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try potring into the place. It is impossible
to conceive anything more calmly Indifferent
than his attitude. He seemed to have taken
his place there to witness some peaceful pa
geant, and to regard the advance of the Fed
eral masses, now nearly in contact with him.
with languid curiosity.
All at once some shots were fired at him.
but he took no notice of them This seemed
to enrage the enemy and detachment
charged him at full gallop firing as they
came. as s%ts
Ashby waved his hat around his head, ut
tered cheer, and then drawing his reyolv-
er, galloping off, firing as he went 81
< He had nearly reached the suburbs, when
suddenly [ saw two Federal cavalrymen issue
from side street, and post themselves in the
middle of the street to intercept him. rode
rapidly forward to warn him of his danger
but it was not necessary. He turned, saw
Them and charged the two men. with a glow
of unmistakable pleasure upon his features.
|, One fell, shot through the heart: then his
barrels being all emptied, he seized the sec
ond by the throat. 8*s
I then witnessed one of those spectacles
which arc supposed to be confined toromancc.
Borne on at a furious speed upon his power
full white horse, Ashby dragged his adverse
ry clear out Of his saddle, never relaxing his
clutch, and in moment was beyond pursuit,
still dragging his prisoner by the side Of his
horse. aa
A cheer rose from his men as Ashby re-
leased the prisoner, and coolly looked to the
disposition of his command His face was
again calm: the sad expression had come
back, and when he said. g WE'LL Major
they are laughing at us yonder, [ suppose by
this time," his voice was as sweet and gentle
as when speaking of his dead brother
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Dcspotic Designs Of the Radical Majority

The correspondent df Sic Nutiona1 hteiH-
genccr writing from Boston last Saturday,
clearly, and we bcliege correctly dissfeses
the designs of the Radicals upon the liberties
and property Of the ,Sopth. We make two
extracts from this interesting corrsspon-
dence:
The speeches on "Wednesday night, at the
reception of the Southern Radical committee,
disclosed some important political facts. 1t
appears from the authorized declaration OF
Colonel Stokes, of Tennessee, that the ten ex-
Guided Southern States are to be recognized
when they shall have reconstructed their
State Governments upon The model OF Ter
nessee, and not unti1 then; and that Tenncs-
see, will, by the 18th Of December, adopt
impartial and equal suffrage. Thus it will be.
made condition precedent to the admission
of loyal representatives from any OF the ten
excluded States, that it shall, in addition to
the ratification of the proposed constitutional
amendment, enfranchise all the freedmen
It IS the intention then to pass, at the next
session, an enabling act, by two-thlrds.
vote, providing for the representation OF
seeded States when they shall have extended
inc flpnI Oh Suffrage 10 t'ii tiiCii pie'ON0.
This will be law for the perpetual exclu-
sion of the ten States from the Union, or
from participation iii the Federal Councils.
This impartial suffrage is to be applied
only to the excluded States at prescnt. Tho
delegates from the border States, formerly
slaveholding, are to be exempted from it, IN
the hope that they viii aid to impose itupon
the ten Southern States. The border States
rejected it at the late Radical Convention in
Philadelphia, while the conference delegates
from the Northern States approved it, but
were afraid now to adopt it.
x X x 4 X
After Tennessee shall have enfranchised
her freedmen--put the ballot, as Col. Stokes
says, into the hands of every loyal man
Tennessee is to be the model to which the
other States lately in rebellion must conform.
Fthey hesitate oad clegoy to do this then Dir.
Wiaddeus .Staoens scheme for eonfscotio's
,oiU be adopted, and the freedmen uiU bep@
in possession of the lands
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II o II r. X ".
LINES.
BY T. K. HERyEY


