RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Four lines or less constitute half saguaro. Bight lines
ou.re thee rear, constitute a square.
Miff K., one 80 90 One eq., one day.— 110 60
cne week.. 120 " one week.... 200
one month.. 800 CC one month..l 000
three months 500 " three months 10 00
rcic months.. 800 six months.. 15 00
c one year.-12 00 " one year —2O 00
t rr business notices inserted fn the LOCAL COLWYN,
'eters marriages and deaths, 'CIS CENTS PER Wee for
acn ',amnion. To merchants and others advertising
....a year, ;l °exact terms Win be offered.
jj,r 0.• ..tuairer or insertions must be designated on
s cruarrucirt,
gy - , Marriages and Deathswillbe inserted at the same
raise as rerilar advertisements.
BuEititess !axis.
D R. J . C. 11.0yER,
7m 3E N T 3C !3
OFFICE IN WYETH'S BUILDING,
In room formerly etrupied by Dr.. Carman,
I:IRREE OF MARKET STREET AND MARKET BQVABIC•
sepl.
C D. WALTER'S,
CLOCK MARiER, CLEANER AND REPAIRER,
NOETtI STREET, EAST OP THE CAPITAL.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
Sep 284, 3 in
M. ll_ MILLER,
Asp
R. E. FEE.GUSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
OFFICE IN
SHOEMAKER'S BUILDINGS
SECOND STREET,
BETWEEN WALNUT and MARKET SQUARE,
*F p...Ai...v:l Nearly opposite the Buehler House.
R OBERT SNODO-RASS
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office lc: .:h Third street, third door above Afar
/at, Harrisburg, Pa.
N. B.—Pension, Bounty and Military claims of all
kinds pros,..-c.t.d and collected.
fiefor to Uons John C. Kunkel, David Mamma, Jr.,
and R. A. Lamberuni. mv.ll-11Ameta
R. V,. WEICHEL,
SURGEON AND OCULIST,
RRSEVENCR THIRD MUM NORTH MIMI%
He is ram fully prepared to attend promptly to 11l
duties sf profession In all its branches.
3 LONG , .t 3 van 131709133513 . 171. NEDIO.L.L .11SPIRI11110V
jnatiles Min :in promising (Oil and ample satinfaction tc
liner Ito may fs - ror him with a soli. be tasedniesse Ciaromil
or any oth , Er natnro. mlB-dircwir
T Q 3 . C. MAcDOWELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
itruragy CLAIM AND PATENT AGENT.
Office in the Exchange, Walnut et., (Up Stairs.)
Having formed a connection with parties in Wash
ington City, wno are reliable business men, any busi
ness connected with any of the Departments will meet
with immediate and careful attention. ing-y
MILITARY CLAIMS AND PEN
SIONS.
The nedeisiglied liars mitered into an asgooiation for
the collection of Military Claims and the securing of
Pensions for wounded and disabled soldiers.
Master-in and Muster-out Bolls, officers , Pay Rolls,
Ordnance and Clothing returns, and all papers pertain
ing to the military service will be Made out properly
and expeditiously.
Office in the Exchange Buildings, Walnut between
Beyond and Third streets, near Omit's Hotel. Harris
burg. Pa. TROS C MACDOWELL,
le2b-d7l THOMAS A. ata.4l7
SILAS WARD.
AO. 11, NORTH THIRD ST., HARRIBBUJI
STEININAYIS
KELODBONS, VIOLINS, tIITITABS,
Amp*, Flutes, Fife; Drums, &cordons,
STRINGS, SNSET AND BOOK MUSIO, &C., &0.,
Plf_O TOGRAPH FRAMES. ALBUMS,
Large Pier and Mantle Mirrors, Square and Oval trainee
in every olez , :riptienmade ta order, Beguilding ""-
Agency for Rowe's Sewing Machines.
fl g ' Sheet Music sent by Mail. • oetl-1
1011 W. G-LOVNR,
'MERCHANT TAILOR!
Has just received from New York, an aniorw
ment of
SEASONABLE : GOODS,
which he offers to his customers and the public as
dov2l MODE RATE P R ICEN dtr
COOK, Merchant Tailor,
, f.IIII:SNLIT ST., between Second and Front,
Has jest PA:mod from the city With an ilebtortMent of
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VESTINGS,
Which will be sold at moderate prices and made up to
order; and, also, an assortment of READY MADE
Clothing, and Gentlemen's Furnishing goods.
smort-iyd
DE TIS TR Y.
B. L GILDEA, D. D. S.,
o . 119 MARKET STREET,
ACtrit.
Positive3y extracts teeth without pain, by the use of
Nitrous
RELIGIOUS BOOK STORE,
int.heT A,rD SUNDAY SCHOOL DRPOSITORT,
E. S. GERMAN,
St SOUTH a ICOND STREET, ABOVN OHIISNUT,
1L11118E171113, ra.
