Whole No. 2651.
Estate of Jacob Llntburat, deceased.
\"OTICE is hereby given that letters t.s
/camcntary an the estate of JACOB Ll>7
flli'KST, late i.f Armagh township, Mifflin
county, deceased, have been granted to the |
undersigned, residing in said township. All j
-pers ns indebted t '-aid estate are requested ■
make iinineJiat [.ayment, and those fuv- |
,n<r claims to present them duly authenticated j
fur settlement.
MARY ANN LINTfIURST.
•feb-12-Gt Executrix.
NOTICE!
k LL per* >r.s knowing themselves indebted
t.i the late firm of KENNEDY & JL'N
KIN, by Note or Book Account, will plea*e
call on or before
April Ist, 1862,
and settle the same. By so doing
COSTS WILL BE SITED,
as after that time the accounts will be ieft in i
the hands of an Attorney for collection.
It. 11. JUN KIN.
Surviving Partner of the l it* Hsm of
KENNEDY T JCNKI.V. '
Lewixtawn. December 18. IBbl
PATENT
COAL OIL GREASE.
r rRIS Greasa is made from COAL OIL,
* and has been found by repea ed tests
to be the most economical, and at the
isme time the best lubrica or for Miil
<i irii i. atagv*, M ag-.n*. (..'arts, Cm ri:iges,
Vfhi'l'.e i f all kind*, a:? J all heavy hearing",
keeping the axle* always col. and net r-'quir
jng ihctu t>> be locked after fcr week*. It has
L.'cn tested on railroad ear*, and with one
- .iking of the waste it baa run, with the ear*.
Hides' All railroad, omnibus, lm-rv
vthie and Express entii panics thai have tried
it pronounce it the neplus ultra
It e< inbines the body and fluidity of tallow,
':.\*wax and tar. an 1 unlike general lubrica
: rs, will not run off. it being warranted to
J any temperature,
i have i: in boxes 2} to 10 lb*. Also keg*
;■ I barrel* from MO to 400 lbs, for general
and sale. The boxes are more prefera
. tl.cy are 6 inches in diameter by 2$ inches
, and hold 21 ibs net; the boxes are clean,
. i iiardly a carman, teamster, expressman,
iiif'.tr or farmer, that would not purchase
■.?? h- \ for trial. F. O. FIiANCISCUS
Lewis! >wn. February 12. Ibo2.
DRY GOODS AT COST.
T" E undersigned, being ab< tit tu close mit
J Irs choice atid well ussortoi stock
OX Goods on hand, invites attention of per
!■ d-rir of purchasing tu the advantage*
tl.u* aff rded in tit -se times, when economy
become* a necessity, as well as a duty. The
entire stock of
Dry Goods & Queonswarc
: therefore for sale at cost and carriage, of
irriag i-Mueementa which are iiawher®Nli>e
til-red.
lie stock embraces Cloths, Cassiiner. - *,
ws'ings for Gent'eut -ri'a wear. Silk. Woollen
*i i C to a Goods f r Ladies' wear.
He lon Muslins, Gloves, Hosiery„ Trim
... „•. and a great variety of other articles
Biually kept for site.
23uT'j any one desiring to go into the bit
i :at a we'd established stand, with a per
mao'iit s.r.d substantial das* of patrons, he
* a i iii*p fo i.f the entire stock, at a price
i ud n terms that would prove an object.
N • L-Uer opj. minify f r a safe and paying
investment can be found.
R 11. JUNKIX,
Surviving Partner of Kennedy & Junkiu.
Lewi-town, Jan 15, DG2.
Af*I3ROTYP£3
AND
The Gems ol the Season.
r rms is no humbug. Suit a practical truth.
1 The pictures taken by Mr. Burkholder j
.r if.. r BOLDNESS 'fUl fil
IT LXKSS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, find '
I'I'K.VBIUTY. l*r ces varying acci-rding
■ 1 Mzr and quality of frames and Cases
o m over the Espres.- Office.
