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freedom in the District.

The "Act tor the release Of certain persons
held to service OF labor in the District Of Co-
lumbia," which has become the law OF the land
by an overwhelming vote in both Houses OF
Congress and by the signature ofthe President,
provides that from and after its passage slavery,
except for crime, shall cease within the Dis.
trict. All persons loyal TO the United States,
owning slaves, shall, within ninety days, pre-
sent their claims and support them with oHths
and other testimony before three commissioner,
whose appointment is hereby provided for. An
amount not exceeding three hundred dollars
for each slave sha Il be paid by the Commission
ers provided the claim is legal and the slave
has not been brought into the District since the
passage of the Act:
"And provided, further, That no claim sha Ii
be allowed for any slave or slaves brought into
said District after the passage OF this act, nor
for any slave claimed by any person who has
borne arms against the Government OF the
! United States in the present rebellion, or in
any way given aid or comfort thereto, or whleh
originates in or by virtue Of any transfer here
tofore made, or which shall hereafter be made
! by any person who has in any manner aided or
sustained the rebellion against the Government
Of the United States"
Still further the Act provides that the Com.
missiont rs shall wind Up their business within
nine months, and shsll be paid $4,000 each,
with reasonable allowance for expenses, clerk
hire &c. One million OF dollars IS hereby aP.
propriAted to carry out the Act. Any one kid
mapping person OF African descent from the
District shall be imprisoned not less than FIVE
or more than twenty years For twenty-five
cents the clerk of the Circuit Court OF Wash
inglon shall furnish any ex-slave certificate
of manumsson. The two closing sections Of
the Act appropriate 100000 TO aid in the col
onizstion ofsuch OF the free neg groes as may wish
to emigrale to Hayti, Liberia or elsewhere, and
all acts Of Congress, all laws OF Maryland And
all oridsnces Of Washington and Georgetown
Inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed
In signing the bill, the President recommends
that longer time than ninety days be given
to minors, femmes covert, insane or absent per-
sons. and that a supplementary or amerdaIory
act be passed to supply this omission. he also
nominated to the Senate James G. Berret. ex-
Mayor Of Washington, Hon S. F. Vinton. Of
, Ohio, and Daniel K. Goodloe, formerly of North
Carolina, Commissioners under the act.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-24

letter from the army Of the Southwest.
dated the 4Ih, says: alive hundred cavslry
and the mountain how itzers returned yesterday y
from Huntsville, (Ark where they had gone
in search of the enemy. but they could not be
found. Our information is, that Gen. Price hss
gone to Memphis, and that some 5000 Of his
cavalry are goiRg north of the Arkansas river,
intending to make a dash at Rolla, or some
other exposed point. They will 6nd the Unicn
troops ready fer lhem.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-24

AN IRREPREssIBLE UNIoN MAN-In one o
the city churches in ST. Louis. on SuRday last
an eloquent divine, while earnestly supplea-
ting stIhe Throne of Grace :hat Pence might
again spread her gentle wings over our beloved
country, said: "Put one hand on the North.
D Lord, and the o. her on the South, sRd say 10
the raging elements, Peace, be still :" An
elderly man from Indians private IN one Of
the regiments stationed there-InlerrUpted the
reversned gentleman at this point by sOyng
distinctly: "No. Lord-pUI both hands on the
South aud make her stay 10 the Union"
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MISC ELAN EOUS
NORA M'CARTY.

Nora is pretty,
Nora is witty,
Witty and pretty as pretty can be.
She's the completest
OF glrls, and the neatest,
The brightest and sweetest,
But she's not for me
Mavourneen.
Nora, be still you,
Nora, why will you
Be witty and pretty as pretty can be,
So strong and SO slender,
Sc naughty and tender,
So sweet in your splendOr-
And yet not for me!
MaVourneen.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-24

