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M'CLURE & STONElPaiilbtem
Companies.
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TROSPEC . TUS
OF THE
- _ - 1420DITCLNG OIL COMPANY.
A PULL PAID STOCK.
100,000 SMILES. '
81MEIMUF1'ION PRICE $1.50 FEE Sims..
, - - WonSaNa CAPITA", $.20,000,
,T*Ciatier at this Company vrill be issued by the Coin.
- ,monweaith of Peansybtaths, under th eAet •
of April MA, 2559: .REAVCICE11.
JOHN M. RILEY.
-rEitstowt,
sJ L.' BPROGLE.
COOYOUATOrte,
• L. Sprogle, Thos. L. Gillespie,
.TIM.M. Riley, E. H. Nevin, of Carlisle, Prs.
ILE Vaasa, R. M. Riddle,
• - P. Houthworth.
Stock will be earning. at the rate of one per cent.
- per.motdb on the Subscription price from the rug day of
-,lke Ade aftbe Charter.
:The Properties of the Company are in fee simple, also
. lately, and clear of all incumbmnees.
NO. I. is a tract oft* acres of land, situated in Venango
qty,...CO Pennsylvania, fronting on the Allegheny River,
oci westerly bank, two miles below Franklin. nearly
~- opposite, and an range with, the break of lower Two Mile
cr-Vanitmen Run,.-which is, topographically, a cootnt-
Mani of the break of Oil Creek—now yielding seven bar
. _pie of Oil per day, without intermission.
, '
lea tract, containing 150 acres, with gocsi. new
Moose ;no ttcimthoreou, known as the Halloo: FARO.
.100 acres of which aro coder caltivallem, the remainder
well-timbered, situated Immediately back from the river
~and in the rear of the property above described. The
greater portion of this form is good boring territory.
- Contracts for boring wells on Tract No. I. can be made
upon terms thorpayarear shall not be rude until Oil is struck
- frarenstoteraang quantity, so confident are good and expe
rienced borers of the ample return which the territory will
"redone.
The surroundings are cf,the most desirable descriptions
011 , prodneinverritory. Adjoining Tract No. 1, are
,lhe celebrated "Lee 'Wells," immediately below, on the
acme bank of the river, are the widely known "Hoover
"shell"—one otwhich has yielded thousands of barrels du
'ring thepastthree years: while on Hannibal Island, and
on the opposite bank of the Allegheny, including the
..-"Hale and Morrow," " Lee." "Roberts" and. the "Smoky
City," are several largely producing wells,' all of which
are in the immediate neighborhood; while numbers of
lotbsksare in process of boring, on both Sides of theriver.
/e is proposed to bore two new wells on the river front,
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and others on the farm, with-as little delay as possible.
AAnntlernan of practical experience in the business—
lowing been actively employed in The Oil region during
*Li past five years—and - who is thoroughly qualified for
,qbe development of Oil temitory, will have the superinten
&pace of the operations of the Company. on these lands. U
_/n statingthe present yield of Oil from this property, the
-nom number of barrels is given in enter that the repre
notations now made may be fully realized, in the turn
- Pip of at least, one percent. per month on the subscription
Price of the stock, without drawback.
Persons desirous of making safe investments in Oil
78tOciks May rely on the lasting character of the Producmg
iPeli -mmd the consequent certainty of profit which attends
Oil Aspen:dim in this vicinity, along the Allegheny
Aileen A. IL M'CULLOII, Agent,
• Jattllati Comb- Val. 'Railroad Office, Chambersburg, Pa.
friLE JERSEY WELT 4 -011 , COMPANY
20 am !WARPS, AT 52,00 PER SHARE
PRESIDENT,
DR. ALBERT G. EGBERT,
of Penang° Comity,
VICE PRESIDENT,
,ABRAHAM MARTIN,,
of Philadelphia
rbirrA iND TREASURER,
M. BARLOW,
Of Ledyard Barimr, PhDadalphia-
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4 /218ED cras-r' PER MONTH ON 8500,000*
- - -41r - elilbreilto attendees of capitalists to this enterprise,
- ...tkaDireetrewhave no hesitation in expressing-iheir belief
iltisitheir.litrrn from It willies more certain and mare
Albaral
, - tbso from any new company now before the cam.
, The 'property of the company consists of the fel
' lotting:
- L Thteo-eights of the working interest In the eel.
Ittbrated Jersey Well, on the Hyde and Egbert Farm, on
Oilevek, with the acre of land On which the well Ls to.
-leaned. • This well has been dewing since early in May,
,186 L-at the rate of about three hundred and fifty barrels
daily, and is now flowing at that rate, tons yielding to the
".,,Cpsopatty between fifty and sixty btirrels daily, worth, at
prebentprieee, twenty thousand dollars per month, which
-will pay to the Stockholders in this COmpany,
Mors than Three per Cent. per Month
the start. There is room on the hand far several
mane wells, two Of which willbe immediately commenced
byiHe Company, and in which we shall have the same
Interest sato the .Yeraey. The character of this property,
hothead, it well known- it is only necessary to say that
.no well on it ban ever' failed In getting oil, while it has
already produced the Maple Slade, the tiequette, and the
Jersey.
NO. , 2 Twenty-flue acres in fce on the east side of the
.Alleglwm,y river, opposite the month of Big Sandy. This
,tactb= about forty rods' front on the river, and contains
- CVO aratittittel boring surfirce. Oil wells yielding large.
ly are fotmerneh this property ; among them the Hals,
'thalled &a
rer, ...The Company intend to proceed at o boe
to develop this line property, and feelsanguine of ECICCeSI.
NQ a A lease of fi fteen years on the 14'ro. B. Wilson
FsmA on Slippery Rock Run, In Lawrence County, Pa.
5,,6, rand 8 are also leases on Slippery Rock
fed, aonSainfag Eons hundred acres in all. They were
Agnaillo IA 40418% by Dr. Egbert, and continue for
jlelata from their.date. They secure to the Lassoes;
TalrStki, and 'oilier minerals contained in the 'hinter
_`likte right to divide and sublet, with all ether
amtprirZeges cemented with the business of mining
'Nal and other minerals, and reserve a royalty of
ofelrompeighth of said oil or minerals.
Thellippery Bock Territory is a new and only partial.
developed oil region ; but the success already obtained
ithaire'aitil on the Mahoning River, a few miles west, to.
'metier with the lirgenuardities of oil found north, south,
', c fiastettal wed fi t, lead us to hope that it willprove a sue
-1 oil reg
The Company have already an excellent engine, tools,
'lnd allnecessary firdtmSSonthegrotmds, with a well part
_Ay dawn, and shall mooed to develop the property as fast
iteleasellale.
"Paw lands and leases were all selected far oil, pup°.
leer by the Prondent of this Company, whose great success
,frathe oil business, sterling integrity, and force of charge
teeareioo well known to require comment here.
Subscriptions received in the office e.g.
LEDYARD -& BARLOW,
4119 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
V.s Limited Number of Shares me For Sale
awn for a short time at Oaks Linn's Ware
' Math Main St., Chambersburg.
mull ' D. BRAINERD OARS, Agent.
iIIURNING SPRING RUBLE FARM
OIL COMPANY.
.2J
CAPITAL $5,00,000
Aare:, 900,000.• Working Capital, $40,000
.Par, 89.50. Subscription Price $9 per share.
orFICERS:
A. B. LONGAKER, President
.14 &molt ErerrEß. Tll4lB.
DIRECTORS,
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1 1 1 ,42 7 03 a r61 = John White, Jr., New York,
',X Leileik er.N ' t'n, J. Hervey Jones, Pittsburgh,
r ',l,ClrfikC 11, Phtlada.,' .T.Allison Eyster. Phslada.,
Ale:iander B. need littaburet.
,
(4Eceleo.9A6 ,Sourl4 404 street, (first room,)
Philadelphia.
...Virtirs;—sl. per share et time of aubseriptiot, the halanee
thiety.4lAps.
