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The War in kentucky-A Battle in<Pro
gress at Somerset.

LoUIsvILLE, Dec. 15-The Journals advices
from Columbus say that heavy cannonading was
heard all day on Friday In the direction of Somer-
set.
A passenger from Mumfordsville to-day reports
that the bridge Is nearly repaired and the pic kets
OF the two armies are near each other
Dr. John jackson, without provocation, shot
and severely wounded Minnesota soldier who
went to his house, near Springfield, to buy hay.
jackson was arrested and taken to Lebanon, and
Will probably be tried by military law. He was a
douglas elector from the Ashland district and
brother OF the jackson who shot Col Ellsworth,
Vague rumors are afoat Of fight at Mumfords-
VILE between Gen. McCook's division and the
enemy, but they are not credited.
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4
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New York bank Statement.

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Terrible Accident

HoNRsDALE, Pa, Dec. H.--A terrible accident
occurred this morning at the coal pockets of the
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. A cal
fell through ffty feat, killing four persons, and
wounding six others severely.
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HELMBOLD's EXTRACT BUcRU

HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Weaknesses
Arising from E1oesses, Habits Of Dissipecos,
Early ludlscra1on OF Abuse,
Attended tcfth fks FollotrtSg Symptoms:
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Loss of Memory, Difhculty OF BrsathInF
Weak Nerves, Tremblins
Horror of Disease, wsfefuinesss
Dmnsss OF Vision, Pain in the Bach,
unlvsrtal Lassitude Of the Muscular System,
Hot Hands, Flushing OF the Hody
Dryness OF the Skin, ETuptiOns on the faoe,
PALLIp coUNTENANcK.
These SYMPTOMS, II allowed 70 90 on, which this
medicine lnvarably removes, soon follows
IMPOTENCY, ,FATUITY, EPILEPTIC FITS,
In one Of vhieh tks Patiest nsay Eaptrs.
Who can say that they are not Frequently fol-
lowed oy those "DIRETUL DIsKAsEs,
INSANITY AND CONSUMPTION.0
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ASd ths Melancholy DEATHS bV CoHsSnytios,
BRAR AMFIE WITNESS TO THE TRuTH OF THE
ASSERTION.
THE CQNSTlTUTION ONCE AFFECTED
WITH ORGANIC WEAKNESS,
Requires the aid Of medicine to strengthen and
Invlgorste the System
which HELMBOLD's EXTRACT BUCHU
iaraTidJ " does
a TRIAL WILL CONVINCE THE MOST sKKPTIcLL.
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Proclamation Of Gen. Phelps at Ship Island.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. I6.-Dispatches received
here relative to the news from Ship Island saw
that on the 5th inst. Brig. Gen Phelps put forth
q proclamation 70 the loyal citizens Of the South.
west, strongly anti-slayery In Its tone.
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Transportation Of Trosps South-Exchange

Boston, Dec. Is Negotiations are being made
with Gen Butler to transport the Maine I2th reg
iment TO their destination.
The bark Islaad City is expected to leave to-.
morrow with two hundred and forty Fort Warren
prisoners for Fortress Monroe, where they will
await an exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-12-17
Parsen Brownlow Arrested for Treason b,
the Rebels.

BOWLING GREEN, KY, Dec. 16.-The Courier
says that Parson Brownlow was arrested for trea-
son by the Confederate States Commissioner at
Knoxville on the 9th, and committed to jail. The
Knoxville Register says that the rumor Of an or
der from the rebel War Department for Brown
citement. -
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Arrival Of the Glasxsw,

NEw YoRK, Dec I6-The steamer Glasgow
arrived this evening from Liverpool. Her ad-
vices have been anticipated.
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Occupation Of Portsmouth, N. c., by Federal
Troops
LOUISVILLE, Dec. l6.-The Raleigh IN C.)
Standard, Of the 4th inst, learns from reliable
source that Federal regiment had taken posses
kon Of Portsmouth, at Ocracoke Inlet, North Car
olina, and that there had been q Yankee steamer
In Pamlico Sound
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BUTTER BurrERm BUrTER%
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FEMALES-FEM ALES-FEMhLES,
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w. WOOD AND COAL.
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NUMBER Is.


