Mil MI BY FRED'K L BAKER. & TRAINS of this road run by Reading Rail Road limo, Which is ten minutes faster thsn that of Pennsylvania Railroad. s its OR TIM ROAD. RUN AS FOLLOWS: LEA VIIVG COLUMBIA AT rm. A. Passenger train fo 'UV Reading and intermediate stations nntecting at Lankisville, daily, except Mon ,hly, with Erie Express of P. R. reaching Philadelphia at 10:30 in the morning ; leaving Illankeirn at 7:41; Litiz at 7:54; Ephrata at Reinholdsville at 8:50 ; Sinking Springs , t me.; and arriving at RI ailing at 9:35 a. In. At Reading-connection is made with Fast Ex press :Cain of East Pennsylvania-Rail Road, aching New-Aroric at 2:30 P. M. with train of Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, reach az Philadelphia at 1t43 p. tn., and also with rains for Pottsville,Lebanon Valley and Harrisburg. P. NI.-- , PASSEIy , GER TRAIN 'h. lo for Readil" sad intermediate sta ins, connecting at andisville at 2450 P. M. with Express trains of Penn's. R. R., both East and West, leaving Manheim at 3:26; Litiz 3:41; Ephrata at 4:10 ; Reintaoldsville 4:37 ; Finking Springs 5:03 and arriving at Reading , 13: 20 P. itt. At Reading connection is made vith trains for Pottsville and Lebanon Valley. LEAVE READING AT I A A • M.—PASSENGER TRAIN 0; Wila Columbia and intermediate sta ms,teacin,,v Sinking Springs at -6 26 ; Rein holdsville at 6 54, Ephrata at 7 2!, Litiz at 7 54, Matilteint at S OS, making connection at Landisville with train of Penn'a reading Lancaster at 8:33 A. M. and Phila delphia at 42:30; arriving at Columbia at 9 o'clock, A. M., there connecting the Ferry for Wrightsville and Norlhern Central Railroad, at II:45 A. 11.1. with train of POnn'a. Railroad far the West. • p r.„w—Mail Passenger Train. for f ' t j Columbia and in tertneniate stations aith passengers leaving New- York at 12 M., and Philadelphia at 3:30 P. M., leaving. Sink ing Springs at 6:31 ' • Reinholdsville 6:b6 ; Eph rata 7:20; Dila 7:4S ; Manheim S:O3 ; connec ting at Landisville with an Express train of Um P. 11 It. fur Lancaster and Philadelphia, reaching Philadelphia at 11:30 p. in. and ar form; at Columbia at 8:5 P. M. a•Tbe Plrasure Travel to Ephrata and LitC7 Springs Iron New-York, Philadelphia, Wintore and other poiMs, is by this schedule accommodated several times per day with Ex pregi trains connecting in all directions. rPThraseti tickets to New-York; Phila.- Zelplaa and Lancaster sold at principal stn ions. Frdight carried with utino promt eta and dispatch, at the lowest rates. I=l Further information with regard to Freight or pnasenim, may be obtained 'from the agentt of the Comprrae. AI EN LigN CO Li EN, Superintendent. E. F. KEEV Eft, (ieneral Freight and Tieltes Agota. r ltollsE-CLEANERS. WALL BRUSHES, A new article in this market, and far supetiol : to any oilier in use. A few reasons why . : First.-- They are free from twine, Which is ;dated ty the lime, and liable to rut, cans keg the Winn; out of the bristles. Second.—The bristles are inserted in the Weed, or body of the brush, when green, which when dry, causes them to be held firmly in their place ; any subsequent soaking or shrink age lads to street them. Third.—They are made of Bristles exclusive 1y ; many kinds being composed, in part, of vitalcbcnte. .Forth•—They contlon snore bristles for the Eze, and are as elle , p as the ordinary kind. Sold exclusively by JO FIN SP NGLER, AT MR iiiRDWARE STORE rilitaP READ Y-MADE PLOTHING I! }laving just teturrted from the city with s nicely selected lot of Ready-mode,Clothing, which the undersigned is prepared to furnish at reduced prices; having laid in a general assort ment of men and boys' clothing, which he is &tern Med to sell to w „roe CASH. His stock c0n313! . 3 of (I vEA-COATS, DRESS, FROcK AND SACIi COATS, PANTS, VESTS, PEAJACKETS, lloL'ooeouTs, (knit) (WERRA ULS, CAAV2VES, D RAWERS, Sir (SSTs, 110ISERV, UN DEIISIIIRTS, GI oVES,SUsPENDERS, &c. Everything in the Furnishing Goods line. Call and examine he ,ro purchasing elsewhere. Everything sold at iiceS Ai suit the times. JOHN BELL. , )rner of Elbow'. Lane and Market Si next tiOr . to Cassers,gtore. ILADELPII4 Paper Hangings. ELL & BOURKE, MANUFACTURERS OF 'APER HANGINGS AND WINDOW SHADES, East Corner Fourth and Market streets, PHILADELPHIA. Altooys in store, a large stock of LINEN AND OIL SHADES. ugust 243 1865.