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r ? v'-,/ - -*V ? , * <ef- *>/. * v i11 il ,j / <* ' +>.~ * *? ^ >fej. % ' * . i * ."fl,.1 'A", Anecdote of General Maxoy Gregg, of South. Carolina. The following incident in {he > late struggle is told by a gallant Virginian, * late Brigadler Ooneral C. 8. A., while testifying to the noble generosity of tbe man, shows tbe true characteristics of that heroic soldier : . A During the retreat of the Confederate army from Mary laud, on the day after ,, the battle of Sharpsburg, General Max- I n - Kl |L. rJ cy coinninuueu ui? rcarguaiu of the Army of Northern Virginia, Gen. T.T. Munford commanding the brigade of Cavalry covering the rear guard.? When General Munford reached the Ford .General Gregg and his men were just entering the Water to cross to the Virginia side of the Potomac. Near by was an ambulance fillcd'with gallant Confederates (many of them terribly wounded and- torn m the battle of the previous day,) entreating* their cony, railes to " carry thorn back to Old Virginia." General Munforil seeing that the frightened driver had abandoned them, taking his harness ami loam With him, apd that they were unable to. tide behind bis men, called Urheml Gregg's attention to the fact, whereupon tho generous old Roman, uncovering his bead, said t6 Iris men, " boys, sco yonder your comrades who have been abandoned by n cowardly driver 1 They ap peal to us for help 1 You who havo escaped unhurt will not leave these poor fellows to their fato in sight of old Vir ginia," In an instant they woro transferring their amis nnd knapsacks. Ono genoious lad, supposed to belong to tho 14ill South Carolina Volunteers, catching hold of tho singletrees of the ambulance, exclaimed " we will carry ihcm back to old Virginia." In lesa time than it takes to tell it, thirty of South Carolina's bravest sons were up to their waists in the water, bearing their comrade8 safely over the river," ambulance and aU?tho sid nnd glooiny countenances of tho unfortunates seeming almost to forget their wounds as thoy caught up the strain, "Olf carry ttie.back to old Virginia, to old Virginia shore." Those who were too weak to sing waving their bats and handke>chiefs, i and all were safely pbtced out of harm's way. As soon ns this had been accomplished General Gregg replaced his hat and rode away to eec that they were cared for. Aiany who were witnesses of this fcette will, no doubt, recnll tho remarks of tha\ erallant band of Virginians. . "What a m-ble old fellow T lio'lT do to tia to."-? Charleston Courier. * " -? f Hetributiqn. * OVs. t bud a' voice.lood enough t? reach the eaf of every pTrnrure-lovt>? roan of thf world, wlio seek* to fling . the enchantment ofjuiole, feasting and m "(lanciflg around the earliest iilnraii^ns ef the vognjCroan, rTrj?l ?P "slrfrt -him, aith r friendly band* duwn-ibe sleep r>f sin ! . 4 hero la-comuig a day of suri(tv niid tef rrbie retribution?a yclrihufion Nsbich, directed b)i Omniscient justice, l?ill cad ta An "nccoqnt, frot only (lie young than who' bas lired for setf-hidtdgencc^tit the middle aged jnnn, the old niaii.fl^l the-rhh {nan, who, uru^er the pretense of frieiul>bip.oxpo?pjyouth to tbe peril* or a temptation it had not strength to resist, and )>htsted the pros peels of immortal souls, not only foy this life, but the life to come. Yes, there is coming a -day when the mfm berg of society, clothed milb a special influence, must account for their broth er's blood to the unerring and inexorable Judge of all the earth. Then guil If parents, who have failed to reek first for their children the kingdom of (?od; ?t)d have failed to plant in their minds, the great principles of religion, .and ihava trained thefn up for a mei^ly fcar'h j }y life, will give up their sad accounts f| rfl r .tr- ?? i i I iiicn mv-fru.'jiiTuu# CHiiCll, WHO IMOe ; tbo'-young* U? fhe feast, atpl crowned them witfc flowers whose poison pene %. .frated 11 ?*?r boocs and fiitalfy Corrupted tlu.t which sviis a ijoLlo manhood. must i gi\o up his account !"