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Harding. O M. ITOI.I.KXBACK, President. L. D.8H0KMAKEK, Vict I'retidtnt. R. C. Bairn, gecrctary. W O.Stehuso, Treasurer. This Company Insures three-fourth or the Lash valuation, taker no Premium Notes, make no Assess ments. Policy acknowledges all rnoneytpaid during the term of your Iueurunce. uie turn o.jo A CRAWF0RD) Agent May 30, 1863. ly Allornry nnd Conuttollvr at I -aw, WTio on south side of Market street, four doors west of U. Y. Bright A Sou's Store, SUNBTTRY, . M ill attend promptly to all professional business entruted to bis care, the collection oi claims in Northumberland and the adjoining counties, t-unbury. May 23, 163. ly tiScc, on south iiu of Market Square, near the Court House, STJNBUBy, PENN'A. Will utteud promptly to all professional busineai entrusted to his care. Die collection of claims in Northumberland and the adjoining counties. bunbury, May !d, lSu.t. ly jaiiivS ii:it's WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CLOCK ESTABLISHMENT, C. E. Corner Second and Chesnut St , Philadelphia GENCY for the PATENT EQUALIZING T11IR. TY DAY CLOCKS, a very desirable article for Churches, Hotels, Ranks, Counting Houses, Parlors, Ac Also. Manufacturer Of FINE GOLD PENS. Clocks repaired and warranted. Clock Trimmings of every description. Pbiladlphiu, January 19.1S6 1. 3y AND BACK PAY COLLECTED. 0 B. BOYKlt. Attorney at Law, is duly author 1, iied and licensed to collect lVnalons, lonli-Mnnl Iliick IJiy for Widows, Or. phans and Soldiers. Office in Market street, oppo site Weaver's Hotel, Sunbury, Pa. JanuaryJOjJSB. ly THE. KISSES JOHNSTON'S BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL B'or Voiinx I-li', Ko. 120S Spruce Street. VbilaJclpUIa. UKl KRliNCKS : Ur . Ir. Howe. David Webster. Ksq., Kev. lr. Suddurd.i, Win Huywnrd Drayton. Esq llev. l'r. Cooper, (leorge M. Wharton, Lq., Henry M Fine, Khj., T. tj. llcdlingsworth, Erq., K. R. Montgomery, Esq. Hon. Alexunder Henry. Thomas Dunlap. Esq., Pliiladelphia. December 5, 1W3 ""OYSTERS! OYSTERS! CAS OYSTERS, whole or half Cans, fresh from the City markets, can be had at all times at the Conectioncry Store of M. C. UEAKUART, Eunbury, "January 9, lfliH. rsr.w ci-oTiiix- A rtioisn. IMii XIOKI'. rpHE suWriler respeotful'v informs the people o L Sunbury and vicinity, that lie hits opened an en ure new stock of clothing nnd Furnishing goods, at his new store hi the building of Charles Pleasants Esq., in Market square. His slock consUtt in part XCT1TS" CLOTEI1TG- HOYS' CI.OTllIU. Fuch as Coats, Over Coats, pants, vests, shirts, nodrrshirts. druwera, stockincs. neckties, handker ehiel'a, glove, Ac. Ahu, liala aud Caps of ail kiuds. llUO'l'M t."W SIKH'S. if all kinds. THI NKS, nnd Valires. uuihrellas, and notions of all kinds, besides numerous other ar ticles. The public are requested tuguehiru a call aod examine his stock. LEVI UECI1T. Kuubury, Oct., 10, lSfi.1. n. . ui:.itiiAttT's Confectionery, Toy and IR.TJIT STORE, Market Ntreot, Sunbury, Iu. CONFECTIONERY OF ALL KINDS, TOYS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FRl'lT, &c, &c, ("(ONSTANTLY on band and for sale at the above j establishment ataholesnlo and retail, ut renton able prices. He is uiauufitcturing all kinds of Confectiunarica to keep up a lull asMiriuieul which are Id at low rites. Tobacco, Scgars, Stationery, Nuta of all kiuds. aud a variety of other articles, all of vhibb are olicred wholnuln and retail. fjf Ruueiubcr the namt and place. 1 M. C. fiEARHAUT, Market street, 3 doors west of E. V. Urijjht A Son's store. Suubury, Sept. 19, 1SC3. tf nMUVATiriCADSiYr NORTHUMBEKLAND. fllHE REV. JAMES DICKSON, will re-open his 1 Academy on Monday, the 17tb day of August, 1 wi.t. The I'olluaing brauchos ill ba taught : I-aiin, dreek, Mathematics, Philosophy. Lbetorie, Ltigid, Uook Keeping, Vocal Musie iu' theory aud rracticu. AIm. tleography, tirauioiar, llutury, ouipoailioa IV riling TERMa i Per Quanar of 11 woeks, la tha above brauches without the laugvaget Latin aud above brauvhe, (iruk aud above braucbw, ice Circular. fetoS 00 7 00 s 00 PtU further particulars apply to REV. J A M Kit MCKFON. Teacher. Northumberland, August Ut, 163 ly FRUIT & ORNAMENTAL TREEsT" 1 1 II I MM, T M .; nstd l illlM. n. '(UK subaeriber H oBTarinf al th lu Xu prions, lbs produeiUjua .l iba raltabla Nur C2j wrie til i D A rt l J . EVAXalA Vtt , ol" VOllK, 1'a , vmuuimuf all kiudawf t tt t 1 f 1 UiKJ tiiaadardawi liaarf, aud of lbs tunas iuipro4 sa rixies Oiuauirulel Treat aud burubs Tie luust faaliiotvts able slyit.ul 9 lowera OK Aft .uth aa Calakba. CliuLm D.Uaart, Coneurd 1'uua, liajiMd I'rolisW, luWIIa. At. ibe MraaWistas UI 4tiar, al ( lite sauet iuuti taiiotwe, ei.eU ulliat kltxis ctsllii. tod limlM tlx uiiali to (litis 1st abuit arUalea in aw fin lit h a. A 44..