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VOL. NINE.
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A PURE TONIC.
DR. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
PREPARED BY DR. C. M. JACKSON, PHILI, PA.
WL L effectually cure Liver Complaint,
Dyspepsia, Jaundice r chronic or nervous
Debility, diseases of the Kidneys,and bad dis
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put up in quart bottles, compounded of the.
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20 to 40 cents per gation, the taste disguised by
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This class of Bitters has caused andwillcon
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three'quarts of good brandy Or whisky, and
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■ny of the numerous, Liquor Bitters in the
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army to the fact that “I.loofland's German
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ing from disorders of the digestive organs are'
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among our soldiers, hundreds of liVes might
Le saved that otherwitte will be lost. :
We 'call the particular attention in the fol
-I,.wing remarkable and well authenticate,
cure o f one of the nation's heroes,' witose life
to use his language, "has been saved by the
Bitters :"
ril/LADELPIIIA, August 23d, 1862.
Messrs. Jones S. Evenns.— Well, gentleman,
your Hootland's German Bitters have saved my
life. There is-no mistake in this. It is vouch
ed for by numbers of my comrades, some of
whose names are appended, and who are fully
cognizant of all the circumstances of my case.
I am, and have been for the last four years,
a. mcmper of Sherman's celebrated battery,
and under .the in - tined/ate command of Cap
tain It. B. Ayres. fhrourh the exposure at
ter dant upon my arduous duties, I was attack
ed in November last with inflamation of the
lungs, and was for seventy-five days in the
hospital. This was followed by great debility,
heightened by an attack of dyseatary,. I was
then. removed from the White House, and
sent to this city on board the Steamer 'estate
of Maine," from which I 'andel on the 28th,
of June. Since' that time I have been about
as low as any: one could and still retain a
spark of vitality:, For a week or more I was
scarcely able to swallow anything, and if I did
force a Morsel down, it was immediately
thrown up again. "
I could not even -keep a glass of water on
my stomach. Life could not last under these
circumstances and, accordingly, the physi-,
clans who had been working faithfully, though
unsuccessfully to rescue me from the grasp.
of the dread Archer, frankly told me they.
could do no more for Me, arid advised me to
see a clergyman, and to make such disposi
tion of my limitel funds as best suited me.—
An acquaintance who visited me at the hospi--
Lel, Mr. Frederick Steinbron, of Sixth below
Arch street,-advised me, as ,a forlorn hope, to
try your Bitters, and kindly- procured a bottle.
From the time I commenced taking 'them the
gloomy shadow of death receded, and I arin
now, thank God for it, getting bettor. Tho'
I have taken but two bottles, I have gained
ten pounds, and I feel sanguine or'being per
mitted to rejoin my wife and slaughter, from'
whom I have heard nothing _for eighteen
months: for, gentlemen, 1 am a loyal Virgin
ian, from the vicinity of Front Royal. To.
your invaluable Bitters I owe 'the certainty of
life which has taken the placo of vagtie fears
—to your Bitters will I owe, the glourious pr
vilege of again clasping to my bosom tho e
who are dearest to me in life. - -
.Very truly yours,' ISAAC MALONE.
We fully concur in the truth of the above
statement, as we had despaired of seeing our
comrade, Mr. Malone, restored to health.
Jahn Cuddlebaelc, lst New York Battery.
George A. Ackley, Co. C., 11th Maine.
Lewis Chevalier, 92d New York.
I. E. Spencer, Ist Artillery, Battery F.
J. R. FatieWell, Co. B, ad Vermont. '
- Henry 13. Serome, Co. B. do.
Henry T. Macdonald, Co. C. 6th Maine.
..John F. Ward, Co. E. sth Maine.
Nathaniel B. Thomas, Co. F., 95th Penn.
John Jenkins, Co. B. 106th Penn.
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TEE SOLDIER TO HIS iNUOHL
On the field of bettleonotber,
All night alone I lay,
Angels watehing:o'er me, Mother,
Till the breaking of the day:_.
lay . thinkh.g of you, mother,
And the loving onea_atlhome,
Till to our:deareottage;mother,
Boy agairkj seemed to come.
