-VOLIINE XM--NITMER 14. v THE • . poTia - trt JOURNAL - PUBLISHED BT !!.. 111cAlarny, Ptoprieior. PE•TEAB, LYVAHIABLT I i 1.1/71INC.E. .4*DeVted to the cause of 'Republicanism, the interests of Agriculture, the advancement Educatirrn; and the, best good of Potter -county. Owning rip gu id e except of l'rinciple. it will endearer to aid in the trork of wore fully Freedumizing our Country. - IscrarrissitENTS inserted fa the fal l owing 'rates, except where special bartaius are re4lo. k Square [lO lines] 1 insertion, - - 50 :3 " I sl 50 itch subseqitentijnsertion less than 13, 1 25 % Square three months, ' 1 259 " six " 1 . 4 00 i . 1 1 unine 5 50 ' 4 • . i a one year, '- 6 '4O k Column six months, -20 00 1( ii Id ' 10 00 a a I MI!!!! E NMI i r " per year. :40 00 i 0 It 1: i .4,-' 2Q 00 Xrainistrator sor Executor's Notice, 200 Business Cards, 8 lines or less, per yenr 5 00 Special and F.ditprial Notices, pe. tine, ..10 * * *All transient advertisements . must be r aid in adiance, and uo notice:. will be taken of advertisements from a distance, 'unless they ire accompanied by the money or- satisfactory . reference. _ _ . _ _. . _ * 4- Blanks, and Job Wort: of all kinds, at tended to promptly-arid faithfully. BUSINESS CARDS. EULA.LIA. LODGE. No., 342, V. A. M. STATED Meetings oa the 2nd and 4th Wednes dayi of etich month. Also 31:isonie gather ing; on every Wednesday Eye , ling, for work and practice, at their Mill in Coudersport. TIMOTHY IVES, IV. M. SAIIV£I, ileczN, See'y. ' JOHN S. MANN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several ..Courts . in Potter and :NPRean Counties. All business entrusted in 'his care Nvill.receive prompt attention. Office corner of West and Third streets. ARTHUR G. OLMSTED, ATTORNEY .1; COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business entrusted to his care, with prornptnes and ftdc..ity. Office on Soth-wezt corner.of Main and Fourth streets. ISAAC BENSON. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business entrusted to him, with care and 'promptness. - Oilice on Second st., near the Allegheny Bridge. r•. IN" ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coiiderport, Pa., will regularly attend the Courts in. Potter and the adjoining Counties. • 0. T. ELLISON, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, respectfully. Informs the citizens of the vil :,lnge and vicinity - that he will prompts re 'pond to all calls for professional services. Office on Main st., in building formerly oc cupied by C. W. Ellis, Esq. - , C. S. & E. A. JONES; DEALERS LY DRUGS, MEDICINES. PAINTS Oils, Fancy Articles,Stntionery Dr:7 Good: • Groceries, Maio et., Coudersport, Pa. D. E. OEMs ED, • DEALER .J.N DRY GOODS, TtEADY-M..1D1. Clothing, Crockery, Groceries, 3c.3 Main Coudersport, Pa. . COLLINS DEALER in Dry Goods,GrOccries. Orovi.ions Hardware, tineensware, 'Cutlery', and all' Goods usuall. found inn country Couders' on; Nov. 27.'1861. )r.. W. MANN, DEALER r. 447 BOOKS A: STATIONERY. 7ITAG. AZINES and 31n , :ie: N. w: corner of .`tail end Third sts.. Coudersport. Pa. COUDERSPORT HOTEL, D. F. GLASSAI/RH, Proprietor. Corner o- Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot ter Co., Pa. A Livery Stable is also kept in conned Lion with this Hotel. L. BIRD, - SURVEYOR, CONVEYANCER, Afe., BROOK LAND, Pa., (formerly Cushingville.) Office in hie Store building. MARK GILLON,. TAlLOR—nefirly opposite the Court House— will make all: clothes intrusted to him in the latest and best stiles —Prices to suit the times—Give him a eati.. 13.41 ANDREW SWNBERG S. TANNERS AND cututtErts.