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IS THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR
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ASSETIS Ist',7Uly' 1860; , : 61,48:469.27.
" 43,068.68.
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Jolla 3IcG cc, t p. F. ViTznarth,
Policies issned.entitersesred. ibe sindemigned, at his
°Mc. one 14 aboveSearles }low!, Montrose, Pa.
nor 29 g . BILLINGS si:torn, Agent.
17 rt. FL I yr 'V
TIAS just received a large stockiof new Staves,. for.
_ItAL. Cooking. Parlor. Office and Simi) purr:mos; for NS ood
or Coal, with Stove Pik., Zinc. ke.
Ills assortment is select and desirable, and will be sold
on the most favorable terms for •Caill„ or to 'l'romo Six
Moallas Buyers.
New Milford, Oct. Mth, 1660. •
Dandelion Poffee,
n A - HEALTHY neversge: One pound of this Cont.% will
!IL makecus much un two pounds or other E °free. For
wile by ABEL TERRELL.
MEDICAL CAR D.
L . , mi •
. "%7171.T.A5MCM, _ •Gridnitte
NA. at the Allonatic and Homeopathic Colleges of Med
icine, would returehis sincere thanks to ttiepeople ot Gt.
Bend and, vieinityns t lithe very liberal patronage , with.
hich the, ha, e fa, for him, and he hopes bi a atra at
tention to - tndaerivorederita liberal slum public
contidince.. Great Bend. J1111.1111r7 214 , 1861.
TAKE NOTICE!
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(lemmas Pa.14:111. is - =.l= Side's;
NJ Sheep Pelte, Fos. 3ftnk.,-Muskrat. and all kinds of
Furs. A good assortment of Wither 'and Boots and
tinues constantly on hand. Once, Tann6l3 4 , & Shop on .
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DAVID d-AIsTEY, M. D., - _
TIMING located permanently At. New- Milford,. Ps.,
attend promptle to entails with which, he =II
be favored. 0111ce at Tcdile. Hotel.
New Milford. July, rt, .
ABEL. TURRELL,
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HAS for eale, 'Metallic On,. for Sewing Machines.
Riock I Watch Oil, Bed Bag. Rat and Mouse Poi-
son. homeopathic Remedies, Pond's Extract, and a great
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t 'Coo* ' , allay of Patent Medicines.
We Join Ourselves to no Party s l t,hat Does not Carry the t Flag_ and* Keep Step to the Music of the Whole Union.
For elePline and beauty the following lines from the
pen of Charles Mackay, challenge the whole world of
poetry.
J. L. =iU)
The Geological History of North
America.
13" Ir =rt. ESTIEriTZIZTOS.
The subject for this evening is one
of the inost interesting and exciting in
the whole range of geological studies.—
That the . nirtb American continent,9vir
a large Portion of it, should have been
populated, with. lizards of the most enor
mous dimensions, While the ()deans and
lagoons *ere vexed,with similar mon
sters, might we)i eicite our wonder and
raise a doubt as to'. the genuineness of
our deductions from paleontological
data.
In the reptilian age, the United States,
as represented upon this map,- had assum
ed' a contour somc<w•hat -similar to its
present coast outline, save that the islands
along its scabbard and . the "peninsula of
Florida: were not then in existence. The
strata of rock which compose the
: system
or group known as 'the reptilian, com-.
meuce at *Martha's Vineyard, and extend
in a narrow belt to New Jersey, then rap
idly increasing width, they stretch
across this lattcr Stitt° and all the Adam-
tic States to Georgia. thence broadly
across the Giilf! Stack into the liidian
country, and the wide savannasof the in
terior of the continent, through Kansas,
Nebraska, the Aed River of the North to .
the Saskatchewan,' and probably to the
north as far - as ' the 'continent extends,
again west of the ROcky Mountains, fill
ing up the great interior basin df . Utah,
reaching into CallifpOlia and southwards
into Mexico. • ,' ! • 1
The Gulf of Mexico yon perdeive
. is
much later Min at the present:. - There
is no peninsida Of Florida. The ,delta Of
the Mississippi mist have been as high up
as.Memplils if thissiiver was then in exist
ence. We suppose, that it was, for at the
close of the carboniferous age, and before
the - age 'under dismission this evening_,the
Apalachian rarges bad been elevated,apd
' drainage of the continent must have beeri
effected by a river system, much as at the
present time. Thelhigh plateaus of the
carboniferous werer cut through by the
Ohio and its affluents; on the west, tfie
Potomac, Susquehanna, and Delaware on
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the east, while the Valley o the Hudso4
was filled by an estuary of he ocean , ex.
