BY S.J. BOW... CLEAEFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1864. ' VOL 10. NO 33.
TERMS OF THEJOl'RSAL.
The Raftsman's Joiknal is published on Wed
he.laj at SI.oO per annum in advance Aiveu-tmf.mi--.sts
inserted at SI. 00 per square, fur three
t,r less insertions Twelve lines (or less) counting a
"jfinare. For every additional insertion 2." ccuU.
A deduction will be made to yearly advertisers.
oHrcdont.
TKVIN BROTHERS. Dealers in Square A Sawed .
Lumber. IM (tuods, Groceries, Fkur, Oraiu, ;
Ac , Ac, BurngiJe Pa., Sept. 23, 13C3. I
TjlKKDERICK I.KITZINGEK. Manufacturer of
P . II kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield. Pa. .r- ;
tiers solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1,1863
iRANS 4 BAHHETT. Attorneys at Law, Clear-
I ... it. . If)
j nem. ra.
May 13. 1363.
i.. J. ckaxs. : : : : :
WALTER BATiRETT.
1 OBERT J. WALLACE. Attorney at Law. Clear
i field. Pa Office in Shaw's new row. Market
street, opposite Xaugle's jewelry store. May 26.
HE. XAl'WLE. Watch and Clock Maker, and
. dealer in Watches, Jewelry. 4c R.iom in
tirabaru 8 row, Market street. Nov. 10.
HUrCHER. SWOOPE. Attorney at Law.CIear
. field. Pa OfEci in Graham's Row. fourduo 8
west of Graham 4 lioynton"s store. Nov. 10.
J.
P KRATZER Merchant, and dealer in
Boards and Shinsles, Grain and Produce
Front 1st. above the Academy, Clearfield. Pa. jl'2
AY
TS LLACE 4 HALL, Attorneys at Law, Clear
field, P;i December 17. JSoJ.
KH.LIVU A
WALLAfR. :::::::: joh.v o. hall.
r1 A Fl.EM.MI.Mi
Curwensville. Pa.. Nursery-
. . . . 1 1 I - C T f i
ornamental Trees. Plants and Shrubbery. All or
. ' IfliinilllU 1 ' ' i ' v I II. i . ni.i'.j " - ...... ,
ders by mail promptly attended to. May 13.
J IU.IAM F. IRWIN.Marketstreet, Clearfield,
Pa.. Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Mer
rhnndise. Hardware. Queensware. Groceries, and
family articles generally. - Nov. 10.
HN 1 1'EI.ICII.
Manufacturer of all kinds ol
Cabinet-ware, Market street. Clearfield,
Pa.
il aNo makes to order Cothns. on short notice, ami
attends funerals with a hearse. AprlO.' j9.
r It M. WOODS, Pkacticing Physician-,
and
Examining Surgeon for Pensions.
Ificc Nouth-west corner of Scoond and Cherry
Mrcct, Clearfield, Pa. January 21. 1863.
f nllOMAS J. M'CULLOL'GH, Attorney at Law,
L Clearfield. Pa. Office, east of the ' Clearfield
co. Bank. Deeds and other legal instruments pre
pared with promptness and accuracy. July 3.
J.
B M'ENALLY, Attorneyat Law. Clearfield,
Pa. Practices in Clearfield and adjoining
counties. Price :n new brick builaing ot .1. Boyn
it'U, 2d street, one door south of Lanich's Hotel.
T) ICH AKD MOSSOP, Dealer in Foreign and Do
lj mestic Dry Goods, Groceries. Flour, Bacon,
Liquors. 4c. Boom, on Market street, a few doors
west of Journal Office, Clearfield, Pa. Apr27.
rnlttUPS'X, 4 WATSON'. Dealers in Timber
I Saw Logs, Boards and Shingles. Marysville,
Clearfield county, Penn'a August 11, 1803.
s. w. Thompson : : : : : jas. k. watson.
I AKRIMER A TEST, Attorneys at Law.Clear
I J field. Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal
and other business entrusted to thcif care in Clear
field and adjoining counties. August 6; 1S56. j
Dii.WM. CAMPBELL, offers his professional
services to the citizens of Moshannon and vi
cinity. ' He can be consulted at his residence at
r' times, unless absent on professional business.
Mohs innon, Centre co.. Pa., May 13, 18;i3.
