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MASSER, SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. naiiers from the office to which tboy are directed, they Jrc rosponsible until they hava settled tht bill and ordered t hem discontinued ' IVwItnnstfrn wiU please act nf our Agent, end frank letters containing subscription money. They ere permitted to do this under the Poat Office Law. I luhsoriocrs neglect or reiiie iv we mn ,,mr- We 1jt connected with our Hablliliment a well elected JOB OFFICE, which will enable ui t- eiecutt, In tb neatest itylt, artry variety cf Printing. NEW SERIES, VOL. 17, NO. 12. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1864. OLD SERIES, VOL. 24, NO. 38. '1 ICIt.MM I' TIIB AWIiUICX.t.M SINOLE Bl USCBlPTiON ! Two Dollars per annum, to paid haltyaarly 3B ALTI 3S IE LOCK HOSPITAL. IISTAllLISHKD AS A REI't'tlE FROM QL'ACK KHV. r;r o.v.r tlavf. where a cure VAX EE OllTAIXED. TAD .IOHXr-1'VN has discovered the mr.ft Certain, I f Sliced v nml nnlv I'tTcotiinl Homely in the V nrld fr nil Private l'iseases. Weakness of the Hack t i r Limbs. Strictures, A flections ! tho Kidneys and l!l.,,l.l..i Inviilnntwrv 1 ischriri?oH. Inirinlencv. (lei. ml Pchili'y, Nervousness, l'vspcpsy, Languor, Low 'Vails. Ct'nfiifi'iu nfldoii. Palpitation of the Heart, I I lllllillty, rrclnljlinp;. 1-lllllIiCSSOl ElKnl or Ulflainess, 1'ieavc of the Ilciid. Throat. Nose ir skin, Aflectiom lorn; r f the Liver. Lunirs. iStoinacb or Bowels those Terri 'ile I'ir.rtdcrs nrising from the Solitary Ilnbita of Youth tlnwc secret and solitary practices more htal 'i their victims thnn the pong of .Syrens to the Ma- ii:Uri df I. Iyye. blighting their moat brilliant hope " r tiiititirmtion-i. renaeriiig murnago, c, itnposii l.lo. V.-piRllv, who have become the victims of Solitary Vice, tliiit drcRilt'ul and destructive liabit which "iimuallv sweeps to an untimely grave tlmus nnd ol Young Men of the most exalted talents and brilliant Mitellect, w ho niinht otherwise have entranced listen 'ng Senates w ith the thunders of eloquence or waked to oslHty tho living lyre, muy call with full con fidence. .11 A It It 1.1 ft I?. Married Persons, or Young Men. contemplating limn ingc. being aware of physical weakness, organic 'dct ilily. deformities. Ac, speedily cured. He who places himself under the care of Dr. J. niny religiously confide in l is 1 ononis a gentleman, and confidently rely upon his skill as a Physician. I inmclintely t'urciL mi 1 l'ull Vigor Ilestorcd. This J'i.-frcssmg Ati'eetioii which renders Life miserable and nniniiigo iniHisrible is thu penalty paid by the victims of improper indulgences. Young persons are too apt t enmmit excesses from not being iiwnre of the dreadful conscqMcuces that may oiiMic Now. who that understands the subject will pretend to deny tlnil the power of procroation is lost Miioner by thure lulling into improper habits thau by the prudent ' Besides being deprived the pleasures il healthy oifrpring the most serious aud destructive riiiptoiiis to both body und mind ariie. The system Jet.'omes DerHnged, tho l'hysieni and Mental runc iijiis Weakened, Loss of Proercative Power, Nervous niinbility, liyspepssa. Palpitation of the Heart. ndiiTostii'n. Culitutionul lietility. a VHstmg of he l'runie, rough. C'oiisuinption, l'ucny aud Lentil, lti--. . 7 Son III S'i-'(!-ri'k s I ! I .eft mind sid.i g'.iiug from linltimore street, a few ours Iroin tin: collier. I'uil not to observe came ml number. Letters must be paid and contain o stair.p. The ' tor s I'iplomns hung in his office. M'ritu .iua'ii:i tx two SAYS. jS'o Mtrerrg or Ntiittroni Pmgs. i)ic..imsi.. ember of the Boyal College of Surgeons, London, ritihinte from one of the nio.-it eminent Colleges in e I'nited Slates, and the greater part of whole life s l-een pent in the hoj-pitsls of London, i'nris. liiudelpliia and elsewhere.. Iras effected somo of c most a.-toui4iitig cures that were cvor known ; my troubled with ringii g in the head and ear. icii nsleep. great iiervou-Me. I cing alarmed at Men sound?, Iia.hfiilne. villi frequent blushing, ended sometimes with derangement of mind, were red imriiedintelv. .Will It Tin I.AIl SOTH'H, f'. J. addresses all tlmsu who have ininred then, ves by improper indulgence and solitiiry habits, ich riiin lioth body and mind, unfnting them lor her business, study, sifietv or marriage. I'ursK are tome of the sn-t and inelmieboly efl'ects diK'e.l by early habiis of youth, via: Weakness of - Ibi-'k and'Limlis, Pkius in the Head. Limnoos of lit. 1 o-s ot Muscular Power. Palpitation of the irt. Iiysiiepsf. .Nervous Irriliibilitv. Derangement lie Jiigestivc Funulions, titneral lcLilitv, Symp s oi't;.,nstimption, Ac. Ikntai.lv. Tho fearful erects on the mind are -h to be dreaded of Memory, (.'onlusion of -iv. Depression of Spirits. Lvil-Furebodirgs. Aver to Society, Scdf-lli-trust. Love of Sulitudo, i iily. Ac are some of the eviis produced, lioi.'s njis of persons of all ages cun row judge t is l he cause of their declining health, losing r v!goi. becoiuiiiir we.uk, pale, nervous and cinted. having a singular appearance about the , eouh and symptotos of eotisumptiuu. i oi'.Xi. JlliM . have injured themsolers by a etrtnin practice lged in when alone, a babit frequently learned evil companions, or at school, the effects of h lire nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not I renders ninriiiigo impossible, and dettroys mind and body, should apply immediately, b it a pity that a young man. the hope of his trv, the darling of his p irenls. should be snatched nil prospects nod enjoyments of life, by tho r.uencc ot deviattng fniin the path of nature nUulging in a certain secret habit, tucn persons . hi lui's coiiteinpiiiliio; .isiK..f.;i:. t that a sound mind and body aro tbe most -ary requisites to promote connubial happiness, d without