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THE CIIIUJiIIFY.
When the lessons and tasks an* all ended.
And the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me,
To bid me good-night and be kissed;
O! the little white arms that encircle
My neck in a tender embrace,
O ! the smiles that are haloes of heaven,
She ding sunshine ot love on my face.
And when they a, rone, 1 sit dreaming
Os my childhood, too lovely to last;
Os love that my heart will remember,
While it wakes to the puls of the past,
Ere the world and its wickedness made mo
A partner of sorrow and sin;
When the gloi y of God was about me,
Aud the glory of gladness within.
O ! my heart grows weak as a woman's,
And the fountains of feeling will flow.
When I think ot tin* paths steeps and stony,
Where the feet of the dear ones must go;
Ot the mountain* ol sin hanging o'er • in,
Os the tempest of Fate blowing wild;
0 I there's nothing on earth half .-o holy
Ah the innocent heart of a child;
They are idols of hearts and of households;
They are tinsels of God in disguise;
His sunlight still sleeps in their tres- c~;
His glory still gleams in their eyes.
Oh! those truants from home and fn- ! --av •:>,
They have made me more manly an i mild !
And l know new how Jwsus could liken
The kingdom of < • ito a child.
I ask not a life for the dear ones,
Alt radiant as others have dene.
13 it that lib? may have just enough shadow
To to inner the glare of the -'in;
I would pray God to g iard them from evil.
But my prayer would bound back to myself;
Ah! a seraph inay pray for a sinner,
But a sinner must pray for himself.
The twig is bo easily bended.
I have banished the rule and the rod ;
I have taught them the goodness of knowledge ,
They have taught m • the goodness of God,
My heart is a dungeon of d.u kiie—.
Where I shut them from breaking a rule ;
My (rown is sufficient correction;
My love is the law of the school.
1 shall leave the old house injhe autumn,*
To traverse its threshold no more ;
Ah! how shall I sigh for the dear ones
That meet me each morn at the door !
I shall miss the ‘ good nights" and the kisses,
And the gush of their innocent glee,
The group on the green and tie* flowers
That are brought every morning to me.
I shall miss them at morn and at eve
Their song in the school and the street;
I shall mi s tins low hum of their voices,
And the tramp of their delicate feet.
When the lessons are all ended.
And Death says, “The school is dismissed V'
May the little ones gather around me.
To bid me good night and be kissed.
JUtecetaeouv
the mmm crown.
When the dream of Hungarian indc
pendi-nce was rudly dissolved by the
simultaneous advance ofAnstran and
Russian armies on Presth, Georgy, with
his patriot army—still forty thousand
strong —seeing the game was up and
wishing to save his country as much as
possible from the retaliatory vengeance
of Austria, capitulated at \ illagorz to
the Russian general on honorable terras.
But Marshal lluyman, the Austrian com
mander, acting under instructions from
Vienna, declined to be bound by the
Russian treaty; and when he entered
Pesth as a conqueror it was well known
that he brought in his traveling case a
bundle of warrants for the apprehension
and punishment of the prominent organ
izers of that which was termed by one
side a rebellion by the other a patriotic
struggle against despotism.
Before this crisis had arrived, the Die
tator, Kossuth found it expedient to re
move the seat of government from Pesth
and to take up temporary quarters at
Szevedin from wnence fight into the
Turkish territory woo'd be comparative
ly easy. Forecasting possible eventual
ides the Dictator took the precaution to
get possession of the Hungarian crown
and regalia, calling his stall into eon
saltation as to the best way of securing
the precious casket. It was finally- a
greed in solemn ci nclave that the cask, t
should be buried in 01 c of the small un
tenanted islands which dot the Ti.eis-:
that an accurate pla > of the place should
b ■ taken and deposited in safe keeping,
. o as to be available for the caRV recov
cry of the treasure when more auspicious
| times prevented themselves. An island
| was accordingly selected; the spot whore
■ the casket was buried was ideally and
| correctly indicated; the plan was placed
lin the hands of the Dictator and for the
i present all anxiety in this direction was
-ot at rest. It is only necessary to add
that Kossuth mud,■ his escape, visit; 1
America, and finally took up his abode
in England.
