Sljc cffcv0onicut.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1861.
TEACHERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
You are hereby requested to meet in the
Academy at Stroudsburg, on Saturday,
Da K at 10 o'clock, A. M., for the
purpose of making armnperopnfs to bold
teachers Institutes in every district in this
County.
CHAS. DETRICK,
County Superintendent.
Election in New York
Glorious Triumph for the Union.
The election for Mayor and municipa
offiocra of New York City, came off on
Tuesday, and resulted in the complete
overthrow of Mayor Wood and his Soces
Eion sattclit-s. This is a glorious tri
uuspb, and one over which the whole
country will rejoice. The result is as fol
lows:
Opdjke. (Union,) 25,58
Gunthcr, (Tanoauy Dern ) 2 1,913
Wood. (Secession Dom ) 24 174
Opdyke's majority over Gunther, 771
over Wood, 1410.
EST Thanksgiving passed off in our
placo rstber quietly. Divino services
were held in the several churches of the
placo. The Rev. Mr. Edwards, c are
informed, delivered an appropriate dis
coor.-e in the Presbyterian Church; and
the Rev. C. I Thompson delivered a vory
excellent discourse in the Methodic
Church. The Rebellion and its oriii
received a searching investigation. A
haughty spirit, love of power and con
tempt for Democratic Republican institu
tions on the part of the Rebels, were the
principal cause; and the election of Lin
coin and protection of slavery only a pre
tense. Povidence vraa to be seen in the
raidst of our troubles directing all things
for the best.
A Monster Calf.
Mr. Stroud Burscn, of Stroud township, in
this county, slaughtered a Calf, on the 30th
ull., of Iiis own raising, six months and fif
teen days old, which weighed 324 pounds.
Burglar Arrested.
John Mosher, a German, was arrested, on
Monday last, for ihe rolbery of P. & J. Mil
ler's store, which occurred some six weeks
pince. A liberal sea tiering of new boots a
mong the fricndschafi : created suspicion, and
a search warrant revealed a wholesale dis
play of bleached and unbleiched muslins,
drilling:?, diaper, calico, coat lining, bed tick
ing, cassiincr, brod cloth, delane, cotton flan
nel, handkerchiefs, bed check, linnen check,
an article called a petticoat but which we
don't know the use of, a lot of calico patches,
boots nnd shoe.-, a teapot, a cream jug and a
bout 13 and a half ards of jf-an, nearly all
uf which was recognized by the Messrs. Mil
ler as their property. John had a hearing
before Mr. Justice Dutot, who committed him
to prison to await his trial at the December
Sessions. A further prosecution of the search
the next day, brought to light a number of
feed bags belonging to other parties which re
vealed the fact that John had carried on the
feed business in connection with the dry good
and crockery line. Should he be found guil
ty, a sojourn at Cherry II ill will doubtless
put him in the way of earning an honest live
lihood. John has resided in this place for a
number of years, and has always been ac
counted an honest man. What a pity he did
not continue to deserve such a reoutation.
fi- If you want Pills, take Ayer's
Pill. Nothing has ever appeared in this
market thst con compare with this new
invention for chasing out the distempers
that fasten and grow upon as. They are
the Philosopher's elixir of life, that bids
deGauce to disease, and will leave as no
alternative but to die of old age.
Counterfeiters Arrested.
Two individuals vrhoe names are oiv-
en as Wo. i. lieaoh and John E. Rob
"ert?, were arretitod in this borough on
Tuesday evening, on the charge of pass
ing counterfeit money. On Leach, it is
faid, w found counterfeit bills on the
Unadilla Bank to the atnouut of S270, a
$50 bill altered, and 85.75 in counterfeit
qutrters. On Roberts wae found two
fivea. They were sent to jail. They bad
been flourishing around in Uuited States
niform, it is said, and pretended to be
on the look out for deserters. Ssranton
Republican.
The Cry is Still Tliey Come.
Governor Curtin baa reported eight or
ore regiments ready for service and who
await marcoing orders. PerhaDa Penn
jlvania would like to take the contract
for fiJlrog up the two iundred thousand
that may be needed as a reserve force.
It would hardly be fair, though for New
Jeork. and oine of the smaller States
ougnt to have some chance to show the
exic&l oi Weir patriotism.
Tfeo law requiring the election of thir
teen Directors by the stockholders of the
Banks of tbis State, having been changed
a as to allw;the election of not less than
fe sor aoro than thirteen, the stockhol
der of the Doylestowo Bank have resoU
d hereafter toelsct cloven instead of thirteen.
