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NEW SERIES, VOL. 14, NO. 22.
SUNBUItY, NOttTlIUMBKULAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1801.
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NEW YORK CITY,
(Ters imlii-'cments to Mrn-hieils and Tourist, visiting; '
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IS well t,a places of umuiteineilt. ;
;!il. St-rtipul 'iisly clfint, well funiifrtiel sitdng rooms, ,
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flil . liree and supr.ilily furnished sittinir rooms, wilh a 1
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6th. It is connected with
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where vi.itots ui hnve their meals, or, if they desire
tiiev will he riirio.heil in Iheir own risini..
fiih- The in;e served in tiie tnloons and Hotel is ae
kimwlrdwl l.t epieuies. to lie vastl) superior to that of
anv "1'ier Hold in Ihe city.
Wirh a'l ilie.e aiK-Huisces, the cost of livinc in the
liilerniilionul, l much below thut of anv other first class
II Hrl. GII.MJN t CO , proprietors.
AiifilDt 4. t-'Kl 1v
St'AI.I)l(j'S Prennred Olne, and Shellejs Mucilage
Price per tutlle and hrtnh 45 cents
C nlial E.ixir of Culisaya Uutlt 4 Dentine, for removing
e"""B' FftR 8 LE AT THIS OFFICE.
Snnhury, March IT lbSO.
A NKW I.PT OF HARDWARE & 8AI.
J DI.KRY. Alao, the beat asaortmeni of Irnr
N.iiU and Moel to be found in the county, at the
.Mammoth xlore of KUII.IMj & GRANT.
Hiinliorv. .line S, I SCO.
CONFKTIONAIUIS, TOYS &c.
IvI. C. GEA.KTTAT,
1'lNsTA NTI.Y keeps on hand all kinds of
'V 'oiilertnoiiries. Fruit and Toys, which he
its tu lltoi: at wliolesale and retail. Hiving 1 1 in
nerewiry iiiaotiinery cV" , be is manutacturing
ii U kiioU of I'oys. and keepa up his stock, so thut
loirchiiHeia will not be at a losa for a supply of
alino-t any article they may deaire.
Al'1'I.U.-i! APPLES I! APPLES!!!
.luKt received, a latge lot of apples, which he is
selling at wlioU-vile and retail, at low price
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Hniiliiiry, March 5, 18l. tf
. aAlh.M OKli TAMA til Oi'l'tKS lo
H bar liottlea for sale by
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Kcroxfiie Lamps.
4 VEHY I.AIiliB and cheap assortment will
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Dec. 15. IMliti. F RILING cV GRANT.
II
O! YB LOVERS OF HOUP! Afresh
supply of Macaroni and Confectionery at
r KII.I.Mi & UKA1M s.
Runhury, June 2, IDfiO.
IT is iuiportatit lo the ..ADIE8 to know that
Friliug & (irant, have the best and largest
assortment of Dress Good in tbe county.
Fiuiihtiry, June 8, 1600.
A FRESH W.PPLY OF DRUGS at the
Mammoth Store. Alao, anew lot of r
futuery, Soaps and Fancv Article. Very cheap.
FKILINU ii GRANT.
8unlury, May 21, ISfiO.
BTtEL'BTON SKIRTS-
AT the Mammoth Store will be found a
very largu assortment of Skeleton Skirts
from luveo hoops op to thirty,
Oct 6.1860. FRM.ING URANT
BUI Iron. Hleel, Nails. Picks, Grub-Hoe and
Masou Hamiuert, at low price.
DltlGH'f 4 80N.
Bun bury, June . l(9r.
juried Ipoclrfi.
COMING "HOME.
0 brother, nod sister, growing old,
Do you all remember yet
That home, in Ibe aliatdt of lbs rsstliog
trees,
Where ooce oor household net ?
Do yon know bow we esed to Com from
school,
Through the) summer's pleasant heat,
With the yellow fennel's golden dust
Oo oor tired little feel!
And how sometimes, io ao idle mood,
We loitered by tbt- way (
Aod stopped in the woods to gather flowers,
Aod iu the fields to play ;
Till warned by the deep'oiug shadow's
fall.
That told of the coming night,
We climbed to the top ortbe last, long
hill,
And saw oor home io sight I
And, brothers and sisters, older DOW
Than rIih whose life is o'er,
Do you think til the mother's loving face
That looked from the open door?
Alas I for the changing things of time,
i nt Dome id Ibe dust is low j
And that loving smile was bid from a,,
Jo tbe darkness, long ago I
And we have come to life's last hill,
From which or weary ejet
Can almost look oo the home that shines
Eternal io tbe skies.
.-jo, brothers and sisters, as we go,
Still let us move as one,
Always together keeping step,
Till the march of life is dooe ;
For that mother who waited for oe here,
Wearing a smile so sweet.
Now waits on the hills of paradise
t or ber children t coming feet 1
Statement of Prisonera from Rich
mond The prisoners who were released from ens
tody at Rirhmond by the rebels, and who
arrived at Was hinpton, tell some strange sto
ries about the doings of the rebels at that
city. The following statement from a lady
who was released at tbe same time, gives
some interesting Tacts :
STATEHIK5T OF MRS. CCRTtS.
