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Mi NEBRASKA ADVERTISER ' "bates uf ADxansi:;a": 1 Ci rCtW&tD STMT TJICMBAT IT Baiaei cardJU liutt r cx jest Cfi f surtM co1biuoq jr On Igtti oolnnuicat jer Oasooiamaslx mouth -OstifclXcoIcaia iix iartt?5 Oat fourth ecJaai nmoiiih On algbtJi e-Jumn sixiui.(' On eoloma thr mocth On hlf column tar tionthi Oca fourth colnmntara aioi 21 SI C 21 CJ Ci 7 On ighta cUrnna tr nioatk Announcing eandi4tn for.t3 Cepr. Tr, in acasc, . - . 43 to AlltrmnaientadvertUcannU bjojI V Tanc. , . . TarljiTert!n,,lartcf,,n All kiad of Job, Book and Card printing, Uai la th beatitjl on ihort notic and raonafel lra StkwripUoo, must yuariawj, be paid inAdraar look Workyand fclain d4 Fancy Job Wort;, VOL. IX, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA IHUESBA JULY 13, 1865. NO. 43. vA, , A. I 3 I I a I T 19 if 1 i II W Its - " 111! 1 t 1 IiV c H WWW U K tfn: ra - Mi' ' Ay, 14,, yCi iiOU JSTsU A J- 0-1 11 W V - V i -L U Ui V XUUt . X ) 1 X -fir ib u BUSINESS CARDS. rTiL c. thurman; pljnstnan 5 : Surgeon CJ. STEWART, HO. A. 8. BULLA DAY, UD. fHYSiCIAIIS MID SUEQECnS. f0B4 Et corner 'ofilaiq ao. XV$ Stree,t frnci Coru-7 t a. v, and 1 to I and 8 f to 5re1lri Nebraska, May 5th, 1855 No 34, j. E. S. BURNS, M. H,, PHYSICIAN & SURGEN1 rJezriAlXAv City, T OFFICE AT U1S UESIDEXCE. J?j2Stk,lS84. n47-v8-pdly TTBrjOHisrsojsr, OmCE WITH L. IJOADLY, Ccnr "Main and FirsJ Streets, ZJPGTTIULE, AL'DRASItA. ' v5-4i-pt-54 EDWARD W. THOMAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY, Office cirner of Main anl Tirpt Streets. BROWNVILLE.-NEBRASRA. J. A. IIEWES. : ATTORKEY AT LAY ! Solicitor la Chancery, UXD AND CpLLECTIXQ AGENT. ' BnOWIfTILXE IT. T. -K Utb.lj.- .fl.noaii. b. if.pjcn. DPUSET 4 Bipn, Clitoiiui)5 at Caw, And I fjSc 8. E. comer Main and Firtt Stffttf, "BItQVNVH4-K. ?J I'jBHASKA. Vijl jir a prompt attention to all buoinesa on ,trtW to them in the various Confta f Nebraska "4 Korth 'lliaMiurii alo- to t'h'o jCoJWtion of Domij xoney, Hack" fay, aod reocionn ; ami to ftF7meatof Taxea. : G. 3. fjpXDEKSCJX, ; CXXSKAL DKALEK I!f 3TAFLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS BOOTS & SIJOES, I!B Street beiween First and Second, IlIEEIC All HOUSE D. UOD LSp?t PROPRIETOR, ( rc-tSireet, between Main and . Water, JAMES MEDFORD, UBIHET - M AKER , AND wvi.ucrnir aDa Jiam otreets,- BROWKVJLLIL. N". T. P'tlrwi to doall kinda of work in bialin on 9v;cfl an(j rewonable tern. C. IJL IV A Li It E R. ?l)ot.s0raptjtc Sirtiat ?ssor to W. M. C.'PEriiNs i Ck ooa wFtr or thk wioir. i BROWS VILUS, N T. " ' i BROWNVILLE, N 'Afcon tibi Card or Album rPi,attohiabaBtifal Iv..rT-Jiko Atniib- 'M5(1JWito raritaharo. poblio patron ction guaj atoed. S6-4t. iIinery & Fancy- gopjjs wH ,oa door weit of the Post Oflce 1iuUn;1.ET,rthinS.in Uinery line it aai T - b."?: ft:eM-Kiaegf Bonnet i lMl TnmBioS dna to order. 4 "triTcs is ti ;ajes Kiyii' JTilriTrn to bWv...-f tf '" Perform arf Fork, par- q,aai " w Rir. . Jt",cl I AtkinsoD Clct'u TSejf are Comics from Wars- " T?iJr OOiiD th wan,- ' They art briefing bot3 thair aean, - Thy try bringing back thr old too, ia glory; ' Tl ay bar battled long ani w3, . Aitd let Ur ago tall Eow tliay Won th proudeal name in aong or tory; -Tliy bar broken p their earepa ; Tl j re Unghing, o'f r teir trmaspi ; They are joking w'th th girl? who flook around them ; Tl ey bar left th acanty far, Tbey hare left th fetid air, They bar duhed to earth the priaon-walla at poiind to em. Aiid they're coping frojo the wara, Tbey are bringing borne their car. They are bringing back Ihe olii flag, too,, a glory ; They bare battled long asd wtllj Ad let after agea te',l IIw they won the imyd;it pap ip apagof tory! t "Wn are eafer with or thanks, . a "Wo are preaiitg on their ranki , "We are grarpiDg hands that held U. Statei un broken, Yet w dl thjok of'thoc Who are aleeping with their foea. And our trembling tocgue gir welcome sadly epokee. But th long dl7 past, They bar brought a peae at lait, And bow proudly through