rnRi ot rnn A-tramcAMT.v XKHM8-TW0 DOUGHS Per ssnsiaV, (1 Mil ; W ptii With! th Vast. 'l N pup' tUwonthmtd , etil all arr-rai ar naid. """ ' J 'J" ' . T ' ' i'h.m j i.i..t Those lersM will b ivlctiy adjtor! to ktAr. If subscribers M-;latr refoM to tali their news. prsfromthecffiotowhioh toayeswsireoted, they ' re responsible statu they bars settled th bUls and "rdored tkem discontinued. ... . taskmaster will pleas act m our Agents, and Tank letter, aontitining subscription money. . The r permittod to d this under lh feat Office Itw , jos-yBiiti .?: -1 ; W hat eonaotod with oar utnUiahiueat wall Selected JOB OFFICE, Which wUI nal ni to oxocute, In the neatest ityt,. ' ' cry variety of I'rinting -!, .j. ,.,..:,,,..,,;,, ,.,, , , !( G 0JJIT3AD Mia .Hlii i(iiU)t tn ti i'J- rti'i , ' r-i ' f ':i . i '. ! ' - '- ' ,V.'3).i- .9IK, ni "fllu.i vfl ii) tii-'1t:1 I . TKBJM - or, AIM lilt 1 The Mlowlng are th ratca for adv.rll.lng In The AaRBioAR. Thnee baring adrotliatog to do will And it oonronlent for reference : ' Siie. I Bquare, lt. It. tm. lra. dm 1 7 1.00 ll.M2,tfl 14,(0 t&OOifT6,00 oolumn, ' 1 I a,oo 4 IX 4,Ml 8.00 r.oo i2,o U.OOI 20.00 6,00 10.00 I 14,00 tt,00 20,001 S6,O0 S4,00 80,00 I,W PUlJljl! SATURD Loeat Notice., fZL NBW3SERIES,4VOL 2, NO. 48. MJii SATURDAY MORNING; SEPTEMBER 1866. r; OLD SERIES, VOL. 26,, NO. 48. .-r J I ol ): iImIti..! in , an, 1 ;..,. .So iti.i.vl 1l!, .j , , ', ;,) mi, :.'i'l yill. -i !. .;r..M , tli'r.:ii 1.. ! ' "'".f " ('' -) BUSINES3 CARDS. ' J BOIMI 11 1 LI,, BlMOX P. Woltibtox. HILL ft WOLVEETOW, Attorneys find Conanclora nt IjOt. SXTJNTBrril'y. FA. vv1 riLL Attend to the toll eot ion of all kind of cllnt( Inoluding Back Par, Bounty and Pen lone. . . . i api. ,j'i a- V, JACOB SHIPMAN, - v PIBE AND LIFE IWBTJHANCE AQSNT SUMBUK? PENN'A-. .. V. H KKPBKI!ITI ... . Farmera Mntunl Fire Intonuieo Co., York Pa., juuihcrlRiid Valley Mutual Protection Co., iew York Mutual Life, ttirard Life of 1'hilV A llnrt ord Conn. Uenornl Aocidonts. , . iSunbury, April 7, ly. ' 1 Dr. CHA8. ARTHUR, omcropal!jic 13l)ystr(an. Graduate of the Hoomopnthie Medical College of .. Pennsylvania. Or ick, Market Square opposite tbe Court House BUXBURY, PA. . . . , March 31, lHOfl.' ' " - ,un BOWKJ1, LEVI SIKSUOLTX. Bo wen & Seesholtz, AVHOLESAIiK ft RETAIL DEALERS In every variety of ANTHRACITE C O A L , JTIIaaa 4 Co'i Lower Wharf, fcuiibury, ln. Orders solicited nnd tiled with proipptncM and dcsjiatch. Bunbury, June 2, 18S0. SOIXIONMAl,ICKi ATTORNEY AT LAW, BUIJBUHY, Northumberland County, Pa, OFFICE in East end of Weaver's Tavern, Market Street. All business entrusted to hiin will be careful y and rmnctualty attended to. Consultation in tho Eug-l.-h and Uerman InnKUHgos. Sunbury, April 3. 1865. " aMBROTYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH j Corner Market & Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa. S. BYEItLY, Pjloi'ItlETOll, j Photojp-aph, Anibrotypoi and Melainotypos taken in I uie vei siyie 01 ine an. . j j7r. hilbushT" SURVEYOR AKD C0HVEYANCER AXD ' JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. " Mithonoy, Northvmherlnnd Ctmnty, Penned Office in Jackson township. Engagements can be made by letter, directed to the above address. All biuincm entrusted to hit care, will .be promptly attended 10. April 22, 18B6 )y M. Rockefeller LlovdT. RoiinnAcu. ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH. ni;.ici itv, 11;: -va. OFFICE (be same that ha been heretofore oeeu pied by Win. M. Rockefeller, Esq., nearly op jKHite the residence of Judge Jordan. Hunbury, July I, 1W.-ly - U. W. Z1HU1.KK. I- II. t'ABli SIEGLEE. & CASE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, SUXBURY, PENNSYLVANIA. Collections and all Professional business promptly attended to in tbe Courta of Northumberland and adjoining Counties. jj-'AUo, special altontion paid to the Collection of Pensions, Bounties and Back Pay for Widows Oriliiun and Soldier Suiibury, Murchjri, J8fli II. II. IAS)Klt, A llorney nt IjM", FUHBURY, PA Collccliniis atteuded to in tbe counties of Nor thumberland, Liiiun, fc'nydc-r, Montour, Columbia and Lycoming, . RKFERKNCKfl. ' linn. John M. Reed, Philadelphia, A. G. Otittoll h Co., " Hon. Wiu. A. Porter, , Morton MuMichaul, Esq.," " E. Kutcliaiu A Co., 2K9 Pearl Street, New York. John W. Ashmcad, Attorney at Law, " Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law,,, " tjuubury, March 28, 1802. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER in every variety of ANTHRACITE COAL, Upper Wharf, BUNBURY, Fenn'a, iy Orderesoliulted and filled with prouiiUicsi and depati'h. biinliurjMuy 12, 1S66. y . r. ' ' E G GrOBIN, Attorney nnl t'oiinsK-lloi- nt luw, liOOJS VILLE, COOPER CO , MISSOURI. WILL pay taxes oa land in any part of the Btutu. liuy and soil reul Estate, and all other mutters entrusted to bint will recuive prompt atten tion. 1 . July 8, 1865.