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Ofllco oyer NOB. 6 & 8, Court Street, formerly occupied by Hammond & Williams, Watertown, N. Y. iOrTPQMPSON & STERNBERG, Attorneys and CounBellors-at law. Office over No. 6, Court btreet, Watertown. N» Y, juu7-ly £3^ WILBUR P, PORTER, Attor- ney at law, over T. H. Cony's Drug Store, Water- town, Now York, maylc-ly. _• LUTHER J. DORWIN, office over sterling's book Btore, Washington sireet,Arcad6 Entrance, Watertown, Jeff, t'u , N Y. ~^^5ATHAN WiHTING, Attor- noy and Couusellor at Law, office over Whiting's Bauk vi Carthage, INuilwu Wb.Uu^, bank*;;, tu i tLtl^f, Jell CO ,7i Y J^-BROWN & BEACH, Attor- nays an d Counsellors at Imw, Kb. 4 Court St., second story, Watertown, K. Y, ^SrMOORE & MOOARTIN\ Attor- noys and Counsellors at Law, No, 4 lion Block, sec- ond story, Wat»rpjwri, N.'Y. , • • jar L. H. AINSWORTH, Attorney and CounsdlloiaHaw, and United States Commis-' sloner. 01B,co.oYerI'arw'• , •* Baker's Store, Wash- ington street,' Watertow- • • REYNOLDS & O'BRIEN, At- torneys at law, authorised bounty, back pay and'pen slon agents, wilhprpsecutc all claunB promptly, ,Suc ceas guaranteed'or no charge,' Advice aBtoclatmt siren by letter or at our office freo of charge. Office, '^' '—\' ----,„ \• Tft TO p ^j; Y\- * iobS3-yl OBhington Street,\ ?ov '\'\rr.oani p & 'Oo.'s drug tore,) WatertownVN. Y --'\\ -\ . 1 <! PHYSICIANS. H. COOPER, Eclectic Physi- cian, Residence and Office at tho American Hotel, Watertown, N, Y. ( Office, Boom Ifo. 35, , oclUU VWESTAKM, -S,. W-. BALLARD, Village '&, to'i and Undertfthtr, RESIDEHOE 14 State street. Per- sonal services atall'hours oi the day and night, En- trance t o ConlnRooai through Van Namee dsStoltn'a Cabinet Warcrooms, Public Sauaro, Watertown, New gSSr ANDREW J. VANDUZEE, Watertovro Undertaker. Offlco at No. 19 Court St , one door WCBI dr. Jaclrmnh House. Residence No. 90. Arsenal St., Corner of Meadow St. Personal nt- tohdanco given at ali houra dCtUO'oay or night. rBiBRINAUT SURGEON. M&r GEORGE H. PALMER, Vete unary Surgeon, No. 46 oontt street, (next door to Ktrby HOUBO), Watditbwn, N. Y. may23-ly. SOTMIB. jtfflr-WHITE'S HOTEL, Massena, St. Lawranco Co., N . Y. H. B. White, Stanager. ttarrlogca to »nd from tho Springs free ofchargo, nStf /JBO-ffNER HOUSE, •OTJRT STREET, WATERTOWN, «pr£nsos co., M. t. J. B. & J. M.BA.3INGBR, PHOPRIETORS 1VO purebflsed and JItted-np tlllo Btylo, and wiatxto keep a urt*t scommodatlonB for Drovers, Ba Tol. XXXIV, No, 18, OH Series. JMW M& fctfea. WATKRTOWN, iN. Y., ITHWBDAI^ .JANUAUY 10. Kew Series, Vol, I, Wo, 29, ToliotllcC'iaci-andkcepil: sweet. DEAR RURAL :—In a late number of the Rural I noticed a' call for information on the subject of putting up cid.er in bot- tles and keeping it as sweet and fresh, as we do canned fruit. Inasmuch as I have practiced this for eight ur ten years past, I may be able to throw some light upon the subject. In the first place, I had a tin box made, six or eight inched deep, and large enough to cover the entire top of my cooking stove. After the cider is bottled I placed it in the box ; you must, however, have a board to cover thp entire bottom of the box, on which the bottles must rest, or they will heat too suddenly and burst, Then fill the box with cold water, after the bottles have been place in it, and ap- ply heat—gentle at first, and continue ua- till the water has boiled for a consider- able length of time, and untill the cider 13 i|utte hoi • i the Im'tU- then oorl; and seal tightly. The cider I use lor this purpose I make late in the season, so that it can stand long enough, without fermenting, for the pummace to settle, and for it to become perfectly clear. By thus putting up cider or wine in a water bath, it does not come in contact with a heated surface, and consequently you will have no taste of boiled cider or wine, which is the main item in this kind of delicacy, I have kept both wine and cider put up in this Tvay, for years. It improves with age, becomeB quite clear, and might be mistaken in appearance for the finest dis- tiled liquor—but its taste excellp anything in delicacy and richness I have ever tasted. Being perfectly free from alco- holic principle, it may be taken by the most fastidiously temperate, without tar- nishing in* the least their highest ideas of temperance. It is a fine beverage for the convalescent, being as nutricious as milk. In putting up cider in this way, I have used gallon and two gallon stone jugs in- stead of glass bottles, and a common din- ner pot for the water bath instead of the box described above.— [Rural We BHVO best or Bty . Good accommodations lor horses and ca.ttle, Jn tho rear. Is Hotol lu th« claas House. Barn and Yard 7-tf SCIONS TOR G-RAFTINO.—Cut them be- fore any warm days occur in the spring, say in February or fore part of Sjarch. Place the cut end in a box of earth, four or six inches, according to length of the scion. THo earth being no wetter than fovorablo to growth in summer. Cover the tops with saw dust or moss. Moss is the best. Not too wet. Water soaking kills the life of the scion. The best time to, graft apple or pear trees, is just before the bark becomes loose. Grafting may be done in the fall, im- mediately after the buds on the young shoots have matured. At this time the grafts are set the same time th» scions are cut. Grafts should be attended to and kept Waxed until its growth entirely cov- ers the stock. $9# .A-aoNT&i \Agents wanted forjte inUrdy Aoaresa O. T. a*RY, City Until sa&yis ^_ _ Wiflatf'cfejjnstont. Ling, Bldttleford,Me, W ATERTOWN CHEMICAL SOAP •WORKS AND CANDLE FACTORY. D. S, ROBblNS, Manufacturer nnd Sealer in KlEB-WiEtQHT CANDLES, DOMfSOlEMIOALSOAP factory Soap-arid Soft Soap. No. 86 faotwy streett Water town, U. Y. Orders solicited a»d promptly ttllcd. N. B.