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Show Cards, Bill and Lettei Iliads, Handbills, Circulars, &c, in the best Myle of the art and at the mot moderate prices. Also, all kiuds of Ruling. Blank Pooka, Book Binding, &c, executed tonrder as good as the beat and as cheap as the cheapest. EBENSQURC FOUNDRY ARAI 13. ITLL BLAST! NEW FIRM, NEWJ3UILDINGS, dtc. HaYI NO j'urch:ised the veil known EB EN HIT KG FOX NDRY from Mr. E lw. j GUst1, niiJ rebuilt. and enlarged it almost en tirely, beside? refining il witt new machinery, ti e subscribe, s e now prepared to furnish COOK. PARLOR 11EATISQ STO VES. of the h:ti't a. id most approved pittrtna Til ttKSIIIN'G M ACM I NFS. MILL EAU IXG, BOSK and WATER WII EELS or everv description. IKON FENCING, PLOUGHS Htid PLOUGH CASTINGS, and in fact a!l itintmc-r of articles ni-inufactured in a fir.-.t clnss Foundry. Job Work of all kind attended to promptly and done cheaply. Tbe special attention of Farmers is invited to two newly patented PLOUGHS which we pcBes- the sole right to manufacture and Fell in tLis county, and which are admitted to be the hest ever introduced to the public. Believing ourselves capable of performing any woik in our line in the most satisfactory maimer, and knowing that we cm do work at LtWERTRiCifi than have been charged in this community heretofore we Confidently hope that we will be found worthy ot liberal ratronngc. Fnir reductions made to wholesale dealers. tSThe highest prices paid in cash for old metal, or eastings given in exchange. OfB TERMS ARK flTB CTl.T csn on ocxr-T Fbopccs CONVERT, V1NKOE & CO. Ebcn.-burg, Sept. 2, lcG3. 628 HOOP SKIRTS 628 AND CORSETS, CORSETS TTTJI. T. HOPKINS, No 028 Ancn f V St., Phil., Manufacturer of the celc hiated "CHAMPION" HOOP SKIRTS for Ladies, Misses and Children the largest as sortment and best quality and styles in the American Market. Every lady should try them, as they recommend themselves by wearing long er, retail. nig their shi'.pe much better, being lighter rul miirli more elastic tli.ai all other WARRANTED in every respeet, and told at very low prices. Ask lor Hopkins "Cuam-ri-N" Skimt. Superior Hand-mndeWhale bone CORSETS in Fifteen ddferent Grades, including the "Im perial" and Thompson & Langdon's ' GLOVE FITTING" CORSETS, ringing irj prices from til Cents to $5 So ; together with Jos Heckel's elebrated FRENCH WOVEN CORSETS, superior shapes and quality, ID different Grades, lrom 1,10 to So, 50 They are the finest and best goods for the prices ever imported. The Trade supplied with HOOP SKIRTS and COR SETS at the Lowest Rates. RyThose visiting the City should not fail to call and examine onr Goods and Prices, as w defy all competition. Nov. 12. 4m. SECURE THE SIIADOERE THE SUBSTANCE FADES I S PCX CCS JfEW la now in perfect order for executing Pictures in every style of the art. Photographs of life like accuracy, ranging from the smallest card picture to the largest s:ze for framing, taken in ny weather, and warranted to give satisfaction. Particular attention paid to children pictures. Frames of all kinds for sale cheap. Frames of any kind not on band will be ordered when de sired. Instruction in the art on liberal terms. "Gallery on Julian street, 3 doors north of Town Hill. T. T. SPENCE. Ebenshurg, Oct. 8, 1863. Photographer. JOHN" C R O U S E , WHOLES LE DKALEB I2 FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINES Attn LIQUORS. BEST BRiNus OP BRANDY, WHISKY, IRISH W111S5KY. oiN, Ac, &c. The very best qualitiea of Liquors, Wines, tit., for Medical purpose. Prices LOW. Clf-Hotel and Saloon keepers will do well to give me a call at my store on Canal street, in building formerly occupied by T. O. Stewart & Co. Johnstown, Aug. 27, 1S68. tf. QOD, r. BETTER, BEST. The best and cheap at Tobacco and Cigars in tows c?e at if - Cwsfca Gnzi ft Choice poetic Elections, j Beauties of Paradise Lost Beck I. KCMBF.R OUE. Milton's Invocation ii at once grand and natural, more especially when he passes from the Pagan powers of poetry to the Deity : Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tre. whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and ail our wo, SVith loss of Eden, till one greater Man KeVtorc us, and tegaiu the bii-sful seat. Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the sacred top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who firt taught the chosen seed. In the beginning, how the heavens and carta Hose out of chaos : or if Sion hill Deligh tht-e more, and Silva'd brook, that Cowed Fast by the orac!o of God ; I thence Invtki thy aid to my adventurous sopg. That with no middle Sight intends t- toar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Thirgs unattemptcd yet, in prow or rhyme. And chit fly Thou. O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thvu ktiowtst ; Thou frcm the first Wast present, and with mighty wigs out spread. Dove like sat Lro'di" on the dark abyss, And madi-t it prtg:,.nt : whit in me is dark Illumine; what is low raise and support ; That to the heig'it t f this groat argument I may asjert eternal Prtividenca, And justify the ways of God to men, The description of Lucifer, and the infer nal abode t. which le liad beeu expelled by the j'.iss fatnience of effjaded haaveu, is thus given : Tut bis doom Picscrved him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness, and lasting pain. Torments him ; rouud he throws Lis baleful eyes. That witnessed huge affliction and dismay. Mixed with obdnrate pride and t-tedfast hate: At once, as far as angels ken, he views The di.-mal situation waste and wild ; A dungeon honible ou all titles rr.uud As one great furnace llamedj yet from those flames No liglit, but raUier darkness visible Served only to discover sights of wo, RejiotiS of sorrow, doleful fchades', where peace And re t can r.rvf r dwell, hope never comer; That ci lots to all; but tort ire without end Still urges, add a fiery dt-luge. fed With ever burning sidphur unconsumrd ; Such place eternal justice had prepared For the rebellious; heie their pris'n cr d.iitied In utter darkness ; and their portion set As far removed from God and light of Heaven As from the ceiitre thrioe to the utmost pole. O how urdike the lace from whence they fell ! Then fellows Satan's address to Pelzabub, wherein he assures his co-conspirator that Though the field be h-i. All is not lost ; the unconquerable will, And t-tudy of revenge ; irnmorttl hate. And courage never to submit or yield. lie ufterwards solaces himself that Here we may reign secure, ar.d in iny choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Hotter to reign iu heil than serve in Heaven ! Th- marbhalir.g of his hosts. by Lucifer lias been pronounced by tome critics an imita tion of Homer's description of the arraying of the Greeks before the walls cf Troy, but they should bear In mind that this assembly of tbe fallen angels was a necessity growing out of the subject treated by our poet. What can be more sublime than the poet's pen p;cture of the arch-fiend at the Load of Lis hosts ? lie, above the rest In shape and gestute proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his f rm had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Ll'ss than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured. Or that of Mammon leading the lnfcm spirits in the search for gold : Mammon led them on Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven: for even iu heaven his looks and thoughts Were always dowuwurd bint, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific; bv him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught. Ransacked the centre, and with impious hands, Eifltd the bowels of their mother earth For treasures better hid. Soon had his crew Opened into tho hill a spacious wound, And digged out ribs of gold. Let none ad mire That riches grow in hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane. A Romance of Life. The Fairfield Iowa, Ledger, contains a romonce which we con dense : Years ago a Pennsylvania farmer loved a charming youug girl from his own village. Time passed on. Farmer occa sionally got tight, or in other words, started a brick yard in his hat. Wife objected ; farmer became angry, stabbed his wife with a butcher koife. Wife fell swooning to the flloor. Farmer leaves precipitately for the West. Wife recovers. After five years, marries again. Husband dies in a year. She leaves for the West. Arrives at Fair view. Stops at a boardinghouse ; meets her former husband . years have passed ; she does not recognize him, and he knows ber not. Ue loves her, proposes. She ac cepts, thcy marry. Not twenty-four hours after tbe ceremony wife disrobes ; and ugly scar is visible; husband sees this scar is utterly amazed. Truth dawns upon them it is the long lost husband, once an assassin, now a sober, wealthy merchant of Fairview. Everything is lovely, and 'all's well that RA