
tails with which society in all countries
thought proper to trammel love. ^
" Monsieur Beauvoir, you love Louise?"
" More than my life."
" Then I need not fear to speak, to confess ;
but you do not think that God meant that the
sins of tho fathers should be visited on the
children ?"
" Go on," said Hector, trembling with ap
prehension.
" Louise, then, is not my daughter by le
gitimate marriage. Her mother is not my
wife. I can give my Louise no name. Do
you love her enough to brave the opinion of
the world ?"
" I would brave everything for Louise. But
my mother, my dear mother, so good, so de
voted, sho would never understand, never
receive a daughter thus di
But there is still hope. Our laws legitimate
the children where tho father marries the
mother, why should not-"
' " Alas ! That hope is not left us. I am
already married."
Hector covered his face with his hands.
you
Then tho impulsive,
I
;
thus situated.
so
" Listen to me before you condemn me.
Mine was a wretched marriage, childless, too ;
«rife, under the influence of her confessor,
She
it,
en
my
made my home a dull, ascetic convent,
was proud and stern ; my heart yearned for
affection, for the tenderness of a true wo
man's loving heart. When 1 found the
mother of Louise I was determined to seouro
!"
I fled
my happiness in spite of the world,
with her—we have never denied it. She has |
never lived but for me; she has never crossed
any threshold that could now thrust her
forth. Never will she intrude on her daugh
ter. Ah ! my Louise is worth many sacrifices."
as
" Worth the sacrifice of life itself, but not
the sacrifice of honor, of my mother's happi
ness, my mother's love. Oh ! M. de Noret,
I ask but ono thing, that Louise may know
the truth ; it will be less a pang than to be
lieve I have ceased to love her."
M. <le Noret watched Hector Beauvoir till
a
I
he was out of sight ; then, with a deep sigh,
ght tho woman whom all thought was
he
his wife.
"What is to be done?" said%e; "Clém
ence, you are a woman, you but know a
woman's feelings. Will sho forget him ?"
" No ; Louise is not one to forgot. Oh !
how long have I dreaded this moment, Ernest ;
but it is but just I should bear the punish
ment of my fault. From my lips must Louise
know the truth."
A few moments afterwards Louise was
kneeling at the feet of her mother, pale and
agitated, resting her hands on the heavy |
black braids of her daughter's hair. Louise's
face was hidden from her mother ; she knew
some terrible misfortune threatened her ; she
knew that Hector had been, thatjie had gone
without seeing her.
" Louiso," said she, " can you forgive your
mother for the misery that is coming over
young and happy life? An insuporahle
obstacle separates you from Hector,
obstacle is your mother."
" My mother—my dear, my devoted, my
gelic mother ?"
" Could you love mo though I had lost in
the eyes of the world all these qualities ?"
I
That
;
" The world does not know you as I do ;
speak, mother, here at your feet I will listen
to you."
" When I first knew your father, Louse, I
was but eighteen, an orphan, condemned to
the life of a dependent, educated by charity
to be a governess. Your father, many years
older than I
* rich, prosperous, but
alas ! not happy. Love first came to me in
the most dangerous garb, in tho garb of
solation. I bad no one to love; his heart
was desolate. We swore to live but for each
other. You know how I have kept my vow,
for you know that no other care or thought
but for yoji and him has ever occupied my
life. We fled together. Louise, when we
fled, in the eyes of the world our flight was
a crime—for he was married already, and I
am not your father's wife! Louise, my
child, trusting in his love, which has never
failed me, secure in my happiuess, the hnip
piness you have brought me, I have
never blushed; but now tho atonement is
near, my innocent child at my feet, made
desolate and miserable by me, guilt and re
morse overpower me. Oh, my Louise, my
child, speak to me!"
But no sound came. Mine, do Norot, in
alarm, seized her child in her arms—she was
in a dead swoon.
Loudly she oallcd for help, for Louise's fa
ther. Help came, but M. de Noret» had left
Avoul one day only to account for his ab
sence. It was contained in a note addrossed
to Louise, and was merely,
" nope.
Your Father."
They laid Louise, still insensible, on her
bed, and the distractod mother gazed with
the anguish of remorse and despair on her
pale form.
Meantime, M.-de Noret had taken the rail
way to Tours. He has reached the city ; ho
to the Usurline Convent. It is there
that Mme. do Noret had taken up her abode.
