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galuson cuteekli) lountal, Published Every Friday. E. & J. E. CHRISTIAN EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS. TEHJWS —Strictly in .Lira net. Three months tl 00 Bit months JJ 00 Ous year |S 00 Hate* of eJdcertinlng : One dollar per square of ten Hues for the Brst insertion, and Sorenty-flve Cents per square for each subsequent Insertion, not ex ceeding three. One square three months , ...$ 8 00 Dne square six months 1 'J 00 One square one year 30 00 Two squares three months 12 00 Two squares six months.,.. 18 00 Two squares one year 80 00 Fourth of a column three moths So 00 Fourth of a column six months 60 00 Half column three moths 45 00 Half column six months 70 00 One column three months 70 00 One column six months 100 00 Job 9W*orti of every description eze cvtedwitb neatness and dispatch, at moderate rites. SIMMONS & HOYL, t <»*.'»« “KV» «- •• ’ •-* • ATTORNEYS AT LAW, IJ*fHWO.V, - - GEOHGU. t.c. non,. jan2sly. r. r. simmons. C. B. WOOTEN, ATTORNEY] AT LAW, f 21y Dawson, fla. __ YYX/UiiN% WATCH AND fiEPAiEER JEW ELER* Dawson, Oa., IS prepared to do any work in his hue in the verv best style. fetl23 t{ s. sniTH, oXJST SMITH and Machinist, jl>.« IKS 0-1% : - Georgia. Repairs all kinds es ttuns, Pistols, Sewing Kanines, etc., etc. 2 _ l Jj . Ww C- PARKS, attorney at Law. Marß‘ly n‘SO.r,GJ. C. W. WARWICK) al Lau> and Solicitor in Equity* -4.niTn9~IM.LU - - - 6KOh WILT, practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrell and Webster ___ J. E. HIGGINBOTHAM, ATTORNEY ATEAW, Jllorgan, Calhoun Co-, Ga., Will practice in all the Courts of the South wrestern and PataulaCircuits, June 1 DAWSON HOTEL BY WILY JONES THE Proprietor has neatly fitted up the Dawson Hotel, and is prepared to make hia customers satisfied with both Fare and Lodging. Connected with the Hptei is a “H./K HOO.ll in which is kept 4he best li «q*ori in the city. No oaina will he "pared to pleane. fV2?fim FMTInuT FaintTM ! JAB. M. DODWELL, ncrSE AND SIGN PAINTER, Sit DAW SON, G A.-, m IS prepared to do aH work in his line—such as house and sign painting, graining, pi per hanging, he., in the very best style, and on abort notice, at reasonable prices. febl.fim. MILLS IHOUSE. Cwrucr Qicen ft meeting Sirs., CHARLESTON,' S. C. THIS First Class Hot«l has been thoroughly repaired, refitted and refurnished through out aod is now ready for the accommodation of the Traveling Public whose patronage is respectfully solicited. Oraches always in readiness to convey Passengers to aod from the Hotel. The Proprietor promises to do everything in his power for the comfort of guests. (JOSEPH PURCELL, f«b22-tf Proprie BROWN HOUSER E, E, BROWN & SON, Fourth St., Opposite Passenger Depot, Jtlacon, Georgia. FROM the Ist of July the business of this House will be conducted by E. E. Brown A Son, tiie Senior having associated his sou, Wm. F. Brown, in tho management and in terest of the Hotel. The house contains sixty rooms, which are reserved chiefly for the use of travellers and transient guests. Competent assistants have been se« cured in every department, and eve ry attention will be paid to ensure comfort to their customers. Rooms clean and airy, and the table always supplied with the best the country affords. Porters attend arrival and departure of all trains to convey baggage and conduct passengers across the street to their quarters. july27,tf LKROY BROWS, TUOS. U. BTKWART. BROWN &STEWART, Ware House and coxussion merchants, at Sharp & Brown’s old stand, D.fH’SO.V GEOHGI.I. We are determined to use our utmost en deavors to give entire satisfaction to all who may favor us with their patronage ; and as far as possible to bn to them, in this depart ment, (what we have often felt, and what eve ry pUuter must feel that he needs) just and erliahle friends. That, we may be better ena bled to carry out this design, we have secured a* business agent, the well known and reliable Capt. John A. Fulton. "A just balance," is our motto. J/arch 8 1867. W.R. & N. M. THORNTON JPracticnl Dentists, irso.r, G-i. t# Office in ITarden’s new building, Weat wde, Depot Street. Dec. 14, , THE DAWSON JOURNAL. Vol. 11. POETRY. Sous of The Dead. BY EDWARD t. MOREHKAD. Comrades of the silent land, Wakeless sleepers of the tomb, Swell the pale and ghostly