.TEAM TO AND FROM THE OLD
com.:llM—The well known favorite Clytteatuilt
Imp Steamers of the ANCHOR LINE of SteamedPA,
"AITIEKNIA," "CALEDONIA," "BRITANNIA" and
"UNITED KINGDOM," are Intended to sail fortnightly
to isatLfrom New York, carrying passengers to and from
Glasgow, &Vast, Duihn , Watarford, Carla
lAsaarials, Galway or Lonflondcmj. These steamers4 - ere
tdditspeatally far thtrAtlantie trade, are divided into Iva.
rtek and alr•tight compartments.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
TA= New York to any of, the above Places Cabins',
:4429 and 8100; steerage, $45, payable in Amerjean cur.
Toliet!Yark from any of the above places : Cabins,
65 and 40; steerage, 825, payable in gold or equivalent
in American currency.
Those who wish to send for thair friends can buy tick
ets at these rates from the Agents.
IMA2iCIB MACDONALD &
6 , Bolding Grema,l.Neer York.
Jual4mos
LLER, HAMILTO &
-ANA. Co.,
Ravejust. received Mine cumortinaiii of STOVES,
'TIN, JAPANNED AND OTHER WARE. They ant
gateman*/ to so !ower than anybody else.
TAaMnittol3 4 / 7 N ROOPINCi, let quality material for 18
rapM P 42 , l Buare foot; 2d. quality 16 cents; 3d quality 14
ti. -
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TheY do SPOUTING cheaply ? well promptly.
They see out., Iron for Stove Pipe", and charge but 18
Oran pa DI:
- ,,(operand "twit .yon cannot do better with them th an
lifth sap other ettabttehroent
Woes reduced-to snit the ewes.
IMP TERMS.CABIL .42
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• BY ECLURE Sc STONER.
Sire4iroof *aim.
THE GREA T FIRE AT
CHAMBE4SBURG.
READ THE FOLLOWLND CERTIFICATES
Cal3ll EM:IBM% Aug 15,1564
Mars. Evans 4 Watson _
Genaemen: This is to inform you that the Safe pur
chased of you some time since was subject to the great
fire which consumed our store during the rebel intrusion
of the 30th of July last.
We are happy to say that after we had taken our safe
from the ruins, where it had laid fora period of three
days, and opened it, we found oar books and papers in an
excellent condition.
We would recommend your t3afes to - all parsons who
wish a good article. Yours, truly.
MILLER, HAMILTON & CO. '
CI3.I.3IBERSBLIAG, Aug. 15, 1864
Messrs. Frans er Watson:
Gentlemen: I with pleasure inform you that on opening
my Safe, purchased from you some time since, on Satur
day evening lust, justtwo weeks after the burning of our
town by the rebels, I found my books and papers in much
better condition than / expected on opening the books
and papers found them perfect. - My Safe was exposed to
great heat, on account of the annuity of oils and other
combustible matter I had In my cellar. 'Write you an some
of the paper that was in my Safe during the fire, that you
may see how well it was preserved. I will soon want my
Saferepaired, ma new one in exetw,ps.
Very respectfhlty, yours, 8. EYSTEII.
CIIABLBERSIWItG, Aug. 15, 1864.
Marrs. Leans 4 initrour
Gent/omen: In the dreadful fire which destroyed my
store and the greater portion of this tow, Whieh WWI
done by the rebels on the 30th of Jttly last .I bud one of
year Fire-Proof Safes, purchased from you some time
since, which contained my books, papers, &c.. After un
dergoing the violence of the flames, and falling some ten
feet andremaining in the heated ruins fora period of se,
sateen days, it wasmovered from - the burning maisand
opened.
I have the gratification to inform you that its contents
were preserved to an excellent condition, and as this Is
one of the many instances wherin your Safes have fully
sustained thegood qualities atributed to them, I feel it an
agreeable duty to render evidence of the foot.
Respectfully, yours, J. L. DECHERT.
CRAMBiESBURG, Aug. 1.5, 1864.
Messrs. Brans er Watson:
Gentles= This is to inform you that the Safe we
purchased from you some time ago was subjected to the
tire which consumed our office during the rebel invasion
on the' Oth of July last, We are happy to say that the
anfestood the test of the tiro well, and we recovered our
papers from it uninjured. Very respectfully,
CHAMBERSBURG, Aug. 26, 1864
Mum Evans 4. Watson
Galtlessen : I take this opportunity to inform you that
my Safe, which is a NO. 5 of your make, was in the great
Lire which destroyed this town on the 30th of July.
I now have the pleasure to state to von that after I had
taken the 'Safe ,from the ruins, where it had heen for a,
period of 10 days' exposed 'to an intense heat, En opening
the Safe I was pleased to find that all my papers, books,
and valuables came out uninlarod In the least, thus attest
ing the fireproof qualities of your Salamander Safes.
Yours, respectfally, COL. F. S. STUBILBAUGH.
(tore Safes of the same good quality on hdnd.and for
sale Also, Salamander, Fire, and Burglar-Proof, Nation
al Bank, Mercantile And Dwelling House Safes, Vaqt-
Doom for Banks and Stores, Bank Locksi-&e. - .
EVANS & WATSON,-
16 South 4th St., Phfladetpilia, Pa.
L. B. ETSTER, Agent for Chambersburg, Pa. sep23,
ASON & HA3ILIN'S
CABINET ORGANS..
MELODEONS were introduced smite twenty years
since, and were scf&eeded by the BAILMONIUMS about
nine years ago. The CABLKET ORGAN was brought
to Ito present state of perfevtion only in the summer of
1862.
THE AUTOMATIC BELLOWS SWELL
has great advantages over any other Invention of the kind,
is capable of enichfiner ejects than can be produced by
any other, and Is more easily used by the performer, and
excels especially in capacity for expression.
10" Please notice advance in prices.
CABINET ORGANS.—SLNGLE REED. •
No. 15. Four Octave, Single Reed, in Walnut' or
Oak Case
No. 16. The Same, in elegant Rosewood Case 135
No. 17. Five Octave, Single Reed, in Walnut or
Oak Case. 130
No. 18. The Sam 6, in elegant Rceewood Ca5e....... 160
DOUBLE REED.
No. 19. Four Octave, Double Reed, In Walnut or
Oak Case. 140
No. GO. The Same. in elegant Rumenorni Ito
No. 2L Five Octave, Double Reed, in Walnut or
Oak Case 170
No. Y. The Same, in elegant Rosewood Case. MO
No. M The Same, in Solid Carved Walnut or
Oak, with Walnut Carving&
Stx.sroe.
No. 14. Six Stop Cabinet Organ, In Walnut or
Cak Case. 303
1 13. The Same, in elegant Rosewood Case - 360
EIGUT STOP.
No. 12. Eight Stop Cabinet Organ, in N't;'alnut or
Oak Case
No. 11. 'The Same, in elegant Rosewood Case 500
No. 24. The Same, in Solid Carved Walnut.' 500
' PEDAL Base.
No. 10. Pedal BUG Cabinet:Organ, In Walnut or
Oak Case' 600
Cases of zetra finish on hand, or made to order.
'ELODEONS.
No. 5.. Five Octave, Piano Style, Rosewood Case. _.5150
No. 6. The Same, Portable, Rosewood Cabe.' 110
No. 7. The Same, Portable Walnut Case 95
No. 9. Four Octave, Portable, Rosewood Ca5e...... 75
117" Descriptive pamphlets furnished by the subscri
ber.
As Agents for Messrs. Mason 1c Hamlin we are enabled
to sell at their New York prices, and charge nothing for
freight
We have sold a number of their instruments, and am
give nuinerous satisfactory mferencea
S. S. SIIRYOCE, Agent,
Chamberstrarg, Pa.
TTORACE WATERS,
xi: - GREAT MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT.
