BIA jJlt DEMOCRAT COLUM AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER. LEVI L. TATE, EDITOR. "TO HOLD AND TRIM TUB TOttOH OP TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'ELl TUB DARKENKD EARTH." TERMS: 2 00 PER ANNUM- VOL. 17. NO. 36. READING RAILROAD. OCEATTRUNtC LINE rtWM PHILADELPHIA TO iin: iNTi:noiit in' rr.NNhVi.VAMA, the kcuuyliull. bimqut.iianna ciniucit. UNO AMI Wv milNIl VALLEV3, THE NORTH. NORTHWEST AND TIIEOANADtS. PAPSI'.N'I.KIl TRAINS rem the cornpnuv's depot nt tliriteenth Mid Callow ill ttreeti, I'll I Ih J -1 ili In m Hi" following hnuri: " MnRMNI! .MAIL At P.15 A. M. fur Rending, Lebanon, llnrrlsburg, Poltsville, Pinogrove.Tumnqiin.Sunbury, Wil I l:nu port Eluilrn. Rochesti r. Manara, I'nl!.. Ilufl'.iln. Alliiitnwn, Wi'M'fbnrrc. 1'ittstoii, York, Carlltie, Chanibcrtburg, Ilngcr-town, c, 'Ibis train crmtitTti at READING: Willi Eat Tonn it'lvnnli' llnilrnad trains for Mlcntnwn, c , nnil w I III Up Libation Vnlley train for llnrrlsburg. J.r,.;nt roll I" CLINT' IN with Cntnwisn Uallrnail trains lor '.Mlki'fli itr Williaiuspnrt. I.uik llavrn. Hlinlrn. ice. tt II UllllrtllURI! with V.irllifti CiMilral. Cumberland Vnll y mi1' H Imylkltl an. I ttiiquehuuuu train fur Nortli'imb-'rlaud, W I II latn nrt Yolk, i hninbcrsburg, rioelirwve &c. AI'TERVniiV r.XI'Hrps 1 caves Phlldelplil.i nt :i,M I'. .M for Reading TolU slllc. Plnegrnve. Ilnrri-burg. r .rnnneilinn nt 'inrrls hurt! with I'iiiii lv,-nili LYtilml 1,'uilrnud trains fur Pittt)'irs r Northrcn 'ctilr.il llnilrnad trains fur Paitbur)'. Northumberland. Elmira he. and lit Pnr Clinton with 'maul. Fa Railroad trains fur .Milton WHIUnnpott. l'.liiilra llufTaln 1 r. HI'. .:)! i AUi O.MOtl ATIO V. I.nva Rending lit li.30 A. M.. stopping nt alt way nations ; nrrivcH in Philadelphia nt U.'.'ii A M llrtopilng, leaves Philadelphia at -1,30 I', .M. ; arrive. In Urailinp at T.HII 1' M. Trains for Philadelphia leave llarri'Ii'T c' A. y (ml I'ottHVllli. at J.I5 A. ii.. arriving in 'In i ia 1 50 I". M. Alternnon Iralns I 'iivr nrrishurc m v" ''fl HI., ami PntiilluatJ,30 !' M. arriving at Pullaih-i I tt 7.00 I', M. Markit train, Willi a passenger car attached, 1-a.ve j riuladelphia at 1 P. M.. fur Reading ami nil wav stn tinni : leaves Heading nt IS, noun. an. I Ibm iiiuglown tt 1 P, M. for Philadelphia ami nil way stations. All ttio abnvn trains run ilaily shind iy e.xrepied. Hiimlny trains l.-nvu Fottsville a. ?,:iu'A .M aud I'lillu. tclphU at 3.15 P.M. t'linSTl'.ll VAl.t.l'.Y IIAlLUnM) rssscngcr from linn nlnstim'n ami intermediate pnihts talte tlio f.l.) A M ami 4.WI P .M train "from i'liil. ad.'lphla, returning Ironi How iiiiigtuwii at ?,CU A .M and I Mil) linnli new vunii exi-res-" nm ititsuuiic. and thi: wr.sr. Leave. Now York, at ? P M, passing Ucn.'ing e,t 15,117 nii.lniL'ht. anil conn -cti UK at llarri-hurg will) 1'cnniiJ luinia It.iilroail l.jp.css 'i'r.i in for I'lttrliur? Returning, I xpress Triiin 1. avert Mnrn hur mi arri Tal of IN'iinj I vniu.i I xpr--94 from Pitt'mrtf a' 71, 13 A II, pan. i ii u lie. i, line 5.1s A ,M anil arrlMni; at Now York at ln.l'U A ,M. S5lii iiti,' rnri acr pan) ilh'e train. through bi tw.scn Icttey Citj cuii Pittsburg with, CJt chanis'a. Mail tr.iintfor New York 1,'nvo Ilarritbnrg at AM nJ 11,00 I' .M. Mail trains for lluriiebnrg luavc New York nil) A M ami 1-' noon. dUIIUV I.KII.I. VAI.I.r.V UAII.UOAD Train, leave PulUvillo nt 7.15 A ,M ami 'I.TI P VI, rtlutniHg froniTiifctarora nt A VI, ami 1,-t.i P 1. HO'llUVLKILl. ANU SI'p'QI'IIIIANNA It VIL no AH. Train, leave Annum nt'J,4JAM f-ir Plnoercvr nnrl Hrriburg, ami at 0,10 A Al, mid 7 P ,M for pint-grove nniy; returning from I nrrburg at 1,30 P U and froia Pliiagruvc at rj A M end 4 and o f M. T!CKi:i'!. Through flril dam ticki tsnml cmlcr.mt tirkctftn all i ttio principle points in tin North aurt U'mt and (.'an a- ' I The follow ing tirkcts aro nbtalnable only al th oilire cf B. Bradford, Tri'U'iiri'r. No. 227 loiuh Purth si, ' I hiln klphia, or of ti. A N'icolN, Ceiinral "upcrnit.'nd ut, Ueauing. I COM ML'TATI"S TICKETS'. I At?5 prrccnt, discount, b"twcn any point, desired, : tcr faMiUi's and linns, I .MI-EAfJETICIvnTS, Good for 2001! imlf .bj!jn nllpoinK, at 3j ..ell fr fjiuiliv. and tlrui. iJEXSOV TI-KETi'. Forthrno, sit, muu or twclvf month., for holder. nly, to all points, at ri'iliin-iiut ci.i:uov.mi:n I Ilfslding on the line iifilu road will bo furnished with ' arJ. tnlitled tlieai.til t uh and wiviu to ticltti ut balf i f.r.. EX 'IT.