Whonsthe Austrian Emperor, was en
abled nice more to establish the sem
blance of peace in his Hungarian domin
ions, it was thought, expedient that at a
[fitting period Ids coronation as King of
Hungary, with all its tin e honored core
monk s should be celebrated. But where
I was the Hungarian crown ? It was
sought for but could nowhere ho found;
an no one could give an account of its
disappearance. No coronation would be'
held to be complete or valid unless j
the Hungarian crown encircled the brow j
of the sovereign. * The same supersti-!
tious veneration attached to the crown ;
as to the crowns of Lombardy and Ger !
many It must be found at any cost,— I
Large rcwlfrds were offered. Every j
kind of immunity was promised to those l
who were parties to the abstraction and ]
concealment; but tiro coveted information
was not fin theming. Matters remain :
ed in this condition for years.
Hero (lie scene of our narrative must j
be changed and the reader taken to Lon !
don. In that refuge of all nations—Soho j
—might he seen just after the Revolu-;
thins of ISIS had run their course
small house the hover part of which pres I
ented uti abortive imitation of the extent
oiA.f a continental Oufo.JHoho, at that pe
riod was filled with refugees from vari
oils European Stales. Roland was rep
resented, so was Spain, so was France,
sa was Hungary. Russia, Austria,
France had their spies thickly 'studded
over the locality, in various disguises
Some wore restaurant keepers, others
tenanted cigar shops a few were propri -
etors of Cases, more were in the capaci
ty- of waiters.
The Case in Lisle street kept by P—-
a fore guer, was the headquarters of the
expatriated Hungarian patriots. No one
could say precisely from what part of
the Austrian dominions the owner of the
Case came—no one knew anything of his i
antecedents ■; ran he made his appear
ance ill Pesth ate! joined the army- of lib - |
oration tinder Genera! Bern. Following!
tlm fortunes of the Dictator Kossuth |
when the Austrians marched Into Pesth, |
he marched out and contrived to make!
his way to England. Tall, military look j
ing, and truculent aspect he yet inspired !
sufficient confidence in the Hungarian |
refugees to induce them to make his Case j
their tioiujo of call and as their language
indicated tliar he was ardently devoted I
to their cause, while Id parse was con- ;
tTiuatly at the service • ! the nncea tatioim
it may be easily imagined that the Case j
was not overlooked by the übiquitous
secret foreign police. Oil Sundays there ;
was a private table d’hote at which the j
principal refugees assembled. Asa mat
ter ol course Austrian politics were and s
ciissed and amongst oilier matters the
anxiety-of the Austrian Emperor to find
the missing crown of Hungary-, aud the
liberal reward to be paid for its recov -
ery. _.. ;
On one evening three persons might !
tie seen sitting in the private hat of the
Case conversing earnestly about the af ,
fairs of Hungary, and particularly about
the secret crown, all present appearing .
to be w. 11 acquainted with its place of |
concealment. The result of the delibera i
Rons of this trio was, that steps should |
be immediately taken to remove the
crown from its hiding place to bring it .
; to England, and to place it for greater !
security in the custody of the ex-Dictator t
But who was to undertake the danger-j
i mis task? The movements of the Ilun-,
i garian patriots in London were too w*dl
watched, their persons too well known,
!to admit of the hope even if they penu
! trated into the Austrian dominions it i
! detected that they would leave them safe
ly. One of the party suggested that P—,
the proprietor of the Case, should he call
i ~and in and sounded- He was not a Him
-1 garian—at least by birth-he might there
fore have a chance of escaping the sear
j ching eyes of the Austrian police. lie
! was'summonod and the proposition laid
before him. When told that lie had
! been se'ccted to undertake the busines. ,
s !iis eyes sparkled for a moment, but be
! hesitated at giving his consent. Lventu
! ally Ids scruples were overcome : he a
i -i-roed to fetch the crown—nay, irn;, h.
