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Attorney. & Counsellors at Law,
IVAYNESBURG, PA.
Ni iil practice in the courts of Greene and adjoining
conidies. Collections and other legal business will re
eetve inonipt attention.
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ITORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
WaYliteaburg, Pa.
.oFit , r.—Main Street, one door east of
old Rink Building.
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Comities, entrusted to them, will receive pronip
ro tuition,
N. ft —Particular attention will he given to the cot
.,Minn of Pensions, Bounty Money, Back Pays and
claims ngainst the Government.
Sept. 11, IHCII —I V.
M'CONNELL. J. J. lIUFFMAN.
& IMPVIVIAN,
TTORNI: VS AND COUNSELLORS AT L-111 ,
Waynesburg, Pa.
Office in the "Wright IL se," East Door.
t..ollertions, &C.. will receive prompt attention.
WO'imsfiurg, April 23, 18412—1 y.
DAVID CRA WFORD,
Attorney and Counsellor. at Law. Oflice in the
Court. House. tirdl attend promptly to all business
torustcd to his care.
lArnyneshurg, Pa., July 30, 1803.-1 y.
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BLACK & PIIELAN,
.t.TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
()filet, in the Court !louse, Waynesburg.
Ovt.
2OLDIERS; WAR OL.AISIS!
D. R. P. HUSS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, WAYNESBURG, PENNA.,
s AS received from the War Department at Wash-
R 1
illgtoti city. 1). C., official copies of the several
N , passed by Congress, and all the necessary Fortes
Si,t instructions for the prosecution and collection of
_V•S' lONS, BOUNTY, BACK PAY, due die
ed and disabled soldiers, their widows, orphan
cm, widowed mothers, fathers, sisters and broth
rri, which business, [upon slue notice] will be attend •
~ iroinpily and accuratelyif entrusted to `iis care.
ui.ee, No. 2, Campbells Itow.—April 8, 1863.
G. W. a. WADDELL,
AT r iORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
0, - FFICE in the REGISTER'S OFFICE, Court
Rouse. Waynesburg, Penna. Business of all
wis solicited. lies received official copies of all the
s passed by Congress, and other necessary instrue
for the collection of
tIrSIONS, 'BOUNTIES, BACK PAY,
•lischarged and disabled soldiers, widows, Orphan
...: • •en. &c., which business if intrusted to his care
promptly attended to. May 13. '63.
PHYSICIANS
jar. T. W. Ross,
71:-. - 03rosiolex-13. efes tEi-azargactaa.,
Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pa.
i'AFFICE AND RESIDENCE ON MAIN STREET,
east, and nearly opposite the Wright house.
Way IlliSilU• g, Sept. 23, 18ti3.
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f PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. to the people or
yneshu rg nod vicinity. lie loves by a due appre
,lol,l of ilUlllall life and health, Itnd strict attention to
t !liess, to nicrit a share of public patronage.
'Waynesburg, Jallitary 8,
MERCHANTS
AVM. A. PORTER,
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:. , ;ilws in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Gm
r..: Queeneware, Hardware and Notions, opposite
Ow Green House, Main street.
Sept. 11, IStil—ly,
)300T AND SHOE DEALERS
J. D. COSGRAY,
iloot and shoe maker, Main street, nearly opposite
ii:c “Fartner's and Drover's Bank." Every style of
Swots and Shoes constantly on hand or made to order.
Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
anoczazzs & VARIETIES.
JOHN MUNNELL,
ilealer in Groceries and Confectionaries, and Variety
~ u t, Goiter:illy. Wilson's isisw Building, Main street.
colg It. —ly.
4T9HES AND JEWELRY
fJ. Ai. I.IAILY,
stter.t, opposite the Wright ITouse keeps
,v:t.ys on hand a large and elegant assortment of
,vatchea and Jewelry.
t - Frltttpairing of Ulocks, Watches and Jewelry wil
prompt attention (Dec. 15. 1161— ly
110088, &c.
LEWIS DAY,
Dealer in Scbonl and Miseellsneous BOOkff, Station
t bln.gazises and Paperst One doer east or
,l'orinf's More., Main Street. • ie.ert. 11. Id;1 Iv.
