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IS PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY, AT ONEIDA, MADISON COUNTY, N. Y. JOIIN CRAWFORD, Editer k Proprietor. OFFICE—MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE, CORNER \ OF MAIN AND CHESTNUT STREETS. TERMS of OHEIDA SACHEM. ToJ3fllce, PoBt Office, and Moil Subscribers,.. .$1.00 Village Subscribers, served by Carrier, $1.35 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. -0* Subscribers -wishing their papers < will give the name of the Post Office chan as well as the Post Office they wish \t here; to LAWS COF NEW 'YORK—By Authority. GflE DOLLAR fer Amun INVARIABLY IN ADYANCE. VOL. 8. ONEIDA, MADISON CO., S. Y., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1862. NO. 50 [Every law, unless a different time shall, scribed therein, shall commence and take throughout the State, on and not before the tieth day after the day of its flnalpassage, as ^ by the Secretary of State. Sec 12, title 4, part 1, Revised Statutes.] CHAPTER 207. AN ACT to amend an act'entitled \An actjbr incorporation of ,the village of Oxford and for other purposes,\ passed April sixth, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and the acts amending the same. PASSED April 12,1862—three-fifths being present. Tlie People of the State of New York, represented in Senate ana Assembly, do enact as follows: SEOTIOK 1. On the first Tuesday of May, eighteen hundred, and sixty-two, there shall be elected in the manner now required by law, at the annual election iasaid village of Oxford-six trustees of said village, who shall possess ail the rights aud powers now or hereafter conferred upon the trustees of said village. The trustees so elected on the first Tuesday of May next, shall be classified by lot to be publicly drawn by the presiding officer at such election, immediate ly afcer the completion of the canvass of such elec tion. The classes shall be divided into three and numbered one, two and three, according to the term of service of each; the class having the short est term to serve b«imyiumber one, and the term of office of the two persons drawn in class number one shall expire on the first Tuesday of May, eight een hundred and sixty-three, those in class number two on,the first Tuesday of May, eighteen hundred 'andosixty-four; those in class number three on the first Tuesday of May, eighteen hundred and sixty- five. The said trustees shall hold their office until others are elected or appointed in their place and qualify. § 2. At the annual elections held in said village after the first Tuesday in May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, there shall be elected in said village, In the manner now required by law, two trustees of said village, who shall hold their office for the term of three years, and until others arc elected or ap pointed in their place aud qualify. § 3. In case of any vacancy now or hereafter exist ing in the office of trustee of said village, arising from any cause, the trustees in office may appoint any elector of such village, being a freeholder, to I fill 6uch vacancy until the nexj annual election in such village and until others sliall be elected to fill such vacancyland qualify. § 4. If at any annual election any vacancy in the office of trustee is to be filled, the electors shall de signate on their ballot the person or persons to fill such vacancy or vacancies, and who 6hall serve for the full term; and In case no person shall be elect ed to fill such \vacancy then the trustees in offiGe shall appoint some elector in such village, being a freeholder, to fill the. same until the next annual election and until others ghall be elected in their • place aud qualify* § 5. Any person may take up any animals running at large in said village, and put them in the public pound now or hereafter established in said village,, ana shall immediately give notiec thereof to the pound keeper who shall receive and detain them in the pound until discharged by law. Within twenty- four hours after receiving notice of the impounding as aforesaid, said pound master shall give notice of tlie sale of'said animal or animals by posting writ ten notices thereof in friree of the most public places in saidjvillage, stating the time aud place or said sale, and describingsaid animals. Such sale shall riot take place in less than ten days from the posting of the notices thereof in any case, and if the value of such animals exceed twenty-five dollars, such notice shall also be published once in each week for tour successive weeks, before the sale thereof, in a news paper printed in such village it there be one, and if none, then in the newspaper printcdnearcst to such village; and if the owner or owners of such animal or animals is known to the pound master, he shall give said owner or owners notice of the sale there of; if a resident of said village he shall give notice \personally if not a resident, by depositing postage prepaid, a notice of said sale in the posl-oflice, pro- ( perly folded and directed to said owner at his place of residence, at least six days before said, sale; said sale may be postponed for want of bidders, in which case said pound master shall give notice of post ponement as reqircd herein for noticc'of .