—llide3 tanned on,the shares, in the hest wanner. • Tan nery on the east side of Alle;;;Lnv .river. ri Coudersport, Potter contv, Pa * J r -Sly 171'61 J. OLMSTED OLMSTED di, KELLY, DEALER Iv STOVES, TIN & SHEET IRON WARE, Main 54., nearly opposite' the Court Rollie, Coudersport, Pa,. Tin ands. Sheet Iron Ware made to ordei: in good style, on short notice. - • "THE UNION '1 ARCH STREET, ABOVE TBIIID, • Philadelphia. UPTON 8. NEWCOMER, Proprietor. ibis Hotel is central, couvenie..t by 1 Passenger cars to all parts of the city, and in every particular adapted to the treats of the basinesa public. ° l'erms $l5O per ,lay, UNION HOTEL, COOIiERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PENN., A. 8. ARMSTRONG 'jATING refitted and newly furnished the AA - house on Main street, recently occupied by.g. Ricei is prepared to accommodate the traveling public in as good style as can be had in tows. Nothing that can in any way in-' crease'the cortiforts of the guests will be ne glseted. . ," Dec...ll,lBSr ! , • • ! i 1 ...i , ' - _ ; . --- 7 -. .1 - z': - - - •::? . .'-"••z••: l iZ -1,7 - • ' ..: l' *• ' •"± :' - ': : ::" -, .......i. ' • L:- .. " " ''',' . : '-' ' -"L '. ....;.1 : 2 : . '..' ':',l,-;::';'1'-', :f- ' - -: --- - : ' ' ' ; ' : . :• : 11: 1 - ' : •:!; : .: "- : - ; . ...'. 7 !`7. : '''F- ::- ‘,'"',' -: ' - ''', - ''' .7-: ' - ' -:- f '''.'' --.-- ' ,-..... - .'L : ~,*F . --i--...,„....±-:.:, F ‘, -,,..:_!,,-. i-fe- , • : ,, , ,: , 1 •,•_• - ::!:A°,-,:2F.,'L:'f::?:,-'.4L' ; ' . :::_:..1-L_.ja: ; '4'',l . .. - q_.l: - L':.7.' , ." - :::::::: - '' - '.' - '' ---' --- -1 '.- • , -- -:- - ,"":" • •_.' -, _-:. :iv -....'..'....'. :=‘ - '1, , ,,T. 4 1: - :-..A.:,-..-","';..-&.;' ; "-.:;" . - . - ' ; ' . ..Z. ic;i:j:•-• , • --4- ' -.-.. ' , -4. - .1' , ,, -•. , -1.72;,, ,, ! - :• , !: ',.'-:.- ',,.:::' _': ' .. 1 1 , -4-:5'.,' i,' , , Y:,*,-,.:.--' , „ . ~, , ,e. :,:;:'____- - .:. 4 '' '''. .. ' • .F j: . . - j_ %,, 2; i,".. 1 t .- ' ..l:' , e f :-.,:, .-' - i- ;:, ', '-1 :-.!•:•'';'::-.: - "t: - ~::-._::.,- -" : 1 -;' .': ..••_-"*"..,.. - ..' ~ i -A .- ' - i';' , .• - •;J -. i* 4 ••.:' - !,f:: .. .il i1...1 '::•-•: '-'.. ',-.1,' ,- .....';'.2r:":,1 : -'ii!' - .'",': - ;.:, - ' :-';'"..- •- : ' -'... •i,•p. .. '. L ., -; R, ..,1", -'•-• ~ '' --,' ' 1 7 4 : ::':' '''..- . : " :4 , - . " .1.' , .- - - 7'l" ... , ' '''''' :. - --. --:..:'; 'i ':;: \ ' ''''' - ; •-•- r din"' /kw& ' , , A i • • . . . : ' '' t ' • - •.' ' ' '-' '--'••.- ' ; t 7 Mk r ' ' r. ..' r: r•-• - • - ''', ••:• 1 4` •• -- -:, • ,• - :.' - - - '_.-4,1., 'i :. ' '...- , ..- . "'i ' 1 .;-' :' 7 '..' ..,!i.. . ' ,'-,, ', :,. . i . • .4 f_.:',: - . 1: , ...; . K -., • r ,'. T .- ) - : 0 * 1 T H'r '''.'.. '.. ..J . 1 • 1 . : . • - . ..., • . . 4) ''- . Itt ; • , ....... , I . . .... .:' ' • ..11 :. -, • -... . •.,' ~,, :I '''-', '' 4 '' ' • '' 4 '' - . ....,, . _, . . . . , • '• • . 1. „ - , • ~-..- • ,-. . - . .., Z ' ~. ‘... , 1 i .. . . .., . ~,.., ••• -7".......„,5.:". , -1. . , • . , ' \..4./ . . • 4 111 '-'-' :- , - , • , 9 .. t_ . , . ~ , ••••,_. ..._..... -,,•••,:-. .-:,--:,,•:-.:!--•;• ..;.•-,- • .. •-• 1- --- :-..,, . 1 , __l' 7 00 The Late Naval Bathe ! BA - LT.6IOIIE, Aliireft 9,i 1062. About noon to-day, the Rebel Isteatu ship. Merrimac and two gunbtiatls were seed corninp around Craney head ed for Newport News, Hair ani 1 our at . - tsr, :the Naval lookout boat in the Road.- signalled the fact to the Minnesota and keauoke, the latter Ca2t. Marsqin, the i flag-ship. The MitirrYse -. 0. steam up; th&Roanoke foUr months with a Lbroken shaft, measures were• taken to tow her; It iar time before they ;were _underits Minnesota leadiug The Rnauok near, the ,Itip.Raps, .was caught tideland thlf an hour Was . speUt in her head right main. The gunboat Whitehall also got under, way.' Meanwhile, the Merrimac sat. waking good tithe for Newport News,, whcre the sailing frigate Congress and the Cumberland were the only Oral yes Ise's. :as the - Minnesota passed within !range of Sewall's Point, that bhtltery !cued on her. Its fire was retuned rig orously. The fire being at hiti r .lriange; no 'perceptible effect was prodtmk.d In a little more than one hour ftotti getting. underlway, the Met rimac was Within halt's a wile of Ncwpurt News., when:the firingl co