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SCETBTJRY, PA.
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July 18, IS59. tf F"'m Sehn. Grve, Fa.
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G. SOMERS & SON,
Importers an J Dealers in
Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, Taylors
Trimmings, &c,
No 32 South Fourth Street, between Market and
Chcsnut Streets, Philadelphia.
Merchants others visiting the city would find
it to their advantage to give them a call and ei
iinine their stock.
March 10, 18C0
' J. P. SIIINDEL G0BIN,
Attorney tSj Counsellor ut Law
8TJNBURY, OP A.
WILL attend faithfully to the collection of claims
and all professional business in the counties of
Northumberland, Montour, Union and Snyder,
ounxel given in tho German language.
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Suiibury, May SB, I860. ly
THE I INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,
BROADWAY, CORNKR OF FRANKLIN STREET
XTE"W "YORK CITY,
ffcrs inducement, to Merchant, and Touri.l. visiting
ew York, unsurpassed by any II"lel in the Metropolis.
'he Ml-'Wing are among the advantages which it posses,
sea. a.ul which will he appreciated by ull travelers.
1st. A central Im-aiiim, convenient to places of business,
is well as places of ntnUHement.
i r-rupulonely clean, well furnished sitting rooms,
with a i.iaxnificeiit Indies Pallor, commanding ail exten
sive view of Uroaikvay
3d ljirire and superbly furnished sitting rooms, with a
nuigiiilieiil rurl.ir, commanding an exlensive view of
'iil eliVin' conducted on the Furopean plan, visitor,
cuu live in the best style, with the greatest economy
6lh. It is connected with
TajIor'H Celebrated Fateoun,
where visitors can have their men!., or, if they desire
they will be furnished in their own room..
fiih. The fn:e served in the Saloons and Hotel is ae.
kuowledsi-d by epicuies, to lis vastly superior to that of
anv .nher llolel in the city.
With nil these advantages, the cost of living in the
Intenialional, is much below Hint of any other first clans
inI., GiLSO.N ft. CO., I'ropnetors.
Aucu.t 4. 160. It
SPALDING'S Prepared Glue, and Shellejs Mucilage
Price per Imttle and brmh i eenu.
"Cordial EliAir of Cnlisaya Uark Jk Uenzine.for removing
g"""!- FOR SVLK AT THIS OFFICE.
Sitnhury, March 17 UGO.
A NEW LOT OF II A KD WARE & 8AU
UI.EHY. Also, the best assortment of Iror
NaiU and Steel to be found in the county, at the
Mammoth store of FK1IJNO & UrtANT.
Sunbury, June 2, 1860.
CONFECTIONARIES, TOYS 4c.
M. O. GEAHHAT,
CONSTANTLY keeps on hand all kinds of
Onfcctionaries, Fruit and Toys, which he
U selling at wholesale and retail. Having the
necessary innchinery Ac, ho is manufacturing
all kinds of Toy, and keeps up his stock, so that
purchasers will not beat a loss for a supply of
almost any article they may desire.
AP1M.ES! AITLESM APPLES!!!
Just received, large lot of apples, which he is
telling at wholesale and retail, at low prices
(Jive us a call.
M. C. GEAUHARr
Sunbury, March 5, 18K!. tf
SKELETON SKIRTS'
AT tha Mammoth Store will be found a
very I r;u assortment of Skeleton Skirts
from Raven hoops up to thirty.
Oc.tjj, IW. IL'N( URA!'i
Ckerost'Me Lamps.
AVERY LARGE and cheap assortment will
be found at the Mammoth Store of
Dec 15, 18GU. FKILING & GRANT.
n' O! YE LOVERS OF HOUP I Afresh
supply of Macaroni and Confectionery at
FRILING & GRANT'S.
Sulibury, June S, 1860.
IT is important to the LADIES to know that
Friling & Grant, have the best and largest
assortment of Dress Goods in the county.
Sunbury, June 'J, 1860.
V FRESH BUPPLY OF DRUGS at the
J-Si, Mammoth Store. Also, anew lot of per
fumery, Uoaps and Fancy Article. Very cheap.
FRILING it GRANT.
Sunbury, May 28, 1860.
P
ATE NT U1UTTANIA STOPPERS fo
bar bullies for sale by
H. B MASHER.
AK Iron, Steel, Nails, Picks, Grub-Hoes and
Mason Hammers, at low prices.
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Suubury, June , 1450.
Select Ipeirg.
(From tha Pennsylvania Filth J
A BONO FOB THE TIME.
BY JVLirt H. L. CAMPBELL.
Bet yesterday, War's etero alarms,
Startled the quiet of the land :
To-day the countless men in arms
Upoo a thousand mountains stand.
The blood of heroes, fills our soil,
And, rising from each precious seed,
In bristling ranks, the warrior crops,
Springs, qnickeDod by the eoantry's Deed!
Tbe student, turns bim from the page
Where records of tbe brave are set,
And in the spirit of tbe oge,
Makes bis own story grander yet ;
Tbe miner, with bis face aglow,
Quenches it is lamp and hurries down
From folds, and vineyards of the West,
Come shepherd soldiers, large, and, brown,
And artisans, in warlike vest,
Move on, through duty to renown.
Tho forests of the North, no more
Kctao with clang of axe and oak.
Lakes, lave the solitary shore,
Unruilled, by the oarsman's stroke.