these, the joi.ruey through life be i n wearv liilsfriiiiH.'i! : iho niosoect hourly es to the view; the mii.d becomes shaduwed l-.i.Hir urn 1 filled with the melancholy renoc- hut thu happiness of another becomes blghted jur own ii:st: ttv niiMti it:x i:. en the luisguidod and imprudent votary of re finds that he has imbibed the seeds of this il disease, it too often happens that bii ill-timed if slimno. or dread of discovery, deters him in. plying to lh who, from education and lability, can alone befriend him, delaying till .iKtiiii'tioinil svini'tonn nf this horrid disease their aniieiiruoco. such ns ulcerated aire , diseased nose, niKdiirniil paius in the head iuIis. dimness of sight, deafness, node on th Hies and arms, blotches on the head, face and lilies, progressing wiib frightful rapidity, till the palate of the mouth or the bones of the ill in, and the victim of this awful disease es a horrid object of commiseration, till death period to his dreadful suflvriugs, by sending .(LhI I nuiscovcxed Country lioin whence no er returns." h i.iil'iiicholy fact tnat thousands full victims terrible disease, owing to the unskillfulness of it pretenders, who. by the use of that y i, iVrrritrg. ruin th constitution aud ttiak iduvuf lite miserable. m iA.i:it t rot vour lives, or health, to th ear of tut 'ii'iniiicd and Worthless frotenuers, acaiuiu w'etgo. name or character, who eopy Dr. i il 's advertisements, or styl themselves, in w spapers, regularly Educated Pbysiciaus, le of Curing, they keep you trifling month o mil taking their filthy and poisonu com. or as lung as lheuillet fo.cau b obuined, desjmir. leave you with ruind haaltniosigb ur giilliiigdisappoiiiliuent. ohn-h n i. the only Physician advertising redei,.i.il or diplomas always hang in hi. offlot eiiudiesor IXBalemeul ar unknown to all prepaid from a lit spant in th great ho. Liin.pe, the IJrst in th oountry and a mor e ( I'rjctic than any other Physioiau ialiiiHi r or Tin: imiknk ihhv ilKiusamU cured t this instiiutioii yr ,-in ' and Hi nuumrou iuiruut eiurgioal I,. i,. riormed by lr. J.aSn.um, aitneswd by ortei.ullb. -euu, ' Cltpp.r, au.i w.oj , notice olwhioU hav apptI4 agaiu ui bvlor the ubbc, beside, hi. .lauding u eu.au i f character aud r.pUilbllH(, t guaraulf loth althotad . .i i'i:i:iii.i 4 l ici:i. i. writing should bt particular In diluting m.tubi. lu.tituiioii, m lb billowing a.or OH .11. JOIOfc'I O. .11. .. Il.liiii.i.r L.'b !lusril. BalUu,ia. ...... .ill. u .Mlll.', -ri,)r. 2, Isoi-I' I plIILAl'rLFHIA . I AILU iUNlilMlS. i . ! JliSl I itWl lilt I.I.I. - Mas-ulaolurw of ALL, ttliltitttv 'urll i,;s ,i l..i nilLAMll'HU ' A I... v U. UAKW tul ui ST. - m ii vi-i iimwTa i t x iu rf rik an. Ml Geo. W. Smith. Cuai. B. Oedtbcr. SMITH &. GE IT THEIR. Market street, one door fail of Mr. Boulton'i Hotel Have opened ANEW TIN -WAKE, Mipi'I Iron nml Mtove loro, and Intend keeping constantly on band, and menu f.icturing to order on fliortct notice, TIX AND SI1LLT 1H0X-WARE cf all dctcrlptions. ' 4-aifc" oioe v vwi giumut lum luuuwiug urauus; Mill In m I'eiin, Ponsi lvniiia, Hope, l'uloii, ii nil tlic CVlv li-nttl Niagara Cook Stove, unsurpassed fur beauty of finish, simplicity of ar rangement, combining cheapness and durability, and each stove warranted to perform what they art re presented ALSO, PATlLon and OrFICC STOVES. In great variety, embracing nil th best manufactures, and most fashionablo designs 1'onl Oil, Colli Oil Lnnipti, Muidcs, t'liimnicst, nml nil nrlicU't unusually kept in an establishment of this kind. W are also prepared todoall kinds ol K;iuuting. KiMfiug. Hang and Furnac Work, tt'is Fitting. Ac. Repair, ing cheaply and neatly xecutd. Couuir produce taku in cxcliaug at msrket price. SMITH & OENTHEn, Itar th Agency for BIBB'S CELtBItATED FIRU PLACK STUVLS, for the Counties of Norlhuuibor laud, Snyder, L'nion and Montour Ai dm also agents fur th PipLer A Willowcr Lin 'Transportation. tiun. ury. April V, Ikti. JJ N E3H0 USET Corner Murkel street and Market Square, HAKRISBURO, PA., Acknowledged a First Clues House. THE Proprietor would most respectfully call the attention cf the citizens of Suubury and the sur rounding country, to the accommodations of his house. lUbnring them they will find everything flint can contributt to their comfort. It is situated far onough from the Depot to avoid the noise and confu siuu incident to railroad stations, and at the same time oidy a f"w minutes walk from the same. An Omnibus will b found at th Stations on th arrival of each train C. II MAN'S, Proprietor. April 9. 1SGI 3m J -A. COB O. BECKZ, MERCHANT TAILOR, And Dealer in CLOTHS, CASSIMEHES, VESTING, it. Hum rcniovvd into liist .w ItiiitiN ing; on I'awn slr'-l, sonlli ol" IVemer'a Ilott-I, RUNBURY, l-A... IN'FOHMS tlie cititeus of Sunbury and vicinity, that he has just returned from Philadelphia with full assortment of Niiei.' am si"Smi:ie mis, OF EVEUY DESCRIPTION- AND QUALITY. Hit stock consist of Cloths, French Cloths. Black Doc Skin and Fancy Cassinieres. P.lnck Sutin. Figured Silks, Plain and Fancy Cassimeru VLiilMiS, which ha will make up to order in styles to suit the taste of customers, on short uutic, und the most reatouable terms. Any tioods not on hand, will be furnuthtd from Philadelphia, liy giving two linye' notice. Guods furnished by customers will be made up to order M horei.olore. As he will employ none but experienced workmen, persons may rely ou gelling their work well done at his chop. Thankful fr the patronage heretofore bestowed, ho respectfully solicits a coutluuaiice of the some, tiuutiury, April 2, 1361. c.""g. bruce! Ai!tioriz'(l YVnr Claim Oflli-rai. Waahington, D. C. 44.1 Nt.iTu Stiicr.T. Oppusiie Peution Otticf. Cleveland, Ohio. So J. l.VUAS'S Hi.oca. N ir tho Court House. I'utiiisiM.