He to whom you taught me;mother,
On my infant !criee,to pray,
Kept my heart from fainting, mother,
When the vision pass'd away
In the gray of morning, mother,•
Comrades bore me to the town
From-my-bosom tender fingers
Wash'd the blood that trickled down
I must soon be going, mother,
Going to the home of rest:
Kies me as of old, my mother,
Would I could repay you, mother,
,
For your faithful love and care :
God uphold and bleSs you mother,
In:riiialiffer woe 'Yell bear.
Kiss me for my little brother,
Kiss my sisters, loVed so well
When ypu sit together, mother,
. . .
Tell. how their brother fell
Tell them the,:atory,mather,
. • When -I sleep beneath the sod,
That I died to save my country; .•
All from love to her and God.
Leaning"on the merit, mother,
Of the ONE who died for all,
'eace in my bosom, mother,-
-:` Hark I hear the angels call!
Dont you-bear then singing, mother?
Lisfgn to the music's swell l
Now Ileave , you, loving mother—,
God be with you—fare you well.
Softly l
Softly I
Softly !
Softly 1
Meekly !
Gently !
"Brightly !"
"Brightly I"
"Quickly !"
Quickly !
"The Rain ---The Babel ,of the Thipers."
We heard a dozen men complain,
When' Wednesdaylt began to rain ;
Just as before, When it was dry, . -
They mournedsa drought with many a sigh,
And seemed most strangely to forget, -
The Lord made water rather - wet!
If All men'e prayers were heard together,
The world would have the queerest weather:
" My mill stands still—Oh ! Lord give rain f
" My grain is down--Oh, - Lord refrain! ".
" My corn is parched!" i'Ah,Susan's.bonnet
Don'llet a. drop of water on it I" . •
"Oh, not toFday, our Witahing's „ out I"
" Roll UpTe clouds I Igo for trout I "
"'The hen's•come off—the brood is drowned
"Ah, let it pour! my boat's aground 1"
So, 'mid the nmrmers of the world,
The clouds like banners are unfurled; .
The rain descends, the bow is bent,
The sky srniles clear, God's; uzure tent ;
And, rain or shine, 'tis-pleasantweather;
The sowers hopeful seed is flung,
And hermit songs are always our*
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A DIRGE
Trcad;the floor
• Of the cot , by the hill.
Shut the door
Front the sound of the mill
Hear the vesper
As twilight hours are sped
Speak in whisper
As you stand by the bed.
Bend in prayer
Down by the 81:U1 . 01.'34 We.
Speak words there - _
,To calm the Youthful bride.
Says the soldier,'
-"I look o'er the river's tide;,'
Did he murmur;' .
'Once more obeli be my bride•'
I am dying!" •
The dying soldier said
To him hieing,
She found life fled
MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, ,JULY .25 1 1863.
COUSIN DEBORAH'S LEGACY.
Cousin Deborah was an old; unmarried
lady; who had no other property than a ,
moderate life annuity. - The furniture of
the house was faded and antique ; the
linen was well darned ; the plate was
scanty, and worn thin with. 1180 andfre
quent scouring; s tlie books were few,
and in:no very good condition. She had
•
no jewelry or trinkets; her, days were
passed in a dreary state of tranquility,
stitching," atitchirig Ifo - rever,`, With her
beloVed huge work box at her, elbow.—
That .wanted nothing, for It was abun
dantly—fitted up : . with'worsted, cotton,
tapes, buttoOs, bodkins, 'needles, and
such a multiplicitY \ of reels and balls,
that to enumerate them would be a 'te
dious task.
, .
