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One Tear (in AUVMM) (1.BA •;*,' it "Hot Paid within Three Months ..100 Smxc.riptions received for three or- six ' |jp#tonth8 in the name proportion. £= 1 Tnch one year ,f Tnche* one year * Tnt-hen one year - K fTolnmn one year If On in raw «ne year- 1 Column we rear Kates of Advertising. « •« announce liberal rates for advertising In the PT,um»»?AT,Rit, and endeav.»r to state Ihem so plainly tH»t ther will he readily an. |erstood. They are as follows: . son . . 1* M» isso . . . anon >000 . 10000 One inrli mean* the mea*nrement of one fneli down the cnlnmn, slnele column width. Tenrtr advertisers, nt thenlKwe^ratea. have Wie privilege of chansinar as often as they fboose, without extra charge,' R,e«nlar advertiser* (me-ininff those having Standing carts) will he entitle'! tn insertion •f local notices at the rate of R cents per line each week. All others will be charge*! 10 rents per ".ine the fl-stwee*, ami 6 cents per line for each snl»se<| iient week. Transient advertisements will be charged Ht tlie rate of 16 cents pa line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and i cents per line for subsequent is*<te% Th-s, HH inch advertisement will cost <01.00 for one •reek, $1.59 for -two weeks, f2.00 for three wrecks, and so on. The PT,*IVI»KM.FR will be liberal in giving editorial notices, hut, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everylwvlv seeking Ike use of its columns for pecuniary gain. BUSINESS SARDS. MART «. BAB- IIAV. HAIR jrORKKR. ah ku.ds of Hair Work none in llrst ela ss style an>l at reasonable prlceg. Rooms st i "csidence, north­ east corner ®f Pnblic Sqnare, McHenry, IlL ,JESSE A. BAI.DW 'IN, ATTORHKV AT LAW. La * business in Kvery part^Of the ^tate re ceiye? prompt Attention. Boom Ji, 99 Washtn Tton St., Ohl. «*««*, HI. DK. OL X. WILLtAM ' nE*TMT. Residence Tfiinrtee. Will be at McHenry. at Parker House, t fee 10tl» 11th 35th and 2#tti of each month. Wber. dates occur Saturday o fr- Sunday I make my visits on the following » "omlay.anrt the llrst day of such visit occurs i n Friday, I will stay bnt one dav. JOHV KLEtrGES. HOIT^K Painter, Grainer, Onlci miner and Paper Hansrer. Residence > »ne Block West of Riverside House. Work at tended t« prom pl y and on reasonable terms. BUSINESS CARDS. H T. BROWN. M. U. PnrSIOIAV A*l> STTRGEOH. OBce over the Post OfRce. opposite Periry AjMartin's It are up stairs, Mnllenry, 111. J. H. SOOTH ILL, M. D. •HTSIOIAW AND SUltwEOS. Office oppo­ site Post OBce, Ringwood, III. C. H. FK-GEH9, M, D- 3IAX AND SUlt-iEO*. McTlenry* Ills. 0(li<*e at Reoidonre on the Corner, Opposite Blake's Funpiliire Store. O. J. HOWARD, M. D. |>HTSlOIAN AND StTRGEON. Office at I my residency, opposite M. E. Ohnrch, Kelienry. HI. W PRATT HOUSa A. PRATT, Proprietor First clasa ac- J co-niu«dation8. W ueenda. 111. Good Barn in connection E. M. OWfSN GENERAL Dealer and Mannt laetnrers Agent ia Leading Farm Macl linery.-- Prices low and terms f&vorabte. M sHeiiry, IP. Horsemen, Atteiction. I AII lovers ot line Horses are reape jtfully invited to call at my farm, half a mile west of McHenry, on the Woodstock road, and »ce mr line Morgan and Draft llorses. I »ave a Perehoron Norman Draft t)olt that is i iard to bent, (/all and see him. - WSi business done on Sunday. N. .S.COL BY. McHenry, May 1st, 188$. M. Engeln, Sportsmsss' Hsad^oarteit. ALSO GENERAL IViERCHAI^T, And Dealer In All Kinds of G R O C E R I E S , Farm Hardware, Pocket Cutlery, SjM>rtin<r Goods, Fishing Tackle Gun Material, Musical Instru­ ments, Tobacco, Ciarars, etc., etc. Xear liiver Bridge, Mc­ Henry, 111. EGBERT C. 3EOTETT, -UBEKDEIl OK U ders solicited. II Old McHenry, Lifflit Brahma FOWLS, RICHMOND, ILL. jn Keiter lllock, two doors MCACKR OFFI< west of PLAIN- l i u i u u 1 1 U I U 1 , WASHINGTON, D. C. The popular palace hotel of the National Capital. Conveniently located and accessible to all tli* street car lines of the city. Ope* all tbe year. Q G STAPLES* PROPRIETOR. Late of the Th onsand Island House. M A R C U S ' GERMAN Manufactured by F. MARCUS, --DEALER IX-- "^7^ PUREWlNES. liquors And CISARS. Woodstock III. The best Tonic in the world. ^.P.at up In Fiat and (Juart Bottles. . F. MARCUS, Patentee. Chas. Stolzman, BAKER > CONFECTIOHES, Otlles1 Block, New Iron Bridge, .