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sclC£t P 0 I t V 11 .
THE RIVER OF DEATH,
\Jvsr the rivet they beckon me,
Loved ones v-bo've paseti to the o'Ler side;
The gleam ol their snowy robes I see,
But their voices are lost in. the dashing tide.
There's one wjth ringlets of sunny gold,
And eyes the reflection of Heaven's own blue i
He crossed in the twilight gray and cofJ,
And the pale mist bid Lin from mortal view,
We saw not the angels who met bite there.
The gates of tbe city we could not see ;
Over tbe river, over the river.
My brother stands Waiting to welcome me.
Over the river the boatman pale
I'at-ied another—the household pet;
Her bright curls waved in ibe gentle gale—
Da: Sing Minnie, 1 S6e her yet!
She crojsed on her bosom her ctinpieil bauds,
Anil fearlessly entered tac phantom fca k ;
We watched it glide from tire silver isnds
And ali our sunshine grew strangely dark.
W.? know she is safe on the ither fide,
Where ail the ransomed and angels be ,
Ovr lbs river, the m}s'ic rivsr,
My childhood'* idoi is waiting for trie.
F„r none return from those quiet -Lores
Who cross with (he boatman cold and pale;
tt'o hear the dip of the golden 03rs,
•We catch a of tbe snowy sail,
And lo! they have pa?eij away from our heart—
They cross the stream and are aye!
Vie cannot sunder :be veil apart
That hides from our vision the grtes of day;
We only know that their barks no more
Shall saii with ours on life's stormy sea,
Yetfamehow 1 hop", on the unseen shore,
They watch, and beckon, and wait for me.
And I sit a:d think when the sunset's gold
is hushing river and hill and shore,
1 sha'l one day eland hv tbe water coid
And list to the sound of the boatman's oar;
I shall watch for the gleam of the flaopirg rail,
I shall hear the beat as it gains the strand,
a shall pass from sight, w: ! b the boatman pa'.?,
To to e better shore >' the Spirit La-xt !
i sbai! know the ioved who have gone before,
Ard joyfully sweet will th* maeting be,
'> hen over the riv c r, the peaceful river,
The Ange! of deSth ..halt carr— me •
THE MiLK-WEEVIL
The ravages c: the Mill-w >--vil (CrriJe tnt: •
Trittci) nave been wide-spread in the groat Wheat
cotißtiess of the border, and in \ mur.y in
stances have been almost destructive of the crop.
Never within our recollection did the wheat crop
look more promising on the Ist of June than
this year, and now we have not seen a field in
the Cumberland Valley that is not more or less
blighted by the yellow or black rust, or injured
to e or less degree by what is popularly
known n? the Milk-weevil. This J i lly toe of
the husbandman is a recent plague in this im
mediate section. Several years ago it attacked
the wheat in this Valley, for the first time, and
we believe that it has been serious in its rava
ges but two years prior to 1885. This year
however, it seem? to have been general and fear
fully successful in its operations.
The narno weevil is given in this country to
at least six different kinds of insects ; two of
which are moths, two are fl : es and two are
beetles. The scientific researches show nearly
four thousand species of the wee; but there
are but six which are popularly known, or are
of material importAr.ee to the farmer. The
weevil in the winged s' ate is a hard- .-■n-'tic-r beetle,
and is distinguished from other insects by hav
ing the forepart of the head prolonged into a
broad muzzle, or a large and. ire slen ier .tnout,
m theend of which the opening of the mouth
nnd the small bony jaw a are placed. They are
very hurtful to t Lin's by boring into the Laves,
bark, bads, fruits and seeds, and feeding upon
the soft substance therein contained. They are
diurnal insects, end 1 ve to venture oat oi F.
retreats to enjoy the sunshine. They arc of the
fame genus as the Hessian Fly. but while the
family resemblance i? quite striking, there are
specific differences in their appearance and hab
its. The female parent of this terrible scourge
appears about the middle of June, and takes
shelter daring the day on the lower part of tire
wheat stocks. Toward sunset they may he seen
in large numbers, just when the wheat is dow
ering. deposit their eggs in the head. They
resemble common gnat 3 somewhat, and are
classified with them in entomological descrip
tions. The body is less than one-twelfth of an
Inch long, of a citron reliow, or sometimes in
clined to orange. The eyes are large, jet black,
and the wings long and transparent. The fe
male h n .~ a long ovipositor about the size of the
'thread of the silk-worm, wldclr Mm thrusts be
tween the glomes where the grain is to form,
and there deposits her eggs, here they are
sheltered, hatched and nourished. They begin
the deposit whenever tbe wheat head emerges
from the leaves, and continue it until the head
ia in bloom The grain then becomes too hard
to furnish the larvae with nutriment. They will
however traverse wheat fields and whole sec
tions of country, and select the late spots or
fteMe to continue their fatal work even after
the crop generally has become too far advanced
for them.
