Show CHRISTMAS in accordance with the time honored custom of catholic and rind protestant christians it is presumed thit tint thursday tomorrow will be ery generally observed by the Desere tans as a holiday an arrangement to which we would not particular object if the supposed opposed anniversary of the birth of the savior was hot not too often desecrated hy by intemperance and the disgraceful performances of many man y of its observers WEST POINT it is said that gen halleck has circumscribed gen sigel in every possible w 5 3 mainly because he does not noi nogi nofi flat ht sylvest point rule ruley although be he always wins wills and the he on became BO so unbearable that sigel had to send in his resign resignation atlon but it was not received so soon as this resignation wab was rumored all the german recruit recruiting in offices in ill ew york were closed II 11 is feared that in war west point has ben a curse all at he officers who turned traitors are west pointers all suspected of treason are west pointers all the hoid hold backs a d do 0 o ro things are west roin tela teia sah s bah ah wh I 1 le the dash and victory belong almost solely to those who were never within its walls it is no wonder that some pome portions of the country begin to clamor for its abolishment if it can do no better than to furnish traitors and military aristo rats rata then we bave have had enough of it in all this struggle there never was a dark moment that was not riot brou broucht bt about by the generals nor was there j ever a a bright 0 01 e that was wag not forced by the I 1 splendid va valor lor for of our troops the fhe petty jealousies susies of west poin ers era came carne hear near being the ti I 1 e tane aane of the country and we are not yet en irely free from thir th ir negative ii it fluence their jealousies yet rankle in the army they hate bate tu to bee see any one who is not one of them win victories their skills h ve been stunted bya by a false faise education their patri tiam has been sea seared redby by pampering their greatness is hemmed in by a very narrow circle they see nut the country only west point AN ax ANECDOTE OF or POPE one day as pope was engaged in translating the iliad he came to a pa sace sae which neither lie he nor his assistant could interpret A stranger who stood by in his humble gaib galb very in mo etly ealy suggested that as he had some little acquaintance c with greek perhaps lie he could c d assist it them try it try iti it a id tid pope the air of a boy who is en encouraging outraging a mo key to eat red pepper there is an error in the print said the stranger looking ng 1 at the text re d as if there was no interrogation inte ri 1 gation gatlon point at the end of the line and you have the meaning at once popes assistant improved upon tins tilts hint and rendered the passage eth out difficulty pope was chagrined he be could never endure to be surpassed in anything e turning to the stranger he said in a sarcastic sarc amic aZic tone will bill you please tell ine ile what whal an interrogation rog tion I 1 if why sir bir matij itile I tile tiie stranger scanning the ill shaped t 1 is 9 a 1 liitle it tie tle crooked croo keu contemptible thing that asks aska questions I 1 12 T |