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SOBERS & SON, Importer, and Deoter, in Cloth3, Cassimercs, Vestir.s, Taylors Trimmings. &c, No 32 Soulh Fourth Street, between Market and Cheauut Streets, Philadelphia. Merchants other, visiting tlte city would find it to their sdvintoge to giv them a call and ex amine their atork. March JO. lfEO !. P. SHINDEL G0BIN, Attorney j Counsellor alLnw SUNBtTBY, T? A. ,. attend faithfully ta the collection of clnimi end nil professional business in the countie, of Northumberland, Montour, Union and Snyder, ounnel Riven in the (ionium lan(fua(!C. ( rs- Ollice one door east of the 1'rolhonotary , oin.e. Suiihury, May 80, 1S60. ly THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, UBOADWAY, CORNER OF FRANKMN STREET NEW YORK OITY, ffr. indiu-rment, to Merehnnt, nnd Touriil. vilitiiig ew York, uusui puweil liv miy ll"trl in the Metmpoli,. ,'he I ill.nviim nie unioK the nil VTiitopf, wlm-h it pture onJ wlm li will l iipiireviuinl by nil Inivelers. IX. A ciMiirKl l.iiMli'm.ciiveulciit lo ptice. of bu.ineii, II wi ll a, WW of nmusenient. . . 8.1. tscrupiil mjly rli-nti, wvll fumifhed nt.mi room., with a HMgioliPMit Untie, ranor, coiuiiiuiiuing .iv view of HnmilwHy . . :U l.or"K mid .opeilily funiinl.ed itlin? room., with a PMeniHriil Parlor, commanding an extensive view of "'ii'h'1 Benin eoinlncted on Hie ' urope.-m plan, vi.itori en i live in Ilia Ik-M alyle, with the gteiUenl eeon..n.y 6lli. It i. connected with IsjjIoi'm 4 fifbratnl Saloon, where visitom enn have their men!., or, if they de.ire llirv will ne fnriii.lied in then own r,mi. B'h The fate ,ivrd in ihe Saloon, unit Hotel I. ac. kiiowleilurit l.y epii-nie,. in ue vanlly auperior to t hut or anv other Motel in Ihe city. . Willi all thru ail.aiiliiur., the eitt of "Vint in the lnlem.Hi.Hial, ii much bel-w that of .ny other fif.l cla. Jlniel. UII.SON A CO , Proprietor,. Anvil't i, !'. lv O PAI.WNG'S Prepared filar, and Shelle), Mucitage 1 Price per littlr unil hinli a cent. Cmlial Elixir of Culinajn Hark A lleaziue, for removing g"1"e- FOR SVLE AT THIS OFFICE. Pimhuiy, March 17 lulu. NBW I.OT OF ItAUDWAKE & 8AU--f DIjKKY. AUo, the best smiorlmeni of Iror Nails and Meel to be found in the county, at the Mammoth slore of FH1LINU &U7ANT. Kunloiry. .hub 2. 10(I. CONFECTIONAltlES, TOYS &c. IvT. G- GEARHAT, plONsTANTI.Y keep, on IibiiiI all kind, of Coiifcclionurie,, Print ami I oy, wmcn ue is selling at wholesale and retail. Having the necemmry machinery &e., he ia manufacturing nil kind, of Tov. and keen, up lii "tock. ,u that purchaser, will not I at a hw for a supply of almost any article they may desire. APPLES! APPLES!! APPLES!!! Ju.t received, a large lot of apple,, which lie ia celling at wholi'itale and retail, at low prices Uive us a call. M. C. GEARHARr Sunbury, March , 18hl. If ft jA 1 t:M UKIITAMA S'l ui'Pbitb lo ii tar bottle, for sale by H. B MAKSEK. Kcroftene ltnio. VVERY LARGE and cheap assortment will be found at the Mammoth More of Dec. 15, IHun. FKM.l.N'ti &. ORANT. II O! YB LOVERS OF KOUP! Afresh supply of Macaroni and Confectionery at KHII.lN'fJ & GRANT'S. Sunbury, June 2, IMliO. I' is important to ihe .AL)1ES In know that Jl Frjling & linint, have the best and largest assortment of Ures Good, in the county. Muubury, June S. 'Bull. A FKEsil KUJ'PLY OF DRUGS at the H. Mammoth Ktore. Also, a new lot of per fumery. Soap, and Fanrv Xrticle. Very cheap. r'RILINU & GRANT. Sunbury, May in, 1H60. SKELETON SKIRTS- AT the Mammoth Store will be found a very largu assortment of Skeletou Skirts from seven hoops up tn thirty. Oct 6.1800. FUM.INO HRANT. B R Iron. Steel, Nails, Picks, Grub-Hoe, and Mason Hammer,, at low price,. U RIGHT &.SOX. Runburv, Jun , 1 890, THE BATTL7V . " TRAK8LATCII rKOM DCUtLLtK 8f SCLWMt. Hey and oolemo, cloudy colnmn, Through tha grero plain they marching cam I Mea,ure)eti pread like a table dread, For the wild grim of the imn game. Looks are bent on the abakinir, groand, Heart! beat loud with knelling looud; Swiftly by the breasts tbat must bear the brunt, Gallops tbe major along the front : "Haiti" And fettered they stand at the stark com mand. And the warriors, silent, bait I Proud in the blouli of moruiog plowing, What on the bill-top shines in flowing? See you tbe fcemau'g banner waving V "We Fee the fueman's banner waving I" "Uoil be with you, children and wife 1" Hark to the music the trump and tbe fife How they wring through the ranks which they rouse to the strife 1 Thrilling; they sound, with their glorious tone, Thrilling they go, through tbe marrow and bone . Brothers, God grant, when this life is n'tr In the life to come that we meet once more ! See the smoke how tbe lightning is cleaving apsauder 1 Hark 1 the guns, peal and peal, how they boom in their thunder 1 From host to host, with kindling sound, The sbuuting signul circles round ; Ay, shoot it forlb to life or death Freer already breathes the breath 1 The war is waging, slaughter raging, And heavy through the reeking pall The iron death dice fall I Nt-arer they close roes upon foes "Ready 1" from square to square it goes. They kneel as one man, from flank to flank. And the fire