- I lie Arm) llt-i-ultl. and cullicts PENSIONS. BOUNTY, BACK PAY, l'tirc-moncy and all other A. Claims. V pay especial attention to claims in which other attorneys have FAILKP, or which have been CI.SPEXUt'f). We have already collected and paid over to soldiers and their heirs over $ iilKt. (lull, and are paying thousands daily. No charge unless successful. Write us, aud we will send you a copv of our paper, free. WE COLLECT from fltm to $100 Cash Bounty. We do our business wituoct DCLAT April 2, lbol J. R. HII.BUSH, 4'ouiii)- !iirTf j or A Coinejuuoer, M.ih, i., .V' rtlt'iviUrlainl Cuuttty, Ptnn'a. Office in WMihintou (ownehip. Engagements can be made by letter, directed to the above address. Ail business entrusted to bis care, will be promptly attended to. April , l59l -ly NEW M1LLIN E It Y AND FANCY GOODS, F011 II1TO & 3TJl:i2?s, at the Stot of B. & L. SIIISSLEU. Maiket Square. Sl'NBL'RY, PA. T.a Mlwi n A 1.. Khia-lnr. bavin rumored Iheir estahlihment lo mora commodious and convenient rooiui. one d-Kir abov their former location, inform Iheir friends and custom in. that they hava received and just npentsd a choice and well selected assort, ui.i.i of M1LLINLHV AMI i A.NCY liOODS. iu eluding vry style of BONWiiTa. HATS. RIBBONS ft TRIM MINGS Of ALL, KINDS, and all olbsr article in their line which will b sold obeap- Cuuutry product of all kinds taken lo exchange at aasb price. fJuutmy, April 9. lfCl- TO CONSUMfcltS OF k -m. x -3,m , rpilE uadr.igud dealer la Cut! from tb follow J. ing wall auown tolli.rie i. prepared tg rccia ludan fur tbt tamt at lb Lowest Mrki Hat, vis t MOUDtCVl'S DIAMOND MINES liltAY'tl I'AHKISH & CO S M CONbOLID.VTED CO S " ' lit U thai prepared to furnish tbt llulilusort) ' 4'rU'brwlftl l't)l, lump and iVcuirtJ, 0a tbt Hut f tbt Suqubauiia Kl and Havrt dt tirc. 11 bat wad atraugeuoul lot tbt bi rrrm'ON and j-lvmoutu coalh, 1 bka a It w.para to dltt hv-i.uuiUil.ulufLy l.r.1 kwlioad, and on tb Hut ul ,rd to d.lnrw au4 Dn as u mmi taituM of lb r Uiltd.ttibui ami L ... Li -. I .. - I ... 1 1. a. I 1 ftailuA. il i wtd to " " uar " 4"PtB. A (.ul a, led I. Iioitliau.bwlaud, ft. Qv.l Uiu, f Wviiw LULL WOLVKtttOlt. Alltirttfit) wat 4'tstititltJrt) ttl 1jw. 14W. Ujkt , tot- lwt Alia uiiMHtfHV. hJk.. ......1 ...Lui.t i Iks i.1mis '.' V .i .ii mU wsiwMtl u.u'4tM POETICAL. WHAT THE BIKD8 SAID. T iOB Q. WIITTtt. Tb birds, against tbt April wind. Flew northward, singing at they few; They tang ! '-Tbt land wt leave behind Has twords for corn- blades, blood for dew." '-0 wild-birds, flying from the South. What saw and heard ye, gating down?" "We taw tht mortar't upturned mouth, Tht tiokentd oainp, tht biasing town ! "Beneath the birouao't starry lamps, We taw your march-wora children die In shrouds of moss, in cypress swamps, Wc saw your dead unoothned lie. 'We heard the starving prisonort'l sighs ; And saw, from lino and trench, your sous Follow our fight with home-sick eyes Beyond the battery's suiokiug guns." "And heard and saw ye only wrong And pain," I cried, "0 wing-woru floiks?" 'We heard," they sang, "tho Freedmau's long, The crash of Slavery s broken locks ! "Wttaw from new. uprising states The Treason-nursing mischief spurned, As, crowding Freedom's ample gates, The long-estranged and lust returned. "O'er dusky faces, seamad and old, And hands born-bard with unpaid toil, With bop in every rustling fold, Wt saw your lUir-dropt Bag uncoil. "And. struggling up through sounds accursed, A grateful murmur climb the air, A whisper scarcely heard at first, It filled th listening Haaveut with prayer. "And sweat and far, as from a star, Replied a voice which mall not cease, Till, drowning all the noise of wur. It sings tb blessvd songs of peace '." So to me, in a doubtful day Of chill aud slowly greening spring, Low stooping from thu cloudy gray, Tb wild-birds sang or sacmcd to ling. They vanished in the misty air, The song went with them iu their Cigbi; But lo ! l bey left lb sunset fuir, Aud in th evening tber wai light. TALES AND SKETCHES. .1IKM. t;itAVS10.-ir I.l!M.. "I cotigratulutc you, AltVcil, upon my word itud tiunor 1 do 1 It is not a inert.' form ot words, an idle ccre'iuony. You arc a lucky fellow, and Cora will be a liuppy woman. She's a loving little creature, mid to lie emancipated trmu thu rule of tliut dragoon in crinoline, her respected nianttnti, would be happiness enough lor her; but to be trantifcrred to the protection of my friend. Allied lieu net t, l'ui afraid it will be too much tor her little, timid heart to bear.," Allied hud discovered the true fliaracter of Mrs. Graystone, the mother of hi be trothed, and hud determined to accept bis friend' ottered assistance iu getting lid t her, for he had fully decided that the mu tual happiness of Cora and biuisell must not be eacrilieed by admitting her as a resi dent member of his household. The friends held a lonj conversation to gether, iu which they laid their plans and sireuoiheued their deleiice for the cam paign iU'iiitmbtr, Alfred,"' said Stephen "Weir at parting, "there must be no confessions, 1 no goiug back from your position when it i is once taken. Mrs." Graystone will take advantage of every weak point. She may i even persuade Cora that she cunnot live j without her mother, as I doubt not she did before the innocent little thing told you she wished to have her live with you. But be , tinn, Cora is too guileless lo comprehend : her mother s character, and tiiougii ttie uci ; lady has lieeu moat despotic iu her rule, j she has managed lo cover her iron sceptre with velvet; and Cora who has always been entirely submissive, ha never felt its weight severely." "She ought never to feel despotic rule, at all, nnd, as my wife, she bhull not. Freedom is the only couditiou for perfect develop mom, and I vvish Corn to be my companion. I see there must be no interference, anil theto slmll be noue, iu the affairs of my household." "There will be if Mrs. Graystone