U LEI n LI la 12111 J. W. YOCUM, Editor. VOLUME XLII, NUMBER 11 THE COLUMBIA SPY, 2EItIIS OF SUBSCRIPTION WEEKLY, .1 per year, if paid in advance; six rrionths,Sl i f not paid until the expiration of the year, 32.50 will be charged. ,FIVE CESTS. Will I t nnecl until all arrear v vrr p. unle•is at the option of the editor. I= omtrao, lUU.I be • i 1,1i:4W of thtic• 1 , •Jir..(1,0r [llly ,vll.l 1 P . 1 . " • • • . ..1.1 • ..1 ”.111,71 ly • . 1••••• rt t•i•trlit 4.”ll'`W ••• . fore thi• elaar.4 , •• .I'w ;., orttraat. Transti.”lt rate-4 will charged :ell matter:. o!,hiti , bi •friCiite6,their 411.ii11C4, Ali a lverti,,lel4 will as ator .re? rviertion. ATTORNEYS AT LAW BUZ! GAST S; STEIS.3TETZ, :szorail DUKE ST., LANE STEIi. PA f 1)F. ES II LEM > N, • ((Mice with Hon. 1. E. (-(fester,) No. BS NORTH DIJKIi ST., LA.N . CASTF , I 2 , feb26'o9tf pUILIP D. BAKER, 11 NORTII. DUKE ST., 11,..kNoAsTEit, PA felY2(l-tf A T. .KAUFFMAN, Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining counties. Pensions, Bounty, Back Pav, and all claims xgainst tho government promptly prosecuted. Onlee—No. 2444 Locust street. j YOCUM, eTORNES-AT.LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, COLUMBIA. PA. OFFICE—SPY Building, Bank Stree', near Locust. Collections made In Lancaster and adjoining counties. 'HENRY C. G REBER, Washington street. near Sixth, Reading, Pa. Collections made in Berks and adjoining counties. nov27-tf LT.M. IN.TORTH, L-11- Columbla, Pa. Collections promptly made in Lancaster and 'Cork Counties. THOMAS J. DAVIS, Attorney-at• Law & Notary Public, No. 14 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pa. Professional Business carefully and prompt ly attended to. Coct3o'69-1.1 T 1 P. ROSENMILLER, JR., ATTORNEY-AT-LAW OFFICE.—No. 5 Court Avenue, Lancaster, Pa JOHN M. GRIDER, J USTICE OF THE rEACE, SCRIVENER. .Iz.c. 31ountville, Lancaster County, Pa. Odice Hours from G to 8 o'clock, A. :11., and 7 to r o'clock, P. M. - CLARK, kv_L. JUSTICE OF TIU PEACE. ueel.cE—So. 12 N. rhiril street. .0111ce Hooks—F. oat 6 to 7 A. Xl2. 12 to 1 P.M., Ind troin ti•to 0 P. M. [sop atio-tt w SAMUEL, EVANS, ZUSTICE 01 T LLE PNACE. odic, 01. Set:C -4 O. eLIOWS MIMIS J. S. SMITH., DENTIrst Uraduate of Pennsylvania College of Dental surgery. °Wee. No. 210Loeust street 2nd door above Odd Fellows' fall. Columbia, Penn'a. Dr. J. S smith thanks nis friends and the pub lic in general for their liberal patronage in the past, and assuring them that they can rely upon naVing every attention given to them in the future. In every branch ut his proles:dim he hits always given entire satislaction, lie calls attention to the unsurpassed style nod finish of artificial teeth inserted by him. He treats diseases common to the mouth and teeth 01 children and adults. Teeth tilled with the great est care and in the most approved manner. Ae:iing teeth treated and filled to last 1,,t years. The best of dentralueS and mouth washes con scautly on hand. N. work warranted, sepl-59 J. S. SMITH. D. D. S A J. GULLUK, SURGEON DENTIST, Extracts Teati Without Pain. Nitrous Oxide or laughing Ott' administered. tlr i ICE 2IS LOCUST STREET. se p I 69-1 fw B C. UNSELD, . TEACIIER OF' MUSIC P I A . \ O, ORGAN, MELODEON. CULTIVATION 01 the VOICE and SINGING. Special attention given Beginners and young pupils. 219 LOCUST STREET. sept4-99-Iyw J. Z. 110FFER, . DENTIST. Nitrous Oxide Gas administered in the extrac tion of Teeth, Office— Front Street next door to R. Williams' Drug Store, between Locust and Walnut Streets, Columbia Pa. FHINKLE, . ,t; SURGEON; offers his professional services to the citizens of Columbia and vicinity. He may be found at the When connected with his residence, on Second street, between Cherry and Union, every day. from 7t09 A. M., and Irma 6toB P. M. Persons whiting his services in special cases, between these hours, will leave word by note at his office, or through the post, office. sepl-70 RILA.I. ESTATE AIIENCY The undersigned have opened an office for the purchase and sale of real estate, collection of rents, and the renting of property. Business entrusted to their care NI, - II I meet with prompt and careful attention. F. X. %AEG LEH. oct:3o-'69-tfl A. J. KAUFFMAN. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS EuEdlng, paving and other brick always on hand. They are hand made and superior to any brick In this part of the country. They are of feredat the very lowest price. sep 4-69-tfw] MICHAEL LIPHA ET. LADIES! LADIES! READ! READ! The undersigned haring bought the entire stock of • LADIES' BOOTS SHOES, Di the Store Roo - 11 formerly carried on by SHROEDEtt, No. 148 LOCUST STREET, COLUMBIA, PA., Ie now ready to sell all Rinds of LADIES' lioarrs S GALTERri, MISSES' 130 4 %1's CHILDREN'S 1.1 -A I r.R.S, As Cheap:lS WV WIWI' n'•1211: L. 01L1nA643. La dies' Boots and Gaoler:. made I o in der. *xi_ Repairing of all ki !ph% neatly done. Don't forge' the place Uwe na /teal!! luar !$.1570-tr.7 A. 'I GUN EA. 110'L'L'LS. MEM THIS HOTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED, between the Stations of the 1w:0114:and Celina and Pennsylvania Rattans FRONT STREET. CO LLIM 13.1 A, PA. Amp.e accoznincxlatiwit toe straugvr, Anti Tray eters, The Bar le zauelreel with CHOICE LNUORS, And the Tables furnished with the best lure. UItIAII FINDLEY, Proprietor, sep4-69-tfw] FICA.NKLIN HOUSE, LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA. This is a tirst-elass hotel,.:: ad is in every respect lidapted to meet the wishes and desires of the traveling public. MARTIN ERWIN, sepl-70 Proprietor, L - RE RoTEL., On the European Plan, opposite City Hull Park New York. K. FItENCH, Sept. 19.1868. Proprietor. 711. T YOUR PRINTINGLONE AT the "SPY" Office. .- , -1 • 'Yll'tt.?' ...... • . ~ . , ''' "qtalTC P ' ' ' ' ~. ' ,:...;!. 1 1 4.. ~..... ‘ l / 4.... t • ':4:r, ... ... ~. " '',;.-:;''.:. ".g ..., '",.,:f;,. :fil " . 