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(tea lime or tesecouated a square.) iw • liberal deduction made to yearly advertisers. nita vein, of all ithuis, esesatird ittetie'best and on reasonable terms, at the "Ideisenget" Marburg 'usintss Cutts • . 4111 0 L . L. wyLy. J. ♦. J. BUG AAAAA D. *. P. HDIII9 BITCHANAN & HUSS, Attorney's £ Counsellors at Law, WAYNgSAURG, PA. Inc ill practice in the Courts of Greene and adjoining stonnties.lkettions and Other. legal besidess will m ewls* prompeifisaion e t ,lMllipstin Use, Month side of Main street, in the Old lank Building. Jan. 28. 1863.-13. • lbu . a. •• rair. J. G. MITCH'S. PIMILLAN lc RITIMUL .111W1111Nalre Alla COUNS&LLOILIS AT /JON lititaysteaburig, Pa. Itir'OFFlrit — Main Street, one door enet of th ead Boik Building. atrial Anhwei io Greene, Washington, and Fay ette Count/es, entrusted to thew, will receive proinp iiiifitidern. • , . N. 0 , tauter attention will be given to the col lee4oll Pension/. Bounty Money. itnek Fay, and .Ed ' theclovenunent. atapt. li. i —!IN 4 4hus . . 119.1., irCIRSA.I.I4I. J. J. 11(WiliA.N. SP7I77IIWIC ~1 1 MOILingiff 4XD comitsattoas AT LAW Waynesburg, Pa. pee in "Wright lit•tief" East Door. - as, will receive prompt attention. ..pouri, April 23, 1222,-Iy. WAVLE, CIL A W iyarropp, sad floansollor at Law. °Mee in dm Court House. Will 4104 promptly to ail busimas estimated to hie tare." Waynesburg. Pa.. itotyle. 1863.-Iy. I. •. BLACK - 411114 11, & PAREILAN, . . 11 . 4 = 95 AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW in the Court Roark Waynesburg. "ASO. IT, leal—tv. ; , 'Lift MUM newev, = I lart s is .1' aw, drititralitmo, Peons., 11 iteibloilinnerVair beim -Department at Wash . „ espies of tie sommal ed by Coves*, undull the necessary Forms actions Insets "pralseantion and collection of art BOCANTY. 41.4C1r PAY:, due die disabled wmtbr Vodir widow*, , ir-Ohan obildren, widowed mothem, Mom. slalom aid broth s*. which business, [upon dos notice] will be attend ed to promptly, and accurately, if entrusted to hi. care. Office in timid& 41 *O PP B, 1863 - . - • to:* 4 *. .W. fik• orROY ilk COU,NSEL,LOR AT LAW, CI in Ciumpt . !eil's bow Apposite the Ham il ton Mims, WI eilinig, Peens : Busmen of all gliMPlike'll.72 toad “ and l'hi, %iv pe=yofi :” (Ir ak A or * BOUNTIES, BACK PAY, 'ned and dhableiraoldiera, widows, Orphan suc. teed loseleipa if tweeted to his care .; t - p , eli.ed fp. • ay 13. Mt 111,rtimmUirst or. T. W. Noss, ortv=aaa. sib 119111arsea•Ra. Ry g ia, Greene Co.; Pa. CB AND R ENCE ON MAIN WTREET. sad seedy opposite the Wright bees.. a) eiellows. SWI- A. 1803. Da. A. G. CROSS WOULD very respectfully tender his services as a 111`1111C1Alli . leNfkallIGDON, to the people of .11 4418 1 8808t8 and vicinity lie hope. by a due appro. times ofturritia life witdinialth, and stria attention to 110/ learn" Awn vf, pi patron age ddle . Ve litill 'utyl, January 8, 188. • DRUGS M. 11.- IiARV OntersiaiiiiattieCary, sea in Paints and e snout ealebraW Patent Medicines, and Pure Ltrai ro. noes itisitiedinal purposes. it, witr-ly. . . WM. A. PORTER, stmiiimat sad Beton Desks in Foie* anti Domes , IMGrrieriss. Notions, Stc., Nato street. Y. R. CLARK, Delwin Diy Geode, Groceries, thudware, Queens 's*. eppierie, itaindsoo Slums, opposite Mmes. Maio street. Sept. 11, 1861-1 y„ MINOR. & Co., lumg „.l: goIMO and bomeinic Dry Goods, Gro ononroweboMilaiare, Widows nail Notions, opposits Ma Green How.. Main street. 3s4iiii — XED . =OA DISAVIRS. J. D. CQS(RAY, Bost sad .. eakeF, Kahl Moot, .d ,. d Drover% Batik:" Eiiitry sty're of Boots and Oboe, conorootly ea Mood or made to order. Ift. 1014—Iy. . JOSEPH PATER, cirbeaTier gad comactioiritie.. Ne , *ono ; erlhaniririna. Linsrpool Ware, .116-. Glom ei li Add fer illodidiair ant Looking Masi natio. V 11 . 11 4b pad far good sating Appies. • JOHN MUNNELL, • condreidauties, and Variety 4 8- Noirlinninnon: Wain ninon. lins.. il. —V. imirmelow 11111111111 Mu S. M / NAIL; iftwwrest, modest 10r9. B i w r seii oiiiiool6.6 lisoluid *wi l t is i sprwassitass Jimetry. mil=• • comm. 1 11 Moot *II rommilwal. mow • /*Wig ,m 4144 1 7 .4 Diath. ittatrritart=t. ► , X r - 41. ta. Miii.4o•4 l l- • • -.11P 1,44 . ir• SOMMIIIiIirad.LIANTS II , ns lirisikmoallow. 