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Der Lecha Caunty patriot. [volume] (Allentaun, Pa.) 1859-1872, 1863-11-18

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-03-24
PUBLISHED [DAILYl BT
EDGAIi SNOW D \, JR.
a@~(1FFTCE-No. 104 King street, over
3@a,s r. formerly French s. Book Store.
" AR NEWS.

WAR NEWS.
A., arrival from New Orleans brings the
arxt Federal accounts Of the late action at
d., Hudson. The information does not come
,bro,7ob naval officers, as it was expected would
ba the case. but through The military telegraph
onnorotondent Of Southwest Pass. The dis
watches, with the exception Of the statement
thaf the Federal fleet succeeded in passing the
hatteres mainly confirms the Confederate ac-
connt The firing on both sides was rapid and
severe, The steamer Mississippi, being run
ap,onnj, was abandoned and destroyed. The
(onfdorate account, denied that any one OF
the Federal vessels succeeded in passing the
batteries and that all the others were with
israwD and went down the liver, some consid-
erably damaged. 4 press dispatch states that
the Federal land force WAS within five miles OF
the Confederate works, and that some sklr-
mishins had taken place, in which one Federal
Colonel was wounded
Tron Tennessee il is reported that the Con
federates under General Van Dorm have re-cross-
ed Duck river In force Gen. johnson IS cz-
pected 10 take command Of the Confederate
army at TulIahoma.
X is stated that the movements Of the \ azoo
Pass expedition are slow, but have every pros
pect Of being successful. The Federal forces
debarked at Greenwood, and are now besieg-
Ing Fort Penn bcrton.
The Ievees were cut at Lake Providence on
the 10th instant, and it was expected that the
town would be submerged. The water was
rushing in, and, according to the dispatch,
was threatening friend and foe alike"
Dispatches from Cou1. Porter state that
great distress prevails amongst the Confader
ates IN EivkSturg from want Of supplies
Ihe la2oo expedition has been much delayed
III Its progress from snnkcn trees and other
Impodlmonts thrown in the channel by the
VontedeEates From this cause it has hap
ponad sometimes that they have not advanced
more than mile per day.
Admiral Porte, in bis dispatch, says thar
he had received information from Lieut. Com
inandlng Watson Smith, thar on the 1th inst.
me whole lazoo expedition arrived safely in
the lo'Iahatchierive1, which gives control Q the
IlsslSsippi. The vessels ali got through in
}ashtIlng condition, excepting the Petrol, which
iost her wheel entirely The Cosfederates are
soeIs2t'ca!iy at work preparing themselves
against ali contingencies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-03-24

Captain Mafit, to Barbadoes seems to have
created much excitement there, 4 correspon-
dent Of the n. Y. Herald, writing on the
25th ult., who is indignant at the cordial re-
ception extended to Ter officers, says: Cap
tain Maffit was the observed Of all observers. -
Even the negroes cheered him as he went up
,he wharf: The FIorida seems TO be we'll dis
ciplined, the men we'll behaved and orderly
the officers polite and attentive. Ir fact, the
impression produced is evidently favorable 10
Dixie. All the ladies arc 'Ma{ft mad. |
am sorry te say Barbados is as bad as Nassau
and that is surely no compliment.
The r. S consul made an earnest pro
test to the authorities Of Barbadoes again lst
allowing the Florida to coal. but Without sue
cess.
It IS known that the Z. S Secretary Of the
Treasury is expected to visit New ork to offer
terms for loan, either domesti, or torelgn.-
Hc IS expected also to give a preference TO q
domestic loan. But it is thought thar he will
hardly he obliged to go into the market Tor a
loan, iuasmuch as the orders for the long bonds
five tventies--ore coming III so largely, abonI
,ight hundred thousand dollars Gay, and in
croasing in amount.
The \. Y. Express says:-jfel,. Scott avoids
payment Of the three per cent income tax, on
his salary as retired Lieutenant General lie
bases bis claim TO exemption On the tact that
the law specifies that he shall net suffer any
reduction in pay, rations or allowances.
The clipper ship Kate Hooper, Of Baltimore.
was burned in Hooson' Bay: Australia: pre-
vions to The 18th of January last. She had
just arrived from Hong Kong when she took
fire, and with her entire cargo was Destroyed
The police OF Philadelphia Oh Saturday last
succeeded in recovering q large number OF conn
tclfcit lank plates: among which We1e the
following:-One plate tvo-dollar counterfeit,
Merchants Bank Of Baltimore, Nd. One plate
tlroe-doar counterfeit, Mechanics Bank,
of Frederick. Nd, engraved thereon. There
were also recovered cutie a large amount OF
counterfeit notes ready for circulation.
The people of New York are in 81 state O.
excitement Just at this time about street
railway through Broadway 1t is strongly
opposed BY many and as strongly pressed BY
others.
On Sunday night, the safe in the counting
room of tile Washington Star, WI: robbed OF
small amount Of money.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad yesterday
morning brought over to Washington one
Thousand head of fin beeves Tor the nso OF the
e. s. Army. They were in excellent cond'-
ton.
The amount of Northern property destroyed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-03-24