-, UKMJAMIM b"Uatal, ... I'alut, uU, 4 Co., J'. ItatawUf , leal PLA(J & IlllLDlNO STONE. fWI. miImiW. iwMKtuily U.tUu ike eillsaM I'AVIaii AltllL.lfcujiTj,tt7itZI2Ili 4 4 lesnii st-l tate lb. um a ill Im itli4 m i tittt k4 a kua4u 'l.u. 4.miu.: (4-4 ba (jlll Iu4 14 to lisl tw v4l t4 StSMilit baevet 't ' Inl " "'44. ttttt I kUMI li I l" tikti; f Notuetblng: evr in Vhiludclpbla. COOPER'S PH0T0OEAPH AND ART GALLERY, No. 1338 Chesnut Street, opposite the U. P. Mint. Gallery, Reception aud Operating Rooms ALL OJf FIRST FLOOR, All stylos and sires of rhotop-aphs, Ivorytypet, Ferrotypes or Tintypes" and tuken at prices to suit the times. Picture Finished in Water Colors, Oil, Iudia Ink and Pastil. Horses and other animals. Equipage, Country Feats Ruins. Models of Machinery, Ac, for Patenting ac curately photographed. P. F. Cooper desires to call the attention of per sons Tisiting Philadelphia to his new Urouud Floor Uallery, where bo has introduced newly-patented cameras, capable of taking, in a f-w seconds, one hundred Photographs, from the sniiill stamp or uu togrnpbio, to the Imperial and Life Site. After many experiments bo has succeeded In pla cing his sky-light at an improved angle, disusing the light in equal proportions, and producing that sou grauaiion oi loue wmcu onnuui ue givru oy me aide and sky-lighta generally used, and whiou of so much importance to the beauty of a picture. It is . r l 1. -1.... A ,KU !-. ... : Dl.:t...l1- niado of Froncb glass, and it the largest in Philadlc- phia. I n I M 1 1 years in the study and practice of the Fine Ajls. His lone experience as a Miniature nnd Portrnit Painter is a sufficient guarantee for the perfection of the pictures made at his establishment. Tho art of Idealiting is well understood ; none but the most skillful artists are employed in tho respec tive departments. Tho art nf idunlising.is well understood ; none but tho most skilful artists are employed in the respective departments. All ricturcs vt arrnntea tne ivoryiypes win uoi . change in any climate, and will stand the test of , acids. Particular atteulion is paid to giving graceful j and easy positions. I Daguerreotypes and all other kinds of pictures I eoppied, from small medallion to lifo site, and fin- 1 ulied In colors or Indian ink, to look equal to picturct I taken from life. . This Gallery possesses rare facilities for taking Euuettrain Pictures from lite, in the rear buildinic, : where from one to fifty horses oan be photographed at a time. N. li. To Photographers, Colorlsta and others. Just Issued. A Now Work on ' 1'noTooKAi'U CoLomni). IvoiiVTrriNO, Enamkll INU, IvoIlY MlNIATt re Pai.vtino, Ac. Complete Instructions given for makiog Ivorytvpes ' with some valuable receipts, never before published, ! useful to all photographers, for one of which a largo sura has been ofiYred. ! lly following the directions contained in this book, eveu those persons with no previous knowledge of Painting cannot fail to oolor photographs in a beau- ; tiful and effective style. i Price. One Copy. $5.00. Five Copies. $20.00. By ! remitting (1 2 our copy, with Vox of Paints, Palette, ' and preparations complete will bo furnished free of charge. Will be Published Shortly, 1 A Valvaiilk Woiik 0 DnAwma. 1 With progressive Illustration of tho Unman Fate and i igure. ALSO. A Uad-1!ook ox Positioks, -With Illustrations. Designed for tho use of Photo graphers and Artists. Mr. Cooper coutinues to receive Ladies and Gen tlemen into his Classes tor lustructioe in Drawing, 1 t,t. t. I . I T-.l. 1 l.T, auu jruoiogriijiu, ivorviype, louia iuk una rnsiii Painting, and a beautiful process for Euameliug Pictures. Circulars containing list of prices of pictures and further information respecting the Rooks and Terms of Instruction may be had by cuclosing Post Office Addrves and a .Mump to P. F. COOPER. 1."8 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. REFERENCES. Caleb Cope, President Academy of Fine Arts. Dr. Tho. B Wilson, Ornithologist and Entomol ogist Rev. 'J'homrs Miles Martin, P. E Church. Hon. Victor A. Sartori. Consul of Leghorn. Robert ti. Clarkson, of Firm of Jay Cooke A Co. New York, JUv. W. A. Muybin, Roct. Ut. Albans Church Uosion. J . K. Tilton A Co. Worcester. Mass., P. Dodge. Esq. Buliinioro. Moos. Amcdeu Sauvon, Fronoh Concul. Dec. 12. 1803. BLACKWOOD MAGAZINE A.NU TUB P.niTISH REVIEWS. Prices Cheap as Ever, to those who pay promptly In advanco. POSTAGE REDl'CED ! ! Premiums to new Subscribers! 