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WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL DEALERS IN WHITE ASH COAL, in every variety, Orders solicited and filled with proniptncrs and dwi'iiti'h. Suubury, May 18, 183.-ly . TVIAV I.V1'IIIAJ .V I I IIS1I. si oici:. f piIE suliserlber respeetfiilly inrrms the people o I Sunburv mid vicinity, flint he bus opened an en tire new slock of clothing and Furnishing goods, a1 liis new store in the building of Charles l'leusunts K" , iu Market Failure, llif slock eousists in part 121T3' CLCTHI1TG. roys' i:i.ortii(.. Hueh as Coats, Over Coats, pants, vests, shirts, undershirts, drawers, stocking, neckties, hnndker-i-hicf, gloves, So. Also, liuls and Caju ot all kinds. HOOTS AAB SIKH:S, .f all kyids. U'KL'JiKS. and Valises, umbrellas, and notions of nil kinds, besides numerous other ar ' tides. The public are requested to give hiin a call jind examine his stock. ZJiVI IIECHT. Suubury, Oct., 10, 1803. M. C. WKAKIIAKT's" Confectionery, Toy and ' ITIFtTXIT STORE, Market Ktrect, Kunbury, la t'ONFKCTIOXEKY OF ALL KINDS, TOYS OF EVKIIY DESCRU'TIOX, FIJL'IT, Ac, &c, ("OXSTAXTLY on hand and for sale at tho alxivo ; tslnljliflimcnt at wholesale and retail, at reason able pi ices. lie is manufacturing all kinds of Confectioneries to keep up a full assortment which ere sold at low rules. Tobacco. Pegnrs, Stationery, Nuts of all kinds, and n variety uf other articles, allot' lvliub are ofl'erod tthoksalu and retuil. I'J; Remember the nn?:ic and i.iace.,TJ M. C. (iEARIIAIlT. Market street, 3 doors west ol'E. Y Uriht S. Sou's novo." Puiiliury. Sept. 19, 180u. tf "FRXJIT & ORNAMENTAL TREESr. SESsCI S, YIAaOS and n,oivi:its. THE subscriber is offering at the lowest CS? prices, the productions of Hie reliable Xiir-J " series of El)VAltl J. EVANS CO. lmA YORK, l'a.. eonsh-tiiiKofallkindsol'FRl'lrTREK.S SdiiidurdauU Dwarf, and of the most Improved va rieties. Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. The most fashion Bhle stvlesof Flowers. tiKAl'KS such as Catawba. Clinton. Dclnware, Hiana. Hartfurd Proline, Isabella. e. The StniH berries he will deliver, are of the most improved varieties; also all other kinds of cultiva te 1 licrries. ... . lie wiur.uita te deliver the aboVo articles Iu good vuiKlition. .. Address, HEXJAMIS ROIIXEH. l'uxiuos. North'd. Co,, l'a. December 5, 1S03. 4m ISAAC K. STAUFFER. IViiK h .lltikcr uud Jetvvler, MAXL'KACTUItEll OK HI.VF.U WARE A Importer of WATCHES Xu. 1W North Soeoml St.. Comer Quarry, PHILA' DELPHIA. "- HE bus constantly ou hand su assortment of Gold and Silver Putent Lever. Lepiuo and Plain Walshes; Fine Gold Cbaius, Seals and Keys. Breast l'im. Kur Rinirs. Finirer Rings. Bracelets, Miniature Me.lullious. lK'kcts. Pencils. Thimbles. Snec laclts, Silver Table, Desert, Tea. Salt and Mustard Kiio: Suirar Sooons. Cui. Nankin Rings, Fruit i I'.niter knives. Shields. Comb. Diamond Point ed Pens. etc.. all of w hich will besold low for Cash ! M I TollIAS A CO S best uuality full jeweled Patent Lever Movement1 eoustautly on baud ; also other Makers ot superior quumy. 8 . B -r-Old Gold uud SiH er bought for cash, bept St, lotiJ ly w " PRIVATE ACADEMY. NORTHUMBERLAND. PHE REV. JAMES D1CKS0S, will re.opon his I Academy on Monday, the 17th day ol Augiui, The following branches will be taught : Muilii'insiiiu. Pliiloeonbv. Rhcbjrlc i.niiii, ' .. . 4 , Logic, Book Keeping, ocal Music lu Uieory and Mtttlice. Also. Iioograpny, uuum-, UIMurji i-'omposition W'l'iliug- iLLMS t Per (uartr of 11 weeks. W to8 ju the above branches without the language ft HO l.utin mill ulbiki. Iirunebes. ' 00 Ureek and above braiuihos, ' 8 00 See Circular. Pur further particulars apply Id REV. JAMES DICKSON, Teacher. Norlhuuiherland, August 1st, 1303. ly TRUSS ESS. SHOULDER BRACE?. ELASTIC bTOCKIXGS FoR ENLAllli EP VEINS OF THE LEO.ACi Instrument for all deformities, DR. 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All ft vies and sites of Photographs, Ivorytypes, Fcrroty jes or "Tintypes" and taken at prices to suit the times. Pictures Finished in Water Color, Oil, India Ink and Pastil. Horses and other animals, Equlpago, Country Seats Ruins. Models ef Machinery, Ac., for Patenting ac curately photographed. P. F. Cooper desires to call the attention of per sons visiting Philadelphia te his new Uround Floor Gallery, where he has introduced newly-patented cameras, capable of taking, in a few seconds, one hundred Photographs, from tho small stamp or au tographic, to the Imperial and Lifo Site. After innny experiments he has succeeded In pla cing his sky-light at an improved angle, diffusing the light in equal proportions, fund producing that soft gradation of tone which cannot bo given by tlio sido and sky-lights generally used, and whioh of so much importance to the beauty of a picture It is made of French glass, and is the largest iuj.'hiladcl phia. Mr. Cooper has been cngagod more than twenty years in tho study and practice of the Fino AjIs. His long cxnerienco as a Miniaturo