But down tbe city's cheering street,
The trained thousands move as ont ;
O'er plaits that quake beneath tbeir feet,
The legions of the Union come 1
Ke.'pousive to their country's call,
And faithful to tbeir country's call,
The watchword, that inspires them all
"The Constitution, and the Laivs I"
Seel how adown tbe stately street,
Where dwell our gently uurtured maids,
From either side the pennons meet.
In canopies, and long arcades,
Each louely hut on bill, or vale,
Liangs out the symbol of tbe free ;
And children, seek uo blossoms pale
This spring, but grapp the red and blue t
From mount, and pinnacle, and spire,
Unnumbered banners lift their bars,
And waving, wafting, high, and higher
Fill all the Grmameot witb stars 1
Oh, mother 1 haeh your babe no more
Witb dreamy lullabies of pease !
But with harmonious uproar,
Peal thunderous anthems, sang of yore,
And bid your feeble fears surcease.
And lay your empty, unclasped palms,
Upoo your lonely breast, oh, wife 1
Crush down its anguished tbrobs to calms,
And give, (nh Heaven !) your more than life 1
Dim not tbe pageant of tbe time,
With such a blinding mist of tears ;
Else bow rehearse the tale sublime,
To his fair sons, io other years.
Tbe past, in vast and shadowy bands,
Holds high ber precedent of deeds.
Tbe supplicating future stands
Without tbo veil, and iutercedes.
Not vainly, shall tbo Hatu-Bkbn, ebtw
The glory of ber days to these ;
Nor time's To-Uk, plead mendicant
For justice to ber ceu'.uries.
We will not yield to disrepute,
Tbe labors of our fathers, sage ; .
Nor, for slavish peace, commote
The children's priceless beritege,
Illustrious shades 1 in high estate
F.acb, speak to each, witb joy sublime I
"Ye clouds of formless souls, that wait,
For being in the coming time 1
Behold 1 we stay witb reverent bands,
Tbe institutions of the Free.
And marshal, io magestic bands,
To guard tbe nation's deatiny.
Wife of tbe Hon. J. II. Campbell, M. C.
Capture of Washington in 1814.
At this junction in our history, a brief
reference to the invasion and the circum
stances attendiug the capture of Wasbiogten,
by the British forces under Admirals Cock
burn and Cochrane, will not be inappropriate;
and as many of those strangers now at tbe
Capitol may feel interested to mark tbe
localities where tbe first general encounter
occurred and subsequent events took place,
those will be noted briefly in the order in
wbicb tbey transpired.
During the early portion of tbe summer of
1814, Cockburo's fleet lay along tbe coast of
Virginia, Maryland, and tbe Chesapeake,
wheo tbey were joined on tbe third of August
by Cochrane's fleet, direct from Bermuda,
both numbering together twenty sail. Our
Government was apprised of hostile inten
tions upon tbe capital, but Gen. Armstrong,
then Secretary of War, professed disbelief
io the rumors, and tbe Xalional Intelligencer,
proverbially cautions then, as now. in its
conclosious, doubted the probability of hostile
luiBuiions upon tne uapiial.
President Madison, however, had taken
some precautionary steps, by ordering a
militia organization, wbicb he deemed sufU
ciont for tbe occasion, in addition to a flotilla
of barges, bearing guns, placed under the
command of Capt. Joshua Barney, and in
tended to cbeck the fleet in advancing toward
the Capital. But after sailing op the bay
tbe troops disembarked at Benedict, on tbe
banks of tbe Patuxen river, oo tbe 20th of
August. On tbe following day tbe armv.
consisting of four thousand men, took op
tueir marcQ toward me lulaol city. Tbey
wore without artillery or cavalry, and marched
under the beat of a midsummer son to Bla
densbnrg, wbicb they reached oo tbe 24th.
uy adopting this route, tbe flotilla offered oo
protection to tbe city, and, to prevent the
guus of boats from beine used aeaiost tbe
capital, they were blown op oo the morning
ot iue -aa, oy order ol Was. Jones, tbe
Secretary of tbe Navy.
J be approach of the troops aoder Major
General Robert Ross and Admiral Cockburn
was watched by President Madison io person,
who directed eight thousand inoxnerienced
and oodisciplined militia to Bladensburg, an
der tbe command of Geo. Winder, to oppose
iuu iuur itiuusauu uriiian soldiers. Captain
Barney having destroyed the flotilla, joined
tbe military force of General Winder, witb
one hundred seamen and bis field pieces. On
tne auernooo or tne zom, tne untied opened
fire, wbicb was successfully returned by
Barney's sailors, wbo maintained tbeir posi
tion nobly, while the raw recruits, onder
Winder kept e respectable distance, wbo,
rendering little or no service with tbeir mus
kets, soou broke ranks and turned tbeir backs
upoo tbe enemy. Barney's seamen fougbt
bravely, and tbeir gaoi proved terribly d.
structive to tbe enemy. lie was overcome,
however, after three boars' bsid fighting,
Banked by superior nomberi, end finally fell
wounded by the side of eleveo of his men, wbo
ware killed at tbeir goni. lie ordered a
retreat, and gave himself up. His braver
contrasted nobly with the disirraeefol cow.
aidiceof the suiiiti. The militia, wilhcnt
fY11,
fvV, v w v i uw 1 1 u u d
waiting for their commaodor . to sonnA re
treat, took sudden leave of the Nxttla field,
and made a direct line for tbe wood.
