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LODGES.
...Bellefonte Masonic Lodge, No 263. A. Y. M,
meets on Tuesday evening of or beforothe
Full Moon.
• Constans Commandery. No. 33, K.. T.,
meets second Friday of each month.
.I. 0. 0. F. Centre Lodge, No 153, meets
every Thursday evening at thcir
Bush's Arcade.
Forthe conferring of Degrees the Ist Sat
urday evening, of each month.
- For Degree of Rebecca, second Saturday of
every month.
_T. 0. G. T.—This Lodge meets every Mon
t ay evening.
Bellefonte Church Directory
- .Presbyterian church, Spring St., services at
'at H a. ru., and 77.- p. m; No pastor
at present. This congregation are
now erecting a new church. in consequence
of which the regular religious services will
be held in the Couit Rouse until further
notice.
Episcopal Church. Iligh St., cer
- vices 1.04- a. m., and 77 p. in. Prayer
meeting on Thursday night. Rev. Jas.
Mullen, pastor.
".St. John's Episcopal Church. Iligh St., ser
vices at lOk a. in., and 7.1- p. m. Rev.
Byron McGann, pastor.
'Lutheran Church, Linn St., services 10i a.
m , and 73 : p. in. Rev. J. Ilackenberger,
pastor.
Reformed Church, Linn St., no pastor at
present
• Catholic Church, Bishop St: services 10/
a. m., and 3p. m. Bev. T. McGovern,
pastor.
United Brethren Church, ugh Street, west
side of creek; services
',•.-_ ,African Al, E. Church, west side of creek;
''' . B3c ; rvices al 11 a. in , and iJ p. m. Rev.
Isa s tc4: Pinneil, pastor.
\43.AKEBIES
ENV BAKERY AND CONFECTION
''
ERY.
BUSH'S ARCADE; lIIG II STREET,
BELLEFONTit s PERN'A-
Z. T. GIIDTEIIINS T,
Having purchased from Adam llorkheimer,
- his first class Bakery and Confectionery,
:and having added largely, to his stock, is
- now prepared to furnish the public with
good fresh BREAD, PIES, CARES, CON
FECTIONS, and everything, in his line, at
:all times. In connection Nvip the above, is
A FIRST-CLASS ICE CREAM SALOON
for Ladies and Gentlemen, 'which will be
-open during the summer. Pie-nice, private
parties, can be supplied with all kinds
-of Confections, Ice Cream, Cakes and Fruits
on .ery short notice.
Z T. GUDYKUNST.
N EW BAKERY
The undersigned respect
fully
invites the attention of the citizens of
Tellefmte and vicinity, to his
NEW B AKERY,
.on Bishop Street, as the only place where
the best quality of
BRED, CAKES,
PIES, CONFECTIONERIES,
MINCE MEAT dear own
'Manufacture.
The best and neatest Ice Cream accom
modations in the town. A room neatly fur
-Dished and carpeted, on first floor, for la
dies and 7entlemen, and a room on second
floor for private parties—ladies and gentle
men, He prides himself on the superior
quality and flavor of his Ice Cream, and
most cordially invites his friends and the
public generally,to call and realize the truth
of the assertion, that McDowell makes the
best Ice Cream in town.
ja13'69.1y. S. J. McD DWELL, Ag't.
B ARF,RY & CONFECTIONERY.
ALLEGHENY ST., BELLEFONTE, PA.
The undersigned would hereby respect.
fully inform the citizens of Bellefonte and
yicinity,that he is prepared to furnish at all
itimes
; FRESH BREAD, CAKES OF all KINDS,
PIES, &c., &c.,
.CANDIES, SPICES, NUTS, FRUITS,
,and anything and everything beloncing to
his business. He has recently completed a
large and commodious addition to his build
ing, and bas furnished it in a style surpass
ing anything of the kind in the town, where
wadies and gentlemen can, during the sum
iner month, be accommodated with the very
BEST OF ICE CREAM.
slaving bad years of experience in the busi
ness, he flatters himself that he can guaran
tee satisfaction to all who. may favor him
with their patronage.
aug 4 ' 69 . 1 3 . • • J. H. SA:SDS.
F URNITURE WARE ROOM.
Howard Street, Bellefonte, Pa.
•
WHERE BUREAUS,
SOFAS,
LOUNGESi
HAT RACKS,
WHAT-NOTS ;
EXTENSION TABLES,
STANDS,
CHAIRS,
STOOLS, &c.,
f every description, quality and price, for
sale cheaper than at other estab
lishment of the kind in
Central Penn'a.
UNDERTAKER.
Ready made Coffins, of all sizes and prio
kept constantly on hand. Also Cof
fins manufactured to order.
jai'69.ly. H. P. HARRIS.
F URNITURE WAREROOM.
Manufacturer and Dealer in all kinds of
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
SOFAS,
LOUNGES,
W a •-,
8 8 , ,
O ci F 4
COTTAGE BEDSTEDS,
$3 1 12
10 15
15 20
17 1 25
20 1 30
SPRING BOTTOM BEDS,
11
12
20
35
TABLES, ROCKING CHAIRS, 4ke
I also kcal) constantly on hand
a very fine selection of the latest styles of
WALL PAPER,
MOST REASONABLE RATES
My prices are all as low, for every article as
IN ORDER TO SATISFY YOURSELVES
Call and examine my stock
jc2'l)ll fi.n
W "'MIA /11 S & CA NAN,
MANUFACTURERS OF COTTAGE F UR
NITURF.
