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•
MOTHER AND CHILDREN.
The duty and dignity of a mother
requires that she should never sub
ordinate herself to her children.—
When sht does so, she does it to
their manifest injury and her own.—
Of course, if illness or action de
mands unusual care, she does well to
grow thin and pale in bestowing un
usual care. But when a mother in
the ordinary routine of life grows
thin and pale, giv*s t.p riding, read
ing, and the amusements and occupa
tions of life, there is 4 wrong some
where, and her children shall reap
the fruit of if The father and moth
er are the head of the family, the
most comely and the most honora
ble part. They can not benefit their
children by descending from their
heaven appointed places, and becom
ing perpetual and exclusive feet and
hands. They are smothered in their
own sweetness. They dash into do
mesticity with an impetus and
abandonment that annihilates them
selves. They sink into their fami
lies like a light in a poisonous well,
and are extinguished.
One hears much complaint of the
direction and character of female ed
ucation. It is dolefully affirmed that
young ladies learn how to sing op
eras, but not how to keep house—
that they can conjugate Greek verbs,
but can not make bread—that they
are good for pretty toying, but not
for homely using. Doubtless there
is foundation for this malaria, or it,
never would have been inada. But
I have been in the East, and the
West, and the North and the South ;
1 know that I have seen the best so
ciety, and I am sure I have seen very
bad, if not the worst ; and I never
met a woman whose superior educa
tion, whose piano, whose pencil,
whose German, or French, or any
school accomplishment, or even
whose novels, clashed with tier do
mestic duties. I have read of them
in books ; .1 did hear of one once;
but 1 never met one— not one. I
have seen women, through love el
gossip, through indolence, through
sheer famine of mental pabulum,
leave undone thiug,s that ought to be
done—rush to the assembly, the lee
twe-room, the serving -circle, or veg
etate in squalid, shabby, unwhole
some homes ; but I never saw; educa
tion run to ruin. So s,eems to me
that we are needlessly alarmed in
that direction
=
MU
But I have seen scores and scores
of women leave schools, leave their
piano and drawing and fancy work,
and all manner of pretty and pleas
ant things, Atui marry and bury
themselves, You hear of them about
six times in ten years, and there is a
baby each time. They craw/ out of
the farther end of the ten years, sal
low and wrinkled and lan k—teeth
gone, hair gone, roses gone, plump
ness gone—freshness, and vivacity,
and sparkle, everything that is dewy,
and springing, and spontaneous,
gone, gone, gone forever.
Few things are more painful
look upon than the self renunciation,
the self abnegation of mothers—pain
ful for its testimony and its prophe
cy. Its testimony is of over-care,
over-work, over-weariness, the abuse
of capacities that were bestowed for
most sacred uses, an utter waste of
most pure and life-giving waters
Its prophecy is of early decline and
decadence, forfeiture of position and
power, and worst. perhaps, of all, ir
reparable loss a,nd grievous wrong
to the children for whom all is sacri
ficed.
To maintain her rank, no exertion
is too great, no means too sm4ll.
Dress is one' of the most obvious
things to a child If the mother
wears cheap or shabby or ill assorted
clothes, while the children's are fine
and harmonious, ii. is impossible that
they should not receive the impres
sion that they are of more conse
quence than their mother. Therefore,
for bcr children's sake, if not her
own, the mother should always be
well dressed. Her baby, so far as it
is concerned in the matter, instead of
being an excuse for a faded bonnet,
should be an inducement for a fresh
one. It is not a question of riches
or poverty ; it is a thing of relations.
It i 8 simply that the mother's dress
—her morning and evening and
street dress—should be quite as
good as, and if there is any difference,
better than her child's. It is of no
manner of consequence how a child
is clad, provided only its health be
not injured, its taste corrtipted, or
its self respect wounded. Children
look prettier in the cheapest and
simplest material than in the richest
and most elaborate. But bow com
mon is it to see the children gaily
comparisoned in silk and feather
and flounces, while the mother is ei
veloped in an atmosphere of cottr
fadiness ! One would take +he eh
to be mistress and the mother a
vant. ‘43tit," the mother says, "I do
not care for dress, and Caroline does.