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Harness and Trunk idaker—old Bank Build
rd an. street.
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BANK.
FARMERS' & DROVERS' BANK,
' Waynesburg, Pa.
C. A. MACK. Presl. J. LAZEAR, Cashier.
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went
Legal Notice.
Egnits testamentary upon the estate of ROgg
ROYDSTON. Esq., late of Perry tp.. Greene co.,
deed, having been granted by the Register of Radii
connty: to the undersigned, all persons_ • knowing
cherneelved Indebted to said innate are hereby notified
o Ate iffagisame, anditrosit Miring eleinss avalart said
t.siatir feVelied in ),seat Mat fitil7ettilientiaar
terror tilitsle
BOYEEMN. Wide.
Apt 0 tilfofir E. BOYDITON.
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To Prevent a Donkey's Braying.
In 1540, says M Mc, we were once
making a journey in a wagon •in the
province of Pekin. Our equipage was
under the guidance of an old school
master, mounted upon a magnificent
ass, so full of ardor and agility, that the
two mules that completed our team had
all the diliculty in the world to keep
up with him. This ass, however, evas
filled with the sense of his own superi
ority and so proud of it, that IV henever
he became aware of the presence of any
of his brethren he never failed to com
mence boasting of it in such loud and
and sonorous tones, that his folly be
came quite insupportable. When he
got to an inn, instead of trying to rest
himself, the beast passed the whole
night in practising his music, setting
all the donkeys in the neighborhood to
singing the same tune, so that it was
impossible to sleep. Oue evening we
said to the schoolmaster, "Your donkey
is an abominable brute—it prevents my
getting a wink of sleep"--‘:Wily did
you not tell me so before ?" said the
schoolmaster; "I would soon have stop
ped his singing." As the old peda
gogue was somewhat of a wag, and in
dulged sometimes in a small joke, we
took little notice of his reply, but that
night we slept quite soundly. "Well,
•did the ass make a noise last night ?"
he asked, when we met in the morning.
"Perhaps not," said we. "At all
events, we did not hear him."—"No, I
think not," said he; "I saw to that be
fore I went to bed. You must have
noticed," he continued, "that when an
ass is going to bray ; he always begins
by raising his tail, and lie keeps it ex
tended horizontally as long as his.song
lasts. To ensure his silence, you have
only to tie a large stone to the end of
his tail, so that he cannot rise it." We
smiled without reply, thinking this was
only another piece of pleasantry; but
he cried--" Come, now, and , see ; you
can easily convince yourselves."
accordingly we followed • him tot
court-yard, where we beheld,. sure
enough, the poor ass with a large stone
attached to his tail, and with.the air of
having entirely lost his accustomed
spirits. His eyes were fixed •on the
ground, his ears hung down ; his whole
appearance denoted humility and dejec
tion. We felt quite compassionate to
wards him, and begged his master to
untie the stone directly ; and as soon
as even he felt his musical appendage
at liberty, the creature raised first his
head, then his ears, then his tail, and at
last began to bray with all his wonted
energy.
J. A. J. BUCHANJN
J 0. PITCH/6
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The Richmond Examiner thinks their
own cavalry a great nuisance, more to
be dreaded sometimes than the "Yan
k ees" themselves. It says :—The ex
cess of cavalry which government per
mits to be maintained seriously affects
the morals of the soldiers. They be
come desperate after forage for their an
imals in consequence of the scarcity,
and take, ruthlessly, whatever they can
lay their hands on. The horseman is,
morever, required to furnish his own
steed , and when a horse is disabled
from starvation or other cause, the ri
der supplies himself as best he can, the
system of pressing forage very often
suggesting the expedient of privately
pressing a horse when the Government
can no longer save him the trouble, by
seizing the last beast at the drays of
Richmond. To such straits have things
come that a district of country suffers
less from the march through it of a bri
gade of Yankee infantry than a battalion
of Confederate cavalry.
