RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Four lines or less constitu
e r more than four, constant
Bali sq., one day --- $ )20 One sq., one tiny. —.. tvoo
" one week.... 120 " one week.... 200
" one month.. 300 " one month.. 6410
" tbreemonth9 500 i t three months 10 0 0
cc six m 'laths.. 800 " six monthti.. 15 60
.: one year—....l2 00 " one year _.... 20 00
Business notices inserted in the too At. °maims,
Or before marriages and deaths. TEN CENTS PER .r2su for
each insertion. To merchants and others advertising
by the year s liberal' terms will he offered.
The number of insertions mast be designated on
he advertisement.
{Er Marriages and Deaths will te inserted at the same
saes as regular advertisemenm.
. ,
Buointos darbo.
ROBERT SNODGRASS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office with Hon. David Mumma, jr., Third street,
above jiarket, Harrisburg, Pa.
N . B.___pitscion, Bounty and Military claims of all
kinds pro:+ecut d and collected.
Refer to Roos John C. Kunkel, David Mumma, Jr
god R. A. Lawberton. myll-d&w6m
wM. H. MILLER,
R. B. FERGUSON, A
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OFFICE IN
Li HO EMARER'S BUILDINGS
SECOND STREET,
BETWEEN WALNUT and MARKET SQUARE,
ap29-d&w Nearly opposite the BitAhler House.
T HOS. C. MAcDOWELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MILITARY GLArst AND PATENT AGENT.
Office in Burke's Rout, Third street, (Up Stairs.)
Hawing formed a connection with parties In Wagh_
ington City, Arno are reliable business men, any busi
ness connected With any of the Departments will meet
with immediate and careful attention. mgif
fit! It. 0. WEICHEL,
SURGEON AND OettLlSr,
RESIDANGE THIRD NEAR NORTH STRAIT.
He Is now tally prepared to attend promptly to the
Jades of profession in all its breaches.
A LONG AND WERT BIICOESSFUL MIDICAL immatasen
justices him In promising fall and ample eatisfaction to
all who may favor bimwlth a mill, be tb s disease °bran'.
or any other natura_ ml.B4lwif
TAILORING.
ar .M CO • c E
The subscriber is ready at NO. 94, MARKET ST.,
four doors below Fourth street, to make
MEN'S' AND BOY'S CLOTHING
In any desired style, and with.skill and promptness.
Fersons wishing , cutting done can have it done at the
shortest notice. ap27-dly
CHARLES F. VOLLMER,
UPHOLSTERER,
Chestnut street, four doors abo've Second,
(OSPOBITS WASHINGTON Hoag Hougs,)
19 prepared to furnish to order, in the very beet style of
workmanship. Spring and flair Mattresses, Window ar
tains, Lounges, and all other articles of Furniture in his
line, on abort notice and moderate terms. Having ex
perience in the business, he feels warranted in asking*
share of public patronage, confident of his ability to giro
satisfaction. janl7-dtf
SILAS WARD.
NO. 11, NORTH THIRD IT., HARRISBURG.
STEINWAY'S PIANOS,
MELODEONS, VIOLINS, QUITAILS,
Banjos, Flutes, Fifes, Drums, .Accordeonss
STRINGS, SHEET AND BOON IMMO, kc., &G.,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. ALBUMS,
1412:Pier and Mantle Mirrors, Square and OYSI Irmo
very description made to order. Reguilding done.
Agency for Howe's Sewing Machines.
12- 61:met Music sent by Mail. octl-1
JOHN W. GLOVER,
MERCHANT TAILOR!
Ras just received from New York, an assort
ment of
SEASONABLE GOODS,
which he offers to his customers and the public at
uov22) MODENA Tk..' 1' RICE.N. ara
AXT HARRY WILLIA.MS,
opir_siaoriter. 49.4arimma - ne,
Oa WALNUT STREET,
PRIL ADE LP WA.
g-enoral Claims for Soldiers promptly collectel, State
Ltlaima aljusted, fitc., ay. mir2o-dlm
SMITH & EWING,'
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
THIRD STREET, Harrisburg,
Practice in the several Courts of Dauphin county. Col
lections made promptly. A. C. SMITH,
J. li. XWING.
T COOK, Merchant Tailor,
t „I ff CITERGJT ET., between Second and Front,
Hasjuit returned from the city with an assortment of
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VESTIN(3S,
Which will be SOM at moderate prices and made up to
order; and, also, an assortment of READY MADE
Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods.
nov2l-Iyd
DENTISTRY.
B. L GILDBA, D. D. S.,
O.ti ll 9 MARKET STREET,
-tea
EBY & KUNKEL'S BUILDING, UP STAIRS.
jeuff-tf
'RELIGIOUS BOOK STORE,
TRACT IND SUNDAY SCHOOL RE.POSn'OR
•
E. S. GERMAN.
ILT 13013TH SECOND STREET, ABOVE SaLIONUT,
MARILISBIIRCI,
Depot for the lisle of Bterboscopee,StereosceplaViews,
Mule pa Musical Instruments. Also, subscriptions
taken for religious p-obliedione. noBo-dy
JOHN G. W. MARTIN,
FASHIONABLE
CARD WRITER,
BEAR'S HOTEL, HARRISBURG, PA.