veil." Salts, Slutcjjcs, lutbotcs, $t. A PERILOUS AD7JDTJTTJRF. r.ONNING AND SWIMMING FOR LIFE. Strange and romantic adventures hap pen continually to perpons traveling through the unsettled parts of the West, but any more singular and exciting than those experienced by the hero of the fol lowing story have seldom, if ever, been published. Tbe following account is given by the Grand Kapids (Michigan) ''Michael Tammany, cf the tovnsliip of Tyrone, in this county, who recently returned from n trading exd-dition through southern Kansas, and along that line of the Union 1'iiciric ll-ilroad as far a? com pleted, has given us the details of his re markable escape from tho Indians, by whom his partner and a boy accompany -ing them were murdered in the valley of the Platte river. Mr. Tammany, at Fort Leaven worth, met a former acquain tance of hi, of tho namo of Daniel Jones, I of Jackfon county, Ohio. A partner slap' wr.s arranged between them for tho bueii'PtiS of telling goods a peddlers, which business for a time proved successful On their last trip westward they left the. railroad on the hist day of Spt?rnbcr last, at Fort Sedgwick where Joi-'t-borg wna, but now is not anil proceeded op the South L'Ldte Valley, on the north side of j i he river, makir.g about thirty rmics per day, without interruption or sp'ei.il dis eovery, until about eleven o'clock of ;he third day after leaving the railroad, wli'n they struck a fresh Indian trail, showing that a large body of mounted Indians had passed that point not mar.p hours previ ously. Apprehending danger, the teams were stopped, and a careful observation with a field glass resulted in the rii-covery of four Indian huts on the bank of the river, not more than a half mile distal, and about a doz jn l.O'sca feeding on tho grass plat in their vicinity. The travel ers bore off a little m re to the ea?t, and as cautiously as possible proceeded on tin ir way until about five o'clock, accom plishing a distance of alout eleven miles from th? point where they crossed the trail. Tln-y had jost passed through a strip of cottonwood timber, with surue r.t!ber steep bluds ot land at their right, when they discovered a, short distance ahead a plat of about six acres of land, covered with horses, and in their mid.-d a large and compact pody of Indian?, ap parently in council, and listening to an address from one of their number. Mr. Tammany at enca dismounted, an 1 turn ed the teams of!" to the right, for the pur pose of getting under cover of the bl-'ifs, but the travelers had proceeded but a few rods w hen a band of about fifty mounted Indians, each armed with a brace of large pistols, suddenly appeared in tbeir front, simu'taneoufdy yelling their demoniac war cry, and making a ruh for their vic tiais. Mr. Tammany sprang to his sad dle, and made an effort to turn the teams to tho light : but the savages cut olf re- i trei'.t in that direction, and opened hero upon the little j arty. Mr. Tammany saw both i f ids companions fall dead up on the ground, ar.d then made :i desperate attempt to escape by putting1 His horse to his best epeed, in the only direction which was now left open, the s.ivnges having nearly surrounded him. This direction was north toward the railroad. This line of retreat was soon, however, cut off by his pursuers, in the direction of Sedg wick. He wrs sharply pursued by seven of the Indians, on their fastest horses, and for a distance of five miles they were not more than ten rods in his rear. His horse was a remarkably fast one, but his best efforts 'failed to increase the gap bo livpcn himself nn.l Ids . imrom-r. At length, when Mr. Tammany had almost de-paired of making good his flight, his horse suddenly came opt n a bluff bank, dropping off into a deep slough directly in front of him. From this bank, which was not less than nine or ten feet high, the hora: made a desperate leap, and in stantly sunk into the sift alluvium to a depth which completely submerged his body, leaving only his head exposed to sight. At the instant of striking Mr Tammany was thrown over the animal's head, and completely covered with mud. The horse was unable to extricate him self from his position, and Mr. Tammany closely clung to his neck, with his face only out of the rairc, on the side of the horse's neck opposite the bank from which the jump was made. The Indians im mediately appeared on the bank and fired a volley, several balls passing through the blanket saddle