m menced. Simultaneously Movements, the Yotktown and Jatnestown! (rebel steamers) came down Janus and joined their lirb with that of the Mer riMat, Upon the Congress and the Uuni berland. KNOX, The precise movenfents that !followed! pre-:, ilk .e m I zi,,, riot at present fully atirl s el of, the a. i ; . etifitny s guns a hull rising but abbot'' the scene was witnessed from the Fur:, I eighteen inches above the water, and a tress, eight miles clitant. The Merriince sort of plortello tower, twenty feet in, di- i past the enpoTess and ,aille.,ier, and' ten feet high. The smoke-; en age the Cumberland, which seemed to . rroeeed w ' as ais lsiaek during. action is lowered , into ti, g hold, it being made with telescopic slide's.' under the Inc of thel:_orittown and .lames' rhe Mill is sharp at both ends, the bo town. ' Our battery at New Post NeWs " 1 projecting and coming to a-poiut at an! onerted vie•arously on the iron-cla enemy. angle Of eighty degrees to the verticie; l'n! about Paltan hour, the ma's sel the line ' • six and a half! Cumberland.. which were.visibie'ove'r the is ilat. "" °1 " (1 ' feet in !depth, one hundred and twenty- i puifit of land: Were seen to list finally i over, proving that she hadsunk—.:-.1 1 About this time; the Conoresti, ith sails! to p , 6 ' u 4 four feet lung, thirty four feet wide'at the! is built of light three-eight inch! ' iron., .lAnother, or upper.hull, rests on, spead, was seen to come " down a short] this with perpendicular apes and sharp! distance and stop on the Point,a parently , aeiround. , , i.ends, five feet high, forty feet fourinehes! e , ire hundred and seventy-four feet! , ltaThou after, the Merrimac re- ppeared I wide, an engaged her at short range long. extending over the sides of the lower! d ; wed, af tel. /coping up the ,contest; f ( een dr hull thee feet seven inches,and over eacht f .e 'd twenty-five feet, thus serving as a der was seen tt ll protection to the propeller,' rudder and! lauchorf.. The sides of the upper hull are,( tWenty minutes, the white liar.; ; f surreti., float over the7C ngressis deck.. Meanwhile, as ilthe day was fat . , - ed to be one of successive disasters to onr . composed of an inner gua.d-of iron a - ships, the . Minnesota had groutked abmit wall of white oak thiity:inclies thick, two miles from Newport News,here she lay:making fruitless endeavOr to gdt l'r covered with iron armor six inches thick. i When in readiness for action, the lOw-1 clear.' The B.oanoke, by: this; time, had :er 1 1 4 is totally emersed, , and she upper! reached • within, two miles of I er; lai i 'r.,lone is (sunk 3 feet 6 inches,' leaving onivi seine the current of events t u rned bock:118 inches above water: The interior ' isl The gunboat M vstic. wide d also gonel open on the bottom liken sloop, the oh up, being in a disabled condition on he- whit:Al.:is 6M:fib-proof, coining flush • with etiunt of' her builer giving out also turned.' the top of the upper Inall. No railitig•or! back, towed by a tug. ' , • bulWa r lk of any kind appears above the; k A negro, states tat the M'errimac ran dec.., and i'l le only thing exposed are the square into the Cumberland, ! which i m . turretlor eililel, the wheel-house, and the feediately Went down. The negro statesibox 'crowning the smoke-stack.. The in- } clination °tithe lower hull is such that al that Rime of the arm, who swa; ashore,l ball' to strike it in any part Must pass said the loss on :the. Cumbe ' land .svas i !.. ' I through at least 25 feet of water, and WAstuNG*N, l! about one hundred. I 3l arm i l ~ , .? I then s,trike!att inclined iron' surface at an 1302. angle bf about 10 degrees.' . ••In the event! The following Was received to-night by Major-Gen.' McClellan from - !G l ea. Wo6l, of the!etien4 boarding the' battery they! dated Fortress Monroe at 6 ?o'clock this can AO no- liiarni, 29 ,the only ebtranee isl evening:i at the! top ef•the turret or citadel, which , '"fwci hours after my , telegraphic dis- cannot 'easily 'be sealdd, and. even then; patch for the Secretary of Wart last evin. only one man at a.time can deicend 'into; `hag, the Monitor arrived. She i mme di. the hall.. ;ately Went td the''assistinee . .d the Min- . 