fEimS OFTlUJA!lEHlCAif.
TERMS TWO DOT.UAR3 Jr tnnom. tl&Otf
ot paid wlthia tha yaw. No paper dlieonrhrata'
BtD til srrearegai ere psU.
Thtn tennj will tie itrlotty aihsr,t to hwaaftw.
If taoaoribers neglect or rafnie to- take their news,
papers from ttre office to which they in directed, the;
re reraomible until they hve settled the billl end
ordered then dienontlnned.
Paetmutan will please tat m ear Agent, end
frank letter containing; subscription money . They
re permitted to do thii under the Poet Office Lew.
JOB PRINTING.
We have connected with our nUhllahmeot a well
Keleoted JOB OFFICE, which will enable us to
execute, in the neatest style, every variety of
Printing
xjermui ov aim i:bii iHtrtu.
The following are the rat fur edrsniatnjc id Um
AxtmcAR. Those baring advertising ts do wiP
and it eonrenlent Tot nMeooi t
ET
AMERICAN
Bie.
' Square, "
I
I cohtihn,
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rSo,fo.on"fro.i''
6.6f 7,00 12.00
8,00 15,0ft 1(1.00
14.00:20.00 85.00
8.00
3,00
4.601
10,00
14.001
25,00,35,00) 00,00
Ten tines of this sited type (tainiun) make one
square.
Auditors', Administrators' and Executors' Notion
(3,00. Obituaries (except the usual announcement
whloh is free,) to be mid for at advertising rates
Loosl NoUcea, booiety Kosulutions, o , 10 eenU
per line
Advertisement ftr Religious, tfearitable and Edu
cational ohjeots, one-half the above rates.
Transient sdvertfrenumts will be published until
ordered to he discontinued, and charged accordingly
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY II; B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY PENN'A.
NEW SERIES, VOL. 4, NO. 28.
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 0, 1868.
OLD SERIES, VOL. 28, NO. 28.
BUSINESS CARDS.
BOYER & W0LVERT0N.
ATTOHN KITS AT LAW,
SUNBURY, PENN'A,
8. B. Bote axo W. J. Wolvbrtoii, respectfully
announce that they have entered Into co-partnership
in the practice of their profession in Northumbor
Irad and adjoining oounties. Consultations can be
had in the German.
April 4, 1869 ly
Teeth I Teeth I
BUKQEON DENTIST,
Formerly of ASHLAND, O., announces to the citi
r.onsof Northumberland county, that he has located
in BUNBURY, for the praotioe of Dontistry, and
respectfully tolioita your patronago. Spectai atten
tion paid to filling and dressing teeth. Teeth ex
tracted without pain, by using Narcotic spray
whioh I have used for three years with perfect suc
cess and no injurious result.
Office in Rooms formerly occupied by Pr. J. S.
Angle, In Pleaaant'a Building, Mnrket Square,
Pnnbnry, fa, JT":Jl?L.
iEonaa Hill, Simok P. WoLvanro.
HILL & WOLVERTOW.
attorney nnil Connsolor nt Ijiw.
BTjisrBTjrn,-5r, fa..
WILL attend to tho collection of all kinds of
claims, Including Back Pay, Bounty and Pea
Ion. M-
II. It. JIANSKK,
A tiortK'T IOT, 8UNBUHY, PA -j.
Oollootions attondod lo in the counties of ror
thumberland. Union, Snydor, Montour, Columbia
and Lycoming.
nEFKIIBCrK.
Hon John M. Rccd, Philadelphia,
A. G. Cattcll 4 Co., "
lion. Wm. A. Porter,
Morion McMiohaol,Ksq., "
K. Ketcham i. Co., 2S9 Pearl Stroet,
John W. Ashmead, Attorney at Law,
Matthews ft Cox, Attorneys at Law,
Sunbury , March 29,1862.
New York, I
Wat. M. Rockefeller. Lloyd T. Uoiiubacu
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH.
mvytnt nv, ii::vva.
OFFICE in Haiipt'a now Buildiug, scconJ floor,
lintrance cn Market Square,
Sunbury, January 4, IHCib.
C3-. "W- HATJPT
Attorney uml Connm'Ilor at law,
OFFICE in Jianpt's new Building, on sccoud floor
Entrance on Market tquarc,
STJJSrBTJRTT,
Will attend promptly to all professional buinia
entrusted to his caro, llio collection of claims in
Northumberland and tho edjotavrg counties.
fcMr,Knvv .Innnnrvl lfttW
c. A- ujEiHUsniBrt xjja-ix,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, T.
All business entrusted to his care attended to
promptly and with diligence.
Bunbnry, A pri 27 , 1867.
iSO. KAY CLEMENT,
Business iu this and adjoining counties carefully
HQii promptly attteuded to.
Office in Alarkot Street, Third door west of Smith
ft Ucuther's btuvo und Tinware Storo,
Sunbury, March 81, tm.Zy
O. J. anONER'. '. H. int.
Altoi-iifj usid CouncIIor Ml lWi
Chesnut Stroet, wort of the N. C. and P. K. Rail
road Depot, in the building lately occupied by
F. Laaaru:, Esq.,
Collections aud all Profesilulial bufciniwa promptly
attended to in Northumberluud and adjoining Coun
tios. & Wo mm&Miv
ATTOBNEY AX X.A.W
North Side of Public Snuaro, one door caul of tho
Old Bank Building.
SUNBURY, PENN'A,
Collections and all Professional business promptly
attended to in the Courts of Northumberland and
a'lioining Counties.
Sunbury, Sept. 15, 186(1.
T"il. Pifdy, J. D. James
PTJB.DT & eTAlLES.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BUNBUKY, PAr
Office in the second atory of Bewart'a building, ad
joining the Democrat office, no tbo north aide of
Alarket Square. .
Will attend promptly to the collection of olaims
end other professional buniucss intrusted to his care,
in Northumberland and adjoining counties.
November 9, 167.
