I : THE JEFFERSONIAN. " HJcuotcu ta JJolitfcB, literature, Agriculture, Science, iHaralit), aua eucral Intelligence. VOL.24.. STROUBSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA AUGUST 3, 1865. NO. 22 Published by Theodore Schocli. . TERMS T-o flnllnrsn year in advance and if no aid before the end of the yeaj, l o dollars and fitfy is. win tie cmirgeci. No paper disc except at the option of the Editor !DAdverlisemeiitsoI one square of (cicKt lines) or. Jen. oneor three insertions S I 50. Each additional s 01 one squ.11 nsertions si at (icrtion, 50 cents. Longer ones in propoition l JOB PRINTING, . Ut A li li JVlflUS, j Bzeoated in the highest style of the Art, and on the most rcuson-iuic terms. AMEERY HEART. 'Tis well to have a merry heart However short we stay There's wisdom in a merry heart, " Whatc'er the world may say Philosophy may lift it's head, And find out many a flaw ; Uut give me the philosophy 'IF' vrr That s happpy with a straw ! '. If lifb but brings us happiness, It brings us, we arc told, What's hard to buy, though rich ones try, With all their heaps of gold ! Then laugh away; let others say Whate'cr they will of mirth, Wio laughs the most may truly boast He's got the wealth of earth. There's beaut' in a merry laugh, A moral beauty too; It shows the heart's an honest heart, That's paid each man his due, And gave a share of what's to spare, Despite of wisdom's fears ; And makes the cheekless sorrow speal The eye shed fewer tears. The sun may shroud itself in cloud, The tempest wrath begin ; It finds a spark to cheer the dark, It's sunlight is within ! Then laugh away let others say Whate'cr the' will of mirth; Who laughs the most may truly boast lie's got tho wealth of Tearth ! Strike Hard. The New Yorkers have taken up the sub ject of the beef extortion, and a very active movement is going on for the purpose of in ducing a strike against the butchers. . These cormorants still charge from thirty to forty cents per pound for beef in this cit', at which rates a steak sufficient for a poor mans family costs him the product of two days, labor. The New Yorkers are adopting the sug gestions we made to our readers some weeks since, and a correspondent of the Times writes to that journal as fellows: Wc; that is a few families in Hobo ken have formed an anti-meat club. There tire seven of s.ich families. We have mu tually pledged each other to totally abstain from meat for two weeks from this day, Thursday. Here is a beginning at least Who will be nest. The process is simple. The men folks talked it over on Wednesday morning on the boat, settled the matter at their homes at night, and wili honestly ad lierc to their reso! ve. ONE OF T II EM Combine aud conqucr, and let the watch word be ''No more meet at present prices." It will do us good to avoid eating meat at this season of the vear. Antidote for the Hydrophobia. The following is said to be one of the most successful antidotes for the bite of a mad dog. It was for sixteen years an exclusive secret with a Saxon foreater, but who. grow ing old, unwilling to let it die with him, and therefore procured its publication. lie is said to have used it for fifty years, and rescued many human beings and cattle from the fearful death of hydrohobia. "The Arddote. Take immediately, warm vinegar or tepid water, wash the wound clean therewith and then dry it ; then pour upon the wound a few drops of hydrochloric acid, because mineral acids destroy the poison of the saliva, by which means the latter U neutralized. Receipts that Sever Pail. j To destroy rats catch them one by one, and ' ing more effectually. Ihe exchange of flatten there heads in a lemon squeezer. To'w00lea for cotton undershirts, in hot iil cockroaches get a pair of heavy boots, j weather, is, therefore, an error, then catch your roaches, put them in a bar-j fX'his is further proved by ice beiug rel, then get in yourself and dance. To kill j preervca from melting when it is wrap-bed-bugs-chain their hind legs to a trec d Ju blankets wllicb. retard, for a long men rro round in iront ana mane mouuis. , X'ZZ S3 .rruieoosideratiops show the error of suppo- u - - open, ane when a mouse's whiskers ticKie,i"o i. ' , . i i T t., ti..... 