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£ From the Louisville Journal."j
The Boy that'fell in the Banks of the Foe.
•He fell among my foes—O? God!
llow blows like this will tell!
And I! I thought that they might spare
■ Whose canso I loved so well.
He's slain, my young and gallant boy,
In all his flush of pride,
And woe is me ! the hand that smote
His father may not chide!
'JThe blood they shed, alas, was mine—
- On-those-red battle plains!
Ah more.than priceless grown to me
. Within my boy's young veins.
Ah me! .the sounding of his step
I never more sluill hear,
Nor his eye answer mine, nor yet
One tone relieve my tear.
What fevil genius, urged thee, boy,
- To mingle in this strife'?
To offer on my toe man's fane
, The incense of thy life ?
Ah me! to know in thy death hour
, W hat were thy thoughts of ine!
.■"/ would, have died a thousand times,
My hoy, to ransom thee!"
Oh since the fearful tidings came
Old memories clamor round,
And atigg the woe that else were dumb
To vent itself in sound.
"Yet in my country's virgin gold
*' I Bin no dark alloy,
Nor love I thee, my country, less,
Bee ausc I mourn my boy.
SPRINGFIELD, O. B. K. I'.
Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson—His Past and
Present Position.
From an able communication signed "A
Southern Union Man'" we extract the following
scathing remarks: —
The gentleman whose name heads this article
whs a candidate before the Charleston and Bal
timore Convention for the nomination for the
Presidency.
lie had some friends in the South, with whom
he corresponded on this subject. The writer of
this has had the honor to read some of those
letters. The honorable gentleman asked the
votes of the Southern delegation on the ground
of his firm adhesion to the constitutional rights
of the South, and his uncompromising opposi
tion to the abolitionists. (Should this letter
chance to fall into the hands of Mr. Dickinson,
I wish to say to him, as an apology for its pub
lication, ''lt is for the goqd of the country.")
He wrote letters to the Hon. Andrew Ewing,
J. S. Billings, and others of Nashville, Tenn.,
avowing his earnest support of the Constitution
and all its guarantees. Mr. Dickinson calcula
ted largely upon the vote of Southern Democrats.
His firm friepd, lion. Andrew Ewing, was chair
man of the Tennessee delegation. At Baltimore
tlje out-cropping of secession was too plain to
he misunderstood. Mr. Dickinson saw no
chance to defeat the great and patriotic Doug
las before that convention. The delegation was
hesitating, when Mr. Ewing received a letter
from Mr. Dickinson, in which he said:— uSe
cede from the Convention ami rwill <jo with you."
The seceding delegation did irot nominate Mr.
Dickinson. Ewing and other delegates went
homo and proclaimed that "Dickinson advised
secession."
' In March, after the inauguration, Mr. Ewing
vfas asked to join the Union men, in a meeting
in Nashville. He replied, '•/ want the North
tb see that ice intend to j'ujht—Dickinson is with us.
I will have nothing to do with a Union meet
ing." Notice the expression; "DICKINSON IS
WITH us!" Ido not pretend to say that Diek
iftkm was a secessionist in March, 1801, hut
he had left the impression that he was. Wheth
er he was or not, he exerted a strong influence
in favor of secession. There is no telling what
a disappointed, ambitious office-seeker will do.—
This was his position. What is it now ? He
Xiow assumes a new position. He has thrown
flff the Democratic shackles of the Constitution
•which he once said was the supreme law of the
}and. He ignores that instrument, and takes
strong ground for the "higher lawism" of the
Abolitionists. He is no longer a Democrat, but
fin Abolitionist.
t3"A young lady fainted at dinner, the other
day, because the servant brought a roast pig on
the table that showed its bare legs.
"What, made you faint?" anxiously inquired
her friends, as soon as she catne to.
"The nakedness of that horrible quadruped,"
sobbed this bashful piece of modesty.
"Och, an bedad!" exclaimed the servant
who had brought in the offensive pig, "it wasn't
naked aft all. I dressed it myself before I brought
it in, sure."