* -Then (lid un*' "* principled editor, the unprincipled preacher,.and those who lutvo batoned on theYife hlood of the young, the mnn-? % ? jy,the w !?tui hearted, shall stand ho(ore a judgment teal where the morals, the -maimers, the busitifte, and enfluence of wren will be weighed in the-bal y ance of #ierna' jiritice; where neither j tact, nor bribery, Dor impudence, nor | concealment, nor any of the pleas which a loose morality allows in justification of sin, will avail to ward otf the path ercd wra h of an incensed God. Yes, all \ c seduceis of the young, who, reckless of human life, have for your pleas-, tires thrown into society poisoned ar rows, heboid the fearful future that ' opens before you I Behold the retiibu- < tion tbal awaits you! Heboid a God < whose holiest lawe yo have outraged, ' and whose nr>blest works y* have aided to destrov f Renent. er? it.* i 0 ?I ' * v *"w vw' rises upon a tragedy more terrible than < any you have witnessed within the < walla of the play heu-e?a tray-dy io which the infinitely holy arid Omnisci- t nt Ciod will I* the j>> 'g - ; the score*. t ye have ruiiud th<> living witn?*tes; t conscience the exeviitieuer, aud you the a ? victims. . v A kovei. colli*! ?n occurred at flnefon J.nst week. A train on the Boston, ilart- j, ^ ford and Krie Jlnilroad, in coming into j the depot, at the Bridge over Kort I*oin( g t'h?nuei, was run into by a schooner. ,, The bowsprit of the vessel passed Ji* ? recti/ through onearf the passenger cars, ? atid the train narrowly ateAped being |( throw n into the wal>r. The oflicorlrtlod ? crew of the vessel were arrested. ? ??????w 1 *JJ Louisiana miuee have produced a 33 v< toti block of pure 'mad. < U * iS - - * *1 . Ml *. ' ' . wfc 1t ,** VV, ? ft. ~ 4 t M B From tk# Albinj Argue, August 14. A Ghoit Story. A. house on Ida 11 ill, Troy, has for many years borne tbe reputation of being haunted, nnd .as the past few weeks have brought out new deveiopementa, we lay tbem before our reader*. The house 1n question stands on Fourteenth street, a little distance from Christie, and is a plain two story brickhouse, with back basement and enclosed stoops for each story, 'two families occupy the house, tioth of whom testify to many strange things, both concurrently and diveise. No buildings adjoin it on tbe south, but on the north two new ones, recently erected by Mr. William Cnry, are within a distance of a few feet. A good lock is on the front door, and the same on the back, and two or three doors always locked in the mgld time, must bo passed through to go from ono part to the other. The owner of the building is a well-known tanner, living on the Hollow road, and ho has owned the building for ^out eight scars, pmokn>ing it Jar below its vidua on nccooul of (ho reputation it thwn had. The neighborhood is veiy quiet and orderly, and very leW disturbances ever take place there, and as the families iuC neither rich, it.is scarcely probable that any burglar would tuke the trouble to enter, evbn if he knew the way was clear. The original inventor of tho place, it is said, was killed in some -unknown manner, and for three or four years after lire erection of the building, families could not be got to stop in it fdfr nioro than a month or two at a time. The mother of the fiwit ily up stairs, Mrs. X., has known the reputation of the house for a long lime, and has, at times, observed strange tilings which could not be accounted for, but has kept the information from In-r family* The family down stairs, that of Mrs. Y., have also known of these things for a long time, but have considered these disadvantages counterbalanced by the consideration of a ehcap rent. The most remarkable manifestations they has witnessed was three weeks -ago. Theodore X*. who is in ill tu>?l?l> had gono to Sacntog? to spend A short liinw. He usually "idopt at home in a 6uiall bed room oil' the back piazza, in a bed with bis brother Smith. '1'he former is about twenty one years of age, and the tatter about eighteen, nod Smith is, moreover, a stool and aclivo boy, allowing his mind to dwell on no nonsense. -On Sunday evening, when all but bimsoif and his mother were at church, he went to his bed room, and turned to sleep there tonight." She, knowing Do reason for Lis action, began ridi culing him, and he yveiti again to his rooty, soon -returning, however. .?SI?r iinquiied what the* niattpr vwi*, lypdlfe ; Said that hg shouldn't sleep-in that apartment. Jly, diut of-percua.-iont>he induced liiot agirin to go to.his d..rfoi-l toiv, lint on hi* /etuttf ihe-thiid time he saidt n Mother, I didn't waul to tell ydu before wiry 1 don't want to sleep there. The tir-t Ume 1 went out I met Theodore, face "to fcico ; the second, lie waVjust going into eur room ; and the third, lie win* lying -down on tb.e bed."