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# % i r ^ | j | # /I 4^ p 4 ^ K VOL. 9. F o b t E d w a e d L e d g e r • IS PU B L ISH E D EVERY FR ID A Y MORNING, AT POET EDWAED, WASHIEGTOE Co., N. T. BT IRANCIS H. HARRIS & EDWIN P. RAY, Editors and Proprietors. FOKT EDWAED, FRIDAY MORNING, AUG. 28, 1863. NO. 19. terms ': '$1.25 PE E YEAE, pm : ADVAEDE. X)2o« one Door Uortli of Hanis’ ITews Boom, np Stairs, KATES OF ADVERTISING : One square, (12 lines,) 3 weeks, ............ $1.00 Each subsequent insertion, ................... 0.25 One-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 scribed by statute. All advertisements must have the required number of insertions noted, or they will be inserted till ordered out and charged accordingly. Special Notices 15 per cent, additional. Business Cards $1 per line. Marriages, Deaths and Obituary Notices inserted /j-ee. A ll kinds of job work executed with neat ness, promptness, and at prices which defy competition. All Communications connected with the OfiSce must be addressed to H ARRIS & RAY, F ort E dward , N. T . JOSEPH A. OBER, H A R N E S S M A KER and Carriage Trim mer. near the Grist Mill. \\ W . GUILFORD, BOOT A N D SHOE Manufacturer, opposite Oonant & Co.’s Blacksmith shop. CENTRAL SALOON, ■WING'S Exchange. C. R. B ackus , Pro- prietor. _______________________________ * B. S. BURNHAM , DENTIST, corner of Mechanic and Semi nary street. '' HODGMAX & Co., DEALERS in Gentlemens’ Clothing and Furnishing Goods, No. 1, Wing’s Exchange ' C. E. & S. S. BENNETT, GROCERY A N D PROVISION STORE, Three doors north of Baptist Church. \ W . J. W HITEHOUES .& CO, DEALERS in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils and Artists’ Materials, Kingsley’s Block. EDW ARDS, HUBBEL cMlo^ A GENERAL assortment of Merchandise, for sale cheap. _______________________ E. A . CRAY, DEALER in Foreign and Domestic Wines, Liquors, Ac., near the Feeder Bridge. GEO. P . CONANT & CO., BLACKSMITH and general repair shop, Mill street. Good satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. ' D e f o r e s t & i r y i n g , ZtlANUFACTURERS and Dealers in Fur niture and ColBns of every description.— Two doors north of Baptist Church. ' TH AY E R & HOLTON, M ANUFACTURERS and Dealers in Sash Doors and Blinds. Job Planing and Matching done to order. Near the Blast Furnace. Edgar EEiiU, ITTORNEY & COMSSLLOE AT UW, FORT EDW ARD, N . Y. Prompt attention given to Mortgage Fore- •closures, Collecting, Conveyancing and Pen sion Claims. W AIT & REYNOLDS, iTTOENEYS & CODBSEllOES AT lAW F ort E dward , N . Y. N. B. Milliman, F ort E dward , N . Y . J. J. FLINT, M. D., JPHyslcian and Surgeon, Fort Edward, N . Y. I J. ESTEE, M. D„ iPHysician and Surgeon, .Office at-Clark’s Hotel, Sandy Hill. J i ^ Any message for Dr. Bstee can be Seft at the Drug store of Whitehouse & Co., ^aad will receive prompt attention. Mrs. H. W. CAE.TEE, IHear Qomer Seminary and Mechanic Streets. ’\j\7 U B K of all kinds done to order at the' T T lowest possible price, and warranted to fit. Stitching on one of Singers' colebruted Macibinee, by the^ard or hour. .9:6i26 A TOUGHING INOIDENT. The following touching lines, contributed to the Philadelphia Bulletin from some un known pen, were suggested by an affecting scene in one of the army hospitals. A brave lad of sixteen years, belonging to a New England regiment, mortally wounded at Fredericksburg, and sent to the Patent Office Hospital in Washington, was anxionsly look ing for the coming of his mother! A s his last hour approached, and sight grew dim, he mistook a sympathetic lady who was wiping the clammy perspiration from his forehead, for the expected one, and, with a smile of joy lighting up his pale face, whispered ten derly, “ Is that mother ?” “ Then,” says ifche writer, “ drawing her toward him with all his feeble strength, he nestled his head in her arms like a sleeping infant, and thus died, with the sweet word ‘ mother’ on his quivering lips.” “IS THAT MOTHEB?” Is that mother bending o’er me. As she sang my cradle hymn— Kneeling there in tears before me. Say ?