'""MWtfcMBMMMMMI 7fl?l I ' i!lSaaSalSitaS "-"'",' S gf III M ' - ", II I I I l I , , , , , THE JEFFERSONIAN. J Elcuotci ta JpoIitW, itvtcraturc, Agriculture, dcnce, JEEoralits, ait (Btaeral Intdlig cure. - . .. : ss 4 t L VOL. 23. STROUDSBUE.G, MONROE COUNTY, PA. MARCH 3, 1864. NO. 2i n ? t 1 ma v . riiDiisuea Dy xneoflore ScllOClI. Back from the War. hJ,flS77hWod?n Artemus Ward has turned his mind to . baul before the end of the year, two dollars anil twen ... ijr-fivects. will be ensured. mortial matters, and m his happiest mood , No paper discontinued until. ill arrearages arc paid, iotoc, , . it . . , xcept at the option ofthe Editor, relates a personal experience that will be ILr Advertisements ofonc square of (ten lincslor relished: ' less, one or mrce uiscitions. si 00. E.irh mlditionul I In.. 1. J 1 '.M 1 1 .1 . I .--..LZ,- ' ""'''''M'"'' " '" Ill" a . Insertion, 23 cents. Longer ones in propoitiun. JOB PIlffiVTIWG, , OF AM. KINDS, Executed in the highest style of the Art, and on th most rcasorrible terms. T must relate a little Incident which hap pened to your humble servant, on his return , home from the wan I was walkiii GROWLER'S INCOME TAX. BY T. S. AltTIIDB, ir- t.i i , iuv iieiguuor urowier , an excitable THE STATE. launched partricidal hands against us. If unresisted by the nation, as an aggre gate power, it would have swept in des- tT-foTT-n-rrm TW olation over'thc whole land, Traitors in , MLlST?H our midst, and traitors moving in arms i j-&o. along & Fellow with an Extensive ETasal Organ. His head was large and flat at top, Enormous was his eyes, His mouth was liuge ; but, oh ! his nose Was of enormous size. It was a tunnel for his voice, Through which his words would clang, From morn till night, without respite, With many a nassal twang And though sound travels very fust It will the truth disclose It took an hour for his words To travel through his nose. When dead, and in his coffin laid, Free from all earthly woes, They had to raise the coffin lid To make room "or his nose. mnn hv fhn. w;iv trna nTf:..ln..Ir. over his "Income Tax," or, as he called I Tt "A T,uid.hav,e Vcd to destroy Important Proclamation from Governor it, his War Tax." He had never liked aLuvaaLU T "7 J n -T l' ! UUrtlD the war-thought it unnccessarv and lrDmenfc w "ch dealt Wlth " S?od the street loolfin pn o-nMfnTii nn o-nv in n.n wiVL-oH th wort- p i;;: " mu: ' wsso kindly and generously, that a procla.aiatiox. brass kote and bloo buttons, an' other milita-: fighting of brother against brother was ZHI - w , ?ltS touch be-' Wha-eas, For some time past it has ry harness, when a excited fernail rushed out a terrible thing in his eye. If you ask been subver ?d ,3 X V 11 T hT ? f S03' ProfcssiuS tc ov a house, throwM he, plump handles aroun' . .TO at mo non 1.- r,nf i m;j i. uuuuu s me u sen-aeience were n t m . i, w r . " , . l . o a"- uomc as they was fair round ones-an exclaimed: , itJ A fnPJ ?f? I liri n , . generalities, made up for partizan tickly 'Doo I behold thee once again ? ! sentenceSj which he had j rned I l-ou do an' I think you are holdm' me comprehending their just significance, j too fastly," sez I trying to release the ec- , Growler came in upon me the other centric femail's arms. day flourishing a squaro piece of blue i "Oh, have you come back have you come paper, quite moved from his equinimity. back I" she wildly cried, hanging tighter to inere n 1S 1 Just so much robbery ! a time, or ho many years of bloody and in the army, endeavoring bv fale strife would have elapsed before that civ-.representations, to induce individuals to . y m,u luaUrcs the greatest good enter vain made the system of reduction ; ff rr nnt-x it CI. . i to numhp.rs whn trnnU V i . , , "uu Ti" l j To t, oeen again remonstrances nave been in vgw.unoi.iiu ; JJUli IUU wave ,ftf rlnotwn norntnef tl, .; n ., , I, "or think my neck. "Certainly I've cum back," says else I wouldn't be here. But I don't ! I know you muchly." j "Not know me your own Clarretta Ro isctta Bellelta she has not sot eyes onto jrou j for morc'n 2 years. Yes," she continued, 'placin'her hands onto me. shoulders, and Stand and deliver it in the world. Pis tols and boyonets ! Your money or your life l" I took the piece of paper from his hand and read : " Philadelphia, Sept., 1863 "Richard Growler, Esq., "Dr. to John Itf. Riley, " Collector of Internal Revenue : But the wave. of dpstrifp tion was met nay, hurled back upon the enemies who sought our ruin. We may yet dwell in safely. Your property is secure. You still gather vour annual now And Whereas. Information W been received tbnt, of Pennsylvania has enlisted almost bodi- jlookin' up into me face like a dyin' boss fly j " or Tax on Income, for the An Incident on Picket. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com mercial relates the following: ; '-yes I sec me own Alfred's eyes, his nose, his ears, his " 'Madam," sez I, "excuse me, but allow me to correct vou. Ef I air not mistaken. One day the 103th Ohio regiment was on these earses, and eyeses, and noses, belong picket near Rossvillc, when a rebel Captain to myself, individually, an' your Alfred ncv and two of his men entered. The Captain er owencd 'em scarcely !' walked in and on surrendering himself to "Away with this farce," sez she. "You one of the pickets, recognized him as his can't deseeve your little son. Lincoln Burn own son a resident of Cincinnati, whose side McClellan Boazcr." hamc is surpressed for obvious reasons. It was evident that the fernail was mista Rushing forward, the Captain was in the , ken that it was not me but another man act of clasping him in his arms with the ex- slie wanted. clamation, "0 my son !" when the soldier rudely shoved him from him with the re mark : I "UuMii little son, Lincoln Burnsidc Mc- year louz, as per return made to the Assessor of the District, "Received payment, " Joii.n M. Riley, ""? " or ngnra anu iv as trom other States ; and it appears to privileges by the national arm. And what j be necessary to take some public means does the nation assess to you as your , to put our citizens on their guard against share :n the cost of this security ? Half, arts by which results so disastrous to the your property ? ISo not a fathmg of that men and their families may be effected property! Only a small per centage of , mothers of her regiments which Penu your income from that property ! Just sylvania has delighted to honor " Collector. I said smiling. forty-three dollars and twenty-one cents ! Pardon me for savins it friend Growler. but I am more than half ashamed of you. "And seeing the way you put the case, 4d 21 1 am more than halt ashamed of myself," he answered' frankly. "Why, taking your view, this is about the cheapest in vestment I ever made." " You certainly get; more for your mo- A Sensible Democratic Editor." Mr. J. M. Spellisy, editor of the "Uni verse," a Roman Catholic Democratic pa per, says : "The 5-20 loan is entirely subscribed u Auujuuracs, nowever much and bitterly we are opposed to this Administra tion, must admit to this fact that the whole country 13 determined to support the same Administration in carrying on the war, in its efforts to restore the Union, in much; of its manner of governing the entire Republic. Let us he hist enough to confess the truth'. The late elections disappointed the judgments, the desires and the hopes of many of us; the exhaus tion of the 'loan' has confounded lis alto gether. We may carp, but the elections hare gone against us, and the loan is en tirely take'rf; that is to say, both thos votesand the money of the neonle sustain Abraham Lincoln in his management o'f the Republic. Our talk about desootism.' the ruin of law, the destruction of the' Republic, and all that are silenced by these two-facts." what you mean by ney fcian m any other line of expenditure was just then a lit- Yesterday I had a letter from an old "How old is he ?" sez I. Which 3" sez she. "Thorn little son, Lincoln Burnsidc "Your son ! Get out vou infernal old reb-; Clellan, and so 4th." el ! Do you suppose I would have you for a ; fathel!" But , I am your long, ah-; cent father," persisted the rebel. " I'd like to know ail right:' Growler was just tie offended at mv way of treating this verv serious matter, serious in bis pvpm lisle. The rebels took from him six fine I mean. " I've been robbed of forty- horses worth two hundred dollars a piece; three dollars and twenty-one cents, he continued. "Do you say that it is all V minion of the Government old friend living in the neighborhood of Car right ? 