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GREAT BATTLE EXPECTED.
ALL THE MECHANICS STRIKING FOR
WAGES.
HORRIBLE ATROCITIESl!!

PoT1suuF, May 35th, l865.-War has
broken ont in Schuylkill Connty.-There has
oeena bloody battle among the miners Sew
eTal thousand have been killed. The Irish are
numbering everybody.
>, The County in general, and the streets Of
FoitSgl.le in particular, are crowded with blood
thirsty miners, who kill all but Irishmen
bannau, of the Miners Journal, has retired
" bis castle, pulled up the drawbridge, nailed
up the doors ofthe henroost and dog-pen, and
Mounted u, joint Of stoye-pipe in each window.
MS man Friday has not beer heard of, but he
reported to have been seen up a tree on GUM
"a hiiI, fairly white with fear.
Ministers command the rioters, and even lead
s""Fges, playing on haTps and lyres.-Many
woman have been arrested and fined.
len thousand Irish infantry are known 10 be
u arms They are drilling constantly il 6le
. "ea.her.
Last week the miners rose and pumped all
'us m'nes fall Of water in three hours.
fieaTy firing vas heard at Po::svile on the
IN and division, in L:ne Of battle, was
Seen IN the mountains
h'erybo'iy is killing everybody else, and the
-. are fleeing in terror
!oen with both legs of are running for life,
- women who kave lost both arms are clasp
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THE TWO APPRENTICES

Two boys were apprentices in Q carpenter
shop. One determined to make himself ghor=
ough workman, the other didn't care. One of
them read and studied, and got books hat would
help him to understand tie principles of his
trade. lie spent his evenings at home reading.
The other liked fun best He often weut with
other boys TO have "a good tiiaa" "Come,"
he often SAID TO his shop mate, ''leaye your old
books; 60 with a.. What's the use uf all this
reading y ''It waste these selieu moments"
was the boys answer, Il shall lose what ] can
never make up Nfile the boys we're still ap-
prentices an offer Of 81, 900 appeared in the
newspapers for the best plan fer State House,
to be built In one Of the Eastern States.
The studious boy saw the advertisement and
determined to try for it. After careful study he
drew out his plans, aud sent them to tie COM
mittee We suppose that he did not really ex.
pect to gain the prize; bnt he thought ''thera
IS nothing like trying" In about q week after
wards, a gentleman arrived at the carpenters
shop ana asked ii an architect by the name Of
Washington WilberfoFce lived there HNo,"
said the carpenter, ''no architect, but I've got
an apprentice by that name" 'Let's see him"
The young man was summoned, and informed
that bis plan was accepted, and that the two
thousand dollars we're his. The gentleman then
said that the boy must put the building up, and
his employer was so proud of his success, that
he Willingly gave him his time and let hlm co.
This studiouS youEg carpenter became one of
the first architects of our country. He made a
fortune, and now stands high in the estimation
of everybody while his fellow apprentice can
hardly earn food for himself and family by his
daily iaiynr - 4 Rge17cqD artisan
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The Soldiers Against the Radicals.

| Inc S0lQl6TS against lA0 RADICALS,
! Il IS now evident that radical conspiracy
! has been entered into to em5arrass the admins
tration of President Johnson. The point of at
tack selected is his position upon the reconstruc-
| ton and negro-sufilage question. Chief Justice
| Chase has abandoned lis duties and is address
/ iur mixed audiences of whites and blacks in the
Southern States, upon this theme. Senator
Sumner IS contributing, rs his share of the work,
oratious and letters. Wendell Phillips is open
| Iy declaring that strife and Fepudiaton are pre-
erabe to such settlement of the difficulties as
! is presented in the Presidents North Carolina
/ proclamation The organs Of the Radical par
| ty, from the Anf-sl1regy Haadayd down to the
smallest hound that runs in the pack are open,
| fierce and bitter in their denuuciation Of :he
| President on this point, and are exhibiting the
/ purpose and extent of the conspiracy in such
colors as tG leave no room fo4 doubt or misap-
prehenson.
! One of the agencies by which this class Of
men nope to effect their purpose Of capturing
-, the President, and holding him while they die
;ate terms upon the reconstruction and negro
suffrage question, is the next Congress That
| is al present supposed to be largely ultra. Two
thirds of the members of both branches of the
National Legislature were swept into place by
| the same stream which is now sought TO be turn
ed against the administration of President John
SON Chase and Sumner, md their brother
conspirators against the peace and harmony Of
| the nation at this critical period, hope to ma
nipulate the national representatives of their
! party by means of home Influences, and thus
control their votes and menace the President by
| threats Of opposition to his administration
/ But it is not so certain that this can be accem-
pIishod even if the Anti-Slayery League of Bos-
ton heads the mogement. The war is over,
contracts aud Offices connected with the army
and navy are no longer potent means of reach
! ing the yenal and the unprincipled, provost
marshals and bastiles no longer close mems
mouths by bullets or manacles. Free speech Is
! in the process Of restoration. Congressman
! have home feeling to consult now. Public O.
pinion is recovering its force. The whole coun-
try is no longer at Washington. Each State
and county and township has again sprung in-
! TO Iife and hence the representative Of each
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nROGKET IN A OUANDARY,

