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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. NOVEMBER 17, 1864.
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Published by Theedtre Schoch. i
TKRMSTwodoUnrsa year in advance and if no'
b.id bet?re IWt end o. me yew, v "
No !j2ief dicoUnued until all arreaiages are paid.
Except at me opuun -
nAd-ertisements of one square of (eight lines) or
lew onor three insertions $1 50. Earn additional
thMrtUn, 50 cents. Longer ones in propoition.
JOB PRINTING,
OF AXL KINDS,
ixeeatcd in the highest ttyle of the Arl.andonthe
' most reasonable terms.
A: Man wh Voted for Washington Votes
fir Lincoln.
As this is almost certainly the only in
stance in which a voter for George Wash
ington will again Tote at a Presidetial e-
lection, we print the following interesting
accoant fro
Republican.
The Springfield (lasa.)
To the Editor of the Republican :
Deacon John Phillips, of this town, who,
is one hundred and four years, four months t a visit to the Kearsage during the day,
and nine days old, appeared at thc town !nd by the kind courtesy of her officers,
hall and deposited hii ballot for Presiden- Paymaster J A. Smith being especially
tial electors and State officers. He was obliging, was euabled to obtain a detailed
brought in a carriage, and then conveyed account of the singular affair in the bay
into the hall in a chair supported by a,ofBahai, comprising all the particulars
phttoon of soldiers, and received by "the , which are accessible to the public. ,
citizens of the'town rising from theirseats The confederate war-steamer Florida
with uncovered heads, atuid the tears and -arrired at Bahia, Bay of San Salvador,
heartfelt eraotiont of all present. After j Brazil, October 5th, having captured and
m.mant tlio ronomMfl tm.
triot expressed a desire to shake
n
hauds
with all the returned soldiers.
Sonic thirteen soldiers then formed in
line, when each one was introduced to the i
patriarch, and took him by the hand, with
the announcement of the time each had
aerved in thc army. The last soldier in
troduced, 31r. Kitig, an Irishman, said he
had served the country three years, and
had enlisted for three years more, and if
that was not Ions: enough to subdue the ;
Rebellion he was ready for another three
years. After this, three hearty cheers
were riven for the returned soldiers, and
three rousing cheers by the whole assem
bly for the
soldier of the Rerolu-!
Col Edward Phillips, eldest son of the
venerable deacon, now in his 30th year,
lon made an lnmromDtu speech to
speech to thc
uftli;r5 in the course of which he said
4
that he was the oldest man in town who
was born in the town, and yet, said he.
uiy father is here, and "still lives." The
old gentleman was then presented with
two sets of votes, one for Abraham Lin
coln, and one for George B. McClcllan,
and requested bofore all present to take
his choice, wheu he reached out his hand
aud in an audible and deep-toned bass
voice, said, "I shall take the one for A
brahitn Liucoln."
The town then voted the Chairmen of
the Selectmen present the ballot-box to
the old gentlmcn, who took his ballot with
both hands aud deposited in the box,
btatine that he had voted for Washington
for President, and had attended all the
Presidential elections since, excepting
that four years ago, when he was sick and
did not attend.
The following preamble and resolutions
were thcu presented to the town meeting,
which were adopted by a unanimous vote :
"Whereas, our very memorable and high
ly respected fellow-citizen, Dca. John
Phillips, who is this day, one hundred
and four ytari four months and nine
days old, and wlio yet retains his mental
and physical faculties in a high degree
and
Whereat, he has traveled some
miles to attend this town meeting,
two
and
has deposited his ballot for Presidential
electors and State, County and town offi
cers, therefore
Resolved, That this be entered on the
records of the town as a lasting memorial
of his undying patriotism and derotion to
country, aud as an incident, perhaps, un
paralleled in the annals of our Govern
ment. Sturbridgc, Mass., Nov. 8, 1864.
Drill for Single Volunteers.
Fall In Love with some amiable and
Virtuous young woman on the first op
portunity you may have.
Attention Pay to her, assiduously
and respectfully.
Ri'ht Face popping the question,
Itkp a man. and sn e'll accept you.
Quick March To her parents
ana
ask their consent.
Right Turn With her to church, and
rrn thrnilfrn LUC bCiVlvC Ul UU1V Ului iujuu j
. i 11 a Uoi.i h rttvt mnn v
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HaltAnd reflect seriously for a iew
minutes, then determine to devote your-,
self entirely to your wiie.
