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',2 US Z 2 a . ir litopecatrTlON.—SS.oo in ailvaiii e ; iii".....2S at the etc- Apirasie. tit six motatta; .32.50 after the expire:to h of Itut year. • IL DT EllTtittlr'4N Tt inserted at $1.50 per square for liillioie iniertionN, titti SO etc. a square fot each addition s/ aisertitint (ten 'Peres ,ii - lees i nutted a ' , tear, .) X - , & liberalaelletrtintl mute to yearly advertisers. , Jog NUN TING, of all kinds, executed in the hest , and en reasonable terms. at tin; "Mt.:aenger' 11kOdice. • . . agutsburg 'fusintss e:arbs. - ATTORNEYS. „~„♦. /UNMAN . PURBRAN & RiT ATTORNEYS t t:cro COUNSELLORS AT LAW Wayn:siburgt Pa. pirrofFtrE—Main Slyeet, one door east of the old 13 in k 13silding. Erin ,iusiness in Greene, Wataiterom ray ,aye aunties, entrusted to theta, Will ieetive vrr.:lp iesseetien. ifSept. 11,1851-Iy. 11. A. NVOSINELL. .1. J. lil.TrrAl.4ltr. arOO7KNZIIZI & nurarmAlig, arroßxErs .I.VD couxsELLoßs .47 . L.l Jr Waynesburg . , Pa. .tr Office in the "'ll:light 11. , sr," East Door. tt Neetiens, k.c.. wilt reveive prompt attentlen. ayeesberg, April:l3. Ititl2-1.... DAVID URA IVV4)RD, ILiNitorney and Counsellor at Law. 0:11,41 i.. the Ilharrt House. Will attenta promptly to ail business eairsamaa to his care. . Waynesburg, Pa.,July 30, ISo3.—ly. S. ♦. SLACK BLOCK & P:MLAN, • ATTORNEYS AND C0UN. ,, E13,117?2; AT Offire in the Court W1!.11(AblIrg Sept. 11,18131—1 v. PHYSICIANS Dr. T. W. ;ZOSS I cam' Msa.rg•tzcors. IVaynesl,urg, Groenc r o ., OFFICE AND REA! DEN( ' ; ON NI AIN St ITEET east, awl tiently 01,1,.,:itt. tl,e W ii" 4111. i 1011 , ,•. Waj tienb w g, rcpt. 23, DR. A. a CROSS WatILD very ro. , ;.eetruily tender ttis services' s a PiIVSICI AN AND SIT IMP:DN. to ; peop u e or Wayatextrort and vi,inity. 110 Lopes irs a uppre .liation of human lire and heal;11, to tooutteee, to merit a share rrr public pair-image. Waynesbure. January 8, 1862. i . ~'~4~~v ~_~ BLit f~`i WII. A. PORT 1 , 2 N, 11Viistresiale and Retail non!pt in FOI , and Ponies 'Dry Good g. ❑rncerries, NOliO OS, &c., Main street. Ass. 11.1861-IY. MINOR & CO., illnalen in Foreign nod Domestic Dry Goods, Cr° wins, Queensware. hardware and Notions, opposite sibs Green [loose. Main siren. Sept. 11. 1861-Iy, OSOOZELES & VARIETIES JOHN MUNNELL, Dealer in Groceries and Confectionaries, nn d Variety Goode Generally, Wilson's N -%r Main street. Sept. It. WATCHES AND Jtrw7nlanir S. NI. 8.N.1.LY, Main street, onno9ite the Wright !tonsil keens always on hand a large and elegant aaavrtincnt 01 Watches and .Jewelry. Irrßepairing of Clm.ks, Vliatchea an.l Jewelry wil raceme prompt. attention [Dee. 15. BOONS , &c. LEWIS DAY, Dealer in School and Miiol , ll-neous Books, ink, Magazines and Papers: Otte door east Of Ibruar's Stare, Main titreet. ecpt. 11, 1861 ly. /SADDLES AND EC.A.R.TaTESS. SAMUEL M'ALLISTER, "Was, Harness and Trunk Maker. old Bank Id lig. Main street. Sept. -11, • BANE. FAMERS' & DROVERS' BANK, Waynesburg, Pa. C. A. SLACK, Pres't. .1. LA ZEAR, Cashier DISCOUNT DAV. WEDNESDAY No. IL 18fi1-lv gird lanbing, DAILY MAIL HACK RUNNING REG I ILARLII BETV'EEN BYERS AN REES' ME THE undersigned respectfully informs the generous Public, that having the contract for the carrying , fike nail between the above points, he has placed up .n the roman two new and commoiltoils Ito,its for ttty ac etuninodation of the travull ng , •onitnititity, t toe wit Ivied the Adam's Ilbu.e, Way tomborg, every morn entidaye except.,,a, at 7.} o•clnelt, and will arrive at time Landing ill tittle for the float to Pittsbunzli. 40 other Will !cue !tines' Landing at the same 11105 it ali *Agri VW is Wayne.burg at noon. No pains will be awed for the accommodation of pa deu_ers, TIMOTIIY UOUGliErt. Proprietor. swat 7th, Nei. no. e. I=l y. JORDAN dORDAN. HtLLISTER & CO. 111111/31111 0111`,1101 1111,1 E 21.1•1 'I%S tot the Bale of Filar, Gram, Hay, Grass' Betds, lard., Batter, Eggs, Greer_ Apples, &3., &Jo &c. 3`i3 LIBERTY STREET, PITTSBURGH, PENN'A, REFERENCES •1 A. GH. Davenport, Woodsfield, Ohio R. Nooney, du. do. Joke Bound, adin nerfili Id, do' azet_trigu....,l4,,,,,buro. P. 4 , 0 . Immoie., .C*_.do. do. . iv,rif,jer ige 7 llol oc, l'OdliePOst. O. rrr ifournat---Prtrateb to Volitits, Agriculture, fiterature, Potnestit anb' attteral inttßigtutt, amiip D. R.P. JAME. 6 INGU.V.A.M Go - verimient uutitus, 11 13 SS a r, 31 B A ill , Attorneys and Counsellors at Law SOL., , IERS CLAIM AG-ENTS. Flaying been (lily licensed according, to Law by the government ;,s s TIL os A LI, PER. SONS TEA Ar - TIN.; I;UsINE:,.. 