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© 1 OO IN ADVANCE ! VOL. XTV No. 699.

§u$itteo$ directory. B. F. FEROUSOjV,

ARTIST, S. W. cor- Slh and Arch Sts., Pliila.

(Over Parrish’* Drug Store.) Ivorytvpks surpassing the finest painting on Ivory,

executed in the best style, at prices to suit the times A Iso, Photographs colored in different styles.

Call and see Specimens.

TOWNSEND & CO., SUCCESSORS OF SAMUEL TOWNSEND 4 SON,

No. 39 Sontli Second Street, Atoovo Chestnut at.,

PHILADELPHIA, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN

VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRIES, THREE PLY, INGRAIN AND VENETIAN

CARPETS, MATTINGS, OIL CLOTHS, 4c. dec. dee.

Of the Best English and American inuke.

april5,18tfl-y

office: on commerce st., In the room recently occupied by the Post Office.

Ju!y 20. Brtclgoton, N. «T.

J u. BUNTING, wholesale and retail

3Jumftute ^nirijouor 221 SOUTH SECOND ST,

FZZZIjADXiLFXXIA. BELOW DOCK,

J0£*-JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.

May 21, ]859.-]y.

JNO. B. BOWEN, M. B. Respectfully offers his professional services

to the citizens of Bridgeton and vicinity. OFFICE with hi« father, Dr. (Wm. S. Bowen,)

Corner of Commerce and Franklin Sts. June 15,1861.

b7u..Vnivg7 SURGEON OEUTIST. HLANING, having panned a regular course in

•Dentistry,with the most skillful Dentists in New Jersey nn i Philadelphia, would otter his professional services to all who may sec fit to give him a call. All work warranted to give satisfaction, or no charge.

office—in the New Building opposite the isurro gate’s Otf.ce. Entrance to the Dental Department, through the Hall adjoining the Jewelry store. mar*24

XXIEXSXnE^TT NEPP, STTRtifiON DENTIST, Commerce street, a few doors

East of the Presbyterian Session flOBBi Room, and directly opposite the Bap- tistChnreh,>till continues to practice ^ Dent stry in all its various departments.

1 have been using electricity in extra* ting teeth, and :l toes really prevent the feeling of pain under the operation. In *11 cases. I have extracted the teeth with the most sat .-(factory results.

Prl teuton, June 27, ’57.

F. A. GI\E VBICfe; WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER*,

No, 28 East Commerce Street, BRIDGETON, N. J.

Clocks. Watches and Jewelry neatly repaired. May 12.

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J. C KIRBV, Surgeon Dentist,

Respectfully oilers his professional ser- vi*es to the Inhabitants of Cumber- land County and the public generally. tumUBn

Of: icc—in the row of brick buildings I. .LT j 5 Doors West of E. Davis & Son’s Hotel, Feb. 2,1861. BRIDGETON, N. J.

MFXODEOXS H. M. MORRIS, .Manufacturer,

jaBrn ^o. 728 Market Street, Acioit? 8fA, jmfeSiil® PHILADELPHIA, \/ T ify j formerly Hugos & Morns. Also, sole

a^ent iu Philadelphia for the sale of CAHART’S SPLENDID MELUDEONS aad HARMONIUMS.

The instrument* are tne patentee's own make, and •are the moat reliable instruments ever offered to the public. Nov, 24,1860-y NEW STORE. NEW GOODS

DARE & SHEPPARD, DEALERS IX

Fancy & Staple Dry Goods, HOSIERY, GLOVES, HANDKERCHIEFS,

and Fancy Dress Trimmings, Commerce Street, opposite the Clerk’s Office,

BRIDGETON, N. J.

K. H. DARE. D. D. SHEPPARD.

March tt, 1861. _____

eiMUEL BREVIS. URIAH DAVID. THOMAS W. HARRIS.

Reefers, 23afeig & <& o.t BOOT, SHOE AND LEATHER STORE,

NO. 10, CARLL’S BUILDING, June 11,1350-1)-. Bridgeton, N. J.

PE 1)RICK & CHEESMAN, DEALERS IN

32IXACE>’£3“»Si3:0» 2^im AND

GOAL, i, ni. j.

SPRINGS, AXLES, ANVILS, VICF-S.

