sty xcrtil 2 11 E LL' Al( t /V ) 4 ) .4, k \,k ) icattitiß ESTABLISHED IN 1813. THE WAYNEgBURG MESSENGER PUBLISHED BY a W. JONES AND JAS. S. JENNINGS. Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa. t'OFFICE NEARLY OPPOSITE ar r. PUBLIC SQUARE../11 u::1 at at t SUBACRIPTION.—S2.OO in advance ; n. 25 at the ex piration of six months; 62..50 after the expiration of the year. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at F 1.25 per square for three insertions, and 'f eta. a square Mr each addition al insertion; lien lines or less Ctill tiled a square.) ir7A liberal deduction made to yearly advertisers. 11,1 — Jon PRISTINU, of all kinds, executed is the best style, and on reasonable terms, at the "Messenger" Jab Office. CCOaptsburg `tiusintss C7arbs. ATTORNEYS I=9 WYLY & BUCHANAN, Attorneys dz. Counsellors at Law, WAYNESBURG, PA. ti itl p rac ti ce iu [l,e Coins of Greene and adjoining Collections and other legal Lusincss will re ee,vt poniipt attention. Office in the old Bank Jan. 28. 1563.—13, _ I=l PITRIVIAN & RITCH/E. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Waynesburg, Pa. jiff' OFFICE—Main Street, one door east of the 91d Bulk Building. "Fr A. _nisiness in Greene, Washingion, and Fay rue Counties, entrusted to them, will receive promp attention. • N. B —Particular attention will he gfien to the col lection of Pein•ionA. Bounty Money. Back Pay, and other claims againsttheGovezninent. Sept. It, Piti/—lv. R. A. MTONNELL. J. J. HUFFMAN. IiIit'CONNELL nurrmAN, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS .AT - - Waynesburg, I'a. Office in the "Wright II: ~.ee," East Door. Collections, at.e., will receive prompt attention Warnesburg, April 23, 1614-Iy. DAVID CRA WFORD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in the Court House. Will attend promptly to all business entrusted to his care. Waynesburg. Pa.,.fuly 30, 1663.—1 y. I= BLACK & PHELAN, atrronNEys AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Wrier in the Court House, Waynerburg. beixt. 11,1861-Iv. SOLDIERS' WAR CLAIMS ! D• R. P. HUSS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WAYNESBLRG, PENN•., Ari received from the War Department at Wash ibgton city, I). C., official copies of the several laws passeelsy Congress, and all the necessary Forms nd Instructions for the prosecution and collection of PE./1"8/OXS, 130UNPY, BACK PAY, due dis charged and disabled soldiers, their widows, orphan e.hildren, widowed mothers, fathers, sisters and broth ets; which business, [upon due notice] will be Eaten:: edto promptly and accnratelyil entrusted to 'rig care. Office, NO. 2. Campbells Itow.—April 8, 1863. Cs. W. G. WADDELL, ATTORNEY 8, COUNSELLOR AT LAW, OFFICE in the REGISTER'S OFFICE, Court House, WayneshdlOg, Penna. .flusitiess of all k :ode solicited. Has received official copies of all the taws passed by Congress, and other necessary insane for the collection or • P ENSIONS, T2O UNTIES, BACK PAY, Poe discharged and disabled soldiers, widows, Orphan ;Wpm &c., which business if inti mired to his care w ill 1 e promptly attended o. May 13, 'IA PHYSICIANS Or. T. W. Ross, Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pa. IFFICE AND RESIDENCE ON MAIN STREET, k . ,/ east, and nearly opposite the Wright house. Way uesliu - g, Sept. 23, ISO. DR. A. G. CROSS WOULD very respectfully tender his services as a PIIYSICIAN AND SURGEON, to the people of Viayneolturg and vicinity. lie hopes by a due appre ciation of human Life and health, and stri c t attention to _business, to merit a share of politic patronage. Waynesburg. January 8, 1&62. MERCHANTS NV.M. A. PORTER, Whetesale and Retail Dealer in Foicign and Dnines r Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions, &c., Main street. *apt. 11. Mil —lv. MINOR & CO., flealets in Foreign and Domestic Dry (Incdc. Ctro epriee, Qneensware. Hardware and Notions, opposite the Green Housc, Alai Strk,:t.. Pap!. li, /80---Iy. - . TOOT 11:DID SHOE DEALERS J. 1). COSGRAY, Root and Shoe maker. Main strcet, nearly opposite tilt,. "'Farmer's and Druver's Hank.'' hurry style of Loma ani Shoes constantly on hand or made to order. 1861-13% GROCERIES & VARIZTIES JOHN MUNNELL, Deale; in Groceries au.; C.01fe , t.0ti:.;10.., a.,,i t".il y cods w llaildir. g, str,et. , lept. l6Cl—ly'• 117ATCUES AND ,77TWELRY S. M. .B.A IL V, .