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ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERIES IN
PERU--RICH GOLD MINES.
The San Francisco Bulletin pub
liihes the following interesting ac
count of recent antiquarian discove
ries in Peru:
"From Captain Morehouse, who
arrived at this port from Tumbez,
Peru. a few days since, we learn
that extensive discoveries have been
made there of the ruins of a temple
of ancient Peeu. On the Corralis
river, about four miles from Tumbez,
a continuation of a spur of the moun
tain range has long been supposed to
Cover the ruins of an ancient tem
ple, popular tradition asserting that
one had existed' at this place on a
high mound, which mound was exca
vated under the foundations of the
temple. When the Spaniards, under
Pizarro, took the adjacent town, the
wooden supports underneath were
sot vn fire, and were consumed, when
the whole fabric fell in a mass of un
distinguishable ruins.
Some years ago a French anti
quary, travelling in Paris, hearing of
these traditions, made an examina
tion of the locaity, after which lie
went to France. About eighteen
months since, this person, having
Procured means, returned to Peru
and obtained from that government
permission to excavate and search
near the Corralis river for antiqua
rian purposes, the searcher to be
protected by government and to
take for his own uses whatever of
such antiquarian character as might
be found. An excavation or tunnel
was made this supposed mound,
and after months of labor the ex
ploring party was rewarded for his
efforts by finding the remains of a
very large building, the wall of which
had been built of adobes, inside of
which a great many articles of gold
and silver work were found, many
being small golden images, unknown
implements, and articles of orna
ment. The natives employed were
thieves, and more being stolen than
received, the Frenchman discharged
his laborers and had the tunnel
closed up while he went to Lima to
get workmen in whose honesty he
could confide. Matters were in this
state when Capt. Morehouse sailed
for San Francisco.
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"Captain Morehouse also reports
that rich gold discoveries had been
reported made at a place called San
ta Cosa, about ibrty miles from Turn
bez. Two sailors who had deserted
from a whaling vessel at. Tumbez,
reported that while skulking in the
interior, until their vessel should
depirrt, they made the discovery of
good diggings on the banks of a
small mountain stream. Encoura
ged by this success they made a re
search in the bed of the river .or
creek and got good prospects, but
hearing of their vessel's departure,
and the season being unfavorable,
they returned to Tumbez with what
gold they had go' (about fifty dol
lars), which they -old at the rate of
eighteen dollars per ounce. A large
number of persons were intending
to visit t he mines in the proper sea
son, the Peruvian Government, how
ever, being unfavorable to .their
further developement through fear
of a large emigration of foreigners,
who have generally created trouble."
On a recent Sunday evening, the
pulpit of the Methodist Chapel, 'Wil
liamson terrace, Monkwearmouth,
England, was occupied by a Hetton
pitman, a local preacher connected
with the Primitive Methodist body,
who after discoursing
. on the Jewish
year of Jubilee, proceeded to wind up
with a brilliant peroration of unusu
al force and power. While leaning
over the front of the pulpit, and de
livering himself with much fervor,
he suddenly overbalanced himself,
and came tumbling over into the
singing-pew, to the great dismay of
the congregation. Ile appeared to
fairly turn a somersault. Rising to
his feet with wonderful -alacrity, he
exclaimed, "Be calm, people, I'm no
worse ; and, bless God, 1 believe if
I'd fallen twice as far, I wouldn't
have been killed !" The layman
then mounted a bench in the singing
pew, and though as fervid as ever,
managed to finish his peroration
without upsetting his second locus
stqndi.—Neweastle Chronicle.
Mdlle. Isabelle, the Jockey Club
flower girl has become an 'institution'
of Paris. Her occupation is to stand-at
the door of the Jockey Club and stick
a flower into gantleinen's button-holes
as they pass, trusting to their honor
for payment. Many a time and oft,
a man excited by champagne and
large winnings at play, drops gold
pieces into her hand as he steps into
his carriage In this Way Isabelle is
laying by a pretty little fortune,
whichthey say will one day he the
prize of a common fellow, endowed
with pat4ence,.Who offers lawful wed.
lock.
tar No man can avoid his own
company—so he had best make it as
good as possible.