know thou art gone to the home of thy rest,
Then why should my soul be SO sad?
know thou art gone where the weary rest,
Where the mourner looks up and is glad
Where Love hath put off in the land of its birth
Every stain it had gathered in this
And Hope, the sweet singer that gladdens the
earth,
Lies asleep on the bosom of bliss.
] know thou hast gone where thy forehead is
starred
With the beauty that dwelt in thy soul;
Where the light ofthy loneliness cannot be married
Nor thy heart be thrown back from its goal.
| know thou hast drunk of the Lethe that flows
Through the land where they do not forget,
Which sheds over the memory only repose,
And takes from it only regret.
In thy far away country, where er it be,
believe thou hast visions Of mine,
But the love that made all things music to me,
have not yet learned to resign.
never look up with vow to the sky,
But light like thy beauty is there,
And hear a low fnurmur like thine in reply
When pour out my spirit in prayer.
Mine eye must be dark which SO long has been dim
Ere again it may gaze upon thine,
But my heart has revealings of thee and thy hom
In many token and sign.
In the hush of the night, by the waste of the sea
Or alone with the breeze on the HILL
| have ever presence that whispers of thee
And my heart lies down and is still.
And though, like mourner who sits by the tomb
l am wrapped in mantle of care,
Yet the grief of my heart-O call it not gloom
Is not the black grief Of despair.
My sorrow revealed, as the stars are by night,
Far off a bright vision appears,
And Hope, like the rainbow, a creature of light,
Is born like the rainbow in tears.
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American Wonders.

The greatest cataract in the world is the
falls Of Niagara, where the water from the
great upper lakes foIms a river of three
quarters of mile in width, and then being
suddenly contracted plunges over the rocks
in two colssmns, to TIE depth of ITO feet
each. r.e -.i. 5li .,c
The greatest Cave in the world is the Mann
moth Cav IN Kentucky, where any one can
make voyage on the waters of Subterra-
mean river, an catch fish without eyes
The greatest river in the world is the
Mississippi, 4,100 miles long.
The largest valley in the World is the val
ley Of the Mississippi. 1t contains 500, 0Oo
square miles and is one of the most fertile
and profitable regions of the globe.
The largest lake in the world is Lake SUI
perior, which is truly an inland sea, being
430 miles long and 1000 feet deep.
The greatest natural bridge in the world
is the Natural bridge, over Cedar Creek, in
Virginia. 1t extends across a chasm so feet
wide and $50 feet deep, at the bottom OF
which the creek runs.
The greatest mass of solid iron in the
world is the Iron Mountain in Missouri. 1t
Is O,Jp IcCt ulS dHt 'lWO iIilCS III CttCulC.
The largest number of whaleships in the
world is sent out of Nantucket and New
Bedford. a.. .--.s.tA
The greatest grain port in the world is
Chicago.
The largest single volume ever published,
lis Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, an
American work, the best of the language
containinN as much ma{rpN as five Family
Bibles
The largest aqueduct in the world is the
Croton Aqueduct in New York It's length
is 40l miles, and it cost $12, 800, 000'cS r.
The largest deposits of anthracite coal in
the world are in Pennsylvania, the mines Of
which supply the market with a million Of
tons annually, and appear to be inexhausti-
ble $3.50
All these are American institutions. z
In contemplation of them who will not ac-
knowledge that the United States is great
country.
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Gen. Washington acquired the larger por.

