i r.RHlS OF Till! "AMEltlCAiV.'
TERMS TWO DOLLARS jwr'uumm. i it if
ot paid witfala the year. N paper dlioontlnued
atU ill arrearages at paid. ' i . , . . -
These terms will be strlotly adhered to hereafter.
If suboriber rregWt or refuse to lake their new,
upon from the ottoe to wbJeh they ere directed, they
re responsible until they hero settled the bill end
Ydered them dlaoontinued. . i .
Pottmaateri will please ftot u onr Agent, and
.rank lettert containing subscription money. They
jre permitted to do thii under the Poet Offioe Lew.
TIGRIS ; OF ADVKItTllitO.
The following are lb ratoi for advertising In the
Amirica. Those baring advertising to do will
find it convenient for reference ;
Site. 1 1 1, j t, 1m, a.m. (I'm j y
1 Square,
SIINBIJRY illli AMEMCAE".
?4,60J$o,dofio.on
8,50 7.00 12,00
8,00 15,00 20.00
14,00 20.00 S5.00
a :"
oolumn,
i "
1 '!
2j,0035,00j 60,00
Ten linea of this iliod type (minion) taeke one
tqunro.
Auditirs, Administrators' and Executors' Notices
f.1.00. Obituarlos (exnept the usual ann6unccnient,
which Is free,) to bo pnid for at advertising rates
Local Notices, Society Resolutions, to., 10 cents
per line. .
Advertisements for P. -Unions, Charllabloand Edu
cationnl objects, ono-lmlf tlie nbovo rates.
Transient advertisements will be published until
ordered to bo diswn tiered, and' charged accordingly
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY H. B. MASSER & CO., . SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
. JOB PBINTINO.
We hare eonnooted with onr eitablUbment well
selected JOB OFFICE, which will enable us to
execute, In the neatest style, every variety of
Printing , ,
NEW SERIES, VOL. 3, NO. 2.
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 18G6.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 27, NO. 2.
$l,00fU.o0'f2,i"0
3,00 3.00 4.M
6,m
lo.oo
16,00
BUSINESS CARDS.
Xj. H. KASE,
A1TORREY AT UVY, '
'Two doors east of Frlliug'i store, Market Square,
SUNBURY, .PENN'A.
Buiinoss promptly attended to in Northumberland
and adjoining oountiea. Is also duly authorised and
Licensed Claim Agent for the collection of Bounties,
Equalisation Bounties, Pension, and all manner of
fihiims against the Uovernment.
Sunbury, Sept. 15, I860.
B. W. MEBMEL
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office, three doors west of Bennett' Drug Store,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Collections and all Professional business promptly
attended to in the Court! of Northumberland and
Adjoining Counties.
Sunbury, Sept. 15, 1866. .
Jeoroi Hill, Bihon P. Wolvertok.
HILL & WOLVERTON,
Attorneys Hurt Counselor) at Inw.
8UNBUBT, PA.
w1
T ILL attend to the collection of all kinds of
clniuii, including Baok Pay, Bounty and Pen
Ions. apt. 1, oo.
JACOB SHIPMAN
FIHE AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT
SUNBURY PENN'A.
REPIIKSEMTS
Farmers Mutual f ire insurance to., lorn ra.,
Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co.,
tw York Mutual Life, Oirard Life of Phil'b. 4 Ilart
ord Conn. General Aooidonts.
Sunbury, April 7, ly.
Dr
CHAS. ARTHUR,
l)omcropat!jtc Jijgsfcfan.
Graduate of the Homceopatbio Medical College of
Pennsylvania.
Office, Market Square opposite the Court House
SrXBURY, PA.
March 31, 1866. ' '
lODX BOW EM,
LEVI SEESBOLTZ.
T CI t 1i
isowen tx oeesuuiiz,
WUOLKSALli 4 RETAIL DEALERS
in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
J. Haas & Co's Lower Wharf, Simlury, la.
Orders solicited and filled with promptness and
despatch. ,
Bunbury, June 2, 1S06.
SOLOMON JiIALIGK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BUNBURY, Northumberland County, Pa,
OFFICE in East end of Weaver's Tavern, Market
Street.
All business entrusted to him will be earcful y and
Fiunctually nttondod to. Consultation in the Eng.
iu and (icrinan languages.
Bunbury, April 3. lHdi.
AMBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
Corner Market A Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa.
S. BYERLY, PitoriiiKTon,
Photograrh, Ambrotypes and Melainotypes taken in
the beat style of the art. npl. 7, ly
J. R. HILBUSH
SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER
AND
JUS TICK Ob' TIM PK ACE.
Mahonaij, Xortiiumherhind County, Penn'u
Office in Jaokfon township. Engagements con
be niado by letter, directed to the iibove address.
All business entrusted to his core, will be promptly
attended to.
Aprii 22.J806. ly
Wm.M. Rockefkllbr. Llovu T. Uohrbacii.
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH.
si itv, ii:..-'a.
OFFICE the same that has been heretofore occu
nieil bv Wm. M. Kojkefoller, Era., nearly op
posite the residence of Judge Jordan.
Sunbury, July 1, 1H85. ly
II. II. MASSF.lt,
Attorney nt Ijiw, BUNBURY, PA.
Collections attended to in the counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, Snydor, Montour, Columbia
and Lycoming.
REFERENCE!.
