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PECTSIOI.ANS DR. A. 6. CROSS IarOULD very respectfully tender his services as a Ifif PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, to the people of 'Waynesburg and vicinity. He hopes by a due appre dation of human life and health, and strict attention to business, to merit a share of public patronage. Wa nesburg, January 8, 1862. DR. A. J. EGGY aESPECTFULLY offers his services to the citizens of Waynesburg and vicinity. as a Physician and eon. Oth2e opposite the ftepoblican °thee. Us hopes by a due appreciation of the laws of human life and health, so native medication, and strict attention so business, to merit a liberal share of public patronage. April 9. 1862. DR. T. P. SIMILDS, PRACTICING PHYSIC AN. Office in the old Roberts , Building, opposite Day's Book Store. Waynesburg, Jan. 1, 1881. DR. D. W. BRADEN, physician and Surgeon. Orrice in the Old Bank BOklieg, Main street. Sept. 11, 1861-Iv. DR. W. L. CREIGH, Physician and Surgeon, And dealer in Drugs, Medicines. Oils, Paints, &c., se., Main street, a few doors east of the Dank. Sept. El, Ititil—ty. M. A. HARVEY, Druggist and Apothecary, and dealer in Paiute and Oils, the most celebrated Patent Medicines, and Pure Liquors for medicinal purposes. Elept.ll, WM. A. PORTER, Wholesale and Retail Dealei in Foreign and Domes tis Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions, &c., Main street. Sept. 11, Wel —ly. GEO. HOSKINSON, Opposhe the Court House, keeps always on hand a I arge stock of Seasonable Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, and Notions generally. Sept. 11, 11161-Iy. ANDREW WILSON, Deafer In Dry Goods, Groceries, Drugs. Notions, Hardware, Queensware, Stoneware, Looking Glasses, n and Nails, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Hain street, one door east of the Old Bank. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. R. CLARK, Dexter to Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queens ware and notions, in the Hamilton House, opposite tie Court House, Main street. Sept. 11, 1881-Iy. MINOR 81. CO., Denless in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Gre aseless, eueensware, Hardware and Notions, opposite Ilse Green House. Main street. eels 11, 1861-Iy, 0140TZENG N. CLARK, Dealer In Men's and Hoye' Clothing. Cloths, Cassi opeia'', Satinets, Hats and Caps, ecc. , Main strcet, op. poshle the Court House. dept. ii, 1861-Iy. A. J. SOWERS, Dealer in Mon's andßoys' Clothing, Gentlemen's Fur stinking Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Cans, Old Mania Building, Main street. -dept. 11, 1861-4 m. OCKYr AND SHOE DIIALDRA J. D. COSGRAY, sow , lA A tittge. maker, Main street, nearly opp,mitel o u r..paniter's and Dmver's Bank." Every style of Boots andehoes constantly on hand or made to order. • Sept. 11, 1861—IY. J. B. RICKEY, Boat end Shoe inaker,Blachley's Corner, Main street. SOWS USIA Shoes of every variety always on hand or sande to order on short notice. Sept. It, 1861—.4y.- GROCIIPOES A VARIETIES JOSEPH YATER, Dealer_ in Groceries and Confectioneries, Notions, Meiticinsit, Perfumeries, Liverpool Ware, &c., Glass of all sir.es t fwd Gilt Moulding and Looking Glass Plates. Crcash paid for good eating Apples. Sept.. lA, 1861-Iy. JOHN MUNNELL, Dealer in Uremia and Confectionaries, and Varlet,' c oo g t oorgendiy, Wilson's New Building, Main street• Sept. 11, t!lS1-49. sooas, &c. ' - LEWIS' DAY, 4 - 4 ow e . relit Mreillbseoue Soots, atedion te lid . Pare Pee deer Rae or , ' I N*: SIP& 4 11 0'4 .. 11. .'. • 1 ~ - , , - - - _ . ut ana &a a kt WM. C. LIN OBEY SAMUEL MONTGOMERY J. J. HUFFMAN ==l DRUGS glint Vortrg. A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. The following touching stanzas are from the Ballad of the " Old Chapel Bell," by John G. Saxe: " Ah I well I mind me of a child, A gleesome, happy maid, Who came with constant step to church, In comely garb arrayed, And knelt her down full solemnly, And penitently prayed. "And oft when church was done,' mark'd That little maiden near This pleasant spot, with book in hand, As you are sitting here,— She read the Story of the Cross, And wept with grief sincere. " Years rolled away—and I beheld The child to woman grown ; Her cheek was fairer, and her eye With brighter lustre shown ; But childhood's truth and innocence Were still the maiden's own. "I never rang a merrier peal Than when, a joyous bride, She stood beneath the sacred porch, A noble youth beside, And plighted him her maiden troth, In maiden love and pride. " I never tolled a deeper knell, Than