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VOLUME I. STAUNTON, WEDNESDAY, JCI^Y “l8, 1SGG. NUMBER 33. SUlrcrtisxuuuts:. STAUNTON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Lawyers.—Echols, Bell A Catlett, at Bell’s old office,iNew Court House St.; Shelley & Buingardner, at old office, New Court House St.; Alexander B. Cochran, Court House Alley; Nicholas K. Trout, olil office,‘Court House Yard; O. Smith, rear Spectator Office,"Augusta St.; Michio, Smith & Michie, office T. J. Michie, New C. H. St.; John B. Watts, next to N. K. Trout, C. H. Yard; Powell Harrison, old office, Court House Alley; Baylor & Hanger, Baylor’s old Office, Augusta St., opposite Court House; Bolivar Christian, at N. K. Trout’s office C. H. Yard; Y. Howe Peyton, Col. Skinner’s old office. Drugs & Medicines.—Yeakle, & Young old stand, New Street; Dr. N. Wayt & Bro., one door above First National Bank, Main St.; P. II. Trout, old Stand, Main St.; Dr. H. S. Eichelberberger, old stand, Main Street. Printing Offices.—“Valley Virginian,’' Burwell’s building, third story, corner Main and New Sts.; Vin •d-icator Office, Bell Tavern, New Court House St., tip stairs ; Spectator Office, Augusta St., Stone Build ing. Books and Stationery.—Robert Cowan, old stand, New St.; Johnny Noon, corner Main and New Sts. Bar Booms and Saloons.—T. E. Coleman, west end Bell Tavern, New Court House Street; John O’Hare, Dime Saloon, Augusta St.; William Wlioley, Augusta •Street, under American Hotel; John J. Christian, Bell Tavern, New C. II. St.; John B. Scherer, corner New Street and Courtllouse Alley; - - New Court House Street, under Virginia Hotel; John Beck, old stand, New Street!; John Beard, Augusta Street, nearly opposite CourtHouse. Brewer.—P. Richter, near Cemetery. Tobacconists.—W. P. Johnson, New Street., opposite Va. Hotel; Armentrout & Co., corner Main and Augus ta Streets at the sign of “ Two Indians;” C. T. Cocli I ran Sc Co., New Street. ? Family Groceries.—9. M. Woodward & Ilro., Main h Street, under “Virginian Office H. L. Reagan, New Street, opposite Virginia Hotel; John O’Hare, Au gusta Street, old stand on the wharf; Bruce & Peck, corner Main and Augusta Streets; Powell & Black ley, Main’Street, opposite First National Bank; - . Lara,;Main Street; Mrs. B. Bolen, Spring Lane. Livery Stables.—Crawford & Co., American Hotel .Stables ; Mrs. B. Bolen & Co., Spring Lane; C. S. Poy ;ton & Co., Virginia Hotel Stables. ' Bakeries.—J. B. Scherer, corner Court IlouSe Al dey and New Street; Ja<ob Steinbuek, corner Green :and Frederick Street, (Newtown.) Boots, Shoes & Hats.—C. N. Williams, two doors East First National Bank; G. A. Smith, Main Street. Confectioners.—M. S. Cease, Main St.; John B. SCiieter, New Street; O. C. Beckner, New Street. Commission Merchants.—Ker & Co., South corner Main and New Streets; McClure & Bumgarder, Cen tral Depot; A. M. Pit.rce, corner Main and Augusta Streets; J. W.S. Taylor, Main Street. Coach & Wagon Makers.—J- M. Hardy and Co., ♦corner Main and Market Street Cabinet Makers.—A. D. Chandler*- old stand, Main Street; M. Schmitt, corner of Washington and Mains Streets; J. A. and Y. A. Bickle, Main Street. Express Companies.—Adam's Express, R. H. Haw kins, agent, under Virginia Hotel; National Express, office at Bledsoe’s old stand, corner Augusta St. and Spring Lane. Dry Goeus.—Simon 11. Hilo, Crawford s old stana; Keyser and Young, Main Street; Hoge, Mason & Co., Mam Street; W. T. Herring, Morris’ old stand; » Hirsh and Leob, Main Street; Piper and Funkhou I ser, Main Street; Taylor' and Catlett, Main Street; \ Isaac Wits and Brother, Main Street; C. E. Wood, ‘ Main Street, one door ea&t Virginian office; Isaac Paul and Co., Main Street. Foundries.—W. A. Burke, corner of Lewis and [ Frederick Sts; Roberts, Nelson & (Jo.,Spring Lane. Hardware, Ac.—G. E. Price, Southwest corner of :Maia“aa&d New Streets; Woods & Gilkerson, Main [ ^Street; Kimball and McGravr, Augusta Street, t Carpenters.—W. W. Gibson, Parrin and George’s r*old stand, Valley Turnpike: Booth and Smith, Mar |Jket Street, .rear of old National Hotel; William t Blackburn and Co., near new Market House; Lush ; baugh and Bra, Shop in Stuart’s Meadow, near Cen tral DepoL Painters.—R. II. Wilson, New Court House Street. Jewelers.—A. A. Cone, under Virginia Hotel; B. * Mayne, one door East of Paul and Co., Main Street Photographers.—J H Burdett, above Roane and fcAlby, New Street ; B M Clinediust, over Piper and Funkhouser’s store, Main Street Merchant Tailors.—P B Graves, New Street; Hen [ ry Bare, Main Street.; John B Engleman,New St. | 'Hotels.—American, Virginia Central Railroad De Ipot; Virginia., New Street , Black smiths.—G W Weiford, Augusta Street oppo site Valley Hotel; Addison Gregory, Madison Street, between Main and Frederick. f *Wmiflats.—Hr Win Chapman, offieo four doors east I of the Virginiaa oT&ce,aldm^txcr., rrr .1- tiAith...-, •opposite Virginian office, Main Street * . 1 Schools.—Virginia Female Institute, lie? E H Phillip.*?, Principal, corner of Frederick and Wash ington StAiets; Augusta Fenialp Seminary, Miss Ma ny Julia Baldwin, Princijial, corner ot Frederick and New Streets; Wesleyan Female Collegiate Institute, Rev Win Harris, Principal, Main Street; Staunton Male Aevdemy, Young and McCoy, Principals, New Street; Private MaleSeool, Prof Jed Hotchkiss, cor fierMain and Water .Street-s. Keligioiis Dicectory.