(Pw>» r*. . M UiNiMar .*° ort !“ r- 5T i..»n. ■ t» Mattie AwmktmZS3*£tt?*’ t e^^lW-' —- 111 l i iillj SH 11 »! EVER ONWARD! IP BY STEP! JERSIGN EDDESlftfisxo M outoocr* and tb* «—m ■■ IMUHpUU OUMlMnl'ltMgf 1 S S G 0 CDS, abracinf all thel*t«t,p m il«ta»lmo. >NABLK PATTERNS Km of par*, freah and IBS & PROVISIONS ftOM 'of COB WEIS, ND CONFECTIONER, taw iugoii^Pt., NSTANTLY ON HAND '. CAKES, CANDIES OJbc£A.2A ■ JS. of his own vhlcb b. igudwlo orretafl, at the moat rewon -WWIIiS f&TSn, (neb a* lemons, pine-apples, S, RAISINS, NUTS,. AC., &C raqwctWa ma^u. :AK£D TO ORDER, iiMMtOp »hor» notice snd in the neat rOe an. ' ’■ I price a; ateek ead pen will ini - M CW be pnrebued alnefbere. ETTINGER’S’ :'Mm& Agency, iiNo.7, MAto STREET lOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, ar, GONFKC*I<S ABIES S& TOgAaCG, ■nosrsiN gSlatvaeiety lURIT ON ifiND. ON. JACK & CO., - BOLLWA TSBBKB, PA KEBB, , JohntUm, Jack £€•.”) ON THE FBINCIPAL BOnr and Odd for eale. OpUectJon. *H»d cm dsMifta, P ■ 4am««rt» apoa tim, iJUKK—-PBACTXCAL netlnaee theji utaileai^^^ ssiLSssSs&mi acui.«iA.esaee-M9 to hall m, e*d e dedre tcreader ■»» ntdi price m»l qpxßtj, I>» hope**® gddaliaieSlSSZriSwehUe terra*. > BWiai »prooipflr«Wto*’d >«*— t*nshlly Luiapewarid -fl-tt r tBIENDS WOULD DO |iM Hie chok* iafl «*■*«•«£ bwmwop* <*», itiwiah*.&** .jioefmriTEßhKS, > LAND ium. o»rixp aa,*Ly ||ii AT McCOitMIOK'SJw” 1. A LAKCIS T; TOOTH, SHAVLVO, >8 OF tta -AS AND V**fgSn' irtay, .t US CARPBWg L AS&GBT mtm mmA\ 3SQ£ McCRUM & DERN, * V r OL. 8 Muskingum Valley STEAM WORKS CORNER OF .harkel and Third Streets, ZANESVILLE, OHIO. lIJe ARE NOW TURNING OT7T A LARGE Tv number of oar improved Portable Steam Engines ,»;jii Portable Circular Saw Mills. at> well as Stationary Monies ami Saw Mills, many of which are finding then w.iv nit-' Blair. Combi i», Huntingdon and CmwfoidCoun :H. and other parts of the State of Pennsylvania. Those drciuiy received and in operation, are giving the moat en aiv satisfaction. There is now hardly a Bute dr Territoo ,„tlie Union, but that our improved Portable Engine m<l Saw Mills are hi use in. All our Engins have Spark Arrester stacks on them which confine the flying spark*. VV- would respectfully refer you to the following gentle iicu and Certificate* for the portability, utility and urac .ical operations of onr Portable ;?t'*mii Engines and Saw Mills: Ml<.sr*. ■>. A J. H. Dovall: —Ofiillemen : —We received ur Twenty Horse Power Pi.mbl* Eimiin* ami Saw Mill. ,n order. We are perfectly satisfied with ir ; every thin;; works to our.entire satisfaction—in fact beyond uui ~vp.'CtutioU*. We si wed 4',’UO feet of white-ouk Gourds 111 iv* hour*, and could havw dour marc in the sometime ti.i j we have had g'««i logs. We take pleasure in recommending those in want ol viw- Mill* anti Engine* to purchase of you. Respectfully, C. REYNOLDS 1 E. ANDRESS. Wo lire authorized to say. for Mr. Samuel Milliken. o flellidaysburg. Pa.;-that the 20 horse power Portable En :uit‘ and Saw Mill we sold him, has fully ruot hi* expec .iiiou and proved itself to be all that was claimed for *t ti our circular; ami since starting it. has sent in hi* -rd.-i fur a second Engine and Saw Mill, of same powet ,iiii size. Ht further references, we will give the name* elf M. Ddl ami Thomas M’Aulley. Altoona, Pa.; A. L. Ilolli- ■v. Ibdli.laysburg, Pa.: M. >l. Adams, Cresson. Pa.; \V. Z>-uh*r anil Joseph S. Reed. Huntingdon. Pa.; Mcshiv. :m l \. .v <’o.. Tyrone, Pa., all of whom have purchased \i: i iM - Simiii Engines and Portable t'ircular Saw Mill* We fully warrant our Engine* and Saw Mills, in la ;i:i'i>• of ftist-cbis* material; workinaiiKhip the same; ,u'i Uraj.* Bill Valve* in pmnp* and checks, and to *a» ■■ai n.nuuto JLo.OOO t«*er of dumber per Jay—*ay In hour*. ii Tti nolic-ited. De.scriplioii circular sent to ail eor •■•iMinleiit*. Respectfully. i.AJ.II DUVALL. Corner .Market and oral Streets, ju-t opposite C. O. It. Ibaid D.'pot. Zanesville. Ohio, .him- 1863-4 m. 0, YES! O. YES!! THIS WAY! THIS WAY! N E W SPRING .