Jill 1 5 f r i "H BY S. J. 'BOW. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1865. VOL. 11.-N0. 35. m. if j 'p. w i ; -. ' t t a I f TERMS OF THE JOURNAL. The Rattsst an's Jocrsal is published on Wed nesday st 52.00 per annum in advance Aiiveu themests inserted at $1 .51) per square, for three or lesi insertions Ten lines (or less) counting a sqnare. For every additional insertion 10 cents. A deduction will be made to yearly advertisers. itemed Sivcctcvu. IRYTX BROTHERS, Dealers in Square A Sawed Lumber. Drj Good3, Groceries. Floor, Grain, U , Ae., Burnside Pa., Sept. 23, 1863. I FREDERICK LEITZINGER. Manufacturer of .11 kinds of Stone-ware. Clearfield, Pa. Or ders solicited wholesale or retail. Jan. 1, IS S3 -RASS A BARRETT, Attorneys at Law. Clear ly field-I11- May 13. ISM. l. J. CRAK8. : : : : : : . wai-tkii barrett. ROBERT J. WALLACE. Attorney at Law. Clear field. Pa Office in Shaw's new row. Market Mreet, opposite Kaugle's jewelry store May 20. tt F. NAl'GLE. 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C'lliee. SoutU-'.vtt corner of Second and Cherry Eiret. Clearfield, Pa. January 21, 1cj3. 'rnilOMAS J. M'CULLOL'GII, Attorney at Law. J CiearBeld. Pa. Office, east of the Clearfield Bank. Deeds and other le;;al instruments pre wired with promp tnes and accuracy. July 3. T B M'EN.VLLY, Attorneyat Law. Clearfield, J . Pa. Prsctices in Clearfield and adjoining eeanfiet. Office in new brick building of J.Doya jn. 2l streot. one door 9oth of Lnnich s Hotel. "J") ICHARD 5I0SS0P, Dealer in Foreign and Do J mestic Dry Goods, Groceries, Flour. R.tooii, Liq.iors. Ac. Kooni. on Market stract. a few doors vestol journilOfi-t. Clearfield, Pa. Apr27. r RRIMER A TEST, Attorneys at Law. Clear 8ld. Pa. Will attend promptly to all legal and oiher business entrusted t their care in Clear 8',J ud aijoining counties. August f. TSofi. "17M. ALP.EXT A URO'S, Dca!ers in Dry Goods, I roperies. Hardware. (Jueei.svrar. Flour. Eaoon. etc.. Woodlan '. Clearfield county, renn'a. Alio, extensive dealers in all kinda of sawed lum ber, tbicglcs. aud square timber. Orders solici ted. Woodland. Aug. lith, 1S03. riAOli EKANtJK HOUSE. Ihe subscriber A wou d respectfully inloim the citizens of Clearfield c mnty. that he has rented the "Tipton lintel.'" and will use every endeavor to accommo date thsj who may favor him with 'heir custom, lie will try to furnish the table wi'h the host the country c in afford, and will keep hay and feed to ncef.mmo. ate teamsters. Gentlemen don't to-get the '-Tipton Hotel." SAMUEL SMITH. Tipton, Pa , May 23, 1364. yiIIISKKRS! WHISKERS!-Doyouwanj W Whiskers or Moustaches? Our Grecian Compound will forc tlietu to grow on the smoth- t face or chin, or hair on bald heads, in Six WeeKg. Price, SI. 00 Sent by mail anywhere, losly sealed, on recript of price. Address, WARNER A CO., Box 13rf, Brooklin, N. York. March 20th. 1S55. B-ISriT NOTICE. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ) furrier, oftuc Comptroller oftiib CrRUENCY, J WAsai.faro.f. Janruary 3Uth, 1S53. ) f HEREAS, BYS.VTISFACTOR Y EVIDENCE presented to the undersigned, ithasbren ma e to appear that "THE FIRST NATIONAL BASK OF CLEARFIELD," in the Borough of Clearfield, in the county of Clearfield, and State r Pennsylvania, has ben duly organized under nr.d according to the requirements of the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide a National Currency, secured by a pledge of United States bon is and to provide for the circulation and re der't.tion thereof." approved June. .3d, 13!4, and complied with all the provisions ot said Act required to be complied with before commencing 'b business cf Banking under said Act ; : ' . tuerefore, I, Hugh MeCnlloch. Cotnntrol ier of the Currei,cy. do hereby certify that "THE F1UP NATIONAL BANK OF CLEARFIELD,' in the Borough of Clearfield, in the county of Clearfield, and State of Pennsylvania, is author Ixs i to commence the business Of Bauking uuder the Act aforesaid . In testimony whereof, witness my SEAL hand and seal of office, this 30th day of v-v-' January, A. D. 1855. HUGH McCULLOCII. Feb. S, 1S55. Comptroller of the Currency. BANK KTOTICE. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. ) OrrtCE OF THE CoHPTROLLKROF IHR CuRRF.XCT, , Washington, March Sth. 1S63. ) ATHEREAS, BY S ATISFACTORY EVI V dence presented to the undersigned, it has beert mad e to appear that "THF COUNTY N A TI"XAL BANK UF CLEARFILD," in the Bor ough of Clearfield, in tbe county of Clearfield ,.nd State of Pennsylvania, has been duly organ ised under and according to the requirements of tbe Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide National Currency, secured by a pledge of Ini tid States bonds and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof." approved June 3d. 1864, and has complied with all the provisions of said Act required to be complied with before commen ting the business of Banking underpaid Act; Not, therfore, T, Hugh McCulIoch, Comptroller ' the Currency, do hereby certify that '-THE COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF CLEARFIELD," 'n the Bcrough of Clearfield,: in the county of Clearfield, and State of Pennsylvania, is author 3ed to commence the business of Banking under Act aforesaid. ' ' In' testimony whereof, witness my (SEAL 'tod and sea! of office, this 2d day .of TMarsh.A.D.lSSi" - , ' - i hugh Mcculloch; - r Hk - Comptroller of the Cmxieney. LIGHT IE DAEKNE3S. O, God '. our way through darkness leads, But Thine is living light; Teaeh us to feel that Day succeeds To each slow-wearing night ; Make us to know, though Pain and Woe Beset our mortal lived, . That i ll at last in death lies low, And only good survives. Too long the Oppressors iron heel The saintly brow has pressed. Too oft the Tyrant's rourd'rous steel Has pierced the guiltless breast; Yet in our souls the seed shell lie. Till thou xhalt bid it thrive, Cf steadfast faith that Wrongshall die, And only good survive. We walk in shadow; thickest walls r Do man from man divide : . ,' Our brothers spurn our tenderest calls, Our holiest aims deride. ; ' Yet though fell Craft, with fiendish thought, Its subtlo web contrives. Still falsehood's textures shrink to naught, And only Truth survives. V rath elouds our sky, War lifts on high His flag of crimson sraiu ; . Each monstrous birth o'erspreads the earth In Battle's gory train ; . Yet still we trust:; in God the just, Still keep our faith alive. That 'neath Thine eye all Hate shall die,. And only Love survive. T "WIG IE AT It was midnight in East Tennessee, not the niirht of nature, but the inidMIe of that dark and detestable night during which that persecuted region was crushed under the 1 avis despotism. It was political mid night in Jjast Tennessee. It wm nearly twiiirht. when a youn? man and a joun eirl sat at the open window of a tine man sion near a pleasant little villa-re a village now almost swept out of existence by the Siweco-breatu of war. The girl was Mary C isham, an orphan, who. with her brother I! ichard, had inherit ed the splendid property of her parents, consisting mostly oi land and slaves. 1 he creater part of the slaves had been left tc her brother ; but the land belonged to them in common, and she also owned : a sum in Ijnuisville bank .-.hares. Her brother had taken up arms to protect his property, as be said, and he probably thought; and was then a Captain of Confederate guerrilla. Mary Bashani was considered a :great catch,' and it was certainly strange, if not improp er, in Mrs. (irundy's eyes,' that she should love that fair-haired young man who sat by her side at the open window, for Ernest 1'el der had no riches, except a fair share of talent, and a true, honest heart.- He was on!v a music teacher, anda Gentian at that. Consequently he was worse than a Yankee, and a marriage with hiui would be as bad a liiis-alliacce a-s Mary liasham could make.' "You are foohMi. Ernest," said the girl, as she plucked a flower from the vine and pulled it to pieces. "What is the Union to yon, that you are so anxious to make. your self a martyr for its sake? Uesidcs, what can yoa do for the Union by hiding out in the woods and mountains, and being hunted down at last, and hung or shot, cr impris e l? iSo far, although you have been sub ject to a-moyanees, you have escaped harm ; au'l now, it you will simply .submit to tne neT order of things, all will be well, and you will not be troubled." ."The Union is