'depot lorth3fiala. of Stareoscapaa,Staremieoplolirleirs,
Nada anti Musical Inetrumente. Alas), anbamiptiont
baron for r•lir.ions priblieatifino. noBo-tbr
J OI-IN G. W. MARTIN,
FASHIONABLE
CARD WRITER,
HERIrS HOTEL, HARRISBURG-, PA.
Allmacneref VLSITING, WEDDINC HIND EMI.
NESS CARDS executed in the moat artistic styles and
most reasonable terms. decl4-dtf
UNIO - N HOTEL,
Ridge Avenue, corner of Broad street,
PLARRISISIIRG, PA.
The Undersigned informs the public that ho }AS re
cently renovated and refitted his well-knowd " Union
Hotel-” on Ridge avenue, near the Round House, and is
prepared to accommodate citizens, stamgers andtravel
era in the best style, at moderate rates,
His table will be supplied with the beet the nasalreta
afford. and It his bar wid be found superior brands of
liquors and kontz beverages. The very bast accommo
dations for railroaders employed at the shops in this
viionity. itd4 dtt7 LIBNItY
FRANKLIN HOUSE,
BALTImO4I, MD.
This pleasant and commodious Hotel has been tkai
roughly re-fitted and re - furnished. It le pleasantly
situated on .North-West Conker of Howard and Franklin
streets, a few doors west of the Northern Central Rail
way Depot Avery attention paid to the eomfort of hie
west.. G. LEIBBNPJNg, Froptledise,
iel2-tf Mate of Saline Grove. Pa.)
THEO. F. SOHEFFE R
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTER ,
YC 18 SWM' STREET, HARRISBURG.
fir Particular sttentino paid to printing, ruling and
binding of Railroad Blanks, Manifests, Insurance Poli
cies, Checks, Bill-Heads, he.
Wedding, Visiting and Business Cards printed at very
low prices and in the beet style. AWE
TAILORING.
GEO. ,EIL. gMr GS.
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.
rersons wishing cutting done can have it done at the
shortest notice_ ma-tt
CHARLES F. VOLLMER,
UPHOLSTERER,
Chestnut street, four doors above Second,
lOPPOSITH WASHINGTON UM; Henan?)
Is prepared to furnish to order, in the very beet style of
workmanship. Spring and Hair Mattreeees, Window Cur
tains, Lotw,es, and all other articles of Purnztttre in his
line, on short notice end moderate terms. Having ex
perience in the bneinego, he ft** warranted in "kb:
*bare of public patronage, oonadent of hie abliityto give
attbtaelion. janl7-dll
VOL. 6.-NO. 42
MOUNT VERNON HOUSE,
Second Street, above Arch,
PHILADELPHIA.
A. P. SLATE, PROPRIETOR,
sepls] . Late of a Surf House," Atlantio City. fdam
BUEHLER HOUSE,
This old established House has undergone extensive
improvements, and been thoroughly renovated and re-
Etted.
• It is pleasantly located in the - heart of the city, in
easy access to the State Capitol and Public twrounds.
la" Par the accommodation .9f our guests, we have
recently c motioned torus a Cosch to and from the Rait
roccl. Ia t.ris manner unnbaiant delay in leaving the
Depot for the Hotel will be avoided, and much snore
time afforded guests for meals when leaving the House.
Intending that the BUEHLER. 110IISS shall be really
a home-like resort for the stracger and traveler WO re
spectfully aoliel.ta eontinnanee of the pnblie patronage
GEO. J. BOLTON,
SeptlB•dtm Proprietor.
NATIONAL 11.0 THE,
(LATE WHIM!! SWAN,)
Race street, above Third, Philadelphia.
This establishment offers great inducements, not only
eU account of reduced rates of board, but from the cen
tral location to the avenues of trade, ea Well as the eou•
veniences afforded by several paisenger railroads run
ning past and contiguous to it, by which guests can pass
to and from the Hotel to the different railroad depots,
should they be preferred to the regular omnibuses be
longing to the house. I am determined to devote ray
whole attention to the comfort and convenience of my
guests, and endeavor to give general satisfaction.
Terms--SIAS Per Day.
DAVID D. SIEGRIST,
(Formerly of Eagle Hotel, Lebanon, Pa.)
T. V. RHODES, Clerk. mrll-dtf
FOR SALE.—A two-story Brick House
on Pine street. For particulars inquire of
MRS. 3011 N MURRAY,
oat 10-2mS&W Corner of Second and Pine.
PRIVATE SALE.—The well known
Stone Tavern and Grocery stand, now doing an ex
cellent business, situated between the Canal and Front
street, in the borough of Liverpool. Perry county, Pa.,
is now offered at private sale on accommolating terms.
Information regarding the property will be given by
calling on the undersigned, or by addressing Dr. T. G.
Morris, Secretary, Perry Lodge, No. 259, I. 0. 0. F.
et Liverpool, Pa.
