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OFFICE in Haupt's new Building, onseoond Boor.
Entranoe on Market Square,
SUNBURY, I A.
Will attend promptly to all professional bualneas
entrusted to his oare, tho collection of claims In
jNorinuin norland and the adjoining counties.
Banbury, January 4, 1808.
C. A. KEIMENSNYDER,.
"ATTOHNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, PA.
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and promptly atttonded to.
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A (lenther's Stovo and Tinware Store,
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FIBS AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT,
SUXBUKY, PENN'A.
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announoe that tbey have entered into co-partnenhip
in the practice of their profession in Korthuiuber
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April 4. 18HS. ly
II.
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REFERENCES.
Hon. John M. Reed, Philadelphia,
A. M. Cnttell A Co., "
Hon. Win. A. Porter, "
Morton McMichnel, Esq., "
E. Ketcham A Co., 2n Pearl Street, Now York.
John W. Ashmead, Attorney at Law, "
Matthews A Cox, Attorneys ut Law,
Sunbury, Mnrch 29, 1802.
M'm.M. Rockefeller.
Lloyd T. Roukbacu.
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zens ol Northumberland county, that be has locuted
in eillXllUKV, for the practice of lienuatry, and
respectfully solioitayour patronage. Special atten
tion piiid to fitting and dressing teeth. Teeth ex
tracted without pain, by using Nnrcotio spray
which 1 have used for throe years with perfect sue
eest and no injurious results.
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Angle, id Pleosuut's Building, Murket Square,
Sunbury, Pa. mar. 7, 68.
Jeuhgk Hill, Siuo P. Wolvirtok.
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Shainolu), Aug. 10, 1867. ly
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Qraduate of the llomceopathio Medical College of
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J. R. IITT.TITTSTT.
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AND
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Jliihonoy, Nvrtliumherland County, Penn'a
Office in Jackson township. Engagements can
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JAOOB o. beok:
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And Dealer la
CLOTII8, CASS1MEHE3, VESTING, &c,
I'uwu strtt, aouib ot Weaver's
iviei,
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U. Y. MIL ISO.
RZMEMBEK llys-rly'si ntw Mctura Gallery
ttree doort west of Ut railioad, Muket Cqoaie
INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA
FROM GERMANY, in i35.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
mi
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC,
I'ltEPAKKO Bi' DR. C. 11. JACKSOjY, ,
PuiLAecLmiA, Pa.
Tftt greatest known remedies for
Ldver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS of the SKIN,
and all Diseases arlslna; from at Dis
ordered Liver, Stomach, or
IMPURITY OF THE JtT.OOn,
Head thi fallowing lymplomi, and f you find thai
your tyntem t'f aflecttd by any of them, you may rett
uttnred that rtitnite. ha crmmtneed lit attack on the
mill important organt of your botly, and unUtt toon
cheeked by the lue of powerful remedies, a miKmUf
hfe, toon terminating in death, wilt bt the remit.
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles,
Fulness of Blood to the Head, Acidity
of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart
burn, Disgust for Food, Fulnesa
or Weight In the Storanoh,
Sour lCructations, (link
ing or Fluttering at the Fit
of the Btomach, Swimming of
the Head, Hurried or Difficult
IireathinK, Fluttering at the Heart,
Choking or HuS'ocating Sensations when
in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision,
Dots or Webs before tbe Sight,
Dull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency of Perspiration, Yel
lowness of the Ukia and
Eyes, Fain in the Side,
Barfc, Chest, Limbs, etc. Sud
den Flushes of Heat, Burning in
the Flesh, Constant Imaginings of
Evil, and Ureat Depression of Spirits.
Alt these indicate disease ofUie Lirer or Piyeitirt
Organs, eoinbinsd with impure blaod.
flooflanb'a QMimut Bitters
la entirely vegetable, and conlalnt no
liquor. It Is a compound of Fluid Ki
tracts. The Kools, Herbs, and Unrki
from which tlirse rslritols are mntle
are gathered In Uerinmiy, All the
medicinal virtues are extracted from
them by m sclent lAo chemist. These
extracts are then forwarded tu title
country to lie used expressly for the
manufact nre oCI hese Bitters. There
Is no alcohollo substance of any kind
used In compounding the Hitters,
hence It Is the only Blttere that can
be used In caeee where alcoholic stim
ulants are not advisable.
Ijooflntib's (3crm.au Conic
it a combination of all tht ingrtdimtt f the fiitttrt,
with puhi sVinfa (Vuj Hum, Qrangt, ttc. It it utdwW
the mine diteait at the Bitten, in atei whei e trme
pure atcafwlic stimulus it required. Jtu will he-tr in
mind that thtte remedies are entirely different from
any ethers adrertited for the cure of the disrates
named, the being scientific preparations nf medtcinat
ejrtrarts, white thf others art mere decoctions of rum
in some form. The TONIC it deeidtdly one of t'te mnet
p'entant and agreeable remedies ever offered to the
vulitic. Its taste it exquisite. It is a pUaiurt to tale
it, while its tife-givinp, exhilarating, and medictnai
qualities have caused tt to be known at the greatest of
ali tonics.
