SALE OF
UNSEATED LANDS.
BY "virtue of a warrant from under the
hand and seal of office of the Commissioners
Cumberland County, and to me directed
the following tracts and lots of unseated,
Lands, situated in Comberland County, State
of Pennsylvania, will be exposed to sale by
public vendue, on 'MONDAY the 13th DAY OF
JUNE, 1864, at the Court Ifouse, in the bor
ough of Carlisle, county aforesaid, and con
tinued by adjournment from time to time,
until they are all sold, or as much of each
tract or lot, as will be sufficient to defray
the arrearages of the State, County, Road and
School Taxes due thereon, and costs.
HENRY S. RITTER,
County Treasurer.
Carlisle April 13, 1364.
NoAcres. Owners
SOUTHAMPTON
10. James Bowen's heirs,
150. John & Abr'm Roddy - ,
457. John Beamer,
10. Wm. Rankin,
FRANKFORD,
315. John M. Woodburn,
1 1000. Hollenbach's heirs,
3. James McCulloch,
18. John Dunbar,
7. Samuel Ricer,
'MIFFLIN
200.
J. M. Woodburn, (Boyle) 5 70
(Moflit) 73
(Barnes) 3 75
(Wharton) 928
(Marshall) 285
(Norton) 5 71
(Lake) 1 41
(A. Gardner) 2 85
(King) 2 85
(NV P Gardner 4 27
gi (S. Parker) 3 53
Patdcer) 9 23
(NV. Parker) 7 10
(Buck) 3 20
(McClintick) 3 55
(Paxton) 5 32
John A. liumrich, 3 40
John Nogley's heirs, 77
Daniel Sweiger, 82
129
325
100
201
100
100
150
100
260
200
100
150
400
103
Rhoads, Long & Eberly,
Christian Eberly,
MIDDLESEN.
Daniel Coble's heirs,
Jacob Stouter,
David Capp,
DICKINSON.
554
461
John Bolden,
Joseph Baker,
Jacob Grist,
Henry Keller,
Adam heresy,
Lloyd''Myers,
Benjamin Malone,
Morrison & McCreary,
Peter Miller's heirs,
Howard Myers,
Mithael Mentor,
Jo to Neeiey's
Gilbert Searight,
Jits. Townsend,
Nicholas Wirt:man,
Jacob Wolf,
DaidirD - fiTiciti);
Jacob Grove,
Abraham Stoner,
Wm. Forbes, (Penn.)
Moore & Craighead,
John S. Myets,
John Kline,
Samuel Woods' heirs.,
Widow Albert, •
John Brugh,
Noah Cockley,
Wm. Graham,
Samuel (Heim
Daniel Gitt,
'James Greason,
Cyrus Myers,
Henry Myers.
Rogers (Ilmds.el .\gt.) (Penn
Michael Weather:spoon,
Jacob Becher,
Brown & Creswell,
Wesley Biteman,
Francis Corleston,
_Jottn..Ebert, ,
John Ilemminger,
Wm. B. Mullen,
Moses Myers, •
Beetern, Mines & Co.,
Cornelius Myers,
Dr. Marsden,
Isaac Montfort,
John & Henry Montfort,
Philip Smyers,
Alex. Young,
SOUTH MIDDLETON,
D. 11. Medea((,
John Mateer,
Daniel Wonderly,
SheafTer & Keller,
West,
Elizabeth Bennett,
James Barbour,
Deardorf
John Nicholson,
James Nicholson,
Jacob SheafTer,
John McClure's sen., heirs,
John Shanefelter's heirs,
11. 1. Fannus,
Alex Nailor,
A. Richwine,
Jacob Albright,
Benjamin heresy,
NEW CUMBERLAND,
Northern C. R. R. Company,
UPPER ALLEN.
Trustees M. E. Church,
Philip Gusler,
CARLISLE
John Calio,
John Dunbar's heirs.
George Wahl,
FM
SILVER SPRING
Henry S. flock,
Andrew Miller,
Robert Bryson,
HOPEWELL
Wm. P. Smith,
David McKinney,
Samuel Miller,
PENN.
Robert 'AreClone,
James M'Culloch,
Jacob Beltzhoover,
Henry Sheolc'sheirs,_
MECHANICSBURG
David Lingfield,
LOWER ALLEN
J. S. Haldeman,
NEWTON.
Cyrus loon,
Jane Barnhill's heirs,
3Clr3r 4:Grc)c)(l.s9.
SPRING, 18041
GREENFIELD & S HEAFER
INIT/TE the attention of buyers to their
xiewstaetta Dry floods. It will be found unsur
passed In all those features which comprise a first class
Stock. All departruonteof our business have been
XIII& enlarged, especially that of
DRESS GOODS ,
le the most extensive assort
ment aver offered In this town. We have now, ort.n,
trendy for inspection all the novelties of the season: via:
'Poplins, all new shades and styles. Slosamblques,
Plain and elnide, Plaid Poplins. Chailles. Do Lemnos,
also, a beautiful stock of ALPACCIAS, at astonishingly
low prices. .
