AO
THE COLUMBIAN,
tl.BMBIA DSJIOCRAT, STAR OF TKK KOK11I ASH COI.Uf
1IIAN CONWII.f HATKII.)
Issued weekly, every Friday tnornlniri nt
1II.01IHIIUHU( UOI.llMllIA CUllNTl, FA.
two uoi.LAiiH per year1, payalilo In advance, or
ulnir tho year. After llio oxplrallon ot t lie) cur
will lie oharRed, To subscribers out ot I lie
county tho terms nro ii per year, strictly In inli'iince
f J i(U not pud In iiilvaticoiiniUil.inlli pajhicht Ih
delayed ho nnd the year.
Nil p.ilnT discontinued, except nt the option tit the
publishers, until all nrreaniKcs are paid, but lonv
rout Imi'xl credits after llio expiration uf the nrsf
year will not Ira Klicn.
All imper sent out of tho Male or to distant post
onicos must bo plld for III lulvnneo, unless a respon
sible person In Columbia county nssunics to pay the
subscription iluo on ilein.mil.
posrAdH H no longer exacted from ruAisci litem In
tho county.
I hUtlta nt Aitiffi'lUlili).
m f( Sdwi'lbliitfi
Oho ifich, (twelve linen or Its crpiltnlcnt in Nonr
' rrll type) ono ortno IfiseftlotiMl.wt three Inwi
t Intra 4 IHI
. etc.
ft ui vino
I.eo D.tiO
Bim 4l.w
110(1 11.01
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Yearly mi ''en isemenis pnj o-ii" ;i'" ; -stent
iiilicrllsementH must ne paid for bercrc Inserted
except where parlies have accounts. .,,,,-
M'irai tiiiieriiM'iiu'iiin iu """wi"! ..........
Insertions, and at Hint rato for ndillllotial Insertions
without reference to leimtli.
Kxecutor's, Administrator s and Auditor's notices
''mnslcnTor Local notices, twenty cents a line,
reeulnr advertisements halt rates.
Card In tlio "Innlnoss Hlicctory" column, ona
dollar per your for each line.
JOB DPS.I3STTI3Kra-.
complete, ami our .lb Itlidliuc will com pare favora-' C. B, BROCKWAY, vAXU.. .-J ti...l....
ly with that ot liio lariro elites. All work ilono on I rV P. ELWELL f EaltOMfltlttrroprltStOrs,
demand, neatly and nt inodcrato prices. (. uunuuu,
Tlio .lobbing Department of tlio Coi.umman Is very
BL00MSBU11G, PA., FR1DAI, JULY 7. 1876.
TII15 COLUMIIIAN, VOL. X, NO. 27
COI.UJIIIIA DKMOCHAT, V OL. XU, NO. HI
if
I
4
HLOOMHIlUKO MKKCTOUY.
.13
SCIIOOli OKDKIIS, blank, just printed anil
neatly bouml In small books, on hand and
for salo at tlio Comjjuiian Ofllce. Feb. 19, W5-II
I LANK I)HI;I)S, on I'nrelinunl iiihI Linen
I tMner. common mill for Administrators. Iixeeii.
fiTrs and trustees, tor salo cheap at tlio Columiiian
(Hllcc. .
MAltKIAflK t'KUTI K1CATKS .jtut jirinU il
nnil fnrsalo nt tlio Columbian onice. .Minis
tirsof thnllnspol nnd .Instlees should supply them
seUes with those necessary nrllcles,
JUST1G1CS nml Cmlnl)l7srl'cl!illi; nTTsaTe
ntlhe Columbian ortlce. They contain tho cor
rected fees as established by I he last. Act of t ho Lctf
slaturoupon the Bubject. Kvery Justice nnd Con
stntilo should havo one.
"vVkNTJUK KOTKS jut iirinteil nnil for sale
V cheap nt tho columiiian onice.
MKKCIIANTS AND0110CEIIS.
D If. MllJiKIl .0 RON, dealers in Dry
i (londs, Kroeerles, qucenswnre, Hour, salt,
shoes, notions, etc., Main street.
T IT. MAIZH, Mammoth Grocery, fine 0
I . norins. I'rults. Nuts. Provisions. IcMnlnt
ro-
and
HOOTS AND SHOES.
HKNHY KIjHIM, Mnnnfaeturer nml dealer
In boots nnd shoes, groceries, cte., .Main St.,
lllooinsburi;.
1,1 M. KNOKK, Dealer In Boots ami Shoes,
I J . latest and best Hiyles, corncr.Maln nndJIhrkct
stnets, In the old post oftlce.
CLOCKS, WATCIIKS, C.
C K.SAVA(1K, Denier in Clocks, AVntches
nnd Jewelry, Main St., Just below tho Centrul
Hotel.
PliOl'KSSIONAL CAllllS.
E
K. IKiCIiKH, Attorney nt Law. Hnonis in
Uxcliongo llloelc, Sd IToor, liloomsburc, l'a. os
( (1. 11A11KW3Y, Atlorney-al.I,nv. Oflice
) . In m ow er-s bulldlntf, 2nd story, Itooms I & 5.
Oct. 15,
HUSINK&S'OAIMS.
Jlt. A. !,. TUKNHIt,
ltc."iilcnco on Mnrki't Ptrect ono door liclow
1). .1. Waller's.
onleo oi er Klelni's Unitf Hlnre. onleo hours from
1 to 4 p. to. for treatment ot diseases of tho Lye, Kar
ami Throat.
All cms nijilit or day promptly attended to.
Apr.ms If
J. C. liUTTKH,
PHYSICIAN A HUHOKON,
onice, North Market street,
Mar,ST,74-y Illoomshuri,', Pa.
TU. 11. l' OAHDKKIt,
l'llYStCIAN AND SUUOEON',
11I.00MS1IU1I0, PA.
ortlce above .l.Schujler A son's Hardware Store.
Apr.23'75-tt
s
AMUKI. KNOHH,
A T T O II X K Y-A T-L A W,
11L00MS11U110, PA,
I3L00MSBURG TANNERY.
Poetical.
