iahok, *aa.
medals*—
heir name, to oporfPS*** l .
iicinc fret rf eltan^^?
iation command* tSektia "
»ill furalahthoiSrtJgjJl
ti.m, ln their Anmm a—
y leasts, expre** the &T**
Inch hasattended thelSS
th. euro of, BnpcrmS«JS??
co. Gon iorrho>a,Gi£oS*»
■ Selfnbwfe, fa, aSftiJt
for the onAuiiHrj*rear '*”** *
Of Urn pant, feel as«ured tk(
lu nevolont'dlon harm if**
• .-specially to thcySS^S
-"sssusa** s ?-,
iTSSteiS#**:
e Mxun _ orgaasTby the {£“■
hy mail (in a
n , r^ ei i>t of TWOsrjSfPs
.ml Tract* on the nattm^S
Ac., arc constantly hJSaS^S?
ti. and will 1* •entfißv'
.medics and method* ofwh®
year, arc of treat nh^T 1 '
intent, Dr OEOSOE S/CAL.
Howard AssocUUon. No a*
a. By order ofthe Alr^'i*.
D.
- P>ec- My.
:mentincook-
: AXD GASAXDSAriXQ
in- in offering to the public •
DICK CONSUMING
:.-U, which in destined to in
vs
LESS FURL 1
quickly an) regular
f ol S«* -MMi.lMm.thto
all consumed era it am es
iu smoke as that unpleasant
- is also consumed Inilda of
iy dancer of flue* orehlm.
or the mortar loMtnsd by
‘ stores on Invited to cal) at
i lie Masonic temple, and ex
.lonx shokmakek;
c Agent/nr Stair County.
. Parlor Cooking and Era
___[W%i§sr g
ICE GAZETTE.—
Crime' and Criminab to In
Idely circulated throughout
the Great Trials, Criminal
ilson thesomc,tog»thervit)-
trrs, not to.be {bond la any
immi: (I for six months, to
I'" should write,tlteirnaniH
■ where they reside plainly.)
iV. MATSKLL*(X>,
< w York Police Qsr.etts,
AV» Tori: (Sty.
Lake’s
ATED
FUGE
PILLS.
to csdl the atten-
T rade, and more
lysicians of the
f the most popu
)efore the public.
r' r Crlfkntcd
d Liver Piljis.
ommend them as
3, but simply for
>ur ports, viz. ;
MIFIJGE,
crms from the
it has also been
the most satis
various Aninials
II PII*LS,
er Complaints,
ncements. Sick
In cases of
d Ague,
lifter taking Qui
invariably: make
lanent cure.
the above men
y are
Unrivkled,.
to fail when ad
rdance with the
ented popularity
oprietors,
Brothers,
GH, Pa.
Drug business,
re been success
the last twenty
11 now give their
nd attendpn t 0
Andbd^o® -
M’W 8 S
and' Liver
occupy the hig n
hold among
: the day, th c X
nre neither tip#
Dcuring the B
:rial, and com'
most thorough
all orders to
i. Pittibiirffci !*•
s ordering fto”
o write tbelror^df^y
srasSSSs**
A Ecu* fttfT
jIcCBUM & BERK,
vou 4-
IBS ALTOONA TRIBDKE.
UcCBOJI * PgltK, Publisher* and PfoptUtow^
(oaTablefaTartoMrfa^rnWhace,) ~ '*l*o
P« dScoutiniwd fit* the .of;Uie.Miß«
A** 'nr ic ■
piU &• raxa it aoTiariiuw. !
.1 insertion *2 do. 3 do.
$ »: *l?*?’’Aoo-
“T 100 'l*so - 3 00-
Tiro “ .« < t i‘M; . ««» ■ ra<6o
T*"*. week* and leMthan three j»r
for ewh Uuertioß. 3 month*; 6 month*. lyear.
$ 1-M aaoo . $6 00
Bl*“"•* ° rlw * , BSO ..... ,4 00 71»
Oeenwre, _ 4 00 0 00 10 00
T*<> l ( &00,. ,’ 800 12 00
I*"*- , , 14 00
W* “ ~ jJMft’Vi -M 00 20 00
aaraeoiMM, •■ >«&oo . Moo
Husroe,
v,» 1
11 uterthmeat* nut romhcddrlththo number of insertion*
i will be continued. UUfcrbhl and charged according
ihtsbuvo .«..
11 Suiueu uotlece fire cen ta per line for every insertion.
JJhwry aoti<a»««ueedtng ten tin**, fifty cent* a square.
tribune directory.
CHURCHES. MINISTERS, fcC.
i'nAtffriun, Iter. A B..Cia»k, Pastor.—Preaching cv-
Sabbath morning at 10% o’clock, and In the fretting at
!, ~'riuck. Sabbath School at oo’clock, theLeo
lUwui. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening in
iLoitme room. . '
Sldhaiiti fyucnpaUltar S. CttiaamKW, Pastor,—Prcach
lu every Sabbath morning at, 11 o’clock and.in the even*
eabbatli School in the Leet.ure ipoom at 4 o’clock, P.
