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BLOOMSBU11G, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1862.
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BALTIMORE LOOK HOSPITAL
ESTABLISIICIt AS A REI'UOE FROM UUACKEIIY.
The Only Mate where u Cure can be
Obtained,
DR. JOHNSTON' has discovered the nioft Certain,
fpnedy and only i;tTiiCtual Remedy in th'J Wurld
for all private Diseases, Weakness of the Hack or
Limbs, Strictures. AflVctions of the Kidneys and Ulan
tier. Involuntary Iiischnrgus, luinotcncy, General De
bility, Nervousness. Dyrprnsy, Languor, Low Spirits
Ronfiisiou uf Mens, I'.ll nit.ition of the tlcurt. Timidity.
Tremblings, tliiimess of Sight or tiiililiut-ss, Disease of
thu Head, Throat, .Nosu or skin, AtTectiuni of the l.lvi.r
Lungs, Stomach or Howl those terrible Disorders
arising from the Solitary Habits of Youth those seciut
und i alllary practices more fatal to their victims than
tilt sons of Hyri'ns to the Murines nf Ulysses, blik'hl
inn their most briUiunt hum's or anticipations, render
ing marrl;c, &e. impolitic.
YOUNG MEN
Especially, who have become thu victims of Solitary
Vice, thai dreadful and destructivo habit which annu
ally sweeps to an untimely grave thousands of Young
Men of the most exulted talents und brilliant intellect,
who might otherwise have rntruncd listening Senates
with thu tbuuders of eloquence 01 waked to eotasy the
Hving lyre, may call with full confidence.
SI A R R I A G E.
Married person, or Yoiinn Men contcmplnlln g mar
riage, filing uware of physical weakness, organic deabili
ty. deformities, fee. speedily cured.
lie who places himself under the care of Dr. Johnston,
ui'iy relUiously confide in his honor ns u gentlemen, nnd
confidently rely upon his skill as a physician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
immediately cured and full vigor restored,
This Distressing Affectum which renders life mis
rrable and marriage lmpossilileis tlie penalty paid by
the victims of improper indulgences. Young per
pons are too apt to commit excess from nut being
aware of the dreadful couseu'nce that may ensue.
Now, .who that understands the subject will pre
lend to deny that the power of procreation is lost sooner
y those falling into improper habits than by the prudent,
ilesides belnE deprived of the pleasure of healthy off
springs, the most serious and destructive symptoms to
Dom oouy anu imini anno, i ue system ni'coines ocrani;.
. edi the physical and mental ruuitiou weakened, loss
of iiroereative power, nervous irritability, Dyspepsia
palpitation of the heart, ludige-tioii, constitutional di"
Iiility, a wasting of the Frame, Cough, Consumption,
decay, and death.
OrF'CE. No. 7 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET
Left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few doors
froudho corner, l'nil not toohservr name and number.
lietter. must be p.iid und contain a stamp. The Doc.
tor's Diplomas hang in liis oihcc,
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS
" (it) HkHLUKT Olt NIliOlH DKUUS.
OH. JU1IXSTU.Y
Member of the Royal Colli ge of Surgeons, London,
tlraduate from onu of the mini eminent Colleges of the
United States, and Ilk' greater part of whosn life has
keen spent In th lirst Hospitals of London, Paris, 1'liila
rlelnhiaaiid elsewhere, has effected some of the most as
toiiltliins cures that were ever known : many troubled
with ringing in th.! head nnd cars when asleep, ureal
nervousness, b.'iuir alarmed at sudden sounds, and bash
fulness, with frequent hliinhing, attended sometimes with
derangement of mlnil, were cureu immciii.iti iy
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
M A R R I A G K,
Dr. J. addresses all those who have Injured theinselve
by improper imlulgenco nun solitary naoits, which ru
in both body and inliid, limiting them for cither busi
ness, study, society or marriage.
Them, are some of the sad and melancholy effects tiro-
duced by early habits of youth, viz : Weakness of the
JJack and Limbs, Pain in the Head, Dimness of Sight
Loss or Muscular rower, rnipitatiuu ni mo u.nri. uys
oepsia. Nervous Irratabillty, Derangement of th') Uiges
iive Functions, General Debility, symptoms of Consump
-4ion, ice.
MENTALLY. The fearful effects on tho mind are
much to ha dreaded, Loss of .Memory, Confusion of Ideas
' Depression of the Spirits, Evil Forebodings, Aversion
it. Society, self-distrust, lovu of solitude, Timity, &c,
.are some of the evils produced.
