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II K IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AMD ALL A HE SLAVES BESIDE.
R. L. JOflXSTOX, Editor.
II. A. iM'PIKC, PublUbcr
EBNESBUBG, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1868.
VOLUME 2.
NUMBER 45.
i KEaT ItrnrcTioN is Fiuces I
VJ Tt) CASH HIYK-S!
4T Tin: t.nEASsirnfl
HOtSE-FlRMSUISB STORE.
T:iu uudersi rned re.- ec 1 1 u !ly intorms the
citizens of Ebeusbmg ami the public yener
Mlv that In; has made a great reduction in
prices to 0AU L'UYKUS My stock will
consist, in ii ii t. t Cooking, Parlor and iieat
ig Stores, ot the nmtt p"pilar kinds ; 'iVt
ware of every description, ot my uwu rnau
uiactuie. ; Hardware of all kind, such as
L ks. S.-.ew. lSutt Hinges, Table Hinges,
Shutter Hinge. I'.olts, Ir- n and Nails. Wm
il.iw Ulas.s. I'utry, Table Knives and K.iks,
Carvnt; Knives aiid F- iks. Meat Cutters.
A p! P.ireM, iVti anl lcket Kr:ive in
re:it variety. f-ri.-i;rs. Shars. Ilazcrs anJ
t;tr's Asi-s, Il.ttciiets. Hamnn-rs, K'ri:.p
Jl i, Line.-. Aucer-. Chissels. Plni,is. (im
j a--es( S.juares, Files. Karis. Anvils. Vises.
W'r ix'.is. Uip. I'ai -l hiuI Cro.-s-Oat Saws
Chains of all kin. is. M:vel. Spaiies. Scy the
Hi.il Snaths, Kikes. F-rks. Sleigh Hells.
SUah: Hts. feL's. Wax Brist'e. Ch-thes
Wiinvr. Gr'ui'i Stones. Patent Mdas.-es
Grt f anil MeasureK. Lumr Sticks, Il-iree
Nailh. Hore Shoes . (ist Steel. IJu'it-s. Shot
t Juns, lit v Iv. rs. Pist-Is. Car'ri.!e.. Pi-v-iler.
Cat. Lead. Ve . O-M Stove P.'at.-s,
(i rates aud Fire Br'u-k. Wei", and ' steri
Puxipx am? Tui'inir: Iln ne and S't l l.'try i
Ware of all kind ; Wofxlen and WtiJaxc II are
in arfut variety ; Carbon Oil ai d Oil Lainj s.
Fih Oil. Lri'()il. Litisee-t Oil, Liihriontiup
Oil. It -Mil. Tar. (JlassHftre, Paii.ts, Varni.-h
v no Mi'iiiH. ! le I. iVc.
FAMILY GROCERIES,
-neli a-- lea, O- rlet. Sugars, M. l.iises. Myr
vij.s. Sfie-N. Drk-I IVathes. IJru-J Applet.
Fish M. ininy, Crackers, Rice aiul I'earl
Uarley: S.aps, Caudle; 'lOBACCO and
ChiAliS ; Paint. Whitewash. Send). lore.
Shi?. Putinp, Varnisti. Stove. Clothes snd
T'H.th l'.rii'-lies. all kinds and hz-s ; Bl
Cord and Manilla H"pos. atid many other
art'u-le- at the lowest rates for CASH.
03- House Sjxudi'nj made, parr.td and put
up Kt low rte. for cash. A liheral discount
made t Countrv dealers luiiip Tinware
wholesale. GFO IIUATLKY
Khensburx. Feb. 28. J87.-tf.
623 HOOP SKIETS 628
AND
CORSK1S. CORSKI K.
VV7"M T HOPKINS, No f.28 rch
T T St., Phil , Mfnu'acMirT ot ihe ce e
l.iaiel CHAMl'SON" lifMlP SKIRTS tor
I.ndie. Misse nwi Chihheu the h.rt s
port inert huJ best qnaliiy and fctvte in tlie
Anier on Market Kvery lady should try tliem,
ns iliey reciinuieid ihtinse vc- tv wemin ln
rr. retai ing their eliape much be'ler. beinii
lijrh er and m'ifli mre el.siic th null oher
WAKR NTEH iu every resjwt. nd m.!.I
Mt ver ho pi ices. AA lor LIoraiNs' "Cku
pi -n' Sk.bt
S.ip.ri-.i ITind madeWhale boneCOHSTR
in l itteen 1 f.'orer.t tirarte. ii ebi'liiv the Im
pei-'-.l'' hii1 Th 'MP-on &. La.nodon'h GlOVE
FITTING" CORSETS, r ti'tiiL' in .riees imm
-l Cfut- to $5 o ; ; together wiili ,lo l!c'eiV
e.le.r.tt.l H;i:.CH WOVEN ('ONSETS.
p i i- r -hat t an-' iliiy I 1 ii3T"r-iit tiiade-..
t orn SI 10 to S." ."0 They sre tl;- finest and
b-1 ;ijo; tor ihe prt-e ever ini 'orteJ. The
'I rule Mippliod it li HOOP rK!li I Sand LOlt
SE i'S in. the L iwe' It- es.
tSy Those Tisir'ng th City shoul I not fjil
to cil an J es i Kline our Good" nd Pricp. as
we ce'y all competition. Nwt.12. 4m.