cover, just above the body of Mr. Tammany. The firing then ceas ed, the Indians undoubted supposing they had killed their victim, and Mr. Tam many then changed his positton sufficient ly to enable birn to take an observation of the bank whence the firing had pro ceeded. The savages had left the bank, and he obsered four of tbem, with long knives in their hands, making au attempt to cross the ravine about ten rods above him, and three trying to get across below. IX THE AVATEU. "Although the horse had jumped nearly arross the ravine, Mr. Tammany vva? at this critical moment so nearly exhausted that he could make no further effort to escape the fate which he knew must be bis if he remained a few minutes longer. Bet be Jerked off his boots, leaving tbem with his helpless horse, and crawled out, until he reached a soil that would support mm au ci cut pufiuori, wnen ue starieu on a very fleet run for the river ; the dense growth of the alder bushes, through which he crawled in starting from the ravine, favoring his retreat against ths observation of the savages until he could get some dis tance away. After running, as he thinks, about two miles, he reached the Platte river, and hearing his pursuers yelling on his track, jumped into the stream and swam down it, keeping close to the clayey bank, which was several feet high, and so steep in many places as to reach several feet over the water. The water was be yond his depth, but Mr. Tammany wn3 an expert swimmer. After swimming down nearly two miles ho came to quite a fcharp bend in the stream, and upon turn ing the bend he observed, near the middle of the stream, two or three islands about half a utile below him. Having taken but little time to rest during his progress down the river, he felt himself to much exhausted to hold out much longer, and the i lea occurred to him that he would be sale for a tinn; if he could reach one of the islands. S he struck out to swirn across the channel which wasatthit point thirty or forty rod.-) v. i !;. The rapid cur rent swept him past this first island, but there was another immediately below, and knowing he would bJ drowned should lo fail to reach it, ho eiriijjleil for it with the energy of desperation, and fortunately for him ho landed just at the outlet of a narrow gulch, which had evidently been the ch innel of a small wutctcouree, but w.is then dry, and bore a rank growth cf tall grass. Mr. Tammany slowly crawl ed up the gulch, being very cautious not to ieave any marks in the soil by which he could be traced to his hiding place. Here he stopped, and. lying on his left side, heavily panted for breath. Mr. Tammany kept his hiding place all that night, being without strength to renew his flight, and was compelled by prudence to tetnain in it all the succeeding day, until darkness should screen his movements from observation. When it became quite d irk in the evening lie carefully raised himself up, intently lirtened, and hearing no sound indicating the presence of Indi ans, crawled to the water and swam to the south shore of the river, a distance of about half a mile. IN SAFETY. "He then set out on foot, bare footed and bare headed, in the direction of Fort SeJg. ick. keeping soma distance from the river to avoid possible contact with the Indian, who might be camped near its bank. After proceeding about eleven mih-s he came in sight of the four Indian lodges he had observed while traveling wiih his companions on the previous day. He then bore olf to the south about five miles, and then castwardly about the same distance, w hen he again reached the river. Daylight was then appearing, and he swam to an island, where he concealed himself and remained during the day. His feet were much swollen and exceed. inj;ly painful, having been badiy scratched in traveling through llnckels ot prickly pears, and their soles were badly lacerated by sand 'ours. The next night he renewed his journey. Sunday morning brought him to the old abandoned Antelope mail station, at which point he, stopped, and again found an island iu the Platte where he could remain during the day. He had lain but a few minutes, when he heard the report of a gun but a short distance from him. lie then crawled up on an eminence near him to take ah observation. Another report of a gun still nearer him directed his attention to two objects moving to wards him, which be at once concluded were Indiana still in pursuit. But his condition was now such