band Gathered in the midnight gloom t Darkness rules the middle world, Sleep is on the sons of light; Lite hath not a sail unfurled * 'Mid the shadows of the night I Only we, the wept and lost | Only we, the sons of death ; Only we, the sleeping host j Only we, who draw no breath . We, the slitny and the cold ; We, the ghastly and the dread ; We, whom earth nor air can hold ; Only we the night winds tread. Come from every varied clime, Sprung from every mingled race, Living on through endless time, Knowing ought of ill to face ; What care we for war or storm, Suffering, agony and woe ? What heed we the cares that swarm Bound the haughty and the low? Honored 'mid tha waking hours, Mourned with tear, and groan, and sigh, Housed in mansions wreathed in fl. wers ; Crowned with virtues all a lie ; However black the life before, Sacred now, revered by all; Who would fly the shadowy shore ? Whe would answer life’s recall ? Glory to the ghostly iandl Glory to the pulseless state I Glory to ;he miduight band Armed against the blade of fate I Earth, and air, and fire, and light, All are slaves while we are free ; Lift your voices on the night, They shall cross the widest sea I MISCELLANEOUS. fTrom the Weekly Romancist.] ON THE fPAAIhII Min. BY A. DEPT. On (ho Spanish Main, mates, and no where else. We discovered a ship to windward that bore down on us with crowded sails. We filled all the sails we h id and endeavored to get away from her as fast as we could, but alt to no purpose. We saw they gained onus every moment, and, therefore, seeing it was not possible for us to escape, we backed our sails and laid by f,* them that they might be more civil if they were enemies. From the quarter-deck l spied, with the help of a glass which I had purchased atßoston, two dandifi ed fellows, whom 1 presently thought must be captain aud mate. As soon aj ever they came up wi;h us they haded us aud ordered us to come on board, whereupon I, with a couple of the best rowers, got into the boat. ‘Have ycu any money on board?’ was the first question put by a gii 1-fac ed Mexican, who appeared to cammand tho craft ; and on my answering in the negative, be ordered me to be tied to tbe mainmast, a«d tfee boatswain io stand by with the cat. Well, he went on questioning me, and finally got in a rage, the consequence of whicc was that I was lashed by ihe boatswain most abominably, and after that pickled in brine, which was more painful that tbe whipping ; put it kept my back from festering, which it might otherwise have done, because the skin was flayed at every stroke. After this, they boarded our vessel which was commanded by one Captain Brazen, of whom more anon, and laid their hands on a largo sum which it had been proposed by the ownefa to use for smuggling purposes. Our men, being smugglers, had no particu'ar ejection to vary thiir occupa tion with a little piracy; and as ths dan dy skipper was short-handed, ho sickedf icked out tho most muscular and fierce-lonk ing, amongst whom was Captain Bra zen and myself. After that, thoso who were rejected were bound and thrown down tbe frecastle head j whatever pro visions, clothes and cooking utcnsels, and money might be easily got together were taken on board the pirate, and, fi nally tbe Declaration of Independence, in which I hlil spent so many happy hours, was scuttled. Two nights afterward, sleeping after a length of agony, I was roused by a terrible storm that lasted three day* without abating; and our craft, which was as trim and taunt as tho best, wa6 tumbled and tossed about like a tennis b 11; yet wo received no damage but that she oonld not answer the helm, so we were obliged to let her go before tbe tempest, and trust to the mercy of Heav en for relief. In the middle of the s‘orn I heard a shrut of'land ahead,’ wh eh put me end many others into our panics I etsay to reach tho deck, and, with the as sistance of a good-natured mulatto, at last succeedod. Driv'ng near the shore, I discovered several tokens of a ship wreck, as piices of broken masts and barrets swimming on rhe water, and a little further off men’s hats. I began to think wc should certainly meet the same fate—although surprised by the unconcerned sac sos those of whom I had been compelled to join com pany—when, as soon as thought, we ran into a smooth, sandy bay, the