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Lt 1'kUadel- I tie el It AM U4i Mr N ieeliiua- eae it) ihe tk kWst Treius, Uiswtfk tea4 fruea r'U4tWe) Wlitwet wbenfe. rHSSl ef ike leileeias Hall fcuaul leae Te at MS AM, and f It P H , U f btlodal flue, New-Vk, and all Vt ay Poluit iiaius iMttt ruiieinie as f it is at , tea 1 aa j. M , Pbildt4u. Itanuli aud ate V. SSMSMUlllwIUM riailH' t Hale laatet kaadlua at it A U , et4 teteiut livta I'ltUednJiaut at 4 M ft 1 I s All ut Wf t Is eta, iu sMl. t4jrt e-id A ke4 Wai letise rA4tUI III M AM, tMt) raaa4eiratt a t It F at tvMnwotau-,, kttieaf,, sum, 04 keettiaht) Ttrkxa. at 1 te-ta4 setwa e t4 ftn ett f iiie sw settat Pfje attowetj eaa r4s , It A sl -"lit Y II lee hhiInwUim-i POETICAL. coi.nn' Tim toiwnrt, It? II. KI.LIOTT M BK1DE. Zi'kivl Rt'ts the "chorus" douc, He fc'L'Ut the hens and pija. Tends to tho cows nnd cnlvea, Theu he gets on his "riga." Young tow-heads around him Shouting to the old 'un, Buying they'll bet a ccut That Zckc's getting on hit Sunday go to mttlins just to go a holdiu.' Zuke mnrclies to the place ; He knocks nnd Hours "Coin iu !" They're all ghid to see him, They tko his shulwl nnd pin. Zvke, nftiT looking urouud, Squnt6 on the progered scat : lie hasn't much to Buy, Consequently he doesn't say much ; but all the time keeps lookiu' at his feet. The old gentleman talks Of horses aud the crops ; And the old lady asks About his mother's hops. She also frieudly asks What butter they have churned t Ztkiel gets uneasy, And he mentally ejaculates: "Hops, butter uad things be darned 1" Old folks keep a tulkin' Crickets keep a buzziu', Bally looks at K-kiel, Zekiel keeps a l'ussin' ; Sully thinks its bedtime, And Zekiel thiuks so too ; Aud old folks aecm tickled And keeps a looking at aeU other, and then at Zeke and Sally, us if the; kuew a thing or two. The old man pulls his boots Travels off to bed ; The old lady's yawning And tying up her head. Zekiel's feeling tickled, Feeling kinder funny: He thinks the time has come For him to pop the (iiicetiou, get a wife aud commence a luyiu' up the money. Now the old folks arc gone, Rut Sal is still knittin ; Zeke tidgits all around And steps on a kittin. Bhe asks hira why so mum f ' And Zekiel hems nnd haws ; ' He gives an awful cough, ! Then he crosses his legs, then he un crosses them, uud theu he says "Because !" ! Zekiel clears his throat. Then hitches up hhi chair : Bally looks slantiu', like 1 As if she didn't care. I Zeke clears his throat again, Again he hitches near; ! And Sal, the little pet, 1 After kuitting to the "middle of the . needle," lays away her stocking and looks as if she wouldn't' "skcer." Zeke at once "pitched right in," Flung his arms around her: I Said that she must be his, ! She'd not get a sounder. Zeke kept a holdin on And swore his fate he'd know : While Sal could but utter, , "eke Joues. 1 11 tell you what It Is. , I can't stand it, aud I won't let you hug me ! so : Hut Zeke vowed and dr clartd, lly all things good and Lad, He never would "leave go'' Till nn answer he had ; He declared he loved her. Ami his love was growin' j She modem ly replied ! "Zeke Jours, I would like mlghtv well to believe you; but I'm most awfully afraid jou're blowiu'!" Til be dogged if I am !" Khouts Zekiel. all in joy ; "lo yon think I would" lie Think I'm a lyin boy ? Oh. won't you have me, 8al 1 I'll tell you what it is If you won't have me, Sal, I'll go right oil to the wars, and some day there will a big cannon-ball come along and take otf my head cher biz !" "Oh, yes, I'll have you, Zeke, Can't let you go away ; But, eke, you'll have to see What pa and ma will say." When Zeke this answer got, He trotted off "to hum," And tickled was so much, He couldn't sleep a w ink that night without dreaming of the good time tocouie. TALES AND SKETCHES. I I lil ll-I.IIHM' OI' iuoiiii;cy. A writer in Blackwood pninti the follow ing picture of tho desolation that surrounds aud enshrouds the ouce mighty Babylonish empire; BABYliO. Iu the distance, li'gb uhove the plains, loometl a ureut mound of earth. On qoth sides of us lay w hat looked like long paral lel rutigt't of hilrt. Theae line are pro nounced to be the reumliit of thoae canals that once couductud the waters ol the Eu phrates over the length and breadth of the ancient llabalouia. What mighty canals mint they have lern, that still showed under the roll of centuries, such tuhatuulial trace! Now, uot eo much tut a drop of water no, not even a drop of heaven' pearly dew, tvvn glistens, where once large hip mutt have navigated. Those uughty bank that curried fertility to every corner of the) ancient kingdom are now mere 11 Mi lt as, eighties uiounihf. No Morning inlet, moistening the thirsty earth, ever lung over them. Nu rain cloud ever shadow them, tciuriiig the ray of a tierce daily reluming tun. The cud ol br that "dwell Uou mauy water" haul Uwn brought about only too aurely. The awlul rbecii bad t,'it lulliUod, and dtenlaiiou in alt tl n kednewa, iu all It drtMtnutea, wa around Ut, After mlmg aume two hour arrived at Ihe f'M'l of Ihe great Itlouud ktd toeu in th distance) It) lb inoruiug. We Uitinouul 4 aud acublad for th top, for bad vto ild l the ruluof luiiylotii and this K'watl litouud uf tail) ! w4 U giv vt ib (oldea etty. I Uliv huitt U uuiuiit, rala4 . kutnliaul ttt abuve lit ilaia, the all ut lUa kit. mil ttty kHtjf bo Bt4bula k'tl ltt.1, ui 1. lug buiaiuaj Mad rd th itul lil d ! i.l litis) lb J"' cf lb skin, made every effort to open an eye so ter ribly painful, that we gave up the ideas in despair of either tracing walls, or, indeed, of looking about us anywhere. I remember seeing, nway to the west, lines of willows, and a silver