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RAM:RICH, EoentoTAß sanewiracos. rprfally tendon his mite dot al setytemattatts claims of Fll.ll, and lidalt7. la the oats at Dr amt. Eloszds at J. Raiford. Frigoadn l / 1 46 July 27,18041 f E. W. SMITH, O. maim a 0013WISSLL017. AT LAW lAA Licensed Chia Assn. Odic, owe Les`s Drqt open. ennwsdowns Depot immure W. ISM H. SUBMIT, 11 Lit= to Magi:Taney Dry Good; Ohockory,liortonoo. LP Loma atom, Oda. and Paints. Boots sod Moe; lII* Da Oopa ll rota Mang boa thoora pantrions. Rea ttkotl. Pa.. April 11, VW 8. H. SAYRE & BROTHERS, maNuiPaentßans of 110110arta iT Osenam of olt Mufti Tit WI Walton Ware, cultural Implement", mad I=o Gooda,Orocortos, 0 , /se. Diouf:rook Pa., 7claotn 101,11364. W.&&d. R KRBY, RCP amptsinty as bands .314 mortment of GROOMES ; el" UPPS spiettsunt of FRESH PLAT. Shop under W. _ win B.oap. Mostrar, FehrtorrS, BILLIIMS STROUD, VIRE AND 1.1171 ThOURdaICIE WANT. Moe to Lath ropy batten; emit Sad of Brick Bloat. In Ida ahem* bud am at the aka will be tram :clad er C. L. Brown. novae, February L 1861,—rt J. D. VAIL, M. D., OMMOP&THIO PHTBICIAM,, hes eiatly !anted himself la Montrose . Pa, when ts vlo promptly sttend tc I alls In hleprofewion wah which he may be formed. OlDee MReddest. West of the Mart Moms, otra Batley &Pitch's. Mattress, Felsaryl,lBl4.-Oct. Mt, M. A. 0. WARREN, A TPORIitrAT LAW, BOUNTP. LACE PAT and PEN A& RON CLAIN! ♦4IOIINT. All Pasoloo Claims esrenlly Int rod. 011oe to room formerly ocrapSid try D. Von, la W. II oyd% bolkang. below Bowleg Rotol. Mcatrooe, yo., Peb. 1, 1864-1047y1 S. S. ROBERTSON, maunrrearunza of BOOTS& sKozsLIN. Ova° Street, ilottrcee, Pt. montreas. /arum MI, 18414-tf CHARLES MORRIS, LARRIONABLZ BARBEE. and EMIR DRESSZEL. over F. Weenrs Mao Store. Warthog. Hulr (Jutting. (Ownßoane- EM gamo Witlsker oobring done to ttro nas rSTYLE. La• die' Raft Deemed In. S, the most KPPROV FASMOIL Montrone, Sept 4841.-tt LIMB KIRBY & E. BACON, HSNP ennatently on hand • toll throllzarrert variety a 0110011111121 th e oorerscor rarer Ely thrlotottere 100 to Intathese seed Wino= In deal they hope to dein the Ilbros/ petroollge Oren nubile. An OYSTER and EATING SALOON Is attached to the Grocery. .her Woolen, to mum an served In ev• ere to tenth the Win otthe public demthd. Remember the the old Mott Grocery Mad. on Meth Street, below the Poet Montrose. Nova7,lBll3.—enehltAS—U Da CALVIN C. HALSEY, PEIIITCIAN AND EIIRGION. AND EXAffiILNING NUR GEON for PENSIONERS. Office over tbe mare of 7. Lyooo • Eon. Public Area= rkAid. at Yr. =midge's. Noutroaa. October, BMA! D. A. BALDWIN, ATIMM= AT LAW, and Petedan. Bounty, and Sul Pal 1[ eat. (k et Bead. Elizepsettsana Ocrtuaty. PA. Cheat 3=l, Aagtot. IQ. IPILS.-17 BOYD & WEBSTER, AIXIIIII to Stays, SumPfya, Aln. Copper., and 8h Ism Wan; abo, Window Sash. Psztel Mon, Wladas Ea, Lath, P ine Lmnber,..and lundd of 11 , d1dIdd 1121ettals Tie gibed aontb of Searlel HOW, dad e,‘,lrader Bbop net, Slo Yoh Chard. Nor/MOM Pa, Jimmy 1, 186L-tf Da JOHN W. COBB, ll MIFITSIOUN and 1117ROCON, eneyeetthtly tenders do when to too citizen. of Raquel:Anna County. fleeing hod annul s year's aperient* to the VI mind Blake Army, Earneen,enxclal Wend= Inn to Oven to StIROIOAL OPERATIoNn. tzr ibitatao. on Maple nineek Cut oil. R. Tarnelra ISOIeL Montrone, Bop. Oesinty. Ps,JunklrLlB63.-11 Dn. WILLIAM W. SMITH, SURGEON DENTIST. 041 to ova tlaikW 4., .Bea of Cooper & . All Doota. istlLn d , mill to performed t Ws u.mal good orarronlom. Remember, °Moe formerly of Srdth 3 Son. Uotstnse., January I, 1864.—tf E. J. ROGERS, IItrA.NI7I.I.OTURER of all tlacriptlons of WAG. ONS.O:I6II.B.IAGES, &c.. in the WU. Velars Wwkaisitably and of the bee materials. al the grail known thand of E. R. atithElift. a few soda cast of fitarlda Natal It Montrose, where he will be happy tit re eel.e the aJIB of all who want anything to hla Ilea oatram Jul)* 1,110.41 BALDWIN & ALLEN, ri CALKED to imoun, twi, Pork, Irish, Lard. Orals, rest 1.1 , Candled Mover sad T'W.by Reed Also GROOW.IEB lush as Sews, Mohacs, Syrups, - Ees sod Codes. Wen Cis co Mlle Avenue, one door tab* J. Etheridge. llmetrosa, Jsrosry 1. 11184,41 Ds. G. W. BEACH, 1101aTeriCIAN AND tiIIEDNOR. to partrasteetly locates hbraell Brook*ln = AM. Pa.. borders hie broteressal mole tba educe of ar e ly . cm terms cam men., eta .11.11 the exam the Mtge of the boa Dr. B. Mame ma sad boards at Ida. eturesoab. - Brookhre 04.42117. M. Jane F. a WEEKS, MisIiAOTIOLL BOOT IHD 8110 E KAMM; also Dealer tt. JL Boots, Shoes, Lest or. Shoe rhatlngs. Resetting doss with neatness sad digaleh. Two dean above Swots'. Hata. limatrum,Jamary I. 113134.-11 JOSEPH RICE, 111,ANITTACTITRER and DIALER In all kinds of CHAIM Ll i g. 4. sb2 if four mllea eastl i ll e z i r l iford Borough. DE& PATRICK & GARDNER, PRTRIaIdNB AND SURGIZONE, Weed fathfally IMO pozetstany to a/I basiteas that may be entreated to their cu t% mt tams commeasurate with the times. Diamtees lad deSormltho of the 6TE, Snottml Operation", and ali Itargleal Diammarparsom &sly attended to. Office ore Webb's/Aare. OftleahostrafrOm Oa. m. sp. m. E. PATRICK, Yeoman. Jazotray I. 1864.-tt IL L. 13.LILDNEP.... WI& & WIL H. JESSUP, ATTOB . NETS . AT LAW, litcoArom. Per Practlnn In Sumgme ~ hi" Bradford, Wayne. Wyoming and Luanne CourAtem datrosm Pl. January IyM 1841. ALBERT CHAMBERLIN, 111 I:TEICT MORS= AND ATTORNST AT LAW.— . O. ada tba Store tormarly mewled by Pod Braaten tome, Pa-Jartualy L 1.40. J. LYONS & SON, TELLENEI IN DR7 GOODS. Groceen.Crodoory, Hardware Sionre, Bock Melodeon, Ilsnok and ill Afton nr Anal cal losteumean Sheet Iltolo. to. Also pm on the Book Bird bek=to Ito R•omehee. 1.1101.., Unary 1, MA T. A. I.TO/2. ABEL TURRELL, RE ILL= IF MOOS. MEDICINES. Panta. 011.. Dye stain. Vandslien, Window Glawe. ars. Ciroctrie, Croarry. Cilsagware. wall•Pper. Jew •lry. raney Goods. P.rftimery,Ssroical Inorrainciata, Tn. tea Cloclos. /igen* for nu of the most poxr Isr Paton M.61 , - I *. Montrose, Jsztuu7 1.1fi61. C. 0. FORDHA3I, 111.1_7rTI,VADL BOOTS ttu., coder eau zePtt% bag done . madly. Wore ' dene when prom. Le& Montrose, Aprll L 1861.4 f CHARLES N. STODDARD, riommall In BOOTS S SHOW. Leather and Thal .I, T. L ezt u tr t 4 . t . d o =2 . c...L i he re ltnor Sear d ls o Llicael..lllb. llontrose. Ps.. Becelha 12.1860. B. R. LYONS & CO., DICALERS InDZY 40 0 319. GIROCTIME.S. I:MOTU. SHOES. Ladles . Gaiters, Curets. 011 Ulothe, Wall and Window Ps , pet. Paints. 011 e, Az- Stove on the cost Oda of rtbile Avenue. • J. D. LIVEIL liontram. J.5a.27.1. MIL-tr • READ, WATROUS, & FOSTER, r%MiSLEELB IR DoT CYJODS. Drup. Medicine. Palate. Oin Gleninew. Berms. Jrockery. Iron. Clocks , Waiebee, Jew elm. Wen einenne. An, Brien Bice. Moserres. r. KWh welts:on .......... o. mem; Montrose. Jeatierf 1, MS. PHILANDER LINES, VARRIOITABLIC TAMIL 181 rick 111udr.....e, g.,41 a: Waroas • Pongee Blasu, udral. 1 , ... iloutruse. Ps.. July V. ILO. JOIIN GROVES, • . •nIONARLE TAILOR. Ahoy oypaitta the ZOO, Min &rem Printing Mkt *outran, TA.. °clawls, nag,tt D. A. I liah uLlza rse LYONS 1af7114 !Flocs. eit. • Dommnr it. wu BUIIBIONT & WiRD. . . • 00E. OLVIDING, ClothDnider.ll2d littektlinnloll old stand Lao= se baalth% Cvalus Machine. Terms mak • • ehma the wet is tomtits ILTALICOMP. MO WILL .60 ang. • • • BENTLEY & LOOMS, ITORSIZTS colyrsumoas_ A 7 LAW . Berastaa. • Oas over rater% Drag Storcos Dammam:ls alsense„ rose rrovaigallseabalro 011Ias Wlltarr rasma 12S.beD woe 4.4tvar u l r s=lbsans Dimly. If deallea.:woaD Co sell t by user ebennsiv "mu sad sIl bestow, • waged is ea pcomseer atteaded 12, e. same. ao•euta. v, s. tAnins. I:- a BMWS. Anon:ma.? otki WO% Togig• tau lardraysti • . ME THE LIGHTHOUSE Thine months at sea, and one on shore; Three months at sea—yet. not afloat; Around our home tho breakers roar, . . . . Yet own we neleher ship nor boat Rock•based, amid the swirl of foam, The llghthouso stands—lt is our how. Three months at sea—a dreary time— The ship goes gail on way; Now and again a me llow chime Comes to as through the dash of spray. The ship will reach the nether zone While we still pace the lighthouse lone. While we still pace, and bear the sound That comes from on far village spire, Where wife and children gather round The cheery board, the crackling fire; Or seaward gaze, at dead of night, . To watch our slow, revolving light.. The skipper, through