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.TniirestabliShmentis now supplied with an extensive
assortment of JOB TYPE, which will be increased as the
Ratronage'dernhnds. It can now turn out Pitornyo, of
%;eyery ~ deseiiption;in' a' neat and expedition's manner—
And op very reasonable terms. Such as
Pamtblets, Checks,
Ruthless Cards, Handbills,
:Circulars, Labels,
Bill Headings, Blanks,
Programmes, Bills of Fare,
Invitations, Tickets, &e., &c.
Jo-DEEDS of all kinds. Common and Judgment B „,„„
Bawl, Justices', Constables' and other BLANKS, printed
correctly and neatly on the best paper, constantly kept
for sale at this ofliec, at prices "to suit the times."
so Subscription price of the LEBANON AWEETISER
One Dollar and a Half a Year.
Address, Wm. bi. Bunt& Lebanon, Pa.
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CLOCKS,
Jost Received at
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LEBANON VALLEY INSTITUTE
AT ANBVILLE, LEBANON COUNTY, PA.
W J B URNSIRE, A. IW., Principal.
'TIRE ENSUING SESSION will commence on
.111- MONDAY, July 21st.
Till: SCHOOL has the advantages of a pleasant and
:beautiful Location—spacious Buildings—Yeatillatad
:11.00M-11 fine Library and Cabinet.
`THE COilltSE OF STUDY Is not fixed, the studies of
"each pupil being directed according to the time he can
, afford iu School, or to the profession he designs to pur
nue.
TFIE
NORMAL DEPARTMENT offers special adram
tages to those who propose to engage in Teaching; as
the Course pnisned conforms strictly to the require
ments of the County Superintendent. mato the o,4 wee
-of sa .. th° StateNi 2 . 4irimitct - . lyflieTin
formation can be ob
-oplnressing the Principal.
June 25,1562
CHEAP STORE
RAUCH & LIGHT.
At the Corner of Cumberland Street and Plank iload,
• LEBANON, PA.
IdErl4ltA7ejlWlrtejleasile3l inform.
igeir frdnsnae public generally that they
have just. opened a large and carefully selected assort
xnent of
.DRY GOODS,
....
GI OC CRIES
QIIRESSIS'ARE, &e.,
to - wbiela taey respectfully invite the attention of the
Their
. .
DRY GOODS
have art been selected with the greatcst care from the
largest Importing
_Houses in Philadelphia.
GROCERIES,
A large stock of cheap Sugars, Coffees, Teas, Chocolate,
and all kinds of Spices. Also, a large assortment of
QUEIENSWARE,
amehg which are the newest patterns, together with al-
Attest an endless variety of,Goods in their lisle of busi
ness, which will be sold very cheap for cash, or Countty
Traduce taken in exchange.
BAGS! BAGS! ! BAGS! !
The attention of Millers and Farmers its. directed to
their large stock of BAGS, which they'll.l . 801 at
'wholesale prices.
October 17, 1860.]
0. WEIGLEY,
COMMISSION MERCHANT
FOR TIPS , SALE OP
Putter, Eggs, 'Cheese, Tallow, Lard,
Poultry, Game, Dried Fruits, &c.
No. lid READE STREET,
One door above Washington, NEWYORK.
REFERENCES
Robb & Asebougb, New York; Allen & Brother, do;
W. W. SeWage, Esq., do; Jones .t Shepard, do; shin:
son, Latina & Farrington, do; Samuel G. Johnson, do;
IV. M. Breslin, Eiat,, Lebanon. Pa.; L. Betz. Compton,
Ohio; W. C. Curry & Co., Bankers, Erie, Fa.; John
'Sti es, Esq., Pa. [July 16,1861
INHOOD ;
!oril,'o; How Lost! How Restored!
Just Published in a Sealed• Envelope ; Price 6 cts:
ALecture on the Nature, Treatment and Radical
Cure of Spermatordnea or Seminal Weakness, In
voluntary Emissions. Sexual Debility. and-Impedimenta
to Marriage generally, Nervousness, Consumption, Ep
ilepsy and Pita; Mental and Physical Incapacity, re
sulting from Self-Abuse. ke.—lly ROM! J. CU INER
WELL, D, Author of the Green Book, cfn.
The world•renownrd author, in this admirable- Lec
ture, clearly proves from his own experience that the
Awful consequences of - Self-abuse may be effectually re
trieved Without medicine. and without dangerous sur
gical operations. boogies, instruments, rings, or cordi
als, pointing out a mode of cure at once certain and
'effetrital, by which every sufferer, no matter what his
' , condition may be. may cure himself cheaply, privately,
and radically. This l ecture will prove a boon to thou
'ands and thousands.
, Sent under seal. to any address, in a plain.sealed en-
Irelope, on the receipt of six cents, or two postage
'stamps, byaddressing, CHAS. J. C. NI.INE CO,
127 Bowery, New York, rust Office Box, 4086.
August 20, 1862.