ANDREYV MOSES,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Si'i-rhbs BritmNc, Clinton Sr., J.ibsm wn,
H-S j'ls. r--eived hi- tall and intr st-ck
t t.ne French. London nnd Aincrcni
Ci O US, CAS.SIMEKE'5 .nM V EST INGS.
i.d h full ust-oriuient of Gent's Flrnish-.ng
G 0"is.
Mr Moset. h ii leen for riiht vears cuter at
V"oud. lonell A; Co.'s e-tablishment, mid now
de-ires to in tor ni t-is 'rieiids and the t ublic te
(ni v ih -t he has -iiimeii( i business iii Sup
res s b- lhlmir. oi. C-intoi. otieet, with a -toek
Pf ; id :oiaptil to tlie fall :ind winter, whii:li
he is prepared to makeup n tiie late-t !-ules
und at mo e ate t rices for cash hop n by at
tention 10 t'i.-ines in merit a share ot public
p treti:'2e. nn l manraiii ih-tt fucces which
li:i9 heretof'iire attended l-is eHort' in jriduciiig
gMd titling ".irir.e" t. Give him a call.
John.siowii. Sept. 2, 1H'8. tf.
Hew Firm New Goods.
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1UE unlersii:tieL having yivea his nou.
tlie laisiness will here:ifier he comiueteii lin
ger the firm name of P II Sh:ells & d.
and as we are h-term'ned to sed Good cheap
for cash, or exchange for grain, lumber or
produce, we liojie by strict attention to bus
iness to merit a Inderal pationago from a
generous public.
Having? determined to w?ttle up mj' old
books of thirty yean t-tawiiri. I now ask
thoe indebted to me to come tnrvvrd and
make settlement on or before the 1st day of
December. 1K8. P. 11. SHIELDS.
Lorett Oct. 15. 1808. tf.
8
ECU RE THE SHADOW ERE
THE SUBSTANCE FADES!
SfKSCt'S JflJW
7 now in perfect oriJ-r for executing- Pio'ures
in every m vie of the art. I'hoiogr-tphs of life
like Hceuracy. rai jrinp from thesmillcst oml
picture to die largest s ze for framing, taken in
ii y w ail'er, tuid warranted o give Satisfaction
P -r ! u -r tt-ntion paid to ehil lien'- pietures
Frm- e of all kinds for sale cheap. Frames of
n kind no; on hum' will be ordered when '"e
-ird. Instructions in tlie art on lineral t.imn
tG'lery on Julian a reet. S doors uorth
oi J n H-IL T. T. SPENCE.
it-ejsi iij'g, Oct 8, lfCM. Photographer.
ALTFATIIER,
td WhrtegaU and H'tail Dealer in
HAVANA AND DOMESTIC CIGARS,
PL.Ua AND KIN K CW
ClicTlncr und making Tobacco.
Snvff. Pipes. Snt'jf Boxes If Cigar Cases.
AT THK S165 OF THE INniAM.
MAIN RTKF.ET. - - - JOilNSTOWN.
COOD. HETTER, BEST. Tlie best
f and cheap t Tobacco and Ctgan w town
M. L. OAT MAN,
DEALER IX
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES
CoXSlSTINO F
Double (Edra ami's
if lour,
GStAI.Y, FEGU,
BACON,, SALT, FISH,
FRESH VEGET vliLES,
ALL KINDS OF FRUITS,
SUGARS. TEAS. COFFEES,
SYRUPS, MDLASSS, CHEESE, &c.
Also, a large tock of the
Best Brands cf Cigars and Tobacca.
STOKE ON HIGH STREET,
Four Doors Eojt cf Crrtic'ortl's Ifultl,
Cbcnliiiig-, ra.
L. L. LANGS THOTH S
PmifM8TAI.il Clfi BFE HIVS!
PRONOUNCED THE PEST. EVER YET
-L iii'i-oilneed h. this Ciii iy cr State. Any
person bmintr u family iiaht can have their
Vioe tratisferted troin an old b,.x to n new one.
In every instance in which this ha been done
tie icsnU h is teeu en-irely saii:taclon , and
thi tii-yt take cf honev ha- l:n,:ti .ibl v niid all
expense", m.d Ii eqiieiii.lv exceeded then. Proof
ot the suT.error tnei it-t oi this ii,v ni n will tit j
found iu the testimony of evtn ui ui who h;:s i
.iven it a tti ii. atei iimoiig the eeniber me the
jreoMemoii n.imel below, and iheh es uTience
siioul.i 'nduce every one iuleiesicd in Bees lo
mv FiMiiA itif.fii :
Reiir C K'l kna'iii k, of Carroll township,
trwik l:-6 poinds d ftirnlu- honey tiom two
hives which be sold ;ir ."!." -ents per pound.
Adam Peifrc'i. ol C rroil towns.hin, took
from mo hives K0 pound- oT surplus hocey.
Iimes Kiikiiaiiick, ot Cl.est township, took
C!l p nnd-' of suiplm honev irm one hive.
J icob K ikniiriek, of Che-t to vnsliin, ob
t. lined 72 pounds ot surnhis honey Iroin o e
hive, worth not less than $-21, and the right
cji him only $."
