jI Ninon:
%Dry 1327.77ERMErCr MIZICIDCISMUICA9XLICIErEgf.
Neatly and Promptly Brecutelf, al Me
ADVERTISER OFFICE, LEBANON, FENN'A
THIS establishment is now supplied with an extensive
essivrtment of JO/3 TYPE, which will be increased ee the
patronage demands. It Coll now tarn out Ytaastve , of
every description, in a neat anti expeditious manner—
. end on very reasonable terms. Such m
Pamphlets, Cheeks,
Business Cards, Handbills,
Circulars, Labels,
Bill Headings, Blanks,
Programmes, Bills of Pare,
Invitations, Tickets, Re., &e.
13- NOS of all kinds, Common and ,Titilginent
School, Justices', Constables' and other BLANKS, printed
correctly and neatly on the best paper, constantly kept
for sale at this office, at prices "to suit the times,"
•*+Subscription price of the LEBANON ADVERTISER
One Dollar and a Half a Yeer.
Address, Wm. M. Basally, Lebanon, Pa.
ELIJAII LONCIACRI, JOhN O. (MIL.
LEBANON
1)
• oor, Sash and Steam Planing
. "1111_
Located on the Steam-there Road, mar elnabertand
Street, Rut Lebanon,
RE undersigned respectfully laforM
the public la general, that they
at Il manufacture and keep on Ivan , h Wigtl4l4:
Door, Sash, Shutter, Blinds, Flooring, 7- yry.
Weather. Boards, Q Gee Spring
Mouldings, of all sizes, Wash...Bo irds, eating, Burbace,
'Corniest!, and all kinds of BUII,DING MATERIALS
for Houses, We also construct the latest and most im
proved Stair Casing and Band Belling, suitable for
large and small buildings.
AVe now invite Farmers. Mechanics and Builders to
call and examine our stook, which we will warrant to
give entire antistliotlon to nil who may raver the under.
signed with their custom.
LONGACRE & GABEL.
Lebanon, April IM, 1662.
P. FL—There is also all kinds of TURNING at the
same MM. Planing, Salting, ac., promptly dune for
those who may furnish Lumbar.
WALTER'S MIL
eubscriber respectfully Inform the public thiTe
lril•has entirely rebuilt the Mill ou the little Swa.
tetra, formerly known ac 4 .Btraw's" and later as "Wen-,
gorges," about one•fourth of a mile - from ioneetairn, ,
Lebanon county, Pm; that be has It now In complete
running order, and le prepared to furnish customers
regularly with a eery superior article of
31E"911E-11111:311C3 ARIL
ae cheap all It can be obtained ream any other source .
no keeps also on hand and for sale at the lowest cosh
prises 011110 P, BRAN, BIIORTB, &a. Ire is also pre
pared to do all kinds of CUSTOMER,' WORK, for Farmers
and others, at the very shortest possible notice and in
vitae all to give him a trial. The machinery of the
Mill is entirely new and of the latest and most im
proved kind. By strict attention to business and fait
denling ho hopes to merit a share or public patronage.
WHEAT, RYE, CORN, OATS, &e.,
bought, for which the highest Lebanon Market prices
will be paid. FRANKLIN WALTKR.
May 7, 1802.
Wood, Coal, Posts, Rails, &c
j ..
r Ilibl undersigned have purchased the Coal and Wood
Yard of Daniel Light, (Merchant,) In Walnut street,
North Lebanon borough, near the Union Canal, whero
they will constantly keep un hand, a barge
AuFfilF of ALL KINDS OF GOAL, which ey
will sell
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
by the Boatload or by the Ton. Also COED WOOD,
Nbikory, Oak, &e. Also Chestnut Pests and Rails—
which will be sold to large or small quantities, at the
moat REASONABLE. PRICES. Coal or Wood will be
punctually delivered by the undersigned. to anyplace
in town or vicinity. The public are invited to call,aud
satisfactory and punctual attendance will be given.
GRAIN ! GRAIN ! ! GRAIN !
WANTED.
Any quantity of Grain—Wheat, Rye, Oats, Corn, Clo-
Yer and Tient hy Seed, will be purchneed by the under
signed, at the highest market prices, for CASH, or in
axohr nge for Coal, Wood, /M.
JONATHAN GEF,SAIIAN,
CHRISTIAN 0. STEELY.
April 24, 1802.
- 1.111/IBER. LIIJIIICE R.
if NNE of the beet and cheapest assortments of Llama
offered to the public, is now for sale at the uew
and extensive MIAMI. and COAL YARD of
PHILIP BRECHBILL,
n the Borough of North Lebanon, on the hank of the
Union Canal, at the head of Walnut street, a few
oases North of the Genesee° ',Steam Mills, and one
guar° east of Borgner's Hotel.
Their assortment consists of the best well-seasoned
White, Yellow, Norway, Pine and Hemlock Boards,—
Cherry, Poplar and Pine Boards;
.1. 1.41 and 2 Inch Fennel and Common Plank;
White Pine and Hemlock Scantling and Joists;
White Oak Marge, Plank end Scantling;
and IA i nch Poplar Boards, Plank and Scantling.
SHINGLES I SHINGLES I I
The best Pine and Hemlock Shingles;
Also, Rooting and Plastering Lathe;
Chestnut Rails and Posts, and railings far fences
and fencing Boards;
FLOORING BOARDS of all sizes and deseriptlorie.