The British eiperienced a severe loss In
their ranks, stated by the historian Gleig, of
tbe 8.r)ih Iioyal Regiment, as bigli as 600
men killed, wounded and missing. Colonel
Thornton, commander of the Light Brigade ;
Lieutenant Colonel Wood, commander of tbe
8Mb Regiment, and Major Brown, who led
on tbe advance troops, were severely wound
ed, while General Ross had a borse killed
ander bim. Tbe loss was small on tbe part
of Barney's men ; and the English author,
referred to above, admits tbat if tbe militia
bad done tbeir duty tbe victory wonld un
doubtedly have been on tbe American side.
Of Barney's hundred sailors, he speaks io
the highest terms, remarking that "not only
did they serve their gnns with a quickness
and precision that astonished tbeir assailants,
but they stood till some of them were actually
bayoneted with fuses in tbeirjiands ; nor was
it till tbeir leader was wounded ana taken,
and tbey saw themselves deserted oo all sides
by the soldiers, that tbey quitted tbe field."
Gen. Ross led the Third British Brigade
into the city, and up to the Capitol, oo
approaching which bis borse was Bbot from
under hitn by one of Barney's men, who bad
concealed himself io a house for that object.
The bouse was immediately entered, the in
mates put to the sword, and tbe building and
oootents burned. A volley was Bred iuto tbe
windows of tbe Capitol when the troops
entered. Cockburn took tha speaker's chair,
and aoked the question : "Shall this harbor
of Yankee Democracy be burned ? All for
it, say aye 1" He reversed tbe question, pro
nounced the motion carried, and ordered the
torch to be put to tbe building. It was soon
in flames.
As a prudential step, tbo Secretary of the
Navy ordered Commodore Tingey to firo the
Navy Yard, which, witb tbe slocrp-of war
Argus, (ten guns,) five armed barges, two
gun-boats, and all the navy stores, was con
signed to the flames.
Tbe British troops then proceeded to the
Treasury and President's niaosion, both of
which they u'red tho President having re
treated, witb bis cabinet, on horseback, across
the Potomac. Tbat night the army en
camped on Capitol Hill, aud were exposed to
a severe storm, witb boavy thunder, which
added ioteoBity of awe to lbs dismal scene
which had just beon enacted. During tbe
night a grand-nephew of General Washington
rashly attacked the sentries, and was ebot
down. The long bridge was simultaneously
fired at each end by the opposing parties
each apprehensive of an attack by the other.
Next morning tbe British burned tbe
buildings connected with tbe Navy and War
Departments : destroyed tbe material in tbe
Xalional Intelligencer oflice, and throw the
type out of tbe windows ; destroyed tbe re
maining buildings about the Navy Yard and
Greenleat's Point ; threw a torch into a well
wbere a largo quantity of powder was con
cealed, wbicb exploded, destroying nearly
one hundred of tbe British troops, scattering
tbeir mutilated remains in every direction,
A fright' :l tornado immediately swept over
the city, destroying buildings and property as
if in completion of tbe guoeral work of de
struction. Very many of the enemy and of
tbe inhabitants were baried in the ruins of
buildings blowo down. Tbe enemy, alarmed
for tbeir own safety, withdrew from tbe city
io the evening, and hurried toward the place
of embarkation.
Artemus Ward in the Southern Con
federacy. D1S SUOW IS CONFISCATED.
You hay perhaps woodered whereabouts I
was for these many dase gone and past. Per
cbans you spose I'd gone to tbe Toomb of tbe
Cappylets, tho I don't kno what those is.
It's a popular noospaner frase.
Listen to my tail, aud be silent thM ye may
rbere. I've been among the Sesbera a earnin
my daily peck by my legitimit perfesbun, and
bavn't had uo time to weeld my facile quill
fur "the Grate Komic paper," if you'll allow
me to kote from troothful advertisement.
1 went amoog the Sesbers witb no feelics
of aonermosity.s 1 wont in diy piofeshunal
capucity. 1 was actooated by one of tbe
must Loftiest desires which can swell tbe
human Boozum, viz : to give tbe peoplo
tbeir moneys worth by showin them Sagasbus
Beests and Wax Statoots which 1 venturo to
say air onsurpast by any other statoots any
wheres. 1 will not call tbat man wbo sez my
tatoots is humbugs a liar and a borse theefs,
but bring bim be4 me and I'll wither bim
witb ooe of my skornful frowns.
But to proceed witb my taif. Io my
travils threw tbe Sonny Sooth I burd a beep
of talk about Seebesun and bostio np tbe
Union, but 1 didn't tbiuk it 'mounted to
notbin. Tbe polticiaos in all the villages
swearin that Old Abe (sumtimes called tbe
Prayrie flower) shouldn't Dever be noggera
ted. They also made fools of themselves in
various ways, but tbey was used to tbat 1
didn't let it worry me much, and the Stars
and Stripes contiunered for to wave over my
little tent. Alooreover. 1 was a aon of
Multy, and a member of Several TnmnrAna
Societies, and my wife she was a daughter of
iUBujr, tuu i sposea tnese lax would secoor
me tbe iofioooz and Dertection nf all tha fn.i
families. Alassl 1 was dispioted. State
arter State seseBbed, and it growd hotter aod
hotter for tbe uudersigned. Things come to
a climbmacks in a small town in Alabamy,
wbere 1 was peremptorally ordered to haul
down the Stars & Stripes. A deppytashan
of red faced men cum up to the door of my
unro a was siauuio aoj lakin money,
(the arternoon exbibishun bad commenced,
and my Italyon organist was jerkin bis soul
stirrio chimes.) "We are com, sir," said
rnilleogtary man in a cockt bat, "spoo hi a
nd boly mishoo. The Southern Eagle is
screamio tbrewoot this sonny land proudly
and defiantly screamio nr."