thread winding away into tho distauce ; and nearer, some unsightly bare mounds, looking as if volcanic firo had been tit work underneath the smooth surface of the plain, nnd had thrown these mounds tfp in the spirit of pure mischief. That silver thread was our first glimpse of the waters of the Euphrates, and the mounds all that remains of the once beautiful hanging gar deus of liabylon ; at least, so the conjectures of men of research has accounted for them. Hut so completely have tho prophecies been fulfilled so completely has tho "nnmo and remnant been cut off" of all pertaining to the once mighty city, that even the great hill on which we were standing is only by conjecture supposed to be the ruin of sonio great building or royal palaco that Flood within the walls possibly the palace of Semi ram is. We descended from the great mound, and made for those lesser mounds which are supposed to be the situs of the hanging gar dens of 'itocris and Semiramis. Iu one pot the only thing we saw in the shape of a building in a state of ruin was a mass of vitrified brick work, piercing the old soil and debris of centuries, angle upward. The bricks were square, of large size, and beau tiful make ; the angles of some clear and sharp, ns if the brick hud left the kiln yes terday, instead of twice two thousand years ago. Turning into a little hollow way be tween the raouuds, we came suddenly upon the colossal stone lion. Time, with his lead en hand, had knocked away nt all sharp angles of the statue. Tho features of the lion are completely obliterated, ns are also those of the prostrate form that lies so help less so utterly and wholly human, be neuth the upraised form of the king of beasts. The group represents itself to the eye, owing to the wear of old Time, much in tho appearance of those vast blocks of Carrara marble which the bold chisel of Michael Angclo struck into, nnd then at the point that the shnpeless marble had begun to as sume; the merest "abo.zo" of the great sculp tor's idea, the block nas suddenly abandon ed and left as n wonder aud a puzzle to fu ture ages, so does this group of the liou and ; the man now bear an unfinished, uuwrought appearance ; but you cannot look ut it a moment, and not instantly avow the majesty and grandeur of the idea that once lay there so mightily embodied. This dark-colored colossal statue, which may once have stood under the RorKcous roof of. a temple, aud be- j fore which the queenly Semiramis proud j and supremely beautiful may once have ' bowed, stands now canopied by the grand j eat of all canopies, certainly high heaven , but never noticed save by the desert wind I tlmt sweeps moaning Ajver it, and the jack als that yelp around, as they hold high revel over the bones of some camel who has beeu good enough to die in the vicinity. A HAND ETOKM. About an hour before sunset we were standing on the bridge of bouts, looking ; down 011 tho J-uphrates rolliug its dark i turbid tide below us. The heaven above I was without a cloud, but suddenly in tho ! course of a few iniuutes, as It Rppearcd, we I became aware that the western sky was be coming strangely obscure, and as we looked in the direction of the sun, we saw his rays wore waxing dim by reason of a visit lurid ea?loud that was surging up from the western horizon at a pace that wastcrrihe tobeliokl. There was a sudden rush of feet across the bridge for the people, men women and children, were flying in alt directions, hop V that was building itself up so rapidly, and with such mugic speed in the west. Wo hurried home, for we saw plainly that the storm would be upon us in a few min utes. The appearance of this driving cloud from our verandah was grand in the extreme Wc now were convinced that a sand storm, and that one of no ordinary kind. Was about to burst upon us in all its tury for the cloud, now that wc came to look at it, aud into it, evidently held no ruin in its lurid depths. The dark shades of it were of the deepest purple, and tho edges, as it camo boiling up trout tho westward, were tinted with a most glorious gold. Every instant, as the light played over tho surface, wo be held colors varying from a brilliant orange to the deep, dark, somber tones of red aud purple. Birds of ull descriptions, scream ing wildly, were endeavoring sonio by rapid flight, some by soaring high into tho yet clear vault of Heaven to avoid the fcand: laden atmosphere that was surging to ward us iu a way that was woudrous to be hold. Iu lets tbuu fifteen minutes from the time we first observed it, the liery breath of tho storm was upon us. First came the moan of a rushing mighty wind, as it swept an grily by. There were a few date trees iu the garden below. Their sturdy leaves were for uu iustunt strongly agitated; the next moment they 'Aero torn away with a rra-tb, and then hurried along to the leeward ns arc tho light leaves of a I net. 1 1 before aa autumnal breeM:. The stout trees them selves waved to und fro, theii In-lit down, aud bowed humbly