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WAYNESBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1867.
NO. 49.
VOL. X
She cttI)Htatt.
KVKKY WKDNESDAY M0KN1NU,
BY
JAS. E. SAYEES.
orric is saybrb' nuti-mso, east op tub
, COURT 1IOU8H.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
OF
D Bonkr, Prcs't. J. C. Flknnikr, Cashier.
DISCOUNT D AY f UESDAYS.
May 10, 'GC.-iy.
Ta. m'oonnblu ""."
M'CQNNELL & HUFFMAN
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
IVayneslw, rttm'a.
-Offiob In the " Wright House," East
do.-Collecvons, &c, will receive prompt
"waSBbure AUtnst 26, 18C2.-tf.
LEWIS JDJyX',
DEALER IN Bonks Stationery, Will Paper,
Window Taper. o. Bunday School
Books ot' all kinds constantly on 'hand, room
in Mrs Rush's building, formerly occupied
by Cottorell & Taylor. Waynesburg, Pa.
May 9, '6.-ly . ,
Itobcrt ,oai",-J'
Carriage t Maniifarlnrw
Waynbsbituo, Fa.,
RESPECTFULLY gives Vj'i!?
located in Waynesborg, Pa., where be in
tends to manufacture
CARRIAGES
Of every description. From W'WP"
the business, he feels ennft. ent that lita
in style, finish and durability, will gW e en re
sanction. It is his determination to wrcbwi
Uie best material in market, and employ none
but competent woikmen. ,vi.o.r
All new work warranted for one year.
Wavnesbure, Feb. 21. ii0 t l
IV
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MERCIIAST TAILOR.
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tUTOTlKmudeto order, in finest and best
V style, Cutting and Fitting 'lone prompt-
ly, and According to luteal lasiiinn in..
Block on hand and lor sale.
May 2. tf
Wm. 33ctll ey,
WATCriES AND JEWELRY.
MAIN HTIU'.KT, OPI-OSITK. COU T UOUS1C.
KEEPS ON HANDS ALWAYS A choice
and select assortment of watches and
Jewelry. Repairing dono at tho lowest rates.
op". iy
"SHERMAN HO USE,"
JUST OPENED BY
Tlios. Brci3llo;v
1)OSlTIVELYtho most complete Hotel in
our town, Everything comliined to fur
nish the best accommodation ever yet offered
to the public, . , , . .
Meals furnished at all hours, table provid
ed with tho best of thp season.
Travellers and those desirous of refreshment
will do well to call, "Tom" still retains his old
reputation of an accommodating gentleman,
and hospitable landlord. I louse, the one for
merly occupied bv tho "Messenger" Office.
May l),'ti.-ly.
PEOPLES LINE
STEAMER "CHIEF
TAIN," R. R. AltltAMS,
Commander, Capt R.
C. Mason, Clerk; leaves
Brownsvillo duilv at 7 a. m., for Pittsburgh,
and leave that citvat 6 v. m., daily.
STEAMER "ELECTOR," Robert Piiil
tirs, Commander i R. G. Taylor, Clerk :
leaves Greensboro, for Pittsburgh Mondays,
Wednesday and Friday, Bnd return on Tues
day, Thursday and tiaturday, leaving Pitts
burgh at 2 p. m. May V0,'ti.-0m.
s
B. HOLLAND,
WITH
Baroroft cfo Co.
Importers an Jobbers of Staple and Fancy
Dry Goods. Cloths. Cassimcrs, Blankets,
Linens, White Goods, &c, &c,
. Nos, 405 & 407 Mabkbt Street,
Above Fourth, North Side,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
yMr. Holland takes occasion to advlso the
retail merchants ot Greene, Washington and
adjoining counties that ho will call upon them
&nd solicit their custom for tho above named
honso. Those wishing to address lilm can do
so at Bunllsvillo, Pa. febl3 't;7-tf.
"W. T. - W013T3. Tr.
ADDLE AND HARNESS MAK R-
(In Wilson's Biiildino, Main St.)
Saddles, Bridles. Harness kept on hand and
made to order, Work done In the best stylo,
And at reasonable rstos.
-Repiililna a speciality on short notice
Farmer friends go look ut his stock.
4:24ly.
lih'OHCE S. JEFFERV.