—Trinity Church, (Episcopal) ■Main Street, between Lewis and Church Streets; Lu Iheraa Church, corner Main and Water Streets; Bap list Church, corner Main and Washington Streets; (Presbyterian Church, Frederick Street between New Kind Market Streets; Methodist Cnurch, Lewis St; ■Jatholie Church, Augusta Street. | Ready-Made Clothing.—Mandlebaum, under Vir binia Hotel; Roane ainlAlby, brown Iront, New St; Ktngemati and Levi, New Street; John Smith, next Toor to Beck’s, Louis Rosenbaum, Agent. J Insurance Company.—O J Smith, Agent, rear Spcc ffitor office, Augusta St. [Milliners.—Mrs K M Kelley, Main St; Sirs M E Fagan, Main St; Miss L J Snyder, Main St. I Physicians;—Or J M Hanger, corner ot Main and Ihurch St; Or B M Atkinson, corner Frederick and ■Augusta St; Or A M Fauntleroy, corner Augusta and Ve w Court House St; Or II L Madison, Augusta St: jr Wm F MeChesney, American Hotel; Or B BDon khe. Main Street; Or Alexander Waddell, Augusta fc; Or T B Fuqua, Augusta St; Dr Clem Harris, lain St, two doirs east Or Chapman. ^Bookbinder.—F Prueffer, cor Main and St Clare St rBntellers.—W F Ast and lire, Stall No 2; Parker and km, Stall No 12. 1 Tannery.—Stiver, Water St. Lltoarding Houses.—John T. Arnall, Augusta Street, lone Building. [Barbers,—J R Schmitt, American Hotel; T Camp fell, under Virginia Hotel. f Auctioneers.—E Cushing and Co, New C II Street [Tin & Copper Smiths.—B F Points & Co, Main St I Saddler.—Geo FEIick Main Street ■Courts—County X Town Officers—Hugh WSheffey, ridge Circuit Court, District terms, first Monday in lov and June; J N Ryan, Clerk, office east, wing C 1; County Court, J M McCue, presiding justice, held Jmrth Monday in each month; VV A Burnett, Clerk, ■mice west wing C H; James Bunigardner, jr, Com mon wealth’s Attorney, New 0 H Street; Hustings Turn, Staunton, N K Trout, Mayor, Wednesday after Lst Monday in each mouth; J F Aatterson, Cleric, of Ce obove circuit court office; W B Keyser, Keeor Ir; J T Parrent, Town Sargeaut; Samuel Paul, nerrifF, office County Clerk’s office; John Tober an, Coroner; George Harlan, Jailor, New C H St; J Sealer of Weights and Measures, of le Court House Alley \ELOUR INSPECTOR—B F Fifer, corner Main and custa Street Inspector of liquors—a Risk, inspector 2d fetrict of Virginia, office in town. ■ENGINEER—Topographical Engineer and Sur ly or Maps furnished of farms, counties or State [Virginia; Capfc_J D Hotchkiss, corner Main and ■ter Streets MASONIC LODGE-Main Street VATER AND GAS FITTERS—A F Smith, corner Meet and C H Alley; W H Wilson, at Gas Works ►QST OFFICE—A T Maupin, Postmaster, opened 07 A M and closed at 7PM WESTERN LUNATIC ASYLUM—Dr F TStribling, W,\ and Samuel Hoshour, Steward, between the • Richmond and Lexington roads, south east of l EAF, DUMB AND BLING INSTITUTION—On Itinuation of Main Street, east of Staunton, J C Co 1, Superintendent J, W. S. TAYLOR, DEALER IN jroceries it Country Produce, (Mail) St., Opposite Ui« Post Office, STACSTOS, VA., lecps always on hand on assortment of fine tecries which he will sell for cash, or ea nge for Produce. jo the people of Staunton, he not only oilers Bceries, hut can at all times furnish them . Flour by the barrel and pound. Fresh find corn meal, Corn, Oats &c. Respectfully Ibes every one to give him a call. |ov. 29—tf. Grange, but True. (Jvery young lady and gentleman in the kited States can hear something very much their advantage by return mail (free of large), by addressing the undersigned.— hose having fears of being humbugged will lligc by not noticing this card. All others 111 please address their obedient servant, TIIOS. F. CHAPMAN, 831 Broadway, New York. iMarck 14-ly ■con*tru «'<('<! and Revived. The old established Staunton Bakery. John B. Scherrcr has opened his old Bakery Pthe old stand, and is now prepared to furn . fresh bread, cakes, &e., to his old custom and the public generally. iParties supplied and all work done on the pst reasonable terms, nay 30-tf SOL WANTED! “ ~ The highest cash prices paid for PRIME shed and unwashed Wool—by June 20-tf_ BAKER BROS’. fRVEST SUPPLIES ! Farmers will fine that we have such goods [they need, and at moderate prices. |une 20-tf BAKER BROS’. glwfcasUmal OHN ECHOLS, H. M. BELL, K. H. CATLETT, Eehols, Bell and Cat-lett, ATTORNEYS A T LAW, §taimton, Ya. Will practice in tlie State and Federal Courts it Staunton, and in the Circuit and County Courts of Rockbridge, Rockingham and Alle ghany Counties. They will also attend to special business in any part of Virginia and Vest Virginia. The business of the late firm of Ilar nan & Bell is in their hands for attention and settlement. Nov. 29-tf BOLIVAR CHRISTIAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, STAUHTOX, V i., (office with n. k. trout, esq.,) Attends the Courts of Augusta and adjoili ng Counties. Attention given I o the interests of res dents in this country in lands in Missouri, :Owa, and other Western States. Nov. 29-tf I. W. SHEFFEY, JAS., BUMGARDNER JR, SEEFFEY »t BllMJAEDYEB, ATTORIsrETS A. T S T A U T OX, VIRGINIA, Will practice in the various Courts held in Staunton, and in the Circuit Courts of High land, Rockbridge and Rockingham Counties. Special