is a member of it." "That ahc mu be for a little while, for I have invited her, and 1 cunnot honorably retract the invitation, unless she gies me special cause, which I believe she will be careful not to do. When Cora is my wife 1 cun explain to her why I w ill not let her mother live with us, but not now. 1 must let In r come." "Well remember what we hove decided upon. Don't let her stay. She must be out-mua a'uvrcd, for you would not w ish to have it said that you turned your mother in law out of your house." A month later Alfred Bennett and his bride had alighted at the door of his c ity residence. Wedding and bridal tour were over and the youthful pair had come home. Whut a world of happiness wus in the aweet thought that henceforth the same roof should shelter both, while for each thu other', pres ence made their dwelliug-pluce that most beautiful and sacred of all other institutions, a home, that word, which epitomises all that coucerns domestic life, its joys und its cares, its blessillirs und it utllif tiolis ullcvia ; ict . bi-cuusu shured w ith tho best beloved. I 'there was but one shudow over their joy. Even Cora leltt, nitieh as she loved, innocently, a she trusted and believed Iter mother. It was that meteor prcsci'.co in the uew home, to her vaguely unwelcome, wild not even acknowledged as such, but to Allied hateful, Ucause he now iualicctively tell what he bad been o long ln learning, lur IuIm'Ucm. Cora had lived alone with her mother nil her life. Shu had been accustomed to nl' her implicitly, to drpcud ou her entirely. It lollowed, a a natural conaeuiience ol this training thut thu had no cll reliance. She had expected when she promised to marry Alfred Beuuet, to im gtiidud by him in tvoryllimjf Jul a liu bad lueu all lier lift) by liel uiolher. But a lew word IViun Mr, Graytou, describing common lioav- bold euitrgcncie. aud Iho Inability of hus band, particularly yuung liubandt, to pro vide) lor theut and direct the inanatieinciit ol them, made Cora Uul, at they bail Uvii inti'iidcj to do, Ihat it would m lntpoil.e for her lo fulfil bur duiio iu bur new home without lite Uiolhrr t aid. Thl bud vauacd bur o make that r.qutat of her lover which bad rvtulteti in lh lusllallou of Mr.. Gray Hoiitlopnd lb mini r following their uiarrlagt with Ilia) young Uuhard ami wit, Thai lady bad no Idea of nbandonlu her aiivauiauvuu oJliou. Onui gained hc uUbUdlrrMlf upon il for lilw. AicordiiiL ly tb bad dwpotaal tf br hut aud lurui lur. put all bur UuintM affair iu a I'aiu fur Onal M'.tUnttBl, aud riuuvd witU bu ardrobt), papura, and N,raouui inula lib. ril ktlm Ld UtM totuf lloutl . iiu.l in Alfr.d BuiiBrU a b 'u. sukklnu . . L 1 of be ilauiihltr and over the servant from the dignified house keeper who had passed her litis in the ser vice of Mr. Beenett's mother, to the newly hired domestics whom Mrs Hates had al ready had a month in training. And she met them nt the door and received litem al most ns if she was mistress, und they her guests. Cora was quite satisfied. Site liatl never been accustomed to be first anywhere and il was enough for her to reach home nt last, und sit down with the dearest friends in those beautifu'i rooms. She was quite will ing that her mother should give orders, und manage the servants, and appoint the hours for meals, in short, assume the duties of mistress, even to silting at the head of the 'able, because that left her free to sit beside Alfred, to pile his plate w ith dainties anil to display as liniiiy winning ways as fIik dared in Mrs. (Iraystone's dignified presence. She was quite surprised at the frown that gathered and deepened on Alfred's brow, I during the first meal in their own house, at j which Mrs. Uraystoue presided. And she was still more surprised w hen, as soon as they were alone, he informed her that it was his wi.h that she should at once nsstimc all the duties and dignities of mistress of the house hold. "Hut my mother is so accustomed to such matters, I would prefer to have Iter attend to them all. "Your mother is your guest, Cora, nnd must be treated as such. 1 must not see my wile degraded in her own house. There is a propriety which must be maintained." Cola acquiesced, for she had always yielded to a stronger will, but was not without some misgivings that she entered the break fast ioi m the follow ing morning. Mrs.tJray stone was already seated at the table, and smilingly greeted her children from behind the colicc-urn as they entered ; and Corn pressed her husband's arm in token that, lie was to remain silent, lie paid no heed to tiie signal, but approaching Mrs. (iraystone, politely nlVered her his at in, saying: ".My wife will assume herplaeeas mistress of the household, this morning, and we will 1 not trouble vour father, inaituine! Allow me to give you another seat.'' Mrs (iraystone was taken by surprise. She said something of Cora's being fatigued, and of her readiness to save her all trouble, but there was Alfred Ilcnnett's offered arm, and smiling, imperturbable face, and she was forced to yield. She choked down her rage, and with an attempt to turn the whole affair into a jest, she rose und took her seat to Alfred led' her. The meal was a most uncomfortable one for all three, though Alfred talked contin ually, determined not to notice Mrs. Crity stone's dignih'od ill humor nor Cora's tearful embarrassment. As they were raising from the table he addressed his wife. "Cora, i tear, had you better not have in Mrs. Hales fur her orders, now '. i Hit liit dinner in our home lutist be a very tine one, and 1 should like to hear yon order it."' "Oil Alfred, don't ask nie to do ihat. Mamma, Iain sure, wiil attend to the order ing of dinner." Indeed, we should be very much obliged to you, madam." Alfred replied, "but Mrs. Hun s is not accustomed to receive orders from my guests, and of