Right about Face ironi the haunts
that frequeuted when Single, ana preier
your own home.
AdTance Arms To your wife when
out walking together, and dou't let her
Walk three or four yards behind you.
Break Off Billiard playing, betting,
and staying out at night, if you wish to
hate a happy home.
Decided Pluck.
hereis a, man in Maine, the owner of
i. piece of crinoline, who shows decided
luck. He says that when the minister
Was hugging and kissing his wife, he
peeped through the crack of the door and
saw it all; and as long as he has the spirit
of a man remaining, he will peep on all
such occasions.
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.((IV. Cm e .wrtti'A hAvn intrmi.
i 9i .t7- t:
auiu.Hi,ilj.- -
Die, UdYC TO t x WO 01BJ, yco.
"Well, well, cheer upv mxt i aiversity
tries us. and s-teows g
ties." "Alt, but adversity
it was an old'wapabond of
he showed up my worst qualities."
the .capture of the Florida
One of the most daring Naval achieve
ments on record. A visit to the Kear
sage.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser.
-The news which we announced yester
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uay uiurmug, mat tne arrival oi me
fa-
mous steamer Kearsage at his port had
brought the intelligence of the capture in'
Brazilhan waters by the Union gunboat
Wachussett of the notorious Rebel cruis
er Florida, sent a thrill of surprise and
delight through the community even in
the midst of the exitement and anxiety
of presidential election day. The joyful
news spread over the the city like wild-
fire, and was the universal subject of dis-
cusaion and oi mutual congratulation, un-
tu tne interests oi the congressional ana
national elections seemed almost forgotten-
in comparison. One of our reporters paid
nurned the bart iuondamon. trom
m
Rio, off Pernambuco, on the 28th of bep-
tember. The Uniled States steamer Wa
chuset, Captain Napoleon Collins, had
been lying several days in the port of Ba
hia. and the Florida at first anchored in
the offing. The Brazilian Admiral im
mediately sent her a message requesting
her to come inside, which she did, an
choring in the midst'of the Brazilian
fleet, and close nnder the guns of one of
the principal forts, which is located upon
an island in the middle of the harbor.
Certain parties in Bahia, which is a
commercial city of considerable import
ance, with one of the best harbors in the
world, being interested in American af-
lairs, Desttrreu themselves to Dnng aDout
an engagement betwecu the
and the Florida, firmly confid
Wachusett
ent that the
result of such an encounter would be an
other Union victory as complete as that
won last Summer in the British Channel.
On the morning of the 6th of October
they carried a challenge to Capt. Morris
of the Florrida, to move outside the lim
its of Brazilian jurisdiction and fight
the Wachusett. The Rebel commander
declined to receive the missive which the
Brazillian residents had prepared, on ac
count of some informality in its address.
During the afternoon of the same day a
Hungarian citizen living in Bahia, and
sympathizing with our Government in its
struggle with Rebellion, waited upon
Capt Morris, and endeavored to induce
him to consent to an action between his
ship and the Union gunboat, but without
success. Capt. Morris, however, stated
that if he happened to fall in with the
Wachusett during a cruise, he should
willingly engage in a contest with her,
but that on no account would he consent
to leave a safe harbor for the express pur
pose of having an engagement.
All efforts on the part of outside parties
to bring on a naval battle in open water
between the two vessels proving unavail
ing, Capt. Collins promptly took into con
sideration the other means which sugges-
tested themselves for riding the seas of
the most dangerous enemy of our com
merce. In the evening of the same day
above-mentioned, Thursday, October 6,
he called a council of his officers to de
bate the subject. An important element
in the consideration was the fact that the
convenient harbor of Bahia has three o
penings into the Atlantic, by any one of
which the Florida could mate her escape
whenever the darkness of the night favored
her purpose, without the possibility of one
vessel preventing it. It is stated that the
council of officers was also possessed of in
formation that the Florida had repeated
ly seized and burned American ships
within three miles of the coast of Brazil,
in defiance of every law of neutrality,
without the slightest objection of any sort
being made by the Brazillian authorities.
Taking into consideration all the facts
in the case, the council advised, with but
one dissenting vote among all the officers
of the Wachusett, that the scheme pro
posed of seiziug the rebel cruiser at her
anchorage should be carried out. Capt.