--oct IS, '64. IU. K. W. 1.UML.KV, . PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON NOHTHUMBEHLAND, PA.J DR. LUMLEY bas opened an office in Northum berland, and oners hit service to the people of that plnee and tbe adjoiaing townships. Offioe next door to Mr. tieott's Shoe Store, where be can found at nil hours. Northumberland August 10, 180i. ' FLOUR FEED STORE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. -VillUS subscriber respectfully Informs th publio 1 that be keeps aonstantly en band at Ills new V AUKUOliSK, near th Shauokin Valley Railroad Depot, SUNBURY, Flour by the barrel and sacks til all kinds r Feed by the ton . The above is s)J manufactured at his own Mills, . a-ud will be sold at the lowest duiS pi. J M. CADWALItADER., Bunbury, April 1, 1806. JEREMIAH SNYDER, T7: Attorney St touaitrllorul l-uw, . hi muntv, i4.. , IJr I!lrlft Attorney for IorIuiu Urrlu.ul County. ' Sutiburarch8l, 1866 !y Attorney nnd Connttellor at Itw, Ofliuo on south side of Market street, four doors went of Eyeter's Store, i'S 1 8tTNBURY,i ' Will attend promptly to nil professional business eutrustod to bis eae, tbe eollooUon of claims in Hurthu wberland and the ajjtsjaing tvuHim. baubury, April f, 1866. .... J -A. O O B O. B u a ic MERCHANT ' TAILOR. And Dealer io ' ' ttOTIlS, CASSIMEBES, VE8TIN0, Ac r'uwi ntrect, awssth C fMiTsrai - r" Hotel, ',, - 'r err w tt ji & sr, , . MaruhSl, 1866- . . J Bricklayer and , Builder, Market Btreot, 4 dowr Bart rf I'hJrfl it-. , . -w r -ra TT rta. V uw TvT 1SX -A. . U J 1" Vi' - 1 . ' .H. II.-AU Joboius irpl Icnu Suubury, Juue 2, 1666. vsuvz. v. iiuunuii.ui uuii) FIBE ft LIFE INSUBANOB AGENCY, Offioe, Market Street, SDMBURY, PA. Risks taken in First Class Stook and Mutual Compa nies. Capital Represented t)14tOOU,(M0. - Sunbary, May 12, I860. y ' y -' COAL! COAL! V COAL!!! GRANT 5c BROTHER,; Shippers St W hoIrxMle Sc Retail enlvris In. ' ' In evorv variehr' x,-' . Role Agents, westward, of tho. Celebrated Henry ClnyCoal. i m 1 . . LOWBB WHARP, SVKBQKt, PA. 1 Bunbury, Jan. 18, IH06. ' v. ' Pensions Increased. The late Aet of Congress gives additional pay to ine loiiowing reiuious, vis : ... .... 1st. To those who have lost the sight of bolTi eyes, or both hands, or totally disabled so as to require con stant auenuanee, ine sum 01 a9 uu per monui. 2d To tboso who have lost both feet, or are totally disabled in the same so as to require constant attend ance, the sum of $20 00. 3d. To thoso who have lost ono hand or one foot, or are so disabled as to render them unable toper form manual labor fli 00 per month, and other cases in proportion. The subscriber is duly prepared for the Immediate procurement of these claims. 8. B. BOTER, Att'y at Law. Sunbury, June 16, I860. - - THE VERY LATEST ARRIVAL ! ! Spring & Summer Goods! JOSEPH EYSTER, j (Suceetxtsor to John Boteen.) Corner of Markot and Fawn Street, SUNBURY, PENN'A. Invites the public to call and examine his elegant assortment of SUXtXttXER GOOOS! which ho will sell at greatly reduced prices. His stock consists in part of , CASSIMEBES CLOTHS, &C-. Silks, Delaines, Lawns, (linghams, Calicoes, Muslins, Sheeting, Tickings, Jeans, and full assortment of Cotton and Woolen goods generally. Hosiery, Gloves, Hoop Skirts., Also Handkerchiefs, Brushes, Combs. Ilutw and Cops, Iloota and Shoes, His assortment of goods will not, he is axe sore fail to please the fancy and suit the wants of any de, sirous of purchasing. His stock of HARDWARE AND QUEEN8WARE, and Groceries is large In quantity and eboiee in quality, comprising generally everything needed in the household cither for use or ornament. He is always ready and glad to see his friends and Inker pleasuro in showing them bis goods even though no sules are made. Ho only asks a call, and is suro that tbe stock will compare favorably in price and quality with the cheapest. JOSEPH EY8TER. Sunbury, April 22,l8o. N E W "GOODS!! J H ENGEL II AS just returned from New York and Philadel phia, and is now receiving a New Stock of Spring & Summer Goods, at a great reduction in prices. daentlvmeu'M Hnr. Fine Black Cloth at f 1.00 that used to soil at (8.00. Cassimeres, Hatinett, Casbmeretts, Kentucky Jeans, Coltonadc and Linen Pauting, at reduced prices. Ladies' Dress Goods. Silk, Wool Delaines, Mohair, Silk Stripe, Paul De Chain, Alpaeca, Poplott, English and Scotch Ginghams, t'ballies, Delaines, Lawn, Calico and Muslins, very cheap. White Goods. I.incn Dress Goods, Linon Skirting, White Toilet Quilts, Brilliants, Swiss Stripe, Swiss Cauibrio, Jac conett. Irish Linen, Shirt Fronts, Ac. Ladies' Cloth and Flannel Sacking, and other flannel at low prices. W bite Shetland Wool, Shawls, Balmotal Skirts, Ao Skirting and the latest style of Hoop Skirts, very handsome and cheap. Yankee Notions in Great Variety Hosiery, Gloves, Poeket Handkerchiefs, Suspen ders, Neckties, Paper Collars, Umbrellas, a good assortment of Spectacles, Coats, Spool Cotton, fancy Buttons, Trimuiiugi, Ac. .. Curpets, Floor and Table Oil Cloths, brown and green Oil Cloths for windows, Gilt Shades, Fixtures for Wiudow Blinds. Hals, Caps and Ladies' Shakers, Hardware, Nails, Forks, Shovels, Spadus, iron-tooth Garden Rakes. GROCERIES, SALT $ FISH. Queensware, Glassware, Boots and Shoes, Paints, Oils, Glass and Putty. School Books, and a new supply oi WALL PA PER, will be sold very cheap. All persons desirous of getting good goods at low prices, for cash or country produce, will please give meaoall. J. U. ENGEL. Bunbury, 'April 7th, 1866. WILLIAM W. APSLEYS lVhoIeale Boot, Shoe and Trunk WAREHOUSE, , HI'.HIII KY, PA. WM W. APPLET has just opened a NEW STORE in the well-known house of Mrs. Boul- ton. in Market street, and offers to Ibecitisens of Sunbury and neighboring towns, BOOTS A SHOES 0! ine oest quality ana worsinamuiip. no uaviug suada arrangements witu rst-oiass luwaiuaoturers to supply the best quality of goods. '.. In the Wholesale Department be calls the atten tion of Country Storekeepers to his line stock, which ill l ai,.d at the lowest wholesale prices, thus ena bling ReUuieelers tosave expenf of visiting the cities to repleu?b their stock. In the Retail Department can's, found BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, VALIb'tT. ". in prioe, at these tunes, are wltnouta parallel. The stock or L.ad:es wear u superior in jryie ina workmanshin than is usual lv found in country ton, embracing gems of BsJmurais, spleudid Congress llaitara. and fancv shoes ot everv kiud. W. W. A. also calls attention to his large stock of Men's wear, of latest Styles, that will hi any loot with ease ana oomiorw . - Come One X Come All I Sunbury, March 10th, 1866. ., Of Clolblnsr, CJent'sj l-'nrnlsibins U4s, Hoots Si Shoes. rrUlK andersigned takes pleasure In anBonncing to X tke pubUe of Sunbury, and vicinity, that he has opened his . . . .. - CLOTHING STORE, vita a well selected, stock, of f , ,. ... 