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VOL:28.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. NOVEMBER 10, 1864.
NO. 3ff.
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Published by Theodore Schoch.
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JOB PRIJVTIWGT
OF ALL KINDS.
Pxeeatcd in the highest style of the Art, and on the
most rcasor.-ible terms.
A Miraculous Escap e.
Of all the miraculous escapes from death
oil the battle-field which have been recorded,
that which we are about to relate is, we
think, the most marvelous.
Calvin Aldus, of this city, who belongs to
the 7th Maine regiment, was one of the
storming- party upon the rebel fortifications
,
near Petersburg;. As they were advancing
he received no less than fifteen bullets
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through his clothee, without, however, m-
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breastworks lie was hit, the ball striking the'
skull and glancing off, and lying here no less
than four charges were made back and forth
ever his body. Coming to his senses while
the rebels held possession for the time bein-,
j r v i '
and find.ng Ins position uncomfortable in
consequence of lying acrossa gun, he at-
icmiueu 10 remove it, me rebels seeing
ihc motion and supposing he was getting at
uie gun to discharge n, fired upon him, one
ball lodging in his shoulders, another
mg a severe flesh wound in his sitfe nnnfi,or
passing through his thigh, and four more pass
ing through different parts of his body.
Our forces again charged ihe battery and ,
mccecdcJ in holding it. Just as the rebels
itu cuiinj;, uuwever, one oi mem sec-
ing that he was not dead, hit him on the
head with a musket. He lav for sorap hours'
atter our iorccs got possession, everybody
supposing him to be dead. He finally re-
vired again and was taken up and sent to
tc uuoiuu, iic was nrougnt to Augustal
mui uuu ui me nrsi msiaimems ot our
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wounded soldiers, and, one morning soon af
ter was missing.
It appears that he escaped from the hospi
tal, forged a pass to get to the front, and
got as far as Baltimore, when being seen in
an unfit condition by the surgeon, he was
refused a, pass and sent back.
ne is now in tfeitast, but bound to get
back at the first opportunity. He is one of
i
three brothers, sons of Airs. II. M. Aldus,
who have enlisted m the service. Belfast,
Mf., Aye
To stop potatoes Rotting.
An agricultural exchange says: "An ex
perienced agriculturist informs us that about
hx 3'cars ago he applied lime to potatoes that
were partly rotten, and that it immediately ar
rest decay. Potatoes that were partly rot
ten when the lime was applied continued to
rot, and were lost. Since then he has made
it a common practice to apply slacked lime
to his potatoes as he takes them up. He
puts a thin layer oflime upon the floor where
the potatoes are to be laid, and sprinkles
6ome of it over them about every ten inches j
as they arc put down. He considers this asi
perfectly protecting them from rotting, as he;
has never had a rotten potato since he has1
practiced it: and he believes alto that pota-j
toes thus used are rendered better by the
acting of lime." Congregationalism
Singular Affair.
The FUtikill Standard stales that a week
or two ago a horse belonging to J. S. Crom
well, of Fishkiii Landing, dropped down
dead in the road, while traveling. Upon
opening the stomch of the animal, to aect-T-tain,
if possible, the cause of his death, a
lizard about lour inches in length, crept
forth. This reptile wa, no doubt, swallowed
by the horse when it was very 6inall, and
had remained alive, growing larger and lar
ger, eventually causing bis death.
How to ha?2 pure Cist.
This spring my cistern got quite filthy,
and a great many angleworms in it, and
could scarcely use the water. I procured a
couple of live fish and put them in the cis
tern, and since that time it has been free
from worms and dirt and smell. The fish
will live and grow finely.
(Krlnthe year 1780 a very dark day
occurred, which was long remembered as
"the dark day." A lady sent her son to Dr.
Byles to see if he could tell her the cause of
the obscurity. "My dear," was the answer
to the messenger, give my compliments to
your mother, and tell her that I am as much
in the dark a.s she is..'
03" Thomas Winaus is expected from
England this full, in his cigar-shaped stea
mer. He invented it at a cost of 150,000.
Some unknown wag suggests that he next
invent a steamer in the shape af a chew ofl
tobacco.
