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t i n'. •'• •' 1 (r ifi*^ti4-M J fed) ESS

i KoiTon AKO PBOFBinoa. t», Q . K I M H B Y , | « w i o » IH GAwuioK BMWK, MAIK ST

"Let all the ends thou aim'st at, be thyjOountry's; thy G-od's, and Truth's." l l K m S P 1 9 1 0 0 1» PAIB IK ABTi

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A K C 1 .

VOL. 2. —

Cortland,' County St^^ard. PUBLItHIO »T»»T TOIIDIT, At

COUTLAND, CORTLAND CO., N. V., BY

F. O. Kinney, Editor and Proprietor: Offic* in tfu OarrUm Bloc*, owr 0. W. COLLI**.'

Oroony Stor*.

TERMS.—13.(30 f»tJM* I 92 .00 if paid In advaiio*.

BATM Or ADVIRTtSINS:

Twelve lln«-a (or one incli) maku one square. KoToTB^ il w. » w. » vT r» w. 8 m. i«"mTrl»%>!

1 square, I aqnarea,' • aqnarea, 4 aquaroa, 5 ii|nare«, • squares,

OontracU for otu-fo'u-tA commit, vnehiUf. tArft-fo*rt*tandeot<tm»mt*rtU«n>.nU, mad* at/moraUt Urmt.

miio\<^t0einltp*r/oltoj)>r*f*ry"'^u*niin-

Marhagt and Obituary notieet, tt emit each. r#» omit ptr.UtH/Qr Ifieat jo*(j<», qnd double adur

1*1.00.

! » i 4.00 I o.eo

8.00

• 1.15

i n

*«NI>:1.(«) $8.00'fl.BO »W.I10

....„ 8.001 ll.SO) U W 8 . a v i K8.00 8.00|11.50|14.00iia.00:*».00l 84.00

i i .5oln.o0' 18.00I *).oo at.oO' 40.00

^ B " I "

lll.'MlrVI{»M D l W B C T O R Y .

ARTHUR HOLME8, ATTOHKKT.AND C0VJKBWW« AT LAW IN T i p *

Hut* awl UnltfHl Statu* Court*, and M l c l U r of Pa­tent*. Offlc* ID Mo»*enK«>r Hull Block, Main »t«ut, (.•oftland, N. Y. - . Hi

« • © . • . . jON i t t , w

iT LAW. OF _hoe Store, next

door to StowraVAKT * Oo.'a Store, Cortland, N. Y nl

ATTonwrr AND COUNSHLOR AT LAW ace over IHuxraaos * MoClHAW'a 81

A . P . S M I T H , ATTORNKY AND COl'NSBLOR AT LAW. OP-

noe oppoftlo County Ctorlf* oMce, (up atalr*,) Oort-latid.lTY. • »1_

"WATUM A W A T I R 8 , ATTORNKYS AND COVKStfLORS AT LAW. [A.

1) W A T I R S , Dlatrlct Attorney.) Office, cornor of Main and Court atrecta, Cortland, N. Y. Bualiioss in United Statoa Courta promptly attended to. M. M. WATERS. nl A. D. WATKH8.

~C7 ittWilt •pu.roN, ATTOKNKY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW OK-

lieu In Keator Block, comer of Main and Port Watson atreela, Cortland, N. Y. 11

8HANKLAND* COUCH, ATTORNKYS AND COUNBJSLORS AT LAW AND

Hi.lti-ltora In Bankruptcy, Office In Moaaengor Hall Block, Main »lr«et, Cwrtliuu), N. Y. W. H. 8UANKLANO. nl «\ M. COUCH.

HYATT A HOLDEN, DKNTI8T8. OFFICE, 0PPO81TK MK88KNOKR

Hank, Particular attention paid to proaorvlng the natural teeth. Teeth Inaerted on (told, Silver, Rub­ber and AlumlAuih ttaaea, 'Bthor, Obloroibrta and Narcotic Spray uaod In extracting teeth. nl

M. MiOHiLff&N~ ~ ~ DKAI.BRIN WATCnR8.JRWKI.RY, CLOCKS, AND

Mllvor and Plated Ware of every description. He-palrlng dono on short notlco and in a workmanlike manner. ul

LYDIA A. STROWBRIOGE, HYOlBNIOPHYSICIAN. TRHAT8ALLOXJRABLK

Ulaeaaee succeaafiilly without the use of druga. Pa-ttenu received in toe house, and calls from home promptly attended to. Kapeclal attention paid to chronic and uterine dtacaaea. Residence on Conrt Houao hill. n l

D. 8ANDER8, DKAI.KR IN JKWKI.RY. WATCHES, CLOCKS,

Silver and Plated Ware, * c . Repairing and Kntrra-- ^ l o r l l y Mea-

nl

•"ttri VIIK executed promptly and aa'tiafaclorily. Mei a e n ^ r Uall Btook, Cortfcnd, N. Y.

MoGRAW A ROUN8RVELL, A-i-roU.VKYS AND COINMKLOUS AT LAW,

and Oeneral Claim aud Iuaaranoe Agenta. Office in Meaaanuer'a New Block, nortb of National Bank, Cortland. N. Y. •«

WM. J. MANTANYE, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, MRS-

aenger Hall Block, Cortlaud. N. Y. nSl

BALLARD A WARREN, ATTORNKYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW BUS-

Ineas entruatcfl to thorn will receive careful atten­tion. Office over the store of Rouaa A H U B B A R D , one door north of the S<tuirea Block. llOHATIO 11*1 I.AKH. n!) W II. W*KKBH

A. M AH AN, (SUCCESSOR TO OBO. W. AP«AR,) WHOLRSALR

Jml RulaU. I'ealor In lluoka, stationery. Paper langlng* ami Fancy ttoo<la. AJaov *>wuig Ma-

I'hlni'', Musical (uatruuumra, Sheet Mualu, luatruc-tluu Books, Violin and (lullar String., *c. . No. 1 Measenger HattBJook, Cortland, N. Y.

