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Pal. 9.
The -01;Idel,
IT ♦ 00.111211111110 OLD II ACIISLO)1.
Vet a laugh was hear k nor a funeral note.
'As our friend to the bridal its tiorried;
!rot a wit discharged Mil farewell
As the baohilot *eat to be Married.
Waimuited - htrqatekty, to sariiirlatrtghr,
Our heads from theses' sigittbirroing, [light,]
♦nd we sighed as we stood by the lemlen dim
?otitis* kW not more diseerning.
to think a .litaehelar free •and bright,
Apd of Cho le: All tre Arend him,
thersid there at the •alter r in the dead of night.
110 naught In the 'Mare that bound him.
Pew and short were the, words wt. said,
Thdrigh the %Inn aod rake partaking:
We esh6rW hitalteme from the seene of dread,
While hbeltnees were awfully shak lag. •
litrely 'end foully we marched him *down.
• From the first to. the lowermost story
lied we've siever heAril from or seen the poor men,
Whew we left with his wife in his glory.
Daniel Bryan's Oath
'Most of the l'emperancei stories of the
day are weak and washy dilutions of pre
ceding ones, but thilfollowing has a start
--Bilififfrefigth and vigor. Daniel Bryan; as
appears by the context, had been a lawyer
:of eminenoo, but had fallen, through intox.
' 'cation, to begggary and a dying cundition-
Bryan bed married, in better days, ,the sta
tes. of Moses Felton.]
A.t length all hopes were given up. Week
after week, the, fallen man would lie drunk
on the floor. and not n day of real sobriety
marked his course. I ilßbeif such 'moth-
conviviality, for those {Vial
,would Lava assou'ated would no
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1..."'"—...-"'"•-• u lions of the rights of those who have 'been
Aim. follows: "A curious swindling cane has .. . . . • by themoieinea.;of tieliabels. We apneal
denied the prrinlege of this wrtt.
All alone in his.office and chamber, he just come on before the Correctional Police r to the master rolls of the army. --We eisellso
*till continued to drink, and even ' his eery o f l'aris. The prisoner IS a„Aleplens.gri)fe_ rn”noilivnexxcniisn JILTED/ rease,____ lengoilts4uppejfers of the adfalnistradien .
--- 1111rtiesmted - tireriftepring - efliftf rk -----7; " - - - a_ - ],iiin__younir, _felle_w: _at five _and, erThe -Constitution prervithe that — no law -to show-that- we-have-lansi - t,. .e. 4 lests - sol - -
- In earlysiwiligliTaiiiM - Yrilion - haira mill twenty, calling himself "Great Serdar of - shall bo passed _abridging the freedom of diets now than we did a year ago,. it is a
to go to Ohio. Before ho sot out hevisited Medunum, Duke do (lino, Prince of Moo % speech or of the press. Without any law, maxim of common sense that the force.
his sister. He offered to take her with him, tenogro,' Bte-• 8: Ilis real name is Watili- the Administration has arrested a large , should be proportioned to the resistance.—
but she would not go ,air Milwonitowich, and his genius for number of men for exercising freedom of If the rebellion is half disabled, half the
••But why stay here?" urged Ale broth- plunder appented to. have been almost equal epeech, imprienning some and sending Mil- force would put e° to finish it. But so far
ar, "You are fading away t ied disease is HP• to the creduilty of his dupes. He seems-to era outlet the States where our flag waives. from being in a petition to disband a
en you. Why should you live with such a have excitedwarts interest in the bosom of It has refused the use of the mails, in vie- single fegiment, it is proclaimed on all sides
brute ? ' - a certain Countess Giuliani, 'whom tiodac- lotion of therlaw, to carry newspapers, while 'that we need more men. The magnitude of
"Hush, Moses speak net so," answered companied to the Hotel d u L euire ; s h e in- it has entirely suppressed others for merely our armies measures the hollowness of the
-• the wife, keeping h ec k h er t ears . "I will troduced hint to the director of the Credit , • telling, the truth and quellt-lon-ing-its-policy, Bepublicen Imate. - A Baseson-le , aot-need,
net leave him now, but he
-will soon leave - Fonder, lielielirigirhgterbe saint he 'rep- Sontet lutes it has Imprisoned editors. The a - to oope with a cripple.
