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4 Lady's Visit to Mt, Vesuvius.

An Englishwoman who ascended FesuYius
in June, writes the following account Of her
adventure:
1--WE started from Sorrento, slept at Cas-
tellamare, and set out from there at ga. NJ,
and drove to Resina, where we mounted
horses, and proceeded TO climb very brok-
en- and occasi nally steep staircase to the Her
mitage. The ascent required firm faith in
ones steed, and TO keep in the saddle involv-
ed a terrible strain on ones back. At the
Hermitage we refreshed ourselves, aud then
toi'ei on for another hour through immense
field OF lava-the deposits Of the eruption Of
,5S-which brought us to the veritable foot
Of the mountain Here begun the real tug
Of war. Mrs. was seated in a chair with
tour bearers; but the rest Of us did the ascent
on foot, with the help OF alpen-stocks and
guides. It was trying work. but / was for
tuna'e enough TO get tie assistance Of two
Euiies. one of whom went before with a
strap. to which held fast. We were three
quarters of an hour during this part Of the
climb and as It was very hot, il was rather
cloudy.
"Our view, however, was not so perfect rs
it would have been on q brighter day: bat
we had, through breaks in the clouds, Gimp
ses of the vast plain beneath, and in it Pom
neii restored to daylight. EesuYIus was Tath-
er excited, and there were low rumblings
varied every two minutes with an Outburst
of red hot lava thrown up about twenty ieet
This continued during tie whole time that we
We're there Mr. L. says that the crater Is
totally different from what ii was two years
AGO. It is much less deep, and seems TO
have been filed in far more thatit was, and
to be still GGing When quit full there will
suppose. he another great eruption.
In spite of the horrible appearance of the
crater with its patches Of SulphurOus smoke,
three Of Us determined 10 90 down into it
We scrambled down through q quantity of
loose small lava about thirty feet, and each
stop We sanl, up to our knees, and seemed TO
End 20 footing. Itsrcmed as il we should
be buriad by the rUJbe that we set in mo-
ton abuut us Tie peril, bad as it was.
nothing compared to the danger Of suLoca-
ton by the horrible sulphurOus steam. The
air too, was frightlulIy hot, and in many piac-
es We could not stand for more than ball
minute, 50 scorchiug was the ground beneath
our feet.
The whole surface Of the bottom of the
crater was like a stormy sea that had been
pe-riGed, whilst through cracks we could see
/ The lave glowing red hot only few inches
below us, ard fiery red contrasting starunSiy,
with dense bIacl,ness everywhere else around
rs We sometimes had to take bold leap
| from one rock to another as the lava gave
way beneath us, and threatened to let US
through into this neither furnace. I tore my
dress sorely by the sharp rocks, and cut and
burnt my boots to pieces. So much OF We
srvins"
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17
Making Explanations to St. Peter,

E. D. MANSFIELD, in an article pub
lished in the Central Herald, on the
Religion of Public Men, tells this anec-
dote respecting the late Gov. Corwin
"Corwin, I should like to know, if
you have no objections, what are your
religions views Certainly said he,
~ believe in the doctrine Of what are
called the orthodox Churches. have no
objection to them. I was brought up a
Baptist, and so far as they have peculiar
views, am Baptist But, s., there
is one thing in which your Churches are
wrong. You sag too much and do too
little. Some of your members, when
they go to the gate Of heaven, and ask
st. Peter to letthem in, will have to make
a good many explanations. Now, there
are two members of your Church that
will illustrate what I mean. There is old
L. He is in good standing, and or
thOdox; but L. lends money at
tagelre per cent. interest. Now, when l.
goes to the gate of Haven, and St. Peter
asks who he is, and he says L., you
may depend, he will hare to make a good
napy explanations. I don't say he won't
be let in but he will have to explain
Now, there is another manin your Church
you know him-Judge G. The other
day, saw his team in town with good
load of wood. Several persons came
round to buy it. "No, >" said the driver,
" It Is engaged" A little while after, I
was walking down street, by the widow
W.'s house, I saw the same team un-
loading the wood at Mrs. WIS. l Thought
it strange; for Mrs. W. was poor, and
wood was high. So I slept IN and said,
20 Mrs. W, how much do you pay for
wood2 "Ol Mr. Corwin, don't pay
anything for wood. l can't afford to buy
wood. Judge c. sent this wood and
whenever I am out of wood, somehow he
sends me load, and sometimes he sends
me sack of -four" Now, s., when
c. goes to the gate of heaven, it will fly
wide open. St. Peter wants no ezplana-
tious "
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Vim. G. Bryant.

