j • jxLAS AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWANDA :
Thursday Morning, May 7, 1863.
j jsdtdtb j^octrj.
THE WAR CHANT.
-v,,. W nis and thousands—thousands of mortals—
rjrgeis for slaughter, rush to Death's portals !'
r jjort on cohort— advancing, advancing—
| vfjutry steadily —cavalry prancing—
pc,:b i* olilui !lie se,ricd raliks merri b' dancing !
| Rart-h all thoughts of home—think but of glory !
j you may become famous in story !
] of your bosom, father or mothei,
j fhldren and swee!hearts, sister and brother—
-3 and all feeling of tenderness smother.
| ,w in i! then,onward !—onward and steadily !
1 T ,,tio your chief's vommand, readily, readily"!
,-.:••£ ! march! and onward ! shoulder arms ! halt there !
ir, C-liiadarras, warriors! wait tlis assault there !
Lakto your weapons well; see there's no fault there !
i pause for an instant! true courage is lowly
la spirit, enkindling thoughts that are holy !
Kneel to vour maker, then ; offer a prayer to
i "i;e M march of B.itt'.es, ana solemnly- swear to
Conquer—°r welcome the death you'r heir to !
Rr.rfc! His shrill trumpet's blast signals for the battle!
Hundreds of biazen throats roar the death rattle!
j Wounded, in agony, mangled and gory,
i Tie dead and the dying, youthful and hoary—
| As they fell let them lie—bathed in their glory !
j ffidwrs, now husbandlcss, weeping at home there—
Children, n-'w fatherless, over the foam there ;
Br there and sisters then muse on woids spoken
| )(jnv 11 patriot's heart torn up and broken—
Woe to the strife sender! woe for th is token !
I Op =er.d the Prince of Peace once more on earth here !
I Grant that this tumult cease—grant that the dearth here
I 0: Right and of Justice may soon be supplied us ;
J Charity grld.-n lined blessedly guide us !
|jl i st tll a it c o it s.
Women Warriors.
Among the ancients?, the most celebrated
vaiiikc frionies of accredited existence were
flic IRlvetaiti ladies. Ciesar, in his common
taries on the Gallic war, is profuse in his pruis
ejt.f the military achievements of those fair
dimes In more than one instance has the in
vii.cihle legions of Rome ungallautly turned
liicir hacks to the hostile wooing of the fair
ones of Switzerland. Horace and Lucun also
accuse their countrymen of a like breach of
f id in luners towards the warlike wives of
the ancient Britons, whose queen, according
to the testimony of Tacitus, led their armies
■ I ■ ue. j ■ i.,11;. iii; c'il i eiir i>f iiistorv dis
j Lives the generally received opinio;' that
women are naturally fearly and unpatriotic.—
Among eutiiess insh ices which might be cited
o prove that women areas capable of high
tttiij lieioic feeling as men, may be mentioned
thai of the Lacedaemonian mother when she
presented Iter son with his shield, enjoyed him
to return with it or upon it ; and that of the
I 'liar, women of the North American tribes,
who, when informed of the death of their iius
baml> in win fare, inquired " how they died I"
whether bravely fighting the foe, or the less
Inn. arable death of mortality.
But warrior women are not the anomalies
only of ancient times ; they appear, also in
modern history. The time and manners, ol
chivalry, by bringing the great entet prises and
adventurous heroism into fashion and repute
ii'spirei'J the female sex with a similar taste. —
Women were then seen in the midst of camps
snd armies and participating in all their dan
pers nud disasters, ami hardships and priva
tions. Daring the crusade, also, animated, by
the conjoint enthusiasm of religion ami valor,
women often performed the Most romantic and
chivalrous exploits, and joyously died, with
a rois in their hands, by the side of their lov
trs or hudianda.
In E nope there has been instances of deli
ca:e nnd gentle-hearted women attacking and
defending fortifications, commanding armies,
mid obtaining victories. Such among other
ctsUuces, were the heroic .loan of Arc. " the
Maid of Orleans," the celebrated Joan of MOII
firt, and the celebrated Margaret of Anjou.