PURCHASING HusBAHD.-Susan, a country
girl desIEous of matrImony, received from her
mistress a present of five pound bank note
for her marriage portion. Her mistress wished
TO see the object Of Susan's favor, aud q very
diminuliVe fellow, swsrthy as Moor, and ugly
as an ape. made his appearance.
"Ah, Susan said the mistress, "what q
strange choice you have made"
LA, madam" said Susan, "in such hard
times ae these, when about all the tall fellows
arc gone for soldiers, what more OF a man coHld
you expect for i've pound note!"
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How rHR BATTLE OF PEA RNIDcE WAS Won.
"A writer says: The battle Of Pea Ridge
was the best fighting during the war. II was
not generalshIp but soldiership that won it,
Al the close of the second day all the leading
officers except SIgel and Dodge were dishesrt-
eHed. and regarded a surrender as foregone
conclusion. But the men had just got up to
the right pitch. and, around the campfres on
that weary night, they did not have the faint
est idea Of being whipped, but universally said {:
! " Ts morrow we will finish up this business
and whip these fellows out" And sure enough
they did. exhibiting genuine pluck. and moth
| ing else.
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Experience shows tAat the discharge Of heavy
artillery is usually followed by rain. The bat
ties Of the French armies were succeeded BY
cOpious rains that rendered small streams im'
passible, end at the battle of Solierlno, storm
of such fercensss arose that the conflict was
suspended. The same result attended the bat
tleG of our present war. After Gen. MeClel.
lan's four different battles there were heavy
rains on the following days respectfully. and
Gen. Dsauregsrd, in his recent report Of Bull
Run, Gays that he was prevented following up
his victory by the heavy rains Of the following
days Al Fort DoBslson the bombard OF
Friday was followed by rain on Saturday.
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P 0 E TR Y.
To NY Children.

A'"''SC''P'' HOt long since
there was very exquisite poem which wa
written IN camp, after battle, and sent bv
soldier father to his children al home. II will
-" good thoughts at any 6reslde, to read
aloud;
D'Tl'ngs-l am weary pining;
Shadows fall across my way;
can hardly see the lining
Of the cloud-ihe silver lininO.
Turning darkness into day.
am weary Of the signing;
Moan'"g-wai ling through the air;
Breaking hearts. 10 anguish crying
For the ios,, ones-fnt The diving,
>'''i"- 3" , .ish Of despair.
/ s'n ""rr, Of the fighting;
Bs'therS red with brothers gore.
"''y that the Dr0ng we're righting-
Truth and Honor's battle 6ghtIng-
would draw my sword 20 more.
am p'ning> dearest, pining,
For your kisses on my cheek;
FIR your dear arms round me twininp:
For your soft eyes on me shining;
For your loved words. darliugs-speak.
Tel me. IN your earnest prattIe,
Oi the olive-branch and dove;
Call NE from the cannon's rattle;
Take my thoughts away from battle;
Fold me in your dearest love.
DarlIngs-I am weary pning;
Shadows tall across my way;
can hardly see the lining
.! the cloud-the silver lining,
T"'OI"g darkness into day.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-24

A father was winding his watch, when he
said, payfully. TO his little girl. Let me wind
your nose up" mo-" said the child, IL dOa't
want my nose wound up, for don't WGnt ii 10
run aU dan
Smyrna times., 1862-04-24

The Richmond Enquirer says that the Fede'
raj GovernmsHt 10 worth Hothing." The
Rebel Government 10 worth lsss.-PTentice.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-24

You are at The very bottom of the hill,
said the physicisa to a sick patient, but
shall endeaVoT to get you up sgaiH." fear
| shall be out Of breath before reach the top"
was the reply,
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The clouds begin to break" said Harriet.
during yesterdays rain. She was impatient
for an opportunity to go shopping. "Just So"
was the answer, as the speaker glanced from
the window. They leak bad enough TO be
sure"
Smyrna times., 1862-04-24

"Do you believe. sir, that the dead ever walk
after death :" "NO doubt Of il. madam;
have heard the dead march"
Smyrna times., 1862-04-24

Never be without quarter in your pocket,
cad you will always be "a quartetmasler.
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Magazines.

Godey-never.isiling and prompts on our
table tor May. with it's Spring fashion plates
abeuaiing in ell the Tiehaess OF Vefaal beauty.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-24

Why 10 a sawyer like a lawyer! Because
whichever way he goes, down comes the dast.
Smyrna times., 1862-04-24

When you see q drunken rebel black with
mud, you may conclude that he is dyed IN the
last tdilch.--Prentice.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-01-22
4 few Thoughts 0g9 the subject
of Building.