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Or YOU Call pur,haqe hiLyEli AND tin.VER PLATED FORKS, I , 7NIVEs• eAsTDE-1, GOBLETS, PLT(2llblts, EVI"VEtt VD,4IE:i .szt% &C. FE= AMERICAN CLOCK, w irranted ot the best quality. at a low figure UALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF CHAS. P. SHREINER•S Sept4wtfl No. 1 Front St , Columbia, Pa MEE y B. KEVINSKI, " • DEALER IN PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS GENERALLY. A lasge assevtlneut of Violins, Flines,Gnilass, Banjo , , TamUorines, Accorccons, Files, }tar and musical murchandise always on hand. I- SHEET MUSIC. A large stock On hand, and constantly receiving all the latest pablic-tiows as soon as issued. .Nlusic and Musical Books will be sent by mail free of postage, when the market price is remit ted. Or the Art of transferring Pictures. C u be transferred on any object. I would call special attention of the Coach makers to my stock of Dacalcomania. STEINWAY t SON'S PIANOS, PRINCE & CO'S., & NEEDHAM Sr SON'S CELEBRA ORGANS AND MELODEONS. Sole Agent for Stoll's Unrivaled PIANO FORTE AND FURNITURE POLISH_ Call and examine ray stock at NO. 3 NORTH PRINCE STREET, if P ASPER GREEN, Designer itz Engraver on COLUMBIA. PA. Is prepared to execute Views of Buildings, Ma chinery-, Bill Heads, Posters, Labels, Se., in the neatest and most, expeditious manner, at rea sonable rates. BOOK AND NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATIONS Executed in the Highest Style or Art. may-L.1'704r ANT ATER I' LiOOFS! WATER PROOF WRAP S. We have Water Proof Cl the from Sic. to 4.72.50 bought by the case from first hands. Selling price basted on one small profit only. WATER-PROOF CLOAKS. SHAAVLSUI tS. SERGE SD TS.. BLACK SUFIS. SUITS :NRA.DE TO ORDER. We'have , organized moSt - cfncient Fine Suit and Dress Making Depaa [went. From our greatly enlarged DRESs GO DS stock, litotes can make their selections and have theta made up pr .raptly, economically, and in a s'~•'e to please the most Ihstid ions. Just openei. Sew, SILK POr.LINS, t% (Jul, SERGE'). Ftclills:CD. MERINOS, Szc. New open, by far the largest and most elegant moult. of Shawls and at the most moderate pri ces we I .• ever had. It comprises in part, PAISLEY sHAW LS, IfituCHE HAWLs, dIfATIGiq INDIA, c.f.:YE:R.SII3LE VELOUR. • 0170 MEN STRIPE, NOVEL WOOLEN, LONG AND SQUARE, Life. Famous lines of easimercs,low to finest make. Cluakings of every desfralne kind made. The Woolen Stock is nut excelled in town. • COOPER & CUNARD, 5, E. Corner Ninth and Market Streets, PHILADELPIIIA. Oct.S-70-ly STEAM COACH WOIUC CHRISTIAN MYERS, COLUMBIA STY:IM COACH WORKS! REMOVED TO Nos. 0, II AND 13 NORTH sth STREET. The Carriages, Buggies, made at these Works, are equal in and durability to any other make in the county. CO.A.C}I SMITIIING, REPAIRING, &c. This branch of the business will be attended to with punctuality and despatch. CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, Wagons, &c., for sale or made to order. *L. Call at the Works No. 0. 11 & 13 North Fifth street and examine the stock and prices. seps-60-tfm OPEN ! OPENING I OPENED! AND UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS, B - R, - E, NE M A__N'S THE LARGEST STOCK OF HATS AND CAPS For Men, Youth and Children, ever before oiler ed to the people of Coiumbla, comprising as it does, STY LE and QUALITY In suit and still brim, such as the Warwick, Ida Lewis, Sinbad, Prince Arthur, American Girl, lute, Peerless, Lady Timm, Rowing, Star, Cuban, Waverly, Gilmore, Rob Roy and the Fall style of Silk Hats„ Just out, together with a full stock of FUR,NISHING GOODS, Consisting of W hire and Colored Shirts, Flannel Shirts slid Drswers, English, German and Do Inestic Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Sus penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Cuffs and Col lars, ..te. Also, UMBRELLAS AND CANES Parties who favor as with their patronage are assured that. It will be our constant attn to uteri their conlldenee and .upport. Call 111(1 tne our well selected stuck at lit low , BE EN EM AN'S xo, 11.. Locust Street, Columbia, Pu 0ct9:69-13' I, 1 A NI f I,l' GROCERIES Just received, at the line Grocery Establish silent, corner ard and Cherry streets, the follow ing new Goods: SUGAR. CURED RAM , AND DRIED BEEP lELLIEs, PRE74.10. Hu:sIEY. PEAUHES. ATO ES. ENGLISH' P ICR L W i:ssLOWS 6 ICEEN CO ItIN, Together with a very fine iti.ortment of Family Groceries, of all kinds A LARGE LOT OF' :NEW YOILE CANDLES, Oranges. Lemons, Figs, Raisins, Cocoanuts, and White Wine Vinegar. Extra Family Flour, Mercer Potatoes, Rio and Java Coffee, fresh roasted, Loyering's Syrup, ctc. Goals received almost daily. WM. H. HARDSLUV, Srd and Cherry Sts. isepi-M-tlw) Columbia, Pa. liirs CE L L A _NE 0 US. SHREINER'S Li THE PLACE W ITCII r THE LOWEST PRICI, Then lI you are In \V NT OF 'I IME yon can buy any Inuel DACALCOMANIA, 113 LANCASTER, PA THIS DAY, THIS WEEK,. 12S Locust Street, GENTS' A.T HARDMAN'S ! ~•REE\ PEAS £c., do FOREIGN FRUITS, COLITMBIA., PA., SATURDAY MORIN - ENG-, IoTOV - T2,AII3IER, 3, 1870. MIS CELLANEO US. NEIV POITE.H.Y. — The undersigned have opened up a Pottery in Elbow Lane, between Filth and Sixth Sts., sign of the Big Jug, where they will nil all or ders in this line of business. The patronage of the public solicited. sepltPly] WESLEY, S\VI ENY& BRO. NO. 13 G EoRGE BUGLE, DEALER IN LU3IBEII OF DESORIPTIONS •nnee—Front Stre;...t. between Loeusrond Union CIOLUMBIA MARBLE kVORKs %,,/ The Subscribers would respectfully Inform the citizens of Columbia, and surrounding country, that they have opened A NEW MARBLE YARD IN COLUMBIA, On sth Street, between Locust and 'Walnut Sts. and asic the patronage or the public. They have lid great experience on fine work, both in Philadelphia:ma New York. They will furnish In the highest std loot' the art. handsome GRAVE STONES, MONUMENTS, " STATUARY, ORNAMENTS, ate. also MARBLE MANTLES, BUILDIRG