The larva 4 when hatched are white, hut soon
change lo yellow, and are sometimes found in
numbers from fifteen to twenty on a single ker
nel of wheat. They foc ion the milk of the
grain w'mn it is in a field or entirely soft state
and thus prevent the dev. of the grain.
Often when ten or a dozen eggs are deposited
in a single glume, they will entirely exhaust tire
material for the formaiion of-the grain, and
wheu the stock is cut, the chaff wid be found
without any kernel whatever inside of it; hut
when one or several are deposited on a grain,
they •butract but portion of the nutriment
VOV<U!HI! o.
NEW SERIES.
ftnd ilic grain iippwrs sl<rivc , " w .l vbco onf,
. onot half tin; weight it should haw. They
csuntrience their work as soon r.s the grain is in
s firmativr 'iue and cnn.iane tirtil the rniik
hardens, when iheir inL-Mf.n is ended. Thev
scon produce a hvi 1, spoiled or faded nppear
i ance of the glumes or cbatf. but the. change .t
less marked as the 'mad ripens, which it does
. prematurely.
When the grain has become too hard for the
: operations of the weevil, the; take shelter in
j tiw earth, where they attain their perfect devel
: opmcnt. They have no po'.vt r of locomotion
! i t the state in which they attack the wheat, out
instinct seems to supply them with the means
iof making their escape. Tit y bend ihem c'v::;
i into an arc, like skippers in cheese, end spring
out from the whea*head and fall to the ground,
i A few remain in the heads and ace destroyed,
j whue some attain perfection in the barn and
stiiy forth the next year to renew thrir work
jof destruction. Those which reach the earth,
lake shelter near the roots of the stock and
| work themselves order ground, where they lie
: dormant until spring, when t -e y assume the
pupa and then theituago or perfect form about
i i'ie ui.JjKe ,-,f J ine, and -car ji way, like tuc.r
j progenitors the precedin. year, to propagate
; and destroy. Even plowing the land dugs n-1
: .. sly dr3froy th in. Very many of them
will reach the fcur.V.ce i;i the spring and renew
! their HtV to lay w '-te the col !vn fwlds. Tie
•power uf'tlue for evil may ha awproxiica
j ed when it in known that ohs t uv c will
j dure .•:•<. thousand unsreacants in one sen - on.
which most l' .1 .r. . m ike space of tru iav
—-Tueresecuis t. bo n ; c itain remediu tor
it . *■
; this foe ot t' 4 ; goldsn cered within the pre>.,r
'of man; but natur 4 has furnished an rmidote
• for th.s piiguc. a id the re: ..it .s that the weevil
seldom '"svai's tn v se years in sntccssio i. I.V-
I ually then a open-s su.ucnn * >n?; v ' with the
w. "'d a p;r i itoc.. Ld t r.c-.Piifyjnder Punctjer,
A-hic'i is ?;s destructive to ttis weevil as the
. weevil is to the wh-vit. Several years ago Dr.
! A a Fitc.i, State Entomologist ot New York,
i v.'as of the opinion that this parasite had not
I yet reacLc l this eountry; hut the experience of
f ti.;; iiamedii'-c se-ctu-r, seems eor.clu.-ivv that h
ha;>. Tr.e •'jt i. ha? appu.irc.l at least twice
1 i i Franklin en inty, but never has prevuile 1
three eonsecullve years. In !Si>2 it < 'ire .
>!•••- ro/edtwo pa ches of late wheat v., 4 had,'
■ and in 1 S id-! it did aot enpear iu a..>y of our
fields. The c-x -'-mc-j of the p in., i.c also
proved by the Ohio Agricultural reports or' 18 -JO,
in which it is shown tiia; in Jo. lj counties "the {
weevil increase 1 for several years and then dis
uppearcl-
J ,,4 c po.ra.-ite i-* nearly the ?nm> s.ze as the !