Biatilanitato.
FALL FROM A PULPIT.
New Way of Getting Alms.
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, !863.
I [ol U ll lO las P ZAP 41
A WORD OF ADVICE
A Spring has never opened, bring
ing with it more active, pressing, or
important duties to the farmer than
the present. The melancholy situa
tion of our country is such, that, in
stead of releasing a large number of
men from its service—as we so fond
ly hoped one year ago—it is likely to
call to its support an additional
number. These, as" has been the
case heretofore, will be largely ta
ken from the producing class. And
while there is as earnest a demand
upon the farmer to plant and sow as
largely as at any former period in
the history of the rebellion, the help
upon which he was depending to
perform this work will, in part, be
transferred to other fields of labor.—
What shall make up this deficiency?
How can the labor of our farms be
performed ? Fortunately, the use
of machinery, which will be brought
more largely into requisition than
heretofore, can be very safely relied
upon ; and there is hardly any branch
of farm-work which cannot be great
ly forwarded by its application. We
believe upon most farms improved
implements and machines are now
to be found, and it may be deemed
advisable for those who cannot buy
a mower, or some equally costly ma
chine, to hire one for the purpose of
doing a part of their labor, and for
this it might also
. be well for some
one tc purchase a machine in view
of such a use. We believe it would
pay a good interest. Again, neigh
bors who live at reasonable distances
apart can exchange, and in that way
perform the heaviest part of their
,work, and there
_are many young
men under twenty, who can at most
kinds of farm labor perform man's
work. The female portion of th e
household can also, in such an emer
gency as the present, assist in the
lighter part of outdoor labor, such
as gardening, etc., in cases where
there are enough to perform the la
bor in-doors. The lesson of doing
things well must also be learned and
practiced, and no crop planted in a
superficial manlier. Manure well,
use good seed, give good alter culture,
and the crop will yield an ample re
ward.
Wool, cattle, grain, and all kinds
of hum produce is to command high
priecs—thereitOr@, raise all your
lambs, put in liberally of all kind
of grain, (with the means at your
command,) work with patience and
hope, being assured that the victo
ries of peace will surely come, when
the tide of war has passed from our
lan Farn
FOUR GOOD DOCTORS.
"1 am a tempertince man," says
111, - )wii,'„ "because 1 have
seen and felt the good of it. If I
had lived as many literary mcu do,
kept late hours, passed evening aft
er evening in hot, crowded rooms,
sat over the bottle at late suppers ;
in short, had "jollified," as they call
it, 1 should have been dead long ago.
For my part, seeing the victims to
"fast lite" daily falfing around me, 1
willingly abandon the temporary
advantages of such a life, preferring
the enjoyment of a sound mind in a
sound body, and the blessings of a
quiet domestic lif,. '
"I am now fast approaching my
seventieth year. I cannot, indeed,
say 1 have reached this period, ac
tive ar.d vigorous as I am, without
the aid of doctors. I have had the
constant attendance of these four
mous ones, "Temperance, Exerci
Good Air, and Good Hours." Oft,
in early years, I labored sixtx
hours a day. I never omit walk
three or four miles, or more, in
weather. 1 work hard in my gird ,
and could tire a tolerable man
that sort of thing. Miring my t'
years' travel in Australia, whe ,
was about sixty, I walked, often
der a burning sun of ono hund:
and twenty or one hunted and ti
ty degrees at noon, my twenty mi
a day, for days and weeks togeth
worked at digging gold, in gn
heat 'and against young, active m
my twelve hours a day, sometir
standingin a broo :. I waded tnroi
rivers, for neither man nor nat .
had made many bridges, and let
clothes dry on my back ; washed
own linen, and made and baked
own hreq.d ; slept occasionally un
a forest-tree ; and though it all •
hearty as a roach. And how di
manage all this, not only with el
but with enjoyment ? Simply
cause I avoided spiritous liquors.
I would avoid the poison of an
The horrors I saw there from
drinking of spirits were enoug
make a man of the least sense so
‘iSo that ,J. have a right to recom
mend abstinence from beer, spirits.
and their great copartner, tobacco.