-3rdj HENRY lI.4RP E t2, 550 ARCH STREET, nli*: PHILADELPHIA Watches, Fine Jewelry, Solid Silver-ware, AND SUPERIOR SILVER-PLATED., , WA"' t. 14-3171.1 rat National Bank of Marietta tIS BANKING ASSOCIATION RATING CO MPLETED ITS ORGANIZATION is now prepared to transact all kinds of BANKING BUSINESS. The Board of Directors meet weekty, Wednesday, for discount and other birsiness. *flank ifours : From 9A•atto 3 P. M. JOHN HOLLINGER, PRESIDENT.. 4403 B OWMAN, Cashier. • 'ilf You want a . . rst-rate Black or Fancy Silk A neat or gay challie or De Leine en A lioperior Black or ftin4 ' Wool De Laine A . fine or medium Black or Colored .Alpaca 4 good Lavelle, De Beige or Poplin An h Excellent Chintz or good Calico You wi l l A Frenc, fin Engdlishit at or Shambry Gingham SPANGLER & RICH'S ri ElkleyTjaPii,NaT4sll, i I Iie S y P , O , ItTSMEN 111 1, GunWadda, -84,P!'ilvE Sporting and Glazed Duck ,powder khnlore Shot; Shot Pouches, Powder I'las l / 4 s, 1 4 at . • JOHN SPANGLER'S. CF. HAVANA SEGARS, and the best Chewing and Smoking Tobacco at WOLFE'S. 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Having just added a " NEWBURY Molitt- TA IN JOBBER PRESS," together with a large assortinent of new Job and Card type, Cuts, Borders, &c., &c., to the Job Office of "THE MA RI ETTIA .which will insure the f ne and speedy execution of ail kinds of JOB & CARD PRlNTErra,:from the smallest Card to the LARGEST POSTER, at reasonable prices jEltatt of ljt fFtnititrz BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. The melancholy days have come, The saddest of the year, Of wailing winds and naked woods, And meadows brown and sear. [leaped in the hollows of 'the grove, The withered leaves lie dead, They rustle to the eddying gust, And to the' rabbit's tread. The robin and the wrens are flown, And from the shrubs the jay, And froth the wood top calls the crow, Through all the gloomy day; Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers - That lately sprang and stood, In brighter light and softer air, A beauteous sisterhood ? Alas, they are all in their graves; The gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds, With the fair ancrgood of ours. The rain is fulling where they lie, But the cold November rain Callsnot from out the gloomy earth The lovely ones again. The wild flower and the violet; 'l'hey perished long ago, And the briar rose and the orchis died, Amid the summer glow. But on the hill the golden red, And the aster in the wood, And the yellow sun flower by the brook, In Autumn beauty stood, Till fell the frost from the clear, cold heaven, As falls the plague on men, And the brightness of their smile was gone, From upland, glade and glen. And now, when comes the calm mild day, As still such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee From out their wintry home. When the sound of .dropping nuts is heard, Though all the trees are still ; And twinkle in the smoky light The waters of the rill. The south winds searches for the flowers, Whose fragrance late he bore. And sighs to flock them in the wood And by the stream no more. 865 And then I think of one who in Iler youthful beauty died, The fair, meek blossom that grew up, And faded by our side-; In the cool, moist earth we laid her,- W ben the 'forest cast the leaf, And we wept that - one so lovely, .Should have a life so brief; Yet not utmost it was that one, Like that young friend of ours, So gentle and so beautiful, Should perish with the flowers. - How DARE You?—An amusing little episode recently occurred in a railroad car. Shortly after the train had left the depot, an old lady =jumped .-up and addressed a gentleman seated behind her, with " How dare you,? What are you at ?" The astonished gentleman replied that he had done nothing: -The lady again seated herself, but in a few moments arose, fall of, rage and terror, and declared her neighbor was a " Ilan," and, on arriving at the next sta tion was about to:have him , -arrested, when, luckily, the cause of her agitation was discovered—in the shape of a goose, which, placed in•a basket.under the seat occupied by the lady had during the voyage, amused. itself by: pecking at her un'derstandings." The discovery of the: criminal created great laughter among the passengers. et- Why should marriage he spoked of a tender tie, when it is so confoun ded tough that nothing bnt deatlr can cut it ? lY IlubtptiMut romiliania *line for zee gonte (firth. MARIETTA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1865. The Search for John Smith. John Smith married my father's great uncle's eldest _daughter, Melinda Bryne. Consequently