ROBERT WALLIS,
T. G. MORRIS,
J. A. BLATTNNBERGER,
Committee.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. if th, Seo—d St
VALUABLE PROPERTY AT PRI
v VATE BALE.--The subscriber will sell at private
sale that valuable Tavern Mild, situate on Ridge Road
in the Sixth Ward, Harrisburg, corner of Broad street,
being 26 feet in front and 72 feet seep. The improve
ments are a two-story frame Tavern house,
with three
story balk building. Hydrant water in tlie premises,
and other e-mirekkietiegitl_ The property is calculated
either tor a store or a hotel, being eligibly situated.
For terms apply on the premikea To
LIEN 3Y BOSTIIEN.
AARBISIINIG, September 9. 1 963
P. S.—The bubstriber will "also sell a line six year old
horse and family carriage, having no use for the same.
sep 10—tf H. B.
PILAN Os,
SALE.—The BIALDING on the
V corner of Walnut and Short streets, need ae a
uOOPF.It SEOP. This building wee originally built ao
stet it could be turned into Dwelling acumen. It con
surts of three separate frame's placed together, each frame
oeing 26 be 20 feet, making the entire building, as it now
stands, 75 - feet long and TAZI feet wide. Will sell also an
EIGHT HORSE POWER ENGINE AND BOILER,
nearly new, and one of Drantbach's Patent Stave Cutters,
4ind a Set of Saws for Jointing Staves. The above
property will be sold at a bargain, as we with to clear
the ground en which the building stands. Enquire at
the Brokers OIRCA of S. L CULLOCE,
febB-dtf 128 Market Street.
LOTS FOR SALE-ON NORTH ST.
and Pennsylvania Avenue.- Apply to
It. J. HALDEMAN,
tnays-dtf Cor. Front and Walnut eta.
poll, SALE—A House and Lot on
AL: Sixth street, near State. Enquire at the Exchange
Office of 8. L. DUCULLOCII,
20 Market doe;
Where the highest price is always paid for GOLD and
SILVER. febl2-dtf
LOR SALE.-A TWO-STORY FL&
HOUSIf, in Short street. Inquire of
eep3Otf W B. VERENKR.
DANIEL A. MIIENCH,
jaa2B-tf
Respectfully informs the public that this Old Dail)
Transportation Line, (the only Wallower Line now it
existence in this city,) is in successful opekation, and
prepared to carry Freight as low as any other individual
line between Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Sunbury, Lewis
burg, Williamsport, jersey Shore, Lock Haven, and aL
other points or. the Northern Certfnl., Philadelphia and
Erie and Williamsport aut Elmii a Railroads-
DANDs.. . MUENCH, Agent,
Harrisburg, Pa.
131/038 Seat tO %be Warehouse of Messrs, Peacock,
Zell & llinehman, N o. SOB and 810 Market street, above
Eighth, bhiladelphia, by 4 o'clock p. in., will arrive at
Harris ourg ready for delivery, nest rooming. rny6
T F. WATSON,
MASTIC WORKER
PRACTICAL CIEMEN'TER,
Is prepared to Cement the exterior of Buildings with
he New York Improved
Water-Proof Mastic Cement.
This Material is different from all other Memento.
It forma a solid, durable adhesiveness to any surface,
imperishable by the action of water or frost. Every
good building should be coated with this Cement ; it is
a perfect preserver to the walls, and makes a beautiful,
fine finish, equal to Eastern brown sandstone, or any
color desired.
Among others for wheat I have applied the Mastic
Cement, I refer to the folio:tine gentlemen!
J. Bissell, residence, Penn street, Pittsburg, finished
five years.
T. H. Shoenberger, residence, Lawrenceville, finished
five years.
James Weandlada, residence, Allegheny City,finished
five years.
Calvin Adams, residence, Third street, finished four
years.
A. Homier, residence, Leirrol44eville, finished four
years.
J. D. M'Cord, Penn street, finished four years.
Hon. Thomas Irwin, Diamond street, finished four
years.
ckarles Hotel and Girard House, finished five
mre.
Kittanning Court House and Bank, for Barr tc Moser,
Architects, Pittsburg, finished Ave years.
Orders received at the vitae of B bl'Bldowney, Paint
Shop, 20 Seventh street, or please address
T. F. WATSON,
Mayl6-tf P. O. Box 13C6. Pittsburg, Pa.
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a solid, concentrated extract of
Convertible immediately into a nourishing and deli
along soup. Highly Approved 6 1f a number of ymisent
Pirriieinves.
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 dlssolires into a rich and palatable Bonp, which 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 nourishing qualities
combined with it, delicacy, renders it invaluable for the
sick; while for those in health, Ole a pertelilMl4stlllll9
for fresh meat and vegetables. It will keep good in any
Climate.
It is Peculiarly well adapted TOR TRAVELERS, by
land or flea, who can tbusi avoid those accidental deprive
Clone of a comfortable meal, to which they are so hable.
NOR INVALIDS, whose capricious appetite can Wm
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both its compactness and easy preparation will recoil.
mend it. /or male by
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HARRISBURG. PA., TUESDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1863.
'Cite fatriot
TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. '2O, ISM
FROM CHARLESTON.