P A L M I R A P R A T T , A T T O R N S A W W V N « t t O P 8 AT LAW. Of­

fice over SVII'IUKH A Co.'a store, CorUaud, N. Y. I. II. PALUM. n4!» J. T. PKATT.

GEO. W. 8ILCOX, KNORAVER, LITHOORAPIIKIt, AND LKTTKR

Press Printer, 87 South Sallna atreut, Syracuse, N Y WiDOiMoaud VtaiTtNo CAHUS mnf P.M-KH, of all the lat4at atylee, gotten up on short notice. Al­so. Chacka, Drafts, Notes , Receipts, Statementa, Bill Heads, Letter and Noto Headings, Bueineaa I Carda, Labela, Clrcnlara. Ac. Wood Snoraeing in \ ail iit oranc/ut. When In city, call and aee aam-ploa. All orders by mall promptly attended to. 48

H. L. OOLLIN8, JUSTICE OF T U B PEACE AND INSURANCE

Agent next door caat of the STAN UAIU> office, oror C. W. COLLIN COLLINS' store. liin.t

CORTLAND SAVINGS BANK. FJVB PKH dBNT. 1NTKHK8T ALLOWKD ON DB.

ixialtaaf Three Dollara and upwanla. ANVAHOIINT raoat «»« OIKK TO $»,ooo KickivKo. Ofltco hours from » A. M. till 4 P. V .

W H . a RANDALL, Pwaldent, Q ' p - WV*A». S^r»t*ry. " W

,„..D. J.ftPERRY, _ T _

PKOI-tttK-l'lt HPKltKY'S HOTEL. HA VINO HKKN recently enlarged, repaired and refitted throughout, » 1th a larn and woll-Tenttlated barn attached, this popular hotel la filly prepared to accommodate trav­eler* in the beat of style. Adjoining the Conrt Hoii»», on <>uurl street. * oi

! MKMHY BREWER A SON, MANUFAOT0KKRH(

nea», 84 Travelln ton atr

• n n n a n ex. s u n , i OF AND DHAI.KUR IN HAH-... Mine rWsland^on'Krt Wat , tfN.Y. ><*-*> n t |

JOHN M. KATLINE, TAILOR ALL ORDERS IN EVERY BRANOH

of Tailoring promptly ex*ca(*d over James 8. Squire* A Co.'* suite, Cortland, N. Y. nl

WM. P. RANDALL, LIVERY STABLE. SOME OF THE BEST AND

finest-looking hone* In Central New York. New, clean, and alyllah carriage*. Ou Port Watson St., a few rod* oaat of the Meaeenger House. nl

THOMAS HOWARD, LIVERY STABLE. HORSES AND CARRIAGES

to let on reasonable term*. Everything well kept, and in the beat of atyle. Oppoatte the Garrison Block, on Main street, Cortland, N. Y. nl

w,^;'VAW SLYCK, BILLj'OSTBR AND DISTRIBUTOR, CORTLAND,

^ • J t a . 0 * " ^ * ' l.hH u m B«»rrt*, »'"»"HI peraons are cantlonod against trc.paa.in,, or te?irtt«7 o#Mtt» at any tlnve^rders leftat the IMntlng Offlco* wlU ricelva prompt attention. • n « r

QUELL A POSTER, A 1 - r o l t N K Y » AND COUNSELORS AT LAW

fie* ovor Randall Bank, Cortland, W. Y. A a QI'KLL • • ! I'll AS. FOSTER

O F - !

Oi W. HULL, DGrmT; CCWIOK FIRST DOOR NORTH OF

Natlttilal Bank. Cortland, N . Y. IMrllcular altan-Hon paid to all branch** of Ih* Bfote**lon. None but the beat material nted. *iHw**tlafai:tloii glv-en lu the extraction of teeth- . All work warranted.

. ••• . . I . - . a ' - • . . • • < ± _

4. A. TODD, DENTIST, CORTLAND, N. Y. NITROUS OXIDE

(Ja< used In extracting teeth. Thl* gaa 1* harmle**, and all wlshlnir teeth removed without feeling the pain, shoald try It. Particular attention given to saving and filling the natural teeth. Preparations ' IDr dlaeaaed mouth and guina kept prepared. No enarge tor admtnlaterlng Chloroform, Ether, or Narcotic Spray. Ail operation* warranted. nl

B. B. JON ES,~ ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR A T LAW. OF-

«c* over Rous a, H U B * ABD A Co.** Grocery Stor*. on* door north of JAMES 8. Squint* A C o / * Storo, Oortland Village, N. Y. „.j V

Wn^i^6b,'xwil

Sendtor thaORoport," and samples of WoA,

ri'H0M6OF8 0B0WH OSIHQXAIHEB, •. I n a word, are the beat Jp the world, and

,A.> mor* widely known than any other. At wholesale by

''''TttdaffiON, LANGDON * Co., >,*rMi.lT.. ' 891 Broadway.

N*w York.