She, poor child, would be mortified
not to be dressed like the other chil
dren." Then do you teach her bet
ter. Plant in her mind a higher
standard of self-respect. Don't tell
her you cannot afford to do for her
thus and thus.; that will scatter
J.' iscdtantouo,
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1863.
premature thorns along her path ;
bat say that you do not approve of
it ; it is proper for her to dress in
such and such a way. And be so
nobly and grandly .a woman that
she shall have faith in you.— Atlantic
Monthly.
MARRIAGE FORTUNES.
Under the 15th March, 1735, the
Gentleman's Magazine records—"Sohn
Parry, Esq., of Carmarthenshire,
(married) to a daughter of Walter
Lloyd, Esq., member fer that coun
ty; a fortune of £8,000." It seems
to us indecorous thus to trumpet
forth a little domestic particular, of
no importance to any but tf.e per
sons concerned; but it was s regu
lar custom in the reign of George
H., and even considerably later.—
There is scarcely a single number of
the magazine here quoted, which
does not include several such an
nouncements, sometimes accompan
ied by other curious particulars.—
For example, in 1731, we have—
" Married, Rev. Mr.. Roger Waina, of
York, about twenty-six years of age,
to a Lincolnshire lady, upwards of
eighty, with whom he is to have
£B,OOO in money, £3OO per annum,
and a coach-and-four during life on
ly." What. would now be matter of
gossip in the locality of the mar
riage was then deemed proper in
formation for the whole community.
Thus, in March, 173.5, the "Gentle
man's Magazine" gives this au
nounce—"The Earl of Antrim, of
Ireland, to Miss Betty Pennefeather,
a celebrated beauty ani toast of that
kingdom!' It is to be feared that
Miss Betty Pennefealher was with
out fortune; otherwise it would have
been sure to be stated, or at least al
luded to.
Toward the end the century, such
announcements were given with less
glaring precision. Thus in the Ga
zette of January 5, 1789, we find,
"Sunday se'nnight„at St. Aulkman's
Church, Shrewsbury, A. Holbe,che,
Esq., of Slowley Hill, near Coleshill,
in this county, to MI'S. Ashby, of
Shrewsbury, a very agreeable lady,
with a good fortuqe." On the 2d of
January, 1792--Yesterday. at St.
Martin's Church, William Lucas,
Esq., of Holey well, in Northampton
shire, to Miss Legge, only daughter
of the late Mr. Francis Legge., build
er of this town; an agreeable young
lady, with a handsome fortune." And
on the 29th of October, 1798—" A few ,
days ago, at St. Martin's Church, in
this town, Mr. William Barnsley, of
the Soho, to Miss Sarah Jorden, of
Birmingham aeath ; an agreeable
young lady, with a genteel' fortune."
In other cases, where possibly the
bride was penniless, tier personal
qualifications alone were mentioned ;
as this, in April, 1783—['Married]
on Saturday last, Mr. George Donis
thorpe, to the tygreeable Mrs. Mary
Bowker, both of this town."
One of the latest notices of the
kind occurs in Aris's Birmingham Ga
;die, of July 14, 1800; being that of
the .o..ight Hon. Mr, Canning, Under
Secretary of State, to Miss Scott,
sister to the Marchioness of 'Pitch-
round-work for a Novel.
A wedding took place in Genera
Rosecrans' army between a soldier
wounded in the battle of Stone river
and a young lady from New Eng-'
land, who nursed him while he lay
in hospital. The ceremony was per
formed on the exact spot where the
soldier was struck down by a rebbl
bullet.
A TOUCHING SCENE.
I was conversing not long since
with a returned volunteer.
"I was in the hospital as nurse for
a long time," said he, "and assisted
o in taking off limbs and dressing all
I sorts of wounds; but the hardest
thing I ever did was to take my
thumb off a man's leg."
"Ahl" said I ; "how was that ?"
Then he told me :
"It was a young man who had a
severe wound in the thigh. The
ball passed completely through and
amputation was necessary. The
limb was cut up close to the body,
the arteries taken up, and he seemed
to be doing well. Subsequently one
of the small arteries sloughed off.—
An incision was made and it was
again taken up. "It is well it was
not the main artery," said the sur
geon as he performed the operation ;
"he might have bled to death before
it could have been taken up." But
Charley got on finally, and was a fa
vorite with us all.