CONSUMPTION.
Thoninndi of cmeem, wtin lh pa
tient luiMtoHcrt he was afflicted wltli
this terrible tlaeaiet have been cured
by t lie nae of t lie Be remedies KCxt re me
emaciation, debility, and rouglt are
the usual attendants upon severe
cases of dyspepsia or disease of tbe
dl(etlve oi'kbiii. Even In cases of
ltuiilike Coikfeiimpllon these remedies
vlll be found of the greatest benefit,
strengthening and Invigorating.
DEBILITY.
Tture it no medicine equal to lionland's German
Hitters or Ionic in eatet of Debility. Ttiey imftart a
tone and vtyor to the whole tyttem, tU-enythen the tip
petite, caute an enjoyment qf the food, ennUe the
stomach to dig fit it, purify the blood, give a ffood,
S'tuwt, healthy completion, eradicate the yellow tinge
from the eye. impart a blom to the cheeks, and change
the patient from a thorttreathtd, emaciated, weak,
ami nr-rt'out invalid to a full-faced, stout, and vigor
otis person.
Weak and Delicate Children
are made strong by using the Bitters
or Tonic In fact, they are Family
Medicines. They can be edmlnieiered
with perfect safety to a child three
months old the most delicate female,
or a man or ninety
These Jttmedits are the bett
131ood Purifiers
ever imnwn, and will curt all diseases resulting from
had blood,
Ktep your blood pure ; keep your liver in order ;
keep your dig t stive organs tn a sound, healtliy condi
tion, by the tiM of theee remedies, and no diteate wiU
ever assail you.
T23 03MP13ZIC1T.
Ladles who wlah a fair skin and
f;ood complexion, frea from a yellow
!t tinge and all other dlatlgiiiemrut,
should use these remedies orcaslou
ally. The Liver In perfect order, and
the blood pure, will result In parll
Hug eyes and blooming cheeks.
CAI'TIOK,
ifoqtland't German Hemediet art counterfeited.
The genuine Aavs Ut tignatur of ..V. Jacktan
on the front of the outside H-rtipper of each bottle, and
the titunc of the article biown m tach bottli. AU other
art counterfeit.
Thousands of letters have been re
ceived, testifying to the virtue of these
remedies.
EE AO THE RECOMMENDATIONS,
moj hon. cm w. woodwaud,
Chisf Justice of tbs Supreme Court of Pennsylvinia.
PniLASsuais, kUaca lib, 1847.
I.Hnd "tJooftanttt Oermxan Bitters" it not em tntox.
touting bertraqe, but it a good tonic, useful in disor
ders if "is aitettiot organt, and of great benefit in
cases of dtbilUg and uxmt of turnout attion in the
tyttem, l'ourt truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD,
ritOM IIOX. JAMES THOMPSON,
Julgs of the Supi eius Cuurt of PsnusjrWsula.
I'muDSLrBii, Aran 38th, ISM.
I consider " Ilonfland'a Germau Bit
ters" a valietitttet uiedicinm in case of at
tacks of Indigestion or lyspepela.
ran certify this from my as perienaa
of It. Vsai'i, wlah reeprct,
THO.Hi'sON.
from RET. JOSEPH B. KKNXAItO, D.D.,
Pastor of tbe Toutlt Baptist Chureb, Philadelphia.
Da. Jacxsoa lists 8is Ikaet been frequently rs
quetted to connect my nam with retommemlatitmt of
Uifferetit kindt of mudictne. out regarding the praciic
at out of my ajpioprial sphere, I hat in alt case de
tuned ; swi nrtUt a clear protf in variout instances, and
particularly in my own family, afth usefulntst o f Or.
Hoojtand't Otrman Uitttrt, Idepartfor one from my
usual course, Ut erprett my full conviction that If
geusrsl dsblltty of tbs syatsui. end esriMlly for Liver
Complaint, it is s safe and valuabls U aparatiou. hi
tome catet it may fail ; but usually, Jdoubt not, it Will
bt tery bcnet'-ial to those who suffer from tin abott
tauttt. l'ourt, very respectfully,
J. U. Kisb'ARD,
tlighth, btlow Ooattl St.
Frio of tb Bitters, il.OO per bottle t
Or, a half down for 19.00.
Frio of the Tonio, l 60 per bottle
Or, a half dosen for 7 60.
Tbe Tools Is put up ta quart bottles.
Recoiled UuU it it Dr. Uoojtaturt German Rimtditt
thai art to univtrtaliy uted and tu highly recommend
md t and do not oUomi th Druggist to iudwos you ta
sake any thing tit that k may tag itjutt at good, 6a
euuM as nutket a larger profit on li. Ttut Btttmlitt
Mill es sent by express to any totality upon application
to thi
PHINCIPAI. OPP1CK,
AT THI GERMAN MEPIIN ITCH,
it's. Ml ARCH tTREtr, naaxUphia.
CHAS. U. BVANB, ProprUtQV.