Jlon. John M. Reed, Philadelphia,
A. U. Oattoll A Co., "
Hon. Win. A. Porter, "
Morton McMichael, Esq., "
E. Kctchuin A Co., 289 Pearl Street, Now York.
John W. Ashmcad, Attornoy at Law, "
MtttthetTS A Cox. Attorneys at Law, "
bunbury, March 2, 1862.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
Upper Wharf, BUNBTJRT, Ponn'a.
y Orders solicited and filled with promptness and
deupatch.
Bunbury, May 12, 1866. y
DB G. QOBIN,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
BOONVILLE, COOPER CO , MISSOURI.
W1
ILL pay taxes on lands in any part of the
State. Buv and sell real Estate, and all other
natters entrusted to nim win receive prompt atten
tion. July 8, 1865. oot 15, '64.
.7 ih. E.i7iIL'Mii:Y,
PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON
NOHTIIUMBERIjAND, PA.
DR. LUMLEY has opened an offioe in Northum
.berland, and offers his services to the people of that
T)iace and the adjoining townsLips. Office next door
to Mr. Scott's Shoe Store, where be can found at all
jours.
Northumberland August 19,1865.
FLOUR & FEED STORE
WUOLKSALE AND RETAIL.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the publio
that he keeps constantly on hand at his new
WAREHOUSE, near the Shamokin Valley Railroad
Dppot, io SUNBURY, Flour by the barrel and sacks
of all kinds of Feed by the ton
The above is all mannfuotured at his own Mills,
and nill be sold at the loweet cash prices.
J M. CADWALLADER.
Punbury,-April 1, 1866.'
JEREMIAH . SNYDER,
Attorney A Counsellor at tMyr.
... ftinUlJHV,.VA. i ;;
t7llM(rlt Attorney for .Kortliuiu.
lerland County. '
Sunbury, Mareh II, 1864. If --
Or. w. kattjpxT"
Attorney nnd Counsellor at law,
Office on south tide of Market street, four doors west
of Ey star's Store,
v .exJNBXJj"sr. pa,
Will attend promptly to all professional buuccjs
entrusted to hi care, the eolloctioq of claims in
!ortbumbrlaud and the adjoining eountief .
'" tnbafyApril f, labV ; :
Bricklayer and Builder!
rket Street, 4 doora Eaat of Third St.,
J'ToUaU JbliMC promptly at.
O- BECK
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer In
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, ViiSTINQ, Ac.
I'awn atrct't, south ofWcavcr'i
' Hotel,
STT NUB mr , 3E A.
March tl, I860.
GEO. C. WELKER & SON,
FIKE ft LIFE INSURANCE AGENCY,
Office, Market Street, SUNBURY, PA.
Risks taken in First Class 8tock and Mutual Compa
nies. Capital Represented 014,000,000.
Sunbary, May 12, 1866. y
COAL! iDOAL!! COAL!!!
GRANT Se BBOTHER,
Shippers) Ac Wliolcnnle Ac Itetntl
IcnlcrH in
tviiiri: Ac iti:i A 11 COAL,
in evory varioty.
Role Agents, westward, of the Celebrated Henry
Clay Coal.
Lower Wharf, Sranunr, Pa.
Sunhnry, Jan. 13, 1866.
Pensions Increased.
The late Act of Congress gives additional pay to
the following Pensions, vis :
1st. To those who have lost the sight of both eyes,
or both hands, or totally disabled so as to require con
stant attendance, the sum of $2i 00 per month.
2d To those who have lost both feet, or are totally
disabled in the same so as to require constant attend
ance, the sum of $20 00.
3d. To those who have lost one hand or one foot,
or are so disabled as to ronder thorn unable toper
form manual labor $15 00 per month, and other
eases in proportion.
The subscriber is duly prepared for the immediate
procurement of these claims.
8. B. BOYER, Att y at Law.
Sunbury, June 16, 1806.
Ilountiett Collected.
G. W. IIACPT, Attorney at Law, Sunbury, Pa ,
oficrs bis professional sorv ices for the collection cf
bounties due to soldiers under tho lute Equalization
Act passed by Congress. As an authorised claim
agent be will promptly collect all Bounties, Pensions
and Urntuitics due to soldiers of the late war, or the
war of 1812.
Sunbury, August 18, 1866.
THE VERY LATEST ARRIVAL ! !
Spring & Summer Goods!
, JOSEPH EYSTEIt,
(Siieeessesor to John Botren.)
Corner of Market and Fawn Streot,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Invites the publio to oall and examine his elegant
assortment of
SUIVIIVIER GOOOS
which he will soil at greatly reduced prices. His
stock consists in part of
CASSIMEEBS
CLOTHS. &G-.
Silks, Delaines, Lawns, Ginghams, Calicoes, Muelins,
Sheeting. Tickings, Jeans, and a full assortmeut of
Cotton and Woolen goods gonerully.
Hosiery, Gloves, Uoop Skirts. Abo Handkerchiefs,
Brushes, Combs.
lints nnd Clips, Hoots and Miocm,
His assortment of goods will not, be is nro sure
full to plcH.-o tho fancy and suit tho mints of any de,
eirous of purchasing. His stock of
HARDWARE AND QUEENSWARE,
and Urocories is large in quantity and choice in
quality, comprising generally everything needed in
the household either for use or ornament.
He is always ready and glnd to see his friends
and takes pleasure in showing them his goods even
though no sales are mado. He only asks a oall, and
is sure that the stook will compare favorably in
price and quality with the chenpext.
JOSEPH EYSTER.
Suubury, April 21, 1866.
J H EN GEL
HAS just returned from New York and Philadel
phia, and is now receiving a New Stock of
Spring & Summer Goods,
at a great reduction In prioee.
eUentIenaen,ii Wtar.