'p n.,nr,t ,Wc fmm mntp.rials of clothing. "Ihe thick cloaK . . . . . ' liiiuai uilc xv jit tut going mad cut their tails off just behind uieir ears. A Philadelnhia merchant sent a cargo ot goods to Constantinople. After the super- goods to Constantinople. Alter uie fcupui- cargo had seen the bales and boxes had been safely landed, he inquired where they should be stored. Leave them here, it won't ram .n-$ ,was tl,e,reP J. ' cntnn tflfi , 1 Vniy Ve oid uloper rn mr. 'Pl. Sf.Umnilqn morrbant. lamrhed ""'CUi L uu wiiiiiuuiuuu a as he replied: n..! i i 3 i r:nr,A tlmrn if5 not a Christian within a hundred miles of us.'V , 10 Keep Butter in Warm weauiei. A simple mode of keeping butter in warm weather where ice is not handy. Invert a common flower pot over the butter witu some water in the disn in wiucu tlie nutter i laM 'P.'ip. orifice at the bottom may be corked or not. The porousness of the earth- ern-w.are will Keep me uuuer uuui. A t ...l.Ti-ficinnr bis frond P. rr"V(i notice-that lie would take in payment all l-mric r ,.nf rV nrndnct cxccut promise. The rebellion was first kindled into a. flame by petticoats; it was fanned through its whole career by petticoats; and it had its final fall in petticoats. At what season were Adam and Eve most unhappy in Eden ? In the fall. FOR TUB JEFFERSONIAN. i western Items. Missouri is situated in the heart of our T , L . . - . w . . wu.t,iu 140 t T J 1 no LtlU J garucu 01 1110 world, the Mississippi Val- .n tj , , juj juummuui, auvaiuages are : iThc unsurpassed fertility of its soil; its temperate and healthy climate ; its inex haustible mineral wealth; (particularly Iron, Lead and Coal,) and its commer cial facilities. The nieanderiug, "father of waters" for over 500 miles skirts its Eastern bounds, and the turbid Missouri, for equal distance, winds through the in- tenor, inviting her surplus produce to take an easy transit by water,-to supply the markets of the world. The Hannibal aud St. Joseph Railroad ' -passes through the Northern part of the . ?ffn .-.-..'. i nt- i . I btatc, making the fine healthy and. active healthy star City of the North West, (the City of jSt. Joseph) visible and accessible to Eas tern Fogies, that once thought St. Joseph was "out west" almost nni-. of tho. world. ' m i .i jLtiuy vuu uuw tuu mat it is uie eumimm . J centre or mac great radius, Known as tne North West. The Pacific Railroad pass ing through the State, East and West. Hie .Northern Missouri connects the Han nibal and St. Joseph Railroad, and St. Louis and the Iron Mountain Railroad are among the fixed facts. The great in cubus Slavery so long a curse to the growth aud interests of the State, is among the things that were, And her damna ble first born rebellion has given up the ghost, and Free Missouri to-day, invites the energ' and capital of Christendom to assist in developing the Agricultural and mineral wealth of her broad aud fertile plains. The State Emigration Society recently established, has for its object, the diffusion of intelligence to the reading world, of the advantages Missouri offers to the hardy pioneer aud the honest labor ing man seeking a permanent home. I know not, but I presume that officers of the State and subordinate societies, I will not overlook the great practical idea of making arrangements with our leading lines of travel at a reduced fare, to en-j courage the emigrant. Our Icadiug cap- j italists arc meu generally of enlarged j views and can easily realize the result of adding 100 per cent, to the producing en ergy aud capital that will find its outlet and communications over their lines . in future time. A hint to the wise on this subject is sufficient. The people of Missouri are rather a heterogeneous class, representing almost every nation and State, and when we hear in mind the fact that the most ener getic people migrate, it accounts for the superior tact, talent, and energy, of the West above medjocraty. . More anon. 11. W. HINCKLEY, Richfield, 111., July 21, 18G5. Woolen. Clothing. It is not generally understood how clothing keeps the body cool in hot weather, and warm in cold weather. Clothes arc generally composed of some li"-ht substances, which do not conduct heat: but woolen substances are worse conductors then those made of cotton or linen. Thus a flannel shirt more effectu ally intercepts or keeps out heat than alin neu or cotton one : and whether in warm or cold climates, attains the end of cloth- - . nP . . . rvunco I I III I' III '. lll II lilLll 111 11L.UU J VUV " i 1 . - .. - . iir.i Hiti t li ,.