cases will be attended to in r. J. MICHIE, .7. W. G, SMITH, H. B. MICIIIE. MICHIE, SMITH & MICHIE, iTTOKSEYS AT TAW, STAUNTON, VA. Practise in the Federal Court at Staunton ; in all the Courts of Augusta County ; in the Circuit and County Courts of Rockingham ; and in the Circuit Court of Rockbridge. BQ|„Collection of claims promptly attended to. may 80-tf Y. HOWE I'EYTOX, Attorney at Law and Real Estate Agent, STAUNTON, VA. IVill practice law in the county of Afcgusta and adjoining counties, and will negotiate on commission sales of Virginia Land in any portion of the State. Oflice—Fronting the Court House yard, formerly occupied by Col. Jas. H. Skinner. June 27—tf GEORGE BAYLOR, MARSHALL HANGER RAYEOK & HANGER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, STAUNTON, VA„ Practice in all the Courts-of Augusta Co., and attend promptly to the collection of claims in any of the adjoining couhties. r Nov. 29-tfj_ POWELL HARRISON, ATTORNEY AT I-'A \Y, STAENTOW, VA. Practices in the Courts of Augusta and the adjoining Counties. Office, corner fodm Imbcrden’s Law Building, Court-House Alley> Not., 29-tf' __ 41EORGE Jt. ( (M HR tS, Jit., AT TOR YE Y AT TAW, Staunton, Virginia. Offce in rear of Court-House, adjoining Da rid Ful’ii. Nor. 29-tf W . CHAPMAN, I). I>. S. STAUNTON, ggsy-i-sfe. VIRGINIA, Office, South-side Main Street 3 Doors East of ‘V. V. Office.’ ARTIFICIAL TEETH MOUNTED ON GOLD, SILVEH & VULCANITE. All operations performed in the most SCIENTIFIC AND SKILLFUL MANNER With Sirkt Regard to and Warranted to Compete with any OPERATION ROSE IN THE CITIES. June 20-tf A. IB. ARTHUR, li. 1>. H. Office 1 door from cor. of Beverly & New Sts STAUNTON, VA. « Artificial Teeth mounted on Gold Silver, Platina, and Vulcanite. The greatest improvement yet introduced into Dental Science is conceeded to be the Vulcanite process; it being four times lighter than gold, and much cheaper, embracing superior cleanliness, nicer adapta tion, with many other advantages. All the various opperations of Dental Surgery per formed with strict referance to permanency. March 14-tf Ur. A. M. I AS k SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN, $toimiox?9 Virginia. Tenders his services to the citizens of Staun ton and vicinity. Cases of Operative Surgery will be attended to at his Office or at the resi lience of the patient, as the condition or con venience of the latter may require. $0^, Office nearly opposite the Court-House where he can be found at all hours, when not professionally absent. P. S. Persons calling at my office and not finding me in can leave word at the office of the American Hotel, which will be promptly attended to. June -6-tf MEDICAL Dr. Clem 11. Harris With 24 years experience in the practice of Medicine and Surgery, 18 of which has been in the county of Augusta, very respectfully tenders his professional services to the citizens of Staunton and the surrounding country. Office, Main Street, 2 doors South of Dr. Chapman’s office and nearly opposite the res dcnce of Dr. Donaghe. July 4-tf Dr. Carter Ilerlielcy, Graduate of the Maryland University, Offers his professional services to the citi zens of MINT SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD. He can be found for the present at Capt. J. C. COCHRAN’S, may 30-tf DR. J. ST. P. GIBSON, WAYNESBORO’, VIRGINIA. June 13—tf BUFFALO GAP HOTEL. This well known Hotel, 10 miles from Staun ton, immediately on the Virginia Central Rail road, is now opened for the reception of visi tors. It is well furnished and the best accom modations provided. Calybeate and Sulphur Water convenient to the House. Terms rea sonable. SINGLETON CHAMBERS, Prop’tr. May‘J, 18G0—tf— Richmond Examiner copy 8 times and send bill to this Office. FOR SAFE. TWENTY THOUSAND Shingles. ISAAC PAUL & CO. April .18-if ain St. Spj-tciai. Notioh. G. MANDELBAUM is taking Virginia and SOUTHERN BANK Money at its highest rates for goods. June 6-3m PUBLISHED EVERT WEDNESDAY BY J.‘ iticUAUlfcEOCKWEiL, } proprietors. Office S. E. corner Main and Kew Streets, BURWELL BUILDING, TIIIRD STORY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1866. A. M. GARBER^Jr., Editor TEEMS. 1 year, (in currency).3 00 6 months, (in currency).1 8o 8t5y No subscriptions taken for less than six months. All kinds of country Produce taken at the highest marketable rates. TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of one dollar per square of ten lines or less for every insertion. Unless the number of inser tions are marked on the manuscript, it will be published until forbid, and charged accor dingly. All communications, or notices ofa personal ' or private character, or intended or calculated ' to promote any private enterprise or interest, will be charged for as advertisements. 