WOLFGANG;
OK,
THE WRECKER'S BEICOS.
CHAPTER L
BEFORE THE OALE.
The good abip PATHFINDER, of New York,
and bound to Copenhagen, had entered the
North Sea, having left the Straits of Dover
two days behind.
The commander of the ebip.was a young
man not over eight-aud-tweuty, and his name
was MAURICE LESTER. He stood by the taff
ratl, gaii-g off upon the horizon to the east
ward, ever and anon raising his band above
his head to feel i f there was any wind stirring,
and ss often casting his eye aloft to sec how
the canvas hung. As he stooc thus his mate
approached, and spoke to him :
"What d'ye think of this, Capt'n?"
"1 tbiuk we're in for a storm, sir," the man
tor replied. "And 1 tel! you what it is, Grif
fin,'' ha added, after sweeping the horizon
again with his eye, ' when it comes it will be
an earnest one. None of your broad Ocean
puffs, h nothing hut water to hatch wind
from; but we'll have it right fresh from ecrne
of those places where they know how to make
things blow."
"Then you think we'll have a hard one?"
said Griffin.
"Aye," answered tie captain, with altuo.-. a
ehu ider, "I feel it tn my bones."
in the meantime, Captain Lester had been
watching the sea and sky as before, and he
fancied that the signs of the storm were grow
in? more and more palpable every moment.—
The sun was going dowa in a thick hank, giv
ing to the whole western horizon a dull, purp
lish red, bloody hue, with here and there spots
of a darker tinge, like openings, through the
fi.-ry cloud, looking upon a fearful blackness
bchiud.
"Do you see how strangely it look 9 off
there?" said the Captain, raising bis finger
towards the point where the sun wa9 setting.
"Aye," returned Griffin, "I have beeD
watching those dark places."
And others noticed the same thing, and
spoke of it, too.
Seven o'clock came ' and wcDt. Eight o'-
clock citao, and the first watch was set.
"Don't go below," said tho Captain, as the
10'ti of ihe last dog-watch left their stations.
"This calm ciu t last a great while. You had
better taiteu dnwa the batches now, while
there is nothing else to do; for I am sure thero
will be need ot having thsui close before the
eoruing ef another day."
Th men had hid no ;noughts of going bc
iw, fc< - they could see and fed; and they weie
not wholly igDoraut of what was coming; so
they went at work and secured the batches
wila thick tarpaulins; and when this was (lone
IUOSO who had no particular station collected
i.oant the wheel. Another hour passed away
—aud another. Ten o'clock came, and still
not a breath. The ship lay upou the water
Ire a coa l thing, with the ropes, and blocks,
aud sails, rattl'mg and flapping to and fro by
the lazy swells of the sea.
"What datt it mean?" cried Griffin, as the
boy struck five beils.
"Dark "' said the captain, almost instantly,
"I guess you'll soon see. Did you feci that?
—h'—and that?"
It was a puff of wind, and a light flying of
spray; or, perhaps it was a spit of rain. At
an events, the puff wis felt; and the drops of
w iter tell upon other cheeks than Maurice
Lester's; and other eors than his heard the
itn'l moaning which came over the dark waters.
3j othei ears heard the roar which followed,
and other bodies quivere I beuouth the shock of
the storui-giant wiien he catue iu his might.
Aye —the storm had come. It came with
wind and rain, and with an Hugry lieivin? of
the sea. It cuaie wi:h a darkness like Erebus,
aud with the voice of thunder. The gale con
tinued to increase in fury as too long ni-nt
passed uwav. When the morning came the
scene wa* one of awful grandeur. Tho wind
was howling with terrific fury; -and the broad
Ma was lashed into huge mountains, thsf foam
ed, an i tumbled, and leaped along over the
bosom of the deep, seeming every moment
ready to whelm aa l engulf the frail bark that
struggled withi the demon grasp.
Vt ucr. Captain Lester had observed the
*igus of ihe morning, he feared that the storm
Wiiilu continue through iho day, and so he
toid his men. The sky wore a hue of horror,
and raiu was now driving down, mingling with
the lashiDg sea. At neon it was still worse.
At length night shut iu again, aud not a
sign yet of the passing away of the storm!
iue frightful howling of *Le tempest seemed
.rather to have increased than aba'od. The
men gathered upon the quarter deck, chairing
for suppart to the racks and rails—for the life
fines swayed so much tint they were afraid of
them —gnhere I as r.ecr to the light of the
binnacle lamp as ihey eould, as though even
dVon suo.i 1 cubic bourns they might fiud some
romfort. ifut ait all were there. No—not
a". Fear stout, true hearted mat; had been
iwapt away by the storm. Near a score were
i.-ft; hu 1 . how many sh'ili see the light of anoth
er day?
