VOLUME XIV.--NUM.BER 30. THE POTTER JOURNAL PUBLIBLIED BY , #l. W. MeMonkey,' Proprietor. $l.OO PR TEAR, INVARIABLY IN 'ADVANCE. * * *Devoted to the cause of rteßublicanistn, the interests of Agriculture, the advancement. of Education, and the best good of Potter county. Owning no guide except that of Principle, it will endeaver to aid in the work of more fully Freedomizing our Country. . ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at -the following rates, except where special bargains are made. I Square [lO lines] 1 insertion, - - - 50 1r " " .3 • " -- ' 50 Each subsequent iusertionless than 13, 25 I Square three Months, ' 2 50 14 six L 400 • " nine 44 550 4, one year, . I 6, 00 I Column six months, • ' 20 00 , it IL I 10 00 It II , 7 00 i " . per year. I 40,00 Aif LI 4t 20 00 dministrator'sn or Executor's NOti6, 200 Business Cards, 8 lines or lass, per year 5 . 00 Special and Editorial Notices, per line, 10 * * *All transient advertisements' must I be paid in advance, and no notice will be taken of advertisements from a distanc l e, unless they are accompanied by the money or satisfactory reference. * * *Blanks, and Job Work of all kinds, at tended to promptly and faithfully. - BUSINESS 'CARDS. EULALIA LODGE, No. 342, F. A: M. 4TA.TEP Meetings on the 2nd and 4th Wedne sdays. Of each month. Also Masonic gather logs on every Wednesday Evening, for Work and practice, at their Hall in Coudersport. TIMOTHY IVES, W. M. SAMueL Hevr,w, Sec'y. s• JOHN S. MANN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend thb 'several Courts in Potter and M'Kean Comties. All business entrusted in his care wip receive prompt attention. Office corner! of West and Third. streets. AltTni.Jll, G. OLMSTIII, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Conderspurt, Pa., will attend to all busines entrusted to his care, with promptues and fidt:ity. Office on Soth-west corner oflfain and Fourth streets. ISAAC BENSON ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend:to all business entrusted to him, with . tare and promptness. Office on Second et., sear the AllegiMny Bridge. F. W. KNOX, ATTORNEY •AT LAW, Coudersport, PaL", will - regularly attend the Courts in ,Potter and the adjoining Counties. 0. T. ELLISON, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, - respectfully informs the citizens!of the vil lage and vicinity that he - will promply re ' spend to all calls for professional services. Office on Main st., in lytilding formerly oc cupied by C. W. Ellis, Esq:l C. &E. A. JONES, DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS Oils, Fancy Articles,Stationery,Ory Good: ' Grocerie s , &c., Main st., CouderSport, Pa. D. E. OLMSTED, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, READY-MADE Clothing, .Crozkery, Groceries, 4c., Multi st., Coudersport, Pa. COLLINS SMITH; DEALER in Dry Goods,Groceriesi Provisions Hardware, Queensware, CutleTy, and al Goods usually found in a:country Sidra. Coudersport, Nov. 27, 1861. VEX M. IV DEALER IN BOOKS k, STATIONERY, MAG AZINES and Music, N. W. corner of Main and Third sts., Coudersport, Pa. , . COUDERSPORT HOTEL, D: F. GLASSMERE, Proprietor, Corner o Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot ter Co. Pa. 11 LiS - ery Stable is also kept in Cornice tion with this Hotel. MARK GILLON; TAlLOR—nearly opposite the Court House— will make all clothes intrusted to him in the latest and best styles —Pricesrto suit I.l3e , times,—Give him a call. 13.41 ANDREW SANBERG & BRO'S. TANNERS AND .CURRTERS.---Hides tanned on the shares, in the bestl manner.; Tan nery on the east side of Allegany. river. Coudersport, Potter county, Pa.—,ly 17/61 J. ODIDITED. . S. D. BELLS. OLIsISTED & KELLY, ' DEALER - 0 STOVES; TIN /z , SHEET IRON WARE, 3fain•st., nearly opiosite the Court House, .Coudersport, Pa. Tin and Sheet Iron Ware made to order, in good style, on short. notice.. • • ,Lnysses Academy • . • • • • Stilt retains as Principal, Mr.E.R.CAMPBELt Preceptress, NETTIE JONES GRIDLEY; As sistant, lass A. E. Clarissza... The expenseS per are : Tuition, from $5 to $6; Board, from $1.5,0 t 0 .51 . 178,; Rooms for self-.bosrding, from .sf:-; Each term eommenoes upon edrieedhl: Mid continues Fourteen weeks: Fall term, Aug. 28th, 18G2 ; ,Winter term,Dec. 10th, 1862; and. Spring term, March 25th, '63. 