I have had an interview this afternoon, savs
the Washington correspondent of the New
York 7imet. with Mrs Curtis, of Albion,
Orleans conntv. New York, whose capture by
the Secessionists soon after the buttle of
Bull Run has been already noticed. She ar
rival this morning from Fortress Monroe,
with the twenty three other released prison,
ers, who had been forwnrded from Norfolk,
nnder a flag of trnce. Mr. Curtis is a lady
about twenty eight years old. and of prepna
8assing appearance, well educated and intelli.
pent. She Is the daughter of Hiram Curtis,
K.nq , of Albion. Her narration was given
with great flnenry. Rnd from stenographic
notes 1 have prepared the following state
ment, based upon the facts related by her:
Mrs. Curtis arrived iu the city a few days
after the Fourth of July, she having come to
visit her hrnlher, George D Curtis, a pri
vata in the Thirteenth New York Volunteers.
After the retreat from Bull Run, the Regj.
ment encamped at Fort Bennet, ahnlfmile
north of Fort Corcoran, opposite George
town. During several mornings, accompa
nied by an escort, she rode out on Fall's
Church road, and, on the Friday morning
succeeding the haltle. was accompanied by
tne younger mmehter nr .M r lVarce, a Virgin
Ian, whose farm is on the Fall's Church road,
and in whose family Mrs. Curtis had been
boarding Their escort was Private Kldridge,
of the Thirteenth. They passed two of the
rebel pickets withnnt being aware of the fact,
they being concealed. The third sprang for
ward and seized Eldridge's horse, and then
ordered the ladies to ride forward to the lieu
tenant. Mrs. Curtis said she would not. The
picket repl ed that she would have to go. She
refused aga;n, saying that she acknowledger)
no allegiance to the rehels, and she should
not go one step wi'h them. He repeated big
demand, saying that he should take her for
ward irhe did not go. She replied tbat she
should not he surprised at any outrage that
should be committed by men who made war
npnn women and children, and she and Mim
I'earce turned their horses and galloped off
tnwarun our lines, htie passed tbe second pick
et, but was stopped bv the first. Miss
Pearce was fortunate enouuh tn nasa him
and the account, oiven K tha ru 1 1 .L.
asked why he did not (top both ladies, was
I... SI ? r
inav ir, vurns orew a revolver upon him,
the barrel of which was within six inches of
his head, and in his struggle to secure ber,
Mifs. Pearce escaped. Tbe statement was
falsehood, Mrs. Curtis stating tbat she was
without a weapon of any kind.
On being taken before the lieutenant, she
wg asked if she knew where she was. She re
plied that she was painfully aware. He asked
her what had brooght her to their lines.
She said it was a curiosity which hade fair to
he more painful than profitable; that she
had come to see if there was any secesh
about. He said he would provide her with a
suitable escort, so thut there would be do
danger of ber being Inst She told bim that
sba did out wish any insult; tbat if be bad
any orders, to give them, and if it was desira
ble that (he should go to Manassas, she
could go alone if wanted.
An escort was furnished, and soon they
overtook Mr. Kldridge, in the custody of
otberi. On arriving at Falls Church, Col.
Stewart, of the First Virginia Cavalry, came
out, aod after being introduced to Mrs.
Curtis, asked her if she was tbe Colonel of
the regiment. She did not feel disposed to
answer, and he explained bit question by
saying tbat she bad spread eagle oo the
bridle hits of the horse tbe waa riding. Tbe
trappings belonged to one of the tifhcert of
the New York Thirteenth, tbongb the horse
was one which had been taken from tbe
rebels at Bull Run. Col Stewart tbeo asked
ber if she came from the National army. She
replied in tbe affirmative, and then requested
hi hi, if ha bad auy further questions, to wail
until a more suitable place could be provided,
ts she did not like to be catechised io lb
presence of gaug of rowdy soldiers. He
conveyed ber to headquarters, wbere, after
providing her with a room, tbe made
rt.temeat, io purport the tame at the bed
made io respoote to lbs questions of tbe
lieutenant.
Col. Stewart treated Mrs. Cortit with
great kindness and politeness, expressing bit
regret that tbe bad been arrested, aad vol
Ooteertey to da all In t iawt to tff.ct h'l
pisccllancmis.
release. He taid he would tend word to
General Jobnstoo, at Manassas, of Mrs.
Curtis' arrest, and, while ewaiting reply,
Mr. Alfred Morse, resident of Falls
Church and member of the black Horse
Cavalry, offered to provide ber with rooms
at his boose. She accepted his invitation,
and remained a guest iu Mr. Morse's family
until Tuesday, receiving none hut the k'ud
est treatment Irom them aod Ctlotiel Stew
art. Oo Tuesday morning the was tent on to
Manassas io a carriage, and, with Mr. Edw.
Taj lor, of Cincinnati, who bad got e to Bull
Ruo as a spectator or tbe battle, and, being
tbrowo by hit burse was arrested Mr.
Morse, end three ptivates of the Virgibia
Cavalry formed their escort. On arriving at
Manassas they were driven a roundabout
way to General Johnston's headquarters, who
said be didn't wish to have anything to do
with Mrs. Curtis; that be bad received no
d rectmus from Culooel Stewart, who under
stood bis business and for what she bad been
arrested ; tbat she was to be conveyed to tbe
Pruvnsl Marshal, who told ber that she was
to be forwarded to Richmond the following
morning at 6 o'clock. Sbe asked if this
order ws imperative ; he said it was. He
then commenced an abusive conversation,
accusing our troops of murdering their men
outraging their women, and burning their
homes Mrs Curtis told him that what be
bad to say to this respect be bad better tsy
to men, aud not to woman, who was pri
soner in bis bauds. He then asked what the
thirty thousand bandcutL) taken fvmt
our troops wif intended for. She replied
thut thut was one of tbe thirty thousand lies
which sbe bud beard since she had been
arrested. He then cast aspersions uoon her
character, to which she responded witb genu
ine tuaigoaiion. tie then told her thut sbe
bad tbe most bitter tongue be bad ever
beard, and tbat if the didu't keep qniet he
would put her io irons. She replied tbat
there were not men eooogn in the rebel
army to do that.