At Din:: o'clock Captain Lester went below.
Lie look down a chart of the North Sea, and
havfcg spread it upon the table, be sat down to
examine it. lie was thus engaged when Mr.
tfi iißu came down; out lie did not look up un
til ne had Soisbed the caleulitiou.
•How is it?' the mate tislted, as he saw his
commander iay down the dividers.
'L b-ve been making a reckoning, sn-i I titid
that wo have but little more sea room left.—
'i h<: course we have made .since wc wore, has
toon, so near as I can calculate, nortb-west-by
west, so that wu must have bceu driving
towards the coast of Northumberland. I think
wo liavo pleuty of room to staud on until mid
night; but we cannot stand on much longer.—
If tire does nut abate by that time 1 know
Ttot what we shall do.'
The captain started up from his chair, and
would probably have walked across tire cabin,
bu a: that moment a heavy sea caught the
si p and gave her a pitch forward, which eaug
t'i L.::i to catch his scat as quickly as possible.
As >:-on as rfic flood had gono from ibe d .uk,
sc. the vessel had struggled up from ihe
shock, ho looked into his companion's face, and
•ain,. in a voice made tremulous by deepereiim
tiOD than La had before manifested:
'Griffia, i have somethiug upon IUV rniud
acre than you knew; and iam anxious to com
muuiecte it too. 1 must tell it now, for I iiavo
strange fort boding of coming ill. Sotue
tiiug is to nappen ibat will bear great oaiau.i-
ty to some of us. lam &<">? croaking—l am
only reading what the Unseen has written in
my soul, However, you shall bear my story.
You have heard that my parents were both
lost at seal'
•Yes.' said the mate.
"And perhaps you knew that they were lost
in this sea?'
•I have beard so, sir.'
'Aye—so it was. 1 wis a boy then. They
were on their way to Copouhagen, as we should
be now. My father commanded the ship—she
was called the 'Clara Jane.' fc'ho was named
for my mother; and she was a staunch, noble
craft. I was at school, tbeD, in Troy; and
when I knew that uty parents were dead, I was
well nigh mad with grief. I fancied then, in
my first hours of orphanage, that my heart
would break, and, I think such would have
been the case if they had kept me at scLool.
But some of those who cared for me caiue to
see me, and it was finally airauged that I
should eo to sea. And I prospered—prosper
ed so well that, when 1 was twenty years old,
they gave uie continued of a ship.
"The man who owned the ship which I first
commanded was named Thornton. Me had a
daughter named Carrie—one of the sweetest,
purest, and loveliest creatures that ever graced
this poor life of earth. She was four years
younger than myself; but oven when 1 first
knew her—aud she was not then more thin
fourteen—she was a woman in intellect and
grace, though a child in simplicity of love and
confidence. Mr. Thornton did not object to
my suit, so 1 loved her with all my soul, and
was blessed to know that she loved me in re
turn. It bad been arranged that wc should
be married when she was twenty years old, —
that had been our plan for more than two
years, Mr. Thornton having set the bounds
biuiself. It lacked two months of the time,
and I had arranged to remain ot homo until wc
were married. But—Thornton had a heavy
ship freighted for Copenhagen, and her captaio
was dying. He could find no one to take his
place but tne, and he asked me to go. I could
not refuse; but I asked that I mi*ht be mar
ried first. Mr. Thornton shook his head, and
said no. But he had another plan wttich he
said would be better. He had been pianning
to visit Copenhagen, where he had two broth
ers in business; (they were in company wiih
hint) aud he said he would take the next ship,
and bring Carrie out with him, and we should
bs married there. I finally consented to take
out the new ship, aud Mr. Thornton, with his
daughter, was to meet me in Copenhagen, and
there we were to be mariied, and nil three come
home together. The eyeing before I sailed
1 spent with Carrie, and when I left her I felt
that I was leaviug my very life.
'Well' continued Lester, wiping his eyes, *1
went to Copenhagen. I waited a month, then
I heard that the American ship, ' While Fawn,'
with William Thornton and daughter on board,
had touched at Dover, and that all were safo
and well when she left. I waited another
week, aud then I crossed over to Hamburg;
but I could learn nothing there. Next I went
to London, and there I learned enough to as
sure me that the ship had been lost! On the
socoud day after she left Dover a severe 9torm
had ariseu, and several vessels bad been re
reported lost. I sent uiy ship homo in charge
of the uiare, and spetft four monts in searching
after the lost cuts, but 1 could gain no trace
of them. Not even a pieco r f the wreck
coul I I find, not n mark of the ship nor of one
of iis crew ! 1 came homo with a sad aud
heart.'
