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VOL. 27.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., DECEMBER 3, ISGS
NO.
2C.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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XI. I. COOLBAUGII,
Sip and Ornamental Painterf
SHOP ON MAIN STREET,
Oppotiit H Wen Mill,
ttespeClfolly announces to the citizns of
Stroudsburg and vicinity that he is prepared
to attend to n) who may favor him with
their patronage, in a prompt and workman
like mnner.
CHAIRS, FURNITURE, &.c, painted
and re.viired.
PICTURE FRAMES of all kind con
stantly on hand or supplied to order.
June II, l?G3. ly.
Drs. JACKSON & BIDLACK,
PHYS1HANS AMrSlUUiEONS.
DRS. JACKSON & BIDLACK, are
prepared t attend promptly to all calls
of a Profession 1 1 character. OJjice Op
posite the Stroudsburg Bank.
April 25, lS67.-tf.
C. W. SEIP, M. D.v
Physician and Surgeon,
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office at his re-idence, on Main Street,
nearly opposite Marsh's Hotel.
All calls promptly attended to. Charges
reasonable.
Stroudsburg, April 11, 1867.-tf.
" D R. D. dTsII I TM7
Surgeon Dentist,
Office on Main Street, opposite Judge
Stokes' residence, Strovdsbvrg, Pa.
07" Teeth extracted without pain.JO
August 1, 1S67.
.A. Card.
Dr. A. REEVES JACKSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
BEGS TO ANNOUNCE THAT HAV
ing returned from Europe, he is now
prepared to resume the active duties of his
profession. In order to prevent disppoint
xnsnt to persons Jiving at a distance who
may wish to consult him, he will be found
at his office every THURSDAY and SAT
URDAY for consultation and the perform
ance of Surgical operations.
Dec. 12. 167.-1 yr.
WM. W. PAVL. J. D. HOAR
CEAELES W. DEAN,
VM. W. PAUL &, CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
BOOTS & SHOES.
WAREHOUSE,
623 Market St., & 614 Commerce Et.
above Sixth, North side,
PHILADELPHIA.
March 19, ISO?. tf.
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SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCH!
USE
flCLLlNSHEAB'S lllli k SALT RDEIjI OWTMEM.
No Family bhould be without this valua
ble medicine, for on the first appearance of
the disorder on the wrists, between tli (in
fers, &c, a slight application of the Oint
ment will cure it, and prevent its being ta
ken by others.
Warranted to give eatisfaclion or money
refunded.
Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail,
by W. HOLLINSHEAD,
Stroudsburg, Oct. 31, '07. Druggist.
BEEF,
IRON AND PURE BRANDY,
BY mi. HARTMAN,
Regular Graduate of the University of Penn
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Coughs and Cold, onu all diseases of the
Lungs or Bronchial Tubes.
It has fcssa th mean of RESTORING
THOUSANDS t health who have been giv
er up beyond the reach of cie-iicul as?ist
,nce. It does n.ore to rd.eve the Consump
tive than anything ever known. Unequal
led strengtltener for delicate Ladies and
Children. Each battle contains the nu;
TRITICUS PORTIOSOF TW O POVNtS OF CHOICE
Beef.
The cure of Consumption was first etlecl--d
by the use of RAW BEEF and BRANDY
ia Russia, afterwards in France, in which
countries I have travelled for years.
I have used it with perfect success in my
own family. In presenting this preparation
to tho public I feel confident that every af
flicted one who read this (even the most
kepiical) may become convinced," by a sin
gle trial that it is truly a most valuable med
icine. ' .
Circu!ars and medicines cent to any ad
dress. Price 1 per bottle six for $5.
Laboratory 512 South Fifteenth Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Wholesale Agents. French, Richards &
Co., Tenth and Market streets; Johnson,
Holloway & Cowden, 602 Arch street; R.
JShcf.maker & Co., Fourth and Race streets,
Philadelphia.
5 Sold by Druggists Everywhere.
Cheap Feed.