OCT Charles Windxor, for the past 14
years paying teller of the Mercantile Bank of
tlna city, on Saturday last disappeared, tak
ing with him 207,000 in currency and
$34,000 in gold, belonging to the.bank. The) piantin j tnow 0f a number of old arated, always correspond with each other. Governor-General to report-immediately
baakofficers offer a reward of $20,000 for his Jeach tUat from the pits that to the military authorities for duty in
appehehsionarid the recovery of the missing were planted in 1805, that still bear the The proprietor of a hotel in this State, Her Majesty's service. That isn t a bad
money. He is believed to have gone to Eu-old red cheek rare ripe, and bid fair to having lost a dog, offers the finder one dol- move on tho part of the Governor-G.cuer-raye.
Tribune. live many years yet. Jar and a drink if he will keep 'the dog. al.
Trial of the 20jinch Gun at Fort Hamil
ton. wsJTlie trial of the great rrun at Fort FTnm.
,
limn tnnlr nlnnn rn f il. 0?il.
. Thigun is the largest ever cast,
w wi uiuuu i 1 1 it 1 . 1 1 1 1 ? ' 1 1 ; I v I ill '.ill
and its success marks an era in historv of
1 t mais aun.nu uisiuijr ui
: "uuvy oranance. in order that our
rea-
ders may have snmn
idea of the
; tudc of the
etc.:
iTTj tin.
I eight of gun when first cast, 180.000 lbs.
I Weightofgun whfin fimsbin 11 R dP,7 IKo
jjuil"Lll ill rni n
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Diameter at breech
, Diameter at muzzle '
Length of carriage,
j Heighth of carriage,
Weight of carriage,
!cnStn of trunions,
Dlamctc.r of trunions,
zu ic. d in.
5 ft. 4 in.
2 ft. 10 in.
22 ft.
8 ft
3G,000Ibs.
6 in.
18 in.
1 iotwlthstano-ng this immense weight
M ? "V! is l wfham a.d"
Justed that clSht can do the entire
service, loading tMr(,;ff .Wnfln
t c"
ci.
Jing.-Gcn. Howe, experimental ord-
nance officer, and Major J". S. Kodman
aa t oeneral direction, while the me-
chani;al Trorkiug of the gun was under
n cliarcof Capt. It. Buffington, of
boverner s Island,
SnrnA nv w.,a nnnn-,nnnA u t
page of the vent, which had to be cleared
: before anything further could be done
To accomplish this, Mr. W. Metcalf, Su-
'penntendent ot the Fort Pitt Foundry,
mak-!wnerc tne Sun was cast went inside the
SunJ ana remained there some fifteen
minutes, hard at work with an auger, un-
tu, hnalty, all was clear. Two or three
if all was right. A charge of fifty poun
of powder was next put in, but, provii
percussion caps were now snapped to try
ds
ng
uiaumuieut 10 mi me cnamoer, it was
withdrawn, and a charge of one hundred
Pounds substitued. This charge on-
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iy gave a moaerate report, and the recoil
of the gun was less than one inch.
A bag of hay was next procured and
inEertc(f in the niuzzle of the
gun, and on
th s n 50 h rtrlitrro Woa .i
----- w iuu ii a.i iii(iL.i:u. 1 1 1 1 1 1
both rammed home. The ball, weihin'
x,uiu jus., was nexc rouea m, tne
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mi n
leveled point blank, and discharged, the
Dall striking the water some three quar
ters of a mile from shore and ricochetting
five times, finally sunk at a distance of
nearly a mile and a half.
Your reporter then, by an invitation of
Mr. Matthews, went on board the steam
er Helen Augusta, and steamed 2 miles
from shore, to witness the effect of th
shot. But we had miscalculated, The
huge mass of metal, driven by 100 pounds
of powder, with the gun at an elevation
of 15 degrees, went whizzing over our
heads, striking some four miles beyond
us, throwing up a huge mass of water to
a great height. This' ended the business
of the day.
The trial of the gun is not yet com
plete ; but from the results so far no one
douts that it is a complete success. It
has been christened the "Brother Jonathan-"
.V. K Tribune.
Retalliation in Missouri.
The invasion of Missouri by the Rebel
Gen. Price, promises to be followed by a
bloody sequel. A St. Louts correspond
ent says that ail the Rebels whom Price
has not carried off, whe reside outside
the County of St. Louis, and a few other
populous localities, will have to suffer for
the damage sustained by Uuion men.
