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CLEAMIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1861.
VOL. 8.-NO. 8.
BY S. J. ROW.
THE SAW-
1 love the rain, the glorious ain
Ai it falls from the elouds en n1"-
"With thundering voice and tongue of flame,
Which speaks to the soul lit eye.
1 love the rain, the frolicsome rain .
Its muaioal rojus to me
-Sin? the song oTthe ocean wave,
And the depths of the dark blue sea.
J love the rain, the dashing rain !
Jn play with the earth and air;
Tor it speaks with mournful tenderness,
Tii the soul that's touched with eare.
1 love the rain, the buoyant rain!
Whose laughter, deep and loud.
Is fresh from the womb that gave it birth,
Wild torrent of the cloud.
I love the rain, the fruitful raia !
For it bringeth tidings glad,
"T oool and freshen mother earth.
When drouth hath made her sad.
The glorious rain, the frolicsome rain !
So pportive, wild and free;
The dashing and the fruitful rain,
And the boyant rain for me.
TECUMSEH'S ELOQUENCE.
Teeumseh led, the warriors followed, one in
ti.o luotsteps ol tie other. The Creeks in
uciisa masses stood on each side ot the path,
but the Shawnees noticed no one; they
marched to the pole in the centre ol the square
and then turned to the left. At each angle ol
the square,Tecuruseh took from his pouch some
tobacco and sumach, and dropped it on the
ronnd. aud his warriors performed the same
ceremony. This they repeated three times as
they marched round the square. They then
approached the flag pole in the centre, circled
around it three times, and facing the .North,
threw tobacco and sumach ou a small fire,
burning as usual, neer the base of the pole.
On t'lis they emptied their pouches. :
They then marched in the same order to the
Council, or king's house, (as it was termed in
ancient times,) and drew up before it. The
Big Warrior and leading men were sitting
there. This Shawnee chief sounded his war
whoop a most diabolical yell and each of
his followers responded. Tecumseh then pre
sented to the Big Warrior a wampum belt of
fivo different colored strands, which the Creek
chief handed to his warriors, and it passed
down the line. The Shawnee's pipe was then
produced ; it was large, long, and profusely
decorated with shell beads, painted eagle, and
porcupine quills. It was lighted from the tire
in the centre, and slowly passed from the Big
Warrior along the line. At this time not a
word had been uttered ; everything was still
as death, even the winds slept, and there was
-onjy the gentle fall of leaves. At length Te
cumseh spoKe ; at first slowly and in sonorous
tones, Lut he soon grew impassioned, and the
words fell in avalanches from bis lips, his
eyes burnt with superior lustre, and his whole
frame trmbled with emotion; his voice re
sounded over Hie multitude, now sinking in
low aid musical whispers, now rising to its
highest key, hurling out his words like a suc
cession of thunderbolts. II is countenance
varied with his speech ; its prevalent expres
sion was a sneer of hatred and defiance, some
tims a murderous smile; for a brief interval
sentiment of profound sorrow pervaded it;
and at the elose a look of concentrated ven
geance, such, I suppose, as distinguishes the
arch enctuy of mankind.
I have heard many great orators, but I never
saw one with the vocal powers of Tecumseh,
or the same command over the muscles of bis
face. Had I been deaf, the play of his coun
tenance would have told me what he said. Its
tttkets upon that wild, untutored, warlike as
semblage may be conceived ; not a word was
said, uu stern warriors, tho "stoics of the
wood' shook with emotion, and a thousand
tomahawk were brandished in the air. Even
thb "7arrior, who bad been true to the
whi:c during the war, was, for the moment,
visibly ariectc-d, and more than once I saw his
hugo uand clutch, spasmodically the handle
of his kuife. Ail this was the effect of his
delivery, for though the mother of Tecumseh
was & Creek, aud he was familiar with the
ijnguage, he spoke in the northern dialect,
and was afterwards interpreted by an Indian
linguist to the assembly. II is speech has been
reported, but no one has or can do him justice.
I tlnuk I can repeat the substance of what be
said, and, indeed, his very words :
teccxseh's speech.
Iji defiance of the white warriors of Ohio
and Kentucky, I have, traveled through their
settlement, onc our favorite hunting grounds.
