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THE OLD CLOCK.
'Oh 1 Om vld, old clock, of the household dock,
Wes the brightest thing and neatest ;
Ills bands, though old, had a touch of gold,
And lto 'Mimeo rang still the sweetest.
Vvras a monitor, too, though its words were few,
Yet they lived through nations altered ;
And ite voice, still etrong, warned old end young,
When the Voice of friendship faltered '
•
It said—"quick , quick to be d,
for ten I've given warning ;
Up, up, and go, or else, you / know,
You'll never rise soon In the morning."'
A friendly voice was that old clock,
As It stood In the corner smiling,
And blessed the time with a merry chime,
The wintry hours beguiling;
lent a 01 OM old voice was that tiresome clock,
As It Galled at daybreak boldly,
'When the dawn looked grey o'er the minty way,
And the early air blew coldly;
"Tick, tick" It said—"quick out of bed,
For five I've given warning;
You'll never have health, you'll never get wealth,
IJuless you're up soon in the morning."
Btlll hourly the sound goes round and rounds
With a tone that ceases never;
While tears are shed from bright days fled,
And the old friend, lost forever;
It's heart beats on—though hearts are gone
That wanner beat and younger;
Its hands still move—though hands we love
• Are clasped on earth no lengeri
uTiele t tick," it said—to the churchyard bed
The grave has given warning;
Um up , and ;litre, and look to the skies,
- And"prepare for a heavenly morning."
iortilaninuo.
THE CHARGE OF MURAT AT
EYLA-U.
It is at Eylau that Murat always
appears in his most terrible aspect.—
This battle was fought in mid winter,
1807, was the most important and
bloody. one that had then occurred.—
France and Russia had never before
opposed such strength to each other,
and a complete victory on either side
would have settled the fate of Eu
rope. Bonaparte remained in pos
session of the field, and that was all;
no Victory was ever so like a defeat.
The field of Eylau was covered with
snow, and the little ponds that lay
scattered over it were frozen suf
ficiently hard to boar the artillery.—
Seventy-one thousand men on one
side and eighty.one thousand on the
dther, arose from the frozen field on
Which they had slept the night of
February, without tent or covering,
to for a continent. Augerau,
on the left, was utterly routed in the
morning: Advancing through a
snow storm so thick ho could not see
the enemy, the Russian cannon mow.
ed down his ranks, with their do.
structive fire, while the Cossack cav
alry who wore ordered to charge,
Came thundering on, almost hitting
the French infantry w:th their long
lances before they were visible thro'
the storm.
Hemmed in and overthrown, the
whole division, composed of 16,000
men With, the exception of 1500, were
captured or slain.
Just then the snow storm clearing
up,,revealed to Napoleon the peril to
which he was brought, and he imme
diately ordered a grand charge by
the Imperial Guard and the whole
caitairy. Nothing was farther from
Bonaparte's wishes or expectations
than the bringing of this reserve in
to the engagement at this early stage,
of the battle, but there was no other
resource left him. Murat sustained
his high reputation on this occasion,
and proved himself for the.hundreth
time, worthy of the great confidence
Napolvat placed in him.
Nothing could he more imposing
than the battle fieki at this moment.
Bonaparte and the empire trembled
in the balance, while Murat prepared
to lead down his cavalry to save them.
Seventy egiadronamaking in all 14,-
000' well mounted men, began to
move over the slope, with the Old
Guard marching sternly on behind.
'Bonaparte, it is said, was more ag
itated at thiierisis, than when a ulc.
&tient before, he was so noar being
captured by the Russians.
Bat as be saw ‘those seventy squad
rons come (kmn on a plunging trot
pressing bard after the white plume
of MtVrat, that streamed through the
bnow storm far in front, a smile ia.s
.sed over his countenace.
The earth groaned as they passed,
and the sabres, above the dark and
angry mass below, looked like the
foam of a sea wave as it crests on the
;deep. The rattling of their armor,
,and the muffled thunder of their
tread, drowned all - the roar of battle,
,as with the firm set array, and swift,
steady motion .they bore down with
terrible front on the foe. The shock
of that immense host was like a fall
ing mountain, and the front line of
the Russian army went down like
frost worked before it. Then com
menced a protracted flight of band to
band, and sword to sword, as in the
cavalry action at Eckmuhl. The
clashing of steel was like the ringing
of countless hammers, and horses
and riders were blended in wild con
fusion together; the Russian reserves
were ordered up, and on these Murat
fell with his fierce horsemen, crush
ing- ,and trampling them down by
thousands. But the obstinate Rue.
siane disdained to fly, and rallied a
.gain, so that it was no longer caval.
ry charging on infantry, but squad
rons of horses galloping through bro
ken hosts that gathering into knots,
still disputed with unparalleled bra
very, the red and rent field.
