JDcuotcu to f olifirs, fittrnturc, Olgriculturc, Sricnre, Jiloraliti), nnu cncval Intelligence. VOL 20. STROUDSBUEG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. OCTOBER 10, I8SI. NO. Published by Theodore Schocli. ' TERMSTwo dollars per annuminadvance-Tvio neanug ui uj uieuiur oi me garrison, dollars and a quarter, half yearlyand if not paid be- Thej C3D have lights ID their room8 until fore the end.of the year, Two dollars and a half. Cf. . t . . , . , - N papcfsdUconlinued until allarrearagesarepaid, Dttceo minutes past DIDO O clOCK, and Bf- rcept at the option of the Editor. .r,. tcr that hour noise and loud talking mast .Advertisements of onesquare (ten hncs)orless, e. , One or three insertions, $ I 00. Each additional inscr- CCBSe for the Dlght. lor an hour ID the ton, -25 cents. Longer ones in proportion. j ; J v : " ' i morning ana aiternoon the prisoners can A . Vw' 7 promenade about the premises (in com JOB IRIXTIAfa. nany with a guard), and at such times can ttamental Type, vc are prepared to execute every de senpuon oi Uards, Circulars, Dill Heads, Notes. Ulank Receipts, at 6 o'clock in the evening. It may be Justices, Legal and other illanks, Pamphlets. &r., prln w iu uu nvmuj,. """J ted with neatness and despatch, on reasonahictcims stated that the prisoners generally appre at tt,is oflicc- ciate their privileges, and that there has """ bccn no infringement of the rulos sufficient FORT LAFAYETTE. I to merit punishment, life in the Political pruon of New York ' At Fort Laf . jetlc, ss elsewhere, "iron Condition of the inmates. cJi a9 Falstaff ajs, "is a good soldier." r .i xt xr i n . I Those who have the mean of doing so From the New York Post. ,. i . . T t I can live nearly as well at Bort Lafayette Since the 20th day of lost July; Fort 08 at arjy hotel. In one largo room, Lafayette for years an unimport.nt, al- wbjcb jM about 6;sty by grteen foctj tbero most unooticed fortification in our harbor are D0 iess tban tliirty of tbo "better class" has been one of tho "lions" of this i- of pri.0ncr9 wbo have loth friends and cinuy. ii was uol uom ihis -puone in- titotion" bad been changed to a ttictly tly private one, aud a place which had been nlways open to visitors was clorcd to all tut those who were specially and indeed Ccrs wll0 actd as bursar, and the wife of ists, and Mias Cunningham, also a Seces pressingly invited, that it becamo an ob-1 one Qr (De soldier does their catering ' n'onist. adhnrps to the fnrtnnpa nf Snntl. ject of particular iuterct. Since Mr. E. . o. xvuggiw, u. r.yut.K.M.u.g, irimB, jret of curiosity to the pa.-Hcngers of the in-coming ana out-going Mcatuers, ana the Coney Mnnd tteamboat has done a ! psnicuiariy gooa t.usinc-s uus season in transporting people who went down the bay to look at our "Ba-tilc." . m a jcuerai cunatuy u occd ihdii ed to an outride view. With a good op- era gla one eould see now and then a ! hesd (whether of a soldier or a prisoner was, of course, uncertain) looking through a port-bole; three or four sentinels with muskets paciog around the walls; a few old cannon lying on the dock, and per haps a boat passing to and from Fort Hamilton and tbis was all. It is characteristic of what Widow Be dott calls "batnflo nater," that those wbo could not were extremely anxiou to go went, uowo a- a po.iuua. pn.-oiiur, auu uie bacco and other comforts, the prisoner.