Formsrl 0. U, JACKSON 4 CO.
These Itemesllee are for sale ty
Drag 1st a, kiorskeepers, an 4 Uedt
alue Uealera vey wlteraa
Do nmtferyet to asaaMM Weil tM arhcis yU tuy, la
erosr to gel As fmnun.
POETICAL.
I AM DYING.
The followlug beautiful poora Is from the Mom
phis Bulletin. It ia rarely we. find such contribu
tions to the columns of a newspaper. It b iwoetly,
beautifully tai :
Raise my pillow, husband dearest
Faint and fainter eonies my breath ;
And those shadows stonling slowly,
Must, I know, be those of death ;
Bit down close beside me, darling,
Let tne olafp your warm, strong hand,
Tours that ever hns sustained me,
l'o the borders of this land.
For your Ood and mine our Father
Tbenoe shall ever lead us on ;
Where upon a throne eternal,
Bits His loved and only Bon ;
I've had visions nnd been dreaming
O'er the pastof joy and pnin ;
Ycnr by yeur I've wandered backward,
Till I was a child again.
Dreaming of girlhood, and the moment
M'ben I stood your wife and brido,
How my heart thrilled Lovo's triumph,
In that hour of woman's pride ;
Dreaming of thee and all the earth-cords
Firmly twined about my hoart
Oh ! the bitter burning auguish,
When 1 first knew wo must part.
It has passed and God has promised
All thy footsteps to attend ;
He that's more than friend and brother,
He'll be with you to the end ;
There's no shadow o'er the portuls,
Leading to my heavenly home
Christ has promised life immortal,
And 'tis Ho that bids me oome.
When life's trials awnit around thee,
And its chilling billows swell,
Thnul't thank heaven that I'm spared then,
Thoul't then feel that "all is well."
liriiij; our boys unto my bedside ;
My lust blessing let them keop
But they're sleeping do not wako them ;
They'll learn soon enough to weep.
Tell them often of Ihoir mothor,
Kiss them for me when they wake,
Lead them gently in life's pathway,
l.uvo tlicui doubly for my sake ;
Clasp my hand still closer, darling,
This, the last night of my lifo ;
Fur to-murrow I shull never
Answer when you call me "wife."
Faro thee well, my noble husband,
Faiut not neath tho chast'iiiug rod ;
Throw your strong arms around our children,
Keep them close to tbee and God.
TALES AND SKETCHES.
tin.
Tilt.
Joint Wilson was a wnrui licartud, gene
rous I'ullow, and wo all liked liim. Iucleed
there was not a more popular man id tlie
regiment, nor oue uo was looked upon as
a better soldier. He bad beeu with us from
ilm time we entered I lie service up to (lie
time of which we write, which wus the win
ter of 1804. lie hud borne his part well in
every ctignement through which we had
passed, unit hnd at last been made sergeant
uiujor of our regimeiit the tb Massachu
setts. At told Harbor he had won the ad
miration) ot every luttu in the command, and
late in the evening, ns we were stubbornly
giving wuy before the murderous attacks of
the contederules, had SHved tbe colouel s
life, and in doing so, had received a severe
wound, which sent him to the hospitul lor
some time. He was a very silent mau
rarely troubling himself to talk to auy one
and we knew very little concerning bis
history. He bad joined us in Washington
city, just ns we were mustered iuto service.
He bud said then that be was a unlive of
New Kngland, but beyond this we knew
nothing. We supposed ho bad- some good
reason lor bis silence, and rarely attempted
to penetrute to the mystery. All who did
make such attempts were repulsed. He
bad never been absent from bis regiment.
except when in the hospital, or on detached
duty. Every one of us except Wilson had
beeu home on furlough, but be bud never
akt-d for a leave of absence, and when the
colonel olio re l it to him, it was declined.
At last, while we were lying in winter
quarters, in 1884, Wilson came into my but
and said be would like to speak to me about
a matter which concerned him very much.
Curiosity to know something more of the
man, as well as my personal regard for him,
induced me to assure bitn that it would
give me pleaEurc to assist him in any man
ner. He told mo his whole history. Ho was
the sou of a clergyman in one of our New
England villages, and was just twenty-five
years old. When a youth he bad led a wild,
dissipated life, and had caused his parents
much trouble. On his eighteenth birthday
be bad come borne so drunk that bis father
bad refused to permit him to enter the
house. Filled with rage and shame, he bad
left the town, and bad never been home
since. His parents bad never beard from
him, and now thought bim dead. In oue
of the first battles of the war, a man of tbe
same name had been killed in a Massachu
setts regiment, and Wilson bad seut borne
a paper containing this name among the
list of killed. Fcr several years be bad
been a steady man, and lately had longed tu
go borne once more.
"It is only shame that has kept me away,
captain," he said, sadly. "I do want to see
the old folks again, and I am sorry that I
made them think mo dead. But at that
time I thought they would think more kind
ly of me if they believed me killed. Now,
I have a serious idea of going home on fur
lough, and trying to make np for the past.
I want to ask you what to do."