- ' In accoidant'o with bis . request, * although 1J5 mother did not believe it, and tiled to dissuade him l - _ _ vill 111C OU litf, a bed wtja mad/in another fwrrt of "the bouses and lie scop went to sleep. At the conclusion or the church ?ervice", llio young htdies'of :he lioace cifme borne and went to "wilnyul seeing $nrith. A\>mit pndnigbl, tbo , heat being overpowering, tbev.gol ujr < and mjide tlieir bed on t lie fhlor of thfl k itch err, iuid bel-ween 12 ftnd I both bring awake aud looking ike same ,i direction, the door opeijpd wild a man walked in with nlow and sideinn tread. j Turning around aher lie enteied llio room, |?e walked to the fo rt of (ho4>ed i and put bin band ot> both of (hear.? < Tbiat lio did very quietly and -slowly, i with an abilrrftt Joofc. Dltp of the girl* I said be had a gash tw- tho side of bis face, aiij^ the blood eras (Towing from it d. wn on hi* shoulder ; but tbo ether, I who had a I/utter view, declared that the | blood down to iris fe!et. On.bii J tonciring tlieru, they atfeamctf nimulta- t neoualy, having been too much fright- 1 encd before, and tire figure raised up < from the door and floated out of the window at a point some eighteen feet above ground. t In another room, the mother, who f was alone, had her bed moved and set ( down again. The Ix d occupied hy the 8 brothers was examined in the morning, nod no appearance of any one lying p Iniarv J' ...oic was discoverable. All the t< Joors were lurked as iimiaI, and ik> w marks of any visitor were to be seen. n I ho apparition seen by tbe girls did not r< rsemble I lint viewed by the brother, as Ij t was < f n innn much taller, and of a ir lift, rent figure. nr, The AAiue nigftt at Saratoga, be* w ween 12 and 1 o'clock, tiro brother here saw a bleuk form, but without die- *' inguishaMn shape, in rive out of the v indow wit lion* apparent effort, and the *' riudow being a considerable distance bote 'ground. ft1 It is proper to state tbal this family i a wellduiown one in Troy, of un w ouhiod veracity, and their wtfid is le yi ood as their oath. The mother is a 1* leuiber of the Congress-street Church, nd has been for ttiany years, and tbe m hole family bears tbe higheat charae- m >r. They are personally known tolhg riter of lliis, and their names will lir jven to any one desiring to gratify a Ot gitimate curiosity. If any further d?- 'ti elopement* are given, fee shalHbot fail Mi > acq Jflfbi our readers. 1 in ., f t ^ ' Jm % * Mr" * ; ? ' - ' ? * ' XT-* ' 1 '*& * *HH "p,1 i? < S?DTie in* mi *, , ms* Gems tf Thought . JT Theory is th? guide of practice, end practice is the life of (fceory; Profession without praciiee will but make e toed twice-told e child of 4$*knese. There ie no Jeer of knowing too much, though tberq is grpat fear in practising too little. The moat doing man shall be the most knowing man. ' Good temper it likffc sunny day ; it sheds a brightness over everything. It is the sweetener of toil, and the sooths er of disquietude. ' fie that hath a good book in his hand, but not a lesson of it in hie heart or life, is like an ase that carrietb a rich burden, and feeds opou thistles. Harmless, mirth ts the beet Cordial ? 1 inn vnnauiDjmon or ine spirits ] wherefore is not unlawful, if it trespRsseth, not 10 quantity, quality or tea* on. Let a woman be decked with all the embellishments of art and nature, vet, if boldness be read inher (ace, irblots out all the lines of beauty. It bus boon beautifully said, that" the veil which covers :h?sf??c? of futurity is woven Ply tire hand of mercy."Lovo is the sout, the life, "qnd animating .principle of truth, and so far oo-y ?s there Is good in truth, so G?r only as there is life in it. To be faithful to the present moment, hopr, dAy, *nd its-atate, is a most weighty (hatter, and demand* moat serious consideration. Every day brings forth something for the inind to 1>e exercised on, either of a mental or external .nature ; and so to he faithful in It and acquit ourselveR with the advantage-designed thereby, is both wrsdairt-and duty. * - . Nothing exlsts ln vain, either-in outward crention, in outward concerns, or in human minds. All the wisd >m lies in extracting the u?e and 6\veel