-, J deratood her habits of business, and made fort became "a retreat for Rebels and a ' gJve an order on th0 burnar. The club- them mbservient to his schemes. He Wpital for diseased patnotim," the Jit- j merj get a good breakfast and dinner, was, however, even when detected, suffer- i:o oay-Mach ioruncanon nas teen an oo- witlj a mo(icrato a owance at dinner of : ed to snmae oi i?on liaiayeue, wnne omen, tbeoifelves) matters and things in gener- ( Flnladclphia Jfress. who would give antbing to remain outside j a and "the situation" in particular, and j went in and stayed for weeks. Mr Rug- paj cards, chess and checkers by thej Vam v . n , , v gles, tbe first visitor, was very lonely for 0ur. Tobacco is not tabooed, and the ! rk a Hundred Years Ago seven dajs, till Dr. John-on, of Baltimore, club for a large part of the day, i9 under v N.ew k 1 1.761'. described by came to keep him company. On tbe la.t a cloud in wofe etiscs thaD 0Je. , raio J- Lossing in his late work, day of Jane no less than ven persons Sia;jar but smaller clubs have been Th,f Llfe 8D Time" of ?h,,I,P Sch.ny took up their residence inside tbe fort; 'organized in some of the other rooms. lc.r't .W8S really a village m comparison and iuce tbat'time daily additions to tbe There are a few prisoners, some of tho mtl present splendor and proportions, company have brought the number of res- Paior, 3Dd others, who bare no money, u New York at this time contained a idents to cighty-eight. and are constantly dependent upon the bout thirteen thousand inhabitants. There Volantary visitors, however, including autboritie for their daily bread. These wore aborut 2,500 buildings in the city tbcintimitefricndsandfamilicsofthepris- ' re furnished with good and wholesome 3 tbem of brick, covered with oners, and those individuals of an inquir- but piain food, differing but little from t,le8 ad m,08t of them presenting an as ingurn of mind known as reporters, were lhe rations of the aoidiers who are their Veoof comfort aQdhft. Fmo country courteously turned away by Lieut. Burke. keeperg. AU Lave aD UDlituited lookout residences, surrounded by gardens and ne "b.d his orders." and he couldn't ,ie; of lho baj and Staicn Wand ahore. Ptures embellished the suburbs, and have victors. One indefatible report- Tbe pa3fiD ebips and steamers break the B0.mo1of thf l?w,n comPar- cr went down ,o many time, that the offi moLOt0ny of an otherwise weary day.- at.ve1. Palat'al- Jhe ci y was almost a cer on duty finally told him in a pleasant Tbc tbrc dailj trip8 0f the Coney Island . .m!, ,D e1' "J abut ha,rf ? m:,S ,D way,thatifhecameagainhewouldputhim'bot9 are looked for events. . its greatest breadth. Some of the streets in and keep him there. Another proposed There can be but one opiniorj oniy 0f 1 were paved with huge pebbles, as in rural to go to one of the faionable hotels, the conduct of Col. Burke and bis officers ?,tles "d v! ,Bg" 'i renter his name as a recent of Charles- and men towards tbe prisoners in their but nearly all of them were irregular in ton. talk treason and secc.s?ion, and thus cbargc. The prisoner are allowed every i their linear rela ions and course. Its Xrtsentto tbe haven of his hopes. Tbe privilege eoutent with their safe keep- I markets were well supplied with fish, probatle difficulty of ' getting out" b.s d bave no rcaS0nable cause for ?esh' !Dd T i r copy rendered this plan impracticable.- pI;inlt The j0S8 of liberty j, of floar8flf latter being chiefly rawed by Dutch farm The ao.t pressing importunities to see . fhe iain nrivation. but those prisoners i e." ?n I?arlcm Pla,D9' ar the end of certain persons upon 4,important family wbo baT0 bcen discharged teMified that, matters," ucaFes of life aud death," &c , ' f 0 far from tbe imposition of any unne bae bcen answered with the statement : cessarj restriction", they were moro fa 'You can send word to the person, but yoa TOrcd during their incarceration than cannot see him. they bad any reason to expeot when they Tbis Krictnces in preventing viit of wcre sent t0 jport Lafayette. eurioeity and com ounication by no means j . argues that there was anything to eonceal i From Charleston. with regard to tho treatment or discipline of those wbo were detainee a prisoners Tho Tiltio op t,-n nprsnns who have been ' di.charged, after an incarceration of from j five to forty days, hare conversed freely with tbeir friends about the interior ar- rangements of tbe fort, and the comforts .n ,t;.rnmfort of their imnrisonment. I " - r - Not one