ONH DOLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWANDA:
Thursday Morning, Jnne 26, 1862.
©rigiual
(F'orthe Reporter )
A FABLE ON HEALTH.
BY REBECCA I. BTONB.
The palate once said in a pitiful tone,
<• There's nothing that'll please tne—my appetite's gone,
I've bartered the cooks to find something new,
But their labor's all useless, there's nothing that'll do."
The stomach indignantly heard the complaiut,
And answered them promptly .though exhausted and faint
■ • Had vou dined with more caution, as surely you might,
Your food would have relished with former delight!
You feasted on everything fancy could see,
Regardless of pains you inflicted oa me—
"Till the blood came impure, and tinctured with glue,
Thus your trespass on me, has retorted on you I"
The palate contended " your reasoning is vain,"
To end the dispute referred to the brain,
Who said " 'twas the law of the AllAVise Creator,
You can't with impunity violate nature !
Hii bounty was intended his creatures to bless,
His laws disregarded will cause great distress."
JStletlcb Salt.
On the Steamboat.
[FROM THE GERMAN ]
IT was a vety warm day in the middle of
August. The steamboat Magnolia wan going
fa.-t down the Eiba, anri if you had been there
you would have, looked with 110 less pleasure
than I did on the old casties and quiet towns
that fringe both banks of that beautiful river.
The passengers were sitting in large easy
chairs beneath the wide awning that shaded
the deck of the boat. Some of them went for
ward so as to get a little air, and some even
hung their arms down at the bow, so as to get
wine of the cool spray over their hands.
Two children, a boy and a girl, were on the
steamboat, traveling with their mother.—
Charles and Louise were very warm, as was
every one else. They could not keep in one
place. In one minute they would be sitting
together with their mother, and tlie next they
would be off looking at the engine, or a-ktng
one of the cooks when dinuer would be ready,
or examining the names on the trunks of pas
sengers. They had already eaten a number of
oranges,nnd it was still two hours before diuuer
would be ready. What could they do.
They strolled off' to the forward part of the
steamboat where the third class passengers
were. These persons had no awning over them,
bat they seemed to enjoy their sail a great deal
more than the wealthier people who were
lounging in their large chairs under a pleasant
shade. Tiie two children happened to come
dose up to a gardener's boy. He was about
fifteen years oirl, and had been working as the
assistant of a gardener on a nobleman's estate.
He had a sunburnt face, beautiful brown eyes,
and long silken hair. There was a large wn
lermelon lying at his feel ; but he has iooking
steadily at the right bank of the river as if he
were expecting the boat to stop at some place
When Charles and Louise saw the splendid
watermelon they stopped suddenly and stood
beside the yonug man. Their mouths watered
for ii, the weather was so very warm
" What will yon take for your melon ?"'
asked Chaiks of Fritz—for that was the name
of the boy lie turned round, and touching
his hat replied :
"It is not for sale, sir As soon as the s'earn
boat, stops, it will be taken away " And then
Fritz looked away along the river in M C jf the
boat was not almost to the town of Schandan.
" How sorry I am for that,' replied Ch tries.
" 1 would give you double the value of it. We
are so very thirst v."
" And mother is so fond of watermelons,"
added Louise.
Bit Fritz told thf-ra he could not sell the !
melon, and so lie paid but little attention to
them. Soon he saw the high church steeples
o* Schandan, and in a little while the steain
■•oat was coming up slowly to the wharf.—
I tie II t lie hell rang and the peojile came crowd J
ing down to the wharf. Among the rest was
u pretty peasant girl. She had a basket of
pears in one hand, and a wrenth of flowers and ;
evergreens hanging on her arm. That was!
Martha, the sister of Fritz She had come j
down to the boat to bring Friiz some pears and
II wreath ; for lie was going to Dresden to be
gardener for some one, and it would be a long
while before they would meet again.
"Martha ! Martha ! here I am. Come here,
i have got a seat for yon here. The boat w ill
I -'op a quarter of au hour, and we can have a .
Rood talk before we separate." So Fritz spoke,
ttnd he was as glad to see his sister as if they
tad not seen each other ft-r years.