Correspondence of the New York Tribune
TAE ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE IRONSIDES.--•
MOMS ISLKNE. C_, Oct. fi, 1803.—Last
night, at about a quarter to 10 o'clock, the re
port of two heavy guns, fired in rapid succes
sion, was heard seaward in the direction of the
steam frigate New Ironsides_ These were fol
lowed almost immediately by repeated volleys
of musketry, only the flashes of which could
be seen through the darkness, lasting for the
space of fifteen minutes—then all was silent,
and speculation was rife on shore as to what
it meant. The "long roll" was sounded in
the various camps, and each regiment was
drawn up in line on the teach. Fort Gregg
was' reinforced, orderlies were dispatched to
Wagner—the telegraph not being in working
order—to learn if anything was known there;
but, strange to say, neither officers nor garri
son bad heard a sound at all unusual. In vain
did we look for signals ; not a light appeared
save those suspended in the rigging of the ves
sels off the coast. Both General Gilmore and
Admiral Dahlgren were signaled—the former
at Folly Island and the latter on his flagship,
which lay at anchor in the inlet, although the
sea all through the day had hardly power
enough in it to erawl up the beach, but fawned
upon the bright sands and licked them with
its wet, sparkling light. " Had Rowan been
attacked ?" " Had the rebels the hardihood
to attempt to board the Ironsides ?" "What
does it all mean?" These and similar inqui
ries were made rather in the light of sugges
tions and speculation than with the hope of
gaining a solution of the mixed problem with
which each mind was busy.
ADMIRAL DAHLGREN ASKS OF THE ARMY AN EX-
PLANATION
At length, when the excitement began to
subside, and but few stragglers, whose curios
ity could not he satisfied short of a full ktieWl
edge of all that had transpired, were,left upon
the beach, the fleet captain, wrapped in a
heavy dark cloak, appeared like the shade of
Hamlet, accompanied by a lieutenant, arrived
from the flag-ship at the signal station on
Morris Island to learn of the officer in charge
there the cause and nature of the disturbance.
Of course, no information could be given him
beyond what I have already related, and with
the consoling reflection that we must know in
the course of the following day, he went back
aboard the Quaker flag ship to "turn in" for
the night.
Tit stREPINC. ilanursoN AT WAGNER_
The telegraph not being in working order
on the night of the sth, Brigadier General
Terry, the commander at this post, dispatched
an orderly to Fort Wagner to inquire if they
knew aught of musketry firing heard at sea.
The messenger proceeded up the beach to /the
fort, which he entered without bang chal
lenged, groping his way along, encountering
no one to stop his further progress, till enter
ing a bomb proof he trod upon the body of a
man, who with three or four others lay huddled
together in a heap upon the ground. The man
turned on his side, muttering something in his
sleep. The orderly passed on to the officers'
quarters, where several of them were, and ex
plained the nature of his business. They
knew nothing of the firing ; inquired what
firing he alluded to ; they had heard none, but
were only bewildered by kis questions; nothing
unusual had occurred to their knowledge.
TIMMY OF TIM AFFAIR
At 9:4 o'clock of the night in question, the
quartermaster on watch on board the New Iron
sides reported to the officer of the deck a su
spicious craft, with smoke-stack, and setting
very low in the water, making directly toward
the vessel. The night, although clear, and the
sky studded with stars, was nevertheless un
usually dark, and but little could be distin
guished of the stranger except the smoke-pipe
and her low hull, the latter extremely indis
tinct ; she appeared to be steaming at a speed
of seven knots an hour.' How she could have
passed our picket boats was a question to be
considered, for it was just possible she might
belong to us, and to fire upon her without first
determining her character and intention might
result in more serious damage than if she
were an enemy ; so she was allowed to come
within hailing distance. More and more dis
tinct site grew es she approached—a cigar
shaped :hull, after the pattern of the Winans'
gunboat, driving before her through the water
a smaller object, which could hardly be dis
tinguished ; a black smoke-pipe, from which
issued a thin cloud of black smoke, but no
other indications of the motive power within,
were visible. Still she glided on, the object of
her approach either the frigate itself or the
Devils which lay moored on the port side.
Coming near enough to hear, she was hailed
and ord9red to stop, but she neither made re
ply or obeyed the summons.
All bands were piped to quarters ; a gun
was fired, but the curious cratt sat too low in
the water, and the ball paned over her. A
second shot followed the first, with the same
result; then a volley of musketry, lighting up
for a moment, with a flash, the steamer, the
torpedo at her bows, and the figure of a man
sitting astride of the cigar-shaped hull, en
gaged in steering. This man, whose name is
Toombs, and who is now in irons Oa board the
flagship, fired a shot in retaliation, which se
verely wounded Ensign Howard, the officer of
the deck. He pretends to have been sailing
master of the expedition, which he undoubt,
edly was, and is a man of moderate height,
strong, muscular frame, a dark wrinkled akin,
dark eyes, and coarse black hair and beard.—
There were three others with him, all under
command of Lieutenant Glassel, formerly of
the United States Navy. He is said to be a
man of superior talents end bravery, was cap
tured some time since and confined in Furt
Warren, but subsequently, on being released,
rejoined the Southern army; he is now a
prisoner in the Ottawa.
