BY FRED'K L. BAKER. puBLISHED WEEKLY 051: MILLAR AND A lIALF A YEAR, PAYABLE IN AD VANCE LltitCC in " LINDSAY'S BUILDING," second floor, on Elbow Lane, between the Post . o . llice Corner and Front-St., Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. ADVERTISING RATES One Squ are (10 wed, or less) 73 cents for the first insertion and Lit Dollar and-a-half for 3 inshrtions. Pro eisional and Business cards, of six lines or less ,t S 5 per annum. Notices in the reading col ons, ten cents a-line. Slarriages and Deaths, he simple announcement, FREE; but for any ,thlitional lines, ten cents a line. illiberal deduction made to yearly and half party advertisers. Having just added a "- Nxwauay Moult 4IN JOBR ER PRESS," together with a largo 14aortnieni of new Job and Card type, Cuts, I')nters, be., &c., Jo the Job Office of " THE It] ET riAtq," which will insure the f ne and execution of all kinds of Jon & CARD PRINTING, from the smallest Card to the i MASI Posrun, at reasonable prices.. ,illatttrs Alatrimonie Its really very singular; I cannot make it out; ('re many beaux, yet none propose— \V hat are they all about? There's NIA. Bailysornes here daily, I'o dinner, and to—doze ; Ile smiles and sighs, looks very wise, -Ind yet he don't propose. lloy steal toy pocket handkerchiefs, 'they pray for locks of hair, "they ask me for my hand—to dance, They praise my grace and air. There's Air. Dyson, fond of Upson ; I wonder ho don't close; make his tea, he smiles on me and yet ho don't propose. U park or play, by night or day, They follow me about, Riding or walking, singing or talking; . At revel, masque or rout. • illy tailor thinks it very. bad, That out of all tho beaux, Who come to dino and drink his wipe, None of them will propose: I'+m, it is very singular, I've half a mind to pout; Wall the beaus none will propose, What do they dream about? However, now my mind's resolved ; In poetry and prose, Whate'er ensue, or false or true, one of them shall propose ? Iit o IANCEOFTIFEDIVORCE COURT.—The particulars of an extraordinary case in connection with the Divorce Court have reached me, says a Belfast correspond. cot of a Boston paper, which, although rending like a romance, are nevertheless true. For obvious reasons, I shall not mention [males. The facts are, howev er, as follows : Not long after- the late Str Uresswell was installed as Judge hrdinary, an officer of her Majesty's ter\ ice whom I shall describe as Mr. A. procnted a petition for a divorce from his wife, on the usual grounds. The inurp as of the lady (an Irieb woman I thulliti mention) occasioned much pain sad surprise to her friends, as her con duct previous to the unfortunate denoue ,,,:w had been unexceptionable as a wife Lad mother. The correspondent in the case, also an officer in the army, whom I hall call Mr. B. made the lady all the reparation in his power, and married her, oho wa subsequently received in buelety in India, where her antecedents were not too critically examined, but in three years afterward Mr. B. died, and he Was left a widow. Having no longer any tie in India, she returned to England, whither she bad been preceded by Mr. A. and his three little children. Having taken, up her residence in a fashionable town in a midland county celebrated for the cure] tive property of its waters, Mrs. B. soon obtained admission to good society as the widow of a British officer, and a very beautiful and attractiv e woman to boot. Here, after an interval of nearly two Years she again encountered Mr. A. and the result is, that they have again mar ried. The children of Mr. A. have not recognized their mother, and all they know is that "Papa married a widow." Be " at this in a sensation novel if you Tho circumstances of this extra ordinary case are related with critical accuracy ; and were I to give: the real in itials of the parties, they could be eas ily identified. They afford the only il lustration on record of the ruling. pasSiOn strong iu divorce. If a lady in a red cloak was to , !Nbs a field in WillOh was a goat, what troaderful transformation would take 13l acE)? The goat would turn to butter, 'Atha lady into a scarlet runner. (i..-4t 7)11i1.,.zi/T.ii.'';,:Li.4 T.L -%l,lfiit %fan fit 61 rtisbingtoit Gitg FOR THE MAIIIETTIAN.3 Friend Bitker as you, have at length arrived in the "City of Magni ficent Distances," .1 propose to take you around to see the "sights." Here you are at the "Turner House," which is certainly one of the most prominent points in Waehingto; city, being cen trally located and on/one of the many points tor which this city is so noted, as the streets cross so frequently, causing a number of triangular pieces of ground, all over the city, many of which are very handsomely fenced in and fine shade trees planted, thus giving us fine air and a kind of country or rural appearance. We will just step out into the Avenue and take one of the street cars Mining and proceed to the Capitol and take a "view of matters and things" there. In the cars we find colored folks- 7 oh, yes, they are allowed to ride in the street cars, and I can see no serious objection to it—they are dressed in silk and fine broadcloth, and look as clean and tidy as white folks, and conduct themselves