JULY 2, 
MOORE’S RURAL 
Written tor Moore’s Kur:il New-Yorker. 
INSECTS ON APPLE TREES. 
A CORKESPONDENT of the RURAL NEW- 
Yokker, at Smithfield Station, Mahoning Co., 
Ohio, on the 9th in.st., forwarded specimens of 
gnawed and perforated young apples, with the 
larva of an insect which was supposed to have 
done this mischief, wishing to know the name 
and habits of this insect, which had never be¬ 
fore been noticed in that vicinity. 
Two young apples are sent, us, both growing 
upon one stem, one of them showing a large 
cavity irregularly gnawed in its side, the other 
showing a large hole perforated completely 
through the apple and taking away all the seeds 
in its center. 
The larva comes to us alive, being inclosed in 
a small vial, into which vial has also been 
crowded one email young apple, and the half of 
another one which had been smoothly cut in 
two with a knife. The creature is now almost 
dead from hunger. \ et. it Lius not eaten or even 
nibbled any perceptible wound or scratch upon 
either of the apples in the vial with It. This 
fact, therefore, indicates at the first glance, that 
HIGH PRICES-THE TRUE CAUSE. 
It is quite the custom just now to attribute 
the present high prices to an expanded currency. 
We are flippantly told that this is the one cause 
of commercial derangement, and that if the 
currency were only reduced to the standard of 
three years ago, prices would come down in the 
same proportion. Let us think a moment, and 
we shall see the utter absurdity of such a con¬ 
clusion. No matter what is the medum for 
making exchanges, or what is currency, or what 
is lawful money—whether it be gold, or bank¬ 
notes, or treasury notes —war prices always were 
and always must be high prices. Europe learned 
it during her Napoleonic wars; we learned it in 
the war of 1812, and the same stern teacher 
compels us to submit to it now. The reason is 
clear and simple. Production is diminished, 
and, by the wants of war, consumption is in¬ 
creased. The war draws the farmer’s sons from 
the plow, and fewer acres are sown and smaller 
harvests are reaped. The mechanic arts suffer 
in the same proportion. Scarcely less than two- 
fifths of our adult male population are now de- 
CURRENT WAR LITERATURE. 
Gossip about Gen. Phil H. Sheridan. 
Wk heard of him first at Corinth, Miss, 
lie had been commanding cavalry under Rose- 
crans—whose estimate of ,'Soldiers carries 
weight. lie delighted more to talk of “Phil.” 
Sheridan than of any man in the army—Gen. 
George H. Thomas excepted. Of him he 
always spoke reverently—a man who reminded 
him of Washington. Itosecrans admired Sher¬ 
idan’s curt, decisive way of doing things. 
“ Phil.,” ho said, “ has no surplusage. He does 
things;” and the General was happy in describ¬ 
ing the grim, insinuating pleasantry with which 
.Sheridan outwitted the enemy, or hung a spy. 
Language can't express it, because it lacks the 
essentials of voice ami manner. “ Send Phil. 
Sheridan on an expedition,” he was wont to 
-sty, “and he will accomplish it if it is in the 
power of man—he is ready, fertile in resources, 
with large executive faculty, and he fights, 
I own this question astonished me. I briefly 
summed up the morning papers for him. Then 
as I saw he was in extreme pain, I made a 
remark about his arm, uud asked if I could do 
anything for him. For answer I got. “ O damn 
the arm! what’s the difference if we only lick 
the rebels!” Wc had further talk, and I found 
him a hero from head to foot—every quarter inch 
of his live feet nine. His parting won! was:— 
“Somewhere you'll find a youngster with a hole 
in his leg—he’s a kind of pugnosed boy with 
white hair, but he’s got the grit—I know him, 
and he came up in the ambulance with rue; 
please get him an orange or two if you find him, 
and cheer him up—he’s a little down in the 
gills this morning, but he'll be all right in a 
day or two.” Yes, he will be all right in a day 
or two, for he will be where pain and death 
never come. 
THE OLD FLAG. 
[Concluded from page 330, present No.] 
“And your good mother? What does she 
think of all this ? I should have thought she 
would have been strong on the Union side.” 