Collins immediately gave the orders for
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sayirjp tnat with the very deepest regret
te felt that the conduct of the Brazillian
i Governtu
1theahado
Government in permitting piracies within
ws of its shores had made the
step an imperatively necessary one.
i
It
may be remarked here that it was found,
after the seizure ef the Florida, Xhat ar
rangements had been made for her es
cape from the harbor on the very next
night, for a new career of depredation up
on our shipping.
The preparations for the. encounter
were made with great celerity and com
plete secrecy, and at about three o'clock
in the morning of Friday, October 7, the
cables were slipped, and the Wachusett
bore Jqwu upon the Rebel
vessel under
fun head of steam. So little expectation
waa there of such a proceeding, that one
half the officers and crew of the Florida,
seventy jn number, and including Captain
I Morris, were carousing on shore, and the
remainder, having just returned from a
similar nhpnr. were 1U UO
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the deck supposed the collision which ho
j Capt, CollinB was Bimply to strike the
our better quail- saw to oe imminent tc pe mereiy au?u-
didn'ttry me; tal, and cried oiit, 'You will run into us
a.Tiidpfl. and if vou don't" look out" The design of
Florida amidships with full steam on,
crush in herside, and send her at once
to the bottom beyond thrt possibility of
causing further trouble to any one. The
Wachusett however did not strike her ad
versary fairly, but hit her in the stern,
carrying away the mizzen mast and main
yard. The Plorida was not seriously in
jured by the collision, but the broken spar
fell across the-anwing over her hatchway
in such a manner as to prevent her crew
from getting on deck from below. The
recoil which followed the shock carried
the Wachusett back several yards. In
the confusion which, ensued several pistol
shots were fired from both vessels, chiefly
t random and entirely without effect.
Two of thc uns of jne Wachusett
were
als0 discharged by accident, according to
Qne rt anj a3 another version has it,
by order of one of the Union lieutenants.
ihe shots did not strike the Florida.
Capt. Collins of the Wachusett, imme
diately thundered out a demand to the
llebel cratt: "Surrender, or 1 will blow end in tne north, ana that the consenp
you out of water." The lieutenant in j tion cannot be enforced here, while, the
charge ot the Florida may be excused for . Rebel army is kept up to a fighting stau-
considerable amazement, but had
presence of mind to reply : "Under
circumstances I surrender. Without " thousand negroes capable or eincient mil
the delay of an instant, dozens of gallant itary service.
tars boarded the prize and made fast a
haser-connectina her with their own ves-
sel, and the Wachusett turned her course
seaward, moviug at the top of her speed
and towing the Florida in her wake.
The fleet of Brazillian vessels, which
entirely surrounded the little space of
water on which the brief battle had been
fought, was so situated that the two A
merican steamers were obliged to pass un
der the stern of the largest in order to
penetrate their line. The Wachusett was
challenged, but did not deign a word of
i-
reply, and the Florida, when hailed and
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commanaea to nan a moment aiter, re-
plied that a pause was impossible, as she
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was towed by the vessel in front Ihe
Brazilian's soon guessed the state of af
fairs, and in another moment or two the
heavy guns of the fort, under the very
muzzles of which the capture had been
made, opened fire on the Wachusett, as
shft disamieared in the niorninsr darkness,
" f-1 - a
Throp. shots were fired after her. all pass-
ing
harmlessly far above her pennant,and
striking the water
beyond
To the reader it seems that all this must
have taken a considerable time, but the
testimony of a careful officer on the Wa
chusett, corroborated by the surgeon of
the Florida, assures us that from the time
the Wachusett first slipped her cable and
steamed upon the Rebel cruiser to the
moment when the echoes of the last gun
from the Brazillian fortress had died a
way, was only. twenty minutes by the
watch. Certainly no page of history can
show a more daring achievement, or one
executed with more brilliant rapidity or
more complete success.
The Brazillian commander in Bahia
harbor acted with all thc promptness
which could have been expected, and in
a few moments the dawn of day disclosed
two vessels of the Brazillian fleet doing
their utmost to pursue and overhaul the i
t 1 r 1 - 1 1 - mi
wacnuseit ana ner prize, xuuy wcic
heaw slooo of war an'd a small armed
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steamer, neither of them any match in
point of speed for the handiwork of New
England mechanics, and soon gave up the
chase as the Union and Rebel steamers
disappeared below the horizon.
