The Waynesburg messenger. (Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.) 1849-1901, December 11, 1861, Image 1
t • , • ‘ l r• • •„. • I - "Th I '(\.• 47 j' t = BEI futitt) Illaptr---poottb to Votitirs, Aviculture, fitereturt, s riew, Art, fordo, Slough alb jutellignift, 4a. ESTABIBIED IN 1813. THE WAYNESBURG MESSENGER, PUBLISHED BY M.. 1% 30NES & JAMES S. JENNINGS, WAYNESBURG, GREENE CO., PA w►OPPICE NEARLY OPPOSITE TEE PUBLIC SgUARE...Ca IZSIIMOICt Illthgeatevirat.-111 50 in advance; ft 75 at the ex phinkon ofsix months; $2 00 within the year; $2 50 woo the expiration of te year. `Novittenattlettelll inserted at $1 00 per square for 11$5104osertions, and 25 cents a square breach addition atinsertion; (tell lines or less coun'ed a square.) A liberal deduction made to yearly advertisers. Jos Pat NTII4 0, of all kinds, executed in the best style, and on reasonable terms, at the" Messenger" Job of agutsburg 'gusintss Barbs. ATTORNEYS. ♦ •. J. 0. RITCHIZ. PURMAN & RITCHIE, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Waynesburg, Pa. business in Greene, Washington, and Fag ot* Counties, entrusted to them, will receive prompt attention. Sept. 11, iB6l-Iy. Jut. Urumqi. J. A. J. BUCHANAN. LINDSEY & RUCIEL&NALIF, AXICORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Waynesburg, Pa. -ofikit on the Minh side of Main street, two doors West of the - Republican" Office. Sept. 11, 18111. H. W. DOWNEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in Led. wtth's Budding. opposite the eourtalouse. Sept- 11,1861-Iy. DAVID CRAWFORD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in Mayers' Building, adjoining the Post Office. Ail*. li, 1661-Iy. C. A. BLACH. JOHN PHELAN. BLACK & PHELAN, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS Al LAW Office in the Court House, Waynesburg. - ISept. 11, 1801-Iy. PHYSICIANS DR. D. W. BRADEN, 'Physician and Burgeon. Office in the Old Bank Building, Main street. Sept. 11, 1861-Iv. DRUGS DR. W. L. CREIGH, Plikystetan and Surgeon, 4.4 dealer in Drugs, Medicines. Oils, Paints, &c.. &c., Main street, a few doors east of the Bank. Sept. ii. 1861-Iy.' M. A. HARVEY, Vrhuist and Apothecary, and dealer in Paints and pm, the moat celebrated Patent Medicines, and Pure liquors for medicinal purposes. . Sept. 11,1861-Iy. WM. A. PORTER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and Domes tic Dry Goode, Groceries, Notions, &c., Main street. Sept. 11, 1881 —1 y. GEO. HOSKINSON, Opposite the Court House, keeps always on hand a kne stock of S.asonable Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots amid Shoes, end Notions generally. Sept. 1 1861-Iy. ANDREW WILSON, 'Dealer in Dry Goode, Groceries, Drugs, Notions, Haniware, Queensware, Stoneware, Looking Glasses, Iron and Nails, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Wain street, one door east of the Old Bank. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. It CLARK, .Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queens wire and notions, one door west of the Adams House, Motu street. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. MINOR de CO., • • Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, °ro okie', Queens Ware, Hardware and Notions, opposite toe Green House. Main street. !Sept, 11, 180-Iy, CLOTHING N. CLARK, Dealer in Men and Boy's Clothing, Cloths, Cassi snares, Satinets, Hata and Caps, ire., Main street. op. • 'site the Court House. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. A. J. SOWERS, Dealer in Men and Boy's Clothing, Gentlemen's Fur nishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Old Binh Building, Main street. Sept. 11, IBSI-4m BOOT AND SHOE DEALERS J. D. COSGRAY, Shot and Shoe maker. Maio street, nearly opposite; she "Farmer's and Drover's Dank." Every style of Snots and Shoes constantly on hand or made to order. Rept. 11, 1881-Iy. J. B. RICKEY, Btet and Shoe maker. Sayer , s Corner, Main street. /loots and Shoes of every variety always on hand or made to order on short notice. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. Lt JOSEPH YA TER, Dealer in Groceries and Confectioneries, Notions, Medicines, Perk=Pries, Liverpool Ware, &c., Gleum of viD gates. and Gilt Moulding and Looking Glan Plates. Igor Cash paid for good eating Apples. leor. 11, 1861-Ig. JOHN MUNNELL, :Dealer in Groceries and Confectionaries. and Variety Gboda . earnetallY. Willson's New Building, Main street. .pt. 11, 11361-Iy. NOOKS, &c. LEWIS DAY, Dealer in School and hliscellaneons Books, Station soy, Ink, Magazines and rapers, Willlolll'll Old Build ing, sin street. tie t. 11. IEI6I-Iy. F VIERS' & DROVERS' BANE, Waysassaarg. Pa. .0111 S. ROOK, Pres't. LAZEATI, Casbilir • DISCIT DAY, WAIDN OW ESD•Y. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. lIADDLDS AND NARNAISS SAMUEL WALLISTER, dte. Llamas eadTrunk Maker, Main street, dire* Weal of the Adams House. TOB AOO ON/ ST S HOW Eat Ar. 'JAGER, -4Dittoeirmeni and wholesale and retail dealers in , rj• idava 41111 Send: dew eases, hare, ice., On Building, Mein street. MO& 11,4651-9% Mara*lll% cNN DOWNEY, rr ui l= 6 gritrt raftg. THE EMPTY CRADLE. In the still and quiet chilinber There's an empty cradle-bed, With a print upon the pillow Of a baby's shining head. 'Tis a fair and dainty cradle ; Downy, soft, the pillows white. But within the blankets folded Lies no little form to-night, • Once the mother sat beside it, When the day was growing dim, And her pleasant voice was singing, Soft and low, a cradle hymn. Now there's no more need of singing, When the evening shadows creep, For the cradle-bed is empty, And the baby gone to sleep. Little head that used to nestle In the pillows white and soft ; Little hands whose restless fingers . Folded there in dreams so oft ; Lips we pressed with fondest kisses, Eyes we praised for purest ray, Underneath the church-yard daisies They have hid you all away. Ah, the empty, useless cradle I 'We will put it out of sight, Lest our hearts should grieve too sorely For the little one to-night, We will think how safe forever, the better fold above, The young child for which we sorrow Resteth now in Jesus' love. I'M OOMING HOME TO DIE, MOTHER Unwelcome winds are sighing, Within this distant West, And wrapt in pain I'm lying With vision-broken rest. I often dream thy bosom Is pillowing Ist head, And wake to findnusion Has gathered round my bed ; But starting from my dreaming, I check the rising sigh; For I'm coming ho i me to die, Mother, Coming home to die. I long to see thee, mother, And kiss thy dear, old cheek, I feel there is no other With whom I wish to speak ino heart has half such kindness, No voice such music's flow, Why did I in my blindness Cause you a moment's woe? I know you've mourned me often, But wipe the glistening eye, For I'm coming home to die, mother, Coming home to die. Tell father that I wish him To mark the spot for me, Where Lulu used to kiss him, And sing the Forest glee; 'Tis where the wild red roses Perfume the summer air— And when the life-scene closes, Lay roving Altana there ; O let the spot be lonely, And hid from passers by, For I'm coming home to die, mother, Coming home to die. My memory is clinging To childhood's sunny hours, And Lulu's voice seems ringing Amidst the garden flowers ; The moments seem to lengthen As starting time comes near, And hope begins to strengthen With thought of leaving here. So let the heart h► gladden'd Our meeting hour is nigh, For I'm coming home to die, mother. Coming home to die. . Nut Bizattaitg. Parental Indulgence. No children are ever so happy as those who have been early taught implicit and immediate obedience to their parent's wishes, or will, or commands. Would that parents more universally felt this! When they suffer their children to disobey them, they are absolutely teaching them to sin against God, breaking one of his com mandments, and one to which the promise of long life is given. No wonder if God, in just displeasure, remove the child from such tuition. Remember what a solemn and instructive lesson the Holy Ghost has given in the history of Eli. There is much danger, from an amiable wish to gratify a child, of counterordering your own orders. If you once direct a child to do a thing, however unpleasant it may be to yourself or the child, insist with firmness upon immediate and full obedience. There should be no demur nor delay. Prompt obedience is as lovely in a child, as its en forcement is dignified in a parent. The firm and gentle constraint of parental authority commands respect, and even in spires reverence and love in the child to wards the parent. Thus, then, if you de sire your children should grow up cherish ishing for you profound esteem and affec tion, insist upon the filial duty—the duty of implteit obedience—and commence early. To begin right is the way to end right. A BIG FORCE.—At the Philadel phia Arsenal they now have employ ed eight thousand women on all kinds of army clothing. Over six hundred shoemakers are also employ ed on knapsacks and other articles. Dee** meanly five hundred men art esgageiabont the yaad.— The working foroas,44 oer moorcelyoneed'throo hii WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNTZDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1861. AFFECTING INCIDENT of RAILROAD LIFE, An old railroad conductor relates the following touching incident of his own life and the lives of the passengers saved —the return for little acts of kindness bestowed on the widow and the father less: "The western division of our road runs through a very mountainous part of Vir ginia, and the stations are few and far be tween. About three miles from one of these stations the road runs through a deep gorge of the Blue Ridge, and near the centre is a small valley, and there, hem med in by the everlasting hills, stood a small one and a half story log cabin.