DIE D3LLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOW yY T\ T 13 :
Thursday morning, August 28,1862.
Jhlccteb jfjaetrg.-
WAVES FROM THE RIVER OR LIFE.
A3 IT ROLLED UXDRK ARCHES OF SORROW.
Why so sad for lier who, sleeping,
Smiles upon thee never now ?
Wuuldst thou waken her with weeping ?
fcbe U happier than thou !
Canst thou wish her slumber ended,
When existence atill must be,
As it ever has been, blended
With such crushing misery ?
Canst thou imagine her reclining
In the Palestine of Peace
And not check thy fond repining—
Hid thy cherisheh anguish cease ?
Wo ihlst thou bring her from the bowera,
Ol Elysium above.—
Where the a igels lead the hours,
Aud the air she breathes is love,—
To be or.e where all ave weary,
Who commingle in the strife,
With a mournful miserere,
Ot the fearful battle-life ?
Rather sigh thai thou yet livest;
That the seraph sought not thee ;
Kn >w each sacrifice thou givest
Lilts thee nearer Deity ?
She is happy—thy lost treasure !
Is there one alive tlie same ?
Is there one possessing pleasure
That is perfect but in name?
None,earth over! Fear and sorrow
Are our portions while ot clay—
A foreboding ol to-morrow,
A foigetting ot to-day.
Weep ' there's luxury in weeping.
When the heart of grief is f all;
And the dark clouds under creeping
.Make the stars invisible.
When but Ron alone can hear us,
As v\e breathe the fervent prayer,
That his spirit ever near us,
May make light the load we bear.
There's a sanctity in sorrow
More commanding than tiie air.
That the proudest Prelates borrow,
From the erniind robes they wear.
Obe patient ! Life will linger
I!.! a lew short seasons more ;
Fr.-n now theartgel's finger
Turns the tear marked pages o'er.
Soon the brightest, darkest, saddest,
TI.C oft played for leaf—the last—
When ■ ele-tial harps are gladdest
Will hive eheeied us—chilled us—past.
With a sigh for those who love us
As they mourn that we must sever,
An I a godlike glance above us,
We will throw a-iije forever.
With an anthem of thanksgiving,
Whose intensity none know,
This infirmity of living,
This inheritance of woe.
And re-robe by Rapture's river--
The Enpliiates ot the sky—
Whose sweet waters roll forever
R wind the i.-lcs ot Ecstasy.
_pl i s 1111 aitto as.
[From the New York Herald.J
The March of McCiellaii's Army.
HEADQUARTERS, A K 51Y OF THE POTOMAC, )
August 17, 1b62. 1
By Wednesday night all requisite arrange
meuts were completed and the army ready to
march at short notice at any time. Ntailv
ail the mi k hud been embaiked, ami the rest
could he disposed ot iu an hoi r's time. In the
afternoon it became known that Gen. Mc
Clellan had gone down the river for some pur
pose eonnec'.ed with the anxiously expected
movement, and it was reported and generally
believed that upon his return marching oider.-
would be issued, und the line ot murcli io be
taken would be indicated Pud the suspense re
lieved. The uncertainty which exiMtd as to
our destination was rather annoying to us who
hud to make the journey, as it unghl be in the
u.irk, not knowing what enemies we were to
Ui'-et or what battles had to be fought before
we were extricated I'roui our unpleasant situa
tion. Ihe weather continued to be quite cool
aud comfortable, and much better foi marching
liian any winch imd prevailed tor two or three
weeks previously.
iouisUay morning was pleasant and com
fortable, and nothing ot particular iut rest
tiauspiicd through the day until in the after
noon, when Gen. McUlellau returned, and it
was soon rumored about that the long looked
Di time had arrived, and that the army would
commence moving in a tew hours, and that its
destination was to he Williamsburg in the first
instance. It was believed that the army would
move ly three roads, in order io get through
"lore rapidly and t> be better prepared to meet
#ov attack which the rebels should see lit to
"take upon our columns, liy some iu. un.s the
k" octal plans intended to be pursued had be
Ct 'iiie know n (as events proved), pro'abiv it
,: "t Having b e en deemed necessary to maintain
foci, perfect seeresy in regard to them as had
"Ulieito been done.