4,My father ! Well, boys that's a go," laughed the soldier. "Here's a old reb el says he is my father, when my father had been dead these seven years." The tears started from the old man's eyca, !.: i....7 . t. . a,m iL.i.y iila i.cuu uun a aiuui,i uu uj.i TJ0fitt Ef.fiitn I,nt T nJtxr Alfrml like a child, while the pickets icoked on in ; L.. astonishment. Composing himself, the rebel Salt and Cold Water for Swine. Captain called thesoldier to him and related J IUs not a common practice, we think, incidents o'fa family nature that were unqucs- j to give salt to swine, occasionally, while has put his hand into my pocket and has taken just so much of my property. Is that all right V Tt.n c, uv t ij 1 1 iillUp lUUJ U CUU XKJL Lll 111 He'sjustG months old the little darlint!" ! in very different language," I replied. "Well, madam," sez I, "ef little Lincoln Lct mc stute thc case- V cry well, state it V said Growler, himselr into a chair, and look- (Buniside AlcClellan, and so 4th is only G i months old, and vou have'nt sot eyes onto umP,n t . J inp- ns 1 - dum ing as ill-humored as nossible. six cows and oxen : and over two hun dred bushels of grain. And not content with plundering him, they burnt down a bam which cost him nearly two thousand dollars. But for the army raised and e quipped by the nation, in support of which you and 1 are taxed so lightly, we might have suffered as severely. How much do 3-ou think it cost in money for the protection we have enjoyed in this particular instance ?" "A million of dollars, perhaps ?" "Near ten millions of dollars. Prom Paying for the Sight. They've got down in Courtlandt Conn- ty, an old farmer,, noted for h'is greediness and his keen lookout for a spot wherein to turn a nennv. hnimsflv m- Hm nrrina i J 3 i"v u against l ,.t i v , , I pmiiuuwuj; iiuu reverse. iwillie ag"o he succeeded by accident in raising a .v oio, therefore, 1, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of the Commonwealth, but es pecially and emphatically to her veterans in me array, cautioning them ugair.sfc allowing themselves to be sedunnVl p- her service. Ev enlisti of other States, thnv donriw thn f.,. ' very large hog. It was soon noised lies at home of the generous and liberal I ad and tne PeoP'a m tflat vicinity be etle old man to see the A crentleman from nnr I , " iun waa stopping awhile in the village hearing of the porker, desired to see the sight, and having obtained directions as to the "locale," started for the spot. Ar- "1CU tucie, nc met the old . A 1 r 1 C T .1 V UUi niuuu lul ,,,urti a )uaiS, i inimc ; . Tnfitfi;if 0fh;n, rnhhn.l " T .nn thar's a mistake somewhar, an' that I'm not bave been protected in your property and e t""e our armv efc tue Rappahannock Alfred, but another man altogether." i person and "-uarautied all the hi"-h Driv- UQtil the battle of Gettysburg, its costs to x uumu ciiui iiuu uiu uuusu iih u, iicges Of Citizenslnp, for the paltry sum of ultJ government couiu scarcely nave oeen ' th s was the last I saw of my own Clar- forty.three Jollars and twenty-one cents less than the sum I have mentioned. Of every tanner would consider it a prime duty to offer it to his neat stock, horses and sheep, as oten as once a week. To tioiiabie evidence of the truth of his assertions, Thc old m'ah liad been engaged in business in Cincinnati, failed fled South, leaving his family to shift for themselves. For a while letters were frequent, but at last they ceased auogemer. -i icw moninsaiier, me iamny;tliej not uee(i ;is mch saIt ag the othcr read thd death of its absent loved one in a 'stock on the farm ? Wc find an article Soiithern paper. Time passed on, the wound jgoiug thc rounds of the papers upon the caused by death had been healed, the son en-1 use of salt for fatlcnina sici?ic. The ty-three dollars and twenty-one cents as your share of protection." "Oh that's only your way of putting the case," retorted Growler, dropped a lit tle from his high tone of indiguation. "Let me be more particular in my way of putting the case. Your income