* The owner or owners of such animals may at any time redeem the same before the sale thereof by paying the fees, penalty and expeuses of keeping the same; if not paid, the said pound master shall, at the time and place named, proceed to sell the same, and shall be entitled to charge and receive for publishing no tice of sale the same fees as are uow allowed by law for publishing legal advertisements. In case of sale, the pound keeper shall pay the surplus money aris ing from said sale, after deducting his fees and charges, to the treasurer of said village, who shall retain thereof the penalty of the by-laws under which such animal was impounded, and hold the balance thereof for the benefit of the owner of such animal, if claimed within one year from the day of such sale, if not so claimed, then said,balaucc shall belong to said village. § 6. The trustees of said village shall fix the com pensation and fees of the pound keeper or keepers in said village. The trustees of said village shall have power to pass any aud all by-laws regulating the pound or pounds now or hereafter established in said village, and the keeping of the same and fix ing the penalties for breaking of the same, and for the rescuing of any animal therefrom or while being driven thereto; and to fiK suitable penalties for the violation of any such T)y-law to be sued for and col lected in the corporate name of said village. . % 7. This act shall take effect immediately. *So ia the original. STATE OF NEW YORK, ) Office of the Secretary of State. j »— I have compared the precediug with the original law on file in thisoffice, and do certify that the same is a cor tm* •ffitnscript therefrom and of the whole of said original. HORATIO BALLARD, Ssvretaiij of Stale. THE BOY WHO WENT TO WAR. BT ILLEK PAIGE. Away they march—our volunteers— The glittering files we see, The floating plumes, and flashing arms, And banner, broad and free. \Watch him, mother, your-blue-eyed boy, Look on him while yda may - T When the broken ranks march slowly back He will be far away. You would not ask him, even now, i To rest at home at ease, When the traitor flags arc flying To battlei and the-breeze. No tears for him! The loving heart May break, but must not melt; He bears the good old stars and stripes, The eagle clasps his belt. Not his to fall in battle's roar, \ Nor yet in midnight tramp; But by a deadly foe that lurks Within the crowded camp. Worn, with fever, alone he lies, Wasted by weary pain; Never, never, his comrades know Will he lilt his-sword again. He will not start at the trumpet's blast 1 To head the practised fight, Nor pass the story, song and jest, By the warm red fires at night. He sleeps at last—the merry boy, The boy so bright and free— He sleeps so well, he will not wake At any reveille! No woman-hand with tenderest love Shuts the eyes that cannot see; Softly comrade! fold the dear hands, And kiss him once for me. Spread o'er him now our proud old flag, Oh, it is right and meet, High hearts that beat like his should have Such glorious winding sheet 1 Though smooth andjfair the boyish cheek, nis breast without a scar, We know he would die for the standard He bore so true and far. \While hands, like his, still live to strike, Will ever honored be, Spotless it floats—God bless our flag! . O'er every shore and sea. .Gently, comrades, bear him away, Away to his shallow grave; Peace to the cold and pulseless heart, So gentle, yet so brave. The eagle droops on the high dark staff, The dead-march wail is o'er, The soldiers sleep and dream of home; One sleeps—but dreams no more. To the breaking heart a letter Goes back in stranger hand; In it a ring of soft, light hair, Lies like a golden band. All that's left of dust so loved; Death cannot dim nor mar, All that's left of the daring boy Who went away to war. INDIANAPOLIS, April 30,1861. , her, and mine are strong enough for that task!\ \ Then why didn't you keep on ? Why did you stop here ?\ demanded the wife. \ Because I am not apt to go on fool's errands. The guardians must first be seen, and a permit obtained.\ There was no gainsaying this. \ When will you see the guardians ?'' was asked, with irrepressible impatience. \ To-morrow.'' \ Why put it off till to-morrow ? Go at once 'for the permit, and get the whole thing off your hands to-night.