It was during this strange fight
that Murat was seen to perform one
of those desperate deeds for which
be was so renowned. Excited to the
highest pitch of passion ) by the ob.
AWN that opposed him be seemed
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looked more like a superhuman be
ing treading down helpless mortal,
than an ordinary man. Amid the
roar of artillery and the rattle of'
musketry, and falling of sabre strokes
like lightning about him, that lofty
white plume never once went down,
while ever and anon it was seen glar
ing through the smoke of battle, and
the star of hope to' Napoleon, and
showing that 'his "right arm" was
still uplifted and striking for victory.
He raged like an unloosed lion a
mid the foe; and his eyes, always
terrible in battle, burned with in.
creased Metre, while his clear and
steady voice, heard above the turmoil
of strife, was worth more than.
thousand trumpets of cheer ott:, his
followers: At length seeing "a - knot
of Rasaian soldiers that for a long
time kept a-desiouring fire on his men
he wheeled Eis horse and drove in
full gallop upon their leveled musk
ets. A few of his guards that never
allowed that white plume to leave
their sight, charged after him. With
out waiting to count his foes, he
seized his bridle in his teeth, and
with his pistol in one hand, and his
drawn sword in the 'other, burst in
headlong fury upon -them, and scat
tered them as if a hurricane bad
Swept by. Murat was a thunderbolt
on that day, and the deeds that were
wrought by him will furnish themes
for the poet and the painter.
MADAGASCAR
This island !nay before many years
assume importance in the political
and commercial world. At present
its importance is recognizedmore in
the moral atmosphere. It has been
for years the habitation of cruelty,
the very Gehenna, of the earth.—
W bile we have read of cannibalism
in the heart of Africa, as described by
Du Chaillu, and while we remember
the horrors of wife burning in India,
and other atrocities in barbarous re
gions, we are still Compelled to believe
that, under the late queen, Madagas
car surpassed every other part of the
earth in the horrors of persecution
and torture. What is especially
wonderful is the sudden change
which has been instantaneously effec
ted on her death. rt was well known
that the queen was a sort of female
monster, while her son was totally
the reverse. The -latter held a very
peculiar position. It was not uncom
mon for him, when riding out, to
find the victims of .his mother's eruel
ty then suffering punishment, and to
relieve thorn at once. Ile was noted
for his steadfast efforts to relieve the
oppressions under which the people
were crushed. Instead of doing this
by mollifying the character of his
wolfish parent, he seemed long ago
to. have given that up as Impossible,
and contented himself with an occa
sional von collision with her author
ity, and frequent modifications of her
terrible decrees. This, of course, re
sulted in quarrels, and, at one time,
in his imprisonment and threatened
death. Rakoto, the prince, was no
common than, however, and up to the
time of his mother's death, success.
fully preserved his noble character.
• An English Embassy, which viral 3
sent to congratulate him on his ac
cession to the throne, has returned,
bringing much information from the
island. They state that the queen
has, undoubtedly, put to death more
than 100,000 persons during her reign.
She not unfrequently slaughtered: a
thousand men at a time. Two thou
sand Christians, have been executed
for their religious belief. They were
usually crucified, being bound to the
cross with cords, and stoned or starv
ed to death. Chain gangs of them
were sometimes made up in groups
of fifteen or twenty, and the chain
was never:removed.. One by one, the
miserable victims fell-.dead, and the
living - were compelled to drag on the
heavy load. It was an absolute ex
emplification of the apostle's allusion
to the Roman horror of one attaohN
tO n "body Of dcnVh," As more died,
and the chains wore dragged away
from their loathsome attachments,
the feeble remnant worked on witb
the iron galling them, until three, or
two, or at last one miserable worn
out wretch was• left. to draw the chain,
that twenty had labored under. And
when these relics of the gang yielded
to the inevitable death that had walk
ed before them, - no one administered
one drop of water to relieve there
dying agonies,, but in -the field or on
the roadside, where they fell, their
they died, in misery that no imagi
nation can describe. .
When Rakota came to. the throne,
one poor old woman, seventy years of
age, was found alive;dragging around
a chain, from which she had seen fif
teen companions fall away during
eleven years of captivity and • suffer
ing. The iron collar had worn deep
ly into her neck, and the magks of
the. chain were on tier ankles.