I boon they were tulking about everything
Iffiey could think of. "See here," said Fritz,
I 1" ibis watermelon was given me by nu employ
er, and I have saved it for you. It is the
i "largest one I ever saw."
" Thank you, brother And here is a wreath
and a basket of pears for you. So we will make
exchange. Oil ! I wish I was living in a
S°'-xl family I almost nothing wh re I
am living, not even enough to buy my clothes."
Bou t grieve, dear sister ; I shall get good
Wa Stes, and will send you a part of my earnings,
* Ttl 7 two weeks. You will not.war.t for any
-utig wnile I live, i will take your pears and j
ink of you every time I eat one. This beau- j
11 u w . r e*h 1 will keep as long as I live."
Bile hr.tz and Martha were talking, the '
Den rang | or th e 1 oat to start. But Martha
as tiot as quick as she had intended, and the
oat was actually off and the plank pulled in
a °ieshegot to the gangway. Poor girl,
w ' fc Ufi ' ,er heart would break. And Fritz
and be eilCour &2ed her afterward, j
o d ntr that the Lord had promised to j
'l* [ or l ' ie fatherless, and certainly he!
larr' • e care them. " Dresdreu is a i
/1T!- V '" l,e Bai(J '" ttnd ma y be y° a *-' an i
* home there Doo't you remember what j
s written iD large letters over our little cot- '
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
tage clock. " Time leads to eternity! 1 ' The
hardships of this ine will soon bo over, then
a much better life will begiu if we are only
faithful to the promises we made our dying
father and mother. Don't you remember, too,
what was written on our large hreud plate,
" Give MS this day our daily bread I" Now let
tnat be our prayer and the Lord will provide
for us." And they sang thut beautiful little
song, commencing :
" God is rich though we be poor,
Kings have wealth, but God has more ;
In his hand is tood for all
Every day will menna fall."
As the time passed ou.FritZ said to Martha
that they might as well cut the watermelon. —
They could eat a slice or two theD, aud save
the rest till they got to Dresden.
" No, indeed,' answered his sister, " I think
we can eat the pears and sell the watermelon.
You have given it to me, and you waut me to
enjoy it, but I would rather sdl it, and theu
the money will be of far more use to us "
Au officer who was stand.ng some distance
behind them heurd the conversation. He theu
came around in frout of them, and said :
"Is your melon cheap, inv little man ? I
would like to buy it if you will sell it at a rea
sonable rate."
Yes, sir, and no sir," answered Fritz.
" There wus a youuir gentleman here awhile
ago who wanted it very much. If I sell it at
all, I suppose I ought to let him have it. But
the fact is, I don't want to part with it. I
wiah my sister to have it ; for there's nobody
on the steamboat who iikes watermelons uKre
than she does."
" 1 am glad to see your kindness to your
sister, my lud ; but if you could get n large
price lor your melon, I think you would be do
ing more for her tliHii if she were to eat it
Now, 1 will take your melon to the back pert
of the steamboat and put it up at auction.—
You know what an auction is, I suppose. I
mean, I will sell it to the one who will pay the
most lor it."
"That would not be right !'" cried out Fritz
ar.d Martha at the same time. "The melon
isn't worth twenty five cents, and we couldu't
think of taking inure than that."
But the officer insisted ou their trusting the
whole Luaiter in his hands. So he took the
melon and went back to where the rich pas
sengers were. He stepped up on a stool, and
SUM, smiling: " Ladies and gentlemen, heark
en a momeut : f you please. Who of you
wishes the largest melon in Saxony? If I
followed my own iu.lination I would have
bought it fur myself ; but it belongs to a peas
ant boy and girl. I want to see them paid
w.'ell for their property. Now who bids ? A
watermelon always rises in value as quicksilver
goes up in the thermometer. I wili start the
sale myself. A half dollar—hulf! hall! going!"
The passengers ruse up from their seats.— !
Some ladies had been steeping, but all were
wide awake at the officer's funny speech.
"Now, Baron Warder, what will you bid ?'
continued the auctioneer, as he turned aside
and spoke to a fat old gentleman who was al
most melting from the beat.
" One dollar 1" said the Baron.
"Three duilurs !" said the mother of Charles
and Louise.