4 S, I hey are fully prepared with all the suitable blanks and ne cessary instructions front the several De partments at Washington City, to prosecute vrith F rompaw ss and dispatch all kinds 01 War Claims. Per ;ions. Lioutoir s or Back Pay, due dischar , , , cd soldiers, their \ yid() orphan citildren.porvnis 1,n,0 0 ,rs ;lad well as the bounty of env hundred dollar:-due discharg en soid'ers on in count of mounds rue, ived or sickni ss coicracled v biic in the servb 0, in accordance will) the special ct of March 3d, 1863. Also. the Bounty of four hundred dol lars to Veteran Recruits aid three hundred dinars to raw recruits or discha prod soldiers or their nest of kin, as authorized by the Reso lution of C.ingress of January Lnh. Rin-1, as well as all couniy or township bounties due them. will receive their undivided attention if entrusted to their hands.. Leval basi,wss of all kinds respectfully solicited. Collections will receive their prompt attention. Mr. Huss, who has been practicing with success fur sorne time in the Claim businciss, most respectfully refers to thei. f o llowing cliimiants, who, among others. have obtained Pensions, Pointy or Pack Pay through linehands: J 17. aricale Samuel Rine h art, noviAsvilie, 6recne Co. Pa Win. Merit:Hand, Waynesburg, do do Alit•!!`:t; i':'Govern, Jvikr.son, do do Jos. Silveus, froitersvill6, do do A. B. Smith, Mordurk's P. 0. do 410 Thos. Darnhart, New Fre , Tort, do do David Johnson. White Cottage, do do Jacob Greenlee. Clarksville, do do Jno. Lundy..lciforson, do do Wm. Pratt, Four Miiv, Bridle, do do Thas. Longsiro,h, Sio . a“ . :! • s P. 0. do do i-"ato'l. Coplan. Pra:ro City, Ai' k:,nCu.tllCo.Hl Harrison Morris, No.-00 a, Groom , Co. Pa Thos. Ros,herry, Oak Fttfre:l, 00 do Rinchari B. Church. U,, ,, , rst niu, do do 'Wm. NVilimn. White 1,".011z0je., do do Wm. Fox. Sew Frcoporf. do do F. B. Wilson. V. avm shor., do do Airs Lydia Morri, , ,Whi, , Coital,. do do H!i7..a ';-myd,r, oak roiresl. do do I= 1119 11=Eff====11 h do " 4 'anissa " :\kry Tlionms, rorrf ,, t, Grerne do do Of in No. 2, burr. OIL WELL PUMPS! WiLL HS OIL WELL TUBING (I.i ;:lit and Ifravy Irvin and nra-s 10110,•) OIL WELL PUMP RODS Brass rump Chambers and Valves Wrought Iron Pump Charahors End, with Pump Tops and Finished Rods AVE on hand and for stoe, Light and Heavy A itesiati ;the, Brass or Iron Joirds. We n. ill guarani ee our Lint Tube to ,road a tval pr , !ssii to 013e0 ths, and the Heavy 1,000 Ile: to the squat e inch Wrought Iron Brass Lined Chambers, lbe saute pipe•t:''r \v'trkicg I,r,ikref. , , lV r. 1‘055, j'ASI 511 - trodurotl Tithi, ht . 't% rtotglii it Rods, Flush 'wide stung and one .d le its entire Mag,b, and cayhma rat th, m' th. All bud of arth;e, roeilee,d with C:10I3G, aNi7V". IJIA ic.pt constantly on Land Scud for Circular of prices. Davis & OFFICE, NO. 110, & 11. T - ANTHONY & CO. Manufacturers of Photographic Materials, WHOLE ALE AND RETAIL. 501 BROADWAY N. Y Tn addition to onr 11171iII toislrow,..; of NIOTO. t:RAI'IIIIIA'CLIIIAL3., we ale In:whin:Liters of the following. viz : STERESCOPE Of those we have an immense assortment, including War Scenes, American and foreign Cities and Lando.. scdpe=. Gr 111111.% Statuary, &c.. Ac AI so, Revolving Ste.reitscrtpes, for pnlilic and private exhibition. Our Catalogue will be sent to any address on receipt of Stamp. Photographic Albums. We were the first to introduce these into the United itltates. and we InanUfa , lore immense quantities in great valdelY. ra , eitit.t in price front 5I flute Int: - .450 each. Our Al,lllhlld have the reputation of be:ng superior in heavily and durability to any others.— They will be syn. by male, reen, via rnceila of price• UrrFine Albums made to order. CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. for l'ltalogue now CllOl, iIC , S "yin' FIVE TU(3U SAN Ilk Ito which a.l are . en aeing made) of l ortraits of Eminent. A Hied r 100 Major-Generals, I r, 50 Statesmen, 200 136 ,, ,Geileruls, I 130 Divines, 275 Colones, 125 Authors, 100 Lik>ra.-C. I,olsels, 250 Other (Ll;cers,j Sage, iv N,Avy Univers, 'I 51)1rimiltWomen, .15r) Prwhfia.:7,t tipi ef,t!,•(ity. J. vv. PO E.L4 3,000 ("0/ ) /e. 01' ii'(//;ll.'s OF _I RT, crit.! , rr..ii Ert -1 &e.Sent t • ii r et nl : . "1.111;;I• +u NO' DWZ,II Ili' Ili ICEA 1} , )m011: ratal• , ..ll.- WOI he fillred on Ilie eliti tit \ I'll It.. rr.ip!if•r: ;mit otitor;: or.le.rio!! C. C• U. t WO , lOnn,. .010 tn. enty-fiN , pc( Celt It 1 1.1 n aw.OUnt. & 11. 