WHATa curious glamour hangs around
the old days when our century and its
great men we're both young? It is just
ffty years ago since William Cullen Bry-
ant published, in the North American
Review. " TLanatopsis, chat poem which,
Kit North said, would alone have been
sufficient to establish the authors claim
to the honors of genius. 1t was composed
four years prior to the date Of its publi-
cation, when the poet was scarcely nine
teen years old.
Up to 1925 Bryant resided in Great
Darlington, Massachusetts, chiefly occu-
pied with his profession, The law. His
removal to New York, which took place
at chat time, was brought about By means
Of Henry D. Scdgewick, who procured
tor him the position Of editor Of the New
York Review. This was the commence
mcnt of his long career Of journalism.
Cooper, the novelist Just then rising
into popularity, was living in New York
at that time.
Come to dine with me, said be, one
day, to Bryant. Il live at No. $40
Greenwich street"
" Put that down for me-" answered
Bryant, or shall forget the place"
Cant You remember three-fOur-
ive?" asked Cooper bluntIy.
Bryant did remember " three-four-
i've " forever ufterward, for he formed
with Cooper an intimate friendship.
The poet Halleck was also one of our
authors first and warmest friends
While the New York Review was under
Bryant editogshiP, Willis wrote poems
for it; Bancroft, the historian, wrote
metrical traslations; and Richard II.
Dana contributed to it his Grs. published
poem, The Dying Raven"
How strange it seems to think ofthOse
merry young fellows turned to gray boards,
now those Of them who have not passed
/ from this sphere to the one where their
youth blossoms again into immortality.
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WHOLE NUMBER 236.
A Laughable scsne---eetting Aboard IN 8
Hurry.

The New Lisbon Buckeye State writes M
in the following graphic style, little Incl
dent that occurred at the Salem Railroad De-
pot few mornings since. A traveller bound
for Cincinnati, where he had business OF i'm
portauCe to transact. had rested over piqbs
with his wife, at the Broadway Hotel. In or
der to be sure to hit the morning train which
leaves to an early hour. In the morning the
traveller was sleepy. His lady had arisen,
awakened him, dressed herself and Cops
down to breakfast, expecting her lord to fol-
low her without delay While eating hastily
and scolding mentally, in view of the hus-
bands tsrdiness, she heard the whistle Of the
'Oeomotive. Rushing frantieally up slsirs,
her horror may be-imagined when on OPEN
ing the bedroom door, a snore from the con-
jugal sluggard ssluted her ear.
A slight scream and a rough shake evoke
him. He heard the whistle Pulling on his
boots, he hastily gathered in his arms the rest
Of his attire, aud pushing the lady before
him, pat from the train at two-iorty gait,
dressed only in boots and shirt The train
reached the depot Throwing all but his
shirt upon the platform, the lady hurriedly
sought to obtain tickets at the Office, while,
the husband proceeded to clothe himself with
his No. garment Whild it was yet Aut-
tering over his head, the whistle again sound
ed maliciously, and off started the train
The unfortunate creature entered the car, his
flesh having pimpled goosa-l.ke appearances,
while his blushing lady, spreading out her
cfinoline Ike the sacred vail Of charity, con-
verted herself into a screen, that his naked
ness might be hidden from his iellow-traYel-
ers. The other female passenger. putting her
hand over her eyes. with her fingers spread
wide apart, declared, before she turned her
head in another direction, that was shock
ing u And So we suppose, it must have
been to the unlucky wight who had 70
make such Q spectacle of himself
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17
Tho Empty Cradle.