B S Weber, JoBtt Bosele
"TOE OTMDH9V9
ARCH STREET, between Third and Fourth Btree
iiiiiii:i,iiitA
WEBER 4 BUNKLE. Proprietor.
June 29, 1867 ly
ADDISON G. MARR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
bllAMOKIN, Northumberland County, Fa.
ALL buiinaas attended to with promptness and
diligenoe.
ahamokin, Aug. 10, 1867 ly
Dr. CH AS. ARTHUR,
JQomaopatljic Jljgsinan.
Graduate of the Ilomosopathlo Medical College of
Pennsylvania.
Once, Markot Square opposite the Court Houbo.
SUNBURY, PA.
Offioe Houra 7 to 9 morning ; 1 to 3 afternoon ;
7 to 9 evening.
Sunbury, April T, ly- .
JEREMIAH SNYDER.
Attorney 4c Connncllor at Jaivt,
SU.lillUItY. IA.
tlisitrlct Attorney for Nortlmm.
lrlaiit t'ownty. .
J. R.HILBUEH
SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCR
AND
JUSTICE OV TUB PEACE.
Muhonmj, KortiiuniUrland County, Peiin'a
Offlne in Jackson township. Engagementa can
he made by lottor, directed to tho aboveaddrees.
il buslnoM enUtwtod to his care, will bt nrompOy
attended lo.
April 22, 1888 ly
O BEOK
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer io
( LOTUS, CASSIMERES, VESTING, Sx.
ar'Hwn treet, noiath of Weaver'
Hotel,
HUN.BURY
March 1 186
3P A.
A1IBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
GALLERY
Cerner Market Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa
B. BYERLY, Pboprhtor,
Photograph, Ambrotypea anil Melainotypei takes la
she bMl stvle of the art. lJ
TO BUILDERS.
INDOW Glass and Buildup JUardwart, tt the
lowMt Cash Prloea at
Th. Mammoth gMI1IK0
AV
1ALL and see Woae beautiful Bu4 Cage at the
. INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA,
FROM GERMANY, in 1S35.
HOOFLANO'S GERMAN BITTERS,
and
HOOFLANO'S GERMAN TONIC.
j'Rr.rmeo Br vn. c. Jr. jCAaojv,
rumiiiLrau, P
Tif grraitit known rtmtdiis for
Liver Complaint,'
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Disease! of the Eidneja,
ERUPTIONS of the SKIN,
nit alt Dliea.es erlslo; tVttnt Dtr-orilei-cd
Ltverv Stomach, Or
iMi'Vittir of tub iit.ood.
R'0& fhc 'Mowing symp'ornt, ami if you find thai
V-ir yVm H ajfrcttd bjt anv of Vtrni, ytm nay rtrt
autirvl Omt t'rjj has contnunad r't attack on the
mott iimfwrfant araatii of your body, und fmVii toon
chocked by the te of poioerftil renttditu, miserable
!', sorm terminating in d'ath, will bt the rtnlt.
Count ipalion. Flatulence, Inward Plloa,
i'liluossotniood to the Head, Acidity
Of tho Btornnch, Nausea, Heart
burn, Diegiiet for Food, Fulneaa
or Weight in the Storaaoh,
Sour KriiotattoDR, 8tnk
fiiK or Fluttering at the Pit
of the Stomach, bwimming of
the HeiiJ, Hurried or Dilrloult
Breathing, i'hitterinir at the Heart,
ChokiiiK or Buirocating Benaations when
in a Lyini? Posture, Uunnoaa of Vision,
Dota or Weba before the Bight,
Dull Pain in the Head, lofl
ciency of PerHpiration, Vel
lownoea of the Skin and
Kyea, Pain in the Side,
Back, Cheat, Lirabs, etov, Buda
dan Fluehne of Hear, Burning in
the) Flesh, CoQHtant Iuiagininga of
Evil, and Ureal Depression of Spirits.
A U IVs' iiid'Cate duarf if tit .iw or IHgtttivt
Orjanf, cimbhvd Kith impart blood.
Ijooflaiib'o &ctmuti UiUcro
la enllrrly vrgetalile, anil vontnlna no
lilior. It Is vompouml of Fluid Ui
tructa. Tlic Hnolu, Ilerba, nd Ilnrke
from wlilcli tlivae extracta are made
are frnllierril n tierinatiy. All the
medicinal vlrlura ore eitrcted from
t lie 111 by a aclrntlilc tMmlil, Thca
t xl tar la are tin 11 fortvarded Itt tlila
country to lie Hard exurraaly lor the
tnauitfKCIure of thtn llMleri. There
la no alcoholic anlistatice of any kind
uaetl In cotitpoundlite; the Bittern,
hrnce It la the only Blttcre that can
be uaed In caara where alcoholic. atlm
ilanla are uot advlaahle,
tjootliinii'o crmau (Conic .
1 . a tombiHittiou of a'! t'tt inortdimtt of the Bittfrs,
ui'h vvrt Snriia tV'u H'tm, Orangt,etc. Itieuttd for
the same iti.rois ait the Ettiero, in cattt where tome
pttrt agvJin'r; t'l'mua is rtquirtd. Ion will bear in
viind tltol ie' remtaitt art antirely different from
ff'iV "cr( aJvrrtittd fitr the curt of the diitastt
iwM-fd, btioirintificprtparatvms of medicinal
'i'i i ", Tr.i '.He ttiiert are mere dtenchon of rum
tn torn, form T'ii TONIC is drcidtdly one of the most
flrowt and ayr"0'le remedies ever ojTrrtd to the
Ttb' '11 i'f it e jriuitit. It it a pleasure to taXe
it, white ' lift-airing, r.rltittrativg, and mnhrinal
o'la'itfn loiu cauxd it to be Inoun u tfit greatest of
CONSUMPTION.
Tlioimaudfl of caaea, when the
llent aiifpaed ha waa afflloted with
thla terrible dtaeaae, have been cured
by the iihc of tlia remedies. Kxtreme
emaciation, debility, and cough are
lli naunl attendant! upon aevrre
reaea of dyapepsla .or illaeaae of tha
dlgeatlve orgafti, Ifivkn In caaca of
genuine. Conaumptlon, theae rrmedlea
will be found of the greatest benefit,
trcngihenlng and Invigorating.
