2?3£ , 2rsnsy(&lilS <2s Whole No. 2751. lewistown Post Office. Mails arrive and close at the Lewistown P. O. as follows: ARRIVE. Eastern through, 5 33 a. m. " through and way 4 21pm. Western 10 38 a.m. Bellefonte " " 44 2 30p. m. Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 6 00 p. m. CLOSE. Eastern through 8 00 p. m. 44 and way 10 00 a. m Western 44 44 330 p. m. Bellefonte 800 44 Northumberland (Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays) 8 00 p. m. Office open from 7 30 a. m. to 8 p. m. On Sundays from Bto9 am. S. CouroßT, P. M. Lewistown Station. Trains leave Lewistown Station as follows: Westward. Eastward. Baltimore ExDress, 4 40 a. m. Philadelphia 44 5 33 44 12 20 a. m. Fast Line, G26p. m. 350 44 Fast Mail, 10 38 44 Mail, 4 21 44 Through Accommodation, 2 35 p. m. Emigrant, 9 12 a. m. Through Freight, 10 20 p. m. 120a m. Fast 44 340a. m. 815 44 Express 44 11 00 44 235 p. m. Stock Express, 5 00 44 9 05 44 Coal Train. 12 45 p. m. 10 38 a. m. Local Freight, G45 a. in. 626 p. m. Galbraith's Omnibuses convey passengers to and from all the trains, taking up or setting them down at all poiuts within the borough limits. MIFFLIN COUNTY POOR HOUSE STATEMENT. John W. Shaw, Treasurer, in account with Samuel Drake, O. P. Smith and Moses Miller, Esqrs , Directors of the Poor, and oj the House of Employment for the county of Mifflin, from January 1, 1863 to Janua ry 1, 1864. DR. To amt. of orders on county Treasurer S3OOO 00 To eash for 329 bushels 48 pounds corn at 75 cents, sold in March, 1863 247 40 To cash lor 6 bushels corn, at soc per bushel, 300 do 50 bu, oats, at 50c per bushel, 25 00 do 315 bu. 45 lbs. red wheat, at $1.15 per bushel, sold September 33, 1863. 363 11 To cash from Jacob Mickey, rent of Henry Ketiagy's house, in Milroy, for 6 mouths, r viz. lroin April 1 to October 1, 1863 20 00 To cash from Jos. Brower, money loaned 150 00 do tor 11 bu. 24 lbs cloverseed. at $7 79 62 do for 39 bu. corn at 65c per bushel 19 50 do tor 13'.. bu. oats at 55c per bushel 742 do for 4 beef hides, weighing3oß lbs. at 8 cents per pound 24 64 Balance due Treasurer 130 11 CR 4069 80 By the following orders paid for the support ot the poor at the Foor House, viz: Jno B. Selheimer, stove, pipe and buckets 12 83 C. Hoover, esq., fees on orders of relief 6 60 William Johnsou. shoes 37 20 John L. Brower. work on farm 80 00 J. Irwin Wallis. tin ware and repairs 6 82 Joseph Brower, Steward 257 58 James Broom, mowing grass 8 00 N. Comfort, esq., fees on orders of relief 2 00 Dr. Thos. Vanvnlzah. one year's salary 200 00 Thomas Cox, shoes, 27 29 N. Kennedy, merchandise 5 25 M. Frank, merchandise 84 90 J. W. Shaw. 1 year's salary to Januarv 1, 1863 80 00 Jonathan Price, constable fees 011 ord. of relief 35 William B. Hotfrnan, lumber 3 87 Henrv Zerbe, groceries, molasses, tobacco, Ac. 84 07 Geo. H. 1 homas, esq., fees o orders of relief 500 Satnuei Brower. services as Director 65 00 J. \t. Hough. 2 bushels cloverseed 12 60 John L. Griffith, barbenng 5 50 James Parker, merchandise 19 95 A. Felix, coffins, bedsteads, groceries, tobac _ co ' *?•, , 152 94 Samuel Drake, services as Director 20 00 John Hitnes. fire wood, 95 514 William Butler, meat 63 10 James Moore. 134 chestnut rails 5 36 John Kennedy, muslin, bacon, Ac. 46 97 Samuel Comfort, box rent and postage 1 80 Annie Smith, cook 12 50 Marks A Willis, salt and plaster 22 99 F. J. Hoffman, syrup, mackerel, tobacco, Ac. 71 77 Samuel Bowersox. 100 chestnut rails 6 00 Daniel Bearley A sons, 5 plowshares and grate 265 Martin THester, work on farm 92 75 Frederick Baker, one steer 21 Ou George Broom, plowing 3 00 John Evans, glazing 6 54 O. P. Smith, services as Director 25 00 James Broom, cutting grain, mowing and threshing 34 73 Jacob Finkel. 