DOMESTICS.
Printe, Bleached Bins Una, Broad Shootings, Flannels
filogbams, C4cks, Tiettings, Cottonades, 80., de.
Gents and Boys' Wear,
. .
Cloths, Casslmeres, Jeans, Summer Canfilmoroo,
We would call the attention Of our friends more part lo
ularlY to our .11:11M011110 stock of [dueling, Callow& Cot.
tonades, all bought last winter, before the late advance
which will bo Fold at prices .that defy competition.—
Parsons may rely on getting groat bargains at the
store ftf
GREEN 'I.ELD & BIIHAFER
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NOTE b—Persons desiro es of foaming our stoelc will
please ba particular, and recollect ourlitore In In Zug's
banding, 8. IL Corner Market Square,Second Door, op
posite Eittoes Clothing &aro. • G. &S.
YENS FAAILLY
VOL. 64.
A. K. RIIEEM, Editor & Proprietor.
Taxes Due
$OO 55
3 82
3 77
The following Is a rather late, but la not entire
ly out of season :
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Tell me ye winged winds,
That round my pathway roar,
Do ye sot know some spot -
Where "ducklngs" come no more—
Where threatening clouds that hide the sun
Are felt and feared no more,
Where water.buckets o'er our head,
Their contents pour no more ?
The loud winds rushing yet more wildly on,
But stopped to answer, "not till April's gone."
And thou serenest moon,
What.longuap,e Boat thou utter,
While gazing through thy halos,
Upon so great a sputter ?
Bay host thou In thy round,
Gazed on some favored spot
Where tunb olia's are never found.
And gum-oh: es plague us not?
Behind a cloud the moon withdrew In woe
And answered tad and tearfUlly, "no, no."
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Tell nn my secret Soul,
Olt, tell me, Faith and Hope,
Is there co sunny place,
Whore drenched mortals do not mope?
No place where mud and rain
Spoil not our polished boots,
Nor lovely saw Spring hats,
Nnr latest cut surtnuts
Faith, Truth and 11,3 mi—best boons to mortals
ME
given,
Waved their bright wings and answered, yes
in heaven."
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A PHYSICIA.N'S STORY
IBM
I had been some three years engaged
in the practice of medicine, in one of our
Aargest_eities_,_befure I }net with any so
, rious adventure. One 6iii, - ffr ---- 6411 - Wirs - re
turnino- ' home, through a lonely, little fre
quented part of the city, at a late hour,
from a patient I had been with since noon
of that day, - and whom 1 was now per
mitted to leave by reason of a favorable
change, I was suddenlystopped in a dark,
gloomy, out-of the-way spot, by a big
gruff, coarsely dressed man:
"You are a doctor ?" he both an
-1 nouneed and inquired in the same words.
"I am."
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" I want sou to come with me then!"
he said, in a tone that indicated the Mat•
ter wa3 already settled in his mind, how
ever it might be in mine.
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"I cannot to-night," I answered, with
positive
. empl . asis ; "I am all wearied out
and anxious to get home."
"Yes, you doctors are always wearied
out when a poor man calls yoh'!" said the
fellow with a threatening growl ; "buton
ly let some snob's wife's poodle need
looking to, and you find your way there
at any hour cf the day or night. Well,
I am no snob, thank Heaven ! and I've
got money enolgh to pay your fee. I've
tried a half-a-doeen doctors already, and
none of-them will come—and so, you see,
I can't let you off."
"But really—"
"Sec here, Doctor,'' interrupted the
fellow, producing a knife, and flashing
the blade by a quick flourish, before my
eyes, "I'm a desperate man, and might
be pushcd r ,to do a wicked deed. Every
man sets a certain value on his own life,
and also on the life of his best and dear
est friend. You know how much your
life is worth to you, and I know how
much another's life is worth to me ; and
before (leaven I swear,'if you attempt to
go and leate my friend to die, I'll put this
knife intoyou I"
It was an open space where we stood,
about half-way between blocks of new
buildings, that were not yet tenanted.—
I looked up and down the dark street, but
not a soul was in sight.
"Where do you wish me to go ?"
inquired.
"Oh, down hero a piece," jerking his
thumb over his shoulder, "come on, be
fore it's too late I''
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He passed his arm through mine, with
out so much as "by your leave," and be
gan to move away, of course, taking rue
with him.
"is yLur friend a male or female ?" I
inquired, pretending to feel perfectly at
my ease, though I would have given a
ye: is practice to have been sale at home.
"She's a woman."
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I breathed more free—for semewhow
I always experienced a degree of securi
ty amonz, the opposite sex, even among
the most depraved and abandoned.