-'IDN' TICKnri. ; Froni Tliila lelplna to principal vtatmn. pnn.l fir 2at- , Br lay Hnn.lay an I Monday, at r ,-dn f.iro. to bn nad only al thd Lick.: Othcc, atThilleunth and l.alluwlnll .treetii. I flnnds of all (lesrrii'tlon forward to nil the above PoinH from tlw cuuiii.in'4 new freight depol, Ufoadnnd U illuw streets. i niEltJIlT TRAINS I Leave Philadelphia daily at A M. 1PM; and 0 P II f-ir Reailing. I.thanon. Ilnrriiliurg, Potuville, I'otl Clinton, and all point beyonj MAILS. 1 Close at the riiila.'elplii.i I'o.t nffibo fir all places on the road ami its branrhe. al 5 A M. an I fur tin princi pal stalloiiM nmy al -J 15 P .M. ilL'onubiirg Teb 14 IrS.I. j 1SG3. PIIir.ADKLI'IIIA & KHIE R A' X - H O A 5 This great lino traverses Hie Northern and North Weil cnuntifi of l'l'enjjliaiiia lo tliu city of Erie, on l.aku Erie. It has b'en leaseil bv til' Pen,is Irania Railroad Company, and muter thi-ir .Hippi es is being rnpiilly op'-ned Ihrnnchoiit iteniire length. I. in now in use for P.iheuger nml Pri'icht business from liar rir burg to Emporium, 1 1! 5 miles i on the l'.,'i! rn Iliviinn. mid froiu srliethild to I.ne v7o mil on the Western Div itinn, TIHK ll riEOER TRAta. iT HOT. niL'M D1T h VM). Mall Train leaves, East ii 51 A. M. Ktprutu Train 1" 5j I'. Jl, Mail " " WeBt I i.l " Expr 5 5JA.M. Cars run Ihrnuch wiTiinusor both wa on the.u train between I'lnl nlelphi.i nml Lock ll.iveu. nml Ilallimnre nml Link llav, n. New and eleg'Mit fileep. ing l.':ir ateompaiilug the Evpre.x Tr.nu both ways between Villiain.Miit and ll.illnuore, and Williams. port nml I'lnl. i lelpliiu. Por inforoiniiiiii re'pei tjng P.-M-i-nger business, ap FlynttheS E. Cor. Illliaud Mark, t Sis. And for i'ltiht biiniuessof tin1 1'.uop'iii) 's Agents : 8. II. Kingsion. Jr . Cor. I'Jth and .Market U., PhiPa- J, iV . Re n, .1,1., i:nc. J M. Drill. Agent N. C. It. I!., Ilnlliinnre. II. Ii Houston, (icn'l. 1'reight Agt . i hiladelphia, Lewis lloupt, (t''ii'l.'l'ii kei Agt Philadelphia. Joseph 1. Poltr, Geii'l. .Malinger, Willmuifpoit. Ociobjr dl, Ivi'J. Lackawanna & Ultwusliiirg itaiiioad ON AND AIT' R APRIL in. .-M. PASSENGER TRAINS WILL RUN AS FOLLOWS: MOVING Liv. Prranton, " KingHnn " lloomtbiirc " Unpen, " Danville, Arrive atNort'iuiuberlanrl, M O V I N G Leave Northumberland, " Danville, " Rupert, " llnnuihurg " Kingston, S O U T II. i'asscngcr. Jlcton. 5 Ull A. M. II.OU A.M 1,40 Arrive P.'.SO P .M P.5'1 E.55 9.V4 AM 0.55 K O R T II 4.1111 P. JL 5.10 5 45 A.oll 8.05 t.iS P. J Arrive nt rS;runtou, A Passenger Train nlsoleavcs Kinzstnn at e.'.'O A. M y.iu r. ai, 3.311 for S'erauinn.inconuect with tram for New York. Re luming, lenves Scranton 011 arrival of Train from Now York nt 4.'.'0 P. M. The Larkawanna a.id ninninsburg Railroad connects with the Delaware. Lackawanna and Ucttern Railroad et Scranton, for Now Vork and intermediate points east At Rupert it connect-with IhoCattawissaRai road, for ?oint. both east and west arriving at Philadelphia nt .no P..M, ' At Northumberland it corsnccts with the Philadelphia & Erjt-R, K.nudN. C R. It. for points west nud south Patsengers arriving at llarribburg 4 50 P M. : Phil adelphia 10 P. .M., Caltnuore lO.'.M) P. M. GEO. II. IIUNT.S.irt J C.Wells, Cen' 7"ici( cnt, Kingston Ar'lH''- !f3- W A W & J f Jewilry awl Silver-1 1 'are, rpriE nndfrilgnnd would respectfully Invite your nt I tentinn to hit well telected slock of Fine Gold and Silver Watches Fine Gold Jewelry, of every kind and variety of styles-comprising ail uf the newest and most beautiful designs. Al.o. Rolirl Silver Wars. "jnal to Coin -and thi best Bake of Silver Plated Ware. Each article is warranted w be at represented. . 3" Waiclict of Jeivlry eartfJlly rap sired andial Wacilon guaranteed, JACOB IIARLEY. (Baeeisrinri to StauflVr k Marley,) . - . .v:..i . r-'a MiUMf 8T Pun.. K LOOMS POETRY. Tlio Gloom of Autuiua. Hail, jc sighing tons of sorrow, View uilli me iiutuninnl tloonij Learn from thence- your fato to morrow, Dead, perhaps laid in the tomb. Sec, all iialuro fading, dying, Silent nil things seem to mourn, Life from vegetation flying firings to mind the mouldering urn, Oft are Autumn's tempest's rising, Making lofty forrests nod, Bcjui snf nature how surprising I Rend in nature nature's rod. See our sovereign, sole creator Lives eternal in the sky, While wo nioital. yinld