-1 rim o. liii tl 1 , which guards a Spaniard against the cold : he wept aloud. i winter, is msu, m buujuh;i, uauu mui ias a protection against the direct rays of Un cun rind white flnnnnl is our warm-! .ir;cip 0f dreFS. vet we cannot more egt artjcje 0f (regSj yet we cannot more , tf t n preserVe ice than by wrapping j containing it in many folds of the c scl conta J I llLi 1JUU ----- the softest flannel-: Rlack clotnes ; unnwn fn un Vfirv warm in the sun : but ,1,ey ?ro far from b.iog so io the shade, r:nOfin Uv in fiold weather, when the tern- i' j ' rt . . ' perature of the air is below that of the r ..f il, Wn iotr tlino truth. lh Importance of attention to chil- Idreu's clothing. It is au absurd idea. ;tiafcj t0 render young limbs Hearty, tne k0(jy must be exposed to the undue influ - ' of Qur capricioug climate. The whole number of Union troops , Ti.vnR is stated at 14.000, being now in Xexas parts of the Thirteenth and Twenty-fifth Army Orops. ; Four years ago Oil City numbeicd one lmndrpd inhabitants i now it contains about ten thousand. II. D. Sherman, of the famous bner.r man oil well, who five years ago was a nnnr man. is now rcDortcd to be W to be worths over five million of dollars. , Hi soon to be rich !' THE DAUGHTER'S STRATAOEIu. Judge Rose lived in Dellvillo, on the banks of a ereat river in the Wsfc. 13. ry year ho went to Washington, and his 1 vviu iy. uiiuu nearu in tne nuns oi KjOu- ' rea(i "Wlf. f.Tinmrli lm wnc nallnrl f.yn f j he was not good, because he was fond of annuiug wine, brandy ,.YC., and irequent cd the gambling- rooms so numerous in the city. These habits gained on him .1 ..... R .. - . daily, until they conquered all his moral strength. His townsmen refused to send ' him as their delegate auy more. T..J -. . I. l l -11 i o uuge xvose naa an amiauie who ana three pretty daughters. Mary the eldest was his special pet. He thought more , of her than of himself, and no wish of hers went ungratified. She was of a sweet disposition, and so obedient and respectful to her parents, and kind to cv- oue aboufc ber that sl,e was beloved by everybody. Aud though her father's iin:.,X .t . i . -,i dwelling was the most elegant, and they had beautif'ul'grounds, aud servants, and horses, and carriages and fine clothes; she never put on airs as many do, but was modest and retiring. Mr. Rose aud his 'wife and daughters were all members of i, f. i tt r. a christian church. lie was often sus pCnded from its fellowship, aud on prom ise of repentence received again. , His influential position in society aud the pi ous conduct of his wife and daughters, caused much pity for them, and elicited i much patience. They hoped by love aud forbearance to restore him wholly. Rut all the lovo of his family and the church could not stop this erring man in his downward course. At last so low did he fall as to lose all self-respect, and frequented the lowest whiskey shops in the town. Daily he went out unshaved, and unwashed, ragged and almost naked, and when drunk would sing some low song which would draw a , round him a crowd of boys to jeer, and laugh, aud scorn the once dignified and respectful judge. Iu personal appearance he was the lowest of the low. It is not to be supposed that Christians and temperance men allowed such a man to ruin himself without efforts to save him. Earnest and persevering efforts were put forth ; prayers were offered up, aud his family left no avenue to his heart unentered. Rut all were a like useless. nis wife and daughters wept and prayed, but despaired entirely. Mary hi3 pet, often labored to save her father from open disgrace, if not from private sin. She became very sad and refused to attend church or go into soci ety. When her father was sober, he had sense to perceive the sorrowful change in his once happy Mary aud seemed to re gret his course more for her own sake than his own. One morning he started as usual for the driukiug shop. He was a horrible ob ject, indecent to look at as well as filthy. His wife, tried to hold him back, and get him at least to put on some decent cloth ing, but he would not yield. Mary made her anncarance bv his side, clothed in rags, low at the neck, bare armed and bonnetless with an old whiskey-bottle iu her hand. Taking her father's arm she said : "Conic, father, I'm going too." "Going where V