tending by Lake :George a . d Lake Clian-+
plait, into Canada,' to meet with another
estuary filling the valley. of the St. Law
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rence. - . •
NEW 3fIZ.FORII. PA
About the middle of this age the valley
of the Farmington river Connecticut, in
part of the Connecticut above Middleto
to the Vermont line, and the New
Ha
len valley up to-the Farmington, was alio
an arm of the sea, in which the red sand
stones were laid down '
and on the shore's
of this estuary Walked those strange ani
mals revealed only 'to us by their
"Footprints on the sand,* 1
and pictured in ou'r imaginations as b i rds
of t.,dizantie-hight; kangaroos of enormous
dimensions, batrachians of fabulous pr
portions; and unknown beasts of 814
strange pedal extremities that compara
tive anatomy knows not where to find their
living analogues. • '
If some sporting cockney, some city
Nimrod, should enjoy a hunting season in
the,green woods of New Jersey. and
re
turn bearing.with Ihirn as a trophy of his
prowess, aland lizard the size of a small
elephant, which he bad sees_essfully bag
ged—the-monster, not gagging him—we
should be astonished at this modern
wan
der of the world; Barnum would be on
the qui rive, 'neither sleeping nor resting
until it reposed bythe side .of his whale
and river horse. • Doctoi'Leidy made—an
incursion into the cemeteries of the deini
of this era, in this State,and exhumed from
the marl beds the [ entire skeleton of one
of these strange and extinct animals. So
accustomed are we to these feats of these
resurrectionists and the wonderful discov
eries they bring to light, we cease to, tnar
vel,and-with all the composure of modern
science proceed to arrange them_ in their
proper position arid assign them their. ap
propnate niche in the grand mausoleum of
the ancient dead. • p -
The valleys of the Deep and Dan rivers •
of North Carolina, were also- filled With
theso,red sandstopea, and the tale they
tell is of birds allied to the ostrich, roam
inr, over the sands of the pine-wood State . ;
or vegetables lizards feeding on the
tes and eycaides, plants found now only.
in Australia and the hot climates of the
globe. And whit is still more significant
they tell of marstibial animals, of which
the oppossum ill now our only representa
tive in the United States, sporting, in the
evening twilight ;andmoonskiny nights,
feeding upon_ the'iruit-bearing trees which
in this. age, began; to adorn the forests of
America and enrich them with their.; luee
cious pro'dtictions, thus giving cifinble
promise of higher - order in the itigetible
kingdom, to be intrmigeed into the maw
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VOL 19.
TRUE POETRY.
flow many thoughts I pee thee
Como hither on the pais,
And 11-Moult count nafatling
The green blades as we pass ;
Or the leavei that sigh and tremble,
To the sweet wind of the west,
Or the rippling of the' river,
Or the sunbeams on its breast, '
111 count the thoughts I give thy.
dly beautiful, ter blest!
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•
Vow manyieys tows thee
eome sit where seas run high, -
And count the heaving billows,
' .Thit break on Ames and din—
Or the grains of sand they.fondle.
When the storms are overblown.
Or this pearls in deep sea caverns,
Or the stars in the milky sone.
And I'll count the joys I owe thee. •
My beantind, my own I .
And bow much lore I proffer t
Come scoop the ocean dry, ,
Or weigh in thy tiny.balance„
The star slips of the sky ;
Or twine around thy Singers,
The sunlight streaming wide,
Or fold It to thy bosom,
. While the world Is dart beside;
And I'll fell bow much I lusbethes.
My belntik',
_my bride 1 . .
FIFTH LECTURE
* MONTROSE, PA.,THURS DAY, JANUARY 9, 1862.
earth" to be created -in the succeeding
age, and new and higher types - of animal
life, to enter upon and enjoy.the full frui
tion .of the prophecy. • -
While the woods and, waters of . the
North - were.thus strangely tenanted, the
savannas and lagiione of the South had,too
their monstrous saurian and crockodiles,
and the waters of the Alabama were vex
ed with the zengladon, an animal allied
both to the lizard and the whale, and ,ri
voting the largest spermaceti whale in
Length and largeness of its dimensions.—
' A botanical rambler in the - woods peopled
by these strange reptiles, would' have had
his senses regaled by spicy breezes from
groves 'of cinnamon 'and the- tulip tree
while fruits of the - fig, persimmon and
bawbaw' would have melted with luscious
ness upon his tongue, and satisfied his
appetite. He could have gathered nuts
from the chestnut, medicines from -the.wil
low, poplar and cedar. At,night he could
- have. spread his couch with branches of the
spruce and made hid siesta by day . under
the shade of the' oak or elm as his fancy.
might Choose. •
The economic minerals of thiOge are
mainly the Coal of Richmond, Va., and of
Deep and Dan rivers, -of North Carolina.