Gen. Washington acquired the larger por-3
zion of his estate by his marriage. When
the General was negotiating for land for the.
city of Washington, Mr.. Jones Byrnes was
the owner of a lot or tract which it was adj
visable should be included in the plan. The
General had various conferences with Mr..
Byrnes, who was especially obstinate, and /,
resisted all the reasoning and persuasions of
the great man. Unused to opposition WASH
ington turned upon him and said, as only he
could say it, g Mr.. James Byrnes! what
would your land have been, worth if had
not placed this city on the Potomac p
Byrnes was not crushed; but, undisturbed,.
coolly turned to him and said, George
Washington, what would you have been
worth if you had not married the widow Gus
It's %
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PAwNED HER CuILD FOR LIoUoR--The
Detroit Post gives an account of the arrest
in that city of a Young married woman for
being drunk. In order to satisfy the craving
ofher appetite, she had Pawned herhusband's
clothing during his, absence; her wedding
ring went the same way, and finally she went
so far as to pawn her son, Il bright-eyed,
handsome little fellow three years olN The.-
mother refused to tell where she'had left him,
and only after long search was lie finally
recovered. Tho unfortunate woman was
placed in a charitabll institution, wherea reform
will be effected, if possible. The besotted
wretch who would rec i've a childin exchange :
for liquor from an inehriated woman, should
also be placed in an institution of another
kind, and kept there, ..'..--.,.< s.,
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A correspondent Of the Selma Messcager
describes the Ice Mountain, eighteen miles
from Romney, West Virginia. as chill some
800 feet high, at the foot of which issues a
stream Of iice-cold water, while on the side,
by turning up the loose rocks, ice may be
found in the middle of summer, the writer,
as he states, having personally tested the
fact.
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There is now living at Buckland, Pa a
maniac named Josiah Spaulding, who has
been confind in an iron cagef for over fifty years
and for more than thirty years has not stood
erect till he has become so deformed that it
is impossible to straightenhis limbsby manu-
al force He refuses to be clothed and only kept
warm in winter by warming the roemin which
his cage is placed. His human nature seems
to have totally deserted him.
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General Lees Application for PaTd0n-TIi-
tcreSting Correspondence.

4 HEADERS ARMIES OF UNITED STATES,
WASHINGTON, D. c., June, 20, '65.
Gen. e. e. Lee, RicAmoa0, Ia.
General, Your communication Of date
the 18th instant, stating the steps yoa had
taken, after reading the Presidents pfocla-
nation Of the Goth ultimo, with the view of
complying with it's provisions when you
learned that, with others you were to be in
dr / for treason by the Grand Jury at Nor
folk that you had supposed that the officers
and men of the Army of Northern Virginia
were by the terms of their surrender, pro-
tected by the United States Government from
molestation 50 long as they conformed to its
conditions; that you were ready to meet any
charges that might be preferred against you,
and not wish to avoid trial, but that if you
were correct as to the protection granted by
your parole, and were not to be prosecuted,
you desired to avail yourself Of the Presidents
amnesty and proclamation, and enclosing an
application therefor, with the request that in
that event it be acted on, has been received
and forwarded to the Secretary of War,
with the following opinion endorsed there
on:
g In my opinion, the officers and men pa
rolled at Appomattox Courthouse, and since,
upon the same terms given to Lee, cannot be
tried for treason 80 long as they observe the
/ terms Of taem parole. This is my under
standing. Good faith as well as true policy
dictate that we should observe the condition
of that convention. Bad faith on the part
Of the Government, or a construction Of that
convention subjecting the officers to trial for
treason, would produce a feeling of insecure
| ty in the minds of all the officers and men.
Ii 50 disposed, they might even regard such
an infraction of terms by the Government as
an entire release fronlall obligations on their
part | will state further, that the terms
granted by me met with the hearty approval
Of the President at the time, and of the coun-
try generally. The action of Judge Under
wood, in Norfolk, has already had an iniu-
rioas effect, and [ would ask that he be or
dered to quash all indictments found against
paroled prisoners of war, and to dcsist from
the further prosecution of them.a a. z 7sF-
~ Us U. S. GRANT 'er
g Lieutenant- General. SIS!
:. HEADQUARTERS, ARMIES UNITED STATES,
June 16, 1865" a 4.9i 81
This opinion, [ am informed is substan-
TALLY the same as that enteEtaped by the
Government. [ have forwarded your appli-
cation for amnesty and pardon to the Presi-
dent, with the following endorsement there
4 on:
Respectfully forwarded through the Sec
rotary Of War to the President, with the ear
nest recommendation that this application Of
General r. e. Lee, for amnesty and pardon
may be granted him. The oath Of allegi-
ance required by recent order ofthe Presi-
dent does not accompany this, for the reason,
I am informed by General Ord the order re-
! curing it had not reached Richmond when
4 this was forwarded. u S. GRANT,
e g General
I" HEADQUARTERS ARMIES UNITED STATES,
June 16, 1865. t
Very respectfully,
gu. S. GRANT. Lieutenant-Gcner
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THIS COMPANY has resumed business in W IN
] CHESTER, at the new Office on Water ST., form
erly occupied by r. Y. Conrad, Esq, as a Law
Office and arenow prepared to receive applications
and issue Policies on BUILDINGS, MERCHANDISE,
FUKSiTuRE, &C., sc.
All losses equitably adjusted and promptly
paid.
DIRECTORS:
JOSEPH S. CARSON, President.
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OF Freedom s withered trunk puts forth lea
Even for thy tomb, garland let it be-"
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Ss0neWaIl Jackson.