He bas not long to wait in the still, solemn
parlor; his wife enters tho l-oom. She is
a tall, stern woman ; still handsome, and Rhe
greets him coldly, but without anger in her
voice or manner.
" Madame," said M. de Noret, " years have
passed since wo met ; I have broken ipy
vows, outraged your feelings—yet I dare
think there is generosity in your soul to help
j mo to atone for my sin, to help me to ward
; 0 ff its punishment from an innocent head. I
i iave a daughter."
"She has no State nor name. I cannot
give her one ; the laws, ns long as you live,
f ov hul mv adopting her. She is beautiful, in
^j,e spring of life and life's illusions; hor
heart is given to one worthy of hor, but the
80 cret of her birth must forever separate her
f rom the man she loves, tho man who was to
0
be her husband."
" M. do Norot, husband," said his wife,
" I have learned here in these years of soli
tude that I w r as harsh and stern ; that, per
haps, had I been oiierwiso, you would never
have left mo. Wo have both erred. We can
both atone. I will recognize your child as
mine, as ours -, perhaps then she may some
times think of me in my gloomy solitude, and
there will be some one to weep tears of grati
tude, if not of love, over my grave."
"You will do this?"
"On one condition: Louise, our child, can
not have two mothers ; let the atonement of
the woman who wronged mo be the sacrifice
of her child."
" Noblest of women."
"We mistook life, mistook each other; we
will be in heart reunited in tho love of this
young girl, in the love of her children. Now
fly, save hor happiness. Bring her to mo ;
lot her go from beneath those sperod walls to
her husbands home, hallowed by the
flees made for her by the prayers of this
;
of
en
pure community." «
M. do Noret pressed Iiîh wife's hands to his
lips, and a tear fell on it. But his thought
was for Louise. He held her happiness, his
darling child, the innocent sacrifice on tho
altar of his guilt; she was saved."
Ho hurried on his road. Quick as the
travel of the day could carry him, reached
Avoul. Luuiso Jay in tho stupor of a brain
fevor, unconscious of all happiuess or misery.
Still more impressed with the importance of
restoring her to happiness, M. de Noret,
qttickly, and in.a,few words* told lfer mother
where he had boon, and what had beem the
;
She
for
wo
the
result of his visit.
" Louise will be happy now, Oaroltnc, my
poor Caroline, or she will have the choice be
tween her mother and her lover. I do not
This is right. My sacrifice, my
atonement is merciful, for I sccuro my child's
happiness. I restore her to a position as her
father's daughter ; but Ernest leave me alone
now. You can watch through this night by
your child ; sho is young, the doctor says sho
will recover."
fled
has | hesitate,
her
not
M. de Noret obeyed. Only since ho luvd
seen Caroline had he become conscious of the
immensity of tho sacrifice he exacted.
Louise grew neither worse nor better as he
watched ; the doctor was beside her and told
him all was to he hoped from the deep stupor
into which sho had fallen. Morning came ;
M. do Noret stole to Caroline's room ; she was
not there, but a few lilies told all :
" Farewell. I will spare my child the tor
riblo choice; never will T seo her again.—
Farewell, Ernest dear, true, tender, till
death ; shall I remember the years of happi
ness we have passed together ? Do not seek
ino. We must never meet again. Tell Hec
tor to remember at what sacrifice Louise was
given to him. Louise, Louise, oh ! what can
mother say when she leaves her child for
ever." Caroline."
| tendant, " and sensible ; she has asked for
" Mile. Louiso is awake, sir," said an at
Madame, aud for you."
M. de Noret rushed to her bedside.
" Dearest father, I can bear it."
" But happiness is in store for you ; all has
been arranged, lioctor will be hero to claim
I have written to him."
" And my mother, my darling mother ;
why is she not hero?"
" Louise, when you are well you shall know
all ; no sacrifice is too great for a mother."
" What do you mean ? is she dead ?"
, my child."
" Tell me all now. I can bear all but un
certainty and surprise."
Gently then Mona, de Noret told her all ;
told her the noblo devotion of ono woman,
the sacrifice of the other. Louiso listened in
silenèe, when he had done, she turned
pillow away from him without uttering a
word. M. de Noret, thinking she was asleep,
stole gently from the room. But presently a
great commotion, as of many voices, struck
on his car. Angrily ho rushed down stairs,
and there in tho arms of his servants he be
held, pale and rigid, the dead body of the
woman who had been so long to him a wife.