. A. HGItRINO
EKSPKOTKUIJA' nniionnccs to the luihlic
Ihathohnsieopeneil
SNYDKlt'sj TANN1CUY,
(olilstnnd) llloomsburi.M'a.. at (lie I
1'orksoftho Kspy and l.leht Street!
mails, whero nil descriptions of
leather will bo infidoln the most
substnntliil and workmnnllko manner, nnd sold nt
prices to suit tho times. Tho highest prlco In cash
mil uv uu iiiiies uu imiu lur
EE.
G It K K N
of every description In tho country'
ronnRc Is resiectfully solicited,
liloomsburif. Oct. 1, 1915-
HIDES
Tho public pat-
CARRIAGE
oniefi, llnrtmau's Block, corner Main unit Market
Streets oct. 8, ',5
K. OHVIS,
ATTOItNEY-AT-LAW.
Oikick-IIooiii No. 1, "Columbian" Ilulldlng.
Sept. ls,ls;.
attouni:y-at-law
onieeln llrower's bulldlnc, second lloor.room No.
1. llloonisbtirir, l'a. Julyl,13 y
Q It. A W.J. 11UCKALEW,
attoii.nkys-at-layv,
llloomsburi;. Pa.
onieeon Mnlu Street, llrst door below Com t House
,Miu.t, ny
clan.
sueels.
M. liKllKH, Surgeon nml l'livsi-
onleo S. K. corner Kock nnd Market
T It. KVANS, M. D., Surgeon ami 1'hysi
) . elan. (Olllce and llc&ldenco on Third stieet,
col uer Jellei son.
It. McKKIA'Y, M. I)., Surgeon nml l'hy
siclan, north sldo Main stieet, below Muiket.
Olliee
J.
Tit. KOISISON, Allornev-nt-I.aw.
. In llaitniiin'sbullclln(f,Mnlnhlieet.
IA.MUICI, .1AC0I1Y, Marble ami Unuwi
Sloue Works, Lust niooinsouri;, nci h.k raw.
UOSlCNSTOf'lC, J'linloRrnplicr, over
ci.uk & Wolf's More, Main stieet.
s
II.
tm:
JL' sU nboo tlu Com t House.
MISCEI.LANLOUS.
I-VAVH) I.(
J Main St., above Central Hotel
IS. KUIIN, dealer ii, Meat, Tallow, etc.,
, Centre street, I etween Second anil 'I lilril.
rpiIOMA'S VKIlI!,Oiiifeetioncrvninl Hiker.",
J. wholesale nnd l etall, Kxch.inno lllock.
G . COltKliL, Kurniliire Itoouis, ihree
T. story brick, Malnstluut, west of Market St.
OliANGnVII.LK DIHECTOHY.
builder.
Main street below Pine.
HUCIC H011N.
1VT O. Si W. If. SHOUMAKHK, Dealers in
0.1 L fry Ooods, Oi ocerles and Uenvral Merchau-
CATAW1SSA.
w
I
M. II. AHHOTT, Attor.iey-iit-l.nw, .Mum
stieet.
K. DAI.IAIAX, Meiilmnt Tailor, Second
, slieel, Ifnlililnv imlldliitr.
WM
I,. ICYICIilA',
A'noltNUY-AT-LAW,
Oatuwlss.i, I'll.
riilli'f'tloin nromnllv maile and leuillted. Olllcu
nnposlle Cilanlssa Deposit liauk. om-3S
l- iuui this dale the lllooinsbun; !ns company will
put In henlco pliiesal llrnleust and f urulali and set
halo s nt tour dollars each.
I ho company n-ne on hand a lot of L-as tar suited
tor until! lmr roots, and Hosts or oilier timbers placed
under ground.
B 111. mill iiixiaia 1-t.i.ii
i company n.no on hand a lot of L-a-s tar stil
aim Inn roots, and posts or oilier the hers pla
Vileo in eenls per ttallou or Ji.ai tier bai i el.
Oc. l.s.s- . .'"i.'.i."
Met
The Cook's Companion,
Imnroved Kitclien Slicing; Utensil.
L
A lion I Household Artlcluforsllclm,' IlitKtii, Mkit
Sil'eiiiK, Noom.ts, VKi.i.-riuLKs, 1'iieiis, i.'amiv, Ac.
'ihoMiichlniils easy lo reijulali', and i-r sliuplu
i,. n.i. it t,iki s nn nut. little room In I lu' kitchen.
(IIIIUKKS, IIUIl'IIKIIs, llOlhl. KKteUIIS UllU K1EIIV
1'amu.v should hale one.
I.. I.... ti iii.il rhi'iiT, ill lll.lt.
Call und' bcu them woiKntthu V'urnll lire More oi
U. Ii. 1'UR.MAN,
Solo Aycnt for Columbia cniiuty.
May 2(i-:iin ItlooiiiOiiir:, l'a.
LI.
6 J. M. CLAltK,
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW,
liloomsburc;. Pa.
ApillluH-y
(inioo lnLntsllulldlnK.
A. citKvni.iNO svn n. nnuvkv : imi smith.
cui:vi:i,in(! SMITH ASOX,
ATTOlt.N KYS-AT-LA W,
liloomsburc', Pa.
6VA11 business entrusted to our eaie will reelevo
prompt atlentlon. Jul) 1,13 y
i'. I!ii,i,mi:yi:i!,
ATTOHNHY AT LAW.
)KH( E-Ailjolnlnif C. It. A W. .1. lluekalew,
llloomsbu ry, l'a.
Ajir. 14,'7i! ly.
II. I mi.K. KUU'T. II. I.1TTI.K.
J II. A li. K. M'lTI-K,
A i i vu.s r.i n-. i-i..i ,
llloomshuri,', l'a.
:ir-lusniss hefoie the II. s. Patent Olllceatlended
lo. onicelniliocolumlil.in ltulldlntr. ly 3S
V.
MANUFACTO 11 Y
" BLOOMSUUllO, I'A.
M. C. SLOAN & IlllOTlIEH
HAVE on hand and for sale at tho nn
reasonable rales u splendid slock of
CAKKIAKKB, IlUOCUnS,
and every description of Wagons both l'LAIN nnd
FANCY,
Warranted to be mado of the best and most durable
mnecrlals, and uv tho most experienced workmen.
