News for the Unfortunate 1 I tb* w»a soooht roa j. IISCOVEKED AT LAfT I , i 2»i IROKEE RE : I —AND— I -• 1 ROKEE INJECTION; ponded from B«k*,Eoot* & |K REMEDY, the great Indlai Dirnratle ■an 11 of the rations orgatji,»nchaa Inoontiini ■ Drioe, Inflamatlen of |k*a*Btotie In the Bladdtfi Strktijra, gravel, loaibtaa, and I* eapeclally wcommeciled in thcaa turJMbm (or White! in Batalin) whom all the ka ■wHdnea hare tailed. '[ : ■ -s •farad Ini » highly concentrated tom, the 4oaa totiroteoapoonfali three time? per day! ■*!# al|teenatlTe in iia action; pnrlfyfu pt thn Wood cawing it to flotr In all ofitaoHt? rand rigor; thus removing from this ayatem alt canaea vrbkb hare induced diacaaei KJUf DU KCTION in intended *»*. an ally or aai ■aaObemkee Bemedy.-and ahoald! be need hi RarUb tbaUmedkloe in all caaea of Oonorhaea. V Rum* or Whiter. Itaeffect arc. healingaoow ■inlceut: removing ail acaldltig, Mat, chordae .iaatcad of tlie horning and almoet (mandnrihla p experienced with nearly all the aheap qnaclt Cbflruket* Rvmeiiy and CherokL InJactiOQ at the Kanietimp—(ill inipropar 41,. and tba wtakeaad organam apnadl Ra ta fall »3gor and .traigth. I BiteMknlara get our panpelet (tout «ay droa pa edantry, or write to u.aad we will mail (n» Hrtta.»<lol treatise. T > - jChendtee Kemady, J 2 per bottle, otj three bet^ Cbnakse Jojeetkm, #2 per bottle or three, bottle ! ! _ ; . DR. W. K. UJCflW}!* A CO., "* ■'" Bole Proprietors [ V No.» Liberty Street, Turk. | THE GREAT 1 DIAN .MEDICINE COMPOUNDED FROM \ KEE CUBE! i siliag cnrelor Spenualorrbee.SemiosJWeakness d Jwtsilooe, and all dceeMas causedby self-pel of Memory, onlrersal Laadtude,Paias *, DiUCets of Tlsioo, Premature OhliAre. Weak BBottof b> Breathing, Trembling, WaJtefulneM, iffliwltcs, Pale Countenance, Insanity, Con l|w DlreftiJ CotnplaloU causedby <Jp urn the path of nature. } ' jfefMttrf simple vegetableextract,pndonecm aurreij, ,m It mi been need In our practice for ! rt t end with thousand t rented, it has not foiled In utUynce. It* curativepowers have been sufficient; : ttojy over the n*ost stubborn case, rwho have triflodwiththelr constitution until 1 rttfeoasl vetbeyood the iraoh of medical aide we ' the CHEROKEE CUKE will r*- to health and vigor, nod alter all quack doctor* d. i 1 particulars, get a Circular from any Drug! ie country, or Write the Proprietory who will o any one dealrlßg the same, a full treatise in forth. ;■ r, : ■’% |S per.bottle, or three bottles for $5, and fcrwar prMs to all parts of the world. ’■ | all reopectaole druggists everywhere; drTw. r, mbrwik * ofc, r 'Bole Proptiaioxa, No, 59 Liberty Street, New Ycrk. !>&. WIUG-HT’S fV'ENATING ELIXIR t j 08, ESSENCE OF LIFE. VxaiußU Extracts, Conxaxku* otxoro xiuinuouß to isa moot mxjcitx. XUxir Ji dle malt of modtra iUmoo*- e kingdom being an entirely fcei ; tenet method of care, ifrcepectire of in (be ' a*' lyotoHli. Id»« Em been tailed bjr*be most emtaeatiMd too day, uuU>; than pronounced to. bo om of i.flMittl dltcrterfcM of tlis are. * *ftl cartiOmkrtlDebility. teocamßjßttrics Id Females. t fc«nm JRjtotatlbD pt tfao tiMit Mmbmibo organs of regeneration to.tbxoo bottle# restore* the meidineeeeSßrfair ahi'"' > ’ * ■' • • * *reatore*theappetHe. - McM.temnlcimiof Inpotnc;. ■ OUWtb«Jaw<plrlt«d. remote* mental power. whHngtlw rote tothe cheek. rioerntorea tomahty *lgor aodrotHUtbealth , lllfatarl) wonedowa deeOtM of i ***■. i ill jmwfrfiafaianil nefittlnent relief br ; tmftlca for *5, ood fcrwar- i w»,Mfeo*lptof mon«/,lo*«7*ddf***. ilrntiplili iiti i jaliirfi ' Oo, -% Jfp.» Liberty Str*it,S»W ’To*." i ; ' KEE PILLS! REGULATOR, Preserver AUDSAfX. >Mt V'. ejti -U* Jnturana i*lhe or obri*t» tbowr anawrost <Uw*m< tW InwfwUrfcy.by th» lm«nUrt»y MprnMcd, Xxeaa«iTo ud P&Uftil 11 min I A«b BWa»f« (ChloTMl..) "'JSJHI ASteOorn, p»in» ■f ß the . i&tWs£*», mt*m, 7ma teutwtltct. (tnegtb fcr wcsfaMw. ; ’ °P«tr ami, they am? b(| to do. :***? .■»*.