\j McHenry, III. Fresh Bread, Cakes, Pies, CQokies, Etc. Always on hand. Hot Tea anfl Coffee at all Bm. Hayins had an experience of many years in the Bakery business I am conUdent lean pleas# uiy customers. Call and see oie. Cha«. tsltu zmau. g * McBrary, April 15th, WS4. ; -- -- Still Out of the Ark of Safety. • . ; are. DANGBR TO IJFE Jte PROPERTY Beset you on every hand. The mutter of the slycoon,[8u -.kloon, saloon, cyclone, tornado, \r i ml storm, or whatever name m:«y be given It, is heard in some section of the country Matty erery day. ET HfflKHRr COIlfTTT PATU.) . My fowls are of tl»e celeWrated DUKB OF YOUK strain, remarkable f<»r tlieir great siic and layinif <|ualities. I cau show a trio of last season's chicks weijrhintf 31 p-iuiiils. Bjrgs, »»er setting »f thirteen. delivered to purchaser in Iticliiuond. Shipped, securely packed, #2.1**. ROBEltT a 11ES SETT. WM. H COWL IN [8VCOKRSOK TO V. M. CU>THIRR] U. S. WAS CLAIM SOLICITOR AND ATTORNEY. ALSO NOTARY PUBLIC. Prosecutes pensioc or any other elatfna against the government, relating to the lat(!, or fornrer wais. Complicated cases iiixl re­ jected claims made a specialty. If istain))^ are enclosed for re|dv, all |<'.onimunication£ will lie promptly answered. Office at Residence, MADISOK ST., W00D8T0CX. ILL. References !»§• permission as refranls char­ acter, business aoilitv, relialiilitv, Ac., Ac : Gen. John A. Logan, IT. S. Senator, Chicago, Illinois. . Uen. J.C. Smith, ^tate Treasurer of Illinois. Hon. R KUwood, M. C. Sth 111. Disl., Syc­ amore, III. „ ... Hon. John C. Sherwia. ex-M. C. Sth III. Dist., Aurora, III . Hon. A. M. Jones, U. S. Marshal, Chicago, III CoL Jas. A. Sexton, Pres. Onion Veteran Club. Chicago,-III. .letse A. Baldwin, Au'iU.S. Attorney, Chi- CnMe'ssrs. Sell, Schwali ft Co., Wholesale Boot and Shoe Dealers. Chicago, III. Also hundreds of county and home referen. O. W. OWK>, ----DEALER 1ST Clocks, Watches, Jewelr y, Silver and Plated Ware e* j. T keep ia stock the celebrate J Springfield Watch, which is pronpti"«cd by all to be the best watch now on the market. Will not be Undersold On an jr goods in my line. ^ ^ QWE^ • McHenry, Feb. 30. 1883. n- The Fit® May break out at any moment--the economy of a lifetime be consumed. Death must come to all. By a small p:u-ntent each year von can secure to yourself a fortune, should you live, or, in the event of death before the time ex­ pires, vonr faiaiiy is provided for. $I50,OW,IWO is re presented l«y this agency. Our rates are as low as experience has "found to l»e safe. Vou will save money by insuring with me. General Insurance, Life, Fire, Lightning and Tornado a specialty. Thanking all my friends tor their liberal patronage, and hop. ing, by square dealing, to merit a continuance 0I the same, I beg to subscribe myself, Respectfully yours, C. II. MVUEJT. CONTINENTAL HOOF OINTMENT, cunts Cracked Hoofs, Sprains, SCRATCHES AND SORES ASA W. SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW and soiioitor in Chancery.--Woodstock, IlL 8. r. BENNETT, M. D. T>HTS ICI AN A\D SU KG EON, Also17n ited i States examining Surgeon. Richmond, Illinois. A. 8. CHILDS, M I)., HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUR. GEOS, West McHenry, III. Culls promptly attended to, day or lilrht. ' IN DR. C. R. WELLS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Wauconda, Lake Co., III. All calls promptly attend­ ed, day or night. Office en Main St., east of Barker's harness chop. ' A. M. CHURCH, Watchmaker mul Jeweler NO; 35 FIKTH AVE., Chicago, 111. Special attention given to repairing Fine watch­ es and Chronometers. 