"What's tbe matter with bim," ss I, "don't
bis vittles set well on his stummick 7"
"Vbat eagle, sir, will ontioner to scream,
all over this Brite and tremeojus land."
"Wall, let bim scream. If your eagle can
amuse himself by screamin, let bim went !"
Tbe men annoyed me, for I was Bizzy makio
change.
'We are com, sir. upon a matter of
duty"
"You're right, Capting. It's every man's
dooty to visit my show," sed I.
"We air com "
"And that's tbe reason Too are bere I" sex
I, larfio ooe of my silvery larfs, I tbawt if be
wanted to gok I'd giv bim sum of my spark
ling eppygrams.
"Sir, you're inserlant. Tbe plain question
is, will you basl down tbat Star-Spangled
Banner, and bist tbe Soutbero Bag t"
"Nary bist I" those was my reply.
"Your wax works and beeits is then con
Osticated, & yoo are arrested as a Spy I"
B I, "My frsarant rosea of tha Rnntharn
dime and bloom io daffodils, wbals tbe price
L. ' I , . 1 . . .
oi wuissej id mis tow anu now many cobio
feet of tbat seductive flooid can you iadivo
d)r; bold r
They made no reply to that, but snid my
Bggers w,as confiscated. I axed them if that
was gloerally the stile among thieves in that
country, to wbicb thsy also ruado no reply,
bnt sed I was arrested os a Spy, and tmit co
to Montgomery in Jorns- 'I hey was by this
time jioed by a large crowd of olber Southern
patrits, who cosnmeost-faollcrin "Hang the
bald-headed aberlitioniBt, and bast op his
immoral exhibition I' 1 was ceased and tied
to a stomp and the crowd went for my tent
tbat water proof pavillioo, wherein instruc
tion and amoosement had been so muchly
combined, at 1 5 cents per bead and tore it
all to pieces. Meanwhile dirty faced boys
was throwin stuns and empty beer bottles at
my massiv brow, and takin other improper
liberties witb my person. Resistance was
useless, for a variety of reasons as I readily
observed.
Tbe Seseshers cor.fMicated my statoots by
smasbio them to attains. Thny then went to
tbe money box and confisticated all tbe loose
change therein contained. Tbey then went
and bust in my cages, lettin all tbe animates
loose, a small bnt healthy tiger among the
rest. This tiger has an excentrio way of
teario dogs to peaces, and I allers sposed
from bis gioeral conduck that he'd liav no
hesitasbun io servin human beings in tbo
same way if be could git at tbem. Kxcnse
me if I was crooil, but 1 Inrfed boyssterrusly
when I saw that tiger spring in among the
people. "Go it, my sweet cost" I inardly
exclaimed, "I forgivyoo for bitin off my left
thorn with all my heart I Rip 'em up like a
bully tiger whose Lare has been inwaded by
Sesesbers I"
I can't say for certain that the tiger serisly
injured any of tbem, bat as he was seen a few
days after earn miles distant, witb a large and
well selected assortment of seats of trowsis io
his month, and as be lookt as tbo ho'd bin
having sum villent exercise, I raytber guess
be did. You will therefore perceive tbat
tbey didn't contlstieate bim much.
I wns carrid to Montgomery in irons and
placed in dorans vial. The jail was an ornery
edifis8, but tbe table was liberally cnpplied
witb Bakin aud Cabbidge. This was a good
variety, foY when I didn't banker after Bukin
1 could help myself to tbe Cabbidge.
I bad nobody to talk to nor nothing to talk
about however, and I was very lonely speci
ally on tbe first day ; 60 wbou tbo jailer parst
my lonely sell I put the few stray bairs on the
back part of my bed (I'm bald now, but thare
was a time when I wore sweet auburn ring
lets) into as dise-hevild a state possible, t
rollia my eyes like a manyyunk, I cried
"Stay, jaler, stay I lam not mud but soon
shall be if you dou't briog me soutben to
Talk 1" Ho brung me sum uoosepapers, for
wbicb I thanked him kiudly.
At larst I got a interview with JeCersoo
Davis, President of tbe Southern Conthio
veracy. He was quite perlite, end axed me
to sit down and state my case. I did it, when
be larfed and sed his gulluut meo bad bin a
little 2 enthoosiastio in confisticatio my
show.
"Yes," sez I, "they confisticated me (oo
mncbly. I bed sum bossos confisticated in
the tome way ooct, but the confisticaters air
now poundit) stun io tbe flatus Prison at
at Injinnaplus.
"Wall, wall, Mi6ter Ward, yoo are at lib
erty to depart ; yoo air friendly to tbe South,
1 know. Even now we bave niauy frens in
tbe North, wbo sympatises witb us, aod wout
mingle in this fight."
"J. Pavis, there's your great mistaik.
Many of us was young sincere friecds, and
thought certin parties among us was fussin
about y-oo and ineddlin with your consarus
entirely too much. But J. Davis, the tr.ioit
you fire a goo at the piece of dry good3 call
ed the Star Spangled Banner, the North gits
op and rises en musey, in defence of tbat ban
ner. Not agio you as individoola not agio
tbo South even but to save the flag. We
should indeed be weak iu tbe knees, unsound
In the Loirt, milk-white in tbe liver, aud soft
io the bed, if we Mood quiotly by aud saw
this glorus Govymeut uinabbed to pieces,
either by a furriu or a iotestino foe. Tbo
gentle hearted mother bales to take ber
oaughty child across her knee, but sho luar,
it is ber dooty to do it. So we shall bute to
whip tbe caugbty South, but we must do it
if you don't make back tracks at onct, and
we shall wallop you out of your boots 1 J.