The Ira de supplied with
ALL KINDS OF TURNED WORK
At our new cstrblishment near the Belle
fonte Planing Mill we now manufacture
Cottage Furniture,
Chair Stands,
Turned Palling,
Cant-Hook Handles,
and turned work of Every Description
CABINET MAKERS
throughout Central Pennsylvania, we in
vi-e you to call and see us. We are prepar
ed to furnish you with
ALL TII,E T EIRNE D WORK NEEDED
in your business, cheaper than you can
OTHER PORTION of THE COUNTRY—
CAN PURCHASE IN THE CITY
CUR MACHINERY is the VERY BEST,
and iur facilities for obtaining lumber ena
ble us not only to compete with, but to
UNDERSELL ANT OTHER ESTABLISHMENT
in the whole country
CALL AND EXAMINE OUR WORK
WILLIAMS W CANAN,
je2TO :y. Bellefonte, Pa
TOBACCO & SEGARS
IIIAS. T. FR,YBERGER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
TOBACCO AND SEGARS,
BALTIMORE SPUN ROLL,
SIX TWIST,
NAVY, lb and / lb.
Cut and Dry Smoking Tobacco of all kinds,
also Segars of all grades and prices
at $l3. per thousand, and
upwards.
PIPES, SEGAR CASES.
And all the various kinds of articles usually
kept in a Tobacco Stare. Goods will
be sold wholesale at manufacturer's
prices. Give us a trial. I in
vite all to come and see
for themselves.
Store —Opposite Brockerhoff HOMO.
feb3'69.ly.
NEW TOBACCO STORE.
LEVI A. MILLER & COMPANY,
ALLEGHENY ST., BELLEFONTE, PA.,
respectfully informs the public that they
have opened anew
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TOBACCO
STORE
in the new building recently erected by J. B
Butts, where they have a large stock of
TOBACCO, SEGARS,
MEERSITAIIII PIPES,
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
the very best and of all brands, together
with a large assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S Furnishing GOODS
In connection with the above, they have
also opened an extensive
FASHIONABLE EA TING HOUSE
on European principles. Everything in the
best of style.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
apr2l'69-Iy. L. A. MILLER &CO
FURNITURE
The Proprietor has spared no pains in fur
nishing the house with new furniture. The
beds and bedding are the very best; the
rooms commodious and well ventilated. The
accommodations, boarding. ,tc., are equal to
any of the high priced Hotels. Only 25
cents for meals. Thankful for past favors,
he solicits their continuance, and promises
satisfaction to all.
MATRASSES, I martP69-Iy. WM. BROWN, Propr.
NATIONAL HOTEL.
JOHN BRACHBILL,
CHAIRS,
MEI
they can be
in this mrkaet
JOHN BRACIIBII L,
(Old Stand) Spring St.,
Bellefonte. Pa
purchase in any
cheaper than you
and priceE
"Let us See to it, that a Government of the People, for the People, and by the People, shall not Perish from the Earth."—EA. LINCOLN.]
HOTELS
CONRAD HOUSE
ALLEGHENY ST., BELLEFONTE, PA.
(Opposite the Brockerhoff House.)
A. HOTEL ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN,
Licensed by the Court of Centre County.
FIRST CLASS BAR, } RESTAURANT,
ROOMS AND ITABLING.
AN EXCELLENT BILLIARD ROOM,
with 3 tables, new. and in perfect condition,
Give the Conrad House a trial.
H. H. KLINE.
jy2l'69 ly. Proprietor
OUR HOUSE
TLe undersigned adopts this method of
informing his friends and the public gener
ally that he continues to keep the Hotel on
the corner of Allegheny and Bishop Sts.,
known by the cognomen of
"O UR HOUSE."
MILLHEIM, CENTRE COUNTY, PA.
The undersigned adopts this method of
informing the travelling community, and
citizens generally, that he has refitted and
furnished anew throughout, with first chits
furniture, this well known and established
house—the NATIONAL HOTEL, Millheim,
Pa. He is well prepared to furnish first
class accommodations to all who desire to
make a hotel their Home, or pleasant tem
porary abode. The custom of the travelling
public, and the surrounding country, is re
spectfully solicited. Courteous and atten
tive servants are engaged at this popular
Hotel. The Stabling is the very best, and
none but careful and accommodating Host
lers are employed.
JONATUAN KREMER,
jyl4'69-Iy. Prop'r.
DLEASANT GAP HOTEL.
. The 1111;
dersigned having purchased the Hotel prop•
erty at Pleasant Gap, adopts this method of
informing his friends in part miler,' and the
travelling community generally, that be has
refitted and furnished his house in the best
style.