Maurice Lester stopped -a few moments, and
bowed his head upon his hands, for his feelious
had almost ovoroouie him. Iu a little while,
however, he looked up again, and added, in a
touching tone, —
'All, uiy dear friend, you do not know what
I have suffered, tongue cannot tell it, nor on
pen writ-.* it. I hut blow did break uiy heart,
broke it in the rending of its tenderest cords,
nud in the crushing of all its earthly bopes
Do you believe in dreams'*
The mate started, cot so much at the char
acter of the question, as from the sudden man
ner iu which it was put.
'Well,* said Lester, in a lower tone, 'J have
had a dre;m repeated many times; but never
has it come to me so dirscily and so vividly as
within iliii past three or tour days. Carrie
'lfiornton is not dead! I know she is not!
she has appeared to mc repeatedly in a dream,
and calls upon me to 6ave her ' To-night, as
I stood ell alone by the mizzeu rigging, trying
to peer out into the thick gloom, 1 heard her
voice as plainly as you now hear unne, aud she
called out for me to save her. Of eourso what
followed wa j mere fancy, though even that af
fected mc much: 1 thought f saw her, standing
not fr oil, upon a huge sea, with her arms
stretched imploringly towards mc, saw her
then, wi:h iny eyes open, as I hare often seen
her in my sleeping dreams ! '
At this point tlie captain was cut short in his
speech by the cry of '.'LIGHT-HO'" from the
deck. They hurried up and found tho men
crowding forward.
'What is it?' Lester asked.
'I think it is a light, sir,' replied Parker
'Here, sir,—just stand here. Now turn your
aye about four points upon the larboard bow.
Wait, now, till she rises. 11 rf—there!—there?
See! Did you see it, sir?' ■
lea—he had *teo it; and he knew it must be
a light upon the ehoro- but it was a great way
off. He watoted until he had seeu it several
imcs, and then ho remarked to his mate ihat
it must be a light-house. The light was bold
and distinct, and evidently at a considerable
height above the level of the sea; fur, had it
not been ?o, it could cot have been seen at that
distance. After a short consultation, during
which reference was L.d to the chart of the
Northumberland coast, it was decided that this
light must be upon Do. tou Point. To the north
of Dortott, as the captain knew from personal
experieaae, us well as from the chart, there was
a snug harbor, of easy entrance. Thusa tbiogs
were settled.
As soou as it had been determined where the
tight was, Captain Lester made all possible baato
to determine his course of aotiou Had the
tiling been practicable, Le would have laid his
ship to; bur that could Hot be done. No one
even gave it a serious thought. So it was de
term.tied that the ship should stand on, at least
till something further was discovered.
At half-past twelve tho gale had moderated
considerably. I'he light was now to be sect,
very plainly whenever the ship rose, and the
captain and uu officers felt sure that they were
right 10 tbeir calculations.
•At nil events,' said the former, 'vre have no
cuoioo Out to stand on, at least -'
BEDFORD maUIRER.
Ha was interrupted by a cry from the bows
that made every soul start with horror.
'BREAKERS! BREAKERS!'
Captain Lester leaped forward, and in a very
few momenta he w>s satisfied that the warning
had not been a false one; tor be could not only
hear the awful roigr of the breaking se*B, but
be fancied that he could see the gleaming ot
the white foaai as it flew high in the air. As
quickly as possible the topsail was taken off,
and the anchors cut loose. The ponderous
grapplings plunged into the kissing sea, and the
iron cables were spun through the hawse-holes
like lightniDg. buap went the starboard chain;
aDd in a moment more a shock was felt us the
larboard anchor found bottom; but it conid not
bold. The cable parted as though it had been
a hempen string, and ou swept tho devoted
ship.
'ln heaven's name!' gasped Griffin, 'what does
this mean? See! The light is still burning ae
brightly us ever—at least a league away —and
yet here are the rocks directly under our bows!
What can it mean?'
Maurice Lester did not answer; but MI old,
weather-beaten sailor, who stood at the wheel,
and who had looked a thousand dangers in the
face, answered lor him.
'IT'S A WRECKER'S BEACON! I've seen such
things afore. There aint no use in firin' the
gun, sir. That light was put there to lend poor
Jack (-0 his death that the eoast-slmrks might
pick Lis bones!'
'BREAKERS! ROCKS!— On the starboard bow!
J\O! — On the larboard!— POßT!'
But it was too late for mortal help. The
ship had met her doom. She went upon the
rocks with a crash that eounded high above the
roar of the elements.
CHAPTER 11.
WOLFGANG.
