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,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.
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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.