\ \ Jane,\ Suid the wheelwright, with an ^.v, ».^Jmprcssiveness of tone that greatly sub- butTnono followed the dead cart as it bore jdued his wife, \ I read in the Bible sorae- the unhonored remains to its narrow fimes, and find much said about little a rough man, to whom the question, \ \What's to be done with Maggie ?\ was asked. \ Nobody's going to be bothered with her.\ \ The poor house is a sad place for a sick, helpless child,'' answered one. \For your child or mine,\ said the other, lightly* speaking; \ but for this brat it will prove a blessed change. She will keep clean, have healthy food, and be doctored, which is more than can be said of her past condition.\ There was reason in that, but still it didn't satisfy. The day following the day of the death was the day of burial. A few neighbors were at the miserable hovel AX AiVGEL IN DISGUISE. CHAPTER 2-K5. AN ACT to amend the provisions of the Revised Statutes in relation to jurisdiction over divorces. PARSED April 15,1862—three-fifths being present. TheFeople of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : SECTION 1. The second subdivision of the thirty- eighth section of article third, title first, part second, chapter eighth of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Where the marriage has been solemnized or has taken place within this State, or where the injured party at the time of the commission of the oflence, and at the time of exhibiting the bill of complaint shall be ah actual inhabitant of this state. § 2. Section thirty-one of article second, title one, of .chapter eight of. the second part of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended so as t o read as follows to wit: • *• No marriage shall be annulled on the ground of force or duress, if it shall appear that at any time be fore the commencement of the suit, there was a voluntary cohabitation of the parties as hasband and wife, nor on the ground of fraud, where there Was such voluntary cohabitation with fall knowl edge of the facts constituting the fraud. J) 3. This act shall take effect immediately. STATE o r NEW YOBK, ) Offlce of the Secretary of State, j > I have compared the proceding with the original law on file in this office, and do certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole«of said original. ^ HORATIO BALLARD, Secretary of State. A correspondent of the London Tele graph, writing frpm Washington, says: \It cannot be pretended that any nation on earth is so strong in artillery at this moment as the Federal States of America.\ Idleness, vice and intemperance had done their miserable work, and the dead mother lay cold and stark amid the wretched children. She had fallen upon the threshold of her own door, in a drunk en fit, and died in the presence of her affrighted little ones. Dcjath touches the springs of our com mon humanity. This (woman despised, scoffed at, and angrily denounced by nearljy every man, woman and child in the \fillage ; but now as the fact of her death was passed froni lip to lip, 'in sub dued! tones, pity took the place of anger, and Sorrow of denunciation. Neighbors went hastily to the old tumble-down hut, in w rich she had secured little more than a plaice of shelter from summer heats and winter colds; some with grave clothes for- a| decent interment of the body; and some with food for the half-starving child ren, three in number. Of these, John, the eldest, aTboy of twelve, was a stout lad, able to earn his living with any farm er. 'Kate, between ten and eleven, was a bright and active girl, out of whom some thing clever might be made, if in good hands; but poor little Maggie, the young est, was hopelessly diseased. Two years before, a fall from the window had injur ed h^r spine, and she had not been„at>le to leave her bed since, except when lifted in tlie arms of her mother. \ AVhat is to be done with the child ren 3\ That was the chief question now. The idead mother would go under ground, and 'be forever beyond all care or concern of the villagers. But the children must not be left to starve. After considering the matter, and talking it over with his wife, farmer Jones said that he would take John and\ do well by him, now that his mother was out of the way ; and Mrs. Ellis, who had been looking out for a bound girl, concluded that it would be charitable in her to make choice of Katy, even though she was too young to be of much use for several years. \I could do much better, I know,\ said Mrs. Ellis; \ but, as no one seems inclined to take her, I must act from a sense of duty. I expect to have trouble with the child ; for she's an unprincipled thing—used to having her own way.'* But no one said, \ I'll take Maggie.