81 never, but onca,' said the Colonel, "was
in what | call a real genuine quandaTy. 1t
was during my ecctioneering for Congress, at
which time / strollea about in the woods so
particularly postcreI with politics that forgot
my ride. Any man may forget his rife, you
know; but it isn't every man then that can
make amends for his forgetfuIness By his facul-
ties. guess,
1t Glanced that [ was strolling along, con-
sidering deep in congraszionaIs the first thing
that took my fancy was the snarling of some
young bears, which proceeded from 2 hollow
tree; but sooa foand could not reach the
cubs with my hands, so [ went feet foremost
to see if coaM draw them up by the toes. l
hung on at the top Of the hole, strainiug with
all my might 10 reach them, until at last my
hands slipped, and down | went, more than
twenty feet, to the bottom Of that hole, and
there I found myself almost hip deep in fami-
lyofyoung bears.
| soon found that I might as we'll undertake
to climb the greasiest part of a rainbow as to
get back, the hole in the tree being so large,
and its sides so smooth and slippery from TIE
rain.
Now, this was a real, genuine qIandary.
IF was to shout, It would be doubtful whether
they would hear me at The settlement, and if
they did il would ruin my election; for they
were quality too cute to vote for a man that
yonturad into place that he didn't understand
how to get himself out Of.
Well, now, willie was calculating whether
il was best TO shout for help or to wait in the
hole until after the election, heard kind Of
gsambIing and growliag overhead; ard looking
I Sayv the old hear c0uinr down stern foremost
upon me.
Ny motto was always ''gO ahead" and as
soon as she lowered herself within my reach,
got tight grip Ssaamss tail in my hand, and
with my Httletpa HATED pen knife in the
other, / comencecs5szlssAFf her forward I'll
be shot if a member Of Congress rose quicker
in the world than did! She took me out Of
that hole in the shake Of lambs tail.
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cgeAs the cry Of ''copperhead" dies out with
the end of the war which gave rise to it, new
names and new epithets viii be applied to the
Democratic party. But, as there IS nothing in
name, and as principles never die, the glori-
GUS old party, under whose mild aud benignant
reign our country attained its place among tie
nations of the earth, has nothing to fear from
the revilings of its enemies. Like a rock in
mid ocean, over whose breast the breakers beat
in vain, it stands as eternal as Truth herself
and as immutable as the principles upon which
it is founded. The gates of abohtionism shall
not prevail against it, nor shall the waves Of
fanaticsm Oyerwhetm it with shapae. Gather
around its standard, O, ye people and plant its
glorious folds SO high above the aspirations Of
its enemies, that al the oppressed Of the earth
may see it, and rush tosalasn = ghare in It's
blessings .--.Ie6efsoaten.
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p2dT.1r6 Markets.