— The few acres that surrounded it were well cultivated as a garden, and upon the fruits thereof lived a widow and her three chil dren, by the name of Graff. They were, indeed, untutored in the cold charities of an outside world—l doubt much if they ever saw the sun shine beyond their own native hills. In the Summer time the children brought berries to the nearest sta tion to sell, and with the money they earn ed they bought a few of the necessities of the outside refinement. "The oldest of these children I should judge to be about twelve years, and the youngest about seven. They were all girls, and looked nice and clean, and their healthful appearance and naliml o clelicacy gave them a ready welcome. They ap peared as if they had been brought up to fear God, and love their humble home and mother." " I had often stopped my train to have them set off at their home, having found thein at the station some three miles from their home, after disposing of their berries." " I had children at home, and knew their little feet would be tired in walking three miles, and therefore felt that it would be the same with those fatherless little ones. They seemed so pleased to ride, and thanked rue with such lovely thanks after letting them off near home. They frequently offered me nice, tempting baskets of fruit for my kindness, yet I never accepted anything without paying them. full value. "Now, if you remember, the Winter of 1854 was very cold in that part of the State, and the snow was nearly three feet deep on the mountains. On the night of the 26th of December it turned around warm, and the rain fell in torrents. A terrible rain swept the mountain tops, and almost filled the valleys with water. Up on that night my train was winding its way, at its usual speed, around the hills and through the valleys, and as the road bed was all solid rock, I had nb fear of the banks giving out. The night was intensely dark, and the wind moaned pit eously through the deep gorge of the mountains. Some of my passengers were trying to sleep; others were talking in a low voice, to relieve the monotony of the scene. Mothers had their children upon their knees, as if to shield them from some unknown danger without. " It was near midnight, when a sharp whistle from the engine brought me to my feet. I knew there was danger by that whistle, and sprang to the breaks at once, but the brakesmen were all at their,posts, and soon brought their train to a stop.— I seized my lantern, and found my way forward as soon as possible, when what 3 sight met my gaze ! A bright fire of pine logs illuminated my track for some distance, and not over forty rods ahead of our train a horrible gulf had opened it self to receive us. " The snow, together with the rain, had torn the whole side of the mountain out, -and eternity itself seemed spread out before us. The widow Graff and her chil dren had found it out, and had ,brought light brush from her home below, and built a large fire to warn us of our danger.— They had been there more than two hours watching beside that beacon of safety. As I went up where the old ladrand chil dren stood drenched through by the rain and sleet, she grasped me by the arm, and cried— "Thank God! Mr. Sherbourn, we stopped you in time. I would have lost my life before one hair of your head should have been hurt. Oh I prayed to heaven that we might stop the train, and, my God, I thank thee !" The children were all crying for joy. I confess I don't very often pray ; but I did then and there. .I knelt down by the side of that old woman, and offered up thanks to an All-Wise Being for our safe deliver ance from a most terrible death, and called down blessings without number upon that good old woman and her children. Near by stood the engineer, fireman and brakes men, tears streaming down their bronzed cheeks. " I immediately prevailed upon Mrs. Graff and the children to go back in the cars out of the storm and cold. After reach ing' the cars, I related our hair-breadth es cape, and to whom we were indebted for our lives, and begged the men passengers. to go forward and see for themselves. They needed no further urging, and a great tee ny Wiwi went, also, regardiessof the storm. They eeen*eturnedv aid their rawfeeen. ewe; tefeStakifie at aveiltikided • Asia ti.. EOM= we had escaped. The ladies and gentle men vied with each other in their thanks and heartfelt gratitude towards Mrs. Graff and her children, and