W
17M. ALBERT 4 BRO'S, Dealers in Dry Goods,
Groceries. Hardware, Queensware, Hour,
y-iciva. etc.. Woodlanl. Clearfield county. Penn'a.
A iv. extcTi:ve dealers in all kindsof sawed lura
t'?r. shingles, and square timber. Orders solici
ted Woodland. Aug. 19th. IS63.
DK.MTCirS MEDICIN ES. Afresh sup
ply of these invaluable Family Medicines
re for sale by M. A. Frank. Clearfield, consisting
ot Pain Carer; Restorative, a great cure for colds
ud cough ; and Anti-Bimitx Pkysie. They h-ave
been thoroughly tested in this community, and
re highly approved Try them.
Vl'CTlON. The undersigned having beenLi
cened an auctioneer would inform the citi-f-ns
of Clearfield County, that he will attend to
filling sales in any part of the County whenever
:ilel upon. Charges Moderate.
Address -J M. SMITH.
Hegartys X Roads, Clearfield Co.. Pa
February 3d IStH
F.V W ATClT& J EWELRYSTORE.
i ' The undersigned having located in the bor-''i-A
nf Clearfield, (at the shop formerly occupied
';. R elch as n jewelry shop.) is prepared to
i work of all kinds on the most reasonable terms,
iecash will positively be expected when the
"rk is delivered. He is confident that he ean
;"t excelled by any workmen in town orcounty.
( ""it one ' come all tothtiiign of the Bia Watch.
Til.-fi2-ly-pd S. H. LAUCHLIN.
VlCT'lONEER. The undersigned having
''ttn Licensed an Auctioneer, would inform
Ji- citizens of Clearfield county that he will at
!fnd to calling sales, in any part of the county,
denever called upon. Charges moderate
Address, JOHN M QUTLKIN.
13 Bower Po.. Clearfield co.. Pa.
- i. Persons callinir sales without a proner li-
'vase are subject to a penalty of SCO, which-pro- i
"-"an will be enforced against those who may vi- I
' ie the same.
JJPLKLE V S PATENT Lt'MBER DRIED
- 15Y SI PKRHEATED STEAM. The under
'Sr'i respectfully informs the people of Clear
?e!'I and adjoining counties that be has the agen
y ' ' the above patent and will sell individual,
""infy or township rights for its use. The lum
''7 dried by this process is stronger, finishes bet
. i:!caf'eron tools, and requires less time in
than any ether proces knswn. drying 1
: -'a iumotr perfectly in 3i hours better than
acJ months under the old system using the j
"""mount of fuel per day that a common kiln
WDC- The certificate of a number of resi
iEMmec!lanics wel1 kn0WI in this eommucity is
p.y sufficient to convince the most sceptical of
'ntlitv l j - - ;!.-
j - i ersons acsirous oi purcnasing riguio
ddress JOHN' I. CUTTLE.
Jae24. 1363
Cearfield. Penn'a.
A WAKNIXi; Read the following extract
-from the Enrollment Act:
'ir a-i" Tery Persn who shall procure or entice,
"'ft to procure or entice, a soldier in tho
!fc",:c,eof the United States to desert ; or who
'ie4rt ,t0DCea'' 0F S'Te '"ployment to a
'iini r7 away, or aid in carrying
e ,awa7- knowing him to be such, shall, npon
ict -eD k1Ction' be fined' at tho discretion of
crUr "VDS cegnizance, in any sum not ex
"rrlm" h""drf'1 dollars, and shall be im
ttiCrte(,not exceeding two years nor less than six
Isr-t'i Provis'ons of the above will be strictly en-
r'ilIte' against all who may violate the
oraer.
II S. CAMPBELL.
Capt
Prov. Marshall 19th Pa. Dist.
So, lst;4p
GKAlN FOR SALG. The undersigned has
for sale, at his mill at Curwen.sviile, 3000
bushels of wheat ai'Sl 7i per bushel ; 15U0 bush
els of corn at $1 l0 per bushel. Rye and wheat
chop at S3 40 per hundred; mixed chop, corn,
wheat and rye. at 53 :b per hundred; Flour at
5 Dtr barrel . ail ofwhich will be sold for
cash. v JAKED IRVIN.
C u rwensville. Eeb 2i, 1661-pd.
CM ARr lLLD ACADEMY. D. W. Mc
CurdylA. B. Principal. The next quarter will
open on Monday the 4th of April, lbtH.