sails were set aback, and, at tho same mo ment, the grating noise of tho cables flying through the housepipes smote my car. We wero in the pirates retrea’. Presently Captain Alvarez, the young piiate to whose inhumanity I owed so muoh physical and mental suffering, came forward to the night head, against which I was leaning, aud asked me if Dawson, gga s Friday, July 10, iß<sr. I would like to bo his mate. As Captain Hrazon, after signifying his williugoess to become a pirate, had been elected to that position, I lisliked to tako advao-* tnge of his subsequout disgrace for b"- ing drunk on watcb, but I noticed a frown gathering at the base of the hand some skipper's* forehead, and I felt that 1 was choosing between life and death, wherrupon I thanked him with ass c(cd warmth, and entered upon my new du ties at once. Captain Brazen, a manes mean na ture, conceived a deadly hatred for me on account of tho unsougt distinction which had thus been forced upon me, and showed it in his scowling fate and reluctant obedicnco to my orders. It struck me as singular that no one but a negro, who was horribly ugly and who'officiated as steward, was permitted to cuter the cabin ; but my imagination easily supplied a reason for this regula tion, and the story of a garrulous Mex i can cook, whose heart 1 won by sever al acts ol kindness, confirmed it. Before coming up with us the pirate had captured another American vessel, on board of which was a beautiful gol den-haired girl, whom, after murdering her father and scuttling his craft he hat transferred to tho cabin, together with a priest. Although prudence dictated quite an other course, I could not forbear feeling a great interest in this unknown victim cf lawlessness, and I lingered about the companion with an apparent absence of purpose which might have aroused sus picion and ccst me my life. After remaining in the snug harbor for three or four week-, during which time our sturdy craft was thoroughly repaired and newly painted, Skipper Alvarez, one fiae morning, announced his determination to trv another cruise. We wore out side aud were bowling along on the star board tack, when, as 1 was standing at the gangway Ovptau Brazen and one of tho Mexicans tripped me up behind, causing me to fall with such force on my forehead that I was momentarily stunned, when I recoveied consciousness, I was being cariied dowu the companion, at the foot of which stood the commander scowling terri bly. ‘Throw him down,’ he said lifting a trapdoor in the deck. ‘l’ll tcaeh him to pry about. Toat babbling fool, the cook, too, fetch him down. Hiyo de di os ! Q lick 1’ 1 was uaeercmoneuiously chucked among the ship’s stores and lay for a time so badly bruised that I was unable to say any thing save groan. From w’oat Alvarez had said, I expected to see the cook come thundering dowu on top of me; but hour after hour passed without that event taking place, and J finally concluded to try anil find my legs which was a work of some difieulty. Suddenly the trap door was agaiu lifted and the black steward j.utnpped down with a lantern in bis Land. Scowling at me, he knocked the head off a cask of flour, and was proceeding to fill a utensil he had brought for the pur pose, whon creeping stealthily behind him, I brought my two iron rists dowu on his heal with a force that stunned him and made me a free man. The rusty handcuffs were broken in two. The craft was laboring at the time in a sea and gale tried her timbers sorely Sail after sail had been taken in until she drifted to leeward under a couple of double-reefed topsails; and still the gale, bearing its arrow- of sleet that made the cheeks of those going aloft bloody,grew stronger, and the an gry sea lashed itself into a still more awful fury It was a night in which yi u wo ild have imagined the sea and -ky had entered into a dire plot to destroy all between them. There was no light above the trap, and giving my friend the steward one more kick to assure his unconsciousness for a further period, I leaped on the ’tween deck sure of meeting a Violent death, and very anxious to get my hand on the throat of Skipper Alvarez. The dcor of the inner cabin was not quite closed, and I was about to open it when a tewwcrds spoken inside deterred me. ‘This is tcfrible,’ said a quivering voice. ‘Why did