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VOL. 23.
STROUDSBURCr, MONROE COUNTY, PA. DECEMBER 8, 1864.
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Published by Theodore Schoch.
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JOB PRINTING,
OF ALL KINDS,
Bxtoited in the highest style of the Art, and on the
most reasonable terras..
. Interesting Trial of Projectiles.
A. very interesting trial of the sub-calibre
projectile in connection with a new
packing or sabot, both the invention of
t- ttt:i tt o ti, r Tt-i,.
by order of the Navy Department a few
days since, at Derby in this State, This
trial was the concluding one of a series
-nA wn in nil rpjneitc n mnst. r?ri1rl
,eee.,s. both a re.Ws
Q r
" AT. 9', ., , ,..
lauiuuui ytilu iiiu
sub-caliber principle, j
into a lengthy cxplana-
I merely say, tor the in-
are will not enter
iion of it, but will merely say, for the in
formation of those who are not familiar
with the subject, that the principle is
auch that, by means of a jacket or case, it
is rendered possible to fire a bolt of a less
diameter than the caliber of the gun,
thus lightening the shot, and giving with
4he same charge of powder immensely
greater penetrating power, and conse
quently much greater range, with Jess
strain upon the walls of the gun. The
trial was made from a 100-pouud Rodman
rifle, which has been mouuted at Derby,
for the purpose or these trials.
The tar-et was placed oue quarter of a
mile from the gun, and consisted of lam-
ioated iron plates four-aud-a-half inches
in thickness, bolted to a backing of eight
inches of oak and four feet of hemlock.
This target was three feet wide and four
feet in length. Resides this target there
?vas a screen of boards about eight ieet
square, on which was painted a bull's eye
S inches iu diameter. These two targets,
it will bo borne in mind, were for two
different descriptions of projectiles; the
wooden screen being fired at first with
common shell, in order to test the new
packing or sabot. Five shells were fired
at an elevation of a trifle less than a half
a degree, three of which struck the eight-
inch bull s eye ; one ot tne otners was a-
bout two feet above in line, and the oth
er about three feet below, a little on the
left. The extraordinary closeness of the
shooting showed that the packing must
have taken the grooves with the utmost
exactitude, thus securing the great object
of all packing, the instantaneous and com-
plete hllmg ot the grooves, preventing
any loss of force by the escape of gas by
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windage, ana securing uiu roiary mo
tion to the projectile which ensures Its
correct flight.
Heretofore no packing has completely
attained all of these requirements, on sev
eral accounts, all of which are obviated
by this new mode of packing. Ou the
completion of the trial of thc wooden tar
get, five sub-caliber shots were fired at the
iron taget at a distance of one quarter of
a mile, and the elevation ot the gun a halt
a degree. The first shot struck the tar-1
gt about fonr inches above the bull s eye,
siHl psnetratea tne target ana uie pacsiug,
and buried itself in the hill side. The
second was attended with a similar result.
The third fell short about three feet,
missinir the tanret. Thc fourth and fifth
Struck and pierced the target and back-:
inc. tearinu it in pieces anu t!trnJln? lfc '
entirely. The projectiles used were steel rcturn of Kershaw's Division of Early's
bolts, four and a half inches in diameter army t,e 0ther day from the valley, de
and about sixteen inches in length, flat- scribe their state to have been fearful in
headed, and kept in place in the gun by tne extremc. They came in almost starv
rneans of a Fabot or jacket, the packing e(j an(j rushed into the markets of Rich
of the bolt and case as fired was a trifle mon(i jibe a pack of hungry wolves, liter
over sixty pounds for each shot, the charge ajy ceaned them out of everything they
of powder being the regulation charge of , contained, causing the prices of family
ten pounds. ! supplies for the time being to advance a
The penetrative force of this projectile lmudred per cent to the citizens of their
is without parallel in the history of pro- c-lty qbey were many of them barefoot
jectiles. On a previous trial at the same G( a ragged and dirty, while a large
place with the same gun, at the same dis- p0rti0n had literally not enough clothing
fance and using the same charge of pow-1 bide their nakedness.