"What is the matter with her? and
how long has she been ill ?" I ques
tioned.
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'About three or four hours ago she
gave birth to a child that didn't live
more'n a minute, and since then she's
been havin' fits," was the reply.
"Wasrliere no physician with her when
the child was born 1" 1 asked.
"No, I couldn't get one to her, for love
or money. An old woman, a neighbor,
came in-and - did what she could: — Doyou
think as how you can save her, Doctor?"
inquired the than, in a husky tone. -
"I cannot say, of course—but I will
promise to do the best I can."
"Oh, do do 1 and Heaven will bless
you for it!" he rejoined in a tone that
expressed a more deep and earnest feel
ing than I had supposed was in his nu•
turn.
I began to be interested; the man
might be hotter than I had thought ; some
poor fellow, perhaps, who had been the
foot-ball of fortune and had pot received
his deserts.
"Is this woman you wifo ?" I kindly
inquired.
I believe he heard me; but as he did
not answer, I concluded not to repeat the
question.
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For the Herald
A PARODY
THE INQUIRY
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We soon turned into some small, mean,
dark narrow streets, where none but the
poorer class lived. We now walked for
ward-in silence—the man who still had
hold of my arm, as if he were afraid I
might otherwise give him the slip, tak
ing long, rapid strides, and causing me
no little exertion to keep step with him.
At length he turned into a dark court,
where I could see nothing but a few din
gy buildings on either hand ; and I
thought, if his object was to rob me, I
was completely in his power. At the far
end of this court he stopped, opened a
door, and led up a flight of creaking
stairs, where I:could see nothing at all.
At the top of these staira we groped our
way forward a few feet, and then opened
the door into the room of the patient.—
The apartment was small and plainly fur
nished, with a lamp standing on a little
table not far from the bed. An old wo
man, who was leaning over the sufferer,
looking quietly around at our entrance,
and seeing me, exclaimed :
'ls he a doctor !'
'Yes, yee I've got a doctor at last, God
be praised, it' it ain't too late !' replied
the man, hurridly; adding,, almost in the
same breath, 'How is she Mary ?' how is
she ?'
The old woman shook her head, and
sighed out :
'She's had three on'em since yon left,
and she's in the fourth now, poor dear I"
'Oh, my God !' groaned the man,sink
ing down un the nearest seat. Doctor,
you hear! Oh, save her ! save her !"
I hurried to the bed, and found the
patient in convulsions. The spasms
ceased almost immediately, a considera
ble quantity of viscid matter was ejected,
and a heavy, snoring respira ion followed.
The face was flushed, head hot, and pulse
rapid. I theided that she must be bled,
and lost no time in opening a vein. I
then sent for ice, and applied it in mod
e_rationto her head. I remained with
her t hro e
daylight in a tranquil sleep, with direc
tions to be followed in case of a return of
the spasms.
'rho man, who gave hie name as Ralph
Wagner, came down to the door with use
and thrust a half eagle into my hand.
'How is she?" he asked in a trembling
voice. "Is she better? can you save her ?"
She is better, 1 think, and rhopeshe
can . be saved," I replied.
'Oh doctor! will you come again to
day ?"
' Yes, this afternoon, toward night, af
ter I shall have got same sleep and visited
some patients that cannot be , neglected,'
" Don't desert us, 'Doctor, fur 'God's
sake, don't !" fairly pleaded the man,
with tears in his eyes.
• I assured him I would not, gave him
my address, and bade him send fur meat
any time, if a change should take place
for the worse.
From that night the patient gradually
mended, and in the course of a week was
out of danger and had her reason. I had
seen her every day during this time, and
had become not a little intere-ted in her.
She was not an ordinary woman. Iler
age I judged to be about twenty-five or
six, and her features, though marked by
suffering, were intellectual and stiil beau
-61111. Iler hair was a light brown, soft
almost to silkiness, and she had the sweet
est blue eyes and prettiest mouth I ever
beheld. lie voice, too, had that rich
mellowness which so captivates the ear,
a.nd her language denoted education, and
her manners refinement.
Great was the contrast between this
pretty, delicate flower, and the big, coarse
featured, awkward, uneducated, and, I
must add totally unprepossessing Ralph
Wagner ; and though fancied I could
comprehend how such a man might love
her to the whole extent of his rough,
coarse nature, I confess I was at a loss
to account for true reciprocity, if indeed
there was any such thing. That his ar
dent attachment to her might excite some
kind of sympathy—sumo emotion akin to
pitjt, and perhaps gratitude—l thliiiight
possible; but that there should exist.auy
thing like true, mutual love, seemed as
contrary to the laws of nature as for the
doe td love the tiger. And yet how many
such incongruities we see paired, if' not
mated—married by law, if not in spirit.
