at when she spoke of suffering even for the
noblest cause, he naturally thought she was only calling names. And
that's the way," says the Honest Abe, cheerfully, "that's the way with
your Democratic Organization. It has been so long in the habit of
sacrificing everything for the sake of the sunny South and Party, that
when it talks of sacrificing both for the sake of the holy cause of
Union, it seems to me as though it is only calling names!"

Immediately upon the termination of this wholesome domestic tale, the
political chap sprang from his seat, smiled feebly at the ceiling for a
minute, crammed his hat down over his eyes, and fled greatly
demoralized.

The New Year, my boy, dawns blithely upon our distracted country as
accurately predicted by the Tribune Almanac; and having given much deep
thought to the matter, I am impressed with the conviction that the
first of January is indeed the commencement of the year. There is
something solemn in the idea; it is the period when our tailors send in
their little bills, and when fresh thoughts of the negro race steal
upon our minds. How many New Years have arrived only to find the
unoffending American, of African descent, a hopeless bondman, toiling
in hopeless servitude, and wearing coarse underclothing! Occasionally,
my boy, he would wear a large seal ring, but it was always brass; and
now and then he would exhibit a large breastpin, but it was always
galvanized. When I see my fellow-men here wearing much jewelry, I think
of the unoffending negro, and say to myself, "from the same shop, by
all that's bogus!"

'Twas on New-Year's Eve that I took prominent part in a great literary
entertainment at the tent of Captain Villiam Brown, near the shore of
Duck Lake; and responded to universal mackerel desire by sweetly
singing an historical Southern

ROMAUNT.

I.

'Tis of a rich planter in Dixie I tell,
Who had for his daughter a pretty dam-sel;
Her name it was Linda De Pendleton Coates,
And large was her fortune in treasury notes.

CHORUS.--Concisely setting forth the exact value of those happy
treasury notes:

The treasury note of the Dixian knight
Possesses a value that ne'er comes to light,--
Except when the holder, too literal far,
May bring it to light as he lights his segar.

II.

Miss Linda's boudoir was a sight to behold:
A Northern man's breast-bone a shelf did uphold;
Of dried Yankee ribs al