0 ' This turret is ' reiolvini ,. .. bombproof i nesota, which was aground,a n and i connned fort, stud mounts. two. 11'•-inch'. guns. It lan until a few inoineuts since.; Early this, is proiecced by, eight _. thicknesses of inch morning she was attacked• by the Merri• j iron, biterlipuing so that 'at do one 461 kine r autesiovill,_at.d'Yorktimn. Afterl is. ! w is than one inch thickness Of 1 'oo,4lOttr.Wi9.Q. l fiilci tile.llloroldriv:eg off I joini:! . ' .ii a" hell- provf flat ;roof 'of perfoi• . . S.; D. KELLY' , THE SOIITILIERN CROSS." Deem not the ravished glory thine, I . Nor think the flag shall seathlessinmie bithrat its • Land of the traitor and the slave!! . God never set that holf_sign , In -deathless light - inning His stars To make its blazonry divine A sentcheon for thine itepions wars! And surely as the Wrong must fai— • -Before the ererlastingllight;- I So surely thy ,device 'shall pale l And . thrirel in the Northern Light Look: where its coming splendors stream! The red and white athwart the - bit, While far above, the unconquered gleam Of Freed'om's stars is blazingtbro gin Hark to the rustle find the sweep, Like sound of mighty wings unfurled, Andbearingdownthesapplfiresteep [world! neeseri'j hosts to help the imperilled ' ' Light in the North ! :Each bristlip. Of steely sheen a' promise hears; And all the midnight where they gi A rosy flush of morning wears Von syn:ihol of your Southern sizy Simi' surely mean bnt grief and. 1 Then tremble, As ye raise on high, ' in sacrilege the. Southern Cross ! O brothers! we.entreat in pnin, .T. , lte ye the unblesed emblem do Or purge your stnndard' of its stwin, And loin it with the Northern Cr lieWoted to Az 2tirp,ipi COUDERS ,'\ • .. I ,F= ;, WEDNESDAY, Okliplf 19, 1162. the Meryl' pac in a. sinking condition.f,-: 01'e .waS' t wed by the Ja m est Owt n,. York.' town; and several smaller boats, ,towaYtl lqiarfolk, o doubt,' if itoSsible, to . 'get' ler 14 the dry dock"for repairs . The Min e snta is afloitt, , and being toted - tow d Fort 3.lOnlioPV ." : The t'io iron-clad vessels fought, p rt of the tintouchingeach other, non (4 7 . 7470 moon. • • trptidag„March 12,1862 ,r - • The - Old Point boat has arrived. re . learn through Lieut. Hayward,' that a dopy 0f'7 7 ,/te Archfolk Day Boole. had reach. Cd Old 'Point. Contains highly col.' gra aces#nt of Saturday'S fight, and pays a great compliment to the bravery of the, drew of the Cutaberland. It adthits that some• of tbe shot from _that vessel entered' 1, the Merrimac. MI shell ittd wounded Capt. Bueh'anao, who sub sequentl. died. The Monitor is admitted be formidable. It sais she appeared like a bla i tdr. Yankee cheese box - on a raft. • lThe.Merritnac 'on Sunday was under corn- I Mtind of patesby Jones. The account is i tnainly 'confined to Saturday's fight. It tars some slight . repairs will be necessary'! to Merrimac. The reason why the', IMerritzti4 • did not first attack the Con-,I igress, was bccanse Capt - Buchatian had a'j !brother onboard .as Paymaster. ; I I , n .Lieut.l Wyse, of the Navy, was the first:! boardi,the Monitor after her fight with'' he Merrimac. Descending through the Mau-hold, he unexpectedly found hititselfl in a neat pa.lor confronting'a midshin• ' Man washing blood from his hands at a stand, and an officer combingliis hair at a Ilitiirror. W Lieut. erden laid on a sofa' ;;blind a,nd bleeding. " Recognizing Wyse' 'by his voice, he inquired. "Have Idriv ev eff that monster ?" "You have."