our reiqi th blood ia bounding. Aa we bless our honored dead, While the steady martial tread Of retprniDg ret'raas in our ears is soundicg ! Ych, th ey're comin j from the wars, Th ey aro bringing borne their acars, They j:o brinsirj, back the old fla, tpp,ia glory; V bj-y hare buttled long and well, And lat after ages toll How thy won tl;e proudest name in Bong or fftory ; TJie League of Antl-Beeferg, BV WILES O'RXILtT. Pan the word along the line, Let the butchers come to grle.f ! -When we breakfast, rup or djne, . Let nsshua ho sight of beef! Lat it be aa flesh of awine Unto Israel's strietjbeliarerf Aci,trj present raAea daolia, Iet as all be anti-Jjeefjra 1 Lorely maid and tender wif, ' &vop our butcher-foai "we'll humble ; Join our league and nharo our trife, Till the betfy idvl tumble I Paine your gliattnicg hands totoaven, And swear however fashion diffets That, till met i cheaper given, You joia the League of Anti:Beeferj. h' jr with hunger teed we pine, While the trees their f milage render; Fikb are juicy, froth and Cne, Sa1r.ds,too, are crjfp and tender. Join the banner tfi.t werise ; Already seel the botcher quirers J And rictory's wreath, ere many days. Shall crown the brows of ani-boefrs! From the American Miscellany, JIT WIFE'S' NEW BONNET. A MINISTER'S STORY. Beiug" worn out to mind aryj Jbody by a long winter cf unremitting labor in my pjnjsieml duties, I longed to go into some quiet country place to spend the summer, and to renew my ejusted en ergies. Having made my wishes known to my friends, they proposed that I should sup ply the desk'of a brother fryi;je, ybo Was obliged 'to leave the country on bus iness, and who had labored in an out-of- the-way place amoLg the taotfutiias I repared thither and preached one Sabbath on trXl. ' upon, Reapop body, a white-headed old 'gentleman, came to me and said . "Mister, yer sar mon was fust rate; the way IcantelJ, ye pee, is, I didn'thajve ajy nap this mornin' as I alius du, and it must be a fust rate preacher that can keep me awake." The old deacon was the church critic, and therefore I was judged qapable of, lling the pulpit of &Xr.' graves during his absence. I returned to the city, sent up my furniture and followed it.Ieaving my w;fe her jriendsio complete her spring purchase and other little matters. A month passed and I become acquain ted with, and I flattered myself, quite a faxcrite vhh my yu-ishioners, .ven I received a letter from my wife announc ing that she was ready to come to EocV tville." I went to the city fcr'ex f$j$re returned late on jjaturay er'ng. I heared a Juzz the mornen.t we .enter ed jcfIurch the nejU oring, and when rising to read the ymn, I found eyes of all die. congregation jxed, wber I thought they ouc-ht ft .e, on jhe pulpit; but alas ! I was ra.erj,they .yvee look ing n ten Uj c jpjvt e. ' As finished r.eai.n. vfiss Arabella Sintpkins. maided lady of uncertain age, and the afSanced cf Deacon Peabodv, arose with a toss of her head and A swept disdainfully out of the itou.se A general whispering ensued, then some others followed he.r worihj exanp,le. A1 O0 X xns . surprised to find that none of the deacons or any cne else cam.e tQ ahj;ke hands v(h tnp ts wna their cus toms to be presented to my wife. - J walk ed tiCCe yondering.jrjhat fthe.teasqaauld be. ' ' - '. In the afternoon I ps still more sur prised to fund tit only abou,t a, dozen persons wete-at church, and I went home dedly troubled, and wondering if I bad failed in any of my duties toward qiy parishioner. Amy noticed the thinly settled churph p,nd asked me ' i!;q reason, bqt I coulc give none, and ahe, dear litt woman, ponsolcd me vy ith the sweet aranve that her Charjej could do no wrong. On the next Tuesday, the matter was decided, for on that day was ushered in to my study, Deacon Peabody anl Dea con Merriman, who handed me folded paper, and then bowed themselves pre cipitately 013 1. I opened the paper a,nd read the following letter of dismission: '.'RocxviLLr, June 5,18 . . Brviher