The day that 1 made what' I intended
should be my last visit, I found' my fair
patient sitting up in a chair and crying
as if her heart would break. She was a
lone.
"This is very bad for you to be excit
ing your nervous system in this manner !"
I said, in a kindly, reproving tone. "has
anything happened too serious for a little
calm philosophy to master ?"
"Oh, doctor," she exclaimed, ,"I am a
poor, miserable, heart-broken woman, a
lone and friendless !"
"Oh,not quitesorbad as that, I . think!"
I answered, lightly. "Whore is your hus
band r"
This was the first time I had ever
spoken the word husband to her, and I
looked to see if she received it as a fami-
liar, unquestioned fact. She shuddered and
covered her eyes with her hands.
"Did.yoti son in tile }Ayers this morn
ing," ehe sobbed, "the arrest of a notori
ous burglar, called Patient Hammer
smith ?"
"I think I did see something of the
kind." '
"That was none othorthan Ralph Wag
ner."
"Good heavens 1 you amaze me 1" I
cried, ,"Your husband a burglar ?"
"Lie is not my INsband j " sobbed the
poor woman.
"No?"
"Sit down doctor, and let me tell you
a painful story in a few words; and then,
if you-cati give any good advice and sym
•
po.thy, I shall receive it with . gratitude ;
Alni if you scorn and cast me from you,'l
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 3,1864.
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shall only find I was mistaken in suppos
inn you hld a heart."
I seated myself and became all atten
tion.
"I was reared in affluence," she resum
ed, "and for seventeen years was the
pride and joy of fond parents. At seven
teen I fell in love witha man some years
older than myself, whom I believed to be
perfection itself. My father knew better,
and warned me against Wm. He finally
forbade him the house, We correspond
ed afterward, met clandestinely, and at
eighteen I eloped with him. We went,
as I supposed to the house of a clergy
man, and were married, and then set off
on a wedding tour. The man I had so
wildly loved proved to be a black hearted
villian, and soon robbed me of all my
money and jewels, and then deserted me
in a strange city. lie afterward wrote
me that the marriage xva' a sham, and
that he had deceived me in that manner,
in order to revenge himself on my lather
for his insults.
"A blank followed thifwak , ening from
a bright and glorious dream toreality too
horrible for an ordinary mind to contem
plate. I had •a brain fever. I became
insane. I returned to reason in a Pauper
mad-house. I got - my liberty in rags I
wrote home to my fat het; the whole terrible
truth, and-implored him to receive back
his poet., wretched, brokenhearted &ugh,-
ter. I 'was a ragged .Anendicant, in a
strange city, and God only knows with
whit intense and fearful anxiety I await
ed the answer to that letter I waited
days. I waited weeks—l waited intmtha.
I was east off, then—abandoned—ruined
for this world and the next Oh l• the
suffering, and degradation wh'ell I was
compelled to endure, At last Ralph
IVagner offmed me his protection and lus
hand: I accepted. We were married.
He declared ho loved me, and certainly
treated me with respect and showed af
fection. I knew not then he was a ho.use
-breaker, and_wlten ifourtil it out I asked
myself what better was I than he, that
should leave him ?—So !Jaye lived with
him ever since, nearly two years, and he
is arrested and I am again alone in die
world. Such is my sad , history, doctor.
New tell me what to do
"Write again to your parents," said 1.,
"they may not have received your letter,
or your reply may have miscarried."
“I have sometimes hoped so, and I
want to die in that delusion, if it be one!''
she eagerly rejoined. "111 were, to get
an answer now that they knew my con
dition and cast we off forever, it might
craze my poor brain agan. Besides, I
am no longer fit to be forgiven arid' re
ceived back among the good!"
"It is never too late to repent," I re
plied. Remember the words of Christ to
the men who would have put to death the
guilty woman for her crime: "lie that is
without sin among you let hint first cast
a stone at her !" We all have our errors,
and all need forgiveness."
After saying much more of a similar
purport, I urged her, if she did not wish
to write to her parents herself', to give the
their address, and let me ascertain, in my
own way, if they still lived and cared for
her. She finally consented, and wrote
the address on a slip of paper. I read it,
sprang from toy seat, and looked at her
in perfect amazement. I understood it all,
but I could scarcely credit toy sans s.
Sne was my sister's child!
I passed over the scene that followed
this strange discovery.
It was all a mistake on her part—her
letter had never reached her almost dis
tracted parents, who had long mourned her
as dead, or lost to them forever. She
went home with me, and remained at. nay
house till her fond and loving parents
came to reeltkim her. It was a fearful
scene of commingled joy and grief when
we all met under the same roof,and bum.
bly, on our knees ) we all thanked God for
the wonderful p4toration of the lost one,
who was pluckW indeed, as a braid from
the burning, and saved in body and I
trust in the soul.
