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VOL. 24.
STROUDSBURGr, MONROE COUNTY, PA JUNE 8, IS65.
NO. 15.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
TEilVS-Tu-o dollars a year in advance and if no
paid, before tlic end of the ycaj, two dollars and filfy
r.-....i i i
BIS. Will ue (:il.llfc-u.
nEdUo,-:'1'10 c l"uu'
rr?4vertiscmetitsof one square of (eight lines) or!
JSS onaortlirec insertions i au. uai-u auuiuoiisti
intc'ition, 50 cents. Longer ones in proporti6n.
SOU PHS.5IVTSKG,.
OF ALL KINDS,
xsttted In Hie highest style of the AU.anil onthe
most reasornble terms. '
Rumcd Virginia.
A Virginia correspondent in the second
. ... .i-- r i.i. i-
corps, writing on unto iuay ui, to an ex
rlian-ro. savs : ''The first idea which
etrikes the traveler through this region
is the entire absence of law and the
protection it affords. lI place my only
remaining horse, in the kitchen with my
cervaufs at night, said a wealthy planter,
'for fear it will be stolen ; and it it had
been, no constable or sheriff with posse
coniitatus, or .volunteer force of neighbors i
would have set out in pursuit when morn-
ins: came. Thc owner could onlv sub-
uiit to his loss, lor greater than thc sim-
pic value of the animal, since it entailed
ing left with which to cultivate his land. , of thc United Slates, issue proclamations
All civil offices arc practically abolish- offering amnesty and pardon to certain
Cvl, aud Ihcofikcrs who filled them are : persons, who had directly or by implica
nbsent or inert, powerless to excrcies their j tion participated iu the said Rebellion ;
function?, and everywhere miqht con- and
irols. A baud of half a dozen nei
roes
or a fcTC stragglers from
:inuic, will enter a house
one of the
and remove
irom it everything valuable, including
all the eatables, ami terrified residents
esro dumb, not daring to'offer a single re -
monstrance, and breathing a sigh of rc - -
lief when the ruffians are gone, though
they bear with them everything upon
which thehimiiy had depended to support
life for a year to come. A constantdread
upparcut amoa"
all classes, anu tnc
i i -i .i '
.nxious. conciliatory suuie wmeii iuvaria-
-1 i i - - -
l 1 y
i- .
;:ected me upon riding up to a house,
"1
tl.
..Ac vojuujs as
6 to thc state of mints of
j M.-op3e
In C'.taversation with them, I do not
4 -
:vcol!eet. that I hcurd cue unkind word
concerning our Government. Their bit-'I,
temess is all reserved for Jeff Davis and
nis satellites, by whom they feel they
have been deprived of everything valua
L!e beneath the sun. It is a curious fact
that, as unprotected as they are, liable to
pillage and robbery at any moment, the
umversai testimony is
that thuiirs arc
jircierauie now m wiiat uiuj um pnui
to the advance of our armies. Then
every niau was under a surveilance frcm
which there was no oscape, and invari
ably exercised in the iacsE disagreeable.;
manner. At every turn he was obliged
to produce his pass, showing why he was
absent from the army. In the market
place, at church, on the railway, riding
in his carriaga, sestcd, in his house ev
erywhere he was greeted by the oScials,
who conld only retain their; places by ex
traordinary zeal and efiicienc' in the ex
ercise of their disagreeable duties -nd
required to show good cause why he
fhouiJ not be placed in the trenches aud
fiirht the hated North men.
r i i i I... . 1.
The Widow's TestimonaL
In noticing the decorations in New
Y.rk hi !.nor of President Lincoln, the
Kvc-ning Post ssys :
"FroLi a window in New York hangs a
cratch shouded with crape, and inscribed
with the words, Our loss." Thereby
thc wiu
W"who has given herd! to her country,
No panoplied hatafalquc covers-thc re
iaiins of her husband, yet she sorrows
with the enabled most expressive of her
k's. She gave him up for her country's
take, and he lies, iu Gettysburg's bloody
field. With a leg gone he was slowly
acving about, when, he was stricken
down a'am. Our" late President, visit
v.'s the "lutspiial, saw his death struggles
bar! his v&i words, ,;GrOod-by, Carrie
meet me in Heaven." Thc President's
kart was opened. He stopped a moment,
find wratc a letter of consolation to the
ridow of John Dintmore, to be Sent with
Jus cratch, and fifty dollars from his own j
purse. Thc widow has a sacred right
j mourn such a loss."