There is no use in blinking this question
or varnisnmg lueas wttn words to conceal
what is generally conceded to be the. Ulti
mate nnri 0f t,:s fovajj. nion mQa
who have fled fl0m their homes will re
turn and band together 'with their fellow
sufferers, and, in the name of their mur
dered neighbors, wipe out every Rebel
who remains. A half dozen Counties
may be named where it is a safe thing to
predict next New Xear's day will not wit
ness one Rebel alive out of fifty who now
reside in their limits. The Union men
believe that the Country is not large e
nough for traitors and themselves, and
one or the other must be exterminated.
Is there a doubt which party will remain ?
Belief for our Prisoners.
It is stated that an agreement has been
entered into between Gens. Grant and
Lee which will- greatly alleviate the suf
ferings of Union prisoners in the South.
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"I l ? 1,1,8 aSreenieut, tuc uc-
unis o which u nut yet uceu uummc-
iy seiuca, we siian uc permuteu iu scnu.
io the South, clothing, blankets and sup-1
plies for our psisouersin the hands of the '
Confederates ; they, in return, beiug al-
lowed to do the same by their prisoner
ju our hands. It is proposed that au of-
ficer ou each side should be specially de
tailed and paroled to see to the faithful
execution of the arrangement, and that
the articles sent to the prisoners should
be confined to articles of necessity and
comfort, as clothing, blankets, meat, bread
coffee, sugar, pickles, vinegar and tobac
co. How to Grow Peach Trees.
Mr. Ii. Payne, of Lockport, N. Y. says:
"Plant the pits wnere youmtend tne trees
to grow, and bud them there. I can get
a longer, better ar.oro productive tree
at lour years uiuj uu. uuc mun win jau
from a budded
suffers so much as the peach by trans-
A Technical Point Disposed of by the
jsrieaiuenc. ii laaay coiaier.
We desire to record the incideut which
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1 1 1 : 1 1 1 rrKfi or t ti a k i-Annurm
occurred at the Executive
Tuesday lastf
Hon. Charles Case, a member of the Thir
ty-sixth Congress of the United States,
froin the Tenth or Fort Wayne (Indiana)
district, and from whose lips we have the
following atnrfT. Will la nnlll'nn .mnr.
i O """'J vumiuil uuuu
the President on the day referred to, a
juuui fi"t uiiuaicuuy UUUUd
twenty years of age, was ushered into the
room in company with an orderly, bearing
a letter from the Paymaster General's of-
fice, and in a few words she related her'as aforesaid, do recommend that the neo
story. Born of poor, but honest parents, Pe throughout; the Commonwealth, ob
she resides in Jefferson township, Hunt-' serve THURSDAY the twenty-fourth
rngdon county, Indiana. Her name was day of November instant, as a day of
Mary E. Wise. At the beginnig of the Thanksgiying to Almighty God,
war her parents both died, and her only
pother enlisted in the 34th Indiana Reg-
nuent. Being thus deprived of her pro-
' ffnr n,l W?n,;w IS
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sue determined to follow him
Procur -
ing a disguise,
cepted as a pr
she succeeded in being ac-
private soldier, and through
two Ion? vears of arduous serviofls. rlnrm
ii ij . j " o
which the regimeut engaged in several
severe battles, among which was that of
Stone river, she prevented the discovery
of her sex, although she never failed to
perform her duty as a soldier
At the battle of Stone river she was
wounded slightly in the arm, but recov-jtracte(l country, and, in every State, with
ered, and again entered the ranks without grateful and loving accord, the incense of
being detected. At the terrible charge Praise and Thanksgiving may be offered
of the regiments of Western troops, atDV a the people unto His holy name.
Lookout Mountain, however, she was
ly wounded in the breast, and all her se
cret was ascertained by the surgeon.