GRAIN AT 20 CENTS PER BUSHEL.
Apply at the BREWERY,
July 30, 1569Mf. East Stroudiburg.
From Wilkes Spirit ofthe Times.
Private Habits of Horace Greeley.
BY MARK TWAIN, OF TIIE TRIBUNE'S
1 ' ' ; STAFF
Mr. Groely gets up at three o'clock ia
the morning; for it is one of his favorite
maxims that only early rising can keep
the health unimpaired and the brain vi
gorous. He then wakes up all the house
hold and assembles them ia the library,
by candlelight, and, after quoting the
beautiful lines :
"Early to bed and early to rise
Make a man healthy-, wealthy, and wise,"
he appoints each individual's task for the
day, sets him at it with encouraging
words, aud goes , back to Led again. I
mentiou here, in no fault-finding snirit.
but with the deference justly due a man
who is elder and wiser and worthier than
I, that he snores awfully. Ia a inouient
of irritation, once, I was rash enough to
say I never would sleep with him until
be broke himself of this unfortunate hab
it. I Lave kept my word with bigoted
and unwavering determination.
At half past 11 o'clock Mr. Greeley
rises again. lie shaves himself. He
considers that there is great virtue and
economy iu shaving himself. He does it
with a dull razor, Eometitijes humoiing a
part of a tune, (he knows part of a tune,
and takes an innocent delight in regard
ing it as the first half of Old hundred;
but parties familiar with that hymn have
felt obliged to confess that they could not
recognize it, and therefore the noise he
makes is doubtless on unconscious ori
ginal composition of Mr. Greeley's,) and
sometimes, wheu the razor i3 especially
dull, be accompanies himself withjor
mula ad emphatic.
He then goes into bis model garden,
and applies his vast store of agricultural
knowledge to the amelioration of his cab
bages ; after which he writes an able agri
cultural article for the instruction of
American farmers, his soul cheered the
while with the reflection that if cabbages
were worth eleven dollars apiece his mod
el farm would pay.
He next goes to breakfast, which is a
frugal, abstemious meal with him and
consists of nothing but just such things
as the market affords, nothing more. He
drinks nothing but water nothing what
ever but water, and coffee, and tea, and
Scotch ale, and lager beer, and lemomade
with a fly in it sometimes a house fly,
and sometimes a horse fly, according to
the amount of inspiration required to
warm him up to his duties. During
breakfast he reads the Tribune all through,
and enjoys the satisfaction of knowing
that all the brilliant things in it, written
by Young, and Cooke, and Hazard, and
myself are attributed to him by a confid
ing aud infernal public.
After breakfast he writes a short edi
torial, and puts a large dash at the be
ginning of it, thus ( ), which is the
same as if he put II. G. after it, and
takes a savage pleasure in reflecting that
none of us understrappers can use that
dash, except in profane conversation
when chafing over the outrage. He writes
this editoral in his own handwriting.
He does it because he is so vain of his
penmanship. He always did take an
inordinate pride in his penmanship. He
hired out once, in his young days, as a
writing master, but the enterprise fail
ed. The pupils could not translate his
remarks with any certainty.. His first
copy was "Virtue is its own reward," and
they got it "Washing with soap is whol
ly absurd," and so the trustees discharg
ed him for attempting to convey bad
morals, through the medium of worse
penmanship. But. as I was saving, he
saying,
writes his moruinz editorial.
Then be
tries to read it over, and can't
do it, and so sends it to the printers, and
they try to read it, and can't do it ; and
so they set it up at random as you may
Bay, putting io what words they can make
out, and when get aground on a long
word they put in "reconstruction" or
"universal suffrage," and spar off and apd
dle ahead, and next morning, if the de
graded public can tell what it is all about,
thay eay II. G. w. ote it, and if they can't,
they say it is one of those imbecile under
strappers, and that is the end of it.
Ou Sundays Mr. Greeley sits in a
prominent pew in Mr. Chapin's church,
and lets on that he is asleep, and the
congregation regard it as an eccentricity
of genius.