everything to me, Mary Basham," said the young man, "for it shel tered me and its Hag protected me when came to this country an exile; and under the Union I have enjoyed the fruit of my labor, and have been happy and contented. It would be worse than ingratitude to de sert it now, because I happen to be among its enemies." ' "Then you will leave me." said the girl, as she tore a flower passionately. "I must, Mary, unless you can be con vinced that it is politic as well as right to seek peace and safety on Union ground, liutthat is not to be expected, and I do not wonder at you, being a slave-owner. "- "O, bother tbe slaves,", broke in the im petuous girl. "They are more trouble than they are worth, and always were. IHek liasham is welcome to all cf them, if he wants them, except Ilessy and little Jim. I always felt as if I belong to them more than they belong to me, and the feeling is irksome. But as for those guerilla bands like that of Brother Dick's, they are a dis grace to the country, and ought not to be permitted. Dick has said he meant to bring ins gang of ruffian.? here some night; &nd give theui a supper as if I would stay in the house where tMese. wretches are holding their drunken orgies! I dared him doit. Humph! he talkts so much about the blood of the Bashams let him try tocommitsuch an outrage on common decency and he will find that there is as much blood of the Ba sham's in mv veins as in his. I will let master officer know that I am not to be frightened by him." The conversation was interrupted by a rough looking man, dressed in brown home spun, badly tattered,' and carrying a long ri fia upon his shoulder, who came hurriedly over the lawn toward the house. ' Hardly stopping to knock he entered the front door and pushed into the room where Mary Ba sham and Ernest Felder were talking. "Beg pardon, Miss," said lie, pulling a slouched hat from an unkempt head, and resting the but of his rifle upon the carpet ; "sorrv to come so.sudden like, but I havn't time for perliteness. Mr. Felder2 the guer rillas has been huntin' for you . in t he vil lage, and they, ken trot' So "there ain'fcjlo time for tradin' horses, ef you want to git off.".- ; --:t ,; - : 'Ithas come sooner than 1 expected, 3Iary," said Ernest, as he started up. "1 mut bid you farewell now. and perhaps for ever. If I can reach the Federal lines safe ly I will try to get word to you." ' ' : "No use talkm'. jJjoutthe;l'ederal lines now, JMr. Felder, " said ..the rough looking man, "for here's the guerrillas - - ? Aa he 'spoke, about twenty, horsemen, dressed in homespun imitation of the Con federate uniform, rode up the street, and halted in front of the mansion. -They were a villainous set to look at, and were armed with all sorts of weapons, from a hunting rifle to a fiint-lock pistol. At their head rode a young man in the gay uniform of a Confederate officer, whose seat in the sad dle was quite unsteady. ; "They are part of Dick Basham's gang" said Mary, as she coolly surveyed them from the window, "and he is drunk, again I'll be bound. It is enough to destroy any man's respect for himself to associate with such wretches, and I should think nothing could induce a gentleman as Dick liasham used to be, to do it." "Come, Ben Sterling," said Felder, who had hastily seized his hat, " we can yet es cape by the back way." . "No !" exclaimed the girl a3 her eyes shot fire. "You can do no such a thing, tor they have already surrounded the house. Come now you two, you are iner, and you have anus, and if.it comes to the worst, you know how to sell your lives deaily. But let me do my part first, for I tell j'ou that not a man of that gang shall cross this thresh old while Mary Bashaui lives ! Mr. Felder, give me one of your pistols." . , Quite overborne by the intrepidity and en ergy of the high spirited girl, Ernest Felder almost mechanically handed her a pistol. As quick as thought, the brought out, from au adjoining clos.ee a large can filled with powder, carried it into the hall, threw open the door, and stood there, with pistol in hand, proud and lefiant, and beautiful in her pride and defiance. Captain Basham, with four of his rough troopers, dismounted, and walked toward the house. The path was hardly wide enough for" the gallant captain, whom a commission as a lieutenant general could not have induced to walk in a straight line, lint he staggored on, until he was brought to a sudden pause by the ringing voice of his sister. "I lilt there, Dick liasham!" exclaimed the indignant girl. "What do you want here, with that pack of dirty hounds at your heels? None of your ragamuSn cut-throat' a shall enter this house j nor shall you until you are sober." ' ."Don" I,, be fooli.