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.
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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.