—CASH PAID FO R TALLOW,. • declS-Om D R. RUBSELL J. WHITE, ATSiMYl'tPAI PHtSIQlAN, Can be consulted.ut his dfltco, SB follows; ONEIDA, ALLEN'S HOTEL, a-uesday, tho 8th. of MTJOA, BAOQ l SitO*Ei,.,Wodawaay and Thursday, jthqMi and 10th of January. . ... . .. Mou- daTi thciathanaiiUi of January..\ PTJLASBi, SALMON RIVER EQUSSt Tuesday, the 15th Of January, ; MEXICO,SMFIBja HOTKL, •0dnesao,y, the tBth ot Jianiary.' lt \ ' Br. Whitetreats sticccssfuHyScrofuia, Hip Disease, Fever Sdrea^lllcors, Paralysis, 1 Rheumatism, Fits, Nervous HaiadicB,Semale Difficulties, D.Is.ea.seg of thelinngs, \' ' '\-- Kidnoys.l £yes. and The abate/,.—,— ,.. practice 1 'ii \founded on truth of twonty-flve. years' standing; dlffori Jrontall others,. SQ. trifling with, humanejcistenco.^acrlfldlnglifdhyexparinidnt, Wo know, when, 5ve examine apatieut, the cause ol ihc diiease, andremedies to remove it, not by guessing, botbyinovfledgd.\ ••<>•. ' « Consultations are free. Erineioal Offlco. No.'380 Franklin street, Builils, Where all ldttora should liodlrecliid. .• noO-tr PETROLEUM PAINT.—L. H. Tucker of the Country Gentleman, in his notes on Long Island farming, thus alludes to a barn painted with \petroleum; On the farm of R. W. Titus, I exam- ined a barn painted six years ago with petroleum, (the heavy sort,) mix:ed with Ohio mineral or earth paint. It appears not to have suffered in the slightest degree by weather or time, the coat being com- plete and unchanged. The barn is nine- ty feet long and thirty-two wide, with sixteen post, the whole surface painted being about 4,000 square feet. The en- tire cost of the petroleum, the paint, and the labor, ^ras not over twenty-four dot lars. It would probably be one third more at the present time, It is obviously a, very cheap and perfect mode of coating wooden buildings, adapted even to hand' some dwellings. CAUTION TO PRDIT GROWERS.—Guard your young trees against the ravages of the mice. The time is favorable for them, and unless their depredations is at- tended to a heavy teas and a great disap- pointment will be experienced. The pre- ventive is easy—stamp down the snow around the trees—the preventive is cer- tain. If#% Our Carrier's Addrc-tes for 180?. igj, T£roa,t, Hcartjind. Elver, Diseases of tho •s.'RuhifungHdnitlio Ears, 'Inilampiatloa, of the Eyes, andall'forms ofedtarrn. ' Th e abova/dlsca&cB ,we make a .speciality. Our ; HKTJNI i V»R8AliOLOTHBS WRINSBR AND,. Doty Clothes Washer. THBUMlVfRS Ait D0T7'a 'vVASHlNfl CLOTHES .WRTNGERJirA'CHrNK has agalnbcbn with cc^-tVhboW,Ms-toKiAWARDRD : FIRSTPRE. en tha I&ST-PnBjmrisatjMItlsi alT THE BRBASI the Stats Soar. ft< all:ihe' NEW ISNALAUD FAIR! NortbernjStatca: also fte OFrl86S,.-AL8Q AT THE- lsst tw o FattaofttaAmer. STATE FAIRS, QE NEW lean Instttuiej ANiJ-HAS \\ —»-™~ ****- — •BERU AWA«HED<THE FIRST PRBHnrar'BY THE TJ&A'NISrotr-S VOTE OF THE COMMIT-! 1 TEE OF. THBJSBEAT NEW^ EN&AND EAIR OF 18C6. AFTER THE MOST SCRUTINIZmO TRXftX OFjTHB VARt- ODS MACHINES OF'NTA MEROTJail i.COMEETi- TORB. :•.:) iiJ' , m*^lBticulars of the Joss or the Steamer Fasliion. • ThB particulars of the loss of tlie steam- er Fashion has been received. The di- saster, occurred when she was about sev- en miles above Baton Rouge. The fire was caused by sparks <rom the •chimney, it spread with such rapidity that al l efforts to check if were of no avail, and boat and passengers had to be abandoned to their fate. 1 The Fashion had on board 2700 hates of cotton, which added t o the iury •ol the flames continued to burn after the ^teamer had run on a bank. The boat itself* floated off soo n after and burned t o v lie waters edge. The cabin passengers KIND Patrons, I would bring you greeting, While the Ol^ Tear post, retreating, Warns us that our days ar e fleeting, And our lives count on e year more! Faster, faster, time seems flying, One by one the years are dying, But there's little use in sighing, As we near the other shore. There's n o time>for melancholy, Better to be gay and jolly, Only profit by our folly, Learning wisdom day by djy ; 'T will give a conscience clear to rest on. And solve the dietetic question, And we'll have a. good digestion,— Fewer doctor's bills to p.ij : The old year guue, lull ot iuveutlous, Xoted for wooden legs and pensions, Political and hen conventions, The sturs be thanked! Is jast; The new yeur, tslxtv seven, Tt.at iau b,«- r [n m-J uUL H, i\.i,, TUuk Tnue, ii,.>i„i. al .a,'. We've heard th e oooing turtle, Seen altars wreathed with myrtle, Have \swun g around the circle,\ With thirty-six bright stars! (I guesB th e latter statement Require) some slight abatement: Ten sooro. by northern hate sent To stay outside the bars!) Tho war of words 'twlxt Andy, Thad's Congress, and Old Brandy, Should It keep up, may land the Nation in chaos, soon; For Andy's bound for union, Ofswcotand pure communion, With tho grand ol d Constitution, As patriots left the boon ; While Congress wauls to b e a mother To our dear and colored brother. To cleave unto him and none other, Help on \ his glorious mission;\ What tho' th e long-ear'd Rump keep braying, What tho' th e wolves are o n u s preying, We've nought to do hut just keep paying, And hold OUR true position. Five years of blood, to save the nation, We'd think might purchase its salvation, And bring about a love relation, If lore by wrath is stirred. But Thad's advice thoy still are blind to, And Blnce his plans they're no t inclined to, Says Rumpy, \ do as you've a mind to;\ They take them at their word. Then, wherefore all this blood and treasure, With sighs and tears no on e can measure, To gratify a fiendish pleasure, Since we've no Union yet. It satlsiics more ea'ch fanatic, To tree the game, and then combat it, And for the fan o f firing a t it, To \ lot the squirrel set.