Communicated.
The Teacher's Examination at Shawnee.
Tt wns a lovelv dav in the latter part of Oc
tober, IS, that the "teachers" of Smithfield
Township, in compliance with me superin
tendent's request, met at me aoove uumcu
place for "examination." There were also,
the rosy-cheeked maidens and the male Etu
dpntR nfihn school, not to participate in the
exercises of the day, but as observers of the
modus operandi. The most perfect Harmony
nrovni ei . and every Ming ncspoise a nappy
tenniiiulion, when suddenly a voice like the
booming of cannon burst sL'ddenly upon the
ear, shaking the house to the very fc!ndation,
while the most dreadful confusion succeeded.
Books were torn from their foundations ink
jugs threw forth streams of jet, resembling
the eruption of a volcano scrolls of scribbled
paper were thrown to the four winds of hea
ve while the confusion which ensued in
'lie eager haste of the people to catch a
glimpse of the orator of the day baffles all de
scription. Indeed, the panic at Bull Run
would give you but a feint idea of that at
Shawnee. I, in mute astonishment, sat with
my eyes rivited upon the speaker, whilst
drinking in thesnb'ime and profound concep
tions which, in manna-like sweetness, fell
from his tongue, i hen in accents piaituive,
tender, more melodious than the hooting of
the owl. the croakinff of the frog, or even the
braying of the ass, he spoke to us upon the
unparaonaoic sin oi coiibiiucuus
t 1 T r ..... ill In
ontoh thn inivnrt' Webster and U ay were .
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IIU VUIilLMIISUIl LU llllll, u, li - ..w..
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.-.. n .) .t I in rrrnnt AT tlio l flfcP flT IIIIRI
cnrtHpn hurst, of elomience. while brushing a
tear from my eye, a seraphic voice like a harp
of -a thousand strings, greeted my car. 1
looked and beheld an old man with outstrech-
ed arms addressing the people. His words,
I perceived, were but tne oreainings oi a -no-
. ...1 nnumrlii nilllH If Tllrt 1' jl fnt lJ C
,iw..,. x. .. r . ,
upon tne ru?;jjxmn;,causeu nv inc oratorical
pLcrsof the former were more thrilling than
the teolian harp, those caused by the latter
were angelic, lea, language could not ex-
press with what raptures oi ueiigi.i i nsienea
to the man of silvery locks. 1 he thought is
ineffible. If you think that he used words in-
nnnrnnrlnln fiT t IlO nff.is!nn Vnil fin llllll OTnntltaKCn Up.
iniustice. If vou imasrine that he used any
of these low, mean, and contemptible expres-
sions so often uttered by the hangers around
bar-rooms, or winch find their way into tne
vocabulary of the vulgar, I would say, seek
not to measure gigantic intellects by your
own little pittance, oome 1 Know, oni i ai-
triluitp it fn Krnoranco. even went so far as to
..WHW . V - -
.U-t fit cnontomcltinenllinir nnfl
abusive lanLrua?e." merely because some of
the words he uttered were not to be found in
o- - . ..i
our dictionary. Self deceived beings!
Know you not that Johnson. Walker and
Webster are but pigmies compared to these
men oi proiuunu eruuiuon. ivn me wise men
that have everbeen, with Solomon at their
head, would be no comparison to the men i who
wore too wise io ue "kciciiuu in a "irup
h iK .....l. r cl,l ..
foolish fellows llmurrht the old man's sneech
out uj a.iiu ciuuuiiiia ui duuvuii wviiiw i
was but a jargon of gutteral sounds; but I
know better. II:s voice was tremulous with
emotion; his quivering lips, clenched hand
and penetrating eye, all told how earnestly
the soul engaged in revealing those mighty
truths which were beyond the comprehension I
fry l Till
every one present, huch eloquence I had
never heard; and every word he uttered was
preceeded by a low grumbling souud.not un-
iiiie inai wnicn is nearu io proceeu rrom me
nowcis oi a volcano, just previous lo an erup-
nun. J.
. i irj-vT- i
MariKmfi EjrtifidiMnr.s.