weevil, hut is eniirely tilack, has four Colored,
legs, an-! can be seen during the day. Jtis the
natural enemy of the ivecvil and its progen_>. '
and hut tor its prompt aid our wheat fields ,
would in a few years become a perfect waste, j
It accomplishes its work by destroying the I irvj>
of the weevil. It thrusts its long, lance-shap
ed ovipositor through the glumes ot ilie grain :
an 1 deposits its eggs with those of the weevil—
both insects often being found accomplishing
their distinct missions at the same time upon
t< 10 SRHic £rr&ir %si wheat. The weevil feeds
upon the milk of the grain, and the parasite
feeds upon the wen it. Tree, the weevil par
tially destroys the wheat for that year, but the
parasite totally destroys the v. - evil, it pur: '> s
j its work relentlessly and wherever the home of
the weevil Ls found there will the parasite make
his abode. As thf* parasite never appears un
til after the weevil has gained a lodgment, the
weevil often ha? two or three years after its
firt appearance ; hut where the weevil has pre
vailed, as it has in thissection, in previous years,
| the parasite will he found close upon its fo >t
! steps, and the parasite steadily increase? each
year while the weevil diminishes and finally flees
from its deadly foe to a nee, sccli-m. *• c no
tice the parasitj coafi-et with the weevil infthi*
-us ,-.ii; but it does t seem to cqm' the to.ee
of the weevi l and we therefore conclude that
' we are lik- iy to l.nva our wheat crop periled i>y
■' the weevil next year, after which it w'it prob i
: Liv disappear ag.ii;. for a time.
The farmer cannot, of c.,jrse, depend upon
: nature's enemies, of this miliion-toßgued foe of
j our great fk.tpl 4 Wc t'umk it would be ftcst
*."> plow any field deeply that has been scoured
[ wi.ii the weevil and will bear stuhblinir, and
j seed it very early or very late, it should be
picved ;erly, and harrowe-l very ligh.N several
! times, v,Rb several days intervening hetwean
j each harrowing. A hot sun and dry aiinos
; phere are always fatal to bi.-ccts .vhen in a
I chrysalis state. These covered deep by the
plow will never return, and by harrowing li .ht-
I ly and often and then drilling shallow, the
i most of the larvae that could attain life
! vear will he destroyed. In the Cumberland
, Valley we believe thai the main protection a
i gainst the weevil i- in very early crop?. The
Mediteranean or Lancaster wheat, now in gen
| eral use in this and Cumberland counties, ha?
| becorao too late to escape toe weevil. Tbe
wLt.I, known as the. llo.igi.ton wheat, has not,
jso far as we have been able to kern, suffered
lat ait from i's ravages. The roason i-t that it
iis some five days earlier than the I/incwster
| The weevil attacked the wheal just wnen the
| Lancaster was In the softest cr milky state.
; and has destroyed it wholly or partially, de
| pending upon its forward s age; and it past : !
| the Houghton because when the weevil ;vaa
j ready for the assault it was too hard fi.r the
I l-.rvte to feed upon it. We dare not in Frank
] lin county ?ow later than wa do, nor sew later
j varieties, for the ru?t becomes the deadly ene
i my of our late wheat, and we fiiould not sow
too early in the fall lest J . Nan l'y com
! mcnees the work o co-f in destruction before
; winter sets in. It is clear to our mind there- :
fore that uu.- farnurs miist confine themselves
I to the earliest possib'o varisties of wheat. True,
' ever; this preeantion may fail, and even maybe
' the work of death, for while the weevil appear
-1 ed about the loth of Juno this year, it may ap
n<ti; .n the 10th next year, and destroy the
Freedom of Thoight and Opinion.
* BEDFORD, PA, FRIIAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1865.
I very early wheat, while the late escapes; brtj
| :i. .3 not, probable. Ia five years experience!
■ of raising wheat extensively, we have never
t >u..d the weevil in any but tbe iatter pardon?
of our eroDS. in 1802 it totally destroyed th- 4
; product ot a quart oi' rrwu.i. }ll ]
i' sowed a: the same time we sowed Lancaster
lloehester and Houghton, while tbo £aui3
; efios 'n the same f.F.d, even immediate,v ,',j_
• joining it, were untouched. The French wb'ejk.
I proved to be ten days later than theothrr*. and •
i the weevil iook that as its share. In another
| field, the same year, a natch of two acres in ''
j which we had sowed corn for soiling stock, and
j did not seed it for ten days after the rest of the
I field was seed I, the weevil destroyed the wheat
jto tho last drill-row of the corn-patch, while
i iliiity acres beuie if, of tlie same variety ei"
i wfieat, escaped entirely. The Houghton varle
; ty of white wheat tliur far h,.s always got .•dead
< of the weevil; and wo shall prefer it for the
! major portion of cur next seeding, although it
! does not stand the winter BO w-ii as the Mvd:t
cranean. U r e would not advise farmers to lirk
a whele crop of as the srnotii wheat has
j many perils to 4 "hi.;h the red h arfiy is a straa- |
! ger; but i.i view of the probable return of tbe !
weevil next v -ar, wc believe it wise, to sow
larg-'y cf a variety tbar. has thus far defied
that f.iial enemy of the farmer. In view of our
exp-rienec, and ihc light wc oaa gather on tj..
t' ject, the man who can supply j? wiih wheat
i ibrt as.) be harvc 'cd earlier t'.-'n any othf"
| in I8t)6 will find us a customer for seed-wheat. !