" We found her floating on the little lake,
quite dead, sir."
M. de Noret motioned them to lay the body
down, and was left alone with his dead.
'Then pale, calm, grown old in the space of
hour, ho slowly took his way towards
I you.
" No,
her
I
is
Louise.
" Her child," murmured he ; " her child, I
stole from hor all she had in the world ; Caro
line, Caroline."
lie bent over the bed ; still Louise took no
notice of him, nor turned hor eye towards
him. With her fingers sho helplessly played
with the lace on the pillow case, murmuring
ever, " mother, mother."
In vain M. do Noroi spoke to her. In vain
they tried to rouse ; she heeded them not.:—
Hector caiuo, passionately he implored her ;
but ehe looked at him vacantly, still mur
muring mother, dear mother, poor mother, in
a low, piteous tone.
Hector watched her with the despair of a
lover and the skill of a physician, but in
vain ; towards dawn of the second night, the
elder physician, who had watched him from
the first moment, turned solemnly and said,
" she is passing away, let us pray for the
Christian soul that now takes its flight to
Heaven."
They all knelt, skeptics and indifferent as
they were; but now that the being they
loved w r as going from them, oh I how they
leaned on God, and how they prayed that he
would keep her one of his angels, and so one
day they might meet again.
Albert de Nan gis looked up, his eye filled
with tears. The sexton still stood there.
" Now," said he, in a low whisper, for he
knew tho story Albert had been reading, " I
will shew you their graves."
It was a largo marble slab, the white roses,
jessamines, and elaenmtis almost hid it ; but
holding them aside, Albert read aloud in
tones deep with emotion :
Mother and Daughter,
Mi/ two Treasures ,
LOUISE AND CAROLINE.
£Uc jftouscu.itc's gRpitment.
Fruit Cake. —One pound of flour, one of
sugar, three-quarters of a pound of butter,
two pounds of seeded raisins, two of currants,
one of citron, a quarter of a pound of almonds,
half
water, a wineglass of brandy, one of wine,
and ten eggs, beaten separately to a froth—
stir in the flour gradually, thou the wine,
brandy ami spice. Add the fruit just before
it is *put into the pans. It takes over two
hours to bake it if tho loaves are thick—if the
loaves are thin,* it will bal^e in loss time. This
kind of cake is thqbest after it has beon made
three or four weeks, and it will keep good five
or six months.
ounce of mace, a teaspoonful of rose
Omelets. —Break in a bowl as many eggs
as there are persons to sorve : heat them with
a little milk, or at deast »Jktlu water if you
have no milk; add also salt and pepper.—
Have a piece of butter the size of a walnut
put into the pan ; when it is hot pour in the
eggs. "W hen oye side is done slide it gently.
from the pan into the dish, and when half of
it is in the dish, turn the pan upside down so
as to fold the omelet ; it is more tender and
teacup of butter,
tasty. Do not turn it over into the pan so as
to fry both sides. You may mix a little chop
ped parsley in tho egg before baking.
Tory Wafers. —Molt
half a one of lard, and mix them with a quart
I of flour, a couple of beaten eggs, a teaspoon
i f u \ 0 f 8a ]t, a wineglass of wine. Add milk
j till it is the right consistency to roll out—roll
it out about tho third of an inch in thickness,
cll t U into cakes with a wineglass, lay them
of on buttered baken plate's, and bake them a few
minutes. Frost them as *ooh ns baked, and
gprii/kle eoiûfits or sugaFSautl on the top;
Floating Island.— Mix a pint a half of
sweet thick cream with a gill of wine, the
juice of half a lemon, and a .teaspoonfül oft
essence of lemon,or rosewater. Sweeten the
whole with powdered ldaf.sugar—turn it into
a deep dish. Bcutjbc white of four eggä to
a froth, and stir in half a pound of any dark
colored preserved small fruit you may happen
to have. Boat the whole to a strong froth,
then turn it into the centre of the cream.
Wit, Wisdom, and £jmmor.
flow arc you, General Lee?
Of General Leo, the rebel chief, you all perhups do
know,
How ho come North a short time since to spend a
month or so :
>n he found the climate wnrin, nltlio' a South
But
And quickly hurried np bin oakos, jw?d toddled home
CHoitus.—How
, General L
longer stay ?
friends in Maryland and
! ? it is ; why
y<
don't
IIow
Hjtv.
I'>
ia?