„ ri,, , ft();;oe kr.ope . 1;s1;,(1 and elegant z•;.;sortaienE of dt!ev ,Iways on 11 , 11 , v,t,ives anti 2 . !r7-114paiiiltg a 110.7 Jen (Ir , nil , r: rivt• Ott, i./. 166 i— ly 1100IES, &c. LEW IS DAY. Itualcr 4 . 21,a, , 1 and P:1111.1',i 1a:!1 Slrort. SADDLES .EIND B..etrizsiTzss. SAMUEL 1 1 1'.ALLISTER, r.• ea.ll. M;1111 r.CI-3t. 11. 19,r1 SANIZ FAMERS' & DROVERS' BANK, Waynesburg, Pa. !MACK, Pres'L .1. LAZE 4.n. DilrocNt WEDNESDAY , gent It. - Leval Notice. lENTERS testamentary upon the-estate of BOOZ j ROYDSTON, Esq., hits of Perry tp.. Greene co., dec'ci, having been grunted by the Register of said county to the undersigned, all persons .knowing t b el piedelis indebted to said estate are hereby notified :!7 pay the same, and those having claims against said ItSilliy arc rtildested in p , escrit them duty authentira ted fur hi %lir B nirroN. ketrix. . Aptitg. "'v el ISKIIRUTON OY "1:4FOTOOTON, Ref, amilp Aoittnat--- ( 96,oteb t :11 olitio, Agriculture, Yiteraturt, llama Thrilling Incident of the War. We find in the Courici. ties Etats. the following touching narrative of an incident in the siege of Charleston, taken from the Mercury of that city: The Yankees from time to time throw a shell into the city, and nobody seems to mind it. But misfortune willed that yesterday a shell should throw the entire community into mourning! Miss Anna Pickens, the daughter of our former Governor, never consented to leave the city. Despite tile repre sentations of General Beauregard, she remained, braving shells and Greek fire, tending the wounded and cheering al with her presence. Among the woun ded officers under her administering care, was Mr. Andrew Rochelle, a de scendant of one of the noblest Huguenot families in this city. This young man was full of the livlicst gratitude to his fair nurse: gratitude gave birth to a more tender sentiment; his suit was listemd to; Governor Pickens gave his consent, and the marriage was fixed for Saturday, the 2;_;d, Lieut. de Rochelle nas on duty at Fort Sumter in the morning, and it was determined that the ceremony should take place at the residence of Gen. Bun ham, in the evening at 7 o'clock. At the moment when the Episcopal clergy man was asking the bride if she was ready, a shell fell upon the roof of the building, penetrated to the room where time company wero assembled, burst and wounded nine persons, and among 'the rest, Miss Anna Pickens. We cannot describe the scene that t)llo wed. Order was at last re-established, and the AV oun ded were removed, all except the bride, who lay motionless upon the carpet.— Her betrothed, kneeling and bending over her, was weeping bitterly and try ing to staunch the blood that welled from a terrible wound under her left breast. A surgeon came, and declared that Miss Pickens had not longer than two hours to live. Who shall paint the general despair?. When the wounded girl recovered her consciousness, she asked to know her fate, and when they hesitated to tell her—Andrew," she said, "I beg you tell me the truth. If I must die, I can die worthy of you." The young sol dier's tears were his answer, and Miss Anna, summoning all her strength, at tempted to smile. Nothing could be more heart-rending than to see the agony of this brave girl, struggling in the em brace of death and against a terrible moral pang. Governor Pickens, whose courage is known, .was almost withott consciousness, and Mrs. Pickens lo:.' E=l J G. ItITCII/6 I= upon her child with the dry and haggL eye of one whose reason totters. - Lieut. de Rochelle was the first speak. "Anna," he cried, I will di soon, too. but I would have you die ►r wife. There is vet time to unite us. The young girl did not reply, she w: too weak. A slight flush rose for an in stant to her pale cheek: it could be see: that joy and pain were struggling in h( spirit tbr the mastery. Lying upon a sofa, her bridal dress all stained with blood, her hair disheveled, she bad•nev been mole beautithl. Helpless as sh was, Lieut. de Rochelle took her ham and requested the Rev. Mr. Dickinsol to proceed with the ceremony. Wh( it was time for the dying girl to say ye: her lips parted several times, but sb could not articulate. At last the wot was spoken, and a slight foam rest upon her lips. The dying agony near. The minister sobbed as hp pr : ceeded with the ceremony. An hor afterward all was over, and the brill: chamber was the chamber of death.