D.S. RABER'S
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRUG STORE
Has been removed to his New Buntline. on Cumberland
Street, opposite the Eagle Building,s,
Lebanon, Pa.
taHE subscriber respectfully announces tolls aequain•
Itances and the public in general, that he has con
ntly on hand a large stock of
DRUGS. . PERFUMERY,
MEDICINES, PAINTS,
CHEMICALS, - . 6 DYE STUFFS,
VARNISHES, TURPENTINE,
GLASS *4RE ;. BRUSHES,
HAIR 'OILS; EXTRACTS,
Burning Fluid, Sur: - seal Instruments, Toilet SOW', Se
gars, Tobacco, &c. Ala., a :variety of Fancy Articles
too numerous to mention, which lie offers at low rates,
and warrants the qualities of the articles as represent
ed. Purchasers will please remember this, and exam
ine the qualities and prices of his goods before purchas
ing elsewhere - . *it-Physician 's prescriptions and fam
ily recipeir carefullficompounded, at all hours of the
day or night, by calling at the Drug Store, opposite the
Eagle Buildings.
On Sundays the Store will be opened for the com
pounding of prescriptions between the hours of 7 and
10 o'clock, A. M., 12 and 1, and 4 and P. M.
Lebanon, Aug. 131365. DAVID S. RARER,
L. DEL.G. , B
LIQUOR STORE,
earner of :Market and Water Streets, Lebanon, Pa.
TILE undersigned respectfully informs t..e public
that ha hes received an extensive stock of the
choicest and purest Liquors of all descriptions. These
-- a% A Liquors ho is invariably disposed to sell at en-
Zpreeedentedly low prices.
" 7 " • Druggists, Farmers, hotel Keepers, and oth
ers will consult their own interests by buying of the
undersigned. . L. R. DF.EG.
Lebanon, July 9, 7562,
Lebanon Female Seminary.
RACHEL F. ItOSS, Principal.
:JULIA ROSS, Musical Department.
Mrs., M. A. J. JIM ISON, Drawing.
r Seision will commetice September 3,1860.
This School is designed to elevate the standard of
female education, and. to Mier superior advantages at a
moderate cost. The school year is divided into two
'sessions of live mouths each. Charge per session, from
IX to 15 dollars, according to thestudies of the scholar .
}liars. for Music, French, Latin, and German.
* .3 Particular attention given to the musical depart
inent. Instructions upon the Piano, Melodeon and
Guitar and in Singing. Pupils not connected with the
School will be waited upon at their homes, when da•
Sired, and at the usual rates.
Early application should be made to
S. 3. sTrYE, or
J. NV. 51151.1.
Board of Directors:
D. S. 11A111310ND, S. J. STINE,
A7OIIN blElLa r , J. W. 31[511, •
O. D. GLONINGER, C. GREENAWALT,
ISAAC BECKLt;I7, JOSIALI FENCE:.
Lebauon, Aug. 21, 1851.
*UJAII LONGACRE
LEBANON
Door, Sash and Steam Planing
TIM
Located' on the Steam-House Rcatl , ncerr Cumberland
„ .
Street, Salt ithamin,
rpm undersigned respectfully inform
J. the public In genend, that they
tilt manufacture and . keep on hand,
Door, Sash, Shutter,'Blinds, Flooring,
Weather-Boards, 0 Gee Spring._
Mouldings, of all sizes, Wash-Boards. Ceding, Surto:tee.
Cornices, and all kiuds of BUILDING MATKIVIALS
fur Houses.- We also construct the latest and newt im
proved Stair Casing and Hand Railing, suitable fur
large and small buildings.
We now invite Fireless, Mechanics and Builders to
call and examine our stock, which we will warrant to
give entire satisfaction to all who may favor the under
signed with their custom,
Lebanon, April 23,1562.
P. 8.--3'bere is also all kinds of TURNING at the
same MIL Planing, Sawing,
.&c., promptly done for
those whci may furnish Lumber.
IP YOU WANT
A No. 1 AMBROTYPE,-very cheap, go to DAILY'S
AL. Gallery, nest door to the Lebanon Deposit Dank.
W. J. P.UP.IVSIDE,
Annville, Pa
There is, or was until recently, a
tall handsome man confined in a lu
natic asylum at Camberwell. He us
ed to sit mournfully for . days and
weeks in a corner, of his lOneroom,
little given to talk and less to physi
cal exercise. sow and then, howev
er, he broke out in a sudden blaze of
excitement, repeating incoherent sen
tences, in which only the word "flax
cotton" was distinctly audible. The
unhappy man's name was Chevalier
Claussen. By birth a 'Dane and a
man of high scientific education,- he
gave himslf up early to the study of
practical chemistry, particularly
those branches connected with the
manufacture of textilefabr:es: After
years of labor and many experiments
he came to the conclusion that the
fibre of flax, if rightly manipulated, is
superior to cotton for all purposes in
which the latter is employed, and
therefore ought to supersede it, as
well Qn this account as being an indi
genous plant, for the supply of which
Europe might remain independent of
serf or slave. Claussen's experiments
were well received in his own coun-
I try, and his King gave him the title
of Chevalier, but, unfortunately, lit
tle other substantial encourag e ment.