HKLLOWS, &c. ISAAC PEDRICK,; JOHN CHEESMAN,

WILLIlflll WILSOiV, (SUCCISSOR TO WILSON k MLSKIT,)

DIPORTER A WHOLESALE Druggists, No. 208 Market Street,

PHILADELPHIA, PA. De&lsr in Drugs, Dyes, Spices, Oils, Varuislies,

Chemicals lor Medicine, Analysis, Photography, Ac. Alanumciurer 01 *»un« uchu, emu, wiui», cm.

JKf Agent and Operator in Foreign and domestic Patent Alodicines.

nOMsA-KT OEMEIJT, ROSENDALE CEMENT, CALCINED Plattu,

G-rocmcl BUILDING LIME. PLASTERING HAIR, 4c., at lo* rates. EDWIN A. SMITH 4 BRO..

N. W. Corner Front 4 Willow stroets.

Feb 25-lyw Philadelphia.

UT U U UrtICMV” ARCH STREET, ABOVE THIRD, FBI I> AZ> B Zi PH I A

felt* situation being in the very centre of business, with Passenger Railroads running past and in close proximity, aitcrds to those in search of pleasure a

cheap and pleas, tut ride to all places of interest in or about the City.

The proprietor gives assurance that “THE UNION* shall be kept with such character H3 will meet public approbation, and respectfully solicits patronage from Cumberland and adjoining Counties.

SSSi&t Per ^UPTON 8. NEWCOMER.

s. B. M’ttEAR, CHEAP FANCY DllY <JOODS

AND TRIMMINGS STORE, QROSSCUP'S BUILDING, COMMERCE AND LAD

REL STREETS. BRIDGE! ON, N J ■_

HXTON’S CKLKBKAIKD

XVfltor, Wine c«s Fancy CRACKERS

For sale at FITHLIN 4 HOOD’S.

SHINGLES.

™8PlD* and CCd^8S:nMULF0RDe4“tBB0’8. White Pine Boards.

A tall stock of W hit* Pine Lumber, w ich will b

»|d tor Sash, as ch«W « m tlmh°"RT ^ agreed upon. B. MB F » B*o.

Choice LINES

Composed as a 'tribute of condolence to the

parents and sisters of Samuel Brown, late of Cumberland County, N. J., by William

Nicholson, Esq of Philadelphia. Tltff grave clod falls upon the form.

From which the immortal part has fled; The suffering frame escapes the storm,

And slumhers with the early dead; j The father's sal, the mother weeps, I The son, in death, profoundly sleeps. The sisters, for their brother, mourn

That he, the guide and light of youth, Should from their love be rudely torn,

And yield no more that shining truth, That with Euch brilliant ra iinnoe dwelt On all be loved, on all he felt. !

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They miss the patient, helping hand; They miss the intellect of years; ]

XlltJ U.103 1113 UIUI| 11C1U1U 3U1UU 1

Against all foes that virtue fears; I They know a tower of strength has tied I With their beloved brother, dead.

The father’s hopes, so rainbow hued, Of coming fame to greet his son,

Alas’ that Death should so intrude, Alas, those hopps are gone! all gone!

The embryo good of future time Hath passed away in boyhood’s prime. Thou mother by the cradle side, i

Loving as mother only can; Who with maternal hopeful pride 1

Behold the infant grown to man; 1

The grave! the grave! has crushed thy joy; 1

The grave! the grave! contains thy boy. Mourn less ve stricken tried and proved,

Some good is mingled with your ill; And you bereft of one you loved,

May profit by his absence still; Let memories of his light within.

Preserve your wavering souls from sin.

For he had faith which pleaseth God, And moral works the fruit of faith; ;

He travelled in the narrow road. And triumphed over gloomy death;

And as he triumphed so may you, If unto faith and duty true. ,

Your son, your brother tastes no more «

The miseries of this world of woe, ‘

With him, unto that happier shore, (

Prepare ye from this vale to go ; Walk by tJukkcam that marked his way,

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Bright—brighter, unto perfect day.

WORK AND PLAY *

Recreation can be fully enjoyed only by man who lias some honest occupation ]

Che end is leisure; you must have gone hrough work. I’luv-time must come af- er school-time, otherwise it loses its savor.

Play after all, is a relative thing; it is not l thing which has an absolute existence. Dhere is no such thing as play except to ;he worker. It comes out by contrast.— Put white upon white, and you can hard- y see it; put white upon black, and how aright it is! Light your lamp in the sun-

shine, and it is nothing; you must have lark around, to make its presence felt.

