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fifteen do do 20 00
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eulnMriptiun to the Amtriean.
Club tuWrlpiloni must tie Invariably paid In ad
vance, and sent to one addrrs.
If subscribers ncttlect or refuse to take their nowi
papem from the office to which they are directed, thoy
are reumntirle until they have settled the hills and
Oidctcd them discontinued '
l-ustmruteri will please act an our AgcnU, and
frank liitor containing subscription money. They
are permitted to do this under tlio t'oat Office I.nw.
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One square of 12 Hum, 3 time, VI W
livery auhsttiui'iit In'Crllrm, , 2
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liiisinusa turtle of 4 ifnee, per annum, t 00
VUirrhaiita and oibere advertising by the year,
with the privilege of Inserting differoul ad
vertising wel,ly, 10 04
. lSerinws notice irnertfd In the Local Coi.lnv.r.r
Inlori' MnrrinK'K aud iMaUis, VI VK Cii.NTS 1'KR
LINK "or ench insrtiiii.
Ijf bv-er AdiortijemenU as per agre,mtnt.
ion r i n t v a .
We have connected with oar crtnbliidiment a mr
Mloctcd JO II OWlCJi, which will ennblo aa W
execute, in tho utalut stylo, ever; variety of
Printing.
MERICAI.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY II. B. MASSER, SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, .PENNSYLVANIA.
NEW SERIES, VOL. 1G, NO. 10.
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 00, 18G3,
OLD SERIES, VOL. 22, NO. 30
SMBURI
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ywTuc LiarafTu'i.rifFrwmNCt,y
BALTIMORE
LOOK HOSPITAL.
EHTAIlUSIlKD AS A "REFUGE FIIOM QL'ACK
KKY. THE OXLY rl.AVE IVJIEIIE A CVKE
VAX HE OliTAlXED.
DR. JOHNSTON line dlwivered the most Certain,
Speedy and only Effectual ltemody in the
World for nil Private I liseflan, Weakness of the Back
vr Limbs. Strictures. Affection of tiie Kidneys and
''ladder. Involuntary Discharges, IiiilaiK'r,Mene
ral Debility, Nervousness, yH?wy, Languor. Low
Spirit. Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of the Heart,
Timidity. Trembling. Dimness of Sight or t'iddiness.
Disease of the Head. Throat, Now or akin, Aflt'ctiona
of the Liver, Lung. Stomach or bowels thoe Tcrri
Ailo Disordura arising from the Solitary Habit of
Youth lliosc secret and aolitary practices luoro filial
to their victims thnn the song of Syrens to the Ala
Viners of llyssc. blighting their most brilliant hopes
tor anticipations, rendering tnnrrlnge, Ac, ini'tHisi
ile. VOI.Xalli:.
Especially, alio have become the victims of Solitary
Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit which
annnttttv sneeps to an untimely grave thousands of
.Young .Men of the iiKwt exalted tulenll and brilliant
."ntrtleet. who might otherwise have ctitraiiced lislen
Hng SVintte with the thunders of t'lociut'ni'o or waked
to ccstnty the livinj; lyre, may cull willi full coii
Udt'iicv. lAititiifji:.
Married Persons, or Young Men contemplating
marriage, being aware of physical weakness, organic
'debility, deforinitii'S. Ac. speedily cured.
llenho places himself under" the care ofDr.J.
may religiously confide in his honor as a gentleman,
and confidently rely uii his skill as a Physician.
UiHi A S 1 W K A la . I CSM
Imuiediately Cured, and Full Vigor Hestored.
This liistressiin; Affection which renders Life
vulserable and marriage imposMble I the prnnlty
paid by the victims at improper indulgences. Young
firrsons are too apt to commit excesses from not
eiitg aware of the dreadful consequences that limy
ensue Now, whe that understands the subject will
pretend to deny that the power of procreation is lost
sooner by thu- lulling into improper habits limn by
the prudent ! llesides being deprived the pleasures
of healthy offspring the most serious and destructive
symptoms to tioth laaly and mind arise. The system
becomes lcriiiigcd, the Physical and Mental Func
tions Weakened. I,oss of Procroative Power, Nervous
Irritability. Jysiepsa. Palpitation of the Heart, ,
Indigestion, t'oiistiiutional lebility. a Wasting of
the frniue. Cough. Consumption. I irony ami Heath j
Olll!o, o. 7 Son Hi Fi-fslorii-U Slro-t j
Left hand sidj going from liallimore street, a few ,
doors from the corner. Fail not to obsiTve numc ',
and number. j
Letters must be paid and contain a stamp. Th
Ito"tor'f Hiplomas hung in hisofiice. I
avi m: utieievvM:i im iu
iiavn. j
SS'o Mcrcvry or Konsrovi firvt.
Ilt. JOII AS I OA.
Member of the Itn.Vttl (nlh-jzo of StirjrcntH. I.nmlon, ;
GriitluntA from fttif of lliu imttt iMiiiiicnt rolk-jfrs in
the I niU'J Statis, jin.l the jrrt'atir imrl of lioft' lito ;
lint bffti a irn t in w lm-ti(Hlf of l.umloii, I'ari., !
J'hila.i'l'!iiii nnl Haulier.-. 1ms ilUfh.t mudv of,
the nutft nlonihint; eurcTt tlil wrv rvi-r known ; -itmuT
trouMfd with riiitfinjf in tin head hihI tar.
wln-ri a"Urj. rt'iit iHTVou-noai, hein iihtrinel at j
ruJtlrn ihiuikN. hH-l,fnliic". with fmurnt lilnliinj;. I
utten-irtl MiuifiiiiHti with iK'mngoiuciit ofiuind. wvrv j
riirl iiniMtfttialrlv.
rtiii: iMiait H.AK .vniri:,!
1r. J. ni lrc-('r nil thono who hiivo injnrtd them- !
flvv hy inipmpt-r inilulnencc mid fHilitary hitliitf, '
whh'h ruin hoth luidy and mind, untitling tUom lor i
rithrr huHini'm?. ftudy. mk-IvIv or imirrinf. !
