H. EL FRAZlER,Publisher.
VOLUME 11
goinen glitutott
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JOIN 'BEAUMONT, •
WOOL OAMIIER,CIoth Tumor, and Manufacturer, at the old
TyFeed knovn se Smith% -Cat:Una Machine. Terms made
knee , . whni the weak is brought,
J troop, Zarb STOOL , _
Da G. a DIMOCK, •
lITISICUJI and PERGEOIS, MONTROSE. Pe. Mice on
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0. To street opprate the Rzronzaass Ofico. Boarde at
bonds', Rauh
Montrose, Tammy Gth,1613.-lyp
C. M. CRANDALL,
61171PACTIIRETt of Lben-wheele, Woothr bre; Whoel
beide, Clock-the* Are:ite. Woodthrothe Abe to order. and
the ocatratm saner: 1 Ming tihop awl Wheel Fettory Same
Fon ' , dry Doti/hoe, up stabs.
eloatboo, Unary anth,
B. B. BENTLEY, JR, NOTARY PUBLIC,
axamins.oslr.. PA.,
TKES Admen,least:meet of Deed., Mortmea, &0., for any
State In the United States. Pension Vouchers end Pay Ccr-
Wows scimossiedged Worn him do not require the certillosto 01 the
cleric sfthe Cana. Montrose, Jan.!, I:G3 .—tf.
.CHARLES HOLES, -
n E &LER ER CLOCHES, WATCHES. ANNC7HT
AN Revolting done ta dnial. on short nodoe and nalde Wm*
:lop on end!. die Public A vinownin P. B. Chandler'.
Enntronoani..Hoo. 7.1.554.
:PR. B. L. HANDBICK, • •
riTSIOI.II.IV and BITEGIXABI, terpeztfully Lena.= protta
donsl services to take cilium of Ihiendsville and vicinity. Of
in the catet of Dr. Lees Boards at J. Hosforcri.
Frieudnille, July 27.18114.41
E. W. SMITH,
ITORPSY s 00117151ELLOR AT LAW sad /4=61 Calm
la. As.a. °ace over Leal Drag stare.
basal:Wax= Davi Jarman 25.
H. BUBRITT,
ri MALES to Eter w t PSZWY ye ,GoodCrcctery, Hardware,
LF SIMI& Oils. aad Mats. Boats sail &hos; HMI
and Oat" Fupli. Hanle Oa, GexerleA Previsions. est.
Bev UlloTll. Pa, April L. 3.964.4 f
B. H. SAYRE & BROTHERS,
iureNuirearusarsa of MDlCastings, lamellae. of oil tin&
DI Stour; Its sad Bheetlroa Ware, A.,.-rlcaltr.rot Dayteatenta
gad Dealers In Dry Gooda,Grocertes, Crockery, Cc,
Montrose, Pa., Fetrmoryl3,lB44.
BILLINGS STROUD,
VIBS AHD LOT ELSSIIB.ASCS AGENT. °Moe In Lath.
r tonal but Ming, eaat end of Brick Bloat. In Ma abaraste. bud ,
cess at the ollre betrazuntud by 0. Broarn.
Montrose, February 1.
J. D. VAIL, Id. D,
HoNIy:WATBICI PHYSICIAN, Ow permomally 10CataC
himself in Montrose, Pa where will promptly attend to
all calls to Ms protessloo min Lwltlet, Ite,may be favored. MEM
MReeder,. West of the Court Home. lei= Bentley &Arnett's.
ontrose, rebecary 1,1364.-0et.42; If B.
A. 0. WARREN,
4 TTOILTET AT LAW_, BOUNTY. BACK PAT sad PEN
SION CLAIM AGENT. AD Peados Dial= confolly pre
esral. 011ee In room formerly essopled by Dr. Tall.
Bard's bandit& below Seerlea Rotel.
Rout-me, Pa n 1.1114feb17y1 1563.
B. B. ROBERTSON,
raiIITACTIIEIER. at 3300T5.V333.0E,5k_',..
Omura Street. lianlzosa, Pa.
mammas, isasury 24 1864.41
CHARLES MORRIS,
VASHIONABLE B/J3.111371 and FLAIR DRESSER, over F.
r B. Wee.... Shoo Score ?donuts.. Hair ermine, Shanapoolnk
Rating. and Whisker Coloring done In the RES I' STYLE. La
tlles' Hair Dressed In the meet tamovsp FASHION.
!donuts.. Sopt..2,
LEWIS KIRBY it E. BACON,
17" SEP constantly on hand a full supply of every satiety of
GIIOGIGLISZ and CIONPEOTIOKIES. By sialct att.-
lon to bushman and fallnesaln deal they hope to merit the liberal
patronage of the public. An OYSTER and EATING SALOON Is
Bunched to the Grocery, to here blvalves,ln s. a. are served In ev•
ery6 the taatesofthe publlcdeemnd. Ilennembertte lace,
111 the P old ott Grocery Stand, n Biala Streets
Montros M e, En. /7.18,03.—0mc117,63.41 t, helo !
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Dn. CALVIN C. HALSEY,
DHTSICIAR AND AVROZON. AND EXAMINING
OICON forP112181.02:11:118. (Mace over the 'at:me or J.Lrco.s
Son, Public Avenue Bawd. It Etherid,ve•.
ontroce, actobez. /834.-tt
D. A. BALDWIN,
TIVIINLIt AT LAW,andPession. Bottat mu; Zack Pay
Amt., Gnat Saul, Butsmehans County. Pa.
Cheat send, Acramt tes ty
BOYD it WEBSTER,
inkIf.ALETIS to Stove" Stove Pipe, Tin, Copper. and Meet
Iron ur4re; also, iclndow Snett. Panel Doom Window
Winds, Late, Pine Lumber, and au Linda of Botiding naterlals
Sbrp south of ziearle's Hotel, and Carpenter Shop near the
liethodlal Cloned,
llotrmorre, Pa-, Janmcy 1, 19611.41
Da JOHN W. COBB,
I.YS/CI Ali sad 8 lIILGEO3I. respeedatly tenders Ids wraless
to the citizens of fiesquebarfra County. Having had about a
year's experience in She United States army, u Surseon,especie
suzetieumlll he even to SURGICAL OPEr....&TION:,
Ur Residence on Maple Screed, East old. R. Tarhell's HoteL
Montrose. Snap. County, Pa. Jane 0..1963.-tf
Da. WILLIAM W. SMITH,
Ci s s. • 12 1 .10N D EATI C S . T. f Rcpt.
Denton
the i rankl o t
6408 min be C pe:Ponmed In' All
ttbs neural good eryle and
wart-ebb.. lbeneembee, eglez foraurly at IL imlth & 800.
lior.trma. January 1.1801.-U
E. J. ROOERS,
ILVAlStrlfrteltritElt or all descriptions of WAG- ,
IEIL ()NS, CARELLAGES, SLEIGKS, &c., ttoriWP4-
.wyle of IV
t th e well kororn wand of E. H. ROGERS, a few rods dal
• f Searle . . Hotel In Mostrose, where be will be tratepy to rb
else the mile of all who want ithythg in his Ilne.
Montrose, June 1, ISaa--tf
BALQWIN a ALLEN,
T 61LEE6 In FLOUR. Belt, Pork, Mb, Lard. Orkln, Pend
candm. Clover sad Tbs,olly Soot Elsa 0110CERIES
. ..dt no Senn, golaseek, Syrup., Test And Cores. Wad side at
Arm., oac door !.e ow J. Etheridge.
Mott/One. January 1. BIWA(
Dn. G. W. BEACH,
a AYBICIAN LSD BIIIGGEON. tuning pennazondly locale
t.lm.r.if at Brooklyn Center. P. tenders his proforsterusl eer
oe: t, the elti.ens of &mud:Lamm Oonnty.on Um= COM.M.r .
...• vitt the Omuta Cieeepln the oftLx Of the late Dr. B. ItkharO
and tamola at Mrs. Etlehsrdsotes.