1,1 EI - 11 I=l & V EEO liottliantoo. The Good and Bad. It is a great mistake to suppose merit has no reward because it may seem to be unre cognised. Even in this world the good, for the most part, &re better than the bad. "I never knew," said Sam- Johnson, "a villain that wasn't an unhappy fellow." And who ever knew a good man who was altogether wretched ? It is true, indeed, that the best are subject to poverty and detraction ; to sickness and bereavement. The noblest of heroes may, for a time, be regarded with in difference or contempt ; but the case is by no means so bad as it seems. There is more jus tice in the world than the grumblers allow.— Hear how Coleridge has summed up the whole matter : "How seldom, friend, a good great man in herits Honor and wealth, with all his worth of spir- its, When any man obtains that which he merits, Or any merits that which he obtains." For shame, my friend ! renounce this idle strain ! What would thou have a good great man ob tain ? Wealth, title, dignity ; a golden chain; Or heaps of corses which his sword has slain ; Goodness and greatness are not means, but ends. Has he not always treasures, always friends— The good great man ? Three treasures—love and light, And calm thoughts, equable as infants breath ; And three• fast friends, more sure than day or night— Himselt; his Maker and the Angel Death.. Dnmkenness in England. By a Parliamentary paper lately issued, it appears that in the year ending Michael- MllB, 1861, there were 54,128 persons, male and female, convicted of drunkenesa in Eng land and Wales ; but in the year ending Michaelmas, 1862, the number convicted reached the high amount of 62,250, whilst not less than 100,000 were proceeded against before justices of the peace for being in a sate of ipebriety. Thus the dishearten ing increase of more than 9,000 intoxicated persons was proved to have, occurred last year ! The proportion of drunkards convict ed to those takes up did not alter, being in each year 66 per cent. of those charged with this offence to our national character. What is, what must be, the result of this unhappy addiction to an excessive we of alchoholic &lids Y England, which is the wealthiest of the three kingdomg, is deepest in pauperism. The police force costs us £1,579,222 per an num, one half of which has been stated to be necessary in consequence of the prevalence Of drunkenness. For every drunken individ ual that falls into the 'hands of the police, 25 others are only just sufficiently sober to escape judicial expoture. Day by day our most experienced magistrates affirm from the bench that were it not for the effects of in toxicating agents, they would be lightened of half their labors.'--[Lancet. Horrible Aeoldent---Explosion of a Shot A falal accident occnred at Gettysburg on Friday, which should prove a warning against the handling of dangerous missiles. A man named Willi ns, of Philadelphia, attempt ed to, remove the contents of a bomb-shell, when it exploded, blowing off both his hands and shattering one arm to the shoulder, A portion of the shell also struck a boy who was standing near, killing him almost kistantly.-- Physicians amputated the shattered arm of Williams, but he died directly afterwards from the effects thereof. Williams had gone to Gettysburg to take home the body of his son, who had been killed in the battle at that place. Through curiosity he also lost his life, and his remains accompanied those of the son to their late home.--111,arrisburg Tel. Irye Greatness. A great man is affable in his conversation, generous in his temper, and immovable in what he has maturely resolved upon. And as prosperity does not makehim haughty and imperious, so neither does adversity sink him into meanness and dejection ; for if ever he show more spirit than ordinary, it is when he is ill-used, and the world is frowning on him.. In short he is equally removed from the esOmmites of servility and pride, mid semis aithre.to trample oa a worm, or cringe to an F4l4Pfkrer• JEREEIT COLLIES. letter from Chatter'Ooga says hundreds of deserters from Bragg's army are coming into our lines. In one night thirty-six, from different parts c the rebel lima, found glair waf