Tvealer In Books and Sliitlmery, Mugu.lncs,
) Dully Papers Funcy Articles, ac, way
oesburg, Ft. qpl,'Ca-ly
" VX. CU 0RS' NOTICE.
LBTTERs TlWTAMENTARY on the
i t-sutte of P. A. Myers, Sr. late of Greeno
township, Greene county, dec'tl., having been
grauted to tho undersigned, notice is hereby
given to all peraons indebted tn snld estata
to make Immudinte payment and those bar
ing claims to present them immedUtelyprop
perly authehtieated lor si'ti ment.
r A. L. MYERS,
; ii.: ., t r: of Marion township, '
- JAlOBREYMER,
sil-4w ' ' ot Greene (p., Executors.
n ETIYSBURQ ASYLUM
Jf FOR INVALID SOLDIERS.
Incorporated by Act of Assembly of the Commonwealtb
of Pennsylvania, March 0, lf0T.
The Board of Supervisors appointed by the above Cor
I poratlon to carry out the objecta or the act of Incorpora
tion, respectfully announce to the public that tlio Leipnla.
tore of Pennsylvania lus authorised tlic raisliiK of lunill
for the erection, eetablinhiuent, ami iiiniuteuancee of an
Asylum fur Invalid Soldhni of the luto war, to he built ou
the Battle Field ol Uottyshiug, ami aa an inducement to
fiutrlollccltlacus to contribute to this benevolent objinit,
lave empowered the Corporation to distribute amongst
the subscribers such articles of value ami Intoroat, from
association with tho late war, or any moneys, effects, prop
erty, or aetata, real or personal, whatever, In this State or
Uewhere, at aucli time or upon audi tar and In alien
way aud manner whataocver, as to them shall seem tit, any
lawa of the Commonwealth to the contrary notwithstand
ing. the enterprise l cordially recomendod by the following
named and wuil known gentlemen:
Major General GEO. G. MEADE,
Ex -Governor A. O. CURT1N.
Major General G ALUSII A P ENN YPACKER,
Major General E. M. GREGORY,
Major General JOHN R. BROOKK,
Major General CHARLES II. T. COLLIS,
Major Geno ol H'Y J M ADILL,
M1or General JAS. L. BELFRIDGE,
Brigadier General JAMES A. BEAVER,
Brigadier Gonerul JOSEPH F. KNlPE,
Brgadior General WM. J. BOLTON,
Brigadier General HAM'L M. ZULICK,
Brigadier General JOHN K. MURPHY,
Brigadier General JOHN F. BALLIER,
Brigadier General T.F. MoCOY,
Brigadier General R E. WINSLOVV,
Brigadier General HENRY PLEASANTS, '
Brigadier General J. P. & GOWN.
Brigadier Geneial J. M. CAMPBELL.
Brigadier Genera' TI103. M. WALKER,
Brigadier General WM. COOPER FARLEY,
Brigadier General D. M GREGG,
Colonel F. S. S'lUMBAUGll.
Tho site tor tho institution (thirty ncrca) has already
heeii purchased, and it la hoped that thu good work nuiy
commence neiore mmsuinmor.
Subacilutinnswill he received at the ofllce of the Aso
elation, No. 1 l'-'l) Chestnut aircl. Philadelphia, uu aud after
Monday, tne Btn onvol jluy, imi.
Vorencli suhscrliitlon of livo dollars a certificate will ho
Issued, which will entitle the holder to audi article of value
as may he awarded to its nunihor.
ately upon the receipt of 8o.oco subscriptions at $6 each.
niu, nrst uiniriuuiion ni awarus win ne inuue ininie
The distribution will be public, and uuder the direct
supervision of the Corporatoia.
Persons at a illrttanee are rtouested to remit their auh-
lcriptions(wheii ptMi'ticable) hy Post omco money order,
or registered letter, to innuro prompt delivery.
Direct all letters to J. !. HOFFMAN,
SiCllKTART Tlotltn OF SUPRHV1SIIRS,
Box 14R1. P.O.. Philadelphia.
Tho following Is a ai heilule of the awaids to he made un
der tho tlrst distiioullon. The Items of Diamonds and
other precious stones were purchased from citizens of tho
Smith diiiinit thew r and their genuineie'sa lscertinoil to
b.v.Mcifii. Moil re., tile luodt exteutiive iliamond iiu
porters in the couiiiiy, itud hy J. Huruianu, diamond set
ter, new kuiK.