'l'. N'T f ON & Cry • -11",'faxt4,e,4, Naterials, 5!I BAJA 1/W AV, N. Y -Tp <aa y i✓ii7 of ea r geode taattot fat to ealisiy bioV. 9, 11.4. l2wos. wAYNEsitur.c. svillvvit MILL. lir M. ROaElti respectfully inform his Mends and the.putdie. that los has leased the, NEW SCEAY Mill. at Waynesburg, Pa., where Le will always he toned reedy, to accommodate all who :nay call on the *honest notice. Grinding done on the saute terms aq by Water - aegis. , PLOllft and TWEED kept,' ennstaittly, na yatlli. Ousts for either cse be Len et the Idiateral Itegewee star& (I", $7, me. IMEI or AI. I. KIN flfi Eil,s. WATER STREET, Pittsburgh, Pa LIEEI ST ERESCOPIC VIEWS. -0- r 0 WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1865. Tor' rg. Front the Evibcopal and Recorder Seeking a Blessing. With Immbie, grateful joy, Thy gcxAness, Lord, we praise, And c\ mile giltd songs our lips employ, Ou Eiwnezer raise. Savior! attend our prayer; Desentl with gracious power, And let us feel thy presence near, In this propitious hour. Thou, thou alone cans't give Thy gos•pel sure success; Cans't bid the dying sinner live Anew in holiness. Nrow, while thy bmple bend, Savior, new life impart! Thy Spirit's quickening influence send To every waiting heart. The precious truths we feel, Help us to scatter wide; And tell with holy, earnest zeal, Of Jesus crucified, Help, us, in faith, to lead, The little 01liES to thee; And while thy tender lambs we feed, Our guide and shepherd be. Thy grace and strength bestow, That we may serve with joy; And strive in works of love below, Each talent to employ. Tien, when onr tolls shall cease, Saved, throllgh thy wondrous love, We'll !leer—a taluily of peace— la that blesscd holne above , Lace you seen her? facie Dzs!s, the poor oian's child, Drifting down, where fall the shadows Deepest. on lite's ocean wild, 11±nding, low her slender form Like a 14,1 y to the storm boa may know her by the sadness ',oohing out upon her face; By nameless lines and meanings Only Poverty can trace, When he chips the child of want In his fingers pale and gaunt. She is fair; upon her forehead Ues the whiteness of the snow, And h e r voice so sweet reminds you Of a streamlet in its flow. But it trembles with the sorrow Of to -day and of to-morrow. Iv her eyes we see ksunlight Of the spring time of the itout, And the tears that oft bedim them, Her full heart may pot control When she wonders why so poor, Bessie begs horn door to door. She will kit you, if you listen, That the cupboard home ix; bare, And in touching tones imploring Of your plenty some to spare, To keep hack the wearing pain Of the hunger pang again. Lady with the costly raiment! Lidy with the jeweled hand! Listen to your heart repeating Oft the master's sweet command; lie who helps by deed and word Leudeth to the mighty Lord! Exchange. House 'All No. IS4 entitled an Act relat ing to the Fifth judicial distsict, Pennsylva nia, came up in order on third reading. The bill was read the third time. Mr. SEARIGIIT. Mr. Speaker, I want to say that I believe that this bill will pass and become a law, but uctwithstandiug that fact I wish tt, state a few reasons for opposing it. They shall be very brief. In the first place, I believe and have no doubt that a large ma jority of the people residing in this judicial district, are utterly opposed to the passage of this bill, and when it shall have been pass ed it will be passed in opposition to that large majority. It has been asserted, sir, by gen tlemen hi favor of the passage of the bill, and residing in the county ot Washington, which is mostly affected by this measure, that a majority ot the people of that county are in favor of its passage. That may be so, sir, yet notwithstanding the expression of that opinion, I hope that I have reason for believing that if this question of detaching this county from this old established judicial district were submitted to the vote of the people of Washington county, that a majori ty of the people there would be against it. I believe, sir, hum conversations that I had w ith gentlemen of Washington county, not members ot this Rouse, that the object ot this bill is entirely a political one. It is first assumed, sir, by the gentlemen with whom I have conversed, but gentlemen who are anx ious for the passage 01 this bill, that a certain gentleman of the Democratic party shall be notobiated tor and elected by the Democratic party in that district, fur president judge at ilia e nsuing election, and to eseape tram that the people of Washington county ask the passage of this bill. Nov. Si, esker, say that it is not fair—it is not reasonable for these gentlemen to assume that