" Five dollars !' shouted the old Baron.
" Six 1" said his opponent.
" TVn dollurs 1" cried out a young man.—
Nobody answered hiin.
" Ten dollars for this watermelon J" said the
auctioneer —" ten dollars is uii I have for this
great luxury. You know, ladies and gentle
men, that it belongs (o a peasant boy and girl
They have no parents, and are strangers in the
world. Who bids eleven dollars ? Ten dollars !
goirg, going—
"Twelve dollars," said the old Baron, whose
heart was as big as his body. Then the officer
made snother little speech to the people, and
somebody bid higher still. At la>t the water
melon was struck off to the old Baron, how I
ever, at the large sum of twenty three dollars !!
Now, did you ever hear of such a price for a !
watermelon before? lam sure I never did
The old gentleman paid for the melon in
silver dollars, and the officer thanKed him
heartily. A knife and di>h were culled for
and the auctioneer was invited to cut it op and
divide it with those who had hidden for it.—
" N iiw," said tlie Baron, further, " take two j
good slices to the peasant boy and girl. When
you have douc this, you can Laud them their
money."
Fritz and Martha, who were at the how of
boar, were peeping back AD the while to see '
what was going to become of their watermel
on. And when the officer went forward to
them with the two slices and twenty three
bright dollars, they could rot believe their own
eyes. They refused to lake it at fi-st. They
had never seen so much money before, and !
thought that no king had more than that ;
amount But the officer insisted, and nt last j
Fritz took it and tied it up iu his red hand
kerchief.
"Now, Martha, come with me a minute,"
said the officer, "you can return again in a j
very short time."
lie then led her hack to the wealthy people j
where he had sold the melon. lie stepped up
on the stool again and said :
" Lad es and gentlemen, there is nothing like
finishing u thing when you go about it. When !
we stopped at Chandan this girl came down !
to the boat to see hor brother, who was the \
owner of the watermelon that we have been |
enjoying. But unluckily the steamboat start- !
ed off before she stepped nshore. So she is ;
here without a home. Perhaps some lady j
would like to take her into her family as house i
gil l. \ou can judge for yourself as to whet!)-.!
er she will suit or not."
'lhe mother ot Charles and Loui-e was
needing a girl very mnch, and she questioned
Martha as to what she could do. By and by
the barguin was made. She was to live in
Dresdrer. near where her brother was to he
gardener. Her wages was to be {rood, and
she was to have privilege of seeing Ftitzwhen
ev j r she wanted. Thanks to the kind officer.
Truly, the Lord gives us friends wbeo we least
expect them.
Ooe autumu day there was to be a great
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH.
military review iu the suburbs of the city of
Breslau.
People from all parts of the country came
to it, for there had been no review like this in
the kingdom for several years. When the cav
alry soldiers were running their horses at full
speed, a large white horse fell with his rider
and threw hiin some distance. Every ouo
thought the man must be killed, but he was
not. A leg was brokeu and that was all.—
lie was tuken to a house near by, one of the
neatest cottages iu the* neighborhood of the
city. There was a beautiful gardeu in front,
and vines were climbing on every tree and
even up the s'des of the house itself. A little
fish pond was to be seen among the shrubbery,
and the gold fish in it were as happy as if they
were playing hide and seek Two large dogs
were sleeping beside the door. They did not
even batk, they were so good and quiet. The
wounded officer—for the man who was thrown
was an officer of high rank—was takeu Into
the frout bedroom on the second story.
He wus insensible at first, but by and by
opened his eyes. The lady of the house then
brought him some wine to refresh himself, for
that was what the surgeon prescribed. Ou
the silver waiter were these words :
Give us this day our daily bread "
A very large clock wus slutiding in the cor
tier. It was made of Rosewood, aud over the
face wus written iti gold letters :
" Time leads to eternity."
On the wall were two magnificent pictures.
One wus a steamboat, and the otner a water
melon. That was Martha's house, and she
was handing some wine to the man who hud
sold the watermelon on the steamboat ten
years ago 1
The officer was almost overcome when the
whole truth flushed on his mind. And so was
Martha, too ; but her own eyes told her that
the matt who was now in her house was none
other than her former friend ou the steamboat
Magnolia.