DEBILITY.
IVr vn medicine emial 19 Hond't German
Rittfrt fr Tonic in cova of Debility. They impnrt a
ten qhU vigor to f MheU yt', rmgthen w ath
petittt taut an nijoymtnt of tht food, mabU iht
$tnmnr io digtst it, purify olood, fiw a (food,
found, fimlthy complexion, tratiieaU th ytVow Ung
from the eye, impart a btatrm to the cheekt, and change
th jhititnt from a ihort-breathtd, tmaciatmt. weak,
aud nmoni invalid, to m futt-fae4, ttoitt, una rir
out ptrion-
Weak and Delicale Children
arc made strong by uaing the Btttera
or Tonic. In fact, they are Family
Medicines. They can be adminlatered
with nerfcet aofety to a child three
months oldi tha most delicate female,
or a man of Hlnetj-,
These E.:mediu art "n but
ItXooeX l'tirinoro)
err biov-n, und mil curt all diuattt rttvlting frem
bad blood. '
AVp 011r blood piir ; Vfp yvtr Liver in order (
l-erp iottr d''y'ir organs in a sound, healthy eondi.
Hon, oy the uxr. of rrmedii, and no duoast will
err ostatl you.
TK3 33MP13ZI02T.
Ladles h wish fair ekln and
f;ood complexion, frea from a yellow
h tinge aud all other dUrigurement,
ahoulil use theaa remedlea occasion
ally. The Liver In perfect order, aud
the 1,1 unH pMrr, will result In spark
Hug ryea aud blooming cheeke.
t A L'TIOJ,
fTiiftord'i (irrmiH liimdts art coenterfeited.
Hf-t'tr i-A-t . f,r.ai:'t of l: At J nekton
oh tht. frorit of 1 V. atittnlt wrapper of taoh bottit, and
thr name of Hi' arlvle bto't t, i 'u;li bot:tr. Allolhert
art countrrfa'.
I'hou.aiKla of lettera hare been re
eel ved. teal Ifylng to the virtue di these
rcmedira.
READ THE KEC0MMESDAII053,
1 ROM HON. OtO. W. WOODWARD,
CMf Ju.ii. a or the Supraou Court of Panniylranla.
1'uiLtDELrnu, MiacB 16th, 1SS7.
C -id "Uoojlawl i Grrman Bitteft" it not an intoz
I'W.i'ij istenicr, but tj a good tonio useful in disor
der! ot ti,e oigtttice organt, and of great benefit in
cat's of d'bility and u aiu of nervous actum in (As
system. four, truly,
OHO. W. VOODVAMD.
i rom iiov. James iHOJiPsojf,
.1 ii, It of tin Supreme Court of Fsanavlvaala.
raiitpaLruA, Aran Win, ISfrS.
I rmialder " Hoofland'a Oernta Bit
trra" tt raluabto inea iclno in case of at
tacka of Indigeatlon or Dyepapala. I
rau certify tnta from m y experience
otll. Yours, with reapeet,
JXHKH TIl0?ll'SOlf.
1 i..in REV. JOSKPII II. KENKAItP, D D.,
I'utt r of lbs Tauth Daptlit CUnrcb, rbiladelpliia.
Da, jAC.kO Drin 8is : have been frequently re-
Jutttd to conned my hum with recomnunda tiomt of
ifftrenl kinds of iWccii'j, till regarding tht practice
as out of my apiiroirtt'e spheret I move in all eases de
clined; bul unth a clt'ir proof in variout lajtaaw, aad
particularly in my own family, of tht usefulness of Dr.
Uooflanift German Bitters, I depart for onct from my
utuai Co Hrte, io tsprtss my full oonviction that fur
(ueral debility of iba syitam, and especially for Liter
Complaint, it la a eaie sod valuable braparatioa. in
tome oases it may fail t but usually, doubt not, is wiU
be aery beneficial at those who sujfer from tht above
causal. J'sr, vera retpectfully,
U. KENS 'aud,
. E'yhlK oeloio Coalet X.
Price of tha Dittera, LO0 per bottla
Or, half doisn for $6.00.
Frio or tbo Tonio, 91.60 per bottle I
Or, half doaen tor 91. bO.
The Toole is rat ay la qoart bottles.
JUeolleet that it it Dr. Boofianeti Oormam Bemtiitt
IKat are to unirtrtnUy used and to highly recommend,
od; and do not tWow tht Druggist to tnduet you io
takt may thtng else that hi may sua is just as saoa,
cwim As makit a larger profit on it. thtot Mtmtdiet
u.M be tent Sir trprttt to tuiy locality upon opyiuatwn
tothi
rRinCIPA.il OPFICKs
AT TH I AIRMAN MI0ICINK (TORE,
.Va Ml if CAT ITXXtT, "Siuvmlphi.
CHA.8. IS. rVaVBTS, Proprietor.
romarly0.ltJAOKaOI40a
Theae Remedlea ore foa eale by
prucglata, btsreksepare, aad Msdl
Uao Deatsra ovary wksre
Do not rmyee o .,tm4nt "li article ftU lay, ill
order tsget the
POETICAL.
From the Atlantio Monthlr, for May.
THE CLEAR VISION.
r oflS a. wniTTiiR.
1 did bill dream. I never knew
What obarma our stoniest season wore.
Was never yet the iky so bluo,
Was never earth so white before.
Till now I never saw tha glow
Of sunset on yon bills of snow,
And never learned tho bough's designs
Of beauty in its leafless lines.
Did ever suoh a morning break
As that my eastern windows sea ?
Did ever such a moonlight take
Wiord photographs of shrub and tree '
Itang ever bells so wild and fleet
The musio of the winter street?
IV as evor yet a sound by half
So merry as yon rchoolboy'a laugh ?
0 Earth ! with gladness overfraught
No added charm thy face hath found.
