Light Will Break Tomorrow.
What though our skies lip overcast
And clouds of trouble lower?
, Though disappointments orow.lln? fast,
Seem life's ungrateful dower?
Though trinla throng upon our way,
Shall we succiini to sorrow?
No! Let u gather hope, and say,
'I ha light will break tomorrow!
Tliouzh fickle Foitune hide her fact)
Our brave enilcavors scorning,
And robs us of tome promised grace
Without moment's warning,
Let in not tremble nt her frown
Kor care nml trouble borrow,
Dut crush our dark forebodings ilowu
The light w ill break tomorrow'
'eyonil thoahnd iws of llio til -lit
Tile welcome tun Is shlnimr.
The c'oucls lli.it loom upon our xllit
Have nil ii ullvor lining;
The darkest hour precedes the dawn,
And joy succeed to sorrow
The Interest niuht will yet be gone,
And Unlit will brn:ik tomorrow!
"-Helen Whitney ( lark, In Saturday Xlgli'
EQUAL TO THE TEST.
'Oil, dear, no! llo-sio llitnl'll never
amount to tniK'ii of nnylhiug. l'tolty
ciiotigli, if mi v ono fancies mil hair
and eyes thru Imve n yellow glint In
litem like n tiger's, but Unit never win
iny stylo of lieuuly ! (Ilvo mo it gill
that has something moro substantial
than muru good looks to fall bai l;
on if the I lino ilionlil over come when
it is necessary, instead of n girl who
Iiat nothing moro tlinn some moulily
classio on tlio cml of hor tongue, or
somo frlttrry fancy work forever In
ber fingers!"
'La, sakes, brother," feebly expos
tulated Mm. Haul, "you look as If it
worn really going to be! I know Bos
alo I foml of her bonki ami pretty
fominino fancies, but I don't blame,
the giil. 1 mod to liko 'em whou I
wit her ngct Hull know alio ain't
any moro liko Jessica or Minerva than
they aro like her."
Abrain A'vcy was too deeply en
grossed in his subject to heed t tie
qitict sarcasm in the. lait portion of
tier response.
Illght, Emily," retorted, quickly,
"no noio ho nin't! Jos or Min
cottld take hold and do for themselves
if they should ever huvo to, but Bessie
there laugh!'
Nobody saw a slender shadow flit
across I lie window near which Abrani
Alvcy sat, neither did they hour the
footsteps which approached tlio open
door, thou stole swiftly and quietly
away, A tall, slender girt, with wny
masses of red-brown linir clustering
around a sweet, serious face, out of
which shono llio wido brown eyes
which had in them tlio "yellow glint"'
to which Aliratn Alvoy objected.
Unwillingly Itessio limit hnd over.
hoard Hie whole of their conversation
which alluded to her! Slio had n book
in her hand, nud as alio turned away
thore was just n suspicion of tears on
the long, silken fringe of lathes around
tlio brown eyes, a tremor iu the
enrvod, sensitive lips.
"1 wondo ," she murmured, as she
went swiftly down the grass-grown
path to her fuvorilo haunt under a
clump of graceful, silvory lnrulics, "if
I am so very useless? I'ncle Alvey
coriulnly thinks so! But," with a
sigh, "I never had tho strength to
do all that Jossio and Minnie might !
I wish I hnd, though!"
Poor child, she did not know, as
alio uttered this vain wish, that it was
literally liko grafting tlio, fair, frail
orchid blossom on tho strong, hardy
Northern rosol Tlio harsh remarks
that the hud overheard rauktod deeply
In lier lionrt Just now.
lint "truili is stranger than fiction.''
Sunny skies mid fair promises stir,
rounded My rllo Farm and its inhubi.
tauts at present. Thcro was no fenr
of casualties in tho lionrt of honest
John Hunt, for, as ho said, lio'd "laid
by a cousidorublo pllo to use on a
rainy day," if tho timo ever cume.
