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FUR -1 Dished, and well arranged, and provided with pleasant nviu-. affording plexsuit homes for fam ilies and transient Boarders. Board and Lodging at Reduced Prices. nil D. MAIER. CAL. NOR. RAILROAD MARYSVILLE N OROVILLE REGn.AR TRAIN? LEAVE MARY?V!LLE for Oroville daily—connecting at Oroville with Sh Shasta and the N rthern Mines. Leaving Marysville at tU A.M. and :» P. M. Leaving Or ville at A- M.ando P. M. Freight reaching Marysville by steamboat, con s - received ob 1 ;•.! U • >tcaa: Ijuidihg. and forwarded U* (Jrovi.lc w i:h -ut cost for f nvarding commission, or dravage. At OroviLo. merchandise for •• up country" will be ston&i in the Railroad Depot, and delivered to order of owners free charge. A NJ NNEV, SapT OEOVILLE, SATURDAY MOEXIXG/APRIL 9. 186-4-. The following interesting narrative of tbe escape of Union prisoners from tLe Libby Prison, Richmond, is from the Washington Star : A large camber of the officers who escaped from Libby Prison, a tew days ago. arrived in this city, last right. and are stoppirg at the Metropolitan ar.d National Hotel*, and from them we gather very interesting state ments relative to their manner of e-cape. Over two months ago. the officers confined in Libby Prison conceived the idea of affecting their own exchange, and, after the matter had been seriously discussed by some seven or eight of them, they undertook to dig for a distance toward a sewer running into a basin. This they proposed doing by commencing at a point in the cellar, near a chimney. '1 ids cellar was immediately under the hospital, and was the receptacle fer refuse stiaw, thrown from beds when they were changed, and for other refuse matter. Above the hospital was a room for officers, and above that, yet another room. The chimney ran through all these rooms, and the prisoners, who were in the secret, improvised a r 'pe, and night after night let working parties down, who successfully prosecuted their exca vating operations. The dirt was bid under tb» straw ar.d other refuse matter in the cellar, and it was trampled down so as not to present too great a buik. When tbe working party had got to a consul erable distance underground, it was found diffi cult to haul the dirt back by hand, and a spittoon, which had been furnished the officers in one of the rooms, was made to serve the purpos of a cart. A string was attached to it and was run in the tunnel, and, as soon as fil' was drawn out and the contents deposited •.uder the straw. Hut after hard woik ai d digging with finger nails, knives and chisels, a number of feet, the working party found them selves stopped by piles driven in the ground. These were at least a foot in diameter. But they were not discouraged. Penknives, or any other articles that would cut, were called for, and alter chipping, chipping, chipping for a long time, tbe piles were severed, and the tunnelers commenced again, at d in a lew moments reached the sewer. But here an unexpected obstacle met their further progress. The stench from the sewets at.d the flow of filthy water was so great that one of the party tainted and was dragged out more dead than alive, and the project in that direction bad to he abandoned. The failure was communicated to a few others besides those who had Erst thought of escape, and then a party of seventeen, after viewing tbe premises at.d surroundings, concluded to tunnel under Carey street. On the opposite side of this street from the prison was a sort ol carriage house cr outhouse, and the project was to dig under the street and emerge from under or near the bouse. There was a high fence around it. and the guard was outside of this f. i ce. The prisoners then commenced to dig at the other side of the chimney, and after a few bandsfuil of dirt had been remove,!, they found theniseivr s stopped by a stoue wall, which proved after wards to be three feet thick. The parly were by no means undaunted, and with penknives and poeketknives they commenced i perations upon the stone and mortar. After nineteen days and nights’ hard work, they again struck the earth beyond the wall, and pushed their work forward. Mere, too, (after they had got some distance under ground.) the friendly spittoon was brought into requisition, and the dirt was hauled cut in small quantities. After digging for some days, the question vtrcsc whether they had not reached the point aim,d at; and in order to, if possible. test tl n