GETTYSBURG ASYLUM FOR INVALID
SOLDI KUS.
Incorporated hy Act of As-euibly of tho rommonwealth
of Pennsylvania. March o,Wo7.
OHlco Mi CUKt IN UT Street, Philadelphia,
FIRST DlTpOSITION
Eighty Thousand Su1 seriberj at Five Dollars
hai'ii.
1 1 Diamond Necklace, 48
Biilliimts. vnlued iit...$30,000
2 1 bianion Cluster Brooch
mid Ear Rings.... 15,000
3 1 Award 10-40 Govern
ment Bonds 10,000
4 1 Diamond Cross, set in
Silver .... 7,000
B 1 Diamond cluster brooch 6,000
0 1 Award 10-40 Govern
intuit Bonds 6..00O
7 1 Diamond Single Stone
Ring ... 4,500
8- 1 Diamond Cluster Brace
let 4,000
!) 1 Diamond Single Stone
Scarf Pin 4,000
10 1 Diamond cluster brooch 4,000
11 1 Dia nond Cluster brace
let ... 4,000
12 1 Pair Single Stone Dia
mond Ear Rings 8,500
.13 1 Diamond cluster brooch 3,000
14 1 Award 10-40 Govern
ment Bonds 8,000
is l .Diamond bincle otono
Pin 3,000
10 1 Diamond iMnule hi one
Stud 3,000
17 1 Diamond clustei brooch 2,500
18 1 Diamond Sinele stono
Ring 2,500
1U 1 Diamond and JMiicraUt
Brooch 2,500
20 1 Diamond Single Stone
Ring 2.000
21 1 Diamond Cluster Ring... 1,500
22 l iiong mum tamers lluir
Shawl 1,500
23 1 Choice Kniernlrl Stud... 1,500
21 1 Dingle atone Diamond
Ring.... 1,000
25toJ4 10 Awards ol 10-40 Gov
ernment Bonds, each 1,000
35 1 Turee-stono Diamond
and Ruby, kalf-hoon
Ring 800
80 1 Diamond Single-stone
Ear Knobs 800
37 1 Pair Diamond Cluster
Studs 600
88 1 Diamond Single-stone
Ring, star setting COO
89 1 Diamond Siugle-Btone
Fin 500
40 1 Diamond Cluster Brace
let 600
41 to 50 10 Awards of 10-40 Gov
ernment Bonds, each 600
61 1 Lady'B Diara'd -set watch 400
52 1 Diamond Single Stone
Ring 350
53 1 Diamond and Onal Clus
ter King 250
64 1 Diamond Single Stone
King 200
55 1 Pair Emerald Scarf Fins 200
CU 1 Diamnud Single Stono
Stud 150
57 I Diamond Cluster Pin... 100
68 1 Cameo and Pearl Brooch
and Eur Rings 100
DOioifig-iuo Awards 10-40 uoveru
ment Bon is, each 100
159 to ''58-100 Awards, Government
Legal Tenders, etch... 60
8,000 Awards. Government legal
tenders, each 6
The distribution of the nliove rewards will he made In
publio as aoon as the suh'criptUm ia full, of which due no
tleo will be given throua,h the papers. On and after May
tttb the Dlauiuuds will be ou exhibition at the office of the
Association.
The public canionfldentlyrnly on everything being con.
ducted In the moat hunorabla and fair manner. All the
awards will lai handed to certlllcatv holders, lmmediatolv
after the diet' ihution, free of all cost, at the ofllrfl of the
Company, Ho.lUbCUfcoTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
OEtTirtOATI.
Wehereby cartify that we have eiamlned the Diamond
Goods, Pearls, feluieralda. IlubleB. and other Precioua
Stones, aa described In the abova list, and Soil them all
genuine,
HJSNL1 DUO'S,, Diamond Importers,
2Midi Ltxa. Nsw York.
J. HERMANN. Diamoud Setter.
i)U4 Bloom Street, New York.
A51HT1 !.
Bcwlu can be had containing twenty certificates,
AH a STBDIII DOLL4IS. . ?
All orders for Certificates mult In addresaed to
J. D. IIOfKMAN. Secretary, '
fcS-fca.
Bo 1481, Post voce, Philadelphia,
From the Toledo Blade.
NASBY.