—my sight is growing dim. Comes she from the old home lowly, Out among the Northern hills. To her pet boy dying slowly Of war’s battle wounds and ills ? Alother! oh we bravely battled— Battled till the day was done ; While the leaden hail-storm rattled— Man to man and gun to gun. But we failed—and I am dying— Dying in my boyhood's years— There—no weeping—self-denying. Noble deaths demand no tears! Fold your arms again around me ; Press again my aching head ; Sing the lullaby you sang me— Kiss me, mother, ere I ’m dead. F'rom Pelersun's tMit'jiizine. THE OLDEN TIME. B Y C I . A R E N 0 E M A Y . Oh! give me back the olden time, AVhen life was new and dear : \When rose-buds veiled the future path, And Heaven seemed so near. Before the heart’s bright, trusting faith, Was robbed by worldly loro. And yielded up the garnered joy, It trusted in before. Oh ! give me back the olden time, ■When Nature seemed more bright.— When each remaiiiin<r Spring would bring A dreamy, solt delight. “When ’neaih the ’■/•whispering elm’s shade, W e spoke love's tender vow ; And all the charms of poetry Seemed tar more sweet than now. Oh ! give me back the olden time. Before a cruel war Had sprang up. like some horrid fiend, This favored land to mar! Y^hen life passed like a Summer dream, In mild and pleasant ways, And Peace shed o’er our happy homes Her soft and cheerful rays. Ab n o ! ’tis vain—the iron hand Of duty points the w a y ; W e scarce can pause to scan the past, But hope on, day by day— Still looking for that better time When we shall all be free; Oh, God ! teach us to live aright And put our trust in Thee ! ALMOST MARRIED. BY MRS. OBTVIA KING. There she sat, gently tapping, upon the carpet with her tiny slippered foot, the soft folds of the richly em broidered dress falling in careless negligence about the small, perfect form, the deep blue eyes gazing seemingly into the far, mysterious future, while a smile, like unto a May sunbeam stole softly over the ripe lips. It was Millie Ashley— little, bright-eyed, beautiful Millie- the belle of the village, the pet and idol of her acquaintances, and the only daughter of the wealthy and distinguished lawyer, Janies Ashley, whose superiority was acknowledged and whose word was law. “So I find you in your usual happy mood this morning—always a smile on your lip, surprise you often as I may.” And the cherry tones of Ida Bron son echoed, hird-like, through the room, while flitting to the side of her friend she imprinted upon the rosy cheek the sweet, confiding kiss of girlish friendship. Then throw ing herself into the large, easy chair beside her, she commenced chatting freely upon the events of the day. And oh, Millie j” she exclaimed, “ do you know Will Curtis has en listed, and never so much as asked leave or license of any of us 1 It’s too bad. I hope nothing will happen to him, such a tall, handsome fellow as he is; just a good mark for those rehel sharpshooters,. Had I known it in time, I should have entered my most solemn protest against any such proceeding. ’But not a word did he ■s{^ to ajjy one. The fever came oni him, and off he went and entered Ms name among the list of volunteers. He was’nt very ambitious, though ; never tried for any position, and when Mr. Bascom and a number of other celebrities of the town offered to in tercede for him, he said n o , he had no desire for promotion until he had earned it, that his only ambition was to shoulder a musket and fight with > the boys in the defence of the glori ous Stars and Stripes. They all called him a noble fellow, though, and Mr. Bascom said if there were a few more Generals with the same spirit, Secession would soon be cry ing peccavi. But for my part, Millie I can’t look at things in that light. I would sooner a thousand times see him with a pair of glistening shoul der-straps and a handsome uniform, stepping around giving orders, with all the importance of a Brigadier Geneial, than worming his way along among those common soldiers. He is a fellow that would be looked up too, a good deal as an officer, hut of course no one notices a private.— But private or what not, I hope he won’t get a rebel ball through his good honest heart. But for mercy sake, Millie, what is the matter.?- You are as pale as death!” “ Nothing. Its nothing at all, Ida, only this war is such a horrid affair. I wish it was well over.