& SUMMER GOODS.. T I?. HILE.MAN has just received a PJ • Urge ami well selected *tiw;k uf Goods, confuting :f Cloths, IMain ami Fancy Cassiim-r**«, jsitineft*. Ken nicky .l-'itiif. Tweetls. Beuvertcons. Bln* drilling, and all • tl.-i kinds of Gikmli* for MEN AND BOYS' WEAR. i-o th-r with a. grand and magnificent of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS. '"■Ji as Black and fhncy Sills. ChaUits. Bereyrs, Brilliant** Lawns. Delaines* Chintz *, De. Beget* Cray*'*. Prints. ( rape and StHa Shawls, Mantillas. Uvdmlrrres and Hosiery. Bonnets and Ribbons* Collars. Hand- Kerchiefs, Kid Gloves. Hooped Slrirts, Shirt ing, Lace. Mitts. dc.* dr. ALSO, likings, Checks, Bleached and Unbleached Mullins. !\*tton and Linen Table Diaper. Cnudi. Nankeen. Ac. “* BOOTS AND SHOES, hardware, queenswark, WOOD AND WILLOW WAKE, OIL CLOTHS, CARPETS. AC. GROCERIES. Our stock of Gr<*ceries U more extensive than ever, and • onsists of Rib and Java Coflee, Cru*d»**d. Loaf and N O. Sugars 1 ; Y. 11. anil Black Teas; Moliuws, Soaps, Gaulle*. Bait, Fish. Ac. Thankful to the public f.»r the very liberal patronage heretofore received, he hopes by strict attention to busi ness, and art endeavor to please, to merit a continuance ol the game. 9*Call and examine his Stock, and you will be con vinced tint he has the best assortment and cheapest Goods to the market. •** Country Produce of all kinds taken in exchange for G»k*l« at market prices. Altoona. April 28. 1863. v Hat & Cap Store. nr II E PROPRIETOR OF THE 'A “EXCELSIOR” HAT ami CAP 5t,,,... _ would inform his cn-timh-n*.-juml the Public generally, that he hasjnst returned from the city with the largest and most varied stock of jc.khlh in his lin.» ever brought to 'Altoona, all Of which ho has now on exhibition and sale at hia new store ibom on Virginia street, next door to Jiyg rard’a store. His stock em braces all the latest styles of SPRING AND SUMMER HATS, ■ CAPS, MISSES’ FLATS, &C. Hi, Stock of Hut. und Caps arc of the very best selection, ■ifevciy style, color and shape, far both old and young. All be asks is that the people call and examine his stock, and he feels confident that be can send them away re joicing, if not in the parehasa o/kuchWi article as they wanted, at the Eemembnitice of haring 'looked hpon the Handsomest stock of Uats, Caps, Plats, Ac., ever exhibited in this town. I hare also ou band an entirely Aew stock of ■, Ladies’ and Childrens’ Hats and Flats, which I am confident cammt'b© sorpasaed in the-comtry* dl of which I willneH nt-the most renaonable.prictte. Ko* m**mher the Hall of Fashion wh'e*s y»n want anything in rlie line of head covering* and call on Muy 4. ’6£-tf NewDrtig Store. U BERLIN & CO., ANNOUNCE TO O, the citizens of Altoonri and vicinity that they have opened a Drug smrt Variety Store in WORK’S NEW BUILDING, Virginia Street, between Julia and Caroiiw Streets, where nmy be had DRUGS CHEMICALS. DYE-STUFFS, PA TEXT MEDICINES, FEE FVMEBIES, PAINTS OIL, GLASS. PUTTY, are! ail ether articles uimally sold in the Drug hiißineae. OUU MEDICINES of are of the purest aud oeat quality, and eur Cheluicain bear the marks of the best nmnafacturrri*. Pii&ten. BolMers am* otl era requiring to os« I’AISTi, OILS, VAIINIBIU3S. TURPiSNTI.VIS, Window <]lau. Putty, Point Brushes, Sash Tools, 4e., Oa., wilt find uttr amortnirpt to be of the BUST QUALITY ASR AT THK LOWKST PRICKS. The parent Wiiiiwnn'd Liquors fur Medicinal. Median!- =«uill Sura nental pnrpaaea always in atore. dST All orders correctly and promptly answered, and Phrsiclana Prescription! accurately compounded. Altoona, May it, IS«S. ’EB- Haetstowm, Crawford Co,. Pa., - ) May 16th, 1863. / EXCELSIOR JESSE SMITH, THE ALTOONA TRIBUNE. K. Jt: MeORUM. . - - - - H. C: DERN. ,K|»l T«*KJ» ASi I) PROPRAETORS. Pt*r uuuum, ipayable invnrUMy in advance,) $1 5u All papers discontinued ;af the expiration of the time paid tor. TERMS OF ADVERTISING 1 insertion 2 do. 3 do. Four lines or ie.** $ 25 4 $ 50 *nu Square. iR lino-*)..... s<* 75 1 od Two ** (Id “ ) lOH 160 200 Oiree •* . “ ) 1 50 200 2 50 Over three weeks and lew than three mouths. 