undertook to find all the funds, arid only
to accept a reward on the successful
completion of his dangerous mission. A
sheet of paper was handed to lnm which
on being folded in aparticulai form di s
closed the exact spot where the casket
was buried but which, should he be dis
covered would indicate nothing that
could in the least compromise bun He
settled to commence his journey in t.nee
weeks’ time alledging that he must await
for the arrival of a German ...courier
resembling him somewhat in person
whose passport would carry him to 1 estb
without suspicion-
On the day fixed upon 1 set out he
Prague. The journey was completed
thus fur in safety—there was t. .thing to
excite suspicion—his fellow travcleis
left him at various stations only two, a
Polish pedlar and ai» Armenian -Jew,
■ame on with Idm as far as the frontier
f T o em a and there they also quitted
him. ~ , . •
On arriving at Prague. P—made h.s
way ti the Kaizcr Hot, and ordered a
tiBSE shall the jpg ss TyiL . aor-LE's rights maintain, unaxved by feat and onbbibl * * by gain
QUITMAN, GEO., OCTOBER 2. 1868.
! dinner. He had just sat
down L> his meal when the Chief of Fo«
, lice paid him a visit and requested to
s. e his passport. Having looked at the
! paper ho politely intimated that lie hud
received instructions hum the Minister of
the Interior to set; him safely- to Vienna,
P— mallitesii i iliwoimpimiuv ut this;
ho finished his dinner leisurely, and, on
finding that the traveling carriage was
at the door coolly stepped into it not pro
pared however for the politeness of the
Chief of Police, who entered the carriage
and placed himselt beside him. The car
riage moved on, and P—’s equanimity
was further disturbed at noticing that
the carriage was escorted by a guard of
Uhlans, lie put a question or two to
the Chief but the tactituru official declin
ed to enter into conversation and the
journey was performed in silence. On
arriving at Vienna the carriag. drove
to the Bur the Emperor’s palace and
drew up at a private door. P— was re
quested to alight and follow the Chief.'
In Vienna, as in [mist of the cities
where the uspiralioi of young Germany
were known to prevail there sat what j
waaknov. .. as the Black Commission.— f
j The commissioners were appointed by
; the Emperor and heir special business
i was to ferret out suspected persons to in
| terrogato them and to hand their depo
] sit ions over to the imperial cabinet for
j their consideration. The commission
j was held at the Burg—it was silting
when tie carriage stopped and P— was
ushered into the chamber forthwith. His
papers were examined and pronounced
all right. So far so well. The Presses
questioned him as to his business in /ien
u a.
‘Tie had come to Vienna to seek for
the place of courier.”
•“From whence hud become?”
“Direct from England where he had
gone as his papers would show, with an
English family, who having no further
use for his services had paid, dismissed
and given him the usual certificate.”
At this point of the inquiry two poi -
sons were introduced whom P— immedi
ately recognized as the Polish pedlar and
the Armenian dew his fellow travelers.
“Do you know this person?” said the
Pit csos, pointing to R—, and addieasing
tlie pedlar.
“Perfectly; he is the proprietor of the
Cafe in London, and the agent of
the Hungarian rebels. 11 is passport was
obtained from me. (P —sLu.ciL! He
mistook me lor a courier. lin ,as your
excellencies know an officer of the secret
police.”
“And do y-on know the other person?”
pointing to the Jew.
‘ I In not.”
“But I do,” said P—finding that fur
ther concealment was us-les.,. “Remove
his false beard and you will see the val
let of General Klapku, commissioned by
the Dictator to watch my actions.”
Pncses. —“Wo know you can give flic
Commissions important information. Be
vra how you trifle with us. Declare
the secret that brought you to Vienna.”
j’— “Torture me—shoot me —I will
die with my secret.”
Priests.—“A royal reward will be
paid f»r the information < ' know you
possess.”
I*., loftily.—“l am a man of honor All
the treasures of the empire will not in
duce me to betray my trust.”
Praises —“Remove biin to prison.”
A week elapsed before R. regained bis
liberty.. In the meantime, a body of mi
ners had been despatched to the 1 heiss.