The musketry firing from the frigate after
the first volley became rapid and continuous,
bat seemed in no way to interfere with the
execution of the plan had in view by those
aboard the steamer, as she approached nearer
and neater each moment top the Ironsides, her
bow pointing toward the liater'a side, and run
close in under her gnus. At this moment a
terrific explosion took place, jarring the great
iron-plated hull of the frigate, and sending
into the air a huge column of water that fell
in torrents all round, and entering the smoke
pipe of the little steamer immediately extin
guished her fires. When this had subsided,
and the sea was again calm; nothing whatever
Was to be seen of her; the supposition is that
she went down. But. struggling for life were
two men, evidently members of her crew, who
were picked up by a boat lowered for the pur
pose from the Ironsides. They are the two I
have already mentioned, the seaman Toombs,
and Lieutenant Glassel ; but neither of them
can tell what happened in the time between
the explosion of the torpedo and the moment
they found themseljes battling with the waves,
or Bay confidently whether the steamer sunk,
or, rekindling her fires, moved off in the di
rection of Charleston.
DAMAGE SUSTAINED EY THE FRIGATE.
Very little injury was done the Ironsides; in
truth, I may say, with the exception of a few
dents, no harm whatever was sustained by her.
She is a noble ship, and worth all the Monitors
together. The prisoners state that the people
of Charleston have very little faith in the ca
pacity of the latter to reduce the fortifications
leading to; the harbor. but bold in great fear
the terrible batteries of the New Ironsides.—
To prove the endurance of the ship, I would
add that the shock she received was so severe
that a huge chest was thrown from its place in
the lower hold, &goblet one of the stanchions,
completely crushing the leg of a seaman who
was unfortunate enough- to be standing there.
Twenty tuns of 'water entered her decks.
THE ORIGIN OF THE EXPEDITION
This daring attempt, unprecedented in its
Boldness by anything which has happened
during the war, had its origin in the city of
Charleston, where the cost was raised by pub
lic subscription ; some of the wealthiest citi
zens subscribing largely. The steamer was
built there expressly for the purpose, the pat
tern of .the Winans' gunboat being adopted as
the cue beet spited for the accomplishment of
the object they had in view, the material being
of wood. The torpedo, which was of the
largest size, and similar in shape somewhat to
the steamer, was exploded by means of a per
cussion cap at the further end, white lead being
used to render it water-proof. Large rewards
were to be paid the men in case they succeeded
in their desperate enterprise and came off
safe, they being sanguine of blowing up the
frigate, but never expecting to escape with
their lives. Both steamer and torpedo were
towed as far as Fort Sumpter, by another ves
sel ; it was probably owing to this that they
escaped the notice of our picket boats, these
latter, being engaged in watching the move
ments of the convoy, which steamed here and
there on the water as if bound on a mission of
mischief of hey own, before gliding back to
Charleston.
MORRIS ISLAND, S. C., Oct. we are
in a state of preparation. In this letter I had
koped to have recorded some progress toward
the capture of Charleston. Destroyed it may
be, from one battery alone, so placed as to be
inaccessible to the enemy's missiles. lam
compelled to believe, therefore, that its cap
ture is intended to crown our efforts ; and
when the works now nearly finished are in
condition to open fire, you may expect to hear
that "Charleston is abandoned by the enemy,
and occupied by our forces." This consum
mation is to be brought about, it would seem,
by the army under General Gilmore. Certes,
we have a fleet. It' is plainly visible from
where I writes Would it were tangible to the
enemy'e shot, by placing itself in a position to
give and take the strenuous strokes of war.
But with an admiral who ieeme to manage a
fleet upon a peace establishment, navy-yard
set of principles, this is not soon, perhaps, to
be looked for. The army is indignant at the
inaction of the ships. Day by day, MO are
maimed and killed in our advanced works by
shells and shots from rebel batteries that the
navy has once or twice only just half squelched,
leaving them alone, just et the time the enemy
was about to abandon them. The weather, the
situation, the force at his command, the impa
tience and chafing of his officers and men, are
all unavailing to induce Admiral Dahlgren to
use guns of any make now on board the fleet
against the arch-traitors in the front. Whether
a change in the armament of the ships would
induce the admiral to fight I do not know. He
is said to prefer guns that bruise to those that
pierce.
Under the circumstances, as the reduction
of the city, rather than the merits of any par
ticular kind of ordnance, is the point at issue,
and the matter in which the nation is chiefly
concerned, it would be well to transfer to Gen.
Gilmore the supreme command of the entire
sea forces, making the captains of the ships
severally responsible to him. General Gilmore
has a knack of using to advantage any and all
tools that he finds lying to his hand. He
would make the Parrotts talk eloquently as he
has done. The Columbiads would do such
work as would serve the country after which
they are named ; and the Dahlgren guns, sym
metrical and light by the reduction of neces
sary metal to its minimum, would throw into
the forts of the rebels any metal still remain
ing supeAluons in or near them.