At about six o'clock in the evening orders
" ,r '- issued to the regiments und batteriis
-"■"piUing General Porter's corps to prepare
u tijuve immediately. These orders were re*
j- oid with cheers by the soldiers, who were
1 j'iict-d ~! ij, t , teiiuiitat.oii of their suspense
1 <e prusptel ol achaugeol locality. Many
. ' "cm also believed until the very last that
10 uu advance towards Richmond, to
0 , l T'' r,Jle with General Pope iu tlie reduction
ii.i capital They could not and
a : ' '' l,l '"fffi'Vu that after so many sacrifices
lii'ue l - ? lX ' H " Ullur(i of "•!>* lives, and so
! " nt '' lali ° r and money, the campaign
t( j ' 1 abandoned and the peninsula lfinv-
Dot UV'^V 0 rebe l rule "k' 111 "- could ;
a Us the tact that the proud Army of
the Potomac, which three months before had
commeictd its tnutch with sneh high and noble
hopes tun] aspirations, with full ranks and joy
ous lie. r<s, to wipe out the damning record of
Bull Run und Ball's Bluff, was now, with de
cimated ranks and disheui tened spirits, abont
to retrace its steps and return without having
accomplished its purpose. It was true that
the army had loughc well and stood by their
General through good report und evil report
—they had at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair
Onks, Hanover Court House, Gaines' Mills,
White Oak Swamp and Malvern Hill enshriu
ed their names with a halo ol glory by their
dauntless courage and gallunt bravery so fear
lessly displuved, often against superior und
sometimes overwhelming numbers ; arid now,
that ail was 10 be abandoned ami a retrograde
movement was to be made, they utterly re
lused to credit Soou all was bustle and ex
i citemcnl in the camps; the tents were struck
and the wagons puckcd very rapidly. So per
fectly had everything been prepaied that it
took but a comparatively short time to have
evciythii.g in rtuUiiiess. nine o'cioek most
of the regimenta were all ready and waiting
for matching orders, xnd by ten all the prepar
ations were made. The division of Gene al
Sykes, which was to leud the udvunce, com
| liitiiced its march at about that hour. This
was followed by Geu. />lorcll's and Gen. Mc-
Call's divisions.
It was uearly three o'clock on Friday morn
ing belore all were fairly sluitedou tiie- march.
The sight v, as romantic aud interesting us the
long files ol soid.ers moved out of the intrench*
ments at the trout and into the Charie-s City
| road, their bayouets glittering iu the uioon
i light as they moved silently along, cujipres
! eed congraiulaiioiis were excliauged that we
I were at length actually leaving the contracted
' lines willilii which lor more than six weeks the
army had lived and suffeied discomforts wheh
must ever render the recol ecticn ot the place
any thing but pleasant or Satisfactory. We
piuceeded slowly along, and soon the signs'ot
uppioactlliig day .streaked lire horiZJu, ami i
t.ie fight ot euily. dawn we bid a last farewell
to the scene ot our recent uncomfortable <x
petlemts llie no was ceo: and heailfilul, and
ihe men geuernliy chet-itul and good nuiured.
The iiicidents aud description of the scenes
conmcted with the beginning of marches and
movemenis of large armies have become so
familiar io the public that I will not annoy the
readers of the llciald nth a repetition of the
more than thrice told tale, li is sufficient to
-ay that at last we were fairly started on our
journey and pr pared to meet whatever for
tune or adventures were in store for us We
reached Unities City Court House at about,
eight A. M. finis is about five miles from
U,iiiisou's Landing, and from tt a road leads
to Barren's terry, on the Ch ckahoininy river
near wiiere it nnp'ies into llie James. To
this point our day's match was intended to
reach, and tt was said to be twelve miles dis
tiifl l; but. my subsequent experience would seem
to indicate that it was nearer fifteen.