itt r, Capt. Gallagher, of the 2d 01 regiment, pretended that he had a b, x in the carriage house over the way, and desired to search it out. This carriage-house, it is proper to state, was used :.s a receptacle for b- xcs and goods sent to prisoners from the North, and the recipients were often allowed to go, under guard across the street toseenre their properlv. (.'apt. Gallagher was granted permission to eo there, and as ho walked across under guard, he. as Wei! as he could, paced off the distance, and conclod i that the street was ab nt fifty feet wide. On the Gth or T;h of Februarv, the woiking party supposed they bad gone a sufficient di tanee. and commenced to ifiir upwards. When near the surface, they heard the rebel guards talking above them, an 1 discovered tliev were some two or three feet yet ontsidt the fence. The di-placing of a stone made considerable noise, and one of the sentinels called to his comrade and asked him what tbe noise meant, hhe guards, a! list ning a few mi ules. eon eluded that nothing was wrong, and returned to their beats. Ibis hole was stopped up !>v inserting into the crevice an o'd pair of panta loons stufied with straw, and by bolstering the whole up with boards, which they secured from the floors, etc., of the prison. The tunnel was then continued tome six or seven feet more, ar.d when the work ng party supposed tliev were about to emerge into daylight, olhers'in the prison w re’ infotwled that there was a wav now open for escape. One hundred and nine of the prisoners d cided to make the attempt to get away. Others refused, fearing the consequences if they wore rccap'ured ; and others yet, among whom were Gen. Neal Dow, declined to make the attempt because, a* they sai 1, they el; 1 not desire to have their Government backdown from its et unciated policy of c-xcliange. Col. Rose, of New York, Col. Kendrick, of Tenn.. Capt. Jones, Lieut. Bradford, and others, informed Gen. Dow that they could not see bow making their escape would affect the policy of exchange. Their principle was that it was their personal right to escape if they could, and their duty to their Government to make the attempt. About 8 '., o’clock an the evening of the 9th, the p- , on; rs started oat: Col. If.se. of New \e- ..leading the van. Before starting, the f roners had divided themselves into squads of two. three and four, and each squad was to take a different route, and. alter they were out, were to pu-h for the Union lines as fas! as possible. It was the understanding that the working party were to have an hour’s start of the oth-.r prisoners, and,consequently, the rope ladder in the cellar was drawn out. Before the expiration of the Lour, however, the other prisoners became impatient, and were let down y successful!) to!. A P. Kendrick, of West To. nessee, Capt. D. J. Jones, of the Ist Kentucky cavalry, and Li. at. E V. Bradford, of the 2J West lenne-ssee, were detailed as a rear guard, or rather to go oat last; aud from a window Col. K, and L;s companions could see the fugitives walk out of a gate at tbe other end of the inclosure of the carriage house, aud fearlessly move cff. The aperture was so narrow that but one man could get through at a time, and each squad carried with them provisions in a haversack. At midnight, a false alarm was created, and tbe prisoners made considerable noise in getting to their respective quarters. Providentially, however, the guard suspected nothing wrong, acd in a few moments the exodus was again comm.need. Col. Kendrick and his companions locked with some trepida tion u; an the movements of the fugitives, as some ef them. exercising but little discretion, moved b ny out of the meiesure into the dare of the gaslicut. Many of them were, however, iu citketts’ dr-.-s. aud. as all the rebel guards wear the United Stales uniform, bat little suspicion c old be excited, even if the fugitives had been accosted by a guard. Between one and two o’clock, the lamps were extinguished in the streets, and that the' The Escape from Libby Prison. exit was more safely accompii-Ltd There were many officers who d-sired to leave, who were s.' weak and feeble that the y were dragee d U ■ 'f I . md carried to places of safely, uni. such time as tbev wt old be able to move on their j ariev. At o'clock. Cap’,. Jones, Co). Kendrick and Lieut. Bradford passed out in iße order in which they are named, ai d as Co!. K. emerged fr- m the facie, be heard the guard within a few feet cf him e!i!g out. - Post .No. 7, half past two in the morning, and all's well.' Col. K. savs he could hardly resist the temptation of saying. Not so well as yon think, except for the Yanks.