Crosby : it is my paneful (jewty tu tell yu that yer sarvise aint wanted enny more in this ere meeting house, we likes ye wall enuf bat my woman, and the ga that bruther Pea body is goin tu take tu be his woman, tnd same others thinks that yer wife aint the proper kind of a pusson tu set a good example before the yuthful feemale members that belongs jo iiis ere church, i remain ever yer trjje friend. Deacon Jeremiah Merriman." For a long time I sat pondermg over the contents of thus Jejter. What could the matter be with my little wife, I could not imagine. Aly darling little Amy, every one th ji jfnew her loved her. To have my wife, whom I thought to be the embodiment of every virtue, spoken tn thia manner, wVs more than pqu4 bear. I went out and sought a prominent mem ber of the church and demanded ah ex planation; he refused' to give any, and I immediately called a church meeting to be held on that evening to find out if pos sible, the reason of my dismissiorj. I returned home ano) jpent the time very impatiently until the hour for the appointed meeting. As I fat watching Amy's trim figure flitting here and there in the perform ance of her household dutjes, I grew .more indignant to think tha. any one would speak ill of my darling. 'Why, Charlie," she saidlo me as we sat together in the yine-wreathed porch, "what isthe matter with you ? you do not seem any like yourself, the country air does not agee with you, does it ?" How jnnoceut and lovely she was? J jcqjld make no answer, but changed the subject of. conversation to some more agreeable topic. " At last the hour enme. I -repaired to the church, where I found quite a goodly number assembled. Seeing me enter,: Deacon' Peabody arose and opeded the meeting by saying. "Brethren and sisteren, we hard met here to-night at the request of our late pastor and we will now hear '-his busi ness with us." . 1 arose and sai, "Deacon Peabody, the letter that I received ;h;s" morning speaks of my wife in a manner that is wholly inexplicable to me, and I have pe.-ler thjs peeling to ascertain the rea son of my dismission, and the occasion of the scandalous remarks with regard to my wife, about whom you know noth- r , - U tDg. ! . . , 'Wall," said Deacon Merjman. ,l.my wife, and sister Jones and Amt tyabhy Wilkins and Aunt Judy &rcv?a, and eun others in the church, think she aint a proper kind of a person cr a minister's wife." I now demand , "Why ?" . "Wall," said Deacon Merriman, Deacon Peabody will tell you.", ' Deacon Peabody arose and said,'Ar abel Miss Simpkins thinks she sets - a baij exampje before hei and tha other young ladies of theicburch." - f t , . Peocon Merriman now said, "My wo man says thai she has been a member cfjthis church for twenty years, and I've been deacon, gcin' on twenty-five years, and it's never been disgraced nil now.'.' I now arose highly indignant and re quested Deacon Merri man's wife, to get up, and state plainly- in what , way my wife h?d difgraced their church. Mrs. Merriman said, "Bruther Cros- hy, I've allers' liked you ever 'somuch. J told Jeremiah 1 when 'y6u' 'fust come ...y .juu wuuiu enauiosv nu.crumcr Graveses place, and I'm rea iorry anj; tlung hs happened.- Yer. sar.rrons was so good, and so muct Eiba octrjra in "era, and yoa set bsfora the - wicked so pjainly. what they air comin1 top, ad ca' to think . U' iho.ul4 ' ccna orthisf" she groaned and.sunk cto hjr eat .: wholly .overcome. a .-.to. ' , - . - yl d sS V ISfii'ifl; gajq i ny'ligh? upon the subect,".jeie4, "I shoul4 'like to hear from some cXjho. other sisters, perhaps they might' enigten me." - hereupon, Vyjnt IJabVy Wilkins got up ana sq;q. "ivtj near Aunt iiriaranai married Jim Holt, says, that she don't think that we sbajl ever git anybody here again that we shall like as well as we did sister Graves. She was a drefful good woman sister; Gcatres was; she used to go round among the sick, ever so much,' she warm a bit proud and stuck up like sura folks. 