Ailmanner of VISITING, WEDDING AND BUSI
NRSR CARDS exeenteA in the most &MAU° sles srel
moat reasonable terms. de tyel4-dtf
UNION HOTEL,
Ridge Avenue, corner of Broad greet,
HARRISBURG, PA.
The undersigned Informs the public that he has re
mently renovated and refitted his well-known " Union
Hotel" on Ridge avenue, near tha e rtonnd Howie, and id
prepared to accommodate eitizens; - strangers and travel
ers in the best style, at moderate rates.
Via table will be supplied with the best the maskets
afford, and at his bar will be found superior brands of
liquors and milt beverages. The very best aseommo.
dations for railroaders emp'oyed at the shops in this
victnity, lal4 iltf] HENRY BOSTREN.
FRANKLIN 'llollBlfi l
DA.LTIMOB.W, MD.
this pleasant and eommokioue !lota ham besn tho
.ronghlg„ re-fitted and re - furnished. It is pleasantly
sitnatea on North-West Corner of Howard and Franklin
streets., a few doors west of the 'northern Central Rail
way Depot. leery attention paid to The comfort of hie
guests. G. LEDMINRING, Proprietor,
1612-tr (Late of Banns Grove. Pa.)
HEO. F. SCURF - Ili - ER ;
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTER ,
NO. 18 HARRET STREET, HARRISBURG.
tar Particular attention paid to printing, ruling and
bffiding of Railroad Blanks, Manifests, Insurance
ties, Checks, Bill-Heads, &v..
Wedding, Visiting and Business Cards printed at vary
kW prises and in the best style. jan2l
MESEMS. OHICIttitING- & Co.
HAVE AGAIN OBTAINED THE
GOLD MEDA.Lt
AT TSB
MECHANICS' FAIR, BOSTON,
pimp TEE PEZONDIIIO WILEN,
e•VER StifY COMPETITORS!
- Saleroom rcr the 011101(111BING FrANOB, at Harris
burg, at 92 Market street,
ossi3-tr W . HNOOHE'II WOW STORM.
to half a square. Tea lines
0 a square.
BOOTS AND SHOES
all kinds and varieties, in the neatest and most faith.
onable Styles, and at (satisfactory prices.
Their stock will consist, in part, of Gentlemen's PIM
Calf and Patent Leather Boots and Shoes; latest styles;
Ladies' cad Misses) Oaten, and otheriShoeS in great
variety; and is fact everything connected with the
Shoe business.
CUSTOMER WORK' win be particularly attended to,
and in all cases will satisfaction be warranted. Lana
trued up by one of the best makers in the country.
T.he long practical experience of the undersigned, and
their thorough knowledge of the business will, they
trust, be sufficient guarantee to the public that they
will do them justice, and furnish them an article that
will recommend itself for utility, cheapness and &ger
bility. [jang] JACKSON & CO.
AT, MUNGER'S PATENT BEEF TEA
LYL. a solid, concentrated evtrswi
Tr vatrr..illLES,
Convertible immediately into a nourishing and deli
cious soup. Highly approved by a number of eminent
Physicians.
This admirable article condensed into a compact form,
all the substantial and nutritive properties of a large
bulk of meat and vegetables. The readiness with which
it dissolves into a nch and palatable soap, !blob Would
require hours of preparation according to the usual
method, is an advantage in many situations of life, too
obvious to need urging. Its highly nOUriehing qualities
combined with its delicacy, renders it invaluable for the
sick; while for those in health, it is a perfect substitute
for fresh meat and vegetables. It will keep good in any
elimate, . . . . .
It is peculiarly well adapted FOR TRAVELEIIB,by
land or sea, who can thus avoid those aecidentaldepriva
tions of a comfortable meal, to which they are so liable.
FOR INVALIDS, whose capricious appetite can thus
patierted la a moment.
FOR FPOItTSMEN and EX_CTIR3IONISTO. to whom,
both its compactness and easy preparation will recom
mend it. For sale by
sep24-tf WM. DOGE, .TE.) & Cc.
CHARVER OAK
FAMILY FLOUR!
&TNEXCELLEI) BY ANY IN THE U. &TATES
AND SUPERIOR TO ANY
Iff° .19.. INT C 3 - Sr .3EI Mt -A. 33
IT IS Wan OF
CHOICE MISSOURI WHITE WHEAT.
ITY" Delivered any place In the city free \of charge
Terms cash on delivery ,
brae
A . BOOK .FOR THE TIMES I
American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of
Important Events for the roar 1861. In 1 vnd .
8 470. over 750 pages. Cloth 03, Leather $8.50,
Published by b. Appleton 4; Co., NSW York.
The design Of this work is to furnish a record of all
the important knowledge of the year. The events of
the war, owing to their prominence, will, of course, on.
capy a eon/Timone part, but all other branches—Zs'.
ence, Art, Literature, the Mechanic Arts, &e. ) will re
ceiVA due attention. The wort Will be publuthed ex
clusively by subscription, and ready for delivery ininne
nest.