This last expression may be cors'd-l
cred decisive.
I think that when gst through loaf.
ing about here, / will sail my feet agsinst
Montgomery There is bank there,
and my men want lsttle pocket. money.
ABE doesn't want me to go quite 90
fast at ifst. but think can show him
. trick or two that be isu't up to, a.
yet
My genius is not to be trammeled By
I mere President.
When the proud bird of Jove scars
|skywar9 toward The azure cmpyresn. with
the beams Of Liberty gliding his massive
pinions. he mast soar unshackled.
The weather is very fne.
1 must close. Some of my felIows
have got on q spree. and want to hang
. couIle Of editors. must go and ses
about it. If / get there in time, / win
save The poor devils. If not want
10 see them swung of These Zoo.xoos
OF mine are playful dogs; they will have
beir practical jokes. After all, they
are good children. aud am.
MoARoNH.
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4No More Party

Oh. yes, "no more party" in these war
simesl Says the Boston Post:
The Cullec o; Of this port is still daily
carrying out theS-no pnrtyp policy Of tho
A administration ,sas the Republicans UNDER.
siaud il. Two days ego six removals were
made in The lnspsctor's Department Yes
erdsy morning Mr. E!,hrnim Atwood, the
aeffieient IIDpost Book Keeper in the Collec.
tors flee, who for seven yeas past has,
III addIasn o his own duties. been keep.
ing tie Warehouse Impost. received no.
tice that bis services would not be re-
CURED after The Slst Of May. Mr.. A.
has earned bis pay. 81 200. more than
twice over every year he has been there.
Wm. r Hill, son Of the late Governor
Hill. OF Nrw Hampshire. will vacate his
desk early in next mouth, and then ell the
Impost houks, both 10 The Collectors aud
Naval officers rooms will go into new
hands
The Columbus Fact may chimein now.
II says: e:
icaI platforms Of every description during
|ahs present s,raggsr. when oil parties are
EvieIag with each other in the patriotic
effort of subduing rebellion and crushing
traitors, Should BE sbandoned iu the com.
ing State and county elections.
Tne Ssase Of vsrmont apers are dis
lcussiug he peopriety OF abandoning The
II RepublicaE parry and muking q union Of
sll patriots Fur the Stnts eivctlon In Sep
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Gen. Jackson's sword.


We chance to hare before % 81 this
moment 9 copy Of General Jsctsons uill
aud We copy from il these paragrsphs;
Fret. Ihequea,h nv body to the d1st,
whence il comes, and rIy soul TO God vAe
gave il, hoping for happy Immortality,
through the atoning merits Of our Lord
Jesas Christ, - Saviour of the world.
Seventh, bequath 10 my well>beloyed
Andrew jackson Doneison, son Of Samuel
Donelson. deceased, the elegant sword
presented to rue by The State of Tennes.
see. scith tl.is isjunction, that be fail not TO
nse il when necessary. in support and
protection sf our glorious Union. and for
1.-The rrotertion of The constitutional righta
Eof our beloved country. should they be
assaiitd BY foreign enemies or domssfic
TRAITORS
This same Andrew Jackson Donelson
| is now using this same sword ia the cause
Jof the Southern Conipderates- -the very
]ciass Of men whom Genera. Jackson bad
in his minds eye when be wrote DO
MESTIG TRAIT0RS.s
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Colonel Ellsworlh's Presentlnen. OF
Death.