-' Lieut. Bradford was intrusted wiih the provision? for this squad, and. in gening through, he was obliged to leave his haversack behind him. as he could not get through with it upon him. Once out, they proceeded up the street, keeping iu the shade of the buildings, and passed eastwardly through the city. A description of the route por’sued by this parly and of the tribulations through which they passed, w ill give some idea of the rough time they ail had 1 it. Col. Kendrick had. before leaving the prison, mapped out his course, and concluded that the best route to take was the one towards Norfolk or Fortress Monroe, as there were fewer rebel pickets in that direction. They therefore kept the York river railroad to the lelt. and moved towards the Cbickahominy river. They passed through Boar Swamp, and crossed the road leading to Bottom Bridge. Sometimes they waded through mud and water almost up to their necks, and kept the Bottom Bridge road to their left, traveling over the \ oik river rood. M bile passing through the swamp near the Cbickahominy, Col. Kendrick sprained his ankle and tell. Fortunate, too, was that fall lor him and his parly, for. while be was lying there, one ol them chanced to look up, and s iw in a direct line with them a swamp bridge, and in the dim outline they could perceive that parties with muskets were passing over the br.dge. They therefore moved some distance to the south, and. alter passing through more ot the swamp,reached the Cbickahominy about four miles below Bottom Bridge. Hero, now, was a difficulty. The river was only 'JOO feet wide, but it was very deep, and the refugees w>: re worn out and latigued. Chancing, how ever. to look up, Lieut. Bradford saw that two trees had laiien on either side of the river, and that their branches wire interlocked. By crawling up one tree and down the other, the fugitives reached the east bank of the Cbicka hominy. and Col. Kendrick could not help remarking that he believed Providence was on their side, else they would not have met that natural bridge. 1 hey subsequently learned from a friendly negro that, had they crossed the bridge they hud seen, they would assuredly have been re cupturc-d, (or Capt. Turner, the keeper of Libby Prison, had been out ami posted guards there, and in fact had alarmed the whole country, and got the people up as a vig dance committee to capture the escaped prisoners. Alter crossing the natural bridge, they laid down on the ground and slept until sunri-e on the morning of the 11th, when they continued on their way. keeping eastwardly as near as they could. Up to this time they had had nothing to cat. and were almost famished. About noon of the Hth. they met several negroes, who gave them information as to the whereab ms of the rebel pickets, and furnished them with food. Acting under the advice of those friendly negroes, they remained quietly in the woods until darkness had set in. when they were fur Dished with a Comfortable supper bv the negroes and after dark proceeded on their way, the negroes (who everywhere showed their friend ship to the fugitives) having first directed them how to avoid the rebel pickets. That night they passed a camp of rebels, and could plainly See the smoke and camp fires. But their w earied feet gave out, and they were compelled tii stop and rest, having only marched five miles that day. • 1 ney started again at dajiigLt on the 13th. and alter moving awhile through the woods, they saw a negro woman working in a field, and called her to them, an I from her received directions, and were told that the n bel pickets had been about there looking for the fugitives from Libby. Here they laid low again, and resumed their journey when darkness set in. and marched five miles, but halted until the morning of the 14th, when the journey was resumed. At one p lint they met a negro in the field, and -he told them that her mistress was a sect’sh woman, and that rhe had a son in the rebel army. Ihe parly, however, were exceed ingly hungry, and they determined to secure some food. 1 his they did by boldly approach ing the house aud informing the mistress that they were fugitives from Norfolk, who had been driven out by Butler, and the secesh sympathies of the woman were at once aroused, and she pave