The new king, who drops his name
Eakoto, and takes that of Radama IL,
is a 'man of exceeding gentleness.—
The English Ambassadors fear that
he may be too mild for the rough
work before him. We are inclined
to think they are wrong. For some
years past we have watched with
much anxiety the character of the
prince Rakoto, as given by travelers,
and it seems probable that he fully
understands the law ruling bad spir•
its by kindness, while be is able to be
firm when it is necessary. Nothing
short of a decided spirit could have
enabled him to sustain the contest
which he has for years kept up so
successfully with Queen Ranavalo—
never for an instant yielding to fear
of her,. Re now holds in prison a
rival, his cousin Rambousalama, who
attempted to seize the throne. The
LEBANON, PA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1862.
truculent English gentlemen seem to
wonder that he does not execute him,
and thus have him out of the way.—
A member of the Embassy, writing
on account of their progress, says :
"He, in fact'errs in policy in an al
together opposite way, by being too
lenient. An unsuccessful competitor
for the throne, named Rambousalama
a cousin of the King, was allowed to
go unAcathed, and is; or was at the
time the Embassy left Antananarivo,
in what the King is pleased to term
'honorable captivity.' What the con,
sequence of this leniency will be it is
impossible to foresee. It is certain
that Rambousalama has adherents in
the capital, if not in the, king's pal.
ace, and should any revolution sue
ceed,and Rambousalama attain his
object things will - be worse. than ever.
The avowed desire of Rambousalama
is to carry out the Queen's policy in
all its horrible completeness."
The new King probably intends
trying his own policy in suppressing
all rebellions in his dominions, and
under his mild, and enlightened sway
Nile have great hopes for Madagascar.
He is not •a Christian, but professes
a sort of Deism.
A SAD CASE OF .DESERTION
AN INNOCENT OHLL MISLED ET FAITHLESS PROMISEE
[Froirl the "Chicago Times.")
A few days since a young woman
entered the Arthory, recounted a long
tale of sorrow, and • begged the offi
cers to give her a lodging in the Sta
tion-house for the night. Her intel
ligent countenance, and Simple and
unassuming manners, brought forth
the ayinpathy of Capt. Nelson, who
kindly gave her the use of one of the
private roonia attached to the station
hall. Finding that she was among
friends, she stated that she was a
stranger in the city and that she had
been induced to come hero by the
promise of marriage given by one
Robert Johnson, a soldier in Co. C,
of the First Artillery regiment. He
had brought her here, and after re,
peatedly deferring the promised mar
riage, deserted her but not without
having first accomplised his purpose.
She related all the particulars, saying
that she had no friende in the city,
and did not dare to return to her rel
atives in the country. The poor girl
was allowed to remain at the station
house for a few days, at the end of
which Capt. Nelson gave her to the
care of the county agent, by whom
she was taken to the County Alms
house at Jefferson. -Here she would
not stay, after she saw that it was a
poor-house to which she had been
taken, and she returned to the city
next day. She immediately repaired
to the Armory, and again begged the
officer to take her in. She manifest
ed the deepest emotion, and resolute
ly refused all comfort and advice.—
Capt. Nelson saw that it was neces
sary to take seine action by which
the sufferings of the girl might be al
leviated, and also determined to take
measures to bring her seducer to jus
tice. He again hard herstory, ques
tioned her on all the particulars, and
obtained from her a full narrative of
her troubles. It appears that her
name is Matilda, Buck, and that she
formerly resided at Cambridge, Hen
ry county, where she had a brother
and sister. About three menthe since,
while boarding at a hotel near that
place, she became acquainted with
Johnson, who was then stopping there
on recruiting service. The gay uni
fdrm excited the admiration of the
girl, and she'became deeply attached
to the.soldier. The latter proposed
to the girl that she should come to
Chicago, and that they would be mar
ried there, at the house of his pa
rents. The other was elated at her
lover's proposition, and immediately
commenced making preparations for
her journey. On arriving here the
couple repaired to the Lake House,
where they remained one day. John
son their took her to a house which
lie representedto be the residence of
his parents, but which is now known
to be quite otherwise. The girl urg
ed her River to name the .day of the
marriage which ho persistently re
fused, until she finally saw his base
motives. She then left hint
,but he
followed her, and compelled her to
go to - the notorious Home Saloon, on
the 'corner of Clark and JaCkson sts.
The girl remained there just long
enough to ascertain the nature of the
house, and then fled a second time.—
The man, however, was still as much
loved as ever, and though he beat her,
and stole her money and jewelry, she
begged him again and again to marry
her. Most of the time he was obliged
to be at the camp where she visited
him almost.daily. At last he threw
off all his assumed disguise, told her
that he did not love her and that she
must become an inmate of a house of
ill repute. . The feelings of' the girl
were drowned in a flood of emotion.