COAL! COAL!! COAL! !!
A large stock of Broken, Stove, Limeburners and
Hollidaysburg Smith Coal, at the lowest prices,
113..Conficien t that they have the largest and best es-
Sortment of Mlle= of all descriptions and sizes, as well
as the largest stook of the different kinds of Coat. ever
offered to the citizens of Lebanon county, they venture
to say that they can accommodate all purchasers sat's
teeter/110 and would therefore invite all who want any.
thing In their One ; to examine their stook before pur
chasing elsewhere. PHILIP BRBOHIJILL.
N. Lebanon, July 3,1801.
Private Sate.
rll.ll Subscriber °Dere at private sale all that certain
icy
farm or tract of land, situate partly In Pinegrove
to nohip, Schuylkill county, and partly in Bethel town-
Alp, Lebanon county, bounded by landeof Bolt-
ert and Guilford, Benjamin Ayerigg, Daniel . j i ,
Do übert end others, containing one hundred and !II
lort,v-eight acres and a quarter, with the appur- 1 .
Renames, consisting or a two story log dwelling-. ouse,
(weather boarded) a 1% story log dwelling house, a new
bank barn, other out-b - ulldings, and a new water power
saw mill. Yon tcrme,ac., which will be easy, Apply to
G. W. MATCIIDi, Agent.
PlUegroYe, April 20,1959-tf.
Ilitt.Lots at Private Sale:
WILL be sold at Private Sale,
8 ACRES OF LAND,
,eituated to Long Lane, near the borough line, in Corn
wall township. It adjoins the land of Widow Fulmer,
on the North, Wm. Atkins and John Krause on the East.
There is a one story LOO HOUSE, weather hoarded,
erected on the land, and a good WELL in the garden.—
The land has fine stones for quarries. This tract will
make a nice home for a entail family.
*LIE lo free from Ground Bent. Good title will be
given. ADAM 11,1TCliER.
N. B.—This tract is now covered with fine gram, half
.Of which will be given to the purchaser,
Lebanon, June 18, 1880.
1802 NEW STYLES. 1862
EAU RISE, in Cumberland Street, between /11
it.. Market and the Court House, north side, hos
now on hand a splendid assortment of the New
Style of EATS AND CAPS, for men and boys, for DM,
to which the ntleiltion of the public Is respectfully Intl
tad. Mite of all prices ' from the cheapest to the most
.costly, always on hand. He boa also just opened n splen
.did essortment of SUMMER HATS, embrneing such an
.STRAW, PANAMA, PEDAL, PEARL, HORN, LEG
HORN, SENATE, CUBIAN, and all others.
As. He will also Wholesale all kinds of irate, cam
Ao„ to Country Merchants cm adrantegeous terms.
,Lebanon, April 39,1862.
Mutual Fire Insuran ce Coin
pony of Annville,
LEBANON COUNTY, PENN'A.
tri l ltD3 COMPANY waa Incorporated, March. ISSO, and
Is now In full operation and ready to make thaw
. once on Dwellings, and other Buildings, on Furniture,
Merchandise generally. Also on Barns. Contents,
4took, Yarm I inplements. kn., on a Mutual Principle.
ASA NAGERS.
Samuel Berthold,
John U. Hinports,
Ooorgo Bigler,
John Allweln,
Rudolph llerr,
Joseph F. Mats,
41bristian Bachman,
arty,WUUaml Jr.,
Alcove S. Bomganlner,
7, D, A. Garman,
;eorge Pongee,
Cohn D. Beliter,
snlel A Earlh
JOHN ALLIV.EIN, President.
RUDOIVI rran, VOIIEIIIIIO%
.JOB6PfI F. MAT; Secretary.
*einnel Sambald, Traveling Agent.
.4=o .9 ehnotterly, Agent, Fredericksburg.
in:Mlle, March 6, 11362.41.
4tevi
olarltet Street hotel 91
(Corner Market and, Chestnut Streets, Letanon.
JOHN MATTHES, Proprietor.
"ILTAVING taken the above Stand, long occupied by
1111 Mr,,l,sqnsa Zoiar.aa&N, will spare no palm to
Poke the Traveling Publ ie who stop at it, perfectly
comfortable, and invite all to give me 'a trial., The
Muse le large and well arranged. The Table supplied
with this best seasonable edibles ; the Bar sleeked with
the choicest Liquors, mud the Stabling largo and corn.
neediest& _ JOAN .11ATTIIES.
Lebanon, April 0, 1962
.117 YOUWANT GOOD PIOTUREs Go TO
BENNER'S
4 KY LIMIT DeLtnitt , over D. A. Rahor's Drug Store,
On en/nberitind Otroet, Lebanon, Pa. ASIDSOTTPEti,
SIONOTTPSIS, FERUTYPSO 9 PAPYTIOTYPEII and PnOTO.
italne, taken daily, (Sunday excepted.) Prices reasona
ble and In accordance with the size, style and quality of
the owe s Booms opened from 8 A. X, to• 4 o'clock,
P. 31,
Lebanon, June 2,1858.
Banket Shawls,
rnovir, WO OLEN OtarlliNCl of all colors, dyed.Tet
Black or Blue Black, premaed, the color warranted
and goods turned Out equal to new be.
