etitgrapij. liRISIIIIRG. PA Saturday lurning, November To CIOBSESPONDENTS.—If " Vindex " will fur nish us with his proper name, not for publica tion, but as a guarantee of the truth sh his of his representations, we will cheerfully publi communication; otherwise we shall treat it like we do all other anonymous communications-- consign it to the stove I=I:2MMEI Fisr AT rlir -LIMB END."'" A correspon dent writing from Fisherville in the upper end of this county, says that last Sunday evening the house of Jacob Powel, situated about five miles from that town t :ok fire and burned to the ground. The origin of the fire is not known, the family all having been from home at the There ;vas no insurance on either the house or the property. BI'LLET PROM—There is a man named Schref ilel , from the upper end of this county now a volunteer in one of the companies stationed at Camp Cameron, who was accidentally shot about a year since, the ball, wadding and iron ramrod of the musket having passed in his body just below the naval and came out at the small of his back. So says a correspondent of the Middletown Journal. SANFORDAST.I. Sanford's Ethiopian Troupe fairly took our play going community by storm a-t-Ftlt's T hursday night. The house was a perfect jam, and of course the performances n-ore jerni-up. A new programme is up for to night, tilled with choice songs, laughable ex towaganzas, and capital hits at the times, so that if any of our readers are troubled with the Glues, or indigestion, let them step around to the hall and laugh and grow fat. POLlCE.—Beforethe Mayor—Johnny O'Donnel, and Margaret his wife—regular "trampers" who take to lock-ups and other municipal ac commodations as naturally as ducks take to water—were the only parties who paid their respects to his honor this morning. They were discharod with an injunction to extend their patronage elsewhere. Before Alderman Kline.—An Irish Biddy, with cheeks like Newton pippins, was arraigned for drunkeness. Sent to prison to sober-up. APPOINTHENT ore CHAPLAIN. Rev. John illeosker has been appointed by the Governor Chaplain to the 95th (Col. Goslin's) regiment, sow under marching orders for the seat of war. Rev. M'Cosker is the pastor of the Catholic church at Elizabethtown, Lancaster county, and is distinguished alike for his piety, ability and kindness of heart, virtues that will render him a favorite with the men of his regiment, and go far to improve their moral and religious condition. Shortly after his appointment he was the recipient of a handsome chaplain's sword and belt, presented to him by Mr. James Young, of Middletown, this county, as a slight token of the doner's regard for the many esti mated qualities possessed by the Reverend gen tleman. NEW RAILROAD Tanisnms.—The Pennsylvania Railroad Company have now about two hundred men at work upon their improvements at the foot of Washington street, Philadelphia, where an elevator is in course of erection. The eleva tor is to be of iron. The front, on Washington street, will be sustained by ten massive iron columns, which have already been put up, and the area enclosed will be sufficient to accommo date a very large business. The pier will be one of the longest on the Delaware, the extreme end being eight hundred feet distant from Swan son street. At least twenty-six feet of water will be obtained by the use of dredging ma chines, two of which are now in active opera tion, The work is expected to be completed by the first of January. DIATH Of A DAUPHIN COUNTY SOLDINZIL —Pri vete Jno. Bentley, of Middletown, attached to the Colder Fencibles, Capt. Detwiler, of the Thos. A. Scott regiment met with an accident last Friday night which resulted in his death. This company is stationed at Bee Tree Station on the Northers Central Railroad. On Satur day morning about 3 o'clock, Bentley lit his pipe, and walked to the railroad, a short distance from his tent, and eat down upon a railroad tie. A few moments afterwards he was informed that a train of cars were approaching, and he made an effort to get away, but was unfortu nately seized with the cramp, sad before assis tance could be rendered, the cars struck him a fatal blow. His back and three ribs were bro ken, and he also received a severe cut on his head. The wounded man was taken to his friends in Middletown at 2 o'clock last Sunday morning, where he lingered In great pain until the following Tuesday at noon, when death put a❑ end to hie sufferings, He was about 10 years of age, and leaves a wife, and one child to mourn his untimely and sad fate. A SUPeßsTrrioN ABOUT TUB Asa TRIM —ln the Highlands, at the birth of a child, it is said that the nurse takes abranch of the ash tree, one eel of which she puts into the fire, and while it i:, burning receives into a spoon the sap which s from