Cousin Deborah particularly prided
herself on darning ; carpets, house-lineri,
stockiags, all bore Unimpeachable tes
timony to this branch of' industry.—
Holes and thin places.were hailed with
delight , by her ;.and.it was whispered— .
but that might .be a.. mere 'matter of
scandal—that she even-went so far auto
cut holes in lier best tablecloths, for the
purpose of exercising.her: ingenuity: in
,repairing' the :fraetures: Be that as it,
may, the work-box wakes much a corn
..
pan.= to. h'er-as dogs •.and cate - lare .to
many other single ladits:. =She was , lost
without it; her - conikisation turned on
the subject of tbread, paper and needle
cases; and 'never wag darning cottoa
more scientifically roiled into neat balls,
than by the 'taper 'fingers of Cousin De
bortih.
The contents of that huge work-bog
wei , rd have furnished a smell AMR. As
a child I always regarded it 'With% slie
cies of awe ae,d-vpneretio,n ;. and without
daring to lay a finger on, the treasure It
contained, ,my prying eyes greedily,de
voured its mysteries -when the. raised
edge •revealed" ite mountains of, cotton
and forests of pins and needles: < And I
have no doubt that cousin Deborah
first regarded me with favor iu conse
quence of being asked by my mother to
give !no% lessen in darning—a most ne
ceseary:tic,ccrmplishm'ent in our family.
I was" the eldest of my btothers and
sisters ; and thotgli very happy among
ourselves, the circumer..ffees of our dear
pi'rents rendered-the strictest industry
and frugality absolutely indispensable
in order to "make both ends meet.!' .
She was proud of me, on the -whole,
as a pupil, though she •sametimes had,
occasion to reprove : me for idleness and
slipping stitches; afid•between" us, it-is
impossible. to say how many pairs of
stockings we made in the course of ,a
year. We residid near our Cousin- De
borah ; and many time I. was invited
to take tea with her, nad bring - my bag
in-hand as a-matter of" course, and sit.
with her long hours withciut speaking,
injent on our needles, the' silence un
broken except by the ticking of the
eight-day chick.
I sometimes felt it very dull work, I
confess. Not so with Cousin Deborah.
She needed no,other society; than that
of her work-box, and "I do not believe
that she loved any human being so well,
Her whole heart was in it ; and the at
tachment she evinced toward me, as
she went on, was fostered and encour
aged by our mutual zeal in performing
tasks of needle work. Not that I
shared in her devotion ; I was actuated
by a sense of duty alone, - and would far
rather, could rhave done so, conscien
tiously, have been dancing and laughing
with companions of my own age. Mt
ply the needle I aid; and so did Cousin
Deborah ; and we two became, with
the huge work-box between xl‘quite a
pair of loving friends; and at least two
evenings in every week ,I went to sit
withrthe lonewOnrtan - . 1 She would have
, ,
me do so every .
evening, but though
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here were, so many of. us at home, mix.
arenta could not hear teLlipare any of
s out of their eight'oftener - than they
deemed indispensable. . .
At length Cousin peborah's quiet and
blaineless life came to an end. Having
shut her work•box, locked it, and Tint
the .. key in a sealed packet, she turned
hor face to the wall and fell asleep.
When her will was opened, it tsar
found that she had, left her books, furni
ture endplate to a family that stood in
the same relationship' to her that we
did, but who -maga much more pros
porous circumstances than we. To me
she devised the huge work-box, with all
the contents, in token of •the high_ et
teem -and affection by which I was re
garded by the deceased. - I was to in
herit the-well.stored work-box, only 'on
condition that it should be daily used
by ',/tfe- in preference to all others.,
"Ever,y ball of ditaing - Cotton, as, it di-
minishes, shall bring its blessings," said
Coesin Deborah ;„" "for Ada Bendwell
(that is, my nno), , is a ;,good:girl,.and
has darned more holes:in:the stockings
of her little brothers ::and sisters than
any other glillof her age.! ,Therefore I
particularly recomend her to use them
up as soon , as ihelcan, and she will meet
with lei reward in die season."