comes sharp from tbe foremcst rank. Many a poMier to earth is sent, Many a gap by the bull is rent; O'er the corpse before springs tbe binder man, Tbat the line may not fail to the fearless van To tbe right, to the lift, around and around, Death whirls in its dunce on tbe bloody ground. God's sunliitht is quenched in tie fiery fight, Over the host fulls a brooding ntgbt. I Brothers, God grant when this life is o'er In the life to that we meet once more ! The dead men lie bathed in the weltering blood, And th living are blent in tbe slippery flood, And the feet, as they reeling and sliding go. Stumble still on the corpFes that steep below ; What! Francis!" "Uive Charlotte my last farewell I" As tbe dying man murmurs, the tbundors swell. "I'll give O God I are ttivtr guns so near? Ho ! comrades ! yon Volley! looK btiaip 14 the rear I I'll give to thy Charlotte thy lost farewel j Sleep soft 1 where death datceodslh thickest in ruin, The friend thou forsakest thy side may regain." Ililherward, thitherward reels the tight ; Darkly and more darkly glooms into night; Brothers. God grant when this lift is o'er In the life to come that we meet once more! Hark to the hoofs that galloping go, The adjutants flying The horsemen press hard nn the panting foe, Their tbucder bourns in dying Victory I Terror has seized on the dunUrdi all, And their standards full 1 Victory! Cloned is the brunt of the glorious fight ! And the duy like a conquerer, bursts on the niuht, Trumpet ur.d fife swelling choral along. The triumph already sweeps marching in song Farewell, fallen brothers; though this life be o'er, There's another in which we shall meet you once more. Congressional lJctos. Exciting Dobate in Congress. The following exciting scene occurred in the House of Representatives, between A, Richardson, of Illinois, and Mr. Burnett, of Kentucky : Mr. Steven,, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill appropriating $100,000 to pay the police organized by the United States authorities in the city of Baltimore. Mr. Burnett, of Kentucky, said as this bill madd an appropriation, he desired it should tirst be cotmideied in Committee of tbe Whole) on the state of the Union. This, be said, was one of those extraordinary measures resulting from tbe extraordinary acts of the Administration. 1 he civil authorities in the city of Baltimore bave been superseded, ano military police established in lieu thereof, in violation of the express law of one of the sovereign States. This, too, was done with out color or claim of legal warrant, either derived from the Constitution or any other power derived from law. I bis was followed by another high bunded act. Private citi zens, B9 well as tha police commissioners, without justification, were incarcerated in a fortress. The President had violated the Constitution by suspending the wrilof Wja, corpus. My God I where is this thing to stop ? We are nnt only iu the midst of a rev olalinn in '.he Southern Slates, but in tbe midst of a revolution iu States within the jurisdiction of this Government, besides all this, a resolution has beeo introduced endor sing all the illegal acts of the President, in stead of the representatives of tbe people standing op in their manhood and arraigning the Chief Magiatrate at the bar tf his coun try, and administering to him a rebuke. He would remind the gentlemen that there is a sleeping sentiment at the North. There was no power to prevent it from developing itself and he would tell tbem tbat tbese are tbe saddest events written 00 la page of oar country's history. Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, wanted to say a word to his friend from Kentucky. Yon, bo remarked, ate, more than any olbur man, re' spoin ible for the present condition of the couuiry. You aided the mischief'. Charles' ton and Baltimore, which Las brought this sad calamity opoo us. You bave stood by the Republicans and aided them under the pretext that you wanted to break op their party 1 don't know whether this bill is right or wrong. I bar not listened to tha reading of ill provisions J bat I deiirs to say to tbo.e gentlemen who are plotting the rain of the country that they are the last men to stand p claiming a violation of tha Constitution, while they themselves are trampling oo the lava. -ir . Burnett, rising and asking arnestly. ThVritsman do not certainly intention ally mean to do me Injustice. Mr. Richardson. Of course nnt. Mr. Bornett. When the gentleman itatet I was at Charleston engaged In plotting to break up tha Democratic party, he atates that of which he knows nothing. I had no agency io it. So far from this, I was tbe only man Irom a slave State who. after tha Con vention separated, went after those who bad withdrawn and appealed to tbem to coma back. Mr. Richardson, resuming, and speaking emphatically. I was not mistaken In the po sition I assumed. 1 found the gentleman there lending bis sanction to the breaking op nf the Democratic party, and I am responsi ble for this statement. Mr. Burnett, with equol earnestness. So far as responsibility is concerned, i have never refused to take it. Mr. Richardson. 