And be-des this, the greater part of the enjoyment of recreation consists in the feeling that we have earned it by previous hard work. One goes out for the after- noon walk with a light heart, when one has done a good task since breakfast. It is one thing for a dawdling idler to set off to the Continent or to the Highlands, just because he was sick of everything around him; and quite another when a hard- wrought man, who is of some use in life, sets off as gay as a lark, with the pleasant feeling that he has brought some work to an end, on that selfsame tour.

And then a busy man finds a relish in simple recreations; while a man who has nothing to do, finds all things wearisome, and things that life is ’’used up}” it takes something quite out of the way to tickle that indurated palate; yon might as well prick the hide of a hippopotamus with a

needle, as to excite the interest of that blase being by any amusement which is not spiced with the cayenne of vice.— And that certainly has a powerful effect. It was a glass of water the wicked old Frenchwoman was drinking, when she said, ‘‘O that this were a sin, to give it a

relish!”

THE VULTURES OF THE LOBBY. The present state of the country affords

unlimited opportunities for corrupt dema- gogues. Tens of thousands of soldiers are

to be armed, clothed and fed, and ten mil- lions of dollars must be distributed for that purpose. What a field does this afford to the vultures of the lobby! Snuf- tino1 tile nrov frnrn nl-ir thV flto their

great chiefs at Washington, who give them hospitable welcome, responsible ap- pointments, and lucrative contracts. The lobby tacties and corruptiops of Albany and Harrisburg are united to form a

scheme of plunder on a scale of grandeur and completeness commensurate with the

opportunities. The poor,patriotic soldiers are doomed—devoted to suffering, sickness mismanajem mt, and death. Arrayed in: rotten clothing and nauseated with putrid food furnished by lobby contractors and commissaries, they are led by lobby com-

manders upon batteiies of death, and their ragged, emaciated and mangled cor-

ses strew the plains—so many stark and bloody seals of condemnation upon the arch plunderers who forced them to their melancholy doom.

The people will not stand this vile sys- tem any longer. They are rolling in their wrath, from one end of the land to the other. The pressure of public indig- nation is becoming so strong that it will soon sweep from the Cabinet one or two of the heartless cormorants who riot in the plunder of a brave people, unless they take their Briarean hands out of the fed- eral treasury, and cease their game of

: sacrificing the national weal to peraoual greed.—/T- T. Ledger.

GIRLS WHO WANT HUSBANDS. Girls, you want to get married, don’t

rou? Ah, wliut a natural thing it is for ?oung ladies who have such a hankering or the stcruer sex! It is a weakness that woman has, and for this reason she is

ailed the weaker sex? Well if you want o get married, dou’t for conscience sake ,ct like fools about it. Don’t you go into lit of the nips every time you see a hat

nd a pair ot w'hiekers. Don t get the dea into your heads that you must put yourself in the way of every young mau in he neigh hoi hood, in older to attract no-

fee, 1 or if you don't run alter the men

;hey will alter you Maik that. A husband hunter is the most detesta-

>!e of all young ladies. She is full of nareh and puckers, she puls ou so many alse airs, and she is so nice that sne ap- >ears ridiculous in the eyes of every de- ;ent person. She may generally be tound it meeting coming in, of course, about the ast one, always at social parties, and in- 'ariably takes a front scat at concerts.— She tries to be the belle of the place, and hiuks she is. Poor girl! You are filing 'ourself for an old maid, just as sure as

iabbath comes ou Sunday. Men will flirt rith you and flatter you simply because hey love lo do it, hut they no more idea if making you a wife than they have of ifilnrmHmtr cmreJn If I ifoa ■» votinrr

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nan, I would have no more to do with | uch fancy women than I would with a

attlesnake. Now, girls, let Nelly give jou a piece 1

if her advice, and she knows from expeii- mce that if you practice itjou will gain the eputation of being worthy girls, and stand idair chance to get respectable? husbands, it is well enough that you learn to huger lie piano, work embroidery, study grarn- uar, &c., but don’t neglect letting grand- na or your dear mother teach you how to make bread and get a meal of victuals jood enough for a king. No part of a

louskeeper's duties should be neglected, f you do not marry a wealthy husband ou will need to know bow to do such work, uid if you do, it will be no disadvantage or you to know how to oversee a servaot

;irl, and instruct her to do these things ■s you would have them done. Id the icxt place, don't pretend to be what you re not. Atfectatiou is the most despicable f “accomplishments,” and will only ause sensible people to, laugh at you.— ?o one but a fool will be chugbt by affec- ation—it bas a transparent skin, easily o be seen through. D ress plain but neat- y. Remember that nothing gives a girl o modest, becoming and lovely an appear- uce, as a neat and plain dress. All the lummery and tinselwork of the dress ma- :er and milliner are unneces sary. If you ire really handsome they do not a'dd to rour beauty one particle—if you are liome- y, they make you look worse. Gentle- nen don’t court your faces and jewelry, >ut your own dear selves