Thousands of persons of all ages can now Judge what
is thu cause or in. ir ueciiuing neaitn. Loosing ineir
.vlmr. hi-rnmiiir weak, nalc and emaciated, having sin
-giiiir uppearauc about the eyes, cough aud tymptuiiis ul
uonsuiiiimuu.
YOUNG M E N.
Who have inlured thmselves by a certain mactlce
Jndujged in when alone ahabil frequently learned from
jtvil companions, or at school the effects of which are
nlsbtlv felt, even when usb-ep, and if not cured reudurs
fiurrlage impossible, and destroys both mind aud Lody,
should apply Immcfliateiy.i
What tt pitty that ayuuug man. the hope nf his country
aud the darling of his parents, should be snatched from
Jill prospects und enjoyments of life, by the consequent
res ef deviating from the path of nature, and indulging
in a certain secret habit. Such persons xcsr before
.contemplating
.reflect that a sound mind and body are the most ne'
.eessary . requisites to promote couunuiai nappiucss
.Indeed, without these the Journey through life becomes
. weary pilgrimage, the prospect hourly darkens to
tin-view: the mind becomes shadowed with despair &
filled with the melancholy reflection that the happiness
jSI unuuier Dccniuesungnieu wun our own,
D.l fi E A S E OF I M P R U D K N C K.
i When the misguided and imprudent votary of pleasure
finds he has imbibed the1 seeds of this painful disease, it
.too efU-n hanneiis that an ill limed sense of shame or
.flread of discovery, deturs him from applying to those
who.froui education aid respectability can alone befriend
Jllm, delaying till tho constitutional symptoms ofthis
.horrid disease makes their uppeurance, such as ulcerated
ore throat, diseased nose, nottuinal, paius in the head
.and limbs, dimuess of sight, duafuess, nodes on the shirt
(Mines, and anus, blotches on tha head, face aud extreme
ties, nroxressin!! with rauiditv. till at last the palate of
.the mouth and bones of the nose fall in, und the victim of
ithisdesease becomes a horrid object of coiniuisseration
jilt neam putsaperiuti tonis ureuuiul suiieriugs, uy sen.
jUnghiui tu "that bourne from whence no traveler re.
.turns."
It is a tmtlaneholi fact that thousands full victims to
ithlit terrible disease, owing to the uiiskillfulfness ofig.
jioraut pretsuders, who, by the use of that Utility J'ci
o, JUireur), ruin the coustitutiuii and make the resl
sjat of life miserable.
S T R A N O B R S
Txast sot your lives, or health, to the care of the ma
Jty Unlearned and Worthless Pretenders, destitute of
jsnowlcdgu, name or character.whocopy Dr. Jonnrtnn's
.tdvcrlisenients, or styU themselves, in the newspapers,
jegularly Educated i'hysiriaiis Incapable nf Curlng.tliey
tcecp you trifling month after month taking their filthy
,oud pulsonus cotiipiMiids, or as long as thu siualle-t fee
finn be obtained, and in despair, leave you with ruined
ftealtll to slgti over your gailling disappointment.
Or, Johnson is the only Physician advertising,
lljs credential or diplomas always hang In his office.
Ills remedies or treatment are unknown load others,
prepared from a life spent in the great lmpitals of Eu
rope, the At I" ihi country und n mire extensive fn
xttt frceilet than any other Physician in the world,
INDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this institution year nf
t'T year, and the numerous important Surgical Opera
tions performed by Dr. Johnston, witnesed by the re
porter, of Ida "Sun," "Cljppor," and many other papers
notices of which Uavo appeared again and agaiu before
,the public, besides his standing as a gentlemen of char
acter and responsibility, Is a sulUcleiii guarantee to the
.afflicted.
8KIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.
. Persons writing should be particular in directing their
totters to his Institution, in the following manner:
JOHN M. JOHNSTON. M, D,
Of tho rtsltlmoro Lock Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jan 18,1803. March 17, 1BC0.
TINWARE & 8TOVE SHOP.
THE undersigned respectfully informs his old friend
and customers, that he has purchased bis brothers
J merest in the above establishment, and the concern will
bsreafter be conducted by himself exclusively.
, lie ha. lust received and offers for sale, the larg.
stalest and most extensive assortment of FANCY
iairl STOVES ever introduced into this market.