the other end ; this she gives to the eiLI to be mingled with its food. It is sup. "''d to impart wonderful virtues. In King's 'y, Ireland, near Kenetry Church, is a fa. ash, the trunk of which is now twenty- .:et ten inches in circumference. When a al of one of the peasantry passes by this procession pauses, the body is laid f a a few words of prayer. Then each eat a stone to increase the heap which awanulated over its roots. This is Li benefit both the dead and the liv i4l is au ancient saying that "a ser• :1, rather creep into the fire than over ine an ash trea." Cowley, enumerat- Prodigies, says : 11" B ash's withbateand owls Sate . top, ba ht,x),14;.,4 ominous, and baleful fowls, o,(4,'"ig, while the screeching of the It Profaned and viol is , a ted all the graves." creep fat°44tinownd many of such follies will Moon ONNICIME4.—Those semi-military gentle men who are in the habit of sporting undress uniforins in our large cities would find them selves in trouble in Washington. The Provost Marshal's patrols have an inconvenient way of asking all such gentry for their passes. When they answer that they "do not belong to th army," the Captain of the Guard tells them that if they don't want to be put in the guard house, they had better take off that uniform. I===l BALD H1A14.-It was not long ago tbat a French writer announced and proved the do minion of 'the "bald-headed men" in France, and showed them to be really the ruling spirit in every department of life—in politics, finance, roetry, art, science, and even in gallantry ! In all of these there was a bald-headed man at "the head of the head," and the young fellows with flowing locks and "Hyperion's curls" were quite thrown in the shade by the middle aged gentlemen, whose nobs were as bare and smooth as billiard-balls. Quilp, who, by the bye, is getting a little bald himself, says the same thing is true in all civilized countries, whatever the fact may be among savages; and the reason lies, not certainly in the superior beauty of the bare poll—though a bald head may still be a very handsome one—but in the fact that a man rarely comes into the perfec tion of his manhood before the period at which baldness ordinarily begins. Accordingly, as a general rule, the less hair the more brains— and vice-versa. "Sit North,"—a competent judge of the cases—wrote in Blackwood, that "No strong-bodied, strong-minded, strong-hear ted man reaches his true prime until he is turn ed of forty ; and he keeps on till he is sixty ; being probably at seventy threatened with a small family by a second or a third wife." --06.---. Foul Cn.unassr Buaar To Dawn.—On•Mon day evening, the 21st instant, a short time af ter dark, a most distressing accident occurred in Ferguson township, Clearfield county. It appears that Mr. Nicholas Tubbs and his wife went to preaching at a school house a short dis tance from their home, taking with them their youngest child and leaving the four older ones at home. Some time after their arrival at the school house, the alarm was given that their house was on fire. On reaching the scene of conflagration, the rafters and other timbers were already falling in ; and to their utter horror they discovered that the four children they had left at home were in the burning building. The youngest was three years of age and the oldest eleven—two boys and two girls. The remains of the children were afterwards taken from the burning embers—two of which were entirely consumed except a few of the larger bones ; whilst, of the other two, the limbs were only burnt off, leaving their bodies a shapeless mass of crisp human flesh, horrible to behold. There was no fire in the house when the parents left it, except a burning candle. The origin of the fire is mere conjecture, as it had so far advanced when it was discovered that no one could tell in what part of the building it did commence ; but it is presumed that the children had gone to bed, and whilst they were asleep, the fire originated from the burning candle by some means. 'SOLD/Bale COMYORT CLUBS.' '—A patriotic lady in Philadelphia. who has been indefatigable in her labors for the soldiers, suggests that associ tions might easily and with little expense be formed in all our cities, towns and villages, to provide some small matters which contribute greatly to the comfort of the men, and which the Government cannot be expected to furnish. This lady writes— "I seldom think of anything in these days but the war, and what can be done to help those who are so nobly helping us ; and I know there are thousands of women who feel as I do. Let such form themselves into clubs, and let each club devote itself to one particular regiment.