TERMS OF Tt.'ITIOS AS FOLLOWS :
Common English. Comprising those branches not
higher than. Reading, Writing. Arithmetic,
Geography, Eng'ish Grammar and History, per
quarter. $ 5 00
Higher English Branches, 7 50
Languages. 19 00
CAUPETINUS. N'ow in store.a large stcck of
Velvet, Brussels. Three-Ply 4 Ingrain Car
petings. Oil cloths. Window Shades, etc. etc., all
of the latest patterns and best fabrics ; which will
be sold at the lowest prices for cash.
N. B. Some patterns of, in jr. old stock still on
hand ; will be sold at a bargain.
.). T. DELACROIX
No. 37 South Second Street, above Chestnut.
March 9, 1864 Philadelphia.
D.MINIS 1RATORS NOTICE. Letters
of Administration on the estate of E. But
ler Smeal, late of Curwensville Boro. Clearfield
county, Penn'a. dee'd. having been granted to the
undersigned, all persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment, and
those having claims against the same will present
them duly uHtbeii'.icaieu lor settlement.
Z. M'NAUL.
March SO. lS64-p. Administrator.
WOOD It lr FES I M PORTANT WEATH
ER INDICATOR. From Messrs Munn
4 Co.. of the - tit fie American ; "From the con
struction of this instrument, as well as from the
ample testimonials, both of practical farmers and
men of Science, we arc satisfied that it is really
a good, practicable Biro meter." To be seen at
Jude Barretts, and others in Clearfield. Agent
for Clearfield Co., II. B Wright, who will supply
instruments on snort notice. Jan. z,lMb4.
FOR RENT,
or lease bis i
, The subscriber wishes to rent
farm Iving in Woodward town
ship. Clearfield county. Pa. The improvements
consist of about one hundred and ten acres of land
in a good state of cultivation, a large bearing or
chard of choice fruit, a largo and commodious
plank house with a neverfailing spring of water
convenient to the door, a log barn and other out
buildings Any person wishing to renta farm for
a number of yeitrs. applying soon and being well
recommended, will get a aood bargain.
Jan 6 1864. WM. B. ALEXANDER
IN THE COURT of Common Pleas of Clear
1 field County : :Subpiena
Hannah Elder by Snr Divorce." The under
her next friend, signed. Commissioner ap
Ebenezer Thompson pointed by the Court to
rv j take testimony in this case,
William Elder. J will attend to the duties of
his appointment, at his office in Clearfield on
Friday, April 2 2d 1861, between the hours of 9
A. M. and 9 P M . wheu and where all patties
interested may nttend It. J. WALLACE.
March 30. IS;il. Commissioner.
IN THE COURT of Common Pleas of Clear
field county : ''Subpoena
Sur Divorce." The under
signed Commissioner ap
pointed by the Court to
Andrew Marks
Sarah J. Marks.
take testimony in this case, will attend to tho du
ties of bis appointment on Thursday .April 21st,
Sr4, between the hours of 9 A M. and 9 P. M.
at the office'of R. Wallace, Esq ., in Clearfield .when
aid where all parties interested may attend.
WM. M. M'CULLOUGH.
March 30. ISOl-it. Commissioners.
F
A.K.1I FOR SALE. The undersigned, in
tending to remove west.will sell his farm of
! &0 acres, situate in Girard township, about 1 mile
I tromsurvejor nun, at i'uolic outcry on IbursJay
the 5th day of M.iy, 1861. if notsold before thut
date iitprivatesae. About 2i acres of the land is
cleartd and under g"od cultivation. Tho build
ings arc a plank house and log barn.
There will also be sold on said day 7 bushels of
wheat, b bushels of rye, t bushels of buck-wheat
o ousneis or potatoes, i cow, i yoke oxen, poung
came, i) nogs, j sneep. waggon, plow , narrow,
tanning mill, cnains, bedsteads, chairs, settee
cookstovc, and a variety of household and kitchen
furniture.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock a. m Terms
made known on day of sale. R. E. SMITH
March 23. 1861 ts-pd.
BANK. NOTICE
Tpbasury Department.
LTMENT. 1
Currency, J
3, 1864. )
Office of Comptroller of the C
Washington, March 3
uriEiEKA?, by satisfactory evidence presented
to the undersigned, it has been made to appear
that Tire lift, fiation-al Bank of Curwensville.. iu
the county of Clearfield, and State of Pennsylva
nia. has been duly organized under and accord
ing to the requirements of the act of Congress ea
titled "An act to provide a national currency se
cured by a pledge of United States stocks and to
provide for the circulation and redemption there
of." approved February 20, 1863. and has com
plied with all the provisions of said act required
to be complied with before commencing the bu
siness of Banking.