England the instances of female prowess
a 'd military exploit have been conspicuous
Boadicea, or, as the heroic and illustrious
<]'ieen of the Rent is otherwise called Bondu
resisted the legions of Rome in the fiercest
C| id mo>t deadly conflicts in which that great
empire was ever engaged. Ethellreda, the
eldest daughter of Alfred the Great., command
ed armies, gained victories, and performed olh
er warlike exploits. England owed its deliv
erance from the tyrannic yoke of the Danes,
of Judith, the stepmother of Alfred. The
s liill and prudence displaved in military affairs
j'J Rliillippa, queen of Edward Third, is cele
Lrjited in the chronicles and memoirs of the
boie, which abound, also with numerous in
stances of similar qualifications possessed by
females, both English and foreign. In the
fifteen!li and sixteenth centuries the heroism
n "d warlike spirit of the fair sex, when invok
ed ia the cause of religion and patriotism,were
eminently conspicuous in Hungary, the Islands
°f the Archipelago and the Mediterranean, re
sisting the aggression of the Turks. History
a:so furnishes many splendid instances ot fe
male devotion in the defence of country and
rel 'P on in the raed'aeval ages.
Neither is modern history prolific in the
f tliibi!ion of female heroism and martial per
formances. In recent times instances have oc
furred of lady warriors and female campaign
ers In the French revolution and Peninsular
* ar , 'iiese were of no rare occurrence in the
J'reach armies. In the revolution of 'B9. the
"omen of Paris were the foremost actors, not
° ! 'fy as the attendants on the wounded, but as
a ciual combatants on the attacks on the Bus
Die and the Tuilleries, and other events aris
"'P out of the revolutionary movement, they
'"td an equal share with the male populace in
Hie perils and horrors of the day. Indeed,
crisis of the revolution was precipitated by
the females who marched on Versailes to bring
lack the King of France to Paris. Sobse.
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
quent events were prolific iu instances of fe
male courage and murtial beariug. During
the campaign of the army of Republican
France, under Dumonrier, on the Sambre and
the Mense, in 1793, Thcophile and Felicita
Fernig, the daughters of the commandant of
the National Guard ot Mortagne shared
equally all the dangers and privations of that
campaign ; at the battles of Jcmappes they
fought at the head of Phillipe Egalite's (sub
sequently King of the French), columns: and
had iu the previous battles of Yolmy braved
all the terrors of the ceaseless cannonade of
that noisiest battle on reeord. But it has
been in Spain—the land of love and romance
that female patriotism and courage have
shone the most resplendent iu the recent war
fare.
During the Spanish war of Independence
in the Peninsula, at the sieges of Saragossa,
Gerona, A alencia, and Tortosa, the female in
habitants of those cities enrolled themselves
into companies, headed and commanded by
ladies of rank for the purpose of attending the
wounded and aiding and animating their
countrymen in their efforts against the enemy.
In the performance of those duties, the deli
cate and fragile fair ones of Saragossa were
seen incessantly and fearlessly exposing them
selves to imminent danger from the tremen
dous fire of shot and shell. Some took a more
active part, and fought side by side with their
husbands, brothers and fathers. The name of
one of those heroines acquired impet ishable re
nown.
Augustine Saragossa, a handsome young
woman of humble birth, corning on the third
day of the siege with provisions to the battery
that had suffered most terribly from the ene
my's fire, found every man belonging to it
killed. For a moment every one hesitated to
rescue the guns. Aogtj.stinc.uudaunted, sprung
over thedeaa and dying,and snatching a match
from the hand of a dead artikrvmwi, fired off
a twenty-pounder; and then jumping upon the
gun, made u solemn vow never ro jqnit it al.ve
during the siege. Her courage struck shame
into the hearts of the men who bad shrunk
from taking the place of the slain ; her gen
erous enthusiasm animated with fresh courage
all who beheld it. The battery was instantly
maraud, and the fire being renewed with in
creased vigor, the French were repulsed at ali
points with great los*.
