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tUB ALTOONA TRIBUNE.
jjcCBU’ 1 4 W® 2 ** PuWlshora and Proprietors.
m fnayalAo invariably in advance,) $1,60
per aU1 ’, ‘ auconf at '.the - expiration -ef the time
krvs of AnVrimßixa. ‘ !
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*;' ■ ~j .ir Uusincsa Cards, nqt exceeding 8
* ?' Vffiil, I'iipcT, per year, 5 00
of » political character or individual ia
' 7*1(1 l*c charged-according to. tins abpro antes.
"T irrli-ernoot.- not marked number of insertions
will Pc coutiuued till forbid and charged according
n.five per line for every insertion.
a'liuary entrees exceeding ten lines, fifty cento .a. square.
Krs. GOOD k GEMMILL hav-
I I Ty (i (■ntori'cl into Partnership'll! the Practice of
iw„'Jnc respectfully tender their services, to the Public
, , c v, ral branches of their Profession,
r-ii. will be answered cithor'day or night |at their office
« iikh i J the sam-as heretofore occupied by Drs. Hirst
Mienl.— er at the Logan House.
‘ ij ; ril 21.1. .
wTmTLLOYD & OC).,
ALTOONA, -TA,
JOHNSTON, JACK & CO.,
JIOLLIDAYSBURG, PA.,
(Late “Beil, Johnston, Jack £ Co”)
r\ K A FTS ON THE PRINCIPAL
I f line's, and Silver and Gold for sale. Collections
Meuej-s received op dopofsite, payable on demand,
miiaiui interest, or upon time, with Interest at lair rates.
‘rcb.M.lSoO. ... c
f ANDS ! LANDS!! LANDS !! I
I / Th- undersigned Is prepared to locate LAND WAR
HIVTS in the Omalia and Nebraska City Laud Offices. —
can now be made near th< large streams
u,i di’ttteujeiits. The Lauds of this Tei ritory, now in
Market, are of the best quality. \ . .
ja. .Selections carefully made. Letters of inquiry re
,,£t«i. ALEX. F.McKINNEI,
Onzaroua, Casa County, K. Ter.
July U, 15i9.-tf
MIE1INCB8;
Rct. A. B. Clark, Alteona, Pa.
Wu. si. bunco & Co, Bankers, Altoona, Pa.
Slefnoi A Uses, Editors. “
Tiled. A. Scott. Supt. P. R. R.. “
1). McMcbtbus, Esq, Huntingdon, Pa,
I D. LKET, ATTORNEY AT LAW
t! ALTOONA, BLAIR Co, Pa, _ . , .
T.practice law in the several Courts of Blair, Cambria,
Huntingdon, Clearfield, Centre and adjoining counties.—
l>u in the District Count of the United States. \
Cellections of claims promptly attended to. Agent for
lit Itle qf Real Estate, Bounty Laud Warrants, and all
tonnes* pertaining to conveyancing and the law.
_ REfERSNCES :
Hon. Wilson McQendles arid Andrew Burke, Esq., Pitts
torpli; non. Samuel A. Gilmore, Pres. Judge of Fayette
JuJiml District; lion. ChcnordClemens,ol Whceling, Vag
Hus ll-uryD. Foster, (jroensburg:.Hon. John W. Killinger,
filiation; Hon. Wm. A. Porter, Philadelphia; and Hon.
Sftirsu I*. Ilamelton, Pittsburg. Juno 18, 1859-ly. v
W R. BQYERS,
TT • J TTORNEY <t CanSSKLLOR A 3 LA IV,
ALTOONA, BLAtR COUNTY, PA.
ffiH practice in the several Courts of Blair, Cambria,
Huntingdon and Indiana counties.
Particular attention given to the collection of Claims,
if. ptempt remittances made. J
He 5(-aU tlir Herman language fluently.
i«* mike. for the present, with J.M. Cherry, Esq., op
, sito Keb»ler’a Drug Store.
