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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Waynesburg, Pa.
joBlrOrmr.—Mais Stroet, one door east of
the old Btnh Building.
Lur _monies! in Greene, 'Washington, and Fey
see Counties, entrusted to tlteni, will receive protup
attention.
N. n —Particular attention will be given to the col
lection of Penennis„ Bounty Money. Back Pay, and
other donne against the Government.
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ITTORXRPS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Waynesburg, Pa.
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Collections, &c., will receive prompt attention.
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Court (louse. Will attend promptly to all business
e orrusted to his care.
Waynesburg, Pa.,3uly 30, 1863.—1 y.
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BLACK & PBELAN,
aTTORNEYB AND COUNDRI.LORS AT LAW
Mize in the Court Rouse, Way net burg.
Dept. IL 0361-IY.
SO'LDLEAS B WAR CLAIMS:
D• R. P. HUBS,
ATTORIIIIIT L•W, WAYNIUIBURG, POSTWA..
J A.$ received fruet:he Olhcialvvr curnetreirtuoiefil.haet
several
laws passed by emigre's, and all the necessary Forms
avid Instructions for the prosecution and collection of
FENstoxs, BOUNTY, BACK PAY, due die.
chanted and disabled soldiers, their widows, orphan
children, widowed mothers, fathers, sisters and broth
ers, which business, [upon due notice] will be attend•
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PEITIFIOIANS.
Dr. T. W. Ross,
36 11 2wissictilarzs. Ms MSlmarigactam,
Waynesburg, Graene Co., Pa.
nitrite AND Rasionica ON MAIN STREET,
ky east, and nearly oppneite the Wright house.
Way newbv,vg, Sept. 23,1863.
DR. b. O. 011088
OULD very respeethilly tender bit cerviree as a
PIIYSICIAN AND ;SURGEON, to the people of
Waynesburg and vicinity. Ile hopes by a due appre.
cintigiu of human life mid health, and strict attention to
business, to merit a share of public patronage.
Waynesburg, January 8, 1862.
Pj,l3*:,to: f-1, , 4:
WM. A. PORTER,
Whooesale and Retail Denies in Foreign and Dopies
t Pry Goods, Grocerios, Plutons, &c., Main street.
slept. I I. 11461—1 F.
MINOR & CO.,
Dealers In Foreign and Domeeire Dry Goods, Giro.
eyries, Haieensware, Hardware and Notions, opposite
the Green House, Main street.
Sept. 11, 18111.-Iy,
BOOT AND SHOE DEALERS
J. D. COSGRAY,
[footled Shoe maker. Main street, nearly opposite
'be "Farmer's and Drover's Bank." Every style Of
loots and Shoes constantly on hand or made to order.
Sept.
4FROCERIEB & VARIETIES.
JOHN MUNN ELL, ww
Deader in Groceries and Confectionaries, and Variety
Goods Generally, WHIM'S Jim Building, Blain street.
Sept. 11. 1861-4 y.
11111rATOMIS AND JEWELRY
S. M. BAILY,
lyata street, opposite the Wright Rouse keeps
always on hand a large and elegant assortment of
Welshes end Jewelry.
Irjr - Repairing of Clocks. Watshes and Jewelry Wit
mettles prompt attention. (Dee. 15. 1861—ly
BOOZE &c.
LEWIS DAY,
balder hi Setioni and Mieeellenenus Monks, Station
ery, Ink, Magazines and Papers; Oue door east et
Porter's Atone. Main threet. :7et•t. 11. IdAt Iv.
.SADDLES AND HARNESS.
SAMUEL M'ALLISTER,
$4401e. Mariana and ?rank Maker. old Bank Build-
Ana. lishi street.
dept. 11, 18tl1 mob.
MANS.
'FAME RS' & DROVERS' BANK,
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atuticc Pres t.
PIIICOVIIIT Def.