Tub Radical C iasok A shout Al
TBHAT10N IN TUB NaMB AND PoUCY Olf
Mu Nasuy'h 'institoot.
Post Oma, Confkhhit X Roads.
(Wich is m the Stait uv Ky). V
April 22, 18G7. )
Times change, and men change jist
ez fast ez times. I shood like to see the
times which kin change faster than I
kin, but this last sliifb I hev bin forood
to make ruther took my bretb. It wuz
sudden. Tho Connootiout eleckshun
didn't do us much good after all. We
felt well over it for perhaps a day, but
ez we began to git other indtenshens
from the North, we didn't jist see how
that little spirt wux ngotn to help us.
Cincinnati went Ablishin stronger than
ever Chicago ditto, and most every
where the Dcmooratio rooster was flat
toned. Tho cabinet, when they hoard
uv Deekin Pogram's as-iuult upon the
nigger, on tho reoeet uv tho intelligence
uv the election news, notified me ofli
shelly that a repelishen uv sioh loonauy
would be equivalent to a reoeet uv my
resignation, even tho the post ollis shood
be disoomiiiyood. 'Tho nigger vote
mat bo o ipoherd. It's essenshel
Wade Hampton sez ho,' wrote Randall
to me, and I reprimanded the Deekin
for his recklessniss and borrowed four
dollars uv Baioom, who is the only nii'ii
in the vioinity who hez any ready money,
to makn it all right with him
We held a moetin uv the Diecktors
and Faculty uv the Southern Military
and Classiole Iustitoot. last evunin, to
decide wat course that instt oshu wuz to
take in the great work uv surr iundin
the Ethiopian, and attacliin uv him to
us. In sich a time ea this, ez I men
hei,d to Capt. McPolter, it wont do for
our instooshuns uv learning to stand
back. These great levers, the mol 1ts
uy publio opinion, mu t bo ez progres
siva ez the progressiveist, and must
change like othor things to meet the
requirements uv the timed. We hnv
oominenst our march into Afrika, and
thus far hev we gone into the bowels uv
the land without impediment, to speak
nv let us persevere. Let lis capcher
the Ethiopian, stink and all.
Tho meotin wuz held in the back
,"toin uv Bisoom's, owing to the fact
that it was rainin and the roof uv the
Post Offi. leaks. I had nn approprlashn
some time since from the Department,
for repiirs j but bein in doubt whether
it wuz intended for repairs ou the Post
Oflis or tho Postmaster, I gave the pin
ner the benefit uv the doubt, and got a
new pair uv boots. I oood better endoor
the slite inconvenience uv occasional
rain, than to go barefoot.
I made a statement uv te case and
sejistid a raliele change in the Institoot.
Captin McPhelter agrfed with me.
He felt that there lied n't bin that com
plete, hearty recognition uv our Atrikin
brethren which they ought to be He
had on several oooasions allowed his
nateral vivacity to git the better uv his
proodence, and bed waded into em
slsrmin. Tho old iice uv Ham and
Hager and Onesiraus hed bin so drilled
iuto him in his yooth that ho hed to
wrassle with it to keep it in control, and
in spite uv himself it frekently got the
better uv Lira. He sejested that the
name uv the institoot be changed from
The Southern Military and Classicle institoot,'
to
'The Ham and Japheth Free Academy, for the
development uv the intclleck uv all
races irrespective uv color.'
That, he thot, wood anser the required
end The colored gentlemen who choose
toovail theirselves uv the privligis af
forded by this institooshun, when it is
finished, kin find in this no cause uv
complaint. They are recognized. They
are given the precedence. They stand
first in the matter and foremost. Wat
more kin they ask !
Basoom hed a series uv resolooshms
wich he desired to present. He Bed it
mite be looked nponez strange that he
shood fuvor the concentrashun uv tree
niggers at the Corners, but he hed good
and sulHsheut reatona First he hed
faith that constant contact with tho
Board wood bring etn to the pint of
patronizin his bar, but if it didn't he
knowed perteotly well that the Board
and Faknlty wood manage to git all
they hed, tor board and tooition, which
he wnz perfectly certin he'd git in the
end. Wat he wanted ,wuz people here
to ynose an illustration borrered Iron
his blznis the offlthels uv this Institoot
wuz the tunnel through which the wealth
uv all uv em wood be oonducted to his
coOers I foil onto his neck in rapolier,
and then vowd that I wuz wilin to die
for his good i that I cared not how
much uv othor people's money run
through me to him, ef 'twas thus diloot
ed. Tho resolinhins presented read ez
follows :
Resolved, That the name uv the South,
em Military aud Classikle Institoot be
changed to ' The Ham and Japheth Free
Aoadomy. for the development uv the
intelleck uv all races, irrespeotive uv
oolor.'