Fine Black Cloth at $4.00 that used to sell at f 8.00.
Cassimeres, Satiuett, Casbmeretts, Kentucky Jeans,
Coltonade and Linen Punting, at reduced prioee.
Ladies' Dress Goods.
Silk, Wool Delaines, Mohair, Silk Stripe, Paul
De Chain, Alpacoa, Poplett, English and 6ooteh
Ginghams, Challict, Dulaiaus, Lawn, Calico and
Muslim, very cheap.
White Goods.
Linen Dress Goods, Linen Skirting. White Toilet
Quilts, Brilliants, Swiss Stripe, Swim Cumbrie, Jae
couett, Irish Linen, Shirt Fronts, ie.
Ladies' Cloth and Flannel Sacking, and other
flannel at low prioee. White Shetland Wool. Shawls.
Balmoral Skirts, Ae. Skirting and the latest style
of Hoop Skirts, very handsome and cheap.
Yankee Notions in Great Variety
Uosierv. Gloves. Pocket 7fanfl1cerebiArn. Rimnfln.
dcrs, Neckties, Paper Collars. Umbrellas, a irood
assortment of Spectacles, Coats, Spool Cotton, fanoy
Buttons, Trimmings, see.
Curpets, Floor and Table Oil Cloths, brown and
green Oil Cloths for windows, Gilt Shades, Fixtures
lor vi lnuow onnas.
Hats, Caps and Ladies' Shakers, Hardware, Nails,
rorai, euoveis, spates, iron-tooth Uarden Hake
GROCERIES, SALT & FISH,
Queemware, Glassware, Boots and Shoes,
Faints, Oils, Glass and Fatty.
School Books, and a new supply ol WALL PA
PER, will be sold very cheap.
All persons desirous of getting good goods at low
price, fur easb or country produoe, will please give
me a call. J. 11. ENUEL
Suubury, April 7th, 1866.
Sheet Iron and Stove
Market Street, near Engel't Stre, SUNBURY, PA.
A K immense stook of every kind of Tin Ware
XV. and Sheet Iron n are of all deaenption.
STOVES,
COOK, OFFICE and PARLOR STOVES of the best
Brand which are unsurpassed for beauty of finish,
simDliekv of araanKement, aombinini: cheapness end
durability and each stove warranted to perform what
Uiey are representees
Coal Oil, Conl Oil IaiupM, I.anteru
Shades, Chimnys, and all articles usually kept in an
establishment of this kind.
COPPER, BRASS and IRON KETTLES, f all
uses. ...
FRUIT JARS and CAKS of the latott improved
Styles.
lie is ajao prepared to do all kind f Spouting and
tioonng, nang ana urnaoe n or. , . . ,
Repairing, cheaply and neatly executed.
BEN ZKTKLilOYER.
Buubuiy, July T, J86 iy ;
1 AAA Carriage Makers Wanted to bur Felloes
llVU Spoke, Hubs, Axle, Spring, Bands, Bolt
and everything pertaining to die busiues at the
Cheap Hardware and iron etore or
J. H. CONLEY. A CO.'
ftNi Myrtle J'otastuo, ai the Fancy Store of
aa rAi.un
P 0 E T I C A L.
PENNSYLVANIA JOB THE UNION I
DY A. i. B. 0CUAM5E.
Hurrah for Pennsylvania! she's biasing np at last,
Like a rod furnace, molten with Freedom's rushing
blast!
From all her mines tho war-light shines, and ont of
her iron hills
The glorious fire leaps higher and higher, till all the
land it fills ;
From volley's green and mountains blue her yeo
manry arouse,
And leave the forges burning, and the oxen at their
ploughs;
Up from highland and headland they muster in
forest and plain,
By the blase of their fiery beacons, in the land of
Anthony Wayne.
Hurrah for Pennsylvania ! her sons are clasping
hands,
Down from the Alleghanioa, and up from Jerseys
sands ; ...
Juniata fair to the Delaware la winding her bugle
bars;
And the Susquehanna, like warlike banners, la bright
with Stripes and Stars ;
And the hunter soourt his rifle, and the boatman
grinds his knife.
And the lover leaves his sweetheart, and the hus
band leaves his wife ;
And the women go out in the harvest, and gather tho
golden grain,
While the bearded men are marching In tho land
of Anthony Wayne.
Hurrah for Pennsylvania ! through every vale and
glen,
Beating like resolute pulses, she feels the tread of
men ;
From Erie's lake her legions break from Tuscaro
ra's gorge
And with ringing shout they are tramping out from
brave old Valley Forge ;
And up from the plains of Paoll tho mtnuto-men
march once more,
And they carry the swords of their fathers, and tho
flags their fathen bore ;
And they swear as they rush to battle, that never
shall cowardly stain
Dishonor a blade or a banner In the land of Anthony
Wayne.
Hurrah for Pennsylvania ! she fears no traitor
hordes ;
Bulwarked on all her borders by loyal souls and
swords,
From Delaware's strand to Maryland, and bright
Ohio's margo,
Ench freeman's hand Is her battle-brand, each frco-
man's heart her targe ;
And she stands like an ocean breakwater in fierce
Rebellion'! path,
And shivers its angry surges, and baffles its frantio
wrath ;
And the tide of Slavery's treason shall dash on her
in vain
Rolling back from the ramparts of Freedom from
the land of Anthony Wayne.
Hurrah for Pennsylvania!
we hoar her sounding
can,
Ringing out Liberty's summons from Independence
Hall!