Neither was this an isolated deed of hero
ism of that brave girl, who is canonized in the
annul-, of history by the appellation of "The
Maid of Saragossa." Visiting a battery in
which her husband held the command, and ob
| serving the urtikrymen so discouraged by his
full that the battery was on the point of faliing
into the bauds of the enemy,she addressed the
troops in animated tones, and by her inspir
ing eloquence so rallied them that they not
only repulsed the enemy, but in a successful
sorlie beat them lrom the walls. In the
'•( inse of the glorious struggle by her country
for national honor and independence, she was
rewarded us a te.-ti ..ony ol her country's ap
! probation of her patriotic devotion, with a
i lie Id officer's commission.
The countess Burifa at Sarngossa, and Dons
Lucia Johanna de Fitz-ruldt, Dona Maria
Mariengela Vivern, and Dona Maria Centi, of
the divisions of St. Narcis, St. D >tliy, and St
rialia, at (jerona have occurred an enduring
celebrity in the execution of their commands,
and the display of their heroic patriotism in
their efforts to frustrate the designs of the foe
of their country, to spoil it of its honor and
nationality. Also during that glorious strug
ule for independence women were fr< quently
seen in the ranks of the guerrilu bauds, light
ing among the foremost.
To MAKE POTATO STARCH —Starch made
from the common potato furnishes an excel
lent substitute for arrowroot, as a wholesome
nutritions food for infants. It also mukes a
good cheap pudding for the table, if cooked
like sago ; and zs it has not the medical pro
parties of arrowroot, it is much to be prefer
red as an article of daily food, except for ohil
drenwho are subject to dian hoea or summer com
plaint. The process of making the starch is
simple and the time required so short as to put
it into the power of every one having the
means at hand. Wash any quantity of pota
toes perfectly clean, and grate them into a tub
half full of clean cold water ; stir it up well ;
let it settle, then pour off the foul water ; put
the grated potatoes into a fine wire or course
hair sieve ; plung it into another tuh of clean
cold water, and wash the starch through the
meshes of the sieve and throw the residue aside
—or wash it aguin if any starch remain in the
pumice; let it settle again, and repeat this
process until the water comes off clear ; scrape
from the top any remains of the pumice ; then
take the starch out, put it on dishes to dry in
a warm room, and it will be fit for use imme
diately. When wanted for use, mix us much
as may be needed in cold water, and stir it in
to boiling milk, or water if preferred, and it
requires no farther cooking. It also makes a
stiff and beautiful starch for clearing thin mus
lins and laces.
PnYsioi.ocY e f SWIMMING. —The medical au
thorities of the Fiench army especially recom
mend that men inclined to diseases of the chest
should be continually made to swim. The fol
lowing are the effects (which M. Ie Docteur
D'udon attributes to swimming) on the organs
of respiration :—" A swimmer wishing to pro
ceed from one place to another, is obliged to
dep'oy his arms and legs to cut through the
liquid, and to beat the water with them to
sustain himself. It is the chest, as being the
central point of sustentation, that every move
ment of the limbs responds. This irradiation
of the movements to the chest, far from being
hurtful to it, is beneficial ; for, according to
a sacred principle of physiology, the more an
organ is put into action the more vigor and
aptitude it will gain to perform its fouctions.
Applying this principle to natation, it will ea
sily lie conceived how the membranes of the
chest of a swimmer acquire development—the
pulmonary tissues firmness, tone and ener-
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADEORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH.
Message from Gov. Curtin.
HISTORY OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE
STATE.
EXECUTIVK CHAMBER, )
Harrisburg. April 15,18G3.)
To the Senate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania :
GENTLEMEN: —In taking leave of you at the
close of the session, I think it proper under
existing circumstauces, to go beyond the usual
formulities.
