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®be intelUnenff ATLANTA, oeohgia ^rcniTESDAY, MAY 10, 1865. =—"wifanSuB War-worn veteran* irom the “Army of Northern Virginia,” pass through our city daily and have done *o for many days past, on their way to “home, sweet home.” Cheer ful though the mood of most of them ap pears to be, we frequently see* anxiety and despondency in many a face,*and on some wo have seen the tear-drop fall as he spoke of the heroism of the army which for four years had defended Virginia, and of the “battles, sieges, and fortunes,” he had passed while a member of it, and up to the sad day it was forced to stack its arms. In many others we noticed buoyant steps and exult log smiles at the thought of soon ogaiu meeting with“loved ones at home,” ifom whom they had been separated for years—a eon loyous in the thought of soon seeing bis darling mother—a father, at again embrac ing his wife and children—a lover, rejoicing n anticipating the welcome smiles of her ‘he left behind” him. Again, we have uo liced many of the recently wounded—some wi0i one arm gone, others with faces bullet marked, and scarred with bayonet thrusts, cheerful in their afflictions and affectionately attended to by their more fortunate aud gal lant comrades. Truly this “ Army of Northern Virginia ” was a brave and noble army. “Ne’er shall we see its like again 1” May the brave men who in part composed it, and who are still in the land of the living, safely and speedily reach their homes I AD VEBBITY—HOW TO BEAR IT. in days of adversity the “souls of men are more severely tried than at any other pe riod of life’s pilgrimage on earth. Success tal—in the pride of power and of conquest —men may perform heroic deeds, com inanding the admiration and applause of ibeir fellow-men, even passing on Jo the grave, themselves and the world uncon scious of an innate weakness which, adver sity overtaking them, alone would have re vealed. Brutus, famed in Roman history could not bear adversity. Strong when in power, and when straggling, as he vainly Imagined, to free Rome, he was weak when bhffled, and sought'escape from that adver sity, which his own act had entailed upon him, in self-murder. It is he only who meets what fate has In store for him, with manly fortitude, who’is truly great. This is true applied as well to (be leader of en army, or the ruler of a people,as to the hum blest citizen in our land. And now that ad versity has overtaken the South ; now tha'. we have become a people overpowered In a contest long, and bloody,acd fearful ; now that great suffering, even for food to feed the women qpd children whom wo are bound to pro:ect and support, 'has be come our fate; what becomes our duty? Yield to despair? No! — Rather let us exercise fortitude; to “Cte -ar render .that which is Ctesar's, and to God that which is God’s." Politically and reli giously, thi* becomes our duty. In no ala vish spirit, with no timid or fearful feeling with regard to coming consequences, do we arrive at this conclusion. What we have been during the great struggle the South has had with the North, we have been. Nothing have we to palliate or to deny; nothing to beseech mercy for. But we have □ow a future to pass over; a future that de raands as much from us as the past, and so has every son of the South. Adversity i3 upon ua and upon our people, and we and they must bear itr with manly fortitude. Our armies have been surrendered and dispersed. The brave men who composed them have returned to their families and their homes. The fight is done. We have become an overpowered and an armless people, and our political, like our military leaders, are dispersed no more to be united in struggling against what seems to be our fate. Truly we are in a state of adversity, and in it let prudence and wise counsels prevail The extent and na» ture of the terras upon which peace is to succeed war. we know not. Powerless to resist, whatever those may be, let us be or derly and peaceful, obeying the laws pre scribed for our government, and leave ihe rest to the wise dispensations of Him, who, had we better served, might have given to the South that victory which he has with- held from it, and too surely bestowed upon another. the Chattahoochee, war has ceased. The duty and province therefore o( ihe press, are plain. It sbonld exert what inlluecce it may have over th public mind lo reconcile the people lo the lot which Providence has cast for them; to subdue the fiercer passions of their nature; to encourage them to re turn to industrial pursuits; to be peaceable and orderly; to obey the laws. These are duties we owe to a suffering people; to the women and children of our State, to society, and we may add, to Hiii “who shapes our ends, rough hew them as we may." It is also our province to contend for all rights and privileges that may havo been guaranteed to us by the terms of the Con vention already agreed upon, or that may still be agreed upon. The future will tell us what these are, or what they may be.