It wus a long time before the officer got well.
•Martha had married a wealthy man, aud was
not only in comfortable circumstances, but had
every luxury that the heart could wish. Fritz
worked as gardener two years iu Dresden, and
afterwards was invited to Berlin to be garden
er for the Kuig of Prussia. So he gets a large
salary, ar.d can also pay regular visits to his
si-ter. j
Now tli 13 is the way the Lord takes care of
those who are kind to one another and place \
themselves in his hands.
Remarkable Prophecy,
CONCERNING TIIE PENDING REBELLION AND CIVIL WAR, BY
TUK SPIRIT OF GEN. JACKSON.
To the EJitor of the Pi. V. Tribune.
Sir.: The following communication,purport
ing to come from the spirit of Andrew Jack
son, was so startling, the events therein pre
dicted were so u (expected at the time it was
given, and the same having met with so strik- :
tug a fulfillment, so far as developeinonts have ;
already progressed, I solicit its publication iu
your widely.circulated journal. That it may :
the better be appreciated as a veritable spirit- j
uul announcement, I will preface tt with a re- j
lation of t.'ie circumstances and some of the '
Jugular test facts that accompanied it
On the evening of January 24, 18G1—six
teen months ago —Mr. George Sanderson, a |
highly influential,wealty nnd intelligent citizen
of Scranton, Pa, called at my house (No. 26
Wc.-t Fifteenth street, New York,) and said
he would like to witness Spiritual manifesta
tions, such as I had described to liiiu as wit
mssed by tne. I accordingly invited him to
go with tne to a medium, to which he concent
ed, and we proceeded to the rooms of the lute
Dr. G. A. Redman, No 5 Varick place.
Oil our way thither, I proposed to Mr. S. \
that 1 would introduce him merely as a "friend,"
and gave it to his spirit friends to disclose his j
name, if they chose to do so. Accordingly,
his name was not mentioned by me, and was
not known to the medium, Dr. Redman having,
till tneu, never seen Mr.
We were invited to take seats at a table |
about three and a half feet square, and we ;
occupied three sides of it—no other person j
than Dr. Redman, Mr. Saudersou and myself !
being in the room.
Mr. S, being skeptical ns to the possibility
of spirits communicating with men, wished for
tests ; and with this end in view he wrote the
earthly names, uges, occupations diseases, and
places of residence of perhaps a score of his
relatives und friuds who hud passed into the
spirit world, on small slips ot paper, ut the
same time holding a book between his hand
and the medium, so thht be could not see
what was wrilteo. Each of the slips thus
written on by bin was rolled up in the form
of a bullet. While Mr. S., was writing, Dr.
11, said to me, " Why don't you write some
thing V ' I answered that during that sitting
I wished my friend to have the full attention
of the spirits lie replied that it would make
no difference as to that, but that the more pa
pers there were written, the more satisfactory
the tests would be. Accordingly I wrote on
nine slips of paper, and rolled them up iu bul
let form, and put them with those written and
rolled up by Mr. S , who took them all in his
hands, and mixed them together so that no
one could know which paper either of us had
written upon.nor what was wriiten upon it,nnd
they were all together placed on the table be
fore us, numbering about thirty.
Taking each of the paper bullets, separate
ly in bis hand, Dr. Redman reqnested that if
the spirit bearing the name written on that
paper was present, he should signify the same
by raps. Affirmative response® to several of
these questions being received, Dr. 11., pel the
several papers thus designed, by themselves
upon the table. Mr. Sanderson being about
one of the papers thus designated, Dr.
R., reqne6ted him to wait a moment, when in
stantly his hand spasmodically seized a pencil
wrote ou a sheet of paper lying before Mr.
S, vary rapidly upside dowu so that Mr. S.,
conld read it without turning the paper, a
communication which seemed to be the greet
ing of an affectionate relative, and signed it
" Emily E. Sandersoo * Mr. 8., then uorolled
" RE3ARDLESB OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
the pnper bullet which he bad been stopped
from unrolling before, and found it to be one
1 on which he had written the name " Emily E.