The partiality of my fellow citizens placed
me in the office which I now hold, at a period
of great public distraction, which soon culmi
nated in the breaking out of the rebellion,
which is still raging. The country had so long
slumbered in unbrukrn tranquility that we had
in this State almost forgotten the possibility
of any violation of our domestic peace. Even
ou;- militia laws had been suffered to fall into
disuse, aud were reduced to a merely permis
sive organization of a few uniformed volunteer
companies in various parts of the State. The
whole mind of our people was directed to
peaceful and industrious pur.-uits. Conscious
themselves of no intention to injure the rights
or interests of others, or in any way to violate
the Constitution under which we hud thriven,
they were unable to realize the designs of
wicked and abandoned men, even after they
had been publicly and boastingly proclaimed.
Although for many mouths war bad been ac
tually levied ugainst the United States in
South Carolina and elsewhere, it is a fact that
the people of this Commonwealth were first
startled into a sense of the common danger by
the bombardment of Fort Sumter. The Leg
islature was then in session and immediately
made such provision as was at that moment
deemed necessary; but, shortly after its ad
journment, svents having rapidly advanced,
and tile Capita! of the country being in appa
rent danger, I deemed it necissary to convene
it ogain curly in May, 1861, to adopt meas
ures for placing the State ou a looting ade
quate to the emergency. This was promptly
and cheerfully done. Five hundred thousand
($500,000) dollars had been appropriated at
the regular session for military purposes, and
to that sum was then added authority to bor
row three millions of dollars ($3,00i>,000.
This loan, notwithstanding the depressed fi
nances of the country, and the alarm and dis
trust then prevailing, was promptly taken by
our own citizens, at par.; and, and at the sug
gestion of the Executive, laws were passed for
organizing our military forces, and especially
for immediately raising and supporting, at the
expense of the State, a body of fifteen thous
and men, called the Reserve Corps, to be
re..i!y for immediate service when required.
The Government of the United State.- had
called out seventy-five thousand militia to
serve for three months, of which the quota of
Pennsylvania was immediately furnished.
The Reserve Corps was raised, equipped and
disciplined by the State, and contributed
largely, under Providence, in saving Washing
ton alter that first disaster at Bull Run, and
from that time we continued to add regiment
after regiment as the services of the couutry
required.
From the first movement to the present
hour, the loyalty and indomitable spirit of the
freemen of Pennsylvania have been exhibited
iu every way and on every occasion ; they
have flocked to the standard of their country
in her hour of peril, aud have borne it victo
riously ou battle fields from Maryland, Vir
ginia and Kentucky to the far South and
Southwest ; they have never faltered for n
moment. It has been my pride to occupy a
position which enabled me to become familiar
with ail their patriotism and self devotion, and
to guide their efforts. Posterity will do them
full justice. Every requisition of the General
Government has beeu promptly fulfilled ; al!
legislation in support of the cau a e has betn
enacted without delay, and Pennsylvania is en
titled to be ranked first among the States that
have been throughout unflinching iu their de
teimination to subdue the sacriligious wretch
es who are endeavoring to destroy the last
Temple of Liberty.
The Stute has not been insensible to the
sacrifices which her sons have made. No ef
fort has been spared by hor authorities to se
cure their comfort and welfare. Under legis
lative provisions to-that effect, her sick and
wounded have been followed and cared for,
and, when practicable, brought home to be
nursed by their friends ; aud the bodies of the
slain, when possible, have been returned for
burial in the soil of the Slate. The contribu
lions of her citizens, iu supplies of luxuries and
comforts, lor all of her volunteers, have been
almost boundless, and nothing has been omit
ted that could encourage and stimulate them
iu the performance of their holy duty. They
have tell upon every march and in every camp,
however desolate their immediate surround
ings, that the eyes and hearts of the loved
ones at home were upon and with them.
The result is that Pennsylvania is actually
in a position on which it is my duty to con
gratulate you, as her representative. Not
withstanding the immense drain of her popu
lation, her industry is thriving at home, and
so far as it may not be hurt by causes over
which she has no control, must continue to
prosper. Her finances were never in a more
healthy condition —her people were never in
better heart.