But they had no fear of Us coining,
not (hoy t
But, Ins for the consistencies of hu
manity J Dnvu in tho progressive
jown, near the outskirts of which
stood Myrtle Farm, once a week John
Hunt carried a goodly load' of farm
ptoiluco; there ho hoard conversations
which sot him to thinking. Men
talked of making a lifetime fortuno iu
some bold pociilnlioii; of gelling
('corners'' In grain, buying "low,"
then selling "high," unci, although lie
did not just undurstiiud as clearly as
be ought, lie would ponder these things
as lie jultod homeward evur tho rough
country roads, and the moro lie
thought the moro fusciuuled and
tempted lis be cm no.
At lust, one bright morn in; he
si art ol or the market us usual, but
boucuili Ids cout, securoiy wadded iuto
a snug roll into his vest pocket, was a
largo roll of bills.
IU was going to try his luck. It
would bo such a lino tiling for the
borne folks, he argued to himself, If
It happened to come out ahead. No
thought of the ot hot' possibility scumod
to troublo lil in.
lie seemed unusually restless for
tho next few days after his return.
Ho was singularly anxious Is read tho
dally papers.
"A binly'd think you'd boon specu
la! in', .l-din," observed Mrs. Hunt,
one day, ns she repealed some remarks
a third timo befuro he homd her.
A queer look settled over his f:ico
but lie made no response.
lint nil nt iiiieo ho uticrc.l a stilled
exclamation and started to his feet;
his face had grown unusually pulo nud
tlio baud which grasped bis lint trem
bled witli nervous agitation.
I must go up to town, Kindly,'' ho
exclaimed, "at once! Whore's Bess?"
Mrs. Hunt looked her a-tonlsh-
incut.
'To town!" sho repeated, blankly.
"Why, you was thorn only lnl Kuitir-
day! Anything happened?" with n
glance at Hie pnper, which hud flut
tered unheeded to the lloor.
"Xo. uut much, only well, never
mind."
Two, three hours pr.sl. Jessica and
Mincrvn catun In, two strong, florid
girls with loinl voices und blunt man
ners, nud Immediately demanded
tlml."
Pior,myfi:illcd Mis. Hunt shook hot
head. 'I don't know, girls, but ho said ho
was going In town. Business, 1
guess."
"Humph!" ejaculated Jessica
"Where's Bessie? liono with him?"
'No. She went for something;
l'vo forgot. But tiny rate, she's round
somewhere."
Tliu Mi-sos Hunt exchanged glances,
but deigned no reply to thu patient,
overworked mother, who was rather
afraid of tlicse self-reliant daughters,
preferring in her heart gentle, misun
derstood llossle before cither.
It was several hours past tho timo
for thoir early tea when John Hunt
canto homo. Abrain Alvev was with
lilui, nud his lips woro comprcssod in
u thin, hard lino.
John Hunt himself, during the
short timo he bad been absent, scemod
to have grown years older. Ho was
pale, restless, and tho hand which ho
rested on the table shook as with
pnlsy.
His wife ctiino forward, seriously
a'nrmcd.
"What happened, John.' Anything?
llo ymi sick? Just sit down and let
me get you a good, strong cup o lea
light oil, Il'il do you good," for Iu
s,. lie of thu clouds which sometimes
obscured their domestic horizon, Kini
ly 1 1 it 1 1 1 whs loyal nud true to tho
nan whom iu her earlier youth sho
hud chosen for batter, for worse.
He made a gesture of repugnance
at tho suggestion of food or drink,
'I can't cat anything, wifo," ho
said, ns ho threw his arms across tho
tublo In a hopeless, dejected lashion,
and hid his fuco upon I he in. "11
tell her Abrain."
lie litis been speculniiu'," went on
thai individual, the rigid lines in his
face never softening, llio tones of his
voice hard and metallic, ns old stool ;
"speculniiu', I tell you, and has ended
by ruining his family. That's all!"
Mrs. Hunt sink helplessly into tho
Homes', chnlr und slated, speechless,
at her brother. Jessica and Minerva
clung together on tho sofa, nil expres
sion of almost ludicrous dismay on
their faces.