They were searching for something but
(nil , the Commission knew what. They
tried one island—discovered nothing—
: they tried another and found the casket
The day after this P' was released front
| prison. He made his way to the bureau
| of the Minister of the Secret Commission.’
i R.--“ Well the information was of ser-
vice ”
“Minister.—“lt was.” *
p “f now claim the fulfillment of .
the conditions in conformity with the ;
Emperor’s gracious written promise.” j
Minister. ——Let us see a little- Von
wrote from Lmdn to the Emperor ;
offering to place the Hungarian Regalia
in his hands on tiiese Conditions. Aon ,
were to he arrested on arriving at Pra j
guo to take off suspicion. You wore to I
furnish a plan ol the place of conceal-j
incut ~f the Regalia, and when they were |
covered yon were to receive 500,000,
fiotins and a passport to lrieste.
P—“ Perfectly correct, Herr Minister.’
Minister.— “L* those bags are 250,000 ,
fl ..-ins, you can remove them .it once
The ether 250,000 Uorins will be handed
over to you at the end of your journey
by Col. Marx, with whose regiment you
will travel.” •
The dark complexion of P. turned per
fectly-livid.
p “I do not require an escort. The
Emperor's passport is a sufficient protec
tion ■” . . r o
Minister.—“ Doubtless it protects luMy
Alexis P, but no one else. Yon speak the
, Croat language. Col. Marx is looking
for one fLieutenant Domvitch, who do
sorted his colors and went over to the
Hungarian rebels in 1818. You (looking,
h"ril'at P.) of course know nothing of
lliis person, who win.. . taken will be shot
at once, in conformity with military law.
You may bo able to give him assistance
in translating the form-", and tor that
! nurpise you will have the opportun.ty
: {> t m iking his acquaintance as y-our es—
muttered;!’, “I see it all I
lam to be robbed. Gome, ( orne, 1 cir
Minister be just; take 100,000 florins and
give me the rest. 1 positively refuse to
; accept an cseoi t.”
i “Then,”said the Minister, calmly, “yon
can only take away with you the 250,
j 000 florins, the other hall nn/.-Y be given
toynu by the hands ol Col. Marx, who
lis auxisous to" make ilic'acquaintance
lof Lieutenant Domvitch through your
! aid.”
| R. secured his multiluled treasure, re
j turned to England, and by letter acquain
ted Ids illustrious employers with the ill
succcs of his mission.
The next morning lie was visited by
General M , one of (I he three with
whom ho had an interview at his Case in
Soho.
“You have failed, so y m wrote,” said
the General.
“Unfortunately-, it is so.”
“Ami yet the secret, so well guarded,
somehow became known to the Emper
or”
“Ho it seems.”
“You wore , trusted as an honorable
man.”
“Not quite so; or why was a spy sent
to watch me ? 1 pointed him out the po
lice when arrested, and he has since,been
shot.”
“You mistake; ho saved his life by
pointing you out as Lieiitcnunl Domvitch,
who deserted from the 29th regiment of
Croats.”
“I now see it all—fool that 1 was.’,
•‘You are novvjjsuspected. England is
no place for you."
"England is a country oi'law and pro
tection,” *
“But there are some tilings,” showing
the handle of i dagger, That no laws
can prevent reaching traitors.”
“And there are other things,” said P,
unbuttoning his ,surtout, and displaying
the butt-on 1 of a pistol, "that so, ve to
keep at a distance assassins,”
R. disposed of his ('alb and for some
years led a lile of extravagance, avoid j
ed by his former companions, and [mint
ed at with the lingerjj of scorn, for which
ire cared nothing. He was lost to view
for some time, but not long ago a Case
was opened in Rupert street, where an
excellent CU[I ot coffee and a good cigar
might bo had, and there I’., reduced in
circumstances, might he seen acting in
the capacity of waiter.
Ho it came to pass that the Emperor
of Austria was crowned with the verita
ble Hungarian Grown last ye:.
A I’AIKSi ROMANCE.
M. Robert an immensely wealthy and
highly accomplished gentleman, well
known not only fi r his valuable paint
ings and mediaeval reliccs, but for his
lare skill as a desingner and painter,
hearing that one ofi his tenants, a M.