When be is going to appear in public,
Mr. Greeley spends two hours on his
toilet. He is the most pains taking and
elaborate man about getting up his dress
that lives in America. This is bis chie
fest and his pleasantest foible. He puts
on his old white overcoat, and turns up
the collar. He puts on a soiled shirt,
saved from the wash, and leaves one end
of the collar uubuttoued. He puts on
his most dilapidated hat, turns it wrong
side before, cants it on to tbfl back of his
head, and jams an extra dent in the side
ot it. He puts on his most atrocious
boots, and spends fifteen minutes tucking
the left leg of his pants into his boot top
in what shall seem the most careless and
unstudied way. Hut his cravat it is in
to the arrangment of his cravat that he
throws all his soul, all the powers of fits
great mind. After fixing at it for forty
minutes before the glass it is perfect. it
is askew every way it overflows his ecat
collar on one side and Einks into oblivion
on the other it climbs and it delves
around his neck the knot is conspicu
ously displayed under bis left ear, and it
6tretchcs one of its long ends straight out
horizontally, and the other goes after his
eye, in the good old Toodles fashion
and then, completely and marvelously ap
pareled, Mr. Greeley strides for the roll
ing like a sailor, a miracle of astounding
costumery, the Jawe and wonder of the
nations. " '
, But I bavn't time to tell the rest of his
private ' habits. Suffice it that he is an
upright ' and honest man a practical,
greatbrained man a useful man to his
nation and his generation a famous man
who has justly earned his celebrity and
withal the worst-dressed man in this or
any country even though he does take so
thundering much pains and put on so
many frils about it. ' ' ; !
" -
. Slurs on Women. ' ; , . : . .
At a recent dinner in this city at which
no ladies were present, a man, in respond
ing to the toast " Woman," dwelt almost
solely on the frailty of the sex, claiming
that the best among them was little bet
ter than the worst, the chief difference
being their surroundings. ;
At the conclusion of the speech! atren-
tlenian present rose to his feet,"and said :
"I trust the gentleman, in the applica
tion of his remarks, referred ' to his oic?i
mother and sisters, and not to ours !"
The effect of this most just and timely
rebuke waa overwhel tiling; tho maligncr
of woman was covered with confusion and
shame.
The incident serves an excellent pur
pose in prefacing a few words on this sub
ject. ' :
Of all the evils prevalent among men,
we know none more blighting in its mor
al effects than the tendency to speak
slightingly of the virtue of women. Nor
is there anything in which young . men
are so thoroughly mistaken as in the low
estimate they form of the integrity of wo
men not of their own mothers and f sis
ters, thank God, but of others, who they
forget, are somebody else's mothers and
sisters.
Plain words should be spoken on this
point, for the evil is a general one and
deep rooted. If young men are sometimes
thrown into the society of thoughtless, or
even lowed women, they have no more
right to measure all other women by what
they see of these than they would have
to estimate the character of honest and
respectable citizens by the developments
of crime in our police courts.
Let young men remember that their
chief happiness in life depends upon their
iaith in women. No worldly wisdom, no
misanthropic philosophy, no generalization
can cover or weaken this fundamental
truth. It stands like the record of God
himself for it is nothing less than this
and should put an everlasting seal upon
lips that are wont to speak slightingly of
women. Pac7carTs Alonthly.
Foolish Election Wagers.
Popular elections always bring the
knave3 and the fools of society to the sur
face. The knaves arc the rascally poli
ticians who affect to be generally con
cerned about the welfare of "the dear
people," but who, in reality, arc only
animated by a desire to get their thievish
fiDgers in the dear people's pockets,
through the medium of public office.
The fools are they who make ridiculous
bet3, such as those we now read about.