Within my heart the change is wrought,
My footsteps make enchanted ground.
From couch of pain and ourtalned room
Forth to tby light and air I oomo,
To find in all that meets my eyes
The freshness of a glad surprise.
Fair seem these winter days, and soon
Shall blow the warm west winds of spring,
To set the unbound rills in tune,
And hither nrge the blnebird's wing.
The vales shall laugh in flowers, the woods
Urow misty green with leafing buds,
And violets and wilflflowera sway
Against the throbbing heart of May.
Crenk forth, my lips, in praise, and own
Tha wiser love severely kind ;
Since, richer for its chastening grown
I see, whereas I ones was blind.
The world, O Father ! hath not wronged
With loss the life by thee prolonged ;
But still, with every added year,
More beautiful thy works appear !
As thou hast made thy world without,
Make thou more fair my world within ;
Shine through its lingering clouds of doubl ;
Rebnke its haunting shapes of sin;
Fill, brief or long, my granted span
Of life with love to thee and man ;
Strike When thou wilt the hour of rest,
Eat let my last days be my best !
TALES AND SKETCHES.
r-tAsi jik xitovi:,
"Don't fret, junnie, lass you shall lmve
the car rings, and something over for a frill
ed tucker, or whatever you may fancy.
Corae, take your choice, girl."
JenDiecame alowly forward, and rested
bcr hand on her father's shoulder as she
glanced listlessly over the wares which tho
pedlar spread before her.
"Humph I it's not the car-rings nor the
tucker that shy's worrying about," observed
the mother, glancing up sharply from her
inspection of a gay chintz. "She's taken on
about that lad, Frank Duncan, who, neigh
bor Burwtll told us, is to leave the day
after to morrow to seek Lis fortune, as ho
says."
"And I hope he'll find it,"eaid the fanner,
gravely. "He's a good enough lad, and I'd
have nothing to suy agaiust him if he'd give
less timo to books and more to work, so's to
make mouey enough for a wife to live on.
Wheu young Duncan comes back with five
hundred dollars, Jennie, I'll think better of
him ; but no daughter of mine shall marry a
penniless man."
As the farmer spoke, he was slowly and
carefully untying a well-worn leather wallet,
which he had taken from the upper drawer
of an old fashioned bureau with brass hand
les, which stood in a corner of the large
kitchen. From a goodly sised bundle of
notes ho selected one of the ten dollars,
which he handed to the pedlar.
"I've no change," he replied to some re
mark of his wife. "They're all tens and
twenties one hundred and twenty-five dol
lars in all," ho added, in a tone of satisfac
tion. "Jekyl'a clone a good job wi' the cat
tle this year, and if the crop turns out as
well, you shall have something better than
that chintz, Hetty, for Christmas-time aud
you, too, Jennie, lass."
The .pedlar's small, keen black eyes
glanced furtively at the notes as the farmer
smoothed them out upon his knee and re
placed them in tho wallet.
"Here's a hundred, clear, for the bank,"
ho observed, as he tied the wallet securely
with its red-tape string. "I'll take it down
to Logansville, Thursday. Meantime, Hetty,
put it away in the little box there."
Mrs. Hallet deposited the wallet carefully
in a tin box aud replaced the wallet in the
bureau drawer, which she locked, hanging
the key on a nail which was driven in the
back of the bureau itself.
Jennie having selected her ear-rings and a
piece of lace for a "tucker," sat down to
sew the latter on the neck of her best blue
detain dress. There waa to be a "bee" at
neighbor Durwell'a that evening, and a
dance after; and though in no dancing
mood, she would go, for (he knew that
Frauk Duncan was to be there, and this
would be their last meeting before he de
parted to "seek his fortune" in the city.
Poor girl I it was her first sorrow, and
we all know how hard are such to the young
with their helplessness, their inexperience,
and their ignorance of life. As she sat ou
the side of her little bed sewing tbo lace on
tho blue dress, she looked and felt very sad.
Much as she loved her parents, she could
not help thiuking them cruel and unfeeling
in this instance, when they must know how
dearly the loved Frank, and that she could
never, never be happy without him, He
was so clever, so handsome, so good aod
they objected to him because he waa poor
As if she, or Frank either, minded poverty 1
Oh, if be had only that five hundred dollars!
bow in this world could Frank make that
enormous sum I
Her mother's voice calling her to supper,
aroused her. With country hospitality, the
good dame bad added some extra dishes to
the usual evening's meal, and she looked
little disappointed at the pedlar's non ap
preciation of the good things set refore
him. lie seemed absent and restless; and,
declining the proffered night's lodging, said
ho must go "right on" to Logansville to
night, in order to meet a friend whom ha
expected there. Bo, after joining in with
a fervent "amen" to tho host's after-grace,
and thanking them In a pious strain for their
hospitality, he shouldered his pack and re
turned his iourney. From the window,
Jennie, looking listlessly out, taw bit tall
form disappear at a bend of the road about
a mile dirtaot, and dreamily beard her
father's remark
"I don't fancy that stranger. Somehow
be don't look to me like a ge-nu ine pedlar
not sharp enough at bargaining, not in
terested enough in Lie business. And then
I noticed be never looka you right in the
ye always a bad sign."
"Well," observed hii thrifty wife. I can't
lay that I liked bina the best for bis easy
bargains. lie don't make much profit by
'em, though, I guess, judging from that old
camlet coat of hie, with its patclic'd elbows
and old fashioned long tails flapping about
his heels, t tan remember my grandfather
had just such another. But Jennie, girl, if
you're going to tho bee, it's high time to
bestir yourself. Why, it's nigh six o'clock
a'ready."
II
It was a slil!. ruoonlicht summer nleht as
Jennlo Hallet walked lingeiingly along the
meadow path, homeward Irora farmer Bur
well's. Lingeringly-for her band waB clasped
in that of Frank Duncan, and be was talk
ing to her earnestly, as they passed under
the shadows of the water-willows, or paused
for a moment on the rustic briduc, that
spanned the meadow creek.