(KrA man who wanted to buy a horse asked
a friend how he could tell the animal's age.—
'By his teeth,' was the reply. The next day
the man went to a horse dealer, who had showed
ldm n splendid animal. The horse hunter o
pened the pony's mouth, gave one glance, and
ttirned on his heel. ' I don't want him.' he
said; 'he's thirty-two years old.' He had count
ed the teeth!
ii; ;> ——
, *3*A lady says the first time she was kissed
she felt like a big tub of roses swimming in hon
ey, cologne, nutmegs, and cranberries. She al
so felt as if something was running through her
nerves on feet of diamonds, escorted by several
little Cupids in chaises drawn by angels, shaded
by honeysuckles, and the whole spread with
melted rainbows.
BeMotb %mt,ite.
VOLUME 38.
NEW SERIES.
®l)c Schoolmaster
EDITED BY SIMON SYNTAX, ESQ.
and friends of education are respect
fully requested to send communicjtionsto the above
care of "Oeilfaid Gazette."
THE SCHOOLS.
It is daily becoming more evident that teach
ers are scarce in this coffnty at the present time.
Many who stood at the head of their profession,
quit the school room for the camp, and are now
fighting the battles of our country. In this
way our ranks have been thinned, we have lost
our brightest ornaments, and their places must
be taken by others. "Close up the column and
move onward." Haw recruits must be taken
into our ranks and drilled for effective service.
Let all who are willing and at all qualified to
teach, be We may be mistaken, but
wo are of opinion, nicy will all find employ
ment! and that the demand will still be unsup
! plied. This is a good time for young teachers
to enter upon the duties and responsibilities of
their calling.
Many of those just to enter the profession
should be females. With a few exceptions, we
have the smallest proport ion of female teachers
of any county in the State. We have always
believed the policy that excludes them to be a
mistaken policy. Our schools would be better
taught, and the cause of education better pro
moted by employing a larger per centago of la
dy teachers. The stereotyped objection, that
"Women can't keep order," may have some
ground, but it is not of sufficient weight to ex
clude tlicin almost the profession.
They can "keep order," iSßmpetent, and men
can do no more. We arc aware these view's are
not likely to be adopted at present by most of
our directors, but we confidently appeal to facts
and experience to establish their justness. Ma
ny counties employ a large per rentage of fe
male teachers—some, more than half-—and these
counties, without au exception, /ire known and
admired for the excellence of their schools.—
Alle'ghcny has 209 males, and 302 females;
Bradford, 169 males, and 344 females, Chester,
167 males, and 230 females: Susquehanna, 144
male 3, and 243 females. These are examples.
Wo have yet to learn that the employment of
females in these counties has had any bad ettect
on the schools. On the contrary, there is the
best reason to suppose it has worked to the sat
isfaction and advantage to all concerned. Bed
ford county has 105 males, and only twenty-one
female teachers. The schools should, and could
with advantage to all parties, be at least equal
ly divided between the two sexes. Directors
could thus avail themselves of the highest grade
of female teachers for the same salary they must
now pay for the lowest grade of male teachers.
From the Pennsylvania School Journal.
Method of Conducting District Institutes.
Happening not long ago to meet a school
director, the conversation turned upon Dis
trict Institutes. It was after the passage
of the law requiring teachers to devote eve
ry other Saturday to these meetings. "We
are now obliged," said he, "to devote two
days in each month to Institutes. • Jn our
summer schools, which are now in session,
we have employed all female teachers, most
of them young girls, who have never taught
before. They know little or nothing about
Institutes. What shall we do to till the re
quirements of the law?"
I asked him if his teachers could spell
well. "No," said he, "they cannot. 1 re
ceived a note from one of thein yesterday,
in which a number of common words were
misspelled."
'Well, then, could not a portion of the
time be very profitably spent by those young
teachers in practicing in spelling, and trying
different methods of teaching this branch?'
'lt certainly could; and at our next meet
ing we will have that tried. For a common
practical branch, it seems too much neglect
ed; and if we can in our meetings attract
attention to it, and improve the methods of
teaching it, District Institutes will have done
some good.'