I bat night the wat confioed in s small
room witb one door and one window, with
two sentinels standing guard over her,
instrncted to prevent her escape at all bar
Kardi. At CJ o'clock in tha morning the
was placed uuder the charge of Captain
Tremanx, of tbe Eighth Louisiana Regiment
and conveyed to the cars. On their way to
Kichmoud, Airs. Curtis was the subject of the
gaping curiusily of persons oo tbe cars, and
of the crowds tbat were assembled at tbe dif
ferent stations. At Gordunsville tbey were
detuined three hours. Though Cnytain
Tremuox was kind and di.'corou9 in bis
treatment, yet he did not care to interfere to
prevent the ridicule to which she was subjec
ted. She asked him to prevent it, telling
him that though she was ag fond of admira
tion as anybody, yet she did not to be stared
at by a crowd as a living curiosity, like liar
num a "U hat is it." He said be could oot
well interfere, ag it would reuder lam unpop
ular. Oo arriving at Richmond Mrs. Cortit wag
taken to the iiQice nf Adjutant General
Cooper. Brigadier General Winder, the
assistant adjutant general, the provost mar
shal, and other o Dicers were present. They
lolormed ber that she had beeu arrested on a
special order ; that she bad been closely
observed riding out each morning, and thut
there waa good reason to believe that she ap
proached their lines under direction of the
military authorities at Washington ; that her
present position was one dangerous fur a
man; that the rules of war madx no distinc
tion in favor of her sex, and that to be con
victed of being a rpy was equivalent to death.
M rs. Curtis said that she was wholly innocent
of any attempt to harm the rebel troops;
that she had never been within their hues,
except on that morning of her arrest, and
then unconsciously, as their pickets were
concealed, aud if she was to be bung, innocent
of any crime, tbey might begin us soon as
they pleased. As for being a spy, the United
States officers were not compelled to eudan
ger the lives of patriotic ladies to undertake
such a service, especia'ly at Secessionists
were abundant bo gladly gave information
of the rebel troops for money. This last
asseveration excited the indignation of tbe
officers present, who proceeded to slate that
a court martial was a summary tribunal, and
that the r proofs io her case were abundunt
Sba replied that whatever might be their
determination, she wat innocent of being a
spy, but if she wss tn be at tbe mercy ofsach
proofs as they might produce, she should
make no defence, hut was ready to be hung.
Nothing further transpired upon this sub
ject. They asked her if she would like to see
President Davis. Sbe replied that sbe con
sidered him a traitor, and one of tbe worst
kind ; tbat he had violated his Oath, had
smitten the hand that bad fed lum, and that
they themselves were turuing the grindstone
and sharpening the axe which waa to cat
their own throats.
Gen. Winder endeavored to find quarters
for Mrs. Cuttis with some family in the city,
but nearly all objected A Mr. Turner,
however, offered her a mom at his bouse, and
te keep her iu custody until the following
morning. She wat conveyed to bis house,
placed io a dose room, the shutters nailed
and tbe door lucked. Tbe following morning
she was conveyed to tbe residence of Mr. B.
P. Pryor, a relative of Roger A Pryor.
She was left io the care of M r. Pryor aud
bis family, with instructions not to let ber go
out except in company wilh Mrs. Pryor, ber
sister, or an officer. She only availed beiself
of tbe liberty tbu, accorded to her oo three
occasion,. On oue of these the applied to
the turgeon general, at tbe Sisters' Hospital,
for permission to visit the wounded. Know
ing thai it wat against the rules to admit
visitors, except witb a pass from the military
authorities, the uted a woman'! artifice, or as
sb ' expressed it, "a Yankee tr.ck," to obtain
admittance. Sbe prolessed to be a Northern
woman by birth, but a resident of tbe South,
and tbat sbe had learned that some of her
acquaintances were wounded. Sbe lemained
in tbe hospital from eight o'clock uulil noon,
and conversed with oearly all the woooded.
Oo leaving, she told tbe turgeon geoeral who
she wat. lie said, bad he knnwu tbat fact
he would have refused to admit ber.
Mrs. Curtis remained io Richmond about
twelve dayt. Duting ber ttay. Gen. Winder
called upon ber two or three timet, and
Assist. Adj. Geo. Grover, of tbe K. G. C.'s,
made ber several visits. Geo. Winder taid
be would do all in bit power to effect ber
release. He tent word to ber tbat if tha
waoud another bearing he would convey ber
request to tbe proper authorities Though
sbe waa advised by tome of tbe officeit not to
leek a further bearing, tbe wrote oo Friday
last a communication directed "to whom it
may coocero," io wbicb the slated that sbe
bad beeo arrested tome time previously, and
tbat tbey most be aware bow unpleasant it
wat for lady to be io rotlody ; that, io ber
view, ber arrest wa entirely unwar'anted by
tbe rules of civilized warfare, and tbe da.
nianded to know whether the wat to be
released r to be teoUoced i aod, io either
(, the de;!r4 ta hjv tba jadgitot of thf
conrt martial carried out; that sbe waa tired
of staying among a set of people whom ab.e
hated aod despised. Tbe cooimanicatioo wat
taken to Gen. Winder, who tent word back
that they had already made preparation for
her release, and that the coo Id consider her
self la no danger. He remarked to tbe
messenger that they would liberate ber if
sbe would only keep h. Ivgne still long
enough to enable them to doit; that he
wouldn't have ber incendiary tongue remain
in Virginia three wueks for toy consider
lion.