story OF nls s2rrg Gt1i3s Pb hq q, f,tafq0H
Ministers did not lead charges, playing on
harps and Tyres Two OF them charged each
other with being ''liars." <
The fning Of females was to punish some
girls for Gstening-a revenge on female curiosi-
t. 10 pay the ex penses Of the war.
The 10, coo Infantry in arms appear to have
been ten Irish infants, who were being out in
the arms Of their mothers for an airing. They
'wera drilling" in wcalhar
Instead OF the miners raising and pumping
the mines full Of water, Norwegian creek rose
and flied come cellars.
The heavy firing heard on the 9th vas
James Cox and john Green shooting pigeons
on Lawton's Hill, and the line of battle was the
crowd who witnessed the proceedings.
100 men, not 100 regiments, were sent to
Sohnyikill county.
The crowds of miners in the streets were
children going home from school.
1t seems that a gentleman at q saloon expcc-
ted a few more glorious ''botues, not ''battlas, -
as reported.
The only mechanics strike constantly when at
work.
an Ig;shman did not Toast Scotchman on 4
spear. Tie ,vo drank toast, "to the Old
Drat" The Irish woman only said it was hot
enough ct her wood pile to barn a nigger, using
'sthat h0rgiI axe"
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ST. ett p oetru .
TFrom the Home Journal. !
EEEW 4.


[Suggested by visit to the institution FOR tn
Blind, Philadelphia
'Iis Spring hear the robins note,
The blue-bird's cheerful warble;
Soft tropic airs about me float,
Melting the Winters marble.
The foods have come, the brimming streams
Roar in tumultuous thunder,
And the swift alcedo harshly screams,
Dartlng the bi!lows uadsf.
Surely the gentle Spring has come,
hear its merry noisesj
With myriad tongues that late were dumb,
The jocund earth rejoiees.
Not shapes Of beauty bright and fair,
In nature's pageant splendid,
Nor azure heavens, nor sunny glare,
Could have my w!ntcr ended,
Nor fTeshenng grass, nor budding tree,
Nor veTmeil bloom of flowers,
Nor sheeny sky, nor placid sea,
Could tell Of yernal hours.
But oh the birds, they bring me news
The spIing-time glad concerning;
Of velvet lawns and gentle dews,
And summer days returning;
While rushing streams confirm the tale,
Till heavens rolling thunder
Calls forth the echoes from the vale,
To scatter doubt and wonder
thank the Maker for the sense
Which so reveals his glory;
sightless eyes! Ills recompensa
To hsa' glad Natures story.
BEDFORD, Pennsylvania, Aprti g, 1865.
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TIE TRIAL OF JEFF. DAvIs,-Upon this sub
ject the New York Tribune remarks that GA
mong the great State Trials which illustrate the
jurisprudence Of Christendom, that of Jefferson
Davis and others for treason, in definitely re-
sis.ing the authority Of the United States and
waging Bloody war for its subversion through
out thirteen States is destined to hold promi-
nent place. Let the American people bear in
mind that they too, are on tyial in this ease, and
by their caimness, order and respect for their
own authorities and tribunals, make plain the
difference between Freedom and Anarchy, Civ
ing one more evidence that the strongest posi-
bic Government is that which is based on intel
hgent affection and unshackled choice Of an en-
tire people"
President Fillmore thus speaks of the secret
trial Of the assassins il recent speech made at
Buffalo:
Il hope and trust that every one who par
ticipated in this awful tragedy will be legally
tried before the constitutional courts Of the
country, ana if found guilty viii meet the pun
ishment the law prescribes for his offense, and
tina! no person VII. suffer from prejudice or pas
sion"
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PuRITY OF CHARACTER

Over the beauty Of the plum and the apricot
there grows bloom and beauty more exquisite
than the fruit itselfa soft, delicate flush spreads
its blusbing cheek. Now, if you strike your
hand over that it is goae.--Ihe flower that
hangs in the mornias imPearled with dew, ar
rayed as M qaeanIy woman ever was arrayed
with jewel5-onca shake Il 50 that the beads
roll of, and you may sprinkle water on it as
you please, yet it can never be again what it
was when the dew fell silently on it from heav-
eD. On frosty morning you may see panes of
glass covered with landscape, u1auTsfana, lakes,
trees blended in a beautiful picture, Now lay
your hand upon the glass, and by the scratch
Of your finger, or by the warmth of your palm,
that delicate tracery viii be oblterated. So
there is in youth beanty and purity of char
acter, which, when once touched and defiled,
Can never be restored.
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An Excellent BurlesQue,