Ice Philadelphia Cooper-Shop-A Benfi-
cents Institution,
Philadelphia, Thursday. June 1, 1SG5.
ncethe. orsauization of the Cooper-
orgauization ol the Uoopcr-
flijp Refreshment Saloon in this city, in
Mil, there have been entertained 32G,-i
"w sjldicrs passing through this city ou
their way to the scat of war, at an expense
of 8ol,0U0. This noble institution, to
other with the Union Volunteer Saloon,
We been entirely supported by the con
tributions of the people ol Philadelphia."
t& Wc learn that upon application of'
he State Treasurer to the Commissioner j
of Internal Rf,vniift. it has been decided ;
that the nronertv and income of a State!
l1 lint, cn'ninnf -. Ki tnvnA iinrlpr the In-1
tonal licvenue jaw.
i ins will save five per cent. upon, tnc p0ge 0f aldmg thc Rebellion,
revenue cf the Stale derived" from divi-, jieventhj All persons who have been
JenCs cr stock in railroad companies and cn e(j ju the destruction of the com
Janks, aud interest on bonds, and an ef-j cQ erCG of ti,e United States upon the
ort will be made to have what has been , geas an(j aji pCrS0ns who have made
paid for the last two or three years re- ilQ jjn-ltcd States from Canada,
cudcd- :pr been engaged in destroying thc com-
- , f tl Ujjjtcd States upon the lakes
Gen. Sherman's "bummers" were death s ratc the Rritish Prov-
J digging for hidden treasures . Differ- -UuPitcd StatCs.
-squads dug up a nomyvu
times in
QUICK. SUCUIWVU ;
.. . ttl
auu
for critter was not allowed to rest until
his Wl i,a nn-c wno nff. fWe ffrouad
ucaa and cars was leic auuvu
a sample of the kind of treasure below.
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I
: WHAT PRESIDENT JOHNSON OFFERS
TO THE SOUTH.
Pardon and Ui Restoration of
Property iiights.
SLAVERY MADE AN EXCEPTION.
Who Are Excepted.
-nTrDr-T?Tv- nr adcwc t-ttt.- nrr-o-n
jThe Leading Spirits of the Rebellion Ex
eluded.
A PROCLAMATION BY TIIE PRESIDENT,
Washington, Monday, May 20 1S65.
Whereas, The Pre?idcnt of the United!
States, on the Sth day ot December, A
D. eighteen hundred and sixty-three,
and on the 2Gth day of March, A I)
eicru-
teen hundred and sixty-four, did, with
the object to suppress thc existing Re
bclliou, to induce all persons to return to
Vfhcrcas, Many persons who had so
'engaged iu said Rebellion have, since thc
issuance of said proclamations, failed or
uegiccteu to taue the bencats oliereu
j thcrby ; and
1 Whereas, many persons, who have been
justfy deprived of all claim to amucsty
J and pardon thereunder, by reason of their
; participation directly or by implication in
said Hebcllion, and continued iu hostility
tto the Government of the United States
siuce tuo uate oi ram proclamation, now
: ii. . i ..p ! l i?...
r x . i i" 1 z.- 4-.
acsuc to appiy ior auu ootaiu amnesty
and pardon
To thc cud, therefore, that thc author
ity of the Goverumcut of the United
owtes maj' DC restorca, ana -that peace
j order and irecdom may be re-established,
Andrew Johnson President of the U-
iled States, do vroclahn and declare
that I hereby grant to all persons who
have directly or indirectly participated
in the existiug Rebellion, as hereinafter
excepted, amnesty and pardon, with res
toration of all fights of property, except
as to "slaves, and except in cases where
legal proceedings under, thc laws of the
United btates providing for the confisca
tion of property of persons engaged in
Rebellion have been instituted ; but on
the condition, ncvertheless,that every
such person shall take and subscribe the
following oath or affirmation, and thence
forward keep and maintain said oath invi
olate, and which oath shall be registered
for permanent preservation, aud shall be
of the tenor aud effect following, to wit :
"I (blank) do solemnly swear, or affirm,
iu presence of Almighty God, that I will
henceforth faithfully support aud defend
thc Constitution of the united States and
the Union of the States thereunder, and
thatl will, in like manner, abide by and
faithfully support all laws and proclama-
mations which have been made during
the existiug Rebellion with reference to
the emapeipation of slaves, so" help me
God."