CORTLAND, N. T»i TUElf)AYi AUGIJST11, 1868. M i l ' I , | II u'lllllllllMIIEEJEtBlB^

T h e G r e a t

S P R I N G S A L E TJTAS COMMENCED AT TiIK M A M ¥ 0 T I I STORE 1 1 or

James 8. Squires St, Co., C O B T L A N D ,

Where they have

PILES UPON PILES of G O ODS

Juat purchaaod at the recent panic price* In Now York. , , „

. >J. . V _ _ : : . h J

Great Crowds Attend our Store Daily

Where they are cordlany1 received, and

THKTR M ANY WANTS SUPPLIED

With good* at pricca that

Dery all Competition!

Oar (lock this Spring la LARGER THAN EVER,

comprising BliuOHt every srtlclo lit r

O H . ^ " < * O O I > S !

Dress Goods, White Goods,

Woolens,

HOSIER Y and GLOVES,

S h a u IH I n i t l i i i i H l i i n c c , From the Berlin to the real Paisley.

C A R P E T S ! NEW STYLE,

RICH DESIGN. ELEGANT PATTERNS, and the

BEST QUALITY.

And wo would horc say toourcustomora that we have

t '•' TS&-W - I * * x t t e x ' n s , > • • i ;: i t '

Never lie/ore Offered in this County !

e 4 Onr atock of

Wall and Window Paper

Is uneuruaedcd In tUylu nml uuality, timl ttio laruost B00ortniunt in towu.

II A T S A N D C A P S !

In large number* and great variety. Our trade In

C I t O C K E I t Y !

We make n apeclftlty. Importlag it direct from Huf-tordshlfe, Riivlaud, ourselvws* w« can givo our cueto mors better bari/alnn than any house west of Now York city. Wo nave a larg* Block of

SILVER-PLATED WARE and OUTLERY,

And. In fact, ovorythlng portaihlng to the CROCK BRY trade.

firrocerles of AH Kinds r

NAn.S, WnNDOW rtLASS, Tl' lfS and FIRKINS.

CLOVER AUD TDtOTJtY 8XJSD,

Together with

Ashton and flyraoiiHo Dairy Salt,

At wholesale And retail, * c , Ac. CALL and SEE VS.

JA& 8. SeOTEfJBS ck 00.

Great Inducements , v, 3 h :". Jr^nobE-'. . * :»' *

BUYINO HARNESS ! I HAVE REMOVED MY STOCK OF WORK TO

the

First door north of Biggs &• Smith's

i Gropery Store, Near the Poet Ofdco, wh*re<an bo aoen alargor, supe­rior, and more complete atopk In onr line of trade than waa ever kept by myself or any one elae In tho county, and for the eapecUl benefit of those reaidlng east, south and west of Cortland village, I pledge my • self to give them good* at price* and quality that will amply pay them lor a Journey to the little town of Homer, one of Cortland village suburbs. Mavlng Juat returned from New York city. I have a full lino of

Horse Blankets, for Summer and ••- Winter,

Linen, Worsted and Scrlnl Jlorso Sheet*, Engllah Pluah, Wool and' Wonted Lap Robes; also a large atock of

T K , U W IC S ,

ladles' Saratoga ilnc-coverod trunk at front: 818 to | K . AI*o a complete assortment of twenty different

atTety+awagur**! , . .•; i _ . ( . , . , ,

M y Mtoi'k At*ll»**it«»rt IN C O I I I -plcjte,

Including Coach. Olg1 and Draueht Haruosa, andjtlint all may be aulted In the price, I will furnish a good Single Saddl*- llarneta. allvectrlmmod, with round line*,

For Twenty Dollars. Call and *«o for yourselves:. In addition to tho above I keep couatanlly on hand,India Rubber, Wood and

ir Back Horse Hruatio*: Mane Comba, Curry

' ^ M ^ T w ' h f d ' * , Iiittrforing Boot*

. , ,„ather, Riiuti, Chaao'a Leather llaltero: Hoiop, gllah Wool Cairlago ami . (ihlklron'a CarHagua.

hulator*. of all atylcs and

. and Cant* i tots at tLBOracn

and Track Homo Mm I V ^ n t aud Fancy Patoi Jnt«, R O M , AU«0Ut and Door Mat* of varlom with toaguc* MI*) ptica* from fil.W l lobby llorae*, Carta for boy*, Havorsack* »rll wlthont Shoulder Strap*, School Book Satchel*, ered Hackle*, oooimon H»as«t aud black leathei ding llridle*. Martingale*. Sarldlery Hardware fur-

oy Drum*, Velocipede* Havursack* with or

ere.1 llttokie*7eoo>moiru'»aa«l;aud black leather Ri­ding llridle*. Martingale*. Sarldlery V ' nlahod for the trad* a t * (mall advance.

Ouk Tunned Leather Used otclnaively for light HarMM aud for Draught;

^ i • ^ ^ o n 9 W J , w r f f l S i M . , ^ v t . • A^wprk,. war­ranted, Whither ao apccliod at tlio tlmo of salo Of dot. one year'* credit given far approved pai

! i*oWitoijiU\c* mmvqv 8iim»B tScr aai Buskirk, •' House Painters, i a l .^ ;oa bn*%§JlKM#, ir,oo«f.-T

, -10 i : « d -.»i ' u ' 1 ' . • • . i . ... m i o i j

ArohiteGtitraJ Colorists.

P n i n l , m i x e d t p 0 * # « ? r .

J))rxm» uMing a of eoli'n ant.