Lewistown. August *2; J. I*6o
New Fall and Winter Goods,
I) F- KLLIS, of the late tiun of .McCoy
1 I • & Ellis, has just returned from tin-city
w itb a choice assortment of
Dry Goods and Groceries,
6-btted with care and purchased for cash,
whirh are offered to the public at a small ad
vance on cost. The stock of Pry Goods em
brace* all descriptions of
Fall and Winter Goods
tait&hle for Ladies. Gentlemen and Children
*ith many new patterns. Wis
tiSrocrrfrg
C'tnnnse Choice Sugars. Molasses. Java. Rio
and Laguyra Coffee, superior Teas. &<: Also
h "its and Shoes Queensware, arid all other
&r 'idea usually found in stores—all which
the customers of the late firm and the public
") general are invited to examine.
R F. ELLIS.
Country Produce received as usual and the
• w 'i market price allowed therefor.
E wistown, November 6, 1861.
, NOTICE!
ATY creditors will take notice that I have
oi applied for the benefit of the Insolvent
Laws of this Commonwealth, and that the 6th
? a y of April. 1862. has been fiixed for a h-ar
'ng, at the Court House in Lewi-town. in open
Cut >". ELI PRICE.
Lewistown, March 8, 1862.
RIO Coffee, extra, at 20 cts per lb. at
feb26 HOFFMAN'S.
iptgaSiiiggigai a? im's'sssji&iaias, aa^ynsw®wsy 9 anaKHmsj as®sm- 9 jp^ 9
THE MIHIfm.
JT-on ike Atlantic Monthly.
VOYAGE OF THE f;t)OD SHIP UNION.
BT OUTER WRKMU. HOLMUv
Before the gale, with tattered sail,
, A sll! P gos plunging by.
what namflt Where Bound? The rocks around
Repeat the loud halloo.
The stood ?hip Union, southward bound:
God help her and her erew.
Aad[is the old flan flvjng still
That o'er your fathers 3e .r.
\v ith bands of white and rosy light
And field of starry blue?
Ay look aloft, its fo'lds full oft
riaye braved the roaring li!a=t,
oH f t; b xhail 2y when front the skv
This black typhoon ha-, past.
Speak, pilot, of the storm-tost bark—
.May lus dangers Hharo?
O. land-man. these are fearful soas
_ I lie hrr.ve alone ruav dare.
Nay. ruler of the rebel deep.
What matters wiu.l or wve ?
11,3t wreck your reeling deck
Will ieare me nought to save.
O, landsman, art thou false or true?
What sign hast thou to show?
The crimson stains from iovnl veins
That hold my heart-blood's flow.
Enough, what more shall honor claim?
I know the sacred sign;
Above thy head our flag shs'il ,-pread,
Our ocean path be thine.
The bark sails on: the Pilgrim's cape
Lies low along her lee,
Whose headland crooks'its anchor flukes
_To lock the shore and sea.
No treason here—it cost too dear
To win the barren realm.
And true and free the hands must be
ihat hold the whaler's helm.
Still on: Manhattan's narrowing bav
No rebel cruiser scars;
H'r waters feel no pirate's keel.
That flaunts the fallen stars.
But watch the light cm yonder height-
Ay. pilot, have a care—
Some lingering crowd iu mist mcv shroud
The capes of Delaware.
Sajv pilot, what this fcrt mav be.
Whose sentinels look down
From mounted walls that show the sea
Their deep embrasures' frown?
The rebel host t ianns ail the coast,
But these are friends, we know,
Whose footprints spoil the "sacred soil,'.
And this is? Fort Monroe.
The breakers roar—how bears the shorn?
The traitorous wrecker's hands
Have quenched the blaze that poured its rays
Along the Hatteras sand'.
Ha ' SHY not so—l SE" its glow—-
Again ti._• shoals display
The be a. -on light that shines bv night,
The Union stars by day.
The good ship flies t<> milder skiee.
The WUTC more gently flows.
The softening breeze wafts o'er the so&:
The breath of Beaufort's rose.
W hat fold is tins the sweet winds kiss,
_ Fair-striped and is. my starred.
Whose shadow pahs the orphan- walla
The twins if Beauregard:
What, heard yen net Port Royafs do-.ni ?
He'.* the bU - k wa- si .:>< ©sitae
And turned the Beau!,.;: roses' bloom
To redder wr-iti -. ci' flame?