A fket of thirty vessel, some of them
r -
ed from N. London and New Bedford, la-
"
den with stone for the purpose of closing
up one or more Southern ports. Provi
; : t - .1 u
t ii ft v ornrn nt I ha n 1 o on a Af h.iip Hattinn.
tion. We presume these to be Savannah
he Scheldt. We propose to perform the
c Lu, ur . f iL
name office for Charleston and Savannah,
having firat opened another outlet, so that
rKfl frnrtn nf tlio Sntifti n-.ap if
J u"1 I
but paBst at least till peace is declared,
under the surveillance of our eao.
The orews of ihe o,d hftP hn nor
u j r t: : i r I
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on,... TbPRn rnff, 511 l n r A k J
v ..... uv.v.u.ui.u uj
fi. .-. u :n : i : .i
lliu mtu ui-nui uu viiu asms l iij luki
ork of sinking V,nnh U.tn .;ii i,
unA :... u r.
" h' " " wcu-
wi then h hnri.n rnu.. hrnn.lctrl uM
the channel, thus effcotino as vrt
"I'--" i,
6tonr,a a noihln Wl,pni.;. 5
and she U in position, the valvo will lo
wi-bdrawn, and when the vessels is near-
lv level with the water's p. H rp tt,
will leave iu a small boat. It is roport-
od that an enterprising rigcer has cone
down with the fleet, with the intuition i,n
.a. . . " t
take off what pieces of spars and riggin
mav remain abovo the wator' otU ft..r
the ships are sunk.
Another Expedition. A new tfnmUm
exnedition h nrHn.rin, he (lnn( Va
L. Forter. U. o. N., who is now in Now
York onpralinrr fnr t.h.f nl,;,.nr Tfa ftnn
tination is unknown. Upwards of eighty
Government vessels are now in port, eitb-
or ready or nearly ready for sailing. It
is evidently tbo purpose of the Govern
ment to -trike a series of rapid and terri
ble blow 10 the most sensitive localities
of the South.
Two Urge transport vessels containing
the van of Gen. Butler's division sailed
on Saturdav from PnrtltnA !r tJ.i -
tintition Thw nnn,Ni nfua
Constitution and Forcn City, and a mili-
tarv force of thrPe rnoi.r.Pnf .at.
terv. The nro mnmU , f
the division, and form m,l iho
J - --.,wwv UW UlVUUViO J X
of the irrand naval and military nmnr;.
tionary movemcut, which is soon to oar-
ry terror nd dismay along the, Southemr
coast.
Another TVinfhnlrl
Tybee Island, at tbo mouth of the Sa-
vannau uiver oa or about the 23d ult.,
was lascn ana occupied bv our Southern
ueei. ice i-iag, t ocohontas. and Seneoa
a mi -mi t- . It
area a lew tnou on tbo island, sqd then
their gun not being respouded to. landed
, , . .. . I
marines and took it. The taking of this
..u to riifuiuuaui a uemonstratlon tr
upon Savannah. It i'b ot -the mouth ofLsfll
iue oavauuao xviver, anu just aoove it, on
- y
-uuiuv! uuu Majujivr leiana. is i'ort ru-
laski, which commands the mouth. It
vuau iuu uaiuio 01 me ana wn
admit of an attaek upon tbo fort from bat- tendent in bia address, together with mil
tenes on shore, should If hn
1. . . fwpuocu iu
aasauu ic on the soaward. Thn Lioht.
House is on iybec Island.
STATE EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION.
FIRST DAY AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. DEANE, of Delaware, offered n
resolution that a Committee of throo Su
pcrintendents bo appointed by the Chair
to report upon before No. 1, at some fu
ture time; and that the Committee bo in
structed to eonsult and advice with the
principals of the State Normal Schools
and also with the State jjepariment.
Mr. FORD moved to ataeud that the
Committee cousists of Qve three Super
intendents and ten teachers.
Agreed to.
The discussion of topic No. School
Visitation by Superintendents its main
object and the mode of performing it
was taken up and participated in by Mes
srs. Mifllin, Ingram, Berry. UIp, Dowers,
Woodruff, Crukshank, tfowitnan. uo
burne, Ileckendorn, Ermcntrout, Oarutk
ers and Diff nbaugh.
The third topio was then taken up for
consideration, viz: ''Tho Relation of the
County Superintendent to the lustitute
'district and county."
fM. ,1 k .,r.c rrfn- TVTfiCra "Rtt ?" ST !.! .
Woodruff, Deane, Crukshank, Bolman
. t.,,!