That tocsin rang with iron olang in tho Revolution's
hour,
And 'tis ringing again, through the hearts of men,
with a terrible glory and power ;
And all the people hear it that mandate old and
grand ;
"Proclaim to the uttermost nation that Liberty
rules the land !"
And nil the people chant it that brave nnd loyal
strain
On the borders of Pennsylvania the land of Antho
ny Wayne.
Hurrah for Pennsylvania ! and let her soldiers
march
Under the Arch of Triumph the Union's star-lit
Arch !
With banners proud, and trumpet loud, they come
from border fray
From the battle-fields where hearts were shields to
bar the invader's wav '
Hurrah for Pennsylvania 1 her soldier woll may
mareh
Beneath her ancient banner the Keystone of our
Arch !
And all the mighty Northland will swell tho tri
umph train
From the land of Pennsylvania the land of Antho
ny Wayne.
TALES fc SKETCHES.
I" UK TOIIX HI 1. 1,.
It was in the spring of 1804 tbnt the inci-
lents which I am about to relate occurred.
I was at that time postmaster in the town of
L . An unusually spell of warm weath
er had carried away much of the anow, left
tho roads very muddy, and rendered the
travelling very bad. I thought of this as I
closed the shutters about nine o'clock in the
evening, and also remembered that, as it ,
was Wednesday, the stage from C was
due at eight, but owing to the bad going it
was not yet in. I therefore determined that
I would, as I had often done before, lock
the froDt door between the inner and outer
rooms, and, leaving a light burning, go to
sleep, trusting to the driver to waken me by
rattling the door.
It seemed but a few moments, so soundly
had I slept, ere I was awakened by a pound
ing on tbe door. Glancing at tho clock,
which stood opposite, I discovered, how
ever, that it was one o'clock in the morning,
and that I bad been asleep neariy tour hours.
As I hurried toward the door, I put my
hand into my pocket for the key and found
it was empty. Tbe two door keys and both
tho keys ot my safe, all ot wuicu 1 baa wnen
I went to sleep, were gone. Stepping to
the rear door, in the lock of which I al
ways kept the key, I also found that locked
and the key gone. This so surprised me
that for a tew moments I remained on tho
spot, ntterly unable to solve the mystery.
From this state I was aroused by renewed
pounding on tbe door. There was but one
available mode ot exit from my prison, and
that was through aside window. Throw
ing up the sash I sprang out and hurried
round te where I expected to find the dri
ver. Mysteries seemed to have no end, for
instead of meeting the driver, I came upon
an excited crowd or about twenty. , My ap
pearance was the signal for all to commence
telling me tne cause ot tbeir excitement.
Silence was, however, at last obtained, and
then the Sheriff told mein as few words as
possible the-state of affairs""4' '
It seems that ope of the. physicians of tho
town, Dr. Smith, was returning from a pro
longed visit to a patient, and when about a
mile from the town heard, in the road ahead
of him, a pistol hot Hurrying on .he
found, about half a mile further, the stage,
for which I was waiting, drawn np by the
side of tbe road, and in the middle of the
road the body of a man. Bringing hi lan
tern near tbe face be found that it was tbe
driver, and that ha was dead, baring been
shot through tbe bead. lie found the robes,
fec., of the team scattered around on the
ground, as was also tbe mail bag, but the
latter had been unlocked, not cut open, and
thn contents were cone. II lifted tbe body
. up and placed it in the stage, and was just
starting on for assjjlsn.ee, when be saw a
revolver lying near by, which, from tho fact
that one barrul bad been discharged, ua de
cided was tbe weapon with which the deed
-bad boea committed. Arriving" in town be
arose the Bnerin ana a few neiftnbors : and
while some were dispatched with tu Doc
tor after tbe body, the Sheriff and others
had gone after me. Finding I was not there,
they came to the onica, and just as 1 Joined
iQuu ipa boot arr.veci. - ,. . a -
This was the substance of the facts rela
ted to me. It seemed strange that the Sheriff
should have gone to my house, instead of
after the body, and I wits about to express
myself when he stepped forward, and laying
his hand upon my shoulder, said :
"I arrest you, John Blanchard, for the
murder of Chnrles Smith, stage driver."
If he should have struck me I should not
have been more surprised. I tried to rea
son with him, but although very civil, he
was equally firm, nnd the result was I spent
the remainder of tho night in tho cottuty
jail, which building wa9 situated in L ,
that being the shiro town. The examina
tion tho next morning chcitatcd the follow
ing facts :
When the Sheriff searched my person ho
wa9 surprised to find no wallet or memo
randum book. Sending to tny assistant, he
obtained tho door keys, but the safe keys
could not be found, and my clerk declared
that I always carried them with me. Upon
entering they found thnt the letters were all
gone, tho money drawer empty and a few
stamps, which the clerk informed them we
always left out of the safe nt night, missing,
and no truce could be found of the safe keys,
Supposing that I had disposed of them in
order that the trace of my guilt, which it
was taken for granted I had concealed in
tho safe, could not be discovered, they
brought a locksmith, and after much labor
forced the lock. This labor served only to
show them that tho safe had been complete
ly rifled, and the sum of three thousand
dollars, which had beer, in it tho night bo
fore, was gone.
I found that tho onuses which led to sus
picions being fastened upon mo wcro tho
tnrce following :
First, tho revolver with which the deed
was committed had upon the butt a silver '
plate, on which was engraved my name.
The clerk took nn oath that the weapon was '
mine, and that I always kept it in the office.
When they produced it I could not doubt
for a moment that it belonged to mo.