8o help me Ood, I am responsible everywhere. Applause, which was speedily checked 1 Mr. Burnett. An j I am responsible every where else. Sensation Mr. Richardson. Island hereto declare what I myself saw. Mr. Burnett. I desire to say to the gen tleman I will have no personal controversy with any one on this floor ; but if the gentle man desires personal controversy with me, so that he can make a personal assault, be can have it elsewhere. Mr. Richardson. I desire nn personal con troversy with anybody; but if the gentleman desires, he can bave it. Laughter and applause. Mr. Vallnodigham, of Ohio. After the late disaster, and the enemy almost within cannon shot of the Capitol, snch personal indeenrnm doea not become the House. Slight bissing from tbe Republican side. J Mr. Richardson. I am nnt ambitious of personal difficulties; I don't desire, but I shall not shrink from them. I fear no man who walks on Und Almighty's earth. I have said the gentleman from Kentucky was en garreJ in breaking op the Democratic party I know the fact. Mr. Burnett, excitedly. Let me tell the gentleman, once for all The Spuoker to M r. Richardson. Willthe gentleman yield tbe floor? Mr. Ricbardsop. I will yield to no snch men. The Breckinridge party was organized for tbe purpose of destroying the Govern ment ; that was its purpose and its nhject. What do we now see ? Butler, of Massachu setts, Dix, Putterson, and Cadwalader. of Pennsylvanio, who were in Ihnt movement to break tip the Democratic party, now at the head nf the army. Why is this? The Douglas party have furnished one half of the entire army, and where is their eeneral in command? And why is this? Have yon Republicans sympathized with the Breckin ridge party? Are you still lending your aid that they may lead oar armies ? I ask yon. Mr. Speaker, why is this? I have spoken with some freedom. You have at thes head of the army a man who born yonr flag through the war of 1812. He fought the late battles against his judgment. Whoso fault was it? It was yours. Unless you rally around him, the country will nnt support you. I bave no sympathy with the General in-chief in politi rnl opinion. When he was a candidate for the Presidency I opposed him with all my heart ; I should oppose him under similar circumstances to-morrow ; but when you look at him as a military man ha is the greatest of them all, and in all respects efficient. If you had not forced him to precipitate this calamity, yon wnold have bad a victory with out fighting a battle. Mr. Curtis. I ask the gentleman who, on this side, bave sought to impeach tbe charac ter of Gen. Scott, and are unwilling to march nnder his banner? We do not hops to succeed without Gen. Scott, who never lost a battle. Mr. Ri.-hardson. Gen. Greetey, who, I think, is the ablest at the head of all the generals, should be appointed by President Lincoln, and sent to Richmond to take it. He would soon get it. Laughter This is my opinion. 1 charge nothing lor it. 1 bave met my friend from Iowa (Mr. Curtis) on the plains of Mexico. He is military mar., and has seen the strategy of General Scott. I should be amazed if I heard him question what Generul Scolt has done. I do not include all the Republicans, but you have forced a battle, and because you did so, it is lost. 1 declare before God, as my sol emn conviction, tbat if such things era per mitted yon will destrny this Government, and I further declare that if General Scott cannot fight the battles nobidy else can. As to the bill before the House, there is an erroneous idea in relation to the dignity and importance of the Slates. The call on a State for troops is a mere courtesy. In my judgement tbe President has a right to call for troops anywhere, even in counties. I here is no such thing as a State's sovereignty against the'General Government. How cat) the Government be preserved unless he has power lo call out troops ? The Federal Government, for general protective purposes, is supreme. I could defend the capital and the soil everywhere. Mr. Blair, or Missouri. I desire to say a few words. Generals Butler Patterson, and Cadwalader, were from thu Breckinridge party. That two of these gentlemen were appointed by the Administration 1 believe lo be correct; but General Butler came hither as a Brigadier-General, It was Mas sachusetts who Erpt conferred that honor upon him, and be was made a Major-General for putting down a mob, and for tbe executive ability which ba displayed. I understood that General Pattersoo was appointed by the advice and oo tha recommendation of General Scott. Mr. Richardson. I said that four generals were appointed from the Breckinridge, but none from tbe Douglas party ; but 1 have no complaint. Mr. Blair. Of all the Douglas men wbo ore qualified for such a command, I bave no doubt tbe gentleman is the first and best. Mr. Richardson (bowing) I am very much obliged to yuu. Mr. Blair. Tbe gentleman Mid that Geo eral Scott bad been driven to risk a battle by tiia gentlemen on this aide, but nothing bad been said here derogatory to that soldier Is tha Major-General fit to command, if be can ba forced to battle against bis owa beet judgement and at tha outcry of outsiders? Nobody oo Ibis aide has said augbt against General Scott. Tha charge came from the gentleman front Illinois, and it was darogato ry io tbe highest degree. Mr. Richardson. I take all back Laughter. I Mr. Richardson. I repeat tbat Ota. 8cott bad been forced to tight tula battle. 