— Our entire community share the gri, that afillets the family of Governor Pict ens. The obsequies of Miss Anna will occur to-morrow morning, at 11 o'clock, Governor Pickers and Lieut. de Roch elle will be chief mourners. Our ex- Governor desires that there shall be a military parade. The funeral cortege will he composed of all our ladies, all our magistrates, all our generals and the wounded soldiers, many of whom owe their lives to the devotion of the deceas ed. Yever has woman been followed to prase by so na,,ty regrets—never has one left sadder reinembrance in the hea:ts of Charlestonians. The following, which we copy from the Uturist, will posess an intoresi, to agricult urist:, and gardeners who pcq.use our paper : `'!'hem. if a diversity of opinion in reg, to the culture of tomatoes. Some prefer to al.h)r the vines to cover the ground at w:11; others .preter trcllisscs or frames. The Fyclieh method is as follows:. As soon as a cluster of tlOw errs is they top the down to the cluster, so that the bc,wc.;!',l terminate StQlfl. The effect 1.3, that the sap is immediately impelled into iha two b.1.7s n.. , xt below the cluirter, of tiowcrs each. When these are visi'ole, the branch to which they belong, is also topped down to their level, and this is done five times successively. By this moans the plants become stout, dwarf bushes, not above eighteen inches high' In addition `o this, all the latterals that have no flowers, and, after the fifth topping, all the latterals whatsoever are nip ped off. In this way the ripe sap is directed into the fruit, which acquires a beauty, size antaxeelleace unattainable by any ether . iteans." • );ooh?, Sial7,oll - door t 01 1/.o'l 1V• Culture of Tomatoes WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MA 25, 1864. The Louisainna Battles--Awful Scenes. A New York correspondent, who was at the battle of Pleasant Hill, thus de scribes some of the awful scenes which met the eye of the spectator, the day af ter the battle: On Sunday morning_ at daybreak, I took occasion to visit the scene of Satur day's bloody conflict, and a mole ghast ly spectacle I have not witnessed. Over the field and upon the Shreveport road were scattered dead horses, broken mus kets, and cartridge boxes stained with blood, while all around, as far as the eye can reach, were mingled the inanimate forms of patriot and traitor side by side. Here were a great many rebels badly wounded, unahl- to move, dying for want of water, and not a drop within two miles, and no one to get it fir them. Their groans and piteous 'appeals for "water, water,'' were heartrending, and sent a shudder to the most stony heart. Such horrid expressions as dwelt upon each deathlike countenance can neither b e d esc ribed nor imagined. licre was a brave sergeant, his trusty rifle grasped iii his hand, while each eyeball glared fa an its glazed socket with tierce excite ment. The dead were everywhere, anal in every possible position, which could render the scene the more appahin,. . I saw one sweet thee, that of a young patriot, and ui on his boy features there lingered a heavenly smile, speaking of calmness and resignation. The youth was probably not more than nineteen, with a full blue eye beaming even in death with meekness. The morning wind lifted his auburn locks from off his marble thee, exposing to view a noble forehead, which was bathed with the heavy dew of Saturday night. I. dis mounted for a moment, hoping to be a ble to find some trace of the hero's name, but the chivalry had stripped his body of every article of value. The fa tal ball had pierce() his heart. Not twenty feet from this dreary pic ture lay prostrate the body of an old man, appearently fOrty-five years of age. His cap lay b y the side of his li-ad in a pool of blood, while his long, flowing grey beard was dyed with his blood. A shell had fearfully lacerated his right leg, while his belt was pierced in two places, both balls entering the abdominal re