The Charles City Court House, wliieh is the
seat of government ol Charles Ciiv county, i.>
a very ancient arid vein-ruble looking one story
brick building, with two wings. The main
budding was used as a court house, and the
wings contain '.fie jury rooms, A'e. Adjoining
the Court House is another smaller building,
j which contained the various county offices,and
where wire kept the public records of the
coun'y. These buildings have for ,-o e time
past been ustd as a ,-ort ot headquarters for
■ lie of our cavalry regiments on duty in that
vicinity. '1 be recutds and public documents
which were kept in these buildings extended
track tor neatly two hundred vents, and must
have been ol veiy great importance to tile in
habitants and property owners of tire county
These had been pulled to pieces and scattered
uii about tiie buildings and the adjoining
grounds. Great confusion must .nise from
this wantou destruction of valuable papers,
and litigation in tlre future be largely increas
ed thereby. By such conduct friends and foes
aretnjnird indiscriminately and without any
accotiipriiiving advantage to compensate for
the injury n.Uicted. Here also is the county
jail, which 1 had not time to examine ; and
these, with two or three other buildings, ap
pear to constitute the city. It non't take
much to make a city in the South. The dwelling
houses appeared to imve been gitiera.ly desert
ed by their inhabitants.
Leaving this place we moved forward still
slowly and cautiously, as it was thought that
beyond here we might, possibly meet with
some trouble from the enemy. Previous
cavalry reconnoissauce had shown no rebel
lorce between us and the Chickaiictniny river;
but yet there was a possibility that they might
attempt to annoy nsevni it Lot in feorc to
make a serious attack. The moving column
ot soldiers, artillery, uruiy wagons and horses
filled toe road lor miles it-- it moved along
There were nit many residences along the
road, atid some ol them had been abandoned
by their former occupants. The few inhab
Hants who remained appeared to be very
much astonished to see us passing in such
force. They pretended to have had no com
munication with their rebel friends or with
R.ctiuioud for a long time, and to be iu
complete ignorance of what had latelv trans
pired in the outside world. They were very
cur otis to know it it was a movement of
our whole army or of only a portion of it,
tor some particular purpose. Their rebel pro
clivities caused what their caution could not
entirely disguise—the exhibition of tluir re
j< iciiig at the thought that we were go'ng
away—although thoy generally made pro
Icr-sions ot neutrality, and denied having any
pait in the war, Ac. One fact is especially
noticeably in this State, and I have found it
almost invr r.ably wherever I have beeo, and
that is the abseuce of ail young or middle
ape J man. A persevering inquiry will usual
ty disclose the tact tha r they are with the
libel army, although most generally their
Im mis ciami thai they have liecti forced
away under the cotisciiption or volunteered
to save the disgrace ot being dialled. There
are to be found ou the plantations only
womeu f old men and children. The negroes
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH.
who are uhle to be of any service are also
mostly gone, some have been removed dowu
South liy their masters for safety, and the
balance having sought refuge within the lints
of our army, where, ol course, they cannot
be pursued und are thenceforth free. This
portion of the State is fertile and produe
; live, and has been styled the garden of
, Virginia; but owing to these causes and the
: disturbing influence of war, is largely lying
waste and overgrown with weeds and bram
bles at present The crops gathered this
year will be but small, and with the de
: stiuctioo caused by the preseuce of con
i tending armies the inhabitants must suffer
: greatly, and will liud difficulty in obtaining
; a subsistence until next years harvest is
gathered. They are truly reaping the bitter
| truits of secession, and tee worst is yet to
; come. In almost every household there is
' mourning for near and dear ones whose
| lives have been sacrificed to the wicked and
pestilent delusion to., which, for the time
; being the Southerners seem to be given
! over.