throng% to oars. There was oae North Carolina gousnipt la wee them, who said that the late eoasariptioit hi his . State had raked up every aims who *mid oatry a mus ket, ivad that, wahine a sisgkerseptan, they ware fri entia thp Union. He said that Irk*, pteitiyawm of them, Amos sad *, '"Olr" 0 1014 they would desert at the*st 40parsnity. _ Ne ne first ATOW*III. ,ten on Vie' Yimoskiqkio rst„wit-,lify *4 stinetit4,4l6 1611. e mrninii*lr fat tilft alinlirC6F4l4,ll4. • tEk tho r , . r WAYNESBUIW, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1863. Cure for Hydrophobia. Another preventive and cure of hy drophobia is spoken of by ‘Gralignani,'— It consists of a vapor bath, a single one illirninating the virus, although Dr. Boisson, the inventor, uses one on each of seven successive days. The wound is to be pressed while in the bath. Im mediately after the bite is inflicted the wound is to be washed with a piece of linen dipped in liquid ammonia, which is to be kept on for an hour. After ward treat the inflammation by cats plasms of linseed renewed every three hours, and dress the wound with cold cream. If the disease has declared it self, Dr. Boisson keeps the patient in a vapor bath until cured, gradually raising the temperature. Diet, plentifill, and what the patient pleases ; exercise freely, and no talking about the case is to be al lowed in the sick person's presence.— Hydrophobia lasts three days. Thie remedy certainly cures on the first day, is doubtful on the second, and useless on the third. Sad Fate of a Little School Girl. A little girl, four years old, named Louisa Schieder, was at school, in New York, last Friday, when, for failing in her lesson, she was ordered to stay after school. When she heard the mandate, unusual seriousness overspread her fea tures, and, in an agitated manner, she begged of her teacher to let her go home. The teacher, it is said, told her kindly that she might go as soon as she could spell "hedge" correctly. The little thing withdrew to accomplish her task.— Shortly after she had regained her seat she gasped for breath, her head fell back, and after three or four gasps, she died. The deceased was possessed of a suscep tible and affectionate nature. A post mortem examination showed that death was the result of 'Syncope.' Dr. Ram sey, who made the examination, said that syncope might be produced by fear, excessive grief, or the heat of the room. Wealth of the Territories. The report of the Commissioners of the General Land Office will show that the following territories are rich in gold and silver : Idaho, Nevada, Washington, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.— New Mexico and Idaho are especially rich in gold. In the former it is now being dug out with the rudest imple ments, in astonishing quantities. There are also gold deposits in 'Utah, but the Mormons do all in their powers to pre vent the settlement of the country by any other than those of their own faith. The richest mines yet found in Arizona are on the branches of the Rio Grande, which runs in the Gulf of California.— The Territories of Idaho, Colorado and Arizona have large beds of coal. Reports from Surveyor General Clarke, of New Mexico, fiilly establish the truth of rich deposits of gold in Arizona. A white glove often conceals a dirty hand. The remedy for injures is not to re member them. Be a friend to yourself, and others will. Go to the country to hear the news of the town. Be not a baker if your nead is made of butter. Call me cousin, but cozen me not. Faint praise is l'isp:ungettient. Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy. Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light. Youth and white paper soon take an impression. Vows made in storms are forgotten in cairns. The church is out of . temper when charity is cold and zeal hot. The sting of reproach isithe truth of Envy shoots at others, and wounds herself. A goose-quill is far more dangerous than a lion's claw. Identity Ascertained. The identity of the dead soldier who was found on the bloody field of *Gettys burg, with the picture of his three pret ty little children tightly clasped in his hands, has been ascertained within a day or two. The wide publicity given to the touching circumstance through the medium of the press produced the desired result. The name of the man was Hammertoe; and his widow and three children reside at Portville, Cattarangus county, New York. Large numbers of photographic copies of the picture upon which the dying eyes of the warrior father closed, have been sold, and the profits realised from their mile will be awropriated to the benefit of the chil dren. It is hoped that a sufficient sum may be reahaed in this way, and by fu ture sales to , aid materially in the e duce, two of the little ones who were made orphans at tiettysburg. sir Tot one of Washington 'mines letters, written in . 11169.,, he says: tea friend is Preis,.leis Napoleon and VLAPIPAP.:_.I 6 ,4II O 44 I 4I.DE kiligness grAPee ! -- ralae 0 ! halm .1.4141 a 7,04:144g, ciNk i a l i have tifo ofiOi It shwa to Of winch Paris has been the' ,' - felint Tay ahtinse:" Proverbs. The Late Affair at Opelousas. Various and contradictory statements have been received of the surprise and capture of a considerable number of Federal troops in Louisiana, on the 4th inst. A correspondent of the Boston Traveler, writing from General Frank hn's headquarters, gives an intelligible account of the affair, purporting to come from an eye-witness of the events rela ted. The substance of his statement is, that when the Federal troops evacuated Opelousas, General Burbridge, with one brigade, was left ten miles this side, at the little bayou of Grand Courteart.— , Three miles this side of him, across a rolling prairie, on the Carrion Crow Bayou, was General Washburne, with three other brigades of the 13th Corps. The whole of the 19th Corps moved back to Vermillionville. The troops under Gen. Burbridge consisted of the 13th Wisconsin infantry, 60th and 61st .Indiana Infantry, 83d and 69th Ohio In fantry, and the Ist Ohio Battery, of the 13th Corps, and three companies of the Ist Louisiana Cavalry, of the 19th.— About 11 o'clock, a. m., on the 4th in stant, a large force of mounted rebels ap. peared suddenly in front and on the left of the encampment, rushing forward with such impetuosity that they were in the midst of General Burbridge's camp before he had hardly time to form his command in line of battle. lle formed, however, such of his troops as he could collect in rear of his camp, which was occupied by the enemy, dispatching at the same time a courier to Gen. Wash burne for aid. The troops held their ground against the superior force of the rebels, until General Washburne's ad vance came in view, when the enemy retreated, carrying of what they could, and leaving ninety-three of their dead and some sixty wounded in our hands, together with about 100 prisoners taken, who were too busily engaged in plun dering the camp to get away with the rest. Our loss was as follows : One 10- pounder Parrot and caisson, 500 prison ers, about one hundred wounded and 30 killed. Total killed, wounded and miss ing, 638. The 67th Indiana and 96th Ohio losing most heavily of prisoner s : the 23d Wisconsin next, among whom was Colonel Guppy, first losing his horse, then being wounded and captured. Two pieces of Capt. Nim's flying artillery ar rived in time to give the retreating reb els a few effective shots. The enemy was 5,000 strong, and nearly all mount ed. It was a shameful affair on our part and the whole brigade might easily have been captured, if the rebel troops could have been induced for a time to forego the plunder of the camp. The next Draft. The Boards of Enrollment of the several districts have prepared lists of all those per sons who were enrolled previous to the last draft, lad are having the same printed, for the purpose of having them posted up for pub lic inspection. In some of the sub-districts the lists have already been posted, and are being closely examined. The lists embrace the names of all those enrolled, and give the disposition made of those who were drafted in July last. The names of those not previ ously drafted, and belonging to the first class, will of course go into the wheel fir the next drawing. Any person enrolled may appear before the Board, prior to the 20th of December, and claim to have his name stricken off, if he can