The copper and lead ores of
Pa., an 'Belvidere, N-. A., but in general
the copper ores are not reliable. Iron
ore, as hematite and bog ore, has been
found in the Atlantic and Gulf States:—
The lime rocks of this age in Mexico and
South America are silver-bearing. The
lignite beds (coal,), of the, Rocky Moun
tains and Pacific coast belong aslo to this
age. The fertilizing green 'sand marls of
. New Jersq, Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee, are the peculiar minerals of
the cretaceous period. The rich colored
fire stones of Connecticut and New Jersey
are from the rocks of this age. •
SIXTH LECTURE
At the era treated in our last lecture,
thelitards and
of any
reptiles -were the
most abundant of any class of animals,and
they were the highest type of aninials up
on the earth.; Next after them were cre
ated those animals which suckle their
young. These are called mtitnmals froth
the latin word, mamma; breast.
The characteristic feauture of the mam
malian ertrw.as the introduction•of many
species of large spimals now extinctoome
of them allied.- to existing genera, but
most of them haying no living analogues.
Animals now only found within' the
tropics—as the elephant, rhinoceros; and
tape-had their feeding • grounds as far
north as Cariada. While the mastodon
roamed still farther north, and his limits
resehedßom the Rocky Blopntnivl3 to
New gngland and lmig Island. In the
fivers of Nebraska, swam the hippopota
mus, now only found in the waters of the
warm regions of Africa. Several species
of the rhiaoCeros wallowed in - the cane
brakes of the same St: 4e.
•In Virginia - and Kentucky, the mam
moth sloth, ifcgolodon Jefferson; , brosed
on the forests of poplar, willow, and trees
of other genera that have come doWn to
ourday. Animals- of the- camel order .
trod the sandy deserts, the hog wallowed
in his mire, the horse skimmed over the
plains, the ox fed on the -, broad prairies
and ruminated in the shade of forests
growing by. the water courses.
About the middle - of this era, carniver
ons Were introduced; to feed up
on the increasing ntultitudesof the minim
ants, thus fulfilling the great law of the
animal kingdom, that, the enormous poW
,er of reproductiOn given to lower animals
should not increase so vastly as to fill the
earth to the -exclusion - of others, but that
the Malthusian fear of the danger of over
powering production, should be removed.
by an order of animals destined by habit,
dentition, physiology and Alesigi, to feed
upon their, fellow animals, and keep with
in limits the whither of ilclividnals.
A very significant feat re of the close of
this era, In the increase of animals allied
to our domestic and mats, mirk and flesh- .
producing—with burden bearing—while
at the same time there was an increase of
fruit bearing trees, bread-producing cer
eals and grasses clothing - the • plains, not
necessary for the old type, and profette of
a higher type in the succeeding
hr the latter part .of this era appear the
monkey tribes—men of the- woods—earli
er upon the - Europeim, later hp on the
American continent., ACcording to the
development, school, these.are the progen
itons, of the human race, but according to.
a more rational school, and to which - ge
ology•lendit all its testimony, they are the
ante-type-of man ; just as the closing years
of each preceding age gave promise of
newer and .higher types in the eras follow
ing. , •
Our continent received additions in this •
' age along its sea-board line from Lubec;
in Maine,. to fiorida, the Gulf slopes of the
' Gulf States, .the valley of the Hudson,
Lakes George and Champlain, and the St.
Lawrence-received deposits. • We think
also that' he blue and yellow clayi of the
Slake region belong to the same age. A
large inland body of fresh water filled the
I eastern part of Nebraska, and with many
interruptions, this of similar bodies exten
ded by th 4 Red
.river of the north, west
of lake Winnipeg, perhapi up to .the ar
, tic continent.. Greenland also had addi
:dons to its' sea-bOard line. Disco Island
and the main 'laird have coal or lignite of
this age. The dessert of Utah, and south
of it, along the Colorado, - and large patch
es in California wire covered, by waters
of the Gulf of California ,and the Pacific
Ocean. .
We have no valuable minerals added to
our mining treasures in this.age,bUt what
is quite equivalent, the gold of the Pacific
slope of the continent was washed from
the mother vetug and deposited iri plces
forlle miners of the present - time. •
HONZY Asp Btrrren.—The Rev. Dr. 31
----was repnted for the iniavity of his
manners' and his especial politeness to
wards the fair 'sex.—Handing a dish of
11,017 to a lady, at a party in his house,
he said in wonted manner, do take a
little heney,..Miss.--!--'tis so sweet--so
like yourself.' I • -
'Ab,ltfrllluddie,' banding the hatter
dish to the host, she - exolahned., DO take
a little butter 'iis so like yourself.'
