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V V i T T I YOL. 9. F o r t E d w a r d L e d g e r IS published ev e r t FRIDAY EVE , AT YOET EDWAKD, W ASH. CO., N. Y., BY C- !B. Cona-nt. FOKT EDWAKD, FRIDAY EYENIKG, MAT 1, 1863. NO. 3. TKRMS * -^1 50 PER TEAR , IN’ ADTANG B . ‘Office over Barton’s Jew elry Store, Main Street. R ates of A dyebtising : ‘One square, (12 lines.) 3 weeks, ........... Sl.OO Eacb subsequent insertiou,' ................ 0.25 *Oue fourth column, one-year,........................15 00 ‘One half column, one year, ...................... 25,00 ‘One column, one year......................................40 00 Legal notices published at the rates pre Ecrib^ by statute. All advertisements must , \oi the required number of insertions noted, *\’11 be inserted till ordered out and or iney .. charged accorou.,^ , Special Notices 15 cent, additional. IBusiness Cards S i per line. Marriages. Deaths and Obituary otices inserted free. ^ i All kinds of job workexicuted with xibC.^ I ness, promptness, and at prices which dt fy competition. Business Oirectorv. PiUTi.^'S! (Sijpttttmt. New Books! New Books! New Books. Tactics; or, Cupid in Shoulder Straps. Garret Yan Horn; or. The Beggar On Horse back. Poets Journal, by Bayard Taylor. Orpheus C. Kerr Papers—First and Second Series. Ears and Eyes, by Henry Ward Beecher. Artemus Ward—his Book. National Tax Law—Dime Edition. All the New and Standard Books as soon as published. Two cases of Letter Paper aud Env<. lopes cheap for eisL E. A . C R A Y , DEALER in Foreign and Domestic Y^’ines, Liquors, &c., near the Feeder Bridge. OBER & P IERSONS, H A R N E S S M A KERS and Carriage Trim mers, near the Grist Mill. W . GUILFORD, , BOOT A N D SHOE Manufacturer, opposi'e , Conant & Co.’s Blacksmith shop. ; CENTRAL SALOON, j AY 1N G S Exchange. C. R. B ackus , Pro-) prietor. I B. S. B U R N H A M , I DENTIST, corner of Mtehauie and Semi i nary street. | ilODG-MAN A- Co., DEALERS in G-nt'emrns’ CIoth’n<r a>.d Furnishing Goods, No. 1, Win d’s Exchange G. E A ^ S . BE N N E T ; GROCERY A N D PROVISION STORE Three doors north of Baptist Church. ; N . B. MILLIMAN, i A1”!’O RNEY ai.d Counsellor at Law, and , Western Land OiTice. W . J. WIHTKIIOUSE & CO, D E A L E R S ill J)iugs, Medicines, Paint.s.OiJs and Artists’ Mateiials, Kingf'ley’s Block, i EDYTARUS, tJUBBEI,& Co., .A GENERAL assortment ot M.erchandise, for sale cheap. GEO. 1’. CONANT <t CO., BLACKSMI TM and general repair sliop. Mill street. Gojd satisfaction guaranteed ■ in all cases. , D e f o r e s t & i r v i n g , ' M ANUFACTURERS and Dealers in Fur niture and Coffins of every dercription.— , 'I’wo doors north of Baptist Church. j TH AYER & HOLTON, M AN UFACTURERS and Dealers in Sash Doors and Blinds. Job Planing and Matching done to order. Near the Blast Furnace. ” J. J. ESTEE, M. k, P h y s ician and S n i ’g eon, Office at Clark’s Hotel, Sandy Hill. 1^ ^ Any message for Dr. Estec can be left at the Drug store of Y’’hitebouse & Co., and will receive prompt attention. FORT EDW ARD MOTT & SON against axd against T B E WORLD 1 \ FORT E D W A R D ! ■ HO keep constantly on hand a full and V T complete assortment of Canada Pine Lumber, dressed and undressed. Framing timber of any length and size required.— Doors, Sash, Blinds, Pine Pickets, Lime, Cement, &c. Saan^ ^ 5 * i»=3 & o s s 6= ^ t«=«^ Dont fail to call and examine the slock of Letter Paper and Envelopes which has just arrived. You can find all sizes and qualities (except a poor article), whicli I will jell as cheap as *■ any other man\— for cash. Some of the reatJons why 1 can sell cheap: lit. 1 buy of the manufacturers, thereby buy cheap. 2nd. 1 bu 3 ' for cash, and thus get the best prices and at cish discounts. I’id. I s«ll for cash, and therefore do not have to cLarge extra to cover lost debts. 'X: X X X o O c Q W W o O o O o o o O tr< bd bd W O o o o O o o o W W m X X X School Books at Publishers advertised FLOUR! FLOUR! prices, and in many ca.=es much cheaper. 