gion. In front of the long belt of woods which skirted the open field, and from which the rebels emerged so boldly, was a deep ditch, and at this point the slaughter among the rebels was terrific. In many places the enemy's dead were piled up in groups, intermixed with our dead. I saw two or three of our men, whose bodies had been brutally violated by the exasperated foe, too horrible for Movement. The Ladies' of the East aro issuing calls for a public meeting, to suggest to the con sideration of Xmerican women the' prolu•ie ty of abstaining from the extravagant pm-- chase of import :Al luxurks, such as silks, sat velvets, feathers, mirrors, and articl es (4,i' vertu, until tha present unhappy crisis snail have passed. It is not proposed t o recommend tha abandonment of articles necessary even for comfort, but simply that the above named luxuries; whose -imports create the necessity of sending enormous amounts of gold out of the country, should, ti.r the present, cease to L matters of daily use and purchase, and thus the gold be de tained at home to strengthen our own gov ernment. ow-Kansas has been terribly soonrged this Spring with prairie fires. She richly disowns some kind of a scourging for her purification. - - Gen. Banks Reported Retreating-- The Fight at Cane River. A dispatch from New York - of the 13th, says : A New Orleans letter of the 7th in the Express, gives a report that Gen. Banks is retreating by land route to Brashear City, it being impos sible to do so by the Red river, as the steamer City Belle, on her trip up the other day with a regiment of troops to reinforce him, was captured with all on board, and other boats had been cap tured and burned. The steamer Creole IEI3 arrived front New Orleans on the sth, via II:IN - atm. The report of a fight at Cane river, April 23. is confirmed by a correspordent in New Orleans.— Tne rebel position was taken by as sault by Gen. Ifirge, at the point or the bayonet, and 801 or 1,000 of the rebels captured. Among the first killed was Cu]. Fes senden, leading, his brigade. The reh els; were pursued. and again routed.— Their loss was heavy: ours was 675 kill e d and wounded. Gen. Franklin. who was wounded in tie leg at the bat tie at. Mansfield, had arri ved at New Orle:ms Warren had ar lived from Texas. Gen. Hunter had also arrived. The st,:ainer Entina, be fore reported captured an 1 burned iu Bed river, haa a .. , ,11:trtl colored troops, wi t h white officers on hoard, and a crew of t 36 men. Nothing was heard of them. Four or five dead bodies were seen floating down the river. Gen. McClernand arrived at Alexan dria on the 2i ult. The army occupies a strong position, and is able to resist live times their number. All the trans ports are below the fills at Alexandria: The East port was blown up on the 27th ult. The enemy made his ad vance on the 28th, on the Shreveport road, and drove in the advanced caval ry. Gen. McClernand met them with his command, when they withdrew with out a fight. The armies are, however, in close proximity, and the pickets are firing continually. A battle was hour ly expected, and our men are anxious for the conflict. Gen. Banks was hit with a piece of shell in the battle of Monnett's mutr, on the 23d. He is improving. Gen. Ma gruder is said to be on his way front Texas to Western Louisiana to join Kirby Smith's army. The steamer George 'Washington ; from New Ur leaus the 7th inst., arrived here this af ternoon. New Orleans papers of the 6th and 7th contain nothing front Rea river. The State Convention was in SC , •S1011 ter gives a few symptoms of the great destructive power which has so fearfully manifested itself at diiThrent periods dur ing the last eighteen hundred years,,— The uninformed stranger seeing it from below, would scarcely believe it to be a volcano at all, fur the white fleecy clouds which occasionally rest for a moment on its brow might readily be taken for what they seem 'rather than for the sulphurous smoke that without cessation rolls upward from the fiery furnace below. And so constantly do the subterranean fires con tinue, that a few days ago a large portion of the mouth of the crater fell into the yawning depths, while from the fields of lava still arise small volumes of vapor, that, issuing from the crevices, betoken the fierce, undying tames beneath; atones placed yaw* in a few nreign, Pontotit anb Ottterat *c. moments became too hot to touch. Yet people continue to live dire( tly der this burning mountain, aml over the . desolate Ileitis Of lava spreml a few grains r.