Resolved, Thai in rtnkin this change,
we, the Hoard of Directors, do bo, as
sertin t
1. That in this emergency we are
jintified in douhtiii whether Nor got
tite at all, the statement in the Skrip
ters to that effort bein ondoubtedly an
error uv the translators.
2. That ef he' did get tite he didn't
ouss Ham at all.
3. That ef ho did cuss nam, tbe ouss
wuzn't intended to extsnd beyond Ca
naan at the furthest, and hence his de
scendants go scot frco
4. That et the curse wuz really and
trooly intended to attach to all uv Hira's
desendauts. irrespective uv oolor, to the
end uv time, it huint uv do effeck in
Kentucky, ez that State hez alluz run
irrespective uv any code 'ceptin sich ez
hez bin ado ted" by her Leislaoher.
5. That the theory that the nigger, ir
respective uv color, is a least, is a de
looaion, a snr.re, wich we hev alluz
practically held, no matter what we
muy, tor effect, hev sed ; ez tho number
uv mulattoes, to say nothing uv them
still fun her bleached in Kentucky,
abiind intly proves.
6. That the Ethiopinn, irrespeotive
uv color, is trooly a man and a brother,
and the tomalo Ethiopian, irrespective
of color, trooly a woman and a sister.
Resolved, That this Institoot, whose
name is now happily-changed, shel be
conducted upon the principles uv strict
ek.ility, irrespective uv color.
Resolved, Tlmt when we reflect that
the bloated aristocracy of England in-
terdoorst, and tho oarly settlers uv Mas
sachusetts sankahuued, slavery on this
coutinent, toiviu it, really, onto us, we
bile with indig'.ashun towards em and
kin hiirdlv rest vane ourselves.
Resolved, Thot at the tables, in (he
choice of rooms, anil in all matters where
there is a choice, the African man and
brother, irrespective of color, shel hev
tho precedence.
liesolved, That Oberlin College by not
giving tbe sons uv Ham, irrespective uv
color, the precedence, shows clearly that
it is acoonted by narrer-minded preju
dice which deserves the reprobashon uv
every lover uv his kind.
liesolved, That the Ethiopian, irrespec
tive uv color, kin change his skin, and
that his odor, ef he hez any, is rather
pleasant 'ban otherwise.
Resolved, That we look with loathin
upon tbe States North, wich, alluz pro-
fessin friendship for the noble black man
uv the cotton fields, retoos to take him
to their buzzums, irrespective uv color.
Re,olved i That if Massachoosits and
Vermont, and Northern Illinois, and tho
Western Reserve in Ohio, are honest in
thor professions uv love for the negro,
they will come down with donashuns to
assist in the completion uv the Aca
damy. Deekin Pograra didn't know about all
this He hed bin edikatid in Ham and
linger, and wuz a bleeverin Onesiraus.
He doubted. ' Sposen after all the con
cession nigger shood play off onto us !
Si oseu he ehoodent vote with us after
all, but cling to bis Northern friends t
Or spose he shood vote with us and we
shood thro his vote git control, wat tbenl
How cood we reduoe em to their normal
condition agin after all this palaverin T
Bascom replied that ho wuz surprised
at the Deckiu's obtousnes. First, ef
they did vote with the Abolishonists,
we wuz no worse off, ez that was what
they proposed to do any how. Ef, on
the other hand, they didu'l. what then t
The trouble with em now is they know
too much. 'Let em,' said ' Buscoiu,
rarmin nn lt Am associate with us a
I... .i,u ... aA
,...
in twelve months they re precisely Btted
agin to be servsnce unto their brethren.
Look, aed he, 'at the Northern Dinio -
otasy, and are to what we may hope to
bring these men in time.' ,
But little more l.izziness wm transaot-
ad. Beve'ly Nash of. South Curohny
wuz unanimously csl'ed to a professor-
hip, and a young ffenthjmen' of color,
who, from hit strong resemblance to
Elder Gavitt. cught to hev bizness capa
city, wuz unanimously eleoted a member
of the Board. Tbe yoonyun is perfect.