\ Pitying glances were cast on her wan and wasted form, and thoughts were troubled on her account. Mothers brought cast- off garments, and removing her. soiled and ragged clothes, dressed her in clean attire. The sad eyes and patient face of the little one touched many hearts, and even knocked at them for entrance. But none opened to take her in. Who want ed a bed ridden child ? \Take bar to'the poor house,\ said grave. Farmer Jones, after the was taken away, placed John in wagon, and drove away, statisfied that he had done his part. Mrs,. Ellis spoke to Kate with a hurried air—\Bid your sister good-bye,\ and drew, the tearful children apart ere scarce their lips had touched, in a sobbing farewell. Hastily others,-went out, some glancing at Maggie, and some resolutely refraining -fj-om a look, till all v had gone. She was alone! Just over the threshold, Joe Thompson, the wheelwright paused, and said to the blacksmith's wife, who was hastening off with the rest— \ It's a cruel thing to leave her so.\ \ Then take her to the poor house; she'll have to go there,\ answered the blacksmith's, wife, springing away, and leaving Joe behind. For a little while the man stood with a puzzled air; then he turned back and went into the hovel again. Maggie, with a painful effort, had raised- herself to an upright position, and was sitting on the bed, straining hor eyes upon the door out of which all had just departed. A vague terror had come into her tlrin white face. \ Oh, Mr. Thompson !'' she cried out, catehing her suspended breath, \ don't leave me here all alone!\ Though rough in exterior, Joe Thomp son, the wheelwright, had a heart, and it was very tender in some places. He liked children, and was pleased to have them 'c'pnie into his shop, where many a s)ed or wagon was made or mended for the vil lage lads«without a draft upon their hoard ed sixpences. • \No dear,'' be answered, in a kind ^voicc, going to tho l>od anil mooping down over the child, \ you shan't be left here alone.'' Then he wrapped her, with the gentleness almost of a woman, in the clean bedclothes which some neighbor had brought, and, lifting her in his strong arms, bore her out into the air, and across the field that lay between the hovel and his home. Now Joe Thompson's wife, who hap pened to be childless, was not a woman of saintly temper, nor much given to self- denial for other's good, and Joe had well grounded doubts touching the manner of greeting he should,receive on his arrival. Mrs. Thompson saw him approaching from the window, and with ruffling features met him a few paces from the door, as he opened thei gate and came in. coffin I children his id* £3 He bore a precious burden, and he felt it to be so. As his artnsi held the child to his breast, a sphere of tenderness went out from her, and pene trated his feelings. A bond had already carded itself round them both, and love was springing into life. ( \ What have you there ?\ harshly questioned Mrs. Thompson. Joe felt the child start and shrink against him. lie,did not reply except by a look that was pleading and cautionary, that said, \ Wait a moment for explana tions, and be gentle;\ and passing in carried Maggie to a small chamber on the first floor, and laid her on a bed. Then stepping back he shut the door and stood face to face with his vinegar-tempered wife in the passage outside. \ You haven't brought home that sick brat ?\ Anger and astonishment were in the tones of Mrs. Joe Thompson; her face was in a flame. \ I think women's hearts are sometimes very hard,\ said Joe. Usually Joe Thompson kept out of his wife's way, or remained silent and non-combative when she fired up on any subject; it was with some surprise, therefore, that she now encountered a firnijy set countenance and a resolute pair of eyes. \ Women's hearts are not half so hard as men's.\ . Joe saw, by quick intuition, that his resolute bearing had impressed bis wife, and he answered quickly, and with real indignation:—\ Be that as it may, every woman at the funeral turned her eyes steadily from the sick child's face, and when the cart went off with her dead mother, hurried away, and left her alone in that old hut, with the hot sun not an hour in the sky.\ '! Where are John and Kate asked Mrs. Thompson. \Farmer Jones tossed John in his wagon, and drove off. Kattie went home with Mrs. Ellis; but nobody wanted the poor sick one. \ Send her to the poor nonae,\ was the cry. \Why didn't you let her go then? What did you bring her here for ?\ \ She can't walk to the poor house,'' said Joe; \ somebody's arms must carry how the Saviour rebuked the diBciples who would not receive them ; how He took them up in His arms and blessed them ;' how He said that whoso ever gave them a cup of cold water, should not go unrewarded. Now, it is a small thing for us to keep this poor moth erless little one for a single night; to be kind to her for a single night; to make her comfortable for a single night.