\ And so the poor must toll an d slaves be, Bow down to bonded wealth and knavery. That prates o f rignts.'gainst wrong and slnv'ry And liberty to all; While freedom's tiled and true defenders Are taxed and crushed by these pretenders, Who will demand their legal tenders, Although the heavens fall. Widows throughou t this boasted nation, ^tade houseless, liomeless by taxation. And, for the want of occupation, • Their little ones must pine. The bonded nabob rolls in splendor, With no assessed accounts to render, And taking their last legal tender, Swells his per cent, to nine. The old year past, through mystic science, Has brought th e nations in alliance, Bidding time and space defiance, By he r mysterious wire j And what i n future years, now sealed, Shall yet to mortals be revealed, Is more than we , or Cyrus Field, Dure even to inquire. .We soon shall have another cable, Tho prophecy is not a fable; We'venews from Krauce laid on ou r table, Four hours abead of time. | We'll know what China, too , is doing, And If another wa r is brewing, Should she decide to quit he r chewing, All for a half a dime. And now, kind patrons, I will leave you ; I hope the parting will no t grieve yon, For I in n o wise would deceive you In the purpose of my rhyme; For though you're ties that bind you, The poor, whose needs remind you, And taxes, too, that grind you, I ASK ra MODEST? A DIME. —and now I should like to knovv 8 ny dear Miss Smith, what do you im!)gne was the result ? Why, at a second\'njr- : teiview, she quietly tokl me that we oifet part forever. i \^ Exquisitely cool,. : that! conside|iig that I had, T5ut a little time before, parted forever of my own accord. XK.np&'J, I .-ictiuiesced gracefully, nothing loth. ifa.t i-aKng enough about the matter tu e\ffp - tul.ite with the vacillating minx. \ Perhaps. Miss Smith, you think Its was the end. Not at all. In spite ofmiy hitviug a second time, and at her own r^e- qu-dt, given up the pursuit, she wrStt an/ther letter—she J:-l, by my !.u':do:ii|s! She wanted to know why I win oflencisl. she could a't realize that I vv^s offended, nut »he ! Now u struck me—I d,jr|'i kuuw iiuw it may struck me that this (.••\•hii'-n. I have UP if I li'i'l eoiHiiltc'l my PoTaiia> •AXIori'IMe State of 'jMi&jirg. f The: Courier' des Jiltat- TJriis publishes Siiine• 3ktractSt|rora La Prme, a portion of.-vvhich we give: ' 'A'.yourig Russian officer arrived \at Vil- nsv.'wttb, 4ispatoh.es .for Mouravieff. ''Tell .ine,\ said the General to him, are you armed-? If not, take this,\ handing him apistol; \shemtthe. first man ^you' meet on the street.- 'You will he sure .te have killed .an jOheiay of..Russia,\ The officer dined-with tile 'General's staff and their friends. The-.party was large and wine was drank'freely. .After dinner theoffi- cerleft with three comrades k U *|B-U did not ask/^ sttid _one of them, \Slow- we amuse omsei(VesTifter,. r drinking. ' Come, strike \uu—but |t: and yott Will'.seej' T8Sy walked on, and ,v.n the supreme of presently Jerked a large-shed, frDm.which f.io! •! in my day. I it' a liomMe scent issued. „„By the.Ught of a U'I nit then, I should ha.v the greati-bt one 1 ever I'i,.,rd'y . v ' : ' ' ii'iudtir went \.'j an-':,n • -\\11 t' -ncuiiutereil liOV£ Ar¥» PliATONWM. AFFECTIOXATELY DEDICATED TO MIS9 SMITH. jHAMESHIKE,. NEW !YORK,KICHIG mr. wis. *ONBIN, -MINNESOTA, ilOWAy &e., • ANIJiTOOK -, ITHBiilRST PKBlEOM,! l(*miSii,vjtH MtoAi.) AT HHiLAST.FAra^OF Hj'jasjtB^ioAg RjisTit DOTY'S WASHER-BB? Ing bollini-hot su'dMaVel', throo-fourihs thb' laborandj jtlme-takca, out all. tho •dlrt-rnp , s,or«. toRdSr-'npi- [5Ui.alr3:i\o4njuj:y (o ; thp ; Idthes.\ THE tiNlfSRS^i CLOTHES;: WRONGER •wrings clolhqJ'Mmostttryl withont Ift]nry-f6't8eim*6st dellcata garmehtfi.aud-nev- »t g«ti qjed qroftf of at: ttt. ... -, ,. ,u Mrs. 0(ru»'fl. Welds' •ays; \KiWe^grBat'la- bor wltnontldtory to. tho •llothes. Ithereforajndst , dMtdedlj..,j#QBmenil,lt6 No-iMW^MeiJiOCi BrK^ajtm-irightp^Mlv'slyen ts,thoflr«t re» SonsibioapplJcitntrromiMahtown. ,. ,• . Ssnaior ulrcw4fs, glvjng; v;ho^iialo Snd, retail}; * •' 'No. 8S,c8lruand•S(ifNewiotk•, •' ovftinU .' (OopoStte Merchant's notei;) Sblo'nRobinfeoft'iia'ys :-r' '•Oflr' , micHlne,V>ueti jeM'B 'fiSo 1 ,\ 1B tUSu'ght niorecf to-aayth»n ever,\ 1 : I , : '' ». M ;*» • fin receipt, of ttuj.jp.rlcc (rpm places whoro.no.pne is/Mtng;, We'vrlll len d ojfo Washer and ono SVrlhgeft Sitae* bV ubtb. Ire's 'of.'fr*ight' chargMi-S*' Family size, Walh'or, 11*1 'Me, To PRtNlE«s,^FOR! SAIE—A good Hoe large cylinder Press, bed'SS'l^ by 201-2. Also, a-WcHs-Hnnd-Press, bed 83 by 20. The above mentioned presses arei&QSrtn usqi are in good working order, and will be sola very cheap and on riberaUerms. Address Wi*iRT^N RM-iUNWNOKFjdB, . \ Watertown, N, Y, 1 am a devout believer in Platonism. I am not sure that it does not produce a more agreeable kind of happiness than love. I have had great experience in both sentiments, and am qualified to write about them as few men of my age are qualified, although,, truth to speak, I am a bachelor of thirty—two. I am glad that I am not forty;. for I ^erwHera euge. iue ciiom paasengera i do Mt wTsh t Q ma and j tMnk tha| _ to on board numbered over one hundred but \ ha tll B mmar m „^- mlr nrr „ fn r thevr. names are not given in consequence of \the ae'strtiction of the register and pa- pers of the boat- Tee'deck passengers were mostly negroes. They leaped wildly into rtle water and very few if' any of therniwere saved. The passengers to escape the\ flames ran backward and for- wards, scarcely knowing whiffier until drivenijntQ a compact mass, when they would leap overboard and perish. . ,Tl\e number of the lifes lost by the Duinijn'g otoe steamer Fashion on the \ lowe* Mississippi, afew days ago was greatly linderated, The number of pasa- .angers on board was near four hundred, landless than one fourth was Saved, The Majority of the lost weto negroes, who 'were taking' altoliday tyip. Not less than two-hundred freedrnen, perished in die names.' • i&. lady: passenger threw her thtee ohirdfep.pverjjoard and plunged in after thehj. • Tho'iriother and one child were .afterwards, tefecued but the two children were seen no more. 