She was carefully nursed for some time.
and as soon as she was able to travel was
dismissed the service, and returned to her
home in Indiana, having been so marked
upon the arm as to render re-enlistment
lmnossible. Five months' bank ii.iv was I
due her; but on application the paymas
ter declined to allow it) on the ground
that there was nothing in the regulations
that would permit him to pay a United
States soldier of the female sex. Hence
her visit to Washington and her calling
upon the President. After patiently lis
tening to her statement, the President,
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who was deeply interested, wrote-a note
to the paymaster General, saying that, as
she had faithfully served as a soldier for
two years, and received the pay as such
for the greater part of the time, he could
see no good reason why she was not enti
tled to the remainder, and therefore direc
ted the payment of the balance, conclu
ding with the assurance that, if hereafter
it would be found to be contrary to the
regulations, he himself would be respon
sible for the amount. The vounn- lndv
retired, well pleased with her interview.
and started for home in Indiana the next
ay, having fully accomplished the ob
ject of her visit. Washington Chronicle.
Indian Justice.
Many years ago, when a gentleman
from the central part of New Hampshire
was in the Pequaket country, attending
to his property near the village of Fryc
burg, a company of Indians from the Pen
obscot tribe came there for a temporary
abode, and pitched their tents on an ele
vation near the Saco river. In passing
to his lands he noticed a squaw kneeling
to pick strawberries, and creeping to dif-
ercnt parts oi the patch that furnished
the frui. nor attittidn Rfcrno.l- h im ns
iugular; but ho concluded she took that
posture as the most convenient for the
purpose.
On his return she had disappeared, and
he supposed she had gone to sell berries.
But as he approached the settlement, he
observed the unusual sight of an Indian
carrying a squaw on his back. A nearer
view showed him the person whom he
saw in the strawberry field. After hav
ing witnessed the occurrence several
times, on inquiry of the Indians as to the.
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cause oi this action, one oi uiem replied:
'Iti hnrt lnni:in llo Hrinlr much Snr. J
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capce. He drunk, and Checipic (devil)
get in him. Then he put squaw's feet iu
fire. They burn -off." As he looked, he
saw they were crippled and useless. T.he
tribe resented the cruelty, and its couu
cil was about to decide on his immediate
execution. But one ot the elder and wi
ser of the number interposed his opinion,
and gave this advice : "No shoot : make
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him Hve ag j fl3
squaw live; make
2n she want walk ;
hjm w whcn
. on 9nnavt-:n filon ahnM
V.:,: was :n ac'conianea wit
the coungc, an
- d woman
iroin her hasba
and thus secured to the in-
perpetual kind treatment,
from her husbaud. The fact of his own,uteer to go out aud fetch him in. It
death as soon as she died, made him care-! WU3 almost certain death for any! "man ;
ful to preserve her health and life.; and but, said Broad, "I have neither wife nor
the punishment of bearing her as his con-. chUd to suffer if T am killed ;" so out he
staut burden, as well as the compel!elat-jent, and picked him up, put him on his
tention to her welfare, formed a striking shoulder aud brought him iu safely ,'though
example of the retiributive shrewdness of the bullets flew like hail around him
"Indian Justice." j He came in so promptly that we all
-- ! thought he had escaped the bullets. 'But,
There is an Irishman employed on the alas ! poor Broad was a wounded man.
Great Eastern railway, who brags of hav- He. laid his burden on the grounQ, saying
;nrr u7-itf.li fbah L-flp.ns nnrrnfifc tune. TTn "I may have saved vour life, but I have
was heard to remark a few mornings since
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Two lovers, like the two halves of a di-
vided bank note, howevever widely sepa-
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Governor.Cnrtin'sProclamation.
'.In, the nameandby. the uthorityof
Cl syUn
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Commonwealth. V
A PROCLAMATION. -"- r
Whereas, It is the honored . custom
ot Pennsylvania to set apart, on the re
commendation of the Executive,- a day
lor returning thanks to the Giver of all
Good, the Shepherd! and. .Bishop of our
souis; now, tneretorej
1, ANDREW G. CUBTIN, Governor
Jbor-the gathered fruits of theearth;
For the contiuuance ol health;
For the prosperity of industry;
For the preservation of good order and
i tranquility throughout our borders;
IiQr the victories which he has vouch-
salec tc usrpver; armed traitors:-
And for the manifold blessings which
he has. heaped upon us, unworthy.
And that they do, moreover, humbly
beseech Him to renew and increase His
merciful favor toward us during the year
to come, so that, rebellion being over-
thrown, peace may be restored to our dis-
bad-j111 under my hand and the great seal
or the btate at ilarrisburg, this second
day of- November, iu the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-four, and of the Commonwealth
the eighty-ninth.