-_-- of earth, from which springs up a sickly i Contempt of the Constitution. and stunted vegetation, seemingly nu- We desire no better evidence' blind mindful of the fate of Pompei, or the nes•4 and baseness—the utter moral and po late eruption of 13(1, when tin: iohabi i litical depravity of the party in power, than tants of Torre dell Greco, a sm a ll t own the contempt ot the Constitution which it near by, fled to Naples in affright, and , the flames burned so brightly as to Mu- i seizes upon every occasion to e x hibit. lle urinate the air tbr many miles around. i spect for and veneration of the great funda ,ll mental law from which our united republic sprung, and which must again, tf anything can, reunite the now dissevered, discord ant Doing Work Thoroughly. ' and belligerant States, was once the touch- The Massachusetts Plowman, in an fir- ' stone of true patriotism. Since the accession title on 'Thorough Work " , iyes the Zn . 5 , to pow( rot Abolitionism it le - is not only following to illustrate its point: ceased to be so, but on the contriry has be- We remember the case of a man who curl , index of disloyalty and treason.— realized from the product of o n ly tour . i e . an - ' Nothing short of utter corruptness of heart, hills of melons, over seventy dollars in . a single season. This si, , enis a large , or fatuity of intellect, could imail the people, or any considerii.ble portion of thorn hit() a story, but it is nevertheless true. Per_ ' haps the reader of the Pl owman wou ld position so false and dangerous. like to know how it was done: and as Without a profound regard for and strict there is no patent on the process, we will observaiwe of the whole Constitution, what enlighten lino. are we an d "h ere are we ? A people in a The soil of the g a rden was \vorked ' stone 4IC a il: tryq 1 v regard without rea-d Mr the „„ deep. and kept rich by l i beral an nua l ap- rights of (41ters. and with no - , 71't , r11Z11*(1 . 5 fur plientiOnS of manure. As sift as the , err own.drifting to inevitable.('les°truction— frost was out of the eTound in the ti ,tin , u • :_s I - . ‘ 77 , (liir,glll4 the grave of liberty, -and wadini, he dig four holes b..ir his melons, by tifii‘iu , ;ii iiicodand co fl • ''o ' n • d d il ' throwing out all the soil d o wn t o the t , - ' ' ! it agi at ' '''' c ''' ( a oi;.to our own. And yet we find a large hard subsoil—about thirty inches. The ' portion of our people —a majority of them in holes were each four feet in diameter.— tact, it we are guided in our estinfi.te by the He then put into the bottom of each results of recent clections—susta;ning au hole, one thot in depth of horse manure. He then commenced throwing back the A dministration which spurns and spits upon soil, mixing with it, about one-third of its the Constitution, and looks upon every man bulk of the same kind of manure, and who venerates it, or appeals to it in vindica continued in this manner until ire reached tion his ' ' 1 of opinions allL course, as at least a the level of the garden surface. He now quasi-traitor.—[So says the Patriot , r uion. mixed well rotted manure with the soil , The National Intelligencer well observes: iii the same manner and proportions, and "It is one ;mnic , tit most 1 la ' signs continued to build a "Mil" until all the ' of the crime, through - w l i kih t ‘ e ‘ l . o ) : i 7 e lri i t ' a ,; ilg soil had been used up. He now had tour that a large portion of the American people mounds about fifteen inchess high, and have come Os treat the Constitution of the in the centre of these he planted his Uniteo : , :ttiies with 'derision.' And in so say ,ingwe do not rekr to the armed insurgents, seeds taking care to put in plenty ot who have cast od'alle,giance tb its authority, them, and place them well apart. Ile amidNve referwo :et that n league ilir its destruction__ then placed over each hill a square plank to at class . ot stilt'-Styled loyal men frame, or box, and laid a (dazed sash Who, in the pursuit of their passionate policy upon the frame, when his four hot beds against the insurgents, have brought thorn were complete. By this means he se- selves to believe that in the conduct, of the war And in the adoption ot all legislative cured an early, and a vigorous start.