That the labors, anxieties and responsibili
ties of her Executive have been great and bar
rassing, I need not say. I have given to them
my nights and days, with, I trust, a single eye
to the pnblic welfare. I claim no special mer
it in this. I would have beeu unworthy to be
called a mau had I done otherwise. If I am
proud of the result, it is that I am proud of
the people who have effected it. To be called
a freeman of Pennsylvania is henceforth to
have a title of honor wherever loyalty, patri
otism and the martial virtues are cherished.
It is to be observed, moreover, that the labors
which I have necessarily undergone have al
ready impaired my health. I should have se
rious cause to apprehend that a much longer
continuance of them might eo break It down
" REGARDLESS OT DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER."
as to render me unable to fulfill the duties of
my position. It is to be added, that as the
approaching season will probably be the most
eveutful period in the history of the country,
I will be able with more effect to discharge
my duties, if I avoid being made the centre of
an active political struggle.
Under these circumstances, it has pleased
the President of the United States to tender
me a high position, at the expiration of my
present term of office, and I have not felt my
self at liberty to do otherwise than accept this
offer.
As I shall, for all these reasons, retire from
office at the close of my present term, I have
thought this a not inappropriate mode of an
nouncing that fact.
In taking leave of you, I may be permitted
to say that as Governor of the Commonwealth,
T have given, as was my duty, and shall con
tinue to give an active and earnest support to
the Government of the United States in its ef
fort to suppress the existing rebellion. As a
private citizen, I shall continue heartily to up
hold the President and his administration as
the only means by which that result can be at
tained—or in other words, the country can be
saved. I give this as my deliberate opinion,
and shall opeuly, candidly and zealously act
in accordance with it.
Of the warm hearted friends, to whom I
I owe so much, and of the people of the Com
monwealth, who, regardless of party, hare
never tired of cheering my toils and anxieties
by tokens of their geoerous confidence and ap
proval, I conuot speak with composure. I can
do no more than express to them the deepest,
trust aud most heartfelt gratitude.
Hoping that you mnv safely return to your
homes and famiFes alter your public labors,
and with the best wishes for yon individual
welfare and happiness, I now bid you farewell.
A. G.CUHTIN.
CHICORY. —Chicory has been considerably
cultivated the past season ic some portions of
Western Canada, as a substitute for coffee.—
The roots are dug the first autumn afer sow
ing, cleaned and partially dried, or cut'np at
once and kiln dried for market. The manu
facturers cut up the roots in small pieces,roast
them, and grind them to powder between flut
ed rollers. The tops are ulso acceptable food
to cows and sheep. Its leaves, blanched, are
sold in the markets of the Netherlands, very
early in the spring, as salad—long before let
tuees are to be had. The roots a e taken up
on the approach of winter, and packed in cel
lars in alternate layers of 3and, so as to form
ridges, with the crowns of the plants on the
surface of the ridge. Here, if the frost be ex
cluded, they soon send out leaves in such
abundance as to afford a supply of salad dur
ing the winter. If light be excluded the leaves
are perfectly blanched, and in this state are
known under the name of Barle de Capucin.
The plant is not w thout its faults. If all the
roots are uc ak■ from the ground at the
first season, it springs up and spreads like a
thistle the next. It is also very exhaustive
of the soil.
The following story is old bnt good,
and Mr. Fillmore often relates it :
President Fillmore, upon Bis elevation to
the Presidential chair, was obliged, in confor
mity with his new station, to purchase a car
riage and horses. The horses werp soou ob
tained, and Mr. Prcstou, of South Carolina,
offered to dispose of his fine coach, which was
accordingly seut to the new president for his
inspection.
Irish Jimmy, the White House coachman,
was on hand when Mr. Fillmore called at the
stable to inspect it ; and wishing an opinion
from Jimmy as to the fitness of the coach,ask
ed him if he thought it fiue enough.
" >Och, it's a fiue coach, your honor," said
Jimmy."
" But, is it good enough, Jimmy ?" said the
president.
Jimmy, with a doubtful scratch of the head
answered again in the same maimer ; when
Mr. Fillmore, wanting a positive answer,
said :
" Jimmy, do you think a second-hand car
riage would do for a President ?"
"Och," said Jimmy, " Remember your
honor's a second-hand President—an' sure 'tis
just right."