and Portrait Painter is a sufficient guarantee for the perfection of the pictures made at bis establishment. The art of idealising is well understood ; none but the most skillful artists are employed iu the respec tive departments. The art of idcalmngtis well understood ; none but tho most skilful artists aro employed in the respective departments. All Pictures Warranted ; the Ivorytypes will uot change in any climate, nm will stand tho test of acids. Part icular attention-is paid to giving graceful and easy positions. Daguerreotypes and all other kinds of pictures coppicd, froui small medallion to lifo siso, and fin ished in colors or Indian ink, to look equal to pictures taken from life. x This Uullery possesses rare facilities for tatting Tii net rain Pictures from lifo, in tho rear building, where from ouo to fifty horses can bo photographed at a time. 2. U. To Photographers. Colurisls and others. Just Issued. A New Work on PiioToiiiiAru CoLoiiiNti, 1 vonvTYi'iso, En A Sit LL- IStl. IVOIIV MlXIATLRK PaI.NTI.NU. Ac. Comploto instructions given for making Ivorytypes with somo valuable receipts, never beforo published, useful to all photographers, for oue of which a lurgu sum has beeu offered. ity following the directions contained in this book, even thoso persons with no previous knowledge ot Painting cannot fail to color photographs in a beau tiful an3 effective stvlc. Price, tine Copy. $5.00. Five Copies. $20.00. By remitting $12 one copy, with Uox of Paints, Palette, and preparations comploto will bo furnished free of charge. Will be Published Shortly, A Yai.l.wii.k Woiik ON 1I1 AVISO. With progressive Illustration of the lihiuau Face and Figure. ALSO, A Hasd-Book os Positions, ' Willi Illustrations. Designed . for the use of Photo graphers and Artists. Mr. Cooper'coutinucs to receive Ladies and Gen tlemen into bis Classes for lnstruetioe in Drawing, and Photograph, lvorytype, India Ink and Pastil Painting, and a beautiful process ibr Enameling Pictures. Circulars containing list of prices of pictures and further information respecting tlio Rooks and Terms nt Instruction may be had by enclosing Post OOice Address uud a Stamp to 1'. x . tiaii'f.11, l.t.'W Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. REFERENCES. Calc Copf. President Academy of Fine Arts. Dr. T'ios. li Wilson, Ornithologist and Entomol ogist Rev. Tbomrs Miles Martin, P. E. Church. Hun. Victor A. Sartori, Consul of Leghorn. Robert G. 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Harper & Brotlicrf liavo Jur pul IWioil tlio first volumo ot tlic "Autoliogra pliy, (Jtirrespomlunce, etc., of Lyman Bcecll cr, D. C, edited by Charles Beechcr" with illustrations. Dr. Beechcr was born October 12, 1775. lie was descended from one Hannah Beechcr, a widow, and a midwife, who camo over from England to New Haven with Daven ports' company in 1039. Her husband died as tho ship was about to sail, and she inten ded to remain lie-hind with her little boy, but was, on account of her profession, prom ised an equal share of land if she would come with them and thus she sailed to America. Her grandson, Joseph Beecher, was of great muscular strength, being able to lift a barrel of cider and drink out of the bung-hole. Nathaniel Beechcr, tho son of Joseph, was the grandfather of Dr. Beecher. He was not quite so strong as Ins lather, being only able to lift a barrel of cider into a cart. He was six feet high, aud a black smith by trade. David lieecuer, the son ot Nathaniel, was short, like his mother, and could lift a barrel of cider and carry it into the cellar. He was a blacksmith and worked oh tho samo anvil his father had used before him, on the old oak stump. In summer he worked ou liis farm and raised the nicest rye, white as wheat. Also, he made the best hoes in New England ; a well reud man, fond of polities. but absent minded : Your Aunt Esther savs she lias Known him at least twelve times come in from the baru and sit down ou a coat pocket full of po-o-s" Dr. Beeclier's mother was "tall well-pro portioned, dignified in her movements, fair to look upon, intelligent iu conversation aud in character lovely. I was her only child, bhc tiled of con sumption two days niter I was born. I was a seven months child ; and when the woman that attended on her saw what a puny thing 1 was, and that the mother could uot live, she thought it useless to attempt to keep mo alive. I was actually wrapped up and laid aside. But, alter awhile, one of the women thought she would look aud see if I was living, ami, finding I was, concluded to wash and dress me, saying, "It's a pity hu hadn't died with his mother." This was a narrow escape for one destined to be the father of a famous family. He was brought up iu the family of his uncle, Lot Benton, a thrifty New England farmer ; and hero is a picture of a New England kitchen in the last century : 9 l-I can sec her now as plain as I can sec you. Mie ana Actus got break lust- very early; We had wooden trenchers first, then pewter, and finally