13 flour barrels 6 uo Joseph Steidlev, busking 2 50 J. C. Blvmyer L Co.. stove coal 126 60 George Bly myer. merchandise William Bell, esq., fees on orders of relief 40 Samuel Eiscubise, firewood 19 lnj A. T. Hamilton, merchandise 32 30 Robert Forsyth, one load of hay, 6 00 Jane Ferguson, cook 4 50 Amos S. Ealy, repairing pump 4 99 Wm. Montgomery, butchering 4 steers 3 00 John L. Porter, work on farm 5 93 John H lines, one steer 25 35 John R. Weekes, 2 plowshares 1 99 John .Morrison, esq., fees on orders of relief 1 40 Orissv A Markley, order book and express 12 25 Paid for stamps on bank checks 1 99 Amt. of orders paid for poor at Poor House 1995 21 By the following orders paid for the support of the out-door Poor, viz : Samuel Withrow. grain for Cornelius Berlew 31 95 Pa. State Lunatic Hospital, support of E. B. Brown. AlduSellers, Robert Suarksaud Lyd ia Adams 633 28 Rachel Shade, keeping Anna Essicks 4 50 Joseph Jenkins, keeping Ezra Jenkins 37 86 Joseph Postlethwaite, coffins 21 63 Samuel Drake, 2 bu. wheat and load wood for Mrs. Lightner 3 75 Wm. Brothers, keeping Rebecca Apple bough in confinement 10 00 John Brown, keeping Elizabeth Forsvthe 13 64 George Ruble, keeping Mary Ruble ' 64 15 Marks & Willis, flour * 157 77 N. Kennedy, orders to out-door Poor 12 33 Henry Zerbe. do do 76 47 Dr. S. A. Martin, salary 30 00 K. M. Kinsloe. md.se. for Mrs. John A. Sager 9 38 Margaret E. Giles, for herself and children 14 50 Jon. S. Zuok. funeral expenses and Dr. bill for Christian Folk 6 00 McCoy A Rohrer, indse. for Malinda Owens 30 00 Samuel Brower, expenses of taking Lydia Adams to Lunatic Asylum, and bringing E. |H. Brown home 16 65 A Felix, orders to out-door Poor 24 09 David Heister, flour for Jackson Cornelius and Henry Snowdeu 14 86 John Uimes. firewood 96 50 Rachel Palmer, attending Mrs. Gasettand ctniu, sitiail pox 2 00 William Butler, meat 6.60 JirtbbLandis. attending John Winn's family 100 John McJtitt. rent of house for Jacob Ort 10 00 nl' w" sab"? 30 00 Dr. E. w. Hale, do 05 99 If. Wilson, coffin for Anthony Levy 5 00 Directors of the Poor of Dauphin county, boarding and Dr. bills tor Sarah C. Bannon 30 00 T; m. Kenney, digging two graves 3 00 Mrs. \s barton, boarding and aitendingto Jno. Darner " 18 Henry Steelcy. keeping Robert Carson 20 00 F. J. Hoffman, orders to out-door Poor 3 50 E. C- Hamilton, ales 6 25 M. Frank, merchandise 19 99 Bartobntish." digging grave 3 99 Rachel Edmanson, keeping Catharine Gib bings in confinement 9 99 Manan Norris. keeping A. Lew, (col'd) 32 50 Dr. F. S. Koilier, salary 39 99 Hoar A McNaLbj in dsn. for Warren Kyee 16 23 j Wm. Fields, flour for Mrs. Davis 3 15 ; Wm. Hardy, clothing for John Peris 9 77 George Blvmyer, merchandise 3 00 j Amt. of orders paid for out-door Poor 1575 11 By the following orders paid for stock and farming utensils, viz: j Thompson & Stone, corn sheller and cultiva ! tor 27 00 ] John Davis, horse gears 45 93 ; John R. Weekes. bull plow and 2 shares 8 38 | 0. P. Smith, one horse 131 00 Amt. paid for stock and farming utensils 212 31 ■ Amt. paid for the Poor, brought forward 357U 32 Balance due Treasurer at last settlement 246 88 Treasurer's per centage 40 29 Total 4009 80 Orders Unpaid. I Three orders for 1860 unpaid 1241 90 One order for 1861 do 198 42 do 1862 do 100 00 Nine orders for 1863 do 561 44 Amt. of orders outstanding, for the years stated, and which have not been presented to the Treasurer for payment 2101 76 We, the undersigned Auditors of Mifflin county, elected and sworn according to law. having examined the accounts and vouchers of John W. Shaw. Treasu rer of the Directors of the Poor and of the house of employment for the county of Mifflin, from January 1. 1863 to January 1, 1804. do' certify that we find a bal ance due from tne said Director's of the Poor to the said John W. Shaw of one hundred and thirty dollars and eleven cents (5130 11; and that we have cancelled the orders paid by the said Treasurer. Given under our bauds at Lewistown, Jauuarv 13. 