Ail work sent out from tho establishment will Im
rnnmi tolie of Hie hlLrhest clnss and sure lo LMe per
fect satisfaction. They hale also a line assortment of
SLEIGHS
of nil the newest nnd most fashionable stiles well
nndeaiefiilly made nnd of the bchl Inau ilnl.
.An Inflection of their work Is nsked ns It. Is be-
ueieu inai none superior can ou lounu in uio coun
try.
(let. 8, 1ST5 tf.
1KI.MK CIIMINII.
When brothers leave the old heaithstono
And Kt each one, a seperato way,
We think, ns ivo go on alono
Along our pathway, day by day,
Of ulden scenes nml faces dear,
of voices that no tnlss so much,
And memory brink's tho absent near,
Until wo slmost feel tho touch
Of loving hands, and bear, once more,
Tlio dear eld voices ringing out,
As In tho happy lime of yore,
l.ru I lio had caught a Shade ot doubt.
if you should placo ncalnst your ear
The shell you plundered from tho sea,
Down In its hidden heart you'd hear
A low nnd tender melody,
A murmur of tho restless tide,
A yearning, born of inemor,
And, though Its longings bo denied,
Tlio tliPlI keeps singing ot the sen,
And sometime when old memories throng,
Like ghosts, the chntnbers of our souls,
We feel the ) earning, deep nnd strong,
A longing we cannot control,
To lay our cares nnd business by
To seek tho old, familiar wuys,
And cross homo's threshold, nnd sit down
With comrades of our eailler da)s.
l'or, though our paths are sundered wide,
Wo feel that wo uro brothers )et,
And by and by we turn nsldo
From hum Ing caro and worldly fret.
And each ono wanders back to meet
Ills brother by tho hearth ot home j
I think tho meeting is more sweet
llucauso so far und w Ide w o roam.
We cross tho lengthened brld,'e of jears,
.Meet outs retched hands ana faces true :
Tho silent eloiiueuco ot teals.
Speaks welcome that no words can do.
Hut ah, the hieellnjts'liold regret !
'1 he sail, sad story, often told.
Of hands that ours have often met.
close folded under ihurcli)urd mould,
Ot e) es lh.it smile into our on u,
Closed in tho dreamless sleep of (lod ;
A sweeter rest was never known
Than theirs, beneath tho graie's white sod.
A tender thought for them to-night,
A lilbuto tear from humor) ;
J It-licit 1 1 their eoieritig of white
Sweet may their dreamless slumber be.
iVoin thf Maine J'tiniu'i'.
MISCELLANEOUS.
lKOWN'S HOTEL, lllnom.biin.'. l'a.. II.
1 Milliner, rrnpiletor. .i I'lmiiiioiiutifins nisi-
iss. Jl.v.i lo II. so per uay. iiesiuuiiiiiiaiiiu iieu.
HtloUr s, l.vtf
plCNTHAL HOTEL,
A V I It S T-C LASS
Oct. 8,"5ly
1I0US E,
JOHN LAYCOCK, I rop'r.
1
)i:oCKWAYeiELWELL,
T TO It N 15 Y S-A T-L A W,
Columbian Urn iunii, llloomsburg, Pa.
Memlieis of the I'nltcil Stales Law Assoelntlon.
Collections made In unvpart of Ami rlcn.
Agents ror ('oniiuemiti i.ire insmunee I'ompnny oi
Sew in k. Assets nearlv jt.iiiki.imio. Tho best In tlio
couiiliy. send tor desi rlptlie pamphlet. If
"yyiLLlAM HHYSON,
ATTOItN EY-AT-LA W,
Ccntralia, Pa,
FcblS'T'l-ly.
HAltMAN & H ASSERT.
CLiitoiinial
Pricus,
1870.
I'LANTS HY MAIL,
Postpaid loiiny nddiess In the I'nlted htule.s.
For sorts. 1 New (Kiulili m, il( uble ( I ill ule.
" 'A', (is. 'I Oliler Varieties, " " "
" cuds. I (.cranium, 1 Agcrnliim. 1 Colcus, 1 er-
Ixiia 1 Suge, I r-iischla.
" tl.iio, 8 Aueiiitum. I! (Iciaiiluin, If Sayes, a Colons,
lUiVoiroiR', l Vcrbemis.
lly expi ess. box and pni king free, for turn.
U Vl l l-tlilH. in null I).
i; (iciaiuums,
i oieus,
SJges.
Akirutums,
llellulroiies,
lluiiiaidla.s,
llegoidas,
Hose.
Luiilanas,
liahllas.
Fuchsias,
Haul) Pinks,
cigar Plants,
( lu j h.llil 1,1 lllll-,
Huskii 1'lant.s,
Curmitloiis,
( i lit in , Plant,
Alti inullicrtis,
1 1 les.
Oideis i(( clu d lor 'I i( ( s. Mil ut Slid Liergreens,
Cash lo uccompauy ull oideis.
Addicss DAVID Cl.lFI'i:,
" ' lllwiHile. Nurseries.
llluislde, Noilh'dCo. Pa.
April SI.-fin.
Mi
n)
GLASS tops METAL
X
lilUAULL
11
ill
n li
flNI' .
WITH FRUM
EM
IV
mm
Ik..
Site
TWHW .SALOON AND HESTAUISANT.
1 lit III llt'lMK'K " llll it nril it uiM'Ciurn jrtttuiH
1I0UM' 111 lilt' KMIiaillfl' IlHK'Kt lOIIIltliy IXL'iluifU UJ
loiilit-r, wnt'ie nil cuMOiritTS win mm murj
tiling lu lil-tlliiL'.
Feb is-7m.
MILTON CIIAUUIS.
o.
M. BHOWN,
THE WKST WIND'S llllltDKX.
A gentle wind of western lilrlh,
! i om some far Summer sea, "
Wukes daisies In the iilulryeirtli.
akes Ihoughlsof Iioih! (ii me.
'I he sun Is low; the paths niewet,
And dance with Irnlle lull;
The trees, v hose spilg-llmo Is not yi t.
S lug sighing lu the gale.