AUiXinit, August 4,*18&9.—tf
VOW FOR FITS:—THE SUB
a. i Ncnbt r UcHire.9 to inform (be citl&rua of Altoona
Uct i.r h.\- jun received his stock of . j
FALL AND WINTER OLQTHS.
'Vlis.ii he :/■ prepared tf make up to order on short notice
“• 1 e;i v reasonable terms us any other Tailor In the
i *. JOHN O’DONNELL.
AU...IW, Not. mil, 1559.
Boots and shoes.—the un-
Jeriiigned has now on hand and will
Ml at his store in ’.the Masonic Tem
?“'■ a Urge ahd complete assort mentofßQOTS
IXD SHOES]ready made,pr‘'mwte.'to order..
"tsrshoes. Ladies’Sandals, Citlin Shoes, ,Oorit
*»•! everything iu hje Uhe ofhnsijhgsnof ’
l>-st quality and on the moat reason&rlo terms. All
>-iS'j.n work Warranted.
Jan. I. 'iC-tf.J
WM. 8. BITTNER,
SURGEON DENTIST.
{ Vi’FICE IN THE MASONIC TEM-
V m ~ [Dec. 23, ’SS^-tf.
*4* A indent wanted,
nil. "WM. R FINLEY HE- *
1/ SPECTFCLLY offers his profession&l
tea to c)io'people of’ Altoona ami the
Country. .
n, may be found at the office herotolore oe- Bosh
*pieJi,yDr. O. D.Wohn«.' \
Altoona, Septi ;..
\\ h\ ROYER, M D., .
, Offers hie professional serricMto theeitiMns of
‘•tooca and vicinity. . : ' •
li 4 best of refcrenciaf.cftn bo given if required.
WDet at Altoona, three
CmnujyShn*!. >4; -Up April 28 '69-ly,
\f EDICAT&D PER CHEST PRO
jUJL TEcroE, \ saw .shield .aqainst .those
<JoPgli», C!oliJa,' and other affefc
tiH-t „ ,!le the exposed state of the
Cii» ' a ' x f r(lx, V t«/<uW6p and the continual ehahjte* ofoui
att - sale at the Drag Store of ft vr trufeLWß '
More light ! more lilght i
st«i A. Roush, a eplendid
(5J,. , 1t Carbontjfl,whis> Jie will acll at aiicta per
»S*[!°* lot of Oarbon OU 'Xampe of Jon©* intent
07 ES! 0 J—OENTIiB^IEN
mioST
u inid*r i “ l C ’ ♦hat lte W wadr tb
fjan.?l6B. :
SS EYE PEESER
KEBBUSVS
BziO'tO 20x24,; AND CUT
LB4H> ZINC
W&HT ATM. HUGH’S,
%e. * Wajhi**#* Shoulder Be«n Pine Shins
J^ F-A W»*Ji AS-
3 months. 6 months. 1 year.
$l5O $3 00 $,6 00
2 50 4 00 7 00
4 00 6 00 10 00
6 00 8 00 12 00
6 00 10 00 14 00
J. Shoemaker.
SAVING FUND.
National
Company,
SAVING FUND— NATIONAL
SAFETY TRUST COilPAKY.—Chakteekd nr the
State of Pxnnstlvaku.
1 76
, „ RULES.
1. Money is received every day, and in any amount, large
or small. ,
2. Five per cent. interest is paid for money from the day
it is put in. \ .
.■ SyTho money ,is always paid back in gold, whenever it
is called tor, and without notice.
4. Money is received from JB realtors'. Administrators,
Guardian*, and others who desire to have it ln,a place of
perfect safety, and wheredntcrest can be obtained Jbr it.
5. The money received from depositors' is invested in
Real Estate, Moetqaqes, Ground rents, and suclt other
first class securities os the Charter directs.
0. Office Honrs—Every day from 9 till 5 o’clock, and.on
Mondays and Thursdays till 8 o’clock in the evening.
HON. H. L. BENNER, President.
ROBERT BELFRIDGE. Vice President.