1 will tell him what occurred yesterday morning, Logatr and Wash- My colleagues, Messrs. Logatr buroe, and myself, were prejent with tba President, Secretary of Watv" and General Scott. Io the course of conversation, Gene ral Scott remarked, "I am tba biggest cow ard in'the world." I rose fYom any seat, tatey." (aid tha General "I till ' prove It. I bare fought tbe battle ag.. . Amy judg ment, and I think tha Preside!, t ought to remove ma to day for doing it. At God is my judge," ba added, after an Interval of silence, "I did all in my power to make army efficient. I deserve removal because 1 did not eland up when I could and did not." I aland here to vindicate General ckntt. I am indebted to the geotleman from Missouri for the compliment ha paid me. 1 desire to say for myself, I am here, the last of a generation my lather and grandfather having fulleo beneath tbe flag of their country. I, too, have fought under its folds at boma and abroad, and God williog, there I will stand till tbe end of life, defending it against all foes. Mr. Wasbbnrne. As my colleague has referred to General Scott's remarks, he might also allude to what tha President said. Mr. Richardson. I will do to. "Your conversation implies," said tbe President to General Scolt, "that I forced you to battle ;" to which General Scott replied, "I bave never lerved under a President who bag bean kinder to ma thao you have beeo." But General Scott did nnt relieve the President from the fact that the latter having forced him to fight the battle. Gen. Scott thus paid a compliment to the President, person ally. I desire to say of tbe President, I bava known bim from boyhood. If yoo let him alone he Is an honest man, leoghter, but I am afraid be baa not tba firmness to stand up against the politiciaoj vaFund him. Mr. Stevens, wbo bad f,ifa way lo Rich ardson, now resumed the floor. Pliscellaiuous, Gen. Washington's Views on the Power of the Government A correspondent of the Baltimore Ameri can furnishes us with tha following extract from a letter written by George Washington to Henry Lee, under date of October 31, 1786 on tbe subject of Shay's rebellioo in tbat year. His views and recommendutions are as applicable to tbe present time as tbey j we're to tbe rebellion in progress at tba time tbey were written. Washington says : "You talk, my dear sir, of employing in fluence to appease tha piesent tumults io Massachusetts I know no where tbat iuflut nee is to be found, our, if attainable that it would ba a proper remedy for these disorders. Imfuukmcb is not Govkrnmknt. Let us bave a Government, by wbicb our lives, liberties and properties will be secured; or let us know the worst at once. Under tbese impressions, my bumble opinion is tbat there is a call for decision. "Know precisely what tba insurgents aim at. If they bave real grievances, redress them if possible or acknowledge tbe justice of tbem, and your inability to do il io the present moment. If they bave not, employ the force of Government against them at ooce. II this is adequate, all will be convin ced that the superstructure is bad, or wants support. To be more exposed in the eyes of the world, and more contemptible, is hardly possible. To delay one or the other of tbese expedients, is to exasperate oo the one band, or to give confidence on the other, and will add to their numbers; for, like snow-balls, such bodies increase by every movement, unless there is something in the way to obstruct and crumble tbem before their weight is too great and irresistable. These are my sentiments. Precedents are dangerous things. Let the reins of Govern ment, then, be braced with a steady band, and every violation of tbe Constitution be reprehended. If defective, let it be amended but not suffered to be trampled upon while it has an existence." Arrest of a Bebel Bearer of Sis- patches in New York. We take tbe following from the New York HorM. Edwa'd R. Rnggles, a young man, I? years ot age, is at present detained at police bead quarters by order of Secretary Seward, on the charge of beiog a bearer of dispatches from the rebel army, and also as being an emissary of the rebel government. Tbe, prisoner is a son of General Ruggles, now commander of a portion of tbe rebel forces in V irginia. Ue is a very intelligent and highly educated lad, rather prepossessing in appearance, and very engaging in conversa tion ; quick in perception, and acute in ob servation, and seems eminently adapted to the mission upon whicb he bas been sent oot He left Montgomery nnder private instruc tions, received from Jeff Davis in person, and made bis way to Havana, from tbat place he proceeded to Aspiowall, where bis over- iuquisitiveness relative to American ocean and California steamers attracted tbe atten tion and excited the suspicion of the Ameri can consul, who forwarded a description of bis person to Secretary Seward. Directions were at