Forts Moultrie, Simpkins and Bragg fire
continuously at the working parties in Wagner
and Gregg. They have the exact range, and
plump their shells and shot with deadly effect
and accuracy into the works. They have been
practicing to fire almost simultaneously, so as
to make the "cover" of our men less available
against shot coming in diverse directions al
most at, the same moment. Excellent bomb
proofs preserve the men from most of the mis
sile; but still, I am sorry to say, the ea.sual
ties are numerous. Yesterday thirteen oc
curred.
One of our «00-pounder batteries, that has
been silent for a week, reopened this morning
upon Fort Sumpter, Johnson and the others.
This was the battery that lately silenced John
son. .On Wednesday, 9th inst., there was a
junketing party from Charleston at this fort,
on which occasion a flag was raised, and
other festive proceedings were visible to our
look-out.
Since the scare of the 6th inst., when the
Ironsides was attacked, there has been nothing
to break the tedium of our existence. The
routine of fatigue parties, picketing and guard
mounting, goes on with mechanical regularity.
General Gilmore, with some officers of his
staff, has lately Made a trip to Hilton Head
and Beaufort.
A STRONG-MINDED . WonA.N.—The Albany
Argus gives the following account of one of
them :
Mrs. Dr. Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck, who lives
in Wallkill, won't pay taxes bawled she earn
vote. Last week she was notified by the high
way overseer of the town to appear on a cer
tain day, with shovel in hand, to work out her
highway tax. She appeared on the appointed
day with her fire shovel, and went to work,
but only for five nays, when her tax•was for
ten and a half. She was thereupon arrested
upon the complaint of the overseer. He com
plains that he "gave Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck,
who resides in said district, and is assessed to
work ten and a half days on the highways
therm, notice to appear on the flth day of
September, with a good shovel, on the road
near the. house of A. G. Townley, to do such
work, and that the said L. Sayer Hasbrouck
did so appear with a small fire shovel, where
upon the said deponent furnished the said
Hasbrouck 'with a good shovel, and oirecied
her to assist in filling the wagons that were on
the ground, but that the said Hasbrouck did
not work faithfully, remaining idle a consider
able portion of the time each load was filling,
standing leaning on her shovel, talking and
calling the attention of other workmen from
their work ; at other times sitting during the
whole time of filling the wagon, sometimes
with one hand tossing pebbles into the wagon,
and at others reading a paper,"
PRICE TWO CENTS
HABITS OF LOBSTERS
Many of our readers have a fondness of lob
ster flesh, who may know little about the habits
of this prince of shell fish. As a Kind of des
sert after a hearty meal on this luxury of the
table, we commend to their attention the fol
lowing sketch, by Mr. G. P. Disceway :
" Who does not like the flesh of the lobster ?
Even the child knows the nursey riddle, 'black
in the kitchen, red on the table.' Without any
warmth in their bodies, or even without red
blood circulating through their veins, they are
wonderfully voracious. They even devour
each other, and may be said to eat themselves;
for, changing their shell and stomach every
year, these remains are generally the first
morsel to glut their new system. They are
always in harness, heavily armed to the teeth,
seven jointed is the cunningly forged mail of
their back. Beneath this protecting roof move
four, yes eight, sprawling feet, four on each
side, pushing forward the anwielding war en
gine, like the Roman legion under the shelter
of the battering ram.
s The two great claws are the lobster's in
struments of provision and defense, and by
epening, like a pair of scissors, they have
great strength, and take firm hold. Between
the two claws lies the animal's head, very
small, with eyes like two black, horny specks,
on each side, and these can advance out of the
socket or draw in at pleasure. The mouth,
like that of insects, opens lengthwise of the
body, not crosswise, as with men and higher
races of animals. It has two teeth for its food,
but three more in the stomach. Before the
pointed nose, the long, wire-like feelers or
horns are stretched out, that seem to aid the
dimness of its sight. The tail, or jointed instru
ment, is its great locomotive, by which it is
raised and propelled through the water. Bend
ing this we see lodged the spawn in great
abundance.
"When the young lobsters leave the parent,
they seek refuge in small clefts of the rocks,
or crevices at the bottom of the sea. In a few
weeks they grow much larger, and change
their shell for lobaterhood. In general, this
is done once a year, and is a painful operation.
For some days before this change, the animal
discontinues its usual strength and vigor, ly
ing torpid and motionless; but just before
casting its shell, striking its claws against
each other, every limb seems to tremble. Then
the body swells in an unusual manner, and the
shell begins to divide, it seems turned inside
out, the stomach coming away with its shell.
In like manner the claws are disengaged, the
lobster casting them off much as you or I would
kick off a boot too big for us. For several hours
it now continues enfeebled and motionless,
but in two days the skin becomes hardened,
and within forty-eight hours the shell is per
'fectly formed and hard, like the one just cast
off.