«* My<g» sod at wtmto* YfrmjMtmmtki, earing which im n • oreiyMh-'iKtlOß'WMitd lajhlhLMy - - oradcic* , bog. of prim . «% »•• S» Üb«W»t»«ar*w =. M [ED?; umtuimnif Elixir. COATED lied IUM Jk BEEN, VQh. 9. TB3S ■BT 80WNG yomt FmSTft<offlE)S. (?.T££bi&SBA TUCK, Manafttfitairers sni Retail' dealers Id •!'fiSiirtlhl It invite the attention of tar lacuna reference to their atock. lsLJK*nMi«to(«n our men ,«9ode. -TJmjt •s in u«r own gtere, InPhlUdelpUU, under oar immediate •aperrfelon, nod'we know they er* well mad. end can be w#*i|«|ted equal to the best, n the ImporMCMOd Utmahktasafr. eoaseqnantlyarraaTa.iUe.par oentagejmt enf-hHaiddle men! . lrd; Wr#ell our Clothing at a reasonable pereeptege ever the coat of oar Clotha, thereby Having the purchasers nf nflhMir |»r mao* be oddedbr those who ItyWot* second hand* to sell again.. retail oar Clothing at the »ajue price which other merebaaUpay lor theirs at wholesale, consequently tboae who buy from eagst their g,KxU at the same price which other Clothiers p«y for'thrirt in the city, thereby earing j*id Clothiers’ per engage. ffehave Uraoch Stores in ALTOONA AND JOHNSTOWN, where good* may be bad at the tame figure* at which we Mil tnegi here in the city. If an? person har been told, or imagines, that Tuck’s Store, ia Altoona, is “ played out.’* let such person drop into his establishment, on Main Street, and examine hie goodsapd prices. Wholesale House. Nc. 702 Market Street, Philadelphia. Dec. 1 1863.—tf I NEW GOODS. THE undersigned would respectfully in form the citizens of Altoona and surrounding coun try, that be has Just returned from the East, where he bos been selecting bis stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, which, (or style, qunlity and price, cannot he surpassed in tills neck of country. Ilie stock is much larger than befttofJre, and an it is quite an object, in these exciting war titles, for every one to patches* where they can get The Best Goods and at the Lowest Prices, he would say that he can and will sell a* low. if not a little' lujwer than any other bouse in this place. He wishes ail tcrcsll aud see his stock before purchasing elsewhere, as hs fevia confident he can offer inducements which will defy competition. His stock consists of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS of every description, HUN AND BOYS’ WINTER WEAR, j LADIES AND MISSES’ DUES# SHOES. MEN AND BOYS’ BOOTS AND SHOES. I . ,MKti’S UaLPHOSK - WOMEN'S AND UISBKS’ WOOL BOSK, mats And caps, bUachkd and unbleached muslin GINGHAMS AND HEAVY DRILLINGS. H« will sell Ladies Sewed, Heeled Bootees at $1A0@1.76 Kip Pegged i 1-37@1.50 Men's Hoots, 2.76613 50 BALMORAL SKIRTS, very low. GROCERIES. White and Brown Sugar, Rio Coffeee, Syrups, Teas, Ac.‘ aud -very thing tlmt U usually kept in a Dry Goods Store. *ud «• cheap as th»* cheapest. J. A. SPRANKLE. Altoona, Oct. 7. 1863. QITY DRUG STORE. DUi E. H. REIGABT would respect fully.announce to the citizen. of Altoona ud anr rounding country, that he haa recently purchased the Drugstore of Berlin 1 Co., on Virginia Street, opposite Trice*.hardware Store. His Drugs are Fresh and Pure, and hb hopes by strict attention to business, to merit a •bare of| public patronage. Call aud examine bis stock. He has constantly on hand, DRUGS, (MEDICINES and CHEMICALS, Was* ITOILXT SOAPS, PERFUMERY, BRUSHES, PUTTY, PAINTS OILS, VARNISHES. CARBON OIL AND LAMPS, | NOTIONS, CIGARS, •nijmrv■<**#* luually kept in a firtt daei Drug Store PURE WINES AND LIQUORS for jaedlcitta) DOMESTIC ORAPE WINE—PURE—WARRANTED. ; PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS accurst \J compounded, at all hour a of the day or niiht Altova, Sept. 30,1883. MORE COMPETITION! A DRY GOQDS STORE QN VIRGINIA STREET. THK UNDEUSIGNKD WOULD lIK SREOTFVLLr ANNOUNCE to the public that the ku ftdd'ttl tc her stuck of MILLINERY GOODS. 1 A FULL LINK OF *S*DRY GOODS, a Coaiittifig ul PRINTS, DELAINES. ALPACAS. REPS 1 01N0HAM8, MUSLINS, ETC MUSLINS from 23 to I' Cent! oer jard X?. L ,'& W “ " 21 035 - - CALlfiO “ 16 to 25 •• DELAfNJt* •• 30 til) 35 “ “ »il <Uh*r article* In proportion.! t 7Sta *SH!„,T?.t tni,nt of <*LOyK3, HOSIERY, COLLARS, and NOTIONS generally! .aie Millinery Uoodi embrace* everything In tbaUlnejneuallykeptintheconmi-ji »y good* do-*n to the loweet figure FOR lb%t «oode knd price* wUI prove •atiilectury, I invite a call from thrjmbllc. Rebecca McClelland. Dac. 2Sd, 1863-ly, 1864 SPRING 1864. CIRCULAR. T take pleasure in issuing this my Sprint thr, '?K h whlelil would inform my frienS f e , n «f»>lr that Ih»*4 Jmt returned from tn» Kart phere 1 hare purchand a frnh Stock of hats and caps «t"wfeS ?SiS. to q “"4 • nd c “- I hare hIM bought an Immense of th B< t>°TS a ND SHOES, tU of whfoh ur. city mat, and will be gnaran ** frri'JLT 1 Children. 1 Shoe. i. couplet., ill of which, I am now offering at « (mall *A vance on wholeeale prices. 