Large number of ladies, actuated by an
idle curiosity, called opnn Mrs. Curtis, and
political discussions of a not very quiet char
acter were at once the order of the visit. At
last she relused to receive visitors.
Oo one occisinn Col. Simpson asknd her,
in case Gen. Beauregard and he should visit
Washington, if sbe would treat them to
champagne. She replied tbat if they did she
would treat tbem tn some real pain, with no
sham ehont it. He replied tbat thev bad gol
all of our handcuffs. Sbe responded that we
had pleotv of blacksmiths to manufacture
others.
M rs. Curtis stated that in the shop windows
iu Richmond, pieces of cord are exhihited.
announced to have been taken from knapsacks
of prisoners coptored.
The rebel troops are miserably clad, except
those who have Btoleo uniforms from oor dead
and prisoners. She taw privates dressed in
the officers' clothes or onr regiments. Dr.
Lewis, who Was taken nriannep hail hia enrol.
cl instruments and all his clothes, except a
Hannel shirt and pants, tiken from him
Mrs. Curtie was told bv tha adintant general
and Geo. Winder that they were holding Col.
Corcoran and Congressman Ely as hostages
for safety of the Savannah pirates, and
Col. Thomas, the French lady, and if they
suffered the prisoners now io their bands
should sutler the same fate.
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
From Baltimore.
Baltimore, August 12.18G1, P. M.
Yesterday was intensely hot, and we were
void of news ; hence I did not lee! like wri
ting. To-day it is cloudy, cooler, with ruin
at intervals and more pleasant.
The Hon. John C. Breckinridge left here
this morning, t in tbe Northern Central Rail
way, en route homeward. He was accompa
nied to the depot by teyeral of bis personal
and political friends, some of whom accompa
Died him part way. I am informed he would
oot reply definittly as to his previously
announced purpose of resigning his sent in
the United States Senate, as proclaimed, in
case Kentucky adhered to the Union. Rev.
Robert J. Breckinridge, bis uncle, alao a
Kentuckian and loyal, preached yesterday, in
the Second Presbyteriao Church, to bit old
congregation.
Tbe sermon wst marked with profoncd
logic and eloquence. If I mistake not, what
the nephew bns done to advance the cause of
Secessionist during his brief sojourn in our
city, has been more 'than undone by tbe
oncln in his powerful appeals to save the
Union. The one is aB an otiBedged boy com
pared with the other Erratic precipitancy
and overleaping puli'liral srttjrfaHiu-cbi.ru.:
terize the statesman, the ex. Vice President
feeling and passion taking the pluce of
judgment and thought; whilst the elder
theologian, in bis far reaching wisdom, looks
to patriotism, witb an honest purpose of pre
serving the Union, that our great Govern
ment may, in the fullness of tune, be all aod
io all one and indivisible.
Within tbe past forty eight hours, nearly
orqiiile live thousand troops, en'isted for
three years, have passed through Baltimore,
en route for Washington and Harper's l'erry.
It is expected very soon to commence in.
creasing the encampments around this city,
as contemplated, butil at least one hundred
thousand soldiers ure deposited within the
suburban limits of our city.
Brigadier-General Lyon.
General Nstbuoiel Lyon was the son of a
substantial farmer of Ashford, Connecticut,
and was the descendant paternally and mater
nally, of families who were distinguished for
intellect uud integrity of character. His
mother was or the Knowlton family, which
produced two of the distinguished officers ol
tbe Revolution one, tbe famous Col. Knol
ton. who, as Major, commumled tbe Connect!
cut boys at tbe Old Rail Felice, on the lelt
wing of tbe American army. t Bunker's Hill,
and was afterward killed at the buttle of Har
lem Heights, New York.
Gen. Ljoo was educuted at the United
States Military Academy at West Point,
where he graduated wit b distinction in lt-Jl,
and remained in the army until tbe time of
bit death, having risen to the rank of captain
iu tbe Second Infantry; aud hy tbe receut
choice of the Missouri volunteers became
their Brigadier-General. He was io the
prime ol lile as a military commander, having
been but forty-two years of age. He had had
great experience io his ptoi'ession, especially
in the rougher duties, which titled him so es
peciully lor his position as Cooimaoder-io-Chief
of the Missouri forces. Disservice had
been principally on the frontiers in the
Florida, Texas, California, Oregon, Kansas,
aod otber Indian aud border wars. He was
witb Geo. Scott's division during tbe Mexican
campaign, and was breveltud August liOih,
1847, ' for gallant and meritoriou-i conduct io
tbe battles ol Couteras aod Cburobuxco ;"
and was wounded at the Beleu Gate of the
city of M-xico, September 13tb, 1647. lie
bad a strong physical constitution, a high or
der of intellect, aod au euergy wbicb know no
bouudt.