Eighty New Pianos, Melodeons, Harmoniums, Alezan
dreand Cabinet Organs, at Wholesale and retail, Prices
low: _SECOND HAND PIANOS at great hugans,priees
irOtniMtO e 2.00. New 7 Octave Mums, V.Sit and-V75 ;
rwithOorred Legs and Mouldings, 8300 and upwards.—
:Molcidoostr, '56.5 to €2.50.
Largo Stock 'of SHEET MUSIC, MUSIC BOORS,
and all kinds of MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, and „Maxie
'Dfettbsathise at the lowest rates, 10,000 Sbeetd ofhluslc,
a little coiled, at 1 12 Cats per Page. ravv3o.l4
PROPOSALS FOR FORAGE.--enny
QIJAIrrER IdaSTElt's OFFICE, Department of went
Virginia, Cumberland, 31d., November /8, 1864.
SEALED PROPOSALS in duplicate are hfrited by the
undersigned for supplying the Quartermaster's Depart
ment in the Department of West Virginia at Charleston,
Parkersburg and Wheeling, West Va. Gallipolis, Ohio,
and the several Depots on the line el ' the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, as follows: Clarksburg, Grafton; New
Creek, Cumberland, Martinsburg, Harper's Ferry, Berlin,
Point of Rocks, and including Ifagerstown and Frederick
City, Md.; or either of those places, with Hay, Corn, Oats
and Straw.
Bids will be received for the delivery of three thousand
(3000) bushels of 9arn or Oats and BAN (50) tons of Hay
or Straw and upwards, and must be accompanied by stoo
p), of this advertisement.
Bidders must state at which of the above named points
they propose to make deliveries, and the rates at which
they will make deliveries thereat, the quantities of 'each
article proposed to be delivered, the time when t said deliv
ery shall be commenced and when to be completed. •
Corn and Outs to be put up in good, stropg sacks; Hay
and Straw to be securely baled.
All articles offered under the bids herein invited will be
subject to avigid Inspection by a Government Inspector,
before being accepted.
Contracts will be awarded from time to time tothe lowest
responsible bidder, as the interests of the Govemmentmay
require.
U. B. PIIALER, Sec'y
No bids will be considered from parties who have failed
heretofore to comply with their contracts.
All proposals must be accompanied by a guaranty, sign•
ed by two responsible persons, that in case the bid is ac
cepted, he or they will, within the time named, execute
the contract for the same, with good and sufficlent sureties
in a sum equal in amount to the amount of the contracts to
deliver forage proposed, in contlinnity with the terms of
this advertisement, and in male a bidder shall fail to enter
into the contract they to make mad the difference between
the dip of bald bidder and the next lowest responsible
bidder or the person to whom the contract maybe awarded.
The responsibility of the guarantors most be shown by
the official certificate of a United States District Judge or
Attorney, Collector of Customs, or other Government offi
cial, known by this elec.
All parties will be duly notified of the acceptance or re
lection of their proposals. -
All proposals must bo made in triplicate, and be accom
panied with the oath of allegianco of the party or parties,
unless it has already, been placed on file In this office.
The full name and post office address of each bidder
must be written in the proposals.
Proposals must bo addressed to Capt. J. G. Farnsworth,
Chief Quartermaster. Department of West Virginia, Cam.
berland, aid., and marked "Proposals for Forage."
Blank forma of -bids, guarantees and bonds =yr be ob.
Maned on application to this office.
Ail proposals received under this advertisement mitt be
opened and extuntnad atthis office on WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY of eacli , week, at IP. M. Bidders are re
spectfully invited to be present at the opening of bide, if
they desire. J. G. FARNSWORTH,
Captain and Chief Quartermaster,
deal4•if Department of West Virginia.
Vetrional Propertg - *alto.
FOR SALE.—A good STEAM ENGINE,
six horse power, ingood condition. Can be seen by
calling at B: Wood's Foundry. -
zep2l4l JACOB GARVER.
POR BALE•—A full course Scholarship
JL'ln the Quaker City Bull:tees College of Phlledelplale.
Apply at Wm oboe.
TOR PRINTING, in every style, done
a, the Office of Rao FRANKLIN REP TORY.
VICTORY VICTORY!
EVANS & WATSON'S
SALAMANDER SAFES
fiEIs'NEDY & NILL
Oituoival.
NO. 481 BIIOADWAIt, li.EW YORK.
Vroposato.
Enattbes anti 3etortrg.
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, &c
Having just opened a n ell selected assortment of goods
in nay, line, directly
- Opposite the Post Office, em Second Street,
where my old and I hope many new customers will find
me during business hours. 111 y old stock having been re
duced very suddenly on the 30th of July last, I was com
pelled to buy as
Entire New Stock of Goods,
which are of the latest styles npd patterns, consisting of
Gold and Silver (Imported and American)
Gent's and Ladies' Watches,
Jewelry of fine and medium qualities,
Silver Thimbles,
Napkin Rings,
Fruit and Butter Knives, ,
Gold Pens of fine quality,
•
Pocket Cutlery,
Razors, Strops andßrushes,
Silver Plated Spoons, Forks and Butter Knives,
Jett Goods,
Pocket Books,
Ladies' Purses,
_ Nail and Tooth Brushes,
Redding and Pocket Combs,
Lend Pencils, -
• Morocco Satchels,
Large and Small Willow Baskets,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
Violins,
Flutes,
Fifes,
Banjos,
Tamborines,
Accordeons,
Flutinas,
The nasortment of CLOCKS is large and of every va.
riety.
I have on band the HENRY REPEATING RIFLE,
which can be fired fifteen times in that many seconds.
Everybody should have one for self defence.
The public are invited to call and examine them.
PISTOLS on hand and orders Elid for any kind that
may be wanted. Cartridges of all sizes kept on hand.
From long experience Icon adapt Specteclecto the sight
of the old as well as middle aged. SPECTACLES AND
EYE GLASSES in Gold, Silver and Steel Frames al
ways on hand.
Having the agency for the sale of the celebrated BUR
GLAR AND FIRE-PROOF SAFE, Manufactured by
Farrell, Herring & Co., I will Su orders at the manufac
tures price. All information in regard to them given.
The public are invited to call and ezaiMine the stock.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired at low rates to
suit the times.
deel4 EDWARD AIIGILINBAUGH.
ELL HOLDEN, INVITES THE AT-,
tendon of every reader of thii paper, which includes
many thousand of his old patrons and acquaintances, to
his unusually large ane beautiful variety of A MTIRIC AN
& Imported WATCEIEES, CLOCKS, and elegant designs
of JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, Sc.
ELI HOLDEN,
ocerrly 708 Market Street Philadelphia.
/IMMO S & BRIDAL DIWENTS!
VV HENRY HARPER,
.NO 520, ARCH ST., PHILADELPELI, -
Has a large stock of
WATCHES,
FE CE JEWELRY,
SOLID SILVER WARE,
Supezior plated TEA SETS, SPOONS, FORKS,
sept:294mos
--tants an *4l:mo.
ROOT SHOE AIM VARIETY STORE.
lir P, FELD3IAN, having disposed of his entire stock
ofßoote, Shoes, &a, at wholesale, on the 30th of last month,
and finding it inconvenient to resume business at his for
mer place on Main street. I have just returned from the
City. with a A LARGE AND ENTIRELY NEW
STOCK,. to which he respectfully invites the attention of -
his old customers, and as many new ones as will be pleased
to give him a call, at HIS NEW STORE UN SECOND
ST., in CHARLEY KLINE'S bnek buildlng, nearly op
posite the Post Office. His stock embraces -every variety—
of Youths. Ladies' and hlen's BOOTS S. SHOES, which
for style of finish, and durability of. wear, cannot be sur
passed in the county, and which will be sold at prices to
suit the times. Having purchased THE LATEST STYLE
OF LASTS, he is prepared to make Customer work. at
short notice. btv the best workman in the county. With a
disposition to Ze obliging and accommodating, he hopes
to merit a liberal share of pstronago—without a desire
to monopolize, as his motto is, in Our comnipri eulamity, to
live and let leave.