before the wrnlh of tho gale. A few aecoiids more, and the town plunged iuto utter midnight durkllcs. Though two of us were Handing within a yard of each other, out on tho verandah, it was Impossible to trace even the outline of the figure, to impenetrable was the gloom. There Ma a fitting that aotiio kind of Hue and was jurvading every aeiiaeof the body. There waa a peculiar luU In the altuot jihtre, and the eye uddeuly became pain fully tore. After the one furious gust of wiud had pawed, there) wo a great ktillueaa iu Ihe air, and immediately, a the darkiic act iu, the but and hum of the batur were completely bushed. Our aervitut thought the last day had coutv aud, a we beard afterward. I hi tw Ihe general iuipreaaion throughout the tut a -for vu tit oldest "Inhabitant" bad uewr mg .iy dual eUiflU lewfiubliug this. U about tuuidto the tUrkuet begaa to clean "d a (toot) at We could , found uuiwolvtw aud everything Ulunuin,j lt Ut covered wlttt flue, iutpalMtble Just, of a rwldub cthr. Titer U no ttud of ibt color in auy of thee dwrt. Al the dark usm iImI, dull 14. luuiluou glaj (the lllitat luiMtua' paJt of Ihu tiiMUt, ItboUgbl) suctutuUd, aud kUvptd all tuirouudluu tils- jvuu. A butt) Itutt) Iba UttAar ediWaly tnM, aud ) tatlUt I lutti a ptulutiiitHl tltttttl, It) wbitli ll see 10 ml Ibat tsetf tuT It) lb to a bn b U: te)"t) P1 it) lb lfa.il ijuwirf We u twtuatf I . si lejuutst tt)u etliaJ j llttt J)aU , lb utll glel tbl (tevt mg to UtKl slie fur trom t lie de iilto which ; ' , . J .. 1 . they supposed would, in a very short time, "J"? d'-ar- th i J"5! mV be ,,ouring down up..., the town from nut ' "V"''' mPe f .th" tP' T, ffi 1 I .1... ?.t ,.c . 1 .: :n .1 ... 1 i displaved, was in letting the officer dress. streaming into the windows, bathing every thing around, was gradually lost in the dark ness of night. By ten o'clock at night, as we smoked our pipes on the verandah, we looked np at the stars, shining forth bright and brilliant, but in vain did we look for any trace of the evening storm in the dark blue vault of heaven. the Towicn or haiiki,. After a ride of about eight miles, we were at the foot of the Hiers Nimrod. Our hor ses' feet were trampling upon the remains of bricks, which showed here and there through the accumulated dust and rubbish of ages. Huforc our eves uprose a ereat mound of earth, barren nnd bare. Thia was the Bier Nimrod, the ruins of the Tower of Babel, by which the first builders of the earth had vainly hoped to scale high heaven. Here also it was that Nebuchadnezzar built for bricks beating his name have been found iu the ruins. At the top of the mound a great mass of brick-work pierces the accumulated soil. With your finger you touch the very bricks large, square-shaped, and massive that were "thoroughly"' burned ; and every inortar tne "sumo," now hard us granite handled more than four thousand years ago by earth's impious people. From the summit of the mound, far away over the plain, we could seo glistening, brilliant as a star, the gilded dome of a mosque, that caught and reflected the bright rays of the morning sun. This glittering speck was the tomb of the holy Aly. To pruy before this at some period of this life, to kiss the sacred dust of the curih around, at some time or other, there, to bend his body and count his 1eads, is the daily desire of every devout Mohammedan. MISCELLANEOUS. A Iiurluj? Art. Tho Providence Journal of the l$th prints nn extract from a letter from Beaufort, North Carolina, giving an nccout of a bril liant act of Lieutenant Gushing, of the U. S. steamship Monticello: "The Monticello also arrived. She is commanded by Lieutenant C'Uhhiug, who has distinguished himself on Bcvcrul occa sions, and received the command of the Monticello for his services in thcNunsemond river. He Bus just performed a leal ot dar ing hardly equalled since the war began, and very much resembling the Barton and Prescott affair in our bay. He pulled into the river with two boats, passed Fort C'us well, aud went up the river above Smith ville, which town is some four or five miles above the fort. He then turned round and came down to the town from above, as if from 'Wilmington. "He passed within ten ynrds of a sentry on post on a wharf, but the soldier was nslecp or drowsy. Ho then effected a land ing near some suit works. Gushing crept up on his hands nnd knees to the tire uud captured two darkies, who agreed to act as guides. He then landed again at the town, and with a seaman, nn otiiccrniid his guides, went directly to the General's house. On the opposite hide of thestrect were barracks, containing a thousand men. lie opened the door, passed up stairs nnd found that the tienrrni was not at home." "The officer below then told hira to come j down, as a row' was going on. He hastened down and found that an officer had left tho house in his shirt, and taken to the woods lu the rear of the town. Another cflicer stood with a chair in the corner of the room. j Gushing closed with