The president took the coach.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SCHOOL GIRLS.—
Anthony Trollope, in his new book on Ameri
ca, thus speaks of our school girls :—" I do
not know any contrast that would be more
surprising to an Englishman,up to that moment
ignorant of the matter, than that which he
would find by visiting, first of all, a free school
In Loudon and then a free school in New-
York. The female pupil at a free school In
London, as a rule, is either a ragged pauper
or a charity girl ; if not degraded, at least
stigmatized by the badges and dress of the
charity. We Englishmen know well the type
of each, and have a fairly correct idea of the
amount of education which is imparted to them*
We see the result afterwards when the samo
girls become our servants and the wives of
our grooms and porters. The female pupil at
a free school iu New York is neither a pau
per nor a charity girl. Sue is dressed with
the utmost decency. She is perfectly clean.—
In speaking to her you cannot in any degree
guess whether her father has a dollar a day
or three thousaud dollars a year ; nor will you
be able to guess by the manner in which her
associates treat her. As regards her own
manner to you,it is always the same as though
her father were, in all respects, your equal."
" Billy,how did you loose your finger?"
" Easy enough," said Billy. " I suppose so,
but how ?" "I guess you'd have lost yourn
if it had Seen where mine was."
" That don't answer my question."
" Well, if you must know," sa*;d Billy, " I
had to cut it off, or else steal the trap."
companies of InfaDtry are to be
raised iu Illinois to proteet tbe state from
hostile aggression.
Resolutions of the 171 st Penn'a. Militia.
At a meetiog of the Officers and men of
the 171 st Regt. Penna Militia, at Camp, near
Newbirn, N. C., April Ist, 1863, presided
over by Col, Everard Bierer, a committee con
sisting of Lient, Col. Humphrey, Major R.
C. Cox, Surgeon Theo. B. Lashells, Chaplain
N. B. Critcbfield, Quartermaster I. J. Post,
Capts. Amsbrv, MeClellan and Bierer, and
Lieut. Wood, reported the following resolu
tions, which were unanimously adopted :
Whereas, our government, the wisest and
best ever devised by the wisdom of man, is
uow struggling for the perpetuity of its glori
ous institutions, for the God given right so
dear to every true American heart, the great
principles of Human Freedom ; and, Whereas,
we hear with feelings of disapointment and in
digotrtion, the ho l of partisan spirit, and the
open avowals of insidious demagogues that
endanger our National Safety, aod embarass
our Federal and State authorities ; and we
hear of " sympathizers" at home and their
hired correspondents in the Army—the aiders
aud abettors of this unholy rebellion —circulat
ing the foul slander that the Drafted men of
Pennsylvania are disloyal, disaffected, and op
posed to further prosecution of the war—
Therefore, Resolved, That the Confederate
States ieft the Union without any just cause,
and that no terms of Peace, other than the
unconditional surrender aud return of the
Traitors to their allegiance, should be offered
by our Government.
Resolved, That having left our peaceful
homes, the hearthstones of our fathers, our
wives, and our children, we ars determined to
defend the interests of our Country, support
its claims and uphold its war policy, until the
emblem of our uatioual power and greatness
shall represent every State and Territory of
the Union, and every Traitor, North or South,
yield allegiance to the will of the people.
Resolved, That this Regiment, composed of
Republicans and Democrats, [but no croakers
or Copperheads,] will oppose not ouly here,
but at the " ballot box," any men who does
not heartily sustain in this war, the old fash
ioned doctrine of all true Patriots, " No terms
with Traitors," but submission to the rightful
authority of the Government.
Resolved, That we have no sympathy with
" War parties in time of Peace, or Peace par
ties iu time of war,'' because ia our past his
tory they have always given " aid and com
fort" to our enemies, and in the present in
stance they are both the apologist aod sup
porters of the traitors in their treason.
Resolved, That we spurn with contempt all
1 propositions made by northern Copperheads,
that we ought to approach armed traitors
with terms of compromise or offer* of peace ;
S because the only honorable compromise that
we car make with them is, that they lay down
their arms and return to their allegiance as
loyal citizens.