of them has complained of ill or ' :ven uncourtcous treatment. Col. Burke . does everything that he can consistently .. r . e t ill: . - lor ibe eomiori oi ois uuwiiuug guc?l3 . . . .. -....I ?i and the general testimony is that the pris oners are "having a good time." Life in Fort Lafayette may be described as follows : Tbe place is not bo much a prison as it is somewhat "exclusive" botrdingbouse, with sufficiently etrin gent rules and regulations for tbe eighty or less boarders in the establishment, These rules are conspicuously placed on tbe wall of each room, so that bo who runs may read; and tbe facilities for rea ding are somewhat in advance of those for running. Tbey preecribe that tbe prisoners' rooms must be ready for inspec tioa at nino o'clock in tbe morning; that washing must be done in tbe yard of tbe fort; prisoners Biust not talk with any ember of tbe garrison, but can commu nicate their waDts to tbe sergeant of the gcard; tbey aust obey implicitly tbe di rections of any saember of tbo guard; and tbey are notified that any transgression will be punished by solitary confinement, or such other restrictions as may be ne eesiary to a strict enforcement of tbe rales. There Is nothing specially stringent a lost these rules. The prisoners ust aad must not do certain things, but tbey are allowed eaany privileges. Those who are together in one rooss can con terse freely with esoh other, but tbey ire notified that they sauet not tslk about i poiiiio.i ffair of the country in tho call OD tbeir IriCDCB ana tellOW prisoners in the other rooms. Tho doors of the ' rooms are opened at 5 A. M. and closed money. These have olubbed together and unvt mnA .rmntrpni. 'n trl,;,.h rl.ir have made arrangements bv which their mcai sro furnjsucd to order. Their run(i, nrc d-DOsited with one of the offi- cooking aud washing. To meet outside , b,M3 for food, ftuppltes, ucwspapern, ,onio gtjmulaot) at a cost of about one dollar per diem for each. They are sub. ject t0 D0 extortion of any kind, supplies arc fUrnibed at a rcaonablo rate. jD tDe morning, when the Coney Island iontf or gr.t train from Brooklyn arrives al ort Hamilton, the prisoners who have ( mile arrangement oan get all the city ' rnorninrr naners. and sro thus dailv in- formed of affairs in tbo outside world. . Their correspondence only is subject to. Daveraux is said to have gone to Eu censorship, and as has already been ta-' rope, but many believe that be is hidden ted, letters written to or by tbo prisoners away in Philadelphia. His swindling are opened and read by the proper officer, operations netted him more than S100, and tbe few persons who have been re- 000, and his known parsimony will prob leascd (rooa custody have been forbidden ably direct bini in investing it. to carry away any written communication. He forged to the extent of 330,000 up The club-men live well. They pass 1 on the late Mrs. Gaunter, whose losses their time in readintr. discus-in? famonir are sucnosed to have induced her death. Washington. Tuesday, Oct. 1. A. J. Davis, a Polico Sergeant in m c n na i;unt.iia rai j80Dcr to' JSTa-h ville, Tenn. He there 1 ' a to Kentucky, and made tracks , fof tI5 ,ace Ho baJd an interview with tbe Preeent to-day, to whom he made rn . r nnA in a lull Dltttvuicut ui uiaucia uuu iumt Sece,siondom. lie states that there were but fcw tro 8 in Charleston, about 900 at port Sumter, and 600 on Sullivan's . . . - . . . I3 aDd. Half of these were juot lrom tbe r country. Ibey were throwing up Band batteries for coat defense. Among the working class, in and out of the army, tbo Union sentiment predominates, and they only await an opportunity to mani fest it openly. The Hattems blow waB keenly felt by the rebel leaders. Provis ions arc very scarce. Wheat flour is sold at lPc per lb. Tbere is no pork, and specie was commanding a large premium. Foderal prisoners from Richmond were brought in as Mr. Davis left. He con versed with