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-03-24

It IS stated confdential]y in military circles
SHat zen. Heintze}nan will assume the com-
"5'no that had been assigned TO Gen. Sumner,
"''. supersede Gen. Curtis III Missouri
:, among the returned prisoners; from the
D'oth: now IN Washington, is John Unde1~
"'oj: ot Oecoqua0, Va.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-12-16
Astonishing the Clergy.

A CORRESPONDENT from Whitewater,
Wisconsin, sends us the following incl
dent, which, though reprehensible is
eomical:
Frank B--s, mad wag of this town,
famous for his practical jokes, recently
played off rough one on clergical
convention. A convention of Methodist
ministers was being held there, lasting
for several days Delegates came from
all parts Of the State. As is usual upon
such occasions, the strangers were quar-
tered upon the brethren of the church,
wherever convenient, a committee being
appointed to meet them upon their arri-
val at the depot, and assign them abiding
places. Frank happened to be at the
depot on the first day, and observed that
good clothes went about as far with the
brethren as among the unregenerate.
While a well-dressed delegate was sent
to the comfortable abode of some veal
thy brother Of the church, a seedy, $500
a-year pulpiter was quartered with some
poor family in the suburbs. The next
day he donned a black coat, white era
vat, broad -brimmed hat, green spectacles,
and taking a carpet bag in hand, he
jumped upon a train that was entering
town. He easily found knot of dele
gates, mingled with them, and got off at
the depot in their company. The recep-
ton committee was on hand to dispose of
the newcomers.
May I inquire your name? asked one
Of the committe, approaching Frank with
note book and pencil.
Brother Dusenberry, of Oshkosh
well, Brother Dusenberry,' said the
committeeman, eyeing his seedy appear
ance, we shall have to send you to bro
ther C-'s'
The place designated was the abode of
lowly brother about three miles away.
Frank had the committeeman draw up a
diagram Of the roads, which required the
explanatory powers Of the entire com
mittee and several citizens to make him
understand, when, at last, seeming to
comprehend the distance he was to trav-
el, he exclaimed, to the astonishment and
horror Of the surrounding clergy Send
me way up there-throo miles! If Z cant
be nearer the church, III be id # III
60 to tile conyentioraP and he tramped off
in great apparent dudgeon. Committee
and delegates were speeohless with dis
may, but at length one of the former
hoarsely whispered, Frank B-s, the
Internal joker, when the sell was ex-
planned Cincinnati Times.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-12-16