49*A Full Assortment of Goods in his line Culver House# RICHMOND. ILL C. N. CULVER, - - PitopHHrtrt'OR, HA^.'INS recently pnrnhased the abore !'Iouse, I have put it in thorough repair, with new furniture throughout, and would respe 'tftillv invite the |iatronage of the tr.iv. ellng piiblte and others. The tables will al­ ways he provided with the best th*t can l>e pro'cu -ed, and p#lile aivl attentive waiter* Willi'! in readinets at all times to attend to the w mt* of guests. No pnins will be spared to ma ;e this a First Class House. Large and comm jdious l«rns on the premises. Free Omni JUS to and from all trains. Sample Room 8 on first floor. SA LOON a*» RESTAURANT, Buck's Old Stand, McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Ejp Kentucky Liquors, French Bitters, ] SicHenry Lager Beef, Ph J. Bsst's liilwaakss Beer By the Bottle or C:ise^ W e buy none but tlie best and sell at- Reasonable Prices. C all and see me and I will use yoa Avi'-II. lifcflenry. III., 1884. (WW* HE. WIGIITMAN, Proprietor. First . Jl:i8s rigs, with or without drivers fnrnis ied at reasonable rates. Teaming ot all kii> ds done on abort notice. T15 CHICAGO W HO &SES, CATTLE & SHEEP. / gk your Storekeeper for it of - Wfitk dti set Id the Manufacturer*. AMEBIC AW WB&ICATiarOlblL CO.. CLEVELAND - - OHIO. FOR SALE McHENRY BY H. COLBY. Ifaring vet-enilv fitted up our snop near the Widge, we are now prepare<l to tarnish our ustoniers with Fresh and Salt Meats, OF ALL KINDS, S ausage, Smoked Meats, &c., -AT THE- Lowest Living Prices. We buy none but the best ot Mcnts, anU flatter ourselves that we can offer our cus­ tomer* meats in iteiter shape than any ether aliop in this section. Thankful for past favors we solicit a con. tinuanjcof the same, and we will guarantee to satist) ysu both in quality and price. A- M- PRETT. McHenry, IlL, March 17th, 18M. Eggs! Eggs! Full Blood Egga for latching. The undersigned will ftimlsh 'Eggs from l'ure Bred Fowls at the following Prices: Black Leghorns, 91.50 Tor 13 Eggs Brown *• ..... 1.50 for 13 Eggs White " 1,50 for 13 Eggs WyumlAttS.... 3.00 for 13 Kggs Black Jaras 2.00 far 13 Egg* Light Bralimas J'2.00 for 13 Kirgs tiolden S|iang'd Polish 2.00 for 13 Egga Rlaok Tartar Games.. 2.50 for 13 Egg? Plymouth Rocks 1.50 for 13 Eggs Pekin Ducks 1.00 for 9 Eggs Theal»oveare Prleea for Eggs Delivered at my place. C. W. PRATT. WAUCONDA, ILL- Wauconda, IU., Karch fth, 1884, DON'T YOU FORGET IT! ASA W. SMITH, --OF-- Woodstock, - • Illinois. Backed by Millions of money offej you INDEMNITY against damage by Fire, Lightning, Wind Storms, QTCLOITE8 A.ND\TORNADOESL T>rop rtie a postal card and I will rlslt'you; call on me and I will write you a policy, an<l Wiien either or any of these" destructive ele­ ments devastate* your property, happy will vou be if you hold one of my policies, for I will surety visit you, and minister unto you. ljWilt not forsake you. ASA IT. 8MITIT, Gen'l Insurance Ag'l. Piano Minneapolis Self Binder' fit E M Oweu & St9U% AND, T, at the old ill, McHenry, and Cigars nn or cold tlon. HOltS KS. I M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEWESDAY. JUNE 11, 1884» Ao. . • - wu NO. 47. AT THE OL JACOB BOX SALOON AND UL^TA stand, op|H»Fite Bishu III. The choicest Wines, to be fuiind in the couni meals on short not ice on a GOOD STABLING BOOT and SH In Ketter'g Threo Doors West iif McII eni*jr, "1| • Bargains in Boots ami f, and Peculiar slues alwfcy _ who have disproportione<l prices for Oash. I.a<tiesa FINE BOOTS A Specialty. Repaijing pi and satisfaction guarant E. Mcllenry, III., March 1, rerside House, Illinois for Cash. Odd hand tor those Slaughtering nts SHOES tly attended to MITH. DEALER Sardwue, Tiavan, Luml|pr, ^(IitnicloM, Lalii ; Fence PostKoai etc III short, we k in the above me which we are offe- \ng public as chea house iiii this sect Call and JOBBING & everything ned lines, to the buy- any other ee us. AIRING PROMPTLY ATSTDED TO. HELM ̂ ETm Algonquin, Feb. 18, UI8i, HEADQU •FORy-- Soldiers' Department. CONDUCTED BT DR. S. r. BENKKTT. TIIUCK^ An-'all kinds ot Vehicles, at J. W. CRIMOLBY'S Rinjfwootl, 111. I will not be undersold, material «nd Workmanship considered. General Blacksmithing, And Kepairing of all Rinds, in both Wood and Iron. Virstclass workmen employed and Satisfaclion Guaranteed. J. W. GRiMOLBY. Ring wood. March Uta, 1S84. WEST