II (joiwral Prayer Meeting lu cerne room every Wedutc
toj evening. Young Uen:« Prayer Meeting every Jfrlday
1 AVwdicai Lutheran, Uev, Jacob Stec.c, Pastor,—Preach
in- cay Sabbath o'clock, audatfiUp’clock
inlla* evening. Sabbath School in the Leeture (loom at
o'clock. I’. M. Prayer Meeting’ in sauiu .room every
IVedueiiliy evening!
ChiV Unlhreti. Ilev.W.B. Pick, Pastor. — Preaching ov
,ry Sabbath morning at and in.the evening at
o'clock. Sabbath School in the Lecture Iluom nt 0
'ct«k, A. ii- Prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening
jaMtue room.
Mutant £pttcm>al, Rev. It. Wi"Ou vra, Pastor. —Divine
hrvico 2d acu'tth Sunday* of each month ht 15*4 o’clock
i. JL, and \% 1* M. Sunday School at B o’clock A- M.
fhihaic, Her. Joas twwos, Paistor.—Preaching at 10%
o’clock in tire morning, ami *.10% in . the afternoon.
Baptul, Rev. B.H. tasn. Pas tor—Preachl ng every Sabbath
aortiing at 10% o’clock, and. ttlsoiuthe evening. l Sabbath
School at 9 o'clock, A. M. Prayer Meeting every Wednee
div evening. , ' ’
African Methodi |rf, Bcv, SaTDIB Cva, Pastor.—Preaching
.very Sabbath n.ortiing at 11 o'clock and in theeveuiug, in
tin elti Union School Uuiuu. i
ALTQONA MAIL SCHEDULE
AIAILS CLOSE,
F,’»lfrn Way at
Mtilcrn “
ll.illidaydmrp,
Uctiern Through,
tuicrn Through Mall
i MAILS Or EM. ,
Kiittrn Through Mall, 7 55 A. M.
Wwiern Through, ;7 oo “
Voters -Way/' JT 00 A. M.
Karim* “ . |6 25 I*. M.
Midayalrtirg' '■ -T ,307A.M.an4 jC 15 “
Office uMujor the transaction ufliuniiicae from 030 A M.
I .7AO P. M., during (be week, and hom 730] t0 830 o’-
tii<*. ou Sunday. , •
Juuo 4, ’57-tfJ JOILV SnOKMAKKft, P. M.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE. [
Express Train East arrives 1,25 A.M., . leaves 1,30 A. M.
" “ West “ 7A5 •* ‘V’ 8,15 “
fut “ Knst , MC P.M. “ 102»P. M.
“ W«t “ B.MIMI, “ 6,25 I*. M.
!Wl •• Hast, “ . 7,35 A. M. « 7,50 A. >L
“ “ ■« , .HttP.JL, “ tUO P.Jt
Thr IIOLI.IPAV6DUUO BRANCH connects w tn Kxprcbs
i*lu East arid Wttrt, and with Mail Train East and VTest.
Tic tIUAIUSVILI.E BRANCH contiocta tvitUJuliuaUjvvii
r»j- Train East and 35*p8es« Train West and Mail
Tnlu East. \ ;
.NoumUer 2D, ISSS. ' TUOS. A. SCOTI, Snp't.
~ MEETINGS Of ASSOCIATIONS.
J hvnlain Lndrjr, A. Y. M., No. 2SI, meetaonijtconilTufa
if each niuiitli, In Uio tl> ini story 61 tlie Masonic Tem
l>le, .u 7}i o'clock, P- M. • f
ilimUti'n J&icmpmtnt, A. Y. M., Hn lf>, m<
f 'urthTttokbjr of «ith mouth, in the third Btori of the Ma
funic Temple, at 7 W o'clock. P. M. 1
.tlhwiia JWpc, I. 0. of O.J-'- No. 4"3, mecta eycry Friday
MMitng, in the second story of the .Mrusouio Temple, at
fiW, P. M. '}
I’craada l.O. of 0. V., No. 532, meets eyery Friday
vvsnlug.iu the third story of Paltuu’a Building,Da Virginia
• irw,t,at;^ o ’ch>ctt,P. 11. 1
UTejuhuyu Tribe, No. 35, ,1. 0. U. M, bold Mated Conn
oh every Tuesday evening in the I. 0. 0. T.,|UU, In tlm
Maleic Temple. Fire kindled at 7th tun 30tb
Inith. W. A. ADAMS, C. af R, 1 [June 35, ’57-ly
Juninr fiini nf America, Camp No. 31. meet*hvery Mon-
in the third story of Puttou’i) U all,, at)7}£ o’clock
'lur'ii/ijfon (Imp, ,Yn. 64, J, S. of X, meet* every
lumlay evening, iu the 2d etory of Patton’s Hall. -
AUurma Uivisiim, .Yo. 311, & nf T~, meet* eyCryEatnr
imv evening. in the tlJd Fellows’ Hall, Masonic Temple.