out of everything, so that it may assist in the pei fi ctions of our mind*. Providence enters into the most min nte particulars of inah's life of will and thought ; and marvellously overrules all of external action and beiug, in agreement with the stales the man is in and passing through, Shelton,"in ono of his sermons rays : " An upright is always ea-ier tlrnn a stooping posture, because it is more nhlural, and One pail is better supported by another-; so it is easier to be an honest mart than a knave. It is also more graceful." The frank avowals, the stately can i lr?ra ilia m.l.U coif * ?1 - -1 , ??v? otn I'Mgriung WIIKHl Wf meet with in books ure^ vorv seldom met with anywhere else. When ibey are, let lis guatd theui j-nlouslv, for xUy iir? iIia iewuds of life... . 1 be store power or saving what t? already.in out hands must be of easy acquisition M every mind ; and as iho o*Hiuple.of Lord Bacon may sjmw- that the higfwjsl intellect cannot safely nog lictlt, *-t housand instances e*Ary day proei> that the humblest may practice it with srnoeess. There were ftmr good habits a who and gu>>d man earnestly recommended in bis^tunsu's, and hy his own example, 'jyid which he considered easentlid ly rw^e#?nry .f mil e management of ' tempnraf concerns ; the<e are pirftcltiali tv. accuracy, frteadine** aad despatch. Withoni the first, time is wash-d , with ott^rtio second, mi-tahes the mrw: hwrtftt1 to oTir owtV credit alid TnteresC, and thatof others, mna- ue committed ; wt'ih^, Ollt. the thi?J nniliinBouii I ? ?..II i~ T?, x...? V?g n.;n limit" ; and without the fourth; opportunities of advuutage arc lost, jtvhich it U impossible t1> recall. The more people do, the more they can do. lie tlmt doe* nothing render* , himself incapable of doing anything ? While *9 are eTtectiting^one worlr, we 1 are ptepXfing 'ourselves to take another. - All that have obtained f?r thrfUMdvgs , great and peripan< nt repntalioti, have i won and secured it by p tient and per* | revering labor * by treating tfme not as A a waste land fit only fc>r stubble, but as * lruo*rtlatc? of which ho corner is to j ho left uncukjvated. . J ' Women Have a much nieer sense of' I he beautiful (linn men. They are; by , far, tlio safer umpires in- the yjva Iters "of- j tropfiety and grace. A mere scboof ' | ;iil will be thinking and writing about t he beauty of UiuU. and flowers, while ' isr brother is robbing the nests and 4 ledroying tho flowers. , tm a i w ? \ 4*Old Uatn.irDoBiM?A correspond- j nt of ttye Richmond Enquirer has the allowing notice of the deception of ? leneral Leo *4 Rockbridge Alumn 6 iprings : Great excitement 1 General Lee ap- d ' roaching F >'be cry run* from cabin * o cabin that * General Lee is coming,' ^ then, nrtuntlr ik?? ?t-i- -,J 1 1 r..??''j % ??< ( wvwm uiu uero is ^ sen to pan* the ((ate, Mounted on the n nowned old white charge?, and quiet r moving through the town, ia this " lightjr warrior, clothed m the habili- ^ tenia of peace, fre wore a auit of pure J hite linen, broad brim atraw hat, with ? igh boot* outaide of bin pant*, glove* ad apnrs. Ae he paeeed oar door on la eld war horaej which teemed to ep peowd end light, ee if ooiiaeicua of 16 treasure h? tarel could not hut C( tie upon and adiMra the noble bearer of the renerahle looking old hero, he passed qwietljf wlong, with hia ail irj lock*, erect fnMI and eoldterlp ap* tarance, modeatty waving hia hand td tipping hia bah-to the manj ad* .. iring friende whlib greet him in ad i ration and love, Jk J J Majoa Pollard B. l^e. formerly on w merel Bragg'e and J. K. oohnaton'e ic iff, i? l)ipg at the point of death, *1 j hj emphU, from dieaaaa extracted wLlif jto tb? atmf. . T v I w'*& + + <. t t * , - ^ * ' * j, i ^. % jfci,' '?. ? <^r- . *'-'#**" ? ' i. ii in m "if ? ft ' KM T I ENLARGEMENT I Proffpoctus of Vol. IV.^KKM THE OLFpUARD, A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to Li tret lute. Science and Art, and the Political Principles qf 1776 <xnd 1787. ! 0. ClJAtTNCfcY BURR. Efirrom. 'npHI3 MAGAZINR tt?? tarted ?br 1 ...? -~v ? !