— measures judged to be expedient Ilir the Ares- When well started, he thinned his plants eat emergency, they are emancipated from to four in each hill, and as these began to t t i l , i ) e n lun i it i a 4 t l ions ti and . sanc . thms of the Constitu run, he was careful to direct tit e whole col,le,e.tii(7l:4lartille.enc,„coN,ViittelcliNVllvi_chinCqonn%-, surface of the ground, and yet not have stitutiona ( l them cross each oth e r. The hills were who do not deem it worth their while to let about ten feet apart. When the space such objections stand in the wa vof their wise and purposes. It is held to be a sufent was all covered, he pinched back all run reply to all such objections to say that those, ners and allowed no more to grow.— Nrilo titter theft wish to make the v Consitut ion As the fruit set, he only allowed as much a shield for traitors.' And so it has come to to grow as Ito thought the vines would pa „ t h a.t.p ,.,, t e .5. „, , ,j . . 4, , , ya f .ine.a . vie with. perfect, all the rast, were pinched off.— `tra . itors In making the Constitution an ob ject The sash and fraines were of course of derision. The trantic violence of c,:trevn entirely removed as soon as the vines ists on both sides conducts to the same rev needed all the room. When the melons elution:try coincidence of theory, and makes reached their growth, and began to these extremists mutual auxiliaries in the estroying the forme lotions on which color, each was carefully lifted, and a the fabric o fal i : l i ' c! of our institutions once rested in shingle placed under it, and was turned symmetry :1110 strength." a little once in two or three days. The I - - - result ot this thorough cultivation was vigorous, large-leaved vines, and a 'heavy crop of melons. They commenced ripening long before the ordinary out• door crops, and continued until entirely cut off by frosts. \Vnzre danger of frosts appeared in the autumn, the best melons were easily and quickly covered by a small piece of old cloth, or matting thrown over cezell. And when the vines were entirely killed, he still had a few more left to ripen in the house.—. 'root those four hills were realized, as we have said, over seventy Clollars, and the fruit was sold in the limited market of a country village. heavy crops of melons have been annually taken from the„same patch of ground for some lii years, and with no signs of exhausting the soil as yet. THE FAFMER Watering Horses. The (inanity as well as quality of wa ter given a horse will greatly affect his condition. Perhaps no animal is more distressed by thirst than the horse, a fact not generally known, or if known, not fully appreciated. Horses should be *watered regularly. when not at work, provided, in the latter case, that care is taken not to let him have it when overheated by work. Irregular ity in the . supply of water is often fbllowed by a refusal to partake of . solid food, and more frequently by colic and founder, in consequence of his drinking inordinately when an opportunity offers. Fur horses, when they are not at work, it is per feetly sate to keep a supply of pure water always within their reach; but, as before remarked, there is some danger in this plan when they are worked or driv en, and are likely to be overheated. There is a very certain way of deter pining when a horsy has bet n neglected. If the master, on eliter ing the stable and lifting the water bucket, 'finds the ani mal placing himself in an attitude of ex pectation, and eagerly gazing upon the vessel, it is point blank evidence thst his usual supply of water has been with held. Whenever it is possible, let the horse have water from a runninc! stream. 101071«1. W-Tile cum oI an evil tongue must begin at the heart. The weights and wheels are there and the clock strikes according to their motion. A guilefid heart makes guileful.tougue and lips.— It is the place where the forge of de ceits and slanders is, and the tongue is only the' outer shop where they .are wended, and - the lips the door .of it.— Suoh-ware as is in 1446 within . and no other can come oq* • '! ( .4 A Voice from the Tomb. In the begiuing at February 1550, Henry Clay made a speech in the Senate of the U. S. in support of the compromise measures of that year, which finally, hy the aid of Daniel Webster and Gen. Cass, passed greys and became a law. At that time the Southern fire-eaters, under the lead. of Cal houn and Davis, and the Abolitionists, led by Seward, Chase and Hale, fought Clay and his compatriots at every stage of gallant 'struggle for the inaintenance of tire The closing speech of the great and dying Kentuckian saved the country from the perils which have since overtaken her. Ile, like Cass and Douglass, warned the ;people that dissolution and civil war were converti ble lulus, and thou alluding to the public character of the •contest no prophetically said Sir, we may search the rages of history, and none so ferocious, so bloody, implacalde, so exterinhatting—not even the wars of Greece, including those of the Commoners of England, and the revolution of France— none of them all would rage with such vio lence, or be characterized with suclt blood shed and enormities as would the war which must succeed, it that event ever happens, the dissolution of the Union. Webster an,l the other great. men who labored with the patriotic Kentuckian for the preservation of the Union, spoke as he did, but their councils had no effect upon the Southern and Northern tilaties. by o•hom they were surrounded. There was Davis, the now leader of Southern trea , on voting with Seward against Webster, Cass and Clay. The first is now the heart of the rebellion, the s e cond is the brains of our National Ad plinistration, and to their joint endeavors are the people indeliied for the present sor rowful condition of country. Mr. Clay's prediction, above quoted, re gardiug the bloody and desperate character of a war between the North and South, has already been more than verified. Let us fervently hope and pray, however, that his further prediction of what would follow such a contest, may not be in store, tot our once glorious Republic, And what would be its termination ? Standing armies and navie,4, to an extent stretching the revenues of each portion of the dissevered members, would take place.— An exterminating war would liAlow—not, sir, a war of two or three years' duration, but a war of interminable duration—and ex terminating wars would ensure, until, after the struggles and exhaustion of both parties some Phillip or Alexander, some Cesar or Napoleon, would rise and • cut the Gordian knot, and solve the problem of the capacity of man for self government, and crush the liberties of both the severed portions of this common empire. Cron you doubt it ? NEW SERIES.---VOL. 5, NO.„ 49, ). Adjournment of the Legislature The Pennsylvania Legislature adjourned at ' noon on Thursday, the sth inst., to meet again on the 23d of August next to receive the returns of the special election to be held 611 the 2nd of August. The following ore helieveo to be the most important public me:,sures disposed of during the cession: 1. The Militia bill, organizeing all able bodied men in the State, who are between the ages of twenty and I , rty-five, into a mil itia force, to be called out in case of insurrec tiou or invasion, was passed. The Lill, we understand, was modeled after the militi laws of New York awl Massachu,etts. A fire of fifty dollars is imposed for rethsal to at tend a "militia muster." The disposition at the National grant of land to aid in the c-A - nblilanont of :I;fricultu ral college,, , , popularly known : is -hind scrip, - \v:/-; postponed iikleihiitely. The proposition to revise the reve•me latcs of the State, so as to provide a better system than that now in torte for the assess ntent anti colleel ion of taxes, to the ground k. Committee of seven members of the House w!ls, however, appointed to examine and re pint ~.lpon the sulject ai the adjimrned ses sion. Dr. Need, o f Washington, is the I_nirtn;ttt 4. The bill relating to land patent 4, intro duced by IZepre , :entative Neg..ley, of Butler. was pas,:ed. It extends the time in which patents on land may he taken out at old rates until the first day of November next. After that date the expense, will be increased to at least three times the amount. 