the midnight haze, Marks well Its gleam, and feels its worth, " God's. blessing on the light 1" he says, But gives It still a wider berth. And so it shines, from sun to sun. A thing to bless, and yet to shun. And when the tcmpesta howl and rave, And driving clouds shut out !hi del, And o'er the lantern-top the wave Mlles skyward Into feathered splay, We laugh, my comrades twain and 1. We feel ourselves so warm and dry. The llghthonsegnlren3 to Its base, Yet, sung again, we know no fears ; We know its stones could fearless face Still stouter gales In bygone yaws. Thank God, our ,lot Is not amiss There's many a Ufu far worse than this A DETECTIVES MEN -THE LITT-HANDED AMAMI', B 1 TILE ATTIC ruiLoisornalit I was culled down from London to Ipswich on an errand peculiar to one of my profession. I reached the Inn where I was to meet a fellow-dclectlve, who had expended both time and patience In attempting to ferrat out a mysterious munter. Bnt it appeared to be oneof those singular cases that defy human de [cello°, and which are generally abandoned by those appointed to discover the culprit, and left to divine vengeance. = I met Mr. Croft, who formally resigned in my h ear, and after taking a glass of nun-punch with him, returned to the city, While I prepared for my Jour ney. i will now state how the matters stood. Some three and a hall tante from Ipswich stood a stone mansion, the property of Charles Simonds, a retired banister. He resigned his proie•slon, owing to hav ing bequeathed to - him a handsome legacy by an on ly brother, who, after inflaming a fortune Iu Austra lia, took It into his bead to die. Charles was his sole heir. Mr. Slmonde had practiced law In Ips vrich, hut his health had usver been very robust, and smiti after entering into this legacy, he prwehased the mansion alluded to ami retired from business, seeking the quiet and r'st ono In his station so great ly needed. lie married when young, but be made a great rule take in selecting a panther for life. Ilia wife was pretty, (the !mare that caught him,) but wholly de void of principle; illiterate and low in her Watts, ehe became the bane ofnia life Stte had a brother who occasionally visited the house, and who ingratiated himself to Mr. Simonds' favor by his amiable mrdmors, genteel address, and the frequent brotherly lectures beread to /Ira. Clara Simonds, his sister. Morris Opdyke was always well dressed when lie came to the house, and his conduct was unexception able, quite in contrast to that of his Maier. Vi hat hie profession was could not be ascertained by Mr. Simonds. When he asked his wife, she re plied, she did not know, and be forl•ore questioning Mr. Opdyke himself, for the reason that the .gentle man never spoke of ha4ing any ha:duets. All that could be learned was that he resided in London, made periodical visitalo Ipswich, and re mained there two or three days, then left again, whither, no one could tell, or those who could would DOI. When Mr. Simonds retired from business and took pnssession of the mansion, Opdykc came more fre quently, and his visits Were more prolonged. In spite of lectures, be and his sister seemed to agree amazingly well, and to Mr. Simonds' great sat isfaction, she grew more refined, or, mum properly speaking, hes vulgar every day. Relined she wonid probably never he ; it was not in her nature to be so ; out she managed, by some means, to render herself less obnoxious to her husband, and he conducted himself toward her accordingly. Matters stood thus tee years, when Mrs. Clara Simonds contracted a malignant fever and died In live days after the symptoms =attuned themselves. This occurred during the absence of her brother, and she was interred before ho knew even that she Ina eta. When he heard of the sad event, hls raga was ter dbl. to behold. Ho accused Charles Almonds of be- lag the cause of her death, and threatened to have the affair thoroughly hicestigated. But ascertaining that his 'sister died from natural causes, he suddenly disappeared from the neiehbor hood, and came to visit Charles Simonds no more. There were no children born to Mr. Simonds; hence, in the event of his death, the estate would fall Into the hands of distant relations, who had gone to America years before. One day, some time after the dealt of his wife, Charles Simonds examined her personal effects, and was surprised to fludamong her papers a will, with her signature attached to it.. Bather amused at this discovery, he eat down to th.ad it, and found that she had, in case of her death, bequeathed all her real and personal property to her brother, Morris Opdyke. Her property, when she bad none to bequeath? She was as poor as a church mouse, (to use a homely but quite forcible phrase), when Charles Bimoiods married her. Where, then, was this legacy to her brother from her to come from ? Thus reasoned the widower when he read the cu rious document; tent presently the truth flashed up• On his brain. The letter had been made In the ex pectMion that die would survive him, then she and tren,-rother'would revel in his wealth, and after her LW.% all would he his. " Was this a conspiracy against him r was his mental question ; " oad they calculated confidently on his demiae? Ho, is it not probable that they meditated using means to accomplish the desired objrct?'' Horrible thought. Ile turned to the will to see the date. It bad been written six months precious to her death ; the wit nesses' names were hot familiar to him. He communicated this discovery to his legal ads.- am, and mentioned the suspicion that bad entered his breast- The attorney add it looked remarkably suspicion., yet •till they might have meant no harm. The attorney addiale " If mull a plot did exist it does so no longer, at least It cannot street you; for what would Morris Opdyke gain by your death 1." " True," replied Simonds, "I need not fear any thing from him. Yet In two weeks from this conversation, Charles I Simonds was found sitting in his chair In the library, stone deed. He bad been shot throngh the heart, • the ball entering his back. lie must have been dead many hours before the servants discovers:lllAm, and the strangest part of the affair was, that none of them heard the report of the pistol or gun. He entered his library idler supper, and, as was his usual custom, eat there reading, until the hour for retiring—which wail eleven o'clock. They discovered his dead body in the morning, and at once gave the alarm. All these particulars Mr. Croft related to me, and he had little faith In my ability to make any more out of the affair than be bad done. I reached the eannalcue, and at once entered upon the business that:brought me there. I examined the room where the murder had been committed, and discovered that Mr. Simonds had been sitting with hie back towards:the window at the time he was shot, and so trne'had been thealm, that the ball sped through the heart, completely severing It in two, as was ass nod by a poet modem examination. A broken pane of Ours In the library window at tested whence the dot came. The library was on the second fluor and situated in the north wing of the mansion. To gain access to this winnow—the only one the room contained—the murderer Must have encountered great 411;11=111y, unless he used a i ladder to reach it. There was one other way, which wan to climb to the window by the bad= water spent. I examined the ground beneath the window, and could no sign °I a ladder having been placed there; not a trace of footstep* was vialble,and I =nolo the con clusion that reeconse was had to the apout.' • I procured a lailder, and placed It bftide the water apont, and made'a careful examination of it from the ground op to the library window. j was soon assured .r$ the murderer. bad made use of that means to reach the window. The lead was soft and yielding:, and it tore the linger, marks of the assassin—teach linger haring made an Imm/- don on tbe'met*L. When I bad Welshed this part of the examination I eat down and'posulenxi well over the matters j had wade two very Impotent dismucties; me was the assassin mat have tired, the weapon with hie left bud, for I was perfectly convinced that no tun could ha d ve held himself by the water spont with tits left , reachol the *leder, with the right, so u ban=Me arid Naito lire aan object to thee middle 'Of Moms, !WO