show that he is not liable to military duty on account of alienage, non-residence, unsuita bleness of age, or manifest permanent physi cal disability. Any person who may be cognizant of any one liable to military duty. whose name does not appear on the list, can report the fact to the Board of Enrollment, when the matter will be investigated and the name added to the list, if the party be found subject to en rollment. A Prisoner Starved to Death. The Buckeye State, published at New Lisbon, Columbiana county, Ohio, says : "C. McClure, son of Seth McClure, formerly of Elkrun township, in this county, was taken prisoner by the rebels in one of the desperate charges on Fort Wagner, at the siege of Charleston. He belonged to an Indiana regiment; and had been in four desperate engage ments, and was regarded by his com rades as one of "the bravest of the brave." After his capture he was taken sick and placed in the rebel hospital in South Carolina, where he literally starv ed to death for the want of proper food, and the cares and attention necessary to Ms helpless condition. What n corn znentall-upon the humanity of the peo ple of that State. arGeneration after generation have felt as we do now, and their lives were as active a 3 our own. The heavens will he as bright over our graves as they are about our paths. Yet a little while and all this will have happened. The throb bing heart, will be stilled, and we, shall be at rest. Our funeral will,wend its way, and the prayers will be said; we shall be left in the darkness and silence of the 'Mid It may be but a slot time we shall be spoken of, but the :a of life, . on, anN t ril continue to drawl on, -iina daughter and mew will he board tke nom where wwad tlee rye* that Humaked fox ut44 ,4941 **Awl witicioati 4*d eq. airakilihen,3ll4 . Taal this*. 4 ipid..varrenienii* to lop our pained A Snake in a Man's Stomach. A physician at Orenkoldsvkke, in his official report to the Royal Swedish San itary College, narrates the following : A peasant from Trehorningssjo Ra pell, visited me at the beginning of this year to consult me regarding au unwel come guest that had got into his stom ach, namely, a snake. During a journey he had slept one night in a wicker bas ket that stood upon the floor, and all at once he awoke Ebeling something which resembled a cold, live body sliding down his throat. He remembered that he had seen some large, half-decayed logs brought in for the fire-place, and at (nom bethought that very likely a snake might Have been Concealed in one of these logs, and during the night had come out to seek a wanner dwelling by sliding down the sleepers open mouth into his stom ach. This idea became quite rooted with him. When he got home he took epsom salts and aloes in numerous doses, but the •saake which at once notified itifres enee by sucking just below the Abdo men was not brought to light. After this the poor sufferer drank at once half a gallon of another mixture, but with no avail. Had he more, he said, he should have drunk more. Now he drank a quartern of nitric acid mixed with three pints of water, but equally unavailing . ; the snake only grew still more restive. Next, a sort of soup was made of thin, sour ale, and the juice from tobacco pipes which had not been cleansed for more than a year. Cold sweating, retching, and at last vomiting followed, but the man only got worse. He now tried, assisted by two friends, to kill the snake by squeezing it to death; and he and his friends continued during nine hours to knead away, and the snake really became more quiet for twenty-four hours, but that was all. After having drunk several quarterns of turpentine to no use, an attempt was made at angling for it. A sort of fish-hook was made of iron wire, and a lump of dough, com posed of flour, the white of eggs, treacle and butter was on as bait. The hook fixed to a string was swallowed. and af ter about half an hour, a "bite" was felt, and the string was therefore • hauled in, and the patient could distinctly feel how the snake hung to the hook; but unfor tunately, just as it came to the gorge, it let go its hold and down it sank again into the stomach. The nezt attempt was still more un fortunate, as the hook