-h, Mary," hiccoughed the officer. "We only want that goldarued Dutch Tori' Abolition piano tuner,if he is j in the hms. He most fight for the South now. or hatiir." . .a "Erne.-t Felder is here," answered Mary, "andyho is no Dutch Tory Abolition piauo tuner, but a gentleman, and that is more than you are now, Dick Basham. lie has harmed neither you nor any one else, and has not meudlou witu your" jigger Or any other man's, and you shall not touch him while he is under my roof.','. ' "It is my roof as much as it is yours, Ma ry," persisted Dick, who was inclined to temporize when he saw that the "blood of the Bashams" was fairly up in his sister. "It is not; for you said the house was to be all mine while the war lasted, if I would let you have Jake and Henry. ' If it was not mine, none of your tliieving gang should ever enter it, nor shall you, as 1 told you, until you arc "sober." "Come on, boys,".- said Basham as he commenced to stacger toward the house. "My sister is carrying the juke too far. ,AVc are not to be turned from our duty by a girl. Make way there, Mary, for we must search the house." , "Halt there for your life ! his sister al most shouted, in a tone that caused the young man to stop . instantly. "Do you know thi can of powder, Dick Basham?" said she, as she pointed to it with her pis tol. , "And this?'' thrusting the muzzle deep among the shining black grains. "Now I warn you, sir, that if you or any of your thieves approach a step nearer, I will blow house and all to atoms, as far as this can of powder can doit." . "Hold, Mary!" exclaimed her brother, whom her desparate resolution had almost sobered. "For God's sake take your pistol out of that powder ! You are excited ; and the least slip of your finger would send you, and perhaps all of us, into eternity." ' "I am as cool as ice, Dick Basham." an swered the girl, "and my nerves are as firm as iron. Now mark me ; I give you until I count twenty to mount your horses and ride away from here. If you do not leave in that time, I swear to you by the blood of the Bashams, that I will fire the pistol into the powder. One two " "I'll be bound she'd do it, Captain," said one of the men. "I can see it in her e3e, and I reckon we'd better be goin'." . "Of course she would," said Basham, al most indignantly. "I would never own her for a sister of mine, if she hadn't spunk enough for that. . Well, she must have her own way this time, and we will have chances enough to catch the Dutchman." "We are going now, 3Iarv,' he continued, "but you will be sorry for this, and if you have so far forgotten your position and your duty as to fall in love with thatpiano tuner, both he and you shall pay dearly for it." ''Never fear but that I can take care of my position and my duty, Dick Basham," said the girl, as the guerrillas mounted their horses and rode away. - When it was-fairly night, Felder bade Mary liasham good bye, and went to the hills with Ben Sterling. Mary sent her boy Jim with them, to bring her word if they got off safely ; and when the boy returned she sent him back to their temporary hiding place, with two horses, and a supply of pro visions. - , . Ernest Felder, after much hardship and some narrow escapes, reached the Federal lines in safety. .Finding a number of his old friends in the cavalry force, some of them in hish rank, he joiued that arm of the ser vice f aud -as he had a thorough military education, and "was as brave. a3 a man can well be, his promotion was quite rapid; so that in the course of time ha was known as Major Felder, and was spoken of as a very promising officer. ' It was many long months after the mid night of East Tennessee, before the gleam of Union bayonets and the flash of Union