Sanderson." Other spirits whose names were
written on the paper bullets gave similar tests
|to Mr. S, and iu the communications which
! ensued upon the announcement of their names
! they gave many iucideutal and unsought proofs
' of their identity.
During the time this conference between
Mr. S and his spirit friends was going on,
spirits were communicating with me in like
manner. Prominent among these was one
who purported to be my sister Charlotte. As
I was writing questions and receiving her an
swers, relating her spiritual state aud progress,
my hand was often thrust aside by the medi
um before the question that r&s npou the
mind was half written, and pertinent aud full
replies were written under the partially-writ
ten questions. The same thing occurred to
Mr. Sanderson.
While these questions and answers were
going on, one of the spirit answers was sudden
ly interrupted, when but half written, and the
words were abruptly written, " Old Hickory
(so called) sits on the sofa. 1 ' Immediately the
character and tone of the manifestations
changed, and iu a bold aud vigorous baud was
written the following :
GEN. JACKSON ON THE WAR.
Like a sickened snail has our Executive sat
upon ii is bench, till the waters of ievolution
aud madness have nearly drowned our glorious
country ; and now what is to be douu? Noth
ing, nothing, by the high heavens,but ;he iron
mouth and the ueedle points to drive it back.
As GOD lives, the very cotton will be dyed
in blood before the next harvest.
Qwslion. —When NA ill blood begin to flow ?
Answer. —Not by an organized force.—
L ncolu will be peaceably inaugurated at Wash
iugton. Yes, atnid general confusion.
Qucs'ion. —Please say when nnd how the
war will begin ?
Answer. —Do you mean where ?
lis fly —Yes.
Answer. —The regular contest will begiu lay
a righteous effort on the part of the Adminis
tration to protect its property at Charleston ;
uext ou the waters of the Mississippi.
Question —How long will the war continue,
and what will be the result ?
Answer. —Fourteeu mouths ; whipping out
the slave system.
Question. —Do you see anything for me to
do or say in this crisis ?
Answer. —Only ull you can to prop up and
strengthen these sentiments :
Ist. GOD and our duty.
2d Our Union and its Constitution.
3d. Death to traitors.
'Tis all sad, sad, sad.but we must not weep,
but be up aud doing.
Question —Do you think Lincoln will be
suffieieut for the crisis?
Answer. —l know no man more capable ;
would to GOD he were there now. Finn, yet
just ; patriotic, yet moderate ; fearless, yet
upright. My motto at this time is, Art gives
us ineaus and GOD the stren'.h to apply the
match.
Yours for the noble whole,
ANKRKW JACKSON.
Tho remarkable correspondence of these ,
prophecies with the events ot the rebellion as
thus far developed, may excito the suspicion
among those who are not personally acquaint
ed with me that this statement may have been
recently got up to meet the facts that have al
ready transpired. To meet any such possible
suspicion, I have cited the circumstantial oc
currences of the evening, and referred to a
third party, Mr. Sanderson, who was present
on tiie occasion, and who, if appealed to, will ;
doubtless be willing to give his corroborative !
testimony as to tho occurrences here related, :
and the date (Jan. 24, 1861,) on which they
took place. I have further to add, that soon
after this conference with the spirits, I sub
mitted a copy of the communication from Gen.
Jackson, with the questions and answers in
cluded in the intgrview, to one of the editors j
of the New York llerald, requesting a pnbli- j
cation of lite same in that journal, after bring- \
ing the nature of the subject fully to his nt- i
tention, so that he must yet remember it ; but !
though I was somewhat encouraged by him to
expect a publication of the article, it never, to
my knowledge, appeared in that paper. More
over, shortly after the interview referred to i
I showed the original manuscript of the com j
muuication from Gen. Jackson, and related the ;
facts it contains, to many friends in private, j
and also read the same to a conference of Spit'- j
itiialists held in Clinton Hall, Astor Place, !
this city, when it was reported in the pro ,
ceedings of the meeting, and published in the j
Banner of Light (Boston) under date of Au- j
gust 31, 1861.
The announcements made by the spirit of ;
Gen Jackson in a great degree influenced me
to confer with many people as to what action j
should be taken in case of overt acts of rebel- j
lion, and to issue circulars, and to hold meet
ings at my house, as early as the 21st of March,
1861, and which were continued afterward,
and resulted in the great Union meeting held
in Union Square on the 20th of April, 1861.