They are all poisoners of the blood ;
they aro all burnt-offerings to death;
they are all destroyers of the bot
tom of the pocket, and, what is
worse, destroyers of the peace of
families and the constitutions of men,
They strip those who take of health,
clothes, morals, and mind ; they con
vert
them into mad-men and devils. '
The great bulk of the crimes and ca
lamities of society flow from the tap
and the'spigot."—Child's Payer.
CHARACTER AS MODIFIED BY CIR
CUMSTANCES.
I have always believed, and some
times said, that good fortune, not so
great or so sudden as to injure one's
nerves or heart, but kindly and equa
ble, has a most wholesome effect up
on human character. I believe that
the happier a man is the better and
kindlier be will be. The greater
part of unamiability, ill-temper, im
patience, bitterness, and• uncharita
bleness comes out of unhappiness.—
It, is because a man is. so miserable
that he is such a sour, suspicious, frac
tious, petted creature. I was amused,
this morning, to read in the newspa
per an account of,. very small inci
dent which befel the new Primate
of England on his journey back to
London after being enthroned at
Canterbury. The reporter of that
small incident takes occasion to re
cord that the Archbishop had quite
charmed his travelling companions
in the railway carriage by the geld
alty and kindliness of his manner.—
I have no doubt he did. 1 am sure
he is a truly good Christaia man.—
But think of what a splendid training
for producing geniality and kindli
ness he has been going through for a
great number of years. Think of
the moral influences which have been
bearing on him for the last few
weeks. We should all be kindly and
genial, if we bad the sathe chance of
being so. But if Dr. Longley had a
living of a hundred pounds a year,
a fretful, ailing wife, a number of
half-fed and half educated little chil
dren, a dirty, miserable house, a
bleak country round, and a set of
wrong headed and insolent prisoners
.to keep straight, 1 venture to say he
would have looked and been a very
different man in that railway carriage
running up to London. Instead of
the genial smiles that delighted his
fellow travellers, (according to the
newspaper story) his face would
have been sour and his speech would
have been snappish ; he would have
leaned back in the corner of a second
class carriage, sadly calculating the
cost of his journey, and how part of
it might be saved by going without
any dinner.—Every-Day Philosopher.
SYMPATHY OF THE NERVES
When the nerves, from long habit ;
hare been accustomed to transmit
their messages from distinct parts,
and are suddenly cut off from them,
they still retain along their trunks
the sympathetic or sensational ac
tions. Thus, a man who had a leg
amputated will feel distinctly along
the course of the trunk the nerve
sensation from toes which no longer
exist. The mind also is influenced by
this; and frequeni,ly this peculiar
direct nervous action can only be
allayed by that which is negative
and reflex. A cui ions instance oc
curred within my own experience.—
An old sailor suffered much from
this; he retained his diseased foot
too long, but at last consented to
amputation. When he had his nerv
ous pains, he always called foe hot
water, into which he put his wound
ed stump. If told of his folly in
supposing that such a proceeding
could do any good, he would become
enraged, and his paroxysm of pain
would increase; but if gratified he
took things easy, and the process
actually appeared to do him good,
though all must know there could
be no real berp'tit, Still, here is the
effect of mint' over matter.—Ridge
on Health and Disease.
greater number of cases, must necessarily
be fought uphill ; and to win it without
a struggle were perhaps to win it without
honor. If there were no difficulties there
would be no success ; if nothing to strug
gle for, there would be nothibg - achieved.
Difficulties may intimidate the weak, but
they act only •as Wholesome stimulus to
men of prick and resolution. All the ex
perienee of life,. indeed, serves to prove
that the impediments thrOwn in the way
of human advancement, may for the most
part he overcome by steady, good conduct,
honest zeal, activity, perseverance, and
above all, by a determined resolution to
surmount difficulties, and 'stand up man
fully against vnisfortune.
SKETCH OF GEN. "STONEWALL"
JACKSON.
THOMAS JEFFERSON JACKSON, late
Lieutenant General in the service of
the Confederate States, was born in
Lewis county, Virginia, in 1826.