How from nbftlioii's broken reed
Vv e saw his emblem fall,
As Ooti his cursed poison weed
Shall drop from Sumter's wall?
On. c-n, ru'.sski's ir:n hail
Lrl! 1 rmle-s on Jy: o- -
r top-sails fee! TH7: C MAR:.-,:; g.,>,
She strikes the or-ew a ;
Tr.e rounds the potnt.threads th • keys
'1 hat guard the land of fi->w< is.
Ai.d rides a* iast where linn and f;• -1
Her own 'J.br-'.tar t eve is.
The good ship Uuic .'a voyage is o'er.
At anchor safe she '.viiigs,
And loud nl clear, with ehcer "U cheer.
Her joyous w. 1-TM" rings:
iiui rati: hurrah I—it - h ikes the *ave,
It thunders o : :!.e so ore—
One flag, out' lan J, on'i heart, one hand,
One nation, evert, .re.
Edited by County Superintendent.
Fc: the Educational Column.
Avoi l Extremes.
When we write lor the Educational Col
umn, we generally endeavor to produce
something that will, either directly or in
directly, beneiit our schools. For thisrea
.-on, v.e wish to caution thiee classes of
persons against runuing into extremes, viz:
directors, parents and teachers; because
the actions ot these more directly influ
enec tlie school than tiiose ot any others.
We would, in the iirst place, caution di
rectors agaiust showing too much partiality
to any one school visiting it perhaps twen
ty times during a teim, and neglecting all
the rest. The JScfeuol Law requires that
they make tins number and even more than
this number ot visits during a term, but
they are to be divided among the schools
ol the district and ;ro not to be contined
to any single one.
We would also caution them against en
couraging 'old tangied' and improper prac
tices in the school, merely because they
imagine a teacher has gone too far in intro
dueing 4 new tangled' requirements. By
so doing, they run into an extreme oppos
ite *o that ot which they accuse the teach
er.
To parents we would suggest that they
be careful how they interfere with the au
thority of the teacher. If your child has
been severely punished, do not keep him
at home and call the teacher a monster or
a brute, or what is worse, go to law about
it., simply because children have been beat
en too much under the old system ot edu
cation. The fact that pedagogues used the
rod improperly in the 'olden time,' is no
argument against its use, when necessary,
at the present time. Be caretul, too, that
you do not run into the opposite extreme
ot sparing the rod and spoiling the child.
Second, we would sug'gest that parents
be careful how they talk to their children
about their conduct at school. Never tell
: your boy that he is so bad you tear his
teacher can do nothing with him t)t
| can take no surer method of making hiix
bad But, on the other hand, do not g(
to the opposite extreme, and have him un
derstaDd that be can do DOwroug,and tba
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1862.
the teacher has no right to correct him.—
Either extreme will give yourself and the
teacher much trouble and will, in the end,
spoil your child.
Third and last, if you have known fe
males, without the necessary qualifications,
undertake to teach school and- be unsuc
cessful, do not condemn all female teach
ers. A man who undertakes to teach, with
out being properly qualified, will fail as
surely as will a female in like circumstan
ces.
\\ e now come to teachers, who perhaps
need to he cautioned on this point, moic
than any other class of persons. When
they become deeply impressed with the
importance of any proceeding, they are
very liable to carry it too far, and, in many
instances, iujure instead of benefit those
whom they hare in charge.
In former times, most teachers did little
else than hear lheir classes recite, without
giving any, or at mo.-t very little, cxplana
tion, and never requiring pupils to tell all
they knew of the subject. It was found
that this plan did not advance pupils very
rapidly, and teachers now are endeavoring
to correct this fault. Many, in their Steal
to do this, overstep the mark? In reading,
for instance, they require pupils to pay so
much attention to the marks and pauses,
that the sense is destroyed ; in mental ar
ithmetic they pay so much attention to the
form of the solutions, that pupils get the
form without understanding the questions.
Be exact, but not too precise.
Another error which some people fall is
to, is, making their invitations too general.
We have known teachers to invite almost
every acquaintance they meet to visit them.