The number of emigrants who ar
rived at New York from Europe since
January Ito May lis 41,262. The
number landed to the corresponding
date of last year was 27,319. The
probability now is that the emigration
for the year will be at least 250,000.
Not only villages, but whole counties in
Ireland and England, will be emptied of
their able-bodied industrial populations.
Within the last two mouths, the excite
ment on the subject has been intensed by
the arrival of scores of agents in Ireland
and England from this country, sent
out to engage factory hands, farmers,
mechanics, and laborers of every de
sdription, at prices which mast be irre
sistibly tempting to the poorly-requited
pengeints and drudges of the old country
The class of emigrants who are coming
out are very superior, the majority of
them being small farmers or mechanics,
who bring property with them, and who
are industrious, frugal, sober people.
On of the New York papers com
pared the publisher of a newspaper who
allows his paper to go to all parts of the
country before getting pay for them; to
a farmer who would sell him wheat on
credit, and not more than a single bush
el to any one person. It any firmer
will try the experiment of thus distri
buting the proceeds of his labor over two
or three counties; with an occasional
bushel or two, to far distant States, for
one pear, we will guarantee, that he
wit! never, after that year's experience,
ask . a viabilshe'r tb auVply birowith a
paper n year Or twcrvith.ent the pay rot
it - .
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The Rebel Cavalry.
Emigration from Europe.
A Good Comparison.
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JIM 1, 1864.
[Corespolidenee Philadelphia Inquirer.]
Fort Sumter and Charleston as They
Are.
Fort Sumter was associated with the
rebellion in its incipiency, and promise
to remain the bulwark and defence of
the pestilent metropolis of treason to
the termination of hostilities. The reb
els have defended it with great sacrifice,
immense life-offering, with extraordi
nary tenacity and desperation. Its ex
ternal appearance, as seen from Gregg's
Point, is but little changed since No
vember last. On the serface, oblique
from Morris Island, not a wall, rampart,
parapet, or anything resembling them,
can be distinguished : nothing is there
but a ragged mass of mortar, pounded
int,' dust by the thousands of projeetles
fixed from our guns and mortars. The
berme or base, the sides and top, are a
mere ruin to the eye, looking like a
bluff or steep hillside, covered with
broken shot, shell, iron beams, frag
ments of guns, splintered gun carriages,
and other debris of war. Yet the rebel
flag floats defiantly over the ruins,
and
the hateful red cross, dots and bars,
flaunt and dance on every breeze that
sweepS across the bay. Looking on
Sumter to-day does not confirm the an
nouncement by our Chief of artillery,
in January last, that "Sumter is now
untenable and of no defensive value to
the confederates." Our opperations
were abandoned too soon, and its pres
ent strength and defensive character
confirms that belief: It is still the cit
adel of Charleston, notwithstanding its
helpless appearance. From the parapet
of Pat Putnam, on Gregg's Point, I
looked into Charleston (through a field
glass), and although the lower portions
of the city appeared dull and dilapida
ted, yet it was fir from being deserted.
A blockade steamer, which ran up the
Swash channel the night previous (past
the entire fleet and in front of our bat
teries), was blowing off steam at the
wharf; on the Ashley side of the city.—
Said steamer was observed by our gun
ners in Wagner, and several shots
were fired at her, but without effect.—
Two other blockade-runners got into
Charleston a fortnight since. Su Char
leston is not thoroughly blockaded by
the fleet, nor was it ever half besieged
by the army. Immense volumes of
smoke were rolling out of some tall
chimneys located in the northeast sec
tion of the city, where it is said the
confedercy have a large foundry and
ordnance manufactory. Three iron
clad rams have been constructed there
within the past eighteen months, and
now defend the harbor above Castle
Pinkney. Blackened walls and skele
tons of buildings can be seen in differ
ent parts of the city, evidences of bom
bardment, siege and conflagration.—
The bombardment of Charleston, though
unsuccessful in its capture, has demon
strated a great idea in war—the aston
ishing destructiveness of artillery at
long range, a greater range than ever
before realized. The batteries at
Gregg's Point are over four miles from
Charleston, and yet we have thrown
shells into the city, from thirty and one
h indred pounder Parrott guns, daily
and nightly, for months past. The
accuracy of our fire has aft-;o been re
markable and unprecedented. Of
courser that is due to rifled cannon, an
improvement that Vauban and Mont
alembei t never dreamed of; but which
are as superior to smoth-bore guns as
were the arms of the first Napoleon
over the leather guns of Gustavus Adol
phus.