The condition into which she had
been brought into was now compre
hended. Seduced by her faithless
lover, in the Midst of a strange city—
what could she do ? She indignantly
spurned his demands, but continued
to cling with 'emotion to"the destroy
er'of her virtue. About this time he
was arrested for 'parti'cipating in a
drunken bout and was sent to Bride
well. The girl learned his wherea
bouts, arid, womanlike, carried him
the few luxUries she could purchase
with her money. Added to all this
misfortune came letters from her
brother and sister in Henry county,
addressed to Johnson and herself as
'nesr Brother,and Sister,' her friends
not thinking for a moment that the
two were not married. Her supply
of 'money, which bad already been
cobsiderably, lessened by the drafts
'the base Johnson bad made upon it,
was now gone. She then repaired to
the Station-house as narrated above.
On Taeaday, after , she had returned
to the armory from the Almshouse,
she attenapAed to commit suicideby
drinking itb.nttle of ether. She was
discovered in the act, and a physician
sent for, and .her life was saved. She
had prepaMd the following note which
was found ; addressed to Johnson, up
on a table ip the'room at the station
house.
"Robert—Remember thatyou prom
ised me w'ken,You brought me from
home. Yon have misused me badly.
You-know 7hat I have done for you,
and how hag(' you treated me? Now,
I bid you, goodhy forever in this
world, but beg you to remember
the prop;iesOttt you have made to
me. IN*ant , you to keep my likeness
and my sister's, and do one thing for
me : Write to oty sister, and tell her
that I have died. Now, Robert, I
must leave you, but never ruin anoth
er girl as you have ruined me. I
thought, when I left home with you,
that I, bad a friend, but you have
proired my enemy. You cannot come
before God and deny i your promises
—no never. When I am dead and
gone, Tetnetuber what you have done.
But .I forgive you for it, and I hope
that• God will forgive you. If you
give the'love that belongs to
. me to
any .other girl I pray that the judg
ment of God- will follow you. Re
member the promises that you have
not fulfilled. Remember how you
have misused me. Good-bye forever.
MRS. MATILDA JOHNSON.
The girl was Boer' enabled to Te-
Wirer by' the administration of the
proper. medicine.- - She appeared to
be utterly reckless, and while at one
moment she would give way to a
flood of tears, the next moment she
would appear sullenly. dignified. in
person, the girl presents a graceful
carriage; her features. are comly, and
she is, in appearance far above the
ordinary. She gives her age at nine
teen. The man Johnson will be
briought before the Police Court to
day, and, if not willing to make good
his promises of marriage instantor,
will be held to answer certain. charg
es.
THE WAY MAGICIANS WORK.
The Prestidigitateur who astonish
ed audiences lately did only what a
Heller had done many years ago to
crowds in this city. A correspon
dent of the s MisSoiiri Democrat gives
an interesting account of the system
of questions - and- answers used by
these ingenious operators :
Editors Missouri Democrat :
Robert Ileller is nightly astonish
ing hundreds' Of . our citizens who
are anxious to pay for the privilege
of beina b deceived. The gratified vis
ages .ofhis audience prove the truth
of the old couplet : ,
"The pleasure is as great
In being cheated as to cheat."
In most of his tricks the spectators
know thi.ir senses are deceived; in
fact, Heller_ tells them so. But for
hit§ "second sight" he elaimes pre-em
inence, and boldly defies the world
to produce an explanation. But for
this vaunting challepge, his "second
sight" would liave Seethed but anoth
er of his splendid deceptions. Many
people however, now think there is
some unnatural in it; that it - is a
"mystery," and Robert Heller is pos
sessed of supernatural powerS. As
Mr. Heller cannot rightfully object,
I will, with your kind permission en
deavor to show to our befogged citi
zens that the ."mystery" is not alto•
gether inexplicable.
In an old, book in my possession I
find some hintS which, with 'develop
ment and observation on my part,
remove all doubt from my mind that
either. Heller Or his interesting boy,
Freddy, are in league with "auld
Hornic."
The system of second sight is,
though Heller, ~.endeuvors to deny it,
a system of precoxicerted questions
and answerg. •
The same question differently ar•
ranged requires' different answers ;
thus:.
(1) Ques.—ls it plain or -ornament
ed Ans.—Ornimented.
(2) it Ornamented or plain?
A.—Plain, • .
Thero are @estions relating to col
or, precious stones, metals, wearing
apparel, jewelry, 4 . 4 c. s, for in
stance :
Q.—What color is it? A.—Black.
Q.—What is the color?
Q.—Tell me tike color? A.—Green.
Q.—Has it a color? A.—White.
Q. color? A.—Orange or
yellow.
Q.—Ne.me the color ? A.—Brown.
The following for metals':—
Q.—What Metal 7 'A.—Gold.
,Q.—What is the metal?
_A.—Sil
ver.
Q.—Ten me the metal ? A.—Cop
per.
Q.--Name the metal 't A.—lron
or steel.