Judicious visiting hy directors, parents or
any persons who take an interest in schools,
is very proper. We know such visits cbcer
both teacher and pupils, hut the miscellan
eous visiting which sometimes results from
the teacher's miscellaneous invitations is u
nuisance and injurious to the school. We
would not have a teacher barricade the door
when he sees a visitor approach, but he
should encourage only such visitors as are
interested in the proceedings of the school.
L. K.
mmLLMmm,
Pennsylvania Oil
The people ol Eastern Pennsylvania
have nut wakened up to the importance of
the great oil region of the Northwestern
part of the iStute. There are but few citi
zens of Phihdelpia that know the magni
tude ol the husincss that has sprung up
there in short time. .Most t f Inem ! cat
the reports: as travelers' stories : or if titey
do credit them, they think that the oil
business can only be temporary ; that the
wells wi.l run dry in a lew months, and
that investments in the region will not pay.
Similar predictions wore made a Cuii| !e
of years ago, when the first discoveries were
made. The accounts of the overflowing
wells were treated as fabulous, and it was
positively asserted that they could not hold
out long. But the business has gone stea
dily en; many new wells have been sunk,
and the flow of the oil is increasing. Air.
Henry (J. Ilickok lately addressed our
Board ol Trade on the subject. He was
lor a number of years the State Superin
tendent of Common Schools, and is known
to us and all over the State as a gentleman
of veracity, intelligence and practical com
mon sense. He is the last man in the
world from whom we should look tor lahles,
exaggerations or visionary theories. He has
resided tor a year or more in Franklin, Ve
nango County, and has made himself thor
oughly well acquainted with the immense
oil business that has sprung up around him.
His statements must be accepted as literal
truth
Mr Hickok stated that on Oil Creek,
within a range ol uiue miles, there were
lately no le*s than 15d,000 barrels of oil in
vats, together with 15,000 barrels at a sta
tion on the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad,
and 22.000 barrels waiting shipment at Oil
City. Surely our people have had no idea
ola business of such immense proportions
as this. The weekly product of the oil
wells is stated to be now not less than 75,-
000 barrels, and it might easly be raised to
200,000 barrels This throws whales and
whalers entirely in the shade. We need
have no more voyages to the Northern seas ;
no more harpooning and blubbering. The
earth only a*ks to he tapped, and she will
yield more than men want of the fluid they
have heretofore obtained at such perii from
the sea. A single well—the Empire —
yields in a day 3,000 barrels of oil, which
would be a very large ' get' for a whaling
ship after a year's perilous voyaging.
The experience of the past year or two
has shown that the oil becomes more abun
dant the deeper the bore. The supply is
believed to be inexhaustible, and there is
as good reason for this belief as there is
for believing our veins of mineral are in
exhansitble. The oil field of Birmah, in
India, yas yielded 400,000 barrels ol oil
per annum, from time whereof the mem
ory of man runneth not to the contrary ;
and the region there is very small com
pared with that of Western Pennsylvania.
We may well ask, in view of these facts,
whether the oil wealth of the State is not
really greater than its mineral wealth.—
■ Considering the small amount of capital re
quired to develop it, as compared to the
enormous amounts invested in our coal and
iron regions, we incline to give the pref- !
erenco to oil. over both coal and iron. I
Our Philadelphia capitalists have certainly
not appreciated this new and immense !
business; for they have done scarcely any
thing in tha oil region. New York oapi
talists and men of enterprise arc first in
the field, and are reaping the first harvest.
Most of the oil goes to Buffalo, and thence
to New York; while, by the Allegheny
river and the Pennsylvania Railroad, it is
cheaper and easier to briag it to Philadel
phia. When the railroad to Erie is com
pi fed, the iacilitics for reaching this port
will be much increased, and if our men of
business use the proper energy, they may
make Philadelphia the great depot and
shipping port of the oil of Pennsylvania. |
Official Report of Gen. Curtis of the
Victory in Arkansas.
Headquarters Army of Suutiiwest, )
Pea Kidge, Arkansas, March 0. i
General: On Thursday, the Gth inst.,
the enemy commenced an attack on my
right, assailing and following the rearguard
of the detachments under Gen. Sigel to
my main lines, on Sugar (.'reek Hoilow,
but ceaseu firing when he met my reinforce
ments, about four o'clock P. M.