TITS TABLE
will be supplied with the beet the market
will afford, and
HIS BAR
with the best of Liqu•,rs
MS STABLING
is the . VOry-1,E;t,.. and the proprietor prides
hims3lf therefore, upon'tfic - -1;rol,-.0at his AC
commodations, both for roan and beail,-Can
not be surpassed by any Hotel in the coun
try. His old friends, as well ns strangers
and travellers, are most eordially,invited t-.
nail. WM. ICH 110 ET,
ly. ricagant Gal). Pa
B ROCKEIMOFF UOUSE,
ALLEGHENY ST., BELLEFONTE, PA
BOUSEAL S. KROM, Propriaors.
A FIRST CLASS ROTEL-COMFORTABLE ROOMS,
PROMPT ATTENDANCE.
ALL THE MODERN CONVENIENCES,
AND REASONABLE CHARGES_
The proprietors offer to the traveling,
public, and to their country friends,iirst
class acoommodations and careful at
tention to the wants of guests at all times
at fair rates. Careful hustlers and good sta
bling for horses. An excellent table well
served A Bar supplied with fine li
quors. Servants well trained and every
thing requisite in a first class Hotel. Our
location is in the business part of the town.
near the Post Office, the Court House, the
Churches, the Banks, and the principal pla
ces of busin-ss, renders it the most el
igible place ror those who visit Belle
fonte on business or for pleasure. An
OMNIBUS WILL CARRY PASSENGERS
and baggage to and from all trains free of
charge. myl2'6o-tf.
GARMAN'S HOTEL.
DAN'L GARMAN, Prop'r
This long established and well known Ho
tel, situated on the southeast corner of the
Diamond, opposite the Court House, having
been purchased by the undersigned, he an.
nounces to the former patrons of this estab
lishment and to the traveling public goner
ally, that he has thoroughly refitted his
house, and is prepared to render the most
satisfactory accommodation to all who may
favor him with their patronage. No pains
will be spared on his part to add to the con
venience or comfort of his guests. All who
stop with him will find
His TABLE abundantly supplied with the
most sumptuous fare the market will afford,
done up in style, by the most experienced
cooks.
HIS BAR will always contain the choicest
of liquors.
HIS STABLING is best in town, and will al
ways be attendedbythcmost trust worthy and
attentive hostlers.
Give him a call, one and all, and he feels
csnfident that all will be satisfied with their
accommodation.
AN EXCELLENT LIVERY
is attached to this establishment, which
strangers from abroad will find greatly to
their advantage. ja6'69.ly.
RESTAURANTS
ARCADE SALOON
GEO. M. PECK, Proprietor
hereby inform my friends and the public
generally that I continue to keep the
ARCADE SALOON,
in Bush's Block, adjoinirg Howell, Gilli
land (E. Cc's. Store. Meals can be obtained
at ALL HOURS during the day. Oysters.
the very best, cooked in every style. Meals
provided for Regular Bearders when order.
ed, and at reasonable rates. Thankful to
the public for past favors, the continuation
oft se favors is respectfully solicited.
f 17'69.1y. G. M. PECK.
THE GEM RESTAURANT
MEALS AT ALL HOURS
THE undersigned avails himself of this
method of informing the citizens of Belle
fonte and vicinity, and the traveling com
munity in general, that ho has opened a first
class
GEN RESTAURANT,
in the basement of Bush & MeLaine's new
hotel near the Pa. R. R. Depot. He keeps
constantly on hand
Oysters in every style, Roast Chicken, Pork
Steak, Ham and Eggs, Fresh Fish. Veal
Cutlets, Cod Fish Ba:ls,Baked Fish,
Roa t Turkey,Beefsteak, Fried
Sausage, Mutton Chaps, Tea and
Coffee, Clam Chowder, Lombs Fries,
Fried Eels, and everything to suit the taste
Feeling assured that general satisfaction
will be given, he invites ill to pay
him a visit.
JOHN MALIPHANT,
.Pellefonte, Pa,
BELLEFONTE, PA., SEPT. 1, 1869.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
T G. LOVE, Attorney at Law
o Bellefonte, Pa. Office on High St.
jani9
JAMES H. NANKIN, Attorney at
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Office in Armory
building, 2nd floor. i16'69.1y.
E. C. HUMES, Preet. J. P. HARRIS, Cade).
FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of Bellefonte
Allegheny St., Bellefonte Pa. ja6'69.
ES=
LINN Sr, FURST, Attorneys—at-Law
Bellefonte, Pa. ja6'69.tf.
II N. M ALLISTER. JAMES A. BEAVER
AT:ALLISTER & BEAVER, Attorneys
at-Law, Bellefonte Penn'a. ja6'69.ly
EDMUND BLANCHARD. EVAN N. BLANCHARD
&E. M. BLANCHARD, Attorneys-at
E
L:lw, Allegheny St., Bellefonte, Pa.
ja6'69.ly.
WBROWN; Attorney-at-Law,
. Bellefonte, Penn'a.., will attend
promptly to all business entrust..d to hie
care. ja6.69-Iy.
JOHN H. ORVIS. CYRUS T. ALEXANDER.
ORVIS & ALEXANDER. Attorneys-at-
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Office in Conrad
House. Allegheny St. ja6'69.ly.
NAT J. KEALSEL, Attorney -at
. Law, Bellefonte, Pa., will attend
faithfully to all business entrusted to his
care. Deeds, Bonds, &c, executed in the
best style. marlo'69 3m.