The inventer then went to France,
Married a young 'French lady, was
presented at Court, and received the
Order of the Legion of Honour; but
again got little else but promises of
future reward for the years of labor
devoted to the one great object he
had in band. Some What weary of
. his work, and sorely pressed by pov
erty, Chevalier Claussen next came
to this country, arriving just in time
for the International Exhibition of
1851. He displayed in the Hyde'
Park Palace seine beautiful articles
made of flax-cotton, and set all the
world in ruptures about the new4h
vention, the more so as be freely ex
plained the secret of the process for
converting flax-straw into a material
equal in all, and superior in some re
spects to the cotton fabric. The
, manipulation was simple enough, ac
cording to Claussen's showing. The
flax, cut into Small pieces by machin
, cry, was left for a short while to the
combined action of alkaline solvents
and of carbonated alkalines and acids,
which converted the fibre into a ma
terial very similar to cotton, and fit
even, to some extent, to be spun with
cotton machinery. The English man•
ufacturers to whom the process was
explained were delighted ; neverthe
less, they refused with many thanks
the Chevalier's offer to work his in
vention. It was found that flax-cot
ton could not be profitably spun with
out making various alterations in the
existing machinery,,and to this the
Lancashier millowners objected say
" Why should we trouble our
selves about the new raw meterial its
long as we have got cotton in abun•
dance ?" With something of a pro
phetic vein, AL. Olaussen remonstra
ted, arguing that the supply was not,
all to be depended upon, and that, be
sides it would be better and cheaper
in the long run to make European
hands feed European mills, by the
aid of perfected steam agencies, than
to leave the task to the rude manual
labour of unwilling bondsmen. it
was the voice of the preacher in the
desert; Lancashire listened not; and
when the Hyde Park Show was over,
Chevalier Claussen and his invention
were no more thought of than the
man who discovered the compass.—
Sorely troubled in mind, and with
abject poverty staring him in the face,
Claussen then pursued his pilgrim
age, crossingthe Atlantic to Ameri
ca. What happened to biro in the
great Western Republic is not accu
rately known ; but it is presumed that
some 'cute natives laid hold' of the
young man from the old country,
squeezing his brains and then throw
ing him overboard. It was rumored
that Chevalier Claussen had got a
"partner ;" and not long after some
body, partner or otherwise, brought
him back to this country, shutting
him up iii a lunatic asylum at Cam
berwell. Here the story of flax-cot
ton ends ; the inventor in a mad
house; Lancashire without food for
her mills and her people.—Loadon,
Spectator
RAUCH k LIGHT
Ran: G. GABEL
,
,31"10x.qtacrar
LONGACRE & GABEL
drools line the hedges along the
road of life; let the. wise man pass
with a smile and a tear.
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VOL 14---NO. 14.
eijD.fre Inttrg.
AFTER ALL
The funnies are ripe in the orchard,
The work of the reaper is done,
And the golden woodlands redden
In the blood of the dying sun.
.ft the cottage door the grantisiro
Sits pale in his easy chair,
While the gentle winds of twilight,
Mays with his silvery hair.
A woman is kneeling Wilde him,
A fair, young nand is prest.
Xn the first wi hi passion or sorrow,
Against his aged breast.
And far from ore: the distance
The faltering echoes come
Of the flying blast of trumpet
And the rattling roll of drum
And the grandsire speaks in a whisper—
,The end no man can see;
But we give him to his country,'
And we give our prayers to Thee ."
The violets star the' meadows,
The rose-buds fringe the door,
And over the grassy orchard
The pink-white bloSSoms pour.
to darrkand still— T• ~ y •
There's a nameless grave in the battle-field
And a new one under the hill
AM a palid, tearless woman
By the cold hearth sits stone,
And the old clock in the corner
Ticks on with h steady drone
Migurianonts.
A Sad Story.
LEBANON, PA., WEDN
Curiosity o f Sleep.
in Turkey, if a man falls asleep in
the neighborhood of a poppy field,
and the wind blows towards him, he
becomes narcotized and would dio, if
the country people, who are well ac
quainted with the circumstances, do
not bring him to the next well or
stream,"and empty pitcher after pitch
er of water on his face and body.—
Dr. Appenbeim, during his residence
in Turkey, owed his life to this sim
ple and efficacious treatment. Dr.