— !"Theti - am willing to die," said the gal lea sailbr. Wyse insisted on his gunk home With him. He is now his 'guest here. The President who honors fight. ling men, called upon him last night, and. nervous!' from his recent affliction, aad grateful to courage, and sympathetic with the wounded, burs.t in to, tears: while•greet inr• the • `7 The following is the description of the Martittg. as givdn in the Tribune: lance SES Mil souse py, the •. when by the Igettlne. Undc:r the act of, Congress passed last Sunimdr appropriating 51,500,000 for iron-clad vessels for . the Navy, Captain J. Ericsson, the world-renowned inventor of the caloric. engine, presented proposals fur a baitery to be launched within one.; hundred ivorkin , days froth the date of the contract, the impregnability of wh:ch should 1)e tested before the heaviest guns, of the enemy, and at the shortest - range.. The contract was signed in October, and , on the one-hundred and-first working day: thereaftler the . „.Monitor was launched froMi the CO4tinenul Iron Works at Green-, point, Where she was constructed by C.' 8: Co., under the superiti,-,z, tendetne of , Thomas F. Howland Of Brooklio. Estdreall sof ile P final 1 . 0 of 3ff oNiii9,,gitoltrp resents to a rill Tl 2 - . -s, , , ftted' plate4ped - On fogged beatuS,, inserted the' cylitider,! 1 - • • • covers' the top: " The slidingf fiateb to this. coyer is perforatedi,'to give and or mnsketry fire in• ease the tatteiy is holird 7 : ed • spur-wheel;-wheel;inches in (tains! - : ter, moved by a dorible cytinder Angine; turns Ae" -- turret," : ntAl ail; a rod with the iiit;nin: , (*ear of the en-; ! s loe enabling theTgunner - control the , 'The guns, teitve in forged-IrcislideSl Icionthe turret; tilie'earriO4i belin. Made to fit them accrtint,ely: :I ; • - • Theie guns• Wen furni!..he,d with 400 wrought-iron' shetlJty the; Novelty Works; each ball weighing pounds and cOst l • ing - 5-17. The balls were inn& by fog • ing scptire blocks : !!IA iron ; Which wermaf , set-ward turned the CaSt-iton shot would break jabainst stieli• a vessel*, I the 3lerrimae, and rhese:slint viere i forged I for the •espeCial j!prirpolse of smashing through her sides. 'Lint,! 1V orden tended, in caSeithe Merrimac did uotl i come out, to go into Noiloik:harbOr. nod lay his, -akingside hertitere.- 7 -1 She has. saved hiiii•thattiouide. • • _. l, .TFIE_NEW .I.I.eqLROAD AftitANGinfE7a. —The Presiden tiof the lErie Railroad in his report states that 661 l'ennsylvania Railroad Cornpan has eotbred ioto pos-1 session of the entire road,. fora teruiof! nine hundred and ninety-nine years from the_first day of the present[year, and tjhey I are bound at all iirues during said terni,l to work, use, maintain and eliScientlynp.l erase and keep the same iii publin use at 1 their o7a, cost and riak, with such loco motives "and cars to be farnishod l arid, owned by them as,shall be :required: by! the business' thereof, and to furnih such m' I! facilities and perfornch - nets and rfi things as av be end properly required to facilitate the business of the road. li ,, [ For these exrinnses, riss and services, the Pennsylvani, Railrord Company are to retain 'seventy per eetithm tbe,gross receipts of the read, from soureesl; the other thirty peri!eentum Oereof to behin , to the- Philadelphia and! Erie Railroad Company, to be( upproßrilte4 to the pay thent 'of its tidoe:-.sary expenses; andlof the interests and sinking fu'ild to beentue due under the several Mortgages, and any surpluS to form a dividend `fund for the benefit of stochbolders:--41 - e. • , ' • 1 . tiAYNtS t TO:9IE SCOF:FE4S.H Of Mr. llayneS, enloted preaeher, is said, that sortie timeiafter the :nubliCa !tiou of his sermon on the te.,tt, "Ye shall not surety die,",!!two reelliess youn2 men haring agreed - Aogether: to try ; his 'one of them said, “Father 1-3 a; ;have sou heard the g : Ood nets?" ; "No," said 3fr. 