Tiit.HK nro wine of diu i id ami niHuiicholv fflVct
produced hy early habile of youth, viz: Weakm-M of!
tl r Hnt'k and I. hub-, I'liin in the Head. IHihium-h of j
.iifht, I.o!M uf Mii-cular iVnvi-r. I'nliitatioii of the .
llcart. lyjM'Hy. Nrrvotu Initabilily. I'crat.rinrnt ;
of tin J)i(;otivi' l-'uiictioiii', lifia-rn! lK'hility, Syuip
Ioiiik of I'uiii'utiiplioii, Ac. j
Mkntai.lv. TIm- ft nrful rfiVrUon the tnind are '
niuoh to be dreaded l4u of .Mt itiury. Colli tidoii of
Jlea., epre!t(iu of SjiirilK KviIKorebodii'. Aver- !
t-iun to Society, Stli-I'i-trnst. Lovo of Solitude,
Timidity, aro mctf llie evil? prodiwcd. ;
Tiioi sanus of person: ( all ii'S can lion jude
ivhnt i: the cause of tlicir decliuin health, iosiu '
their vipr. ht-rorniiihC weak, pale, nervous and ,
einncinled, havinjc a eingiihir nppiaranee about the,
eve., cough nud vmptotnn of eoiiiiinptioii. '
M'ho have iiijured thcinselvei. by h certain practice '
indulged in when alone, a habit freipiently learned '
from evil companions, or nt feboid. the Vtleel of
which arc nightly b it, even when aleep. and if not
en red rruiltT marriage impible. and de troys '
both mind und body, tdioiild apply imnieiltalely. j
V'hnt ft pity that a yoiinf mini, the hope' of hw
country. the darting uf hif parents, -Ik-uI.I besnatehed j
from all profpeet?. and eiijny tnentn of life, by the J
C'tii-crjiicnce of de iattiif? from the path of nature
and iiiduljriiijr in a certain secret hubil. Sueu perstAU !
Wt ST, beforo COIlteiiipltitilii:
n'Oect that a sound inind ami lody nro the nnvt ,
liecetary rt,quiite to promotr uoiimtbial happinew. ;
.Indeed without these, the journey through life be- '
coiue a weary pilrtiuae; the profKct hontiy
darkeiim to l he view; the mind becotueit flhudoweti
with despair and filled with the melancholy rcllec
tuui that the happiiit'Ki, of uiiothcr bccomeH blghted
witti our own
M'hen t'le ttiifjMihled and Impriitlfnt votary of ',
jK-;iure fimN that he ha imbibed tho weds ofthi i
painful disease. It too often happen that an ill-timed
hv nge of fhame, or dread of difovery. den m him '
from applying to those who, from eduention and!
retivlahility, can ah me befriend him. dt laying till
the conKtilulioual fymptoniK, of (hit horrid di.eau
lnuke their apjicartiiiee, iueh a ulcerated Hire
throat. dixcaM'd no.-c, iMX-luriiitl pain in the head ,
and limbs, dimuc otVihl, deafne, node on tho
i,;., iu,..uU at,A Hi-ma ..n ii... u...i
etr:mitic!, proivin w ilh frightful rapidity, till
nt lu;t the pulate of the mouth or the boneii of tho
Tutno fall in, and the vietim of thin awful disease
become a horrid object of coQ.iuUH-rntH.il. till death
put if a period to hi dreadful funY'ring.. by (tending
him to "that I ndi-eovered C'oiiulry froui Hheuee Uo
traveller return'
It U iMcltnisltolfi ftiet that thounaiuh fall vfcliinl
to hit terrible di-eae. owintuthu unfkillfulneMt of
ignorant preteuden. who. by the uo of that Jiemtif
Juiun, jlrrrnry, ruin the coii.-tUuliuu bud Uiako
(he residue of lile micerable.
KI IC AA4.i:iCM
TruM not your lives, or health, to the care of the
many I'ulearned and Worthier Pretenders. deHtilute
of knowledge, name or character, who copy lr.
JohiiKtou'n advvrtweuientti, or Ktyle theniHelves, in
the inewKpiipird, regularly Kducated 1'hynicianR,
inenpuble of Curing, they keep you trilling month
after umuth taking their filthy mid oiHiiut oom
pouudi,or long hi theemalleat fee can he obtained,
und in despair. Ieae you with ruined health Ic eih
over your gutliug disappointment.
lr Johiuton in the only I'hyaician adverti.-ing.
Jiitt cretleutialor diploman always hang in huotfice.
remidien or treatemeut are unkuowo to all
others, prepared from a life Kpcut hi the great ho.
itaUof Kuropc, the first in tho country and a more
extensive Private J'ractiet thau auy other l'hytciau
in the world,
iAiHriti:iu: i orTin: pickmm.
The many thouwind cured at thut tustitution year
after year, and the nuniervw imjiorUnt Surgical
0Hrationi. pcrhriued by I'r, lokunton. witneMHed by
the report era of the "Sun," "Clipper," and many
other paper, uolieen of which have apjtcarcd agaiu
and again be tore tho public, beiiiUv bi n lauding ai
a gentlemuu of character and repouibilily, il
milieieiit guarantee to the afflicted
iimi:ai:mmii:i:iii,v
Trruiiui writing nhould he particular in directing
their letter lo hi. liutilutioii, to the following mauer
Of the Half imnrc Lock Hot-pita!, Uultiaiorc, Md
Februury I'l. y.
i:i.i:4Mvr '.iiim iu: tiwiti:.
NnW IS T1IKTIMKT0 FILL YOl'R AL1JIMS.
IX roustquineo of the seareity of change. I will sell
mv eln-nul 1 LNcnillAl'U t'AUHt l Vl.SlTfc
luKTUAllS.
it'ru I'ur due luUar,
tscnt by Biuil l'oage paid.
These rardia are best puUUbfd and are peraia
.nil. Tht v eaibsaee all Ihe onnoil al ,o enerali o
ftk 4JUI v, Freirideiil, V'abiuet. ic. Also two uf the
yroalcal iillians unbuaj Jlr t'aad BtALHtGAKU
i,'aUlogueK'iit ou appliwilKUl.
fciuiple copies aeut on reooipt of Ten Cents.
JoUS 1AIM V.
77 FsBSt d tl . t'bU4(lpbi.
fsfUB er l&i'
JUST OPENED!
E. Y. BRIGHT & SON,
I NVITE tbc early altcution of cash ur
clm.scM to their choice, vnriucl nnil exten
sive asHortment of FHK8II AY IN TEH
GOODS whu:h they oflcr.at reasonable
prices. Our tstock euibraces
A full line of Handsome Drcsti Good,
A nice lot of Domestic Dry Goods,
A choice supply of fine White Goods,
A great variety of Boots and Shoes,
A lnre tock of Queens and Glassware,
A very extensive lot of Hardware,
Hutu and Cups and Keudy Made Clothing
Groceries of all kind, fresh aud pure,
Drugs Faints Glass aud OiU.