During the night 1 became convinced
that he had moved on, so as to attack iuy
right or rear. Therefore, early on the 7th,
I ordered a change of front to" the right on
my right, which thus becoming my left,
still rested on Sugar Creek Hollow. This
brought my line across Pea itidge, with
my new right resting on the head of Cross
'limber lioliow, which is the head of Big
Sugar Greek. 1 also ordered an advance
of cavalry and light artillery, under Col.
Osterhaus, with orders to attack and break
what ho supposed would be the reinforced
line of the enemy. This movement was
in progiess when the enemy, at 11 o'clock
A. >l., commenced an attack on my right.
The fight continued warmly at these
points during the uay, the enemy having
gained the potW" held in command by Col.
Garr, or Cross Timber Hollow, but were
entirely repulsed with the fall of the rebel
commander, McCulloch, in the centre, by
the forces under Col. Jeff U. Davis, of Mis
souri.
Ihe plan of attack on the centre was
gallantly carried forward by Col. Osterhaus,
who was immediately sustained and super
seded by Col. Davis' entire division, sup
ported also by Gen. Si gel's command, which
had remained till near the close of the day,
oti the left.
G*'' G'arr s division held the right under
a galling and continuous fire a.l day.
In the evening, the firing having entire
!v ceased in the centre, and the right be
ing now on the left, I reinforced the right
by a portion of the second division, tinder
Gcti Asboth. Before the day closed, L
wis convinced that the enemy had eoncen
trated h:s main force on the right ; there
fore I commenced anolner change of front
forward, so as to face the enemy where he
had deployed on my right flank in strong
position. The charge had been partially
affected, but was fully in progress, when,
at sunrise on the Bth, my right and centre
renewed firing, which was immediately an
swered by the enemy, with renewed ener
gy, along the whole extent of his line.
My left, under Glen. Sigel, moved close
to the hills occupied by the enemy, driving
him from the heights, and advancing stead
ily toward the head ot the Hollows I
immediately ordered the centre and right
wing forward, the right wing turning the
left of the enemy and cross firing iu his
centre. This final position placed the cn
emy in the arc of a circle. A charge ot
infantry, extending through >ut the whole
line, completely routed the whole rebel
force, which retired in complete confusion,
but rather sately through the deep impass
able defiles of Gross Timbers.
Our loss was heavy. That of the enemy
can never be ascertained, for the dead are
scattered ever a large field. Their wound
ed, too, may, many of them, perish.
The enemy has scattered in all dirictions,
but I think his main force lias returned to
Boston Mountain. Gen. Sigel follows the
enemy toward Keithsville, while my cav
alry is pursuing him towards the moun
tains, scouring the country, bringing in
prisoners, arid trying to find the rebel Ma
jor General Van Dorn, who had entire
command of the entire force of the enemy
at this battle of Pea Kidge.
I have not as yet statements of the dead
and wounded, so as to justify a report; Gut
I will refer you to a despatch which I will
forward very soon.
The officers and soldiers under ray com
mand have displayed such unusual gallant
ry, that 1 hardly dare to make a distinc
tion. 1 must, however, name the command
ers of the divisions: Gen Si_*el, who gal
lantly carried the right and drove back the
left wing of the enemy, and Gen. Asboth,
who was wounded in the arm in his gal
lant effort to reinforce the right; Col. and
acting Brigadier Gen. Davis, whocoinmand
ed the eentre, when McCulloch tell on the
7th, and pressed forward the centre on the
Bth; Col. and acting Brigadier Gen Carr,
who is also wounded in the arm, and was
under the continuous fire of the enemy
during the two hardest days of the strug
gle
Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Ohio, and Mis
souri may proudly share the honor of the
victory which their gallant heroes won over
the combined force of Van Porn. Price
and McOulioeh, at Pea Ridge, in the moun
tains of Arkansas. I have the honor to
he, General, your servant,
SAMUEL R CURTIS,
Brigadier General Commanding.
Official Report of Lieut. Pendergrasl of
the Congress.
AsilixuTOS. March 111—The official re
pot t of Lieut Pendergrast, of the Congress,
addressed to Conie.jmdor M.irston, lias been
torwarded to the Navy Department. Lieut.