Left an orphan at an early age, he
was enabled by a friend to enter
West Point,.where he graduated in
184(3, and was appointed brevet Sec
ond Lieutenant in the Second Artil
lery, and served in Mexico with Ma
gruder's Battery; became Second
Lieutenant August 20, 1847; was
breveted Captain for gallantry at
Contreras and Cheruhusco,and Major
for gallantry at Chapultepee; resign
ed February 20, 1852, from impaired
health, and became a Professor in
the Military Institute at Lexington,
Virginia, where he married, as his
first wife, a daughter of the Rev.
Dr. Junkins, President of Washing
ton College of that place ; his second
wife is the daughter of Rev. Dr.
Morrison, of Charlotte, N. C. On
the outbreak of the civil war Jackson
was converted to Confederate views,
and was appointed Colonel in the
Confederate army of Virginia. t r je
was made Brigadier General soon
after the battle of Martinsburg.—
His subsequent career in the rebel
lion is familiar. Jackson was in
command of a heavy force at Fred
erickslurg at the attack upon that
place by J3urnside, and again during
the recent movement by Hooker;
and it was in the terrible contest at
Chaneellorsville that he found the
end of
,his career. He left the field
and went home to die at the carry
age of thirty-seven. his death is
an unparalleled loss to the Southern
cause.
The incidents which are told of
this able and daring leader would
fill a volume. They all hinue, upon
the sincerity of his zeal, his rperSOD
al bravery, his dash and courage in
military operations, and the remark
able influence which ho exercised
over his men. It is said of him
that during the battle of Chapulta
pec, where he commanded a section
of Magruder's Battery attached to
Pillow's Division, he was ordered by
that commander to withdraw his
section, as, according to Pillow'a
idea, it was too much exposed, Giv
ing no heed whatever to the Gene
ral's order, he rapidly limbered up
and moved his section a hundred
yards nearer the enemy's works,
where lie did great execution. An
other story is to the effect that at
ono time the expediency of remov
ing him from his command was
freely discussed in the Confederate
Cabinet, and all but two members
favored the motion; these two argu
ing that a man of such exemplary
modesty, and yet of such intense
religious enthusiasm and indomitable
firmness, must possess those moral
elements, which, combined with his
military education and experience,
should constitute a great General.—
Their opposition served to postpone
a decision, and the motion was held
under co !sideration. Meantime, the
people of the Valley got wind of the
affair, and with a great outcry of
indignation and threats so assailed
the powers at Richmond that the
question was dropped.
Jackson was a very religious man.
While in command at Winchester he
took a prominent part in revivals,
and habitually led the "Union pray
er meetings." A servant of his, cap
tured by our forces, not long ago,
says that before entering upon ;In
engagement his master always re
to his quarters to pray. Nor
ae devoid of generosity. here is
,ory that when the surgeon of one
he Indiana regiments and two
is brother officers were captured
party of Ashby's cavalry and
n before Jackson, lie said : "It
you, gentlemen, who lately
, d the property of a dear friend
line in the valley from the fury
our own men. I thank you.—
e, you any means of transporta
back to your own regiment ?"
have not, General." Ho then
them horses, an escort, and
hundred dollars, and courteously
iissed them on their parole.
he following personal descrip
of Jackson recently appeared in
;olumns of the Savannah (Ga.,)
,s;—"lmagine a man about five,
ten inches, rather thick-set, full
it, broad, stalwarth shoulders,
, indeed, the whole physique in
ling what is commonly called a
made man. He is the picture
ealth, though there is no redun
)y of flesh. His face is slightly
ized from the constant exposure
is eompaigns. His appearance
..st impresses you with the idea
Teat powers of endurance. The
.ession of Lis face adds to, rather
than diminishes, the general effect.
There you see self-command, perse
verance and indomitable will, with
out the least admixture of vanity.—
His forehead is br'oad and promi
nent, eyes expressing a singular
Union of mildness, energy and con
centration ; cheek and nose both
long and well formed. dress' is
a common gray suit of faded cassi
mere, the coat slightly braided on
the sleeve, just enough to be per
ceptible, the collar displaying the
rank of Major General.