Jeff Davis met him coming back: "Why, General
Leo," ho said,
"What makes you look and stagger
head."
whisky in y
"Not much, I think," says General Lee; "
whisky's there, indeed :
feel
.
Whut makes
giddy is, I'
taken too
much Meade.
Chorus —How
you, Goncral? Ac.
ill yourself, dear Jeff, you look quite
»ugh,
" But you
sad
I think, while I've been gone, old Abo has used yon
rather rough."
"Well, yes, he has, and that's a fact; it makes
feel downcast,
For they've bothered usât Vicksburg,so'tisGrant
ed them ut last."
;
;
a
a
of
you, Jeff Davis? What is
Chorus —Then, how
it lnakw you sigh ?
>w are your friends in Vicksburg and
in Mississippi ?
" Yes, Vicksburg they have got quite sure, ami
Richmond soon they'll tuke,
At Pert Hudson, too, they have some Banks I fear
.. _ cannot break ;
While Rosecrnns, in Tcuncssoe, swears he'll our
army flog,
And prove if Bragg's a terrier good, Holdfast's a
better dog."
Chorus —Then, how are you, Jeff, Ac.
Says ho : "All things
dumn Yankees fit
At Gettysburg for Meade-able, whore I did have to
•got;' - ■ !
I feel a kind of ehoking hero, and hemp begins to
smell,
I think Secession's 'bout played out and kinder
goin' to H—U."
Chorus —How
looking quoor since them
you, Jeff Davis? Would you not
like to he
A long way out of Richmond and tho
Confederacy ?
For with "Porter" on tho river, and
"Meade" Upon tho land,
you'll find that those
more than yon
drink -
ix'd
A Scotch Minister was ouce buisy cate
chising his young parishioners before congre
gation, whon he put the usual first question
to a stout girl whose father kept a public
house. "What is your name?" No reply.
The question having béen repeated, the girl
replied, "Nanb o' your fun, Mr. Minister, ye
ken my name weel enough. D'ye
when yc come to our house on a night, * Bet,
some ale !' " The congregation, for
I
no
bring
getting the saocgdnegs of the place, were in a
| broad grin, and thfc parson looked daggors.
say,
A Dutch Sermon.
you vas poor and humble, and now, mine
frients, you is prout and sassy ; and you has
gotten on your unicorns, and dem vit you like
dongs upon a hog's pack. Now, mine frients,
let me tell you dis —a man ish a man if ho is
no pigger as my dumb. Ven Tavid vont out
to vite mit Guliah, he took notting mit him
"Mine frients, ven virst you corned here,
but von sling. Now, don't mistake me, my
frients, it was not a rum sling; no, nor a
gin sling ; no, nor a miutvater -, no, it was a
sling mado vit von hickory shtick. Now, ven
dis Goliah seed Tavid coming, ho said, " You
von little soouudrel, does you como to vite mo?
I vill gifo you to de birds of do fieldt and do
peasts of de air." Tavid says, "Goliah, Go
liah, do race ish not always mit de shwift, nor
is de battle mit do strong ; and a man isL a
man if he is no pigger as my dumb.
Tavid he fixed a shtone in his sling, and drows
it at Goliah, and knocks him rite in de fore
head, and Tavid takes Goliah 's sword and cuts
off his heat ; and den all do purty cals of de
shiddy comes out and shtrewed flowers in his
way, and sung, "Saul is a great man, for he
has kilt his thousands ; but Tavid is greater
as he, for he has kilt Goliah."
So
Court Scenes. —A certain judge of one of
our courts was very punctilious in court et
iquette, but dearly loved a joke or witticism.
The nephew of the judge was foreman of a
jury, a man of great wit and humor, who
knew his uncle's love of wit, and also his rigid
ruling in court. The foreman
ent when tho court came in, and the jury were
called, but came in soon after. The judge,
in a very stern manner addressed his nephew :
"Mr.
not pres
, what excuse have you to
give for keeping the court vraiting?"
lie replied in his usual comical manner:
"May it please your honor, I overslept my
self."
The judge turning to tho clerk of the court,
said :
said :
"Mr. Clerk, fine Mr. S
The foreman immediately arose and said :
" May^it please your honor, I never dreamed
of that."
Tho judge after a short pause, showing by
the working of his countenance that lie up
predated and enjoyed the wit, turned again
to the clerk, merely observing :
"Mr. Clerk, remit the fine, and call the
and
do
T
next case.