'Haynes. '.'What; is is izreat news indeed," Enid thelather, "and if true. your business : 'That it,?" again inquired : : Mr.' payries. said the first, "the•dadil dead.". In a i moment the old: gentlen...a . replied; lift ing up ,both. hands, and plaeing ; them on the heads' of tlva young wen, atids..ai4 in a tone ot solemn .concern, "Oh, pbor frith erless:. children ! what : will become of: you ?"I. . I I . COUNTERFEIT U. S.. 'TREASURY FIVE DOLLAR NOT4.—Colpit, l !rfeit fiVe dollar Treasury bills,iwere put i tn circulation' in New York cityireecntly. I Ilefe are sotne particulars, that will readily lead their detection. T h e 'counterfeits way be known by the fact that in the genuine .note the figurelof Liberty an the left end of the note has ; on, her breast a star or suu with diverging rays,j ,the centre'of which is the letter U, and in the U thei letter S, whilef in the conoterfeit the aim and the letterslare all omitted. • Robert C. Kirk, late lAeut .: Governor, of Ohio, has been appOitkd :Minister to the Argentio& i Confecleration in place of Robert M. Palmer, resigned in conse quence of ill Vealtb. I • hear of iteaitigl a truss. Bot why should a lady charge 'a f,i. , iotlemati with stealing wha(she didn't hive-till he gave it to her—the j l gffe being 'he very' thing she calls ' The C. ies of Con gTes.s on _ _Lubin bare decided . to rep`:rt a bill forithe immediate abolttino of 81;:c4y the District f ' everdej , Johnson has been ir froth Maryland in place nnedy, whale term aspires The Elan. elected. Senat! of ntbony K in Ma rch 18 Additional treachery of' character; hn testimony relative to the Gag Stone of a damaging ,'been obtained. . , missioned officers captured hob Have arrived'at .Fort• All.the co. at Fort Dot) Warren. I. ll' ' So far U lon troops have gained 24 tictories ';-relitels 6. ' There , are Ounterfeit 81's on the Bank of Panvilic t - ' ' 11111 MI =I Sli:lelfill ciiitUisi. ttaitti4er.. Brigadier General Francis NV; Lander, whose : 44(lam death Will' take' the l coun try, by surprise, and. evoke a 'Universal feeling Of regret, itrai a native Pr Massa ebtisette, and in hli, thirty-eighth year. Ills earliest ,years were marked iby a love ofadventUrh,' . .ancl,a taste; for the irofes slm of 'arms, .-:Although .not a)gradirate of - Was/ Peirit, he was, undonbtediy i ,.onn ot,the,-ablest Military leaders of th.e preS% cut unfortunate stru gg le, and w,lis a very Cour de Lion oti the battle _field; -;:-.1.nnii merable instances have been: related Of ; his personal - daring, amounting l nknost at; times to recklessness, and there arc fear; special ' correspondents who laird not] `ehrniiiCled instances 4of his manly eour afie. ;Ilia - name was first made prominent in connection with an -explorat , ion for al wagon road to the Pacific some lfew years since.: At the breaking out-of the pres ent rebellion he• was appointed by General, McClellan, -then in Western Firgiaia„ to be a member of his staff. The brilliant) exptok,at Phillippi was mainly' clue to I himself add Brigadier General B.F.K.elly. 1 At•RiCh Mountain his worth again dis piayedlitself, in the valuable assistance Which:he ;rendered to General McClellan. Upon ;General McClellan's appointment to the ; edminand of the army of the Poto mac, General Lander accompanied Win, and proidd a valuable auxiliary- in reor- 1 guniiingj the demoralized and, dispirited faces: So highly was he esteemed that' ' the Government shortly after despatched him upon secret service, which he per formed with credit to his own sagacity, l and rd the entire satisfactiontif the Pres pant.' 