"Wotl, I never!" exclaimed Min
erva, tho first to break llio heavy
silence that ensued. "Fulhor, what
ever possessed you?"
Jessica suddenly burst into a violent
(It of weeping. The bent tlguro besido
the table never moved.
"Father! Look up!"
Without a ghmco in either direction,
tall, straight, Willi u bright spot burn
ing in cither check and a brilliant
glitter in her eyes, Bessie suddenly
crossed the room and knelt gently,
sympathetically, boside her father's
chair.
"Fulhor! Don't Inks it so to heart I
It cannot be so bad, and," in a lower
(one, "I will liolp you now."
Thou rfolm Hunt raised his bond, a
gleam of hope stealing Into his dreary
eyes as he placed his hand tenderly
among the red-brown tresses cluster
ing above the high white brow.
"You, Bossio?''
"Yes, father," sho rcspondod quiet
ly. "Try mo and seo."
And so it proved. Tho test of
which Abrain Alvoy hud oftou bousted
had at lust come.
But contrary to his expectations,
Jessica or Minerva, the "self-roliant
girls," did not oouio up to his stand
ard. They "hung around," as he ex.
pressed it, bemoaning ihelr unlucky
fate and making the place almost un.
boaralilo to the disheartened man. Ho
bore up as long as ho possibly could,
thou succumbod to the inevitable.
It was thou that Bustle, the use
less one," caino lo Hie foro. The "frit
tery fancy work" Hint Abram Alvey
hud so scornfully condemned, proved
Its worth. Bill holy the bright steel
ncodlo flew through gouo and silk,
and for the dainty ci oat Ions turned
out by iho deft Augers Ilessio re
ceived a snug competence. Her time
was almost tnkan up, but somehow
sho managed to crowd In a few music
pupils, m il so add a trltlu moro to
their income.
And It was after giving a lesson one
day that she emtio In, and throwing
asldu her hat, laid her flushed, bright
fuse, on thu pillow bn-ldu her father's.
Ha looked nt her fondly, but in a dep.
rocnting way.
"My dear," ho said, in a strangely
weak voice, "you will kill yourself
working so! If only Jess or Min''
She placed her hand on Ids mouth
with a quick, quaint gesture.
No moro ifs,' popn, please," sho
said, lightly. "And 1 tun not going
towoik so hard now. 1'apa, Ildph
Dentin has nkcd me lo marry him und
1 said I would!"
llalph Donne! John Hunt reinein
beicd him. He belonged to ouo ot
the best families In town.
For an Instant Iho broken man
gazed into tlio fresh, fair face, then
drew her close to his breast.
"(lod bless you, my daughter," ho
said, huskily.
And Jessica and Minerva? '
When Bessie was married sho took
her father, mother and Iwo sisters
homo ilili Iter to tlio linndsomo home
her husband gnvo her, and they aro
there, bemoaning their fate even yet.
Boston (itobe.
Beginning of Our I'nilcrdunilln? ol
Storms.
In tlio yctr 18a 1 a severo storm pre
vailed along tlio Kagtertt coast, which
for many yoars was known ns the
"great September gale." It held that
litlo until September, ISO!, when an
other and mure remarkable ouo oc
curred, which rather alsturbod its
clulin lo the honor. It was a little
timo after this Hist storm that Red
Hold, whllo mnkliig a jmrnoy in
Massachusetts, was struck by a some,
whut curious fact. Ho noticed that
in Massachusetts llio trees prostrated
by llio wind, ull lay witli their head
to Hie southeast, showing that tho
gnlo thero was from tho northwest;
but in ('.iiinecticiit the trees blown
down iu llio sumo storm lay head lo
Hie norlliwot, showing Hint tho galo
hud been a southeast one. Ho ascer
tained, moreover, that when the wind
was blowing southeast iu Mid lie.
town, his homo, it was northwest at
n place not seventy miles from thero.
