hence .ill indispensable means must be employed. Wo should not be in baste to determine tbat radical and extreme meas ures, which may reach the loyal as well as tho di-loyai, uro iudispcnable. The Iuaugural Address at the begiuing of the Administration, and the mes-nge to Coivreas at the lute special sessiou, were both mainly devoted to the domes tic ocmtiovcrFj out" of which tho insurrec tion end consequent war have sprung. Nothinw now occur? to add or bultracl to or from tho principles or general pur poses staled snd pressed in that docii xnenr. The la-t ray of hope for preserv ing the Union peaceably, expired at the msault upon. Fort Sututer, ud a genera review of v. hat has occurred since way not be uproOtablc. What was painfully uncertain then, U much b. Iter defined nod more distinct now, aud the progress of events is plaiuh in the ribt direction. The insurgents conGdcniYy claimed a strong support from North of Mason and Dixon's !in , and the friends of the Uniou were not free from appreteniion ou that point. This, Low ever, wasoon a ttlcd dcQuitely and ou the rL'ht -iJc. South of the line, noble little jJdawar led off riht from the first. Maryland va? made to tcrva against the Union: our toUicrs ware assaulted, bridge were burnod, tnd railroads torn up within her limit, and we were many days at one time without the ability to bring a sing'c rogincnt over her foil to tbo capitol. Now, her bridges and ber railroads arc repaired and open to the Government She already gives seven regiments to the cau-e of the Union, and non? to tho enc my and Ijrr people, at b regular election have su'tainod the Union by a larger ma jortiy, and a larger agreate tote tli3U they ever before ga.c to auy candi date ou any question Kentucky, too, for some time in doubt, is now decidedly, nnd I think unchangeably, ranged on the side of the Union. Mis-ouri is corapara lively quiet, und I believe cannot again bo overrun by the insurrectionists. These three States of Maryland. Kentucky, and Missouri neither of which would promise a tingle toltiier, at first, have now an ag cremate of not less than 40,000 in tbe field for the Union; while of their citizen-', certainly not more than a third of that number, and they of doubtful w.herea bouti and doubtful existence, are in arms against it. After a somewhat bloody htrucle of months. Winter closes on the Union people of Western Virginia, lea? ing them masters of their own oountry. An iusurgent force of about 1,500, for monthn dominating tbe narrow peninsular region eou-t.tuting the Counties of Acco mac and Northampton, and known as the Eastern Shore of Virginia, together with home eontiiTUuu parts of Maryland, have lain dou thur arms, and the people have renewed their allegiance to and accepted the protertioo of tho old flag. This leavcp no armed insurrection north of tin Potomac nor ea-t of the Chesapeake. AUo we have ob tained a footinn at each of the isolated points on the South ern cot of lattcras, Pert Royal, Tybee Island near Savannah, and Ship I2snd. and we likewise have some centra! ac- D count of popular tcoveaent in behalf of the U-ica in North Carolina sad Tennes see These things demonstrate that thr cause of t'he Uuion is aJvaucin steadily Southward. Since your last adjournment, Lieut. -Gen. Scott has retired from the head of the arcy. During bis long life, the na tion hi not been unm'indfui of his merit; yet, on calling to miud how faithfully, a bly, and brilliantly he has served the country from a time far ba-k in our histo ry when few of the now livin bed been born, and thenceforward continually, I cannot but thiuk that wo are till his debt or. I sul mit, therefore, for your consid eration, what further mark of recognition is due to him and ourselves as a grateful peopje. With the retirement of Gen. Scott came the executive duty of Bppointiuj in his stead a Gcncral-in Chief of the Army. It ie a fortunate circum-tances that nei ther in rouncil nor country was there, so far us I know, any difference of opiniou as to the proper person to be selected. The retiring chief repeatedly exprosscd his judgment in favor of Gen. McClellan for the position, and in this nation, seemed to give a onananimous concur rence. The