Resolved, That the opinion prevalent in the
Northern States, that the drafted men from
the hills and vallies of the oid Keystone State
ore becoming demoralized and will not fight,
is false aud slanderous, and is no doubt the
malicious publications of those Northern trai
tors who are too cowardly to strike us in the
light of day, and face to face.
Resolved, That we are willing to bear onr
full proportion of the sacrifices which our coun
try aemands in this crisis, from any good citi
zen, and we are utterly opposed to any policy
; or party which counsels either " negotiation,
j the withdrawing of our armies, or an armis
j lice preparatory thereto," #o long as an armed
traitor to the Federal Government remains in
the land.
Resolved, That our present State Executive,
Gov. A. G. Curtiu, deseives the thauks of all
true patriots, for the energy aud patriotism
which he has displayed in raising, arming and
equipping the troops sent forth by the old com
monwealth at her country's call, and especial
ly for his efforts to have the sick and wound
ed returned to hospitals witbiu the State and
to their homes until fit for duty.
We offer our honest and earnest snpport to
the Executive, the army, aud the loyal people
| of the country ia crushing out the unholy pow
er that renders this the darkest day of our na
tional existence. The power that fills our land
with mourning, death and carnage, and glories
in the blood aud triumphs over the graves o(
men to whom principle aud the honor of their
country is dearer than life. Trusting in the
power and justice of an Eternal GOD, we offer
ourselves with the thousands of our armies, to
the war that will result in the downfall of
Treason, whether in the North or in the South
and the establishment of peace, liberty and
equality in a united and glorious Republic.
Resolved, That these Resolutions be publish
ed in the different counties representing this
Regimeut.
E. BIERER,
| Chairman.
W. R. HULL, Asst. Surgeon,
S. D. STURGIS, Adjutant,
SAMUEL LOVE, Lieut.
Secretaries.
SF.T HIM AGAIN.—A very worthy fisherman
named Grizzle, was drowned some time since,
and all search for his body proved unavailing.
After it had beeD in the water about a mouth
it was discovered floating on the surface, and
taken to the shore ; whereupon Mr. Smith was
dispatched to convey the intelligence to the
much afflicted widow.
I " Well, Mrs. Grizzle, we hare found Mr.
Grizzle's body."
" You don't say so !"
" Yes, we have ; the jury has set on it,and
found it full of eels ?"
" You don't say Mr. Grizzle's body is full
of eels ?"
" Yes, it is ; and we want to know what
you will have done with it ?"
" How many eels do you think there is in
him ?"
" Why, abont a bushel."
! " Well, then, I think yon had better send
the eels np to the house and sot bim
| again.
VOL. XXIII. 3STO. 49*
Mining under the Sea.
Mining can hardly be a pleasant occupation.
The absence of sun and natural light, the drip
ping sides of the shaft, the danger of explo
sion from the fire-damp, of the full of jutting
rock 9 and numerous other perils, invest it with
vague terrors to active imaginations. But
when the shafts ruu under the sea, and the
swell of the ocean is distinctly audible, it must
suggest rany fears to the diligent miners.—
The following graphic description is taken
from an English paper
" We are now four hundred yards out un
der the bottom of the sea and twenty feet be*
low the sea level. Coast-trade vessels arc sail
ing ever our heads. Two hundred and forty
feet below us men arc at work, and there are
galleries deeper yet below that. The extra
ordinary position down the face of the cliff, of
the engiues and other works on the surface, at
Bottallie, is now explained. The mine is not
excavated like other miues under the earth,
but under the sea. Having communicated
these particulars, the miner next tells us to
keep strict sileuce and listen. We obey him,
sitting speechless and motionless. If the read
er could only have beheld us now, dressed ia
our copper colored garment?, huddled close to
gether in a mere cleft of subtcrraneau rock,
with a flame burning on our heads and dark
ness enveloping oar limbs, he must certainly
have imagiued, without any violent stretch of
fancy, that he was looking down upon a con
clave of gnomes.