Jtr.:6Bnondt'in c WWI: 0111W1011.111101#10 gaing -1011111(kallr410 IVIONTROSE, SUM CO., PA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1865. covered In the morning. Now, what could I deduct from this circntutitauce, but the fact that the assassin was left handed ? My 'mason for the conviction was a good one. None but u left banded person could have made to fetal a shot from the position be must necessarily hare occupied at the time, and that he knew how to use the weapon was also manifest for no chance shut could have been so fatal• in a thou sand trials. This, then, was conclusive evidence, and though I made the discovery, I communicated it to no one. The other discovery was no less important. The man who Climbed by the spout had but three lingers on the right hand This wna plainly seen by the finger marks on the metal ; the spout was marked but in four places by the right hand—the thumb and three fingers, the Index finger was gone kI gave-instructions not to allow any one to med d ic with the spout, and deputized a constable to nee that my orders were strictly obeyed. I next questioned the servants of the late Mr. Si monds, four In number, and elicited the following Information. On the evening previous to the finding of the dead body of Mr. Simonds, a female mendicant stopped at the mansion and requested permission to stop over night. ,The woman, a delicate looking creature, seemed nmeh worn out by her tramp during the day, and the ,lijad hearted cook bade her stay, at the same time asking her to take a cup of tea, and something to eat. The poor creature woe bait starred, and ate mven ausly• after satisfying her hunger, she laid down on a bed the cook bad prepared on the floor for her and In a short time fell aeimp. The woman had a small black travelling valise with per, whleh she placed under her head, before lying down. Next morning, the woman hat? gone beforek any one else bad arisen, and, strange to say, she had left the black valise lying, In some bushes In the rear of the house. it was not discovered until after the de parture of Mr. Croft, the detective. instantly asked to ece the valise; it woe pro duced and I broke the lock without hesitation, hoping I might get tome further clue to the perpe trators, that this (probably. pretended) inendland was an accomplice. The valise contained absolutely nothing—it was empty. I was on the point et throwing it aside, when I felt the rustling of a paper in the linluet I fished it from Its Willa.; place; it proved to he a letter—its date was thiee weeks old. The envelops had' no address on it, nor hod the letter any algae turn. It ran thus: " Immo, June 2, 1859. "Call on in; No. 35„ Hollings Court, and ask for me. I have u lid Job for you and your girl. Cull between, the hours of nine and ten in the evening. Burn this letter anti yuu bur e read it." This Was all the letter contain( d; no names were mentioned.. It was evident that the rvinest to de stroy the note bad not been compiled with. Either the recipient meant to keep it for future use, or it had been lost sight of; for when I bound it, It was embedded within the folds of the course linings 01 the valise In ouch a manner as almost to escape the notice or one any but that of a detective, bent upon getting every eine be possibly could to ferret out a murder. The reader has seen how even I came very near tbrowlsur away this, petteuw, important docu ment. I made strict Inquirlire Whetner snything in,d been purloined by this woman, and was answered in the negative; at least they supposed not, for nothing had yet been mistral. The kitchen door leading out Into the yard, as well as the ante, bad been left unfastened by the woman. I followed the path abe bad probably taken when leaving the mansion, and came upon a clump of bushes where were strewed spas serape of news paper; these I examined, and raw they were pkees of a London paper. While mechanically placing the pieces of news paper In my pocket, I cart my eyes around the spot, and mesently they alighted on a square cut glass bottle, of about lour ounces capacity. I picked it up; the cork was in It and the bottle contained a limpid liquid, perhaps two ounces. A label ou it designated that It contained chloroform. I opened it, and was soon convinced such was the case. The label had on it the business place of an apoth ecary well-known to me. I concluded to keep the bottle for the purpose of ascertaining who had pur chased it uud its contents. I had no doubt now that the subtle drug had been used as a means to stupefy the inmate of the man sion while the murder wan committed. The woman had probably put the servants to sleep, and her husband, from the outside, committed the distantly deed. The reason be did not enter the house and do the deed while the servants were rendered in set:lllbl% was probably owing to the Uri that Mr. Simonds invariably barred the library door when he retired at night. The fact must have been known to the assassin, hence the mode adopted to accom plish bin object. I obtained no further clue; In fact, I thought I had sufficient for my purpose, I came to tho follow ing conclusions, and contemplated acting upon them. some Intelligent person, who desired revenge on Mr. Simonds, had hired another person and hU wife to do the deed be probably shrank from. I had every reas,n to susprmt Morris Opdyke as the prin cipal In the affair, and It was my Object, first, to find out , where he resided in London, and then take measures to ferret out this left handed murder The reason I wished to ,ee Morris Optlyke was to discover whether he was kit •lianded, or whether be was minus a linger on the other hand. I forehore questioning the servants on this subject; probably they Might trace informed me correctly, but then set vents will talk, and my secret would have been thrown to the winds, which might have wafted my suspicions to the ears of the culprit. To avoid these couttetemps, I held lay tongue, and started fur London. I calliA upon the apothecarr, and handing him the bottle Hiked him if he recollechA to whom be had sold the chloroform ; he at once replied in the affir mative and gave the name of Opdyke. I was quite surpriwd at the information, and could mtt speak for a moment, so unexpecied was it. 1 had only hoped to get a partial deacripi ion of the purchaser, and intended to compare It with that of 00:1)ke, a description of whom I had obtained of the legal adviser of the late Charle. Slmonds. "Are yon acquainted with Mr. Opdyke r I asked. " No, sir." "How, then, do you know It was be who purchas ed the drug r "Because, just as he was paying for it, another ;rennet:man entered the shop mad called him by name." I here made the apothecary describe the personal appearance of Opdyke, and it tallied 'tub that given me by Mr. Yates, the attorney at Ipsteloh. I tied an adrertisement inserted In the papers by which means I ascertained the residence of Moe. ris Opdyke. Ile lived In fine style, and was pnrmm ed to by a ammeter by vocation. He was unmarried. but entertained his acqnaintsuces In a superb manner. Flu had some half dozen serial:de to minister to his w lobes. I manazed to become acqnainted alth a person who had the entree of his house, and had the eati•- faction of uccompaning him one day to one of Opdyke's renal entertainments. To all casual observers, I entered upon the en joyment of the hour with great zest, but I neverthe- Icas kept a keen eye upon all that transpired arouud me. I soon convinced myself that Opdyke was not left, banded, nor had he lost one of his tiugere. It W 1133 then certain that he was not the actual perpetrator of the deed. I examined the hands of every guest, but could not discover my man. One, -it Ia true, 1 took to be left handed, from the fact that tie.alwaystook up his glass with that hand; but then that was nothing, for I knew right hand teats to do the same thing. I however, looked at his right hand; the fingers were all there, or, at least, appeared -to be, for the man wore aid gloves. Suddenly a bright Idea entered my brain, and I resolved to cam , it out. I provided myself with a pin, and watched for an opportunity when he should lay his hand on a chair or table. In the mean time, I had been introduced to he called himself David Jarret, and was a married man. The opportunity presented itself: he rested Lis