The following classes of persons are ex
cepted from the benefits of this proclama
tion :
First. All who arc or shall have been pre-
tended civil or diplomatic officers, or oth
drtincf ir rr inrninrn nnrrintt!
of the
pretended Confederate Government.
Second. All who left judicial stations
under the United States to aid the Rebel
lion. Third. Ail who shall have been mili
tary or naval officers of saijd pretended
Confederate Government above the rank
of colonel in the army or lieutenant in the
navy.
Fourth. All who left seals in thc
Congress of the United States to aid thc
Rebellion.
Fifth. All who resigned or tendered
rfisif'nntions of their commissions in the
Army or Navy of the United States to e
vade duty in resisting the Rebellion,
Sixth. All who have engaged in any
way in treating otherwise than lawfully
as prisoners of war persons found iu tho
United Stales service as omcers, soiaicrs.
seamen, or in other capacities.
,&,,. All ccrsons who have been or
jare a)sentCc3 from. the United States for
tjt
e purpose of aiding the Rebellion.
Eighth. All military and naval omcers
in the iveuei sci iw nu ,umuivu
insurrCctioa against the United States.
Tniih. All nersons
who lctt their:
.nmOR within the iurisdiction and protec-
t- np ,i,e TTnited States, and passed be-
a irlnvn I milif-irv l!nfH illtO tllC
so-called Confederate States, for the pur-
, afc th(J time
i -i. ivfj "v. r
' ' . ' . .
n-lmn tli Air cool- t.n nht'iin
J UM
the benefits her -
?;uta
sell by taking tnc oatn ncicm j
j ... nr, nnfinement
are m military, naval or civil confinement
- 'Ml a-. AM nn lnnmGDb
bv the Government in thc Military Acad- pondent of the Oswego Advertiser says :
cm v at West Point or the United States "My little girl Josie has completely
Naval Academy. ' pset me she has just come running in
Mntlu Al persons who held thc pre- Oh, papa ! papa! we lost our lresi
fnndnd officGsof Governors of States in 'dent, and how thc Democrats have lost
or custody, or under bonds of the civil,
military or naval authorities or agents of
the United States as prisoners of war, or
i J I . t n rr n i V
SZrrTr,. '
cither before or after conviction
Thirteenth. All persons who have vol
untarily participated in said Rebellion,
and the estimated value of whose taxable
property is over twenty thousand dollars.
Fourteenth. All persons who have tar
j ken the oath of amnesty as prescribed iu
tlic rrcsident's Proclamation of Decem
ber S, A. D. 1S63, or an oath of allegi-
. . x ii. r . . p .i tt i
' w uovcrnnicuc or tnc unitcu
since the date of said Proclamation,
and who have not thenceforward kept and
maintained the same inviolate, provided
that special application may be made to
the President for pardon by any person be
longing to the excepted classes, and sucb
clemency will be liberally extended as
may be consistent with the facts of the
case and the peace and dignity of the U
nited States.
The Secretary of State will establish
rules and regulations for administering
Onfl VS rpSl t'sl 1 f l- rt rnll a vt tinner AnHi f n
;as to mn & bcncfit to thc I , '
the Government against fraud.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of "Washington, the
. twenty-ninth day of May, in thc
L. S. - year of our Lord one thousand
. ' J eight hundred and sixty-five,
aud the independence of thc United States
thc cighty-uinth.
- ANDREW JOHNSON.
Dy the President :
Wai. IT. Seward, Sec'y of State.