to nature, Llontn awhile llicu fade and ilio. Nations die by dread lidluta, Through rnraccd ty rami ic King., Justnt plants In pale Pommia, I all to rise in future spring. .Mournful scenes, when vegetation Palls by frot, or worms devour; Doubly mournful, when a nation Tails by neighboring nation! power Death and war my mind depresses, Autumn shows me my demy. Culls tu mind my pait distresses, Warns me of my djing clay, Autumn makes me melancholy, Ptrikis ilijeitjnn ihrouiih in) soul, While I mourn my former folly Wnvesuf sorrow o'er mi roll. Lnl I heat the air resound ing With eipirlng inseits' cries : Ah, their moans to me, how wounding: Eo blrms of my n.wi demise. Hollow vi iuds about me roaring, Noy waters 'round me rie, Wliile I sit my late deploring. Tears are streaming fiom my eyes. What to me nro autumn's treasures, t-'ince I know no eaithly joy, Long I'vo lot all earthly pleasures, Time must youth and bra'th destroy. Pleasures once 1 fondly w listed, Shared each lo'js llial youth bjstowi, Hut to see where then I sported, row embitters nil my woes. Age and s 'rrow since have blast.-d, Every votltlifu' ple.i'ing dream ; Quivciingagc Willi yotllli contrasted, I'll, hov sh ut their glories seem. As the annual frJats nrc cropping Leav es and tendrils from the tresi ; Lo I lit) IrieiiiU are yearly dropping, 'Jhro.igh o,l age uud dire disease, Tonner friends, how I've sought 'em, .'ust t Che, r my droopirg mind ; lint 111.') 'i e f-'oue like leaves in Aulutnn, Driven bi fore the drear) wind. When afw more year-. I've wast:d. When a few more spring are o'er. When a few more gn f's I've lust.'d I shj.l live to die no inu.-c. Fast my sun of life's declining, Soon 'twill ecliii endless night ( llul my hopes pure and reliuiug, Rest in future life and light Cease that feaiiug, Ireuib ing, sighing, Death will break the sullen gloom; And in) spirit llut'rlng. fl) lug, iiivt be born he) uud the tomb. MISCELLANEOUS. Execution of Dr. Wright. JP.rpiratin,,, against hosti'c ,kmooStr . tw,,s Scenes al the Piwn ami alon-c the Iloit'e lo the p'ace of Excnaiori Jl Review oj D). Wright's J.ie. Noaror.K, Va., October 123, 1SG3. Dr Wiuoiit Attempts io Escape, AND Is KncAPTi'liED. On Wednesday uv. vvr.gui matiua request, mac a Dg"i, M I . . , i . I. - . 1. , . siiouio uc luriiisiieti turn in a is ecu mac .1 l r. ... .1 i- .... .1 evening. Strangi as the request was, no one regarded it with any suspicion, Late that evening he was visited, as usual, by a portion of his family, which, on this oc- ; casion, consisted of his wife, two daugli ; tcrs and-small son, They all entered their : father's cdl, and after remaining a short 1 I lime the whole patty, apparently, retired. I To gain tho street, they had to pass thro' i a little anteroom in the prison, which is 1 occupied by itj officers for the transaction of business. Here one of the party, en tering through a door ilighlly stumbled. This was noticed by one of the turn keys, who, after they bad just cleverly rc.ichcd the ctreet, exclaimed, "15y , I believe that was Dr. Wright in digube." Lieut. Cook, who was sitting among those piesent iu the room, rushed out and inter cepted the party before they had gotten many steps. Walking up to one of them, he exclaimed, "That's played out; I know you, Dr. Wright ;" at tho same limo lift ing up two heavy veils that concealed tho faco. It proved to bo as the licutonmt had as serted. It was Dr. Wright, and he ap peared to be but little surprised or embar rassed at the detection, .aud on being con ducted inside the jail, remarked that "des. perato means were pardonable, under des perato circumstances," and then walked back to his cell as unconcernedly as if nothing had occurcd. The sequel of how ho was disguised ean now bo most readily shown. When ho left tho place of his confinement ho was clad in tho garments of ons of his daughters, who remained be hind. As her father was re-entering his cell, sho was found reclining upon the bed, fully equipped in her pa's rig, tho boots peering beneath tho covering. Sho was much chagrined at being found in this po sition, but was moro deeply surprited and pained to find that ber schema for ber U- BURG, COLUMBIA therms escape Imtl bcon fritstratoil. For advunoct! a fow ttepi lurwaul, ami in a muscular frame, a daik wrinkled, skin, licr impruilotit act no restraint was placed tremulous voice said, "Oentlemcii, the act dark