PARTICLES Ot tfu) tin* on our wperienct.

• i i . ; - i . . ' . I .

a»0 in rear of Spendley's Store.

THE KING OF

ABYSSINIA

T T A S FAILED TO M A ^ R Y T H E

Qlieen of England! . . . B U T . . .

r>. r^. B t i s s , (SueoKSsort or KrNriMAH & 111 ixs.)

Doea not fall to keep In Hfa etoro,

County Clerk's Office, C O K T L A i m N. Y„

All that a housekeepor can wish In tho lino of

GROCERIES

— A N D -

PROVISIONS!

Embracing the host qualities of

nigh rings tlio «opg of tho gallant man. Like thi! organ's ton? and tuocburpli bell's

chime; . Who lofty deeds can proudly span,

Deserves uoi gold, but hetfolc rhyme. ' HleBS God, that to slug and praise I cim— To Hing ami to piulao tho gitllunt man. '<'

The tl»awrwlnd comes ftohithe hoOn-day sea, And pans tlu-oMgh Ttaly thi6k and wet; ,

The tilouds In flocks before him iloo Like sheep by the hungry wolf besot: .-

Wieilaeluw Ui,e fluids aud crashes Uw woods, Aud tho ice bursts forth iVoin the lakosand

floods.

Sugars, Teas,

Coffees, S P I C E

FLOUR,

FEED,

SALT,

B I T T E R ,

C H E E S E ,

F a r m P r o d u c e ,

KEROSENE OIL, Ac, &c,

And ft general variety of

Household Articles!

Of u/nalevever the teanon marranU, I shall proouro a

SUFFICIENCY TO MEET TIIK DKMAND.

I shall, also, aa herotoforo, for

take and attpply orders

DOORS,

SASH , AND

BLINDS, AT AS

UKASONAHLK KATES

A8JWCII ARTICLES

CAN 1(K OBTAINKD

KL8EW1IKUK I

n liltf D. L. BIJ88 .

J. O. OABMIOHAEL, • p l t O P U I B T O U OF THE CORTLAND

Furniture Ware Rooms, Would caU tho attention of the public to the fact that he

MANUFACTURES AM. k i I I C I H o f I ^ u r n i t / u r e

And dooa hla own

U P H O L S T E R I N G

- A N D -

FiNISIIING,

And In a manner

WARRANTED NOT. TO BE

BXOELLED . , 0 Y ANY OTHER

' ' ' ESTABLISHMENT IN THIS SECTION

Of country, with the

Ilia threo largo atore room* are tilled

MOST COMMON KINDS OF

Kitohen Furniture, 1 i

TO THB (WW*

P A R L O R S E T S !

KOOMS ON PORT WATSON STREET,

n!M

CORTLAND, N. Y. J. C. CARMICHABL.

V A C U U M O I L .

VACUUM OIL | > E N D B B 8 LBATHBB WATER PROOF I

V A C U U M O I L Makes still' and dry Harness aoft aad pliable.

V A O U U M O I L la the beat Urease for Moot* and Shoo* ever used.

V A C U U M O I L la Ui» best LuhrlCMor for UeltlnK, Hoso, and Heavy

, , .'. Machinery ever discovered.

Have not Wear

boot* bocomo in hard and etlff you , Kreaoovvlth

" V A C U U M O I L and they a* onoe are mad* *ofl and easy to the foot.

|»T" Have jonr Carrlajro Tops become ao dry they begtti to crack, graaaa wltlf "•>!'

•'"'•I V A C U U M O I L and thoy ato rendered 1 linbor at one*.

t a r Doea yonr'flrlndstone,' Mowing Machines, or »«4eak," groaaewlth Wagon»

V A C U U M O I L . CV^If jon want the BEST HARNESS O l b BLAOat-

JN<» KVT«» MADE; one that rendem old hameaa black, aoft, timber, and bright a* new, one that fries out, nor Hum*, ' 1 nevor •right a* new, one

BUT MOTHINd RL8E AND VSV. HOTEUTfi BUB but proparad VACUUM OIL HARNESS BLACKING. imtuufHcturcd.by the VACUVK.OUi COMPANY OF ROCHESTER, N, Y., and sold by wide-awake dealer* »v«ry wbero.

Sold at wholesale and retail In Cortland ' I N 8 0 N A McGUAW.

by DICK n40yl

Seleot Poetry. THE SONCOFTHE GALLANT MAN

l\vm lite German of Butyer.

BY II. GATES.

New

hit)

knew i

lor

all)

int

On the mountain's top dissolves the snow ; The rush of a thousand waters sound;

The meadow becomes a sea below, And in torrents all tlio vale is drowned.

High roll tlio billows, across their course, And rocks of ice with mightiest force.

On pillar, and arch, and heavy pier, Of quarried stone, from base to hood,

A bridge lay over the river hero, And midway a little cottage stood.

Here dwolt the tollman with child and wife— Oh, tollman I tollman I fly for life!

Tho clods roll down, leap after loap, From either shore, on left and right,

From either shore, the billows sweep Flllar lroui arch,-—in vain is flight I

Aud tho trembling tollman, with wife and child,

Howls louder than the storm-wind wild I

Tho clods roll down, heap after hoap, On either end, both left and right;

And pillar by pillar a.way .they sweep, Before the torrent's strengthening might.

And rum approaches the middle now : " Oh I mindful Heaven I oh, pity thou I"

High on the fur nil' bank there stands A swarm of gazers groat and small;

And each one cries and rings his hands, Hut none may rescue from that thrall,

The trembling tollman, with wife and child, Who howl for help through tho storm-wind

wild I

Song of tlio gallant man sing'st thou? when ?—

Like organ's tone and church bell'schime— Qo ou ! so name him,—name him—then!

When namest thou him.my gentlest rhyme ? The ruin approaches with fearful waste— O, gallant man ! gallant man I haste thoe,

haste!

Quick galloped on lofty steed, thereby, A noble Count, scrono and bold ;

What holds the Count in his hand on high V "fig a heavy pmse, stretched full of gold—

" Two hundred pistoles to him who dare To rescue the trembling sufferers the'ro.

Who's the gallant man? tho Count? is'the? Say ou, my noble song,—have done I

The Count was gallant, by Heaven I but see ! 1 know a gallanter, braver one I

And the ruin goes on with fearful waste— O, gallant man ! gallant man t haste thee,

haste I

And ever louder puffed the galo, And evor higher swolled the foam,

And ever deeper sank, to tail, The. hope that a suecorer yot would come;

While pillar by pillar sank in the flood, To the crumbling arch where the cottage

stood.

"Halloo! halloo! fresh, brave I draw near!" Attain the Count held his prize on high ;

Though each one heard, each shrank with foar,

And of thousands not one ventured nigh ! lu vain for rescue, with wife and child, The tollman howled through the stonu-wlud

wild.

Lo ! humble and true, a farmer's lad, With traveling staff camo boldly forth ;

In frock of rustic coarseness clad, And gait of mien and honest worth.

He heard the Count—he took his pledge, And gazed on the scone Horn tho torrent's

edgo.

And quick, in God's name, firm and strong, He sprang in the nearest Usher's boat.

Through oddy, and storm, and billows' throng,

He warily kept his craft afloat; But ah ! the boat was all too small To save at onco the sufferers all I

And thrice bo pushed his little boat Through billow, and eddy, aud tempest's

roar, And' thrice he warily kept afloat,

Till every soul was aafo on shore; And scarcely tho last on the Arm earth stood, Ere the last arch fell and sank in tho flood I

And where is the gallant man f tell me, Who ? Say on, my noble song, and bold I

The farmer-boy risked one life 'tis true;— And risked he that for clink of gold ?

Had tho Count withheld his prize of pelf, Would tho farmer-boy have risked himself?

*. " Horo," cried the Count, "my vigorous one,

Here Is thy pri2o ; 'tis thine,—the wiiolo!" Say on ; was that not bravely done ?

By Heavens, the Court has a noble soul I But a nobler—a heavenlier—swells tho breast That beats in the farmer-boy's homely vest!

" My lift; for gold was never sold; I eat and drink my All, though poor;

But such is not tho tollman's lot; Giye him who needs—I ask no more."

So spake he, with hearty and Arm intent; Then turned his back, and away he went,

High ring'st thou, song of tho gallant man, As tho organ's tone and the church bell's

chime 1 Who deeds liko this can proudly snan,

Deserves not gold, but heroic rhyfvte. And blessed be God, if in song I can Make deathless the praise of tho gallant man I

—Democratic Meviete, June, 18HS. immmmm^mmmlmmmfmmm

Four turkeys were cooped up and fed with rnealj boiled potatoes and oats; four others of tho same brood were treated in a simUar manner in another pen, but with a pint daily of finely pulverized chnreoal added to the food, and an abundant supply of lumps of tho coal. All ,e|ght were killed the same day,, a»d .those fed flanging, with charcoal wero (found to weigh a pound and. a half each, more than ,the others, and to bo of a much better quality.

Article of Commerce. . and important Held of indus-

presented in the utilisation of a o uncultivated and valueless

ot of the sea. Sponge AS a stuft-upholstery, is to many of our

rs an article of but < recent ac-tanoe; andy i although its discov-nd application, date some ithreo back,, and its extent of manu­

re and use has already readied magnitude, comparatively lew

le really know what it is, and. to oh a description of its collection, faeture, and uses cannot fall of «t and instruction.

Will begin by defining this new staple which appears under the com­mercial name of " elastic sponge," and which is really no more than a union of. sponge and glycerine, each, howev­er,, possessing qualities which unitod oonatitute an article of unequaled cleanliness and in a marvelous degree elastic.

The extraordinary elactlcity of sponge, when its tissues have been di­lated with some liquid, as, for instance, water, has been long and universally observed. This elasticity could not, however, be made permanent, as most liquids readily evaporate—leaving tho sponge as we see it in the hands of dealers, dry, hard, and unelastlo.

Glycerine is the only known liquid which will not evaporate or chango its condition under ordinary temper­atures. Some of the peculiar proper­tied'of this remarkable chemical are rirotty well shown from its^extcngivo use In tnedicino and surgery. Deriv­ing its name from tho Greek word do-notihtr, sweet, it is what chemists call tho •wool principle of oils ; it is color-1088,'transparent, inodorous and sweet, of speciflo gravity—about four times that of water ; it never becomes ran­cid by exposure, and only evaporates or ifl'distilled at a temperature of from SOO*1 to 000° Fahrenheit. I ts preser­vative and "antiseptic qualities have given it great value in surgery, and disoases of the skin, possessing as it does soft and agreeable qualities with­out grcaslnoBs or liability to putrefy.

SpOnge, everybody has seen. Its own cleanliness is no less noticeable than, its powers to cleau. Whether to class sponge as a vegetable or ani-uml scientific mon long disagreed, so near was it placed to the line dividing tho two kingdoms, but ot late years tho best authorities assert it to be a vogotable. Among the many species of sponge which abound the common or corneous and the thethys or calca­reous spoil ae may be taken as tho typos, and are described as a soft, gel­atinous mass, supported on a fibro cor­neous or calcareous skeleton without organs, insensible to irritation, and in­capable of locomotion. They are found in both deep and shallow wa­ters, abounding mostly in the Austral­ian, Mediterranean, and Bahama Seas. The inolhys or oalcareous sponge is of a more compact and stiff texture, hav­ing its fibrous substance loaded with silicu,B spiculac, which crumble when dry. This species, hitherto useless in tho arts, is found most eligible in the mamjfaotiiro of Elastic Sponge, and grows >n inexhaustible quantities among the Bahama Islands, and upon the ooasts of Florida, Mexico, and South America, where it is frequently tltrown upon tho coast by storms, or is easily gathered in shoal water from small, boats, requiring but little skill or labor in its production. In the ser-vico of gathering the crude sponge for this new trade, are now, and tor some time have been engaged, some elevon hundred natives, while sixty sailing vessels of various sizes, and over tVo hundred small sail and row boats are employed in collecting the sponge and conveying It to the gen­eral rendezvous Exuma and Nassau Islands, to which two ocean vessels make regular voyages to receive and bring'home the accumulations of this battalion of men and floet of ves­sels. '>

Before bailing tho sponge for tho voyage to the factory it is placed in largo'eribs or pons on tho beach, where it is acted upon by the sun and chang­ing tides for from seven to ton days. Each, piece is then beaten by hand with sticks and hung upon strings to dry. When dry and freed from mo8t of the Coral and' sand accumulated in its growth, the sponge is assorted as to qualityj then compressed by means of hay presses into bales of from 200 to 800i lbs. weight and is now ready for oitoort.

* A T T H ( S F A C T O B Y .

. Thi' factory is located at Lebanon, N. H., where water powor is abundant and labor Cheap. Here again the ex-teat of the enterprise is denoted by the spaciousness of the building where­in th^l crude sponge is manipulated and wade ready for market, The pro­cess of manufacture is simple and may be briefly described.

aJJBOOJBSSi.0? MANUPACTUKK.

The spongo is first emptied from the' bales into a large cylindrical tank fill­ed with water whioh by means of feed and (grain, pipes is kept constantly;

In, the oenter of this tank' steadily revolves a vertical shaft, from whioh' "proceed horizontally sharp knives points extend to th6 ihner'sjdes of the tank. Other and similar knives,

stationary, between whioh the revol­ving blades pass, accomplish the out-ting into small pieces for use,' of the large and irregular crude growth, while the ovor-ohanging and rapid Aoyr of water; remoyes all the sand and gravel it may contain. From this tank by means of automatic ma-ohinory, the now fine out and well washed particles are conveyed into a sc'oond vat containing a strong chemi­cal solution, whioh dissolves and deo­dorizes all possible impurities, animal or vegetable, that" may have adhered to tho delicate fiber. From this tank, again by automatic machinery, the sponge is taked to a third tank, where all the chemicals are removed, leaving only the • thoroughly purified fiber of tho sponge. Now passing between rubber rollers whioh press out all the water, the small pieces of sponge fall into the glycerine vat, from which af­ter thorough saturation they again pass between rollers which sqneeso out tho exoess of liquid, leaving only tho aqueous -part to be evaporated, whioh is done by large revolving tans in an artificially dried atmosphere, The material Is now ready for market, and we have " Elastic Sponge," an ar­ticle of unequaled elasticity, purity, and durability, Whew wo consider that tho sponge fiber does not rot or disintregate, and that glyoorine does not evaporate or putrefy tho perma­nence of this novel and valuable com­modity must bo oasily apparent. The elasticity of elastic-sponge is some­thing truly astonishing, woll Justify­ing the trado name adopted by the manufacturers. Wo have seen a sam­ple bale of one cubio inch in measure­ment, under a pressure of 1,000 pounds, which, when released by cut­ting tho cords confining it, instantly began to swell and crawl like a living roptilo, until all the particles had re­gained their anto-compressed form, when what a moment sinco could be hold upon tho small blado of a pen knife, was now too much for the two hands to contain, and this severe com­pressing, instead of diminishing its elasticity but increased it, and similar results after practical use of several years, in shape of mattresses and cushions aro oxhibitd by the manufac­turers.— Tribune.

A BOY'S COMPOSITION ON CORNS.—

Coins aro of two kinds, vegetable and animal. Vegetable corns grow in rows, and animal oorns grow on toes. There are several kinds of corn ; there is uni­corn, Capricorn, corn-dodgers, field-corn, and too-oorn, which is the corn you feel 'most. It is said, I bolievc, that gophors like corn, but a person having corns does not liko to "go fur," if ho can help it. Corns have kernels aud many colonels have corns. Veg­etable corn grows on the oar, but ani­mal corn grows on the feet, at the oth­er end of tho body, Anothor kind of corn is tho acorn ; theso grow on oaks, but there is no hoax about the corn. Tho acorn is corn with an indefinite article, but tho toe corn is a very* defi­nite article indeed. Try it and see. Many a man when he has a corn, lie wishes it was an acorn.

Folks that have corns, sometimes send for a doctor, and if the doctor himself is corned he won't do as well as if he isn't. Doctors say that corns arc produced by tight boots or shoes which is probably the reason why when a man is tight, they say he is corned. If a farmer manages well he can get a good deal of corn on an acre, but I know a farmer that lias one corn, that makos the biggest aoher on his farm. Tho bigger a crop of veg­etable corn a man raises the better he likes it, but the biggor crop of animal corn a man raises, the better he didn't like it.

An oxohangosays that the best gar­deners in France are in tho habit of cutting the Stem of tho tomato plants down to the first cluster of flowers each.1 When theso are visible, the plants to which they bolong are also topped pown to thoir lovol; and this is done successively. By this means the plants become stout dwarf bushes, not over eighteen inches high. In order to prevent them from falling over, sticks or strings aro stretched horizontally along the rows, so as to keep the plants erect. > In addition to this all the laterals that have no flow­ers, and after the fifth topping, all laterals aro nipped off. In this way the ripe sap is directed into the fruit, which acquires beauty, sizo and excel­lence unattainable by other means.

Foote was in the habit of imitating tho peculiar manner of Gen. Smith, whom he introduced into his comedy of tho " Tho Nabob," under the namo of Sir Matthew Mite. One day tho General sent for Foote. " Sir," said he '* I hear you havo an excellent turn for mimicry, and I find that I, among others, have been the s u b l e t of yonr ridicule." " O h , " said Foote gaily, " I take all my acquaintances off at times—and, what is more won­derful, t take myself off." " Pray let mo havo a specimen," said tho Gener­al. Foote put on his hat and gloves, took his cane, made a short bow, and retreated from the house without ut­tering another word.

NO. 6

C h a n g e of D i e t N e c e s s a r y . Aro the cooks and doctors co-work­

ers ? Let us quote what some physi­cians say upon this subject;

"Tho dyspeptio will] do anything but 'eat modorately of plain, healthful food, and drink water."! Tho dyspep­tio consults doctors, swallows patent medicines, mineral waters, takes emet­ics, and cathartics, arid doos many things disagreeable, paijiful and expen­sive, rather than out off tho supplies, that the enemy leave the citadel."

Dr. Dio Lewis says a young man oalled on him, with numberless aches and distresses. Ho was dizzy and half Biok in the morning; sleepy after dinner; pain and sourness of tho stom­ach ; hypochondria, etc. After ques­tioning him about his diet, drinks, and other habits, he told him if he would stop his drugs and eat only what ho advised him, he would get well. For breakfast a piece of unleavened, crack­ed wheat broad, as largo as his hand, with a baked apple. UVioo as much bread of the same sort tor dinner, with a saucer of cracked wheat aud milk, and two or three baked apples. (Tho cracked wheat to i>o eaten in milk, is to be boiled first, we suppose ; and tho apples to be put in milk ought to be swoct, wo think, from our experience.) He was to eat nothing for supper with his room well ventilated.

The diseased stomach needs rest, and abstinence from the things where­by it has become diseased. The rest oan only bo obtained by eating mode­rate quantities of plain and easily di­gested food, and drinking sufficient pure water, cither warm, with tho ad­dition of a little milk, or fresh and cold, if the stomach will boar it, in small quantities. And here wo might add, that grapes, currants, berries, and all othor fruits that are sometimes made Into wine, would make far the best medicines for the sick, if deprived of pulp and pits, or seeds, and made into jelly or canned, in nn unfomented state. All fermented drinks contain a quantity of alcohol, which renders them unhcalthful ; if preserved from fermentation they would bo highly medicinal and restorativo to the sick. But they should not be cooked in brass or copper vessels.

Healthful food may be made highly injurious to health by a thoughtless cook. A certain quality of nutritious food is necessary to the health and growth of the system, the strength and activity oi the mind and muscles, and it should always bo healthfully prepared. The cook who thinks her pickles must look green, soaks or scalds them in brass or copper kettles, and thus renders them unhcalthful food. Peoplo do not usually eat enough of pickles at a meal to make them imme­diately sick, and convince them that they have eaten something wrong, though their appetites may crave that very thing.

Physicians tell us that peoplo from various unhcalthful causes often have morbid appetites, or an insane craving for things highly injurious to health and life. This is the case with the wine bibber, the liquor drinker, the opium eater, the tobacco user, and many others. If one finds that Ins former diet, drinks, medicines, or other unhcalthful influences, havo been such as to create an unhcalthful appetite, or injurious to health and good mor­als, it is his duty as a rational being to conquer such craving?), however se­vere the struggle.

Some people have proved that absti­nence from food, with rest, quiet, and washing the whole system witli warm water and soap, so as to open the pores of the skin, was bettor for thorn than taking medicines, in many attacks of sickness. Others have' ciircd them-selyes of chronic ailments with those measures, and a change from their for­mer food and drinks, by eating mode­rately of boiled wheat bread or corn-meal bread, and fruits of various kinds, and improved in strength and mental vigor all the time.—Jivmd New Yorker.

•5F From tho Havana Journal.

Play of Andy Johnson.

11Y P B B D M K l l K Y M A N . :

FOKKION FKCITB.—The figures show that the amount invested by New York merchants in foreign fritfts is a little astonishing. They reach this country in all shapes apd from all parts of tho world. The best raisins come from Malaga, whioh place also sends us lemons and figs. Sicily also produces lemons, and Smyrna and Na­ples produce figs. Oranges como from Sicily, Florida and the West In­dies. The best dates from Africa, though a few aro brought from Arabia. Olives come from Spain and Franco ; Spanish olives are regarded as the best. Prunes como from Fiance arid Turkey. Pine-apples, pomegranates, bananas, aud coooa nuts come from tho West .Indies. The best pecau nuts are brought from Toxaa, and pea-nuts from Africa, Virginia, and! the Caroli-nas. Filberts como from Naples, Barcelona, and Sicily, and South America sends us Brazilnute, Languo-doo and Spain produce almonds for pur market, Tho best aro what aro tqrmed "Priuocss Paper Shells." Tho So-called English walnuts ,comc from France and Italy. Currants aro bro't from the Grooian Isles ; and it is said tha t raisins and ourrants aro impor­ted in larger quantities thaln any oth­or foreign fruits.

ACT XX, ; Scent l.—Pre*idenV» House, Aug. 17,

1808. . ,•••..«. 1 Enter President reading Telegrams from the

Philadelphia Conservative Convention. Enter Francis P. Blair; Ex-Gov. Whe; Harris, of Md.; Ghost of EX-GOT. Rey­nolds, of Illinois; l)odd, of, Indian*; Ex-Oov. Magoffin; of Ky. ; Prybr.Y*.; ttebel General Pickett; Wado Hampton, 8. C.; Pirate Scnimes, of Alabama; and Jtcliel Gen. Forrest, of Tennessee. Entc^Mes-senger with three Telegrams for the Presi­dent: ' • • President — Here- is a dispatch from

Ex-President Pierce, Ho says : ' "Wo should have had no Rebellion if tho Democratic Par ty had elected Jeffer­son Davis President in 1860, and tho Peoplo had incorporated the main pro­visions of tho Confederate)!' Constitu­tion into ours, which, I regret, was not done, f Applause.] ' B u t onr or-rors will lye cured by the adoption of your Patriotic Policy. F . P . " [Cheers. |

Here's a Telegram from Ex-Presi-dont Buchanan. [Cheers.] He says : "I left the old Federal Par ty and was elected President by the Democrats. I do not see why you cannot leave tho Union Party and be elected Preeidont in 1868 by my Democratic friends. [Immense applause.] I cordially ap­prove of your wise Policy. J. B ."

[Cheers. ] Here's a Messago from Ex-President

Fillmore. I'll road it. [Heads:] "All hail worthy TTnion-$aver' [Cheers,] You aro the Star of the West to guide Conservatives to the birth-place ot a New Party that will take me in, and sweep the Republicans from the land. [Cries of 'Bully for Fillmore'] Your Policy is the Conservative Touch-stone that will save the country. [Immense cheering.] Present my compliments to Secretary Seward." M. F.

| Laughter and hisses.] Sent7nes. —

"Hung out our banners on the outward walls The cry is still tliev come." [Applause. 1 The Patriotic Policy of the President compensates me tor the loss ol the bat­tle and of my Confederate ship in the great Naval engagement with Captain Winslow and the Kcarsage.

Resident.—The news from the Phil­adelphia Conservative Convention is very encouraging. I have shed tears over the account of the delegates from Massachusetts and South Carolina go­ing arm in arm into the Convention ! What will Greeley, Thad. Stevens and Sumner say to that conciliating not ? If it don't spike their batteries and elect Clymer, Governor of Pennsylva­nia, I am no judge of human affairs ! It will electrify the whole Nation I i

I persuaded our good friends, Val-landigham and Fernando Wood to stay out of tho Convention, for t,hc reason that their admission would have frightened some timid Republicans we are anxious to have join our party. But, I will say, Vallandighain and Wood are true Conservatives ! Thoy support Aly Policy, and shall be token caro of as they deserve

Magoffin.—Tho Resolutions of the Convention are excellent!

Fbrrext.—They will be approved by every Confederate soldier in the coun-t ry.

"Tlii* is II happy and most comely time " Pryor.—The Address of the Con­

vention is better, if possible, than'the i Resolutions. Il is the Rainbow of Hope for the South I We shall gain more by being whipped than wc would have secured by successful Secession and Separation from this Government.

"Wc, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often out own harms, which the wise

powers Deny us for our good ; so we Dnd profit, By losing of our prayers. • Hampton.-—South Carolina will now begin to look up again ?

Every lime Serves for the matter that is then boru in it

Harris.— Democrats may now re­gard the country safo. State Rights, as advocated by Calhoun and Buchan­an will be preserved I And now every White man shall eat In safety, Under his own vine, what he plants, and siti* The merry songs of peace to all his neigh­

bors. £ Blair.—The proceedings of the Con­

vention foreshadow the overthrow of the Radicals in every Northern State. This is cheering; and we have a Pres­ident,

Whose wisdom Is a mirror to the wisest! President.—The, assembling of the

Convention is tho most auspicious movement for good government Bipcc tho promulgation of the Ten Com­mandments. It may now be said the world moves I [Cheers.]

Forrest.—The President's Policy is working most admirably I I t operates like a charm on Confederate soldiers. I t BO elated luoufl at Memphis that they killed forty diggers thore tho first day thoy heard of it. Tho proceed­ings of the Philadelphia 'Convention will encourage t h e m i p g o on with the good work in Tennessee. , If it Radi­cal whito man in that State shall here­after open his head in fh'v^r of Con­gress, ho will bo s*nt where tho.afo^e-said 40 niggers liaVe gone J. . $h«ers . ]

Dodd,r~The Knights of the Gdlden Circle approve of the President's- Pbl-ioy. Thoy \WI1 be deUghtje hWth'the action of the Convontion. Herioeforih

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