'Why, one dy she come over to our house, and I 'was ma kin' soap and Aan Mapar was dippin candles, and Betsey Jtr.e va3 spinmn' two. and the children " wej- all to home from school, and everything was .all : up in a heap ; we don't nllerj look so as we did that day,- but sister Graves she nev er minded it a bit, she broughl her knit- tin'-work and sot rignt down with us jest as i though we was at good as any body." . ; J . . Sister Joqes, another worthy member gets up and hays, "I don't know as I can add anything 40 what has ajready been said, but I can testify, to the truth of what sister Wilkins has said. . Sister Graves, she come over to my house last fall, that day we xyas killin' hoga," we had everything roumTbut as sister Wilk ins says, she. warm a bit proud, but sot rigfct down and seemed as happy as though she-had een in Squire Green's parlor, setijq with Mrs.. Green , iu . her best blaclf silk dress and best cap. Sis ter. Gravgs ajlers rejjpd well, but kin der plain, to way vministe'rVlwife or- ici. uuc uiuu i wear n uicsa vi iiu- i. , . , t ... bons and furbelows, as sum folks I know pf do, and e carried a big ambrill , not a little, small mite of a parasol, about as big a a Jjttfe tin pail kner.",. , ; Here was a discovery.. Could it be that they p.q( talen offense at my wife's dress ' Amy always dressed fashiona- bly and her taste was perfect, but I could not tell, puzzle my brains as I might, what she wore on Sunday. But I was not quite satisfied as to this being tie rea son, so I said : . . . i "I do not think that I understand you, but your remarks seem to tend to the fapt that the way njy-wife dresses does not suit your taste !T , :: ,' "You do not understand me, io you ? faid Miss Simpkins, loftily, "di&'t your wfe come o meetin' on Sunday with a letile bit of a thing on her bead, it was so small it coufduY be called, a ! bonnet, and with her Lair tied; up behind and put into a bag hangin' half way down her back, and a little sack coat on, trim med with big. white buttons, just, for all the world like a man's. I think it is a shame and disgrace to any woman to dress so, especially a minister's wife." "Yes," chimed in Deacon Peabody, "you have hit the nail right on the head, Miss Simpkins, that thing she had on her head looked just like a slapjack cut in two and wpunj) round a pole.". Aunt Judy Brown now aroie and said, "I want ter add my testermony ter.what Deacon Peabody and sister Simpkins has sed. Bruther Crosby, iest take the case right home tu erself. " 'pose you ba ft dartar that was goin ter marry a dea con of the church, should you wanter tu git sich sinful notions about dress intu her head V ' ' ' iHere Aunt Judy was interrupted by a series ot nair-auajpie groans proceeding from the spinster quarter, aiid by , Mis Simpkins saying : - - ; Aunt Judy JJrowu, doyou dare to insfnuate that your darter is goin' to marry Deacon Peabody ?',;T 15 jWhy,.yesrto be sure I do, he - has courted my darter Polly ever since the "day -poor Mrs;' Feabodv died.".- H" Miss Simpkins, highly exasperated, said, "Aunt Judy Brown, how dare you! take back every word yoa have said, for it's a lie, every word of iu" 4- .- , "I won V said Aunt 7udy "for I de clare its every word true j.' ' ; - - . "I tell you it's every word a lief &id Miss im"pkins ;4for he's promised . to marry me. and haven t I set up with him pvery oiher night since ister' pea body died, dx weeks ago nexl. Thurs day." .. . , :j "Deacon Pteabody," said Mrs. Brown, shaking er f)S :the direction of jSea bou Peabody 's head, you white-headed old sinner, unat du you mean by steal in' the affections of my darter Polly T You have courted my darter Polly, and you can't deny it. -I allers though: you a decent bind of a man, but I see now that nobody but an old roscal that you are. would be a courtin tu gals ter ouce. Git uphere, you old -villain and let ' us see what you have got to say fox your self."' ; - . . 'As Deacon peabody arose, very red in the face, and said, hurriedly : "Bruthren and sisteren" 1 interrupted him and said, "Allow me to interrupt the meeting, to say that I accept your letter of dismissica."