assured her that they would never, never forget her ; and, before the woman left the train, she was present ed with a purse of four hundred and sixty dollars, the voluntary offering of a whole train of grateful passengers. She refused the proffered gift for some time, and said she had only done her duty, and the knowledge of having done so was all the reward she asked. However, she finally accepted the money, and said it should go to educate her children. The railroad company built her a neat house, gave her and her children a free pass over the road, and ordered all trains to stop and let her off at her home when ever she wished. But the employees need ed no such orders ; they can appreciate all such kindness—more so than the directors themselves. "The old lady frequently visits my home at H—, and she is at all times a welcome visitor at my fireside. Two of the chil dren are attending school at the same place." GENERAL McOLLELLAN. GEORUE B. MCCLELLAN was born in Philadelphia on the 3d of Decem ber, 1826, his father being an emi nent physician of that city. At the age of sixteen, or in 1842, he entered the West Point Academy, and in 1846, at the age of twenty, was grad uated second in his class. On the Ist of July of that year he was brevet ted second lieutenant of engineers.— By an act of Congress passed during the May previous, a company of sup pers, miners and pontoniers was ad ded 10 the engineer corps, and in this company McClellan was commis sioned. • Brevet Brigadier General Totten, Chief Engineer of the army com manded by General Scott before Vera Cruz, speaks of McClellan's genius arid energy in that company in the highest terms. His e:ertions in dril ling the recruits who came into his company to be prepared for the ar duous labors of the Mexican war, were indefatignble. With the aid of but two other officers he succeeded co perfectly in drilling the seventy one raw men who had come into his hands only two months before, that on the 24th of September they sailed from West Point reported by Gen. Totten "as in a state of admirable discipline." During the war this company was reduced to forty-five effective men and two officers—one of whom was McClellan. He is repeatedly men tioned in connection with the corps as exhibiting consummate patience and ability. His company never once lost its discipline, and perform ed some of the most toilsome duties of the war under very trying circum stances. General Totten makes es pecial mention of the labors perform ed by McClellan before Vera Cruz.— He speaks of him as "animating his corps by his own devotion arid zeal," of the unsurpassed intelligence and zeal with which he took his share in the directfbn of the Beige." i e At Contreras, McClellan was se ' lected with another engineer to re connoitre the strong breastworks of the enelny. They had their horses shot under them, and barely egaped capture by the Mexican pickets.— When the action commenced McClel lan was with Magruder's battery.— While it was still doing splendid ser vice, its commander, Callender, was wounded. McClellan immediately took command of it, and managed it until it was entirely disabled, with such success as to retain all its previ ous reputation. General Twiggs im mediately presented his lame for promotion to General Winfield Scott, and, after showing consummate bra very in the ketion of Churubusco, which took place next day, he was brevetted first lieutenant. In the next battle, Molino del Rey, his be haviour was so gallant that he was elevated to a captaincy. He declin ed to receive it, and continued lieut enant on the day of Chepultepec, when General Scott mentioned him as "winning the admiration of all about him." He was the. first to en ter the Alameda with a company which he commanded and during the day of the assault repulsed a body of Mexicans greatly outnumbering his own corps, with a loss of twenty to the enemy. He continued in active service from the commencement of his com pany's organization until General Scott occupied the City of Mexico.— He returned from the war with the rank of captain and the command of the company, now greatly augment ed, of sappers, miners and pontoniers. Between 1848 and 1851 he translated from the French a manuel of bayonet exercise, which has become the text book of the army. In 1851 he superintended the con struction of Fort Dielortsr,p, In 1852 he explored the Red River, under Captain Marcy, and nurtleyed the harbors and rivers of Texas al senior esig= on Ow *nit of Chin DitiWer. In 1853 McClellan was employed on the survey to ascertain the best route for a railroad between the Mis sissippi and the Pacific—also in the exploration of the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels of north lati tilde. gained the commen