when, in after years, They laid her in the church-yard here, Where this low mound appears— (The very grave, my boy, that you Are watering now with tears !) " It is thy mother! gentle boy, That claims this tale of mine— Thou art a flower whose fatal birth Destroyed the parent vine I A precious flower thou art, my child— Two LIVES WERE GIVEN FOR TRINE ! " One was thy sainted mother's, when She gave thee mortal birth ; And one thy Saviour's, when in death He shook the solid earth ; Go ! boy, and live as may befit Thy life's exceeding worth " The boy awoke as from a dream, And thoughtful looked around, But nothing saw, save at his feet His mother's lowly mouhd, And by his side that ancient bell Half hidden in the ground. istrilautinto. THE THIRLY DOLLARS. BY MARY J. CROSSMAN "There are thirty dollars," said my husband, the other day, throwing a small roll of bills into my lap, and after making several circles around the room with the baby on his shoul der, he put on his cap and furs de liberately to go back to his office.— His hand was on the door-knob. "Please tell me, Harry, what I'm to do with the money," I said, which I am aware was a very unwomanly re quest. "Use it for benevolent purposes, or get you a new silk, as you like." The door had closed, when Harry put back his face and repeated, "It is more blessed to give than to re ceive," for be knew that I had a de cided fondness for silk dresses. The baby soon dropped asleep, and I went into the kitchen to in crease my acquaintance with Bridget McFarland, who the afternoon be-• fore, had been inducted into my ser vice with suitable ceremonies and the "best of references." not very asy work this, mum —making such wet wathery wood into fire," said she, her face heated to a blaze from exertion and anger. Going to the wood room I told her which fuel was wet, which was dry, and suggested that the fires be made of the latter and replenished with the former, and then returned to my own thoughts and the baby's merino which I was embroidering, The day before I had been out on a shopping excursion, and all I could do the patterns of new silks, some fair and fanciful, others rich and va ried, or plain and enduring, kept flit ting before me as I remembered the bills in my pocket, and the fashiona ble wedding that was to come elf in brother James' family in four weeks. And then I thought of the toiling, starving, suffering poor , of cold, bare rooms, of dark, dingy alleys, almost within sh'adow of the palace homes of the rich. I heard the plaintive cry of children for food, of the sick and dying for a little com fort, of the weary for rest, even the rest of the grave. The great mass were unmoved by the pale faces and pitiful voices of .the wronged: "Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun." "What color is the dress to be ?" asked Harry, when he eame in to dinner; "I suppose the sleeve pat tern, style of trimming, and all QLe et ceterati; are determined, ansillffe dress-maker spoken to by this time." It's true all those points bad pass ed through my 'kind and been deci ded =n, but I wasn't foolish enough to to I him, though. WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1862. I"Come, dinner is ready and wait , ing," said I, affecting not to notice his question. "Let's see, where is the organ of benevolence," said Harry, laughing ly, as he placed his hand on a partic ularly flat portion of my head. During dinner we talked of pass ing and prospective events; the first including coffee and pudding upon our table, which was evidently pass ing, as well as a band of musicians upon the street, and the last was the wedding and dress before hinted at. "Been down street yet ?" were Harry's first words as he entered the sitting-room and took up the baby from the crib. "I'll tell you in a week," said I, "how that money is disposed of." "Let patience have her perfect work," was the reply. Harry did not forget when the week expired—" Bring on your dress." said he, "I've a woman's cu riosity on the subject." I brought from the closet the arti cle in question. He looked it over carefully, and then pronounced it a fine, tasty article. "A brown silk, flounced and trim med with blue—l know it will be- ' come you; you always looked so well in your old brown. "But don't you see, Harry, this is my old brown dress repaired and newly trimmed ? and isn't it a beau ty? Now you sit down and listen," said I, turning the dress and hang ing it in the closet. "You see how five dollars of my money was ex pended ; with two other fives I bought two nice blanket shawls for sister