Mother was disappOinted at
the conclusion of our kinswoman's will,
and expressed her displeasure; in a feiv
sharp 'relniiitS, 'for whiCh mg father
greatly reprove:ll'l4r. The 'subject of
the legacies was never again discussed
by us: The work-bbx7was in constant
requisition at, my side, and the balls of
darning cotto&rapidly diminished;. One
day; as I was sitting beside my mother,
busy with my •needle; she kindly re
marked
"Ton have followed your poor ;one
.
in's, directions, my. dear A`Ua She par
tiCelarly recommended you to use, the
balls of darning cotton, and lciok, there
is one just done." •
As my mother..spoke, I`unrolled a
long needleful, and came to the. end of
that ball. A piece Pf paper:fell to the
floor, which had formed.the nucleus upz
oaf which the yarn was wound. I stooped
to pick it up, and was alibut thrpwing
it into the fire, when it:6o4llov
theills eye, ised she snatched it from my
hand: In a moment she . unfolded_lt .
before 'oar astonished gtize.;.it_ was a.
bank note for. five hundred'dollars.
".Oh I dear , misjudged- Cousin Debo
rah !".`she. exclaimed; otirlida's
reward,' in due; season: . isjust •like
her—kind; queer` old soul I"
We were not long: , in- using up all
the other balls of darning cotton in
thatinarvellons work.box ; and euch,:a
reward as. I found for,mtindustry surely.
was neyer mat, with , before or since.—
Truly,,it was a fai,rybox ; and 'myinee
dle a faity!s•wand. . , • -
Not lees than ten $50.0' notes -were
thus brought to the light, end mylather.
laughingly diclared-).• had wrought,my
own dower with my, 'needle.: No pill.-
suasion could induce him to app.ropriate
the treasure ;- he said it was ray "re
ward," and helonged to me alone. -
Cr That excellent,pe.per, Hall's jorir
nal of Health, speaking of the many cau
ses of Dyspepsia, says : Perhaps hearty
suppers make' more dy,speptics-than any
or all other causes combined ) If dinner
is at noon,:nothing should be taken for
supper but a single cup pf weak tea or
other hoi drink- and a piece of stale
bread analutter. After " forty years - of
age, those who live in -doors, sedentary
persol:is-Lthat Is, all who .do not work
with their'hands as laborers---wOald do
hotter not to take - any supper at all:;•—•
Half the time'the sednntary, :who eat at
noon, do nit" feel hungrY at 'supper ;
especially if they-see nothing on the ta
ble but bread and hurter and tea. But
nature is goaded on to act- against her
instincts in alai - oat every family in the
nation by "relishes" being placed on
the sunper 7 table,in.theeliape of chipped
beef, salt fish, cake, preserves or other
kinds of owpetnacat,and before the. per
son is. aware, a -hearty meal has been
taken, resulting in present uncomforta
bleness, in disturbed sleep, in• a =weary
waking in, the ntorning,bad:taste,iu the
mouth and little or :no appetite .for
breakfast, all of which can be avoided
by beginning early to eat habitually,
accOrding to the Suggestions - above
made.
tom' The Medical men of Paris recom
mend the following way of administer
ing Caster Oil to 'children -The quanti
,
ty of oil prescribed is poured', intd . a
small 'et/alien pan oVer'a moderate fire;
an egg broken into it, and stirred up so
as to form something like what cooks
call buttsred eggs; whemit is - done a
little salt or sugar or a few drOps of
orange water, or , SOMO currant jelly
should be added: The:'sick:
eat it eagerly and never discover =the
fraud. • • • •
A- new way of, keeping warm has
been put in , practice, with g 00.41 effect.
It is to have a buck-wheat. cake made,
large enough to cover the bed, like a
quilt, and spread over 'it ‘‘priiitig'hot',"
the time of retiring. Whlin iceade of
sufficient thiCkness, it retaini'heft
until morning—and 'then, if apereon is
too lazy to'get pp, he can 'pitch a very
good the edges
as his lies.
sir „IL Iteeitern editor has; Married La
girl , named Chardhand eaYir-he has
feltlappier since hii•joinCd the ©hnrch'
than he ever did before.
stalolislied April 11, 1854..
