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Waynesburg. January 8, 1862.
DR. A. J. EGGY
D KSPRCTFULLY offers his services to the citizens
of Waynesburg and vicinity, as a Physician and
surgeon. Office opposite the Republican office. lie
hopes by a due appreciation of the laws of human life
and health, so native medication, and strict attention
to business, to merit a liberal share of public patronage.
April 9. 1862.
Dm. T. P. inuzzas.
PRACTICING PHYSIC AN.
Office in the old Roberts , Building, opposite Day's
&tot store.
Waynesburg, Jan. 1, 1861.
DR. D. W. BRADEN,
Physician and Surgeon. Office in the Old Bank
Main lareet. Sept. 11, 1861-IY.
DRUGS
DR. W. L. CREIGH,
Physician and Surgeon,
♦nd dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Oils, Paints', ate:,
Ac., Main street, a few doors east of the Bank.
Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
M. A. HARVEY,
Druggist and Apothecary, and dealer in Paints and
Oils, the most celebrated Patent Medicines, and Pure
Liquors for medicinal purposes.
Sept. 11, 186I—Iy.
IitZROILANTS
•WM. A. PORTER,
Wholesale and Retail Deals, in Foreign and Montea
th; Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions, &c., Main street.
. Sept. I I, 186l—ly.
GEO. HOSKINSON,
Opposite the Court House, keeps always on hand a
large stock of Seasonable Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots
and Shoes, and Notions generally.
Sept.
ANDREW WILSON,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Drugs. Notions,
Hardware, Queensware, Stoneware, Looking Glasses,
Iron and Nails, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps,
Slain street, one door east of the Old Bank.
Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
R. CLARK,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queens
ware and notions, in the Hamilton House, opposite
the Court House, Main street. dept. 11, 1861-Iy.
MINOR & CO.,
Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goode, Gro
ceries, Queensware, Hardware and Notions, opposite
the Green House. Main street.
Sept. 11, 1881-Iy,
CLOTHING
N. CLARK,
Deafer in Men's and Boys' Clothing, Cloths, Cassi
wares, Satinets, Hats and Caps, &c., Main Bute% op.
posite the Court House. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
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Dealer in Men's andßoys' Clothing, Gentlemen's Fur
nishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Old
Mask Building, Main street. Sept. 11, 1861-4 m.
2100 T AND SHOE DEALERS.
J. D. COSGRAY,
Boot and Shoe maker, Main street, nearly oppeeitel
Ole "Farmer's and Drover's Bank." Every style Of
Boots and Shoes constantly on hand or made to order.
Sept. 11, 1861—ly.
J. B. RICKEY,
%goat and Shoe maker.Blachtey's Corner, tdain street.
Stouts and Shoes of every variety always on hand or
amide to order on short notice.
Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.-
GROOEFUES & VARIETIES
JOSEPH YATER,
Dealer io Groceries& and Confectioneries, Notions,
Medic!lles, Perfumeries, Liyerpool Ware, dr.c., Glass of
all aus, and Gilt Moulding and Looking Glom Plates.
fisreash paid for good eating Apples.
Sept. 11, 1881-Iy,
JOHN MUNNELL,
Beale; liidrijories and Confectionaries, and Variety
000de Mansinair..Wileon'e New Building. Main street.
sag. li, 18131-4,
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4111044 ay. 11 y,
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The palace of the Duke de Montre
was decorated for a banquet. A
thousand wax lights burned in its
stately rooms, making them as bright
as mid-day. Along the walls glowed
the priceless tapestry of the Gob
elines, and beneath the foot lay the
fabrics of Persia. Rare vases, filled
with flowers, stood on the marble
stands, and their breath went up
like incense before the lie-like pic
tures shining in their golden frames
above. In the great hall stood im
mense tables, covered with delicacies
from all lands and climes. Upon
the sideboard glittered massive plate,
and the rich glass of Murano. Music,
now low and soft, now bold and
high, floated in through the open
casement, and was answered at in
tervals by tones of magic sweetness.