A UG USTUS HIBLER M. D., Physician
and Surgeon. Office at his residence
near the Quaker Meeting House. Will attend
to,_all business in his profession stall times
and at all hours. je16'69.1y.
TJRIATI STOVER, Licensed Autioneer,
will attend to all sales entrusted to his
care. Charges reasonable. Address, Uriah
Stover, Houserville, Centre C 0.., Pa.
ja6'69.Cm.
et FORGE F. HARRIS. M. D., Physician
la and Surgeon; Pension Surgeon for Cen
tre county, will attend promptly to all pro
fessional calls. Office on Hight St., N.,rth
Side.
T D "WINGATE D. D. S., Dentist. Of
t/ . fice on the corner of Spring and Bishop
.nreets, Bellefonte, Pa. At home, except the
nisi two weeks of each month. Teeth ex
:: I,eted without pain. ja6'69 ly.
W.U..1 ARMSTRONG SAMUEL LINN.
ARMSTVIMSTRONG & LINN, Attor ,
RONG
Law. Williamsport, Pa., will
attend, proMptly, to all business entrusted
to their ewe. jyl4'69-ly.
JAS. H. DOBBINS, Physician and
Surgeon. Office up-stairs in J. H. Mc-
Clure's new Building, Bishop St., Belleonte,
Pa. Will attend to all business in his pro
fession, faithfully at all times, andall hours.
jal3'69.y.
A B. HUTCHISON CO'S. Job Print
ing Office, Republ'ean" Building,
Penn'a. Every De
scription o fpiain and-Fancy printing done
in the neatest manner, and at pi icei3. below
city rates. . ja6'69..
D. G. BUSTIi GEO. M. YOCUM%
DUSII 1.5 YOCUM, Attorneys-at-Law,
Bell fonte, Pa., will attend to all busi
ness entrusted to them, with promptness.—
Office on Northeast Corner of the Diamond,
in Mrs. Irvin's stone building. jal3'69.y.
Ay N
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Lair,
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n C
t i e ! I S p O a N,
c A o
i t i t e o c r t n i e2 n - s ;,
all other and legal business in Centre and
the adjoining Counties, promptly attended
to. Office in Blanchard's Law building,. Al
legheny street. jaG'69.
WIL U. BLAIR. 11. Y. STITZER.
BLAIR & STITZER, Attorneys-at-Law,
Bellefonte, Pa. Can be consulted in
both the English and German languages.—
Cffice on the Diamond, nest door to Gar
man's Hotel. feblo'39.ly.
CENTRE CO. BANKING COMPANY.—
N..) Receive Deposits and allow Interest;
Discount Notes; Buy and Sell Government
Securities, Gold and Coupons.
Henn- BROCKERTIOPF, President.
J. D SuccEn.T, Cashier.
Ei_EO. L. POTTER, D., Physi
cianVA and Surgeon, offers his profession
al services to the citizens of Bellefonte and
vicinity. Office removed to house formerly
occupied by Mrs. Livingston, on Spring st,
two doors South of Presbyterian church.
inarl7'69-ly.
BELLEFONTE MEAT MARKET
BISTIOP STREE r, BELLEFONTE PA
The oldest Meat Market in Bellefonte.—
Choice meat of all kinds always on hand.
ja 6'69.1 y. R. V. BLACK.
WM. BROWN, Licensed Auction
eer, hereby informs the public that
he holds himself in readiness at all times, to
attend to all Auctions, Vendues, or Public
Sales of personal or Real Estate. Charges
reasonable. Call on, or address, William
Brown, Bellefonte, Pa. marl7'6o-Iy.
MS. GRAHAM, Fashionable Barber,in
. Basement of the Conrad Ilcuse Belle
fonte, Pa. The best of Razors, sharp and
keen, always on hand. Ho guarantees a
SUAVE without either pulling or pain.—
Perfumery, Hair Oils, Hair Restoratives,
Paper Collars, te., constantly on hand.
jal 3'69.1v.
AARON R. PAUP. J. T. SALMONS. LEVI R PAUP.
DAUP, SALMONS 1.; CO., Contractors
L a.: .d Bricklayers, Bellefonte, Pa., adopt
this method of informing those wishing to
build that they will furnish Brick and lay
them, by the job, or by the thousand. Will
set Heaters, and do all kinds of w.irk in
their branch of Business. ja20'69.1y.
Q. BELFORD, D. D. S., Practical
).JO Dentist; office in Armory Building,
over Irwin & Wilson's Hardware Store, Al
legheny St. Dr. B. is a gra. nate of the Bal
timore College of Dental Surgery. andre
spectfully offers his professional services
to the citizens of Bellefonte and vicinity.—
Can be found at his residence except during
the last week of each month. aprld'69-1y•
JW. RHONE, DENTlST.Boalsburg Cen
tre Co.,Pa.,most respectfullyinforms the
public that he is prepared to execute any
description f work in his profession Sat
isfaction rendered, and rate qas moderate
as may be expected. Will be found in
his office during the week, commencing on
the first Monday of Each month, snd at
such other times as may be agreed upon.
ja13'69.1y.
lINSURANCE—LIFE FlRE.—Toseph
A. Rankin of this Borough, insures prop
erty for the following Stock and Mutual
companies,
viz: Lycoming Mutual, York
Company, Pa., Insurance of North America,
Enterprise, and Girard of Phila., Pa., Home,
of New Haven, and any other reliable com
pany desired. Also, Provident Life Compa
ny of Phil'a., and other good Life Compa 7
nies. J86'69.19.