— This wo shall do with becoming indepen dence. In the meantime, ignorant a3 wo now are of what these are or may be, we shall patiently wait their development, as we trust—whatever may have been the zeal, the fortitude, or the sufferings of our peo ple during the war, to attain independence and establish a separate government forthe South—they will do so likewise. Since writing the foregoing we have re ceived, through the Augusta Constitutiona list of Thursday morning las*, the follow ing: TIIE TERMS OF PEACE. We are in receipt of a letter from an offi cer from the Headquarters of the Army of Gen. Johnston. Toe following is an extract fromthe letter: “Generals Johnston and Breckinridge held ihe Convention with General Bherman at Hillsboro. The result of the consulta tion was peace, upon the basis of reconsuuc tion, with all rights under the OoDSiitution retained. Andrew JohBBon has telegraph ed from Washington his approval of the terbis of settlement agreed upon.’*’ This letter is ot late date, and comes di rect, and states the case in few words. Avgusta Constitutionalist. We also publish Jn another column, a Proclamation from Governor Brown, con vening the Legislature of the Siate, at the Capitol, in Milledgeville the present month. We have no time for comment, Surely there t aa lie no divided opinion ex isting upon a question like this; and we trust that the invitation extended to Kentuckians and Tennesseeans, now absentia refugees, or otherwise from their homes, will be eEm braced bv them without any hesitation, confidently feeling, as we do, that Ihe future, as the Louisville Journal remarks, “will be characterized by no acrimony towards them.” — ■- ♦ >» Special correspondence New Fork Herald. The New Administration. IMPORTANT SPEECH OF DENT JOHNSON. PRESI HIS REPLY TO THE INDIANA DEL EGATION. cu the 29d day ot * AN IMPORTANT OMISSION, The Macon Journal <£ Messenger of the 3d instant says; “We re-puhlish to-day the orders of Gen erals Johnston and Sherman, to supply an omission in General Sherman’s Order No, 65. The third paragraph oi the republished order, is the one to which we invite atten tion.” As wo copied, when we published some days ago the orders referred to, from the Macon papers, we novrpubliah the corrected paragraph for the benefit of our readers, and all concerned. It reads as follows : “Commanders may at once loan to the inhabitants such oi the captured mules, horses, wagons and vehicles as can be spared from immediate use, and the Com- manding Generals of armies may issue pro visions, animals and public supplies that can be spared to relieve the present wants, and to encourage the inhabitants to renew their peaceful pursuits, and to restore the rela tions of friendship among our fellow-citizens and countrymen." SAVANNAH. The. Augusta Constitutionalist *r Thurs day last says it i3 reliably informed that the obstructions in the Savannah river below that city are being removed,and that within four days communication by steamboat will be resumed between Augusta and Savan nah. And from a gentleman who reached this city (Atlanta) on yesterday morning irom Augusta, we learn that a boat had arrived from Savannah, at or near Augusta, on the day previous. This being so, communica tion between this city and Savannah via railroad and the Savannah river, may be considered as restored. Some time ago we published a sy nop sis of the address of President Johnson to an Indiana delegation, headed by Gov ernor Morton—to day, we lay before our readers a full report ot the address, as ro ported for the New York Herald. It will be found in another column. THIS MILITARY POST-OUB DUTY. In another colufnn of this morning's paper our readers will find that the United States Military Commandant of this Post, Col. B. B. Eggleston, of the First Ohio Vo! unteer Cavalry, immediately upon assuming command thereof, has issued'orders explan atory Of, and announcing the Same. We have thus passed, in accordance with the provisions of the conventional agree ment between Ms]. Gen. Sherman and Gen. Johnston, again to a state of peace, and un der the government of the United States. Oar^Yn duty therefore, and that of our citizens, is unmistake&bly plain. It is to obey such rules and regulations as may be prescribed for oar government by the mil itary authority here for the time being, and until peace shall be fully restored, and civil government shall again resume its sway all over a distracted and‘distressed land. Perhaps, as much as is always required of the Press, more is now demanded of it by an anxious people, than we, on our part, are able to fi.lL We know nothing more of the terms embraced in the conventional agreement between Generals Johnston and Sherman, than is contained in the orders issued by those two military commanders, and those we have already laid before cur readers—therefore they know ,as much as we do. But even with this contracted knowledge, we are