Wright and sister Wilkins— they had nothing to wear around them to church but some old faded cotton ones which were both un sightly and uncomfortable, and I gave Jack Horton four dollars to pay his tuition for the coming term—the last three months he lessened his ex penses by making fires, but as that privilege alternates among - poor stu dents, he was going to seek a cheap er and poorer school. His teacher assured me he was doing remarkably well in his studies, and stood high in the department. I bought four dol lars' worth of clothes for the widow Jones and her little girl—three dol lars' worth of provisions for the sick woman on Wall Street—three cords of wood for my washerwoman, and five pairs of calf-skin shoes for as many little charity scholars at the mission school. You told me it was `more blessed to give than to receive,' and I have found the words verified; rich and beautiful flowers, rare as if born under tropical suns, have adorn ed my pathway, even though it led me in to the abodes of misery and want. Many thanks, Harry, for the money, and may God help me in the future yet many times to go and do likewise." THE SUN OF AUSTERLITZ. On the 2d, of December, 1805, rose the "Sun of Austerlitz." Its light revealed to Napoleon the certainty of the great victory of the day.— His forces, consisting of 75,000 men, occupied a semicircle of heights.— The Allied Russian and Austrian army, 95,000 strong, had held twen ty-four hours previous a position equally as strong, on the heights of Prutzen ; but by a skillful maneuver he had induced them to believe that he feared a battle; and accordingly, now at the break of day, he beheld their immense army, like a huge boa, having unwound its coil, trailing its slow, ponderous length around his front, in order to attack his right wing. The whole French army saw, as with its leader's eyes, the blunder of the allies. The whole of their line was exposed; while Napoleon, from his semicircle, could launch out the spokes of his power to attack them in any and all quarters. His Generals were eager to begin. "Wait twenty minutes," said the Emperor, whom neither delight nor fear could betray into precipitate action. "When the enemy is making a false move they must not be interrupted." The twen ty minutes elapsed, the blunder irre trievable. Then Napoleon, leaping from his horse, shouted to his troops: " Soldiers ! the enemy has impru dently exposed himself to your blows; we shall finish the war with a clap of thunder 1" At the same time the order of at tack was given, and the mighty liv ing anaconda was cut to pieces. The Russians, after suffering fearful slaughter, were retreating across the frozen lakes: Napoleon rode furious ly along his lines. "Engulf those masses ! break the ice." he artiler ists elevated their pieces, and, by dropping their balls on the ice, broke it up and overwhelmed the flying en emy by thousands. This was Napoleon's greatest vic tory and brilliant stroke of genius. Afterwards on the eve of any battle, he had only to remind his soldiers that the San of Austerlitz would look upon their actions, to influence them with the most enthusiastic courage, A WORD ABOUT DINNERS.—WouId you eat healthful dinners ? Eat slow ly. Would you eat social dinners ? Eat slowly. Would you eat relisha ble • dinners ? Eat slowly. Please suffer a short word of e;hortation— EAT SLOWLY. MOTHERS OF DISTINGUISHED MEN. WILLIAM COWPER, of whom Lord Thurlow said, "If there is a good man on earth, it is William Cowper," had a delicate and extremely suscep tible constitution—a misfortune that was aggravated by the loss of his af fectionate and devoted mother, who died when he was quite young. The intense love with which he cherished her memory, during. the rest of his life, may be known from the most af fecting poem which he wrote on con templating her picture. "Faithful remembrance of one so dear." "But the record fair, That Memory keeps of all the kindness, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes thus deeply traced. Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou mightst know me sale and warmly laid-- E=M:=:=Zl All this, still legible on Memory's page, And still to be so to my latest age, Adds joy to duty, makes me glad to pay Such honors to thee, as my numbers may." JOHN RANDOLPH, of Roanoke, was deeply attached to his mother, and her death had a melancholy and stri king effect upon him ever after wards. She was but thirty-six years old when she died. Cut off in the bloom of youth and beauty, he al ways retained a vivid •remembrance of her person, her charms, and her virtues. He always, kept her por trait hanging before him in his chamber. The loss to him was irre parable. She knew him—she knew the delicacy of his heart, the way wardness and irritability of his tem per. "I am a fatalist," said he, "I am all but friendless—only one hu man being ever knew me. She only knew me—my mother." He always spoke of her in terms of the warm est affection. Many and many a time during his life did he visit the old churchyard at Matoax, in its wasted solitude, and shed tears over the grave of his mother, by whose side it was the last wish of his heart to be buried. • HENRY CLAY, that great man, the pride and honor of his country, al ways expressed feelings of profound affection and veneration for his moth er. A habitual correspondence and enduuring affection subsisted be tween them to the last hour of life.— Air. Clay ever spoke of her as a mod el of maternal character and female excellence, and it is said that he nev er met his constituents in Woodford county, after her death, without some allusion to her, which deeply affected both him and his audience. And nearly the last words uttered by this great statesman, when he came to die, were, "Mother, mother, "mother." It is natural for us to feel that she must have been a good mother, that was loved and so duti fully served by such a boy, and that neither could have been wanting in rare virtues. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was accustom ed to refer to his mother in the ten derest tone of filial affection. His respect and affection for her were manifested, among other ways, in frequent presents, that contributed to her comfort and solace in her ad vancing years. In one of his letters to her, for example, he sends her a moidore, a gold piece, of the value of six dollars, "toward chaise hire," said he, "that you may ride warm to meetings during the Winter." In another, he gives her an account of the growth and improvement of his son and daughter—topics which, as he well understood, are ever as dear to the grandmother as to the mother. THOMAS GRAY, author of "Elegy in a Country Churchyard," was most assiduous in his attentions to his mother while she lived, and, after her death, he cherished her memory with sacred sorrow. Mr. Mason in forms us that Gray seldom mention ed his mother without a sigh. The inscription which he placed over her remains speaks of her as "the care ful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfor tune to survive her." How touching is this brief tribute of grateful love Volumes of eulogy could not increase our admiration of the gentle being to whom it was paid—her patient devo tion, her meek endurance. Wherever the name and genius of Gray are known, there shall also his mother's virtues be told for a memmorial of her. He was buried, according to his direc tions, by the side of his mother, in the churchyard at Stoke. After his death, her gowns and wearing ap parel were found in a trunk in his apartments, just as she had left them. It seemed as if he could never take the resolution to open it, in order to distribute them to his female rela tions, to whom, by his will, he be queathed them. Amos LAwnErfcg always spoke of his m.)ther in the strongest terms of veneration and love, and in many of his letters to his children agi d grand children are found messages of af fectionate regard for his mother, such as could - have emanated only from a heart overflowing with filial gratitude. Her form, bending over his bed in silent prayer, at the hour of twilight, when she was about leaving him for the night, was among the earliest and most cherish ed recollections of his early years and his chilclitood,'l6 SARGEANT S. PRENTISS.—Froni his mother, Mr. Prentiss inherited those more gentle qualities that ever char acterized his life—qualities that shed over his eloquence such bewitching sweetness, and gave to his social ' in tercourse such an indescribable charm. A remarkably characteris tic anecdote illustrates his filial affec tion. When on a visit, some years ago, to the North, brit after his repu tation had become wide spread, a distinguished lady, of Portland, Me., took pains to obtain an introduc i tion, by visiting the steamboat in which she learned he was to take his departure in a few moments. "I have wished to see you," said she to Mr. Prentiss, "for my heart has often congratulated the mother who has such a son." "Rather congratulate the son on having such a mother," was his instant and heart-felt reply.