T. F. HOL ARAN, Physician and
Surgeon, having removed from Empori
um, Cameron county, has located in Miles
burg, Centre county. Pa., whore he will
faithfully attend to all business entrusted to
him in his Profession. Office in his residence
on. Main St., where he can always be seen
unless professionally engaged. In his ab
sence from home, orders may be left at the
store of Thos. Holahan. marlo'69-]y.
Original Poetry.
THE THREE LITTLE CHAIRS.
They sat alone by the bright wood Bre,
The grey-haired dame and the aged sire,
Dreaming of days gone by;
The tear-drop fell on each Wrinkled cheek,
They Loth had thoughts that they couldnot
speak,
As each heart uttered a sigh
For their sad and tearful eyes descried,
Three little chairs placed side by-side,
Against the sitting-room wall;
Old-fashioned enough, as there they stood,
Theit seats of flag,and their frames of wood,
With their backs so straight and tall.
A. 0. FURST
Then the sire shook his silvery bead,
And with trembling voice he gently said—
"Mother ; those empty chairs,
They bring us such sad,sad thou'ts to-night,
We'll put them forever out of sight,
In the small, dark room, up stairs."
But she answered : "Father, no, not yet,
For I look at them, and I forget,'
That the children went away.
The boys come back, and our Mary, too,
With her apron on of checkered blue,
And sit here every day.
Johnny still whittles a ship's tall masts,
Ahd Willie his leaden bullets casts,
While Mary her patchwork sews;
At evening time, three childish prayers,
Go up to God from those little chairs,
So softly that no one knows,
Johnny comes back from the billow deep,
Willie wakes from the battle-field sleep,
To say a good-night to me;
Mary's a wife and mother no more,
But a tired child whese play-time is o'er,
And comes to resitri'My knee.
So let them stand there, tho' empty now
And every time, when alone, we bow,
At the Father's throne to pray.
We'll ask to meet the children above,
In our Savior's home of rest and love,
Where no child goeth away."
History of to 49th Poimsylvania,
BY A. B. HUTCBISON,
Late Captain of Company 'C.'
Battle of May 10th—Battle cf May 12th
1 -31 arch , across Hy river—.3fo CC to our
Bight-Fight of our Reieforeements-Mareh
-to Guinnen Station—March to North Anna
Biver—Skirnaish. on South Bank—Tearing
'op Virginia Central Railroad—Prisoners
—Butler's House—March. to Chesterfield
Siotion—Forcat night march to Pantunkey
river—March to Hanover C. H.—Slo rmiah
-on the Talopotinny—Mgrch to Cold Liar
- -botL=Birak, , ,Vore...-,-2..----BAttle of Junc 3d
—Digging up to thellebelse , -days in
close Quarters—Mistaken Rebelsi_E v „ e „..
ation of Cold Harbor.
In the early morning of the 12th of
May, our friends of the 2nd corps made
a most brilliant and successful charge
about one fourth of a mile to our left,
and captured Bushrod Johnson and his
division, surprising them half asleep iu
their works. The rebels q..tie . .ly rallied
end succeeded in driving Hancock's .
troops out of a part of the works, but not
till they had secured their prisonera,a.nd
had got firm hold of a very important
part of the-rebel pits. But protected by
traverses inside, and by the perfect ar
rangement of their pits, they prevented
any further advance of the 2nd corps.—
Our friends of the 148th suffered con
siderable losses in the struggle, and the
victory the 2nd corps had won, was se
cured only by a bloody and hard strug
gle. The sth corps were to support them
in the charge, but, for some reason,were
not in the right place at the right time,
and orders came to the old 6th to go up
to the help of the 2nd corp, upon whom
the enemy were crowding legions to
drive them from their works. We went.
It began to rain, and still we went up
and tried to capture an angle of the
rebel works just to the right of the 2nd
carps. We got within a few feet of them,
and one line after another was broken
up by the terrible fire, but not one went
back. Lying fiat in the mud, behind
bushes and stumps, in little hollows,and
making little piles of mud, our men held
their places, and were helped by their
comrades until - twenty regimental flags
were planted about that angle of the re
bel works, and not more than thirty
yards away. A constant fire was kept
up on the rebel works, but they were so
well Irotected by a heavy log on top of
tneir pit, that they succeeded in killing
and wounding a large number of our
men. Capt's Quigley and AVambacker
were both seriously wounded. All this
long, rainy day the firing never ceased.
The cartridges were tossed, from man to
man, from rear to front; in packages,
brought up by pack mules to the men
farthest from the enemy. The men,when
they could do no better, robbed the
wounded and dead of their ammunition,
that they might keep up the fire upon
the enemy, and so distract theirs.