Finger rings and folderols may do to ook at, but they add nothing to the value )f a wife—all youog men know that. If j'ou know how to talk, do it naturally, and sot be so distressingly polite as to spoil all fou say. If your hair is straight don’t put on the curlings to make people believe mil have nearo blood in vour veins. Tf

your neck is very black, wear a lace collar, but don’t bo so foolish as to daub on paiut, thinking that people are so blind as not to see it; and if your cheeks are not rosy, don’t apply pink saucers, for the deception will be detected aud become the gossip of the neighborhood.

Finally, girls, listen to the counsel of your mothers, and ask their advice in ev-

erything. Think less of fashion than you do of kitchen duties—less of romances than you do of the realities of life—and instead of trying to catch beaux, strive to make yourselves worth being caught by them.

THESE SUMMER MORNINGS. Whoever lies abed till breakfast time

these gloiious mornings, misses much that both body and mind would be the better for. If of the city, he loses a draught of the cool air that comes up from the tidal waters, and from the parks and gardens, ere it has been contaminated by the smoke of tens of thousands of fires, or the dust thrown up by countless vehicles, or the feet of busy human multitudes. If of the country, he misses the rich fragrance of the rural morning—the delicate scent of the wild roses, the more pungent aroma of the wild mint, the “sweet savor of the new mown hay," the odoriferous breath of the growing clover, which, with a hun- dred other pleasant perfumes, are exhaled with the dew from ihe wood side, the brook side, the meadows and the uplands, in a concord so exquisite, that it charms the soul through the sense of smell as rare

music charms it through the ear. Nor is music wanting, for the birds gush inte song, as the flowers and herbs into fra grance, at-the coming of the sun.

We occasionally have a copy o

our paper returned to U3 by the Postmas- ter—the person to whom it is seut refus ing to take it out of the office. Ever; subscriber has a perfect right to stop hi paper whenever he sees fit, by paying tin publisher for the time he has had it. A all who have refused to take the pape out owe us from the time we took cliarg of the Gazette, we intend, in future, i

publish their names for the benefit of th public. A man that is mean enough t bo guilty of the above trick, we honestl believe is mean and contemptible euong! to steal, and we think the public ghoul know if they have one among them. I you want your paper stopped walk up t the office, pay up all arrearages, and orde it discontinued1, like a man, and save u

the trouble, and yourself and friends th mortification of seeing your names enrol ed in the “black list.” There will be n

respect for persons. Please bear in rain and stand from under, for the avalaneh

| is moving.—Plainfield Gazette.

THREE BLASPHEMERS. When I was pursuing my studies in the

University of the City of New York ; one

of our Professors told tue the following story. It shows how remarkably God sometimes answers prayer1, and deals with the boldest sinners:

At one time there were three noted young men students in the institution.— They were remarkable for their talents, but more for their wickedness. Scarcely any of the ways of vice had been untrod- den by them. One of their favorite sins was blasphemy.

To gratify this, they hired an unoccu

pied room in the University, and once a

week they held in it what they called “ a

religious service.” The object was to ridicule religion and make a mock of the public service of Almighty God. They made a sort of pulpit at oue eud of the room, and arranged benches in the body of ii.

They then invited the students to at- tend their weekly meeting. They also brought in many others not connected with the University, and sometimes the | room would be crowded. Their mock ser-

vice was conducted as follows :

One of their number would onen the meeting by giving out a hymn, which he had previously altered and travestied so

as to turn it into horrible blasphemy.— This was sung to a sacred tune. The singing over, they read a chapter from the Bible, which was altered and travestied in like manner. After this, one of them would take a text from the sacred volume aud address the audience for about the time usually occupied in delivering a ser-

mon, and would conclude with a benedic- tion to match the other proceedings.