-- ' >nv, IVI HIV |llir|'UI6 01 aerpii frcah in the popular wind some koowl?d| of thosa grand principle* of Contekl ai trlf-Government which were the baaia this Uaion as it was established by o fathers. Onr patrons can say with wh teal and fearlessness we have explained ai defended those saered principles of Libert in the midst of mobs and bastiles, durii the progress of the war. Though tiie w. is oTer, the objects, the wrongs and fat precedents it was designed to establish a not relinquished by tha propagandists despotism who brought it about? on tl contrary, they seem determined that the shall Its no isfet to our country until the mischievous and degrading notions sre p< raanently fastened upon the ruined found lions of this Republic. So THE OL QUART) will remain at its post, still br tltng for tiie grand doctrines of Slate Si erciguty and (JoitilUntional LibtHy. llelluving I hot imminent necessity cXb (or tiie establishment, in the city of Nt York, of a hist class B^motfrstie Maguftii which shall rescue Amerionii literature fru the degrading taint of isrgro equality, Yt! OLitvUdKI) was enlarged, ou fhe l^t January; to sillty four pages monthly,- in t der to make roonf for important and-inW eating Literary and Fondly Reading, and I proprietors earnestly appeal towll lovers a gsnnine American Literature t?f aid the in their attempt to give the publio som thing purer and better than the noxro bfond of magazines whicli have sown broa cast, the baneful doctrines of a?ctional ha and animosity. a THE OLD GUARD is plea ed to n notiuce ntnong its patrons and contribute for 1806, nearly uII the lending Democrat writers and thinkers of the country. Amoi them Ex-GovernorSeymonr, of C .nnectlet Ex-Governor Dana, of Maine;'-Hon. Chi O'Conor, J. it 'Van Evrie, M, 1)., ?>t Ne York ; Thomas Dunn English, M. 1)., llo James W. Wall, of New Jersey ; Qeori Fitzhugh nnd lion. Roger A. Pry or, of Vi ginia; Henry Clay Dean, of Iowa, <fc"e., A The increase of size and the outlay for co trilmtions renders an advance in prioc in vitahle, but litis will lie much more tin made up in the superior attractions ai improvements. - TERMS: One copj', one year lift" I Two oupies, " " . , 6' run copies, " " ................ 121 Tea copies, " ' 20 t Twenty copies, one year, and one to th* gutter up "of the Clnb,- 40 ( We commenced in the January numb for I860 a series of Slcel Plattf Portrait with Sketches mt the most distinguish! Southern Get cvals, begining with Gaoor Kobeit E. Lee. Among those given will I General Stone wall Jackson,-J. F1 Jjhnsto leanrcgiird, A. P* Hill. 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March 33 43 1j Shaving and Hair Dressing nBNRY OA NTT. I he barber, continues to SHAVE the fee* and MtKSS AIR * fori. crly, at his old Stand, naar r. riekie'e Shop, where he will be pleased see his friend* and customer*. Tie hope* ' attention to business and poll tenors to *11 receive the palTOMf* of ths (d?cw Suae G (V * tgi ?r ,? ,?v<. x <# * % . * * *** ' * llltlll, BBPUlLKJAriOM oma 1 or * ? tilt london Quarterly, The Bdinbargh, Tha Westminister and Forth British Eo,. views* aatd Blackwood* 3 Xagaaias, 88 WALMR-Stkskt L. SCOTT A CO..'f?iAli?h?r? I "pkEAR 8IRWE 1IAVE STRUGGLED | JL/ bar J to sustain our publications, withI oat Increasing the fn-ibut # are at to length eompallbd 4o ask an increase, sorticig what approachfog the advarirfe In the coat ge of paper, printing^ and all other e?pensee id connected with our buaineee. The war at of ite commencement ent off, at a blow, about ur one-half our entire sales, and, of those that at remain, little or no increase has taken place id alnee that time, Meanwhile, the coet of >y, printing, Ac., has been steadily advancing, ig till it is now more than double what it was i before the war, while the inma we pay anal finally to the English publishers for early re fheeta and Copy-right cost ne, at the high of rates of exchange, nearly |2.60 In ourreuey, he for every dollar so paid, re We have, thus far, teeh content to pubiir llsli without profit, in the hope that our ex- t >r- penses would, ere long, be reduced; but la- they are now so high, that we cannot con ,D tinue any longer, except at a lose, and henoe it- the absolute necessity of an advance in the tv priceaol our Periodicals. We shall, therefore , nx.the fates ne follows, vix: te For any one Review, per an,..>M| 4 00 w For d?iy two Reviews, per an 1 00 ic, for any three Reviews, per an, 10 00' >m For the'four Reviews, per an 12 00 IE For Blackwood's tnngaJlne, per nn,.. 