1 LL- s0 By the Governor :
olifer, Sec'y of the Common-
wealth.
Man Shot.
During the Democratic meeting at Bel
videre, N. J., on Tuesday evening of last
week, some altercation took place between
Peter Quick and Jacob Spangenberg,
which resulted in the latter shooting the
former. As both were Democrats, the
difficulty could not have been a political
one. Spangerberg had a hearing before
J. T. Kern' Esq , who refused to release
him on bail, and he was remitted to jail.
Mr. Quick we learn is doing well. The
report gotten up by the vicious, for effect,
that SDancenberf was a T?nrmrlif.nn spnr.
there to disturb the meeting, is utterly
laise ; as ne is a noisy leinocrat ! intel
ligencer. A Serious Charge. I
An individual, named Andrew J.Smith Burlington was sired by George M. Patch
route agent for the Post Office on the en, dam Falmouth Eclipse. Purchased
Beaver branch of the Lehigh Valley road, by the same gentleman for 725.
has been held to answer the charge of ; Lizzy McDonald, a bay mare, with colt
robbing the mail. The accused had a 6 months old by her side, sired by Bur
hearing before the U. S. Commissioner, lingtou. The dam has trotted in public
The evidence showed that he had taken , 2.37. Purchased by the same for 1,350.
letters from the train, tore them open,' After the horses were sold the carriages
and destroyed them, after taking the con- f were disposed of. A family barouche,
tents. nearly new, of superior finish, manufac-
tured to order by Messrs Wood Brothers,
A Silver Brick for tlic Christian
Commission.
We were shown yesterday afternoon a ' Passing over the long catalogue of
valuable contribution from the citizens of robes, blankets, and rosettes, all of which
Virginia City, Nevada Territory, to the commanded high prices, we came to a lot
United States Christian Commission. It of fine elk. The Baltimore Park Corn
consisted of a large ingot of silver, resem- missioners were anxious to secure these
bling a brick in form. It is twelve iuch- beautiful animals, and bid as high as 1S5
cs in length, four in breadth, and three each for them, but Mr. II. n. Porter, of
in depth, and valuod at 2)05 in curren- New York, offered $1,000 for the lot, and
cy. It is only a portion of the contribu- they were knocked down to him. He
tions of the residents of that post. On
Monday 1437 in currency was received
from Portland, in the same territory.
Last week 51,000 was received from the
ladies of San Francisco, and an addition
al 30,000 from that city and the Pacific
coast. Large shipments of cordials, cloth-
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mi' nc)siui.:ii Mi.tn r.n. Hint: iu:i:n ai;ul
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Sherridan's army. Phila. Inquirer.
A Heroic Deed.
In the battle of September 30th, there
was a young man killed, a member of the
Fifty-seventh Regiment, who used to live
in Concord. His name was Broad. He
was never in a battle before, as. he had
been connected with the ambulance train.
Hc met his death in this way : There
wa3 a man struck by a solid shot, it cut
ting one of his legs nearly off The poor
fellow was bleeding to death, but ifjaroitght
'off would in all nrobabilitv get well
Broad was the only man who would vol-
lost my own." He was shot through th
bowels, and died very soon after. lie
.wa a8 brave a nian a3 ever HVcd.
A Canadian paper says that all
the refugees from the United States, now
in Canada are going tg. be ordered by the
Extraordinary Sale of Blooded
Stock.
yjn J-uesaay last, in Baltimore, the
blooded stock of the late William Mc-
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""iU t""piiei.ui ui tuc L-cieorateu iuo
- xcujpio-, was Drougnc to tne hammer,
T -f
DGiOrG tflfi - Half flnmmonnftfl tlir.