the fear of death in duce me thus to prostitute my holy of fice. (Japtaiu Alvartz, have you no fear of divine vengeance V Skipper Alvare* laughed in a low, disagreeable way, and sain : ‘Holy father, t spared your life in or der to indulge a sentiment. I wi-hed to know what it was to bo virtuous That amiable desire, however p r jvidence yourself and the girl have determined not to gratify. I thought I could wiu her by kindness, and that mockery, mar riage. It seems I was mistaken, and I shall bo c mpelled to try what I have oftn tried before. Turn into your bunk, old man.' A stout elderly man, in the attire of a priest, got on his legs and staggered to an adjaceet birth. Only witLiu the lino of vision a second ors", I saw that he was much affected by both fear acd liquor. Captain Alvarez, also the worst for liquor, opened the door, and, with out seciDg me, advanced to the foot of the companion. ‘Bad night, bad, night,’ he muttered, shaking his head with druuken gravi ty- . With the help of tho hand-rail, he managed to stagger back, and placing bis hand on the door of a berth, was about to open it when a terrific crash and a cry from fifty throats smote bis ear, and the vessel, giving a jump by the head, went stern down. Again the same noise, again the same cry, and the craft giving another leap by tho bead, as if never to rise. Every timber in her shook and groan ed as if convulsed with pniu, and she rocked to and fro with such extraordina ry velocity that I was almost seiz and with vertigo. Conquering this feeling, however, I dashed into tho cabin, stabbed the skip per to the heart, md opened the door of the berth in which tho unknown lay and slept—yes, slept in spite of the mdse, the motion of the ship, and tho foarfu! death which awaited her. My breath upon her faeo aroused her, and she open ed hi r eyes with a loud shriek ; but I succeeded in winning her confilouoo tbore and then. Tho gale suddenly ceased, and a break in the black sky showed the posi tion of the vessel with respeot to the coast, the forces of the wind and waves had wedged her hard and fast between immense rocks which ran shelving dowu far in the sea. Captain Brazen and twenty others, had been washed overboard, aiid there only remained ten of the crew on board, nine of whom were Americans. The rocks proved inaccesible, and moreover, there was no Lope of getting the vessel out of tho singular position sho occupied. Wo were soon relieved from anxiety, however. On the morning of the third day a ship was seen bearing down di rectly on us. It proved to be a mer chantman from Boston, and wo were speedily treading its deck. The unknowu declared herself to be the daughter of Captain Ra'hborn, of the Tempest, which vessel had been sev eral weeks overdue. Herself and the priest were tho only survivers of that ill fated craft. Well, little remains to say, except that wo reached homo in safety, and that Kate Kathborn became my wife. TIIE ROBBER ON HILSTEAD WOOD. Our scene opens upon n highway, nearly three leagues from London.— The shades of evening were fast set ting in, when a horseman bestriding a nobie steed, who seemed quite exhaus ted by his day’s journey, entered tho avenue leading tnrough Halstead Wood ; and tiie young man—for he seemed rcarc ly twenty-two years of age; as lie entered the forest, nov made gloomy by the darkness of the falling n : ght, drew from his head his rich’y embroidered cap of velvet, and as he wiped from his brow the perspi ration, he murmured— “But a short distance now my good steed, and then our journey is ended. Tis a long time since I left the city of my lairth, and my parents and sweet sister—God forbid that aught should have befallen them during my absence —will 8-ariely know me. But I wd give tli >m a surprise —ah ! that will bo delightfuland as ho spoke, he again p’aced his cap ■ upon his, head, on! started onward at a bris ker pace. But scarcely had he proceeded ten rods, when, from the thicket on the right, a inan, whose face was covered with a mask, rushed from his coneeaL meat, and ero the traveller was aware of In's presence, seized the horse by the bridle, an 1 with a powerful jerk, near ly threw' him upon his haunches— then leveling directly at the stranger’s breast a heaVy pistol, ho exclaimed “Instantly deliver tip the money in you r possession, or