B-aOvn Crater. Ps- June 6.18641.-1 Y
F. B. Wiz:WITS,
to 83CT1OSL BOOT AHD 611011 314/0111; also Beale, It
80 , 11. Slices. Leather,nntl Shoe FinattAn. Bxpalring Cone
12 nestnese and dLepitch. Two doors &bore Boulem Hotel.
Ilmtroa,J=Etary 1. 1884.41
JOSEPH-RICE,
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and DEALER In CrlitlfM Moistest,.
1 and vaLlue. Wart. Plop foor IDill cost. of Ms Milford
oo.d.
Aro Milford. Odoberl.l9fdL-41
DRS. PATRICK & GARDNRII,
I LIVSICI A.N.I AND SURGED/IE4MM ittend tali/I°4' and
puutauelly to .11 btu:Coma that Amy be oatroned to tlacb t.zo,
• n Lere , c ,, menenrarate vita the time. Diseases and deforeoftite
• r the 11. Y E.:threat) , Iperatiotsomd all &mem{ Mame pillar
az!). attended to. Office over Webb's Store.: Office hour. from SS.
Z. PATRICK. Jr,
Alt , o oe, J.WIT 1644.41 E. L. GARDNER.
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A aNiiki IN THE G-th3B6.
Or a. a. slrlt •
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Come, listen awhile to me, 1115; 1 12d,
Come, Hated to me for a epeil t,
Let that terribly drum
• ,
For a moment be dumb, - •
For your uncle Is going to tell: , ,
Whet befell
A youth who loved liquor too welL
•'• ' •
A clever yoting matt - was he, My -
And with twenty emcommonly, blessed,
Ere with brands and wine;
-lle began to decline, •
And behaved like a person possessed;
1 protest
The temperance plan is the best,
One everdhe he went to a tavern, my lad,
Ile went th a tavern one night,
And drinking too mach
limn, brandy, and each,
The theft gotexceedlegly " tight;"
And was quite
What your aunt would entitle a " fright."
The fellow fell Into a snooze ' my lad ;
'TB a horrible slumber he takes—
He trembly' with Par, '
And acts very queer;
My eyes! bow he slaivers'and shakes
When he wakn,
And raves about horrid great Snakes!
'Tis a warning to you and to me, my lad ;;,
A particular caution to all—
Though
no one can see
The viper but be—
Too hear the poor lunatic bawl,
"Bow they crawl!
All over the floor and wall I"
Next morning, ire took-to his hod, TOE I,d,
Next morning ho took to his bed ;
And ho never got up,
To dine or wimp.
Though properly physicked and bled ;
. And I mut
.Nest day the pour fellow Was dead.
.You've heard of the snake in the gran my lad,
Of the viper concralud in the gran; •
• But now'you must know,
Man's &stillest foe
is a snake of a different class;
Alas !
'Tip & viper that lurks in the glass.
Mrs. Ormsby had one fault, and that WAS exams ,
ated romance and sentiment—in amiable sots of
fault, but it led her into some mistakes not pleasant
to look upon, and caused her to form friendships and
attachments at that sight, whith were not exactly
prudent. Because the neighborhood turned its
back upon Mrs. Swallow and said hard things about
her, Mrs. Onnsby made her her bosont friend, and
was a year in finding mit that the neighborhood was
right alter all. And when nobody else would .hire
Bat bare Bridge in the Capacity otcocik, Mrs. Ormsby,
taking pity on the "dear old thing," engaged her at
high wages, and bad her tipsy on her hands until
she set the house on tire by putting a fluid lamp un
der her pillow instead of the kitchen key.
.So in her girlhood had she, while very young and
pretty, refused every otf , r Sanctioned by her parents,
and fallen in love instead with a young lawyer's
clerk, with a pretty lace and poor health, whom she
met by stealth, in Pt.= the housemaid's shawl and
bonnet in the neighboring park, of evenings, and
with whom she finally eloped one Sunday morning
atter church. Visions of a romantic reconciliation
with her only parent doubtless filled her mind, they
were never realized: Her father only lived long
enough to make his will, and then died suddenly of
apoplexy, brought on by Indignation at ilia daugh
ter's disobedier.ee.
So the fiOTTey-630n was marred by tears and the
want of bread and butter, which the newlylmade
pair were (miteyoung enough to fancy and eat - .a
great deal of. SIT years after, when Mrs. Ormsby
was but twenty-one and her husbandtwenty-live,ldl
the romance was on Mrs. Orntsby'S side; and her
husband was deep In flirtation with a fat young
widow, who 'wore rouge, frizzed her hair, and made
no secret of liking porter.
However, the Mile woman never suspected half
falsehood;his and when be drowned himself trying
sport to n the waves at New Hlrecht with the fat
widow, who was one of the faMionablia bathing
party, poor Mrs. Ormsby wished from the bottom
of hee heart that she was dead also, and made up
her mind to be wretched forever. So she might
have been in good earnest, for slow starvation is a
trying thing, but that a grand-aunt relented toward
her, and tel her in her will mine than sufficient to
make bet comfortable for life With this she es
tablished heself in a pretty house in Philadelphia,
and devoted herself to her clilldren—two boys of
rout and Live, and a girl baby.
Having money, of course people sou ht her rather
More than they had been in the habit of doing while
struggiEd with poverty; and being, as we have
said, romantic, of course she fancied them the most
Ithinterested and benevolent ereatnres in the world.
Some single ladles are remarkably girlish at twenty
tine or two, and go so her as tO forget that they have
passed their sixteenth birthday; and though Mrs
Ormsby had inert married. anti had .family, she had
viewed life only through the Medium of novels.
Therefore it aituoat broke her heart to refuse of
fers of marriage which were laid at her feet within I
the tint few years; by the portly Quaker, who wanted I
an affectionate companion, by tall Mr. who
had had three wises before, and by short Si,', I
who desired to etit up for himself in some myeterioun
business down town. Site went so far as to faint
when the tiith adorer, a fotune-hunter with the
smallest possible conscience ever doled out to
mortal maa, threatened to shoot bimseli if she did not
nay " Yes ;" bat being truly constant to the memory
of her tinkle spouse, never thought of taking pity
on hist and marrying a second time. ' .
I So the years gilded from twenty-five to thirty,
from thirty to thirty-five. Mrs. Ormsby's boys grew
great fellows, taller than their mother, tjcd Miss
Ormsby was old enough to have half the tucks out
of her nktris. , Youth Ind left the widow some dis
tance behind; but she was buxom and bleoming
still, and almost! es charming as when, disguised In
Peggy's hood and cloak, she went to ramblesteattrd
lv With the enamored lawyer's clerk in Franklin
Scone by moonlight
One of good ; MM. Ormsby's friends was Mrs.
Fled], also a nvidow. Straggling-along In their earlier
ills they lied sympinthl,ei d with each other, and
though Mrs. Ormsbyiwas now well to do she never
forgot little Min. Finch, who vela still keeping
boarders In a house not tar away, and whom trials
and grievances were, as a matter of course, mind
legion. On the. contrary, her romance.found one
very commendable yen' In kindness to her old
schoolmate; and Mrs. Finch appreciated it fully.
However, that lady taus by no means , sentimental
Single gentlemen who lound fault with dinners
they never meant ti'? pay for bad scattered to the
wind those dreams intik!) lased to instigate the
scribbling of bad poetry when she was Rose Matilda
Baby ; and this fact lied occasioned some difference
of opinion between the frit:Dila, and had caused Mrs.
Ormsby once to say,; that the world had made Rose
Matilda's heart a thing of stone—at. least upon the
surface
This was when the much misused mistress of the
boarding:house found iii absolutely neriesnary to
Lint to Tier last boarder, the Baron Crump, that Ms
apartment would be Much more acceptable than his
society. ' A proceeding which Mrs. Ormsby vv.
nbur cut as heartiess. ,
But how hi One to' liVel" asked 'Rae
"with butter the price is, and eggs so much a
dozen; end Whoever else loses their appetites
boarders never do, my dear."
- "Row is he: to live, poor destitute foreigner!"
and Mrs. Ormaby.'ef lace handkerchief' ent to her
eyes.