" After listening a few tninute3 a distant
aud unearthly noise becomes faiutly audible—
a long, low, mysterious moaning that never
changes, that is fell on the ear as well as heard
by it, a sound that might proceed from some
incalculable distance—from some far invisible
bight—a sound unlike anything that 13 heard
on the upper grouud. in the free air of heav
en—a souud so sublimely mournful and still,
so ghostly aud impressive when listened to in
the subterranean recesses of the earth, that we
continue instinctively not of communicating to
each other the strange awe and astonishment
which it has inspired in U3 from the very first.
" At last the miner speaks again and tells
us that what we hear is the sound cf the surf
lashing the rocks a hundred and twenty feet
above us, and of the waves that are breaking
on the beach beyond. The tide is now at the
flow, and the sea is in no extraordinary state
of agitation, so the sound is low aod distant
just at this period. But when storms are at
their higbt, when the ocean hurls mountain af
ter mountain of water on the cliff-', then the
noise is terrific ; the roaring heard down here
iu the mine is so inexpressibly fierce and awful
that the boldest men at work arc afraid to con
tinue their labor—all ascend to the surface to
breath the upper air aud stand on firm earth ;
dreadiDg—though no catastrophe has ever
happened yet—tuat the sea will break ia on
tbern if th'*y remain in the cavern below.
" Hearing this, we got up to look at the
rock above us. We are able to stand upright
in the position we now occupy ; and flaring
our caudles hither aDdthither in the darkness,
can see the bright, pure copper streaming
through the gallery in every direction. Lumps
of ooze, of the most lustrous green color, trav
ersed by a natural net-work of thin red veins
of iron, appear here and there in large irregu
lar patches, over which water is dripping slow
ly aud incessantly iu certain places. This is
the salt water percolating through invisible
crannies iu the rook. Ou stormy days it spurts
out furiously in thin continuous streams. Just
over our heads we observe a woodeD plug, of
the thickness of a man's leg ; there is a hole
there, aud that plug is all that we have to
keep out the sea !
" Immeuse wealth of metal is contained in
the roofs of this gallery throughout its entire
length, but will always remain untouched; the
miners dare not take it, for it is part (and a
great part) of the rock which is their only pro
tection against the sea, and which has been so
far worked away here that itsthickuess is lim
ited to an average of three feet only between
the water and the gallery in winch we now
stand. No one knows what might be the con
sequence of another day's labor with the pick
ax ou any part of it."
THE LAND OP CONTRARIES. — In Australia
the north is the hot wind, and the south the
cool ; the westerly wind the most unhealthy,
and the east the most salubrious. It is sum
mer with the colony when it is winter here,
and the barometer is considered to rise before
bid to full before good. The swans
are black and the eagles are white ; the mole
lays eggs, and has a duck's bill ; the kanga
roo (an animal between the deer a- d the squir
rel), has five claws ou his fore paws, three ta
lons on his hind legs, like a bird, aud yet hops
ou bis tail. There is a bird (meillphaga) which
has a broom in his mouth instead of a tongue.
The cod is found in the rivers, and the perch
in the sea ; the valleys are cold, and the moun
tain tops warm. The nettle is a lofty tree,
and the poplar a dwarfish shrub ; the pears
are of wood, with the stalk at the broad end ;
the cherry grows with the stone outside. The
The fields are fenced with mahogany, the hum
blest house is fitted- up with cedar, and myr
tle plants ajo burnt for fuel. The trees are
without fruit, their flowers without scent, and
the birds without song. Such is the land of
Australia 1
Mrs. Matilda Mnggs has a fresh shin
gle at her shop door in ono of the Eastern
cities wit this announcement :
" Noxis—i ar got sum nu artticles fur sail
such as krackers, kaudls, tups, sorcers, and
many other artticles to numerous to menshuo,
al celling cheep."
BgSu A brother editor tells us that when ho
was in prison for libeling a justice of the peace
he was requested by the jailor to givo the
prison a puff.
M®*Wbat quadrupeds are admitted to bails,
operea and dlDOer partis ? White kids.