There is a whole volume Of poetry in the
following little sketch we find in the last num-
Der of Miss Barber's Weekly;
We met John on the stairs. He was car
rying an old cradle TO be slowed away among
what he termed "plunder," in the lumber"
room. One rocker was gone, and the wicker
work Of the sides broken; It was an old will
lowy affair, but We would not refrain from
casting sad look into its empty depths.
Conc u we said dreamily, call gone r.
What golden heads were once piTlowed here,
heads on which the curls grew moist in slum-
Der, and the cheeks and lips flushed to the
hue Of rose leaves. When sleep broke, the
silken fringed lips opened heavily from the
slumberous eyes smiles fitted like sunbeams
over the face the white Est was thrust into
the mouth, and when mamma histed the
muslin and peeped to see il baby was sleep
ing, cooling and growing were heard The
little feet began to kick, out of pure delight,
and kicked on until both Of the tiny red shoes
were landed to the foot of the cradle. Where
are those heads now2 Some that were en-
b. owed by vigorous manhood are sleeping on
battle-felds; some are bleached with time
and cares; and the rough paths Of life
Perhaps some little one, once tenderIy
rocked here, is sleeping in the coffin. Over
it grow heart's-esse, and vigorous box, end
white candy-tuit. and the starry jessamine.
The blue bird 1utters its bright wings through
the willow bough and the cool summer wind
whispers to the green leaves and grass blades
on the grave. What OH perhaps OF immor-
tality. Sleep on, little dreamless one. "Oi
such IS the Kingdom of Heaven"
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He walked forward up the mountain
in advance of the carriage, but had not
gone far before he saw a man ahead of
him ascending the mountain. He ap-
peared to be intoxicated. Ho lurched
this way and the other way, staggering
backward and forward now his knees
would double up, and be would miss
step, as if the earth had suddenly van
ished before him; then he would cross
his legs, and a lurch would send him
diagonally across the read. He stopped
and braced himself up so as nearly to
fall backward, and then drifted helpless
ly along. Presently he turned an angle
in the road, and was out of sight
That man is beastly drunk !" re-
marked the General.
Drunk-nOt much, sir, laughed the
young man he's no more drunk than
l am. He's playing 'possum, and means
mischief, Look there he's lying in the
road"
As they drove up, he raised himself
lazily, and hailed them. "Hio ! ah II
say, gentlemen, cant walk; I'm loaded
too heavily with mean whiskey."
"Then stay where you are and get rid
of it, replied the General sternly.
THE devil |" exclaimed the man,
springing to his feet with the agility of
a cat He gave a keen whistle and
planted himself in front of the coach
Three men sPrang out from the bushes
and made a rush for the carriage.
Quick as thought the General sprang
upon ore of them, and they rolled in the
road together. \ GulI, crushing sound
was next heard aver the conflict, and a
second enc rolled over in the dust, pro-
PEELED by the loaded whip in the hand
of the driver The young man, by a
timely shot, fired and brought down a
third, and then spraBg to the assistance
of the General, who fought manlully
with his herculean antagonist, while the
driver engaged the remaining robber.
Stand back stand back!" cried the
General to the young man; eve are man
10 man. I'll give the villain fair play
By the Eternal, I have him now !" and
he threw his antagonist over, apparently
lifeIcss.
" Are you hurt, my boy?" asked the
General. And you, too, Ned Where's
Ned ?"
Here, massa raplieltho boy, puff
ing up the road g My robbeE coward
he run-he! he! bel I go!ly, I save
enc, massa save one, an &c young gen
ueman save one-he! he he
All this occurred in less time than it
takes to record it.
bat you, General, are you much
hurt?
O. No nothing but a few bruises
thank God! But, look there one of
them is stirring. You, sir, and Ned
piujon his hands, while l examine the
others"
None of them were found to lie dead.
Two we're only stunned, and the third
had received a pistol shot through the
shoulder, and was crouching in alright.
They were all soon piuioned, and a coun-
ell was held, when it was determined to
disarm them and let them GO rather than
be detained on the road No further iu
cidents befel our travellers during their
jau-t.
On their separation in Tennessee, as a
Mason always doing good, the Genera
gave the young man much good advice.
He recounted to him his own history,
and babe him to be good and useful
The General continued cn route for his
home in Middle Tennessee, and the
young man stopped and settled IN the
town of GreenviIle, Tennessee, as a Jour
aeyman tailor.-Yatioaal Free Aa8oH.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17
The Fastest Type Setting on Record.

In the Office of Wisconsin Journal
there Is compositor who sets type so
rapidly that the friction Of his movements
fuses the loaded emblems in his stick,
making them solid, like a stereotype
plate. The only way to prevent this is
to have his case submerged in water, and
the rapidity Of his motions keeps the
water boiling and bubbling, so that eggs
have frequently boiled in the space box.
Pipes lead from the bottom of his case to
a boiler in the press room, and the steam
generated by the fast compositOrs mo-
tions runs the power press. In one day
he set so much type that it took all
hands, from editor to devil, two weeks to
read the proof, and it wasn't his good day
for setting type either.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17
The Blue-Riigo Ril3--Inta, e5ting AnaClote
Of Andrew johnson and Andrew Jackson.