Pendergrast states 'That owing to the death
of the late commanding officer, James I).
Smith, it beei m s my painful dnt'v totfiakea
report to y ;i of the j>art which the United
. States frigate Congress took in the efforts of
our vessels at Kewpi rt News to repel tlie at
tack of the rehel flotilla on the Bth inst.'
1 h° report states that, when the Merrimac
and three small gunboats were seen steaming
down from Norf Ik, and had approached near
; enough to discover her character, the ship
was cleared for action. At ten minutes he
fore 2 o'clock, the Merrimac opened with her
how gun with grape, passing on the starboard
side at a distance of about three hundred
yards, reciting our broadside and giving one
iin return. Atter passing the Congress, sho
ran into and sunk the sloop-of war Cumber
i land. The smaller vessels then attacked us.
.; killing and wounding many of our crew. Seo
! ing the fate of the Cumberland, we sot the
[jib and top-sail, and, with the assistance of
the tugboat Zouave, ran the vessel ashore.
At halt past 2 o'clock, the Merrimac took a
position astern of us, at a distance of about
' ot.e hundred and fifty yards, and raked us
[ fore and aft with shells, while one of the small
. steamers kept up afire on our starboard quar
! ter.
In the meantime tho Patrick llcnry and
; Thomas .Jefferson (rebel steamers) approaeh
ed us from up the James river, firing with
I precision, and doing us great damage. Our
; two stern guns were our only means of tie
i fence. These were soon disabled, one being
1 dismounted, and the other having its muzzle
! knocked away. The men were knocked away
j l'r >nt them with great rapidity and slaughter.
I by the terrible fire of the enemy.
Lieut. Pendergrast first learned of the death
I of Lieut. Smith at -U o clock. The death haj
j pened ten minutes previous. Seeing that our
j men were being killed without the prospect
I of any relief from tho Minnesota, which ves
; sel had run ashore in attempting to get up tu
us from Hampton I'oads; and not being able
; to get a single gun to bear upon the enemy,
. and the ship being on fire in several places,
, upon consultation with Commander Win.
i Smith, we deemed it proper to haul down
j our colors without any further loss of life on
our part. We were soon boarded by HO offi
cer o! th.- Merrimac, who satd he would take
; charge of the ship, lie left shortly ufter
i wards, and a small tug came alongside, whose
captain demanded that we should surrender
and get out of the ship as he intended to burn
i her immediately. A sharp fire with muskets
i and artillery was maintained from our troops
| ashore upon the tog. having the effect of dri
fting her off. The Merrimac again opened on
; us, then left us and engaged the Minnesota
! and the shore batteries.' After which Lieut,
j Pendergrast states the vvotn ded were takrn
j ashore in small boats, the ship having been
| on fire from the beginning of the action, from
] the hot shot fired by the Merrimac. He re
ports the death of the following officers: Lieut.
; Joseph I>. Smith, Acting Master Thomas
; Moore, and Pilot Wm. Rhodes.
DESTRUCTION OF THE CUMBER
LAND AND CONdRESS.
REPORTS OF TIIEIR COMMANDERS.
Destruction of the Cumberland.
; The following is a copy of the report of
Lieut. Morris to Capt. Radford, detailing the
circumstances of the United States steamship
Cumberland's part in the recent naval action:
NEWPORT NEWS, YA.. Mnnh 9, 1862.
SIR Yesterday morning, at 9a. m., I di*
covered two steamers at anchor off Smithfield
Point, on the left hand or western side of the
I river distant, about 12 miles. At twelve me
ridian I discovered three vessels, under steam,
standing down the Elizabeth river towards
i Sewell's Point. I beat to quarters, double
i breached the gons on the main deck, and
cleared ship for action,
j At Ip. IIJ. the enemy hove in sight, grad
ually nearingus The iron clad steamer Mer
ritnac, accompanied by two steam gunboats,
passed ahead of the Congress frigate and
steered down towards us. We opened firs
! upon her. She stood on and struck us under
the starboard fore channels. She delivered
her fire at the same time. The destruction
was great. We returned the fire with alacri
ty. At thirty minutes j a-t three the water had
gained upon us, notwithstanding the pumps
were kept actively employed, to a deg*ee that
the forward magazine being drowned wo had
to take powder from the after magazine for
the 10 inch gun.