is from the rent of property V Of this sum your proportion cannot be over three or four dollars ; and for that trifle your property, may be your life, was secure." aid which our law luis mvivilnrl fn n,. San to call on Ma right, and not as a charity; they will , monstr?sity. not enjoy the right of suffrage, which an approaching amendment of the Constitu tion will give to our absent volunteers : they cut themselves loose from the tics which bind them which bind Pe constant care an nn nhHcrn tinn wVi o uui uL.itu nua never.t . . t ' , nave to etiarge him about a shilM' far no longer be fostered bv our a-ents and for. J00' at hiin' The stranger looked received with applausTand consideration at !nP oW, ra.an ,lor a. mnxxte. .r 80 J Pcd as men who have doue honor to Pennsyl vania; they bring the history of their regiments to an abrupt close; their names will no longer be entered on our rolls; all the glorious recollections of their val or and sufferings will be weakened by the fact that they have abandoned their na tive State, deserted the great Common wealth under whose banner they have earned for themselves and for her the him, out the desired coin, handed it to and started to go off. "Hold on," says the other; "don't you want, to see the hog ?" "Xo," said the stranger : "Ihavc seen as hig a hog as Iwan't to see !" and off he went An Anecdote; A strong copperhead was denouncing;' terms, the Vinited ' m immeasureable "No more of that, if your please," said Growler, showing some annoyance. "You are running this thing into the ground. I own up square, my best friend. hitrhesfc rp.niitntfnn for on,, .,,i nil States Government and the war, when martial virtues, and that they have done the comPacJ as Joined by a neighbor, a this under inducements which are in fact strong bnion man, and after listening unfounded, and at the verv time when I0r a "me ne interrupted him with the I was quarreling with I was striking at the be sure, the swine get a little,-compared - : What would it have cost, vnn to dn. with the amount given to other animals. ' fcnd tbafc propcrty from the army of Gen. hand that gave me protection. If my war rr,llu m uj uu jLee, recently driven from our State by Klx uext yuar snoum uu a ,JUUUreu uuuarH listed in the 103th, and on Tuesday met his long mourned parent under the above circum stances. As the old man recounted minute ly all that he had passed through in thc South, the picket gradually softened and he too, found relibf in tears. writer states that he selected two pairs of barrow hogs, weighing 200 each. One pair received with their daily allowance of food, two ounces of salt; them similar ly fed, none. In the course of a week it was easily seen that the salted pair had a much stronger appetite than the others, and after a fortnight it was increased to two ouuecs apiece. After four months the weight of the salted hogs was 350 pounds, while that of thc unsalted, five weeks later reached only oOO pounds, the A War Widow's Trick. A war-widow tricked a libertine otit in Allegheny county, N. Y.,by taking his 8500 to get M;ady for a proposed elopement, and then sending him the following "billy-dux." Mr. , I have lo inform you that cir cumstances beyond my control, will prevent vent me from fulfilling my engagement to, the good advantages they might have done elope with you to night I expect my hus-j from the food fed out. Prom the example hand home on furlough soon tospend Christ- cited there is no indication that the salt jaas and New Year's when we shall enjoy a I excited a morbid appetite, and produced hearty laugh at your discomfiture. Mean- unnaiura nesn ana iat. ui course a national soldiers V " Cost me !" Growler looked at me in a kind of maze, as though he thought mc half in jest. " Exactly ! What would it have cost 3'ou? Lee, if unopposed, would certainly have resched this city, and held it ; and if your property had been of use to him, or any of his officers or soldiers, it would havo been appropriated without so much as saying Ry your leave sir. Would forty-three dollars and twenty-one cents have covered the damage? Perhaps not. Possibly, you might have lost one-half to tl;o-thirds o'all your worth." Growler -was a