OF EEREAEhSs
Much has been said concerning an.
oient and modern architecture. Wei!
there is not subject OF deeper or more
thrilling interest In the whole wide field
of history, than that Of the origin and
progress of the science Of building; and
yet there is room, and especially in this
town aud county for mproVements-
There are to many who employ those
wood choppers, who will work for hall
price, and yet they stile themselves work
men. Yes some are led to believe that
this is economy. Well let US see such a
man will soon find much to trouble and
! perplex his mind, much of his time is
wasted in learning the peculiar arrange
mentS Of the structure he does not bill
materials Of the proper quality, nor ap-
portioned in the proper quantities. But
worst OF all for the owner he iudS when
his house is finished it has cost him q
large sum and yet not suited to his wants,
the inside arrangements are awkward and
III contriyed, the outside is disproportion-
ed, clumsy and repulsive. He is dissat-
isfed with the whole concern. But it is
to late to mend bad job. Oh! says he if |
had employed acompetent builder would
/ have saved one fourth in the cost of this
structure, besides | might have had a
snug, neat and comfortable dwelling.-
The man who contempiates building a
house Of any importance in point Of ex-
pense cannot be to careful to employ a
builder of talent and experience to aid
him in making his plans and specifca-
tious of the entire structure. First to be
considered is the amount of money to be
employed /; next the amount of room re-
quired for the family; next carefully Sc,
ect the ground to be occupied; these are
important points to be considered. The
inside should be arranged with studied
regard to the external appearance of the
dwelling. 1t is the poorest policy to de-
stroy the outside appearance of Y dwell
ing, by throwing it into irregular proper
tions. for some small convenience inside.
Certainly if man desires a residence
that is truly convenient and tasteful he
will never trust to his unaided judgment
in laying all his plans, billing all his ma
terials, &c. 1t requires man of expert
ence to do a good job, it is easier for a
man to become good lawyer with sin
gle days study than to make d skillful
builder in like period.
a. Z REN1FF,
Joiner and Builder, Ulysses, Pa.
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The Rest Bed.

Of the eight pounds which man eats
and drinks day, it is thought not less
than FIVE pounds leave his body through
the skin And of these FIVE pounds a
considerable percentage escapes through
the night while in bed, The larger part
of this is water, but in addition there is
much effete and poisonous matters.
This belngin great part gaseous IN form
permeates every part Of the bed. Thus,
all parts of the bed, mattrass and blanket
as well as sheets, soon become foul and
need puritication.
The mattrass needs this renovation
quite as much as the sheets. To allow
the sheets to be used without washing or
changing, three to six months, would be
regarded as bad housekeeping; but |
would insist If thin sheet can absorb
enough of the poisonous excretlOns of the
body to make it unfit for use in few
days, a thick mattrass which can absorb
and retain thousand times as much of
these poisonous excretioDs, needs to be
purified as often, certainly, as once in
three months.
A sheet can be washed. A mattrass
cannot be renovated in this way. Indeed
there is no other way Of changing mat
trass but by steaming it, or picking 1t to
pieces, and thus in fragments exposing II
tc the direct rays Of the sun. AS these
processes are scarcely practicable with
any Of the ordinary mattresses, [ am de,
cidedly of the opinion that the good old
fashioned straw bed which can every
three months be changed for fresh straw
and the tick be washed, is the sweetest
and healthest of beds.
In the winter season if the porousness
Of the st.aw bed makes it little uncom,
Portable spread over it comfortable OF
two woollen blankets, which should be
washed as often as every two weeks.
With this arrangement, if you wash all
the bed covering as often as once in two
or three weeks, you will have a delightful
and a healthy bed.
Now, if YOU leave the bed to the air,
windows open during the day, and not
make it up for the night before evening,
you Will have added greatly to the sweet
ness of your rest, and in consequence to
the tone of your health.
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CHAPTER III.

Ten years had passed since Clara Say
ton, the heiress-at law, left the little vii
lage, when she returned to it's quiet
scenes still unmarried, and now disgusted
With fashionable life, though but twenty
six years of age.
\ few evenings after her return, she
was standing where he saw her ten years
before, gazing upon the silent waters,
when she saw her former lover approach
ing, apparently in deep thought. She
waited until he had passed her, uncon.
scious of her presence, and then said
"Henry, have you forgotten me?"
Harry, noble looking man, then past
his thirtieth year, raised his eyes coldly,
and replied:
"Miss Sayton, I have not. forgotten
you"
"Nor low you once loved me Henry"
IL remember all, Miss Sayton," was
the cold response.
Can you forgive me, Henry ?" asked
Clara, trembling then as she had trem-
bied ten long years before. .sAh, Hen
ry, If You but knew" she continued.
eagerly, "if you but only knew how |
have gueyed over my folly"
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Joiner and Builder, Ulysses, Pa
A HIGHER EDUCATION NEEDED BY