I was passing through the ward
one night, about midnight, when
suddenly 1 was passing Charley's
bed he spoke to me : my
leg is bleeding again." 1 threw back
the bed clothes,
and the blood spirt
ed in the air. The main artery had
sloughed off.
Fortunately I knew just what to
do, and in an instant I. had pressed
my thumb on the place and stopped
the bleeding. It was so close to the
body thal - , there was barely room for
my thumb, but I succeeded in keep
ing it there and arousing one of the
convalescents, sent him for the Sur
geon, who come in on a run. "I am
so thankful . --," said he as he saw
me, "that you were up and knew
what to do, for he must have bled to
death before I could have got here."
But on examination of the case he
looked exceedingly serious, and
sent for other SUrgeons. All came
who were within reach, and a con
sultation-was held over the poor fel
low. One conclusion was reached
by all. There was no place to work
save the spot where my thumb was
placed ; they could not work under
my thumb, and if I moved it he
would bleed to death before the arte
ry could be taken un.. There was
no way to save his life.
Poor Charley ! He was very calm
when they told him, and be requested
that his brother, who was in the
same hospital, might be called up.—
Ile tame and sat down by the bed
siie and for three hours I stood, and
by the pressure of my thumb kept
up the life of Charley, while the
brothers had their last conversation
on earth. It was a strange place for
me to be in, to feel that I held the
life of a fellow mortal in my hands,
as it were, arid stranger yet, to feel
that an act of mine must cause that
life to depart. Loving the poor fel
low as I did, it was a hard thought ;
but there was no alternative.
The last words were spoken.—
Charley had arranged all his busi
ness affairs, and sent tender messa
ges to absent ones, who little dreamed
'lolli , near their loved one stood to
grave. The tears filled my eyes
ore than once as I listened to those
rting words. All were sad and,
turned to me, "Now, ll—,
less you had better take off your
.umb." "0, Charley ! how can I?'
Lid I. "But it must be, you know,"
e replied cheerfully. "I thank you
- ory much for your kin dress, and
ow, good bye."
He turned away his head, I raised
thumb, once more the life cur
nt gushed forth, and in three min
es poor Charley was dead."
P Willed Humanity.
A. correspondent, of the Melbourne
gus writes :
I have lately discovered, in a stony
)ek fifteen miles from Castlemaine,
bodies of three aboriginals,
ite whole, and not wanting in the
attest details, but which arr petri
' into solid marble. When I first
them, I thought they were ite-
ally alive, until on going closer
noticed the eyes. They are in a
`.zing posture. and the veins, mus
s, &c., may be distinctly traced,
'ongb what is now a group of stone
kekB j they aro in a splendid state
preservation ; even the finger
teeth, &c., are as perfect as
ey were 500 years ago. One of
ese has a stone ax by his side with
t any haft."
Shocking Case of Hydrqpho-
bia.
A shocking case of 'lydrophobia
,tarred in Cleveland, Ohio, on the
th inst. A little boy attending a
bile school, who had been bitten
a dog some time before, suddenly
became mad, and bit a little girl in s
the school. He then ran out of the
school frothing at the mouth, and
1
rushed into a house near by, The fam
ily in the house were terribly fright
ened and ran out of the house. The
neighbors surrounded xh e house, and
some of them ventured in and se
cured the unfortunate boy, who was
at once pl ace d under medical treat
ment. lip to last acco4nta he Was
still dive.
I The Cavalry Raid of Col. Grierson in
Mississippi.
Their March and Safe Arrival at Baton
Iktv.
NEW ORLEANS, Saturday evening,
May 19.—Since• theldeparture of the
Columbia we have abundance of
news ; the most exciting however,
is the arrival at Baton Rouge of the
Sixth and Seventh Illinois Cavalry,
nine hundred strong, who have cut
their way through the whole length
of Mississippi. They started from
La Grange, Tennessee, on the morn
ing of the 17th ult., and reached Ba
ton Rouge on the evening of the 2d of
May, performing the whole distance
in sixteen days_ They made a zig
zag course through the State, some
times striking East, sometimes West,
but pushing South the whole time.—
In this way they traveled probably
eight hundred miles, averaging over
forty miles a day.