1 wtlj sell at astoctshlDi low prices- J hT tUll on hand a rarjfretoik. f V Boots & Shoes. for Ladies, Gents and, Childaea's wearshioh 1 am lliUpSi . KM tlSMtoJfMi .' . .. .1 11'. ' J.'.". I: I. L, li I ! mm m ' ,1, - 1 - '.: B. KRONt'NBBRQj j ' ' " " 8 Caoss' old stand, Market Squats Suubury, April T, l8t6. POETICAL. . JUlZt- THJJ BBAYS BOTS V WS. Ot.4KD BOUSBB.- if t .1 : .. :-. AtHt-Karf, Whitt and Jiluc.-, Vft com from the hill and the mountain, To stand by the flag of the f roe, T I : As rivers that roll from the fountain, And swell on tbeir way to ih sea ; . From the forges wbere hammovi are ringing The vows of tbe brave and the true ; ', , FofQCAnr, we all gather singing, Three cheers for the Brave Boys la Blue. .,1..,.. 'i'-..'i CaoBtii!. Three oheers for the Brave Boys to Blue ! Throe oheers for the Brave Boys in Bloc i ForUaABT, we all gather singing, Three cheers for the Brave Boys in Blue! We some from the plaia and the valloy. From furnace, and foundry, and minq, And round our bold leader we rally, Wbila "fighting It out oaths line;" Our banner we will not surreader,- , But here our devotion renew, , , , , . For Giart, the Union defender, ' ' ' ni cnotoo 01 in urave coys in utue :, Cborvs: Thechoioeof the Bravo, etc. ', On treason we've all rut a stopper, ' ' ' ' And back to " the fast ditch'1 It rolls, ' ' Tbe Iron Boys don't carry "copper," " "' When forward they march to the polls j '. They stand by the Union forever, And UcARr, (lie bold and th true ; Mo foeman the Union can sever, " When kept by tbe Brave Boys in Dlue! - ' Chords J--Whcn kept by the Brave, etc. ' TALES , & SKETCHES. XII K UEAIs UA.Mltl.KIt. BY JAMES REYNOLDS. Among the tliousnndsof eold-scckcrs who landed in Sacramento in tbe Summer of the year 1849, on their way to the placers on the South, Middle and North forks of the American river, was prepossessing looking gentleman by the name of Hardic. His only companion was his son, a lad of some fourteen years, but who, notwithstand ing ins extreme youth, whs shurp, shrewd and intelligent. Mr. Hnrdie whs what might be called, as the fa&hionablu phrases go, a 'reticent man.' He had one time been wealthy : bat his passion for eamintr had ruined him. ' Ho was not a professional. Indeed, he looked with contempt upon all wno kept frames of chance, but his personal dislike for such characters did not prevent him from risking his moncv upon the turn of a card or the cast of tbe dies. His son, fully aware of bis father's only failing, sought by every possibly means to keep him from the table, iu the hope, vain thought it was, that tho passion would lose its hold upon him, aud that eventually he would be tuorougiiiy wcancu Irom cards. . Hardie landed in Sacramento with about one hundred dollars in money, the last of bis once ample fortunes, and, without an hour's duluy, pubhud to the mines which had just been discovered to the eastward of Column, where it was rumored Tery rich ; it . veins iiiiu ucen uiscovcrcti. ., By a fortunate chance, Hardic and his son made tho acquiiiiitanco on tbe road of two honest-hearted adventurers, sailors, and they determined to proupcct the country to gether. ' Un the fourth day from their leaving Sucramcnto, the little company entered a gulch, which subsequently became famous as the 'Oregon, and there succeeded in securing a claim that amply repaid the ad venturers fur their time and labor. At the expiration of four months tho company had realized twenty thousand dollars. This was equally divided, one half beiug handed to Hardie and his son, while the other moiety was retained by their co-laborers. When the division had been satisfactorily made, Hardie becaino suddenly reck loss. He inti mated a -desire to return to Sacramento, there to engage in some mercantile pursuit for which his early education had fitted him ; and be offered vq sell Ins own and his son's interest to the sailors. - ' These mon were reluctant to part 'with him. The lud was a'.so adverse to tbe proposition, but Hardie persisted in his resolution, and finally disposed of his claim for twenty tiBusand dollars. Un returning to Sacramento; rather and son, as the reader pcrtcives bad the snug littlu capital of upwards of twelve thousand dollars to begin with. Had Hardie, as he had intended when he left tbe Oregon canon, at once embarked in trade, could have in a few months trebled, if not Quad rupled his capital, and perhaps in tbe course ot a couple ot years returnud to tbe Atlantic States with a fortune quite as large as be was master of before the mania for gam bling came upon biin. tnlortunatcly lor uim, however, before he had fully arranged his mercantile 'pro jects he renewed bis acquaintance with gentleman, who like himself, bad been ad dicted to gambling, and was by him induced to visit the Umpire Saloon, at that time tbe leading "hell" of the town, where faro, monte and other games of chance . were opeuly played "hell" where miners after months of exposure, perhaps sickness, and always hard labor, would loose la a single night all they had tamed, and be compelled to return to tho diggings .with saddened hearts to win from the rivers and hills those