Q.—What metal-i$ it? A.—Brass
And so on for the different articles
mentioned above. There is also a
list, and a very extensive one, for
miscellaneous articles. A few exam
ples will suffice :--
Q.—What have I here ? "A.—A
purse.
Q.—What is this? A.—A tooth.
pick.
Q.--This will puzzle you ? A.--
Court plaster.
And so on almost indefinitely.
By thus having questions and an
swers classified and arranged, an ar
ticle of any kind can be very accurate
ly described, requiring generally,
however, a combination of the ques
tions of different Classes. Thus ;---•
Q.—ls this for any purpose ? A.—
Of course, a reticule.
Q.—What color is it? A.—Black.
(Takes an article out of the reti
cule and asks :)
Q.--What have I here? A.—A
purse.
Q.—Tell me the color. A.—Green.
(Takes money out.)
Q.—What have I now?
. .
Q.-1 cannot hear you. A.—Bank
note.
Q.—Of - wbat value is it; A.—Ten
dollars.
Q.—ls this th© same? A.—No—a
dime,
(Another article.)
QQ,.—Tell me now ? A.—Keys.
(Another.).,
A newer immediately. A—A hand
kerchief.
Q.—Has it a - color ? A.—White
Thus the reticule and all its con
tents are described.
Deeeribe a piece of jewelry:
you admire, this ? A.-Yes;
a brooch.
Q.—Do you know , the stone? A.—
Yes; eornelian.
Q.—Has it a color .?• A.—White.
Mr. Heller endeavors by Various
expedients to•conceal from his audi
ence the fact that all Freddy's an
swers are dependent upon the ques
tions asked. He sometimes. asks no
questions at - all.
The audience will observe that he
does not, dispense with the question
till Fred's back is turned, and he
(Fred) within a few feet the cur•
taint They will also observe that
the articles Mr. Heller holds up are
not the small ones,:concerning which
he had asked questions. . This time
they are large—it hat, a muff, a shawl,
a set of furs, or something which can
easily be seen. by a person behind the
curtain, who is so- near to Yred. as al
most to,be able to whisper in his ears
Of course Fred. don't fail to give the
right name to the article.
To discourage the idea that the
question bad anything to do with the
answer, he says, "Some persons think
the last word of the questions I ask
are the key to the reply ' • we will see."
Q.—Do you admire this, say f---the
last word very emphatic. A.—A
brooch. .Ah, say means - brooch ; we'll
try again.
'Q.J--What have I here, say A.—
purse.
And so on, always addihg say, and
each time receiving a different an
swer. Do not the audience percieve
that this word hero used is like the
blind in a tradesman's mark—it means
nothing? Do they not also perceive
that the rest of the question is varied
ns different articles are presented 1?--
Not a bit of it. Poor, innocent souls,
they paid their money to be cheated,
and they would feel they were "sold"
if they discovered the secret.
And then when Fred is marched a
rnong the audience and Heller stands
near the stage indicating that an an
swer is required, by the clapping of
the hands, how is it done? Will Mr.
Heller then take whatever article is
offered him? No, he goes from one
to
,another of his confederates, sitting
near each other, and receives from
theM articles with the succession of
Whielr Fred. is beforehand acquainted:
of course, at each' clap of the hands,
Fred. knows what he is to cryout.
And again, without even a word or
clap of the hand, or tinkling of a bell,
Fred. tells what at that instant Hel
ler' EMS laid his hand on. Will the
audiende again notice that - these - are
Articles which H. may touch without
moving around much ; a lady's bon
net, a gent's coat, a hat, fan &c.,
(the order of which known before.
hand) are touched at intervals, dur
ing which Fred. may count (say
twenty, and Fred. of course, tells his
wondering and open mouthed audi
tors what they are.
Nov, Messrs, Editors, 1 must apol.
ogize for the length to which this corn
muniCation has run. The stihjeet,
however, is one, whicir next to the
"war" is exciting this community at
preserit, more than any other, and
your thousands of readers will, I have
no doubt, feel es much obliged to you
for the publication of this "expose,"
as will. OBSERVER,.
ARMY PAY ROLL
The following statement, taken from
official sources, will show the army
pay roll. In ie first column 'will be
found .the nett, salary per month, and
in the second the total salary per
month, which . includes rations, ser
vant hire, forage, &c.
GENERAL OFFICERS
Per month. Total.
Lieutenant General $270 $778 00
Aida-de-Camp and Military Secreta
ry to Lieutenant General, each 80 198 00
Major General 220 477 00
Senior Aid-de-Camp to General-in-
Chief. - 80 189 00
Aid-de-Camp, in addition to pay,
etc., of Lieutenant 24 132 00
Brigadier General 124 329 50
.Aid-de Camp, in addition to pay,
etc., of Lieutenant .20 110 00
. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Adjutant Gedural—Colonol 110 2E7 0O
Assistant Adjutant General—Lieut.