said he, stairiug at her as if horror struck. ''To the dram shop. What is good for you is good for me." Then" she began to flurish her bottle aud sing one of the low songs she had heard him sing in the street. "Go back girl, you are crazy ; mother, take her in." "Rut I am going with you, father, to ram my soul aud body. It is or no use for me to be good while you are going to the bad place. You'll be lonely there without your Mary." "Go away, girl, you'll drive me mad." "Rut you have been mad for some time, aud I am going mad too. What do I care ? My father is only a poor old de spised drunkard ; his daughter may as as well drink aud lie in the gutter too." So Mary pulled away at her father's arm, and went out to open the gate. He drew back ; still she dragged on and suug louder. A few boys came toward them, aud then her father broke from her hold, and went into the house. There ho sat down ; and putting his hands to his face, What is the matter ?" said Mrs. Rose. "Mary is crazy, and I have made her so. I wish I was dead. Vo go out ana . 1 get her in ; 1 won t go out to-day. Mrs. Rose went out aud told Mary what her father had said, aud then she went in. She sat down with her bottle find nil dnv kent on her old rags. Mr. j oso ms iu an awful state for want of bis accustomed stimulous and lrequentiy i , T j t Went to the door, but Mary was ready at , l.Ir. oMn nn nvorv nnnnsion. Ml'S. Rose prepared his meals with extra care, and 0 her Husband cups or strong uuuuuuumm r""1' aud tlie latter pare or uie uay c iuj, : to sleep. When ho woke up, Mary was still there iu her rags, aud her bottle by jier sfiQ With much shaking aud trembling he put on a suit of clothes, and asked his wife to send for a barber.. Then after tea he -said, "I'm goiug out." "Where ?" . "To the Temperance nail. Go with me aud see if I do not go there." So Mrs. Rose went with him to the iW of tho hall. Mary still saying : "I !-,', ii t. r,.o!l lio will nn to .muse iouow, ui x w a- tnc ; wn swey ,,,u iiut nis wile saw mm go up sum -u tlw irmafiu'jr room, ai ind the door j closed' upon him. Then she and Mary went home to rejoice with trembling at the success of the strategem. Surprise, joy, and some distrust perva ded the minds of the assembly of temper ance brothers when Mr. Rose walked in. He was invited to walk forward and ask ed to speak whatever he wished. lie rose and told his tale of the day, and then added, "When I saw how my angel daughter was transformed into a ! low Cltnv creature ; when I knew how 1. 1 i 111 -i t 'n much lower she would have to descend if , she went with me, I abhorred myself. fane vowed to go every where I went, and do everything I did. Could I see her do that 1 Uer loveli ness stained her character ruined she pure as an atigel ? No sirs ! If it kill me I will leave off, and never touch, taste or handle from this night henceforward and forever. And now gentlemen, help me to be a man agaiu." The building vibrated with the cheer ing, stamping and clapping, and a gush of song rose from those manly hearts which might have been heard for miles. Oh, "there is joy in heaven even over one sinner that repenteth" and why should there not be on earth ? Wc hope no other daughter will have to resort to so painful a remedy to save a father. 5 O- Execution of Women. The Philadelphia Ledger has the fol lowing from a correspondent; "Has any woman been capitally punish ed for crime in this country ?" has been repeatedly asked since the finding of the Military Commission in the case of Mrs. Surratt and the other conspirators. We find in -"Watson's Historical Annals of Pennsylvania." that in 1820, "Edward and Martha Hunt were sentenced to death for making and passing counterfeit dol lars , said to be the first case in which death was inflicted" ; aud also in 1731, in Newcastle, "Catharine Revan was or dered to be burued alive for the murder of her husband, aud Peter Murphy, her servant, to be hanged. It was designed to strangle her to beath by previous hang ing over the fire and before it could reach her : but the fire broke out iu a stream directly on the rope round her ucck, and burnt it off instantly, so that she fell alive into the flames and was seen to struggle therein a shocking spectacle in our country." Thus it seems, that our nnnn..'