got fixed in the throat and it took long to get it loose again. It would have been • thought that this would have induced the patient to give up any further attempt at ang ling ; but no, a third attempt was made, and an extra tackle fixed at the hollow part of the hook, to be able to get loose if it should fix again. This time the snake would not bite at all ; the hook was drawn up bare, and all further attempts at angling relinquished. Quite in des pair the_pesent now Qonsulted me, (the physician spoke of as above) and I tried to reason with him, it was of no use, he clung to the idea. I have since learned that he consulted both physician and others, and he was at last obliged to re turn home unalleviated. When he got home, he became addicted to drink, which, after some time has actually.eured him. Sad Comment on Fast Living An old man, who has been living in the most abject poverty for several years, vibrating between "Worcester county and Berkshire, Massachusetts and Con necticut, as he was shifted by selectmen who wished to clear him from their pre cincts, has at last found a refuge, but perhaps only a temporary one, in the late almshouse at Munson. Forty years ago this same man did a heavy grain and shipping business in New York, and was among the most influential and respected of the merchant's of the me tropolis. About the time of the com pletion of the Erie canal, he with others, conceived a grand scheme of doing an immense -foreign trade, and went to Eu rope, taking most of his wealth with him. Family aftitirs did not run smooth, and he gave up his grand project, went to London, led a gay life, was feasted by lords, became very intimate with the household of a noble earl, and was pre sented at court by the American minis ter. Afterwards he crossed to Paris, where some imbroglio obliged him to accept the challenge of a fighting marquis, who sent a ball through his right arm ; but our pauper being a poor shot, se verely wounded his own second instead of the marquis, and was obliged to leave the city. Then he went to Munich, and made love to a niece of one of the royal families, was accepted, got drunk at a palatial ball over his conquest, made a bad thing of it, and ,left Munich with despatch. He continued in his excess es, gambled away all his property, *as a vagabond in England a few years, then in New Yolk and then throng eut western usetts. His life is kodder * comment on. fast living than was ever .written.—. Baton 2raveler. earatrs. Dow, widow of the famous Lorenzo, died a few days age at Mont ville, lama., leaving this singular .will foliihagivisi the whale of bar emote (fi6,- 000) to the town of Montville, for the purpose- of building- four stone arch b‘likpas in fipeciifits Viie.44Wq• pakijommetiotogihas TAW titligoO , *Wt., And the eincintiog to kw Oeintat.7 l Pv.. . Flowers and Children. vep , up. ftrvel is, his test .:' .:Antitled' "My Pin of Fidgewood," — ' 'the fol lowing tribike to a littledaughter he lately lost : Flowers and children are of near kin, and too much of restraint. or the much of forcin,, or too mach of dis play, ruins their ehiefest charms. I love to associate them together ; and to It% them to a love of the towers. Some day they tell me that a violet or a tuft of Wiles is dead ; but on a spring morning they eatriera(flatlt with the.l3lo*.-`: ! that the v e ry same violet, iii..blOoming sweet er than ever, upon some far away cleft of the - hill:side. So you, my ctiild, if the great Master lifts you froin »c+,• mall bloom—as God is good—on some rich er, sunnier ground! We talk thus ; but if the change really come, .it is more grevious than the blight of a thousand flowers. She who loved their search among the thickets—will never search them aciain. She, whose glad eyes would haveopened in pleasant bewilder ment upon some bold change of shrub bery or of paths, will never open them again. She—whose feet would have danced along the new wood-path, car rying joy and merrimept into its shady depths—will never set , foot* upon these paths again. What matter how the brambles grow ? her. dress will not. be torn; what matter the broken paling by the water ?—she will never topple over from the bank.