A HIGHER EDUCATION NEEDED BY
EVERY HUMAN BEING.-The common
notion has been that the mass of the peo
pie need no other culture than that nee.
essary to fit them for their various trades
and though this error is passing away, it
is far from being exploded. But the
ground of a mans culture lies in his ma
ture, not in his calling. His powers are
to be unfolded on account Of their inher-
ent dignity. He is to be educated be-
cause he is a man, not because he is to
make shoes, nails, or pins. a trade is
plainly not the great end of his being, for
his mind cannot be shut up in it. x
A mind, in which are sown the seeds of
wisdom, disinterestedncss, frmness of pur-
pose, and piety, is worth more than all
he outwaed material interests Of world.
1t exists for itself, for its own perfection,
and must rot be enslaved to its own or 9TH
ers animal wants
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-01-22
VOLUME XIV NUMBER 6.
THE KEYSTONE STATE.

Hark to the call of the bugles
Hark to the roll Of the drums
Forth for the Union battle,
See what an army comes.
Down from the Alleghenies-
Down through the central gate
Soldiers to guard the Union,
Sons of the Keystone State
Measure them not by hundreds,
Thousands have come that way,
Ready TO die if need be,
Rather tha shun the fray.
Pouring in hosts to the border,
From the early hours till late
These are the troops Of the nation,
Sent by the keystone State.
Pledged for the good Of the country
Pledged to the land of their birth,
Straight from The field and harvest,
Straight from the citizens hearth,
See how they rally in squadrons;
Each other for a mate,
Guarding the Arch Of the Union,
Bound by the Keystone State. .
Look to your drama, We traitors
View your stage with dismay;
And while the curtain is rising,
Down and prepare for the play!
If it is a tragedy bloody,
Picturing to you your hate,
Wait not the acts that's committed
Unto the Keystone State,
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TIHELOYER'S PROPHECY.
CHAPTER I.

Near the hour of sunset, some twenty
wears ago, a Young LADY of great beauty
and naughty tnien was ,trollIng along the
banks of the Thames, not far from a
small village, engaged in reading letter.
which seemed to I'll her soul with uuusu-
al elation.
At length she placed the letter in her
bosom, aud said, aloud:
with such fortune. such a destiny.
it were a shame to throw myself away for
life uron petty farmer like Henry Uar-
iy. Aud vet | think [ love him ana
know he loves me but for me. for Clara
SsvtoD. 10 be farmers wife p
CHANGING before her as she spoke, she
saw him of whom she thought RAPIDLY
approaching.
"If could avoid him But he has
seen me, and perhaps the affair were best
ended now, thought she. flushing with
mingled emotion.
Henry Harry, a Young farmer. scarcely
in his tweuty-irst year, was soon BY her
side eyclaimin,-
Clara, dear Cara. I am 50 hapDv 10
fud YOU. But what Is the NATTER You
will not look at me-"
The bright flame of iov faded from his
handsome and sun Drowned face as he
noticed Clara's chilling recognition Of bis
presence.
Mr.. IIarly," said she. coldly. "per-
hans less familiarity in YOUR address would
please me more. | am about 20 leave.
never 70 returp. and | hone Won Mr.
Harry, will soon forget all the Idle words
We have spoken, as | shall"
The young farmer, noble figure, even
in his rude dress Of the field, could only
stare in speechless wonder, aud mutter-
Idle wordsr'
"Mr. Harly." continued Clara, draw.
ing herself erect. and throwing great dis.
dain in her glance, "the change in nv
prospects forbids me to bury ruyselfamopc
rustics.. Read this letter, if YOU please. "
She gave him the letter she had been
reading, and Harly said, after careful
perusal-
"I see that YOU have fallen heiress to
a large fortune: that is ALL Clara"
And is that all ?" repeated Clara.
with scornful emphasis. "It is enough,
sir. You perceive that Mr.. George Ar
mand has died leaving a great fortune
to his nearest kin. | am, therefore. his
heiress-tbe LAWYERS n rba cbaroe IF his
estate have 50 stated "
But Mr.. George Armand had son,
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Original Poetry.
To Joseph SusaderiEIl