Colonel 95 213 00
Assistant Adjutant . General—Mojor 80 189 00
it id —Capon 70 138 50
Judge Advocate—Al:Tor 80 189 00
INSPECTOR, GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Inspector General—Colonel 110 237 00
SIGNAL DEPARTMENT
Signal pfdoer—Major 80 189 00
QI:74I.RTSSMASTER:B DEPARTMENT.
Quartermaster General—Brigadier
• Gbneral 124 329 50
Assistant Quartermaster General
Colonel 110 237 00
Deputy Quartermaster General—
Lieutenant Colonel 95 213 00
Quartermaster—Major 80 180 00
Assistant Quartermaster—Captain 70 138 50
sunstheircus DEPARTMENT
Commissary General of Subsisteuee as '
—Colonel • 110 287 00
Assistant Commissary Geier/11 of
Subsistenoe—Lientenant C4lbn'el 0.5 .213 00
Commissary of Subsistenae—Major 80 1.89 00.
Assistant Commissary of Subsist- - A
enoe—Captain 11 138 50
Assistant Commissary of Subsist-
WHOLE NO. 660.
once, in'addition to pay, eto., of
Lieutenant 20 111 00
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Surgeon.Gerieral $2,740 per annum -- 228 83
Surgeons of ten years' service 80 225 00
Surgeons of less than ten years'
service To 174 51)
Assistan t Surgeons of ten yea r s' Eters ,
vice 70 174 50
AssistanE Surgeons of five years'
service. * 70 138 50
Assistafit Shrgeons of less thou five
years' service 53 33 121 83
• PAY DETARTIIEXT.
Paymaster General $2,740 per an-
RUM 1. - ~- 228 $3
Deputy 'Paymaster General 95 213 00
Paymaster , • 80 189 00
OFFICERS OF. THE CORPS OF. ENGINEERS, CORPS
OF TOPOCRAPIIICAL ENGINEERS AHDortntmaca
rtavturrtrarr.
Colonel 110 237 00
Lieu tenant :Colonel 95 213 00
Major , ' 80 189 00
paptain ... j . , 70 138 50
First Lierktentant - 53 33 121 83
&mond thWpahnnt - . 53 33 121 83
Brevet Seeend Lieutenant 53'33 121 83
OFFICERS. Or - MOUNTED DRAGOONS, CdVAERY, RI-
PURER . , AND LIMIT AitT/L4 I R I Y O .
237 00
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel 95 213.00
Major 80 189 00
Captain 70 146 50
First Lieutenant 53 129 83
Second Lieutenant 53. 129 83
Brevet Second Lieutenant 53 129 83
Adjutant, and Regimental. Quarter.
master, in addition to pay of
Lieutenant 10 10 00
OFFICERS OF ARTILLERY AND INFANTRY
Colonel - 05 222 00
Lieutenant Colonel 80 198 00
Major 70 179 00
Captain - 60 120 60
First Lieutenant 50 110 50
Second Lieutenant " 45 105 50
Brevet Second Lieutenant 46 105 60
Adjutant, in addition to pay, etc., of .
Lieutenant 10 10 50
Regimental Quartermaster, in ad
dition to pay, etc., of Lieutenant 10 26 00
In the above we have not inPerted the frac
tional parts of dollars, for convenience sake, in
this mutter of but little importance..
BELOW TILE GRADE OF LIEETESANF.
The first column denotes the pay per month of
artillery and infantry, and of dragoons and rifle.
men when serving on foot- The second column
denotes the pay per month of light artillery and
of dragoons and riflemen when mounted:
Sergeant Major, Quartermaster Ser
geant, Principal Musician, and
Chief Bugler, each 21 21 00
First Sergeant of a Company 20 20 00
Ordnance Sergeants 22 —OO
Hospital Stewards 22 —OO
All other Sergeants, each 17 17 00
Corporals 13 14 00
Buglers - 12 .13-00
Musicians 12 —OO
Farriers and Blacksmiths 15 15 00
Artificers 16 17 00
Privates 13 30
Matron 13 00
Female nurses 40 cents per-day and one ration.
Paymaster's Clerka.s7tlo per annum, and 74
cents per day when actually on duly.
Chaplain in volunteers $l4B 50.
In addition to the pay as above stated, one ra
tion per day and an abundant supply of good
clothing is allowed to every soldier. Quarters,
fuel and medical attendance are always provided
by the Giovernment without deduction from the
soldier's pay. If a soldier should become disa
bled in the line of his duties, the law provides
for him a pension, or he may, if he prefer it, ob
tain admission into the Military Asylum, which
will afford him a comfortable home so long as be
may wish to receive its'benefits.