course is waiting to t;ike Hum from her mistress."' The bell was rung, and Mrs. Bates in. She had alreadv received her cue cntne allusion was made to Mrs. (iraystone's orders, and that lady sat by speechless with rage, while Cora, aided not a little by her house keeper's suggestion gave her orders for din ner. When she wus gone, Alfred politely inquired if Mrs. Graystone wished to go out, aud offeied to order the enrrmge for her declining he gave her his arm, and with the utmost ceremony, escorted her to her apart ment. Two or three days passed in this way. All Mrs. (iraystone's struggles for mastery were met with a determined opposition, disguised by such ceremonious politeness that she could lind no ground for complaint. She-was treated us a distinguished guest, while it was evid -nt to her that no interfer ence in the management of the household would be tolerated. At the end of that time she charged her nctics. She preserved a mournful silence iu the presence of Alfred Bennett, and for several days remained secluded in her own apartments, save at the hour of meals, Cora became very unhappy, but Allied explained to her the grounds of.thoe aggressions sell the English, and so the latter wasoblig w hich would, if allowed to proceed, destroy ed to come to Huntsman, lie had taken no the peace, and comfort, and dignity ot their home lives, lie concealed Ins ow u impres sions of her character, but was firm in the desire that she should maintain truthfully the position which of right belonged to her. Mrs. Grnystone's next movement, after preserving for some time an obstinate si lence not to be softened by Cora's entreat ies, was to deplore her unfortunate marriage. "You have a splendid home, my child," she said, w hile tears rolled over her cheeks, "but it is no better than u gilded cage. How I wish that the past three month could be recalled, and that 1 had you once more in our hoiiie, free from the clutches of the cold tyrant that rails you wife. .Poor! unhappy child ! it breaks your ' titer's heart to see you thus, and to know that, wretched as you iiitut be there i no escape !'' Hut now she had in her ma'aee quite overshot the murk. Cora's ullegiutice had laen transferred by the magic of love. With all of u wile's loyalty, she repelled the ac rusasion. Alfred wu ull that was kind, all that was lining, ami no man could be less a tyrant. Mia, ( jratstono siohed, ahook her ' bead, and talked of the future. But, tbr that time, made no impression on Co rn. But Cora was new to life, and uutised to care and responsibilities. At thu charms of novelty w ine off, .lie litened inoru freely when her mother talked of her bunhua. And the bud altnoat implanted tho aeed of distrust in thu voting wile bruit, when Alfred Beii net t discovered what alio had U rn doing. Ktidikuly Mr. Graystone found herself politely banii.he.1 to lo r ow il apartment. Allied colltllvid in Ull l or a limn nu aiuu-H'iiu ill and ore upatiou in w hich her ui.'tliei bad no .hare. Ilu ui feuded ill hi o'ljctt, at lt. I'lia bin In gain Cora' rur, and fail the- terde (if diM'iud .lie had planted, and iili.ll wi re fital tailhcllllg in ungfllial "ll. unheeded by I lie M.Tviii wilh wluitti khu uii lunger iulir lirvil, miii lulu a .lately t oliviiilrjf, and Isurru ailwl, mi wiy .bin, by ccrviiioiiiou iiMrrtaacva, lur rt .iilnu lit herui In law' hull Isueaine tUvididly uiK'niiifortabl In, lur. bins .U'bliiily iiiuiuiiid bar luit-n-llou ol rvtiirioiijl to lirailtord. AU'lwi tea. imf lially politt In lb U.I. and Cora, hu bad im'.lUd many "I bit idea. firry In r lief ue it I" r iUprl. aud a rtnly in .; Jt- c.tt m- tt tuiai,ti- tion which all newly married people should ussti me. Mrs. Uraystono's lesson produced fin ad mirable effect. She had been foiled, nnd she was humbled. Often since she has visit ed her daughter, and not attempting Hny interference in her household, hns been a welcomed nntl honored, nnd a happy guest,. MISCELLANEOUS. Vv i it iv ji i : 7u a i cm ii v k ' im.m: roit i..tJi..v.-i. THE VULCANS OP ALBION. Samuel Smiles is a most industrious com piler, and his books, like the tales in the Arabian Nights, may be said to breed one another. In the course of liis researches while preparing a recent work entitled "Lives of Engineers," ho frequently cam.e ucross the tracks of celebrated inventor, mechanics and iron-workers, whoso labors seemed to him well worthy ot finding some permanent record. Hinc illne lachrynue. Hence a new bonk, published in t'lis coun try by Ticknor & fields, under the title "Industrial Biography : Irou-Workcrs und Tool-Makers."' Preceding tho biographies with a history of iron its relation to civilisation nnd early iron manufacture in Englund, he opens the personal sketches with one of DID I) en I EV, the father of iron-working in Fngiand, and the Chancer of the iron poets (to use a fanci ful imaged w ho have since made England great. Jle was one of eleven illegitimate children, and does not seem to be at all ashamed of it, for in tin otlicial document he speaks of his mother as "Elizabeth daughter of William Touilinsoii of Dudley, concubine of Edward Lord Dudley."' Dudley village was the centre of n manu facturing district, and the Earl himself had large iron works where Dud used to pass much of his time. As he grew to be a man he established iron-works of his own, lie wrote a treatise mi iron, he built immense furnaces, and became overwhelmed with debt. lie invented an important system of iron smelting. In the Cromwellian war he fought on the King's side, was in 104$ cap tured, stripped almost naked, and in tri umph carried up to the gates of Worcester i w-hich place Dud had forfeited for the King) and put iu prison. With tt party of other prisoners, he, how ever, managed to escape iu August of the same year. As he had received a wound iu the leg he had to stumble across