The force consisted of the Sixth
Illinois Cavalry, Lieut. Col. L)omis :
the seventh Illinois Cavalry, Col.
Ed. Prince • the Second lowa Cav
alry, Cu!. latch ; and six pieces of
artilery, 2 pound calibre; the whole
under command of Col. Grierson, of
the Sixth Illinois Cavalry, and num
bering about seventeen hundred men.
From La Grange they marehed
nearly due South, halting at night
five miles North of Ripley, in Mar
shal cou )ty. Next morning the col
umn moved to Ripley, whence the
Second lowa started for New Albany.
At Clear Springs, in Chickasaw coun
ty, Col. Hatch. with his command,
started southeasterly to West Point,
in Lowndes county, on the Mobile
and Ohio railroad. After that Col.
Grierson heard nothing of the Sec
ond lowa, except occasional rumors
through the rebels.
They then moved on Fontotoe,
where they destroyed some salt, the
camp and garrison equipage of a
cavalry company, and also a gun
smith's shop. A mail from the Post
Office was secured; and also a large
quantity of oats.
On the morning of the 29th about
175 of the men who were the least
effective, with some prisoners under
command of
,Major Love, were sent
back to La Grange. A few mil's
beyond Starkville, a tannery con
taining a number of . army boots,
shoes. saddles, bridles, and a large
quantity of leather, was destroyed.
The value is estimated at $25,000.
A march of twenty-six miles brought
the forces to Louisville, Winston
county. Most of the route lay
through a dense swamp, frequently
to the horses' bellies in water. At
one point it was so deep the horses
swam over, and some got drowned,
with a narrow escape of their riders.
They then pushed on to Philadelphia,
Neshoba county, where there is a
bridge over Pearl river, which the
rebels undertook to destroy, but
they precipiattely fled as our forces
approached.
Later in the day a brigade under
Col. Blackburn and Major Graham,
was sent to strike the railroad at
Decatur, Newton county. liere they
captured a train of thirteen cars
which was just about starting, load
ed with quartermasters' and com
missary stores, including ammunition
and bomb shells in large quantities.
They bad scarcely secured this train
and got it on the side track, when
another train of twenty five cars
loaded with railroad ties, came into
the depot, which was also secured.
Wood was piled up around the en
gines and tenders, set fire to, and ky
that means the boilers burst, and the
torch Ix as applied to the train of cars
containing the ammunition and about
3.000 shells. When these were fired
the main column was four or five
miles off and the noise of their ex
plosion led them to suppose the reb
els had opened on the advance col
umn. Major Starr moved his battal
lion east, uud destroyed three bridges
and a lot of trestle work extending
over two miles, the track torn up,
rails broken and burned, and tele
graph destroyed for five miles
Near Gallatin, 1,400 pounds of pow
der, two wagons, twenty-six yoke
of oxen, and a thirty-two-pound Par
rott gun were captured. The gun
was spiked.
At Union Church, forty-two miles
from Natchez and twenty from Port
Gibson, a skirmish o?,curred with
Adams' Alabama Cavalry, in which
several of the enemy were wounded,
the rest retreating to Port Gibson.
At BrookhaVen Camp of Instruc
tion, four companies, under command
of Major Starr, took two captains,
one lieutenant, one surgeon, and
nineteen private prisoners. They
also captured a lot of Mississippi ri
fles, mules, ox teams, $5,000 worth of
commissary stores, and $'•6,000
vortti of army clothing.
At the crossing of Pearl river, Col,
Prince captured a courier with in
structions to destroy all bridges, &c.,
which fortunate circumstances add
ed somewhat to the safety of the
command.
At Hazeillurat, Col Prince, of the
7th Illinois, captured a train of about
40. cars, several of which were loaded
with shell and ammunition. Allah
er train, which bad just arrived, es
caped by the backing out of the
train by the engineer before he
could be captured.
About four miles east of Gallatin a
battalion was detached to strike the
New Orleans and Jackson Railroad,
at Bahala station, where water tanks.
cars, and other property was de
stroyed. •
At Walls' station, on the Tickfaw,
a regiment of rebel cavalry was dis
covered, who were routed, with sev
eral killed and wounded. Our loss
was one killed and five wounded ;
among them was Lieutenant Colo
nel Blackburn, of the 7th Illinois.