that he had little dread of them. Almost unconsciously, however, he crawled into a thicket of sun flowers to fscape their observation. He still carried with him a brace of small pistols, and as a last resort he thought of them. They had been through mire and water, and he thought, of course, they would be of no avail now. But he prick ed the wet powder from the tubes, and re selved to try them if his savage pursuers tamo up to hirn. Soon hearing their tread, he prepared to sell his life as dearly as possible. As the foremost came up within a few feet of hirn, and as he was about pulling the trigger, he recognized in his supposed foe two 'boys in blue,' soldiers of Uivle Sam, who were out from Fort Sedgwick, about eighteen miles, on a hunting expedition. The soldiers helped ?Jr. Tammany to their wagon, which was about two miles away from the place where they found him, and lifted him into it, at about sundown. They gave him bread, but nearly etarved as he was, he was too weak to eat it. Mr. Tammany was placed in the hospital, where be re ceived careful and attentive treatment, and at the end of two weeks he was able to get out. Mr. Tammany arrived in this city, on his way home, on Sunday the 1st iust., and claims that their lobs of property was about $7,700. Onions. Boil onions in milk and water ; this diminishes the strong taste of that vegetable. For a change, chop them after they are boiled, put them into a ! stew-pan with a little milk, butter,, salt and pepper, and let them stay about fif teen minutes. This gives them a fine fl ivor, and they can be served up very hot. Onions for food are only surpassed by their medicinal qualities. THE ICLI)1ARY. Only those who have been startled from their sleep at the dead hours of night by the cry of fire, can form the least concep tion of the intense fear that pervades the whole system. The strongest nerves suc cumb lor the moment, and the first law of nature, self-preservation, find3 action in some singular and oftimcs unwise manner. To fire a building w hile the occupants are asleep, is the worst crime, save murder, known to our laws. Oaly the most hard ened criminal will ever attempt so heinous a crime, and seldom if ever is it committed save from motives of revenue. In the experience of majiy years but few convictions have taken plaee for arson. The history of one now serving out a life sentence in prison, fornishes abundant proof of the depths to which we can fall wdien passion is allowed to take possession of our hearts with evil purposes. Tlw winter of '01 had set in, and the intense cold had driven many to the com forts of their homes, and the streets for the time were nearly deserted. The clock in the steeple of the. old church in the central square of the city, had struck the hour of one, and no sound, save the wind, broke the stillness of the night. Crouched in one of the narrow alley ways that abound in our cities, might have been eeen a form, wrapped in a thick grey garment, his face and head clcsely mufil'd by a woolen shawl and sheltered from the cold pierc ing wind by the projecting doorway of the dwelling adjoining. Cautiously had hs several tirnc3 stepped out from his hiding place, and with eager eyes surveyed the premises and muttered to himself the bitter curses that fiiled his heart towards the occupants of the house "Sleep on in peace, you have robbed me of all that I possessed iu life; This shall te thy last sleep on earth. For years have I followed in your track, and ever have I been cheated by your cunning." Stepping out from his hiding place he moves with cautious tread, and again surveys the pre mises. Not a sound can be heard that in dicates the presence of the living, lie approaches the window, noiselessly he opens and enters. All is quiet. Taking a match from bis pocket he lights it, and with a cat like tread he enters the adjoin ing room. "Now will I bo revenged," he mutters, and selecting the most combusti ble articles at hand he piles them together and fires them. Assured of their burning, he quickly leaves the premises. Away from the scene of danger he awaits the alarm ; surely it corues. The quick sharp sound of the watchman's rattle, and the cry cf fire resounds upon the air. Soon the bells give out the alarm, and the loud ringing cry of the firemen gives evidence of their faithfulness to duty. Brighter and more glaring grows the light as the flames ascend and spread with a fury that teem beyond control. His