Particular attention paid to al/ kinds of Re - pawing.
TERMS CASH, AND PRICES UNIFORM, WVTTH•
OUT EXTORTION
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Be has also on band, and for sale, cheap, Trunks, Va
lises, Carpet Sacks, Linnen and Paper Collars, Paper,
Envelopes, Ink-stands Steel Pew, det, &o.
N. 11—All rwrsotta knowing thmlionlvws indebted win
please tall and wake Immediate Settlement, Cult 1 may be
enabled to meet my former liabilities; in the City, attgqi-
IVO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
11 JACOB HUTTON'S BOOT he SHOE STORE—
The undersigned takes this method of returning his thanks
to his numerous customers, and the public generally, fur
the very• liberal patronage heretofore extended to him,
and hewn in his present raisforime In common with near
ly every business man in town, that he will still continue
tote remembered. lie has the pleasnro of informing the
public that he has opened his Store in the Basement of J
B. AfeEanahan's Ihodling, on Second Street; four doors
North of the Methodist Church, where be is prepared to
offer a general assortment of Men's, Women's and Clul
dren's Boots and Shoes, embracing his own and City man
ufacture, which, for exeollece of stylermd durability are
superior to and of his former stock, and will teeoffered at
prices to suit all. lie is in Weekly Receipt of Goods from
Philadelphia, which for beauty and excellence cannot be
surpassed South of the Susquehanna.
CUSTOMER WORK of every . variety done with
promptness.—As he employs rune but superior workmen,
he feels justified in guaranteeing all work made at his es
tablishment. Don't forget the place, Four Doors North
.of the Afechodist Church., Second Street, East Side.—
TRUNKS, of the latest style, from approved makers, al
ways, on hand, and fur sale at a very• small advance on
original cast. lang24l JACOB DUTTON.
iSobacro . ,ault *rgaro.
TACOBS' TOBACCO AND CIGAR
-ey BTORE.—Having re.ballt my Tobacco and Cigar
Stare on South Main street, (corner of Washington & Main
streets,) two squares from the Diamond, I would invite all
to call and examine my stock. consisting of
,CHBWING TOBACCO:
Congress, all kinds, - Cavendish,
Twist, all kinds, Rose Twist,
Flounder, Old Virginia,
Navy, Honey Dew, -
Michigan Fine Cut,
Anderson Shorts - Solace,
Talisman, Hart's Delight,
Plantation, Sunny Side, &e.
SNUFFS:
-
Rappee, Scotch,
SMOKING:
Large Hand, ' Big Lick,
Cut and Dry, ' Danville,
Lynchburg. Garaballli,
James River, Grant,
Mead, Sigel.
sap B 1 J. A. JACOBS.
RUSH STILL ON HAND.-TOBACCO
& SEGARB.—The undersigned has just returned
from the Cap with a complete-stalk of Tobacco-mud Sa
gars, inch as Natural Leaf, Michigan, Smoking Telma
cos and Pipes. Store on Queen Street. thiee doors from
the M.E. Church. Come, give him a LifL
a ng'2.l C. 31. BUSH.
1-ACOBS,& SMY S E R.
Manufacturer; and Wholegalc Dealers in
TOBACCO, SNUFF AND CIGARS,
No. 310 North Third Street, aborcVine, Weat Side,
Netl2-Iy] PHILADELPHIA:-PA.
J. D.Jacoue, late of Cbamb'g, Pa LIMY E. SYYSER.
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF TOBACCO
and SEGARS, wholesale and retail, at
SHAFER 44 STUART'S,
an Queen street, East of the Methodist Church.
attornego at Rai)).
& WW S. STENGER, ATTOR
.. NEYS AT LAW.—W. S. STE.tsorn, Did_riet At
torney and Agent for pm:airing Pensions, Bounty money
and arrears of pay.
Office in James Duffield's dwelling, on the Wet side of
Second Street, between Queen and Washington Streets.
angii4
STUMBAUGII & GEIIR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW.—Ogee opposite the post Other. Will at
tend promptly to all business entrusted to their rare.
P. S.—Authotized Agents for the collection of Pensions,
Bounty, Back Pay and nit other charts against thc ern
meat. isepl4
WS EVERETT. Attorney at Law.
• Office on Market Street, opposite the Court
House, formerly occupied by ler. Cook, Esq. Ali legal
business entrusted to his Cate win receive prompt ntten
thm. tep7.ll.
JOHN STEWART, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
onift on Second Street, a few doors South of the
Market Rome. PENSIONS, BOUNTY and other claims
promptly Collected. ktug3l
,
Xi/ CLAIIKE, ATTOI:NEY . AT
LAW, Chambersburg. Office (at the elitplaoe,) on
lidarket Street, neatly opposite the Court 1101190. isert2.l-(ini
TJ. NILL, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Of
• rice at his residence on Second street. cetl9
B. KENNEDY, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
1 • Once on Market street octl9
i l lUoicia,ns.
J. C. NICHAP.Ds, .If. D. /NO. MONTGODF.RT, Si. D.
RICHARDS & IKONTGOMERY have
=sedated themselves, in the Practice of Medicine,
and have taken an Odin in the late residence of Jacob B.
Immediately oppoilte the Presbyterian Church.
All persons Indebted to i Ather of the above, will please
make early settlement. of the same. tang.244l]
Ds• • EL'BOYLE will attend prompt
ly to on Fofooskow 'calls. Office In the Vestibule
of the New Eiebool 'Lowey* vr the Jail. taug24.
CILANBERSBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY; JANUARY
,$5, 1565.
pulAin itizitorg.
Washed in the blood of the brace and the blooming,
Snatched from the altars of Insolent foes,
Burning ssith star-flres, but never consuming,
Flush its broad ribauds of lily and rate.
Vainly the prophets of Baal would rani it—
Vainly his worshippers pray for its fall;
Thousands have died for it, millions defend it,
Emblem of justice and mercy to all.
Justice that reddens the sky with her terrors;
Mercy that comes with her white-handed trails,
Soothing all passions, redeeming all errors,
Sheathing the sabre and breaking the chairs)
florte on the deluge of old usurpations,
Drifted our Ark o'er the desolate seas;
This was the rainbow of hope to the nations,
: Torn from the storm-cloud andilung to the breeze
.
pod bless the Flag and its royal - defenders,
While its broad folds o'er the battlefield wave,
Till the dim star-a - reatlrrekindle its splendors,
Washed from its stains•in the blood of the brave.
" Oh, sit ! Is there truly no , other way 7"7
" I tell you no, there, isn't ; and it pretty ques
tion to ask, at this time of day, and of me, who
am just throwing away thousands of dollars on a
=whim of Hiram's. Hanged if I would, though, if
there was a ghost of a chance for getting the mon
ey," he added in a low voice; then, aloud—"Youmight think yourself well off to pay a debt so
easily, and then jast go on the same in your luxu
ries as if Charles Creighton had never owed a
dollar."
"So easily!"
There was despair in the tones and in the an
guished face raised to his, but the old.maii's heart
was not made to melt at aught like this. ' ,
" Easily !" he mocked. " Why : yeti: I fancy'
most women would think so. Wu* is' not a
man to be despised. And if he's, enout *in . love'
to take a couple of helpless brats" along
wife, and all three as poor as poverty itself; and
deep in debt, I don't see any reason why you
should complain. Anyhow your choice is a fine
husband and splendid home, or the poor-house;
and I advise you to think twice before you take
your children there, though you may like it your
self well enough."
" God helyme I" the poor young widow moaned
as the stern old man strode away. " Has it came
to this at last? Can Ido this thin for Charley's
children? What would he say, wthild he approve,
if looking down on me to-day ? . Oh, Charley,
Charley! Why did you leave me to this fate ?"
Truly there seemed to be no help for her.