If I can.reCalorsr with My family: I'm sure he
might with none," said Mrs. gloat,',dh! we all
very wad, Maria Jane ; you haVe property, but you'
don't knowistat /have to enduie; and if Lana stony
hearted I hopehe adamant before long; one,
needs to be with atOttse full of boarders."
"So you , will really drive the poor Baron from
the shelter of your molt"
"If he - can't pay big tills I must. Why don't he
teach his musk or his:German to somebody?"
"It mast be hard tor - a person of rank to toms to
that. Don't you remember our muting . 'The-Mir
of a Dukedom,' and eryina over.the trials of Lath,
der when he taught: drawing to Aimee :haughty
wretches, Lady Ruth and Lady Sophyt" •
"Mercy no! i've forgotten all abort them," re
viled RoaaMallida.. s. "- • • -
"I haven't," said her conagaidoti: "Oh
trust my hea r t um aver melt for the -woes of suffer.
Ing hemanit •l 40530‘ Matilda,- do you think 'fthe
ro
Ban-would condescend to be a tutor In a fatal
...No doubt lates too iszy,'",sald
"If one only !dared 'now. My - darlings
: We tio
deficient in music and the inuguagost hilt - to; Make
the offer and seethe Mo o d mantle his proud clualcs
and his e,yellin - Oil, Rose Matilda, I couldn't. etand
. who. are- yon talking of, for oodnss' sato?"
Interrupted little tam Finch, witb g astoni e shed eyes
Aide Open. '
Otthottaron.-. wordd crow° :blua as a tutor
for the boyei if I. thought he would *swilling to ac-.
,
cept the oitcr." .
"Übe taWilling to accept 114 beet and pudding
should think he pie -Yon on est him," . replied
the lady; shortly .% - "Hat,- Marla - Jane,- let .megive
you a ptwo ofidatee—lock lay your. -spoons,and don't *di lotto with taut, for lakaux ben.
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IIIONTROS:A..,.SI:IBQ
BARON °BUMP.
" Freedom and Right a,w3t Blave!iri , and Wrong."
'Jane Maria Ormsby arose: "I had yet to learn
that Roan Matilda Finch could Insult the unfortu
nate, or asperse the motive of one who bas ever been
her truest friend !" she said, with dramatic emphasis
end a glance worthy of M's abidons, and sailed from
tho room, which she did not•enter in for a little
ternity of a fortnight. At the end of that time the
Baron Crump had been installed as tutor under the
ioof oflfra. Oremby's domicile. Me came thither
*lllitwothlrts and one pair-of socks In a portman
teau, With Olendorf ender one arm and an wortleon
under the other; and sofrightened the Irish girl who
had admitted him, by his long hair and fleree ges
tures, that thdirad hysterics In the kitchen for an
boor afterward. • - •
Ile was not a handsome man, being , wonder
oust). long and lank, with pale straw-colored hair,
and fishy eyes, and he had a way of making his
harsh gutteral language ten times harsher and more
gutteral than it usually sounds. He looked, too, on
the whole, anything but -aristocratic or noble, In
any sense of the word. But 'romance had shed its
luster over him, and Mrs. Ormsby sawin the new
tutor. the hero of a novel—called, Insulted, and east
upon her gentle charity.
As Titania looked upon Bottom so the .sentinaen
tal widow upon the Baron Cramp; and though she
did not '" feed him with apricots and dewberries,"
she took great pains that such substantial dainties
as he loved should be before him when he choose
to signify his pleasure toplartake. Troth to say, so
did the - romantic widow feast and humor the tutor
Baron, that Betty the cook declared lir kitchen cabi
net that he Was "fairly set up master."
Alas! alas! how shall we own the truth? Poor
Mrs. Ormsby -had. been constant to her husband's
memory throughout her youth. The Quaker had
not touched-her heart; she never dreamed once of
the aspiring merchant who besought her hand. All
those who swore "to die of love for her" were
pitied and wept over, but not awarded with her
heart; and now, in her thirty-sixth year, with tour
or live silver threads In her black hair, and fast
growing fat, Kris. Ormsby had fallen in love with a
hideous, hoarse-volced German tutor, who called
himself a Baron, and was goodness only knew what !
The little woman knew well what folly It was, and
kept her secret to herself, never betraying her
emotions to any living soul.
The Baron Crump was five years younger than
herself, and on the strength of this she assumed
grandmotherly airs, and spoke of him and the chil
dren In a breath as young people. She owned, In a
sort of silent confession to her own conselence, she
was quite ualddle-aged, and ought to be ashamed of
herself. "Hat," sighed little Mrs. Ormsby to her
self, "I bean by pitying him, and pity is akin—to
—to liking him very much indeed—the poor, dear,
MHO J3aton—all the more because he Is ugly and
disagreeable to others!"
The young Ormsbys were learning exceedingly
rough and unpolished German and French, with a
strong Gentian accent, ditto. As for music, little
Mrs. Ormsby knew wry little about that. She knew
the Baron made a great deal of noise, and supposed
it to be all right in consequence. And when, In the
evening, as she eat crocheting on the sofa, the Baron
tutor sang to her such songs as from his lips were
"Ever of dee,"
"Deter; not In Ms vide vorld a wally so sweet,"
ebe wee exceedingly cberm.d, beat time altogether
out of time with her plump foot, and imagined that
"be sang as if be meant it, poor, dean fellow I"
At last she had concocted a romance for herself
which read thus :
The Enron was poor; the Baron wasproud. Bite
was rich and pretty—bad not poor, dear Ormsby said
so a thonsand times? The Baron loved her, . and
she—oh dear met liked the Baron. Being poor and
proud the Baron would never reveal his sentiments.
No he would die rather. Her gold stood between
them." From that identical moment when this
butterfly of fancy escaped the web within which
many novels had warmed Into life, little Mr.. o:mts
by saw new charms in Baron Crump'e sallow face
and straw-like heir. His gutteral German pleased
her better than before, and slowly, slowly she was
forming a gigantic determination. It the Baron
wouldn't speak she must. Did not Elvira, of the
Castle Clare, pop the question in a paragvph of
two hundred to Claude, the peasant 'hay, to
"llail and Mond; or, the Sorrows of the Heart ?"
She would do it—yes, she would do it—though, if
any body found it out, she must die.
What 6110.1 d she sty. "Baron, have I penetrated
your. secret." Yes, that would do; and 14g,
baps, would answer, "I would rather die than di
vulge it." Then she: "I honor your sentiments,
dear Baron, and my esteem Is only heightened by
your:expression of them," etc. , etc.
Men. Ormsby bad a good deal of silver, a legacy
from her deceased grand aunt. Also, at certain times,
three months apart, she had overnight, before de
posited in the bank, certain sums of money which
were of themselves sufficient to tempt a house
breaker. Little Mts. Finch, who was very prudent,
had suggested a thief-proof safe; and one being
purchased, stood in a large pantry opening from the
dining-room.
In WI., at the hoar of retiring', little Mrs. Orms
'by was in the habit of placing all her valuablcs,from
her cake-basket and tablespoons to the ear-rings and
bracelets wherewith she adorned herself on state
occasions. And this being a work of time, shb oc
casionally had some one to help her, often Boras,
sometimes a domestic. After all was done, sbe Lid
the key under the pillow on which her head reposed,
and feared no burglars_ fif late, to encourage the
" poor, dear Baron," she had required his assistance
in the nightly jailing of valuables; and it gave op
portunity for a great deal of flirting, and a great ma
ny Innocent little affectations of " being dreadfully
afraid"—and "suppose there should be a burglar In
the pantry," which the Baron always took In solid
Dutch earuest, and peeping In, would say " Nein,
Igli my roll Madani, dere Is no Mt dere. De
vin
dow to not pig enough to get him into."
"Any one less noble," thought Mrs. Ormsby,
"would have spoken when I said it's a terrible thing
to be so lonely and unprotected:" but the dear Baron
only sighed. (11e. said "so," and grunted in reality.)