All was ready. The noble and gift
ed poured into the gorgeous saloons-
Silks rustled, plumes • waved, and
jeweled embroderies flashed from
Genoa velvets. Courtly congratula
tions fell from every lip, for the
Duke de Montre had made a step in
the path to power. Wit sparkled,
the laugh went round, and his guests
pledged him in wine that a hundred
years had mellowed. Proudly the
Duke replied ; but his brow dark
ened and his cheek paled with passion,
for his son sat motionless before his
untasted cup.
"Wherefore is this ?" he angrily
demanded. "When did my first
born learn to insult his father ?"
J. J. HUFFMAN
The graceful strippling sprang from
his seat, and knelt meekly before
his parent. His sunny curls fell
back from his upturned face, and his
youthful countenance was radiant
with a brave and generous spirit.
"Father," he said, "I last night
learned a lesson that sunk into my
heart. Let me repeat it, and then
at thy command I will drain the cup.
I saw a laborer stand at the door of
a gay shop. He held in his hand
the earnings of a week, and his wife,
with a sickly babe and two famishing
little ones, clung to his garments
and besought him not to enter. He
tore himself away, for his thirst was
strong, and but for the care of a
stranger, his family would have per.
ished.
"We went on, and, father, a citizen
of noble air and majestic form de
scended the wide steps of his fine
mansion. His wife put back thd
curtains, and watched him eagerly,
as he rode away. She was very,
very lovely, fairer than any lady of
the court, but the shadow of a sad
heart was fast falling on her beauty.
We saw her gaze around upon the
desolate splendor of her saloon, and
then clasp her hands in the wild
agony of despair. When we return
ed, her husband lay helpless on a
couch, and she sat weeping beside
him.
"Once more we paused. A car
riage stood beforo a palace. It was
rich with burnished gold, and the
armorial bearings of a Duke were
visible in the moonbeams. We wait
ed for its owner to alight, but he did
not move, and he gave no orders.—
Soon the servants came crowding
out; sorrowfully, they lifted him in
their arms, and I saw that some of
the jewels were torn from his mantle,
and his plumed cap was crushed and
soiled, as if by the pressure of many
footsteps. They bore him into the
palace, and I wondered if the Duchess
wept like the beautiful wife of the
citizen.
"As I looked on all this, my tutor
told me that it was the work of the
red wine, which leaps gaily up, and
laughs over its victims, in demon
merriment. I shuddered, father,
and resolved never again to taste it,
lest I, too, should fall. But your
word is law to me. Shall I drain
the cup?"
"No, my son, touch it not. It is
poison, as thy tutor told thee. It
fires the brain, weakens the intellect,
destroys the soul. Put it away from
thee, and so thou shalt grow up wise
and good, a blessing to thyself and
I to thy country."
Ile glanced around the circle.—
Surprise and admiration were on
every face, and, moved by the same
impulse, all arose, while one of their
number spake.
"Thou hu.st done nobly, boy," he
said, "and the rebuke shall not soon
be forgotten. We have congratulated
thy father upon the acquisition of
honors, which may pass with the
passing season. We now congratu
late him upon that the best of ail
possessions, a son worthy of France,
and of himself."
The haughty courtiers bowed a
glowing assent, and each clasped the
hand of the boy. But the father
took him to his heart, and even now,
among the treasured relics of the
family, is numbered that silver. cup.
"What is wanting," said Napoleon one
day to l idadatne Canvas, order that
the youth of Franco: be well educated 1"
` 4 4 oo4lo lothara," was the reply. The Zrn-
OW wits PA*. foroiV, Atm* :with 04
avviite. . 0 1gerePiikWhe lio,systieso to
esti wards" • .
Jo isallaninms.
THE SILVER OUP.
GOOD MOTHERS.
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1862.
ONE CAUSE OF FAILURE.
Fools may instruct us, and we have
been taking lessons. Waste of time
is one great cause of failure in life.—
Many a man, and some of our ac
quaintances, will never accomplish
anything worth while, because they
squander the time necessary to any
worthy achievement. A man who
can put in six hours here, and seven
hours there, in idle, aimless talk, will
never be worth anything—set him
down for a cypher. He may have
mind, and he may have opportunities,
but all will avail nothing. Idleness
I enervates the best intellect, and takes
I all " luck" out of golden opportuni
-1 ties.
The truth is, success is won by ef
fort. Providence has a perpetual
spite at mopes. All nature is at war
with them. Fail they must. It is
decreed.