dation of Jett. Davis, then Secretary of War. For three years more McClellan was very variously employed. After executing a secret service commission in the West Indies, and receiving a commission in the United States Cavalry, he was appointed one of a military commission of three officers to proceed to the Crimea and North ern Russia, for observation on the conflict then existing, and his report on "The Organization of European Armies, and the Operations of the War," is thought by *Any officers a most valuable work. In 1857 he resigned his position in the army, the peaceful condition of the country seeming to demand his services no longer, to take a place in the management of the Illinois Cen tral Railroad as its vice president and chief engineer. After three years work on the road he became general superintendant of the Ohio and Mis sissippi line. He was acting on that post when the rebellion broke out.— Governor Curtin, with his peculiar sagacity and knowledge of men, and still recognizing him as a citizen of Pennsylvania, applied to him to un dertake the organization of the vol unteer forces of this State; but he had previously accepted a similar of fer from Ohio. In the assembling of the forces of the latter State, and in placing them on an efficient war footing, he exhibited so much of that determination and originality which had characterized his former services in Mexico, that he was appointed Major General in the United States army, with the command of a de partment which included Ohio and Western Virginia. Since that time his record is not history—it is the present—Lan. Intel Sketch of John Slidell. John Slidell is a native of New York State, where he was born about 1793. What would his father, hon est old John Slidell, the tallow chan dler, of Broadway, say, were he to rise from his grave, as the San Jacin to comes up to that harbor with his son a rebel and a prisoner? Going to New Orleans "to seek his for tune," the present John was enabled, with the education which he had previously received, to rise rapidly in his legal studies, and was admit ted to the bar soon afterwards. His first public position was that of United States District Attorney at New Orleans, to which position he was appointed by President ( Gener al ) Jackson. He was elected fre quently to the State Legislature, and while a member of Congress was ap pointed Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to Mexico, as a kst means of averting the war which was just then on the point of breakiia out with that country.— His minrion, it is almost needless to state s was fruitless. Senator Slidell was an ardent partisan of the Amer icanization project for the absorption of the Spanish, Mexican and Indian races by the Anglo Saxon and par tially for this reason was appointed by President Pierce United States Minister to Central America. He subsequently succeeded Soule in the Senate, when the latter was appoint ed Minister to Madrid, and held that positi when Louisiana seceded.— He wall offered the ministership to Paris by Buchanan, but declined, un doubtedly because he had plenty to attend to at home. He is now a member of the rebel Congress from Louisana. , Mr. Slidell is a brother of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, who, while in command of the United Sta tes brig-of-war Somers, during , the administration of President Tyler, hung Midshipman Spencer from the yardarm, on suspicion of instigating a mutiny on board the ship—a cir cumstance which no doubt will be remembered by our readers. SKETCH OF JAMES M. MASON James M. Mason is a native of Vir ginia, and was born near Washing ton, November 2, 1798. He gradu ated in 1818 at the University of Pennsylvania, and soon after Com menced the study of law at William and Maw College. He was admitted to practice in 1820, after a ihort_pro bation in the office of Benjamin Wat kins Leigh, at Richmond. In 1826 his political career commenced with his election to the House of Deleg ates. Declining a re-election to this position, he was chosen a member of the House of Representatives, from the district composed of Frederick and Sbanandoah counties, and in 1847 was elected by the Virginia Legislature to the United States Senate—a position to which he has been syressively elected every term since, Tnd was to hold until next year. On the breaking out of the present difficulties he took a promi nent part in their development, and was chosen to the Confederate Con gress from the Eighth District of Virginia. Daring his term of office in.the 'United States Senate he was Qhairman'of the Clavamittee For-, sign and was ,thameighl7, posted on all matters connected with our foreign relations. Pennsylvanians in the 'Bela. A careful estimate, lately present ed to our