him, threw him down ! nnd put a revolver to his head ; the fellow ' became tranquil. Gushing then struck a ' I light and told the officer to dress. He did unit waitinK lor hnn to do so, when they were perfectly aware that another (tho Ad-' jutnnt-Gencral) had escaped, and might at ! any moment bring an army about their ears, j Luckily he had fled to the woods without speaking to a bouI, tliinkingalhat the inn kces were in possession. The General made it a habit to sleep in that house every Mon day night, but this night was detained at ' Wilmington. We learned this from the blockade-runner Mary Anna. The people of , Wilmington are greatly ashamed of the oc- j currence, and a repetition would be clanger- j 011s. Lushing afterwards learned thut aliout the time the rebels got fairly on the alert, and had telegruped to the forts, he was pass ing them in the darkness. "The officer captured was Captain Eclley, t Chief Engineer of the military works aliout I Wilmington. The Gushings of that family are ail brave. One brother died at Oettys- j burg in the most gallant manner. He had , distinguished himself before nt Antietam. Had he lived he would have been a briga dier. Another brother is with Grant." The Itf'brV I'uA.lr. Tho case of the rebels stuiuls thus, by the showing of their own papers. 1. If they increase their army they can not feed it. 9. I'nlets they increase their army they are whijipcj. 8. Lnluas the press speaks oitf their lib erties are gone. 4. If the pre tpeak out their Govern ment w ill be gone. fl. Unless they draft the whole iwipula tion, they must surrender. tl. If they draft tho whole population they must starve. 7. I'ulea they recover East Tenueaate they can get uo suit peter. 8. If they undertake to recover East Tenmaseti they will get more saltpeter lhau they want. li. l'iile they free the iirgroc they have nothing left Ut flhl with. 10. If they free I lie lug root they tuve uothing tell .1 fight lor. II. r.ver attire the rvU-llton 14-gau uo grot have been filling. li. Nevertheless, tbeli greatett fear Is, teat the nt'grot! should riau, I it. I ulee Jiff Ibttia repudiate hit iirexiit debt be tau't borrow Itou uy UmIv, 1 1. It be lepudiaU, ttoltdf will Uad lo him. IS. It be Imprest (bud b turn lb Uud lulo a utaorl. Id. I' (ilea be ituprtatat; food b luflt bl uutu lulu tW'iU-r. 17. TUty cauuot tut'cecd in lit star until l hey b lite lutatu i f buitdtH rail rutula- Is. Tb cau l gel Ibt) tutau u( build Ug ralUottit. l. If lUy 0gb( Ike luatt the day. U. L'uUtbtf 6uUi Ibej h4 tfMI tuy mt9tl ibt ttiitM.ft a ti..t Mt.es best k4 sea e4 Msaiietf ffee at tw t'la j iis's' tkett lf,et ttte w4 Is e ho. nnl tlmv tnok linn to tlm luuit unit m- 1 A C'opperticntl CntechlNiu We find upon our table a very ingenious little pamphlet, under the above title. It is rinted by Sinclair Tousey, 121 Nassau St., '. Y. .Tho questions and answer arc nil Sufficiently orthodox. Here ure the articles of Belief: I believe in one country, one Constitution, one destiny; aud iu Ueorgu B. McClellau, formerly Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States ; who was horn of re spectublc parents; suffered under Edwin M. Stanton ; was refused reinforcements, and de scended into the swamps of the Ghicknhom iny ; ho was driven t herefrom by tire and sword, and upon the seventh day of bat tle ascended Malvern Mill, from w hence he withdrew to Harrisson's Landing, where ho rested many days; lie returned to tho I'oto mac, fought the battle of Antietam, and was then removed from his high command and entered into oblivion. From this he shall one day arise and be elevated to tho Presi dential chuir, there to dispense his favors unto all who follow him, and who brmlv rest upon the platform of the party to w hich he belongs. I also believe in the inalienable doctrine of State Bights; 111 the admission of slavery into the territories; in the illegality of the Confiscation act, of the conscription, of the suspension of the habeas corpus, of arbitra ry arrests, and of the Proclamation of Email cipotion; aud I finally in a peace which is beyond everybody's understanding; but I do not believe that the negro was born free or equal to tho white or any other man; aud I reserve power to alter this my Belief, dur iug sovereign will and pleasure. General Sigel, who has just assumed com mand of the Department of West Virginia, had a narrow escapo from capture by the rebels a few days since. Whilo in Martins burg he rodo outside his picket lines for some reason, and just at that moment a force of two hundred Tcbels rodo between tho General and his lines. Had they known of his presence they could have captured him with ease. ' OrEMNO OF 1UE RSADISO AM) CotrMBIA Railhoad. The . Heading n:id Columbia Railroad is now completed, and will be im mediately opened for travel. This road is thirty-eight miles long, from its junction with the Readiug road at Sinking Spriug to tho bourough of Columbia. The Paris Prctse says of our licutcnaut generals: "Grant is the