right hand on the table, when I directed his attention to a distant part of the room, and while be looked, I drove the pin Into his index Anger, just above the first joint. lie did not move his band! I withdrew the pin.; it came out as easily as it bid entered. Thu substance it Lad entered was not Clash, but cotton ! I beheld the assassin of Charles Simonds; of that I was firmly convinced. I resolved to try another test. I bad the letter found in the valise In my possession. I went home, took an exact copy from it, sent a copy in an envelop to Mr. Opdyke by a boy, after which I returned to the saloon of my host, =using my sell for the temporary absence. According to my Instructions, the lad entered the room and handed the envelope to Morris Opdyke. I bad 'written nothing in It. 1 merely sent a copy. I wanted to see how it effected bins. The ruse was perfectly successful. Aa soon as be glanced at It he turned pale, and when be concluded beast. a glance around him, then leisurely saunter, lug towards the.spot where Jarret sat playing cards; be handed lam the note, then beckoned him to [Oleo", - Opdyke entered a side door, presently followed by his actsamplice. Now was the period for action. I had some ball dozen Of -the .boldest policemen, gtatiuned within hearing- ,I gave the . they catered, and in a ! very short time bad-my birds caged: It WaSsubstiluentlyrnicertained that Mr. almonds had beed robbed of a very large amount of gold and bank notes, S 0 the assassin mist havwenWed the baular sfter• aeapata#lng-atialathat and rdo@o the erMallatasi IMO I ):f. ,, W151. , C 4 TO TYSSI "Freedom and Right against Slavery and Wrong.'" I could now account for the splendid manner In which Mr. Morris Opdyke lived. He ❑ved on his blood money! The evidence against the culprits wee too strong to admit any doubt.of their guilt. They were duly arraigned, and their execution fol lowed close upon their conviction. I gained two things by my participation In the al. fide that Cron had abandoned In despair. The first sins one thousand pounds, which was the reward of feted for the appratienelan of the assassin. The other was, I gained the n•putation of being tile shrewdest detective In the entire force, a title Croft envied me not a little OLD FASHIONED CONTORTS. Our ancestors were frugal, selfellenying people in ured to headships from the cradle, iced were content to be almost without the luxuries of life, but they enjoyed some of the comforts to which many of us ere strangers, (old fashidned comforts, we may say,) and among these the old lire place, as It used to be termed held no mean rank. flow vividly the pic ture of nue of thole specious ',Hanle of lite olden Ilme comes to our nand, with its plain furniture and sanded Itoor, Innocent of paint, but as white as OW neatest of house-wives could make it In one cor ner stood the clock, its very fans wearing au aspect of good cheer, and seeming to smile benignantly upon a miniature 'noon over its head, which, tradi tion said, had at a remote period followed the rising and netting of its great prototype in the heavens, though ate days of act lie service were long ago over. Nut the crowning glory of that kitchen was not its white sanded floor; nor the high 'leek with Its pigeon holes and secret drawers, which no venturesome youngster ever dared to Invade; nor yet the old clock ticking no mu-It-ally In the corner, but It was the old-fashioned tire place, with Its blazing embers , , huge back logs and iron lire doge, that shed glory over the who.- room, gilded the plain homely fur niture with Ito light, end rendered the place a tyre of true New England In "ye olden times." Never won there such apples as tlicum which strung around and around upon strings before the height tire o,t winters evening, never such baked potatoes as those buried deep lu the unites upon the hearth, never such corn-cakes as those which caught golden hue from the blitzing embeis, or turkey like those turned upon a spit, fill log the room with savory , slur no .n4teet tve of a dainty refun. Before fire teas t lie WioOdeti settee, anti here the children were wont to nit in the long cc cuing', telling storien, cranking nuts, emitting their lessons for the morrow, or listening in silence to the words of wisdom that fell from the lips of their sup, riorn, and anon gazing into the bright Ilre and et/Antrim; up till sorts of grotesque and fanciful images from among the burning conic. No fabled genii in all their magic lamp of enchantment, could build such gorgnains palacin, or create malt gents as the child could dis cern amid the iflnzittg embers of the old-fashioned El, place. And we Mlle.! not forget the chimney corner where sat our grandfather In hlti aeeUstomed seat, his hair sil vered with the snows of many winters—a venerable man, to whom old age num- "frosty but kindly," and whose last days were like those of an Indian summer. serene and beautiful, even till the stars ap peared in the Heaven. How pure was the ale In those days. The huge lire place, with its brisk draught, carried off the im atritien of the atmosphere, and left the air pure, l life-giving and henlthfuL Now we crouch around hot cooking stoves and think it strange that we feel .o stupid and drowsy of an evening; or we huddle shout nip tight burnt ti and impure; or we En Clow ti iu enillY rooms ytovea and wonder that the air seems heated by a furnace, and man - el that with all our costly furniture, soft carpets, bright mirrors and damask eurfains, they are cheerlees pl an e,,—so un like our ideas or a vew England 110111 e. Ales! that with all the eo-celled Improvements of our advanced civilization, the tire should be permitted to go out forever In our old-fashioned the placee, thus hurylie: In the ashes of the past eo marl , nonne of health, Lowe eomfort, good cheer and happinvie lavwirty ode Lisplzt 411 A young lady complains to on that a certain young lawyer of her acquaintance doesn't stick to his pro fession. Wu don't know whether she means his pro feeeion of law 01 some prof.ssion made her. A man is the healthiest and the happie s t when he thinks the least either of health or happlotnia. To forget an 111 is half of the battle; it leaves easy work fur the doctors. Fashionable riding habits are very pretty, but tin faullionable walking habits are pretty too, and a great deal better for the health. If the world applauds us, we must thankfully re. eeive it as a boon : fur, If even the most deserving appear to expect it as a debt, it will never be paid. Some untried men think themselves very brave, and others believe themselves great cowards; the former are quite as often mistaken as the latter. Wu rather tblok the most reluctant slave to a rice that ne ever raw was a poor fellow who had his lingers in one. . . It is our duty not orly to scatter benefits, but to strew flowers. fur the sake of uur fellow travelers in the pathway of this vr - etched world. If you want to have a man your friend, don't get then] will of his wife. Pubic opinion is guide up of the average prejudices of womankind. There are two things that bestow consequence nuun men—great possessionsand great debts. Slanders, Issuing from red and beautiful lips, are like foul spiders crawling from the blushing heart of rose. To quell the pride even of the greatest, we should reflect how much inure we owe to others than our selvt-a. A sweet girl fe a sort of divinity to whom even the Seriptums du not lorUd us to render "lip service." The sunshine that makes the grass green and beautiful, nurtures and Invigorates the snake in It. Without confidence, friendship is but a mockery, and social Intercourse u sort of war in disguise. An improvement has been suggested to an old proverb—a thorn In the bush Is worth two in the hand. Farmers may console themselves that there Is far dirtier w. , rk than working in the dirt. DEATH IN THE WAIL The flople's Journal of Lreallli has an article with this fearful title, which is an attack on wall paper. The writer says : " A good clean paper is certainly more pleasant to the I•ye than a [lnsured and smutty wall, whose traits of time ate continually pouting off, and soil ing every garment that comes in contact with it And if u proper seleMfon of paper le matte, and there be no other lining of similar stuff beneath it, It is not only more pleasant to the sense, but