WE INVITE
particular nttontion tn tlic fnllnwin lino of
(.looils, suitable forjloliilay Presents,
l't-al Heavy Iilankct Shawls,
French lllunkct and llroclie Shawls,
Hoosery for I.ailiei, Gentit unci Children,
I.a.lies Glove in jrreat almnilance,
A complete stock of Gcnta Gloves,
Fancy Shirting nml Opera Flannel,
Assorted colors liahnorul Skirts,
Skeleton Skirts in great Variety,
Zephyr Opera, Caps and Nuhias,
Fine Sable Furs nnd Muffs,
Fine 'White Linen Handkerchiefs,
Colored border Camhrie Handkerchiefs,
Ileal Bandanna Silk Handkerchiefs,
Gents Silk Xeck Tie and Cravatts,
Fine needle worked Collars,
Super I'.laek l.ovc. Veils,
Silk Tissues of assorted Shades,
Ilibbons, J.aees, Kdginj;s und ltutlliugs,
Fine lilaek Mohair Caps,
Shawl Fins and Scarf Pins,
Perfumery, Pomades and Soaps,
Puck Purses and fancy Port Monaies,
First rate Skates, ready strapped,
Nice Hair Finishes and Pocket Combs,
Kxtra good Penknives and Scissors,
Children Gum Gilded Combs,
Ac., Arc, Ac.
Sunburv, Dec. 20, l!?0'.
.fi.iKsi:its i'.tTiv'r . MVi: uiv
in; I'ki:i:xi:ki
As lni.roi,, f,,r 1S.'i9 nml I SAO,
!y K. KKTCIIAM CO., 2s'j IVBrlKt., Xiw Vork.
TIllIK only FrwiiT ronnlructiHl on n'ii'iilifin jirin
I ciplt1. nilli H revttlviii; can mul spring LlnWe
ncm Kr. The om li;itiMt. Iht I'riMv.inut the creuiu -ttivntlifr
nmovi!t it ti fust us rrozrii.
I'hu Haiti rnphl in IVft-ziiif;. with thv leust rjuiintity
of iou.
Tilt niop'l M'unoniit'iil iiit'iist. tin it i tilt niiiPt "iuijilo
ini'l (lurnl'li- in -iriiftiin-.
For Mik' in till Hit' pr i tiei j ;i I cilii" mid tnhr in the
I'lii'iii.
Kafli IVt't-riT aooi'iiijiiuiicil n ilh m book of rtswpi's
und full directions.
imiicks.
,1 iinnrts,
4 (pinn,
fi (iinrls.
8 qutirls,
1 1 timrlM,
f .1 on
4 (HI
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6 Oil
ft 00
u qiuiris.
Ulllirt
il oo
Am.lv to II. B. M ASS Kit, yuuburv. Pa.
Miirt-U W, ISi'.J.
ito4 i4i:i i:i.i.i:it .v itovi:it.
Attorneys at Law, Sunbury. Pa
4 .KIHIIAN UOt'KKI Kl.t.int mid iLOMOX
, H. llnYKIt, respcelfiill.v aiinnimcv lhat (lie
liave entirt'd into oopfirlnorst.ip fn the prrtllre of
their f.roft'sston. and will continue to attend to nil
r.ii.-iiiet's cntriKted to their t'lmrtre. in the counties
nf Ntn'thiiniherliind. rnion, 8nyder nnd Montour,
prouipilv. fiiilhlully and eurefullv. Fpeeinl ntten
lion will be (riven to the t'nl.l.KCTIo.N'S OK
CLAIMS. Ci.nsultutiona can bo had in the tlKlt
MAN luii!iiuie.
dltiee Mnrket street. npjNwite Wearer's Hotel.
Sunbury, Febrimry 1. In0.
ItriiiKlit'H, VinH. 4. Ih. Ac, "
rilHK autMM'ribor. hatini; o.eue in ThoiiiKon
1 liriek iiuil.liii;;. Mill ilrect, Hauvillc, large
and complete stock of
FOUKIUX AM DOMESTIC tlQlOKS,
compritiuf! the best brnmls of Urtuidies, (in, Old
Itye, Seoteh and Irish Whiskey, I'ort, t-herry. Ma
deira. I'lialiiiu.'lif aud other Wines, of all tirades, all
ol whieh will he sold Wholesale, at tho lowest city
prices. Tavern-kL-eiH.'rs, by buying of us, can savi)
II least the freight,
l'trsoiu. desirous ufpurehuiu luuitr$ for
I' A M II, Y I S E ,
jiay rely iiii K-ing furuished wilb a pure and
unadulterated article.
J JieiiiK dcterniiued to establish a reputation for
selling cheap, he repcetfiilly solicits tho uitronagc
of the public. All order, prompt ly attendeit to.
JUKKMIAUS. HALL.
Danville, June lii. IMO.
'I'lic SI. IouIm,
Cte.itiitt Street, hetuttu Third ami FourA,
l'lULADELI-UlA.
rplin dntlmlKncd, liaTiuK lensod. for a term of
X years, this utpular hoaae, have the pleasure of
announcing to tueir friends' and the trorclintf com
munity thut it is now open for the receptiou of quests.
The houau, siiK'e the urst of Murcb last, haa been
entirely renovated and rclillcd iu a superior manner;
the aiwrtnieiits are large, well veuliluled and fur
uished in modern si tic. Il isentrally located,
convenient to all the depot ipid sleuuilukt landiiijrs,
and in the immediate vicinity of tho Custom House,
I'oxt Office and the Corn hxchange.
Connected with the Hotel is a Restaurant for the
aeooiuuioduliou of those preferring the Kuropean
plau. Price, of Itooms from Three to Seven Italian
per week, according to locution.
board $ 1 ioperday. Tal.led'Hoto for merchant
and busiuet lutu from 1 to 3 I'. M.
1IKXUY KKIL.
ISAAC L. DEV0E.
April 12, 1602. ly
Vnr! Alar! War!
COME FIIOM THF. SOHTU,
COME FIIOM THE gOUTll.
COME FIIOM TIIE EAST,
COME FROM THE WEST
Pave Ihe country and build you reel tea Lome, for
now if Ihe liaie to get vour Luaibcr cheap. Yea, .