4 00 of For Blackwood and one Review, ?r- , per annum 7 00 rt Fof Bhtckwood- and two Reviews, its , per annum 10 00 of For tyl(icV*oti<! and throe Reviews, m per annum, r. 13 00 ie- For UhickwoOd ana four RevietH, ua per annum,. e IS 00 <1- The co?t of thejmportcd Editions of to tlieaa PiVe I*erio<ticals is at this time, yiecembcr, 1804.) not loss than |tlOO a year fa n- 0.6. Currency, re During the first five years of the Rspubic ilontion of Blackwood, and while our cui'ag rency was equal-do gold at par, the price of it; that work was ?i?n year. With our present is. ourrencv the price, at $4, is abeqlutely cheap. w A'rise in the prices or a reduction in the n. amount of jnalter furnithed has taken place ee in American. Vcriodicals eencr.illy; in lack, rr? with a large proportion of them, both these :c. things have been done, hut no reduction of n'- the niattef can be made by us, since we are e- pledged to give a faithful reprint of all that in is eom'aaneu Hi the original editions, id We shall print our works an a much betOr netpct than heretofore, and we trust you will continue v6nr subscription ?? ^ rate* until ihe times will warrant n* in reduc ini? tfteftT, W"bieh We ]>Itf?1jno ouraelvea to do whenever flie eoat iff production will justify jt. Xhfni'd yo?? prefer tn pay in rpccie or it* equivelent, wv ttlmil fir flippy to mpplyUhnn at old prteet. If y<u? decline to ootitinue please return the number herewith received er with your naftia and address written on the *! | rover, which will be aufticientnotice of disI 1 continuance. . Very respectfully, your*, lM? LEONARD SCCTf i CIO. ? March 22 42 m- ' It * TEXAST TEXAS 1 TEXAS ! -CVBiia I an 4a iw?t> W tym>fwi|tnn W ,tK? " JL- whole Country, North n*3 South, is ? now toward# T.-xa*. The. desire is aruver- i ? sal tn know more ( this pro tMScd land ? | A newspaperihn? givesVclinLle intelligence r 1 of affairs here, the etOiditioti of the country, 1 7^ etc, should H>e welcome Co thousands of .. people ili the older Slates. This ncw?pa? 1 per is I .4 THE HOUSTON TELEGRAPH, "> ^ rVtldisheif ot floh jton. TeJfitr,^ Dos IV, Tri- [ Wtekfy anil .Ifsekly. It is a wrae.u ruble* _J sheet, of the satire si- ne tiro New York ( Herald, Tribuno and Woflil lleshle* the < ' *, neVa irf the day,'.it devote* a large since to i ^ TeaAs iMteUtcCftce. To Otis mpart-.uviU ft 1 howover thirty pajtl contributors, in every pint ol the State, besid-a nn exchange list ' -embracing every pan6r fn the State. It is ' published at thejollowinjf rates; 1 . PKn-TKAtt. l'KR MONTfl. ' Daily flS-OO * *1 50 [ Trj-Weekly...*., ft 00 1 00 , Weekly 6 00 60 j ? Ami for shorter periods in proportion, t Mechanics, Farmers, Capitalistic, Kaijroad n ami Steamboat men, Artists, Teachers, etc., t Coin?, UkTexas, nml welcome to her.fertile i liehU a ad genial ekic^ We hat e room for v twenty uiillions and will not he crowded, r For the TRLKORAPII. addrew 1> . li lt CUSH1NG. Publisher. r "Mnr 22 4*1 tf * '? Grovesteen & Co., '* PIANO FORTE M A^* UFA Cfru HERS. J r 490 Buo*?wat, Nkw YoriL e fTlfiF. Attention of the public and the irftde is invited to our K^iV SC.\LE, ? shVf.n -octave, rosewood piano r, \ FORTES/ which lor volume and ptii'i\y of ? tone >rc unriddled by nay hitherto ottered oi ' in this ru?<keU Thef contain all tlie mod- tl J1" em 'itnprovemcqjfc French grand action, o . harp P?d\l iron fraipe^over at rung h?*a, etc., b nr.d each ii?e'ru?#ntioing roade under the " personal-atper vision of Mr. J. II-. OROtfC- J STKEN, who ha?-a-pfaeUctil experience of w 5 over hhirty years in their manufacture, la V ' fully warranted in eVery particular, 1 The''GROVE8TELN PIANO FORTH" ' received the highest. award of merit at the j( . celebrated World's Fair, where wereaxhib- t), U?d instruments from the heat milkers of m London, Paris, Germany, Philadelphia, Rul p, limore, Boston and New York; and also at a) s Hbe American Institute for five successive tli " years, tlie GOLD and SILVER MEDALS a' from both of which oau be seen ut our ware- hi rooms. , _ , By the introduction of improvements we ol make a atill more Perfect Piano-forte, and tj, hv manufacturing largely, with a strictly m cash syatein, are enabled to offer these in- vr! slrnments at n price which will preclude all th I competition. is H Our price are from f 100 to ?200 cheaper th | than any first class Piano-forte. I TERMS-?Nrr Uami in currant funds. W weuMriiMT nu 3uij 6 & J "mills HOUSE, S Corner Queen and Meeting 8treetia, a tilAiiLRiToff, *. c. ATHIS POPULAR. ARO K? WELL KNOWN HOUSE!