1 J^2r IIC a Wfl J. b * s"**'* tawSMd by gWing thi. their 16,1 confl | JAMBS S. MANN, Main rtreet, *>*•** I' , Altoona, Pa. RECEIVED—A Lot of Prime • CIGARS—at j Jan. 13, ’SI] RRIQART’S Drug Stare. ITEtyMROLD’S GENUINE BUG HU -*J-»hd ; l>r»k»'a : eiaiitaUoa Bitter! at Jna JB, ’dt] RMOf RMB Brag Btore \fEN and BOYS’ COATS, of every i'X color, of good quality, at '■ . | I BAUGHMAN’S. TVTfiW AND IMPRO i i fwiitat y«lii«i sml Carj PITRE WHITE LEAI) AND ZINC &*y? OIWM, rJUmr, P»ri» Green, dry •°“ *»>«M o» «t [l-tl] 7; ' KKSSLKR’B. ' IS EEA J ttuliwt B cn Succr In Alb A Lli STYLES CARPETING AND A OU|Clotb» can be bu ft ~' LAUQBUAVB. I : THE' ALTOONA TRIBUNE. S. B. MeCRVM. B. C. BERN, XPITOXS AND FROPKIKtOES. Per annom, (payable InTariably In advene«,) $1 50 All papers discontinued at the expiration of the lime paid lor. 1 insertion 2 do. 3 do. FourUnas of,leu $26 $ 37$ 60 One Square* «8 lines) 60. 76 1 00' Two * M “ ) 1 00 1 60 2 00 Three “ ;{24 M ) 1 60 , 2 00 2 60 Over thred weeks and lee* than three months. 26 cents per aqnare for each Insertion. Smooths. omonths. 1 year. Six lines or less $l6O $ 3 00 $6 00 One square v Two Three “ : 5 00 8 00 12 00 Four 6 00 10 00 14 00 Haifa column „ 10 00 Woo 20 00 One columns. 14 00 26 00 40 00 Administrators and Executors Notices 1 T 5 Merchants advertising by the year, three squares, with liberty to change..... 16 00 Professional 'or Business Cards, not exceeding 8 tines with paper, per year 5 60 Communication* of a politics* character or Individual Interest, will be charged according to the above rates. Advertisement* not marked with the number of inser tions de«ired, will be continued till forbid and charged according to the above terms. Business notices five cents per line forevery insertion. Obituary qptices exceeding ten lines, fifty cents a square [This Poem given below has never before been publish ed. It has been recited by Mr. before large au diences in Philadelphia, where it was received with shouts, and applauded verse by verse;—] *1 For the Altoona Tribunt. THE AMERICAN CHURCH OR CHRIST America, the Bible Nation of the World.—ConolvLciod. Among all the nations of the world, America Sterns to ba the only one that has come within the pale of the divine econ omy. Taking her stand on the highest eminence of human virtue, she laid' her foundations in wisdom and reared her structure in the happiness of her people. Planting Her standards before the nations, she exhibited the lofty intention of her existence liy not only acknowledging the generalisqpality of our race, but in making every citu&n his own sovereign, and grant ing universal liberty of faith and practice to all her people, whether native or adopt ed, provided they do not violate the laws of God or the rights of fellow men. In adopting the great system of free government lor which America has be come renowned among the nations of the earth, she has won the favor of the Crea tor, and is,now fulfilling the history of prophetic Wonders, so long misunderstood and misapplied by the interprets of the , That we may the more clearly under- I stand that .aqr beloved country is the na tionality so long and so frequently alluded to in prophetic history, I will notice a few of the many scriptural allusions to a nudQ her of; themost important discoveries in the journal of American events; ithe refer enfc 9} n ° other nation in the an nals of the world can ever claim. Although man Was, endowed with the power of subduing the earth with all its elements, Jet thia dominion was never ex ercised until the American nationality was founded, and the principles of liberty. and industry established. Then it was, that “A Way was made for the light ning.” Jqb2B : 26. When the illustrious Franklin, standing amid the tempest when FED STYLES it-Baga at BAUGHMAN’S. .Y SELLING i at rente. txxxb or APvnnaiso 2 60 4 00 7 00 4 00 6 00 10 00 gbakr OUR HEROES. BY JRASCIfI J>X BAXS JAJTVIXR. Cheers! Cheers, for our heroes! ■ -Not those who wear stars ;: Not those who wear eagles, And leaflets and bars; We know they are gihant. • (And honor them, too, Fot bravely maintaining : -The Red, White and Blue 1 But. cheers for our soldier*. . Rough, wrinkled and brown Tht men who make heroes ; And ask no remown;— Unselfish, untiring, ' Intrepid and true, The bulwark surrounding : ■ The Rod. White and Blue! tar patriot soldiers! ' ; When .Treason arose, ' And Freedom’s ownchlldren ( Assailed her as foes; Then Anarchy threatened L And Order withdrew, » They rallied to reacue ■ The Red, White and blue * Upholding our banner, - On many a field, T|m doom of a traitor . They