A'Uxna Mechanic*' Library and Heading JiOpm Jittocia
h'w meat* statedly on the Ist Saturday evening In Janua
-7 April, July and October. .Board of Directors meet on
h‘« Ist Tuesday evening In each month. Boom open from
• tu 10 o’clock every evening, (Sunday exceptmp
COUNTY OFFICERS.
■huljt*,,/ iv <Wli._President, Uoii. aeotrjie Taylor.—
“jocbitw, J . Venn Jones, David Caldwfelt. '. T!
‘TWionotary —Joncph Baiarldge. 1
UngU L CaljlweU. j
DWndvllfoni/y—Be'nj. ilowit.
Q>un(y ammisfioners— Jacob Baruluirt. 31 It. McFar-
Em* SJ- Jones. •’ .}
< J <T * ‘°Comnut*-oncrs-lluKh A. Caldwell i
JtfTMaWe AppraUer—Joecph O. Adhun. |
Ontnij/ Surpeyar—Jame* T,. Cwlun. 1
/rwustr—John Llngafelt. ! : '
S-Morrow, A.C. McCartney, Josi It. Uowttt.
Uii% Erectors—George Wearer, SoiAael Bhlver,
U>rr)nera.lf uiiim f ;
(bouton Seht n*-f«0#»
ALTOONA BOROUCH OFFICERS. -
.i-
AUtoon,' Robert Oreenj Robert B.
fIWVPMM Prlec.lfearT B. fleering. ‘ lV v '
V a«Mdtw<dm Allison. ;
g*.*! Adlnfc ! 'V :
Trrntmnr- Daniel Pnee. i
Sink, C. JO. Mmou, OeorgeW.
-
« ?’ Wert “ X; Greenwood. r
_ Ifortb “ Jacob Botfenberg.
*.; 'Wert ** ’K. D. MeCnmt, Jacob Heeeer.
- Worth “ O. W. Harman, John Condo,
toOCERIES.-—A LARGE AND
assortment of Groceries Imve jiwt been re-
J. B. HILBMAN.
rj§PET BAOS, TRUNKS, UM-
Ac-, cau be bought cheaper at H. TCCITS
other pUce In'the country. [Dec. 9,1858.
SI? HAND AT McGOEiMICK’S Store
.ri _ 8 assortment oTßeady*Made clothing.
-Nor, 25,-tf.
ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS, Trus
ffi ’ Bttcoatore^at
, KKSSLER’B.
WEOT LgAl) ANB ZINC
* Cfcwi>«aa»«u l i*Bot»rP»irteo««n. Jrji
lPw * <ulat jpfcj’ *:• v : f EJBSauSB'B.
7 23 A. 31
' .7 25 A.M
7 25 A. M, ami 6 00 P. 31
600 “
jj 30 “
leti) on tlio
IKTEST BKANCH t
; WKB, um STOCK AND ! J
Hf!A L (fomAJSX,
\ .:,.r .. QP tOOK HAVEN, PA. " ' '
R - Au°- KERR. AGEXT.
ALTOQNA, BLAIR COUNTY, RA.~
CapiUl, _ $300,000 I, Premium Notes, $162D00
, Chartered, 1866—Cluirtorl'etpetual. ••
Ato «V on flrat class
Uoraes, Mules and Cartjeftt.reasoiiable rate*.
Incftpaci
- - Tjfe
2P«P do do l&S
30 00 do do S'SX
OO do do ■ or ( |a
-40 00 do . do
50 00 do' do, •• ‘sj 00
„ „ „ WASCTOM: '
gSE---
SamuelChrUt, John pHifi,
Toe Board of Directors sobmitibe iOllowlac testimonial
T ~ Wiujajbwot, Pa, August 6, 1867.
* *“* Muuatated wlth Directors and GlB
cxra of the Westßraaca Insurance Company at Lock Ha-
aiidcheerfnllyhear testimony to their high chur
a< Mi r men. A company under their control
* ud prudently managed, and
ISMWm " bopowWy Adjusted.
GREAT OPENING
OP
SPRING AND SUMMER
C§3> <3D <£> o
JB. HILEMAN HAS JUST RE
« ccived and opened at his old stand, on Virginia st_
a large and attractive assortment of seasonable goods, com
prising all the novelties In
BEREGCS
2) COALS,
cm\TZES
LA IFA’X
GJXGBAMS
EMBROIDERIES,
LACES HOSIERY <£- GLOI'ES,
*■ and all varieties and textures of
■LADIES Dlt ESS GOODS r ,
together with a hill assortment of goods for gentlemen's
weal, snch us Cloths, Cassimcres and Vestings.