1864. H. C. VA.VZANT,) H. L. CLOSE, ) Auditors. Joseph Brower, Steward, in account with Samuel Drake, O. P. Smith and Moses Mil ler, Esqrs , Directors of the Poor and oj'the llouse oj Employment for the county of Mfflin, from January 1,1863, to January i, 1804. DR. To amt. of orders on Treasurer $547 50 Balance due 107 55 655 05 CR. By balance due at last settlement 141 80 By cash paid for bringing paupers to and sending them from the Poor House 14 45 By cash paid for oak poles 50 do do sweeping chimneys 1 62 do do toll X gg do do planting corn 1 75 do do lime 1 00 do do repairing pump 3 50 do do mowing and making hay 2 50 do do whitewashing 2 25 do do plants and seeds 2 00 do do harvesting and reaper 40 00 do do filing and setting saws 2 00 do do work on farm 2 00 do do altering and spaying shoats 1 00 do do cutting cloverseed 1 50 do do cider barrel and making cider 175 do do pine, wood 1 59 do do butchering hogs 6 60 do do stationery and postage 75 do do cutting <v mak. clothing for poor 25 00 do do one year's sal. as Steward 400 00 655 06 Steward raised on Farm —7ol bushels wheat, 80 bush els rye. 570 bushels oats. 1500 bu.-ic-is corn 111 ears, 18 bushels cloverseed, and made 24 loads of hay. Steward raised on Truck Patch —loo bushels potatoes, <SOO heads cabbage, bushels beans. Steward KUted —14 tiogs, weighing 3140pounds,and 4 beeves weighing 2123 pounds. Stock on Farm —s horses, 12 horned cattle, 1 sow and 5 pigs, 3 hogs ami 8 shoals. Farming Utensils —l four horse wagon and bed, 1 two horse wagon and bed, one truck wagon, 2 sets hay laduers, 4 plows, 2 harrows. 2 corn cultivators. 1 wheelbarrow, 4 shaking forks, 3 dung forks, 4 pitch forks, 3 mowingscythes, sled, 2 double sets plow gears, double set tug harness, single set harness, corn shell er, and grain drill. Work done at Foor House for Paupers —3s shirts. 36 dresses, IS aprons, 24 chemise, 13 haps quilted. 13 sacks. 22 pillow cases, 12 pairs pants, 8 stieets, lu tow els. 6 pairs drawers. 4 under shirts, 6 flannel shirts, 25 pairs stockings knitted, and 10 barrels soap made. PAUPERS. Number in Poor House January 1, 1863 34 Admitted through the year on orders 42 Born in the house 5 Whole number of inmates for ISC3 81 Died in the house 5 Bound oht 1 Discharged 36 42 Number in Poor House January 1,1864 39 Out-door paupers through the year 75 do died 8 do discharged 10 18 No. out-door paupers Jan. 1,1564, support ed in part by the county 67 Whole No. of pauper* Jan. 1,1864 96 We have also three insane persons in the Penna. Lu natic Hospital, viz: Alda Sellers, Robert Starks and Lydia Adams, supported by the county. lu additon to the above there have been 90 tran sient paupers, supported for a short time (mostly over night) without orders or entry on the register. We. the undersigned Auditors of Mifflin county, elec ted and sworn according to law. having examined the accounts of Joseph Brower, Steward of the Foor House, from January 1, 1863 to January 1, 1864. do cer tify that we find a balance due to the said Joseph Brower, from the Directors of the Poor, on the books, of one hundred and seven dollars and fifty-five cents ($lO7 55) Given under our hands, at Lewistown, Jan uary 13, 1864. H. C. VANZANT,) H. L. CLOSE, / Auditors. A First Class Farmers' Magazine for Penn., 1864. THE PENNSYLVANIA 1864. FARMER & GARDENER, DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND RURAL AFFAIRS. EDITED AND PUBLISHED BT WM. S. YOUNG & CO., 52 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia. TERIIS : O\E DOLLAR A YEAR. The Sixth Volume commences with Jan uary number. Having obtained the services of eminent and practical Agriculturalists, Horticultural ists. Stock Breeders and Bee Keepers, we confidently offer the Current Volume as one of the beet ever issued, for originality, prac tical thought and reliable information. SEND FOR A SPECIMEN. Philadelphia, Jan., 27, 1864.—3t. Kishacoquillas Seminary AND NORMAL INSTITUTE. r |THE Summer Session of this Institution I will commence on MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1863, and continue twentyooe weeks. Cost for Board, Furnished Rooms and Tu ition in the English Branches, per session, S6O - ach"lure, per session, sl2. Music. Languages and Incidentals extra. In order to secure rooms in the Institute application should be made before the open ing of the school. For further particulars, address, S. Z. SHARP. Prin. jaa!3 Kishaooquilias, Pa. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1864. fH E Mill 18IL MILES O'REILLY ON THE NAYGURS. Air. —-THE LOW-BACKED CHAIR." Some tell us 'tis a burning shame To make the naygurs tight; An' that the thrade of bein' kilt Belongs but to the white; But as for me, upon my sow!! So liberal are we here, I'll let Sambo be murdered in place of myself Ou every day in the year! On every day in the year, boys, And every hour in the day. The right to be kilt I'll divide wid him. An' divil a word I'll say. In battle's wild commotion I shouldn't at all object If Sambo's body should stop a ball That was comin' for tne direct; And the prod of Southern bagnet, So liberal are we here, I'll resign and let Sambo take it On every day in the year! On every day in the year, boys, An' wid none of your nasty pride, All my right in a Southern bagnet prod. Wid Sambo I'll divide. The tnen who object to Sambo, Should take his place and tight; And it's better to have a naygur's hue Than liver that's wake an' white; Though Sambo's black as the ace of spades. His finger a trigger can pull. And his eye run strait on the barrel sights From under his thatch of wool. So hear me all. boys, darlings. Don't think I'm tippin' you chaff, The right to be killed 111 divide wid him, And give him the largest half! MOMEMELMOHI From the Sunday School Times. Childhood's Prayer One of the literary men of England, who has outgrown many of the reli gious influences of his child hood, gives the following touching sketch of the impression made on him ly the habit of prayer taught at his mother's knee: 'Very singular and very pleasing to me is the remembrance of that simple piety of childhood, of that prayer which was said so punctually, night and morning, kneeling by the bedside. What" did 1 think of? What image did I bring before my mind as I re peated my learnt petition with such scrupulous fidelity? Did I see some venerable form bending down to listen? Did he cease to look and listen when I had said it all? Ilalf prayer, half lesson, how difficult it is now to sum mon it back again! But this I know, that the bedside where 1 knelt in this morning and evening devotion, became sacred to me as an altar. I smile as I recall the innocent superstition that grew up in me that the prayer must be said kneeling just there. If some cold winter's night 1 had crept into bod, thinking to repeat the petition from the warm nest itself, it would not do; it was felt in this court of con science to be 'a fruitless performance there was no sleep to be had till I had risen, and, bed-gowned as 1 was, kneel ed at the accustomed place, and said it all over again, from the beginning to the end. To this day I never see the little, clean white bed, in which a child is to sleep, but I see also the figure of a child kneeling at its side. And I For a moment am that child. No high al tar in the most sumptuous church in Christendom could prompt my knee to bend like that snow-white coverlet, tucked in for a child's slumber.' The Railroad Switch. Passing along the railways of city and country, it is a common thing to see the turnouts from the main track called "switches." How regularly and gradually the massive car moves off in a different direction when the lever turns the path. It is thus with human destiny. All along the moral path ways of men lie the diverging lines from the straight one of duty. Ever}' day we see the richly freighted car of existence yielding to the pressure of temptation gently laid upon the will. With scarcely perceptible deviation from the lines of right and purity, the young and lovely go from it on every hand to return no more. Young man an 1 maiden, beware of that " little sin," that shining folly, that simple delay to repent and believe; for you will soon see and feel that the hand of the arch fiend was on that lever which turned your course away from