earthenware. Our living was very good. Bye bread, fresh butter, buckwheat cakes aud pie for breakfast. After the dishes were washed, Aunis antl I helped aunt milk. Then they made chceso aud spun till dinner. We dined on salt pork, vegetables and pies ; corned beef also ; and always on Sunday, a boiled Indian pudding. We made a stock of pics at Thanksgiving, froze them for winter's use, and they lasted till March, After dinner auut put things 'to rights,' Annis spun and I worked at flux and foddering. In the evening we visited, chatted, nte apples, drank cider uud told stories. On Sunday i but that, after the most faithful und prayer nights the boys went a-courting. I used to I ful inquiry, they were obliged to confess havo the heartburn after eating puddings 1 they did not perceive that anything could and pies, nnd Aunt ISenton hud a notion I Avas weakly. 'Eyman,' sho would say, wont yotl'CO into tho nnlkroom nnd get a piece of cuke I You don't look well.' " And here is, for the same period, A MiW ENGLAND COUNT KY SCHOOl,. "I went to school first in North Guilford, in a great barn of a school-house, with desks around, and a long desk through the centre. The best writer sat ut the end next the tire. The tirepluce took in wood cart length, ond it was hot enough at that end to roast an ox, and thut was all the heat there was. 1 was about the fourth or fifth from the lire, and the ink ulwuys lroze in my pen, So it was, 'Master) may I go to the tire (' ull day long. 'They had a parish meeting once to seo about moving the old thing, but quarrelled und broko up in a row. It never would have been set straight if it hadn't been for our old neighbor Tun Baldwin. "Next morning ho said ho wasn't going to have any quarreling ubuut tho school house; so he yoked his oxen ami Tim liossiter's, and went down, hitched on 'Whoa, haw, Uright gee up I' and dragged tho school-house along where ho wanted it. Then ho unhitched and left it there, and there it stood. And, when the people found it was done, they stopped quarrelling. ''Then came Augustus Baldwin. I Iu really took hold and gave us a start. Wo thought him the most wonderful man iu tho world, lie was 'college-learned,' and a little vain. Alter lecturing us ou manners, he would wind up by sayiug, 'lie as I ain 1' and strutted about We swallowed it ull admiring. I went in arithmetic through tho liulu of Three ; but nobody ever ex plained anything. We only did sums. The only books we had at I'nclo lieuton's were the great Bible and 1'salm-book. Father camo over once and mudu mo a prescut of Kobiusou Crusoe and the Goody Two-shoes. They thought me a genius because 1 took Kobinsiou Crusoe out to tha burn to read and beat flax. But 1 was uot much of a reader." At sixteen lie went to New jlavcoto school und lived with his uncle VN illiatuu, a preacher, pious, foud of his pljie, and given to lutUctiuuiii tenuous iu advuuea on I.y uiau aud a young cousiu, w ho w ere "bored alike." "I remember tho A asocial ion met there, aud diuod at Undo Ucutou'a. As soon aa Aunt Benton saw them comiuu she threw tho irous in the fire and ran down cellar to draw a pail of beer. Then the hot irous were thruat iu, blasting aud foaming, it w an sweetened aud the lliit was) ready. Then camo pipt-a, aud iu loss than fifteen minute you could uot aou acroas the room.,' There are aouie charmLnii aketchrs of New Knglaud life in the earlier chapter of the book, lu )7t8, after paaaluu; tUrourU col lege and studying divinity, young Beechcr wa cullud to preach at Lwl lluinptou, ou Long lalaud. lit HUU k luarrkd. 'goon after our marriage we were riding together Irou baj II arbor. itb great good nature we were retiunnoitcruig lo find U l hero were aud fault ia each other whUh tui,;ht le the occasion of trouble, 1 told !.. 1 did cot know atlhaiauy fault - B. MASSER, SUNBURY, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY unless one that I was passionate, quick, and quick over: but if she answered quick wo might have trouble. Her face overspread with a glow of cmotation, and leflrs flowed ; and that single thing prevented tho realiza tion of tho evil forever. If sho saw I was touched sho never said a word sho appre ciated the thing ; sho entered Into my char acter entirely. "I scarcely ever saw her agitated to tears. Once, soon nfrcr wo had moved into our new house, the two pigs did something thut vexed me ; I got angry and thrashed them. She camo to the door nnd interposed. Tho fire hadn't got out. I Baid quickly, 'Oo along in I' She started, but hadn't more than time to turn before I was at her side, and threw my arms around her neck and kissetl her, and told her I was sorry. Then she wept." Two years after ho fell sick. "Old Deacon Talmadgc" camo in to comfort him, and ad vised "exercise, go out 5 run down cellar; run up garret ; stir around." "As spring opened, wean- of confinement, I longed to get out. One day 1 took my fishing-tackle, ond drove to Three-mile llar lii. Uot some clums, nnd rowed out to the chicquot ground. Baited