Capt Collins soon ordered the ships to
heave to aud examined his prize. He
found that neither vessel was materially
damaged by the collision, and that there
had been no injury to life or limb from
the confused firing which followed it.
rp 1 nnl flfYtr-oitrHf- nion nf the
v., , ,nr.t..fl onH ill
Hondas crew were captured, and all her
stores, papers, records, etc., were found
undisturbed in the cabin. The two ves
sels soon steamed for St. Thomas, arri
ving there on the 29th ult., and finding
the Kearsage already in port. It was in-
tended to keep the matter at Bahia a se-
eref-t St. I'Loos, but it was aeeideat-
ally revealed by a seaman of the Wachus
ett to one of the crew of the Kearsage,
and some hints of it got wind in thc town
eausino yreat excitement there.
The
Florida remained outside the bay, while
the Wachusett entered to obtain coal.
A.fmcr. Aj5;stanfc Pavmaster W. W.
Williams' of the Wachusett, Surgeon
Charlton of the Florida, and six of the
crew of the privateer, were transferred to
the Kearsage, which sailed Oct. 31, and
it miilfiMrlifc nn TTnndav. as
previously .reported. Paymaster Wil- permitted to send to the South clothing, ness or not. There are roads in this
liams bein- charged with dispatches for blankets and supplies for our pirsoners country that have run ten or fifteen years
the Goverumentjeft by the earliest train in the hands of the Confederates : they without killing a single person. Others
yesterday morning for Washington. The in return, being allowed to do the same might be conducted with the same vigil
Wachusctt and Florida were to sail from ' to their prisoners in our hands. It is ance. Is it probable that, with due in-
St. Thomas on the 2d inst for iNew lork
where they may now be daily expected.
The crew of the 1 londa is composed
of Englishmen, Irishmen, Germans, etc.,
and contains no citizens of the Rebel
0.... lmnn liar nfiirPI VlOWftVftr.
OLillCO. Iiuiuu 1 I
there are
several Southerns Surgeon
Charlton, who is now on board the Kear
sage, is a native of Georgia. He was be
fore the war an officer in the UnitedStates
Navy, and was stationed for several years
in Chelsea, ne has many acquaintances
in Boston. He was here on the day of
President Lincoln's first eleetion, and left
shortly after to tender his services to the
Southern Confederacy. He is a gentle'
man in appearance and manner, aud not
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reiuctanL to aueaa. ui mo
ciroumsiances
. c
of his capture and the condition o our
national affairH. He wearB the full UM
form of the Rebel naval service, of plain
gray cloth, with the rank indicated by
shoulder straps, as in the Union costume.
1 Surgeon Charlton expresses full confi-
dence'that' his captivity will last for only
a .very limited period, believing that the
whole affair will terminate i as did the set-
zure of Mason and Slidell three years ago.
If the demands which he thinks will be
made by the Drazillian Government are
disrerdadhv onrnnfchorities.be looks
e . .i i. fii, i..:m k.t fViv
iui uu luuuraciuuuw ui m uiaiiuo uj bub
n t r rti. T?..nt.
and Spain, ia such a manner as to compel
compliance. The Rebel officers profess a
:;fT fi. 0n nf
j fPK fi,
j j . j -j
North entirely mistakes the universal sen
timent of the South, which they affirm
wijlfnever consent on any terms to a res
toration of the Union. They declare an
unshaken confidence in thc ultimate tri
umph of their cause, placing their reli
ance on the intrinsic advantages of their
position in a military point of view mo
ving constantly on interior lines. They
argue that volunteering is entirely at an
hrAiriu:ik x if '1:1.11111 . ii v v i.iiiiu i.i 11.
still dard by steady recruiting, and has a re
the 1 serve always on hand of three hundred
! Surgeon Charlton estimates that the
timates that the
r forty thousand
rest, not having
Florida has steamed over
miles since she loft B
spent ten days in port in nine months
During her career she has captured about
PitrfTr Ainopipon vasqaIo
mi t." v i i .