CAB Ills stock consists of a complete assortment nf
the best Cooking and parlor stoves in the market, togeth
er with Stove Fixture, of every description, Oven and
IVix Store., Radiators, Cylludar Stoves, Can Iron Air.
Vlght stov.a, Cannon Stoves, 4tc, &c. Stovepipe and
Tinware cotisladly on hand and manufactured to order.
All kind, of repairing done, as usual, on short notice.
The patronagji of old friends and new customers i-
M-rtfuUy Mlicjicd, A. M, ItUFEttT.
'l.(.rtun ,loveniiir U If CO.-if.
Choice Poetry.
The Homestead.
BY LADY SPENCER.
It is not as it used t. bo
When you and I were young j
When round each elm and maple tree
The honsy-suckles etung;
But still t love the cottage where
I passed my early years,
Though not a single face is there
That memory endears.
It is not as it used to be)
The moss Is on the roof,
And from their nest beneath thseave..
The swallows keep aloof
The robin-how they used to sing
When jouand I were young:
And how did flit the wild bee's wing
The opening flowers among t
It is not as It used to bit 1
The voices loved of yore,
And the forms we were wont to see,
We hear and see no more
No more 1 Alas we leok in vain,
For those to whom we clung.
And love as ivj can love but once.
When you and I were young.
A Humorous Story.
COL. CRICKLEY S HORSE.
I bare never been able to ascertain tho
cause of the quarrel between the Urlok
ley's and the Drake's. They have lived
within a mile of each other in Illinois for
fivo years ; and from their firat acquaint
ance there hail been a mutual dislike be
tween tho two families.
One evening Mr. Drako, the elder, was
returning homo with his "pocket full of
rooks" from Chioago, whither he had been
to dispose of a load of grain. Sam Bars
ton was with him on tho wagon, and as
thoy approached the grove which interven
ed between them and Mr. Drake's house,
he observed to his companion:
"What a beautiful shot Col. Crickley's
old roan is over yonder 1 '
"Hang it!" exclaimed old Drake, "so
it k"
The bor.c was standing under some
trees about twelve rods from the road.
Involuntarily, Drako stopped hi? team.
Ho glanced furtively around, then with a
queer smile the old liuntcr took up his n-
fle from the bottom of the wagon, aud
raiding it to his shoulder, drew a sight on
the Colonel's horso.
"Beautiful!" muttered Drake, lowering
his rifle with the air of a man resisting a
powerful temptation. "I could drop old
roan so easy,"
"Shoot!" suggested Sam, who loved
fun in any shape.
"No, no, 'twouldn't do," said the old
hunter, glancing cautiously around him
again.
'I won't tell,'
said Sam.
"Wal, I won't shoot this time, any way,
tell, or no tell. The horse is too nigh. If
ho was fifty rods off instead of twelve, so
ther'd be a bare possibility of raistakini'
him for a ducr, I'd let fly. As it is, I'd
give the ColontI five dollars for a .-hot."
At that moment tho Colonel himself
stepped from behind a big oak, not half n
dozen paocs distant, and stood before Mr.
Drake.
"Well, why don't you shoot I"
Tho old man stammered out some words
iu confusion.
"Is that you, Colouel?" I I was
tempted to I declare 1 And, as I said, I'll
give you a V lor one pull.
''Say an lX' and it's a bargain?''
Drake felt his rifle and looked at the old
roan.
"How much is the old horse wutb ?" ho
muttered in Sam's oar,
"About fifty dollars."
"Gad, Colouel, I'll do it. Hero's your
X."
Tho Colonel took and pocketed the
money muttering Hang if I thought
you'd take me up.
With high gleo the old hunter put a
fresh cap on his rifle, stood up in tho wag
an -
.'
on, and drew a closo sight on old ro
Sam Barston chuckled. Tho Colonel put
his hands before his faco and chuckled
too,
"Crack," went the rifle. The hunter
toro out a horrid oath, which I will not re
peat. Old roan never stirred.
Drako stared at his rifle with a face as
black as Othollo's.
"What's the matter with you, hoy I"
Fust time you ever served mo sunh a trick,
I swan."
And Drake loaded the piece with great
indignation aud wrath,
"People said you'd lost your knack of
shooting," observed the Colouel, in a cut
ting tono of satiro.
"Who said so I" It's a Hoi" thundered
Dr ka. "I cn shoot"
"A horse at ten rods, ha, ha."
Drake was livid.
''Look hero Colonel I can't stand that,'1
hu began,
"Never mind, tho horso can," snearcd
the Colonel. "I'll risk you."