And this might be borne, if the
time-murderer alone was concerned.
But he robs others of success, partly
by the force of his example, and part
ly by the direct hindrances he throws
in their way.
Better have an attack of the ague
than of the man who has nothing in
particular to do. Better have the
rheumatism in all your limbs, than
the idle man on your back; for
M'Neil will rid you of the former, but
the latter no civil man can shake off.
Now, there is plenty of work for
every one to do, and, as a rule, the
hard worker prospers. We say as a
rule, for doubtless failure is some
times the result of causes over which
the victim has no control, in which
case submission is a commendable
virtue. But when a man squanders
the time necessary to acquire a com
petence, an education, * character,
and an influence, he ought not to re
sign himself to his position as if
Providence had placed him in it.—
.Rel. Telescope.
A HOSPITAL SCENE,
The Winchester (Va.) correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
writing immediately after the late
battle of Strasburg, thus describes
the hospital scene:
" A visit to the hospital is a thing
to be remembered. In many of the
rooms men are stretched out, suffer
ing from frightful wounds; here a leg
has just been amputated; the patient,
who isjust recovering from the ef
fects of the chloroform administered,
is looking about him in a state of
semi-consciousness, and on moving
himself remarks : " How light my
leg feels." There a man sits propped
up, motionless, speechless, with a
stolid expression of countenance, hav
ing a lacerated wound through his
body, caused by a Minie ball. I turn
round, and a man stands near me at
a table, a basin before him, washing
a hand greatly swollen and minus
two fingers. Another is endeavoring
to clean the blood away from a hole
in his hip, caused by a ball entering
there, and making its exit on the oth
er side. Most of the wounded are
calm and patient. Many were brou*ht
into the hospital in exultant spirits,
saying, " rni hurt, but we gave it to
them though." "Harrah for the
Union." "They can't stand against
us," etc.
" Captain Wright, of the Confeder
ate army, is at the hospital, having
been shot through both eyes, and pre
sents a dreadful . spectacle. He re
fuses to be approached, and is at
times delirious, imagining himself on
the field, giving the words of com
mand, "Steady men ;" "close up;"
" stand to your work," etc.
aAmong the incidents of the
war, related by a soldier in General
Shields' Brigade, who writes to the
Indianapolis Journal, is the follow
ing :
new of a soldier, while I was
a berland, to be buried alive,
an of another who was coffined and
in the grave, and two of the three
rounds fired over his grave, when he
attracted the attention of the inter
ring party by knocking on the lid of
the coffin. The consequence was that
he was unhearsed, and after a little
while walked back to the hospital.
far The fleet which assailed New
Orleans was, in point of strength
and equipment, the finest organized
during the present war. It com
prised eight first class steam sloops
of war, mounting one hundred and
fifty guns; sixteen steam gunboats.
mounting eighty-eight guns, and
twenty-one mortar boats or "bomb
ketchers," each mounting ono 13-inch
mortar and two 32-pounder guns, in
all forty-five sail, mounting two
hundred and eighty guns and twenty
one huge mortars. The transports
form an additional fleet, not reck
oned.
mar It may be a matter worthy of
remembrance that in New Hamp
shire, on the third week in April,
1862 the farmers were hauling wood
to the railway stations on the top
of the auow, "across lots," witti.out
regard to roads or fences.
kintrney ifkhave all to take
la so ;groat ,apd wonderful, that I
Mime' it .:is mot SlWltya in ow
itonskto. .
HINTS TO STUDENTS.