W. J. REED, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
Henry L, Benner, Fearcia Lee, \
Edward L. Carter, F. Carroll Brewster,
Robert SelfbiPoe, Joseph B. Barry,
Samuel K. Ashton, Joseph Yebkes,
C. Landreth Musns, Henry Diefkndebfer.
Office : Walnut Street, S. W. Corner of Tliird St. Phila
delphia, April X4th, ’6O-ly.
Commonwealth Insurance Co.,
UNIOX BUILDINGS, Zd STREET,
w- R. BOYERS, AGENT,
ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY, PA.
Chartered Capital $300,000.
INSURE BUILDINGS AND OTHER
PROPERTY against Loss or Damage by Fire. Also
against perils of the Sea, Inland Navigation and Transpor
tation.
DIRECTORS.
Simon Cameron, Qeo Bergaor, W F Mnrray,
Geo M Laumon, Benjamin Parke, F K Boas,
M illium Dock, Wm U Kepner, Jno H Berryhill,
Eli Slifer, A B Warford, Wm F Packer.
James Fox,
OFFICERS:
SIMON CAMERON, President.
BKNJ. PARKE, Vice President.
5. S. CARRIER, Secretary.
Sept. 29, 1859.-(im
PENNSYLVANIA INSURANCE
COMPANY, af|||n|fcL-nan.
W. R. BOYERS, AGENT,
ALTOONA, PA.
Capital and Surplus 0ver.5150,000.00.
DIRECTORS:
Jacob Painter, A A Carrier, 1 Geo W Smith,
Kody Patterson, A J Jones, Wade Hampton,
Henry Sproni, . N VoegUtly, Robert Patrick,
C A Colton, I Grier Sproni, Jas H Hopkins.
This Company has paid losses tom the date of its incor
poration in 1854, up to May, 1859, to amount of $302,835.07,
in addition to regular semi-annual Dividends of from 5 to
15 per cent., affording evidence of its stability and useful
ness. Losses Liberally Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
A. A. Carrier, Pres't. I. Grier Strode, Sedy. "
f HTY INSURANCE COMPANY,
\_y dffux, 110 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
W. R. BOYERS, AGENT,
Altoona, Blair County, Pa.
CruEinc Pebpetcal. Capital $200,000.
Organized 1851.
Insures from loss Vy AYrc.-—Household Goods, Buildings
and Merchandize generally.
Insure* Lives —-During thn Natural Life orforSliortTerraa.
Inlatid.lnsurance—Od Goods, by Canal. Lakes and Land
Carriage. ROBERT PERRY 1 , Pratt.
H. K. Richardson, VxeePreJt.
Gw. C. [Sept. 29, ’6»-r6m
American Life tgjjfturance and Trust Co*
Capital 5900,000.
Company Building, \Vahmt St., S. E. comer of
Fourth 2hila. x
W. R. BOYERS. AG’T, alt.oona,
LIFE INSURANCE AT THE USUAL MUTUAL RATES,
OR AT JOINT STOCK RATES, AT ABOUT 20 PERCENT.
Eggs, OR AT TOTAL AUSTINANCE RATES, THE LOW
EST IN THE WORLD. A. 'WUtLLDIN, Pres’t.
i. C. SIMMS, Necty. -/ > [OcL 27th, 18$3-ly.
Blair couintyi insurance
jP,? NCY ;“i V' O .Of. the Blair
uonuty Mutual tiro Insurance ..Company, is at all
times ready to Insure against-loss or damage by fire, Build
ings, Merchandise, Furniture and Property; xd every dee
cription, in. town or country, at as reasouableiates as any
Company in,the State. Office with Bell, Johnston, Jack 4
Lycoming county mutual
.INSURANCE AGENCY.—The undersigned,
agent of the Lycoming Mutual Firo Insurance Company, is
at all times ready to insure against loss or damage by fire.
Buddings, Merchandise, Furniture and Property, of every
description, in town or country, at as reasonable rates As
any company in the State. Office in the Masonic Temple.
Jan.3,’ftft-tf ] JOHN SHOEMAKER, jgtnK
Great western insurance
AND TRUST COMPANY I—lnsurance on Real or
T 1 ho effected on the most reasonable
toms by their agents in Altoona at his office .in Anna St.