Three years after, Ralph. Wagner died
in prison, , ind with him perished one
great portion of the guilty secret. I have
purposely concealed all other names—but
my sad story" in none the less true not
withstanding.
AFTER THE BATTLE
BY BENJAMIN F. TAYLOR
WHEN a furnace is in blast the red
fountain sparkles and plays like a motto,
tain spring, and the rude surroundings
brighten to the peak of the rough rafters
with a strange beauty. When the fire is
out, and the black and ragged masses of
dull iron lie dead upon the ground with a
dumb and stubborn resistance, who would
dream that they ever leaped with life and
flight.
A battle and a furnace aro alike. It
is wonderful, how dull natures brighten
and grow costly in.the glow of battle ;
ho% the sterlir4 worth and wealth there
_and_the._ coin mon
man transfigured, his .heart in his hand,
and his foot in the realm 'of heroic gran
deur: -- But,art I' when the. fire is out, and
the scarred eartlas.heaped with clay, the
black mouth the guns • speechless,
mighty hammers ansl no hands, the flags
furled, the wild' hUrrah died away; an
all the splendid action ..of the charge
vanished from the rugged field liko a blast
of sunshine,-'and you wander among the
dull remainders, the dead embers of the
intensest life and glow that swept your
soul out, only yesterday, and drifted in
on with the skirmish line, you begin 'to
know what these words . inean,. "after the
battle." ..
It is days sinoe . great waves of7gillant
life dashed against Missicrrltidge and
swept up and over it in surges ; 1 days that
are oven now induring into hi Cory, and
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TERMS:--$1,50 in Advance, or $2 within the year.
yet I feel like taking up the story jtirit
where I left it on Wednesday night at
sunset, when our flags flapped like eagles'
win g s, and the wild cry of triumph quiv- - '
erealong the mountain. Standing on the
edge of the field in the moonlight, calm
as "God's acre" stretched the rough
valley that, but an hour before, jarred
with the rush and whirl of the battle.
From away beyond the ridge, indeed, three
miles out to Chicamauga Station, the
dropping shots from Sheridan's guns
faintly punctuate the silence ; but here,
listen as you will, you can hear no sound
but the click of ambulance wheels slowly
rolling in with their mangled burdens, no
sigh, no groan, nothing but the sobbing
lapse of the Tennessee. I can never tell
you with what a warm feeling at the heart
I looked up and saw the Federal fires
kindling like a new constellation on Mis
sion Ri'd'ge; they were as welcome as
dawning day to eyes that watched the
night. The old baleful glare from rebel
camp and signal light was quenched with
something thicker than water, and Chat
tanooga was at peace.
It is strange that a battle almost always.
lies between two breadths of sleep ; the
dreamless slumber into which men fall
upon its eve; the calm repose they sink
into at its end. Night fairly, held its
breath above the camps ; the wicgs cf
silence was over than all. Then came
Thursday Morning bright and beautiful.
You go out to the field ; and you keep
saying over and over, "after the battle—
alter the battle." Men prone upon their\
faces in death's deep abasement; here
one, his hand pillowed upon his folded
arias; there one,: his cheek pressed upon
a stone, as was Jacob's at Bethel ; yonder
one, his fingers stiffened around his mus
ket. Now you have to pass where a But
ternut and a true blue have gone down
together, the arm of the one thrown over
the other ; there a young boy of fifteen
lies with his face turned upward, both
hands elapsed over his heart. The sun
thel - frOst 1 - hat - trbitetredt- his
hair, as if he had grown old in a -plight
and it hang like fresh tears upon his
cheeks ; where a lieutenant grasps a bush,
as if he died vainly feeling fur a little
hold upon earth and life ; where a stain—
ed trail leads you to a shelter behind a
rock, and there a dead captain who had
crept away out of sight and fallen asleep;
' where - rebels and true'hearts lie in short
winrow,s, as it death had begun the• har
vest and had wearied of the work.
And so through the valley and up the
ridge in every attitude lie the unburied
dead; lie jut as they fell in the glow of
battle. And those faces are not as you
think ; hardly one distorted with any pas
sion ; almost all white and calm as Ben
Adam's dream of peace ; many bright
ened with something like a smile; a few,
strangely beautiful. Wounded ones that
escaped the moonlight search have lain
silently waiting for morning, withoutmur
mur or complaint ; glad they are alive ;
not grieved that they aro wounded, for
•'did we not take the ridge?" they say;
thus , did the old soldierly spirit of one
flash up like an expiring candle, and go
out right there on the field as he spoke;
he died with the lust words on his lips,
and "went up higher."