Mr Artemus Ward, the American'show
man> thus describes the constitution of his
com p an y 0 f volunteers: "I anAmptain of the
B a ldinsville company. I riz gradooally but
majestically from drummer's secretary to my
present position. I determined to have my
company composed exclusively of offissers, ev
erybody to rank as brigadier-general. As all
a ; r commandin' offissers, there ain't no jelusy ;
we air all exceedin' smart, it faint
worth while to try to outstrip each other.—
The idee of a company composed cxeloosively
() f commanders-in-chief, orrigernated I sposc,.
j skurscly need say, in this brane. Consid
ere d as an idee, I flatter myself it's ppoty
hefty. We've got the tackticks at our tongs'
end, but what we partickly excel in is in rcst
mn skita. Wo kin rest muskitf* with any
| body. Our corpse will do its dooty. We'll
j be chopt into sassige meet before we'll exhibit j
our coat-tails to the foe. We'll fight till
there's nothin' loft us but our little toes, and
even then they shall defiantly wriggle."
and
By
for
of
G.
Not Bad. —The citizens of a small city in
Pennsylvania, being thrown into considerable
excitement by reason of the report that the
rebels under Lee were advancing upon them,
held a meeting for the purpose of organizing
themselves into a regiment . 9
During tho organization of tho regiment,
the question of arms, ammunition, &c., was
being discussed, when an old gentleman, very
much excited, and towering a head and should
ers above the crowd, exclaimed in a stentor
ian voice: "Are there not any cannons to de
fend tho city ?" Voice from tho crowd, "Yes,
but they arc not mounted."
"Why ain't they mounted?"
crowd, " Because we have no carriages." Old
gent, (still louder and more excited,) "Then
where the devil are the buggies ?"
'
Old gentleman,
Voice from the
Queer Epitaph. —The following epitaph is
to Ub found in a grave-yard at Baton Rouge,
Louisiana :
Louisiana :
or,
$1
ries
$1
OF
For
Hero lies buried in this tomb,
A constant sufferer of salt rheum,
Whieh finally in truth did pass
To spotted erysipelas.
A husband brave, a father true,
Here ho lies and so must you.
"Bubby, why don't you go home aud have
your mother sew up that hole in your trows
ers?" "Oh, go along, old gal! our folks are
economizing ; and a hole will last longer than
a patch."
À politician was bonsting, in a public
speech, that he could bring an argument to
a p'int as quick as any other man. " You can
brings,quart to a pint a good deal quickor,"
replied an acquaintance.
" Pat, do you love your country ?" " Yes,
yer honor." "What's tho best thing about
ould Ireland, Pat?" "Tho whisky, yer hon
or." "Ah, I see, Pat, with all her faults, you
love her still."
M.
A.
it
One day a person pointed out a man who
had-a profusion of rings on his fingers to a
cooper. "Ah, master," said the artisan, "it's
a sign of weakness whon so many hoops are
used."
When thou art at tho greatest pinch,
strength shall come. When the last handful
of meal was dressing, then was the prophet
sent to keep tho widow's house.
What is tlio differance between armischievi
ous mouse and a beautiful young lady ? One
harms tho cheese, and the other charms the
hes.
The tress is tho conscience of nations»
Where it is perfectly free, it preserves the
independence and liberties of the people.
A grave friend of ours tells us that ho and
his wife always go to bed quarreling, "and
yet," says ho, "wo never fall out."
Worth has been underrated ever since
wealth was overrated.
Thfi old dog Tray's ever faithful, they say,
But a dog that is faithful can never be-Tray.
He that dies this year is quiet for the next.
PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON AND BALTIMORE
RAILROAD.
Change of Hours.
O N and after Monday, April 27th, 1803, Passen
ger Trains will leave Philadelphia for
Baltimore at 4-00 A. M. (Express, Mondays ex
cepted,) 8-15 A. M., 11-35 A. M. (Express) and 3 P.
M. and 12 P. M., night.
Chester, at 815 and 11-35 A. Bfe, 1-15, 3, 4-30 and
11 P. M.
Wilmington, at 4*00 A. M. (Mondays excepted,)
8-15 A. M., 11-35 A. M., 1-16, 3, 4-20, 11 and 12 P. M.
New Castle, at 8*15 A. M. and 4*30 P. M.
Dover, at 8-15 A. M. and 4*30 P. M.
Milford, at 815 A. M.
Salisbury, at 8-15 A. M.