The whole affair was uuparalleled in wickedness and blasphemy. As may be imagined, some who were induced to at- tend from curiosity were horror stricken, and felt as though it would not have been strange if the curse of God had descend- ed upon them and brought them at once

before the judgment seat. Bious students of the University knew

of the proceedings and made the authors of them the subject of special prayer.— One evening they had assembled as usual and had finished the “ preliminary ser-

vices,” and the time had come for one of their number to “ preach.” lie arose, gave out the text; hetappeared to be trembling, and commenced as follows:

“ My friends, l feel that every one of us are standing on the brink of hell. —

Here he was interruped by mock groans, and cries of “ hear, hear,” “ that’s goed.” He did not laugh, but with apparent fear continued : “ l)o not mock, I am in ear-

nest. Were it not for the goodness of God we should all be struck down as we

deserve. Let us all cry for mercy.”— They saw that he was sincere, every one

was shaking with fear, they fell upon their knees, tears rolled down their cheeks, and one and anotner sent up a cry for mercy. The lord had made his presence felt, and the remainder of the evening was spent in earnest prayer.

Years have passed, and now, while I write, three of those young men are work- ing earnestly as ministers of the Gospel. One is preaching in a foreign field, and the other two are castors of churches in this country. Two years ago, [heard occ

of them say that when he was in the Uni- versity, a Christian student asked a friend to unite with him in prayer for him.— The friend replied that the young man

was so abandoned to everything good it would be of no use. He insisted that Christ could save the worst sinner, and

prayer was offered. Many were the sup- plications which went to heaven from them, and we have seen how abundantly they were answered. — <$'. S. Times.

H A.LF-A-MILLION SOLDIERS. When, after the fall of Sujpter, the

President called for seventy-five thousand volunteers, the whole country was start- led at the vastness of the proposed Army. Such a prodigious force had never before taken the field on this continent; and the

proclamation calling it out struck many persons particularly, it was said, Mr. Jeff. Davis’ cabinet—as a bit of ridiculous though perfectly harmless braggadocio.

The chivaliy laughed consumedly at

the idea of seventy-five thousand of even

the poorest troops being raised from among the vulgar, mudsill Democracy of the Free States; and jour English cotemporaries al- so ridiculed the assumption that the peace- ful and commercial people of the North would ever raise such an Army to fighi for so shadowy a thing as the unity of the

Republic, particularly when no dollars were to be made by it. It was scriouslj feared by some, too, that Congress would hardly ratify thd' President’s action if

calling to arms such an unprecedentei force. But, five times seventy-five thous and men are already in arms; and a patri otic Congress now empowers the Presiden to call into service a grand National Arnr

? of half u million soldiers. If needed, thi; gigantic Army of five hundred regiment will be in the field, ready for active war

« « i.. r_ai_1_ il^iUUSli HUilOUVCl IWj Mwvrav »»v v.wu

j of next month. More than that uutnbe of regiments have already applied to b

, accepted—not obtained by consoriptioi r or compulsion, or by the tricks of the. rc

erniting sergeant; but who have strivei

j earnestly for the honor of beariug aloft th

, banner which eyiftbolizes all that is dea

, to man. Behind these, too, stand mor

than live times J^ieir number, eager t

, spring into the ranks as their comrade j fall, and ready to encounter any foe in be f ha'f of the cause for which.they fight.- ^ Journal.

s A few evenings since, a widow, wli e was known to the entire congregation t

be greatly in need of a husband, wi

a I raying with great fervency—“Oh, The 1 knowest the desire of my heart!” she e:

8 claimed. “ A-m.a.-n!” responded a brot er, with a broad accent.

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A 8C0RNER REBUKED. A few winters ago, while travelling

South, 1 halted late one evening at a vil-

lage inn, in Northern Alabama, to spend the night. Quite a number of traveleis and village gossips were seated around a

glowing lire in the bar-rcom, where 1 made my entry. 1 was soon seated in the midst of the motley assembly, and, during the interval employed mine host in making certain demands on his larder for my es-

pecial benefit. 1'listened to the chit-chat. A vaunting, self important dis'.iple of Blackstone was holding forth in an elo-

quent (?) tirade against religion and

Ohtistianity in general. The circumstance was somewhat similar t ) one which hap- pened to Judge Maisbal, of Virginia, while traveling through the western por- tion of the “Old Dominion." I had been seated a few nit meats wheu the attorney wound up with the following:

“Yes, gentlemen, the whole system of •religion is one grand humbug, and its vo-

taries are either monomaniacs, or poor, il-

literate, delud.d beings. It is the poor and unlearned alone, who are the most

numerous of its ditciples. Why is it, L ask* that the poor man is more susceptible than the rich mini to religious influences? One hundred poor men will become con-

verts to the theory to ten wealthy; would you have proof? Look arjund you.— Whv is if, 1 ask? What say you, stran-

ger, to the interrogatory? said the attor-

ney, turning abruptly to an elderly, rather

uistingu'sfced looking gentleman, who sat

quietly smoking his pipe in a far corner

of the room, and who had arrived at the inn but an hour before me.