Y'oung gleams of sunshlno peep nnd play;
Thick vapors crowd between ;
"i Is strange Hint on u coming day
The earth will all bo green.
The north wind blows, nnd blasts, and raves,
And Haps his snow wing;
Hack 1 toss thy bergs on arctic waies,
I hou canst not stay our Spring.
lnnds, is citunlly no matter of surprise, l'eiv
who enjoyed his brilliant conversation
noticed tho nbsenco of ycncroiis sympathy,
or tlio cold IndlU'crcnco to those who did not
enter the niii)rlo circle of refined and culti
vated society in which he moved J and few
who giizeil lu admiration on tho fine, and
perfect face, noticed that tho haiightlncs
which sut so well upon It was but a cold
and cruel prldo alter all. Ho lived here but
a month or Uo In every year nud then ho
always had tho house full ol guests, and
ruled with tho most lavish splendor. He
tivcen ihesu visits he enjoyed gay seasons
now In his hnudsomo liouso in Loudon, now
on his shooting estate in Scotland, now
abroad, and now visiting among other fami
lies, lie was tho mark at which all the
looks and thoughts of mothers wcro directed,
ho was tho idol of their daughters, ho was
almost tho unrivaled pet of society.
One day when he was Maying hero, with
a crowd of guy and fashionable visitors,
there was a clumsy attempt mado by n couple
of burglars to rob the house. I believu it
was tha squire himself who first heard them,
but at any rato they were surprised beforo
they had even effected an entrance, and a
little boy, whom the villains hail put through
a broken gap to unfasten the dooi to them,
was the only person captured. This boy was
tho only child of a woman who lived a very
tho other for himself nftenvards. Inthoso SAMl'EIi .) TILDKS.
three rooms ho should live apart, ho said,
and he would have doors through which no Governor Tildcn was bom nt New Leba-
prying eyes could penetrate, and lock? no non, in the county of Columbia and State of
hundii but his could understand. Ho would New York. In tho year 1814 tho year which
"give tho rest of his orders in writing, ho mined tho fortunes of tlio great Napoleon.
said.after'tho other servants had been dis- Ono of hN nncestore, fiathantci iiiueii. was
missed. mayor of tlio city of Tenterdcn, Kent, Enp
So at once began this tcrriblo llfo of suf- land, In 13'23. JIo was succeeded in that of
fering solitude : and though no ono ever, fico by hli cousin John, as ho had been lire
from that day, .penetrated Into the young ceded by his undo John in 1085 nnd 1000.
squire's presence, and though ho had told Ho removed with hia family to Scituate, in
his secret to no one, still it was understood tho colony of Massachusetts', In 10IU. His
for the quietness of tho whisper was lior- brother Joseph was ono of the merchant ad
ror, and not doubt that a slow disease was venturers who fitted out tho Mayflower,
eating his llfo away, and must first of all do- This Nathaniel Tilden married Hannah
stroy the beauty ol which ho had been so Hotirne, ono of whoso sisters married a broth
keet'ly and so sensitively proud. Cr of Gov. Winslow and another a son of
Year alter year life, went on for him In Gov. Winslow.
this awful solitude. Into these rooms ho Governor Tildeu's grandfather, John Til
gathered about him all ho could to make den, settled in Columbia county. The Gov
such life bearable, and sent for the choicest cnior's mother was descended from William
of tho pictures in tho gallery to hang Jones, Lieutenant Governor of the colony ot
about. Xew Haven, who in all the histories of Con
When ho rang this bell, tho old man- necticut is represented to havo been the son
servant found his written order passed under 0f Col. John Joncs.onc of the rigicido judges
that locked door. . When he rang the chain- of Charles I., who is said to havo married a
her bell, tho door between tho two rooms
was locked, and tho curtains hung heavily
between, but tho outer door was open, and
tho man could arrange or take away the
sister of Oliver Cromwell and a cousin of
John Hampden. The Governor s lather, a
farmer and merchant of New Lebanon, was
man of notable judgment and practical
meals (through these meals the young squiro sense and the accepted oracle of the county
quiet and solitary life, in a tiny cottage ula no attendance.) light the laums or fires: imnn nil matters of public concern, while
which had been given her. it was said, by ,,r .,, . vi,., .i,., !.,.,. i.n n i.: i..t nJ i n.,.,rtv .mmlit nml iust-
, , , , , ,, : t.,u "t" "I mi 111.1 llillliilii urn i ib'V " H
the lato squire himself, feho was a Spaniard ralltf tie chamber was at liberty, and tho Iv valued bv all his neighbor, but by none
servant who went about his tasks there more than by tho Into President Van Huron,
hastened over them, knowing that his master who till his death was one of his most cher-
sat the while locked in that little ante-room ished intimate and personal friends.
beyond. For he never went from that door From his father Governor Tilden inherited
down into the park (though ho had it made a taste for political inquiries, and in his
on purpose) until tlio whole household and companionship enjoyed peculiar opportunl
by birth, a beautiful dark-faced womaii,ivho
though she lived so near him, had never
been heard to mention tho nanio of the rich
man who had lured her from her native
IniKi ; a woman whose silent, solitary life
was bound up in that of her child. When
she heard that the squire had locked up her tlll3 whole viagt,( t00i1!Ui ljecn for ll01lr3 tki for acquiring an early familiarity with
has rctnoied his Hoot nnd Mice Store f rem llron n's
Hotel to 1st door nUne Wagon'eller and Miartili ss'.
Towunda Hoots u specially. Hepalrlugdone nt short
nonce.
Miscellaneous.
FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
AND
IKON-SMITIIS.
East Street, below Rail Road,
ELOOMSBUG, PA.
We rcs)iecl fully call public attention to the follow,
log facts that ; They manufacture tlrst class
MINE CAH WHEELS AND AXLES
and all kinds of Conl llreaker Cnsllnirs. Theynlso
make nil kinds of Car, Machine, llrlilgo nnd oilier
eastings used by contractors generally. They.iilso
inunuraciuro
HEATING AND COOK STOVES,
and are propniod to furnish ull kinds of repairs, such
ns ilrales, I his, Fun Iirlek. stretchers, &.c. They
sei'p eonsianii) on iiaiiii
PLOWS AND PLOW POINTS
T.nnni Trr.n l.i'll li-c. rnrmein' Kelts. Sled Stiles. Wag
nn IIiim-s, Cellar (Hates, A.e. They lire nlsopiepared
to furnish
Saw and Grist Mill Machinery,
Shafting, Pullcj's, Ac. Thcy.pay special atlentlon to
Repairing Threshing Machines
lleapers, Ac.