Davis, it is my decided opinion that the
Sonny South is makiud a egregious mutton
bed of herself 1"
"Gon on, sir, you're safe entiff. You're
too small powder for me 1" sed thu President
of tbe Southern Con tine veracy.
"Wait till 1 go home and stirt oot the
Baltio8ville boss Cavalry 1 I'm Captin of
tbat Corpse, 1 am, and J. Davis, beware I
Jefferson D.( I now leave you ! Farewell my
gay Saler Boy I Good bye. my bold buccan
oeer. Pirut of tbe deep blue sea, adoo !
adool"
My tower threw the Southern Contbieve
rocy oo my way boms was thrilling enuff for
yeller covers. It will form the subjeck cf
my next. Betsy Jane aod the progeuy are
well.
Years respectively, A. Ward.
rENNSYLVA.MA tflOPV
Tub Pbospkot. Within a few days we
bave passed through parts of Daophiu, Per
ry, Juniata, Millliu, Huntingdon, Blair and
Bedford counties, aod we noted particularly
tbe prospects of the growing crops. Fruit
does not promise abundantly, still, in nearlr
all these counties there more or less apples
la Huntingdon and lilair conntics fully cull a
crop. Of pluu)9, cherries and peaches there
are few of tbe latter, aod oone of tbe former.
I be coro crop is backward, but there will be
an abundant yield. Potatoes are also very
promising, i be grain Lelcs, however, look
ruagoiGicebt, and if nothing interferes, lb
crop of cereals will be beyond precedent
tnroognout toe entire region we traveled.
Ilarritburg Patriot.
Fbanxlin Cookty. The present appear.
ao:e of tbe crops promises a superlatively
fruitful harvest. Kxperineed farmers say
that tbe indications of a universally good
wheat crop are superior to any tbey bave
known for years. Tbe corn is yet too youth
ful to form a judgement tf what it will yiold,
but it promises well too. It is eucouraiiug
aod excites our grstiudo, that tbe God of Na
tions, who is ono witb tbe,God of Harvest, al
though Ha bas justly eWicled is nationally,
premises to bsfrieud us, especially cereally.
If tbe war continues it will require great
quantities of provender to sustain it, and far
mers should be very frugal in husbanding the
coming harvest flreencastle Pilot,
Tbe Joue term of tbe United States Court
commenced at Williamsport on Monday of
last week, before Hon. Wilson McCandles
Isaac Keller, charged witb robbing tbe mails
in Sullivan eoooty, was tried during tbe week,
but before tbe trial was concluded, we learn,
be left the Court Ilaase onobserved by any
ooe, and effected bis escape. Officers were
sent io pursuit, but witb wbat success we bave
not learned. Tbe evidence egaiost Keller is
said to have been pretty conclusive. Mum.
j .tcnincwy.
Maonanimitv. We recorded recently a
circumstance which occurred in the Rebel
Cimps, whoo General Owinn, of North Cnro
liua, having been Informed th.'.t full confi
dence io bis aniljti was not felt, and tbat
tbe services of Colonel llugor, formerly rf
the loyal forces, could be obtained, resigned
with a good grace, and took a less responsible
position.
This was an act of good sense, but it was
reserved for citizens of oor owo State to ex
hibit, onder circumstances Dot wholly dissi
milar, a display of magnanimity. No ooe
thought of charging Col. Kane, as was done
to Col. Gwinn, with iurnmpetency, but wbcu
that officer foond ao officer of tbe Mexican
war, Major Biddle, to be holding an inferior
command in the same regiment, he insisted
00 exchanging places with bim a movement
consented to only with much reluctance by
both Major Biddle and tbe rest of the regi
ment. Such a state of things in, in tbe
highest degree, gratifying, and Col. Kane,
though he may nominally have descended a
ernde in rank, has only elevated himself in
tbe estimation of his fellow citizeos. His
action requires additional merit from the fact
that be himself enlisted tbe regiment whose
command he thus generously gave up.
Philadelphia Inquirer,
A Mkubf.r of Congress, now in Washing
ton, thus writes : "1 must Dot close without
tolling you ot the laughable manner io which
1 and a friend wbo was riding with mo were
'sold' tbe other day. A3 we were driviug
from one camp to another we approached a
large tent which we supposed was tbe offi
cers 'headquarters,' as on tri9 canvass in
largo plain letters was printed, 'Headquarters
New York Seventh Regiment.' Wo drove
up, got out, and were abont to enter, wbeo 1
saw a very neat sign over the door of the tent
wbicb read, 'llomicpathic Physician Consul,
tation fee 10 cents 1' On entering I saw ooe
after another enter, deposit on tbe counter ten
cents, make the most wo begone looking face,
and, placing their bands oo their abdomons,
say, 'Doctor, 1 am awful sick ; what mast I
take ?' The prescription, so far as 1 saw,
was invariably tbe same for all complaints
'Tbree fingers of wbiky, diluted with homos
pathlc additions of water.' Vv'binky and
water, of courso, all free. Tbe doctor seems
to be very popular, and if the number I saw
prescribed for within ten or fifteen minutes
was anything liko a fair proportion of his
daily calln, be ought to retire soon and leave
tbe business to a junior partner."