TRAINS FOR PHILADELPHIA.
Leave Baltimore at 8-30 A. M. and 10-10 A. M.
(Express,) 1-10 P. M. (Express,) 5-35 P. M. and 8-35
P. M. (Express.)
Wilmington at 6-45, 9 and 12-00 A. M.; 12-57, 4-10,
0, 9-00 and 11-30 P. M.
Salisbury at 2-15 P. M.
Milford at 4-65 P. M.
Dover at f» - 30 A. M. and 6-20 P. M.
Now Castle at 8-30 A. M. and 3-30 P. M.
Chester at 7-40, 9-40 A. M. 12-40, 4-40, 0-40 and
9-50 P. M.
Baltimore for Salisbury and intermediate
stations at 5-35 and 8-35 P. M.
Baltimore for Dover and intermediate sta
tions at 1-10 P. M.
I.
L
TRAINS FOR BALTIMORE.
Leave Chester at 8-45 and 12-05 A. M. and 3-35
P. M.
Wilmington at 5*00, 9-25 A. M., 12*35 P. M., 4-10
P. M. and 1-00 A. M.
Freight train, with Passenger Car attached, will
follows :—
Leave Philadelphia for Perryvillo und interme
diate places, at 6-30 P. M.
Leave Wilmington for Perryvillo and intermediate
places, at 8-30 P. M.
Leave Wilmington for Philadelphia and interme
diate places, at 4 P. M.
SUNDAYS ONLY.
4 A. M. and M. N. from Philadelphia to Baltimorp.
11 and 12 M. N. from Philadelphia to Wilmington.
At 7 P. M. and 11*30 P. M., from Wilmingtoif to
Philadelphia.
8-30 P. M., from Baltimore to Philadelphia.
WM. STEARNS, Superintendent.
H. G. »RANT,
WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER
Georgetown, Del.
IIE subscriber having located in Georgetown,
after
and Watch making business, i
do all kind of work in his branch. Particular at
tention will be paid to
Repairing nil kind of Watchea and Jewelry.
T
experience of ni
yeurs at the Clock
prepared to
All orders will meet with prompt despatch aud
fory job warranted.
[Sept. 11, '03.—13.
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OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH for 1803.
Postnge 6 cents.
LEAVES FROM THE DIARY OF AN ARMY
SURGEON ; or, Incidents of Field, Camp and
Hospital Life. By Thomas T. Ellis, M. D. $1.
For sale by
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600 CHESTNUT Street.
FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
Philadelphia, May 30, 1863.
M. C. Sadler Eaq., Agent for Lillie'a Safes:
Dear Sir : During tho night of May 19, 1863,
Grocery and Provision Store, at North Second
and Willow streets, took fire at about 2 o'clock
A. M., and as the store wni a two-story wood
building it burnt rapidly, and before the fire
engines eould aot upon the fire, our whole stock of
goods, including much combustible material, and
amounting to over $ 2,000 was wholly de
stroyed. We had one of your No. 11 Chilled Iron
Safes, which was in tho hottest part of the fire, and
it cuiue out of tho fire not in the least injured,
cept the melting off of the name, plate und puint.
The contents inside were not uffeuted in the least,
consider the Safe just as good a protection
before, and shall use it hereafter
and
against fire
with increased confidence.
Y
s truly,
McMANUS A CROFT,
Lato 429 North SECOND Street
Attention to tho above certificate is particularly
requested, as it is tho first trial of LILLIE'S
SAFES in an accidental fire in Philadelphia.
I would say to all parties who want a Fire and
Burglar-proof Safe that LILLIE'S WROUGHT
AND CHILLED IRON SAFES
cheapest and the only retd Fire and Burglar-Proof
Safes now made ; and to those who want simply a
Fire-proof, I would say that LILLIE'S WROUGHT
IRON SAFE is fully equal in all respects to auy of
the most approved makers, and is sold at fully one
third less price.
I also am rcoeiring daily in exchange for Lillie's
Wrought and Chillod Iron ^afe.s other Safes, and
keep constantly on hand a general assortment of
HERRING'S, EVANS A WATSONS, and other
makers, many of thorn almost new, which I offer
at, and even below, auction prices.
AH parties interested are particularly requested
to examine the Safes above described at my depot.