“What is the reason, you ask? Why it is simply because the wealthy are too much occupied with business, the cares

and pleasures of life, to give a thought to

religion. They won’t tike time to give the subject a serious thought. One said, ‘he had a yoke of oxen’ that he wished to prove, and therefore he prayed to be excused; another a piece of land, etc —

The minds of the poor are not thus ab- sorbed with the trash of the earth, to the exclusion of that, which is priceless —

True, God has chcsen the weak and fool- ish to confound the wise, in many instan-

ces; yet believe me, it is not the illiterate alone who are so blessed of God as to be recipients of his gifts and mercies. The wisest men the world has ever seen have

acknowledged His supremacy, and bowed with a wiping knee. Where is un unbeliev- er now In this enlightened country, where the majesty of God has been manifested so often from superstition, ah! from ehaos, has been changed by the same religion, which you anon reviled, to be aimost a

paradise. The dark places of the earth have been lighted up, the dominion of the devil, subverted, and civilization, by its instrumentality, now blooms where feroci-

ty once reigned and the sound of the gos- pel is now heaid among men where scenes

were once enacted too dark and revolting for gentle ears; and nations which were

once mantled with superstition, and whose streams were ever tinged with human gore, and stained even with the blood of mar-

tyrs and of innocence, now waft, in peace the glorious banner of the cross. Be- ware, young man, how you sneer at that which, to secure us, a Savior offered up his life as a willincr sacrifice. Hid I not

know, young man, that it was through ig- norance on your part that you would thus revile, I would exclaim to you in the lan-

guage of Paul: ‘O, full of subtlety and all mischief, thou enemy of all righteousness, will thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord!1”

“Ha! ha! ha!” interrupted the lawyer, “had I known that I had waked up an old Methodist preacher, 1 would have taken ‘time by the forelock,’ and run in time.”

“I am not a Methodist preacher, sir; I haven't that honor—they are a pious, a

useful, a revered class of people, whom I ! 1 v; and respect.”

“Who are you then?” insolently deman- ded the tt .orney.

“Sam Houston, sir, of Texas.” Had a thunderbolt fallen in their midst,

there could not have been a more electric motion in the crowd. In a second the old hero was surrounded, and twenty welcome hands were extended. I made my exit just then to the dining room, and as I looked back over my shoulder, I saw the little crest fallen attorney sneaking out the back door.

School teachers fometimes receive very funny excuses for abseuce of children from recitiiious. The following is about as

original as any we ever saw:

“Ceptathouidigintaters.” For the benefit of our readers who nev-

er studied law or stuck type, we may add that the boy was “kept at home diggin’ taters.”

—Rifled Cannon are now made witt

great success and rapidity at the Wesi Point foundry. It is stated, as the re

suit of recent experiments there, with these guns, that at the ranges of 1,50( and 2,250 yards, every shot out of forty rounds struck within a space represent ing a piece of-artillery, which in actna conflict would be dismounted by the balls

New Music.—When Col Davis of th< New York Sixteenth Regiment was

marching through Baltimore withou r drums, some of the lookers on sneering! ) asked, “Where’s your music ?” “In ou

j cartridge boxes,” said the grim Colonel 9 That mau must not gq into Virginia. ■

• — A traveller who has jnst returns from the West, relates an incident whicl illustrates the spirit of patriotism prevail

o ing in that section. Stopping in a littl o town, of apparently but a few hundre is inhabitants, he inquired if any volunteei u had gone to war from that town. “

i- reckon there has, stranger. We’ve sen

two, oompanies, and hava got anothc mad w hornets because they can't go,

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PREVENTION OF CRIB-BITING, This injurious habit in horses, hitherto

regarded almost as iucurable, appears now to have received an efficient check in a

very simple and inexpensive arrangement by Sir Peter Lawrie. Most of our rea- i ders are aware that crib-biting is a prac- tice so injurious to a horse as to constitute legal “unsonnduess.” The animal seizes violently the manger or some other fixture with his teeth, arching his neck, and suck- ing in a quantity of air with a peculiar noise. 'Ibis habit is most frequent in young horses, or such as are highly fed or

under-worked, and curious enough, ap- pears to be contagious as one confirmed crib biter will inocu’ate others with the practice if allowed to associate. Muzzle, neck straps and several ingenious con-

trivances have been used, with but little success. Sir Peter’s remedy simply con-

sists in preventing the animal from seiz- ing the manger or any other object while tied up in tne stable, by boarding over the space between the bottom of the hay rack and outer edge of the manger, forming a

steep inclined plain. Portions of the Doarus can oc partially removea ro enaoie

the horse to eat at stated times. This simple precaution is said by the most emi- nent authorities to be perfectly effectual in the prevention or cure of crib-biting.