LV.VUEK ! LVMUEU ! ! LVMBER ! ! !
can be purchased at low rate at the fcTEAM SAW
MILL of
IK A T. CLEMEXTt.SUyiHH Y, PA.,
Such as Pnael Luuil.t r. Frame Lumber, Boards, Pi
tliug. Khinglea from f3 10 M Pr thousand, 1'laatering
Laih, Taliug, Uooftug Lath, lo., ie.
All bills ntdored, for any kiwi of Lumber, will be
furnished at the shortcut aeluw.
JItA T. CLESIIXT.
Bui.l.ury, March 9, ISfit.
I'ruultliu IIoumc,
pEIU ILT AXD REFrBMSHED, Cor. Howaisl
1 V aud Frauklia Street, a few tMuarae Weat of lb
Northern Centra lUilrewl Up, UALTlilUUE-
Ic-Tanas, $1 rta liar.
(. LFI-ENBrMO, Prrti.i'r
July 1, - if
'rim mm: or uuikuho'h
CAVAL.IIV.
Arrival or the I'orcon nt Union
ICoukc l:ltbt llnndrcil SHIos
Iu MiliLlfcn Iuy A Hold
Mtrokr.
ly the New Orleans papers of May 0, we
have particulars of the arrival at . Raton
Kongo of the Sixth and Seventh Illinois
cavalry, nine hundred strong (Colonel Gricr
son's expedition), who cut their wav through
the whole, length of Jlississippi. They
Htartcd from La Grange, Tenn., on the morn
ing of the 17th tilt., and reached Baton
llouge on the evening of 2d May, perform
ing the whole distance in sixteen days.
They made a zig-zag course through the
state, sometimes striking east, sometimes
west, but pushing south the whole time. In
this way they travelled probably 800 miles,
averaging over forty miles a day. During
part of the journey they travelled eighty
miles iu twenty-eight hour, had three en
counters with the enemy, destroyed two
bridges, tore, up the track, nnd swam two
livers.
The force consisted of the Sixth Illinois
cavalry, Lieutenant-Colonel Loomis ; the
Seventh Illinois cavalry, Colonel Ktl. Prince,
and six pieces of artillery, two pound cali
bre, the whole under command of Colonel
Grierson of the Sixth Illinois. On their way
from La Graitire down through the centre of
Mississippi, they destroyed bridges, railroads
depots, engines, cars, rebel stores of all
kinds anil in immense quantities. Their
route embraced a breadth of more than
twenty miles, and everything that could be
used by the rebels that fell ill their way was
destroyed. The telegraph, too, was cut in
un immense niimhrr of places; intact pi
complete was the destruction, and so rapid
and mysterious their movements, that the
rebels were bewildered, and this hand of
heroes were in ISaton Jtoiigc before the rebels
knew who they were, or what they were, or
where they came from.
The force at starling including the Se
cond Iowa cavalry, Colonel Hatch, as well as
I lie Sixth and Seventh Illinois, already men
tioned, comprising about seventeen hundred
men. From l.n Grange they inarched nearly
due south, halting tit night live miles north
of ltipley, in Marshall county.. Next morn
ing the column moved to ltipley. whence
the Second lo-.va started for New Albany.
At Clear Springs, in Chicasaw county, Col.
Hatch, with his command, started south
easterly lo West Point, in Lowndes county,
tut the .Mobile and Ohio liailrnad. After
that Colonel Grierson heard nothing of the
Second Iowa, except occasionally Illinois
through the rebels.
ItltlSK WOltK.
Xear JCew Albany the Tallahatchie is
crosst-d by a bridge, where they fust met
signs of Ihe enemy. On the opposite side is
a steep hill, whieh would have enabled a
few men to hold at buy a large force. In
stead of charging ou the bridge they threw
out skirmishers, and fortunate enough they
diil, for they found the bridge Jiartly de
stroyed. The pickets were dri en oil', ami
the skirmUhcrs rejoined the main column
lower down, hen the whole force entered
the town.
They then moved on Pontotoc, where they
destroyed some salt, the camp ami garrison
cipiipnge of a cavalry company, ami also a
gunsmith's shop. A mail from the Poit
ollief was secured, and ulso u large quantity
of oats.
Ou Ihe morning of the 2(th about one
hundred and seventy live of the nu n who
were the least effective, w ith some prisoners,
under command of Major Love, were sent
back to La Grange, with orders to send
scouts to cut thu telegraph wires, ut Ox
ford. A few jiiilcs beyond Starkille a tannery,
continuing u number of army boots, shoe's,
saddles, bridles, anil a large quantity of
leather, was entirely destroyed. The value
is estimated lit twenty-five thousand dollars.
In the biiiltling they found a negro chained
lo the Ho ir, with ait iron collar roulid his
neck, and there kept at work day and r.ight
for running away. Thai man was taken
through to I la ton ltotige.
A march of twenty-six miles brought the
forces to Louisville, Winston county. Most
of the route lay throtigh a dense swamp,
frequently to the horses' bellies in water.
At one point it was so deep the horse's swam
over, and some got drowned, with a narrow
escape lor their riders. They thru pushed
on to Philadelphia, Neshoba county, where
there is a bridge over the Pcari rhcr, which
the rebels undertook to destroy, but they
precipitately tied us our force approach
ed. Later in the day a brigade under Colonel
Blackburn and Major Gntlmin wus sent to
strike the railroad at Ieratur, Newton coun
ty. Here they captured a train of thirteen
cars, which was just about starting, loadetl
with quartermasters' and commissary Mores,
including ammunition and buuib-bliclls in
large quantities. They had scarcely se
cured this train and got it on the side track
when another t rain tf twenty-live cars, load
ed with railroad ties, came into the depot,
which was alio secured. Wood was piled
up around the engines und tenders, net lire
to, and by that menus the boiler burst the
torch was applied to the train of cars con
taining the ammunition and about three
thousand shells. 'When these were fired,
Ihe main column was four or five miles oil',
tuid thu noise of the explosion led them to
suppose the rebel had opened on the ad
vance column. They hurried on, und soon
found out their mistake. Major St:irr moved
his battalion cast, and destroyed three
bridges and a lot of trestle work extending
over two miles, the traek torn up, rails
broken and burned, und telgrapli destroyed
for rive miles.
Near Gallatin fourteen hundred pounds of
powder, two wagons, twenty-six joko of
oxen, und a thirty-two pound Parrot t gun,
were captured. The gun was spiked.
