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BLACK & PHEL AN, ATTORNEYS AM) COUNSELLORS AT LAW Office in the Court House, Waynesburg. Sept. I I, 11361-Iy. PECYSIOIALNS DR. D.' W. BRADEN, Phyeician and Surgeon. Office in the Old Bank Betikting, Main /tree/. Sept. 11, 1861-Iv. DRUGS DR. W. L. CREIGH, Physician and Surgeon, And dealer in Drugs. Medicines. Oils, Paints, &c., &c., Main street, a few doors east of the Bank. dept. 11, 1861-Iy. M. A. lIARVEy, Druggist and Apothecary, and dealer in Paints and Oils, the most celebrated Patent Medicines, and Pure Liquors ihr medicinal purpose.. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. WM. A. PORTER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and Domes tic Dry Goods. Groceries, Notions, &c., Main street. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. GEO. HOSKINSON, Opposite the Court lithae, seeps alwsys on hand a large stock of Seasonable Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, and Nations generally. Sept. 11, 1861-Iv. ANDREW WILSON, .Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Drugs, Notions, flardWare, Queensware, Stoneware, Looking Glasses, iron and Nails, Boots and Shoes, llidA and Gaps, Main street. one door east of the Old Bank. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. R. CLARK, Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceriss, Hardware, queens ware and notions, one door went of the Adams House, Main street. Sept. 11. 1861-Iy. MINOR & CO., nettle's in Foreign and Domestic. Dry Goods, Oro. reties. Qaeensware. Hardware and Notions, opposite Inc Green House. Main street. Sept. 11, 11381-Iy. CLOTHING N. CLARK, Dealer in Men aril Roy's Clothing, Clothe, Cant metes, Satinets, Hata and C 44, &c., Main etrcet. op. pewit. the Court House. Sept. IL NW—V. A. J. SOWERS, Dealer in Men and Boy's Clothing. Gentlemen's Fur nishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Old Bank Building, Main street. Sept. 11, 1861-4 m SOOT AND SHOE DEALERS J. D. COSGRAY, Boot and shoe maker. Main street, noarly opposite) the •Farmer's and Drover's Bank." Every style of Boots and Shoes constantly on hand or made to order. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. J. B. RICKEY, Boot and Shoe maker, Sayer , * Corner, Main street. Boots snd Shoes of every variety always on hand or made to order on short notice. ,Sept. 11, 1881—ly. GROOERIES & VARIETIES JOSEPH YATER, Dealer in Groceries and Confectioneries. Notions, Medicines. Perfumeries, Liverpool Ware. &c., Glass of all sines, and Gilt Moulding and Looking Glass Plates. (reach paid for good eating Apples. Sept. 11, 1801-Iy. JOHN MUNNELL; Dealer hi Groceries and Confectionaries, and Variety Goods Generally, Wilson's New Building, Stainureet. Sept 11, 1861—Iy. 3331E3 &o. LEWIS DAY, Dealer in School and Miscellaneous Books, Station ery, Ink, Magazines and Papers, Wilson's Old Build ing. Main street. Sept. 11. 1801-1 Y• _ . BAITS. FAME RS' & DROVERS' BANK, Waynesburg. Pa. C. A. BLACK, Presl.. J. LAZEAR, Cashier. DOUNT DAY. :• WEISCDNESDAY. Sept. 11, 1881—ly. SADDLIM AND HAMM& SAMUEL M'ALLISTER, saddle, Hamer awl Tragic Alaimgr. AlaM aammo.alials dome west of the Adair House. dept. 11, 1861—ty. gititt Lbrttg. A REBEL-POET GENERAL. The Confederate General Jackson, late ly "on the rampage" all about Hancock and Romney, was educated at Yale Col lege, and is one of the most talented and accomplished men of the South. He is described while at Yale College, as a fiery Georgian of "great ability, high spirited, a little haughty and overbearing, but on the whole not uncompanionable—a vigor ous thinker—an accomplished scholar—a ready writer and debater, lie was regarded as one of the lights of the class of 1839." This reference to his literary abilities in the passage quoted, does not overstate the matter. Some pieces of his poetry have, from time to time, strayed through our Northern papers, and have been much ad mired. Here is one very touching : MY FATHER. As die the embers on the hearth, And o'er the door the shadows fall, And creeps the chirping cricket forth, And ticks the death-watch in the wall. I see a form in yonder chair, That grows beneath the waning light ; There are the wan, sad features—there The pallid brow,•and locks of white. My Father ! when they laid thee down And heaped the clay upon thy breast, And left thee weeping all alone Upon thy narrow couch of rest, I know not why I could not weep— The soothingilrops refused to roll, And oh ! that grief is wild and deep, Which