0 mo,;on a Committee of three was
'Lnnn:,l(llIi fn :,noR Governor Curtin
"ff" . . -r -
ana mvuo uicj iu uuuiuoa u v,vu.vn
I m
I t Intit onnmti,
UVU uiwuiuri
It was so amended that the invitation
also be extendod to Governor Randall o
Wisconsin.
tuo Conraittec reported that Governor
Qurlin WOuld visit the Contention during
tQ but ov,;n t0 iU health could not
I . " ...
hindortako to deliver n formal udurcss.
, .
Governor Randall was not in .own.
ivujourneu.
evening SESSION.
n . f CO BURN, the con
. e . v nD .,,- P;u.
ideration of topio io. 4 was tempcranly
Mr. Blair, of Indiana, believed in th
necessity of having graded sehoo.Ji an
thought that superintendents hhould labor
for their good.
Messrs. Bowlmon of Indiana, Cruik
ghank nf jiontijoniery, Woodruff of Chen
. T, , , T . t,,,, nf r;
1 . .
I A . I . ll i I MM . W 1. A 1
ala OUailO UI iiYCUlKlUg, umiUHiuavi u
Franklin, of 'k- lulncr of like
ai uonaies oi mercer, iuiuiiu oi v;umun
iT'n ii r a t tt:o3:. r !
land, M Clcary ot Adams, Uonthett o
Allegheny. Johns of lioga, Jsullington o
Washington, and Detrtck of Monroe, par
ticinatcd in the discussion.
nih. pr,;deni thon submitted to th
U Uon ccrtaia pr0D08ed amendment:
;. n ci
to tile 1st section 01 me ouuiihuu wuuuo
m -
1 uey proviuo lor lue iduiug
superintendents salary, tne estaDiianmeni
of uniform series ot text boons, the cau
cation of youths employed in factories
and the swearing in of school directors.
Th nonvnntion ndinnrned at fiftee
- tao BC -.i0v
U U -1 wu'ii iv li v wiwvn
4
wEDNEsdai aiormag fai.bbio.
Prayer bv Rev. Dr. GERHART, Lan
caster, Pa.
Thfi noiBmiktea on organization, re
n 1
...j si. r r t
porieu iur. uiult, ui jjuzcmi' wuui
Vice rre.uunt, ana wr. luoranan-i, o
t..- . .. c ti. j...
uu,aiu BUUUy
luw ..4utD.u
fn tnbn tliAir 'bnntj
lu luw" r .
,one8 of Jtd8J proceodin
read and corrected.
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irom tne cieri; ai me oiaie xeparimeni.
HT WT T C O T7 IJ C tT A M ... .1 , t, .. . L
Committee of organis-ition be instructed
to fill up the Hot of offioors.
Agreed to.
The President then stated at some
i ,u ,i, f ti...
6 4U v.
ll"u.lr resuui5 .. . " . . V
,l- irao,ug vncuy as possiuio ine uiMory
f , : .I. o ... )
oi euucuuuu iu iuu oiuiu uuu tuu uuvun
lages bc effected in meeting the
want
r a 1 . . C rr .
of the system by a union of effort on
the
....
P of every branch ot education
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as mo eioso oi me auarcas oy io
uumu uav.u?: uuuu pic
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I,ous,Jr '""-ouueeu, ai me rcque.i o, me
Convention, made a brief but eloquent
rt , 'PU,J K . u.i,8, .u u.u UK
Bp g. , Tu,,us,ru: Ul ,iJ
torost ,n the prooccdings, his timo be
,Dg .U0Q 0Dgagea 10 otner anaird
T t n T t riilni r mn r n ar. fr l v m a .
. , .s, " F,';0"u, uut "uu uu1
MM ,D wb,ch he cou,d enj;ago-tbe arm
'SOtmennni sending theme
Statc- Ile congratulated the
that thore wcro 6ti11 80 maDJ gntlomon
of Pnnsjlatia left to feel an interest in
a matter of so much importance Amid
uuai.,.bjr um..uj, uu,
, j .fli:,:....
couuiry, u was pieasani io minie in tnii
Peacefal "sembly apsembled for the pur
Pose ' Prom,ol,Dg lDT PUD,,C Eooa auu
made to feel and realize forcibly the ben
uflt of education in this Statc. When this
unnatural and wioked rebelliou should bo
orushed out, peace and harmony once
Tre re,,t,Bt,at?d- aD.? w,eu to.phiIoHo
PDor a?a fi,onolar w,u eeK 10 va,n t0 ac
coaDl Ior lno 0ag0 01 l Fa0. "10 fu
h"re bistorian will find the most reliable
infomal,on " "gard to its history from
the ,oUei, written by the soldiers now in
catI1P - own letters from the ranks of
Pur armJ 0a correspond with thos
. .