Also, now complete :
Bento4.'s Debates of Congress, 16 voiarnes,fs and $3 00
. ,
pervonewee.
Benton's Thirty Years in if. S. Senate, 2 volumes, $2.60
and $3 pit vci•
Cyclopedia of American EZOQUENCE, containin g ths
speeches of the most eminent Orators of Ame r ica, 14
steel portraits, 2 vols. $2.50 each.
Parton's Life and Times of Andrew Jackson, 3 vo/um es,
$2.60 each.
Address J. P. STRABBAIIeIIi Harrisburg., Pa.
General Agent for D. APPLETON & Co.
For Circulars descriptive of Annual Cyclopedia.
apri.l3-decwtf.
DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS,
PHILADELPHIA,
mums" Aormig
OAABOYS, DEMIJOHNS,
WINK, PONTRE, MINERAL WATER, PIOICL, AND
.P.RESERVE.BOTTLES
07 XVIAT DIMORIPTION
ii. B. & CF. W. BBNNICIAS,
oel9-dl7 17 South Proof. egret, Philadelphia
PANE9E TEA.—A choice lot of
this celebrated Tea jnat received_ It is of the first
cargo ever imported, and is much superior to the Chi
nese Teas in quality, strength and fragrance, and is also
entirely free of adulteration, coloring or mixture of any
kind.
It is the neural leaf of the Japanese Tea Pient.
For sale by WM. DOCK, jr., & Co.
3 000
B f i iii lS ff !E nt L k S ia l r- ork State Potatoes,
1. 5 400 Bushels York State Apples,
A choice lot of York State Butter.
Ale°, a ectocrilor lot of Catawba Grapes, and 30 baked!
Bhellbarks, jtua, received and for sale low by
H. W. SIDLE & CO ,
No. 100 Market street.
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VOL. 5.-NO. 238.
Miscellaneous.
puNsioms, BOUNTIES, BACK PAY,
War Claims and Claims for Indemnity.
STEWART, STEVENS, CLARK & CO.,
&ttorneys and Cqunsellora-at-Law, and Solicitors
far all kinds of Military Claims,
450 PENNbYLVANIA AVENUE,
W4sI7.7I'GTON, D. C.
This firm, having a thorough knowledge of the Pen
sion Business, and being familiar with the practice in
all the Departments of Government, believe that they
can afford greaser facilities to Pension, Bounty, and
other Claimants, for the prompt and successful accom
plishment of business entrusted to them, than any other
firm in Washington. They desire to secure such an
11113011111 t of this business as will enable them to execute
the business for each claimant eery cheaply, and on the
basis of their pay contingent upon their success in each
case. For this purpose they will secure the services of
Law Firms in each prominent locality throughout the
States where such business may be bad, furnish such
with all the necessary blank forms of application and
evidence, requisite printed pamphlet instructions, and
circulars for distribution in their vicinity, with asso
ciates names inserted, and upon the due execution of
the papers and transmission of the same to them by
their local associates, they will promptly perform the
business here,
Tr. Their charges will be ten dollars for officers end
Ave dollars for privates, for each Pension or Bounty and
Back Pay obtained, and ten per cent. on amount of
Manua for Military Supplies or Claims for Indemnity,
Irr Soldiers enlisted since the let of March, 1501, in
any kind of service, Military or Naval, who are disabled
by disease or wounds, are entitled to Pensions. Ail
soldiers who Mrs for two years, or daring the war ,
should it sooner close, will be entitled to $lOO Bounty.
Widows of soldiers who die or are killed, are entitled to
Pensions, and the $lOO Bounty. If there be no widow,
then the minor children. And if no. minor children,
thee the father, mother , sisters or brothers are anti
ad as above to the $lOO Bounty and Back Pay.
JOSEPH B. STEWART,
lIESTOR L. STEVENS,
EDW &RD CLARK,
OSCAR A. STEVENS,
WILLIE IL 0 - AY.LOBD,
WABBUeGTON, D. C., 1562.
fEr Apply at our office, or to our Associate at
lissaissono, Pa.—JOHN A. BIGLER, Attorney and
Counsellor.
Pyrrsini ria, PA.—ARTIE:IM ft RI/DMA, Atsr:
&bye-at-Law.
POTT6TILLN, rd,--WM. R. SMITH, Attorney an
Counsellor.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.-4. G. MINNICHILD, 46 Atwood
street, WM. M. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor.
IFl'Aentzsotos, PA.—BOYD CRUMBINCE, Attorney
and Counsellor.
jy3l,dly
TACK.BON & CO.'B
SHOE STORE,
NO. 00% MANIEBT OTANNT,
HARRISBURG PA.,
Where they ntend to devote their entire time to the
otennfacture of
OFFERED IN PENNSYLVANIA!
decl-dtf
MACKEREL!
M AC KEREL, NOB. 1, 2 and 3, in an egad packages—
news and cash ?adapt warranted. Just received, asci
for 0010 /Ow by VIM. DOCK, Jr., & CO,
QELV SEALING FRUIT EARS
ky Best and Cheapest in the markets! Call and
examine *ma
WM. DOOR, JR., k CO
WM. DOOK, Js., k CO
HARRISBURG, PAi s ASTAY, JUNE 8, 1863
pl)utograp 1) 5.