settles tearless on the soul. But when I saw thy vacant chair, Thine idle hat upon the wall, Thy book—thy penciled passage where Thine eye had rested last of all— The tree beneath whose friendly shade Thy trembling feet had wandered forth— The ve-y prints these feet had made, When last they feebly trod the earth;-- And thought while countless ages fled, Thy vacant seat would vacant stand— Unworn thy hat—thy book unread— Effaced thy footsteps from the sand— And widowed in this cheerless world The heart that.gave its love to thee— Torn like the vine whose tendrils curled More closely round theft/M.og tree ; Oh, Father ! then for her and thee Gushed madly forth the scorching tears; And oft, and long, and bitterly, Those tears have gushed in later years ; For as the world grows cold around, And things assume their real hue, 'Tis sad to find that love is found Alone above the stars with you. glint Biortitaity. ROMANCE OF AN OLD COUPLE. The following somewhat remarlca ble narrative is related by a western lady, now on a visit to this city from Mariposa. She is herself a charac ter. She has crossed the plains twice —first in 1849, during which her hus band perished—and is the first Amer ican lady who returned to the East by way of the Isthmus of Panama. She is a genuine heroine, a fine spec imen of stout-hearted western wo manhood; and her adventures in the wilds of the unpeopled West have been numerous and exciting. If the good folks of Mariposa have missed a lady from their neighborhood, they are hereby apprised that she is com fortably located at the boarding house of Mrs. Nesbit, on the corner of Montgomery and Sutter streets, and will not return to the mountains until Homes of the Gazette ceases to harrow the hearts of Mariposa mothers by calling their little babies "brats." Well, while the train of which this lady was a member was encamp ed at a point on the Humboldt, where the Lessen trail intersects the Car son track' of travel, she visited the tent of an elderly couple and one child—a daughter of fourteen or fif teen years. The old lady was sitting on a pile of blankets under the can vas, encouraging a most determined attack of the "sulks," while the mas culine head of affairs had planted himself on his wooden tongue, and was sucking his pipe as leisurely as though he expected to remain there forever. A single glance developed the fact that there was a difficulty in that little train of one wagon and three persons, and that it had attain ed a point of quiet desperation be yond the reach of peaceful adjust ment. Three days before they had pitched their tent at the forks of the road, and as they could not agree up on the route by which to enter Califor nia, there they had remained. The hus band expressed a preference for the Carson road, the wife for the Lessen, and neither would yield. The wife declared she would remain there all winter; the husband said he should be pleased tolengthen thesojourn the summer following. Oa tip morning of the fourth day, the wife broke a sullen silence of thirtyaix bears by• a divis ion of U m propimv, w consisted WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1862. the wagon to the old man, and the daughter to the mother. The latter exchanged with a neighboring train the cattle belonging to her, for a pony and pack saddle, and piling the daugh ter and her portion of the divided spoil upon the animal, she resolutely started across the desert by the Les sen trail, while the old man silently yoked the cattle and took the other route. Singular as this may seem, it is nevertheless true. It is among the many occurrences of truth stranger than fiction. Of course both parties reached California in safety. We say, "of course," for it is scarcely possible that any obstacle, death in cluded, could have seriously interfer ed with the progress of stubbornness so sublime. Arriving at Sacramento with her daughter, the old lady read ily found employment—for women were less plenty than now—and sub sequently opened a boarding-house, and in a few years amassed a hand some fortune. Two years ago she went to Sau Francisco, and the daugh ter, whose education had not been neglected, was married to one of the most substantial citizens. And what became of the old man? The wife had not seen or heard of him since they parted on the Hum boldt. They had lived happily to gether as man and wife for years, and she sometimes reproached her self fur the wilfulness which separa ted them after so long a pilgrimage together through this rough life.