[Morris Island Correspondent of th,; Philadel
phia Inquirer.]
Greek Fire Burned Out.
People at the North, unfamiliar with
this siege, have heard a great deal about
"Greek fire" which, it was said, was
thrown into Charleston ; and that fiery
mixture was reported to have been ter
ribly destructive. I will rob the siege
of that barbarity, for not a drop or a
particle of Greek fire ever reached that
city from our batteries. That inven
tion was tried, but would not work ; it
always fell short, often exploding at the
muzzel of the guns. We used another
invention, caled rock-fire by the sol
diers, and which did better. The in-
QTedients of both of these "villainous
compounds" was kept a secret, but
phosphorus dissolved in bispulphate of
carbon composed a part. They possess
ed an abominable Odor, a enemies/ stench,
rebellious smell, but agreeable enough
had they met 'the expectations of the in
ventors, for they were got up express
ly fOr the fire-eaters of the confederacy.
Sir Matthew Hale.
In conpany with several of his fellow
students, he was one day indulging in that
fictitious merriment, called bacchanalian,
but which would be more appropriately de
signated self-debasing, when, from excessive
intoxication, cue of the party fell down ap.
parently dead. All appeared terrified ; but
Mr. Hale was so struck by his signal rebuke
of Providence, that he retired to another
room, besought forgiveness for his partici
pation in a scene of intemperance, resolved
on a scrupulous abstinence from intoxicat
ing draughts, implored God to restore his
friend. Mr. Hale religiously kept.his vow,
though at the expense of hazarding Mir life,
when it was customary to proclaim loyalty
to a pytentate by."drirtking to his health."
His friend u'as restored to life . ; and his re
ligious, observance' of the vow subject !piny
to 'no 04160 lick ltis general, 4.4.61,04 r,
was not too good, to subdue.
Keep the Birth Day.
A western exchange makes the fol
lowing excellent suggestions, which
must meet the approbation of all
youthful readers. We trust they will al
so be received with favor by the old
folks. It says
"Keep the birth days religiously ;
they belong exclusively to, and are
treasured among, the sweetest memo
ries of home. Do not let anything
prevent some token, be it ever so small,
that it be remembered. For one day
they are heroes. The special pudding
or cake is made for them ; a new jacket
or trowsers, with pockets, or the first
pair of boots are donned; and big
brothers and sisters sink into insignifi
cance beside little Charlie, who is 'six
to-day,' and is 'going to be a man.'—
Mothers who have half a dozen little
ones to care for, are apt to neglect birth
days ; they wine too often—sometimes
when they are nervous—but if they
only knew how much such souvenirs
are cherished by their wee Susy or
Harry-, years afterward, when away
from the hearthstone, and they have
none to remind them that they have
added one more year to the perhaps
round of life, or to wish them, in old
fashioned phrase, 'many happy returns
to their birth day,' they would never
permit any cause to step between them
and a mother's privilege.'
Female Friends.
From Caxtoniana we take the follow
ing : "It is a wonderful advantage to a
man, in every pursuit or vocation, to
secure an adviser in a sensible woman.
In a woman there is at once a subtle
delicacy of tact and a plain soundness of
judgment which are rarely combined to
an equal degree in man. A woman,
if she is really your friend, will have a
sensitive regard for your character, hon
or, reputation. the will seldom coun
sel you to do a shabby thing, fbr a wo
man friend always desires to be proud
of you. At the same time, her consti
tutional timidity makes her more cau
tious than your male friend. She,
therefore, seldom counsels you to do an
imprudent thing. By female friend
ships, I mean pure friendships—those
in which there : is no admixture of the
passion of love except in the. married
state.
A man's best female friend is a wife
of good sense and good heart, whom
he loves, and who loves him. If he
have that, he need not seek elsewhere.