LYON ' 1,b318M16E11,
East over.
/Kir- Artlclee to be dyed can be left at los. L. Lewsbezr -
ger% Drug !More where orders for the above will be
;Attended to, fhb, 8, 1880.
For Belot,
STO" ROOM No. 2, of le Building," now occupied
n 1 1' R 4o . ol itein A 8r0., , as a .oothing Store. for
i ilnilit !PO/ to . . ,
Alm SARAH LINHAWEAVER, or
nu. ELIZAINTII . O. Will?Kik.N.
Lebanon,..l,&e. 15 • p 62. -
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VOL. 13--NO. 49.
eijvirs ratrg.
SPEAK TO HEE GENTLY
Oh I speak to her gently,
For, (Sod knows, she needs
The balsam of kindness—
For oft her heart bleeds
With scorn and reproaching;
Despair work hor deeds,
Her heart was once gentle,
And lovingly true—
The joy of the many—
The hope of the few!
With mike and caress logs
Reproach she ne'er knew.
Ohl then to heart gledneee
The day-time gave birth—
The honre glided lightly,
Though laden with mirth;
And ne'er was ahe lietlaea
With bitter heart•dearth.
Calm joy rested on her
With shadows of night . ,
No senabdance of sadness
Cast o'er Its blight—
The dreams of her slumbers
Were peaceful and bright.
Otir worse than a murder,
30%
If mercy bee saved
Add not to her
TILE TWO DREAMS, _
She drawled—a maiden young and fair—
With sunny smile and sparkling eye,
Unused to grief, or gloomy care,
She wept no tear, she heaved no sigh.
She dream'd of womanhopd and love,
Of coolly gems, of lovers true,
Of pleasure, happiness, and zulrth,
01' cloudless ekies of azure blue.
A few abort years bad come and gone—
. An aged woman, as she slept,
Dream'd of her childhood o'er again.
And as she dreanfd she sadly wept.
She dreaut'd of joys lonic-paved away,
Of youthful friends long gone to rest,
Of 'woken vows and love's decay ;
Bad retrospectlons filled ber breast.
Youth fancy tbst elyslan Joys
Are with the mystic future fraught;
Ohl age has loaned that youth's fond dreams
Aro rain, Illusive, end in nought.
Indulge your hopes, dear, sunny youth,
Those pleasant hours will soon be o'er,
Life's Meru realities will haste too soon,
And bright-eyed childhood come no more T.
taint vito,
STORY OF HUMAN NATURE.
The long walk down town from
Madison street, New-York, where Mrs.
Jefferson lived, could be very much
shortened by passing through a dirty
alley, designated "Howard street."
Mrs. Jefferson seldom availed herself
of the advantage this cross-way offer.
ed, but one day being in great haste,
she said to herself: "I think I will
venture t& go through the dirty lane."
Accordingly she - drew down her
face to its greatest possible length,
and with a frown upon her brow, set
her pretty gaitered foot upon the
walk.
Passing along, bewailing the neces
sity which subjected her to the an.
noyance of such miserable spectacles
and offensive oders, she approached a
group of boys amusing themselves
with pop-guns. Ilalf-a-dozen voices
shouted "Pop goes the weasel," and
the potatoes from the guns of the ac
curate marksmen came in contact
with Mrs. Xs' nose. Darker grew the
frown of her brow, arid darker still
as she received the unmistak;thle evi
dences that the next aim was taken
at her back. An expression of dis
gust mingled with Mrs. Jefferson's
frown as she discovered a dirty little
child smiling at her through a cob
web-curtained window. The baby's
sister saw the look on her face and
treated her to a splash from a mud
puddle by the door.
'You nasty thing l' said Mrs. Jef
ferson, but was interrupted by anoth.
er splash from a puddle by the door.
Some boys were making miniature
locomotives of mud on tbe walk.—
They did not notice the lady's ap
proach until her fretful voice inquir
ed :
'Can I pass.?'
'Yes, just as quick as we get this in
pile done,' said one.
'Let her go by, Bill. Only don't
tip the cars over with your hoops,'
said another.
The boys considered this a very
witty remark, and they sent forth
long and boisterous shouts, which
were anything but, musical.
Howard street was full of dirty,
ragged, saucy children; and it needed
only a passing glance to see that they
lived in places too filthy to be honor
ed with the name of home.
Mrs. Jefferson was glad enough
when she reached the broad and de
cent throughfare, but she could not
help seeing the mud splashes on her
dress; she feared the potato from the
pop-guns had left its mark on her
face, and her gaiter boots bad not at
all improved by the coming in con
tact with the dirt. The faces of those
'horrid children,' seemed to haunt her,
too.
She went home- the furthest way
round, resolving whatever her haste
might be, never again to try and save
time by passing . through Howard
street. Just behind .her tripped a
long her little neighbor, Mrs. Bald
win.
'Bather uninviting,' she said to her.
self, as her happy face looked down
the dingy alley, 'but try and see
bow many smiles I can get from the
dirty little folks.'
With grateful feelings in her heart
that God had drawn her lines in pleas
ant places, she reached the pop-gun
marksmen, who bad taken such suc
cessful aim at Mrs. Jefferson.
'Now for my smiles; thought Mrs.