1 figyAll communications, eit her from corres poncttsnt^ or on business, should be addressed to GARBER & CROCKWELL, Proprietors. The “Valley Virginian” having a Larger circulation, in Staunton and vicinity, than any paper published here ; as well as a large and increas ing circulation throughout tlie Val ley, offers unsurpassed inducements to advertisers. Alex. H. Stephens is to lecture at In dianapolis. Pittsburg contributes a 20-inch gun to the Paris Exposition. The Western Texas elections repudiate negro suffrage strongly. Large herds of texas beeves are on their way to eastern markets. Eight battle fields can be seen from the top of lookout Mountain. ► A 8300,000 Odd Fellows’ temple is building in Cincinnatti. Hon. JoknM. Mason, Confederate Com missioner to .England, is at Montreal. * The “Dan’l Drew,” a Hudson river boat, recently ran 16 miles in 35 minutes. It is estimated that 820,000,000 will be required tj pay the bounties to colored sol diers. Senator Lane is better. .It is now thought he may recover from, his self-inflicted' : wound. - -« — »-S»—— ' AvweU piade, artificial » palpitating bpi som is said to be equal to* twenty gentle heaves a minute. -—: Robinson, the circus rider, receives a salary of §24,000 per annum. Nearly as good as a Presidency. Mr. Dickens has a special saloon car all to himself as he travels about England to give his charming readings. The hay crop of Pennsylvania is repre sented by all our exchanges in the interior to be the largest ever gathered. Mrs. Millard Fillmore isone of the lead ers of fashion in Pasis, and displays dia monds with a refreshing brilliancy. A Paris paper says that red is going out of fashion with the ladies, and the prevail ing color, now all the rage, is yellow. John M. Weaver, for a number of years Deputy Sheriff of Fauquier county, died suddenly of appoplexy on the 3d inst. If a man sells his watch for fifty dollars, buys it back for forty dollars, then sells it for forty-five dollars, how much does he make in the transaction? The suicide season seems to have set in at Hartford, Connecticut, no less than five cases having occurred in that village in the space of twenty-four hours. The Washington correspondent of the Rochester Democrat, says that the call for the Philadelphia National Convention was prepared by Secretary Seward. Major Lamar Fontaine, who claims to have written “All Quiet Along the Poto mac To-night,” was married at Yazoo City on the 20th ult., to Miss Lemuella Brick ell. President Johnson and Secretary Sew ard wrote conservative and harmonizing letters to the Tammany Club, in New York, on the 4th, reiterating their former senti ments. A memorial association of the ladies of Lovingston, Nelson county, has been form ed for the purpose of enclosing the graves of those who fell in defence of our “Lost, Cause.” It wasnotex-SenatorR. Barnwell Rhett, who was assassinated in South Carolina, a few days since, but his brother Benjamin S. Rhett, a well-known cotton factor of Charleston. The Rev. Stanton Fields, a well known minister of the Virginia Methodist Epis copal Conference, died in Amherst coun ty, on Saturday, after a lingering illnessof several months. One thousand two hundredand fourteen arrests of Fenians have been made in Ire land since September last. The strength of Fenianism in that country, since the failure in Canada, is much less than for * mcrly. Another Good Story by “Brict^Tom roy—A Butch BJiilobenc.* •' I can’t help it, so I Jill tell yflu the talc as it was told me. It is simpjy a sim ple tale, and tells the mistakes of life as ’twere. The Germans tell, their tumbles to me as chloritbnn is poured injto,prhand kerchief to relieve the patijjnt. One day while standing parting the neck of "Kitty,” my running n*a^e, an honest Teuton, who had seen jerjfieiJ] in the war, came up and saidi: «T * “Ah, mynheer Bumroy, yoti "here"?” “Yaw, mynheer Sehwipes, I b,ear.” “So-o-o ! You busy dis morning?” “No, Jacob, I’m never busy unless when I am busy.” , *•. “Well, den, mynheer Bjiriycoy, you shust make tie that horse loose So he can make herself blay round mit herself in ter yard a lectles and I sits down on mine— mine—I mean your saw-horse gpd tells you some tings.” »* ^ otm. JLUCU OcllU LUC JUU.U 5 “Now, you see, Mr. Bumroy,^ no makes myself likes the way you talk about my gousins, Snicksnacker. He pe so goot a man as never pe’s any veres. He shust like me. He goes to ter wap?. I go to ter wars. I goom to dis free country to help live here. Und ven de war gooms I shoul der mine fife und mine trammel, und goes out to get regroots. Und I got eni' Und I sends em off to ter war. Und purty soon, bimeby, ven de pig bounties git so pig as a whole log, Mr. Bumroy, I kiss mine vrow and takes ten hundred tollers pounties and go to ter war. Und I tell mine vrow she no makes vater mit her eyes, for I go long mit Shenrel Shirts, and of course I coomes back. Sou see, Mr. Bumroy, I knows who to go mit. t would go mit Siegel, but Siegel gets his back up so much, and is not careful who he don’t fight mit. Und I would go mit Butler, but my share of the silver would be sherman silver, und dat is not so goot. So I goes mit Shirts, for- he never gets hurt in any country, und I knows where Shirts is that is vot you call where you put money—safe. “Veil, I gets mine pounties, so I have some dings to pay taxes mit till I makes dead, then I go as a corporal mit Shirts, und I goes to ter war, und I do shust like oder fellers—I sees tings—und i makes monish—und I goom home shust as goot as I vent away, Mr. Bumroy. Und I gets velcomed pack so goot. Mine vrow she bees so glad to see as never vash.. Und she looks shust like she always did: Und ter folks was so glad to see me. I goes down to get somb lager pew, und ven I goes home Deacon Green is at mine house to see me. Und "L goes out mit Deacon Green tt> show him home, find yeH.I gojpus pack'Deacon Brown is. dere to' set me and fcellyne to: is-Madr I makes myself goo^ii pack-fund Igy to to amhrehcitr hiirh hosjb, and vep, I goom pack-fl fin® der. boaktaas-r ter at ipinjf house *6 see. me. Und I goes., to be bolij® to 'dejr bostroa;|er man, and ven I gets pack, der is de t.»