designation of Gen McCJellon i-, therefore, in a considerable degree, the selection of the country an well as of the Executive, and hence there is better rea eon to bope there will be given him the confidence and cordial support thus by fair implication promised and without which he cannot, with so full efficiency, serve the country. It has been said that one bad General 1 fl nAttif fHntwM n . I .1 -...w fcUUU i uuu saying is true, if taken to mean no more than that an army is better directed by a single mind, though inferior, than by two superior ones otvariance and cross-purpo-e8. And the same is true in all joint op erations wherein those engaged can have none but a common eud in view and can differ only as to the choice of means. In a storm at sea, no one on board can wieb tbe rbip to sink, and yet not unfre quently all go down together because too many will direct, and no single mind can oe anowea to control. It continues to develope that the insurrection is largely if not exclusively a war upon the first principles of popular government tbe rights 01 the people. Conclu-ive evidence oUb is is found in the most rave aod iratureiy-ccnsidered public documents as wen as in the general tone of the insuro in tbese documents, we find the abridgement of the existing right of suf frage, and the denial to the people of all right 10 participate in tbe selection of pablio officers, exoopt the legislative body to aTucaa'u wuu lauored arguments to prove that large control of the Govern Hient by the people is the source of all po Ikioal evil. Monarchy itself is sometimes hinted at as a possible refuge from the power of the people. In my present po sition, I could eoorcely be justified were I to omit raising a warning voice against this approach of returning despotism. It is not needed nor fitting here that a Tcueral argument should bo made in fa vor of popular institutions but there is ono point with its connections not bo hack neyed as mo-t others, to which I ask a brief attention. It is the effort to place capital on equal footing with, if not above labor in the atruoture of the Gorernmcnt. t i. assumed that labor is available only in connection -with capital, that nobody labors unless somebody else owning cap ,tal somehow by the use of it induces him ?o labor. This assumod.it is next con sidcred whether it is best that capital shall hire laborers, and thus induce them to work by their own conncnt, or buy them and drive them to it without their consent. Having proceeded so far, it is naturally concluded that all laborers arc eittier uir ed laborers or what we call slaves; and r,.rtli..r it is assumed that whoever is once a hired laborer is fixed in that con dition for life. Now there is no such re lfinn hitween cnnital and labor -- 4 ns assumed, nor is there any such thine s a frre man being fixed for life in " .. . e j it T.l. tho cnmiitiou oi a uirea lauorer. jjuiu of thcj-e assumptions arc false, aud ell in frrnnnes from tbcra are groundless, i-ia- bor is prior to, and independent of capi tal. Capital is only tho fruit of labor 1 11 I. . .. I t .1 iflnt-tAt ana couiu never uayv vauiuu i ,auut had not first existed. Labor is the tuperior of capital, and deserves much tho higher consideration. Capital has its rights, which arc as worthy ot protection as any other rigLts. Nor is it denied tbat there is, and always will be, a rela tion bttwe n labor nnd capital, producing mutual bcueGts. The error is in assu raing that the whole labor of the commu nity exists within that relation. A few men own capital, and the few avoid labor themselves, and with their capital hire or buy another few to lator for them. A lar$.c majority belong to neither class ueithcr work for others, nor have others working for them. Jn most of the South em States, a majority of the whole peo ple of all colors are neither slavss uor masters, while in tho Northern a large majority are neither hirers nor hired. Men with their families wives, ions and daughters work for themselves on their farms, in their houses, and in their shops, taking the whole product to themselves and asking no favors of capital, on the one hand, nor of hired laborcrcrs or slaves on the other. It is not forgotten that a considerable number of per?ons mingle their own labor with capital tbat is, they labor with their own bands, and al so buy or hire others to labor for them; but this is only a mixed and not a distinct clas. No principle stated is distinguish ed by tbe existence of this mixed class. Again, as has already -been said, there H not oi necessity any such tbinir os toe free hired laborer being fixed in tbat con dition for life. Many independent men everywhere in the.