Reared-in lilaury, and taught no useful thing, and
now, too feeble in her broken health to put such
knowledge to use had she possessed it, she saw
herself deprived of her sole protector, and with,
two helpless little ones clinging to her about to be
driven from her home. The alternative , . was
marriage with Hiram Ellis, son of the man WIZ . ;
six months since, just after the overwhelming ti
dings of Charley's death had arrived, had claimed
-to hold control over the estate and property which
she had never till then dreamed was other than
" alisolutely hers and her children's.
Friendless, grief-striken, feeble in mind and
body, she could not dispute this claim. Tier law
yer reported that it was fully Substantiated by the
papers produced, and, though he united with her
in wondering why and how Charley Creighton
hail placed himself se entirely at the mercy of the
miserly old money-lender, wondered especially, in
private, that he should have gone away leaving
his family ignorant of the claim, and liable to be,
as they were now, distressed by it in the event of
his death, he could not disprove it, nor prevent
its enforcement..
Charles Creighton had been an orphan from an
,nrly ago. 111 , eNtiV , , actui the adopted child of- a
city merchant, reputed rich. all kis hie, but who
finally died intestate. ' His own family had then
at once repudiated one whom they had always
jealously regarded as an intruder, - and she would
have been - very helpless if a protector had not ap
peared in the person of Charley Creighton. He
had long loved her, and when he brought her to
his beautiful home as his wife, she repaid him by
pouring out upon him a fullness of love—gratitude
that would have been a compensation for a much
greater sacrifice than he nad made in thus seenv
ing his own happiness.
This happiness had been; unbroken during the
five or six years of their married life, until, soon
after the opening of the war, Charley had felt it
his duty to enter the service of his country.
4 . We who, are rich," *said to Cora, "have
surely no right to urge others less endowed with
this world's goods to sacrifice personal interests
and lay their lives upon the altar of theircoontry,
while we remain idly at home, in the enjoyment
of the luxuries which are secured to tai by their
hardships, and perhaps_by.their lives. It is right
for we to go; and you must notgainsay me, Cora.
It is for you to be brave, as well as for me."
Making every arrangement for her comfort
during his absence, and even leaving written di
rections for the management of her affairs in the
case of his death, he yet, strangely enough, as it
seemed, made no allusion to this claim of the
money-lender Ellis, which new threatened to Swal
low up his entire estate, and leave Cora and her
children beggars. This was the one ugly point
in the money-lender's case; but he got past it. in
his interview with Cora's lawyer, by saying - that
Charley Creighton had borrowed the money to
advance some speculations which hadjailed, and
he had therefore been unable to meet the pay
ments. Being dead, Mr. Ellis, his creditor, had
no resource except to take possession of his gm
perty, which had been the original security for
the, sum advanced.
There was an outside appearance of fairness,
and there was uo disputing the legal claim. Cora
and her children were preparing to leave. their
home, entirely ignorant of the world's ways, and
without shelter save such as might be- offered by
charity The lawyer had hinted ata pension, but
Cora shrink from making application for what,
must seem like blood-money, and besides the time
had not yet arrived when her claim could he heard.
There seemed no resource for the widow and or
phans, when suddenly Mr. Hiram Ellis made his
appearance upon the scene.
Cora had never met this young gentleman ex- cept when he had called to solicit an interview
upon his father's business, on two or three o cca
alone.
What was hersurprise then, when approached
by thismihn with an offer of marriage--she whose
heart seemed buried in that unknown gmvo where
her r young husband lay, who felt herself no, less
his wife than before the band had become merely
a spiritual one.
- Tht , agony of tears and reproaches with which
her dawning consciousness of the meaning of Mr.
Hiram's proposal wan folloWed, greatly astonished
and disconcerted that gentleman. That any lady
~ hould weep, except for joy, on learning that such
an honor an that of an alliance with him was in
tended her, was something quite beyond his com
prehension, and when that honor was accompa
nied by the proposition to settle upon her the el
egant mansion and fine estate that had belonged
to Charles Creighton, it was indeed quite past
belief that proper appreciation and grateful no
ceptance Should not follow.
But Cora did make him understand at hist that
his proposals were not only unwelcome; but re
garded by her as positively insulting. Never had
his self low received such a wound: He'left the
house, wifili indignation and disappointment war
ring in his breast.
But he was not ready to relinquish the coveted
prize quite so easily. He had determined that
Corn should be his wife, and had indeed displayed
an unwonted generosity. It was much for a man
who had undergone .his training, and to whom
money had hitherto been the chief good of life, to
be willing to make such settlements upon a wife
as he proposed, and besides to encumber himself,
without reservation, with the children of a former
husband. _
Ho possessed, however, the idea too common
among persons not endowed with delicate pre
eeptions, or refined ideas, that death diasolvea the
marriage bond, and that widows are never averse
to matrimonial proposals. It is not denied that
there may be much cause for suck belief; but
there are women whose heart's widowhood is
perpetual, and to whom the.mention of a second
marriage is , a wrong that nothing can palliate or
excuse. Cora was one of these.
When 'Hiram knew that be had signally failed
in his efforts, he sought his father to pour out to
him the story of his ill success. It was with dif
ficulty that the old miser bad been brought to
(ion SAFE THE F:LAG
lIT OLIVER 1VF......1)ELL HOLIEC3
A THWARTED PLOT.
fIY MARV. C. vAu6nAs
yield to hih 8013% wishes in respect to the prop
erty. The prOposal of settling it upon Cora• had
been stoutly r
Hiram promised that- her children should be ex
pressly excluded from the inheritance. As, -in
that case, the property, would in fact, if not in
mune, remain". in Hiram's possession, he finally
gave his consent.
It was now equally difficult to convince him
that Cora had spurned the offer, which seemed
to him must be tempting to any woman. •
"I guess you're mistaken, Hiram," he reitera
ted. "The Woman ain't a fool, and she mast see
the advantage on't. To keep her home and have
the privilege of bringing up her children in it,
ain't an offer that any but an idiot would say no
to. I guess your mistaken, or else you did not
calculate enough on the skittishness and contra
riness of women. Why, my wife, your mother
that was, kept a-saying 'no' till I really believed
she meant it, and was a-going to give up. But
when her father found it out, I tell yon the Old
man was nand, and he just let her know that he
wasn't a-goingto stand no such nonsense. And
then she gave in, as mild as a kitten when you
smooth her fur the right way. I never hears' a
bit of nonsense from her from that day 'till the
day she died, just two years after."
Hiram received this bit of history with a grim
smile. He did not think his father's manners nor
his home liable to Cultliate - nonsense in any one
who feltihe rigors of them. And he had always
indulged ,a suspicion that his poor young mother
had faded 'and withered away in the gloomy at
mosphere in which his own youth had been passed.
The result of his conference with his father
'was, that the old man undertook to bring' Cora
to reason. leit'sure of success. "She was
cute ens & to understand her own interestwhen
she marri young Creighton rather than go to
the poor-housii, Whei the folki down to York cast
her off; and here's 'my Hiram, a thousand times
likelier and handsomer than that pale-faced fel
lerv, and will be richer too, and 'tain't no ways
likely she's going to let him slip."
Thus be argued, but was surprised to'Endlis
promises false, when, after a half hour's distress
ful interview with the young widow, he left the
door baffled.
He hardly knew what to counsel, but finally
advocated a cessation of hostilities.
"Give her time to think on't,'! he said. "I ex
pect she's just took by surprise. Wait a little
and she's sure to come round."' And his advice
w:•: literally carried out by the anxious Hiram,
date ' .ed, now, not to lose his prize.
A who month's ,respite was gained. Cora
was too illin mind and body to profit by it, how
ever.. But she forgot Hiram and his suit, deem
ing her answer final, and absorbed in her grief.