He was shot in the thigh, and slight
ly in the head. He was left. with
several of the wounded, at a house,
with the injunction that, if not kind
ly treated, when our boys returned
they would take their revenge.
At Summit a large amount of Gov
ernment sugar, wood and locomo
tives, &e., were destroyed. The
camp of _Hughes' and Milburn's Par
tisan Rangers, on Big Sandy creek,
was attacked and destroyed, • and a
large number of horses captured ;
from here they moved on the Green
ville Spring road toward Baton
Rouge About nine miles from Ba
ton Rouge the entire command of
Stuart's cavalry, fourteen officers and
eighty men, were captured. The
men made very little resistance, re
treating to the river, where they
were surrounded.
It is almost imposible to give you
anything like a perfect sketch of the
sixteen days' trarch of tliis band of
heroes. How they managed to en
dure and bold out the fatigues of so
lung and perilous a march_ through
the enemy's country—living as they
best could—sleeping but an hour or
two at the time, is one of the most
remarkable events inthe history of
human warfare. In comparison, the
.deeds of Stuart, Jackson, and other
Confederate cavalry, dwindle into
the most contemptible affairs—not
worth speaking of.
At one place a number of old grey
headed men came out to resist the
cavalry with shot-guns, and fired
several shots—not a shot was fired
in return ; they were surrounded,
disarmed, and their weapons de
stroyed. This very much astonished
them ; they had been led to believe
they would be killed, their homes
destroyed, and every imaginable cru
elty perpetrated upon them. But
when they found that the men of the
North were only fighting against ef
ficient rebels, they seemed to wake
up from a delusion, They then wil
lingly gave our men what assistance
they could, and one of them under- .
took to act as a sruide
The amount of damage done to
the rebels it is difficult to estimate
—not a bridge or railroad, not a line
of telegraph anywhere along the
whole route but what was destroyed.
Horses, when necessary, were
pressed to replace the worn out ones.
Only a small stock of provisions was
brought along, so that they had to
live on the enemy, and tolerably
hard fare they had too. Large num
bers of men offered themselves to be
paroled, as a means of avoiding the
•conscription of the rebel officers.
Hun•lreds of negroes joined them
as they came along, bringing, all one,
some two horses or mules. The suc
cess of the expedition could be shown
in no more palpable manner than
the health of the men. When they
reached Baton Rouge, after a 16 days'
ride with only one whole night's rest.
and badly supplied with food, only
twelve men turned over to the sur
geon. Many of the men suffered
from swelling of the legs and erysip
elas, from sitting so long in the sad
dle, but it was only temporary.
They had a very clever way of
cutting the telegraph wires so as to
avoid discovery. Instead of cutting
the wires and let the ends hang loose
ly, they tie up the ends with strips
of leather, so that it would. not he
easily seen. and yet the connection
was severed.
Par into the interior they were
mistaken for rebel cavalry, and com
plimented upon the fineness of their
outfit. On more than one occasion
they profited by this ignorance.
To show you what courage and
daring will accomplish, I may men
tion that they had nothing for their
guide except one of Colton's county
maps and a compass. In order that
your readers may form an idea of
the route of these daring men, I add
a I.st of counties through which
they passed. Starting from La
Grange, they first struck Marshal
county, in Mississippi, passing in
succession through the following
counties : Tippah, Pontotoc, Chicka
saw, Oktibbeha, Winston, Noxahee,
Neshoba, Newton, Jasper,
Copiah, Lawrence, Pike and Amite , St.
• sidi-A Trage:ly has taken place at
5 St. Petersburg which has created a
and Helena and East Baton Rouge, powerful sensation. A. very pretty
in Louisiana. j voting widow of the German Theatre,
At several points the enemy tried who was teased with the addresses
to catch or surround them, but in C o f a Polish Court, of the reasonable
vain. Thirteen hundred cavalry and unromantic age of fifty, told
were sent after them from Mobile, him she was ceterinined to have
a thousand came south of Port ILA- nothing to do with him, but to mar
son, erogsing Pearl river at Columbia, ! ry again; whereupon, as a friend, he
and two thousand came from the vi- begged a last tete-a-tete at dirner, and
cinity of Greenwooc' and Granada, to after the repast drew out a brace bf
cut off their retreat to La Grange.— pistols and shot the poor actress
They all fell to the rear, supposing dead, and then shot himself; but stir.