March 17, !859. JOHN SHOEMAKER, Agent
ttnited states life INSU-
V.~.?‘i?^? c 5 0 ® pan3r v A**"®?' Ann * Street, Altoona.
March 1859. JOHN SHOEMAKER, Agent. ;
J. <3r. ADLUM,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
ALTOONA. BLAIR CO, PA. 1
1 fonndat the store of .J. B. Hiloxnan.,
BATXi BO AD LANDS NOB pXT.ta
• 0N LONG CREDIT.,
AND AT WW RATES OP INTEBKST
HANJBAL AND 6T. JOSEPH
A ■I^J'ROADCOMP ANT.IwVIbgoTBr6OO, OOOACUES
S' State, ® r Mfceeort, »hfcS wait grant-
ofCibngreM.to ald la the construction at their
S^’ltte-al 1 te^ ttC Pal ]>oTtk ’ u fe* sale, on the
™w?il^n? ltCr P 1 ? 1 of tteeetana*.ire within six, and all
wnain fifteen miles ofthe Railroad, which is zrawoomple
■£SYV“ open fur nao thronghont Its entire length (206
t i hl ?r. ph a coun try which la unsurpassed
by anjrln the salubrity of Us climate, thoforUUty oflts
6oU f and the extent of .Its mineral resources.
Por further ijifonnation, apply at the Land office of the
Company, or address by letter, JOSIAHHONT
Tfsnnihsi Atn ** an<l Commissioner, H. A St. Jo. h/r.
Hannibal, Mo, « ’60.-ly.*
T EYI’S PREPARATION FOB EX-
M_J terminating RATS, MICE, ROACHES. ANTE and
fiediugswithont danger In its uaa nnder aty HtcdSrtmT
ces for sale at the Drug Store of ;
Jan. 2d.’S6-tf] , . , «• W* KESSLER.
Lumber for sale: g *
60,000 SHINQXiES, SO^OOIA3CHES,
new all kinds of BUILDING MATimAL&towerthsn the
lowest, for Oath. Apply to JOHN SHOEMAKER- '
Pram, the Prahytcrim.
THE WOBLD FOR SiLE.
SAFETY
TRUST
Here’s Wealth in glittering heaps of gold,
Who bids? but ISt ms tell yon lair,
A baser lot was nsyar sold ;
Who’ll buy the -heavy heaps of enre ?
And here, spread out in broad domain,
A goodly landscape all my trace;
Hall, cottage, tree; field, bill, and plain;
1 Who’ll buy .himself a Burial Place?
On the morning of Monday, February
4tb, 1856, 1 entered the office of the Ca
nard Steamship Company, in Paris.
“ When does the Etna sail ?”
“ The Etha leaves Havre, for New York,
to-morrow morning at daylight,” said the
agent.
“ Phew !” I whistled, “ that is too soon!”
“ You can take the last train from Paris
this afternoon,” he explained ; “reach
Havre at ten to-night 3 go directly on
board the Etna ; bleep on board, and be
ready to sail at daybreak.”
“ The price of tickets ?”
“ One hundred and ten dollars, first
cabin.” r
“ And if I purchase a ticket, and then
miss the steamer, J forfeit the money pail.”
“ That is our rule, sir,” replied the
agent.
“ I will think df it,” I said, and walked
out.
I carefully considered the subject, as I
strolled up the Boulevards. With only a
few hours to .transact my business in, take
leave of friends, pack my trunks, and hur
ry to the card —-the chance of missing the
train, the possibility of missing the steam
er, even if I got the ! train, the : consequent
loss of money, time and temper; this was
one side of the question.