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DAILY NAIL HACK
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. avieNING agglna RIX BET VEEN
Miliguedereigned respectAtlly informs the gramma'
riblic, that having the contract for the carrying of the
wail between the above plaids, he has ;dated upon the
goats two new and commodious Backs for the ac
zeimmenedatton of the Warp Hag youtimilnity, One w il
/OMates its Adams ' . Meme, Waynesburg ; nem .
dierldapa excemcia, at 71 o'clock, and willgurive
. 1 " brindkgfhi anon for the Boat to Pinaorgh,
0,. slow wIU itavet'Wette Leading at same time
wad argige i ia Wayang, &ration. Wageless wild be
owe* *et of easement,
• .• TIMOTHY POWAllll3llLiteptte . tor.
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Yes! even in Germany they have
washing days. They are thus graphi
cally described in a letter from an Ame
rican lady ;
It is one of the chief glories of the
German housewives to possess abun
dance of linen, and for the purpose of
displaying their wealth they put off
their washing till used up—some three
weeks, some six, some half a year, and
those who who are more affluent have
washing but once a year.
Every house contains a Schwartz
waschkommer, where the dirty clothes
are kept hung up on poles or lines in
the air. When the drawers and press
es are nearly empty, two or three wash
er-women are hired, who come at two
in the morning, take a cup of coffee and
some bread, witli wine or cider; dine
at twelve—at three or four again a cup
of coffee with bread, and then wash till
supper, at eight.
They wash in large oval tubs, at
which four or five can stand at once.
So it goes on kr several days, according
to the number of clothes. The remain
der of the week is spent in ironing—
sheets, pillow cases, and the ungathered
clothes, are mangled, and towels, stock
ings, children's handkerchiefs, 4tc., are
only folded. During the week no wo
man in the family can think of anything
but the wash, and by the end of it some
have sore hands (tor they use lye), and
all are out of humor.
J 0. lIITCHIS
J. J. HUFFMAN
Two Beauties of Sixty Years Ago.
Mrs. Gunning consulted Sheridan as
to what she should do with her two
beautiful but penniless daughters. He
recommended that they should be pres
ented at the castle. Here a great diffi
culty occurred ; by what possible
means were they to procure court
dresses! This Sheridan obviated ; he
was at that time manager of the Dublin
Theatre, and offered them a loan of
the stage dresses of Lady Macbeth and
Juliet. In these they appeared most
lovely; and Sheridan, after having at
tended the toilet, claimed a salute from
each as his reward. Very soon after
this, a most diabolical @chew° was form
ed by some unprir.cipled young men ;
they invited Mrs. Gunning and her two
daughters to dinner, and infused strong
narcotics in the wine, intending to
take advantage of the intoxication
which must ensue to carry off the two
young women. Fortunately, Sheri
dan discovered their base designs, and
arrivedjust in time to rescue the ladies.
He lived to see one of those girl,. Duch
ess of Argyle and the other Countess
of Coventry, awl, it is melancholy to
add lived to see his application for ad
mission to their parties rejected.
I=
Hall's Journal of Health in an article
on cheap bread, states that the best and
cheapest bread known may be made as fol
lows, and 'recommends all to try it: To
two quarts of corn (Indian) meal, add
one pint of bread sponge, sufficient to
wet the whole; add one half pint of
flour and a teaspoonful of salt. Let it
rise, then knead well, unsparingly, for
the second time. Place the dough in
the oven, and let it bake an hour and a
half: Keep on trying until you succeed
in making a light, well baked loaf. Our
cook succeeded admirably by our direc
tions at the very first trial. It costs
just half as much as bread from the fin
est family flour, is lighter on the stom
ach, and imparts more health, vigor and
strength to the body, brain and bone.
Three pounds of such bread Ot five
cents a pound fur the meal) affords as
much nutriment as nine pounds of good
roast beef (cost, at twenty-five cents,
$2,25) according to standard physiolo
gical facts.