Col. Grierson would return. vived fora few hog"''
NEW SERIES.--VOL. 5, NO. 1.
[Supposed to have been , droppqd on the street,
by a careless brother of the League.]
LOYAL RESOLUTIVB.
Recommended by "the man with
the big contract," to be adbpted by
all "Loyal Union Leagues," com
posed of the different kinds of Tax.
eaters, viz: the Shoddy Contractors,
the Chamber of Commerce, Ship
, Brokers, the Government Detectives,
the Provost Marshals, the Custom.
House Tide-Waiters, the Stamp Act
Officers, the Internal Revenue
Cal
lectors, &c.
Whereas, This war hasbeen waged
fbr two years without any prospect
of conquering the South; and
Whereas, Armies, numbering in
the aggregate fifteen hundred thou
sand inen, and money to tile -amount
of nearly fifteen urillion3 of dollars
have been freely given to the peo
ple ; and
Whereas, What the people did be
fore they will most probably be fools
enough to db again ; and
Whereas, It is essential to the pol
icy of the Administration that the
Constitution will not be allowed to
hamper its movements, and that the
liberty of the citizens should be held
in abeyance ; and
Whereas, The war is a very prof
itable speculation to us contractors
• and office-holders generally; and
Whereas, The -doctrine of State
Rights is an exploded,humbug, and
Constitutional Rights were tolera
bly good things for the age of the
Revolution, but are particularly in
' appropriate to the present times; and
Whereas, Geo. Washington, Thos.
Jefferson, and James Madison were
all very well for their time; and
Whereas, We find this war pays
splendidly, and is likely to pay as
long as it lasts; and
Whereas, A minority President
should riot regard the will of the ma
jority when it conflicts with Admin
istrative patriotism ; and
Whereas, We have no objection to
pay any amount of taxes so long as
it comes out of the pockets of the la
boring classes; and
Whereas, We are bound to support
the Administration through thick
and thin, against the Constitution,
against State rights, against habeas
corpus, against the liberty of the
I press, against the conservative ma
jority of the people, and against pop
' ular freedom ; therefore
Resolved, That this war shall and
must be continued as long as there is
a dollar to be made by contractors
and railroad corporations, which do
the carrying business of the West,
. formerly done on the Mississippi, and
that all who are opposed to the Eman
cipation programme are traitors, who
should be hung on the first lamp-post.
Resolved, That citizens of these
United States talking such nonsense
as fraternity of feeling with the
South, brotherly love, or Any such
stuff as that, should he judged guilty
of disloyalty and high treason, and
be forthwith sent to Fort Lafayette,
or any of the numerous bastiles
throughout the country.
• Resolvod, That we, the office-hold
ers and contractors of New York,
now assembled, hereby figuratively
and metaphorically pledge our for
tunes, and also pledge so much as
we have left of our influence and
honor, to support the A chninistratiOn
in its expenditure of the people's
money, and its vigorous prosecution
of the war on Northern citizens.
Resolved, That every man in the
army and navy of the United States
must be re-sworn to the support of
the Government if he should grum
ble about not receiving his pay.
Resolved. That as the great Lord
Castlereagh, so well known to Irish
men, thanked heaven that he had a
country to sell, so we also return
thanks that we have a Constitution
to violate.
Resolved, That every eitizen t ewes
allegiance to Abraham Lincoln, Pres
ident of the United States ; and he
who denies hi,s authority to do what
he pleases, should suffer the penalty
due to his crime.
Resolved, That it is the duty of the
President, whenever any State elec
tion occurs, to send home all the Ab
olition soldiers to v.)te, and to refuse
furloughs to all Democratic soldiers.
Resolved, That this meeting, hav
ing a firm reliance on the President
and his Secretary of War, hereby re
solves itself into a Loyal League,
pledged to an indefinite prolongation
of the war, and to the prosecution of -
all who insist that this Union can be
preserved by any other means than
the sword and the unlimited issue of
greenbacks.