utterly unable to describe them; but
when the sharp steel first pierced my
flesh, and 1 felt the warm blood flowing
out and my past life seemed to pass be-
fore my mind in a moment of time, only
to make my desire of still living, and
the horror of an ignominious death, ten
fold greater.
Slowly the sharp knife plowed in my
flesh, making my blood freeze in my
veins, and my eye balls burn and seem
ready to burst from their sockets, and
now I felt my reason gradually leaving
me; the strain upon my nerves was too
muoh-I felt they must give way but I
considered that if they did, my only hope
should be chOked with the rope around
my neck.
Slowly the sharp steel, impelled by a
steady hand, continued its deadly course;
and now the circle was nearly accom-
plished, when I felt that the speed of the
train was being gradually diminished. A
ray Of hope Illuminated my breast I
looked into my companions eyes to see
if he too noticed that we were nearing
F.; but he was too intent on his hor-
rible work.
At length he leaned back, and said
There now, only about an inch more,
and I shall commence the deep cutting
Only about an inch And the station
was yet some way off, Only about an
inohl My life hung upon the merest
thread.
It was not long that the ezperimenter
admired his diabolical work-he soon
fell to it again, but saw the lights of
F. station fash past the windows of
the carriage; I saw a strange arm seize
my tormenter: I heard loud and ap-
palliDg cry like that of a bafled wild
beast, and I became insensible.
For weeks after this lay between life
and death, in brain fever brought on
by the intense excitement and fear of
those twenty minutes.
I afterwards learned that my pleasant
comDaDioD had been a doctor and sur-
geOn, but that when he was young man
and just married, having performed an
operation to extract cancer, from his
wife, he went out of his mind, and had
ever since been attempting to escape, in
order that he might perform the dread
full experiment which so nearly resulted
in my death.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-12-16
Questions all Bound

ONE of the best things we have heard
for some time, fell under our observation
a day or two since. Our friend Jones
wanted a servant girl in his family, and
went to an intelligence Office and made
known his wants to the proprietor. Says
Jones;
Have you any first rate servant girls
for the kitchen? I want one that can
mind her own business and attend to her
work
'Ob, yes, says the proprietor, any
quantity-let me show you one.
Jones is at once introduced to a daugh-
ter of the Emerald Isle, and is greeted
with:
An does ye want a servant?
Yes, says Jones.
How many hey yer in yer famiIy?'
Jones answered.
'And hev yer hot and cold water?'
Answers again.
How many children hev yer? and do
yer make yer girls wash Sundays? Is
the church far away?
All these questiods, with about fifty
more, we're answered heroically by Jones,
when he thought it about time to take
the laboring car himself.
You look, says Jones, like pretty
nice girl, but I want to ask you one
question: Do you play the piano2'
No
Then, says Jones, very blandly, you
won't answer my turn.
And away went the astonished Celt,
feeling for once that she had caught a
Tartar.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-12-16

SIT AT my easement alauet
And think of the loYe-lighted days OF the past,
As the shadows Of twilight are gathering fast,
Where the sun so lately shone.
There is silence in chamber and hall,
Where once gentle voices made music around,
There is heard but the whispering breeze, and
the sound
OF the whitening leaves as they fall
There's an old fashioned chair at my side,
It is vacant. All, never again shall it bear,
The delicate form that was wont to rest there
At the pleasant even-tids.
Oh, the twilight hour is sadI
Twas the time when the loved who are gone
used to meet
Round my chair at the easement each other tc
greet,
And all were joyous and glad.
Ny home seems so desolate now,
Never shall we all meet at the easement agsini
In the depths ofmy heart is a weaTisome pain,
Deeper ftrrows upon my brow.
Clouds Of grief overshadow my mind,
But know twas Fathers all-merciful hand,
That severed the links Of the loving band,
That about my heart was twined,
And angels are whispering to me,
That there is a brighter and happier home,
Where sickness, and sorrow, and death never
come,
And there they are waiting for me.
&C
URBANA, Dec, 1861
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-12-16

SNBAD JUsTFIED.-The story of the noun
tain tina. prev all the nails and bolts out of
the ships passing near it, which the veracious
Sinbad, the Sailor, tells in the Arebian
Nights, is reproduced now with a scientific
difference. A magnetic mountain has been
discovered in Swedish Lapland. The van IS
the richest ofany natural magnetic ere at pres
ent known. Pieces weighing four hundred
pounds have been obtained. Specimens are
being sent to all the European mineralogiaI
cabinets, and quite a traffic has grown up.
They sell readily at from eighty centimes to
lhree franks the kilogramme. It is already
debated whether magnetic pole of the earth
should not be sought in Laplsnd rather than
Siberia.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-12-16
Our StUrg Gtlltr.
THE MANIAG DOCTOR.
UEBANA, Dec, 1861