"i ll tlo It, Jennie I Here I swear "
"Oh, Frank, don't swear I"
"Then I promise yes, bore I promise not
to reBt, day nor night, until I have five hun
dred dollura to show to your father."
"But how will you get it, Frank t"
"I don't know yet; but I'll find out a
way only Jtnn'.o, dear, I fear it will be a
Ions time."
They walked on in sad silence.
"I wish I were rich!" burst from Duncan,
passionately. "I never cared for it before,
but I do now, for your sake and mine, Jen
nio. If I bad only one thousand dollars 1"
"A thousand dollars, Frank ?"
To hor idea, ho might as well have wish
ed for the wealth of Monte Christo.
"It is not a large sum, Jennie. Yet five
hundred dollars would purchase that pretty
littlo place uear tho old church that you
admire so much, and with anolher five hun
dred to stock it and begin with . Oh,
Jennio, only think how happy a littlo money
could make us I"
"It's uo uso thinking," said the girl, sadly.
"And, Frank, you are so given to thinking
and dreaming, that" alio looked up with a
tender, half smile "I'm afraid you'll never
set to work hard enough to make eveu the
five hundred."
" Til trg, Jennie. Never have fear of
that."
They had now reached the bottom of
farmer Hallel's garden, and here they paused
awhile exchanging a few last sentences.
Then, with a sad, lingering adieu, they
parted.
It was eleven o'clock. Jennie heard Hie
old kitchen clock striko as she passed slow
ly up the garden walk. She paused nt the
gate, and looked back toward tho meadow
with a strange yearning and desolation at
her heart. Ho was gone, and tbo world
seemed very dreary to her. She feared it
would never be bright again. So tho young
always think in their first disappointment.
Turning at length to open tho gate, her
font struck something soft aud yielding.
She looked down, and saw some dark object
on the ground, nearly biddcu beneath the
low lilac boughs. Taking it up, she saw it
was a coat her father's, she fancied and
with a momentary wonder as how it should
have como there, she went softly into tho
houso, bearing tho garment with her. As
she stolo upstairs to her own little room,
she fancied she beard a slight noise below,
in tho kitchen adjoining her parents' bed
room. She heard it again as she was re
tiring, and then a step on the littlo back
stoop ; and as she looked out of her window,
fancied that sho saw a figuro disappear
through the garden gate. Sho wondered
who it Could be. Was it some one looking
for that coat f And turning to whoro bIic
had mechanically dropped it on a chair, she
examined it by the candlo light. It was
not ber father's. It was a patched and
faded, long-skirted camlet coat tho coat
sho had scon worn by the pedlar that eve
ning. "He will como back for it, perhaps."
thought the girl ; and she hung it carefully
on a nail in the upper ontry closet.
But the pedlar never came back for tho
lost garment. And it was understood why,
when on Thursday, Farmer Hallet, opening
the bureau to take out his hundred dollars
for deposit in the Logansville bank, found
the tin box and the wallet safo, but tho
money all gone.
Search was made for the pedlar, but in
vain. No one had seen a oerson at all an
swering bis description, unless it was a
pious AJetnocUdt preacher who bad passed
hurriedly through Logransvillo on a iouruev
to tho west, as missionary to the Iudians ;
ana to tuspect him would bo a shame I
Yet, some time after, neighbor Burwell,
reading in a city paper a description of a
noted buglar who had broken out of orison.
and for some weeks past baffled the detec
tives, remarked that bo and tho pedlar
must be cither the same or twin brothers.
so exactly did the description tally with
tno appearance ot tuo pedlar.
So tha old coat bung unseen and forgot
ten, iu tho back entry closet until fall, when
Mrs. Hallet in her quarterly "cleanings,"
espied it.
"Jennie," salu she, "I wish that you
would take that old scarecrow away from
here. I can't abide tho sight of it."
"What shall I do with it, mother t"
"Whatever you like. It's yours I suppose,
as you found it, and nobody'll ever claim
it."
"It's too good to throw away," said Jen
nie. "Suppose I take the long skirts and
make a petticoat for old Peggy Burns ; it is
lined with woolen, and will mako her a
warm garment for winter."
So Jennie took tho coat to ber room, and
sat down in the October sunshine to rip
and re-fashion the garment.
She thought of Frank she was always
thinking of bim now and wondered
whether ho would even make the five hun
dred dollars I bow it rang in ber bead, al
ways 1
liip I riv I somethine opposed the pro
gress of the scissors in the thick wadding of
the old coat. Tearing it open aho drew
out what looked like a soiled greenish rag.
It was paper, however, and as she unfolded it
she taw, to ber surprise, that it was a bank
bill a fifty dollar bill) Another and
another followed. Through all the body
of the old garment were carefully padded
theso precious bits of paper; end Jennie
Hallet, sitting in ber little room alone,
counted them all out upon ber lap fjUttt
hundred dollart f
She kept ber secret at least from ber
family. But some days after, she rode into
Logansville on horseback alone, as she was
accustomed to do ; and at the express office
deposited a little package, addressed to
"Francis Duncan, Esq." And by return
mall came an anonymous letter for farmer
Hallet, enclosing an hundred dollars, "to
replace the money unlawfully taken from
him," which incident set all the neighbors
discoursing upon the power of conscience.
And before Christmas, Frank Duncan him
self made bis appearance, and boldly asked
farmer Hallet for the hand of bis daughter
Jennie; mentioning to the father's inquiries,
that he bad "more than fifteen hundred
dollar in band " And the next lliiug waa,
that ifr. Duncan purchased the pretty placo
by the old church, and thither in spring
took bis young brido, where they were as
happy as new-married people generally are.
Jennlo said that she and Frunk had only
"borrowed" the money, and that it should bo
restored whenever the owner should appear.
Brit we have as yet heard of uo claimant.
N. Y. Sunday Timt.
MISCELLANEOUS.