Peter Cimpliell from one hive obtained 36
pounds of urp'us honev at one time.
t5Qii!te num'erof Htri nr st.itemfnt-.
ti!heniicatet by Some of the test citv.ei s of
Cainbiia county, could be obtained in proof of
t'.ie sur-eiior mcris of Langs' 10th "a Patent Mo
vable Comb B -e Hive.
Purson wishing to purchase family rights
hould call on or ad h-e-a
PETER CAMPBELL,
Nov. 5. ie-; -tf. Carrollt.jwn, Pa
ebensburcTfoundry
AJAI 1 FILL BLAST!
NEW FIRM, NEW BUILDINGS, &c.
HAVING t unlii'fPd the well known F.B
LNSiiL'RG FOl XBIiY from Mr. Edw.
Gi isg. and rebuilt nnd enlaie I it almost n
tirr'y. besides iefiti:i ii with new machinery,
the Mt'wcrihei a c no prep.irel tu furnish
COOK PAH LOR HEATING S7V I'ES.
of the Pitest a id most, approvo-1 patiems
THKKSIIIXO MACMlNP MILE (iFAIl
I NO, BOsE ad WAT FU Wll Ehl.S of everv
de-ci ntion. IRON FENCING. TLOUtJIIS
and p LOCI ill CASTINGS, and in faci aM
ui:iii!.T of article- ni inui'a .-tnred in a first class
Foundry. Job Work of all kind attended to
prompt lv and done che'iplv-
The special attention o' Fsrmers i invited
lo to tiiwly pi tented PLOUGHS which we
pos-e,s- the sole righ: to ni tnuta':tnr Hnd fell
in this county ni.c vhichare admitted to t)e.
the !-est ever introihieel to the pu'dic.
Believing ourselves ctp.ble of perfosming
nv woik in ou.- 1'i e in tin' imst sat'lae'orv
m I'tier, and knowing th it we c.m do work at
lowk ra:is tlriii have been hai;ed iu this
community rcretofure wecoiifiilenilv hope that
we will 1 'omtd worthy ol 'ii er.il ratronae.
Fir reductions m ole to w holesale dealer
ZWTUe hi'jhcst firiees p:i d in cash for old
mer.-d. or -.t tines ejveu in exchange
OlB TKKMS ARK TR CTI.Y Cll OR C'ffT J
rttnj.vct COXVI.UV. VINbOE &, CO.
Ebetisburg, Se t. -2, I "C3.
EDtrniKr.
M . . ' t ' , .11 , 1
1
B a i.tr n-cciitiy enlarged our siock I
A l we ure ww j iepwred to sell at a great
reduction Iroin foraitr pr ce" O ir stock con
f sts of Jirugs, Mclicineri, Periumcry, Fancy
S liips, Leoi,'rt, H ill'a an t l!ea'- U-nr Restor
atives Pills, Ointments, Printers. Liniments,
I'ani Kilters. C'rr .te M ignesia, E-s Jamaica
G:nj;er. Pure Flivcriuj Extracts. E-sences,
I.eniou Syrup. Soothit.g Syrap, Spicetl Syrup,
KhubarH Pure Spices, kc ;
C1GAHS AND TOBACCOS.
nionk Book s. Ieels. Notes and Bonds; Cap,
Post, Commercial and all kind of Note Paper;
Envelopes, Pens. Pencils, Arnold's Writing
Fiuid, Hlack nnd Rel Ink, l'.wket and Pass
Boi.ka, M p;azines, X'ewsp.ipers, Novell, IIis
ories. U'blf3. Celigious,Praer and Toy Hooks,
Penknive. Pipes, &r
f5f W have added to our stock a lot of
FIXE JFWELRY. to which we would iuv'ne
the attention ol the Ladies.
PHOTOGRAPH LBCM3 at lower prices
than ever offered in this (ilnc.
Pa -er and Ciparz sold ei'hcr wholesale or re
tail ' LEMMON ti ML'RIIAV,
July 3:), lr-6;. Mam Street, Eben.-burg.
k DM IX 1ST I J VFOU'S NOTICE.
J Leneis of Adminis'r-t on on the fsiate !
of C th.ir ne Otterson, late of'5snn:nntvil'e bor
ough, dere Bed. having been granted to the
undersigned by the register of Cambiia coun
ty, notice is Viere y given io those Indebted 10
said estate to make payment without delay, and
those hiving claims ajrainst the same will pre
sent them duly nuihTitic ted for feu lenient
Nov .5 -tit. JAMES BROWN, Adm'r.
V OTICE Letters of Administration
cum testamento aniirzo on theestnof
John Fitrpatrick, late of Summerhill township,
dec'', h tving been granted to the undersigned
all persons innebted to n'd estate will make
immedia'e payment, snd those hivine claims
against the same will present them properly au
thenticated tor settlement.
F. A. SHOEMAKER, AdmioHlrator.
Original Joctxjj.
OCR TIS1T TO l'.C'LiC DlCIt'S.
BY LINNET.