Bio Pears and PtateKin. -If yon want
to bave big pears or other fruit, just work
oo tbe atalk ib', bean them the point of an
adjoining shooi ; then you shall see what you
will tee. bo says a French amateur, enthir
siaetio io the fruit line. If you want big
pumpkins aud squashes juet bore a little gim
let bole io their rind wheo lb fruit is lew
weeks old, and pusb io a long piece of cotton
wick wilb the loose end in pan of water.
The cotton will tuck up tbe water, the pump'
kin will tuck tbe cotton, and by tbe lime your
fruit it ripe you will bave tbe bogeal pumpkin
tbat wat ever seen.
Patriotic Boston Banks Tui Goverh
mint Loan to br Taken. At a meeting of
the Directort or tbe Boston Banks, tba fol.
lowing instructiooa to a committee appointed
to confer with tbe New York aod Philadel
phia Banks were adopted :
"That tbe committ-e be authorised to lay
to the geutleaieo of the committees from tbe
New York aod Philadelphia Banks, that in
tbe judgement of tbe gentlemen here assem
bled, the Banks and Bankets of Bostoo, end
of the State ot Massachotutti and itl people,
are prepared, ready aud willing, aud tieler
mined to do all in their power in view of
their duty to themselves, their trustt aud
their couotry, to aid it io suppressing tbe
present rebellion, by furnishing men aod
money to the almost extent of tbeif ability,
now, baoewforth sod for tret."
A Variko Line The New York corre.
pnndent of tbe London Sfr says that Mr.
William Henry Hurlhut, who is now a pri
toner among tbe rebels, "ia well known in
England as a friend or Ihe Rev. Charles
Kings-ley, and a contributor to some of the
English Magazine Htid reviews. Born In
Sooth Carolina, educated in New York,
Germany, and France, and an extensive
traveler through, as well as a reshient Iu half
a dozen oilier countries, Mr Hurlhut bad
become a thorough cosmopolitan. He was a
polished and Versatile writer, and early
turned his at lent ion tn t he nrifta .Kiv r. .
seven vara ago he w.is editor of Putnam's
Magazine He has been theatrical Ontic of
the Albion (English p iper of New York) for
a long time oinitrihtititig to its columns some
of the must delightful JiuilUttmt 1 ever read.
He was tbe author of the Anti Slavery arti.
Clet that appeared in the LdiitliHrtl,, think
some time in 1854. He eventually settled
down as assistant editor of the New York
Time, which he left lasl summer io conse.
quence of suddenly breaking out into the
worst kind of Secessionist!!. He bag boxed
the compas of everything ; has been a Uni
tarian minister, a muscular Christiuu, a free
thinker, a native of a slave State, a violent
abolitionist, a Secessionist, and is at last u
captive iu tlurauce vile on a charge of being
a Noi them spy."
Thk Covkt. Astronomer Thatcher says
the comet now visible is not a new nnp, but
the bright comet tifj uly 3d. Its position now
is ten degrees south smith-east of Benetnash.
the last star in the handle of "the Dipper"
It appears at 10 P. M , as a star of the firth
oiugoitude ll will yet be visible to the on
assisted eye for one week, and to the telescope
of the Earl of Rosse for four mouths.
Hravt Ordkk for Arms. A gunsmith in
Broadway, New York., has received an order
Troin the Government to manufacture twenty
tlldUSHIld llflet Vaalur.tae morniiwr ouoo.l
cases of arms were forwarded from the same
establishment to "M njor-General John C.
IV. L . T . - J ..
itmuui, ot. unuie, Alo.
tumorous lictcljcs.
A Thrilling Sea Tale.
TUB MAOIO U'U OR FHRKOK TUB PHICKLB.
An Exciting Romance of Land and Water.
CHAI'TKR I.
If you love me as 1 love you,
No knife can cut our love in two. Hill Pkjto.
Reader, have yo8ver stood on tbe heel,
path side of the Penna. Canal, ou one of
those mild January evenings peculiar to the
early autumn, ami watched the sun rise from
his gorgeous couch athwart Ihe western sky,
and listened to catch the warble of Ihe distaut
coul hetfvers, mingled with cries of a ragged
canal driver encouraging a pair of attenuated
Calico tnule? (If you don't remember at
once whether you liuve or not, tuke time to
consider and inform us through the post
office, enclosing a stamp.) It s Hi such a
time mid on such a spot that two solitury
youths mi(ht have been seen wulkiug aim in
arm in that vicinity uboul thut time. Need
we le!l you the one wus a riunyhler of p,u:r
but beultby pareuts, and tbe other wus her
lover r
Alter considerable time passed in reflec
tion, it appears rather necessary that we
should state the circumstances of tbe case,
hecause you wouldn't know it if we didn't.
The young limn had seeu ID springs, yet Old
be urge bis suit with a pas.-ion and ardor of
oue who attained the ripe age of fourscore
years and ten, and notwithstanding his
weight did not exceed one hundred and
twenty live pouuds, he couldn't hnve plead
harder bad Ii- weighed a Inn. Toe ui'iiden
was luir. Toothbrush hnudles could not com
pare with uer be-iuliliil leetli nmdu hy Dr.