- I then took my hat and left them to dispose of Deacon Peabody's afiections as best they might. next week saw me on my way back to the city, owing my dismission from the pastorship of Rockville church, solely to. the fact of my wife's "having a new bonnet. Frauds Upon Wool Dealers. The New York Trt&tme gives some good odvice to farmers upon their duty and interest in preparing wool for sale. The thriftless, careless, and frequently dishonest practices, to which many wool gpwers resort; instead of being to their benefit, depreciates the character of American wool generally, and preyents them from getting for fleeces honestly prepared as much as they should obtain for them. The consequences of the practices resorted to by many unscrupu lous farmers, tells with severity against the entire agricultural interest, and oc casions the loss of a largejsum of money MB A per annum, lne farmer wto in tnis matter is too sharp, only over reaches himself. He may by an occasional trickery, realize something extra upon the swindle of a single transaction, ))ui when the injury done, to the business by the discovery of such frauds is taken into consideration, and the account .balanced, it will be found that in the long run ''hen- esty is the beat policy." The principal of these frauds and in jurious practices may be described under tne louowins: envisions : 1 Sending wool to market in. unmer chantable condition, either unwashed or half washed, thereby coraDellinz the buyer to purchase dirt at the price of good clean wool. 2. putting up the fleece of the tack and sides of the sheep, well washed, and in such manner as to conceal the dirty un washed wool of the belly, which is there- ore, sold at the price of washed wooL - 3. By allowing shee;? .that are .well washed, to run,' before shearing, aeon Eiderable time, the weel is filled with yolk, which subjects te manufacturer to a considerable loss. . 4. By an unnecessary .use of strings in tying ;ijp eeces, adding to the weight, and in a large lot increasing the loss to the buyer, who pays a good price for wool, and gets ihreora useless hemp. . 5. Stuffing 133 inside cf fine Rooking fleeces with unwashed wool pulled from dead sheep. Thb fraud can easily be discovered by ipe wpol dealer froth the greater weight of the fleece. He takes his satisfaction out of the farmer by gating his oe;, 0 tjjat the latter sells his fine washed wool very frequently at a rate approaching the low price of pul led wool. 3. Feeding sheep, shortly after shear- )PJS with oil cake and food which pro duces oil and gum. and fills up the weight of the fleeces with a substance which has to be got rid of in manufacturing, and which reduces the actual wool immense ly, so that what would seem to bd a large lot $ found,' upon working i, to fce very small. This is a fraud which is hiehlv mjurous to.hcnerj sjjeep growers, as it hurts the whole business, and causes the wool buyer, to look upon the class of sel lers of wool as harpers. It is said by wool Jealeps 'ifcaj. ibis policy 4,Joes cot pay ' the oil cake and extra food costing more than wh.at is gained' by the addi tional weight which goes into the wool. TheTe are many , other small frauds which are complained ofbut the fore- cjig embody those - which are of the most importance. They not only hurt the individuals who practice them more lhan .they are benefitted thereby, but they ajso operate against tfie farmers interest in .other ways. .. The coletiiion of for e.ign twool is complained of by ihe pro ducer, and jet by fraudulent practices he eucourages that peiition against bim sell. JJy . nresenting his wool in a dirty condition he injures himself, because uu der the, .United States tariff the dirty grades of wool pay the least duty. The lowest grades is taxed at 3 cents per pound, the next 6 cents per pound, the next' 10 cents per pound, the next 12 cents per pound Q per cent, ad valgrum. If the farmer