* "' - i lirr*" ?? FU LLT OPEN for the re?rp?K?'i <>l VISITOR^ having been REFURNISHED wtlh N*? *Hd Mlpimt AW- JJ nttnr? throughout and open# to the Tra*. m4 eller aecnmmodal tone and convenience* a FIRST CLASS llOTKL not to bo equalled wo by any JVor/A or Smith. hm The MrtrMBfO of lbo Traveliog Public io ad< rroj>ootful|y aolleited. at Katee of Hoard |l Day, $4 00 the Katceof Jt??o?VI '# Moatb n*may bo agroetf oo trw JOSEPH 1-PROEIX, Proprietor. for t SWLU 3 g *< .r ( $ v - V * # - +m %- , # < ri ' . . A Tmt BOABDXilT, GBAY * 00. ?PIAIVOWFOKTESb WHOLESALE AGENCY. " A TBB snbsbriber. late a member 6?tht* WoQ known firm, baa established a Wholesala Agenov, MI Broadway, Now York City, wbeflrei ho #m bo pleaned to rooolro tbo orders of bid ? frionds and (bo public, *ifd especially to he|r from those who have so liberally bestowed their patrofm'ge on tho Arm heretofore. Ha Will sttpply these superior instruments to fh? trade wholesale and retail, at the very leitest price", made with the Insulated Iron Ria and ^1 Frame (ca?t in one solid plate.y They excel all others In durability, superiority of tone, and elegance of external appearance.# Ail those Pianos, hare overstrung Scales, giving in oonncction with the patent iron rim and framo, fall round poworful, and sweet mellow tones. Tho Cases are elegant in appearance, and easily and safely handled. ,, Warranted to prove satisfactory, or the' money returned. Address all orders to . ; ? SIBEKIA OTT, . ?% *. 681 Broadway, Now York. TO MU8I0 TEACHERS AND DEALSB*,' rrtiiK ? - a." ... - . .... .=> inn; prepared to turnllb' J_ Sheet Music Strings, Musical lustramonts, and Music Books of^ll kinds at tho lowost trade rates, wholesale 'and retail, from ) the largest collections in this country. Orders \ punctually and faithfully attended to. Address nil orders SIBERIA OTT, .^81 Broadway, N. Y. 8. D. * H. W. SMITH'S AMERICAN ORGANS. ~ *1 ri'MiE most perfect and beautiful Musical "J 1 . Instrument in tho world,"for tho Amerienn Home Cirole! The AMERICAN OR- 1 OAN makes homo attractive, refines and cloiatsc the urituls of all, beautiful in appcaranoo | and effects. ^ , _ , SIBERIA OTT, 581 BROADWAY, NEW YORK; WnOLKSXLE AfirtT. Tho Immense popularity of tbeso Organs, and their superior tnujical powers', is fast bringing them before the public, as the Instrument so long desired in American llbmos. And although tho cost price is but a trifle oTer the Mclodeon, jet tho musical advantages, beauty of tone and quickness of touch and action arc so far superior, that they are fast superceding tho Mclodeon and the call i.-f now wj almost exclusively ftfr.tlfe AmUrVm Organs. H It is adapted to any Music tro"in th'e quiches# MM imkI most lively to the heavy tuna of tho Church Organ. And almost universally they Mil arc preferred to the I'iano, by persons who flM have them, yet costing less than half, and on- HI ly taking a small amount of room. Send for descriptive circulars giving full particulars and prices. Exclusive Agencies secured to Dealers, and large discounts to the trade and H Teachers. AdJross nil orders, SIBERIA OTT, Wholoinle Agent, 5S I Broadway, Now York. (From " (Jodry't inrfiW Hook," Frb., 18A6.) AMERICAN ORGANS. 9 REED ORGAN'S, Ac. . TITILE following remarks rmd suggesttons ro I lutivu to this immensely pnpular inittn. mOilt will doubtless interest and profit very many of oirr readers wo connneud tho artioio tojhcir careful perusal, A hundred and onf makers of Q4jg?n*,- Cottagc, Parlor, Cabinet, American, Kebool Organs, etc.; etc., are each claiming to make tho best instrument in tho worlfi, Being compOrw- % lively a new instrument, as at present Co?