Second, that the bag was unlocked nnd not
cut open, showing that it must have been
dono by somo one having in his possession
a United States mail key. Third that I had
not been at home during the evening, nr.d
when summoned nt the post-office I delayed
bo long in making my appearance.
To combat these fiicts I argued thnt the
state of the office proved conclusively that
it had been robbed; and that without doubt
tho keys and tho revolver hud been
taken at thnt time. Also, thnt no trace of
any of the stolen articles was found about
me, my house, or my office; and Ihut further,
if I had desirud to fob the mail, I minlit
have waited until it had arrived at the office,
and thus saved myself the crime of murder.
Against the third statement I told the rea
son of my remaining in the office so late,
and brought forward witnesses to prove
that I often did so on Wednesday evenings,
In order that the mail might be delayed as
little as possible. Further that the reason
of my remaining so long in tho office was
that I could not open the door, and brought
forward the fact that the keys were missing,
to sustain my allegation.
Although these arguments were by no
means fully satisfactory to tho e who took
tho ground thnt I was guilty, still thr-y were
so fur that I was released on bail of five
thousand dollars, which I readily obtained.
By consent of the Post-office Department, I
turned tiie affairs of the oflire over to my
assistant. I was thus left frco to pursue
every means to prove my innocence, which
I felt could only be douu by discovering the
guilty party.
I accordingly placed tho best detectives
at work, with orders to nommuuicate to me
the first suspicion that they entertained, for
I found it was anything but comfortable to
be looked upon'as a murderer, although I
knew that I was innocent.
Thus three weeks passed without any
thing of interest occurring, nnd at the cud
of that time I could endure tho suspense no
longer. Therefore I wrote to an old friend
of mine, who was then on tho detective
force of P , at L , and together V e
set about the search.
A week passed without bringing more to
light, and causing us to despond, for we
feared the murderer had so covered his
track that it would be impossible toiliscovtr
him. We bad been at work two days in
tho city of O , and being about to leave,
I entered the hotel office to settle. Having
uo small bills, thero was considerable change
handed back, and among it a ten dollar
bill, winch had beet torn id two. As 1
turned it carefully over I found that the
pnrts had been fastened together with the
margin of a couple of postage stamps, which
had printed upon it "No. 15 Plate," but
the '"No." and the "Plato" had been crossed
out, and substituted in their place was
"Mar." aud "1864," muking it read "Mar.
IS, 1864," which was the day before the
robbery and murder. This may seem all
common enough, but to me it was a ray of
light and hope ; for the change was in my
own hand-writing. I also remembered per
fectly well making tho change ; also, that I
had placed my initials on the underside, and
that the bill must have been in the safe at
the time of the robbery. Calling my friend
we went into a side room ami thero care
fully removed the paper. On tho other side
was discovered, as I expected, the letters
"J. B." much blurred from wetting, but still
legible. My friend agreed with me thut it
was a very important discovery, and in or
der to press it lorward we called in tne
undlord and questioned him.
lie remembered having received the bill
that mowing, and had rather questioned
taking it on account of the tear. On being
asked to describe the man he said :
"As near as I can recollect, bo was about
fivo feet ten inches in height, and quite
Btout iu proportion. He was dressed en
tirely in black. The only peculiar mark
that I noticed was a deep scar running
acroM his face, and his tuft eye was gone
tho placo beios supplied by a piece of
black silk, which be showed very plainly
when he winksd."
I thiuk I must have started very per
ceptibly when I beard this description, for
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1 recoguizcu luo iuuu iiuiueuiuitsiy u a run
ner for tho firm of Bagley & Nelson, of Bos
ton. who bad been in town for a week pre
vious to the murder, and bad left the same
morning. Ilia own name was James Burn-
ham. .
As we could learn nothing more from the
landlord, save that he ordered the hackman
to drive to thn Boston depot, we dismissed
him and held a consultation. We both
agreed ;t was best to go immediately! to
lioatou, sea muli fc fcelson, and, it poss
bio, learn of Burnham's whereabouts.-
Carrying out this plan we luarted fronite
firm tli following tacts:
James Burohain was a good, reliable
business man, Ha had betn in tbeir employ
tnrnt fAf ahoqt fjfteonyeai,s, and they were
jwillirjjjto '.nut hiui with any amount of
their funds. H8 waa now in .Vermont,
where he had been sinco leaving L , and
had not to their certain knowledge been at
a- ,
This rather perplexed uB, but at Inst we
determined that he must havo deceived his
employers j and although wo did not think
thnt wo had sufficient cause to arrest him
still we determined to- track him. For this
purpose we wcut. to Vermont and fell in
with him nt Montpelicr. For a week we
observed his every motion, but at the end
of that time we had discovered nothing,
save that he would ctay in tho town one
week longer. Feeling that my friend was
fully capable of watching him alone, I de
termined to go to Boston to see if I could
learn anything new ; nnd accordingly on
the 21st of April left, hnving first nrranged
a system of cypher, by which we could com
municate with each other if occasion re
quired. Karly on the morning of the 22d, I was
standing on the steps of hotel, when a
paper dropped at my feet, apparently from
one of the upper windows. Stooping down
I picked it up, but discovered that it was
but an empty envelope, and was about to
drop It ngntn when the name upon it ennght
my eye. It was that of a leading merchant
in L .