'Upon his return fro, his foreign i mission be was placed in command of a brigade in Gen.' Banks' division, and at the battle of Edward's Ferry, on the 21st lof 06tober, he was for the ;first -time i 1 wounded"; being shot in the leg ivhile l lmallantly cheering forwarcthis men. The I Wound was of -such' a Serious' character,' that lie '.was compelled, altheugh relum 1 ; tautly, tp relinquish his command for sec-1 ' dral- weeks. About three manths since' lie 'ma l t appointed• Commander Of our forces; at Romney, lea l On the approach -of the, irebel General J ac ks on; ' -he'was forced to i ,, a evacuate that position, to prerent himseif ;from .eitt e , ,, outflanked—a movement. ex ! distasteful to himself, and , only, cuade'ac the iastacco of his onnitnander 1 imehief. It vas but a few ' days since; i that We chronicled his clashing exploit' t i Bluomery Gap. Having . heard thatl...al 1 rebel -camp was at that praeddie utarehed ' la distance of . thirty-two miles with his ; four, thousand men, and succeleddcl in sar i Prising it completely. By' this coup he i succeeded in capturing no less 'than seven !teen coininissioned 'officers , and forty-five jPriVates; losing but two men:; However, the I wound received at Edward's-, Ferry; was; still painful, and excited the alarm of) 1 his frienus.and medieal advisers. Gen. I Lander was a finis bed scholai4 and a gen ; klemari of fine literary taste.S. His was t'iel true type of the American- soldier. I earwas an 'emotidn , of which his nature; was incapahle, and l courage , the strongest 1 impulse of his breast. His sphere lasi the'battle-field, and his pride the head of, I his colunin. No other man so justly de -1 ; served:the compliment of General gentt, I I"that he was America's natural-born iol 1 dieV.” -,The nation has few suc h " soldiers' , its' to im molate their lives on the altar of nationality. 'General Lander:was Married (ess than three years since td Miss J.' M. Davenport,the distinguished tragedienne, and a most accomplished lady. Her loss is the nation's loss, and her 'grielf s will be shared' by the entice American people, Gen Shields succeeds General Lander in emr.mand. • BAD POE THE .ow,—The editor of the Schoharie (N: Y.)• Putrioti thinks the Federal Government represents the loco motlie, and seceding. States the cow, in, the following story : George 'Stephenson, the cele brated Scotch engineer, had completed hismodel of a locomotive be presented himself before the'British Parliament and asked the attention and support of, that. body. The grave, M. P.'s looking sneer ingly at his invention, asked:. "Su ,you have made a caryiage to irun only by steam, hive you?" '!Yes, my lords." "And you expect your carriage to'run ,parallel rails , so that it - ,can't get off; ;do you ?" itYes,' my lords. itiVell Mr. Stephenson' , let us show you how . bsurd your claim is. .Suppose when your carriage is runnieg upon these rails rat the rate of twenty or thirty miles an :hour, if you .are extravagant enough to ,seppose. sueli a thing pbssible, g co* should gat in its wig. - , Itou can't tarn out'for her4—what then ?" i; _1 "Then be bad .foi the col ms , lerds." . • There is, nova etreaml of _ = trouble no deep and swift runniog that ire may not ems oveiit if we h4ve courage-to !tear ad strength' to pull "f r,s`l, ' r... , r~..~i 7. 7.7 , - .\-1:::.. , ,iii,..:7,,;.-,::.;:.'3it, ~TONS.-41.00 101:10,1$ IIL The Tos(ltni. The*Oliiritig is 'an alCSi4ititil ii,tsii bill rpgited to Cbti'afeis _ It ProY4e•9 for.t.bP.lPl4.' 1A*4 1 4 64 President of pammissiotter, _kit Internal revenue,' with a Arilary,et ;5 - ,90 Mit of. Ifice , to be hr 'the , tresSury„...l4epillittifeirif; with'a suitable nUtuber ; ,of; • country is to, divicledi gio,Plesideni way,direct L into Convenient die; triers, With ad aesesipr and , celleiater, pointed- by .the Ptesideni, : fok t epdh alai trier, , who shall have. „pnwer, to, ofpeini isuckdeputiet as may be necessary,. , ‘ Thel bill provides fora duty on apirit i ntrinOlqi cots of 15_ cents ~Per per, gallon j fi ,cier, - 81 per barrel . ; atanlcrleaCtobacco; 3 cents per pound, to add when.tnatitufa6.: tnred 5 cents, and on cigars 5, - ,,10,,and 20 cents per ponnci,,according - fq valeta; on lard, and linseed oil,; hurtting l Anid; crude coal - oil, 5 cents,per gallon; refined ecai oil; 10 cents per gallon ; . ,gas' pt E I,o'o.cubie feet, 25 emits ; - -banknOttrpa: per, .2.emats per pound; printing,;paper; 3 Mills Entr pound; salt, 4 (mow per 100 