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onico In Hartmnn's lllock, second lloor, come
.Main and Muiket blurts,
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of coal o'n on said proiieily.
l ur leuus nun cumiiiions oi saie, uuuii-naurcuu
I'1' ' i, iiiiu1 v, vn
Apilllil.-3ni. Wllkes-llaiio, Fa,
TUB WOIIK OF TUB AVE.NOEK.
It lay in one of the fairest spots in all the
mid-land counties, and yet such a ghostly
desolate, haunted place I could not even
have conceived beforo I saw it. I had seen
ruined mansions before, and I had walked
in rank, neglected and forgotten parks; but
it seemed to me that the isolation and the
desolation here were dill'erent. I told the
vieir so as he took mo round tho empty
house, pointing out the remnants of past
beauty, which were even yet distinguishable
through the blight of decay.
"lint you must not compare this,' hesaid,
"with ruins )mr it simple. Tho simple fact
is this that estate is in chancery. In the
west wing there is a door, which, witli a lit
tle management and strength, I can open.
Would you like to see within? as far as you
can, I mean, for it only gives access to three
rooms."
The door opened into a small anteroom, so
small that a couch and chair and tablo, with
a couple of shelves filled with faded books,
seemed quite tj fill it. The vicar opened
another door opposite to that by which wo
had entered, and I followed him into a large
and lofty bed-chamber, whose satin hangings
might have been n brilliant crimson once,
but now they wero faded to a yellow brown.
nd they hung in tatters where they wero
worn by ihe hands which had once been
used to draw or lilt them, and, from end to
end, were eaten into holes by myriads of
moths. About tho room ivcro valuable und
handsome ornaments and books; and tho
walls wero covered witli paintings, so beau
tiful and so little hurt by linio that thry
seemed to mock the worn and faded furui
tit re.
"Can there bo finer paintings even iu the
picture galleries than iliese?" I asked tho
vicar, ns he unlocked another door opposito
to that by which we hud entered.
"No; thoso aro picked from the gallery,
the choicest that wero there. And iu this
room are tho choicest portraits. Come."
Ho had opened tho door, and as ho spoko
ho pushed aside a heavy padded curtain, un
der which I passed into a rodm exactly tho
size ami shape of the bed room, but furnish
ed as a sitting loom, music room, and all in
one furnished not only handsomely and
luxuriously, as I eonld seo through ull the
disfigurement and decay of time, but fur
nished curiously, as if a hundred (lilfc'rent
tastes had been at work, or one taste,
might be, varying restlessly from year to
year.
'These," said
MONTOUR SLATE PAINTS
Stiictly Pure White Load
MONTOUR WHITE LEAD
MONTOUK METALLIC) UROWN.
All of which era guaranteed in bo ground in
PT3H33 X.INST3I3X OIL.
KSNB IM UAHrlKCikD AND )IC LIST, OIUTIi.
1JEN11Y, S. ItKAV,
Solo Jllinufacturer,
ItUl'KUT, I'A
Also, finely ground liono llust ami com
pleto llono Jlumiro for mlo in quantities to
bUlt.
May 6. Td-ly.
JANK NOTW.wilh orw itliout cieuiplloi
JOT UIUM W UOLUBSIAM ItUUU,
B
tho vicar, looking nroiini:
upon tho closely covered walls, "aro all tho
best of tho family portraits, or I suppose
should say they aro tho most recent ones
tlio squires and (lames ot moro than one
hundred years ago I mean of more than
ono hundred years before these room.-! wero
occupied stare into vacancy from tho wall
of tho long mouldy gallery below, Notico
this one, will you, it is tho last squire'"
"Did ho dio young?"
"No-o."
''Will you tell mo how it was?" I urged
as I rested on a tailed coucn lieloro the por
trait, ''will you tell mo tho story of this dew'
olato placo?"
I will tell you ns wo walk homo," ho an
Hwcrcd. Hut when ho saw how tired I was.
nud that wo must rest thero forsooth, ho took
another of the chairs, nud brushing off a lit
tle of tho thick dust and cobwebs, sat down
upon it, and began tho story in a low, un
easy voice, which mado mo so nervous that
presently I even feared to look around me.
Dudley Warwick was a very young mm
when ho Inherited this estate, very hand
some, us you see, and proud, with pride that
wuk ultrn-senslttvo and refined, That such
a man pokgekslng a fine estate, of high birth,
and educated and accomplished us few coun
try gentlemen wcro In that time, should ho
a fuvorjto in every Loudon drawing room Is
surely no mutter ot surprise; that such a
man, skilled iu nil manly exercises, and free
and lavish with UU wealth, should bo a fa
vorite hi every country mansion In tho Mid-
boy and sent for the police, she came up to
th e Hall for tho first time since tlio squire's
father (and the lather of her own child) had
turned from her last prayer ; and she told
the young squire with eager, burning tears,
the ono reason why ho should have pity on
her boy. Then he smiled his cool and hand
some smile, and quietly advise I her, if she
lied at all, not to lio to li or own shame.
When the police came and look away the
child, stretching his arms nut to Ills mother,
she stood with while and rigid lips in the
great hall, not even following him with her
eyes, for they were fixed upon the handsome
face of the young squire.
The boy, a pretty, timid child of scarcely
VJt years of age,wns brought before tho mag
istrates, and told bis tale with many tears.
Ho had been walking quietly home the
evening before, when two men overlook him
and walked with him. They talked a great
deal together, though not all to him ; but
when ho turned from the turnpike ready to
go home to his mother's cottage, they bade
him walk a little further with them and they
would give him. a present for his mother.