.r. 4. i u i .1 :.i. auuuatuiB iuij uuo liuuuiuu i itu Liiut ( spnsiVnUrir xvbioli nrm- nrnt riifli-c lfcnlP t among certain classes of our community." . Hot and Cold. Dan Marble was once strolling along tho wharves in Boston, where he met a tall, gaunt figure, a "digger" from California, and got into conversation with him. "Healthy climate,I suppose V "Healthy ? it ain't anything else. Why, stranger, there you can choose any climate you like, hot or cold, and that without travelling more than fifteen minutes. Just think o' that the next cold morning when you get out of bed. There's a mountain there, with a valley on each side of it, the one hot, and the other cold. Well, get on top of the moun tain, with a double barrelled gun, and you can, without moving, kill either sum mer or winter game, just as you will !" "What, have you ever tried it ?" "Tried it 1 often ; and should have done pretty well but for one thing. I wanted a dog that would staud both climates The last dog I had froze off his tail while, pintin' on the summer side. He didn't get entirely out of the winter side, you see trew as you live." Marble. Last week Lieutenant Gen. Grant is sued a general order to the various de partment commanders, authorizing them lo break up all the faro banks in the Uni ted States. Maj. General Palmer, acting uuder this authority, appointed Saturday night for a grand raid on all the faro hanks in Kentucky. Every bank in Louisville was closed up and their stocks confiscated. Most the men engaged in them got wind of the movement and left the city. One at Frankfort was seized, and tho keeper and dealer arrested. All others in the State have been shut up. This descent on the gambling houses, we understand to be in the interest of the soldiers, who have been swiudlcd out of thousands of dollars and left penniless by them. A gentleman in New York has -offered to give S500, in prizes of $200,6150,$100 and $50, to those soldiers who have either lost their right arm, or have had it dis abled, who will show tho best specimen I F lr j of lelt- ' lUg to of left-hand penmanship the design be- induce the men to become skillful . penmen, in order to , fi themselves for Tho duty of placing the manacles up on Mrs. Surratt, escorting her to the gallows, and supporting her until the trap fell, devolved upon Lieut. Col. W. I1. H. M'Call, of Lewisburg, Peuna. When placing tho irons upon her wrists, sho told him he was no gentleman, or he would not do so. Colonel M'C. told her that it was his unpleesant duty, in obedi ence to orders, and not his choice. Her parting salute to him was, 'You are a scoundrel !" which were about the last audible words she uttered. - 'Excuse the freedom of tho press," as the itor said when he hugged his neighbored ' ed wile. Sick-Headache. Sick-headache is sicknessat the stomach a tendency to vomit, combined with pain in some parts of the head, generally at the left side. Tt is caused by there be ing two much bile iu the system, from the fact that this bile is manufactured too rapidly, or is not worked out of the system fast enough by steady, active ex ercise. Hence sedentary persons, those who do not walk about a great deal, but arc seated iu the house ncarlv all the time, are almost exclusively the victims of this distressing malady. It usually begins soon after wakiug up iu the morn ing, and lasts a day or two more. There are many causes the derangement flirt mnof i i'nn nnnf In of the stomach by late and hearty suppers ; by eating too soon after a regular meal five hours should at least interveue eating much of any favorite dish ; eating without an appetite; forcing food , eating after one is conscious of having enough ; something which the stomach cannot digest, or sour-stomach. Any of these things may induce headache of the most distressing character in. an hour; it is caused by indulgence in spiri tous liquors. When a person has sick headache, there is no appetite ; the very sight of food is hateful ; the tongue is furred, the feet and hands arc cold, and there is a feeling of universal discomfort, with an utter indisposition to do any thing whatever. A glass of warm water, into which has been rapidly stirred a heaping teaspoonful each of salt and kitchen mus tard, by causing instantacous vomiting, empties the stomach of the bile or undi gested sour food, and a grcatful .relief is often experienced on the spot ; and rest, with a few hours of souud, refreshing