the coun- try on crutches, and thus reached Bristol. U. , , .. . i , . , . is estates.had been cotihscated but he. yet wus sole possessor of his secret for smelting iron with pit-coul, and finding a moneyed partner built auoilii.r foundry, but soon ijuarielled with his business associates, und tlie allair was brought to a staud still. On the restoration he niaile a variety of claims for damages he had suffered during the civil war, again built foundries, published his treatise .Metallutii .Mat tia in 1 Gtij, and dieel in his eighty -fourth year, after a life of sin gular lassitude. TUH IN VLNTlON OK CAST-STEEL. Cunt-steel was invented, Mr. Smiles tells us, by one B njaiuin Huntsman, who was born in Lincolnshire in 1 TO t. He was the son ol (iennan parents, and when a boy, was noted lor his skill in mcudim; clocks and i locks. He also early obtained some roputa i tion as an oeculist. In Doneusler he began making experiments in the improvement of steel, but it was many weary years before the desired result was achieved; yet it was j achieved at last, and although a hundred I years have passed since Huntsman's discov ery, the description of the fuel (coke) w hich i he tir.-t applied for the pupose ol making the steel, and crucibles nnd furnaces which he used, were, for the most part, similar to those in use at the present day. Although the making of cast-steel, as invented by Benjamin Huntsman, is now conducted w itli greater economy and dexterity, owing to increased experience, it is questionable whether any maker has since been able to surpass the quality of Huntsman's manufac tures. Yet his own countrymen, the Sheffield cutlers, with true British obstinacy, refused to use his cast-steel, aud he had to send it abroad for sale ou the continent. In u short I time thu rreneh cutlers were able to under- patent lor his iuveution, his only protection being iu preserving his process as much a mystery us possible ; all his workmen were pledged to inviolable secrecy, strangers were carefully excluded from his works, nnd the whole of his steel was cast at night. Of course there were plenty of efforts many of them dishonorable enough to un veil the secret. All iron founder named Walker at last discovered it by adopting the ru-e of disguising himself as a wandering "tramp," and feigning great distress and abject poverty, hhneritig with cold at the door of Huntsman's foundry late one night when the workmen was about to begin their labors at steel casting, he asked for admis sion to warm himself by the furnace lire. The humane workmen found the appeal irresistible, and the apparent beggar was aibiiilteel and provided with a snug corner, w liere he pretended to full asleep. But be watched thu process ol hteel-iuaking ; and U'loru many mouths hud passed the Hunts man manufactory wa. not the only one where ete.t-teel wu produced. Huntsman was a IJuuker, eccentric, inn very benevolent; hu died in 1770, iu his .eveiity-setoiid year, aud wus buried at At lerelille churchyard. AN I'MtLql'ITCU llKNKKACTon. The principal iron founder of England during the last century ui one Henry Cort, to w hum England owes the production ot wrought iron for machinery, for kleum en gines, und for railway, at one third thu prim it was U-foiu nceuatomcd lo pay to foreigners. Il is climated that thu linen th us of Henry Corl hte already added nil lot ud red million pound, .telling to thu wealth of the kingdom, while they have giveu rniplovuieut to aomu i hundred ihou.utid winking iM-oplu during three gene rations. "And while lhi ureal Iron muster by freely availing ihemwlvv ol bit iuveu tion, hatt Ihco adding ratal M rlal, the only i.liito wvuied by Henry Cort we. thu litli domain ol aix leel two iu which he lit interred iu Uauip.lvad i hua by aid."' VfcUaUU. Jnerpll Hraiiiab waa ono ot the moat curl out ol lh thai In i lo Im Hurt with in the anal ol great liuchatili. II Uiru Iu 111 Iu a Ymk.liliu villaif. aud ttllfk) boy ibvulv.1 bi tp4rw lbi Miakliijl luti.i- j (I Ill.llUUiiUt., In taaattat laiii of lW l. u and rK LI I. (ile 1 t'WKf bylr,-w young Hramnh's favorite Lnunt. His first regular work was at ploughing, but when sixteen years old he hurt his ankle, was un fitted for farm work, and apprenticing him self to a carpenter, lie soon became, an ex pert workman, turning nut ploughs nnd fid dles, window-frames violoncellos with equal skill. Ambitious to improve in his trade. I he went on foot to London, wliere he found work in n cabinet-maker's shop, nnd where he made a number of useful litfleinveniionv. At last he discovered some new method of pomp-making for which he took out a pa tent, nnd remembering his old friend the Yorkshire blacksmith, sent for him to take charge of the locksmith's work. In 17T3 Urnmali first turned his attention to locks, which were then very poor nnd ensily picked. Hnirnfth invented a lock nud took out a patent therefor ; and for nearly eighty years the Hratuah lock was regarded as utterly invincible. In 1831, llobbs, the American, r-rrwecd the ocean nnd succeeded in picking it. But it took even llobbs nolens than sixteen days of manipulation, during which he used a varie ty of elaborate instruments, which no burg lar coultl hope to own. Dramah, after the success of his lock, oc cupied himself with makitig hydraulic pumps ; making pens ; and making machines for pulling up trees nnd for hoisting goods into warehouses ; but his name is now principally associated with the Bramnh lock, lie was so high in authoritv in mechanical affairs that when any difficulty occurred which mechanical ingenuity was likely to remove recourse was usually had to Bramnh and he wus rarely found at a loss for n con trivance to overcome it. "Thus, when ap plied to by the Bank of England, in 1800, to construct a machine for more accurately and expeditiously printing the numbers and date lines on bank notes, he at once pro ceeded to invent the necessary model, which he completed in the course of a mouth." And the same instrument, with his own subsequent improvements, isst'.li inconstant use, saving much clerical labor and ensuring the greatest accuracy and legibility. TIEXRY MAl'DSI.EV. The mechanical tastes of a boy are usually ns strongly marked in an inborn mechanic as the niuiicitl taste is early developed in a musician. Nascitur nou fit. But generally the former tastes are easier gratified, and thus, while vastly more useful, do not at tract us much attention as the latter. Th.tre are boys to w hom the bhitksmith's forge and the machine-shop are irresistible at tractions. Often such tastes are stilled ot once by ambitious parents, and the result is that nonentity "aclerk" a young man who, ........ vtk kvrilluiviVllll UlDWIieia, 13 Rrttrtt.a ln lc tree of commerce, newer takes wiiuoui special commercial instincts, is to it kindly, and is ever utter a sapless sort of twig. Sometimes the would-be mechanic is put "in a la-r office," and once iu a while is sent to "study for the church." Tho re sult is nt the best deplorable mediocrity, ! Henry Slaudsley, one of the most eminent cf English mechanics (w hose death is re ported to us among the news brought by the j last loreign steamer), had this mechanictil instinct strikingly developed. His father j wus u carpenter, but young Maudsley him j self was much louder of working in iron, and would often excite the anger of thu ; foreman by stealing off to an adjoining Simmy, lie urged so nam lor the change that when fifteen years old he was trans- lerreil from tliu carpenters to the black- carpenters smith's shop. Here he btcatnc au expert worker in metal, unel was soon quite noted for forging "trivets" with great speed and skill, the old experienced hands gathering round to admire him when at this work. Tiw.e Im.l in ii.w eiinrtu-iiinii L.lo.. i'to , tho naval works of Woolwich n very uc- I commodating superintending officer, who 'would blow his nose in a peculiar manner j when approaching, so that all forbidden 'lobs-and making "trivets" was one of them might be put out of the way by the time he entered the shop. " W hen abov has the innate love for his trade that Maudsley hud-und thousands of Ameiican youths all over the country have ' to-day hu does not remain at the foot of' the ladder. Take a boy there nre plenty ! such who has no particular predilection j tor any tiling, unit put him at a trade, and he will always remain the mere workman. But bojsliku Maudsley, almost without know ing it, nre urged on to something better. At this time Bramah, the lockmaker, had great difficulty to find mechanics skilful enough to make his precision he wanted. tochs wi n ti e neat, s -""". " i(l being sent tor, the ""rts"-""' . . . '. . . . r .rr..,.t,..l , t.ii.i nn.l young wooiwicu niacKsmitu cumc to j.on- .ion. He was then but eighteen years old. strong, muscular, tan, linn remaiivaoie oauu- some. Hut both liramah and Ins toreman thought he was too voting to be put in the I shop with old Workmen. A worn-out vice- iHjneh was lying near by, and MaudMey, seeing his chances were in danger, asked permission to go right to work and fix it up. He did eo, und the job was so splen didly executed that he waa at once engaged and "lie became as much a favorite ill this as in his former shop. As before said, he w as i extremely )mid,oine an Apollo among vulcans ; and his personal advantages, wmi hi mental activity, had their effect on his fcltow-workmau, who tacitly acknowledged him as their leader and superior, lie rosu iu position und became foreman. In 17'J7 he opened u ahop of his own, hu and his w ile lor a pretty girl had il little time before ac cepted thu" haniKomu blacksmith clearing the hired shop ol the dirt and rubbish li lt iu it by a former teuant. His firl customer was uu artist, w ho gave tin order to,- the iron frame of a large easel ; und thenceforth Matid.ley'a shop had plenty of work. l'i next success was thu invention of the inte rest with which iii niune l usiiu'iy indeiili tied an invention, too, which ull familiar with the Use of the luri ing lalhu now con aidfr indispensable. Maudalev became a famous uiauulut'tpiirer of niiiehinery ; but even w hen hu employed number of in.'ii, and found it lieecury to labor moru with the head than the bunds, he ucd lo yo often lo the forge and work euthiisi.i-tii ally with thu .ledge hammer, ju.l from het r l"V "I hi art. Iu tune hi .boo bvcaui at it were a college, of mucluiuiuul an, from w hub the Ukt uiethauie wurw proud lo ba gradu ated. TtlKOTtUR l-0Ar'nifcl. Ol Cluiuiiiti, ltolairla. Nnuyth, Valr Imirns and .HUrr, Ur. bmlle lu bit Indus trial Biography, wriiva uioal ikliv,litful!y. ami with vuariuiua ipriukliiin ol auiadol al ruuiiuivviiM- Aud bit Ihmi will pie tr If poauriiy lb bi.toriet and proi.l tliarat tcil.liea of a claMof men w ho, tlloUlb rha Il IU. .I Um.'Iii) t( ituir aye, air ultvU lb auoutkl lorgoltvU. , , . ' Uoaloa aaiutd iuuia, wrtib evr awi t be fill Our Nntionol Reourcej. No subject connected with the war seemt to be more misrepresented and niisundcr stood thnn that of the relation of our debt to our resources. Thousands of patriotic nr.d well mem, inn per.ons have been annulled at the angVneiiHng magnitude of the former, forgetful that the value of the latter keeps even pace wilh it. The example of England shows this curious fuct, nnd we call the at tention jf capit ilists and the public gener ally to i. At the end of her gieat wnr in 1810 England had swelled her debt up to an aggregate of four thousand three hun dred millions of dollars; but in the sama time her wcaliu was estimated at ten thou sand four hundred millions of dollars, so that the country, instead of being impover ished by the war, -tally attained that prent impettts whirh has made her the wealthiest nation in the world. The basis thus esta blished has never been weakened, for whilo her debt otill rentlu.'