'I he) UencNl) of a Rnmor,
To the Editor of Hit Xalion i
One day iu tho Spring of 1803, Mr. Fred
erick Knapp and myself were tho guests of
Gen. Grant, at bis headquarters, ou a steam
boat lying at Millikon's Bend, a few miles
above'Vlcksliurg. A curtain bad bean hung
in such a way as to give a certain degree of
seclusion to tho after-part of the main cabin,
and when we rose from 'linnCr we were asked
to sit with tho General behind tho screen,
where there was a writing table with pitcher
and glasses. The General then told ts that
he had a few hours before received unfavora
ble intelligence from General Sherman's ex
pedition up tho Sunflower. Inviting our
inquiries, and replying to all we thought it
proper to make, with an unexpectedly gen
erous freedom and painstaking thoioughness
of explanation, he was gradually led into
a Comprehensive review of the existing con
ditions of his campaign, which it was easy
losce wero of the very gravest character.
Wo were impressed aa-mucb by the remarka
bly methodical clearness of tho narration as
by tho simple candor and ingenuousness
Willi uiuu it was given iu us, wuj, vuu uuy
befpro, had been strangers to bim. He took
up soveru: hypothesis and suggestions, and
analyzed them in such a way as to make
Eromincnt the uncertainties and uncontrolla
le elements which were involved in them,
and I could not but think, so muslnc and
quietly reflociivo was his manner, and yet
svt nvanl nml sranl 1 arron rrtf li ! a an V ni-iieninna
I that he wa3 simply repeating a process of
j "thinking it out," iu order to assure himself
o v v A v auu 11111 bi iisuiu 119 vain vutjivu.
that he lully comprehended aud gavo just
weight to all the important elements of some
grand military problem, the solution of
Vlitch he was about to undertnkc.
(The last attempt to attack Vicksburp; on
the north ended that day, and a few hours
after our interview the first step was
taken looking toward tho approach from
the south ; but of this no hint was given us,
and we only beard of it the next morning.)
All at once be stopped short, and, with an
expression of surprise, if not of distress, put
his cigar away, rose, and moved hia chair
aside. A moment boforo, we could not
have imagined that there was a woman with
in many miles of us ; but, turning my eyes,
I saw one who had just parted tho screen,
comely, woll dressed, and with tho air and
manner of a gentlewoman. Sho had just
arrived by a steamboat from Memphis, und
came to present Gcu. Grant with a memorial
or petition. In a few words she mndu known
her purpose, and offered to give in detail
certain facts, of which she stated die was
cognizant, bearing upon her object. The
General stood listening to bur in an attitude
of the moat deferential attention, bis hand
still upon his chair, which was half in frout
of him as he turned to fuce her, aud slightly
nodding his head as an expression of assent
to the almost every sentence she uttered.
When she had completed her statement, ho
said, speaking vory low and with au appear
ance of reluctance: "I shall be compelled
to cousult my medical director, aud to ob
tain a report from him, before I can meet
your wishes. If agreeable to yon, I will ask
bim to call upon you to-morrow ; shall I say
at 11 o'clock 1" The lady bowed and with
drew ; the General took a long breath, re
sumed his cigar and his seat, said that ho
was inclined to thiuk her proposition a rea
sonable aud humane one, and then went on
with the Interrupted review!
A week or two after this, having gouo up
tho river, Mr. Knapp met this lady at a
hotel, when, in the course of a conversation,
she referred with much sadness to tho de-
Elorablo habits of General Grant, and tho
opelcssness of success while our army was
commanded by a man so uuCl to be charged
with any grave responsibility. Mr. Knapp
replied that he bad the best reason for sta
ting that the reports to which sho referred
were without foundation, and proceeded to
give her certain exact information of which
be happened to bo possessed, which, as far
as possible, refuted them. "Unfortunately,"
said tho lady, "I have certain' knowledge
that they are but too true." She thcu de
scribed her recent interview with Geueral
Grant, and it appeared that, from her point
of view, the General was engaged in a carouse
with one or two boon companions when she
came unexpectedly upon him ; that he roae
to his feet with difficulty, could not stand
without staggering, and was obliged to sup
port himself with a chair; that he was
in au unfit condition to attend to business,
and wanted to put bcr off till the next day ;
that hia voice was thick, he spoke inco
herently, and she waa so much shocked that
she was obliged to withdraw almost imme
diately. Tho next day, being ashamed to
see ber himself, be sent his doctor to find
out what she wanted.
Mr. Knapp then told her that, having
been one of the boon companions whom she
had observed with the General on that oc
casion, aud that having dined with bim
and been face to face with him for fully three
hours,. be not only knew that he was under
the influence of no drink stronger than the
unqualified mud of the Mississippi, but ho
could assure ber that bo bad never seen a
man who appeared to bim more thoroughly
sober and clear-headed than General Grant
at the moment of ber entrance.
Notwithstanding bia assurances, the lady
repeated that she could not doubt the evi
dence of her own senses, and I suppose that
to this day Mr. Knapp and myself rank,
equally with General Grant, in ber miud, as
confirmed drunkards.
This experience la by do msaus a unique
one, and the lealous devotion with which I
have often heard both men and women un
dermining the character of others for tsm-
fierance, on equally slight grounds, has often
ed me to question if there are not vioos in
our aociety more destructive to sound iudg
mentand honest couil I than that of habitual
overdrinking.
Yours respectfully,
Fbbd. Law Olmsted.
Tht Enduing Fot, after quoting tbia letter,
adds 1
We can tell another atory of the same
kind. While Grant lay before Vicksburg a
letter came to this office from a respectable
and generally trustworthy person in a West
ern city, an ardent Unionist, and a man of
influence, in whieb we were told, at positive
ly and undeniably true, that on a certain oc
casion Grant and bis Staff went from Spring
field to Cairo in the car of the President of
the railroad , that on the way the whole
p arty, with ono or two execpsions, got up
roaringly drunk, and that Grant was the
worst of tho company. This tho writer said
be knew to bo true, and on this and othor
evidenco ho desired The Ectning tout to de
mand the removal of Orant.