In the mountains of the Tyrol it is
the custom of the women and children to
come out when it is bed-time and sing
their national songs until they hear the
husbands, fathers and brothers answer
ing them from the hills on their return
home. On the shores of the Adriatic
such a custom prevailb.• There, the
wives of the fishermen come down
about sunset and sing a melody. Atter
singing the first stanza, they listen for
au answering melody from off the wa
ter, and continue to sing and listen till
the well-known voice comes borne on
the waters, telling that the loved ones
are almost at home. How sweet to the
weary fisherman, as the shadows gather
round him, mast be the songs of the
loved ones at home ; and haw they
must strengthen and tighten the links
that bind together these humble dwell
ers by the see. Truly, it is among the
lowly in this life that we find some of
the most beautiful customs in practice.
Air _
Aria OF Out: Gleszam,s.--Gen. Dix
is the oldest employed Vieneral now
prominently before the public. He was
born iu New Hampshire in 1798; Hun
ter was born in Washington in 1802;
Mearnalared in Kentucky ia 1812,
Meade in Spain of ;American parents
1816; Canby in lientuaky is 1817; But
ler jet Heir liaptpshire ; Hoek
et iallianotehneelo in 1819 • Sherman is abisialo29 ;Omit Oda in MS
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York in 1827.
Washing Day in Germany.
Cheap Bread.
A Beautiful Idea.
WAYNESBURG, GRE E NE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1864.
EXTRAORDINARIE CURE.
A Gipsy Woman Coaxed Five Lizards
from a Man's Stomach.
A correspOndent of the Halifax (N.
S.) Sun, writing from Bathurst, details
an extraordinary circumstance. A farm
er near the town, (which is in Glouces
ter county,) named Jas. Mulock, was for
three years and a half confined to his
bed through extreme emaciation. Med
ical assistance was in vain, and he lin
gered and lingered, until a gipsy woman
offered t ' to cure him tbr $1(10. The of
fer was accepted, and a younger of the
invalid, named Charles, thus describes
her mode of treatment:
"We went with her to her camp; im
mediately after entering we had some
bread and ham, Jim and I both eating
heartily. After dinner the gipsy said she
wished to speak to me alone. 1 went
into the woods, back from the camp,
when she at once asked me if I was
wil
ling that Jim should be hand-cuffed and
his feet bound and to submit altogether
to her. I said I was nut. "Then,"
said she, "it's no use wasting words
about the matter; if you don't do so,
he'll never be cured." I asked her to
explain herself; she said she would not.
lat last consented; thinking to myself
there can be nothing wrong while lam
here. At tea we had some salt pork
fried, and good bread. Next morning,
on waking after a very watchful night,
for I never closed my eyes, I found Jim
tied up. He seemed rather put out,
but the gipsy told him at once that she
had done so because he was io suffer a
good deal of pain before being eared.—
I assented to this. He said he was wil
ling to go through with it, since he had
begun. We had breakfast, salt pork
and bread; I fed Jim, and we laughed
at the farce, as we considered it. I had
no faith at all in her. After breakfast I
talked with the gipsy, and asked her
what she meant; told her I was no child,
and must either know her plans or I
would unloose Jim, and go home again.
She then told me that she knew that
Jun had some living reptile in him, and
that the only way to cure him was to
feed him with salt food for a day or two,
and then stop him from drinking alto
gether, when the animal would come
out to seek water. She had cured oth
ers, but I must expect to see him suffer
awful pain and torture when his water
was stopped, but it would only be for
twenty-four or thirty hours. I went to
Jim, told him all, and asked him if he
was willing to undergo it. Says he,
"Charley, that woman has it; I'll stand
it." Well that day passed*-salt pork
and bread, and Jim a very limited sup
piy of water; the next day the same, till
after dinner, when the water was com
pletely stopped. Now commenced the
work. He begged and prayed for wa
ter; he howled until he was hoarse, the
woman then give him a drink of what I
considered water, but which she told ino
after was salt pork-fat melted, with wa
ter on the top, he drank it in a few
mouthslul, and in a few minutes he was
worse than ever; Ile begged me fo
shoot him, to drown him, to do anything
with him, only not leave him in that
state; toward evening he became quite
out of his mind; water and springs was