ttcEEHflY. Invite the attontion of the buying public to an entirely new stock of M GOODS, semis, ̂ CLOTHING, GROCERIES, Boots, Shoes Hats Caps, Granite RockinghaQi and Glassware* Trunks, Hand Bags.' and Valise0, C. H. Fargo's celebrated Boots and Shoes, etc. All grades Chick's Favorite Flour in stock. Every sack wai ranted. The highest price paid for produce. All goods sold at one price and marked in plaiu figures. Thank­ ing our patrons for past favors and hoping for a continuance of the same, we shall strive to please all who may give us a call, both in quality and price of goods. BONSLETT, A STOFFEt. West Mcllenry, III., March ti, 1834. We liave the finest assortment q/ Litres airl Embroideries ever shown in this market. C»U and s$e tbeiu at il«ut-y Colby's. Th* Pension List. Tim National House of Representa­ tives has lately passed a bill making it easier for lliose wlo have applied^ or may yet apply for pensien, to make good their claims. This action has call­ ed attention to the United States pen­ sion list, and to the expenditure which is itiado each year for the support of former soldiers and sailors and their relatives. Mr. Dudley, the commissioner of perislons.ln his last report.set the num­ ber of different persons Who were miis- lered into the United States service during the Civil War.-at 2 063.391. , Of these about fourteen hundred and fifty thousand are living, and six hundred thousand are dead. About half a mil­ lion of the living, and the relatives of three hundred thousand of the dead, have applied for pensions. More than four hundred and fifty thousand appli­ cations have been rejected, and two hundred aitd fifty thousand are still pending. Durlng|th* nineteen years that have elapsed since the war closed, a great many names have been dropped from the roll, very uear threo hutidred and four thousand. These ptinsloners draw an average of a little more than one hundred and six dollars each, a year, and the total an- iiuit 1 value of their pensions is about thirty-two- and a quarter million dol­ lars. The actual pension payments are, howevar, much larger, owing to the law which grants "arrears" of pensions --allowing money to be drawn tor the time before the claim was allowed. In the year ended on last June the whole pension payment exceeded sixty million dollars. Should no change be made in the present law, the probability is that the pensions will increase in number until tliey roach about four hundred thousand a* the average amount to each pension­ er increases also, the annual charge when all the claims have beer, passed will not he much, if any. less than forty five millions. If tlie bill passed by the House of Representatives should be passed also by the Senate, tliio sum would be greatly exceeded. r N« otlter fioVernmewt In the world lias pension la A S approaching ours in liberality. For example. Great Britain p.nys out but a little more than eight million dollars a ve»r lor army pen­ sions. It is true she lias had ho great war in recent years, but she has had a great many little wars, in Afghanistan, in Zultilaud, in Kgypt, and olsewhere, within a comparatively short time. The principle upon which a Govern­ ment pays military pension is a correct •tie. and is adopted by all enlightened countries. The nation calls upon a citi­ zen to defend it, and agrees to provide for him if lie is disabled. Sllll, it is evident that no country cau go beyond a certain point, after a great war,costly In human life and in property. We cannot wholly support an army of pensioners without laying such burdens upon the people as will cripple their industry. But up to this time the people of the United States have met thU charge upon tlietn not only with cheerfulness, but with en­ thusiasm. They have certainly dis­ proved for once the old aphorism that "republics are ungrateflll.' , No appropriation is made which ex­ cites less opposition than that for pen* sions, although the sum required is al­ most two-thirds as great as the inter­ est upon the national debt, and will soon be more. Yet there are those who fear that if