lines and threw out, and iet the boat drift. Fish would strike; I would haul them in, row back, and drift again. Easy exercise opening the chest, und breathing the fresh air how good it was 1 Caught a dozen chicquot, from one to three pounds' weight a peice. "Gained in this way till 1 could try gun ning instead. Dr. Huntington used to go with me. We were nctups cornies through he was rather skeptical, we were on friend ly terms ; we used to shoot plover together. "Then I worked at making turf fences, and at haying ; my appetite improved, and I began to grow Btrong. Bought a horse cart, and hauled sea-weed from Three-mile Harbor to mix with barn-yard manure for corn, riding home, wet through, on top of the load at night." All tho time, for about a year, lie was unable to preach. At East Hampton lie set up a school, which, was successlul owing howevtT, in great part to Mrs. Bcccher's i efforts. After the Burr and Hamilton duel ho preached and printed n sermon nga'nst ! duelling, which was held in those days to be a "political sermon," and aroused opposi- i tion accordingly, and gave him a kind of 1 fame. In 1810 he left East Hampton be- j cause of tho insufficiency of the suppoil I given toy tne people only ic.ur numireu dollars per annum. He removed lo I.itch fiield, in Connecticut. Here he spent somo happy years. Ho began there a tetnperanco movement. It was then the fashion to use strong drink ; even ministers druuk freely. At any ollicial gathering all kiuds of liquors were served. "When they had all dono drinking, and had taken pipes and tobacco, in less than fifteen minutes there was such a smoke you couldn't see. And the nois I cannot de scribe ; it was the maximum of hilarity. They told their stories, and were at the height of jocose talk. They were not old-I'a-liioncd l'urituiis. They had been run down. Great deal of spirituality on Sab bath, aud not much when they got where there avas something good to drink. I think I recollect some animadversions were made Ht that time bv the people ou the amount of liquor drank, for the tide was swelling in the drinking habits of society "I was a member of General Association which met at Sharon, June, 1812, w hen a committee reported. They said they had attended to the subject committed to their care ; that intemperance hud been lor some time increasing in a most alarming manner; be done. "The blood started through my heart when I heard this, and 1 rose instauler, antl moved thut a committeo of three bo appoin ted immediately, to report ut this meeting the ways ami means ot arresting the tide of intemperance. "The committee was named and Appoint ed. I was? chairman, and ou tho following day brought in a report, tho most important paper that ever I wrote." It was thorough, and it did its work at once. It stirred up all New Kngluud to temperance aud total abstinence zeal. In 1818 lie wrote a characteristic letter to his son Edward, w ho had been concerned in some students "scrapo"' at Vale : "I must say, my son, that no justification can be niado for disobeying the laws and the authority of college; uud as to the plea of temptation, I shall be ularmcd, and dis appointed, and mortilied extremely, in lind ing you so so in pleading temptation as an excuse for following a multitude to do evil. 'My son, there is no' living in this world, aud doinj; right, if you cuu uot meet public opinion und rcbist it, when arrayed ou the side ot evil. THE IIEECIIK.H FAMILY AT IIOMB. Here is un occount of tlio Beecher family in a letter daieu "Litchfield, February 4, 1819. Puna had his wood-spell yes terday ; we had only twelve loads, for it was so terribly cold. Wu have now had twenty, two loads in all. Papa is well, aud still writing tliat piece w ith a hard uuuie 1 can t remember wditit. ".Mamma is well and don't Juugli any mora than she used to. Ciithanne goes ou jUBtas she always did, making fun of cvwy- iMKly. tieorgo is us usual. Harriet uiuaoa just as many wry faces, is just us odd, and loves to Ims lauglieil ut as iiiucu a evei. Henry does not improve much in talking, but Bpeak very thick. Charles is the moot mischievous little fellow 1 ever know. Ho seems to do it for the very lovo of it ; is punished and punished ugaiu, but it has no .llect. 1 le is the same honest little lioy, aud 1 love him dearly, l'oor little Fred hu been quite unwell", but has got belter now ; ho grow more and more interesting every day. Now fur tho bourder. Mis 31 i just a amiable and lovely u wheu she was here. Mis low lull alili. Jit v. and L ume a uuul. Mia U the most oblMng aud useful of tho fuiuily To conclude, the old cut has got tuu cou tumiitinn." Here i another gllmrwe, In a Utter from Catuariue to Ldward, dated : S'Novkmhkb SO, 1810. "Apropos last week was lulerrod Tom, junior, with funeral uouor. by the title tl ol4 lotuoi bappy memory, i uat a latul mortality there i among the cat of the i'araouairei Our Harriot U chief mourner alwMV at their fuueral. Hw aakud for what tile called an rvitM for the grave- atouevf Tow Junior, which I gave a fol loan Here diwi ar kit, a a4 It, Ati Mld a AMERICAS NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. 