full as well. There is, however, a very strong prejudice in this city against the poor, despised African' race and many would gladly return to the old slavery times, contending that the negro was never intended for anything else but a slave—that he, can never be educated, notwithstanding the strong living evi dence to the contrary, daily seen. Here —we are, at the Capitol—we will walk up the broad paved walk—no this is a wood or garden, although the large sycamore and other trees look as though they had stood far ages—but you will observe the regularity and style in which they have been placed—the star shaped flower beds all done to beautify these grounds ; do you not see those two fowl tains on yoar right, throwing up water in .a hundred little streams, sparkling as it; ascends and descends into the stone basin—see how the groups of little children enjoy the shade 'and pleasant atmosphere ; the nurses with their car riage leads of little ones--and 'many of a larger grcwth—both black and white —old and young—all, all come here de deg this season of the year to enjoy the capitol grounds. - That stand—that is where the Marine Band discourses sweet music every Wednesday evening and loungers. come to rest .on those iron lounges you see every here and there ; on pleasant Wednesday evenings this place is literally crowded with the fash. ion ( and poverty too) of the city. - - Now we pass up a number of steps and see an ow:lesure of iron-railing—that is a pond with a fountain where you see quite a large number quenching their thirst with good, wholesome water—the pond contains hundreds of gold and sil ver fish—and—like the crowd around— some black fish. Up we go a few more steps—and up a few more, and new we enter the west side of the grand Capitol - of the United States and up some twen ty more steps and, we are in the rotunda of the Capitol. Those groups around are viewing the pictures on the wall ; the one you see over the East door is a representation of Commodore Perry on Lake Erie, cost I believe $2,500, and I presume the ahers you see hanging around, cost equally , as much—they are all splendid works of art. To the dome —yes, that is 'consideiable height and since the rubbish has been removed it makes a beautiful appearance, although not yet completed. We will now pass to the old Hall of the House of Repre sentatives—you see it has been refitted, but a rather small place compared to the new hall; here we are at the great bronze door, which has cost such an im mense amount of money ; there is a great history on this door bat as it is in hieroglyphics few can read it ; but here we are at - the new Hall of the House of Representatives—but it is 'empty; the carpets, desks, etc.,. are all removed, preparatory to being cleaned and refur nished for the next Congress. We will now pass down this flight of stairs to that grand painting over the first landing— that is considered a master piece of painting, it represents an overland emi grant party bound for California, just at the Rocky Mountains ; there is a history in this picture, for every time you view it you see . somethingnewin it to admire; you can never pass it without finding a crowd scanning it. We will now pass over to the Senate Chamber, hut find it in the same condition as the House— empty for the same purpose. I hope, however to take you through these two hallß when our lionorables are seated therein—Congress in session—and see the difference in their appearance. We will now pass out the East front ;' here, 16genkitt Vonsldaltia A:rung for #je bonu MARTETTA, SATURDAY MORNING,. AUGUST 19, 1865. on these steps, the inauguration of the Presidents take place ;_about the centre is where they are sworn in, and the vast multitude occupy the open space in front. The space in front is the Park, where is erected the statue of George WaShington, in a sitting posture, point ing up to the Goddess of Liberty on the Capitol dome; this is the actual front of the Capitol, bat the city has been built rather to the side or behind the Capitol, owing, I understand, in regard to some difficulty about the land in front. Looking up to the Goddess, she does not appear larger than life size, but is really nineteen feet high and weighs 17,000 pounds; it was cut by Clark Mille. Now let us pass to the Senate end of the building . ; do you see that group of figures just under that marble cornice at the top of the build ing ? it is intended to represent Com merce, Navigation, Industry, Art, Sci ence, Education, etc., all cut out of solid marble—it is regarded as 'a very fine piece of sculpture, but it is too high to be properly appfeciated by the observ er below. That building you see at the corner of the square is the old Capi tol Prison, where so many have been re creating for their health during the re bellion, but I believe but fow are now left there. But here comes the street car again, right through the , yard, up from the navy yard ; we will enter again. It requires an additional horse here at the foot of the hill to draw the cars up. That building away off, nearly a mile ahead, is the Treasury building. We here have a beautiful view up Pennsyl vania avenue : to see the crowd of hacks, cars and other vehicles -on