To the above pay for private, soldiers must be
added the $lOO bounty at the end of the war,
which-has already been provided for, and the
quarter section of , land that Oungress will probs.
bly provide for this session. The bounty and
land apply to officers and privates alike.
4, THE REIGN OF TERROR IN 1798."
While there are many things done now
which are unheard of in America, there is
much, though few remember it,- which is
but a repetition of what happened, just
sixty-three years ago, in the Administra
ton of John Adams. Availing themselves
of the furious 'war cry against France, the
Federalists of that day proceeded very
much after the fashion of the Federal Re
publicans of the present day. The "Alien
Law" was passed to enable the President
to get rid of some certain troublesome
Democrats; f foreign birth, The "Sedi
tion Law" was passed to allow the Ad
ministration to "suppress" the Democrat
ic newspapers of the day. Many of the
Democratic editors were fined and impris
oned for opposing the war policy of John
Adams; many papers were suspended.—
Opposition was almost silenced in Con
gress, the Democratic leaders all fled
from its Halls except Albert Gallatin--,
Even Jefferson was obliged to shut him
self up for a' while at his home in Monti
cello, and almost suspend corresPondence,
lest his letters should be opened by the
secret agents of the Administration, which
sought occasion to. persecute him under
the "Sedition Law." Hundreds fell away
from the Democratic party under the pre
tence of "no party—support the Govern
tnent ;" some straggled back, affgrwards,
like the prodigal lion, glad to feed on the
husks of Democracy ; others strayed along
gloomily in the quagmires of "black cock
ade Federalism." Democratic members
of Congress Were insulted at theatres, and
groaned at in' public meetings. The ha
beas corpus wag partially suspended ; and
all opposition was attempted to be silenc
ed by mobs, or suppressed by the strong
arm of the Administration. But all this
availed nothing in the end. The people
arose in their might, after two years,
through the ballot-box, and at the Presi
dential election of 1800-1, the Democratic
party triumphed, Jefferson was elected
President, and John Adains' party. and his
measures, Alien and Sedition Laws, and
all perished, and.became a by-word and
a hissing 'ever after wards The prison
'doors were opened; the 4yort La Fay
,ettes" of that day were conmelled to dis
_gorge their victims ; Democratic presses
were restored ; and for just sixty years
the Constitution and the Union were pre
served, and the whole country grew and
flourished and was prosperous and happy.
as no other country ever was, till the so
called "Republican party" obtained pow
er, on the 4th of March, 1861. -
MIL STANTON'S BUSINESS METROD.-A
Washington correspondent of the Balti
more Sun gives the following illustrations
of the manner in which the new SeCretary
of War dispatches business. The occa
sion was the day for miscellaneous appli
cations:—
4 , A good crowd was on hand, ofcourse,
but the manner in which he disposed of
them in a reasonable length of time, was
refreshing to behold, both as a Jernarka
ble evidence and example ofbileftiess ca
paeity, and as a thing unique l ei@ -enter
taining. There were no. Ante-room or
red tape abstractions, Mr. Stanton :'stand
ing up and receiving all parties in 'a single
cittlifertiosr:
A FAMILY PAPER FORTOWN ANb COUNTRY,
IS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY
By WIC 1K BRESLIN,
2d Story of Funoit'e Now Building, Cumberland St
At One Dollar and Fifty Cents a Tear.
ga s ADVERTISIOLKITB inserted A the usual ratess.
The friends of the establishment, and the public genes
ally are taspectfully solicited to sand in their orders.
45, - HANDBILLS Printed at an hours notice.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
In Lebanon County, postage free.
In Pennsylvania, out of Lebanon county 3% cents per
quarter, or 13 Cents a year.
Out of this State, 634 eta. per quarter, or 26 eta a year
if the postage is not paid in advance, rates are doubled.
room, one after another, as they could
reach him. Artiong the rest was the col ,
onel of a regiment whe had called to make
cothplaint that his regiment had not been
mounted as cavalry, as they expected to
be.
The Secretary remarked that they had
more cavalry now than they knew what
to do with—eighty regiments, when fifty
Were ample. But, said the Colonel, an.
other regiment has got the horses we were
to have. 'O, this is a horse-case, then.—
You want me to unhorse one set and
mount another,' responded the Secretary.
A one-horse case is generally long enough,
but this would be too much. I can't un
dertake it.' By and by came, an ingeni
ous, patriot with a patent breast Elate,
sure to turn .a rifle ball. The Secretary
could hardly see the use of it, as there
had been very little shooting done so rir
in the war—and the fact was, they want
ed hereafser that men should go in and
be shot at But was the invention of any
value! Oh yes ! says the inventor, it had
been tested: The Secretary thoUght,
however, that the surest test .would be.af
forded by the• patriotic inventor donning
the-vest; and allowing, a trial by marks
men.