— The hatchet may be hung from the lower nail now—the little hand that might have stolen possession of it is stiff—is fist ! God has it. And when spring awakens all its echoes —of the wren's song—of the blue bird's warble—of the plaintive cry of mistress eueko (she daintily called her "mistress cuckoo") from the edge of the wood— what eager, earnest, delighted listeners have we—lifting the blue eyes, shaking the black curls--dancing to the melody? And when the violets repeat the sweet lesson they learned last year of the sun and of the warmth, and bring their fra grant blue petals forth—who will give the rejoicing welcome, and be the swift and light-footed herald of the flowers ? Who shall gather them with the light fingers she put to the task—who ? And the sweetest flowers wither, and the sweetest flowers wait—for the dainty fingers that shall pick them--never again!" Attempt to Murder a Methodist Min- 11:011 We learn from the Mercer Dispatch that on Tuesday night, the 3rd inst., in New Wilmington, a murderous attempt was made to assassinate the Rev. J. B. Orwig, pastor of the M. E. Church of that place. He was returning from the post office at about eight o'clock in the evening, when some cowardly ruffian attacked him, first knocking. him down by striking him on the back of the head, and while he was yet senseless from the effects of the blow, attempting to take his life by cutting the jugular vein. The instrument enjered just back of the vein, cutting backwards, and inflicting a seri ous if not fatal wound. He had received previously three different anonymous notes threatening his life, from what source is not known.--Ltrarrisburg Tele graph. A Sad Sight. A lady came up on the train of the Platte County Railroad, the other night, who presented one of the most pitiful sights imaginable. She was on her way to Chicago from Atchison, from which place she had started with the remains of a loved child some four. years old, carry ing in her arms one still younger. She took passage in the cars, and almost im mediately after doing so, the child in her arms expired: Grief-stricken and heart broken, she continued on her way, with one childish form dressed in its burial robes and confined in its little coffin, and with her darling baby clasped close to her bosom. She was truly an object of pity.—. 9. Joseph (Mo.) Tribune, Noe. 2. A Beauty. 141aximilian's Duchess is said to be of surpassing beauty. A correspondent of the London Times, describing an audi ence, says the members of the deputa tion were struck with amazement when they heard her, beaming with beauty and freshness, keep up the conversation in the purest Castilian. The enthusiasm of these gentlemen reached the highest pitch, fr, on leaving the presence, one of them declared that "the very sight of this incomparable Princess would be worth to her august husband an army of forty thousand men ; and that there was not a single partisan of Juarez, who, at the aspect of the Archduchess Charlotte would not become an enthusiastic Imper ialite." Attacked by Rats. Three rats made an attack on an Eng ' h lad, about 15 years of age, who was g in an old barn eating bread and bee* The first onslaught was made by a huge rat, that ran up his back, and at tempted to seize the food which he was puttieg in his mouth. He seized it by the throat, but beibre he had strangled it two ethers eommeneed a determined attack upon him. They bit his face in two places, and attempted to-bite timugh the (.*t! luag which protect# kie der. Aow happened to v he ing while contest was going on, and _it- was with great 41419444.,t4thigatts were made to NEW SERIES.