BOTS IN HORSES. The editor of the Indiana Fanner says

he publishes a recipe for the third time, by special request of those who have used it with perfect success. It is as fo'lows: “Take a tablespoonful, a little heaped, of alum, and the same quantity of copperas, pulverise them fine, and put them into a

pint of vinegar. Pour it d*wn the horse’s throat. It will generally afford relief in live or ten minuter. In 1831 I had a

horse badly afflicted for three days with bots—lying down, rolling refusing to eat, biting his sides, and giving all similar proofs of bots. I tried turpentine, beef wine, sweetened warm milk, and many other prescriptions of neighbors, for three days, to no purpose. At leugth, an Eug lishiu in coming along gave me the above prescription, saying he had seen it used in England with perfect success. In ten minutes after the dose was administered, the horse got up and was well, showing no more symptoms of hots I have used the same medicine ever since, for myself and neighbors,-probably in fifty cases in all, and it has always ufforded as quick re-

lief. A traveller once had his horse fall in the snow, near my house, atjd refused to get up, evineutly afflicted with bots.— T« aVl.nnt mlnntn.- al .... I a- --- —...-- —--— ***o

the above medicine, he got up of bis own

accord, appeared to berfectly well and cheerfully pursued bis journey, li is said one drop of this preparation pladed upon a bot will kill it at once.—J. F. Blits. ^

A Chapter upon Circumlocution. A day or two since, an unsophisticated

darkey waited upon a certain military gen- tleman with a bill of $1 15, for washing done at the camp hospital, which, after un-

dergoing: a rigi 1 scrutiny by the officer was

returned with the following explanation, which the astonished son of Ethiopa lis- tened to with an erjual amount of wonder and perplexity:

‘‘This b li/' said the military gentleman “will first have to be sent to the Quarter- master General at VVashingtin; and he will lay it before the Secretary of War for his approval. The Adjutant being satisfied, it will be sent to the Auditor of State, who will approve of it and send it to the Secretary of the Treasury, who will send it to the United States Treasurer, who will at once dispatch an ordor to the Col- lector of this port to pay the bill.”

The darkey relieved himself of a long drawn sigh. “Then inassa,” he remarked, “dat last getublam you spoke of pays for de washin, does he?”

“No,” continued the other, “he will hand it to the Quartermaster; but as there is no such officer here at present, some

proper person must be appointed by the Secretary of War under direction of the President, and bis appointment must be approved by the Senate. Congress not being in session uoifr, the commission can-

not be issued until after it meets. When this commission is received, the Quarter- master will show it to the Collector, and de- mand the funds. You will then call upon him; he will examine your bill, and if correct, he will pay it, you giving your receipt.”

The unfortunate niggor first scratched his head, then shook it, and finally said, “I guess 1,11 hab to let dis wasbiu slide, but it am de last job l does for Uncle Sam, a n.• ■.t.* r_.*_ OUU. vnvvirv«w«v

The Future of the United States. The North British Review, for May,

thus closes an article on American affairs: “ There surely cannot be a permanent

retrogression and decay in a nation plant- ed in the noblest principles of right and liberty, and combining, in marvellously adjusted proportions, the vigorous and en-

ergetic elements of the world s master

races, in the midst of which the tone is given and the inarch is led by that one of

! them which has never faltered in its on- 1 ward course, aud which is posseesed ol s guch tenacity and versatility, that it is 1 everywhere successful. The present ca- r lamity aud confusion probably form the

crucible fires in which the Union is to ba “ purified, made white, and tried,” in or-

der that she may take her destined place l in the van of the world’s progress in 1 Christianity and civilization, fulfilling in * the resistless march of hor dominant An- 3 glo-Saxon race across the American eon-

1 tiaent, one grand port of the Divini 9 scheme for the spread of that Gospel [ which shall survive all changes, overthrow t all evils, and achieve the mightiest tri r uraphs in the latter days of our world'i

history."