trifle bewilded at this instead of forty-three, I will pay it with out murmur. " Don't say without murmur, friend Growler. What then ?" "Say gladly as a means of safety." " Put it as you will," he answered fold ing up Collector Riley s receipt, which he still held in his hand and bowing him self out. Not many days afterwards, I happened to hear some grumbling in my neighbor's presence about his income tax. Growler scarcely waited to see him through. My lesson was improved in his hand. Insig nificant phrase, he pitched into' the of- experimenfc was repeated, with almost wnv of nnttino-tho piqo r-ln lnnl-nrl mi fender, and read him a lesson so much precisely the same results. 7iori stronger than mine that I left myself -rn , 11 , J . w ...... , , it sacn snouiu prove to be tne general result, most farmers have not gained all " You have a store on South Wharves V said I. "Yes." "What has kept the Alabama or Flor ida from running up thc Delaware arid burning the whole city front ? Do you have forts or ships of war for the rifotec- While I will keen your money as a Christ- sound judgment must be exercised in the tion of your propcrty y If not who pro r. ,1,: i! use ol.8alt as Weil as 01 Sra,n or ariy yides them ? Thnv are nroridnd nnd mas present for him, and when this cruel war is over, it will come handy to asiist him .to start bnsiness. Yours, 'tenderly,' C- T. N. P. S. When next you undertake to play die S&ertine, you would do well to select your victim outside of old Allegheny county ; .and abovs aii beware of a soldier's wife." Another neglect of swiiyfrrr-and : if. must lo frnrl nnn.Jtfliif. fcy er fbod sometimes it must be a cruel one .vthat of not giving them a plentiful s.'.ply of pure cold water. Why it is supposed that the hog should no need water as well as the cow and sheep is more than wc can tell. They do require it. When wa ter is not given them, although fed with swill they will drink heartily of the wa- tor r.nocto.( in tlir. vnvd nr luirn rrlbir Elizabeth Drydea complained to Dryden, ! ft(jr visiting their trough several times licr husband, that he was always reading, a)( finjjng it empty and dry. Nothing and took little notice of her ; and finished s more grateful to them in a hot day than hy saving he wished .she was a book, and then i a bucket of cold water, drank from a clean .she should enjoy his company. "I wish you sweet trough. We trust that farmers will a8 a hook, mv dear." says Dryden; "but an give attention to tue matter, and ascer- almanac, I mean, for then I should change you every year." Moving for a new trial Courtin a second wife. tain for themselves whether our sugges tions arc valuable or not. V&'Vfhy is a minister like a loeomo- j A Goat amongst the Sheep; A letter from out West, from a pious individual, says : "JJcar Brother: I have got one of the It fJcnacf 4 wtnc I n f a .Qfofft on1 1 a a - a llliU ill! 111. Ill Ii I I Z. a 1 1.41 11.. 11 Ll. m i-k 1 1 I I .. i- ' J tiYei because you nave w iook out ifc ncar,y paid c ar(j oodj aud pH him irhen the bell rings. jg were ,3ever beUer We havc ha(I a 'most glorious revival of religion in our jgy- A suiart young womau can judge church and both of our children (thc Lord by a kiss of the quality of her lover's li- be praised 1) are converted. Father got to be rather an incumbrance and last wecJc I sent him to tltcpoor house. !" quor.- --f,Bnry, take the 'arness hoff the 'crrsc, put the 'alter hover 'is 'ead, hand give 'in' ay and hoats." A furrier, wishing to inform the pub lic that he would make up furs in a fash ionable manner, out of old furs which la- A sleepy churchwarden, who often dies have at home, appended the follow lavw1 nf. rds lipnrino- the minister use ing to his advertisement : "N. B. thd words "shuffle off this mortal coil," Capes, victorines, &c, made up for ladies ..... 1 ! A J jl..'