once aent to Superintendent Kennedy, to arrest the boy as soon as be landed in New York. Detectives Eustace and Farley were intrusted with tbe case. I be lad arrived bere, and put up at tba Cnrllandt street hotel, onder tba name of Seymour, doubtless assuming this oame to throw tba officers off tha track, should there ba any after hitn. Three buura after bis arrival be was safe in the hands of the detectives, who at once lodged bim at headquarters. The papers found opon bim disclosed a most iogenious and elaborate plea for capturing tbe California steamers, tba details of whith were to ba carried out with tba greatest S' Crecy. Geo. Johnson, of California, was to be io tbe plot. Ruggles bad also carefully prepared maps and many papers of great value. Tha arreBt is so important tbat Secretary Seward telegraphed Mr. Kennedy on Saturday to osa extra precautions in detaining tha prisoner. Yooug as ba is ba bas no little military experience, having been for several years at tba Naval School at Annapolis. He was born in a fort, was coustaot attendant upon bis father , who held a commission in tha army of the United States, and is therefore well calculated to sea and comment upon any weak points, infor mation of which might ba of service to tba enemy. Tba future disposition of tba prts oner rests wilb tba department at W ashing ton. A Uat Too Lara. La footsie was to ahsenl-mioded as to call and visit friend wbosa funeral b bad attended. Ha was much surprised at first ; but, recollecting himself, said. "It U tree tnougD, for I wag tbsrt." Snake in his Hat. New York Monthly Scalpel states that a gentlemen of the high- est veracity related to him the following snake story, which beata anyhiog we bave read lately t "Going into a very public ordinary for din ner he was surprised ti observe the extra care with which a gentlemaD, wbo tock the seat opposite to him, took off his bat. He tamed bit bead as nearly upside down as possible without breaking his neck ; then placing his hand nver tbe inside of his hat, he again turned it, and received its carefully guarded contents, concealed by a pocket handkerchief; in his hand, then gently laying the back of his hand on the cushion, he slid the hat and its contents off and commenced dinner. The attention of mv friend was irresistably directed toward the but, and his surprise greatly increased, the reader may well imagine, on observed thn head of a sizable snakn thrust out and looking sharply about him. The gentleman perceiving tho discovery addressed him My dear sir, I was io hopes lo bave dined alone, and not to have annoyed any one with my poor pet. Allow me to explain : He is perfectly harmless, only a common black snake. I was advised to carry him on my head for a rheumatism ; I bave done so for a few weeks and I am cored positively cured of a most agonizing malady. J dare not yet part with him; the memory of my suffering is too vivid ; all tny care is to avoid discovery, and treat my pet as well as possible in his irksome confinement' I feed him on milk and eggs, and he does not seem to suffer. Pardon uie for the annoy ance you bave my si ory. It is true. I am thankful to tbe informaut for my cure, and to you for your courtesy io not leaving your dioner disgusted. Bonaparte's Early Poverty. M. Thiers, in bis history of the consulate, recites some v?ry strange and previously unknown particulars respecting the early lite and penury of Napoleon Bonaparte. It appears that after he had obtained a subaltern's commission in the French set vice, by his skill and daring at Toulon, he lived some time in Pars iu obscure lodgings, and in such extreme poverty that be was often without the means cf paying ten sons (ten 1 cents) for bis dinner, nod frequently wont without any at all. He was nnder the 1 necessity of borrowing small sums, and even worn out clothes, from bis acquaintances ! ! lie and bis brother Louis, afterwards King of Holland, had at one time only a coat between them, so tbat the brother could only go out alternately, time and about. At this crisis the chief benefactor of the future hmperor and conqueror "at whose mighty name tbe world grew pale," was Ibo nctor Inlma, wbo often gave him food and money. Napo'.cnn's afterwards so fumed for its classical mould, was during that period of starvation harsh and angular in its lineaments, with projecting cheekbones. His meager fare brought on end an unpleasant and unsightly cutaneous disease, of type so virulent and malignant, that it took uli tr.n nsx'lnitv of bis accom plished physician Corvisurt, lo expci r a auraiiou ot more than ten years. I ne squalid beggar, then, the splendid Lm- peror afterwards the threadbare, habiliments and imperial munlle the hovel nnd the pa- lace Ihe meager food onJ gorgPoii9 banquet the friendship of a poor nctor, the homage and terror of tbe world an exile and a pri soner. Such are the uns and downs of bis changeable life, such are the lights and sha dows oi the great and mighty. Tub Movkmknts of the Secretary of War, as will be seen by the following paragraph, which we clip from the account of the battle of Bull Run, in tbe A en? Yuri Keening Post oi last night, are