Stie-ww" not a heroine, with strength for any
emergency and courage for any fate; • but simply
a weak, yielding woman, without a bit of practi
cal talent, and utterly unskilled in any art by
which she could have provided for herself and
children, even if she had not been so feeble. She
was simply glad of the respite, and waited, terror
stricken, for the turning of the next page in her
destiny.
The month was over, and then the blow fell—
two blows, in truth, simultaneously.
She awoke one morning to find little Charley
dangerously ill, and while she was hanging over
him in an intensity of anguish and despair, a note
arrived from Mr. Ellis, starting, in brief but un
mistakable words, that she must leave her hoine
within a week, or consent, within the same time,
to become thewife of Hiram. Later in the day he
called and repeated this his filth:datum, In vain
she urged the illness of her child—he was inexora
ble—either she remained in the house as the wife
of his son, or vacated it in a week.
Cora had yielded all her life to wills stronger:
than her dwn ; andler affections were absorbing,.
her chief motives of exertion and sacrifice. Per
haps it is not wonderful that she succombed now. ,
Hiram came to her and was at once peremptory,
and kind. Peremptory in demanding that his,
father's ; will should be carried out—he was cun-
ning enough to keep his own out of eight—and
kind in sympathizing words, and helpful acts, fa ;
ly appreciated by the young mother.
" I will do as you wish," she sobbed at last
"Perhaps God will let me die soon, and Charley'
win know that I did it to isltsc his boy ;" and size
returned at once to the side of her sick child.
From that hour she never left him until the
fatal morning dawned that was to see another
installedln Charley's place. •
"It is for his sake, for his sake," she murmur
ed, continually, as she watched the awful progress
of the disease, and knew that only the utmost
care, and skill, and quiet could avail to save the
little one, " I ought to shrink at nothing . for
Charley's : children ;" for so, since the tidings of
his death, she had always spoken of them—a sa
cred charge of him who was gone.
The morning had arrived and the servant,
charged by Mr. Hiram Ellis, with the task, came
to announce to Corn that she must prepare her
self for the ceremony, which awaited her. Leav
ing her darling in the care of the skilled nurse,
she stole away, pallid as the dead and trembling
in every limb, to the chamber, where her bridal
robes had been placed ready for her. Calmly
she looked °upon them, and quietly she began to
prepare for these strange nuptials—it was the
calmness of despair, and she had nerved herself
for the sacrifice.
Standing before her mirror arranging the beau
tiful hair that had been Charley's admiration and
delight, she saw enter the gate, and come slowly
up the avenue, a maimed, and halting man, in tat
tered garb. She might hare observed him more
closely, but just behind came Hiram and his fath
er—the old. Irian in the faded old-fashioned suit
that hadaerved for many years for his rare j holi-
day wear„, and the bridegroom pranlied gaily in
shining newness of apparel, and with a rose at
his button-hole.'
They had come, and her shuddering hands for
a moment dropped from their task, and all her
shining hair fell like a veil about her. She saw
them come gaily up the avenue, and stop to speak.
with eetures that seemed of threat, to the man
wholoitered by the way. Apparently they or
tiered• him; away, and he shrunk from their pres
ence, and, as they left him, sat down upon a
bench beneath the shrubbery. She paused for
no more, but went on with her task, which she
had just completed when she saw the cleVgyman
who - was to perform the marriage service enter;
and as he passed the drooping, figure on the bench.
stop to speak to him. Ancither moment and the
-two came swiftly toward the house.
The supreme moment had come—the sacrifice
was about to be lemnaurimated, and the fell upon
her knees in iS new access of terror. Her prayer
waiir- interrupted - by loud voices from the lower
rooms—exclamations, oaths, and the trampling ,of
feet. In another moment her door was thrown
hurriedly open, and - the stranger stood upon the
threshold.
One cry of terror burst from her lips, followed,
all quickly, by one of joy. It was Charley—pale
and m rags, but Charley still—who stood there,
and she lay sobbing upon his bosom Had lie
risen from the dead to save her I
An hour later, the house forever freed from the
presence of the .Ellises, the husband and wife sat
side by side, and tried,to talk calmlyover all that
had passed. Charley had returned to her front
a prison, almost worse than the grave where she
believed be , lay—and already the boy, as if re
ceiving •new life from the thrill4S joy that ran
through the house, showed signs of improvement.
" And you had his receipt all the time," Cora
was saying, "and were no longer indebted to
him." I '
'Yes, and had instructed him to give up:th'e
bonds and deeds, placedin his hands for security
to my lawyer," answert i kl Charley. " When he
heard I was dead he conceived this scheme, deciu
ing himself secure agitiust detection. A • good
Providence has thwarted his plot, saved yOu from
terrible fide, and us an from misfortuneawOrse
than death.
A - NECDOTE OFV. 'JACOB GRIIBEII
A correspondent of the New York Christian Ad
rotate furnishes that paper with the foll Owing an
ecdoto 6f the late Rev. Jaeob Gruber:
•
Your recent editorial allusion to the late Rev.
Jacob Gruber, of the Baltimore Conference, brings
to my remembrance a somewhat amusing anec
dote of him,• which, very possibly, you may think
proper to give to your readers. I had it from the
lips of persons who were on the spot, and who,
consequently, were eye and ear-witnesses of the
transactioninarrated, tt is not, therefore, like too
many anecdotes, "gotten up" for the occasion.
"Father -Gruber," it is well known, was rather
a stickler for.plainness, in every thing, and espe
cially in apparel. N o thing could be more oftem.
dye to him than any, even the least, disposition.
to copy the fashions of the world. Being at the
time--sartbirly-fire or forty years since--e pre.
aiding elder, be, attended a iramp.meeting held in
the neighborhood of Franklin, Venango county,
Po. It was about the time a certain kind of fe.
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male attire, then known as the "penicosit, aid hag
it," came first iribi'fonable, and then general,
use: The litter article' simiewhat resembled a
gentleinge l& eeatee,. and, associated ,with theothei
article, rather tended to Ogrneeful display of th#
female form. Some Of theubetter sort" of Meth;
odist young ladies, dress..o4 after the
r the u,'ew lB h i° l
attended the camp- ineetorg Oa ( Penton. ',,„, l " t e .
appearance attracted the byno means favprab
regards of the presiding. elder. So displeased
was lie, indeed, that he determined, if possible, to
inflict upon them apublia mortification. The Op',
portunity soft occured. Diring some of the social
exercises, these . young fasiionah/es, grouped teL
gether, were singing shy= very popular Omit
those days, but much less so, l am happy to sa',
in these modern times—of which the last line ,of
eac.h verse was a kind of chorus--"I want to, get
to heaven, my long sought rest;" in which they
were most cordially joined by the presidh . igelder
They perceived him in their midst, and, inspired
with the presence of .so distinguished a function
ary, sang on with more than ordinary zeal and ps
nos: At length, however, it war. discovered by
those standing next to him, that when the presi=
ding elder came to the closing line,of the verse,
instead of "following copy," as th printers snY,
he sang, "I want to get to heaven, Mid my /on ,
short dress!" As fast as they detected the vari
ation, they stopped singing ; first one, then another,
and then another; till all had dueled save the elder.
But so far was he from stopping, that ,he really
seemed to acquire momentum, from progress: so
that when he had engroated" the entire attention
of the wholOsocial circle, he was still tinging" st
the top of his voice, and to the unutterable cha
grin and mortification of the young sisters. "I
want to get to heaven, iffith my long short dress!"
It is hardly necessary to add, that the "long, short
dresses" were quite scarce during the rest of the
meeting.
..11E3S6RICABLE FOErNTAIIS na nom:in.—To--
king a narrow path we crossed through some
dense underwood, and, all at once, stood on the
tanks of the Wakuna Spring. There was a ba
sin of water one hundred yards in diameter, al
most circular. The thick bushes ware almoit
growing to the water's edge, and bowing their
heads under the nnrippled sakace. We,stepped,
into a skiff and pushed off. Some immense fishes
attracted our attention, and I seized a spear to
strike them. The boatman laughed, and, baked'
me how far beneath the surface I supposed - they
were. 1 answered about four feet. He assured
me they were at least twenty feet from me ; and
it was so. The water is of the most wonderful
transparency. Dropping an ordinary pin in the
water—forty feet deer -we saw its head with
perfect distinctness as it lay on the bottom. "As
we approached the centre I noticed a jagged,
grayish, limestone rock beneath us pierced with
holes; one seemed to look into unfathomable abyss.