JgsP'Thc.followiug story is told of Squire
W , who was in commission of the
pcace a few years ago, at Chico, in Cali
fornia :
Justices there have jurisdiction to try
cases of assault and battery. Two per
sons having a quarrel iu presence of the
Squire, one struck the other, and was at
once ordered under arrest. In duo time
the trial came on, and the defondent was
ordered to stand up, and asked to plead
whether he was guilty or not guilty.
The defendeut answered, Not Guilty.
This was too much for thc Justice," who
fancied that his-own veracity was official
ly called in question by the "plea, and the
poor culprit was fined 8100 oa the spot
for the breach of the peace, and another
$100 for contempt, the Justice remarking
that he "would learn people how to call
the Court a liar. '
The following is understood to be the
disposition of the raajor:generals in the
regular army which has been determined
upon :
General nalleck takes command of the"
Pecific States. :
General Sherman, of the military divis
ion of the Mississippi, comprising the
States of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee,
and probably Louisiana ;
General Meade, of thc Atlantic States;
General Sheridan, of the trans-Missis-
sippi ;
General Geo Jl. Thomas, ot Virgin
ia, North Carolina, and perhaps other
Southern States.
A gentleman on a Hudson river stea
mer found the following lines in thc Ri
ble lying on the cabin table. The lines
would well be placed on the Bibles of a
bout all the boats in the country :
"This holy book neglected lies,
- No soul with it communes ;
While scores of souls sit round about
With ILendds and Tribunes.-
As Jeff Davis disclosed his- sex by
showing his heels beneath the crinoline,
the. twenty-second verse of the thirteenth
chapter of Jeremiah has been cited as pe
culiarly applicapable" to his case : "And
if thou say iu thy heart; Wherefore come
these thiugs upon me ? Eor the great
ness of, thine iniquity arc thy skirts dis
covered and thy heels made bare."
An old gentleman iu the New Haven
depot was cautioned by the police against
making too much show of a spleudid
watch-seal, but the old gentleman indig
nantly replied that "he had traveled some,
he guessed." In a few minutes he miss-ed-his
seal, and concluded that somebody
who had traveled more than he had, had
been arouud.
Children will often come at the truth
ninnkftf than grown un folks. A corres-
'i------- o , .
theirs ! Jeff Davis is took .
v ;
fri.n fnlWinnr irn Rfmnfrft contrasts :
-i Henry Ward Reecher in Charleston, and
Hangman Poole in New York jail.
jliv w,u "q r ,.
Charles Sumner in Richmond, and lien
ry A wisea luiiitivu. jiuuj uuui
denounced by Jeff. Davis as a traitor,
occupying the While House and Jeff,
himself a prisoner. Negro 'troops hold
ing Richmond, and4Lce's army on parole,
Greenbacks worth seventy cents on the
dollar and Confederate currency in Rich
mond worth about seventy cents a bushel.
A Citizen of Massachuetts has written
to Washington suggesting that tnc gai-
i -v O t X
'lows on which jonn nrowu wiia.uu5 m
aud .taken Washington
v - -
ior
1ULU1C UOU. 1
NORTH CAROLINA
A STEP TOWARD RECONSTRUCTION.
W. W. HOLDEEf APPOINTED PROVIS
IONAL GOVERNOR.
Convention of Loyal Citizens to be C-xil-
ed. -Rules and Rcgxdations. Thc
State Machinery set m Motion.
A Proclamation by the President.
Washington, Monday, May 29, 1865.