To help that director out of his difficul
ties, and others who may perhaps be under
a like cloud, I propose to offer a few practi
cal suggestions upon
Orthography and the methods of teach
ing it. —The purpose for which we learn to
spqll is indicated by the etymology of the
word Orthography— Orthos —right, and
Grapho —l write—right-writing. It is not
to be able to spell a word orally when stand
ing in a class, with a chance to try twice,
and a teacher to pronounce it so plainly that
the pupil cannot help spelling it right; but
to be able to write correctly such words as
one needs to use in any piece of writing that
he may have occasion to make. This is the
nqed, this is the end that we must labor to
attain.
What are the means that we can make
use of that will most sorely contribute to
this result? What plan of teaching, what
methods of instruction will make a r'ujht
■writer f
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1862.
The method formerly pursued was by o
ral-spclling, and the words m tlie spelling
' books were arranged according to ending,
number of syllables, words of like sound
i similarly spelled—as those in lion, sion, eel,
tar, &c.; —the scholars being arranged in a
line upon the floor and spelling for places.
Much opposition has been manifested of
1 late to oral spelling, and the old fashioned
spelling book. It is asserted that a pupil
may learn to spell orally, and still not be Br
• ble to write words correctly in practical bn
i siness writing; that he may spell well when
words of like orthography are grouped to
gether, but may at the same time be guilty
I of gross errors when having to spell words
promiscuously arranged, as in ordinary use.
A persistent warfare has accordingly been
made upon the old system, and a substitute
1 has been proposed, by throwing aside the
spelling book entirely, and using for spcll
• ing exercises the more difficult-words as they
■ occur in an ordinary reading lesson, without
i classification as to ending or number of syl
lables, and of writing the words instead of
spelling them orally.
In the first place we must inquire wheth
, er it is true that a person who can spell well
, orally is not able to write words correctly?
, I see no reason per se why this should be
the case. Whether we write a word with
| the pen or spell it with the vocal organs,
there is a mental process that must precede
in cither case. The establishing of the cor
rect mental process is the first result we de
sire to attain. Whether this can be mo3t
i successfully accomplished by oral or written
spelling, is tho question to l)c examined.
To decide this we must consider upon
what principle the mind acts in learning to
spell. The fixing the correct mental pro
cess, that is, the correct succession of let
ters for spelling a word, does not seem to
be an absolute act of the memory, or of the
reason, except in tire cases hereinafter spe
cified; hut it seems to bo acquired by rote
and is fixed in the mind upon a principle of
association. A great portion of our knowl
edge acquired in early year- is got and re
tained upon this principle. It is not an act
of conscious reason or a voluntary act of
the memory, but a sort of instinctive spon
taneous retention of a mental process. j
Now this is a legitimate action of the I
mind. The Creator has established this 1
law of acquisition, and we must not disre- i
gard it. The more use we make of it du- '
ring the period of childhood the more ma
terial shall we have accumulated for use
when wc come to the period of reflection, i
The boy learns to spell a vast number of i
words, lie learns the declensions and conju-!
gations, the tables of weights and measures 1
—and all without knowing just how he has
acquired lliem. The repeating aloud of these
lessons seems to favor the acquisition and
retention of them. Were he to attempt to
learn them in any other way at this early
stage of his mental development, it would
become intolerable to him. Hence we con
clude that oral spelling is founded upon cor
rect philosophical - principles, and if we are
allowed to adduce direct testimony upon the
subject, we must say that so far as our ex
perience extends, we have found that the
good oral speller was the correct writer of
words.
The principle of learning by rote, in the case
of spelling, is greatly favored by having the
words arranged in tables according to number of,
syllables and similar! fy of ending, combination
and sound. This ad vantage should not be dis
regarded ; anil hence we are in favor of the old
fashioned spelling books for young cdildren.
Another advantage* of oral spelling, consists
in the great saving of time for the teacher. In
asmuch as each scholtir hears how every word
in the class is spelled, as is the ease where prop
er attention is secured, it is evident that a half
dozen words can be spelled <)rally while one is
being written and spelled.