DURICITART & ROBBI NS
(FORMERLY BURKHART AND MUNN./
IMPROVED SKY--LIGHT
PHOTOGRAPH AND AMBROTYPE GALLERY,
A r crth Third Street. oppovite the "Patriot and Union ,
(lice, lirrrisburg, Pa.
DrRIIIIART & ROBBINS have fitted up a Spiencl . .
new Gallery in Mummies building, on Third streel
where they are prepared to take
PHOTOGRAPHS, CARTES DE VISITE AN.:
AIIiaROTYPE
Intl] the improved styles. Particular attention give
to CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. Also on hind, a complet
assortment of GILT FItAMJIS, which they will sell,
very low prices Call and examine specimens.
Cartes de Visite $2 50 per dozes
Vignettes 2 00...d0 .
Whole size Photographs in frames from from $2 to I
a piece.
BURKHART & :ROBBINS,
Photographers
my6•dl n
tic?ifai.
***
Olt. SWEET'S
INFALLIBLE LINIMENT
GREAT EXTERNAL REMEDY !
POR RHEUMATISM, GOUT, NEURALQI
LUMBAGO, STIFF NECK AND JOINTS,I
SPRAINS, BRUISES, CUTS Sc WOUNDS,
PILES, HEADACHE, and ALL RHEU
MATIC and NERVOUS DISORDERS.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut,:
The great Natural Bone Better.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut,.
Zs known al/ over the 'United ttetee.
Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Conneetioute
Is the author of " Dr. Sweet's Infallnle Liniment. ) !
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Llnlineit
Cures RheUmatista and never falls,
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Linlmeit
Is a certain cure for Neuralgia.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Linimik
Cures Burns and Scalds immediately.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible 'Animal
Is the best known remedy For Sprains and Bruise:
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Linim t
Cures Headache immediately and was never k
to fail.
Dr. Sweet's "infallible lAnimint
Affords immediate relief for Pilee, and seldmulfails
to care.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Lininnait
Cures Toot ache in one minute.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Lininunt
Cures Cuts and Wounds immediately and leavis no
sear.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Linimont
Ii the beat remedy for Sores in the known world.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Has been used by more than a million people, and all
praise it.
Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment
Is truly a « friend in need,” and every family should
haveitathand.Y s
Is for sale by all Druggists. Price 25 cents.
RICE , ARDSON & Co.,
Sole Proprietors, Norwich, et.
For sale by all Dealers. ap2o cow-Og
ÜBBARD BROS.,
IMPORTERS OF WATCHES,
NEW YORK,
Have the pleasure of annrunems to their numerous
friends and patrons in the Army, that they are prepared
to fill orders and transmit parcels BY MAIL, with the at.
most care and promptitude. Watches so forwarded are
registered; we take upon ourselves all risks of transpor
tation, and guarantee a safe delivery.
Improved Solid Sterling Silver Im• ENGLISH
LEVIERS, in good running order, and warranted ac
curate timepieces. This is an entire new pattern, made
expressly for American Army and NaVy sale. They are
manufactured in a you hanisome tnanuer, with. Englith
crown mark, certifying their genuineness; all in all,
they are a most desirable Watch. Frank Leslie's Bias
tralcd NEWS of F eb. 21st, IC3, says :—"lloan.tan's TIME.
EEEPERS axe becoming proverbial for their reliability
and accurary. They are particularly valuable for offi
cers in the army, and - travelers The price is SEVENTY
TWO Dotnave ($72) per case of six, being about one
third the coot of ordinary English Levers, while they
will readily retail for a larger price. Postage ; per case,
$1 81.
RAILWAY TIMEKEEPERS, for Army Specu
latimi.—The Army and e oey Gazette. of Philadel
phia, In its February number, stiyo ;—" This importa
tion of the HUBBARD EROS .0 New York. fills a long
felt want, being a handeoma and serried:6le Watch at
an extremely low 'figure." Superior in style and ;cn 14)
&cif/edit/ the most taking novelties oat! Should retail
at pricer from s2h to .0 each. GLed imitation of , 414
gold and sffeer, with fancy colored hands and beautifitt
dials, with sarerior regulated movement. Sold only by
the ease of six of assorted designs. Engraved and
superiorelec. t
ro-plated with gold, rod idlt•er..plated, per
case of six, EORTY-EIGIIT DOLLARS, (US.) Ily mail,
postage, $1.65 per mute.