Col. Corcoran, wbo is nearly well. Tbe Irish population was anxious, but feared, to exhibit sympttby for him. Only three vessels bave succeeded in run ning tbo blockade at Charleston. Tbo Confederate troops Been by Mr. Davis on bis way to Kentucky were poorly armed, generally with long bowie-knives and shot-guns. . You bad better send a son anaraaed and helpless into a wilderness of ferocious wild animals, than into the world without education. a.m. An Irishman's Omnion of a Yan kee. "Bedad, if be was cast away on a desolate Island, he'd get up tbe next mor nio' an' go round eelling nisps to the inhabitants." Mount Vernon to be Confiscated. Ao effort is being made by parties in this and other cities to Induce the Govern ment to confiscate tho Mount Vernon es tate, with tho hope of realizing moneys of which they were defrauded by the bad management of tbe association. The business matters of the fund were very loosely conducted. A man named 6. T. Dcveraux swindled tbe fund to a consid erable extent, afterward absconding. Deveraux was employed by Miss Pame lia Cunningham, the Regent, to engravo 1 tho "Record" and cortain other publica-' tions auxiliary to the uses of the society. 1 Being an accomplished penman, he forged Miss Cunningham's signataro so skillful- J ly that G. B. Riggs, tho Washington f banker and treasurer of the society, was , repeatedly imposed upon. Tho society J is thought to havo lost about SI 2,000 in this way. A number of brokers on Third , street, likewise deceived, bonorod the ' forged cheeks, and one was swindled to the amount of S4. 000. These latter par ties, with a view of securing indemnity, propose that tbe Government shall confis cate Mount Yernon, inasmuch as the ti tles to the same are held by Secession- Carolina. To the latter lady's eareless- to-.nesstho losses are due. Daveraux un- go unpunished, whereas prompt ap peal to tho authorities would have secur ed him, and saved the money. Mount Yernon is now virtually the nrnnnrtv of tho rebels. Tf .(nnfisnntnrl and sold it could not fall to worso bands than at present, and it is improbable that Miss Cunningham with her treasonable proclivities, will relinquish any part of th fnnds colnntariU nnnfrihntprl hv the, women of the North. tbe island. Whereabouts of Senator Breckinridge. Tbe Cincinnati Enquirer states, upon good authority, that Senator Breckin ridge, with Keebe Riohrads, arrived last Sunday night week at Prestonburg, Floyd oounty, which joins the Virginia bounda ry. Col. Georgo B Hodge, of Newport, and Col. Georgo W. Johnson, of Scott county, arrived at the same plaoo on uesday. " ee suay, Uoionci w m Preston, Hon. W. L. Sjmmes, a son of gruts J-GlJJt?1 S af SQ0,natr fr?" Joarbon and Bath, Captain Stoncr, with bis company, arrived there. Un tbo , , 111 f A I. . 1 o. . i r : """.J a 1 left tho State r0ad for , Virginia where they now are. Ibey were all finely mounted and well armed Nearly one thousand armed Kentuckians had passed through Prestonsburg, be tween Sunday morniog aud Wednesday evening, the timo that Breckinridge and company were there. At the Soundiog Gap, Cumberland Mountain, which is at the head waters of the Kentucky and Big Sandy Rivers, tbero is a secession camp of fifteen hundred men, and it is increas ing in numbers daily, by secessionists from Kentucky and Virginia. This camp commands tho two great roads that meet tbere ono down the Big Sandy and the other down the Kentucky River. It is about forty miles from the Tennessee Roilrocd. The Enquirer's informant says that on his way down tbe State road leading through Prestonsburg, he con stantly met squads on horseback, in wag ons, and on foot, with shot guns and sauirrel rifles, on their way to Virginia to join tbe Southern army. Louisvills Jour nal. There are thirty pounds of blood in tbe human frame, and two hundred and forty eight bones. Women have tho samo naaiber not including'tbo whalebones. How About this Wonder if tbe "Bitter