27, 18C4. OLD Shot with a gun 11 er race is run, And here she lies.' " P. 8. by Dr. Beecher. "The proverb h, 'Every oue must eat his pound of dirt.' It mig.ht be a maxim, every one must write his quire of nonsense. I remember that I wrote mine out, if not more, while in College, and I judge, by the hopeful specimens of my children, Catharine, William, Edward, antl Mary, that you will be soon through with ail of this kind which ynu are fated to write, and that soon none but letters so solid and weighty ns to earn their postage will be pass ing to and fro." P. S. 2d by Catharine. "Never mind this, Ned, for papa loves to laugh as well as any of us, and is quite as much tickled at nonsense- as we are. I" , Mrs. Stowe writes of tho Lintchficld life : "My father was fond of excursions with his boys, into tho forests about, for fishing and hunting. At first I remember these rtily its something pertaining to father ami the older boys, they being the rewards given for good conduct. I reticmlcr the regret ful interest with which I watched their joy ful preparations for departure,' They were going to the Great Bond to Pine Island to that wonderful blue pine forest which I could just sec on the horizon, and who knew what adventures they might meet 1 Then the house ull day was so still ; no tramping or laughing, wrestling poys no singing nnd shouting ; and perhaps only a long scam on a sheet to be oversewed as the sole means of beguiling the hours of ttbsencc. And then dark night would enmo down, and stars look out from the curtains, and innuendoes would be thrown out of childrenbeing sent to bed, nnd my heart would be rent with anguish ut tho idea of being sent off before the eventful expedition had reported itself. Aud then what joy to hear at a distance the tramp of fret, the shouts and laughs of older brothers ; and what glad triumph when the successful party burst into the kitchen with long strings of perch, roach, pickerel nnd bullicads, with waving blades of sweet-ting. and Inch heads of cattail, and pockets lull of vouns winlcmrecn, of which n generous portion was bestowed always upon me. These were the trophies, to my eyes, brought from the hind of enchantment. And then what cheerful hurrying and scurrying to and fro, nntl waving of lights, antl what cleaning of fish in the buck shed, nnd what calling for frying-pan anil gridiron, over which fath- er solemnly presKleil ; lor, to ins latest day, he held the opinion that no feminine hand j could broil or fry fish with that perfection nt t.k ill wliit'li lielonycd to himself alone. as king of woodcraft aud woodland cook CI'.v. "I was always safe acainst being Bent to bed for a happy hour or two, and patronized wilh many a morsel of the supper which fol lowed, as father and brothers were generally too flushed with victory to regard very strict ly dull household rules. "Them were several occasions in course of the yearly housekeeping requiring every liHiul'in tlin liniiso. wlneli would have la trued sadly had it not beeu for father's inspiring tc.ti.ut tliw fif iIiokh tvn tint nnnli'-i'iittini' season, in the autumn, when a barrel of! citler nnnlc sauce had to be made, which was to stmicl frozen in the inMkroom, and cut out from time to time in red glaciers, which, j when duly thawed, supplied the table. The work was done in the kitchen, an immense. brass kettle hanging over the deep fireplace, a bright lire blaring nnd snapping, and all hands, children and servants, employed on the full baskets of apples and quinces which j ttood around. I have the image of my fath- cr, still as lie sat worKingai tneappie-peeier. Come, George,' he said, Til tell you what we'll tlo to mako tho evening go oil". You and I'll tuke turns, uud see who'll tell tho most out off Scott's novels ;' for thoso were the days when the Tales of my Landlord and lvuuhoe had just appeared. Aud so they took them, novel by novel, reciting scenes and incidents, which kept tho eyes of ull the children w ide open, nud made the work go on without flagging. "Occasionally ho would raise a point of theoloL'v ou somo incident narrated, ami ask the opinion of one of his boys, und run a sort of tilt with him,. taking up the wrong sale of the question lor tlio sake ot seeing how tho youngsfer could practice his logic, If the parly rty on tlio other sido did uot make a fair hit at him, however, he would stop and explain to him w hat ho ought to havo said. 