At 30 minutes past 3 o'clock the water had
risen to the "main hatchway and the ship cant
ed to port, and we delivered a parting fire—
each man trying to save himself hy jumping
overboard. Timely notice was given, and all
the wounded that could walk were ordered
out the cockpit: but those rf the wounded who
had been carried into the sick hay and on the
berth deck were so mangled that it was im
possible to save them.
It is imnossible for me to individualize
Alike, tie officers arid men, ail behaved in
the most gallant manner.
Lieut. Selfridge and Master Steuyvesant
were in command of the gun deck divisions,
and they did all that noble and gallant officers
could do. Acting Masters Randall and Ken
nison, who had charge each of a pivot gun.
showed the most perfect coolness, and did all
they could to save our noble ship; but, I am
sorry to say, without avail. Among the last
to leave the ship were Surgeon Martin and
ABisfant Surgeon Kershaw, who did all they
could for the wounded promptly and faithfully.
The loss we sustained I cannot yet inform
,you of, but it has been very The war
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rant and sterrnge officers could nothuve been
nn.ro prompt and active than they were at
tno'-r different stations. Chaplain Leinhart
i* mining. Mast* c's Mate John Harrington
vrai killed. I should jh ige we have lost up
wards of one'hundred men. I can only say
in ci ndusioti that all did their duty, and we
sank with the American flag flying nt. the
peak. I am, sir. AC , GEO. M MOKRIS,
Lieut, and Executive Officer.
The Samaritans
This ancient race will probably ere long
have ceased to exist, as it has long been
gradually tut surely diminishing. At the
present time the whole tribe consists of not
more than cne hundred and fifty persons,
and as their laws forbid them to marry ex
cept among their own people, there are
now twelve your.g men who cannot find
wives. 1 hey dwell at Slicchem, and every
Easter go up with their tents to Mount
Gerizim, where they keep the Passover
with precisely the same ceremonies which
aceomranied its celebration two thousand
years ago. Like the Jews, they slay the
paschal lamb, and with loins girded
j and staff in hand they eat it with bitter
herbs. I. nlike the modern Jews,
whom they have no dealings whatever.)
thoy have their high priest, and this offico
has ever descended in the same family.—
1 he present venerable old man will be sue
cceded by his nephew, who is now a nbbi;
I besides these two officiating priests there
I are six slayers, whose duty it is to kill the
j sacrificial limbs. Not only is the Passover
celebrated as of old, but every rite mention
ed in the Bible is adhered to with the
greatest exactitude and minuteness.
Human Life,
i Men seldom think of the great event of
1 death until the shadows fall across their
, own path, hiding forever from their eves
i the traces of loved ones whose living sir.tics
j were the sunlight of their existence.—
Death is the great antagonist of life, and
the cold thought of the tomb i- the skeleton
of all feasts. \\ edo not want to go through
; the dark valley, although its passage mav
lead to paradise; and with Charles Lamb,
i we do not want to lie down in the muddy
grave, even with kings and princes for our
; bed fellows. But the fix of nature is inex
j orabie. There is no appeal from the great
law which dooms us to the dust. \Ye
j flourish and we fade as the leaves of the
forest; and the flowers that bloom and
. wither in a day have not a frailer hope upon
j life than the mightiest monarch that ever
, shook the earth with his footsteps. Gcn
j orations of men appear and vanish as the
I grass, and the countless multitude which
j fills the world to day, will to-morrow disap
pear, as the footsteps on the shore.
S^°*A dandy while being measured for
a pair of boots, observed, 'make them cover
the calf.'
'Heavens'' exclaimed the astonished ar
tist, surveying h:s customer from head to
foot; *1 haven't leather enough.'
855w" -Marriages are olten called 'match
es; yet, oi those who are married, few are
ever matched' Temper, tastes and disposi
tion should bo well studied before marriage
Bgi_i hrow a piece of meat among bears,
and a purse of gold among men, and which
vvill behave the most outrageous—the men
or the bears ?
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