At luiou Church, forty-two miles from
N'utchca ami twenty from Port Gibsou, a
skirmish occurred with Adams's Alabama
cavulry, iu which several of the enemy were
wounded, the rest retreating to Port Gib
son. At Brookhavwi Camp of Instruction ttmr
companies, under command of 'Major Starr,
took two captains, one lieutenant, one sur
geon und nineteen privates prisoners. They
also captured a lot of Mississippi rilles,
mules, ox teams, $3,000 worth of commis
sary store aud f 25,000 worth of army cloth
ing. At the crossing of Pearl river Colour!
Prince captured a courier with instructions
to destroy all bridges, &c., which fortunate
circunistuiice added somewhat to the safety
of the com maud.
At ILuclhurst, Colonel Prince, of (be
Seventh Illinois, captured a train of about
tea cars, several of tthick were lauded will
shall and ammunition. Another train, which
had jut afhst't, tvaped by tb backing
out of the train by the engineer before be
could be captured.
About four miles east of Gallatin a bat
talion was detached to strike New Orleans
and Jackson Ilailroud at Bahahi station,
where water tanks, cars and other property
was destroyed.
At Wall's station, on the Tickfaw, a regi
ment of rebel cavalry was discovered, who
were routed w ith several killed and wound
ed. Our loss was one killed and live wotfnd
cd ; among them was Lieutenant-Colonel
Blackburn, of the Seventh Illinois. He was
shot in the thigh, and slightly in the hiad.
Ho was left, with several of the wounded,
at a house, with an injunction that, if not
kindly treated, when our boys returned they
would take their revenge.
At Summit a large amount of government
sugar, wood and locomotives, Ac, were
destroyed. Tho cop of Hughes's and
Milbum's Partisan 'Hangers, on Big Sandy
creek, was attacked and destroyed, and n
large number of horses cauptured ; from
here they moved on the Greenville Spring
road toward Buton Houge. About nine
miles from Baton Bougc the entire com
mand of Stuart's cavalry, fourteen officers
nud eighty men, were captured. The men
made very little resistance, retreating to
the river, where they were surroltudcd.
l.NC'iriKNTS.
It is almost impossible to give you any
thing like a perfect nketcl) of the fix teen
days' march of this band of heroes. How
they managed to endure and hold out under
the fatigues of so long und perilous a march
through the enemy's country living as they
liest could sleeping but an hour or two nt
a time, is one of the most remarkable events
in the history of warfare. In comparison
the deeds of Stuart. Jackson und other Con
federate cavalry, dwindle into the mo.-i
contemptible alfairs not worth speaking
of.
At one place a number of old gray headed
men came out to resist the cavalry v illi
shot guns, and tired several shots. Not a
shot was fired in return. They were sur
rounded, disarmed and their weapon de
stroyed. This very much astonished them :
they hail been led to believe they would be
killed, their homes destroyed, and every
imaginable cruelty perpetrated upon them.
But when they found the men of the North
wete only lighting against efficient rebels,
they seemed to wake up from a delusion.
They then willingly gave tnr men what as
sistance they could, anil one uf them under
took to act us a guide.
The iimounl ofdamnge done to the rebels
it is difficult to estimate not a bridge or
railroad, not a line of telegraph any where
along the whole route but w hat was destroy
ed. Horses, w hen necessary, were impressed
to replace the worn (Hit ones. Oirly a small
slock of provision was brought along, so
that they had to live on the enemy, and
tolerably hard fare they had too. Large
numbers of men offered themselves to be
paroled as a means of avoiding thu conscrip
tion of the rebel officers.
Hundreds of negroes joined them ns they
came .along, bringing, till one, some two
horses or mules.
The success of the expedition could be
shown iu no more palpable manner than the
health of the men. When they reached
liatou Houge, after a sixteen days' ride w ith
only one whole night's rest, and badly sup
plied with food, only twelve men were turn
ed over to the surgeon. Many of the men
sutl'ered from swelling of the legs und ery
sipelas, from sitting so long in the saddle,
but it was only temporary.
They had a very clever way of cutting the
telegraph wires so us to avoid discovery.
Instead ol cutting the wires and letting the
ends hang Ioom Iv, they tied up the ends
with trips of leather, so that it would not
be easily seen, ami y-t the connection was
severed.
Par into the interior they were mistaken
tor rebel cavalry, nnd complimented upon
the fineness of their outfit. Ou more than
one occasion they protitetl by this igno
rance. 'I'o show what courage and during will
accomplish, it is mentioned that they hail
nothing for their guide except one of Col
ton's county maps ami a compass. The
follow ing is a list of counties through w hich
they pased. Starting from Ln Grange,
they fust struck .Marshall county in Missis
sippi, pushing in succession through the
follow ingcotinties: Tippah, Pontotoc, Chick
asaw, Oktibbeha, Winston, Noxubee, Nesho
ba, Newton. Jasper, Smith, Simpson, Copkth
Lawrence, Pike and Amite, and Helena, ami
Last Baton Bongo in Louisiana.
At several points the enemy tried to catch
or surround fhetii, but iu vain. Thirteen
huudrcd cavalry were sent after them from
Mobile, u thousand came south of Port
Hudson, crossing Pearl river at Columbia,
and two thousand came from the vicinity of
Greenwood und Grunado, to cut oil' their
retreat to La Grange. They all fell to the
rear, supposing Colonel Grierson would re
turn. Colonel Grifrsons says that bad he had
the means, or had it formed a part of his
plan, he could had at least two brigades of
colored men who were anxious to join him,
if he could have armed them, another proof
of the desire of the negro to be free, and his
w illingness to serve the I'nion cause. As it
was, about live hundred negroes und one
thousand horses wcru brought in, besides
cattle.
Some idea of the pluck and endurance ot
these men can be gleaned from thu fact that
during the hist thirty hoursin which they
had ridden eighty miles, fought two or
three skirmishes, destroyed bridges, camps,
equipages, Ac ; swam a river and captured
forty-tw o prisoners and quantities of horses,
they had scarcely halted at ull, anil went
through these terrilic exertions without food
fur man or beast 1 Huriug the hist night it
was observed that nearly the entire column
worn out almost beyond human endurance
were fast asleep upon horseback ; except
w hen the sharp report of a carbine told of
the nearness of the enemy. And ull this wus
endured without one word of murmur or
complaiut from any lip, cither of officer or
private.