At one time we thought we might make
a break in their works by running up a
piece of artillery and opening upon it at
a range of twenty yards, and a gun,with
limber box full of ammunition, was hur
ried up. A single volley from the ene
my's line killed every horse, and every
driver, right in their places, and the gun
stood there, with the bullets of- the ene
my rattling upon it, right between our
hostile lines. A coffee pot, tied on the
limber-box, was perforated like a sieve..
Still, Capt. Cook, of the sth Wiloonsin,
with a squad of his men, in a Jul] in the
firing, took the gun, unlimbered it, and
fired every shot and shell in the box,
squarely into the enemy's works, and
lost only one man wounded, the one who
played the part of gunner No more gal
lant or more reckless act was ever per
formed in ear war, but fortune favors
the brave.
It rained all day. The men caught
CHAPTER. XVI
water in their rubber blankets to drink,
and to cool and wash out their rifles.
clogged and heated by continuous firing.
A. white oak tree, standing just at the
angle of the works of the enemy, fell
into their lines, cut off by our bullets in
the course of this tremendous and terri
ble struggle. It is still preserved at our
War Department at Washington.
Once the enemy raised a white hand
kerchief, or flag, en Ihe works, and our
men sprang to their feet, with cheers,
thinking it a surrender of the works,but
it was only a trick, and our men were
met by a volley from the rebels. Tht,
excitement was intense, and if we could
have got to them then, few rebels would
have been captured, and few have been
left alive in those works,
It is only fair to our rebel friends to
say that some of them, whom we cap
tured afterwards, declared that the flag
was put up by a frightened, half-crazy
fellow, and that it was not seen by them,
and they fired upon us when we rose and
cheered, believing we were about to
charge their works.
The fight went on all day. and nearly
all night. Company C had rejoined
what portion of the regiment we bad been
able to find, under command of the wri
ter, and took position to the left of our
brigade, reporting to an officer of the
2nd corps there, whose name is not re
membered. During the night we were
moved to join the balance of our regi
ment, and the firing began to slacken at
about 3a. m. We found, at daylight,
that the rebels bad abandoned their
works, and we took possession.
Around that fatal angle we might al
most walk upon the bodies of our dead,
and within it the rebels lay equally
thickly. In their-ditch, in the mud and
water, the powder-blackened faces of
their slain stared at us in every conceiv
able shape.
Hearing sbniVone groan, apparently
under a nuitib*of bodies we got out,
what we supposed was a badly wounded
rebel, and found that he was not in any
way hurt, but that, being frightened, he
had hid in the ditch, and either pulled
over him, or there had failed upon him
the dead bodies of enough to imprison
him there in the mud and water.
The rain had ceased, and we busied
ourselves in burying our dead, or as
many of them as we could. We left many
unburied, of our own, and all the t t.hels.
We then moved off to the left. Our
brieade re-formo,, and thing now corn
manded by Gen. Eustis, of 11.issuehus
etts, the writer was detailed as Brigade
Inspector; .and some other changes were
made in our staff organiz...t.lon:
Getting a supply of rations aiid — um
rouoitien, we went into bivouac fr, t
woods.
Gen. Meade sent. us a congratul,tory
order, saying we have taken 18 guns, 22
colors, and eight thousand prisoners.
It continued to rain, at intervals, all
day; and, in the evening, we moved to
the front, into rifle pit?, and lay clown to
sleep.
On the 14th we moved slowly towards
our left, until nyar evening, when we
were-ordered to ford the Ny river, and
take a bill from which some of the regu
lars were reported to have been driven.
We went through the river, and a thick
woods, in the gathering darkness, and
found Ayre's brigade in possession of the
hill. We relieved them, and went into
bivouac there, first gathering up and
burying some of our dead.
[CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.]
'WALK WHEN You BEGIN,—When Chief
Justice Oliver Ellsworth commenced the
practice of law, he lived in Bloomfield;
and as his pecuniary means were not
large, he was accustomed to come from
his office on foot. There was, at the time,
a dashing merchant in the city— Mr. H.,
who rode in a showy vehicle, drawn by
a pair of showy horses; and as he often
rode to Bloomfield, ho frequently met
Mr. E. Meeting him one morning, he
reined up his team, and saluted him
with "Good morning. Mr. Ellsworth,what
are you walking for; wby don't you
ride?"
"Because," was the reply, "I have
found that persons must walk at some
period of their lives, and I choose to
walk when I begin." •
It would be well if all who are setting
out in life were of this opinion; but they
are not. Hence such numbers, detest.
mined to ride when they are young, are
forced to walk when they are old.
A few years having elapsed, Mr. H.
failed in business, and was obliged to go
afoot; while Mr. E., ascending from small
beginnings, became Minister Plenipo
tentiary to France, and rode in his
coach.
Walk when you begin.
IT is a terrible thing to begin to let
conscience grow hard, for it soon scars
as with a hot iron. It is like the freez
ing of a pond. The first film of ice is
scarcely perceptible; keep the water
stirring, and you will prevent the icc
from hardening it; but once let it film
over and-remain so, it thickens over the
surface, and it thickens still, and at last
it is so solid that wagons might be drawn
over the solid water. So with conscience;
it films over gradually, and at last it be
comes hard, unfeeling, and it can bear
up a weight of inequity.