American Masscua, the beloved child of victory, who has ticver met with a reverse, but who is as vigilant oud indefatigable us if he had one to fear. Alone he is ublo to resist tha three armies of the Confederation." AGRICULURAL. Cuuuants and GooHEiiEituiKs. Wre no tice that the cultivation of tho Rod Currant was much increased within a year or two; & when is considered tho value of this fruit over many others, for dies when green, for wiue, jully aud drying, tha surprise is thut a more general importance was not long ago attached to it, uot only as a garden, but a field crop. It is in every way a w hole soiue and desirable fruit, aud one of the very easiest to propagate aud cultivate For increasing the supply of bushes, take last year's wood, about a foot or fourteen inches in length, thrust them into the ground about eight inches, whero they arc desired to stand or otherwise, press the ground around them firmly with the foot, uud there will rarely bo a failnre. If a (ingle stein, in hree fashion, is preferred, re move witn a knife alt the eyes on the cut ting which goes beneath the surface of the ground. If a buti is preferred, let the eyes remain. So far us production is concerned, we think the bush is rather the most profit able, and may also be longest lived. Tho Gooseberry can be propagated in precisely the same way. (By the Agricultural Editor. aVnrnt Cutest lor April. Tobacco bkds. The success of the crop of tobacco is mainly dependeut on a good supply of plants, aud this depends very much nn the cars and nursing bestowed 011 the beds from this time. A dressing of rot ted manure, or very tiue compost or guano should be given immediately after the plants get well up. If compost, it should be put ou so thick as upparcutly to como uigh smothering them. After tho first picking of tho bed, let this dressing be repeutetl. it is of tho utmost importance to keep the buds from being overruu with grass, and this can only be avoided by pickiug out by hand every sprig of grass, as it wake it appear ance. Man 1-it eh. Manures which are to bo ap plied broadcast, whether tlable, bain-yard, or commercial fertilizers, should Lu put upou the ground as soou us practicable alter it is plowed. Let them never be throw u iu heups, to lie somctiuic mauy da) 4 before being spread, but throwu out immediately upon tho ground, aud UiUcd iu with the surface preparation. Manure iu the hill should lo some well rotted compost, or a mixture of rich earth, ashes uud pluater, a I handful to each hill, tluowu on tho seed ; , or it may be manure from the poully Louse, with an eoual ipiuutity of phwur pouinlcd ' aud mixed togethu, with a btuhel of Suit I to live ol the mixture, a baud.'ul to the hill ; ! or ta'olu-tpoouful of guano, mixed wi;U dot,- j bio tho quuutily of dry earth aud a little 1 pliiiter, to the hill; Well limdu poudrelte, Ulld komu of the allper plioi-pll.llea found ill ' the uisikel, aueMir well for thia purpoke, 1 either throwu in Ihu hill, well for ihia pur-, kitv, either throwu iu tiiu hill, or ou it, at'- lur cotciiiig. Hour I nope. -For the piinripal root crope, tiicli aa Uxla, carrot aud paraiupi tllu ground should Iw plowed au.l manured lllil. Illiil.lli TliM lll-kt .if M.V Utill Im .-Mrlt- ii..liKh to plant Iheiu-lhtv U4 ab.uid.ul iimnuaiig aud very divp plowing No one whu Would lake Ihu lival far ol bit stock lu wiuler khuuld have has than au tuie f root, of uu tort or another, lor tvtry uu 1 bead of taltliv The Caffol t said lo t 1 culurly tuned lu borate. It It uot to pro- j ducliv a tut) Cild brct an 4 rut bug, biclt tboul4 lai out tUiil tfoi. 1 OtkUAN. IW fcAily roru way Uu plaa j U4 by lb lO.b of lb smttilb, unite tli! twaaut) la uuuaually told, o4 Sucvvaaltia uf planting mail every ltt tttU li tViat Ibto uty U pUutod Ltt IU th uwu lb, In watut, tub aoil. W Uk only ibuv, bowevrr, for at) tttrly rn.u by plaullug tw sHMiti, a ihe t4 a.- lialJ lu fut. biTuuld lb feiteou prut a Waiiu out, a may fot ib until haW t4 U-iua tx,. tit MUp'tiea SIMSISjS IttUAU .Vi, . M-tt llt(U. I.I.K.kt tl ' l.-el.m Ut kl'l4 Ut.it Tl H4t l j labUd l)4lt tail II, l,H iilit It .... .1.. 1 . 1.., . . . . first week, but are not unlikelvto be ninoe.l I by the frost after thev come up. It is well I ...,...h .,i.:i.. - . r . mum wnno 10 lull mis riSK. Street Potatoes. Tho roots of these should be laid in a moderate hot-bed tho first of tho month, to raise plants for putting out in May. They ure easily raised, and grow much belter from mtch plnnts than by the old method of planting iu each hill a piece) of the root. , Pea. Crops of these for a succo&siou should be sown ouce a fortnight. Ji'tubarbor Pie-Plant May bo propaga ted by offsets from roots. Straicberric. If not thoroughly cleared of grass in tho fall, it should be done now, and if possible, a covering of straw put on, thick enough to keep down weeds anil grass. Nothing is so essential to a full crop of strawberries us moisture, at tha time they are forming, hence the value of a mulch of straw, tail bark, or coarse litter. 