Also a full stock of Hardware, Queeuswore and
GROCERIES,
and an assortment of • '
‘ ROOTS, SHOES, GAITORS, kC.,
of all sizes and styles, which equal to any In the market,
and will bo.sohl at lair prices.
Having recently enlarged my store-room, 1 can now
display my largely increased stock to better advantage
and would respectfully invite everybody to coll.
3lay 12,1639.
'jVTEW GROCERY AND LIQUOR
STORE.—The undersigned would Leg leave to an
nounce to the citizens of Blair county and vicinity that he
has opened hi* new Store on ttrginii street, three doors
beltw tlit Supaintaidenfs Office, where he h(w just received
from the East and West a large assortment of
Foreign and Domestic Liquors,
consisting as follows: JWHg
French Chard Brandy, Cognac Brandy, Peach
* Brandy, Cherry Brandy, Old Burgundy
Wine, Old Pott Hi«e, Jamaica Rum ,
Holland Gita Old Rye Whiskey,
Monongahda Wlnskey\ and
Rhine IRne, ’
which he Itaa himself imported. Retailers of Liquors and
Farmers will find it to their advantage to buy of him,
ns he will sell at CITY PRICES.
Ho wiU also keep constantly on hand an assortment of
GROCERIES,
Such as flour. Bacon, Sail, Fish, Tobacco, Se
gars. Syrup, Sugar, Qoffee, se., se..
All of which will bo sold cheap for cosh or Country Produce*.
Onr friends had the public generally ore respectfully in
vited to give us a Call before purchasing elsewhere.
. " LOUIS PLACE.
Altoona, May 20, ISiO.-tf
J>. R. GOOD, M. D. • “ J. SI GEXMILL, SI. D.
Dll S. GOOD & GEMMILL HAY
ING entered into Partnership In the Practice of
Medicine, respectfully tender their services to the Public
in the several branches of their Profession.
Calls will be answered either day or night at their office
—which Is the same as heretofore occupied by Dra. Hirst
& Good, I—or 1 —or al the Logan House.
Do. 6EMMILL REFERS TO
David Gilbert, M. Di I’rot Obstetrics in Penu’a Medical
College, Philadelphia,
f . GtmtnsT Smith, M. D„ Prof Institutes of Medicine In
Peuu’a Medical College.
Jony h’Zßx, M- Prof, Surgery in Pa. Mod. Col, and Sur
geon to the Pa. Hospital, Philadelphia
J.B. Lnden, MB, Huntingdon. Pa
John McCulloch, MD,- *•
John Scott, Esq, • u
Wffl Dorris, Jr, Esq, “
Wm M Lloyd, Esq', Hollidnysburg,
John Cresßwcll, Jr, Esq. *•;
Samuel Millikeu, Esq, Dell’s Mills,
Gen BP Bell,
John Bell, Esq, “ • >
April 21st, l?0i) Urn
DR. WM 11. FINLEY RE- g
BPECTPCI.LY offers his
services to the people of Altoona andthe
Joining country”.
He may be found at the office beretoioro 00. mjaOWf
cupied by Dr. O. D. Thomas.
Altqpifa, Sept. 30,1858.rtf
B E. ROYER, M. D., j
• Offers hfa professional services to the citizens of
Altoona and vicinity. • ,
The best of references canbogiven if required.
Office atreslderice oh Branch street, East Altoona, three
doors abdve Conrad’s Store. [April 28 *59-Iy.
TYWHSTBy:—D]R. 8. KIMMEEL,
,l_# OP££ATIVE <£ MECHANICAL DENTiat.
Teeth Inserted, Jrom oneto afnll sot, oh Gold or Silver
'.Terthfflled with Gold, sad warranted for ten years.
Teeth Extracted the Electro Magnetic Machine with*
oat Pain. ' :• ' | •
. 'All operations and work, done cheaper than anywhere
else It the county, and adeduction made, of the railroad
gxpeneesfrom Altoona to' HotHdaysburg, from allopera
ikae amountlngto five dollars ana over. . ’ ' -
' gdhjfUßce pnMontgomery street, opposite the Exchange
lloW,MslHsyshtlrg, P|a.. ! [Dec. 16,1858-ly
I WM. 8. BITTNER,
BURGEON DENTIST.
OFFICE IN THE MASONIC PEM
' Phß. Teeth extracted without pain by the .Electro
Magnetic Machine. [Deo. 23,'’^S/tf
nr A. Student wanted.
Blair county insurance
AGENCY.—The undersigned, Agent' of "Bio' Blair
County Mutual Eire Insurance Company, b at all
times ready to insure against loss or daauigc by &to,BuQdr
inat, S&rc/iandiic, FtlmUiire and Property, of every des
cription; in town or country, at as reasonable rate* asttriy
Company Id the State. 'Office with Belt, Jerimston, Jack k
Co. P. X. CAPPWEIi, AaenU
Jan. 27, ’59-tf
Lycoming county mutual
FIRE INSURANCE AGEKOY.—TJio undersigned,
agent of the Lycoming Mutual Fire Insurance Company, is
at all times ready to insure ngjilnst loss or damage by tiro,
Budding*, Merchandise, furniture and Properly of every
description, in town,or country, at ns reasonable rates on
any company in tlio State. Oflico In the Masonic Temple.