"When the moon is shining brightly I can
never sleep a wink,"
Said tny cousin Jodie Nelson, "and 'tis full
t. m-ht. 1 tnu.fc :
So we'll take the little t-ouics when papa .
retains at s-ix. ;
And get Jack to drive us over in the sleigh j
to Uncle Dick's." j
We were muffled up and ready long before i
the time had come, J
But our totniues, uuruly members that the ,
fro.-t col i not benumb. j
We.-e not nn.fil!. arid the horses grew so ;
it - f'f J"k,(' f .
Hp nvo!Arfi rh'it r-verv rmnnte. for our necKS. !
would be the next!
But we reach 'd the house in safety, and by
cheery voices greeted,
Soon "as s uz as Lu in ruj:" around the
h. arth we a l were seated ;
An 1 when littie c u.-in Jennie with the rest
I.... X in. i.l lo l?nit
UtftO J mni lilt: lllii
Catne a voice from every corner,
V-..' ...:lt ..;r,7"
Jennie
;
HO.SUU l J OU OIliJ I
Jenuie's mouth was made for singiujr, and for
fimiliim : even vet I
I can hee its dimtded corners, where the j
smiles and blushes met
When hi r voice was t rais'd by some one,
Ah. it rises and it swells
Like the cleat, meh-diona tinkling of a string
of silctr bells!"
I have never heard the tinkle of a single til- i
ver bell, ;
But if that comparison was true the sound j
would i lease me well.
When lie bagged f-r mote she answered,
"May I ask 3-ou. Mr. Dee, j
If, to save my hintr.-. a little, you will fcing a
sung for tne V j
-Miue are sovnd enough for singing, and i
they'll be at your tommatid, j
If you let me use them first awhile to tell you j
wheie I .stand ' .
With regard to vocal music, iu my father's
e.-tiination ; !
Then I hope to win your sympathy and deep
comniisseiatiou-
"When a boy. one Sunday mornirgto the
garret I repair'd, j
That the v. ice I felt so proud of nrght be
exrcis'd and air'd !
Where none else shoiild hear its music ; but, '
ai.is ; in mill, 1 I
And he summ m'd to his presence soon the
lft-y tearing bird.
T, ...... , . . .. , ,
He was sitting in the parlor, with his bands
upon hta knees,
And Le gravely thus addrr-ss'd me, To what
purpose have the Dees
The mo.-t car fu' education that a Christian
land alT -ids,
If they spend their Sundav mornings on the
garret tawing hoards?'
S ime one sa;d the j ke was ktolen but the
song was never sung.
And a merry shout of laughter to tlie very
dl.is; my mmiii ucaio,
I r..l...r 1.
rai.rrs rung;
I tried i. y voice, to compensate the !
Then
music l.ivini crew
Aud diy a frog" Miss Parker said would
mccetly help me through.
Oh ! tlie lady lorded to hear me," and t-ne
.i-'en'd, too, a whi'e
All rny hoar-eties. vaoishM 'Dear!'' I
tiioujht. I'm ringing it in style!"
But, alas! her voice arose, just there, above
my highest n te.
You've a dreadful cold. Linr.etta. I'm afraid
you'll hurt your throat!"
T such tender, kind solicitude, at last I had
to yield.
And a voice to "frogs" invincible (and train
ing, too.) revealed
That if hers was 'lined with fiddle strings"
the screws had let them go.
And they ne.'-ded better bridging to be
play'd without a bow !
Soon her "Phillis dear" reminded us 'twas
time we'd "take a ride."
So we jumped info the cutler," and the dri- I
ver niav decide
Whether any knew the drifts were deep be-
f re the tide was ended
P.-jt I think, for me. '-The least that's said
(of that) 'a the gwnat mended
" i
S1L..i(.yJA(. Jl7ffhnff(? iVf :
WnVlt IlllVUWl VIIOVVIl 1
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HISTORICAL NOTES.
.
A correspondent of the Augusta (Ga.) !
Constitutionalist tells the following story :
ces. siiekman's kakkow escape.
Ona morning, bow it matters not, four
of my company, myself among the num
ber, found ourselves in the wilds of South ;
Carolina, without any knowledge ot" the
country, separated from our command,
aud having an idea that Sherman's advance
guard wan close to us, but iu what direc
tion we could not tell, as we were utterly
at a loss. Hunger is a guest that uses
very little ceremony in his virus, and the
lilile ftllow was knocking at our breast
very rudely, and clainuroutdy asserting his
presence. He was not to be put to hi-
Icnce, and so for peace sake we determined
ltt 'ATiiUl ,list request
As it lo try us, no .
sooner liad we agreed to search tor lood
thstti we catne to a by-path which branched
off to the right of the road we were trav
eling It looked promising, and, looking
down a leafy vista, we discerned, about
three hundred yards off. unmistakable
igtis of a farm houre, and. as a thing of
coune, a land flowing with milk and hon
ey Jo, determined to "stand the hazard
of the die," we hied t.ff down the road for works behind which they had fought dur
breakfast. We found a small farm houc ing the day's battle, with instructions to
inhabited by a widow, whose two sons ! await a signal and then to open firo upon
had been killed in Virginia, and who, ! the town, nd to continue the fire until
with four or five faithful slaves, still man- further orders, or until the yells of our
ajed to keep bcr little faraa xn good ordr. troops would r how that the were ip
, Wtlctiming up, for "the st.ke of the gray,"
i as sshe said, we were won seated on the
! ra?8 plat, enjnyine a uoI ihongh homely
meal, and under the influence of her ex
j cellent buttermilk, coin bread, and fried
' chickens, weie rapidly becoming reinvior
', ated. Suddenly a confusion of voices
i sounded near up, and I rauplit the ileam
of sabres and bright uniforms, as about a
dozen of cavalry in dark blue thundered
down toward us. Evidently they had not
seen us. A word ana a touch, and all
fi,ur of JS wen in t,,tf aiij()-ininK thicket,
awaitin their approach. They palloped
up, and ordering breakfast, sat down on a
bench to await it. I felt a touch on my
shoulder, and looking up saw a pale face
near my own, with eyes turned in a con-
slraineJ manner to an officer on the bench.