CHAS. PATRIDGE, N. Y.
BgL. Under the vase city of London, a rail
way is now constructing, and is completed
four and one half miles, it commences at Vic
tora street. The locomotives used condense
their own steam and consume their own smoke,
so that neither gas nor vapor are preceptable.
The surface of the rails are of steel ; and the
line is laid for two guages, and has a double
track throughout. Tiie cars are roomy, ven
tilated, and lighted with portable gas. Will
it pay ? or be like the Thames Tuunel, a mere
but great curiosity?
fiSr A preacher stopped short in the pnl
pit—it was vain that he scratched his head ;
nothing would come out. "My friends," said
he, as be walked quickly down on the pulpit
6tairs, "my friends, I pity yon, for yon have
lost a fine disconrse."
tefip* Honesty and industry is the passport
to effioance.
Letter from Beaufort V
BsACfoßf, 8. C., Jane 2,1602.
FBIIND GOODRICH : —I send herewith au ac
count of an engagement in which 1 had a part.
To give you an idea of the labor we had to
perform, I will begin at the commencement of
the fatigue. Ou Wednesday, May 28th, our
regiment as usual was called out on brigade
drill from four o'clock P it., to six P. ir.—the
weather extremely hot and suffocating. At
dark an order came to be iu readiness to march
immediately, with forty-eight hours cooked
rations. All hands were eager for the move,
sick men were well, rheumatism left in the
teuts, and at half-past ten o'clock P. M. the
regiment was in line, and the object made
known to the men, viz : to march ou the maiu
land to the railroad bridge across the Pocota
ligo river, aud destroy itund tear up the track.
Off we started, und arrived at Port Royal
Ferry, ten miles from Beaufort, before daylight.
An accident happened here that caused a little
delay. Lieut. Rush, of Company B , slipped
and fell on his revolver which exploded ; the
ball enteied the lower pari of the abdomen
and came out near the left hip, mortally
wounding him ; he died yesterday afternoon.—
We crossed over ths Coosa a and all was in
i readiuess to move on the main ut daylight
After marching about two miles, we came to
the first rebel pickets ; they fired oue shot aud
jumped on their horses and skedaddled ; they
went double quick to the Pocotaligo ami tele
graphed to Grahumsville for reinforcements,
probably anticipating our design. Our forces
consisted of the then available portiou of our,
J the st)tb regiment P. V , one Company of the
' Michigan Bth, oue Company of the 79th N.
i Y. V., and supported by one Compauy of the
Massachusetts cavalry, and one section of the
Connecticut battery. At Gardner's Corners
fresh sigus of cavalry were found ; we took
a circuitous route, making about two miles
more travel than we 9hould have had, if we
j had gone direct ; we were piloted through by
contrabands. Nothing of interest took place
until within two miles of Pocotaligo bridge,
where we met the advance of a betallion of the
South Carolina mounted riflemen. Our ad-1
vance drove them about one-half of a mile, 1
when we found the maiu body at a short curve !
in the road, at the edge of a swamp and low
bottom land, formerly used as rice fields, also
a stream confined by high embankments, across
which was a bridge twenty or twenty-five feet
in length from which the rebels had uuceremo i
niously taken the planks. On either sido of i
this bridge and causeway they had secreted I
themselves behind the embankments iu such a J
position that they could have a raking cross •
fire where we were obliged to pass. Our right
and left Companies were deployed to guard
against the enemy's flanking us Our men then
came up by companies, Companies G , (Good
rich Guards) and I. on the right in a ravine,
three companies on the left covered by tree®,
j while two companies passed over the bridge on
| the string pieces, and placed themselves be
| hind the embankment ; while iu this po-ition j
the firing was sharp and incessant, for some j
time on both sides, the cross-fire was chiefly
where we were, as we were at the end of the !
bridge ; I could not compare the whistling of
their balls to any thing but a swarm of bees. !