all he raved about. He lay that way for
some time, almost until morning, when
he got into a high fever. I got alarmed,
and told the gipsy I thought it had gone
Far enough; that Jima was too weak to
stand it. She told me I could do as I
liked, but if would leave him two hours
longer I would see whether she or the.doc
tors were right. She likewise told me that
if he were loosed he would kill himself
drinking at the first water we met. I
tried her. In about au hour after, she
asked rue to drag him to the spring, a
few rods away trom the camp. We got
him beside it. She laid his head with his
lips almost touching the water; she took
Up a birch panikin, and commenced lift
ing up water and letting it thll just be
fore his lips. He was all this time quiet
as if he was dead; sometimes only he
gave a slight shiver, his mouth wide
open, and his eyelids opened and shut;
the white of the eye only was seen.—
After about ten minutes. she said to me,
"Now whose right! But keep quiet " I
leaned over and saw a large green lizard
peeping out of his mouth; it did not
seem as if it wanted to come out, but
drew itself in again. "It will come out
again," says the gipsy. While she was
speaking, two lizards glided out of his
mouth into the water. The gipsy'qni
etly killed one with a small stick, and I
killed the other. We waited again for
five minutes, when three came out, but
not together. These we killed, although
One almost escaped from the water to
his mouth ere. it was completely des
patched. We then wated nearlyi an
hour longer, but no more made their ap
pearance. The gipsy then said;
"There's no more," and proceeded to
pour miter on Jim's forehead. She did
so twenty minutes. She then gave him
about a spoonful of water to' irink: it
actually hissed in his mouth. She kept
him ()named that tlay and half the nest
before she let - fit free, gradually in
creasing his allowance of water."
Soak is the story told by Charles Mu
look, and although I ma not. personally
acquainted with the gentleman, I am
informed that he is one of the last men
lii thi cotMtry to tell a wilful untruth.—
One fact, however, is clear--his brother
basVete Yeeetthis Width, and
ha
- -twit ',dr. &eh, and
voighi to 'poi** bis"rnikr
weight being only 73 pounds. The liz
ards are of a bottle-green color, about
five inches long, red eyes and forked
tongues. There is a peculiarity about
them different from the ordinary lizard
tribe, there being only two feet and
sloping from thence in a wedge into a
tail. Two of them have been preserved
in spirits and forwarded to Prof. Agas
siz, of Harvard University. One is pre
served in spirits and is kept in Mr. Fer
guson's office, and the other two were
forwarded to Prof. Jack, who has writ
ten to a legal gentleman here to say that
those are the only specimens he has ever
met with, with the exception of one
found in the Museum of the University
of Mnnieh,that is called the Lacerfit
in the language of the schools; and the
Munich specimen was supposed to be
the only One extant, although it is well
known to the ancients. "The descrip
tion given by Pythagoras," says he,
"I
have red with your specimens before
me, and I have yet failed to discover in
any respect the slightest difference in
their formation or color." He thinks
that Mr. Week must have received
them in an embryotic state by some of
those mySterious secrets that are found
in every path of science. A species, he
says, corresponding to it, is unknown to
live on land, and all naturalists have
agreed that it requires the local action
of the human stomach to produce it.
That is, he says, the only : explanation
that can be offered that is not unphilo
sophical; his parallel is clear and striking.
Ile says "the pine forest is cut down,
its own species seldom appear on the
same soil, but bird', poplar, and small
shrubbery succeed; these again are in their
turn being destroyed ant are succeeded
by the whortle, bramble, and raspberry,"
and argues that a certain local cause
found in unison with a certain developed
germ is necessary to produce such an
etfiect; that in this 'way only the lizard
was produced, contraay to the opinion
of various ancient writers and common '
vulgar belief, that they are received into
the system by drinking water or some
other natural cause of that description.
lie has likewise sent to the same gentle
man
a series of qustions to propound to
the gipsy; where the other cases occur
ed; were they similar in formation to
those? &c. , he having been put in
possession of all the faets when the
specimens were sent him.
Household Cares.