Grinding bis teeth, Drake produced an
other ten dollar bill.
''Here,'' ho growled, "I'm bound to
bavo another thot any way,"
"Crack away," said tho Colonel, pock
eting" tho note.
Drake did orack away with deadly
aim too but the horso did not
mind tho
ouiiet in mo ica-t. 1 o tuo rage a
nd un
utterablc astonishment of the hunter, old
roan looked him right in the face, as if he
rathrr liked the fun.
'Drako," cried Sam, "you're drunk I A
horse at a dozen rods oh my eye 1"
"Just shut your mouth, or I'll ohoot
you, thundored the excited Drake.
"The bullet was hollow, 1 11 swear. The
man lies that say.-i I can't bhoot. L.ut
wck I cut off a goo.-c's head at fifty rods
and I can do it again. Colonel, you can
laugh, but I'll bet now, thirty dollars, I
can bring old roan down at one shot."
The wager was readily accepted. The
stakes were placed in Sam's hand. Ela
ted with the idea of winning back his two
tens and making a ten in the bargain,
Drako carefully selected a perfect ball,
and even buckskiu patch, aud headed the
rifle.
It was now nearly dark, but the old
hunter boasted of being able to shoot a
bat by starlight, audwithout hesitation he
drew a clear sight on old roan's head.
A minute later, Drako was driving thro'
tho grove, the most enraged, the most des
perate of men. His rifle, innocent victim
of ire, lay with broken stock in the bottom
of tho wagon. Sam Barston was too much
frightened to laugh. Meanwhile the grat
ified Colonel was rolling on tho ground
convulsed with mirth, aud old roan was
standing undirtiirbed under the trees.
When Drake reached home, his two
' sons discovering his ill humor, and
the
mutilated condition of his rifle stock, hast-
J cned to arouse his spirits with news, which
Ihcy were Euro would make him dnuco
witu joy
j "C;carout!" growled tho old man. I
don't want to hear any news ; get away or
I fchall knock one of you down."
"But father, it's such a triok on the
Colonel 1"
! ''On the Colonel?'' cried the old man,
beginning to be interested.
played the Colonel a trick
"Glad if you
Let us hear
it-
"Well father, Jed and I this afternoon
1 went out for deer
"Hang the deer, come to the trick 1"
"Couldn't find any deer, but thought
' wo must shoot something ; so Jed bangod
away at tno Colonel's old roan-shot him
dead,"
I "thot old roan?" thundered tho old
hunter. "Jed did you .-hoot the Colonel's
old boss ?"
"I didn't do anything else."
"And then," paused Jed, confident the
joice part must please ms lamer, "dim and
I J. proppeu tuo Dorse up, anu tied Uis Head
I uaoh. wiin a corn, anu leu mm sianuing Degro Brigade how it was corn
under the tree Just as if ho wo alive. pog(!(i of brave ad able-bodied coutra
Ilia! ha! Fanoy the Colonel going to oatoh bal)ds who wou!a be servicablo, followed
I '. . TT. lit . . I it !
mm. noi no: wan t it a ouo .'
Old Drake's head fell on his breast.
Ho felt of his empty pocket book, and
looked at his rifle. Then in a rueful tonu
1 1 1 . i 1
ne wuispereu to tue uoy
"usajoKCi ivuui you ever ten ci it
or ir you tio oam jiarston 1 11 sum
you alive. I've been shooting at
tliat
,1,1 l. I,, if I f. . J.ll. .
uiiHM liwiou nun uu iiuui ivi ivu uuuutB u
shot.,'
At that moment Sam fell into
the gut.
ter, and almost laughed himself to death.
ci? aMaiwunui i lie must iiiuriutug
,, , ... . ,
among al tho signs of the times is tho
,. b , , , ,
disregard Miowu by many of tho leading
.J A r l ......... rpt... , 1
P,01"'00' j.0,ir.,lal' ' !ho Th ?"d Ie"er J i those young practical jokers. This was on
1 tho ConMitutiou of the United State.'. It!., I , . ,
is no longer concealed, it is boldly avowed
uay u.ter uny mat ,ol! onsuiui.en may
.1... .1. .. r
uU turaucu, uvcrsteppeu, turn trau.pieu
upon It is an utUr abandonment of na-
tional virtue, when men tell u, that the
Constitution is not to stand ,n tho way.of
tho President, m , the management of pub-
1.0 affairs. Such men should remember
tbat tho Constitution Is above tho Presi-
dent. Nomanswearfc allcgianco to tho
pi.in. 1 11 H .a.- n.-
President, but all men owe it to the
uuu-
stituiion,
I
wo
tSf When wo fall upon a rouk
know how hard It is. When we
thrown upon our resources wo learn how
great they arp.