Peyton’s face grew crimson. 
“ 1 have lost my mother, Percy," said he. 
My clear friend, pardon me. I did not know 
it, and would not have wounded you for the 
world!” cried the generous actor, overcome 
with the delicacy and sorrow that belong to all 
really fine minds. “But really, Ralph,” he 
added, after a pause, “is your heart in this?” 
"Oh, I have little fear of a war. It is the 
democratic party of the West and South and the 
Middle states against New England.” 
After some discussion of the subject, then a 
very much lighter one than now, the young 
men went to dine together, and became more 
confidential. Ralph told of his mother's death 
and his own desolation. He averred that the 
votingalI their time and energy to putting down with large executive faculty, and he 
the rebellion. Ot these, a vast number are in fights !—do you know what that means? ’ 
the field with our brave generals, a large part ' ‘ Fighting* was his forte, and yet he 
man our ships ol war, now counted by hundreds, “mildest mannered mau” that ever sla 
and many are in hospitals; while those employed rebel crown with saber. It is related 
these apples arc not its food, and that this is not in the navy yards, iron-works, machine-shops, 
the insect which gnawed the holes in the 
affected apples. 
This larva is a formidable looking, dragon-like 
kind of worm, upwards of a quarter of an inch 
long, somewhat flattened and tapering back¬ 
wards, with three pairs of legs placed anteriorly 
upon its breast, anil six rows of sharp thorn-like 
and in the manufacture of military clothing and 
equipments, and in producing munitions and 
supplies, swell the aggregate to the limit wo 
have named. This great class of producers 
cannot be withdrawn from their ordinary pur¬ 
suits without a great dimrninution in the pro¬ 
ducts of the country. When the supply is 
prickles upon its back. It is of a coal-black greatly diminished, and the demand not only 
color throughout, with a small, bright yellow continued but increased, prices must advance. 
spot upon the middle of each side. It is unmis¬ 
takably the larva of a Lady-bug, or eocciuella. 
These Lady-bugs are small beetles, of which the 
larger ones are about the size and shape of a 
half pea, and or a bright red or orange color, 
ornamented with a few small, black spots. They 
are so common that every observing person has 
probably noticed them walking about, one in a 
place, on the foliage of currant bushes or other 
vegetation in our gardens and orchards. 
1 here are many kinds of these Coceiuellas or 
Lady-bugs, and in their larva state they are so 
similar to each other Lhat I will not undertake 
to say which particular species this one from 
Ohio is; this being of little importance, as all 
the species are alike in their habits. They feed 
There is no possible help for it If we could 
return to a specie basis to-morrow, it would still 
be a war basis, at war prices. 
There is but one exception to this advance in 
prices, and that is the Government bonds, aud 
they are no exception to the rule, and only fol¬ 
low the general law of supply and demand. 
The necessities of war have made them abun¬ 
dant, and therefore they are cheap; but when 
essentials of voice and manner, “send Phil. ^ Cbn8tiaa Commission at Fredncksburg. confidential. Ralph told of his mother’s death 
Sheridan on an expedition,” he was wont to Starting down the street, you reach the and his own desolation. He averred that the 
say, “and he will accomplish it if it is in the r 091113 of the ChrUtijm Commission. Some of army was as good a distraction as anything else; 
power of man—he is ready, fertile in resources, the meu are W1 ding, some eating their night but confessed that he feared his mother would 
with large executive faculty, and he tights ratl0ns sotne di *I>ensing supplies. Passing not have approved of the rebellion, bad she 
fights!—do you know what that means? ” through the rooms, you gain the grounds in lived to see it. The remote kinship she bore to 
Fighting was his forte, and vet he is the tbe rear ~ a beautiful garden once-not Mat- George Washington, made her a staunch patriot, 
“mildest mannered mau ” that ever slashed a Cnu ' tlve mw - The air is redolent with honey- and an ardent lovor of his bandiwork-the 
rebel crown with saber. It is related of him 8Uckle al,d locust blossoms. The pennifolia is I nion. It was just possible that her State 
that he fought his wav through West Point Unfold “” ita delicate milk-white petals-roses pride might have overcome this feeling; but it 
and almost fought Ids ‘wav out. We have his 9X0 °'^ nw S their tinted leaves. was unlikely, and llaiph owned that he grieved 