Baldwin, as she greeted the boys with
such a frank, genial look that it won
.
plimooot answering owlet; from all
but one. He was so busy getting his
pop-gun into running order, that he
did not see her face until the other
boys exclaimed.
'Hold on Tom.' Don't shoot that
lady. P
Tom looked up with an expression
which said will it I have a mind to.'
But the lady gave him such a merry
smile that he drew back a little, and
Mrs. Baldwin heard him say :
"Well, I'd rather not shoot her, I
reckon.'
The'dirtY baby was still peeping
through the cobwebs. He caught a
glimpse of her sunshiny face, and in•
stantly commenced such—a-,crowing
and capering that the lady bad to
stop and look at him, and say aloud .
'What a dear baby you are.'
Baby's sister:saw the adpai•ing look
and heard the praise best d an d
l o w
hUrried to the door, broom , and,l
not this time to. in _Art-. 'shower
from the mud path ~ •
_F„,she said :
‘Themilk is so di : - 7 pur nice
U
soliErt I want r i
i' t' off for
Ittle engine ma - k ' were en
with their mud to 7 ,z,tand hes
,bout leaving their work• long
to let the lady pass;. but she
as•
es very nice locomotives ;
boy — si'l nd if t come in collision
with the ...
The boys mik ay - for her right
quickly, and from the voice of more
than one of them came a ' , bellpaw
don, ma'am! ..
Every little child was ready to give
back smile for smile, and it was with
a face perfectly radiant with happi
ness that she greeted her friends as
she passed down Main street. Mrs.
Baldwin told her husband all about
the walk, and her adventure, and be
(silly fellow) kissed her and said :
'Bless your heart, wife ! You are
a perfect sunbeam. Who, besides
you, could find anything but wretch
edness in Howard street?'
ess i
rk pi
Mrs. Jefferson thought she would
never go near the dirty alley again ;
but on talking with some ladies of a
benevolent association, of the degra
dation of its inhabitants she consent
ed after considerable urging, to go as
missionary to the 'poor miserable
creatures.' She supplied herself with
a bundle of tracts; • and taking care
to wear clothing which would not suf
fer the least injury from dirt, she sal
lied forth on her mission.
'Dear! dear me!' she said, as she
entered a wretched domicile, 4,should
think you would infect the whole city
with fevers and cholera. Don't you
know it is shamefully wicked for you
to be so dirty ? Are you a friend of
the Saviour ?' she added, in a simple
tone.
don't want to be, if you are,' was
the reply.
'Here are some tracts I should like
to have you read, if you can.
The woman snatched the tracts
from her hand, tore them to pieces,
and threw them in her visitor's face.
Shaking the dust from her feet,
Mrs. Jefferson passed from that dwell
ing to another, making similar re
marks, and meeting with a similar
reception. •
'Here comes that cross woman, who
looks so ugly at baby's sister and com
panions,' and she slammed the door
in Mrs. Jefferson's face.
'I should think you would be sick,
and I should think your husband
would drink,' says Mrs. J. to a pale,
feeble•looking woman. 'I am not
surprised at it at all. You oughent
to live in this miserable way'
Mrs. Jefferson did her duty in dis.
tributing her tracts, but she had the
satisfaction of seeing the most of them
follow her into the street, and the rest
were consigned to the flames.
'Those creatures are hopelessly de.
prayed,' said' Mrs. Jefferson. 'There
is no use trying to do anything for
Howard street.'
Mrs. Baldwin could not help feel
ing an-interest in the children, who
responded so readily to her kind looks,
and so without telling even. Mr. Bald
win what she proposed to do she set
out to make some calls among them.
She thought she would call first where
the baby lived, for she felt quite sure
of a kind reception.
'Twas a joyful welcome they gave
her, for the baby's sister exclaimed :
''o, here is the pleasant lady, who
stopped to look at Patsy, the other
day ! 0, she is coming right in here.'
'lt is too dirty a place for the like
o'ye,' said Patsy's mother.
'Never mind,' said our sunshiny
Mrs. Baldwin, 'I felt like dropping in,
and I thought I would take the lib
erty.' •
'Bless ye for it ! I am ashamed to
have a rale lady to see my house.—
Things didn't use to go so Ivid me !
No inclade I' And the poor woman
poured her life's history into the
stranger's ear.
Tears filled the loving listener's
pyes, and she replied : think I can
understand your feelings, my good
woman. A pour,_ weary body must
require rest after she has been out
over a wash-tub all day; but this
smart little girl,_who swept the walk
so nicely the other day, could make
a - capital house-keeper, I am sure.—
Won't you try it, my little girl ?
Won 'tyou place everything, and scrub
.everything up clean, and keep nice
and tidy? Try! so when I call again,
I can say how nice you look here.—
Wish your dear little baby-brother's
face and brush his hair, and have his
clothing clean, and I shall love to tend
and kiss him, for he is a beautiful ba
by, I think.'
Mrs. Baldwin called upon every fam
ily in Howard Street that afternoon.