!ue wo vrl, like most enemies of when:,
iis an importation from the oi I world In
; Franco, < •anany and Swii"-:;lan.'i it has pro- (
• • vaiied occaManally for mm 4 fifty years. In
England It was known n? early as 1771, and in
j 182"-8ri> it was very destructive and also in
i S and Irii nid. It first appeared in the
;i- nited Statch in 1320, but was c nfir. dtoNi -v
I England lore nam bet years. 'J he State of}
I Maine alone kt over a million of doder.; ir. a
I single year by its ravages; but now it, is known :
! wherever wheat is extensively raiic i. an ' ha? be-
I come one of the most stubborn an.! tleauiiy en
emies of the great r.'aff of life.— ll,-
pository.
Ireseats to Government Glacials.
! I'residot Andrew Johnson, in (fcci'ming the
prest-nt of a cariiage and rpan cf horses bom
St.. York, Fas followed toe example of a 1) ■■ -
ocrutic. pn-uewsor fro'ii same N.ne, the !.;-
| mcnted Jar 4"?? K. Hoik. 'J'hc reminiscence is
- thus recorded in the N. Y.
'•When &Ir. Polk was elected IVesider.t of
j tbe United State®, a man named J-yd was in
office as Surveyor of the Fort of ILdtimore.—
He had been appointed to that position by Pros-'
| idem, Tyler, and he was anxicus to retain his .
i place. Imcdiate'y after the inauguration of
j Mr. Polk, he sent to his stables two cream-col
or.->.-t liorses (Arabians), wiiich he bad purchased
at public sale, the animal? having been presen
j ted to Mr. Van Huron by the Imaum of uius
, cat, and refused, under that clause of the Con
j siiiution which forbids any public officer from
! receiving any present from a foreign potentate,
! prince or government.
''The horses were in Mr. Polk's stables be
i fore lie was aware or it, Mr. Loyrl being arrx
ioiis to act on tlie 'agreeable sui peise'lprinciple, i
A sou.; as tiie tiien President discovered the a
: greeable 'surprise,' he order the horses out, sent j
j them back to Loyd at Baltimore, and instantly
dismis'd liim from the Surv.. 4 yo r shl;of the Port
j of Baltimore."
INDEPENDENCE.
What a glorious and animating word is inde
; oendence. Whisper hot a distant promise there
of into the car of man. and straightway, though
lie were sluggish r.uJ dull, am! torpid as ttic
-f/.ng , L ?haM ••'•? 4 to gird on hi® ar
} mt;r and prepare for the strife. The hope of
j independence stirreth up his si.ui; and as the
j war-horse that heaieth ''the trumpets and the
i thunder," oi wie battle and the ' shouting afar !
! off," he pawed': in the valley, and rejoiceih ir
( his strength and he goeth on. Intlependenco is
! the admired, th n coveted of all., the ideal coal
| of earthly happiness; a:vl wc all pre? 3 onward,
; by pai •> various as our manifold and dissimi
lar passions and iriclinati.m® to attain the prize.
\r.'l lame, undying hop.-, is by our side, grasp- i
irg at shadows of coming good, an 1 over cry
ing, "Lo, h. rc," and "Lo, there/ as a giimpse
• of unreal things ;,t,pears ami 1 the roiling dark
! clouds of futurity. All i >in in the pursuit, but
-{what is ;!>o end thereof? Ala?! it may be
i compared to tbe race cf children, hunting the 1
I gaudy butterfly of summer, which piayeth be
| f ire their eyes in tantalizing, many-colored
i-t iaty. flitting from tree to tree, and from fl.iw-
I er to flower, often apparently w itliin reach, and ,
, then dntiag away to a distance.
Fire and Loss cf Life at Cleveland,
Ohio.
(Fiom th* CleavelanU Plninflcater, ?-tth.>
A terrible ensunity occurred early this mor
ning, two men being burned (o death. About !
i half-past twelve o'clock, a tiro, the work of an
incendiary, broke out in a wooden building on
I Merchants' Avenue, University Heights. The
building was occupied below by F. Messe, as a
I carpenter shop: the upper part occupied by the
j deceased, Jacob Werlach and Idarman Heatty,
Germans, as a tailor shop and sleeping apart
i nient. So rapidly did the flame? spread, that
although every exeriion wa3 used to rescue the
1 men. ail efforts were unavailling. At ona time
tho dcueas u could be seen lying in their beds
. motionless and apparently suffocated even then
j with the ainoke. Mr. Mcssc, in endeavoring
to rescue tbe inan, was severely burned. Tho
steamers were not on hand, us no water could
be got, and only a hook and ladder company
was on tho spot.
ejrln chosing your groceries let your ipotto
be "measures, nolnjeu "
THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
Corre yomience of the New York tribune.