readers, represented the whole loyal population of the United States to be about twenty-one mil lions. Of this number about 2,900,- 000 are Pennsylvanians. It has just been officially announced that the whole velunteer force in the service of the United States, is about 600,- 0011 Pennsylvania alone has fur nished about 100,000 men, or fully one-sixth of the %hole number, while the proportion s . M. could properly be asked for, is only about 83,000. •Regiments from Pennsylvania are serving in Kentucky, in Maryland, in Northwestern Virginia, in South eastern Virginia, in North Carolina and in South Carolina. Probably before long, other regiments may be sent to Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico. The artillery and cavalry force supplied by Pennsylvania is not equalled by that sent from any other State. The infantry, too, are uncom monly well officered, equipped and disciplined. The finest corps in the army of the Potomac in Gen. Mc- Call's division of Pennsylvania Re serves, and yet many of our regi ments sent to the field recently are quite equal to them. The cost of raising and fitting out this great army has been less, con sidering the numbers, than that in curred by the other States. As yet the Federal Government has not re imbursed a dollar of this cost to the State Treasury, though large sums have been paid to other States. It is without any disposition to brag that we refer to the part of Pennsylvania has taken in the war. Her welfare and her principles are all bound up in the Union, and she can never do too much for its preser vation. She has now furnished to the Federal Government one-sixth of her adult male population—no small draft upon a people whose pursuits depend upon their own manual labor. If necessary, she can raise the num ber one-half, and will not feel the sacrifice as too great for the cause. Deserved Tribute to Gen. McDowell. Gen. McDowell, writes Russell in his last letter, was in front of his tent at Ar lington, for he prefers the canvass to the mansion, philosophizing, too, under the shade of the d i ne old trees, while his wife. who had come out from the city to spend a day with her husband, sat knitting in side. Perhaps the world will not care much about that, either ; but the name of the General who commanded at Bull Run, and who deserved a better fate than to have it associated with defeat, is historical for ever, and at all times the steadfast en durance of misfortune has been considered worthy of the respect of higher beings than man. The zeal and warmth with which M.cDowelt assists the young friend and former comrade who has been placed over his head, mark the generous nature of the officer, who, in rising above a jus tifiable military jealousy, has achieved a rare conquest over a soldier's nature, and over the innate prejudice of his profession. I have the fullest confidence that the General will justify every expectation which may have been formed of him by his friends when the next battle is to be fought. Here he is now with twelve regi ments under him. A few weeks ago he commanded "the Grand Army of the Po tomac;" his name was on every tongue; a chorus of adulation and praise went up all over the land in his honor. Such - is the steady appreciation of the present and the disregard of the past which mark the re publican mind. But let him get a corps, as it is said he will, and obtain some ind: pendent success, and he will tap that ready fountain which flows beside the waters of Lethe, and will be covered with its pleas ant but frothy showers. Game in the Mountains. Deer are said to be unusually nu merous in the Mountains this year. A few days since, F. B. Titlo, of Uniontown, brought down a fine doe near Fayette Springs, and . T. H. Lewis, of the same place, succeeded in killing anarxstrous buck on Nig ger KountkiT. It weighed nearly two hundred and fifty pounds, and was shot through the head at a dis tance of eighty yards, the body being tntirely concealed by a fallen tree at ehe time. Later still, a party went out for a few days hunting near Ohio Pyle Falls, in the same neighborhood and shot two large bucks. We hear that they are equally numerous in Blair and hambria counties, and that already several fine ones have fallen before the bullets of the hunters. CUT HER THROAT. - Mrs. Mary Huffman wife of Robert Huffman committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor, in Edanville, Erie county, on the 9th instant. She was formerly the wife of Mr. Ethel madine, who had for some reason left her- Sbie had been married the 414101#41 tn 4 AttfAtt twO, WattatO. NEW SERIES.