None treatedher :rudely, and many
Opened t4eir'lle.3,,rts to her, -bs-
LEBANON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1862.
by's mother had done. They prom
ised to follow the advice she offered,
while her tears fell with theirs, and
the kind look and encouraging words
left sun-beams in the cheerless home
after she had gone.,
two or three weeks Mrs. Bahl:
win called again, Baby's,sister,boand
ed to meet her, :eirciairning' with de
light: 'The swdet fedy::_bas ,... coine 'at
last! she's CollifklliisG r " , -
The 'sweet ladY lia - rdljc be.
lieve it was theWint ptaee:Where'she
had called before::: . . - -The;c&hvolis had
been brushed damn—=tile,old brociai
inste. • doing service in the,. rend
pud• ' swept and scrubbed the
fio.: verything was in order.
s t • s&corn mon fiowerS form
ed sonquet for - - the table, and' the
crowing, cap ertnrba by -Was perfectly
bewitching in his wholesOme cleanli
ness.
'Well done, my brave little girl!—
. I hope you willlceep on.'
'Keep on! Indied and I will keep
`on, ma'am ! - .:tether-says be won't
stop away nights, as long as every
,thiug is so nice and pleasant here—
and my mother says she can rest, a
jreat deal better when she conies
home, and her face looks so happy
too 1 0 ain't it nice to be clean 1'
Some had failed to carry out, their
plans of reform; but others had suc
ceeded, and testified to the delights
of a neat, orderly. home. The indo
lent and discouraged house-keepers
were roused by the good example of
their neighbors, and one by one they
followed suit until at length the leav
en had leavened the whole lump.
After two or three such friendly
visits, Mrs. Baldwin took some tracts
with her. They were not only kindly
received, but different families met
together to hear them read—not so
much for the good they might get as
for the kind lady's sake. The tracts
prc4ctuced good effects, however, and
from time to time there were added
to the various city ehurches from the
inhtibillints of Howard street, of such
as shall be saved.
It was two years ago that Mrs.
Baldwin made her first call at the
dirty alley I and now the walk Which
shortened the way down is lined with
neat cottages, with flowers in the
yards, and vines curtaining the win
dows—the homes of sober contented
working men and women. Mrs. Jef
ferson wonders, and many others,
what can have wrought such happy
changes. Mrs. Baldwin has never
blazoned her successful work abroad,
but she thanks God that he made her
the instrument of beginning the
work in Howard street.
Waterloo.
Thereturn of Napoleon from Elba
to Paris was the signal for all the al
lied armies of .Europe to be on their
march to crush him. Hurriedly Na
poleon collected 120,000 men, to re
pel the million of bayonets, now
crowding upon France. Wellington
and Blucher were in the vicinity of
Brussels with 100,000 each. To save
France the horrors of invasion, Na
poleon resolved to cross the frontier,
and fall upon one body of the enemy
and then another, until they should
be compelled to negotiate.
At 3 o'clock in the morning of the
12th of June, Napoleon left the Tuil
eries for his last campaign. He took
leave of Caulaincourt, saying, 'Fare
well ; we must conquer or die. Dri
ving rapidly through the day and the
succeeding night, he arrived, on the
morning of the 13th, at Avesnes, 150
miles from Paris. Here he had as
sembled all his available force. Wel
lington was at Brussels, and Blucher
a few leagues from him, neither of
them dreaming of attack. They
were waiting the arrival of 200,000
Russians, with whom they were to
commence their march upon Paris.—
Napoleon's plan was to attack Wel
lington by a surprise, and destroy his
force, and Blucher's, and then to
march against the Russians..
In an hour after Napoleon's arrival
at Avesnes the whole army was in
motion. By different routes they
were directed'to meet at Charleroi,
35 miles distant; at an appointed
hour. Gen. Bourmont was in charge
of one of these divisions. Infamous
ly he deserted, and revealed to the al
lies the plans of the E'mperor. Be
hind the entrenchments of Charleroi,
Napoleon found ten thousand Prus
sinus ready to dispute his passage.—
He attacked them so vigorously that
they soon retreated, leaving 2,000 of
their - dead behind them. It was 30
miles from Charleroi to Brussels.—
Ten miles on this road is situated the
little hainlet of Quatro Bras. Ney, with
40,000 men, was ordered to advance
immediately to that spot. 'Concen
trate'there your men,' said the Em
peror. 'Fortify your army by field
works. Hasten so that, by midnight,
this position occupied and impregna
ble, - sball bid deflanceto 'any attack.'.
Blucher acting from information re
ceived by the traitor Bourmonti was
hastening withtBo,ooo troops
. .to join
Wellirigton. Napoleon at the head
of 60,000 unexpectedly encountered
him. After one of the most terrible
conflicts ever waged, the Prussians
fled utterly routed, leaving 20,000
weltering in their blood, and 10,000
prisoners in the hands of Napoleon.
Had Ney obeyed his orders, the Prus
sian army would have perished with
out the escape of a man.
But as Ney approached Quatre
Bras, in a dark night of storm and
floods of rain, and through an ocean
of mire, he. allowed 'his exhausted
troops to 'stop,. a few miles before
reaching that all important. point,
which he intended to take with the
. .
earliest mOrOinglight.
_He sent word
.
that the poet - Waktalreedy his
.pds,
session. Wellington at a ball in Brus.
eels, turned pale with dismay, as he
heard of the approach of D apoleon.
It was neon miles from :Brussels
to Q:iiatra Bras. Fully itware of the
importance of that post, he instantly
dispatched a division: o occupy it,—
Through the whole nig,ht these troops
pressed along the Miry" road, min
gling their ttlinult -With the roar of
'the tenipetit. In the morning. Iley
in:consternation, f6und that the En.
glish., were: in. possession of the post.