Human beings, in the course of their
lives, go through many phases of
opinion and feeling as to most mat
ters; but there is no single matter
in which they exhibit extremes so
• far apart, as that of confidence in
themselves. Some who, as school
boys, were remarkable for their for
: wardness, always ready to start up
and roar out an answer in their class,
and even at college were pushing,
and quite ready to take a lead
among their fellows, but who, ten
years after leaving the university,
have shrunk into very modest, re
tiring, and timid men. I have
known several cases in which this
was so, always in the case of those
who had carried off high honors.—
Doubtless this loss of confidence is,
in some measure, the result of grow
ing experience, and the lowlier esti
mate of one's own powers, which
that seldom fails to bring to men
of sense ; but it may also be the re
sult of a nervous system early over
driven, and a mental constitution
from which the elasticity has been
taken by too hard work, gone
through too soon. If you put a
horse in harness at three years old,
he will do his work splendidly, if he
be a good horse ; but he will not do
it long. At ten years old he will be
a broken-down, spiritless creature.—
It was taken out of him too soon; be
is used up.' And the cleverest young
men at the university are often the
same. By the time they are two
and-twenty, you have sometimes
taken out of them the best that will
ever come. They will probably dio
about middle • age ; and till then,
they will go through life with little
of the cheerful spring. They will
not rise to the occasion, they cannot
answer the spur. They are prema
turely old, weary, jaded, cowed. 0
that the vile system of midnight toil
at the universities, both of England
and Scotland, were finally abolished.
It directly encourages many of the
race to mortgage their best energies
and future years to sustain their reck
less expenditure of the present. It
would be an invaluable blessing, if it
were made a law inexorable as those
of the Medes, that no honors should
. even be given to any student who
was not in bed by eleven o'clock at
the latest.— Frazer's Magazine.
TREY LIE DELIBERATELY.
The Abolition press all over the North
ern States are charging the Democratic
papers with disloyalty and sympathy for
the rebellion. The Reading Gazette thus
tersely answers the charge made against
it by an Abolition paper in Bucks county,
but the remarks will equally well apply to
other oounties. The Gazette says :
"The assertion that "we have not a
word to say in condemnation of the rebels,'
is an nnnaittigated tie. (We use a plain
, word, that we may be the more readily un
derstood.) Ever since the first blow in the
rebellion was struck by the secessionists at
Charleston, we have, in the most emphatic
manner, denounced it as an unjustifiable
and inexcusable attempt to overthrow the
beat Government ever devised by the wis
dom of man. ; and just as emphatically
have we upheld the authorities that have
been legally entrusted with the adminis
tration of that Government, in the em
ployment of all its constitutional powers
for self-preservation, and the suppression
of the formidable treason that assails it.—
Farther than this, the true allegiance we
bear to it will not allow us to go.
we recognize no "higher law" than
the Constitution, and owe obedience to no
chieftain, whether in civil or military sta
tion, who undertakes to transcend the pow
ers it confers, or disregard its obligations.
Our Government has inherent strength
enough to sustain itself, and th • sump
. tion of any extraneous or unauthorised
power by its Executive, will inevitably
lead, not to its preservation, but to its de
struction."
NEW PARTIES.
The Republicans of the State of Indiana,
like those in New York and Pennsylva
nia, find the pressure against them so
great as to induce them to abandon their ,
organization. Abolitionism among the
Indianians must be very distasteful, when
we find this new party denouncing it, and
encroaching upon the platform laid down
by the regular Democratic State Conven
tion, which assembled at Indianopolis on
the eigth of last January. An Indiana pa
per, favorable to this movement, says:
"The object of this movement, as we
understand it, is to unite the conservative
and genuine Union men of Indiana in one
common organized effort to restore and
maintain the Union in its integrity as it
was, under the Constitution as it is, and to
crush out the miserable traitorous factions
of Abolitionism and Secession sympathi
zers."
I This is precisely the ground taken by
the Democracy of Indiana, and we can
not, therefore, see the necessity for anoth
er conveutioa, {►Dlese the Intention of the
managers he, like that of their brethren in
New York aud -Penneylvaais, to obts.in
power under false prstooses.-mPlasiourg
Post.
Mir Wit h every child we lose we Aye
deeper into life, as wititevery added less*
In *MI into ttlf
SINGULAR FOR ITS RARITY.
The following incident, says the
Indianopolis Journal, is related as
having actually occurred at Pitts
burg :
Capt. Moorman was on Gen. John
ston's staff, and while riding along
with the latter, a mortally wounded
federal soldier called out, "For God's
sake give me some water." The
Captain dismounted, gave the dying
soldier some water, and, at his re
quest, pulled from his knapsack the
likeness of his wife and children, that
he might rest his eyes up.m them
once more. The Captain was com
pelled to return to duty, and just as
he was mounting his horse was struck
by a spent ball, which stunned and
rendered him insensible, and when
consciousness returned he found him
self a prisoner in the Federal camp.