No war-whoop was sounded, but there is blood
03 our knives. The pale faces felt the blow,
but kwx not from wheuce it came. Accursed
be the race that has seized our warriors. Our
fathers, from their tombs, reproach us as slaves
sndcGwrs. I here them now in the wailing
winds. The Muscogee was once a mighty
peor'e. The Georgians trembled at your war
whoop, an 1 the maidens ot tuy tribe, on the
d.sitni lakes, sung the prowess of your warri
ors and sighed for their embraces. Now your
very Hood is white, your tomahawks have no
e e, yenr bows and arrows have been buried
ii!iycr fathers. Oh ! Muscogee, brethren
of my ir?thcr, brush from your eyelids
tie :'ia;ps of slavery ; once more strike for
t..ipcanec. oaco more for your country. The
pints of tho mighty dead complain. The
tears drop f rom the weeping skies. Let the
white race perish. They seize your Iand,they
corrupt your woman; they trample on the
aniiesof your dead ! Back, whence they came,
upon a trail of blood they must be driven,
hck! back, aye, into the great water whose
ccur;ed waves brought them to our shores !
Burn their dwellings! Destroy their stock !
Slay u.eir wives aud children I . The Eed man
c"n the country, and the pale faces must never
joy it ! War now ! War forever f War
opoc the living ! War npon the dead ! Dig
their very corpses from the grave f Our coun
try ttiiist give no rest to the white man's bones.
Ail the tribes of the North are dancing the
w dance. Two mighty warriors across the
,ea will send ns arms. Tecumseh will soon
Warn to his country. My prophets shall tarry
ithyou. They will stand between you and
ballets of yonr enemies. When the white man
'Pproaches you, the yawning earth shall swal
w him up. Soon you shall see my arm of
re ttretched athwart the sky. I will stamp
y foot at Tippecanoe, and the very earth
H hate Claiborne' Lift of General Sam.
Elpe fruits fall witb-their own weight. Un
rips politicians fall from their want of weight.
Qnwticafor the regulars what is the use
tet f war to a $f ending arm.
THE LEFT-HANDED THIEF.
"How many young men bave been injured
and perhaps ruined by false suspicion I" re
marked my mercantile friend, as we were con
versing on the "panic," a few evenings since.
Suspicion is like an assassin in the dark. It
stabs its victim, and he knows not from whence
the blow comes. Or it may be like the keen
frost which seizes upon the ears, the cheeks,
or the nose, freezing the flesh or driving back
the life blood, and yet the poor man is totally
ignorant of his situation till he comes in con
tact with heat, and begins to feel the stirring
pain. But I believe I never told you of the
only time that suspicion of evil was ever fas
tened on me. It has nothing particular to do
with the subject under consideration, though
it serves to show how merchants sometimes
lose money.
When a mere youth I was placed in the
store of Jacob Wharton, a merchant doing a
good business. I was frugal industrious and
faithful, and at the age of twenty-one I was ad
vanced to the post of book-keeper, with a
good salary. I had charge of the books and
the safe, and all the money left over after
banking hours was also in my care. I tried
to do my duty faithfully and I think I suc
ceeded. Mr. Wharton was a close, methodi
cal man with a quick eye and ready under
standing of business, and as I fancied be felt
satisfied, I felt much pleased.
I had been a book-keeper for a year when I
thought my employer's manner towards me be
gan to change. lie began to treat me more
coolly, and Anally 1 was sure he watched my
movements with distrustful glances. I be
came nervous and uneasy, for I feared I bad
offended him. But the thing came to a head
at length.
One evening when I was alone in the store,
engaged in making up my cash account, Mr.
Wharton came to me with a troubled look and
spoke. , His voice was tremulous, and I could
see that he was deeply affected.
"George," siid he, "I am sorty for the con
viction that has been forced ui on me ; I fear
you bave not been treating me a y.u should."
I managed in spite of my astonishment to
ask what he meant.
"I fear you are not honest!" was the reply.
Not Honest ! And there I had been for ma
ny years making it my chief aim and study
bow to serve him most faithfully. I do not
remember what I said first 1 only know the
tears came into my eyes that my lips trem
bled and that my utterance was almost choked.
How long had he held these suspicions 7 I
asked hiiu, and he told me for more than two
months.