\ The voice of the strong, rough man shook, and he turned his head away, so that the moisture in his eyes might not be seen. Mrs. Thompson did not answer, but a soft feeling crept into her heart. \ Look at her kindly, Jafie ; speak to her kindly,'' said Joe. \ Think of her dead mother and the loneliness, the pain, the sorrow that must be on her all her coming life.'' The softness of .bis heart gave unwonted eloquence to his lips. Mrs. Thompson did not reply, but pres ently turned toward the little chamber where her husband had deposited Maggie; and pushing open the door, went quickly in. Joe did not follow ; he saw that her state had changed, and felt that it would be best to leave her alone with the child. So he went to his shop, which stood near the house, and worked till dusky evening released him from his labor. A light shining through the little chamber window was the first object that attracted Joe 's attention on turning towards the house; it was a good omen. The path led him by this window, and when opposite, he could not help pausing to look in. It jvas now (dark enough outside to screen him from observation. Maggie lay a little raised on a pillow, with the light shining upon her face. Mrs. Thompson was sit ting by the bed talking to the child ; but her back was towards the window so that her countenance was not seen. Froi Maggie's face, therefore, Joe must rea the character of their intercourse. He saw that her eyes were intently fixed on his wife ; that now and then a few words came as if in answers from her lips; that her expressions'were sad, tender; but he saw nothing of bitterness or pain. A deep drawn breath was followed by one of relief,..as a weight lifted itself from his heart. On entering, Joe did not go immediate ly to the little chamber. His heavy tread about the kitchtin brought his wife some what hurriedly from the room where she had been with Maggie. Joe though it best not to refer to the child, nor to mani fesfr any concern in regard to her. \ How soon will supper be ready ?\ he asked. \ Right soon,\ answered Mrs. Thomp son, beginning to bustle about. There was no asperity in her^yoice. . After washing from his hands and face tho soil and dust of work, Joe left the kitchen and went to the little bedroom. A pair of large, bright eyes looked up at him from the snowy bed; looked at him tenderly, gratefully, pleadingly. How his heart swelled in his bosom! With what a quicker motion came the heart beats! Joe sat down, and now for the first time examining the thin face pare- fully under the lamp light, saw that it was an attractive face, and full of childish sweetness, which suffering had not been able to obliterate. \ Your name is Maggie!\ said he, as he sat down and took her soft hand in his. \ Yes, sir.'' Her voice struck a chord that quivered in a low strain or music \ Have you been sick ?\ \ Yes, sir.\ AVhat a sweet patience was in her tone. \ Has the doctor been to see you ?\ \ He used to come.'' \ But not lately ?\ \ No, sir.\ \ Have you any\ pain ?\ \ This morning my side ached, aud my back hurt when you carried me.\ \It hurts you to be.lifed or moved about ?'' \ Yes, sir.\ \ Your side dosen't ache now ?\ \ No, sir.\ \ Does it ache a great deal ?\ \ Yes, sir, but it hasn't ached since I've been on this soft bed.\ \ The soft bed feels good ?\ \ O yes, sir—so good !\ What a satis faction, mingled with gratitude, was in her voice! \ Supper is ready,\ said Mrs. Thomp son, looking into the room a short time afterwards. Joe glanced from his wife's face to that of Maggie; she understood him, and an swered: \ She can wait until we. are done; then Bates of Advextiiinf. lw | 8w | 3m | dm | fail lyr 1 Square, n Squares, 5075 | 1.25 $1.25 | 2.00\ $3.00 | W.00 f$6.90 IJ&OQ 4.00\| 7.00| 9.75 | 12.0C I will bring her something to celt.\— There was an effort of indifference cjn the part of Mrs. Thompson ; but her husband had seen her through the window, and understood that the coldness was assumed. Joe waited, after sitting down to the table, for his wife to introduce the subject uppermost in both of their thoughts; but she kept silent on that theme for many minutes,- and he maintained a like reserve. At last she said abruptly— \ What arejyou going to do with that child?\ I thought you understood me that she was to go to the poor house ?\ replied Joe, as if surprised at her question. Mrs'. Thompson loooked rather strange ly at herhusband for some moments, and then dropped her eyes. The subject was not agaiu referred to during the meal. At its close, Mrs. Thompson toasted a slice of bread, and softened it with milk and butter; added to this a cup of tea, she took them into Maggie, and held the small waiter on which she had placed them while the hungry child ate with every sign of pleasure. \ Is it good ?