_
HERE NG YOU MAN wit are you
thinking abaut ? Why do you sit there
listlessly, with your month wide open,
wqsting your, precious time? Get up,
sir I take a book, 'mail, digest; that you
may improve your mind.DO you not
know that a moment leits lostforsver,
that there no recalling ,i of time ? Up
then ; bestir yourself, get knowledge
that you may be'useful in your day and
generation. To lose one boor a day
seems but little, and yet it , - amounts to
a_ very considerable aggregate" the
, g at •
end of the year . ; and who is there that
does net Wastemore than One hour each,
day in his life"? Shake off your indolent
habits, and taketo study ar i d to thought.
No man ever became great without in-•
tense application. Look at the bright
names on the scroll of fame, and have
coerage r They were all beys once—.
many of .`them attained unto greatnesa
under adierie circumstances. Be. cour
ageous, the secret is, in asiiduonS, _un
wearied application. We cannot all be
great, it is true, but we may do much to
elevate ourselves in the 'rank of intel
lectual beings. Resolve from =this day
forward that you will be something:and.
stick to your resolve. Merit-always
meets reward. ' '
ar A. T. Stewart, Esq.,,the merchant
priuce,of New York, has made a geg,al'
donation,to the poor .of. Ireland; (says ,
the:New Bedford Mercury.). -Tile, ship
MariEdsom Captain Nickerson, which
sailed from; New ; "gonir. on the: seven
teenth of
: May, ysras :chartured,
Stewart for pis thousamt dollars the
round trip. ,Hpr cargo of corn and pro
visiOns Cost twenty- , thousand - do:RAP.;
and she is to bring hack, free of cost to
them, from one tundred'arid fifty to two
hundrbd'rrien and women betWh'en''the
ages...of eighteen; A`o years, -*ho
may - desiteiO seek :11, new' ho ne here.
We know of ic•:instance 'Where one in
dividuallas done en-act'of- charity so'
like the munificence:. of lOyalt,.• His
contribution of-ten thousaid dollarti;
the outbreak of:the iebellion,in aid'- of
the Government, and his gift dt'a like
amount for rhe: relief of jthi,starving
operatifes of England, are-Well knoaii.
Butlhis fast benefaCtion, quietly per-,
formed, deserves the highest praise.
eir The Indicator of Wurzburg states
that a'Frenchman who was deicending
the Rhine, one evening lately, in the
Hereditary Prince -steamer, when pass
ing the great mill at Mentz, told the
passengers that he was about to show
them an excellent practical joke. He
had scarcely uttered the words when be
put his hat on a behch, jumped into the
river, and was drowned. In his hat was
a letter stating that he had lost all he
"possessed at the gaming tables of Wies
baden, and cautioning the public against
playing there. WlathThis body was re
, .
covered, his purse was found to contain
only lf. 27c.
kajor McCook, the venerable
sire of the six fighting brothers McCook,
wawa remarkable feature of the Union
Convention of. Ohio. He is the' father
of Brigadier General Robt. McCook,
murdered by the rebels, and Maj.. Gen.
Alex. M. McCook,. commanding under
Resecratis. The Major and his sons
have been ultra Democrats, two or three
of whoin hivefallen
.defenCe of the
country. In view of these facts,, the
.ap
peal of this brava old patriarch before
the Conleation, in behalf of the soldiers
in the field, and in denunciation of Val- -
landighatu .andodisloyalty,was impres
sively eloquent.
far It would be better if ,yOung ladies
would encourage young
,men more on
account of their g.o.od,...characters than
their clothes. A - good reputation is
better than a fine coat in almost any
kind of business, except wooing a lash
ionabledady. -
lsr,",9ay„friend,•is; there ,anytbing. to
shoot about here ?" inquired a sports
man in Kentucky of a - boy he met.,
"Wal,"viis the reply, "nothing just
abOut here; :stranger; but the school
master iS dowil the hill yonder—you can
pop - him ovei."
Gir "Da wkter ," said an exquisite the
other day . , - "1 - 4ant yon to tell me - what
I can put into my head to make it
right?" "It wants nothing but brains,"
said the physician.
Breathe pure air, exercise lunch
in it, watch Or sunshine instead ofshad
owe and . . sou. never have the dys
pepsia
ilErWEep-is a bekitot bed t W4en
it is a little bog--iy; ; - • ' •
NO. '52.