Referring 70 Stonewall Jackson, Governor
Letcher, in his address at the Virginia Mill
tary Institute, pays the following feeling and
handsome tribute to bis memory:
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Ladies Dress Goods ~

1]ttNtIes IJItoS NTUUuS,
For sale at the old prices, lbefore the war.
new and beautiful patterns. =
may "a. j. L. Reifsnider.
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Reinhardt, the sculptor.

The friends Of Reinhardt, the sculp
tor-and we are glad to know they arc
many-will be gratified to learn that he
arrived in. this country by the Steam.
ship Arago on Monday last, after an alb
sence of eight years. During that in
terval, by unwearied industry and the
force of native genius, he has won for
| himself from those who are best capa-
BILE of judging of the merit of his works,
the reputation of being one of the fore
most sculptors Of his time. To such as
remember his earlier efforts, promising,
as they undoubtedly were, the perfec-
ton he has since reached is the best
justification of the judicious encourage
ment he then received, and the best re-
ward for the assistance which was so
generously accorded him at the outset of
his career in Italy. In this respect
Reinhardt, whilst struggling to achieve
that recognition in the domain of art to
which he has since attained, was more
favorably situated than many others.
He had at least one friend whose purse
was open to him. at all times, and he
was thus secured against much of that
harassment which besets the path of a
young and unknown beginner 1t may
be recorded to his honor that in no in
stance did he abuse the privilege, but
continued to observe the same close
economy and to work with the same as
slauity of purpose that distinguished
him whilst in this city. Under such
circumstances his Improvement was so
rapid that when Crawford died, Rein
hardt was chosen to complete the COM
missions of Crawford for the United
States Government Those commits
sions have been ably executed, and now,
seeking some relaxation, he has returned
on visit to his parents in Carroll coun-
ty, and will not again go back to Italy
until he has completed some busts which
he was invited to come over and execute.
1t is pleasant to chronicle the fact
that it was in this city that Reinhardt's
unqnestionable talent as sculptor was
first appreciated, and that some of the
finest of his later works have here found
purchasers. One of these, and the
most accessible to the public, is an ex-
quisite monumental group in Loudoun
Park Cemetery. 1t is composed of two
fgures-Our Saviour and the Angel of
Resurrection-and of two vases sculp-
tured in bass-relief, Illustrating scrip
tural subjects. He has also executed
for one Of his earliest friends two pieces
of statuary, which are mastery, both in
point of design and in the skillful ar
rangement of details. One is styled the
Woman of Samaria, anoble figure, bear
ing water jar, and every line of whose
drapery is perfect study. The other
is the monumental figure of woman,
closely and severely draped, dropping
flowers over grave. It is at once sim
pie and touching. In addition tothese,
we may mention monumental group of
sleeping children, admirably wrought,
and a manly figure Of that Leander who
swan the Hellespont. Of the commits
sions which Reinhardt has executed for
others, we know nothing more than that
he has been kept constantly employed.
Gazette.
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Remarkable Robbery.