Now Therefore, I, Hugh McCullough. Cotnp
troller of the currency, do hereby certify that
llie rirxt national Ltankof Citrweusvi lie, coun
ty of Clearfield, and State of Pennsylvania, is au
thorized to commence the business of Banking
under the act aforesaid
In Testimony whereof.
witness my hand and
seal of office this third day of March,
1864 hugh Mcculloch.
Comptroller of the currency.
Curwensville, Fa., March 9, 1864-10t
T 1ST RECEIVED AT
CHEAP JEWELRY STORE. &
(traham's Row. Clearfield. Pa., a fine assortment ol
WATCHES JEWELRY, 4c, 4c, to which we in
vite attention.
old and Silver hunting and open faced watch
cs. to be had at NAUGLE'S,.
. The American Lever of different qualities, can
be bad at N AUG EE'S.
Fine setts of Jewelry, such as Cameo, Coral, La
ra Jett, Carbuncle, Garnctt, Opal, Florentine Mo
saic, Gold Stone Mosaic, Porcelain paintings, 4c,
or single pieces at NAUrtLE'S.
Plain gold Breast pins, Eardrops, Hoop Ear rings,
children'seardropsandringsat NAUGLE'S.
Gold seals, keys and pencils, gold pens and sil
ver holders at NAUG LE'S.
' Gents breast pins, sleeve buttons, shirt studs, fob
buckles and guard slides at NAUGLE'S.
A fine assortment of gold finger rings of differ
eot styles and quality, gold lockets, coral neckla
ces, silver thimbles, spectacles, watch guards, and
all articles in bis line, on hand at . NAUGLE'S.
Just received, a fine assortment of Fancy and
common Clocks, and Fancy Time-pieces, from 1.25
to 15 dollars at NAUGLE'S.
Old Gold and Silver will be taken in exchange
for goods at NAUGLE'S.
All goods warranted as represented, or the mo
ney retunded, at , NAUGLE'S.
If you wish your watches put in good repair
and warranted, take thm u NAUGLE'S.
GUAEDIAN ANGELS.
Guardian angels, guardian angels
They are with us night and day.
Dropping flowers of love the brightest
As they watch us on our way.
In our sorrows, in our troubles,
They with care around us throng,
Ever guard ins; us from danger,
Ever shielding us form wrong.
Guardian angels, guardian angels 1
Still your benedictions pom ,
On our hearts the joys of truth,
The light of virtue ever shower ;
Teach us bow we may our blessings
Ever cherish, still increase.
And grant that every flower we pluck
May be a flower of love of peace
Guardian angels!
A Trick that Ended Well.
A vounr man was studying tit colleire
One afternoon he walked out with an in
struetor, and they chanced to see an old
pair of shoes lvini? bv the side of the path,
which appeared to belong to a poor old man
at work close bv.
"Let us have a little amusement at'hLi
expense," said the student. ''Suppose we
should hide those shoes and conceal our
selves in- the bushes to watch his perplexity
when lie cannot hnd them,
"I can think of a better trick than that,
said the instructor. louare rich, bup
posej'ou put a silver dollar iu the toe of each
or his shoes, and then we will hide.
ine young man did so. xne poor man
finished his work soon, and went to put on
his shoes, i on can imagine his surprise
when he stooped down to takeout a pebble.
as ne supposed, irom tno toe, and round a
bright silver dollar ; and when he found
still another in the other shoe, his feelings
overcame him : he iell unon his knees
looked up to heaven, and uttered a long, fer
i jl. . . I 1 l 1 .1 i
vent rnanKsgiving, in winch he thanked a
kind Providence for sending some unknown
hand to save from perishing his sick and
helpless wife, and his children without bread.
Do you wonder that the voting man stood
in his hiding-place deeply affected ? Young
mends, when you wish to emoy real pleas
ure in witnessing the perplexity of others,
ee ii you cannot, some way, imitate the
student, biich tricks are well worth bein
performed.
A Touching; Incident of the "War.
After the battle at Bean Station, East
lennessee, the rebels were guilty of all man
ner ot indignity toward the slain. They
stnppeu tneir ooaies, and shot all persons
wno came near the Dtittle-heid to show any
attention to the dead. The body of a little
drummer-boy was left naiced and exposed.