By a singular coincidence, Mr. Oaborno.then
Pcesidetit of tho Illinois Central Hailroad,
happened to como into this ofTico whilo the
letter we speak of was under discussion, and
of "course he was asked about the story it
told. Ho replied at once : "It Is a rnalig
nant falsehood. Grant and his stall did go
down to Cairo in the President's car; I took
them down myself, and selected that car
because it had convenience for working,
sleeping and eating on the way. We had
dinner in the car, at which wino.wa served
to such as deaiied it. I nuked Grant what
he would drink ; he answered, a cup of tea,
and this 1 made fur him myself. Nobody
was drunk on the car, and to my cortain
knowledge Graut tasted no liquid but tea
and water."
This waa the exact truth of the matter.
Yet fro believe our correspondent wrote in
good faith.
A IV reck of Olldoiii. .
The New York correspondent of the
Providence Pre writes thia sat d story of
an unfoctunr,tu in business: Any day there
can be seen hanging around Dclmonico's.in
Broad street, a wreck of a man a miserable
looking, shattered man, clad in rags, with a
pinched, hungry look, and that vacant aim
leas stare which tells of hope and energy to
tally blasted and gone a man about whom
there is a sensational history. Three years
ago he was a proud, capable, spirited man
of business, with a large capital and suf
ficient reputation and resources to sustain
any enterprise. He left his ordinary pursuits
and went into oil. The fever was raginp;
furiously then, and be caught it hard. He
thought that his great time had come, and
that the Eldorado of his life had been found,
lie bought lands, wells, started companies,
flourished on tho streets, and at tho stock
board, as a very prince of the oil kingdom.
Wealth seemed to iavor his every turn.
thero was a day when he could have sold
out big share and rights for two millions
and been a happy man. Poor fool, he
wautcd more. He worked lor more, lie
invested every dollar for new plans and en
terprises. Ho raised thousands from his
friends. Alas ! wolls ceased to yield, stocks
went down to nothing, notes became due,
attachments were made, and money was hard
to raise. In an evil hour he found himself
bound fast, and all his glittering wealth
turned to dross. Poor, poor man I Td-day
he lives on charity, knowing not often where
be will get tho scant meal that keeps life ;
now and then picking up a little from friends
who knew him in the glad days;somotimes
selling a few trinkots ; courage, ambition,
placo gono, utterly gduo ; a sad wreck upon
the sands ofrimo; I never look upon his
wasted form, and depressed, forlorn face,
as he stands offering his little stock of goods
to the rushing, pushing brokers who go by
him, without thinking of the remark of a
well known banker to me some months ago,
as wo stood looking at the rush in Wall
street : "Sir," he said, "two-thirds of theso
men, who are now prosperous and stand
high in the 'street,' before fire years have
gone, will be in nearly the same condition
as this old man, because they don't know
when to stop. They never will be satisfied.
Ambition will destroy them."
"ISo Ton Won't.'
It is known that during the first two
years of the war many a poor fellow lost
an arm or a leg at tho hands of the sur
geons which could have been saved with a
little caro. The Medical Department were
"practicing" with a vengeance, and It was
useless for the mangled victims of the bat
tle field to protest. The night succeeding
the last awful day of Shiloh, a boy from
Memphis, a p:lvatc in a Tennessee regiment
of cavalry, was brought into the operating
room of one of the hospitals and stretched
upon the table for examination. A bullet
had gone through his thigh, and the surgeon
after a hasty glance at the wound, called
for his instruments, at the same time direct
ing several attendants to assist at the
amputation of the limb. Cut he bad not
reckoned! without his host. The injured
man began to pload for his leg, begging to
be permitted to die even in preference to
losing it.
The doctor paid no attention to his pro
tests, but ordered his assistants to do their
duty. They sprang forward, and at tho
samo time tho patient drow from bis bosom
a six shooter, saying : "Now, doctor, I've
been respectful and bumble with you, and
it don't do any good. Listen to roe. The
first man who lays a hand on me to take
that leg off, will get his braics blown out !"
The surgeon stepped forward, kuife iu hana ;
au assistant selected tbo left band, and re
ceived Jhe weight of tho pistol on bia tem
ple, measuring his length upon the floor.
Ksculapius heard the "click" of the hammer,
aud found the mnzzle within an inch of bis
ear, while in calm, determined tones came
tho words : "No you don't !" "Carry him
out !" growled the doctor ; "let bim die !"
But ho didnt die. Got well, served through
the war in Forrest's command, and when
last he told me the story, clapping bis thigh,
remarked : "That's just as good a leg as any
man's leg, and worth a cord of cork legs."
Ho fob Freedom ! Five hundred North
ern emigrants a week, it is estimated, pour
into Missouri. They take with them, on an
average, ft 000 a piece. Five hundred thou
sand dollars weekly, then, is the revenue
from immigration to free Missouri. Tbia
increase of capital and sinew, of industry
and braius, of intelligence and population,
any Southern State can have the moment
it follows Missouri's example, and declares
for freedom add tha ideas which are carry
ing forward this continent. And this they
must do if they desire to grow and flouriah.
William C. Rives, of Virginia, a well
known statesman, is dead. He was bard
onto 60. lie waa an old Whig aod as such
was chosen a U. 8 Senator, a Cabinet Minis
ter, &o. ne was bitterly opposed to Cal
houn's nullification doctrine, went with seces
sion and thos destroven bia whole previous
life and hia manhood.
An Indian came to a certain agent in the
northern part of Iowa to procure some
whisky for a young warrior who bad been
bitten by a rattlesnake. At first the agent
did not credit the atory, but the earnestness
of the Indian and tho urgency of tbo case
overcome bis acrnplea. He asked the In
dian "how much be wanted I" "Four quarts,
answered the Indian. "Four quarta,"
repeated the agect with much lurprue, "as
much as that." "Yes," rehlied the Indian.
frowning aa savagely as though about to
wa"o a war of extermination on the whole
enake tribe. "Four quarts, snike tit? big."
Scene la n Kentucky Cortrthouor.