25 cents >er square for each insertion. 3 month* 6 months. 1 year. Six lines or less 150 $3 00 $5 00 hie square 2 50 + 00 7 00 Two « .. 400 600 10 00 three 5 00 8 00 12 00 Four G 00 10 00 14 i»0 Half a column ; 10 00 14 00 20 00 Die column,, 14 00 25 00 40 00 \dminlstrators ainl Executors Notices 1 '75 Merchants .ftdverli-ihc by = the year, three squares. with liberty to change. 10 00 Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding 8 linos with pai>er. per year 5 00 Communication* of a politic* l character or Individual interest, will be charged according tn the abqve rate*. Advertisements not marker! with the numix > r of inser tions desired, will be continued till forbid and charged according to the above, terras. Business ndtlccs five cents pe” line forevery insertion. Obituary, notice- exceeding ten lines, fifty cents a square §kmt i’o.etifg. THE STREET OF BY-AND-BY. BT ABM * ‘ By the .street of Uy*and-hy, one arrive* at the house of Never.”—OW laying. <s^ Oh! shun the spot, my youthful friends, 1 urge you to be ware: Beguiling is the pleasant fcuy. and softly breathes the But none have ever passed to scene*, ennobling great and high. Who once liegunTo linger in the streets.of By-and-hy. How varied are the images arising to my sight. Jf those who wished to shun the wrong, who loved and praised the right; Yet from the silken bonds-of Sloth they vainly strove to fly, 5 Which held them gently prisoned in the street of By-and by. A youth aspired to .climb the Learning's ioftly hill :• What dimmed his bright intelligence—what quilled his earnest will? Why did the object of his quest still mock his wistful eye? Too long, alas! he tarried in the street of By-and-by. “My project* thrive,'* the merchant said; “ when double in my store, How ti cely shall iny ready gold be Jinw-Ti-d among the poor!” Vast grew his wealth, yet strove he not the mourner’s eye to dry: * ID* never journeyed onward the street of I By-and-by Forgive the erring brother, he “’has wept mid suffered long,” I said to offe who answered—“ lie done me grievous wrung; Yet will I i-eek my brother, and forgive him ere 1 die:” Alas! Death shortly (ound him iu the street of By-and by !*• The wearied worldling muses upon lost and wasted days. Resolved to .turn hereafter from the error of his ways: To lift his grovelling thoughts from earth, and fix them on the aky; Why does he Huger fondly ip the street of By-ai.d by ? Then shun the spot, my youthful friends, work on while yet you may; Let Dot old age oVrtuke you as yon sloth fully delay.. Le&tyou should gazo around you, discover with a sigh. That you've reached the house of Never, by the street of By-aml-by. JMett |ps«liatti). BURNSIDE'S MAECH ON KNOX VILLE Cincinnati, Sept. 13, 1863. Surgeon W. H. Church, Medical Di rector of the Department of the Ohio, arrived here, last night from Cumber land Gap, having left General Burnside's headquarters oq the morning of the 10th. He furnishes The following complete and trustworthy account of the remarkable operations of our forces at East Ten nessee : General Burnside -left Camp Nelson on the Kentucky river on the I6th. His command was to march in three columns —one via Loudon, under himself ; the second, consisting of. the Twenty-third army corps, under- Maj. Gen. Hartsuff, via Jameslon. Gen-Burnside, marching via Danville and Stanford, reached Crab Orchard on the 20th. On the 22d he marches to Mount Vernon, twenty miles, and the following day to Loudon,,-twenty rive miles. On the 24 th he made Wil liamsburg; thirty miles further south.