prompt and extensive, and perfectly characteristic of the vigorous labor of tbe man : M nch to the surprise of all, the Secretary of War arrived at Hull Run this (Saturday) morning, having left Washington last evening and baited for tbe night at or near Fairfax Court House. He came attended by only one or two officers, ami by a hazardous route. Indeed, bis trip is accounted very venture some. At ten o clock, in company with Gen. McDowell, Gen. Tyler and Gov. Sprague. he reviewed the brigade, under command of Col. Reyes, stationed a half a mile east of this place, and afterward repaired to see tho Seventy ninth, of which his brother is the Colonel. He will probably return to Wash, ington this evening. now a Wifr Left iikk Hl-srand, and how shr was Sorry for it Mr. X. and his wife lived in Cincinnati. They were blessed with plenty of this worl'ds goods : and 10.000 in gold : But one happy day Mr. X . came home cross to dinner, He and his wife bud some words; tbey quarrelled ; and Ihey parted un happily. Mrs. X. went to the bureau, where tbe $10,000 io gold was. She took balf of jl nod bid adieu to Cincinnati. She arrived here early yesterday morning. A telegraph mes sage arrived about the same time, requesting ber detention as a fugitive wife. She was de tained, and spent tbe day iti tears at the l'o lice Station. At seven o'clock her husband arrived in anxious expectation, and the ex press train on the Cincinnati & Chicago Air Line. The twain met, looked at each other, cried, laughed, rushed into each oilier', arms. cneo again, laughed again, kissed am) made up. Tbey left for Porkopolia last night, ta king the sleeping car. (ViV. fjem. Dkcision and Dkstinv. Pizarro, tha con queror of Peru, in one of his reverses, was cast on the Island of Gallo, wilb a few of bis followers. Vt heo in a slurviug condition, two vessels arrived from Panama fur his relief, and to induce bim to abandon bis object. Now came the test of bis decisiou of character, aud the determination of bis earthly destiny. Drawing his sword, be traced a line with it on tha sand from east to west. Then turning toward the south, "Friends and comrades," he said, "oo that side are toil, hunger, nakedness, tbe drenching storm, desuiatiou and death ; on this aide are ease and pleasure. There lies Pern with itt riches here Panama with its poverty. Choose, each man, what becomes a brave Cusliliao. For my part, I go to tbe South." So saying, he stepped across the line. He was followed by eleven others, aud Pern wag conquered. How Gsn. Scorr Rickived tub Nkws. "This Is no defeat do defeat. The odds are against n, temporarily, through inaccuracy of details, but Manassas, and Virgiuia, aud the Uoioo are ours I" Such is said to oe the language of tba veteran soldier, after gather ing all the particulars of tbe batt'e of Mao eases. Such is also said to be the language of every soldier aud citizen at Washington. No maiden ever unlocked ber heart to a lover, hot a kiss wsg tbe 8rst prisoner to fly t. Tha Man with a Dr. Dixon In bis 1 o 1 1 X V . THE SCAR OF LEXINGTON. With cherub smile, the prattling Voy, Who on the veteran's breast recline,, Ha, thrown aside hi, favorite toy. And round hi, tender finger twines Those scattered locks that with the flight Of fourscore year, are snowy white t And as a near arrests his view, He cries, ' Grandpa, what wounded you 1" My child, 'ti, five and fifty years Thi, very day, thi, very hour. Since from a scene of blood and tear,, Where valor fell, by hostile power, I law retire the letting ,un. Behind the hill, of Lex ington; While pale and lifeless on the plain, My brother, lay for freedom slain ! And ere that fight the first that spoke In thunder lo our land, was o'er, Amid the cloud, of fire and smoke I felt my garment, wet with core ! 'Ti, since that wild and dread arTray, That trying, dark, eventful day, From this calm April eve so far, I wear upon my check the scar. When thou to manhood shall be grown. And I am gone in duet to sleep, May freedom' rights be siille thine own, And Ihou and thine in quiat reap The iinhliglited product of the toil, In which my hlood bedewed the soil, And while those fruit, then shall enjoy, Bethink thee of this scar, my boy, Bui should my country', voice be heard To bid her children fly lo anna, Gird on thy grandsire's trusty sword. And, undismayed bv war', alarms, Remember on the battle field I made the hand of God my shield, And be thou spared like me to tell Who 'lore thee up while other, fell. farmer's jcparlimut. For liie Germaittown Telegraph j A Visit to Calmdale Nurseries. Major P. R. Frkask : Dear Sir, A few days since 1 ventured on a short trip over to Lebanon, to see onr mutual friend s. Alillur, Lsq. I was well aware that onr friend was push ing tbe grape business with vigor, but 1 was by no means prepared to see so large a col lection as be mauaged, "by book or by crook" to collect together, both in variety and quan tity. Mr Miller's great modesty prevents him from "blowing bis own trumpet," so please excuse me if 1 do it for him, in a measure but I assure you, friend Freas, I write no moru tban tha truth aud not even tbe whole truth. I bave occasionally