— But he was not dead. We cannot trace his course in California, how ever. All that we know of him is, that fortune had not smiled upon him, and that tor years he had toiled without hope. Finally, feeling scarcely able to longer wield the 'pick and shovel, he visited San Fran cisco, in the hope of obtaining em ployment better adapted to his avast ' ed strength. For three months he remained idle after arriving here, and then, for want of occupation, became the hum ble retailer of peanuts and oranges, with his entire stock of traffic in basket upon his arm. This was abou. six months ago. A few weeks since, in passing the open door of a cottage in the southern part of the city, he observed a lady in the hall, and step ped upon the threshold, the lady ap prdached, and the old man raised his eyes and dropped the basket. And no wonder, either, for she was his wifehis "old woman !" She recognized him, and throwing up her arms in amazement, exclaim ed : "Great God! John, is that you?" "All that is left of me," replied the old man. With extended arms they ap proached. Suddenly the old lady's countenance changed, and she step ped back. "John," said she, with a look which might have been construed into earn estness, "how did you find the Carson road ?" "Miserable, Sukey, miserable," re plied the old man, "full of sand and alkali." "Then I was right, John?" ihe con- tinned, inquiringly. "You were, Sukey," he replied. "That's enough !" said she, throw ing her arms around the old man's neck; "that's enough, John;" and the old couple, so strangely sunder ed, were again united. Both are liv ing with their daughter on Second street.—San Francisco Mirror. A Man Guarding $3,000,000 Worth of Diamonds. The most profound admantologist in the world is the Duke of Bruns wick. He has in his possession $9,- 000,000 worth of diamonds. He has just published a catalogue of his dia mondeand in the appendix there is a notice of the'most celebrated dia monds in the world. This catalogue numbers not less than 268 quarto pages. It gives with great detail, a list of his diamonds. It relates how this once adorned a Turkish saber, that a royal diadem, another an im perial collar, a fourth a Grand Elec toral hat; this black diamond was an idol's eye, that brilliant rosy diamond was taken from the Emperor Bober, at Arga, (it weighs 81 carats, and is worth $80,000,) those were waistcoat buttons of the Emperor Don Pedro, the diamond ring with the Stuart coat of arms and the cypher M. S., belonged to Mary Queen of Scots ; that pair of earrings hung once on Mary Antoinette. He has plenty of diamonds worth $20,000, $30,000, and $45,000; two worth $60,000 each, one $70,000 and $BO,OOO. He is in treaty for two diamonds, one of which is worth $232,000, the other $650,000. The Duke of Brunswick dares not leave Paris at any season of the year ; his diamonds keep him chain ed there. He dares not sleep from home (some folks reckon this liberty of pillow one of the g reat franchises of Paris) a single night. Then he lives in a house constructed not so much for comfort as security. It is burglar proof; surrounded on every side by a high wall; the wall itself is sarimoulted by a lofty iron railing, defoadad by innumerable sharp spear _ . . contrived that if one of them a liastantly to ring reihaig oeirhin safe, built in a thick wall ; his bed is placed against it, that no burglar may break into it without killing or at least waking him, and that he may amuse himself without leaving his bed. The safe is lined with gran ite and with iron ; if it is opened by violence a discharge of firearms which will inevitably kill the bur glar takes place, and, at the same time, a chime of bells in every room in the house is set ringing. He has but one window in his bedroom; the sash is of the stongest iron, and can not be entered unless one be master of the secret combination of the lock. A ease of a dozen six barreled revol vers loaded and capped, lies upon a table within reach of his bed. Would you like to be in his place ? PORTRAIT OF A CHRISTIAN WAR RIOR. In these days of wars and rumors of wars it may be interesting to look back a little into the volume of history and for a mo ment or two, to survey the portrait, drawn by a master pencil, of an illustrious chief tain of a former age. "Gustavus Adolphus," says Schiller, "was, without exception, the greatest cap tain of the 17th century, and by far the bravest soldier in one of the bravest of armies. Thoroughly familiar with the martial tactics of the Greeks and Romans, his own genius, nevertheless, had invent ed a better art of war, of which the great generals of the following age eagerly avail ed themselves. The importance of infantry on the bat tle-field, Europe first learned from him.