The Border States and the Aboli
tion Plot•
ThiStates of Kentucky and' . Missouri
contain a majority of Men favorable to
the Union, and willing to fight for its •
preservation—that is,for the Union under
the Constitution. - Many . of those loyal
persons are slave oavners, as they have an
unquestionable right to belinder the laws
of their States, and denounce and and.ev
ery attempt to interfere with.their privil
eges in this respect.' Congress assured
them that the war had but •one purpose,
and that was the preservation of the Un
ion', with the rights and institutions of the
several 'States unimpaired. Accepting
this pledge in good faith, they ranged
themselves on the side of the Government
1 and withstood the temptations that sought
.to allure
. them into the ranks of rebellion.
Their firm and devoted loyalty is to be
commended ; but how is it regarded by
the ultra faction now urging the Govern-'
ment into the .adoption of extreme men'.
ures ? These men ; say are slave
owners-;.-the rebellion is a slaveholders
rebellion, and the loyal men of the border
States are therefore little bettdr than open
enemies so•long as they demand security
and protection for their slave property.—
We
will treat slavery as thereat emu'.
nal,n ot withstanding some professedly loy
al men have an interest in the institution,
and require protection for their rights.—
The rule with those who avgue. in this
why is, that a slaveholder ins necessarily a
-rebel, 'whether he is fighting against the
trition or maintains a loyal position. The
aim of the radical politicians is apparently
to drive the loyal border States into open
rebellion, in or der to substantiate the the
ory that slavery is the cause of the war,
and to destroy that remnant of ' respect
for constitutional obligations which still
attaches collie people of the Northern
States. This result. accomplished, and
the extremists would be enabled to point
to the defection of every Slave State in
the Union Its • incontrovertible evidence
, that slavery is the cause of the war, and
I demand'with exultation that a blow be
struck at the great criminal. If this is
not the object of the Abolitionists, why
t arc they so anxious to driv . oll' the bor.,
. der States? .
. Every lover of his- country ,must feel
the deepest sympathy for the loyal men'
of Kentucky, Virginia and Missouri, who
have accomplished more, and endured
more for the Union than all . the Aboli;
tionists put together. -Instead of weaken
ing their moral or physical power, our of;
forts should be directed strengthening I
both—and above all they should not be,''
punished Itor thoir 110 3 - -niiy by being de
prived of anvoftheir.constitutional rights.
But the Abolitionists seem to be studdy
ing how they can best disgust and de
grade-the loyal slaveholders, and furnish
them with substantial reasonsiorrusling
into the arms of the rebel Cenfederacy.
If the Union could be restored to-inor
raw, without the destruction of slavery;
the Abolitionists would 'interpose object
ions. No one can have observed—their
course without seeing that their object is
to destroy slavery by the use'of the war
power. or, failing in that, to • divorce the:
Northern States from connection with
the institution by - a dissolution of the Un
ion. Just at this time their faith in the
ability of the Government to crush ,rebel
lion is wavering ; and their policy, is`to in
crease-the enemies of the Union, and the
power of the Confederacy, by driving off
the border States—then the next step will
be to insist upon universal emancipation
and arming of the negroes as the last re
sort, and when that fails they will 'say :
"this contest is hopeless. We cannot sub
jugate the South. Let us consent to dis
solution, and thank Heaven that we are
rid of the great sin of slavery." This is
evidently- the programme of the radical
party, and the only way of preventing the
consummation of their disunion plot is to
guard against the first step in it, by main
taining the Constitution at all hazaids.
HANGING OrdIVE BRIDGE BUILVERS • IS
TEN!4ESSEE.—A correspondent of .the
Richmond . Examiner writes from Green
ville, Tennessee, the following cold-blood
ed particulars of thelanging. of two of
the patriotic bridge-burners of the East
Tennessee by the Confederates:
"The two doomed culprits were not
aware of theiit doom until a few moments
before the hour, four o'clock, p. m., and,
short, as the time was, they. busied them
selves in speaking on oath, their full con
fession of guilt before; the court-martial.—
Fry confessed that be poured the turpen
tine on the bridge and afterwards set fire
to this combustible material ; carried the
sentinel off some half mile e and, made hire
. swear never to.rereal the names of the of-
fenders.
"Providence has saved the sentinel the
trouble. for they. have met , the fate so
justly meted out to them. They came in
sight of the gallows—a temporary affair
erected on the hillside, in full view of the
town—and a large oak limb was substi
tuted as a crossbeam forthis novel engine
of death, and a shudder passed over them
which was perceptible by all.
"They knew that in a iew• moments
they must die the death of a felon.
"The whOle.battalion under arms was
drawn up around the ground, and the
ropes were adjusted, by corporal lipVey,
of our company. he caps drawn over
their pale faces,the ladder was taken from
the tree; the stillness of death pervaded
the whole throng; the minute hand was
in 'a few seconds of four o'clock; the watch
still went tick, tick ; their knees shook vis
ibly; the whole frame was ready to give
way to nature's spirit. Hark!' it is four
o'clock! The trigger is touched, and lo!
dangling atthe rope's end, between heav
en and earth, are.seen two strangling hip.
man beings t The struggles of one were
short; the other seemed a little kith to
'give - up the spirit froin tenement of
clay, but in a few short moments- they,
were both 'dead.