God and heaven, and unless you hasten back you are lost torever. — American Messenger. The Right Sort of Religion. We want a religion that goes into the family and keeps the husband from being spiteful when the dinner is late, and keeps the dinner from being late —keeps the wile from fretting when the husband tracks the newly washed floor with his muddy boots, and makes the husband mindful, of the scraper and the door uiat —keeps the mother patient when the baby is cross, and keeps the baby pleasant—amuses the chil dren as well as iostructs them—wins as well as governs —projects the honey-moon into the h-i! vest-moon, and makes hap py hours like the Eastern fig tree, bearing in its blossom at once the beauty of the ten ier bloom and the glory of the ripened fruit. We want a religiou that bears not only on the 'sinfulness of sin,' but on the rascality of lying and stealing— a religion that banishes small measures from the counters, sin ill baskets from the stail, pebbles from the cotton bags, clay from piper, sand from sugar chicory frotn coffee, beet juice fr<un vinegar, alum from bread, lard from bmter, strychnine from wme, and water from milk cans i he religion that is to advance the world will not put all the big strawberries and peaches on the top, and all the bad ones at the bottom. It will not offer more baskets ot foreign wines than the vineyards ever produced bottles—and more barrels of (Lenessee flour than all the wheat fields of Now York grow and all her mills grind It will not make one half a pair of shoes ot good leather, and the other of poor leather, so that the first shall redound to the maker's credit, and the second to his cash. It will not let a piece of velvet that pr< fesses to measure twelve yards come to an untimely end in the tenth, or a spool of sewing silk that vouches for twenty yards be nipped in the bud at fourteen and a half—nor the cotton thread spool break to the yard stick fifty of the two hundred yards of promise that was given to the eye —nor all wool delains and all linen hand kerchiefs be amalgamated with clandestine cotton —nor coits made of old woollen rags pressed together be sold to the uususpect ing public for legal broadcloth. It doth not put brick, worth only five dollars per thousand, into chimneys it. con tracted to build of seven dollar materials nor smuggle white pine into floors that have been paid for hard pine—nor daub ceilings that ought to be smoothly plastered —nor make window blinds with slats that cannot stand the wind, and naint which cannot stand the sun, and fastnings that may he looked at, hut are on no acconnt to be touched. l'he religion that is to saneti fy the world pays its debts It does not consider that lorty cents returned for one hundred cents given, is according to law It looks on a man who failed in trade and who continues to live in luxury, as a thief. Lt looks upon a man who promises to pay fifty dollars on demand with interest, and neglects to pay it on demand, with or with out interest, as a liar. For the Gazette. Camp Ist Pa Reserve Cavalry, ) WARKENTON, VA., Feb. 5, 1804. { Thinking a few lines may be of interest, to yourself and readers from this portion of the Army of the Potomac, at present the most active; in fact has been so since the return from beyond the Rapidan. At first only our brigade was encamped here, surrounding the town, no regiment being encamped nearer than a fourth of a mile from it. Do not imagine however that from the fact of our being near a town, that it presented inducements or allure men's common as well as creditable to cit ies in our dear old Keystone. No, true, here is a town, but it you are thirsty eo not in it to have your thirst quenched ; or. if hungered, go not there to be relieved; or, if in search of amusement, go not there, for instead of mirth, you will be more ant to meet with gloom. In fact it is but a town on account of the churches, houses, taverns, &c. looming before you, with not one of the agreeable associations inciden tal to