arty par ticular person trill be nominated by the Democratic party. Tnis district of Washington, Fayette and Greene has been a judicial district. sir, for more than fifty years. I derived. this infor mation from an old resident df the district, a member t t the other hreoch of the Legisla tore. It hes bees aPie* Orict A Victure. Legislative News. as I recollect, and I referred to this old gentleman to ascertain how much farther back than .my recollection this judicial dis trict extended, and he said that it extended even beyond his recollection. And, sir, dur ing most of the time in which these counties composed that judicial district, (and I say this to meet the political argument that is involved in the question)—that (luting most ot this time, the presiding, judge was of the opposition party. And yet, sir, the Demo cratic party never entertained the idea of disrupting the district when the presiding judge was of the opposition party. And, sir, the pi.esiditg judge ot this district, to day, is a member of the opposition party, and he is a good judge, sir, and a good lawyer. There is not a Democrat in that district who seeks to disrupt its proportions, for the reason that the presiding judge is not of the Democratic party. Mr. Speaker, this district is a com?)act district in a geographical sense—more com pact and more desirable, as a district, proba bly, than any three counties in the Com monwealth They lie contiguous and in a belt. The interests of the people are identi cal. Their pursuits are the same, and they are acquainted with each other. The mem bers ot the several counties, probably, are more acquainted persanally, one with an other, than the people of any other three counties in the State. They have been long together, I repeat, as a judicial district, and they have been together many years as a Congressional district. An acquaintance and good social feeling has grown up among the people of this district, and I protest, agains.t disrupting it at this time, because I do not believe that there ;are any reasons sufficient to justify the legislature to do so Tt has been alleged, Mr. Speaker, that in a commercial or business point of view the citizens of Washington county are mire closely allied with Pittsburgh and Allegheny county then with Greene and Fayette.— That, sir, way be true, yet it <it tes not tiwin a reasou, in my opinion, why this district should he disturbed. It is also true ot Fayette that het interests, cononerciallv, are more closely allied with Plitsburgll amt •Allegheny county than they are with Wish ington and Greene ; yet, sir, no man in Fit,) - etre, of any party, nt.tuld favor a disruption ot the di-trot for judicial purpos s. Die truth is, Mr. Speaker, that in Fa) ette county we are practically nearer Pit tslintli and Allettheny county than are the people of Wasiiinglun county. We have a railroad from Union, our county-town. to Pittsburgh, b r i ng i n4 us in close and daily . conutmoira- Hon with Pittsburgh. We transact all cur business there, and it is commercially the emporiuin of our county, and we are nearer than the people of Washington ccrinty, yet it has been given hems, a reason that Ir2caue their business interests lie in Alle gheny county, that there ought to be a disruption of this old judicial district. Such a reason would be laughed at by the people of Fayette. Mr. Slszaker, I repeat that T tear this hill is going to become a law, and I feel it a duty to protest against its passage. Mr. KELLEY. Mr. Speaker, I dislike ex ceedingly to take up the time of the House i n a ny K(•11, ,,,, i1 JO upon this 1011. 1 think it is hardly necessary to make more than a simple statement in contradiction to what has been said by the gentleman from Fay ette, (Mr. Searight,) that this division of the clistriA is t ot art e Ile to the wishes of la ma jority of the people which I represent. ti A Mr. SEARIGIIT. Ido not say, sir, th:lt a majority of the people of Washington were opposed to the passage of this bill. 1 said that that probably !night be true. It was sa alleged by a gentleman from Washington county and might be the ease, yet I was of the opinion that if the naked quostion was submitted to the people of Washington coun ty, I think that a majority of them would veto against toe passage of this bill. KELLEY. I have only to say, Mr. Speaker, that I know the feelings and senti ments of the people of the county I repre sent, and know that they are in thvor of this change. I know that they demand it. There is no question that excites so much interest among them as