0. R. BASSETT, President. W. W. GRIDLEY, Sect'y. Lewisville, July 9, 1882. UNION ROTEL, CONCyaBPORT,: I 2. OTTE& COUNTY, PENN., A. S. ARMSTRONG inravvzsza refitted and newly furnished the JUL por i tse on Main street, recently occupied by - N. Rice, is prepared to aceorpmodate the trwrilitk public inns goodatykas eambe had in tOlVlls,.NOthing that can ip,auy lray, ereasellii . comforto of the guests will be ne t lave. Al f 40/ •. - i ,i. • ii i• - . . . . . . . . • --- sow„slur . 4 ., • I -4---:6,A . ,:.,. -. I •..-6.-7:4) . ,:-..,:' • . -- b _. • i 1 . . . , . ."----! 1 - i• ' 1• , .. • i 0 1 :41 ,. 1 4 i „,,...,,..... 4 , 4 f .',.. ~ , , _ _. ,_ . , ••• IT _ ..,,,,:•'• ~ ~,,„ k i .,..... . . ..............„._ ~.... , %A l., v,. , . . •. , ._ ~ 1,! :• :, 1 ! .j - ' 1 1 , i . " ! : . , I ~, ••.. i . 1 1 . ; ; 1, 1 i , • i STORY FOR CHILDREN. One of the sickest of the soldiers bro't to New York on the Ocean Queen,a week or- two ago, was a young man named Henry '—, a Massachusetts volunteer. He was a little fellow—scarcely seventeen, I afterwards learned:,--and his smooth face was very boyish,. and innocent in its look The hair was . tropped close on his shapely head, and his eyes, tho' clouded with fever, and wild]looking—for he was often wandering in mind—told of unu sual intelligence , •and I thought I could discover in his general appearance tokens which indicated that'he had gone from a home- of more than ordinary comfort, and from care that was loying and assiduous, to: fight in the armies of t his country; and to fall a prey to insiduous disease. Like very many of 'the sick,_ he had been so much alone, ,had suffered so much, and was so weak,-that Utterance was exceed ingly aiffi.cult, now that he was where there were attentive friends to watch by him, and to encourage him in his trouble. Hia sentences were broken; and his com mand of language seemed nearly gone, the words bowing out disjointedly. As the ship appro'ached a New York, and when he was toy we were almdst at our wharf, Henry's eye caught and un wonted lustre, and a half-smile played upon his smooth, flailed face. ' ' "I'm so glad !" Poor fellow, New York suggested' to him quiet, and more 'comfort than the hospital of the camp or the crowded berth of the hospital ship could afford. • It also made him feel near home and tender nursing. "If mother only kneW%she would come." "Your mother shall know, my dear'boy. As-soon as the ship touches the wharf, I will telegraph her, if you like." "0, do; if 'she would only come." So I took from the sick boy his moth er's addrcesit was a town in the sub urbs 'of Boston , one of those beautiful suburban villages, which I had often rid den through, to covet a's the fit spots for happy homes. After taking the. address, I gave Henry - his punch, and he soon fell into a sleep, which happily must . ; have lasted till we were in -the hospitable bar ; bor of the Empire City, and the hutrying feet of officers and sailors above and the 'slow pull of the engines awoke him! Once we were fairly at the vharf,ll dis c patched a messenger, to the telegraph of fice, and tefore many hours the mother knew that her boy was in NewY. ork, longing for the sight of her kind face, and for her loving attention. On Sunday Henry was conveyed in an express wagon to the New York hoiPital. I could have wished for him a better ve hicle, but it was impossible that he should have anything else. As be was Jorne over the gangway, I came to him and taking his hand, bade into be courageous, fur his mother would t , pCedily conic to him. "Thank you. I'm too glad." And then left him, for there' were many othei sick men that needed at tention. Monday morning I made my liray to the hospital, and passing through the wards, crowded with fevered men, I came upon Henry, and by his side was a lady.' His mother had indeed come hur rying as fast as steam would let her, and was now laying her cool hand on the hot forehead of the tired, sick boy: He did not open his eyes as I spoke ito the mother and- expressed my thankfulness that my young patient had got so fit a nurse, And my hopes that