-e States a few years back in their lives were hired laborers The prudent, penniless regiimer in the world labors with which to buy tools and laud for himself, then labors on Lis own account another while, and at length hires another new becinner to help him. This is the just and generous and propcrou system which opens the way to all, .and con!-equnt energy and pronre in the improvement of their condition to all. jNo men livina are more worthy to be trusted than tho?c who toil up from pov erty: none less inclined to take or touch auht which they have not honestly earn- IT.., I f 1 eu. jjct tnem oeware ot surrc&aenng a oolitical nowcr which tbe7 already nos sess, aud which, if surrendered, will sure - ly be u-ed to close the door of advance ment against eucb as they, and to fix new di-abihtics and burdens upon them till ..ii .r i:l .... -L.ii l. i. i an ot nueriy Mian ic 10-1. brom the firt taking of our national census to the last are seventy ycar.H, and Ac uuu uui jjujjuuuuu ui lue cnu oj iue period eiibt time? as treat ai it was at the bsgiuning. The increase of those oth er things which men deem desirable, has oeen even greater. He thus have, at one view, what the popular principle, ap plied to gOTcrnment. throujjh the macbino ry of the Slates nd tbe Uuion, bas pro duced in a given time; and also what if firmly maintained, it proroi-es for the fu ture. There are already among ui those who, i! tbe Union be preserved, will live to see it contain 250,000,000. The strug L f J.. ; u tu r . j gl- oi to day is not altogether for to day. It is for a v-t future, also With a firm reliance on Providence, all the more firm and earnest for our pres ent troubles, let u proceed in the great tark which events bavo devolved upon us Abraham Lincoln. Washington, December 3, 1561. Arrest of a Fast Young Man. ia arresuug a young man namea tieo. It. - : i I !nrnn fnr.ii nrl n n .1 r I ' .. u.'.Jr ' ttincru is rtni fie i t ? at i-in-w in r::irt.;::r"r::r:ir AUO Fl.ouu. uau uueuior some years in tbe service of Him firm j A . i . . , , . --' and nurinrr fhnf. fimn ttinn Kofi I large quantity of v!uble good,?. The b v. v. .... 7 uo UJ i r;vu a l aid of tbe detect ves was invoked, and ,r!.rf ,Kn .. -r n' UUUU; u'"' im' lucarcerauoo ne con- I J . I .1 . .,,. . I feared lo havinir Sfn Ln aKnnt SHfln n..l. r j 1 i 1 . j , . of goods, which he bad pawned at vari- ous places to obtain the money. The funds had been expended in garobliug houses and on loose women. Justice Ureonan eommitted the prisoner for ex amination.- iv. X. World, mi me ramouB bear and elk hunter. Snfh liinmao, of California, who, in 1857, pre- aeuted to President IWlmnon unci- made of elk horn, was in San Francisco whwuum WUUIII recently, on his way to Paris via New xorn and .London, with another elk horn chair, designed to be firft cxbibibited at tuat unfortunate event. Late foreign pa the World's Fair, aod then to grace the Per8 bring us accounts of a recent an- studio ot tbe Emperor of tbe French This chair, with Seth himself, (one of the greatest of human curiosities,) aud a va- riety 01 oddities that would adorn and grace tne show-room of ArtemuB Ward . I . . I himielf, will be exhibited in New York in iiiih 1. ma 1 J A A I uccemocr, the present year, will I hiirn tan . i c. o i vn'j uw m uu 11 3 uuu uvti oun nvi. 3c.. -r l)c Jeffcrsoxuan. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1861. TEACHERS OF MONROE COUNTY, You are hereby requested to meet in tbe Academy at Stroudsburg, on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 10 o'clock, A. M., for the nurnoso of making arrangements to hold teachers Institutes in every district in this County. CIIAS. DET1UCIC, County Superintendent. A DUN. Intended for All Who Owe Us. Our renders will agree with us, that we are not much given to dunning. Indeed wc dislike tho practice, and approach it with as much hesitation asa sick child approachesan anxious "parient," who is about administer inf a nnuceous drug. But necessity knows no compunction ; and as our ooous are 100 much crowded with u o is to render even a bird!s-cyc view of their puges pleasant, we are impelled to forgo our dislikes. Delin quent patron, you ore the very person wc arc after. You owe us, and we want you to pay us. We want Wheat, Rye, Corn, Oat Beef, Pork, Chickens, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks and many other necessaries and conveniences 0f Jife for we mean to live, and in order to live well we must have something besides the wind which God scatters freely and gratui tously for all. If you have none of these thinjs on hand, we havo a notion that we o would not get mad if you were to tempt u with money. We have a notion that we would not refuse even the "filthy lucre" though it is so long since wc have handled any that we can form no idea how it would afTect us to do so. We have a curiosity to ratifv in this respect! Who will be first to tempt us to accept money on account of sub scription, advertising and jobwork ! You can come with a rush if you please, for we are fully prepared with beautifully printe receipts for any crowd that may happen to come. No one, therefore, need stay back for foar of intruding upon our time. In the lan guage of the poet we would say : "Come onp. come all, these bricks shall flee From these stout walls so soon as we." The President's Message. To the exclusion of our usual variety, we rive our readers the whole of President Lin coin's Annual Message. This document pos sesses the great merit of brevity, and the stil greater merit of faithfully portraying the state of the country, and the views of the President relative to the measures necessary to prosecute tlie war against reoeliion to a successful issue. As our readers will doubt less read the message we forbear further comment, satisfied that each one who reads it will agree with us, that as a plain and truthful State Paper it has never Lren ex celled by any which have preceeded it. ICpWe made a hearty breakfast, on Sun day morning last, off of a most magnificant slrinS of suckers, presented lo us by our es- teemed lriend Keuben Uress. J Iiey were large, fat and delicious, and if the generous donor could have witnessed the manner in ... ... . . .... wlncli we Md tliem under our "vcsKit, we have not the least doubt hut that he would be induce(, to ffive us repealed evidences of his generosity. jgiaJoome oi our urecKinnuge cierao crats are very fearful that our military men will do a great wrong if they sha employ slaves to aid in defending the Union against armed treason. But the Rebels do not' seem to have any such scruplcfl. Negroes, savages, and jail birds are all pressed by them ioto their unholy service. Witness the following paragraph from that sterhna Union pa per tbe brankfort (Kentuckv) Common ,ccahi. . lhe Iteoels have two full regiment of negroes in Loui.-iana. They have three or four regiments of Indians in th field, armed with tomahawks and scalp ins Knives, in addition to the ordinary weapons of warfare. They have a bat ml talion of Nashvillo State prison convicts in the held, (the Bull Pups,) cotnaiandei by fl hill .f tH'ir Cfiritnil tirt at . . i v . n , j v j rru. n.,: .i ..,.i., about the contingency hinted at by John j the facts? They ap prove tbem of 00Ur8c m. Oonffidprt(.H " j T, . fB uo uoimng wrong it tney vio ate . o . o J Lnfi tun i.Wi1f.L;i:..j A tha I nnrltntinn t h f J L;i, u u n r,ght' beeause they have D0 Constitution finMrr,mn( i iuuok uuuvil U all lull V IO ItlC n . . . J Constitution, end throw its protecting arm ftronnii thn trn:tnra r , m stroy it." A Terrible Battle. lhe war between the Russians and Circassians was thought to have been ter ruinated two or three years aao when . . " Schamyl, tho interpid chieftain of the mountaineers was taken nrinmipr Hn "P't of hostility manifested b? tbe Cir- t' ' fA W cassians for more than thirty years, was merely deadened and not extinguished bv guioary conflict between those