The following conversation shows plain
ly the forebodiugs-not feass-felt by tht
gallant young Ellsworth. The reporter
of the Philadeiphis Moth american learn
ed the facts from Bsowuell. Colonel Ellis
worth's avenger:
On the night before his regiment lef
Washington, Ellsworth aud some of th,
Captains of his regiment were in quar-
Iers preparing for the morning march,
Captain john Wiidey, of Company
was perhaps, the fayorite of poor Nils
worth The two soldiers, in the sam,
room, were selecting their apparel for ,ht
next days march. Captain Wiidey laie
out his ordinary dress, and was preparing
TO put il on.
Ellsworth had done the same thing. bu
as Wiidey was robipg, Ellsworth stood il
musing attitude.
why don you dress YOURSELF" askeG
Wildey, who was robing with considera
BILE expedition"
II am thinking" said Ellsworth, slowly
Gin what clothes / shall die. y
"Die, my dear fellow? What do 20,
talk -os dying for! Before you die yol
will see the American flag flying over eve
.ry city in the Union, and all the Secs
sion ripgleaders will have been hung o.
exied." y.
Ellsworth shook his head sadly, ant
said nothing for moment He theI
smiled his peculiarly sweet and pensiy,
smile. and opening trunk produced al
enIise new uniform, as yet fresh from III
hand of The tailor.
"lf an to he shot tomorrow" sat
he-"and have a preseutiment that m.
ODD is immediately required By ih
conn,ry-iti is 10 this suit ,ba, / shall die;
and, suiung the action 10 The word, b.
t6onued the haGdsone utiform. aud in
few minutes was as gay and jecund a
though. instead Of preparing for battle
he was preparing for the festivities of /
wedding party, Five hoa-s af erward,
bullet sped through his heart. first cuttinl
IN two badge OF Ensine Company Nc
fourteen, of New York, that glitiere
upoI his breast.
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few weak verses, for whose sincerity of
spirit only wish to claim the ear of my
reader. II is ali the offering can make
with the tributes which are rising from
all over the land from poets and ora
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fW A quaint writer of sentences
says. Il have seen woman so delicate, that
they were afraid to ride for fear the horse
might run away, afraid 10 sail for fear The
boat night ovefse'; afraid to walk for feaI
be- dew might fall; but never saw one
afraid TO be martieo!'
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~ 1t is now stated, authoritively,
that Major General Mcclellan outranks
all other officers, and will be the Comman
der in chief of the United States Army III
the event of the death OF Lieutenant Gen,
eral Scott.
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Rsg AT the late election in Kentucky
the Union candidates received 9S.56l
votes, With eighteen counties TO hear from.
The aggregate Presidential vote in No
vember was l462l6
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JOHN PHGNIx DEAI.-The St. Louis
Democrat says:
Intelligence was received in this city Oh
Monday of the death OF Captain Derby oI
The U 8. Army, widely known as john
Pheaix.
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ssa. "Are those bells ringing for fre?"
Simon of Titerias. mo, indeed
answered Tibe, 'tbey have plenty Of fire,
and the bells are now ringing for waters
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f A correspondents Of the Traveller
SAYS that most of the shirts made for the
volunteers are from four to six inches too
short
Like q man without wife,
Like u ship without sail.
The most useless thing in life
Is "a shirt without -i
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sE The recent Convention at Wheel
Ing represented twenty eight counties.
Those counties consaiued. in 1850, :
populaiioa Of 90. .6s5 whites, and 8.Ss6
slaves Their present white ps;salatioa
ia about 250. 900
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Beneath the lily and tho mould,

Beneath the lily and the mould,
Ansivy green and myrtle brown
Beneath the willows bending down
Over the graves of heroes bold
statesman. whose story hath been told
Low lie his ashes: Where are sown,
Der one broad canopy of hearts enrolled,
Deeds of fair renown,
His spirit, like a bright encirciing fold
OF light, twines round the tablet old.
Forever cold the Dorie form
That stood against world of woe,
That wrestled uobly with the foe,
That could not nnmb the heat held arm,
Nor chill the true blood ever warm
About his heart: Forever low
The massive head that rose amid the storm
Dimmed the Jealous glow
OF patriotic fire: The loud alarm
Forever silent with that form.
Steal sweetly from the showers and sod,
Ye watchful daisies. pearly white,
Above the slumb'ring loue, and light
The radiant air above the low abode,
Pure messengers of God
Aye -aye--aye- bloom ever The fai.
flowers above his new made grave, and bt
they also sy ymbois of the too tardy justice
Of all who res9eet virlue. revere patriot
m, and love that which is true aud per
ee,ual. MS is bis fame. That can never
die. 1t will live as long as the Consii
tution be defended, and the Uaion. fol
which he battled so manfully Us lustre
will SHINE until The last star fades fron
our national disk of blue. And his mem
pry-parly spleen and current arrogance
buried in the grave-wiil stand close 10y
he side of Jackson. aud Clay. and Web
ster, all Of whom recognized in his earl,
career the promise which gave snch mel
low fruit in his la er life. Peace to hi
ashes! Toll erery bell in honor of the il
lustri,us dead. Long ere we see his lik,
sgain! Every true heart is traped fo
him. aud every true man deplores bis loss
Thus closes the life of the FIRST orator All,
statesman Of his day.