'The argument lie so, my son ; tlo that and you'll trip me up.' Much of his teaching lo his children was in this informal way." Tho stronc and origiuul character of Dr. Beecher is well brought out in this volume, which contains, besides his recollections, liianv letters of his, in which his clear com mon sense, ready wit, and energetic piety, I are illustrated. Tlio volume ha tiist-rate merits; the reader is brought, naturally, into contact with the mind of the subject, aud on closiug tho book feels thut Dr Beech cr ha been permitted to portray himself, without lutcrtcrchceot others. Hero we see the man us hu was, iu nil his relatiou wilh lile, aud in ull hi moods. Moriil i'ournse. I lava the courage to dischurgo a debt while you have money in your pocket. Have tho courage to speaK your liiunl when it is uecessury you should do so and hold your tongue wheu it is prudent to do so. Have tho courago to speak to a friend in "aeeily" coat, even though you are iu com pany w tth a rich one. airM well attired. Have l tie emirate to owu you are poor, und disarm poperty of its Sharpest sting. Have the courage to "cut' the most aureo- uble aeipiikiiituiico you have, w heu you are convinced thut he lack principle. A friend should bear with a friend' inUiuii ties, but not with hi vices. Have tlio courage to show your respect for honesty, in v Imtevir guise itappeunt; and your contempt tor ilwlnmcsty uud du plicity, by whomsoever exhibited. Have tite courage to wear your old clothe ur.til you can buy new one. Have thu courage to obey your own con science, ut tho nk of bctu ridiculed by men. Have tho courage to wear thick 1U In tho winter and insist upou your wife aud daughter doing the same. Have the courage to prefer roinfolt aud propriety lo fuahion, lu all thing. The railroad beiauvu Cbuitauooga and Kuoavillu ha been repaired, and car are uow ruuning, to the groat joy of the sropli aloug the line of the roaL Not a house or a shanty wa paaued on the trial trip that the ruudeuu did uot rush out aud, with liaudkerchU f aud ttag, Welcome the coming of the federal, Mr. David U. CUlr aad IU wife aud ninth r, Of t bUtlO toSIUahip, luiluil f .ut,', ail Ll4 CO IU) SJtJ. Ull , VI It'UvlU bill, SERIES, VOL. 24, NO. 23. The War lu Hie Konlliw ckI. Cincinnati, Feb. 10. Tho Gazette's lat est Chattanooga despatch, of tho 12th inst., says rain has been falling furiously for the past 24 hours. Tho situation of Johnston's rebel army was unchanged. Gen. Sherman's piogrcs excited great con sternation among the rebels. Eighty-four rebel deserters came in on Saturday. Trains run regularly ou all tho railroads. Cincinnati, Feb. 10. Gen. Foster passed through here yesterday. Gens. SchoSold and Stoneman arrived at Knoxvil'c on the 9th inst. The situation at Knoxville Is unchanged. Tho Union citizens report that Longstrcet had the railroad in running order to Straw berry Plains. St. Louis, Feb. 16. A private letter from Vicksburg, dated the 8th instant, from an eye witness, Bays that General Mcl'herson's corps crossed tho Big Black river, 15 miles from Vicksburg, on the 7th instant. Gen. Hurlbut's corps took a parallel route from Vicksburg nnd crossed Messenger's Ford, five miles aliovo McPherson's crossing, on pontoons. Each column is fourteen miles long. Tho force sent up was to prevent a flank movement to cut off our trains. The irou-clads will try to reach Grenada to co operate with Gen. Smith's cavalry and drive Forrest's rebel command towards Canton, where Bishop Polk's conscripts ore. .lack son is said to be fortified with cotton bales. This letter establishes the falsity of the specials from Nashville to New York, stating that General Sherman entered Jackson on the 5th. A Memphis despatch of the 12th inst., says that General Smith's cavalry expedition ounped last night at Holly Springs, and will probably next be heard from through seces sion sources. The weather became very cold hero bust night, the mercury sinking from about 40. in tho evening, to 4 degrees abovo jcero at 8 o'clock this morning. The Missouri Legislature adjourned Bine die this morning. A Heavy Tntiii. Sho was a glorious creature perhaps a little vain as she swept along tho avenue, drawing a silken train. Her robe was very costly her train was very long, and mur mured admiration swelled out from every throng of idle swells aud loafers the fair one chanced to meet, or who ogled her from taverns nnd corners of tho street. And thus she promenaded through many wenrv snnares. natonishino- the neoplo with her grand and lofty airs. But ut length her train grew heavy, and with labor on she strode, while her garment, like a drag-net, took the sweepings ot tlio road, on sue struggled till ehc fainted, her brain spun quite around, ana two ucar at, nauu police men tried to bear her from tho ground. But thoucb. well and able-bodied, their strength was alllu vain ; they could lift the gentle damsel, but they could not Pudge her train. At last her skirt was lifted, and I a terrible mass lay weltering there, beueuth 1 the dress of the ladv fair. There were quids of tobacco and slumps of cmars "old Uoilgers' that liact Peon I through the wars a dead rat and a sausage, ! an old "doggertype, cockroaches, live spi 1 ders, and pieces of tripe, all plastered together witu iccuteni tin. a pruuy uppvu' dasre to an clciraut flirt ! They lifted her tenderly handled her with care put her into a hack and sent her home, and it is to bo hoped she will i not again be guilty of promenading