The Blue-Riig9 Rida--Inte- e3ting AnaClote
oeAndrcW johnson and Andrew Jackson.
Il SAY, General Jackson, for fear you
should think | have some AK to grind
because 7 Try 10 keep you at my poor
house all night, [ will agree to entertain
YOU free Of expense" eXpostulatcd the
landlord of the only inn in the village OF
Jefferson, Ash county, North Caroliua,
to General Jackson late one evening in
the autumn Of IS, as he entered his
carriage to pursue his journey towards
Tennessee. " The Blue Ridge, sir, Is
infested with banditti, and you will GER
tainly be robbed, and possibly murdered,
before morning. [ beseechyou to stay.
"You are very kind, sir, and l thank
YOU" replied the General, but l shall
proceed, and try to reach the Tennessee
line. at all events. Drive on, Ned brisk
ly. Adieu, gentlemen, all" and the old
hero drove on at a rapid pace.
"Hallo there, youngstor cried the
landlord to a slim, Wiry, fazen-headed
stripling, standing in the molly crowd
in front of the tavern, " if you are going
to Tennessee, you had better jump up
behind and 60 along with the General ;
it is as cheap riding as walking.
"Sure enough, I reckon Id better,
and thank you" replied the young man,
Jumping up behind the coach as it drove
off
They rode on quietly for some hours,
until they began to ascend the mountain,
when the General, hearing sIiShtcough
behind, called out sternly:
"Who's that?"
alt is I, sir-Andrew johnson. 1 am
traveller, on my way to Tennessee, and
thought might get aIiit on your carriage,
sir. I beg your pardon, sir.
" You are quite welcome to my car
riago, sir. Come forward and take aseat
with me-"
"Thank you, sir; but as the noun,
tain is steep here, I'll jump off and walk
up"
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Jimcraoks.

What do the Arabs Of the desert live on,
Tal7 asked a roguish girl of her father.
Fudge, Nelly, that is an old conundrum.
They live upon the sand sDkich Is (Sand-
wich there"
Yes, but, pa, how do they gsFeml"
Well, really Nelly, you have me there
I give it up.
Why, pa, don't you know that the sons
Of Ham are bread and mustard in the wilder
ness 2"
Come, come, my daughter. that is too
killing don't say another wcId"
"Obl yes do'tell mo what they eat on
their sandwiches ?"
Eat on EN-; Why what do they eat on
EN- 2"
Butter, to be sure.
"Butter how do they get their butter 2"
Why, You know. pa, that when Lots
wife was termed into pillar of sslt, all the
lamily but her ran into tho EildernessT'
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17
YA1r COLLEGE has 6s6 students.

YALE COLLEGE has 686 students.
TIE population Of Paris is 100000.
On the Sd, 9,434 mink skins we're sold
TT Montreal.
S1xTY-TuREE passenger trains daily
arrive and depart from Chicago.
THE salt mines of Nevada are said to
be the best in the country.
LADIES in Paris propose to wear Turk
ish troWsers this winter.
A LADY for wearing the bloomer COS
tune had been fined and imprisoned in
San Francisco.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17

A FORTNIGHT ago, Miss LOttie Bedleman, OF
C5iTIico;he Illinois, lost her speech IN conse-
ouence of excessive tickling under the arms,
She can now speak only in a whisper and
has had forty offers Of marriage.-Ec.
First woman we ever heard of to lose her
speech in that way.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17
LAW HEWsPAPERst

15ubseriberswhod do not giveexpressnOtice
tothecontrary, y,arecOusideredasw as wishingtO
tinuetheirs subscriptions to thepaper.
2. If subscribers order the discOntinuance OF
theirperiOdicals, the publisher may cOntin1etO
send them until all arrearages are paid.
3. IfsubscribersR REFLECTOR refuse to taketheir
periodcalsfrOmth the oficetO which they were dl-
rectcd, they archeld responsible till they have
settled the bin and ordered them discontinued.
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to otherplaces with
outinforming the publisher, aud the papers are
sent to theformer direction, they are held re-
sponsble.
5. The Courts have decided that refusing { o
take periOdicalsfrom the Office, ,Orremovingand
leaving them uncalled for, is primG Jdcje eYl-
dence ofintentjOnal fraud.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17

A PANS letter-writer says: 1.-THE Prince
Imperial has asked his father to allow him to
learn the art Of printing A miniature press
has accordingly been set up in his spsrt-
mcnts and NJ Forester. son Of the we'll
known printer Of Montauban, has underts-
ken to initiate the child into the mysteries Of
his craft"
We predc, for the Young Prince Imprri-
al Of France a brilliant career. The following
paragraph iroG q Paris lettes explains our
prediction
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UNION.
j. w. HOUx, FHO P'R-