Nelson Bristol, a wealthy farmer of
Florence, Huron county, Ohio, was
robbed of over $4,000 on Tuesday, the
10th of June, in very singular man
ner. We condense the following par
ticulars from the Cleveland Herald:s
In Mr.. Bristol's safe s9,O00in United
States bonds, belonging to himself; q
600 entrusted to his safe keeping by a
neighbor, Mr.. Pearce, and s3,O27 in
gold, the property of Mr.. Bristol. About
dark five men arrived at the house..
Ginning to be detectives, who were on
the track of some Government bonds,
which had been stolen. Hearing that
Bristol had a large amount of securities
they demanded to see them. He re-
luctantly opened his safe, when his Wis
itors declared that the numbers of his
bonds compared exactly with the mis-
sing ones, and in spite of his protesta-
tons kept possession of them. They
then arrested him and his wife andthree
hired men for their alleged suspicious
conduct, handcuffed them and 'sconfs-
catedo the gold as the proceeds of mis-
sing bonds which had been sold. They
then withdrew, ostensibly for consulta-
ton, but, it is hardly necessary to say,
did not return. The handcufedv victims
waited several hours and finally arrived
at the conclusion that they had been
frightfully taken in. At last accounts
the robbers had not been captured. Ii3
---->
Nor BAD.-"How much will you
charge, massa magistrate, to marry me
and Miss Dinah ?" ~
@Why, Glenn, Til marry you for two
dollars 49,
aTwo dollars What you charge to
marry white folks, massa p IS
1--WE generally charge them five dol
lars, Glenn
"Well, you marry US like white folks
and TIL give you five dollars, too"
aWhy, Glenn, that's curious notion,
but as you desire it, I will marry
you like the white folks, for five doll
lars" {
The ceremony being over, the magis-
trate asked for his fee.
ooh no, massa, you no come up to
de 'greement you no kiss the bride"
aGet out Of my Office, you black ras-
cal"
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YANKEE sARAEE-NADE.

I'm sitting on the stile Mary, - GU
Sitting on the stile, 9a ~
But the bulldog in the front ward &,
/ q Keeps barking all the while; ~
p Why don't you tell your pa, Mary,
Or'John, if he's about,
To ask old Tommy Slocum in,
a And make the dog get eout? 4ea
No'' I'm sitting on the fence, Mary,
7. Before the kitchen door, ItFa
But the pesky ugly bulldog 70
2ti Banks louder than before 81
And | thought saw shadow, Mary,
j A shadow slim and tall, m M ~
All arms and legs, like Reuben Brown, s.
Against the white-washed wall.
If that is Reuben's shadow, Mary,
If that was Reuben's shade, 1i
Twill bring the 'spepsy back on me,
I'm very much afraid /;
Oh! why this cruel treatment,
Why keep me in suspense,
Why don't you make the dog get eout
r And let me off the fence?
The calf is three weeks old;
A score of pretty sheep, too,
As ever fed in fold;
And daddy told me yesterday,
When Dapple had colt,
He'd let me have it, certain shure,-
Amt that Reub dolt? .rf rs.
And mammy's knitting stockings now,
To buy cotton web,-
One half the sheets are to be mine,
And half for sister Deb;
And mamma says whichever one
First brings partner hum,
Shall have the punkin blossom quilt ~
Say, Mary, won't you come?
Jee Willikcnsi you'd ought to see
The rooster and the hen,
That Uncle Peleg Shakleford r.
Sent by cousin Ben;
/ guess he wakes the folks around,
When he gins how to crow
fhe was here to blow his horn,
He'd bring you out l know.
But Mary, if you won't have me,
And will have Mr.. Brown,
guess as how there's other gals
That's wide awake in town; Ht
But one thing you had ought to know,
Before | turn my back,
That is that Prudence Pettingalle
Gin your Reub Broun the sack.
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