Graves, from whom this anecdote is
quoted, also reports the case of a gen
tleman- thirty years of age, who, from
long continued sleepinesS, was redu
ced to a complete living skeleton, un
able to stand on his legs. it was
partly owing to disease, but chiefly
to the abuse of opium; until at last,
unable to pursue his business he samk
in to_...abiep.r.-~-,-10
, - eatt'7of - iis wno,
- Whenever anything occurred to dis
tress him, soon became drowsy and
fell asleep. A student at Edinburgh,
upon hearing suddenly of the unex
pected death of a near relative, threw
himself on his bed, and almost instan
taneously amid the glare of.noon-day,
sunk into a profound slumber. An
ether person reading to one of his
dearest friends stretched on his death
bed, fell fast asleep, and with the book
still in his hand, went on reading, ut
terly unconscious of what be was do
ing.. A woman at Hamadt slept sev
enteen or eighteen hours a day for
fifteen years. Another is recorded
to have slept once four days. Dr.
Macnish mentions a woman who spent
three-fourths of her life in sleep., and
Dr. Elliottson quotes a case of a young
lady who slept for six weeks, and re
covered. The venerable St. Augus
tine, of Hippo, prudently divided his
hours into three parts--eight to be
devoted to sleep, eight to meditation,
and eight to converse with the world.
Maniacs are reported, particularly in
the eastern hemisphere, to become fu
riously vigilant during the full of the
moon, more especially when the de•
teriorating rays of its polarized light
are permitted to fall into their de
partments, hence the name of luna
tics. There certainly is greater prone
ness to disease during sleep than in
the waking state, for those who pass
the night in- the Campagna di Roma
inevitably become infected with its
noxious air, while travelers .who go
through without stopping, escape the
miasma-. Intense cold produces sleep,
and those who perish iu the snow,
sleep on till the sleep of death.
Blorses.
Horses that are disposed to kick
in harness may be cured in one.half
day's time by pursuing the following
course:
Have a yard Of thirty to one hun.
died feetsquare, ineloSed with a high
and strong fence. Lead the horse in
to the yard; then put on him a reg-- ,
ular biting bridle, buckled back very
close,
so that he can have little or
no play with his head ; thee take a
basket, and tie it securely to hiS tail,
and just longenough so.that his heels,
when kicking, will reach it, but not
get into it. Now let kiln kick;
meantime, talk - to. him, but at the
same time keep out of his way—
Should ho throw himself, walk up to
him, and taking hold of the basket,
lay it upon him and all around his
heels.
After be has laid a little while, loos
en one rein of his bridle, and the oth
er, until he can get up. If again he
tries to kick, buckle the biting reins
again, and so keep him until he is qui
et. When he shows no further dis
position to kick the basket, take it off
and put on the harness; then hook
a whiffle tree to one tug and lead him
around the yard. If he shows no fear
of it, hook the other end of it, and let,
it, hit his heels at every step; very
soon he will not notice it. Now loos
en his buckling lines, and let him
have free play of his head, drive him
around.
If he shows any disposition to kick,
buckle up the biting rein again, and
drive him thus awhile longer ; then
again uneheck him, and so continue
to manage until he exhibits no sign
of fear or disposition to kick, no mat
ter What may hit his heels. There
are few horses that may not be cured
in half a day's time by pursuing the
above course. Horses disposed to
run away whenever anything hits
their heels in harnesS, may also be
cured in the same manner.
Elkegs of Marriage with
Blood Relations:
, -
The London Lancet contains the
followir , interesting observations on
this subject :
The consequences of intermarriage
have been the subject of much decla-
mation and but little sober inquiry.—
Evils of every kind have been depict
ed by some and totally denied by otlt
ers. Those who denounce and those
who favor within limits the practice
of intermarriage arc both devoid of
any large series of observvtion, or of
any perfectly conclusive chain of ar
gument. But it must be said that the
balance of the facts is in favor of the
former.
We road in an abstract - from a com
munication addressed to the Medical
Society of Berlin, by Dr. Liebroicb,
some interesting remarks on the evil
consequences of marriages between
relations. Dr. Liebreich affirms that
surd() mutism, idiocy, and chronic in.
flamation of the retina, by which the
fatter becomes affected with an infil
tration of coloring matter which im
pairs the vision—whence the name
pigmentary retinitis—and in one-half
the cases ascribable to marriages be:
tween cies& relatives. MOst cretins,
tii --- ii
according to Mai re unable to see
very small obje, laced close to
them; and Dr. Lie ich states that
out of fifty idiots" erved by him,..
three were sufferin nder pigmenta
ry retinitis. (Mei; hcse idiots be
longed to a noble I , ily, which bad
very seldom in. tii course of ages
contracted alliance, , ith other farni
lies, and the rrierrib' • of which had
therefore very frec ntly intermar
ried among each al r. The afflicted
person's father hadi aryied a cousin
of his, by whom lid ad thirteen chil
dren; two of these ied early, two
became blind °win to pigmentary
retinitis, and a fif6 - was both blind
and afflicted with i' ocy.. One of her
sisters married a e sin, and she had
an idiot among herehildren.