- sae. .Ilecennot live much longer.," - resented himself, and that functionary, at leading Democratic papers are not allowed' With all the just admiration we feel for
St that moineut Daniel entered the apart- her recommendation, advanced him not less to circulate in the army. Is this the free- the noble fighting qualities of our soldiers,
' moat. lie looked like a wanderer 4 fteel the than 11000. lie wive as a deposit. II box, dem of speech and of the press which the and the ability of our Generals, we °emcee
tomb. Ho had his hat on and his jug in - hia 'full of jewels,' winch, on investigation, it people desire? Ignore the fact that tbo progress of the war
hand. is needless to say, were found to ,be paste. during the past year ismg4 by the
"Alt, Uses, how are ye ?" he gasped for "Hut twinge to say, thin money seems to sacrifice of Bib, not Ity tfieWlsitition of
lie email not speak plan. havp'been refundeul, for he wasmot prosecit-' solid advantages. ,
The visitor looked at hini - TCYOW moments ted by the Credit Fondles, but a couple of
in silence. Then, as his features assumed a Paris tradesmen, who were credulous
sold stern expression, lie said in a strongly enough to believe all the stories he told
emphatic tone: - them of warning money to tidy a sword in
• ••Daniel Bryan I have been your best 'Lake a present of to the Prince of Wales !
fciond but one. My sister is an angel, li n t and to supply him with linen and rose's,
matched with a demon. 1 have loved Witheut the least difficulty. They prates
you Daniel, as I never loved man before" ted,however that is was their knowledge
,vou were notiteietierous and kind ; hilt 1 of his having a credit tot the Credit
lusts you know, for you are a devil incar- Fonder that induced theta to treat him as
nate.- Look at that woninn. She is my a valuable client. The prisoner admitted
sister—she might live with me in comfort lie wits under is cloud just now. hut 110 wits
- stay she will not do it while you arq lairs : only 'waiting for remittance, and would pay
yet when you die she will conic to me - every son; lie maintained that he was a very
Thus do I pray that God will soon give her great man at home, and that his difficulties
joys to my keeping. Now, Denial, Ido sin. arose from 'political eituen:Joyond his Coll
oarely hope that tiM first intelligersed that trot. Ile we was disagreeably surprised ,
reaches time from my nfiliNe place after 1 at being sentenced to eighteen month's int
have reached may I ow home my be that suit
pr, :
sonment.
-Asa—PEA D." ..
"Stop hisses, I can reform."
WA11 . 19 DEMOLATIOL—WhiIO WO MIT /LWRit
'•You cannot. It is beyond your power. .,
Tout have had inducements enough to have l ug ' no re . sult . of. the mighty coolest now
going on in Virginia, the thought how those
reformed bait the 8111119 VI of creation, niel
.. have fared in the struggle with whom we are
yet you, are lower than ever before. Ito
ineimate, represses everything like extilta
and die, sir, es soon tie you can, it
element that seal you thus Ala not find the lion! Dothey a tiff!re,oi . hove t heyeoffer-
Amon the mourners!" '
ed updheur lives on the a ltar of their cnen
g
itryan's eyes flashed, and he drew proud-
try? There is many an aching heart DA our
midst, eager yet afraid to read the list of ,
ly up. ...killed and wounded!" There are irony
'WM, - ho said with a tone of the old ,t
whose Calm air and smooth brows indicate
powerful sarcasm, "go to Ohio, and. l'lr
scything butt the'anxiety that is eating up
se" y ou " cl " - (I"' sir , 41 ” 1 " ( " 11 the. the vitals :mil wringing the heart. These,
post. I will yet make you take back thou
a ords !" when known to ns, we regkrd with species
Never. Daniel Bryan, tterrr
of awe, and involuntarily offer up a prayer
" :"
'•Yen slodt T -I swear it !'• for the safety of those in whom their love
and pride 18 brined up. May the awful
Rath these words Daniel Bryan hurled
of the wingof the Destroying Angel
his jug into the fireplace, Huai while yet n. sweep
hate I.olldEffl "alirirlfll"
thousand fragments were flying over the li g htl y :— F .!_floor, he strode from the9uouse.
Mary sank landing LO the 'floor,' Moses
bore her to bed, and then having called in a h
neighbor, e liiirr'e I Away for the stage was
waiting.
For amend!' Daniel moved over the brink
at' the grave but lie did not die. .... -
, . ..One gill of brandy will save you." said
the doctor, who saw that the abrupt mimic
el-of stimulants from n system that for long
years hail almost subsisted on nothing else,
was nearly sure to prove fatal. You can
- merely takers gill and not take more.
' "Aye," gaspett.the poor man, "take a
gill and break my oath. Moses Felton shall
never hear that brandy and rum killed me.
Ititie want of it kill me, then let in... die,
RICUZPONTE, PA.,, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1864.
But I won't die; live till Moses Felton
shall eat hilt own'worcle."
Ile did live. An iron will conquered the
messenger Death sent- 3 Daniel Bryan lived.