— People are getting so used to accounts of carnage and bloodshed, that they can talk of the death of a soldier, as you were just now, as unconditionally as they would speak of cutting down a tree or a shrub. It is horrible!” “ And little Millie is more sensi tive on that subject just now, than ever before. How is that M illie— You ought to confide. They say all around town that Captain Jack Hun ter i.s goin g to take to h im s e lf a so- lacer in the shape of a little wife, before the regiment leaves. Have you heard anything about it!” “ The go.ssippers don’t trouble me with their stories, much.” “ But that is not a fair answer, Millie. Oh! it is so! There is a tell tale blush on your cheek now ; and beside, when I came in here, I saw him in earnest conversation with your father, and I heard Capt. Hunter say, ^ Then I have your con sent?’ And the reply was, ' I shall never interfere in anything that promises happiness to Millie. In all matters of affection, a woman should decide for herself.’ So you see I am posted, and I didn’t listen intentionally, either-—but men will talk so loud. But don’t you go to caring anything about it, for I shall he mum. Your happiness is mine, and I congratulate you; for I be lieve Captain Jack is a princely good fellow. Now you are displeased, I know, from that half pout ou your pretty lip ; so I shall just run away until you get over it. Needn’t say one word, for I am going, sure; but when you want those orange blossoms arranged, let me know, and I will be on hand.” And Irissing away the remonstrance that Millie was about framing with words, Ida Bronson hurried off for a social chat some where else. “ Hold on, Curtis, not quite so fast. One would think from appear ance, that you had a week’s work to execute in five minutes. Come with me to the \hospital; one of our hoys, they tell me, is going to die.” And Sergeant Cutter laid his hand upon the shoulder of the young pri vate, Will Curtis. “ Yes, poor Burt, he is very low,” was the reply while an expression of sympathy saddened the dark eyes.— “ I am very sorry, I was in to see him last evening and they told me then, it was a doubtful case. But you must excuse me now, I am after Captain Hunter. The Colonel left these papers with me to he delivered immediately, and here I’ve been searching for the last half hour and nothing can I find of my gentleman.” “ And a sorry time any of us would have endeavoring to eatch him ; I ’ll wager my head, he hasn’t been here two hours out of three weeks—^but then a man in love can be excused, and the gallant Captain is, I suppose, afflicted that way,— Rumor has it that he is about taking to himself a wife.” “ Not a bad idea—he will then have somebody to weep for him if anything serious occurs, and that you know would be a consolation. “ Yes, and I wouldn’t object to a few tears from eyes as bright as those he is about to claim. I was intro duced to the bride elect tbe other day and hang me ! if she isn’t one of the prettiest little charmers I ever saw. If the Captain hadn’t got quite so far along, and if I had that com mission that I expect to get in the course of thirty-six months, I ’d try hard to cut him out; but a man without a commission, hasn’t any li cense to fall in love, and most cer tainly not with a beauty and heiress like Miss Ashley. “ Miss Ashley ! W hat Millie Ash ley, is it she you have been talking about, coupling her name with Capt. Hunter’s .?” “ Yes, that’s the name of the Captain’s girl, do you know her ?” “ Yes—that is, I ’ve seen her once or twice.” “ You don’t look as though you any more than half believe it, Curtis, but its so for be told me himself, and a man don’t usually blew much about a thing of that sort, until he is sure— women, you know, are so mighty un certain.” “ I f he told you so, you have pretty good grounds for believing it, that’s certain; when anything as serious as matrimony is about to overtake a man he ought to know as much about it as any one.” “ That’s so 1 And there is the old saying verified, for there is the very man we’re talking about.” And Will Curtis raised his head tu See approaching the pompous little Captain, and stepping forward '^\'ith the salute due to superior officers, he presented the papers, which the Cap tain took and after glancing them over turned, and in the tone of a person about asking a favor said— “ Come over to my tent, Curtis, I want to S>eak 2 to you !” “ The factis, Curtis,” he continued after they were fairly seated, “ I am most confoundedly busy now-’days, and this is an order from the Colonel to go out to D— — to transact some business day after to-morrow, the very day I had pitched upon to be married, and I want to see if it can’t he arranged so that you can go in my stead. I t is a matter of no great importance, and from some of