Ham and Japheth hev shaken hands, and
are embracin eaoh other.
May prosperity attond the nnpehcls,
and may the issue be fortunate. I hev
got over the disgust attendant upon the
lust chill, and am oonsekently feelin woll.
Pktiiolkum V. Nasbt, P M.,
(Wich is Postmaster), and Professor in
the Ham and Japheth Free Academy
tor the development uv the intellek uv
all races irrespective of color,
CASE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The tribune of the 4ih lost., says:
Thiscaseiis at last, and properly, brought
to a point on which a decided aotion will
be insisted on. It is ascertained that tho
prisoner's counsel having determined to
apply once more for writ of habeas cor
pus in his behalf, onoot them (Mr leo.
iihea, of this oity, made, last Wednes
day, the application to Judgo Under
wood, at Alexandria. V , and presented
the petition. Jmlgo Underwood had,
on the former application, denied the
motion, on the ground, as we remember,
that Mr. Davis was held as a prisoner of
war, and that tho Government had not
yet delivered hi in up to the civil au
thority. Nearly a year has passed since
that decision i and, inasmuch as tbe
Government maintains the sa ne appar
ent indisposition to lake any step toward
bringing tho prisoner to trial, or releas
ing him on parole, ns it has all his fellow
ciifiiiven, we most heartily welcome the
news that the Judge has this tune allow
ed the writ of habeas corpus It is re
turnable before the Court at Richmond,
on Monday the 13th inst The Govern.
me' l should surely be ready to proceed
with the trial at this term of the Court,
if thern be any purpose to try him at all i
and it not. the prisoner should, ns a
matter of course, be admitted to bail or
otnerwise set at liberty. 1 wo years have
sped since ho was captured ; and, on the
I'Jth ot this month, two years win nave
passed S lice he was immure i in Fortress
Monro. In view of these facts, his lon
ger detention in close confinement,
while lhi prosecution refuses him a trisl,"
would be a glaring defhnro of the set
tled principles of civilized jurisprudence,
aud a deep stain upon tho honor of our
country.
Definitions of Character, Fine fd
low Tho man who advertises in your
paper, the man who . never refines to
lend yon money, and the fellow who is
courting your sister.
Gentle people The young lady who
makes hor mother do tht ironing for fear
of spoiling hei hands, tho miss who
wears thin-soled shoes on a rainy day,
and the young gentleman who is ashatn
ed to be seen walkiug with hig father.
Industrious peop'e'The young lady
who reads romances in bed, the friend
who is always engaged when you call,
and the correspondent who cannot find
time to answer your letter.
Unpopular people The fat man in on
omnibus, a tall man in a crowd, and a
short man in a parade.
Timid p-opleA lover about to pop
the question, a man who does not like
to be shot at, and a steamboat oompany
with a cholera case on board.
Dignified men A chit in a country
town, a midshipman on a quarter-deck,
and n school committee on examinations
day.
Persecuted people Woman, by that
tyrant, man i boys by their parents and
teachers, and all poor people by sooioty
at large.
Unhappy people Old bachelors and
old maids.
Ambitious people Tho writer who
pays the magazines for inserting his
communications, the politician who quits
his party because he cannot gut into of.
fioe, and the boy who expects to bo pres.
ident.
Humble persons 'The husband who
does his wife's "burning, the wife who
blaoks her husband's boots, and the
man who thinks you do him muoh hon
or., Mean peopl The man who kioks
peopio when they are down, and thu
subscriber who refuses to pay for his pa
per. Sensible peoph You and I.
Commutation. The commutation of
twenty-five cents per day tor rations of
enlisted men who have been pri-om-rs of
, war. .snow heing paid at the office of
, U)( CmnmilWllPV QMra of Prigonen, ,
Waahinirtoii eity.and quite a large nura
, ber of cases have been disposed ot aU
roadv. A statement was made a abort
time ago in reference to the ooramenoe-
tl ( V, ..an Kssmuatd In u, K lh If cvaa
. , ,)al the oramutalion was due to
nfUUtrs who had been prisoner! of war.