Whereas, The fourth Section of tho
fourth Article of the Constitution of thc
United States, declares that the United
Stales shall guarantee to every State in
the Union a Republican form of Govern
ment, and shall protect each of them a
gainst invasion and domestic violence;
and
Whcreasj Thc President of the United
States is by the Constitution made Commander-in-Chief
of the. Army and Navy,
as well as chief executive officer of thc
United States, aud is bound by solemn
oath faithfully to execute the office of
President of thc United States, and to
take care that the laws be faithfully exe
cuted ; and
Whereas, The Rebellion, - which has
been waged by a portion of thc people of
the United States against the properly
constituted authorities of the Government
thereof, in the most violent and revolting
form, but whose organized and armed for
ces havo'now been almost entirely over
come, has, in its revolutionary progress,
deprived the people of the State of North
Carolina of all civil government; and
Whereas, It became necessary and
proper to carry out and enforce the obli-'
gations of the United States to the people
of North Carolina in securing them in the
enjoyment of a Republican form of Gov
ernment ;
Now, therefore, in obedience to fhc
high and solemn duties imposed upon me
by the Constitution of the United States,
and for the purpose of enabling thc loyal
people of said State to organize a State
government, wnercoy justice may do es
tablished, domestic tranquility insured,
and Loyal Citizens protected in all their
rights of Life, Liberty and Property; I,
Andrew Johnson, President of the U
nited States, and Commander-in-Chief of
the Army and Navy of the United States,
do hereby appoint William W. Holden
Provisional Governor of the State of North
Carolina, whose duty it shall be at the
earliest practicable period -to prescribe
such rules and regulations as may be ne
cessary and proper for convening a Con
vention, composed of delegates to be cho
sen by that portion of the people of said
State who are loyal to the United States,
and no others, for the purpose of altering
of amending the Constitution thereof,
and with authority to exercise within the
limits of said State all thc powers neces
sary and proper to enable such loyal peo
ple of the State of .North Carolina to re
store said Strite to its constitutional rela
tions to the Pederal Government, and to
present such a republican form of State
government as will entitle the State to
the guarantee of the United States there
for, and its people to -protection by the
United States against invasion, insuerec
tion and domestic violence : Provided,
in any election that may bo hereafter held
for choosing delegates to any State- Con
vention as aforesaid, no person shall be
qualified as an elector, or shall be eligible
as a member of such Convention, unless
he shall have previously taken aud sub
scribed the oath f amnesty as set forth
in the President's Proclamation, May 29,
1865, and is a voter qualified as prescribed
the Constitution and laws of the State of
North Carolina in force immediately be
fore the 20th day of May, A. D. 1861,
the date of the so-called Ordinance of Se
cession ; and the said Convention, when
conveped, or the Legislature that may be
thereafter assembled, will prescribe the
qualification of electors and the eligibili
ty of persons to hold office under the Con
stitution and laws of the State a power
the people of the several States compo
sing thc Pederal Union have rightfully
exercised from the origin -of thc Govern
ment to tho present time. And I do
hereby direct :
First. That thc military commander
of the Department, aud all officers aud
persons in the military and naval service,
aid and assist thc said Provisional Gov
ernor in carrying into effect this Procla
mation, and they are enjoined to abstain
from in any way hindering, impeding or
discouraging thc loyal people from the
organization of a State Government as
herein authorized.
Second, That the Secretary of State
proceed to put in force all laws of the U
nited States, the administration whereof
belongs to the State Department, applica
ble to the geographical limits aforesaid.
Third. That the Secretary of tho Trea
sury proceed to nomiuato for-appointmont
Assessors of Taxes, and Collectors of
Custom and Iutcrrial RevcnuOj and such
other officers of the Treasury Department,
as arc authorized by law, and put in exe
cution tho revenue laws of the United
States within the geographioal limits a-
foresaid.
In making the appointments, the pref
erence shall bo given to qualified loyal
nersons residing -.within thc districts
where their respective duties arc to be
! ncrformed. But if suitable residents of
the districts shall not.be found, thcn.per
sons residing in other States or districts
shall' b'e, appointed."
Fourth, That thc Postmaster-General
proceed to establish post routes, and put
into execution thc postal laws ot thc uni
ted States within thc said State, giving
to loyal residents the preference of ap
pointmcut. But, if suitable residents are
not found, then appoint agents from oth
er States.
Fifth, That the District Judge for the
Judicial District in which North Caroli
na, is included proceed to hold Courts
within said State, in accordance with the
provisions of the act of Congress!
Thc Attorney General will instruct the
proper officers to libel aud bring to judg
ment, confiscation and sale property sub
ject to confiscation, and inforce the ad
ministration of justice within said State
in all matters within the cognizance and
jurisdiction of the Pederal Courts.