Hence we conclude, th at, during the very
early stages of a pupil's coi irse, and for learn
ing to spell a great mass oi' tho words of the
language in common use, th e oral method is not
only philosophic hut cconom ic.
Wc had designed to finish what wo had to
say upon tho subject of spelling, in one article,
but we found when we had it completed, that it
was too long. We have accordingly divided it
and will give the balance in the next number,
and will cnihraee several plans for conducting
class recitations. S. P. It. j
. rlr'l say, stranger,' said a cottage u;rcliin to
a Yankee peddler, 'don't yer whistle that ere
dog away.' 'Why, he ain't no use r>o how,
he's too ugly.' 'Oh, but he saves heaps of work.'
'How ?' 'Why ho always licks the plates and
dishes so clean that they never wan t washing
—and mammy says she would'nt part with
him no how, for our new dog ain't got use to
nuistard yet.'
Cvr lwo deacons were once disputing about j
the proposed site for a new graveyard, when j
the first remarked—"l'll never be buried in that j '
ground as long as I livo." "What an obstinate ; .
man," said the second. "If my life is spared, j
I will."
C*T"lf I should be drafted into the service, ,
what would you do ?" asked a gentleman of his
loving spouse, lately. "Got a substitute for 1
you, I suppose," she retorted. Whereupon the 1
topic of conversation was changed immediately. <
ENCOUNTER WITH ROBBERS.
; The hunter (though rarely) lias been set
, upon by robliers, for the sake of the pack
IJ of furs he was carrying on his back to some j
, j of the sea-port towns on the coast to dis- |
11 pose of; but, as the furhunters arc general- j
| fy on foot, and, from habit of watching a- i
1' iut either for hostile Indians or wild ani- j
! nals, they are always on their guard, and j
I j'ss the robbers well know that they are to a j
■ nan, riflemen, who seldom miss their mark, j
•[ ■hey avoid them. During my rambles iu
i j lie wilds and fastnesses of California, I be-,
• j came acquainted with many of them, norm i
-IFom the back seatlements of the U. States,
II others from Canada. I have hunted for
! months with them, and witnessed some coii
i i fliets between them and wild animals in
!} which the utmost daring and recklessness
i; was exhibited by the hunter. These are not
• the men that robbers like to encounter, but
' I have said they sometimes take a fancy to
. the valuable pack of furs which, if they \ind
■ any facility of obtaining, they make t'uc at
tempt. It is the very climax of env jlty to
plunder those poor fellows of packs, which
• were procured only by outlaying for months
I in the depths of the forest and wild sof the
' country, and not unfrequently in t'ae huut
• ing-grounds of a tribe of hostile /.ndians.
i I once hunted for three mont) is in com
pany with a hunter well known in California,
i In idea he was wild and iniaginf ,tivc in the
■ extreme; but, in his acts of daring, etc.,
■ the most cool and philosophic fellow I ever
knew. A commercianto, or merchant, at
Francisco, on whose vf racity I know
from experience I can deperv 1, told me the
following story of this man., which will at
once illustrate hie character. This hunter
was, some months before I had fallen in
with him, making the best of his way down
the valley of the Tule lalu.'s from the inte
rior, with a heavy pack of furs on his back,
his never-erring rifle in nis hand, and his
two dogs by his side. II e was joined at the
' northernmost end of the; valley by the mer
chant I have spoken of, who was armed on
.ly with his sword anf i pistols. They had
scarcely cleared the v alley when a party of
' robbers galloped out before them. Three j
were whites fully arm cd, and two Indians j
I with the lassos coiled r tp in their right hands,
j ready for a "throw."
The hunter told fhe merchant, who was
on horseback, to d ismount instantly "and
ito cove." Forturr atcly for them there was
a good deal of thicket, and trunks of large
trees that had fall' jn were strewed about in
| a very desirable ir,aimer. Behind these logs
, 1 the merchant a'ad Ihe hunter quickly took I
|up their position, and as they were in the
1 act of doing so, two or three shots were
fired after tb em without effect. The hun
ter coolly un tied the pack of furs from his
.back and lai d them beside him. "It's my
opinion, me reliant," said he, "that them var
mints thovo wants either your saddlebags j
or my JIUO'K, but I reckon they'll get neither." '
So he took up his rifle, and tiie foremost
Indian, lasso in hand, rolled off his horse.