own confession, that during his last vear he had Flfty men are gathered round a summer and wondered, through many a sleepless night, 
only “five points” to make lobe permitted to bouse-warm-heated men-who have been all over the question of his duty, 
retire without the honors of the institution. day m tUe hos P lta >*- Th eir hearts have been The young men parted. The rebellion 
The management of those “ five points ” was ' vnmg by the scenes of suffering. Intheexer- ripened. The storm burst. Blood was spilled, 
a difficult and delicate operation. Nevertheless, CI f e Christian charity, imitating the example and the fury arose on either side. The regi- 
hc graduated with distinction, aud was one of 01 '’Cdeemer ot men, they have given bread ment to which Captain Peyton's company was 
the most popular men of the Academy. for the body and food for * he souL The - V have attached was ordered to the coast to occupy 
Your first view of him disappoints vou a glVtn cu ps ot cold water in the name ol Jesus, various torts and batteries, and every where the 
rittle. Imagination alwavs plays mischief with and prayed with ^ose departing to the Silent alarm of war was heard, 
your estimate of a hero* whom you have not Land ’ The moonli Sbt shimmers through, the On a certain low, reedy island, near the 
seen: heroic stature, handsome face, commanding ^ eaves of tbe locU; ’ t ' mouth of a certain shallow bay, on the shore of 
presence, all seem associated with heroes. Sher- The little congregation breaks into singing- one of the Southern States, stands a strongly 
idan is a quiet, wiry, strong little man, not over “ Come thon rount of ever y blessing." built fortress of pentagonal form, with a water- 
five feet seven, ©r a half inch more, but with 
After the hymn, a chaplain says:—“Brethren. 
broad shoulders and strongly knit frame—weigh- I had service this afternoon in the first divison 
mg perhaps one hundred and forty or a trifle 
more; short, wiry black hair, compact head and 
the war ends the supply will cease and they mediuin fon? head, sharp grav eves, a composed 
\V T l I I ho lirtn r»_on, I tl.n . !w.-. « . il. ... 
will be dear—and the man who Invests in them 
now is sure of a liberal profit. 
A reduction of the currency will be well, and 
we have the official assurance of the Secretary 
of the Treasury that it is now taking place, but 
it is not the infallible panacea for financial dis- 
upun and destroy the Aphides or Plant-lice; ami order that many suppose. Mr. Cisco, the As- 
wlicnever the latter become multiplied and -istant Treasurer of the United States at New 
numerous the Coceiuellas and their larvae gather York, states lhat he has canceled forty-one mil- 
to subsist upon them. From various parts of lions of interest bearing legal tenders within 
the country we have accounts ef the apple aphis two weeks, and that he now holds thirty mil- 
(aphis mah,) or little green fly, as it is some lions of greenbacks—ami yet bread and butter, 
times called, as being unusually numerous this wheat and corn and cloth are no cheaper, 
present season. The Coceiuellas and their larvtc The first cause of the increased cost of all 
will consequently be attracted to the apple trees commodities, gold included, is altogether out- 
to teed upon these vermin. And they are quite side of the currency. A redundant currency 
liable to be taken for some new enemy which increases the misfortune, but does not create it. 
will be injurious to the trees. It has happened, But suppose the Government docs contract the 
probably, in the instance before us. From be- currency; what is to prevent the State banks, 
iug seeu upon aud around the wounded apples that give no security for circulation, from quad- 
tliey are inferred to be the culprits who arc nipling their paper issues, as they have already 
gnawing these holes in the fruit—whereas, they done in many parts of the country? What, 
are wholly innocent of the crime imputed to then, can be more absurd than to make the 
them. Instead of being an enemy to be com- Government or Treasury Department the scape- 
bated and destroyed, they are doing a valuable g°at for evils that are simply consequent upon 
service, in ridding the leaves of the plant-lice the most gigantic War the world ever knew. If 
upon them, ami therefore merit to be cherished the body has a fever, is it just to make the 
and protected. bund that supplies its wants responsible for its 
"When the grain aphis recently appeared in unnatural condition ?—A. I'. Examiner of June 
such swarms in our fields of wheat and other - 3lJ ‘ 
grain, these Coecinellas accompanied it in such ADVANTAGES of prvtwu^ 
numbers as gave me a most favorable oppor- ADVANTA GES OF CRYING. 