WORK. Sze. Orders promptly attended and executed at deeper rates than elsewhere. Call and see m Designs of new styles 01 Fine work, such as monumental ,tine &c., will be furnished parties upon application to the proprietors. septt-on- tfw HEFTING & MEAL. CHALLENGE! I=l 8300 REWARD 1 x !I!FEIbS who go about as Ids tasters and spies, has pu neatly pronounced my BEER to be of an Infe rior q malt:. to his own, I make the following proposition: Let samples of the beer brewed and offered for Sale by myself. and that sold by the person alluded to. be subjected to chemical analysis, and a decision made by properly qual ified Judges upon the relative quality of the flyer. - In case the decision be made against my Beer, I v.lll agree to pay to my compel liar the above Reward, provide he will agree to forfeit the same solo to be paid to Inc in case tile de cision be in my favor. \Vill my Challenge be accepted ':' 111 LARY ZAEPFIIII, Seplo-i t) Bit 1-1 V ER. PETER FRALEY, CUSTOMER Boot and Shoe Maker, No. 161 LOCUST STREET, French Calf Boots & Shoes Of the finest material and most elaborate workmanship. At FRALEY'S, 161 Locust direct, 0c.6,16:63-15 BOOTS & SPIOES, Nlade with a view to great durability and neat ness and yet at very low prices At FRALEI"S.I6I. Locust Street. Those who find it dlfficalt to get Boot% to fit comfortably, are especially invited to call and leave their orders At RALE S. All hinds of Bootq and Shoes, for Men s wear, made to order at short notice, At FRALEY'S. 161 Locust Street. MCri's Boots and Shoes very neatly repaired At .F.RALEI" S, 161 Locust St. L. C.,..MAY. C. H. ,EILW.V. MAY EM,WIN'S - - BOOK - STORE': - 1,70. 105 LocusT STREET, COLUMBIA, Pi, Have jtv-t received a large invoice of SCHOOL BOOKS, COPY BOOKS, SLATES. INKS, PEN HOLDERS scnoLAH's COMPANIONS And everything connected with the School Department. SCMOOL DIRECTORS, TEACH ERS, PA RENTS And COUNTRY DEALERS Are respee.fully incited to call and examine our stock. We oifer unsurpassed discounts to School Directors, Teachers, and Country Deal ers. such as cannot be had at any other Book Stole in the county. Also, on hand au innu merable variety of POCKET BOOKS, wALLETs, BLANK BOOKS, MEMORANDUM BOOKS, LETTER CLIPS, MILERS 'WRITING DESKS, MUCILAGE, OIL PAINTS CAP, LETTER, NOTE AND JELL As well as evtlything else usually kept in a tirst-clas:. Book Bou,e Next door to Pose Office, Locust Street Cull and see for yourselves. :Co trouble to show our goods. SCHOOL Wlll open on Monday morning next, and all Scholars must be provided with the necessary SCHOOL BOOKS, COPS BOOKS, SLATES, INK, PEN HOLDERS, PENS SCHOLAR'S COMPANIONS, And all Klnthi of BODES Used in our Public awl Private Schools The pupil:, of the Select Schools, of the JtteU tote, 01 the Borough tiehools, 01 the Schools in the surrounding township. and towns are in vited to call AT Wright's Cheap Book Store. And make desirable purchases School Directors, Teachers, Parents , Scholars, Con niry Dealers, soil everybody are n cited to examine our stock. Discount to Directors and Teachers. POCKET BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, CAI'. LET TER, NOTE ANB BILL PAPER, WRIGHT'S, No. 263 Locust Street, ("1 1( EAT xxi„TrEm ENT A3l ONGST )1 - (~ROCERYMEN: How eau good GOODS be :old s, cheap, is th question. ATTENTION ITO K EEPERS. SUGARS, TEAS, MEAT, COFFEE, FRUITS, FISII, SPICES, CHEEsE, FLOUR. SALT, &c., &c., Provisions of all Rinds, together with Wood ud %Vil low-ware and &lass and Queenswa re. Switzer and Lim Berger Cheese, German Fruits:. &c. SUGAR CURED HAMS S. DRIED lIEEF. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PICKLES. Fresh Peaches, and all the Fancy Groceries per mining to a well regulated Grocery Store. I am determined not to be surpassed In cheap ness and in the excellent quality of my goods. Jar Call around and inspect our stock whet lie you buy or not. A share of public patronage is solicited. sepl-69-trwq L OCUST STREET PROPERTY FOR SALE. I offer nt Private Sale the property adjoining the residence of Robert Ilrmtlltoil. consisting of the houses Nos. 213 and 219. Inquire at 219 Lo cust st. MRS. It. SCREIDECICER. 2t, COLUMBIA, PA COLUMBIA., PA INKSTAND PORT F0L10 , ,, PAPER of all Al Ways on hand at COLUMBIA, PENN'A MAX IttiCIIER, ::19 Locust Street "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS BEADING, NOR', ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." ~,OEiCI~. VOICES I= Spirit VOICC., how they haunt us, IVailing sldly through the blast ; Voices which mig,irt, once enchant us, Sounding from the iiS t past. An • we bend the car to listen, Whirst than,• tones conic swoeplng by ; And the gathering tear drop; glisten, Heaves the bosom With a sigh. Voices of the clear departed, Who have Journeyed hand in band With us through this vale of sorrow, And have reached the bettor laud. A nil we leel that all these heart Ilnle9, From life's golden chain were riven, lint to strengthen the bright cable Leading from this earth to Heaven. Rifled from our earth's horizon ; Called from sorrow,care and sin ; Leaving little vacant Places, But to let God'sglory lii : And the sound comes sad but softened Wallina through life's dreary blast, Voices ever dear to raem'ry, Sounding from the dreamy past. In the past sounds glad, light voices Of the dear ones gone before, Who have crossed the gloomy river, And are waiting on the shore. Walling, till the veil is lifted Which conceals the better land, And unto the heavenly City We inay jou racy hand in hand. Soon shall come the joyous meeting With the hearts unburied dead, They, who in lire's sunny morning, From our side Lave upward lied. 