pound; sole leather, 1 eeot. : pet...pnundi upper leather, tout per poptid;,,and : all other manufactures n• per centom toren', ; on, railroad pas:songeragnailla poi mile ef travel; commutation f tiekots 8 per, cent.; steamboat travel I p mlillper mile; omnibusea, ferry bbats; and,horse railroad's 8 per cent. on grosi receipts from passengers; advertisements,„s.,pei cent. on amount•of annual, receipts;• fof use of carriages annually, from-11 to 810 according-to value; gold watches $l.; ail; ver. ; witchell 50 cents; t each; liCenscd bankers' $lOO ; auctioneers 820 ;_ whole; sale dealers $5O; retail dealers in liquors $2O ; retail dealer; in . goocts $10; pawn bi-oker.4 $5O; rectifiers 81.0011)reWerl epo ; inns, taverns,,:graduated se- Cording to rental,. from 5 to . Bs(i,f,Oing . blouses $10; commercial brokers ;50; oOler brokers e2O; theatres $lOO ; ,cir: cases $5O; bowling all_eys 850, each alley; wholesale pedlars $5O ; tidier pedlars. 3 t'a $2O; -coal oil distillers 820;, ite. -In; Comes,.3 per cent on all vizi 6600,:de: ducting income derived front dividende; which are taxed .separately bonds and dividends of liankksindsavinsig institutions 3 per cent.; payments `of _till &doors in the civil, military,..arid naval service of the United States,l 6C:tiding_ Senatcis and members of Congress; 3,zer cent. Legacies and distributive shared of personal property of cleechied Persed4 from 1..t0 5 per ceut., : acCording to tltB degree of relationship, and'stamp.datied op all kinds of legal - and Commercial Pa pers—all patent medicines, telegraphid - messages, and all goods by expresses.. The bill contains one hundred and licit', sections, one of.the largest Of any kind ever liefere prepared, and; on which months of time , have been beitovied. Corm.—For every mile that we'le4irci the surface Of the earth; the tempetaturii falls five degrees.. -,At forty-five wiles act: tatice from the Globe, We get be:it:did the !atmosphere, and enter, strictly epealltibg; the region of space, whose temperaitire r is 225 decrees belotzero; reioms in'all its power.. Some idea of this' intense told way- be termed by ststltig That the greatest cold obserted Hid Artie Circle, is from forty to' etzty de grees below zero,and here many stirprislogg ffect.'s are produced. • In the olieinkal laboratory the greatest cold ;bat- .we can produce is about 150 degrees below zero: At this. temperature Carborlic.gas bectiffla it solid substance like snow. .If tottelidd c it produces just the Same effect oar : tlw Skin as a red hot Cinder, it, fingers like a burn., Quicksilver et. napi4u-s ry freezes at 40 degrees below zero; alai is 71 degrees below temperature atvihihi water freezes. The solid mercury .04 then be treated as ether metals,:bam_iiier,- - ed into sheets, Cr trade into spoons; stieli spoons would, however melt in, water.* warm as ice. It, is pretty_ certairilliai every liquid and gas that we areacquiifilit ed! with would beeCtne - soltd..if e*pciseff the ,region of space.. The gas :te: light our streets with would appear like vr3x,l oil would. be in reality "ad hard•as pure spirit, which we have never, yet solidified,, appear like trauiparebt crystal; hydrogen gas would -be:sOliOn; and resemble a petal Shotild, abler. to turn butter in a lathe like ivory, and the tragraettf . -odoFs or- Bk* would have to be made bet ; befoe-thiSy, would yield perfume. These are, a few' of the astonishing, effects of- Cold • Feet seem to doubf for-a-Motigt(t - 44! ' contentment isl the cause'of Yet the inverse is bile; ware contented because we are happy, trot`: bai?Y cause we are contented. All men ,heed ; u they hen ter; if wise men 11 P. r i g73 groupd'i where, the springs rise, ;ordinary*tp,iiii the -.lower ”ronods whioli iifitier4 noarish. - - - - Africans; km rb'y lest frierid - 'ithe"ry sires thy poti, , rather tbairrhy:oo-#0:3: =I • ~.:1:: v. 't.',l;.";,J
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers