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Tiik Only sr.iNiiAitn nmciAt.
SOUTIIEHX HISTORY OF TIIK
WAR.
lly Kdwnrd A. Pollard, of Vlrfjlnla.
KAM1IKI, SCIIWI'.l'I'KNlIIHlIIl OK .MIITMN
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(tin late Southern Confederacy, (ho campaigns,
battles, Incidents and adventures of the most irl
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(Ovitiinitl Voctru.
KOIt THE (lll.t'MlltAN,
coitotvi:.
11V MAUIAN IIOSS.
roniiivr.l let iiu rey ne'er refus,.
To speak (he pnrdiintitu word,
Whhl, can swi-et solace ulvo the heart
Tly true repentance stirred.
Shall filendshlp's Enlden chain, forever,
lly pride or wrnlh ls riven?
If olio hnlh wroiiKeil thee, oh, foiRtvo
As thou would Vt ho forlven I
1'ornhol Ihou knnwest not llie pain
Thy coldness call Impart,
Thon knowest not what niiituMi keen
May rack a Im tin; heart,
rcnliance 't w as hut a'earcless w ord,
A Jealous paiiK, hone knew,
And while the lips have wronged, the heart
"ns tender still, and true.
1'orttlvolhy friend the lie, e of jear,
Is ncxercold or dead,
l'orglve thy f(-, and huriilnx coals
Thoti'lt heaii upon his head.
I'orche 1 the fond repentant heml
Shall elltis through life to thee,
And tlie ii. ward of all the true,
Thy future is.ttlou he.
rrsle, thiamh justice sternly sits
Abo e thy cruel w roni;,
Veimennce Is find's, but charity
To all mnnklnd belongs.
I'iiiuUc, If at tho Jud-diicut sent
Thou would'st not plead 111 Mill, ;
l'orule, forlve,fnr llisilear sake.
Who for thy sins was slain.
UisiccUunrous.
I'lULUl'S' FIUST JiAUV.
Mits. I'liri.r.iiN wihou tho very pinna-
olu of felicity, Shu was this mother of
i boy which weighed eleven pounds.
He. Phillips, bid fnir to lo-e his mind
entirely. lie. danced nnr sam:. and
fired mills from till! ton of his earn.
house, whistled Yankee Doodl- while '
eating his breakfast, and wrung the
necks of all tho fowls on tho place, to
make n chicken pie for tho celebration.
This worthy couplohad been married
ten years, and this was their first child.
I'coplo had laughed at them ten years
on account of their luck ; people who
were overrun with children, and whiv-o
lives were made mi-d'able by the scold
ings and spankings they found it neccs-
;iry to inlllct upon thttir wretched little
olive plants.
Xow, Mrs. Phillips said, she guessed
they'd laugh out tho other side. There
had never been so largo a baby born in
Hniithlleld before. Airs. .Tones' only
weighed nine pounds and had a pug
nose. Mrs. Sawyers' was red-haired,
and had a 1110I0 on his right foot a sure
sign that it would comu to a bad end
and it only weighed seven pounds and
fourteen ounces ! She guessed folks had
better look at homo before they laughed.
liaby proved to bo a Tartar, llo had
a temper like a windmill, and seemed
determined to develop his feet and lungs
to the utmost while he hud leisure, for
ho screamed and kicked twenty-three
out of tho twenty-four hours.
Hut his mother declared he was an
UllLLl'l. fJHJJi I till IIIKIfsHll. U'lllMpii ' . . .
with pully red cheeks, heels elevated in ! t-noug h to insinuate that k -the
air, sucking a sugar teat, and being , bugs, to say noth ngof tl.j. libel on l a
angel. We never can imagine nn angel
bounced about in a pillow craillo to the I
tuno of "High diddle dee!" but then ,
our imagination is not by any means so 1
vivid as It might lie. I
From tho hour in which he was born,
he was the Autocrat of the household;
everything had to bow to his nod.
l'lie scullery tloor creaked ; it was ta
ken oil" the hinges, and the servant was
lathe draft all the time, because sho
might disturb the baby. For the same
reason the coll'ee mill was moved into
(t.n,..,w,.i-il iin.lUi...n,i,stl,i.wn.h(Ml!0W tnemii si-.-......
out of tloors-the clatter of tho plates I
made tho baby scream; tho washing
In',,.,.,, and theehokod-allfrom
the fear of disturbing the baby.
.Mr. Phillips paid a blacksmith, who
..'.... , r ii..
was located wltiun a quarter oi ti nine,
one huutlretl dollars to move his shop,
and Illddy was moved to the cock loft
of the woodshed on account of snoring.
The child's dl-oases wero legion. It
I'lm nl.IldM lUrwH4 wero legion. It
S " womler n'Z Its
neathwith s. many terrible ailments
WIH
omtlll llll si. ,i.i.... ......
Cllllglllg 1 11. II. ...
... i. Al- . 111. till,... e..j ,.,n.
.1 II.. 11... r,n .mini HOW
llliu.lll Ull ...v .....s -
demonstration.
"Charles!" cried she, waking her
husband from
1 1 .,,,1,1 it. n of
UUIIIH'l UIIU KXJMl " in-
night, "It seems to mo the baby don't
breathojust right."
Mr. Phillips sprang up and listened ;
(iood gracious, he's got the sntillles,
ain't he'.'"
"Oh, dear, what shall wo do if baby i
going to bo sick'.'"
Mr. Phillips got a light, and tho anx
ious parents brought It to bear on the
faco of their child.
"Oh, heavens!" cried his mother,
"his face is actually purple! bo's going
to havo tho scarlet fever. See that red
spot on his elbow."
"It may bo whero he's laid on It," re
marked Mr. Phillips.
"Laid on It, eh! you unfeeling man,
you unnatural father! And there, It's
sucking Its thumb ; I' vo known It from
tho first It wouldn't llvo; Itucked its
thumb so much."
"Seems to mo that I've Heard my
mother say that It was the sign of a
healthy child to suck its thumb, but I
won't 'bo certain. Any way, it is a
good sign orabadono; 1 forget which."
"Hun, Charles, run for the doctor!
n'si.riiiiio. to die I know It Is! Oh,
.lnii't shin to-dress-don't! It may dio
while von nro waiting, mu "r grimily
Hates, and tell her to bring some caiiup
.mil witl'roii. and neiilierniint tell her
to bring all tho herbs sho's got ! and do
liui'i'V, Charles, do I Mercy on us! it's
.....itiio- luilli thumbs ! Hun run !"
.Mr. Phillips caught up tho Tlrst article
BLOOMSBU11G, PA., FRIDAY,
or clothing ho could lay his hands on,
which proved to bo his wife's embroid
ered petticoat, but ho wns In too much
basic, and altogctherloo much excited
to notleo dress particularly, llo Hung
tho garment over his head, and tied It
around his waist slipped on his shoes
and plunged Into the keen air. The
Doctor was usleep, and did not care
about turning out, but on being told
that It was n case of life or death, he
yielded at once.
Mr. Phillips left him dressing, and
sped to the residence of Drani'.y Hates.
Tho old lady was wise, but she was very
superstitious, and believed in warnings
and apparitions. Phillips gave a thun
dering rap at tho door, and directly a
night-capped head appeared at an up
per window.
"What do you want at this time of
night, and who bo ye'."' said a cracked
voice.
I'hilllps,steppod out and stood plainly
revealed by tho light of a dim moon.
"(iood gracious massy!" cried tho
old woman, "It's got a scalloped petti
coat on. Land! I didn't think they
wasted their time on such vanities as
that are."
"It's a dying!" exclaimed Phllllps
"come down quick."
"Xot I ! I ain't so green as to trust
my old body to a supernatural ghost!"
and down went tho window with a
bang. Phillips pouuded at tho door un
til ho was tired, and then made tracks
for homo.
Dr. Gray had just arrived. Mrs. Phil
lips waspreparlng to go into hystcricsas
soon as she heard his opinion.
liaby was much worse; it not only
suc';w' ''s thuinhs, hut wiggled It.s toes
It could not coutinueloiiL'. The doctor,
with a grave face, entered tho sick room,
liiddy rubbed her mistress with camphor.
Mr. Phillips stood by, wiping his eyes
with the drapery of Ills scant attire.
"Oil, doctor! will it dio? Only save It
doctor, and you may take all I have!"
cried Mrs. Phillips, wringing her hands.
"I'll get down on my knees to you and
thank yju forever."
"Keep your sitting, marm, keep your
sitting," said tho doctor, taking a largo
pinch of niufV.
"Don't keep moin .su-pcii-o! Only see
Its precious little arm! What is it!
For the love of -heaven tell me let me
know the worst !"
"Well, marm, if I speak out you
promise not to blame me'.'" asked tho
doctor gravely.
"Xo, no!'T
"Marm," said he, with his long faco
still more fearfully elongated, "it is my
opinion as a man and a physician, that
tho child has been bitten by four bed
bugs, or else he has been bitten in four
places byonoinsect of that description."
"Dr. Gray," cried tho father, "do you
mean to insult us?"
"Iy no means, sir; I repeat if "
"Xo, vou don't!" yellow Mr. P. It's
lu "s . ,
house this ntant,you mean, client g.
m-uuing oiu KUUm . .
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o 11 " ' Vr ,t . V,
' P Ullliru a Willi uil IU H.-..11.. ,ii.v ...
lilt'
ht lay safety, and witli a ua-ty now
he backed off the stop and started for
ills gig. The ground was inclined, and
quite icy. His heels How up, bis head
went down, and His wlioio uony spun
I , .. . , ti, ii!. 1 ..ttttiie
Mr. i. "othing tlamded rushe, ner
'7 1
"TJ "d.
, - - " ' " " , r ".,.., ' f.
, K'i' " '
hm-nil li s I'xamnle.
k" ..' . t.. n
j Ti.o u aoj a,
K-ew older at( "
..! ' ahf"1- J'"' f,, ' rU
'" " ,
0111111 nniv iUi UM- i
time, that ! J
back; and rs. Philips cut hoi t
..;,.. ilnftw n,w lairo In tho
, niliuuiir, nil., iv-. -
.....,..., .ll,nstilsnrln
I'OHICSI Wl'lllliui
i I,,,,,.., hurt till, llll IV.
i , ." , ' . J, f
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I II UL'lvl'I.V HI II"' "uu .........v- -v
' , , 1 i., ,i i.t , Is,.,.! .
Wlt l i IUUUIIUT; III' kiukiu nn nun
through the looking glass and toro the
inwards out of pa's gold watch, unmo
lested. It pleased the deary, weary,
scary baby, bis mother said tho little
mltty sugar plummy baby.
One day, when tno wontieriui oauy
wasnvearold, tho village Inhabitant;
were startled by tho disheveled appai-h
thin of Mrs. Phillips bare headed, and
wearing.a wild expression of counte
nance hurrying at n frantic rate to tlie
hiinor's shoo, whero her husband
j . . ,
worked; and instantly ro-nppeareu
followed by Phillips at ti dog trot.
Old siiulro Smith saw them, and be.
ing a man who lived in consume oroau
of Are. ho thought It must bo tho re.l
denco of Mr. Phillips was In llauies.
The old gentleman was perfectly Insano
on tho subject of conflagration, nml at
tho tup of his lungs raised tho cry:
"Fire! tiro! lire!"
1 Where'.' where'." cried a score of voices,
"Charley Phillips' house!' said tho
old L'ontlenian.
Tho flro company gathered, got out
tho engine, and ran with speed to tho
ftitulhuu-o Huttothelr supremo aston
ishment they did not so much as smell
a Diifl'ofsinnkolii the region.
The head fireman, who was something
ofiiwae;. knocked at tho" door. Mrs,
pbllllns niiiieared absolutely radiant.
"Is this tho house, allow mo' tu Inquire
ma'am that wo are expected to squirt
on'." said the iiremaii.
"I do not understand you," said Mrs.
, 'but thchabvhas' walked two steps-
two steps on his own feetalonol"
"Soldi by .Iupltcrl"crlcdthoflrcinan
'and now, boys, hero's threotlines thrco
to tho baby that walked two steps 1
Hearty my men 1"
And they gavo tho cheers drank a
barrel' of cider which Mr. Phillips
rolled out, nnd then returned home.
AFRICA.
M 1)U Chaii.i.U In a lecture on Africa
delivered a few days ago, has tho fol
lowing: "In these equatorial forests thcro nro
found n vast number of ants without
tho It which I got accustomed to in
F.nglaiul (laughter)-pomo of which
nro so terrible to mati7and oven to tho
beasts of tho woods, from their veno
mous bite, their flcrcotemper,nnd vora
city, that their path Is freely abandoned
to them. The most remarkable and
most dreaded of all, Is tho black Uah
lkonay. Hashikonay is tho iimiio given
it by tho liakalal. There aro two other
varieties of Hashikonay beside the black
kind. These black Hashikonay may bo
well called tho lords of tho forest. It
is tho most voracious creature I over
met. It is tho dread of all living ant
mals from the leopard to tho smallest
Insects. Itisthcirhablttomarch through
tho forests In a long, regular line, a lino
about two Inches broad and often several
miles In length ; all along this lino nro
larger ants who act as officers stand
otitsido tho ranks and keep this singular
army in order. If they comoton place
whero there arc no trees to shelter them
from tho sun, whoso heat they cannot
bear, they Immediately build an un
derground tunnel through which tho
whole nrmy pass In columns to tho for
est beyond. When they grow hungry,
as by a sudden command tho long file
spreads itself through the forest advanc
ing forward, attacking and devouring
all living things with a fury that is
quite irresistible. Tho elephant and tho
gorilla lly before them ; the black men
run away ; every animal that lives In
their lino of march is chased. In an
incredibly short spaco of time those that
aro caught are overwhelmed, killed,
eaten, and only tho baro skeleton re
mains. They seem to travel day and
night. Many a time havo I been awa
kened out of a sleep and obliged to rush
into the water to savo myself from them.
When they enter a house they clear It
of every living tiling. Cockroaches aro
devoured In an instant; rats and mice
prlng around the room in vain. They
will not touch vegetable matter, thus
they nro very uclul, clearing the coun
try of many Insects. "When on their
march the Insect world flies before them,
and I have often had the approach of a
Hashikonay army heralded to me by
this means. Wherever they go they
make a clean sweep, even ascending to
tho top of tho trees in pursuit of their
prey. Their mannerof attack Is an Im
pctuous leap, instantly tho strong pin
cers nro fastened and they only let go
when tho piece gives way. At such a
timo this little insect seems animated by
i kind of fury which causes it to disre
gard entirely its own safety. Tho ne
groes relate that criminals, by which
they generally mean wizards, ha vesome-
t lines been exposed on the path of tho
Hashikonay ants, tied to a tree so they
might not escape, and then were de
voured to the bones. They aro larger
than any ants wo have in America. The
number of one of tlieirarmies Is so great
that one does pot like to enter into cal
culations, but I have scon a continuous
line passing at a good speed a particular
place for twelve hours. So you may
imagine how many millions they havo
been.
V.w.unoi' a Xi:w.si'ait.i!. A child
beginning to read becomes delighted
with nownpnpers, becauso ho reads of
names and things very familiar, and
ho will make progress accordingly. A
newspaper In one year, Is worth u quar
ter's schooling to a child, and uvery
father must consider that substantial
information is connected with this ad
vancement. Tho mother of a family
being ouo of its heads and having a
more immediate charge of children,
should herself bo instructed. A mind
occupied becomes fortified against the
ills of life, and is braced for any emer
oolirv.
Lliliurcil amused uy rcauuigursiuuy,
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are, of course, considerate and aro moro
easily governed. How many thought
less young men havo spent their earn
lugs in a tavern or grog-shop, wJio ought
to havo been reading '.' 1 low many pa
rents who never spent twenty dollars
for books for their families would glad-
lv havo given thousands to reclaim a
son or daughter who had Ignorantly
and thoughtlessly fallen Into temptation
who had no reading or any other attrac
tion at homo !
A Swii'T Hi'Nxr.it. A Mexican cor
respondent writes: "Wo havo had
somo celebrated runners in tho United
States, but scarcely equal to a young
Mexican thirty-three- years or age
named Ochoa, who lives at Hidalgo, In
Southern Chihuahua. Ho has been
known to beat a man on horseback for
u distanco of thirty miles. Ho has oft
en made a hundred and fifty miles in
twenty-four hours. A friend of mlnu
lately gavo him five dollars to carry
letter fifty miles, and bring htm an an
swor. Ho did It in twenty-two hours,
taking, as ho thought, plenty of time.
there being no great hurry. Tho last
flftv miles ho mado slowly In seven
hours. From this may be gained some
Idea of tho trained courier systems of
Montezuma and tho Peruvian Incas
MAY 24, 1867.
PHARISEES nOWLINQ.
Tin; release of Mr. Davis affords to
some of our cotemporarles a pretext for
malignant vituperation. The editor of
thlsjournnl Is howled nt with n vltidic
tlveness which Is comforting so far as
It shows that tho tongues of certain of
our friends have not yet cleaved to the
roofs of their mouths. Let that pass as
tho Idlo wind which wo heed not. One
or two observations, however, may be
ventured In reference to a matter which
seems to excite more than ordinary
interest.
Jefferson Davis wns taken prisoner
two years since. He was arrested as an
assassin and for his arrest tho Gov-
ermcnt paid the stun of one hundred
thousand dollars. Tho President claim
ed to know In offering this rewnrd that
Mr. Davis was tho accomplice of Wilkes
Hooth. He jvas thrown lntoadungcon,
nnd mnnacled, and held In harrasslng
durance. As nn assassin, especially as
tho assassin of Mr. Lincoln, tho rigor
and vigilance did notscem unnecessary,
and wo wero content. With nil tho
proofs tho Administration claimed to
have, was It not wise, nay, was it not
duo to the memory of tho martyred
dead, that speedy justice should bo visit
ed upon tho great offender? Certainly, If-
Jefferson Davis was concerned in tho
assassination of Mr. Lincoln, ho was tho
chief assassin. The wretches who wero
so swiftly hanged on a midsummer's
day, wero tho mere Instruments in the
hands of tho great criminal. Tho be
lief Induced Mr. Davis's arrest, and tho
payment of an enormous reward. What
came of the arrest? With evidence of
his guilt in tho possession of Mr. Stanton
with a hundred generals only too
happy to bo assigned to court-martial
duty with tho courts open, ablo law
yers and district.attornoys duly com
missioned, tho great criminal was per
mitted to remain in prison, and not n
word was said of Justice, For two years
this has continued, and now, at Uioeud
of two years, tho Government permits
hlni,au unpunishednssassin, to betaken
from prison nnd released on bail. If
this is right now, when did It bocomo
right? If, after nil, the Government has
no evidence showing the complicity of
of Davis and Hooth, why was not tho
charge withdrawn ?
Well, It was as a traitor, and not ns
nn assassin, that Mr. Davis was held,
and ns such ho should havo been kept In
jail. Hutwhykeophimin jail? Treason
is a crime, and a crime, according to
Mr. Johnson, that should bo punished.
There is a lawful way of punishing
men In this country. To keep a man In
prison without trial is a violation of
law, not obedience to it, Mr. Davis
may havo committed many crimes so
many indeed that, according to one
howling Pharisee, "it is a dlsgraco and
" to our country that ho should ever be
"permitted to desecrate with his traitor
"foot-prints the soil of a freo State."
Hut howdo.we know that ho committed
crimes ? There isbutono way of knowing
It the verdict of twelve trusty men.
Hccauso Mr. Davis is a criminal, must
wo also bo criminal'.' Hocauso ho is
known to havo committed treason, must
we also commit what is certainly moral
trea-on to tho Constitution? If It Is
right to tako Jelferson Davit, citizen,
and Imprison liini two years without
Judge or Jury, why not citizen
Thurlow Weed, or citizen Wil
liam Cullen Hryant '.' Hut it is popular
ly believed that Mr. Davis is a traitor,
and that, as a traitor, he should long ago
have been hanged. Well, it is also
popularly believed that If Mr, Thurlow
eed had his deserts lo would longngo
have been In Sing Sing. Wo have no
legal knowledge of tho fact. Mr, Weed
has never been arrested nor tried ; nor
has even nn iudptuentbcei found, I Jo
is at liberty, and so long as ho 1b not
legally accused, we shall insist that he
remain nt liberty, and If necessary wo
shall find twenty bondsmen who will
answer for his security until tried. Tho
princlploisthesaiiie,whether It applies to
Davlsor vood,oromzon iiermot arrest
ed for assault and battery. The law
has no prejudices tho Constitution no
"popular" punishments.
Certain citizens testify their appreci
ation of the principle so conspicuously
violated in tho case of Mr. Davis by
becoming his bondsmen. Listen to tho
Pharlses howling. It Is popular to howl
at Mr. Davis, and hcnceall this loudly-
echoing Indignation. What Is Justice?
What is law? What Is the Constitution?
What nro the honor and dignity of this
nation? Mr. Davis Is a traitor, and
should bo hanged! Well, Johnson isa
patriot, and why did ho not hang him ?
The Pharisees who howl over Davis
huzza for Johnson. So long as Davis
was a fact, wo opposed him. Tho He-
hellion ho led, thoslavo system ho cher
ished, tho disunion he preached,
wo havo warred upon, wo war
upon them now, nnd shall continue to
to do to until this land is a land of uni
versal freedom and impartial suffrage,
Hut Jefferson Davis Is no longer a fact
Ho no longer represents armed treason
llo Is our victim, our prisoner, the
creaturo of tho laws, and ono in whoso
person tho laws have for two years been
dishonored. Against that injustice wo
havo protested, against Injustice In any
form, no matter how lofty or lowly tho
victim . This wo do because wo believe
it to bo right. Tho Pharisees may howl
notwithstanding. Wo havo heard them
many and many n timo before. A". 1".
'JriOttne.
lti:v. Jmx HmcwiTH, of Xow Or
leans, has been elected HMiop of Geor
gia, to succeed Hlshop Elliott, deceased.
TO PAY TAXES.
It Is estimated that tho laud which
would bo saved to use, by upropcrleveo
system for tho Mississippi rlvcramounts
to about seven millions of acres; an
area larger than somo of tho States.
Tho value of the cotton that could bo
raised on this land, now comparatively
worthless, would at present rales,
28 cents n pound, bo nbou( $!70,000,000,
Taxed two nnd a half cents a pound,
this crop would pay to tho United States
annually a tax of $87,o00,000. This Is
moro than the whole receipts of tho
United States from duties on Imports
during tho fiscal yearl8G", fivo times
tho revenue from tho tax on raw cotton
for tho fiscal year 1600, and nearly onc
llfth of the wholo ro venue of tho United
States for tho latter year. Thus It Is
evident that this mass of real estate Is a
very Important portion of the landed
property, that.isofthomaterial.strength,
of tho United States.
During Mr. Huchanan's adminis
tration somo gentlemen were appointed
to iiiako a survey and estimate of tho
work, and they made a very elaborate
report on tho subject. ',Of courso the war,
poverty and neglect havo left of the
old levees but wrecks, which are no
protection to this vast number of acres.
It would seem us If somo money now
foolishly expended by Congress could
bobetteruscdln assisting to re-construct,
permanently and efficiently, tho Miss
issippi Levees.
Tho estimates of Messrs. IIumfiiuky
and AiinoT in IMS, gave as the total
cost of properly leveeing tho Mississ
ippi, if there had then been no levees
Whatever, nnd if tho whole work wero
to bo done from tho beginning, about
$0,000,000, and to properly complete
those then existing, nbout $17,000,000.
The sum recently asked for by Louisi
ana was only l.OOO.Ollll. If this bo
sufficient, and If Mississippi and Arkan
sas need each as much, and if another
million bo added for Missouri and
Tennessee, tho whulois $10,000,001. This
is equal to what tho Dutch pay every
three years simply for tho ordinary re
pairs of their dykes. The cotton tax on
the very ilroWuli crop would return
more than the wholo into tho National
Treasury, besides that tho work would
quickly placo tho States assisted lu a
position to pay tho whole of it.
Ax aqi:i) Woman Found Di:ai in
a Si'itiNO A SiNoui.Ait Cam:. An
old widow lady named Leach Price was
fonud dead, In a sitting posture, in tho
spring on tho premises where sho resid
ed, near Paxiuos, this county, on Mon
day morning last, with only tho lower
part of her body under water. Tho
facts lu the case, ns related to us, are
very singular. Sho was tho widow of
Wilson Price, of Shnmokln township,
to whom she had no children, but she
had two step-sons, children of said Wil
Aon Price. At his death. Mr. Price
willed his two farms to tho two sons ex
cepting of course, tho lawful interest of
tho widow. Ono son also died after
wards, and Jacob Kline bought and
moved on the farm of the deceased son.
The farm of the surviving son, Peter
Price, adjoins tho property of Kline. It
appears that Kline and Prico Jointly
provided for tho wants of tho aged wid
ow, nnd sim occupied rooms In tho hou-o
of Kline. Early on Monday morning
Mrs. Kline wenttotliespringnnd found
flie old lady as above stated. The wa
ter is not over eighteen inches in depth.
She was tightly wedged in, with her
back to tho stepping stone and her feet
iropped against thoopposito wall. Her
body was still warm, but life was ex
tinct. When taken out she was full of
water, tho upper part of her body com
pletely wet, but how ho could havo
drowned ami then got Into tho position
in which she was found, Is still Involved
in mystery, Au Inquest was held upon
tho body and tho finding was that sho
came to her death by drowning. Wheth
er tho matter will end hero wo know
not, but the easo should bo fully inves
tigated, if possible until thero is no
moro 'doubt as to tho manner of her
death, whether accidental or otherwise.
Xarlhumberland Democrat,
Tin: Amiuucan Ci:xt. Tho first
copper cent was produced in 178- by
ltobert Morris, tlie great financier of
the Revolution, nnd was named by Jef
ferson, two years later. It began to
make its appearance from the Mint in
1702. It then boro tho head of Wash
ington on ono sldo and a chain of thir
teen links on tho other. Tho French
Revolution soon nfter created a rago for
French Ideas in America, which put on
tho cent, instead of tho head of Wash
Ington, the head of tho Goddess of Lib
erty, with neck thrust forward and
flowing locks. The chain on tho re
verso was replaced by the olive wreath
of peace. Hut tho French liberty was
bhort lived, and so was our portrait on
our cent. In its stead a staid, classic
dame, with finely chiselled Grecian fea
tures, and a fillet round the hair, came
Into fashion forty or fifty years ngo, and
continued until about ten years since,
when tho much smaller and moro con
venient nlckle cent appeared, with a
flying eaglo in the place of Liberty's
head, In order that it might not bo mis
taken for the fivo dollar gold piece. In
tho present new cent the Liberty head
has been restored.
"Tommy my son," said a fond mother
"do you say your prayers , light and
morning?" "Yes; that Is, nights
but any smart boy can take care of him
self In the. daytime."
CoNscil'.NCi: Is the I'hamberofJustlce,
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HVU nnrt Ihtmor.
Ki.ix-rioxr.r.itiNti Stouy. A fetory
Is going about tho London clubs of a
cnndldato for a vacant soat In Parlia
ment. He was walking through the
streets of tho borough with his attorney,
when a neutral voter was pointed out.
Tho legal nd visor said that the candidate
had-hettrr tacklo the voter at once.
"What Is his profession?'' wild tho
candidate.
" I am not sure," was tho reply, "but
I rather think ho is a trunk maker."
'How do you do, how do you do, my
dear sir?" says the candidate. "How
very fortunato that I have mado your
acqualniiinec. Mrs. X. has been travel
ing nbout a good deal lately, and has
worn out her trunk. PJeaso mako mo
tho very best trunk that you possibly
can."