On the other hand, I was anxious to
quit France and return to America, with
out delay. The Etna was one of a tempo
rary line of steamers, established by the
Canard company, between Havre and New
York; and the . next one would not sail
for a month./' j ;|ad strong reasons for
going in thisi line,; in preference to any
other; T thought-of them all—balanced
objections— .about—and in half an
hour, )C entered office, and secured my
passage/ / ;.j ■§
Being assured 1; would find no difficult;
in
tlie cals, I tophi up; pains to get accommo
dations at a respectable hotel in Havre —a
precaution no. traveller in Europe should
neglect, on proceeding to a strange city, if
he wuuld ayo|d being swindled' I make
these explahaiibpspih order that you may
fully appreciate j my situation) when alter
bidding a hasty adieu to Paris, and ridiug
several hours overa French railway, adis-|
tance of one hundred and thirty milesj I
arxlved ncar midnight In Havre and found,
,No SIEAM|SaI i : , Vv /• >
The Etna, which I was to go<so softly'
and neatly onboard ofj andsleepso oofn*-
fortably, after a yearisome and aprons,
day's work and pifiiht’s
dia new Ocean | Propeller, which was to
; ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1860.
|Nrg.
QT RALPH HOIT.
The world for sale f JHang out the sign.
Call every traveller here to me;
■Who’ll buy this brave estate of mine,
jjl'Akd set me from earth’s bondage free?
’Tie going!—yes, t mean to fling ,
The bubble'frojii mysoul away;
I’ll sell it,whatSo'*r ft bring—
The at auction here to-day I
It is a glorious thing to see;
Ah, it has cheated me so sore!
It la not what it be;
For sale! It shall be mine no mors;
Come, turn it e’er and view it well;
I would not hara you purchase dear, •*
’ Tis going—going! I must sell!
Who bids ? Who'll buy the splendid Tear!
Here’s Love, the dreamy potent spell
That beauty flings around the heart!
1 know its power;' alas, too well I
■ ’Tia going! and I must part I
Host port I' What can I more with Love?
All over the enchanter's reign!
Who’ll buy the pluineless dying dove^
An hour of Bliss—nn ago of Pain?
hud Friendship—rarest gem of earth, ~
(Who o'er;hath (hand the Jewel his?)
Frail, fickle false, and little worth,
Who bids for Friendship—as it is ?
’lts going !—going ! Hear the call;
Once, twice, and thrice! ’Tis very low I
’Two* once my hopb, my stay, my all,
But now the broken staff must go I
Ambition, Fashion;'Show, and Pride —
1 port from all for ever now;
Grief, in an overwhelming tide,
Haa taught my heart to bow.
Poor heart! dkitracted, oh, so long.
And still its aching throb to bear;
How broken, that was once eo strong;
How heavy, once so free from caret
sfo more for me life’s fitful dream;
Bright vision, vanishing away!
My barque requires a deeper stream,
My sinking Soul a surer stay.
By death, stern sheriff! all bereft,
1 weep, yet hmnbly kiss the rod;
The best of all I still have left—
Ur F.um, Mr Bible, and my Gpn!
Held HKscdhmj.
Piom the Stiuimt and Scltoulmaie.
HOMEWARD BOUND.
BY PAUL CB.EVTON
[independent in everything.]
take me easily to New York in ten days—
had neyeP been seen or heard of in Havre!
So at least I was informed by all the
railway officials, omnibus conductors, and
hacx-drivers, of whom I inquired.
I thought of the useless ticket in my
pocket—the agent in Paris, to whom. I
had paid oaar my last roll of golden Napo
leons,- reserving only a sufficient quantity
of the base metal to meet contingent ex
penses—the friends I had left in the gay
metropolis, and the wprld of strangers,
mostly asleep, in the dark, dreary, forbid
ding seaport to which I had come—and I
frankly confess that for a moment I'felt
disheartened.
I remembered what Falstaff somewhere
says, in an hour of danger and trial—
“ Would it were bed-time, and all well.”
What a world of meaning in those
words! “ Bed-time and all well!” The
trouble over, the danger past, weary toil
and wandering and anxiety at an end, a
chamber of rest, a downy pillow, nay, any
pillow*! and peaceful sleep at last! Have
you itever been in a situation to think
what blessedness is expressed in that little
phrase—“ bed-time, and all well ?”