"rite lobster now increased more than a
third in size, and like a boy who has outgrown
his Ratite, it seems wonderful how the old shell
could contain so great an animal as filled the
new. Below, in his native element, he reaches
the age of twice ten years, and loses- . a foot or
a claw without feeling his loos, for he knows
that they will grow again. At certain seasons
lobsters never meet each other without having
a fight, and when a leg or even a claw is lost,
the victor carries it off, while the vanquished
retires for a thorough repair of his injured
anatomy. This is quickly accomplished, for
in three weeks the new limb is nearly as large
and powerful as the old one.
" When hunting the lobster resorts to strata
gem if his strength be insu'ff'icient. In vain
the oyster closes the door against his grasping,
vice-like claw, for so soon as the unsuspecting
muscle opens his house, in he pops a stone,
and, the breach made, the oyster must, surren
der.
"The lobster has his rocky hole at a depth
of from six to twelve fathoms, and the propa
gation of his race is continued on in marvelous
numbers. More than twelve thousand eggs
have been counted on a single female. When
be reaches the light he is inactive, but in his
own realm he dashes with rapid speed over
chasms and rocky table lands in the ocean.
A motion of his tail is sufficient to hurl him
fifty feet deep, and thus escape the swiftest
pursuit. So sure is this leap that he never
misses the entrance of his cavern, even in the
moat precipitous flight, although, too, it
merely offers space enottgh to admit his body."
AN EX-QUEEN.
The publication of Prince Czartoryski's let
ter in the Paris Moniteur gives a moral support
to the Polish National Committee which it bad
not hitherto possessed. It is, indeed, regarded
by some as an actual recognition of its power
and right to act. It is perfectly niaderstood-in
Paris that the very party which named Prince
Czartoryski as its representative has !nen com
pletely destroyed ; but the democratic faction
belonging to its opponent hae uo intention of
protesting against the step which the Prince
has taken. The well-known affection for the
Church possessed by Prince Czartoryski, and
his alliance with Queen Christina by his mar
riage with her daughter has acted seriously
against his popularity in Poland, perhaps more
so indeed than the suspicion thrown upon his
motives in seeking to head a party which was
naturally expected to make him an offer of
the Crown of Poland. They say in Paris that
Queen Christina has for once been lavish of her
ill-gotten millions in this cause, the one near
est her heart, for the Princess Ladislaus has
always been her favorite child, and that to this
source may be traced the ample supply of
funds which has aided the insurrection. Ex
aggerated reports of Christina's great wealth
have been in circulation ever since the first
rising of the Poles took place; and it has be
come a favorite argument amongst many of the
friends of Poland to place the millions in pos
session of Queen Christina, which would serve
as admirable support to the Polish . Throne, in
the balance against the other scale wherein lie
Polish democracy and Croydon, The origin of
this enormous wealth has been much canvassed.
Some key to the hibtory may be found in the
memory of those who have known the financial
affairs of Spain all their lives, and have fol
lowed through all the tiscissitudes they have
undergone during the last half century. The
demon of avarice seemed for many years to
have taken entire possession of her soul.—
Every enterprise, every speculation, whether
public or private, was burthened with a com
mission for the Oneen ; and during that time
all who were not willing and ready to agree to
the odious tax were not allowed to snceeed.—
This accounts for the backward state of Spain
in many things. English capitalits, always
ready to assist improvement, were prevented
from laying down water in Madrid, merely
because they refused to pay the million of
francs bonus demanded by Queen Christina.—
Others would have embellished the city of
Madrid and utilized the Mancanrez, had they
not been met with the same preposterous de
mand. But from the moment of her avowed
marriage with Rianzares this rage and thirst
of gain were put a stop to by his less refined
but more honest sense of dignity ; and the
cheatings and the swindlings, the treachery
and robbery, winked et by the royal Ferdi-
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garde du 'Drys, Munoz. It is said that, at first,
dispute ran high between Christina and her
husband upon the matter of these crooked
financial proceedings. Her Majesty at first
endeavored, with that winning calincric she has
found so effectual in her intercourse with the
crowned and coroneted heads she has had to
do with, to persuade the honest soldier, not
over-gifted with einem, that it was for the
sake of his children alone that she sought this
increase of wealth. But the reply was con
clusive ; for Rianzares declared that "his chil
dren would require no more fortune . than he
had needed to arrive at the highest posignn to
which a low-born individual can attain!' The
power which Riavzares possesses over Chris
tina, and the firmness with which be rules his
household, argue well for the strength of mind
and purpose with which nature has invested
him in lieu of great wit or diplomatic genius,
Long ago would Her Majesty have proclaimed
her son-in-law Ladislaus King of the Poles,
bad it not been for the direct opposition of
litionzares. who, working on his daughter's
mind by the best reasoning of all—fears for
her personal safety—has managed to produce
such hesitation on her part that it has affected
the whole tone and tenor of the Prince's policy.