15 the lips whispered, almost in-
' r t
audibly, ''now is the lime to end the war.
Yonder sits Sherman " I was so utterly
taken by surprise that I did nut at first
comprehend hitn, but p adually as I gazed
mechanically on the officer jxjinted out to
me, I b.'gan to understand that the South's
greatest and most powerful enemy, the one
who was rapidly wiping her out of exist
ence as a nation, who held her fate, as it
were, in he hollow of his hand, who had
done her more evil in four months than all
his predecessors bad accomplished in al-
most as many years, was silting there se
rene and unconscious, within reach of my
carbine. I at once commenced cautiously
to unaling it- The fate of the Confeder
acy perhaps hung on that moment ; when
at tins length of time I think upon the
awful inteiesis that were at. stake, my
i)ra; reej9 anj j trow f,,int The Gtn-
eial arose unconscious uf his peril, and
walked with a rapid military tread into
the house, followed by his siaif, and very
soon we could see them through the open
window engaged in eating breakfast. I
was completely b dlL-d, and bad no oppor
tunity, nor had any of us, to renew our
attempts, as a body of cavalry soon ar
rived, before whom we thought it piudent
to retire, and accordingly made a sudden
retreat.
GKNKU.U. STOXEWAIX JACKSON 3 rROrOSEI
N1CIIT ATTACK WITH NAKED TKOOI'S,.
A writer for the Savannah Xcics says
that Mr. E. A. I'ollaid had good ground
for the assertion that Gen. Stonewall
j -lit
i to be made by asi-adants stripped naked
j and armed. widt howie-knive. He add:
The occasion was immediately afier the
i ... P ,, , . , , ,r n .,
! battle of 1 red. r.cksb.ng, a On the
i 1 1,h "f lx c 18b2, the Felet als occupy-
j ing the northern bank of the U ippahan-
i nock Uiver, on the southern fide uf which
i Fredet ickburcr is situated, upetred lire
1J1,n the town with H9 pieces of at tillery.
j A niMjI1y lf ie inLab",,,,,.,, eft town
'when the b mbardm-nt commenced.
I ICaily in the morning the enemy, utider
! rover of their rite, atlemntcd 'o switt": a
Uilt Ulltn trtiillllliriHieu a iiil.hi niiain
j)0utoon bridge, laden with soldiers, across
hp riw. A fi,w w.ej..:liret.ft.d shoIS
from our sirtillery broke the bridge, and
the bout fl aied down the river, the men
to Ih? drowned or to he killed by the
deadly liflej of UnrksleP Mi-sissippiatis.
At night another and sncce.-sful attempt
foctuss was mide lielow the city at Deer
Run, and in a lew moment? thereafter the
town was occupied bj the enemy. The
12lh was spent in making preparations
for the battle on Hie 13ih, tlie result of
which is too well known to be detailed
here ; suffice it to say, that by dark in
that d:iy the enemy's troops to the num
ber of G0,000, torn, bleeding, and ihor
oughly din-'iiranizd, were crowded in
town. While thus situated, the Confeder
ate chiefs held a council of war. As has
been frequently asserted, and never until
lately contradicted, Gen. Lee said that he
thought the enemy would make another
attack, not believing that they had sutFer-
ed so severely and were so broken up as
whs afterward ascertained. To this upin-
j(JJ1 Qen Jackson disagreed, and suggest-
pj hfi, t,)e aMn,ry of lt! Fl,.st and
()t) (jorpS , js HrKl Iongsireet's, shttuld be
collected upon the lulls directly m Iront ot
. ,
the town and a h
eavy fire be opened upon
it, and that the men of his corps be strip
ped to the waist to distinguish them from
flu Anorvtv atifl nntlAr Piirpr of tfiA ttrtil
, 1 v . v ..j I , I'll'. ...... . w - - -
ery fire -force into ,e U)Wn
and bayonet alwho were not similarly at
tired. His corps was on the right and
Longs:reet's on the left The men of the
latter otrps were not to be stripped, nor
to participate in the attack, but were to
j protect the artillery and prevent the
enemy from escaping up the liver and
crossing at the fords, which, doubtless,
they would have attempted hud anattack
been made, for there was only one pon
toon at the town, which would not have
afforded egress for one fifth of the multi
tude, and the bridges at D-ep Uun would
j have been secured, and all communication
j with them and the town cut otit at the
first dash made by our troops. It has
been asserted by officers high m authority
that the suggestion above mentioned was
made and adopted, and that Jackson es
pecially e:ipulated that his troops should
not be allowed to fire, but should only use
the bayonet. It is a well authenticated
fact that an attack upon the town was
contemplated by our chief, and in further
ance of the plan the artillery was placed
upon the heights in front of the breast-
town in a position to be endangered by
our fire The infantry of ihe First Corps
were posted to defend the artillery (it was
afterward told by men tf the Second
Corps that they had received orders to
s rip to the waists), but the signal for the
bombardment was never given, and orders
came to retire within the breastworks, as
the proposed attack had been piven up by
Gen. Lee, who feaied that the numerous
inhabitants remaining within the town
would suffer alike with ihe enemy.
jouvston's sckkexheuto sheuman.