Near by, in an humble house, there were
two little girls, the eldest but sixteen who
resolved to give the body a decent burial
lhey took the night for their task. With
hammer and nails in hand, and boards on
their shoulders, t he v sought the rdace -whore
the body ot the dead frummer-ixv lav
rrom their own scantv wardrobe, thev
clothed the body for the grave. With their
own hands they made a rude coffin, into
which thev reverently nut the dea I bov.
I hey dug the grave, and lowered the body
into it and covered it over. The noise of
the hammer brought some of the rebels to
the spot. The sight was too much for them.
The stillness of the night the story so elo
quently told by the heroic labors of the little
girls. .Not a word was spoken ; no one in
terfered, and when the sacred rights of bur
ial were performed, all sencrated : and the
little drummer-boy sleeps undisturbed in his
grave on the battle-held, such tenderness
and heroism deserve to run along the line of
coming generations with the story of the
women who broke the alabaster box on the
feet of the bavior, and with her who of
tier penury cast- her two mites into the
treasury.
The Deacon and the "Wasps.
A worthy deacon in a town of Maine, was
remarkable for the facility with which he
quoted scripture on ail occasions. The Ii
vine Word was ever at his tongue's end,
and all the trivial, as well as important oc
currences of life furnished occasion for quo
ting the language of the Bible. What was
better, however, the exemplary man always
made his quotations the standard of action.
One hot day, he was engaged in mowing,
with his hired man, who was leading off. the
deacon following in his swarth, conning his
apt quotation, when the man -suddenly
sprang trom his place, leaving his swarth
just in time to avoid a wasps' nest.
hat is the matter : hurriedly inquir
ed the deacon.
''Wasps !" was the laconic reply.
"Poh!" said the deacon, "'the wicked
flee when no man pursucth. but the right
eous are as bold as a lion ! and taking the
workmans1 swarth, he mowed but a step
when a swarm of the brisk insects settled
about his cars, and he was forced to retreat,
with many a painful sting, and in great dis
comfiture.
"Ah !" shouted the other with a chuckle,
the prudent man .forseeth the evil, and
hidcth himself, but the simple pass on, and
are punished. "
lhe deacon had found his equal in mak
ing applications of the sacred writings, and
thereafter was not known to (mote scripture
m a mowing field. .
Rev. Dr. J. J. Bullock, pastor of the
Presbytyrian church, corner of Franklin and
Cathedral streets, Baltimore, was arrested
by our military authorities, charged with
harboring a rebel colonel at his house, nam
ed Smith, a native of Kentucky, and a rel
ative of the Doctor.
Hon. Henry D. Moore was elected State
Treasurer on ; Wednesday evening 16th
March, by a vote of 66 to 56 for V m. V.
M'Grath, the present Democratic incum
bent. . ; '
THE AMERICAN COiTCLICT:
A History of the Great Rebellion, by Horace
Greeley, now in Press.
The publishers, Messrs. O. D. Case & Co.
ot Hartford, Conn., have kindly furnished
us some specimen pages of the American
Conflict : A history of the great llcbellion in
the United fetates of America, I860-' 64 :
Its Causes, Incidents, and Results : Intend
ed to exhibit especially its Moral and Politi
cal 1 hases, with the drift and progress of
1 American opinion respecting human slavery
lrom 1776 to 1SG4.
he general scope of this work can be
better understood by reading the following
extracts from the publishers prospectus ;
"The conflict between Freedom and Sla
very, extending through the entire period
of our National Independence, and culmin
ating in the most gigantic and unjustifiable
liebelliou on record, affords material of in
tense interest for the Historian's, widest
scope. lut while the mutterings of the
distant war-cloud, the open revolt, the up
rising of the people, the inarch of I ostile
armies, the strife and carnage of battle with
deeds ot valor and heroic suffering, are iHr
t rayed with graphic skill, let us bear in mind
that a conflict of opinions underlies the im
mediate cause of all civil commotions and
upheaving: of society, and in that stage of
civuizauono which Christendom . has now
attained, the conflict of the battle-field will
only reward a careful contemplation when
considered in its connection with that pro
gress oi opinion which marks the great
epochs ol the world s history, and which a
lone can exert any decided or lasting influence
on me progress and well being of mankind.