'Till shall dawn that day Immortal, Let us trusting, 'watch and wait, They have passed the golden Portal We but linger at the gate. Nistrliancouo itending DEATH AT THE OCEAN BOTTOM Discovery of a Buried Torpedo Boat off Char leston—Nine Skeletons at the Wheel—A Dead Captain with a Candle in his Hand—Re markable Career of a 'Remarkable Craft. In 1564 the fleet of Admiral Farragut was blockading Mobile,while a heavy land and naval attack was directed against Charleston. During our long defensive war a great deal of ingenuity had been expended by the Confederates upon torpe does and torpedo boats. The most remark able of these boats was constructed in Mobile by Messrs. 11.undly & MeClintoel: , and launched in 1864; and nothing which has gone down into the sea was more wonderfully or more fearfully contrived to wreak destruction and vengeance upon friend and foe. She was built of boiler iron, and impervious to water orair. ller extreme length was about thirty feet,with five or six feet beam, and about five or six feet depth of hole. In general contour she resembled a cigar, sharp at both ends. She was propelled by a screw, the shaft of which ran horizontally along her hold, almost from stern to stern, and was turn ed by the manual force of eight memseat ed along it on either side. 'The only hatch way was circular, about two feet in di ' ameter, with tr- , low com'bing- around, it, which was placed well forward, and when desired could be closed by an iron cap working on hinges and made air-tight. In the forward part of this cap WaS in serted a clear glass bull's eye, through which the pilot could see. She was pro vided with water-tight compartments, by filling or emptying which she would sink or rise, and to enable her to rise instantly her ballasting of railroad bars was placed on her bottom, outside of her hull, and means of keys accessible to her crew could be detached in a moment, so that she would rise quickly to the surface. Besides the rudder, which was of the usu al form, this vessel was equipped with side paddles or fins, which like those of a fish, served to guide it up or down with refer euce to the surface of the water. To pre pare for action a floating torpedo was se cured to her stern by a line more than one hundred feet long, and her crew having embarked, the water tanks were filled until the boat was in equilibelo and al most submerged. The hatchway was closed, the men re volved the shaft, the captain or pilot, standing under the hatch, steered the boat, regulating at the same time, by the action of her lateral fins, the depth at which she should move. Her greatest speed did not exceed four knots. She could remain submereged for half an hour or an hour, without any great incon venience to her crew, and on one occasion has been known to remain under two hours without any actual injury to them, although no means were provided for pro curing fresh air, and from the moment the hatch was closed the meu thus fasten ed to their living tomb inhaled and ex hausted continously the atmosphere which was inclosed with them. The plan of attack proposed by the inventors was to dive beneath the keel of an enemy's ship, hauling, the torpedo after her. Its triggers or sensative printers would thus press against the ship's but- tom, explode the torpedo and inevitably sink the ship. Not anticipating .in early opportunity of using this dangerous vessel against the fleet of Farragut, Gen. Maury sent her by rail to Gen. Beauregard at Charleston, believing the waters of that harbor bet ter suited to her peculiar construction, while in the Ironsides, or some other gi gantic war ship then attacking Charles ton, might be found an object worth the• great risk to which her own crew was ex posed in any enterprise they might under take. Gen. Beauregard changed the ar rangement of the torpedo by fastening it to the bow. Its front was terminated by a sharp and barbed lance-head, so that when the boat was driven end on against a ship's sides, the lance-head would be forced deep into the timbers, below the water line, and would fasten the torpedo firmly against the ship! Then the torpedo boat would back off and explode it by a landyard. Gen. Beauregard's call upon the Confederate fleet for volunteers to man this dangerous craft was promptly answered by Lieut. Payne, a Virginian, and eight sailors, They were soon ready for action, and on the evening set for their expedition, the last preparation had been made. The torpedo boat was lying along side the steamer for which the crew had embarked ; she was submerged till the combing of her hatch alone was visi ble above the water. Her commander, Payne, was standing in the hatchway, in the act of ordering her to be cast off, when the swell of a passing steamer roll ed over her and sunk her instantly, with her eight men, in several fathoms of water. Lieut. Payne sprang out of the hatchway as the boat sank from under him, and he alone was left ❑live. In a few days she was raisd and again made ready for service. Again Payne volun teered, and eight men with him. The embarkation for their second at tempt was made from Fort Sumter, and as before all having been made ready, Payne, standing at his post in the hatch way, ordered the hawser to be cast off-- when the boat careened and sank instant ly. Payne sprang out ; two of the men followed him ; the other six went down in the boat and perished. Again the boat was raised and made ready for action, and her owner, Capt. Ifundley, took her for an experiment trip into time Stone river, where, after going through her usual evolutions, she dived in deep water, and for hours, and for days the return of poor Mindley and his crew was watched t‘t;r and looked for in vain. After near a week's search she was found inclining at an angle of forty degrees ; her nozzle was driven deep into the soft mud at the bot tom. Her crew of nine dead men were standing, sitting, lying about her hold asphyxiated. Mindley was standing dead at his post, a candle in one hand, while the other had grown stiff with death in his vain eflorts to unclamp the hatch. Others had been working at the keys of the ballast. but the inclination at which the boat had gone down had jammed the keys so that the men conhl not cast off the heavy weight which held them down. Their deaths had been hard and lingering. Again this fearful vessel was made ready for action, and volunteers being called for, Lieut. Dixon, of the twenty first Alabama volunteers, a native of Mo bile, and eight men volunteered to take her against the enemy. The new and powerful war ship Housatonic was se lected for attack, and on a quiet night.as brave a crew set out from Charleston in this terrible, nameless torpedo boat as ever manned craft before. We all knew the fate of the fousat on ic. Wave Dixon guided the torpedo fairly against her. the explosion tore up the great war ship's sides, so that she want down with nearly all her crew with in two minutes. The torpedo vessel also disappeared forever from mortal v iew.