And the little woman resolved, for the twentieth
time, to take the initiative, and silk the German
what his pride forhade him to ask her. SUB she did
not do It, hoping that her smiles and tender glances
might give him courage.
Thus the time passed on until quarter day nme
again—a windy, blustering December day, which
made Mrs. Ormsby shiver through the windows. It
was useless to talk. however. She always had col
lected rents herself; and Horace, the eldat, alwars
had accompanied her. That morning that youth
bad grumbwd much, but in vain. The cab was at
the door. Mother and son, wrapped in furs, stepped
in, and away they went over Philadelphia. Horace
returned borne radiant and-hungry, but poor little
Mrs. Ormsby had caught cold and the toothache.—
She could not cat The Baron appeared to sympa
thize.
" Der put isgoot," he said, helping himself to a
Dat L. bad sou not eat some."
"*.Ah, you don't know what I'm suffering, !" said
Mrs. Ormsby.
"So," replied the Baron, and. shook his head.—
".He means," said Mrs. Ormsby' to herself, " that
he suffers also In his heart, it not in his teeth."
However, even the most exquisite romance never
cured the toothache
. All that evening MN. Ormsby passed In her own
room with poultices -of hops upon her cheek and
laudanum In her little pink tar on a piece of cotton.
At eleven o'clock she started up, remembering that
for the dent time In scars she had not locked up' her
silver In thy safe.
"Call Master Horace," she said to the cook, who
itllt going up Odra to heti.
" Master Horace in snoring horrid, with his door
locked, mum," said the cook.
" nester John, then."
"it's the same 1011.111 m, mum," said the cook.
"Oh, must I do it 'Myself?" R eked Mrs. Ormsby,
holding her cheek. "'Volt a'• minate, where is the
Baron, yo
"A
-reading Dutch In the dining room," said the
cook.
Belting the crimson; wra_ppe.r about her, and tak
ing a peeßin the 'glass, Mrs. Ormsby went tiptoe
down Lilo stairs and entered the dining room.
Oh Baron, Baron, lam aimost - dead,' said,
" So," sold the anon.
die before morning, I " '
"So." ; "
". And ;"'na not capable of locking up the silver
Won't on do it for mc-r-there's a—a kind friend!"
"Yes, Sit pleasure," said the Baron.
So the Baron went to ~ w ork collecting' all the Tabnobles ,
nobles, andber owe room the lady heard him
Pretty soon he came up amr knocked at her door.
Little Mrs.: Ormsby peeped out and took from him
the key-ring, she had given to him.
She did not. Count the keys, however, orahe
bare missed some.
The %rola lumbered np to his chamber, next that
of Horace, and soon the household snored. Even
Mrs:Ormsby, a miraculobs cessation of toothache
- combined with lemburem, hot-drops end a wen bit
of brandy and water, lulled to sleep• • a deep slumber
from svhich.she -started awake as the clack struck
twelve. She had letOt light burning ' and on wak
ing ttroseto t.ll2 , voislilt, with careful dread of fire.
Aa she dld 64 she heard a sound—certainly a sound.
A stealthy cri.aking'pf the stairs under the weight of
test." Ifeinse-brestersat last," thought Mrs. Ormsby;
and made up her mind-to faint: Thinking, better of
It, however, she peeped ant of the door. Some one
was going doWn stairs.. Airs. Ormsby was about to
mom for rizellaron and norace,whert abe saw that
it was the Baron himself. Ay. and in traveling we
-tome with-overcoat, shawl and portmanteau.
." His feelings have been too much for ,hhn ; ho
leaves Lao last ha should declare his, love— Oh, the
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CO., PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 4,, 1865.
not go I He shall know that his poor Maria Jana Is
all his own ! Do I care , for dross ?--oh no!"
And so, wrapped la the crimson robe, and forget
ting her night-cap, the widow • pursued the Rapti
with her heart In her pond, 'ready to.pop the ques-.
tion and be accepted. •-•-• . ,
Before her went the Baron Willits candle. • At the
dinhagroorndoor he paused. "To leave. a letter
for me perhaps,'.' said the lady, the pantry. Aid
yes ; be knows tit go there first!" So she &toed at
the door trembling, and sa' him crouch before the
safe, take from his pocket two keys, unlock that
repository of valuables, and begin to till the pillow
case ho drew from his pocket, with testa, forks,
spoons and specie.
Then speaking to himself In-German, the poor
dear Baron said, " it is an evil wind that blows good
to no one. Dozes for the toothe-7,thet"
Mrs Ormsby understood bitn. • She gave a shriek,
and he turned. When he saw her the plliow.case
dropped. and he tumbled In KS pocket as for a
weapon.
"A vord—von vord and you die !" he said, and he
gave a wild glance at the door.
Mrs. Ormsby was not eapalsl of uttering half a
word, for she tell fainting to the floor. When she
recovered the Baron anti tea-urn were gone. • The
other things be had left behind him in his fright.—
Little Mrs. Ormsby picked herself up, locked:the
street door ' examined an things In the eare,and went
.up stairs. To this day there am three materiels in
that household—Why the Baron left so suddenly ;
where his pillovf-case went; 'ar.st why the silver tea
urn is never used.
lionOW,t4sig,i);;;MotOM:lmMyNA
A PICTULtr. 0/ CAESAR.
The following graphic ascription is from the
main body of the work :
To these natural gifts, developed by a brilliant. ed
ncation, were joined physical advantages. Hislof
ty Mauro and his finely moulded and well portion
ed limbs,impart to his person a grace which diatin
guLshed him from all others. lila oyes were dark,
hisglance penetrating., his complexion colorless,
and his nose straight and somewhat thick: 'His
month small and regular, and , his lips, rather full,
gave the lower part of his face - an expression of
kindness, while the breadth or forehead indicated
the developement of the iutellectnal
facaltles
His face was lull, at least, In his youth; bat in: the
busts which were mode toward the close of his life,
his features are thinner, and bear the tracer, of
Igo
fat e.
icils voice was sonorous and vibrating, his gest
ures noble, and an air of dignity pervaded:his whole
person His constitution, whlith at that was deli
cite, grow robust by sober living and his habit of
exposing himself to the Inclemency of the scaffona.
Accustomed from his youth to manly exercise, ho
was a bold horseman; and he supported with ease,
privations and fatigues. Habitually abstemious.
his health was not weakened by excess of labor, nor
by the excess of pleasore. N.vcrthciesa, on two
occasions, once at Cordova and then at Thapsue, be
had a nervous attack, which was erroneously thought
to be epilepsy. He paid particular attention to Ma
person, shaved with care, or had that:lairs plucked
out ; he brought forward aristicallv his hair to the
front of his head, and this in his more advanced age
served to conceal his baldness.
He wa• reproached with the affectation of scratch
ing his head with only one tinge• for fear of derang
ing his hair. His dress was arranged with exquisite
taste. Ills gnu was generally bordered with kale
lam, ornamented with fringes to the 'hands; and
was hound around the loins with a each loosely
knotted, a fashion which distinguished the elegant
and effeminate youth of the period.- But Bylia was
ont deceived by this show of frivolity. and he was
want to recommend that poordw should invent' eye
on that young man with the flowing imsh. He bad a
taste for pictures, statues and t;:me ; and be always
wore on his finger, in memory of his origin, a ring
on which was engraved the figure of an armed
Venus.
• .
To sum up, there were found in Caesar , physleal
ty and morally, two natures that are rarely minable.
ed In the same poraou. He Joined aristocratic fast.
idiousnmi of person to the vilerons temperament
of the soldier; - this itravai.efraltlig. the pnifithdlty
of thought ; the Jove of lutury and of the arta to a
passion for military Ilfe In all Its simplicity and
rudeness. In a word, ho Joined the .I.gance of
manner which seduces to the energy of character
which commando. Such wan Cesar at the age of
18, when Sylla posinuaed himself of the Dictator
ship. H. bad already attracted the attention of the
Romans by his nam.,liis wit, his engaging manners,
which were so pleasing to men, and, still more so,
perhaps, to women. (Lir. 11., cap. 1.)