MAGI() TIME OBSERVERS, the Perfection
of Mechanism I—BEING A BUNTING AND OPEN d'ACE,,
or LADY'S OR GENTLRMAR'S WATCH COMBINED, WITH PA
TEST SELF-WINDING IMPROTEMENT.--The New York 11-
lostrated News, the leading pictorial paper of the Uni
ted States. in its issue of Jan. 10th, 1863, oh page 147,
voluntarily says :—"We have been shown a most pleas
ing novelty, of which the IlonsAnn Bnos of New York,
are the sole importers. It is called the Magic Time
flbsetVer., and is a Hunting and Open Pace Watch com
bined. One of the prettiest, most conveoleot. and de.
cidedly the best and cheapest timepiece for general and
reliable use ever offered It has within it and connec
ted with its machinery, its own winding attachment,
rendering a key entirely uneeccessary. The eases of
this Watch are composed of two metals, the outer one
being fine 10 carat gold. It has the improved ruby ac
tion lever 'movement ? And is wsrranted an accurate ti me
piece.7, Price, EnoeTbly engraved, per ease of half
dozen, $204. Sample Watcms, in neat aim occo boxes,
for those proposing to buy at wholesale $35. If seat
by mail the postage is 30 cents. Retails at $lOO and
upwards.
. _ .
137-We have no agents or Orenlars. Buyers must
deal with us direct, entering from this advertisement.
217 - M5 Cash du 4eitan.e.O. Remittances may be made in
United States money, or draft payable to our order in
this city. If you wish goods sent by mail, enclose the
amount of the postage with your order. Write your
address in full. Registered Letters only at our risk.
Address 111211111A.RD RROC, IMPORTERS,
East Cor. Nassau and John streets,
New York.
ap2a d3n)
HAMS!!! I
20,000,11 m. Cortapoeed of the ing Brands
j UE t received
NEWBOLD'S' . —Cekbratecl.
NEW JERSEY—SaIect,
EVANS 41, SW.T.El',3—Superior.
MICHINER'S EXCELSlOR—Canvassed
EXCELSIOR—Not calivaued.
IRON ClTY—Cariva.seed
IRON CITY—Not cauvasscd,
PLAIN HAMS—Strictly prime.
ORDINARY HAMS—Very good.
Eyery Iram sold will be guaranteed es represen
ted. NV M. DOCK, jr., & CO.
WAR I WAR I —BRADY, No. I 2
,Market street, below Third, hatereceived a large
assortment of Swoops, BASSES and BELTS, which Le
Will sell wary low.
ADMIS I YOU KNOW WERE YOU
A can get fine Note Paper, Envelopes, 'Visiting and
WedUng cards? At ISOHENBER'S BOOKSTORE.
) • •
re, 3 fitrtD) tr aintn
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 8.1863.
MATE/ AND DESTIFUJICTION.
Tramp! rush ! crash Sod rattle!
Booming thunder ! bathe! battle!
North and South and West and East
Carve lit Death's infernal feast?
Powder! powder everywhere!
Cloud of powoer in the air!
Deed and dying strew the earth.
bleu of ore y land and birth—
rather,ntheghastlybrother,o
esnfit blend.
Age
friend, c an b d nd
l Age and beauty, youth and mind,
Crushed by war and left behind ;
Tramp ! rush ! crash and rattle !
Boom like thun ter ! battle! battle!
Battle onward o'er the plain,
DAC- backwaid might and main ;
lames a,e nodding n the smoke—
Cannon carriage crushed and broke—
Furious steeds and fortune men
Crush and wheel and crush again.
lloarm-v iced captains " onward " cry
pustdred soldiers do and die.
Eider fallini• with bis steed,
Florae and man together bleed !
ere another war horse, free,
Seeks, confounded, how to file—
_Plunging tyro' the mi , ging wrath,
Finds from war no open path.
Sol .ier, dying, prays to God,
Wild steed tramps him in the sod,
Nothing left but mashed remains,
Last prayer scattered with the brains.
lleardlesa youth with broken gun,
prom the earths attempts lo run ;
Veteran soldier, riding on,
C -fishes down is only son—
Father! !father! shouts the child,
But the father, battle wild,
Hears no sound but rattle ! rattle ! -
Boom and thunder ! battle ! battla!
Crushing, shocking, surging on,
Victory is his only son.
Vict'Ay! •d.ct , ry ! hear him cry,
See it glitter in his eye—
Sec his gray hair, by the flash
That kills his fellow with a.erash—
See it streaming as he flies
On to victory—or to die.
Thundering cannon kills his horse;
Fie gets trampled in the course
07 the legion late be led—
Struggles! struggles! dying !—dead !
Dead and trampled in the plain,
Son aid so'dier battle slain.
Thus the battle, men and mettle,
Strews the plain with quivering death,
Till the death—birds "caw" and settle
In its ftettl, putrid breath.
Thus when freemen grapple freemen,
In the glow of hating hearts,
Death stalks quickly like a demon,
Burling ALL its fatal darts.
Down beside the bloody river,
And albnc the mountain streams,
Dere they sleep, and sleep forever,
Far from home and all its dreams.—
Or they writhe in wounded sovrow,
Parched with thirst and stiff with gore.
Doping, waiting for U.-morrow,
On the night's plutonian shore—
In the fens and bogs and brushes,
In the dry, hot summer field,
By the trees, the roads, the rushes,
Where the wound has made them yield ,
In the hol'ows, on the side hills—
In tee churches, sheds and stables,
In the dwellings, harps and grist mine,
Stretched on floors, on toards and tables,
Where the surgeon plies his steel
Where the brothers, once fraternal,
Writhe beneath the battle's heel,
Or stiffen into the infernal
Bond of hat- forevermore.