The Pottsyile Standard takes off the Pbila-
deipAia hqura's fashy sensation lies about
riots and war in Schuylkiil county in the fol-
lowing good style:
STARTLING NEWS.
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LANCASTER County DEMOCRATIC CoNyEN-
TIoy.-Ihe Democratic Convention Of Lancas-
ter county, to select delegates to the State Com
veation, met in the city of Lancaster yesterday,
18th. Col 4. S. Pyfer acted as chairman,
and Fl. I. Shultz r. r. Tshudy ana 4. J
Steinman as Secretaries The following reso~
lutions were adopted
Besolyea, That the Democracy OF Lancaster
county hail with delight The termination Of the
long and sanguinary civil war in which The eoun-
try has been engaged and will cordially sustain
President Johnson an all proper efforts he may
make to restore the integrity Of the Union upon
4 sound Constitutional basis.
Res0lred, That to The gallant soldiers of the
Republic, TO whom we are indebted under the
blessing Of Providence for the suppression Of
the rebellion, the people owe lasting debt Of
gratitude, and the memory Of their unequaled
tolls and sutferings viii be cherished through
out all succeeding generations.
Reso5oea, That we are opposed TO negro suf-
frage and to negro social equality with lhe white
race. We hoid, IN common with the late Ste
phen A, Douglas, that this Government was
made by white men for white men and their de-
scendants, and that any attempt at a social a.
imagination Of the races, is war against na-
tare and an insalt 10 she memory Of tho heroes
and sages of the Revolutionary period.
The following resolution was offered By Hem
n Shaffner, Esq
Rssalaed, That She assassination of President
Lincoln vas $ 5iaholiaal outrage upon tha A
nlegican people who ha3 elected him to The high
Office Of Chief Magistrate Il was hss9 ana
murdegons cglnaa whast meets and recaivee the
execratioa Of every gaol .ci.szsa.
The Convention ahals praaes2e1 50 seiact six
delegates TO the STAR Eongaation,s when he fol-
lowing gentlemen sgere selected:
II. +. Smith, ESQ, Eo's. George Ssnderson,
Chas. Lavsriy. jeremiah Brown, Il X Cgr1ap
and Jacob s, Baker.
After able ati3eessa4 from II. 7. Smith an6
Others Lie ucn7entioo adjoarned size &ls.
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AN INCIDENT Or TIRE LATE RATTLE.-During
one OF the battles on tie left, son in one Of
the New York regiments met his father in one
of the rebel regiments and took him prisoner
1t " as an actual occurrence, vUuched for upon
good authority, and the manner OF If was this:
Just before the war commenced the son left his
home and went to the State Of New York he
enlisted in the Federal service and came down
into Gen. Grants army here, and for galIantry
in action was promoted to q Lieutenancy. The
father was in the ranks yet. The other day
while charging the rebel works on the left, this
son in cur lines, by some curious happening of
providence, came directly upon his father on
the other side. ''Hold." he cried hastily, as he
noticed his father was leyeIing his gun upon
him, ''don't you know whom you are firing at 90
During the four years of bis service this son
had grown so much that the father did not know
him. "Wel," says he, II ara your son. and
you arc ny prisoner" The father looked up,
came quickly 10 8 recognition of his offspring,
and went to the rear. The head of the family
was once 8 shoemaker in the city Of Peters
burg.-Graats Petersburg Progress
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LATER.

Another despatch has been taken from one
of the Inquirer'5 contributors, ga lady recently
from the seat of war" We copy it, as follows.
THE WAR TN SCHUYLKILL co.
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SouvD ADy1cE--If you would relish your
food labor for it if you would enjoy your RAJ
raent, pay [os Il before you weaE it if yon
would sleep seundiy, take ? clean conscience 10
bed With Yor,
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e~''Tll take the responsibility as Jenks said
when he hel5 Out his arms for The h2by.
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RIOTS IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.
Capture Of Dispatches for the PhiladeI-
phia Inquirer.