valiantly seated; And, worn with tlit conflict, ’.Found .vigor anew. Where victory greeted _ The Red, White and Blue! T«t loved one* bay e fallen * And atilt, when thayeleep, A'sorrowing Nation Shall silently weep ; And Spring’s fairest flower*. In gratitude, vtrew, O'er those who have cherished 1 Tii# Eed, and Bine! But, glory, immortal waiting them now ; And chaplets unfolding Shall bind every brow, When called by the trumpet, ; At Time’s great review. They stand; who defend .The Red, White and Blue! #<!ttfrewsifll. BT AMhIIICANDA CHAPTER X. ALTOONA, PA.; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1864. - the artillery of the clouds was flashing its fires around his brow, reared tbe rod of bis dominion and commanded the light nings where to fling their bolts and pour the fury of their power. So that a way is made lor the lightning, and the awful ele* ment brought beneath the dominion of man. The force 'and power of steam and its application to land and ocean machinery, was discovered by Fulton, and brought *o perfection in America. “As when the melting fire burneth, the fire Causeth the waler’to boil, to make thy name known to their adversaries that the nations may tremble at thy presence.” Isa. 64th: 2. The melting fires were to be kindled and the waters made to boil, to make known the name of the Creator to his adversaries the heathen, that nations might under stand and tremble at his presence. That is, the power of the boiling waters or steam, attached to boats and ships, shall bear not only commerce, men and science On every sea and ocean, but shall take the gospel to every nation, and make known His name in every land, until the king doms shall believe and tremble at His pres ence and the gospel pour its light and glory round the globe. The prophecy of God has also declared that “ The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against' another in the broadways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like lightning.” Nah. 2 : 4. The chariots or railroad cars shall rage or thunder through the streets of our towns and cities, and they shall jar or jostle each other on their broad ways, and their lamps shall seem like torches in the night, and they shall run with such swiftness that they shall be termed lightning trains, car rying freight and passengers to and fro through every province of our land. This scripture is a truthful'history of our rail r6ad trains. Again,the Creator has said, “I will make all my mountains a, way, and my highways shall be exalted. Behold these shall come from tar: and 10, these from the north and west, and these from the land of Sinium." Isa. 49; 11—12. The mountains shall become highways, and the ■ highways shall be exalted or raised above the valleys over which the sweeping trains shall roll their ponderous burdens from city to city, and from land to land. “ Be hold these shall come from far,” bearing (sen and treasure from every clime. “ And 10, these from the north and west,” from the Penobscot to the San Joaquin there shall be a network of highways, over which the wealth and genius of our great republican empire shall pass and repass, until the whole land will glow with homes of beauty and with the treasures of abundance. “ And these from the land of Sinium” These highways are not to be confined to adjacent or surrounding na tions, but even to the land of Sinium or distant China, the antipodes of America. Thus has the great elementary power that turns the crank of machinery, drives the wheels of the locomotive, and propels the ocean steamer, been discovered and har nessed into subjection by the mind and aim of American genius. “Canst thou send lightnings that they may go and say unto thee hete we are.” Job 38: 35. This mighty problem of four thousandi years has been solved in America The noble Morse has answered the prophetic question in the affirmative | through the great electric iron nerve by which he grasped the lightning's fires and sent them on their blazing flight to say in tongues of flame “here we arc,” thus con quering the most terrible element in na tme, and rendering it a tame and gentle medium of speech and intercourse among j the nations of our raqe. “ Who hath divided la watercourse for | the overflowing of the waters, or a way for j the lightning.” Job 28: 25. The electro-I magnetic telegraph is now being extended among the nations, an iron highway the lightning's leaping flight, is not only studding the horizon