* strnctcd, we urc convinced th.nuhlte lef* c?p*hlo odjudging c,f it* merits, ?r 4ctutrlts, tlinu -of must utlirr instruments. If thcro is really an essential difference ift them, \ 1 ir there ue sonteexcollent and some worthiest ' i nri'ii, .Itla puUiWP**6flUld have souio criterion V fur judging of tlicin, 8<>mo facta which wijl a enlighten tlipin/' Wo cheerfully concudo tho space fur tikis article, knowing that there la hardly a fhniily, o* church, or sekr.ol' lr> all tho li uf, hut is mote or less interc*ted in thus topic. "IVojiro also aware of its being wgroat infsfurfltne, ? real calamity, to "any of- the? th purchase au inferior or worthies* Urgnn, rulw? .uis to good playing, and often a source of itMteh annoyitiice "and vexation. We kjkOW this article tonmunnie from a candid andintef- I ligent source, and thus wo give it to our readers^ Tho question is often asked, whafc are ""reed! j wgans." ? "IVo answer, they rtre, In most cas- I ?s, nothing in the world hut the olil inelodcon U. disguise. Many of tli? so-called organs have tho samp Hollows, the same reeds, oad ifce silmc general internal arrangement. With * lie h?Uows turned on .edge to gain room, they invo simply put on a more pretentious exteior, and u more Bigli sounding name, lfut in organ, to be in reality an organ, must hav* i wind eliost or reservoir for air separate front he bellows, into which wind-chest tho reeds 1 peri, and"the tr?ne has room to expand and tcrfoct itself into the full round tone, similar o the fluto.or pipe organ, even, smooth, firm, aid mellow ; aruV til is timo froth reeds cannot >0 obtained in any other1 way known. Nothng so annoys a true organist as to have the olumc of sound swelling and jerking spasuodicully with every variation of force on the xsllows, whieb- is always the case where tho' ueds open direct-in to the hollows or air-passaes, instead of a wind-chest or sound-box.' Ind yht some tnukcrs even go so far aif to' laim thiiiDiimniti" ?1 " . awllUIII JCrKlDg Of be bellows v>n the reed* as an excellence, just 1 a though fhoy did not know that it must rery J oon throw" tbo needs out of tune, &nd injure 6 he bolluitv : and ak though it woro not an B afcler matter to obtain a mueb hotter and mora I airily uibuaged swell by other methods. The fl mth is, any organ, so-called, or mclodeon fl 'bich has tho wind acting directly upon the ^ Beds, isTSothing more nor less than a huge M ccordeon; dress it up as you may. And whoa fl rganists and true musicians bconmb aware of jB le fuel that they can obtain tho3b that are . V rgaus in ftet as woll as in aamo, they will A uy no more of tho objectionable ones. Then T jH urin the swell should always be separate and W Istinct from th^ bellows, so as not to be aicte<l n by tho haitd/w?oft blowing, but coave- I iont, so that thd player' ean use it with IB* nec, separate from tho bands or feet, and thus 9 lways under easy col. trol.to be usud ad libitum. 3 The large divided bellow*,'ordonblo hollows, I also a very importsnt improvement. Uy I lis means not only ean the wind be supplied I ore evenly, but with far greater esso to the JH irforuier, from the fact that either bellows' 9 one will be sufficient. for tho lighter nujlo-Vbs,' B ius permitting the player to ehangc about H id rest the feot at wttl? then, If tho bailowg H of the requisite largo size, and having the fa ind-chost or reservoir, all will be ?t'l; Aw 9 the reeds, they must be scientifically tuntd4 vff id voieed, or all the other good qualities In H e world cannot produce a good toned instra em. iD? inquiry now very naturally arises,* K here can ?fca organ bo procured combining-tin' H mo OMutul and desirable qualities ? There H only on* poioening all these points, and I at Is the A AMERICAN ORGAN, made by. - SI I). ?t H. W. Smith, of Beaton, Siberia Ott Hf bolesalo Agent, 581 Broadway, Now York.. 98 hose organs have a wind ohest extending the- fl hole length of the instrument, and so oon- W rue ted as to aet at the same time na a rarer- km rating sound-bus or board, aad baring the H me iiuportaat relation and part to perform H at the *?urftHug- board has to the piano.? |H lis feature the makers bare patented, and to H are oaring in a great measure the entirely equalled fullness and richness of tone so |H gbly prised by all who have used thowo or- ^B ns. They also have ilw largest aad beat rided bellows in use, which is another hartant feature. No part of "their w8rk la Hj gbted, no expense or pains spared to maka t American Organ perfeet musiMlly, as well BE mechanically, and, judging from the im- + BB nsc salo Ot tbcm at present, they bid fair BB long maintain the proud position thar have Dj n by superior merit alone. We would saoet 9| irtily advise all Mnturested to call upon o* irese Mr. Siberia Ott, the Whcledaie Agent HK 5k I Broadway, New York, and eaa assure BB m he will, in the most gentlemanly and H thiol manner, imparl t* thetn all tho lamn 11e 11 they may desire relation to*fcji UaWigMtdd iaamuMP^