Viliars, whom ho had" never sen, kept
one of the most entensive establishments
ol fancy boxes, and ornamental objects
in France, called on him with a view to
make bis acquantancc.
Euteniiug the counting house, he
found a g 0... ■ atured, eccentric gentle
man of middle 'go, who greeted him and
exclaimed:
“I suppose that you, also have seen
my- advc.ti* mi ' ami have con. :io up
plv for that mlnatio i as designer G.
For a j .i;e, M. Robert replied that he;
had. M Viliars supplied him with paint I
and brushes, and requested .him to pro
duce a design lor a casket. M. Robert
soon (bund that wliat M. Viilara really
warned was an artist who would strict
ly carry out Ids own ideas, aud that
these were puio and formed on an exten
sive knowledge of art. In a short time, j
he produced a sketch which suited bis
employer lo a nicety.
M. Robert very gravely engage him
self, exacted good wages, and insisted
on having several new articles ol lurni .
turn placed in the room which was as- j
signed to him. But when he was inlrodue- j
ed to the work rooms, and found one hun
dred and fifty girls, many of them young
and beautiful, busily employed, and was
informed that he would be required to
supply them with designs aud show the
young women how they were to bo car
ried out, the young artist began to feel
as if he should have to bo carried out
himself—being very susceptible
“ Working for a living,” said he to him
self, “ia not entirely devoid of attrac
tions. Let us work.”
M. Robert, being an accomplished ar
| list, his employer was delighted with
I him, and he soon found, a remarkable
I fascination is seeing Ids designs realized
lin silver, stool, enamel or wood. He
i took a pleasure Inti.erto unknown, in
I seeing his works in shop windows, arid
| finding them in the abodes ofliis friends.
[ 'phis work shop life, was of course, caie
j fully concealed Irom “society,” nor did
! his employer suspect that his artist was
I actually his landlord. But, M. Robert
soon found a more intense object of ad
miration in iij * * !". ighiXT ol M. V films, a
i young lady who also took part In the
! duties of ilie facto.y. This damsel was
! as remarkable 1-*r accomplishments as
1 for her extraordinary beauty; and M.
Robert soon lbnmi that as regarded taste
~nd culture in all matters which spe
eialiy interested him, he ha.. ■ ■
" with any one like her. . Step ;
! pair fell in love, and little by
I artist so ingratiat and bi-uself wio.
ther that the latter, after due debbera
! Lion, consented to their union.
Previous to the marriage the frld gen
tleman one day spoke of a dowry.
I “.-.hall giYe Marie fifty thousand
francos,” he said, with a little boasting
the sum named being two thousand
| p. unds.
“And I suppose,” added ,M. Ro a-rt
! gravely, “that I, too, must settle ,some
thing on my wife. Well 1 will.”
This cau.-ud a [peal of laughter, which
red üblcd when the aitist added:
“And l will settle this piece ni proper
ty, house and all, with the buildings ad
joined, on her.”
But what was their amusement, when
M. Robert drew forth the title deeds, and
said.
“You seem to forget that l am {your,
landlord, isn’t my name Unhurt ?”
The young lady did not faint, but papa
nearly died of astonishment and joy.—
This was a magnificent wedding, but
the I ride groom has not given up the
business. lie declares there is as much
amusement in being useful as in amus
ing one’s self.
THE JOSH BILLINGS PAPERS.
I thank Heaven for one thing, that
tliare iz not in this wide world a human,
or inhuman bein, that 1 would not rather
help than hurt. 1 find this sentiment in
mi conscience, or i wouldn’t dare claim
it, and kno mi own conscience better
than enney lioddv else duz.
Better lend yure dimes lew a stranger
than yure affeeksbuns. Better lend yure
dollars to enny buddy than yure dolors.
Silence iz venerable; if tliare iz enny
thing older than the Creator, it musthav
bin silence.