smiles which fortnne had denied them at the table of the gamblers. , y . . Hurilig Lad. barely entered tho' saloon when his lhirtt returned to him; and even before ho was fully conscious ef his action, ho found himself seated st a faro table. Unfortunately for him, he rose from H the wionur of a thousand dollars. - ' . Tbe passion for saminK onoe sronsed in the man, he could no more restrain himself from indulging in it than a broken down, thirsty toper eaa keep his lips from tasting the fiery potations that stimulate and poi son. -1 The next night sod tho next, Hardie was at the table ;aw, however, accompanied brthe wiudow of the print-stores aud book his son- who, with tears in his eyes, stood j stores, and tbe halls of the hotels, are abun- by tbe chair In which his father sat, and, trembling, ; saw their little capital passing iuU tbe bunds of tbe baukws of the game. He, poor boy, iiad snUeated his parent not to indulge in, the wild intoxication, to save his money,' add, if ho would .not engage in legitimate business, either to return to the mines orto his nouis pi Ike iw east.. He might as well have sttsmpUsi ta persuade the hardened wretches who were swindling bis fsthpr to return to tie path of rectitude -of honest dealing. . ,; , ; t J . 0a. the third flight Hadie. found faiuuelf tha owner of about tvs hundred dollars. His thousands had ahy JiasSed out of . "I will ,mm all ttck or lost) tbe remain tier before I rise" he murmured. "Poor GeWge.7 Wiled, M Jib ll'fDr "f U;hi..t)ytr for the toys sake to Mint, given way to th besetting tin. I .But J could not help myself. The next morning bis mind was absorbed in the game. Fortune seemed to be against him. , In a few minutes he had but one hun dred dollars left. This be boldly placed on the queen, and calmly awaited tbe result. Thus waiting,, he loaned tbe elbow of his left arm on the chair, and while a fresh pack was being shuttled, hid his fuco in the open palm of his band. A number of spectators were at the tabic, but none had ventured so heavily as Hardic, and they took their losses or their winnings with some degree of equanimity. A. few seconds of silence followed tho placing of the 'dock' in tho faro box, and then, amid tbe silence, might be heard tho noise of the car js as they wore drawn there from and dropped on their separate piles. "Lost I" said the dealer, in a low, smooth monotonous tone, and ere the sound of his voioe bad died away all the bet's on tho table were either paid or swept to the other Ride of the banker. The queen w ins,' he added, in the Bnnte indifferent tone of voice. Hut before the announcement "the queen wins, ' had been made, the boy observed that his father's body slightly quivered ss if with suppressed emotion, and then remain passive as before. ' Yes ! Hardie bad won. Fortune bad at length smiled upon him. His liet hadnbeen added to by tbe bankers; but he did not attempt to remove it. : Was he about to try bis second time f Yes 1 lie made no negative movement. Again the cards were dealt front the box, and again Hardie's fortune was in the as cendant. But, to the surprise of the bankers and spectators, be permitted his winnings to remain on tho fortunate card. ' For nine successive deals the queen tunifcd up favorable to the better. ' Arrange the pack as tho dealer might, an expert at the game, the card at each distribution, on which Hardie had pluced bis last hundred dollars, would turn up in his favor. The hundreds increased to thousands of dollars. At length, so exceedingly heavy bad the bets become, that the entire company iu the room gathered around the table and wondered nt the temerity of tbe man who would dare so much for as all knew, one adverse card and the bank would attain have in its possession the enormous pile of gold that now, liko a large pyramid, glittered over and completely obscured the queen. "That man's either asleep, drunk, or a fool," whispered a looker-on, just as the winning card turned up for the ciulitli time. "or he wouldn't risk as much." "Father, father." whispered the bov as he saw with nervous excitement the wealth which was each minute increasing on his father's side, at the same time dreading with those around him its sudden loss. Agmo, and for the last time, the nuccn turned up, and to tho btter amazement of the spectators, on the side of the better. f or a moment tbe bankers and dealers consulted together, and then tho latter suit I in a calm, but not altogether steady voice: "The bank will receive no more bets to night. It is closed !" The announcement that the bank had been broken, seemed to release the tongues of the spectators, who iustautly set up a cheer at the unwonted event. "Futber, father," cried the lad, "the bank is broken. All this is yours. Won't you come t" There was no movement. A stranger took hold of the hand Hardio had placed on the table, and with an oath declared that he believed the man was stu pidly drunk and didn't know what he was about. As he attempted to remove the hand he started suddenly back, but before he could open bis lips to express his astonish ment, Hardie's head fell heavily forward and struck the table. A slight examination told tbe tale. The poor gambler was dead 1 Subsequent irquiry proved that he had died of disease of the heart, brought about by undue excitement. The bankers, not forgetting their interests, setup a claim for the money they had lost, but this was overruled. It was given to the boy, who, without unnecessary delay, re turned with it to the States. What became of him afterwards I never found out Tbe body of tbe Dead Gambler lies a lit tle ways out of Sacramento.' No tombstone marks tbe spot where the infatuated muu sleeps his lust sleep. RICIIMU.