For one month 136 could not even walk with.
otd. help. But he nod
• help
ed him.
A year passed away, and Moses Felton
returned__ to !..iermont— entered. _ the
Court House at Burlington, end Daniel 11.
was on the Boor plendinglor a young man
who been inoieted fir forgery. Felton
started with sai-Prise.'" Never before bail.
such torents of eloqtOuie poured from his
lips, The owe was given to the jury, and
the successful counsel turned from _the
court room, and met Moses Felton,
They shook hands but did not speak.—
When they reaohod a spot where nomt , oth
era could see them, Itryan stopped:
"hfoses."lo said." "do you remember
the words Aucspoke to me a year ago ?Y
"1- do Doidlt,"
"Will you now tako them back--unsay
thorn forever?"
Yen, with &limy heart."
•`Thep I am in part repaid."
"And what must be the remainaer of tho
payment,.:' asked Moses."
• "I must die an honest wiper:Wed. mart
The oath that has bountiful., thus far was
made for life."
Tbatevening Mary Bryan was among
the happiest of tho happy. No allusion was
made to the seence of one year before, but
Moors could read in both the countennmees
of his sister and her husband the deep
gratitude they did not speak.
And Daniel Bryan yet tires, ono of the
most honored men of Vermont. Five tilves
ho has set in the State Legislature, throe in
• the Senate, and once in tho National Con
gress. •
ti 3 L-0 1L f°11 """ t h a t ' ll t h " nr l gl l ., n n "--"L----notiltrerbn,. of further -apperationtr - fu — art - - -
A PARIAAN i'ortrintmot: MAN. The Mirk thorized by the President, and those Under sane° for General Sherman with the bulk
•
whont ho
A woman in Michigan took hold of
what she supposed to be a stove bolder on
thefloor oilier I.4elterr tho other (lily. and
found it to he n large rattle Snake—She es
caped beirig bitten, hut how, isthe mystery.
—A man who practiced some what at
the har--of it saloon- nuked n lady why she
was en fond of peeping into n looking glass?
..Sir," said site "the ,Ilnit.es that I look into
help me to improve my appenrnmie, whilo
those you look into, injure yours."
—"ThO great beauty of a wife is," said
a henpecked husband...that if she abuses
you herpelf, site ron't let hay oaa-elsa
lan."
Right of Habeas Corpus.
. .... .
. "The following extract from the address of 'The friends of the AdMinistraticn claim
R. H. Gillet eaq. dplivered at trip Columbia that this war has been a great streec , s
('ounty N. Y. Democratic Confention, Sept: Will some one of thin tell ws In Ithotjiltigle
lith. 1881, is a true statement orate rights 'respect it cast truthfully be said to huh°
of the citisenaun - cle; . t . ho habeas Corpus been so 1
,it wee bemefer.,Qmioelerisib's
- elf nLlielitWi - rehifiee 115 - tre" freed - ons of purpose of restoring the anion. lhas that
speech and of the I'rees. hi o well BPS- objeot•been acheieed 1,,D0 'we see any
reined and logical argument of considetthle, indisatione to-dihy of our being able to ac. •
length', he groves how Mr. Lincoln bas out- couiplish that desirable retain 1, When wilt ,
raged public' opinion in sweiping, away the it. be done ? ..In sixty or ninety days more'
safeguards provided by GmConst itution and Who Will now venture his rentation on a'
Laws for the protection of the pluiple. ;.-- repetition of that silly prophety, a? ofteh
Tull . 11ADZAII coseUil . proven false 1 . . .
The l habeas corpus wee prdvicied by an Has it, been oven a military suction •
only act of Congsess, and the e judiciery are Let the following summings up of the
required to.issue the writ and to act under
it. Being a state Taw it can, only be sue- present condition by a paper which has al.:
paneled—temporarily repealed—by a Lay 'Ways advocated a vigorous' prosecutien of
enacted by Congress. The president is the war answer :
not clothed with power to ream' or suspend On the Atlantic "dosat , Wm poetries not a
it law. The Constitution forbids he Busmen. foot of territory which we did not hold on
Rion, even by Operee% unless When the dayeGeneral Orant was Called to the
in case of rebellion or invasion the public Bast. On the Gulf coast, we may have mere
safety may require it. ly captured the forte off Mobil harbor ; but
In violation of law Mr. -Lincoln not only the town we have no more taken then We
suspended it ih States where there was no have Charleston. West cif the Mississipi we
war, and where public safety did not requi- have lost mush which yrs held -P t the- ho.--
re it, bet lie authorized militdry officers of ginning of thn year. Tennessee and Ken
the lower grade to do so when they abould tacky are worse overrun with guerillas than
• see fit. Thus wrong was an apparent that they were last year ;as the Administration
Congress legislated for their protection confesses by putting Oa State of Kentucky:
against Mil., Mid passed enact coneerning its under martial law this year, 'whir* It found
suspension. Without conscitutienal esithori- no necessity for doing last. We appeal to
. ty, instead of judging and' acting for them- the map. We challenge the friends of the
selves nud l suspending the old law, they Administration to thew any gain 811200 the
autlimizil the President and his subordi- beginning of the year, except Atlanta and
notes to do what the Legislature alone imuld t h e we d t h at h ee d s t o . it, A nt i Atl an t a is
flow AN OIL WELT. I'S Itonso.—Al com
pel:idea of the Boston Traveler, writing
from the 01l regions of Pennsylvania, gives
the following description of the manner in.