Maurice Lester was near the starboard gang
way wheu tho ship struck, having started all
to look to the helm. The shock threw him
upon his back, aud he tried to get up ; but ere
he could regain his feet the flood of mad wa
ters came surging over the hark, and be was
throv.u—be knew not where, lie only knew
that the flood oauib —that it caught him in its
giant grasp—that it liu'rled bim as tho gale
hurls a feather—that his tK°®d Was butt—that
his body was tossed aDd bruised —aai then the
lamp of his consciousness went oof- he
came to himself it was daylight, and the ray"
of the sun weie beamiDg above him. A, first
ho did not attempt to move, and further thai?
simply to assure hioiseif that ho 7as really
alive and sensible ; but sought > recall the
events of the past, which he did, veiy clparly,
up to the time when his ship struct upon the
rocka,— he could go uo farther. After this he
raised himself upon his elbow, and tried to g*zo
abou' bim. He found himself upon a bed of
sand, between two immense rocks. Ho had
been landed there in that deep uook, and the
side had gone out aDd left him. In a little
while ho rose to his feet, and managed to crawl
up, by the aid of a stranded spar, over a low
part of one of the rocks.
After seeing all that was to be observed
from this point, he moved ou toward' wnero he
thought he should soonest find an open beacb,
for he felt faint and sick, and be wished to find
help as soon as possible. After toiling over
slippery, slimy rocks, and cruel, tearing crags,
until his cloathiog was all torn, and his flesh
bruL-ed and lacerated, he finally reached an
open space am mg the rocks, where mmy pieces
of the wreck had been lodged, and where he
found the bodies of his men. He hastened to
•he spot where they lay—two of them being
clasped iu each other's arms--but he tound no
signs of life.
\V iih a sad, heavy heart, Lester passed on,
and presently he fouud two more dead ones,
and one ot them was David Griffin, his chief
uiate. Ho kneeled down by the officer's side,
and raised the head: but it was cold and life
less and the skull was broken ! Gently be laid
it back upon the sand, and then moved OD
again. And he suv mora dead men also !
Gould it be possible that he had been the only
one left alive ?
lis! —wait—what is this ? It moves—it has
life !
Captain Lester hurried forward, as fast as
his feeble strength would permit, and found
two men layiug by the side of a heavy spar. —
One of them was dead: but tho other gazed
up into bis commander's faco, und stretched
fourth Lis liands as though he would ask for
mercy. His name was Dick Mangel, and he
had been one of the best aeamcn on board tho
ship.
"Puor Dick !" eaid Lester, kneeling bv his
side and lifting his bead. "Are you badly
hurt ?''
'•They've done it for us!" the sailor answer
ed, in a weakening voice. "They've killed
Tom. Aiut he dead ?"
It was the body of stout Tom Bricket that
Ly close by, and when the captain had made
himself sure that there was no particle of life
in it, he reported the same to Dick.
"But," he added, "what do you mean ?
Who has done you harm
"Haven't you seen 'em V* the man asked,
struggling for breath.
"Seen whom? What do you mean?,' de
manded Lester, eagerly.
Dick started up to bis elbow, and gtzad
around ; but he seamed to find nothing for
which he was looking, and be sank bock again.
Had he not made this effort he might have
spoken further, but the aot of rising had ex
hausted him, and the last grain of strength was
leaving him.
"What do you mean?" cried Lester, as ho
<nw that the poor fellow was sinking. "Has
any bouy uaruied you ?"
Dick managed to raise bis hand to his lioad
—to a poiDt above the left car—aud, as he did
so, he whispered—
"Lookout—they askod for the uapt'n. That's
where they struck !" He tried to speak furth
er, but his voice failed him.
What could this mean ? Maurice Lester
started to his foot and gazed around. Who
had killed his men ?
Tho captain was disturbed I. ;is meditation
by tho sound of voices not tar oft, and upou
turning he beheld lour men ooiuiug up from
the water, lis wuo cauio iu advance was a
tall, muscular rnau ; with a gaunt, heavy frauie;
somewhere about fifty or fitty-five years of age;
and habited in a garb of blue cloth, cut into a
frock, or shirt, which was secured at tho waist
by a btoad pistol-belt.
Maurice Lester was startled whan ho beheld
the stalwart leader and Li? three ruffianly com
panions ; and, considering all the circum
stances, it is no wonder that ha was startled.
However, he had not much opportunity for re-
flection, for, by tho time he had fairly made out
the party, they were upon hiiu.
"Hallo," the leader cried, a he saw onr
hero, 'here we hare another.' And, as he came
up, he added: 'And 1 guess we've fouud a
live one, toe, -one that knows something.—
Say—who are jo ?"
This last sentence was addressed to Maurice,
who quickly answered :
'My uame is Lester. And now, to be fair,
what is your name 1"
'Well—l guess you'vo heard it before. Men
call me Ryan Woilgaog.'
'WoLI'QANG !' repeated Lester, with a 6tart.
•Yes. That is ruy name.'
Then WOLFGANG was oot a myth after all.
That mysterious wrecker, whoso name was a
souree of terror to honest sailors, was a being
of flesh and blood, like other men. Maurice
gazed upon him with wonder ; and,as he gazed,
he felt that he looked upon a fiend incarnate.
He had often beard of thv pirate-wrecker, and
so dark and mystic had been the tales which
the North Sea sailors had told, that he had
been inclined to believe that the wholo theme
was a fabrication. Now, however, he had no
more doubt, lor the man before him looked as
dark and bloody as were any of the pictures
he had heard drawn of him upon the forecas
tle.
But our hero was not allowed much time
for reflection. Wolfgang plied him with ques
tions, to all of which Lester gave straighfor-
Wafd answers; well knowing that evasion
would servo no practical purpose, and hoping
by bis frankness to propitiate the mcrciiwss
fiend in whose unrestrained power he knew
himself to bo.
When tho wrecker chief had elicited all the
information he could, and learned with what a
rich cargo the vessel was freighted, and that
she had $40,000 in specie on board, he smiled
grimly, and remarked to one of bis confedera
tes that she wjuld perhaps he a richer prize
even than the White Fawn had been a few
years before. The mention of the name of tho
ill-fated ship in whioh Carrie Thornton aDd
her father had been lost, gave Maurice Lester
such a shock that he Dearly fell to tho earth,
lie grew deadly pale, and his frame quivered
convulsive!*.
•What's the matter?' said Wolfgang. 'You
don't seem to have much strength left! —Bring
him along, boys, where wo can doctor him.'
The sinister glance which accompanied this
last remark, and the peculiar emphasis laid
upon the word 'doctor ,' struck a chill to our
hero't heart. But he could not give his own
safety m.'ieh thought, while be was partly forced
and partly carried along after Wolfgang, who
strode rapidly ou for nearly half an hour. lie
could think only of the White Fawn that had
been wrecked Oi* the 4 coast, and of his beloved
Oarrie who lrad, perhuD®; * D company with
those same uieu, tro-. th<? same path he was
now treading. VVbat ban bet.' l her fate ? Had
she been murdered by these wretches, or re
served tor some more deplorable doom ?
These thoughts filled hint with unui-'craMe ago
oy.
Wolfgang had now drawn near the wi'-tcrrf
edge ; and soon coining to the mouth of a
he entered it, followed by tho three ruffians
who had charge of our hero. The bottom of
the cave sloped upward from its entrance for
some distance, and then became almost level.
The captive (for such Maurice Lester now felt
himself to be) frequently bit his feet against
what he thought, with a chill of horror, were
human bones strewD around tho cavern, lut he
could not clearly make them out in the dim
light, lie also noticed thai the bottom of the
cave was very wet, as though it had recently
boen covered with water. The wrecker chief
tain stopped, at last, near what seemed the end
of the cave, and unking a sign to hL followers,
they clapped manacles on the wiistc and uukies
of Maurice before he had time to note their in
tention.
'Now, Captain Lester,' said Wolfgang, 'you
must remain in this place for a short season.—
You are perfectly safe here. —Silence ! Say
uot a word! If you attempt to leave this
spot, you will be slain the moment von set foot
outside the cave.'
Thus speaking, the chieftain aud his followers
silently but rapidly withdrew, leaving Maurice
nearly stupefied with astonishment. As they
passed fiom the niouih of the cave, their feet
were wot by ihe rising waves. The tide was
fast coming in.
After a short time, the captive looked about
him with eyes somewhat accustomed to the dim
light, aud beoame satisfied that what ho had
supposed to be human bones were really such.
There were many of them. And moving among
them were huge rats, seeking for prey. The
top of the cavern, in some places, was but a
few feet above his head, and in one piaco he
discovered a small aperture, through which a
faint light struggled, and on going underneath
it, bo thought he smeit the odor of vegetation
aud flowers.
On turning, from the contemplation of this
aperture, towards the mouth of the oave, Cap
tain Lester observed, with alarm, that the wa
ter was creeping up the sloping bottom. What
if it should fill the cavern? Ab I now he
could account for the presence there of those
human tones ! They were the sad memorials
of other hapless prisoners who bad been left in
that cave to peristi by drowning !
Slowly but surely the waters crept along.—
Tie vermin fled before him to the elevated
spot ou which Maurice st.cod. Siowly follow
ing, the incoming water at length reached his
feet!
At the end of the cave, within a few feet of
the wall, and underneath the aperture before
spoken of, wss a large piooe of rock, some four
feet high, that might have fallen from above.
To this Maurice hastened as quickly as his
manacles would permit. After some exertion
no succeeded in climbing to tbo top of it, and
stood erect, his head witbiu a few inches of the
roof of the cavern. But ho was not allowed
to occupy this retreat alone. As the water be
gan to otreio inuud its base, the rat 3 also
sought reiuga ou it in great numbers, and iu
vain diil Maurice try to dislodge them wiib his
manacled feet.
iSoon (as it seemed to the captive) the water
outoe rippling over the top of the rock. Ha
telt i'.a moisture upon his feet. And still it
rose—slowly but relentlessly it rose higher—
higher; and as it rose, the rats climbed up his
liuibs for safety. It was in vain that he brush
ed them off with his fettered hands. They in
stantly returned. They clambered up his
back—to his shoulders—over the back of his
neck—to the crowa of his head ; their clammy
bodies striking a chill to bis very heart.
And still higher tho wuters rose, and more
thickly the foul vermin olustered upou the des
voted captive's shoulders aud beau, as their
only places of safety. Driven frantic at last
by the horrors of bis situation, he was about
to plunge into the surging tide and seek a wa
tery grave, when his attention was arrested by
the tread of rapid f'ootsthps near the aperture
above his he id, and the sound of a harsh mas
culine voice, almost instantly followed by a
noise as a snuggle, and a piercing shiiek which
tbiilled Maurice Lester to the very soul, lie
could not be mistaken : if was CARRIK'S voice,
j Again bo heard i, but now in tones of entrea
| ty. Oh, it was her voice. She was not dead !
i Bho lived and was near tim! Gathering all
his strength he shouted, "Carrie! Carrie!
CARHJK I"
A dead silence followed, broken os!y by tlie
feaiful murmurs of the etiil rising waters, aud
the splash of the rats as tbey tell from the
wretcLed captiVe's head and shoulders, only to
return again, in their fierce struggles for a
peith of satcty from the advancing tide, which
bad now nearly reached our hero's shoulders.
The above is all of this story tbat will be
published in our column?. We give this as 3
sample. The continuation of it !rom where it
loaves off here can be found only iu ;be New
York Ledger, the great family paper, to which
the most popular writers in the country con
tribute, aud which is for sale at ail tbo stores
throughout the city and country, wbetc p-pers
are sold. Remember and ask for the New
Yotk Ledger of January Id, and in it yon will
find the continuation of the story from where
it leaves off here. If yoa cannot get a copy
at any book store, the publisher of the Ledger
will m.iii you a copy if you will send liim five
Ceuts iu a letter.
The Ledger 13 mailed to subscribers at $2 a
year, or two copies for j>3. Address your let
ters to Robert liouner, publisher, 18 Aon
street, New Y T ork. it is tbe handsomest and
best family paper in tbe country, elegantly il
lustrated, and charaeterizod by a high moral
tone. Ls present circulation ia over four hun
dred thousand copies, which is flic best evidence
we can give of its merits.
CELEBRATED
GERMAN BITTERS,
PREPARED BY
D8.C.13. JACKSON fit CO., Philad'a, Fa.,
WILL EFFECTUALLY CURE
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Chronic or
Nervous Debility, Diseases of ike Kidneys,
and all diseases arising from a disyr
dered Lirer or Stomach.,
Snch as CoLstipation, Inward Piles, Fullness of
Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nau
sea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Fullness or
Weight inthu Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking
or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming
Of the Head, Hurried and Difficult B'eatiiing, Flnt
tei.'ugat the Heart, Choking or sutlbcating sensa
tions when in a lying posture, Dimness of Visionl
Dots or TVehs before the Sight, Fever and Dul,
Pain in Jhe Jlead, Deficiency of Perspiration, Yti
lt wHens 01" the Skin and Eyes, Pain in the Side,
Back Chest Liiu'-s, sc., Sudden Flushes ol Heat,
Burning in the r' s . h Const *" l Imaginings of Evil,
and Great Depression oCr™^ n^' )MFTHINr Tft
87-DO YOU >, Ai-* BUJitHIMi IO
GOOp APPETITE f
DO iTCU WANT TO LP * ot7K
COFSTITUTION I , ,
DO YOU WANT TO FEEL I, TT „
DO YOU WANT TO GET KID Or YOLR
NERVOUSNESS ?
DO YOU WANT ENERGY?
DO YOU WANT TO SLEEP WELL ?
DO YOU WANT A BRISK AND VIGOR
OUS FEELING t
If you do, use Hoofiand's German Bitters, pre
pared hy Dr- C. -M. Jackson, 41d Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pa., and sold by druggists and store
kt pers throughout the United States. C icadas,
West Indies, and South America, at 75 cents per
bottle.
For sale by Dr. B. F. Harry and Reamer & Way,
Bedford, and by dealers generally throughout the
County.
May 27, 1859^-zz.
PEK.UAH E.YT OFFICE.
Complying with ike urgent request of hundreds
of theb patients,
Drs. I. SI. Filch and J. W. Sjkes
HAVE CONCLUDED TO REMAIN
PERMANENTLY IN PITTSBURGH,
And tony be consulted at their office,
NO. 190 PENK STREET,
Opposite St. Ciair llotd PITTSBURGH.
AND may be consulted daily, (exeept Sundays,)
foi CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRONCIIITIS, and all
other CHRONIC COMPLAINTS complicated with or
causing pulmonary disease, including Catarrh,
Heart Disease, Affection of the Liver, Dyspepsia,
Gastritis, Female Complaints, etc.
Drs. FITCH & SYKES would state that their treat
ment of consumption is based upon the fact that
the disease exists in the blood and system at large,
both before and during its development in the
lungs, and they therefore employ Mechanical, Hy
gienic and Medicinal remedies to purify the blood
and strengthen the system. With these they use
MEDICAL INHALATIONS, which they value
highly, but only as Palliatives, (having no curative
effect when used alone,) and invalids arc earnes'ly
cautioned against wasting the precious time of
curability upon any treatment based upon the
plausible, but false idea that the "seat ot disease
can be reached in a direct manner by Inhalation, 5 '
For as before stated, the seat of the disease is in
the blood and its effects only in the lungs.
charge for consultation.
A list of questions will be sent to those wishing
to consult lis bv letter. ■
March 18, 1859.-ly
JACOB HEED. G. W. HUTP. JOHN J. SCIIKLL.
REED, HIPS' & MHELL,
Bankers, aud Dealers la Exchange,
Bedford, Fa.
DRAFTS bought and sold. Collections made,
and money promptly remitted.
Deposites solicited.
References: Hon. Job Mann, Bedford, Fa.
John Mower, F.sq. <
John Cessna, Esq. < u
Ross Forward, Somerset,
Bunn Raguel A Co., Phila., <
Jno. IV att ft Co. l'ittsburg,
J. W. Curl.y & Co.. Bait., Md.
June 10, 1859.
liopmlir houseT
HOPEWELL BEDFORD COUNTY, PINS'A
JOHj* B. castner,
Proprietor-
May 6, 1859.-ly.
JAYNE'S Wrights,Bennett's and Dyott'a p.ris at
Dr. Harry's Drug and Book Store.
August C, 1858.
FOUNDRY IM MICIILI SHOP
THE subscribers havirg formed a h
ship under the style of "Dock * Asiicom" L
the purpose of car.dacting a general
AcID
business in the establishment recently erect*
by Milliard Dock, in Hopewell, Bviibhl coir,
ty, are now prepared to execute orders fl
LISTINGS AND MACHINERY of evJrv a
renption. They will build to order ateam
Kims, coal aud dritt-cars, horse powvrs a , J 'f
threshing machmts—also, casting of VV( !
kind for furnaces, forges, saw, grist and rWi!,~
mills, ploughs, water-pipe, columns,
routs, brackets, Acc., he.
.VZZJF aiß0 ' now rnakiK fine aasortrnmt
ol STOVES of various kind* of the Jates- .
terns and most approved styles,
eral sixes of COOK STOVES of the best 1., o
heating stoves for churches, offices, ha-.*,
Ssc. • j nas.
A full assortment of Stove W i'l be
constantly on bawd, and soli at wholesalet''-
r '' prices to smt the times, and '
warranted equal to the K-N eastern ml-''
Machinery ol all kinds rcja.rTd
Patterns nude to order. promptly^
OILLIARD DOCK,
K - K I-7 R " W * ASHCOM.
A or. b, 1807,
mriow HOTB£T~
Dedferd, Pa.
rpilli subscriber respectfully announces to p.
-k- public that he Las opened a Hotel, undfrthe
above name, ia the old and well known
building, on West Pitt Street, formerly ownei ..n
occupied by Mr. John Young, where he Willi-,
happy to se ali Lis frien ls, and the traveiiii . u;:,.
lie generally. Persons attending Court a' -
spect fully invited to give him a call, if.; j i
himself that he will do all ia bis power to rend '
ell his guests comfortable.
His Tabl; will be supplied vrith tbe choicest de
licacies the market will alford. _
The Bed Rooms will contain clean and comfort
able bedding.
The Bar will be supplied with choice liquors.
The Stable will be attended bv a careful a*l
tei.tive hostler.
ICs~ Boarders will be taken by the day. , s
month and year.
JON'A THAN iIORTOiV.