The reception of Ihcse heroes iu Buton
ltouge i iul New Orleans was most enthusi
astic. A Correspondent of the New York Trtlmnt
describing the duels of tho sharpshooter
on the Uappahaurock, previous to Hooker's
advance, suys
''At one time during tbc day, in a pit near
at hand, I beard a rebel snap bis guu seve
ral times ; but it missed lire, much to bis
disgust, for I could bear him swear when it
failed t go off. One of our men atauscd at
bis perplexity, culled out :
"llcllo, reb, where, did you gut your per
cussiou caps t'
"They're N'orfhern Copf erbead,' vr&s bis
quick response."
riu: ii:.itii .or ntos i;u.t i x
now tin was worsoKo ins rrrr.RisoH
AM jtfATII.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 1.1th in
stant, publishes the following account of the
circumstances under which Stonewall Jack
son wus wounded '.
"General Jackson having gone some dis
tance in front of tho line of skirmishers on
Saturday evening, was returning about 8
o'clock, attended by bis stall' und part of his
couriers. The cavalcade was iu the darkness
of the night mistaken for a body of the ene
my's cavalry, and fired upon by a regiment
of bis own corps. He was struck by three
balls, one through the left arm, two inches
below the shoulder joint, shattering th
bone and severing the chief artery ; another
ball passed through the same arm between
the elbow and wrist, making its exit through
the palm of the hand ; a third ball entered
the palm of the right hand about its middle,
passing through, and broke two bones. He
was wounded on the plank road, about fifty
yards in advance of the enemy. He foil
from his horse, and was caught by Captain
Wornilcy, to whom he remarked, 'All my
wounds are by my own men.' He bad given
orders to lire at anything coming up the
road, before he left the lines. The enemy's
skirmishers appeared ahead of him, and he
turned to ride back. Just then some one
cried out, 'Cavalry, charge !' and immedi
ately the regiment tired. The whole party
broke forward to ride through our lino to
escape the fire. Captain Boswcll was killed,
and carried through the line by his horse,
and fell among our own men. Col. Couch
field, Chief of Stalf, was wounded by his
side. Two couriers were killed. Major
Pendleton, Lieutenants Morrison and Smith
escaped uninjured. General Jackson was,
immediately placed on a litter and started
for the rear. The tiring attracted the atten
tion of Ihe enemy, and was resumed by both
lines. One litter bearer wiis shot down, and
the General fell from the shoulders of the
men, receiving a severe contussion, adding
to the injury of the arm, aud injuring his
side severely.
"The enemy's fire of artillery on this point
was terrible. General Jackson was left for
live minutes, until the lire slackened; then
plaeetl in an ambulance and curried to the
field hospital at Wilderness Hun. He lost a
large amount of blood, and at one time told
Dr. MeGuirc he thought he was dying, and
would have bled to death, but a tourniquet
was immediately applied. For two hours
he was near pulseless from the shock. As
ho was ln'ing curried from the field, frequent
inquiries were made by the soldiers, "Who
have you there f lie told the doctor, 'Do
not tell the troops 1 am wounded.'
"After the reaction, a consultation was
hchl between Drs. Black, Coleman, Walls
and MeGuirc, and amputation was decided
upon. He was asked, 'if wu fiiidjnmpntit
tion necessary, shall it lie done at once '
He replied, 'Yes, certainly. Dr. McGuire
lo for me what you think is right.' Thu
operation wus performed w hile he w as under
the influence of chloroform, nnd was borne
well. He slept on Sunday morning, was
cheerful, aud iu every way was doing well.
He sent for Mrs. Jackson, nsked minutely
about the battle, spoke cheerfully of the
result, ami said : 'If I had not been wounded,
or had nn hour more of daylight. I would
have cut oil' the inemy from the road to the
I'liited States Ford, and we would have had
thrin entirely surrounded, and they would
have been obliged to surrender, or cut their
way out. They had no other alternative.
My troops sometimes may fail in driving the
enemy from a position. I. tit the enemy always
fail to drive my men from a position.' This
was said smilingly. He complained this
day ftf the fall from the litter, although no
contusion or abrasion was apparent as the
result of the fall. He did. not complain of
his wounds; never spoke of them unless
asked. On Sunday evening he slept well.
On Monday ho was curried to Chancellor's
house, near Guiiincss's depot. He w as cheer
ful ; talked about thu battle gallant bear
ing of General Kliodes, and said that his
Miijotvtieneral's commission ought to date
from Saturday, the grand charge of his old
Stonewall brigade, of which he had beard ;
asked after all his officers. During the day
talked inoro than usital.ind said : 'Men who
live through this war will be proud to say,
"1 was one of the Stonewall brigade," to
their children.' He insisted that the tenn
Stonewall belonged to thrill, and nut to
him.
'During the ride to Guinness's he com
plained greatly of heat, und besides wet ap
plications to his wounds, begyed that a wet
cloth be applied to his stomach, which was
done, greatly to his relief, as he expressed il.
He slept well on Monday night, and ate
with relish the next morning. On Tuesday
his wounds were doing very well. He ask
ed, 'Can you tell me, from the appearance of
my wounds, how long 1 will be kept from
the field C He was greatly satisfied when
told they were doing remarkably Well. He
did not complain of any pain in his side,
aud wanted to see the members of his start',
but was advised not. On Wednesday his
wounds looked remarkably well. He ex
pected to go to Utchmoiitl this day. hut was
prevented by ruin. This night, while his
surgeon, who hail slept none for three nights,
was asleep, he complained of umisca, and
ordered his boy, Jim. to place a wet towel
over his stomach. This was done. About
daylight the surgeon was awakened by the
bov saving, 'Hie General is m great pain.'
The pain was in the right side, nud due' tiV
incipient pneumonia ami some iu rroustiess
which he himself attributed to the fall from
the litter. On Thursday Mrs. Jackson urri
ved, greatly to bis joy and satisfaction, and
she faithfully nursed him to the cud. By
Thursday evening till pain had ceased. He
sutfered greatly from prostration. On Fri
day he sutfered no pain, but prostration in
creased. On StrrwiM-y morning, when it wa appa
rent that be was rapidly sinking, Mrs. Jack
sou was in I'o rmed of his condition. She
then hail free and full converse w ith bim,
and told him be was going to die. He said:
'Very good ; very good. It is all right.'
Ho bad previously suid : 'I consider these
wounds a blessing. They were glvtin me
for some good and wise puipose. I would
not part with them if I could. He asked of
Major Pcndletou : 'Who is preaching nt
acadquurtcra to-tlny V He suit messages to
all tho General, lie expressed a wish to be
buried in Lexington, iu the Valley of Vir
ginia. During delirium bis Iniud reverted
to thu battle tielti, and be sent orders to
General A.. P. Hill to prepare for aetion, aud
to Major Hawks, bis Commissary, and to
the surgrous. He freiueutly xprassed to
bis aids bis w ish that Major-General KweH
should be ordered to command bis corps.