-Mt AND ITS 1I.V1TI.K FIELU8. . 1 1 BSV. TBBO. h. CCVLSa. Richmond and its Southern outpost, Pe tcrsburgb, are still a battle field.. The ghost of the Tate war still haunts those historic regions. 1 In no part of the defunct Confed eracy does the spirit of the Rebellion linger with such enveterate vigor as oa the James and tbe Appomattox. The country-folk tell us that, if you kill a snake, his tail will writhe and wriggle "till sundown." ' The armed loyalty of the nation with the sword in ote baud and the edict of emancipation iu the other slew the serpent of secession; bat there is a vigorous vitality yet squirm ing in the canslal extremity of tbe copper head. A visitor to Richmond soon discovert that the beautiful city with Its tasteful streets ami flower-surrounded mansions on Sboccoe Hill is stilt the headquarters of that free dom-bating oligarchy which made Riejbmond its fortified stronghold for four bloody years. The tows is quiet and orderly. . A few scat tered blue coats of the regular army are seen in the streets. A sentinel in blue paces be fore tbe doors of Gen. Terry's residence- that same t'.oor whence Jeff. Davis iled in hot baste on the afternoon of Sunday, the Zd of April, 1805. ThOvStaxs and stripes fliat from the quarters of tbe troops. Hut we did not see them 00 anv private residence during our !ate visit to Richmond, The only portrait of L'utU Abraham that we discovered was in is nearo s candy-shop. On the other hand dantly garnished with pictures of Lee, Jeff Davis and Stonewall Jackson. . Handbills were posted announcing a "lecture on Stone wall Jackson," and a newly-published "bi ography of tbe immortal hero" for sale at the book stores." The volume was thrust at us the moment we entered the principal store; and Is eagerly read, with tears and heavy hearts, in many a stately mausion, by widow and mothers, elad in deep suouruing for fallen sons.' To-day ths dead hssd ot Jackson rule the whits population of IUcJj mond. as ths dead land of. the martyred Lincoln rules tbe black. 1 ' , Tho morning pap v we opened at the breakfast table ot the Ballard House wero profuse of eulogy of President Jouasou (us ones ibeysrsM of President . Davis), and equally profuse of maledictions erj the "nig fles.borsau"! and -"toa radical."!. It is re ported that there are about one hundred end fifty thoroughly loyal white Unionists in the city. Tho old aristocracy do not mean that their number shall be increased by. Yankee incrcuants and nianutuclurers Irom tbe North, if they can help it, 80 they march straight by the store-doors) of the Yankees, and carry their custom to thoso 1 who worship the sa cred bones of tho dead Confederacy. : Few Yankees have yet "struck He" in Richmond. Polite society locks its doors in their faces. "One of my secesh neighbors," said a Northern merchant, "cam in to our house for water, when ' theirs gave out ; but when my children went in to play with theirs, they were sent home in a hurry.'?. No. Admittance-ltere for Yankee is practically writ ton over tho great majority of Richmond's drawing rooms and dinner tables. Northern people are not often insulted in Richmond ; they ' are simply let alone, and that most severely. , rue aristocracy of . tho city excepting those who hold large rural estates aro gene rally impoverished. An old Petersburg re sident said, "I have a barrclful of Confederate money at home." Four years of dealing in Buch trash docs not leave a community with muck "portable property" to fill their flour oarrels and meat casks witli, just now. nut the soil remains, tnd kindly nature 1 already hiding the wound of war nndor her green ropes of grass and come Many of the large planters are omploying their former slaves, at decent Wages ; and thousands of negroes are hard nt work with the hoe for themselves all through the interior of the State.. The most active industry of Old Virginia to-day wcais a black skin. Tho dainty white bands of treason hold the ballot; the holiest black hands of loyalty bold tho hoe. Is that the reconstruction that was purchased at Five Forks and Appomattox Court House ? In Richmond there is a surplus of negroes, and no small antipathy toward thctn on the part of the most virulent rebels. - The intel ligent freed man who showed me the deserted capitol building, and Aleck Stephen's empty chair, remarked, "My old master at Bottom's llritlge would kick mo off his premises, if I went there." He told me that the great ma jority of tho blacks iu Richmond aro, at pre- tent, worse off in material comforts than befuro the wur. Thut is easily accounted for. Business is dull ; the whites are poor ; and city-servants are not skillful field-hands. In the rural regions, the negroes know bow to work, tire glad to work, and are bettering their condition every day. The crops along 1110 r retiericKsourgu Hallway generally look wen. 1 tie roau itself is in cood ordfcr. Richmond contains somo very suggestive scenes. Among them aro Jeff Davis' "Exe cutive Room" (iu tbe custom house) now occupied by the clerk of the U. 8. Court ; ine execraiiie L,iUby l'rison, now guarded by blue-coats, one imprisoned there ; and the blackened ruins ot the Rev. Charles Read's pro-slavery church. Theio must have been pitch enough in that pulpit to have made it burn briskly, it is a sorrowtul fact that the soldiers of the disbanded Southern armies are at this moment more loyally disposed man tne tmuistcrs of tbe dismantled South ern churches. Freedmen's Bureaus and Civil Rights bills are valuable expedients tor 1 no uour; but tne vital wants of tbe South