Looking up at tho window, I saw to my
surprise tho face of James Burnham, aud
that ho turned deadly pale when ho saw
mo. Feeling certain now that ho knew my
errand, I saw that it would not be safe to
let him escape longer. I immediately de
termined on having him arrested at nil haz
ards. Hurriedly writing a despatch, which
to tho operator would read "Join me in
Portland to-morrow. Immediately on re
ceipt of this you may close tho bnrgain
winch 1 spoke to you about vesterdav : ' but
to my friend, "James Burnham is in Boston.
liy arc you not ? I have a clue, bliall
arrest him immediately." I sent it to the tele
graph office, and then hurried to the police
station. Here I told my story In as few
words as possible, and in fifteen minutes
more was at tho door of the room from
which the envelope had come. A noise as
of some one moving rapidly about told us
thnt the occupant was still there.
lhudnorol tho room was not fastened,
but ns the officers nppronched, Burnham
sprang forward to do so ; but they were
too quick for him, and had entered before
he could get it done. As wo came in he
stepped buck and in no gentle tones de
manded the causc ot tins intrusion, in an
swer to him, one of the officers said :
I arrest von, James liurnliam, tor tlie
murder of Charles Smith and the robbery of
the post-office at L , on the night of the
lutli ot March Inst."
The effect was instnntaneous. He turned
deadly pale and sank into a chtiir, near by,
but alter a moment roused Inmsclt and
said :
"You have mistaken your man. My name
is not James Burnham, but William Chnse."
Wo considered this, however, as but an
attempt to bully us, and he was according
ly led awav. The search which followed
brought to liijht considerable money in 1
bills, a number of checks, many of them
payable to merchants in L , and somo
of them from citizens iu L , payable to
persons living iu Boston.
I immediately telegraphed the particulars
of tho arrest to my friend, nnd ho joined
me the next morning ; but strangest of ull
James Burnham came with him, and then I
saw it was a mistaken Identity. But it was
not to bo wondered nt, for I think that I
never saw two men thnt looked more alike.
We also telegraphed to tho landlord nt
G , and learned a thing we hnd neglec
ted before, namely, that the man who had
passed tbe torn bill went by tho name of
Willinm Chase.
Little more remains to bo told. The
man, finding there was no hope for him,
made a confession soon after his arrest. It
appeared he was a notorious crimnnl, who,
after some bold deed, had been lying for a
time in tho country, and hearing that valu
able mail matter would nrrivo from C ,
had determined nn a little professional busi
ness, and had accordingly come to L .
Thero he saw ine receive a large sum of
money on the 14th of March, and hnd that
evening, after I shut up, entered the office,
and removing the keys from my pocket,
end getting possession of tho revolver, rob
bed me as described, and made off with the
booty, still retaining the keys, which we
found in his possession. From the office he
hud gouo up the road, met the stngc, aud
finding that he could not accomplish his
purpose without committing the murder,
hud done so, and then opening the bag had
just timo to secrete himself when the doctor
came along. By a wide circuit he came
back to Boston, and arrived there by an
other train the same evening I did. When
I picked up the envelope he recognized me
and mado up his mind that he had better
leave and was preparing to do so when ar
rested. A few more days saw mo bnck to L ,
and my innocence fully established, but I
could not be prevailed upon to again as
sume the duties of post-master, and my
former assistant was appointed. As for
William Cliaso bo was executed the follow
ing July.
Onk of the most horrible pictures of want
we have met with lately is the account of
the famishing to death of a poor widow
and two of her four children in Montgom
ery, Alabama. The whole family had been
living on Government rations, nnd when
these were supped nothing was left them but
to starve to-deatu. The mother, hugging to
ber bosom her hungry little ones crying
vainly for food, could uot but bedew their
hollow cheeks with, bitter tears. She was
found dead on the floor. Her babe, wheu
discovered, was too far cone to be rescued.
Starvation had done ita work, but the in
fant begged for bread till it expired. The
next child, a pretty little girl seven years
old, waa emaciated by bunge to a complete
skeleton, rihe prayed only for bread ; her
life could not be saved, The other two, it
was thought, must perish, but with care
they finally recovered,' and told tbo most
heart-rending story of their mother's and
tuoir own sufferiugs. i
The damage bv the late rains at Indiana
polis is estimnted at over f 300,000.
A young man named Joseph Toy was
killed by fulling from a enr near Harrisburg,
Pa., on Saturday night, 6th inst.
The proposed national monument to tbe
forefathers, near Plymouth UocV, is estima
ted to cost 800,000.
A clerevman in Utlca. New 'York, bas
been preaching against "the awful crime of
K.qa Imll ittdviitnll ami nun Ws nnthlnrf
www vmn I J " B I - . - - n
but ruin to the Tounar men who engage in
it," . We preuruo,La viil oon p.-tach njiua&t
bass 61031125. s : .
MISCELLANEOUS.
IiOKt Arln.
In regard to colors we are far behind the
ancients. None of the colors in the Kgyp
tian paintings of thousands of years ago aru
in tho least faded, except the green, The
Tyrian purple of tho entombed city of Pom
pcii is as fresh to day as it was threo thou
sand years ago. Some of the stucco, painted
ages before tho Christian cm, broken up and
mixed, revealed its original lustre. And yet
we pay ti,0 ip;norarice of the dark-skinned
children of tho ancient Egypt. The colors
upon the walls of Ncro'g festal vault ore n.
it painted yesterday. So is tho cheek of tho
Egyptian princo who was contemporaneous
with Solomon, and Cleopatra, at whose feet
ttvsar hud the riches of hit empire.
And in regard to metal. The edges of the
statues of tho obelisks of Egypt, and of the
ancient walls of Home, are as sharp ns if but
hewn yesterday. And the stones rcmnin so
closely . fitted that their seams, luld with
mortar, cannot bo penotrnted with the edge
of a penknife. And their surface is exceed
ingly hard so hard that when the French
artists engraved two lines upon an obelisk
brought from Egypt, they destroyed, in the
tedious task, many of the best tools which
could bo manufactured. And yet these an
cient monuments aro traced all over with
inscriptions placed upon them in olden
times.