The hole,day was spent in the`most
'bloddy,,deeperate and lam:veiling ef.
fort 4 to tregairi it. Vie anguish of
Ney, in Vielv of hia.irr4parable%fault,
was avvful.-,`The: till:gilt of the 16th
of June came, a night of darkness
and deluging t.ain., Napoleon at Lig.
ny, was a yicteir. NeY, ten milei die.
tan,t, 4 Quatro.' Bras, was baffled,
bleeding and exhausted. Blucher, with
his broken battalions consequent
ly escaped, and retreated towards
Wayre, where he was : joined by rein.
forcein en ts; Napoleon sent G-rmichy
with 30,000 Men to puiiue him. Wel
lington fell back to Waterloo, to be
joined by his Prussian allies. Such
was.the state of affairs when.the morn.
ing of the 17th of June dawned up.
on these drenched armies.
Napoleon, leaving Grouchy to pur
sue Blucher, passed over to Quatre
Bras, joined his troops with those of
Ney, and with this combined force of
70,000 followed Wellington to the
spacious plain of Waterloo.
Wellington had here skillfully post-"
edhis troops on an extended ridge, and
was anxiously awaited the arrival of
Blucher. It was the night of the
17th, dark and rainy, when Napoleon
reached the field. For eighteen hours
he had not indulged in a moment of
repose or received any nourishnient:
All the night the rain fell in torrents,
as the emperor stationed his army
for the. battle of the morrow.
Wellington's force has been vari
ously estimated at from 72,000 to 90,-
000 men. Napoleon had from 05,000
to 75,000. The morning of the 18th
dawned lurid and stormy. It was
the Sabbath. The undulating plain
of Waterloo was a vast wheat field.
Soaked with rain and cut up by the
wheels and the tramp of these armies,
it now resembled a quagmire. At 8
o'clock the clouds broke, and the sun
shone out brilliantly. At half past
ten the troops were all in their posh
tions, the hospitals established in the
rear, and the surgeons, with splinters
knives and saws, ready for their mel
ancholy work.
At il o'clock the carnage corn•
menced. The English, with their
formidable batteries, were extended
along the ridge of a gentle elevation,
about a mile and a half in length.—
The French, from on opposing ridge,
not au eighth of a mile distant, were
forming in solid columns, and charg
ing the British line up to the very muz
zle of their guns. Hour after hour
the murderous fire continued, each
party apparently as indifferent to bul
lets, balls and shells, as if they had
been snowflakes.
About the middle of the afternoon
the-victory seemed to be decided in
favor of Napoleon. In many places
great gaps had been cut through .the.
British lines and fugitives, in broken
bands were flying in dismay towards
Brussels. It is said that Wellington
was in anguish,
,deeming the battle
lost, and that he wiped the cold sweat
from his brow, saying, 'Would that
Blucher or night were come.'
Just at this time the quick eye of
the Emperor discerned, far off upon
the right, an immense mass of 60,000
men, rapidly emerging from a forest
and descending upon the plain. He
hoped that it was Grouchy. It.ought
to have been. It was Blucher. Na
poleon had now but 50,000 men, ex
hausted by exposure, marchings, and
many hours of the most desperate
. fighting. Wellington, with the rein
forcement of Blucher's fresh troops,
had 100,000 to oppose to him.
Twenty- thousand of the French
soldiers were now either dead or
wounded. But 50,000 remained to
oppose 100,000. Every thing now de
pended upon the success of a desper.
ate charge, before the Prussians
could reach the field. The Imperial
Guard was immediately brought for.
ward. Napoleon wished to lead it,
but yielding to the earnest solicita•
of his staff, surretidered the command
td Ney. In two- columns this band,
which had never moved hut to victo
ry, advanced against the. batteries of
the foe. Both armies for a moment,
rested tobehold the subliine Spectacle.
Not a drum beat, not a bugle sounded,
and not a word was uttered. Sternly
they strode on, till within a few yards
of the cannon loaded to the, muzzle.
There was a flash, a - roar, and a cloud
of smoke shut the 'combatants from
view, but within that cloud there:was
incessantly the gleam and-the thun
der of war's most dreadful storm. At
the same moment the'Pr4ssians came
thundering upon the field; A-gust of
wind for a moment swept away the
smoke, and the anxious eye of Nape
leoif beheld that his Guard had disap
peared.
A mortal paleness sprad Over the
cheek of Napoleon, and a -panic seiz•
ed every heart. A seeue of horror
ensued which humanity shudders to
contemplate. Napoleon thre* him
self into a small square, which be
had kept as a reserve, and urged it
into the deepest throngs of the 0410•
my, that he might perish with the.
Guard. Camtnne !seized the bridle
of his hoise, saying, 'Sire death shuns
you. You will 'but be made a prison
er.' Yielding to-these solicitationii, - he
reluctantly-retired . . The remnant of
his,Gutird badendm adieu, shouting.
Vive ,They were--soon:
WHOLE NO, 675.
surroun'd'ed and tailed upon to sur
render. C4mbrone returned the im•
t
mortal repl 'The Guard dies; it nev
&-s urrendo*
_'' A few , discharges of
m 4
grape fro 43 surroundinT batteries
out-them all- down. Thus perished
the'Old Guard of Napoleon, and thus
terminated thebattle-of-Waterloo.