hereditary enemios, in which 15,000 Russian troops attacked 10,000 mountaineers in Circas- e,a - Alter a six hours' fieht the former were Put rout with tho loss of 6 000 . n -w-v ..... x x u& o cciauuBUUJCDt S ODpOSItO 1116 iu mi i in ii h ufiiuru nnn r 9 n n n larse and fashionable assort,.,, r T?nii -FFMW.WWUUUUU II 4U snH it- fnM.;.. r V .. " w THE LATEST WAR NEWS. On Monday, off Matawaman Creek, at Freestone Point, on tho Potomac, tbe sTunboats Jacob Bell aud Anaoosta shelled a number of buildings, which sheltered a force of Rebels, drivieg tho latter out. A fTnion force then lauded and burned the tulfiin.'S. rlhe cuemv bred but a lew .... . . mu-ket shots. Large quantities oi sup nlies were destroyed. It is oeiicveu i ii usuiugtuu, bo believed, that the Rebel Army outhe t . i i: i IT. cowl ln Potomac numbers 100,000. This, bow ever, is" mere conjecture. l$v way of Fortress Monroe wc hear from Norfolk, that a battle is alinost Uai- y looked for on the Potomac, nnd that tho sutlers are removing their stores Much excitement prevailed, and tho war fever rau high. Gen. Butler's expedition arrived at Port Royal on the 7th inst , according to a dispatoh from Savannah to jNorfoiK. Wc hear tbat great numbers of union men are flying from WeBt lennossee. ot pecially from Weakley, Carroll, and Ilen .nrnn Cnnntin- into Kentuckv. Thcv have escaped from conscription in the re bel service, and arc desirous of taking up nrms for the defense of the Union. These refugees represent tbo Union feeling in tho portion of West Tennessee referred to as strong and growing; tho people are jid to be anxious for the arrival of the National troops, and it was thought tha a quite genera! uprising would take place when aid should reaoh that section. The Hon. Emerson EthcrJdsre coes thither u w from Washington at once, and will proba bly bear assuraucos of coming assistance It is said that assurances have ocen gi von to the President tbut the Lesielature of Keutucky will shortly pas a law coan oipating all slaves in that State, and re imbursing loyal men for their pecuniary loss. Though notbiog has been heard from Parson Brownlow in addition to the capi tal news wo had last week, there have ye been received private letters from pcopl who full, confirm tho statement that be is at the head of 3,000 men. The notorious Missouri desperado Sweeney, with his band. 35 in number wa, on Saturday captured nar Glasgow iu the Stato named, by a body of Uuion cavalry under Capt. Merrit. They have long oppressed that section of the coun try. Zollicoffer has not advanced north of the Cumbfrland. Gen Schoeff has with drawn to Somerset, where he waits for re enforcement-. Latest advices from South Carolina rcpresenl tbe Palmetto State as far from bein-f a unit for secession. A Daring Exploit. Among the many instances where tb bravery of our officers and men h an shown con-j?icuou, the one we copy from the Boston Gazette is aisost unequalled Captain Spencer, aid to General Wool received information from two ladies, who wcut from Norfolk to Fortress Monroe with a fia o! truce, tbat near midnight a cis-oared boat was to lcavo Norfolk for Richmond with money for the paymen oi the rebel soldiers. He requested per mission of Major General Wool to attempt their capturo, and was told not to place too much conuden-e in the informa tion received. Nevetthclcss, pcrmis sion was given, and selecting too oarsmen ou whom he could rely, with their oars muffled, he started at dark and awaited the eo r,ing of the enemy's boat lie had preciously given directions to hi men to pull directly for the boat, and cn the moment of striking to "back water' instantly. About midnight the boat wa heard anproaehini:, aud laliiui: his sta tion in the bows, with a nine inch she in his hands, be gave tho ordor to "give ay. lhe moment his bows utruck tb rebel boat, he threw the shell into the middle of it, aud wa- himself drawn back luckily receiving no injury from the ex plosion. Not so the boat and occupants however, the former, of which was broken in two, and the latter wero scattered in all directions in the water, not, however boforo discharging their pisiols at him two balls going through his cap and three perforating bis