It was then that tho ldoa fiished
across his mind that the gnlo was a
progressive whirlwind. That was a
great thought. It was such a flash of
percept ion as tamo lo Newton whou
ho connected tho falling npplo with
the planets In space. It was such mi
insight Into the meaning of a fact as
James Walt had when lie saw tho
possibilities of tho force that was
rattling the lid of iho kcttlo on his
mother's (lie. Tho dovelopment of
that idoa was dnstinod one day lo put
Hoiltlctd in llio ranks of the great
scionllllo thinkers of Ids day. He
made this storm tho basis ot Ids in.
vostlgntiotis, following ItU researches
into its iiioveinontH by a careful col
lection of facts in relation to others
like it. For ten years ho studied, and
examined and compnrod his facts, bo
fore he published Ids theory of
storms. I'opulur Science Monthly,
(juoen Victoria's Uermaii Side.
I hoard mi amusing story about
England' (uoon tho other day. I
don't think it litis over boon published,
but tho authenticity was vouched for.
It seems that an Kuglisli womun,
whoso iiiiino was given lo mo, Is on
quito intliimio tonus witli the royal
family, though she is without title:
Just a plain "Mrs," and from a country
family. Ouo time she, with hor little
child, Ihrco yours o d, wis lunching
with the Queen. At tho table woro
Princess Bcatrlco and several others.
The Qaeon, in llio cutirso of tho lunch,
took up a clilckou wing In hor lingers.
Whllo sho was enjoying tho swoutucss
of the meat next Iho bone tho little
child lookod up and quickly said:
"I'ig-eo! Plg-co!" Every ouo was
borrltlod. Tho mother foil as It she
would like to sink out of cxlstonca.
Tlio Qitoeti went on for an instant
with the morsel which sho was hold
ing la her fingers and thou suidi
"You are right, my dear. An
English lady would not luko a chicken
wing In hor Angora, but vou must boat
in mind that J am a German wonun."
And she calmly finished tho wlnir.
o
Tiie rest breathed a low s?gh of tcllof
and the mother and child were, on
taking their leave, invited to come
awalii.rpiilejuro liitor-Ocesu.
PENNSYLVANIA PICKINGS.
SOXB IMPORTANT HAPPEN INO'I
Of Intsrsst to Owsllers la ths Ssrstoss
Stats.
TIIK TltOtms rONOrtATtTLATKI).
oovpnicnn mttimi r. s riir.si: sr-pnui-uTtoH
or tiik militia's mi at iiomistkad.
In relieving the Dlvhlon of the National
Otiard from further service, tlovrrnor 1'at
t'son, In a s-er!ul onlor issued from the Ad
jutant (leneral's department, desires to ex
press to the olhVers and enlisted men his
appreciation und rotiRratiihitlous. lit
adds:
"The promptness with which ynn r
sponded lo the sudden rail, the vigorous ex
ecution of theenniniiincls, the soldierly con
duet nl the place of ilMurbunen. ml demon
strate that the ciiuimiind n thel'onstltutlon
that 't lie freemen of this I'ointnoinveulth
shall be armed, orpatiixcd and disciplined
for Its defense' has been
lalthfiilly obeyed. Vou hnve
liuiintatiied the eonllilence, deserved
the gratitude unit won the udniiriitniu ol
your fellow citizens in your patriotic ser
vices to timintniu the law of tho lutid and
the liberty of the itt.eiis. '
KOVKI. OLI MIII AX rKIXIIR VrtnX.
Mt. Pleasant opened a throo-duys' t.'olum
blaii celebration Wednesday morning with
a fantastic parade, the liko of which the
staid old town never before saw. Tho First
ward public school building tins been turn
ed Int booths for the exhibition of every
thing in tho lino of merchandise, art and
the antique. (In the grounds In tho rear of
the btilliling under Immense s' retches ol
canvass, are the live sbs k ami machinery,
end hero also ure held every kind of dash
races. Thflw who attended the recent coun
ty lair say it wasn't to be compared to this.
To-morrow wilt be farmer's day, and on
Friday the school children will hold forth.
The attendance to-dny was estimated at
3,i"H).
wants .iO,C(i iamoi:s.