I urged him to go by all means, and told
him that I felt sure be would not only light
en the old people's sorrows, but would, also,
meet with a joyful reception. He decided
at length to go, and made application for
his furlough, which was readily granted.
He urranged his departure so as to reach
home by Christmas. Tho events that oc
curred there, he related to me after Lis re
turn to the regiment.
He reached his native town on tbe day
before Christmas. He put up at the little
tavern, tinder an assumed name. He bad
chunged so much thut no oue recoguized
bim, and some of bis'old friends even atUed
him if he knew poor John Wilson, who was
killed in tbe early part of tbe war.
It snowed heavily on Christmas eve, and
tbe night was wild and dreary. Old Mr.
Wilson's family which consisted of bis wife,
himself, two daughters, and a younger son,
had finished their preparations for the next
day, and were gathered around the fire iu
tbe sitting room. Tbey were all ailuut, lis
tening to tbe storm that was howling with
out, when tbey were startled by a loud rap
at the front door.
"Go to the door, George," said tbe father,
to bis ton.
The boy left the room, and in a few min
utes returned, satioa that a soldier was at
the door, and wished to see tbe master of
the bouse. Mr. Wilson went to tbe door,
and found a 'tall, powerful, oian, standing
I before it, wrapped la warm troy OTerooat.
"Docs the Reverend Mr. Wilson live
beret" he asked, hesitatingly.
"I am he," said tho old man. "Como into
the hall, out of the snow, aud toll me your
business with me."
"I would like to stay hero to night," said
the man.
"Can't you go to the tavern t"
"It is too far to walk on such a night as
this."
"I am sorry, my friend," said the pastor,
"to turn off any man, especially a soldier,
on such a night, but I cannot accommodate
you. The tavern is not half a mile distant,
and if you have not tho money to pay for a
bed, I will give it to you."
"I want to stay here"
"It is impossible."
Tho minister was about to close tho door,
when the man asked abruptly :
"Wus John Wilson, who was killed iu
Virginia, a son of yours?"
An expression of paiu flitted over the old
man's fuce.
"Come in to the fire," be said, kindly.
"My poor boy was a soldier, and may be
you knew him."
"Aye, that I did," muttered the man, as
he followed the pastor into the sitting room.
"He knew Johu," said the -latter, and,
with this brief introduction, he asked the
stranger to be seated.
The soldier obeyed, and sat for a while
holding bis cap iu bis band, and gazing in
to the tire.
"I think you said you know my poor boy;"
said old Mr. Wilson, in a low, unsteady
tone.
"Nono knew him better, sir," replied the
soldier, without taking bis eyes from the
Are. "We were together a great deal."
"Did he ever speak of bis borne 1" asked
Mr. Wilson, sadly.
"Frequently to me, but to no one else ;
nnd then it was only to regret the madness
that made bim lose it."
"O, if he only bad come back," sobbed
the old father.
The stranger was silent for a moment,
thCn ho went on hastily :
"He was ashamed to do so, sir. He felt
that ho had, by bis own act, forfeited all
claim to your affection, and sympathy, and
he wus ashamed to return, though he earn
estly longed to do so."
"And we loved him so much 1"
It was the mother's voice this time, nnd
it wus full of tenderness and sorrow. The
soldier's bead sunk lower on bis breast, and
something like a sob shook the heavy folds
of fjlue cloth that covered bm. Then, after
a long silence, he went on :
"He told me that he was a bad, undutiful
son, that he bad given you much trouble ;
but that he would gladly give bis life to
recall it all."
"He wus only a boy, sir, a misguided boy,
and I wus too harsh with him," and the old
man wept.
The soldier raised bis cup before his face,
as if to shield it from the tire, and his
mouth worked nervously.
"He became better and truer to bis duty,
after he grew to manhood," he continued,
slowly. "He saw bis sin plainly, aud be
determined, with God's help, to do better,
and he kept his determination. He was
very steady aud faithful to his duty for sev
eral vents, and utter bo entered the urmy re
formed entirely."
Tbe mother spoke again; this timo with
joy mingled with resignation.
"The Lord is very merciful. I feared that
the boy hud been cut off in his sins."
There was something in this patient meek
ness, even more touchiug thun in the grief
of the old man, who coutiued to sob, and
murmur :
"O, my boy, my boy !"
"He loved you very dearly," said the sol
dier, "even though he behaved so badly,
and he would have given his lifo to have
heurd bis forgiveness from your lips to
have heard you say that you pardoned
him"
"Pardon him," interrupted the mother,
"pardon him. Poor boy, he knows now
bow freely we have done so from the first."
"Ho does, bo does," sobbed the soldier,
as he sank at her feet, and bowed bis head
on her knees, and burst into tears.
This strange act on the part of the soldier
brought all but the mother to their feet, in
astonishment. She knew at once what it
meant, and sat, with a happy smile on her
face, tenderly smoothing his hair, as she bad
done when he was a boy.
"What does it mean t" gasped the old
man.
"It is our boy our John and lie has
come back to us from the grave," she said.