Signed ant sealed by death eternal—
Stampvd in red—and all is o'er.
While all the devils in their revels,
Laugh till hell is all eglee—
Laugh and shout—the joyous devils—
at gall Columbia! The free !
God Almighty Oh ! how long
Shall this ablrtive work proceed?
God of life and love how long
Shall maddened freemen bleed?
tile nate to quell?
Tint, drunk with blood, must we go reeling,
Down to ruin, death and hell?
THE SO URGE OF TIM NILE
Frcm the Lord- ti Times, May 221
Nearly two thousand years ago a Roman poet
availed himself of a geographical fact to give
effect to a mythological story. He was desori
bing the COttfusion produced in the universe
when the horses ran away with the chariot of
the Sun, and he stated, as an incident of the
panic, that the river Nile fled in dismay to the
extremities of the earth and there hid its bead,
"which," he adds, "remains hidden to this
day." Those verses of 0 vid have been read by
thousands who probably never gave much
thought to the veritable information which
they recorded. Yet we learn from these few
words that in the days of Augustus, not only
was the source of the Nilo unknown, which
was not at all extraordinary, but that the fact
of its being unknown was regarded as a won
der, which is very extraordinary indeed.—
Why, if we come to think about the matter,
Should the Romans have treubled themselves
about the sources of the Nile ? They were oer•
tainly no such geographers as to be provoked
by the obscurity of a single promblem in the
science. Their impressions of the earth's stir
face and of the distributien of its territories
were loose and fa . nciful in the extreme. It is
a natural thing for us to take an interest in
such a question, because we believe that we
are acquainted with the configurations of 1 4 110
globe, and are always ready to despatch an ex
pedition of discovery to any point unvixited or
unknown.
We construct imps of the bottom of the sea,
and of the fate of the moon, so that it is not
surprising we should be curious about the
course of the African river. But why should
the Romans, who knew not much more of ge.
ography than they did of electricity, concern
themselves about a particular watershed in the
mountains of abyesinia 2 The Nile was a
great river, no doubt, and a sacred river ; but
othei rivers were as great, and many rivers
sacred. The sources of all of them were pro
bably not unlike ; but, in no case, except
that of the Nile, was this highly natural igno•
retina ever made the subject of observations or
explained by a special fable."
To understand this anomaly we must go
back to early history. The Nile was not only
a great river, but it was an Egyptian river,
and the land of Egypt was not as other lands.
It was the country of wonders, associated by
its annals and its antiquities with every form
of civilization. With the country, too, the
Nine was actually identified ; in fact, the river
constituted all the country that was habitable.
What, therefore, Egypt was to the world, the
Nile waste Egypt and [tithe world also—a spe
cies of natural marvel. The priests of Egypt
were lerred, they knew that their great river
had been tracked to its source, and they com
rnunicated this information, along with the
rest of their learning, to others. So everybody
who had heard of anything had heard of this,
and Ovid turned the story to account, and his
readers accepted the illustration just as if the
source of all the other rivers of the world had
been so regularly ascertained that the Nile re
mained a remarkable end almost miraculous
exception.
To complete tins story let us now add that
the very people who first published the problem
are now the most rejoiced at its solution. The
source of the Nile, it is believed, has been as
certained at last by the discoveries of Captain
Speke and Captain Grant, and the interest
taken by the Egyptians in the announcement
is extraordinary. The viceroy considers that
his reign has been rendered memorable by this
success, and the whole population is in a state
of excitement at the tut elligelocc•
The particulars of the discovery will soon be
made known to us, but it is one of the curiosi-
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ties of this most curious subject that what has
been discovered is simply what might have
been presumed, or, as we may almost say, what
had been predicted beforehand. As the Nile is
ascended a mountainous country is reached,
and in these mountains the Nile clearly origi
nated. That much was known always ; and
not much more, except the exact point of the
stream's origin, can be known now. The story
told by Herodotus is exceedingly simple and
natural.
Ile says that, as to the sources of the Nile,
he never found any man—either Egyptian, or
Libyan, or Greek—who professed to know
where they lay. The stream, he states, had
been tracked a long way beyond the confines
of Egypt, but it was a stream still, and the
country above was such a torrid desert that
nobody • knew anything about it. In later
times a professed geographer placed the sour
ces of the Nile, as he might very safely do, in
what he called the Mountains of the Moon, and
it seems that the final discovery, if such we
may really term it, has been made by follow
ing the route traced out by Dr. Bake not long
ago, as likely to lead to the desired spot. "The
southernmost limit of the basin of the Nile is
determined to be four degrees south of the
equator." That, in the words of Sir Roderick
Murchison, is the great geographical fact now
ascertained, and, without entering too nicely
in the intricacies of the problem, we think we
may add that the discovery does but confirm
what was generally presumed.