L' cite j the raven's wing hud no more business
by the bide of b. r gh ssy curls limn a stove
brush. Can we wonder that the young until
swore that be would cheerfully catch Ihe
ineasels for hi r sake, and expressed a willing
ness lo h ,ve the sc-irlet lever the second Uuie
to prove lija n'evotiou 1
Alas ! the perversity of whom. Although
loving b'ui devotedly, she repliVd to his
anient di cl tration by sitting down on a stone
boat uud writing linn un intioducl.t n lo tbe
marines,, In v. hum she recoinineuded lo repeat
the narrative. Driven to frenzy, Caleb
turned so red in the face thut lie tore all the
buttons off Iiih vest, and frothed el his mouth
to such an extent thai he split a bran new
vest down the buck. Tbeu castiug upon her
a look of unutterable anguish, through a
pocket telescope, he cried' False one 1
farewell for r-ever !" threw a double baud
spring, and disappeared behind a high board
leucc. Pbetsbe Ami phuiutud.
CIUITKH It.
' Where are you going, lnd L.vel V She said,
'th, where are you going" svn,l ,10!
Tin going", my lady Nancy Uelie,
snruiiKe countries for It, see. see, see,
Stluuire countries fur to see.' 2aXoV Ores.
We left Pbeebe Ann in a swoon, or rather
Caleb did. As soco as Consciousness Came,
1'beebe Anu cuine too, and then she reiiie.n.
bored with u pang thut she had driven Caleb
away. She called aloud 'Ou lebl Ci
leb I' but 00 Caleb answered. However
well other Calebs might answer for others.
Dooe but her Caleb could answer for ber, uud
be couhlu'l because he wasn't within beariug.
1'beu she recalled his love for the briny deep
wuicu luuuceii nun, wueti a mere lad, to ruu
away from bums and drive on Ihe canal
Afterwards his lather buinoring his passions
lor riding on ibe mouutum wave and climbing
towenug muHls, procured for him, through
ins h.Uui lieu with the 1 resident i f '.be United
Stales, the appointment of third ussistunl
locK leuder. W bul luore natural, thought
Pbeebrt, than for biui lu follow his yuulhlul
pasaiuos aud go fur a tailor 1 After deep
reflection her face brightened up, aud the
hurried away to execute a suddenly loriuud
desigu. What waa It T We shall tee.
CUAI'TICtt in.
Oils (in the money, two for tbe shnw,
Three tn reuse ready, and four for to go
Wsti. VVUAT!! !!
Before explaiuiug ibe meaning of tbia
thrilling ejaculation, let ns take a review of
things at the period of our story. Old
Bourbon, who it now in Kentucky, ecgaged
in the whiskey business, swayed the sceptre
of Franc. Gin ruled Holland, and Sweden
waa governed a good deal by tbe price of
Swede's iron. Wales wat jast beginning to
he celebrated for ber lriuti of Walt-,' and
Spain wat getting up excursion to Put-in-bay.
Glancing at tbe New World Jerry
lidiay wat weighing candles on Staten Is
land aod had tint then dreamed of driving
tha pope in 'Rome Swamp' io tbe name of the
Continental Congress ; aud Christopher Co
low bus, having completed bit labor by
discovering Sandusky, bad retired to tbe
Hermitage at tbe oortb bend of Ataliud ao
Monnt Vernon, and wat writing ror the New
York Ledger.
OHAPTER IV,
Now eome th tug. Jacc PWTt.
When Caleb left the phickle Pbeebe, It
was with the determination never to see her
again. He would be a wanderer. He would
land oo other lands and climb foreign climes ;
he would go and be an ancient manner
Filled wilh this desperate resolve be sought
his boarding house, put a clean shirt and
collar io a cotton valise, end started for the
river A gallant tug lay at the dock, which
he boarded aod requested to sen the captain.
A sailor, whose voice was deeply bronzed by
exposure to the Tropic or Barleycorn, ep.
peured at the top mizeo gungway, and in
formed him thut Ihe captain wus engaged in
the cabin. He was being presented with a
bosom pin and a gold headed cune by a
ferryman who was about to retire Irom office.
Tbe presentation was wholly unexpected.
After a considerable d. lay Caleb was in
vited to descend. When he entered the
cabin he was struck with the youthful end
delicate iinponrunce of the captain. He was
about to li II him he had come to ship before
the well, smokestack, when the supposed
cuptuin raised his cap, and a shower of cork
screw surls fell upon his shoulders
"What!" exclaimed tbe lover in amaze
ment. "I'h -ebo Ann 1"
'Caleb !"
They rushed into each other's arms. After
an embruce which cuused the thermometer in
the cabin to rise to ninety nice tlegrees in
thesh'tde, mutual expldliatioDS followed
She hud designed his purpose to go lor a
sailor, and resclved to thwart it. The captain
of the tug, being an aunt of hers, had allowed
her to be captain Tor that day, and chauce
bad done the rest. Pbeebe Ano was peni
tent, Caleb forgiving, aud that Very day tbey
agreed before a oiiuister to share the lug of
life together.
Bul little more remains to be told. Caleb
: couldn't be persuaded to give op bis passion
i for the raging main, notwithstanding the
ntreaties of his wife, and so she compromised
j the matter by allowing Inui to tend a saw
mill, aud he stil! fullows that daring and
perilous profession.
j Important Suggestions Army Regu
lations.