Another discharge front the rifle and the
second Indian fell, whilst in the act of throw
ing the lasso at the head and shoulders of the |
hunter as he raised from behind the log to j
. fire. "Now," said the hunter, as he reload- j
cd, lying on his back, to avoid the shots of
: the robbers, "that's what I call the best of
the scrimmage, to get them brown thieves
. '.villi t heir lassos out of the way first. See
' them rascally whites now jumping over the
logs to charge us in our cover.
I They were fast advancing when the rifle
again spoke out, and the foremost fell; they
< still came on to about 30 yards, another fell,
■ and the remaining two made a desperate
I I charge up close to the log. The hunter,
front long practice, was dexterous in reload
' ing his gun. "Now, merchant," said he,
' j "is the time for your pop-guns," meaning
I the pistols, "and don't bo at all nervous.
I Keep a steady hand, and drop cither man j
jor horse. A man of them shan't escape." i
j The two remaining robbers were now up
i with the log, and fired each a pistol shot at
! the hunter, which he escaped by dodging
! behind a tree close to, front which he fired
with effect. As only one robber was left,
he wheeled round his horse with the inten
tion of galloping off", when the pistol bullets
of the merchant shot the horse from under
him. "Well done, merchant," said the hun
ter, "you'vo stopped that fellow's gallop."
As soon as the robber could disentangle him
self from the fallen horse, he took to his
heels and ran down a sloping ground as fast ,
as he could. The hunter drew his tomahawk
from his belt and gave chase after him. As
he was more of an equestrian than a pedes- j
I rian, the nimblenoss of the hunter short
el icd the distance between them, and the .
lat t of the robbers fell.
'.Thus perished this dangerous gang of six,
by i he single hand of this brave hunter, <
and, as the "commercianto" informed me,
he an ted as coolly and deliberately as if he 1
were t hooting tame bullocks for the market. 1
The at Fair was rather advantageous to the 1
hunter, for, on searching the saddle-hags
and pockets of the robbers, lie pidled forth .
some do übloons, and a few dollars, with otli- (
er valuaj 'Acs, they had, no doubt, a short 1 j
WUOI.E iKOIBER, 8038
time previously taken from travelers. The
saddle-bags, arms and accoutrements of the
four white men were packed up and made
fast on the saddles of two horses ; the hun
ter mounted a third, the merchant mounted
another, his horse being shot, and tiius they
left the scene of action—the bodies of the
robbers to the wolves who were howling a
bout them, and entered San Francisco in
triumph.
ABOLITIONISM, AS VIEWED BY THE NEW YORK
TRIBUNE IN 1814. —We copy the following ar
gument from a campaign electioneering tract,
issued by Grecly & M'Elrath, from the Tribune
office, New York, 1844. Current events, in a
great measure, produced by tliat very paper,
since it changed its ground, are establishing the
truth and force of this reasoning in a striking
manner. The same paper now would pronounce
such arguments " treason ," or at least an ev
idence of "sympathy with the rebels," 'f they
were put forth by a Democratic paper.
From the Tiibune Tract.
We are not fond of alarming topics, nor dis
posed to excite unnecessary anxiety. But the
evils of political Abolition, rising up in the Forth,
must be faced, and the consequences it tends
to must be considered. However averse the
people of the free States may be to slavery,
(and we believe they are almost universally so,)
yet they cannot but feel that this remedy of Po
litical Abolition is worse than the disease, first, be
cause tli? rudeness and violence of the treatment
only aggravate it; and next, because they fear
that the medicine, if administered as proposal
will kill both patient and the doctor. A dissolu
tion of the Un ion would be as certain as any ef
fect of moral cause that can be reasoned on.