Bedford, April 30, 1833.
ppiinpttimfiil.
jITRb. S. E. PUIIS. lias just returned from tbi
At J_ eastern cities, with one of the largest, cheap
est and best assortments of
Ladies' Goods
ever brought to Bedford, lier slock consist# i Q
part of
Figured poplins, pi lin poplins, figured merino?!,
plain merinoea, figured cashmeres, plain cashm-res,
cashmvro plaids, flanels, opera flaneis, hard .racks.
small figured, all wool delaiues, and everything new
and cheap for ladies and cbildrens wear.
n . , SHAWLS! SHAWLS!
iJiocbe long shawls, do. square shawls, black i
square shawls, black thibet long shawls, ice., he.
GLOVES: GLOVES!
Gauntlet, taffeta, silk plush lined, lisle thread,
fiwi.ch beaver, cloth, kid finished, *tc., he. Also
FALL AND WINTER
dry goods, notions, etc. etc.
Call and see her stock and exam.se for year
slves. w- ■
>'ov. 4, 1859.
Special J%*oiice.
FOR FALL -AND WINTER, 1853
J RKED AC CO.
HAVE just received a large and carefully SI-LMT
ed Stock of
FILL l\D WINTER MORS
wuich tiiey are determined to self low :or Cash or
to prompt customers. Tbey enumerate in part.
Cloths, Cassimeres, Satinet!* and .Vlea's wear gen
erally in great variety.
Dress bilks, PrtuU-l Mention, Saxony Flail* Mu
slin de luine.r, tt excoediogly low figures.
SHAWLS of the newest and most elegant styles.
HOSIERY arid GLOVES in great variety.
Dcnr.tslie Goods, Prints, Sheetings, Shirlings, Can
lon Flannels, Blankets, Linseys, Tickings. <-. c. hr.,
an extensive assortment
Carpets, '>'*§*, Mate, be. he.,
LOOTS ANI> SHOES, HATS AND OA Pa.
Hardware ana Cutlery—i&euswart and G lassie an.
Choice Family Groceries, a large stock.
tL-' They wi-b it distinctly understood thattbess
goooj" WMI 06 500 exceedingly cheap jor Cash or Pro
dace.
Oct. 7, iC®®-
ri-'ig JLallis U
fjjlHE FArSEIiSiWSEO taking erected
J. a Mill for sawing i'v ASTERIFG LATHS on hia
premises in Union Tp., Be dl'ord county, is now
ready to furnish any quantify on the ..nortest
notice. Price $1.50 per thousand, 8 ft long.
Other lengths in proportion.
Letters addressed to meat St. wih
bmroruptly attended to.
WM. Gnih'PlTP.
Union Tp., Feb. 16, 1854.-zz.
TO BOtSEKfiKPERI
DR. HARRY,at the Choap Drug and Rook
Store, has just received, a large-assortment o'
the best Savoring extracts, together with B*k
ing Soda, Cream of Tartar, Salerafus, fee., ot
the very best quality, all of which ho will seli
the lowest prices.
MrW
will be paid for any quantity of Rye and Ci- rersccd,
upon delivery by
A. B. CRAMER & CO
Oct. 4. 1859.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
JUST received a large assortment of !• it-
King f< C'i's premium Philadelphia made, Ladies,
Misses aud Childrens fine Kid, Morocco end Go*'-
Luce Boots and shoes, with aud without heels, to
which we call the esoecia! attention of the Ladis*.
Oct. 21, 1859. OSTER A CAKN.
BLANK DEEDS,
A superior article, for sale at this office.
April 8, 1859.
I,o<<o Bushels of Rye wanted, at J. \j Shoema
ker 4 Co. Store, for which the highest marketpri*
will be paid m cash or merchandize.
Sept. 16, 1859.
5 E-&TH aud a perfumed breath can
* * he accqnired by using the "Balm fit
housand Flowers." To be had at
DR. HARRYS-
March fi. 1H57.
CANDLES, adamantine and tallow—a supeiior
article—just received, and for sale by
A. L. DEFIBAUGH-
Bedford August 5. 1859.
CASH BUYERS can do best, at Osraa &
CARN'S CHEAP store 1 handsome sugars, at 8, U,
and 10 cts. pet- pound, molasses ajul syrups, at 1.0,
12, 14 and 18 cts. per quart.
Oct. 28, 18>9.-2m.
j physicians prescnptloos carefoUv coMpoapd
1 ed, at all hours of uhe day or ni/-h Wr.
Harry's, Drug Store.
August 6. 1858
VVlii:UK'ri GKOBGK .WNDAYi
HE wout.; su.ciy go hstbss no longer if he
llvse 1 autf.:l scii Ledger h. ' for oiilj $1.50, at
Got. 21, 1859. uSTUB A CAEN'S.
fJIURE Vi iii'fiS udJicD, Flaxseed oil ami Spiiit
-U,pcntu.3 at Dr. Hnrrj't iircp irf Rook
Stare.
August s, i£sß,