in almost ttinal to the whitened well. But here in the diffi culty. As a general rule, one coat of paper Is put on over another, no the last gets too lunch soiled to look well, until several lay ors cover the original surface, than often producing utt actual muse of disease. "A few years ego we occupied a house built some twenty years before, in the old English style ' strong and solid, so that it eisained almost es good as, or better even, titan new. We were gravely told that one room in It had set-toed to be fatal to Its occu pants, hence fur several years , It had stood vamint. One of the fir-t things which received attention was tuts ill-r , tinted apartment. It 55 00 a north room, CO situated that a few slanting rave of sunlight peered Into a corner of it for a short time only u portion of the year, entirely avoiding it ler months tog ether. Well, hem surely was one cause of Its nulalthful nese, but not enough. Alter the cobwebs were duly brushed out, we scorched farther. A goodeizeil fireplace and two large wiledon a afforded entirely aufffelent chance for ventilation, so we could nut look there for the evil. The wade next received:at tention. They were covered with a Maley velvety green paper: hut not only this, for upon peeling off a section with a knife, another green layer was found beutalth it, and beueth thin another, and yet anoth er. The mystery was solved. The cause of the evil was erilent. Nothing would have induced us to eleep In that apartment. None could tell how much of the elements of disease that thickly papered wall had retained. None knew how touch of death there was In the wall! It seemed as if it gave out a post 's tiVely sickening ordor, now, and Re entire removal. speedily followed Thereafter, though not ao do slrable as smie others, It exceed to have any hldden dangers or terrors, lurking to pulaon the fountain of "It Is a safe rule to choose patterns of wall paper ittemit green colors, especially thoeo heavy greens which to please the eye, for they contain un entire poison, Inimical to life, and It Is always highly im proper to plates ono layer of paper over another Better submit to the dirt and somoyancia of having the last and soiled p•fpdr removed, than expose your selves to the planet:a of disease and death, through Its retention." FVcil A wonderful bird from China 'is the subject of a Part• letter to the Chicago Time. Toe writer says: Allow me to commend to the , profound consider. alien of philanthropists, and of tipostles of progress iu generai,no late importation which has arrived ea a gift to the Jardin d' Acclimatization in the Bola de Boulogne. It is ar.ne* fowl, the eating of which makes men Intelllmnt, aetonllng to Chinese author ity, This bird is called a tnigolians, and le d speck* of pheasant, The one just received it the first of tie kind ever sent out of tuo Celestial E.^ —re. and was presented to the Acclimatisation c ~ t y by the French Consul at Thine tacasanu are called Too-cheire•fct by the Chinese, meaning the bird that vomits Crakes, of Mr.!. They are brought froul thriA Was gka Pawn, sad slam from the Ir,elpftlP.amatus44o4m4l OA. by the Inhabitants for their plumage and for the del icacy of their flesh. Viceroys and rich people always keep a number of them In cages as curiosities. Tue alze of the tragopan does not .exceed that of the common hen. Its plrunago displays the most varied and brilliant colors. The brad Is Jet black, with a golden yciloW crest ; the eyes are large and bordered wills blue ; the neck is sky blue, the breast a fiery red ; the bark and abdomen are spotted white upon a red ground. In summer it displays Its magnificent plumage by pulling itself out and strutting about like a peacock, every now and then uttering a house "caw," at the same moment thrusting out Its tongue, a foot long, of a bright blue color, with fiery red spots along the middle, while too lovely blue horns make their ap. pesranee on its bud. This curious show Is kept up fur about a quarter of en hoar, when the tongue Is drawn in, the borne subside, and the usual every day toilet and sober demeanor are resumed—the end of the display being accompanied by a mocking scream, as much as to say, "Eh, how do you like it. I could do better if I chose." The Chinese say that the most wonderful qualities of these birds are not their external aUructions, or their wholesomeness as an article of food. They are affirmed to respect their parents—are models ofwfilial piety—w.tchlug over their parents when they are 11l or sraw old. take It for granted that the administration of the Jardin d' Acclimatization will keep strict watch to discover whether these praiseworthy points of char acter develop themselves In a foreign.country. GEN. GRANT AND THE BATTLE OF PITT& BUBO LANDING. Gen. Sherman Furnishing Facts for History. [From the United States Service Magasin•-] HDQRS. MJI.IT►RT DIVISION OF MISSISSIPPI Prof. Henry Oppee, Philadelphia :—De.n Sin : In the June number of the United blares Barrier May ,uine I find a brief sketch of Lleat-Gen. U. S. Grant, In which I see you are likely to perpetuate as error, which Gen. Grunt may not deem of sufficient Im portance to correct To Gen. Duel's noble, able and gallant conduct you attribute the fact that the disaster of April Otli, ut Pittsburg Landing, was re trieved, and made the victory of the following day. A• Gen. Taylor Is said to Ms later days to have doubted whether he was at the battle of Buena Vies' nt all, on account of the many things having trans pirixi there, according to the historian., which he did not see, so I begin to doubt whether I will at the battle of' Pittsburg Lauding of modern descrip tion. But I was at the battles of April 6th and 7th, 1512. Gen. Grant stalled my division in person about 10 a. m., when the battle raged fiercest I wan then on the right. Altar sonic general conver sation, ho remarked that 1 was doing right In stub bornly oppo.ing the progress of the enemy ; and, In answer to my inquiry as to cartridges, told me he had anticipated their want, and given orders accord ingly ; he then said his presence was more needed over at the left. About 2p. m., on the 6th, the en emy materially :sisekcned his attack on me, and about 4 p. in., I deliberately made a new line behind MeArthur's drill field. placing batteries on chosen ground, repelled tssily a cavalry attack, and watch ed the cautious approach of the enemy's Infantry, that never dislodged me there. I ssleeted that line in advance of a bridge across Snake Creek, by which day neon expecting tne approach or Lew Wallace's di%lsion from Cramp's Landing. About 5 p. in., before the sun set., Gen. Grant came again to me, and after bearing my repnrt of matters, ex plained to me the situation of affairs on the left, which were not as favorable. Still the enemy had failed to reach the landing of the boats.. We agreed that the enemy bad expended the jurors of Ma at tack, and we estimated our loss, and approximated our then strength, including Lew. Wallace's fresh division, expected each minute. He then ordered me to get all things ready, and at daylight the next day to assume the offensive. That was before Gen. I Buell had arrived, but he was known to be near at hand. Gen. Buell's troops took no essential part is the first day's fight, and Grant's army, though col lected together hastily, green as militia, some regl- Meats arriving without cartridges even, and nearly all hearing the' dread sound of battle for the first Hato, had successfully withstood and repelled the Mit day's terrific onset of a superior enemy, well commanded and well handled. I know I had orders from Gen. Grant to assume the offensive before I knew Gen. Buell was on the west aide of the Ten nessee. I think Gen. Buell, Col. Fry, and others of GSM Buell's staff, rode up to where I was about sunset, about the time Gen. Grant was leaving rue- Gem Buell asked me many questions, and got of me a small map, which I had made for my own use, and told me that by daylight he could have elgbteen thousand fresh men, which I know would settle the matter. lunderstood Grant's forces were to advance on Hat right of the Corinth road and Buell'a on the left, and accordingly es daylight I advanced my division by the flank, toe resistance being trivial, op to rho very spot where the day before the battle had been most