The billy ov gratitude iz that a beg
gar kan be az grateful as a prince, and
the power ov gratitude iz that “1 thank
you,” makes the beggar equal tew the
prince. A good conscience iz the best
friend wo kan hav, and a bad one the
worst, because it never deserts us.
Put not oph till tomorrow what can
be enjoyed to-day.
Married life iz too often like a game ov
e! U.e grate struggle iz tew git
■ ’ ;JW.
evry tiling and evry body
u, . us; it iz the wust slavery
tliare iz.
llow common it iz tew see folks biff
vividly, without meaning enny thing;
this i kail heat lightlning
I say owe no man; owing iz but little
better than stealing.
We are governed more by opinyun
than we are hi conscience; this iz givin
up a noblo prerogative, and playing a
very poor seckcud fiddle.
The man who iz striktly honest, and
nothing over, haint get enny tiling more
tew brag on than a pair ov steelyards
Imz. Sum ov the meanest cusses I ever
kiiu had got tew be so honest, hi long
pracliss, that th»y could guess at a
pound.
If a man haint got grit euuff tu stand
tho temptashun ova gin cocktail, how
kan lie fight a real difficulty when he
gits a chance ?
Awl plezzurcs are lawful that don’t
end in making us fool sorry.
Tho man who kan ho proud in the
presence ov kings humble when he com
munes with himself, sassy tu poverty,
am! polilo tu truth, iz one ov the boys.
; lur duz awl her big and little jobs
without making enny furse; the earth
goes around thclsun, the moon changes,
the sun eklipses, and the poilywog, silen-
Ityland tftiih ssly, becums a frog, but man
kant even deliver a- small-sized 4th ov
•July orashun without k racking down a
mountain or two, and taming up three
or four primeval forests by the bleeding
rates.
Dutys arc privlogcs.
Liberty iz a just mixture ov freedom,
restraint and protection.
Advice iz like kastor He, cazy enuff to
give, but dredful uneazy tew take.
A good conscience iz a foretaste ov
heaven.
There iz few, if enny, more sugges
lives sight tow at philosopher, than tew
lean agin the side ov the wall, and pe
ruse a clean, phatt, and well disiplined
baby, spread out on the floor, tricing
tew smash a hammer awl tew pieces
with a looking glass.
Evry man kan boast ov one adrair-
If vu would be successful in corekting
the iniquitys ov the people, fire at their
vices, not at the people; the trow way
to abuse a drunkard iz to brake hiz
J Life iz a punktuated pnragraff, dis
seaszes are the commas, sickness the
semicolons, and death the full stop.
" No man iz ritch who wants enny more
than what ho haz get.
Don’t giv outward appearance awl the
credit, the spirit ova handsum boot iz
the little fut that iz in it.
I don’t heleaf in bad luck being sot for
a man, like a trap, bat I hav known lots
of folks, who if tliare waz enny fust rate
had luck lining around loose, would he
sure tew git one foot in it enny how.
The man who wrote, “I would not liv
always, l ask not tew sta, probubß
never had boon urged sufficiently.
Tliare iz a kind ov acktive lazyness, ll
works on its viktims just az tbo wicked
! flea duz on tho feelings ov an old house
ti, ’he hupps up quick, hut drops down
igiu sudden, in the same spot.
A Max with a Ciiaumed Life. A 1
great cities are full ol s range charac
; tors, but at present New Orleans excels
in this respect. Living hero is an
vidual whose remarkable career is ai
! most without a parallel in the annals <4
romance. Ho was born in Indiana, and
|is now about forty years of age. IDs
I name is Edward Caruthcrs. Being en-
I gaged in a personal difficulty with a man
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named Simpson at. Madison in the Fall
j of 1846, lie killed tiis antagonist and fled
I to the American army thou entering Mex
i* ; n. At the battle of (lliapnltepec ho
was taken prisoner and laid fir months
in a Mexican dungeon. Being released
at last lie married a Snauish girl and
settled on the Rio Grande. Here being
attacked hy the Indians, himself and
family were curiicd into captivity, where
he again spent twoyears. Meeting his ea
cape he joined a ranger company and was
shot in a light with theOamunches scalp
ed and left lor dead. He however re
covered and joined the Walker Expedi
tion to Nicaragua, where he was woun
ded captured and again imprisoned. But
being again released bo sailed for the
United States. The vessel he was in
was wrecked, and he barely escaped
with his life. lie was one of the passcu
gers on the ill fated Evening Star and
again escaped death where so many per
isl.ed. lie is now a resident of this city
and delights in relating adventures
which arc certainly remarkable to a last
degree.— N. O. Picayurß.