Tub Bkkceinricor Leaders Odi.iged to
Succomb. Tho Breckinridge .fenders iu this
Congressional District have "been compelled
to knock nnder. Tinctured, as they are, end
always bavo been, by a strong sympathy for
tbe South, they resisted a Union, and brought
out on ultra, bitter partisap candidate, thus
hoping to defeat the nbmreation of a Union
man. But tbe men in the Democratic Con'
ferenco wbo wero willing to sink the partisan
iu tbe patriot, overruled and threw the parti'
san candidate overboard aod nominated a man
wbo veined the Union and the Constitution
higher thao party creeds and platforms Co.
lutnbia Itcpuhlicun.
ExrccGTtoN op a Spy A Lincoln spy,
named Lambert, was arrested at Manassas
Junction last Wednesday. He was tried
before a court-martial, and sentenced to be
bung oo Thursday morning, at 11 o'clock,
which sentence has beeu carried into effect.
Lambert was a young man, tbe son of Benj.
Lambert, of tho firm of Lambert dc McKenzie,
commission merchants of Alexandria. He
bod just returned from Harper's Ferry, and
was endeavoring to get oo to Alexandria
Io tbe lining of bis coat was fouod a detailed
drawing of all the fortifications, position of
forces, etc., at Harper's Ferry, besides seve
ral other papers, wbicb fully established bi3
truo character. Memphis Bulletin, Gfi.
PcNiasALnr. John On'ncy Adnms was
all his life a model of. punctuality so much
so that once, while he was representative in
the lower house of Congress, when a member
remarked tbat it was time to call the bouse
to order, another replied :
"No ; Mr. Adams ia not in bis seat."
The clock was actually three minutes too
fast, and before three minutes elapsed Mr.
Adams was in his seat. The same trait was
a marked characteristic of Gen. Washington.
Wbeo the convention which formed the fede
ral constitution was sitting in Philadelphia
be was always Beeu to ascend tbe steps of
Independence Hall just as tha clock was
sinking the hour of meeting. The father of
bUcouulry, with all bis greatness, and with
all multiplicity of bis engagement, did not
consider it beneath him to be careful of tbe
time of others, aud to be exactly punctual.
Tbe Richmond ''Examiner," io 6poaking of
the Federal troops, says: "Take them all in
all, their forces are as precious a set of ras
cals as could be scrupod together with a fine
tootb comb from tbe pet bouses ant bull-boles
of the North. They have beeu fertilized by
filth, aod growo up criap, fresh, unmitigated
ly wretched from municipal corruption."
Hon. John J. Crittenden, says tha Frank,
fort Commonwealth, oo tbe 20th of June next,
"will be chosen the Representative of the
Ashland district in the Coiled States Con
gress, by a majority thit will be as gratifying
to bim as it will be to the frioods of peace
and Union throughout the eutirs land."
A member of tbe Seventh Regiment, wri
ting to bis father, says; "I beard a good au
ecdote of Geo. Scott yesterdoy. He was ask
ed what he intended to do witb Jefferson Da
vis. In answer be merely pot up bis open
band, end graduully closed bis fiugors till bis
band was clinched. He could nit have ijivun
a more expressive answer."
Sknatus Doi'oi.as was initiated as a Free
Msboo Jone 3d, 1610' passed to the degree
of Fell" Craft oa the 24ih, aod was raited to
the sublime degree of Master Mason oo tbe
2Clb of the same month. He was chosen
grand orator of tbe Grand Lodge at the first
aucual communication in 1610, and was tha
first grand orator ever chosen by the Grand
Lodge of Illinois.
The Louisville Journal says that Colonel
Anderson will take no military command bere.
but tbat be goes to tbe mountains of Peon
sylvsnia oo account of bis Tailing health.
Mr. Hassaurek, cur Now Teutonic Minis
ter to Ecuador, is a funnyman. It is said
tat be thanked the President for having
appoioted bim to tbe highest place in bis
gift tbat is, 9,500 feet above the oceso, tbe
altitude of Quito, the capital.
It is not known at what season of tbe year
our first parent were placed io EJeo ; but
tbey went out in tbe "l ull."
Ad Irish lover remarked that it is a great
pleasure to be alone, especially wbsa your
"swete beert ia wid ye."
A surgical journal tells of e mun who lived
five years witb a ball io bis bead. We have
known ladies to live twice as long witb noth
ing but balls Id tbeir beads.
) a t it i .
TEE U1ICN YANKEE DOODLS I
Jeff Davis you're a fonny man,
t o Vbink you II role tbe nation ;
No Southern rights nor Southern fights
Can land yon at that station.
Chorus Union hearts and Union hands,
A traitor cannot shake, sir,
When yon come to try ns Jeff
You'll find out your mistake, sir(
Ja?t lay your schemes wide as you please,
With deep and obscure view, sir,
There's nothiug io oor way but what
A Yan icy can undo, sir.
Cuorcs
Yoo can't throw enuff into our eyes,
We Yankee's are too cute, sir,
Just recollect we've pot the best,
And Scott ish snuff to boot, sir.
CnoRcs
Pray keep your bragging minions still, (
Or you shall taste our stuff, sir,
You won't take much, I'll tell you why,
One pinch will be enough, sir,
Cuobus
All little dogs will bark tu X noto
That are affraid to bite, sir.
You'll always find them sneal:ing homt
When they are called out to fght, sir.