I n Kfiarsacfi has nn. nnarn nnft or two
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Ul IOUUI1I0 lUnUU VU illlllillllO
last
summer, one still pears upon uer siues
the marks of that desperate encounter,
and will have to undergo a thorough o-
verhauling and refitting daring her stay
in this port. She, will probably go out
of commission in a few days, aud will re-;
; :i 1 : 1 ll
eeiva uew aana mm ue lupuuuu m uveij
part during the winter at thc Charleston
V V,l U !. ..tn,1 tV.-n
Navy-Yard. Her cruise has lasted three
years, and she has steamed about thirty
five thousand miles since she sailed on
her maiden voyage from Portsmouth in
1861. She now lies just off the 'navy
yard, in full view of our wharves, where
hundreds of people will flock to see the
a 1
gallant little steamer that so nobly van
quished and, destroyed, in romantic sin
gle combat, the treeoooter wnicn was lor
long the terror ot our mercantile ma-
rine
The officers and crew of the Kear
sage, as is announced in another place,
are to have a public reception to-morrow
in Faneuil Hall, and we trust that they
will receive such an ovation as will give
them an adequate idea of the estimation
in which their invaluable services are
held by the merchants and the public
generally of Boston and of the nation
,"Vot for I Pay.
The other day a Dutchman in Cin
cinnati was severely thrashed by his
"vrow," and while smarting under4 the
infliction, he complained to the major,
and had his better half arrested for the
outrage, whereupon she was find three
dollars and the coats, but she not having
thc morjey ier husband was called upon
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to fork over- Upon wnich he opened
his eyes in great surpise, exclaiming.
"Vnf fnr T now ? v5n m 7"
The "statute" was explained to him,
and he paid, but annouueed that here
after his wife might wallop him as much
as she pleased, but he would never again
take steps to uphold the "majesty of the
law."
Swallowed his Bounty Money.
A man, named Wright, who was accep
ted as a substitute for one of the drafted
wcd in Baltimore, swallowed
, , 'nunua
four one
hundred dollar greenbacks, being the
amount paid him as bounty money. He
was compelled to take an emetic, which
caused him to throw up the notes. His
numose was to secure the money and
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then run away. The notes were thorough-
aced to the credit ot
Wright, who, with thc other substitutes,
were taken to camp under guard, a wiser
man, but none the better in feeling from
to emetic powder.
ITT'The country will be rejoiced to
learn that an agreement has been entered
into between Gens. Grant and Lee which
will greatly alleviate the sutfenugs ol the
Union prisoners South. By the terms of
this agreement, the details of which have
not vet been iefinitelv settled, we shall be
proposed that an omcer irom eacn aiue
should be specially detailed and paroled
to see the faithful execution ot the ar
rangement, aud that the articles sent to'
- lit n t .ii
i prisoners snouia De connueu to articles j
of necessity and comfort, as clothing,
i blankets, meat, bread, coffee, sugar, nick-
les, vinegar and tobacco.
We see it stated
in Western pa
pers that Congressman Voorhees's elec
tron is to be coutested on the returns from
Sullivan Precinct. It has been ascer
tained by
men who
f Ininn vnfua
taking the affidavits of Union day of next iNoveuiber, 1 might nave tti
voted that not one-half of the wings of a bird, and 1 would fly to evry
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iroro f.millffi(l OV tG UCUIO- CUV aUU CVCrV VU1U"U, 1" o.cij
cratic judges. In some other Precincts every hamlet, to every mansion ana e
in the District, similar frauds were per- ery hut, aud proclaim to- every man, wo
Tn omna incrnnrpst the'ud'es man. an'd- child. Georgo B. McClellan is
pCUdlCU. J.U owm c:
took the ballot-boxes home with them at
:..ui. u...,io,l thom nt thfiir leisure,
uitiuv, uvciunuii'u .uu.
and returned to the place of voting tho
next day to count out tho ballots.
- An Ossified Man.
There was a strange spectacle at the
depot yesterday a man,of whom accounts
were Wi hed ; in newspapers
. ' J . ' . r 1 .
" UJ,S country and ni medical journals in
Anglaad, ?ho. has been in a state of al-
most complete ossincationior tQirty years
11
is name is Valentine Peakins : he was
ooru miy-two years since in iieuriutia,
1 Cft i.i TT .
Monroe County New lork , but has been
a resident ibjc the last twelve years of
Mantua, Portage County, Ohio. At the
age of eleven years he was
of eleven years he was thrown from
-'
a hoise, and his knee was injured by the
fall. From that time ossification set in,
and the process made advancement, joint
by joint, for fifteen years, when it had
completed its work, lie is thoroughly
and totally ossified, with the exception
that he cau move two of his fingers, and
make the slightest perceptiable motion
with one: or two of his toes. He has not
opened his jaws for more than thirty
years, but still he cau talk with ease.