"Trial, -. ltence and Execu
tion Of - Timothy 'Web
it Spy. -
From the Achmond Dispatch of
TlQneidayl2 week.
'We appon d 9a brief synopsis-of the
proceedings of court martial that
coil detnii*Cd the 'above - person , i or
den to a..correct understan - ding of the
matter alleged against him, and for
whiehs-be,..yesterday, at twenty-two
minutes past eleven o'clock, suffereal
the extreme petralty 'of the law at
the military camp at the new fair
grounds.
On the of April the Court Mar
tial eonvvied for the trial of Timo
thy 14rOsir,tia,an alien-enemy, Col.
Nat. Taylor w -heitig President of the
•
satrie.
Charge—Lurking about the armies and fortill•
cations of the. Confederate States of America.—
First Specification—That on the Lit of April,
being an alien enemy and in the service of the
United States in and near Richmond. Second
Specification—That about the Ist of Tuly, 1861,
prisoner, being an alien enemy, and in the ear
vice of the United States, did lurk in, around
and about the armies and fortifications of the
Confederate States, at Memphis. in the State of
Tennessee. The prisoner was defended by Nance
and Williams, who introduced a number of wit
nesses in his behalf.
The Court having maturely consid•
ered the evidence adduced, and two.
thirds concurring therein they found
the prisoner guilty of the charge.
First Specification--guilty.
Second Specification—not guilty.
Whereupon two•thirds of the Court
concurring, it was adjudged that the
accused "Suffer death by banging."
On 25th. of. April the proceedings,
findings'and sentence of the Court
were approved by the Commanding
General of the Department of Henri
co, who ordered that the sentence
should be executed under the direc
tion of the Provest Marshal, on the
29th day of April, between the hours
of 6 and 12 o'clock M.
On the announcement of his ap.
preaching fate, the prisoner as we
hear, grew defiant, thinking no doubt
that he would not be hung. He also
said he could make several parties in
the War Department "shake in their
jackets" by his revelations, but he
made none up to his last hour. Learn•
ing Monday night that there was no
show for him, he became completely
unnerved. He was carried to the Fair
Grounds as early as six o'clock
yesterday morning, by Capt. Alex.
ander, but prior to that time received
a visit from Rev. Mr. Woodridge.—
He-asked the clergyman to read the
Psalms; of DaVid, invoking vengeance
on his enemies. He refused, and
Webster) grew indignant, causing the
clergyman to take an early departure.
When brought to the gallows the
prisoner was visibly affected by the
sight of the preparations observable,
and shuddered when he looked at his
coffin.
After the rope was adjusted round
his neck prayer was offered up by
Rev. D. D. Hoge. At the conclusion,
a black cap was drawn over his eyes,
he having previously bid farewell to
several persons standing by. The Big
nal being given, the trigger that sus
tained the drop was drawn, and it
struck against the up rights with a
loud sound. Owing to defective cot
ton rope, the noose slipped, and Web.
ster fell on his back to the ground.—
The half hung and partially stunned
man was speedily raised and assisted
up, and a new rope being • ready, he
was soon swinging in accordance with
his sentence. This occurred at twen.
tytwo minutes past eleven o'clock.—
Fifteen minutes later we left the
ground, but the party was still sus
pended. He died in about one min
ute.
Webster, who had plenty of gold
and Confederate State' reasury notes,
gave it all to his wife the night before
his execution. He was in the employ
ment of one of the departments here
as a letter carrier between this city
and Maryland. It is said—how true
weknow not—that he used to take
the letters received here to Washing
ton, where they were copied, and the
answers received were served in. the
same way, thus being used as evidence
against the parties, as many of them
have found to their cost by subse•
quont arrest and incarceration in
Northern forts. Suspicion was first
excited against the prisoner by the
style of his evidence against Lewis
and Scully, and. they let the cat out
of the bag on him after their convic
tion. Mrs. Webster, who was arrest
ed along with her busbirild as a spy,
is still at Castle Godwin, but will no
doubt be sent out of the Confederacy.
Webster is the ~first man executed
hero as a spy. Perhaps it. would
have been better had the business
been commenced at an earlier day.
stopped at a lalm.whiclt have often
Hermann an the Lexington visited before in our summer rambles; a.
Market. • bout the country. It is one of the , Most
Those who have read the little pam- beautiful spots you ever saw. -From. -the
phlet recounting the marvellous deeds of top of the rocks skirting the wholallorth.
Hermann, the magician, have no doubt ern end of the lake you look 4oWn on the
been constrained .to believe that much placid waters and away off on a landSCpe
which is thus written is more funny than of rare loveliness. On our way home
reality. 'lf, however, they I could have Tom told me a story of the spot, which is
witnessed his performance in the hexing- so characteristic of him that! giveit in his,
ton market on yesterday, all doubts would own words.
have removed, and they would have con- qt. was severaLromi a m getting
Aiderett.that riddling wan impossible with old I believw* s Solbng txt4aktothr
this master of the magic art. AccomPe- time-L:-1 was up. !I: TT - with Tny
nied by a number-of gentlemen connected friend Mary :71fixt - iihere itop4
with press of v- that city, together with se on the broad Valk. You didn't know her.
eral of his personal friends. M. Herrmann Well—she was one of the lavelield girls a
yeaterday morning paid a visit to the ghod Ood epee sent toNess one With, nod
ington Market, `, 'On entering it the tom' 1A..1141W torOutiftoithn world counts
NO parted - froth : him, and he walked fitintSt-4ndagaiitiMtPkind and good..-
tafelessfr*Waill: to priceing arti- theliohestanf 'MA baifSild :sob
hanan gfinevtiur.