in her evening dress. A Bkiuk's Dkkss on FatE. Lieutenant J. ('. Dodge, of St. Louis, was married at JeU'erson City, 3Io., on tho 13th ult., to Miss Sarah Browu, daughter of Gen. E. B. Brown, Commander of tho District of Central Mis souri. Tho bridal nartv. consisting of tho bride, bridcirrooui. bridemaids nnd their j escorts, had just mado their entry into the ( dressing room of tho Governor's mansion i from Gen. Brown' residenco, when tho eauzo dress and veil of the bride caught fire by coining in contact with a red hot stove and in an instant sho was enveloped in a sheet of flame. Lieut. Dodge, witu great i presence ot mind, flung his overcoat over ; her person, aud immediately squelched tho flames. The only jcsult of tins mishap was a delay of half an hour and tho necessity of procuring a new dress to replace the. ouo destroyed. Tho young Duke of Moncby, ho is only twenty-two years old, and has an income of 8,000.000f., is giving ptivato theatricals at his splendid chattel!, and presents everybody with au exquisite winte sins inn, ucanng tho evening's programme in scarlet letter. It may be interesting to our lady readers to know that the Kmprcss of Austria has tho smallest waist jiti Christendom. It measures 15J inches about tha circumfer ence of her husband' neck. And yet -would you believe it girls 1 tho circumfer ence oi" her body at the shoulders is 38 i inches, Thk Southern Methodist Book Coucein iu Nuhlivillo has been taken by the civil authorities for a government printing otlice. It was a pestilent secession couocru, ami has now beeu put to good uso. Kleven hundred x.-rsou are duily fed by tho goveruuieut at Chattanooga. Over six hundred of tho dead on tho Chickamauga buttlo-ficld bare been buried since tho buttle. A valuable bed of coal underlie the city of hteubeuville, Ohio, and pai tie have of fend tlio city one hundred uud lift y thous and dollar for tho privilege of miuiiig it. Bishop Drew ax, of Chicago, has followed the example of Bishop Woyd, of 1'hiladrl , phia, iu denouncing the i'cii'uu Brother- lioou, und directing truo I atliolics to nave uothing to do with the oigaulnutiou. A dispatch lolho Ciuciiiuutli Commeivial state that 8,000 dcacrtci have beeu receiv ed within the lim of thu Army of the CuniUrlaiid aiuco Gu. Thuinu look com mand, aud the writer of a litter from Knot Uiulo the same paper sad that he ha already aduiiul.Urod the oatii to l,2o0. The eaweU luiturlad Ibr Ihe rveraMieul sis years ao, aud situs kl asmr the ! raaaoelk ou Ilia idaiua, bate uwtMMi frviu felUscu to Uuiy-aas. Tiny are b. rvwuted U IWubia, t'aiilmuM. 'Ib.y eau easily Ua.id illy aulas day, but Ury are ! allowed to kwr Utaa ihtny Due uf Owe has earned Mr Ules ( aeul ut evUuB. Tee wUulaum oil busiacs la the Vtstsrs r-ert o( paemavlraata iskeoouilu us.atly ! t.aatate a.IUIU4e are ktreaitu uiu hugely la Ike lands, taut Ik aeaabaf uf .all eksvk em k. sui,k Ik euaalag aasasi. will ssaawi, tl ta aaid, aay le Meter y Ma . A eaaiaO" fliUa-lallila fca'e M'ekea- 4 Ike aslaefei lal a! tluts t'levk, aatd toteiai to s ikaak Uasss liaiale kueaa eie fi iu to lett titeea taie !! tl t4 liasM e dV to tis lXK.tin or aivi:rtimiu. One arjnnre of 1 1 lines, !) times, $1 00 t 5 00 6 4HI 8 00 r.rery suoecnucm insertion, One square, uioutha, Ha months, One yeur, Duxineas Cards oft lines. tur Annum. aw Morchants and others advorliiifcia; by the year, win, mo irini'v oi inserting aiuereni eu vertising weekly, 10 00 Uasinm notices inserwd In the bor.At. Cot.rtsta, or beforo Marriages and Lloatbs, FIVE CENTS TEH LINK for oavh insertion, t'jargcr Advortisomcnt as per agreement. JOB PRINTING. We have eonnectod with our establishment well sclocted JOB OFFICE, which will enable us to exocuto, in the neatest style, every variety of Printing. What is fame to ft heart yearning for af fection and finding it not 1 It is like tho victor's wreath to him who is parched with fever, nnd longing lor one cooling draught the cup of cold water. An Irish paper publishes tho following item : "A deaf man numcd Taif was run down by a passenger train and killed ou Friday morning. He was injured in a simi-, lar way about u year ago." You can't make a village or a parish or a family alike, yet many suppose that they can makeNVorld pinch its beliefs or pad them to a single pattern. Last vcar Franco consumed (43,225,000 worth of tobucco. Tobacco of good quality from Maryland seed has been raised iu California. There are one hundred ond six divisions of tho Sous of Temperance in Maine. The Boston ice-dealcra, it is stated, havo already secured 225,000 tons of ice. Napoleon III. will bo fifty-six years old iu March. AGRICULTURAL. By tho Agricultural Editor.) I'unu Aolcsi fur JIurcIi. TOU.VCCO. Our readers havo had, during tho fino winter weather, tho opportunity was sug gested in our January notes of getting oil' their hands the important out troublesome work of putting their tobacco seed ill thu ground. It is well if they have availed themselves of it ; if not, they should take the