Thy spirit mas left its clay-built home,
And the silvery cord is severed:
Thy pallid lips, at the parting breath,
Like the falling rose-leaf quivered,
Gently quiyered.
Fold his hands Ger his aged breast,
And dim not your eyes with weeping;
His spirit has passed from gloom to CLEAN;
IT'S his body that lies here sleeping,
Calmly sleeping.
Lay him in peace meath the emerald sod,
And scatter his grave with flowers;
Leave the stars to watch and the devote tc
Throughout all the lone night hours, Ifal
The sad night hours,
We toll the bells but the angels above
\ joyful p;ean are singing
For q brother has come with n golden harp,
To join in the angelic singing,
The heavenly singing.
And, friends, when we pass from out the dim,
To enter the life immortal
We know that one will be waiting for US,
Beside the heavenly portal,
The pear made portal.
LAURA.
Sunderlinville, Pa. Dec IA. 1862.
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Terrible Exploit OF rifle Cam
non sgSks

The Boston Courier publishes letter
of correspondent on board the United
States steamer Massachusetts,, off Ship
Island, October 26, giving an account Of
the affair between that vessel and Rebel
steamer; in which the following extraor-
dinary exploit Of a rife cannon ball is
chroncled
During the action I think we hit her
four times, and | know she hit US once
with a 60-pound rife shell lthat is the
way we got the exact size of her rifed
gum. The shell entered on our star
board quarter, just above the iron part Of
the hull; it came through the side ang-
ling aft; Gas we were little abaft his
beam when it struck u.s. and took the
deck in the passage way, between two
state-rooms, and completely cut off eight
cen Of the deck plank, and then struck a
beam, which canted it UP little; Sc that
it took the team-heating pipes under our
dining table. cutting off tive of them, aud
tearing our dining table all to pieces
then went through state room bulkhead
and ceiling of the ship on the opposite
side, and struck one of the outside tim
bers and broke every outside plank abreast
of it short off, from the spar to the gun
deck; it then fell down on to the cabin
deck aud exploded, knocking four state
rooms into one, breaking all the glass and
crockery ware, shattering the cabin very
badly, breaking up the furniture, and set,
ting fire to the ship; but we had three
streams of water upon the fire at very
short notice. and put it out before it did
any damace-keepios up our chase as
though nothing had happened"
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A LADY in Northwestern Missouri offers
premium for enough Yankee scalps to
make bed quilt Hheelimg Iutelli-
gencer.
Perhaps she would like to take whole
Yankee as a comforter.-Prentice.
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A pedlar called on an old lady to dis
pose of some of his goods and inquired Of
her if she could tell him of any road
which no pedlar had travelled. Yes
said she, II know one and only one, and
that is the road to heaven"
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HYPoCRIsY.--Many who would not
for the world utter a falsehood, are yet
eternally scheming to produce false i'm
presslons on the minds of others respect
ing facts, characters, and opinions.
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And It's crushed to this day; for mo-
rose, unloved and unmarried, she has liy-
ed to hate the light of the sun.
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A Dutchman's receipt for making a
Zouave: Take a recruit, keep him forty
eight hours, nothing to eat; deu march
him forty-eight hours-nothlng to eat !;
den let him fight like HI forty-eight
hours-nothing to eat; by d-n he be
one ZOuaVe
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An Irishman just from the sod, was
eating some old cheese, when he found to
his dSmay that it contained living inhab-
itants. by jabers," said he, "does
YOUR chase have children ?"
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A Printer whose talents were but in
different, turned physician. He was ask
ed the reason of It, He said "ip print
ing all the faults are exposed to the eye,
but in physic they are buried with the
patient, and one gets off more easily"
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For lie Potter Journal.

Sunderlinville, Pa. Dec IA. 1862.
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-09-10
L2NI9N T2ETAI.

n A PoLIoa CoURr.--Ths yprisoosE, whose
name was Swivel, alias Stove Pipe Peters.
Was placed at the bar.
Jndge-Bring the prisoner into court ~
Peters-Here am, bound TO blaze, as the
turpentine said when it was all on ERE.
We will take the fire out OF you. How
do you live? .-..-'.-,,1..
amt particular as the oyster said when
they asked him whether he'd be roasted OF
| fried. ~
We don't want to heaf what the oyster
said, or the turpentine. What do you fol-
low? -T,-- tL
Anything that comes in my way, as the
locomotive said when he run over q man.
Don't care anything about the locomotive
What's your business? a H'at -.f
Tha's various, as the cat said when she
stole the chicken. 'I5 81 -Ht
That comes nearer the line, I suppose.
Altogether in my line, as the rope said
when choking the pirate. 7l4
II hear any more absurd comparisons
will give you twelve months. ~ ~ as
Pm done as the beefstake said TO the cook