one in a free State. Its churches empty, its taverns ditto Its inhabitants intensely secesh, but oh ! how they will try t) get your greenbacks, having far more confidence in, and respect for that desirable article than ye valiant copperheads of the North. They will offer you pies for fifty cents apiece, which to judge from the amount of mastication required to prepare them for the stomach, would not be amiss in inferring that their component parts were wax, corn meal and apples minus su •rar, &c. Milk, 25 cents a quart; eggs, 75 cents a dozen ; butter SI a pound. That they meet with but little encouragement in their wares P perhaps not very surpris ing. The duties however being entirely too severe for our brigade, the entire division moved here, and even now it is often the case that men are not off picket or a scout more than :44 hours at a time, before they are again called to go upon duty. Prior to the second brigade moving here, it was quite common for men to be on picket 48 hours at a time, and bear in mind in all this time, we were not allowed to sleep; the cause of all this hard duty is the re nowned Major Moseby and his gang. Un til the last three nights the guerrillas and our pickets were fighting all night, not a tew have been killed, wounded, or taken prisoners on both sides; the guerrillas I believe are haviug the best of it so far. At dress parade a few days ago an order was read from General Pleasanton, that hereafter auy rebel or guerrilla taken pris oner, haviug on the uniform of the United States soldier, shall be hung on the spot. The order has given universal satisfaction, and its justice or fairness cannot be dispu ted—for it is a law of war among nations throughout the world, that if on being ta ken prisoner you have on the uniform oth mawHSHNmsis SEHHHUHT <saxFsnrar s IKSOT,, er than that of the country you are fight iug for you shall tie treated is a sp\ And did you but know how of en our men when on picket, have been duped by reb els having on the uniform ot the Lotted States soldier, who was in reality but an enemy of the cow irdliest kind, wh . had tiiecour age only of confronting you 111 the garb ot a friend, uDU having gained you e.n.ti ience, vvou; i then either take your life, or make you a prisoner, frequently the former i he order too possc-scs the merit of treat ing will murderers 1- murderers, tor such they unquesti tiably are, and also, to hang them on the sp t, thus making sure that the lawless assassin has received the doom he justly merits I have said that the past three nights the guerrillas have not molested us, though the nights have been favorable for tbem yet their absence is as unaccounted fur. One inference, however, is that the mount ins contain a large num ber of rebel deserters, and it is believed that Moseby is paying his attentions to them Monday last five deserters came in, on Tuesday seven more; they represent the mountains as containing a large number, anxious to give themselves up to us, but are deterred from presenting their ugly forms to our pickets, believing just theu they will become targets for our men to exercise upo> with their carbines Those who have come in presented anything but an inviting appearance, some were entirely barefooted, and others had bare sufficient clothing for common decency. Re enlisting is going on quite briskly in our regiment Your humble servant oblig ed himself yesterday to serve Uncle Sam for three years more, and expects to pay you a visit ere the month passes away. How cheering it is to see the almost unan imous determination of those who respond ed to their country's call, to again offer their services, though the trials and dan gers to which they have 1 een subjected in the past two years, have no para.lei in history There are a few important matters that the soldier wants which is in the power of the citizen to give. First, honest Old Abe to be the next President; second, the right to vote. II <JW absurd the idea that any thing like fraud can be perpetrated