1 take part’cular pains to keep a good article of Arnold's and Harrison's Writing Fluids ; also an extra article of J e t Black Ink, put up e.xpressly for me, every bottle of which 1 warrant as recommended, or the money re funded. t-' Iri td W bd W td td cl cl cl ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ M C O CC> C O O T r e Photoirraphic Alburn^, Autograph A bums, Bibles, Prayer Books, together with a select stcck of miscellaneous books, in all styles of binding, suitable for presents. J. AI. M ott & Sox also keep a large and well selected stock of F louk , which they offer at wholesale and retail, at prices defy- )ing compeU-tion. Merchants, and all Flour Dealers, in this and surronnding towns, are Tparticnlarly invited to call and examine our assortment of F lour , before sending orders -to Troy or Albany, as we pledge ourselves to -supply all parties on as favorable terms (at least) as can be obtained a t either of those .cities, or elsewhere. M arch 28,1862. m r28:tf ■pE A O E DECLARED! THE UN IO N XT preserved 1 Having become convinced -that the OASir system of “ Quick Sales and . Small Prollts,” is better than the old way, of “ large Profits and Long Credits,” ha' e -come to the condqsioa to sell for C ash or XtsADY P ay O.'LY, and take this method to inform my old patrons, and the public gen- ..ei^lly, that I am thankful for past favors, and solicit a continuance of their patronage on ■the Ready Pay System. I have jnst received a large and well se lected Stock of L umber , D oors , S ash ,B unds , LIME, i H air . C ement . P aints , O il , G lass , T arnish , P itch and O akum . X h ave also added to my former supply, a li/rgB aracfftment of P ainters ’ and A rtists ’ M aterials , all o f which will be sold at panic pijces^ AR kiodg of Farm Produce takea at Cashf Prices in exehatige for goods^ Call and see before pnrchafcing elsewhere* .JlQff JUmember the place, near Feeder Bridge. J o r t Edward, K. T . Sheet Music On hand or obtained to order. In quantities to suit purchasers. Nearly every kind of Magazine published in the United States furaished at club rates. L.4.WS OF N ew Y ork —By Authority. [Every law, unless a different time shall be prescribed therein, shall commence and take effect throughout the State on and not before the twentieth day after the day of its final passage, aa certified by the Secretary of State. S ic. 12, title 4, chap. 7, part 1, Revised Stat utes.] C hapter 31. An Act making appropriations for the Canal Debt and the maintenance of the Canals for the fiscal year, commencing on the first day of October, one thousand eight hun dred and sixty-three. Passed March 14,1863 ; three fifths being present. T/ie People of the stale o f New Yorlc, rep resented in Senate and Asse^nhly, do enact as follows: S ection 1. The following sums are hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the State canals, for the fisc il year commencing on the first day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, for the expense of the collection of tolls, superintendence and ordinary repairs of the public works, salaries of canal com missioners, state engineer and surveyor, aud itor of the canal department, clerk hire and * incid -Dtal expenses', and of the canal apprais ers, the sum of eight hundred thousand dol lars, or 50 much thereof as may be necessary; but no more of the above appropriation than seventy thousand dollars shall be paid and applied on and for the salaries of collectors of canal tolls and their clerks, and on and for the salaries of the weigh-inasters and their assistants, including the incidental expenses of such collector-s and weigh masters. And no more of the abcive appropiatiop than six teen thousand dollars shall be paid and ap- pl ed on and for the salaries and compensa tion of the engineers authorized to be em ployed on the repairs of the canals, by the third and fourth sections of the act, chapter j one hundred and sixty nine of the laws of one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-two, inclU'lfng the incidental expenses of such en gineers, and no p i r t of this sum shall be ex pended and api lied for the payment of clerk hire in the ofilces of said engineers. To pay tho interest and reimburse the principal of the canal debt, as it existed on the first day of June, eighteen hundred and torty-six, ihe sum of one million seven hun- ! dred Iboucand dollars. F. r payment toward the sinking fund for j the extinguishment uf the general fund debt, I tho sum of three I undred and fifty thousand ! dollars. Fv.r the payment of enterest on loans made under the c mstitution for ciilargt men*; and e.Oa pltlion of the canals, the sum of seven hnmired and ten thouf and dollars, or so much thereof as may be n cessary. To cor.stit'ite a sirik’ng ‘‘und fjr the exUn- guiahmint of the principal of tlie loans made iindu- section three of article seven of the corstilutioD, the sum of four hundred and six thousand two hundred and forty-three dollars; but no investment in such fund shall be made except from the surplus revenues of the c.i- nals, received during the year, after paying the interest on the debt contracted under section three of article seven of the constitu tion. For the geceral fund to defiay the neces- essary exp-nses of the government, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. I 2. Tho following sums are hereby appro- p iated out of the proceeds of the tax to be levied and coileettd under the provisions of the act, chapter two hundred and seventy- one of the laws of eighteen hundred and fif ty-nine, to pay the interest and redeem the principal of the loan of two million five hun dred thousand dollars to provide for the paj’- ment of the floating debt of the state. To pay the interest on said loan for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of October next, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. To provide for the sinking fund to pay the principal of said load, one hundred and thir ty eight thousand eight hundred and eighty- eight dollars, being for one year’s contribu tion to said fund, as provided for by the act aforesaid. I 3. N o greater sum than at the rate of sixteen thousand dollars a year, shall bo paid and applied for and on account of the salaries and compensation of the engineers appointed and employed on the repairs of the canals, under the third and fourth sections of the act, chapter one hundred and sixty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-two, dur ing the fiscal y’ear ending on the thirtieth day of September next. § 3. This act shall take effect i.mmediately. State of New Y'ork—Office of the Secre tary of sta' e.—T have compared the preced ing with the original law on file in this office and t’o certify that the same is a correct tran script therefrom and of the whole of said original. HORATIO BALLARD, Sccreiarp o f State. N. B —I do not pretend to sell without a profit, but wish roy customers to call and see if it is not for their interest to deal' with me. F. H. HAKHlS. 8:42 Faid Ed.ward, N. Y. T he following certificate of a marriage was found among an old lady's writings : “ This is to satisfy whom it may concern, that Arthur Waters and Amy Yursley wert> lawfully married, by me, John Higginson, on the first day of Augut, anno 1703. “ I, Arthur, on Monday, Take thee, Amy, till Tuesday, To have and to hold till Wednesday, For better for worse till Thursday ” 1 11 kiss thee on Friday; If we don't agree on Saturday, We'll part again on Sunday.” © i l g in i r t gojetvu . For the Ledge)'. Lines on the Death of Jennie Dean, ------- ^ ------- An angel came to bless onr home, In childhood’s lovely form ; An angel sent to cheer our hearts 'Mid earthly cloud and storm. How oft her gentle, winning ways Our saddened hearts beguiled ; How oft we turned from earthly cares To bless o u r angel child. O, she was p ire as early dew. A s sparkling and as bright, A s these fair, liquid diamonds, bathed In morning’s golden light. Love sat enthroned within her heart, Its light around her shone; She breathed it forth in every thought, In action, word and tone. It seemed of her as ma.-h a part. As fragrance of a flower ; And all who knew our Jennie, felt Its soul-subduing power. But she is gone-her little form L'es mold ring in the dnst, And tears of grief fall thick and fast, While hearts are well nigh crushed, As when the sunlight leaves the sky, And earth is wrapped in gloom. So darkness shrouds onr lonely hearts YTth Jennie in the tomb. But angel Jennie is not there. She plumed her wings for flight. And freed from clayey fetters, found Her home in God’s own light. Our darling cannot come to us, God grant our early prayer, That we may meet our angel child Where parting.? never are. F emale D ronka 'RD s .—A writer in Fraser’s Magazine says — “ W e have heard one who had had large experience in the temperance cause declare that he never yet had known a reformed female drunkard', though he could point to Dwltitades of mon whp had been rea- Caed.” P a i-ted . ------- «> ------- BY emji . v m . cass . . ------ --------- I remember the day 4Vhon you sailed down the bay, Bound for a far off, tropical laud ; IIow you rattled away in so merry a way. That I laughed through my tears. In Fpi*.'5 of my fears. As we stood on ihe wave-washed, white sea- Looking bmk through the y. ars, I rem* mber my tears— r r.-member you tried to be gay— But the mist in vour eye as you bade me goo 1-by, And j'our tremulous hand When you turned from the strand, Said more than the saddest words could say. W e parted for aye. lYheu we parted that day, Down on the wave washt-d, white sea-strand. The good ship, they say, that bore you away. Struck a treacherous rock— Reeled under the shock— Went down, within sight of the tropical land ! R ice O akes — A correspondent of “ Field Notes” gives the following :—“ “W hile visit ing the W est India Islands, I became very fond of rice cooked after this fashion : They boil the rice in the usual manner and let it cool, then add a little water or milk to it, making it about the consistency of common buckwheat cakes. Add to this a little salt and a handful of flour, and bake on a griddle as you would batter cakes and buckwheat.— An egg will help some by making them bake quicker. Try it, housekeepers—I thick you will find it an excellent dish. Any dyspeplic can eat them.” A N ew T ooth P owder .— Roasted rye is recommended as tooth powder, from the fact that, in all those countries where bread made of rye is the food of the generality of the in habitants, the latter are remarkable for the whiteness, strength and durability of their teeth. Savoy and Landes are instances of this truth. Schrader has found 500 grammes of ashes of rye to contain 7 grammes of car bonate of lime, 9 8 d'ltto of magnesia, 7.2 of oxide of iron and manganese, and 1.9 of sili ca, all of which substances have a favorable effect on ihe teeth. Rye, finely pulverized and used daily as a tooth powder, is said to* stop caries, and promptly cure the small ab scesses which are often formed on the gums. To C lean tin C overs .—Get the finest whiting; mix a little of it powdered with the least drop of sweet oil, rub the covers well with it, and wipe them clean; then dnst over them some dry whiting in a muslin bag, and rub bright with dry leather. This last is to prevent rust, which the cook niust guard against by wiping them dry, and putting them by th 5 fire when they come from the parlor; for it but once hung up damp, the inside will rust. To C lean B ritannia M etal .—Rub the article With a piece of fl'Ynnel'moistened with sweet o i l ; then apply a little pounded rotten stone or polishing paste with the finger till the polish is produced; then wash the arficb with soap and hot water, and when dry, rub with aeft wash-leather, and a IHtl.e fi^ne wbifc- THE CHALLENGE. ------- ♦— ----- logo. 0 , beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is tbe green eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on. — Othello, Act III. Scene 3. Monsieur de L ------ was an agreeable, sprightly old gentleman c f the ancient regime, but he had one very great failing—^he was in- tolerably’jealous. This, however, will not excite the wonder o f our readers, when they h ar that Madame de L ------ was a very agree able, sprightly dame, full twenty years young er than her husband. Many a wicked young Parisian took de light in teasing the old gentleman, and fann ing the flame which the considerate and hu mane always endeavored to stifle. “ Ah ! my dear Monsieur de L ------ , what a happy man are you ! How is your amiable and lovely spouse ?'’ were the constant ex clamations and questions with which he wag saluted, whenever he encountered any young friend in the streets. Monsieur de L ------ always, in his heart, wished the querists to the devil, but polite ness obliged him to receive them graciously —in truth he made himself very miserable, and more than once thought of closed win dows and doors, and a pan of lighted charcoal, after the favorite method of his countrymen, when bent on suicide. Bat some how or oth er, he altered his determination from day to day, and lived on. He always found an ex cuse for delaying the ceremony. A new vau deville was announced—they were preparing a grand opera with music, that he could not die without hearing—or some great savage fro.71 Zealand or Timbuctoo had just arrived, to astonish the Parisians with his outlandish parformances; so the charcoal fumes were not put in requisition, and Monsieur de L ------ continued to exist. When we say that our old monsieur was jealous, it will scarcely be necessary to add that he kept a sharp eye upon madame, who, as it may be supposed, was x'ery much ann^'yed at I t ; but she found relief in the conscious ness that his suspicions were groundless — She might, perhaps, have sometimes inno cently thought that, as she was yet young, she might outlive her ancient partner, and have llie good forlunp- to meet witli a some what younger husband—but then this was all ill perspective—merely in perspective; she was a French woman—wit’y, lively, gay, but not corrupt. But to proceed with our story. Monsieur de L ------ was one evening re turning from a visit to a friend in a distant quarter of the city, and had arrived in sight of bis residence, when he saw, with some surprise, a man under the windows of his drawing room, to which he ever and anon di rected his attention with an anxious look.— Rage took possession of the old Frenchman. His first thought was to rush upon the fel low and annihilate him upon the spot, but then ho had no weapon. A moment’s reflection, however, convinced Mm that it would be better to wait, and have farther proof of his wife’s supposed infideli ty. Concealing himself in a gateway, he saw, while his frame quivered with rage and indignation, the object of dis suspicions clamber up with the agility of a monkey, and enter an open window. Monsieur de L ------ waited no longer; he rushed into the house and encountered the intruder in the drawing-room. The enraged husband, forgetting his na tural politeness, instantly commenced a tor rent of abuse, which the intruder received with great coolness. Of course this only in creased the rage of the abusing party. It was a marvel that Monsieur de [L-^— did not go out of his wits at that moment. His almost unintelligible splutterings at length subsided, and addressidg the 'Violator of his honor in a calm, determined tone, he said— Monsieur, you have wounded a French man where he is most vulnerable; you have invaded my dwelling to dislionor me.”— (Here his voice laltered, and his lips quiver ed ; but recovering himself, he continued)— “ The Bois de Bologne at five to-morrow morning i Pistols! you understand me, he ?’ “ Perfectly well, monsieur,” replied the stranger. “ A t five precisely 1 will meet you; you will brieg a friend with you?” “ N o I replied Monsieur de L ------ , sternly, “ I will possess no one with the hateful story. W e will meet alone, if you please. “ Agreed,’ said the stranger, bowing— “ Good evening, m o n s ieurand with all pos sible sang f i v i d he proceeded down stairs, leaving the poor old I ’renchraan a prey to tho most torturing emotions. The professed novelist would here sprinkle the page with a triple row o f stars> while the writers of newspaper paragraphs would in form ns, that the scene which took place be tween monsieur and madame, after the de parture of the gallant, may be “ better imag ined than-described!'’ I t will be suffi'eientto inform our readers that'at the appointed hoar Monsieur de Ir — ^ arrived at the Bois de Bolf^ne with pistol in hand, and dire re venge in bis heart. He had been pacing up and down about ten minutes, when he beheld two persons opproaching. “ The villains!” exclaimed the old French man, “ they have come to assassinate me and he resolved to fire upon the pair as they advanced, when one of them called on him to “ surrender in the name of the law!” Monsieur de L ------ stared with surprise, for he now perceived that neither of the men wag the fellow who had appointed to m e^ him. That surprise was greatly increase when the police (for such they were) inform ed hiin that he was arrested on suspicion of a design to commit highway robbery. Our old Frenchman was overwhelmed With rage, grief and mortification, from which he had not recovered when he stood before the perfect at the Bureau de Police. Luckily for monsieur, the perfect was an acquaintance of his, and a shrewd, clever man, who saw through the affair in a moment. '* Monsieur de L ------ said he, “ you ap pear to have fallen into a sad error. I strong ly suspect that the man whom yon thought your rival was a thief, and that he has given information to the police in revenge for your having thwarted his designs upon your pro perty.” Scarcely had he spoken when Madame de L— entered the office in breathless haste, and confirmed the perfect’s suspicions. She had risen immediately on the departure of her jeal ous spouse, and then discovered what she had overlooked in the turmoU of the preceding evening, that the stranger had possessed him self of several valuable portable articles, as he passed through .a room on his way down stairs. Poor Alonsieur de L ------ was stung with self reproach ; he saw that he had been the dupe of groundless jealousy, and embracing his wife, asked her torgivness, declaring that he would never again d ubt the purity of her honor. ------------- ■«a-* » ■ ------------ Tlie Attorney a Blackguard. Touching a felicioug endings, a Western correspondent supplies a legal incident that will be appreciated, we know ;— Several weeks ago, when one of our pres ent justices of the Superior Court was dis trict attorney of a neighboring county, ra|^- er a laughable incident occurred, as related by himself. Court week he used to occupy a bedroom at Lewis’ Hotel, the principal ho tel at the county seat. H e bad his books and papers in this room—here he drew his indictments—and in important cases he used to direct the sheriff to bring the peoples’ witnesses for preliminary examination. It happened at one session that he had an important murder case coming on. The cel ebrated General (now .Judge) Nye was coun sel for the defendant. He examined the witness as usual, and took careful minutes of what they would say on the stand. He found that a lady was the most important witness for the people, and he also discovered that she was rather excitable and high -strung and a fast talker. Apprehensive of trouble, he thought he’d caution her a little. So h i told her when she came on the stand not to talk, “ P ay attention,” says the district attorney, “ to my questions, and answer them, but don’t talk, and when Nye comes to examine you, you must be very careful aud not get excited, fbr- he’s a great blackguard and will try to get you mad. Just pay attention to bis ques-- tions, and answer them—no matter how often' repeat, or how apparently silly—^but don’t al low him to get you off your balance.” 'The district attorney and witness parted- for the night. The next day the case catue on. The district attorney called his witness- and she went through with her evidence, on the ])art of the people, to his perfect admi ration, and he handed her over to Nyo. lie went a‘ong awhile very smoothly.;^— Pretty soon he began to crowd her, and she- began to “ flare crowded her the more and she resented the more, and very soon they had a regular breeze. Finally, losing all self control, she broke out on him as follows: 1 won’t answer any more of your con temptible qne tions; you’re a nasty, dirty' blackguard, and Ihe district a ttorney toldm e - 80.” After the laugh partially subsided, Nye- said : “ W hat! the district attorney told yoo so When and where did he tell yon so ?’’ “ He told me so last night up in his bed room.” ■Phe scene which followed this answer may be readily imagined. In the midst of the shout, Nye to'd the witness she might “ pass.”' ----------- .—1 ■ > ■ ^ ----------- S leep .—There is no better description giv en of the approach of sleep, than th a t wbich- we find in one of Leigh Hunt’s papers in the Indicator:—“ It is a delicious moment cer tainly, that of being well nestled in bed, and! feeling that you shall drop gently to sleep — The good is to come-^not past; the limbs* have been just tired enough to render (he re maining in one posture delightful r the labor of the day is done. A gentle failure of (lie perceptions comes creepingpver one; the- spirit of consciousness disen^ges itself rabW and more with slow and linshing degrees g ' like a- mother detaching her hand from Ihqt of her sleeping cnild; the mind aeemo to*^' have a balmy lid closing over i t Hie the eVe; ’tis cloaing—-’ti3 closihg-^’tis closed. ‘ mysterions spirit'hlf- gone' to tslre Its l i ^ ronndsJ’ • \ •* /