the Colonel's remarks, I have got the idea that he has great confidence in you, and if you will do me the favor, I shall appreciate it. 1 think we can fix it with the Colonel. I don’t want to go, it takes time, and that’s what I haven’t got to spare. You have heard, I presume, that I intend making that little queen of beauty, Millie Ashley, mine, before we leave here.?” “ Well, yes, I believe there is such a rumor afloat around the camp. I did not credit it, however.” “ ioidnt credit it ! Why pray ? I am accepted. I have been talking with Mr. Ashley this morning— he is sound on the goose, and of course Millie wont object— women dont often turn their backs on a good-look ing fellow, and Captain Hunter stroked his glossy beard and run his fingers through his hair with an air of unfeigned puppyism. But, he continued, “ do tell me why it is, Curtis, that a little fellow, like my self, for instance, always succeeds so much better with the ladies than tall men—have you ever observed it ? “ Cant say that I ever have. “ Well, its so. But about this matrimonial arrangement, its secret you understand, so ‘ tell it not in Gath. You can count on my keeping quiet. And about that business matter, you agree if the Colonel does ! Of course, if I receive orders I ex ecute them every time—that is my business here. Somehow there was a pleased, yet a kind of wicked look in Wills rogueish eyes, as he parted from his Captain, and his lip was curled into an expression of scorn, but whatever his thoughts were, he very wisely kept them to himself, as he busied himself about the duties of his posi tion. I have heard some rare news to day, my little Millie. It was the evening succeeding the interview with Captain Hunter, and now Will Curtis was standing in the parlor of the Ashley Cottage, his arm thrown lightly over the shoulder of the little beauty beside him. If report speaks true, Captain Hunter is about to rob me of my little pet—he told me to day that he had pitched upon day after to-morrow for the ceremony. And if I am not mistaken, he has made another pitch since then, was the merry answer, while the blue eyes sparkled with glee. He was around talking to papa this morning, and, I suppose to see the sport go on, papa told him he had no objections ; so this afternoon he came up and took the fort by storm. I had no idea of his business until he told me that after a serious reflection lie had decided to do me the honor of making me his wife ; and when I refused the honor on a plea of a pre-engage ment. he actually staggered back ward with surprise, declaring that a woman never could see what was for her own interest, though what seemed to trouble him the most was what people would say. “If he had kept a little stiller he would have done as well; he can probably see that now. He has told it all over as a settled thing, and the boys will have a glorious time when they hoar of the good little captain’s mistake. If he don’t lay his plans better, and be a little more wary, he will never do to command the Army of the Potomac. But it was funny, wasn’t it, darling, that he should have chosen the very day that we had deckled upon ? He will he still more surprised when he finds who has cap tured his prize.” And Will Curtis pressed a fond kiss upon the pretty face upturned to his. ------- ^ ------- “ Well, I swear! this is a little more than I bargained for. I never would have thought it, Cutter, would you And Captain Hunter threw down the morning paper with an expression of ineftable disgust. “Why, what was it?” was the inquiry of the young sergeant. “Why, that young scape-gallows of Will-Curtis was married last night to Millie Ashley. ” “What! not your affianced.5^” “The girl I could have had ; but you see, Cutter, I discovered an incompatibility of temj)er’ just in time to back out before committing myself. Seems the girl was bound to have some of us, however, or she wouldn’t have taken up with a private. ----------- I > I ^ ----------- We like fine writing when it is properly applied; so we appreciate the following burst of eloquence in one of our exchanges: “As the ostrich uses both legs and wings when the Arabian courser bounds in her rear- as the winged lightning leap from the heavens when the thunderbolts are loosed—so does a little negro run when a big dog is after him.” Will. Barliei’, tlie Young Patriot ! ----- 4 ----- BY ABTEMUS 'WAED. I. “ No, William Barker, you cannot have my daughter’s hand in marriage until you are her equal in wealth and social position. The speaker was a haughty old man of some sixty years, and the person whom he addressed, a fine- looking young man of twenty-five. W ith a sad aspect the young man withdrew from the stately mansion. II. ^ Six months later che young man stood in the presence of the haughty old man. “ What! you here again?” cried the haughty old man. “ Ay, ol I man,” proudly exclaimed William Barker, “ I am here, your daughter’s equal and yoursl” The old man’s lips curled with scorn. A derisive smile lit up his cold feautures; when casting violently on the marble center tableau enormiis pile of greenbacks, William Barker cried: “ See! Look on this wealth. And I’ve ten-fold more! Listen old man I You spurned me from your door.— But I did not despair. I secured a contract for furnishing the Army of the Potomac with beef—” “ Yes, yes!” eagerly exclaimed the old man. “ And I bought up all the disabled cavalry horses I could find—” “ I see! I see!” cried the old man, “ and good beef they make too.” “ They do! they do! and the profits are immense.” “ I should say so!” “ And now, sir, I claim your daughter’s fair hand!” “ Boy, she is yours. But hold!— Look me in the eye. Through all of this have you been loyal?” “ To the core!” cried William Barker. “ And,” continued the old man, in a voice husky '^fith emotion, “ are you in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war?” “ I am, I am!” “ Then, boy, take her ! Maria, child, come hither. Your William claims thee. Be happy, my chil dren! and whatever our lot in life may be, let us all support the Gov ernment!” The Reporter of the Jonrnal the other day got grandiloquent, and got up a shocking event in the following style: Y esterday morning about four oclock P. M., a man with a heel in the hole of his stocking, com mitted arsenic by swallowing a dose of suicide. The verdict of the in quest returned a jury that the de ceased came to the facts in accord ance with his death. He leaves a child and six small wives to lament his untimely loss. Mr. Popp, of Poppville, in Popp county, fancying himself to be very popular with his lady-love, popped toe question to her under the poplar tree, when she referred him to her poppy, who, when asked for his con sent, laboring under the influence of ginger pop, popped him out of the door, to the tune of Pop goes the weazel- A gentleman presented a lace col lar to the object of his adoration, and, in a jocular way, said, Do not let any one else rumple it. No, dear, said the lady, I will take it off. A n I nteresting L ove S cene .— The New Yorker furnishes us a love scene, overheard and phonographi- cally reported by Phrederick Phiue- phuD, “ Phairest of the phair,” sighed the lover, “phancy my pheelings when I phoresee the phearful conse quences of our pheeling phrom your phather’s phamily. Phew phellows could have phaced the music with as much phortitude as I have; and as phickle phortune phails to smile upon our loves, I phind I must phorego the pleasure of becoming your hus band. Phairest Phrances, pharewell phorever.” HolJ, Phranklin, hold!” screamed Frances; “I will phollow j you phorever.” But Phranklin had phled, and Phrances phainted. Isn't that the extreme essence of pathos? ---------------------------- II— I « I i i -------------------------------- A dd together ages of ages; multiply them by the leaves on the trees, the sand on the sea shore, and the dust of the earth, still you will he no nearer the termination of J ehovah’s existence than when you first began your calculation. And let US remember that the duration of his existence is the only measure of our own. As it respects futurity, we are all as immortal as Jehova himself. --------- mi $ im* --------- L earn one thing at a time; lear* that thing well; learn its connection, as far as possible, with other things; and believe that to know everything of something is better than to know something of everything. ---------------------------- iW > I I » i i ---------------------------- A married lady found her two sons quarrelling, and, in hopes of putting an end to their dfferences, uttered the following; “You young rascals, if you don’t desist directly, I’ll tell both your fathers.” A Dutchman summoned to identify a stolen hog, being asked if the hc^ had any ear-marks, he replied: Te only ear mark vat I saw vas Ms tail cut off.