The Spir t of (lie Times has the fallow
ing story about the celebrated Johnston
Sherman Convention, which shows, if it
is true, that the author of that agreement
was not Gen. Sherman, but President
Lincoln :
On the 27th of March, I860, two or
three days before ihe final movement
upon Hichmoud, Gen. Sherman, fresh
from his march to the sea, ariived at
City Point, for the purpose of conferring
with the President aid the General-in-Chief
Mr Lincoln was then on boatd
the gunboat Queen, and on that day an
interview took place on the boat between
the President, Gen Grant, Gpn. Sher
man, and Admiral David D. Porter
From one ot the parties to thin interview
a gentleman connected with Tlie Spirit of
the Ttmes obtained a verbal narrative of
what took place. There was no pledge
of secrecy, and we feel that we violate no
obligation in making public the substance
of it "Mr. Lincoln," said that narrator,
"had come down to City Point with the
most liberal views toward the IJebels, and
was willing that they should capitulate on
almost any terms. His heart was tender
ness throughout, and as long as the enemy
laid down their arms, he did not care how
it was done. Afier hearing from Sher
man a description of his position, he pro
posed that the same terms should be of
fered lo Johnston that would have been
given to Lee To this Gen. Sherman
strenuously objected, declaring that he
had Johnsion cooped up where he could
not get away, and that he would be com
pelled to sui render at all hazards, what
ever terms we proposed I never saw
him more energetic in rnv life than while
he was arguing this point ; but Mr.
Lincoln leaned toward milder measures,
fearing that the Confederate General
would escape South by the railroads and
have to be chased again. Sherman de
clared this to be impossible. 'I hae
Johnston,' said he, 'where he cannot
move without breaking up his army,
which, once disbanded, can never be ot
together again. The Southern railroads
are all broken up I have destroyed
them so that they cannot be used for a
long time.'
4Gen. Grant as-ked : 'What is to pre-,
vent their lading ihe rails again ?'
" 'Why,' said Sherman, 'my bummeis
don't do things by halt ex. Every rail
has been placed over a hut tire and twist
ed as cooked as a ram's horn. They
never can be used aain till they have
been through a rolling mill V
"The President, however, was ver'
decided about the matter, and insisted
that Johnston should be induced immedi
ately to surrender by orantttig him most
liberal terms. Grant, too, was anxious
that Johnston should not tty to get into
Richmond, where he miht give us a
great deal of trouble ; and Sherman was
compelled to yield, though he did it very
unwillingly. The terms of capitulation
which afterward made such a disturbance
were in fact sul$ta,d:a!ly arranged by Mr.
Lincoln himsrlf and if he had lived, be
never would have allowed Sherman to
bear the responsibility of them."
A Clerical Anecdote. The Rev.
Sjamuel Clawson, a Methodist preacher of
eccentric manneis, some times called the
wild man, was ery popular in Western
Virginia, some twenty years ago. He
was cross-eyed and wiry made, and very
da' k-skinned for a while man. At times
he was surprisingly eloquent, always ex
citable, and occasionally extravagant
He once accompanied a brother minister,
Rev Mr. Ii., a prominent pastor, on a
viit to a colored church. Mr. R. gave
the colored preacher the hint, and of
course Clawson was invited to preach
He did so, and during the sermon set the
impulsive Africans to shouting all over
the house. This, in turn, set Clawson
to extravagant words and actions, and
he leaped out of the pulpit like a deer and
began to take the hands of the colored
brethren, and mix in quitediappily. He
wept for joy. Then, pressing through
the crowd, he found brother R., and, pit
ting down beside him, he threw his arm
around his neck, and with tears streaming
down bis cheeks, he said : "IJrother R.,
I almost wi.-h 1 had been born a negro.
These folks have more religion than we
have." "Well, well," said brother R.,
"you come o near it that you needn't
cry about it !"
A Reet Stout. A New Hampshire
editor, who has been keeping a record of
big beets, announces at last that "the beet
that beat the beet that beat the other beet,
is now beaten by a beet that beat nil the
beets, whether the original beet, the beet
that beat the beet, or the beet that beat
the beet that beat the beet."
Wht is a son who objects to his moth
er's second marriage like an exhausted pe
deptriaut Heca use h? can't go a ttp fotber,
The Romance r ISaiiltrtiptcy.
ENOCH KDKS OUTDONE.
Under the above caption a St.
pappr tells a raih r Knationl
which we condense as loll ws :
I.oui
stoiy,
Who is it that does not remember the
financial crash of 1857 ? Many of our 1
most enterprising business men nad to suc
cumb to the pressure of the time. Amons
them was a merchant whom we shail call .