— Whether she went down with her enemy, or whether she drifted out to the sea to bury her gallant dead, was never known. and their fate was left till the great day when the sea shall give up its dead. lint within a few weeks past divers in subma rine armor have visited the wreck of the Housatonic, and they have found the lit tle vessel lying by her huge victim. and with her are the bones of the most de voted and daring men who ever went to war. Tho 'Battles of 'rao reply to an assertion that (loner:0 Lee, at the beginning of .the 'Wilderness 'eampaigd, had only .50,000 men under his command, .while General Grant had three tinut — that , Truniber,iGenxeal naii.erta -has written a letter to the London . Standard. the paper that made the statement. Ire says that all the - original documents, still in existence. which once belonged to the Southern War 011ieo, are in the possession of the United States Goverment, having y the express direction ofdefferson Davis heel' surrendered by Joseph E. Johnston to Lieutenant Gendral Sherman. From a protracted mid careful examination of these captured documents. and of the pri vate and official papers of General Grant the following statement have been collet ed of the forces engaged in the Wilder ness campaigns. The field return of General Lee of April oth. 1564, gives 5:3.891 men present for duty. but dose not include the strength of Long streets Corps. Longstrect joined Lee after April Oth. and prior to the battle of May sth, in the Wilderness. General j..ongstreet's field return of the nearest to . 1\ fay sth. shows 15.:387 men pre sent fur duty, so that 71.278 men were under Lee's ordeas at the battle of the Wilderness. At the same time, the whole force, as shown by the tiohl returns. pre sent for duty under Grant was 9S.01!I or a preponderance in favor of grant of 25,741 soldiers. General Iladcan sacs that the caleulation:tliat Grant had three times as many nien as Lee has been worked out by omitting Longstreet's Corps altogether from the estimate, and by giving only Lee's forces present for duty on the Ra pidan; while in reckoning Grant's num bers, not only those present Inc duty are counted but also the sick and the extra duty 111191. whirl gu to 111:11“ . up the Lfuuul total, The London Standard also asst.) is that Lee marched out of Richmond at its fall 011 April 2.d. :26.11110 uten. it 1.- 1 ply is thisassertion Generol Badeati states that Lee's field return made in February and signed with his own hand. gives -19.094 men as present for duty. and 73,::-19 as total. The return did not include the local militia of Richmond and the cress of the gunboats on tlm.lanmes river, tnito ZUNI who werealways placed in the trench es to resist assults. In battle of Five Folks and the subsequent assaults ‘vhicli led to the capture of Richmond. it is esti looted that Lee may hale lost Dimoo sol diers. so that he must have moved out of Richmond with at least 400.000 111011. The London Standard 1150 assorts that SOOO men were surrendeoed by Gen. Lee at Appomatox C'ourt !louse, inn reply to this, it is stated that the official records show t h at :17.410 soldiers were actually paroled at that place. besides the tens of thousands of members of Lee's artily who came in afterwarns and surrendered as prisoners of war. Gen Iladean, who was present at the surrender, says that after the capitulation was signed. Gen. Lee immediately repnested Gen. Grant to supply the prisoners with food. as they lath been living for several days on two ears of Indian corn a day. In reply t 4, inquiry as to the number of troops under his command, Gen. Loo said he could not tell, as he had received no returns for several days, and as his troops had been killed, wounded and captured in such numbers. that he could form no estimate It WilS, however agreed that '5,01a) ra tions should be issued daily, but it was soon ascertained that this number was far from suftleient. Holly Springs. JCiss.. has two jug fac tories and one temperance society. Connecticut lakes are drying up The Palace of the Tuilieries The Turneries, having long been the principal imperial palace in Paris, has always been a place of great interest to the public. Queens have lived within its lltagliitleent apartments, mobs have riot ed through them, and courtesans have held their revels within them. Its walls have echoed back the mush. of laughter and themonns of the dying. Itstloors have been covered with costly carpets and with human I It is a palace of contrasts —a sort of royal and republican theatre, alternately. in which life dramas are acted in earnest. Less than two months ago the princi pal characters with the Tuilleries were Napoleon,Prinee Louisand Eugenie. .But they have gone and their imperiai retinue has gone with them. The French Court has been scattered before the an ger of another revolution. Now, in place of court ladies and gentlemen, citizens sans cullottes roam through the apart ments of the palace at their will. But no wonder that the palace of the Tuil levies has such a varied history. It was built by Catharine