hr Uit r In’ “"S U *?* ia * particU - A F RENCH physician is out in a long disser- 
lars respecting them Ihe observations then tation on the advantages of groaning and crying 
1U 0 e oum ,u - v re l’ ortcd in the Trans- j„ genera], and especially- during surgical opera- 
actions ot our state Agricultural Society for the tious. He contends that groaning and cry in-' 
year 1800, pages »42-$54. Among other things, are the two grand Operations by which nature 
,,! whcn prcs3 . ed allay* anguish; that those patients who give 
)ungu aud unable to find any plant-lice way to their natural feelings more epecdily 
onwiici o toed, would attack and devour i» recover from accidents and operations than 
own species. An instance of the same kind is those who it ..... 
and firm countenance—with somewhat Milesian 
features, and brownish complexion, shaded with 
closely cropped whiskers. 
He is only thirty-two, but his weather-beaten 
face advertises at least five years more. But 
his stature Is soon forgotten in his presence, 
lie grows wonderfully on a horse, and especially 
on the battle field. On the dreadful morning of 
8tone river, when he emerged with his mangled 
division in solid phalanx from tho frightful 
Cedars, he loomed up like a very giant. Ho 
was grave, but firm, strong, and, as Rosccrou* 
hospital of the Second corps. The surgeon in 
charge, before prayer, asked all who desired to 
be prayed for to raise their hands, and nearly 
every man who had a hand raised it. Let us 
remember them in our prayers to night.” 
A man in the summer house—so far off that 
I cannot distinguish him in the shadow says:— 
“There is manifestly a spirit of prayer among 
the soldiers in the second division of the Sixth 
corps hospital. Every man there raised his 
hand for prayers l " 
Similar remarks are made by others, and 
then there are earnest prayers offered that 
God will bless them, relieve their sufferings, 
give them patience, restore them to health; 
"t circulation, irom quad- had gone then - Sheridan, sitting upon an old 
ruplmg then- paper issues, as they have already stump , at general headquarters, told the story 
done ih many parts of the country? What, quietly, but graphicallyGeneral, I lost 1,790 
hen, can be more absurd than to make the men, seventy of them officers, with mv three 
Government or Treasury Department the scape- brigade commanders." 
goat tor evils that are simply consequent upon „_ 
the most gigautic war tho world ever know. If \ “ g u q y Bo •> 
the body has a fever, is it just to make the r ,„„ vv , ‘ , ... x . 
hirnd that supplies its wants responsible for its ^Mi.N out from c urch in the morning, 
unnatural condition ?-A. 17 Examiner of June Uie ^ ambulances gomg down the 
23 d. street. A driver told me that they had just 
-—--leita hundred “ bully boys ” at Judiciary Square 
ADVANTAGES OF CRYING. hospital. Do you think tho adjective a coarse 
- and vulgar one? Go anywhere from Pleasant 
A French physician is out in a long disser- Hill—what sting and satire there is in the name— 
tation on tho advantages of groaning and crying go anywhere from the banks of the Red River 
in general, and especially during surgical opera- —forevermore coursing bloodily through our 
tious. He contends that groaning and crying memories l —anywhere from Alexandria to 
are the two grand Operations by which nature Spottsylvanla, aud see how it is refined and 
allays anguish; that thoso patients who give sanctified by the men who battle for us. and 
way to their natural feelings more speedily you will be ready to do as I did—follow the 
recover from accidents and operations than leading. I went to the hospital. In one of the 
those who suppose it unworthy a man to betray wards I found a man, or rather he found me— 
such symptoms of cowardice as either to groan lor I marked him as a reserved man, while I 
or to cry. He tells of a man who reduced bin passed, who w ould choose to be left to his own 
pulse from one hundred and twenty-six to sixty thought. But he called to me—" I sav, you’re 
dashed up to him in the tumult of battle, his that He will remember tho widow and father- 
deportment seemed to express, "You see, less far away—that Jesus maybe their friend. 