the avenue and the pedestrians on the wide side walks ; that to the left is the Hot House, for tropical . plants and flowers; that building on our right is the National Hotel, where James Buchanan came so near being poisoned whilst President, it is on the corner of 6th street. That largo building is the Metropolitan Ho tel, both of these hotels are amongst tho most prominent in the city. Well, my friend, since you have had dinner and time to cool off, 'I suppose you are ready to resume "sight-seeing," but being rather late to take the cars to fin ish our journey, we will make an even ing excursion on foot, and as the band has struck up at "The Oxford Hall" and from our position' we have an unob structed-view down to 7th street; yon see the crowd , rushing over to the "Ox ford "—soldiers and civilians—black, white and red—all colors ; but nothing like ladies visit there after night—only the colored damsels go—but like at ev ery other place, they are separated, that is—the goats from the sheep—or white from the black, and if you promise me not to report me at home, we will just pop over and take a peep into the Hall, as it will require you to visit such places if you wish "to see the Elephant"—for to see him you must go where he is kept for 'twould not do to allow him to stalk abroad in the streets. Admittance to Orchestra chairs, 50c ; other parts of the house 25c ; private boxes, $1 per seat ; well we will take our seat in Or chestra, as the, music has ceased and all appear to have lighted pipes or Begars and in full blast—othefs are getting up steam by pobri»g down-liquid fire—soon the certain will rise and the performance commence ;—.curtain rises and perform ance commences with a song from Ma dame Don Louisa Sigourni, &c., &c., Curtain down—music. Curtain up, Ne gro Banjo—for white negro performau tee are fashionable—and he who can act the negro most is a star of the first magnitude—now comes a dance by three dozen young ladies—all dressi3d in the lightest manner—nonp of your long sweeping dresses—long enough to reach almost to the knees, so as not to encum ber them in-dancing—you see ,nothing_ really vulgar—their dancing is splendid, is it not 2 Do you see those 'boys run ning around delivering lager beer, wiser beer and pure fire water=none of your old whiskey or common liquors, for they keep the regular rifle liquor here, which rarely misses fire. As the balance of t - the performance will only be a repeti tion, we will pass to a cooler place on the avenue—here we are at Tenth street —that is a "Free and Easy." np stairs, but as it is German, we may as well pass on ; here they charge no admission— music free—but charge for the lager ; it is crowded every night. That on the way, bet Ween llth and I2th street, is al so a "Free and Easy, i; near by is the "Winter Garden," also a frizie and easy ; near by is also another called "Metro politan Hall." More anon, ON A TIGHT ROPE.—A. Rochester pa per says ;--"Harry Leslie crossed the rapids at Niagara Falls on the Fourth at Blondin's old crossing. On this óc casion.Lealie had a fair opportunity of exhibiting his agility and daring feats to an audience variously estimated at from fifteen to eighteen thousand per- Sons. "The first crossing was made in five minutes and nineteen seconds. he second, after receiving' the congratul& Cons of his Canadian friends, and par taking of some refreshments, was made on the fall run, in four minutes. After a short respite, Leslie again made his appearance in woman's garb, night-cap, petticoats, &c., and for about fifteen minutes astonished his audience by en acting, on the main rope, a drunken scene, staggering, reeling, &c.,_ with -a perfect recklessness of life or limb. He wound up his fool-hardy exploits by running out on one of the gay-ropes without pole or balance, and throwing himself at fall length on his back— This, it was admitted, surpassed any venture some feat ever performed by Blondin." cr Peter J. Smith, of Co. I 6th Connecticut Volunteers, has made an affidavit which- shows` there was another beast at Andersonville besides Wirtz. Hie name was Allen, and the affidavit says : "At one time he took eight of us, myself amongst the number, all non commissioned officers, and upon our re fusing to take the oath, and, to pursued° the privates to do so, tied each of us, our hands and arms to our sides, and then took a loaded pistol and resting it on our ears fired it off, causing no the greatest agony, and the blood to flow from our ears. He caused the pistol to be thus fired on my ear twelve times, saying : 'I will make Jou so you can't hear the command of another Yankee general or commander.' The hearing of my right ear has been destroyed in con sequence of this treatment Upon my return' through from imprisonment, I saw - Major Allen' in Richmodd, Virginia, serving out provisions furnished by the United States Government to - the poor of Richmond." *a - William B. Astor is sixty-five years old ; worth fifty millions ; a round faced, pleasant, quiet mannered gentle man, on the cloudy side of sixty ; owns two thousand dwelling% and is a lenient landloyd: A. T. Stewart is sixty, thin, nervous, dignified, worth thirty millions, and liberal in,case of benevolence