coat. The men were then told if they submitted quietly they would ho saved, otherwise he would leave them to ther fate. They preferred the former and arming himself with his pistol in one hand, dirk (taken by him ot tho battle o Bull Run from a "secesh ) in tho other ho took them in his boat one by one handcuffing them as they were pulled in In addition to which from the stern of tbe enemy's boat, which floated, ho took 81, 100 in gold and S;".000 in their worthless paper money. It was with some diffieul ty ho reached the fort, the gunwale of the boat being almost level with tbe water with its increased -weight. A corrc-pondent ot Hilton Head says tbat "cotton is beginning to drop in, and tbe drop being largo, wo may shortly ex pect a heavy fall. The Pawnee roturned from St Helena Sound, bringing with her twenty-seven bales of 6ea island va riety, ginned and packed ready for mar ket. With tbe forty bales brought here a few days ago from up the rivor, this ar rival makes tho neat amount of sixty-scv on Dales.-' A singular caso is noted in the Cairo Hospital, among the wounded at Belmont. Uno man was shot in ths right leg, and had to have it amputated. Sympathetic action at onoe took plaoo in tbo other limb, and precisely tbo same spot where tho knive had severed its fellow a similar pain was felt. So severe did this become that tho leg is bandaged nnd treatod as if itself had been wounded. JXIpTho Secession of tho southern Btates IS improving tho firiJinnns nf tho Poat Office Department. Tho deficit the current year will bo less by two and a half millions this than last year. Its an ill wind that blows nobody any good. fiST W. N. Jenka of Pennsylvania has Deon appointed Land Agent at Browns ville, Nebraska. Sutlers in the Army. These licensed plunderers of tho sol diers have carried their extortions to such an extent, tbat Senator Wilson of Massa- cbusctts has determined to bring in a bill to abolish tbo offico of Sutler m tbo Ar- y. There Fecms to be no end to tbe rascality of these fellows. In spite of the leal reduction against selling to soldiers to an amount exceeding onc-thira ot their uav. it often occurs that the Sutler pro simts nn order on the Paymaster for three-quarters of the amount duo tbe sol dier, whilo ono-kalf thus taken is too common to excite remark, lhe prices. too, are exorbitant, the profits often being from 2 to U00 per cent , and tho quality of tho nrtielcs furni-hed as bad as will be tolerated. Liquor, too, is often clandes tinely furnished. The pa-try and other articles of food furnished bavo beeu found to causo sickness. It h known that in very many cases tho ColoncN of regi ments are partners of tbe sutlers, the pro fits being so large that men are often un able to get the appointment upon any oth er terms. Tbe profits of a sutler for i full regiment arc from $0,000 toSl'.OOO a year, four-fifths of which are juit as conclusively filched from tbe soldiers as if the sutler were to nut his hands in the pocketn of his victims and take his plun der in hard cash. Unpaid Letters. The following bus teen i.-sucd from the Pot Office Department: Post Offico Department, Nov. 2G. In view of the increased number of let ters held for postage nnd returned to the Dead-Letter Office, it it. orderei that the order of fhi Department, dated Oct. 8, 1S00, be rescinded, and the prior prac tice bo restored. Postmasters will, there fore, notify tbe person addres5ed that such letter is held for postage, and that upon his writing therefor, prepaying the postage on his letter, held for postage, tho same will be forwarded to bis ad dress. By order of the Postmaster-General. JOHN A. KASSON. Firt A-sistant P. M. G. ggT'Gongresi assembled, Dec. 2d, at noon, with a quorum iu both Houses, and immediately proceed to business. Tbe customary joint commettce was appointed to wait on the President, and notify him that they were ready to receive any com munication he might be pleased to make and he signified his intention to send in his message next day. Previous to tbe adjournment of the Senile. Mr. Trum bull, of Illinois, gave notice that he will introduce a bill to confiscate the property of rebels, and give freedom to pcrsous in Slave States, and