Nor is it likely that this would be the end. The
political asperities and exasperationsthat would
grow out of such a conflict would themselves
naturally be breeders of other convulsions ; and
it would not be strange if some chieftain or chief
tains should rise up in the struggle, to make
slaves of all the freemen, and bind in stronger
chains those whom, by such means, it is pro
posed to set free.
We are a family of States, bound together by
a covenant solemnly ratified, which prescribes
the rights of each. In this family, concord is
beautiful; but family quarrels are the worst of
all. Look at Spain. Will any one say, that
such a movement-as the POLITICAL ABOLITION OK
TIIE NOUTII, does not put in jeopardy the peace of\
this Union, AND THE UNION ITSELF? And can
any human foresight tell what scenes of strife it
is iikely to produce, if it should be encouraged
to pass on its way towards the supreme power
of the nation, which is its avowed aim ?—Tri
bune's Junius Tract, 1844.
THE NEW BELIEF.
Without comment, wo publish the following
devout production, coming to our Table from
devotee in the 0 ity Churches. That there i;
! considerable human nature in it nobody car
deny :
TE ABRAHAM LAUDAMUS.
We praise thee, Oh Abe! We acknowledgt
thee to be sound on the goose.
All Yankee-land doth worship thee, everlas
ting old joker.
To thee all office-seekers cry aloud, "Flunk
cydom and all the. powers therein.
To thee, Stanton and Wells continually do cry.
"Bully, bully, bully boy with a glass eye."
Washington and Illinois arc full of the raa j
csty of thy glory.
The glorious company of Political Generals
praise thee.
The godly fellowship of Postmasters pruisi
thee.
'l'lie noble army of contractors praise thee.
The mighty republican institutions through
out all Columbia do acknowledge thee.
The father of infinite proclamations, thine
admirable, true, and only policy.
Also Brevet Lientenant-Genoral Winfleld
Scott, the comforter.
Thou art the Ring of Rail splitters, O Abe!
Thou art the everlasting son of the late Mr
Lincoln.
When thou lookodst upon thee to run for the
Presidency and deliver the Union, thou didst
humble thyself to stand upon the "Chicago
Platform."
When thou didst overcome the sharpness ol
election, thou didst open the White House kitch
i on to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of "Uncle Sam"
i in the glory of the Capitol.
We believe that thou shalt not come to be re
elected.
Nevertheless we pray thee, help thy servants
whom thou hast kept from "Jetf Davis" and
"Foreign Intervention." Make us to be remem
bered with thy favorites in office everlasting.
O Abe! Save thy people and bless thy para
sites ! Govern them and increase their salaries
forever!
Day by day we puff thee.
And we exalt thy name ever in the daily pa
pers.
Vouchsafe, O Abe! to keep us this day with
out a change of generals!
O Abe! have mercy on the Army of the Po
tomac !
' O Abe! let thy mercy be upon us, as our
trust is not in Stanton.
OAbo! For thee have I voted, let me never be
Drafted!
ifyA paper announced the illness of its edit
or, piously adding:
"All good pitying subscribers are requested
to mention him in their prayers. The others
need not, "as the prayois of the wicked avail
nothing," according to good authority.
<3*"l hope, my littlo daughter," said a moth
er, one morning, "that yon will be able to con
trol your little temper to-day." ''Yea, mother,
and I hope you will control your big temper!
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VOL. 6. NO. 13
The ''Nine Hundred Thousand" Coming.
It is with feelings of snpremest satisfaction
that we are enabled to announce that the Nine
Hundred Thousand Men whom the Tribune
promised would be forthcoming to swell the
grand armies of the Union, ns soon as the Pres
ident's Abolition Proclamation was issued, wilt
arrive in this city (over the left) from Central
Xew York, New England, etc., sonte time in
the course of next week, in the following:
orm:r~oe trocessiok.
Provost Marshal, with aids in Lincoln Green*
Senator Sumner, of Mass., escorted by Chas
seurs d'Afrique.
Provost Marshal.
Governor Andrew, of Mass., with the Knights
of Altoona.
Band.
Contra Hands.