- On the 26th,he was joined' by General Harlsuff, with the Twenty-third corps, at Chetwood, twenty eight miles from Williamsburg. The enemy being reported near, he di rected a cavalry regiment' to reconnoitre i toward jackboro. It met a superior rebel cavalry force and routed it, capturing forty five prisoners. From Chetwood the march was Continued across New river up the Cumberland Mountains to Montgomery, situated!forty-two miles distant, on the summit bf the range, where th£ column arrived bn the 30tH. Here it was met by General White’s command. .Colonel Burt having been sent forward with a cavalry brigade, reported that General IVgram, with 2,000 cavalry, held a very strong position at t|ie Gap near Emory Iron Wbrks, leading into Clinch river valley, : Additional troops were sent for ward, with the expectation of a battle on the morning of the ;31st; but*witli day light it was discovered that the enemy had detl’ ’ - Witli the possession of this gap, the road to Knoxville was open. Having reached Emory fiver, seventeen miles ALTOONA, PA.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1863 from Montgomery, Gen. Burnside onk*n il Colonel Foster, with a mounted brigade, to make a forced march over a direct road to Knoxville, while he advanced with the main fonje to Kingston six miles further. Being anxious to save the most extensive find important bridge o'er the Tennessee at Loudon, twenty miles from Kingston, Gen. Burnside directed Gen. ISlmkelford, with his cavalry brigade, to push on to it as rapidly as possible Upon arriving within three miles of the bridge a regiment was deployed as skir mishers, and quickly drove the enemy be 3’ond their rifle pits covering the approaches to the bridge. They, retreated hastily across if, closing the gate behind them. The entire structure being prepared with Uirpentine and shavings for immediate destruction, it was wrapped in flames in a few seconds. General Shackelford find ing it impossible to save it, moved off toward Knoxville, after driving tin- enemy from the qpposit bank with shells and musketry. Colonel Foster readied Knoxville on the Ist, and General Burnside left Kings ton on the 2d. Both received perfect ovations upon their entrance. The ton n was decorated with flags hidden for more than two years, and cheering people lined the streets. A large meeting was held on a o e subsequent day, and addressed by General Burnside and several leading citizens.— The latter congratulated themselves in the most enthusiastic terms upon their de liverance from rebel oppression On the day after General Foster's ar rival a procession of women, whose hus bands anti relatives were mostly in the Union service, came in from the country. It .was nearly a mile long. Ail along the route of our troops the same unmista kably evidence ot almost universal loyalty on the part of the citizens became mani fest. Young men seemed to be mostly absent, but old ones and women by tlie hundreds received our troops with flags and refreshments on the loads. A great number of men who had lived | in hiding places for months came forth j and joined their deliverers.. Very valua- ’ ble machine shops and foundries belong- j ing to the rebel government were found j in Knoxville. Also, two million pounds I of salt, a large quantity of wheat, the truits of the tithe tax, and many thousand' hugs, Three locomotives and a number of cars were likewise captured. General j Burnside took for his headquarters the j residence of the fugitive rebel leader. Before leaving Kentucky General Burn side ordered Col. DeCourey, with a bri gade of infantry, to march upon Cumber land Gap by the direct route, through Loudon and Barboursville. Learning on the 4th, that the rebel force defending the Gap was strong, and likely to offer resistance, he despatched Gen. Shackle ford, with his brigade, on the stb, irom Knoxville, with instructions to seize all avenues of escape to the South. He fol- j lowed himself, with another body of in- I fantry and cavalry, on the 7tb, and ar rived within four miles of the Gap on the 9th, after a forced march of sixty miles. DeCourey and Shackelford had both made demands for surrender, which General Frazier declined. Upon his arrival, Gtn. Burnside renewed it, when the rebel com mander offered to surrender upon condi tion that las officers and men were paroled.