Mr. Wilkinson, of Min nesota, similar notice of a bill to abolish the distinction between regulars and vol unteers. In the IIoue a number of new members were sworu in, among them Mr. Maynard, of Tennessee. Th'cre was some question us to his right to a seat, but it was explained that he was elected before tho secession of Tcnnc-ce, and there wa no further objection. The. cac of ?Jr. Foster, represented to have been elected from the Uatteras District of North Car olina, was referred to the Committee on Elections, as was that of Mr. Segar, hold a certificate of election from Eastern Yir ginia. A joint resolution of thanks to Capt. Wilkes, for hi arrost of Mason and Slidell, was pa-sed. A resolution was passed expelling John Reid, member of the House from the Fifth District of Mis souri, he having taken up arms agaitW the Government. Mr. Colfax, of Indiana, offered a prcair.able and roiolution which were unanimously adopted, requesting the President to direct the conQnemcDt of tbe Rebel Envoy Mason in the coll of a con victed felon, until Colonel Circoran. shall bo treated by the rebels as the United States have treated all prisoner taken by them on tho battlefield. It wns subse quently decided to advise the same treat ment of Slidell, in reference to the im prisonment of Col. Wood. Mr. Eliot, of Massachusetts, then offered a series of resolutions, solemnly declaring that the war now pending ia simply wagod by tbe Govrnraon for tha suppression of the rebellion and the ro-establishmcnt of the Union, but insisting upon tho right of the President to emancipnto all persons held as slaves in any military district in a state of insurrection against the Govern ment, and advising such a course Tho House refused to table tho resolution, 70 against 5o', but its consideration was postponed for a week. Various other res olutions ou tho same subject were offered for future consideration. Oa motion of uoscoo A. Conkling, of New York, the Secretary of War was requested to in form the House whether any step3 had t. . i- . . ueen tasen to ascertain who wai rcspon- blo tor tho disaster at Ball'i Bluff. (KT'In a paper entitled Feuill de Tbut le Mond, an explanation is given of a fact which has puzzled sporting men naruo ly, why the left barrel of a gun bursts so much moro frequently than tho right! The explanation is this: Tho sportsman on somg out loads both barrels, and on . ..... seeing a bird rise fires naturally tho right one; he ro-loa5fi that barrel, arid when he again, sees a bird or a hare, ho firos a gain and so ho docs perhaps twenty time in succession. Each firing gives a shock to tho ohargo in tho left barrel, and at last tho succession of shots soparates tho wad ing from tbo powder and shot tho conso- quenco is that a vacuum ensues betwecu tbem aod when the second barroll is dis charged it frequently bursts. To pre vent this danger tho recommendotion is mado that whenever the right band bar rel is loaded, the charge in tho left baud one should also bo rammed down. This ooks reasonable, at all events. STheLohigb Valley Raitroad Com pany closed its u-tcal year, on the HOth ult. 743,701 tona of coal parsed ovor their road for tbo fiscal year, which is an inoreaso of 14,070 tons over last year. During the same period they also trans ported 74,090 tona of pig iron. For lhe Jcjjfersonian The Heart's Regret. BY PnOTO. One year thisaching hearlof mine hath blcdr Hoping, longing for someting to it lost One year on elow aud noisolcss wings hatl' sped And I upon life's waves am rudely tossed. The world seems dull and cheerless; and my heart May never more he stirred with joys, if known Ah could I have fortold how hard to part, How sad the thought, to feel alone alone! Vain is the struggle to forget an hour The heart, the voice, I once thought all mine own Too late I feci the magic of thy power And that through life I must plod on alone I would that memory could forget its part, Or time might prove a Lethe to my soul, But thoughts may not he stilled, so o'er my heart They still like waves will ever onward roll. December 10, 18G1. A BATTLE Iff EAST TENNESSEE, Parson Brownlow in the Field. His For ces Defeat the Rebels. A Total Rout Confessed. Cairo, Thursday. Dec. 5, 1S6 1 . A special dispatch in the Memphis pa pers of the '2d , gives an account of a great battle at Morristown, East Tennessee, be tween the Union forces under Parson Brownlow, nnd the Rebels, whih was fought December 1, ia which the Parson's forces were victorious. The Rebel dis patch calls it the ,,fir.