A YOUNG man lately went in bathing
at Lothinfere, Providence of Quebeck,
placing his clotheE upon what he sup
posed was a stone. It turned out to be
a sea], basking in the sun, which was
thus disturbed, and made for the water
with the young man's clothes.
A Lawyer's Romance.
Roswell M. Field, the "Neston of the
Missouri bar," a lawyer whose entire
lack of ambitian lost the fame his rare
and great ability might have vion,.died
in St. Louis recently. He had a peculiar
romantic episode in his early manhood.
He was the son _of General M. Field, of
Newfame, Vermont t,..ond'practiced law a
while in the courts of his native country.
His abandoment of his lucrative practice.
and removal from the State, to which he
never returned,was occasioned by an un
fortunate bestowal of his affections, un
der circumstances, rarely, if ever, paral
leled,
He fell in love with an accomplished
young lady in Windsor, and, though she
was engaged to another gentleman, suc
ceeded in winning her affections and in
ducing her to join him in a secret mar
riage, which was to be, followed by eo
habitation in case the.consent of her pa
rents could be obtained, but otherwise
to be void. She failed to gain that con- .
sent, and as soon as he could be summon
ed from Boston, was publicly married to
her first love, who joined her in a suit in
chancery against Mr. Field for the:dis
solution of the secret marriage. Both she
and her suit survived her husband, but
at last she won it in the Supreme Court,
and the case is reported at length in the
13th volume of Vermont reports.
Mr. Field felt sorely aggrieved at the
result,.and issued a phamphiet in which
he sought to vindicate himself before the
world. Afterward, however, he married
another lady, with whom he lived hap
pily. She had been dead several years,
and four children, we think, survived
them both. Years after the strange suit'
the lady whom he first loved and then
fought so presistently, then twice a wi
dow, married a merchant of Windsor
county, who shortly thereafter moved to
St. Louis, there they lived for several
years, moved in the first circle (though
never meeting M. Field), and where she
died suddenly, beloved by all who knew
her.
FIGHT Youa WAY Up.—The many who
have to take the world rough andtumble
are prone to envy the few who roll dire'
it unjolted in cioned vehicles on patent
springs. The toiler, as he stumbles thro'
its thorny thickets and climbs over its
foot-blistering gravel, is apt to curse the
ill luck that placed him on such a hard
road, and to .-igtt 'or a seat in one of the
50Endi.lequipagett that glide so smooth
ly over Fortune's macadamized turnpike.
Born vkitka pew! er t•pcou in his mouth,
he cd:VelS'liie.-silver one which was the
,:his well-to-do neighbor.
Occupitien - is-the:qmOvHafe jewel" of
-life. true that bar
to exee't ion. Quits:llreeySese,': when
their u; . ea are properly ufiderato6 - 0711'7it
the discontented worker 'who iiit . ei:Aor
we%lth, without being to _labor
for it, regards the idleness it
would enable him to live as the' edam of
temporal happiness. He has no idea of
money as a great motive power, to be
applied in enterprises that give health
ful employment to mind and body. All
to loaf luxuriously, We have no sym
pathy with such sensuous longings.—
People who indulge in them never ac
quire wealth. They lack the energy to
break their way to the worldly indepen
dence for which they yearn and whine.
They don't know how much more glo
rious it is to tear affluence from opposing
rate by main strength of will and inflex
ibility of purpose, than to receive it as a
windfall. There is infinitely more satis
faction in conquering a fortune than was
ever experienced by a "lucky heir" in
obtaining the golden store which some
thrifty hand had accumulated. Your
accidental Crcesus kuows nothing of the
pride of success—of honest exultation
with - which the self-made man looks
back upon the impediments he has over
come, and forward into the far future
which he has earned the right to enjoy.
MARE TWAIN'S EXPERIENCE.—Mark
Twain writes as follows from Vicksburg :
At dinner yesterday I helped myself
to a piece of pumpkin pie. The gentle
man who had been so obliging as to amuse
me at tin expense of $75, observing me
eat the pie, rose frum the table with a
heavy frown on his face. When I bad
finished my dinner and walked forward
to the social hall he approached with a
drawn Bowie knife and sternly deman
ded of me where I was from. I told him,
after a slight hesitation, that I was born
in Albemarle county, Va., and that Iwas
a nephew of Colonel —. He then said:
"If this is the case,. sir, you may con
tinue to live; but, sir, I thought you must
be a d—d Yankee from the way you ate
that pumpkin pie, and in that case I
should have regarded it as a duty to cut
your throat !"
I thanked him very politely for the
high regard he manifested for the place
of my birth and my family connections
He then asked me if I took part in the
rebellion. I said yes. He inquired on
which side. I replied on both ; that I
was - visiting a relative of mine by the
name of John M. Bott's at the time the
war closed. He seemed satisfied with my
answer, and asked me to introduce him
to Gen. Blair.
He told the General that he was the
first man that he ever voted for that he
had fought against ; that the South could
never have been conquered if he, Col. J.
Hawker, I think he called himself, had
been in command, or if they had all been
like him. I think he said he had lest an
uncle, a nigger, a watch, and thirty dol
lars in Confederate money.
t NO. 34.