under snob care as be would now get, the fever would abate, and Henry would soon be again in his home in ( Poor little fellow !" she said. It does seem lard that so young a boy—not yet seventeen—should - have had such hard ships to endure. But he Wanted, to go, and I could not forbid him. Some moth ers must suffer, and God has chosen me." Ah, yew! Many mothers must suffer. The pains which rack, the weakness which enfeebles the occupants of these many couches are not borne by them e 'alone, but oppress the hearts of mothers, and sisters, and wives, and swecithearts in many distant horites. War layi a rude hand on the happiness of thousands of . ,hbuseholds. Bidding the mother a good morning, .and again expressing my hopes for the recovery of her boy; I left, praying that if disease or wound 9 should fall to ;the lot of my own soldier boy, God would bless him with the opportunity of having his mother's care. The next•day, in the afternoon, I was again in= the ward. , The 'mother was there - no longer administering' to poor Henry's wawa, or• gently wiping his brow —for he was past the need of such care n oW-L•dead. if . . Bearing up •bravely under OK( load of her great grief, expressing no diScontent with. the ordering of Providence which had decreed that ! , her eldest bora should thus, and'tlittS early 'die," Only,thinkful thae..Giarhad 'Opted ler Wet raia liege to close the dim eyes:and witness the departure of the young spirit, oho DoboteD to - Hie, of Dye DeiT)ootgeD, Qipsokiligtioq o goat, titetittO RIO VolOs: COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1862. made the preparations for oonreying the dear body to her home. "Oh, it seemed so good that Henry should not have to die.alone, as that poor fellow in the next ward did this morning, nel one even knowing ,his name , . Dear, dear boy, be shall rest near by me, and not where I might never see : his grave. Oh, I am thankful, sir." So God sweetened that mourner's afffietion. And he has illumined the cloud of mourning which now rests upon many a'household, by sendine the happy assuranbe that the father, - 'or son, or brother; or lover fallen, fell in the dis charge of duty, a sacrifice unnoted, it may' he, by the millions who rejoice over vie tbry, bit hailed with trumpeted acclama tions in the borne to which ho has gone irom battlefield, or camp, or hospital. I haVe narrated but a simple history. It has nothing exciting about it or in its Circumstances very different from hun reds of others Which might be told. But oath and love are never trite subjects, ftnd the simplest story that tells of them Will conic home to many tender hearts. So Henry has gone to his long borne, nd we! trust and firmly believe, to sit, a lorified one at the right hand of his Saviour.—.N. Y. Chronicle. r , ANOTHER LIERO.—The far is bring ing heroes to light, not only among the whites, but among the blacks. The col ored pilot of Charleston is one of the first namedJ. Here is another : ir I.lVhen Burnside unfurled the Stars . and St y rlpes in sight of Roanoke,he saw a little anoe paddling off to , him, which held a single black man; and in that con traban hand victory was brought to the Ariny of the United States of America, led by Burnside. He came to the Rhode Island General, and said : 'This is deep water, and that is shoal; this is swamp, this is !firm land, and that is wood ; there are four thousand men here, and one thou sand there; a cannon here, a redoubt there.' The whole country was mapped out as l an engineer could not have done it in a month, in the memory of that man. And Burnside was loyal to humanity,and believid him. Disloyal to the Northern pulpitj i disloyal to the prejudice of race; lie was loyal to the instincts of our com mon nature—knew that man would tell him the truth, and obeyed him. The soldiers forded where the negro bade them, the vessels anchored in the deep water he poihted out, and that victory was plan ned, it there was any strategy about it, in thejbrain of that contraband, and to day h stands at the right iiand of Burn side, ciad in uniform, long:betore Hun ter armed a negro, with the'pledge of the Gener i kl that as low* as helves and has anything to cat, the man who save him Roanoke shall have a loaf." 1 THE REBUKE OF A uHILD.