--VOL. 3, NO. 26. A. STRANGE BUT TRUE ETPRY. A circumstance which fully trates the saying that "truth is strap. ger than fiction," recently , came be• fore Judge Sherwood in the District Court. Had it not been for the legal question involved in the events to which we refer, they would have never, probably, had any publicity given them. Some time since there was a couple residing in this city, who were surrounded by many bless. , ings. The husband possessed a com fortable share of worldly goods, his wife and himself were fondly st. tached to each other, and together they doated upon an only The first blow to theirhappiness *As in the loss of their little one who sickened ' and died, leaving its pa- rents heart-broken. The death of the child fell like a shadow upon the household ; the parents became un happy, moodiness came in the train of their melancholy, and absolute aversion for the society of each other followed. The soured and discon tented pair finally determined upon a separation, and a divorce was pro cured. After a time both married again, and they became strangers to each other so far as social intercourse is concerned. It so happened that it became necessary to remove the re mains of the dead child from the grave where it had been interred, and the father was notified of the fact. A handsome lot was procured by the latter in one of the cemete ries north of the city, and a day was fixed for the reinterment. The fath er notified the former wife, and the mother of the child, of the circum stance, and informed her by note, that if she thought proper she could attend the burial of the remains. The mother accepted the invitation, and with her second husband re paired to the cemetery. The father, with his second wife. was already there. The little coffin was placed near the open grave, and the parents of its occupant advanced to it while the second wife and husband stood in the back ground. The couple who bad been so long estranged and who had again met strangely over their dead hopes, gazed earnestly at each other, the solemnity of the hour 'revived their tenderness, and falling into each gther's arms both burst into tears. The re-interment took place and the parties returned to their proper homes. eh the consent of all who wets interested the father of the dead child visited, on termiOnlof friendship, his former wife, and they were in the habit of riding out together. Not long after this singular recon ciliation the father of the child took sick and died. Before his death he,. placed in the hands of a friend two city bonds, of a thousand dollars each, to be handed over to his first wife, in the event of his death. In his will be appointed, as his exeeir tors, the friend who was the custo dian of the bonds, and his first and second wives. The friend, in his ca pacity of tristee, was uncertain as to the legality of thegift under the cir cumstances, and he made applieation to the Court for a decision in the matter, so as to secure himself from loss. The legal heirs of the deceased offered no opposition to the ante, mortem bequest, and the Court de cided in favor of its legality. The famous scene of the reconcilia tion of Mrs. Haller to ner husband, in the play of the "Stranger," which generally melts tender hearted spec tators to tears, is inferior in respect to genuine effect to this drama in real life, which culminated beside. the coffin of the dead child. Removal of the Rebel Capita The most notable event which has occurred lately is the transfer of the Capitol of the itinerant and peripit tetic Secesh government, from Rich. mond to Nashville. Three remove* are as bad as a fire, the proverb says, and there must have been weighty reasons for such an important meas ure just at this time. Washington dispatches say that private intelli gence received by the Government states that the movement was caisevi. by the general belief that soon our army would march against that city; and that it was deemed safe to re move the archives of the rebel Con federacy to a point less exposed.— Sharing in this belief, many of the higher families had already peeked up most of their moveable property, to be in. readiness to leave the city in case of a deinonstation efourarmy in that direction, and that as a con sequence of this movement on the part of the rebel governnient, the rate of discount on rebel bonds hid risen to thirty per cent. We don't place any reliance in any such news. The rebel government* too proud and arrogant to display weakness like that. Whatever may be the motives, and they will SOWS be known, the move will produce great dissatisfaction in Virginks,,ell• the only compensation that nat. has enjoyed for being made 4 "chopping block of the North awl South," as the Richmond Enftaing terms it, has been the location of the seat of government at Mkinimmat:4-- Take this away and there . • ~ lo• the foolish Old . Do mWkilogi , tilliedathni of the