aro a new plough, a new pulpit, and a new school-house. Tbe fortifications nround Richmond are of little interest, except in the direction of Drury's Bluff. But those who wish to see the most remarkable field-works in tho world must hasten to Petersburs before tho storms have washed down those intermina ble entrenchments of sand and tilled un the rillo pits. We spent a memorable day there; our Yankee friend Bidwell, of "Jarratt's Hotel," supplying us tho horses and the in telligent guide for tbe field. We had Swin- ton s valuable volume on "The Army of tbe Potomac," in tho carriage. We sat down and read his account of the frightful slaugh ter of the rebels on the jure sand, whero tbe large hole was when tho mine exlodcd. A couple of skulls were lying in the bottom of tne norribio "crater." The farmer who owns the spot hss enclosed it, and makes his living by exhibiting it for a dollar to every party of visitors, and bg selling another sort of "crater" from a rude drinking-shop. On that furni fifteen thousand human beings were slaughtered I It was the focus of the uiue months' fight. Fort Stcadmau is in good preservation ; against its sharp ubattis and earthen breast-works the rebellion made its lust onset, Wheo Lee fell back from this final assault, ou the 25th of March, the doom of the Confederacy was scaled. For buuiatiity's sake be ought to have surren dered that day. Tho exposure of every life from that day onward was downright mur der. Lee's only excuse is that he hoped to make good his retreat on tbe Soutbside Railroad, aud join bis army to Gen. , Joe. Johnston's. Fort Sedgwick (known during the war as Fort Hell) is a fine specimen of a work, com posed of nand-banlvU. like thoso of Sumter. One end of the huge bomb-proof is now used fcr a subterranean beer-shop. The rebel lines were but an hundred yards from ours at many points I between the two rows of lion's teeth now lju the bleaching bones of the dead, and the rotting remaks of boots, and clothes, , and haversacks. . We stood beside one trench in which over a thousand Union dead were in " one red burial bluut V Fort Fisher so named after the gallant young Otis Fisher, who was once a Sunday school boy of mine is a formidable work, well worth a visit. 60 is the Poplar Bprisg Church, built by our engineers of small sap lings, a most uuique specimen of ecclesiasti cal architecture. But I have no time or space to-day to (Tescilbo' thut wonderful afteen miles of history, written in huge liues of sand and timber, from its Alpha on Har rison's Creek to it Oittetja on Hatcher' Run. It is the American AeeUaimt, in which trea son found its bloody grave. Let the J.udases of all future nations learn its lessons to the end of time. 1 MISCELLANEOUS. ' Hew to talk to Womea.' " ' There is good sense in ' tho following, which we copy from a Washington letter to the New York Independent, tho correspond ent being a lady i . n Jia. t is.,,.t At a small select party, the other eveniug, a learned Senator niade me wonder bow old the world would be when great men should speak to women at if lliey wera sensible being I This gentleman had been conver sing with a brother Senator on the subject of public moment which interests-s all, teaching as nearly th womoo- who love their country a tho men. 'Anybody with a tolerable knowledge of the English language, could huve understood that conversation. At least the wile, !, the. Senator stood. linL ninr- with keen " iutertat. But when the gentleman turned to address her, be altered bis voice, he changed hi manner, as with one vast effort lie dropped to tho level of small talk. And oh 1 what do you think was the first thing he told bur t A fib, of course, lie told her she "looked charm nig," the poor thing standing there faded &ud jaded, in '.lie pitiless gns light. Then ho remarked on tho weather. Then ho asked her how many receptions she bad attended during the season. Then ho hadn't any inoro to sav. Then he looked awfultv bored. Then he wondered when supper would bo ready. Tho lady felt instinctively that tbe learned man supposed, as a matter of course, that she had neither knowledge nor interest in any subject which could possibly interest him. ..:.... Timid and sensitive, sho did not dare to destroy the supposition bv broachins a sub ject, or expressing au opinion, lest this very masculine man stioum change his mind, aud think her strong-minded and unreminine. This lady had read much, and thought more, and felt most keenly on every subject of public and privato weal. And this wiHn man. in showing what ho supposed to bo his su periority, showed only how very stupid even a wise man may be." Thus, I am afraid that the world will be very old before men will realize that they can take aught but the smallest of talk to women whom they meet in society. But, Monseigoeurs, pray do not take too great an effort to descend to tbe level of our comprehension. A woman need not be formidably strong' minded, nor fright fully literary, nor puintully scientific, to have Any common sense nnd to be able to talk sensibly on nil general subjects. - Women read newspapers with as much avidity as men ; and who can read newspapers and re main ignorant of the great questions of the day t With all our schools, tho press is an ever-present educator. Thus, my desr sir, very often, when you are making yourself ridiculous for the special benefit of a ladv. she is silently gauging your comprehension, and touching bottom all tho whilo. It is lamentable that our fashionable soi rees, and receptions, in their social and men ial :oue, aro thin, llimsy and mvolous. Iiad dressing, bad air and bud hours make them