ORIGINAL AIISTItALIANS.
The religion of the aborigines, in all parts of
Australia, includes a belief In sorCerjr, and a 'dread
of numerous demons, spirits of the wood, of the
river, of the mountains and the pool. Some of
these are the suirits of dead men. I once met a
party of thirty or forty men and women whet were
traversing the country along the Barwan, 03 stroll
ing play-actors, performing a pantomime In the
presence of every camp of their countrymen, with
the avowed design of driving away the ghosts of
dead men. All night long the choir continued to
ring. In the morning, having marked their bodies
with earths of various colons, they went through a
mimic tight with unseen foe's, beating the air with
branches. and rushing about In a frantic manner.
After alternately marching, dancing, and charging
to the sound of music, they declared that the,ghosts
Were all gone, and would trouble the Inhabitants of
the piece no more. The general name for ghosts or
spirits Is "wanda." And this name they give to
white men, probably from the Impression which
has spread among them that white people are
black fellows risen from the dead.
The chief of all the wandas, the arch demon, is
said to appear at.tleeir bores, or public Meetings., In
the form of a serpent. And there are figures of
serpents cat on trees In some places, to which they
pay religious homage. Parental affection is:gener
ally very strong In the abollgues ; and when a child
dies they testily their pier in the same manner as
the ancient heathen Canstanites. by cutting them
selves I saw a number of men sitting down to
mourn with a bereaved mother—their skin plaster
ed with white clay, and blood streaming down from
large pikes made with the tomahawk In their
Muds. In conjugal affection savages are generally
deficient As a traveler in distant parts of the Interi
or, I can bear witness that aborigines have treated
me with kindness and with a polite consideration
which I did not expect to meet In Snell a quarter.
And I believe they are as a people remarkably sus
ceptible of impressions from kind treatment They
were evidently pleased and thankful to see that I
thought them worth looking after. Their musical
power is strong. Of their very simple melodies,
some have a wild mirthfulness, and others a more
plaintive melancholy. The very soul of tho people
seems to breathe out in their brief songs. And
when under training, their musical taste has been
successfully need as an aid in their clvillzatlOn.
11014 , TO PAGNOIINCE " EITIIER ' r AND NEITTOUL"
—The pronunciation of the words at the hew) of this
article as It spat ni Met and i Met, which Is not nn
frequently beard from divines and other culti
vated men, Is not sanctioned either by tondo* , or
good use, and is only to be accounted for on the
supposition that by come doubtful use In England
I. considered hatter authority than gond, use in
America. Oat or secogty leilcognsplicra only two,
and they of little account (J. Johnson and Coate),
expressly authorize the corrupt pronunciation,
and the analogy of tonhinge-ago Is utterly Opposed
to It, there being only one word of similar orthogra
phy, "height" !whose accepted pronunciation coin.
tides with it i
To show hoW entirely analogy falls to switain the
corrupt prenunelation, the following parattraph has
been framed, in which Is Introduced all the different
connections In which the letfrra a are met With, ex
cept as In the word " height " given above.
"lk. " disposed to walk, I would "fctot".have
visited my "neWitar," but on .approaching his
"sel'jnlor' f was alarmed by the "neighing . ' of his
horse, and on lifting by
was terrified to
find the animal within '"olghly" yards of rne.,: ap
proaching at a speed that seemed "freighted" with
the direst consequence!. I was In a "straight "
caught In a. "sari." !My hood stood still In my
" voice," as I conceived my life Itrdanger..i Taming
my bead I was Pleased to see an :Arabian "Sheik"
near by, and doing "ohehrnco-" b.ggeds that he
:would "feign" to colt to my - rescue., I,was
" dtteelved" in my es. By a " feint": he
s'neceeded In "seising ; - the 'reins' attached to the
fiery steed, and as - he Wm a. man Of "Wight" , he
,clieclod him In bielmpetuotht career ; ,ited illy, life
was eared. - For the favor thin "received," may he
ever live In a "celled " dwelling.- -
.Evem one of the words iothe above paragraph;
quoted, might as well have Its eI. sotmdefr .at In
lain° as !'eltliet,""or " neither."' Where the author-
Itirs preponderate so greatly rigged any partleUlar
pronunciation there is - certaMly no reasonuble ex
case fur Ito adoption. 1,
M"A lady orrennereent rent the foltoirthg teor
even to ono of onr =bilges, with - the Tequest to
pi:OIMM !t, adding that etre Pored It would. "do poem
" Dfy.bnateted idept—hedreeinill a
_For sunup mulles across* , Fero , are
Ile dreamt oldie, for Mt he mnruitirest 'Pet I',
I prefeed Wm to mybetot, close, Moser yer..
To drink into any tar tho_pretione Wed"
"si 111_1'1+14nm
THS SOCIAL QUESTION.
We very briefly, on the id instant, attempted to
show in what consists the political equality of all
men before the law; and wo think we male it plain
to the comprehension of every man of ordinary in
telligence, that equility; in that sense of the word,
does not imply what is called social equality: The
first is the natural and inalienable right of every man
to equity, to justice, to the fruits of bin own honest
toli r to an even chance with others, and, consistent
ly with the rights of others, to exert the faculties
which God has given him for the promotion of his
own comfort and -happiness, and that of his family.
This Is the equality of. all • men as set forth in the
Declaration of -Independence. and as guaranteed in
the National Constitution. This is the sort of cqua
lily which exists in New York between the white
pcoOe of the Fifth avenue - and the white people of
the Five Points.. Bat in asserting this equality of
rights Wore the law, we also maintained that it
would be tyrannical and cruel to enforce social
equality between the people' of very dissimilar
cumstanees, tastes,. chancier, and habits ; and we
make a special application of the remark to the
talked-of association between whites and blacks.—
We maintained, and still maintain, that such associ
ation must be entirely voluntary, and that neither
class has a right to insist upon social intercourse
with the other, without mutual consent.
This was enough to arouse the New York World.
That journal, without a single effort to combat our
msoning, but, with the :pick • instincts of demi•
gogtsm, arraigns the Chronwle, and the Administra
tion, upon the charge of inconsistency. The war, it
assumes, was waged in order to free the negro.—
Tens of thousands of white lives have bean sacrificed
to make negroes equal to white men, and after all,
the friends of the Administaation will not associate
on equal terms with them, or Invite them to their
balls. Bays the World: -
" Are tho black hands. which we trust with the
bayonet unfit to-be clothed with white kid? Are
the black women for whom the whole North toils
and travails, unfit to carry a•boquet? Shall they
with whom we are soon to share the ballot not be
our. partners in the mazy dancer In the very capi
tal of arcgenerated people shall this insnit be put
upon the beings whom we have disintioulled ?"
This extract may serve as a sample for the whole
criticism of the World upon our remarks. II is in
the spirit of paltry demo/ref:lsm. No attempt le
made to show that we are wrong in drawing a dis
tinction between equality before the law and equal
ity before the social board. if no such distinction
exiats, then one of two things follows, viz: that
eittar the gentleman of princely fortune and 'style
of living who presided over the late Chicago Demo-
erratic National Convention, and who is reported to
be the proprietor or the World newspaper, ought to
change his political creed or his MIA practice ; for
he, and the World, and the entire " Democratic" •
opposition to the Administration profess to believe
in the political equality of al. tatilta men before-tile
law, They profess to recognize the equality of the
humble hod-carrier, the common laborer, the dent
=net' the Five Points evert, with the aristocratic
merchant prince of the Pith avenue, whose coach LI
driven by a white servant, clothed in livery. They
recognize in theory the equality before the law of
the chambermaid, the washerwoman, and the apple
wothan, witit their wives and danglitPre. But do
they' so socially? Would one of the aristocratic
"democrats" in Fifth avenue allow a mechanic, even,
not to say a common laborer, to escort his daugh
ter to a ball? Would ills wife invite her chamber
maid and washerwoman -to a social gatheriwr ' with
her wealthy neighbors? We would thank the World
to answer these questions. • But everybody knows
what the answer must be, and tint answer must con
vict the World, and its " Democratic" negotiates of
the Filth avenue, of the identical inconsistency it
imputes to the Republican party.