Mrs. Kirkland has very truly said that
woman is never really and healthily hap
py without household cares. But to
perform housework is too frequently
considered degrading. Even where
the mother, in obedience to the tradi
tions of her youth, c Indesconds to labor
occasionally, the daughters arc frequent
ly brought up in perfect idleness, take
no bodily exercise except that of walk
inn, in fine weather, or riding in cushion
eecarriages, or dancing at a party.—
Those, in short, who can afford servants
cannot bemean themselves, as they
think, by domestic labors. The result is,
too frequently, that ladies of this class
lose what little strength they started
life with, becoming feeble in just about
the proportion as they became fashion
able. In this neglect of household
cares, American ladies stand alone. A
German lady, no matter how elevated
her rank, never forgets that domestic
labors conduce to the health of mind
and body alike. An English lady, whatev
er may be her position in society,does not
neglect the afthirs of her household, and,
yen though she has a housekeeper, de
votes a portion of her time to this, her
true and happiest sphere.
A contrary course to this, results in a
lassitude of mind often as fatal to the
health as the neglect of bodily exercise.
The wife who loves her household
cares to her doinistir*, generally pays
the penalty which has been affixed to
idleness since the foundation of the
world, and either wilts away from sheer
ennut. or is driven into all sorts of frsh
ionable follies to find employment for
her mind. If household cares were
more generally attended to by ladies of
the family, there would be comparative
ly little back-biting, gossiping, envious
ness and other kindred !ins, and wo
mea in goOd society would be much
happier and much more truly loveable.
Higher Prices—What to Do.
The Economist argues that prices will
continue to advance. It says the harv
est is short, the staple of the man ufac
ture of cotton clothing all but gone—of
woolen utterly insufficient-- wages,
which must keep pace with the cost of
living, are advancing. What then is
to be done? If inordinate prices are to
be avoided, we say it is necessary to
lessen consumption in every practica
ble way. To increase production is, for
the reasons we have given, impractica
ble ; theretbre, all that we can do is to
husband and economize the resources
we possess. It is for each Man to in
quire, what is his personal responsibility
in this matter.
Mary E. Wise, a female privatgi of the 34th
Ind. volunteers, presented herself at the
Paymaster General's office this morning and
drew her pay tor two years' military service.
She-was in numerous engagements iu the
west, and wounded three times, the last at
the battle of Lookeet Mountain. The ball
took effect itt the shoulder. She was dressed
in male attire and was eooeeved from the
battle-field to the kkurpital. On the surgeon
sonacoMllll l tg4,4leinie her, wetted -hen, sex
wagdsiccortll444an
wie uaterVait of
the seiviee:
Adventures of a Long Island Girl.
The Memphis (Tennessee) Times of
August .sth tells a story of a woman's
adventures : "Miss Fanny Wilson is
a native of Williamsburg, Long Island.
About thur years ago, cfl• one year• prior
to the war, she Caine West, visiting a
relative who resided at Lafayette, Ind.
While here her leisure moments were
fi•egnently employed in communicating
by affectionate epistles with one to
whom her heart had been given and her
hand had been promised betbre leaving
her native city—a young man from
New Jersey. After a residence of about
one year with her western relative, and
just as the war was beginning to prove
a reality, Fanny in company with a cer
tain Nellie Graves, who also had come
Iron the east, and there left a lover, set
out upon her return to her home and
family. While on their way thither,
the two young ladies concocted a
scheme, the romantic nature of which
was doubtless its most attractive feature.
‘"l'lie call for troops having been is
' sued, and the several' States coming
quickly forward with their first brave
boys, it so happened that those two
youths whose hearts had been exchang
ed for those of the pair who now were
on their happy way toward them, en
listed in a certain and the same regi
ment Having obtained cognition of
this fact, Fanny and her companion con
ceived the idea of assuming the uniform,
enlisting in the service, and following
their lovers to the field. Soon their
plans were matured and carried into
effect. A sufficient change having been
made in their personal appearance, their
hair having been cut, and themselves
reelothed to suit their wish, they ts, - ;ught
the locality of the chosen regiment,
offered their services, were accepted and
mustered in. In another company
from their own of the same, regiment
(the 24.111 New Jersey) were their pa
triotic lovers, 'known though all nu
knowing.' On parade, in the drill, they
were together—they obeyed the coin
mand. In the quick evolutions of the
field they came as close as they had in
other days, even on the floor of the
dancing school—and yet, so says Fanny,
the facts of the case were not made
kuou n.