soallorea nere Qna l"cro over the entire
' . J y "UU3 itl uuiue, irom
7, u De colloctoa 1,19 '
lorJ 01 'no prosent struggle. Though
eighty thousand good poaoo-loviog peo
pie were now in the fiald, there were btill
men left to attend to the education of
youth, and still mor9 left to take their
nlaen until thi rnhollinn .' r.,-l,i1
bv for-o nf arm. It Wfi n Bht Ufnm
.u
which those who are now plotting the
downfall of this hrBntifnl o.lifi fm.n
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by the blood and tears of the purest pa-
nfs nnrf npniAnfnrl ho f hn -r.ut nf rt,.r,
miol.t. wnll nnnii nnA i,.rn i,n5r
tention to tbo fctruoturo and uses of hemp
1 O uu uj uivit l b
and fee fm- it ffonra 1.. An.,l
He recommended physical training in our
bbuoo s n onrri he .n s.i s..r,;..
naiv wmuiug, auu irusieu mat means
nnM ua i.i,.n f t0 ...i ...
ault; Qnd concluded bv cxnrcs.inrr ihe
hope that no war would ever again dis
tract tbo barmony of the peoplo or inter
rupt the progress of this great nation.
On motion a voto 01 tuanlis was ten
dered to Gov. Curtin for his address.
Mr. "Woodruff, of Chester county, re
commended some action in regard to the
"Teacher Cannon Fund."'
Mr. Davis stated to the Convention
that the Treasurer, iu TUose bunds a list
nf oontributions was ulaced. would be
here to day.
Mil. ARMSTRONG sisid one thing
was lacking. He would be in favor of
having a company of teachers to go along
with it.
The President announcod on invita
tion from Gov. Curtin to tbc members of
the Convention tc meet at bin residence
this e-ening at oight o'clock
On motion, the Contention adjourned
uufil tb"n evening at, 8 o'clock, and tht?
iuvitntiou accepted.
Mr. BAHR. of Lancaster, moved that
the programme an originally announced
by the Convention be carried out.
Mr. WICKERS11AM, moved to a
tacnd by saying that the Convention ad
journ to-morrow at noon. After some
remarks by Messr. Cruikshank, Burger.
Buffiiuton, Dr. Fullmer, Bates, Meb'ar
land, Ford, of Indiana,- Wilkcrehum,
Dodge, tfarr, Gerhart and Duvis.
A vote wan taken on the amondmeut.
which wan lot, aud tho original resolu
tion adopted.
The Convention then adjourned till 2
o'clock this afternoon.
CfA late number of tho Wyoming
Intelligencer has a description of an aui
imal, or "what is it" captured a few
weeks ago in the Susquehanna river, near
tho Iloroo Race Dam, by Mr John Mel
buifrh. Tho editor nays it is certainly a
strange creature to be found iu the wa
ters of the Susquehanna, and no one that
has seen it pretends to give it a name.
Wo were informed thut several gentleman
who were intimately acquainted with the
various animals that inhabit our Lakes,
and southern river?-, had never soon any
thing like tbis, in any of tbem. It is a
bout two feet, two inches in length, ani
in color resembles an eel though consid
erably darker about the head and back
Tbc head is flat aud aieasurei alout three
inches, or throe and a h-ilf aoroa. It
had four feet (webbed) aud has also the
appearance of uaviug claw like those of
a turtle. It will devour with very little
trouble a fish from three to five inches in
length. Altogether it .is one of the curi
osities of nature.
The Prisoners at Richmond.
Boston, Monday, Dec. 2, 18bl.
Tho following i an estract from a let
ter fromCapt. Bovrman of the Ibtb
Ma-saohusctts Regiment, under dste of
Richmond, Nov. 27:
"Wo are all, seven of as, confined in
one cell, size 1 1 by 17 feet. Our mess
is made up of Colonels Cogswel! and
Wood of New-xork; Col. Lee aud Major
Revere of the 20th Mayuehu-'ett-; Cspt
Keffer of Philadelphia, and Capt. Rock
wood and myself of the I5th iVIassachu-j-etts
Regiment. "Wo were transferred
from the tobacco warehouse, where we
had been confined since the Latile at
Lccsburg, a fo:tuiht ago. Standing a
wo do for tho-c privateers in New-York,
we are treated the siao as persons
charged with crime. What will be the
result of nil this I do not know. I truat
that ail will be well."