There was rejoicing in the little parsonage
that night over the recovered son, and it
was with gushing hearts that tbey all joined
the next day in tho angel song of "Glory to
God in tho highest, and on earth, peace,
good will to men."
MISCELLANEOUS.
i he Uesiuiaia.lioil Kobbery.
The Petroleum Ceiitre Daily Record of last
Tuesday gives tbe following further details
of tho rccenl robbery at the Iknuiughoff
house in Venango county, Pa :
Five of the Ueuninghoff robbers have
been captured, and three of them aro now
in Franklin jail. The names of these three
are, Louis Weld, George Miller and Jake
Bhopbilt. Miller was taken at Suvgertowo,
Penu., aud Weld and Shopbitt at Akrou,
O. Two others were captured in Philadel
phia, and will be lodged iu Franklin jail.
Tho three whose names are mentioned
above have confessed to their participation
in the robbery, and infoimcd ou those who
were connected with them. The principal
oue Jim 8a)ger bMS not yet been captured,
and it is supposed that be is iu Europe.
Some of the money has been recovered,
and certificates of deposit secured. The
robbers bad invested a great deal of the
money in real estate and other property.
Weld bad purchased a hotel at Akron, Ohio,
paying $54,001) for it, and another had pur
chased a large farm,
i he reward offered for tbe arrest or these
fellows was fifty thousand dollars. The
Ueuoinghoff boys say they will be satisfied
if there is enough recovered to pay tho
reward.
A telegram from Montreal, Canada, says
that a man named Gardner had been surren
dered under the Extradition treaty, on ttie
affidavit of a Pittsburg detective, (officer
Hague,) charging him with complicity iq
the Ilenninghoff robbery.
Brigbam Young declare that those who
enter polygamy tu get rich make a mistake.
Hie own returns have been only (mall
I prophets. WjM.
The New York TrtbuM will persist in
spelling Alaska, Aliaska. Ilogtce is wide
awake t be is determined to keep an "i" on
that new territory. JV. 0. Timu.
GRANT AS A STATESMAN.
Borne of the Copperhead papers dare to
assert that Grant is only a General but no
statesman. We anpeud a letter written in
which shows that bis views on tho
policy of tho country are not only of a states
manlike character, but far seeing also :
During tho progress of the war, and in
auvanuu even ot the statesmanship ot Lin
coin and bis Cabinet, General Grant foresaw '
tho necessity of emancipation, not only as a
means of suppressing the rebellion, but to
the future peace of the country, and on tho
UOtli of Auguft, 18(13, he addressed a letter
to Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, iu these
words :
Vit'Ksnunu, Miss., August 80, 1863.
Deaii Sib : The people need not quarrel
over the institution of slavery. What Vice
President Stephens acknowledges 89 the
corner-stone of the Confederacy is already
knocked out. Slavery is already dead, and
cannot be resurrected. It would take a
standing army to maintain slavery in the
South if wo were to make peace today, guar
anteeing to the South all their former privi
leges. I never was an Abolitionist not even
what could be called auti slavery but I try
to judge fairly and honestly, and it became
patent to my mind early in me rebellion
that the North aud South could never live
in peace with each other except as one na
tion, and that without slavery. As anxious
as lam to see peace established, I would
not therefore be willing tn see any settle
ment until this question is settled."
Your sincere friend, U. S. Grant.
This was the precursor of the proclamation
of emancipation, which made Lincoln im
mortal ; and as he invoked upon that, bo
may we upon this, "tbe considerate judgment
of mankind and the blessings of Almighty
God." Hero is evidence of statesmanship
which should be printed in golden letters ut
the bead of every copy of the proclamation
of emancipation.
In Mr. A. I). Richardson's forthcoming
Life of Gen. Grant there is some interesting
evidence of this kind, of which wo annex a
few specimens. In November, 18l5, Grunt
wrote to the ex-llcbe! Gen. Dick Taylor :
"Tho day after you left here the President
sent for me, as I expected ho would after
conversation with his Attorney-General. I
told him my views candidly about the course
I thought he should take in view of the ver
dict of the lato elections. It elicited noth
ing satisfactory from him, but did not bring
out the strong opposition he sometimes
shows to views not ugreeing with his own.
I was followed by Gen. Sickles, who express
ed about the same opinions I did.
"Since that I have talked with several
members of Congress who are classed with
the Radicals; Scticnck und lioutwell for in
stance. They express the most generous
views as to whnt would be done, if the con
stitutional amendments proposed by Con
gress were adopted by the Southern States.
What was done in the case of Tennessee wus
an earnest of what would bo done in all
cases.
"Even tho disqualification to hold oflice
imposed ou certain classes by one article of
the amendment would, no doubt, bo remov
ed ut once, except il might bo in the cases
of the very highest offenders, such, for in
stance, as those who went abroad to aid iu
the rebellion, those who left seats in Con
gress, etc. All or very nearly all would soon
be restored, and so fur as security to proper
ty and liberty is concerned, all would be re
stored at once.