revenge had been almost complete. The blackened walls was all that remained of the building Awakened by the suffocating smoke that filled the chamber where the occupants slept, they were enabled to escape barely with their lives. All they possessed was lost. A reward was offered by the city authorities for the detection and convic tion of the incendiary, and sharp detectives were set at work to ferret out the crimi nal. Months passed away, and no clue to the party was obtained A new home was procuied by the sufferers and the cir cumstance was seldom or ever mentioned. Scarcely had - a year passed before the same avenging hand was present, but with much less success. Caught in the act with the implements of the incendiary in his hands, after a desperate struggle he was captured and safely lodged in jiil. His boast of what he had done and his threats of further mischief. hhoulJ n oc casion oHer, was sulfieent proof of his guilt. I was determined to ascertain the cause of such bitter felony, wdien a favor able opportunity occurred. Days and weeks passed by, and his conduct had changed to such a degree as to warrant me in asking him for an explanation. I found him ready to communicate, and from him I learned the following story : "I was born in the State of New Jers sey, and at an early age was deprived of my parents by death. I was placed under the charge of one who it was thought would confer a p opercare over my youth, and afford me sufficient education. The property left by my father was placed in his hands and was ample to keep me from want. But I was cheated out of my money, abused and neglected, and when able to work was put out to service, un educated, and as it seemed to me an out cast on the world. To my repeated ap peals for assistance, I was rudely assailed, and threatened with prosecution if I did not desist. Maddened by his taunts I struck him, and was imprisoned. On leaving the prison I vowed vengeance against him, and have on many occasions endeavored to fulfil my vow. In the winter of '61 I fired his dwelling and es caped without detection. I have followed him many times to kill him, but have been frustrated by some unforeseen circumstan ces at each attempt, and now again have I been defeated in my purpose. 1 pre sume I must suffer fur my crime. From negleet and wrong done me I am what you see. I care not for myself, could I have been revenged. Prison has no terror for me, as my whole life has been a suc cession of failures and disappointments. I hope that the wrongs that he has inflict- j ed upon me may be visited upon his head, and I shall hi content" I closed the cell door with a feeling of regret that one so young should have lost sight of those princip'.es that arc the only true guide of life. His trial took place a few months after his commitment to jail, and his conviction brought the oidy pen alty affixed by our statutes, a life sen tence at hard labor in the State Prison. History or tlie Habeas Corpus. About six hundred years ago, on aa island meadow in the river Thauif s, still known as the Runnyrcede, on the 12th of August, the iron-clad friends of freedom in England met King John, and wrested" from him the same rights that have been trampled upon by Abraham Lincoln and the Radical party for the last seven years. The day was the birth day of Mtgna Charta. the great charter of English lib erty ; it contained these words ; ''No man shall be arrested, imprisoned, or deprived of h"i9 own househould, or of his liberties, or of his own free customs, or outlawed and banished, or injured in any manner ; nor will we pass sentence upon him, nor send trial upon him, unless by the legal judgement of his peers, or by the law of the laud." This is the great germ of our civil lib erty. It was defended in Englend by many bloody wars, and has been ratified by many s?ts of Parliament, and the pres ent day no king or Praliamer.t of England, would dare, in any way, to restrict the privilege of the habeas corpus. It was engrafted aa a fundamental principle in j our Constitution ; and our forefathers wtiuveu il 10 ue a sure guarantee ior tne rights of future generations. About six years before the Federal Constitution was adopted, a remarkable prophesy was uttered under the following circumstances ; In 1789 Henry Laurens, former President of the Continental Can gress, was snt as Minister to Holland. On his way he Mas captured and impris oned in the Tower of London for fourteen months. When Lord Shelburns became Premier, Laurens was brought up on habeas corpus and released. After his release he dined with Shelburne, when the conversation turned on the separation of the two countries. Lord Shelburne re marked : "I am sorry for your pevp'e." "Why so?" asked Laurens. "They will lose the habeas corpus !" was the re ply. "Lose the habeas corpus ?" said Laurens in astonishment. 