Smiih His real name, and some of the i
circumstances we aie about to t elate, will, 1
doubtless, be recollected by many in St j
Louis, een to-day. He kept an exten
sive mercantile establishment on
strett, and by his enterprise and prompti
tude won the c nlidence of the best houses
in Ihe East and West.
He had a young wife and three little
children. They lived in a neat little vi'.la
in a fashionable portion of the city, and
the neighbors said a happier family did
not exist in the Siate of Missouri.
The crash came ; his debtors were un
able to meet his calls, and as a conse
quence he was unable to meet the de
mands of his creditors His first -esolve
was to make oer the villa to his wife and
family and secure an annuity of $000 a
year for the support of herself and chil
dren, and leave the city secretly. So one
niah? he sallied forth, determined to re
build lna fallen fortunes or perish in the
attempt. Proclamations and rewards
were of no avail, and the universal verdict
was "mysterious disappearance "
Mrs Smilh mourned her husband for
dead for two years, till the wisely conclu
ded it useless to nicuin any more, so she
decided to receive the long proffered at
tentions of William Bradford, an old
bachelor, a companion of her late hus
bmd. Rut her happiness was not destined to
be perpetual, for William Bradford was
afflicted with consumption, and died dur
ing Ihe lat spring. To her and his chil
dren fell his business, which she convert
ed into cash, realizing a sum that placed
hersclfand her children in easy circum
stances. During alt these years what became of
Smith ? He made his way to Montana
and worked in the mines, woere his in
telligence and entetpiise soon put him on
the road to wealih Some years after he
went there the small pox broke out among
the miners, and he caught the infection,
from which he recovered, bnt so pitted
that his mother would not know him.
Lact spiinc he struck a rich vein, and
beheld in Ihe bags of irold dust aronnd him
enough to liquidate nil claim!? against him,
and place himself and his family if they
were Mill in existence in luxury for the
resl cf their days. He sold out, packed
np, and reached St. Louis about the Idt
of Jons.
Preserving an incncni'o, lie inquired fi r
Mrs "Smith." Nobody knew her or
knew of her.
At length he met a person who was
acquainted w'nh the circumstances of Mrs
Smith's second marriage, and when Mrs.
Bradford wa pointed out to him, he re
cognized thp form and features of hid long
lost wife After some difficulty he ob
tained an iiilrivduction to her, and con
cealing his name, nnd Ihe knowledge of
his immense wealth, woed and won her
She gave her consent to lie his, on the
promise that the children d the two pre
vious marriages should be well treated by
him
On last Thursday evening, in the old
villi, a clergyman was summoned to tie
the nuptial knot, when the real name of
the new suitor and his former relationship
were disclosed, and, although the bride
fainlrtd, it was a happy reunion. He
was happy to see his children well grown
in lody, soul and intelligence in the inter
venincr eleven years.
The facts, which we have learned frona
the clergyman who performed th ceremo
ny, are a romance that beats Enoch Ar
den to pieces.
A Good One A Galveston erenMe
man, lately stopping at the Nicholon
House, Bastrop, was in a room recently
occupied by the Agent of the Freedtnan's
Bureau. One evening, Tom, a fieedman,
entered the room to make a fire, and af
ter doing so sat down, crossed hts legs
and made himself at home, smoking and
Spitting in the fire place. The Galves
toni.m asked him what he meant by such
familiarity. Tom looked op in evident
surprise, and immediately arose, hat in
hand, and in his politest manner sai 1 :
"Beg pardon. Masa ! didn't know you
was m gemiutn; thought you wa d Freed
man's Bureau ! .Vcr?, (Jalvebtony Ttxas
If our readers do not think it req-iires
nerve to edit a newspier out Wes', let
them read this, the experience of "one of
them fellers," as told hv himself ; "One
evening it was moonlight, in the summer
time we sat alone in the porch by the
cottage door, hoiding that little whte
hand in a rrentle pressure ; oth srm had
folen round her waist, and a silent ong
of joy, like "the music of the niaht," mnn
on our gonl. Our lip" met in a weet de
licious kiss, and bending sofily to her ea
we whitpered a tale of passionate devo
tion ; we proposed. In a moment she
tore her hand from oura, and. with a look
of ineffable scorn, said: 'What! marry
an editor ? You git out ! We slid "
Tiik tongue offends, aad tUe ears get
' tbe fuffin
AX AMUIilCAW COXVEAT.
Alf INSIDE VIEW HOW THE NUN'S LIVE.
A writer in an eastern monthly has an
article on "With the Nuns," from which
we cut the following account of the con
ventual school at Hochelaga, near Mon
treal. We read :
Within three hundred yards of the St.