Jan.B,'S6-tfj JOHN SHOEMAKER, JyenL
BEAT WESTERN INSURANCE
\JT isD TRUST COMPACT.—lnsurance on Rgal or
norebnal property will be' effected on the mostraasonabie
ittrma by their agents in Altoona at his offioo in Attna fit,
I 7JOSS, #HO*MAK£B, AjeAt.
j r» a-
: .ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY; AUGUST 25, 1869.
■•'■■l ftEFI^ECTMWSS
upoß UEomrxHo a copy gp mt fiebt poem pub.
IdSHBD' IN A VILLAGE NEWSPAPER.
Ab I here it is I I’m famous now—
An author and a poet!
it really is Hi printl Ye Gods!
How proud I’ll be to show |tl
And gentlc Annal what a thrill
W.UI animate her breast, '
To read these ardent linos and know
To whom they arc addressed.
Why; blessjhy soul 1 here’s something strange,
Wbat can the paper mean,
By talking of the (t graceful .brooks,
Tbatpon&r o’er the green?"
And here’s d t instead of R,
■Which makes it tippling rill
“ Will seck the shod” instead of shade.
And “WP? instead of “ hill.”
“They look bo—what? I recollect
’Two* “sweet” aud then ’twns ‘ kind,”
And now,to think the- stupid fool '
For “Wand” has printed “Hind !■’
Was over such provoking work?
’Tin curious, by tho bj-.
How anything is rendered blind
■By giving it an eye.
“ Hast thou ho tears”—tho T’» left out—
“ Hast thou ho ears” instead;
“ I hope that thou art dear 1 ' is put
“ I hope that thon art doad."
Who ever saw in such a space
Somauy blunders crammed ?
“ Whose gentle eyes bedimmed” is spelt
“ Xhose gobtlo eyes be d—di”
“ The color ofthe rose” is “ nose,”
Affection’-’ is “ alttiction
I wonder if the likeness holds
In fact .as well as diction?
“Thou art a friend,” the it is gono:
Whoever would have deemed
a trilling thing could change
A “lricnd”;into a “fiend!”
“ Thon art the same” is rendered “ lame,”
It really is too bad;
And hero because an “I” is.out.
My “lovely maul” is “ madl”
They drove her blind by poking in
An eye—a process now;
And npw they’ve gouged it out again,
And made her crazy, too.
“ Where are tire muses fled, that thou
Shouldst live so long unsung,”
Thus read my vereiou—here it is—
“ Shouldst live so long tnOucng /”
“ Tire Cite of Woman's lovu is thine,”
'An U commences “ fate
How small a circumstance will change
A woman’s love to hate!
I iruad no more! what aliaU J do?
I’U never dare to send it;
The paper’s scattered fur and wide—
’Xis now too late to mend it.
Oh, fiupe! than cheat of hainau bliss—
Why did 1 ever write!
I wish my had been burnt
hefure it saw the light.
la)t’> stop and recapitulate:"
I’ve doraued her eyes, that’s plain—
I’ve tojd her she’s a lunatic.
And blind ami deaf and lame!
Was ever such a horrid hash
In poetry or-prose?
I've said site wins a fiend, and praised
The color of her nose.
1 wish 1 had that editor
About a half a minute—
I’d “ bang” lu'm to his heart's content.
And ; wlth an “ II” begin it.
Jldcd ||liscfllan».
TUE CADL\ BOY.
On my way across the Sound I fell in
with two old sea captains —John Streeter
and Asa Morton-—whom I had some slight
acquaintance. Captain Streeter was about
three score, and had followed the sea du
ring most of his life. Morton was consid
erably younger, but still a seaman of much
experience. The subject of the abolition
of flogging ini; our navy come up in course
of conversation, and Captain Morton ex
pressed himself very decidedly in favor of
that time honored institution, the cat-o’
ninc-tail(3. ji ,
“ I aip notprcpaled to say./' remarked
Captain Streeter, in reply, “ that the con
dition ofpnr/ man-b’-warsmen will be in
case benefited by the abolition of
flogging/ though I am sure it might be so.
I mean thati|lie officers have it in their
power to do away with all kinds of pun
ishtaent.; -1 mean* of course, for such of
fences as areji usually punished oh ship
board ”
‘‘Forimy part,” returned Morton, “I
shouldn’t care to take command of a ship,
if the power of punishing refractory sea
men as I thought proper were taken from
", >
« Weljl,” said Capt. Streeter, “ I used
to oo. In - fact, there were but
fewmastersmore passionate orsevere than
I was. jMen &sedto run away from me,
and on more |ban one occasioh my life has
been in from the violence of men
whom I had abused. ; 1 used the cat and
the rope’s end almost as freely as I used"
my tongue; tfcnd I used to wonder how it
happened" that I always had the luclfto
get such bad men. ■ , .