The World charges that the Republicans and aboll
tionists are inconsistent and false to their principles
in having made war upon the South to liberate four
millions of negroes, and then dented thou Social
equality. Who does not know that the Democrat
ic party, if in power, would go to war with England
or France in vindication of the rights of one humble
white man, whom the leaders of that party would
not recognize as socially their equal, or invite Into
their helves?- When the rights of Martin Koala
were vindicated at the risk of a war with Aestria,
the was not asked, "Is he a gentleman p . 7 '
" Can we invite. him into our. families, when he vis
its Washington ?" but simply, "Is he an American
citizen ?" ,
,
The slava, before being emancipated, were not
citizens, it is true, nor was the war made for their
liberation ; but if the country was ready to go to
war for the tjghts of.nne foreign-born white citizen,
we need not' be ashamed of having liberated four
millions of black men, in a war begun by their mas
ters for the overthrow of the Government
As to the question of admitting encored children
Into the echnols with white children, it presents no
greater difficulty than that which has arisen between
Catholics and Protestanta. The former Will not send
their children to schools conducted on; Protestant
principles,tuad the latter will not send their children
to schools conducted on Catholic principles; and
the consequence is, that they must separate and r
main divided until time wears away prejudices or
reeonclies the differences. Bo with the whites and
blacks; but, In the mean time, let all stand equal
before the law.— Wathivion Chronicle.
IN:t4:pive:(4):440:41D)*v:i*4:01:4:01:4:41
Hugh McCulloch has been confirmed by the Sell
ate as Secretary of the Treasury, In place of Wm. P.
Feasenden, who was elected a Senator from Maine.
Mr. McCulloch is a native of Kennebunk, Me., but
more recently of Fort Way..te, Indiana, where he
practiced law.. He commenced his financial career
In 18/I:3, and was subsequently elected President of
the Bank of the State of Indiana, an Institution
which maintained Spmle payments throughout the
crises of '57 and' . U Subsequently he bee-ama the
comptroller of the Currency, MA his reputation
has been a national one. He took charge of the
Bureau at the inauguration of the present national
bank system, and organized and conducted it against
the prejudice and opposition which it encountered
from capitalists nod the powerful influence of State
banks. Every Instruction, blank and form used In
organizing the national backs and in conducting the
businers of the Bureau ho has prepared, and his pres
ent efficient and expert corps of assistants had to
be educated by him in the discharge of their some.
what complicated and highly important duties. lie
has never been extensively known as a politician,
but was rornierly whet Is termed en old line whig.
110 Is now thoroughly in sympathy, politically,
with the present Administration, and his counsel
will be felt In the future conduct of the Govern
ment. Although but little known as a politician,
ho is well known among financiers from his long
and successful connection with the banking inte
rests of the country, and enjoys their confidence in
a high degree.
FIRST IN FONT MTN&
CILIALEB7ON, 8. C , March 12, 18G5,
H. 41. Fnazign—Dear Sir: I see by the New York
papers that the honor of first planting the old flag
again over &niter and this city has been awarded
to a Rhode Island Regiment, when the facts am as
set forth in the communication whieh you will find
enclosed, and cut by me from the Marfa:don Courier
of this morning. I belong to the ti::d Pennsylvania
Regiment. AltLongh I bad not then reached my
regiment, still I fret an interest in its good deeds.
By publishing this communication you will not only
oblige the boys bet you ...ill confer a lasting honor
upon the Regiment and :Rule. Yours, Cc.,
0. Maisons.
COMMUNICATION.
The following communication bas been bawled us
for publication
licaoquanrsus IJ. S. Foams,
MOUNT PLMASANT, S C., March 4, 1855.
Villeins Charleston Cinerter:
Onwrianfm—From statements made in your pa
.psr at . differeot times, as also others In tho depart
ment and New York, regarding plaelog the first nag
on Sumter, as also In Citarleston,Clty; allow me to
furnish the following facts, which are Incontroverti
bly. true.
Thft United States flag was first raised on Fort
Siimtec by myself, with a APtaehment of my regt•
meat, bad • Pennsylvania Volnnteers, fifteen m.•n,
at twenty minutes before eight o'clock on Saturday
morning, February 18th , after which 1 proceeded to
Fort Riptey, took down the rebel flag and. hoisted
.the Stars , and Stripes, then : proceeded to Castle
PinekneYarid hoisted the nixie flag there. I Ira
.madiritelYstartedlordbo Atbmtlo, Docks, Charles-
Ugh' , (Colonel Bennett -being in my boat, having
boarded me intim hatter between Sumter and Fort
'Ripley.)' the dock my flag wee im.
. taw:Rattly hoisted ;' and -as the balance of the regi•
meats ttired.' la connection- with a detachment of
thus/MTV:lode Bland• Artillery, - took possesalon of
the , Postoffice, Citadel, Arsenal,- and all -public
bnlidinne.: :. ThOts24 Pennsylvania Tolnnteers were the first in
the city of Charleston, and placed the first flag on ha
eboretoss also on Sumter, Port ffipley and' Castle
Pinckney- - They - formed the first; goer/la - la the
city over all public buildings and properly, and with
the exception of the detachment orr the fid Rhode
.Island Artillem there were no other troops in the
eity fee NV horn afterwards.
_ landed tbe city of Chariest= -with fifteen
men Of the 4%3 ; Regiment Penosylvania,Volubteere,
and although Ism aware that It is not modesty, on
my pad to.isbund my ems trumpet, -but seeing so
interfahitsatatementa made lit different papa% I
tal'UPO to my,/ftom!. let 404320/033/.
a anbject pass unnoticed, and allow parties already
named 'by reporters to claim honors never deserved,
and of which they in no way participated.
The hag mentioned in tho' foregoing is now in my
poss l3y gi ion
ving - these I laW lines a place In your col -
a - inns
you will not only do slmblo Justice to the 5241 Regi
ment, which can be verified by hundreds, but
cause those to blush who have had the audacious
assurance to connect themselves with a subject to
them totally foreign.
• Jome A. Ilcsrszasir
Major Commanding 52d Reg. P. V. -*
hwoot:llV:teV4e):l:Re)l:l4VtgA:AAr4l
cN,wponaenccq 11& indepindanl Bepublicar.
CrIT POO; March 2 20th, 1655,
Editor RepOllcan :—My last letter was written be
fore Petersburg, while listening to the cannonading
during the battle at llatcherte Ran; but the for
tunes of war have changed the location, and I now
sit in this very famona, very dirty, and very dis
agreeable little place of City Point, waiting in Mo
mentary expectation of hearing the roaring can
non announce that another Spring campaign has
opened:.
On the night of the 4th inst. a chi-War War: - sent
around ordering all sutlers, and all civilians not im
mediately connected with -_the service to go to the
rear at once. For several days the very air had been
fall -of rumors of a move, and this seemed-to eon-
Oran them. The weather for some time had been,
and still continues, magnificent. The roads were
rapidly drying up, and becoming passable for artil
lery and the wagon trains, the sick were going
rapidly to the rear,
,eapptiea were going as rapidly
fp the front, everything was being ma d e ready', for
action, and when this order, immedLete and 'peremp
tory, came, it caused anch a icrambllag, to the rear
of antlers, purveyors, photographers, newspaper
man, the Christian Commission, with their chapel
tents, and other heavy ba.aga,l..mmted only in Win
ter, as has seldom been witnessed. The army has
but just been paid and the sutlers and purveyors
all had heavy stocks of goods in hand. So peremp
tory an order gave them no time to sell, and the
morniret of the 15th found the platform at every
railroad station crowded with their goods ready for
transportation to this point. AU are here now;
crowding this little town to suffecation;walling a
chance to go to the front again. • -
.What the object of this sudden clearing for action
is, is hard to tell So far there las been no fightlrg
further than an artillery duel in front of Petersburg,
which is ao common an occurrence as to estite no
surprise. 'A new line of ricer breast-works, both
front rear, are being constructed. The old City
Point, and Petersburg railroad has been repaired,
; am told, as far as our works, and the materials aro
on the spot to complete It into the elty, and other
carious moves aro being made which give rise to a
thousand conjectures as to what is going to be
tone.