Of course he has to be fed the food
being placed with his lips and left under
the guidance of mother Nature, who mys
teriously ensures its safe conduct into
the stomach. He lies upon his side,
upon a low bed or couch, which serves
. a,ou ua '"C1 ' .
somewhat, and his ri
near his shoulder ; he
also as a litter, wun nis ieet arawn up
rhf. h.mrl p.Jiiiirhfc nn
a n i
1. . hi
e lies tnus an a ay
lonr, shifting his position but once dur-
In en y-iour wnonnoia iurueu
luici uu Lite uuici aiuc. n uitv; la iuu
completely ossified a human
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block of
limestone, as it were his skin retains its
normal character and condition, and dis
charges the functions perfectly, being,
perhaps, more sensitive, however, to the
touch of any object, as that of a fly or a
hair, than is usually the case When
the light strikes the skin of his hands or
'ace, it looks like marble of a yellowish
tinge, brought up to the highest possible
state of polish. lie lies there on his
couch like a recumbent statue.
His health is good ; he has an excellent
appetite, and lives withal hearty life.
One is naturally curious to know how his
mind is occupied through all the dreary
hours, lie cannot read, for he has been to-
" I tally blind for thirty years. Cut off' from
I that source, he is nece?-a ilv cast backur-
on his memory, and he has a most wond
erful development of his faculty. It is
exceedingly tenacious. He remembers
thc most minute and apparently trifling
incident or circumstance ; has the eutire
past every fact and evetit m his expe
rience before him, piled up
and sauuions at will, or as
ouircs. occurrences which
like strata,
occasion re
have faded
from thc minds of his friends, nis re
collection of localities is wonderful.
Places that he had visited years ago, be
fore struck with blindness, he can now
identify as he rides along so vivid a re
collection has he of the relative position
of things, as bridges, rivers, &c.
He is very expert at mathematical cal
culations, and can with great readiness
give, for example, the number of square
inches in an area the uumber of whose
feet or rods is given him.
Of course it must be a world of work
to take care of this helpless man, but his
friends have cheerfully borne the sad
burden for more than forty years. He
has now gone to Painesville as a county
charge Cleveland Leader, 27th.
Laborious but Useful.
Many serious railroad accidents occur
from the weakening of the rails, especial
ly in the whiter, when the the iron is
made brittle by thc extreme cold. But it is
probable that in a majority of cases the
rails break because they have been weak
ened by wear and tear, aud that frequent
and careful inspection would prevent
many disastrous accident?. An exchange
paper says :
"When Mr. Wm
J. McAlpine
was
the superintendent of the Ohio and Mis
sissippi Railroad he kept in books a re
cord of every rail on the line, giving in
brief terms its history; that is, the date
of its insertion (ascertained along the
whole line by constant inspection,) and
its probable duration. For example :
rail such a number, of iiiile, was good for
ten days , another, ueeded rencwiug to
morrow, and so on. This was a labor,
and it required system, care perseverance;
but it was done, and it gave security to
passenj:c.s. In Germany, wheels, after j
being used a certain time, are discarded, i
whether thev show symptoms of weak-1
spcction, two uaiaauupuca uum u
one week on one line of railroad ?
A Stood Joke.
A nackettstown correspondent (says
the Belvidere Intelligencer,) sends us the
following which ho thinks too good to be
lost, and we think so too :
A young lawyer was on the stump, blow
ino- his hora for Gen. McCicllau: tret
tut on in his elonuence, he" spread hiui-
Helf and said: "I would that on the 8th
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President of these United btates.
ibis nnint a voumrster in the crowd
At
sang
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out: "Dry up you old fool, you d be shot
for a Shitcpokc before you few a mile.
Feminine Curiosity. .
A v?ag in ttfe Vcst says the following is
truo ; .