£ collector to see me, und I ask him how much I must pay him, und he says, “OK, nothing, Ja cob—seem’ its you!” So *1 goes to see him home, und den makes* myself goom home to sleep so nice as never vash. “Und every night wlfen I goomes home I vind some of dese goot, batriotic men, who have done so mu<ih for de gun try, at my house to see me. Und, Mr. Bumroy, one night ven I goes home I hears a noise in mine ped-room. Und I golls for mine vrow, und she ne hear me, so I go in and find her ashleep. Und I vinds a nice pair of boots in ter bed-room, shust worn so much as dey vill not hurt mine feet, und I makes mine head go un der der winder to see who makes de nois, und I secs one of dese batriots who keeps der gopperhea'ds away from mine vrow while I be gone to der war, chasing a horse into ter woods. Oh, Mr. Bumroy, I tell you tis nice to go to be a soldier man, und to gocm home, und to vind such goot friends among such goot men, and to have such inen give me a nice Dutch Phil obene !”—La Cross Democrat. One oi Joim I’iioBiux’s images. A California paper tells- the following of Lieutenant Derby, “John Phoenix,” the humorist: “One evening at the theatre Phoenix observed a man sitting three seats in front, whom he thought he knew; he requested the person next to him to punch the oth er individual with is cane. The polite stranger did so, and the disturbed person turning his head a little, he discovered hi% mistake—that he was not the person he took him for. Fixing his attention steadfastly on the play, and affecting un consciousness of the whole affair, he left the man with the cane to settle with the other for the disturbance, who, being wholly without an excuse, there was of course a ludicrous and embarrassing scene, during all of which Phcenix was pro foundly interested in the play. At last the man with the cane asked, rather indignantly: • “Didn’t you toll me to punch that man with my stick ?” “Yes.” “And what did you want ?” “I wanted to see whether you would punch him or not.” Summer Beverage.—Here is a re ciept for making ginger beer, a very whole some and refreshing summer beverage :— Put two gallons of cold water into a pot upon a fire—add to it two ounces of good ginger, bruised, aud two pounds of white or brown sugar. Let all this come to a boil, and continue boiling for half anhour. Then skim the liquor and pour it into a jar or tub, along with one sliced lemon and a half an ounce of cream of tartar. When nearly cold, put in nearly a teacupful of yeast, to cause the liquor to work. The beer is now made; and after it has work ed two days, strain and bottle for use.— Tic down the corks firmly. Certain of the ncw-comers—Northern ers—who are planting on an extensive scale in Southern Georgia, paid the freedmen in worthless jewelry and trinkets, and have recently gone North for a fresh supply.— The negroes so treated, have become dis satisfied, and threaten to leave without ful filling their contracts. A Hero of Four Wars. Some of the details, says the Memphis Argus, of one of the most remarkable ca reers that perhaps ever was experienced have come into our possession, and we give the account to our readers as we received it, only promising that we have’ not the remotest grounds for supposing the story exagerated. The man is now employed on a farm two or three miles from this city, arid has a good character for veracity. About the year 1828, one of the strong est and most daring of the bands of Rang ers who guarded the frontiers of Texas was commanded by a North Caroliniau named Worth, and among all its members none possessed more hardihood or person al strength than the hero of this sketch. He was a Kentuckian, was a splendid ri der, a dead shot, could hold his own with any of his comrades in either drinking or fighting, and was looked upon as a danger ous man to tamper with. I ui imouuiinuu cuuictuits temper, uuwcv er, ho gave no cause of offence to any, and had the good will of all. In all the wild fights with the Camanches and the ‘•Greasers” in which his command engag ed, ho took an active part; and when the war for Texan independence commenced ho was one of the first to offer his arm to his adopted land. Suffice it to say that he served under General Houston through the memorable struggle with great credit, though as a private. The declaration of war between the United States and Mexico, in 1816, found him again ready; and enlisting as a Han ger, under Jack Hays, he followed the Lone Star again to triumph, receiving, as he had in previous campaigns, several honorable scars. For several years after the cessation of hostilities ho lived quietly on his ranche but, tiring of such a tame course of exis tence, ho joined a regiment of regular cavalry and proceeded to Florida, where he served in the Seminole war until the capture of Billy Bowlegs and the conclu sion of peace , when he