your life w ill pay the forfeit!” The young man’s eyes flashed with passion lor a moment, then, spurring iiis horse, whk-h gave a spring for ward, he leaped with a bound from his saddle; and ere the robber, whose attention had bdon for an instant di rected to tho horso, could provert it, or before his arm could bo raised one hand of the traveller was fairly griped upon his throat, and the other pinioning the arm which held the pis tol. Fiercely did the robber struggle in his endeavors to free himself from the young man’s hold, but it was all in vain ; he might as well have attempted to movo a rock. Soon his face turned to a purple hue, and as he vainly endeavored to utter a sentence, he oj ened his band, and the pistol fell upon the ground, and he turned his eyes with an imploring look upon bis captor. Nor was it unheed ed, for the young man unloosed his hold of the roboer’s throat and draw ing from his p cket a handkerchief, he firmly bound the hands of the captive; and then taking the loaded pistol from the ground, he placed it within his own bosom. Ti e robber, as his captor stepped fYoru him, sank upon the turf, ami to the astonishment of tho young man, buried his face in his bound hands, and burst into a flood of tears. ‘Alas ! poor Marian,’ he sobbe 1, ‘you wi’l now starve, and I, oh, heaven ! shall not be near you !' ‘Starve—Marian !’ repeated the young man, whose astonishment was great; ‘by all that’s good, I have a sister by that name, an l she of whom you speak shall not starve. Tell me my good man, why did you attempt to lob me? You seem cot like a common villain ’ ‘Neither am I,’ said the robber lift ing his head at the words of tho young man. ‘Then why, I again ask, did you attempt my robbery ?’ ‘I will tell you, as you desire it, and God knows it is the truth. ‘Two years ago I wms a clerk in the employ of a wealthy, influential firm in London. At the mansion of the jun ior partnor, I one evening made the acquaintance of a beautifulyoung lady, daughter of a rich merchant. Our intimacy ripened into love, and we be came pledged to one anothir. Thus our affairs stood, when the father of Marian become acquainted with the fact, and forbid me bis house. I was i but an humble clerk, he said, and not! a ina’rh for her whose affections I had i But tho sternness of tho fathe ral tered not the feelings of tho daughter, for in a few flecks wo effected tin elopement, and then Marian bocamo my wife. ‘Her father, from that moment, would never seo her face ; nnd he de clared that not n pound of Hits wealth should over be bestowed ujkmi his un grateful girl. By his machinations, also, I lost my situation, and six months since left the employ of my hitherto kind benefactor. Oh, God 1 the agony of mind I have since endur ed would have madiionod my brain had not my gentle Marian been up permost iu my thoughts. For many weeks I have sought employment, but could no gain it. Since yesterday, myself or wife havo tasted no food ; and to-day—Heaven forgivo mo tho act—l started from the city determined to rob. You can see how I have succeeded ; and yet,thank Uod, you overpowered rne. Had it not been for my wife, I would have never attemptedti is; but I could not see her starvo—l could not !’ and as be concluded, he again fobbed like a child. ‘Nor shall she!’ cried the young man. ‘I know net bu’. you are play ing mo false, but I can scarcely be lieve it. Forgive me, however, if I take proper precaution against treach ery.’ As he spoke he again mounted 1 is horse, and bidding his prisoner go on before, they started on their way to London. ‘Lead me to your own dweling,’ he continued, as they departed from tiie sjot, ‘end if I find you have told me tne truth, you shall not suffer.’ ‘Thank you !” was all tho overpow ered man could reply, und they pro ceeded on in silence. Tho bells of the city were striking the hour of ten, when tho two men ar rived at the outskirts of London. His mount njr from his wearied horse which be left in the hands of the hrstler of an humble inn, the young man followed the foo'steps of the robber, keeping a cauti'Uis eye upon him, lest he should attempt to escape by darting down one of the many filthy lanes in tiie vicinity. But such a thought never entered the breast ol the prisoner, he led his cap trr on through several streets, ti’l stop ping before a miserable tenement, whose ancient walls seemed as if about to fall to the ground, he turned und said— ‘This is tho place where, for throe weeks, myße'f and wife have been obliged to remain deprived of every comfoft, and eveu the necessaries of life. ‘But do not let mo go into tho pres* ence of Marian with my hands thus bound, for heaven’s sake; kind sir, unbind them, for shou'd she see me thus, she would know that I was a criminal !’ A tear stood in the young man’s eyes as he proceeded to do ns request ed, for ho felt that such could never come from a guihy and depraved be in f->* Bushing aside the rickety door as soon as his hands were free, the poor man entered the wretched abode, fol lowed by iho stranger. Passing through a sort of hall, they came to another door, which was opened, and they s ood in a small, low room, which was lighted but dimly by a flickering rush light. A woman, who at their entrance was sitting with her face burird in her hands, started up, ana sprang to tho embrace of her husband. Sho noticed not the stranger, but, as she welcomed her husband, she asked in a tremulous voii o ‘And have ydu succeeded, dear Al win in finding employment ?’ ‘I have not, Marian,’ was the reply : ‘but I have brought a friend with me that promises relief.’ The woman started at these words, nnd turned to thank tbeir unkeown debverer. • But scarcely had the young man’s eyes fallen upon her face than he. sprang forward exclaiming— ‘Gracious heavens, do my eyes de ceive mo ! Tell me, was not your name before marriage Marion 11 wiselyl' exclaimed the be wildered woman. ‘I knew it; I could n't mistake those features ; you aro my nisi>r !’ nnd the young inan raised her to h s heart. No ! it cannot be !’ exclaimed she, starting back. ‘I never had but one brother—he Bleeps in an ocean grave!’ ‘Ad, you are mistaken there ; tho ves e el in which I started for the Indies was indeed wrecked, and all but my self perished. For two years I have wandered in a for ign land, and have just arrived upon my native shores. lain your brother, William llansely.’ ‘Then it must be so—it is, indeed, for I can now recognize your ci.un'e nnneo, although you are much alter ed !’ nnd, with a glad cry, she flew in to his arms It was a happy meet’ng for all that night"; and it may well he be’ieved that the husband was astonished at the scent. That very night tbrv removed to comfortahl-quarters; and tho next day, at tho interference of the long-lost son, were restored to the favor of the woalthy | aren's. Marian never learned the true story of her Im hand’s meeting with her brother, nor was the incident ever re called to the memory of the truly re pentant husband A w r st in genius has invented a mc ebine fur killing the potato bug. Two wheels and. ice a fan, which sucks lip the* insects and dash 8 theta against a board. No. %£<.s. Early Life of President An drew Johnson. The little fellow ot Ralet ;h, North Carolina, who acts ns correspondent of the New Orleans Republican, sends Lis paper the following. Andrew Johnson was hern in the upper strry of a kitchen attached to a building known as ‘Casso’R Tavern," of which his mother was the house keeper or stewardess. A daughter of Mr. Cnsso, the proprietor of the hotel, was married to a merchant named Stewart in the early part of the even ing, and tho dance in honor ol tho wed ding was progre sing at the time ho first saw the light. Tho bride, whe lived to a good old ago and died a few years ago dressed tho new comer in his swaddling clothes. His father, Jacob Johnson, died four years after ward, not from the effect of injuries received in saving tho life of a friend, as has been stated, but from the re sults of dissipation. The family were known as “Rhnrnkatters,” because they lived in a locality called ‘liharti- Katte,’ which is, I smpposi, a corruption of the word ‘Ramsgate’ The original generation wue honest hard working laborers, but having no money wherewith to buy stores, the secern? generation were degraded into what is now called “piny woods poor white trash ” Mrs. Johnson, his mother, was a woman of rare ability for one of her class, and through her intluence Jacob Johnson, his father, was induced to obtain labor in tho city of Raleigh, nnd when she died she apprenticed her son Andrew, then about thirteen years old, to a merchant tailor, named Jas. Selby James Litchford, who is yet alive, was then the cutter or foreman of tho ‘shop.’ He says that Andrew was not a good boy, nnd yet not a very bad one, and tells mßnj interest ing incidents of his ‘boyhood.’ The people here, although they havo obsequiously bui't a monument over his father’s grave, look upon him as a poor white trash taik.r boy yet, and always will. Specie Demanded. There are but few pleasing remini scences of the time when business and credit were prustrat-d by the hurri cane which swept,over this country in “thirty-seven”—when the banks gen era’ly suspended specie payments, and hard cash was a phenomenon. We recollect hut one mirth provoking inci dent connected with tho great panic, and that was tiie presentation of a hun dred dollar bill at the counter *of a city bunk by a Frenchman, with a demand for the specie: “Mender,” Said the fierce little Frenchman, “vi 1 ycu pay ziz hill ? - Vill you give me ze monaie ?” “We cannot redeem it at present,” said she teller in a very bland tone; “we have suspended " “Suspende i Vat’s ilat? Hang by ze neck like one tarn tieving dog ? No saro ! you no deceive rne, sure 1 I vill have ze l argent, zo gold, zo silvuire, ze coppure 1” “We can't pay it now. Wo will redeem our notes when other banks redeem theirs ” “When ozer hanks redeem deirs! By garo, ze ozer hunk say Ze same, saro ! I vill shoot you, saro, vis ze pis tol, ze gun, ze cannon, sure 1” “You had better wait, sir. You bail batter keep cool.’’ “By gar, I vill not vait; I vi'l not keep cool—vill have, by gar, revenge! Sacra ! Look here ! I tare your pa pier not all in leetlo piece ! I chew him! I stamp on him ! You lose jour lee tlo dam billet note ! There, sare—l am revenge! I am, by g-r, re venge !” And, having destroyed tho note, looking full defianro at the cashier, tellers and all hands, tho little French man stalked out of the bank with the air of a Napoleon. Practical liEcaiprs —Fly time is approaching, und with it will doubt less come the usual myriads of insects, &c., to pester and annoy us. We have selected a few receipts, which wo can recommend. Try them : To kill roaches—Put your roaches in a barrel, put on a pair of heavy boots, and get in and dunce. To render musquitoes harmless— Pull cut their bills wjth a pair of tongs. For fleas—Tie them to the bedpost with long chains, and let the dogs fin ish them. To kill mice—Flatten their heads with a letnen squeezer. To kill rats —This receipt is cheat) and never fails. When you retire for the n : ghl, place a small bit of cheesa in your mouth, keep it well open, and when the rat’s whisker’s tickle your throat, bite. A certain green customer, who was a stranger to mirrors, gn t who step ped into the cabin of one of our ocean steamers, stopped in font of a large pier glass, which, he took for a door, and seeing his own reflection ho said : “I say, mister, w hen doe3 this ere boat start ?’’ Getting no answer from .he dumb reflection before him, he again repeat ed : “I say, mister, when does this ere boat start ?” Ineer.-ed at the silent figure; he then bn ike out: “Go to thundi r I ye darned sassa fras colored, shoctbqaded bull-calf; ye don’t look as if you knew much auy b >w ! ’ It is a fact creditable to barn-yard natuie, that while cur.-os come home to r.ast to sterj never come home to curee. Tbe Eat Maa. Bridget,”said • lady in the city of Gotham one morning, asshewaa reccn ooitering in the kitebuu, “what a quan tity es soap grease you have got hare* We cau got plimtj of soap for it, mu mnst exchange it for some, Watch for tbe fat men, and when he comes along, tell lain I want to speak to him.” “Yeß, mcro,’’said Bridget, Ail that morning, Bridget, between each whisk of her dish-cloih, kept m bright i< okcol from the kiteben window and no moving crcatnro (Reaped kef watchful gaze. At last her indua'ry seemed to be rewarded, for down tho street came a large, portly gentleman flourishing n cane and looking the veiy pioturo of goud humor. “Surely, there’s the fat man, now,’* thought Bridget; and when he was in front of tbe house, out sho flew, aod in formed him that her mistress wished to speak to him. “Speak to roe, roy good gill 1” replied the old gentleman. “Yes, sir; wants to speak to yea, ’nd says would you be kind en ugh to walk in, sir?