For instance, Senator Pomeroy has just
made a fool of himself by tramping through
the streets of Leavenworth bareheaded,
with a gaping crowd of other , fools at his
heels. Another fool has just wheeled a
barrel of apples in payment of an election
wager, from a provincial town in Massa
chusetts to Boston. Another fool, and a
New York one, is announced to wheel a
negro wench through some of the streets,
and still another proposes to put in a full
day's work grinding a hand-organ. Bet
ting, of any kind should be, discounten
anced, but particularly that ridiculous
kind of which we now speak. -; .;
Do as I Do. A well known "fast"
man recently entered a bar-room in a city
in the West, where he seldom fails to
meet some twenty friends in the 'smiling
hours." With his usual heartiness, he
calls up the company, who, nothing loth,
at once "faced the counter." ;
"You must all do as I do," said the
liberal ope. " . , - ,
' Oh, certainly of; course," was the
unanimous reply, "what is yours going to
be?" : :
"I shall take pure brandy," was his
reply. ' : " ' ; :' -.'
r And then all called for P. B. After
drinking,' the wag laid down his fip on
the counter, and then immediately retired
wispering, in a soft persuasive tone : '
; "Do as I do, gentlemen." .
The party looked at one another with
a comic stare, until one, who finally ; felt
the force of the idea creeping powerfully
through his hair, exclaimed : . ';! ;-:
"Sold ly Thunder." 1 v ' .
Singular Names.
.The United States contains the follow
ing singularly named postoffices : Marrow
Bones, Sorrel Horse. Ti Ti, Toto, Why
Not, Alone, Backbone, Carryall, Fame,
Stony Man, Sal Soda, Nowborn, Yankee
Jim s, Hough and Iteady, Pipo Ntam,
Shickshinny, Overalls, Snowshoe, Miracle
Bun, Simmer, Lookout", Paint, Last
Chance, Orgunquit, Memory, Tally Ho,
Spuyton Duyvil, Tired Creek, and Our
Town.
Iron ore has been discovered in several
parts of Montgomery county. The dis
tricts will bo tapped, by the CoLebrook
dale Railroad.
: - - Cattle in Texas.
It was not publicly known, perhaps un
til attention was recently called to the cat
tle plague, that a great unmber of cattle
whose flesh is consumed in the northern
states comes from Texas. Much of the
beef used in this city is originally from
that state and reaches us by way of Chi
cago. .
The resources in cattle of tho plains of
Texas are enormous. During the war the
southern confederacy, obtained its meat
very largely from this region, and it was
an object of the battles of Yicksburg and
Port Hudson, ect., to occupy the Missis
sippi, so as to cut of this supply.
From fifty miles west of Houston to the
Indian territory, and the country of the
Camanches, the prairies are traversed by
vast herds of cattle, which it would be im
possible to enumerate. 'A person traveling
on horseback over these plains my see
moving masses of thousand of them com
ing to the water holes to drink, and a man
on foot, would be in as great danger - as
among a pack of wolves. . , .
The experienced herdsman, however,
mounted upon one of the little ponies of
that region, goes among the largest herds
with impunity, and drives them where he
will ; and with his losso he can bring the
strongest steer in the herd to the ground,
helpless and completely under control.
These immense herds of. apparently
wild cattle are nevertheless, owned and
quite strictly accounted for. The owner
may live in Houston, or in any portion of
the south, or in Chicago, or in New York,
and may never visit his cattle from one
year's end to another, and they arc still as
secure a property as real estate would be
in the same region. Wherever his stock
may be found within the borders of Tex
as, which is larger than the whole of New
England and New York together, with a
certain ineffaceable brand, he cau claim it.
He may send a requisition to some person
in the state, saying that he desires a cer
tain number ot cattle bearing his brand
set to him, and that he will pay two dol
lars, or a dollar and Gfty cents per. head,
to persons brining his cattle from the
prairies.
The Texas law in relation to property
in brands is exceedingly strict, and is en
forced necessarily with great rigor oth
erwise there would be no security for pro
perty. A person finding a cow of anoth
er man's brand lying dead on the prairie,
dare not take off and carry away her hide
unless authorized to do so. A herdsman
is generally employed to keep some little
surveliance over the herd, to see that they
are kept together as much as possible,
and to bring out cattle when they are
needed for the market, and to brand the
calves which every year atthe proper time.