was discharged and returned home, where he remained until the State of Arkansas passed her ordi nance of secession, when he immediately joined a regiment of infantry from that State in the Confederate service and went to Virginia. At the battle of Sharpsburg, in Mary land, he received seven wounds, and faint ed from the pain and loss of blood. At the time that General Lee ordered a re treat to the Virginia side, the men had gathered up their dead and were making rude preparations to inter them. Our hero by this means escaped being buried, »nl his comrades were startled, a few days af ter, by the report that he had been sent over the river and forwarded to the hos pital. at jStaunton. , He. recovered, and soon, after rejoined , his ftgiment, proceeded with.it to-'Geor gia; where he was engaged in the bloody battle of Chickamauga.* Here he'^was shot through the head (the ^ bail entering aG, the right cheek-bone and passing out behind the left ear), and was again left for dead. He was carried to Nashville, and contrary to all expectations, he again got well, made his escape from captivity, and Tctiirned to Virginia, where he served un til the surrender of General Lee’s army, when he took his foot in his hand and walked to Arkansas, and thence home. This brave old man—the hero of four wars and fifty battles, and the recipient of twenty-seven wounds—at the bands of Ca manches, Mexicans, Semiuoles and Feder als—landed at our city two or three weeks ago, and was garroted and robbed in less than half an hour after leaving the boat. Ho is now working at hard labor, to make money to take him to his native Ken tucky, whose loved sod his foot has not pressed^for thirty-six years. He says that when his visit to his relatives is concluded, provided the Fenians have any chance of success, he will give them a lift. Why Mr. Davis is not Tried.— Tlie New Jersey Review, Newark, N. J., in its number for this month, very ably sets forth the reason why the trial of Ex Prcsident Davis is postponed. Speaking of secession, it says: “This very heresy which they (the Radicals) now seek to punish as treason, as they have already crushed it out by force of arms, has been a cardinal principle in the political pro fession of faith of the very men who are urging this prosecution ; they have actod upon it and urged action upon it time and again, and they have never repudiated it for themselves, no matter how much they may reprohate it. in their political ene mies." Further on the Review pointedly sums up the whole matter in a nut-shell: “There is danger to the Republican party lost the trial of Jefferson Davis, should it [ go on, instead of leading to the conviction of him and his associates for treason a gainst the general government, might end iu the conviction of the general govern ment, as it has been mismanaged ly the Republican party, of treason against the State and the Constitution.” The Review speaks wisely and well, and very forcibly reiterates the views and arguments on the subject that we have so frequently pre sented. A lawyer, who prided himself upon his skill in cross examining witnesses, had once an old-looking genius upon whom to operate. “You say, sir, that the prisoner is a thief?” Y'es, sir, because she con fessed it.” “And you also swear that she bound shoes for you subsequent to the con fession ?” “I do sir.” “Then,” giving a sagacious look to the court, “are we to un derstand that you employ dishonest persons to work for you, even after their rascali ties are known ?” “Of course ; how else could I get assistance from a lawyer.”— That witness “stood down.” The New York Tribune objects to the term “colored person” as assumed by or applied to the late slave population of the Southern States. It says it is only appli cable to those of mixed blood, and that the full blooded black is a negro, nothin"' more or less. A Taunton youngster wanted to see the circus the other day, but couldn’t because he worked in the mills. lie cut the bolt and stopped the inachienery and went— first to the circus, and afterwards to jail for three weeks. Layers in a Fix--Dangers of Fitch. Night before last, as the moon rose over the hill and tree-tops, gilding the spires of our beautiful city with her silver rays, there might have been seen upon the roof of an Egyptian cottage, which is flat, and covered with pure white gravels and pitch, a couple of lovers, seated, enjoying the beauty of the scene, and “Though few hours, the happy moments few; So warm with heart, so rich with love they flew, That their full eouIs forgot the will to roam, And rested there, 83 in a dream at home !” The sun during the day had been vory warm, and thus they met to spend the fleeting hours of twilight, enjoying the pleasant breeze that floated up from the magnolia garden beneath, and interchang ing those soul longings and warm affec tions for each other the lovers sat; with one arm he encircled the waist of the beautiful creature at his side, ‘Her little hand lay gently, confidingly in his,’ and all passed quietly and lovingly until the bell tolled the midnight hour. “None but the loving and beloved Should be awake at this sweet hour.” The tolling of the hell reminded them that I “lireu nature s sweet restorer, balmy sleep, was requisite for