End" that tbe traitors talk about fighting to, has any reference to the "Rope's End I" Excitement of the Picket Seryice. A Washington correspondent of tho N. York Times, eavs that, for genuine ex- citement, there, is nothing like picket da- l,V . An an lllnatrnf inn na nnrrilmi Ihn u ty. As an illustration he narrates the following adventure: Reoently tbo Major in command of the picket beyond Balls Cross Roads, wbilo shall occur, it shall not only have no par- bo gave u a very good general idea of near the northern end of his line, wasapjalle! on the Western Continent in the for- the way in which a man feels when under plied to by a Lieutenant of tho California oes engaged, but hardly one in tbe bisto- i an enemy's gun. Our friend didn't claim Regiment, whose pickets joined those of ry even of modern Europe will vie with to be especially courageous. lie placed Gen. Porter, for three men, good marks- it. The great battles of Napoleon were due value upon the integrity of tbe A meo and trustworthy, to accompany him generally fought with numbers far infe-! morican eagle, but enlisted mainly be to a road west of our out-posts, to recon- j nor to tboso now under the walls of ' cause he had no other employment at tho noiter and ascertain whether a report Washington. For instance, at Auster-1 timo. Ho did camp duty faithfully, and that had reached Gen. Smith, of tbe pas-! litz, where Napoleon defeated the com-! endured the hardships of long marches age of some rebel artillery up tho road bined armies of Russia and Austria, he 'without any spcoial grumbling. That ho was true. Tbe Mayor selected three men 'had but 60,000 troops, the Allies bad ; dreaded to confront tbe enemyho freely from the Michigan Fourth, excellent shots 100,000. At Jena aud Aucrstadt, where 'admits. While willing at any time to and willing to acoompany the reconnoia-' be broke tho power of Prussia, bis forces kick a bigger man than himself under sanco. The Major, however, preferred were not over 130,000 strong. Ai. the justifiable provocation, ho diolikod tho to command his own men, and doffing his great battlo of Wagram, fought with tho idea of the sudden sensation imparted by coat and putting on a private's jacket, he Austrians on the banks of the Danube, a bayonet thrust in the abdomen, while started out with the party. A half-mile n 1300, he had but 150,000 men. At only second to thii was bis horror of bo bcyond our advanced party they came to Borodino, under tho walla of Moscow, ho ing cut down with a rifle ball like an un tbe road. West of the road and extend- had but 120,000 to opposo the Russian J selecting squirrel. dz close to tho roadway was a thicket of small growth evergreens, into which it wa8 impossible to see fifty feet. Placing the three Michigan roon on tho road side to watch, with their rifles cocked arid . ready to fire, the Major and Lieutenant examined tbe road, and found no eviden- ces of any vehicles baring reoently Dassed. I They thn decided to move baok towards m it I our lines a lew roas, to a tan cbesnat:mans nuraoereu zau,uuu. iseariy nair.iro'" icocuuu iuu& piac, auu tree, and climb it, in order to make a moro extended rcconnoissance. Theyjdous battle, which was known as tbo had cot balf way to the tree, when two. bullets whixzed past them, fired from thc.dajs, and ended in a completo overthrow thickest across the road, not five rods of Napoleon, who was driven into France. from where tbey wero standing. Quick! where a Eeries of disasters commenced as lightning one of tho Wolvertries fired 'that did not end until Napoleon abdioa - in tbo direction ot one ot tne snots, gui ded only by the smoke. A moment zf ter, two musket-barrels and beads were seen above the ticket, three rods from the road, and tho other two Michigan men leveled their pieces. Tbe four shots were fired almost simultaneously. In one case, the rebel bullet whizzed by the right cheek of the Michigan man. He aimed at tbe shirt