this change, be cause the connecthm with Fayette and Greene countk , s is not agreeable. Every inan who knows the state of affairs in that district, knows that from the nature of things it cannot be agreeable for the citi zens of Washington comity to be connected with Fayette and Greene. The president of the judicial district is in Savor of this change—ho is anxious that it should take place, The people and judges of Allegheny county are in favor of it. The lawyers of both counties are in favor of it. The people nave connections with the peo ple of Allegheny county that they never had and never will have with the people and lawyers of Fayette county. Oar whole business centres there, and this change should be made. I might say much more. I have noted down several arguments which I might use, but do not think it necessary to occupy the time ot the Housee with a re cital ot them. I hope the bill will pass. Mr. SEARIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I desire to state a few reasons that I forgot to men tion when I was lip before. This district, as at present composed, is probably not as large as the average judicial districts in this Commonwealth. It is smaller than the average of judicial districts iu this Common wealth. .Take one county oil' and it would make a very great deal the smallest district, geographically considered. in the Common wealth. It is a very fair district, sir, and it is now, less than the average, however, but detaching Washington county would make it, in my opinion, too small. It is true it would lessen the labors of the pre-iding judge very greatly, and I do not suppose that any person who expects to be judge of this district could have any oltjection to the passage of this bill, because it would very materially lessen his duties. Still I think it isnot right, sir, to take off a county from this district and make it 6 very small dis trict—entirely too small—aud add a coun ty on to Allegheny, which is one td: the largest judicial districts in the corntioja_ wealth, and make that district still larger.— It makes a small district a great deal sinallt?r and a large district a great deal larger.— Now, sir, I should like to know a reason for doing that thing. It is no argument to say that the people of Washington county are • alined with the people of Allegheny county su closely that it would be an ac commodation to the poople of Washington to be connected judicially with AllegbellY county so dosely that it would be an ac commodation to the'people of Washington to be connected jadicia4 with Allegheny county, I say - that Alto people 4.0 Washington county, notwithstanding -the bill may pass, will have to go to Washington to attend court, and not to Pittsburg ; they do not propose to hold the courts for Wash ington in the city of Pittsburg, but they are to he held in Washington, as beretolore, and the people having business in court will be required as usual to come to Washington. So that it will be of no advantage to them to pass this bill. And, Mr. Speaker, if I am not much mis taken in the geoeraphy of that section of the Commonwealth, (and I think I am cot— lam pretty well acquainted with all these counties,) I think that the bulk of the terri tory of Washington county lies more con tigious to the counties of Fayette and Greene than to the runty of Allegheny. This is my impression, and I resist and pro test against the passage of this bill. Mr. ROSE. Mr. Speaker, the gentlemen from Washington appears to try to make it manifest that it is distasteful for Washing ton county to remain in the same judicial district as Fayette and Greene. I simply want to propoun I a question to the gentle man from Washington. I wish to know what is so distasteful to the citizens of Washington county ? Will the member from Washing ton inform me what renders the connection so distasteful ? - Mr. KELLEY. The politics don't suit us over there. Mr. ROSE. I have another question to propound. As Fayette is almost equally balanced politically, and sometime is so un fortunate as to be governed by the Republi can party, and as there is quite a respecta ble minority of that party in Greene coun ty, what are you going to do with them ? Leave them to the tender mercies 'if those whom Washington county leers and dreads ? I think, Mr. Speaker•, that instead attic. gentleman being lamest in what he has sta ted, the Democratic influence in those two counties is feared. I think that he has done the Democratic party a very great hon or. Mr. KELLEY. Mr. Speaker, as the g,en tlemen from Greene (Mr. Ruse) has put two or three questions to rue, now I desire to put q question to Irw ; that is the previous question. 