“ When I was aboift forty years of age
I took command of the ship
She was an old craft, and had seen full as
much service as she was capable of seeing
with safety. |But her pwhers were willing
to trust a valuable cargo in her, so I vrould
not refuse toi' trust myself.- ; We- wens
hound to Liverpool, &nd nothing unnsual
happened'until aboaflihe mgfo]h y day:o^•
when we ran fool or a shtall icebe*g~
[independent in everything.]
It was early in the morning before san-
not above six or eight feet of «jo
was out of water, it having been , nearly all
melted away, in the warm waters of the
Gulf Stream. I did not think we hadlsus
tained much injury, for the' shook was
slight; but I was very angry and gave the
lookout a severe punishment, without first
stopping to enquire whether he could have
seen the berg in season to escape it.
My cabin boy was named Jack Withers.
He was fourteen years of age, and this was
his first voyage. I had taken him from a
widowed mother, and had promised to see
him weir treated —that was, if he behaved
himself. He was a bright, quick, intelli
gent lad, but X soon made myself believe
that he had an awful disposition. 1 fan
cied he was the most stubborn piece of
humanity I had ever come across, 1 made
up my\mind he had never beefi properly
governed, and resolved to break biin in.
I told him Fd curb Lis temper before I
had] done with him. In reply he told mfe
I might kill him if I liked 5 and I flogged
him with the end of the mizzeo topgal
lant halliards till he could hardly stand.
I asked him if he had enough, and he
told me that I might flog him more if I
wished it. I felt a strong inclination to
throw the boy overboard, but at that mo
ment he staggered back against the miz
zen-mast from absolute weakness, and I
left him to himself. * When I reasoned
calmly about the boy's disposition I was
forced to acknowledge that he was one of
the smartest and most faithful lads I had
ever seen. When I asked him; to do any
thing he would be off like a rocket, but
when I roughly ordered him too do it,
then came the disposition with which 1
found fault.
One day, when it was very near noon, I
spoke to him, and told him to go below
ana bring up my quadrant. He was look
ing oyer the quarter-rail, and I knew he
did not hear me, and tho ppxt time I
spoke I ripped out an, oath, antji intimated
that if he didn’t move I’d helpijbini.”
“ I didn’t hear ye,” he said, .with ratLor
an independent tone. . J '
“ No words,” said I. 1
“ 1 s’posc I can speak,” pc retorted,
moving slowly towards the companion- way.
His looks, words, and theslow careless
manner in which he moyed, fited me in a
moment, and I grasped him by the collar.
“ Speak to me again like tllat, and I’ll
flog you within an inch of your life,’’
said I. p 1
“ You can flog away,” he replied, firm
and undaunted as a rock.
And I did flog him. I caught up the
end of a rope and beat him till my arm
fairly ached ) but he never winced.
“ How’s that ?” said I.
“ There’s a little more life ip me you'd
better flog out,” was his reply.
And I beat him again. I b;eat him till
he sank from my hand against the rail ;
and theu I sent one of the-men for my
quadrant. When it,came, and I adjusted
it for my observation I found that the sun
was already past the meridian, and that
I was too late. This; id Jed 'fuel to the
my madness, and quickly seizing
thedadxby the collar/'I led him to the
main hatchway, and had the .hatch taken
off. I then thrust him down and swore I
would keep him there till his stubbornness
was broken. The hatch was then put on,
and I went into the cabin. I
good deal that afternoon, not with any
compunctipns fotf- what I had done, but
with my own temper and bitterness. It
made me mad to think that I could not
conquer that boy; that I could not break
down his cool opposition. “ But I will do
it,” I said to myseli, “ by the heavens
above me, I’ll starve him into it, or he
shall die under the operation.”
After supper I went to hatchway,
end called out to him, but he‘returned me
ho answer. So I closed, the batch and
went away. At ten o’clock I called again,
and again I got no answer. I might have
thought that the flogging had taken away
his senses, had not some of the men as
sured me that they had heard him, not an
hou* before, talking to himself. I did
not trouble him again until morning. Af
ter breakfast I went to the hatchway and
called out to him once more. I heard
nothing from him, nor could I see him—l
had not seen him since I put him down
there. I called but to him several times,
hut he would make no reply—and yet the
bame men told me they had heard him
talking that very morning. Be seemed
to bb calling on them for help, but he
would hot ask me. I meant to break him
into it, “ lie’ll beg before- he’ll starve,”
1 thought, and so 1 determined .to let him
stay-there. I supposed thatiie had crawl
ed forward to
order to make the sailors hear him. Some
of the men asked leave to, gp down, and
look after him* bnt I refused. I threat
ened to'pnnish the fitat man who dared to
go down, ' ‘V' v-A :
• At noon I went, and as he tlid
nbt answer me this rime, I resolved that
ho should come to the hatch way and ast
for me ere I. went any mprb. The day
passed away,, and 'wfcon ; evening
again 1 began to be startled. I bought
of the many good qualities the bbf had,
won in the hold hnif iftß.