---VOL. 5, No. 27, Richard Bustead, Esq., of New Teak who has been ,appointeda judge:4-111e Supreme Court of Alabama, has snare course of a compirativelyabort life pc/R. formed the duties of a joanneyimau fifes ter, lawyer, corporation counsel, -.bags dier general, and now is about to evanaii:o the "ermine." Wintering gimp . In reply to some inquiries in .regal 4 to his method of feeding sheep in Win ter. John Johnson writes as follows: The best time to yard sheep for thf toning, or even store sheep, is mil& they do not improve on the pastures:L.l-- There should be no loft of . condition.:in the Autumn or early Winter, tibivgt any other time. You want dry yards well iitlerecl, tfo that they can alwitys have a choitti.btid, with sheds to go in when they 01114110* but unless quite sternly they akvays'plte fer the yard for their beds... I have fed as *any as GOO in dtte yard, but that is too many, sia titer** apt to hurt each other in going- be -121eir grain. From 160 to 200 in alae , t ysitl does very well. I salt once a week when feeding groin, about two quarts to the 10Chtireep. When fed oil-meal without any= gidilt they tare little for salt and./ feed -dem none. It is the same with &Ade.. - hist the salt in - the troughs when there lei no grain in them. - For the first two months I. getter/45r feed straw only: for fodder, and: I , :iiteite sold many lht 141 - ieep that gotracskingibiit straw for fodder. But much Aspen& ripen the condition of the straw. If tile wheat is cut in a raw statithat is not quite ripe—and gets no rain, it :makes better sheep-fodder than ripe th,otikly hay. . . 4 I fodder the sheep three times- Ili - ft in the common board racks. r heat& grain twice a. day—one bushet , to- tM 100 sheep in the morning, and tlyftiller bushel about 4 p. in. When I keep my sheep untilth dle of March, _they have generally; ;Id creased from 20 to 22 pounds. on the average; but much depends on bow much and how long I have fed diver hay, and whether I have reduced the corn or oil-meal on commencing that'll's. Very fat sheep can be made wait ef cut clover hay and one bushel ortaersr, buckwheat, or oil-cake meal to top : 100 sheep per day, if you can ecennanhA with the clover hay when pastures fait and continue it until March, bat they eat an immense bulk of good clover hey. It is difficult to buy sheep (goeduttes) for feeding purposes at present ft r les than four and a half cents per pound; live weight—a high figure to start with —and corn very high, oil-cake still higher, and I fear buckwheat wont be low. There is nothing better to fatten sheep than buckwheat. One or one and-a-half pounds to each sheep per day makes fine sheep. I have been writing about fine-woot• ed sheep—Merinos. I have had great er increase in weight with grade Lelees ters, with the same amount of grain or oil-cake Genessee Pirmes. The Witoheraft of Good Farming. Among the old Romans there waa , certain freedman whose crops so far sur T passed those of his neighbors that they accused him of witchcraft and brought him to trial fir it. When he appeared in the forum, he produced a stout daughter and some excellent implements; —as iron spades and shears,--and pre senting these together with is oxen to the Senate, said : "These, Romans, aru my charms." Thanks to the light of a Christian civ ilization, we have advanced beyond the superstition which would hang a man for raising better crops than his neigh,. bors. We go at once to the reason of thing. How did he do it ? What' in= 7 struments did he use ? What mean did he employ ? and may I not use the same means and secure as good reiMta. —Rev. Dr. fisher's Address. Apple Growing in the State of. NW The apple crop in market from Mon roe county, New York, this year, - is about 400,000 barrels, of which 133,006 barrels were shipped for market Ramis Rochester, 66,000 barrels from Uhan• lotte, and 200,000 barrels froth -oitihos points in the county. Orleaus - countyhas shipped 288,000 barrels. The prices range frotn $1.70 to 4114,87, wham* oag r elusive of the cost of barrels., .4* a million of dollars haS been . ttafrilifted this 'MI among the fariners of Citltpag county for apples alone. The Future of Horses-- The draft upon the servicf4Ae tatseq of the country has been so greaf, VW the horse interest, is bound to go 14 1 ; and among the best investnients of live stock now to be made will be the put chalie of likely colts for itising. ~..C.) Ilit, Unity : the next to tins,! the DVeciF, l g °T. good horse stock for the' illtui:c 4:tIEPI Now that the' practice of - 40v.- = ==. • fw.t • has elenred.-the..enuutry- w . samals r .let. ttra OVN T a ~': for ' lid in 914. style 4f . , tree) d wa 1 / 4 egatC4e4l4&_ alutivmn.o l ,#.:COLPFLoo,v - 7, / , -: "„,, ignut, An Eventful Carim. *fit itrittr Ml= York.
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