sleep, completes the cure, especially if the principal part of the next day or two is spent in mental diversion and out-door activities, not eating an atom of food, but driukiug freely of cold water and hot teas until' you feel as if a piece of cold bread and butter would really taste good. Nine times in ten the cause of sick-headache is the fact that the stomach is not able to digest the food last introduced in to it, cither from its having been unsui table or excessive iu quantity. hen the stomach is week, a spoonful of the ! mildest, plainest food will cause an at- ! tack of sick-headache, when ten times ' the amount might have been taken in health, not only with impunity, but with ; positive advantage. j A diet of cold bread and butter, and ; ripe fruits and berries, with moderate j continuous exercise in the open air, suf- ; ficient to keep up a very gentle perspira tion, would, of themcslves, cure almost every case within thirty-six hours. Two tablespoonfuls of puftcrized charcoal, stirred in half a glas3 of water, drank, generally gives relief. The Poverty of Statesnieri. Statesmen who are worthy of the ap pellation given them, generally fail to se cure fortunes. They devote themselves to pursuits, which, if honestly adhered to rarely yield rich rewards. Jefferson died comparatively poor." In deed, if Congrcps had not purchased his library and given him, five times its value, he would, with difficulty, have kept the wolf from his door. Madisou saved money, and compara tively rich. To add- to his fortune, how ever, or rather to that of his widow, Con gress purchased his manuscript papers, and paid thirty thousand dollars for them. James Monroe, the sixth President of the United States, died in New York, so poor that his remains found a resting place through the charity of one of his friends. They remain in a cemetery in School street, but no monument marks the spot where they repose. John Ouincv Adams left some hund red and fifty thousand dollars, the result of industry, prudence and lunentancc. lie was a man ot mctuod economy. Martin Van Ruren died very rich. Throughout his political life he studious ly looked out for his own interest. It is is not-believed that he ever spent thirty shillings in politics, nis party shook the bush and he caught the bird. Daniel Webster squandered some mil lions in his life ftnic, the product of his professional and political speculations. lie died, leaving his property to his chil dren, and his friends. The lormer sold . iiii for less than twenty tuousanu aonars. the latter exceeded two huudrcd and fifty thousand. nenry Clay left a very handsome es tate. It probably exceded one hundred and fifty thousaud dollars. He was a prudent manager, aud a scrupulously honest man James K. Polk left about oue hund red and fifty thousand dollars fifty thous aud of which he saved from his Presidency of four years. John Tyler left thirty thousand dollars. Reforo he reached the Presidency he watf a baukrupt- In office lie husbanded his means, and then married a very wealthy wife. iiii Zachary Taylor left ouo hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Millard" Filmore is a wealthy .wan and keeps his money in a vory strong and safe box. It will never be wasted iu speculation, or squandered in vice. Ex-President Pierce saved some fifty thousaud dollars ' from his term of ser- VlfiR. rk The value of the estate left by the late: President Liuclou is estimated at 80,-000. A Hew Dodge of the Mew York Beggars.' A newspaper correspondent writes from New York as follows : The beggars have lately created a scusation by a dodge which is as amus ing as cunning. Fulton Ferry is a great gate of the city. Hundreds of thousands, of people pass to and from the city daily by that route, and as a natural conse-. quence beggars who go early where thero is a surplus of wealth to be given away, congregate on the Fulton ferry-boats. , The latest trick is performed bv a man and small child, the latter in rags and the' former in a well .worn uniform of blue," with oue sleeve empty, the missing arm being carefully hidden away under tho. coat. I he plan of the operators is for the man personating the soldiers to sit in the ladies cabin of the boat in such a way that the child, in its tour of begg ing, approaches him first, soliciting alms.. The false soldier listens to the brief tale told in an