—The eve ning titer, the news of the surrender of Fort Denelson reached Albany a striking incident occurred at the Dela.van House. The city was wild with joy. NewsbOys gathered a rich harvest. All purchased papers. • -Quite late in the evening a small lad about seven, entered the reading room, and .cried "Fort Donelson surrendered; evening papers three cents." His extreme youth' and intelligent, pleasing r manner attracted attention. A gentleman caught the, boy, and drew him to his side, paid a liberal pride for a paper; and with repeated Oaths pronoun ced him a "man" a '!fine boy;" that ho would make a general; and for_aught he knew 'a president? and asked his father's name.; The lad replied, "My father is dead." "Well, well,' . said the geritleman, "I mist adopt you as my boy ; and with renewed oaths, declared ho would make a "lauver ; and may be, sir, we'll make a Governor of the State of New York out of you." .1 His frequent profanity, yet earnest and affectionate manner quite silenced the lad, and he submissively yielded himself to the fo i rce that held him. The gentleman' saw bis depression of spirit, and kindly 1 stroking . his head, inquiringly asked, "Say' my son, bow would you like that, to goand live with me, and become a 1 Man n the wqrld ?"bl • The little boy kindly but firmly replied, "I iihouldn't live with-- a - man that swears so. The swearing gentleman was hit Scores of bystanders heard it all, and saw his mortification. The boy was released and quickly left the wounded gentleman to p4dket as best he could; the cutting rebuke of an orphan child that he had failetito corrupt by his thoughtless and wicked profanity. As eople usually sprinkle the floors befote sweeping them, says an old bach elorj so some ladies sprinkle their hus bands'with tears in order that they may sweep the cash out of their pockets. the meanest man in the world is living kew Teriey. In helping him out of river' once, a man tore the collar of oat. The next day he sued him for tilt and battery. the his WO' ; A Word on Courtship. 1 There are certain young ladies in 'the world who hold peculiar notions as to the attentions they .receive from gentlercen. They ; seem to thitir that'if a man is polite and agreeable to them, if he happens to take pleasure in their society,. and - visits them two nights successively, he is bound to 'propose marriage. - Strange to. Say, some mammas labor under this delusion. A short time ago,la, friend of oars visited a young' lady three or four ,tveningSr in succession, and as he' was; leaving , the house for the lasOme, the mothercalled him 'quietly into the parlor and asked him what his intentions were. ; Our friend promptly responded that - Lhe had ne in tentions whatever; and-politely wishing' the old lady goodnight, left the herise' forever. ; We' live in a fast age, and jt. would; 'al most seem that conrtship must be Con ducted in the acme railroad speed las other things. ' Marriage is a serious matter, requiring 'Ong' and earnesti consideration. Two youno• b people may be everything, that could be wished ;for; they inlay be aini able, affectionate in disposition, and lyiet, because their tastes do not assimilate, they willlive a yeti unhappy life together. How are these young folk's to find; out each other's temper and disposition 'is it not :by time in each other'sScompany be• fore; marriage ? I There can be no doubt that the numerous unhappy marriages which are made in the present day, arise from the fact thtit the courtship is ;too short. Marriage its not regarded With sufficient reverence; it is often hurriedly entered into and speedily repented. th compels us to state that this is caused in a giant measure ,by our young. ladiesl As we 'have just stated, they appear to think that if a man isl polite and agreeable to them, he is in love, and is :bound at Obee to declare his intentions. They fdrget. that in seeking for a wife a man ought to look for something more than bright a brilliant complexion, and white silnt. ders. These area all very, well in their . lye!, but beauty evanescent, and ithe day will come when other qualities are found necessary to,bind