Human bloodshed, abstractly considered,
is neither a pleasant nor a profitable theme.
Only when it conduces to-some great moral
or social end when it opens the doors of
the prison-house, or sweeps away the slave
pen and the auction-block to make room for
the printing-press and the common-school
can it be regarded by the humane and con
siderate with grateful satisfaction.
In this history, the progress of opinion,
as exhibited in enactments, orders and oroe-
lamations, not only prior to but duriner the
war for the Union, will be carefully noted
and. recorded, with a fixed resolve to do jus
tfee not only to the valor and fortitude, but
to the motives and puroses, ot those who
resisted as well as of those who sustained
the Republic m its arduous struggle for in
tegnty and freedom. I hose whose efforts
flow naturally from their convictions can af
ford to do justice to adversaries who also are
impelled by convictions, however mistaken
and it is believed that no partisan of the
Rebellion, whether in the North or in the
South, will have reason to complain of this
work as lacking in candor or in generosity.
In addition to the special value of the
work as a highly authentic record of the civ
u and military operations of this eventful
era, the great feature which will distinguish
this History of the War from all others.and
give it a permanent value as a work of the
highest authority for future reference, will
be found in its presenting adeener. broader.
more exhaustive exhibit of the long train of
causes which impelled to this bloody collis
ion the conflicting ideas which rendered it
inevitable.
The publishers rcsnectfullv admin that, no
living American writer could more fitly as
sume this responsible task, or produce a
more honest and truthlul history ot the le-
bellion and its incitements, or one calcula
ieu to inspire more general interest among
the great mass of the American peonle. and
also throughout the Jjtiropean nations, than
. . .... . '
the eminent author of this work. His en
tire familiarity with tho political history of
ino country, nis exnaustiess iund ol statis
tical information, his independence, fearlcss-
nes.s and unyielding integrity to his convic
tions- as a political writer and public speak
er, ail contribute to guarantee tins work: to
be one of no common interest, and insure an
eager desire among both friends and oppo
nents, to see and peruse the history of this
gigantic struggle from the stand point of
the great American Journalist. '
lhe writer commences his history at the
time the independence of the United States
was conceded bv Great Britain on Nov. 30th,
1S2, at which time the population of the
States was a little less than Three Millions.
of whom half a million were slaves. Tie
then briefly states where this population
was mainlv settled at the time of the Revo
lution, and recites the condition of the coun
try at the close of our struggle for independences-alludes
to the proation of trade
and comnierce,and the unsettled state of the
monetary anairs ot the young republic
speaks of its people as an entirely agricultur
al population, and of their trials and hard
ships, and of the ranid flow of this noimla-
tion westward into the great valley of the
Mississippi and its tributaries, lhe writer
then says :
"Vet it would not be just to closehis has
ty and casual glance at our country, under
the old federation, without noting some fea
tures which tend to relieve the darkness of
the picture. The abundance and excellence
of the timber, which still covered at least
two thirds of the area of the then States,
enabled the common people to snpply them
selves with habitations, which, however
rude and uncomely, were more substantial
and comfortable than those possessed by the
masses of any other country on earth. The
luxuriant and omnipresent forests were like
wise the sources of cheap and ample sup
plies of fuel, whereby the severity of our
northern winters was mitigated, and the
warm, bright fireside of even the humblest
family, in the long winter evenings of our
latitude, rendered centers of cheer and en
joyment. Social intercourse was more gen
eral, less formal, more hearty, more valued,
than at present. Friendships were wanner
and deeper. Relationship, by blood or by
marriage, was more profoundly regarded.
Men were not ashamed to own that they
loved their cousins better than their other
neighbors, and their neighbors better than
the rest of mankind. To spend a month,
in the dead of winter, in a visit to the dear
old homestead, and in interchanges of affec
tionate greetings with brothers and sisters,
married and settled at distances of twenty
to fifty miles apart, was not deemed an ab
solute waste of time, nor even an experi
ment on fraternal civility and hospitality.
And, though cultivation was far less effect
ive than now, it must not be inferred that
food was scanty or hunger predominant.
The woods were alive with game, and near
ly every man and boy lietween fifteen and
sixty years of age was a hunter. The lar
ger and smaller rivers, as yet unobstructed
by the dams and wheels of tVje cot ton -spinner
and power-loom weaver, abounded in ex
cellent fish, and at seasons fairly swarmed
with them. The potato, usually planted in
the vegetable mold left by recently extermi
nated forests, yielded its edible tubers with
a bounteous profusion unknown to the hus
bandly of our day. Hills the most granitic
and apparently sterile, from which the wood
was burned one season, would, the next
year, produce any grain in ample measure,
and at a moderate cost of labor and care.
