"At the word, Mr. Pepper's Ghost uttered a scream of despair, smote its breast frantically, and gave the chair upon which old Pursimmons had just seated himself such a vicious kick that the flinty-hearted banker suddenly awoke, found it all a dream, and,--went outrageously to sleep again; thereby giving convincing proof of that utter callousness of soul which all worthy poor men know to be the sure accompaniment of riches!" As Villiam ceased reading, we all retired silently from the tent, greatly improved by what we had heard. And now, my boy, let me conclude with a little story of my own: Some months ago, a certain western General gave an order to an Eastern contractor for a couple of peculiarly made gunboats for his service; but, happening to pass the White House, shortly after, saw what he took to be the models of two just such gunboats protruding out of one of the windows. Thinking that the President had concluded to attend to the matter himself, he immediately telegraphed to the contractor not to go on with the job. Quite recently, the contractor came here again, and says he to the General,-- "I'd like to see the model of those White-House gunboats." The General conducted him toward the White House, my boy, and the two stood admiring the models, which protruded from the window as usual. Pretty soon a Western Congressman came along, and says the contractor to him: "Can you tell me, sir, whether those models of gunboats up there are on exhibition?" "Gunboats!" says the Western chap, looking. "Do you take those things for gunboats?" "Of course," says the contractor. "Why, you fool!" says the Congressman, "those are the Secretary's boots. The Secretary always sits with his feet out of the window when he is at home, and those are the ends of his boots!" Without another word, my boy, the General and the contractor turned gloomily from the spot, convinced that they had witnessed the most terrific feet of the campaign. Yours, merrily, ORPHEUS C. KERR. LETTER C. GIVING DIVERS INSTANCES OF STRANGELY-MISTAKEN IDENTITY; AND REVEALING A WISE METHOD OF SAVING THE COUNTRY FROM BANKRUPTCY. WASHINGTON, D.C., March 5th, 1864.