sabres began to make a very pleasant sort of sunrise in that region. In the advance of the grand army, which at last carried re lief and protection to that persecuted peo ple was a fine squadron of cavalry, which occu pied, t fter a slight resistance, the vil lage near which Mary Basham lived. This squadron was commanded bv Major Ernest Felder. - : . Dick Basham had been killed while ma king a brave but desperate defence against the overwhelmi ng force of the Federals when they entered the village ; and his sister, al though she did not lvive him as she former ly had, was indignant at his death, and re solved to revenge it, if she could find a shad ow of excuse for so doing. So with the "blood of the Bashams" boilingin her veins, she seated herself at the window where she and Ernest had sat so many months before. More troops came pouring into the vil lage, among them an infantry regiment, all tired and hungry. An army on the inarch seldom treats very tenderly the country through which it passes', nor is discipline always preserved as it should be. Some of these men were excited by liquor, and others were foraging about as thef chose. A number of them made their appearance at Mary Basham's fine mansion, and com menced a raid upon the pigs and poultry. .Mary warned them off, but they laughed at her, and ordered her to; open the door, threatening to break it open if she refused. She again warned them off, and levelled her gun at the foremost man. The soldier laughed and advanced toward the door with a rail to burst it open. Marj- Basham cool ly sighted her piece, but as she drew the trigger a fine lookin? fair-haired officer rode up in front of the disorderly soldier just in tUne to receive the .bullet in his shoulder. He fell from hishore, and had only strength enough to order the men to protect that house, and. carry him in. It was Ernest Felder. , . . ' When Mary Basham saw who it was that she had shot, she quite forgot the death of her brother in this new calamity, and her coolness and firmness forsook her entirely. She did her best, however, to cure the wound she had inflicted, and the presence Oi tne wounuea omcer in tne nouse was tne best protection she could have had. It was two months before Ernest fully recovered, and when he was able to return to duty, Mary Basham felt that she was not forget ting her position in marrying the brave and talented officer. . "What's in a Kiss? "Mother, mother, kiss!" pleaded a little cherub boy, with blue eyes, anxiously searching his mother's usuall3T serious face, as she tenderly laid him upon his soft, warm bed, and lovingly folded the snowy drapery about him. "i)o kiss me, mother !" And the rosy lips began to tiemble, the tear drops to gather in the upturned eyes, and the little bosom heaves with struggling e motions. "MT little son has been naught- to-day," replied the mother sadly ; "how can I kiss those lips that have spoken such angry words I , Too much, too much! Dutiful fmother, relent ! The little heart is swelling, break ing with grief; tumultuous sobs break from the agitated bosom ; the snow-white pillow is drenched w ith penitent tears, and the lit tle dimpled hand is extended so imploring ly. Helen t ! 'Tis enough ! Once more the little hea l is pillowed upon the maternal bosom once more the little cherub form is pressed to that mother's aching heart, and the good night kiss of forgivness and love is given two-fold tenderer. A few moments and the sobbings cease, the golden head droops, the weary eyelids close, and the little erring one is laid back upon his couch, penitent and humbled by a kiss from mamma. What's in a kiss a simple kiss? Much, very much ! 31 ore potent than the scepter dearer to affection than countless wealth. Who has not felt its magic influence ? 