OFFrcE:-Champsign National Bank Building,
second and third hoOBD Westslde NorthNaln-
street, near the Square.
TERMs:-S2 90 per annum, invariably IN adj
vance. 81 ,25 forSix Months.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17

ECoNoMY.-Spending half dollar for
cigars and coblers, and refusing to take a
newspaper because you cant afford it.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17

A MANS trisIs can not be insuferable if he
lives to talk about them.
A QUARREL without lighting is like thunder
without lightning
An ugly frown is generally sign of the
cross.
4 wouly's soft 81 shs may fan mans life
ont.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17

Ay exhibition game of billiards, 800 points,
was PLAYED last evening, between Mr.. Henry
Brunswick and 8Ir John Deery, when Deery
made the extraordinary run Of 455 points,
without getting TIE balls "jawed. ."-CWcia
7r4j Tim
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17

UNIVERSAL Yankee Notions can be Advertised
u in the UNION.
VALUABLE Property may be Bought Sold or EX-
' Changed, by Advertising in the UNION.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17
\ thousand shadow-pencilcd valleys,
And snowy dcIis in z golden air

4 tlOns1nU SH0I0N-pHnUItu Ea-Itys,
And snowy delis in golden air
Still further, thirty or forty miles behind
it, arose two great snowy pyramids, eyi-
IDENTIFY beyond the North Park, and not
inferior to Mount Blame This view was
superior in all the clements Of sUbhmity
to any thing I had ever seen since enter
ing the mountains In the center Of the
bare spot where We gather grew a ranuu-
clulus, a blossom of which l transferred to
my note book.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-10-17

Flower Garden and Mountains Soenery--The
Beauty of the Snow Flowers and Grandeur
Of the Scene.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-27

Our latest advices from Spain. by the Java,
are to Jan. ii, on which day the Spanish Gov
eminent officially announced that Gen. Prm
had been compelled to leave the mountains Of
Toledo, that he was precipitately retreating to-
ward Portugal that all the principal mountain
passes were held by the royal troops, that the
dispersion Of the rebels was complete, and that
tranquility prevailed throughout the country.
This statement, however, was generally dis
credited both at home and abroad. Certain it
is that the official assertion as to the tran
quillity of the country was glaringly untrue.
There were new attempts at outbreaks even in
the capital, both among the military and the
people. Barcelona, the second city of the king
dom, was 80 far from being tranquil that on
January the number of troops stationed in
the city was found to be insufficient, and reen-
forcements were demanded. Still more signifi-
cant is statement in the Paris Moniteur OF
January IL 1.-THE day after the date of the above
official dispatch of the Spanish Governmen)
to the effect that the state Of affairs in Spain
seemed to be unchanged, and that the provinces
were tranquil. "nith the exceptions Of Catalonia
and Aragon."
All the newspaper accounts from Spain agree
that the political excitement is most intense,
and that the success Of the insurecton at one
or two places might soon prove fatal to the
present Government and, perhaps, to the
dynasty. Little is known about the intentions
of Prim in case of his success. proclamation,
secretly circulating in Madrid, and said to ema-
nate from Prim, is entirely silent on the sub
ject 1t was commonly believed that Prim
Queen. The proclamation closes with hurrah
for the Constituent Cortes."
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-27
NEWS OF THE DAY.
TOREIGN NEWS.

The Java, from Liverpool January 10, via
Queenstown January H. arrived here yesterday bring
ing two days later news.
An official dispatch Of the Spanish Government
dated January H. announces that Gen. Pfin twas pre-
cipitatey rereatlng toward Portugal. and that the
insurrectIon crushed. Other accounts. however
leave no doubt that the excitement throughout the
country sti intense. In Barcelona, on January
the number Of troops deemed to be insufficient to
the peace and achievements demanded
AL political clubs Of the Prog,esssas and Of the Demo
cratic party throughout Spain have been closed
We have news from tie Pacific States Of Mexico to
Jan. s. at which time the Liberal General Corona was
undisUrbed within 40 miles from Mazattan. The Re-
publ Government 10 reported 10 be once more at
chihuahua. The French were still ct Durango which
place was oncircled by the Liberals. State papers
relative to demonstrations Of sympathy on the part OF
the Government Of tie United States Of Columbia with
President JuAreE yesterday communicated to the
House Of Representatives at Washington. Gen. Craw-
ford is kept in arrest by order oil Gen. Sheridan.
The United States steamer Soto arrived at Havana
On Jan. 90 with the Hon. wm II. Seward and family
on board.