de Medicis, tyhose o.alue is execrated hy the good and bad alike. and whose baseness proves how deep it is possible for woman to fall when she once gives herself over to sin. ()vet.. three hundred Sears have elapsed since she began this famous palace, and dining that time the most startling and terrible transactions have 'transpired within its walls, but none of them can equal the infernal coolness with which Catharine de Medieis prepared a ballet, in the pal ace, eight years after the foundations ) were laid, which was allegorical of the horrible massacre on St. Brtholomew's day - , which she knew ty.ts 1,0 follow- a few days afterward. When the cable dispatche, brought the intelligence that the mob was rioting: through the palace of the Turneries. destroying portraits of the - Imperial fam ily, :Ind ever thing which gave sugge tion or Napoleon, it seemed to us as though the old tragedy of 179:2, so well known in history, was being re-enacted. when the mighty struggle of the French Eevolution began, when Louis was condemned to death by a government which committed fearful crimes in the name of Liberty, and sacked the palace or the Tuilleries, as a place to be forever hat«l. At last a man appeared who gave ;t new coloring to the history of Fiance. Na poleon I, tool: up his residence at the Tuilleries, and no mob dared disturb :-.ittbsequently, in IS3o.when Charles N. was on the throne of France, revolu tion again raged in Pails. and again the mob hou led through the Turneries. until Louis Philippe, then Dulie of Orleans. - vas proclaiincil. King by the Chamber of Deputies. Then Louis Philippe occupied the Tuillerie , .. But - when he became un popular, mid the revolution of ISIS broke out, agaill the mob invaded the Imperial palace. And now that Napoleon ILL has fallen from his thAirrof power, the - mob - again entered the Tuilleries, finding spec ial pleasures in venting their rage and detestation for Imperialism by -4uching the palace. :Napoleon 1 1 I. expended over live 'Mi llin; of dollars. on the palace of the Tuil leries while he was liutht•ror of France. in connecting it with the palace of the Louvre. It was probably the lutist mag nificent royal residence in the world. But. magnificent as it was. its name had all humble origin- - Tuilleries being de rived from the fact that all the tiles (lwilt'..•) used itt I'ari, were formerly n a on it, site.•' But while the palace of the• Tuilleries remains standing. Imperial longings to occupy its splendid apaltmunt:-, will never cease. It will be a constant reminder to the Orh•auists of their• claims to the throne:—and the Prince Imperi a l. though now a mere boy, will ever forget that lie too once lived withiuit. :Strange though the suggestion may semmwe do nut believe that a French Republic can It mg exist widie such palaces as the l'uilleries and Louvre remain upon their foundations.—Sm*.tcose .h on •u„i. Bismarck a..; a Soldier l'he world may soon have an opportni ty latent' whether Juisinzircl: is as valiant in the field as he is NVily :1110 sagacious in l'ollllSel. A dispatch says he has assumed command of his regiment of ernira,zier , and is now with the army of the Rhine.— \\ O con give our testimony to his peNtrll - appearance as a soldier. having w it nes,ed his bearin..; and horsemanship up on the occasion. a few years ago of a re view of troops on the Bois de Boulogne, Avliere Napoleon. the line , of Prus sia, and the C'zar Nvere likewise present. Bism.ircl:. tall, stalwart. impassive, ac coutered ill a white uniform. his feet and legs incased ill a pair of IVellington hoots. mid ;rearing a silver helmet. presented as soldierly a specimen as a contloi,:.•tir ttould crisp to Bare upo n. Sixty thousand infantry. artiller and cavalry were in the field that day. awl as the squadrons came dashing by in front Id that august quartette. no one in all that brilliant array. " lool:ed - the warrhw more Ilorou,Llythan the ••Inan itt white... Ile sat upon his jet blac1:: steed. firm ;1 , a rock. and from beneath the bars tf his vi7or his large grayish blue eyes sena iniz cd the deploying column with the keen nessand gravity of a field marshal. Often did we hear the question VII i,Perell through the crowd of spectators: •• Won der \Vimt llisinarck is thinking about? - It would have been a hard question to an swer if \ve had nothing but that calm, grave face to.judgefroin—so full of intelli gence. and yet utterly beyond all inter pretation. While the crowd yet wondered. the horse of a notch eitu. , s, - er, :Muted per chance by the roar of guns ;it the other side of the plain. broke front the c 4 Munn and bore down in the direction of the white figure. — plunging ;is if he would tread the silent horseman under foot. 'l'hc danger ciao lnuuh•ed: Of necks were stretched to note the result. but the grave countett:uu•e betrayed not the lea,t emotion. nor did the calm, thoughtful e2. - es once glance round a, an aiddecatnp spurred forward and seized the enraged animal by the bridle. and turned its head in the direction of the line of march. A feeble cheer greeted the at. but the sentiment of all was expressed in the remark of au Em , lislunan- - ..1 cool fellow, that Bismarck. - --V. C,,,ibice ,;(,/..