of almost every land with the shafts of its pathway, but the watercourses have been divided, and the great deep made a >yay for the lightning directing the voice of the Creator under thg whole heaven, and -his lightnings to the ends of the earth,” girdling the globe ‘ with zones of steel and flame,' it is bring ing the nation to the compass of a province, not only revealing to the population of the world the progress of knowledge and civilization among all the nations of man kind, but is forever flashing throughout all the civilized regions of the earth the history of her events as they transpire. Bui the scholars of America-have not only caught and geared the lightning, and made it a willing servant of man, but they have entered the sky girt deserts and by artesian agencies are changing the ‘arid wastes to flowery meadows and fruitful fields, filling the sublime prophecy of God, that “The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.” Isa. 85 : I. It has generally been believed that the vast deserts of»sun and sand, without a fountain or an herb to mark their almost boundless waste, were useless blanks without a point or purpose in the works of God, but American ge [INDEPENDENT IN EVEKTTHtNO.] nius has solved the .problem and shown to the world that nothing exists without a purpose. The deserts are now made to re joice and blossom as the rose, and by the application of art and science are becom ing the most lovely landscapes of earth. “ For in the wilderness shall water break out, and streams in the desert.” Isa 35; 36. Tbps from the far (town reservoirs of the globe have our people opened arte sian fountains, and streams of living waters, in the hitherto dry and barren wastes of the American continent, which are making the solitary places glad for them. Again it is declared “ I will even make a way in the wilderness and riyers in tbe desert.” Isa. 43: 19. This js doubtless an allusion to our great highways or rail ways now being established through the vast plains and deserts of the mighty west, whose waters are supplied by arte sian wells that flow, like ribbons of silver through those arid wastes and burning sands, until the almost herbless deserts are now beginning to bloom, and teem with fruits and grains of every taste and hue. American genius has not only entered the re gions of the great deep of earth, and opened foun tains in the midst of the valleys, hut it has gone down into the caverns of oil, and in fulfillment of the language of Inspiration, “ The rock poured me out rivers of oil,” Job 29: 6. “And oil out of the flinty rock.” Oect. 32: 13. It has verified the prophecy of God, and opened up a new era in the history pf human discovery for the benefit of the nations and the comfort of our race. Oil wells have already, been established, the fountains are pouring their rivers of oil from the rocks and vales of America, until its wealthy abundance has be come a great staple of commerce, enriching our I>eople and bringing trade and wealth to all the civilized nrfions of the earth. Thus have I noticed a few of the many discover ies alluded to in prophetic story, and which I deem sufficient to show that our great country is the ordained nationality of civil and religious lib erty, and the model nation of the world. By the march of opr moral, mental and manual industry, we have subdued monarchy, exalted*humai_ /abor, commanded: the electricity of the clotids, geared the fiery unlocked the rock-barred fountain, tapped the (ply oceans, harnessed the lightning’s blazing steed, and rising still to higher eminences in the realms of discover)*, she ia sweeping onward, far in -the van of nations, the model government of the wo rldj. Through the freedom of her illurtrious Consti tution, the statutes of her jurisprudence, and the revelation ojf Jehovah, her people are emerging from the gloom of ages and coming up out of the night of mqnarchia) superstition, into’the golden gusliings of the morning of civil and religious freedom, they behold the object of their creation, and begin tile march of their glory and their tri umph. ■ I ‘ f And O, may we, the sons and daughters of the great American Israel, put on the splendors of virtue, compared with which the garlands of fame and the laurels of empire are but rags and dust, and may we, clothed in all the regalia of righteous character and holy lives, as individuals composing the greatest Rationality in the history of man, be gin the maticli