This, with other facts of a striking cha
racter, proves that they were far more skill
ed in metals than we are. Quite recently it
is recorded that, when an American vessel
was on tho shores of Africa, a son of that
benighted region made, from an iron hoop,
a kuifo superior to nny on board of the ves
sel, and another made a sword of Damascus
excellence from a piece of iron.
Fiction is very old. Scott had his coun
terparts two thousand year ago. A story is
told of a warrior who had no time to wait
for the proper forging of his weapon, but
seized it red hot, rode forward, and found
to his surprise that tho cold air hod temper
ed his iron into nn excellent steel weapon.
The tempering of steel, therefore, which was
new to us a century since, was old two thou
sand years ngo.
Ventilation is deemed a very modern art.
But this is not the fact, for apertures, unques
tionably mado for the purpose of ventilation,
are found iu the pyramid tombs of Egypt!
Yes, thousands of years ago, the barbarous
pagans went so fur as to ventilate their tombs,
while we yet scarcely know how to ventilate
our houses.
lMcuHUiit llonivs,
Tho homes of America will not become
what thoy should be until a truo idea of lifts
shall become moro widely implanted. The
worship of the dollar does more to degrade
American homes than all else. The chief
end of life is to gather gold, and that gold
is counted lost which hangs a picture on the
wall, which purchases flowers for the yard,
which buys a book for the eager hand of
rhildhoo l. Is this tho whole of human life?
Then it is a uiuun, mcngre, aud most unde
sirable thing. A child will go forth from a
stall, glnd to find free air and wider pasture.
The intluenco of such a home upon him in
after life, will be nothing good. Thousands
nre rushing from homo like these every year.
They crowd into cities, they crowd into vil
lages. They swnrm into places whero life is
clothed with a higher singniiicancc, and the
old ebeil or home U deserted by every bird
as soon as it can fly. Anoestral homesteads
and patrimonial acres have no sacrcdness;
and when tho father and mother die, the
strsngcr'a money and tho stranger's presence
obliterate associations that should be among
the most sacred of all things.
J would havo you build up for yourselves
and for your children, a home that will never
bo lightly parted with a homo which will
be to all whoso lives have been associated
with it tho most interesting, precious spot
on earth. I would havo that home the abode
of dignity, beauty, grace, love, genial fellow
ship, aud happy associations. Out from such
a home I would have good influences flow
into neighborhoods. In such a home I would
see ambition taking root, nnd rucciviug cul
ture. And then I would see you young hus
bands and you young wives live happy. Do
you deprive yourselves of such influences as
will como through an institution like this?
No money can pay you for such a depriva
tion. No circumstances but those of utter
poverty can justify you in denying these
mllueuccs to your children. Tinmhy Tit-
e-jmb.
Lessok us WispoM. Tho late Frederica
Bremer, the charming moralist, spoke ten
derly and truthfully to those occupying the
several family relations ;
"Many marriages have commenced like
the morning, red, and perished like a mush
room. Wherefore? Because the married
pair neglected to be as agreeable to each
other after the union as they wue before it.
Seek to please each other, my children, but
in doing so keep heaven iu mind. Lavish
not your love to-day, remembering that mar
riage has a morrow aud again a morrow.
Bethink ye, my daughters, what a word
housewife expresses. The married woman
is her husband's domestic trust. On her he
ought to bo able to place his reliance iu
house and family ; to her he should confide
the key of his heart and lock of his storo
room. His honor and his Lome are under
her protection his welfare in her hands.
Ponder this! And you, my sous, bo true
men of hooor, and good fathers of your
families. Act iu such wise that your wives
respect and lovo you. And what more
shall I say to you, my childreu ? Peruse
diligeutly the Word of (iod; that will
guide you out of storm and dead calm, aud
bring you safe into port, Aud as for the
rest do your best !''
Boy Ubinu Tobacco. A strong aud sen
sible writer says s good, sharp thing, and a
true one, too, tor boys who use tobacco. 11
has utterly ruined thousands of boys. It
tends to softening and weakening of the
bones, and it greatly injures the brain, the
spinal marrow aud the whole nervous fluid.
A boy who smokes early and frequently, or
in any way uses large quantities of tobacco,
is never known to make a man of "much en
ergy, and generally lucks muscular and
physical as well as mental power. We
wouid particularly warn boys who want to
be auy thing in the world, to shun tobacco
as a most baneful poison. It injures the
teeth. It produces an .unhealthy state of
the threat and lungs, Hurts the stomach
and blasts tbe brain and nerves.
1 1 ' ' ' ' I
The Rev. Mr. Tuttle hoi been UDDiiaoui
ly appoiuled bj the Houia of Biahopsof the
Protestant Episcopal Cuurcp, Bishop of the
now Dioct of Moouua and 'v-3, . Tba
eew bishop it not ytt thirty- year, of age.
AGRICULTURAL, &C.
Work for I ho Mouth.
Tho following items are from tbe October
number ot thot excellent publication, tho
Agricitlturht
Live Stori nt this senson require the ?nr
ful attention ot the farmer, ' for-it is now
that the question of profits is really settled.