"It has had a • wonderful effect upon
.
unionism here,:and scores are pinning
night and day—taking the cativo(' Alegi . ;
Mice to our Government, and by this se
rions genic* proclaim to the World'lllat
they will defend it'agsinst all Of its ene
mies."
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Death of Prince Anion
Intelligence of the death of 'Prince Al-•
bertohe husband of Victoria, was
received herewith surprise and regret.—
At the age of only forty-nine years, he
- having been born in August 1819, it was
naturally to be expected that he had still
along career of honor and usefulness be.
Ibre him; but. the great Leveller forces an
unwilling entrance alike into pallace and
cottage. His illness was .considered to
be so slight - tit the beginning as to have
received no .notice on this side of the wa
ter; and only two days before his de
cease did it assume alarming symptoms.
The disease was gestic fever, which termi
nated his life on the 15th instant. "-
Frites Albert Agnstus Charles Emman
uel, Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha,- 'was
just "thiee months the junior of Queen
Victoria. Under the superintendence. of
his father be received and excellent edu
cation which he finished by a course at
one ofthe - Germin universities. As a
student be was dilligent, and if not bril
liant, yet emminently, successful. His
conduct at that period of life, too was in '
strong contrast with that which 'often
characterises the students of German uni
versities. At a very early age it is relat
ed that friendly feelings sprang up be:
tween him and the Princess Victoria, as
manifested by
.exchanging books, ....with
observations on authors, and the like.—.
In 1838, accompanied .by' the King of,
the Belgians, he visited the court of the
youthful Queen, who shortly after, an
nounced her purpose of taking the young
German 'for better, for worse. Themar
riage took-place in February, 1840. Two
months longer would have completed the
twenty-second,year of the wedded lives of
His Royal Highness and din' queen of
England.
The situation of Prince-Albert was such
as to preclude him from engaging in po
litical life; he theref2re„ devoted his at
tention mainly, raltters relating to so
cial science, agriculture, the, Great exhi
bition, and the like, in all which he has
rendered valuable services to the nation.
As one of the first projectors of the
World's Fair in 1851, he saw its success
eclipse all expectations formed_respectinn.
it. His•efforts in improving the dwell
ings of the poor, were praiseworthy and
highly, beneficial. The agricultural inter
est bas no warmer and intelligent friend
than he. He also possessed with his thor
ough intellectual culture a refined taste.
But it is as a true man, a father and a
Christian that he deserves to be held in
greatful remembrance.- Squaring his own
conduct by the Divine rule, he applied
the same great law to, his children In the
nurseri, mid lived to see its fruits in tfieir
Subsequent conduct. No gossip circu
lates through saloons, about his Court in
trigues; nor do we believe that his char
acter has ever been' assailed publicly or
privately for failing to comport with his
Christian profession.
Only once, some years ago, did a cloud
appear to pass over his disc. Suspicious
were formed that he was using bis knowl
edge and influence to compromise Great
Britain in the affairs of Germany ; but-the
passing shadow soon dissolved "under ex
plicit denials of 'the charges-readejit Par
liament. Fora tittle, however, the, thus-
derbolts of a portion of the press, espec
islly the. London 'Times, , were .launched
remorselessly at his head. That matter
has since beep set to rights, and the rep
utation of the deceased Prince will long be
dear
,to the hearts of the English people.
Prince Albert leaves nine children to de
plore their loss.
Don't Get Discouraged
Don't . get discouraged ! : Whoever
gained anything by drawing down the
corners of his mouth whew' a clod came
over the sun, or letting his heart drop
like a lead - weight into his shoes when
misfortime came upon Mtn ? .Why, man
if the world knocks you down anti jostles
past you in its great race, don't sit whin
ing under peopleS feet, but get up sub
your elbows, and begin again. There are
some people who even to.look at is worse
than i dose.of chamomile' tea. What if
you do happen to__ be a little puzzled on
the dollar and cent question i Others be
sides you have stood in etacify the same
spot,. and struggled bravely out of it, and
.you are neitheehalt, lame nor,blind, that
you cannot do -likewise ! The weather
may be dark; and. rainy—very well.; laugh
between the drops and think cheerily of
the blue. sky and sunshiriethat will surely
come to inorrywl! Business may be dull
make the best of, what you have, and look
forward to something more hopeful. V'
you catch a fall, 'don't lament over your I
bruise, but be thankful-that no bones 'are
broken. If you earn afford roast beef and
}Aim pudding, eat your codfish joyfully 1
bless your stars or the indigestion and
dyspepsia you thereby escpe! But the
1 moment you 'begin to look over your
tronbles and count up the calamities you
may as' well throw yourself over the . ,
wharfs and be dOne with it. • The luckiest
fellow ever lived,might have woes enough
i if he set himselfiserionsly,to work looking
theiz. up. They ire like invisible specks of
dust ; you don't see'em till you put on
your spectacles id discover what is a great
'deal-better let alone:
.