der,.two of these steel bolts were fired at, j rpbe Richmond papers profeSs to have
and through a target composed of eight ' cbcering news from Georgia which they
inches of laminated iron laipes. twelve withhold lest it convey information to us.
inches of oak backing, and four feet of 3 no- information if favorable to them
hemlock timber. The velocity was so COuld benefit us it is very plain reasoning
immense that the bolt not only went ' to :nfer that the Georgia news does not
through, the whole mass, due tne case
went through the eight inches of iron
and into the wood where the bolt left it.
One other shot was fired at the same tar
get, rendering it useless for further trials.
A few of these projectiles were1 made for
the large Ames gun which has been on trial
. 1 1 1 1
for so long a time at Bridgeport, by Gen.
Gilmore and staff, and Commodore Hunt. ,
This gun
which n as
is DV an uuus
the best
ever been made
to the immense charges
Heed in proportion to the size of the
.j.Wn fln imnossibili-
X 'get -7 -"A
a s;t of these nroiectiles i
hear the strain. Six ot these projectiles
were urea irom tne gun mm
from twenty to thirty pounds of
ranging
powder, with the most decided success.
We understand that the extreme range
of these projectiles was seven miles and a
quarter beyond the extreme range of any
other projectile fired from this gun. The'
aub-caliber principle was discovered by
Mr. Smith some years since, but it has
only heen possible by a long and costly
series of experiments to-reduce it to prac
tical use. That this haa bsenf successful
ly accomplished, the result of these trials
feear ample testimouy. A company has
been formed fer the manufacture of this'
projectile, uuder the title of the Bridge
port Steel Projectile Company, with a
capital of 200,000, which is all taken by
a few parties. They have purchased the
Crescent foundry at Bridgepert, and are
now preparing for the manufacture of the
projectiles on a large scale. New Haven
Jour., Nov. 29.
The Hew Incendiary ShellsThe' im
pending Fate of Richmond Sharpahoot
ing at Gen. Butler Kershaw's Hun
gry Division.
Correspondence of the Tribune.
Headquarters Army of the James,
Near Richmond, Ya. Nov.,26, 1864
The day before yesterday some highly
interesting experiments were made from
s1de of ttfc Jam with iQCenA'mTV
shell which I believe bears the name of
l ueiieve nears rne name or
its mvpntnr
. n V
Mr A.Berney ofthe Greek
. One hundred pound shells
c t. - .
wure urcu irom our Dattery, unaer cuarge
oi vjapt. XI. n. .fierce ot tne nrst uonn.
Artillery.- Five frame houses, distance '
ncar a ulile, were successively fired and j
burned tn the .nnd T1,a rll r nf nne
burned to the ground. The cellar of one
of these had, it appeared, been used as a
sort of magazine, as shells exploded ex
tensively during its Conflagration.