Almost every farmer's house was a hive,
wherein the 'great wheel' and the 'little
wheel' the former kept in motion by the
hands and feet of all the daughters ten years
old and upward, the latter plied by their
not less industrious mother hummed and
whirled from morning till night. In the
back room, or some convenient appendage,
the loom responded day by day to the move
ments of the busy shuttle, wherebv the
fleeces of the farmer's flock and the flax of
his field were slowly but steadily converted
into substantial though homely cloth, suffi
cient for the annual wear of the family, and
olten with something"overto exchange at the
neighboring merchant's for his groceries
and wares. A few bushels of corn, a few
sheep, a fattened steer, with, perhaps, a
lew saw-logs, or loads of hoop-poles, made
up the annual surplus of the husbandman's
products, helping to square accounts with
the blacksmith, wheelwright, the minister.
and the lawyer, if the farmer were so unfor
tunate as to have anv dealings with the lat
ter personage. His life, during peace, was
passed in a narrower round than ours, and
may well seem to us tame, limited, monoto
nous : but the sun which warmed him was
identical with ours ; the breezes which re
freshed him were like those we gladlv wel
come ; and, while his road to mill and to
meeting was much longer and rougher than
those we dailv traverse, he doubtless passed
them unvexed by apprehensions of a snort-
mg locomotive, at leaM: as contented as we.
and with small suspicion of his ill-fortune
m having been born in the .highteenth in
stead of the Nineteenth Century."
rTM . . .1 , n .i
j.ne writer next gives the value oi the
products of the entire industrial interests of
thecountry,as per census of 1860 refers to
the subject ot slavery before the revolution.
during the revolution and under the Con
federation alludes to the causes that super
induced the formation and adoption of our
iNational constitution and the results that
have flowed therefrom recurs to the ques
tion of slavery under the Constitution, and
to the Missouri Compromise reviews the
doctrine of State Rights and Nullification,
and gives a brief biography of Andrew
Jackson and John C. Calhoun, and the part
that each ot these two opponents took in
the momentous subjects that agitated the
country in 1832 quotes the opinion of emi
nent men on the leading topics discussed in
this work, and gives the rise and progress of
Abolition and refers to the opinions adopt
ed by the churches on the subject ot slavery,
and the cause of the pro-slavery reaction,
and gives the various causes which
brought about the present great and iniqui
tous rebellion.
1 he work is one of undoubted merit and
will be, perhaps, the best history, of the
social and political progress of the United
States that has ever been presented to the
American reading public.
1 he work will be printed on fine paper.
and issued in two large double-column octavo
volumns of 600 pages each, abundantly il
lustrated by Maps, Diagramsof Battle-fields,
Sieges, Naval Actions, views of places of
historic interest, obtained from official re
ports and other authentic documents in the
War and Navy Departments, etc., together
with a large number ot fane steel plate Por
traits of prominent Generals and other dis
tinguished persons connected with the War,
both North and South.
V olurnn I, will be published on or about
the 1st of May, 1864, and will contain ser-
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lu.Miiiuons or mncn incterest. .
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The List of Portraits will be continued, em
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ding many who have fallen in the service of
their country ; Patriotic Governors, and
other distinguished persons connected with
the War. It will contain a larger number
of Diagrams of Battle-fields, etc., than Vol.
1 ; also a valuable copper-plate Map of the
Seat of War, about 27 by 3S inches, engrav
ed expressly for this work, presenting in
one view the whole field of Military opera
tions its Rivers, Railroads, Battle-fields,
principal Jlilitary routes traversed by the
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The Eight Eird.-
Old Dr. Nichols, who formerly practised
medicine, found the calls and fees did not
come fast enough to please him, so he ad
ded an apothecary shop to his business, for
the sale of drugs and medicines. He had a
great sign painted to attract the wondering
eyes of viliagers, and the doctor loved to
stand in front of his shop and explain its
beauties to the gaping beholders. One of
these was s Irishman, who gazed at it for
a while with a comical look, and then ex
claimed: 'Och, and by the powers, doctor, if it
isn't fine ! But there's something a little
bit wanting in it."
"And what, pray, is that?" a.ked the
doctor.