Another writer says:—"He often
walks with his head somewhat no
one side, and his eyes fixed upon tno
ground, imparting to his whole ap
pearance that abstracted quality
which young ladies describe as 'ab
sent-minded.' A lady who had
known him long and well has told
me that she never saw him on horse
back without laughing—short istir
raps, knees cramped up, heels
stuck out behind, and chin on his
breast—a most,unmilitary phenom
enon. In so'iety is quiet, but
cheerful ; not loquacious, but intelli
gent and shrewd; in religion a strict
Presbyterian, and extremely strict
i n his C Lurch ok:ervances."
Jgrituttural.
BOYS AND GIRLS ON THE FARM.
Many are the sheets of nice white
paper blotted all over for the benefit
of the Erse. the cow, the sheep and
the hog, yet scarcely a mention is
made of the farmer'i boys and girls
—the stock from which is to made
the smart men and the smart women
of the future. So much are many
farmers engrossedin their out-of-door
plans that the little'ones are often
neglected, or are only remembered
when their services are needed in the
field. Many a poor boy is a drudge
and a slave, and in drilled in the field
until he utterly hates every farm
employment. Many a daughter is
forced to labor in the kitchen to help
an invalid mother on with her work,
till she loathes the sight of the broom
and the dust-pan. With them both,
life is a treadmill The song of to
day is for the whole year. Nothing
new—nothing interesting except
play, and that the . r"get but little of
when at home. The muscles of the
girl are developed in sweeping,
washing, and so metimes in romping.
These of the boy in chopping, mov
ing, hoeing, skating. While the boys'
and girls' bodies are kept in the tra
ces and in strict discipline, by labor
every day, the mind is at liberty—
playino•b truant ; running wild—
turned out to pasture with the fen
ces all down. The boy is bidden to
1.19 C the corn that is to feed the pigs
eed the carrots that are intended
for the colts, and to harvest the tur
nips that are to Eaten the lambs ;
yet not a colt, nor a pi!f, nor even a
lamb, is called his. Not a paper con
taining the picture of a horse or a
sheep, is taken in the family, so that
the poor boy can get even a picture
to call his own. The daughter must
scour, and clean, and sweep, and
mop, make and mend, and not an ef
fort is made to improve her mind,
except to send her to the district
school, and to a teacher, who is just
as well fitted for her place as the
colored wood sawyer is for a carpen
ter.
Many parents appear tothink that
they are doing 'Audi for the mental
improvement of their children, by
sending them to the di: rict school
from two to four months in the'year.
They can train the hand to labor,
for this helps to feed and clothe the
family ; but the head is left to be
managed by strangers, in the school
room. No wonder the boy leaves
the old home for employments more
exciting. No wonder the daughter
deserts the old kite' , en for a place in
the jolly tailor's shop. The father
and mother are soon left alone, to
!lelp each other instead of being
helped by their children. This is
their own fault. They drilled them
till they hated home labors. Their
muscles were overtasked, and their
minds left to starve. What may the
remedy be ? is the question now
asked. If parents wish to keep their
children about them, they must edu
cate the mind and heart as well as
the hand. •
One of the most important mat
ters is to give the children good read
ing matter. A reading boy or girl
will get along in after life better
than one that does not read.
The importance of getting child
ren in the habit of reading is too lit
tle appreciated at the present time;
especially is it so among the farmers.
The reading child will be a read
ing man or woman. The reading
man or woman will have advantages
over those who do not read. They
will make a better appearance in
lift,. and will get a living easier. In
telligence is power. The reading
farmer is the ono who wins. Let
him not forget his children and leave
them to chance about their habits of
reading and their information.—
Take as much pains to guile the
minds of the children as you do to
your team of steers, and it will make
men and women of them, Save the
dollar spent ibr tobacco, that goes to
fend an artificial appetite, and give
it to feed the mind of the child. Or
let the boy earn his dollar by doing
jobs, and pay for his magazine him
self. He will feel more manly for ill.
If it is a daughter that should have
the reading, every good father will
give her the dollar at onee.—Journai
of Agricultve.
The slanderer is like the cha
meleon—he destroys his prey by a
dart of his tongue.
*Enjoy your own life without
comparing it with that of another.
NEW SERIES.--VOL, 4, NO, 50•
From the'New York Observer
CULTIVATION OF POTATOES.