Don't get discouraged, little - wife !
Life is not long enough to spend in-inflam
ing your, eyes and reddening your nose
because the pudding wont bake, and your
husband says te new 'shirts'you worked .
over so long " t like . bags." Make San
other, pudding begin the - shirth anew !
Don't feel down in the mouth because" he
dust will settle; and clothes will wear out
i and crockery will get broken. Being a
Iwoman don't viroeure you an exemption
from trouble and care, -you have got to
fight the baltthi of life as well as: yoni.
husband, and it wilt never do to give up
withott 'eboldlatruggle. Take things as
they, come; good 'and' bid together, -and
when you fe4iticlined to cry, just change
your mind ancillaugb ; never turn a bless.
mg_ around toiee if it has got -a dark side
-to it, and alikrayii lake , it for granted that
things are-I:4ssings "until they ;prove to
be something film. Never allow yourself
to get discouraged and yOu'lt find the
-world a. pretty comfortable sort of place
after all.
An Oddity of the-Last Century.
*The editor of a recent edition of Lady
Mary Wortley Montague's . 'Letters gives
the following account of the Earl of Pem
broke, a great oddity of a Inindred years
ago: •
Marrying ; for the third time at seventy
five, he maintained strict domitiion over a
wife, whom-other people thought safely
arrived at years of discretion, and quite
fit to take care Of herself. 'She had leave
to visit in an evening, but must never on
'any account, stay out a minute later than
ten o'clock,lhie supper hour.. One night,
however, she stayed till past tWelve. He
declined supping, telling the servants it
could, not be ten o'clock, as their lady
had not come home. - When at last she
came in -a terrible fright, and making a
thousand apologies —"My dear ;"Raid he,
very coolly, "you are under a mistake,- it,
is but just ten : your watch, I see,goes too
fast, and so does mine ; we must have 'the
man to-morrow to set them 'to rights ;
meanwhile, let us go to supper:
His example bn another,occasion might
be worth following. , Of all the Mede-and-
Persian laws establiihed• in his house,and
the most-peremptory was, that "'any ser
vant who once got drunk shosuld be in-,1
stantly discharged, no pardon granted, no'
excuse:listened - to. Yet an old' footman,
who had lived with him many.years,would
indulge in a pot :of ale extiaordinaryi
trusting the wilful blindness which he
saw assumed when convenient. One fa,
tal day-, even this could not avail: As my
Lord crossed the hall, John appeared in
full view ; not rather tipsy or a little dis
guised, but dead drunk and not able to
stand. Lord Penibroke went-up to him :
"My poor fellow, what aili you? you seem
dreadfully ill=let me feel your pulse:—
God bless us, he is in a raging fever; get
him to bed direCtly, 'and send for ,the
apothecary." The apothecary came, not
to be consulted, •for lordship was a
physician , general in his own family; - •but
obey orders—to bleed the patient -; copi
ously, clap a huge blister On his back, and
give hini a powerful dosq'of physic: Af
ter a few days of this treatment,when the
fellow emerged weak and win,and the se
verest illness could have left him. "Itsh,
honest John," cried his.master,"l ain tru
ly glad to see thee alive; you have had e
wonderful escape, though, and ought to
be thankful —very thankful Andeed.- ,
Why; mati,lf I had not passed by and
spied the condition you were in,yOu would
'have been •ileirl before now. But John !,
John!" (lifting up his finger,) "no raver of
•
theirfaiers."
A Singular Incident
The Lynchburg Republican, of the 2.ath
tilt.,publishes the' follo w ing incident:re
maable alike for its singularity as Well
as for its Melancholy fulfillment to the
brother of One of theparties concerned :
Just. before.the warqiroki,ont, and be
fore Lincoln's proclamation tas issued, a
young Virginian, named Stungterfield,was
visiting the city of New- Yoik, where he
made the acquaintance of two, Misses
Holmes, from Waterbury', Vermont. He
became • somewhat intimate :— with the
-young ladies, and the intercourse seemed
to be mutually rgreeable. The,proelatna
don was issued, and . the • whole North
thrown into a blaze of eicitemeut. On
visiting.the ladies' one evening, at the
hour of parting, they remarked to Sum
merfield-that their' present meeting would
be the last ; they must : hurry - home to nid
in making: up the overcoats and clothing
for the volunteers from their town:- • Sum
merfield expressed: his regret that they
must leave, but at the same time especial
ly requesting them to see that the over
coats were well made, as it was his inten
tion, if he ever met the Vermont regi
ment in battle', to kill ode of them Ind
'take his coat.