"Why, you sec," said Pat, "you've got a
beautiful sheet of water here, and not a bit
of a bird swimming in it."
"Aye ! yes," replied the doctor, "that's
a good idea. I'll have a couple of swans
painted there ; woulderA they be fine."
"Faith, audi don't know but they would,'
said Pat; "but I'm after thinking there's
another kind of bird would be nore appro
priate." "And what is that ?" akcd the doctor.
" hy, I can't exactly think of Hi
jist now, but he's one of them kind of birds.
mat wnen he icings he cries, (Juack, quack,
quack, quack ;
lhe last seen- of Pat and the doctor, W;w
Pat running for dear life, and the doetor
after him.
The Pad-acah Fight,-
It is pretty certain that in the fight with
Col. Hicks at Paducah, Forrest got a good
deal the worst of it ; though it is quite like
ly that he made a tolerable good thing of
the venture by plundering the stores and
dwellings. It is known that the rebel loss
in killed was not far from 300, which would
make their total loss about 1,2001 White
they no doubt calculated largely on the
thieving part of the affair, it is evident that
this feature was not taken into the account.
Like the burning of Hampton, and other
acts of vandalism bv the rebels, the satiny
of Paducah caused the blow to fall chiefly
on their friends and sympathizers, who were
the principal sufferers. There is in this lit
tle to regret, though this poenli&rir.v in rIi-
el tactics may appear a little singular. Ken
tucky, by her divided allegiance, invites this
treatment, while she forfeits the svnmflrhv.
and, measurably, the claim to protection
which all loyal men would be disposed to ex
tend to her.
The Committee charged with the investi
gation of frauds in the New York Custom
house, will finish the examination of Mr.
Stanton and the blockade bonds. The com
mittee, it is said, has made sonw KtartJinir
discoveries already, despite the impossibili
ty of obtaining some imrortant witnesses.
1 he story is told, in connection with tho
labors of the committee, that a certain' reh-
el agent has recently succeeded in bringing
a cargo of cotton into New York consist
ing of seven hundred bales and .mdlinr it-
pocketing the proceeds. It is not necessary
at this rime, however, to go into the detail
of the investigation, though some of them
are told upon the streets.
Over one hundred conies of Iettersanrl
telegrams which passed between McCIellan
and the War Department during the last
year he was in command and omitted by
him in his published report, will be sent, hv
the Secretary of War to the Semite. They
will be printed as an appendix to his own re
port Among these are his Yorkfownhnasr.
of driving the enemy to the wall,and his an
nouncement, a few days before the seven
day's battles, that he was ready to go to
Richmond.
Ad vices through private as well it mil.;..
channels, leave little doubt that there is a
large amount of cotton in the Red river
country, which the military operations noti
on foot will bring out. It is for this reason
that the New Orleans market.
The key that locks the cotton
Shrpevcport, where the rclels are concen
trating, and where there will be a battle.
Two Duehmen got into a 'dispute jiJmitr
the English language, each one contended
that lie could command it the best They
made a bet a length and apixinted a judge
to decide between them. They were to utter
but one sentence each accordingly they be
gun. "Veil Chon," said the first. "d"i.l it.
rain to-morrow?" I 'kess it vas" said John.
Wasn't the judge in a quandary ?
An unpleasant development was maib in
Cincinnati the other rlarv concernintr ('ntwL
ba brandy. Responsible Vinters, declaring
that the pure article would
eight dollars a gallon, adding that there was
no genuine article ot the kind in the mark
et the ouahtv generally roM
pomace, whiskey and fusel oil.
Liebig, the illustrious die mi "St.. Kara rr
the subject of the oidium in vines and" the
potato disease, that the cause is not in tho
atmosphere as many people suppose, bat
in want of vigor and an rrhanstion of tho
soil, which defect may be remedied by the
use oi bone powder and ashes.
Larz Anderson, of Cincinnati, sends to
the East Tennessee Refugee fund a beonest
of five hundred dollars from the late Nicho
las Longworth, and adds thereto a gift of
two hundred and fifty dollars on his own ac
count. A London surgeon, it is said, lately put.
a dog to sleep with chloroform, and takinr-
out a piece of his skull, inserted a wath
crystal, through which he can see the
changes m the brain produced by tleep.
There is one thimr that sneaks when thn
tongue liea coldly silent, and that is. a goo!
deed done in days gone by. ' '