— Let oue lady be appointed to write to the Colo nel of the regiment selected, and inquire what comforts of this kind are most needed by his men. Let the men be told by him that it is to the sympathy and industry of these ladies that these comforts are due, and it will cheer and encourage them to bear their hardilips more bravely When they realise thatthey are remem bered at home with affectionate interest. These ladies will feel a double interest in watching the conduct and success of what they will soon learn to regard as their own regiment. By en exercising this living bond of interest some thing the old feeling of chivalry will be reviv ed—a chivalry modified and enlightened by Christianity." Although we know the ladles of thiti city have been and still are laboring nobly for the comfort of our soldiers, they may gather some hints from the above suggestion which may be of practical utility 'to them. From what we can learn, a large number of articles for our volunteers' comfort could be obtained during the ensuing long winter evenings, if a systema tic and comprehensive organization was formed to operate in the county as well as in the city. THIS LAZGIIAGI OF TUB ANFRIOAN FLAG.-A number of years ago we read in an old congres sional document an explanation of the colors and symbolical meaning of the stars and stripes of our national banner, written by a member of the committee of the Continental Congress, to whom was referred the duty of selecting a flag for the then infant confederacy. Since then we have frequently desired to republish the ex planation, as a matter of interest to our readers, but were never able to find it until this morn ing we discoved it incorporated in a sketch of the battle of Saratoga read before the New York Historical Society by A. B. Street, Esq. The explanation reads as follows : The stars of the new flag represents the new constellation of States rising in the Welt. The idea was taken from the constellation Lyra, which in the hand of Orpheus signifies harmony. The blue in the field was taken from the edges of the Covenanter's banner in Scotland, signifi cant of the league covenant of the United Colo nies against oppression, incidentally involving the virtues of vigilence, perseverance and jus tice. The stars were disposed of in a circle, symbolizing the perpetuity of the Union : the ring, like the circling serpent of the Egyptians, signifying eternity. The thirteen stripes show ed, with the stars the number of the United Colonies, and denoted the subordination of the States to the Union, as well as equally amon g themselves. The whole was the blending of the various flags previous to the Uni on flag— viz : the red flags of the army and the white ones of the floating batteries. The red color, which in Roman days was the • of defiance, denotes daring ; and the white, purify. What eloquence do the stars breathe when • their full significance is known. A new CM' =Otl I Union 1 Perpetuity 1 A covenant oppression! Justice, equality, subordi nation, flowage and purity. peunfiglvanti Walk t digraph, Saturbap ftlarning, November 2, 1861. ON Pinion GUARD.—It was night, the cold whistling wind howled its marches on the sol diers dreary midnight beat,, and ever and anon his watchful fancy seemed to hear the distant footfall of the lurking foe. With gun in band and bayonet fixed he paces to and fro. " Who goes there'?" " A friend." The word, all fear dispelled, he thinks of home, mother, father, sister, his dear Kate, and perhaps the many winter comforts in dry goods that is always to be had at the cheap store corner of Front and Market streets of Urich & Bowman. A CHALLENGIE MATER—portable, in brick or as a fireplace heater; the most powerful beaters known for warming several apartments with pure hot air, and by only one fire, suited for nwirungas, oncrecuss, scnoors, &c. For sale by the agent, LYMAN Quasar, Market street. Send to him for a book, containing full descrip tion, and an overwhelming mass of testimony. Oct. 26t. GRRATRST BARGAINS FROM NEW YORK Aucrum ! —The Cheapest Goods Received Yet I— SO pieces of 5-4 bleached Pillow Case Muslin, 124 cents. 100 dozen of woolen Socks damaged by water, 8 cents a pair. 25 pieces of dark heavy Pant Stuff, 18, 26 and 87 cents. 50 pieces Canton Flannel, 1211 cents. 100 of black and grey Cloaks, from $2.50 up. 12 dozen of ladies' woolen Sontags,very cheap. 40 dozen ofgrey and white merino Undershirts and Drawers, 75 cents. 60 pairs white woolen Blankets, at all prices. 100 dozen of ladies' and children's wool Stock ings, 12 to 37 cents. 60 pieces of white, red and yellow Flannel, at all prices. Country merchants we would Invite to call, as we have a large stock of all kinds of Goods, and are daily receiving Goods from New York Auction, which we will sell at wholesale at City prices. HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED JUST Published in a Sealed Envelepe Price 6 Ole :