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NEW SERIES, VOL. 14, NO. 19.
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1801.
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Cloth3, Cassimercs, Vestir.s, Taylors
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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