"J would like exceedingly to pee one South
ern Stute, excluded State, ratify the amend
ment, to enable us to see the exact course
that would bo pursued. I believe it would
much modify the demands that may be made
if there is any delay."
"I never could have believed," said Grant
to a friend, "that I should favor giving ne
groes the right to vote; but that seems to
urn the only solution of our dilliculties."
During the Winter of 18C0 7, while recon
struction measures were pending, Orr, of
South Carolinu.Brown and Walker, of Geor
gia, and other late promineut secessionists,
asked his counsel. To all bo replied, iu
substance :
"Ou to the Union Iieiullican lit Congre.it,
and ttetn alone. Hunt nothing icutlccer to do
tcith A'ortterneri tclto opponed tlie tear. They
will never again be entrusted with power.
The more you consort with them, the more
exacting the Republicans will be, and ought
to be. When you get homo, urgo your peo
ple to accept negro suffrage. It you had
promptly adopted tho constitutional amend
ment abolishing Slavery, or the one making
negroes citizens, and guaranteeing tbe pub
lic debt, Congress would undoubtedly have
admitted you before this. Now it will in
sist upon adding impartial suffrage. Tbe
sooner you accept that tbe better for all con
cerned." In the autumn of 1800, when tho French
wero preparing to evacuate Mexico, General
Grant wrote the following sensible aud em
phatic letter to Sberidau, thun commanding
the Fifth Military District:
"My opinion U that the Interest of the
United States, and duty, is tn see that for
eign iuterfereuce with the affairs of this con
tinent is put an end to.
" It is probable that you may
havo an opportunity of judging the designs
of Sunta Auna, should be attempt to seud a
force to the Rio Grande. Should his designs
be inimical to the government, of Mexico,
with which we are at peace, the same duty,
iu obedience to our own neutrality laws,
compels us to prevent the fitting out of ex
peditions hostile tu that Goverumeut that
existed ia the case of the Fenian movement
against our northern neighbor.
"There is but one party, one Government
iu Mexico, whose wishes have claim to re
spect from us. No policy baa been adopted
by our Government which authorizes us to
interfere on Mexican soil with that couptry,
but there is nothing, that I know of, a pre
vent the free passage of people or material
going through our territory to tbe aid of
tbe recognized Government.
"Our neutrality should preveut our allow
ing tbe same thing when the effect is to
make war upon that Government, go long
as we are at peace with it."
And within the present year, Sheridan
whose opinion of Grant ia certainly wcl
worth having, wrote at follows tQ friend !
"It is perhaps needless for roe to tell you
how light my heartris on account of the
glorious record, in front of which General
Grant row stands before tbe country,
"The country now begins to appreciate
that bis was tbe only band which patted
me on tbe shoulder and nave we encourage
ment, when I, almost alone, stuck up my
little battle Sag at New Orleans to assist a
I lecosd time ia saving the country and pie.
serving the record of our eoldiers. Had I
Grant, Sherman, and myself, and others, I
gone over to the enemy, much darkness '
would have come upon the land.
"Two solutions wero necessary for tho
settlement of the Rebellion. The first was
to take away from it its military strength.
That was done nt Appomattox. The second,
to take awny Us political strength. That
will be done next November. It will be a
ll0rt campaign, but as decisive as Appo
mattox."
Point out any Copperhead in the country, '
if you can, that can show any more enlicht- ;
ened str.ttstiiansliip, or a more correct policy
than is expressed in tho above extracts.
Seymour's Koltlieri Agulii.
Mr. Wnllace, Chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee, says that "Penn
sylvania owes Horatio Heyniour, a debt of
gratitude for his prompt aid, when her
border was attacked. ' Two of theso regi
ments of Seymour were sent to the Cumbur
luud Valley, und their conduct in that sec
tion was exposed a few weeks since by a
Chambersburg correspondent. The state
ments made in that letter are verified by an
editorial which we find in last week's Chain-
beraburg Rrjorilory. The writer says ;
me rigtits ot citizens nnd private pro
perty were perhaps ns much respected by
mem ns oy tne rebels themselves, certainly
not more, and as for defending the border
from the enemy, it was furthest from their
thoughts. The regiments sent here arrived
on Sunday, at a time when rumors wero
thick that the rebel army was crossing at
Willitttiisport. After being bountifully fed
by the citizens, they spent the rest of the day
in disorderly and riotous conduct through
the town, and at evening inarched two miles
South to watch the enemy. Though tho
enemy did not reach Chambersburg until
days ufterwards, the patriotic New Yorkers
skedaddled during the night, leaving their
camp eouipiiL'e, supplies nnd all, seized the
cars at tho depot, and the next morning
formed their line at Carlisle, with their faces
toward New York. Our citizens gathered
up their tents and baggage and returned
them, with gratitude it is true, not for their
aid, but that they hud not remained with us
longer. In November, Franklin county will
cancel the dtbt of gratitude she owes to the
Democratic and Secession candidate for
President, "for prompt aid rendered when
her border was attacked."
IlorncM iu Hal tic.