Congress be to lavish, and make the laws to* liberal, there will come a time when, the country not be­ ing as rich iu Its treasury as it is now, the appropriation will be made grudg­ ingly. It is hoped that the time will never eome. But to avoid it the better course will be to make the pension laws just, rather than lavishly generous. It will be a sad day when Congress hesitates to fulfill its promises to the brave de­ fenders of the country, cost what it may,-- Youths Companion, gOMK OM» WAK 80NG| t ' ^ The Mails to Whioh oar Votorana Marched to Victory. The war proved a very fruitful theme for the poetaster, and many a fledgling bard delivered himself of more or less patriotic jingle which it would be quite unbemoming to rate under the name of poetry. Many war songs--and many of them are very good, too--were writ­ ten for special purposes,' to chronicle some particular event, or in praise of some individual regiment; and on this account they never became popular. But such songs as "The Battle Cry of Freedom,""Kingdom Coining," "March ing Through Georgia," "When Johnny Comes Marching Home,*'"John Brown's Body," etc., achieved a universality that made them known from one end of the laud to the other. The song of the soldier never sounds so well as when sung on the field of battle. There it reaches to u height of sublimity at­ tainable nowhere else; and perhaps no finer volume of sound could be heard than Cromwell's Roundheads chanting the "Old Hundredth," after the battle of Marston Moor, a legion of French- taeu singing ' The Marseillaise,"' or one of our own army corps pouring forth in unison "John Brown's Bod3'." It is safe to sav that, notwithstand ing the great number of songs which the war of the rebellion was the means of bringing out, not one first-class lyric not one single poem fit to be ranked with Thomas Campbell's immonal , ,Ye Mariners of England" was the result. Perhaps Mr*. Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is the most sublime of all the songs that were written during the rebellion, but this falls far short of Campbell's song. By the way, who is responsible for 'he air "Glory Hallelu jah?" Has it a father, or did it grow, like Topsyf The air is original with the words, "John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave," but where it sprang from who can toll? It followed hard upon another John Brown ditty* which we heard a crowd of boys and half-grown men singing while parad­ ing through the streets one night after the close of a meeting which was held in Fanuel Hall, Boston, to lament over * lie execution of John Brown, That ditty, like the famous song of"The Black Snake," consisted of 100 verses all alike, and this was its burden: "Tell John Andrew, Tell John Andrew, Tell John Andrew, % John Brown's dead." From this sprung the now famous song which is, perhaps, the most popu­ lar ef all the army songs; and of the many versions that have been made, the best is from the pen of DrsJ. W. Westtnore: "See they r»me, seettiey come front the mottn tiln and the )ilnin, A noble uand of pnirtott the Union tomalntnln And they never will return until the country stands HKnin United, Arm and free. Ulory Hallelujah!" fte. Henry Clay Work, a Western bard, wrote and composed the music of sev­ eral of the best songs, among which may be named "Marching Through Georgia," and that very capital and favorite song with the soldiers, "King­ dom Coining," which has an additional charm from being in the negro dialect: •N*y, darbies, hab you aeon de massa Wid tie inufi'sttitsh on Ins tnee, t3o 'lnnjf de road some tiinedis mornln* I.ike he's gom* to leave de > laee? He lectin de smoke vvny u|>de riliber Where tie Lim-uni prim boats lay; He took his nut and left I'crry sudden, And I H|K)se lie's runned away I De uittssa run, ha, ha! „ De darkey stu>, ho, ho! It must be now de Kingdom comln', Au' de yar oh jubllo.' r The air which accompanies these words is a very inspiring one, and it •uakes a capital quickstep. George F. Root, who was some time a music teacher in this city, is author and composer of "Tramp, tramp, tramp." "In tlic'prison cell I sit. Thinking mother, dear, of Wilt And our bright ami happy mine so for away, And the tears they till luy eyes, Spite of ijli that 1 ran do, Though 1 try to cbeer my couirades and be Tram f), trump, tramp the lioys are march- inK," Ac. Root is ai*o author of the "Battle Cry of Freedom." "Yes, we'll rally round the lag, tars. We'll rally nneo ayain, SoontinK the battle cry of fr«*edon\. W o w i l l r a l l y f r o m the hillside. We'll rally fron\ the plain. Shouting the iMttle cry of freedom." There is an adaptability to the air of this song which makes it available to many words. The soldiers were fond of setting the word- of '*Marv had a little Lamb" to it, with ludicrous effect. As, for instance : "Marv had a little laniU Its lleee.e was white as snow. Shouting the battle ery of freedom, An l every place tlia't Mary wont, The lamb wun nine to go ( ahuuting Uto battle cry of freedom." and so on. During the terrible fighting in the Wilderness en the 6th of May, 1S64, a brigade of the Ninth Corps, hav­ ing broke the enemy's line by an as­ sault, became exposed to a flank attack and was driven back in disorder with a heavy loss. They retreated out a few hundred yards, however, ru-fornied and again confronted the enemy. Just then some gallant fellows in the ranks of the Forty fifth Pennsylvania began to sing; ••We'll rally 'round the flag, boys. Rally once ujrain, Shouting the battlo cry of freedom." The refrain was caught up instantly by the entire regiment and by the Thirty-sixth Massachusetts, the next In line. There the grim ranks stood at bay in the deadly thicket. The all' was filled with the crackle andsinoke of the burning underbrush, the pitiful cries of the wounded, the rattle of musketry, and the shouts of command; but above nil, answering'the exultant yelis of the fcuemy, rose the Inspiring chorus: "The Union fore»er, hurrah, boys, hurrah Down with the traitorand up with the stars! And we'll rally 'ruiipd the boy8. R a l l y o m * e a g a i n , Shouting the battle ery-ot freedom. One of-the army songs, which has bp- oome as popular in England as it is in this country, is published as having been written and composed by Louis Lambert. This is a non de plume for P. S. Gilinore. To be sure t|{e words do not amount to much, and there is some tiling disagreeable to a well regulated temperance mind like our owu iu being obliged to melodiously iu(uru) public that We'll all drink stone blind. Whpn Johnny uomes marching h<Hno,« but the tune is of the rollicKiug, devil- may-care order that is very catching, The fact is, Gilit|ore buijt up his words to suit his air, on the s^uie principle that in Virginia they invariably build the chimney first, and then erept the house against it. The air was an in­ spiration, but the words might be classified as rhymes without rtasou. "The Star Spangled Banner" wil) ever rank as the first of American war $ongs. and linked with it will be "Hail Columbia," "America," and "The Red, Wh}te and Blue." We are qut pertal» that this latter Is an American song. It has been claimed bjr the English under the title "Brlnannfa, the Gem «fv the Ocean." The first person wffrfmr heard sing it was the late Ed«jN^%, Davenport, and lie once infordi^ I* that he got the song In the motherland. "Hail Columbia" was set by its author. Judge Hopklnson. to th£ air mt * Tli« President's March," whicli somebody had composed in honor of Washington; but the words of "The Star Spangled Banner" are sung to an old English bacchanalian air, "To Anacreon lit Heaven,'1 while the Rev. Mr. Smith** "My Country, 'tis of Thee," goes to th* air of "God siavo the Queen." The Na­ tional hymn, with appropriate original music. Is yet to be written. Keller's hymn does not All the bill, nor indeed does Julius Eichberg's, or that ambi­ tious production which Gllmore g*v» to the country some two or three year* since. We have tonched bat lightly on a few of the soldiers' songs. Did one go Into the matter to any great extent there certainly would net be a sufficiency ot space in this edition of the