"But the 24th, by the fate of war,
was ordered before Vicksburg, having
already served through the first cam
paign in Western Virginia, and here,
alas, for Fanny, she was to suffer by one
blow. Here her brave lover was
wounded. She sought his cot, watch
ed over him, and halt revealed her true
nature in her devotion and gentleness.
She nursed him faithfully and long
but, he died. Next after this, by the re
verse of fortune, Fanny herself and her
companion were both thrown upon
their hospital cots—exhausted, sick.
With others, both wounded and debil
itated, they were sent to Cairo. Their
attendants were more constant and more
scrutinizing. Suspicion was first had ;
the discovery of Fanny's and Nellie's
true sex was made. Of course the nest
event in their romantic history was a
dismissal from the service But not
until her health had improved sufficient
ly was Fanny dismissed from the sick
ward of the hospital. This happened,
however, a week or two after her sex
had become known. Nellie, who up to
this time had shared the flute of her com
panion, was now no longer allowed to
do so, her illness became serious,
she
was detained in the hosPital, and Fan
ny and she parted—their histories no
longer being linked. Nellie we can
tell no further ot ; but Fanny, having
again entered society in her true posi
tion, what become of her
"We now see her on the stage of a
theatre at Cairo, serving an engagement
as ballet girl. Mit this lasts but a few
days. She turns up in Memphis, even
as a soldier again. But she has changed
her branch of the service ; Fanny has
now bee )me a privWe iq the 'Third Illi.
cavalry. Only two weeks had she been
enlisted, when to her sarprise, while
riding through the street with a fellow
soldier, she is stopped by a guard and
arrested for being a 'woman in men's
clothing.' She is taken to the office of
the detective police and questioned until
no doubt can remain as to her identity—
not proving herself as suspected, a rebel
spy, but a federal soldier. An appro
priate wardrobe is procured her, and
her word is given that she will not again
attempt a disguise. And here we leave
her. Fanny is a young lady of about
nineteen years, of a fair face, though
s unewhat tanned ; of a rather mascu
line voice, and a mind sprightly and
somewhat educated—being very easily
able to pass herself off fOr a boy of about
seventeen or eighteen."
COSSITAIPTION.---Thoagli often hered
itary, it arises more frequently from
causes which tew medical writers have
yet noticed. The higher classes are
more subject to it than the lower, who
have to labor for their support by
exercising their arms, thus keeping in
activity the viscera of the chest and all
the organs of the stoinsch. The up
per classes, on the other hand, genet -
ally exercise only their lower Arabs,
which can never be done bttt at the
sacrifice of the upper extremities and
the . chest. The wonderful' develop
ment of the lower limbs of stage dancers
4
or great edestralus has
. been frecia,ent
ly notice 114,:bopsumption autT'pre
'Bator iialt iiv449o '4 . 0 044 ri3.
salta_of tr tatiiaii4. L " ' "
+:' .e+%
Mae*, Power of the Tiger.
A bullock was killed by a tiger, says
Campbells Indian Journal, near onr
encampment, on the banks of the Tum
hoodra, in a field surrounded by a hedge
of prickly pear, about six feet in height.
The carcass of the bullock, still warm,
was observed by one of our peons, who
brought intelligence to our tents.—
Within two hours we were at the spot,
mid to our astonishment, found the ear
cass of the bullock, partly devoured, on
the outside of the fence, although the
animal had evidently been killed within
it. Not a twig in the hedge was bro
ken, and the only clue to account for
this apparent mystery were the deeply
impressed footprints of a large tiger on
either side of the hedge, from which it
appeared that he must have sprung over
the barrier with his prey in his jaws.—
The confirmation afilirdcd, by palpable
traces to the peon's assertion that the
bullock had been killed within the in
closure, and the impossibility of • the
carcass having been removed in any
other way, alone convinced us of the
fact ; otherwise we could not have be
lieved that an annual weighing over six
hundred pounds could have exerted such
prodigious strength. Any one who
has examined'the anatomical structure I
of a tiger, however, would.• readily be
lieve the extraordinary power he is ca
pable of exerting. His foreleg is the
most perti.wt and beautiful piece of
mechanism that can be conceived, sup
ported by bone as hard and compact
as ivory, and displaying a mass of
sinew and muscle to be found only in
this most formidable weapon of this
most agile and destructive of all annuals.