earliest time that the state of the ground wi.l allow. Let it be borne in mind, how ever, that they gain nothing in time by working their land when too wet. Ot the crop uow in the house let the bulks be frequently examined. Thev are liable to damage by heating, ond should be promptly moved whenever it is ascertained that the tobacco is becoming softer in the bulk ; this indicates au approach to the condition when it will very soon bo warm, and when it should be shaken out and hung astride sticks iu the house till thoroughly dried. Alter this, whenever it becomes soft enough to be handled with safety, and wheu tho stems are still dry enough to crack when bent, it should be put into large bulks of four or six courses, packed as closely us can be, covered with a thick layer of tobacco sticks, and heavily weighted down. It is then in con dition to be packed in hogshead for market. Ihcurst plowing done ou the tobaccn farm should bo tho breaking the soil of tho tobacco field. It gives it the opportunity of early decomposition, nnd enables you t get it into tho best possible condition to in sure a uick aud early growth an impiH taut poiut in securing a profitable crop. It is uot necessary to apply Ihe manure before plowing, but better to put it on the surface afterwards, whenever it may bo convenient! Coiin. Tho preparation for this crop is one of the early works of the season, whic'a involves much heavy labor. The sod should be turned whenever it.uiay be conveniently done. We do uot care, however, to have it finished, harrowed, &c, much iu advance ot tho timo of planting, which iu this latitude is not beforo May. Whatever manures aro to be used btoadcast should be thrown on the surface after the first plowing. Super phosphates or other prepared fertilizers, should be applied soon after tho plowing, that they may havo the benefit of the spring rains. Their action is much more uncertain on.spriug than on fall crops, owing, probu bly, to their being oppliod too lato in tho season. Boot Choi's. Ia the allotment of ground for the crops of the season, bear in mind tho advantage to your stock of a supply of fresh food during w inter. It is especially useful to milch cows, aud they, at least, should bo provided for iu a crop of roots of some sort. Sugar beat, mangold w urtzel aud ruta bagu are all abundant and profitable crops uuder good culture, but tho parsnips and orange cannot make better food for cows than eith er. All stock profit by a dialy feed of fresh roots. We havo had our stock of horses receive gratefully, throughout the winter, a uicss of ruta bagu. All of thesj roots require deep cultivatiou and very abundant when so trcutcd. FnviT Gabdks. la the fruit garden, this is tho great planting seasou. It should bo completed as early as tho condition of tho ground will allow. Take notice that in takiug up tree or shrubs for truuspluuting, every caro should be taken to preaerve thu spougioics, or small fibrous roots, thut sup ply nourishment to the plants. If these nro bruised or broken in removal, the injured parts should be cut oft' before setting them in tho ground. Careful transplanting, und well prepared ground are thu first clement of success ia this interesting bruuch of cul ture. A good fruit garden is not limited to two or three varieties of fruit, but should iucludo apples, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, apri cots, nectarines, quinces, grapes, curruuts, gooseberries, raspberries und strawberries. lu making now plantations, dwarfs should be taken to somo extent, as well for upplc u pears, on account oi their coming o curly iulo bearing. W.vrtu-DFooF Boot Solks. If hot tar U applied to boot soles, it will uuiku tlwuiu water-proof. Let it la) us hot us the leather will bear without injuring it, applying it with a swab, and drying it iu by the tire. The oporatiou may I repeated two or three time during tho winter, if licveaaury. It make the surface of tho Ua,Uur quite hard, ao thut it war lunger, a well a keep out the water. Oil or grease softcus tlio sole, uud dot not do much iu keeping thu water out. It i a good pitta tu provnlo boot lo' winter during kuuiuut, and prepare thu olc by tarring, u they wiillhcu become, ' In lore they aro wanted to wear, kliuot a firm a hiuu, and will wc.ir twice a loug a ihovi unprepared. i e.e A Clhsnt Foil BoviLks. Ono third hCcawus, two-third roeiu; pound thu roaiu very Due ; put it with tho wax iu a uiu, uud null. When it i all un ited, lake it oif the Uru; tir In tiutly powdered biitkilual till It l a thick a waling wax ; lUcu piu tur it warm around the cover f piouiv or pickle Jar. If Uetd lur Uuilu, I 4 a. them tihi, aud thou dip the toil lu thu cciutul. Tu Ma I'otaiu hrtiMU I'iuuimi.. Take two or ihroe jmkuiIuU ol poUlo aUtvli, mix, beet lulo two i;i, Ihvu pour all Iulo a aaucfpalt U'lttalnlorf half a plot ( Uiilin ud:k, a in tie aalutl, Ul ll Udl lo of time uiiaulua, H;ritu4 U wtil all Ilia liu.e, a olUUfcU Ibo tfat l! t1' ''""'. ki.l UwUl laid ku. I, i.iUK. w 114 wr ul lu Jt.t.