St. Patrick's day was celebrated by the Irish Brig
ade in great style,. at Humphrey etatlon, the new
terminus of the army railroad, since its extension
to correspond with the extension of our lines to
Jjatelter's Run. Racing constituted the chief at
traction. but as I Was not there, I cannot describe it.
The celebration was attended by officers of , all
grades front all pads of the army, and it was also
graced by the attendance of many ladies, wives of
collects, now here, making their husbands a visit.
Recruits and returning furlough men are coming
In every day' by hundreds, and going on to fill
the war-thinned ranks of our veteran regiments at
this front. Asa general rule, too, they are a much
better class of men than I expected to see, knowing
as I do, the inducements of a high bounty held out
to them to enlist. Enough hi:flinty Jumpers are
among them, however to cause them all to be kept
under close guard until. and even after, they reach
their respective regiments. Grant will move this
spring with as lame and efficient au army as he bad
last, and with less to oppose him. May his cam.
paign be a short and glorious one!
But I must not close without a wordjahont - City
Point.- A few moderate sited, ontinary looking
houses, built one bluff at the junction of the Janice
and Appomattox ricers, constituted Pity Point be
tore the war. tioar pert of the houses have been
torn down,. but all over the bluff-and Teaching bark
a mile or more the country is coveredsvitit.tho little
hots of the soldiers, the small board houses of Head;
quarters, the various offices needed by-tbeirrovost
%initial:the Commissary and Quartermaster's De
partments and the various corps Hospitals. Along
the landing, long stone houses have been erected
by the GoVernment, long trains of cars are continu
ally running from the tracks close by, a large loco
motive repair shop has been built, and the harbor
is constantly fall to overflowing with every variety
of water craft. And, withal, it Is a miserable dirty
place, in which no one desires to stay longer than
he can help, 9.
LETTER PEON "JAM"
Cortwportilenee qf the Independent llejmUierm.
UNITED ET/MES STELSIER VIORSBDIRI,
• DEVIVB MDR, PM:WORRY art - zlt. VA ,
March 19, 1865.
Mn. EDITOR: Perhaps your readers my think
that the point from which I write this letter may be
ominions of some evil, and T assure you that I have
tried to vain to find some more suitable name for it,
but have searched in vain. No one knows of, any
other name, no one has ever heard of any other, and
I must use no other. But let me-Inform yon that it
is a very suitable one. nigh bluffs reach up from the
water's edge, the tops of which are covered with thick
forests; a fit resort for the guerrillas that infest It and
for whim° especial benefit we are now here. The
\papers have you cre this of he arrival of
fajor-General Sheridan informed
and his force at t White Rouse
Landing on a raiding tour from the Shenandoah Val
ley, and we have been sent here to keep open his
communications and permit supplies to be for
warded to him via Fortress Sionroo. We left Nor
folk on Tuesday March 14th, and received our or
ders at the. Reads from the flog ship Santiago de
Cuba to proceed here. The depth of water in the
York and the Panmunky is from two to seven
fathoms - -The plantations aro nearly all deserted
except by females and negoaes. Thu former appear
heartily in love with the rebel cause if we may judge
from their actions ID reply to waving of handker
chiefs, etc., from °Myers on board. They_ turned
their backs haughtily and walked away. They all
appear devotedly secesh, and It is the farmers that
live upon the bank that play the guerrilla by night
and fire upon the unarmed transports that ply up
and down the river with supplies. for the armies
above. But I think our presence will be sufficient
to keep them quiet. All bands are armed at night,
eight lookouts are kept on deck, lights are kept
covered, and on coming up all hands are ordered be
low. We got aground on coming up. A host was
lowered, soundings were taken, guns were shifted
from '• starboard" to " port," and we at length
drifted nit We find that where the river is the
widest there is the shallowest water. Wo enjoy be
ing in fresh water very much as a change from
the bosom or old Neptune, although we have
no news or receive no mull (or have reesived none
as yet). Fish—bass, shad, Am., In abundance, and
starvation will not stare us in the face for some time.
Awful overboard yesterday caused some excite
ment for a time. Life buoy thrown overboard, hour
lowered, ant, he was picked up nearly exhausted, but
this • morning he is all right. I am pleased to see
that gold is taking a fall and a prospect that green
backs-will be what they should be—at par. The rise
to value of Government securities leads us to believe
that the end of treason and rebellion Is corning, and
that our Government may prove able enough to pay
all her debts. We heloug to the wandering tribe,
sod it la hard to tell when this will reach you or
when it will be sent, If the old saying be applies
ble to us, that "a change Of pasture tuakeefat eattle,"'
then we should be a corpulent ship's company for
we are constantly changing our location U not our
pasturage. At Yorktown, lambus for the Surrender
of Cornwallis, and still later for the famous courage
of McClellan, wo fount the-11. 8. steamer Tied Bower
as guard ship and a proenet guard constituting
the defense of the town. Tee principal trade con:
Mats in cutlets' stores and oysters, of the latter we'
found an abundant supply, We make daily tripebetween this place and West Point same fifteen
miles below to prevent the enemy from building
batteries and obstructlegnavigation, aaltseematheir
delight to are upon unarmed transports and pick
off the men at the " helm" or "lead . ' This morn
ing, March 20th o is a delightrel one; tare is scarce
ly a ripple on the water. The son is giving us south
refuluent rays. There to a dead calm, and- "Jack-"
who enjoys such weather ran doze at his leisure and
dream over old times when the days of peace did
reign and the peoples were united and happy. .The
bringing up of the "Lucky. Bag". this morning
created some merriment but more chagrin.. Per
baps I bad better explain myself. No man is al.
lowed to leave clothing, pcslacketa, or any other
article on deck. After decks are cleaned the word is
passed to put away all such articles In the "Jacket
Bag," but tome who are too thouOless 'or lazy
leave lamdry .artieles around. thn foremost or on
deck, and when the executive °Meer comes around_
they are given to the' masteratarms and by him
deisMited 111 the "Lucky Bag."' There they re•
mainitatil such time as the executive °Meer sees
proper, when it Is called up trout below, carried aft
and the word rassed."4ll men who have :milking In
the • Lucktilagl lay sit and claim them." , Those
who have clothing misting an attend as they' rerote•
vise theta they take them. The eimsequenee Is their
bum are taken awl they are placed on the '." black
list." - There 1 have got to explain. topsoil agile,
for I knew you -will ask. what Is the "black nett!!
Well anytne in the navy who WWI - his flatus ad.
.thence Oct 14 p m
1 you:. I.t. &us 4trtiorAltb,
02.00 per annum;; In A1144141'10;i0
NTTIMBER 14.
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work Is to be dono-those ea. "black list" dolt, •
&ing copper, scraping cludus,Ao.„*. But • I bun"
Baldenough on this subject, for It Is a disgusting'
one to a taaw•ormar "man and I know it is to you.
will • close my letter now and 'write "nnffcad."'
C. H. BM=
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Correipondenesqf the Isurependat Itepiktiatis: •
- • ' •
2HE RFJOHERG POE VIVEORY.
• • Nair Tons OTT, March 7th; 1806.
"After the reign of. Nut end '
Smiles maay,a long bright fanny day,
When the changed winds are soft and wean; -
And heaven puts on the MU of May."