bosom of tbe rebel, which he could just see through tbe brush, and pulled the trigger. The bul let entered his breast. He uttered a cry, threw up his bands, and fell back. It is not known that the shot of the other Wol verine hit, and the rebel fired wido of his mark. Not knowing how near the re bels were to their pickets in force, and being a half mile beyond our lines, tbe party hastily retreated, and reached our outposts in safety, having successfully ac complished the object of their expedi tion. Tbe rebels have resorted to an ingeni- ous way or luring our men into tneir snares. It is known as tho ''cow-bell dodge," and it was very successful for a time, especially with newly arrived regi ments, companies of which were placed on picket for tho first time. Approaoh ing within thirty or forty rods of our out posts and concealing themselves in tbe woods, they commence the irregular tin kle of a cow-bell. The uninitiated pick et, not suspecting tbo ruse, and not yet reconceiled to drinking bis coffee without milk, goes out to obtain a supply from the supposed cow of some Virginia rebel, flattering himself that he has got a 'big thins? on Seoesh." Not until he finds O himself surrounded by a half dozen or so armed rebels does he learn his mistake. In Richmond are nearly a dozen of our soldiers who are probably now regretting their credulity and appetite for milk. A Safe Bet. Several gentlemen were riding in a car during last fall, when tho conversation turned upon tho Presidential oleotion, and tbe prospects of Lincoln and others were discussed at large. After awhile a solemn individual who bad listened in si lence addros?ed the party thus: "My friends you are wrong. Bofore tbo election of 1860, tbo world will havo come to an end, and Christ will be Pres ident of tbe Universe." Up started an enthusiastic gentleman from the Palmetto State, who stuttoring ly said to tho millerito "I'll bet you ten dollars South Caroli na won't go for him." A roar of laughter greeted tho exit or r a v . . I . I il tbe Second Advontiet, as bo removed to another car. A Vast Gold Field. A recent arrival from California brings intelligence of the di-oovery of an "El Dorado" of immenso extent. It seems hardly credible that gold should exist in such quantities on tho western part of our continent; but from what is already known, we feel confident that tho mineral wealth of our "great West," when that vapt region is fairly developed, will be found to exceed the most sanguino ex pectations. The subjoined paragraph contains the last report of gold discove ries: "Tho correspondent of the Dallas Moon says it is demonstrated beyond that the whole region of country taineer diDute embraced between tbo Liasoaoes and Rocky Mountains is one vast gold field, and only requires development to revoiu finnizfl that entire ooast. An area of 3.- .,nn ;u nnAr. Knnn snffiniantiv ; nrosDcctod to establish tho existonee of P II U U l U lU.lU " """" ' J f'" r, . tbe mineral everywhere. Explor ng par ties havo been filing out for the Elk ooun j try and Bitter Root Valley. Immer.se Armies. There is little doult that tho armies1 now in Washington and its vicinity a- mount to tbo imn)cnse aj?pregatc of near-!les8 B r, 1 ilnn nnn , trn linn ,ly 200,000 men on each tide, or 400,000 ; 'combatants. Wheucver a ppncral battle 'combatants. heucver a gr-ncral battle At Waterloo he did not havo to exceed! 