Chores
So back ! yon rebel in yonr ken,
Defile not Union soil, sir,
Yonr sorvile minions are not Gt,
To share its meanest soil, sir.
Cuorcs
Our Anderson was brave and true,
Unto bis Country's flag, sir
But Time will bring his praise to light,
There's nothing m a Bragg, sir.
Cuobus And when be left that SDUthorn
Fort
"In which he was so handy,"
Why didu't you stop tbo martial
stroio
Of Yankeo Doodle Dandy T
Tbe South may raise ber cotton, Jeff
To fill our factories full ; sir
We'll buy it out of charity
We're satisfied witb Wool, sir.
Cuoucs
You've had yoor day In Baltimore
You frightened half tbe towD, sir,
But Jeff it didn't take ns long,
To cut your Kane break down, sir.
Cuorcs
And wboo we come to go down South -
To conquer io tbe wars, sir,
We'll plant our spangled banner there
And make you all see stars, sir.
Chobus
Our Union girls are loyst too,
Tbeir hearts go with their hands, sir,
Aod these are pledged to hold oar flag
Long as tho Union stands, sir.
Ciioacs
And stand it will whilo time shall last,
With not one link to sever
Then sound aloud (trough all the world,
Our Union now Forever.
Chorus Union hearts aud Union hands,
A traitor daro not sever,
United hearts, united bands
Tbe American Uoion-s-Forever.
IJnmormts JSlufcjjcs.
Standing Guard.
A member of tbe Schuylkill regiment, in
camp near Washington, writes thus of the in
cidents o.' standing sentinel :
"The manner in which the sentinel receives
the countersign is as follows : He permits a
person to come within twelve or fourteen
paces of bis post, and theo commands him to
'halt,' and asks, 'who comes there ?' The an
swer will generally ba, 'a friend.' 1 be senti.
nel commands, 'advance, friend, and givo the
countersign.' Tbe person advances, and lean
ing over tbe point of the bayonet of tbe sen
try, gives the password, (the guard must al
ways receive it ot a 'charge bayonet,') and
proceeds on bis way. The guards are all
numbered from one upward. If auything is
wanted, or wrong, the sentinel calls for the
'sergeant of tbe guard,' mentioning his num
ber which is pa?sed from guard to guard until
it reaches No. 1, wbere the sergeant of tbo
day is stationed, wbo immediately repairs to
tbe post designated.
"During the night tbe orders are more
strict thao in tbe daytime. If any ono tbeo
attempts to pass the guard without tbe coun
tersign, be calls for tbe sergeant : if tbo intru
der, after being warned several times, won't
come to dots, you draw trigger on him, aud of
course kill him if you can.
"Last Sunday night we were on the picket
guard ; our beut was thirty yards long, ou tbe
borJers of a graveyard. Near midnight it
commenced to rain witb a vengeance, and was
so dark that the eye could not pnatrate fur
ther than ten feet iu advance. Strange sounds
came from the woods and swamps around,
while in the graveyard durk red phosphores
cent lights would rise from the earth, aud af
ter illuminating for awhile roiue grey tomb,
sink again apparently into the ground' Sep
arated from tbe camp by a hill, and surround
ed by thick darkness, tbe raio strangely pat
tering as it fell, tbe mysterious situation was
well calculated to remiud one of tbe wonder
ful stories often told, but soldom experienced,
as well as to arouse superstitious fours
About every fifteen miuutes tbe doep gloom
would bo broken by the voice of tbe guards
crying, 'No. 1, all wall,' 'No. 1. all well,' aod
so ou, each Seutinel taking it up until it bad
passed around the ramp end come hack to tbe
place from whence it bad started. A fuw
nights ago two of our company wore doing
mgbt guard duty on the borders ot a wood,
about one quarter mile from camp. Oue of
them observed, seme tweuty yards from him,
what was apparently a man standing and si
lently gazing at him. He demanded, 'who
came there,' but received no answer. He
called the attention of a sentinel oeur him to
the matter, and together they marched with
charged bayouets against tbo immovable and
silent 'wbot is it,' and with true soldierly ecu
rage gallantly ran their bayonuts into a small
cedar tree."
A lady wrote to her lover, begging him to
send ber souie money ; she added, by tbe way
of postscript,
"I am so ashamed of tbe request I have
made io this letter, tbat I sent after the post
man to get it back, but tbe servant could oot
overtake bim."
"No body ever lost anything by love," said
a certain person. "That's oot true," said a
lady who beard the remark, "for 1 ooce lost
tbree eights' sleep.
A Rni.AKD rort as Oi.tvi;n A few dsys
f-ibce (writes an Attorney), o I was sitting
with brother I- , in hi office, iu Court
KqnitrB, a client come In and said :
'Sqniro 1) , W , tbe livery Sta
ble keeper, shaved me dreadfully yetterday,
aod I want to come op to hira."
"State your case," snid I) .
Client "1 asked him bow much be wonld
charge for a horse to go to Dedham. He
said firteen shillings. I took tbe horse and
went, and when 1 came back I paid bim fif
teen shillings, and be suid he wauled another
fifteen shillings for coming back, and tnado
me pay it."
1) cave bim sound legal advice.
which tbe client immediately acted npoo as
follows :
He went to tbe stable and said
"How much will yon charge me for a borso
to go to Salem !"
Stabler replied--"Thirty Shillings."
"Harness him up."
Client went to Salom, came back by rail
road, went to stabler saying
"Here is your money," paying him thirty
shillings.