Hit confidence ia G tut ml EU was very
preat, and tho manner in which be spoko of
Inni showed tliut lie hud duly considered
the mnttcr.1
Hie Atlnutie Monthly for June opcni with
an article by Dr. Dio Lewis on "Weok
Lungs; and How to Make Thrni Strong,"
which is mainly a plea for systematic nnd
gcntlu exercise, but which also contains
a variety of general information iu reference
to hygienic mat ten.
IMI'CltK AIU CAIIllOSIC ACIIT.
Among the poisonous gases which infest
our atmosphere, carbonic acid deserves
special consideration. The principal result
ot nil respiration nnd combustion, it exists
in minute quantities everywhere, but when
it accumulates to the extent of onts nr two
per cent, it seriously compromises hcaltli.
I have seen the lost half of an eloquent
sermon entirely lost upon the congregation ;
carbonic acid had so accumulated that it
operated like a moderate doso of opium.
No peroration would arouse (hem. Nothing
but open windows could srart life's currents.
In lectures , before lycenms I oftr-n hnvc a
quarrel with the managers about ventila
tion. There is, even among the more in
telligent, n strange indifference to the sub
ject. The following fact graphically illustrates
the influence of carbonic "acid on human
life:
A young Frenchman, if. Deal, finding
his hopes of cutting a figure in the world
rather dubious resolved to commit suicide;
but that he might not leave the world with
out producing ti RcnsatitMi and flourishing
in the ncwspacrs, be resolved kill him
self with carbonic acid. So, stunting him
self up in a close room, bo succeeded ill his
purpose, leaving to the world the following
account, which was found near his dead
body the next morning:
"I have thought it useful, in the interest
of science, to make known the effects of
charcoal upon man. I place n lump, n
candle and a watch on my table, and com
mence the ceremony.
"It is a quarter past ten. I have just
lighted the stove; the charcoal burns feebly.
"Twenty minutes past ten, Tho pulse
is calm, and beats at its nsutil rale.
'Thirty minutes past ten. A thick vapor
gradually fills the room ; Ihe candle in near
ly extinguished ; I begin to feel a violent
headache; my eyes till with tears; I feci
a general sense of discomfort ; the p'jlsc is
agitated.
"Forty minutes past ten. My candle has
gone out ; the lamp still bums; the veins
at my temple throb as if they would burst ;
I feel very sleepy ; I sull'er horribly iu the
stomach ; my pulse is at eighty.
"Fifty minutes past ten. I nm almost
stifled ; strange ideas assail mc I
can scarcely breathe. . . , . I shall not go
far There are symptoms of mad
ness "F.leveu o'clock. I cart scarcely write. .
. . . My sight ia troubled. . . . . My lamp
is going out I did not think it
would be such agonv to die Ten.
o
Here followed some quite illegible char
acters. Life had ebbed. The following
morning be was found on the floor.
The steamer Londonderry left Liverpool
for Sligo on Friday, December 2d, 1843,
with two hundred passengers, mostly emi
grants. A storm booh came on. The
captain ordered the passengers into the
steerage cabin, which was eighteen feet
long, eleven wide, and seven high, The
hatches were closed, and a tarpaulin fastened
over this only entrance to the cabin.
The poor creatures were now coudemnod
to breathe the same nir over and over again.
Then followed a dreadful scene. The groans
of the dying, the curses and shrieks of those
not yet in the agonies of death, must have
been inconceivably horrible. The struggling
mass at length burst open the hatches, and
the mate was railed to gaze at the fearful
spectacle. Seventy-two were already dead,
many were dying, their bodies convulsed,
the blond starting from their nostrils, eyes
and ears.
It does not appear that the captain de
signed to Hiilfocate his pussengen, but thut
he wus simply ignorant of the fuct that uir
which has -Kissed to ana fro in the lungs
becomes a deadly poison.
Thu victims of the Black Hole iuCulcutta
and of the steamer Londonderry, with the
thousand other instances in which immedi
ate death has resulted from carbonic acid,
are terrible examples in the history of human
sullering ; but these cases tire all us nothing
compared with those of the millions vho
nightly sW'p iu uuvcntilnU'd room, from
w hich they escape with life, but not without
serious injury. As u medical man, I have
visited thousands of sick persons, and have
not found one hundred of llieui in u pure
atmosphere. 1 have often returned from
church seriously doubting whether I hud
not committed- a bin in exposing myself to
its poisonous uir. There are in our great
cities churches costing fifty thousand-d'Olars.
iu the coustructiou ot which not titty dollars
were expended In providing means for veil
tilatiou. Ten thousand dollars for ornament,
but not ten dollars for pure uir ! Parlors
with furnace-heat and a number of gas burn
ers (.each of which consiimcsas much oxygen
us several men l lire made us close its possible
and a purtv of lathes ami gentlemen spend
half the night in them. In 18G1 I visited a
legislative hall. The legislature was in ses
sion. 1 remaiiieij half an hour in the most
impure uir 1 evei attempted to breathe. If
thu laws which emanated from such an at
mosphere were good, it is a remarkable in- !
stance of the mental ami moral rising above ;
a depraved physical. Our school houses '
are, some ot them, so vile in this respect t
that I would peifer to have my son remain j
iu utter ignorance of books, rutin r than I
breathe, during six hours of every day, so ,
poisonous an utmospherc. Theatres ami '
concert rooms are so foul that oulv reckless
people can continue to visit them. '
MOISTlllB IX l'UK ATMOMPllKliK,
, I
It is thu common belief thit a tlrv iittnns j
pherc is most lavorabie to the consumptive.
Mauy medical authors have advanced this
assumption. It is, nevertheless, uu emu'.
Iu thu British Isles ami iu France, otit-ide
the cities ami muuitluctorics, thu mortality
from pulmonary diseases is much less thau
among thu agricultural classes of this iTim
try. - And ou the western shores of this con
tinent consumption is comparatively un
kiiowiL (Hir disadvantage lu this comparison is
attributable, iu coiuidurublu pit, to the
lack of humidity iu our atmosphere. With
out the cvidcuce of fuels we might, a privri,
argue thut excessive dryness of thu uir would
produce dryness aud irritability of the air
passugea. From time iimneiuorial, watery
vapor has been usetl as a remedy in irriu
tiou und iuflautuiutiou of the rtspirutory
A. hundred timc4 ImVo Iny Consumptive
patients cxprcsed surprise that the wet
weather, in which I have insisted they
should go out as usual, lias not injured them
that they even breathe more freely than
on pleasant days. Of course, I tell tlicm, it
the body is well protected, the itrtire moist
the air, the inure grateful to your lung
There is no possible weather which can
excuse thccoiiMtmptive for keeping in doors.