severe, and then waited till near noon for Ba shes troops to get up abreast, when the entire line advanced and recovered all the ground we had ever held. I kbow that with the exception of otte or two struggl, the fighting of April 7th was easy as com pared with that of April 6th. I never was disposed, nor am I now, to question anything dune by Gen. Buell and his army, and know that approaching our field of battle from the' rear, he encountered that sickening crowd of lag gards and fugitives that excited his contempt and that of his army, who never gave fail credit to those in the front line, who did light hard, who had, at 4 ' checked the enemy, and were preparing the next day to assume the offensive. I remember the fact the better from Gen. Grant's anecdote of the Oonelson battle, which he told me then (or the first time—tent,, at a certain period of the battle, he saw that either aide was ready to give way If the other showed a bold front, and he determined to do that very thing, to adVance on the enemy, when, as he prognosticated, the enemy surrendered. At four p. m. of April cite, he thought the appearances the same, and he judged, with Lew. Wallace's fresh dl vision, and such of our startled troops as had recov ered their equilibrium, he would be justified In dropping the defensive and assuming the offensive in the morning. And, I repeat, I received such or ders belore I knew Gen. Buell's troops were at the river. I admit that I was glad Buell was there, be- UMW I knew his troops were older than ours and better systematized and drilled, and his arrival made that certain which before was uncertain. I have heard this question much discussed, and must say that the officers of Buell's army dwelt too much on the stampede of some of our raw troops, and gave us too little credit for the fact that for one whole day, weakened as we were by the absence of Bueire army, long expected, of Lew. Wallace's dietelon,on ty four miles off, and of the fugitives from our ranks, we hall beaten off our assailants for the time. At the same time, our Army of the Tennessee have indulged in severe criticism at the slow approich of that army whieh knew the danger that threatened as from the concentrated armies of Johnson, Beau regard and Bragg, that lay at Corinth. In a war like this, where opportunities for personal prowess are as plenty as blackberries, to those who seek them at the front, all such eliminations should be frowned down; and were it not. for the military character of your journal, I would not venture to offer a correction to a very popular error. ,I will also avail myself of this occasion to correct another very common mistake in attributing to Gen. Grant the seleTtlon of that battle-field. It was chosen by that veteran soldier Major-Gen. Charles F. Smith, who , ordered my division to disembark there, and strike for the Charleston Railroad. This order was subsequently modified by his ordering Huribut's division to disembark there, and mine higher up the Tennessee to the mouth of Yellow Creek, to strike the railroad at Bunuottile. lint i floosie prevented our reaching the railroad, when Gen. Budth ordered me in person also to disembark at Pittsburg Landing, and take post well out, so as to make plenty of room, with Snake and Lake creeks the flanks of a camp for the grand army of lovasion. • It was Gen. Smith who selected that field of bat tle, and it was well chosen. On any other we surely would have been overwhelmed, as both Lick and Snake creeks forced the enemy to confine his move melds to a direct front attack, which new troops are better qualified to resist than where flanks arc exposed to a real or chimerical danger. Even the dishilons of that army were arranged in that camp by Gen. Smith'S orders, my division forming, •as Ift. were, the outlying pickets, whilst Sictlemand's and Prentiss' were the real line of battle, with W. H. L. Wallace In support of the right wing, and Hurlbut - .a the left ; Luis. Wallace's division being detached. All these subordinate dispositions were made by the order of Gen. Smith, before Gen. Grant succeeded him to the command or all the forces up the Ten nesseo—headquartent, Savannah. If there were any error in putting that army on the treat side al the Tennessee, exposed to the superior Rum of the ens. my also assembling at Corinth, the mistake manes Gen. Grant's—but there was no mistake. It was necessary that; a combat, tierce and bitter, to text the manhood of the two armies, should come oil, and that was 1113 good as any. It was not then a question of military skUlarul strategy, but ol conr age end pluck, and I am convinced tint every Ilfei lost.i that day to as Was neceavary ; for °Goulds° at Hot- lath, at Metnphta, at Vicksburg. we would have found harder resistance, bad we not shown our etio raiya that,. flute and natatoryl as we then were, we could debt as well as they. Excuse so Mpg a letter, which is very unusual (or mo ; bat of cetre° my life ls liable to cease at any Moment, and i f hapT be a witness to certain truths which/40 now =lag to pia Mad mem pry,43:4l'wharla . - •."~ i1iM%11114119017 the new troops that at Shlift drew fro= me official ceneure have more than redeemed their good name ; among them that very regiment which first broke, the 511 d Ohio, CoL Appen. Under another leader, COL Jones, It has shared eveti campaign and expo. dition of mine since, Is wi me now; and can march, sod bivouac and flgh as well as the best regiment I. this or any army. Its reputation now le equal to that of any from the State of Ohio. I am, with respect, youni truly, W. T. 811E1131•21, Mgjor-General. You AHD aMMNE. O no, Indeed, not the least danir e. Ton wouldn't be driven mad nor anything like If Christine were named Christopher and you were died to him for life. In token hereof thousands orpeople, yen, mutton, as neat and orderly and particular as yourself, are this day living witnesses. First of all understand, howeicr; that as as the frog pond Is to Lake Coehituate, so are Cluistine's upsettin,ga and litteringe and disorderliness generally to those of Chriatppher. It Is likely the does some. times put a newsraper somewhere besides upon the firer, or close a door after herself In a winter's day, or remember to do an errand for yon, or hang up a garment now and then Instead of dropping ,It; but not so he, and he not only drops it, whatever It may be, wherever he happens to stand, bet he expects moreover to find the article gliding . Into his band again without any effort of mind or body, upon de mand. " Now where are my hoots ?" exelaimed one of these beings, once upon a time, after a two days' ab sence. "I left them right here in the middle of the floor when I went away, and now they are gone. And my handkerchief I left in the chair; I Mawhata you wouldn't bide up my things so." Poor deur soul! The boots were In the closet and the handkerchief in the top bureau drawer, where they severally tr. longed, as one would suppose be might have die covered In thirty yeses. Bat do you think It would after all have suited his serene highness to have found We room remain ing in the exact state in which-he left it. Most as- suredly not. These creatures have a critical eye to Mist and uncleanliness as well as a quick band to the making of them. However, of one thing remain certain. Never you fear losing anything out of the window Info the slop-tar by means of one of them. There is no degree of danger. No accident or toes was ever known to occur through the cleaning up andputting to rights of COriAtopher or Ens or Patrick or Carlos or Luigi or Poutalan ; no Indeed! Look upon the floor for anything you may chance to miss, and yo a will doubtless find it there, unless it has accidentally lighted upon a chair or into an open drawer. And let me tell you what you will see after you I have been to visit your mother, or your aged aunt. or your favorite sister. Vpon opening the parler door you will fled the writing-desk open, also the work-box. You will fled as many newspapers upon the floor as you have been absent (lapis, also , the dic tionary and other books of reference. Yon will find a perfect rain of ashes and cinders upon the hearth and carpet; and another rain of coati and hats upon the chairs. Your work-box will be open, your choice spool of sewing -machine linen gone; ani your favorite bit of white