which oil is Sound : "In selee*g a spot
for a well, the artesian driller raises a der- -
ric about one hundred and ten feet. in height . The following is a statement of the' flap
bringing up a steam engine of about sin, turn of the steamship Roanoke, bound from
horse power, and then after driving down an Havana to New York, by Drain° and his as
iron pipe about six inches in diameter
sooiates, as gleaned by Captain Peiper of the
through the earth and gravel some fifty feet'
or so, to the first strata of rock, Introduce a brigantine Mathilde,.from Cap. Drew of the ,
drill of about two and a half Diann in diam- captured steamer.
eter attached to a thumb SOAJW, and thence The Roanoke left Havana for New York
to the walking beam and engine with which on her regular day, and proceeded on her
lie bores now at thp rate of eight or ton feet course until evening in the usual man
per dpy into the solid slate and soap stone, tier, without anything remarkable occur
say one hundred feet ;he then comes to the ing .
first strati of sandstone, which may be ten ' - Cdptain drew retired, to his cabin about
or twelve feet in thickness ; and tiering .10 o'clock at night. At that time a num
t hrough this comes again to a slate and seaP bee of passengers were assembled aft and
atone of a bluish cpst, and working on, say s i ng i ng .,
for twenty five feet or so, he reaches the sec- Suddenly several men, armed with revel
ond strobe of sand stone, out of which there vers, entered the Captain's cabin. and - in a
come ruihing up, where the right vein is momenthe fonndhlmself handcuffed. Others
struck, inflaniable gas, sal water,• and-pct- of the party Meanwhile adapted similar
roleum.‘ measures in other parte of tha ship and in
The bore of the well is en rged by a rim- a few minutes she was completely in. the
er ; and then an iron Aube in sections of , possession of the captors.
fourteen feet and dlosely screwed together Only two shots were fired. dOne toot ef
is inserted by sections and run down to the feet on the carpenter of the Roanoke, who,
veins of oil ; a flax seed bag which expands in offering resistance, was allot down."
when - wet is mixed between the tubing ,and The eliplors having gained possession, at
the walls . of the well in order to prevent the once shaped the course of the vessel for
surface water from dem:aiding I a "plunger" Bermuda.
. _
or valved piston is introduced into the tube,
and the seeker rod being attached to the
"walking beam,"_the conduit pipes and
tank, which may held sixty barrels,• being
in readiness, the engine moves and the
precious treasure gushes forth. This is
what is called pumping a In
the flowing wells,—that is, snob as send the
oil out spontaneously, the drill must go
down into (ho third ittritta of sand-stone:
but this, in Some instances. is very deep.
in o will on Watoon,s Flat the drill has
reached the depth of one thousand feet,• and
yet the third betfof sandstone is not reached.
--Hon. John L. Dawson has been elected
to Congress in the Fayette Congressional
District by a majority itt GB votes, including
both the home and the army vote.
the people prepares for oonseviptior)---
Linealn ie re-eleoted.
4
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AT
Is The Wag a Success ?
Particulars of the Capture of the Roa-
On arriving OW the island they did not
attempt to enter the harbor, but waited for
a passing vessel by which they could get
rid of the cud passengers. There
were fifty of , the former and thirty of the
latter, mostly Spaniards.
The Roanoke bAd'butiittle freight, but
ehe had from forty toifty thousand dollars
aboird, partly in specie and paftly in pa
per. She also had but very little coal on
, board when the transfer took place.
After the Mathilde reached Ilermudami th
her passengers, a party from the Roanoke
arrived there in boats, the latter vessel
having been set on fire and burned.
—A profound dealer in statistics says :
—Only 66 persons out. o,f 100 marry; of
this 65, three arc divorced, eight ria* away,
fourteen live 11he cop and -Any, thirty are •
indifferent; and ten an happy. Klinarabla.
world.
No. 44.
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