'Yes," said j Lord Shelburne. "We purchased it with centuries of wrangling, many years of fighting, and had it confirmed by at least fifty acts of Parliament. All this taught the nation its value, and it 13 so imagined into their creed as the very foundation of j their liberty that no man or party will ever dare to trample on it. 1 our people will pick it up and attempt to use it, but having cost them nothing, thy will not know how to appreciate it. At the first great internal feud that you have the ma jority will trample upon it, and the peo ple will permit it to be done, and so will go your liberty." Bridgeport (Connecti cut) Farmer. The Bosks of Bkaddock Among the many things which time has brought to light i3 the answer to the oft-repeated query, "Who killed Braddock ?" Dur ing that memorable retreat of the British and Provincial troops, Braddock ordered that his men should not protect themselves behind trees. One Joseph Fausett pre sumed to disobey this order, when Brad dock, in a passion, struck biro down with his sword. Tom Fauseett, who was but a short distance from his brother, sav the whole transaction, and immediately shot the General through the lungs. The Hon. A. Stewart, of Uniontown, Penn sylvania, says his filfjoi lmd often heard Fausett acknow ledge this. After Brad dock fell his body was carried by the troops for four days, w hen he expired. lie was interred in the middle of the road, so that all of the soldiers, wagons and horses might pass over and obliterate all vestiges of his grave from the eyes of the savages. About twenty-nine years ago some laborers, who were repairing the road, came upon the remains, and af ter taking a number of the most promi nent bones, reinterred the others. Somo time afterward the scattered bones were collected and pent to Penle's Museum, which was in Philadelphia at that time. Braddock's grave is in Fayette county, Pennsyluania, and is marked by a plain shingle nailed to a tree, where part of the bones are interred, This is the only mon ument which serves to point out to the travelers tLe last resting place of the proud and brave, but unfortunate victim of Indian warfare. A Sad Stout. While laborers were demolishing an old building in Twenty Seventh street, New Yoik, they discover ed in a rat's nest a roll of bills amounting to 250. About eight years ago one of the occupants of the bouse lost the money. At this time a young man named William Cummings, a clerk in a tea stoie, was boarding at this house. As he was the last one seen in the room prior to the loss, he was 6uepected of the robbery, and upon bein arrested was convicted of the crime, ruined in character and sent to prison ; becoming dissipated, ho eventually died on Blackwell's Island. A ma rLE tree that has been tapped for 6ugar for 106 years, still lives near Concord, N, il. Singular Case I Hallucination. Not very long ago, pays the Monongahe lo, (Pa.,) Republican, the young and beau tiful wife of one of our citizens was called to her final account, leaving her husband sad, disconsolate, and bereft. She was bnikd in the adjacent cemetery, and the hotband re turned to his desolate home, but cot to for get h?s loved one. SI e was present with him by day, iu spirit, and in h!3 drcarua at niht. One peculiarity cf his dreams, and one that haunted Lira being repeated night after night was this : that the Fpirit of his wifu came to Lis bedside and to'd him that tLe undertaker had not letnoved from her face tho square piece of muslin or capkin, which had ren used to cover htr face after death ; but had screwed down ber c Ciu lid with it upon her, and that tLe could not breathe in her grave, but was restless on account of her napkin. He tried to drive the dream away, but it bidid with by Light aud troubled him hv dav. He sought the consolation of religion, and his paster prayed with bun, and assured hirn that it was wicked to indulge such a morbid fancy. It was the subject of hia own petition , before the Throne of Grace; but still the spirit came and told anew the story of her suffocation. In