In the good old times in Kentucky, "whert
substantial justice" was administered in a
log cabin, after a very free and easy manner,
a suit was brought to recover certain monet
which it was nllegcd plaintiff had been de
frauded out of by the ingenious operation
known as "thimble rigging." In the course
of the trial, plaintiff's counsel, who happen
ed lo be an "expert." undertook to enlight
en tho court as to the modus operandi of the
performance. Putting himself into posi
tion, he produced the three cups and "the
little joker," and proceeded, suiting the
action to the word :
"Then may it please the court, the defon
dnnt placing the cups on hia kneo thus,
began shifting them no, offer.!!; to bet that
my client could uot ttll under which cup
was 'the little joker,' meaning thereby, may
it please tho court, this ball, with the inten
tion of defrauding my client of the sum
thus wagered. For Instance, wJien I raise
the cup 19, your honor supposes that yott
see tho ball."
"Suppose I sec ! ' interrupted tho Judge,
who bad closely watched the performance,
and was sure that ho detected the ball, as
one of tho cups wai accidentally raised.
"wny any tool can see where it 19, and bet
on it, and be sure to win. There ain t no
detraudiu' lhar.
"Perhaps your honor would like !o go a V
on it 1" insinuated the counsel.
"Go a V ? Yes. and double it ton, and
here's the rhino. It's under the middle
cup."
"I'll go a V on that," said the foreman of
tho jury.
"And I, and I.' J.ioincd in the jurora, one
after the other, until each one had invested
his pile.
"L'p !' said his honor.
"Up" it was, but the "little jokor" had
mysteriously disappeared. Judgo and jury
were enlightened, and found no difficulty iu
bringing in a verdict in favor of the plain
tiff on the ground that it was the "derudost
kind o'-defraudin."
mi
Couxtikb wiTborT Railroads. -The only
counties in Pennsylvania through Which no
railroad passes, and the limita of which are
not likely to be soon touched by a railroad,
are Fulton, Forrest, Potter and Greene. The
Btiffalo and Washington Railroad, now in
process of construction, will approach nearly
to Potter county, while tho lately projected
Grcensburg and Brownsville road, it is
hoped, will be extended to Waynesburg, io
Greene county. There is a vast amount of
railroad work flow in progress in this State,
a fact which we are gratified to ascribo to
an energetic spirit of iocal development.
Thus the illimitable resources of wealth, as
yet scarcely touched in Pennsylvania, are
to be rapidly brought to light by the genius
of pubic enterprise.
The Ltvcot.n Monument at Wasihso-
tos. 1 be following is a description of tht
Liuco'.n monument at Washington, jta
dedicated :
The monument rests upon a solid four.
da tion of blue rock, six feet iu depth.
From the base to its summit the height ia
forty-two feet. The base is an octagon, six
feet iu height, and Dearly eight feet from
side to side, on which rests a circular taper
ing column eighteen leet in height, with an
average diameter of three feet. A moulded
cap, four feet by two, rests upou tho shaft
surmounted oy the statute, which from lU
height, appears to be about life-size, and
stands facing south. 'Lincoln :s represented
standing with Ins left band resting on the
emblem of Union, his bead erect and bis
right band partially open, as in the attitude
he was wont lo take in addressing an audi
ence. It is nronosed to extend the base with
the beautiful Tennessee marble, aud tha
Wftolo will then be enclosed by an orna
mented iron railing.
.
The Will of fcliza Wiltberircr, of Phil
adelphia, gives to Christ Church $3,000,
and about $50,009 to the various charita
ble institutions of the Episcopal Church.
The residue of the estate, after the payment
of debts of nearly two hundred thousand
dollars, is lctt to Bishop Stevens, in trust,
to be used for rclicvicg the poor of the
Episcopal Church of the Philadelphia dio
cese, in any way lie may deem appropriate.
Airs. tVlllucrger died without issue.
The Germans are eminently a practical
people it everything they do. In the schools
of Germany, it is reported, the art of house
keeping is taught thoroughly, fcsaays are
written upon the subject setting forth thn
prices of fowls. How much a fat fowl
should weigh. How much a lean one. A
reasonable price. What food fattens fowl
best. What aort of fowls thev are, and how
old. The price of cabbages, of carrots, of
apples ; their sorts, the quantity produced ;
the daily expenses, the bargains, '.he shops,
are all discussed.
A Deer Cacoht is a Seisk. A Vounc
deer was captured on Thursday by soma
ubiiuniitu; wiiiio uauung iue seine at ueep
Hole.Occaquan Bay, Prince William county.
Vs. It was taken to Alexandria and told
to Mr. Thomas ltcagan, of Washington city
The supposition is that the timid animal
bad been hunted down by sportsmen, anil
took to the water with the view of crossiug
the river.
A fellow named Dr. Bloom, residing io
Scranton, Pa , recently sold all the furniture
in bis bouse to different persons ia the city,
and then left the place, abandoning bia
wife, to whom ue had occn married auout
a year, and from whom he had borrowed
what little money she possessed on ber mar
riage. The ruins of an extensive town, with ca
nals aod aqueduct, have been discovered
in Utah, a few miles from the mouth rf 8att
river. There baa evidently been a race of
no little civilization settled in that recion
at onetime, but who they were, and when
they were, ia a question that in all human
probability will never be answered.
To Keep Worms oct of Dried Fruit.
It is said that a small quantity of sassafras
bark mixed with dried fruit Will keep it
free from worms for years. The remedy ia
easily obtained in many localities, and it ia
well wortbv an experiment, as it will not
injure the fruit in any manner, if it doei not
prevent tne nuisance.
A housemaid wbo was sent to call a gen
tleuian to dinner, found bio engaged in
using a tooth-brush- "Well, is he coming t"
said the lady, aa the servant returned.
"Yes ma'm. directlv." was tha rer.l. "ta a
jist sharpening bit teeth."
Mr. Edward Joy Morris, wife of our
Minister to China, died, in Conetantioopla,
a few days sgo. 6he wg a native of pbil
adelphia.
k boy ia narriabutc uad aa If,-; 'utoii',-.
the othn dr. y the kirk ( a poa