All along the lines of our march the houses
were visited by stagglers from our army, of
whom there will always be many, in spite of
| i Very exeriion possible to prevent it. The oc
cupants ot these houses, in some instancies,ap
! pemd highly indignant because guards were
I not stationed, as formerly,to guard their prop
erty und prevent iuliusion. They thought it
! extremely hard that they should be compelled
to contribute towards the support of the army
•in any way. Poultry and fruit rapidly disap
peared, und many u soldier's mess that night
| could boast of a fowl addition In some in
| stances what was taken was paid for, but in
1 more they were hi 100 great a hurry to rejoin
their regiment to settle. The sufferers ac
| knowletiged, however, that their friends of the
| rebel army treated them with no more regard
| lor their vested rights, but w hat seemed to
: a fillet them most severely was the thoughts
j that the haled Yankees should I ave the bene-
I tit of sece.-h property. Of course this pilliag
! tug by soldiers as they pass through even an
j enemy's country must be condemned, and,
; w hen detected and proved, mu>t be punished
I for the good of the army itself, which such
j practices tend to demoralize; but stili it is un
j doubtt-uly a severe ternpaliou to one who has
for weeks iived on salt pork and hard bread
io sie a young and lat fowl wilfiiu prox
imity to him.
'The march was conducted, in an orderly
maimer, and the absence of any attack or ut
teiupted opposition to our passage must of
couise deti act bum the interest of the story.
It, however, gratified both officers and men,
who, as nothing could have been gained by
lighting more tt.au was better attained with
out it—a passage through the country —de-
.-ired that we might get through peaceably.—
They were all ready to light, if required, hut
preterred, if possible, to be spared the neces
sity.
Without any incident worthy of note, the
! rivi r was leached t y the advance early in the
j afternoon, and by night the division of Gen.
j Morel! and General Sikcs were crossed over
!to the opposite bank. Gen. McGali's division
| having lukeu unot er road, and having lett
| the old caiup subsequently to the others, did
; not reach there i mil the next forenoon. A
i -plemled pontoon bridge of nearly a third ol
I a mile in length, and about thirty feet wide,
j had d-en built across the Cbickahominy by
tlis Engineer brigade, and upon this marched
our weary soldiers, followed by the artillery
and wagons trains, and encamped upon the
j opposite shore lor the n'glit. A ear this bridge
| ibere were lying the gunboats Delaware and
Yankee to piolect it against any attempt
which the enemy might mako to destroy it.
j The day's marchhad been long und tiresome,
| but the men stood it very well. Trie weatit
jer throughout the day was cool, and until
I about one I'. A1 , was overcast, so that, ex
j cept lor the dust, the march had been persued
|in comparative comfort. In fact, up to this
I time the weather has been most favorable.—
| Had it been ordered expressly it could ifot
have been better, except, ptrhaps.a little rain
to lay the dust would have been an acceptable
; improvement. The intense heat under which
; we had bten sweltering for weeks past lias
; been succeeded by a cool and comfortable tern
j perature, which lias enabled us to march thro'
j the day and encamp at bight, to tiie manifest
j a .vantage of ttie army as regards its health
! and str • gh. .Night marches have not been
I resorted to except upon the first night, but the
I men have been allowed to rest and refresh
| themselves after their day's march and pre
pare lor the labors and fatigues of the succeed
! tug day.
.Saturday morning the march was resumed,
and the coiumit movid on towards Williams
burg, ut which place tiie advance arrived
| about eight A. M. General More lis division
arrived there about oue I'. M , and passed on
to the vicinity of the old battle field, where j
j they remained encamped until Sunday morn
; ing. The day's march was without incident
worthy of note. Everything passed along
peaceably It was DOW evident that the reb
! eis were either unaware of the time when and
the direction in which we were going or that
they had other business for their army than ,
following ns. Their experience at White |
Oak Swamp end Malvern llill may have
: taught llieiu a lesson which they do not care !