But, supposing a man to be without
such a helpmate, female friendships lie
must still have, or his intellect will be
without a garden, and there will be
many an unheeded gap even in its
strongest fence. Better and safer, of
course, such friendships where dispari
ties of years or eircumstancs, put the
idea of love out of the question. Mid
dle life has rarely this advantage ;
youth and old age have. We may
have female friendships with those
much older and those much younger
than ourselves.
Music Healthful.
Music is like painting and statuary,
refines and elevates, and ennobles.—
Song is the language of gladness, and
it is the utterance of devotion. But
coming lower down, it is physically
beneficial ; it rouses the circulation,
wakens up the bodily energies, and dif
fuses life and animation .around. Does
a lazy man ever sing ? Does a milk
and water character ever strike a stir
ring note ?
Never. Song is the outlet of mental
and physical activity, and increases
both by its exercise. No child has com
pleted a religious education who has
not been taught to sing the so gs of
Zion. No part of our religious worship
more sweeter than this. In David's
day it was a practice and a study.—
Halts Journal of Health.
Signs of a Good Ox.
A prominent stock breeder gives the
fbllowing as his rule for judging the
points of an ox :
"You should stand before him and
be sure he has a fine hazel eye, large
nostrils, long from the eye to the nos
tril, broad at and above the eye, rather
slim horns, toes straight out before him,
straight in the knee, bosom full, back
straight, and ribs round and wide at
his hips. If you find these points you
need not ask of what breed he is, but if
you want one buy him. A little black
eyed ox is not to be depended on, as he
will kick and be ugly, while a short
headed ox will start from the whip,
but he will soon forget it."
Yeast.
A correspondent, writing from the
camp, mentions the fact that one of the
chief bakers of the 34th regiment was
formerly the baker of Lord Lyons. He
makes his yeast from hops alone, and
no better, sweeter or lighter bread was
ever tasted. Talking of yeast, he tells
of a simple recipe for making the same,
which is highly commended by the
general of one of the brigades. It may
be of service io many a camp baker, as
well as a tidy housewife.
Boil one pound of flour, quarter of. , a
pound of browfougar, and a little salt, '
in two gallons, (Prater, for one hour.--
NY4e,p,..m).l)E waria, totde_ and cork ~it
close. t will be ready, - for . It4e
boors.
Benedict Arnold and his Wife.
In this, the hour of grim-visaged war,
when we hear so much of suffering
among the non-combatants in those
parts of our afflicted country overrun
successively by each of the contending
armies, we may learn a lesson from the
past ; how much injustice may be done
by a too strict rendering of military law,
and the adoption of measures seeming.
ly necessary, yet crushingly oppressive
toward the women and children of
those misguided or conscripted Me;
who, with arms in their hands, oppose
the re-establishment of government and
Miss Margaret Shippen, daughter of
Chief Justice Shippen, of Philadelphia,
became, in April, 1779, the wife of
Benedict Arnold. The general had
been assigned to the command of Phila
delphia, soon atter its evacuation by
the British. The persecution arising
from a distrust of him, by those who
thought they had good cause for their
suspicions, led Arnold to seek a circle
of society of that delicacy and. breeding
which compelled them to refrain from
wounding his feelings without having
undoubted evidence of his disloyalty.--L.
It was at this time that he funned the
acquaintance of his subsequent and sec
ond wife, and who became such in op
position to the violent protestations of
her family.
When the detection of Arnold culmi
nated in his treason, and the traitor ha d
fled to British protection, his beautifhl
wife, of her own choice, repaired, with
her infant, to her father's house.—
Washington assured the afflicted lady
of his perfect confidence in her inno
cence of all complicity in the plot of
her husband, and offered her an escort
either to the British lines or .Philadel
phia. Her choice shows what she
deemed the proper line of conduct.
She was not, however, permitted to
long remain there. Notwithstanding
the influence of friends of undoubted
patriotism, her pledges to refrain from
all correspondence with her husband,
and the unprotected position she would
be left in, separated from all her friends,
the Council at Philadelphia decreed
that she should leave the State "within
fourteen days from the date hereof, and
that she do not return again during the
continuance of the present war." Then
it was that, all other avenues being
closed to her, she, as a last and undesired
resort, sought her husband.
Gens. Iramilton and Varick, Major
Burd, and others, added their testimony
to Shat of Washington in reference to
her innocence.
Time has shown how premature and
unjust was the council's action, and the
impartial reader of to-clay cannot but
litment the occurrence. Let us not,
therefore, embitter the present of these
with injustico, nor our own future with
useless regrets.
Successful Stock-Brokers.
A New York , correspondent of the
Milwaukee Wisconsin says : Just now
the marked men of the city are the su ,
cessful stock-brokers. L. G. Jerome,
formerly a proprietor of the Rochester
American, is one of the fortunate. Ins
fortune is estimated at :F55,000,000. He
has built a stable on 2,6 th street, at a
cost of 440,000. Strangers praise and
look at the beauty of the building, fin•
over the stable portion of the structure
he has fitted up an elegant private thea
tre. He is now building a house which
will cost him zi;150,000, on Madison av
enue and 2Gth street. In the way of
horses and carriages he maintains a spe
cies of royal viemiye. His personal ex
penditures are almost royal. $lOO,OOO
per annum. The rise in stocks conse
quent upon the increase of the currency
has brought up Mr. Jerome as a light
house on the surface of the ocean,
A Mr. Morse has also made a fortune
of $2,000,000 by a rise in stocks. Of
course, he wants to make people believe
that lie is immensely rich. So when, a
few days since, he rented an office on
William street opposite the Exchange,
he paid his rent, 57,500, three years in
advance, less the interest.
TilE Two CExr PIECE.—The new two
cent piece which has been recommend
ed by Congress resembles very much in
appearance a gold. coin: On one side
there ii. a wrath of wheat in the centre
of which is stamped • "2. cents" and
around which are the words "United
States of Amoica." On the other side
there is a shred of liberty bearing the
words "G is our trust." It was
feared that this new issue of money, like
all that has been circulated for three
years back would be made of paper.—
It will be a refreshing sight, to see a new
issue of coin—an article of great scarci
ty now-adays.
WwiirrElsn TIIAT WILL NOT R' Ono.
—Mix up half a pailful of lime and wa
ter ready for whitewashing ; make a
starch of half pint of flour, and pour it
into the whitewash while hot, stir it
well, and it is ready for use. If the
recipe is what it prolses to be, the man
who discovered it deserves a medal.
('The pries of paper is now so ex
travagantly high that an enterprising
effort is shoat to.kke made, ;f r o. import rags
trona Europe to offset the rags wanted
country foil. 10.0 away .19r.
inonopolists for specs on. We flair
Lie proposition with groat satisfaction,
Social Life in the South.
Letter from the Wife of a Rebel General.
The London Times publishes the fol
lowing extract of a letter from the wife
of a rebel general to a friend in Europe:
"There are many little things in
which our daily life is changed—many
luxuries cut off from the table which
we have forgotten to miss. Our mode
of procuring necessaries is very different
and far more complicated. The condi
tion of our currency has brought about
many curious results; for instance, I
have just procured leather for our ne
groes, shoes by exchanging tallow for
it, of which we had a quantity from
some fine beeves fattened and killed up
on the place. I mu now .bargaining
with a factory up the country •to ex
change pork and lard with them for
blocks of yarn to weave negro clothes ;
and not only negro clothing I have wo
ven, lam now dyeing thread to weave
homespun for myself and daughters. I
am ravelling up or having ravelled all
the old scraps of fine worsteds and dark
silks to spin thread for gloves for the
general and self; which gloves lam to
knit. These home-knit gloves and
these home-spun dresses will look much
neater and nicer than you would sup
pose. My daughters and I being in
want of under garments, I sent a quan
tity of lard to the Macon factory, and
received in return tine lu:bleached cali
co—a pound of lard for a yard of cloth.
They will not sell their cloth fOr money.
This unbleached calico my daughters
and self are now making up for our
selves. You see some fivesight is ne
ces.sary to provide ter the necessaries of
lite. If I were to describe all the cut
ting and altering of old things to make
them new which now perpetually goes
on, I should far out-step the limits of
a letter—perhaps I have done so already
—but I thought this sketch would
amuse you and give you sonic idea of
our Confederate ways arid means of liv
ing and doing. At Christmas I sent
presents to my relations in Savannah,
and instead of the elegant trifles I used
to give at that season I bestowed as fol
lows : several bushels of meal, peas, ba
con, butter, lard, eggs, sausages, soap
(home-made,) rope, string, and a coarse
basket all which articles, lam assured,
were most warmly welcomed ; and more
acceptable than jewels and silks would
have teen. To all of this we are so
familiarized that we laugh at these
changes in our ways of life anti keep
our regrets for graver thing?. The
photographs of your children I was hap
py to sec. You would have smiled to ,
have heard my daughters divining the
present fashion from the style of dress
in the likenesses. You must know
that, amid all the woes of the Southern
Confederacy, her women still feel their
utter ignorance of the fashions whenever
they have a new dress to make up or
an old one to renovate. I imagine that
when our intercourse with the rest of
mankind is revived we shall present.a
singular aspect, but what we shall have
lost in external appearance I trust we
shall have gained in sublimer virtues
and inure important qualities."
Slaughter of Rebels at Gettysburg.
There Ims been a great deal of dis
putation among the rebel officers - as - to
the cause of the dekat of Lee's army at
Gettysburg. Among other things it has
been charged th it the ill-conduct of
Pittigrew's brigade in the attack on
Cemetery Hill caused the, failure of the
battle and of the campaign. In contro
verting this, Capt. Lewis G. Young,
formerly on General Pettigrew's staff,
makes these statements in a communi
cation published in the Riehmoad En
quirer: "In this battle Pettigrew's
brigade, notwithstanding the disadvan
tages of impaired organization, caused
by its heavy losses, especially of officers,
did as well as the hest, and that no
troops struggled more fiercely to gain
victory, let Its karlid losses attest. 0 i)
the morning of the Ist of July it num
bered 2,800 to 3,000 ; on the 4th 835.
"All the field officers, save one, who
was captured, were killed or wounded ;
and the brigade was rnaled by
Major Jones, of the Twenty-sixth regi
ment North Carolina troops, who had
been struck with a fragment of shell on
the first and knocked clown and stun
ned in the third day's fight. General
Pettigrew was painfully and severely
wounded ; two of his staff were killed,
and Lieutenant W. 11. Robertson still
suffers from a wound which deprives
the brigade of his valuable services.—
On the first of July, Captain Tuttle, of
the Twenty-sixth regiment, led into ac
tion two Lientenants and eighty-four
men ; all of the officers and rigty-three
of the men were killed or wounded.—
On the same day, comp any C. of the
Eleventh regiment, lost two officers
killed and durty-four out of thirty-eight
men killed or wounded. Captain Bird,
with the four remaining, participated
iu the fight of the third."
rWe have no individual among
our circle of acquaintance wliom we
consider to be absolutely perfect ; and
if we could select from live individuals
whom we most admire their admirable
qualities, mid combine these into one
character, perhaps they might form in
the choice aggregate a perfect charac
ter. If so, per&.ction of character js no
iaore diMeult than perfection of body,
for &nada kiaturQof Helen by.
.having five handsome virgins contribute
to it their r(specth , e charms,
NEW SERIES.---VOL. 5, NO. 50
As there is a large and increasing de
mand for army horses, and as this de
mand is prety sure to continue, if not
increase, as long as the war lasts,
may not be amiss to offer some Acts
and suggestions in regard to the ad
vantages of oxen as for farm teams.
There are comparatively few 'farms
on which one or more yoke of oxen
cannot be kept to good advantage.