To day another trial was undertaken, or
rather was to have been undertaken had
not our parapets been all down and some
changes going on at the fort rendered it
undesirable to provoke too protracted a
fire from the Rebel batteries across the
James upon Fort Brady. A few ordina
ry shells were sent over to the "John
nies" however, with the compliments of
Uapt. Pierce, and one of the incendiary
fiil)W ws ftrlQjfifl ;n RW nrorimitv
to a larjrc house ;n the llebei Iines in fuU
v;evv of;onr battery, but not near enough
to it t0 acc0lUpHsh its ignition. We suc-
ceeded however in drawing the fire from
alI of the batteries which the Rebels have
been so busilyeugaged in plantiug across
tjlc james f0r SOU)e weeks past, twelve
uns in .u auj LbeJ p0ured the shell vc-
,y lively for near two hours into Fort
jiratly We havc ci;cited this fact, that
(Ilcy have 7 and 3 inch 3rook's guns, 10
illcIl Columbiads and Whitworth guns
mounted over there, and that is about all,
except that we can fire any building or col-
lection of buildings which is withiu range
of ourKUns. x this connection it is inter-
cstinjrto state that every house in Peters-
burg lies iu easy reach of our works, and
that ice also possess guns which are able,
from our adcunced position, to reach the
very Iccart of the city of Richmond. It
will thus be seen what we can do, and it
may be my province hereafter to
state either what we will do or have al
ready done toward causing -the Rebels to
fcei thc l,a, dships of war
. . I
The Rebels have had a number of their
most experienced sharpshooters perambu
lating their lines for some time past, arm
ed with some captured guns of ours, for
the purpose of discovering Gen. Butler
iu one of his rides along the lines and at
some, time shooting him knowing this
from undoubted testimony. Gen. Lee
was yesterday seen on thc parapet of Fort
G Minor from our own lort Burn ham
(Harrison) and could havc been treated
0 tj,c same entertainment which he has
not ou;y sancti0ned but actually is pursu-
ing toward Gen. Butler, but no such cow
ardly act would be allowed by Gen. But
ler with reference to Gen. Lee. Will the
Richmond papers please determine which
is the "Beast" and which is the "human
anj Cliristian gentleman V
Persons who were eve-witQfrs&es io the
.
w wer u,tUU "--'5'
dei.gnt tnem so mucn as tney mign, ne
glad to have us believe
No casualities whatever occurred to
day from the shelling which the Rebels
gave us. J. B. c.
& worthy doctor, who was laboring un
Aer the delusion that men and women
G UeiUSlUli lUilu uisu auu kuuicu
:i.t ,:,i amntaA k o
S;and owing , very conlial invi&tionfrom a lady of dis- woods, now emerged from cover, and o
of nowder -ii i.M pened with a fierce volley of musketry a-
I opened the door so quick that her voice
'J L u fll
M- I - "Ot .riTTT 5u?e.dv
f i,: i SmmpHJatolr
came to his rescue, fof f he immediately
said in a loud tone to the servant, "Tell
t i t j...ii.i I,--
yum unstress x uuve uuu uiiuu upuu
this morning, as she wished me.
A schooner captain, noted for his parsi-
mony, was one day waited upon by his
cook who informed him that the crow
were in a state of dissatisfation, bordering
on mutiny, in consequence of their beirig
compelled to subsist on such a scans sup-
ply of provision. "WThat ?" thundered
the enraged skipper, "have the ungrate-
ful scoundrels the audacity to assert that,
they" do not get enough to eat ? Confotfnd
their insatiable glutony ! Give them three
herrings, and let 'em buM, blkst'mi"
Another Great Victory.
THOMAS WHIPS HOOD AND FOR
REST.
BATTLE HEAR FRAKKLIN, T2Ntf .
The Rebels Attack our tines.
-A FURIOUS BATTLE.
TIIE -ENEMY-
ELEVEN
TIMES- REPULSED.
Rebel Loss, 5,000; Union Loss, 700.
FIRST DISPATCH;
Nashville, ;Nov.30; lWMidnigbfc
The enemy at 4 p. ni. made a heavy at-.
i.t ?.t , - r . . . .
h:k wim iwo uorps, dug alter persistent
fi he Wpulsefi at aft -poinla,
w:ri, Q i,r? fK: j i.:iiJi 'j
with a Id of six thousand killed and
ftnnfi.i
drpj
Our loss is known to be about five hunr
uring the. battle one thousand prison
ers were taken, . including a Brigadier-
ueneral.
The battle took place at 'Franklin.
SECOND DISPATCH OFFICIAL.
Nashville, Dec. l.-ll a.,m.
The following dispatch was received
from Franklin late last night :
" Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864,
"Maj.-Gen. Thomas : The enemy
made a heavy and persistent attack with
two corps, commencing at 4 p. m., and
lasting till after dark. He was repulsed
at all points with heavy loss probably
of five or six thousand men. Our loss i3
probably not more than one fourth of that
number We have captured about one
thousand prisoners, including one Briga-dier-Geueral.
"John Schofield, Maj. Gen."
THIRD DISPATCH.