- An unconditonal surrender being insisted upon, he yielded. His forces consisted jf the Second North Carolina, First Vir ginia, First Georgia regiments, and several companies of artillery. The Georgia regi ment was eight hundred strong, and was once before captured by Gen. Burnside at iloanoke Island. The prisoners are now on their way North. In explanation of the extraordinary isolation Gen. Frazier was left in, rebel officers asserted that Gen. Bragg had peremptorily ordered him to re main. Oh the night of the 7th two compa nies of our troops stole their way through the rebel pickets and burned a mill that had supplied the rebels with meal, in the very sight of the enemy’s camp. Ihis neat performance helped much to hasten the surrender. General Burnside was taken fo_Knox ville on the lOtfi, where he will remain until the decision of the War Department, | in regard to his resignation, is made. j Our trpops have made excursions to ! Momtfown, thirty miles east of Knox- ; ville. A few small bodies of rebris are , in the State, near the Virginia line, hut they will soon he driven out. The Salt peter,, works, which the rebel govern ment worked, with several hundred men. are within our . lines. Eeady communi cation is had with Gen. Eosccrans. For quickness of movement, and com plete-success without bloodshed, General Burnside's operations are the most note worthy of the war. All of his ; troops marched over two hundred and fifty and a large portion of them over three hun dred mijes, and they averaged twenty miles a day, all hough they moved over the; most difficult roads, crossing several high ranges of mountains and numerous deep streams. Ibe infantry marched ad mirably, without the least straggling. — General! Burnside's plans were so will conceived, and the movements of his dif riXTIKPKNDEVr t\ KVKIIITHINI!.] ft-rent columns* so well masked and exe cuted, that Buckner was not aware of hi> approach until twenty-four hours befon Knoxville was occupied. He had no tinu to transfer al! his force by rail to Chat tanooga, but had to send a portion of i; cast. His command cannot have been large. Between the Cumberland river and the mountains our troops suffered a good deal from the scarcity of water; but on the southern slope of the mountains every | thing was found in abundance. The val leys ot Clinch and Holston rivers abound with splendid crops of corn and vegetables. Of these and wheat there is enough in 1 the country to supply the population and j our forces for a year. The women, in ! expectation of the advent of the Union j troops, had done most of the planting. — j No suffering from want of rations expe- I riem-cd by the troops. The Commissary’s ; ami Quartermaster's departments were : admirably managed. Capt. Morris, the Chief Quartermaster reported only two wagons lost out of five hundred. In the , whole campaign but one casualty oc curred, a private killed in a skirmish ol j Shackleford's cavalry wirh the rebel j pickets, nearTagswell Of sickness then i is so little that the surgeon in charge of a | hospital at Knoxville had already asked : to be relieved for want of work. Flnctl 1 a utv. —Soldiers should be min utemen. Functuality is one of the most valuable lial.its a soldier can possess. “ 1 owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my lime,” was the lemark of Lord Nelapn. Washington attributed so much impor tance to punctuality that when his secre tary laid the blame for lateness of his at tendance upon his watch, he said: “Ifien you must get another watch or I anothei secretary.” Bluclier'g promptitude gained lor him the title of “ Marshal Forward.’ .lervi-, afterward Earl St. Vincent, was asked when he would l»e ready to join hi, ship, ard replied, “Directly.” And when Sir Colin Campbell, appointed to the com mand of the Indian army, was asked how soon he could set out, his answer was “ To-morrow ” So, it is well remarked by Napoleon, that “ Every moment lost gives an opportunity for misfortune. Soldiers who are imbued with the in vincible spirit of a lofty valor will not willingly cause any one to wait tor them. Sir Walter Scott has vividly pictured the obedient activity of vauent men —of men who are always good for more than dou ble their number—in describing