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Patriotic.--The Pine Bluff (Ark.) News tells this: βAn old man of about seventy, with snowy beard and hair, but hale and stout, hearing that none would be received in the service over forty-five, was so anxious to enlist, that he went down to the barber's shop, and had his hair and beard dyed black, and came out looking quite fresh and young, and will not acknowledge to more than forty now. He is one of the boys, and we venture to say will do as much service as any of them.β
The News also records this noble act:--βA young lady near this place, who is a teacher by profession, and who depends entirely upon her profession for support, gave to the Withers Arkansas Rangers, as her offering upon the altar of her country, $125, earned by her own labor.β --N. O. True Delta, Aug. 1.
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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