grafted in tho roots, h,-.i tho viiii-a we-.i :n foil lenf, about the lust week in May. Then tha vines are past the bieeding season, and have had the grafts to prow suiiietiines ten to thirty feet the the same season. The greatest ditlicully with , JU,"F "'8 ln m" anu you a, u atrucK. Bud ma was, to kuep thu grafts in good condition i Lieutenant with a drawn aword ,prang so lute in the season. The best plan that I ' hefbrchim from an adjacent building. "8 a-a-y, have found, is to keep them in a box of ! what ar0 vcr ,l,out a P'ntin' that thing at me 1" nearly dry earth in the cellar. Root grafting may be performed with success early in Feb' ruary, three to lour weeks belore tbe sap starts or late in May, whon the vines are iu full Icuf. In grafting in the roots, there is no occasinu for using grufticg wux simply sawing oft the stock or yoo may etick tt I graft, in all the Imge roots, by cutting tbem I off, splitting and slicking a graft iu each ! tyiug the stock together, (aa the split some- times opens,) aud covering up stock end graft ! with earth; put around a few bticks, and tbe I work is done. , But here at friend Miller's I saw many: grafts above tbe grouud on large stocks, . three to six feet high. Oo some a brunch hriineh was cut off uud a graft or two inserted others simply a cul two inches long made in the side of a vine or branch, a grail inserted, a tight ligature placed around lo keep all in pluce, and well cemented over all with gralt ing wax. Some of the grails bad shot an inch when iuserted, and it appeared as tbougb the grafts were not aware of being severed from tbe parent vine, as tbey grew right oo. This was done tbe second week in Juue. It is quite a simplo operulion ; the vine is cut oil' at any height you wish ; split open iu the usual manner of clefl grafting ; the graft, one or more iuserted a tight liga ture applied, and well cemeotod, and 'lis done. Or, a slit cut down tbe side of the vine, two or more inches, the graft sloped off oo one side, stuck io, tied and cemented ; not necessary to fit tbe bark of the graft aud Block, as the sap circulates all through tbe wood, only ceoient well if above ground. This is an easy and speedy mode of testing new varieties, or changing old and worthless kinds. Many varieties, too ere poor growers on their own roots, and by placing them on healthy and vigorous stocks, il seems to in fuse new life und biuilb into tbem, und tbey grow wilb renewed strength. By raising grape vines from seed, about one balf generally prove initios, bearing do fruit, aod Ihe great muss of the rest will be inferior. But all may thus be grafted aud made to bear fruit ot nny new varieties we wish. Or we muy have large viurs of worth less kiuiis; gralt them over, aod in a year or lo, presto what a change! Or, again, we may place as many varieties oo one old slock as we may fancy, "white, block and speckled," ull grow harmoniously together. The lover of nuture may thus employ his leisure momeula iu a most interesting, pleas ing aod profitable manner. Tbe grading of the grape vine in tbe hands of a compeleul operator, thus becomes as eaty and simple i8 the grafting of any other fruit, aud with as great a prospect of success ; the only precau tion necessary appears to be, that the opera tion is performed when there is none or very little flow of sap, and if above grouud, well cemented to keep out air aod moisture. Yours Respectfully, J. II. GARB Ell. Columbia, l'a., June 2"M, lSlil. To Increase the Sine of Fruit Prof. Dobreoil, in an article in tbe Journal de i'Acadamie d Horticulture de Grand, pointa out some of the priosipal operations whereby the size of fruits may ba jnrieased : 1. Grafting the trees oo a weak species of stock for instance, tbe pear or tbe quiuce. 2. Pruning so as to deprive the tree of a certain portion of its shoots. By this mean the aap wbicb would bave beeo absorbed by tbe parts cut off, goes to iocreasa tba size of fruit. Summer pruning, which bas for its object re removal of a large Dumber of shoots by difbudding, aud plucking bas the saoiv effect. 3. Lot the bxarirg shoots be as short as possible, and in iminriiate connection with the muin branches. Fruit growing on tba stem is always larger than that situated at the extremities of long slender branches. 4. I binning oot tbe fruit when too DO 019. rous. 6. Shortening the principal branches at tha winter pruning, end cbeckiog Id tba so tamer the vigorous shoots. 6. Supporting tho fruit, so tbat their weight may not become a strain opon tha foot Stalk. 7. Moderating tbe amount of evaporation from the fruit. Fruits covered bv leaves are larger than those oc the same tree not shaded. It is necessary, however, io order tbat sha ding may not affect the quality of the fruit, to expose it when full grown to tbe direct eclioo of the sun. Tbe diminished evapora tion must ba attributed to considerable in crease of size wbich always takes place io fruit introduced into bottles sooo after it ia set. The mouth of the bottle being closed after a portion of tbe branch from tba dry action of the air, and is constantly surrounded with a aioist, warm atmosphere, wbicb keeps the epidermis pliable, and stimulates tba growth of the tissues. 