IT must be confessed that it is a very
provoking thing to receive a letter on
Christmas morning, calling you two hun
dred miles away on Immediate and i'm
portant business Yes, it is a very pro-
voking thing, indeed-at least so I found
it, both in anticipation and very deed /;
but there was no help for it. Snooks,
my lawyer, wrote and told me that if on
the 25th was not a c., should
probably lose-never mind what-but
something which induced me to pack my
portmanteau in all haste, send for han
some, and drive to the X. Y. g. station.
When I arrived there, found I was too
late for the train l had wished to catch,
and that the next one did not start for
three-quarters of an hour. Inwardly
cursing my ill-fortune, 1 went to the
waiting room, and endeavored to make
myself as comfortable as I could; but,
despite all my attempts, I think I never
knew time pass so slowly in oil my life,
except a certain twenty minutes, about
which am going to tell,
Although, as I said, the time went very
slowly, nevertheless it did go; and in
process of time I found myself ensconc-
ed in frst-class carriage, which had but
one occupant besides myself, a cheerful
looking, little old man, with gray hair,
and a strange, restless look about the
eyes. Directly I got into the carriage
he addressed me in a familiar way:
"A merry Christmas to you.
'The same to you, said I, rather gruff-
lly, as I was not in the best of humOr,
and did not feel inclined to be neigh
borly.
why, bless me sir, said the little
old man, renewing the attack, you have
not anything wherewith to keep yourself
warm on this cold winters day; allow me
to offer you one of my travelling wrap
pers. I always take care to be well pro
vided with such things when I go On a
journey And my companion took from
his side rolled-up rug, unrolled it, and
taking small mahogany box from the
folds, threw the rug to me.
Thank you, said I, feeling in spite Of
myself a shade more cheerful.
Oh, no thanks-no thanks; 1 do it
for my own benefit, not yours, assure
you.
How do you make out that2'
Why, I like to have a comfortable
face opposite to me; and, besides, the
grand experiment, you know
What grand experiment. 1 said,
somewhat startled by the mans excited
manner.
ooh, nOthing-nothing, said he, col
oring violently, 'only-that is to say
exactly, are you freemasOnT
No, sir
Not a freemason? Why, bless me
you ought most certainly to become one
Why SOP
Because you would then know that
they have got sort Of--that is to say
IN fact, a secret
I know that already
Really? I declare you are the mos
extraordinary man ever met. Well
I've got a secret, too, and that's my granC
experiment.
AS it's a secret, I suppose you vii
not tellJme what it is?
20, yes, I viii though, but-perhaps
had better not; never mind, I'll tell you
it is simply this, to discover what are tn,
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-12-16

A RACE BETWEEN A RAILWAY TRAIN
AND A KINGFIsHER.-"I I was travelling,
writes Mr.. Johns in bis Home Walks
and Holiday Rambles,' "on part of the
Great Western Railway, which for some
distance runs close to and parallel with a
narrow stream. A kingfsher had been
disturbed by the approach of the train,
and made all haste to get out Of the way
Any other bird so circumstanced would
have turned back or have flown away
from the line of rail. But this bird flies
500 swiftly to think it possible to be
overtaken SO it made right ahead, no
ping to distance its pursuer. It has, be-
sides, a great antipathy to flying over
land if water be within reach; it. there
fore, habitually follows the course Of the
river, let it wind ever so much. On this
occasion not even the terror of the puff
ing monster gaining ground on it was
powerful enough to make it deviate from
its habit; 50 the bird and the train pur-
sued their course side by side, and at
pace so nearly equal that for several Sec
onds it was near the window of my car
riage, seemingly playing its lovely wings
all in vain, but in reality shooting along
its line Of river as steadily as its compet-
itOr, the engine, was tearing along its
line Of rail. The river and railway soon
diverged, and we parted company with
the bird"
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-12-16
Meeting at Kingston.
KINGSTON, Dec. s, 1868.