Nashville, Dec. 1, 1864-noon.
Persons who have arrived from the front
and who witnessed the battle of yester
day, describe the attack of the Rebel for
ces as desperate. Four charges were
made upon the Union lines of masked
batteries in a body of feur lines deep.
Each time the Rebels were repulsed with
fearful loss
The fort is on the north bank of the
river opposite the town, extending up the
river, and encircliug the town was the
line of masked batteries. Eye-witnesses
say this engagement in desperation and
furious .fighting, was hardly equaled by
the battle of Stone River.
Forrest in person was on the field ral
lying his men. A rumor is in circulation
that he was killed, but it lacks confirma
tion. About 7 o'clock last night heavy re-en
forcements reached Schofield, which caus- j
ed a complete rout of the Rebel forces. 1
The city to-day is full of fleeing resi
dents of Williamson and other counties
south. They state Hood is gathering up
all the horses, hogs and mules he can find
and sending them South.
There is a great panic among the ne
groes in the counties sonth of Nashville.
Numbers are fleeing to the city for pro-'
tection.
FOURTH DISPATCn.
Nashville, Tcnn., Dec. 1-2 p. m.
The Union forces under Gen. Thomas
retired from Franklin last night and have
taken position and formed in line of bat
tle south of Nashville about three miles.
Skirmishing has been going on all day a
bout five miles south of here. Heavy
cannonading can be distinctly heard in
the city. No want of confidence is felt
by the citizens in ultimate success. I
The employees of the Quartermaster's
Department are under arms and in the
trenches. (
One hundred and seven Confederate,
officers, including one brigadier-general .
and one thousand prisoners, arrived in ,
theiciiy this morning. : ' They, were reap-
tured in the fight last night near .Frank-
hn. A great battle may momentarily be
e'xpe'eted.
FIFTH DISPATCH.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 1.-9J p. m.
About noon on Wednesday our main
army reached Frank?!, when Gen. Sch'o-
field prepared to give the enemy battle
"mtle 8kirmiahing . a3
Hood's object was to attack us before we
had time to throw up defensive works.
About 4 o'clock thd enemy commenced
advancing 6b oiiy lines when the baft w"as"
opened by our batteries shelling their ad
vance, and soon after a regular canona-
ding opened along the whole line.
-, , , t ill ii.lt.
The Rebels who had been protected by
long the lines, and then charged. For a
moment part of our line wavered, and fell
before the dm cbarf f the
enemy. Generals Ruher and Co:, now-
ever, rallied their men and charged
the
enemy, wno ;iau urusaeu uvci uui uuu
i i j i
. r
ine of works.
The Rebels were now fighting with the
desneration of demons, charging our line
furiously, some leaping our works and
fighting hard.
Now was th critical moment, and our
generals, rallying their troops, swung on
Rebel flank, doubling them in the centre
where our artillery and musketry mowed
them down by hundreds,
The tide was now turned. Oar men,
inspired with success, gave a wild huzza
and swept back on the Rebel line like an
avalanche, huriing tho enemy back in the
Wildest; disorder and confusion.
Night was now setting in, yet we fol-
lowed up our advantage. What once
threatened to be a disastrous defeat was
thus turned into a glorious victory.' The
1 n 1 j
bravery of our men was unexampled.