— All Germany marvelled at the matchless discipline of the Swedish army from the moment that it set foot on the German soil. All excesses on the part of the sol diery were punished with the utmost se verity—in particular, blasphemy, rapine, duelling, &c. In the Swedish laws of war, temperance was imperatively commanded. No pomp or luxury was allowed ; no silver or gold was to be seen throughout the camp—not even in the tent of the King.— Gustavus watched with the same vigilant solicitude over the manners and morals of his soldiers as over their martial skill and courage. A chaplain was specially ap pointed to each regiment, and every day he several regiments were ordered to stand in circles around their spiritual guides, that the whole host might swell in grand and reverent harmony the matin song and the vesper-prayer to heaven.— In all this, the law-giver himself was a pattern to his troops. The courage which was a natural attribute of hie great soul was sanctified by a living, unaffected fear of God. He was equally free from irra tional unbelief and from creeping hypoc risy. While, on the one hand, he remain ed, amid the intoxicating joys of a trium phant military career, a. man and a Chris tian, on the other, he comforted himself in his devotions in a manner befitting the hero and the king. He bore all the fatigue of war equally with the humblest of his followers; and he maintained the cheer fulness of his spirit amidst the blackest gloom and awfulness of battle. His glances were everywhere; he forgot that death was playing havoc around him, and was often seen where the fight was hottest and where the danger was the most terrific.— But his natural intrepidity made him for get, too often that he was the general and the leader, and that upon the preservation of his life the safetiof his army depend ed. His brave butghprudent exposure to peril brought him at last to the fate of a common soldier." A HORSE SELL. Many incidents connected with the horse purchases for Government will probably become matters of history hereafter, and we will add one just learned from a friend, which we think will stand pre-eminent among the evidences of the honesty of the loyal men who acted as agents for the Gov ernment. A number of horses werepnrchased at various prices in the Juniata re gion, which were examined and pass ed by an inspector, named Sherburne. As Government had no forage, the horses were placed among the farm ers in the vicinity to board. Among the rest, an old farmer on Shaper's Creek was allotted six head. He took excellent care of them, and was getting alongg finely', until one day one of them slipped hie wind and his spirit soared away to where oats is plenty, the pasture forever green, and no driver's lash to goad him on to labor—fabulously known as horse heaven. The farmer was alarmed, because, honest, conscientious man as he was, he feared Government would hold him for the loss of this fine army nag. In order to clear his skirts, if possible, he summoned half a dozen of his neighbors to hold an inquest and post mortem examination over the dead body of the charger, that they might certify that he did not die of neglect or inattention.— The conclave assembled ; and after due deliberation decided that the horse had died of oki age!—one of the-jury of inquest testifying that he had known the adeilual pareonally for at -1.4K twenty-aeoni mss.--Earns A Scotch OlewilM's Wife. James Fraser, the author of a work on Sanctification, a minister of great repute in the first half of the last century, was a man cured in a fiery helpmeet. She was a woman to try a husband's patience. "A cold, unheeding, worldly woman was she. Never did her godly husband set down to a comfortable meal in his own house, and often would he have fainted from sheer want of needful sustenance, but for the considerate kindness of some of his par ishioners. She was too insensate to try to hide the treatment of him, and well was it for him, on one account, that she was friends thus knew of his ill-treatment, and were moved to do what they could for his comfort. A godly acquaintance ar ranged with him to leave a supply of food in a certain place, beside his usual walk, of which he might avail hiinseif when starved at home. Even light and fire in his study were denied him on the loeg cold winter evenings, and as his study was his only place of refuge from the cruel scourge of his wife's tongue and temper, there, shivering iu the dark, he used to spend his winter evening at home. Compelled to walk in order to keep him self warm, and accustomed to do so when he was preparing himself for the pulpit, he always kept his hands before him as feelers in the dark, to warn hint of his ap proaching the wall at either side of the room.