KINGSTON, Dec. 5, 1868.
AT an adjourned meeting of the eom4
mittee for the relief of volunteers fanai-
lies, the house was called to order, and
F. N. Thomas called to the chair. A
motion was then brought before che house
and carried to appoint an additional co1n-
mittee Of eight to the original one, eon4
sisting of the following gentlemen: NJ.
E. Morgan, Il. Hagenbaugh, John Wire
man, VIM. D. EnOch, SamI Black, Sam1
Salkeld s. B. Funk and John ?. Rett-
berg. A motion was also made to soliS-
it the citizens of Salem township to meet
on the 18th day of December, at Kings
ton, to contribute to the relief of the sol
diers' families. Come one and all. Bring
on your wood, -four, potatoes, corn, ap-
pies, clothing, etc, etc, and make the
homes of our volunteers comfortable
whilst they are fighting our battles for
US; and never let it be said Of the eiti-
liens of Salem township that orr volume
teers' families were not properly provid.
ed tor.
An address viii be delivered at the
Kings creek Church on that day BY an
able speaker.
& CH6NcE. Sse'v.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-12-16

TIE FUTURE OF HoRsEs-The draft upon
serVicable horses Of the country has been so
great that the horse interest is bonnd to go
up; and among the best investments Of live
stock now to be made will be the purchase
Of likely colts for raising to maturity; the next
to this, the breeding of good horse stock for
the future suply.-Now that the practice of
Government has cleared the country of low
priced animals let US turn over a new leaf in
our style Of horse-breeding, and go in for some
thing that VIII DO good service and command
good prices Ohio Farmer.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-12-16

THE LITTLE PILaRIM.-This is deci-
dedly the cheapest publication Of the
kind for its worth IN the world. It is
what the gifted editress claims for it.
the best childs paper in Amsricai and
at the price of so cents a year is certain-
" within the reach of all. Five copies
are sent for 50, fourteen for S5.25, and
taenty-three for s8.25. Leander K.
Lippincott, 319 Walnut-stIeot, Phila.
delphia.
We make the following extract from
Mrs Lippincott's letter:
al shall labor in the new year to keep
The Little Pilgrim, what I believe none
viii deny it has always been-ths very
best chtlas paper IN America Let me
here say to fathers and mothers, not en-
tirely from self-interest ether, that they
should be careful to put into the hands
Of their children only the very 6e,l read
ing, and not the cheapest, as many do.
Do not let few cents a year tempt you
to hazard the welfare Of the little souls
that have been entrusted to your care.
GRACE GRBENwooD.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-12-16
PatTonizing the Poor.

How often have I heard the unfor-
tunate working man leotured, as if he
were a little ehality-child, humid as to
his nasal development, strictly literal as
to his eatechism; and called by Provi-
dence to walk all his days in station of
life represented on festive occasions by a
mug of warm milk-and-water and bunI
What popguns Of joker have these ears
tingled to hear let off at him, what ash
nine sentiments, what impotont conclu-
sions, what spelling book mOralities, what
adaptations of the orators insufferable
tediousnes5 to the assumed level Of his
understanding If his sledge-hammers,
his spades and pickaxes, his saws and
ehisels, his paint-pots and brushes, his
forges, furnaces, and engines, the horses
that he drove at his work, and the ma
chimes that drove him at his work, were
all toys in one little paper box, and he
the baby who played with them, he
could not have been dIsoourssd to more
Iimpertinently and absurdly than I have
heard him discoursed to, times innumer-
able. Consequently, not being fool or
fawner, he has come to acknowledge
his patronage by virtually saying: "Let
me alone. If you understand me no bet
ter than that, sir and madame, let me
alone. You mean very we'll, I dare say /;
but I don't like it, and I wont come here
again to have any more Of it."-AH the
! Year Roand.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-12-16

Arrangements are now completed to sup
ply any demand for this article, which from
lack Of government stamps has not heretofore
been possible.
The public may rest assured that in no case
will the perfectly pure standard of the Plant
alton Bitters be departed from. Every bot
tie bears the fac amils Of our signature on a
steel plate engraving, or it cannot be genuine.
Sold by all Druggists, Grocers and Dealers
throughout the country.