Whom do Great Men Marry
;Women; of course. Bat tveyshoir the
same dierSity ottaste that ie seen in
Iciwer ranks, - arid, on the whole, Make
Worse" mistakes. They, however; show .
the ea'me sense in at'obsfrig : wives . -.that
they elioi in Managing oilier
,people's
affairs, whether it be•good or bed.
Robert Burns married a farnigirt With
whom he fellin=love, while they worked
together in. the He; too,Was
irregular in his life, end committed the
most serious niletaltes Condneting his
domeatia affairs
-.-- • t
Milton I:nettled:die - daughter d coun
try squire, but lived with her buiaehori
time.-- He :was an austere, erecting; lit
erary recluse; , rosy,
romping country lasi' that could not en
dure the - restraint imposed upon her,ind
so they - aeprat'ed: . Subsequently; Voir=
ever, she returned; and thillTired - teler: .
ably littippY.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were
consinS,. and about - only example in
the, lonfline of English monarchs Wke're
in"thernFritai.:•Voin ' were sticraly
seii:ecUnh):4,eincere affeetiori
•I'VraelOgioti , married a widowwith.two
childr'en`l74.E.4s enough t osay of her that
she wilitWoriliy,Of him, Okor that they
lived,to.?iiiierried`folks should, in perfect'
harmony.
John Adams married the" datigfiter of
a Presbyterian clergyman. _ ger father
objected on :account of John's being a'
lawyer;•lle.had.aliad opinion of the mot
ali of thelirofession.
Themas Jefferson married Mre.Marflts:
Skelton, a widoW, but she
brought him a largeforlttibe'in real el
tate. After the Ceremony, she &riled! )
the horse, behind him, and they node'
home together. It_wai late_in the eN;eti:
ing, and they found, the fire out. But
the great state . Sitan,bustled around, and
re-built it;.While'itte eiez'ed the brow*
and soon put things to order: rti's Oa
less to sayithat they were hti,ipY;lliotigh .
Jefferson•died a poor man oritia6olint of
his extreme liberality; and hosPitalitY.
John Howard, the great philanthro . -
pist, married.his nurse. She was alto.:
gether.beneati him in social life and 14::
tellectuak - ctipaCity, arid, besides. this,
she was fifty-two yearlS old, while he was
but twenry7o , e.,
_He would not take
No" fOraii — ailiwer, and they were malt
and - liied happily together until
her death, which occurred two years af
ter w 9,rd .
`Peter-the Gre'll - rof ~ussts;-.
peasant girl. She made him ago
and a sagacious empress.
Humboldt married a poor girl
he loved her. Of course they
EY.
Shakespeare loved and wedde .
er's daughter. She was faithful to
vows; but we could hardly-say the ca
of th — e:greiti, 'bard Like
greoVoetrii, ; he shoWed too Ithle diti
ciiinTuation in bestowing his affection on
the sex.
Byron married Mies Millbank to get
money to pay his debts. It turned out
a bad shift.
•
Benjamin Franklin married the girl .
who laughed at him as he wandered
through the streets of Philadelphia
rolls of bread under his arms, and His
pockets filled with dirty clothes. She
had occasion to be happy when she found
herself the wife of such a great and good:
man.
It. is not generally kaolin thatAndieir .
Jackson married a lady whose husband
was still living. She was an uneducat
ed, but amiable woman, and was devo
tedly attached to the old warrior and
statesman.
John C. Calhoun married his cousin,
and their children, fortunately, were
neither diseased nor idiotic, but they do .
not evince the talent of thegreat •'States'
rights" advocate.
Edward Lytton Bulwer, the English
statesman and novelist, married a girl
much his inferior in position, and got a
shrew for a wife. She is now insane.
A. STIIDnNT of Williams. College, who
was to spend the summer vacation at
Pittsfield, and whom his father gave $lOO
to do it with, got iid of that amount
somewhat against his' will in two little
investments, before the third day of the'
time had expired. The second . day he
bethought himself to ,offer a ride to at
Lanesburo lady, to whom he owed a phi
lepena present, and.in the course of the
afternoon, having stopped at a jewelry
store, offered her the privilege of select
ing such - a present as she chose. She
modestly selected a diamond ring, valued
at s7s—three-fourths of the whole va
cation fund. Caueht, he could not retro
grade; pay he must, and pay he did, as
gracefully as the circumstances Would
allow.
A PO3R girl attempted to commit sui
cide by throwing herself into theriverat'
East Saginaw, Mich, last week, but was
rescued by some sailors. She was tired'
of life, and took this method of ridding
herself of misery. Her story was told'
amid broken sobs, that told a deeper
misery than words can. Her preservtr
finally induced her to give up her in-
tention for the present, and go home.—
" Home," she said, " I have no h ome ,
the whole world turns a cold shoulder
on me."
THERE is an anecdote told somewhere*
of a dispute, in which a boisterous, ill::
bred felinv called his adversary"no gentle .
man." " I suppose you think yourself ,
one," was the reply. "Certainly 1 db„"
answered the bully. "Then,"said thn .
other, " I'm not offended that you db;i'tt
think me one.?'