This is a mistake. . None ate entitled
jbut soldiers, sailors and marlnaa. ,
CCKiosiriES op tub Paris Eh-ositim
Cravat Piss Kveryb ,jy has seen
how bells are rung in all the new hotols
in London, Paris aud New Turk In
stead of pulling the bell and making it
ring by an exertion ot mechanical force,
we press a small on1 ton ia the w ill ; this
is connected by an electric wire with a
little alarm, the dapper ot wliic'i keeps
on jingling so long as the button is press
ed. Lift the hand from the button and
the alarm ceases. This principle a
French joweller has adapted to cravat
pins. The knob of the pin is ut vari.
ous devices. It is a hare with a tabor,
or a drummer with his drum, of a death's
head with a loose uuder jaw, or a dog.
Whoever chooses to wear such a pin has
connected with it by a wiro a small
electrical battery in one of his pockets,
lie puts his hand into his pocket, touch
es a button there niiil off goi's t!w pin.
The hare begin to patter ru the tabor,
the drummer to beat 0:1 his drum, the
death's head to chatter and roll its hor.
rid eyes, or tho dog to bark and snap
When the hand is litteJ from the button
instantly all is quiet.
UNFOR1 UNATK VERY.
A young medio il student from Michi
gan, who had been attending lectures
ID iNew lork lor sumo limp, ami wno
considered himelt excfi'divirly gooil
loo;anr and t iscioating tifidt a widij
onslaught on the heart and tottutin of n
blnomiiitr voinm Indv in 1 he same familv
with htm. After a prolonged siege tho
lady sin rendered. They were married
on Wednesday, in the morning The
sumo afternoon tho young wife ncnt tor
and exhibited to the astonished student
a 'beautiful' little daughter aged three
years and a half.
Good heavens 1 then you were a wiJ
ow V exclaimed the student.
'Yes, my dear, and thi is Amelia, my
yo ngesl; to-morrow, Align -t us. Junes
and Reuben will avrive t" 0111 the oouutty,
and then I shall have n y d -ar children
together once more '
The unhappy student replied not a
word 1 his feelings were too full of ut
terance. The ' ther little darlings' ar
rived, Reuben was six years, James
nine, and Augustus a saucy boy of
twelve. They were delighted to hear
they had a now papa, because the
could now live at homo, and have all the
playthings they wanted, Th 'new
papa,' as soon as he could manage to
speak, remarked that Augustus and
James did not much resemble Reuben
snd Amelia.
Well, no,' said the happy mother ;
'my first husband was quite a different
style ot man fiom my second Ins com
plexion, temperament, the color of his
hair and eyes all different.'
This was too much. He had not
only married a widow, but was her third
husband, and the attonished stepfather
of four children
But the fortune, thought ho ; that
will mako amends. lie spoke ot her
fortune.
'Thoso nro my treasures,' said sho, in
the Roman matron style, paintinu; to
her children.
The oonooit was quite out of tho Mi
chiander, who, finding' that he had
made a complete goose ot hiinftlt. re
tired to a farm m his own native State,
where he could .have a chance id' inak
ing 'his' boys useful, and make t' em
sweat for the deceit praoticod upon luru
by their mother.
Whisky ano Nkwsi'avkrs. A glass
of whisky is manufactured from perhaps
a dozeu grains of corn, and the value of
which is too small to be estimated. A
glass ot this mixture sells for a dime,
und if of a good brand is considered
well worth the inouey It is drunk in a
minute or two, It fires the brain, shar
pens the appetite, deranges and weakens
the physical system. On the same side'
board on which tho deleterious beverage
is served lies a newspaper. It is cov.
ered with half a million of types it
bring- intelligent from the four quar
ters ot the globe. The newspaper costs
less than the gl t.s ot grog the juice ot
a few Kruins of uo'ii but it is no less
strange thau trim that there isalaige
number ot people who 1 11111K corn juice
cheap and newspapers dear.
Cdmcuuo An experienced Pennsyl
vania garde er gives the following de
vice as 'a sure preventive' of the attack
of the curculio on plum trees 1 Take a
quantity of corn cobs, . wiutl a wirs
around them terminating in a hook al
the end ot the 00b 1 then dip them into
gas tar until they are well saturated
Hang a doxea or more on a tree, and no
ourculio will disturb the tree.
Nothing, risked, nothing won
Ing risked, nothing lost, ,, . .
noth
JurrKiisoN died comparatively poor.