which appeal to his sympathies. Commodore Vanderbilt is white.haired, red-cheeked, seventy, worth forty millions, drives a fast horse, keeps a fast boat, controls two fast railroads, companies wit'h fast men, and gives ;way his money every lavishly. Augustus Belmont, twenty millions, coarse, stoat, fifty, and very German. George Opdyke, five millions, fifty, but looks younger ; an agreeable gentleman. James Gordon Bennett, five millions, seventy-three years. old, dignified in manner, broad Scotch ac cent, benevolent to tile poor. Ur The only eon of Gerrit Smith, having served his country as 2d Lieuten ant from July, 1864, to May, 1865, was discharged on account of ill health re sulting from sun-ktroke. In a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury he writes : "Upon entering the service, my father, Gerrit Smith, of Petersboro, N. Y. re quested me to refuse pay for my services, as he deemed it the cuty of di men of means to take nothing, from the Govern ment in the hour of her need, but, being in' need'of ready money on my way from the front, I drew $409.14, a check for which I therefore now inclose. "I am, sir, your very obedient-servant, "GREEN SMITH:" Cr Eloquent, burst by a western ora_ 'tor : "Where is Europe compared with America ? Nowhar I Where is Eng land ? Nowhar"! They call England the mistress of the sea ; but what makes the sea ? The Mississippi river makes it, And all we've got to do is to turn the Mississippi river into the Mammoth Cave, and the English navy will .be floundering in the :laud. i f ir A Clergyman, at •Meridon, Ct., preacked from the text, "Adam, where art then ?" last Sunday week. He di vided, hie discourse into three parts : first, all men are somewhere ; second, some are where they ought not to be and third , unless they mend their ways they will eventually find .thernielves 'where they'd rather not he. Blackberries are.two cents and a hid per quart at Madison, Ind. w.O A NOVEL' ADVERTISEMENT.-Thij fol lowing novel matrimonial advertisement recently appeared in one of the Western papers I am 18 years old, have a good set 'of teeth, and believe in Andy Johnson, the star-spangled banner, and the 4th of July. I have taken up a State lot, cleared Up eighteen acres last year, and seeded ten of it down. My btickwheat looks first rate, and the oats and pota toes are bully. I have got nine sheep, a two year old bull, and two heifers, be sides a house and barn. I want to get married. I want to buy bread and but *ter, hoopskirts and waterfalls for some person of the female persuasion during my life. That's .whita's the matter with .me. But I don't know how to do it". tar The Vienna Presse relates the following incident :—"On Monday . last a manufacturer of this city was going to celebrate his marriage with a young girl without any fortune. On arriving at the church the intending bridegroom wished to leave his hat in the carriage. He raised it from his head, but unfortu nately brought away his wig as well. No sooner did the young lady' see the artificial, head of hair detached from the skull of her lover than she refused to become his wife, and each' returned home, to the great disappointment of the witnesses and others who were pres ent." ar A singular event occurred in the German Reformed cemetery in. Middle town, Frederick county, Md., ,about sunset on the 4th of July. Mrs. Hannah Keller, a widow lady, well advanced in years, residing in Middletown, .in com pany with her daughter, visited the grave of her deceased husband, on, the evening above stated, arid whilst tr-im . ining the flowers upon his tomb, was suddenly stricken by apoplexy and died in a few moments. On the following af ternoon her remains were deposited in the very, spot where she died,; by the side of those other husband.- lit The Lanstug Journal records the violent 'death of J. C. Hall of that Place, undersingularcircunistances. A wretch by the name of Presho, convicted of horse stealing was being taken on board' a steamboat to the , penitentiary at Fort Madison, in charge of Sheriff Palmer and Mr. Hall. Near that place, the prisoner feigned sickness and was allow ed to go aft. His hands were 'shackled and one of his, arms in the grasp of Mr. Hall, the Sheriff being two feet in the rear. Watching his opportunity, the prisoner sprang upon Mr. Hall and both went overboard and were not recovered. ar Alfred Tennyson, the poet laure ate of England is failing very fast. He was just recovering from a severe attack of throat disease, .when, walking late one evening in his . Isle of Wight garden, he took cold, and now, it is stated, symp toms of consumption are evident. His friends are going to remove him to the South of France at once, as the only chance of saving his life. In a trial now in progress in one of the COurts of Sweden, a series of the most appalling crimes has been brought to clergyman named Lindback is charged with the murder of several of his parishioners by administering' ; to them poison in their sacramental wine! The proof RI so conclusive agaiiist him that not the slightest doubt of his -guilt is entertained.