,-m., j
lSr-Wbyaro women like beets! Bo-
cause tbe younger tbo; aro tbe sweeter. '
Miscellaneous.
Lotter to tho Presidont.
IlARRiscutia, Aug. 29, I8G2.
Mit Dear Uncle Abraham : Not in tho
name of twenty million, of freemen of the
North, but on my on "personal curve,'
I am about to nddrcsu you a few lines.
As a preliminary text, I offer you the fol
lowing ticket to a fancy drcn ball to bo
J l - P .1 - 11.. l.!t.
S,vcn s0UC'1 01 1110 l owiuioj wuiuu was
I " uuys ago:
Offichof theU. S Deputv Marshal
Deputv Marshal 1
,rd of the city of
Aug. 20, 1802 )
For the Filth Ward
Harrisburg
ToU. J. Jones. IV KB NOTICE,
that you have been enrolled us a citizen
witliiu the Fi.'th ward of tlu city oi LI ir
risbur;,', in tho said county, liable to mili
tary servio. If you el itm exemption from
any cause, the claim will be received and
determined by the Commissioner to be ap
pointed for that purpose for this county,
at such time ami place as ho shall specify,
by baud bills to be ported in said ward.
Geu. Gaiiverich, Jr.,
Dtputy Marshal.
Physically disqualified to dance to the
music of an orchestra composed of the
"spirit stirring drum and car piiroijd fife"
tho whistling bombshell and minnto ball,
it is not likely that I shall be present;
but, assuming, my dear Unclo, that I was
as sound as a dollar, would itnot be un
generous to ask mo to do the State some
service after serving it for sixteen dayn in
prUon as an example and terror to evil
doers.
In this city there arc now no less than
two thousand niggers, being an increase of
about twonty per centum since tho sum
mer of 1860. How the increase was made
I am at a loss to say 3omo people assert
that contrabands came here by aid of gov
o nmcnt transportation, the same as an ad
dition was made to Philadelphia, and oth
ors say not but bo that as it may, the
largest portion of them constitute an idle,
vicious and dissolute class, which subsists
by begging and stealing the jail being
nearly all the time filled with these valua
ble chatties.
On the 1st day of August, the anniver
sary of emancipation in the British West
India Islands, a number of these darkies
assembled in a woods near this city, where
thuy gave vent to the wildest and most en
thusiastic joy at the prospect of the speedy
downfall of slavery, and a recognition of
their own rights to social and political
equality.
In all cities there arc boys who are fond
of fun Vidcliclt, Baltimore, where the ex
hubcrant spirits of tho youth used to
prompt them to attend the p lis with bob
tailed pistoles and pegging awls to keep
Dutch and Irish Dumocrats from voting.
Of course boys in a oue horse city like this
do not permit their fancy to lead them
quite so far, nevertheless they arc fond of
fun, and on Saturday, the il of August
two aescipics oi i.au:c nit upon tuo niea
of Hiving the niggers a big scare. Printer
boys, as a general thiug, arc rather intel
ligent, aud keep themselves posted, thoy
bud lead the extravagant eulogies pub-
, lis)ed ; vour organ j,, tl,is 0itJ 0n Hun-
i, ij Jo...n...i- w nil
negroos
, should be avmi,,L Tl0 bad a,SQ it
j stated without d(.nial tbat Governor An-
Arnmsl n. ;,, , nl.n ,i,n ,.,,. f
- " - ------w ...... ..."
jj..l3gaoijU,e,t,, for mtars purposes, and
that Lane had gone to Kansas with autl.o-
i ritv to raise, arm and cnuin negroes. For
tbo (ioubi0 nurnose of see in;? how many of
. . ' . . ..'
ii. hpiim nn I ft roil
population would re
'spond, and how many would suffer a ter-
i rib e scare, thev included to
nut out a
. Lai)ub!11 invU; iha valiant
darkies to
"come to time."