'file hill has dragged t'or ten or t,velve days, and the intention now seems to be to consume time. The call t,r the pre%ious question was:SU:i -t:11111Ni bV AL:7,I;N. Quay, ti,vope, Wells, Glass, Foster, Negley and WuLt. Lcs,,ed finally, Yea, 60, 5,,.) s 02. 4iThirellarmics. :.,:b•• ' " ' . From the Chicago Pust A Strange Tale. A LEAL' FLIOII DIE LIFE OF• A BLISINESS MAN IN CHICAGO There now resides in the city of Chi cago, a gentleman well known in busi ness cit wad whose paper is good on change for a very respectable sum, whose lot it was in the early portion of his car eer to reside in the city New Orleans. This was many yi•ars :.)--;tway back in the Lei i:t IS3O to 1836. He had gone thither from the North penni less, to earn a livelihood for himself and in pursuit ~t that tort - rule which all young men hope to reach, but which few ever obtain. Shortly after his arrival in the Crescent city he fortunately succeeded in securing a position in an old, and well established mercantile house, where by his industry and uniform trustworthy conduct he secured the confidence of his employers and rapid promotion up through the several departments of the house to the counting room. For the. purpose of this narrative we are called upon to select a cognomen for tie "gentlemen betbre proceeding fur ther. And since this sketch is publish ed without consultation with him, we feel obliged to give him a name other than that by which he is known in the commercial walks of life, and with the title of Mr. S— our readers must be satisfied. Mr. S— had been scarcely two years engaged in discharging the duties of his position in New Orleans when he became, enamored of a daughter of one of the members of the firm. Deeply en grossed as he was in the affairs ot every day business life, the tread of all-absorb ing trade failed to crush out the gentler sentiments ot his heart, and the'jmugle of the dollars could not drown the sweet, music of interchanging vows of constan cy and of plighted faith. His affec - lons were reciprocated, but though "liarkis was willing" the parents were not. With all the pride of aristocracy, and contempt of honest labor, which formerly and does still charaeteriz, the wealthy of the South, they sneered at the loves of the young couple, interposed objections, and for bade intercourse between them. As a natural consequence, clandestine me, , tings were held and an elopement projected and consummated. 'rue par ties returned to New Orleans one day man and wite, but to receive no blessing or tOrgiveness Ilona the parents of the lady. Mr. S. was dismissed from the service of the firm, and for more than a month struggled hard to maintain him self and the Wile now dependent upon his exertions. His efforts were not crowned by the most perfect success, and his life was a continual struggle for exis tence, poor and cheerless at that. One son was the result of the marriage, and with his wife and child, Mr. S. struggled on, met on almost every hand by the persecutions of the lather. Unable lon ger to reconcile himself to such a hfe, a separation was mutually agreed upon , the lady returned with her ekild tohe; father's roof, and i\lr. S. retarod to his home in the Eastern States. Six months after his arrival at the North, Mr. S. received' New Orieaus paper containing the anaowmaint, of the death of his wife and infant child.— Attached to them as he was, though compelled by adverse circumstances to leave them, he mourned for them sin cerely, and believed them dead. A few years afterwards he met with a lady whose good qualities of mind attracted him and whom he subsequently married, and with whom he lived happy for many years, raising a tinnily of sons, two of whom arc to-day residents of the city of Chicago. In the natural course of events, Mr. S. removed to the west many years ago and became one of the seekers after fortune, upon what was then considered almost the frontier. Chicago was then but a small and comparatively unknown town, though the tide of emigration was begin ing to set rapidly in this direction. He was shrewd and speculative, and his for mer experience had rendered him well qualified to turn to advantage such op portunities for the aggrandizement of whatever he possessed as came in his way. He prospered in business and year after year accumulated additions to the gains of the previous year. Chicago and the great Northwests spratg from an insignificant village and a sparcely