In 'e.td, if Cong rem had not purohased
his library, giving him five times Us val
ue, he would with diffiioulty have kept
the wolf from his door. Madison saved
his money, and was comparatively rioh.
1 1) a l l to lilt fortune, howevor, or rather
that ot his widow, Cmigrecs purchased
is manuscript papers, and paid $30,.
(It)!) for thenl. James Monrna.tthst firth
Piv-Lltrnt ol tne United Slates, died so
poor that Ins remains found a resting
place through the charity of his friends.
They roniain i'n a cometory, but no
monument marks the spot where they
repose. John Qnincy Adams loft some
S50,0dt). the result of'mdustry, prudence
and inheritance. He was a man ot
method and economy. Martin Van
Buren di d rich Throughout his po
litical life, he studiously looked out for
his own mtrest. Honry Clay left a
very handsome estate. It probably ex
ueeled SjilOO.OOO. He was a prudent
manager, and a sci upulousiy honest man.
J unes K. Polk left about $150,000, 50,
ODi) ot which was saved from his Presi
dency of four years Daniel Webster
squandered some millions in bis lifetime,
thu product of his professional specula
tion, lie died leaviug his property to
his children. and his debts the his triends.
The former sold lor loss than 20,000
i ll us the latter cXceoded 250,000
dollar-!.. John Tvler left 50,000 dollars,
lieloie In. was Preaideiit ho was a bank
rupt. I.i itlicu, )a hii-baiided his means,
and thciii married a rich wife. Zaoharv
I'salor left 1 (10,000. Millard Fillmore is
a wealthy man, and keeps hig money ia
a strong box. It will not be squander-,
ed in speculation and vice Franklin
Pierce saved some 50,000 dollars from
his term of ervioo. James Buchanan.
who is a bachelor, and saves all he gets,
is es imated to be worth at least 200,000
dollars.
GOOD MANNERS.
We have often noticed a point in eti
quette which seems expressly adapted to
the protection ot the rights and feeling
of both sexes. We allude to the oustom
which requires the gentleman to return
the bow when a lady and gentleman,
presumed acquaintances, meet in tho
street. The philosophy of the rule is
this, for there is sound philosophy ia
manners: v. ere the gentleman to bow
first it would bo in the power of the la
dy to ignore the bow, and thus mortify
the gentleman who might have only in
tended a politeness. The lady bowing
first, the gentlomm, in deference to her,
must return the bow 1 thus the lady ia
protected Further, she is guarded from
the intrusion of impudent men upon her
acquaintance, and men likewise are as
sured against the rudeness ot pert wo
man It the lady does not bow, tilings
remain as hey were, neither is injured,
nc'n her oan UjB exception. itarper for
May.
A cotemporary talks in this way 1
'Young man, don't do it ! Don't marry
dimples, nor ankles, nor eyes, Dor hair,
nor mouths, nor chins, nor nocks, nor
simpers. These bits and scraps of
femininity are mighty poor -things to
lis to. Mirry the true thing. Look
after congeniality, kindred sympathies,
disposition, education 1 and it this be
joined with social position or even a lit
tle lucre, why, don't let them stand in
the way. Get , a woman not one of
these parlor lay figures one of these
automata that sits down just so gets
up just so thump a piano, and dote on
a whisker. Living statues are poor
things to oall into a consultation, where
hrc.td a d brief is the .question-' The
poor little mind that ''an scarcely fathom
the depths ot a dress trimming, can't be
a helpmate ot arty aooouut. Don't throw
away your time ou it.'
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A uootc auction was held in Hartford,
Connecticut, a day or two ago, and
among the hooks 'put up' was one which
drew out the following:
Auui'ionmii -Here gentleman, is the
lite ot J4111US Buchanan, how niaoh ia
offered f'
A voioK. 'A postage stanp.
Anotiikk voigm 'Five cents.'
Then somebody said 'ten cents,' and
another slid 'twelve,' aud at last another
aid fifteen.' . .. . , .1
Aiictionkur. 'Sold, gentlemen 1 Jai.
Buchanan sold tor fifteen cents.'
A voicu -And d ddoar at that.'
And the crowd oheered as it they
thought 10 too.
, 1
The first oriminals tent to the South;
Carolina State Penitentiary, since the
war, are two white men from the WiU '
liamsburg district, tor stealing baoojf
from a treedman. t