The cows roam the prairies and bear
calves do the milking without interfer
ence until, at a certain age, it is neces
sary for the owner to have his brand plac
ed upon them. Then, the herd is driven
into a pound, winding gradually to a nar
row passage, and finally to an aperture
through which the claves can only pass
one by one. The brander stands ready
for them as they come ; with a red hot
iron he burns a mark indelibly in the
hide, sometimes in addition to this, he
mrkes some peculiar slit in the car. Oc
casionally in a Texan paper containing
between one and two hundred advertise
ments of different brands we may find no
tices of ear marks, such as "hole and slit
in the left ear, two crops and slit in right,"
or; "swallow fork aud upper bit in left
ear.'.' The operation, is no doubt, pain
ful to the poor animal at the time, but in
about ten days the mark of the hot iron
heals over, and there is left a clearly de
fined elevation of the hide and protuber
ance of long hair, which is rather orna
metal than otherwise, and which enables
a per so a to recognize the brand at quite
a distance. A small price is sometimes
taid persons for bringing in calves ; be
onging to certain herds, that they may
be branded and set loose again upon the
prairies. - It is usual, for this reason, for
persons to advertise their brands in the
newspapers in .the county where ithey
range, and offer a certain price for bring
ing in their cattle or offering them : for
sale. Sometime a person will buy sever
al brands and apply to the legislature for
permission , to combine all these brands
into one. This being granted, all the
young belonging to this . man's herd are
stamped with this new brand, uutil after
a while, the old ones all , being sent to
market, nothing but the last adopted
brand remains. .' - ...
There are still many unclaimed cattlo
in the western part ofthe etute. In Live
Oak couDty, there are probably thousands
roaming wild without owners. It has
happened from the war that families own
ing small herds on - the plains have been
so broken up, the male, members of tho
family being killed, that the survivors
are unable to take the proper steps to re
claim their . property ; and their calvccs
not being branded, have ' grown to full
sized cattle, and arc remaining wild with
out brands. ; , . ; . '
The Texan cattle are driven in herds
to Missouri and Illinois, and there fed,
after which they are scutou to New Yoik
as stall fed beef. The method of driving
them is to place bells on the frout two or
three tame steers or mules, which the oth
ers soon learn to follow ; a few herdsman in
the rear hurry on the struggle and keep
the herd compact. AVw York Eveninj
Gen. Sheridan says ho saw a few weeks
ago a herd of buffalos ninety-five miles
Lung and twenty-Ave mile wlda.
, Naval Titles.
, Everybody seems to understand the
grades of the army and the titles of its
officers, but not so with respect to the
navy, concerning which the greatest con
fusion seems to reign in the public uiiud.
Until the year 1SG2 the grades of com
missioned officers in the naval service,
viz: Lieutenant, commander and captain :
the senior captains selected to command
squadrons being called commodores by
courtesy, which title they generally re
tained after once having a flag command,
notwithstanding the general order of the'
secretary of the navy in 1858, which
changed that title to flag officer, and pre
mitted such officer to wear the flag of an
admiral when' in command of a squadron.
me exigencies or me war were tounu to
demand the higher grades which hitherto
had been denied . our service, and a law
passed in 1S62 to i '-amend and equalize
the grades of the navy," providing that
the line officers should be classified ; and
take .rank as follows, viz : .Midshipman,
ensign, master, lieutenant, lieutenant
commander, commander, captain, commo
dore, and rear-admiral. By this law the
title of ensignwas substituted for that of!
passed midshipman. Ensigns aud mas-j
ters, herciofore warrant officers, aud the1
grades of lieutenant-commander, as well j
as that of commodore and rear admiral,!
added to the service. It was under thisj
law that Farragut," Foote, Dupont, and!
others were made rear admirals. After i
the capture of Mobita, the grade of vice-!
admiral was erected and conferred upon !