almost damnable. Wherefore is it that, with nil the gifted and cultivated men and wo men who gather here every year, we do not renew, in our republican capital, with purer morality and finer enthusiasm, the bureaux d'esprit of the eighteenth century ? Those polished aud elegant assemblies which did so much in the highest sense to make Paris tbe capital of tho world, how they would suftcu away the crudencss and coarseness of Washington I I am not talking of set litera ry nnd art gatherings, where the people talk nothing but books and "high art," in phrases wuicu neither themselves uor any body else can understand, but of those assemblages of tbe gittcd aud good, where, in general inter course and free exchange of opinion, the in tellect aroused, though quickened, talent en couraged and genius won from solitudes; where politics, philosophy and poetry, reli gion and beauty, may meet and commingle. CHOttUK'l'. Croquet having become very popular, ail that remains now, is to givo the laws of this most interesting and fashionable game : 1. On commencing, each player must place his ball within a mallet s length of the starting peg iii any direction, and his opening stroke must be to pass through the nrst Hoop. !. 1 lie players on each side aro to play alternately, according to the colors on the slartiug peg ; and the order iu which they cannot bo altered during the game. 3. Jt,acj player continues to play so. long as he plays with success; that is, so long as he drives his ball through the next hoop in order, or croquets another ball. 4. When a player strikes his own ball so as to hit another at a distance, he is suid to roquet it ; and, having thus hit a ball, he must then, as it is termed, "take tho cro quet," which is done as follows : Ho lays his own bull against tbe other so that it touches it. Ho then places his foot ou his own lmll, which he strikes with his mallet. 5. Tlid arch must uever be moved to ac commodate any pluyer. G. A bull half thiough au arch is consid ered altogether through. 7. it a player miss an arch he must return to the side of it thut he played irom, cither through or round the urc'i, as most conve nient. 8. A bull must not be lifted from the ground, even if iu the way of another player. If tho bull of one of the players strike that of another, which is uotavuilublo for a ro quet, both balls remain as sent ; but if the ball bo hit, aud availublo for a roquet, it uiust be roqued. 0. A bull that has not passed through the first urch, cannot roquet, but it can be roqued. 10. if a ball that has not passed through the first ring be sent behiud the pin at the starting-point, it can be brought up to start- ng-puiui, ami uegiu uucw. 11. .Ou striking tbe second pin the player has the option of cither leaving his ball wherever it may have rolled, pr of bringing it back to tho starting pin. 12, When intending to roquet another ball, the player should strike his own ball with commensurate force, in order to drive the ball about to be roqued into an unfavor able or favorable position. Tbe player' ball must always do tue one movea in ro- 13. XI in roqueting, tne pisyer s pan sup from under his foot when he strikes, it must be brought buck to tho place whence lie struck it. , t. . . . , , , , TERMS OF TUB GAUK. , , ., . , . Roo.uict.t-To hit another ball, with one's own "roquetteu is pronounced "ro qued." CitoquET. To strike one's own ball when iu euutact with a roquet tod ball. ."Croquctted" I pronounced "cro- qued." . Wired. To be "wired" is to have your ball in such a position that a hoop pre vents tbe stroke you wish to make. Pro. To "peg! is to strike either of tbe pegs in proper order. . ; Dismiss, To "dismiss" a ball Is to croquet i- , it to a distance. .1 t ' RoYsvu.See Law ; : ,The Chaplain of the Philadelphia Couveu tiun closed hi opeuiog supplication ou the Mill with the Lord' Prayer, . Th special dispatch of the Chicago HepuUican states that a uria of "Amen'' from all part of the wigwam followed the petition, "Uio us this day our daily read," !Uj .. 1 1 , A sixty-shot per minute gun ha been in vented In Paris. , ;,r,-;"' ,' . 1 Sauta Anna's uoatUcaUd property it ww'-b. 17,000,000. ... , , .... ,-,., :.,.v t"he full usjue of Me Ptuasiun jifeojvrr U Charles Otto von riihHitticJt aul. uairttteAaauu j ir..:....l... . ' - " UUU AVUlVpUUl. How 1 Came to Marry. Sal kissed me; she put her arms around my neck and kissed me on the lip. - Human nature could not stand that, ad I gave her ns good as bus scntv It was tha first time I ever bad a taste, aud it w as powerful good. I believe I Could have kiascd that gal from Julius Ctessr till the Fourth of July. ".Tack." anva alir 'va aro ... .i:-i..-t- - " ' J , - - uwiij Ml UIBIUIIi you, but won't yon cs me homo 1" - i, 1- :n 1, 11 t aub, a win, antu a. I did, too, and had another smack at tho gate. " After thnt we look to turllo dovlng, and both of us sighing like a barrel of new cider when we wero nway from ench other. iTw.. ! 1, tl. 1.. nf a 1. : m no au luu WUDO .l a IUriUII9 BUlUniCr day the sun was setting behind s distant hog pen the chickens were going to rooet tho bullfroira were cnmnisnrinr, tl,lr on. ing song tbe poliywogs in their native mudpuddles wore preparing themselves for tha shades of the night, wheu Sal and my self sat upon on antiquated black log listen ing to tlin mnnip. nf naturn at,rl. Mn l grunting pigs and roosters, which was waft- Ail .A nn, Km , I. . I 1 , . u ij iu, pin MJjJuyr signing among the mullen stalk. The last linger ing rays of tbe setting sun glanced from the bricrtlt hllttnna I . Shone from a knnt.tinlt In ilu t,sv 1-..11 HU.W.U MV Mi'U JIVU ftUll in Sal s face, dyeing her hair with an orange npel tine .1.." 