-t Uuion victory of the war." Brownlow bad 3,000 men. Tho Rebel force is not ascertained. Tho rout of the Rebels was total. The Memphis Avalanche, of the 2d, contains the following: "A large body of Unioni.-ts attacked the Confederate forces at Morri.-town, East Tenne-sce, yesterday, killing a largo number, and completely routing them. "Major General Geo. Crittenden ba arrived at Knoxville, to take command of the Cenfedcrato forces." Zouave Privations. -Drtc-devil and bare -devil are two things! Intrepidity suffers from humid ity and frigidity. Tho funny "Doe.-tick"," who belongi to the "Ellsworth Zouaves," thus describes military duty with discour aging privation-: "No man has had a whole suit of clothes for two months. We've gooe on guard dressed oaly in o7crco.it and mus ket, and wc have done scout duty in tha easy and elegant attire of a revolver and one pair of shoes to three men. When we've wanted to dress extra fine for Sun day service, we'd poli-b our muskets and tie a red rig on each leg. The chap lain, for decency's sake when ho preaoheB stands in an empty pork bar rel to hide his legs. I called on the co lonel yesterday, dressed only in a bayo net, and that con.-iderato officer admired my airy costume much, but said I d bet ter kill a few aeccbers, and when I bagged one of my own size, I might help self to his breeches. When our whole compony lately applied to him for clothes ho hadu't got any for us, but ho served out fifteen rounds of ball cartridges to each, and gave us leave of absccuce for two days, aud told U3 to bury all tho se ceshers we killed so as not to lumber up the couutry. Mo-t of the fellow got 200tl suit of clothes, and Bob Brown was so uncommonly particular that he didn't suit himself till he bad killed five fellows. With ray usual luck, I couldn't God a fellow my siic they wore all short ortoo long when at lastl'did find a fellow five feet nine, and had ju-.t got a good aim on him, he raised his head and disoloscd the unwelcome fact that it was ono of our own "ereants. Jmt my luck be had on a lovely suit of gray which would have fitted me to a hair, and if I'd been half a second quicker on the trigger, I could have had it, but I couldn't decently shoot after I'd seen his face." Wf3 A rebel farmer, living about ono mile from Guyaudott, Virginia, a-cer-taiuiug that a federal soldier had escaped from the recent mas?acre, took his gun and went out and shot him. The body was found by Zoigler's avengers, and on learning all the circumstances, they pro ceeded to the scoundrel's house, surroun ded it, aud took bite out and shot him. Then ordering h?3 family away, they fired the building, and stayed long enough tot sec it completely destroyed. &a?Dr. D. Lewis recommendi that tbr basks of all chairs and other scats-bo one or two inches lower than their fronts, and that all be lower than tho average gener ally is. Ho argues, truly, tbat that mode of sitting is more easy, aod better for tho spino. The principal fatigue, ia sitting,, comes from bending, settling, or sliding forward, and thus straining tbo ligaments, and muscles in tho small of tho back. Be suro your seat is low enough not to. make tho legs weary. Grace, comfort,, and health would be all promoted by. theso two reforms in our boats. SfiT'Tho Philadelphia Ledger says that tho Egg Harbor City Bank, Now Jersey,, is unworthy of credit, that its bills ought to bo rofued by every body, and that some of the persons who have been in strumental there in giving them circula tion stand a very fair chance of getting. within tho palo of the orimmal law. Its bilU are refused by banks, brokers anl business men gonerally. Election of a IT. S. Senator. Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, Dec. 10, ie6K Garrott Davis was elected U S. Scoa tor for the remainder of John 0. Breck inridge's term to-day, by a voto of 84 to l
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