apprised of one impor tant fact—that peace is to be restored to the country, and especially that on this side of THE BEST PEACE MOVEMENT The Augusta Constitutionalist says “a re cent number of the Louisville Journal con- tarns au earnest appeal to ail Kentuckians who have been in the Confederate service to return to their homes. Mr. Prentice feelingty implores them to pursue this poli ey. He says by-gone3 shall be by-gones— that they have nobly vindicated the historic renown of Kentucky for chivalry and he- oism, and that, the future shall be charac terized by no acrimony towards-them.” “Especial mention is made of the Hon E. M, Bruce, and flattering inducements are held out to him i o return to his native State.” It is stated also that Governor Brownlow, ot Tennessee, has extended a similar invi tation to all Tennesseeans—urgently invit ing them to return to their homes, where -they will be treated with kindly and gener ous forbearance. Now, this is one of the best- peace move ments "that we have seen coming from Ken tucky or Tennessee, or any State that ad hered co the old Union in the late great struggle between the South and North.— Kindness and forbearance exhibiting it- self now on the part ot those who have achieved success in tha late strag gle, wiy do more to restore confidence and peace in the Scu h than a contrary coarse, Tree; the South is powerless to resist. But is it Wise—we do not say generous or chiv- alric—on the part of the North to be severe, where gentleness will answer the same end? To be proscriptive, where forbearance will more readily accomplish its purpose? To be harsh, where mildness will persuade ? To be intolerant, where tolerance will more readily attain its desire, if that desire be peace, with the restoration of law and order in a distracted land, and a return to indus trial pursuits on the part of the people? The delegation from Ohio having retired, the Induun^. delegation, led by Governor Mortorqwas ushered in. Governor Moiton, in a speech of some lengih greeted Mr. Johnson as President Of the United States, and assured him of their full "confidence and support. He referred appropriately to the inhuman murder of President Lincoln, and to the confidence aud affection, with which Le had inspired the people of the United States. He also referred appropriately to the approaching end of the rt hellion and the duties imposed upon the President and the people, and the moial aud legal responsibility ot those who arc guilty of the crime of treason. He said: As lire crime of treason is individual in its character, so must bo its punishment. Reb els have the power to forfeit their own per sonal rights, civil and political; hut they have no power, directly or indirectly, to work Ihe destruction of a Slate, ne then referred to the statute of 8tale-rebellion, and discflwsed the powers and mode of re constructing State governments. TITK PRESIDENTS REPLY. 1 lie President then stepped a fifth- for ward, and began by stating that he did not desire to make any exposition of his future policy more than he had already made, but that it was cleariy to be derived from the history of his life, adding that he might adopt the Governor’s sentiments and ad dress them lo him as his own, and then added : But in entering upon the discharge of the duties devolving upon me by the sad occurrence of the assassination of ihe Chief Magistrate of the nation, and, kb you are aware, in surrounding circumstances which are peculiarly embarrassing and responsi ble, I doubt whether you are aware how much I appreciate encouragement and countenance from my fellow citizens of In diana. The most courageous individual, the most determined Wifi, might Justly shrink from entering upon , the discharge of that which lies before me But were 1 a coward, or timid, lo receive the counten auce and encouragement I have from you, and from various other parts of the coun try, would make me a courageous and de termined man. I mean in the proper sense of the term; for there is as much in moial courage, aud the firm, calm discharge of duty as in physical courage. But in enter ing upon the dmies imposed upon me by this cala city I require not only courage, but cetermined will; and I assure you that on this occasion your encouragement is pe culiarly acceptable to me. In reference to what my administration will be while I oc cupy my present position I must refer you to the past. You may look back to it as evidence of what my course will be^. And in reference to this diabolical ancr fiendish rebellion, sprung upon the country, all I have to do is to ask you also to go back and take my course in the past, and from that determine what my future will bo. Mine has been but one straightfor ward and unswerving course, and I see no reason now why I should depart from ft. As to making a declaration, or-manifesto, or message, or what you may please to call it, my past is a better foreshadowing of my future course than auy statement on paper that might