General, it was not the fault of my division that Ah! this night scene! There was an allusion, 
we dkl not stay.” He had lost Ms hat and by one who prayed, to the garden scene of Geth- 
fought bareheaded ttnti| a trooper banded him a I semane—the blood of the Son of God, and in 
hat picked up in tho field—a dead soldier’s, no connection to the blood shed for your country, 
doubt. Sunday morning afterward—the enemy You who are far away can understand but 
little of the reality of those scenes. Friends, 
everywhere, you have given again and again. 
alarm of war was heard. 
On a certain low, reedy island, near the 
mouth of a certain shallow bay, on the shore of 
one of the Southern States, stands a strongly 
built fortress of pentagonal form, with a water- 
battery protecting Its sea-front, and two tiers of 
casemates grinning above. Over its picturesque 
citadel, bomb proof, and pierced with loop¬ 
holes for musketry, floated, at that period, the 
Stars and Stripes. 
Captain Peyton’s orders were to the effect 
that this flag must be replaced by the stars and 
bars; and such of the garrison of United States 
regulars as. refused to join the Confederate 
service must be held as prisoners of war. 
As the garrison consisted of twelve men 
under a sergeant, Capt. Peyton did not consider 
his task one of great difficulty or danger. He 
merely procured a few barges, embarked his 
men therein, one hundred strong, and rowed 
quietly over to the fort. 
He asked an audience of the sergeant com¬ 
manding, and the terms were speedily arranged. 
Four of the men consented to enter the rebel 
army, and the remaining eight, knowing how 
useless resistance would be. gave up at once, 
and were dismissed on parole. 
Captain Peyton, having concluded this ar¬ 
rangement. ascended to the esplanade for the 
purpose of hauling down the flag with his own 
hands, as a trophy of his simple,, victory. It 
but continue to give; you cannot repay these wassnuset - The gentle rippled water was all 
brave defenders of our country. Give as God 
has prospered you, and great shall be your 
reward. Faint, feeble, tame, lifeless is this 
attempt to portray the scenes of a day at 
Frederiesburg. Picture it as you may, and 
you will fall short of the reality. 
Grant on "the Situation." 
A visitor to the army called upon him one 
morning and found the General sitting in his tent 
smoking and talking to one of his stall' officers. 
aglow with reflection that streamed downward 
from the amaranthine and golden clouds that 
lay piled in glittering masses above the horizon. 
Everything was calm and solemn. The night 
wind whispered faintly, and here and there a 
sea gull flapped blackly and silently across the 
shining fields of heaven, out toward the low- 
lying bar whence came the distant sound of 
breakers. 
The young officer felt a thrill of mysterious 
reverence in his heart as he approached the 
The stranger approached the chieftain and in- stad wbence doRted cae fairest flag of any land, 
quired of him as follows: and involuntarily removed his casquette. His 
Gen. if you flauk Lee and get between him hands trembled violently when they touched 
..~ woum anu uevowua recover from accidents and operations than 
on n spec es. - » instance of the same kind is those who suppose it unworthv a man to betrav 
staud m the note which accompanies this re- sllch symptoms of cowardice as either to groan 
mittance. Into the vial containing this larva, a 0 r to cry. He tells of a man who reduced his 
second worm was put, which was immediately p m se from one hundred and twentv-slx to sixty 
seized and overpowered by it, aud was fed upon iu tho course of two hours, by gUing full vent 
until if was wholly consumed, only its feet and 
claws being left. This is a further evidence 
that this larva is caniiverous, and will not there¬ 
fore eat the young apples or any other vegetable 
substance. 