them of her substance, and started them on their way with the direction how to avoid the 4 ankee soldiers, who occasionally scouted in that vicinity. I bis information was exceed ingly valuable to the refugees, for bv it thev discovered the whereabouts of the Federal forces. ben atiout 15 miles from Williamsburg, l! e t-ai'y came upon the main road and found the tracks of a large body of cavalry. A piece ol paper found by Capt. Jones satisfied him that they were Union cavalry ; but his com panions were suspicious, and avoided the road and moved forward, and at the “Burnt Ordin ary” (about 10 milis from Williamsburg), awaited the return of the cavalry that had moved up the road, and from behind a fence corner, where they were secreted, the fugitives saw the flag of the Luiion, supported by a squadron of cavalry, which proved to be a detachment of Col. tjpear's lllb P. isylvania regiment, sent out for the purpose of picking up escaped prisoners. Col. Kendrick says his feelings at seeing the old flag are indescribable. The party rode into Williamsburg with the cavalry, where they were quartered for the night, and where they found eleven others who had escaped safely. Colonel Sp- ar and his command furnished the officers with clothing and other necessaries. At all points along the route, the fugitives describe their reception bv the negroes as m n st enthusiastic, and there was no lack ol white people who sympathized with them and helped them or. their way. From these officers we learn that there is a widespread Uoion feeling in Hichnood. Jet Paris is held in detestation, bat all who do not heartily indorse the rebel government are spotted and watched. There are at this lime eighteen persons confined iu Castle Thunder on charge of attempts to assassinate the rebel Pres:dent. These prisoners also confirm the report that an attempt was made to burn Jet s mansion, and that one morning his servants found a coffin upon hi? porch. In their escape, the officers were aided by citizens of Richmond—nut foreigners or the poor classes only, but by natives and persons of wealth. They knew- their friends the~e, but very properly withheld any mention cf names. Of those who got out ot the Libby, there were a number of sick one.-, w ho were cared for by I nioa people, and will eventually reach the Union bees -trough their aid. The officers also report the fact that some lime ago, through the aid of citizeus. they ob’aiceJ communication with the soldiers on B. e Island, and there was to be a concerted movement to escape. The soldiers had been furnished with arms, which they had secreted- Tfce cffi,’- ■? at Libby were tc secure the guards there, and act in cctcert w::h the Be lo i-lar.J men. but just as the affair was rt aJr to be carried into execution, tfce project was e\n seu. S n at once rested ■ certain Union lieutenant colonel, who wa- in facer with the rebel authorities, hud tb** freed, m of the city, and roared ab'O'. at w.h in the h and elsewhere. He bad been suspected for some time, and one day was accused of exposing the aSa r. Tfce indignation of the officers whose plans had thus been thwarted through the perfidy of (as they believed) one of their cum ber. cannot be described. Some cried oat. -bang him ! bang him ." one ran to his blanket and tearing it in stripes, said he had a rope ready : and others were in favor of pitching the fellow oot of the window aid letting his trait s be# liter tl at ». IViscr c ■ - however, prevailed, and it was concluded that it was better to let the train.r live, and r. ta rt him to his Government, if opportunity ever offered. The lieutenant colonel, we understand, will be' reported to the Wa* Office. His, ,\c ,-e is that be informed a Federal officer in ! . -spiral of the attempted escape, and that a rebel surgeon overheard the conversation. These prisoners confirm in every particular the s'ate tiu i.ls heretofore made of the treatment of Federal prisoners there. The rations of the officers were about the same as theise of the rebel privates ; but our privates on Belle Island did not fare so well. As !