be made. Who, four years ago, locking down the stream ot time, could have delineated that which has transpired sinct then ? Had any one done so, and pre sented it, he would have been looked upon as insaue; or it would have been thought a fable ft£blous as the stories of the Arabian Rights—as the wonders of the Lamp of Aladdin—and would have been about as readily believed. If we knew so little four years ago of what lias passed sinco then, we know as little w: at events will ariso in the next four years. Gut us these events arise I shall be contrc led in the disposition of them by those rules and principles by which I have been guidev heretofore. Had it not been for extraordinary efforts, in pan tawing to the machinery of the State, you would have had rebellion as rampant In Indiana as we had it in Tennessee. Trea son is none the iesa treason, whether it be ia a free State or in a slave State; but it thtre could he any difference in such a crime, he who commits treason in a free State is a greater traitor than ha who com mita it in a slave Slate. Thera might be some little excuse for a man who based his ► treason on his possession ot slave property; but the traitor in a free State has no excuse, but simply to be a traitor. Do not how ever, understand me to mean by this that any man should be exonerated from the penalties and punishments of the crime of rreasou. The time has arrived when the American people should understand what crime i3, and that U should be punished, and i s penalli« s enforced and inflicted. We say in our.statutes and courts, that burglary ia a crime, that murder i9 a crime, this arson is a crime, and that treason ia a crime; and the constitution of the Uni:ed States’ and the laws of the United States say that treason shall consist in levy ing war against them, and giving their ene mies aid and comfort. 1 have jast remarked that, burgiary i3 a crime, and has its pen^i- ties, that murder is a crime, and has its pen alties, and so on through the long catalogue of crime. To illustrate by a sad eveftt, which is before the minds of all, and which has draped thi*land in mourning, who is there here who would say if ihe assassin who has stricken from our midst one beloved and revered by all, and passed him from time to eternity—to that bourne when os uo traveler returns—who, 1 repeat, who here would say that the assassin, if taken, should not suffer the penalties of his crime? Then, if you take the life of one individual for the murder of another, and believe that his pro perty-should ba confiscated, what should be done with one who is trying to assassin ate this nation ? What should be done with him or them who have attempted the life of a nation composed of thirty millions of peo ple ? We were living at a time when the public mind bad almost become oblivious c what treasonds. The time has arrived, my countrymen, when the American people should be edu cated and taught what is crime, and that treason is a crime, and the highest crime known to the law and the constitution.— Yes, treason against a State, treason against all the States- treason against the United States—is the highest crime that can be committed, and those engaged in it should suffer all its penalties. I know it is very easy to get up sympathy and sentiment while human blood is about to be shed—- easy to acq iire a reputation for leniency ano kindness, but sometimes its effect and practical operations produce misery and woe to the ms as ot mankind. Bom “times; an individual whom the law has overtaken, and on whom its penalties are about to be imposed, will appeal and plead with the Ex. eentive for the exercise of elemency; but before its exercise he ought to ascertain what is mercy. It la a very important ques tion, and one which deserves the considera tion of those who moralize upon crime and the morals of a nation —whether, in some cases, aetion should not be suspended here aud transferred to Him who controls all.— There, it innocence has been invaded, if wrong has been done, the Controller and Giver of all good—one of whose attributes is mercy—will set it right. It is not pro- mulging anything that I have not heretofore said to say that traitors must be made odi ous, that treason must be made odious, that traitorB must be punished and impoverished. They must not only be punished, but their social power destroyed. If nor, they will still maintain an ascendency, and may again become numerous and powerful; for, in the words of a former benator of the United States, ‘“When traitors become nnmeious enough, treason becomes respectable." And 1 say that, after making treason odi-. ous, every Union man and the Government should be renumerated out ot tho pockets of those who have inflicted this great buL fering upon the country. But do not un derstand me as saying this in a spirit of an* ger; for, if Iunderetand my own heart, tho reverse is the case. And while I say that die penalties of the law, in a stern ami in flexible manner should be executed npon conscious, intelligent and influential traitors —the leaders who have deceived thousands upon thousands of laboring men who have been drawn into this rebellion; and while T say as to the leaders punishment, I also say leniency, conciliation and amnesty to the thousands whom they have misled * and deceived. And in reference to this, as I re marked, I might have adopted your speech as ray own. As my h norable friend knows, I long since took the ground that this gov.