— ; This is but one of the many instan ces in which the most distinguished men of all ages have been proud to refer to the early culture of intellect, the promptings of virtue, or the aspir ations of piety, and to the influence of their mother's early training. FRANCIS MARlON.—General Marion I was once a plodding young farmer, and in no way distinguished as su perior to the young men of the neigh : borhood in which he lived, except for his devoted love and marked respect for his excellent mother, and exem plary honor and truthfulness. In these qualities he was eminent from early childhood, and they marked his character through life. We may remark, in this connection, that it is usual to affect some degree of aston ishment when we read of men whose after fame presents a striking contrast to the humility of their ori gin ; yet we must recollect that it is not ancestry and splendid descent, but education and circumstances, which form the man. It is often a matter of surprise that distinguished men have such inferior children, and that a great name is seldom perpetu ated. The secret of this is as often evident; the mothers have been in ferior—mere ciphers in the scale of , existence. All the splendid advan tages procured by wealth and the I father's position, cannot supply this one deficiency in the mother, who gives character to the child. SAM HousroN's mother was an ex , traordinary woman. She was distin guished by a full, rather tall and matronly form, a fine carriage, and an impressive and dignified counte nance. She was gifted with intellec tual and moral qualities, which ele vated her, in a still more striking manner, above most of her sex. Her life shone with purity and benevo lence, and yet she was nerved with a stern fortitude, which never gave way in the. midst of the wild scenes that checkered the history of the frontier settlers. Mrs. Houston was left with the heavy burden of a nu merous family. She had six sons, and three daughters, but she was not a woman to succumb to misfortune, and she made ample provision, for one in her circumstances, for their future care and education. To bring up a large family of children in a proper manner is, under the t most fa vorable circumstances, a at work; and in this ease it rises info sublimi ty; for their is no finer instance of heroism than that of one parent, es pecially a mother, laboring for that end alone. The excellent woman, says G(Rthe, is she who, if her hus band dies, can be a father to her children.-. Rev. S. If. Lancy.—.Meth. Protestant. AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY MUR DERED. I am here on a sad errand. Nine days ago I passed through Aloxan dretta on my way to Alleppo to at tend the General Meeting of the Central Armenian Mission. I found Dr. Goodell, of Constantinople, here, and we went on together to Antioch, reaching there on Monday of last week. Oa Wednesday morning, the 26th inst., w 3 were making prepara tions for continuing our journey to Alleppo in company with Mr. Mor gan and family, of the Antioch sta tion, expecting to sot out after break fast. As we were about commenc ing family worship, a messenger sud denly apeeared from Alexandretta with a letter from Mr. Levi, the American Vice-Consul there, to Mr. Morgan, conveying the melancholy tidings that Mr. °offing, of the Adana station, also on his way to Allepp9, bad been attacked by robbers near Alexandretta, and, it is feared, had been mortally wounded. - Our jour ney to Alleppo was, of coarse, given up, and brother Morgan and myself hurried off to Alexaretta, reaching there an hour after sunset of the same day. Our worst fears were realized. Brother Coifing was al ready dead. When about three miles of Alex andretta he was fired upon, without the least warning r by a couple of men who had concealedAteraselves among the bushes near the'ilf*l. The single fact that the attack was a murderous one, no warning having been given, and no.money demanded, seems to point to a preconcerted plan. The additional fact that M. Coifing aid his servant were the special objects of assault, while the muleteers es caped unhurt, confirms the suspicion. Cor. of the Observer. MUSIC IN BATTLE. Says a letter from Williamsburg : "Heintzelman flew everywb l ere among the New Jersey and other trdops, who gave indications of backing out of the fight.— He bawled himself hoarse, and stiffened the arm wounded at Bull Run, in ordering, coaxing, encouraging, beckoning and wa ving the outnumbered men into their ranks again. To infuse enthusiasm into them he wanilered around to a fine band of mu sic. He saw three in a group, and ordered them to play Yankee Doodle in force!