settled country to a great city and pros perous commonwealth. His own pe cuniary advancement was no less rapid, and from that time until the present, his life was marked by no more important eras than is the common history of bus iness men in this community and might be written of hundreds of others. Some years ago his second wife died, esteemed by her friends and w2pt and loved by those to whom she was nearest and dearest. We gill not say that during all this lapse of years the mind of Mr. S. did not frequently revert- to the scenes of his earlier , lays, and to the strange vi cissitudes through which he had passed. It would have been wonderful indeed if he had not pondered upon them, or of ten thought of the joys and sorrows at tendant upon his residence in New Or leans. lie held no correspondence, however, with any one resident there, and accepted for truth the newspaper announcement of the death of his former wife and child. By it his entire life had been changed and turned from its orig inal channel, he himself seeking new as sociations, new scenes, and different av enues of trade. After the capture of the city of New Orleans 'by the Union forces under Gen eral Butler, and the opening of the Mis sissippi by the surrender of Vicksburg, a desire seized Mr. S. to revisit his old home, and look once more upon New Orleans. Thirty years had elapsed since his residence there and the occa sion of his second visit. On the second day after his arrival he discovered among di I,dies of the St. Charles Ho tel, one whom he recognized as his for m.:r wife. He immediately sought an interview with her but was refused, she returning the application by the no mans consoling information that she had no interest in common with him, and no desire to look upon or speak with him The succeeding day she had left the hotel and he lost all trace of her. Mr. S. was shortly after taken severely ill and having occasion to call in a phy sician, judge of his surprise to learn from the conversation which passed between them that the gray haired medical atten dant had been the adviser of the family of his former wife, and from him he learncd the residence of the lady.— Prompted by feelings of curiosity even if the old love had wholly died out in his heart, he again sought an interview and was at last suceessful. The story of the lady was a strange one. Atter the departure of Mr. S. for the North she returned to her father's home, and to the circles in society she had formerly frequented. Her father bad purposely inserted in the paper the announcement of the death of herself and child, and forwarded it to Mr. S. that he might believe them forever lost to him. Ste passively waited the lapse of time until a divorce was procured on the ground of abandoument,and in a few years entered upon her second marriage, in obedience to the wishes of her par ents. The son of Mr. S. and herself was then a colonel in the rebel army. She had no desire to renew intercourse with him, and closed the interview as soon as possible. Mr. S. determined if he could not have the wife, at least to have the son. By patient labor his discharge was pro cured from the service of Jefferson Da vis, and lie returned to the North with his newly found father. A codicil was not long ago appended to the will of Mr. S. by which the son receives an equal share in that gentleman's property upon the occasion of his death. Mr. S. is again in the city of Chicago, and again fills his accustomed place in business cir cles Yet few would suspicion that in the life of this man, familiar to hundreds, novel events had mingled and circum stances transpired, the like whereof we seldom find save in the pages of fiction or of romance. sslr-The business man who puts his sign in the newspapers does a much wiser thing than a man who fastens it over the door, and- who would think of neglecting that! Where- one' person read it in the newspaper. No matter how well a bed is k )mown, he can always pick up new customers if he will take the pains to advertise; for by neg lecting the means of securing trade he looses' the best of protior, NEW SERIES.