lovers as well as others. ! Still seated near each other, the plighted ! vows were again and again exchanged, and sealed with kisses, like “Linked sweetness long drawn out.” At length after many vain attempts to sever these pleasant pleasures, the trans ported lovyers found that they were bound to each other by more sticking ties than lovers’ vows. The hot sun had melted the pitch, and after sitting so long, and the night having cooled the resinous matter, they found they were both “stuck fast.” The young gentleman first attempted to disengage himself, but found, like Aunt Jemima’s plaster, “the more you tty-to pull it off, the more it sticks the faster.” The young lady theu attempted to get up, which she did, minus- the skirt of her dress, and all her under-clothes, as far as the ‘tilters.’ In this plight she attempted to release her disconsolate partner, but it was of no use—ho couldn’t come. After some parley, he came to the conclusion he could manage it by slipping out of liis pauts. Accordingly he asked his compan ion if she could lend him a pair of pants until he could go home. She thought her Pa’s would do if they were not too long. With this information ho slipped off his boots, and loosing his suspenders, drew himself out of his pants as easily as pos sible, and the disconsolate couple took themselves down down stairs in a very blushing manner, and looking very much like our first parents when they discovered that they were human. The lady procur ed, a3 quietly as possible, a pair of her father’s pants, whieh were run into pretty jquickj^nd the Adonis decamped withjiis pants rolled up abofit six inches. The joke was too good to be kept; by little and little it leaked out, until the truth had *ttr exculpate the happy innocents —Meniphis Argus. An Opinion About Fighjino—We clip the following from Gen. I). IT. Hill’s new magazine, “The Land We Love:” A general officer riding alone two days after tlie retreat of Burnside, stopped to warm at a fire where a group of Cobb’s brigade, which had defended the stone wall, was lying down in all the listlessncss of the abandon after a fight. The officer had on a common soldier’s overcoat, and was welcomed as a cavalryman to the fire side. A country lad, a farmer boy at home, gave him a graphic description of the fierce assault and terrible repulse, in his own simple style, ending his narrative with his ingenious comments on fighting in general. I have hearn many men say they were spilen for a fight, but I never did spile for a fight. Stranger, I’ve boon in every fight with my regiment, but I never did like fighting. But when we was killing them Yankees so purty behind that are wall, and they wasn’t hurtin us, I was rale sor ry to see ’em run. And I tell you, Mr. Stuart’s man, that was the only time I ever did like fighting.” Mr. Stuart’s man thanked him for his narrative, mounted and rode on, reflecting upon certain furious n ar speeches he had heard from men whose warlike exploits in the field had not yet become the theme of poetry and of song. Hydrophobia.—A few days ago wo gave, on competent authority, a cure for the bite of a mad dog ; by cauterizing the wound with lunar caustic. Whilst we do not of course endorse the remedy, we con sider it our duty to lay all practical sug gestions before the public. Another reme dy is mentioned as being used with suc cess in England—removing the poison from the wound as soon as possible after it occurs, by local suction, or by cupping glasses and excision—and then improving the general health in order to predispose the system against any after iil effects. It is stated to be very unwise to place upon the body the same garments that were worn when the wound was inflicted, as the virus certainly adheres to the clothing, and either through the wound or elsewhere the body may absorb it. They tell a story in New London, Con necticut, which runs thus : “A green gro cer in Croton sent a clerk to New London, one morning last summer with a bag of green corn to dispose of. The young man was gone all day, and at night returned with his bag of green corn on his should er, and dumped it on the floor, with the re mark : ‘There’s your green corn ; go and sell it yourself—I can’t.’ ‘Why,’ said the grocer,‘haven’t you sold any ?’ ‘No,’ said he, ‘I’ve been all over New London with it, and nobody said anything about any green corn. Two or three fellows asked me what I’d got in my bag, and I told them it was none of their d-n business!” There is a post office in McDonough county, Indiana, through which only two letters passed each quarter,for the last two quarters. They consisted of the corres pondence between the Postmaster and the Department. The last letter to the De partment announced the Postmaster’s ad | herfmee to the President's policy. A Great Mail. George Lippard, in his work called “The * Nazarene,” thus speaks of General Jack son : “lie was a nun ! Well I remem ber the day I waited upon him. lie sat there in his arm chair—I can boo him now. We are told of the public distress —the manufacturers ruined—in eagles shrouded in crape, which were carried at the head of twenty thousand men into Independence Square. He heard us all. We begged him to leave tho deposits where they were, to uphold tho great bank, at Philadelphia. Still he did not say a word. At last one of our members, more fiery than the rest, intimated that if the bank was crushed, a rebellion might follow.— Then the old man rose—I can see him yet. “Come,” he shouted, in a voice of thun der as his clenched hand was raised high above his white hair, “Come with bayo nets in your hand, instead of your peti tions—surround the White Houso with your legions—I am ready for you ! With the people at my back, whom your gold can neither awe nor buy, I will swing you up around the Capitol—each one of you on a gibbet as high as Hainan’s.” “When I think,” says the author, of that old man standing there at Washington battling against ail the power of bank and panic -combined, betrayed by those in whom he trusted—assailed by all that tho snake of malace could hiss or the fiend of falsehood howl—when I think of that ono man placing his back against the rock, and folding his arms for the blow, whilo he uttered the vow, “I will not swerve one inch from the course I have taken,” I must confess that the records of Home—• nay, the proudest day of Cromwell or Xa poleon—cannot furnish an instance of a will like that of Andrew Jackson, when he placed life, and soul, and fame, on the hazard of a (lie for the people’s welfare.” Silent Voices. Jii all ages God has spoken to man 1!at sundry times and in divers manners;” at first directly, as he called to Adam, when in sin and shame he sought to conceal himself; subsequently through patriarchs and prophets, by visions, signs, and mani festations, ever declaring, “Unto you, O men.” Then in the person of Jesus he made a visible appearance, traversing the land, and proclaiming his gospel. And ever since by the lips of his servants, he has been sounding out the word of life. Accompanying these there have been silent voices no less distinct and effective. Nature through all her works, though without speech or language, declares the glory of God, and showeth his handiwork, showing clearly the Divine Being and his perfections. Providence, as it feeds and clothes us, orders the circumstances of our'lives, and often comes so near us in special dispensations, is eve? speaking in our ears. And conscience, surveying and interpreting all; and thp Holy Sjjlrit, * through conscience, convinces of sin, of righteousnessj and of judgment. Theso voices still, small, silent, are yet mighty in power and Authority. Now they are soft and gentle as the zephyr, anon they sweep over the soul as the tempest. But in all Cfod should be recognized equally in those silent voices as in more direct communications. Let the ear be open and the heart ready to receive these admo nitions from the gracious Father, lest through the deceitfulness of sin we be come hardened, and exclude ourselves for ever from the salvation provided.—Morn ing Star. A Deligluul legend. There is a charming tradition connect ed with the sight on which the temple of solomon was erected. It is said to havo been occupied in common by two broth ers, one of whom had a family; the other had none. On the spot was sown a field of wheat. On the evening succeeding the harvest, the wheat having been gathered in separate shocks, the elder brother said to his wife: “My younger brother is unable to bear the heat and burden of the day; I will arise, take of my shocks and place them with his without his knowledge.” The younger brother being actuated by the same benevolent motives, said to him self: “My elder brother has a family, I have none; I will contribute to their support; I will arise, take my shocks and place them with his, without hi3 knowledge.” Judge of their mutual astonishment when on the following morning they found their respective shocks undiminish cd. This course of events transpired for several nights, when oach resolved in his own mind to stand guard and solve 'the mystery. They did so; when, on the fol lowing night, they met each other half way between their respective shocks, with their arms full. Upon ground hallowed by such association as this, was the Tem ple of Solomon erected—so spacious and magnificent, the wonder and admiration ot the world! Alas! in these days, how many would sooner steal their brother’s whole shock, than add to it a single sheaf. That very innocent and much abused animal, the toad, is at length beginning to be appreciated. Itisnowbecominggener ally known that ho is one of the best pro tections the farmer and gardener can pos sibly have against the depredations of in sects. Theirtdaim to “life, liberty and the pursuit of”—bugs, are fast being recogni zed in England, and large numbers are an nually exported from France to supply the rapidly increasing demand. Once on Brit ish soil they are retailed at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents per dozen. A learned German lecturer thus illus trates the glory ot Science. “Do ting that is made is more superior that the maker, I show you how iu some tings. Suppose I mako do round wheel of do coach. Vcr’ well; dat wheel roll round five hundred miles, and I cannot roll one myself! Sup pose I am a cooper, what you call, and I made do big tub to hold wine. He hold tuns and gallons, and I cannot bold more than five bottles 1 So you see dat what is mado is more superior dau de maker.”