uudertonc by the child, ques tioning him or her very loudly, and at last, pulling a well-worn and well-filled pocket-book from his pocket, hands it to his nearest neighbor, and asks him (be ing himself unabe to haudle the pocket-, book with his single handY to give the child ten or twenty-five cents. The beg gars know enough of human nature to' now that this scene invariably excites. the sympathy of the spectators, who are ashamed not to give after seeing the 'poor soldier" do so, and the child gen erally manages to get quite a respectable sum of postal currency. This repeated' once or twice a day at each ferry about the city gives to the rascally pair a very, nice iucome. Some of these people make from eight to ten dollars per da'. Tho newsboys and bootblacks, of the streets think they are doing badly if they do. not make from three to four dollars ef day; and often their receipts on Sunday ruu up as high as five dollars. The manner in which Secretary SeV- ard came to know of the death of Presi dent Lincoln was singularly touching. A corrcspondeut of the Philadelphia Sul Idtiu says i He had bceu kept in fgnorancc of the attack on the President, his physicians fearing that the shock would, be too great' for him to bear, and all newspapers were rigidly excluded from his room. On the Sunday following the assassination, the Secretary had his bed wheeled ajouud so that he could sec the tops of the trees in the park opposite, just putting on tho' Spring foliage, when his eye caught tho, stars and stripes at half mast on the War Department, on which he gazed awhile, then turuing to his attendaut, said : "The President is dead." The attend ant stammered and changed color as ho tried to say nay, but the sagacious old man said : "If he had been alive, he would have been the first to call on me ; but he has not been here, nor has he sent to know how I am, and there's the flajr at half-mast. The old statesman's inductive' reasoning had told the truth, and he lay' in silence,, the great tears coursing down his gashed cheeks, and the dreadful truth: sunk into his mind. John S. Wallace, a merchant of Chi cago, was arrested recently for using rev enue stamps two or three times over on his warehouse receipts. nis manner of doing it was to put a stamp on a receipt, and after it had been passed tear it off and use it again on another receipt. Numbers of receipts were fouud in his desk with the stamps off, and the stamps in an envelope. In this way he confess-' es to having saved about $35, which will' probably cost him about $35,000, the pen alty for each offence being $1,000, with' the addition of imprisonment. Wallace, offered 5,000 to the man who arrested' him if, he would let him off. A country parish iu Connecticut raised their parson's salary from 3300 to $4001 per aunuru. The good wan objected for three reasons : "First," said he, "be cause you cannot afford to pay more than! 300 ; second because my preaching is. not worth more than that ; third, becauso I have to collect my salary, which hereto fore has been the hardest part of my la-j bors among-you. If I have to collect an' additional' hundred dollars it will kill mo." In one of his terrible menaces Jeff Davis' declared that when all the men of the South were put to death in battle, the women.' would seize their w.capons and beat back' tho Northern vandals. When captured, the. "President" evidently thought that the timo". had come when tho women must maintain. Southern chivalry. He would himself lead' them iu petticoats. An employee in tlie Surgeon Generals of fice at Washington has discovered a new, use for petroleum. His invention consists of a simple process of adhering tho debris of! dust of coal mines, of yards with petroleum and in lumps or blacked masses, which ig nite readily without use of soft' coals or kind-, llnrrq lncts lnnrror nml rrlveS OUt a mom in- -"b-l .w.w., o - -. , tense heat than ordinary anthracites, anor costs about half as much. Dysentery prcyils to' a considerable .ex tent iu Westchester and Chester county, Pa., both among adults and children? Many cases have proved fatal. An American physican says that the' human pulse has quickened from seVep.. to ton throbs a minuto during tho last5 fifty years. ."- Gov. Curtin's'daughter has eloped wittf aril married a gay soldier boy. 1
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