From its gorge comes forth with immensevelocity
a living river.
Pushing . on just beyond its mouth, I dropped. a
ten cent piece into the water, which is one hun
dred and ninety feet in depth, and I clearly sawiit
shining on the bottom. This seems incredible
I think the water possesses a magnifying ovier,
„for I am confident that the piece could not be seen
so distinctly from a tower one hundred and nine
feet high. We rowed to the north side and mai
denly we perceived in the water fish which we're
darting hither and thither, and long, flexible roots,
luxuriant grass on the bottom all arrayed in the
most beautiful prismatic liner The gentle swell
occasioned by the boat gave to the whole an'uan
dulating motion. Death-like stillnessreigned
around, and a more fairy scene I never beheld.
So great is the quantity of water here poured
forth that it forms a -Ever of itself large enough to
float flat-boats with cotton,' The planter who
lives here has thus transported his cotton so St.
Marks. Near the fountain we saw some of the
remains of a mastodon which had probably drank
from it. The bones were of immense size, and
showed the animal to have been one of the largest
of hisclass.—Traiels in Florida.
EARLY DESCRIPTIONS OF OIL SPRINGS.—
The following passage, copied from the Massa
chusetts Magazine, for July, 1792, may interetsi
those who have struck,-or are expecting to *Arlo
"ile:"
In the northern parts of Penrulyivania there is
a creek called oil creek, which empties itself into
the Alleghany river, issuing from a spring, on the
top of which floats an oil similar to what is eall,
ed Barbadoes tar, and from which may be calm;
ted by one man, several gallons in a day. The,
American troops, in marching that way, halted
at the spring, collected the oil, and bathed their
joints-with it. This gave them great relief, and
rid them immediately from the rheumatic com
plaints with which many of them -were affected:
The troops drank freely of the waters ; they ope- ,
rated as a gentle purge.
There is another spring in the western part of
yirgin4, as extraordinary in its kind as the one
just mentioned called the Burning Spring, It
was known a long time to the hunters. They
frequently encamped by it for the sake of obtain.
ing good water. Some of them arrived late one
night, and after making a fire, took a brind to
light them to the spring. Oh their coming to;
fire dropped from the brand, and in an in.
stant the water was in flames, and so continued,
over which they could roast their meatas soon as
by the greatest fire It was left in this situation,
and continued burning for three months without
intermission. The fire was extinguished by ex..
eluding the air from it or smothering it.
,The
water taken from it into a vessel will not burn.
This shows that the fire it; occasioned by nothing
more than a vapor that ascends from the water.;
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- A QUEER. CAsE.—The Altoona Tribune has
the following.—" The substance of the subjoined
item came to our ears some weeks since, and has
been noticed in a few of our exchanges, but being
unable to obtain satisfaction as to the reality of
the case, we 'refrained from publishing anything h
in relation to it. Having '.recently, however, 're
ceived a history of the case; with the names of
the parties, from a reliable source. we give itta
place. It appears that with one of the companies
organized in this place, (for the nine montlyi ser
vice,) in the summer of 1862,went a man who
• left a wife andsmall family. On the Bloody field
of Antietam he fell, was buried, and his wife af
terwards had his body disinterred, broughthorae,
and re-interred in the soldiers' lot in the Cenie
tery. A year afterwards she married agiin, and
in due time a child was born, the fruit of the. sec
ond marriage. 'When the call for 500,000 troops
was being filled up last fall, the second hnsband
enlisted and is now in the army. A short time
since, the first husband returned,, alive an 4 well,
having been taken prisoner at Antietam Instead
of being killed. He had been held by the Rebels
until the late exchange at Savannah. Of coarse
the parties are in a queer fix; but all will A gree
that the soldier who was - once - killed, twice bur
ried, starved two years in - Rebel prisons, tpldiyet
came home alive, is certainly entitled to his wife.
" Trtith is stranger than fiction." The query is
"who was buried in the Cemetery I"
THE Savannah Republican, of the 29th ult.,
contains the proceedings of a public-meeting cql-•
&I jay the Mayor and a large number of influential
citizens, to take into consideration matters refit.
64 to the present and future welfare of the city;
Resolutions were adopted to the following effect:
let. That we accept the positive surrender of
the city, and in the language. of -.the President of
the United States, seek to have peace by laying
down our arms and submitting to the national an
thority 'under the Constitution,-leaving all que*--
riens which-remain to be adjusted by the peaceful
means of legislation, conference and. votes.
2d. That laying aside all differences and bury- -
ing bygones, we will me our best endeavors to
bring back the prosperity and commerce we Once
enjoyed.
3d. We do not put ourselves in the position of
a compered city asking terms of a conquerOr,
but chain the immunities and piivilege4contained
in theyroclamations and messages of the Presi
dent and all legislation in Congress to a people'
situated as we are.
4th. That we ask the Governor to call a Con
vention of the people' to ascertain whether they
wish the war to continue.
sth. That it is the unanimous desire of all pros.
eat that General Geary be continued as military
commander of this poet, and that for his urbakuty
and kindness he is entitled to our thanks. i
IT is said that the rose of Florida, the Omit
beautiful of itowers, - emitano fragrance; the bird
of Paradise, the most beautiful pf birds gives no
. songs t the cypress- of Greece, the Sliest of trees,
yields no fruit; dandles, theshituairtof men ha'e
noionse; and balbroorn belles; the loveliest crest-,
area in tbe world, are very fatten dittr.i—onry more
so; and 'politicians have , no—ecruples, teniper
ance men—ntidrams.
2r-iikii:Otletatbet;t4iave been freatdAintr Oen
itiOnsitatlVeritapatitterhost iideheildietete Was
that made by a Mr• Oridley;of Attatin f lievada.
At an, election ineen.Wheld in - Austin, ha bet with
a br." - Merrfek, the wager &ratting brit sack of
lieur;kilne - h . tittifiitaneeeegullettefitraii to carry
oribliftlhiadderiitlattigh theca:teeth - 0F th#'to tsn
to the tune of John Bra,wn Mr. Gridley lost—
:me unhand next tO6thinttattet thdelectioti, and
, Preeeel4 by a hlttaK Sat l l 4 o4l flg4lFed by-a
ProWd) knardett, threnitilhast*tif, carrying the
{ azicivieldthig Plandgra, amidst
hhe,..'allatrta :of -the . Popeisce..l It-was Adterward
ilirref ( t denote, the - fl Our .to the 4nitary Nan-
Ammon, : It Wati'putiip at anition; aoldfors3so.
Itt *Oa itiainiertaW to tire CommisalWand sold
sitain for:MO.:Alia proem W 2111.11441440 over
,and or eragahi until the atun. , of $6,000 in gold
waif realized. . Starting 'for San Franca co with
, th e RAM: Gridley, inleasthati diannti, had
rciaiiza4 averM ooo ta told „ On December 13th
lie" le ft San *Co for Ne*York . eity:Where,
'it is said; Malone minis are lead tip io anticipa
tion of his arrival, for the benefit of the Sanitary
‘rarnission..