3. The bill revoking the charter of the Connellsville 1 - Zailroad Company was passed, as was likewise the twin measure granting a charter to the Southern Pennsylvania Rail road company, empowering it to construct a road from Connellsville to the Maryland State line and other p o int s ea s t. -4 6. The passage of the Appropriating bill, one feature of which is the increase of the s:tlaries 01 all State officials; from the Supremo Judges, each of whom receive $7OO addi tional, down to the pettiest clerk about the departments at Harrisburg. 7. The passage of the Apportionment bill, which divides the State for the nest seven years into Senatorial and Representative dis tricts, and which has been already published iu these columns. 8. The adoption of the amendments to the Constitution allowing soldiers to voto. What Are We Coming To. This is the mournful question asked by nearly every working man in our large towns and cities of a Satudday night, when cora polled by the calls of hunger and necessity, he puts his arm through the handle of a Mar ket basket and sallies out to throw lihnselt upon the tender mercies of the butcher, grO-- eer and huckster. Ife knows that he must eat—that his wife and liltle one must have food and raiment—and that to be enabled to provide for them, the necessary funds to supply the wherewithal must be in his breech es pocket. And then the momentous .ques that arise,—how in the world is he going to make the sti!,eml he has received for his week's hard toil, hold out long Cllollgll to till his basket? Ife goes to the butcher and finds that need enough for two decent meals for itlins , lt and family costs one day's labor a pomid of tea ditto; ritt I then butter and small et cetera demoliAt the third day's earn ings. He finds that a head of cabbage, that. a t'ew p , ars ago would have cost him but three cents. now fetches a ten cent shinplas • ter in the market; that iu fact almost every thing has tripled its former value; and if the idea occurs to him to treat his iittlo family with a few little nick-wicks in the shape of winter-preserved fruit, he is horror struck when he 11l inauds their price, and concludes this is no time fur luxuries. In fact before the haset, is hail filled, his purse resembles that historic MO ablehr was trodden on by the and he can only draw a long breath and sigh. "What are we coining tor. Next—he renumbers that coal or wood must be bought—that has only donbled iu price; that dry goods are needed—they have only trebled; in filet, that the price of every thing., except labor, has doubled, trebled, anti in miny cases qnadrupled, and the only sat isfaction he can get in answer to his mourn ful u..; to the "motive Si by," is that 'it Is owing to the war!' to bhOnt for the war—tc .screech tor the party in power that brought the war about; in fact to endorse everything that is done by the A.iminisfra tiou to increase the price of the necessaries o lite, and lessen the prospect of labor uy de predating the currency. Well may the poor man inquire 'what are we coming to? ' and his answer can be found by consulting the market quotatiOnS. The people demand taxation, by the Re publican papers. Such people are scarce in this region ; but if any such there are, they .have but to "wait a little longer" and their• wish will! be fully gratified. It is all very patriotic for those who aro subject to taxa Lion, thoie whose money is invested in Gov ernment stacks exempt trmi taxation, those. who are making tortunes out athe war—it is very patriotic for such people to "demand taxation" upon their less favored neighbors. but ,we are inclined to think that honest, in dustrious, hard-working people, who find it difficult to provide for thee• families the very necessaries oflite, do not join in the shod dyite "demand for taxation." It is ad4jug insult to injury to represent the mass cf per:- pie asAemanding an increase of the burtw which now oppress thefn. Tixation.
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