-Idro•Us,e. 92,00 Per 'Year, in Advance; $2.50 if not Paid in Advance. Swells.4h Superstitions. Iu certain parts of Sv. - eeden, it hen the bride conies home from church, her mother meets her at the house door, and slips a piece of sugar or a coffee bean into her mouth, which is supposed to have the ef fect of 'teaching her economy. There is a popular belief that a WOITIaII kill all\ ays have a distaste for the first thing that she cats after marriage ; and therefore it is thought right to set her against such ex pensive luxuries as coffee and sug.tr. It hardly needed a ghost from the grave or a popular superstition to tell us that. '•1 SeVCIal couples are married at the same time, ill luck will attend one or the other ' of them," for it would hestrange if among many families all were to be favored. We are told that children born on Sunday do not live long; but, if they do survive. they will be able to discover ghosts and to de stroy dragons that keep watch over hidden treasures. The moment a child is born. its parents hurry it oil to be baptized, thinking that Satan has power over it till the ceremony is performed. Mr. Lloyd himself bears witness to the existence of this superstition. Ire was once taking shelter for the night at a cottage. in the depth of wild forests. during the coldest part of the winter. During the night a c Mild was born in the cottage, and - two or three hours later, was carried off to the clergyman's house, several miles away, the thermometer being far below zero -I.lne of the VIStIIIVIS i:Cl4l,lle.atli witli SV:i±oi.- 1:,11 funerals is that a small looking-glass is placed iu the collie of an unmarried fe male, so that when the last trump sounds she may be able to adjust her tresses be fore she stands at the bar of the great tri hunal. The :strangest superstitions On the subject of diseases are that dropsy is only curable \ 'dine the patient's mother is alive, and that toothache is cured by rubbing the tooth with a nail, and then driving the Dail into a growing tree. The result of this is that the toothache is transfened to Ilk) tree so long as it con inues growing: lint if any one cuts down or injures the tree, he will have the tooth :lt-he. No doubt the groans it some times proceed from trees, and of which Disraeli has given a catalogue in one of his novels. are caused by this inheriteP Pain. Munn!: still weather it is not felt. led high winds make it more poignant. to:1 Tighe, liools WOUld ikt like tt'W kllO NVII4) Ow man was who lust invested tin. hoots. Ile must hey bin a narrow and eon trakted If he still lives. I hope he ItI: , repented ov his sin. or iz enjoying grate agony ov smite kind. . , I het• bin in a great nu•nny tile spots in my life, lint generally conlel manage to make them average : Lut there is no such thing as making a pair ov tite boots aver age. Yu Rant git, an average on the pinch ov a tile boot, enny more than you kan un the bite off• a lobster. Enny man who kan wear a pair ov tite hoots and be unible, and penitent, and not indffigi. in profane literarure, will make a good liusliand. Ae will do more than that. lie will do to di?ide up into several lust klass hus bands and be made to answer for a whole naberhood. Oh ! for the pen ov departed Wm. Shak :Tenn,. to write an suathetna te4ainst tite hoots that would malie an anshunt Nome malw up and howl agin, az she did once 'before uu :t previous ocicashun. 011 ! for the strength ov Ilerkules. to care into slut strinv,s all the cite boots ov treashun,and :-,hatter them to the :7; winik ov heaven. Oh ! for the holy fly Venus, tew mak( logg foot Itawlsome, witholtt a tits hoot onjit. Oh ! for the payNlinnee ov Jut,, the Ap4rstle, to nuns a tight hoot and bless it. and even pra for the size smaller, and nuwe pinehful. (Ai ! for t pair ov hoots big multi for the foot or a mountain. - I hey bin led into the above assortment —ol's . ' from having in my possesshun. aL this moment. a pair ov number nine hoots, with a pair Of number eleven feet in them. feet are iz n dogs the filq. time In‘ Near.; n muzzle. I think mi feet well evcittunlly choke tlio loots t., death. I live in hopes they will. 1 supposell l had lived long enough not t ()IR , phoolve again in this way.but i have found that :1 pound OV reason goes a big Nvay, especially when a man mistake-4 a r(,ilt for a .mall one. ..Ivoid tits bouts.. nit friend•, as you mould the devil. for many a mail has caught, for life a fast 1:11.e 'lrbit of swear ing by eneourageing his feet to hurt hiz Loots. I have promised nil tlvo feet. at lea-4 a 0,,,,en of times ditring tni eliecktired. life, that they never Aioulil be strangled agin. Legit I find the•ut to-day az fill ov pain, :17. the stuninink aRe front attack 1/v Lite ))11,)1.;. But thi, i, :olintily the lard pair of till Louts i PVer Will ever wear: t v. ill here after wear boots as I teet• if i have to a barefooted to glo it. I inn too old and too re , pectable to be a phool catty more. lii‘ty boot, if ono ON" 11s• 111 , :111i1 . S of 11111 i u•11:11 tho /1111cr itixiiiy is 1,111 )1110W 11-1 I earl% provide4l i can git rid 01, - this pair u• l ife Lonl.. Enny man haul I/NV(I 1111'111 for 511:111 i1011111*:-, ju-d half what they ko.d. and if they don't wake his feet alto %Ins' than an atitzlP ‘vorin in hot ashes, he needn't pay for them. :Metliti.,•ll.); ix the only man i %an kali to mind now who onilit have ali, , r(led ti hay woro [lto hoots ;Intl enjoyed thew : he ha l a groat 110 . . 11 funs tots 1)1. 1111S1.1'111110 iu. lint 1110 11 , 0 N (111y4. iz 1.,),) 1411,11 t, and too full of aktual 11i1.Zille i to 0,001 11lYay onny ov it olt t ite 110 , ./1.. 'rite 1)001 4 1 aro an insult to envy - nintonstaintintzs. Ile who wear , t ito boots 1%111 hay ,. to acknowledge 1.110 corn. Tito lung; liavo no I.owelq of nier , y. their are wrath and proini , hious Itewaro of tito S,011: wth.,le teacher .bnce that -th, art intx u \ eqiiires the pereclite the Sell , i• d any all in tin. Ismiwii ttltielt an wiit.n voininciits in tlii. 1111111154 . 1' '•Thv pal..{{,hittut new-ipapvr. awl inal:ing. it pay, and at tin• tinn•inakin2 . iii , itt-,ll‘llllin*liii4lier than a kilt.... Dri:ixi; a reeitativn on natural hi•tory in one ,kt 1.111 ,, wn c“llege , . ,tlt tient_ in the In r,uit of knowlege int!: till'aniwalx...:ud : .t ,at. hat• eating% tuin her livad lint one way and then the otin•r?'' "V. , r the rea,i , n," rephefl the prole,,or. "drat cannot turn it 1“.1.11 was, at OEM luau BILLIxo , saga that - one 0 V the hardest things for any man to do, is to fall on the ice when it et , and then git up and praze the Lord.