Mr. Kingluke, in one of tho new volumes
of "The Invasion of the Crimea," says of
horses ou the battle-field :
"Tbe extent to which a charger can ap
prehend the perils of a battle-field may be
easily underrated by one who confines bis
observation to horses still carrying their
riders; for as long as a troop-horse in action
feels the weiuht aud baud of a master, his
deep trust in mun keeps bim seemingly free j
Irom great terror, ami he goes through the
tight, unless wounded, as though it were a
field-duy bt home ; but the moment that
death or a disabling wound deprives him of
his rider, he seems nil ut once to learn what
a battle is to perceive its real dangers with
the clearness of n human being, and to be
agonized with horror of tho fate ho may
incur for waut of a bund to guide bim.
Careless of the inure thunders uf gUns, ho
shows plainly enough that he more or less
knows the dread accent that is used by mis
siles of war whilst cutting their way through
the air ; for as olten ns these sounds disclose
to him the near passage of bullet or round
shot, he shrinks and cringes. His eyeballs
protrude; wild with frig'it, ho still does
not most commonly gallop home into camp.
His instinct seems rather to tell him thut
what safety, if any, there is for him must be
found in the ranks ; and he rushes at the
first squadron ho can rind, urging piteously
yet with violence that he too by right is a
troop horse ; that he too is willing to charge,
but not to be left behind ; that he must and
he will 'full in.' Sometimes a riderless
charger thus bent on aligning with bis fel
lows will not be content to range himself ou
the flank of the line, butdait at some point
in tbe squadron which he seemingly judges
to be his own rightful place, and strive to
force himself iu. Riding, as it is usual for
the commander of a regiment to do, some
wav iu advance of his regiment, I.ard George
Parget was especially tormented and pressed
by the riderless horses which chose to turn
round and align with him. At ouo time
there were three or four of these horses ad
vancing close abrcaet of him on ouo side,
and as many as live oathe other. Impelled
by terror, by gregarious instiuct, and bv
their habit of ranging iu line, they so' closed
iu upon Lord George as to besmear his over
alls with blood from the gory flanks of tho
nearest intruders, and obliged him to use bis
swora."
a
BrtipAi. Tests. How thankful our "well
educated" young ladies of this day must
feel that they do not live among such a half
civilized people as tbe Nestoriaus must be,
from the following account ot oue of their
wedding customs : After the marriage cere
mony has been performed, the wedding
party is taken in wagons to the bouse of tlie
bridegroom's parents. When the second
wagon, In which tho bride is seated alone,
reaches tho gste opening into the yard in
which the house is situated, it is halted, and
the bridegroom's mother comes to meet it,
with a baby and three suits of baby clothes
in her arms. She throws the child and the
clothes into tho arms of the brido, who is
required to undress and dress the baby three
times in the presence of ber mother in law,
who watches every movement, us only a
mother in law can watch a daughter-in-law.
If the newly-made bride does not perform
the operation to tbe satisfaction of ber se
vere judge, sho is considered unfit fur the
position ; the wagon is turned round, and
she is taken back home for further instruc
tion, and the poor bridegroom is compelled
to live iu single blessedness until bis wife is
educated up to the proper standard. Ut.
Didn't Enjoy IIehseli' as Usual. As
an original expression of heavy grief, we
doubt if any thiug more touching has been
read than the following, of a crushed heart,
in Star City, Nevada. Mrs. -. "J
place, an eccentric old lady, recently rashed
fnto the room ut a relative, and without
waiting for the usual salutations, saiu ;
"Well, John's dead l"
"Dead I is it possible I "
"Yes : dead I Died last night I waqt you
all to come to tbe funeral. The Masona and
Odd Fellows are going to turn out, and we
shall have beautiful time."
Deaths being of rare occurrence In the
settlement, of course everybody went to the
funeral. Next day, somebody remarked to
the old lady that there was a large turnout,
"Yea. indeed, there was," aha replied,
'but I didn't enjoy myself as well as I have
t some fuueril the bosses cut on so."
"She Works for a Livisq." We don't
know who wrote the following lines, nor
now oncn ttiey nuve i.een published and
j republished, but they contain so many good
pointB that they are worthy to be started
' nncw on tho sea of literuture once or twice a.
; year :
Commend us to tho fkirl of whom it is
sneeringly said, "she works for a living ;" in
her we are always sure to find the elcmenW
of a true woman a real lady. True, we aro
not prepared to see a ruinciug step, a haughty
"Pi tasuionuoio circss, or near n siring ot
splendid nonsense about t ie uaiisana young
men, the new novels aud the ucxt patty no,
no, but we are prepared to hear tho sound
words of good seusc, language becoming
womcu, a teat dress, mild brow, and to
witness movements that would uot disgrace
an angel.
You who are looking for wives and com
panions, turn from the fashionable, luzy and
haughty girls, and select one from those who
work for a living, aud never our word for
it will you repent your choice. You waut
a substantial friend and not a doll ; a help
mate, and not a help eat; a counselor and
not a simpleton. You may not be able to
curry a piano into your bouse, but you can
buy a spinning wheel or a set of knitting
needles. If you cunnot purchase every new
novel, yon may bo able to take some valuable
paper. If you cannot buy a ticket for the
ball, you can visit some afflicted neighbor.