* ernment was sent upon a great mission among the nations of the earth—that it had a great work to perform, and that in start ing it, it wa3 started in perpetuity. Look back for one moment to the articles of’ con federation, and then come down to 1/80, when the constitution was formed. What do you find ? “That we, the people of the United States, in order to form a more per fect government,” &c. Provision is made for the admission ot new States to be added to old ones embraced within the Union.— Now turn to the constitution. We find that amendments may be made by a recommend* ation ot two-thi ds of the Congress, it rati- fid by three-fourths of the States. Provi sion ig made for the admission of new States; no provision is made for the gecea* sion of old ones. Tne instrument was made to be good in perpetuity, and you can take hold of if, nm to b;eak up the government, but to go on perfecting it more and more as it runs down the stream ot time. We fi nd thegover.- ment composed of integral paria, An indi vidual is an integer, and a number of indi viduals form a Siate, and a State itself is an integer; and the various States form ;he Union, which is itself an integer—they all making up the Government ot the United States. Now we come lo. the point ot ray argument, so far as concerns the perpetuity of the government, We have seen that the government is composed of parts each e sential to the whole, and the whole essential to-each part. Now, if an individual part of a State derlire war against Uie whole, in violation cf the’constitution, he, as a citizra, lieved that when I pleased them I was pretty nearly right; and being iu the r ight, I did not care who assailed me. But I was going to sav that I have always adevocated the priuoipie that government was made for man, not man for government—even as the Good Book says that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So far as in me lies those principles shall be carried out. And, in conclusion, I tender you my pro found and sincere thanks for your respect and support in the perlormance of the ar duous duties now devolving upon me. From the Confederate Union. TO THE MEMORY Of Sirgtout Hubert It. Mitchell, ton of Dr. John J. Mitchell and Mrs. C C Mitchell, (grandson of Gov. MilcheU) of Georgia, on his burial at midnight on the battle-field—and his removal to the beloved scents of his youth in Millaiguille, Georgia. has violated the law, aud is responsib e for the set as an individual. There may be more than one individual. It may go on till they become parts of States—the rebel lion may go on increasing in numoers till State machinery ia overturned, and the ooun-ry bscomes like a man that is paral yzed on one side. But we find in the con stitution a great panacea provided. It pro vides that tha*,United States—that is, the great iateger—shall guarantee to each State the integers composing the whole—iu this Union a republican form of government.— Yes, it rebellion has been rampant, and set aside the machinery of a State tor a time, there stands the great law to remove the paralysis and revttalizs it, and put It on its feet again. When we come to understand our system of government though ft ba complex, we see how beautifully one part acta in har mony with another. Then we see our government is to be a perpetuity, there being no provision for pulling it down, the Union being its vitalising power, imparting life to the whole of the States 'that move around it—like planets round the sun, re ceiving thence light, and heat and motion. Upon this idea of destroying States my po sition has been heretofore well known, and 1 see no causa to change it now; and I am glad to hear its reiteration on the present occasion. Borne are satisfied with the idea that States are to be lost in tirritorial and other divisions—are to lose their character as States. But their life breath has been only suspended, and it is a high constim tional ob-igation we havo to secure each of these States in the possession and enjoy ment of a republican form of government A State may be in the government with peculiar institution, ana by the operation of rebellion lose that feature. But it was a State when it went into rebellion, and when it comes out without the institution it is still a Stale. I hold it as a s-olemn ob iigaiion in any one of these States wher the rebel armies have been beaten back or expelled—I care not how small the num ber of Union men, if enough to man the ship of State—1 hold it, I say, a high