News for the Unfortunate 1
I tb* w»a soooht roa j.
IISCOVEKED AT LAfT
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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 :
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[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^
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