'Tis the lover's tender pledge of undying con stancy ; 'tis a bond of friend-hip and fideli ty, and not only is it. dear to the youthful aud ardent, but also to old age, to the with ered heart and bloomless cheek.. High Price of Meat. The N. Y. World observes upon this sub ject, "Great complaint is made of the cost of meat, especially beef. Housekeepers cannot understand why it should be higher now than when gold was 270. The last re port of the agricultural bureau,' however, gives some interesting facts which go to show that there is a reason for high-priced meat apart from the value of the currency. It seems our stocks of cattle, horses, and swine, have run down during the continu ance of the war. Apart from ! the waste of great armies, grain, and especially hay, was so high that it paid farmers better to slaugh ter their animals in winter than to feed them. We now find that this destruction has been going on for so long a time that there is an actual scarcity of beef cattle. , The number of sheep have increased owing, to the con tinued advance in the price of wool. When a fleece is worth more than a carcass, farm ers will not send their usual supply of mut ton to market, and this has been the state of the case for the past year. Nor , is . the supply of cattle likeh to increase very soon. There will be a large demand for them from the South when the -war ' is inSnitly over, and this will tend to keep prices up all through the summer,- - ' Sambo had been whipped for stealing his master's onions. - One day he brought in a skunk in his arms ; says he, "JMassa," here's de chap dat steal oe onions 1 Whew smell him breffl" " : 1 - . ! HOW POLITENESS GOT A MAN A EICH WIFE. . One little act of politeness will sometimes pave the way to fortune and preferment, as the following sketch will illustrate: A sailor, roughly garbed, was sauntering through the streets of New Orleans, then iu a rather damp condition from the recent rain and the rise of tide. Turning the cor ner ot a much frequeuted alley, he observ ed a j'oung lady standing in a perplexity, apparently measuring the depth of the mud dy water between her and the opposite side walk with no very satisfied countenance. The sailor paused, for he was a great ad mirer of beauty; and certainly the fair face that peeped from under the chip hat, au burn curls hanging closely and unconfined over her muslin dress, migl t tempt a curi ous and admiring glance. Perplexed, the lady put forth one little foot, when the gal lant sailor, with characteristic impulsiveness, quickly exclaimed : "That pretty foot, lady, should not be soiled with the filth of this lane ; wait for a moment only, and 1 will make you a path. So, springing past her into a earpen'or shop opposite, he bargained for a plank board that stood in the doorway, and com ing back to the smiling ?girl, who was just coqueti.-h enough to accept the services of the handsome young sailor, he bridged the naiTow black stream, and she tripped across with a merry "thauk you I ' anda roguish smile making her eyes as dazzling as they could be. Alas! our young sailor was perfectly charmed. What else could make him catch up and shoulder the plank, and follow the little witch through the streets to her home. She twice performed the ceremony of "walk ing the plank," each time thanking him with one of her eloquent smiles, Presently our 3'oung hero saw the young lady trip up the marble steps of a palatial mansion, and disappear within its rosewood entrance. For a full moment he stood looking at the door, and then, with a wonderful big sigh, turned away, disposed of his draw-bridge, and returned to his ship. The next day he was astouished with an order of promotion from the captain, l'oor Jack was speechless with amazement. He had not dreamed of being exalted to the dignity of secoud mate on board one of the most splendid ships that sailed out of the port of ; New Orleans. lie knew he was competent, for instead of spending his mon ey for amusements, visiting theatres and bowling alleys on his return from sea, he purchased books and became quite a stu dent ; but he expected years to intervene before his ambitious hoies would be real ized. . His superior officers seemed to look upon him with considerable leniency, and gave him many a fair opportunity of gathering marine knowledge, and in a year the hand some, geutlemaiily young mate had acquired unusual favor in the eyes of the portly coiu lnauuer, Captain Hume, who had first taken the smart little black-eyed fellow as cabin boy. One night the young man, with all the officers, was invited to an entertainment at the Captain's house. He went, and to hi