Capt. Moorman is now confined in
Indianapolis, at a private house, we
believe, quite ill, and though still a
prisoner, is the recipient of that kind
treatment whieh his humanity to a
suffering foe fully entitles him to.
Great Fire at Troy—s3,ooo,ooo of Prop
erty Destroyed—Seventeen Lives Lost.
TROT, May 12th.—The fire yester
day raged till sundown. About a
thousand feet of the covered bridge
across the Hudson River, where it
originated, was destroyed. The gale
carried the fire-brands to various
parts of the city, setting fire to many
buildings. Most of the buildings des
troyed were private residences in the
Second, Third and Fourth Wards, and
will number between five and six
hundred. The total loss is not far
from three millions of dollars, on
which there is an insurance to the
amount of $1,000,400, in London, Liv
eapool, New York, Boston, Philadel
phia, Springfield, Hartford and Troy
offices.
Private and public measures are
being taken to render assistance to
the large number of homeless, among
whom there is much suffering. Sev
eral churches have been opened to
them, and citizens have sent food in
large quantities to them.
Seven bodies have been recovered,
and ten are yet missing. Over fifty
acres of ground were burned over.
PROM THE VIRGINIA BORDER.
The Mt. Sterling, Ky., Whig says
that the mountains in Virginia bor
dering on Eastern Kentucky are full
of Union refugees. Three thousand
of these unfortunate men have left
their homes to avoid the rebel con
scription, and are coming to Ken
tucky to find work. On the 22d of
April Harry Childers, at the head of
forty men, partly from Kentucky,
surprised a camp of eighty rebels
in Buchanan county, Va., and
killed sik of them, taking the guns
of the entire party, a number of hor
ses, and several prisoners.
A STRANGE STORY.
A strange story, not by Bulwer, is
going tho rounds of the English press.
A lately married Irish earl, wishing
to improve his old mansion, sot arch
itects at work, who discovered a
room hermetically bricked up. It
was fitted up in the richest style of
one hundred and fifty years ago, and
on the. Couch lay the skeleton of a fe
male, while on the floor lay the skel
eton of a man, presenting evident
traces of violence. Jewels and dres
ses lay scattered about the room, but
the fearful secret had been .so well
kept that no tradition could be re
membered wffich would give any
clue to the affair. The 'survivors—
probably an injured husband among
them—walled up the apartment,
which has kept its dread secret over
a century and a half:
DEATH OF REV. NATHAN 'BANGS.
The Rev. Nathan 'Bangs, D. D.,
one of the fathers of American
Methodism, died at his residence in
New York, on Saturday morning.
Dr. Bangs was born in Bridgeport,
Ct., on May 2d, 1778, and had there
fore just completed his eighty-fourth
year. He was well known as the
author of a history of the Church,
in four volumes, and as editor of the
Christian Advocate and Journal, the
Methodist Magazine, the Methodist
Quarterly, and as the editor and au
thor of various popular religious
weeklies. He exerted, during a long
and useful life, a vast influence upon
the Church to which he belonged,
and died a peaceful death in a ripe
old age.
OOULD'ET DEAD HEAD.
The prin&ipal avenue leading to De
troit, has a toll gate near the Elm
wood Cemet,ery road. As the cemetery
was laid out some time previous to
the construction of the plank road,
it was provided that all funeral pro
cessions should go back and forth
free. One day as Dr. Price, a cele
brated physician, had stopped to pay
his toll, he remarked to the gate
keeper, "Considering the benevolent
character of our profession, I think
you ought to let us pass free of
xskarge' "No, no, doctor , " the keep
", re#4l4 replied, “we eodd'ut afford
het. To* send too nisof fi,e4d /was
trough .lire as it The doctor
paid hiqtoAl sail never 4tolcia any , toy
7 9 r *tar.**
A DYING SOLDIER.