MakenzieTemarLi. the Coincidence
of blindness .w.; . 1-1 , , t ,
, ==q7oTryar Lh9,-4,3 -h-Ott in the asylum
at Berlin; there ai''elonrteen having
pigmentary the ret:ina, and,
Out of these fourteen, eight are of
jeWish descent; and it is well knOwn
that among the Jews marriages with
relations are frequent For the' same
reason, surdo mutism alone, is, ac-
cording to Dr. Liebreich, often met
with among the 'Jews; for while at
Berlin there is but one deaf and dumb
Christian to 1,477 of the same creed,
with the Jews the proportion is one
to 368. In the foUrteen eases men
tioned above, the consanguinity be
tween father and mother was verified
five times. In another group consist
idg of eighteen cases, in which retin
itis alone was observed.without deaf-
ness, there were eight patients whose
parents were cousills german, and five
the consanguinity of whose parents
remained doubtful.
TORTURE IN THE SEA.—One morn
ing towards the end of June, while
swimming off the Margate ecast, I
saw at a distance something that
looked like a patch of sand occasion
ally visible, and occasionally covered,
as it were, by the waves, which were
then running high in consequence of
a lengthened gale Which had not long
gone down. Knowing the coast pret
ty well, and thinking that no sand
ought to be in such a locality, I swam
towards the strange object, and had
got within some eight or ten yards
of it befOre finding that it was com
posed of animal substance. I- natu
rally thought that it must be the re
fuse of some animal that had been
thrown overboard, and Swanv away
from it, not being anxious to come in
contact with so unpleasant a sub
stance, While still approaching it, I
had noticed ,a „stight,, , tip t gling in the
toes of the left foot, but'as - 1 invaria
bly suffer from cramp in those regions
while swimming, I took the "pins and
needles" sensation for a symptom of
the accustomed cramp, and thought
nothing of it. " As I swam on, how
ever, the tingling extended further
and further, and began to feel very
much like the sting Of old nettle.
Suddenly the truth flashed across me,
and I made for shore as fast as I
could. On turning round for that
purpose I raised my right arm out of
the water, and found that dozens of
Slender and transparent threads were
hanging from it, and evidently still
attached to the Medusa, now some
forty or fifty feet away. The fila
ments were slight and delicate as
those of a spider's web, but there
the similitude ceased, for each was
armed with a myriad of poisoned
darts that worked their Way into the
tissues, and affected the nervous sys
tem like the stings of wasps.—Once a
Week. .
KEEPING A SECRET.—The father of
Papirius, as a Senator of Rome, one
day took him to the Senate, when
they deliberated on some subjects of
importance. On his return his moth
er asked him what had passed at the
senate. The young Papirius answer
ed that he was ordered not to speak
of it. This answer, as we may read
ily conceive, only augmented his moth
er's curiosity. She became more so
licitous, and employed every means
in her power to obtain the informa
tion she wished. lier son, to avoid
any further importunities, and to sat
isfy his mother's anxiety, told her
that they had beei,l_, deliberating
whether it would be- better for the
republic to suffer the men to have
two wives, or the women two hus
bands. Te senator's wife enraged
at this pretended deliberation, went
immediately, though she had prom
ised secresy, and communicated her
fears to some other Roman ladies.—
The next morning a large body of
indium:lnt wives presented themselves
at the door of the senate, and in a
voice declared that it would be far
better to let, the women have two
husbands, and - were incensed that
they should determine a matter of
such importance without hearing
what they had to say The senate,
not understanding the women's re
quests, were thrown into groat con
sternation, when the young Papirius
arose, and related in what way ho
eluded his mother's curiosity. The
wives retired; the prudence of young
Papirius was praised ;. but it was re
solved that in future no young man,
except Papirius, should be admitted
into the senate.
tet,.. A very happy comment on the
annihilation of time and spade by lo
comotive) means of travel was made
by a little girl who had ridden fifty
miles in a railroad train, then took a
coach to her uncle's house, some five
miles further, and was asked on her
arrival if she came by the cars. "We
came a little way in the
.cars, 'and
then all the rest of the way in a.ear
ringe."
AY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1862.
General Jesse L. Reno, whose death
on the field of battle is announced in
General McClellan's dispatch, was
one of the gallant young brigadiers
whom Burnside trained to war in
North Carolina. Ile was a Pennsyl
vanian by birth, and about thirty-sev.
en years of ago. lie received a mil
itary education at West Point, where
he was entered in 1842, and was grad ,
uated, standing seventh in his class,
in 1846. Entering the army as bre 7
vet second lieutenant of ordnance, be
formed part of Scott's army in the
Mexican war, and took part in every
battle from Vetia Cruz to Mexico.—
For gallantry displayed at Cero Gor
do he was breveted first lieutenant;
at Chepultepec be was wounded; and
-....44..,..Ap0,,,..r.c,5-tr,th-biln-atrrut-tra. bar
' tery in bOth of the actions above
named.