albeuseholdl to gether. There should , be congeniality of Mind, temper and disposition; there must be mutual dependence and forbearancp,l all of which cannbe be discoVered hi the short courtships of the present day. j A girl, too, should i remember that patent leather boots, a!viell-fittinel coat, ar4lun exceptionable whiskers, are not the:Only things requisite for her future happiness. Her laver may be a "perfect duck,' l'but it is absolutely necessary that he shOuld have a little manhood ardent him, or four weeks of matrimony wilt dissipatel her dreams and she will be cdmpelled 01, set tle 'down to the Conviction that she; has married a dolt ;whom She must despise. The attributes i of true manhood and not to be discovered in' two or. three inter views. It requires months to fin& qut - a person's character and disposition.': Com plaint is often made by ladies that:gen tleinee are not' l pelite to them, and de not show them that respect which due their sex. We are ungallant enough to believe that the fair sex have only them selves to blame in the Matter. If they would allow social intercourse without expecting anything more from their vis itors; if they Ivould put down politeness and agreeableneis for what it is wct , rth; irthey would tot read a proposal inl every compliment paid to them, they Would enjoy life more;; they would havelMuch better opportunities of judging a man's real character, and by entertaining a f t large number of visitors, increase their chances of.meeting with !those who assimilate to themselves .in I disposition, ' Who Would make them loping, affectionate, and de voted husbands.—Famay JournaValt. HuMAN.l7.—Alon seldom think of the great even of death .until the'had ows fall across 'their own path, hiding forever from their eyes the traces oflloved ones whose living smiles, were the'i sun light .of existence. Death is thOgreat antagonist of life, and the thought of the cold tomb is the skeleton of all feasts. We do not want to go through awl dark valley, although its passage mayleadr to Paradise ; and ; with Charles Lamb, 'Vie do net want to lie down in the muddy'grave,, even with kings and princes, fer•our bed fellows. But the fiat of nature mines:' orable. There is no appeal from thegreat law which•dooms us to dust .." NNr flour ish - and fade as the leaves of the forest; and the flowers that bloom and wither in aiday have not a frailer hope cf life than the mightiest monarch that evert shook the earth with his footsteps. 9-enera dons of men appear and vanish as the grass, and the countless multitu4 which Ellis the world to-day, will to-mon-OW die appear as the;footsteps on the shore. All fruits ,hSve military propeUsities. When young they are well trained; they produce many kernels ; 'and theirlohilets are' very straight. A lireckinridge Triumph; In Pennsilvarkia, a large ,proportion e of the friends 'of the late Judge DOUGLAS have cut loeSe from thatßreekinridge fac tion, which (first divided the DeMberatic party, and then divided the Union. Some of theni,hoever, went last Friday to the Party-abov named COlll2l try Convention at Harrisburg, hoping to regulate, if not to control its action. But they were_out numbered, and placed in a suborliinate position throughout. *F. W. Hughes, - a most malignant Secession sympathizer —one of those most prominent in uttering the falsehood that "Polk is a better Tariff man than Clay",l was made, the Presi dent, and appoints the State Committee, himself. the Chairman—over Richard The Resolutions aro, of the! . "Kane Letter" web- of contradictions. They have a. gloas of patriotism inteiadea to seduce' thel casual reader ,: at the same time, they' will suit every Rebel symm thizer, end Jeff. Davis would say that— fOrour State, at this aid are the best calculated to aid him : for the men elected under "it would cosperate with him, no matter what cheat they , used to obtain the power. JAMES T. Bann; of Pittsburg, was nominated; for Stirveyor General. He is editor of the Polt, and is described to us by gentlemen Who know him as a slip pery, oily politician, fit for any desperate work. He once nominated Buchanan for re-election— l next came out for Doug las—andf is now in, full faith