Lawrence river, commanding, from its upper
stories, a view . f the city and mountain of
Montreal, the Manila and the Victoria bridge
a vista thirty n.i!esin all directions, of as
Cue a prospect as can be sen in North A
inenoa s:and the church, convent and
sehooi. in a siugle building, with a hund-ed
acres of g'tve and garden attached. This
school ah ne is larger than any female col
lege I know except Vassar the halls, tny
fifteen feet wide by nineteen high ; balconies
am! bay windows in abundance ; on the roof
a promenade-deck covering perhaps an
tig.'itn 01 an acre, surrounded by a balus
trade ; separate study and reciation rooms
for each branch ; every apartment heated
with steam and thoroughly ventilated ; am
ple space and provision for calesthenics and
indoor excrcifes f rurally; restricted of course
in range, but large; organ, twelve grand
pianos, aud all other means for musical ac
complishment of every kind it had at !est
all the instrumentation necessary for the
physical comfort and ae-thetical culture of
its inrnatfs. Tlie two extensive dormitories
were particularly admirable. Here the genius
of Order appeared to reign supreme. The
bed linen on the couches was as white as
swan'n down, a clothes press at the head of
each bed. the contents of which, opened at
random, were f-und arranged with perfect
system am neatness, a sej arate lavatory and
furniture for each pupil in like condition
in a word, a complete expression of j jst tho
habits (for the young ladies attend to all
this themselves), which the best of mothers
try to tiach their daughters, often with very
limited success. As we entered each room,
all the inmates rose, bowed, and remained
standing until we retired. The cultute t f
manners is a specialty at all Catholic school.
A youna woman might come out of euch an
institution a dut ce. but hardly a gawk or a
slattern. And some of us who think it a
quite venial deficiency that a good wife and
mother should be acquainted with the conic
sections of geometry, and the theory of com
pound radicals iu chimistry, will regard the
habit of order, cultivated so assiduously
with regard to both time and tangible things,
at theS" seminaries, os more helpful and val
uable than all the mastery of French and
waxwork, pasta! abbeys, and worsted flow
ers, so patiently and successfully commnai
cated. "Our visit was made on a Sunday after
noon. The girls, scattered through the reci
tation rooms, were rmistly engaged in wri
ting b thfir parents and friends. The spa
cious and elegant reception rrn on the first
floor was fiiled with many happy children
atul their n latives who had come from the
city, or furrier than that, to see them.
Whatever of idolatry may be charged agninst
the ancient faith, there U none on the Lord's
Day. There was pet feet decorum, but all
were as cheeifdl, and many as merry, as if
they h id been at a May party
Ore great attraction of those conventual
s hools is their cheapness. You can educate
your daughter at the beat institution of tho
kind iu Canada for about one third, includ
ing the difference in the currencies, of what
it would cost you at a Protestant seminary
. f a similar grade in the United States-
And with this the Catholic sch-ol will grow
rich at its business, whi'e the Protestant one,
unless amply endowed, is bpgging donations.
The secret of the difference is in the conjoint
vows of celib.tcy and poverty resting on the
nuns. Whatever diversity of views there
may be as to 'he moral value of thise restric
tions, the;e can le none a.s their ecowomy.
The feachern get no salaries for their labor,
and cost their employer the churcb noth
ing but the absolute necessities of a most
frugal l.fe. Those who have had to do with
the building up of Protestar.t church can
realize the suj eiiority of the Roman system
in these particulars. Every brick and beam,
every shovelful of earth and trowelfal i f
mortar ic the Protestant house costs money.
And when the edifice is completed and vt.ti
get a yourg minister, 'without encum
brance.' at a small sa'ary. he marries the
prettiest girl in the congregation withiu a
year, and you are in fra parsonage.- Then,
of course, the sal.iry reur go up, and in 1
little while, besides the minisJer, you wiil bs
supporting the gospel in the skapa of hia
tnationly helpmeet, naif a dozen unpromising
scions and two Irish Citholte servants.
A n ore appaiently cheerful cls of peo
ple than ti e nuns I have yH ti ma. T.iey
seem to have but led with the excitement
most of the annoyances of l:f. 'Tnosa who
do not know us,' sai I one of the superiors of
the Loretto order .o me. 'think our life one
monotonous viil and prayer. If such were
the case W3 should be, without doubt, very
siupid people There are but few minds so
Constituted as to bear the perpetual contem-
; p'atioo of spiritual ml y ets without injury.
' The tr ost of ur dufns are activ?. and suffi
ciently varied to give hen'thful enj tymer.t ti
the d liferent faculties of ti e mind. Ir at
! tendance upon the sick, in ministering in va
rious ways t human want and suffering, in
tea- hing children such knowb-cVe a- will
make them safe and uefnl in this world and
j h ppy in the next, we find areatda.il todo
j besides telling our beads. Why, Mr. .
she amtinu'-d. 'when I a aent from Dub-
, lin, with triers, to establish the Loretto or
der in Canada.it w part of my iristrurticns
' to visit and inspect every chnrch and eon
vent where I stopped on my route, to fa mil -iariz
my.se f with plans, materials and prices,
that I might better understand h.w to erect
a well as conduct a school of this kind. I
htii't thin house.' (a large and slstantial
structure, admirably located.) 'and I think
li well built as far as it goes ; but our order
. in his country v new ar-d poor. If we
had had more mney it would have been lar
ger aud better. "
Hffor yon acquire a taste fjr whisky in
sure your life and take farewell of your jfara
ily. The rertain death which wM:'Cj lir;PfJ
Is only a quei-tion of time. 9 ;a alwavs
bearing surely down unou.his victim, hke a
rV"i liioo iMiUf (a JVS ifitfTi1 '
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