A Singular Biiib Killed in Kentucky.
—James Henry, of Mound City, Illinois,
on Sunday week, shot anew and com
paratively unknown bird on the Ken
tucky shore opposite tliot city, which is
thus described hy the Cairo Democrat:
It is larger than the ostrich, and
weighs 104 pounds. The body of this
wonderful bird is covered with snow
white down, and its head of a (iery red .
lhe wings of deep black measure 15
feet from tip to tip and the bill, of a
yellow o lor, 24 inches. Its legs are
slender and sinewy pea green in color,
and measure 48 inches in length. One
of the feet resembles that of a duck and
the other that ol a turkey. Mr. Henry
shot it a distance of one hundred yards
from the topmost branch of a dead tree,
where it was perched preying upon a
full sized sheep that it had carried from
the ground. This strange species of
bird which is said to have existed exten
sively during the days of the mastodon,
is almost entirely extinct—the last one
having been seen in the State of New
Yor during the year 1812. Potter has
it on exhibition in his office, at Mound
City. Its flight across the town and
river was witnessed by hundreds of citi
zens.
IIOW TO START A MORAL SETTLE
MENT.
A pettifogging lawyer and manager
in anew settlement in Wisconsin, gave
a missionary of the American Sunday
School Union the following account of a
Sunday school: “1 organized the first
Sunday school in this county, and ran it
myself one season. We came in here
early, all Americana. Wc wanted, to
draw in decent, industrious families, and
to keep out all gamblers and rowdies.—
So 1 said: "A Sunday school will attract
the folks we want, and keep others out.
It will he the host and the cheapest way
to blow for the settlement ” There was
no one ol us that pretended to have one
grain of piety; so they pitched upon me *
to carry out the plan. I did so, and
scut to your society and got a library,
and ran the school all summer. It did
the blowing for ns splendidly. Before
summer was ended some Christianlfami
lies came in and, as they had a better
stock ol piety, I gave over the Sunday
school to their hands. It was a grand
tiling for us. Thete wasn’t a rowdy of
any sort that over stayed in the settle
ment more than one night. We secured
a good American and moral settlement.
In fact it got to be so pious that I
couldn’t live there myself."
GENERAL HOWARD IN MISSIS
SIPPI.
A errrespondont foil Mississippi
writes: On Thursday Gouerul O 0.
Howard visited Jackson. The General
has a theory that the rising .generation
ol negroes, with the blessing of liberty,
education and the Preedmeu’s Bureau,
must he rising up far superior to their
slave-horn ancestor, and he is traveling
to collect facts to support his theory.—
i In pursuance of his object tbe General
| waited upon the Major ol Jackson, who
I being a military appointee, it was pre
sumed would be found reliable and Repub
bean. That functionary received the
Chief of the Bureau with all courtesy.
“I have called,” said the General, ‘'lor
information us to the condition ot the
freed people ol this district —I mean as
to their morals and general conduct.”
“Bad, sir—very bad.”
“1 mean the younger people,remark
ed the General.
“Sad, sir; d— and bad,” returned the civ
il Falstaff.
“In what respect do yon mean, Mr.
Mayor ?”
“The men are all thieves, and the wo
men are all no better than they should
be.’
“You mean the older women do you
not?” asked the General, anxiously.
“No, General, I don’t. I mean from
twelve years old upwards.”
General Howard left by the next cars
for Vicksburg. A mesa meeting was be
ing gotten up for him by the negro lead
ers hut he did not wait tor it.
A large number 1 of drygoods merchants
in Buffalo have recently substituted fe
male clerks for tlrusc of the masculine
gender.