PRIVATE VIEWS OF THE WAR.—The
correspondent of a coternporary tells a
story of a colonel- in . General Meade's
army who, on a recent expedition, fell
iu_with a pretty Pennsylvania girl, at
tired in a neat duals, ..cut low in the
neck and short in,the sleeves, who was
Milking a cow. The officer havingtried
in vain to engage her in conversation,
finally proposed that he. should receive
gm milk. - This wasindignantly refused,
lie then gallantly remarked that if all
the Pennsylvanians were as pretty air
the one whom he had' l the pleasure ; of
addressing he had no desire to conquer
the confederacy. "Well,. sir," replied
thq demist ..with ugly toss of the
head, the men in your army are
as ugly as you are, we save no- &mire . to
conquer' them." The colonel wilted on
the spot, his looks, being a z Matter of
special pride with him.
The - NewllrOrk papers report
case of extortion practiced upOu a -de
ceased millionake of that city, whoia
name does not - appear, and inwhich a
lawyer, whe is for g time also:to be un•
known,ls implicated. One of the ac
cused, Rollin A. Goodenough, has heels
arrested and hold to bail in the sum of
$5OOO. The'irietiin was threatened With
t4is charge of adiiitery by these paities,
ittteil.o,ooo was the amount' of "hush
raoriey."
eir One of the largest pieces'of Penn
,
sylianla anthracite that ever
Boetefrls now shoiim there in the form
°flu lifelsized American Indian': It Was
taken from a coal vein nine feet thick,
and cut into its present shape by a &com
mon' 'lanai. It is said to shoisr - real
faleht on 'the part of therough'iculPior;
presetting theappearance of solid cast
.
r We-have recently read that, pe
titieriliid been presented to - the Spai
ish'Crortes; praying for the suppression
ofinill-fightS ; and: now we leatn Omit
the GoVeruritent 'of the Grand Duchy of
Bidob hail) decided on the extinction
of the gambling tables 'on the 'thirty
first of October,lB66, when their lease
will" have expired. ' •
A correspondent, giving" an ac
count of
_the reception, of our :troops at
Westminister, hid., says : "Little Miss
Fanny and Anna Troxell the whole day
long on the 2d inst., remained in front
Of their father's house, and with their
own •hands -supplied with cool water all
thktFoops that passed that way."
Gir More
,factories are erecting and
will soon gb into operation at various
points in Wisconsin. The wool inter.
ost- . of -that State is destined to be a
grealand important one in the future.
Theimmense prairies produce sponta
neoridly nourishment for thousands of
flocks of slu3ep.
'..Mandarin Ward,-the American
filibuster, who attained so much distino-
China,las received the 'honor
of apotheosis, temples having been
erected to his memory at Ningpo and
Sungkitiog, •
"Bra, going in four-wheel cab's 1
lam no afraid of small pox 1" Cabby—.
"You've no call to be afeard o' my cab,
'mum, for I:ve 'ad the hind *heels vac
cinated, and it tookteantiful 1"
wir A man carrymg a. cradle was ao
coated by an aid woman with, "So, sir,
you have got,sonte of the fruits of mat
rimony." t Softly, old ,lady," said he,
"this is merely the fruit basket."
P-rovisions are so scares in the
SOuth, that the rebels, though priding
themselves on their hospitality, have
given Vallandighatn nothing better than
the cold shOnlder.
gar It is said that the first copper
head ever known on earth• was found
coiled about a fruit tree in the Garden
of Eden, telling lies and' preaching re
bellion..
Gar A retired schoolmaster excuses
his passion for angling by, saying that
from constant habit, he never feels,
quite himself unless he's handling the
rod.
if' A dentist in Maine has inserted
an artificial tooth in the mouth of &fine
horse ; to supply the place of a broken
one.
fir The man who will quarrel with
hie wife, is well qualified for the peal
.
tentiary.
Anyl Our 'well done is many
times sanre - .4oltorabla than 'genteel