Sixth, That the Secretary of the Na
vy take possession of all public property
belonging to thc Navy Department with
in said Geograpical limits, and put in op
erations all acts of Congress in relation
to "naval affairs having application to said
State.
Seventh, That the Secrctarv of thc In
terior Department applicable to thc geo-
raphical limits aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, I have hcrcun
to set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this
f twenty-ninth day of May in the
L. S. - year of our Lord one thousand
(' ' j eight hundred and sixty-five,
and of the Independence of thc United
States the eighty-ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By thc President :
William H. Seward',
Secretary of State.
The Moral of the Capture.
Tho capture of Jeff. Davis will be re
garded in a great variety of aspects. The
ridiculous aspect will probably strike the
mass of the people first, and while this
view of the case is uppermost, we suggest
a few moral reflections arising from it.
Don't get married. Had not J. D.
been encumbered with a large wife and
family we mean a wife and large family,
he could easily made his escape.
Swap even. If you take your wife's
petticoats, give her your boots. A pair,
of Mrs. D's balmorals would not have be
trayed her liege.
Keep your temper. If the captors of
the "President" had not controlled their
angry passions, he would "have hurt some
of 'em."
Be. magnanimous. Thc energetic pur
suit of the Davis family has seriously
wounded the feelings of the "stern states
man
Keep moving. If Wilson's Cavalry
had measured their day's march by a red
tape line J. D. would have given them
the slip.
Don't be a coward. J. D. came to
grief, from his unwillingness to'die in
the breaches.
Always wear thc best. A few more
Spring"! in Mr. Davis' hoop skirt might
have saved him.
Cultivate the sports of fcoyhood. In
the race riu IrwinsYillc, every Michigan
boy showed that he could beat a hoop.
Traitora are always betrayed. J. D.
fled to the woods for protection, but they
proved to be trees unable. Bulletin.
Thc oath of allegiance prescribed by
Presideut Johuson in thc order "revok
ing all former regulations" reads as fol
lows :
"I, , do solemnly swear, in
thc presence of Almighty God, that I
will henceforth faithfully support, proccct
and defend the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, and all laws made- in pursu
ance thereto."
Thc clause iu tho "amnesty proclama
tion" reading as follows "all thc pro
clamations which have been or may here
after be issued" has, it will be perceiv
ed, been left out. This is an oath winch
any American citizen can take, aud any
mtu who would refuse to take it when
lawfully rcnuircd to do so, is an enemy to
the Government and docs not deserve" to
live in the land.
Afrvw (lavs since a returned Union sol-
difir Tmrchased a new nair of boots at a
i store in Buffalo, and requested the pnvi-
lege ot leaving his old ones, lie uiu so,
but some time" after returned and called
for them. When they were brought him,
he ripped open the liniug, and took from
bcucath 81,550 in greenbacks, in deriom-
inations oi vov, uuu uuu uUw
he bad placed there ahd forgotten.
n Jim nhrht of President Lincoln's
rioe.ioaJfihr.inr!' the residence of John Minor
iinnc ..f. Auhorn. Brandv Statiou, Culpc-
per, Va, was attacked by a party of seven
guerrillas, un lur. xotis assuuuuS u. u-
O , .... 'l l:J.i: n ,rlrl
termmed attituuc anu 5iiuio "
front, the ruffians scorned cowed, . aud
finally departed.
. -
It is said that ex-Governor Wise chafes
a good deal and oven foams at the mouth,
bdeause his liouse is used by old John
Brown's daughter as a school-house for
teaching little niggers.
Tho number of troops to be mustered
out during the month of June, it has been
computed, will exceed 2U,UUU.
Tl t.tl.l"i1. nv TTni,nnnl-'s flomS
is to be immediately increased to il);0D0
mctr.
A Very Apt Scholar. ti '
A Baltimore correspondent of Harper's
Magazine tells the' following story, show
ing how a pupil became too smart for his"
precepter :
A rather ppetentions-appearing person
entered a store, und laying a small port
folio on thc counter, stated to the mcrch'
ant that he was giving instructions in the
art of detecting counterfeit money by an
original and practical method of his own.