Mis. M. V. Taylor, thn wo!l known dealer
In oil well supplies, und whose place of bus
iness is In Pittsburg, has sued tho Pitts
burg. I'inciuiiatl, Chicago and M. Louis
road for ."iU.iiuo damages for injuries re
ceived while traveling on the road. .She re
sides at Washington, and was accustomed
to go in and out of the city each day. Last
June while the trainmen wero attempting
to make a running switch here, she was
tli row n across several seats by the force ot
the cars coining together and received 8 se
vere sprain of the burl;.
A mi imrn at i-ottsvii.i.i!.
At I'ollsville, .,sler, a ward constable and
ex-ilepnty slierlll of .Schuylkill county, shot
WiIIIhiu Kep'ey, killing him almost In
stantly. Kepley, his wife and brothor-ln-law
were on their way homo and met a
party of Intoxicated younit men, who In
sulted them. Zeigler ran out with his re
volver, threatening to shoot some ono if
they diil not nioveou. Kepley, It Is said,
nude some remarks, w hen Zcigler caught
and shot him.
KATA1.I.V SHOT IIV 111 Itlll.tR'.
Burglars entered the residence of Joseph
IMskeat Wlll.esbsrro Mr, and Mrs. Disks
were aroused und one of the burglars tired
two shut-nt the former. One struck him
In the hand and the other just above the
heart.
In kxm worn destroyed the larun barn on
the . lames Kveilv farm, near (ireensbiira,
together with tiiirses. feed Mini farming Im
plements. A dwelling I se ut Staufler, on
the Mt Pleasant branch was also burned bv
lire liimdi. lws ",iM; slightly insured. '
New Casti.k physicians aro puzzled ovei
the death of Marv Atkiu-on, aged 2:1, Mem
day evening. She reliied Thursday in
seemiliK good health, and Friday wits dis
covered lo be Iu a trance. She died without
having spoken u word, ulthoiigh she up
imired to be coincious.
Fiikiikiiu k Hakk. a well-known citizen of
Herman Va ley, near Huntingdon while at
tempting to board u Pennsylvania railroad
train at Mount l'ni"ii fell under iho wheels
and was iiistantlv killed, lie was OJ years
of age und leaves a Itiunly.
1'oi iitki:x men were burled bv the cuvIiof
In ot a sewer nt llurristuirtf. Two were
Killed ami twelve wero rescued alive.
A suootixo accident nt f lynlhannn will
result In thodeiih of tvS moil. Three
Italians niiiued '. llavouia, II. Sessi and
Lawrence .Muslim went out hunting. In in
tern tiling to cross a fence both barrels of
Muslim's shot kiiii were exploded and the
shot struck I he other Italians, Muslim's
companions, who had Just erf used over.
Hit three light rains liavo fallon in Cen
ter county, since July 4, ami tho st renins
oud webs are rapidly drying up. Typhoid
lever is epidemic In many places, owing t-j
Hie Htaguuiit water peopla were cotupvlUd
to drink.
TuiiKKnyn oniployid nt a miles near
tVilkesliarre have been wounded ut different
times by being shot utiu a mysterious man
ner wniie passing uloeg a lonulv place on
their way to work, Kriink llurd-ning was
wounded in thethlgh, John Kverhart in the
foot und John Fremont in the breast.
At Trent, Jacob Iteinminger was killed
in a runaway,
II. T. Kri.i.v. al'.'yesrold bov living
near I'nioniown, fell irom a Ireo while
gathering nuts, and was Insluutly killed.
TitRpeoploof Huntingdon, are being
tcrroiizcd by burglars, Scurcely a night
bss iussed of late but lint one or more
places have been robbed,
N'KAn Mccliiinlcsburg, William Reed was
smbu-lied and murdered by guul Stone
Hitnduy night, and the latter is atill at huge.
Itolli men were courting tho same girl.
J. T. Kki.i.kv, a brukemnn on the South
west IVnnsylvunin road, was fatally Injured
st ruioiitown wMIe coupling cars.