- In this way he actually wore a hole through the plaster at each end of his accustomed beat, on which some eyes have looked that glistened with light from oth er fire than that of love at the remem brance of his cruel wife. But the godly husband had learned to thank the Lord for the discipline of his trial. Being once at a Presbyterian dinner alone, amidst a group of moderates,. one of them proposed the health of their wives, and turning to Mr. F. said; as he winked to his compan ions, "You, of course, will cordially join in drinking to this toast." "So I will, and so I ought," Mr. Fraser said, "for mine has been a better wife to me than any one of yours has been to you." "How so?" they all exclaimed. "She has sent me," was his reply, "seven times a day to my knees, and that is more than any of you can say of yours." On the day on which her godly hus band entered into his eternal rest, and a very few hours after his death, some of the elders, on hearing the sad tidings, hurried with stricken hearts and in tears to the manse. To their horror, they found Mrs. Fraser outside, feeding her poultry. Approaching her, one of them said, sob bing as he spoke, "So Mr. Fraser has gone to rest." "Oh yes, the poor wan died this morning," she said, as she scattered the corn among the fowls ; "if you want to see the body you can go in—s chick, chick, chick." FIVE MINUTES WITH THE NEW SECRETARY OF WAR. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 1862 Tuesday was the first day that it was generally understood by the people that any ono could get a chance to see the new Secretary of War, without an introduction or having to wait in the lobby a week or two, as suited to the convenience of some petulant doorkeeper, or as a military man would say, the outer pickets. Mr. Stanton occupies the room formerly used by the previous administrations, at the head of the stairs in the second story. The adjoining room is used by Mr. Watson, Assistant Secretary. In that room Mr. Stanton receives the crowd; in the centre is a table at which his amanuensis, Mr. Moore, sits, and in the corner is Mr. Wat son, at his desk. The clock strikes 10, the awaiting crowd rush in as doors swing open, and being among them, we soon find ourselves in the presence of the Secretary. Now one stands in front of him, and with a smiling countenance he reaches out his hand and takes a hearty grip with a gray-haired man. "Well, Sir, what is your wish ?" "My name is —; my son fought at Springfield, and was wounded in the arm; he was on Fremont's Staff, bat is now without a commission; I want one for him that he may again try his other arm here on the Poto mac, or in Missouri.", "You shall have it, sir !" replied Mr. Stanton, and turning to his Sec retary, he ordered him to note the case. "Return home," he added, "the papers will be sentyon; " and as the man attempted to thank him, he stepped to one side to two ladies who hadust come in. "Madam, what can - I do for you?" "Want a clerk ship for my son; his father was kill ed at the battle of Belmont." Turn ing again he noted the case, took the address, told the lady to send him a sample of her boy's writing, and he would care for him. The other is connected with aMin nesota regiment over the river, and had some complaint about the treat ment she had received in camp from some of the officers. "Madame, you must go to the headquarters of bean. McClellan." have been there,. Sir, and they would not read sy papers or lieten to my case." "Then give them to me ,and see why." smell bright-eyed bey, alone, was trying to work his way through tha crowd, and the Secretary turned to him and asked what he wanted. "I want my fathei got out, Sir; he was taken at Bull Run, and has not come home with the rest." He gave his name and regiment; it was noted, and the Secretary. lifting him up, kissed him upon the forehead, and said : "Your father should be proud of such a noble boy, and I'll see that he is released." A man with a half-military dress says that he has been wronged by the Examining Board, and has been deprived of the command of his reg iment (a Philadelphia cavalry regi ment.) "Sorry, sir, if it is not all right; I cannot go back to investi gate the acts of my predecessor."