duty to protect and secure to tnem a republican form of government. This Is no new opinion, it is expressed in conformity with my nndersnuKtmg of the genius and theory-of~Cur government Then, in adjusting and putting the govern ment upon its legs, again, I think the pro gress of this work must pass into the hands of its friends. If a Slate is to be nursed unt»l it again gets strength, it must be nursed by its friends, not smothered by its enemies. Now, permit me to remark that, while I havs opposed dissolution and disintegration on the one hand, on the oth er I am equally opposed to consolidation— or the centralization of power in the hands ot a few. Sir, ail this has been extorted from me by the remarks you have offered and, as I have already remarked, I might have adopted your speech as my owe. - have detained you longyr than I expected but Governor Morton is responsible tor that. I scarcely know how to express my feelings in view of the kindness you have manifest ed on this occasion. Perhaps i ought not to add what I am about to say; bat human nature is human nature. Indiana first named me forthe Tice Presidency, though it was unsolicited by me. indeed, there ia mot a man can say that 1 ever approached turn on the subject. My eyes were turned yo my own State. If 1 could restore her |he measure of my ambition was complete. It'aank the State of Iadi&na for the confi dence and regard she manifested towards me, which has resuited in what is now be- ftN yau, placing me iu the position I now odcupy. Ju conclusion, 1 will repeat that the vigor ot|iriy youth ha3 been spent in advoca ting those great principles as the founda tion of our government, and therefore, I have been by many denounced as a dema- ogue. I was striving to please the people-. a& free to say to you that my highest am* tiffin was to please tbs people; tor I be* ' \ \ Quick to your work bravejnen 1 ihe hour of three 1b near,' Snat-ch oue more glance—compos* ht* hand*, Now drop a parting tear, Lightly those eyelids press, Now draw his cloak around. And now a slab to mark the epot Where, thousand* atrew the ground Now to th march ye brave Yours is a toilsome way. And oft defeat er victory Hang on a moment’s stay, Row hushed the hour I the'sighing bresce fans many a sleeper pale, And many a sigh is borne away Upon the midnight gale, , Prom those whose aching limbs i online Upon the cold damp earth To wife, or Bister, children. To her who gave thee birth, but naught disturbs one here now No visions steeped in woe, No yearnings ior loves last caress His pulseless heart may know. He may not there repose, florae verdant spot prepare, He was Ida honored mother’s pride, We must not leave him there, Stern brows with hearts a» sort. As heart In woman’s breast; Again now In silence now advan.-e To bear him to his rest, ~ .Rethinks I see those forms ; The warlike true and brave ; With many a thought unspoken Again surround his grave. Quick to your work brave men ! The foe is thundering near ! A tribute brave, a sigh a prayur Another t arting tear. Snmmer with her glorious train Her zephyrs songs and flowers, Her hand to autumn now has given' To mark the golden hours; The drear, cold months have come and gone, Mild spring resumes her reign, With throbbing heart beside ids form, Silent we stand again. Whom see I now, be.still my heart; A mother’s form I trace, Be 3till awhile and contemplate. The noblest of her race. Stand back ye mourners! turn a way ' Grief such as her’s Is calm; Ah! well I know, for such a wounl There U no earthiy balm, Leave her alone and let her muae, Xa silence with her dead; The hour—the place to her bs given. Let not a word ba said, Now softly—tenderly ya friends, The grave’s deep silence break Gently tha cold, damp mould remove, Ah ! gently for her sake, Mother a ouse thee, it la done, Now bear him hence away, Beneath his own bright native sky, Thy cherished darling lfy, And now fond sorrowing heart be rai.u, The long—long 1 way ia past, Beside his honore i anoestry, Thy Hubert sleeps at last. Tour garlands bring, they'll tell of hopss Crushed In their opening bloom, They tell ot hopes and joys renewed ' Beyo d this new made tomb, A fragrant wr. ath methinks X see, -fcresh with the dews of eve’n, Mother transfer that wistful gaze, * There’s rest—sweet rest in Heaven. The above was written by the wire of the Rev, Mr. Cromwell of the Methodist Church, We understand she has written and is about to publish a book of poems, of which, persons who have read them, speak highly. From the ?Mlo lelphla Ledge. A CURIOUS aiO&Y-THE IAM SE 1WIS8 THEIR LIFE SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. The Siamese Tvtias have been l.