Ho went on a long way lie thought it and
then they took linn into an empty cottage
and shut the door, and kept him in there
until i t was quite dark. They carried him
then into the Hall, as he could not have
found his way iu the dark ; and they put
him through a small broken hole in a win
dov,aud bade him unfasten a door he would
find close to him, or, if he did not, he must
stay there in the dark forever.
This was all the child told, but it was
plain to sec now he hud been lrigliteued by
the threats of thoso villains.
I believe ono of tho magistrates suggested
that the terrible fear that the boy had uu
ergone had been sullicient punishment for
im ; but tlio idea was quietly smiled tu
scorn, l no child was sentenced to solitary
confinement for two years aye, though the
poor foreign woman fell on Iter knees beforo
tho squire and pleaded to bim as she might
havo pleaded to her Ciod
lielore the time of tho sentence was half
told tho doctor ordered tho boy to be re
moved to tho hospital. "This solitary con
finement is most fatal for a delicate growing
lad," he said, with a grave shako of his
head. "If he does not die, he will be a
boneless idiot for tho remainder of his
life."
That worso lato was squired him ; ho did
die ; and tlio mother, lo whom this news had
been a deathblow, although she, did not
know it then, crept to the mausioiMiere,aiid
asked to see the squire
His servants told him, and ho smiled a
ptict smile, "lake her money; nothing
more is needed for such as she."
She looked down vacantly upon tho nfi'ercd
money ; then slio stepped back a lew paces,
and raising her hands solemnly to heaven,
called down its judgment upon the master
of tlio house ; pleading that the punishment
to which he had doomed her boy might visit
him. And the caressed and feted master of
this beautiful house.lookingfroiu tho window
saw this scenu and Hiiillcd
Five years went nn, and still Liudley
Warwick lived his brilliant und luxurious
life ; flattered, admired and sought alter ;
committing noiio of his father's sins, only
leading his life of cold ami pitiless sell-in
dulgcuce. Hut when these live years had
passed, ho came nice unexpectedly and
quite aloiio to his London house. Ho went
out on tho morning alter his arrival in a
hired cab, with his face mullled iu a white
silk comforter; and when ho had been
closeted for a long timu with a famous
physician he returned and ordered the houso
to bo locked up again, us ho was going down
to tho country.
lie eauio hero at once, and oven beforo
ho took oil' his great coat and tho uiulller
that was about his face he summoned into
his presence four old servants who had lived
hero through all his life
It was to this loom they came, and ho
stood thero on tho hearth, his faco ha' I'
turned away while ho talked to them. They
had been surprised enough at his unexpected
in bed. Only iu the deep night darkness the bearings of tho various questions which
did he ever venture lorth, and no one had agitated our country in bis youth.
ever chanced to see him then. Voting Tilden entered college in his
And so in this awful solitude never look- eighteenth year. Tho (all of 18U2, when he
ing on tlie face of man or woman, never was to enter college, was rendered memora
hearing the voice of a fellow creature, never hie by the second election of General .Tacksou
iimselfsecn or heard tho master of this to the Presidency of tho United btales, and
beaiililu! home lived for nearly twenty years, of William L. Marcy to tho Governorship of
Think of it I 1'icturc such solitude and such the State of New York. In that contest an
sull'ering lor ono week, then draw it to a year, ell'ort was made to eirect u coalition between
and then to twenty I Hut to hilly compre- the National Republicans and the anti-.Ma-
liend its weight to him you must remember sons. Tho succese, of the Democracy depend-
tho life he had led. the ultrarefincd and cd upon ftle defeat of that coalition, bam-
lauglitv nature of the man, and his intcuse uel heard the subject discussed in tho fami-
sensitiveness botli to physical pain nnd to ly, and was especially impressed by what
my thing in tho slightest degree loathsome, fell from tho lips of an uncle who deplored
llemcinbering these, and the burden of tho his inability to "wreak his thoughts upon
secret to be kept while the curious world expression." Samuel disappeared for two
which missed its idol clamored to be told the or three day?, and in the seclusion of his
reason of his living death to them, you may chamber proceeded to set down the views he
magiuo a little of tho acute and almost un- had gathered upon the subject, and in due
bearable sull'ering of those twenty years. time brought the result to his father, at once
At last there came a time when tho meals the moat appreciative and the least mdul
were scarcely touched, when there wero no gent critic of his acquaintance. Tho father
orders put below the curtained doors at all ; was so highly pleased with the paper that he
until one day a written paper lay there bear- took his sou to see Mr. Van lluren, then at
ing a summons for tho clergyman. Lebanon springs, to read it to him. They
An old man tlio vicar was then as old as 1 found so much merit in the periormance
am now and it was ho who told me this tlint they decided it should bo published
story just as I tell it to you. lie camo and with tlio signatures of a dozen or mote lead
prayed as he had been bidden todo,kneeling I ing Democrats, and it shortly appeared in
in the outer loom. He knew the door was the Albany Jnun as an address, occupying
opened leading into the bed chamber where about half a page of that print, and from
the squire sat, but he had been bidden not to which it:was copied into most of the Demo-
pass beyond the closed curtain, and he never cratic papers of the State. The Eecning
dreamed of trying to do so. He raised his I Journal paid it the compliment of attribut-
voice and prayed in terriblo earnestness, but ing to the pen of Mr. Van Buren, and the
no answering voice reached him through the Albany Aigus paid it tho greater compli-
heavy drapery. He might have thought that ment of stating "by authority" that Mr. Van
the npiire was dead but that there came a lluren was not tho author.
wntten word of thanks at last. Mr. Tilden bad not been loin; at Yale Col-
Next day the Vicar eame again, but the we before his health gave way, and obliged
doors were fast then, for he had not been I him to leave. After some rest ho was cna
summoned, and there was nosign from with- bled to resume his studies, and in 1831 eu-
in that his plea for admission was ever tered the University of New York, where he
heard. conmleted his academic education. He then
That night the frightened servants sent for etered the law oflice of tho lato John W.
bim again. They could hear no sound with- Edmunds, iu the city of New York, w here
in tlieir master's room,and for two days now, he enjoyed peculiar facilities for the pros
they said, he had not even admitted them edition of his favorite studies of law and
with food. politics.