? the enormous sum of tluee thousand eight hundred and ninety millions of dollars, her wealth has risen to thirty one thousand five hundred millions. The secret of this phenomenon lies in tho fact that this debt is owned by her own peo-. pie. The interest paid tipou it is paid into their pockct9. It is the safest investment in the kingdom, and constitutes the real stan dard ol values. Banks, bunkers and corpo rations of all kinds seek it as the guarantee of their soundness. Were the bulk of it held abroad, the case would be otherwise But held at home, it is actual capital in a thousand ways, and enriches the people instead of being a burden upon them. For while the amount of the debt has diminish ed but little relatively, tliB wealth of the country has gone on" increasing until the former, in the year 1801, had become a charge upon the lutter of only 12i per cent., wnereas in isiu it was s weight ot more than 41 per cent. In the year 18(50 the wealth of the United States was fourteen thousand one hundred and eighty-three millions, of which ten thou sand seven hundred and sixteen milllions was ow ned in the loyal States, some three hundred and sixteen millions more thau that of England in 1810. Our wealth in creases much more rapidly than that of any other country. From 1S10 to 1830 the in crease was 64 per cent., from 1830 to I860 it was 127 per cent. SinceMiRt period the progress ot agriculture, settlement, manu factures, building improvements, railways, mining und internal commerce has been un precedented. All this has been aided nnd stimulated by three causes viz: the debt held at home constituting an active capital; the introduction of a sound national paper currency, and the stimulant to domestic iu dustry produced by the demand for mate rial of war. i . Tlic Quositlon of tndnrnnce, Wellington, at Waterloo, referring to the struggle then progressing, remarked, "We) will see who can pound tiie longest." Eng lish endurance, aided by Bate out, was tho day against the impetuosity of tlie Freuch. charges nnd the sublime devotion of the Old Guard. The battles of the Wilderness and the Po recall thu Iron Duke's celebrated saying. Hard pounding drove Lee out of the W':l- i derness, anel drove him from his defenses on the I'o. Turn, Grant's numbers were superior to those of the regel chieftain, but '"V .V"-!"-'!'""'"'' iu numbers, both in tho Wilderness and od the I'o, was fully equal ised by thu superiority ot the natural posi tion held by thu Rjbels, by the defenses they had erected, and by their greater familiarity with tlie battle-ground. 1 lie dogged eu- durance of the Federal troops-their deter mimftion to go tt) H.chmond or go down 111 uttempt-alone gave us the victory, naay, the 0th, and Hiursday the 13th ot , M!l.v. forever the question of the rel- atlVB endurance of iSorthem and Southern I ""P- "': wu Huouu .uc long i , i, , ,, , , , And fine side that can "pound the long- cst. wllLs. "'u. "ulno m t"e Jiresei t cam paign. rortillrations may aid Jee in pro longing the contest, bat they cannot influ ence the result. The heaviest pounding is over, aud the odds ore ugainst htm. SclCtPR OP Wovf.M AT N'ltOAHA FALLS. TheBuffalo Commercial A hertUer says ihat ou Friiuy uion.iug a wo, nan named Bender threw herself into tne rapids in the Niagara river immediately above the brink of the cataract, on the Canada side, und was cur- i rifcJ ovtr ie MU ,iv(,d neilr th(. sp(,tt i Bnd lttd tor some ttuio been partially inuiie, j rendering it necessary on the part of the ! rendering it necessary , ,;,, k.. ,.i,w ......m, ,,,, i.rniove. IncIt A mmentt Molv leIl 'cock , sittimr oiiietlv in tho house knit- tiug, but having been left alone for a few moments, she rushed from the room, ran to the river and plunged into the boiling waters. It w ould appear lual Her conscious- uoss returned after siie entered the water, as she tossed her arms wildly about and cried loudly for assistance. But of course she was beyond the reach of human aid, and in a few moments was swept over the fulls. Up to Saturday evening no Usees of the booy had been discovered. Mrs. Bender was about titty years of age anel leave a family. A I'liKctot a Rr.i.ic. The only medal ever voted hv Congress to Generul Washington is for sale, its owuer, who has lost by thu war even thing else that it vuluuble, beiurf compelled to part with it. It was given iu hoimr ot tho vvucuutiou of Bostou by tho British. On the obverse is a hue medullioii prolilu of Washington, and ou thu reverse) he und his stall' are grouped on Bunker Hill, while the British tleel i. seen moving down the bay. It coulaiitk lttll worth of gold. It is ill perfect pieseivulion, having L'eeti guarded by it owner with the most religion, cure. Five thoiuund dollar! hsvu alttady been offered for it; but to thu Gov eiiiiniiit, or to a historical aoeiety, ii would be worth much inure. Nu khull be glad to e,ive further inform .it iou concerning it lo pal lie Unit limy de.iro il. I'tit. li tl. While a Maying party were oil th turn mit of Mount Mclj jiilicook in Maine, a fur day killer, a Miia French, of LiiicollivilU', stumbled ou the edge of a precipice aud fell dowu a ih'iuii. .t'lking but oueu in a Ui. Unit of on UUO In t. Mir wa. lakeu up iilstuaiolr, and died I lie .a'UK uight. Etravaaiur l the f'J'u aud economy tha tkieptiou Li Caiiforuia. "Ea.ily got, a.ilr .(ictil," txy" i lie u liters. Tb bail Franeiacii ;u',(i,is lllel "tin i i.lc niPU wlin wt Hir and ul ashampd nl il, within flv loll III b.iU l'laiicicv, who Bi.W ltd, WIIU owt I'tU.'l, thai lur) lUIIUot Ilk tt f0 lu,ot) y. ar M How do ).iU dtfli. "BUi k a )our bai:" Daikbe.. thai ma) hu "b 't." At W-bal aui'll UlJ El Vl tU kpp!l r r 1 jr ta 'ltjU fruu.li "til