With me it was bed-time, and I had no
bed to go to ! s
But I had learned one thing, which you
will have to learn, if you ever visit Eu
rope ; namely, that in those countries of
routine and strict regulations, no man
knows anything but of his own line of
business. If he knows anything in that
line, we might excuse his-profound and
astonishing ignorance on every other sub
ject. But he is usually like a dog, that
has been taught a few tricks, or a parrot
that has learned a few phrases; these he
can repeat charmingly well; but anything
beyond is to him a sea of chaotic igno
rance. To a Yankee, accustomed to the
bright curiosity and quick intelligence of
his own countrymen, this stupidity of for
eigners is sometimes utterly amazing.
I had experienced something of it to
day ; and on reflection I concluded that
the Etna might be lying in full sight,
within a dozen rods of the railway station,
notwithstanding the fact that none of the
thick-heads of whom I inquired, had seen
or heard of her. Bat this was not very
consoling to think of—for how in ,the
darkness and silence of a strange city was
I to pick out my steamer from a forest of
shipping ?
I was about looking up a guide, how
ever, and setting out on the search, when
a remarkably smooth-tongued fellow, over
flowing with exuberant French politeness,
approached me, and said, touching his cap,
“ Monsieur, vent oiler a hard du buteau
a vapeur Etna ?” (Does Monsieur wish
to go aboard the steamer Etna ?)
“ C’est Justement ct que je desire—
(That is precisely what I wish.) I an
swered.
'The French politeness overflowed in the
most sympathetic- and persuasive manner.
“ Monsieur ferait bien d’aller a not re
hotel ” —and he handed me a card. “ You
bad better go to our hotel. I know the
Etna, but you cannot get on board of her
until your passport is signed at the office,
which is close to our hotel, but which will
not be open until seven o’clock in the
morning.”
“ But,” I said, “ the steamer sails at
daylight!”
“The hour has been changed, and she
will sail at nine,” the smooth French
tongue answered glibly. “ Ours is the
Hotel de Belle Vue; the best in Havre;
there are six gentlemen stopping there,
whom I am to take to ticket office in the
morning, and afterwards put on board the
Etna. If you go with them you will be
safe.”
I believe wc always have a certain in
stinct of something false or wrong, when
a scoundrel is lying to us. If we were
only wise enough always to listen to that
instinct, and not let the lies persuade us!
With an inward, misgiving, and a vague
feeling that all was not right, I questioned
my polite informant, and said to myseif—
“ Is it possible that the straightforward
consistent story he tells is all a fabrica
tion ?”
“ It is not possible!”
And so, convinced that it was the best
thing I could do, I delivered to him my
baggage; I saw it-put on a coach, and rode
with it.to the Hotel do Belle Vue.
As 1 had supped on the journey, I or
dered a room, gave directions to be called
at the same bdur with the six gentlemen
who were going with me in the Etna, and
retired.
It was; bed-time—and —Was it all well ?
It was no use to discusS that question
then j so I simply repeated to the landlord
who left the hougie (wax candle) in my.
chamber,—
“Ba sure and call me in time I”
tc On pr’ovbliera pas, Monsieur" fit
will not |>e forgotten), he hastened to as
sure me,jus he went hacking and bowing
Out of the room."
I Vent to bed and slept When ( I
awoke it was broad day. I was staged in
find myself: in a strange room, haying
dreamedl myself home in New Encland,
aa far Irom Franee and Frenchmen as'ifl
crossed tli© Atlantxb. The sight
o| the large hpndsome - chamber, thepof
ished floor, the elegant h«d-enrt»ins, We
extinguished bougieltn the tablewhere I
had left it, quickly recalled my situation;
and I remembered with a thrill of appre
hension that I had come to Havre to get
on board the Etna that was to saif at day
light. -■=?■■■
Quieting my fears by recalling the story
the hotel agent had told me, and the pro
mise that 1 should be awakened six, I
looked at my watch—- and found teas al
ready past seven ! ; i
That looked like treachery.
I was in my clothes in a minute. I ran
down stairs and called for the landlord.