brbgs hi3 wool to market nicely washed and in the best order, he has the protection of the high est duty. On the contrary, if e pre sents it greasy and foul.he reduces i o the value of low-priced foreign os some of which can pay the duty and cost of transportation and then undersell him. These are matters of actual intrest, and tiey should q attended to by all It can be shown tht oo dealing a? yei as in many ctier matters, those who are exceedingly cunning, are exceedingly foolish. ' ' Rufu3 Choate, in an important marine assaults-and-battery-at-sea case, had Dick Barton, chief mate of the clipper ship Challenge, on the standi, and d gered him so for about an hour, that at last Dick got his sajt water up. ancj haul ed by the wind to bring the keen Boston lawyer under hjs batteries. At the beginning of his testimony Dick had said that the night was "dark as the dQvil, and raining like seven bells.". Suddenly r. Choate asked him : "Was there a moon that night ?" "Yes, sir." "Ah, yes 1 A moon "Yes a full moon." . jDid you see it V Not a mite.'! !Th,e;i how do you know there ws a moon?" "Nautical almanac said to, and I'll be lieve that sooner'n any Jawyer in this world."' "What was J.he principal luminary that night, sir?" "Binnacle lamp on board the Chal lepge.." . t ... ... . Ah you are go wing sharpMr.. Bar ton." "What in blazes have yoa been grind ing me this hour for to. make me dull?" "Be civil, sir. nd now tell me what latitude and longitude you crossed the equator in ?" "Sho, you're joking.!1' "No, sir ! 1 am in earnest, and I de- sire you to answer me "I shan't." "Ah yoq refuse, do you?" "Yes I can't."" "Indeed! You are chief mate of a clipper ship, and unable to answer so simple a question !" "Yes 'tis the simplest question I ever had asked me. Why. I thought every fool of a lawyer jtnew there ain't no lat itude cn the equator." That shot floored Rufus Choate. The editor cf the Savannah Herald publishes the following letter, which may or may not be true, although it would seem to indicate that the arch-rebel was prepared for the coilapse of his stupend ous' treason; "Now that everything regarding the movements of Jeff. Davis has a peculiar interest, I have thought it well to give to the public, through the columns of your valuable paper, a fact which .0)8 to my personal knowledge bearing upon the sulject When I was in Liverpool, Eng land, now about a year ago, there had just been completed a splendid brick mansion, which was generally known and talked of as having- been erecte.tj from the proceeds of the Confederate loan, and as being intended fpr'te fu ture residence c,f Jefferson Davis, in the event of circumstances forcing him to leave the country. During my stay in Liverpool the windows of ihe house re mained nainted white, which, according fill' I to the custom in .tfcat city, indicated that the house had teen engaged, and was waiting. for its occupant a cirjmftance which gave plausibility U the town-talk of its being the sometime residence of the fugitive President of the Southern Confederacy. JL "Savawnah, May 14, 1865.'' A violent tornado passed over Red Wmg, Minnesota, a few days ago. It picked up a house and demolished it, killing an old man, who had taken refuge in it. The forces of the tornado is illus trated by the following : A gentleman riding in a buggy "saw its approach.' in stinctively sprang out; and feizing a young sapling; lay flat upon the ground. No sbouer had he done so, than his horse and buggy were literally carried away. The buggy was 10m into splinters and the horse -was carried forty rod. by' a'c tual measurement, and lodJi 'in the tops of sontt eniali treea, so eoVacled ia the brush and harness as to be unable to extri cate himself. He was found trembhc with fear in this condition.'. The gen'.! man saVed himself by clinging to tha sapling, and, as it was, ha wasbbwa straight into the air.and ia a, Dcat, hung only by his hsnds. . ' About sir months ago. -whild iatli neighborhood ot th e Pu tch (p? Cahlf Gen. Butler received infcrroiiica th-it his favorite horse, "Almond Eye," Lad been accidentally killed by falling into a' ravine. Upon the departure of his ia-T formant, he ordered au Irishman to 3 and skin him. 