After the close'of the war he was
for six `months Assistant ProfesSor of
Mathematics at West Point, and for
eighteen mouths afterward secretary
to the Artillery Board, during which
he was engaged in testing heavy ord
nance and compiling tactics for hea
vy artillery. Various employments
succeeded . ; in all which he brought
to bear judgment, good scientific at
tainments and industry. Re was for
a time on the Coast Survey, then on
topographical duty in the West ; for
a year engaged in building a Military
road form Big Sioux river to St. Paul,
Minnesota. From 1854 to 1857 he
was stationed at Frankfort Arsenal,
near this city. Ile was afterwards
Chief Ordnance officer to General
Johnson in the Utah expedition, and
remained there till 1859, when he
was detached and sent to the Mount
Vernon Arsenal, Alabama. lie was
afterwards stationed at Leavenworth,
Kansas, where he was when the re
bellion broke out.
Re was one of the officers selected
by General Burnside himself, .to ac
cothpany him in his expedition, and
approved by his unvarying gallantry
and conduct the choice of his superi
or General.' Ile was appointed Brig
adier-General of Volunteers, Novem
ber 12th, of last year; distinguished
himself at Roanoke and Newbern,
and was considered one of the brav
est and most promising officers in.the
service. When Burneide's army was
brought up from North Carolina,Re•
no was pa in command of a division,
and in the battle before Washington
sodistinguished himself that his name
is among the, foremost of those most
honorably mentioned.
The gallant Colonel Dixon H.
Miles who was killed by a shell, af
ter a gallant defence of his pOst, at
Harper's Ferry, was a native of Ma
ryland,,and was an officer of the 're6-
ular army. He was .nearly sixty
lyears of age, was appointed a cadet
at West Point in 1&19, and.was grad
uated on the - 30th of June, 1824,
standing number twenty-seven in a
class Of thirty-one members. He en
tered the army as brevet second-lieu
tenant of the Fourth United States
Infantry, and full second-lieutenant
of the Seventh Infantry. On the 9th
of May, 1846, he was breveted major
for gallant and distinguished conduct
in the defence of Fort Brown, Texas.
He was further breveted lieutenant
colonel, with rank dating from Sep
tember 13, 1846, for gallant and meri
torious conduct in._ the several con
flicts of Monterey, Mexico, on the
21st, 22d and 23d of September, 1846.
On February 16, 1847,he was pro
moted to major of the Fith Infantry.
He was for a while, in 1848, civil and
military governor of Jalapa, in Mex
ico ; was promoted to lieutenant-col
onel in the Third. Infantry, in 1851;
commanded the South Gila expedi
tion ; and afterwards had part in the
war against the Coyotas and Mago
lon Apaches, in 1857, and with the
Navajoes in the following year.. In
1859 he was made colonel of the Sec
ond Infantry. At the first battle of
Bull Run he commanded the fifth di
vision of the Union army. He had
been fur some months in command at
Harper's Ferry, and proved himself
a gallant and skillful commander,
making a stout and desperate defence
against greatly - superior numbers.
GEOLOGICAL WONDER.—About thir
ty years ago, somebody made the dis
covery that the ice fields of Sibet:ia
contained immense numbers of fossils
of elephants and mastodons., Where
they came from or how they got there
is a problem which perhaps •may nev
er be'solved; their existence, howev
er, was no chimera, and as ivory is
one of the most valuable commodities
of trade in all nations, some utilita
rian Englishmen conceived r the idea
of turning these Vestiges, of a termer
epoch to a profitable account. Ac
cordingly about the year 1835, Thomp
son, Bonner & Co., a rich London
firm, fitted out an expedition to seek
for ivory in the Siberian ice. Novel
and incredible as it seemed, the ex
pedition was crowned with complete
success. The ships returned to En
gland richly laden with the choicest
ivory; and even to the present time,
although the world knows little about
it, the ivory market is mainly sup.:
plied from the 'ice fields of Siberia.
In carving a partridge, says
Sidney Smith-1 splashed Miss Mark-
ham with gravy from head to foot;
and though 1 saw three distinct,
brown rills of animal juice trickling
down her check, 'she had the com
plaisance to declare that not .2 drop
had reached her 4, Such , circumstan
ses are the "triumph of civilized life."
Death of General Rad.
Col. Dixon U. Pinks!.
WHOLE NO. 692.
Harper's Ferry & Vicinity.
Harper's Ferry, a post village of
Jefferson county, Va., is situated at
the confluence of the Shenandoah
with the Potomac river, where the
united stream breaks through the
Blue Ridge, one hundred and sixty
miles north of Richmond, and fifty
three miles northwest of Washington.