A form of bill was drawn
, , , , , , ,,
' up by me, and somewhat altered by them,
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anu a dozen or so copia wero printed and
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tho 4th day of August a day upon which
tho recruiting bueiucss was lively, and ex
- 0jtement ran g0 high that tho joko n(jar,y
d fl faj,uro 100,1 b0 TCVcr,
understood it to Vo a Uoax. At the ap-
inted timo of tho luectipg, some ten or
tw0T0 mo.tl, No. I porters, who wheel
trunkfi from lhe dcpot on tho arrival of
traloa nnd ipend , he interim in sleeping
,..,. ...,. 4 ... '
, "7 r, ,
ktthousc.wa.tedanhoi.r, and then lift,
ujivu nutbiuauuno ussuuiuiuu ub tuu uji
l anu tins woulu prooauiy navo been tlie
1, .... , .,
lust of it, but your organ hero caino out
boldly aud insisted that tho bill was put up
fnr flirt -niirrmn nl'd'ir-nnrnrrinrr ctiliiitniftntM.
lu othor words, tlio editor dt oared tliat
tue altoniPt to carrv 0lt m's own theory
practically wos tieason, On a charge
roado against mo by I do not know, and
probably never will know, who, I was ar-
rested, aud in company with othors who
knew no more about tho band bill than
your Excellency, taken (o the Old Capitol i
jail uuder a military escort, composed of
one of your Generals, an Assistant Pro-
vost Marshall, and tworoldicrs with fixed '
baom:ta The keeper ofthis modern lias.
til(J a3signod U9 ft r0()m woU ventna.d)
containing a tablo and a few chairs and
four dirty buuks, or if you ploaso to so dei-I
ignate them beds. Iu this place we re-1
tnaincd forsixteen days restrained ot our '
liberty, subsisting upon such articles as we
could purchase being served with what
one of your late botidbtncn of tho District
(freed as a military necessity) called "beef,
and pul it." and such other faro as wc
had been totally utiusud to while at tho
same timo upwards of a hundred persons
who would gladly have douc their host to
ameliorate our coudition, were not only
dcuicd admission, but prevented from sen
ding anything in to us, notwithstanding
the secession prisoners daily received ham
pers full of the best provisions the loyallj)
citizens of Washington city could prepare
for them.
And to wit : we finally obtuincd a hear
ing at which no charge was produced and
no accuser appeared and at which the
Judge Advocato himself, as well as the
General who made tho arrest, acknowl
edged that tho whole thing was frivolous.
Had they said a mere pretext to try an
experiment, they would havo corao nearer
the mark.
Having always been loyal as my pub.
lished writings since the beginning of the
war amply prove, I do not think jou should
ask mc to go and fyht, even if 1 was qual
ified. No,sir-e e! I should rather be in
demnified for loss of time and money in
volved in my trip to Washington but
that I cannot look for under cxistingcircum
stances ; but I hope to live to sec the day
when the Union will be restored, and when
the administcation of the Government will
again ravert to those who made us a na
tion, and those who preserved it from sec
tional strife, and steered the bark of State
clear from quicksands, shoals and brakcrs
for three quarters of a century. I shall
then be amply recompensed for tho indig
nities offered mc. If I should die before
that time, my three sons will inherit noth
ing but tho democratic principles of their
f nther which havo already taken root in
them, and which must grow and strength
en with their years.
You may put all tho Northern Demo
crats in jail to crush this rebellion, or a
part Dfthcni ornonoofthem you may
crush this rebellion in a month (and God
grant you may,) but neither you, nor any
other power, save an established military
despotism, can crush out tho Democratic
party of Pennsylvania.
Yours, The Local.
Webster Pitcjii.no Hay. Mr. Web
ster had great power of bones and muscle,
rcluotant as he was from his boyhood to
show itexoopt upon particular occasions.
John Taylor related tho following feat,
which occurred thit last time but one of his
visiting "Elm Form." If wos in tho sea
sou of haying, whuu the skies were cloud
less, the weather perfect, and d large force
of stalwart workmen were doing their best
under tho eye of Mr. Webster, withsoytho
rake aud fork. One day when they had
shnm ntnni' nn nir. nf it nlnrv nnfl flin
tviuiuna vtviu tuning up miuu, ouu uigu tui
transportation to the barn in the after-
0ou.
Air. Webster having invited the
illmPr imlinn with him. nftppwonU nlmll.
! snmil.