cycs,uiid course black hair and beard, upon ber, but she was escorted homo by which I committed was doDo without tlio Thero were three others with him all un file of tho officers of tlio prison. It is slightest maliee." His hands were now dor oommaiul of Lieut. Olasel, formerly assorted, but wc know not with what truth tied. Dondiug on his kueos, he prayed o( tho Uuited Stales Navy. lie is said to mat tlio doctor bad everything In readiness iu laoniiaic ins escape, and that his friends The Execution. Upon arising, tho cap 1 sonic timo since and confined in Fort War were not slow to aid him in it. It was was adjusted over his faco, and the exoeu-1 ron, but Hitbscqcuntly, on being released, inrougu a nicro accident that he was rceog. tioner, Mr. John Atmstrong, ol Co. 13, ntzed. 13oing taller than tho woman, ho lt Oonnectieut regiment, ftepped f-om ttooped as much as ho dare to make him- the platform and pulled tho ropo attached self appear small, and in doing this ho to tho bar which supported the drop, stumbled wliile passing through a door. J All this timo a breathless stillness pre This caused his detection, as it more olear- vailed, aud as tho doctor descended thro' ly revealed thesliopo and size of his body, tho trap a shudder appeared to run thro' which the kecti eye of the turnkoy was 'every one present. Ho fell without a quick to detect. J'icp imiim.s Against any Hostile Don or.s'rulioiis Ii having been rumored pret ty freely throughout tho city for several days pact that an attempt would l,o made lo rescue the prisoner, the cighlh and fif teenth Connecticut and fourth Rhode Is land regiments were brought across tho river to prevent any s-ueh demonstration. One regiment was stationed around the i prisob, while tliu other two were in good supporting distance. No stirpriso or res cue wus attempted, and the night passed quietly by, lloiv Yniirtluy was Spent by t lie Con dunned. The Doctor throughout yester day appeared as cheerful as usual. In the aftJinoon tho Lord's sacrament was administered to him hv the Rev. .Mr. Rod- man, of Christ's Church. His family re- I niaincd with him all uight and up to four ted him to commit the act. Ho camo to o'clock this morning. A portion of the tho city from Edentou. N. C, about twen time was spcul in conversation, and the ty-fivc years ago, and commenced the rest was devoted to religious services. ' practice of medicine, in which ho was Upon their departure they took their last very successful until the occupation of this farewell. They all appeared to be deeply city by our troops. In appearance he moved, and it was truly a solemn and , may bo described as bciug rather tall, touching scene. Almost up to the hour ' jlightly bout in the shoulders, with a large of exrcutiou there lingered a ray of hope, frame, though somewhat lean ; his eyes Yesterday and even this morning telegrams dark, with heavy brows, long hair, which were sent to the President asking for a extended to the shoulders, of the same further reprieve. All that friends could color as his moustache and goalee, which do for him wis done. His counsel even ' were iron grey, but evidently', in his youn used personal influence in his bahalf, but 1 gCr days, very black. 'I ho family which all this was of no avail. Stent: ul the Pison This Morning. Karly this morning tlio exterior of the piison was surrounded hy g'.i-tening bay onets, and the- interior filled by ofiirials I who wero preparing ever thing for tho I execution. At nine o'clock, Dr. Wright , was lakoti from his cell and conducted I through tho prison to tho street. To those j who were present ho bowed, nud several h" "illi a few words, lie was supported on either side by a clergyman. Alter view ing the procession, which was drawn up into line, he advanced towards tiic bourse and leqiiestcd that the lid of his coffin might be removed, so time he could take a last view of his family, whose portraits wcro arranged all along the bides just -,UOve t he head lie seemed to realize his awful position, though ho seemed to be little dejected and marched with a firm step. He entered his carriage iu company with Captain Shop pard, As.-i-tant Piovost Marshal, Rev. Messrs, Rodman and Overson. Tho procession, under command of Col onel Kecso, moved lorward in tho follow- i mr orue i A small detachment of mounted men, martial corps and infantry guard, hearse, carriage containing Dr. Wright aud cler gymcii, carnage continuing oilier clergy- '!'!, ...... 1 1 1 rwl i,.l.init. nil 11. i LU I'liv IIUIIMIl w uuu eiLIilveuiij New York and twenty-first Connecticut regiment brought up the rear. Scene: Almig the Iloute of th" sion, There were few to be seen thoroughfare-, through which the Precis- on the proccs- tion passed, except peirroes. Hut tie sol- emu line was viewed liom the houses by many. In n number of instances women wero observed crying. Tie Place ol Extcution. 'Hhc spot se lected for the site of execution was tho old Fair Grounds. In the centre of them the gallows was ercited. At a few miuute.s beforo ten o'clock the procession reached here. Already the 8th and 10th Connecticut rcgimcut6, the tth Rhode Island regiment and Regan's B.tttery, were drawn up iu a hollow squaro around the gallows, The procession pass ing inside of it, Dr. Wright's carriage was halted before tho scaffold, which he mounted without any apparent nervous ness, assisted by Dr. Hodman and another clergyman. From the scaffold Captain Shuppard now road the charges, finding aud sentence o. tlio court by which tho eoniiemued was tried Tho order for ex ecution was also road. Tho Doctor lis tened to them calmly, and without evincing any emotion. Dr. Rodman now offered up a prayer, t the conclusion of whiob Dr- Wright COUNTY, PENN'A,, mo.st fervently for a fow minutes. struggle. His death must havo been in stantaneous, as not a motion was porcciv cd. It was a few minutes after ten when tho signal to lower the trap was given. The body, alter hanging a half hour, was examined by Dr. Gonovor, the Medical Director, Dr. J. II. Leo, of the 21st Con. necticut, and several other Siir.cous, who pronounced life extinct. Tho body was then cut down and placed in the coffin to be delivered to his family. 1 Short licvmo aj Dr. Wright. Thus has Dr. David M. Wright paid the forfeit of hii life for shooting, in cold blood, Lieutenant Sanborn, of the United States colored troops, in the early part of July last. Sinco tho commission of .the deed he has endeavored to justify himself in it. IIo was a man of strong Southorn feelings, and this, in a measure, may havo nromn- he leaves is largo, but in affluent circum stances. Tho Romanco of tho war. TIIC INTER, VAT. MACIIIN3 THAT WAS TO DESTROY THE IRONSIDES IX CHARLES TON HARIIOR. Our readers already familiar witii tiic main facts connected with the recent dar ing attempt of the rebels to destroy the Ironsides, t lie most formidable of the Union Monitor fleet in Charletown bar bor. The following additional facts and incidents will ba read with interest : At half past nine o'clock on tho night of the Slh, tiio qiiariciniaftcr on watch aboard tho New Ironsides reported to the officer of the deck a suspicious craft, with smoke stack, and sotting very low in the water, making directly toward tho vessel. Tho night, although clear, and tho sky studded with stars, Was nevertheless uuu sually dark, and but little could bo distin guished of tho stranger except tho 6tnoke pipe and her lev. hull, the latter extremely indistinct; she appeared to be steaming at a speed of seven knots an hour. Hov she i could have paiscd our picket boats was a question to be considered, for it was just possible that she might belong to us, and to fire upon her without first determining 1 her character and intention tuigUt result : ,...;,,.., ,l .!... :'e ,.t.- in 111U1U rei 1UII.1 UUIUU'TIJ lu.lll 11 OUU WHO , an enemy ; so she was allowed to come within hailiug distance. More and more distinct she grew as she approached a , cigar shaped hull, after the pattern of the I Winans gunboat, driving before it through 1 the water a smaller object, which could hardly bo distinguished, a black smoke- pipe, Irom which issued a thin cloud of black smoke, but no other indication of the molivo power within wero visible. Still -she glided on, the object of her approach either die frigate itself or the Devil which lay moored on the port side. Coming near cnoujih to hear, sho was hailed and order - , ed to stop, but she neither mado reply or obeyed the summons. All hands wcro piped to quarters; a gun was fired, but: a boy a11 ol whom wcrc' "9 latc 03 Tue3 the onriou-craft sat too low in tho water ! t,a' f "'is week, alive and well. Ten and the ball passed over ber. A second eljilllrc " tlirce J'ca" s pretty good shot loliowcd the first, with lbs same re-1 liven for ,Ws vicinity. The parents are suit; then a volley of musketry lightening ! I,roud o1' their success in the family lino, up for a moment, with its flash, the steam-! !ltlJ Point wit1' pleasure, to their company cr. tho torncdo at her bow. and tho firm ' of German infantry. Government can- of a man, sitting astride thu cigar shaped hull, engaged in steering. This man whoso uamo is Toombs, and who is now in irons on board the flagship, fired a shot in rctalliation, which severely wounded ensign Howard, tho officer of the deck. 1 IIo pretends, to have been sailing-master of the expedition, which ho undoubtedly . wsi andiiamD moderate height, etronj; j SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1863. be a man of superior bravery, was captured ' rejoined the Southorn brmy. lie is now a prisoner on the Ottawa. Tho musketry liriug from the frigate after the first volley became rapid and continuns, but saomcd in no way to interfere with tho execution of the plan had in view by those aboard the steamer, as she approached nearer and nearer each moment to tho ''Ironsides," her bow pointing toward tho lattor's side, and run close in under her guns. At this moment a torific explosion took place jar ring the great iron plated hull ol the frig ate, aud sendlug into the air a huge col i mi n of water that fell in torrents all round and entering the smoke pipo of the little steamer immediately extinguishing her files. When this had subsided, and the sea was again calm, nothing whatever was to bo seen of her; the supposition is that she wenl down. But struircliug for life were two men, evidently members of ber crew, who were picked up by a boat low ered for the purposo from the Ironside?; lhcy are the two I have already mention ed, tlio acainan Toombs, and Lieut. Glas- sel ; but neither of them can tell what happened in the time between tho explosion of the torpedo and the moment they found themselves battling with the waves, or say confidently whether tho steamer sank, or, rekindling her fires, moved off in the direc tion of Charleston Very little injury was done the Iron sides ; in truth, I may say, with the ex ception of a few dents, no harm whatever was siutained by her. Tlio prisoners say that the people of Charleston have very little faith in tlio monitors to reduce the fortifications leading to the harbor, but hold 'n fear the batteries of the Ironsides. To prove the endurance of tho ship, I would add that the shock she received was so severe that a huge chest was thrown from its place in tho lower hold against ono of the stanchions, completely cruihing the lc2 of a seaman who was unfortunate enough to be standing there. Twenty tons "of water eDtered her decks. This daring attempt, unprecedented in its boldness by anything which has hap pened during the war, had its origin iu tho city of Charleston, where the cost was raised by public subscription ; some of the wealthiest citizens smb.-cribiug hrgcly. Tho stoamcr was built there expressly for the purpose, tho pattern o( the Winaus gunboat being adopted as the one best suited for tho accomplishment of the oh jeet which they had in view, the - niaterial being cf wood, Tho torpedo, which was of the largest size, and similar iu shape somewhat to the steamer, was exploded by means of a percussion cap at the fur-1 it a business to dig up the cedar trees thcr end, white lead being used to render ' buried for centuries in the swamps, and it water-proof. Large rewards were to bo ! cut them into shingles of, it is said, extra paid the men in caec they succeeded in I ordinary excellence. A correspondent of 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 torne- uo ,vcrc 'oweti as lar as rorr, autnier ty .i . . . i r ! . i-t i aI'other vessel ; it was probably owing to j this that they escaped the notice of our picket boats, these latter being engaged watehins the movements of the convov. v""'b s-.v...v..m ... v,uv, , i which steamed here and there on the water 1 as if bound on a mission of mischief of her 1 own, beforo eliding back to Charleston. . tains its buoyancy and color, and it is con- Gr.TTiNfi a Family. A German na. sidured so valuable, that large numbers of mod Iloeffich, residing five miles west of, workmen aro constantly employed iu rais La Crescent, was married in Portage, in ' ing and splitting the logs into rails and November, lSfil), to a bcalihy German J shingles. In searching for these logs tho girl. The week after they were married , workman uses an iron rod, which ho they moved to Minnesota, ou the farm I which they now occupy. In August, 1801, 1 lrs' H Havc lji,t'1 to tljrec t0's) two of ",,om livc(1' 1,1 June ls(i2 s" fiavc 1 llirt!l ,0 tlirt' uoi'3 aDU a Sir1' two of 'bo j Ij0'3 nntl t,,c S'rl living. On tho 0th ol 1 tlils In0Dtn sue &aif0 birl" t0 two S,rls and not afford to draft the head of that family. jlu wrasse ucmocrat. It has been thought that pcoplo arc de generating, becauso they don't live as long as in tho days of Mcthusalah. But nobody can afford to Hvo long at tho cur rent pricos, OoniKCt Wiulr tnd cold weitber- Chickadcdeo. Chicki'dee, Cbickadsdco, Up on tho' tree, up on tlio tree, What will he do, hat. will ho do, Without any bhoe, without any shoo, To keep his feet warm, to his feet warm, Out in the storm, out in the storm I Chicbadcdce, Chickaa'ccloe, Up on the tree, up on the tree, Whcro will ho go, where will Logo, Out of tho snow, out of ilio snow 1 Uoino hero to me, come hero to mo, Chickadedeo, Chickadcdse. I'll make a ncsl, I'll make a nest, Where you can rest, whore you can rest, All nice and warm, all nice and warm, Out of the strtn, out of the storm, Come here to me, come here to me, Chickadcdoe, Chickadcdce. Taking tho Clock to Pisces- Artcmus Ward related that once, when hard prcsed for something to eat, he etep ped at a farm bouse and, pretending to understand clock mending, took the far mer's clock to pieces, ate bis dinner, and then not knowing bow to put it together again, complained of dizziness, took a walk into the open air, and forgot to re turn. In continuation of bis narrative he says : ''Those politicians who went to work to take the Union clock to pieces to get their dinners, never meant to put it to gctheragain. They have stolen their dinner, but they will not restore the clock." How true this is. The miserable bun glers have taken the Union clock to pieces and now, if they would, could not put it together again in as good running order as they found it. But they do not even wish to do t they make no effort. They were in a hurry to work the mischiel they aro in none to try to repair it. It was easy work to take out the pius and scows, aud separate tho parts. Two ycTU3 ago they could not do their infernal work quickly cnoush. "Without a little blood-letting." ra- said Zack Chandler, of Michigan, 1 this Union will not, iu my estimation, be worth a curse." ''Let the Union slide," said others of the black hearted gang. And those who foresaw the consequences of their parricidal efforts were "weak, women Union-savers," ol whom Massachusetts Wilson said scoffingly : "Thi sitting up wiih the Union does not pay expenses." The Northern disunionists, includiiw off iceholders of all grades, civil and military contractors, &c., ic , are now ''dining" gluttonously at the uation's cxpeti-e; And iho country has the broken, disjointed "el ck" upon its bands, which the radical quacks in olockinending never meant, and never mean to put together again. And, strange as it may seem, the only ''loyal" and "unconditional Union" men now in the couutry are bogus olockmenders. Hunting for Cedar Timber. In New Jersey there are men who make the New York Post thus describes thQ timber, and the process cf "getting it-out:" "These swamps aro very valuable-, an acre of such timber commanding from five 1 i -iit i tit & i iiiiuurcu io a tnousanu uonars. A pecu- liar featuro of the swamps i.s that tho soil is of purely vegetable growth, often twenty feet or more iu depth. Tnis peaty earth is constantly accumulating, from the fall . of leaves and boughs, and trees ar fouud i buried iu it ut all depths, quite down to solid ground. Tho tiinbur so buried te- thrusts into the soil, aud by repeated tri als ascertains tho sizo and length of tho wood lie 6trikcs, and then by digging down obtains a chip, by the smell of which he can determine whether it is worth removal. Tho number of shingles produced from tho wood of theso submerged forests is very great. From tho little town ol Den- -II- ,1 . . . . uuvitiu.m mis couuiy, as many us eiym uuiiiircu uiousanu, vaiucu ni twelve iuou- sand dollars, have been sent to market in a year. From the same place thousands of dollars worth of white cedar rails aro annually sent out The deposit of timber at this point extends to an indefinite depth and although from tho growth above it, behoved to be two thousand years old, is all entirely sound, and will bupply for yoars to come, the draft upen it." This is a bard world. Every rose has its. thorn, but one thorn io hundred has H ro. VOLUME 27 Tno Coining Congress to Abol ish Slavery. Tho Washington correspondent of tlio New York Tribune, i few weks inoe, wrote as follow.s : "I bore now forewarn Copperheads of all degrees that ono of the first and most important measures to come before tho next Congress will make slavery in all parts of the United States an odious crime, forever bercafiar, inflicting the penalty of death upon whomsoever shall dare to vi olate it after it shall become a law. And I moreover assure negro-haters and negro owners and all their backers of whatever name, that such a bill will pass both brauches of Cougress by a very largo ma jority, and bo bailed by the people as tho hrighto-t aud best r.f nil the great and good and constitutional remedies for trea son and Rebellion which have been iuvok cd by one during the most glorious Ad ministration of Father Abraham," This is but the consummation of Henry Clay's prediction, twenty years ago, when speaking of the designs of the Abolition ists, he indignantly remarked : "With them the rights of property ore nothing j the deficiency of thu powers of the Qon cral Government are nothing ; the ac knowledged and incdntestiblo powers of tho States are nothing ; the dissolution of tho Union, and the overthrow of a Gov ernment in which arc concentrated tho hopca of the civilized world are nothing. A single idea has taken possession of their minds, and onward they pursue it, over looking all barriers, reckless and regard less of all consequences," Ex. Papeis. Didn't Caro if ho Did. In olden time, before tho Maine laws were invented, Wing kept tho hotel at Middle Grainvilic, and from his woll slocked bar furnished ''accommodations for men and boast." Uc was a good man, but most terribly deaf. Fish, the village painter, was also afflicted in the aamo way. One day they were Miting alone in tho bar-room. Wing ya behind the counter waiting for tho next customer, while Fish w.is lounging before the fire with a thirty look, casiiug sheep's eyes occasionally at Wing'.-, decanters, aud wishing most de voutly that -ome oue would come in and kindly treat. A traveler from Pennsylvania, on his way to Rrandon, sitppetl in to inquire tho dietauce. Going up to tho counter ho said ; "Can you tell mo, sir, how far it is to Brandon "Brandy I" uays the ready landlord, jumping up, "yes, sir, I havo some," and at the same time handing down the decan ter of the precious liquor. "You misunderstand me," said tho stranger, "I asked how lar it was to Bran don." "They call it pretty good brandy " said ing. "Will you take sugar with it ?" reaching as bespoke for the bowl and toddy-stick. The despairing traveler turned to Fish , and said : " 1 he landlord seems to bo deaf, will you tell me how far it is to Brandon V "Thank you sir," said Fish, "I don't care if I do take a drink with you !" The stranger treated and fled. An Explosive Joke. Tho steamer , S., commanded by Captain S., exploded I several years ago, with tcirible effect, and I burned to iho water's edge. Captain S. was blown into the air, alighting uear a j fiodting cotton bale, upon which he floated (Uninjured, but much blackened and mud ! dcd. Arrived at a village several miles . below, to which news of the di'aster had preci d 'd him, he was accosted by the ed itor of the village j aper, with whom ho was well acquainted, and eager for an item : "Isay, boy, is tho S. blown up I" "Ye." "Was Captain S. killed 1" "No, I am Captain S." "Tho thunder you aro ! now high were you blow ?" "High enough to thiuk of every mean thinp; I ever did in my life before I camo JJWn lVTQ Tlu Qil0T startt.d n a ruu fof 0,. ficc . tl)C paptjr w illout goi (0 auJ nol Wltbil)g t0 0uU tllQ Uemof n.el ligeHC(J for tho Iiest ;3ue) tm, Wccsa off wroto as follows : .The steamer S. has burst her boiler, as we learn from Captain S , who sajsbo was up long enough to think of every luean , 'U'S be over did in his life before iu lit. i Wesuppoje ho was up abouttbreo iuontln.'' "I Am all heart," said a military cCiVor to his comrades. ''Pltj yoj i j imt p'ri 1 plirok," wid lb Colon 1 ti o -uj .
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