Eoys out at Eight.
The practice of allotting boys to spend
their evtniogs in the Mreot is onu of the
mott ruinou-, dangerous and mischievous
things possible. Nothiug so peodily and
surely marks their coure downward
They acquire, under the co'er of the
uiht, an unhealthy state of mind, vulvar
and profano language, obscene practices,
criininul .-entimentrt, and a lawieos'and ri
olous bearing. Indeed, it ia in the streets
after niphtfull, tlut the bo. generally
acquire tho education and tho capacity for
becoming rowdy, dissolute, criminal men
Parents, do you boliuve it I Will you
keep your children at home nights, and
see that their homo is made pleasant and
profitable !
Business Reviving.
The Iron buiiucsrt in tho Lehigh Val
ley is reviving. The new stack of the
Lehigh Valley Furnace has been put in
operatiou it being the third thnt has been
put in blast in a stretch of about Gvo miles
within a few weeks. The two new stacks
in progress of erection at Mokendauqua
are to te completed a early as possible,
nod immediately put in bluBt. Of th
Ir,ou Wot ks in our vicinity, tho Lahi&h
Valley burnaoe has two stacks iu opera
lion; Ilokendauqua two; Catasauqua
(Crane) three out of five ; Alleutown. two
out of four, with prrparations in progress
for starting tho third next week. Allen
town Democrat.
Apples.
It is said thnt tho apple crop of Orleans
couuty, iu tho Stato of Now York will u-
mount to 130,000 barrels, and that a
profit of 8250,000 will bo made by the
farmers upon it.
Do the farmers of Pennsylvania never
calculate tho profit which thev miL'ht
make bv giving moro attention to the
culture of fruit, and how much harder
they have to work to make money by
growing gram T .liven with tho lur-;o for
eign demand for breadstuff ut tho pres
ent timo, the profit on a bushel of wheat,
raised in the iuterior of the State, will
not average more than 35 cents; so that
the profits on apples alono in one county
in the State of New York, amount to
more than is realized in Pennsylvania un-
on 800,000 bushels of whoat.
Ia it not a reproach to tbo horticultur
ists of this State, that apples, eraueH.
pears aud other fruits, are imported into
itl
GST -The citizena of Baltimore have
thus for taken "SI. 000.000 of the U S.
oau.
JciE Davis's last Manifesto.
On -the 19th ult., Jeff. Davis sent in to
his Rebel Congress at Richmond, a vol
unteer, message, which has found ita way
Northj and is published in the city pa
pers. It is perhaps one of tho most au
dacious rigmaroles of lies ever reeled , off
by mortal man. He opens by congratu
lating his fellow traitors upon what he
calls the succef-s of tho Confederate arms,
and declares that iu men, military moans
and financial condition, tho Confederate
States are muoh stronger now than when
tho struggle comacuoed. Ee falsely al
legof, as a reason for the invasion of Ken
tacky, that tho Natioual forces wcro a
bout to enter Tennessee over Kentucky
poil. He declares that the Union cbn
never bo reconstructed, as the causes
which primarily induced a 8eparntion
have been strengthened; characterizes the
nature; of the hostilitios on the part of the
United States as barbarous, and denoun
ees the National soldiers as inoeudiario
and robbers. IIo glosses over tho finan
cir.l condition of the rebel States in a ve
ry hacty and imperfoot ruanucr evident
ly considering it n very delicate subject
to bundle and U disposed to apologize
for imperfect mail facilities. He of course
sees in tbo capture of Mosers Mason and
Slidell on board British vowel a oause
for war between tho United States and
Great' Britain declaring that the seizure
might with equal propriety ha.70 been
made in the streets of London. The
blockade he pronouucc3 to be totally in
effectual, aud says that .-uSIcient proof of
this fact will be furnished at tho proper
tia.e. When the proper time, will come
he doe not tate, but it will probably be'
after tho arrival on tho Southern coast of
the "stone fleet," which recoL-tly sailed
from New London.