-- A French chemist aperts that.if tea be ground like coffee, before hot water is put upon it, it will yield double the amount of exhilarating qualities. Anoth er writer says, '"lf a'pi'ece of lump sugar the size of a walnut is put into the tea pot, you will Make the tea infuse in one half the time ear Randall Jaggard, of Pittston, Lu zerne county, is a successful snake hun ter. He hai already sent sixty - rattle snakes to the different cities of the State, this season, and has at his home a large cage filled with living reptiles. After catching the pets; •he extracts their fangs and renders them harmless. isir Among the passengeoriately, ar rived at Plyniouth, England, from Val , bourne, is Johnny Day, champion--Pedes trian of Australia, nine years •of age, three feet ten inches in height, and fifty four pounds in weight. He visits• Eng land to walk against any man or boy." Apolic4unan,recently fell dead the streets of Portland while pursuing a prisoner or Chang, and Eng eacigave see to the rebel army. - . VOL. XII.-NO. 2. Apple Champaign VALUABLE RECIPE.—We have re cently learned of a very simple and cheap process of making Champaign Wine directly from apples; and as the coming fall will furnish an abundance of the -necessary material, the recipe may prove interesting to farmers and profit able to dealers. The juice is pressed directly from sound apples without previous grinding, because the bruising of the fruit, in a short time, discolors the juice, and pro duces such other chemical change, by exposure to the atmosphere, as to pre vent the practical working of the pro cess, while the juice pressed from sound apples is nearly as limpid as water. The juice runs directly from the press into a filter, consisting of a suitable box about a foot deep by six inches square, filled with a mixture of pulverized char coal and clean sand or fine gravel, about half and half. A thin layer of straw is put into the box before it is filled with the filtering material and the bottom of the box is perforated with fine holes. The juice passes through this filter into bottles, which should be immedi ately corked to exclude the atmosphere, which gives it the appearance of the real champaign ; and our informant who has used the process, assures us that the wine after remaining in the cel lar awhile presents the action and flavor of the imported article, with the advan tage of being a much more healthy bev erage, while its cost does not exceed two cents a quart bottle where apples are. pletity. Imported champaign of the commonest quality, cannot be bought in this market for less than two to three dollars a bottle, while its genuineness and purity are very questionable, to say the least. To crush and press apples at one op eration requires a very powerful press. We have examined a portable arrange ment of the kind, quite simple and cheap and• well adapted to this process, a. 3 it is sufficiently powerful to crush and press the hardest apples, having a press ing power of 10,000 pounds with 50 pounds weight applied to, the crank. Such a press would be good to extract the juice from grapes, as it would not break the seeds, and thereby give a bad flavor to the wine. This press is manufactured and sold wholesale and retail, by Hall, Heed & Co., No. 55 Liberty street, Now York. —American Artisan, N. Y. [The press, referred to in the fore going extract, Will be found advertised in another column ofthis paper. Agents who would like to circulate a useful in vention would do well to read this ad vertisement and send for a circular. Farmers who have orchards should not neglect to make a note of the above. re cipe.] CURE FUR DRUNKENNESS.—The patient is shut up in a room, and debarred all communication, except with his physi cian. As often as he pleases, spirits, ( brandy, whisky, gin, &o,) are given him, bat mixed with two-thirds water ; so, also, all other drinks, as well as beer, coffee, or wine, mingled with one•third water. The various kinds of food, too that are furnished him—bread, meat, &c.—are all prepared with brandy ; con sequently the patient is in a state of continued intoxication. This lasts about five days ; at the end of that time, he-asks with entreaty for other nourish ment, without hie request being compli ed with, and not until his organs abso lutely obhor any alcohol. The cure is complete, and from this period the very smell of spirits produces on him almost the effect of an emetic. * A. servant girl in that uncertain region known as "out West" recently tried whisky to kill rats. She made it sweet with sugar, crumbling in bread, and set the dish in the cellar. A few hours after, she went down and found several rata gloriously "fuddled," en gaged in throwing potato parings and hauling one another up to drink. These were easily disposed of, those not killed left the premises immediately, undoubt edly suffering with a severe headache. Isir Of the large amount of currency sent to the redemption bureau at Wash. ington, only one and-a half, or two per cent. is found to be counterfeit. The sender and ❑ot the Government bears the loss: There is no knowledge at the Department that there are any counter feit NatioWal bank notes in circulation • Cr A. soldier in New York recently poisoned himself from grief at his wife's intoxicated habits.
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