• eg as the boxes s.: t from friends at the North were delivered, they lived as well as could be expected under the circumstances. Those who had money were allowt'd to send cut and get what they wanted, by paying three times more than Richmond prices ; the profits going into the pockets of the officers of the prison. In other respects, the treatment was quite harsh. When a prisoner entered the prison, any articles found upon him that were fancied by rebel officers or guards were taken possession of: they pretended the money a: d articles were deposited with the quartermaster. The sleeping accommodations were very poor, and the only place they hud to exercise their limbs in was the dining-room. For awhile the officers were not furnished with meat at all : and at one time they received flesh which was pro nounccd by tin sc among the officers who knew something of butchering as being mule meat, as they knew of no cattle used for food which had bones like those found in the meat. 'I he privates on Belle Bland, it is unquestioned, have eaten dogs ; in fact, were obliged to do it in order to sustain life. How to Eat Wisely. If practice makes perfect, mankind should certainly know how to cat wisely : yet the following excellent advice, from Halt's (over suggestive) Medical Journal, contains wisdom that will be new to most people: 1. Net or disturbed mind : better a hundred fold omit that meal, fur there will then be that much more good in the world fur hungrier stomachs than yours; and, besides, eating under such circumstances cm only, and will always, pro long and aggravate the condition of things. 2. Sever sit down to a meal after an intense mental effort; f.-r physical and mental injury is inevitable, and no man. has a right deliberately to injure body, mind or estate. Never go to a full table during bodily ex haustion—designated by some as being worn out. tired to death, used up. done over, and the like. The wisest thing that you can do under the circumstances is to take a cup of warm tea. either black or green tea, a cracker, and no more. In ten minutes, you will feel a degree of refreshment and liveliness which will be pleasantly surprising to you ; net of tlie tran sient kind which a glass of liquor affords, but permanent; for lie lea gives pleasant stimulus a: 1 a little stre: gth, and, before it subsides, nutriment begins to be drawn from the sugar and cream, and bread, thus allowing the body, gradually and by safe degrees, to regain its usual Then, in a couple of hours, you may take a full meal, provided it d es not bring it later than two hours before sundown : if later, then take nothing for that day in addi tion to the cracker arid tea. and the next day you will feel a freshness and vigor not recently known. No reader will have to be advised a second time who will make a trial as above, while it is a fact of no unusual observation among in telligent physicians that eating heartily, and under bodily exhaustion, is not an unfrequent cause of alarming and painful illness, and sometimes of sudden death. These things being so, let every family make it a point to assemble around the family board with kind feelings, with cheerful humor and courteous spirit; and let that member of it be sent away jn disgrace who presumes to mar the ought-to be blessed reunion by sullen silence, or impatient look, or angry tone, or complaining tongue. Eat in thankful gladness, or away to the kitchen, you graceless churl, you ungrateful, pestilent lout that you are. There was a grand and good philosopl y in the old time custom of having a buffoon or music at th, dinner-table. How to Treat Children. Children—real, live, plump, jji'y, roly poly children—are os scarce as grown up people. Little, thin, narrow shouldered, angc'ar. pa'e intellectualities are common enough. It is your healthy tom boy that is the rarity. What woman was ever less delicate in son I and pure in heart because she tore her frock and climbed trees when she was a child Ileal, wild child ish romping, w ith ringing laughter and twink ling feet, merry dances and family frolics — that is the stuff out of which wholesome man hood and womanhood are made. Children who are under conviction of sin at five years of age die of brain fever, or live with hyper condria to torment the life out of all around them. Sad is the family that ha-one or more of such I don't do .bt the mother of the Grac chi was a sa l romp, and I more than suspect Portia of immense tom boyhood. Such heal thy natures could not have developed other wise. Pity and love little children. Tolerate these I sts. Comfort Nellie oxer lead bird, and don't tail Molly's "little white kitty" a ‘■cat.’’ It is enough to break a juvenile h art to have one s darling snubbed. flow would you like to hear your own Frederick Augustus called a “dirty young one? ' The little ones have their tragedies and comedies, and laugh and weep mote sincerely than you do at Fal staff or Lear. They love, marry, keep house, have children, have weddings and funerals. «iud dig little graves for dead mice in the gar den. and mourn into small white handkerchiefs and get brother Jim to wri*e an appropriate inscription for its tiny headboard. Is not this human nature in little.and in its small way. as deserving of a certain respect? You do col despise your own reflections in a concave mirror, you know. Cherish the children : mend the frocks; don't scold them for broken toys, for man is cot more inevitably mortal than playthings. Don't strip their fat shoulders in winter, cor roast them in fiannel- in dog days, b-.-cause somebody told you to. Don't drug them: don’t - yarb' them; don't stuff them with pastry, or starve them on chippy bread: don't send them to infant schools a: three, or to fancy balls at ten nor teach them the commandments earlier than they can remember Mother Goose. He who battles for the right is sure of victory. The Little Drummer rssi FY K. H >T^nr\KT>. * Theory I >hu;l'tel Of a- '.V vsc marched t-’ battle, An ] .V.i that there N; ?>’. O ct ju the W e>t with Lyon, - Fr- wh • the drummer beat Ub rut Ut-U>m Or.r •r.rmy r eat mi(i; icht. Ten tli tusand men :is one. Kach '1 ■ . ■ ti 1: - k And saatchinc u;> bis cun : *• Forward 1 - • v started. As all c : < ■ h-rs dm When the into- arnr.ma . heals fur them Them tat; •• A‘ r a ■ - y. Where the ru >: _ . . to r’-e : Pa«t re ivy a . i * 1 farm b. u«*e, lu; the > 5i v> »-> ;a the -kies ; Theli Wv met rhe übcl J'h kets. Who skis iv>iiet ; . ami withdrew. While lh« little drummer Wat A• • " c ■■ • ■ ■ ' ■ ■ '-* ■ ! w» The lure of battle ran : Our center y. avJ a volley. And :: « : c’-t r.t a e upun ; For the r- ’• !« severed, <d; ,t ; ng, And a show .-r or bullets tic* : But still tl.e I'tt’e drummer beat His rat tat t. . lies! od amor chi- • mrndes. And they quickly f. rmed the line. And when they raw'd their muskets. He watched*!he b »nvh* shine I When the v \ rare he started. For war to him we new ; But >t;’l the !iTt;? di i.n.nrcr beat His rai-tat-lw. It was a sicht t. -ee them. That early Autumn day. Our sol r:er> in their blue coats, And the rt el ranks in pray. The sm* kc that rolled ’-etween them. The ball?* that wlr.>thd tl.ivuch, • ills ial l.it I •. His i ■ tr.r ;..V- dr. :]cl ar ’ u him— Bv lives a: d tens they tel! ; Ft-me I . ; id 1 v Ml .h 1 huts. Some turn i r -Ml a: d shell ; They pi. ytd auah>t <mr cannon. And .i * n‘> inters flew ; But still the little drummer beat ills ra*-tat-too. The right, the lett. lire center— The tipht was everywhere ; They pu-hed ns here—we wavered W e drove and broke them there. The pravhaeks fixed their bayonets, And cliurped the cats of bine. But still the little drummer beat His rat-tat 100. *• Where is or b’tle drummer?” Hi- m-.irc-t c m; «des -ay . \\ben 1 iiirii'• i•*» tii;ill i> over. Ai d the »kc ha- cleared away. As the n :»el .■was scattering He m— *d l!s mto pui-uo. For fun- :.-Iv he boat and beat The ia' ';ii lo >: II t .1 uvio • them, For a bt bet a- it sped Had gum. ed un i struck his ankle. Ami c:< bed him with the dead '■ He crawled m. loud a cannon, And pale and \ ;*ler r 'U'W ; But st iii the it tie drummer heat His rat-tut tool They bore him to the surgeon, A busy man was he : “A drummer hoy—what ails him ? r ’ Hi- comrade- answered," See !” As they t «-k him from the stretcher, A heavy breath he drew. And his little lingers strove to beat The rat-tat Wo I The ball bad -pent its fury ; *A sc rat- the surgeon said. Ashewi u. .i the snow\ bandage Which I t was staining red I ‘*l nr.:.-l lta\e you ; ■ -v.- m fellow/ . For I know the men are missing tne, And the rat-tat-too !" Upon his comrade's shoulder, They lilted him m» grand. With hi-d -ty ilruni before him. And his diumsiick- in his hand! To the liery t battle, That nearer, nearer drew. And everr ve he beat, and beat. Hi- rat-tat too 1 Thew. unde I a< he passed them Looked up and gave a cheer ; And one in dying bles-cd him. Between a smile and a tear ! And the gray back- they are living Kef ue the coat- ■ f blue, For whom the little drummer beats His rat tat too I When the west was red with sunset, The last pursuit was o’er ; Brave Lyon rode the foremost. And locked the name he bore I And before him on his sad ile« As a wc.«ry child would d<». Sat tlie lit led: .mmer la.-t asleep. With his rat-lat-too. Fowler on ‘Litulmak.’ lu a recent lecture in Maine, Professor Fowler, the celebrated phrenologist, related the following phreno' gtcal reminiscence ol the CLickaht n.iny grave digger: The fat!. - Gc -gc P. McClellan and himself were "Lid cronies," as lie expressed il he often came to his office to listen to his ex aminations; anc when, once on a t;me. the lad George wa = 1; .me from West Point, the father brought hi; two sons to Lave their characters phrenologies, iy descanted upon. Hays Mr. Fowler; "1 remember ail the circumstances as it it was but yesterday, and 1 remember the train of reasoning that then passed through my mind. Never, with great emphasis,'never in ali my life, bad I found such an inordinate development of the organ of ’caution' as in the head c f George B. McClellan. I also found the propelling faculties, combattiveness and destructives,-s, small, and 1 thought to myself what is the sen- nr reason of sending such a natural coward to West Point? But then I reasoned that there would probably never be any war to call for military genius, and West Point might a- well educate the cowards as any other in-titutioo.’ lie said that bis life had only pr ■ i hi-early convictions, and referring to !: ■ great s.v n days battle, related that a personal land y friend was then in liich mond, ami the plan of the battle was wet. known. Lee said, Tkn McClellan for a natural cow ard, and if I draw every available man from Richmond, and t.art our whole force upon hi= right v. he will not dare to move his left!’’ 11: d: , s and pp ved that he truly did know his adv- r--.-iry : for. though McClellan Coaid have - a his i--lt wing right over Itichmuud, he on.y - at forward a corporal's guard to r..c m: ■ and the gulden opportu city passed by. Thk F' rv f TiiK Bibi.k.—The Bible is one revelation v. u together with a wondrous variety ot texture and hue; but with yet a more woadrous unity of d - .n and execution. It is a Titan; arch, built upward from each side with prsciu ; ; -. arbles of divers qualities and veinincs. from heaver'« own quarries, cul minatiog tar up i:. hi.-h glorious symmetry and strength. .. here Christ, the keystone, locks the massive structure in eternal rest, aud crowns it withdivln -t grace. It cannot be lam pered with. It incapable of reconstruction. It cannot be built down to a smaller model. To attempt tbi= is to tumble it into a mass of ruius. XO ‘23 Horses. General P : Erar.' ’.as published a work up n Arab • • v h the commenta ries bv Em K; K a r. We Copy the follow ing. The Ara sli s dvfi. e the characteris tic? oft both n- ghbred h-v-se; g . se is« —his oars a' .. d in o> • 'taut motion, B ' ' trds wide the throat of a i on. his eyes bright, black ami level with the head, his neck long his oh si f i. his withers prominent, his, lions will kt h - ! a • h s strong, his fore ribs ! ! r:3’ .1 ’ ' hi’ i r ones short, the belly hot! v. the or up ro r uod. *o u; tvr part of h:s kgs likv aa 0.-t rich’s a d : ished with muscled .. . a c..:: "s. i L fs black ai dof a iiuiL-rm o ’ r. : ' a* 1 abundant, his - i loose at the ox trim y I-o ked at in front he is like unto lie p uk d a lufiy mountain. r ’ ward as if ho w -;M \ 1 rasclt. Looked at from the s : <*e. hesia vs him--If robust and weil sot up. I o sum up: be should have four I points broad, the bout, the chest. the group I and the leg-: f. rp i: s long; the neck, the upper part of the legs, the belly and the haonche>; four points short; the lions, the pas terns, the cars and the tail. Ail these quali ties in a g a ;.orse. say the Arabs, prove firstly that he bus :\al bio. d i i him. and sec ondly that he is certainly fleet of foot. for his form combines something of the greyhound tbo pigeon, and the uiahari, or riding camel. A thoroughbred horse is one that has three things long, three things short, three things broad, aod three things clean. The three things long are the ears, the nock and the fore legs. The thro - things short ire the dock, the g 3 and t I three things broad, are the forward, the cluvt and the croup The three things clean are the skin, the eyes and the ho, f He ought to have the withers high, ai d the fi.i; ks h How a: d without any superfluous flesh. *P st thou accomplish a journey at great spu d wit a steeds high in the withers and fine i i the Hank.-':' The tail should be well famish, d at the root, s > that it may cover the space betwesn the thighs. The iat| is like unto the veil of a bride.’ The eye of a horse should be turned as it trying to look at Ins nose, like the eye of a man who squints Like a beautiful coquette who leers through her veil, his glut.ee toward the corner of the eye pierces through the hair of the forelock which covers his forehead as with a veil.’ The cars resemble, those of an antelope startled ir lhe midst of her herd. The forelock abundant •In the hour of pain mount a slender mart whose forehead is covered by silky ai d flowing hair.’ The nostrils wide. ‘Each of his nostrils resemble the den of a lion; the wind rushes out of it when he is panting.* The cavities in the interior of his m-Onls ought *<> be ci.tirelj black. it they are parlh b;. k aid pa rim white, the horse is of n y moderate v# fetlock thick. ‘TLyv i avi !. \l -oks that re pomble the down which is co . t-a Vd bematl an eagles wieg. and libel n limy grow blael in the heat <if buttle.’ The I tlock joints small. The fetlock j •;:st» of their lii:.d leg' an small, but the muscle? on both sides stand ou prominent.’ The ho. f. round and hard. Tin hoof should resemble the cup of a slave. Thet walk ou hoofs hard the imoss covered stonet of a stagnant pool. The frogs concealed be Death tbi hoofs are o hi nbe lifts his feet and resemble date stone? in hardness. The Dutch of To-Day. They are a great people for Wood and kin deed, and family gatherings; and from all tha I could hear, their domestic life is pure ant ’1 : i ... :' of a I)utch mar ried lady with a drug-. n would shock thi country very innch like a breach made in th dykes. After twelve and a half years of mat rimony a married p-tir In hi their "coppe wedding," when a family gathering and a dis tribution of copper ornaments take place; a the twenty filth anniversary the “silver wed ding” with the prescots ol stiver, follows : am when the fiftieth yt.tr is attain-d, a fimila ceremony, with gold for its symbols, marks tht event. There is indited, an antique qnaintnea in some of the Dutch customs of social life which is irresistibly comic. When a Dntcl dame lies in, for in- 'once, the happy event is not made known to the world in the mcagrt manner of onrs—“Mrs. Tompkins of a son.' On the contrary you read in the Ilaarlen Courant—a paper which has lasted since ICS( that the Vrow So-and-so has been “verj prosperously delivered ” zerr voorspoedig beval/cn of a situ or daughter, as the casi maybe. Sometimes it is added “of a very well shapen" son or daughter. So, too, in th( case of deal h. Vou meet a functionary in tht street in knee breeches, cocked hat, long piece of ci ape behind, all black and funereal. Thai is the bidder, who lakes the news of a death tc every house in ih-’ street, and every acquaint ance ol the defunct. When a per.-ou ol con dilion dins there wid be lour or five bidders making the round, and accompanied by at official in an cx’raordinary black hat, a pre ternatural wideawake, and a long black gown He is the builebalk or howler, and while the bidders are communicating the mournful news at the d -or, it is Lis business to stand a little way eff and shed tears, which are charged foi in the undertaker's bill. I am sorry to add that the builebalk is becoming obsolete, and his employment fading into oi.-use— Cu: rJull Magazine. We Lave found somewhere an entirely new reading of Shakespeare, and herewith present a part of the “crooked back tyrant’s” first so liloquy, slightly Tuetonized, for the especial consideration of oratorical Stsobel— Now is de viuter mit mine dishcontcnt, Male fonnv by mine leelle son Shake, Vot I Uh jumpin up and down on My kaee mit—Dander and tliizaii Catcrine, here! take de 'hid. kwiekl I dinks I go and shattgfe do leg Von mine breeches- A lecturer wa- dilating upon the power of the magnet, defying any one to show or name anything surpassing it. A hta’cr demurred, and instanced a y ung lady, who n-*i to draw him thirteen miles every Sunday. Uartf rd » ill give a pian f Me. made from pieces of the Charter Oak, to the New York Sanitary Fair. With a magnific-.-nt diamond a man can write I.ls name, as . gia up n the hardest female heart. The idle should not oe classed among the living; they are a sort of dead men not fit to bo buried. A yoorg man advertises bis desire for a wife thus: “Pretty, and cm • v igu -rant of the fact. A small fortnii :. ~ _ i - v. . ; a large! one is often a bad master. Tub only silent sounds we know e-1 are those that belong to a codfish. Love. law. and had weather are things we bad belter been ont of if we can.