• '
SOW, fifteen thonaind women of &Cassia, who
say . they am !‘ the mothers„ "sisters,_ wivaa and
widows of efficera:andsoldiera of the common-
Wealth Of Geotgia, who: are living or have died
la the - military 'service or. them c hic ou h s ntr iludesy," have
sent a etition toJeft, Da have
to
" the ma p nifold 'Sacrifices they vis,
hate, *idiot& Mim
i:flaring, made the privations they hareparientkv
mimed; and the . enoneragente-WtheY i .
lavV-__he
roically given their loved ones in, the fie.o," -;
depicts the - horrors of the Whif and itteMphi to
show—and to any • reationabloperain.does slow,
conclusively—that all. efforbi, mythe part ofthe
Confederacy to`aehieie ita:independence mit in
the ind"prove futile; they 'fervently appeal to his
excellectoy'! in the name;•of reason,. htunanity
and Christianity, to terminatethe murerous con
. test, and assure him that' if tharrisalt bean*
be obtained by sacrificing his-personal . -prid&iind
ambition, homey, by, malting the sacrificeovhile
he has yet powerful armies at his'coinniand, ob
tain a place in history as the greatest patriot of
'modern times. Jeff. Davis. received itememir-,
teously, seemed much affected, aft- the.reading of
the memorial, told - theni to had out - another year
--end Sent Mr. Crane, a hiifiyieipidlirtifelaiv, a
planter, of Macon,. GeOrgui,tei ,caatle Thunder,
( for being active in getting • pp their petition—and
another one from"15;000 - taen to the 'rebel Sen
ate, but which no Senator would present
PARADE of •Bo rerr JITIEPiats.--An Indian
spells paper gives the fellovvin' g 4scriptionsf a
p a mde of bounty jumpers in that city arew, days
since:
"There were about nhundred and fifti in this
Knad of "regulars" haadcutred together by twos,
with a long .rope •ranning: between. each: two
.through the entire length of the line, one..end of
Which was inadelast to a hUge pep:A lefthand,
while inhis right he currieda hums bell. Oritthe
breast he wore a large .prited; placard bearing
the following inscription "Agency for Bounty
Jumpers." On the back of each of the ethers
was a placard inscribed "away Jumper." In
this way they were marched through therprincipal
streets of the city, the oldlarlry &n:.-g his bell
'and'ithe band brinfiby, up th'e rear playing , theL
"ilogue's March.' • The line was strongly guar
ded by infantry, -Among these lumen" was a
man fortherly on the polide in - that 'city,' - and
'another whose wife had. offered twenty-free thou
sand dollarsin gold toimve herhuldquid released
but Colonel Warner couldn't see it, nor anything
else but the Ijuropers" - going to' the front: -the
city had been overrun with sachfellows tor along
time, and Col-Varner waa bound to breidtit up,
and took this successful method of riocooipliehing
it"
SGERMAR's GEORGIA MAILER: Aletter from
Sherman's army says! " Nopen has yet adequate
• ly described the scenes of thegreat march through
geopo. I can ; only give you. a few suggestive
instances told me by eye witnesses. Hundreds
of meows followed the army, tired and footiens,
:MD) children as well-as. gray haired old men
from Atlanta to Savannah. ;On the march they
were joined by thousands, - ,some of 'whorl' came
Into camp singing. Prayer' Meetings: were held
et stopping placei, and there the, soldiqrs gather
ed round, to hear them praying, with souls in
tears'ind Voices in phrenzy, for' the *eat Yan
kee army. The poor contrabands mere told that
the Yankees. would burn, rvast,,boil and slaugh
ter them , and were instructed to hide When our
'forces Should come—but 'all to no avail. This
simple but shrewd people knew their friends
when afar 14, and came pouring in from all quar
ters. bringing information with them; At, night
mirth endlestivity reigned in 'eery. The con
trabands assembled rpruid - tthe fires,,and Made a
minstrelsy such as we hrive never heard: in the
North. Every soldier who had a violin bought
it out for the contrabands to dance by, and while
a few patted ,their knees, the rest went tearing
away, like mad in - the - plantation jig and Walk
around. Evei7 man,ivomiiii and child, ,poor,
down trimblep, things as they were, regularly
made, their sateen miles a day, livingupon the
charity of the 'good hearted soldiers, and some
times upon the refases . of the camp.
THE MASK% & HAMLIN C.A.now.Ogrtas.—
With your eyes shut, you cannot distinguish its
sound from that otthe - Pipe organ iteilr; and the
advantages that commend are: its price -;-for it
can be had for one, two; three, or four hundred
dollars, according' toltte size you. wish ;" it takes
up very little room, and may stand in any part of
the church it is not diected by heat; or told, or
any change of temperature; it remains fur a long
period in good tune; and lastly, it can lie lent by
express or otherwise-any distance with 'safety.
It is admirably adapted,to the performance of ea
.ered music, psalm Miles, ;anthems, eldints;' etc.,
Eticd'ai4 one who can play realm piano can readi
ly- master the Cabinet Organ., It- is a,.,grand ac
,companiment when the pcnygregation sing, qnd is
just the instrument that ought to be - iiied 'Ha all
'chi:Mies where the , people all' Wish to have the
privilege of bearing a part in the, prike.-tNeto
Yoik Obierver
REMOVAL Or Qum= FROM NORTH Cmt
ouNA.—Tb e .disadvantages experienced by
Friends in North Carolina, front residing in the
midst of the deleterious infineneei of shivery, in
duced Many to leave that State long bekte the
rebellion took place. Sincethat timeother strong
motives have arisen . for removal, and we are in
formed that,. for sevCral.lnontbs Pasco number
of familiesof Friends from North•Carolirusi some
of them in destitute circumstances, have been
passing through Baltimore on their way to
Wes
tern States. Friends in that city, lemming that
this emigration is likely to continue, have organ
ized "Friends' Association of Baltimore to ad
vise and rist*tYriends from the Southern States."
Arrangements will be made in Norfolk and gorts
mouth to facilitate the passage of families through
those States.—Friends! Review.
WHO TARE OUR ......PF-TRoLE.ol4.—Petrolitim ie
shipped to almost every commercial port in Eu
rope. , Great Britain is the largest consumer of
the product—the export from New York thither
daring 'the last year being 6,275,000 gallons.
France is next in importance, her import from
New Cork having been 4,625,000 gallons, a, large
"increase upon the receipts of 1863. The ship
ments to Antwerp have also been largo; amount
ing to 4;149,000 against 2,692,000 gallons in 1863.
Bremen has, imported nearly one million gallons
Hamburg 1,176,000, and Rotterdam 533,000 gal
lons. • Theshipments to Cronstadt indicate alarge
growth in the demand in Russia; the export thi
ther having increased from 83,000 gallons in 1863
to 400,000 gallons in 1864. The export to Genoa,
Leghorn, Trieste, Lisbon and Australia, are also
of considerable importance.,
EZTFNSIVE, DLSOOVF.RIELL OF SELFXII.—The
Commissioner of the GenaralLand Office has re:
ceivid intelligence of the dischvery of 'rich and
extensive silver mines in Washington • Territory,
along the western•slope"..of :the Washington
`sriioun
tains. The oru, isrepresented as exceedinglY rich,
yielding allcinfaeven hundred . dollars to the ton.
nut, has already been traced for more
than four ruileivia - from seven to fourteen feet
thick. It istitualied about- fifty miles. north of
Olympia. 3iiiiera are flookin in : large riumbere
to this new El Dorado..—Wasfrington Republican.
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HIDDEN Tmasunts.—The rich rebels who
resided id the lath - Sherman's . "agreeable
march" throigh Georgia, in many' instances bu
ried their valuables, which often.were unearthed
by the inquisitive. Yankees.related that
Herschel.V.:Johnaon, the Dehglaik:Arahlate for
Vice President in 1880.:Adid &tie silier ware
and household valuables taken from ,him by.Bher
mom's men. Be had everything buried in lus gar.
den, Mid - collards, a species of cabbage, growing
over theip, but the Yankees. fannd • mit the joke
and appropriated the rebel's MearMrm
are y9u druids WA ;.No, my
dear;
,not dna, but ilittlebirdlik l 7-.. Tb•
fact la, my ' degir, 'some sciirmara bullion! rub,
0 :11 f 1 118811.
Imy boom, till they 416, as smooth u paw
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