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              . . :. . . - , t --- :.'..'!; ; . . ' T -. ,. . . . ? ;.'. s. . totes baf liitrt5rJf thi-f : .CSSA'jSC '-0 tf2JJri -5 b"2 tAatfcroevt VOLUME xxviil; MOTOT VERNON; OHIO : SATTOPAY, JANUARY 7,y 1865. NUMBER 38. 5 ! r i w - 1 - - - - - - - - - " ' Kthiro U from tke Greek word " featJiro," or Kthir.s"tjrBifioj (scImin, rtjaTcoatad r tare: This srticle U bt lU nm signifies. For prMenrtej, rertonsg ud beMUfjiiiS tks kamito hair it i lbs most reaiftrkb prpu-&tio in tba wrld. It is agsia swasd aad-put Bp by th rigi-sl proprietor, and Is pom mwle with the Mat car. ttOT,titt w1l it a sale of ore oae wue httles per annum. 7t is mast delightful Tlair Dressing. It eradicates searff and dandruff. ' it Xt keeps the head cool and clean.-t It makes the hair, soft and glor. " It prevents the hair from falling off. , XtprereaU the hair front turning gray. it restores hair npon bald heada. v Any lady or gentleman who values a- beaatifai bead ef hair' should nee Lyon's Kothairoa. It. is Ismti and nset throughout the eivilixed world. Bold b,y all raspeetable dealer. DK HAS S. BARNES CO. New York. Mar. M-ly flgans Magnolia Balm. TUs i tae u et lclibltal nd extraordinary arti-ticle erer ditcuveretl. It change the pun burnt face aaikan U to a pearly atin texture of ravishing beau-. ty imparting the marble purity of youth., and the fiaiiayme apperat'e so inviting in the rity belle of fihin. . It remove tun. freckles pimples and rouph-ess fron tke skin, leaving the complexion frerh. trajxparent and suiootb. It contain no material injurious to the skin. Patronized by Actrcpsr? and Opera Siner It U wht every lady should have. Sold everywhere. Preparee by V. E. HAGAX, Troy. X. T. - Addres all orders to DEM AS S. BARNES k CO. New York. Mar. 26-ly IIEIMSTREET'S Inimitable Hair Restorative, AO A HYE But restores gry"hir to in original color, by supplying the capillary tube with natural sustenance, impaired by age or dio,ie. All i'n(rrii are composed n.f enHtic. destroying the vitality nd beauty of the hair, and afford of thcinselvc no drin. Hui jutreefs Ini oit.iMe Coloring not only rertires hir t it natural eoler by an easy pru-cei hut gives tbe hair a ' Lnxuriaut Deant y, promotes its growth, prevents-its"fniug off, eradicates dandruff, and impart health and pleasantness to the head It has atoed the tet of time, bein the eriginal Hiir Col riu. and is conntatitly increain in favor. Use-l by both gentleman and ladies. It i old by all respectable dealer, or can be procured. b," them of the commar-inl agents. L, .S, liAUN KS A CO. 202 Broadway, New York! Two sixes, 5l cents nd$l. , Mar. 28-ly . Mexican JIastang Liniment' Tne parties in St. Louis & Cincinnati, who have eoanterfeited the Mustang Liniment under pretense f proprietorship, hare been thoroughly estopid by tfce.Coarts. T" guard againt further imposition. I have procured from the L uited State Treasury, ' private steel plate, revenue stamp, which is placed over the top of earh bottle. Eacb.aUnp lar the fae mmile of my Signature, and withoMf which the article is a Coui-terfeit. dangerous und worthless hnita-tkm. ; xamiae "every bottle. This Liniment has been in ase and. growing in favor tor many year. There hardly exists a hamlet on the habitable Globe that does not contain evidence of its wonderful effects. It is the best enrollment in the world. With its present improved ingredient, it effect upon man and . Sast are perfectly remarkable. Sore are healed, pains relieved, lives saved, valuable animals mads useful, and unt-dd ills assue-L For cut, bruise, sprains, rheumatism, swellings, bites, cut, caked breasts, etrainod h re. c, it is a Sovereign Remedy that should never be dispensed with. It should ie in every faini'y. Sold by all Druggists. 1. S. BARNES, New York - Mar. 26-ly S. T 1880. X. Persons of sedentary haoits troubled with weakness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack of aper tite, distress after eating, torpid liver, conipation, Ac. deserve to suffer if they will not try the celebrated Plantation Bitters, which are now recommended: by tho Highest medical auth rities, and warranted to produce an ijHoiedirrte beneaeial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure, and must supercede all otber tunics where a healthy, gentle stimulant is required. They purify, strengthen and invigorate. :TBey create a healthy apetite. . They are an anti lte to change of water and diet. Tney 'verc-m3 eTeots of diipatin and late hours. Taoy strengthen the system and en lived the mind. . Ttiay Prevent mij-sm itic and intermittent fever. - Ttiey purify the breath an I