Tho weather is not severe, yet bracing
enough to give animals an appetite. Them
is an abundance to eat, nnd it is not difficult
to get stock iu good condition. Tho dire
ful husbandman w ill husband those things
which will keep best, nnd feed out those
which are of a perishable nature. Soft corn,
nubbins, grown grain, green pumpkins, and
the fruits of tho orchard, which are- liable
to decay, mny be fed to cnttlc, or cooked
for swine, and help to. get them in first-rnto
order for winter, before tho grass fails, and
while it begins to afford not quite so good
feed ns is desirable. ' '
6W ought to bo yarded nt night at all
seasons, but nt no time is it more important
than now. The nights are long, the 90.W9
need some extra feed, which is best given
in racks or troughs, or in the oroner stalls.
, and the verdure they crop consists largely
01a leaves which nre tuil ot incrganic or
osli constituents, hence their dung ' is of
more value then usual. Keep up the flow
of milk by feeding pumpkins (without tho
seeps), roots, soft corn, cto.
full Plvitin should not be neglected
from pressure of other work, but hire ap ex
tra hand or two and keep all tlm teams
going. This year's corn ground, intended
tor barley aud oats next spring, should bo
plowed ns early as possible. Tho shocks
of corn should be set in straight rows, aa far
apart as wossiblq, nnd the ground plowed
between them, finishing after corn is husk
ed and shocks removed. '
Corn Stalk bound in small bundles and
set in shocks, dry slowly, and ought to be
taken dowu and re-shocked once in a week
or ten days. When cured, stuck' near tho
yards, and top the stacks with straw.
Autumn Planting is generally to be pre
ferred for apples and pears, provided it can
be done early enough. The soil of thq pro
posed orchard should have been prepared in
advance.
I'nll Hull ei- Hukiug,
The cheese wasan is rapidly approaching
a close, and that of butter about to com
mence. It is jmportunt for thoso who have
a great many cow's and put down butter for
market to see to it that ' the article they
make is of such a character as to find a
ready pale aud give their products charucter
umoug dealers who are competent to decido
upon their merits.
Sonic persons who know well cncurii
how butter should be made and possess all
the appliances essential 1,1 success in tho
manufacture of it, fail to produce a good
article because of a too great greediness for
gam. J licy seem to reason that a pound of
buttermilk, Ieit in tho mass, is as good to
them as a pound of the pure article, hence
the little lubcr bestowed in workiug it.
They may succeed in disposing of parcels
of this character, but, iu doing so, they aro
seriously impairing their ' reputation as
manufacturers and dealers. ' Again: Some
reasou that, as salt is much less costly than
butter, it is a capital good dodge to work
in as large an r.mount of saline matter as
possible luuviug it iu lumps oftentimes
imparting a bitter tasto to tho butter, and
thereby impairing its reputation with con
sumers. In the end this will prove, ns
it should do. to havo been a short-sighted
operatiou. The best policy with butter
makers os with all other producers, is hon
esty. Work your butter as clear of milk as
can be conveniently done; salt no more thau
is necessary for its proper preservation;
put it up or down nicely, and your name
will bo aqiplo assurance to .those who pur
chase that they nro not .bejiig cheated in
the purchases they make.
Nloriiig Celery.
Many people complaiu of their celery
one of the most difficult garden crops to raiso
in perfection that it does uot keep well
through the winter; sometimes it withers,
but ot teller rots. It is recommended by somo
that it should bo preserved in the rows
where it grows, and.Ui&t removal always
more or less injures it. Where tho plant is
grown in soil of a dry nature and celery
never should be grown there it may be kept
well in the row, but wo deny most emphat
ically thit removal injures it in the slightest,
particular.
We pursue two modes, and find both to
answer well. The first is to remove the cel
ery to high and dry ground ; dig a trench
spade deep, stand up a row of plants, then
three inches of soil, then another row, and
so on until about a half dozen rows are fin
ished : then commence another bed, and so
on. Tho 6oil should be packed in firmly,
and banked up, so that the tops of the celery
are just covered; then spank off roof fashion,
to turn the ruin. Over this twa wide boards,
nailed together, should bo placed, as a se
curity against moisture. For, remember, it
is wuter, not frost,' as some say, that rots
celery. Frost adds to it; tenderness.
Another plan is to sink barrels in the earth,
so that the tops are two or three inches be
low the surface, then store them compactly
full of celery, without any soil, put close or
tight covfiis upon them, aud then a couplo
of inches of soil. Bv this mode, somewhat
more troublesorjjo than tho other, ours kept
well for the lust two or three years, until it
was consumed, which was late in the spring.
(jtrmnHtuttn 3d.
'l'o .fluke lu re Aple 1Vuc.
Take good, new cider, fresh from the press.
dissolve in it 00 pounds of common brown
sugar to ench fifteen gallons of wiue, and let
it settle. Then put this fifteen gallons into
cleau barrel, and fill tbe barrel up with
clear cider, to within two gallons of buiug
full, leave the buug out for forty-eight hours,
then put tho buug to, with a small vent.
Let the barrel stand a year tbe wine is then
fit for use. It needs uo racking. The longer
it stands tho better. We give the above re
ceipt on the principle on which Moses tole
rated concubinage. It is so much better to
drink wine without poisonous drugs, that
costs but 20 or 25 cents a gallon, than the
vile poisons which cot from 3 to $5 a gal
lou, that we think the change- would be an
Improvement.
A lecturer writes : "The fullest house I
have bad was p,t Pilbole City, iu tbe oil re
gions, iveiy man was lull ot buer. Tuu
lecture went off very well, notwithstaodiug.
It didn't go off as well as my doorkeeper did
he went off with the receipts, "
Th building of a.Bibla l.ousa is contem
plated t Constantinople.
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