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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 [53.00 per NO. 34 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.