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SOLDIERS' WAR CLAIMS !
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ATTORNEY 8, COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
OFFICE in the REGISTER'S OFFICE, Court
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PHYSICIANS
Or. T. W. Ross,
Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pa.
IFFICE AND RESIDENCE ON MAIN STREET,
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Way uesliu - g, Sept. 23, ISO.
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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.
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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.
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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
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. 1;s1;,(1 and elegant z•;.;sortaienE of
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,Iways on 11 , 11
, v,t,ives anti 2 .
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, r: rivt• Ott, i./. 166 i— ly
1100IES, &c.
LEW IS DAY.
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SADDLES .EIND B..etrizsiTzss.
SAMUEL 1 1 1'.ALLISTER,
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FAMERS' & DROVERS' BANK,
Waynesburg, Pa.
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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.
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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:.'
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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." •
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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
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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
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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* • '!
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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,
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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.