acidity Ofthe stomach. : They cure Dyspepsia and Contijuttion. They cure lUrrhea. an 1 Ch ilcra Morbus. They cure Liver C in;Uint aft 1 Xervuus Headache. Tney m ike the we n strong, the lin.uid brilliant, and are exhausted nature's re.it restorer. They are composed of the celebrate I Caliaya bark, wintcr-greon. sassafras, roots an 1 herbs, all preserved in perfectly pira St. Crix irun. F.r p.irtiful.trs, see cir-calar xa I tetim tntals aroun I each bottle. Bo' ire of iut Joters. Examine every lottle. See th it h rt nr private U. S. Stamp im mutilated over the cork, with plantation scene, and our.tinuture on a fine steel plite side laleL See th-t our buttle is nt refilled with spnri'ius an-1 deleterou stuff.. Any person pretending ta sell Plantation Bitters either by the gallon an 1 Bulk, is an imposter. Any person imitating, this bottle, or selling any other ma-7 terial therein, whether called Plantation Bitters or not. U a criminal under the V. S. Law, and will be so pr iseeated by a. We already have our eye on several parties re-filling our bottles, fco , who will ur-eeel teettin;hem -telves into close quarters. The dem-ia t for Drake's Plantation Bitters from ladies, clergymen, merchants. Ac. is incredible. : The simple trial of a bottle is the evidence we present of their wrth-smi sapertority. They are sold by all respectable druir?its, grocers, physicians,- hotels, saloons, steamboats and country' stores. : : - - P. II. DRAKE 4 CO, , Mj-ly ?r; 202 Broadway. NvY. r ;.,., . Dranditha Vegetable Pills. Are infallible for sostiveness, spasuis,' loss of appetite,' - sick neadache, 'giddiness, sense, of bloating - after meals dirxiness.drowines. and cramping pains, and all disorders of the stomach and bo wejs. j . .. -' -t . Origins Letter at 291 Canal. Street, 2ew York.- -.. - - j . .i. , J.J. C.COOK, publisher of the State Banner, Bennington, Vt. sayst he was attacked with -T)V- PEPiJIAiaad s severely from it, that not particle of ood eeeld be swallowed without eesasiontng the most aeomlertable sensation in his stomach. Per tire ears he saffered from this dreadful eomnlaint- )m ..uii RRiMnneTn'ii dm is rt . ... J ww. . . muw. t ids UH MXSH11 MDeneBt nua maen. bat the second produced a. hence ud by the time he had taken six boxes . MPLEJE CURE was effected. -Ua tavs :, BtiVwa gone, and bit ezpeeUtioB oi an' "at? -T -iUM - '-ji"He x-3mf , f3 Vl . ' " !"' , SfA, gentleaaA.enred of Nervoei Debility, In-tompejujnsy. Premature Decay and yeuthfol Error, . actuated by a desire to benefit others,- will .be bap-"7 to luijih to4( wk seed it. (free oCekarge), the rcipeni direeioas for making thA sinipks intxedy need in hease Those wishing to profit y hif eg-Porienee, end passes s a Valnable Remedyk wiH receive thsi sameby retsrf ing mail, f eerefnlly aealedL hj ddreseing. . , . ,.. . JOUN B, OGDE.N, V. JeaesS 6f Xesss street, Yvrt-vn . . . T . i - - J feiom and Cxterlenee ofj - ee -w s-t aateHlavaJlsf r arj"t ijshm . . . . 7 ' vusaiaer- - vel7e wsxia eplee saay a kJ rlSTliTllfT -. .","fltl H'AULEea ' .4.1ylP Bskl7sv XimtJic' 4 TO THE PATRONS OF nnocratic nniur JANUARY 1, A. D.t 1863. Fail, all liail ! anoiber year , Time haa tnmt kimlly brmiht bs ! 1 com with eon go to greet your ear, . Atnl to win from you some quarters. The Carrier Boy, pray dont forget - In your '' happy New -Year's"' greeting; In mnJ.ine ami f form, dry or wet. You t-urely remember meeting ; This elf Mme ty. learing news. Through ilisiil sleet ami enow ant roM, Th roti icliout the lefunct year, whose shoe -Like his own have now become old". Eigliteen )iundrel sixty and four, ItH ft ami gone with its slaughter, ..Is blooiWieil, wtf anl human gore . From "still harping on mv daughter," Hy alolition fHttatics the crack-brHined sett Who determined to rule or ruin ; Discarded the white arl'for the elony jet nd bred a scab p st their own cttriu -'-.Wliile bat-r'd Iiomp are pone afar. Engaging in i he thn keet fight, In dixlanf fields rd triumphant .war, Tify ii banquet bull.- find delight; Without a wound without a Mar. Snugiy-ensroiifed at heme they lie. Willing to b-rifit:e entirely. All of their wire's jour relations; Rosifters of jwitr otisin. b fie, Uon nuh saviors of nations! Four years ago,.I well remember, Tas rn the dresr momh .of Xoi till er, .Triumphed aTtitsid Aldition. Which sadly ( hanged our condition. F'ur years ago and smilii.g eace. And plenty reigned throughout our land ; Men ;ind wo en ei joed their ease Cnbrken w:ip the filial band. But, now, alat-! the fond wife mourns Husband who never will return, . Or darling on, borne to thai bourne To which tbout?ahd have lately lione. Again, at the no la its been decreet!. That ,t he fx-ole mttxt contitiue to bleed And die as 'ii Abraham's intent To free "Americans of Afric' 'scent!" And all for the negro -great God, can it be," That this is America, the land of the free? It may be be a "free fight"-but that I can't . see, Since ''Sf 0,000 more" tl rafted must be. Vfe're comirg. Father Abrauam '300,000 more," Should be sung by all the bhoddies. who were at Baltimore, ' And supported with their ballots its clown v nominee. Old Ale of Illinois, and Andy of Tennessee. The candi-lates of the Chicago convenlion. Were beaten by fraud, villainy and corruption. rjnj r LAN.