Ji sr.ru 1)om:iii p, a Baltimore and Ohio
brukeman, tell from a trulu ut Tuyiorstowu,
and received fatal injuries,
Tiik full of some broken machinery in an
Altoona fewer which wus being repulred, in
stuutly killed John Young,
Aiui'Takt (ienkiiai, HhiiKM.AXn denies
thut the l ulling out of the troops for Homo
s ead will cost thn State SiHhi.iioo, Ho guy,
tho totul will be u bout tlno.oix),
I'fthii Hallux, of rhitudulph'a. who has
been an Inmate in the House of Correction
30 times, in attempting loesiute from there
by means of an improvised rope, fell 45
feet and was killed.
Mikf Itirii and Antonio Csrletto were in
stantly killed and Archangel Rich was
futully injured by jumping from a runaway
train on the Sugar ltuu ruitroud, neur brad
ford. Kkward Raxkix of Uniontown who stole
a Hock of sheen recently, fa again in tall i.,r
tteuling Djvid Ulenu's vuhss ut ituiikiu.
A MtsEn named fieorge Levis fell from
freight train at I'liillipsburg and died of his
injuries.
William Miti ur.i.i.,of New fastis. ha
the honor of catching a uiiis alonge in the
river opposite lani pmce. inn iisli weighed
!M uoumis. and is the first of lLa
caught in the witera neur (bit place.
SOLDIERS' COLUMN
OAPTtfRK Or TJI34 CtXIPXO.T
An Ancaunt of ths buttle of 9e.t.!e
Pass If o iMrttjI-.isat.
t would like
jr'.vo my rccilltc
tion f the battle
of Habinrj pass,
Tecin which tho
';. s. s. ci i non
was ilistoyed and
hor crew and one
"nmrmnv ol Toth
K. ". taken
jirlsoners. I
would nlso like-to
-.'eiurect a I'.ils.lttko
i ti'ioir the number
' nf tho Confede
rate forces that
wtm In nt,, I
Xar ......
''"'around Sabine
'" Puss unit tlcnti-
l.iont. Tho "Avnlanche-Appeal" snld
thero was only 49 men on tnu cnnfcilc
rato side, and they wero out of ammu
nition. That paper ran tell thlj tale
to tho Marines. Tho men who manned
the fort wore called tlio D ivics (luards,
sn artillery nranlz ition recruited in
Houston Tcs., und wero always un
derstood by me to number 110 officers
und men.
Cspt. Davics was the commander,
but somehow he never showed up
when theie wss any llghtim,' on band.
On those Interesting occasions ho del
egated his power to Lieut. Kichard
Dowlinp;, becauso Dick I ottpposu
could handle an Irish compnny in a
fight better than he could; and if Dick
was killed, what matter. It wus like
the other Irishman that was going to
be hung he was us'td to it.
About the "ammunition ijiviiit; nut
Just as tlio Clifton surrendered, and
about thero being no one in the fort
but 40 men, let us go down and sec
how this was, and give you some f icts.
We had a deserter from the rebel
army on board, ho was second-class
llreman and his name was Jon Dowers.
When he ssw the white flag was going
to be huiited, lie made, a break tor life
and liberty. He jumped in to the Ar
izona, as sho was tho nearest ship la
the oiling. When the rebels saw him
they culled out to hiiu to conio back,
and u company of infantry that, lay
concealed came cut and fired ot him,
but the tide wan going out and soon
took him out of mttskct-rano. Then
ihe 8-incli Colttnibiads that tlio fort
was armed with tired a least two
rounds pur gun nt him. Whether . loo
ever reached liberty or was shot 1
don't know.
Tlio rebel steamer rioebuck came up
at this time, and we wero ordered
aboard by tho Captain of this infantry
company that (li l tho shooting ut Joe
Ilowers, and this company guurdud tia
to Iieatimont; so there wero 149 iiimi
who wero at Subine Pass on thu Con
federate sido thut wo know of. When
we prisoners arrived nt lieattniont wc
were put on a train and sent to Hous
ton, where we arrived that night.
Next morning tho daily paper came
out tlio ''Telegram" or ''Telegraph,"
I forget which name it was that gave
an account of the fight nt Sabine Pass.