The Forgod Proclamation
A CURIOUS LETTER FROM THE FORGER
The Brooklyn Eagle publishes the fol
lowing letter, supposed to be written by
the notorious Howard. The letter is fa
cetiously displayed, and accompanied by
a mirthful editorial :
CELE, 5311, SECOND TIER,
FORT LAFAYETTE, MAy 2-1, Idli
DEAR EAGLE : In the language of the
"magnificent" Vestvali, "I am here."-1
think I shall stay here—at least till I get
out. Perhaps you were surprised at my
sudden departure. So was 1. But I re
ceived a pressing invitation from General
Dix to come down here, which I didn't
feel at liberty to decline—so I didn't.—
Bub Murray brought the invitation. Bob
Murray is United States marshal, and he
marshalled me the way I should go, so I
thought it best to go it. Bub is a nice
man ; he has a very takino• t' way with him,
but 1 wouldn't recommend you to culti
vate his acquaintance. You may have
heard of Fort. Lafayette. It is a great re
sort of the friends of the Administration
—over the left.
The location of Fqrt Laf4yette is in the
water, between the Atlant,ie Oeean and
West Point. It is a good site for a ma
rine residence, but I haven't seen . any
marines here. It is inaccessible on all
sides, except the inside. Its out•acces
sibility is what I most object to.
The way you get itr is curious, and may
interest your readers who haven't been
here. You can't go by railroad or steam
boat, or horse and buggy. The entrance
is effected in a highly military manner, in
vented, I believe, by General Dix .or.
"some other man."
The way of getting out I bavn't dis
e9vered yet., When 1. do, I'll let you
_lumw.—"lllm_peopla_wlm_kesp=th - e fort
are of the military persuasion; it is their
forte. They mostly wparguns or swords,
and do c.;eryt - hing Wit - y,
which is not a civil way, though they
have been very civil to me. The fort is
a substantial building; there is no appre
hension of burglars. Sensible people would
rather break out than break into it. As
a hotel, it is not equal to the Mansion
House, though ' the terms are more rea
sonable. They don't charge any board.
The only charge military people are given
to hi to charge bayonets. The bill of fare
is wholesome, but laeke variety. -There
is too much pork.' ,The bill of fare, how
ever, is varied. have pork and crack._
ors for breakfast ; crackers and pork for
dinner, 6 - nd pork with crackers for tett.—
I think we shall have a change next week,.
as the commandant has sent nu order" to'
New
,York for a barrel of pork. When
you write to me, enclose a bunch of rad
id-es in the letter.
Somebody may jnquire why I came
here. I'll tell you confidentially. The
Government is making extensions to its
mansion at Fort Hamilton; likewise, at
Fort Richmond, on Staten Island. They
wanted a reliable person to look after the
bricks. Fort Lafayette is half way be•
tween, and so situated that you can see
both forts at once, and is just the place
to see what is going on. A meeting of
the Cabinet was called at the White
House. Secretary Stanton introduced
the subject. The Cabinet saw the point
at once, and laughed so loud that they
woke up Secretary 'Welles. Secretary
Seward rang a little boll, and sent for
General Dix. "General," said 'William
H., "how is Fort Lafayette ?" "Our flag
is there," said the General, with military
promptness. "Is there a reliable man to
be found in the Department of the East?"
said William H. "If there isn't," thun
dered the General, "I'll shoot him on
the spot." "Who is he?" asked the Sec
retary. "His name is Dead Beat," said
the General. "Send him to Fort Lafay-
ette." So I came. lam still here.
Yours, in retirement, DEAD BEAT.
P. S.—Give my regards to Chitty. I
understand„ that ho was deeply affected
on my account, and was !anxious to see
me elevated in society.
Tell him to keep cool. There are some
small men down here, but none quite so
small as he is.
'4jAnd the little dog barked at the
caged lion, and wagged his tail rejoicing-
I). 13.
-L-ANECDOTE OF MCCLELLAN.—CoI.
Metcalf, of Kentucky, made a radical Un•
ion speech at a public meeting a few days
since, at which he related an anecdote of
General McClellan, showing how ho re
garded the rebel leaders. He said :
"I <rot my eyes opened on. that young
Napol b ena_in,t-he-s pri 0f.1.8.6 t,
to see General McClellan, OA in the
course of the conversation I said to him
,-that ,Jeff. Davis was a scoundrel and re
pudiator. He (McClellan) straightened
himself up quickly, and said: "I do as
sure you, sir, that you aro mistaken.-
Jeff. Davis is a perfect gentleman, and will
not do anything unbecoming to a gentle
man." Well, if a traitor, conspirator,
thief, repudiator, and civil devil who is
instigating all this murder is his beau
ideal of a "perfect gentleman," I hope
our country may never be cursed with his
standard of morality at the head of af
• fairs.
A BEAUTIFUL Fro UltE.—Life is beau
tifully compared to a fountain fed by a
thousand streams, that perish if one be
dried. It is •a silver chord, tvristed by a
thousand strings, that part asunder if one
be brok, n. Frail and thoughtless mor
tals are surrounded by innumerable dan
gers, which make it much more strange
that they escape so . long that they almost
all perish suddenly at last. We are en
compassed with accidents every day to
crush the mouldering tenements we in
habit. The seeds of disease are planted
in our oonst:tutions by nature. The earth
and atmosphere, whence we draw the
breath of life, are impregnate I with death.