Be careful then, when looking forcompa
uions, und when you choose. We kuow
many a foolish man who, instead of choos
ing an industrious and prudent woman for
a wife, took one from tho fashionable stock,
and is now lamenting his folly in dust and
ashes. He ran into the fire with his eyes
wide open, and who but himself ia to bluiuu.
The time was when the ladies went visit
ing and took their work with them. This
is the reason wliv ne had such excellent
mothers.
How singular would a gay woman
1 look in a fashionable circle darning her futh
era stockings, or carding wool to spin'.
Would not her companions lungh at her ?
And yet such a woman would be a prize to
somebody, lilessed is the man who chooses
for his wife from despised girls "who woik
for their living."
AGIUCULTURAL, &C."
l)f tt'iiiM'r lis Ciitllo.
We have been permitted, nays the Rich
mond Whig, to look over the proof of an
article written by Mr. Frank G. Rutlin, for
the August number of the Southern Planter
end Farmer, in which tho writer says, that
having heard that many milch cows ate
c'.ying in and around Richmond of distem
per, (properly speaking red water or really
bilious fever,) he thinks it proper to make
public a remedy he has successfully used,
und a preventive he has employed to his
perfect satisfaction for the last twelve years.
Mr. Rufrin says :
"The remedy is sugar or molasses, either
you choose; the sugar as a bolus, the molas
ses as a drench a pint of sugar or a gallon
of molasses, and the dose repeated at inter
vals until the animal is relieved or dies.
After she is relieved, a teuspoonful of calo
mel may be used. Durlug the war I cured
a case with a gallon of sorghum molasses.
No oue need tear to try the remedy, for at
the very worst it can orily kill the cow, and
Bhe might as well die of molasses as of red
water.
"The preventive is more important. I got
it twelve years ago from my friend, Dr. R.
F. Taylor, of Amelia county. Before that I
had sustained serious losses; since, I have
never bad a case, except when I carelessly
neglected to preveut it. Take a mixture of
the following proportions :
"Salt, one gallon; flour sulphur, half pint;
saltpetre, half pint; copperas, one gill. Pul
verize thoroughly and mix, aud keep it
where the cow can get to it daily."
iolca lor the Usirdcn,
Asp abaci's. Keep beds of asparagus, es
pecially those of yuuug plants, ectirely free
from weeds.
Beans. Kidney beans of early sorts may
be sown for fall use.
Cei.euv. Plant at once, if not done be
fore, the full supply of celery for winter use,
and earth up that now growing every tea
days or so, when the ground is quito dry.
lie careful to avoid smothering the bud.
CoLCWokts, Borecole, Savoys. Plant
savoys two feet apart each way. Early
york's may be planted lor use iu fall as cole
worts ; p 'ant borecole.
Radishes. Sow seeds now and occasion
allv for fall use.
SriNAi ii. Sow a small bed now for fud
use, and bo prepared to sow crop to staud
over winter by 1st of September.
Small Sai.auiso. Lettuce, radish, cres
ses, mustard, &c, may be sown occasionally
for small salading.
TuiiMi's. Sow white turnips immediately
foreaily use, aud tot days later for a piin
cipal crop.
Lettwi'E. Sow brown Dutch and Silo
sian lettuce seed for fall use. About tho
Ust of the month sow seedaof the hatdy
sorts, to plunt in cold frames on warm bor
ders for winter and spring.
Green Peas. These muy be planted no-v
for uso in October.
Growing CKors. Must be kept clear of
grass. .
Herbs. Cut such herbs ss are n flower,
and put in a shady place to cure.
CuMi-osT, Gather material for ao abuu-
dant supply of good compost.
KKL'IT OARPEK.
STnAWUERiuE.-Aoy time in this mouth
or September, when the ground is in order,
strawberry plants may be put out with the
expectation; if planted early and under lav
orable circumutunces, of geUiug a fair crop
next spring. Any dry, rich soil is suitable
for them, aud they are so easily cultivated
that there is no excuse for any one in the
country being without au abundant supply.
Let the ground be spaded about fifteen
Inches deep, bavins first spread oa it a good
coat of well rotted barn-yard manure, pul
verize the lumps upon the suriuce and rake
it smooth. Mark oft the rows two to two
aud a half feet apart, and set the plauts
from six inches to a foot apart : tbe closer
distance if the plants are abundant. Wheu
plants are costly, give more room, aud let
them fill the intermediate spaces as the;
make runners. Baltimore bun.
Bupdinu. Those who failed ia tbe ipring
to have their grafting done, can now resort
to tbe budding process, which some prefer,
aud all prefer where the cherry and peach
are coucurued. Ihe season tor budding rum
into the first week or Uu days of August.
Once seeing it done by those w ho desire tq
know bow, u euoueb. Like almost every
thing else, when once understood it it Very
I eimple. Of'Kinfovn TVVjwaV