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of forty without'food qr
be too weak to but now. ;It was hard
for mo to giro up, but ifhediedthere
from absolute, starvation, it :iflij»ht go "hair*
der with me still. So at length I made
up my mind to go and see bifli- It was
not qui,te sundown when, I had the hatch
taken off, and I jumped down upon the
boxes alone. A little way forwvd ‘1 saw
a space where Jack might:;easily have,
gone down, and to that poiht |X cradled oh
my hands and knees. 1 calledl out there,
but could hear no answer. •>&; short dis
tance farther Was a wide space, which I
had entirely forgotten, but Which I now
remember nad been left open on account
of a break. in;- the lhehold,
which would have lei anything that might
have, been stewed there rest;drrC<stly upon,
the thin planking of- the ship; '
To this place I made and look
ed down. I heard the splashing of water,
and t thought I could detect W,aound like
the incoming of a. tiuty or stream.—
At first I oould see nothing, ibnt; as soon
as I became .used to the dim; light,'l could
distinguish the faint outlines of the.boy at
some distance below me. lie seemed to
be sitting upon the broken fiooif, with his
feet stretched out against a. cask. I cal
led out to him, and thought he looked up.
are you here?”
TAnd he answered*me In a faint, weary
tODO ■■■
“ Yes, help nie! For heaven’s sake,
help me ! Bring men, andbring a lan
tern —the ship has sprung a leak.”
I hesitated, and he added, in a more
eager tone— v
“ Make haste—l will try to hold it till
you come back.” *
I waited' to hear no more, but hurried
on deck as soon as possible, apd returned
j with a lantern and three men, I leaped
down beside the boy, and could scarcely
believe the evidence of my senses. Three
ofthe timbers were completely worm-eat
en to the very heart, and one of the outer
planks had been broken, and would burst
in any moment the boy might leave it,
whose feet? were braced against the cask
before him." Half-a-dozen little jets of
water wore streaming in aboutiiim, and
he was wet to the skin, -Ysaw that the
plank must burst iu tire strain
was removed from it, so I made my men
brace themselves against it before I lifted
him up. Other men were balled down
with planks, and spikes, and adzes, and,
with much care and much I trouble, we
finally succeeded iu stopping the leak, aud
averting tho danger. The plunk which
had been stove in was six feet long by
eight inches ,wide, and wduld let in.a
stream of water-of that capacity. It would
have been beyond our roach long ere we
could have discovered it, and we would
have sunk ip a very short time. I knew
it must be where the iceberg struck us.
Jack Withers was taken to the cabin,
arid managed to toll his storyi Shortly
alter I put him in the hrildi he crawled
forward, and when he became used to the
dim glimmer that came through the dead
lights, looked about for a snug place in
which to lie, for his limbs and
sore* He went to sleep, and when he
awoke he heard a faint sound, like Water,
streaming through a small hole. He
went to the open place in the cargo, and
looked down, and in a few minutes'found
that the timbers bad given .wholly away,
and the stream was increasing in size.—
He placed his hands upon the* plank, and
found it broken, and also discovered that
the pressure of the water without wasj
forcing it inward. He had seise enough
to see that if it gained ah Übh mote it
must all go, and the ship! be lost, and peiv
Imps all haifds perish.. And he saw, too,
that if he could the broken plank in
its place, he might stop the incoming
flood.. So he sat himself upon it, and
braced his feet against the cask, and then
called for help. But he was ?ao far away,
so low down with such a depse ma-w of
the cargo about him, .that his voice scarce
ly. reached other ears than his oWn., Some
of the men heard him, but they, thought
ho was talking to himself. H ;
And there,he saj, with his feet braced,
for fbur-and-twenty dreary hours/withtho
water spurting 'ln tiny : streams all over
him, drenching him to the sldh. ; He had
thought ssveral times of 'faring to the
hatching and calling for. he|pj- buthe
knew that ‘the .broken wink wouldbe
forced in if he. left. it, for he could feel it
heave .beneath him., His sfcjrenath waa
: .Hjaaba with
pain—bat rher would' pot. jfcup. I
asked him if he should not have given up
if I had not borne as I did. ' Hb answered
that he could.nothaVodohpijt'whHehe
had life in him. He' said he thought not
df hunself-r-he was ready' to 1 dieH"hat ho
would saVe the rest if he could-—andhe
iiad saved usy surely saved; tie all, from a
v•: - r :. •:j i . ‘
; Thai boy lay pick in the cabin for many
tdinostunto death; bat I nurs
ed him; with my own hands-Hmfsed him
all; through hi£ delirium; and when his
reason returned, and ho could sit up, and
X bowed myself before him, and
hanibly his pardon for all the wrong:
■I 1 h'an ddne him. 4 He threvehis arms'
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EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS*
for oiteice | and added as he sat up
—“,/<m «o<, a covard—l couldn't %c a
*%«” ' ■ ■ . v
Erom that hoar I never forget these*
words j and from that hour I have never
rtraelt a blow oh hoard my ship. I make
wy mea feel that they are men—Chat lae
regard them, and that I wish to make
them as comfortable and as happy as pos
sible } and X have not failed to gain their
respect and confidence. I give no undue
license, but make my crew feel that they
have a friend and superior in the sbne
person. For nine years I sailed in three
different ships, ‘with the same crow! '’ A
man couldn’t be hired to leave me save
for an officer’s berth. ; > y
Add Jack Withers remained with 19a
thirteen years. Ho was my cabin'boy:
one of* the foremost hands j my second
mate * and. the last time'he sailed with me,
refused the of a new bark be*"
cause he would not be separated frounce.