Reaping, Pa, June 15, ISGS. j
We have, had a conversation with an in- j
Iciligent. business man who lias juat return- f
c.t from a trip through iiio entire \ alley of j
1 the Shenandoah. Some information with;
v C .,~Mvt *- '*-"** ' i gion wul probabl vhi inter- |
i.sting to many i-w~w=, ui' tue Ti'Ounc. ;
This gentleman started from Winch" v r I
. on Thursday, the 2;stii of May, for Ha: • - j
soaburg. At Wind letter he found a rebel
soldier from up the Valley who had come
in a buggy to that place to takc the oath
of allegiance, and who agreed to take our
friend to Woodstock. From Woodstock he
hired a conveyance to Mount Jackson. From
Mount Jackson to New Market went on
foot, and took the stage from thence to Har
risonburg, distance la miles, fare §2.75.
From Harrisonburg he. went to Staunton, ;
25 miles, and from thence to Crawford's I
Springs, bt> nuies—all the way by private }
conveyance. .Reluming, took the cars worn j
Staunton to Richmond, but found the rail j
road much broken, the bridges mostly gone, •
and part of the distance traveled by horse !
ears.
From Winchestcr to Harris onburg fences :
i are scarcely to be seen; but few houses |
; have been destroyed, but near Harrison- j
burg many barns and mills have been burn- 1
<: i. From Winchester to Strasburg scarce-!
Iv any crops have been planted, and scarce
ly a chicken, horse, cow or pig is to be seen. |
Toward Harrisonburg considerable wheat!
is out and w.rn had been planted. J?yond j
Harrisonburg, toward Staunton, west of the ,
toi npike, near Mossy Creek, is the section ;
which, by order of Gen. Sheridan, was laid
w.v 'te f;" t\e ahemul murder of a i fivonofi
. . J T • I
eer. The citizens there a sserfc that ne seas ■
not murdered, but killed in an o, :i i.gat. ;
he having brat wounded his adversary .n
ihe arm. \V ithia a ci.eie of sor (? ludes
•in diameter, with scarcely an exception, •
not a house, barn, mill or other building !i as !
been kit standing. Many of the chirm:s
were Mennonists. who arc non-resistant. ;
ana many of them, early in the war, bad 1
left for the North. They are a quiet, hard ;
working, industrious people, never owning
or hiring slaves, and are already returning j
to their desolated farms, and putting up ■
small frame buildings to shelter themselves j
and families.
Extreme destitution prevails throughout j
the whole valley. Having been so often j
traversed by both armies, larius Lave been '
entirely stripped of their stock, and in ma- ;
; ny districts of all their fences. The able- ;
bodied r. eg roes have all left, those only re- j
maining who are not able to do any work, j
and who are a burden on their former own- j
: ers. In many cases the agents of the Gov- j
eminent com pel their former masters to keep |
; and support them, aithough recognising the j
fact that they are free, and whifo they are j
entirely useless for agricultural or domestic j
purposes. L his is regarded as great injus- ,
tiee, as the citizens have scarcely enough
! to suooort themselves, and think that the
rights of freedom should be reciprocal.—
Thev recognize the fact that slavery is ex
, tinct; think that they shoal! have the right
to employ such labor as should be most ad
vantageous to tliem, and that a- they can
not have the services of the. negroes who
could labor aud raise crops, the Government
should assume ta. care or charge, ot those
who arc mere consumers.
As an illustration of the way in which
things arc d:no. a negro woman came to a
nrovostmarshal's office and complained that
her late master had beaten and lb-used her.
IT,, showed conclusively that her story was .
an utter falsehood, and offered to furnish j
her and her three children with a complete
' outfit if the- Government would take charge
of them. The provost marshal refused to
accept tiie offer, ordered iier late owner to '
take her back, and prescribed the wages he .
was to pav. Unfortunately he was unable ;
to support himself and family, having plen- j
t" of first class land but no one to work it,
and a crowd of helpless old men and .wo
men. to support. This is mentioned, not for
the purpose of finding fault with the Gov- '
eminent, but tin; condition of the j
i people. j
I A large number of the people have been j
friends of the Union from the beginning, i
but were forced into the support ed the Hon- j
i federaey, and not a few have suffered se- j
verely in consequence of their well-known ;
Union feelings. The whole people, with j
very few exceptions, recognize the great j
question as forever settled. They are hear- ;
. tily tired of the war, having experienced
its' most terrible evils. They desire to re
turn as soon as possible to the quiet pur
' suits of industry, and trust that the people
of the North will meet them in a kind and
fraternal spirit. And surely such should j
be, and we believe is, the feeling of the |
North toward them.