---VOL. 6, NO. 37. The Impending Draft. Attorney General Speed, General De'afield, and Colonel C. W. Foster, appointed a Committee by President Lincoln, "to examine into the proper quota and credits of the respective States and districts, under the call of !December 19, 1864, with directions that, if any errors be found therein, to make such corrections as the law and facts may require, .'made their report on Saturday last to the President. This report is final and conclusive, and the draft is to be made in accordance with . it. We annex the following abstract of the document, which embodies all that is essential in it : The call for 300,000 men, made by the President, on the 19th of Decem ber, 1864, requires that the number shall be raised. But the law requires that the num ber of men previously furnished by dif ferent localities, and the periods of their service shall be considered so as to equalize the draft. The number of men liable to military duty is to be determined by the enroll- ment lists. The number of men which has been furnished by the various localities, and their periods of service, were ascertain ed, and previous accounts having been adjusted, the excesses, where they tt isted, were carried forwaxd under t last draft. The amount of service furnished is determined by Jun/tiplying the number of men raised by the number of years for which they enlisted. Having thus ascertained the number of men enrolled on the a Ist day of De cember, 1864; the number of men fur nished up to that date; the localities from which they come, and the periods of their service, it is proposed to distii bute the call tor 300,000 men among the several districts, and parts of dis tricts, according to the number enroll ed in each, and the number of me; furnished, and the periods of service previously rendered by each. The rule by which this is accomplish. ed is as follows: Take the whole number of year. of service furnished by the districts of the United States from the commencement of the rebellion to the 31st of Decem ber, 1861. From that sum deduct the wiele number of men •furnished from all the districts of Ihe United States up to that date. The remainder will be the excess of years of service furnished by all the districts. Multiply the Pa of December 19th, 1864, by three, to have the number of years of service up on that call, and to add to this the ex cess, as ascertained above.. Then, as the number of men enrolled from the whole United States, up to the 31st of December, 1863, is to be the period of service, as above ascertained, so is the number of men enrolled in a given die trict, to the number of years of service it is required to furnish, including Ai pro rata share of the excess. From this sum deduct the actual ex cess the district furnished; the remain der is the number of years of service which the district is required to furnish under the call of December 19, 1864, which, divided by three, gives the num ber of men required from the district. As this call is for 300,000 men, that number cannot be reduced by men go ing in for a period longer than one year. In equalities produced by men going itt under this call for longer periods than one year must be equalised on the Ih ture calls. It will be preceived that though the aggregate of the excess furnished is ad ded to the whole call, the excess of each district is afterwards subtracted from its quota. Thus the number of men called for is neither increased nor diminished, but equally produced, con sidering the number of men and the periods of their service,. Localities which have heretofore furnished a great. er amount of service have, in propor tion to their enrollment, a less amount to furnish under this, and • waver" Men having heretofore enlisted for one, two and three dears, it was neces sary to take one of those periods as the basis of the calculation. As three yeses embraced both the other periods, it makes the calculation more simple to adopt that. The same result will be arrived at by adopting either one or two years as the basis, but the proms, of calculating would be more complica ted. Such we find to he the rule adopted by the Provost Marshal General. The rule is in conformity with the require. ments of the Jaws of Congress, and is just and equitable. We have carefully examined and proved the work done under this rah by the Provost Marshal General, ant find that it has been done with fairness. We file in the Provost Marshal Gus. eral's Office our calculations of the qao.ta of each and every district endorsed by us as correct. isrA New England soldier, who h served three years creditably, and re. ceived three wounds, was sent in from camp to Washington, on Tuesday if last weak, and made to exchange an in fantry uniform for a bonnet, dress hoops—the appropriate garb of her se; which she had kept ooneealPd from b colleagues. Aa eseitaaga says the utost a g ular a: . , altural fair is a Earraer's ter. Who wealgial "mad" ith4 it.
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