at the polls ot a regiment as at a tavern ; as we are called upon to fight its battles, give us the American's pride, the right to vote. The weather is very pleasant here just now, though it has been very severe until the past few days. J. P. L. Changes Wi ought by the War j In '•Cudjo's Cave,'" a war novel by J.T. : Towbridge, well known as a contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, we find the follwing beautiful paragraph : 'How many a beloved 'good for-notbing' has gone from oi r streets and firesides, to re appear far off in a vision ot glory! The school fellows know not their comrade; the mother knows not her own son. The strip pling, whose outgoing and incoming were so familiar to us—impulsive, fun-loving, a little vain, a little selfish, apt to be cross when the supper was not ready, apt to come late and make you or ss when the supper was ready and waiting—who ever guessed whar uotdeness was in him! His country called, and he ruse up a p.triot The fa tigue ot marches, the hardships of camp and bivouac, the hard fare, Hie injustice that must be submitte to, all the terrible trials of the body's strength and the soul's patient endurance—these he bore with the superb bouyancy of spirit which denotes the hero. Who was it that caught up the colors, and rushed forward with them into the thick of the battle, after the fifth man who attempted it had been shot down? Not the village loaier, who used to go about the streets dressed so shabbily? Yes? the same. He fell, covered with wounds and glory The rusty and seemingly use less instrument we saw hang so long idle on the walls of society, none dreamed to be a trumpet of sonorous note until the soul came and blew a blast. And what has become of that white-gloved, perfumed, handsome cousin of youis devoted to his pleasures, weary even of those—to whom life, with all its luxuries, had become a bore? He fell in the trenches at Wagner. He had distinguished himself by his dar ing, his hardihood, his fiery love of liberty. When the nation's alarm beat, his manhood stood erect; he shook himself; all his past frivolities were no more than dust to the mane of this young lion. The war has proved useful if only in this, that it has developed the latent heroism in our young men, and taught us what is in humanity, in our fellows, in ourselves. Because it j has called into action all this generosity and courage, if for no other cause, let us forgive its cruelty, though the chair ot the beloved one be vacant, the bed unslept in, i and the hand cold that penned the letters in that sacred drawer, which cannot even now be opened without grief.' " Siyns " —While the train with the rebel navy recruits was stopping at the Western station, a band of singers among them sang with a will the 'John Brown' song. The time and tune were perfect. Three years ago who ever expected to hear South Carolina soldiers announce the fact that John Brown's soul is ' marching on V Somebody a-ked: ' Why did you enter the rebel army V ' Because,' one saiU, 4 we , New Series— Vol. XVIII, No. 16, had oar choice to yo in' or 'goup;' that's what was the matter.' • iKm't von think that slavery was the cause o! the war?' •We didn't once think so; we do now.' was the reply One remarked that neon er iie nor any other man expected to live to sec a train of cars as they had that dav. with a Massachusetts regiment at its head and a 8011 th Carolina regiment at its tail, and both in the Union service.— Worct*- ter (Muss.) Spy Plot to Assassinate Jeff Oavis and Re lease the Union Prisoners The Richmond Examiner, of Feb. 8, pays : '' For several days past the Government has been in possession of facta that hinted, beyond a doubt, to the existence of a secret organization of disloyal men, having lor its object the forcible relea-e of the Yankee prisoners held at Libby and on Uelle Isle, the assassination of tin President. and the destruction of the Government buildings and workshops located here 'Captain Macc ibbin, chief of the de tective corps, was assigned the duty of penetrating the mysteries of the case, and threading the details through the labyrinths of rumor to their head and source. That official put the matter into the hands of two of his most experienced detectives, Messrs Reese anil Mitchel, who immediate ly set to work, and on Saturday night they arrested at his house, on Seventeei th street, between M..in and Franklin, a Ger man, named A. W. Heinz, a baker, upon the charge of being a prominent member of the treasonable association He was furthermore charged with ¥ inciting Confed erate so diers to mutiny, and the assassina tion ol the President. The detectives seized, along with Heinz, a great number of the most important papers, including the roll of membership of the organization, and documents of such a character as to leave no doubt of his crime and the crim inality of others. The documents were taken possession of yesterday by Gen. Win der, who ordered Heinz to be placed iu secure quarters at Castle Thunder, and to allow him no communication whatever with any outside parties. 'lleusz, the reputed ringleader, has al ways been looked upon as a disloyal man, and his associates in treason are all pretty much of his own character and social standing. 'lt is possible that other arrests will fol low, as the treason will be probed to its depth, no matter whom it affects.' Fatal Disease. —A fatal disease has ap peared in and around Rome, Ga. Within three weeks twenty persons have died of it, including thirteen of the Cherokee Le gion, enc.nnped close by. The Rome Courier says: ' The physicians call it Menajetis , and say its pathology is an in flammation of the base of the brain aud the spinal neives. The patient is attacked with a chill, accompanied with a severe pain in the head, particularly in the back part, and in the spine The head becomes drawn back, aad the patient experiences pain in the neck, similar in kind to lock jaw. and generally becomes deranged in mind L'iie disease generally proves fata) in from twelve to thirty six hours The disease is not considered contagious, though it may possibly prove epidemical.' Exploration of a Wonderful Cave.— The St. Louis Republican gives an inter esting report of a recent exploration of a wonderful and beautiful cavern, called Fish er's Cave, on the Southwest B anch of the Pacific Railroad. We are assured, by the author of the report, that the cave is more marvelous than the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, being richer in the fantastic incrustations that decorate its walla and ceiling, and more thickly studded with gro tesque stalactites, stalagmites, and similar formations. I his remarkable cavern will yet become a favorite summer resort for our citizens. Kilted by a Shur/c. —A letter from As pinwall gives the following account of the death of a geaman belonging to the West India R. M. steamship Solent, at that port. A sailor going ashore on a hawser from the bow of the R. M. steam packet Solent was seized by a shark, which took off one ol the sailor's legs at the first bite. The next attack the man lost his left arm near the shoulder; then the right arm at the shoulder; and last his head was taken clean off. The trunk, with one leg attached, floated, was recovered and buried by the ship's company. —The Chippewa (Wis.) Union has an account of a sad fire at Chippewa Falls. A Mrs. Gilmore, whose husband is in the pinery, had left her two little children— one in bed and one tied in a chair—alone for about fifteen minutes, and on her re turn she was horrified to find the house on fire and her children burning. The house was destroyed, and it was with difficulty that the bodies of the children, noarlv burned to a cinder, were got from the fLwes. —To ascertain the length of the tfcj and night at any time of the year, double the time of the sun's rising, which gives the length of the day. This is a simple method, which, we tess jvv peopie are aware of.
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