\ asked Mrs. Thompson, seeing with what keen relish the food was taken. The child paused, with the cup in her hand, and answered with a look of grati tude that awoke to new life old human feelings, which ~1iad been slumbering in her heart for half a score of years. \ We'll keep her a day or two longer ; she is so weak and helpless,\ said Mrs. Joe Thompson, in answer to her husband's remark at breakfast time on the next morning, that h« must step down and see the Guardians of the Poor about Maggie. \ She'll be so much in your way,'' 'said Joe. \ I shan't mind that for. a day or two. Poor thing.\ Joe did not see the Guardians of the Poor on that day, on the next, nor on the following. In fact he never saw them at all on Maggie's account, for in less than a week Mrs. Joe Thompson would as soon have thought of taking up her own abode in the alms house as sending Maggie there. What light and blessing did that sick and helpless child bring to tho home of Joe Thompson, the poor wheelwright!— It had been dark and cold and miserable there for a long time, just because his wife had nothing to love and care for out of herself, and so became sour, irritable, ill-tempered and self-afflicting in the deso lation of her woman's nature. Now the weetness of that sick child, looking over to her in love, patience and gratitude, was as honey(£o her soul, and she carried in her heart as well as in her arms, a precious burden. As for Joe Thompson, there was not a man in all the neighborhood who drank daily Of a more precious wine of life than he. An angel had come ' to his home, disguised as a sick, helpless aud miserable child, and filled all of its dreary chambers with the sunshine of love. Interesting to Tobacco Consumers. The Tax bill, as amended by the Senate's Committee, imposes the following duties on manufactured Tobacco :— On tobacco, cavendish, plug, twist, fine cut, and manufactured of all descriptions, not including snuff and cjgars, twenty cents per pound. (Increase 10 cents.) On sriuff manufactured of tobacco, pground, dry \or damp, all'descriptions, (except aromatic or medical snuff in phials, pots, boxes, or packets,) twenty cents per pound. (Increase 12 cents.) On cigars, valued at riot over five dol lars per thousand, fifteen cents per pound. (Increase 5 cents.) On cigars, valued at over five dol lars and not over ten dollars per thousaud, twenty cents per pound. (Increase 5 cents.) On cigars, valued at over ten dollars per thousand, and not over twenty dollars, twenty-five cents per pound. (Increase 5 cents.) On cigars, valued at over twenty dol lars per thousand, thirty-five cents per pound. (New clause.) How TO MAIL MOKET.— When you wish to Bend money in a letter, let your bills be of such denominations as will re quired the least to make the desired amount; be sure, also that they are good bills. Put the money within the letter sheet, so that it may not come in contact with the envelope, and secure the letter firmly. Put on a postage stamp yourself, and quietly drop it into the post-office box, for to register a letter is merely to label it as containing money. In sending gold or silver coin by letter, take a thin card the size of the letter when folded, cutout holes the size of the coin, set the coin in the holes and paste thin paper tightly over to keep the money in its place. It is of no use to stick coin upon a wafer to the sheet of the letter—it always gets off by the jolting of the mail matter. Any amount of silver coin less than a half- dollar can go in a light sheet for single postage; a half-dollar in an ordinary let ter always costs a double postage. XGolmnn | 2.00 | 3.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 j 1L00~1 15.0ft> HCelnmn | 3.00 | 5.00 | 9.00 115.00 l\20.00 | 88.00 1 Column j 5.00 | 10.00 118.00 | 30.00 | 40.00 \ SO.OO Sixteen lines of solid matter, or leas, make one square. , £3?\ Lejjal Advertisements will be charged at tlie rate prescribed by law. t3?