of our conquest and show to the awestruck nations that America is the long lost Eden, the restored Israel, and the mountain of the Lord, (hat like an eternal Lebanon shall stand the beacon of the world in the harbor of re demption, while, at her base, monarchy, rebellion and crime sljall finally expire, and around her brow the drapery pf liberty and pence forever wave. Then let tjs descend the tide of generations, as the blessed land favored people of the all-wise Creator, and while the earth Is sweeping around its orbit, glistening with the day and gleaming .with the night, whirling its continents, tolling its oceans, rustling its clouds and arching its skies, let us hear and obey the declarations of the illus trious apostjc, “Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthbqjl, a holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvel ous light, which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God.” Ist Peter, 9 : 10. and go on in knowledge and virtu.' until America, like the last pioumain in the deluge, looms above the waste of'kingdoms, and scattering the reve nues of her benevolence around the globe in wealth and treasure, 1 lievond the rental of the Indies, she shall stand endiadenied thj emp’essof th* nation-', and rolling Ifer bannered grandeur to the g:tz - of mankind, receive the homage of their bending realms, and Ibccqme the glory of our race when the voice frpm heaven shall declare, “The king doms of tltisl world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever." likv. 11; 15. Deacon N——- was an honest old codger, a kind neighbor, and a good Christian, believing in the Presbyterian creed to the fullest extent; but lackaday ! the deacon would occasionally gel ex ceedingly mellow, and almost every Stthdav at dinner he would indulge in his favorite cider bran dy to stteh an extent that it was with difficulty that he reached his pew in the broad aisle, near the pulpit, and between the minister and the vil lage squire. One Sunday morning the parson told his flock that, lie should preach a sermon teaching many glaring sins so conspicuous among them—and he hoped they would listen attentively, and not flincß if he happened to be too severe. The afternoon came, and the house was full; every body turned out .tin see their neighbors “dressed down ”by the minister, who, after well opening his sermon, commenced upon the transgressors with a loud rotce, with the question' “ Where is the drunkard!?” A solemn pause succeeded the inquiry, when up rose Deacon N- —, his lace red from thq frequent draughts of his favorite drink, and steadying himself 4s well as he could by the pew rail, looked up and replied in a trem bling and piping voice, “Heream I!” Of course a consternation in the congregation was the resnlß of; the honest deacon's response ; however, the parson went on with bis remarks, as he had written them, commenting severely tlpon the drunkardßaod closed by warping him to for sake at once his evil habits if he'would.hope for salvation and; flee from dhe wrath; to come. “ And now 1 ,” asked the preacher, in hw loudest tones, “ where is the hypocrite ?” A pause, hut no one respondqd. Eyes were turned upon I this and that man, but the glances seemed to be directed to the sqnirc's pew, and, in deed,"the parson seemed to squint hurd in that di rection. The deacon saw where the shaft .was aimed, and rising once more, leaned over his pew to the squire, jwhom he tipped on the shoulder, and thus addressed him “Come, squire, why don’t you get pp? i-did when he called on me I” AN HONEST DEACON. Freedman’a [The following is the letter referred to in our last isue :] — . St. Hblekstiujc, ") : April 28d, 18C4.J J. M. McKut: pear Sir: —Ido not know how I can better answer your request for facts, than by describing a house on the Indian Hill Plantation, where we ‘paid a visit to a sick child,; some time since.