M. C. SADLER, Agent,
No. 21 South SEVENTH Street.
mach tho
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dent in the history of the world. There is no
Bccret in the matter. They
speedy, strengthening health-restorer ev
cred. It requires but a single trial to understand
always be relied upon. They
posed of tlio celebrated Calisaya Bark, Cas
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Orange-poel, Snake-root, Caraway, Coriander, Bur- #
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this. Their purity
S.—T.— 18G0—X. &c.
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antidote to change of water and diot.
They
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They strengthen tho system and enliven tho mind.
They prevent miasmatic and intermittent fevers.
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ture's great restorer.
The following startling and emphatic statements
ean be seen at
Letter of Rev. E. F. Chane, Chaplain of the 107th
New York Regiment.
Near Aoquia Creek,
March 4th, 1863.
Owing to tho great exposure and terrible decom
position after the battle of Antietara, I was utterly
prostrated and very sick. My stomaoh would not
retain medicine. An article called Plantation Bit
ters, prepared by Dr. Drake, of Now York,
trength and an appetite. To
immediate relief.—
prescribed to give
my great surprise they gave
Two bottles almost allowed
* * * * I have since
cases, and am free to say, for hospital
purposes I know of nothing like them.
REV. E. E. CRANE, Chaplain.
to j 4 >in my regiment,
them used in many
private
Letter from the Rev. N. E. Gilds, St. Clairs
ville, Pa.:
Gentlemen : You were kind enough, on a former
a half dozen bottles of Planta
tion Bitters for $3 50. My wife having derived so
much benefit from the
her to continu? them, and you will please send
bottles more for tho money inclosed. „
. very truly, yours,
N. E. GILDS, Pastor Ger. Ref. Church.
sion, to send
of these Bitters, I desire
I
Soldiers' Home, Superintendent's Office,
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 15th, 1863.
*
I have given your Plantation Bitters to hundreds
of our noble soldiers who stop here, more or less dis
abled from various causes, and the effect is marvel
lous and gratifying.
Such a preparation as this is, I heartily wish in
every family, hospital, and at hand on every buttlo
field. G. W. D. ANDREWS, Superintendent.
Dr. W. A. Childs, Surgeon of tfio Tenth Vermont
Regiment, writes : " I wish every soldier had a bot
tle of Plantation Bitters. They
tive, perfect, and harmless I ever used."
the most effco
Willard's Hotel,
.Washington, D. C., May 23d, 1863.
Gentlemen : We require another supply of your
Plantation Bitters, tho popularity of which daily
increases with the guests of our house.
Respectfully,
SYKES, CHADWICK, A CO.
Ac., Ac., Ao., Ac., Ac., Ao.
that every bottle bears the fac-simile of
private
Be
a steel-plate label, with
signature
stamp over tlyB cork.
P. If. »RAKE, A CO.,
202 BROADWAY, N. Y.
Sold by all respectable Druggists, Physicians,
Grocers, Hotels, Saloons, and country dealers.
Sept. 11, 1863.
PIIfiLAN'N
IMPROVED BILLIARD TABLES,
COMBINATION CUSHIONS.
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T
qualified approval of tho best play
competent judges, who have uniuersalb
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Sevi
Hard Tables have been granted to
States Patent Office and
and most
y pronounced
distinct patents for improvements in Bil
hy the United
have lately obtained a
tho French government for
patent fro
provement8 in billiard cushions.
We employ, in the construction of
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edge of all the appliances of billiards, and constant
hand a large stock of the best and most
thoroughly seasoned materials,
furnish everything required in the billiard line with
unprecedented dispatch.
The eminent French billiard player, M. Berger,
has published the following opinion :
"New York, August 2d, 1861.
"On the eve of leaving the United States, I
happy to declare to all amateurs of billiards that,
>nths through the principle
e enabled to insure a scientific
bil
prepared to
after a tour of elev
cities, I have beon enabled to judge in a satisfactory
manner of the superiority of the Billiard Tables
manufactured by Phelan A Collendor. The system
of manufacture is so suporior, that I am happy to
introduce their style of cushion into France. They
have unitud to their manufacture of American Bil
liard Tables that of the Frenoh Tables, of remarka
ble excellence and beauty. For these reasons I
happy to make tk^is declaration.
"BERGER, CLAUDIUS,
Professor of Billiards, Paris."
pr|oqa
will find
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low as good work ean possibly bo made for.
sell first-class articles at a fair price, and will not
make an inferior article at any prioc.
Orders by mail carefully and promptly executed.
Illustrated Catalogues and Price Lists sent by mail.
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