I to have repeated at present. If any attack i 3
i yet intended by them, it must be upon or rear I
i guard, but it is not thought now that they \
will disturb us at all. During the march 1 I
was much bruised by the carelessness of a cav
alry soldier who ran agaiust me, but 1 shall j
be able to keep to the saddle This day's |
march witnessed a repetition of the previous
| onslaught upon the poultry and orchards of
the secesh inhabitants by the stragglers. As
a general thing they were civil, however, and
willing to pay for what was taken when re
, quested to do so. Large quantities of unripe
iruil and melons were devoured, which will
most probably cause a material increase of ca
ses ot diarrhoea and disentary, and refill the
i regimental hospitals, which had been cleared
of their cccopauts preparatory to this nvove-
" REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
meut. There was also a very general disap
pearance of fowls ot all kinds, and poulty has
become a very common article of diet in the
camps. Many of the soldiers were seen to
carry in addition to their arms and accutre
ments, extra rations in the shape of tarkics,
chickens, geese and ducks, which, by the noise
■ made, had evidently been but recently served
out to them, and were yet in many instances
alive and kicking. Just before entering Wil
liamsburg, I noticed au enterprising private
by the side of the road under the shade of a
' large tree, with some half a dozen half ripe
water melons spread out before him, which ho
! was disposing of to his less fortunate comrades
. at the moderate rate of fifty cents each. Uow
j he became the owner of this valuable mer
chandise is unkuown to your correspondent,but
; that his profits equalled the total of his re
i eeipt I have no doubt. He was not a native
' Yankee, but a Hibernian, arid ono who, evi
dently with the reckless generosity and pro
i fusion characteristic of his countrymen, cora
■ bined the thrift and shrewdness which is sup
j posed to belong to the natives of the land of
his adoption.
Toe secessionists of Williamsburg, as else
where along the rout, were much rejoiced to
see our army making a retrogade movement
anticipating that soon this part of the peninsu
la also would be surrendered to the rebel rule
again The colored population had taken
the alarm, and were very anxious to learn
what the future had in store for them. Some
of the more indiscreet of the rebel sympathiz
ers, upon learning that we were evacuating
cur position upon the James river, indulged in
threats of what -hould be done to them when
the Yankees were gone. This increased their
alarm and agitmi >n, and the exodus of this
class of the population, most of whom had
been the slaves of fugitive rebel mas'ers, has
already commenced, and probably a few days
will see the town relieved of nearly all of them,
and but a wry few will remain to experience
the tender mercies of their secesh friends
Hftwecn the action of the rebels in carrying
their slaves down South and the operation ot
military rule, the peninsula has been pretty
well*cleared of the more valuable portion of
the slave property—those who are left gener
ally being either of an ancient or very tender
and juvenile age, neither of which are of m ich
profit. Practical emancipation has taken
place, and those who have not availed them
selves of its benefits are of the class who are
either too old, too young, or too shiftless to
do so.
Tiiis morning one of *he rebel sympathizers
of this place, naßed Robert Coles, was ar
rested by the order of the Provost Marshal,
and at his residence was found a quantity ot
aranuition and some arms. It. is said that he
was busily engaged yesterday in running bul
lets while our troops were passir.c through the
town. The avowed purpose of h se prepara
tions was to stop the departure oi Uie contra
bands after the expected withdrawal of our
forces.
At an early hour this morning the march
was resumed, and continued in an orderly
manner until Yorktown was reached. There
was no danger of an attuck, and there did not
exist the necessity for any special care in mak
ing the advance. Nothing worthy of note oc
curred, and Yoiktown was reached soon after
noon, and the weary soldiers encamped in the
old camp made familliar to most of them by a
lour weeks' residence during the famous siege
of the rebel fortifications. Here they remain
ed and rested. The marching was beginning
to tell upon the men, and there was a good
many stragglers who had fallen out of the
ranks. The Provost guard was cosntantly
employed riding to aud fro upon the road,hur
rying ihem up ; but in spite of Ihe'r exertions
they came slowly in by twos and threes, and
sometimes iu squads. Most of them rejoined
their commands iu the course of the dav and
evening. The scenes of the previous two days
were repeated along the rout, although not to
so great au extent. It was, however, highly
dangerous for poultry to show itself iu any
close proximity to the soldiers.