The scenery in the vicinity is in the
highest degree beatttiful and pictar-,
esque. Thomas Jefferson considered
the "passage of the Potomac through
the Blue Ridge one of the most stu
pendous scenes in nature, and well
worth a voyage across the Atlantic
to witness." The place was original=
ly called Shenandoah Falls. Its pres:
ent name is derived from a ferry long
established across the Potomac, which
uu t ;;6073 - f:
The village was cOlfip'aCtlY though ir
regularly built around the base of the
hill, and was the centre of considera
ble trade. Before the commencement
of the rebellion it contained four or
fitte churches, and several manufacto
ries and flour mills. The United
States armory then employed about
three hundred hands, and produced,
among other articles,' over ten thou
sand muskets annually. In
.the arse
nal there were continually stored
from eighty thousand to ninety thoa
sand stand of arms. Harper's Ferry
is on the lino of the. Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, and at the northern
terminus of a railroad connecting it
with Winchester.
At the time of the secession of Vir
ginia, Col. Jones was in command at
Harper's Ferry with a small force.—
On the 18th of April, 1861, he was
advised that about twenty-five hund
red Virginians were advancing to
seize the post. On his own responsi.
bility he immediately ordered the ar
senal and work-shops to be burned,
together with all the arms and muni
tions of war. This was done, and
during the night he commenced his
march to Carlisle, Penna., where he
arrived the nest day, having suffered
no molestation from the enemy. His
conduct was approved both by the
President and Secretary of War.—
The enemy soon appeared in force,
and took possession of the deserted
works. Op the night of the 7th of
May the forest on the Maryland side
of the river was burned, and much
valuable timber destroyed. About
eight hundred Kentuckians were en
camped upon the Maryland shore,
employed in fortifying the heights in
that vicinity. A battery was also
placed at Jefferson Rock. The Vir
ginia farces destroyed the Sharps.
town bridge at ono o'clock on the
morning of the 14th of June, and
Harper's Ferry bridge at sunrise.—
The Maryland heights had been pre
, viously evacuated. All the remaining
Government buildings were destroyed
with the exception of one storehouse,
a blacksmith shop, and the rifle works.
The bridge across the Shenandoah was
not injured.
Our forces under General Patter
son took possession of the place a few
days afterward. Geueral Johnston,
in his official report of the evacua
tion, stated that he "evacuated the
place because it was untenable, lying,
as it does, in the small end of a funnel,
the broader end of which could with great
ease be occupied by the enemy;" on, the
16th of June he sent a portion of his
force to Winchester by rail, and on the
17th continued this movement, sending
back his tent equipage and other heavy
baggage, his sick, er.c. He caused the
railroad and bridge, and such other pub
lic buildings that could be destroyed
without endangering private property to
be burned and spiked such heavy Ong
at the Ferry as could not be removed.—
On the 18th he moved with his whcile
army on foot in the direction of Manches
ter, Harper's Ferry has since remained
in the possession of our forces.
It has been generally believed that the
garrison numbered twelve thousand, for
which reason the hints that have been
thrown out that Colonel Miles might have
to surrender excited little anxiety. Un
fortunately, they have proved too true.
Abolition Radicals Conspiring Against
tlw Government.—Startling Develop
ments—The Presid eat to be Deposed.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Herald says the most
astounding disclosures have .been
inade,.hy letters and verbal commu.
nications from prominent politicians,
showing that a vast conspiracy has
been set on foot by the radicals of
the Fremont faction to depose the
present Administration and place Fre
mont, at the head of a Provisional Gov
ernment; in other words, to make
him military dictator. One of these
letters says one feature of this con.
spiraey is the proposed meeting of
Governors of the Northern States to
request President Lincoln to resign,
to enable them to carry out their
scheme. The writer, in conchision,
says Governor Andrew and Senator
Wilson are at work, and they are
probably at the bottom of the move
ment. From other well informed
sources it is learned that the fifty
thousand independent volunteers pro
posed to be raised under the auspices
of the New-York National - Union De-
fence Committee were intended to be
a nut:lens for the organization of this
Fremont conspiracy. It was the pur
pose of those engaged in this move.
men t to have this force organized and
armed - by the Government, and plc•
ed under the independent command
of their eiloSen leader; and then to
call upon all sympathizers to
.unite
with them in arms to overthrow the
present Administration and establish
in its stead a military dictatorship,
to carry out
_the peculiar policy they
desire the Government should exe-
gaanint
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IS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY
By W. X. SUM]II;
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At One Dollar and Fifty Cents a Year.
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_Printed at an haunt Donee:
RATES OF .POSTAGX;
In Lebanon County, pout44ge free. -
In Pennsylvania, out of, Lebanon county am eon* pea
quarter, or 1.3 cents a year.