After the trials and tribulations of tom years of
war, with many successes, ; yet• With sore revenue,:
comes the thrice welcome time when the strifemnst_
cease; a time height with blessings es
sings
beautiful In the promise of -those :yet to come; as:
time resplendent in the soil sunshine of returning
fieace. We have had days of tasting and forayer days
of weeping and of fear, when depraved humanity let'
loose, thronged the streets, and th eir Infuriated yeihr,
sounded - out above the clashing of arms and the:
shrieks and groans of the wounded and dying, bet-
not until now have we had a day of general rejole. ,
leg. The sixth of March was a day of the mrattne'
thnsisslie and unanimous paella rejoicing Matta&
city ever beheld. -
We left our Country home on Long Island about
noon abd secured as good and elevated& posithm •
as possible nn Bromieray. Thus we did not ye end
hear the early deatenstralicut At early dawn Ise:
lutes were fired and hells rung, giving voice to the
patriotic enthusiasm which walled up in every bear!. -
and joyful welcome to the day of rejoicing.' - A
rise there arose over the ;ley such a bloom of WOO;
log as is rarely seen front spire and flag staff; f ro m
, balcony and-window and higbovereveeystreetffeeta:
ed the emblem of the free. • The shipping all Mend•
the city fairly blossomed with the Ray White, end-
Blue,and flags of all nations. -• Waterer taw a lar.
ger rowd than came out to witness the procession. ,
All along the line of march, a distance of more that
six miles, it was the same—a canopy of burgh=
head ; the sidewalka, balconies, window and
tops crowded with w e ie, smiling, cheering, Wm.
!agitate and handkerchl eie, and manifasttby wi*ys
sign their overwhelming ]Jo y: On thin tideless
, of humanity the t ri umphal column mare tothe
music of a hundred bands and the booming of Cott-
non, with a front utmost as wade as the mrt4tattes s :
and many of the carriages two abreast; yet it was
more than three hours In passing and seven mike In'
extent The procession consisted of six divial •
The first, detachments of Police; eighteen
of infmtry and artillery, distinguished officers, OCIMP
civil and. military—the last in carriages
ond, general officers on duty and leave,' wi th thelr
staffs, and - ex-officers in uniform and mounted, tide
and wounded soldiers from timbratetals, and now
clations, and Highlanders with their p 1 lathe.
third division there was a abiointitned
with tars ; a model Monitor irotta ad, an d smelon.
dred pound Parrott gun, labelled "The shortest toad
to peace." Many of the trucks were drawn by four,
six, and eight horses.- The Mb, the lar ges t division, 1
represented two hundred trade% all kinds of Xeei•
&mica working at their resp ecti ve avocatioWand
consisted of alx hundred wagons, loaded with ail'
kinds of goods, drawn by spirited horses, decorated
with flags and blankets with appropriate mottoeard
names of celebrated victories. • The sixth comasted
of eighty - fire companies, embracing engine, base,
and hook' and laddercompanles, in all about aye
thousand' members. The rear was brought up by
the mammoth war elephant Hannibal and the
forming elephant Tippeo' Seib, and tiro
camels.
Arabian
At four o'clock the man meeting; were orgeolasa
in Union figure. At Stand No.'l the Meeting lila
called to order by ex - Gov. John A. King, and 'pea
sided over by Gen. Dix. Gen. Anderson was on the
stage. When he came-to the front the enthusiasm
was intense. .Twice three - cheers were given for the
hero of Sumter. The many short gpeeches were to
the point, cheerful and patriotic. All Seemed can&
dent that the rebellion was near its end, but that.we
still had work to do.
All delight to bear what our distinguished genet ,
ales are doing, while but few have the privilege of
hearing what they have to say. We will insert the
short speech of Gen. Averill, of Sheridan'aarnrr:
"Gen. Averill said he never before bad oeeislon
II address so many of his fellow-citizens. Thiridem
onstration was a token of the determination of the
people that there should be a nation on earth caned
the United States of America. [Cheers.] Four years
ago, plunged in the vortex of war, welted attempted
to meet the insnagents. At first we were without
success. Now we were fast approaching the solu
tion of the greatest problem ever presented to be.
manity, and we were now angle's/Ong the admix*. -
' don and respect of the nations of Meese& (Cheers.]
We had drawn strength from' our defeats and wis
dom from our disasters. The people bad learned
that we cannot have peace without Union. The
culmination of this most stupendous war was fast
approaching. The forces of Grant and Beeman are
-Rebeldom. We must be prepared for a
fearful final , struggle or for delay. Letthe Mutt
of the nation be put forth adequate Co suppreta
rebellion In the shortest possible space or time!' It
would be merciful as well as economical. Anna
' are the fulcrums of peace, and money the lever:
The gallant soldier. in the field demand support,
Will von disregard their voice? [Voices, 'No P
'No 1 .1 The greater the effort, the shorter will , be
the struggle ; and when peace comes, your children
may come to Union Square and behold the sculp
tured forms of our fallen patriots lifted iu ffeliaSts
lag remembrance, and, year by year, future genera
none will come and crown them with laurels,"
[Cheers.]
Mb was not a political gathering, neither do we -
wish to make this article such. lint we could but
notice the marked difference between what some of
the speakers said now and what we had heard them
say on former occasions. July 4th we attended - •
meeting in old Tammany, the great Democratic ark,
where they_ seek consolation -and safety while the
waves of Union and Republicanism are overeowle*
the country. We heard some of their best 'feathers,
and some of them also spoke at the late Union meet.
ing. Then the'rebellion was an uprising of the pea.
pie to defend their homes and wealth against North
ern invaders; now it was en unholy rebellion. Then
a crusade flutist Abe rights of the South ; new thery
hoped "the enthusiasm of the day would thew it
- self into a support of the armies add navies that the
uncalled-for rebellioe might be speedily mashed."
Then they ransacked creation to find epithets and
denunciations for the administration and everything
Connected wills the war; now they could. but ac
knowledge the ability of our President. •
march the 6th ls , &day long to be remembered:
m hundreds of thousands Caine out and rejoi
together. While "the voice of one crying IS the
wilderness" pointed. to the Prince of Pelee, this
points to the Angel of Peace which is now bourlog
over this laud and will soon come down and make
bee abode with us. We have ever bad implicit eon;
fidlence in Father Abraham, choosing rather to re
pose In his bosom than to cross over the great gulf
into the regions beyond, where the dark waters of
dlaurdontlew beneath and the scorching Area of se
cession burn. He has brought us three& Rae
years of desolating war; now can we not trust him
"Freedom's stall bas-only place
l'or a free and fearless race. • •
None for Smilers vile...and baser'
T. D. HEWETT.
Rsrrtarutus Pur.suqem or Hritti.—ln the red Of
a gentleman's Louse Sn Gold Mil, there elan& a
high wall of solid masonry, which was built tberalo
support ;an embankment Several days ago It was
observed that the wall was becoming cracked and
lnaecureandtlutateuing to tumble down:. • The gen
tleman Immediately battened - to warn his Serfaut
-girl - to remove _her quarters _to some other port of
the house, because if the wall fell it mutt bureitab/7
crush her bedroom to splinters: , Then rose up that
fair young maiden and rushed frantically to that
bedroom, and seized- her , Idolize:Arley bonnet and
rushed - back. snalu and deposited lt. In'a place of
safety remote Irons the threateeleglndl, and then
deliberately meandered back to that selfsame bed.
chamber wale and turned Into her bunk with the '
serene Indianan tout inch a' mad= always feels
when she knows that her Sunday harness. is beyond
the. reach , of mLsforinue or diminution. Presence
of mind like that is at. least remarkable--possibly
we might noose going - too tar If we even called it
tmostial and ertraordinary. - .That wall mar yet
and mash - th at girl, but it will be always s comfy
to her bereaved relstlons to know that bmboungt
is all safe.-61i'szada Torrileriel Ealerpr,
.811..t3C1A0 L /313A0P.--411114, ALA , pAtliter, was
palming Bishop and thoYciaerabk prelatti be.
gao to remonstrate with.. MIA upon Mel dissipate/1
course Into which be Lad Wen. •Zilivlas dropping
hie pencil from the forehead at p i a': portrait toi tho
lower part 01 all face add with . . a alight potion to
the reverend sitter, - "NMlymt be wood eno_agit to
glipt your motitb, Basbop f". By painting tlutt fixprre.
he changed the object, - 1
Ii n.”—This New Bodoni 'Mercury bite flux last
petroleum item. It else: "We bear that a gefetl6 "
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