- NVOlit y driiikinz foun tains. [WHOLE NUMBER, 20,Sn LrrEmAL AxswEns.—.A. lady noticed a boy sprinkling salt on the sidewalk to take off the ice, and remarked to a friend, pointing to the salt : "Now, that's benevolence." "No it ain't," said the boy, somewhat indignantly, "it's salt." So when a lady asked her servant girl if the hired man cleaned. off the snow with alacrity, she replied : •'',NO, ma'am, he used the shovel." The same literal turn of mind which we have been illustrating, is sometimes used intentionally, and, perhaps, a little maliciously, and thus becomes the prop erty of wit instead of blunder. Thus we hear of a very polite and impressive gen tleman who said to a youth in the street : "Boy. may I inquire where Robinson's drug store is?'' "Certainly, sir,•' replied the boy, very respectfully. ••Well, sir," said the gentleman, after waiting a while. -where is it?'' I havn't the least idea, yer honor,•' said the urchin. There was another boy who was ac costed by :In ascetic middle aged lady ME "Voy, I want to go to Dover street. — ••Well, ma'am, why don't you go then? One day, at Lake George, a party of gentlemen. strolling among the beautiful islands on the lake, with bad luck, espied a little fellow with red shirt and straw lint, dangling a line over the side of a boat. "Halloo. Loy," said one or them. what we you doine —Fishing," came the answer. —Well, of course," said the gentleman, but what didyott catch? "Fish, you fool ; what do you s'pose*." .1 Lady's Opinion of Picnic:: A. young lady having been invited to attend a picnic, thus declines, which will be found to be but the experience of a great many people : If to broil, and to bake, and to butter: to bottle, to slice, and to pack ; to get off before you are ready, and before you are ready comeback; if taking a seat ona pie dish, and losing your meat in the grass; and having bugs,drop in your pudding,and snails take a bath in your glass ; if toads holding hop on your sandwich, a beetle inspecting your bread,when brambles and thorns catch your feet. and worms pelt dots n on your head; if scattering in every direction to seek for foliage and cover, and lind yon have been outstripped by some Sarah .Tane and her lover if in get ting up all the fragments of such arcadi an rest you can't tell whether it was most like an entertainment for man or for beast : if that kind of thing is enjoy ment. in longer or shorter measure, and you're simple enough to believe it so,why then help yourself to the pleasure ; but for me (I speak from experience, the sub ject I've closely persued), the reply will he found in the scriptures. "I pray you to hold me excused." THE following story is from the the N. 0. Picayune : handsome youth of is a few days since appeared before a magis trate to be married. accompanied by a sombre-looking female. middle-aged and dressed in black. ••ls this your mother ?* inquired the magistrate. "Oh, no. sir t his k the lady I desire to marry :* replied the youth. as the lady drew aside her veil, disclosing a comae nanCL: wrinkled mot sere. but on which, for the moment.gleamcd a snit of iey But. arc you .11 . :Ige?" Not t : hut tlii, lady I:: itly guar- File rate Iva, ill a quatlary• thi, rather a stranp.4 union ?" lie "Not at ail. — oplied the expectant bride. — 1 hays a largo amount of prop erty which I desire to leave this young man. As I have relatives Nvho might dis pute the will were Ito give it him :is :1 legacy. I prefer to worry hinh— ' "Awl you aro content to marry this WOM:111 her money ?" m-kod the jw.- floe. 1.401 , W1Ct ii Mr q hce (l ay - thhiy .'" frankly replied. the laic Ulcer. ••: 4 11e pretty." Ca:lyie a. Fashicnable Religic= A writer in rfariiir for November tells a good thin, of that brasque old intellec tual giant. Carlyle, who hates sham as liew_imes an honent. Switchman. A lady of fasliiuuable religious Habits.. was be wailing to him the wickedness of the Je‘‘s in not receiving the savior. and ex pressing n.gret that Ile had not appeared in our Dine, ending IT saying. — now de lighted we should all he to throw our doors open 14. Him. and listen to his di vine precepts Don't toil think so, Mr. Carlylo ?•• The answer of the sturdy old II ilo-lol'iler embraces a lesson for many "prof. ssors. •• Said he, "No madam, I think, had ho come very fashionably dressed. with plenty of money. and preach ing doctrines palatable to the higher orders. I might have had the honor of re ceiving from you a card of invitation, on the back of which would be written, "lb nicct eior ;" but if he had come ut tering sublime precepts mid denouncing the Him isees, and associating with the Publicans and lower order:. as Ire did. cite Wl , ldd have treated Him much as the .Jews did, and have cried out. — Take him to Newgate and hang him !" IT is An old quip upon women that they cannot keep secrets; but the fact is. that they are the only part of humanity that can. A wife keeps a husband's secret in compa raldy safer than he does hers. We calculate that there is one drunken wife to about four hundred and ninety nine drunken husbands. In gambling, licen tiousness, lying. cheating, hypocrisy and covetousness. there is pretty much the same proportion. Yet of the four hundred and ninety nine wives, four hundred con ceal. cover up, silently endure the terrible secret. while the outs husband mourns over his wife's frailty in the study of his pa,tor, or to the ear of his friend, and probably complains of it to a court of law . It is the same between brother and sister. The secrets a woman talks about are of the kind that are unimportant and mostly agreeable to hear. lint of serious secrets she is reticent as the grave. That is our observation, and in our various relations of physician. minister and unordained lawyer. we have had room for a great deal of observation.—Boltimore Chrinfaa Adrecofr.
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