BY the capture Of dispatches intended forthe
Philadelphia Inquirer, We a.o enabled to give
the news from Schuylki!l county in advance
even of that reliable paper These dispatches
were taken from ''reEable gentleman" who
TOOK them from ''a rebel deserter who had al
ways been Union man." who stated that he
had been sent to Philadelphia with them by
"aa intelligent contraoaHd" who was ''the
frs; nigger wounded in the war" The des-
patches were addressed, "lo the Philadelphia
Inquirer, care of JEFF DAVIS coachman.7 From
the fact Of ali these wellkuown contributors II
tie Inquirer" being concerned in their trans
initial, there can be no doubt Of their genuine
ness. We copy them entire:
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THE EFFEGT OF VIRTUE,

It Is a peculiar effect of virtue 10 make
mans chief happiness arse from himsSit and his
own conduct. 4 bad man Is Wholly tAe crea :
e-sro OF lt.o-,roi,E. fia bang+ apon fay or, lives
by if9 sr.'-s, and IS happy or miserab o in pro
portion to his success, But to virtuous man,
success in Worldly undertakings is but a secon-
Diary object. To discharge his oyrn part with
integrity aud honor, is his chief aim. IF he has
done pro- rly what was Incumbent or him 10
do, his mind is at resi- TO Providence he leaves
the event. His witness is in heaven, and his
record is on high, satisfied with the appreciation
Of God and the testARony of good conscience,
he epjoyos himself and despises the triumphs Of
guilt, In proportion as such manly principles
rule your heart you will become Independent Of
the world, and will fcrbear complaining Of its
3iscoura2ements 1t IS the imperfection Of your
Writ ue which occasions you to be weary in well
doing, 1t is because your heart remains divided
batwaen God auj the world, that you are SO
often djscontentsd-partiy seeking your happi-
ness from what is Tepugnaut 10 your duty
Study to be more consistent in principle, and
more uniform in practice, and your speech will
be more unJroken.
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$3.50 il paid within 6 months; $500 If not paid
withia months.
U5No subscription taken for less than six months
r-No paper discontinued until all ayrearag ges are
paid unless al the option of tbs publisher. It has
bsen decided by the United States Courts that the
stoppage of a newspaper without the payment CT
arrearages, IS pY5na aeis evidence Of fraud and is
q criminal offence.
Gg-The courts nave decided that persons are ac
SSgntable for the subscription price of newspapers
if they take them from the post Office whether they
subscribe for them, or not.
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GREAT CONSERVATION T.,

+9o REGIMENTS SENT TO sCHUYLKlLL
COUNTY.
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THE VERY LATEST.

Specia} Dzsbatch to the Inquirer
PoTTsvmLE, May 38th, I865.-Thers has
been no rioting in Schuylkili county.
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sg-A you2g lady was rccantly cured OF pal
pits:ion of the heart by q young doctor, IN the
most natural way imaginable. He held one Of
her hands in his, put his arm around her waist,
and whispered something 10 her ear
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Heavy Firing Heard at Potts
vile. a division in line Of battle.
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Rates Of aOperl!sina.

Administrators and Executors notices, SO 90.
Auditors notices, If under 10 lines, 50 So Sherf's
sales, 81 IS per tract. Table work, double tha
sbo' rates. figure work 25 per cent. additional.
Esrsys, Cautions and Notices to TresPassers 50 90
for three insertions, if not above 10 lines. Mar
mage notices, SO cents each, payable in advance
Obituaries over five lines in length, and Resolutions
OF Beneficial Assoc iatIons at half advertising rates.
payable in advance. Announcements of deaths,
gratis. Notices editorial colamns, Is cents per
line. G5-No deductions to advertisers OF Patent
Medicines, or Advertisng Agentg.
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WAR IN SCHUYLKILL co.
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4 CORRECT ACCOUNT.

LATER NEWS!
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MINISTER'S OF THE GOSPEL LEADING
CHARGES!
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BANNAN, OF THE JOURNAL FOR T1FIEl
HIS lIAN sFRIDAK7 UP Il TREE.
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10000 IRISH INFANTRY IN AR,us :
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GREAT BATTLE AMONG THE MINERS.
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TRE MNEs PuMPfp FULL OF WATeR.
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in the world than I did! Sne took me out
that hole in the shake IF a lambs tail.