-" - V ' ' Nearly 2,000.000.ree electors in the nation. Believe "little Mac" would prove the Un- ' ions salvation. And though nominally beaten, at this very Jrovr, Dmntcrary it conceded a very great power. "MoClelljin's a gunitoat General" they did say, And other vile slanders and lie6 had their day. Now Lincoln proposes to give a gunboat away, To his free Urgro brethren in Lib? ria. The like was never heard since I was lorn Every bolol it ion must acknowledge the corri, lie deserves a fool's cap ami a tin horn, . And to be" " toss'd by a cow with crumpled : horn." ' . . Now, the peojile in great numbers auswered "to the call." For volunteers to fight; and after drafting great - and small. There was an extra order from the fat Johnny BrotiJi. . Of which the "Nntionals," who voted, for him got enough! At home they liked potatoes called Bermuda, Yet the name and the gsme they soon rued a' When the rebel cannon's rattled and thundered . - ' ' Down in ole Virginv" along about 'the IIuu-dred."They then concluded 'twas worse than Ole Dabe'a . joke, . And that like fools they- " bought a pig in a Poke'.. When they organized atd dril.ietlr- keeping , time to "Broiigh." And they "swore like the army in Flanders" -"twasdd tougji" II Ssw. waFii t it 8t range, that our fuondam v : Iriend Davy Tol, Who says, lie spells with one d, because it fopfts HlJ; . . . . . Waa.by hupjgyi P9b$ii9&reated very ill, In being turned out of office and seat to "Bri sr Hill"? , , When Succeilaneum Dennison, for short call- Is Post Master General and Senator, is She-t'ti .. , . ifnan Jobn . . ',' -:; WeTe.stiiall jiotatoes and few in a rhi5lir Dij5 Of little things; sing, 'Molly,; puihs kettle on," - , . . VLetVall take T," or what'Il tooIijii q ' drink; . '. e.s ;"; Fpr Ohi'i's in luck, now dan't yotthfoV? Strssge things hare happened sdrstrstager ,;,! '!r- come ts pass. . . r . ' - TCiMe. -Shin Flsster" is bef i&fi Z v . Justassl '.The daddy of iaLd'reenhacTs---ths . hes4 sjd ,tstlsra 4btionlatewmTV : Tgood Mi'aJtwU uniformly "Ahrshsm , wert, S oTwitstandln than toinechUdre all honoW wuls the Hurrt' up the akes, bors,'4 down with th tin;v : : : -; ; For Shylock-hy. fraud to Congresa has got is. He will ca 1 1 yor " last dollar smf last man ," . WiiU kit own tmya fan Jpariy ram. " Sou ml the Hew-gng.Bascora, Leal, the big '. dnitn I .s . - Tremble nations for Delano liu.comel . Rally, loyl leagures, rally great d small.; For you are the very men that- started the Ball."-7 - '- While Max takes hold on Ifexico backed by ""-France,"'' If onroe's doctrine is discarded "On with the . dance!" Lincoln's policy is togive niggers 'their rights, Though it brings certain death to millions of whites. Y . The winter winds are searching and hard on the ioor, WThere wool is four dollars delivered at the - ' door; Why then Lincoln man, should you make suo.li a splutter, : If a poor woman s driven 16 steal crocks of butter? May God incline to mercy, your flinty- hearts! Better fields for charity than in foreign parts. Will be found around you, in your own town. Do good then at once, men, and 'do it up brown." . The poor, the Mount Vernjn poor, are with yon ever, Our Savior said, and he commended Never Be ve ui'iniiidlul of ihcir extreme need. In thin dread weather they suffer they do, indeed. Ah. but excuses, this and that you'll find. Or you'll frame one just suited to your mind. For neglecting those at'liome, while you. ceek the heathen, ' Mainly phiill I say it, to publish and to bbizon Your own great munificence to get in the papers;-In seeking vain Klbry-j-ou ct fantastic capers. As though the chief end of man or woman is to get nototieiy . By heralding it. abroad that they belong to some Society; Perhaps they obtain by office, to their names a handle. And meet in little circles, where they may peddle scandal; indulge in back-biting against neighbor men or womerf. Because they see fit to exercise llie " rights, of freemen. . . :- Hateful intolerance, fa Vernon, I must say. II as uytde most rapid strides and now carries