grounds were crowded with vehicles of
every description. It is estimator! that,
f .1 ..cvfin1.. I """" a IUIU lUilU tUB LUUU-
ac -least ,0,UUU persons were assembled. j ey could hot be handed over to him un
lhe most important features of the day; less he presented the office with five
was the sale of Mr. McDonald's stock of , thousand Silver roubles, llo rotnA
blooded racers, though some very hand
some carnages, blooded dogs, and other
sporting property was disposed of. The
number of horses brought to the block-
was
were
twenty-two, of which the following
the most remarkable :
The first animal brought out was Flo- i stantly pinioned, and four mentheir
ra Temple, the Queen of the Turf, whose ' faces covered with Jblaclr crape, rushed
pedigree is well, known throughout the ' into the room. The landowner asked
sporting world. The animal, nearly nine-j them what they wanted; they plainly
teen years old, has. won more than 25,-1 told him he must hand over his forty
000 upon various courses, and was knock-1 three thousand roubles. With the great
ed down to Mr. G eorgo J. Presburv for ! est coolness he want nv.r tn blti sirnnn-
$8,00.0. Notwithstanding reports to the
contrary, this was a bona fide sale. Be-
iuic me saie ic was stated in private cir
cles that Mr. Bonner, of the N w York
Ledger, would bid S15.000 for Flora.
liady button, bay mare, 15 h hands high,
5 years old, raised in Harford county by
yjuiuum ouuon, out ot a Morgan mare,
and can trot in three minutes. Purchased
by a gentleman of New York for 800.
Henry Clay, sorrel, sired by the cele
brated stallion Henry Clay, 15 hands,
and Dutchman, sorrel, part Cannadian!
10$ nanas; these are known as the Chi
cago team, and can trot in 2,86. Pur
chased by Mr. Lee Knight, of New York,
for $1,655.
Guilford, a gray stallion, 5 years old,
sired by Revenue, dam imported gray A
rabian ; 2,000 were offered for this colt
when two years old, and refused. Pur
chased by Mr. A. W. Sandford, of New
York, for 81,300.
Lady Guilford, a sorrel filly, 4 ycar3 old
sired by Revenue, dam imported bay A
rabian. and considered one of the most
promising colts in the- country. Pur
chased by Mr. H. J. Jewett, of Baltimore,
for $650.
Enea, bay Arab mare, with colt 6
month old by her side ; sired by Burling
ton, and the dam imported by Mr. Mc
Donald from Arabia. Purchased by Mr.
H. J.Jewett for 550.
Saieda, gray Arab mare. This beauti
tiful animal was also imported by the
late owner from Arabia, and the cost of
inPrting her and Esnea was $7,000.
Purchased by Mr. J. H. Rieman, of Bal
timore, for 675.
Burlington, Jr., dark iron gray stallion,
1 vear old. sired bv Burlington, rlnm Mps-
senger mare, which has trotted in 2.50.
of New York, bought by Mr. Johnson for
825.
s,atcs Ulllt 110 parcnaseu uiem no&ior me
New York Park, as was reported, but for
Victor Emmanual King of Sardinia.
A superior double-barrelled ducking
gun, breech loadiug, with oak ease and
leather cover, manufactured to order, by
Purely of London, at a cost of $2,0U0,
ii i. oi o.k riM.: : j
w:im mi i nil n l .... j. ins is suuuusuu
, . , ' . . rr,r .
rs r it t i i itinirr . niinrinr irun in i 1 1 1 . 1 1 i
ted States.
Vccompauyiug it were about
4,000 cartridges, aud the patent brass im
plements ior cutting and filling cartridges.
Ten other ducking and bird guns also
brought fair prices.
Two thorough broke pointers, said to
be equal to any. in the country, a perfect
match, excited considerable attention on
the part of the bidders, and they were fi
nally knocked down at 115 each. Two
well broken water dogs sold for 40.
The aggregate amount of sa'lcs was about
30,300.
BQuThe military style of dress is to be
the ladies' only weiir, this comiug season.
They arc to have tight sleeves, coat-tails,
fatigue jackets, and even epaulets. In
short they are to dress as nearly like the
gentlemen as possible, provided the jienr
tlenien be dressed oj fa militaire the
only exceptiou being uumeutiouablea.
A young lady once married a man
by the name of Dust, against the Wishes
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of her parents, iier a snore time mey
and unto Dust thou shalt return.'
.
A mason in Limerick, Ireland, lately
hammering a stone, chipped out what ho
suonosod to be a lump of glass. It proved
to be a diamond worth 5000.-
lived unhappily together, aud she return- Kiiuwieugeu to uu guuu, mere win pro
ed to her father's house, but "no refused bably be more kissing thau eufftug:
to receive her, saying, 1 Dust thou are, There's a chance for somebody.