This immense valley, hundreds of miles in.
length, is one of the finest Agricultural and min
eral regions in the world, und, with free men
and free labor, no limits can be set to its future
greatness. Us people are disposed to receive
frankly northern men and northern capital,
' TL<| pJ! j unsurpassed for, agrigttftur&l jaurpp
Ws2l?S< fc X€2l BEIt, 3 1 ! 7
| sis, the wii >le valley being the best b.nies.one i
i land, ueJ generally wcli weoEd and wat* rd
| —What is now needed is dome capital to stock
! and improve the farms, to rebuild mills and
j manufactories, and to develop the immense miu
| oral resources of the vaiio". The best lands
| may now be purchased on the most reasonable
' term 3 fur less than half v. Lat they woutd j
j command a year or two hence. Good larms •
' me fences have been destroyed may be- j
j bought for §25 per acre : farms with excellent j
! buildings and fences for sit). —For example, a ;
! farm containing MO acres good arable lime- ■
stone land, and 200 acres first-rate white oak j
timber land, fine.two story brick mansion house,, j
large bnrn, stabling and other outbuildings, '
with a fine stream ot water running through
the land, good springs in various parts of the
property, and good fen 'es, was ottered tor %iO
per acre. On too farm was a splendid crop oi i
wheat, co"o and grass. It is within six miles !
of a railroad, and about 120 miles from H ash- J
i ington or Baltimore.
j Many German families from Lancaster C 0.,!
! Pa., found their way into this valley many I
■ years <?, and taking with them t • ir in lu.-w -,
! o„ 3 and thrifty habit 0 have bccu.ae large pros- ,
| jjerous i.tnd owners. The inducement now h Id :
j out in the cheap "ecs and fertility of the ' in is, ;
I and their proximity to mark will doubtless 1
i attract a lar ,v ? iimalgration. IV hat t-ae van-/ j
I now need is labor and money. The war ue- j
! stroyed the old banks and new /AOs ir UiU. i
■ needed. Capital to any amount r/.lgkt be in- •
! vested on ample security, as there is abundance
jof valuable and unincumbered land. It.
I The sb]] of The Bicknoncl Banks.
[t-'ram lue Augusta, ('la. A Transcript.]
A few davs r'nee two of tiie officers of the ,
Richmond bunks, whose ar>*.:tj were removed
1 at t . vron the evacuation sn Apri ,
-cacti 1 M*a-uriagton, in this They were ,
empowered by the authorities t<> re*n'>ve ti"br
effect", consisting cf ?320,090 r , • • tie
I cacit.il ot Virginia. Procuring team 3 and a
' gum ' of t ~"i so men terse u- i tie men sr? out .
> upon their return home, intea li ig to take the .
I raika. * at I tester, Sbuth Csrdi&tL
' t the end of the first dny'a journey thev en
! can.pr | on ihe grounds of Mrs. Morse, eighteen
rules from V 1 a.'iing'on. and three from the
1 -n-Hn- o river. The officers retired and the :
I guard fit nricrp. About midnight, a party of .
| twenty mounted mcr. wlio were evidently a
i ware of the value ot' the train, suddenly dash
ed upon it, :u.d the guard-, surrendered with
| v ."t firing a gun or making the slightest show j
•of resistance, 'ilte freebooters immediately i
I went to work bursting open the specie kesrs and i
I helping themselves to the glittering contents. '
: One fellow, it is relate.!, had a large leathern .
jhaversack, which lie filled, but just as he \va3 j
• -• mtiag his horse, the straps gave way, and |
i the precious metal fell clinking to the ground, j
! He pogo-ly craped tip the gold and sand, leav- :
I ing a number of pieces, an 1 placing the coin
iin ,i bag, rode oif. The next morning a negro |
, icainster found five dollar pieces scattered in '
j profusion all about tuo ground.
Suae two hundred thousand dollars were:
I stolen, having about ore hundred nr.d twenty j
I thousand. With ; s amount the bank officers j
journeyed on, sadder, bat wis.- men. Upon
i reach' g Abbevville, South 'Mrolina. offer
' el a reward ot tw r.ty thousand d liars for the j
I recovery of the proper.y. The robbers are sup
posed t. bo j" '..until soldiers, who f'uo-v-d the •
train from Washington —lt is singular that, in |
the present demoralized state of thecounty ; the '
gentlemen in charge made no secret of their 1
valuable possessions; nor did they use any ex- ;
idinary measures of precaution to preserve 1
the property.