"Brick" Pomerov. of the Lacrosse Dtmn.
crat says that be intends to submit to the
ar Department a few modifications and
suggestions, wlucb, if adopted, as he has
oo doubt Ihey will be, will add much t0
the efficiency of the army, to tbe comfort
of ihe soldier, and will lesseo the expense :
SuoKsrioN 1 No soldier shall be c-ruered
on any duly where bis life might bo placed
io dauger. i bis will do away witb recruiting
officers,
Suo. 2 Officers shall always be first to
treat, as they always are to re treat.
Sto. 3 Piivates should always have their
sweel-bearls along tbat they may leuru to flv
arms ; or tbtr wives thut may feul -uuder '
restraint. 1
Sua. 4. Iu behalf of ilia short soldiers we j
object, to the short soldiers being always'
placed in tlm I'ruiit r.:nk liuiir'r nr. en'oii:'- !
ineiit, s it give them thu hottest place "under j
tire ' and Ihey are Decessanly iu the rear on a '
retreat, subject to receiving unsoldierly
wounds from the points the euetny's bayonets. I
Ouite a point. I
Si'G i All sentries should be allowed a I
young ludy to stand guard with Ibe llu.e 1
would seem so much shorter. 1
fcko G A dentist should examine the '
teeth of each soldier, and lubel on the buck
ol the head what duty the grinders can do j
tender middling tuugh ur extra tough !
The waiter will then know what sort nf meal !
lo give each limn thai uoue he waited.
Sio. 7 Soldiers who cannot etend a 1
charge should never receive a discharge.
Sio. 8. Officers, reciving higher pay,
should go afoot' and let the privates ride.
Si'G. 9 S--Idlers should ulways keep
their urms, uud if possible, their legs with
I liuin
St t, 10 -None but paterftttnilas should 1 1 '' ""f ,bul ,11U'9 fP'W0"'8 into bearing
belong to the liil'aiit-v ! tmmeoutely, and a suiull plantation of them
Slo ll.-The sapters and miners should ' Wll ""l'p'j; " ahundance t.Hruitoftbe finest
bemadeupofutiderwilted men and soldiers 1 1"''l- 1 heir impoitance taj been alto
not yel of age. ,'"r overlooked.
Stu. 12.None bnt scholars should be ' .. 1 . lruli WJl1' el,tt'''". i that when
senl oul us bkii iniebers, as tbey are the best
to Hy to covers.
Sen. 13 To make u gooj ttaud, get a !
company of cuhinet, uihkera. I
Stu. 14 Alwuys romeiiilier that troops!
will stand a holler lire iu January thuu iu !
July.
" " J
Omittinu) too Mich A good natured, ,
money. making, up country Jouolhun. "got j
things fixeii," and struck up a bargain for i
matrimony; having no particular regard fori
appearar.y. M, ihe parties agreed to employ a I
country jusl.ee lo put up the tackling. lie
commenced thu ceremonies by remarking
that "it was ciisloinury on such ncciismna to
commencu with a prayer, hut he believed he
I would onill that ;' oo tieing the knot he said
j "it was customary to give Iho married couple
, Some advice, but he believed he would ouwt
! thai, it was customary to kiss the bride, but
' he boheved he would 0111't that also." Ti e
ceremony being euded, Jonathan took the
: squire by the bullunhoie, aud ciappmg his
j tiuger lo his uose, said "Squire it is ctisloma
1 ry to give the nuuistrate live dollars but I
! b'licce I II omit thut."
t58 A man rosy
thing that he cub'l
undertake so tinny
ovei'lbke one-half of
Ibaui.
"Isn't your bill awfully steep ?" inquired
spendthrift of bis tailor. "Yuu ought, to
know best, for it wss run up by y 00," was Ihe
cool reply.
Tbe most successful progress is that 1 ' the
man who rolls tbe wheelbarrow, fur be carries
all before biui.
Whit is that which we can all mul.e, hut
which it never leeu after it ii made ? A
bow.
People teem very eneasy jnat now. No
womlor, when everybody is sitting upou
thorn.
"Jknnt." said Scotch minister, Hooping
from bis pulpit, "have ye got a peen about
ye 7 "x 8. minister. "inenstica 11 into
tbat eleepmg brute 0 a man o yours ty your
side."
Three hundred and 6ftf of tbe Ellsworth
Zouaves paraded to day, all that are left here
of the entire regiment. Beside it loss at tne
Bull Run ficht. large outnber bave goi away
from camp and gone to New York aud other
placet wherever ll was convenient tor u u
to obtain shelter. Col. taronain uu uvi
command to day.
A Fact When man wantt money, or
assistance, tbe world, as a rule, is very
obliging and indulgeat, and lelt bin want
it.
o c t r 2
. THE OLD FARM HOUSE.
At the font of the hill, near thl old red mill,
In a quiet, shady spot,
Just peeping through, h.dfhld from hW,
(Stands a little grass grown enf;
And straying through the open door.
The suubeam pluy on the sanded door.
Th ensy chaii, all patched with rare,
Is placed hy the old hearth stone ,
With witching face, in the old liie place,
The evergreen are atrewn,
And picture hnng on the whitened wall,
And tho old clock ticks in the rottage hall.
More lovely ill, on th wind iw sill
The dew-eved llower rest,
While midst the leave, on the inoss'grown eaves,
The mariin builds her nest.
And ail day long thu summer breef.a
is whispering love to the bending trees.
Over the door, all covered o'er,
Wilh a sock of dark green bsixo,
Lny a ui'isket old, whose Worth II tolj
In the events of other days;
And the powder flask, aud the hunter's horn,
Have hung beside it for many a morn.
