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XKHM8-TW0 DOUGHS Per ssnsiaV, (1 Mil
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, etil all arr-rai ar naid. """ ' J 'J"
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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
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NBW3SERIES,4VOL 2, NO. 48. MJii SATURDAY MORNING; SEPTEMBER 1866. r; OLD SERIES, VOL. 26,, NO. 48.
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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.