After giving a putT to the Davies
Guards and Lieut. Dick Dowling, the
articlo in the newspaper went on to
say: "After tho (Instruction of his gun
boat Gen, Franklin pit his tail be
tween his legs and went in n dog's
trot back to New Orloans, like 111
whipped cur that lie was. Hut it it
to be regretted that ho did not laud his
blue-coated invaders on Texas soil, for
they had a wsrm reception for tliotn,
The com m it tea which was appointed to
receive him was Gen. Sterling Price,
(Jen, Tom Oroen, Oon. Dick Taylor, a
jetachment from (Ion. Kitby Smith at
ilirevepnrt, and two brigades from
'Jon. Clrillin's army; all these wero to
bo under the command of our CuMir dc
Leon Uen. Magruder."
Now listen to this. According to
their own account they could have had
ao less than HO. (10(1, the wjiolo Confod
irstc army of the Transmississippi, to
oppose Uen, Flunk I In if lie had to land
(iu lexus soil. I distinctly remember
lieuring tho Confodorute say: "Wo
:au support tho sky with bayonets,
tali !" And now alt this grund army
.s cttfdown to 41) men. Tlioy might
huvo mado it fifty men just for even
numbers, llut I suppose thn i-x-Con-federates
would not toll a lio for one
man.
As to the Clifton, sho was a double
tnder; that is, alio had a rudder fore
tnd aft, i nd she could buck or go
ahead without, having to mako a cir
cuit. All told, bercrcw numbered 17.
men; but at thu battle nf Sabine Pass
we had a company of Sharpshooters
from the 73th N. Y. She had 10 guns
eight (13 -pounders, broadside guns;
ono QO-popniler Purrott ride, and one
il-inch Dahlgren smoothbore. The
Duhlgren and Porrott wero pivot-guns;
the Duhlgren on the forcastle or for
ward, the l'arrott on tho tiuarter-deck.
By turning tho pivot-guns on port m
starboard butteries, we had six guns
in a buttery. Tho day of tho tight we
fought Iho port battory, There" is the
Clifton as sho stood manned and armed,
snd her gons in position, the 8th day
of September, 1S03, when sho got or
ders to go up and take the fort ut tlio
mouth of Subiue Pass. After gotting
signals from somebody, and we ans
wering, "AH bands up anchor" was
called. Then, after the anchors were
up and fast, "Nigger Louey" beat
"General quarters," and right merrily
did we respond, for the old Clifton
and her crew were vets, snd had bad
many scraps with the robs be;'nrc, in
which we csmn out victorious.
Tho Clifton steamed to the fort st
half speed. Our guus opened with
shrapnel shell and five-s?cond
fuse. During this time you could
hardly see the fort for the smoke of
berating shells, so rapid did we Are.
The rebs answorod our fire at irrcgulsr
intervals. They made good line shots,
but all to high. Wo oot close to the
fort, snd the Bharpslmorers opened.
Then the signal boll is
given, and the old Clifton
goes ahead at lull speed; wo are now
sbreiat of tho Tort, the guns rosrlng
snd muskets rattling everything is
going our way. Hump, bump; every-
Douy tans lorwsrd the old boat is
j aground right under the nose of tho
1 t)l.ll!.l
i illumines.
When the rebs saw this they gave
one yell, and how they poured it Int.i
us was a caution, It was their Innlrg.
and they kept in until the gamo wus
over.
When the vessel grounded she slew
ed her head towards tne fort, which
only left us three guns for use. Soon
thn muzzle w is shot ofT; but wc fought
on, and those that were not wanted to
man the guns, fought with Knrleld
riflis. Soon (,ur other brondsido sun
ths knocked otT the carriage; but we
fought them with the 9-inch gun, and
you could pat. your arm down in it;
and of course it was useless tf fight
longei; besides our Knfleldi were so
slogged with powder tint w msdo
poor headway firing them. Wc had
to J.im tho ramrod nguinst the side of
the ship to forcetho bullet home.