"You shall fetch the doctor,"he said,"and T1 !,cep!on of v. Van lluren to the
wo will enter somehow he and I and save iir,i,in,,v !,, irot W1W fnllnwed bv the most
him, if wo can. You must all remeu ber
his orders and your oath."
They broke the lock of that first door witli
great difficulty and tho doctor and theclergy-
maii stepped softly in. This doe r, the one
that leads into the chamber, was ajar behind
its curtain, and when they saw at a glance
the solution of this ghastly mystery.
trying financial revulsion that had yet oc
curred in our hNtory. During that summer
appeared the Presidential message calling
for a special session of Congress, and recom
mending the separation of the Government
from tho banks and the establisiiindntof the
independent treasury. This measure pro
yoked voluirinous and accninonious debate
The squire lay dressed upon the bed, his throuuhnut the country, even before it en
loaded pistol still grasped iu the stitrciied 1 ilgea ti,e attention of Congress.
lingers oi Ins thin right hand, and his thin Mr Tijell though still a student, sprang
right hand, nnd his left stretched towards to the jcfeIls0 of tiie President's policy, nnd
tlie curtain ol tlio bed, as il lie had been wrote o vmn, marked by all the
going to (iraw it lounu mm wneii uiu euu ,i..lra(.toristica of his maturity, and udvocat
had come.
Ho had not used the pistol, though heaven
knows if thero could ever he enough temp
tation to excuse self-murder, it was hero 1
No, in this solitude and pain and ghastliuess
of suffering, lie had waited his release.
Tho doctor gcnlly covered the face which
had been so proudly beautiful, Hint the
ghastly sight might hurl no oilier eyes ; and
it never did. Tlio f.iitlilut old servants re
membered and obeyed their master's order
even now. For nearly twenty years lliey
had liicd with him and never looked upon
his features ; and through this one day that
they had access to his room they kept their
oatli most sacredly, and left tho soft, whito
covering on tho face, which, in its decay.thcy
never could havo recognized.
i ng tlie proposed separation ami me renccm-
ability of tlio government currency in specie,
These articles were signed "Crino,"
Iu tho fall of 1838 Nathaniel P.Taltnadge,
a Senator of tlio United States from New
York, who had separated from tho Demo
cralic party and joined tlie Whigs inoppnsi
lion to tho financial policy of President Van
lluren, was announced to speak on the issues
of the day in Columbia county. A meeting
had been arranged very quietly, at which it
was hoped ho might exert an iiitlucuce on
the doubtful men and change tho political
complexion of the party. The Tildens heard
of the proposed meeting about noon of the
day upon which it was to bo held. They
promptly sent word to all tho Democrats ot
tho vicinity, and the rcult was one of tho
largest meetings ever known iu that region.
That is the story. I did not wish to tell Talmadge, in tlio course of his speech, took
it to you in theso rooms, did I? No wonder great pains to convince his audience that it
it has mado you white and nervous. Let us was the Democrats that had changed their
como away. Uelijvima.
position, but that he and his friends were
unchanged. At tho close, of his remarks one
of tho Whig leaders of the movement offer
ed a resolution, which passed without oppo
Wanhinhton Kxockfii Down. In 1704
Washington, then iu noniiuaiid of tlio Vir
ginia Hungers at Alexandria, awaiting tho sition, inviting any Democrats in tlio assem
arrival of General llraddock's troops, sup- bly that might be so disposed to reply to the
ported Mr. Fairfax in an election contest for Senator. Tho young Democrats, who had
tho House, of Ilurgcsses, against Mr., after- mostly gathered iu the rear of the, hull, re
and solitary arrival ho who used to come ward Colonel, William Payne of the Contl- garding this as a challenge to them, shouted
In state, when every room in tho house hud neutal Army. This seems tn havo been ono for Tilden. Samuel, yielding to tho obvious
been prepared for tlio guests who came willi of thoso rare occasions when Washington's sentiment of tlie meeting, camo forward, and
and followed him but what a much greater hot blood got tho better of hU peerless judg- took tho placo just vacated by tho Senator,
surprise awaited them 1 ment. Fierce words passed between the two After discussing the main question of tho
He told them that every scrvMit iu tho gentlemen, iu tho Market Square of Alexau- controversy, ho adverted to tho personal as
house was lo be dismissed except themselves; dria, ending by an outburst of rgo from pects of tho Senator's speech, nud esicciully
that cither of them who objected to this, or Payne, in which ho felled Washington to to his statement that the Democrats had
would not obey him to the letter in what he tho earth, Tho lUngern rushed from their changed position, while he himself had ro
was going to require, could go at once, bi- barracks and surrounded Payne, but Wash-1 malued consistent. l!y way (if testing the
fore ho spoke further; but if they stayed, ington, with calm dignity, dispersed them. 1 truth or this declaration, ho turned to the
they must strictly.nnd on their oath, observe A duel seemed inevitable. On tlie following Whigs on the plulforin.aud pointing to each
his orders. Ho told them thero would never day, however, Washington sent for Payne, I of them In turn, asked if it was they or if it
again bo guests in tho house to require their and, extending his hand, said, with a ccutlo was tho bcuator who had opposed them iu
labor and attendance ; that, except their courtesy that touched tho other to the heart, tho lato contest for the Presidency that had
own premises, only tlieso three rooms would "Mr. Payuo, to err is human. I was wrong changed, Finally, fixing his eyo upon th
ever be occupied again, lie told thorn that yesterday ; but if you havo had sufficient chairman, Mr, Gilbert, a venerable farmer
from that day he intended never to seo or satisfaction, let us bo I ri cuds." Until the and almost an octogenarian, ho said, in
bo seen by man or woman; and, showing day of his death Col, Payne retained for tono of mingled compliment and exnoatula
ing mem a loaiieu pistoi witn a double bar- Washington a nevioed aim unbroken regard. I Hon : "And you, sir, hay you changed?1
rel, low tneui ono outlet was lor anyone who "A JAtue unumual L.uuy knlner fur
should daro to intrude or look upon his face, July.
lly this direct inquiry tho honest old man
was thrown off bis guard, and stoutly cried
out, "Not" Mr. Tilden skilfully availed
himself of tliii declaration of ills old neigh
bor and friend, and applied It to tho Senator
in a strain of masterly sarcasm and irony.