His jaws, neck akd shoulders evince
ctirrespoudiul, strength. And with
referenco to the foregoing anecdote. it
must be born In mind that the cattle of
India, (with the exception of the buffa
loes and a particular breed Used for
drawinLf carriages.) are of small size,
and do not usually exceed the tiger ,
himself in weight.
Rice.
To many, a good dish of plain boiled
rice will appear to be attainable by a
knowledge of the simplest rules of the
culinary art, but this is a great mistake.
Unlike wheat, rice has no gluten, and it
can not, therefore, be made into bread,
but it can he, and generally is, made in
to a soft paste, repulsive to the taste and
oppressive to the stomach. When well
cooked, each grain of rice should be
whole and distitar - , but swelled to its full
size and easily masticated.
There at but few cooks in this section
of country who can prepare such a dish,
and none of the cook-books we have ever
seen will furnish the proper intbrmation.
The first thing to do is . to scald the grain
This must be done before it is washed
in cold water. Take the rice and sprin
kle it with fine at, and pour over it
boiling water sufficient to immerse it.—
Let it stand until it can be handled, and
then rub it hard and cleanse it from the
scurf and dust. Afterwards, rinse it in
three or four successive waters, rubbing
it vigorously each time; thin drop it into
boiling water, adding a little more salt
it necessary, and let it buil about twenty
minutes. Chinese table rice may boil a
few minutes lomrer. Take it up in a
cullender or tin basin with pertbrated
bottom, which will drain off the water,
and set it on the hot range or cooking
stove for a few minutes, to dry out tlic
surplus moisture. It needs no further
seasoning: and its beautiful appearance,
as it isdished for the table, will justify
the process of cooking which we have
lescribed.
Married Life of John Wesley.
When Wesley settled, be said "It
would be more useful to marry." He
married a widow, whn, through her
jealowy, led him a life of wretchedness
and misery. At last his spirit was up,
and he wrote to her : '-Know me and
know yourself. Suspect me no more;
do not any lon4er contend for mastery,
for power, money; or praise ; be content
to be a private, insignificant person,
known and love lby God and ins." It
was not likely that a woman would be
pleased at being recommended to be an
insignificant person. After twenty years
of disquietude she dne day left him.—
He bore it philosophically. He went
even beyond it—h.e took his diary aid
put the most pithy entry into it I ever
met with in a diary : "Sou cam rdiqui,
non denn.i, n7n rem Yibo," which may be
translated thus : did not leave her ;
I did not send her away; I shan't send
for her back." And so ended the mar
riod life ofJohn Wesley.
tar The following prescription is
vouched for by the Eastport (Mu.,) Sou
' title' as a cure for the small pox:. "Give
to the patient two table-spoonsfull of a
mixture of hop yeast and water sweet
ened with in:Aasses SO as to be palatable,
equal parts of each three times a day.—
Children under twelve years of age
should take twd-tea.spoonsfull three times
a (lay Diet—Boiled rice and milk, and
toasted bread wistened with water and
without butter. EA no meet. Give
cuttup,.lm as often . as:the patisolOs thirs
ty. 'When convalescent give sparingly
broiled Ivef-ste,ak, *in, without butter,
- onT.Y the ji.ice 15 be 'Give
physic when p ii e(pgarY: If the above
treatment ,is stawittly hollowed, no marks
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NEW SERIES.---VOL. 6, NO. 11
A REPUBLICAN ON THE A MINIMA:
TION POLICY.
eIPEECH Of
HON. EDGAR COWAN.