astonishment, mounted the identical steps up which two years ago had tripped the bright vision he had never forgotten. Thump went his brave heart, as lie was ushered in to the great parlor ; and like a sledge-hammer it beat again, when Captain Hume in troduced ' his blue-eyed daughter, with a pleasant smile as "thej-owng lady indebt ed to your politeness for a safe and dry walk home." His eyes were all a-blaze, and his brown cheek flushed hotly, as the noble cap tain sauntered away, leaving fair Grace Hume at his side. And in all that assembly there was not so handsome a couple as the gallant sailor and the pretty "ladie." It was only a year from that time the sec ond mate trod the quarterdeck, second only incomniand.Jandpartownerlwith'the'eaptain, not only iu his vessel, but in the affections of his daughter, gentle Grace Hume, who had always cherished respect, to say noth ing of love tor the bright eyed sailor. The homely but earnest act of politeness towards his child had pleased the captain, and though the youth knew it not, was the cause of his first promotion. So that now the old man has retired from business, Har ry Wells is Captain Wells, and Grace Hume, according to polite parlance, Mrs. Captain Wells. In fact, our honest sailor is one of the richest men in the. crescent city, and he owes, perhaps, the greatest part of his pros perity to his tact and politeness in aiding a lady Ao cross dry shod over a muddy street. -r Enles to hs Observed. Whenever "you take a gun in 3our hand, inquire if it is loaded. Should there be no person to answer yo, if: the gun is a muz zle loader,' place the butt on the ground, outside the left foot, having previously fix ed the hammer at half-ccck, and. holding the muzzle in a forward direction, clear of your person, draw the ramrod, and insert it gently in the barrel. . If there is a charge in you will feel the thud of the ramrod upon it, whilst the rod's upper end will project about three fingers' breath above the muz zle of the "gun. Should the piece not be loaded the ramrod will sink right down, and the broad metal end will soon announce the empty barrel by the tap against the breech plug. Never handle a loaded gun except for the purpose of discharging it ; and never at any time--either in jest or earnest point a gun at any living thing you don't deliber auy intend to kill. -Chambers Journnal. : Fhatos in Chicago. -rThe United States Assessor ef Chicago has pounced .upon a number of business houses in that city for making fraudulent returns of. incomes, and they were mulcted heavily by being requir ed to pay their full income tax and heavy fines besides. One - house v,was ebhged ; to Proclamation by the President. Whereas, By my direction, the Acting Secretary of State, in a notice the to public, ot the 17th, requested the various religious denominations to assemble on-the 19th inst., on the occasion of the obsequies of Abra ham Lincoln, late President of the United States, and to observe the same with appro priate ceremonies; but Whereas, Our country has become One great house of mourning, where the head of the family has been taken away, and be lieving that a special period should oe as signed for again humbling ourselves before Almighty God, in order that the bereave ment may he sanctified to the nation Aotc, therefore, in order to mitigate that grief on earth which can only be assuaged by communion with the Father in Heaven, and in compliance with the wishes ot sena tors and representatives in Congress, com municated to me by resolutions adopted at the national capital, I. Andrew Johnson, President of the Tj nited States, do herebs' appoint Thursday, the 25th day of May next, to bo observed (wherever in the Lnited States the flag of the country may be respected) as a day of humiliation and mourning. And I recom mend my fellow-citizens then to assemble in their respective places of worship, there to unite iu solemn service to Almighty God in memory of the good man who has been re moved, so that all shall be occupied at the same time in contemplation of his virtue, and sorrow for his sudden and violent end. In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal ot the Lnited States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington the 24th day of April, in the j ear of our Lord one thousand eight hun dred and sixty-five, and of the Indepen dence ot the Uuited States of America the eighty-ninth. l. s.l Andrew Jonxaox. r By the President : - ' W. Hunter, Acting Secretary of Stated 1 1 -i Three Enles for Good Eeading. First finish each word. I use the phrase in the sense of a watchmaker or jeweller. The difference between two articles, which at a little distance- look much the came, all lies in. the finish. Each wheel in a watch must be thoroughly finished ; and so each word in a sentence must be most completely and carefully pronounced. ' This will make read- . ing both pleasant and audible. Careful pronunciation is more important than noise. Some time ago I heard a person make a speech in a large hall ; he spoke distinct ly, and I heard every word ; unfortunate ly, he became warm in his subject, and spoke loudlj and energetically, and immediately his subject became an inarticulate noise. Secondiy Do not drop the voice at the end of the sentence. Simple as this rule may seem it is one most neressary to enforce. Lf the whole of a sentence be audible except the conclusion, the passage read becomes discontinuous, a series of intelligible por tions interspersed with blanks. Confusion, of necessity, attaches to the whole. Third ly Always read from a full chest. ' The reading voice should always be a complete coce tli jetto ; and the chest, which is truly the wind chest of the human organ, should never be exhausted. This is as important for the speaker as for the hearers, and for the hearers as for speaker. The voice is de livered with ease, and becomes agreeable. Singers know well the importance, indeed the necessity, of taking breath at proper places. Wonders of Geology. More than nine thousand . different kinds of animals have been changed into stone. The recess of genera of more than half of these are now extinct, not being at present known in a living state. From the remains of some of these ancient animals, they must have been larger than any living animals now known upon the face of the earth. The Megatherium, (Great Beast) says Buekland, from a skeleton nearly per fect, in the Museuui atMadrid, was perfect ly colossal. With a head . and neck like those of a sloth, its legs and feet exhibit those of the armadillo and the ant eater. Its fore feet were a yard in length and more than twelve inches wide, terminated by gi gantic claws. . Its thigh bone was nearly three times as thick as that of the elephant, and its tail, nearest the body, was six feet in circumference. Its tusks were admirably fitted for cutting vegetable substances, and its general structure and strength were in tended to fit it for digging in the ground for roots, on which it principally fed. , ' - Hoseby Too. ' ' It appears by." late dispatches that this desperate cut-throat has also been negotia ting for such a surrender as would afford him. and his britandentire immunity for all their malefactions. There will be a terrible -awakening from this season of folly. Our people are not in a mood to deal gentry with defeated traitors. Treason is scotched hit . not killed.. If -we;3hnit the bad tpeq 7$ have plunged this nation into war, ''t. fs sert their inflp-fnee in the South. We may just as well gefjready for another insurrec- , tion. . ,4ne itruole programme i wrong, v It , is a cnief otttrage upon our l'Vbig and dead ; soldiers. It is an outrage jponv the people-T. North who have sustainea tnose soldiers so faithfully during the war. It is an outrage-. m .i.:t. t i v- vpou great principle vuicu gave, giujj ly - the struggle. Our Government will stran gle this new-born danger which threatens us, and vindicate the majesty of that law, for which this great contest has been waged. :: Fkctts of Mobile Capture. Major General Canbt reports that there were over 150 pieces of artillery found in the works a ronnd Mobile, with large quantities of amu nition and- war supplies. . The 7 prisoners taken number about 1,000," and the cotton, eecured is about 3,000 balea. u' " -, ft 1-1 if. 131 t .-! U.'.i ' r V. Ill ! I- i i if, iff::. f I A l Tt it; IK.. 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