Traveller* to accommodate us. While there was plenty of enduring poetry written dttl*» ing the war. the number of really meri* torious songs that were given birth to were few Indeed. On the whole, wo are inclined to think that lnllilire« spect the South were in advance of us. for we certainly (Mrs. Howe's noblo efiort aside) do not possess a single song of the rebellion at all comparable to "Maryland. My Maryland," and the air to which it Is sung is well fitted to the words. We remember once having heard It sung under circumstances that for a time made us faacy it was the sweetest thing we ever listened to. We had reached Frederick City In Mary­ land after a distressing forced march, wearying alike to man and beast,and en going into bivouac the staft to which we were attached took up their quar­ ters on the piazza of a lonely mansion, and there, wrapping themselves la their blankets, with their saddles for pillows, sought needed repose. Sleep refused to visit us. The night was a delicious one; 'twas warm, but a slight breeze was stirring; the sky was in­ tensely clear, and the stars were many and brilliant. The stilfness was pro­ found, Every one around us was sunk in slumber. Suddenly there fell upon our ears the#wo¥<ts:-- « "The despot's head is on thy shore, Maryland; my Maryland." The voico was a mezzo soprano, lull, round and clear, and the charm ing melody was sung with infinite tendeis ness and delicacy of shading. We list* eiied almost breathless, for 'twas the first tim« we had ever heard the song* and when it wtts concluded w» arose for the purpose of ascertaining who> wits the singer. Wo found her in tho person of a pluipp little negro girl of about sixteen years, with a face blacker • than the smoke of Vulcan's smithy. As LezckttUMia "saw OtheUoh visage in hie iutMd," so we also saw the visage of this girl only in the sweetness of hey voice, which was of a certainty one of tits purest vocal organs wo evor listen* odto. ^The Bonnie Blue Flag** was another of the secession songs which met with great favor. It was, if we remember aright, written by an Irish actor by the name of William McCarthy, and first sung by his sister, Marlon McCarthy, at the Varieties Theatre, New Orleans. The air is an old popular Irish ineiodjL --"The Irish Jaunting Car.**--tjtoafoft Traveller. 19*The people have alway had a sort of fellow feeling with Gen. Pope, and wil! be considerably in accord with a remark he made recently in the course of the business of the Swaim court; martial; of whioh he is the presiding^ officer. An exchange gives th4 incl* dent as follows: "A witness in giving hi* testimony was asked some questions to which the opposing lawyer objected as not coming under the rule tvi* dence of court practice." ^We pare- nothing for the nils of evidence," aaidt Gen Pope: uWhat ws want is facts. The witness can answer." "There is the whole in a nut shell. For the piroper* administration of justice we w*r.t (»•> teliigent juries, liberal minded jtidgesv and witnesses togive tacts irrespective ^ of the practice some hundred of years ' old." How many tiipes has almost every layman who has attended the trial of 1} case in our courts been di*-. gnijteijat the streuuous rQort i^ade by attorneys tq Keep Knowledge of facts from the Jury. IJow often has the badgered witness, >yho J^assworn to tell (he truth, the whole truth, a»d nothing but the trqth, been provoked aliqo*t beyond endurance, by ttje tqrtqei|t{i^ ^ e Ho its of the lawyers, to von) pel hi'H / te swear to $iye:\r to soiao dUtortetJ' state of circumstances, the while presis- i teutly. and afteji insultingly (tmleav-. oring te prevent him telling ths T»ry truth he had Stvorn Jo adtwre to. We > need some of t lie good sens? qf Pope iu the administration of jq*t|ue tu this aoqntry t--Aurora fteitcon CUCUMBER SEBP, ; Good Seed is V»ry scarce and is Self, ing ill must places at S1.2i to *1.50 pen pound. Wo have s«»i:ie very Hue seed | which we are soiling at f 1 per povuti Call early before it is all gone, P KKBT * OWE*. Ladies Underwear, good and CfceajU at Mrs, II. H, Nlcho}|V "