— Outside it looked like, the other only stood higher, having steps in front. Inside all was as clean as it could be made, the board walla were white-washed, .the floor clean as scrubbing could make it. A rugot calfskin before the fire, wooden table and chairs, shelves on which tin arid china plates anil cupaj were neatly ar* ranged, made up the furniture, while leaves of Sunday School papers and school cards were pasted on the wall, by way of orna ment. ' ’ The hominy pot, instead of being left on the hearth for every hungry dog to clean, was turned upside down under a shelf, on which stood the water bucket with its shining tin dipper 1 The mother led us into the inner room where the sick baby, a loving bah,-, by the way, with its great dark eyes, lay on the bed, comfortably settled among blankets and coverlids, and protected from flies by a mosquito netting. A looking-glass stood on the painted bureau, a white cloth cov ered the pine table, everything was clean and nice. On the back door-step sat a little girl of eight, my best scholar, reading busily. In the yard Were the two elder girls, one of fifteen, washing, while her sister of eleven was hanging the clothes on a line stretched across the garden, whose rows of peas, beans, ochra and bene were planted and tended by the girls only. This is the nicest house that J have seen here, but I should state that the father is a government carpenter, having regular wages, and who is skillful enough to make many things for home comfort himself. The children were steadily at school, gather fagots in the woods to cany home as they return, work in the cotton task and corn patch, help in house work, and yet manage, to find time to learn their spelling and arithmetic lessons very thoroughly. I think they are remarka bly industrious. ■ In arithmetic, one of the great tests of mental power, my Division of the school, is, I think, doing well since I have adop ted the plan of taking place in the class, the children have been very eager to get up to the head and try hatd to recite' Well. * : I beard the ninth line of the multipli er! ton table repeated to-day and questions upon it answered without a blunder and witli scarcely any hesitation. Tp-day, I told my ; first class, ten in number, to take the 82d and 83d sums on the 70th page. They ace sums like this; “ A man had 180 sheep in one pasture, 60 in another, 631 in another. 9 in the fourth. How many in all V The whole class did the sum: on their slates without a mistake Oqe girl, Olivia, has quite a genius for arithmetic, not only doing her own sums easily, tut helping all the younger ones near her. She is nineteen years old. Eighteen months ago she was so far below bet younger sister of nine, Dolly, that Olivia always studied her lessons, with Dolly by her side to help hir in difficulties. They have been pretty steady in attendance, but Olivia’s application Ims advanced her so ‘that she stands head of my second class, and is continuity helping and teaching Dolly. It is delightful to sec how care fully she helps her little sister and how she watches to see if Dolly goes up or down in her classy while, at thesame time, abstaining conscientiously from doing her sums or writing for her. They are both gentle and pleasant girls, great helps to their crippled mother, whose feet have been amputated in consequence of some,' cruelty of her master. The eyes of our children were entirely untrained, till they began to read, which is, I think, one reason why their writing improves more slowly than we expected. They like writing very much, often wri ting sentences of their own to fill up their slates. One of my boys wrote to-day : “The English language and me language are different, me language has a special station. Owner not understand pe, when me talk, mi not understand you. We gay «sh’nm” (see him) you say’ “What?” < I have corrected the spelling, but the words are unchanged. One Social im provement that I have ; noticed is in the way the children eat. ’ When we began [ school, they used'to bring jheir potatoes in dirty bags and snatch a bite now and I then between their lessons or take a hand- j ful of hominy out of a tin cup and eat. i We did not like to forbid it intirely at} first, as the children came out of the field, •, often having had no breakfast at all; Now*we have a half hour’s recess at one o’clock, and it is very pleasant to see j the little groups together around elitoesanh their bright tin ketties,t*lting*t«n»"Srtth their spoons. :i i Only 4 few incorrigible willvery quietly and secretly, eat peanuts in school still, and! suppose some chSdreh in afeiy school will do that : i 1 1 ■ i In then dresawe do not eee the tmiW“ sal raggedness that prevailed at first*— Some children of shiftless parent* are still but half clothed, but the older boys and girls are generally tidy, often neat and even particular in dress, patches of differ erent colors inlay be put on but the dress is whole. 