wax dlnagesed and cut up by heavy black lines. The chairs will be in groups and positions which you would believe no cane chair of reaocetability weeid over allow twill to take. The hair and clothes brushes will be fraternizing re luctantly upon the center table, and : l am afraid to dencribe the condition of the lamps and candlesticks, and whatever they are standing open; They are left where they were used last, you may be sure of that, for one thing. Yon will discover an envelope ad dressed to yourself under the sofa, and you will pro- hably wish to know where the letter or paper may he which was at one time intrusted to its faithless keeping. Then the shirts and the collars and the hose, clean and unclean; the vest* and the boots scattered about your bedroom In every inconceivable• place; and the forlorn, homesick-lOoking bed and washstand and bureau! At the end of this review you will bear the good matesay in cheerfhl sincerity that he ands there is too 'touch furs made about chamberwork ; there Is nothing to it after all. Bnt, my dear Miss Moore, do not let anything I have said frighten you Into making rniserabin,--for life of course, the blthful hcartl--any honest man. Because you see, first of all, a uuddisn't a woman; and although the race may have, and undoubtedly does have, faults* ten times as flagrant and harsh, yet, being women as we are, we den endure with comparative comfort end cheerful grace the rough angles and Jottings out of character which are the opposite of our own softly-drawn weaknesses, and do not therefore collide and grate so disagreeably To be sure you will always find a Supply of dirty water In the washbowl, and of hairs in the combs and brushes, but you will always expect to and them, and It will be your pleasing duty to see that he, on the contrary, never does. Besides, there la an exquisite luxury in feeling, upon entering your room, that, move to the right hand or the left, wherever row uo and whatever you de, you cannotfall of beau- WYlaft everything yen touch. It gives one such a Comfortable opinion of one's 'oaaelness and men. tial worth In the world, after going away re , a week or day, to return and and what magic dwells In one's fingers. And then If Christine were Christopher, you would feel actually your heart thrilling with pleas ; uro lit the discovery of crow•colored hairs In the brush which should contain, by good rights, only pale brown. Yon would remove them so tenderly that the touch Is almost a caress, Inly rejoicing at this sign of oneness and bond of union. Make then the exchange u quickly as may be, and, my experience for It, you will find a hundred peccadilloes for one ; but will find alao each one a handred•fold easier to bear. pvjoyor41Q:11):Iyki14)V):Ciiii:1A:10::11 • When the war shall have ceased , this count 27 will present a scene of industry unprecedented in history. War always devastates and destroys and in the old countries of the world where alowermethoda and no system are employed, It takes gerieratimus to repair the damage of a great conflict. On some of the old er battlefields df the revolution, the Marks of earth works are still plainly risible. But In the future, when the present struggle Is decided, our mechanics will have opportunities to display their energy and still to the utmost. The Mares laid waste by the tramp of contending armies , must be made to bloom anew, and be ploughed, not with fire and sword, but by the latterly teeth of some mmitlnc. The mills which are now - silent, or used only as the refuges for sharpshooters, must grind or saw again In the future; and the . steam engines which are rusted and bout out of shipe be repaired The water wheels must be adjusted so that they whirl vigorously with their loads. Them are facto ries razed to the ground which most be again raised. and the thousands of spindles which'now rest Idly ID their framea, must ay Ina short time as swiftly as of old. So of the steamers which once furrowed the sea, but are now a wreck or sunk, or otherwise lost to the commerce of the world—they must be replaced. Down the starting ways to the sea the new keels shall glide while the sunburnt carpenters and the en &eels watch their craft be. pride. The railroads shall reach out their arms again ; they shall face the _prairies they shall stretch away to the Mho. liable Rest Many roads are now broken and de stroyed that they will have to be surveyed, and-here the professional man will claim his 'share with the artisan. The locomotivos that have been destroyed by hundreds, will require to be reproduced with all the celerity our shape are capable of. Substantial rewards seem, nay are certain in the Inture for those who are now laboring to Keeton, not to destroy the Government. Idechanim, more than any other class in the community, have a' direct in terest In Its maintenance, and should be the last—as we believe they are—to encourage its enemies In the war. Sell Interest, if not patriotism, should be an incentive to pat lorth every effort to restore trim• quillity and peace.—SeienfUla thaerican. SINGULAR OUBTOM. An auction for unmarried builds used to take place annually at Babylon. In every district, says the his. torten, they assembled on a certain day of the year all virgins of a marriageable age. 7te most beauti ful was and put up, and the man who bid the high est or the largest sum gained pouseaSion of her. The second in personal appearance followed, and the bid ders gratilled themselves with handsome wives ac cording to the depth of their purses. But, alas I It seemsthere were In Babylon some ladles for whom no money was likely to be offered, yet these were al so disposed of, so provident were the Babylonkrna— When all the beautiful woman were sold, the crier ordered the most deformed to stand up, and sPer he had openly demanded who would marry her with a small sum, ape was at length adjudicated to the man Wl2O would be satisfied with the least ; and in this manner the money arising from the sale of the hand• some served as • portion to thou that • were, of. die a=la looks, or that had any other im rfection. tom prevailed about four hundred years be fore Christ. • Tams re norms Li r3.—Dre elltetwv of isg es spoken Is 3,001. The number , of 13=1 b ebbQb equal to the number of women. The average of An man Wu Is 33 years. Ono tauter dla before the age of seven years hoes half wore the ago of seventeen. To every 1000 lemons, ono only rmas 100 pens. To every 100, only all reach 65 yam, =dont more . than one In 500 reaches the ago of e3-years: 'There &mos earth 4000,000,001 of bhabltanw. Of these 333,1333,333 dlo every year; 01,85 e Qs gran 7 VeD ffvfn UFA go 4 Pars; it4stql 0t,994 Pr peraccab •:, 15ar. 02.60 per zumtun, in ailviau Mr. Dubreuti formerly Professor Of n:rI: I,, rtOSPIM In the Garden of Plants at Rouen, to Tfrancei, Ma* up the general principl Wingm u follows: The theory of the pof &Mt traes rrara ras six general principles: The vigor of a tree, subjected to. depemds, In a great measure on the equal detzt Of esp in all Its branches. - In fruit trees abandoned to themselves the tap equally distributed In the different parts any other aM than nature, because the tree UMW, the form most In harmony with the natural tendert. cy of the sag. - But in those most submitted to pruning, lila dift. erent ; the forms Imposed on them, such as opal= pyramid, vase, &c., change mom or less tlaQrtnif direction of the sap, and prevent it from the form proper to its tr im Thus all the en to beta require development of more or less numerous, and of greater°, less dinum sloes at the base of the stem. And, as the sap tends by preference to the summit of the tree, It happen that, unless great care be taken, the branches at the baa become feeble, and Unfitly dry up, and-the form Intended to be obtained dleappears, to be replaced abnatural form,that /1 II dem Or • trunk. with ranchingr head. It is then Indispensable, If we wish to preserve the form we impose upon to em toy certain morns, by the aid of =IS natural direction of the sap can be changed and di reeled towards the points where wo with to' obtain the most vigorous growth. To do this we must a?- reed vegetation in the darts which the up Ls m eted le 100 great abrade end on the contrary fa. vor the parts that do not telve enoeut To' accom plish this the following means must successfully employed: 1. Prune the branches of the most vigorous puts very short, and those of the weak parts lone. We know that the sap Is attracted by the Itentes.