uuuii m uui uiiiueia uuu iub ucs juiulu
Uur loss is about seven .hundred killed
and wounded. We captured over one ! Private Wm. N. Kcllcrman enlisted in
thousand prisoners and eight battle flags Company'H, 148th Pennsylvania Volnn
Two Rebel Brigadier Generals are in our tcers, March 1, 1864. At the battle of
hands. A Rebel Division General was Po river, on the 10th of May, he received
left on the field mortally wounded. The three distinct wounds one off tho right
Kebe loss m killed and wounded is esti -
rrTu a J?A a, ' L t
1 he Rebel Generals ..Cheatham and
Lees Corps were engaged. The brunt
of the battle on nur side fell. on. the - Seo -
ond Division of the Fourth Corps. -Bottom. On the. following day he was yard Sound, that hot salt-water white-wash
Captain Coughhn, of Genera Cox's so injured by the concussion of a shell would endure far longer than th'aVmaaV
staff, was killed, and several regimental that he was removed from the field wifh'fr'esh. water, absorbing moisture strik
commanders and officers were killed and insensible, and was not enabled to report jDg iDto the" wootij and hot peelibg and
woupdecl, whose names. have-not been as- for duty untill the 13th of October. On washing off. I set the bundles of the
certained. General Stanley "was slightly the 27th of that month, and while, tho 2d shingles nearly to the bands in the waili
wounded in the neck, but did hot leave1 and 3d Divisions were makings recon- for two hours then turned them end for
the field. I noissauce on the left, General Miles, com-4 end. "When laid on the mnf and walls.
wen. vox siaieB one coum wane- nicy
yards, on dead Rebels in his front. ,
The excitement is allayed here by .the
knowledge of the above facts.
Our troops have taken position in a line
of works between Nashville and Franklin,
SIXTH DISPATCH.
Nashville Dec. 1, 1864-11 p. m
Hood's infantry force crossed the Har-
petn luver tins morning, and he lias not
aAvznooA tW nnrflnn nf 1,1a fnrno oinno
advanced tnat portion or nis torce siuce.
PT-oTrnW nmeA TTnrrofl, Rivor nn
si tt.. ... .
nis cavalry crossed iiarpetn iviver on
the fords above Franklin this morning at
daybreak, olosely following Gen
who retired in this direction. Sk
ing with the advance has occurred
(-ren. Wilson oneiirio! n strnnrr nnsitinn n
fmiu cn,,ft, nr ti, a ic
toresistany torce the liebels may bring'
against him
The Rebel G
eneral captured yesterday
d, of the 11th Tennessee,
was Col. fiorrlon
"Rrprof. lr;nl;r anrnl
An officer who witnessed the fiVht ves -
terdav deserihes the hnttle ns one of tho
most sanguine of the war. The deter-
mined hrnverr of the. l?ehel evneerlerl
J ... .
anything before seen. Although slaugh-
tered by hundreds, they still advanced
; our batteries. Within five hours,
eleven distinct assaults were made against
our works each a failure.
The battle being ended, our forces qui
etly withdrew from the town.
Among the casualities is M"aj.-Gen.
Stanley, wounded by a shot in the neck.
The Bebel General Cheatham is reported
wounded. Capt. Bissell, of the 12th In
diana, and Capt Stanley, 124th Indiana,
were killed j Capt. Hinton, 124th Indi
ana, mortally wounded; Col. Lowrey, 107
Illinois, killed ; Capt. Coughhn, of Gen.
Cox's staff, killed ; Capt. Dowling, 111th
Ohio, wounded ; Col. Waters, 3d Brigade
1st division, was wounded in tho shoul
der ; Col. Conrad, who commanded a bri
gade in the Second Division, was wound
ed. The following are Rebel casualities j
Brig. Gen. Adams, killed; Brig.-G.en.
Scott, wounded. The enemy's-total kill
ed, wounded, and prisoners are estimated
at 4,000, 3.000 being either killed or
wounded. The Union loss in killed and
wounded was 700. Th6 loss in prisoners
is trifiing.
Gen. Bradley is wounded and in the
city.
Col. Stockton and Major James,' of thc
72d Illinois, arc also wounded."
It is rumored "this evening that Hood
is moving Eastward toward Murfrcesboro.
Election Wagers.
Thc Press relates the following funny
incidents :
In the way of wagers, we have heard
of many whose conditions were ludicrous
and of others which were quite earnest
In New York two respectable citizens
bound themselves to each qth'er in a re
gular, legal instrment after the wager was.
mado. it iYieuieiian received a majority
in the State of New York the party of
the first pbfrt was to assume a fashionable
dress and sweep tne most public part of
Broadway, between the hours 'of 1 M
and 3 P. M. If Lincoln received a majority
the party of the .secOtrd part was do to the
' .aTIT M rnn Attinnn AsvArtfl in n
same tuiujj. anu utuuia ajicou, iu n
similar manner, that if Lincoln carried
Pennsylvania the party of the first part
was to trundle a wheelbarrow of sand,
with an American flag flying from the
load, a half a mile along Broadway, mak
ing the Astor House his point of depar-
cure ana arrrvai, ana vice versa.