1 Some little girl* come in white pina fores and look clean and pretty.; Their love of learning baa suffered nodimmina tion; it is true, that very many are idle and playful inetheir study time,' but to min tbeis reading tenons; is one 6f our se verest punishments, and notice of a holi day is always received with gloomy faces and visible dissatisfaction. Our greatest trouble is the noise tbbt three clasess in our apartment cannot help making, and we hope soma day to have separate rooms and in consequence much more order and quietness- Hoping the facts which I have given you are of the kind you desire. I remain, yours sincerely, ELLEN MURRAY. A PERSISTENT YANKEE The following incident is related by an army correspondent: . , An incident which may be character ized as very important occurred yesterday morning, in front ef Gen. Turner's lines. A sergeant stepped out from our rifle-pits, and moved toward the enemy, waving a late paper, regardless of the probgbUity that he might at any moment be shot. A rebel tracer shouted to him to to go back, but the sergeant was unmindful of the warning, and asked, “ Won’t you ex change newspapers I” No said the rebel, "I have no paper and want you to go back.’. With singular persistence the sergeant continued to advance saying, „ Well, if you hain’t a paper. I reckon some of your men have, and ! want to edcchange, I tell you.” “My men have not got any thing of the kind, and you must go bach,” said the officer in a louder tone and with greater emphasis. Nothing daunted the Yankee sergeant still advanced until be stood plumply before the indignant and said: “I tell ye now,ye needn’t’ gel your dander up. I don’t mean no harm no way. Praps if ye aint got no news-' paper ye might give me sntbin else. May be you men would Uke some coflee far some tobacco. I’m dredful anxious for a trade.” The astonished officer, could only repeat his command: “Go bftckf you rascal, or I’ll take you a prisoner] I id! you we have nothing to and wo don’t want anything to do with yon Yan kees.’’ The sergeant said rudefully: Well, then, if you hain't got nothin’, why, here’s the paper anyway, and if you get one from Richmond this afternoon, you can send it over. You’ll find my name that on that.” The man’s impudence or the officer’s ea gerness lor news made hini accept. He took the paper, and asked 1 the Sergeant what was the news from Petersburg. “Ob our folks say we can go in there just when we want to. but we are waiting to gobble all you fellows ft' st,” was the reply. “ Well, I don’t know but what you can do it!” said the Lieutenant, turning tin iiw heel and re-entering his rifle-pits; meanwhile, my man, you had better go back*’’ This time the sergeant] > obeyed the oft-re|>eate<l‘ order, and, on telling his adventure,”was the hero of the morhihg among his comrades. " ■ ,” ;i W What odd names some mortals an blessed with ! A family in Michigan ac tually mimed their hut child, sup posing that it Was their last, but the; pf* ter wards hap|iciied to have a daughter and two sons, whom they called Addenda, Ap pendix, and Supplement. A man in Penn sylvania called bis eon James Also, ang the third William .Likewise. 0* A little daughter of a propriety <jf a coal-mine in Pennsylvania was inquiei tive as to the nature of hell, upon which her father represented it to j>ealargegalf of fire, of the most prodigious extent.— “ Pa,” said she, “ couldn’t you'get the devil to buy coal of you.” ;■« ■ ' Coal Ou.rob Womcns.-An assistant sargeoo, writing from Gettisburgsays, that wbatwater i« to a wound in an Inflamed, coal oil is in a' sup purathtg state—it dispels flies, expels Tannin, sweetens the wound, and promotes a healthy granulation. He states that he has semi two 'pa tients whose wounds have been dressed with it asleep, before be was through with the third. This is a remedy easily applied in onr hospitals. If it serves to keep away flips, it will add .materi al) - to the comfort of the-wounded as well as their cure. ABkuakkabue Gas*.— On the sfh. trf- Mar, in the first buttfeof be Wilderness, private fi«r per, a member of the 102 d Pennsylvania legimeot, was wounded by a minnic bell, which entered his head a short distance above the ri£fat eycgtisms! the base of the urain, lodged in the hack >«f the : neck. Sotne'of the tendons of the eye were sev ered, and the eye dropped out. Several iimes ne was"expected to die, bet he is Dow so' '£n6h<: ttf- Beved e§ t? he able to walk j^ f p ft ft f I h *« •*£. -Cl- { i’ NO. 17.
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