'You have suspected me thus, and still left
me in the dark ! After serving you so along
after giving to your interests all my ener
giesalter striving for faith and honor, that
1 might win your love and esteem to suspect
me in secret to look upon me as a thief, and
yet not tell me I Oh, 1 would not have be
lieved it J"
"Let us talk the matter over calmly," said
the merchant, his old kind tone coming back.
He was touched by my agony, aud I could
see that be was wavering.
I felt, at first, like telling him that he should
have done this before, but as be seemed ready
to reason now, I found no fault.
"Ton have spent considerable money cf
late."
"How 7".I asked.
"Have you not built a house ?"
"Yes, sir.and paid for it too, and have thus
given my mother a comfortable home.
"Mr. Wharton was staggered lor a moment
by my frank and feeling reply, but pretty
soon he asked.
" What did the house cost you 7"
"Just fifteen hundred dollars. My mother
owned the land. And I suppose you would
know where I got the money. You, fir learn
ed me bow to save it. I bave been with you
six years. Tho first year you paid me fifty
dollars, ahe I laid up twenty-five of it. The
second and third years you gave me a hun
dred dollars, and I laid up sixty a year. The
fourth year you made me a clerk, and gave me
five hundred. My mother was able , to feed
me as our little cot answered for the time. I
got along that year upon an expense of seventy-five
dollars. The next year you piid me
six hundred dollars on condition that I kept
your books. I saved five hundred of that.
This last year you paid me one thousand, and
I spent only the interest of what I previously
invested so that the thousand was not touched.
Of course mother has worked, but she wished
to do it. I have paid fifteen hundred dollars
lor my house, and bave five hundred dollars
in the savings bank. That is a plain statement
of ray affairs. "
My employer seemed more puzzled than be
fore. "Now," said I, "I have given you an hon
est statement, and will you be equally frank,
and tell me all that has happened to excite this
suspicion."
"I will," be replied, taking a seat near me.
"Within the last year I have lost more than
two thousand dollars ! It must have been taken
from the store. I know this for I know, the
amount of goods which have been sold, and I
know bow much cash I bave received. I be
gan to be watchful four months since.
Two months ago a man paid me in the after
noon, five hundred dollars. I put it in the
drawer, and on the next morning, before you
canfe in, I looked at your cash account, and
found only two hundred ot that set down.
From that time I have been very watchful,
and bave detected alozen similar cases. I
have noticed every dollar that came in after
the bank account was made up, and bave also
taken note of the amount entered upon the
book, and during that time there has been a
leaking of over seven hundred dollars ! Now
who bas access to the drawer and the safe. 7"
I was astonished. I could only assure my
employer that I knew nothing ot it; and I saw
that be wanted to believe me. I asked him if
he had spoken of this to any one else. .Not a
living soul but me, be replied. I pondered a
few moments and then said :
"Mr. Wharton, conld I, be made to believe
that even Ignorant'y I had wronged you to the
value of a dollar, I should not feel the perfect
consciousness of honor I now feel. There
must be a thief somewhere. Some of the
clerks may find access to the money. But
are yon willing to let the matter rest for a few
days 7 I will strain every nerve to detect the
evil doer."
He finally consented to let me try my hand
at detecting thief. He promised not to lisp
syllable npon the subject to any one else,
and also to leave the matter wholly in ma
bands for one week. He gave me a warm
grasp when we separated and said he hoped I
would succeed.
On the following morning I entered the store
with all my energies of mind centered upon
the work before me.
There were four clerks or salesmen, and one
boy, in constant attendance, besides myself,
and all the money received had to pass through
my hands. Sometimes I made up my cash ac
count at night, and sometimes not till next
morning.
In the latter case I generally put the mon
ey drawer into the safe, and locked it up. The
key to the safe was kept in a small drawer, to
which there were two keys, one of which I kept,
while Mr. Wharton kept the other. The only
other person who ever helped us in the store,
was Henry Wharton, my employer's only son,
a youth of twenty years of age. He was pre
paring for college under a private tutor but
found time to help us in the store when busi
ness was driving. He was a kind-hearted,
generous fellow, and a strong natural attach
ment had grown up between us. At first I
thought of getting him to help me find the
thief, but as Wharton had promised to speak
to no one else upon the subject, I concluded
to keep quiet also.
That night I counted my money, but made
no entry on the account. There were three
hundred and forty odd dollars. I put it in a
new calfskin pocket-book placed that in the
money drawer, and locked the whole up in the
safe. On the following morning I found fifty
dollars missing. I counted the money over
carefully, and was not mistaken. My suspi
cions took an unwelcome turn.
During the day I pondered upon the subject,
and finally hit upon the following expedient:
When I had locked up the safe for tho night,
I spread upon the knob of the door, and upon
the money drawer, some pale red lead, being
careful not to get enough on to be easily no
ticed. I had left the cash account open, to
be closed up in the morning. When I next
opened the safe, all was as I had left it.
The next night I fixed the knob in the same
manner, and on the morning following I found
forty dollars gone. Upon the pocket-book
were finger marks of red lead ; and when I
came to open my cash book 1 found the same
kind of mark there. So I learned one thing ;
the thief knew enough to see whether my ac
count bad been made of the money before he
took it. I felt more unpleasantly than before,
for my unwelcome suspicions were being con
firmed. I bad gained new light. There was
a peculiarity in the red finger marks that told
me a sad story. Still, I wished to try farther.
For two nights after this the safe remained
undisturbed, but on the the third night I mis
sed seventy-five dollars more, and I had now
set my trap more carefully. The red pigment
was not only used, but I had put a private
mark upon every bill in the drawer. The
pocket-book and cash book were very clear
and distinct.
When the week was up, Mr. Wharton came
and asked me what I had found.
"Ah," said be as he noticed the sorrowful
expression on my countenance, "you bave
failed to discover anything."
"Alas, I wish I could say so !" I replied.
"I have discovered two much. In the first
place the money has been taken from the safe,
and the key left in the drawer and locked up
as usual. Also, the cash book has been ex
amined, and one hundred and sixty-five dol
lars taken in all."
'But how do you know the cash book has
been examined 7" he asked.
"I will show you ," I said producing both
the cash and pocket books. "You see those
red marks. I fixed a red pigment upon the
door knob of the safe, and upon the edges of
the money drawer. You can see these finger
marks 7"
"Yes," he whispered.
"And now," I continued, "just examine
them carefully. See bow the leaves ot the
cash book were turned over, and also how the
strap of the pocked book was tucked into the
place. Do you see anything peculiar about it?"
"Only that the finger marks are very plain."
"But you cannot distinguish the thumb
marks from those made by the fingers?"
"Yes, I can."
"Then tell me this," I returned. "Which
hand did the thief use most dexterously in the
work f
Wharton gazed upon the marks, and finally
gasped 'The left."
"So be did," I returned, and all the marks
have been the same. The thief is a left-handed
one, and he is acquainted with the store
and the book, and can gam easy access here.
But I have yet another mark. The last bills
that were taken were all marked with a small
red cross upon the numerical figure in the
right hand upper corner. You can follow
those up, for I have neither bad the courage
nor the heart to do it."
The merchant sank back, pale as death itself.
"Henry is the only left-handed person on
the premises !" be groaned, gazing on me as
though he wished that I would deny his state
ment. But I could not. I knew his own son
was the guilty party.
"Ask me no more," said I, with tears in my
eyes, for the father's agony deeply moved me.
"The secret is locked up in my own breast ;
and neither to you nor to any human being
will I ever call the name of the one whom I
suspect."
The stricken man grasped my hand, and
with sobs and tears be begged my pardon for
the wrong be bad done me, and thanked me
lor the assurance I had given him.
On the following morning he brought me
fifty dollars in eight different bills, with a red
cross.
"I know all now," be whispered, in broken
accents. "Be kind to me, and let this not go
out into the world."
I kept, my promise, and lived to see the old
man smile again ; for when Henry saw the
deep agony of bis father, his heart was touch
ed, and not only acknowledged all his wild
sins, and humbly begged for pardon, but be
came a true and good man, and an honor and
ornament to society.
The closing of the Mississippi river and the
interruption on the Baltimore and Ohio, Rail
road bave locked up millions of bushels of
grain and thousands of barrels of flour in the
West. The action of the Government in ta
king charge of that road will relieve the Wes
tern farmers and millers to a great extent. '
Every yonng woman would fain be sort of
Mecca of beauty, or Medina of charms, for
young men, ardent devotees of love, to make
their pilgrimages to. x
WILLIAM AND HIS HAVELOCK.
"The members of the Mackerel brigade, now
stationed on Arlington Heights, to watch the
movements of the Potomac, which is expect
ed to rise shortly, desire me to thank the la
dies of America for supplies of bavelocks and
other delicacies of the season just received.
The bavelocks, my boy, are rather roomy, and
we took them for shirts at first ; and the shirts
are so narrow-minded that we took them for
bavelocks. If the women of America could
manage to get a little less linen in the collars
of the latter, and a little more in the other de
partment ot the graceful 'garment,' there
would be fewer colds in this division ot the
Grand Army. The bavelocks, as I have said
before, are roomy, very roomy, my boy.
Villiam Brown, of Company G, put one on
last night, when he went on sentry duty, and
looked like a broomstick in a pillow case, for
all the world. When the officer of the night
came around and caught sight cf Villiam in
his bavelock, he was struck dumb with admi
ration for a moment. Then he ejaculated :
"What a splendid moonbeam !"
Villiam made a movement, and tho sergeant
came up.
"What's that white object 7" says the offi
cer to the sergeant.
"The young man is Villiam Brown" said
the sergeant.
"Thunder!" roared the officer ; "tell him
to go to his tent and take off that nightgown.
"You're mistaken," says the sergeant, "the
sentry is Villiam Brown, in his bavelock,
which was made by the women of America."
The officer was so justly exasperated at his
mistake that he went to hi) headquarters and
took the oath three times running with a lit
tle sugar.
The oath is very popular, my boy, and comes
in bottles. I take it medicinally myself.
The shirts made by the ladies of American
are noble articles as far down as the collar,
but would not do to use as an only garment.
Capl. Mortimer de Montague, of the skirmish
squad, put, one on when he went to the Presi
dential reception, and the collar stood up so
high that be could't put his cap on, while the
other department did not reach to his waist.
His appearance at the White House was pic
turesque and interesting, and as he entered
the drawing room, Gen. Scott remarked very
feelingly
"Ah ! here comes one of the wounded he
roes." 'He's not wounded, General, remarked an
officer standing by.
"Then why is his head bandaged up so 7"
asked thevenerab!e veteran.
"Oh!" says the officer, ''that's only one of
the shirts made by the patriotic wlmmen cf
America."
In about five minutes after the conversation
I saw the venerable veteran and the wounded
hero at the office taking the oath together.
A Rebel Implement of Warfare. The
Cincinnati Gazette says that a few days ago
Colonel Guthrie of the First Kentucky regi
ment, now commanding at Charleston, Va.,
learning that a revolving cannon, invented by
two men named Woods of the rebel army, was
secreted somewhere in the town of Maiden, a
little place about six miles above Charlestown,
caused a vigorous search to be made for it,
and succeeded in unearthing it. He embrac
ed the first opportunity to forward it to Cincin
nati, and it is now in Collector Carson's office
in the Custom Honse. It is impossible to
give satisfactory description of the gun, for
the reason that it is in an unfinished condition,
and also because some of the pieces have been
lost. The workmen bad not time to complete
it before Wise was in full retreat, and conse
quently it was buried to keep it fiom falling
into the hands of the Union troops. We may
say, however, that it is composed chiefly of
sixteen short cylinders, each containing
twelve chambers, and that it is designed to
throw ounce balls through rifled barrels about
eighteen inches long. It seems to be worked
by a lever similar to that of a locomotive. At
each discharge it would throw one hundred
and ninety-two balls. If the principle on
which it is constructed be correct, we see no
reason why one might not be built that would
throw five hundred, or even a thousand balls.
Col. Tom kins of the rebel army, a graduate of
West Point, pronounced it one of the most
destructive engines of war ever designed.
Colonel Guthrie, thinking that "there might
be something in it," and believing there is
ingenuity enough in Cincinnati to find out
what that something is, requests that it be de
livered to Miles Greenwood, or some other
well-known iron worker, for examination.
We shall most brobably learn whether it is a
valuable arm, or simply "a weak invention of
the enemv.
A Loan for Mexico. A rumor Is being cir
culated that the Administration has recently
received an application from the Mexican gov
ernment, through Mr. Corwin, asking for a
loan of nearly $10,000,000 to pay the interest
on the foreign bonds, and thus relieve that
State from the embarrassments attendant on
French, English, and Spanish intervention.
Nothing is yet known respecting the action of
our Government, but it is generally under
stood that communications have been forwar
ded to the aggressive powers by the Secretary
of Slate, announcing the determination of the
Government to resist the spoliation ol Mexico
at all risks.
Was not that rather sharp in old Dr. Em
mons, when a certain well-known pantheistic
physician, intending to make way lora thrust
at bis theology, abruptly asked, "How old are
you 7" "Sixty, sir : and how old are you 7"
was the quick reply. "As old as the creation,
sir," responded the other, quite promptly.
"Then you are of the same age with Adam and
Eve 7" Certainly, sir ; I was in the garden
when they were." "Indeed!" returned the
Dr., "I bave always beard that there was a
third person who got into the garden with
them , but I never knew before that it was yon."
The discussion was closed.
Mackerel Plentv. About two hundred
and fifty sail of mackerel craft were in sight
off the Gurnett on Monday, stretched along a
continnous line of some ten or fifteen miles.
Experts judged from their movements that
they are getting good "catch," and so it prov
ed, one or two vessels coming to this market
having taken from ten to fifteen barrels eaeh
in a single day. They are very large andat,
and onr fishermen will realize a handsome ad
dition" td their Summer's labor by the. mack
erel flishery. Plymouth Rock. . ' '
A BIT OF BOMANCE.
3 female enlists as a Volunteer at Camp Cur tin.
Last Saturday evening a-week an apparent
ly youthful soldier stopped at the Susquehan
na Hotel, in Baltimore, to await the departure
ot the Northern Central train from that place
to Uarrisburg. He was not there long,
however, before it was whispered among some
of the knowing ones that the soldier was a
female, which fact was revealed by a fellow
passenger from Washington. Finding that
be was suspected, and tearing that he might
be subjected to great inconvenience from it,
he had just concluded to make known to the
Marshal of Police that he was a female, when
a policeman appeared, and taking him into
custody, conducted him to the Middle District
Station House, where the charges of being a
women was prefered'against bim. This be in
dignantly repelled, and played the character
of a young man to such perfection that nearly"
every one present at the examination went a
way satisfied that the charge was unfounded.
He was about to be commited to jail to await
further examination, when Mr. Vorshell, pro
prietor of the Susquehanna hotel, appeared
and offered to keep him at his house all night.
This was agreed to, and an officer was sent to
guard the room in which he slept.
When he arose yesterday morning he donned
bis uniform, but had, on the previous evening,
acknowledged to Mr.V., that he was a female.
A guard was kept over her until about noon
yesterday, when Mr. McPhail Deputy Marshal,
allowed her to go about the house without a
guard, an officer merely remaining near at
band, to be called whenever his service were
needed. At noon she dressed herself in fe
male attire, which was kindly furnished her by
the lady and daughter of Mr. Vorshell, and in
a short time she moved about the house with
as much ease and grace as if she had known
nothing of such a "rough" thing as a soldier's
life. About seven o'clock at night Mr. Mc
Phail appeared at the hotel and removed her
guard,and thus the matter rested that evening.
The subject of this investigation, is rather a
good-looking young lady, about nineteen
years of age, near five feet in height, of good
form, with dark eyes and auburn hair. When
first suspected and arrested, she told several
diflerent stories but finding it useless to con
ceal anything further, the following true
statement of her case is given : In April last,
her husband enlisted as a private in a three
month's Pennsylvania regiment, of which she
gives the number, now attached to Gen.
Banks' column, without the knowledge or
consent of bis wife ; finding his whereabouts,
she also enlisted at Uarrisburg and was pass
ed by the examining surgeon in that place.
She was attached to the same regiment in
which her husband was, and as the Colonel of
tho regiment was aware of her sex, she was
engaged in the capacity of messenger to that
officer ; she was in the battle of Manassas, and
is considerable deafened in consequence. Af
ter the three months' service, she was muster
ed out and re-enlisted for three years, with
her husband. Her first enlistment was on the
3rd of May, and consequently she has been in
the service five months, three weeks of which
were spent in Camp Curtin near this city.
Her sex was known to the following persons
in the regiment: the Colonel, Lieutenant
Colonel, Surgeon and Assistant Surgeon,- and
her husband. The day following her atrest
she was taken down to Fort Mcllenry and
confronted with Gen. Dix. She stated that
her name was Uatlie Martin, but she enlisted
under the name of Robinson, which was her
maiden name. - At the recruiting office in
Uarrisburg she made known her sex to the
examining surgeon, and at her earnest solici
tation be accepted her as a recruit. She is
but nineteen years old, and had been married
but a short time when she enlisted. Since
her sojourn on the Potomac she alleges that
her husband grew unkind towards ber, which
determined her to return to Pennsylvania.
After her interview with Gen. Dix she was re
turned to the Susquehanna House, the ladies
of which have been very kind to her, and by the
deputy provost marshal liberated from custo
dy. The only difficulty she had while playing
the soldier overtook her in Baltimore, she
having carefully concealed her sex, except to
a few of the regimental officers, who, she
states, treated her with marked respect and
kindness.
HOW THE EftEMT GET INFORMATION. Col.
Forney writes from Washington to tho Phila
delphia Press :
"It is the frequent boast of the Southern
traitors that every movement of our arnv'es is
immediately made known to them, and that
the free States abound with their spies, who,
under the cloak of loyal professions, obtain
possession of the confidence of the Union men,
which they nse and abuse without hesitation.
Washington city is the very nest of these ver
min. They are often among the loudest to
shout hosannas to the Union ; but let a battle
be lost to the American flag, and they cannot
restrain their joy. The female secessionists
who shelter themselves behind the immunities
and privileges of their sex, delight in every
kind of demonstration against the government,
and are only dangerous when they irritate their
lords and masters by pretending to sympathize
with the cause of the country. Then they be
come the efficient and vigilant auxilaries of
Davis and bis crew. It is believed hero that,
immediately after the movement upon Mun
son's Hill had been decided upon by the mili
tary authorities and the Cabinet, information
was conveyed to the rebel troops across the
Potomao, and npon this admonition they re
treated without the loss of a man." -
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Distressing Accident. On Monday, two
weeks. John Bougher," residing near Center
ville, Crawford county, met with a most dis
tressing accident, which resulted in his being
killed almost instantly. It appears that be
was engaged on a keel boat, and at the time of
the accident the boat was passing down Oil
Creek. When at or near G. W. McClintock's,
as the boat was passing under a foot log from
the shore to a derrick, Mr. Bougher was stand
ing with his side toward the log, but not so as
to see it, which was just high enough to strike
his neck. As the log struck bim on the side
of the neck bis oar 6trnck , cn the opposite
side, thus bringing it between the two, and, so
instantly cutting his throat. He died, in about
four minutes. He leaves a family.
' A firm in Adams couujy hasTmade forty,
thousand, dollars the present season op. its
stock of wool alone by the rise in the price
since'- they bought. - The set profits of this
concern for th!a year will be over one hundred
thousand dollars. ' " 1 -
TEAITOES IN THE BEV0LTJTI01T.
The following extracts, ot "Newspapers in
the Revolution," and "action of State Legis
latures," from the pen cfB. 1. Lossing, the
Revolutionary historian, will bo read with In
terest as a similarity in the present state of
the country :
"Jn all colonies there were only thirty-seven
newspapers, and of these, at the time in
question, only seven were devoted to the in
terests of the British government. These were
soon stifled by public opinion wherever the
Whigs, as the patriots were called, bore rule,
while five of the remaining thirty were seduced
by gold or frightened by inuendoes into the
support of the Crown. Rivington's Royal Ga
zette, published in New York, took ground
boldly against the Revolutionary movement t
and at noonday, late in the autumn ot 1775, it
was 'surrounded' by one hundred light horse
men from Connecticut, led by Capt. Sears, a
distinguished Son ot Liberty,' in New York.
They destroyed the press and other appara
tus, put the type into bags, and, without one
word of complaint from the people, returned
to Connecticut, carrying with them a tory
clergyman named Seabury, who had preached
against the Whigs and the Continental Con
gress. The type they cast into bullets. All
the people except the "peace party" of that
day, said, Amen I After that, the newspaper
press ceased to be troublesome to the Whigs,
and pamphleteers wrote anonymously.
In the course of the war for independence,
the several State Legislatures passed numer
ous acts for the punishment of the sympathi
zers with the enemies of the couutry. In
Massachusetts, they could be arrested under a
Magistrate's warrant, and banished unless they
would take the oath of allegiance to the
Whigs cause. The selectmen or trustees of
towns could prefer charges of political treach
ery in town meetings, and the accused, if con
victed by a jury, might be immediately ban
ished into the region occupied by the enemy.
Many persons were subjected to these penal
ties in that State.
Rhode Island passed laws still more severe
against the tories. Any person who should
communicate with the ministry, or their rep
resentatives, er who should pilot armed ships
of the King's, or who afforded supplies to tho.
enemy's forces, might, by law, be punished by
death and confiscation ot estate. There were,
also, special acts passed in that State, by
which the property of certain persons named
was confiscated and sequestered.
In Connecticut, speaking, writing or acting
against the doings of Congress, or the Assem
bly of Connecticut, subjected the offender to
the penalties of disqualification for office, tho
seizure of bis arms and imprisonment. For
furnishing the royal troops with supplies or
personal aid, the offender might be punished
by the confiscation of Lis estate, and impris
onment for a teim not exceeding three years.'
In New Hampshire, similar laws were pass
ed, and under them a large number of tories,
former citizens ot that commonwealth, were
prohibited from entering within her borders;
and the estates ot about thirty residents were
confiscated.
In New York, those who were opposed to.
the Declaration of Independence were prohib
ited from practising law in the courts, and
their estates might be confiscated. A parent
whose sous joined the enemy was taxed nine
pence on the pound of his estate for each and
every son. County committees were author
ized to apprehend and decide npon fhe guilt
of all persons who should bo accused of corre
spondence with the, enemy, and they had the
power to punish them with imprisonment or
banishment.
The legislature of Virginia provided by law
that certain tories should be treated as aliens,
their property to be sold, and the proceeds
placed in the public treasury. They also, by
law, forbado certain persons entering the
bounds of that commonwealth, and subjected
them to penalties for the violation of the com
mand. New Jersey passed several acts for the pun
ishment of tories, subjecting them to impris
onment and forfeiture of estates."
A Bucket o' Floors. A lady of York, who
has received the cognomen of the Railway
Queen, is in the habit of giving fine parties to
the inhabitants of that city and its neighbor
hood. On one of the occasions, wishing to
show off a little be fere the magnates, ber Ma
jesty called one of the servants, when the fol
lowing dialogue occurred: "John," said her
Majesty. "Yes, ma'am," said the servant.
"Bring me a bucket," said the Queen. "Yea
ma'am." John, as in duty bound, instantly
disappeared. Oo his way down to the kitchen
he began to wonder what her Majesty conld
want with a bucket ; and wondering, whether
he could not have been mistaken, consulted
the other servants on the subject. It was
agreed, however, that her wishes should be
complied with ; and a bucket was accordingly
brought ont. John filled it with water.carried
it np stairs, and marching through the crowd
in the drawing-room, much to the astonish
ment of all present, placed it at her Majesty's
leet. "Here it is, ma'am." "What is this,
sir?" "Tbe bucket, ma'am, the bucket."
"Ob, yon stupid fellow,' said her Majesty,
"it was not a bucket of water I wanted : it was
a bucket o' floors." Her Majesty, it is need
less to say, had asked for &-boouet.
The Enchanted Flowers. The following
pleasant trick has been lately performed by
the celebrated magician, Herrmann, in a fash
ionable private circle : Herrmann, having
brought along a great qnantity of artificial
flowers, invited tbe gnests in tbe room each to
take one. Then, walking around from on
person to the other, be took each flower only
for a moment between two fingers of his right
band, and, gently breathing npon it, returned
the same to its owner, when suddenly all tbe
flowers were changed into natural ones, scen
ting tbe air with tbe most delicious fragrance.
The Southern papers earnestly, debating
whether the Provisional Government-shall sot
be continued till tbe war is over. It is agreed
that Davis will be elected permanent President
if an election Is bad now, and the project of
postponement seems to come from some who
would prefer, another mac. : ; t . -
Ton Montreal Herald says there have
settled in Montreal, as "refugees" from tho
United States, gentleman from Florida, a
banker from New york (with $250,000). and
two others, men of means andprop&rfcy. They
saek (adds the eiitor) to he nateralrred a
Bf itiah suiijeeti. " -