Never until we stood by the graves
of the Green Mountain boys did we
realize how much stranger was truth
than fiction. Your readers will all
recollect last summer a private was
court-martialed for sleeping on his
post out near Chain Bridge on the
Upper Potomac. He was convicted;
his sentence was death ; it was ap
proved of by the General and the
day fixed for his execution. He was
a youth of more than ordinary intel
ligence; he did not beg for pardon,
but was willing to meet his fate. The
time drew near ; the stern necessity
of war required that an example
should be made of some one; this
was an aggravated case. But the
case reached the ears of the Presi
dent; ho resolved to save him; he
signed a pardon and sent it out; the
day came. "Suppose," thought the
President, "my pardon has not
reached him." The telegraph was
called into requisition ; an answer
did not come promptly. "Bring up
my carriage," ho ordered. It came,
and soon the important State papers
were dropped, and through the hot,
broiling sun and dusty roads he rode
to the camp, about ten miles, and saw
that the soldier was saved ! He has
doubtless forgotten the incident, but
the soldier did not. When the Third
Vermont charged upon the rifle pits,
the enemy poured a volley upon
them. The first man who fell, with
six bullets in his body, was William
Scott, Company K. His comrades
caught him up; as his life-blood ebb
ed away, he raised to heaven,
amid the din of war, the cries of
the dying, and the shouts of the ene
my, a prayer for the President, and
as he died he remarked to his com
rades that he bad shown he was no
coward and not afraid to die.
He was interred in the presence of
his regiment, in a little grove about
two miles to the rear of the rebel
fort, in the centre of a group of hol
ly and vines; a few cherry trees in
full bloom, are scattered around the
edge. In digging his grave a skull
and bones wore found, showing that
the identical spot had been used in
the Revolutionary war for our fath
ers who fell in the same cause. The
chaplain narrated the circumstances
to the boys, who stood around with
uncovered heads. He prayed for the
President, and paid the most glowing
tribute to this noble heart that we
everheard. The tears started in
their eyes as the clods of earth were
thrown upon him in his narrow grave,
where he lay shrouded in hiscosit
and blanket.
The men separated; in a few min
utes all were engaged in something
around the camp, as though nothing
had happened unusual; but that
scene will live upon their memories
while life lasts; the calm look of
Scott's face, the seeming look of sat
isfaction be felt, still lingered ; and
could the President have seen him
he would have felt that his mit of
mercy had been wisely bestowed.—
But the cannon's roar is to be beard
near Yorktown, and we must be off
to the scene.—Phaa Inq.
A TALE OF THE BEA.
The following incidents in connec
tion with the wreck of the Mars, will
be read with deep interest : "On the
day after the wreck I was standing
on one of those terrific cliffs at Lin
ney, overlooking the late scene, when
I descried an object floating in the
distance, and from its appearance, I
judged it to be a box or chest, paint
ed red, but as it came nearer I saw
it was a human body. Being tossed
by the waves, it appeared and disap
peared alternately, until at length it
was lost to sight among the break
ers. I went down, and found it to be
the lifeless body of a young lady,
thrown on a shelving rock, in almost
a sitting posture, the head reclining
on her hand, the countenance serene,
and a placid smile on her lips—a
quantity of sea-weed entangled in her
hair, and a fearful gash on her left
temple, from which the blood flowed
in streams. This was caused by the
head having come into violent colli
sion with the rock. The only arti
cles of dress on the body were a red
silk petticoat and an elastic corset.
The body was taken to Castle Mar
tin for interment, a coffin having been
provided. The clergyman was in
the act of commencing the funeral
services when a messenger arrived
and begged that all might be delayed
for a few days, so that the body
might be identified, for some family
in Ireland were anxious to recover
the body of a beloved daughter, who
was a passenger in the unfortunate
ship; but the description did not an
swer, and the body was interred at
Castle Martin on Monday. The ves
sel now lies within a few hundred
yards of Brimstone rocks, where she
struck in about six fathoms at low
water."
The Great Breach of Promise Case.
The Chicago Times states that
Miss P. Hildebrand, a respectable
and accomplished young lady of that
city, has sued William Lill for breach
of promiue of marriso, and ae A lue_
tim, oti4iiing $50,000 . dazaagos.-
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NEW SERIES.--VOL. 3, NO. 40.
A SAD CABE-A TRIPLE BEREAVE-
On Wednesday last, as Lieutenant
Van Arman, of the fifty-eight Illi
nois, was passing near the post office,
he was accosted by a youthful wo- t
man, who said that, seeing the figureit
"58" on his hat, she hoped he might
be able to tell how she could get a
letter to an officer in that regiment.