With those who' killed Douglas at Charleston. Pro fessedly a War nan, he hinders the Ad ministration 11'1 measures necessary to success ISAAC SLENRER, of Union county, for Auditor (4eneral, is a more consistent politician; having boasted of his unvary ing party "fealty, and only one; year ago not; only acknowledging. his vote for Breekinridge, but justifying his vote. He iis arespeetable lawyer, slow and plodding 'in his turn for business. In our I r ate local legal contests, Democratic Judges decide him all wrong in the ex pense and ill feeling in`which he plunged his clients and the county. Inthe'peou liar , qualifieatiOns for Auditor General, all who know them both must admit the superiority of 41'. CocHRAN, the locum bent, who will be re-nominated atonce. On the Slavery And War lquestion, Mr. Slenker has an unenviable record. In 1.849, ihe•stOod on the Free <Soil Plat . - form of Saml W. Black, Gamble, Wilmot, &e. In Union, county, he aided Shriner, Hickok„ and Others in suppOrt of the Pittsburg;' Platforin— b i • wrilat it is no part of the Compromises of 1 the Constitution that SlNvery should for ever go, with the advancing tide of our; Territorial I progress, and similar sentiments. He has since repudiated that senti ment, and in Feb. 1861—when 6 . or S States bad, seceded, after stealing 25 or 30 farts, araeaals, mints, &c., when the Rebels had fired on the Star of 'the West. and proclaimed Jeff. Davis their Presi dent-111r. Slenker endorsed the follow ing (among other) Resolutions at the Lewisburg Convention : Resolved, 2. That we deprecate civil War, as we believe that this UNION can NEVER be maintained by force of arms, arid that as Democrats we are not willing tu_take up arms to support a platform )which a m ajority of the people repudiated and Opposed at the polls. 3. That we cordially approve thepolicy of the National delminisiration, Elluchanan'sl in its wizeseind cOnciliatory course in the present per ilous condition of the country. , By that Co l nve k ntion ho Was sent a veiegate to the Democratic Convention at liarrieburg and left Court to attend it: l He was a Vice President of that body, which—!22d Feb. 186 - 1," when the Rebellion was as open as flagrant—aided and applauded it by thb following infa mous : • "Bth. iThat they will, -by all proper and legitimate 'means, oppose, discoun tenance and prevent 'any at tempt on tdie part of tile Repub.- licanslin p l ower to make, any armed aggression upon' the Southern States, espec ially so lon,g as laws - contravening their rights shall,renmin uerepealed on the statute books of Northern States, and so. long as the just demands of thel South shall continue to be unrecognized by the Republican majorities in these States, and unsecured by proper aMendatOry explanations of the Constitutiop." • It is inlet* afterwards yielded to the storm of popular indignation that was aroused by the attack upon FOrt Sumpter, andlalked and acted more patilotically after that time. But for months after wards he expressed his admiration for Breckinridg&—has acted with , and for his •• friendst--and Slenicer wilt be voted for - by every half-way or open friend of the Rebels sin this State. :Inl, politics, thoSe who nominate and support a man prove what.he is. The secret of Slenker's nomination ;is said to be hie comparative ob'peuiity, and thelact of his good .rum foi; Judge last Fall. But it should be remembered that h&did not then—as he does now—ran as aparty man. He: refused to be nom inated or to be advocated as a Democratic candidate ; bitt was voted for indepeu- TERNS.- -$l.OO PER ANNIMi dently . of party. Hadhe run , as a nomi nee of a . party, he would have fallen fai behind the vote be received.