the swift assembling of the warriors of Ehoderick Din.; “ Instant from copes and hcaili arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows; On right, on left, above* below, » Sprang up at once the lurking foe; From shingles gray their lances start, The broken bush sends forth the dart. The rushes and the willow wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior anm-d for strife That whistle garrisoned the glen At once with full five hundred men As if the yawning hills to heaven A subterranean liostc had given.” Mountain Spectres. —lt is well known that in the Hartz mountains, in Germany,- there is occasionally seen the image of a man reflected on the clouds, tlu illusion being spectator. We observe, in reading of Mount Mansfield, in Vermont, that the Eev. Dr. Kirk, was recently treated there with a spectre of himself, so (hat we too, have our mountain illusions. Dr. Kirk states that one afternoon he saw the form of the nose (an elevated point of the mountain) distinctly shadowed on a passing cloud. It suggested itself to him that he might become a sky picture ; so ascending to the top ot the nose he saw his own image, but of monstrous size. Spreading his arm, enveloped in his cloak, two mighty wings, seemingly, spread out in the sky. 'i he peculiar position of sun and cloud which produced thU does not often occur; hence the phenomenon is rarely seep.” Threatened Eebpluon in Ireland. —At Tipperary, onj the heights of the Slievnamon Mountain, A meeting, which is represented as a monster gathering of the Irish Nationalists; was held, and the speeches portend a ; disturbance of the peace, unless the spirit manifested, is not speedily quenched by the government. The Chairman of the iraecf ing said the ob ject of the meeting whs, 44 to renew their vows never to cease until they had achiev ed the independence ot Ireland.” Perhaps our English friends will soon be put to the test, whether they are prepared to say to the 1 rish people, as some of our Copper heads proposed to do to the South, “Way ward sister, go in peaicc.” Ireland presents a fair field lor the display of the humanity which England has been preaching up to us for the past two yqare, to' induce -us to refrain from forcing the rebellious leaders of the South to permit the people to return to their allegiance. t (y Suinmer costumes are simple in Egypt. They consist of a straw hat, a small short shirt collar, and a tooth-pick. A WEDDING SPOILED. The Chicago Post publishes the follow ing incident of the draft: About-nine weeks ago a young man named Thou. J. Laughlin arrived;in. this ;ity from Orange county, New York, and took lodgings in a, *private house on Ihe north side, witlua family whom, he tiad formerly known at the east. His dstory may be easily expressed In a few words—the stereotyped phrase of the heb lomadul humorist, “ born of poor but re sectable parents,” answering the purpose idrairably. He Was by profession a book keeper, with a very limited amount of .’unds on hand, hut industrious and frugal withal, and had come to the city ip search jf employment. It being a dull!season, of the year, however, and he, unwilling to undetake anything but his legitimate business, met with a poor success here, ind found no one who was willing to give him work to do.- i Among the visitors at the house where he was boarding was a fair cousin of the iiead of the family; who but a few weeks ago returned from a country town in Michigan, where she had keen attending boarding school. '1 he young beek-kcep“r, came and saw, and loved, and after bask ing in the sunny smiles and receiving en couraging glances from her bewitching eyes, he seemed to grow indifferent to the question of enploynient, and cured but .ittle whether he found anything to do or not. He finally engaged himself to her, and the preliminary engagements were made and the day fixed for the marriage to be performed. lhu» far everything passed; evenly enough ; but just here “ the connection broke and the knotty side of the afiaii began to intrude.” It would have been all very nice for the parties' themselves ii they had got married without any trouble, alter a few weeks of uninterrupted court ship ; but that would have given the lit to Shakspeare’s assertion about the 4 couise of true love.’ When the young folks were about to arrive at ihe merldan of their happiness — when they had plighted their faith and uttered their vows, and thought they were going to be made one in a little or no time, the young lady's hard-hearted 44 parents' unexpectedly commenced talking about “ young- men of no standing,” “ not of a good family,” “ having no money and no means of earning a living,” and so on.—- the young man became indignant, as lu had a right to do, and talked furious!) about 44 parental tyranny,” and said he would have his Margaret anyhow. He insisted that he was of good family, that he had a father, moreover a-mother, and that his father owned 44 a little farm in Orange county, New York.” After thi, the old folks quieted down a little and the' young man concluded that he- would go. home aiid get certificates of liis respecta bility, and establish in an Honorable man ner his worthiness tq become the husband of Margaret. About twelve years ago young Eaugh lin departed from New York, parting from his betrothed with many tears and prom ises of a speedy return, and received a hearty shake of the hand and good wishes find kind words from his future parent, m-law. He had not been absent' but a* day of two when the lady’s father met an old acquaintance who had known La ugh lin and his family for a number of years, and who spoke in, the highest . terms ot the young man and all him people. Two or three days later letters began to arrive from Orange county bearing ; the same testimony. The old folks began to relent, and were sorry they ever opposed the match. They began to be impatient, as well as the girl, tor the day of the wed ding to arrive. But, at this juncture, unfortunately, another difficulty arose. The young man’s parents objected. They did not like the idea of their son going to Illinois to seek his fortune, and being there snapped up by a “ sucker” in less than four weeks.— Finally, the father told the son if he per sisted in his designs he would: disinherit him. The young man paid no attention to the threat; disinheritance should be no obstacle to the possession of .his Mar garet. At that time the draft -was going on in the county, and on the May previ ous to the one on which the young man had decided to start for Illinois, he was notified that he was drafted. He ap pealed to his father for the 'almighty 44 three hundred.” The father; | chuckled —he had' the boy foul, and fho heart broken lover had to shoulder a musket aiid enter the ranks. He bad written to her that he would re turn on Friday evening, the 14tb, and that the nuptials should be celebrated that night.' Last night Margaret was arrayed in hef bridal robes at seven—ten and eleven; o’clock, but- no bridegroom came. Friends had come together to witness the ceremony and jested with the bride about the tardiness of the bridegroom* but a few hours later they became sad, and sorrow and sympathy were depicted bn the face |of every one. A few monvents previous 1 fo 12 o’clock a stranger,arrived, who was .‘.from Orange county, and brought tidings ; of the bridegroom. He mu rated briefly EDITORS ANQiPSOTI^gTOB.^ the circumstances of Laughlin’s ■ being drafted, and assured poor Margaret that he should not be '•btoHwdt VJX tt''*' l WMr’i w “ circumstance over which hehad no control.” The reply of the ybung lady'’ will" never be forgotten by those whobeardit With tear-drops glistening in beh eyes, and her heart ready to burst withgrief, she turned to the company and said,: “ I don’t keer a durn; there’s plenty more men" in the world, any how!” ‘The meeting then adjourned. ■ . —7— : WHAT IS GREEK EIRE?" The announcement- that Qea. Gilmore has thrown shells; containing “Greek fire” into Charleston city, has elicited a general inquiry as to its peculiar com position and properties. The New Yoi*k Journal of