8. Moisten tbe fruit with a solution of sul phate of iron (copperas.) Ooa of Prof. D.'i pupils, by moistening an eastern Beurre pear, from the time it was fairly set, once a fort night, obtained a fruit so large that it would scarcely be recogoized. 9. Ringing the shoot or branch immediate ly below the flowers. This should ba dona when the flowers are opening; tbe longer it Is delayed after this period, the less is tba effect prodoced. Too incision should pene trate to the wood, and tbe ring of bark removed should have a width equal to balf the diameter of tbe shoot. Tbe width, bow. ever, should not exceed one-fifth of an inch, otherwise the wood will not close up. 10. Inserting on vigorous trees fruit buds, with a portion of wood attached. A tree, whicb in consequence of excessive vigor bas never produced blossom buds, may by this means be made to produce fruit of large siz from tba abundant supply of gap wbich tha inserted blossom buds will receive. But it will be necessary to pinch the shoots of tha tree io summer, which would otherwise absorb the larger portion of sap, to tbe injury of tbe fruit. ii in o r o ii s A Pet Lamb Astonishes TniSnctsslojisT, The Richmond papers tell of a Fire Zouave who waa caught and taken to Fairfax. When carried before Beauregard be manifested hi, con. tempt for that chieflain by putting hi, thumb to hi, nose and gyrating with hi, fingers. Being ordered under cnnlinercent, he turned about sud denly kicked a Colonel wbo stood near in the stomach so bard that lie eat down, knocked the corporal who had him in charge head over heels, and invited 'Beauregard to "cone on and get lammed," declaring that "if ho didn't have a i,M -,.;u r;n.i;n. . r .u , j v. r,,.,. ..iKing iivuo u, mv surprised lookera on darted to meet him, he took to hi, ! heels down a lane. Several shot, were fired at him without effect. At each successive disciiurc he would turn lo make grimaros at hi, pursuers. j "c""nej ll,e zouave, -uon t yer know it might cut my bran new weskit!" Being marched off to jail and put in a solitary cell, he aignalized ; his lirst evening', lodgment there by letting it on fire. Tito reiiels seem to admi'e the cool auda. I city of the chap, and Beauregard laughed heartily l at hi, .ranks. j Fit ty Cens a Game. Last summer, at tha . State Fair, a genuine Yankee wbs strolling i about the crounds. when be waa accosted hv a gambler, and asked to play a game of cards, "Well," he replied, "I dou't know much abont cards, I doo't." "Well," said the gambler, "I'd like to play a cume wilb you. What will you play with. ..... fn. 9" UJO IUI I Well," said our friend, "I'll play game i with you for Gfty cents. Down they sat ; tbe gambler pot down fifty cents, and auked our friend if he begged. "No," said be, "I've got a very good baud 1 don't beg." "Well," replied the other, "put yoor money down." "What money?" asked Jonathan. Why, your fifty cents." "1 didn't euy I'd put down Gfty cents. Yon asked me what I'dr p',y for, and I said fifty cents and I'll play you ull night for fifty cents a game," A Brod Woman. Tbe Princess Mary of Cambridge, whose betrothal to the Duke of Newcastle bag been noticed, is a very comely personage, but very stout ; so gtout, io fact, tbat she finds crinoline entirely superfluous. except around the bottom of ber skirt; and it is said it bas beeo necessary of late to en large the door of ber carriage. A marriage was proposed between ber aod Victor Eman uel, aud he was del'gbted at the prospect of a connection wilb the royal family of England through the owner of so charming a face as tbat of tbe portrait wbich was shown to bim. But when, on his visit tn England, be saw tbe lady, il re gaantuomo himself oo slender lad he precipitately retired from the negotia tion. "I cannot marry that woman," said he "she's broad enough to sit upon the seven hills of Route." Sktilxd st Standino. "Sir, your account bas flood fur two years, aod 1 must bave it settled immediately." To wbich tbe etisto. mer replied : "Sir, things usually do settle by staudiog ; I regret tbat my account is an exception, if it has been stsodiog too long, suppose you let it run awhile." "Weigh your words," said a man to a fellow who was blustering away in a lowering pas sion at another " I hey won't weigh much, if be does," said the antagonist coolly. An empty bottle most certainly be very dangerous thing, if we may judge from the fact that many a mau bas beeo found dead wi'.h one at hn side. "Ma, get down on your hands and kneea a minute, please." "Whot on earth shall I do that for, pel ?" "Cane I want to draw an lepbaui." Tbe age of a young lady ia now expressed according to the style of ber skirls, by saying tbat eigbtueo apriogs have passed over ber head. Every wooden leg that takes tha plaoa of leg lost ia battle, is a stump speech against war. Thr Gravr An ngly bole In tha ground, whicb lovtrs aud poets wish they were io, bat lake ouoomuion pain to keep oot of. An eloquent speaker is like a river great, est at the mouth. Battles painwd by attislg ate diaaa baltUe. invtifabSy
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