My o!d teacher once told us that it
was said 3f one of our State. Sena
tors, when he mad 3 a speech : "It
was like 3utting off a chapter of his
thoughts;" and he considered it very
high praise. I suppose the best yon
can say of the most men is: "Their
important facts are in the proper
pigeon holes, from which a good cap
ter may be written." Even Daniel
Webster would not, in any case,
speak on any subject unless unspent
more or less time thinking,: and read
ing, and inquiring, if need be—so
that his mind, as ho expressed it,
"was imbued With his subject."—
Wm. Wirt refused to furnish a speech
for publication because he could not
get time to write it "while his mind.
was still heaving and tossing over
his theme."
Such being the case, can vou ex
pect a modest farmer to write about
a branch of his business two or three
weeks before your readers will get
to that kind of work, so as to have
the information in good season ? I.
intended to write an article on pota
toes; but, when I was paying high
wages for help and doing my best to
saw up the wood for the soldiers'
families, somehow the time passed by
till it was too late.
For two or three,yearsi have, at
-the suggestion of Mr: Bronson, who
had tried it to his satisfaction,
planted on green sward, once plow
ed, well harrowed lengthwise and
cornerwise (after rolling, of course),
then furrow lightly three feet apart
for.carly and the, small top varieties
and nearly .four feet for the large,
and I tbiok I get as good a yield as
any other way. It makes less hard
labor to plow and harrow well twice
in the fall (green swa•rd always for
potatoes) and once more in April;
furrow three to five inches deep, and,
us early as grass starts, plant the
tatoes with sprouts from a quartbr
to half an inch long (which will
make them two weeks earlier), and,
when about showing the leaf; pass
over once or twice with the large
harrow. The teeth should be short.
My men used to open their eyes wt.-
commonly wide then I told them
to do that. I told them, if it did not
pay well, to let me know, and all
praised the method. They used to
tear up, say ten or twelve hills on an
acre only. I pull tops with the big
cultivator and plow a light furrow in
the centre of the row nearly to the
bottom oftho hills, which shortens
the time of dragging from one quar
ter to one third. lam not sare but
we ought to plant on dry ground,
deep down, and keep the ground
What say you, brother farmers?
We don't knew bow long the war
may last, and we must work to the
best advantage. It is patriotism now
to add to the resources of our coun
try in any and every way we can.--7
It is said, Mr. Editor, that the beat
writers• among the farmers are a
little bashful. lioy can they be
drawn out? 'JOHN WATSON,
_Hannibal, April 29, 1863.
STRAW PAPE&
For many years thwittotraPt has
bi , en made to render the fibre.oon
tp,ineti in straw profitably available
for the production of white pape r,
but with indifferent success, until
within the last year, when the prob
lem has been solved beyond a doubt.
This realization of the desired end is
effected by boiling the straw in an
alkaline lye, in a rotary boiler, In
der a steam pressure of from one
hundred to one hundred and forty
pounds Per squave inch. ;Under
such a pressure and temperature ; tile
silica and other constituents of itre
straw, which render its fibre brittle
and difficult to bleach, entirely give
way, and separate to such an extent
that they can be almost entirely 1:43-
moved by simple washing, leavidg
its fibre soft and in a condition to
bleach most readily and economi
cay. We regard this discovery as
one of the most important made
during the present century.
A PLAIN PROPOSITION.
A writer on deep plowing says
I am persuaded that the corn crop
in Central Illinois can be doubled
on the acres planted. by efficient til
lage. I should be glad to contract
with our corn-growers to stir their
lands at least eight inches deep—fol
lowing the stirring plow with thi!
trench plow running for. to six
inches deeper. The french thus form
ed will servo as an excellent substi
tute for under-draining in wet sea
sons, and prove a valuable reservoir
for moisture during a drought. I
should be happy to pay the extra
cost of such tillage, and receive in
return the increase of product.
Again he says :
There is no danger of over tilling.
Fifty acres tended "up to grade,"
will be found more profitable than
one hundred acres devil'd over.
.101 - Death to a good man is the
coming of the heart to its blossom
ing time. Do we call it, dying when
the bud bursts into flower !
Sib — Truth is an apostle, hefore
whom every cowardly Felix trem
bles.