THE TRUE rHAfT.
lie is above a mean thing. He cannot stoop j
!o mean fra .d. He invades no secrets in the •
keeping cf another. He betrays no sc-crets j
confided to his own keeping, lie never struts j
in borrowed plumage. He never takes selfish j
advantage of our mistakes. He n s cs no igno- |
b!c weapons in controversy. II.: never stabs j
lin the dark. Ho. is ashamed of inuendues.
lie i: "ot. one thing to a mutt's face, and an- ;
cr behind h'r hack. If by accident lit comes i
in possession of his neighbor's he i
passes upon them at: act of instant
He bears sealed packages without tampering j
| with the war. Papers not meant for iris eye,
' whether they flutter at his window or he open j
| before him in unguarded exposure, are sacred j
to him. He encroaches un no privacy of oth
ers, however the sentry sirups. Bolts and bars,
locks and keys, hedges ayyl pickets, bon-ls and
securities, notices to trespassers are none of
• them for him. He may Le trusted lurascii out
| o f —near the tiiinncst partitions—any- '
i where. II" 1 buys no ofiice, he sells none, he
I intrigues for none. He would rather fail of
| his richts ilir.r. win them through dishonor.
! lie will c.at honest bread. He insults no man.
! He tramples on no sensitive feeling. If he i
j have rebuke for another he is straightforward, |
I open, manly. In short, whatever he judges |
| honorable, he practices toward every man.
EASTMAN, a dealer in pork in New York, ab
i i--ended the other day, leaving a cash deficien
cy of four hundred thousand dollars. Ha was
a groat "bear," and had about sixty thousand
barrels of pork, sold short. The advance in
prices broke him. The stock of pork ip New '
York on the Ist instant wan ninty-aix-thousand
' barrel"; and yet this single individual had cou
! traded to deliver ebrty thousand barrels. Tliis
| shows bow btdly the trada has been domoral
. ized: that it *3 controliod now not by mcr- ]
j cbanis, but by mere ndve sharer?- and it also " '
| counts for the frequent and violent "/actuations
,in prices, ihe imaginary Josei> I p.
I default will prov. JG: L „ oiL C ~ M,
I real pork involved, the walk* M wl ,l nat
nypnt to much .. *"
, - i 11
fvatca of JJUistrtislrtg.
I One square, one insertion, #1 W
| One square, throe insertions, i W
i One square, each additional insertion 5®
j 2 months. 6 month*. 1 years
■ One square, $4 50 $6 00 $lO Ov^
i Two squares, 609 900 1C 00
I Three squares, 809 12 00 20 00
! Half column, IS f, 3 25 00 40 00
| One coin-mi; 30 CO 45 CD 80 00
I Administrators end F.rricbfori* notices. $3 00,
1 Auditor's notic*"' if ■ >1 I** lines, $2 50. Sheriff '*
j sales, ?l 75 per trr.ct. Table ttuu, double the
I above rate*; figure work 25 p.*r cent, additional,
; Eatrays, Caution • J .Notices toTmjtassere, $2 00
far three insertion-, If not above If J lines. Mar-
notice", 50 cau-.s each, payable in advance.
Ooitaaric* over five !::.es in length, and Resolution*
of Beneficial Associations, at half advertising rotes,
payable in advance. Announcements ct <!e;.*h3,
eratis. Notices in editorial columnr, 15 cents per
line. deductions to advertisers of Talent
Medicines, or Agents.
J JOBT . i If *1—IMI~ .ie-vSsjTS. -*3 —. jrOEYTTr 1 ■■ '
VOL. 8, NO 49.
HOW TO DISPOSE OF YOUR FRAC
TIONAL CD33EKCY*
( Many person-: in bii.-itici's ore constantly in
j qui how to dispose of surplus quantities of
( fractional currency, which ih'ry find no small
' an.ioyance compared with the "solids" they
| were' wont to handle !•: days gone by. Wo
; would inform such the redemption of their cur
rency is constantly inking pbtoa at the Treasury
! f-'erortmcnt in W t" tho various
j Sub-Treasuries. In order to redeem, it Is re
j quired that tlie currency be put in packaged
I containing, r.~ nearly as maybe, eu-n hon>cls
j of pieces, or, in other word", that each n;ek
' sue of five cent pieces contain So, cf fen cent
piec .3 §lO, &e., - at different varieties off the
sa.v.e denomination of currency be Scat insip
sratc packages, faced uniformly up ward.-., and
that mutilated cvrcaey ' :-serit separately fions
. the whole. Jf the packages of currency thus
j arrange! are add:;d fp the Treasurer of the
i Unite ' States at lYarhington, and registered at
| tii-;- I ■• t off; -•>, returns by on New York
may he expected in from eight to ten days.