About this time every one was look
ing for Franklin's troops, which he had
promised to land below tho fort; but
nary a troop came, and somethfns had
. to bo done or wo would bo nil killed.
rhcre was grape and shell from the
fort, splinters irom the ship's side, hot
water and steam, all pressing the ques
tion, "What's to bo done," and wo sur
rendered. When the white flag went
up a great many of the boys crie 1 Ilk
babies at thu Idea of being trapped in
s mud-hole In Texas.
Curses loud r.nd deep went np
gainst Franklin and his expedition.
My opinion is, that if Franklia had
made a show of Iinding troops, the
rebels would h ive run. und would not
have stopped in til they struck tho Hio
Urando.
"There ore gutiboaii In tlio river, with ev
erything serene;
We wih niake they pay somo other day for
tlio battle at Sutiine."
But wo didn't mako them pay any
thing; for, according to another prison
poet. Col. Duganno, I think, "We
huntod the small doer they call gray
backs in rebel prison until the war
was over." Jons Caridv, in Nation
al Tribune.
wherecolumbus"dieo.
The Boas Still Btumls, Although
Crumbling Into Decay.
On tho Callo de Colon, a dingy,
narrow old street la Valladolld,
i bout 201) yards long, stands th
tiotise Id which Columbus died,
ilthougn fast crumbling Into decay.
The fact that tt does stand Is not
iue to any effort taken for It
preservation, but rather to the solid
ity of its construction. It Is of con
siderable size, and was, no doubt,
originally constructed fur somo per
son of rank and position. The en
trance is through a great Norman
archway of stone, and the entrant
hall is spacious, while the stalroast
Is broad and Its incline so gontla
that one might almost drive up It
The basement of tho building is ol
itono, though the upper stage is ol
brick, covered with stucco or at
much stucco as has survived thi
ravages of time. The outer walh
aro massivo, and their interior is, nc
doubt, compossd of a species of con
crete, or mixture ot mortar, pebblei
nnd fragments of stone, which figuret
strongly in all old Spanish struct
ures.
No nation In the world, perhaps,
has less respect or appreciation foi
tho antique and time-honored than
havo tho Spaniards. The house
whore Colmubus died Is now used ai
1 cow-stable. Above tho stone arch
way Is a tlmo-stained medallion,
bearing a man's head, standing out
In bold relief on the stucco. Un
derneath Is the engraven Inscription
"Aqul murlo Colon Ano 1506."
(Here died Columbus, year 1308.)
Close to this hangs a small sign
board, with the following inscrip
tion: "New milk sold here; yon maj
leo it milked." An old woman liv
ing there gives tourists some info
inatlon.
Upon entorlng the ancient struct
ore one steps into the spacious en
trance hall, which is pitched with
mall pebbles. On cither side is a
large door-way, but the doors hav
been r?movr.d, and through the open
ings ono can see tho cows standing Id
rows. Twenty cows aro stabled in
the lower part of the house). Ths
cowman and his family live uj
stairs. Ono is quickly led into i
largo room overlooking the street
the room where Columbus died. Th
windows are furnished with masslvs
Iron gratings, as, indeed, are all th
windows In the house. A thin par
tition, running half way across ths
room, forms a small recess or alcoba,
la which is an old wooden bedstead,
with a wretchod straw pallet and I
canty covering of old clothes. On
such u bod, probably, died the great
discoverer in poverty and desolation,
In the middle of tho partition U i
little square window, through whict
anyone sleeping in the alcoba might
see If any one entered the room.
The walls, bare and discolored wltn
age, look as If they had not been
whitewashed for at least a century.
The floor is of square earthen ties,
the same on which Columbus trod
four centuries ago. In this room h
was for a long time a prisoner. Ii
that alcoba, where the cowman and
his wife sleep every night, the great
discoverer died. Near the head o:
the bed the form of a cross hat
been scratched with some sharp la
itrument deep la the plaster of thi
wall. Tradition says that Colunibui
made the cross.
rOirdot the "easiest' things to be
f,e.TA!i- pleaalny He about ourselves.