\\ hat it is that has wounded these voung apples 
to his emotions. If people are at all unhappy 
about anything, let them go into their rooms 
and comfort thomselvo with a loud bohoo, and 
they will feel a hundred per cent, better after¬ 
wards. 
substance. . wui leei a hundred per cent, better after. So I told this soldier. “ I knew you because 
AVIiatif Ufii«tw w -mn.i*i»iw» . wsurds * I’m a Yankee, too," was his answer—which I 
h, , m V!,- im . n r - V0UIlg 1M>l S In ^“nlauce with the above, the crying of {.ass over to students of mental organism. I 
* nuu”'''! 1 e oi me to say. I w o children should not be too greatly discouraged, found him a mau from Maiue. He had a bad 
01 i h r T r n Y u m ^ lr u 18 ^^ieally repressed, the result mv nosh wound in one arm, undone leg off jut 
Club ol Oy ter Bay, Long Hand, was directed be St Vita”* dance, epileptic fits, or some otbe'r above the knee. “ Don’t mind the ll but S 
0 he npeumg apples In the orchards at Glen disease of the nervous system. What is natural mo about Sheridan’s °raid! I read Secretary 
° K Rd ,?-. m . m ^ Uy .\ T? 6 1U a is nearly always useful, and nothing can be more Stanton’s telegram relative to it “0, I tell 
a \ankee." It seems that my dozen years of j sufficient force from his army to re-enforce Beau 
knocking about the world have not worn off all regard and overwhelm Butler? ’’ 
the marks of nativity yet; though I had flat- " Not a doubt of it,” replied the General, 
tered myself that 1 was grown a cosmopolite. Becoming fortified by his success, the strangei 
Club of Oyster Bay, Long Island, was directed 
to the ripening apples in the orchards at Glen 
Cove as being wounded in many instances iu a 
similar manner — looking as though a hole hud 
been scooped or chipped out of the side of the 
Mfi'lc by crowding the finger nail into it. The 
insect which ate these holes was presented to 
me for determination. It is a very short, thick¬ 
bodied beetle, nearly as large as tho end of the 
linger, of a black color, with pale yellowish- 
brown wing-covers which are mottled irregu¬ 
larly with black spots. It is rather common all 
over the United States, and is incorrectly re¬ 
garded as being the CeIonia tndil of Limuvus, 
by our American authors, (which is a very sim¬ 
ilar East India species, of which 1 have authen¬ 
tic specimens in my cabinet,) its correct name 
bring Gotonia Marylandica of Frohlieh, i. e., 
the Maryland C'etoulu. 
several species of wasps and hornets also eat 
similar holes in apples when they are ripening; 
but I am not aware that they attack small, 
young apples. 
I umy add, in conclusion, that the hole which 
bored entirely through one of these apples, as 
though a small bullet had been shot through it, 
appears more like the work of a bird than of an 
insect. Asa Fitch. 
Salem, N, Y., June, 1864. 
natural than the cniug of children when any you, we'll fetch ’em yet! Old Lee'll find what 
thing occurs to give them either physical or ’lis to ‘come to judgment’ before he sets 
mental p:dn. through with it, I guess, in a way he didn’t look 
1 robably most persons have felt the effect for. Go down by that room aud read that to 
ot tears in relieving great sorrow. It is even that man on the right" That was mv dismissal 
curious how the feelings are allayed by their and I went. 
free indulgence in groans and sighs. Then let - 
parents and friends show more indulgence to A mother "Bully Boy.” 
noisy bursts of grief, on the part of children as “ The mau on the right ” I found to be a 
well as older persons, and regard the eyes and Boston notion, red of hair, freckled of face, blue 
the mouth as the safety-valves through which of eye, square of ehiu, broad of nostril, in a 
nature discharges her surplus steam, word not a man with whom Araminta would 
-fall in love at first sight, not a man whom 
cure for Consumption. —Dr. Hall, in the Jane would idolize as the hereof a ro- 
February number of his Journal of Health, says mauee. “ Moruin,” was his answer to my 
the “essential, the fundamental, the all-control- salutation—terse and pointed as possible. What 
and Richmond, will you not uncover Washington tbe halliards, and a sensation of dizziness ovor- 
aud leave it a prey to the enemy ? ” came him. 
Gen. Grant discharging a cloud of smoke He looked upward at the flag. Was it ima<ri- 
from his mouth indifferently replied: nation! If so, what is imagination? What is 
Yes, I reckon so.” a delirium—an optical delusion ? To him, at 
The stranger, encouraged by a reply, pro- least, it was reality. A figure, clad fin white, 
pounded question number two: and surrounded by aglow of gentlest radiance. 