The funniest part of tbis ridiculous
message, i. his glorification of the prowes.-
of the icbel troops. By ignoring all ref
erence to the expulsion of Lis armies from
Western Virginia the late capture by
the Union troops of the Eastern shore of
Virginia the loss by the rebels at Fort
Hattera:. and their creator defeat ot Port
Royal he makes it apr-enr that nothing
but unbroken cries of victories have
crowned the exertions of the confederate
troop-". He claims that the blockade of
the ports of the South has been the mean?
of dtiving his t-ubioct- into manufactur
Mi ioc tueinseives ana alfo ot
rai-i?;'
their own breadstuff's, whereby they bave
conferred upon them'selves immediate and
lastis benefit-. And in the very next
breath, he turn3 round and soyn that the
blockade has "proved utterly inefficient,"
and that h: has oau-ed evidouoe to be ta
ken showing that vessels are runniug iu
and out of southern porta almost without
impediment or hindrance! "It seems
strange and incredible (ays a cotempo
rarv.) that any man Ij-.iviuii occasion to
utter a puHio document to the world,
referring to event- known to all the world,
should be audoiou3 enough to cram it
with statements so transparently fain'
and inconsistent with tbem-elvc, that al!
the world can detect tho cheat iu an in
s-tant. Yet Dayis has had that audaci
There is one point, ho sever, upon
which DavH i? commendably frank. lit
utterly soouts all compromises or truces
lie declares for eternal separation, anr
will have Disunion or defeat. "For the
independancc we have sissorted," he say
"wo will have no alternative " This
Is
plain and to the purpose. Nothing ro
mains but. to discard nil ideas of peace
and security, f-hort of putting down the
rebellion bv the summary nirmcv of shot
and shell, and by all tho weapons of of
fence whereby the property and person
of the rebels om bo reached and render
ed harmless and v?orth!ess.
The Result in Wisconsin.
The majorities for the several R.-pub
lh'an candidates for State offie'-r.s wi!
stand in rouud numrer? as follows :
Governor L P. Harvey, 8,500
Lieut. Governor-Eiward S.iio-fton, 5,000
Secretary of State J. T. Lewis, 11,000
Treasurer S. D. Hasting, 12,800
Attorney General Jas. U Howe 12,200
Supt. Pub. Iutruo,-,T. L. Pickard, QCti
Bank Comptroller W. IT Ramey, 7,500
Statc P. Comptroller-A. Hodges, 7,700
J. G. MeKinney gets a little over 1000
votes for blate Superintendent, and Wm
C. Allen nearly 5000 votes for Lieut.
Governor, on tho Union ticket. Madi
son Journal, Saturday.
CS?-When the rebellion first commen
ced tho United States Government had
but two or three war vessels upou the At
lantie ooast, with five or sia in the Gulf
of Mexico., At tho present timo the Gov
orumcnt ha in co2hjihm(Jd aoout 225
vessel, with 80 an tho stocks, 40 of which
wih be oduipletud within a period of three
months.
According to tho report of C. L. Mem-
mingcr, tho rebel Minister of Finance, it
costs the bogus Confederacy upwards of
two hundred and fifty million of dollars
a year to keep their uray in the field.
10' raise this amount will require an an
nual tax of forty-six dollars on every
white' man woman and child in the State".
Th e reckoning day is approaching.
Remarkable Operation.
On Wednesday, a rcmarkablo surgical
operation was performed by Dr. W. L.
Atleo, of Philadelphia, in the presence of
nearly twenty other physicians, for the
removal of an enoyhtcd ovarian tumor
from Mrs. Snyder, of Montoursvillo
The solid p hi t of the tumor, whou taken
out, weighed ten pounds, and a semi-fluid
subetauca was removed with it which half
filled a largo wash tub. Tho tumor and
other substance together would probably
have weighed sixty pounds. Mra. Sny
der lived until Tuonday rnoruing. Dr.
Atleo beforo commencing pavo it as his
opinion that tho patient could nob ruoovor
from such an operation, but as death was
inevitable without it, she and her friends
xpro?sod a willingness to assume the risk
ami a desire to have htm proceed. Wil-
For the Jeffcrsonian
.THE DYING SOLDIER.
BY PHOTO.
The following will be recognized as a his
tory of the most fierce and bloody battle
fought during Ihe present war that of B!!
Bluff, near Leesburg, Va., and during which
action Col. Baker, the commander of the U-r
nion forces, was killed.