Give him sufficient clothing, protect Ids feel
fcurcfully, and be may go out frAjely in rain,
snow and wind.
That point of temperature at which tho
moUture of the air flrt becomes visible is
known as tbc dew-point. According to one
authority, the mean dew-point of Lnglnnd,
from the first of November to the last of
Mirch, ia atr-rot 85 degrees ; that of our
northern states about 10 degrees. Now,
suppose a home iu England is kept at a
temperature of 70 degrees, tho drying power
there would be represented bv i-. A house
with the same temperature in Albany, for
example, would possess a drying power of
54. This great contrast iu the atmosphere,
of the two countries is Vtri kingly illustrated
by Ihe dill'erence between the plump body
and smooth skin of the Englishman, and
the lean, juiceless body, and dry, cracked
skin of the Yankee. It is also "shown by
the well known dilfcrcnee in the influence
of housc-hcat upon furniture, bur chairs
and solas mid wood-work warp and shrink,
w hile nothing of the sort occurs in England.
As we cannot increase tbc amount of mois
ture in the atmosphere of our continent, we
must limit our practical ctl'i-rts to the air of
our houses. If we use a stove, its entire
tipper surlacc may bo made a reservoir for
water; ornamental work, of but little cost,
may bo used to conceal it. The furnace may
be made to send up, with its bmt, many
gallons of water daily, in the form ff vapor.
In justice to stoves and furnaces, I must say
here, that, in the opportunity to do this,
they possess one advantage Aver open lire
places.
By adding artificial moisture in this way
to the nir of our houses, we not only save
our furniture from drying and shrinking,
but protect our skin, eyes nose, throat aud
lungs from undue dryness, nnd from tho
ntlcctions to w hieh it would give rise. It
is found ncecs.-ary, in our cloth manufacto
ries to maintain u moi't atmosphere in or
der to successful Spinning. Intelligent man
agers have assured me that coughs and
throat dillicultie:; arc comparatively rare iu
the spinning department.
We must all have observed, that, wbilo
the air of a hot kitchen is c-'iufnf table, thai
of a pallor at the same heat, from an air
tight stove, is almost suflbcatiiig. The kit
chcu has a hot stove, but the steam Of its
boiling kettles moistens the air.
Vour country aunt who has lived over
her cooking stove for years without seriou
inconvenience ntter spending uu afternoon
in your parlor, heated by li stove or furnace,
riMiirus home "glad to get out of that hot,
stilling uir." And yet the thermometer may
have indicated that the kitchen was ten
degrees wuriin." tlitut tbrs vnrlor. The dry
lieat of I lie parlor produced headache, irri
tability, ami, perhiipfl, a sense of ctrictura
iu the chest. It we would avoid these, a
dry chapped skin, tut irritable uervous sys
tem, and a dry huckingeough, wc must add
the needed humidity bv uriilicial niciiis,
Ihahci Htiw to Gi;t There. Mr. Sidney
Ktlgerton; late member of Congress from
Ohio, who has been appointed chief JUstico
of Idaho, will start with his family Pr that
territory dti the 25th instant, it is their
design to proceetl by rail and water direct
to Omaha City. Nebraska, from which poiut
they will travel with ox teams up the north
side of the Platte trt Fort Laramie, thence
up the North Platte anil Sweet water to tho
South Pass, thence through the northern
portion of the Great. Basin to the Lewis fork
of the Columbia river, and thence north
wardly some two hundred and fifty miles to
Lewi.-ton, the present capital of the territory ;
distance from Omaha probably about one
thousand live hundred miles. The valley
of the region of country alluded to are
among the most fertile in the world, and
though, ow ing to their high lattitudc and
altitude, the summers will be rather short,
they are capable of sustaining a dense popu
lation, while for salubrity of climate they
cannot be surpassed.
Idaho embraces the bead waters of Mis
souri and its trib-ttaries upon the east, and
the Columbia and its tributaries upon the
west side of the Bocky Mountains.
A Si li.vMiB Stoky. Naturalists are de
lighted to reatl that tit last a Moa lias been
seen in New Zealand. The Moa is a walk
ing, not u flying bird, supposed, from the
numerous skeletons which have been found
of it, to grow from eight to nine feet high.
It has been hitherto believed to be extinct,
though it was known thut Within the memory
of men now living on the island it bad been
kiild and eaten by the natives. It was
always hoped that iu the micxplored parti
of the island gome lost specimen ot this
nearly extinct race .might yet be found
alive; ami now it seems that a gold miner
sitting by his camp-tire saw one, peering;
at him, from the edge of a near hill. II j
took it at first to be a man, but presently
saw it gravely starting off. The track or
foot print of this gieat bird showed "threw
claws, and, about a tV-ot behind, the mark
of a pad, und behind that again of u spur."
A reward of twenty five hundred dollars
has been offered for the bird, alive or dead;
Hint if the miner told the truth, we may
vet see a li icg Moa a member of a tribe)
once sufficiently numerous in New Zealand
'o be a souree of dread to the natives.
Ox Titr. It mi s. -Tho Providence J urnal
tells the following story ; A tho mid day
Wooster train was about leaving the depot,
a mull of Johnsonian type of niauners enter
ed one of the cars, au.l grullly requested
that two young ladies occupying separata
s.-nts should sit together, that he and his
I Vit lid might enjoy a tete-a-tete on the other
scat-
"But," said one of the damsels, blushing,
"this seat is engaged."
"L'ngigcd. K il (" brusquely responded
the man, "who engaged il t"
"A jouug man," replied tho conscious
maiden.
"A young man, (-li ! wUtie's b' baggage ?''
persisted I'rsu Major.
' I'm liis baggage, Old Hateful," replir I
the demure damsel, purging her rosy lips
into the prettiest pout.
"Old Hateful'' subsided ; the youiitr man
came in and extended an arm protcciingly,
almost canrshingly, unwind his "boggage,''
Mid Mr. Couduclor Caprun started Itur
train.
"I can't support yon any loopsT," as vb
tt .ii bridf i.Ul t, il.e i b pt-.uL