Upon our arrival at Yorktown I called up
on General Van Allen, the military governor
of the place, who received me very kindly and
courteously, and to him I am indebted for fa
vors uud attentions received. Since the occu
pation ot the place by the Unitu troops it has
been much improved,and its geucral apperar.ee
and clean orderly conditions is highly credita
ble to liirn and to Captaiu ltevere of the For
ty-fourth regiment New York Volunteers, the
Provost Marshal. When we first took posses
sion of the place, it was iu a very filthy condi
tion. Under the direction of Captain Revere
it lias been thoroughly cleaned and a very
large quantity ot fifth, offal and decaying car
casses of animals have been removed and bur
ied. The main street lias bt-tu filled in and
raised two feet, aud everything possible has
been done to make the villag a healthy and
respectable place of residence. The ear;h
works and entrenchments built by both our ;
own and the rebel troops remain intact, and
by their extent aud tuassiveuess show with I
what preservance and energy both parties con- i
tended lor lire possession ot the locality. The I
fiist building erected in Yorktown for twenty
seven years is a row of live one story wooden
building, built uuder Captaiu Revei e's direc
tion lor the use of officers,&c., connected with
headquarters. The place is fully prepared for
defence against any attack which might be j
made upon it by the rebels, who cannot safely j
or successfully venture upon any operation of ;
that nature. A single gunboat would com- j
maud Gloucaster Point opposite, aud prevent '
the erection of batteries there; and any hostile ;
demonstrations from the land side must result ;
in a speedy repulse of any force which might
be brought down for that purpose.
Upou tlie plaiu, outside of the rebel works, j
quite au extensive burying ground has been
laid out, which already contains about three
hundred graves, mostly of our soldiers who
have beeu buried there. When the army ad
vanced from this point a large number of sick
were left here, of whom many died. Some
bodies were also brought here from Williams
burg and other points tip the peninsula, and
here, after " life's fitful fever, they sleep well."
A headboard at each grave records the name,
regiment and company of it occupant, so that
their friends can at any time upon inquiry
find their place of sepulture. A Deal rail fence
encloses the whole and protects the graves
from intrusion.
The Two Great Monitors.
i Captain Ericsson has made a coutract with
I the Government to construct two large iron
plalcd ship?, which he believes will be the
fastest and best sea boats, the most completc
; ly invulnerable, and the most formidable for
attack, either fit long range, or in close quar
: ters, as rams, of any ships in the world.
I They will bear a general resemblance to
- the Monitor, with such modifications as have
| been suggested by experience. Oue of them
is to be 320 teet in Dngth, and the orther 341
with 50 feet beam. The vertical sides are
six feet in depth, and are to be protected with
iron armor plating 10 1-2 inches iu thickness,
backed with four feet solid oak.
The turrets are to be absolutely invulner
able. * * * The vessels are to be furn
ished with more powerful engines than anv
now afloat. * * * q'| ie armament will
consist of 15 inch guns, and will probably
equal in destructive power that of any French
or English ship. It is, however, as rams
that these vessels will be the most formida
ble. Where the plates of the side meet at
the bow they form an iron wedge, 21 inches
thick at the base, and terminating in a sharp
edge. This wedge is sustained by the plates
behind it, 10 12 inches in thickness, six feet
in depth, and extending the whole length of
the vessel, forming the most powerful but
tiug instrument that it is possible to conceive
of. Captain Ericsson says, "It will split ou
iceberg."— Scientific. Anerican.
A DIFFICULT QUESTION ANSWERED.—Can
anybody tell why, when live was manufactur
ed from oue of Adam's ribs, a hired girl was
not made at the same time to wait ou her ?
We can. easy ! Because Adam never came
whining to Eve with a ragged stocking to be
darned, a collar string to be sewed, or a gleve
to be mended, " right away, quick, uow !''—
Because he never read the newspaper until
the sun got down behind the palm trees and
stretched himself yawning out, " Aiu't sup
per most ready, my dear ?" Not be. He
made the fire and hung over the tea kettle
himself, we'll venture, and pulled the radish
es and peeled the bananas, and did everything
else that be ought to ! He milked the cows
and fed the chickeus, r.nd looked after the
p : gs himself. He never brought home half a
dozen friends to dinner whou Eve hac'u't any
pomgranites, and the mango season was over,
lie never staied until eleven o'clock to a ward
meeting liurruhug for the out and out candi
date, -liid then scolded why poor Eve was cryicg
inside the gates. To be sute ho acted rather
cowardly about apple gathering time, but then
that don't depreciate his helpfulness about the
garden ! He never payed billiards or drove
fist horses nor choked Eve with cigar smoke.