This is plainly visible to those who have stu
died the question, and who are at a loss to ac
count for the frequent changes of the role
assumed by Prince Czartoryski. Christina
herself, although cruelly tried by the loss of
her sons, still retains much of that charm and
seduction of manner by which she has ar rived
at the accomplishment of every aim, whether
noble or nefarious, which she has had in view
during her life ; and in spite of advancing
years, she still might reiterate the remark
once made to Prince Talleyrand : "In a dark
room, with my back to the light, no man can
ever resist me."
THE KISSING DEACON.
In one of our New England towns lived Dea
con Brown, a staid, dignified sort of a Chris
tian, and model of propriety. Deacon Brown
had the misfortune to lose his wife, and at the
age of forty found himself with a faniily of
four small children, without a mistress to his
farm hinge, Ae he ccnl/ not immediately take
another wife and avoid exciting scandal, and
could net get along without some one to take
charge of the kitchen
a and nursery, he had re
course to employing young woman as holm ;
maid. Nancy Sterna was a laughing, romping
beauty, who delighted in experimenting upon
the
_Deacon by way of testing the strength_ of
human nature. For a long time the Deacon
was invulnerable ; but at last, in a moment of
unguarded weakness, he was led into, tempta
tion, and into committing a "alight Indiscre
tion" with his beautiful housemaid. When in .
his wonted coolness and presence of mind, he
was horrified at the vnormity of his sin. In
vain he repented and grieved over lost virtue.
Finally as a last effort for easing his con
science, at the conclusion of the services on the
following Sabbith morning, he arose and re
quested the forbearance of the brethren and
sisters a few'mOments, when he electrified them
by making the following confession:
" My Christian friends, you all know that I
lost my dear wife some months ago, (sobs and
tears,) and that Nancy Sterns has been keep
ing house for me; and you know that I have
a little child not a year old. Well, that little
child would cry in the night, and it would be
a long time before I could quiet it; and last
Tuesuay night—God forgive me!—the child
cried so hard that Nancy arose and came into
the room, and leaned over the bed to huan the
child—and, brothers and sisters, her leaning
over me made me forget Christ !"
Here the worthy deacon broke down entire
ly, and stood weeping, wailing and blowing
hie nose.
"What did you do ?" sternly demanded the
minister.
" ki—seed her :" stammered out
the deacon, between his sobs, " but I have
been very sorry about it, and prayed to be for
given—and I want you to forgive me and pray
for me, brothers and sisters."
As the deacon bowed himself upon his seat,
like the mighty oak before the tornado, Dea
eon Goodfellow arose and astonished the au
dience still more, by saying:
"Brothers and sisters, you have heard what
brother Brown has said, and now he wants our
forgiveness. For my part, I think brother
Brown is truly penitent, and I am willing to
forgive him with my whole heart. And, bro
thers and sisters, I will add still further, that,
if I had no wife, and a pretty girl like Nancy
Sterns should come to my room, and lean over
my bed, and int) ever me, I'd kips her, and
abide the consequences."
IN was perilous to jest with court-fools in
the olden times, when the cap and bells gave
license to the tongue of the keenest wit about.
the throne. Par ccateple:
The Duke de Roolore, the favorite wit and
buffoon of Louis XIV, was in his person far
from agreeable : his countenance was rather
forbidding, and his figure ill-shaped. Another
nobleman, whose - figure was even inferior to
that of Roelore, having killed his antagonist
in a duel, applied to the Duke for his interest
and protection, knowing it was the only chan ,
nel through which he could obtain a pardon.
'The Duke readily engaged in his friend's in
terest, and fairly rallied the king into a com
pliance. After the king had finished a fit of
laughter, and given his royal promise, he in
quired of Roclore what could possibly make
him so strenuous in his intercession "I will
tell your majesty." said the facetious duke, "if
he had suffered. I should have been the ugliest
man in France." .
Is THE SUN INHABITED 7f—Str David Brews- s
ter makes the following remarks relative to
the sun; "So strong haa been the belief that
the sun danisept be a -habitable world, that a
soientific gentleman was pronounced by his
medical attendant insane, because he had sent
a paper to the Royal Society, in which he
maintained that the light 41 the ann .- proceeded
from a dense and universal aura, which may
afford ample light to the inhabitants beneath,
and yet be at such a distance aloft as not to be
among them ; that there may be water and dry
land there, hills and dales,rain and fair weather,
and that as the light and the seasons must be
eternal, the sun may easily be conceived to be
far the most blisiful habitation of the whole
system. In less than ten years after this
apparently extravagant notion was oonsidered
a proof of insanity, it was maintained by Sir
William Herschel as a rational and probable
opinion, which might be deducible from his
own observations on the sfrnetnre of the sun."
THE PRESIDENT AND GEN. .1100 KM—ft is
reported that when Gen. Rooker was about to
depart for Ma new dammed in the West, Wei&
dent Lincoln informed him thatNhe had an im-
portant charge to give him. 'What is it !"
asked the General. President Lincoln replied
"In passing through Kentucky, beware of
Bourbon county."
"Is them fellers alive now ?" said an urchin
to his teacher. "What fellers do you mean,
my dear ?" "Why, Paul, and Luke, and Deu
teronomy, and them !"