1 .a 0 i allowing on my ureaaoare coat to a bad advantage. One of my arms was" around Sal's waist she was toying with my auburn lock of jet b ue ; the was almost gone, and I wo ditto, bhe looked like, a cro.i. . - b."uuicr uiiuk wiui the hiccups, and 1 felt like a mudturtle cuoking to death on a codfish ball. "Sal." savs I. in a vmm a. .1 notes of a dying calf, "Will you have me ?" She turned her eyes heavenward, and clasued mo bv tlm riirl.f l,o.,ri i,..i -''" uiu UU ULUieK. ot the heaves and blind staggers, and with oiu mat uiuno ncr suoe strings, she suid : "YeS. niT lloar .Tnrlr an1 1, . 1 ,i j luivn uerseu in my lop, and I hugged her till I broke my suspenders. Well, to make a long story shortvsho sat the day ; and we practiced every night for four weeks linw un ut,,i.i n.n. .1.- .. - .. wuu nam lulu UIU room to bo married, till we got so we could walk as rrracnfnl a a a mnnla f M .. : . D - -"S' 1UUBUUTJW ducks we were married and my troubles pnrlnfl "Hew Hhinicsst" Had Aunt Oolielin IWn a o.t.;n on tho Sangamon, near this city, last Satur- uuy, aim wouio uave given vent to her fav orite ejaculation "How shiftloss 1" It Becms that thrco young girls, in the neigh borhood of "sweet sixteen," went blackbcr rying. Tbeir baskets wero soon filled, and weary and warm the niuidens wended their way homeward. Tho day was hot, aud as the damsels passed beneath tho shade on tho banks of the river, the temptation ex tended by the grateful water was too strong for resistance. The girls blushingly disro bed, and shyly slid into the river. They re mained there in modest sport for half an hour. When they left tho stream, black- httrripfi. and. u-nran rt.f jtliil,... .,.. , , j --, .'-.iv.o Hsro guui;, nowhere to be found. They were in distrest., but went into the river, hoping that the clothes would be returned. But there was no such luck, and niolil .;.. under cover of which their only hope was to cotii iiunm uupereeivea. suddenly fortune favored thpm in rl,A ' .v,ii,uo VI B JUUI1JJ girrwho had also been berrying, and was on uci wuj nuiuu. 1110 case was stated to ber. ....1 . 1. , , . . . buu sue Biiecui:y aougui the lricnds of the poor, half drowned females, who soon urutiijui tuetn cioiuing, and their embarrass ment was over. The clothes left on the river bank were undoubtedly stolec, as noth- uK una ictju uuu.ru or seen o: ineru since. fytrinzfieM (IU.) llcyixter. The C'roitM. We gather from a mass of late information cn the subject, that tbe wheat crop in the extreme Northwest, and nartimlarlo in Wm- consin, whero the harvest was late, has sus tained serious uamago. A Chicago paper, Of Wednesday. Publishes tnlnirrama rnm nearly all seel ions where the lute storm pre- . 1 ... , . , ... . . . vuuuii, wuicu go 10 snow mat south or the Dixon Air Line Railroad, from ChlCBgo to the Missouri River, tho cron wan rr.iu.nii. secured, but north of that line quite a large proportion was iu tue shock when the recent lain storm came on, and the report indicate that serious dsmugo has been done. The effects of the late sterol in the Upper Lake Country is sincerely to be regretted. The wheat grown "iu Wisconsin is generally of excellent quality, and is largely exported, because of its sound and healthy character istics. From Northern Iowa, and Minnesota heavy rains prevailed, but the damage seems to have been compartively light. Fortun ately, the wheat crop in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and tho greater part of Illinois and Iowa hod been pretty generally secured, and tho quality is reported to bs better than usual. Tho yield too, is generally good, and in some States the yield and quality are both reported to be better than th average of former years. It is to be hoped that later reports will prove the first accounts to have been exaggerated. N. Y. Com. Liu. 0 - The Rich noun Examinkb Pollard, tha editor of the Richmond Ettamiaer, has return ed to Virginia, having faithfully assisted in the nappy proceedings ol tbeCopperjohnson Con ventios in Philadelphia. In Li paper of the 83d of Aagtist. after announcing that "Jeffer son Davis will soon be released 00 parole," and that "bis release will give joy to millions," and also that "the manly couduct of Mayor Monroe, of Now Orleans, lias met th appro bation of the President," pay hi compli ments to General Grant for appearing at the White House when the resolution of the Philadelphia Conperjohnson Convention were presented by bis namesake, Ileverdy Johnson, of Marylund : . 1 We believe nothing in General Grant's ap pearance, on the day referred to, but that be desired to make a show of himself with ths characteristic vanity of hi nature. He looked to no construction that might bs put upon hi ranging birnacli by the side of An drew Johnson on that occasion. He thought only of beiug the observed of all observer the cynosure ot sil eyes. . He is just the man to be jealous of th prixe beef that paracVes the atresia decked in variegated ribbons, cheered by a tool of ragged urchins. We know that Be is radical to the centre of his hard and cruel heart, that is touched by nothing that doe not flatter bis self- conccU. . He may pretend to be, eonsorva- tivo, but he is essentially a destructive, and must be that or nothing. , It I fortunate for us mat we are escaping so rapidly from pis ruthless bands, and woe unto us if he should be in put ia authority over us. ii .:. 1 iiif.'l 'l' I'i'i ui " i 1 ' .! ; . Vi ., Tub New York Uerold says there over 2.000 place iu that city whcie game of chance sue played for money.
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