80,000 troops. Not ono of tho battles in Italy or bpam everqualed this last num-' ber. lne only battle-field we now re- collect of where the combatants were as numerous as those around Washington, was Lcipsic, in 1813, where Napoleon had 175,000, and the Allies Russian. Austrians, Prussians, Sweedes and Ger-ry . a i iinti rii xt t j a million of men took part in this tremen- combat of tbc Giants. It lasted three ted his crown, and was exiled to the Is- land of Cuba, in 1814. No battle was ever fought on the soil of tho United States where 60,000 combatants took part in it on both sides. From these figures we can judge of what a battle wo bave reason to expect when tbe hosts of McClelian and Beaure gard, moro than twice the number of those of Napoleon and Wellington at Wa terloo, come in collision on tbe banks qf the Potomac. It will be an event that will be tho great military feature, proba bly, for ages to come, of martial prowess in America. Washington never had thirty thousand men in one army under his command ; Jackson never bad fifteen thousand, and Scott never before the present year bad seen twenty thousand troops under bis orders. Great is tbe ability required to mancoavre and handle such a largo body of men, and bring them all into action at the proper time and place. The late battle at'Bull Run extended over seven miles from one end of our line to another. At Washington, probably, tbe battlo may be raging over a field double tbis size. To know wbdt is going on in such an amphitheatre, and to be preparod to or der up reserves and strengthen every ex posed point, requires the highest degree of intellect. At the battle of Bull Run balf of both armies never fired a shot. Beauregard bad forty thousand men at Manasas Junction, only three miles dis tant, whom be never used, and yet be would have bcen defeated bad it not been for tho opportune and unexpected arrival of a portion of Gen. Johnson s army from the Upper rotomac. McDowell baa a powerful reserve, thai took no part what ever in tbo action, and yet it was strong onough to have boaton back Johnson's division if it bad been on band at tbe proper moment. We have confidence that McClelian has not only plenty of men. but believe he knows how to use them. Cin. Fnq. David McFarland, sen., of O'Fallpn, St. Clair Co., III., has tendered SI, 000 to the Government. Mr.Ru-tsel Ilinkley, banker at Belleville, 111., iu a reoeot let ter to Marshal McKinstry of St. Louis, announcing the fact, cays : In 1812, there wan a sudden call for men to go to Plattsburg to beat off inva ders of our country. A youth near Troy, N. Y., aged only 19, promptly respond ed, shouldered his musket, and marched to the battle-ground. That youth, now an nged man a farmer living some eight milns from linro in St. fllftir Go. whoSO bettd ja ns white afl Bnow nuxctU walked 7 ' into my oihee, where be bas transatea business for years, and laying his satchel on my counter, said : "I want you to tell me tho shortest way for me to get tb"n into tho bauds of our Government. Without a Government it is worth nothing to me; and if it most go down, I want this to go with it." Untying the satchel, he unrolled paper after paper of gold and-eilver, till the sum counted up S1.000. I could but clasp his band, and exclaim: "Well done for you, my friend." 1 pulled his head up again. "Drown your That patriot's name is David, MeFar-j5Cf (down ho weni) leave mo to fath land, sen., of O'Fallon, St. Clair Co., lll.icr the brats I (another plunge) get ..a. idrunkl (another souse) and start for tho "A Great Bargain. iriverl (another dip)j better use water in- To all who may iuoloso 81, I will end,'Ptead of rot-gut! (another dip and fhako .by mail postpaid, a finely-cut engraved portrait of George Washington, the Fath - er of his Uountry, lOgeiuur wmu u uiu- gant portrait of Benjamin either sepa- rately at four shillings. a oentleman. noticing tbe above ad- vortisetnout in a city paper, sent .in bis. ... ., .... J - . l.