-.- Tbe removal of a large number of wood bide tram the vigorous parts deprives these parts Of the leave whirl/ these buds wouldhave produced; consequent ly the sap to attracted there In lets quantities, and the growth thereby diminished. 'The Omble parts be. Inc pruned long, present a great number of buds, which produce a large surface of leaves, and these attract the sap and acquire a vigorous growth.— This principle holds good in all trees, ender what ever form they may be conducted. IL Leave a large quantity of Milt on the strong part, and remove the whole, or grater part, hem the feeble. We know already that the frail his the property of attracting to itthesaperomtheroota, and of employing ttenthely torte own growth. The necessary result of this Is, what we are about to I point out, viz., that all the sap which arrives in the strong parts will be absorbed by the fruits, and the wood there, In consequence, will make but little growth, while on the feeble part, deprived of fruits, the sap win be appropriated by the growing puts, rindthey will increase in size and ILL Bend the strong parts and keep week a. rect. The more erect the branches and stem are the greater will be the flow of sap totter gmwing puts ; hence, the feeble parts beteg erect, attract MA more rap than the strong parts Maned, and, comer quently, make a more vigorous growth, and soon recover their balance. This remedy is mom aspect. ally applied to espalier tree& IV...Remove from the vigorous parts the sueerfla one slioatZ as in the season traporsible, and from feeble parts as late upossible The tower the number of young shoots there are one branch, the fewer there are of leaves, and consequently the less Is the sap attracted there. Hence In lents= g. youn shoots on the feeble put, their leaves the asp there, and iv • , eta a vigorous growth. ' V. cinch early the Ma extremities of the shoots OD the vigorous parts, and as late as possible on the feeble parts, excepting always t ilga u shoots which may be toe vigorous for their on. By Una pinching early the strong part, e flow of rep to that point is ebeeee.s, and naturally turns to the growing parts that have not been ranched; this remedy Is applicable to trees In all forms. • VL Lay in the strong shoots on the trellis early, and leave the feeble parts loose as long as possible. Laying in the strong parts obstructs the circulation of the sap In them, and consequently favors the weak parts that are 1005 e.,, This Is only applicable to mullets. I. In espalier trees, giving the feeble parts the benefit of the light, end eeelleie.gthe more In th e shade, restores a b el anee, t fit ‘ rWs the agent which enables leaves to perform their functions and their action on the roots,and the parts receiving the greater proportion of it acquire the most vigorous developemtht. The sap acts with greater force and madman more vigorous growth on a branch or shoot pruned short than one pruned long. This Is easily explain ed. The sap acting on two buds must evidently produce a greater developement of wood on them than if it were divided between twang buds. It follows from this, that if we with to obtain wood branches we prune abort, for vigorous abuts produce few fruit buds. On the contrary Uwe wish to obtain fruit branches we prune long, beatnlie most tender or feeble shoots are the most disposed to Emit. Another application of this principle la to ,prone short fort year or two such trees or parts as ha» become enfeebled by overbearing. (This priocipla deserves particular attention, as Its application is 01 great importance. ) 3. The sap tending always to tion extremities' of the shoots causes the terminal bud to push with greater vigor than the laterals. According . . to this pri br cnile, when we wish a prolongment of, a stem or an p ch, we should prune to • vigorous wbod bud, and leave no production that can Interfere with the action of sap on IL 4. The more sap is obstncted In Its circulation the the more likely it is to produce fruit bads. This principle is founded on the fact to which we have al: tardy had occasion to refer, viz.,—that, the sap sir. culatlng slowly is subjected to a more complete !oration In the tisanes of the tree, and becomes bet! ter adapted to the formation of fruit bade. This principle can be applied to produce the fat lowing result : When we wish to produce fru it bads on a branch we prevent a free circulation the sap by bending the branches, or by making an nual or circular incisions on It; and on the Contra. ry, when we wish to change a fruit branch IntO • wood branch we give It a vertical position, or prune It to two or three buds, on which we concentrate the action of the sap and thus induce their vigor: one developement. 5. Leaves serve to prepare the sap absorbed by flat roots for the nourishment of the tree, and aid the tormatlon of buds on the shoots. All trees, there fore, deprived of their leaves are liable to paha. This principle shown how dangerous It is to remove a large quantity of leaves from trees, under the pre text of aiding the growth or ripening of fruits. for the leaves aro nourishing organs, and the tree da valved of them cannot continue to grow, neither can the fruit; and the branches so stri p ped will have feeble, Ili. formed buds, which will, the fair" ing year, produces weak and sickly growth. Where the buds of any shoot or brunch do not de velop beforethe age of two years they can only be forced Into activity by a van close priming, and in corns eases, as the peach, this even will often M. This last principle shows the importance of pruning the main branches of espallets particularly e 0 as to ensure the development of dip bads of their succes sive sections, and to preservd weil the aids shOota thus produced, for without tills, the Interior of the tree will become acted and unproductive, and s remedy will be difficult If theseprinciples and practices of pruning be carefully studied in connection with the habits of growth and bearing of the different fruit trees, prun- Ing Aril! be comparatively an easy matter. The mode of obtainiog any particular form or character cannot I fail to be perfectly plain and" simple, I'M no One need hope to accomplish, In an wags, _pa prams result aimed at for even the moat Erik* is sometimes disappointed; but those who none skint attention to their tree' will always d per s failure In time to apply a remedy.—Map. Pforgamss. now to KM Canada Thistles. Heavy seeding and early mowing are the only rem. edles for thl. pest. T. cultivate the around except by thorough Wowing, is a sure means nt eneoursg lug their growth and spreading. And even the mat perfect and expensive fallowing ke liable to Adloi Its object It biehance a single &talk Is allowed to seal in the nel horhood; bemuse thaws are ileatiaralt by the w with great facility, he better the tOth the more readily the seed Ortnhiates, ordinary cultivation the .roots are • broke* Am; distributed, and the seed Is maiuted usually berme the crop is ripe enough to harvest.- such dr =dams the spread P I very mid. Awl hi pastures- they mattiplY mionebilly in lora* oils. To rid teed °Matt* seed it thmkly with A rod atrong growth of gram, amides rot gr= th e amount of Wallet' at once, dzeresses Its ejeamty, and thus Wards Itamattuity nullialatwe paled than that at which the itrale ta ripe , of bayitor. It: en, the crop Is mg la sesims. 4s2l % slender stumps of the thistles ,are ;exposed.* the damaging Meta of the weather. m and tie : lean amen be ebteltallted of ammdbg by cal:oat or eetialtle; gibe la &lira% ftrs Is. Uuledrntrer boa woung. SS it Is Ms to dad seeds Wing vitalityldays iltrowit malt ma., Thee am, patienVaktamthim Monate mama to final ittecres, .114wloraguktbrea will be molted le-OTM We , to etomplate deo atruntionirwiti not undertake to, bat 1, bow rower known Mx lusterice what eon tbiallea wawa fraud, at the second calling to me the market waintke, hay or matethftit boom Its szermet. • Asa role, think tile third inewlog wsll prom et. , f ardaigi "? F l iflVAMMZ l V‘ "-il hO 41,1 PU,I r rf . ) ll• • • . =I ME =I MMI3ER 2. 4picultural. Pruning Fruit Trees. M
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