“General, do you not think Lee can detach floated down from the roseate sky, and signed 
sufficient force from his army to re-enforce Beau- him, by gestures of sorrow and" warning, to 
regard and overwhelm Butler? ” desist. The face was that of his motherland 
“ Not a doubt of it,” replied the General. bore the expression that had cut him to the 
Becoming fortified by his success, the stranger heart’s core once, long ago, when he had deeply 
propounded question number three. grieved her. 
“ General, is there not danger that Johnston He started back aghast, and the vision floated 
may eorno up and re-enforee Lee, so that the lat- ( upward again, toward the banner, upon the 
ter will swing round and cut off your communi- glittering stars aud ruddy stripes of which the 
cations and seize your supplies?” twilight began to pale. Clasping the flag in 
" Very likely,” was the cool reply of the Gen-! her arms, the figure strangely enwreathed it 
eral, ami he knocked the ashes frow the end of wit h her white drapery, which streamed out in 
his cigar. a misty cloud upon the freshening wind. 
The stranger, horrified at the awful fate about Lieut. Dwadley ascended to the esplanade, 
to befall Gen. Grant and Ms army, made his and found his friend lying (n a swoon, from 
exit, and hastened to Washington to communi- which he could not be aroused till late that 
cate the news. night. The lieutenant hauled down th© rt«,r 
How a Spy Goes Home, 
During a lull in the firing a man, dressed 
in the uniform of a Union soldier, advanced from 
which he could not be aroused till late that 
night. The lieutenant hauled down the flag 
without misgivings; but the cause of Ralph’s 
strange illness was a puzzle to him. For many 
days, Capt. Peytou lay in a strange, apathetic 
state, until the surgeons ordered him to be re- 
our lines and sallied towards the rebels. It was J lieved from active service lor a time, and he 
supposed that ho was going in search of a I was sent inland, on a furlough. 
wounded comrade, and many encomiums were 
passed upon the strength of an affection which 
would take him into so much danger to aid his 
friends. The rebels rose along their lines and 
ling agency in the arrest of any case of consump¬ 
tive disease, and a return to reasonable health 
lor unv considerable time, is an active , cour- 
ageous, and hopeful out-dovr life, in all weathers 
and in any latitude, with some rousing motive 
To make his way through the lines, and to 
the headquarters of a Federal general, was Ms 
first movement. 
“ l have taken an oath," he said, “never to 
take up arms against my old companions, niis- 
olher than regaining the health, beckoning them °P t ‘ued his largo eves to their widest, and said, 
mauee. “Moruin.” was his answer to my brought their muskets to bear upon him; but. take up arms against my old companions, mis- 
salutation—terse and pointed as possible. What for some inexplicable reason did not fire, but taken aud deluded though they are. I can not 
could I say to one who cut me oft* in that way ? allowed Mm to approach, when he suddenly join your army, then, as I would wish. 'Will 
M bile I stood an instant lie made an inventory entered their lines and became lost to sight. It you hold me prisoner of war?" 
of me—1 felt he was passing judgment as onlj a is Row supposed that he was a dariug rebel spy. The curiosity of the general was aroused, and 
man can whose wits have been sharpened by w ho had made the tour of our lines during the in reply to his queries, Ralph told him the fore- 
long experience at picket duty. Suddenly he | and returned as above stated. going story. Half incredulous, but much im- 
on to do and to dare.” 
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Be temperate iu diet. Our first parents ate 
themselves out of house and home. 
opened his large eyes to their wiliest, and said, -*-«--pressed, the officer accepted his prisoner’s parole 
“AVhat’stiin n«wcv» T . _ . . of honor, and permitted him to go northward. 
, 1 saw that one arm was ife has been compared to a race; but the Last week I beard that he had returned to 
* . the elbow, and l judged there was allusion still improves bv observing that the his homestead, now again on Union ground; 
a body wound somewhere, and I knew by the most swift are the most apt to stray awav from fr0 “l venerableiroof- tree waves the flag 
working or ht$ forehead .ha. he „* in pain, he eourae. ? 
- — M WJ iiiv/ou 3» lib a 
workiug of his forehead that he was in pain, he course. 