I was a relative to John. John's family had often visited us at our quiet country borne, and at each vis it had most cordially pressed us to return the compliment. . Last October business called me sud denly to the city of B—, where our releitives resided, and without having time to write and apprise them of my coming, I was intending a visit to the family of Mr. John Smith. With my accustomed carelessness, I had left his precise address at home in my notebook ; but I thought little of it; I could easily find him, I thought to my self, as the cars set me down amid the smoke and bustle at B—. I inquired for my relative of the first hackman I came across. Ile looked at me with an ill suppress ed grin. What was the fellow laughing, at? To be sure my clothes were not of the very latest cut, and it is not just the thing for any one out of the army to wear blue with bright buttons ; but my coat was whole, and my Aunt Betsy had scoured the buttons with whitening and soft soap until they shone like gold. 1 repeated my question with dignity. "Can you direct me to the residence of Iklr. Smith ?" Mr. ?" he said slowly " Yes, sir, Mr, JOill2 Smith. lie mar ried my father's great uncle's daughter, Melinda." "I don't think know a John Smith with a wife Melinda." John Smith seemed to he a common noun with Lim, from the peculiar tone ho used in speaking of that individual. ?" remarked I " then there is more than one of that name in this city ?" " I rather think there is." "Very well, then. Direct me to the nearest." The nearest is in West street. Second left hand corner—you'll see the name on the door." I passed on, congratulating myself on the cordial welcome . 1 should receive from John and Melinda. I soon reached the place—a handsome house with the name on a silver door plate—l rang the bell—a servant ap peared. " Mr. Smith in ?" "No, sir; Mr. Smith is in the army." "Mrs. Smith—is she ?" "In the army ?--ob, no-8110'8 at the beach," "This is Mr. John Smith's house, is EtII " It is." " Was his wife's name Melinda, and was she a Bryne before she was inßrried, from Squashville." The man reddened and responded an grily. "I'll not stand here to be insulted! Make off with yourself or. I'll call the police. I thought from the first that you was an entry thief, but you don't play no game on me !" and he banged the door in my face. I a thief ! if I had not been in such a hurry to Lind the Smiths I should have given that rascally fellow a sound chas tising on the spot. Inquiry elicited the fact that a John Smith resided in Arch street. Thith 9 r I bent my steps, A maid -servant an swered my ring. " Mr. Smith in?" Before Be - fore the girl could reply, a big, red faced man jumped out of the shad ows behind the door,iad laid his hea . vy hand upon my shoulder. "Yes, air," he cried in a voice of thunder. " Mr. Smith is in I Yes, sir ; for once he'S in. He'siayed at home day on purpose to catch you! andsnoW, by Jupiter! I'll have my revenge I" "Sir," said I, " there must be some mistake. Allow me to inquire if you are Mr. John Smith?"' " I'll inform you about Mr. John Smith in a way you won't relish, _if you don't settle the damages forthwith. Five thOusand dollars is the very lowest fignres—and you_ must leave .the coon-, try .1" "Good gracious !" I cried; " what do you take me for? You'd,better be care ful, or you'll get your head caved in l" " I'll cave your head in for, you, you young villain, you!" cried he, Springing at me with his cane. "Oh, John, dear John.l" exclaimed a shrill femaleyoice, and a tall figure in a sea of flounces bounced down the stair way, 6 ' Don't_ don't I fgt. _the love , of heaven--..don't murder him 1 ." " WhNo : the deuce dos ontake.me for V' . cried my temper rising: .- . It looks Well - for yotilto ask that queittiOn.l l '- sneered the . man; "yon have won my wife's heart, and are here now ' to plan to elope with her 1 I've found-it all out—you needn't blush, and—" " I beg your pardon. for interrupting you," said I, "but I have never seen your wife before. I perceive she. is not Melinda, the eldest daughter, of my fath er's great uncle—" " Sir, do you deny you are William Jones ? Do you deny that You are in love with my wife? "I am not a Jones—l have not the honor, sir. My name is Parkwell, Hen ry Parkwell, of Squashville 1" and with a bow I took myself After that I had called at the resi dences of three John Smiths—none or which was my Mr, Smith—and nothing occurred worthy of note. My nest Mr. Smith resided in Port land street. Thither . I bent my steps.