11 E C I P E S . " "Tklkgrapit" Cake Four eggs; 2 cups sugar; 6 taplcspoons of water; J teaspoon of soda dissolved in the water; 1 teaapoort of cream of tartar sil'ied in tho flour j 3 cups of flour; 1 lemon grated, peel and juice. Make into any form that may bo desired, and bake in a moderate oven. Boston Breakfast CAKB.r-Ono quart of flour; 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar rubbed into the flour ; 1 tablespoon of butter rub bed into the flour ; 2 tablespoons of brown sugar rubbed dry iuto tho flour; a little salt ; 1 teaspoon of soda dissolved iu as much sweet milk as will make the ingred sngredients about the consistence of pouud cake dough. Grease a pan with lard; place the muffin rings in the pan, having them also well greased ; fill them half full, and bake in a quick oven. GeriMntvicii Takgrajtlt, M. C. B. IIow To Bake Beam. Boil a quart of white beaus iu two or three quarts of wator until they begin to crack- Put in a tua spooufull of salomtus whilo they are boiling. Then drain off all the water in which they were boild, aud put them in a pan or basin large enough to hold them nnd a peicc of nice fat rib of corned pork, which weigh two pounds or so; score tho pork und settla it in tho middle of the beau, so that the fat is a littlo higher than tho beans ; covef all with water nnd add two tablespooui'ulU of molasses, and bake in a moderate oven three hours. When done, tho top should be a nice broirn. Don't gorget tho molasses, or you won't know ya-ikoi baked bean. (Jermahtoun Telegraph, r. 14. M. HUMOROUS. A Military Yars. A friend of ours, who has seen some survicc, and to whom we are indebted for several original stories of a similar nature which came under his observation, furnishes us the following anec dote, the truth ol which in every particular he vouches for; One day whilo my regiment was ou duty at Columbus. Keutuckey, I received order from my Colonel to proceed to Memphis with two companies ot the regimeut, in charge) of some rebel prisoner. Wo em barked about 10 A. M., ou board the "C. Ililman." oud immediately sailed dowu tho river. Our boat had a largo number of passengers aboard among whom was Judge L , with whom I was well aquaiuted, aud who by the way was a strong Union man. Ho usked sf I had any objection to his conversing w ith the Ros. I ' told liiin 'not in the least,' when he went forward, and selectiug a rough, uncouth, lank haired private from Arkansas, tho following coll oquy ensued, which fully illustrates tho in telligence of our deluded "Southern brelh ern." - Judge. "What regiment do vou belou,? to?" " Rebel. "The 20th Arkansas, by G d!" Judge. "You have been iu some battles?" Rob. "Well, I reckon." Judge. "My irieud, what are you fight ing for?" Reb. "We're Cghtiu' for our rights." Jcdge. "Well, what are your right, or of what rights have you been deprived?" Reb. "1 tell you, we're lightiu' for our rights." Judge. "That's all very well, but define them." Reb. "Oh, I uin'tno politician, nnd I hain't got no eddicution to speak on, but I know we're fightiu for our righis, sartiu." Judge. "Well, my friend, can tell vou what you'r fighting for, you are fight'ing to destroy the best Government and noblett nations tho world ever saw. Look at thut glorius banner:)iointing to the Mar and airipes, floating from tho guff.) arc you not ashamed, air, to fire ou that beautiful flag?" Reb. "flag? I never aw that flag till I went and jii o 1 the army." Judge "Whuil-you uevr saw the 6tr and Stripes?" Hub. -No I never did." - Judge "How old are yon?" Reb "'Bout thirty five, 1 reckon JuJgc.iti a tone of stupendous astonish ment, "And uev.tr uw tho Sua ami Suipa before?' R, li "No; I told you opce alrea.lv " ll was a por for the Jude. lie was completely tWred. With luinylid Itiliug of iudiguation, pity and dismay, he paced tho deck for koiuctiuic iu silence. Al luet, ktt-ping lul'roiil of hia iiicorrigihle aquaiut auce, iu a aulxlurd, tenon tone of voice, lioa.Aid; ' lid ou kuo uiy Irieud that I hri.t wut dead.'" Iteli., evidently turpriMd. "You doa't M ! It he though? II lutt rcinntnt Jul K4 1-4 h-j ti, a,U ttlt.ir true At iiUnif Cataess l.aua aeijuus Ui a brother lul Ur, be kaj a kauj eiuf. cUt er Ueu elt-ut, iJ aa4 sttvuKB w uiui m auufa lAe ke: -XI, . "'" '"u,4 " -ul A foi en ItbV tl sohi.J. hiJ u ik. Uu 1. . (T.uiiaai. Baa akej If d.iuiu. , ... k notuoua, site kwuiautly tetaieU, 11 ts awe au4 a'ur. ' OesiMwAa. "Mt ii.H.4 m-uum, b.., uiut b l thai uoumI' Mikil ituttwu. ' Witl, u,,, i.,,, tao fur a ti 1 u law k aiul a bJf ' luatbiuku. " Bui I nut, W.U Mykel wuiiian. - t an 1 b i 11 j()ii' ttt tfll uu w iibnut I it a. t v- el, Ui uty aiUiii b.ibs,iv. fc., logetber lor uu !,'. 1 .., ,,. ,., alu 1 g.uu' iu be tt wwh... t. ,.,...,. kUtltoW." A M Ilia U-m " btt lw, .1, v , rattip, I.. uud biwM Us.) . 4 ,. , M It Alt.i IvlMi , a. ... tlltlpeu. ., ..(. , ls ,t . I - I, . , . . t ,' a . ' V
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