In the &nub.' of Mt Lynitrcl Sta 44, AA. 27
Mn. COWAN said : I think, Mr. Preae
ident, that our course in regard to the
Southern people has been of a charac
ter entirely the reverse of that which
would have been successful in suppres
sing the rebellion. We were filled with
lincorrect ideas of the work we were
engaged in, or of the only methods by
which we could perform the gigantic
task we had undertaken. We started
out with exaggerated notions of our
own streagth, and we - disdained to
think that our success depended upon
the loyal men of the South; we thought
we did not need them, and treated
them accordingly. Think of such a
proposition as that contained in this
law, that if they do not lay down their
arms in sixty days they will be punish
ed by loss of their estates ! flow,
pray, are they to lay down their arms ?
Surely we know enough to know that
tins is mere mockery, and that the reb
el president might as well expect a sol
dier in our armies to lay down his arms
upon a promise of protection.
Mr. President, I have sometimes
eloubted whether we could be serious
when we expect any good result to
come from such measures as this, which
not only exposes us to ridicule but does
harm to our cause. What was want
ing in this crisis of our history with
new criminal legislation, when the codo
was complete before? We had a stat
ute punishing treason with death; a
just and proper punishment, one well
according with the magnitude of the
crime as well as the majesty of the law
which inflicted it. For all those who
conspired the dismemberment of the
reputing who used the means and per
verted the State governments to bring
it, this is the fitting punishment, be
cause it is the highest and falls upon
the guilty alone, where it ought. I
would have had no additional laws; in
fact they are not needed. I would
have contemplated no reforms within
the area of the rebellion ; the cannot
be made at such a time. What we
wanted was men and money ; these
granted, the true function of Congresit
was over until peace was restored and
all parties again' represented. But
above all things I would not have play
ed into the hands of the enemy ;
would not have done that which the
rebels most desired to have done, be
cause I have no doubt that this and all
kindred schemes" have been the very
ones which they most wanted us to
adopt. Ido not know that Jefferson
Davis ever prays ; but, it' he does, I
have no doubt he would pray.—
Mr. Wade. Pray for just such an
advocate.
Mr. Cowan. Pray for just such a
statesman as the honorable senator from
Ohio ; the most effective ally he ever
had or could have.
Ile would have prayed for measures
on our part which were obnoxious to
all people of the South, loyal and dis
loyal, Union and disunion. lie would
have prayed that we should outrage
all their common prejudices and cher
ished beliefs ; that we should do these
things by giving ourselves over to the
guidance of men Whom it was part at
their religion to hate; to hate person
ally and by name, with an intensity
rawly witnessed in the world before.
Ile would have prayed for conflseation
general and indiscriminate ; threaten
ing as well the victims of usurpation
as the usurpers themselves; as yogi
those we we►e bound to rescue as those
we were bound to punish. Fervently
he would have prayed fir our emanoi
pation laws and proclamations as means
to fire the Southern heart more potent
than all others ; they would rally the
angry population to his standard of re
volt as if each had a personal quarrel.—
He would then have a united South;
while as the result of the same meas
ures a distracted and divided North.
That is the way I think he would
have prayed and would pray now. Is
any man so stupid as not to know that
the great desire on the part of every
rebel is to embark in rev&lt with him
the whole people of the disaffected dis
tricts 7 Is cot and has not that been
considered enough to insure imams to
him? And where does history show
the fililure of any united people, num
bering five or six millions, when they
engaged in revolution t Nowhere ;
there is no such case.
What did we do to bring this unity
about in the South! We forgot our
first resolve in July, 1861, to restore
the Union alone, and we went farther,
and gave out that we would also abol
ish slavery. Now that was just exactly
the point nvou which all southern men
were meet tender, and at which they
were most prone to be alarmed mid
offended. That was of all things the
one best calculated to make them of
one mind against us ; there was no oth
er measure, indeed, which could have
Itiat . the Union cause so many of
Mena. It ia not a question either as to
whether they were right or wreak--
that was matter for their • eousidenttunt„
not ours ; for if we were ,so desirous
of a union with them, we ought s net to
have expelled them to give •up ih f ir
mos t awns/1011 institunosui der
of Penusylvaals.