A man buys a yoke of oxen for what
one good horse will cost, and most like
ly gets a yoke in the bargain; so that
with the expense of a few shillings for
a chain, he is ready to hitch on to any
thing, and go to work. Then, the
principal part of his work being iu the
spring, be can, by giving them good
feed through the summer, and pump
kins and roots or a little grain in the
fall, and perhaps the fore part of the
winter, make them sell for beef for from
$25 to $5O more than he paid 14 them
This course may be followed on all farms
where a yoke of oxen can do the work,
and in numerous instances—many more
than most farmers are aware of—the
turning point between success and fail
ure, may be found in the choice of a
team to begin with. That is, if the mon
ey that it o;:sts to buy and rig nut a span
011! ,, F5:‘,; for business, and generally in
riding around in more or lc style.
over and above the cost of oxen, had
been paid on the debt of the farm, in
si4iad of having been paid for perishable
property, it would have made a great
difference in the final results, if not all
the difference between success and fail
ure. And lest this should be taken as a
mere opinion, I may be allowed to state
that lam satisfied it has been verified
in many instances that have come under
my observation, as well as in my own
personal experience; having succeeded
on a small, poor farm, where almost
every one prophesied my failure, and
where I am satisfied that had I. tried to
buy and keep a good horse team from
the commencement, success at the best
would have been more difficult, if not
impossible.
Difference in Quality of Milk.
Farmers, in general, are not aware of
the great difference there is in the
richness of milk. In butter dairies espe
cially, this is a point which deserves at
tention. The mere filet that a cow gives
a large quantity of milk, is scarcely any
evidence of her value for the production
of butter. It is but a short time since
we heard a farmer state that he had a
cow which would give from twenty to
twenty-two quarts of milk per day, and
he had till last season always considered
her a first rate cow; but it then happen
ed that her milk was set separately for
butter, when it was proved that enty
about tour ounces per day could be ob
tained. This may be called an extreme
case; but let the milk of various cows
be finely tried, and a surprising differ
owe will Often be seen. A careful ob
server says that there is less uniformity
in the milk of what are called the native
bretds than in that of the Ayreshires
and Ablerneys At a discussion upon
this topic, before one or the eastern ag
ricultural societies, a gentleman stated
that, a ti_tw years ago, he made a little
experiment to test the quality of the
milk of sivteen cows. A gallon of each
cot, ' milk was set by itself, an 1 after
standing twenty four hours, the cream
from each was churned by itself; and
the quantity of butter ranged front three
to eight ounces. Thus it is seen that
while the milk of sumo cows afforded a
pound of butter to every eight quarts,
it required more than twenty tents of
the milk of others to make that quanli
ty. This fact should be known.
The Mllowing, u hich we copy Lon, ti
Culturist, will p‘ s ess an interest to iviculi
nrists and gardeners \‘llo peruse our paper
"There is a diversity of opinion in regard
to the culture of tomatoes. Some prefer to
allow the vines to cover the ground at will;
others prefer trellisses or frames. The
French method is as follows: As soon as a
cluster of flo\‘ errs is viAble, they top the
s t e i n down to the cluster, so that the bowers
terminate the stein. The effect is, that the
sap is immediately impelled into the two
buds next below the cluster, of flowers each.
When these are visible, the branch to which
they belong is also topped down to tbeii
lovel, and this is done live times successively.
By this means the plants become stout,
dwarf bushes, not above eighteen inches
high In addition 'o this all the latterals
that have no flowers, find, after` the fifth
topping, all the latterals whatAnover fire nip
ped oat. In this way the ripe sap is directed
into the fruit, which acquires a be arty, size
and excellence unattainable by any other
mea 116."
SIV3VI.II: FAcr.—A curious fact has
just been published in some 0 - immunities
in France. It .has been' Ound that the
use of threshing and winnowing, ma
chines has produced an immense pknount
of liroriChitis and disease orthelkliroat
and chest ainoa..7 the laborers , eniptdyed,
who are exposed to an dimosphere
charged with dust, whic" affects them sr)
pc fully that in sonic parishes there
are u hole families of confirmed invalids.
To such an extcut has this evil . done
:that the authorities have isstual
'that the laborers -04 n
employe4 . riii4
machinvryintk work in veils.
Cu tar tr.
Oxen for Farm Teams.
Culture of Tomatoes