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quarter, or 13 cants a year. .
olt of this St Le, 634 eta. per quarter, of 26 cta. a year
if the postage is not paid In advance, rates aredotiblnd,
cies and talking with the venders". A
number of persons who have no doubt,
been attending his elegant and interesting
entertainments recognized him, and pans
ed, anticipating an exhibition of his won
derful powers. The police, seeing the
gathering crowd were on the alert, and
were, as usual, anxious to make an im
portant arrest; they followed up closely,
and it was only when a member of the
press informed them that it was the great
magician, that they ceased their surveil
lance. After moving about for a few
rninutes, Herrmann, stopped in front of
stall on which there was a bushel•and-a
half basket of eggs,• and behind which
there was a pleasant-faced Irish woman.—
He looked at the basket for a moment and
then remarked
'What is the price of eggs, this morn-
MO
'Fifteen cents a dozen. Fresh'
*ant a dozen, and will pay you your
price; With WS - understanding: I desire
to break them, and Whetherl or you do
it, whatever they - contain belongs to me.'
'FileSs Your'heart - certainly. Surei don't
want their 'contents.' . -
Herrmann took an egg from the basket
and:broke it. He poured the yolk out,
and in the shell were four two-and-a-half
gold pieces. At sight of the glittering met
al the old lady's eyes dilated, she twitched
her nose, looked at the crowd who were
gathering around her stall, put the index
finger of her right hand in her mouth and
with a look ofarnazement, she exclaimed :
'My conscience !'
'Valuable eggs, madam,' said Herrmann.
"Will you please break this one for me V
handing her one.
She took it, at the same time staring
Herrmann in the face, and nervously
broke it. It was as rich as the first ; four
gold quarter-eagles were lying in the
shell. She involuntarily closed her hand,
when the magician remarked :
'Stay, madam ; what the eggs contain
belongs to me ;' and as she handed him
the thoney, he asked : 'What will you
take for all you haver
A female in the crowd, who occupied
an adjacent stall, cried out, 'Don't sell
another one. You've as much right to
the gold that's in them as any person else.'
'They're not for sale, sir,' she replied.
The crowd which hadtathered around
the magician now numbered hundreds.--
Herrmann broke another egg, and the
gold was there; and alternately the wo
man and he broke eggs, until a dozen
were destroyed and each one contained
ten dollars in gold. The crowd had gain
ed such proportions, and were so eager to
witness the scene, that he was compelled
to lease. The throng could not be kept
off, however. They pressed around him,
and wherever he went hundreds followed
him. He was 'the observed of all observ
ers,' and it was with the greatest difficul
ty that he could move through the mar
ket. Fifteen minutes were spent in walk
ins about, when lie paused in front of a
cifop of chickens. Instantly the crowd
pressed around him, and with such eager
ness that it was almost impossible for him
to maintain his position. Venders left
their stalls, and purchasers careleisly
dropped their baskets, boys dropped on
their hands and knees and crawled
through the dense crowd, which swayed
to and fro like a wave.
Herrmann asked the price at a chicken,
and then took it in his hinds, remarking
that 'it would be easier to carry it home
with its head off than with 5t an at the
same time he commenced to wring its
head off. Blood spurted out over his
hand and over the fowl, and in an instant
he threw the chicken's head on the stall
and held the body in his hand. It lay
thus for a moment, when he, picked up
and remarked that he believed he would
put it on again. There was a rub or two
of the neck, a quick shake, and he pitched.
the fowl on the stall alive. The market
woman instantly caught it, and taking
hold of its head endeavoring to pull it off,
but it was no go, Herrmann had fixed it
on too fast. An expression of the utmost
astonishment settled on her face, and she
gazed at Herrmann with bewildering won
der. The crowd cheered and Herrmann
found it almost impossible to extricate
himself from Ms pressed position.
At this juncture a policeman came up
and requested him to leave the market, as
the excitement had become so great and
was every moment on the increase, it was
seriously interfering with the market. He
was glad to get away, and hurridly pass.
ed towards Baltimore street, the crowd
still following him. He was finally com
pelled to enter the piano store of Messrs.
Knabe & Co., to get clear of it. A mem
ber of the press offered to purchase the
chicken whose head had been torn off but
the woman refused to sell it, although a
dollar was offered for it, remarking that
she would carry it home and allow it to
die of old age. The egg woman found no
difficulty in disposing of her stock. Pee.
pie flocked around her stall and purchas
ed the eggs, anticipating that each one
would prove a placer. The performance
of yesterday morning is convincing 'ev
idence that there is but one magician—
and he is Herrmann.
Minairand Mary.
Tom ifiiposed a drive to-day, after dirt.
ner, and coming home we took a bye road
leading several miles out of the - way, and