— ! The men, professional in the face of defeat and death, said they had not the requisite number of instruments to do justice to all the notes of the tune !! The General then hurried around for more—found a part of another band—united them to the profes sional three, and electrified the worn-out infantry with the "Star Spangled Banner," "Yankee Doodle," and "Getm of the Ocean." The effect was that of war mag ic. It is in the small things as well as the great that the true commander is known. A FAITHFUL DOG, The widow of Lieut. Pfieff, of Illinois, was enabled to find her husband's grave at Pittsburgh Landing, by seeing a dog which had accompanied the .Lieutennt to the war. The dog approached her with the most intense manifestations of joy, and immediately indicated to her, as well as he was able, his desire that she should follow him. She did so, and he led the way to a distant part of the field, and stopped be fore a single grave. She caused it to be opened, and there found the body of her dead husband. It appears from the state ment of some of the soldiers that at the time Lieut. Pfieff fell, this dog was by his side, and there remained, licking his wounds, until he was taken from the field and buried. He then took his station by the grave, and nothing could induce him to abandon it but for a sufficient length of time each day to satisfy his hunger, until, by some means, he was made aware of the presence of his mistress. Thus had he watched for twelve days by the grave of his slain master. HOW HALLECK MAKES HIS AD VANCE. One curious featurQ of Halleek's advance, writes a correspondent, is that of throwing works of defence up along the whole line. The fortifica tions now completed cannot be less than twelve miles in length, extend ing from the extreme right to the ex tirme left wing. They are strongly made with logs and earth, lined by rifle pits, and distant from Corinth six m miles. Every movement is char actfrized by extreme caution. In case any reverses should happen these defences would be invaluable. The people are doubtless surprised that their great army has not yet reached the rebel position and at tacked it. The reasons of the delay are known only to General Halleck. Doubtless they are good and sufficient. All the heavy guns are safely in front, and can easily be moved any distance wished. Perhaps the Com mander-in-Chief is waiting for the Gulf fleet to occupy Memphis, or, when reaching Vicksburg, to destroy the roailroad bridge at Jackson.— Something foreign from here evident ly influences him. In regard to the enemy at Corinth, it is by no means certain the main body has not re treated, as at first reported. Their demonstrations may be simply blinds. The tales of deserters yet continue strangely conflicting on the subject. As matters now stand a battle may occur at any moment, yet be avoided for a week. Our offensive movements begin to resemble those lately at Yorktown, approaching the enemy's works as if a siege was intended, and endeavor ing to achieve a. complete victory with as little loss of life as possible. It is more than probable the two results will be similar. In regard to effi ciency, nothing more could be wish ed for regarding the force here. It is healthy, well armed and discip lined, and supplied as few armies have been before. If it fails to gain victory, it will be difficult to imagine any troops capable of succeeding.— An hour or two ago, a deserter, an apparently intelligent man, and above the ordinary stamp if rebel soldiers, Caine in. He says that owing to all the sources of supplies being cut off, Beauregard's army is starving, and will have to disperse or make an attack before a week. NARROW ESCAPE OF M'CLELLAN During the time that the rebels made the attack on our wagon train, writes a correspondent, General McClellan, aecom- Panied by his staff, was making a recon noissance, and came in sight of the rebel cavalry before he was aware of his prox imity. By dint of hard riding be escaped and took command of what force there was at hand and dispersed the rebels.-- Had they known what a prize they had so near them, in all probability they would have worked harder to have obtained pos session of it. As it was, the situation was rather a precarious one Aar the General at beet, NEW SERIES.