In social circles, in Church anit at p'rsyers,.:.. Before Gxxl's own altar it puts oh its. airs. It has estranged brother from brother. And sisters" who have loved .from each othr f - - . . Born of the Devjl, begotten of Hell; Where will it end. Loyalist, can you tell? Oh, for a "bugle blast" awake, O, Jtouse, "The spirit of the conflict" in every bouse So snnimons a little of the ancient leaven , Go, bring the yeast that nmketh rieaven ! But. I must hurry on, and change my theme. I sing of reality 'tis not all s drears. I might discourse of loyalty, and talk by the hour, : About those who preach with two-forty parson :' power; ; And yet, in then actions give the lie to their words; r I speak not solely of preachers, but of mankind, two-thirds, "Male and female," the scripture says, "crea- . ted He them And the twain in these parts are alike here again. . A loud wail is heard from the distant South, And the word is passc-d from mouth to mouth, Of death and desolation scattered wide; Of ruin and suiTerine on every side. The moihr mourns for her first born ; he man of strength is sadly thorn, The fair proprtiotis of his hope- , Br the dread foe wkh whom-we cope Louder, yet louder, ami more clear. Is heard the hearty shout and cheer Of those who have in battle won- . ' . "Huzza, huza for IIooi' undone." And voices from the Atlantic coast, Proclaim that brave Sherman leads a host V Victorious 'neath the Strijies and Stars;-Victorious over the .Stars and Bars May great victories such as thess Iiieliue people's hearts to Peace, v And speedilj-en this-cniel war; Bring occasion for no other scar. Thus causiug our, flag near and lar To he bailei with its ey'ry star-Givtngpfotectiov On land aad waef' "'; T To America's eons true and brave. , ' Who shall the ecjio prolong,; Of our grandI old national song . : '-. "rs inn united let Ul im : : Battling fof our Liberty" f -United in sentiment everl. v .' : v la the bonus of Uniob forever! : "A. happy NewYear.lnow to all, " . ' Upon whom the Carrier doth call, 1 " With 'compliments of the season kind ffe-w-outd 'must genteel you remind, That a qtU pro quo quarter or so a f- The world over, to the Carrier doth go, 1 tlfion this day,; " .'' -srf " tSy pot ?i wK i.. ; s.; - ;V. To the iuUe lUtPin, who tbU -wg sings 1 upoa bis jtarpoF c tnensatNl stringy t'llore or less ihee maf l.s ' " ! . VAX hk wave proMdljrf contraoana ProxS tTse Daytos (O.Jf Xaptre. , ' A FAlIOtTS TllLitH i The trials which are now in progress at Indianapolis; as well aft certain others which ha.e transpi red within a year or two? hare rey naturally suggested " a search for, precedents; T" We have, found one which the best (jroVernmen t on earth" ought to be familiar with, and which it might cite as authority in the proceedings how being had as well as in justification of those which have already transpired. JohiiBunyan is the reporter of the case, the'lnain facts of which, together with the "points adjudicated, as well as the manner of conducting the tri 1, we propose to reproduce. Christian, on his journey.to the Celestial City found a companion by the name of Faithful, and together they were compel lel to journey through -a town called Vanity Ifair. But the travelers tlespisied the. gewgaws offered I for sale, and refused to make any . pur chase. It was noticea also that their lansruaffe was not nreciselv that shoken :j CJ a hv I in the town, and that their dress was not according to the fashions prevalent j in Vanity Fair. As they passed : through the streets an impertinent fel- j low mockingly asked them: "What will j you buy ? But the travelers, looking j gravely upon him, said : " We buy the truth." '-. .; - -! At this the rabblement made a great clamor, and hooted and hissed the worthy pilgrims. The excitement spread, and the people of the. town at last resolved to arrest both Christian and Faithful, and hold them for examination. The accused frankly and mildly replied to all the interrogatories made, but their persecutors were not satisfied, so fhey took thep, and beat them, and besmeared them with dirt, and put them iuto a cage, that they might be made ; spectacle to all the men of the Fair' But , there were some just men in the town, who wen? moved by the -wrongs in tlicted on the pilgrims, 44 and they began to check and blame the bif sort for the continual abuse done by them to the men." For this these benevolent persona were stigmatised as sympa?. thisers," and the reporter says the populace ;.' let fly at them," counting them as bad meniu the cage, and telling them that, they were confederate, and should be made partakers of. their misfortunes. r At UstTrmrw.eytoAsd put thorn. on; triaifor their 'lives, land the Judge jselected was Lord Hategood. The charge in substance was that " they were enemies to, and disturbers of the trade, that they had made commotions and divisions in the place, and had won a party tn their own most dangerous opinions, in contempt of the law and the prince." Faithful was arraigned first. Among the witnesses brought to testify against him were Envy and Pickthank; and Envy was put first upon the stand : "My lord," said the witness, "this man is one of the vilest men in the country ; he neither regardeth prince or people, law nor custom, but doeth all he can to possess; certain men with his disloyal notions, which he in general calls principles" Then said the Judge to him, " hast thou any more to say ?" ," My Lord," replied Envy, "I could say much more, only I would not be tedious to the Court.' J f need be, when the other gentlemen have given in their evidence, rather; than anythiing shall be wanting which shall dispatch him? I will enlarge my testimony." Pickthank testified in pretty much the same strain, and after a firm and temperate defense made by" the prisoners, old Lord Hategood charged the jury, and gave" them the case. The names of the. jury were as follows; Mr. Blind-man, Mr. NogOod, Mr. Malice, Mr. Lovelust, Mr. Liyeloose, Mr. lleady Mr. Ilighmind, Mr. Enmity, Mr. Liar, Mr. Cruelty, Mr. llatelight, Mr. Implacable, who every one gave in their rerdict against him among themselves, and afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty, before the Judge-The first to speak was Mr. Blindman, the foreman, : who remarked" I' sec clearly that this man is a heretic.1- And each of the other jurors followetl in a similar vein of remark. - Faithful was convicted; and, says the reporter; whose wohls we will adopt for remainder"of this brief sy nopsis, 'tTiere,-, fore he was presentlyaondeislned to be led from the -place where he was, ta the place from whence' he came, and tberfe be . put ito . the : most cruel- death that wuld be invented. - . vM They therefore brought him out, to do, rinth him according to their law? and first 'they .scourged hnn, then they buffeted him,, then theylanced his flesh with kVe; after that they stoned with stnVgand'at lait 'of "all they burned hinf tQ ashes'ai the stake. vThua came st In all trials; there is n6thuirfiQ.iDuch toughtafterjas pieccdeu ta md this be ill. t. . :ii t-r..Jj l- i . flbli,x?-'i3i:-i'. jvTd.'iisrH''eifr r-tSfTiTo rs J"tlf vSotMhent heart, rebel responuenia pretenu , insv onermau $ soldiers after vioUtwheUM stripped ihem . oOheir garments and 'inade riimq.inMCU. Jiglfcp7 Wl pjaOQ SWltCp- tne inen4r.-ner Ttiseu, ueorrians k re- Oesjed sacTiI3ystr6dt!cilhe f TXCT Th rebels la San Dotntna iavtv ft U THE GREAT SARATOGA TETJHZ. ! " ;.. ' i. tale. ; ' - Old Anthracite has-a very dear wife so dear that she costs htm on her own private account ? about- fifteen thousand dollars a year.- Mrs. Anthracite always has the latest; fashions, so when ' the great Saratogatrunk was exhijited ' in Broadway, Mrs. A instantly purchased one for he? summer trip. Every one knows that the great Saratoga trunk is an nnexceptionable trunk. It is collossal of Titantic proportions. Cheops the builder of the great pyramid might have found ample accommodation for her entire household in the Saratoga trunk. ; Accordingly; down went Mrs. A. to the great watering-place with her great trunk. " She had not been long there, however, when old Anthracite received a private telegraph trom a friend to inform him that Mrs. " A ; was flirting desperately with young Beelzebub, the son and the heir of old Beelzebub, the great soap boiler. ' Anthracite instantly takes the train, arrives at the hotel, and, inquiring the number of his wife's room, quietly walks up stairs. His wife's door is shut. Anthracite knocks. Door opens after some delay. Mrs. A. fluttered, while 'flutter increases to dismay -when she sees her husband. Husband enter-coolly; explains that he just come to see how she was getting on, and seats himself on. the Saratoga trunk. Drops a glove, the picking up. of which enables him to look under the bed. No one there. Mrs A. looked as if some one ought to. be there.. Husband talks of the weather, arid the pair are sitting do wn to a little light conversation, when old Anthracite remarks quietly: Mr. A. there s a rat in your trunk. Mrs. A. turns pale through her paint. No, husband is mistaken. The rat is in the wainscot. They are always in there rats. Husband is sure it is in the trunk. Ho smells him; he will examine. Mrs. A was very anxious he should not. lie can t. lhe trunk is shut, and she has lost the key. Husband begs to contradict. The kejr.was in the lock- the lid was open. 7 Husband, amid the protestation of Mrs. A. half raised the lid. No crinoline, no shawls, no lace no furbelows, in the great Saratoga trunk, only young TBeeliebaVs glossy "curls' "and killing moustache are visible. Mrs. A. instantly faints. It is a privilege' of her sex, on such occasion s. VVhat does husband do? Shoot young Beelzebub. Not a bit of it. He smiles grimly and shuts the lid down again, locking the great Saratoga trunk. He rings the bell; tells the waiter to bring himja gimlet. Bores a few holes - through lhe great trunk. Orders up the porter, and goes off to New York, accompanied by the great Saratoga trunk. ' VVhat would the trunk not have given for a cigar in a bag gage wagon, when it smel'ed the tobac co smoke that was so liberally puffed about. - The trunk, although . nearly suffocated, thought it best to keep quiet.' Arrived at. New- York, old Anthracite told the peeple at the depot, loud enough fOr the. great Saratoga trunk to hear him, tha t he would leave his baggage at the office for i few days, when he would send for it . This was more than the great truuk could bear, sO it kicked, shouted, and made a noise until it was broken open, and to the amazement of everybody, poor Beelzebub crawled out in a limping condition. He tried to tell the people that it was done for a bet, but somehow the truth leaked out, and I predict that next summer there will be fewer great Saratoga trunks at the spring, 1 think old Anthracite got the best of it, don'tyou? Fun at Home. Dontbe afraid of a little fun at home good people Don't shut np your house lest the sun sun should fade your" carpet, and your heart lest a hearty laugh should shake down' some of : the musty old cobwebs there. If you want to ru- in your sons let tnem. tninK tnat all mirth and social enjoyment must be left On the threshold without when they comehome. s t night. When ' once a home is regarded as onlv a place to eat. drink and sleep, lhe,work is begun that ends in gambling houses and reckless! dejgfegation. "'oqng people must have fun and relaxation somewhere. If they do not find it at their own hearthstones, it will be sought in other and perhaps less 'profitable ;-' places." Therefore let the fire burn brightly at nights ' and make the homestead deli ghtfuT with all those httle arts tnat parents so perfectly understand.- Don't"repress the buoyant spirits of children,' Half an hour of merriment' round the lamp and firelight of a hotne blots out -the; remem- Ibrance nf many ja care and f annoyance during theda'yVnoVVh? hesf safeguard they-can take witlr them -into tne world is the unseen influence of ? a hri meBtic lanctum;'; . jfTne'etlier $ day . a . dis'tl ngnisbed fjrt j canedjieHlUeriJ coas'tsting of Oen-eraWGrsBt UeaWe; laord; AV snn snd 4 Mmbtf; oreWrVoireeser: maItoMe siXwtiils dsd'tw sear that frs - rnenta of 6nS of the ni. fell in tbs invest or tbt t trtv. cut luc'r.Iv iritboot THE OLD CAPITOL. ; Horrible Treatment . of Prisoners. From the New Tork World. Dee. 20. . Mr. Bennet C. Fowler, of Fairhavenf Connecticut who has jrat been ed from the Old Capitol prison - at Washington called at this office yester- day , and made a brief s tatemen t of h i s case as follows: Last fall he left his home to travel for the benefit of his health, which was very poor, and to ascertain In regard to his son, who was serving in the union army. On bis arrival at Washington for that purpose, he put up at the Michell house. " That night, after he had retired to his room, three men, not in uniform, broke into his roomand declaring that they were -United States detectives, pretended- to arrest him. lho first question they asked him : "How much money have you?' He told them the amount of his money, and they immediately proceeded to steal some one hundred and thirty odd -dollars. Two of them then left, and the remaining one without any explanation, exhibition of warrant of any kind, or allegation of charges, took him to the Old Capitol prison at Washington, and put him into a erlt. -Mr. Fowler's baggage was also robbed, and not even a shirt was left him. Days and weeks - passed, and Mr. Fowler's health, already delicate, declined rapidly. The room swarmed -with loathe-some vermin, which seemed to abound in every thread of the rnisearble old blankets that were given him for a bed. The food he spoke of as most horrible. Breakfast consisted of a cup of muddy slush called coffee, but hardly fit even to throw in the gutter, two or three lit tle cakes of hard tack, and a small piece of still-fed pork that" would oftentimes fall in small pieces from its own weight when taken up with the fingers. Dinner was composed of something they called bean-soup, with, once a week a dish of vegetable soup and a piece of beef "ha nlly the size of three . lingers. Supper was often a piece of bread and coflVe; sometimes a piece of hard tack with maggots crawling in it. Neither knife, fork nor spoorr was ever allowed. When any one of the prisoners looked out of the windows, they were told to put their heads back or they would be fired at. Last Thursday, through the influence of some friends and a mem- fcr m congress. Mr i? owler was re leased. An officer came to the prison with an unconditional release from As sistant Secretary Dana. No questions were asked of him, nor was the oath of allegiance tendered, nor the money returned which hd been stolen, and . he is entirely ignorant of snv charges against him, or any reasons why h should have been arrested. He never heard any reason given. He cdm from the prison with shattered health ; 'for," said he, almost with the simplic ity of childhood, "that horrible, horrible place has almost killed me." Such were the adventures of an old man, going to the capitol of the United States to seek ihfofmation of his eon in the union army. The World was not allow ed to be read by the prisoners, but ." the Washington Chronicle and papers of that stamp, that fitted well with the condition of the prison, .were allowed to circulate freely. Mr. Fowler stated that Col. Wood, the superintendent, seemed courteous and kindly disposed, and he believed that the condition of the prison must have been the fault of some one else, as he thinks Col. Wood a most generous and noble man. From the Somerset Democrat. From Headquarters up Salt Eiver. Safe Arrival of the Democratic Fleet A Million and Three quarters of Democrats; on Board Thelf Gfovernment, Currency, Prices, &c. The Democratic fleet, having onboard the million-and three-quarters of Democratic freemen who recently cast their votes for Georgw B'. McCIeltan, arrived af. Saf . IT Y"ViriT : ' nn Rait' mror aTfo. (i.rpi fAsr. .n;i;no. o.ft HU ia about 50o miles heiow Salt River citv. the "place of rendez vous for the defeat-ed party, but as we Democrats expect to remain in the saline regions but one year, and then return to send up the! Abolitionists to'' the extreme limit .of Salt river navigation; we did not deem it expedient to go up farther. - As Abraham's suojectts whom we left behind are making frequent, inquiries about the' condition of affairs up here, wo thought it advisabTe fto: give them an answer publicly," so. as to, save . us the trouble of answering ijxem individually. :,0uf trip was delightful,, The coun-try is1 beautiful beybndf. description ; At every , city and town 'wo' passed, "the bankV were lined with ' people , who 'ex-pressetl their ; admiration-, at .the rm'ag-nificence '6f the flect andthe formidibTe appearance of thecreitiLirwas 'uhi- Terially remarked, jatnlargerj'more peaceable orderly, and respectable par-ty, was neved seen; pnl the river, beforej although, some tpartysVor-. other sailed annuaUyupi the rive. iAsoon asVwe landed-we struck oti tentsLwhich Were cVusidered alt uentTrirar temporary stayThft "gat ttrnaestwe'-cstah-Eshed for ourselves ii based'ott the', affections ct tXa vzozl-ili i&tksrovi''2i- higgers, ttltat intelligent contrabands! are not allowed to come among usr , It any one makes" his appearance, hero la will be dispatched forthwith to Abra- ham's Kingdom." We have a Christian -Teleas-rgenlleman, a scholar and a statesman! for President not. a smutty joker". and a rail-splitter. We have no war, or stamp duties here, and no assessors,, Erovost-marahals or tax-gatherers 'ta, arrass us; neither are we cursed th, greenbacks or shin plasters. Gold and silver 13 our . currency, - W e. have. as Democratic currency and Democratic, prices. Tho following are our .market priees: ' '. . , ;. (To5cc ......... ...... .. . ... ......per ft. . t- Toecee.......u...w. ' .' 2i . Bxenn .... ..... . .- " lt. Butter ,m.... ".. . . IS Muslin ....... "yd. U Whisky. gal (for medielBS 19 1 With these prices current, the; Bern- ocrats feel quite at home, and consider1 the transfer from Abraham's -dominions where rye coffee and Shoddy goods com mand cxhorbitant prices, a great bles-T sing. As the boat is about ready lore- turn to Yankee land we must close this communication, but wculd yet add by way of information that here we can'-kindle our fires with unstamped matchl es and that our undertakers, grave 3rg-'" gers and tombstone makers have no-nsred of Government licenses. ' S. K. D. Battle with the Indiana -300 Killed; ; i We have leen favored with a copy ot tbs'-Denver (Colorado) Jtietci of Dec. 8th, gmtig-i full acconntaof the recent severe battle bs- een Colorado troops and the Cheyenne In ft diana, in which the latter were surprised after .'j a forced march of forty in ilea, and an entire ? tribe altnoot exterminated, tncludiar eeveral r diftirruished chiefd. The official report is as --' -follows: II S DQU ARTESS DISTRICT OF Cot.ORa DO, : .. " .1 N 'Til K FlKl.n, CitEYKNyf CoUNTt'-. .SoCTU lifi.VD, Hl() SlNDf, Nov. 29 I , T- Muj.- Gen. tS. II. Curii$, Jort Leavenworth : . Uenerai.: Inthelat ten days ruj command has marched three hundred miles ons 1ninfred-ol wh.Urli the enow was twe fee dee'tW After a march of forty milee last nihtil,sti" daylight thie tnorning, attacked s ClieesnA1 village of one hundred and thirty lodges, rfii. nine hnn.lred to one thousand warrior Htnmg'.'1. We killed Chief- Black Kettlev Whits' lope, and Little Kobe, and between Jonr-?1? five hundred other Indiana; captured between (our and and five hundred ponies and rnn'(r pur loee i 0 killed and thirty-eight wouiideWr .' All.did nobly, I think 1 will calebWOtn4 ll more of (hem about eighty miles on . 8olrjf - Hill. We found $t white- matf'e soslp, k4 more than three daye old. in a lodce.. - - j. MrciiiviNoroy; 'v CJol. Com 'g District of Colorado, and First Indian EatelKkni. ; Private letters give the following additional ' particulars: - ' ' " -; - '- '- Our loaa ia (8) eight killed, one miwmf aod shout 38 wounded. , The Indian Ions is nrwn ly eatimated at from 300 to AOO; I think ahowt.j &K). between 50u and 6t0 Indian addles, oer 100 lodgef. with nil their ramp MoiMfi. ': Black Kettle, White Antelope. One Eye, anf J other chiefs are amou the killed: f othfalc this the severest ehastieement ever gfeU t Indians in battle on the American Continent.., Our men fmight ' with freat enthusi tsm and bravery, but with some disorder. Ther v plenty more Indians within a few dsr'a oiarcJu ' Another letter eaVe i " :':T . - . . . . . We start for another band tf fe Mins iftl 'o shall fi;ht differently next time. I iJfVfrV . r, more bravery displayed by any set or people . r n the face of the earth than by those India mu They would charge on a whole company m '"-glr, detertninel to kill some berofa. kUj4' "; themselves. We. of coirrse, took no prisoners,..-1 except John Smith's son, and he takes suddenly ill in tl nijht and died before r0rtt-inz. - . -; I shall leave here, a soon as I can in a :-wounded safely on the, way, to ths hospital Atv FoH Lyon, for the villages, of thv 8isix which are reporteil abomt.. eighty mile, frtmj here on the .Smoky II ill.' and r threw theqse r' ; and strong so look rttfe forsatore flghfsf. - will state tor the condderaiioii-rof gentkffBm . who are opposed to fighting these feJ refmrp-. drels, that I was shown, by my chief stirrew' ' . . the scalp of a white man ts ken from the lofVee of one of the Chiefs, which coold not hrvs ' . . been more than tvo or three daye taken; andlr I,could nieation many more things to. thow how these Indians, who hve been' drnwfn fl government rations at Fort Lyon, art abd have been acting. - : . - . " .- - err ' - '--e.T. - Smoke Tor the 4Jnre of Wsrawxi; A correspondent of 'the Omntrg ;Qilemr4' recommends smoke as curs for wwonds- -w men and animals. lie says: cot xay ftot , with an axe. The lady of the bonss Wisi - ,V the foot while it was yet bleed in freely,-, beTut-,-, it over a pan con tai Ding tag locksv n AfrfS minutes the bleeding stopped and the amoksl'T was removed, and bandage applied 4 prctaeV it from accidental- blow. The wotmd ,k99ftd:t.f su ppuntted, and consequently" . never - pained eV me. I bave seen the remedy tried , in- nsay, .... similar cases, and .always " with"., tbs , came W'ut aults. Let Abe reader bear in ciirvl that a a , ...4 linament or salve, drawing or heeling ahpeld -. , be applied. ; Too nays merely to smoke th - ,-; '; wound well, and bataitrwill do lbs rett,.. vi TTT ' - versstion with gentleman from Scioto On. ty, Ohio, weTeamed that wild 4wt -sssis5 twelve year paMJ TsrWye STe s41a aii dance. -: Deer, m herriVoT tea aif fwTv rve-- -w uncommon sight is thai rezinn. thie.wlprir--f1. iTe niintinp t vT I'muetkiw uwentve. Tax Oxz-Lxooia - DiWcxm. Th" ione-1 -.1 ' - ged 'daneeffenjSaged ' hoosei travels'inftli Wtb a black 'vs'le ievr.'v. eril horses; thre emeevhia biri (''.i Hi atandlng ii eviaeatlr tf t- J t Ii-1 many; a man tti two: zj : - - . j t - . 'j3rX:deritli4'whks ibej . tkVstateeieei tn9 ct XZ?r" : J thority, .that alont. b a r '"-eeth.. nsavs it iscv t'a r. (he mojtwf rrtrc- !rrfc . ; en czrs L. .r-jj - '- . - 2 v-.. -.