— The Colonel insisted that his case was a plain one, if he could be heard. "Well," said the Secretary, "if you will get the officers to reconsider it, I will then listen to it." An individual has some new inven tion for fire-arms. "Go to the Ord nance Department and get them to investigate it, and if they will recom mend it, I will be gl.id to see it adopt ed." A Colonel with a green uniform on has some passes he wants to read; "Are you an army officer ?" "Yes, Sir." "Then you cannot be heard until to-morrow; come and see me then." A large and well dressed man wanted a word in private; "What about?" Some little matter about a contract he had for horses. "Can not interfere, Sir; go to Gen. Sreige. If there is any thing wrong he will rectify it." Another succeeds in getting him off to the side of the room, and the conversation is inaudi ble .4ntil the Secretary replied: "No, Sir; on no account will I interfere in any contract, while I am here, for anything from a thimble up. There are men appointed to attend to that department, and I shall hold them to a strict accountability for every ac tion." Two soldiers wanted to be paid for the time they were in confinement at Richmond, having just been re leased, and presented a furlough they had received a week ago, and. also an order for their pay for time and rations." "Why do you not take this to Maj. Beckwith, and have him attend to it ?" "We did, Sir; and he says that he has no order that will cover our case, and for want of 'forms' we are afraid we will be kept here until our time is up, and we want to go home and see the folks again." Turning to his Secretary, he ordered him to write to Major Beckwith, and order him to report forthwith in writing why these men were not paid up, instead of being kept waiting. It was done; he sign ed it himself, and said, "Here, take that to him, and bring an answer." A Western man, who said he hailed from the reserve in Ohio, had about a dozen quires of paper written over two or three times, which he said was an "Essay on Cheese." The Secretary laughed ! "You must go to the Commissary General; be has charge of the feeding of the army."— "I have been at first one and another all summer, and somehow or other I do not get any further ahead, and that is why I want you to investigate it;" and commenced to unroll his papers. "Indeed, Sir, Ido not know how cheese would agree with the sol diers." "That's just why I want you to read these papers and examine these certificates." "But I have not time, Sir." All hands commenced laugh ing, but the Ohio man stuck to it bravely. "I assure you that there is not a soldier in the army who does not like crackers and cheese, and I can make it for three cents a poand." "Now I tell you what you had better do, go to Senator Wilson and get him to pat it in his bill; it will then pass the Senate and become an army reg ulation to give oat cheese rations." "Well, could you not endorse it, and then it would be sure to be passed ?" "No, I cannot endorse it because I know nothing about it." "Oh, well I will leave these papers," and .he made for the table. "I will never read them, if you do, until the war is over." With a look of despair, Ohio made for the door, inquiring of every one he met if they knew where Sena tor Wilson lived? Judge Wilkins, of Pittsburg, here came in, received a hearty shake of the hand, and a number of congratu lations passed between them. The doorkeeper of the little room an nounced the President, and off the Secretary went to see him. He anon returned, however. In came Maj. Beckwith, with the note sent by the returned prisoners. "Why ars those men kept wait ing?" "Because I have no order fbr their special case." "Itlr. Wilson, issue an order that will cover all the prisoners that may be released in future, and allow them full pay for every day they are con fined in rebel prisons. Major, I have jest learned there are over 153 ,now waiting for their pay; every man must be paid to-de, and speed them on to their . e, ' A tail man wants a commission is the regular army. "Rave you been in any battle yet, Sir T" "I was in NEW SERIES,--VOL. 3, NO. the Mexican War." 