- A native of our county, where he has relatives and friends of influence in. both partiesr-not running for a political station—his oppo nent comparatively unknown, and loaded down with false charges, with prejudiees,, and personal and professional rivalries—. Mr. Slenker had advantages which his anti-war record- only. defeated. Three Democratic) and Republican papers in the District supported him, and he had the neutral if not the positive aid of the only German paper also—three papers only . opposed him. Other candidates were sacrificed for him. Money was used profusely to,buy up all the purchasable material for Slenker, and every effort '(fair and unfair) was made in vain to elect him. But, since his opponent, Judge Woods, is known, and has been . tried by the people, he would _now beat Mr. Slenker two to one in running for the same office. These facts may assure those abroad that Mr. Blenher, running no longer under "no party" colors, can. not command last fall's vote. He now stands forth nninistakably the embodi ment of the Breckinridge faction, and , should be voted for or against, according as our fellow citizens approve or condemn that traitor's course previous to hie com- plete apostacy.—Lewisburg Chronicle. *This man's bosom friend and 'relative, Jac), Hughes, was two years ago the "Democratic" cawlidate, for Congress from Schuylkill and Ncahumberland, and is now in the Rebel ranks in North Carolina. A Daring Exploit. IA correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette relates the following bold exploit; in front of Chattanooga: The army was halted to rest and to give time for a reconnoisance, in order to learn the, enemy's position and strength. This was a very difficult, and dangerous matter, owing to the nature of the ground. Several been , unsuccessful attempts had bee made to procure the much desired infor. mation, when James T. Matteson, first lieut, Co. C. 37th Indiana volunteers, rode boldly up to within sixty yards or the i enemy, halted; surveyed all his intrenchments, accurately computed his strength in number and position, um.• tained the, number of his siege guns and field artillery, then wheeled his horse and rode r out, waving his cap triumphantly through a tremendous shower of balls, bidding defiance to the hundreds of Dla siles of death whistling all around, and rode up to theteneral, calmly, and pleas antly smilin g , to give, his information.— I asked hinihow be escaped. "Through the mercy .of Ood dud very bad rebel marksmanship,", ho promptly replied laughing. This must certainly be very true, for iibout three !hundred guns were fired at him at the short distance of sixty yards, and not one took effect. He said that the balls sounded like.a very large swarm of bs around him. It uni versally ad mitted by all who witnessed this exploit and are acquainted with the circumstances, that it competes with any, even in the annals of history. CURRANTS PRESERVED.—Take ripe currants free from stems; weigh them, and take the same weight of sugar;* put a teacup of sugar to each pound of it; boil the syrup till it is hot. and clear, then turn, it over the fruit; let it remain one night; then sot it over the fire, and boil gently until they are cooked and clear; take them', into _ the jars or pots with a skimmer, boil the syrup until rich and thick, then pour it over the fruit.— Currants may be preserved, with ten pounds of fruit to seven of sugar. Take the stems from BOVell pounds of the cur rants, and crush and press the juice from the remaining three pounds; put them into the hot syrup, and boil .until rich and thick; put it in pots or jars, and the nest day secure as directed. To PRESERVE STRAWEER ES.—To two pounds of fine large strawberries,add two pounds of powdered sugar, and put them in a preserving kettle, over a slow fire , till the sugar is melted; then boil them ,precisely twenty minutes, as fast as possible, have ready a number of small jars, and put the fruit in, boiling hot.— , Cork and seal the jars immediately, and,, , keep them through the summer in a cold, dry cellar. The jars must be heated before the hot fruit is poured in, other• wise they will ,break. .When was beef-tea first made in Eng. land ?„ When. Henry the Eighth dis.. solved tha Pope's It is no misfOrtune fox a nice young woman to lose her good name if a nice young man gives ber a better. A young girl of the delicate variety fainted the other day when told that gun barrels were' often exhibited v;rithoute breeches. "Now, mind you," whiapeied a servant girl to her neighbor, "1 don't say as how' misses drinks; but between yod and the decanter wont keep full all day." Ell
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