- dollar, ana ooiaincu .u reiu.u . j nQ C0Dt nostafre stamp, orna - cent and a one eont P""-" . in eniCU WUU UUCIJT BUI CUjjll MVu..ia oucf- - o, f A very mean Bwindle. How a Man feels under Fire. How a man feels when in battle is a question that our volunteers have doubt- frequently aked themselves. Wo rnannln .fn mkoH nnnn a tii-vI..i rccentlj stumbled upon a volunteer on ' " uumu.uiwv. - viuuicci uu furIou,h who fit 8mHt powder at 1?aH Run. Durin-r an hour's chat with him Run. During an hour's chat with him When his regiment was dra?rn op in .lino be admits his teeth chattered and his Knee pans rattled HKe a pot-closet in a hurricane. Many of bis comrades wero similarly affectod, and some of them would havo lain down had tbey dared to do so. When the first volley had been interchanged, oar friend informs us, eve trace of those feelings passed away C L!M A ho became almost savage from excite ment. Balls whittled all about him, and a cannon shot cut in half a companion at ' his side. Another ras struck by some ' explosive that spattered tbc brains over j the clothes of our informant, but, so far 'from intimidating, all the?e things nerved up uia resolutions, ibe Mtberto quaking civilian in half an hour became a vetoran. His record shows that he bayonetted two of bis Rebel enemies and discharged eight rounds of his pieoe with as dcoisive an aim as though be had selected a tur key for his mark. Could tho entire lino of an army como at the same timo into collision, be says tbere would be no run ning except after hopeless defeat. Tbe men wbo played the runaway at Bull Run wcre men who bad not partici pated in tbo action to any extent, and who became panio-stricken where, ifonco smelling powder in the manner above de scribed, tbey would have been abundant ly victorious. In the roar of musketry and the thundering discharge of artillery there is a music that banishes even innate cowardice. The sight of men struggling together, tbe clash ofsabros, tbe tramp of cavalry, tbo gore-stained grass of the buttle-field, and the coming charge of tho enemy dimly visible through the battle smoke all the?e, says our intelligent in formant, dispel every particle of fear, and the variest coward in the ranks perhaps becomes tho mo?t tiger-like. At tbe bat tle of Bull Run the chaplain of ono of tho regiments, a man of small stature and delicate frame, personally cut down two six-feet greandicrs in single combat If these things aro so and we inclino to think they are the best care for coward - ioe is to crowd a man into a fight and tbere keep him. The fugitives from Bull Run were men who imbibed panic beforo it could havo reached them. Thil. A' merican. The Harvest of Death. Dr. Lyon, brigade surgeoo under Gen. at the battlo of Wilson Creek, was wit ness to tbe following extraordinary inci dent: "A tall rebel soldier waved a large and costly Secession flag defiantly, when a cannon ball struck him to tho earth, dead. A second soldier instantly picked up the prostrate flag, and waved it again a seoond cannon ball shattered his body. A third soldier raised and waved the flag, and a third cannon ball crashed into his breast and he fell dead. Yet tho fourth timo was tho flag raised, tho soldier waved it, and turned to climb over tho fence with it into the woods. As ho stood astride tho fence a moment, balanc ing to keep tho heavy flag upright, a fourth cannon ball struck in the side, cut ting him completely in two, so that one half of his body fell on ouc side of tho fence, and tho other balf tho other side, while the flag itself lodged on the fence, and was oaptured a few minutes after ward by our troops." A Sensible "Woman. A man in LaCrosse, Wis., a few days ago, rushed to the river, swearing that he would drown himself. When he h'ad waded in to tbe depth of hU waist, bin wife, who had ollowed him, seized him by tbo hair, and thon, as a social editor describes it, she led him baok till they reached a place where the wcter was a- bout two feet deep, where she pulled him over backwards, soured him under, aad ; 0f his hcad)-I ll lam yo to leave me a , widow, and all the men at the war!" Af- ior Buz&mig mm m u cr uuuua iuuiuui, abe led bim out a wetter if uot better man, and esoorted him into the houao and closed the door. The amount of Southern property .seiz- - eu in New xorK ny tue marsiiai iuus iar, . . Bnnn,n1 to i.nQt ,,Hir -han oipLt ten millions ui uuuaia.
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