He said he would be happy to oblige
her if he could. She said she, had
written several letters, and received
no answer. "What is the name?" in
quired Lieutenant Van Arman.—
"Lieutenant Fife," answered the lady.
"I am sorry to say that Lieutenant
Fife is dead ; he was killed at Pitts
burg," said Van Arman. The effect
was terrible. Almost instantly the
lady sank to the ground fainting.—
When restored, her grief was most
distressing. Lieutenant Fife was her.
husband. But, unfortunately, the sad
budget of news was not all told. It
appears that her father was Captain
Kurth, of Company F, Fifty Eighth
Regiment, and her uncle was First
Lieutenant Kurth, and her husband
Second Lieutenant of the same regi
ment. Her father is now a prisoner,
with most of his regiment, in the
hands of the rebels, and her uncle
was wounded severely in the engage
ment. It is rarely that such a con
centration of misfortune falls upon a
single family.—Chicago Tribune.
EXTRAORDINARY DEATH.
' A death, attended with extraordi
nary circumstances, has just taken
place at Casena (Romagna), in the
person of , a resident of that town,
the Countess Cornelia, who had
reached the age of 62 without any
kind of infirmity. One night her at
tendants observed that, contrary to
her usual habits, she appeared rather
heavy and sleepy immediately after
supper, but she nevertheless sat up
three hours talking with her maid,
and then said her prayers and went
to bed. The next morning her maid,
alarmed at not being summoned by
the Countess long after the ordinary
hour, entered her chamber, and called
to her. hearing no answer, and
fearing something had happened her,
she opened the shutters, and was
horror-struck at seeing the body of
her mistress in the state we are
about to describe :—Not more than a
yard from the bed was a heap of
ashes, in which lay two legs—entire
from the foot to the knee=-and Iniro
arms. The head was between the
legs. All the rest of the body had
been converted into ashes, whioh,
when touched, left a greasy and fe
tid humidity on the fingers. On the
floor was a small lamp without oil,
and on the table stood two candle
sticks, the candles of which had lost
all their tallow, but the wicks re
mained unburnt ; the bed was unin
jured, the clothes lying as they usu
ally do when a person has risen ; all
the hangingsbf the bed were covered
with a greyish soot, which had even
penetrated into some drawers and
soiled the linen they contained.—
This soot had also found its way into
an adjoining kitchen, and covered
the walls, furniture, and utensils.—
The bread in the safe was also °off
ered with it, and when offered to
several dogs they would not touoh it.
In the chamber over the Countess's
room, the lower part of the windows
was soiled with a fatty yellow fluid
The whole atmosphere was impreg
nated with an indescribable and most
disagreeable smell, and the floor of
the chamber was coated with a thick,
clammy, and extremely adhesive
moisture. The Countess had evi
deafly been consumed by an internal
fire. Dr. Bianchi, a physician of the
town, who has published a pamphlet
on the case, thinks that the tire be
gan in the lungs, and was developed
during sleep ; that the Countess, ba
ing awakened by the dreadful pain,
had, no doubt, risen to get air, per
haps intending to open the window,
but had only been able to leave her
bed, when she sank under the fire
that was devouring her. The Mar
quis Scipio Iliaffei, who has also writ
ten on the same subject, says that
the Countess was in the habit of rub
bing her body with camphorated
spirits of wine, which she used fry ,
quently, and he thinks that the fn
quent use of that liquid was one or
the causes of her death.
Sir Wearers of long beards may
take warning by a late accident ab
the Holyoke Machine works, Mime.,
that the indulgence of such a luxury
may sometimes expose them to seri
ous danger. Charles Battrick, an em
ployee there, had a very long sag
luxurious beard, and while grindue„,,
spindles for spinning frames, a few
days ago, had his beard caught* a
swiftly revolving spindle, and Main.
stunt death' was only preienited= by
the whole mass coming Ott by ,the
roots ! Poor Battrick, he slay "taxr7
at Jericho" a long while lefore his
beard grows again !
No earthly possessions---Alt mental
endowments, can @apply the place of
religion, because that alone brings
salvation to man.
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