Managers of the Underground Railroad two a*
breast.
Provost Marshal
Joshua R. Giddings, Frederick Douglas
(black man) and Abby Kelly Foster,
representing The Graces.
Strong minded Women.
Rev. Henry Ward Screecher.
Sergt. Fitzgerald, of the Corcoran Legion. '
Band—"List, oh List." ' - ■■
More Contrabands.
Superintendent erf the Negro Schools at
Port Royal.
Provost Marshal. • ;
Shoddy Contractors.
The Libellers of Gen. MeClellau, biting a'
file. !
Aunty Slavery, led by Uncle Tom.
Fremont.
More Shoddy Contractors,
The Ghost of Magna Charta.
Goddess of Liberty with a Broken Con
stitution.
Knights of the Order of Fort Lafayette.
Provost Marshal.
The mortal remains of the late Habeas,
Corpus , Esq.
Pall Bearers. ' .
Mourners, etc.
Provost Marshal.
Army Speculators.
Field Marshal J lorace Greeley and staff witfi"
assistants bearing Pandora's Box.
Tableau—Representing Servile Insurrection—
\oung St. Domingo,—Apotheosis of Toua
saint L'Ouverturc, etc.
Povost Marshal.
The Genius of Disunion.
Banner with the inscription, "Let the Union
slide." Band.
Air—"John Brown's body lies mouldering in
the grave," etc.
Provost Marshal.
Rev. Dr. Chccvcr, with a Man and a
Brother. .
Delegates Exeter Ilall.
Postage Stamps. '
Wide Awakes.
Contrabands
Provost Marshal.
More Wide Awakes,
Nine hundred and ninety nine thousand Sub
stitutes.
The route of the procession will be MoTig'fhe
Underground Railroad, through tho R. aims of
Imagination,until it reaches the Limbo of Ent
ity and Paradise of Fools, —when tho croiytl
will lie dismissed uptil next election day.— Ex-'
press.
THE CROPS IN IOWA. —The yield of wheat
i is estimated at 20,000,000 bushels this year,
being 1,750,000 bushels more than the crop of
e 1801. There liavo been 1,325,000 acres culti
vated this seaon in corn, which will yield 70,£50
000 bushels ; an excess over the crop of last
. year 16,000,000 bushels. Oats will reach 10,
000,000 bushels, hay 1,000,000 tons, sorghum
j 3,000,000 gallons, and potatoes double last year's
quantity. The state w.U be able to export this
year 173,000 cattle and 900,000 hogs. The
increase of sheep has been about one-third du
| ring the past year, making the number in the
. Slate 350,000.
. CSrA curious case of suicide occuired at Ni-'
. ngara Falls a few days since. A little boy
, named Armstrong, aged nine years, was averse
to attending school.—llis parents ordered him
r to go to school with an elder brother, but he
. steadly refused, and while his brother was try
ing to compel him to go, he stated that if he
was compelled to go to school ho would jump"
into the cannl and drown himself. Suiting the
action to the word, ho started on a run to the
canal, and before, ho could be caught, jumped
in and was drowned.
a great heart, wrung by grief, gives
utterance to its sorrow, it stirs us too deeply to
express our feelings in words; and all the con
solation we ran offer them is but mocking. We
can only weep with with such, when afflicted,
letting the billowy wave pf emotion, heaving
to and fro in their bosoms, dash and break ita">
elf against ours. :
63* An advertisement of cheap shoes and
fancy articles, in a country paper, has the fol
lowing nota bene: "N. B.>—Ladies wishing thosA
cheap shoes will do well to call soon, aa thep -
will not last long."
rfST'Trood morning, Mr. Ilcnpcck; have you "
any daughters that would make good typo -fes
ters?" "Not exactly, but I have, got a wife ~
that woufd make ft first rate demi."
Ml
The several hospitals at Washington, ft -
C., now contain over 10,000 patients. A-'
bout 4,000 wounded, altogether have ujpi
jveel there since the kte buttles in
and are noconpug<laj;q<f in.jkft}
More new hospitals will be opened in dfegk
days. , a