despair, he sought the undertaker, Mr. Dickey, wLo told Lim that tho u&pkiu had not been removed, but urged him to forget the circumstance, as it could not be any possible annoyance to in animate clay. While the gentlenr.aD frank ly ackno'edged this, he could avoid the ap parition, and continue! stress uponrMda mind began to tell upon his health. At length be determined to have tho body dis intered. aud he visited the undertaker for that purpose. Here he vra3 Hie! with the same advice and persuasion, and convinced once more of his folly, tLe haunted man returned to Lis home. That night, more vivid than ever, more terribly real than before, she carae to his bedside, and upbraided him for his want of affection, and wo'ili leave him UDtil Le had promised to remova the cause of ht r suffering. The next tight, with a friend, he repaired to the sexton, who was prevail ed upon to accompany them, and there by the light of the cold, round moon, the body was lifted from its narrow bed, the cofSn lid unscrewed, aud the napkin removed from the corpse. That right she came to his Led.-ide once more, but for the last time. Thanking hirn for Lis kindness, she pressed her Cold lips to her cheek and cr.rue again iu more. Reader, this is a true story ; cau you explain the mystery of dreams? German I'rovcrbs, One has only to die to te praised. Handsome apples are sometimes rour. It is not enough to arm ; you must hit. Little and ofteu make a heap in tims. It is easier to blame than to do better. Would you be strong, conquer yourself. To change and do better are two different things. Everybody knows good counsel except Lira that hatb need of it. Letter free iu a foreign land than a serf at home. Better go supperless to bed than run in debt. There is n: good in preaching to the Lnri- Charity gives itself rich, but covttousnesa hoards itself poon The end of wrath h tne beginning of re pentance. The sun dial only connts'the Vright hours. Piety, prudence, wit aud civility are the -elements of true nobility . God's mill goes slowly, but it grinds well. High hottses are mostly empty in the up per story. A hundred years of wrong do not make an hov.f of right. More are drowned in the bowl than in tha sea. The fewer fife words the better the prayer. With patience and time the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. Take the woild as it is, rut as it ought te EevcDge converts a little right iuto a grcafe wrong. Our neighbor's children are alwiys tbe worst. Forgive thyseif net bin 3 and others rnnch. Truth may be suppressed, but not stran gled. What comes from the heart goes to tho heart. When God means to pnni:-h a nation Laf deprives the mleT3 of wisdom. Ho who bliTckens others docs not whiteri himself. Take care of your plow and your plow- Will take care of you. He who saves Ta little things can be liher al in great ones. He who avoids little sins does not fall into large ones. The Charms ct Likk. There are thousand things iu this wide world to- afflict and sadden, but O ! how many that are beautiful aud good ! The word tams with beauty with objects that gladden the eye and warm the heart. We migh ! hppy if we would. There are ills that we canuot escape ; the approach of diseuoe niid death ; of mi-fortune; tbe suuderiug of early ties, and the cankcr-worro of grief ; but a vtsi majority t f evils that beset us might Le ave ided. The course of intenrperauce, in terwoveu as it is with all the ligament of society, is one which never strik'-s na but to destroy. TdVre is not one bright page upon the record of its progress ; nothing to shield it from tho heartiest execration of the hu mu race. It should not exist ; it must cot. I) 1 away with all this let wars come to an end ; and let friendship, love, chnrity, purity, and kindness, mark the interciurM betweti man and man. We are too selfish, as if the world was made for us alone. Co . much happ;cr would we be were we to la bor mere earnestly to promote each other's good. God has blessed us with a briuo that is not dark. There is sunshine every where in the sky, upon the earth tLtre would be iu mo,t hearts if we would look arontul us. The storms die away and a bright sun shines out. Suromsr drops ber tinted curtain upn the eai :a. wldeh is very beautiful, cvc-i autumn breathe Ler chang ing breafi n; on it. G.l reighn in heaven. Murmur not at a Being so bountiful, and we .n live happi than wo J?, J
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