- Quite to the contrary of these instances,
was the presentation of a paper by a sol
dier, a regularrwho, when asked, said it
was his application for a second lieuten
antcy, as he had served many years in
the army faithfully, mostly on the fron
tiers, and thought he was, quite as deserv
ing of the position as many upon, whom
such honors were ' being bestowed.—
Cheerful attention and a favorable re
sponse were given by the Secretary, with
an order to the clerk to file the application,
and bring his attention to the case on the
occasion of the first vacancy."
THE MAD-STONE,
STATEMENT or ISAAC M. TALMAGE, ESQ.
At the request of numerous friends I
make the following statement:
On Friday, the 3d day of January, I
was bitten by a dog which I, in common
with nearly all the citizens of Le Claire,
believe to have been mad. Among the
remedies to which I resorted was a mad
stone. The stone used by me is in the
possesion of Mr. Blake, at Lisbon, a sta
tion on the Clinton and Cedar Railroad,
in Linn county. It is about as large as
the doubled fist of a small man; is brown
on all surfaces, save the lower one, which
is white, and is full of very minute holes
set with the utmost regularity in scollop
ed circles, and extending entirely through
the stone. After being soaked -in a warm
solution of potash, and after the wounds
had been throughly excoriated, the white
surface was gently applied, and the stone
immediately filled itself with matter - off a
light green color. When full, -it was re
moved and cleaned -by potash , and again
applied, the operation continuing for some
four hours, until it would draw no longer.
It is worthy of remark, that the stone
would absorb nothing but the green Mat
ter, entirely refusing the blood which was
running freely from the wounds. The
sensation produced was, first, that of a file
roughly drawn over the wounds, and af
ter that of ,needles darting from places ad
jacent to the bite and from other parts of
the body towards the stone.
Mr. Blake, is - a plain, straightforward
man, having none of the characteristics of
a quack about him, arid is a clergyman of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He ev
idently has the utmost confidence, person
ally, in the virtues of his stone, and relates
numerous instances of unquestionable
hydrophobia cured by it. Some of the
parties cured reside in Cordova., Ili-, some
in Muscatine and Louisa counties in this
State, and one (a lady) in Mailuoketa, in
Jackson county, who, he says was cured
on the thirtieth day after the bite, and af ,
ter she had experienced two slight spasms.
It is but pro Per to remark that within
ten minutes after I was bitten, the wounds
were thoroughly burned out with hydro
chloric acid, by Dr. Gamble.
Time only will determine whether a
cure has been effected, and if effected,
others are fully as capable as I am ofjudg
ing of the remedy which produces the re
su
Until the present time, I have consider
ed the mad-stone an Unmitigated humbug,
but my skepticism is not shaken. At all
events were I bitten again, I would travel
thousands of miles, if possible, to find the
same stone. ISAAC M. TALMAGE.
LE CLAIRE, Scott Co., lowa, Jan. 17.
t)r This is the age of practical joking
and what are vulgarly termed "sells"
seem to interest all alike. An amusing
instance has lately been perpetrated by
several of the London jewelers. A rich
morocco case, of the size and form of an
photographic miniature, is lettered out in
gold : "Portrait of the Gorilla.' It is
laid carelessly on the drawing-room table.
with scrap books, &c. The unlucky vic
tim beholding it for the first time, seizes it
With impatience—"Ah I have not - seen
that,"—opens it with eager haste; and be--
holds a portrait of himself reflected in a
palpable piece of looking class. lf. . be
whiskered and bearded, the joke tells a-
Mazingly—he drops it with speed, and
the Gorilla tries to enjoy it.
Blozving up a, jiouse with Ganyoto.
der.— A houseat Burlington, arrnont,
owned by James Morse, was blown up
on Sunday night by a keg Ofpowcier-plao ,
ed in the basement by unknown hands.
The house was badly shattered. Of the
occupants of the house. Alithony Liber
ty, who was in the basement sawing
wood, was thrown upwards through a
trap in the floor, and was - horribly, burn
ed and blackened with tfoisder. In the
room'above were his sfitei;and taro child
dren; the woman and -- one child, were
thrown out into the street, and the other
child was thrown up to the ceiling , of the
room with the stove and other.-furniture,
and was found on the 'fiche -aMeng the
fragments of the stove,:bashigit leg brok
en. Liberty is dartgermitly burned, and
it-is doubtful whether he will recovet
4 • powder-Iteg was found •with one hied
and a stave blhurn out of it. s'
War Many a man, through love offtnne,
'has become infamout.