'What ! is Almond Eye dead ?' asked Pa;.' ' ' 'What's that to you ? Do as J bid yo and ask no questions.' Pat went about is busines, ani in aa hour' or two returned.' :; VVell, Pat, where lave ycu been all thistimVV: - ; , 'Skinning the horse, yer honor.' ' ' - pjoes it take nearly two hours to par form sucH an operation ?,' ". . . ' , 6, yer' honor; but then you see it tuck bout half an hour to catch him.' 'Catch him I fire and furies ! was ha alive?' ' " '"Yes, Yer honor, ; and yoa know J coufd not'skin him alive.' . " ?kin him alive ! did you kill him V ' 'Jo be sure I did ! you .know I must: obey orders without asking any ques tions.! peneral Butler eyed his servant with such a malicious look that Pat though! he meditated skinning an Irishman & revenge for the death of his horse. The Washingtcn correspondent of th . ,' f 1 , , ' lati Commercial makes the fol- Cincinnati lowing expose of the new secret politi- cal organization denominated th9 4,0r, der of S. B." " ' '"There has been considerable meatier, of the existence of a secret political or ganization. called jhe..tQrder.ijf. the. S B or 5"partaa Band ;! bet we o I 'cot, remember to have met any former ex posure of it . The purpose cf the order is set forth in a circular, issued to tha several jurisdictions, by the National Convention of the order, which, it seems met in this city on the 14th day of June.1 . , , ,' V- ' ' It appears that the p. B. believe in co operation with Government ofSciaU, where it is possible, without a sacrifice of principals. They hold to fighting neu trals, because they are nqt friends. They indorse the Monroe doctrine, and something over. They squint at negro suffrage with State legislative quaiifica-' lions, and they announce, emphatically, ' that a cardinal purpose of the order is to caase the Government to reward merit orious, energetic and faithful comrades." The circular bears on its seal tha wordi; Register at ofSce tS. B., encircled by. an endles chain, each link of which bears the name of a Slate. The actual captor of Jeff. Davis was a private in the 4th Michigan cav alry, named James If. Lynch. A mem-' oef 01 wai regiment wruas : "Davis would have undoubtedly es-' caped had'jimebeen given him to mount' hjs horse, as it was considered the fast- est in the Confederacy. Any attempt to do so was rendered entirely abortive by the daring intrepidity and presence of mind evinced by Jas. H. Lynch, mem- A ' ' ber of Company C. Ibis galfa'n ''soldier , dashed ahead of our. entire party, by the center of their camp, and instantly se-; cured JefTs horse,' as well as hjs arm,, The. horse was well known to Lynch, as , he had seen"h;ra frequently in Richmond. Jeff, was thus rendered powerless io e-f cape, and yirluaUy a prisoner to thiVak? lant fellow, who iufn?d him over to a strong guard Ki soon as our men caiat up. - - . , , , , ; ''. T ','1 A new English astronomsr, Mr-ILr Proctor, of St. John's College, Cam bridge, who has just published an ele.bj-f rate book. on the planet Saturn, believes . baturn ? rings to be not continuous bodri' ies, either solid or fluid, but a multitude of loose planets,- grouped like & tyi.il necklace round his equatorial regicai, just as if we were f urnuhed not with on a moon, but aa many moons as would spaa the whole earth. Mr. Procter asserts., that this hypothesis explains more ccn- . pletely the whole phenomena of the csiV than any other. This supposition says the London Spectator, somehow civei aV larger idea of the opulence cf th9 uru- , , . ''; t;r verse in worlds than any o;he kzsr.i fact. To haye such a multitude of Jit:" worlds strung close together round" est' lauet produces (illogically enough) a' more vivid impression on ihe'inuid, 1! a' many times the number cf Tut J t;iS distributed over the iiiaiiud pf srac