--VOL. 4, NO, 1. HURRYING ON. Hurrying on in the midst of excitement, Pushing extravagant projects through, Few of us know or pause ever to question—. Ever to ask where we are hurrying to Hurrying on over blessings unheeded, Chasing some joy like the butterfly, gone, What is the use of our hurrying on t We have been hurrying on from our cradles-- What but its shadows have we for the Peat We are still hurrying on as expectant— What shall we get by our hurrying at last ! Graves are so thick that we cannot wel: miss them, Going with the clothes we shall wear ; Where shall be, then, all we're hurrying after t What shall we have, with our hurry, whoa there ? Hurrying on in the wake of the phantoms Conjured alone in the fever of haste, Hurrying on with extravagant projeck, Little we reck of treasures we was e ; Little we know of the diamond moments, All to be gathered and garnered in store, Making our worthy or worthless possesione Up in the land where we'll hurry no more. Treasures that he all around us in plenty We never heed as we are hurrying on, And when in Heaven our coffers are empty We shall first know they are lost and as. gone, Then we shall know how our spirits bars wasted, Wealth of Eternity planted in Time. The soil for its seed growing barren as afhea, While we are hurrying out of its clime. God works but slowly—but slowly my brothers, Not hurrying onward in, passion and strife— Works with Love only, and only for others, Not for himself in the green fields of Life; Let us sit down and be calm and be thoughtful, Lifting our hearts to Eternity's brink— Let us cease living alone for the Present, Let us cease hurrying—what do you think FAILURE IN ENLISTING NEGROES. The enlisting of negroes as sol diers, with the pay and rations of volunteers, writes a Hilton Head correspondent, is going on in this district with no great success. A company of contrabands was formed here three or four weeks ago and numbered at one time, when the in tensity and zeal of the "innocents" culminated, nearly one hundred and fifty men. Since then the contra bands' courage, like that of Bob Acres, has oozed out of their fingers' ends, and the company could scarce.. ly turn out a corporal's guard. The contrabands have no heart for the business, when they reflect upon the possibility of being punctured by cold steel, or perforated by bullets, with the additional risk of shuffling off this mortal coil through the sim ple and expeditious aid of a hang man's noose ; and their fears, whioh increase in the same ratio that they reflect and inwardly digest, are rap idly changing their anxiety to tak* up arms to a deep-seated disinclina tion to place themselves in positions of danger. They are fond of the "pomp and circumstance of war," but prefer to enjoy it under more fa vorable auspices than those likely to be afforded them in this department. So the experiment is not likely to prove a brilliant success. There are enough arms here now to arm all the contrabands in the department; but it is exceedingly questionable whether they will ever be placed in their hands. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY. Mrs. Susannah .Humes, of East Finley township, Washington Co., has reached the remarkable age of 102 years. She was born near Car lile, Pa., January, 1760, and 'cc as con sequently over sixteen when the Declaration of Independence was signed. The scenes of the Revolu tion are vivid in her memory, and she talks of them with great inter est. She was a strong advocate of liberty and independence, and ren dered assistance to our soldiers, both in camp and prison, whenever it was possible. She emigrated to this part of the State about sixty years ago, and consequently experienced many of the hardships endured by those "who sought a home in the far west." Notwithstanding her great age, she enjoys good health, but is unable to walk much, having been lame for some years. She is per haps the oldest person in this section of the State, and she bids fair to live many years. OVER BATHING. If a fish be deprived of its scales it will be chilled to death; and reason ing analogically, and knowing, too, that human skin scales are destroyed by the alkali of soap, a man may wash himself too much; may actually wash away the scales of his body, leaving the pores so unprotected against heat and cold and obstructions, that death will inevitably ensue; indeed, physic). logical research proveNK that if a third of the skin is removed &era the body by scalding or otherwise, it fatal termination is unavoidaPs Obser vant persons know how fi.*„ th e skin becomes pale, shriveled;:` tender, even on the hardest hands, if kept a great deal in cold water. Thane are suggestive considerations for thoee who believe that eontinnal, water sloshings are i 1p to health and longevity.. WE %Wool ./recdth 0
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