Tarragut as a recognition of his emiment !
services, and to give him a rank corres
ponding with that of the lieutenant gen
eral of the army. At the close of the
war, when Grant was made a general, the
corresponding rank of admiral was confer
red up Farragut, and Porter was advanced
to the grade of vice-admiral, placing him
alongside of his brother-in-arms, Sherman.
The officers of the two branches of the
public service rank together as follows,
viz :
Enigns with second lieutenants. .
Masters with Grst lieutenants.
Lieutenants with captains.
Lieutenant-commanders with majors.
Commanders with lieutenant colonels.
Captains with colonels.
Commodores with brigadier-generals.
Kear-admirals with major-generale.
Yice-admirals with lieutenant gene
rals. Admirals with generals.
Boston Journal.
The steam revenue cutter Wyandotte,
Capt. J. W. White, has just returned to
San Francisco from a summer's cruise to
Alaska, besides visiting many points of
interest and importance south ofthe Aleu
tian Islands, already comparatively well
known, lhe chief object specially in
view was successfully accomplished in
visting the important and valuable islands
of St. Paul and St. George aud the coasts
of Behring's sea. Much interesting in
formation has been thus procured. South
of the Aleutian Islands coal has been dis
covered in numerous locations along the
coast, of good quality. The Indians have
been at various points, and found well
disposed and peaceful, even those from
whom difficulty had been expected. A
number of valuable harbors not laid down
on the charts have been visited and de
scribed with as much acouracy as was
possible, consistently with the rapidity of
movement necessary to accomplished the
widely Feparatcd objects in view.
Uxkuried Dead. "Have you ever
read tho Ancient Mariner?" asked the
Rev Mr. Spurgeon, one day of his con
gregation. .-'I dare say you have thought
it one of the strangest imaginations ever
put together, especially that part where
the old mariner represents the corpses of
all the dead men raising up to manage
the ship dead men pulling tho ropes,
dead men steering, dead men spread the
sails. 1 thought what a strange idea that
was. But do you know that I have lived
to see that true ; I have seen it done. I
have gone into churches and I have seen
a dead man in the pulpit, and a dead man
as deacon, and a dead man holding the
plate, and dead men sitting to hear."
, Ho.NORiNO Mothers, During a long
and varied life, I have had much to do
with boys. As a rule I could predict the
future career of a boy by noting his eon
duct to his mother. Boys who were duti
ful and affectionate towards their mothers,
have usually turned out well. Unkind
and disobedient lads I have usually found
to become bad men. There seems to be
tho Divine blessing resting upon loving
and obedient children. . It is I am sorry
to say, a very commou thing for school
lads to ridicule a boy who couusults the
wishes and obeys the counsels .of his
mother. It requires great moral courage
to resist the effects of ridicule.
Last week, in Clarion county, two large
bears wero sent to the "happy hunting
grounds" by knights of the powder and
ball. Ono of the bears weighed four hun
dred pounds ; the other weighed 6ome
what more. There is a good opportunity
for sportsmen in that county. Our word
for it, there is not only hunting, but
game. ;
In Nevada mahosany is so abundant
that it only costs $3.50 per cord, and is
used for firewood. !
Without counting Alaska, the United
States has 1,500,000,000 acres of bind.
Report of Quartermaster General.
The annual report of the Quartermas
ter General has been submitted to the
War department5" The balance of the
appropriation to the credit ofthe depart
ment undrawn July 1, 1807,as $19,000,
000 ; the deficiency appropriation for the
fiscal ye:r of 18G7 was 51,000,000 ; the
amount credited to appropriations on ao
count of various sale's was SG.000.000.