— It was a very small house—evidently not the house of wealth and,cleariliness. I, made'my way up the. front door, through a wilderness of old rags, broken crockery, old tinware, etc:, scattering a flock of bons, and rousing a snappish little terrier from his nap on the steps. A red faced woman answered my rap, but before I could . make my customary inquiry, she opened upon me like a two edged butcher-knife, ".Well, of all the impudent rascals that, ever. I see, you beat the lot !' I wait to know if you had the cheek to come back here again ? You'd like to sell me another German silver tea-pot, and another brass bosom- pin, to dear Araminty—wouldn't you ?" "By no means," said I : "I beg to inform yea—" "Oh, you needn't beg I We don't be: lieve in beggars I I espose,you thought I shouldn't know you—but T did! I should know that black bag of yours in Californy I Clear out of in premises, or I'll lay my broom handle over you If there is anything I hate, it's a ped dler—especially a rascal like you !" "Allow me to inquire," said I "if Mr. Smith's wife was Melinda Bryne, the eldest daughter of my father's—" The broomstick was lifted; I heard it cut the air like a minnie bullet, and sprang down the steps into the street at my best pace, An angry man I do not fear; but who can stand before an angry woman? had rather face a roaring lion. I called on two more Smiths—still unsuccessful in my search. It was= get ting near dark, and >I was more than anxious -to reach my destination. My next Mr. Smith was located in Lenox street, It was twilight when I rang the bell at his door. A smiling fellow ridmitted me, fairly forcing me into the hall before I could utter a word. - " Walk right in, sir, they are expect ing you .l The ladies:will be down in a moment, Miss Hattie is in the back parlor. Walk right in, sir." • I was gently pushed toward the door of a shadowy apartment, and at, the en trance I was announced: • " Mr. Henry I" The gas was not lighted and the apart . ment was iu seMi.darkness. I heard a soft, quick footfall'on the carpet, and ' a ,pair of arms fell around' my neck, and a pair of the sweetest lips on'the footstool touched miae; and 'good gracious—for a moment Abe world.switm ; .andi felt as if I had been stewed,in honey, and dis tilled into Lubin's best triple ,extract of roses 1 "Oh„ flanry—my: dearest and 'best! Why don't you.kiis, me, Henry 7" cried a voice like music, " have yowceased to care for mei".• and again the,kisa was,re peated. • • Who could resist the temptation ? I am naturally a diffident man, but have some - human nature in me, and I paid her principal and interest “Oh, Henry,"l had so feared that being in the army had ilade - YOA cold-heiited, good - heavens'!" Eqie fell 'against a chair pale as death. The servant had lit the Bast and I= stood revealed... "•I beg:your pardon, ma'am," 'said -I " there is•evidently some niistake. May I. inquire if Mr. Sinithts wife=was .M.elin da Bryne, the , eldest= daughter of my father's great uncle ?" The, re - sl,flush,came to, the yunug,lady's check,—she was,ashandsome as a ,pic tnre—and she replied ,w4tll conrteay.:,, She was not. Yon will, I hope, ex cuse me for the blunder I have commit. ted 2, We are, expecting my brother, Henry, from Abe sirmy,, and y,our , blue, clothes deceiyed "For which I shall always wear blue," I replied gallantli. '‘Allow- me to in tiodace inyselfrrini Healy% of' Squashville and in making I siumbleid" ottoman, and fell smash into a china closet, demolishing at leaat a dozen plates and as many glass tumblers. I sprang to my . feet—Leeized my bag, and without a word , dasbed oat of the house. I knocked over a man who was pass ing at the moment, and landed myself on my head, in the ,gitter. eThe man picked himself up, and , was about to make a display of muscle,' when the glare of the street lamp revealed to. me the well-known face.of my John Smith. Vureka I" cried I. "Allow me to inquire if your wife was Melinda, the eldest daughter of my father's great uncle Byrne ?" " She was ?" said be grasping my hand, "and I am delighted to see you! But confound it ! —you needn't have come at a fellow so I" But I most cut my story short. He took me home with. him;, and I had a good visit,; I saw Melinda• to my heart's, content. Nay more—l met and was properly introduced to Hattie Smith—and—well I am having a new suit of clothes made—and in doe time they will be married—myself in them— to the young lady just alluded to. OLD MAIDS.