J J-
could. One having accepted, Mr. Webster
threw off his coat, and driving tho team
himself to the Geld, and entering the hay
car between two winrows, selected tho right
tide row for his pitching, his rival taking
tho left, John gavo the strango haymaker
tho best pitchfork on the premises, Then
came the fight ! Greek met Greek ! Web
ster versus all his haymakers I The ora
tor and statesman pitching into both win
rows and pitohcrs ? All oyas wero turned
upon tho strifo, while shouts filled tbo air,
and animated tbo oontost, as though a now
Isthmlat game had been inaugurated
Soon one load was 011, which Mr. Web
ster drovo to tho barn ; and driving out
again, repeated tho operation ; and then
piling on a third load, ooncludcd tho sin.
guiar contest, ana aiiauminog ms strengtu
and ability, ond admitting that, if ho was
not f(lcihmncens of haymaker and niteh
w '
ers, ho was, at least suporior to any thoy
could produce At night, however, he
i,l..n utnU it.;B I. . . . ; , t rr
ort, and obliged to send for tho doctor,
Taylor kept tho pitchfork, whoso han-
dlo he polished, and cxlbltcd it on raro
oooastons liko a weapon picked up from
some groat battlefield,
GoE, McClollan Truth Coming
Out,
Tho Boston Post publishes the follow
ing extract from a letter from an officer of
much military knowledge and ability in tho
Array of tho Potdmao, to a friend in that
city. It fully conGrms much that we have
said on tho same subject :
''McClcllan was allowed to commit him
self to a plan of campaign based on the
employment of one hundred and sixty
thousand men. After the first conflict at
Yorktown the very night of tho fight, he
Was advised that the corps (tho body on
which depended tho flank movement which
was to dislodge, and which would have
dislodgod the rebel army at once, and in
all probability havo bogged it), that of Mc
Dowell ws withdrawn from his com
maud. This was immediately followed by
another order, depriving him of the use of
Fortress Monroe, and all of Wool's troops.
"The first result was the loss of a month
at Yorktown. Then ho advanced with a
steady firo of representations of the need
of more troops, which were all worse than
neglected.
"Then came, as an inevitable result of
our position, (that of any army attaoking
another of equal strength, discipline and
bravery, strongly entronched, (the necess
ity of providing a fortified position, behind
which, in caso of repulse, shelter from ab
solute ruin could bo found.
"It would havo been absurd and crimi-
nal in McUlcllan to have pushed an army, 1
on unknown ground, and in a hostile coun
try, against an intrenched position, gar
risoned by a forco equal to his own and
staked the whole result, and the absoluto
ruin of his army and of the cause, upon
tho success of the first assult.
"Fair Oaks followed. Then tho De
partment Cow began to give down her
milk, and WooI'b troops were sent him ;
but, like the sending of Franklin's corps,
it was too late, to do any good ; it did not
even make good our loss.
"Then camo lhe absolute ccrtainiy that
Jackson was really playiug the game that
Alcuieiian toiu tnem lie was playing; so
McCall was sent. Again it was too lute
in tho meantime , troops were pouring in-
to Iliehmond from the South, aud Jackson
was ooming from tho North,
"Overpowered by numbers, betrayed by
moso wuose sworn uuty it -was to carry
through this army, wo bad to mancover for
our very existanco.
"The thing stands thus : On a flimsy
pretex McDowell's corps was withdrawn,
and the whole plan of the campaign defeat
ed at its outset.
"Had it not becd for this, it is now as
assured fact, as positively certain as such
a thing can be, that the redels, Would have
evacuated Yorktown beforo tbe 14th of
April, or their who'o array below West
Point bavo been captured ; that by the 1st
of June wo would have occupied Rich
mond, by the 15th been in possession of
llalcigb, North Carolina, and Virginia
cleared of troops, but the weakening of
.1 t .
McClcllan made the siege of Yorktown a
necessity, revealed our plans, and gave
ample time to the enemy to prepare.
"Franklin was sent dowa too late to do
any good too feeble to accomplish at h)
last hour, what was intended at West
Point for McDowell's whole corps ot
first.
"When McCall and Wool's troops ar
rived, it was too lato to do more than Gil
up onr gaps, mado greater by the 6ver
working of our men on tho Cbickahomlny
and so, always too feeble, wo have t last
failed and uow hero lioi tbe condemna
tion. "As tho department got frightened, it dol
ed out to us in driblets nearly all of Mc
Dowell's corps, showing that they were not
required elsewhere, and that the Depart
ment knew it. For certainly, with Jack
son flushed with victory in tho Valley, and
Banks and Shields routed, Washington
was in greater danger than if MoClellan,
at tho head of ono hundred and sixty
thousand men, was leaving Old Point for
Richmond.