.. . faH nr. rnhhn. h e ovo! nnfl fiTCiaim- in iaSUIOHaDie StVlUS, UUI, V Llieir "Hold on ! it's my deal " skins. oicn oou are safe. What is vour share of the expenses for a whole year ? Just forty three dollars and twenty-one cents ! It sounds like a jest!" Growler did not answer. So I kept on. " But for our immense armies in the field and navy on the water, this rebel lion would have succeeded. What then ? Have you ever pondered the future of this country in such an event ? Have yon thought of your own position ? Of the loss or gain to yourself? How long do yoli think we would be at peace with England or Prance if the nation were dismembered, and a hostile Confederation established on our Southern border ' Would our Wur taxes be less than now? Would life and property be more secure? Have you not an interest in our great army and navy, as well as I arid every other member of the union r your safety as well as mine lie in existence r Are they not at this very time the conservators of everything wc hold dear as men aud citizens ? Who e quips and pays the army ? Who builds arid furnishes these ships ? Where does' the enormous sum of money re quired come from ? Is it the nation's thrown quite into the shade "You have been assessed fifty-eight dollars :" he said, in his excited way - "fifty-eight dollars. One would think, from thc noise you make about it, that you have been robbed of half you are worth. Fifty-eight dollars for security at home and protection abroad ! Fifty-eight dollars as your share in cost of the de fence against an enemy that, if unopposed would desolate our home and destroy our Government ! Already it has cost thc nation for your safety and mine over a thonsatfd million's of dollars; arid you are angry because it asks for your littlo part of the expense. Sir you are not worthy of the name of an American citi zen." "That's hard talk, Growler, and I wont bear it !" . t " It's true talk and you'll hav6 to bear it !" was retorted. " Fretting over the mean little sum of fifty-eight dollars ! Why sir, I know a man who has given his right arm in the cause, and another hid1 right leg. Do they grumble? No sir! I never heard of complaint from their lips. Thousands and tens of thousands have given their husbands who will never more return ! They are with the d6ad.- TWa nf Sir you are dishonoring yourself in the .WULS IIUU " , , , . eves or an men. gruiuuiua, uvui tiua their friends and neighbors at home were j rema,;k : "You came honestly by your nreoarinr for them bounties nrnhnhlv ' principles; you are a fory naturally. larger than those offered by other States, j "5 Ila' do ?ou racan?" says Copperhead, and certainly much larger, if the support ' ''lou "oat ' said Union, "that during afforded to their families be taken into , the Wr Ylth Greaf Bnttain British account. entered the harbor and burned the town. I therefore appeal to our noble volun- ! of London." "Well, what of that?" teers not to abandon the Commonwealth. . ?ays C: "hJi somebody piloted them She has been proud ofthe glory which !n' and Vien bis dirty work was done, their course hitherto has shed abundant- x? camf lom(l Tr1lth thc British gold, and ly on her. As a mother she has a right j bis pebors, hearing of his presence,; to the honors to be won in future by her I Proyided . themselves with ropes, aptf children. Stand hv bor .nnd si,n ,-11 i made an evening call, when he made' his Stand bv vou. and vou will have the rinl,. I ?scaPc by thc back door an1 & to the pch mwnrrl ?n th f,rnf.,i nfft;o ,,i ! Island of Bermuda, and died there." svmnntliiPQ nf rnnr fnmili-a FA. I "Well, SayS U, "what lias all thlS to do j ffhbors. and vour fellow-citizens. "ILU lLi " B" .sa.,u Vuloui uiac your neighbors, and your fellow-citizens. But if you leave her for the service of other States you throw away all these, for their people will regard you merely as mercenaries, aud, when they fulfilled their bargains, will leave you and your families to shift for yourselves. Recol lect your homos, and your families, aud lot was your grand-father.: pi- The Lost Thimwc: A bachelor up Penn Street, Pittsburg, Pa., picked up a thimble. He stood a wliile meditating on the probable beauty of the owner, when he pressed it to his 3'our friends, and the banners which you ! lips, saying, "Oh, that it were the fair havc carried so gloriously upon many a cheek or the wearer. Just as he had bloody field, and which, defaced by shot , finished, a big wench looked out of an and shell, but still bearing the names of . upper window, and said, "Boss, des please