Upon consultation, it was decided that the ,
only means of driving theru from their cover- j
ing was by a charge, which was first made I
upon the right, under Capt. Win. H. Telford, !
at which time the enemy on our left attempted !
to advance, but was promptly met and charged j
upon by Capt. Dtmmock, when a general rout i
and stampede ensued ; followed them about |
three fourths of a mile, when we halted, ex- j
hausted by fatigue and the excessive heat of:
the sun. At this stuge of the action the ar- !
tillery came np, their horses being very tired ; !
they halted at Gardner's Corners to feed aud j
rest, and did come up in time to fire a shot !
Our engagement lasted for two hours. The 1
enemy had decidedly the advantage in both '
position and arms ; their guns were Hull's i
carbines, loading at the breech, and can be
loade J and fired three times to our once ; we !
had the old U S. musket altered from flint to ■
percussion lock, except Compauies A. and K., j
who have as flanking companies the Spring
field, or Minie rifle.
The enemy had lour hundred men in the en- j
gngement, and one hundred reserves, while we j
at no one time hud over otic hundred and fifty
in the action. Our guns would heat by firing
four or five times, then changing, to let them
cool. Our loss in killed and wounded is as !
follows : Company A., Robt. McClellan, mor j
tally wounded—siuee died ; J. I>. Sherer, j
slightly ;U. Wenrick, slightly. Company 8., |
Corporal lloffinaster, severely ; Company lb, i
C. Si Sterling, severely ; Company G., John :
S. Wood, slightly—flesh wound in the left arm; 1
Company 11., Capt. Charles Parker, killed ; j
Company 1., A. Oxrider, slightly wounded ; I
J. Deuison, slightly ; Company K , Manly I
Stevens, of Franklin, Bradford dounty, killed, j
Total, two killed and eight wounded, Lieut. '
Rush mortally wounded while marching out—
none missing. The enemy's loss was heavier ;
there was tew seen carried off dead, aud a num
ber wonoded. One of their wounded fell into
our hands ; he was a lad seventeen years old,
a smart, intelligent youth, aud he has wou the
admiration and sympathy of all who have seen
him : he was badly wounded, but will probably
recover. We also took oue man witb his horse
aud equipments. I cannot give our command
ing officers too much credit, (Colonel B. C.
Christ and Lieut. Colouel Brenbolts) for the
course pursued by them in this engagement in
planning the attack at a moment's notice iu
so unfavorable a place, while placing the meu
by companies under cover as much as possible,
and whenever occasion required would expose
themselves to the sharp tire of the enemy—
nothing daunted aud with perfect presence of
mind would cheer the men ou to victory, y y
After resting for half an hour we deemed it
inexpedient to proceed farther, as advices had
been received that strong reinforcements hud
arrived at Pocotaligo from Grabamsville, with
three pieces of artillery. We tnrned oor course
homeward with onr dead and wounded ; when
within & mile of Gardner's Comers we fouod &
man somewhat advanced ID years liviDg on a
VOL. XXIII. —NO, 4.
large plantation, who claimed to be loyal, bet
showed signs of disloyalty, and wa9 brought
along with us ; he said that he was a Union
man, but on account of his age was permitted
to stay, as he could not run, but was left to
take care of his plantation and oversee others ;
but apou examination he was found to be a
traitor of the blackest dye, aiding the rebels
in every possible way ; he is now in the bandi
of the Provost Marshal. On arriving at Gard
ner's Corners the advance of about 5,000 rneu
came up to the rear guard when a few shots
were fired by our men, killing two men and
one horse ; they fell back, ai d their intention
wa9 to cat us off in our return, but were a few
minutes too late, and came in behind us at the
cross roads. We there met. about a thousand of
our troops, who had been left here iu case we
had needed assistance. We arrived at Port
Royal Ferry at half pan twelve o'clock at
night, crossed over and got a chance to sleep
five hours under the trees ; we had been on
the march for twenty-six hours, including two
hours fighting, and marched forty miles ; I
was glad to rest ou the ground usder a tree,
thoDgh exposed to the heavy dews aud miasma.
The following day we came into camp, and
have had mat rial for conversation up to tbis
time.