making a total sum subject to the requisi
tion of the Quartermaster General of $37,
000,000. The expenditures have beetr
S36, 500,000, leaving, with the balance of
appropriations for 1 tG3 and the appropria
for 18G9 of 13,000,000, nearly 315,000,
000 available for the fiscal year of 1869-
The present number of officers in the'
Quartermaster's corps has been found
wholly insufficient to discharge its duties,
and ' the Quartermaster General argues
that true econemy would lead to an in
crease, as the duties are such as require
officers of experience in the varied busi
ness of the department. The operations,
connected with the settlement of the Sou
thern railroad accounts are treated of'
at length. The total debt of these roads
for niateriul purchased aud interest upon
it is $8,500,000. The payments to Sep
tember 30, 18G8, had amounted to leas'
than $4,000,000. Sixteen railroads have
paid in full. The report treats of the na
tional cemeteries. Their number is now
seventy-two, and reports have been re
ceived from three hundred and twenty To
cal posts or private grounds. The total
number of graves is 31G,233, of which
the occupants of 145,764 have been satis
factorily identified The amounts expen
ded for sites, care, transportation and allf
purposes connected with the work to Jure
30th, 18655, was $2,600,000. The esti
mated expense for the next year is 500 -000.
The Quartermaster General recom
mends the employment cf disabled sold
iers for superintendents and all other ser
vices about these grounds. lie thinks
that the States should not be applied to
for monuments, but that the government
should consider the whole care as a sacred
trust. Fifteen rolls of honor have been,'
publislncd, five are in the hands of tie
printer, and six more will complete tho
number. They contain a list of graves of
nearly two hundred thousand soldiers,
with the record of the place where the
remains were found, and a list of nearly
one hundred thousand graves, which are
as yet unknown, but which existing rec
ords may identify. Careful records of ev
ery thing found with each body, and of
all that could serve to help identify have."
been preserved. The wooden headboards
arc fast decaying. Stone, the Quarter
master General regards as too costly, and
he recommends hollow rectangular blocks
of galvanized iron, filled with earth or ce
ment.
Report of Adjutant General
The annual report of the Adjutant
General has been made to the Secretarv
of War. Cn the 30th of September, there'
were 43,741 men in service, besides 4,
340 men in the engineer ordnance, and
other special branches of the service. A
large number of discharges were granted
during the year. Kecruiting for infan
try and artillery was suspended April 3,
1863, except in cases of soldiers desiring'
to enlist ; and on the 24th of July, 186S,
instructions were issued prohibiting all
enlistments except as musicians, of any
men in either of these two branches. I&
is added that to still further reduce the
expenses and strength of the military es
tablishment, the detachments of the re
cruitingdepots havebcen reduced as much'
as possible and tha schools of instruction
havebcen suspended. No recruitiug of i
any kind but for cavalry has been going-
on since the eud of last July, and there'
arc only five stations for recruiting in
this arm of the service. The regiments
on the Pacifij coast have, as far as possi
ble, to avoid expense of transportation,
been supplied with recruits obtained in
California. The strength of all the col
ored regiments in the service is nearly up
to the required standard. The Adjutant1
General renews the recommendation ho
made last year namely, that the man bo
enlisted for five iu stead of three years.
He further recommends that Congress
authorize the enlistment of boys over
twelve years, as musicians with the con
sent of their parents. They must now bo
sixteen, and are too old to begiu train
ing,, especially for drummers. To meet
a contingency which he regrets has of
lite several times arisen, he recommenda
that the President be empowered to drop
from the rolls of the army any officer who
deserts and cannot be arrested for court
martial within three months of the time
of desertion. It is also recommended
that the superintendents of the national
cemeteries be placed on the footing of en
listed men.
John Seiherling, postmaster at Lynn
ville, Lehigh county, is eighty fivo years
old. He has held his present position
for an unbrokeu period of forty-eight
years. It is claimed that he is the oldest
postmaster iu the United States.
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Northamptou county commissioners ad
vertise for a loan, of $20,000 in sums of
uot less than 9100. The money is want
ed to carry on the erection of the jail at
Kaston.
An exchange says that tho Grecian
bend is achieved by throwing the chest
forward and the trunk backwards. What
ia dona with the rest of the baggage?
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