A good deal of our curiosity on this subject
has probably come by inheritance, It was
natural that the ancient Egyptians should take
an interest in the source of a stream which
was nothing less than life to them. It was
natural enough that the inhabitants of other
countries should borrow this story from Egypt
as they borrowed many more, and when a
question has really been -raised and has not
been answered for thousands of years, the in
quiry assumes a character of importance. A
problem propounded in the earliest ages of man
may reasonably be deemed a great problem in
the present generation, and we are entitled to
take a pride in the achievement of our coun
trymen which has solved the question so very
long insoluble. But we do not see that anything
turns upon it. We know it seems, by actual
survey, that the source of the Nile cannot be
south of a certain line. We have also reason
to believe that tecertain great lake, three hun
dred miles long and four thousand feet above
the level of the sea, is the true reservoir of
this mysterious river. But, when these facts
are accepted, they do not, as far as we can dis
cern, conduct us to any further conclusions or af
fect in any practical way the knowledge which we
possessed before. There is not even the question
of a new route involved, as there was in the
northwest passage. The Nile is proved to rise
where most people thought it rose, and the estab
lishment of the fact will terminate conjectures
on the subject ; but the true story is very like
that of Herodotue after all. The source of the
Nile is so far up the Country, and the country is
so impracticable, that it is barely possible for a
traveler to get at it.
'There is, however, a prospect opened of ano
ther kind. Dr. Beke aeeures us that the whole
eastern side of the basin of the Nile is aurife
rous and he considers that gold, which has
peopled California and Australia, will some
day attract a modern population to the "Moun
tains of the Moon," Then the sources of the Nile
will be mysterious no longer. " Diggings" will
j l i a,Rd_of fable, and the country
Englishmen have been the first - to
be the common property of every adventurer.
At any rate we are gradually penetrating into
the secrets of African,geography. If there be
anything to be found, we shall find it. It con
cerns ns to leave no accessible country unex
plored, for the simple reason that until it is
explored we cannot tell what it may do for us.
Discovery terminates speculation, even when
it does nothing else, and spares us the loss of
time on conjecture and interference. If the
intelligence transmitted by telegraph should
prove to be as decisive as is presumed, we shall
have accomplished a feat which was too ar
duous for Egyptian kings in the plentitude of
their power. Of such an exploit we may well
do proud, and it will be a source of satisfac
tion as well as credit to us that we have re
moved from the region of obscurity and doubt
a question which had been fined in that posi-,
tion for more ages than we can count.
41'7 ENGLISH OFFICER'S OPINION.
Here is something in the Mrs. Trollope and
Martin Chuzzlewit vein. We like to read En
glish opinions of us—they are so true and stri
king, so bold and original—" over the left"—
that we canna help being pleased with them.
Hear what an English officer, who visited our
army—out West, we take it—gives, in the
Cornhill Magazine, as part. of his experience
among the Federal soldiers,.
Tbe cut-pickets were at no great distance
from the town, and beyond them the country
was said to be infested by guerillas. I paid a.
visit to a brigadier general, and was by him
taken to see a regiment inspected. They drilled
uncommonly well, and were a ,mart, active set
of men, but the mode of conducting the inspec
tion amused me immensely; I called on the
general, a One soldier-like mat, and we mom'•
ted our horses and galloped to the ground.
On parade we found a Missouri regiment in
equare, standing easy. 8o the general rode
up to them and said, " Here's Col. come
all the way from London to see you, because
he beard you are such a d--d set of rascals."
When the men heard this they helloed, "A
speech a speech !" but the general answered,
" You don't suppose you fellows are worth a
speech." The drill then proceeded, and un
commonly well the men moved. After abaut
half an hour the regiment was ogain formed
into square ; and the general coming up to me.
said, "Now'e your time to give them a speech."
I was, as the Americans say, "slightly stam
peded" at this request, but tried to do my best,
and flattered myself I had got through it
rather well, At the end of it, however, the
general came up to me and said consolingly,
"Well, I never knew a soldier worth a d—n
who could make a speech." Upon which we
cantered off, the general turning round, as he
was going, to say, "Mind, boys, you Ara
steal no pigs this evening." " No, no, gen
eral," was the reply, in full chorus.
I fear there was some need of this caution,
for the pigs had suffered much from this regi
ment. As we rode home we met two soldiers
more than slightly elevated with liquor. The
general turning to admonish them, said,:"Alt,
boys, you've had too much to drink." 4- Guess
we have, general," was the ready answer.—
Certainly the whole method of conducting the
inspection was slightly different to what we
are accustomed to in Europe, but I believe the
general to be a good soldier, and very brave
in action. There are many things Consequent
on the state of things in America, and the
rough organization of the volunteer force,
which strikes a European officer as rather odd.
I remember some months previously to, have
been walking through a Federal camp late in
the evening, I was stopped by a sentry, and
asked for the countersign.
I said I had not got it. << Well," said the
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DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT CHAM
BERSB URG.