Out of thit statei 6>5 eta. per quarter,. or !bets. a year
if the postage is not paid in advance, rates ars" doubled.
cute. Failing in this, it is stated that
a secret organiiation has been 'limo;
,garated, the memberS of which are
known as Ronndheadi: It is intend;
ed that this organization shall num;
ber two hundred thousand men in
arms, who shall raise tub iitaildird of
the conspirators and Can GCE,: Fre:
mont to the command. They expect
to bo joined by two-thirds of the ar
my of the Union now in the field,.
and that eventually one million of
armed men will be gathered around
their standard. Tlie. EtEttling dis;
closure is vouched for b 7.
repute in New York and other North:.
ern States. It is the last card of
those who have been vainly attempt
ing to drive . ,the President into the
adoption of their wiin peculiar PiitiCy:
„GtimuiciT_Fen.i.7) ,
nnec mut, writes a genial friend;
'we have two great, not too great;
blessings; a couple of doctors, one
who preaches and one who practices.
The Rev: Dr. - Oar worthy pas
tor has one weakness; he is efteri
sent for, in the way of his profesSlois;
to visit and console the Bick,'and hay:
ing once experienced the benefit of
a” Carrot poultice, tie fecoilithends it
for everything. Our village medical
doctor is sadly annoyed by thisinter:
ference; for the people think s() much
of the minister that they will follow
his advice, and all the more aboat'
their bodies than their souls. Dr.
Pills comes and finds that the filen
matic patient has a carrot poultice,
and the pleurisy has the same; and
the sore throat has the same j . and he
is out of all patiende with the
rbi id
ter, who thus brothefs him in hiia btui
iness.
Last *inter we had a parish meet=
ing to devise ways dad mega to fe
pair the church bell, which was un
happily cracked by a sudden blow
one frosty morning. The worthy
minister learnedly discoursed on the
subject, and said it could not bd
mended; it must be taken down and
recast, or it would never ring-again
,
Then up rose Dr. Pills, and rueied
that before giving up the hell as lost
they should try what virtue there was
in a carrot poultice. Everybody IA
town, be said, that was a little crack:
ed, was using it, and ho would like
to see it tried.
The bit was palpable, and produced
an audible smile throughout the se:
rious assembly. The minis - tel.. had
sense enough to take the joke, and
from that time onward he, has let
the sick people get well without thd
aid of his 'carrot poultice.
AN ORGAN THAT IS MORE LONd:
WINDED THAN A PARSON.—lnasmall
church at the little village near itrigliz
ton, where the congregation could
not afford to pay an organist, the*
recently bought a self:acting organ,
a compact instrument, well suited to
the purpose, and constructed to play
!orty different tunes. The sexton had
instructions to set it asoing, and heii
to stop it, but, unfortunately, he foi
-1 got the latter part of his businesk
and after singing the lour first verses
of a hymn, before the sermon, the
organ could not be stopped, and it
continued playing two verses more;
then, just as the clergyman comple
ted the words, "Let us pray," the or:
gan clicked and started a fresh tune:
The minister sat it out patiently, and
then renewed his introductory words;
"Let us pray," when click Went the
organ again, and started off anothei
tune. The Sexton and others contin:
cd their exertions to find Out the
spring, but no man could put a atoll
to it; so they got four of the stout=
est men in the church to shoulder the
perverse instril men t, and they carried
it down the centre aisle of the Church
playing, into the churchyard, where
it continued clicking and playing a
way dntil the whole forty tunes were
finished.
. - I
A FRENCH . - No - vEr.ii.-The Frenell
have built a new hotel inside the new
theatre of the cirque. This
ens, but an immense theatre wheie
military pieces are played with acz
companiment of cavalry tlittrges;
ti I lery discharges and musketry peals.
Performances last every evening Uri;
til past midnight, except where ther4
is a general rehearsal—these last un:
til four o'clock in the morning.
agine a man who has been four and
twenty hours in a railway car reach:
ing the hotel at ten o'clock dtid
telling to bed. He has icarCelY be
gun to snore when the cavalry rattle;
the artillery bellows and the musks:
try hail. Up he leaps in the noetnr:
nal costume men wear, and doWel
stairs he runs, thinking full sure theta
is a revolution in Paris or an 6.±PlOiloti
of gas in the hotel. Imagine Old
scene! It is said the porter will be in:
strueted to reply in all theste,daS - eili:'
Monsieur it is nothing—only the Ai:-
my of Paris going through .mldnight
exercise On the quays to teacili the
to guard against surprises.
"THAT'S WHAT'S THE leiiTTHEt.”---:
We have at last found the originatiod
of this popular phrase, it the follow
ing, clipped from an cieliange; it is
too good to keep. A friend of ours
who has been absent all Winter re
turning a few days since called upon
an estimable lady friend. He, was
surprised. to fi nd her con fi ned to a dick
bed. Mier the first saltitniiond*sete;
over our friend remarked, why Mrs':
—, I am very sorry to find yea itt
—what is the,mutter! Quickly reach
ing over to the back of the bed the'
invalid turned dovia ihe
closing . a beautiful infant, wrapped id
the embrace of the rosy god, and said
triumphantly--That's what's the mat?
ter.—Lacrosse Demoorat.