*’ This request, so direct, was not to be refused, so, in a state of some wonder ment, up the stairs went Bridget, and 'knocking at the. mistress's door, put her bead in, and exclaimed ; “Fat gentleman’s in tbe parlor, mum. 1 ’ 8o saying, she instantly withdrew to the lower regions. “In tho parlor,” thought the lady 4 “What can it mean ? Bridget must must have blundered.” But down to the parlor she went, and up rose her tat friend, with Lis blandest smile and moat graceful bow. “Your servant iufr ruled me, madam, that would like to speak to me. At your service, madam.” The mortified mistress saw the state of tbe case immediately, and a smile wte thed itself about her lips in spite of hcr,elf, and af'erwards said; “Will you pardon the terrible blinder of a ruw Irish girl, my dear sir? I told her to call iu the fat man to tako away the soap grease, when she saw him, and sbo baa made a mistake, you see.” The jolly fat gentlemen leaned back in his chair, and laughed suoh a hearty ha ! ha 1 ha ! as never coine from any of your lean gentry. “No apologies needed, madam, ’’ said he- “It is dicidedly the best joke of t.O season. Ia !ha!ha 1 so she took mo for the soap-grease man, did she? It will keep me laughing for months. Suoh a good joke I*' And all up the street and around the corner was beard the merry ha! ha ! ha t of the eld gentleman, as he brought down bis cane, every now and then ex claiming “duch a joke!” Masonry is far above all political dir turbances of States and nations. If not it bas sunken greatly below its old and glorious estate. All denunciations of Masonry by Masons, as rebels or trait ors, is indefensible and contrary, not only to the spirit of Freemasonry, but to its positive law, and that so, it ought to be solemnly adjudged by Masons at home and abroad; aod that it may hereafter bo known and remembered that Masons cannot, without becoming unworthy, bring railing accusations against each other; and that Masons on and off the field of battle may not again be thus advised by rash men to forget and violate their solemn oaths— Pike. A Ghost Story — Sir Walter Scott used to tell, wiin much zest, a story of a man who tried to frighten his friend by encountering htm at midnight on a lonely spot which was supposed to bo the resort of a ghost visitant. Ha took his seat on the haunted stone wrapped in a long white sheet. Presently to hij horror, the real ghost appeared and sat down btsido him, with the ominous cjaculafioD, ‘You aro a ghost and lam a ghost, Lt us come closor and eloser together,’ and closerer and closer tho ghost pressed, till the sham ghost, over come with terror, fainted away. Two of ’Em — A young fellow whoso better half bad ju=t presentcq him with a pair of bouncing twins attended cLurch one Sunday. During ihe discourse, tbe clergyman looked right at our innocent friend, and said, in a tone of thrilling elcqnnee; ‘ Viffng man, yon have an important responsibility thrust upon you,’ The newly fledged dad, suppoung the preach er alluded to his pneuliar home event, considerably startled the audience by exclaiming, ‘Yes, I have two of ’em. Vanity.— ‘My dear,’ said Mrp, Dog berry to her daughter, ‘you shtuld not hold your dress so very high in cross ing the streets.’ ‘Then, ma,’ replied the maiden, ‘how shall I ever show the beauty of my fl -uticed pantlcts, that has almost ruin ed my eyisignt to manufacture? I’ai sure I dor’t care if the beans do look at me.’ Mrs Dogberry spoke cf'the sin of vanity and tho beauty of decorum,’ and walked off to her chamber. Lucy Store once said: “There is cotton in the years of man, and hope in the bosom of woman.” ' Lucy made » mistake and got the cotton in the wrong place, A Vermonter has invented anew ard cheap plan for boarding. One of his boarders mesmerizes the rest, and then exts a hearty meal—tbe mesmerized be ing satisfied from sympathy. An Englishman and an Irishman were passing by a the former asked: ‘Bat, if that gal'ows had its dews, pray where would you be?’ ‘Ocb, faith, and I’d be riding to town all alone.’ Goodness me !’ cried an old lady tho other day, ‘lf tho d- es come to end next year, what shall I do for scuff ; * Much remains unsung, as the tom cat said when a brick cut short his ser enade. The boy who lost his balcnco on tho roi f, found it on the ground shortly af terward.