“ What will you have, Monsieur ?” said
a pretty-faced maid, with a coquettish
smile. r . '•>
“ The landlord !” I demanded; 1
“ The landlord is not here, Monsieur.”
“ The agent who brought me here last
night,—where is he V*
“ He has gone off to the railroad-, Mon
sieur. He will not return before ten
o’clock.”
“ But he was to put me on board the
Etna !” I said.
“ The Etna ? I know nothing about it,
Monsieur.”
“ And the six gentlemen who are to sail
in the Etna—where are they ?”
“Monsieur,” replied the maid, with
perfect politeness, “ I have not heard of
the six gentlemen.”
“ They are not here ?” . <
“ Not here !”—and she shrugged her
pretty shoulders.
Here was a predicament I No time was
to be lost in parley. I read on my ticket,
purchased in Paris, the address of the
Havre agency; I rushed out, got a police
man to direct me, and in a few minutes
was standing in the door of the Cunard
Company’s office.
To get beyond the door was not easy,
the office being crowded with second class
passengers, waiting their turns to get their
passports. I thought if all these people
were going in the Etpa, my passage was
safe enough. But due showed me his
ticket —it was for another vessel; and
when I asked him if he knew of the Etna,
he answered in broad Yorkshire accent —
“ She sailed this morning.”
That was startling. And when I look
ed oyer- the dense crowd before me, and
made a calculation .as to the time when my
turn would come at the clerk’sdesk, I con
cluded that it would not be much before
noon. So I broke through the regula
tions of the place, raised my hand and
my voice, and brandishing my ticket, de
manded information regarding tbb Etna.
The appeal attracted instant attention, and
a clerk promptly came ardana to rue.
He looked at my ticket with surprise,
exclaiming in honest English, “ Wjby sir!
you should have been on boafd last
night!”
I rapidly told my story ; to which I goi
the rather unsatisfactory reply,-
“Itis a pity; for it is impossible to get
on board now. She quitted the warf at
daybreak. She is out of reach before
this.”
“Is that positive I inquired. ■
“ She should be—-hut you have one
chance in ten —to jump on board as she
is passing one of the locks, if it is not too
late. I’ll send a man with you!” ;
I blessed the honest Enghshmaii in my
heart, told the guide to meet me -at the
Hotel de Belle Vue, and ran hack to se
cure my baggage. . ' N
By this time the landlord made bis ap
pearance; and I saw plainly by daylight
what I had only a vague suspicion: of the
night before,—that he wore perhaps the
most villainous countenance that’eyer be
longed to a keeper of a hotel. , It was a
bad face, full of avarice, craft, malice abd
jeering diabolical roguery
“ Scouhdrel!” I said, “ you
ved me 1 Bring my baggage, and bo-quick I
I am an American, and I’ll have leisure
to see you well punished, if I l|se the
steamer!” ' T
This threat I hurled at him as he went
to set out my baggage. . I meant* every
word of it, for surely I never saw |a thief
whom I would more rejoicingly hive as
sisted to bring to justice. The
Franck arc strict against all suchkqWeiyy
especially where there is an American in.
the casethe fellow was a coward withal;
and he doubtless , perceived that ft would
be for his interest to get rid of ’ipP as
speedily as possible. My baggaga wassat
the door at the moment’; when wqr 1 guide
arrived with a hand-cart. - /;h'. :; ■
“We must burry I’- he said; and; I took
leave, in greater haste than I would have
desired, of the only rnmqphy
whom I had been cleanly takin ip. By
a useless, : perfidious lie, he had. ni&de the
price of a night’s lodging and a utpx-can
dle out of me j and toe very paltriness of
the sum,; for the sake of which I|e had
caused me to risk so much, v shqj|ed the
; utter selfishness apd ,
I have dwelt upon thjs Unoiupident,
when perhaps I should be describing the
beauty and terror of the seaj hat to mo
snob trifles, indioariog what staff the hit
man heart is made nodess in
terest than the most gnnd and awful works,
of nature. " ■’
The remainder of the adventnrejaaay be
briefly told. I reaohsdwifch myguide
asd'hsggsge the last of thedrawalia the
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
river through which the eteamerhad to
pwa—too' Me I I stood ' Upon thi eve,
and Cavr the Etna below* steaniixg tod
headed seawai^-1
There was the great dark hulk, rising
out of the turbid water of the Seine, so
near, yet too. far, to step aboard of, by any
magip that I Waa master of, on that exci
ting occasion. „ ,
But I perceived that she had stSl a hint
out, attached to a wharf but a short dis
tance from me over the water, bttV» ?o%
way off around by the Whhrtpp and street.