He had instructed several tellers in lead
ing bauks, all of whom testified to the
superiority of his method. "Well," sidf
Mr. B , the proprietor, "what ii
your peculiar method V Said the strang
er, "I show you good money amd bad
money together ; show and explain tho.
difference. in the engraving; show you
the difference in tho lathe-work and theT
fine lines of the vignette," remarking
that he was a practical engraver himself
and in forty minutes time he coxld ins
truct any person of the least observation
-in rules that would be infallible in detect
ing the finest executed counterfeit ever
issued."
"Well, what are your terns ?" said Mr:
R ; looking intentlv at the man.'
as though somewhaf incredulous as to the'
profundity of his wisdom on the subject."
"iUy terms are live dollars for full ins
tructions," ho replied.
"1 can't give it, responded B :
"I would probably forget itall in a week.'
"Well, replied the instructor, wtthr
an eye to business, "I have spent some
time talking with you, and if yon are'
anxious to learn, I will charge vou but'
three dollars."
"Well, I will go three dollars on it,"-
Said B , "and run the risk of all'
the good it will do me."
So they proceeded to business at once.
Th6 stranger opened his port-folio, pro
duced a quantity oflbank notes, good arid'
bad ; the fine lines of thc lathework were
duly compared, expatiated upon, and ex
plained. He found a ready scholar in
B , who in half an hour's time was'
on adept in picking out the good from'
the bad. ones. ,
The lesson ended, B expressed"
himself well satisfied, and stepping around
to his cash-drawer fumbled over some.
bills for a moment, with which to pay for
...... , . ., f . '-
nis tuition, remarking to the stranger,
that he had nothing less than a ten, and'
asking him if he could give him sevens
dollars, which the stranger promptly did
B giving him in a return a well-.
executed counterfeit ten-dollar, note
with which he had been "stuck" some
weeks previous, and which had since been
lying in his drawer. ". .
The stranger pocketed the bogus
"ten," expressed his thanks, and left-
leaving B his tuition and seven
dollars in good money.
The Soldiers National Cemetery. t
Thc corner-stone of the monument afc.
the Soldiers' National National Cemetery
at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, will be laid
on thc 4th of July next, with military
and civic ceremonies. The oration on
the occasion will be delivered by Major"-'
General Oliver O. Howard, lately com
manding the army of the Tennessee. "
General Howard, it will be recollected
bore a conspicuous part in the victory afcv
Gettysburg.
Thc following is from a conterdV
porary, aud we recommend it to -the at
tention of our readers: "Many persons'
profess a desire to support their country
paper, in these high priced times. It.'
can be done in this way subscribe and
pay for it. Help to make it-interesting;
to the editor, send your printing to tho
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tention to your business for nothing.
If any of our readers take these sugges
tions as personal, they can apply the- re
medy.
' They were "Southern gentlemen""
who murdered prisoners iu cold bloody
starved thousands of our brave fellows to'
death, threw railroad trains from tho
track, attempted to hre our cities, assa.
sinated thc Presideut, and endeavored to
commit wholesale murder by introducing'
a deadly disease into the. country. A"
Northern horse-thief would be entitled
to damages for libel if he" were called" d"
"Southern gentleman."
KSy Tho disloval lady near Catawissa?
who remarked on hearing of the assassina
tion of President Lincoln that "he" was
in x l" was significantly rebuked by an
old gentleman standing by with- tho in
quiry "How do you' know ; have yod?
received a letter irom your lather i
By an amendment to the School Law of
this State, passed last winter," the mini
mum age for children to bo admitted to
thc common schools was changed from
Pivc to six years or age.
It is thought at Indianapolis that Bow
les, Milligan. and Horsey, tho K. Gr. Cs
already sentenced to be hanged and. re
prieved, will be indicted and tried in the
civil courts.
There is in the Patent officc at Wash-,"
ington a piodel of a steam boat invenCed
byr Abraham Lincoln. It was" patented!;
Elder Rfthball, ono of tho leading
.Mormon saints, it is saul, recently. Had
uoru to mm, m oi
fourteen childrenu
ouc night, not ltfcsrthen
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