The horrors of war are a9 apparent now as
ever, perhaps more. We hear it asserted con
i stantiy from ali parts, that a speedy ternina
| tiou of this unholy rebellion is desired. 1 cau
! not but think that if there was more union of
sentiment in th( north, it would hasten its
| close. Let political controversies cease ; let
i political leaders be united upon the great prin
-1 cipies of the Government ; let them eoutend
. uot for the different systems of the Goveru
! meat, nor for the different modes of adrainis
; tering the same system, bnt lend upou both
I sides, and slablish a platform upon which ail
! may stand, aud throw their united efforts into
i a channel that will show to the world that
America is a nation united in freedom ami
i patriotism Let prudence dictate, ouiquism
i prevail and discord be banished Ttien it is
' that king cotton will lose his power, peculiar
institutions and State's rights will be arrested
in their progress, and the so called Southern
Confederacy will look in vain for assistance
from the North, and peace will shed her be
nigu rays the sooner over our now unhappy
country. E. B LOWELL, Serg't.
Letter from Kansas.
TOPESA, KANSAS, June 3,13€ J. "
1 EDITOR BRADFORD REPORTER With your
permission, i propose occassionally to write a
letter for your paper ; or, rather, to our old
frieudc—long neglected but yet uuforgot'.ea—
through your paper.
A residence here of seveD years which
has afforded substantial experience iu frouiier
hfe, will, 1 think,enable me to give some items
which may be of interest to tbera and to
you.
Kansas now seems to us decidedly lika
home Of course the old hills and springs and
shades and " the old oaken bucket," most fa
miliar to our childhood days stem pleasing to
our memory, " when fond iccolleetiou recalls
thein to view," and we would by no means ob
ject to a stroll among those scenes of child
hood—even so bright on the disc of memory.
But the Prnines The illimitable expanse of
nature's meadow untouched by the baud of
art. What a prospect of endless green in
summer—iu winter how dreary 1 What in
describable emotions are awakened when first
we behold these extended landscapes. How
euchauting to the soul, to stand ou some emi
nence in the midst of a prairie and contemplate
the surrounding scene ; silence reign ; snenco
speaks—it is the voice of the Infinite 1
But, however, beautious. and grand, and
enchanting, a realm may be, ntid however
delightful, regions of romance, such ure not
the inderpensable requisites of a farmer's home
—they might be the last consideration for an
emigrant. A farmer or anybody else, about
to emigrate to a new country, would very nat
urally inqui.e as to the substantial recources
of that country
These in Kansas, are ample ; the s il is of
almost iuexhaustable fertility—the climate is
generally mild ; it is eminently a country for
the rearing of stock.
But this is no Paradise. There are fea
tures of the couutrv highly objectionable, and
much that may with some persons go far to
counterbalance the advantages. But more of
that hereafter.
The weather is highly favorable, and the
prospect for au overwhelming crop of wheat
aud corn this year are most flatteriug.
Our Senate is sitting as a Court of Impeach
ment, for the trial of Chas. Robinson, Gover
nor ; J no. W. RobiDson, Secretary of State ;
and Geo. L Ililiger, Auditor of State, whom
the last Ilouse impeached for high crime and
misdemeauuors in office. This is a most im
portant case and of course elicits a good deal
of interest. MORE ANOX.
D. F. D.
llow CONTRABANDS TRUST IN PROVIDFNCE.—
Lee's contrabands met on the street after old
master and missus had roa off, and the fol
lowing dialogue ensiled :
" Well, Sam, docs yer think the niggers kin
shiff fur theirselves, and the Lod will take care
ob us ?"
Samson—" Lor bress you, Ram, de Lod
dou't mind de uiggers no how, but dou't de
good book say de Lod take care of the spar
raw what ain't worth mor'n a farthing ?"
Sam —" Yes, I guess it do—but—"
Samson —" Well, den, if de good master
take care ob de sparrow whut's only worth a
firthing , guess he takes careoba nigger worth
$1,200, sartin."
Sam—" Dat's so, Samson, didn't think ob
dat scripter, guess you'll make a good preach
er, come, let us trabel ou de strength ob dat
tex."
Bgt- A lady being asked to join a union of
the " Daughters of Temperance," replied, ** It
is unnecessary, as I intend to join one of tb#
scuafiooti.'' Sensible lady that.