They tell me that my vine clad home, I ne'er
again shall 6ee
The purling stream, the meodow, and our fa
vorite trysting tree
The mossy lawn that sparkled with the early
morning dew, 3
E're the smi broke forth in splendor, and its
golden tinted hue
Beamed upon our lovely valley and reflected
back the stream !
Ah the future seems to me so dark -the past
a pleasant dream.
The tocsin sounded through the land and I
was first to go,
And with my trusty rifle went to battle with
the foe
Where e'er the army went I marched, in vic
tory or defeat,
Nor felt the chilly Winter's blast, nor sultry
Summer's heat.
I oft was with the forlorn hope, who bravely
won the day,
Disputing inch by inch the ground, where
friend and foemen lay.
Near by Potomac's rapid stream our army
long had lain,
Till orders came to press the foe, and drive
them on ugain.
We shouted loud, and waved our caps, and
shouldered muskets then
Our martini tread and loud huzzas re-echoed'
through the glen.
We crossed the deep, broad river, hut scarce
reached the other side,
Ere the foe into our scattered ranks, poured'
their deadly feurful tide,
We shrank hack from the storm of death, and
formed our lino a"ain
And charged upon the unseen foe; but, ah,.
the leaden rain
Had .thinned our ranks and drove us back,-
e'en to the river's side.
One look behind ; then forward pressed, and
nobly fought and died.
We know some one, had blundered, yet our
duty l here was plain,
And, though despairing of success, charged
and re-charged again.
For hours had we held our own, and like a,
slg at b:ty,
Fought with the madness ofdespair for well
we knew the day
Was lost when our brave leader fell his
voice rang stcn: and clear
Amid the thickest of the light, our drooping
hearts to cheer.
Death all around, above, below to the rear
dark waters lay.
Then came the order to retreat IVc cannoi
win Ihe day.
lead-long, pell-mell, w-r men dashed on, nor
stopped to look behind.
Not e'en Ihe threa Tiling river their fear had
made them blind.
Fenrles? and madly plunged in the blood
stained, d irkiin r wave,
And these that 'ecuped the rifle shot there
found a watery grave.
We thought not of our comrades, who la
wounded on the ground,
And saw us leaving them to die, though Deatfi
reigned all around.
We fought as men ne'er fought before, hut
hopeless was the task ;
We had done r.ll that men could do, more
our country could not ask.
The arm's strong strength will weakened be,.
and strong nerved men grow pale,
When hopelessly they battle against suchxt
leaden hnil.
We fought till hope had left us, and despair
had seized on all,
And then we broke. and wildly fled, unheed
ing comrades cU.
I Vent where duty led me on, in the thickest
of the fray,
And many a foe my rifle sent to his long
home that day ;
I wonder how I 'scaped so long the .bullets'
falling fast,
All around, above, about me yet the murd'-
rous hall at last
Made one more widowed, lonely home. As
my life's blood ebbs away
'Twill soon blot out the memory of that most'
fatal day.
Take ye this picture to my wife and on that:
bloody field.
Tell her how vainly there we fought, nor to
the foe would yield ;
But silent, grim and sternly, as we gave back
blow for blow,
Met our deaths calmly, proudly, and heard'
the waters flow,
Bearing soldiers, dying comrades. wjjom thefr'
friends still hope to sec
The river's dark aud chilly wave their sepul
chre will be.
Tell her I ne'er forgot her in the carnage
and the smoke
My thoughts were last of her at night, and'
when the morning broke,
I whispered then her name in prayer. and oft
while others slept,
My thoughts would wander to my home, and-
I have prayed and wopt, .
That I might safe return once more and clasp
her in my arms
When hushed would be the battle's din, and-
silent war's alarms.
Tell her I thought of our loved home the
meadow and the lawn
The cottage standing 'ncath the hill the-
place where I was born :
Where we grew up and loved each other,.
and played together there;
And tell her that 1 blessed her each evening
in rny prayer.
And though Idio from her and home, my last?
ii-nnt In linrtull '
And bear my dying blessing my hong and-
last farewell.
Cold was the form and stilled the heart, tho
Boldier' Unlit was o'er ? i .
lie died as others bravely died, near by Poto
mac's shore . t '
His memory will green ever be as history
doth tell
low he had gave his all, his life, for the;
cause he loved so well ;
Aud others who too like him fell; theirraon-
iiinnnl.s shall be : . .
They died while nobly battling. for their-landi
ami liberty.- .
CoI. Baker.
December 1st, 18GI,
lajittyorf. Gazelle.