the battles in which you have been dis-: to frow dat fimble of mine m the entry tinguished, she has provided for receiv- ! I list now drop it." The thimble was ing at the close of the war, and nreserv- thrown in i ing as holy relics of your patriotism and devotion to the cause of our common country. These things arc worth more o you and to Tour children than mouey. Do not grieve and disappoint your friends by abandoning them all. 1 take this occasion to enjoin upon all magistrates, district attorneys, aud all oth er officers, a strict vigilance in enforcing . f , ( , , . , I II II , tliuu, OHIO J UUUOUUj iU wuuu the laws ot tins Commonwealth against ! i r- ' '.WoV.a ,, , i ii . i Ai c, , i case, let him go to sonic country where all persons who shall within thisbtateat- ' lm .' , P ..-t . xA t,"i 1aj:i tempt to recruit volunteers ior othcr , i. i a. . ttiiuiu ne is jvuuvtu. otates. SSBoswell once asked Johnson if there were any possible circumstances under which suicid6 wauld be justifiable." "No," was the reply. "Well says Boswell, "suppose a man was guilty of some great crime that! he j was certain would be found' oui V "Why, then," says Johnson, "in that l. s. I J - . 1 . . l!li? .1 . tT, f!m,t Qn..l nf Sfntn f A lecturer was uuaung upon uie power ('. TT - . ,i . t e .i of the magnet, defying any one to snow or Ilarnsburg, thc twenty-fourth V -' ' . n J.. . .-r.- day oi icoruary, in me year oi our j.ora mtfrfedt and insta-nced a V0Ung lady jVho one thorisand eight hundred and sixt'- snd to'draw him tbirtnen miles everv Siin- n ' I n . t r lil if . l . Jtr lour, ano oi uie uommonweaiui me eign- (jay. i.. .-til. a n nrTi?'prT i J ty-eighth By the Governor Eli Sltfer:, Secretary of thc Commonwealth'. A Leaky Railroad Car. The Cincinnati Gazette says : "In the transportation of several hun dred prisonersfjrorn Camp Chase to Rock Island, a few days since, some desperate i In the West Indies they have found a netf use for rum it is employed in the prepara tion of paint. Judging from noses we have seen, wc should say it might produce a fine color. paltry war tax for shame V T fnrnofl nff C!HMlirr in HIV tfintlfrllh I " So much Lod done ! Mv reclaimed fellow cut a hole in the bottom of thc car, j sinner has become a nreacher of right- through which ten escaped while the train waa ruuuiug at a rapiu rato. A lady who had read of the extensive eousness l" The following toast was lately proposed nY j firoHmn'q dinner, which Was received manufacture of odoriieters to tell how far Tirnr vvAnnln nmvVnvntn in r ytt r nnrl . n .fill 1 T . 1 1 1. 1A 1 it 1. ,1 num. m jjtujjiiiuggiaiu, 'pnoi iiuu yjtij showers Or applause : "xne lauiea a carriage nuu oeeu run, sum sue wisubu munificence and so irresistiblein might Their eyes kindle the only flames which some Connecticut genius would invent an unconquerable. Have you no heart swol lings of pride in' this magnificent exhibi tion of will and strength f No part in the nation's glory ? No eager hand help ing to stretch forth ?" Growler was silent still. "There was no power in you or me to check tho wave of destruction that has we cannot extinguished and against Which instrument to tell how far husbands had there is no insurance." .been in the evriuing when they had just ? . 'stepped down to the post office. . An Irish paper published the follow-1 . item: A deaf man, named Tuff, was run jg- A young man advortises his de down by a passenger train and killed, on sire for wife thus: "Pretty, and entire Wednesday morning. He was iujurcd in ly ignorant of tho fact." Don't we wish a similar way about a year ago. 'ho may find her. Prentice says : " The rebel Govern ment talks of paying the rebel soldiers liberally after the war. Its liberality re minds us of the poor fellow's will; (Ihav6 nothing; I owe everybody; the rest I givo to thc poor. "VgJ A son of Erin cautions the public agaiust harboring or trusting his" wifo Peggy on his account, as he is pot mar ried to her. Thc Paris Pressc computes tho popula tion of the globe at one thousand millions, speaktug three thousand aud sixty-four languages, and having elovcu buudred different forma of xeligiosi.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers