SI S. J. KOW. CLEARFIELD, PA; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1862. VOL. 8.--NO. 40. I u I! 1 i i PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS. H B. WOODS, Attorney at Law, Indiana, l' Professional basiness promptly attendeu to. DO. CKOl'CII, Physician, Curwensville, Clear field county, Penn'a. May 14. 1- J. CRANS, Attorney at Law and Heal Estate J, Agent, Clearfield, Pa. Office adjoining his " rcideDce, on Second str6et. May 16. TIT M. M'CULLOUGll, Attorney at Law, Clear ) . field, Pa. Office, with L. J. Crans, Esq., '' on Second Street. July 3, 1861. WILLIAM A. WALLACE, Attorney at Law. Clearfield, Pa. Offioe, adjoining bis resi dence on Second street. Sept. 1. ROBERT J. WALLACE. Attorney at Law. Clear field, Pa Office in Shaw's new row, Market arreet, opposite Naugle's jewolry store. May 26. HF. NAUOLE, Watch and Clock Maker, and . dealer in Watches, Jewelry, Ac. Room in Graham s row, Market street. . Nov. 10. BUCIIER SWOOPE. Attorney at Law.Clear . field, Pa. Office inOraham's Row, fourdoo s west of Graham &. Boynton's store. Nov. 10. J P. KRATZER Merchant, and dealer in . Boards and Shingles, Grain and Produce Front St, above the Academy, Clearfield, Pa. jl2 A J. PATTERSON. Attornej at Law, Curwens- ville, Pa., will attend to all business en trusted to his care. Office opposite the New Methodist Church. Jan. 15, 1862. WILLIAM F. IRWIN, Marketstreet, Clearfield, Pa., Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Mer chandise, Hard ware, Queensware, Groceries, and family articles generally. Nov. 10. TVR. WM. CAMPBELL, offers his professional 1 J services to the citizens of Morris and adjoin ing townships. Residence with J. D. Denning in Kylertown, Clearfield county. May U,l8o9 T B M'ENALLY, Attorney at Law, Clearfield, el - Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining counties. Office in new brick addition, adjoining the residence of James B. Graham. JSov. 10. JOHN QUELICII, Manufacturer of all kinds of Cabinet-ware, Market street, Clearfield, Pa. He also makes to order Coffins, on short notice, and attends funerals with a hearse. Aprl0,'59. RICHARD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do mestic Dry Goods, Groceries, Flour, Bacon, Liquors, Ac. Room, on Market street, a few doors west of Journal Office, Clearfield, Pa. Apr27. LARRIMER A TEST, Attorneys at Law, Clear field, Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal and other business entrusted to their care in Clear field and adjoining counties. August 6, 1856. J AS. B. LAKR1VEK. ISRAEL TEST. DR. M. WOODS, tenders his professional servi ces to the citizens of Clearfield and vicinity. Residence on Second street, opposite the office of L.J. Crans. Esq. Office, the same that wo recent ly occupied by Hon. G R Barrett, where he can be found unless absenton piofessional business. fpUOMAS J. M'CULLOUGll, Attorney at Law, L Clearfield. Pa. Office, over the "Clearfield co. Bank. Deeds and other legal instruments pre pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3. d. a. Bcsn. :::::::: t.j.m'ccllolgh BUSH A M'CULLOUGH S Collection Office, Clearfield, Penn'a. SALT! SALT!! SALT !!! A prime arti cle of ground alum salt, put up in patent . sacKS. at $3.25 per sacK, at tho cheap cnsh store of November 27. R. MOSSOP. i m WEN TV-FIVE HUNDRED ACRES JL OF LAND AT PRIVATE SALE,- -extending to the moutn or tbe Moshannon. An eugaoie property; on reasonable terms. Inquire of H. BUCIIER SWOOPE, Decl9-tf. Attorney at Law, Clearfield, P I PROPOSALS, Proposals for the building of a Privey at the new Court House in the bor--nugh of Clearfield , will be received at the com ruisnioners' office, until the 27th day of May next. Plans and specifications can be seen at the com missioners' office. By order of the board of Com missioners. WM S. BRADLEY, Clerk. RIDGE STOCK Ft5ll SALE. The Com missioners of Clearfield county, will offer at Public Salr, at the court house, on Tuesday the 27th day of May next, at 2 o'clock, p. m.. one hun dred and thirty (130) shares of stock in the bridge acroeg tbe Susquehanna at Clearfield. By order ot the board, WM. S. BRADLEY, Clerk. DR. LITC'II 'S MEDICINES. A fresh sup ply of these invaluable Family Medicines are for sale by M. A. Frank. Clearfield, consisting of Pain Curer ; Rrxtorative, greatcure for colds and cough ; And Anti-Bilious Physic. They have been thoroughly tested in this community, and are highly approved. Trv them. TVOTlCE Daniel Faust of Curwensville has ll charge of my business in my absence. He is authorized to receive and receipt for money due me. and is the only peison authorized to do so. Persons having business with me will please call , on him. JOHN PATTON. Curwensville, April 2, 1862. MORKISDALE HOUSE. The undersign ed having taken the Morrisdale House, sit uate in tbe town of Morrisdale, Clearfield county, respectfully solicits a share of the public patron age. No pains or expense will be spared to ren der guests comfortable. Charges moderate. April 2, '62. GEORGE RICHaRDS. PLASTERING The subscriber having lo cated himself in the Borough of Clearfield, would inform the publictbat he is prepared to do work in tbe above line, from plain to ornamental of ar.y description, in a workmanlike style. Also I . . 1 J - . wuuewasniDg ana repairing uune in a iieav uiau uer, and on reasonable terms. April 7. 1858. EDWIN COOPER. PROVISION AND GROCERY STORE. Tm antiqued toeps eonstantl on hand -at inshore room iu Philipcburg, Contreycounty, a fall 6to6k4f PJeur, Hams. Shoulder, Sides, Cf ifee, Tea, Sugar, Riee, Molasses, Ac. Also, Li quors of all kinds, Tobacco. Segari, Snuff, Ae.; all ,-of which he offers to purchasers on the most ad vantageous terms. Give him a call, and try his .-articles. tmar21 ROBERT LLOYD. VULCANITE BASE FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH. -Attention 13 especially called to this article, as a ubstitute for gold in inserting teeth. Many per sons who have tr'rd all kinds of raetalic bases pre fer this, and in thofo cases where it is applicable, 't will in a great measure become a substitute for ffold, silver or platina. Its chief advantages are, baapness, lightness and perfect adoption to the Aouth ; it having a soft fleshy feel to the parts of tbe mouth with which it comes in contact. A. It. Hills is prepared to pat np teeth on tho ' ValamftA Bam, with Goodyear't Patent Gum. which is the only reliable preperation, and can n'y be had through their regular agents. Ir. Hills will always be found in his office on triday and Saturday, unless notice appears to the fntrary, jn the town papers, the previous week. TOUCH NOT THAT FLAG- "Traitor touch not that flag ! Touch not a single star; Its shelt'ring glory now Still blazes near and far; 'Twa8 our forefathers' hand That placed it o'er his head, And thou shalt let it stand, Or perish with the dead. That dear old precious flag, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea. And wouldst thou tear it down? Trnitor ! forbear thy touch ; Rend not its heart bound ties ; Oh. spare that glorious flag, Still streaming through the skies. When I was yet a boy .' 1 gloried in the sight. And raised my voice in joy To greet its fold of light For it my hours is dear; Dear is my native land ; Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old fiag stand. My heart strings round thee cling Close as the stripes, old friend ; Thy praises men shall sing, Till time itself shall end, Old flag, the storm still brave, And traitor, leave the spot; While I've a hand to save, Thy touch shall harm it not." THE PRAIRIE BOBBER. On a distant prairio at nightfall, a wayworn and weary traveler was overtaken by a snow storm. When the first lew flakes came softly dropping down, bo looked eagerly around in bope of discerning a place of shelter, but none was to be seen only tho reckless waste ol rolling lands and far off hills in the direction whither he was going so far ofT ho feared he never could reach them. With the departure of light the snow began falling, the wind blew keener, the road soon hidded from view, the traveler felt that he was lost on a trackless waste, without a star to guide him across the dangeious country. "This is terrible !" said he aloud. "I fear much I shall never come to my destination. If I had but a compass and a light I should not fear, for I could resist the effects of the cold long enough to reach trie hills, there I could find humaii habitations, or at least the shelter of a rock. Now I may go in a circle till I freeze, and be no nearer help. What a fool I was to leave the river side and cross the prairie just for the sake of a few miles more or less of journey. No matter ; I must even battle it out now Heaven helping." And battle it out ho did, most manfully. He drew his cap down over his ears and brow, and his fur collar up over his mouth, and thrusting his hands deeper in his pockets, pressed on through the yielding snow. The gloom increased, the wind sharper and through his heavy cloths tbe traveler began to feel the effects of the cold. His feet grew numb, his arms chilled, and after an hour's rapid walk ing he suddenly paused. And do I know whither I am going?" he exclaimed. "Perhaps I have already turned aside from the straight line, ami am wauder- 'ing on the verge of destruction. O ! that I could shake otf this drowsy feeling that is steeling over me ! I know what it is the precurser of a resr in this cold winding sheet of ,snow. Great Heaven, I am freezing to death !" shrieked he, bounding forward with renewed energy. "Action action is life, and life is too sweet to lose yet !" He hurried along with a springing motion, stamping his feet vigoiously at every step, and swinging his arms to keep the blood in circulation. Yet with all his efforts, he knew the angel ol death was folding his white wiugs silently but surely around him. 'Despair no 1" he cried, "not while the memory of my loved wife and dear children is lelt.me. I will struggle on for your sakes, and fight the storm fiend to the last extremity. O, just Heaven, for the sike of the innocent ones whoso only stay is my right arm, help me to resist help me to triumph I" At this moment he plunged into a hollow, his feet strode over ice, and he heard the voice of a streamlet singing of life and action be neath its. icy crust. At the same time tbe smell of wood smoke saluted bis nostiils. "O, Thou who reignest above," he ejaculat ed, "I thank Thee that Thoa hast heard my prayer. Help is near mo." He reeled heavily onward through the blind ing show, aud saw just before him a low shed, one more struggle and he fell against it. In an instant he divined Us character. With a last desperate effort he found the door, threw it opeu, and rushed in, flung himself at full length upon the floor, knowing only that he was in an atmosphere reeking with fumes of bacon, and warm with the smoke which rose from a pan of smothered coals in the centre of the place. It was a settler's rude smokehouse left to care for itself during the long winter's night, and the traveler's grateful heart sent up a tribute to Heaven for this place of ref uge in tbe desert of snow. In the large log cabin in the valley of the streamlet, M illy Dean sat alone. Her husband had gone to a distant town, and the young wife was left with her baby. Accustomed to the solitude, she felt safe, and sat in content ment before the blazing fire ; the flames leap ed right joyfully up the chimney, and the green logs sizzled and cracked in the heat like things of life. Out doors, the wind was howl ing drearily, and the snow falling heavily ; but Mary cared not, for it only made the fire more cheerful. : - There came a rapping at the door. "How strange ! What can that be at onr door in this wild night ?" she said to herself, as she arose and went into the little entry. Who is there ?" she asked. "For Heaven's sake, let me in ; I am freez ing to death !" was the reply. Who are yoa 7 and how came yon in this lonely place on such an evening as this?" "I am a traveler from below ; I lost my way and I am dying with cold. For pity's sake let rue in, or I shall perish !" Milly hesitated. She was alone, and it was three miles to the nearest neighbor's. What should she do ? She paused in perplexity. "O, Save me save me! I am dying !" were the words that met her hearing. There was a heavy fall against tbe sill, and then low moans. Her woman's nature could stand no more; "true to the Instinct of her being, she untarred the door and threw it open. A closely muffled figure reeled by her into the room, and shutt ing the door she followed. On reaching the fire place, tbe stranger threw of! Ws disguise, and stood erect and strong, without a sign of inconvenience from the effect of tbe wheather. Milly retreated from him in amazemennt; but lecovering herself, and putting the best face on the matter, she tremulously addressed the iuan : "J am sorry, sir, yon are cold. It is a bitter night to be abroad. Wiliyou sit by the fire f " ana sne pusnea a chair forward. xnemau made no response, but stooping over, ran nis angers through the blaze. Then lie turned and stared at her with a look which made her blood run cold. She would pretend mere were otners in the house, for she already felt afraid of the man, and bitterly regretted navmg admitted mm. "Would you like to see folks, sir ?" she inquired, them from their beds." some of the men "If so, 1 will call The manIaughed hoarselv and replied "Milly Dean, for that I believe is you.- name, you cannot deceive me. You are alone in this house. I took particular care to ascertain that before I came. So you can make your self easy on that score, and do as I bid von." "Do as you bid me !" exclaimed Milly, in terror ; "what do you want of me f" "I wau't the twelve hundred dollars in gold your husband received for his produce two days ago. 1 ou probably know where it is." Milly sprang into the entry and would hav fled, but the stranger caught her by the wrist and drugged her roughly back. "You cannot escape me, young woman," he said. "You will find it mojt convenient to make a clear breast of it at once. It will bo belter for you." . Milly stro7o to release her arm.. The rough treatment she received aroused her temper,and indignation overcome ail other feelings. "Let me go, you scoundrel, let me go, or I will call tor help,". she cued 'Call you fnol," said tho ruffian, "and much good may it do you. Keep yourself still and tell me where the money is." "I will not!" she exclaimed, her eyes flash ing hro. "You will not," be then replied, "we shall see." He released her wrist so violently that she reeled half across the room. Then he seized her sleeping infant from its cradle, and held it at arm's length almost into the blazing fire. so that the terrified mother expected to see us light gaiments catch the flame. "Now then where' the money ? Speak out quick or hear your baby ahriek with pain. win burn it to death before your eves if you do not tell me where the money is." "Monster give me my child." shrieked Mil ly, endeavoring to reach the little one. "Let me have my baby." But every effort was frustrated, for again and again the strong hand of the robber thrust her back. "See, its clothes will be on Arc in a minnte," said the man, pattii g . the helpless innocent closer to the flames. The mother looked Into his eyes. She saw there tbe look ot heartless determination. She became aware that the cotton garments of the child were smoking wiin neat. "How shall it he?" asked the ruffin. Hur- ry, or the child dies. I have no time to waste here." "Anything anything, only give me my child!" she cried. The next instant it was handed to her, and she sank upon tbe floor and folded it to her bosom. "Come," exclaimed the man, touching her rudely with his loot, "you have not told me where the money is." "In the box on the upper shelf." she re plied, pointing to the closet. 'So far so well. It is nearly all gold. I will po'eket it with your leave or without your leave, just as you please." He tilled his pockets with the golden coin, and threw the empty box in tbe fire. Then he came and stood beside her. . . "Put your baby in the cradle,' he said, "if you wish to save its life. I have other busi- "What do you mean ?" tbe man with suspicion. "Let me have him," take it. cried Milly, eyeing said he, trying to "No, no, I will put the baby in the cradle myself. You shall not touch the poor little thing. Now, sir, what is it?" she continued almost choaking with excitement, after hav ing laid the pretty infant on its downy place ot rest ; she stood erect and waited the reply. "I am going to kill you !" said tbe man. "Kill me !" she exclaimed, her face grow ing pale with terror. "Kill me ! What have I ever done to you that you should kill me ?" "Nothing, nothing, my dear, only you know you have seen me, and you will know me again." And he advanced upon her. "O, sir, let me live. Have you not done enough to take my husband's money, without depriving him of his wife too ? I will never say a word against you if you will only spare me only spare me!" As she spoke she clasped. her hands and looked imploringly at him. . . . . ; "I am sorry that I cannot safely grant your request," he responded. "There is uo help for it, so come along oift doors." He reached out his band to grasp Milly, but the instinct of self-preservation was strong up on her. She evaded him, flew to the chimney piece, snatctieder husband's loaded rifle from the hooks on which it bung, cocked and pre sented it at the breast of the robber. . Her motions were so . rapid that before he could prevent it, her finger had pressed the trigger and there was an explosion. But with equal readiness the man stepped aside, the ball passed over bis bead, aud tbe next instant the grip was on her throat. . ; . "I will 'each you bow to handle arms," he said. "You would have killed me,would you? I will show you a trick worth two of that." "Mercy, mercy," cried the terrified woman. "There's no mercy for you,", he ejaculated. He dragged her into tbe entry, and flung open the door. "Out with you into the snow" "Hold! what is this ?" exclaimed a deep toned voice. "Unhand that woman, . you scoundrel" i A powerful man stood in tbe doorway. He dealt the robber a blow between the eyes which struck him. back into the entry. His grasp of Milly was relinquished, and she fell to the floor. . ' "O, sir," she cried to the new comer, "save me.. This man has robbed us, and would mur der me that I would not tell it." "Fear not, madam, he shall not harm yon," responded the stranger, "fellow, surrender yourself." ' "Get out of my way," cried tha robber . making a rush for the door, and striking at the stranger with a bowie knife. Giving back a few steps, the stranger seized the robber by the collar, whirled him around, and threw him on his face in tbe snow. The robber struggled, but the stranger knelt heavily on tbe small ot his back, and grasped bis hair. "Lie still," said the stranger, "or I will send a bullet through your brain." , The robber felt the cold barrel of a pistol at his ear, and obeyed. Milly quickly brought ropes, at her rescuer's request, and the robber was bound hand and foot. ' "It was a strange Providence," the new comer said, that overtook me with a snow storm on tbe prairie, and forced me an hour ago to take refuge in your smoke-house, near ly dead with cold." r Milly acknowledged the truth of the remark and she kneltard thanked ber Father in Heav en for her deliverence. , The next day Milly 's husband came borne and when he had be -n told all, he remarked . "This fellow was in tho tavern at the vil lage, the day I sold my produce. It will learn me a lesson never to let strangers know when money is plenty , with me, lest they should be tempted to crime and bring ruin on me and mine." That day some sixty or seventy men gather ed at the bouse of Mr. Dean. The robber was recognized as a notorious horse thief, who had long infested the neighborhood. There was a summary trial, and then in dogged silence, tbe wretch who would have burned a harmless infant and luurdeied a faithful and gentie wo man, submitted to his inevitable fate.- A rudely constructed gallows, and a stout rope ended his existence. So on the thinly settled frontiers ot tbe west do they meet out justice to offenders against property and life. About seventeen hundred dollars in bills were found on the person of the robber, be sides the gold he had taken from Mrs. Dean. As there were no claimants for the hi lis, at the suggestion of ths stranger, whose life had been saved from the anger of the winter storm by the shelter he had found in the smoke-bouse, a thousand dollars of the seventeen hundred were presented to Milly in consideration of what she had passed through, and the remain der was divided around. On that very spot there is now a thriving town, and one of the finest residences In the place is that where dwells Milly Dean and ber husband. Air, Sunshine aud Health. A New York merchant noticed, in the progress of years, that each successive book-keeper gradually lost his health, and . finally died of consump tion, however vigorous and robust he was on entering his services. At length it occured to him that the little rear room where the books were kept opened in a back yard, and was so surrounded by high walls that no sunshine came into it trom one years end to another. An upper room, well lighted, was immediate ly prepared, and bis clerks had uniform good health ever after. A familiar case to general readers is derived from medical works, where an entire English family became ill, and all remedies seemed to fail of their usual results, when, accidentally, a window glass of the fam ily room was broken in cold weather. It was not tepaired,and loi thwi'h there was a marked improvement in the health of the inmates. The physician at once traced the. connections, discontinued his medicines, and ordered that the window pane should not be replaced. A French lady became ill. The most eminent physicians of her time were called in, but fail ed to restore her. At length Dupeytren, the Napoleon of phj-sic, was consulted. He no ticed that she lived in a dim room, into which the sun never shone ; the house being situated in one of the narrow streets, or rather lanes, of Paris. He at once ordered more airy or cheerful apartments, and all ber complaints vanished. 1 he lungs of a dog become tuber- culated (consumptive) in a few weeks, if kept confined in a dark cellar. Tbe most common plant grows spindly, pale, and scraggling, if i no sunlight falls upon it. The greatest names in France of the last century ; regarded sun shine and pure air as equal agents in restoring and maintaining health, r roni these facts, whigb cannot be disputed, the most common mind should conclude that cellars, and rooms on the northern side of buildings, or apart ments into which tbe sun does not immedi ately shine, should never be occupied as fam ily rooms or chambers, or as libraries or stud ies. Such apartments are only fit for stowage, or purposes which never require persons to remain in them but a f:w minutes at a time. And every intelligent and humane parent will arrange that tbe family room and tbe cham bers shall bo tho most commodious, lightest and brightest apartments In the dwelling. As Incident is Nashville. Over the large gate at the Provost Marshal's splendid head quarters Elliott's female school waves a Union flag. Avery ardent secosh lady, who wished to see Colonel Matthews, was about to pass through the gate, when looking np she beheld the proud flag flapping like an eagle's wing over his eyrie, starting back horror struck she held up her hands and exclaimed to the guard: "Doarme! I can't go under that dreadful Lincoln flag! Is there no other way for me to euter 1" "Yes. madame," promptly replied the soldier, and turning to bis comrade he said,"Here, orderly, bring out that rebel flag and lay it on the ground at the little gate, and let this lady walk over it! The lady looked bewildered, and after hesita ting a moment, concluded to bow ber head to the invincible Goddess of Freedom, whose immaculate shrine is the folds of the "Star Spangled Banner." The rebels may all just as well conclude to follow her example. Mr. Crittenden, ofJCentucky, in a recent peech in the House, said of the President: There is a niche in the temple of fame a niche near to Washington which should be occupied by tbe statue of him who shall save bis country. Mr. Lincoln has a mighty des tiny. It is for him to be but a President of the people of the United States, and there will bis statue be. Jt is in his power to occu py a place next to Washington tne founder and preserver, side by side. . A lady asked a pupil at a public examination of the Sunday School : "What was the sin of the Pharasees ?" "Eating camels, marm," quickly replied the child. She had read the Pharasees "Strained at gnats and swallowed camels." ' ' '" . ' ,i. i -i i " 1 i Poetry is tbe attempt which man makes to render bis existence harmonious. FACTS ABOUT GOLD. Gold, next, to Iron, is the most widely dif fused metal upon tbe surface, of our globe. It occurs in granite, the oldest rock known to us, and in all tbe rocks derived from it ; it is also found in tbe vein-stones which traverse other geological formations, but has never been found in any secondary formation. It is, however, much more common in alluvial grounds than among primitive and pjroge nous rocks. It is found disseminated under tbe forms of spangles, in the sillicious, argil laceous, and ferruginous sands of certain plains and riv-ers, especially in their junction, at the season of low water, and after storms and temporary floods. It is the only metal of a yellow color; it is readily crystalizable, and always assumes one or other of the sym metrical shapes, such us the cube or regular octahedron. It affords a resplendent polish, and may be exposed to the atmosphere for any length of time without suffering change; it is remarkable for its beauty; it is nineteen times heavier that water, and, ntxt to plati num, the heviest known substance ; its malea bility is such that a cubic inch will cover twenty-five hundred square feet ; its ductility is such that a lump of tbe value ot four hun dred dollars could be drawn into a wire which would extend around Che globe. It is first mentioned in Gen. ii., 11. It was found in the country of Havillah, where the rivers Eu phiates and Tigris unite and discharge their waters into the Persian Gult. From the commencement of the Christian era to the discovery of America, the amount of gold obtained from the surface and bowels of the earth is estimated to be thirty-eight hundred millions of dollars. From the date of the latter event to the close of 1842, an ad dition of twenty-eight hundred millions was obtained. The discovery and extensive work ing of the Russian mines added, to the c!se of 18o2, six hundred millions more. The double discovery of the California mines in 1818, and the Australian in 1851, has added, to the present time, two thousand millions; making a grand total, to the present time, of ninety-two hundred millions of dollars. The average loss by wear and tear ot coia is esti mated to be a tenth of one per cent, per an num ; and the loss by consumption in the arts, and by fire and shipwreck, at from one to three millious per annum. A cubic inch of gold is worth (at jC3 lis, 10d., or $18.69, per oUnce) one hundred and forty-six dollars; a cubic foot, two hundred and flity-two thousand two bundled and eighty eight dollars; a cubic yard, six millions eight hundred and eleven thousand seven hundred and seventy-six dollars. The amount of gold in existence at the commence ment of the Christian era is estimated to be four hundred and twenty seven millions of dollars; at the period of tbe discovery of A merica it had diminished to fifty seven mil lions. After the occurrence of that event it gradually increased, and 1600 it attained to one hundred and five millions; in 1700, to three hundred and fifty-one millions"; In 1800, to eleven hundred and twenty. five millions; in 1813, to two thousand millions; in 1853, to three thousand millions ; and at the present time the amount of gold in exigence is esti mated to be forty-six hundred millions of dollars; which, welded in one mass, could be contained in a cube of twenty-seven feet. Ot the amount now in existence three thou sand millions is estimated to be in coin aud bullion, and the remainder in watches, jewel ry, plate, &c, &c. Since 1792, to the clo?e of 1860, the gold coinage of the United States mint has amount ed to six hundred and ten millions of dollars, of which five hundred and twenty five millions have been issued since 1850. The gold coin age of the French mint, since 1726, has a mounted to seventy-seven hundred millions of fiancs, of which forty -two hundred and fifty millions have been issued since 1850. The gold coinage of the British mint, since 1603, has amounted to two hundred and fifty-nine millions of pounds sterling, of which filty-four millions have been issued since 1850. The The gold coinage of the Kussian mint, since 1664, has amounted to four hundred and eighty-six millions of rabies, of which two hundred and twenty millions have ben issued since 1850. The sovereign of England con tains one hundred and twelve grains of pure metal;- the new doubloon of .Spain, one hun dred and fifteen; the half eagle of the United States, one hundred and sixeen ; tho gold lion ot the N therlands, and the double ounce t Sicily, one hundred and seventeen grains each ; the ducat of Austria, one hundred and six ; the twenty-lranc piece of France, niuety ; and the half imperial of Russia, ninety-one grains. A commissioner has been despatch ed by the United States government to Eng laud, Fiance, and other countries of Europe, to confer with their respective governments, upon tne expediency of a uniform system of coinage throughout the world, so that the coins of one country may circulate . in any other without tbe expense of re-coinage a consumation most devoutly to be wished. Good Puck. Mrs. JJrownult, wife of order ly Sergeant R. D. Brownell, of the Rhode Island Volunteers, and cousin to the avenger of Ellsworth, accompanied her husband to Newbern, and was in the midst of the battle at that place. On account of the suddenness of engagement, the regiment had not brought out .their, colors. In this emergency Capt. Urant drew foitb a small American flag from his bosom and gave it to Mrs. Brownell who held it tip and cheered the men as they ral lied about it. , Fifteen minntes afterward, that her husband had been wounded, she has tened to bis side, and assisted in carrying him off tbe field to the hospital, where she nursed him, with all tbe other wounded men brought in. On one occasion she was insulted by a rebel officer, when she drew a revolver and shot him, wounding him badly. The fellow succeeded, however, in escaping. Mrs. Brow nell is only twenty years of age. "I Shall Trt it On." Captain Boggs telTs a good atoty ot Farragut. It seems that be fore the bombardment of the forts tbe com manders of tbe English and French vessels-of-war near at band had desired to communi cate with the forts. This was agreed to. Af ter the foreign captains returned, they inform ed Captain Farragut that it was useless for him to attempt to take the forts that no wooden vessels afloat could reduce them or pass them. Farragut replied 'I was sent here to make the attempt. - You may be right, but I came - here to take' New Orleans ; to paaa tbe forts ; and laks.ll try it o!" V "IKE EVIL H0TE." When a mother looks upon her babe in the cradle, sb-j regards him in his present loveli ness, and is lupnj and satisfied. As be erowi ! older, and tbe latent human passions begin to Do developed, she becomes anxious for tne future ; but still hope predominates over fear. She believes that her son will be a good and noble man. If she is a faUhful 'hrttaia mother, she has good' ground for ber faith and hope. There may be Instances when such parents have been disappointed, but we trnk such cases are very rare. The conscience must oe cultivated, and the fear of God con stantly enjoined , or the youth will go astray at every turn. An amiable, loving spirit alone will not keep him from fall.ng into sin. Joseph Dean was what everybody called a good boy. He did all he could for his wid owed mother, aud being an only child, h could do much. Mrs. Dean was poor. She owned a small house and a few acres of land, and that was all. Her son was her great treasure, aud in him she felt rich. As Joseph was approaching manhood, be bad a desire to see more of the world than he could do in the place of bis birth; and to do something more remunerative than tilling- bis mother's little farm. He went to tbe city, aud was so fortunate as to get into business which satisfied bis desires. His mother beard from bim often, ana whenever he could leave, he went to see ber, carrying some little com fort or luxury. She missed him sadly; but yet she was reconciled to his absence, because 6he believed it was best for him; and' would in the end be the best for ber; be might be come a rich man, ana come home and repair the house, and put the farm in good order, and take care of her in her old age.- Joseph remained in the business- ho' had chosen for some year, and was prosperons, laying up money until he counted by thou sands. Then the spirit of change revinsd a gain, and be resolved to go to a distant part of the country to improve his worldly condi tion. The proposition almost broke bis moth er's heart. How could she part with ber son ; so handsome,, so kind and noble, what could she do without him ? Her pleadings wen all in vain. He4iad made up his mind, and most go. He went; and we fear he went in bis own strength and not with the fear and love of God. Did his mother pray in faith for him ? She did not profess faith in Christ, and per haps did not pray at all. The months wore away wearily, and no tid ings came of Joseph. It was very strange be d:d not write. A year went by, and his moth er tieard not a word from him. Had be died among strangers;- or had he sailed for some foreign land, and bis letters failed to reach her? The days grew very long to her, and the nights wearisome. Tbe winds reminded ber ot the penis of the sea, and the scorching sun ot sickly climates. Where, Ob where was her son ? The little keepsakes ho had given her wero looked over and over, and the history cf each recalled with a new heartache. Tho farm was neglected and the house needed repairs ; but widow Dean seemed' to care for nothing but tidings from her darling son. Her bair be came bleeched' by sorrow, and ber eyes dim with weeping. Her neighbors tried to com fort ber ; but what did they know ot the deep sorrow of her heart ? Alter years had gone by, one day the doer of the cottage opened, and a stranger present ed himself before Mrs. Dean. II was shabby and haggard, a?id had'a wild and an anxious look. Who was this ? Could he be ber son T "Are you Joseph Dean ?" said- the mother. "No, tbat is not my name ; my name is John son." The voice was Joseph's; but the per son, Oli, it was but the wreck of her noble son. All that he couM ever say of himself was, that in a distant city he was taken to a' place where something was given him to' drink, and after that he did not know anything for a long time. Wherr;lfe awoke his money was all gne. Poor Joseph ; In an evil hour be had fallen into sin, and that one act proved his destruction. Of bis subseqnent life be Could give no account ; but that his mind bad been disordered there was every reason to suppose. He remained with his mother; but Could never be induced to mingle at all with men, and would not answer if addressed by any other name than that ot Johnson. Tbe farm and tbe cottage were never improved; but fell from year to year into a state of great er decay. Mrs. Dean died; and Joseph was left alone. There he lived a hermit life till' bis locks were white. One day it was observ ed by a neighbor that his door had not been' opened for some time, and on going in Joseph was found lying-on his bed dead. H had er idently died suddenly, probably fron dlseae of the heart. How miny.like poor Joseph, fall tc ffclSl the promise of childhood and youth. They fail because they are not armed for life a con flict. Nothing bat divine grace can give them the victory ; and not seekiug this aid, when the-evil hour comes they fail. Love roa the Dead. The love which sur vives the tomb, says Irving, is one cf tbe no blest attributes of the soul. If it has its woes, it has likewise its delights; and when the overwhelming burst of grief Is calmed into the gentle tear of recolSecton; when the sud den anguish and the convulsed agony over the present ruins ol all tbat wo most loved, is sof tened away, into pensive meditation on all that it was in the days of its lovlfness wbo would root out such sorrow from the heart ? Though it may sometimes throw a pasaiog cloud over tbe bright hour of gaiety, or spread a deep sadness over the hour of gloom; who would exshange it even for the song ot pleas ure, or the bursts of revelry No; there la a voice from the tomb sweeter than song;' there is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn eve i from the charms of the living. A Strange Stort. A strange story (not by Bulwer,) is going the rounds of tbe English press. A lately married Irish eat!, wishing to improve his old mansion, set architects at work, who discovered a room hermetically bricked up. It was fitted up in the richest style of one hundred and fifty years ago, and on the couch lay tbe skeleton of a female, while on tbe . floor was the skeleton of s man, presenting evident traces of violence. Jew els and dresses lay scattered about the room, but the fearful secret had been so well kept that no tradition could be remembered which would give any clue to the affajr.i The aurri vors an, injured husband probably among them walled up the apartment, which has kept Ite dread secret over a eentury and t half. f ; l TT
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