'gnat won't that is too far back." "I was Great Bethel." "That is better. will examine your record myself a • inform you if you are appointed." A stout, healthy, young man rim a commission or clerkship. you been in any batt:e?" "Then it will be of no use to appl for I shall make any appointmea from the list of heroes ; those w fight the country's battles must eared for first." Another wanted an appointor as Quartermaster. "There are m recommendations, Sir. and I woul ie glad if you can read them." '' cannot do it now, I have not time; big I will examine them." -Very well," replied the quartermaster, "just read them. you have any better man, accordi to those papers, let him have t. office ; is that case I don't want it." A gentleman stepped up who a , geared to be an intimate friend the Secretary. .‘Ah," said the Se. retarr. "I am glad to see you; I hav not seen you since we met : Wheeling a few years ago." H replied that he had been engag , upon tile North-West Bounds quescion, and would like to have so , . conversation about it. "Ah," sa' the Secretary, -I will appoint a Om , to see you and have the whole ma ter talked over. for I wish to kno all about it." A man in citizen's clothes wants. an appointment in the army. "Well," said the Secretary of War what are your claims?' "I was $ aid-de-camp of Colonel Geary at t' fight of Bolivar, and I am recoat mended for the appointment by th President." "All right," said Mr Stanton, "I will attend to your ease.' Individual insisted upon having promise, inasmuch as.he "had got indorsement of the President." "The President, Sir, is a very , excel lent man, and would be glad if h had au appointment for every ii who applied, which, unfortunate his good nature, is not the case." "Well, Sir, 1 am from St. Louis, I a a Union man, and I must go home ) I suppose." •Well, if I can do any thing for you, I will write to yo , there." A soldier, in the uniform of a geant, handed in a recommendati.,• for a first lieutenancy in an artille • corps. "Well," said the Secretary, "have you ever smelt powder in thst, tle ?" "Not exactly, Sir; but I. ham always been ready. I. was in th Mexican war." "Can't help the M... ican war." said Mr. Stanton, " • is too far back. Have you been any engagement in this war?" "No, Sir; all I want is a chance to get in one. You can appoint me, and if you don't like it, I won't charge * cent extra pay, if I can only get the commission." The Secretary leash ed, said his case would be considered, and he would be informed if the op. ?ointment was made. Another gentleman, who also alt. peared to be a friend of the Seem tary, came in. Said, he, "I want to see you." "Come here to my room, and I can fix en hour when you can come, and we will talk over matters." They disappeared for a few momenta, and, as they returned, ex-Senator Crittenden greeted him. He con gratulated Mr. Stanton on the coun try receiving his services, for which Mr. Stanton thankedhim, ami said he hoped to be an instrument of aid to his country, but he should look to him and others for council in guiding his steps. "Any time, Mr. Critten den, day or night, any hour I shall. be glad to see you. You are always welcome ; come and see me." A young man wants a clerkship.— "Sorry, Sir, there are no vacancies for the position you. wish, and I have had over thirty applications already for it. I can do nothing for you." An officer who was on Sickles' staff wanted an order or some M 611416 whereby he could get his pay. He said that he had been in service self. era! months, and could draw no pay. "It is inconvenient, no doubt, to be without money," replied Kr. Stanton, and I will immediately order that your case be attended to." And so it went on for five hours, in which he saw and hoard all who came, pleasantly ; at 4 none went away but were pleased with their entertainment, and most it i l mir lest had their hearts made glad. two hundred were listened to- in this short time.—Correspondesoe Me Philadelphia, inquirer. AP - A singular marriage was con• summated at Troy, on Tharsdaye., Some four years ago, a couple were married, and lived happily for some time, but in a moment of irritation they separated, and the wife sued fah a divorce, which was granted became* the husband did not oppose the ap. plication. Lately a new courtship has sprung up . between them, which has been carried on with all the in , tensity of their first love, and, oti Thursday, they stood up a sewed time and promised before a Wigwam to take easlii other for better or for worse--witiek quite nosatiLut-' - Arlie neither oolumott of yelik' Nflg ion. *or a shame to it.
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