Tho effect was electric; it thrilled tho as
sembly nnd completely deslrt-ycd tho objectn
of the meeting.
Mr. Tilden. who had watched this finan
cial revolution of 1837 from tlio beginning,
and knew its merits as thoroughly, perhaps,
ns any man of his time, undertook a defense
of tlio President's scliemo and to overthrow
tho sophistries of his enemies iu a speech
which lie delivered in New Lebanon on tlio
third day of October, 1840. No ono can
read this speech without marvelling that
men like Webster and Nicholas lllddle, to
whoso arguments Mr. Tilden especially ad
dressed himself, could ever have becomo tho
champions of a system under which tho rev
enues of the nation wcro made the basis of
commercial discounts. It is moro marvel
lous, however, that in so short u tlmo our
pcoplo should have forgotten, ns to a very
considerable extent they appear lo have
done, tho lessons taught iu this speech, nnd
thoso still belter taught by the war then
waged by the Democratic party with tho
policy of Inflation, irredeemable currency,
and irresponsible credits. At the time this
speccli was delivered tho Whigs wero medi
tating tlie re-establishment of tho United
States liauk if they could succeed in divid
ing tlio Democrats on tho sub-treasury
scheme. This effort provoked Mr. Tilden
to review the history af tho bank and expose
its ill-founded claims to bo regarded in any
sense as what it claimed to be, "a regulator
of the currency." What ho says upon that
subject possesses to tho reader of to-day not
only considerable historical interest, but, is
pregnant with lessons which we fear will
never be out of season.
Upon hisadmUsinu to the bar Mr. Tilden
opened an oflice iu Piue street, in tho city of
New York.
Iu 1844, iu anticipation and preparation
for tlio election which resulted in making
James 1C. Polk President, and Silas Wright
Governor of the State of New York, M r. Til
den, in connection witli John L. O'SuIlivau,
founded the newspaper called the Daily
AVics.
In the fall of 1845 ho was sent to tho As
sembly from the cily of New York,ai.d whilo
a member of that body was elected to tho
convention for tho remodeling of the consti
tution of the State, which was to commence
its sessions a few weeks after the Legislature
adjourned. In both of these bodies Mr. Til
den was a conspicuous authority, and left a
permanent impression upon tlie legislation
of the year, and especially upon all tho'new
constitutional provisions affecting the fiimn
ccsjof the State and the management of its
system of canals.
The defeat of Mr. Wright in the fall of
1840, and the coolness which had grown up
between the friends of President Polk and
the friends of tho late President Van Buren
resulted fortunately fur Mr Tilden, if not
for tho country, in withdraw ing his attention
from politics and concentrating it upon hia
profession. Hn inherited no fortune.but de
pended upon his own exertions fur u liveli
hood. Thus far his labors for the Stale or
in l.tj nrn:,lnn l.n.l .,.,1 l.a.n l.tnullna
li. (1.3 jf,wna.i(uii UllU uu, uvtu iui,iiiii,Q,auu
despite his strong tastes and pre-eminent
qualifications for political life, he was able,
to discern at that early period the importance
in this country, at leist, of a pecuniary in
dependence for tho successful prosecution of
a political career. With an assiduity and a
concentration of energy which havo charac
terized all tho transactions of his life, Mr.
Tilden now gave himself up to his profes
sion. It was not many years bef.re he be
came as well known at the bar as he had
before been known as a politician. His busi
ness developed rapidly, and though he con
tinued to take more or less interest in politi
cal matters they were not allowed after 1857
to interfere with his professional duties.
He built up a reputation in a few years ut
tho bar of New York city which gave him a
leading placo iu tlio profession. In the not
ed caso of the liurdell-Cunnliigham contested
will, where apparently insuperablo proof of
the marriage of Mrs. Cunningham to tho
murdered llurdell were presented, Mr. Til-
den's resources as a lawyer were brought in
to conspicuous notice, lio succeeded in de
feating the claim of Mrs. Cunningham and
removing all doubt of her participation in
tlio llurdell murder, notwithstanding tho
previous acquittal.
His connection with the celebrated suits
of tho Pennsylvania Coal Company against
tho Delaware and Hudson Canal Company,
tho Cumbciland Coal Company against its
directors (a Maryland case), and other diffi
cult litigation connected witli corporations
gave evidence of such superior attainment
in this particular branch of legal business
that his clientage was greater than it wa3 pos
sible for him to attend tn.
Since the year 18." it is safe to nay that
inure than half of the Kreat railway corpora
tions north of the Ohio, and between tho
Hudson and Missouri rivers have been at
some time his clients, The general misfor
tunes which overtook many of these roads
between 1SG5 ami 1870 called for same com
prehensive plan for relief. It was here that
his legal attainments, his unsurpassed skill
lis a financier, his unlimited capacity for con
centrated labor, his constantly increasing
weight oi character aim personal lnuuenco
found full activity, and resulted in tho reor
ganization of the larger portion of the great
ct-work of railways, by which the rights
f all parties wcro equally protected, wasting
litigation avoided, and condition of great de
pression and despondency in railway proper
ty replaced by an unexampled prosperity.
His relations with these compauiei), his thor
ough comprehension of this history uud re
quirements, mil his practical energy ftde-
cisiou havo given him such a mastery over
all tho questions that ur'ujj in tho organiza
tion, administration and financial manage
ment of canals, as well as railroads, that his
Influence more than any other man iu the
country seems inseparably associated with
their prosperity and success, not only in his
own country but abroad. It is, we believe,
an open secret that his transatlantic celebri
ty brought to him quilo recently an invita
tion from the huropcan creditors of tlio
New Yoik and Kiio railway to undertake a
reconciliation of1 the various interests in that
great corporation, which Ihe roprietles and
duties ofhUolliciul position constrained him
to decline.
Till the war camo Governor Tjlden made
every ell'ort to avert the rebellion, When
his effort, combined villi thfo of other
prominent patriot, hud proud abnrthe, his
convictions of duty wrro perficlly decided
and clear. They wcru to maintain the iu-
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