Health is made to operate its own de
struction, the food that nourishes contain
ing the elements of decay ; the soul that
anima es it , ' by vivifying first, tends to
wear it out by its own actions ; death
lurks in ambush along the path. Not
withstanding this is the truth, so palpa
bly defined by the d rily examples before
our eyes, how little do we lay it at heart ?
We see our friends and neighbors die
among us; but how seldom does it occur
to our thoughts that our knell shall, per
haps, give the next fruitless warning to
the world.
•
Brigadier-General Wadsw`cii.th
The writer of this saw General Wadsworth
but three weeks ago in his camp, near Cul
pepper. The general commanded the Fourth
Division of the Fifth Army Corps; Ile wa,s
then busy getting his division ready for the
field and for the active operations of what
he anticipated would be a vigorous campaign.
All surplus baggage was sent to the rear ;
but at the same time General Wadsworth
was cola: iving various odds and ends to
make his men more comfortable on the march
without encumbering them with useless lug
gage, He had a reputation in the army for
the excellent care he took of those under
his command, He would not let them suf
fer if thoughtfulness, providence and inge
nuity could prevent it.
"Make out a requisition for extra shoes,"
we heard him say to one of his brigadiers ;
-about one pair of shoes for every two men.
I think we can get them of the Quartermas
ter, but I will see to it that at any rate they
are got. They will not be heavy to carry,
and we shall find the value of them before
we get through."
"I remember," he added, 'during the
march through Maryland, before the battle
of South Mountain, we passed over a tract
of country extremely rugged and stony, and
I saw not only men but officers_ walking a
long with bleeding feet. The mon's shoes
gave out entirely. It hurt feelirtgs more_
than I can tell you to see the good fillOWs
.trudge along so. We came to a town on
the--line-of-mareh,- and I, -who was-riding--at
the head of the column, spurred ahead to see
if there were not some shoe stores where I
could purchase what was needed for the men.
All the shops were 'closed ; the first men I
saw were two sitting outside of a closed
" Are there any shoo stores in
-this town ?"
I asked, They replied; in a gruff way, that
they could not tell, there might be and there
might- not. I told them that I wanted to
buy shoes for my troops, who were barefoot
ed. They replied they guessed I would'nt
get many. -
!,.At that," said the General, "I got angry.
Said I,.there aro two pairs of shoes at any
rate, Which I see on yout feet. l'alre"them
of instantly II shouted to them.. There were
obliged to do it I went through the town,
and took the iThoes off every man's feet
could see; and thus I raised about two hut-
dred • pairs in all. One fine old fellow, a
miller, whom I met, Ldid not deprive of his
own pair; I rode up to him and asked if he
bad any shoes he could spare me, describ•
ing the pitiful condition of my men. The
old (thin said, deint know if three any
shoes in the house - or • not, but—looking
down at his feet—'here's a -pair your'e wel
come to any rate.' I-would not let him take
them off, but he gave me sortie from hie
house. All the rest I stripped."
His men were fond of hinu, because they
knew that he studied their ease ; and also
because in battle ho was always amongst
them, cheering them on by his own brae()
example. He was very cool and collected
under fire ; and had a habit of riding about
the foremost line, and 6'763 amongst his
skirmishers, which somewhat unnecessarily
exposed his life. He know very well how
to handle his diviiion ; and he knew how td
hold a line of battlle ; how to order and lead
a charge ; how to do the plain work, which ho
liked best; and at Gettysburg ho showed
how much a plucky, tenacious leader can
do, with a handful of troops, in keeping
back and making cautioris an overwhelming
force of the enemy. Be was pertinacious;
did not like to give up, or back out; and wan
not a man sefely to be pressed even by a
force very much superior to his own.
These qualities are rarely found in a man
who takes up the profession of arms alter hei
is half a century old, and who is first under
fire in his fifty-fourth year. But he was a
gentleman, a man of high and noble aims,
a true patriot ; he did not count hat life pre
sious—he held it cheap if byits sacrifice the
cause of the Union and liberty would be ben
efited. He expected much from the cam
paign ; and had a high opinion of the effi
ciency of the army and of its lighting qual
ities, as well as of the capacities of Generals
Grant and Meade. He felt that after much
tedious wailing the time bad come whed
there would be no more delays nor playing
at war. And lie bad an unwavering faith
in the triumpth of right principles and of
liberty and Union.
NO. 23.