A citi-
zen of Trenton, m case McGlellan carried 1,
the State, was, on all tho p easant days of
bUB weeK, WJllCll lie uau tuu luseiveui
right to select,) to eat a Irugal dinner on'l
the step of court-house, said dinner to b6!
served to him by bootblacks in the filthiest
state of dilapidation In Chicago an ex-
TTnitfld State Marshal, a b atanfc Conner
head, will, according to the terms of his
wager, be compelled to pay and eat four
dinners with such colored company as tho
fortunate winner of his wager may select.
In Binghamton, New York, there is a
lady whose suitor was a strong supporter
of McClellan. So certain was he of his
favorite being the favorite of tho people,
that he proposed
to his sweetheart tuat
in ease Lincoln's election he would prom
enade the public streets, at high noon,
with a large placard on his back inscribed
''Sold," neve? dreaming that ha would
liave to fulfil his promise. But on. Wed
nesday last, having discovered his mis
tate h was forced to execute his prom
enade,, much, to his own disgust and to
.men't of childern of larger growth.
the delignt, qi sniau uuya auu n, aiuu-
Heroism of a Pennsylvania Soldier,
Numerous examples of heroic endur-
ance of suffering have been given by our
soldiers duriug the war. The following
, - . T " .
, equals, however, if it docs not excel, any
, account ot t in heroism otal'ennsv vanwn
previous incident, which has occurred
. shoulder, another on the chin, and thc
.third near and entirely depriving him of
, the use of his right eye. He rejoined his
regiment on thc 13th of August, when
' the2d Corns was on the marcVtb Deeo
manaing tne 1st division, directed a
demonstration on thc rebel fort in front
of his line. Kellcrman was selected, with
others, for the purpose. They charged
, amid a heavy fire and succcded in driving
the enemy from the fort, capturing a
number of prisoners, with whom Keller
man was sent to the rear. Having per
formed this duty, he started back to re-
mm nic nnmrnnpn in inn mnnnn np iim
I , " " ,.7 " , , . '
; rebels had rallied, and our troops were f
.;-, - . T- n
compelled to fall back. Kellerman inj
"".i i, 1. 1 ., ..i .ti icui u sum Iks iiiau inree aonars tnis
nmlhn. or the darkness did not observe this until' r ' .. . . , , 7, , 7 ,,.
orning at i for a Jew minutes service." "Pooh !" re-
MrZh' picket line, which had been cstab -
dilTSJv'ed n his absence. Fortunately he
d all day. . . J
I was unobserved, and sinking down he
1 in- to
niirhr 9oon
1 crept into a small ravine
r't-i - e .V r"
, illlUl a ICUUl V iUCtLU YS LlliUW 11 UUt ICVl
vnoutfewft
'in advance of where he lay, thus placii
m between the vidette and the skirmi
acing
1 ""C. ntlllS pOSltlOO
he lay until the'
, n,S,lt ot tne -a November, a
pen
I'iod of
f S1X asiJsi exposca 10
I i i ,
wind and rain,
1 f : C 4-Y.
tt';u, "1U aimwyu m tn
nights, Without food or drink, cllCWin
the leaves and roots within reach of his
arm, determined not to surrender himself
to the enemy, which he could have done
at any moment with safety. On the
night of the 2d, the enemy having relax
Ilia T7torilnnn Via uitannstrlorl Jn ronnlili
i
eu
in reachint
our lines, crawling upon his hands and
i i i -.i i i i
. jo ? -a r u i
ments and Spcncel rifle. On being taken
to the hospital he was utterly exhausted J
his hands and teet were badly frozen and
the toes of his right foot somewhat dan
gerous. He was unable to swallow for
the first day, but on tho second beef tea
and other nourishing and
quors were administered
effect. He has to a
o-ro.-Tf.nvtonfc rnr.