-HOW unjust, how cruel and heartless is the world toward the old maid I Receiving with favor the bachelor, it reviles the spinster, as though upon her forlorn self, culminated all the miseries of single cursedness. Yet in the heart of every old unmarried woman, lies a deep, unspoken. tragedy. What trials, what afflictions, what sor rows have, not schooled that pow quiet heart ! What sublime, unknown, uncompre handed self-sacrifices have been nseded in the past to produce the silent resig nation of the present, who shall venture to say? Within such a heart- there..is buried a tragedy of fate, full, of endless melancholy and -renunciation.; full of tranquil pains and inaudible ,plaints; full of deceived,, disappointed, .derided, and, what is worse, of never comprehen ded longings. How many have taken upon them selves the burden of a household„ stand ing in thepass and warding off care and danger from those committed to their trust, toiling, striving, educating little brothers and dear young sisters, thinking not of themselves, but laying- ail- upon the, altar •of dirty, or perchance soothing the age of a cherished parent, going Um and out of years, the heart throb stifled, the hopes she had. cherished blighted, withered, dead, of whom the world knows not.• Wit' her life is known of the angels; her name is spokenlender ly of them. Inasmuch as she has given so shall she receive ; self sacrifice - and'' abnegation crowned at last'for a v life lost . below, a crown gairied. above ; for years of solitude •an eternity of unending bliss. Old maids ! may the' blessing of °God and little children be upon them! "Goon-Bre, Or Aux:—ln the hos pital at Nashville, a Short time ago, a wounded hero was lying upon the ampu tation table, under the influence of chlo roform. They cut off his strung right arm and, cast it, all bleeding, upon :the pile of human limbs. Then they lifted him, gently upon his couch.' He awoke from his stupor and , missed his arm: With his left hand he lifted the cloth, and there was nothing but the tory stump. " Where's my arm '1" he cried. "Get my arm: I want -to see' it once' more—my strong • right rirm." They brought , tt to-him—He`-took hold of the clammy fingers " ,' and, looking steadfastly at the poor, dead member. thus addressed it with tearful earnest ness : Good.bye r old arm. You'll neier, fire another carbine, nor swing another. sabrd for the Government, , and the tears rolled down his cheeks., He then said- to those standing by :—Understand, I don't rngret its loss. It has been . torn• from mi body that not one Stale should= be torn from this glorious Union." Ikir A good story istold about the Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge, who was temporary,chairman . of ; the Baltimnre r Convention, last yeqr, and the, late. Thomak F, l!darshall„..Kentucky.,, Both "WiShing to establio a ropytation, in early life, measnrenatices.with hen ry gin and of'conyse got the worstmf it. A,few years afterwardi the-two met. —the hitter being on one of his mato matVspraes..l law.yer exclaiMed to the divinel: "Al I Rotvit, was, an: lin- - lucky 'day,f9r.us When, we tilted Agi L in s t, the Great Harry 'ltdrove me to the bOttle 4 andloii - ty the pulpit, 'Bob Pirif - 'dt:ti6k sight closer to - bly:fliat than yoti have tb Yours."-' we... What-fruit dogs a netvlpmarried couple most resemble ?—A greeu pear. VOL. XIL---NO. 14. A King Combusting `On the first confinement of seidlitz pthiders to, the capital of Delhi, the monarch was deeply interested in the accounts of the refreshing beverage. A box was brought to the King in full caurt, arid - the interpreter explained to his gajesty bow it was to be used. In to a goblet he put the contents of the twelve blue papers, end, having added water, the king drank it off. This was the alkali, and the royal countenance exhibited no signs of satisfaction. It was then,explained that in the combi nation of the two powders lay the luxu ry ; and the twelve white powders were quickly dissolved in water, and as eager ly swallowed by his Majesty. With a shriek that will never be forgotten, the monarch rose, staggered, and, in his agony, screamed " . Hold me down !" Then, rushing from the throne, he lay prostrate on the floor. There he lay during, the long-continued effervescence of.the compound, spirting like ten thou sand pennyworths of imperial pop, and believing himself in the agonies of death -a