" I am much flattered by your com
mands," said tho voter, "but I am not
a trunk nuiker."
"Oh I yes, you are," said the candi
date. " Xo, Indeed, I am not," says the vo
ter. " Then, pray, what are you?" says
tho candidate.
" If .i'ou please, sir, I am a collln ma
ker." " Oh, that will do Just as well," Mild
Mr. X., the candidate. "Please mako
mo a coffin ; tho very best collln you
possibly can."
The voter said : " Please, sir, you are
joking now; I don't like that."
Mr. X., lu reply, "Xcver was moro
serious in my life."
" Well," said tho voter, "all is fair in
tho way of business. Hut bo good
enough to give me a written order."
" Hy all manner of means," said Mr.
X., who at onco gavo him a written or
der. About a week afterward a hearso with
plumes and fcathoi-H tlrcw up nt a com
fortable family mansion In one of tho
London parks, and out came a collln.
The servants were horrified, and de
clined to take tho dark object In-doors.
Tho undertaker was Inexorable. Mr. X.
wns at dinner; and being interrogated
by his servant, desired tho coffin to bo
brought Into tho house.
"Hut weroshall wo put if." said Mrs. X.
"Under tho bed," said Mr. X.
To this Mrs. X. decidedly objected.
Soon all tho servants came and began to
insinuate symptoms of giving warning.
They could not think of abiding in the
house with a coffin. Mr. X. then order
ed it to be taken to his chambers in the
Temple. On one of his friends asking
him what he had lo.no with his coffin,
ho admitted that he had put a whole set
of voluminous law reports Into it. Tho
said candidate is likely to hear more of
this when he goes among his newly
formed acquaintance in tho boroutrh."
UoTHKUlNIi A WlTNIXS. About
twenty years ago, when Franklin Pierce
and the present Senator Clark stood at
tho head ofthe Hillsborough b'ir, in
Xow Hampshire, there was upon the
docket u celebrated suit called the
"HorsoCaso." Thisactlon was brought
by Smith nnd Jones, livery stable keep
ers, against ono White, to recover the
value of a pair of horses alleged to havo
been killed by the defendant while con
veying an insane man to the asylum tit
Concord. There was plenty of proof
that tho horses died soon after their ar
rival there; but the defendant took tho
ground that they died of disease, and
not from being overheated, and that n
sufficient time had been allowed them
to travel that distance with ease. Then
it became necessary to show the jury
mo tuno oi starting ana tuo timo of ar
rival, Many ultiwns wero brought for
ward, nmong them a tall, bony, slab-
sided, lnnky,hleopy-looking fellow, who
olllciatcd as ostler at tho stable. I givo
you tho substaneo of the concluding
portion of tho examination :
"What time, sir, did 1 understand
you to say it was when tho horses wero
driven up to tho stablo?"
"Just as I was goln' to dinner."
" What time was.it when you went to
dinner tho day before by tho clock?"
" Just twelve."
" To a minute, sir?"
"Yes, sir."
" What timo was it when you went to
dlnner'that day by the clock?"
"Just twelve."
"Ton minute?"
"Yes, sir."
" What timo did you go to dinner tho
day before that hy tho clock"
" At twelve."
"Ton minute, sir?"
"Yes, sir."
"And what time did you go to din
ner a week previous by tho cldck V
"At twelve."
"Ton minute, sir?"
"Yes, sir."
"Xow, sir, will you bo good enough,
to tell tho jury what timo you went to
dinner three months before the Inst date
by tho clock?"
"At twelve."
"To a minute, sir?"
"Yes, sir."
"That Is all, sir," replied tho counsel,
with a gleam of satisfaction on his face
and a glance at tho Jury, as much ns to
say, "That man has settled his testimo
ny, gentlemen." And so woull thought
till, Just as he was leaving tho stand, ho
turned to his uucstloncr with a curious.
eonilcal expression on his face,
j
nice, and
if( out o'
ami inn tttnnpetl at turci' or the
nut ir montm," There was a general
roar in tho gallery whero I sat. Mr.
Clark sat down, and 1 noticed that tho
judge had tu u-e his handkerchief Ju-t
then.
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