Our State has lost, in hirn, one of her best
citiiens, one who did much good during 6.
long life to the cause of popular education;
whose voice and purse were always at the
service of the humble and the oppressed; a
true and devoted friend of free government,
and of all that could advance the happiness,
intelligence and prosperity of the whole peo
ple, and secure equal rights to all. He gave
his life as freely as in other times he gave
his money; and ha left his splendid home
and undertook the hardships of camp life as
readily as though he had been the pollteut
citizen of the state. It will well if his
exam') eis not b.st upon his fellows. His
wealth did not make him a less patriot ;what
ever he had was for his country's use—for
he was a true Democrat.—N. Y. Eve. Post,
We observe by ourreport of the Congree•
sioual proceedings that the Hon. Mr. Harris,
of New York, has proposed to the Senate a
very important measure, in - tho forru'of a res
olution, recommending to the several State
Government to have a census taken in their
ret..peetive-s44Bs-in—tduemr--186ki,,uport- -the—
plan of the FiAeral census, coupled with the
proposition that, in order to facilitate the
work and give uniformity to it, the Govern.
mett supply the Suites with the, necessary
schedules, sud instruction., and further that.
the Government be supplied with copies of
the original return. Such a measure if oar.
riel through Congress and adopted by the
Statue, will, it seems to us, be one Of a lir:miff.
cent and highly important Et-Attire, as it will
furnish a statistical record cf deep interest
to the world:. But a census take , ' at tho,p_ro
sent time is still more important, in view of
the great public debt, to impart confidence,
at home and abroad, in the abundant resour
ces of the country, and establish by loafs its
- titling to meet the immense liabilities se sud
denly nod unexpectedly thrown upori it: And
the moral effects of the war upon our people,
and its results on the population of the coun
try which the census would disclose, are hard •
ly secondary to the other more primary con.
stderations. So Important, indeed, does the
measure seem to us thai we feel confident if
the scheme should appear too difficult of no•
complishment by the States the country would
cites, fully encounter the expense of an inter
mediate national census for the sing e value
of its statistics in inspiring confidence in tho
substantial wealth of the nation.
Presidential Elector Bth Dist
Aaron Mull, Esq., the Union Presidential
Elector appointed for the Eighth Eongrses
sional District, having died, the name of Irtt•
LIAM TAYLOR. of IVorrielsdorf, Berks county,
has been substituted to fill the vacancy. This
is an excelkent choice and cannot fail to he
entirely sarifilaciory to the Union men
throughout ty*Olcouuty.--Berks county Schuyl
kill Journal.'"-
THE RAIN ANT) ITS CAUSE.—During the
wars of Na,p,A)MPl,le.atteution of the French
Acadatry of Sciences was called to the fact
that a storm of rain or Snow invariably fol
rowed a battle, always in proportion to the
magnitude of theconflict, especially if there
was heavy cannoidtding. '1 his was particu
larly the case in the Russian campaign, which
was followed by such snow storms as never
before were witnessed in the S o uth of Europe.
Some cf the savants declared that rapid dis
charges of artillery, and incessant volleys of
musketry produced concussion in the air, and
drove the clouds out of their course, while
others went so far as to adopt the theory since
advocated by Prof. Espy, that the immense
smoke of battle was in itself sufficient td
produce rain. There were skeptics, however,
and when the war closed it remained a moot
ed point.
Those who remember the tains which fol
lowed the seven days' fight before Richmond,
as well as those which followed all the other
prominent•battles on the Potomac, will at
once acknowledge the'theory to be Correct—
that battles disturb the elements in the most
singular manner. If any evidence were
wanting we need only refer to the rains at
intervals, and the heavy c ouds, cretnulous in
ono direction and Minims in another floating
to all points of the compass, as if governed
by anything else than a regular current of
air.
It is thus conclusive, with the evidence so
plainly before us, that wars bring rain in sum
mer, and snow stories in winter. To what
extent this may hold good, we are unable to
conjecture. but there is no reason why the
present rains may not extend ; ovtr half the
globe, since it is impossible to see a Om
glearia upon the horizon in any direction.
Rapid discharges of artillery and musketry
blend into one continuous roar, and instances
are upon record where they were heard at a
distanye of forty miles. . If sound alone can
travel so far one can form some idea how far
the force which produces the concussion iii
the air may..traveL before it. exhaustaitzelf.•.
It is usual to have showers in the middle
of May, hut long continued rains are out of
the ordinary course of events at this season
of thei year. The subject is one worthy the
attention of meteorologists, as well as others
who take any interest in the phenomena of
the weather.
A 1301:1139 Cososnx.—The N. Y. Tribune
gives a table exhibiting the curious fact that
out of the ono hundred and twelve members
of which the Rebel, qouse of Representatives
consists, when full. Afty.two, or•nearly half,
dro * credited td districts now :controlled by
the U?iou arms. TheAave members - reP.
resenting Arkansas, Kentackh Louleiand,
Missouri, Tennesee, i
id allot' which Sta4s
they have no longer a foothold.
A Census in 1865