'Thp panic onboard was fearful and the mate Who describes the scene say that in nineteen y.qars of steamboatmg tie never saw sUclff|&jb!t.' *t*tix3 > person was the last.one t'oTelve thest'eamen $Wo elegantly dressed ladies who cama on boafdat Bayou Sara was among the lost. L ,-; jGariiap)p is, tfie right man for the place \nd'ohe can .make mom money out of the •office, or pay more to huy up members to» ,ge.t elected. . * ba the proper marrying age for men women, I may as well remark here, should be just twenty—four, neither mere nor less; I detest your green .girls; under twenty they doat upn you to-day with a passion- ate fervor that is wonderful to behold, and to-morrow they ju3t remember that they did rather like you better than some others. Recently'and in spite of all my expe- rience, I was silly enough to be captiva- ted by a damsel of nineteen. She was not \beautiful but had one of those entrifticing faces that are more rare than regular features and rosy bloom. It was purely accidental, or I should never have fallen over head and ears in love with her as I did—confound me for a sim- pleton I At first, warned by many twinges of memory, I stood sintering on the brink of passion for a season, I knew how it wowd be ; and so I relucted even at form- ing her acquaintance. Nevertheless, as the miserable facts would have it, I re- signed myself to her sweet society. I de- clared—she confessed, though not very warmly—and I retired voluntarily; abso- lutely withdrew under encouragement 'that other men wonld have regarded as conclusive. Not more than a week elapsed, when she wrote to me—such a letter I —want- ing to know how she could have forfeited my esteem, and begging to see me. Grad- \ uateas I am in the College of Cupid, with all the honors, I was foolish enough to be sported with. I saw her, as she appoited , . • - ...\ el . U'IHI-I ilile l V ,,'H , Uhd , in that, she swore eternal fidelity after the mo^t approved fashion of the poets. As Dr. Holmes observes, in one of his most touching effusions—\She said she loved me dearly.\ What was the consequence to myself? I gave the rein to my passion, and, like a; high-mettled courser, it leaped exultinglyj over all obstacles ' But, not to the prolix, I will add noth- ing more, except that, after many hours —stolen hours too—such as only lovers pas?, I was entreated to bring the affair to a conclusion by consulting the proper au- thority. I did so; papa's consent was asked, and he, not ungraciously, deferred giving me any reply until he had conversed with his daughter. Looking upon the affair as settled, I called upon the old gentleman—and— goodness gracious I what of all things do you suppose that he said ? Why, his daughter had informed him that Iliad mis- apprehended her feelings! This was something more than cool—it was wick- ed. I give you my honor, Miss Smith, as a gentleman, that, not twenty hours before, she assured me that she should go perfectly mad with misery unless she could be mine. Then, and after I resolved\that no fe- male could passible know whether she was in love oi not till the age of twenty- four. I fix upon that period, because a friend of mine solemnly asseverates that he once met with a woman of that age who was positively ,n the same mind for a week. In writing out the circumstances, I have not detailed them precisely as the occurred, but the differences are immaterial, and, in- stead of exaggerating, I have diminished (is ^diminish an active verb?) the facts. All this may possibly read like digression, it is no such thing, it is perfectly pertinent to my subject; it is an example, more- over, profitably he'.d.up for the warning c-f mankind. There was no Platonism about it—it was love, pure love, founded in no senti- ment of friendship, and therefore as easily dissevered as flax \that falls asunder at the touch of fire.\ I trust m Platonism—I trust in it more earnestly than in the deepest passion. Win a woman's friendship and it is eternal. Love may be built upon it, and. J it be, the superstructure will be as lasting as the foundation. In that case, you exclaim, it ceases to be Platonism—how then can you believe in it V Because I believe that it may exist without superinducing love. Nay, I am confident that Platonism may survive the love of both parties for others. To be more clear, I think, Miss Smith, that you and I may entertain the sincerest regard for one another—we might confide to one another our most secret thoughts— and yet you may be tenderly disposed to> ward Mr. Jones, and I may ba enraptured with Miss Brown, I cannotstate the reason for this convic- tion of my heart, further than that I have proved it to be true in more cases than one. I have been honored with tho confidence of iovely and high-minded women. I have entertained for them a feeling absolutely fraternal. I never, though they were beautiful, young and accomplished, passtd in their presence tho limits of quiet, deep, enduring friendship. I said that the happiness produced by this sentiment was more agreeable than that of love. It is disturbed by no fears; it was overshadowed by no doubts; it flowed on perpetually like a strong, bright river, whose currant was never lessened. Alas I distance novrseparates me from the first of those fair friends—and the second \is not\ I steod by the death bed of the latt r; I held her hand in mine, as from her lustrous eye3 the light of life departed I heard her last words— and ofton in those my sad hours, when the curtain of dark- ness arc drawn around the earth, they sound in my ears with all their mournful mannings. \Farewell my best friend,\ she, said, \so live that you may meet me in the bettsr land.\ I mourned for her as few husbands have mourned for their wives.—and yet had she lived I would have seen her the wife of another with a pleasure equal to that with which I wit- nessedjfche marriage of my first fair friend who is now living with her artist husband in some marble place in the city of the Oeasars. Therefore am I a devout be- liever in Platonism. ;-'^ j' 4 .lantern, which^Ss.placed Sua- hogshead, ie fai-eof the officerdMovered.a hundred corpses of I .voting men, almost -all clad in the gar- I aebtg <ji , persons of easy pircuinstancea. Fhey ware thrown together indiserirn- iuk-lyy- CHtVad shot, or \with broken' skulls. All had their wrists tied. They were all Polish prisoners, who had liOMi assassinated by the officers of Gen- eral Mouravieff 's gtaff after leaving the table. This is the amusement at vilna. On one occasion, a Governor was attacked in the streets by a young man with light hair. By order from Mouravieff, all men with light hair were arrested. As each one was brought forward, Mouravieff ask- the Governor if this was the man ? \I only know,\ he replied, \that he was a man with light hair.\ \Hang this one,\ said the General. Six men were hanged. The seventh declared that he was the guilty person. A poor widow applied, on her knees, to Mouravieff for pardon for her son. He was, very young, and had been dragged, she said, into the insur- rection. \Come to-morrow,\ said Mour- aviefl\ \you shall have him.\ She came; Mouravieff kept his word, but he had been hanged. Relics from tiie Swiss I^akes, Woman's Equality. CHICAGO, Dec. 25. Five women under sentence to the pen- itentiary escaped from the jail of this city this morning by sawing through an iron bar and letting themselves down from a second story window. A sixth woman fell and had to be left on the pavement. That is up to the best efforts of the masculines. It is presumed that they left their hoops behind. The Hailford Times says :—At the mooting of the Connecticut Historical So- ciety, there was exhibited some articles found in the bottom of one of tho Swiss lakes, relics of an ancient people who dwelt on piles out in the water. These things were procured at Zurich by the late Mrs. Mary Booth, and have recently been presented to Trinity College. In January, 1S51, the water of Luke Zurich fell lower than had ever before boon known, the season having been of unusual dryness, and the opportunity was made use of by the inhabitants of Ober- meilen to make repairs on its banks. Un- der a depth of a foot and a half of mud was a layer of blackish mould, in which wove found implements of stone, bone, horn, bronze and iron, defa-is of pottery, &c |; the remains of pilc3 weie also found in negnlsir row from one in two feet apart. \Close examination by Dr. Kel'er, President of the Swiss Antiquari- an dociety, satisfied him that these piles ha» supported a platform , that on this platform huts had been raised; and that afta being thus occupied, probably for cetturies, the structure hail been destroy cdby fire. The huts, it would seem, were forthc most part circular in shape, raeas iming from 10 to 15 feet in diameter ; tiny were of wattles plastered with clay, maises of which, hardened by fire, still besring the marks received from the wat- tle; when wet, have been recovered from the beds of the lake3. ?urther investigation have shown that mat of the lakes of Europe have been this inhabited. Up to 1864, 200 such \ pile villages have been found* in Switzer- land alone, and some of them of great siz», containing not less than 100,000 piles. Their age is variously estimated at from three to seven thousand years, and some vebture to assign even a still higher ant:- ! qmty. Whoever the dwellers on the pfa'Jbautai were, their remains show that they grew wheat and barley; and they ate the flesh of the ox, the goat, the sheep and the pig; that among the beasts of the chase which they hunted down was the now extinct species of the aurochs; that they had horses, dogs and eats; that they had apples, pears, wild plums and wood raspberries; that they baked pottery; that their women plied the distaff and knitted; that they made hempen mats and wave linen cloths. Among the articles exhibited to the Society were apples, wheat, barley, flax, hazelnuts, the seeds of the wild plum, strawberry, raspberry, elderberry and straw, all carbonized by the action of the fire, tp which fact they owe their preser- vation ; and a very curious \water nut\ put'Jp in a hermetically sealed glass tube. Wehave heaid of no other similar .speci- misif\ Hie country. rnsuc EXTRAVAGANCE AND CORRUP- TION'-'—There is an atmosphere of dishon- esty pervading the country so thick and heavy as to almost suffocate every patriot that is compelled to breathe it. The Baltimore Slut remarks of it: -There is a constant succession uf re- ports of frauds and swindles of every pos- sible description, from all parts of the country. Smuggling, defalcations reve- nnc'frauds, illicit distillation of spirits, apd violations and evasions of the laws in every concoivoable way, and now the harden of most of the news columns of a daily journal. As the Philadelphia Ledij- er remarks, either we are now in a condi- tion of extraordinary wickedness, or else tho concealed villainies of a long period have all baen suddenly uncovered to the light of day.\ Congressman Wontworth declared in a rccpt speech, that \this country is in more danger to-day from extravagance ari corruption than it ever was from the nbellion,\ and that, \never were the signs so omnious of a powerful combination to increase the public debt and postpone its rayment, to continue the suspension of specie payments to donate money to .[ttostionable railroad companies, who al- ready have largo grants of land, and to make extravagant appropriations to ques- tionable objects.\ The Hadical Kcvolulion. The message of Governor Fletcher lately after slight allusion to State affairs takes ground against the constitutional amendment, in so far as it extends a gen-! • eral nnmesty and enfranchisement to all, The state of things at Rome is unsat- but expected rebels and demands that ( factory and an early rising is indicated Missourri.insist that each rebel be kept ,'.:• favor of incorporation with ihe King- asit were on hisown recognizance and j Jom of Italy, Such a result appear? to held responsible for his act3 in the future. ' b* demanded and to be at hand. It is the settled determinarion \of the Radical leaders in and out of Congress that the Southern States shall in no event be allowed to vote in thePresidential elec- tion of 1868. Whatever the measure or measures may be deemed necessary to the seclusion of those-States from any parti- cipation in that election will be adopted, unless the Radicals shall in the meantime become alarmed at the aspects of the po- litical fiends, that they themselves are conjuring up. , % The whole object of the leaders now is party domination. It is to keep a par- ty in power which they themselves can control. To this they are willing and anxious to sacrifice all constitutional and legal, obligations, the national welfare, truth, justice, mercy and everything else that should sway the hearts of men. The form of our government is to be changed a government of consent is to be made a government of force and violence and Congress, concentrating within itself al the powers of the Republic, is to- etee_ 'itself •;into a remorseless despotism. Al\ ready, thrpugh the acts of that body, * minority of the people of the nation con- trol a very large majority, and Congress itself controls the minority. Every step of Congress is over a prostrate and bro- ken Constitution and prostrate and broken laws. Ten States, which before the war, had a population of twelve millions, are to be shut out from all {share in the Government, taxed but not represented, held in a worse condition than ever Po- land was held by Russia, oppressed, de- graded, and well nigh or quite crushed to death, and all this that the usurped power of the most corrupt and unprincipled po- litical leaders on earth may be increased and perpetuated. Those leaders indulge no thought of the restoration of this country to a republican form of govern- ment, for they know that if it was re- stored, the power which they now wield and the still greater power which they are striking for would be forever gone. These leaders are m for revolution, and they intend that it shall bo a revolution whose wheels shall never go backwards in their lifetime They would long since have accomplished all their worst wishes except for the brave and noble stand taken and maintained by the President, but they are evidently resolved that he shall no longer be an obstacle in their dark and desolating path.— Lmtiscille Journal. TIIAC STEVENS AND THE REcussntiiu TION COMMITTEE.—Mr. Stevens was a prominent and influential member of the Reconstruction Committee of the last ses- sion, and signed its report. In that re- port the existing State governments were fiercely denounced as invalid, on the ground that they had not been submitted to the people lor ratification. This ob- j'. etion was put forward, with emphatie reiteration, in three different parts of the report. In one-, place it was said that the convention, when assembled, should frame a constitution of government, which should be submitted to the people for adoption.\ In another placeftho South- ern constitutions were denounced as pro- duced \under the baren form of an elec- tion in which no precautions were taken to secure the assent of the people.\ Near the close of the report we were told again that \no State constitution or amend- ment to a State constitution, has had the sanction of the people.\ What ought we to think of the sincerity or political honor of a party which, a few months ago, urg- ed his objection with obstinate heat, and emphatic repetition, if they now attempt to lbrce on the South constitutions on which the people are not allowed to vote? Mr Stevens' bill will be searched in vain tor any provision for submitting the new constitution to the people of North Caro- lina for their ratification. It is to be sub- mitted to Congress, but the people of the State are to be allowed no opportunity to vote on it. Considering the source of th s scheme, tha whole Republican party has reason to blush for it. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.—-In dis- regard of the Constitution in their negro suffrage and State dissolution bill-, the 'Radicals assume that the people have willed it in the lato elections. Indeed I Do die people change Constitutions and reverse the principles of our government by electing State officers and members of Cons;res3 ? Nobody will claim this. But did the people sanction any such monstrous measures ? No, gentlemen.— The negro suffrage question. wa3 either avoided or oposed in the late elections..— The Ohio Governor opposed it strongly. Connecticut voted it down, and the Re- publicans played double on it in their con- vention. Iowa mid Minnesota rejected it. Fennaylvanian Republicans dodged it, as did thoso of New York, and the New Jersey Radicals dared not touch it. The West opposed or skulked the issue. Wisconsin, while electing a Republican Governor by 10,000, rejected negro suf- frage by 17,000. Vermont and Massa- chusetts alone, or uoarly alone, showed their hands on it; and even those State dissolution by act of Congress. The people have sanctioned no such acts of revolution as the Radicals are now supporting in Congross. The Radical Legislature caucus for nominating United States Senator is to be held on Thursday evening next. Har- ris, Conkling, and Davies, count about an equal number of votes. Tremaln and Al- vord are drilling corporal guards. It is understood, the Jefferson county mem- bers will go for the strongest candidate. There are in the Legislature 109 Radi- cals and 51 Democrats. ROME, Jan. 3—Noon.—The Committee of Action in this city have issued a proc- lamation, calling for an early rising of the inhabitants against the authorities and in favor of incorporation with the Kingdom of Italy. —The expenses of the War during tho last year of tho rebellion amounted to $1,200,000,000, which was more than had been expended altogether from the day of the Declaration of Independence to the first proclamation of President Lin- coln, i For the Re-Union. Our Supervisors and their doings There is no office of so much material interest to the tax-payers as that of Su- pervisor. He has committed to him the complete control and regulation of the in- terests of the town, and by his careful and discreet management the expenses of the county and towns are kept within just and legitimate bounds, or by his reckless extravagance they are made onerous and grievous to be borne. True economy consists in such a judicious expenditure of the public money as will preserve and pro- tect public and private interests, without reference to the ends of any party or po- litical organisation, and it is equally for- eign from that spirit which Bcrutinixes with Argus eye the several items in the accounts of the Constables or the Physi- cians and exults in cutting them down to $ha lowest possiblft ngurc,'Whi)fi,it>3 R lA'>e blind to the demands of each of the mem- bers of the Board, or to those' of some favorite>political leader. The people are not interested in rewarding at their own expense any man er set of men, nor do they demand of their servants that they act unfairly in their settlements with those to whom the county, or the town is in- debted. The time is approaching when we shall be called upon to elect Supervi- sors, and there is no more appropriate opportunity than the present to review th8 action of these our public servants. In doing this, I labor under some difficul- ty in arriving at facts and figures, as the proceedings of the Board are not yet more than one-half completed, although by re- solution of the Board they should have been ready for distribution by January 1st, but having got into tho capacious maw of that party pet of the Clerk and of the Board the Refornier, it is uncertain when it will be finished, but probably not until after the elections are over. In passing I desire to say a word upon the bill of that paper for printing last year's pamphlet. The Reformer, as I un- derstand it, rests its defence upon the physiological fact that its editor is so con- stituted that he cannot commit a fraud upon the county. This? may be very sat- isfactory to that paper, but will hardly suffice to convince the people who believe that common honesty requires of every person to perform to the letter their contracts and engagements, and will nut exonerate under the suspicious plea of .vain glorious honesty and oxtra conaci- entionsne^- 1 , (com tUe plain andumuiE^ako- able requirements of a simple contract.— The whole gist of the transaction, is that the Refohur positively and unqualifiedly agreed and undertook to do the job for $200, and afterwards charged over $300 and that the Supervisors sanctioned tho fraud upon the county, paid the bill and as a reward for tho act gave them the printing for another year. This when any other printing office in Jefferson County would cheerfully have done the work at the contract price, or certainly $50 less than that paid to the Reformer. Great is the power of political influence. Again I desire to call the attention of the people of JefferBon County to the nice little crumb which was thrown to the Comity Treasurer. And here I am at a I033 for tho want of the proceedings to ascertain correctly what he actually re- ceives, hut have given him tho benefit of every doubt, At one of the meetings of the Board, Mr. Strickland offered a resolu- tion that the Treasurer (who was pressing for extra pay) be called upon to state how much he received by way of interest and from outside sources in addition,to his salary. Any one would suppose that so reasonable a proposition as this would meet with universal approva', instead- of this, it was voted down, and one passed giving him S800 for extra services. Now as the Treasurer was not called upon, I propose to give what I be- lieve to be a fair estimate of his annual salary and one which I think is rather under than over the correct sura: Salary $ 500 One per cent on State tax 800 Interest on money 1500 Total $2,800 In addition to this the Board presented him with $800 of the peopled money, when it is notorious that at no former time has the Stale tax been so large or the money remaining in the handi of the Treasurer so vast as during his adminis- tration, and on all which money he has received from the bank not less than live per cent, interest. Now I do not write this article in the spirit of party, or out of any ill-will towards the Treasurer, or any member of the* Board, hut simply that the people who pay the bills may know some part of the labor their ser- vants do for them, Ajid I ask that it may be received as it is intended for the good those who are interested. I shall at some future time, if agree- able, point out some other derelictions, acts of omission and commission of this Board- Confidently believing that good may be accomplished by thus scrutinizing and criticizing their transactions, A VOIEK, The Pennsylvania Radicals fear Thad Stevens defeat to the Senate, and so a committee came to him to day to urge him to visit Harrisburg, and by his prep- ense outshine the influence of Camerons mon«y, Old Thad decliued to go and Cameron it in said is sure of an election. •Asquare will bethospaceof w&wz lfs*B?PJlt>areU,, and all tractions of a saufre Trtll no cl»rS*<l ft * AK, , sjuaro. ' , ° ' ,.: ' .', 'All transient! adYertisomeats musishe MW'taa'dvajitlf- Invariably. : •' t . ,bocnl business notlqpswiUheohargod tab «sit»i«i.it><H' ajid editorial business notlcos\jiyehty-llYWeilts , a,lt»c, Unslnesscards avo.ilollaraa'year : -''' ° . Connected with the Re-Unios04leeis.il- - HIRST CLASS BOOK: A^i) tfPBOfJtfe* newly stocked throughout, '*' -'•' £5 • THE EVENTS\ OF 1866. - CONTINUED PROJI LAST WEES.' : JUl.V. • '•; ' ;; ' j July 1 —Orders issued by Get);' Cr.raTiv'j. ' authorising the protection of persons Hdk-f'- srjective of color, wherever the civil au-v.. trjorities fail to bring offenders to punish- njent. • - -'' ' ; 2—Trotting match ..on the fashion' . ciurse for $2,000. Dexter wins, \tuna 2|27 1-4, 2:24 1-2 and 2:24 1,2 ! Junction of the crp\yn Prince and -. Prince Frederick Charles' armies. ', , 1 3—Battle of Sadowa, between AuS-^^' leans and Prussians; 250,000 men. on-7\ edch side; tetrible losses, -,'•• , f' ! i —Proposed Philadelphia ConyentiriJi'. ,* approved byDernocraticand. QtW <{3oa>.. t gressmen* . ' .• ,. •'... \• .'-.' , :•;.' i Burning pfGdd' Felbws'' Hall,' New' ':< •} dapans, iW§3Go,oao.. . .Greater part of Portland- Mairo,. • barn- -~ ed estimated loss $10,000,000. 5— Venetia ceded to France by Aus- tria. Marriage of Princess Helen of Eng- land, to Prince Christian of Augustem- berg, 6—Thermometer in many parts of the country stood at 100 in the shade. 7—20,000 barrels of oil burnedat Ben- nohoffRun, Pn. Fire caused by lightning. Shore end of the cable landed at Fal- humurum bay Ireland. '« 11—Fight between the Paraguayans and allies * 12—Tennesssee ratified the Constitu- tional Amendment, Resignation of Post-Master General Denmson. Cincinatti Academy of Music burned loss $30,000. 1-1—Battle of Aschaffenberg. * 13—Battle of Olmutz, defeat of the Austrians. 16—Bill continuing the Freedmens Bureau two years vetoed by the Presi- dent, but passed by Congress over the veto. Resignation of Attorney General Speed, and appointment of Henry Stan- bery, of Ky. Prussians occupy Frankfort. Battle near Huanntn, Paraguay. IS—Another battle near Huamitia; de- feat of the allies. in—Dexter, over the Fashion course L. I. made the fastest time on record— time 2:25 1-2 2:19, 2:22 20—Great naval battle off Lissn, be- tween the Austrian and Italian iron- clad fleet?; victory of the former. 21 —United Stute'.Senate admitted Ten- nessee. 22—Armistice between Austria and Prussia. 23—House concurred in the Senate Bill admitting Tennessee. Steamship Seotin. made the crviioke3t westward passage recorded across the Atlantic; time from Queenstown 8 days 9 hours i minutes. The BrazihaMag saluted by the U. S. gunboat Niepsic at Bahia as a goverraen- al apology. Riot at Hyde Park London. 31—The President approved the ad- mission of Tennessee by Congress. 25— Tennessee Representatives take their seat3 in Congress. The names of Gen. Grant and Rear Admiral Farragnt submitted to Congress for confirmation as General and Vice Ad- miral. A partially finished bridge across the Susquehanna river at Harve de Grace blown down. Battle near Gerschen between the Ba- varians and Prussians; defeat of the for- mer. 25—Major General Sherman submitted to Congress for confirmation as Lieuten- ant General. Battles at Dettigen, Helmdstadt and RoPsburn, \between the Prussians and Bavarians, the former successful. Proleminaries of peace agreed upon be tween Prussia and Austria. 27—Bombardment of Wurzburg, and repulse of tho Prussians. Evacuation of Monterey, and Satillo, Mexico by the French. . AccroST. Awi'st 1—Occupation ofTampiao by the Liberals. 2—Great fire at the Holmdeu Farm Oil regions Va., loss §135,000. 3—Explosion in a petroleum tank in tho Great Western Rnn, Venango county Penn. three men injured, 7—Fire at Columbia Hotel Saratoga, loss $100,000. 10—Great Petroleum fire at Antwerp Loss $350,000. Fight at Salimoa,, Oandia between the Christians and Turks. 11 —Gov. Thockmorton and the State authorities ordered by the President to talto charge of the government of Texai. Fight at Stravos Candia. 14—The Fenian prosecutions in New York discontinued by order of Attorney General. Fir;st da> of the Philadelphia Conven- tion favorable to the reconstruction policy of President Johnson. Prussia refuses to permit Napoleon to extend the frontier of France to the Rhine. 15—Arrival of the ship Red White and Blue,—the smallest which ever crossed the ocean, at Hastings England from N. Y. having made the passage in 37 days. Only tv/o men with a dog on board. 10—The French Government recedes from its demand to extend its province to the Rhine. Lastdayofthe Philadelphia Conven- tion; an address and declaration of princi- ples adopted, 17—President Johnson declares the blockade of Maximillian on the Mexican coas declared null and void. 10—Petroleum docks, Jersey City destroyed by fire, 15,000 barrels of oil and 18 vessels burned; 9 persons killed and a large number injnfed. Loss $1; 690,000. „ Destructive lire at Van Horn's tobacso warehouse Chicago: loss nearly $600,000. 20 A proclamation issued by Presi- dent Johnson declaring that the Southern insurrection was at an end, and that peace ordfr and tranquilly, and eivii au- thority now exist throughout the United, States. [CONCLUDED NEXT WBBK-J ^••A