For years have find, with a noiseless tread,
Like fairy dresmsawav,
And left in their flight, all shorn of hi might,
A father old nod gray;
And the soft wind play with his snow-white hair,
A the old man leep in hi easy chair.
In at tho door, on the sanded floor.
Light, fairy footsteps glide,
And a maiden fair, with fi.txcn hair,
Kneels by the uhl man's side
An old oak, wrecked hy the angry strnn.
While the ivy clings to it trembling form.
Jmmcrs' gepavtmcnt.
Pruning Apple Trees.
It is a pretty well established fact that Sp.
pie trees, aod we would add pear trees, ptun
ed from ihe middle of July to the middle of
August, sustain tbe operation wilh tuaca
more advantage Ibac if pruned at any other
period ol the year. If pruoed at tbe time,
Ihe wound will heal over, and make, what
! oru,ins would say of a properly amputated
,,r ,e8- bvctlsome stump, jr th.
! Druucht!S be lopped in wititer or spring, the
I stump generally leaves a perpntuul scar j
I 0Dl Bf'er tDH iaP 9 commenced flowing ;
I a bare bone as it were, projected from tba
I 'lving Prls of tbe tree, end remsiniug '.here
i DDtl'. 'l rot8 wneu frequently the decty
c,,nl!lm"" ou HS son or gangrene, io the
veiy iieari oi tne tree, much to Itt injury.
Vl bo hat not ouserved tbit io hit experi
ence T
We bave more thon. once witness-,! tha
benefits of pruning iu midsummer, and have
always beeu impressed with the advuntugea
over the system generully pursued. On one
or two occasions, some years ago we udvertod
to the fact, end now again cull attention tl
it, especially as the seasuu for tryiug it U at
iiutoi.
S.x or eight yeois 1150, s Erst-clsas furmer
upon a leased place, trimmed the nppie trees
in midsummer, at which tho landlord who
hud greater pretention lo running than his
tenant, was very inJignant, uud threatened
a suit fur dumoges ; but in oue year after
when we saw the slumps, a mere perfect
success wus uever accomplished. Ger,
7W.
Dwarf Apple Trees
Dwatr apple culture, which bus yet recel
verl but litiie attention, is a subject deserving
the especial notice or fruit growers. The
apple, us a ataudurd, bus been almost exclu
ded from suburban gurdens on account of the
loom required for the trees, and their long
time coining into bearing. But dwarf applo
trees, as objects of ornament us well as luxu
ry, are scarcely less vutualile lhau tte pear.
j r' . . y r,ru!m8 more ,ru:t
" U, JCU. "" i'y
man is ueejeu, ana iney ao nni aUord a
Variety or succession, unless sorts ure grafted
on a tree. Dwarfs obviule this ; o singletree;
or two produces us many of one soi t as are
wanted, aud thd little room they occupy
allows the planting of two or three dnzeu
Vailelies, which lipeth their fruit every week
from July to winter. Thev supply the pus-
sesej.- wub apple or varied beauty, dissuni-
lur flavor, aud lux highest excellence Am,
t'ur.
-
Csbbkoks It may not be new to all,
tuougii 11 uouoness will be 10 some of your
.leaders, that Blieep's dung applied to cul'bi-
gesjusl about the time they are closing their
heads, nol uuly lias tbo elldct or causing the
heads to increase iu size and become I. no,
bul il inukes them keep belter in winter.
The uianuru should be placed close .round
th stems, uud slintiy boed in. Ao appli
cation of wiiler shortly after ihe manure has
been applied. udiN greatly to its efficacy. It
is a mailer of (hso!uie importance that the
sheep 111 a 11 ure should be applied ut thu time
above uumi .1. just when the heads are about
closing. As the heads iu a patch of cabbages
do not all close at :!in same lime, some dis-
criiiiiai.Uiin must he nbserved io t'..
e appltca-
liou. laruitr and (lur.hner.
Tomatofs. The folioa.rg method of pre.
paring toii.utoed for Ihe table, we are assured
by one who ha made tbe ei perimeut, ia
superior to anything yet discovered for tbe
preparation of that excellent vege'shle j
Tttlie good ripe tomatoes, cut them in siie 1
and cpriukhi over t hem finely pulverized
whue '.ie'ir, th"u add claret nine sufficviit
to cover them. TciiiaWvs are mmeiiu-s
prepared io this way wilh diluted vinegar,
but ibe claret wine imparts to them a richer
and more pleasant flavor, more Dearly
resembling the strawberry tbau anything
else "
Old Gakhfs All gardeus especially
old ones should bave a dressing of lime
every live ur in years. If before the lima it
applied, tbey were dug twenty iotbet deep,
and tbe subsoil thrown 00 top, tbe 1 )'.. ct
wuld be doubly at productive. Athet and
salt every liiree or four year, are excellent.
Maoy persons enrich their garden heavily
year alter year with barnyard maoore, aud
tbeo wonder that their erupt are annually
growing less. If they would foliow 1 or sys"
tem of occasionally liming, aahirs and salting
as we have of leu recommended of count)
only applying oue of these ageott in any one
year, tbe ground would toon by brought back
10 its original lertinty.
Digging deeply tbe garden lata Id the fall,
allowing ibe ground 10 lay IQ luuipi, for tbe
action of the trust through tbe winter, wul
I s be found to have an eilal affevt-