FIRST STEF TO RUIN. “My first step to ruin!” exclaimed a

vretcbed youth as he lay tossing from side ;o side on tho straw in one corner of his irison house—“My first step to ruin was

;oing fishing on the Sabbath. I knew it vas wrong; my mother tanght me better; ny minister taught me better; my master

aught me better; my Bible taught me

letter. I didn’t think it would come to his. I am undone! I am lost!”

“Perhaps he said, “It is not pleasant to be cooped up in church. What harm is there in taking a stroll in the woods?— What harm in carrying my fishing tackle, and sitting on the banks to fish?” What harm? Why, the barm is that God is dis- obeyed, who says, “Remember the Sab- bath day to keep it holy.” The moment a youth determines to have his own way, ihcosing his own pleasure before God’s will, that moment he lets go his rudder, his compass, his chart. Nothing but Gods word can guide you safely over the cceaD

of life. Give that up, and you will get bewildered; you are drifting, yon will bo lost.

Southern Climate and Northern Soldiers.—The Southern rebels count

strongly upon the effect of the hot weath- er upou our Northern troops. In this they will find themselves mistaken. Mr. Ilussell, their great friend and historian, in one of his letters from India, stated that its climate was best endured by the

Europeans for several years after their arrival; and other authorities have stated the same thing. Our own experience during the Revolutionary War shows that the New England troops operated in the South during the summer heats of 1780 and 1781 without difficulty. Many glorious battles were fought by them during the hottest months, and no

one heard of their relaxing iu courage or

conduct during July, August and Sep- tember of those years.

The reason is, a majority of our North- ern soldiers have been laboring men. A man who has worked in harvest fields all the summers of his manhood, or who has been sweltering in machine shops or roll- ing mills year after year, without think-

ing of the state of the thermometer, is not likely to flinch and faint, if called upou to carry a gun and knapsack on a

forced march in July or August. During this summer the nights have generally been cool and pleasant, the mornings bracing, and the evenings balmy. Give the soldier boys a rest in the shade for two or three hours in the heat of the

day, and if they are well clothed and fed, they will be glad to be in motion, and will become continually more cheerful and elastic The Southern army is not

largely composed of laboring men, and the chivalry howl dolefully about the labor of making fortifications. They might do tolerably well in a fight, but would faint on a march and fizzle at an

entrenchment. The soldiers of the Union would thus have important advantages over the rebels on their own ground and in their own climate.

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target nine hundred yards means a very- good shot indeed. The mark presents /- an appearances, not to describe it by a

fraction, one half the vridth and one-third4 of the height of a postage stamp. Divide a postage-stamp into six, take one part, and put a spot of ink three times the size of a pin’s head upon it, and you have a fair representation of a target, regula- tion size, nine hundred yards. If the wind is blowing from the side, you must

aim 2, 5, 10, or even 15 feet to the right or left of it. The mean deviation, of an

Enfield rifle is over six feet—that is, if a

rifle were screwed into a rest, and accu-

rately pointed at nine hundred yards, all the shots would strike within a circle of three feet from the point aimed at; but the imperfection of the material of the weapon would reuder it impossible to

pj-eidicl, nearer than that, where they would hit it. It is evident, therefore, that'to hit at nine hundred yards re-

quires very accurate and careful training. Practice alone will not give it. Theory alone would be equally powerless.— dis- count Bury.

The Army Oath.—The following is the form of the army oath :—

“ I,-, do solemnly swear

that I will bear true allegiance to the United States of America j That I will serve them honestly and faithfully against nil anomies nr onnosers whatever: that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and of the officers ap- pointed under me, according to the rules of the armies of the United States: so

help me God.”

— They tell a good joke about the fly- ing Rebel colonel from the field of Phil- ippi. Col. Kelly’s attack was so sudden that the Virginia brave forgot to put on

his pants, but took to his. heels in his in his drawers and shirts, eoatless, hatless and shoeless. He left behind him, among other things, a written-out copy of a

speech which he had made some days before in acknowledging the presentation of a flag to his regiment, in which, among other extravagancies he said he would die in the last ditch before be would let the enemy take that banner ! And yet this very flag fell into the hands of the United States troops without a struggle. What boasters these Virginia sophists aro !

—Extraordinary exertions will be made in the Western States this fall, to

i manufacure sugar from Sorghum,—part- ily with with the object of evading the

! prospective heavy duties on imported sugars, and to supply the deficiency caus-

ed by the loss of thecrop in Louisiana.

f i Indulge anger through the day if you

must, but never take it for a bedfellow,