Worthy C-
is one of the best.rep
iroung America thatarf
resentatives of Y
be found in the fast city of Chicago. ' Stand -ing
ocr the steps of the Tremont a.fev
evenings ago chatting with half a dozorT
of the "boys," their attention was. attrac
ted toward two young and evidently res
pectable ladies enjoying an evening prom
enrde. "Bet driuks," says Worthy, "tltaf
I make those ladies follow and keep pace
with me, whether I walk fast or slow, for
the nest ten minutes." The bet was ta
ken by Charley H , and he was
invited by Worthy- to come-along andsee
that all was fairly done. By this time
the girls were passing. Worthy linked
arms with Charley, and, apparently ncf
seeing the ladies, stepped in the same
direction, and directly in front of them,
and just near enough to let them hear his
harangue. "The wedding was to be at
nine o'clock. The President, the Cabinet,
all the foreign Ministers, and thc elite of
the city were expected to be present ; ana
Bishop , with half a dozen assist
ing clergymen, was to officiate" By this
time the girls had overheard sufficient to
enlist their earnest attention, aud, almost
unconsciously, were closely following the
gentlemen. Worthy proscription of tho
(imaginary wedding. The brides, birdes
maids, and the ladies present, with their
dresses, jewelry, etc., etc,, were elabora
tely portrayed : aud for nearly fifteen
minutes did the girls follow in close and
attentive pursuit, without regarding either
the distance or direction of their pro
meuade. Worthy, however, had gradually
turned comers and crossed street until
the Tremont was again attained, when the
geutlemcn joined their confederates;
and the ladies passed on, in blissful igno
rance of the cruel ".-ell" by which they
had been so unmercifully victimized.
Of Carpets.
The Persian Turkish system of carpe
ting rooms is infintiely better aud prettier
than ours. The Persiau carpets sre ex
quisitely beautiful ; their colors are brigh
ter, the designs prettier, and they are
far more durable than European, and
American earpets. They are made" in'
strips usually between two and three
yards long, and about one yard in breadth
to go around the sides of a room, with a.
square carpet of any size preferred- for
the centre. They do not require to be
nailed or fisted, and a stiBrcieut number
of them will of course carpet any room,
however large or small. They have a
very rich and graud appearance too. In
summer they are easil sakeu up, beatedr
rolled and put aside by a single man
servant; and in fh'e liot weather why
should we not more generally imitate con
tinental customs by painting or polish
ing our floors ? Chambers' Journal.
Extract from the Supplementary Report
on the Conduct of the War Examina
tion of Gen. McClellan Continued-.'
Q. Where you in the Fall of 186-1 a
candidate for thc Presidency ?
A. I don't remember.
Q- Did you; m the Fall of 18(M' encotr--rage
any persons to vote for you for Pres
ident. A. I may have done so.
Q. Do you know whether nny. person5
voted for you for that oS"ce7
A. I didu't see it.
Q. Did you, during the period referred
to, call for larger forces 1
A. I don't remember. I may have
done so. It would have been in accord
ance with my habits.
J6S? A party of boys attempted to get
up a torch-light procession in Grausvillc,
the other day. They filled a Government
wagon with torpedoes, shooting crackers,
sky rockets, and af bras3 Band, followed
by a lot of juveniles. At the start the
band struck up, the mules ran off, the
fireworks exploded in the wagon, the
drum bursted, the wheels cams off, the
boys and bard fell out, the meffe faff
down, the' hoVus were mashed, and the
procession was pronounced a'bu
thing
on wheels."
"Whftrr. arn van rrnn? ?" Said a
young gentlemau to an- elderly one i a?
white crayat, whom he overtobk a few
mijes froirr Wttle Rock.
"I am going to Heaven, my son ; I
have been on the way eighteen years."
"Well, g od bye, old fellow; ifyotf have'
been traveling toward Ceaven for eighteen?
years and got no nearer it than Arkausas,
I'll take auother route"
fi A lawyer, somewhat disgusted at
seeing a couple of Irishmen lookiug at a
six-sided bidding nhieh he occupied lif-'
ted up the window, put his head oat and
addressed them thus:
"What do you stand there for, like ar
pair of blockheads, gazing at uiy oilitfe ?
Do you take it for a church V
"Faix," answered one ot them, "J was
thinkin' so, till I saw the divil poto his"
head out of the wiudy."
jJSTAn old Irishman who had witness-
od the effect of whiskey for many v years'
past, surd a barrel labeled whiskeycon
tained &' thousand songs aud fifty-fijjjiTsT '
A traveler conVidg' up to anjnn
door, said ; "Pray, frieud. are you'the
master of this house ?" "Yes, Sir," an
swered Boniface, "my wife has beea
dead these three week."
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