He never loafed around the groceries wbilo
solitary Eve was rocking little Cain's cradle
at home. In shot tbo didn't think she was
especially created for the purpose of waitiug
on him, and wasn't tinder the impression that
it disgraced a man to lighten his wife's cares
a little.
That's the reason that Eve did not need a
hired girl, and wo wiHi it was the reason that
none ol her fair dectndarits did ?— Exchange.
INDIA RUBER CLOTH. —Another achievement
has been made iu operative chemistry, which
deserves notic, because of the many useful r p
plications of which it is capable, as was fully
explained in a paper read befrre the Loudon
Society of Arts by the inveutor.Mr. Frederick
Walton. The achievement consists in a pro
cess by which India-rubber can bo produced
and manufactured from linseed oil. This oil
is plentiful and cheap. We import as much
linseed every year as will yield about 00,000
tons of oil, aud this, when converted into ar-1
tificial India-rubber, would be sale-able at j
about half the price of the real article. A 1
notion of the process may be formed by per- I
sons who have noticed that linceed oil when ;
spilt dries in a thin, tough film, aud that a
similar film forms ou the surface of a quantity j
of the oil when left undisturbed. Mr. Walton
takes a mass of these films, mixes a small por
tion of sheii-lace therewith, crushes them, sub- \
jects them to a course of cooling at a high
temperature, and so produces a subject which J
closely resembles India-rubber, and is applica- ;
ble to as great a variety of purposes as eaout- |
chotic itself, and to many of these for which j
gutta percha is now used. To notice bat a
lew of its applications ; we find clothing, wa- '
ter-proof sheets, tarpauiings, carriage-fitting 3, j
saddlery, imitation leather, shoes and boots, j
printer's blankets, tubing, tnnkliuing, ship- :
sheating,knife and tool handles, picture frames
and all the articles which are now fashioned of ;
vulcanite aud ebonite. The usual way oF
preparing the so called American leather cloth |
involves a period of seven days ; with this
new substauce, a much greater quantity of the
cloth may be prepared in one day.
A FUNNY SCENE.—Not long since, in a car
running out of a pleasant town in tiie State of
Ohio, a lady was assiduously distributing
tracts, which were always graciously and
courteously received by the passengers. The
tract, however, which this female colporteur
was circulating on the present occasion, hap
pened to be entitled, 'Give my thy heart,' an
excellent and popularly written treatise upon
the divine injunction of the good book. This
tract she presented to a very quiet looking
gentleman, who read itstitle.and with pleasant
smile upon his face, said, "I am sorry, but I
really eau't do it, madam ; this woman sitting
by me is my wife." The passengers burst out
into roars of laughter, in which the tract dis
tributer herself could not help joining.
gtsF* Men look at the faults of others with
a telescope—at their own with the sane in
strument reversed, or not at all.
VOL. XXIII. —NO. 13.
Caught in my Own Trap.
Dora and 1 had been silent fully fifteen
initiates—an unusuul occurrence for us—when
sbe suddenly broke out with one of her gayest,
sweetest peals of laughter. The cars were
going at the rate of forty miles an hour, bnt
Doras laugh rung out above all the noise and
confusion.
" What is it, Dora, you wilch yu ? v I
said, half piqued that she had not told what
had pleased her and laughed afterward.
" Nothing, Nelly, only I was just thinking
of something so fnuny. Do you see that gentle
man just in front of us, with the. beautiful
black whiskers aud dreamy brown eyes? Wejj,
he's been watching you from behind that book
for the last half hour, looking as if lie should
love to take a bite of the red roses on your
cheek. Don't blush ; but he's in love with
you—l'll bet my gold thimble on it. I wa3
just thinking of some stories I have read about
I young ladies mistaking handsome fellows for
! their brothers, etc., and what fuu it would be,
! if you could only manage to mistake that fellow
j for your brother Fred."
I was ready for some fun in a moment,
j "Tell you what I'll do, Dora," I broke out
j eagerly. " You know I haven't seen Fred
i since I went to school three years ago, and of
i course he's changed a great deal since then.