ed tho use of his hands and feet, and bids,thc n"st notable of our blockade runners
fair, at no distant day, to be able to rejoin
his romment Ron iHle lme fnvwnvHprl
a recommendation that as a reward for!
his, unexampled fortitude and heroism
in refusing to surrender himself to the I
he be granted a furlough for thirty days.
and awarded a-medal of honor.
Two young ladies,, gcuteelly dressed,
were riding along Fifth street in a car.
One of them, whose features were more,
remarkable for an excessive prominence months, became anxious, and finally set
of nose than anything else, exhibited to out oil her long and perilous journey.
thc other a photograph of herself, which ( Her brother had been killed at Gettys
she had taken down town, and they were burg, and found herself alone and a strang
ongaged in discussing its merits, whenan'er in her native land. She went first to
elderly lady got into thc carriage at thc cor-j Augusta, then to Mobile; here she Tost a'
uer of Elmaud Fifth. She was evident- trunk containing all her gold. At this
ly one of those inquisitive yet good souls critical juncture she meta very handsome
who take a deal of liberty iu the world . Geld officer fell in love engaged first
without meaning harm. After riding a (in fliration then iu an amour and ac
souare or so she reached out her had'd'(companied him as far as Atlanta on his
j .
and said to the lady Who had tuc picture:
"Please let me look at it.
IIcV modest request ,was?mcfc with an
indiguaut fiowu, and the reply,, as the
card was' returned to tho . pocket ot the
lady :
l(ft's none of your business."
The old lady settled back in her seat
very complacently, .when the companion
of the oue with the picture asked,
"IV nat do you wish to do with it t City, that the' oil came from a huge de
"O, nothing," replied the old lady, "I posit of whale, which were caught there
only wanted to see how successfully the when the flood abated, and intervenjmg
artist had put such a nose on so small a ; convulsions of nature had sinco covered
card ?" them up."
The car was full, and the shouts of '
laughter which followed tho retort could
have been heard a square. Tho lady
tvWVi tUn.' nlirtforrrrnnli eovered- hev
face jVoil.and droped the subject
for the resfc of th.Q ride ,
The following
. I.- . 1 ,-a
touching incident was
related by a -gentleinaii he Jxmou
Street rrayer reeling: a
- having some busiues3 with 1 .eaident Jjin-
coin, lately called upon him. After the
matters of business were ended, the geu-
tieman asueu iur. xiiu-u" i nas a
Cliristian. The question evidently atiec
ted him
Manifesting much emotion, he
answered, "I have always had respect for
and a belief in the doctrines of Christian-
ity. I was not a Uhristian wnen i lett
iapnuguciu. uui, io.u x uucucu
of Christians and asked my neignoors to
pray for me. I lost my son, yet this
affliction did hot find mo a Christian.
When, however, I went to consecrate, on'
the terrible battle field of Gettysburg, the
burial place for our, dead soldiers, there
and then I trust I gave myself to my fcSa-
viour.
1 believe and love the Lord Jesus"
Christ." This is the substance,.uut not
jiff exact words of the President,
Sfcinle Rendered Fire Proof..
Mr. John Meara says, in the Boston
Cult ivator, that he has prepared sh'i ngles
in the following manner, and. after an ex-
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ucucutc ui citsveu yeuia, aim uaiuu oueu
f ;n h?a huS.th', ,1. n h
never seen a shingle bn fire, nor has a
naif started. The shindies are prepared
in the following manner : "Having a large'
trough L put into it a bushel of quicklime
half a bushel of salt, and 5 or 6 pounds
W TT . -
of pbtash, adding water to slack the lime
and dissolve the vegetable alkali and the
salt, well knowing that pieces of an old
limepif, a soap'-bsffffiSl, or a pork-tubjlwere
riot, ttin hp.qfc IcinfUinOP OtlifT .orirl lin Tin rr
lnno- crni Earned wliUo vin.
they were brushed over twice with--the'
liquid, and1 were brushed over at'infervals
of two or'three years after." ?