-hi public view for the last icw yemit well known of them ijxat they married *w,u Sisters, and settled down near ririinfr.ny, North Carolina, on a wed stocked pU;vu lion. In addition tn this they have ‘ K u,o e fundsidvcsUd iltrourii iheir* gent in Ne» York. Through a North Carolina innhcai gentUman low within our lines, weimd iim other day an oppor’.uni y of minute and (u I particulars In r*gard to them. Ever since die war began tiny have continued tou- side on their plantation, d lived in the seme quiet and harmony as iwi, mail within two years. Of tvn.rse no < , v . i thought of drut ing ihnn, a: d iheii negr..*-*. prosptied. ext.* pi tiiAi wLo n out i i iriiip. c trotn any cause it vras s;v u> \vt>ik ttste-11 < u- in 8’riking the firs: one .ini umo- io hue from which the I*-s«. escape wu*. o> keep out of Ilia way. The bro ke!.-* ;.iobr.h'y atv.r would have had any vi fiicuhy, t u« their wives, ih«»ugu sis;cr.', uuncJ away iheir hearts, aud children were the tat.se Ji this estrangement. Up to the peri d ih.*»» cix'x had live childrco, all prospered w<di enough, but out of liiem had u sixth, atd this awoke envy and jetd- nsy >«, mj v -u a de grte that tie two mm.< rs, no Using bound together like ihe iwm broiiieis, would uo longer live ur.dci the raiuc ; loot, thou b h #c behove s'.ill in dilhroat houses on the same p antation. 'I he brothers are now, u seems, about fitly ye^r., ui oge, oiu one, we believe ihe smaller and f tb er <>t the two, looks, U is said now, lull ten >,(•»•••: • .1.a tt.au >L.- ofhi r. They cuti non back w b .ik <n In c- to face, blit ihat is h-s ini us liu: rcitiaik 1* e bond ; hat umitH tnem will peimti. It is almost certain that should either die, the other could not. survive even for more than a few minutes, as there is an nrfeiy a-, large rsthe fcmorel firtoivil.ro connec-t-. them. A tew years siin-e they eor respondt-d: with some of the leading ougieal oprrHto;.- in London, as to ihe uuihhi.ai-t which uia»&* them being cut, so that in the death of iiie one, the life of the other might be saved.- At the request of the London surgeon they ^ visited that city, and many experiment were tried to determine the safety of aneli an operation. Among other things,'a lig ature was tied firmly tor a few minute-* r round the connection between them, so as to prevent the circulation of blood through (he artery. But it seeTned as if each w;ouiit expire if this were longer persisted in. The-' smaller of the two tainted away, and all consciousness, and there were symptoms that the same effect would follow* lo ihe other, hut that the process could not be eon-, tinned without endangering the life of him who was first to faml. Should ihe stria!lei and feebler die, it might be worth" while making tha experiment of operating hut the prospects of prolonging the life'of the-* other would ho very small. Should, how ever, the larger and more healthy of the twin brothers die, there would seem altso- lutely no hope of saving ihe feebler of the two. From all this it is "evident that though the connection between these two brother* is very remarkaole and perfectly unique, ii is yet not so absolute as has 'been usually supposed. THE SLEEPING DEACON. There are times and places where sleep ia never appropriate, and with these may be classed the good old deacon of a church out West. He was owner and overseer of a large pork packing establishment. His duty it was to stand at the he&i ot the scald trough, cryiog “Hog in !” when the just slaughtered hog was to be thrown into the trough, and “Hog out!” when the watch told three minutes. One week the press of business compelled the packers to unusal hard labor, and Saturday night found the deacon completely exhausted. Indeed, he was almost sick the next morning when church time came; but he was a leading member, and it was his duly to atten t the usual Sabbath services if he could He went. The occasion was of unusual solemnity, as a revival was m progress.— The minister preached a sermon well cal culated for the effect. His peroration was a climax of great beauty. Assuming the attitude of one intently listening, he recited to the breathless auditory : “Hark 1 they whisper, angeis say— “Hog in !’’ came from the deacon’s i»ew, in a stentorian voice. The astonished audien ee turned their at tention from the preacher. He went on, however, unmoved— ‘-Sister spirits, come away,” “Hog out!’’ shouted the deacon, “tally four.'; J This was two much for the preacher and audience. *The latter smiled, some snicker ed audibly, while a few boys broke for the door to split their sides laughing outside.— The preacher was entirely disconcerted, and dismissed the any thing else than solemn minded hearers. The Deacon soon came to his senses. The boys sought every opportunity lor them to say, “Hog in !’’ “Hog out! ’ ^ A Good Forager, but a Bad Boy.— Not a the usand miles fr< m this place, and not long ago, a returned prisoner, an Irish man, stopped at a hospitable looking man tion, and asked for a glass of batter milk The response was that the eow had gone dry. '•Will thin I’ll take swate milk," said the soldier. “Hadn’t any to spare,” came bat k from the house. * *Tll pay ytz for it,” ->aid tbepfcraeveringly thirsty Hibernian. “Don’t want your money," replied the .in mate. “Give ytz any thing ye ask—pay ye In specie—jist from the North—got a pocket full,” fired eff the Confederate in a quick succession of vollies, intended solely for the weak points of the enemy’s defence. The last assault proved irresistible. The man sion capitulated, and instead of a glass, the poor soldier was generously treated to a pitcher full of pure, luscious milk, which he disposed of with a gusto that'was refreshing. The most iniquitous portion ot the story remains to be told. Returning the crock ery, the soldier plunged his hand Into the deep charybd is first of one pocket then an other, until finally, with s a comic expres sion on bis sun browned features, be* ex. claimed, “Faith, I'm—I’m in trouble, I am —I belave me spacie’s in my other shoot of clothes, and that in me trunk, but if ye’ve no objection I can do like MLsther Tri*hum and give yez a certificate to payable in goold’ afiher the war.” The proposition was evi dently not conciliatory, the tj me ^ 00 far ahead, and the security unsound, Snd the people who had been so ungraciously swin dled by the thirsty soldier slammed the door in. his face and left him to trudge on his wav to “the Wife and children bey ant.’ 1 — Czroii moo. cheerfulness. There is uo out: q :aluy, says the ford “Couranf," that so much endears mail to his fellow men aa cheerfulness. Talents may excite more respict, and virtues more esteem. But the respect ts apt to be distant, and the esteem cold. But it is otherwise with cheerlulneas. It endears a man to the heart, not the intellect or the imagina tion, There is a kind of reciprocal diffo- siveaeas about th 13 quality that recom mends its possessor by the very effect it iroduces. There is a mellow radiance In the li -lit ii oti all social intercourse, which pervades the sou! N» a ifepsh that tut* blaz^ ot irttelke, can an r reoefi. The cheer!u 1 man is n-double blessing - a blessing to himself and ihe world around him. la his own character, his good na ture is the clear blue sky of his own heart, on which every star vi talent shines out more clearly. To others he carries an at mosphere of joy and hope and encourage ment wherever ho moves. His own cheer fulness becomes infectious, and his associ ates lose their moroseness and their gloom in the amber-colored light of the benevo lence he casts around him. It is true that cheerfulness is not always happiness. The face may glow in smiles while the heart “runs in coldness and dark- ness below,” but cheerfulness is the best ex ternal indication of happiness, that we haye, and it enjoys vhis .advantage ove.r al most every other good quality, that the counterfeit is -as valuable to society as the reality. It answers as a medium of public- circulation full as well as the true coin. A man is worthy of all praise, whatever may be his piivate griefs, .who does not in-. _ trude them on the happiness of his lriends, but constantly contributes his quota of cheerfulness to the general public enjoy ment. “Every heart knows its own bitter nessbut let the possessor of that heart take hoed that he doe3 not distil it info his" neighbor’s cup, and thus poison his felicity There is no sight more commendable and agreeable than to see a man, whom vy» know fortune has dealt with badly, smoth-. ering his peculiar griefs in his own bosom, and doing his duty in the society in which Providence has placed him, witn an unruf fled brow and a cheerful mein. It is a duty. which society has a right to demand—a portion of that great chain which binds hu manity together, the links of which every one should preserve bright and unsullied. It may be asked : What shall that man do whose burden of grief is heavy, and made still heavier by tbe tears he has shed over them in private ? Shall he-leave society t Certainly, until he has learned to bear his own burden. Shall he not seek for the sympathy of hia friends"? He had better not: sympathy would only weaken the masculine strength of mind which enables U3 to endure. Besides, sympathy unsought for ia much more readily given, and sink-, deeper in its healing effects into the heart. No ! no I cheerfulness is a • duty which ev ery man owes to the world. Let him faith - fully discharge the debt. StiLEcrED. PARAGRAPHS. The love of glory can only create a great hero; the contempt ot it creates a verv ere^t man. J 6 It were to be wished that the enemies cl religion wou.d, at least, learn what it is bt- fore they oppose it. a J!,iA U ., r COnditkm wer ’ really happy, w B e™ 1 ^- 6110 °/. cas ' OD to divert ourselve* from thinkt ng of it. His sacrifice continued through bis fife and was completed by Lis death,. ia when it crushes a great soul, is a thunderbolt destroying a temple. Words are th*e daughters of the wind, but actions are the sons of the soul. liu J. e . tlr ‘ D g comforts ua, because a iittle tning emtets ua. JThe history of the church ought in ore- priety to be called the history ot troth. w? ?°k e rapeetabie to brack boots than low atrif c “ araslers T^° shirts than to