The following account of the late Democratic
meeting at Chambersburg, on the 30th ultimo,
taken from the Chambersburg Valley Spirit,
was inadvertantly omitted in our Saturday's
issue. The report it furnishes of the proceed
ings which took place on the ocasion afore
said, puts them in quite a different light before
the public from that which the wanton perver
sions of the Abolition local prints in that
section, and. the organ of that party here, have
tried to give them—it does simple justice to
the sentiments there spoken, and shows how
willfully they have been misrepresented by the
reckless animadversions of the papers in ques
tion :
A large and very enthusiastic meeting of the
Democratic Club was held in Franklin Hall,
on Saturday evening last. The attendance
was larger than on any previous occasion, and
the hall was much better filled than we have
seen it at any of the "League" meetings. The
meeting seemed to be composed of many of the
best and most reliable men in and around
Chambereburg. Truly there seems to be a
spirit abroad among the Democracy which
looks veay encouraging for the future.
Captain Samuel Bo ArKesson, and John H.
Orr, Esq., acted as President and Secretary.
B. F. Need, Esq , from the committee appoin
ted to secure a permanent place of meeting,
reported that arrangements had been made to
procure the Franklin Hall on the nights of
our regular meetings. H. C. Keyser, Chair
man of the Committee on Constitution and By
laws, reported a series of articles for the gov
ernment of the club, which were unanimously
adopted.
Wm. Kennedy, Esq., then introduced to the
audience the Hon. Wm. H. Miller, of Harris
burg, who proceeded to deliver a bold and mas
terly address. He appeared there to speak
because he had been invited, also because it
was a duty and a pleasure, but mainly because
he had a right to be there and address his fel
low citizens. This great inalienable right of
freedom of speech, once held inviolate, was
pow tampered with. it had been struck down
in the case of Vallantiigham. His illegal ar
rest, trial, conviction and banishment, brought
the danger of the hour home to every man.—
The speaker or any of his audience might be
arrested at any hour of the day or night, and
carried away from friends and home, and never
know the cause of his arrest or be confronted
with his accusers.
Whatever might be his opinion of Vallandig•
ham, he felt it to be his duty to denounce his
persecutors in the strongest language•
. .1_ --- a - ... r . ---1, ...f +L. nerailiann , n c i
the country—the topic uppermosin t o te min
of every good citizen—and he must conse
quently criticise the administration of Mr.
Lincoln. This new doctrine that " the admin
istration is the government" was never heard
of during the administrations of Washington,
Adams, Jefferson, or the whole line of Presi
dents down to Mr. Lincoln. The parties who
uphold it were the same who were most bitter
in their denunciations of Mr. Buchanan.
They never dreamed, then, that it was " trea
son" to criticise the policy of that administra
tion. The doctrine was false, and he for one
would not respect it.
The speaker then took the position that the
people had the same right to require their ser
vants, the rulers, to abide by the fundamental
laws of the land, as the rulers had to expect
them to obey the laws. He then showed in
what instances the party in power had trans
gressed the plain provisions of the Constitution:
He then took up Mr. Lincoln's inaugural, al
luded. to the pledges he had made to the peo
ple, and showed In how many eases those pled.
ges had been violated. He believed Mr. Lill
cola was honest when he took the solemn oath
to support the Constitution, and when he made
those pledges, but, as he himself admits, he
was driven from his conservative position by
the "pressure" of the radicals. The speaker
next took up the declarations of Stevens,
Bingham, Lovejoy and other leading Republi
cans, and demonstrated that the policy of the
party in power does not look to a restoration
of the Union, and yet these men assumed to
call Democrats " traitors" and "sympathizers
4 le
with treason." lie would point to the ' tory
of the country. The record proved tit mo
cystic party to be the best and the only nion
party in the country. Were they restored to
power they would soon unravel the tangled
woof.
We regret to announce that, during a por
tion of Mr. Miller's speech, several "Union
Leaguers" and a dozen boys, whom they
seemed to have in charge, endeavored to inter
rupt the meeting by hissing. They were
rather summarily dealt with, however, and left
the hall on a double quick. The hissing was
most effectually stopped for one evening ac
least.
Hon_ George W, Brewer next addressed the
meeting., in a few brief but telling remarks,
which brought forth round after round of ap
plause from the audience. Our limited space
forbids a synopsis of his speech, at present
but we hope to hear from Mr. Brewer more at
length, at an early day.
A HARD CAS E. —We observe that the United
States marshal of this district has seized, with
o. vie V 7 to confiscation, the stock in the Charles
ton and Boston steamship line .belonging to
Hon. J. P King, of Augusta, and Messrs. Cald:
well, Farrar, Taft, Ilowland and others, of
Charleston. It seems to us rather hard, should
a decree of confiscation be entered against this
property, when the owners are shut up in the
Southern Confedemy and cannot defend it.
We do not doubt their being able to prove, if
permitted, that they arc not disloyal. It is
only lately that it. appeared in the Richmond
papers that the country house of Hon. John P.
King, near Augusta, Ga., was mobbed and
burned on account alas adhereuee to the Union.
It is hard if on neither side can .such a man
find protection. We hope that proceedings in
these cases will not be pressed.—Monte" Cou
rier, (Rep.)
THE Washington correspondent of the
Springfield Republican speaking of the Vallan
dighean affair thinks "there is no use fora Con
gress hereafter, for our Generals violate at
will the laws passed by Congress. A step
further, and they will assess contributions upon
the people, and then Congress will 'be relieved
of the trouble of passing tax bills."