The Marriage Feo.
Thc late Dr. Bounton was once disput-
ing
With a tarmer about the ease with
which a minister earned his
money.
"JNow," said the farmer, "when you are
, ' . 5 "ucu Juu
called on to marry a couple, you nver
- , iJ.i.1i.F..,J7,
u r
1 plled. e df0ctor 1 7ulJ
f0U,h;If?f ne,f fc
bushel of potatoes. " Vi
gree to give
marriage tee tor a
' ery well, said
the farmer, "I'll take your offer, and send
'ou tne Potates-" A few days afterwards
the doctor was called on to splice a counle
. . Tv 1 1 . n -i 4
; at Dogtown. a place about four miles from
I Ttr lirt 1 rr 1 . TIT I, 1- .
i jitiiuic uc iivuu ii uuu me ceremony
""r" -7 , u aai"- tn?
J iii"-5', ' jjuiouu, x a puac x
musi wvii. over someting tor your trouble,
What say you to taking one of my terrier
pups ? The best breed, I tell you, in the
country. Shockin' nice to havc in the
barn. Worth
full five dollar? and I
i suppose a figure 2 would do for the splice,
eh V The doctor took the put., with joy.
, The joke was too good ; he hastened to
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,a,ulc.1' SJ"S ineuu, uere is
, iuj ic uuvy aiiciii we uiviue n. me
; c. i:..u-J ii. - iT.ii
luiiuur iuiiaueu uie luive so wen inacnc
increased the' potatoes to half a dozetf
DUS,e uuu
A Sad Story'.
A correspondent of the Mobile Register;
stimulating li- wrmno irom quanta, relates tne tollow
with the best' inS: Not maD7 tilths ago there ar-
i A.i . i i r. .. '
rifeu at a toniedercte port, upon oue of
V, unassuming woman scarce such
! lndeeU to She WJ1S hardly OUt of her
teens of an extremely handsome person.
She had come to Nassau from Paris, and
thence for the Sou'th"1. She brought with
her an abundant wardobe, and sufficiency
' .f mCans to .,a.st. her tTV0.or three 3'cars at
the present high rates of living. Her ob
ject in visiting this country was to dis
cover the fate of an only brother, a Col
onel in our.service, who had placed her
at Geneys at school when the war bean.
CM., i i .. i i r i . . .
i - a
one uau not ueara irom mm dunnir six
. way to the front. He fell at Chickaraauna.
lTT 1 1 1 I" f 1
iv nat iier me Decotne you can guess.
She died last week, and was tumblcdinto
: the ground in the public cemetery.
i mere s a story tor you weep over it.
Where the Oil Comes' From.
in oiu wnaie captain was expressing
'his opinion at the Petroleum Hofel, Oif
iiii "
"What might a whale be worth,
captain ?" inquired a native whouiad nev
er seen salt water. , ...i
, "About twenty thosand dollars' replied
the captain.
'Well, a wftale s pretty goo'd property,
tign t
it?"
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AM, iiunu VUU liltUU IllUi, IIUICIIY
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'Yes, when you
catch
ce fc
f, . ,3
How He Did It.
A committee called on a
flourishing
tradesman to solicit," a subscriptionfor
the support of a clergyman. - , t
"Can't do it, gentleman," was the reply :
i gave nye uoiiars io cue jwv. jU. 1'-,
juaij,.
Alter mucu perrsuasron, however they
succeeded in getting him to put down a
like amount for the Rev. Mr- Rl-l, and
departed with thauks ; but a uifnute
afterwards he was overheard gTvihglho'"
following directions io au assistant ,J
"Draw off five; dollars', W& ofuor
and fill with, water Tak it out oQhoy
row oi casks uext to those that you waldri
ed yesterday tor the ilev. ir. r