~ All Transient Advertisements to be paid for at the time of leaving copy. AdJvcrtlsementB not accompanied with writ ten directions, will be Inserted unttl forbid, and charged accordingly. J3PAU letters, communications*, &c, must be addressed) to JOHN CRAWFORD, Orleida, Madison Co. N. Y. From the Continental Monthly. The Pleasures of Proverty. The man who has been overtaken by reverses need not look far abroad to see 1 that a system of compensation is pretty generalljy dealt out in this life. Set him adrift inj the world, with scarcely a dollar; let him walk, almost a beggar, through the same streets he oilee trod, a man of * wealth,, and it would be idle to assert that he will not be almost overwhelmed by tho force of bitter recollections. In propor tion as other days wiere>4wp'py will these be miserable. As I)ante has truly said, the memory of former joys, so far from affording relief to the' wretched, serves' only to embitter the present, as they feel that these joys have forever passed away. But unless his Jot bo one of unusual calamity], as time brunts tho keenest edgo of sorrojw, he musti be devoid of both philosophy aud religijon if he does not feel that -Jifej with a mere! competence still has masiy.joys. It is unquestionably true that one's style of living has not much to do with the sum of his happiness, though this 'm said with no disposition to undervalue even the luxuries of life. So far from tlio finest houses in a city having the greatest air of conifort about them, I think rather the revejrsc is the case. No dwellings have a -(snugger look than many of the plain two-story houses in all our cities; .no children' merrier than those who play around their doors; no manlier tfathers than tho'pe that struggle; bravely for their support, i Ono \would sujjpose that Stafford House, with its wealth of pictures and furniture;, and its beautiful views oyer Hyde Park, must contain much to add to the pleasure of its possessors;' but prob ably thejsum of happiness enjoyed by this noble family has been vc ry little increased by these, things. I believe that palaces are more 1 envied b°y \ o itsidors'' than en joyed by their o'wniers. In proportion to the number of eacli], prcbably far more of those drfead'ful tragedies that cast iuefface- ablo gloom over w 'holcS families, have oc curred in these splendid houses than in plainer ones. OuriFiftjh avenue, .with all its grandeur, is ouei of tjhe gloomiest look ing stredts in the world} as strangers gen erally remark.. But as all preaching U - vain agajinst many a besetting sin, so will all the [talking in!the world do little to convince men that happiness does not lie in externals. OneI yonerutioi dq^s not learn much from [its predecessors in this • respect; it seems jto have been iutended that each should acquire its I own expe rience. The task of talking beforehand ia thcrefor.e an unprofitable one j but it is a satisfaction to feel that when iriuch that is thought indispensable has been taken from us, there still remains that which can af- fowl us happiness, i , ^-o- • The Full Granaries. i ' There was never a time in the history of the grain trade, remarks the New York 7Vibune, when such largo f mounts of pro- e stored, waiting the opening of There was at Chicago, March 24th, 1862, bushels 'of wheat; Toledo, duce wei| navigation to move eastward in store 3 ,000,00(6 Mareh lj), 293,562 do.; Buffalo, March 208 do; Milwaukte, March 21, 0 do; Detroit, March 21, 402,- 20, 7G8 3,300,001 3000 do. Of corn in store, the following is tho estimate: Chicago, 2,355,784; Toledo, 523,175 i Buffalo, 233,917 ; D.ctroit, 104,- ooo. ; The ^llinois Central Railroad has in store over 1,000,000 bushels. In tho city of New York there is already stored 1,- 250,000 bushels df corn. Millions of wheat and corn*are stored at different points on the lakes which would swell tho above aggregate to an almost fabulous amount. Present indications are that the grain movement of 1802 will [far exceed that of any previous year. AN I.NICIDEN'I ix NAsiiviLLE .U -Over the large gate at the Provost Marshal's splen did headquarters—Elliott 's female school —waves a Union flag. A very ardent secosh lady who wished to see Colonel Matthews, was about to pass through the gate, when looking up she beheld the proud fldg flapping like an eagle's wing over his. eyrie. Starting back horror- struck she held up her hands and exclaim- ed to the guard: \ Dear me! I can't go under that dreadful Lincoln flag!—Is there no other way for me to enter ?\—~ \ Yes, madame,\ promptly replied the' soldier, and turning, to his comrade he said, \ Here, ordferly, bring out that rebel flag and |lay it on the ground at tho little gate, and'let this 1 idy walk over it!\ The lady looked bewillered, and after hesitat ing a moment, concluded to bow her head to the invincible;Goddness of Freedom,' whose iramaculatie shrine is the folds of the \ Star-Spangled Bannor.'' The rebels may all just as tfell conclude to follow her ! example.— [X^cuh^iUeJpiion. \ OLD BRAINS \ is the significant but somewhat disrespectful title bestowed up on Gen. Halleck by his troop*. A Tenuossee letjtor-writer says : \ You would bo both amused and dis gusted to hear the variations of ' Dixie • sung by secesh women in this civilized state. I send you a 4 -speoimen brick:' ' If yon'll g o with me to th« d *Til'» de* I'll show yon the bones of Lincoln's men: Look away! look away ! From Lincoln's land, Away down Booth tUHxfc.\'