Now toY' the sequel. Virginiaseceded.
The Second Vermont Regiment, a por
tion of which was from the town . of
terbury, was sent to Virginia. The bat-•
tle of Manassas was fought, in whichthey
wefe engaged, and so was. summerfield.
During the battle S. marked his m'an, not
khowing to what Stan he belonged ; the •
fatal ball was sped on its errand - of death ;
the victim'fell at the flash of the gun, and
=roams
rising up to secure the dead •an's
arms, Summerfield observed that he had
a fine new overcoat strapped to • his back,
which he determined 'to appropriate •to
his own nse. - The fight was over, and
Summerfield - bad time to examine his
prize, when, remarkable as it 'may appear,
the coat was'marked - With , the name of
Thomas Holmes, and in the pockets were
found letters, signed with the nacre of the
sister,whom Summerfield had made_ the
remark we have - quoted, in . which the.
dead man was addressed as brother. • The
evidence was Conclusive—he had killed
the brother of his friend,and-the remark
which he had made ii jest had a . melan
choly fulfillthent4 We are assured this
narrative is-literaliy .true. Summerfield
now• Wears the coat,
.and, out informant
states, is not a little impressed with the
singuarity ofthe coincidence. •
Wr Senator Wilson's bill abolishing
slavery in the District of ColumbiN ap
propriates one million 'dollars to Com-,
pensate loyal owners. It receives the
assent of several member of the Cabinet,
including Chase, also, of numerous high
army officers and influential members of
'Congress.—[Waah.Cor.Chicag_o Tribune . .
That is a specimen of the way the people
will have to. be taxed to set loose upon
the country a fresh batch eemancipated
blacks. Millions will be required to free
the slaves and feed them after they are
free. The burdens oh taxpayers on ac
count of the war will not be heavy enough;
it must be added to by appropriations to
free the blacke.—[Cincinnati Enquirer.
THE MINISTER AHD 111 E GIRLS.-- A
minister once delivered a strong sermon
against visiting on Sunday evening. After
tea the young clergyman said to &friend
'Come, let us -go to the deacons and
spend the evening with his daughter.
'Row 1° cried his friend, with much
surprise, 'is it possible you can make such
a proposal. to. me. after the sermon .you
havejnet.,Concluded?'.
i'Peha,w, said he, 'I only made these re.
marks in order that we might have the
better chance with the girls otrselvee.
JOB.PRINTV/ rof ALL. SIN ,
, DONE AT TA OFFICE OF•THE
31:i AC Co CI ,
. NEATLY OD puomPTLY, ,
AND. AT "LIVE Alin) LET LIVE. " PRICI
Tux office of the .Montrose Donnef
has recently been supplied with a lied• and *twice '.n y
of type, etc., and we Are now prcpored.to print pantplii; ,
;cite...aye. etc., etc., hi the best style, on short notice,
Handbills, Posters, Programmes, :.r I
other kinds of work In this lime, done actor:Hag to to:,
Business, Wedding, and Ball CAM's
rickets, ete. 4 printed with neatness and despatch.
• Justices' and Constables' Blanks, Nett
french, sad aII other Blanks, on band, or Rioted to Wt.,
I' NO. 2.
job workand Blanks, So be paid fur. or dense.,
A gentleman who attended the recent,
lecture of Wendell Philips in New York
city, informs the Argus, of an incident.;
which amply illustiates the character of
the audience, and khows it to have been
fully in harmony with that-of the speaker.
His oration was a complete farrao_ of
treason, one-fifth of which, if uttered by . a
Democrat, wnald have consigned the In
dividual insbutly •to Fort Lafayette or
Warren.- The incident alluded to is not
reported in the daily papers. At the
close of a treasonable passage, where
Philipaavo*ed that he was for the IThion
now only bicause I'4 hoped the, constitu
tion would be overridden; a person in,:the
hall called out, - "Three cheers for. Abe
Lincoln and- the Constitution !" The re
ittonee was an instant shout of "Rustle
him Out!" and he was .114t14.1 out, igno
miniously.
Gen. Fremont was present. and when
evter his name was uttered.bythe speaker,
;this gang ofdreason. mongers and despis
ers of the Cocistitution voCiferOusly ap
plauded,
_while Gen. 3lcClellan's name _
was passed over.ir utter silence. Fre
mont alone, of all the Generfils of the ar
my; was judged to have shown sufliciefit
contempt foi Const it trt tonal restraints,and
enough of the dictator, to suit, this revo._
lutionary conclave, which .reminds one of
the clubs in whith Robespierre Used 'to
.rant,'and the suns •culottes of Paris to ap:
plaud.,
A LARGE BUILDING.:—;—The largest
building in the world will be-that 'intend
edfor-the Inilustrial Exhibition in , Lon.,
don, inlBo2. There are upwards 0f . 1200
columns and 800 girders, the m , gregate
weight of which iron work will 410U0
tons. The-picture galleries alone will be
1200 feet in length - and ranee than .00 feet
in bight. . In these enormous walls more_
item six millions of . brick have already
been swallowed up,And more Min twelve
millions more have yet to be laid.._sThe
gallery, when completed, will be divided
'by- semi-circular arches into_ compart- •
ments4..of these,two will . he 325 feet long,
a third 150 feet, a fourth and fifth 70 feet
and four smaller ones 50 feet long. - The
nave of the building; which terminates at
either-end of the colossal dome, is 85 feet. - . ,
wide; it, is "formed of double columns
eon . plechtogell) - er. • One of these columns
is circular, the other square, the former
faces the nave, andiTley are each 42inches
in diameter. On the right' And left of the.
nave are two side aisles fOrni6d of iron -
columns eight inches in diameter, and
placed \ 25 feet apart and those .will carry
the galleries 50 feet in width. On- 'the'
right-Zif-the nave, and _beyond the 25
tdstcs, :We tato - mners rurinea- -vex spurn'
row of columns and the party-wall which
separates the building from the grourids of
the Horticultural SOciety. .These sid,l
aisles are 50 feet wide. On the left, et.-
, teriMlP. from the'Exhibition'road, and -he
yondcthe two side aisles, there a third
avenue, which fills up the space to ..the
wall of the picture 'gallery. • The -4.loinei
will be supported. on eight pairs of col
unms, onepair being placed at each angle
of the octagonal area Nslhich the domes
,
will - cover. • •
SINGING Scnoot.—The editof .of tho
Montgome . ry Democrat thus soliloquises
over this old fashioned institution :
,Of the old fashioned - singing school boy.;
much has been said and sung ! Great in
stitntions. were theyvarrangments charm;
ingly suggestive of tun frolic,
show, - .
starli'ghf, love, laughter, bells and alq*a•-
ble 'Those • singing . schools
away out. in the country, we mean, held
in .the only Church and:that asmall one—
within a circuit of twenty 'miles. They
made the church a weekly trysting place
of each'p'aired. oflponple for miles arot.lnt
they_ made it:the week's centre•of.gravity
for . the old folks to get; to • fur ,a
shake of hands ; they inade it a grand
gathering 'place where matters practical.';
could be - talked . over, matters 'sena;
menial could be sighed 'o.ter,-and matters
musical could be sung over and learnt..-:
How many sung, themselves - froth Old
clundied to matrimony ! What plans
and partnerships for the :futtire sprung
from the ride which William and Mary
Ann had to and from the -singing school !
They went to Church to :learn. to .sing,-
and they only learnt soft sawder. - They
went in single harness and came back in
doulde;with the usual promise never to,
kick over the (races or shatter the matri.
monial dashboard. And Mary Ann's' spit
curl was accordingly sobered , back, and
; WO= worked the 01 farm till he went
to Congress or Canaan. . •
A Treasonable Affair
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WASIII.N . GTON. Dec. 23—Desp atches .
from Commander Ridgerey, - cruising off
the_coast of Texas hive been received -
from which it appears that early . 'in De -
ember his Captured the English schooner -N
Victoria, of seventy two tons, from Point
Isabelovith a clearance from the Rebel
authorities, having run the bltick4(le:
The vessel was sent to Key West, Seven
of those on boardlook the oath of allegi
ance, and six were detained as enemies
,of •
the United States.
The schooner Eugenia . . was also over-
hauled, but. permited to depart, no
,eon,
traband - articles -being felled on beard.
The persons et: two Rebel agents were
however seeared,naniely,Thotnas Rogeri,
of Texas and Mr. Zachary, of Sr. ew Orlerns
The paper. found on them clearly baplicat
.ed them as Rebel' agents seeking to malse
their way to' Mexico, and . from thence to
other'parts.
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TINTON SENTIMENT r.... ; NEW ORLEANS.-
The Fratikfort (4y) correspondent of the
Cincinati Gazette says : A letter has been
;received {by private hands, and therefore"
free from censorship,)liy a leading Senator
from a wellknown relative in New Orleans
1 The Senator knows his ittative to be:an •
earnest and ardent Secessionist, and to,
have the best opporhanites for learning
the state of imbliefuilitig. The relatille,.
-uncontrolled by 'censonfhip, writes that
'candor -compels him to admit that a-nus
i_
jority of be citizens—and they, the better
portion, too—are to day Union men and,
will prove it stab° - first opportunity - by,
rising to aid the Lincoln invaders.! N '