But he is a captain now, and one of the
best this country ever afforded. Suoh|
gentlemen, is my experience in govern
ment and discipline on shipboard. : v 'V-
“ I Pare Reftiae to Wight***
After sctiool at night, George"rioined
some boys who were amusing
by adding down hill on their
G corge had’drawn hid sled up to ihetob
of the bill, and was riding down again,
when one of the boys, to tease him, drew
his sled directly in .the path, so that When
George’s sled camo in contact with it he
was thrown off iijto the snow. &»rge
was inclined to be angry at first; buV ho
soon recolleoted hiniaelf, and* thought “ if
I do not get angry now, th/a will be a tri
umph, lain sure” V
All tlie boys gathered around him Aud
said, “ Give it to him, Georgb j give it to
him. I would-pay him welf for thnti^
“ No," said George: «ifhahad done
wrong, that is no reason, why I shorn! do
wrong too." 'V ' • ■
“It is because you dafe not fight me,
that you have grown so wonderful good
all at once,- said the boy Who had thrOwn *
him from- his sled. v, ; V.
George felt his spirit begin to rise at
this thupt;, hut he anew he was in the
right Of it and he answered dalndyV"
“ I dare refuse to fight, notwithstftnd
mg your sneers j and I leave you td iadge
which requires the greatest courage:”
All the boys knew that .George was
V& hfc,and liad displayed the best and most
difficult kind Nof courage : so they uiied
him no more to fight; and even thVboy
who had thrown him frdm the sled could
not help feeling , ashamed of conduct.
, Hgv. Mr.,- A. was more emi
pent in his day for the BriHlanoj'of hia
imagination than the force of his
At one time he was preaching oh Kthe
Ministry of Angels,” and in theperora
tmn he suddenly observed, ‘‘ I heat*
whwber!” The change of tone startled
the deacon, tvhosat below, from' a ilfovrey
mpop, and springing to hiB fcet, hfii9aicL
*&¥**» \tii- the boy tin tfogkUsry!&i
of n became weary
°f his life, tiiought he might aTwaU com- >
mit smcide, bat hd did notwi&t«|»
forgoing all hmeaemiea. sift
the Jast moment he removed the noose
trom hia neck, saying to himself :" rt I
nwer can or mil forgive ohi Noah for le£'
“7? w®. copperhead saakOa get into sbe»
ark. They have killed two thousand dol*
lara worth of my cattle;’'
• n Joe'wd
Orleans with a\ bt J&f
wrote to hb Mhe^lSibs:'; :&/«* *&u
“ f*£? “
H Your affectionate sun
• Modern churches—bazaars fbr tlie''
better display of sUkB, s»tm andmilUheiy;
litue shops whereiii .eccentricity, learns,
notoriety end a princely income for doing
everything bat shewing people the wavW
heaven. . ■ ' ■
, A thick-headed squire, being Wors- '
ed by Sidney Smith in an argument, took v
his revenge by exclaiming, «if I had. 4
son who was an idiot, by Jove, I’d iniske;
him a parson” « Very probably* ropßedt *
Sidney,: “ but I see yodr father vras'bf n ■
different mind.”
#SU» Foote being once annoyed iy
poor tiddler “straining harsh disooxcm”
under the window, sent him a shUllhg;
with a request that he would eise* '
where, as one scraper at the door was suf- -
ficient.
v Idlers and Grumblers.—
y° nr ,i ra '-ki doing nothing bntgra&dß*,’
Bntatnrt for a run If jou moot-with a ttonhtoi
ThL h i!?i!!?! twbeBCo ? rw,b y rut* ta t»>e«Sir’
wiu your idleness eaten by nut* ; \ /
, B®*There are few men* who,
they, oe#ain of death oo their mootaaotla
-morrow Bjajrbe the .epte ™ fl fo
go oain
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