"Wbere Is my borse," says W .
"He is at Salem," says client; "1 only hired
bim to go to Salom."
-
Colonel Billy Wilson's Zouaves orre having
ell sorts of stories told about tbem. A cor
respondent of tba sprightly Milwaukee Sen
ttnel tolls the following : "YeBterday, a
Methodist clergyman went down to Staten
Island to exhort tbem. Billy Wilson drew
up bis men, end called 'nttontioo I' Tbe
parson then gave them a very edifying and
appropriate discourse, to which, in obedience
to tbe Colonel's commands, they listened
atteotivoly. Wben tbe parson had finished,
Billy gave bin 'boys' a short talk, somewhat
in this wise : 'Boy. I want you to remember
what the minister has told yon. It is all for
your good ; take his advice and follow it ; for
there is no knowing but that io loss than six
months every d d ono of yoa will be in
Hell!' Here a voice from the ranks called
out, 'Three cheers for Hell !' and they wero
given witb a will. The parson, astonished
and angry, asked what it meant. 'Oh,' Bays
Billy, 'the boys don't know much abont
Scripture. Tbey think 1 J oil is somewhere
between Montgomery and New Orleans, and
they are d d anxious to got dowo io tbat
neighborhood I"
Valuaplb RKCKifTS. To make a Dice jam
lay your bead onder a descending pilo
driver I
To get frost ont ef your fingers put them
ioto hot water I
To keep yourself warm in bed get it oft
Grel
To be ahead of time carry yoor watch
behind yoo I
To see how lard a man strikes tell him
he lies I
To keep yoor poor relatives from troubling;
you commit suicide 1
To keep from being dry stand--out in the
rain ?
To do away witb spectacles pot your eyes
out I
To have tarts for tea let your wife, see
you kiss tbe waiting maid. A sure tbiog.
To see if a girl loves yoa ask her like a
man 1
To tell if you love a girl have 6ome tallow
headed chap go end see her 1 "Brick."
(V)
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5,
A Hint to Gardeners. As oor houses
and gardens are always, more or lees, infested
witb vermin, it is satisfactory to know that
lenzinc, an article become sufficiently well
known as a detergent, is no less efficacious as
agent in insecticide. Ono or two drops are
sufficient to osphyxiatn the most redoutable
insect pest, be it beetle, cockchafer, spider,
slug, caterpillar, or croeping things. Evea
rats and mice speedily decamp from any
place spriokled with a few drops of tbe potont
benzine. A singular fact concocted with
this application of benzine is, tbat tbo bodies
of insects killed by it become so rigid, tbat
'.heir wings, legs, Ac, will break rather than
bend, if touched. Next day, howevur, wheu
the) benzine bas evaporated, suppleness la
restored.
Liquid Glcb. The following reoipo, the
discovery of a French chemist, is selling
about toe country as a secret, for various
prices, from one to five dollars. It 13 a bandy
and valuable composition, as it does not
gelatinize nor undergo putrefaction and fer
mentation, aud become offensive, and is al
ways ready for ose : In a Tido mouthed
bottle dissolve oigbt ouueus of best glue in
half a pint of water, by sotting it in a vessel
of water aod heating it till dissolvod. Tbsn
add slowly, constantly stirring, two and a half
ounces strong aquafortis (oitrio acid.) Keep
it well corked, and it will bo ready fur iue.
Alum is Starch For starching muslins,
giogbauis, and calicoes, dissolve a piece of
uluir rtie size of a shell bark, for every pint
of starch, and odd to it. By so doing, the
colors will keep bright for a long tirno, which
is very desirable wheo dresse3 must be often
washed, and the cost is but a tritlj.
How to CtRB Colic in Horsk. John
L.Gregg, of Missouri, says in tbe Yalliy
I'arnur, "I can cure by the following receipt
any case of colic ia burses in twenty minutes :
Take three ounces tobacco, io small bits j
one drachm red pepper: one and a bulf suL
jons of boiling wuti r ; mix end simmer ou
ll-oals ten minutes, or till the properties of
tne medicines era extracted. Administer by
injection with ooe-balf pint syringe. Kepeat
every minute till revivad. By this method 1
bave cured more thao fifty oases without
single failuie. Tho borse is generally fit for
use in ooe hour. Thu modus operandi of thd
medicine is this ; Tobacco is a powerful re-
j Uxaot Cupsicaoi a potvrrful stimulant. By
j tbe ri.laxatiou produced by the tobacco, free
I exit is given to the collection of wind or gas.
j and the circulation i equalized; tbe pepper
prevents too great a relaxation.
ToHATog fob Ciin.DBtw There is do be t
ter remedy for deruogament of tbe bowels rn
children, abile leetbiag, than stewed toma
toes, fed to them plentifully ; care being
tukeu to keep tbe child's extremities warm.
Cover its nock and arras, especially of au
eveuiug ; give it crushed ice to assuage tbirst
if possible, rather than give it water avoid
cordials, as tbey ocly produce fever. Tbo
tomatoes ought tu be ripe and fresh, though,
tbe vegetable preserved io cans bas beeo used
witb great success. iialtimur Suit.
Stalk Brfab Cawh. Scald all your bread
ia tbe moroing aod add to it a sufficient
quantity of milk, tour milk if yoo have it, with
a little soda or saleratus, a snoooful of wheal
flour and one egg, and you wili have deliciona
cakes, better than any 1 know v!.--tiaUi,wr
Sim.