A man on the wharf stood ready to gsst
it off, and ah officer on the qaartordapk
seemed Watching, to give the Word* I
swung my hat ami shouted. At the sanko
moment my ghide palled a boatman', who
rowed , over to us from the wharf-aidpa ep
posite. I descended rapidly a doien feat
by a stairway to the water j the guide
tumbled down my baggage to the boat'
man j the.boatman seized his oars; 1 stood
tip in the stern and .shouted again; than'
caincthe tug of war!
Be sure that I watched eagerly, and be'
sure that my heart was glad to see the’
huge sagging line still Stretched from
ship to shore! And . now it was evident
by the gathering of forces op that side of
the steamer, that I was observed, and
progress Watched with if pffit
with sympathy.
RowVrow I" I Cheeritigly said.’ “Here'
is your money 1 now good and strong'!
Now! Hurrah'/’
“ What do you want ?” cried a voice
from the quarter-deck.
“I am a passenger ; I want to oomd
aboard,” 1 answered. ;
But it looked like a difficult and rather
ugly business to climb that vast ship’s
side, rising steep and tremendous high
above my head, as the boat floated under'
the stern. •
“ Quick, then; we are waiting for you !”
And a ladder of cords was dropped down
to me. I ascended like a squirrel—if so
undignified a comparison is permissible.—
My baggage was drawn up after m 3 by
sailors, withrfopea. I bad triumphed' 1 !
“ Nane ?” said the steward.
I produced my ticket.
“ All right,” said be. " You are yerj'.
fortunate. I have been anxious abed*
you.”
“ About me V ’
“Yes; your name came hf the list (tf
passengers from Paris; and 1 was afraid
you woirjd get left/f i-
Just then the cable splashed in' tbewa?
ter; the engine moved; the sea hcdifcd'i
and the steamer was off.
I was conducted through a£ elegant
cabin to a beautiful state-room, which the
steward informed I was tobavealltomyi
self; and there I sat down with a strange?
ly thankful and happy home feeling, atioh
as few experience, I imagine, on setting
out upon a voyage across the’ ofiean. ■
Here for the present I must hold iby
pen; for I have made so long a story off
my adventures in getting aboard, thafc it
will be necessary to leave’ for anptlfr
chapter the haps and mishajps of the
homeward voyage. ■ ' ■ '■
A Dead Shot.—The editor 6f tfte Akw
bama Flag got off the following aquib i 1
“ Why is the editor of the LoeiaViUt
Journal’s career, through life like a pgte..
brated tune? Because it is the Koetme
March." ■ ~ V
Prentice, who is a dead shot, Idadedhis
>iece, and taking aim, let the.other maw
lave it right in the teeth, after th&;hs?
owing manner, to wit: ; . '
“ Why will the: editor of the ai
the close of v his editorial careeiy be.like r it
tune of Pagaininni’s ? Because he
be executed on a single string."
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wag of a retailer. “Ob, yepj a|l
was tHe reply. “ Well, tbeb,
trotting match.” The retailer Mmed£
ately banded him a box
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world it growing bettor njojin -
may coins whanihe lionK arid the lamb |
shall lie down together, out if
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death while eating sausages, We foi&dV
large piece of brass marked'“Kdo.*
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Became, when she appeared, man’s
of happiness wap drawing to a close. *
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the sailorsaid when he sa# the phriwf
mirung bis tnm with water. > .
gentleman, who spoke of haring
be#D/ strockby a lady’s beauty, was adyff
sed to kiss the rod. .
like shaded silknjust fet
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