"Tho sending ot theso regiments is what
clinches tho proof of wrong in withdraw,
ing them, leaving sixty thousand men
sucking their thumbs on tho Rappahannock
whilst one hundred thousand were toiling
in tho marshes of the Cbiokahomiuy, and
grappling witn tho wholo power of the
Southern Confederacy."
Donation Tho Cumberland Co., (Pa.)
Agricultural Society on Saturday donated
5500 to the society in Washington for the
relief of tick and wounded Pennsykanian
soldtors,
1ST Sure to go under, tbe Abolitionittn
1 this fall.
Lettor from President Lincoln
Greeley Snubbed.
Horace Greeley lately addressed the
President a letlor through tho Tribunet
thrusting his advice upon that official, un
asked, concerning the disposition of sla
very. Tho President has taken a somo
what unusual course in replying to such a
pieco of impertinence at all ; but iu doing
so ho snubbs poor Greeley at a tcrribU
rato, virtually telling him that ho (Groe.
Icy) bed better mind his newspaper busi
ncss, and he (Lincoln) will take caro of
the Goveroment. The following is tho
letter :
Executive Mansion,
Washington, Aug. 21, 18C2.
Hon. Horace Greeley :
Dear Sir I have just read yours of
the 10th instant, addressed to myself
through the New York Tibune.
If there be in it any statements or as
sumptions of fact of which I may know to
be erroneous, I do not now and here con
trovert thorn.
If there bo any inferences which I may
believe to be falsely drawn, I do not now
and hero argue against them.
If there be perceptible in it an impatient
and dictorial tone, I waive it in deference
to an old friend whuso heart 1 have al
ways supposed to be right.
As to the policy I "seem to be pursu
Ing," as you say, I havo not meant to
leave any one in doubt. I would savo
the Union. I would save it in the shortest
way under the Constitution.
Tho sooner tho national authority can
bo restored the nearer the Union will bo,
the Union as it was,
If there be those who would not save
the Union unless they could at the samo
time save slavery, I do not agree with
them.
If there be thoso who would not 'savo
the Union unless they could at the samo
timo destroy slavery, I do not agree with
I them.
j My paramount object is to save tbo
Union, and not either to
save or
destroy
slavery.
If I could savo the Union without free
ing any slave, I would do it and if I
could save it by freeing all the slaves, I
would do it and if I could srve it by
freeing somo and leaving others alone, I
would also do that.
What I do about slavery and tbe col
ored race, I do because 1 believe It holps
li savo this Uniou, and what I forbear I
forbear hocau-e I do not bclievo it would
help to save tho Union.
I shall do lesB whenever I shall bcliove
what I am doing hurts tho cause, nnd I
shall do moro whenever I believe doing
more will help the cause.
I shall try to correot errors when shown
to be errors, and I shall adopt new views
as fast as they sbalt appear to be truo
views.
I bavo here stated my purpose accord
ing to my views of official duty, and I in-
j tend no modification of my oft expressed
personal wish that all men everywhero
could be free.
Yours, A. LINCOLN.
Baton Rouoe Official. Colonol Ca
hill's official report of tho battle at Baton
Rogue gives the total loss at 313. Of
these were killed 70 ; wounded 240 ; miss
ing 28. Colonel Cahill praises highly all
tho Federal troops engaged in tho action ;
his report is quite interesting but contains
no material facts that we have not already
published.
t&- Little Sis "Oh, Bobby, I'm going
to have a hooped dress, an oyster shell
bonntt, a pair of ear drops and a little
baby."
Little Bonn y "The thunder you is.
Well I don't care, I'm going to have
a pair of tight pants, a shanghae ooat, a
shaved bead, a orooked cane, a meer
schaum pipo, and a pistol,"
t&" A midland farmer, who is ac
quainted with navigation, 1 aviug rod tbat
"the yatds of the school-ship havo boon
sent aloft,' ' wished to know' if tucio jrards
are tho boys' play grounds,"
(fir A bad wife is a shackle on her
husband's feet, aburdon 011 his shoulders,
a palsy to his hands, smokoto his eyes
vinegar to his tcoth, a thorn to his side,
a dagger to his heart.
SQr "I do not say," remarked Mr.
Brown, "that Jones is a thief, but I do
say that if his farm joined mine I would,
not try to keep sheep."
19 A wise man gets learning from those
who hay none tbomtelres,