Commerce explains as follows; The Greek fire of history was probably a compound of bitumen, sulphur and pitcp. There has been considerable romance in the accounts of it. But it was si weapon' of great importance to the Romans for tour centuries, during which they pre served the secret of its composition as ,a natural possession It was thrown in balls, or on arrows and spears, and it is poured from walls of cities npion the tow ers and beads of the besiegers. Its most terrible u«e was on shipboard, where it was pumped out of tubes, in the prow of a galley, upon the decks of the enemy, setting fire to all it touched. The Mo hamet lans learned the art of making it, and used it in the crusades with deadly effect; and theJSnights of St. John, while at Rhodes, made it a grand: weapon of their naval combats. The common idea tlmt-Greek fire was a fluid, which ignitedon’the surface of the sea, may be dismissed. It sometimes burned on tile water, but only when tailing in large quantities. The Generic name of Greek fire has been given to all kinds of incendiary com pounds inclosed in shells and thrown into ities for the purpose of tiring them.— t here are several patents put for these ompounds, apd the exact methods pf mixing arid using them are known only fo the inventors. But the basis of them all is -aid to be phosphorus dissolved in bisul phide of carbon. The latter is a very curious liquid, having all the apparent purity of distilled water, and a very high refractive power, but evolving, on eva poration or combustion, the foulest stench Known to chemical science—a science winch positively reveles in nauseous odors, it "has the extraordinary property of dis solving phosphorus treely, and preserving it in a fluid state for any length of tiine when kept from the air. The compouqd Kindles at a heat as low as that of phos phorus alone. When the shell, charged with this “villainous” mixture, explodes by percussion or oherwise, the .dissolved phosphorus is set on fire and scattered far md wide. Wherever it strikes it burns f<»r a long time with an almost inextip guished flame, and ignites all combusti ble materials that it touches. At the time the bisulpbid of carbon throws out its abominable odor, and assisist in keeping meddlers at a respectable distance. Remarkable Suspension of Vita urn. —ln New Orleans, a week or so since, one Henry Myers was struck by lightning: an inquest was held and life pronounced extinct. The next day every preparation had been made for his funeral, his 'friends had assembled, the body been duly coffined, the relatives had put on mourning, the hearse and the priest arrived and the coffin was about to be. closed up,}when (be .aunts of the corpse were observed tq move, and very soon, to the amazement of all, the dead man sat bolt upright in h|s' coffin, and after surveying the scene for a fete inquired the cause of all the gloomy preparations he saw going on. The electric shock had suspended animation for over twenty-four hours so perfectly as to deceive even the coroner, the man's wife and all his friends. ' <ar“ Ah.” raid a young skeptic to t|n pld Quaker, “ I suppose you are one of those tana ties who believe the Bible?” Said the old man, “I do believe the Bible.— Do you believe it!” “ No'; 1 can,have no proo: of its trutji.” “ Then, inquired the old man, “ does thee believe iii JSranro?” Yes ; for although I have not seen it, I have seen others who have. Besides is plenty of corroborative proof thatsdcha country does exist. “ Then.thee wifi not believe anything thee nor others has not seen?” “No.” “ Did thee ever see thy own brains!” “No. “Ever see a man who did see them?” No.” “ Dost thee believe thee has any ?” This last question potan end. to the discussion. . SSf What is tlm difference between, a mischievous mouse and a beautiful yorng lady! ' ' ' '-' i ' . One harms the cheese, and tbs other charms the he’s. , . , \ l c 1 •T Mm. mb *#■ ue-djelqs. as (here jdamvl"So bbumt smaa‘arms found ai(ar''^6 •S 1 - mmM xo. si. -
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