Well, if that literary gentleman with the
I brown eyes (he is handsome isn't he, Dora ?)
! should get oft the cars at our depot, I'll
; wait till he gets mixed up with the crowd, see
| him in a flutter of delight, call him brother
Fred, and give him such another kissing as
| he hasn't had since he saw his sweet heart
J last."
" Yes, I would if I were you," said Dora
sarcastically, "you daren't you know."
" Dou't I dare to, though ? Wait and see."
And so I dropped back into the cushion in
silence, till the train stopped at our station.
Dora gave me a wicked look, and whis
pered that she knew my courage would fail
me ; for the gentleman was really getting off.
I was not to be triumphed over, though ;
and so, as we stepped out on the platform, 1
saw the literary getleman standing amid the
crowd, and with a little bound, threw myself
into his arms and kissed him full iu the mouth
hysterically saying—
" Fred, my dear, dear brother ! how are
you ?"
I caught a glimpse at Dora ; sbe wna In
danger ol going ito eouvulsious. I expected
to hear the stranger say there was some mis
take ; but to my surprise, he gave me a hearty
embrace—kissed me two or three times—scid
hewa3 well, that Iliad grown a great deal ;
and then inquired for my little friend Dora—
who, all the time, was exciting the sympathies
of the crowd, as they supposed she was insane,
judging from her frantic laughter.
" Father and mother ate expecting you,
Xclly.aud are so impatient that they can hard
ly wait to see you. I was afraid you would
not know me. I am really glad that my
image has been treasured up so carefully in my
little sister's heart."
I was bewildered beyond measure. It real
ly was Fred then, and I had uot known him.
I felt slightly ridiculous, and while introduc
ing Dora to my brother, 1 whispered to her
to keep quiet iu reference to rny intended
trick. I was too much coufused to think of
inquiring how he came to be in the cars with
out noticing me,so we all went to the carriage
that was waiting for us, and drove home.
I bad never knew Fred to be so affection
ate. He held my hand in his own all the
time, and kissed me at unnecessarily short
intervals; but to teil the truth, I had never
loved him half so well before—never thought
him so handsome. We reached ihe gate.—
Mother kissed me and cried over me at once;
father repeated it ; and fiually a frank, hearty
voice broke out with :
" Hallo, sis I aru't von going to notice your
scapegrace of a brother at ull V
And to my astonishment, a handsome fal
low I had not seen before gave me a genuine
and a kiss that you could have heard
across the yard.
" There is some mistake," I mnrmured.—
" Are you my broth<>r Fred ? I thought that
gentleman was." pointing to the handsom
fellow I had embraced at the depot.
" Why, sis, are you going crazy? of course
I'm your brother, aud that feliow is my col
lege chum, Archie Winters, who weut half
way up the line to meet you. What are you
blushing at, Nelly ? I hadu't time to go, and
I let him take your picture with him, so that
be would be sure to know you. He's been
playing off some of his uiad pranks, aud pass
ing himself off for me, I'll warrant."
I looked at Archie Winters beseechingly,
and as they were all going into the house, I
whi.-pered to him ;
" For pity's sake don't speak of that mis
take. llow could it have happeded ?"
" I overheard you in the ears ; and will
promise to keep your secret only on one con
dition."
He whispered something to me that made
me flush scarlet ; but I was at his mercy, and
said I would think of it. I did think of it
reader, and to the delight of the whole family
—Dora and Fred particularly—Archie and
I were married iu less than two months.—
And Dcra said to me, as I bid her good-bye,
that it would give unspeakable delight te
Fred and herself if I would attend her wed
ding in a month from them ; and I did.
A despatch from Louisville, Ken
tucky, Aug. 10th, says, Six thousand cav
arly have already enrolled and enlistments
are rejected, the number already being one
thousand over the quota asked for. The in
fantry are also enrolling rapidly. There will
be no necessity for drafting in Kentucky, on
first requisition of the United States Govern
ment.
W Those who lack a good natural charatv
ter may be sure they eanuot long sustain with
out detection, an artificial one.
J©* When men try to get more good then
comes from will doing, they always get less,