Francis en tho Government
| V.; • few of our citizens, o'd.b of the jfotr
emment < dicers, have any conception of tho
moons rov! devices resorted to, to evade the
payment of duties under the Internal Revenue
Act. I.) the manufacturing income tax, etamps
I and li'-enscs; in fact in every branch of busi-
L'-auds ai ' perpetrated, but tho grand e!-
• ! ,r.ido is t'uui'! in ; i>f illation. The recant sci
| ;:u: of whiskey in .Y York, Chicago. Cirr
; -urinali and Boston, have fully proved that tho
saving of tl.o heavy tux of two dollar.- per gal
lon is two great an inducement to resist, even
; f-r those who litva herctcfuie occupied posi-
I tior.sin the community as high minded anil
honorable me'vbant". Thousands of •Vknrs
have been saved to the govc.nuwnt through the
vigilance of i'r officers, but with all their vigi
lance, it L> esMmated by the comm.'asMw cf
I 'icriial iyevenoe, that cut of cm. bar.dead rail
iiu.isof uaffops iuioi.ut!!. man. u etc red not more
iha i twenty •• Tons v.III pay the duty.
r:,. ;nr,T T■ pj. sv —Tho following is raid to
be a pan •£ the suppressed testimony offered at
the trial oi the asiv.r -ins :
Judge Hudt —Mr. Murphy, were you at Uio
Theatre on tho Right of the assassination J
Mr. Murphy—l was indeed, your honor.
J outre Holt—Did yon sed J. Wilkes Booth
jump from the "box after shooting the President*
Mr. Murphy —Bad 'cess to him, 1 did, your
honor.
Judge Holt—Did you hear what he said, and
if so, v/hat was it 1
Mr. Murphy—l heard what he said very
well, your honor, nod ail ha said wis, "I'm
sick, scud for M'amnis. ' {Sic Semper Tyramiis.)
YOONTCN PARTY ABCSED. —One of our "in
tensely loyal" citizens, and a devoted member
of tiic "li. L ," undertook to road Washington'*
farewell address on the 22nd of February,
lie road siieniiy and sullenly for s .me time.
At last he arose from his seat, grated his f feth,
| io.d throw the book down in a passion. "Why
John !" said hisnstot •< •I w if.-, "what on ear ill
| ails you : ' -• Wl.y. * J. 1 r>, '1 li bo enss
; d i. I can sit • 111 ■ "n->ar the Yocyun i'-.wty
abused by ; ffl \V sbingfc t hi arse!f I" The
good rv -nan knew he c-anse fur anger, and
■ sue i hid ' iim not, but commence! singing the
i baity to sleep with the National llyiaa—"John
! Browns," etc —I'he whole family are loyal.
C?*On the 12th of December, 1350, Johnson
I delivered a speech, iri which ha declared that
; "negro*= rot included in the Declaration of
Independence."
In a speech delivered at the Fair Ground in
; Springfield, Ohio, in 1801, Mr. Johnson ex- „
j pressed n wish for "a rone large enough to hang
j the Abohflonis sof the North and the Scces
! sionists of the South at one swing."
tSrThe Albany Argus says: "We have va
-1 rious reports from Washington about nbstrac-
I iior.s to a very large extent of the furniture
; and other articles belonging to the White House,
i which ar? being officially investigated, and if
the rumors are correct as to their origin, they
| will produce a most painful and profound sen
. saiion."
I tyTiir apple crop in western New York will
Jbe e ruinous. The probability is that a larger
' quantity will be shipped for market from that
j section than over before. And this implies a
! great deal, when the extent of the yield hereto
i fore is considered. Last year there were sta
: lions on the Central railroad from which over
two hundred thousand barrels were shipped.
A German, in
, the war thirty months ago, leaving liehind a
I good-lookirg wife. At Vieksburg he was shot,
' and supposed killed, and his wife married a
; a Dubuque milter few months after. Last
i Saturday morning the supposed dead man came
j home again, told hi story, and after a longd:3-
! cussion, got his wife hack by paying twenty-five
] dollars to the second husband.
I erA Quaker had his broad-hriniraed hat
| blown o!f, and chased it for a long time with
j fruitless and very ridiculous zeal. At last, see
's iug a roguish-looking boy laughing at his disas
i tor. he said fo hitu, "Art thou a profane ladl"
\ The youngster rrpLed that he sometimes did
: a little in that way. Then said he, taking a
half dollar from bis pocket, "taae may daaia
yonder fleeing tile fifty cents' worth."
esr"Comc iitro- 'my lit tic fellow," said " '
tleuiuo R youngster of five v— ges,
ting iu n parlor, where ° . --rs, while eit-.
i assembled. "Do- - tArga company were
"YetF ' * - O 'l .iivow me I"
inu."
' . "Who am 11 Let me hear?"
j \ tue man who kithed nssmcii whaii
1 P®£ watk in New YorL."