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fi Six to eight inches of snow fell at jabera ! I'll have the imUHmsut, apy
St. Lovtis orJ Thursday. ' - how:'
A Strange' Story from Rnssia.
A letter Irom Sr.. Tat
... vn,iouuis, i u au
English paper, mentions an extraordinary
affair which lately occurred in the; town"
- oi urei, in itussia. A great-. Ideal and-
owner Jwd a larirc sum foriv-tbroo fT,nna.
:ind ot vnr vamUa - : Wfw;
' police office of that town. On aDDlyin
for tho
lmediately reported the case to St. Peters
burg, and the money was paid over to
him. But on the evening of the same
day, as he was quietly smoking in his
study, a loud ring was heard at the bell,
The servant on oneninn- tht. ilnnr woo
' box, opened it, seized a revolver, "vyhich
was laid on the top shelf, and shot two
ui uie rooDers dead, the other two im
mediately taking to their heels. He then
sent for assistance, the police, &c, and
on the crape being removed from the
faces of the dead men they were recog
nised as the head of the police and h?s
secretary. The body of the former has
been removed to Nice for interment.
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Phil Sheridan.
As you walk over to the words of ther
Trenton Arms Company, you will observe,
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mat .iu uio point wnere the road leading
to Hamilton 3quare comes into the White
House road, another road forks off to the
Arsenal. A few steps from the fork, oh tho
Arsenal road, west side, stands an old two
stroy frame house, which, fifty years ago,
was occupied by an Irish laborer named
Patrick Sheridan. He was an unlettered,
hard-working man, with a wife and large
family of children to support kind heart
ed when sober, but, when drunk which
happened about ouce a month attacking
wife and children with a vigor which
scattered them as swiftly as if "they were
the rebels of Early in the Shenandoah
Valley. Though very poor, were tho
roughly honest, and the childern grew
up to take their places as citizens of the
great Republic, according to their merit.
The oldest son, Mr. Sheridan, became
the owner of an extensive livery stable in
South Eighth street, Philadelphia, where'
he accumulated wealth, social position and"
political influence. This, it is said, was
the father of Gen. Phil. Sheridan, who is .
"whirling the rebels out of the Valley of
the Shenandoah, and who stands before
the country to-day as one of the most
successful generals and remarkable men
oi the age. Trenton Monitor.
B The devotion of the New England
women to the Union cause during the
present war will be no less conspicuous
in history than that of their mothers of
the Revolution. The Boston papers men
tion the case of a lady whose husband
and only son enlisted early in the war.
The husband was killed, "and the widow
determined to give her means and her
services to the Union cause. She went
to the army to nurse the wounded soldiers,
and on thirteen battle fields administered
to their wants. Finally, her son, the last
of a family of four, was killed in battle,
and, alone in the world, the Ja&t earthly
tie severed, she procured his body and
with it returned to Boston, disconsolate
and alone. While conveying the body
to her old home, some" dastardlyjpickpockefc
robbed her of all the money she had in:
the world. What a lesson for those croak
ers who, having sacrificed nothing, s."it in'
their easy chairs and prate about the hard
ships ol war, as shown in their increased
bills for luxuries they might well spare.
Just before General Russeff re
ceived his death wound he was badly
wounded iu the arm, from which the
blood was pouring profusclj-. The' Gen
eral still remained on his horse and was
superintending the important movement
that resulted in victory and; savedour'
army. Ono of his officers rode up to
him and said, "Geueral, you should leave
the field, see how your arm is bleeding.'!
The General replied, "Let it bleeYl, don't
you see how we are diiving them?''
These were the last words the General
was known to utter, for almost iustautly
he was struck by a portion of a sholLand
fell dead.
A Ch'aucc for Sjim-!od j ;m
A young lady advertises iu the 6lev
land Plaindealer for a youug gontlomun
to act as an amanuensis. He musUbe
able to write iu cyphers, and wh6n "not
thus engaged, he will be expcctedto
read poetry with feelings, cohverse with
ease and be able to play cribbage and
backgammon. He must expect to Jbe'
kissed when she is pleased, and cuffed
when she is not; but as her temper is ao-
Palriotic.
'A fiue old Irish gentlema'n
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who-did not own a fl:i win
ning to'ceu
brute
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tones,
his blue shirt and white one topwdp
do ould woman's red nttieoatV-Sjiy: