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BERRY & CO.'S, No. 11, IVXaIxx atroot, DROWN VILLE, N. T. 29 1S62. n47-tf theIbattle cry of freedom. Tc we'll rallj routd tbe fiag, boys, we'll rally once .Shoutirg the battle-cry of Freedom ; We will rally from the lill-side, well gather from from the plain, Shouting the battle-ery of Freedom. Chjecs. The Union forercr, Hurrah boys, hurrah ! Down witk the Traitor, Up with the Star; While we rally ron nd the fla, boys, raily once gain, Shouting the battle cry of Freedom ! We are ringing to the call of oar Brothers gone before. Shoutins tbe battle-cry of Freedom; And we'll 11 tb vacant ranka with a-iuiaii.n iree- m: n mor, Shouting the battle-cry cf Freedom I . We will welcome to cur numbers the loyal trno and brave. Shouting tbe battle-cry of Freedom I And altbo' be maybe joor he shall nercr be ft rlavo Shouting tho battle cry of Freedom I Cnonrs. So we're springing to the call from the cast and frotji the west, Shouting tho battle-cry of Freedom; And wc'il hurl the rcbol crew from the land we lore the best, Shouting tbo battle-cry of Freedom ! Cnoecs. WIHATI1 SCHOOL DELL NO. 2. 000 Copies Sold the First 13 Months of its Publication. istin entire New Work, of nearly 200 pages. t of the Tunes' and Ilymus were written ex ly f.ir tliis volume. It will dmii be aa populai predeecsor, ( Holl No. 1 ) which ha-s run up U oi.rniuus nutnhnf 575.OU0 copies iaSO months, ripping any' Sunday School Hook of its piz is in lliis coantry. Also, both vol tin as arc bound s to aoct tnin.iate schools wiirbinthem in that , Prices of bell No. 2, pajn-r covers, liccntr, wr Kio. .Uund,25 cents. t 1 S jkt ICO. Cl.Ub 1 ( mbocd gilt, SO cents. $.')2 p-r 1 00. Dell No. crcorers, 12 cont, $10 T 100. Bound 20 ,$13 pvr 100. Clotti b'lund euil)3-!ed gilt, 2i ,$20t 100. IMlt. Nog. I and 2 bound to r 40 cents, :50 cr hundred. 25 copies fur i at the 100 price. 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Kvergreecs, SLrubs, Dahlia, Ornamental Trees, "irwnbon and beddiig Plants, etc., etc. .LW"n'd lr leave t,,ca" the atieoti.m of lh ol Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Iowa and JJuUh Misonri. My terms will be as low as any reliable eastern ey. ' Purchasing of me the expenfo of transportatiot the east can be saved. I trees and plant are carefully labeled and packed 't manner, for which a charge of the actual com te made. Ko charge will be made for tbe deli very kageon board steamboats. il communications addressed to the undersigned . receive prompt attenUoa. arch. 1863. 1. H. BURCHIS. GOD SAVE THE STATE. Gud bless our native land: Firm may sho ever stand, Through storm and night; When the wild tetnpefts rave, Kulcrcf wind and wave, JLo thou our country save Iy thy great might. For her onr prayer shall rise To God", above the skies ; On him wo wait: Thou who art ever nigh, Guarding with watchful eye, T thee aloud wo cry, - Jod save the State. THE BOY PATRIOT. In the year 177G Philadelphia was in he hands of Howe and his inhuman sol diery, while the field of Brandy wine gave American people an evidence of British iumanity. The inhabitants of PeLnsyl- ania and Delaware were at the mercy of ihiir foes. Bands of Hessian dra goons scouted the vicinity of Philadelphia for miles arounJ, and committed acls whirh would disgrace a Vandal. On the evening of a delightf ul autumn day, a grcupe of boys, ranging in age from twelve to seventeen years, were gathered together on tbe steps of a ten antless storehouse in .the little village of Newark, Delaware. The town seemed lonely, and, with the exception of the youihful band referred to, not a human being met the eye. All the men capable of bearing arms, had left their homes tu join the army of Washington on the ischujlltill. A youth of sixteen, mount ed on a barrel, was piving an account cf the disaftrcus battle of Brandywine. -James Wilson, the orator, was a bold boy enthusiastic in his love for the Ameri can cause, and possessed of no little in telligence. His bright blue eyes and flaxen hair gave him an effeminate ap appearauce, but beneath the plain, home spun jacket, throVbed a heart that never never fhrat.k before any obstacle. His father was commander of the Delaware troops, and his' mother was dead. He concuded his narative and was deeply la menting that he could not join the army. "I am not old enough," said he, "but had I a musket, I would not stand idle here, with my hands useless by ray side." 'Are there no guns of any descrip tion in the village?" asked a .listening vouih. "None. I have spent nearly a week trying to find one, but my efforts have been of no avail. I strongly suspect the Tory Livirgiton, has several in his house but as be permits no one to trespass upon his premises, I am unable to say posi tively.' 'Why no', take a party and search his dwelling ?" exclaimed Frank Howard ; "l e has no cne there to assist him ex cept his cowardly son George and I can thrash him as easy as that," and the toy snapped his fingers to imply the readi ness with which he could trounce old Liv ington'sson. If there are any threo boys in this company uho will help me, I will search old Livington's house this night. All who are willing to go, just come forward three paces." Every boy in the crowd stepped for ward three paces without a moment's hes itation. James" eyes flashdd. "Now, by the dead of Banker Hill, I will search old Livington's residence though death stands in my path." With a .firm tread, and with the ut most silence, the youDg heroes tock up their march for old Livingston's- Liv ingston had long been suspected of har boring BrMsh spies, and oorae of his j former laborers had reported that he kept i up a regular correspondence with tbe British commander. At all events, he was generally regarded by the Whigs as a dangerous man. His house was situ ated a short distance from White Clay Creejf, on the side of a steep hill sur rounded on all sides by the trees. It was just such a place as one might suppose suitable for the plotting of treason. . At the time James Wilson and his lit tle band .left the deserted store house in the village of Newark, dusk had givea place to the dark shades of night. Sjill it was not dark; the. new moen was shin ing brightly through the clouds, and ev ery object wa3 perfectly distinguishable. The loys walked firmly forward, main taining solemn silence. At length they gained, the bend of the creek, and slow ly followed the winding path, soon tame to a little low bridge which crossed a a shallow rivulet leading into Whi'.y Clay ! and James ordered them to halt. Let Frank Howard and myself rec onnoiter the premises first, to see wheth er any danger may be apprehended.' All the rest stand here till we return. Make no noise, and keep a constant; watch." ! - James'and Frank silently departed,! and were soon lot in the thick woods through which the path run. Scarce had they gone from their compaion3, ere the qujck tar of Wrilsoo detected a noise. Hist!" said he to Frank, as he pulled up behind a gigantic beech tree. Pres ently George Livingston came in sight. James Wilson darted from his cover, and tighily grasped the boy by the neck. The cowardly youth tremble like a reed. "Speak one word," whispered his cap tor, "and I'll toss you into the creek," The Tory's son, struck dumb, with fright, found himself in the midst of the boy heroes, with the vice-like grasp of of James and Frank on either -arm, Now, said James answer me prompt ly and truljr, or I'll make your position uncomfortable. Who are in your fath er's house at this house at this moment ? "I I cannot tell," stammered the half dead boj'." "You shall, or Spare me, and I'll tell everything. When I. left the house there was no one there but our family and Major Bard stone." "Who is he?" asked James. "I doa't know I don't indeed." "Tell!" threatened Frank. "He is Captain of the Yorkshire dra goons." The blue eyes of James glistened with joy, and he soon pained from the Tory's son a revalation which stamped his fath er a traitor of the most appalling charac ter. He discovered that old Livingston not only kept up a correepondence with the British commander, but that he had so plotted in his traitorous design that the little village of Newark was to be burned to ashes, and its women and chil dren left exposed to the pitiless foe. The old Tory was to rec?ive as his com pensation the land whereon the village stood, and an annual pension from the British government. But stranger than all, the plot was to be consummated on the very night the Tory's son had been captured, while he was going on an errand to a neighbor about twp miles distant. The little band of heroes learned, too, that the British troops had secured their horses in Livinnston's stable, and intended to descend the creek in a large boat. There were twenty of them besides their Cap tain. Major Bradslpne, the leader of the band, was, in temper and heart, a very demon, and scrupled not in his oruelty to destroy the slumbering infant or the sick wife. Not a few in that youthful baud trembled for a widowed mother or a defenceless sister. Some'were for de parting immediately, but James Wilson, still retaining the grasp on the. Tory's son, ordered them to-be quiet. The pris oner was bounoV hand and foot, and a thick handkerchief bound ov er his mouth to prevent him from calling for assistance and a stout cord fastened to his breast, and wound about a tree. All hope of escape forsook GeorgeLivingstone. Wil son motioned to his little band to follow him, and in a few moments they stood on the summit of a high precipice which overhung White Clay Creek. "Now boys," said Wilson, "the nara tive which we have just heard is true, and as we have no muskets or arauni lion, we must make the best of the occa sion. The British band will pass this spot in their boat, and as we have an hour to work, let us make haste and roll some of these large rocks to the edge of the precipice, and when the red -coats pass below, let us sihk them to the hot torn." ' . V . " . ' ' Each boy irr.mediately set to work, and in an incredible short space.of lime, nine huge rocks, each half a ton in weight, were balanced upon the edge of ' the gi ant precipice. The creek at this point was not more than twenty1 feet wideband by a mass of rock on 'which, our heroes stoo'd. If the British descended the creek they would certainly pass this spot and if they passed it, then death was their certain fate. In about an'hour the quick ar of Wilson detected the meas ured beat of the muffled oar. "They are coming,", he whispered "let no one drop his .rock till I give the word, and then oil at once. Peeping cautiously over the clifts, he saw the Tory boat slowly but . surely ap paoaching. An officer stood on the bows guiding the oarsmen by his orders,, and the epulets on his should eas told that he was the identical Mojor Bardstone. Don't drop till I give the oder,' again whispered Wrilson. When the boat was about twelve feet from the rock, the boy leader fell secure ly behtnd the stout defence and shouted: 'Who goes there?" In a moment th&-arsmen ceased row- ing, and gazed with astonishment around them. The impetus which the boat had acquired caused it to drift slowly beneath the rock, and just as it-was fairly below, came forth the loud doomed words, 'Cut loose in the name of liberty!" Each boy pushed his rock at that in stant ; and as if with one impulse the gigantic stones fell. Aloud shriek from the dark waters told how well the plan succeeded, and as the exultant boys a gain looked over the rocks, nothing was was seen but a few pieces of wood. The boat was burst in pieces, and ihe oc cupants found a watery grave at the bot tom of day Creek. A cry of victorp burst from the joyous lips of the youth f ul patriots, and was echoed along in sol emn grandeur. "Now or etir prisoner!" cried Frank Howard, bounding ahead; but what was the astonishment of the boys to find that in his efforts to get free, George Livings ton had been caught by the fatal cord and choked to death. There was no time for repining; the traitor and his son had met their deserved doom, and there was no one to mourn their loss. Such be the end of America's foes for ever!" said Wilson. Old Livingston's house was searched, and to the surprise of every one, not on ly guns, but three brass field-pieces, sev eral barrels of powder and balls, were concealed in the Tory's cellar. The mil itary stores found here were given over to the American troops, and found a joy ous welcome at head quarters. Had not the British party , been so signally de feated alone the banks of White Clay, the whole northern part of the State of Delaware would have been overrun by the predatory bands of British soldiers. Jame3 Wilson and Frank Howard both joined the army of Greene, and served with distinction in the Southern cam paign. Frank fell in the memorable battle of Eutaw 'Springs, bewailad by all who knew him.. James lest a leg at the siegfe of Yorktown, and retired to his native village, but mortification ensued, and he expired with the ever memorable words dn his lips ' Cut loose in the name of liberty!" ' The village of Norfolk still stands and has become a town of some celebrity. The scene of the ; defeat of the British of the British by the boy patriots is still pointed out, and is a sacred spot in annals of Newark. Two ladies were having some words together on the roadside, when the daughter of one of them popped her head out the door, and .cried out, Hurry mother and call her a thief before she calls ,you one. There is in Nora Scotia a . young women seventeen years of age, who is seven feet two inches in height. She measures forty-three inches round the waist, thirty three inches from her arm pit to the tips of her fingers, "weighs two hundred and seventy four pounds, and has a foot thirteen inches long. She is good looking, quite social, though dif fident, not being accustomed to see the public and her name is Anna Swan. A Western paper has the following amusing Phartseeism: A young man, a member of an Evangelical church, wants board in a piou3 family, where his Christian example would be considered a compensation. The famous natural bridge, in Virginia one of the greatest curiosities in the world, is advertised for sale. , THE CONFESSION, . . . . ., ! There's somewhat on ray ireast, father , There's somewhat cn lay breast ! ; The livelong day I sigh, fithor, And at night I cannot rist, , . I cannot take my rest, fatter, Though I would fain to da io j - A weary weight opposes me This weary weight of woe. , . , ' Tis not the lack of gold, father, Nor want of worldly goa r : ' My lands are broad and fair to see, My friends are kind and dar. My kin are leal and true, faiaer, They mourn to see my grief, - Cut Oh ! tis not a kinsman's hand, Can give my heart relief 1 ' Tis not that Janet's false, father, Tis not that ahe's unkind; Tho' busy flattorers swarm around I know ber constant mind. iTis 31 her coo.ntr, fubwr -W . . That chilis my laboring breast, It's that confounded cucumber, I've eat and can't digest I Artemus Ward has turned his mind to martial matters, and in happiest mood re lates aj)ersonal experience that will be relished : I will relate a little incident which happened to your humble servant on his return home from the wars. I rwas walkia' along the street lookin' so gal lant and gay, in my brass kole and Hue buttins, and other military harress, when a excited femail rushed out ov a house, throw'd her pump handles aroun' me neck which part I did not mind as ihey was fair, round ones and exclaimed: "doo I behold thee wunc again ?" "You do and I think you are holdin' me too fastly," sez I, tryin to , release the excentrick femail's arms. "Oh hav you cum back hav you cum back ?'.' she wildly cried hangin' tighter to my neck. "Certainly I've cum back," sez I "or else I would not be hear. But I don't think I know you muchly." -"Not know me me, yoar own Claret ta Rosetta Belletta she who has not sot eyes onto you for more'n2 years. Yes," she continued, placing her hands onto me me shoulders, and looking up into my face like a dyin' hoss-fly -yes I do see my own Alfred's eyes, an' his cose, his ears, an' his " "Madam," sez I, "execose me, but al low me too korrect vou. Ef I air not mistaken, -these earses, an, eyes, an' nos es, belong to myself individooaly, an' youf Alfred never owrled them scarcely,' "Away with this farse," sez she." You can't desceve your own Claretta. Cum into' the house ana see your own sun Lincoln Burnside McClellan Beazer." . It was evident that the femail ' wos mistaken, that it was not me but another man she wanted. How old is he ?" sez L "Which?' sez she. "Them little sun, Lincoln Burnside McClellan, andjso 4th." "He's just 6 months old the little darlin'!" "Wall, madam,", sez I, ef little Lin coln McClellan Burnside and so 4th, air only 6 mohths old, and ye haven't sot eyes unto your Alfred for more'n 2 years I think that's a mistake somewhar, and that I'm tot your dear Alfred, but an other man altogether." The woman shot into the hDuse like 40, and this was the last I saw of my own Claretta Rosetta Belletta, but I pity poor Alfred. . iijwin a' A nodal cdnficata h thi f; Dear Doctor. -I will .hsy:r2 h'in'rvi and seventy firs years old cszt October. For ever eighty four years have besa aa -invalid unable to step, except - ?hen roof ed with a lever. Bat a year so I ' hsard cf the Granicuhr 'Syrup'.' I 1 bought a ' tcttla, smelt ths 'cork,' asi -" found myself a moo. I tsa eq.? - rua twenty miles and ' a half in an ha a r aai'-J throw nintesa somersaults wiihoat t;?p ' ping. h ' ;' The N. Y. Independent has lis fcl "'. lowingfrorna mother. 1 1 o! But did I tell you whit a tins I hai" with my little Joe ? ; ' No; what was it? ' 'Why. I- was showirj htm the picture ef ' the martyrs thrown to the lions, and war ': talking very solemnly to him, trying to ' make him feel what a terrible thing it'" was. ; -5. ; Ma ! said he, all at once, Oh ma ! jas '' look at the poor little lion, way behisd '' there, he won't get any! ' : 1 The Spaniards have a proverb, tha stone fit for a wall wilPcol lie on tha road. Prepare yourself for something' better, and something better will come. ' The great .art of success is to be able to seize the opportunity offered. ; Cheer fully, patient perseverance in your law ful calling will best help you to do this. He that hath to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance. What is polyamy? asked Ika, ivhcr : stumbled over the word . in the paper. : Mrs. Partington, looked severe. Pelygaray ' said fshe, is ; when men have libertine ; privilage of marrying a pleurisy of wires' ; God bless them, when ihey cant take care of one aa she ought to be, with cotton flan- ; nel forty cents a yard, and flour at flab- i ulous prices." : ., t, , ;. .!; ,: v-, Annette, my dear, what country ia ? opposite to us on the globe ? . ... j . Don't know, sir? , Well, said the perplexed teacher If -I were to bore a hole through the earth, ' and you were to go in at this end where would you come out? : - ; , !; a Out of the hole, sir. ' Some days ago a box was seized at Adems Express office, in Washington,, . in which were a number of can3 labeled ; tomatoes and piceles. This box wa3 ad- j eressed to a private in the -army of thej Poiomrjc. Instead of being filled with tomatoes, they were full of vile whiskey which was very probably confiscated., : i The Indians of Ifaho are the Snakes, , Bannocks, Flatheads, Blackfeet. Nez ' Perces, and other segments of. once great but now fading nationalities. The Gov- 71 ernment has concluded a treaty with them by whsch for $200,000 they sur-; render a large portion of their rich lands. , J Tha Richmond Wrhig says a feeling of dread is shaking the souls of the people. The shaking General Gnat has recently" . i . i i . i t - i oeen sriven tneir ooaies iorra me natura w ... - . 1 ' 4 " J ' connection between mind' and matter. Oh I am so glad you like birds; what kind do 70U admire, said a yodng wife to her hvsband, Ahem!- Well I think' a good turky. with plenty of dressing said the husband about as nice as uny. ' ' 1 It is going to be a great deal harder reconciling the Copperheads to the sup pression of the rebellion, and the conse quent destruction of the institution of ne gro Jdvery, than the rebels themselves. The nearer this consummation' devoutly wished for by loyal people, appears, the more desperate nua utn6 e'- -r and ferocious they become. tJnles3 the war is steppedand an effort is made by Mr. Lincoln to restore slavory, and pay for all missing niggers we fear these chaps will bite themselves mit "a snake. Sally Jones, have yau done that sum yet? No, thir, I can't do it! Can't do it! why at your age I could do any sum that was set me. .Sally I advise you to avoid that word 'can't'; there is no sum can't be dona, I tell. you. I think, this that I know a thum that you can't thifer out. Ha! well, well, Sally, let's here it. It is this thir, If one apple cause ruin to the whole human raith, how many cf them will it take to make a barrel of thider, thir? Mis3 Saly Jones, you may turn to your parsing lesson. , Julius Coesar Hannibalgiving fft ac count of his sea voyage, Jsays: aAll do passangers was now heavin, and as if dat wasn't enough, de captain gave orders for de ship to heave to and she hove te.' On election dny, a woman appeared at . -4 Maine is estimated to have raised the past season 1,855,113 bushels of cam, 407,425 bushels cf buckwheat 6.693,349 bushels of potatoes and 7,000 lbs- of tobacco. Daring the late Houghton Race Meet ing at Newjiarket, England, William Lang ran a mile in the wonderful time of four minutes and three seconds. , upon her right to vote. The inspector ' received her ballot, and after she retired put it in the stove. 7 Swearing is fearfully prevalent among the teamsters of the Cumberland array. The last achievement in tha way was swearing the hair off a mule's back time, nine minutes from the w.ord go.' ' n 1-i 1 The American Horse Nail Company1 J at Providence have invented a- steam":! spiding machine, which will do the wnrk(i of fifteen yoke of cattle, requiring only a man and boy to operate it. It consumes,, a quarter of a cord of wood a day. It 13 reported thvt when "the first ! Greek fire hell exploded in Charleston, a contraband who witnessed it. clappeoT ' his haud3 and shouted! Hell's laid aa1-' prrr. The claims of the United State? claim' -ants against the Governirsent. of Peru, u hare been settled, with'the exception ol.-i four, amounting to $153,000. re-, It 5 ica ! IOTT' thu I j. U: :a,; ion 0 it me; ,03,1 1 in" foa-': yci hrii - c.h, e- 1 1. The Irish girls of G:Iurnbu3. Ohio, have contributed 51Q.&5 for a Vallaa- 'dighag) fund. ' S n 1 f - - I'm- tsay" pid fev r, Take n to fouf, siari fair. 5 E3 iu'd- 'rar iolori jLet I . (.aid Cast. j'crd jion. 1 SLZ& yu . - rich your I had It., jchly jto do laess j rait ryat i - 'very call Jour- f " ?- , : t -r .V ' - ers.-ii i Ga- n. if. i ; 1 f 1 id j